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Re:NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircr... by DiogenesKynikos on Thursday November 19, 2020 @08:48AM (#25149359)
Because it's on Russia's doorstep, was part of Russia for 400 years until 1991, has a large Russian minority, the Russian Black Sea fleet is based in Sevastopol, the Russia-friendly government had just been toppled in a coup backed by the US and Western European powers, and Russia didn't want another NATO member on its doorstep.

I can't see what would possibly lead to a Russian invasion of Denmark.

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Re:NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircr... by virgilp on Thursday November 19, 2020 @09:33AM (#25149854)
> in a coup backed by the US and Western European powers

Seriously? I'm sure the fact that Ukrainians could see contrast with next-door Poland had nothing to do with Maidan... no, it was CIA, definitely.

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Re:NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircr... by DiogenesKynikos on Thursday November 19, 2020 @10:48AM (#25150668)
They can also see the contrast with next-door Russia. The Ukraine is one of the poorest countries in Europe.

The overthrow of the government was effected by armed militias, with a heavy far-right presence (e.g., pictures of Stepan Bandera, the Nazi collaborator who ethnically cleansed Poles from Western Ukraine during WWII). The US government had a hand in picking the successor government - there's even audio of the behind-the-scenes discussions. There was obviously popular support in Western Ukraine for Maidan, but there was also a lot of foreign involvement and the seizure of power itself was violent and unconstitutional.

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