Comments by "PNH 6000" (@PNH-sf4jz) on "The War Map in Ukraine Does Not Matter" video.
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Hello John Carroll.
You and I are in the same position regarding knowledge of military tactics and presumably, of the legal implications of any acquisition of the land belonging to another country, however, you have summarised the situation as I also see it. The "conquered land" is just a piece of material which still has value to the original occupants, Ukraine, and is likely to continue to be contested. The land may be of economic value to Russia, because of its valuable resources, but Russia is going to continue to be the occupier, not the owner.
A legal issue that has I have recently seen raised by Brad Slowgrove, appears to be significant, a part of which, in his words follows:
"Putin's problem is that international law e.g the Nuremberg Charter and its modern offspring is in a much more developed state in 2022 than it was at the time of Imperial Russia. The result is only two options for Putin, death and life imprisonment after global humiliation. No peace treaty can bind Ukraine if it cedes territory to Russia as a result of a criminal war of aggression no matter how many diplomatic documents Ukraine signs see e.g. article 53 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties while noting the Nuremberg Charter and its offspring are all preemptory ( ius cogens) norms of international law. Criminal wars of aggression are rare not common and there have only been 3 others and none have ended in a peace treaty especially one where the victim state cedes territory to the aggressor state. Russia must go back as Henry Kissinger said to " the status quo ante" which is the 2014 boundaries because although these boundaries are not legal they are not the result of a criminal war of aggression.Russia will not go back to the " status quo ante" without a secret deal to gain extra territory of Ukraine so this too will be struck down by the preemptory norms and the treaty ceding the territory void and not binding on Ukraine that can take the benefits of Russian withdrawal and legally continue the war to protect all its territory as a lawful ruse of war since it is not a " white flag" of surrender in a combat theatre. Kissinger was unbelievably misrepresented by the stupid media that have been out of tune with what was possible in this war from the outset. Any compromise of the Nuremberg Charter which would require virtually unanimous global support would be the greatest disaster for the future of the world ever. The Soviet Union was one of its creators and always obeyed the Nuremberg Charter so did Mao's China."
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The "conquered land" is just a piece of material which still has value to the original occupants, Ukraine, and is likely to continue to be contested. The land may be of economic value to Russia, because of its valuable resources and ports that allow for easy access, as has been demonstrated by the 'food shortage crisis'. However, the land, resources and access are only ever going to continue to be held by Russia as the occupier, not as the country to which it is part and holds sovereignty, being Ukraine.
A legal issue that has recently been raised by Brad Slowgrove, who I know has contributed his knowledge in this thread, a part of his observations, in his words follows:
"Putin's problem is that international law e.g the Nuremberg Charter and its modern offspring is in a much more developed state in 2022 than it was at the time of Imperial Russia. The result is only two options for Putin, death and life imprisonment after global humiliation. No peace treaty can bind Ukraine if it cedes territory to Russia as a result of a criminal war of aggression no matter how many diplomatic documents Ukraine signs see e.g. article 53 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties while noting the Nuremberg Charter and its offspring are all preemptory ( ius cogens) norms of international law. Criminal wars of aggression are rare not common and there have only been 3 others and none have ended in a peace treaty especially one where the victim state cedes territory to the aggressor state. Russia must go back as Henry Kissinger said to " the status quo ante" which is the 2014 boundaries because although these boundaries are not legal they are not the result of a criminal war of aggression.Russia will not go back to the " status quo ante" without a secret deal to gain extra territory of Ukraine so this too will be struck down by the preemptory norms and the treaty ceding the territory void and not binding on Ukraine that can take the benefits of Russian withdrawal and legally continue the war to protect all its territory as a lawful ruse of war since it is not a " white flag" of surrender in a combat theatre. Kissinger was unbelievably misrepresented by the stupid media that have been out of tune with what was possible in this war from the outset. Any compromise of the Nuremberg Charter which would require virtually unanimous global support would be the greatest disaster for the future of the world ever. The Soviet Union was one of its creators and always obeyed the Nuremberg Charter so did Mao's China."
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