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<blockquote data-quote="newfie" data-source="post: 6077458" data-attributes="member: 58700"><p>We&#039;re also have culpability.&nbsp; Critics of U.S. policy, including some analysts and Russian narratives, have suggested that the Biden administration’s strong military and diplomatic support for Ukraine—coupled with its dismissal of Russian security concerns about NATO expansion—undermined the Minsk process by encouraging Kyiv to resist Russian-backed interpretations of the agreements. For example, Biden’s framing of the conflict as a broader struggle between democracy and autocracy, and his administration’s provision of significant military aid, could be seen as emboldening Ukraine to prioritize a military solution over diplomatic concessions. However, this is not the same as direct advice to &quot;violate&quot; Minsk by refusing to cede land, as the agreements themselves were vague and lacked enforcement mechanisms, leading to mutual accusations of non-compliance by both Russia and Ukraine long before Biden took office.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="newfie, post: 6077458, member: 58700"] We're also have culpability. Critics of U.S. policy, including some analysts and Russian narratives, have suggested that the Biden administration’s strong military and diplomatic support for Ukraine—coupled with its dismissal of Russian security concerns about NATO expansion—undermined the Minsk process by encouraging Kyiv to resist Russian-backed interpretations of the agreements. For example, Biden’s framing of the conflict as a broader struggle between democracy and autocracy, and his administration’s provision of significant military aid, could be seen as emboldening Ukraine to prioritize a military solution over diplomatic concessions. However, this is not the same as direct advice to "violate" Minsk by refusing to cede land, as the agreements themselves were vague and lacked enforcement mechanisms, leading to mutual accusations of non-compliance by both Russia and Ukraine long before Biden took office. [/QUOTE]

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