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Nobody in Crimea (and also very few people in e.g. Donetsk) has asked for Ukrainian state to return, but there it goes with Zelensky promising liberation (a.k.a
by thriftwy 4y ago
Nobody in Crimea (and also very few people in e.g. Donetsk) has asked for Ukrainian state to return, but there it goes with Zelensky promising liberation (a.k.a. military invasion) to Crimea.
So Russia now contains the war on not-quite-its turf to avoid the war on the turf it considers integral.
- sorenjan 4y agoWhat would you expect any national leader to say if their territory was invaded? And what about the rest of Ukraine, was the people in Kiev asking to be liberated by the Russian army last year? Russia is currently containing the war on not-at-all-its turf to stall while they're deporting or killing unfriendlies on their illegally annexed territory. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/11/ukraine-russias-unlawful-transfer-of-civilians-a-war-crime-and-likely-a-crime-against-humanity-new-report/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/11/ukraine-russi...