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[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because those outer reaches are the regions that asked them for help when Ukraine spent 8 years slaughtering them for being too ethnically Russian

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And Russia finally came to help them in 2021 and not amy sooner.

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, they were hoping to reach a diplomatic solution but the Ukranian nazi government wouldn't stop breaking treaties. Your point?