President Trump said in an interview Monday that Ukraine should hold new elections despite its ongoing war with Russia, warning that Kyiv would soon reach a point “where it’s not a demo…
the “democratic uprising of the people” people never have an answer for why crimea was annexed by russia with barely a shot fired, with widespread defection of military personnel, and with no subsequent protracted people’s war against the tyranny of the russian state. while I appreciate that crimea isn’t the same as the donbass, the practically bloodless annexation of crimea demonstrated that at least some fraction of ukrainians were approximately as happy to be part of russia instead.
the “democratic uprising of the people” people never have an answer for why crimea was annexed by russia with barely a shot fired, with widespread defection of military personnel, and with no subsequent protracted people’s war against the tyranny of the russian state. while I appreciate that crimea isn’t the same as the donbass, the practically bloodless annexation of crimea demonstrated that at least some fraction of ukrainians were approximately as happy to be part of russia instead.