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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by Consultant32452 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @06:54PM (#30462020)
>Ukrainians overthrew their corrupt government and made moves to establish a genuine western-style democracy with rule of law

It's believed by many that the US ran a coup that installed a US puppet. That alleged puppet ended the long-standing arrangement that granted Russia access to its only warm water port. Losing access to this port made it almost a certainty that Russia would annex Crimea, which it did.

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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces by jotm on Thursday February 24, 2022 @07:01PM (#30462086)
It did, and a decade later it launched an all out attack on the whole of Ukraine to "protect" the newly recognized DNR/LNR. A paper thin excuse, something a HOIIV player or a deranged dictator would come up with.

With no strong opposition to that, drunk on success, ~~Hitler~~ Putin can go further.

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