Wilshire@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 3 days agoTrump says Ukraine 'should have never started it' in comments about war with Russiawww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1579arrow-down16
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minus-squareCoolbeanschilly@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up31·3 days agoDidn’t Russia use this tactic to annex part of Georgia’s territory back in 2008?
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·edit-23 days agoIIRC yes. It would have worked again if the second invasion hadn’t trended so much, encouraging other countries to intervene, and if Ukraine itself hadn’t put up such a staunch, united resistance.
minus-squareCoolbeanschilly@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoIt also didn’t help that Crimea kept on popping up here and there too.
Didn’t Russia use this tactic to annex part of Georgia’s territory back in 2008?
IIRC yes.
It would have worked again if the second invasion hadn’t trended so much, encouraging other countries to intervene, and if Ukraine itself hadn’t put up such a staunch, united resistance.
It also didn’t help that Crimea kept on popping up here and there too.