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ELI5: What prompted Ukraine now just to invade Russia could they not have done it a while back? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The USA and others said no.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I still find that insane.

"Russia has been attacking us for 2 years. We're going to attack back." "No, don't do that. That will escalate things." "Oh cool, I guess we'll just keep taking it."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Slight distinction, though maybe not so much a practical one: it was more "Don't do that with our weapons, Russia will get mad at us, instead of just you."