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Originally Posted by crockett
The simple fact is Russia had zero right to move on Ukraine's soil. It doesn't matter if there are protests or not. Russia broke international law and their short term gain is going to cost them a he'll of a lot more in the long run.
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and from wiki...
In return for giving up its nuclear weapons, Ukraine, the United States of America, Russia, and the United Kingdom signed the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, pledging to respect Ukraine territorial integrity, a pledge that was broken by Russia's 2014 invasion of Crimea.