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Cool story, lose another refinery complex over it.

[–] NoTagBacks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So the Russian government is accusing the country they've been invading for the past four years of threatening the sovereignty of an ally that has publicly assisted in invading said country?

Yeah, okay.

[–] MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

Plus the soft invasion before 2014

[–] jasoman@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

If Russia is that worried they could just end the war.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 8 points 1 week ago

"sovereign". sure.

i worked with a belarusian on a project in lithuanua at the start of 2023. very nice guy. he told me that he and his family had basically left their newly-bought house unlocked and just walked to the border as soon as the invasion of ukraine started because he knew the position lukashenko would take. he believed they wouldn't be safe. and it only took a month or so before there were russian troops stationed there.