americana

4y

There’s a reason the US hasn’t sent weapons yet

Q3D

4y

My brother just raised an interesting question, if the conflict comes to an end what will happen with the weapons the population got provided with?

Scratchin Mamba

4y

(part of this post copied from my earlier post itt)

It was always clear that Putin was a Russian nationalist who had a lot of nostalgia for the Russian empire. He always criticized Lenin for giving nations that were part of the Czarist empire like Ukraine too much autonomy and giving republics in the USSR the right to secede.

Right now it, Putin isn't gonna annex all of Ukraine, he's gonna install a puppet leader and probably integrate the republics of the Donbass into the Russian Federation eventually, unless there will be diplomacy and a neutrality agreement with Ukraine.

Then there's also NATO, which is a military alliance that was formed in case that the West would possibly ever have to go to war with Russia during the cold war. Article 5 says that if one NATO member is attacked, it's regarded as an attack against all NATO members.

With the taking down of the Berlin wall, the US promised to Gorbachev would not move "one inch forward" to the East. A promise that has not been held as many other Eastern European countries have joined NATO.

The reason Ukrainian NATO membership is such a threat is that Ukraine is right at their borders. The black sea fleet in the Crimea was Russia's only fleet that was available year round, which is why they annexed the Crimea in 2014 after the US-backed coup in Ukraine, because they would lose access to that fleet which they see as crucial for their security.

In addition, Ukraine has also hinted at "liberating" (ie invading) the Crimea, if Ukraine does that as a NATO member, it's essentially the same as entirety of the West invading the Crimea, as Putin said here:

So that's why Putin is trying to prevent this, he's taking it very far and taking a by any means necessary approach to it. Combine that with his attitudes about the Russian empire, and it's not a total surprise that he would want to do this to prevent what he regards as a region part of the Russian empire joining a hostile military alliance, but it is surprising that he's willing to face the repercussions that this will bring for Russia, which will be a lot.

Q3D

4y

Russia apparently working on making the death penalty come back? No desertion no refusal yeah its not looking good

Y0rn

4y

Why these mfs even fight for Russia is beyond me

Zikurats

4y

please with this s***

americana

4y

What

Y0rn

4y

Why these mfs even fight for Russia is beyond me