• Vinny_93@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Ah okay, this was during the occupation of Crimea then. It’s not really possible to view that separate from the current situation but arguably, Trump was not in office during this Russian ‘military operation’.

    • aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee
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      8 days ago

      It wasn’t just crimea, the coup/invasion of the donbass area happened in 2014 as well. It was extremely poorly reported in mainstream media because the Obama admin didn’t want to rock the boat and thought they could talk Putin down