Comments by "женя жолобов" (@Notrusbot) on "Österreichs Bundesheer" channel.

@augustolobo2280 Russia took Crimea only because the new government of Ukraine in 2014 would definitely have transferred the military base to the United States. If it were not for the coup, the military base would not cross the US, there is no need to return to Crimea.
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@HFDLI It was especially interesting when Starlink was presented as an opportunity to use the Internet in hard-to-reach places. not for military purposes at all, yes, that’s true. spending billions of dollars just to make tiktok load better sounds convincing
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@nigelgarrett7970 If the United States had not directly talked about containing Russia, then this could be attributed to paranoia. The topic of removing the base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet from Crimea began immediately after 1991, but while relations were good, the Ukrainian government did not put forward such demands. But at the same time, the US fleet has already been in Crimea several times. The base may indeed not be needed, but Russia needs it to not have it. the base in Novorossiysk is much smaller, which is not an important factor
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