They only plan to occupy the part they’ve already declared to be no longer part of Ukraine. Voila, no occupation.
That’s parsing of words that even a democrat would be proud of.
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Cruise missiles are hitting Kyiv airports right now with Russian air forces allegedly attempting to gain control in preparation for taking the city. Forces are coming down from Belarus towards Kyiv, and up from Crimea and also the Russian border. Mariupol, the port city, is under amphibious attack. They have stated they plan to "denazify" the country, meaning they're going to topple the Jewish President and government.
I guess technically Putin also said that Ukraine is not a real country, so no "occupation" if there is no country to occupy.
Russia declared war on Ukraine. He said so himself on video. Ukrainian UN ambassador is speaking to the UN right now and calling the Russian ambassador a liar.
Asking for Russia to be kicked off the UN Security Council for violating the UN Charter.
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