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Re:Alexei Navalny has died – authorities by disgruntledphd2 on Friday February 16, 2024 @09:37AM (#39397579)
Yup, this was the time to arm Ukraine. (or even in 2008 with Georgia).
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Re:Alexei Navalny has died – authorities by Aerroon on Friday February 16, 2024 @10:35AM (#39398389)
The US did actually train Ukrainian troops after that. Eg https://www.newsweek.com/us-troops-prepare-ukraine-soldiers-...

Could more have been done? Probably, but effort was definitely put in.

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Re:Alexei Navalny has died – authorities by disgruntledphd2 on Friday February 16, 2024 @12:08PM (#39399828)
If you compare what happened in 2022 to what happened in 2014, you could make the argument that basically nothing was done in 2014.

I had a friend who kept saying that we needed to do something back then, and kinda ignored him, and now looking back, it's depressing how right he was.

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Re:Alexei Navalny has died – authorities by unyttigfjelltol on Friday February 16, 2024 @03:18PM (#39402411)
Nah, Ukraine improved it's ability to defend itself after 2014, leaving Russia the choice of accepting defeat or outright invasion. It chose invasion.
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Re:Alexei Navalny has died – authorities by IncreasePosts on Friday February 16, 2024 @03:23PM (#39402463)
2 years before Russia invaded Ukraine, you had Obama quipping like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0IWe11RWOM
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