It’s not occupied. It’s fully annexed and part off Russia now. The Duma even voted on it. Crimea also.
Sounds like someone is still in the denial phase lol.
Right on time.
Only Moscow thinks it’s annexed. No other nation does.
“It’s not occupied. It’s fully annexed and part off Russia now. The Duma even voted on it. Crimea also.”
There is a REASON why Victoria Nuland is gone. She very likely PROMISED her fellow Neocons that her goons in Ukraine would take Donbass and then take Crimea, and rid those areas of those pesky Ruzzians one way or another (drive them into Russia-proper, or take the Bandera Approach and simply exterminate them). Plus, of course, seize the Sevastopol Naval Base.
Neither happened, and now Russia is enlarged and STRONGER than ever.
Alsace and Lorraine (formerly German speaking parts of France) were “fully annexed” parts of Germany, twice. They are not German now, and the language which was so prevalent is now secondary at best. It took 74 years and three wars to settle that particular dispute.
Regardless of who wins the current conflict, Russia and Ukraine will continue to spar over this territory. Too many FReepers think this is a contest between corrupt leaders. But it’s not, if past experience is any guide, Mr. Putin’s adventure has created a deep seated enmity that will grip the Ukrainian people in ways the neither they, he or Russian people will completely understand for years. If they lose this war, there will be at a minimum an insurgency, a nasty bloody affair to bleed Russia by a thousand cuts.
Additionally, any victory will not likely survive long after Mr. Putin’s eventual death. Therefore the Duma’s rubber stamp is meaningless, this question will be settled by force of arms. Which may take decades.