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@anatoligraour1038 , and numerous countries have given similar support to Russia, such as Belarus allowed Russia use of its territory to stage and launch the attack, N Korea has supplied artillery shells, Iran has supplied thousands of Shahed drones, and China has supplied body armor, thermal imaging equipment and other equipment. Yup, a real proxy war.
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You shouldn’t pick fights with someone who has strong and helpful friends.
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@anatoligraour1038 , why not? The US considers Ukraine an ally, and we help our allies with the notion they will return the favor. Heck, Ukraine may even pay for them in the future. From 1941 through 1945, the U.S. sent $11.3 billion, or $180 billion in 2016 dollars, in goods and services to the Soviets. In 1972-1973, the Soviet Union paid $48 million dollars as part of the Lendlease payments, and talks about the rest of the sum went on until the fall of the Soviet Union. Talks continued when Russia inherited the Soviet debts. In the end, Russia paid $674 million dollars by 2006. It was no where close to the amount owed, but it was better than nothing. As for favors… France assisted the U.S. in its independence from England, and the U.S. helped France drive out the German occupation out in WWII.
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@kishanchali8752 , Ukrainians asked for weapons so they could defend themselves, and their allies complied. What’s wrong with people not wanting to be forced to live under the rule of Russia’s dictatorship? Some people are willing to fight for their freedom.
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@kishanchali8752 , Ukraine said Russia wouldn’t stop at Crimea, that it would be back to take even more territory. Ukraine was right. All of the former Soviet bloc countries took notice, as did Europe. The Russophobia you guys cry about is well-earned. Anyways, not everyone is going to lay down and get walked upon, or live under Russia’s influence.
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@MsSpitza , the weapons the U.S. supplied in the beginning of the war were older weapons from the stockpiles, which Ukraine accepted gladly and appreciated. The U.S. placed orders with suppliers (which are mostly U.S. companies) for newer and better versions to restock the shelves. I’m sure some of the newer weapons are being delivered to Ukraine. There’s a good chance that as long as both sides continue to fight, Ukraine might end up fighting with all the latest technologies we have. Russia does have the option to, at any point, withdraw its troops from Ukraine. However, Ukraine doesn’t. Ukraine is truly in an existential fight. In an earlier comment you stated Ukraine could’ve avoided this simply by remaining neutral. That’s complete bullshit. We’ve all heard the many explanations from Russia as to why it invaded Ukraine, and neutrality (meaning, not joining the EU and/or NATO) was only one of them. Are Finland and the Baltics the next to be attacked by Russia?
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@RussianPanisher , actually, lots of Americans wanted to assist Ukraine in 2014–and even more are now wishing we had. Oh well, better late than never.
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@urcompnioncube0213 , I’m sorry that it upsets you to see someone stand up for others, but Russia is not respecting Ukraine’s sovereignty and has asked for help. Lots of nations are helping, not just the U.S.
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@kingofsidebets4401 , what do you mean? I just pointed out who supports whom, and how. Yes, the support isn’t equal, but who can control that? Is it fair? As they say, all is fair in love and in war. Heck, is it fair that a nuclear-armed country of 140 million attacked a much less equipped country of 44 million? Is it fair the attacking country kept publicly saying days ahead that it had no intention of attacking before it actually then attacked? Russia fucked up big time.
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@urcompnioncube0213 , over the last two years we keep hearing Russia whine “What would the U.S. do if Russia set up bases in Mexico or Canada?” This question is moot as neither Canada nor Mexico would consider doing so. The U.S. gets along with its neighbors and all involved would not jeopardize their relationships. Russia should’ve tried being a good neighbor and friend to Ukraine. You made a bad decision, Russia.
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@ДокторРамсолог , In August 1939, as Europe slid towards another world war, Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty. The Nazi-Soviet Pact came as a complete surprise to other nations, given the ideological differences between the two countries. It ushered in a period of military co-operation which allowed Hitler to ignore western diplomatic moves and invade Poland. Stalin's forces then attacked from the west and completed the subjugation and partition of the Polish state. For the next year and a half Germany also benefitted economically from the arrangement, with Russia exporting grain and oil in return for manufactured goods. Soviet cooperation allowed Hitler to expand his plans for European domination. In May 1940 the Blitzkrieg rolled westwards and France was conquered in six weeks. But peace with Russia would not last. Hitler had always wanted to see Germany expand eastwards to gain Lebensraum or 'living space' for its people. After the fall of France Hitler ordered plans to be drawn up for an invasion of the Soviet Union. He intended to destroy what he saw as Stalin's 'Jewish Bolshevist' regime and establish Nazi hegemony. The conquest and enslavement of the Soviet Union's racially 'inferior' Slavic populations would be part of a grand plan of 'Germanisation' and economic exploitation lasting well beyond the expected military victory. Regardless of recent economic and political co-operation, the Soviet Union was regarded as the natural enemy of Nazi Germany and a key strategic objective.
