Comment on Ask HN: Can't Ukraine lease/sell border land to EU temporarilyComments−3234yShort answer: that's not how borders work.−templarchampOP4yit worked for hong kong, guantanamo etc. Sell the whole Ukraine for a $ to be redeemed on par in future. Russia will halt all crap in 0.001 seconds.−Teever4yOne Weird Trick / Dictators Hate Him!C'mon man, do you actually think that this will work?−templarchampOP4ynot the border, i mean arbitrary land, say 50 miles, along the border.−3234yFor a simple sale/loan the land would remain Ukrainean.Just like if an American buys a house in Russia, it won't mean now that USA can militarily defend it.Every piece of land has actually two owners: the sovereign nation and the civilian/company "owning it" as understood in regular speech.−templarchampOP4yYou are confusing an individual from a sovereign state. If a state buys it, it belongs to the state where the constitution protections are enforced.−templarchampOP4yYeah, 2 owners like Guantanamo? Ukraine can relinquish control for a known time, even a year. Russia would dare not start war by crossing another country. If there is no will to defend, there is no solution.
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Short answer: that's not how borders work.
it worked for hong kong, guantanamo etc. Sell the whole Ukraine for a $ to be redeemed on par in future. Russia will halt all crap in 0.001 seconds.
One Weird Trick / Dictators Hate Him!
C'mon man, do you actually think that this will work?
not the border, i mean arbitrary land, say 50 miles, along the border.
For a simple sale/loan the land would remain Ukrainean.
Just like if an American buys a house in Russia, it won't mean now that USA can militarily defend it.
Every piece of land has actually two owners: the sovereign nation and the civilian/company "owning it" as understood in regular speech.
You are confusing an individual from a sovereign state. If a state buys it, it belongs to the state where the constitution protections are enforced.
Yeah, 2 owners like Guantanamo? Ukraine can relinquish control for a known time, even a year. Russia would dare not start war by crossing another country. If there is no will to defend, there is no solution.