redstate.com By streiff
Week 89 of Putin’s three-day Special Military Operation finds us marking time like we were last week. The focus of the war has definitely shifted from Ukraine to the external political realm.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had some good news to shake off the shock of some very unfavorable media coverage last week. European Commission President Ursala von der Leyen visited Zelensky in Kiev to announce that the EU was ready to begin Ukraine’s accession into that organization. This demolished the shibboleth that no movement towards EU membership is possible so long as Ukraine is at war.
At least as significant as that was the rest of von der Leyen’s message. Moldova would also enter into immediate negotiations for EU membership, and Georgia was given an invitation. What all of those countries have in common is that Russia has made territorial claims on all or part of their territory, and Russia has fought wars with all three…
