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BREAKING: Russia now accusing "Ukrainian radicals" of invading its Belgorod region near Ukraine border
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[quote:Peacenik 51592178:MV8yNDk2OTU3XzQzMDg3ODI5X0VBRTkzRDJB] [quote:Anonymous Coward 49997803:MV8yNDk2OTU3XzQzMDg3NzU3XzQ5NENDMUQ3] Nothing will happen. The current Ukrainian government is severing ties with Russia. But there is a very important Russian naval base in Crimea (Ukraine allows Russia to operate it there), in order to make sure that naval base continues under Russian command, Russia is (looking like it's) attempting to annex Crimea - so why the weird stuff with unidentifiable soldiers? Well, they are there to provoke the Ukrainian military into a response, the trick is that if the Ukrainian military engages them, then Russia can say that this is proof of the outbreak of civil war - we all know that's bullshit, but if you're an Eastern European country, you're not going to argue with a country that is your only source of oil, and will not hesitiate to invade you. This is where Russia sends in a massive invasion force to secure Crimea under the excuse "we're protecting Russian citizens in a civil war", it's the same excuse Russia has used at least twice already to annex territories, and it's a similar excuse to the one used by Hitler to annex Czechslovakia in 1938. Now here's the interesting part: In 1994, the Budapest Memorandum was signed by Russia, Ukraine, UK and USA. It states that if Ukraine gives up it's nuclear weapons, in return UK and USA and Russia aren't allowed to annex Ukraine - if one of the nations breaks the agreement, the Budapest Memorandum (legally?) obligates the others to defend Ukraine. So, in accordance with the memorandum, if Russia annexes Crimea, the Budapest Memorandum obligates us to go to war with Russia. IMO, if Crimea is annexed by Russia, the west won't come to defend Ukraine against Russia, and in all honesty it was very stupid for Ukraine to agree to the Budapest Memorandum. [/quote] This would make sense, except for the fact that the Russians were [b]asked[/b] to come in and protect the Crimeans from the dumb ass stooges and trouble makers that are now taking control in Kiev. [/quote]
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Russia now accusing "Ukrainian radicals" of invading its Belgorod region near Ukraine border - Interfax
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