• Gates9@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Idk but I believe the pretext was ethnically “Russian” people living in Ukrainian territories. It is true that the two countries share a great deal of ethnic heritage. The Rus people were from Kyiv.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      No it was nothing of the kind. He claimed Ukrainians were basically Russian, that is not about Russian minorities.