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@urcompnioncube0213 , Ukraine is Ukraine, and Russia is Russia. However, two years ago Russia invaded Ukraine, just as it invaded it back in 2014. Putin expected everyone would stand back and watch like last time. Oops.
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@Berserker3624 , if you think Russia might ever concoct a reason to possibly attack you, then you may want to join NATO as Russia has never attempted to attack a NATO country. And if you don’t have nuclear weapons in your arsenal, you may want to join NATO as some NATO members have them. Having nuclear weapons appears to be a deterrent against Russian aggression as Russia has never attempted to attack a nuclear-armed country.
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@drag2734 , yes, and if you’re not careful you might poke yourself in the eye when playing with it.
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@MsSpitza , it worked for France. France assisted the colonists in their fight for independence from England; and the U.S. assisted France in driving the Germans back over the Rhine during WWII. You never know what the future holds, so best make strong long-lasting alliances.
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user-us5lv9xl6j , what are you referring to? Following the WWII, many islands were entrusted to the U.S. by the United Nations, and while the Northern Mariana Islands became a U.S. territory, the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau emerged from the trust territory as independent nations. Other than the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. did not gain territory from fighting WWII. And it certainly did not enter the war with the intention of grabbing new territory from a sovereign nation.
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@longdragon88 , Russia just may try to do that. (There’s a CBS Miami report on YT on this very subject.) The U.S. won’t like it, but I’m not sure it can stop it. Of course, the U.S. will likely come up with a response that Cuba and Russia might not like.
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@ddyddy8357 , the Mexican Drug Cartel War has been going on a long time, and it’s something the government of Mexico did not create nor want. Saying or implying it is something targeting the U.S. is ridiculously nonsensical. Anyways, the North American Free-Trade Agreement has been an enormous boon to Mexico and there’s very little Russia could do or offer for Mexico to jeopardize that. As for the close connections between Russians and Ukrainians, well, Russia kind of fucked up all future relation between the two nations.
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@ddyddy8357 , as a whole, Ukrainians quite clearly disagree with you. (Btw, Ukraine and Russia are two completely separate nations, each consisting of their own respective population and land. That’s a reality that Russians need to accept. The Ukrainians the do.)
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@АлексКок-й1з , yup, Russia just dropped a glide bomb on Belgorod.
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@nfortabebryan9382 , the US and the USSR worked out a deal to unilaterally remove missiles from Cuba and Turkey.
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@HDG1651 , it’s looking like Russia will be about as successful as the U.S. was in Vietnam. But it may do even worse.
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@JuliaCherdantseva , all those years of not being interested in politics is finally coming back to bite the Russian people on their collective ass.
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@nettlecarrier8259 , thanks to YouTube I can learn about what’s going on directly from Russians and Ukrainians.
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@JIeu6KaMnaHu9 , spin it however you may, the choice was ultimately the Ukrainians’.
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@fxvlad , the Soviet Union never came close to paying back the agreed upon amount for aid extended during WWII. It pretty much amounted to being a free gift. Maybe someday Ukraine may pay it back, partially or in full. Either way it’s irrelevant. When you start a fight, your ought to expect your victim may not only fight back, but they may also ask friends for some help. Putin and the Kremlin anticipated a repeat of taking Crimea in 2014. Oops.
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@Holion5604 , did I say there was? No, I don’t believe I did. But, to the best of my knowledge, no details have been released about what is owed. But I’m sure Ukraine will be willingly show its gratitude. Because that’s what friends do. (Have you ever had a friend that always expected something but never showed an interest in reciprocating? You typically get the message and you decide to eventually part ways. Why? Because, as you say, there’s no free lunch.)
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@nfortabebryan9382 , failing to foresee how the West would react is Russia’s error. Putin and the Kremlin likely expected a similar response to their 2014 invasion of Crimea. Ukraine said Russia would not stop there and it was correct.
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@ddyddy8357 , whoops, I missed this somehow… it appears you made two comments, and sort of contradict each other. Ukrainians are Russian because they have a lot of similarities, like language, faith, tradition and culture, but then you follow up with the people all across Russia differ speak different languages, practice different faiths and have different cultures, but they are all Russian. Over the past two and a-half years we’ve all been listening to the ever-growing and changing list of reasons why Russia thinks it has the right to take over Ukraine—and we’re not buying any of them. Back in 1991, Ukraine disarmed itself of nuclear weapons, literally gave them to Russia; and, in return, Russia promised to never attack Ukraine. Russia’s actions against Ukraine prove that negotiating with Russia is useless.
