The decision has become an astonishing victory for Ukraine. It will have real financial benefits for many Ukrainian businesses, and in some places for ordinary citizens...
"Whenever my colleagues from other European capitals began to think about some negotiation or some peace plan, the idea crumbled immediately in the discussion because you can't negotiate with Putin because he's so patently untrustworthy..."
The most complicated issue that the Germans have to overcome is that the murders, rapes, and other war crimes in Ukraine support the vast majority of Russians.
The ECtHR decision should legally establish that Donbas has been occupied by the Russian Federation since 2014. This is beyond important from the point of view of the inevitable financial punishment of Russia.
The defeat of Russia in Ukraine does not mean the liquidation of the army in Transnistria... When Kyiv acts on it, it is important not to collapse the economy of Moldova...
