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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why does Russia get to dictate what other countries do within their borders?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I’m pretty sure every country on earth would respond to a hostile force amassing troops & missiles at their border.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

No, I was just alive at the time. Even in the states, they were covering the Maidan Coup at the time. They just rewrote the whole thing later.

I’m not gonna be peer pressured into forgetting history I witnessed. 🙄

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah, no.

You're definitely a shill reading straight from his playbook.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The fundamental difference here is between a sovereign nation pursuing defensive alliances versus an aggressive invasion violating international law. Ukraine wasn't "amassing troops & missiles" at Russia's border as an hostile threat - it was seeking security guarantees after Russia had already annexed Crimea in 2014 and fomented separatist movements in eastern Ukraine. National sovereignty means countries get to determine their own security arrangements, and Russia's "security concerns" don't justify violating Ukraine's territorial integrity or dictating its foreign policy choices.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s not a sovereign nation. The US installed a far-right puppet regime in the 2014 Maidan Coup, which triggered the Crimea invasion.

Funny that folks who claim to support Ukrainian sovereignty don’t give a shit about them being under a western thumb.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

And where is the "non-puppet" that was removed during the Maidan Revolution hiding these days?