“No, he didn’t. And you know he didn’t.”
It was OBVIOUS to anyone following the events there, the including leaders of the world representing 85% of the population (the countries that HAVE NOT imposed sanctions on Russia).
...also the statements by Merkel and Hollande also fit the above ‘next step’. Too bad Russia got there first!
“It was OBVIOUS to anyone following the events there, the including leaders of the world representing 85% of the population (the countries that HAVE NOT imposed sanctions on Russia).”
That’s completely false. We know this by the following:
1) There was no ethnic cleansing in 2014 in Russian speaker areas by Ukrainians - yet the Russians supported rebellions in three regions and even supplied special forces to help accomplish them.
2) Even after that Russian invasion of Crimea and its annexation and the phony rebellions in the Donbas, Ukrainians launched no ethnic cleansing of Russian speakers ANYWHERE in Ukraine.
3) Claims to the contrary are nothing but “we must protect our fellow Germans in the Sudetenland” kind of propaganda claims.
4) Most world leaders rejected the rebellions and Russia’s illegal occupation of Crimea. What world leaders/nations recognized Luhansk for instance? Russia, Abkhazia (a Russian breakaway puppet state separated from Georgia), Syria, North Korea. Only scum like that support your beliefs.