No, it has to do with the length of time it's been in its current state and the willingness to defend it given ongoing regular and irregular Russian meddling since 2014.
This general was choosen by our president.... It was not the choice of the head of our armies... a bad interference in military affairs.
And what about Chechnya, Georgia, Poland in 1939, Hungary, Czechslovakia? All the ex-Warsaw Pact countries that have already left and joined NATO?
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You mean like Russian troops did North of Kiev? Ukraine will get fuel from Europe."Fuel war" as part of a strategic plan to defeat the Ukrainian army
" If you look at the situation without rose-colored glasses, but also without black ones, it can be noted that by advancing in several directions, the command of the Russian Army has achieved a significant depletion of fuel reserves in Ukraine. After that, large oil depots were destroyed in turn, which deprived the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the ability to effectively transfer troops and supply them with everything necessary.
In the final, a decisive blow was dealt to the Kremenchug Oil Refinery, which made it impossible for the Ukrainian group to leave the encirclement in the Donbass, which it is highly likely to fall into in the near future.
If Zelensky nevertheless gives a belated order to withdraw troops from the Donbass, the Ukrainian units will be forced to retreat on foot, as the equipment will simply be left without fuel."
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 "Fuel war" as part of a strategic plan to defeat the Ukrainian army If you look at the situation without rose-colored glasses, but also without black ones, it can be noted that by advancing in several directions, the command of the Russian Army has achieved a significant depletion of fuel...t.me
"No end," comments a local resident.... in Russian. Likely organised by Russia. 5,000 is not a lot in a country of 80m. In Russia they would all be jailed. As it stands, their cars will probably just be torched by ordinary civilians later that night.This is what the roads of Berlin look like today. Drivers organized a rally of more than 5,000 cars in support of the Russian Federation. Flags of Russia, the USSR and the Airborne Forces flutter on cars:
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🇩🇪🇷🇺 This is what the roads of Berlin look like today. Drivers organized a rally of more than 5,000 cars in support of the Russian Federation. Flags of Russia, the USSR and the Airborne Forces flutter on cars. “There is no end to them,” comments a local resident.
So, that is their choice, it likely followed Russia's excursion into Georgia around about the same time if you remember.
Oil is one thing, but I'm amused at how Europe is reliant on Russian coal given the number of coal mines that have been closed in the UK and Europe."Won't Preach To India": German Envoy On Russian Oil Purchase
Germany does not wish to "preach" India into cutting back Russian oil imports, the country's ambassador to New Delhi Walter J Lindner told NDTV on Monday, adding that anyone who can reach out to Russian President Vladimir Putin can help bring the warwww.ndtv.com
I'm not sure they did actually. They invaded Georgia, not much happened, and it was a walk in the park. They invaded Crimea and Donbass, ditto again. There was nothing in the history of their recent 'adventures' that suggested this was going to be met with such resistance. The attack on Kiev was made from two directions with large forces and they got very close, that alone proves that it was not a diversion. You can also tell by reactions from meerkat Sergey that the sanctions response was unexpected too.
According to Paddy , EU is abandoning Russian oil by the end of this year & gas in a few years . What's more the EU won't mind paying extra for the shipment of oil & gas from distant shores too . It's a win win situation , Paddy . @BMD
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Wake me up sweetie when it happens though I know for sure every Brit & Yank from the top to the bottom wishes it to be true . In the case of the Yanks it's understandable , as Irish Joe is the president . But the Brits too have undergone what I term the Irishification of the UK - a long tem irreversible process of dumbing down of the media , the polity , the intellect & everything you can think of which first manifested itself with Brexit .
Russia actually came from Kievan Rus in the first place. Russia didn't create Ukraine, it was the union of immigrants from Scandinavia with Finns and Slavs that formed Kievan Rus, a Mongol invasion drove them out after which they formed cultural centres in other places like Moscow and Belarus, with both Russia and Belarus taking their names from Kievan Rus. So really people from Ukraine formed Russia and Belarus.
