Comments by "Tx240" (@Texas240) on "Russia Just Lost a $500 Million Plane in Belarus" video.

  1. 10:43 well, there you have it. Putin is just trying to regroup the former Soviet states that all, obviously, want to be re-united with Russia and its only because the leaders of the Soviet Union were foolish and weak that West was able break apart the Glorious union. Of course, nevermind the fact that all of the now NATO members and Georgia and Ukraine (the 2 that Russia has invaded) voted to be independent of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. A true visionary doesn't require the approval of the people which he subjugates, apparently.
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  2. 12:35 the Spanish example is interesting because there was a Spanish Empire. However, according to #RussianLogic, Spain actually belongs to and is rightfully a part of Italy because Spain was once a part of the Roman Empire. Ukraine and Russia might be neighbors, but they are every bit as different as Spain and Italy with different languages and cultures and national history. I have a friend in Ukraine who is Russian speaking and fled Donetsk during the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine. She moved to another area Ina more western city where she was able to continue speaking Russian. Once February 24th, 2022 happened, she denounced her Russian heritage, calling them barbarians and began referring to herself as a proud Ukrainian. What was a surprise to me was that as she had to now start learning Ukrainian, that Ukrainian is a very different language than Russian. They use a similar alphabet, but it's like English and French. You may recognize the alphabet but the words are different. Ukraine was never culturally or linguistically a part of Russia. Ukraine had been twice subjugated by Russian imperialism. Which brings us back to Spain being a part of Italy, if we're using #RussianLogic and saying that if a place had been conquered by an empire, it was forever part of that empire.
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  3. The plane itself is worth less than 500 million. Probably near 300 million. The 500 mil to India included training and support. It's still an expensive and irreplaceable loss, just not quite the 500 million mentioned.
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