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The only reason Trump has this opportunity to screw over Ukraine is because Biden kept the war going. The previous administration pressured Ukraine to keep the war going instead of entering negotiations over territory back when Russia was in a much worse position than it is now.
The reason? At the time it appeared that the war was an opportunity to weaken Russia and let them to waste blood and treasure on an unwinnable quagmire.
Years later all they accomplished was killing more Ukrainians and Russia is stronger than ever. Biden got Ukraine here, even if Trump is the one to finish them off.
Some DARVO shit right here.
DARVO shit would be blaming Ukraine, which is what Trump does.
I'm blaming the imperial power that provoked the war in the first place and then stopped negotiations from taking place and never gave Ukraine enough aid to actually win outright. The plan was always to hurt Russia, not help Ukraine. They're the victims in all this.
The US has a lot of responsibility for the war going on this long. All presidents are criminals.
So, Russia?
Russia was not justified in its invasion, but let's not pretend the goal is just to steal land. They need a buffer state from NATO or it's only a matter of time until they get the Libya treatment. This is to protect Russians, unfortunately Ukrainians got used as pawns to threaten them when their government was overthrown by a Western coup i.e. imperialism.
Me living in a NATO country bordering Russia.
Note, I generally agree about the fact that NATO should have been dissolved after the cold war, and since then it contributed to create the risk it was useful to mitigate. That said, the key word is contributed. Russia is an imperial power and I hope you can see how populations who were already on the receiving end of that imperialism would rather choose the far empire than risking with the close one.
Your description of the maidan events also completely lefts out the popular support, the Ukrainian perspective, the way that Yanukovich had the power in the first place, the impact of russification (also imperialism) and much more. Yes, the US was very happy and supported the maidan movement, and so did many different groups with different perspectives. However, it's completely partial to paint that as an imperialisric US coup.