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> Russia has attacked basically every neighboring country in Europe that is not in NATO. That's not true, Russia has participated or initiated the following wa
by brabel 3y ago
> Russia has attacked basically every neighboring country in Europe that is not in NATO.
That's not true, Russia has participated or initiated the following wars in the greater European area (i.e. excluding Syria for example, but including the Caucasus) after the USSR collapsed:
* Georgia (a couple of times)
* South Ossetia
* Abhkazia
* Transnitria (part of Moldova)
* Chechnya (also a couple of times)
* Dagestan
* Ukraine
Mostly,these were local conflicts inherited from the USSR or border region disputes, not country invasions like in Ukraine.
Russia did not invade, or threaten to invade, any of its main European neighbours:
* Finland (which only became NATO last year)
* Norway and the Baltic states (members of NATO)
* Azerbajan
* Turkey (border by sea)
A lot of bad things are happening already, no need to make things up.
- dralley 3y agoBelarus is defacto under occupation ever since 2020. In any case, OP said "basically every neighbor" and you're doing a victory lap because only about half of their neighbors have been invaded.
- brabel 3y agoBelarus is the closest ally of Russia and has a defense pact with them. Saying Belarus is under Russian occupation is like saying NATO countries are under USA occupation because it keeps bases and bombs there.
- dralley 3y agoRarely do "defense pacts" include the staging of offensive invasions from the territory of your allies. Or stealing every piece of military equipment that isn't nailed down for use in an offensive war in which the allied nation isn't a party to.