The fact that Crimea was ethnically cleansed, going from over 90% indigenous to less than 2%, means that Crimea "has always been Russian". We only care when USA does that
We also cannot explain why Ukraine resist us, why NATO is so popular, or why all my trolls are racist morons
OTD in 1944 Soviet deportation of Crimean Tatars began. On Stalin's orders, over 191,000 were forcibly sent to Uzbek SSR. 8000 died en route & 88,000 died with 3 years.
Imagine mass deportations happening in 21st century...
Delighted China & Russia issued statement condemning reckless US policy of illegally invading countries thinking it would get a quick win but instead ending up stuck in a quagmire that achieves none of its goals & causes misery for millions.....
We genuinely pretend we don’t understand why NATO is so popular, we whine when statues to the people who did this are removed.
It is an unsolvable mystery beyond the comprehension of luminaries such as @jeremycorbyn@yanisvaroufakis & also fuckstickbunchofnumbers.
OTD in 1948 operation Vesna began in Lithuania. 40,000 people were deported to Siberia and replaced by Russians.
Imagine that kind of thing happening today. Imagine selectively opposing it.
Fun fact. The treaty also recognized *all 4 states* as legal successors to USSR. Thus, Kremlin concedes in law that Ukraine won WW2 just as much as we claim we did.
Checkmate, tankies.
OTD in 1992 Russia, Ukraine, Belarus & Kazakhstan signed Lisbon protocol to promise to give their nukes to Russia.
As this turned out to be a wise decision made to a trustworthy recipient, you can believe our promises now.
Day 1551 of my 3 day war. I spent $25 million on an Oreshnik missile to blow up someone's garage. Ukraine spent $50,000 on a drone to blow up a key oil pump station.
I remain a master strategist.
OTD in 2014 the Russian attack of Donetsk airport began, lasting 8 months and destroying the airport.
The EU punished me by approving Nordstream 2 a short while later. The message of appeasement was noted.