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by irthomasthomas 1577 days ago
Russia has been holding the same military drills for over a decade without triggering this panic. [0]

Also, calling Ukraine a democracy is a bit of a stretch. They shut down 3 tv stations critical of the government, and imprisoned a political rival. I am sure there are people here that would love to shutdown RT, but we don't do that in a democracy.

[0] 2020: Russian Military Exercises Near Ukraine. 100 to 120 thousand troops. No WW3, no threat of nukes. https://empr.media/news/conflict-zone/russian-military-exerc...

earlier:

2016 https://www.vox.com/2016/9/1/12729426/russia-troops-ukraine-...

2017 https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2017/09/13/whats-putin-up...

2018 https://archive.is/0gqL0

2019 https://radiolemberg.com/en/ua-articles/ua-allarticles/almos...

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> Russia has been holding the same military drills for over a decade without triggering this panic. [0]

This post hasn't aged well. :)

Seems different this time.