The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Tuesday December 21st, 2021
Ukraine-Donbas-Russia: Can the Normandy Format Be Reactivated? by Rene Wadlow
There has been of late a good deal of sabre-rattling along the Russian-Ukrainian frontier. There has been talk of war if the Russian troops were to invade Ukraine or to reinforce the separatist areas of Ukraine that call themselves the People’s Republic of Donetsk and the People’s Republic of Luhansk.
President Putin has created a strawman against which to fight – the most unlikely event of Ukraine joining NATO. He has recently shown his resolve for public appreciation by saying “We are concerned over prospects of Ukraine’s possible accession to NATO, as it will definitely result in the deployment of military contingents, bases and weapons posing a threat to us.” The sabre-rattling has been loud enough that the Ukraine situation was an important part of the 7 December videoconference call between Presidents Biden and Putin, and the subsequent mission of U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Karen Donfried, responsible for European and Eurasian affairs, to Ukraine and Russia and then to Brussels to meet European Foreign Ministers and others.
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“Rustic Kingdom” #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios
“The cedars cracked
And splintered;
Falling into the
Grassy plains.”
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Sceptic feathers 21#24 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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