Holding stolen territory so it can "vote" while the invading troops control is also nonsense. Don't think that anyone is fooled
Not to mention the vote wasn’t private, the Government knows who voted what way ... so Putin’s Government thugs can beat up anyone who didn’t vote “correctly”
plus all exiles in Ukraine weren’t allowed to cast a vote
that’s not a free or fair election, and thus has no legitimacy
History does not start in the spring of 2022. Back in the 19th century Ukraine was divided between Russia and Austria-Hungary. In the aftermath of WW1 this whole area was engulfed in war. Russia had a civil war, Poland fought for it’s independence and Ukraine became absorbed into the then Soviet Union. There are a mix of ethnic groups in Ukraine. And at the eastern portion the majority ethnic group is Russian. Since 2014 Ukraine had a war going on between separatist groups. I present you an article from 1.5 years ago where the headline reads UKRAINE INTENSIFIES SHELLING OF DONBASS AS WESTERN MEDIA ARE SILENT. This occurred despite the Minsk agreements that there would be a ceasefire.
https://popularresistance.org/ukraine-intensifies-shelling-of-donbass-as-western-media-are-silent/
And before you guys cite Crimea, that area was part of the Russian Republic until Nikita Krushnev decided to make a political gesture to Ukraine and hand it over to them. But that was at the time, it was just an administrative move. Crimea had been part of Russia since 1783. You may not like what Russia is doing. How they are doing it. And may despise Putin. But the fact of the matter is, is that for over 7 years ethnic Russians were being killed by Ukrainian artillery rounds.
The United States citing the Monroe Doctrine almost went to war with the USSR for putting missiles in Cuba. Putin has been very clear for years that under no circumstances would he allow Ukraine to become a NATO member. Just as the USA was willing to go to war over missiles in Cuba, Putin is ready to go to war with NATO over Ukraine.
Do you think the 300k troops he is now mobilizing are only going to fight in Ukraine? Should the war expand watch how fast LATVIA, ESTONIA AND LITHUANIA get attacked. Poland knows Putin covets these lands as well as eastern Poland. This is why Poland has been building up it’s military strength which is at odds with almost all other EU member countries.
Peter Zeihan has made an interesting observation about the lack of proficiency of Russia’s military. It’s simply that NATO would kick their ass. And that is about the most scary scenario you can imagine. Because Putin controls the worlds largest nuclear arsenal. I ask you, how much do you care about Ukraine? IDGAF about them myself. They are a corrupt bunch. And I’m certainly not willing to risk mushroom clouds over my country because I don’t like Putin. This is not a hill to die on. Only a fool would care about a non strategic country to America’s interests.
It's a narrative that is A LIE.
There has been an ongoing civil war in Ukraine for eight years, one we set off by fomenting the Maiden revolution. We funded, trained an enabled neo-Nazis and Ukrainian nationalists to persecute and kill the ethnic Russian population, which no longer wanted to ruled by Ukrainian nationalists that came to power illegally.
The Russians had more of reason to intervene on behalf of ethnic Russians than we had in the first Iraq war.
And, never mind the fact Kamala Harris was out teasing NATO membership for Ukraine, the fact we armed Ukraine with offensive weapons or that we were running biolabs with deadly pathogens in them. There is NO CHANCE we would tolerate Russia or China dong the same thing in Mexico.
And, the proof your narrative is a lie is that Russia came to us with their security concerns in December in an effort to PREVENT going to war. All the wanted was a guarantee that Ukraine remain neutral and not join NATO and that the Minsk Agreement, which Ukraine signed and would have protected ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine, be implemented. ALL reasonable demands that Donald Trump would have agreed to.