Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "Ukraine: 30 years of independence from the Soviet Union | Focus on Europe" video.

@CedarHunt Occupying? I have already met 3 crmiean ukrainians (2 in europe, 1 in usa) all of whom support the 'occupation'. Like it or not, that land has been under russian cultural and economic control for 230+ years. An undemocratic transfer of land as a 'gift' to soviet ukraine in 1954 means nothing. Even in ukraine polls, 60% of crimeans in 2013 were ethnic russians, 99% speak russian. In every election, they voted pro-russian party. They tried to secede in 1994, but ukraine parliament declared it illegal. SO we are supposed to accept this? Scotland can hold referendums, but it's okay to disregard democracy when it hurts an American adversary, ok I understand!
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Location matters. 60% of russian land is economically difficult, frozen. Ukraine land is a buffer state, and arable.
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@danylokosmyna7115 Feel richer, or are richer? Didn't Erik Prince try to conscript ukrainians into a privatye army? This does not sound like a wealthy, stable state./
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