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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 14 hours ago (7 children)

It was the west that backed a Banderite coup in 2014, sparking the Ukrainian Civil War. NATO has been encircling Russia for the greater part of a century at this point.

[–] FishFace@ioc.exchange -4 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

@Cowbee oh yeah, I remember seeing all the foreign agents in Ukraine in 2014! Except they were all Russians who were "on holiday" or "got lost"... and they had uniforms and rifles... then they faked a referendum and started nibbling bits of the country. Then they fucking shot down a passenger jet.

The only reason Russia doesn't like being "encircled" by NATO is because they want to be able to bully their neighbours, and they can't do that if those neighbours are in a defensive pact. That's why Russia is so dead set against Ukraine being in the EU or NATO - how can it extort Ukraine if re-invasion is no longer a credible threat?!

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 6 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

yes wholeshome defensive pact that bombed yugoslavia 😍😍😍😍

[–] FishFace@ioc.exchange -5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

@gary_host_laptop that's a good point, Russia should be worried by that as it set a precedent for NATO bombing genocidal regimes.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

mask off moment, nazi piece of shit

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