Posted on 03/18/2022 5:48:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Simple.
My wife and her family are ethnic Russians who have lived in the Donbas for generations.
The Azov Battalion are Ukrainian nationalists who view Ukrainians as pure Slavs and Russians as mixed-race mongrels.
They'll tell you as much if you ask them.
After the fairly-elected president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich was tossed from power in an illegal coup in 2014, the pro-Russian Donbas seceded.
Azov Battalion has tried to make a claim on that land since then, engaged in a brutal war against separatists to take land that never belonged to Ukraine.
No, I've made my position pretty clear.
As I've said, I have a dog in this fight, unlike most here who couldn't find Ukraine on a map as of three weeks ago.
1.) Ukraine surrenders Crimea, which has belonged to Russia since the 1780s, land that was won in battle, land that Ukraine has never had a legitimate claim to control.
2.) Ukraine honor the independence of the Donbas. Pull back the Azov Nazis. Stop the ethnic cleansing that has occurred since 2014.
Yes, Ukraine will be little bit smaller but do you really care? I certainly don't.
Ok. Now I understand.
Thank you.
Didn’t think in this day and age with easy Genetic testing the Ukrainian Purist can’t see that they’re probably mixed also.
Here I thought it was based on religion or Jewish race.
Thank you.
Sorry you had to dumb it down for me but I apparently needed a Russian vs Ukrainian lesson.
Your explanation was very good.
The thing about territorial claims going back a hundred or hundreds of years I have to admit I find difficult to support some of the claims, not all just some.
A lot of my attitude regarding such disputes has to do with our own country.
Of course I’m referring to Native American Lands.
Which, because of wars and being overpowered they lost most of those lands.
The Wampanoag for example, their ancestral home is Martha’s Vineyard.
That happens throughout history in all regions.
I do support Israel’s claims 100% for example.
So I’m not an expert in Ukrainian/Russian history so much (just more recent events) you gave me much to think about.
Thank you for the education.
Have a great evening.
Here’s the new Messiah doing one of his entertainment acts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgOSrw9Q8rc
Here’s another show Zelenski did
https://t.me/opensourcetruth/92712
Russians are behind Putin. This war is almost over. The idea or gamble that we could effect regime change in Russia with a proxy war has failed.
The left always overplays their hand.
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