It was correct to place the recent article about the latest missile attack on Ukraine on the front page (“Russia’s use of new missile prompts emergency NATO Ukraine talks,” Nov. 23). Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bellicose foreign policy has caused much consternation and his threats to use nuclear weapons cause even more concern.
Since 2014, Putin has invaded Ukraine three times and the country of Moldova. Today, Russian troops occupy a part of Moldova. Putin has no respect for international law so what is the possibility of a negotiated settlement in either country? It seems unlikely that Putin would be interested in any dialogue until Donald Trump is back in the White House.
Bruce Fein is an astute foreign policy expert. One week earlier, he penned a commentary in The Baltimore Sun (“Navalny’s tragic sacrifice for freedom,” Nov. 15). It detailed how the Russian dissident Alexei Navalny led a “struggle against Putin’s dictatorship with awesome courage, vast wisdom and intellect and irrepressible cheer. “Of course, Navalny made the ultimate sacrifice as “Putin charged Navalny with a multitude of concocted crimes.” This led to his death in a penal colony.
I see Trump as a foe of Ukraine and a partner of Putin. So I am not optimistic that the Trump administration will convince Putin to withdraw his forces from Ukraine or Moldova. So these occupations may continue for years to come. Is there some country that can influence the Russian dictator to negotiate an armistice not unlike the one between North and South Korea?
— Max Obuszewski, Baltimore
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