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@-_-naab-_- , yup, keep spreading the Russian propaganda.
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@Obl9_2374 , and how would that be any worse than what Russia is doing to them???
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16:39 The only people on someone else’s land are Russian soldiers. And why anyone be surprised that other nations would help Ukraine fight to defend itself?
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@AlexanderTch , umm, yeah, good luck with that.
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@МарияКарельская-в2й , yup, it’s all going according to the plan. /s
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@snowsnow4231 , wait a minute… you’re claiming Russia and Ukraine have a very long and close relationship going back decades, right? I believe the fact I heard several times during the beginning of the war was one in five Russians have a relative living in Ukraine… something along those lines. If all this is true, why the fuck did Russia attack Ukraine?! How do Russians rationalize what the Russian army did to the citizens of Bucha and Irpin???!!!! All Russia achieved by launching this war was to push Ukraine further away from Russia and closer to the West. Ukrainians asked for weapons and many countries responded. Nobody is forcing Ukrainians to continue fighting; they can give up whenever they want, but they clearly don’t want to because they know how Russians will treat them after the fighting stops.
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@limonman1716 , the US didn’t orchestrate a coup; however, the U.S. did support the Ukrainian people’s decision to rise up and run Yanukovych out of office. He betrayed the country by trying to do exactly the opposite of what he promised everyone he was going to do while campaigning for the position.
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@longdragon88 , we are anticipating Russia may just do so. https://youtu.be/9TlYTIiRMMY?si=DIc_6OHqCR4uzRFX
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@longdragon88 , go back and look at what exactly happened. Khrushchev had promised to not place any missiles on Cuba, but then broke that promise and proceeded to do so. Kennedy’s blockade (referred to as a quarantine because there was no actual war declared) had caused some of Russia’s ships to turn back. The ships that did not turn around were intercepted and were found not to contain missiles. But then Russia shot down a US surveillance plane over Cuba, leading Kennedy to propose a promise not to invade Cuba in exchange of Russia removing its missiles under the watchful eye of the United Nations. A day or two later Russia added the condition of the US removing its missiles from Turkey, which, in turn, Kennedy complied to do. Kind of a win-win deal for everyone (except, of course, the pilot and his family). Not long after, the US and Russia signed the nuclear-nonproliferation agreement. Diplomacy can work, as deals can be made, however it only works when, moving forward, everyone honors the agreements—and that includes the leaders that come to power in the future.
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@alexvoronin1496 , nobody has been trying to destroy Russia, kill its people, erase its history, culture, etc., nor does anyone have plans to do so. Putin has gotten it into his head to try and rebuild the Russian empire back to its days when its territory was the biggest. Unfortunately, Putin does not want to accept that a big part of Russia’s history is it grew by force and coercion, rather than through diplomacy and cooperation. The Russian people really ought to consider taking control of their government once and for all. Losing good men in war after war isn’t the way to do it.
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@ddyddy8357 , faith and language are not limited to borders. And trying to resolve such disputes by looking back through history simply doesn’t work. Putin wants to turn the clock back to a time when the Russia empire was the biggest it ever was physically, ignoring the historical changes between then and now. The vast majority of Ukrainians do not want to see their country be absorbed back into Russia, partially or as a whole. For the small minority that do, well, they can move to Russia. It has a lot of land and can accommodate them.
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@-_-naab-_- , okay, go ahead and spread the propaganda. Explain exactly how the U.S. planned and carried out a coup. Look, the Ukrainians were understandably upset with their newly-elected leader for completely reversing his position and promise made when campaigning for the position. He clearly turned out to be more loyal to Putin than to the people of Ukraine. PS. This propaganda has been debunked. Take out the spaces to recreate the link. https:// static.poder360 .com.br/2022/02/2014-Coup-1.pdf
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@urcompnioncube0213 , user-xt8… is very clearly implying that Russia, possibly of no fault of its own, is at war with more than just the Ukrainians. When one country attacks another, it ought to assume that the defending country will likely seek—and receive—humanitarian and military aid from friendly ally countries. And some of those friendly allies may be bigger and stronger than the attacking country. And, in Ukraine’s case, a bunch of helping countries collectively add up to something rather massive. How did Putin and the Kremlin not anticipate this possibility?!
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