Zelenskyy: Russian aggression increased because the reaction to the annexation of Crimea was weak

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Ukrainska Pravda — Monday, 1 August 2022, 22:35

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the reaction to Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 was "weak and insufficiently principled".

Details: Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned his conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron and stated that he invited the French President to participate in the online summit of the Crimea Platform, which will take place shortly.

Quote: "Last year, we created the Crimea Platform and are developing this initiative despite all the tangible threats and diplomatic opposition from Russia. During these years of occupation, Russia has turned Crimea into a large military prison camp, and tens of thousands of people became its victims."

"Crimea became a bridgehead for attacks on the free territory of our country. The weak and insufficiently principled reaction to the occupation of Crimea in 2014 and in the following years became one of the prerequisites for Russian aggression to reach such a scale as now."

"We will gradually restore justice regarding our Crimea."

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MrMobster on August 2nd, 2022 at 09:43 UTC »

And let's not forget the absence of international reaction to Russia's attack on Georgia.

nixon469 on August 2nd, 2022 at 06:22 UTC »

Huh that sounds familiar, I wonder if similar things in recent political history have occurred in similar fashion… maybe involving another rogue authoritarian state with a cult of personality dictator.

wordholes on August 2nd, 2022 at 05:31 UTC »

Putin got emboldened to think he could take over an entire nation, and now he thinks he's putting together a new world order. His laptog in March;

But on Wednesday, Lavrov painted a picture of a new "world order," saying the world was "living through a very serious stage in the history of international relations."

"We, together with you, and with our sympathizers will move towards a multipolar, just, democratic world order," Lavrov said in a video released by the Russian foreign ministry ahead of a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-china-lavrov-visit-beijing-vladimir-putin-xi-jinping-new-world-order/

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