NEW YORK (AP) — Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with President Donald Trump to allow the U.S. and European allies to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defense mandate as part of an eventual deal to end the 3 1/2-year war.

  • npdean@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    Call the bluff and risk a nuclear war on home soil for defending a foreign nation?

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      3 days ago

      yes. because MAD is intended to be a defensive doctrine. the more you let Putin make it an aggressive doctrine, then you may as well give him whatever he wants. he holds you hostage.