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22. Just go back to 2012 to 2014 and take a look

Fri Feb 18, 2022, 05:53 PM

Feb 2022

at Russias attempt to take over Eastern Ukraine. Much like what is going on today. Putin backed off when other countries threatened to get involve.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26248275

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March 2014

28 March: US President Barack Obama urges Moscow to "move back its troops" and lower tensions.

18 March: President Putin signs a bill to absorb Crimea into the Russian Federation.

17 March: The EU and US impose travel bans and asset freezes on several officials from Russia and Ukraine over the Crimea referendum.

16 March: Crimea's secession referendum on joining Russia is backed by 97% of voters, organisers say, but vote condemned by West as a sham.

Fear and unease in Novo-Ozyorne

1 March: Russia's parliament approves President Vladimir Putin's request to use force in Ukraine to protect Russian interests.

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Russians are going to have another forever war on their hands cilla4progress Feb 2022 #1

If Putin's intent is to carve out a "Russian" eastern Ukraine maxsolomon Feb 2022 #2

That's such bullshit. cilla4progress Feb 2022 #3

That's the deal Finland thought it had to make maxsolomon Feb 2022 #4

Yes, I heard someone talk about them last night - cilla4progress Feb 2022 #6

Why does Ukraine have to Finlandize? Tommy Carcetti Feb 2022 #5

To remain an independent country? maxsolomon Feb 2022 #18

Putins 200,000 troops vs 43 million Ukraine population. multigraincracker Feb 2022 #7

How many of those 43 million sarisataka Feb 2022 #8

A large indigenous population multigraincracker Feb 2022 #9

Not really sarisataka Feb 2022 #10

Assuming an invasion: Whatever resistance forces organize, Mysterian Feb 2022 #15

Just go back to 2012 to 2014 and take a look multigraincracker Feb 2022 #22

Are you trying to say sarisataka Feb 2022 #23

I'm talking about the draw back of multigraincracker Feb 2022 #24

It's easy to drawback sarisataka Feb 2022 #25

This from a couple days ago cilla4progress Feb 2022 #17

I saw that sarisataka Feb 2022 #19

I know... cilla4progress Feb 2022 #20

I truly hope I am wrong sarisataka Feb 2022 #21

expose the living hell out of all these.... bahboo Feb 2022 #11

McFaul now on Twitter cilla4progress Feb 2022 #12

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And 3 /final cilla4progress Feb 2022 #16