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submitted 10 months ago by TokenBoomer to c/politicalmemes

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[–] hanekam 1 points 10 months ago

They altered the terms of the deal. I think they expected to being able to keep their main fleet headquarters and have friendly relations with Ukraine

This is incredibly revisionist. Ukraine very much wanted and tried to remain friendly with Russia, and Russia losing the lease on the ports was never in question before Russia invaded.

It was Putin who demanded Ukraine choose between Russia and Europe, and then invaded Crimea and the East when he didn't like their choice.