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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago (2 children)

"but Putin says the people living in those border regions are majority 'ethnic Russian' so invading is okay"

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 8 points 8 months ago

Stalin used a similar justification for invading Poland

[–] Green_Mouse@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, we know very well where these ethnic Russians came from, or rather, their ancestors, and where the Ukrainians (and not only them) who lived there disappeared.