Russia loves using this logic, which is completely bonkers. Just try to think from time to time?
Now what's important is when some region has mere fractures of a percent vs when its something like 25%. If your country has 25% Russians and you oppress them - I think Russia has obligation to defend them.
That's exactly what it is and I have no idea what sort of insane, convoluted logic you use to come up with any other idea.
but then it turns out that its arms can be used OUTSIDE of that block
Ohhhh, I see. You believe that defending from an invading force means that you can't attack anything beyond the border? So Russia could just build an ammunition factory right across the border and Ukraine is somehow morally bound not to attack it? Completely insane.
First NATO expanded, and then Russia started defending itself on the territory of Ukraine.
I think you are either trolling or just have bugs in your logic.
Anyways, as fun as it was - I think it's time to stop arguing, it's as useless, as always. Everyone applies double standards (I probably do so too, unfortunately), no one's going to change their position.
Because they're providing weapons for Ukraine to DEFEND ITSELF. This is the fundamental problem with Russian propagandist: you think that defending oneself from Russian attacks is somehow aggression toward Russia. Do you attack your neighbor for building a fence?
Ukraine wanted to exterminate its citizens, who happened to be ethnically Russian and who dared to demand rights to continue speaking in their native, non-ukrainian, language.
This is complete nonsense, and pure Russian propaganda. Ukraine's biggest mistake was allowing so many ethnic Russians to settle in Crimea in the first place.
Leading up to the 2014 invasion, Russia transmitted false "news" propaganda, in Russian, talking about how Nazis were marching in Kiev. It was a complete fabrication, but the gullible, ethnic Russians ate it up. That's why the 2014 invasion was bloodless. Lying propaganda.
but, oops, alas, they are getting actively denazified now.
Are they planning to get around to that after they finish raping and murdering civilians[1]? After they steal and relocate Ukrainian children, as part of their plan to exterminate the Ukrainian cultural identity[2]? After they finish destroying Ukrainian cultural sites, another strategy for wiping out Ukrainian identity[3]? When is this "denazification" going to start, Russian propagandist?
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucha_massacre
[2] https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/05/25/fresh-details-russias-fo...
[3] https://www.government.nl/latest/weblogs/the-work-of-the-min...