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Re:Joint Declaration by Ministers of Germany, France, Poland... by red-iron-pine on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @01:08PM (#42186433)
not sure why this is downvoted, it's 100% correct. more specifically, a lot of NATO support following Euromaidan and "separatist" fighting 2014-2015.

after a few black eyes fighting the Little Green Men, the AFU leaned hard on NATO assistance for training and armament.

it's why the Ukrainians held out against Russia, and why Russia struggled so much -- they thought they were fighting the 2015 AFU, not the 2022 AFU.

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Re:Joint Declaration by Ministers of Germany, France, Poland... by lostmsu on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @01:48PM (#42186818)
It's probably downvoted because they put "personnel" first, but we all know the number of NATO soldiers in the conflict is essentially 0.
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Re:Joint Declaration by Ministers of Germany, France, Poland... by 9999px on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @01:46PM (#42196921)
"Essentially" is carrying a lot of weight in that sentence. NATO _personnel_ (not necessarily soldiers, but officers and staff) have been active in Ukraine since 2014-15.
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Re:Joint Declaration by Ministers of Germany, France, Poland... by lostmsu on Sunday November 24, 2024 @10:54AM (#42228521)
Well why don't you estimate the number and compare it to the total size of _personnel_ so people could judge if that number is indeed essentially zero? (spoiler alert, it is)
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