Comments by "Dylan Vogler" (@dylanvogler2165) on "Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91 | DW News" video.
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@jthom5951 Do you mean the same Budapest memorandum that Russia broke when it invaded Crimea and instigated the Donbass war in 2014? So what you say is :" Russia can break the memorandum anytime it wants, but Ukraine should abide by it" right?
Also can you point me to which sources you use for the "genocide" of ethnic Russians? As the official UN sources report the death of 3404 civilians in the Donbass war from 2014-2022. This is the total amount on BOTH sides and includes the 296 foreigners killed by the Russian backed separatists when they downed MH-17 (source: Netherlands led JIT). As well as 4400 Ukrainian military deaths and 6517 DNR and LNR military deaths (sources for these numbers are the UN, as well as DNR and LNR) and 400-500 Russia servicemen (Source: US state department). Whilst 3404 civilian deaths are 3404 to many, this is hardly a genocide, especially considering these deaths are split between both sides.
In contrast since Russia invaded there has been between 12000 and 28521 (source Ukrainian government) or 5587 and 7890 (UN confirmed) civilians deaths on the Ukrainian side. I would like to remind you that most of those are Russian speaking, with some of them also being ethnically Russian and a large part of them living in, or coming from, Donbass. The Russians and their proxies have killed a considerably larger amount of people from Donbass since February 24 than Ukraine has done in 8 years. Therefore you statement is false and a myth. If anything the calls for the destruction of the Ukrainian state, culture and nation sound more like genocide to me, especially combined with Bucha, than anything that has happend in Donbass. This is without mentioning the amount of military casualties since February 24th on all sides. Even in your fantasy world were Ukraine would have committed a genocide, it doesn't really make sense to protect people from this genocide and death by bringing more death and committing genocide yourself, right? If to you that makes sense, I honestly worry about your mental health.
Then the part of Ukraine being a threat. Ukraine was neutral until Russia invaded in 2014. It is no threat to Russia at all and all it wants is to regain control of it's internationally recognized borders. Recognized in 1991 by Russia as well. They are no threat to Russia at all. Not economically and not militarily. With the numbers of equipment and military personnel before the war easily showing this. So again, an easily debunked myth. If you consider them a threat as the potential of them joining NATO which would expose Russia's southern flank, then your statement about Finland would be false as Finland (and Sweden) joining NATO directly threatens Kaliningrad, Saint Petersburg and Murmansk, and actually all of Karelia and the Kola peninsula.
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