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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Russians predicted this before special military operation.

For example, Putin mentions this outcome many years ago, if Russia decides to take on Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Depends what they mean by "traditionally" and its iimplications. Did it use to be Hungarian? Sure, at some point it was. So if by "traditionally" they mean "formerly", fine. It'd be an interesting move if neighboring countries (Ukraine) agreed to this, provided that Hungary at the same time relinquished any claim on the same territory, and Orban got his tongue out of Putins ass.

After all, there are many territories that is "traditionally" part of a different country. Karelia, Königsberg, Northern Ireland, Tibet, Hawaii, just to name a few. But the world has (mostly) moved on out of pragmatism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Hungarians are too clingy to Trianon, even today. They seem to think that these territories were actually traditionally Hungarian, despite being ethnically and culturally different but a very infamous census made in 1910 considered all these people Hungarian because they spoke the language to some extent.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Do they want a piece? Well, they can go fuck themselves because neither they nor their bestie Russia will get any.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago

Let's hope so. With every passing day this situation is more likely to become a mixture of East Germany and North Korea. Whether the West recognizes eastern Ukraine as Russian or not will be irrelevant. The only "upside" is that Putin's Russia doesn't look like it will be able to sustain itself for as long as the Soviet Union could after WW2.