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To: skinowski who wrote (763623)6/5/2022 5:37:57 PM
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The Donbas s both Donesk and Luhansk. Its also legitimately Ukrainian territory. So is Crimea but I think I'd be a bit more realpolitik (to the extent that's even meaningful in context, I guess it would depend on what sort or policies or deals are on the table) on that since

1 - Its more important to Russia
2 - Its majority Russian, rather than majority Russian speaking but with ethnic Russians only a very large minority.
3 - Its harder to take back, because its an easily defended peninsula having narrow access from the mainland.

But realpolitik isn't that relevant to the point. It can inform your actions, it could be used to argue for one policy or another in regard to Russia or Ukraine or its conflicts. But even if the policy was "we aren't going to get involved" it still wouldn't change the fact both Russia's attack in 2014 and its escalation in 2022 were "unprovoked aggression which was a one-man decision made by a dictator".
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