[clort]

That they sent special forces to Kyiv to take over the government on the first days of the invasion is not implication?

[ivan_gammel]

Is Venezuela US state now or not?

Also, looking at Russian track record specifically, is Georgia, which was militarily defeated in 2008, part of Russia? Did they formally annex Abkhazia or Transnistria? Does Lukashenko report to Putin?