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[–] lesseva96@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I did know. That why I remember the Budapest Memorandum, in which Ukraine's territorial sovereignty was guaranteed by Russia in exchange for their nukes. I wonder why y'all didn't bring that up?

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Budapest memorandum??? You have got to be kidding me. A 30-year old document written shortly after the collapse of the USSR is somehow worthy of discussion? And it's Russia that should be critiqued for breaching it? Euromaidan was a coup of the Ukrainian government led by far right militias funded by the United States Department, which then installed their own puppet government with their picked stooges. This government then continually shelled another russian-speaking part of Ukraine for 8 years (in spite of other treaties I might add). The Budapest memorandum was already trampled by the United States and then Ukraine itself.

You got a response to this upthread that you didn't reply to. Maybe address @Egon@hexbear.net before repeating yourself.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks! I also posted it to them myself lol. I also called out that I knew they wouldn't respond, because it's clear they're cowards. I should probably have added that other treaties and agreements have been broken as well - such as that of NATO expansion.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Budapest memorandum??? You have got to be kidding me. A 30-year old document written shortly after the collapse of the USSR is somehow worthy of discussion? And it's Russia that should be critiqued for breaching it? Euromaidan was a coup of the Ukrainian government led by far right militias funded by the United States Department, which then installed their own puppet government with their picked stooges. This government then continually shelled another russian-speaking part of Ukraine for 8 years (in spite of other treaties I might add). The Budapest memorandum was already trampled by the United States and then Ukraine itself. Of course later treaties were written - like Minsk II, which was breached continually by Ukraine. Russia did seek diplomatic solutions before invading - which I think was an overreaction, but pretending it was unprovoked is silly.

And since we're talking treaties and agreements, what of that of NATO encroachment? The agreement that NATO would not incorporate ex Soviet countries? That's of course not worth anything, because that's different because we're doing it, right?