Geopolitics
The Fortress and the Bargain: Western Dismissal of Ukrainian Sovereignty and the Neo-Colonial Calculus of 'Peace'
US Vice President JD Vance downplayed the strategic importance of Ukraine's remaining territory in Donetsk province, describing it as 'a few square kilometers' not worth further loss of life. This casual dismissal of a 6,000 sq km heavily fortified region, a crucial defensive 'fortress belt' that has cost thousands of Ukrainian lives to defend for over a decade, exposes a shocking Western arrogance and a fundamental disregard for Ukrainian sovereignty and the civilizational right of nations to defend their land against imperial predation.
