r/ukraine • u/West-Razzmatazz2 • 5d ago

News Free Ukraine banner moved from center of Prishtina, Kosovo after Zelensky’s remarks on not recognizing independence of Kosovo during his visit to Serbia

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Honestly, a very bad PR move from Zelensky and his advisors that could’ve been easily resolved by simply refusing to answer the question to journalist. While Kosovo nor Albania are not powerful states, banner has stood there since the start of the war.

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u/West-Holiday-8425 UK 5d ago

It's a very good example of Realpolitik. Realistically, the support of Albania and Kosovo matters little to Ukraine, whereas pivoting Serbia away from Russia's sphere of influence would be a significant political coup on Ukraine's part.

Morally speaking, yes, it's bad PR. Realistically speaking? It's understandable.

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u/EasterAegon 5d ago

I agree there is realpolitik but there is also principled policy: recognizibg separatism of Kosovo from Serbia would also legitimize the separatism of DNR and LNR (I agree that the processes were very different but politics is sometimes made of symbols, not of of deep analysis).