And, what setoff that civil war? Oh, WE DID, when we fomented an illegal coup and enabled Ukrainian nationalists and neo-Nazis to persecute and murder ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine that voted for the President driven out of office.
That was all done so our elite could sweep into Ukraine and work with Ukrainian oligarchs to rape the people of Ukraine and make $$$.
“And, what setoff that civil war? Oh, WE DID, when we fomented an illegal coup and enabled Ukrainian nationalists and neo-Nazis to persecute and murder ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine that voted for the President driven out of office.”
No “we” didn’t. Nice talking points. All BS.
“That was all done so our elite could sweep into Ukraine and work with Ukrainian oligarchs to rape the people of Ukraine and make $$$.”
The previous President of Ukraine, Poroshenko, WAS an oligarch (maker of Roshen Chocolates, popular among Russian speakers in Haifa as well as throughout Russia and Ukraine). He got voted out by Zelensky, a Russian-speaking comedian from central Ukraine who toured Russia extensively with his troupe, and was greatly popular there. He inherited the civil war, instigated by Putin after he saw how successful his previous civil war in Crimea was, with a well-equipped fake secessionist militia. So he decided to do the same in Eastern Ukraine. Zelensky got elected with support from Eastern Ukraine, because he stated his intent to make peace. Wars are only fun on TV, not when you’re in the middle of one. One does not invade a country whose new president is trying to make peace, unless you do not want peace.
He also fought corruption to Trump’s satisfaction, so Trump gave him Javelin anti-tank missiles, the first lethal aid that Ukraine ever got from America.
Go pedal your Putinista talking points elsewhere. We are talking about Russian internal politics, which are every bit as rotten as American politics, as you correctly point out, though more traditional over there. Stop trying to change the subject. Putinista.