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‘We Cannot Win’ Says Top Russian Commander
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I mean they have kept it for the last 9 years. They had it before the war and everyone was fine with it until Russia invaded more. I don't see how Russia doesn't keep Crimea. It's something they considered Russian territory before the current war. They've pledged to use nukes if Ukraine counter attacks on their soil. My logic says they will use nukes to keep Crimea.
Nobody is fine with Crimea - except Russia, but they want more. Crimea was the price to pay for peace, but peace was broken by Russia, so Russia does not get to keep it.
No one jumped to defend Ukraine in 2014 as they did in 2022.
Jumping to defend and being fine with are two different things. Let's not forget Russia is a "nuclear power".
That didn't stop them from supporting Ukraine in 2022, yet they didn't in 2014.
Russia considers Crimea its soil. So it's hard to say but Crimea is very important to Russia.
Russia considers Earth its soil. Bloodthirsty conquerors never, ever stop.
Sure but the judgement is there to determine if Russia will use nukes to keep the land. Clearly, with Ukraine, they won't. With Crimea, I think they would since that's a key point in the oil exportation.
Crimea is Ukraine.
It hasn't been since 2014 though. It's been firmly in Russian control since before 2022. Russia is not looking to lose any land before it started it's 2022 invasion.
Pretty sure nobody except Russia and its cronies recognizes that border.
You realize it's not just a border right? Do you realize they have soldiers in the area and literally forcibly took the area over in 2014 and the world absolutely looked the other way?
They have already 'annexed' oblasts they do not completely control so that threat is pretty hollow.
On their soil in that sentence means Russian's soil, not Ukraine's.
While I agree that it is Ukraine's, Russia does not since they have gone through their legal process of annexation. They are currently fighting in what Russia legally considers their soil.