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by thriftwy 1138 days ago
EU did not cause the war in Ukraine. Soviets did, by appending Donetsk Krivorozhye Republic to Ukraine SSR.

But, the fact is that expansion of EU and EU influence in Ukraine were conductive of that war instead of being a deterrent.
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dragonwriter 1138 days ago
> EU did not cause the war in Ukraine.

Correct.

> Soviets did, by appending Donetsk Krivorozhye Republic to Ukraine SSR.

No, the Russian Federation did, by launching an unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine.

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thriftwy 1138 days ago
Ukraine did not control Crimea, Donetsk and Lugansk for almost a decade. The north cyprus / north ireland situation existed before the war, which does look idiotic to me presently.
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dragonwriter 1138 days ago
The war started with the 2014 invasion, not the 2022 escalation.
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thriftwy 1138 days ago
Okay, so? Another war was started in 1974 by Turkey. I rest the case.
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