This has nothing to do with the war in Ukraine. Russia has been drafting people for military service twice a year for decades. This is how countries with conscription systems work. Finland does the same thing.

I don’t see this as him making a demand but rather stating a fact. They’re not getting back all of the occupied territories, and that has been obvious to anyone observing this conflict from an objective point of view. I’d love to see the Russians kicked out of all of Ukraine just as much as the next person, but that simply isn’t going to happen. Nobody wants to give up their life just to reclaim a few more square meters - especially when there’s no guarantee of even that.

Sanction EU for doing exactly what he has been telling us to do ever since 2016? The entire reason he has been threatening with US leaving NATO is because virtually all the member countries are freeriding and frankly it’s one of the few things he’s 100% right about that.

I’m still waiting for the previous retaliatory measures of all the red lines we’ve crossed so far.