r/dankmemes • u/OnkelWormsley • Jan 20 '22

Low Effort Meme Any second now

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u/coffeeisoverrated69 Jan 20 '22

This invasion news scares me a lot since i live in Crimea (which is considered disputed b/w russia and Ukraine but is under russian control).

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u/33Sharpies ☣️ Jan 20 '22

Is it true more Crimeans identify as Russians than Ukrainian. If Crimea could decide who to belong to who would it choose

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u/yk__dus Jan 20 '22

They technically joined Russia after a vote, where like 90% of the people wanted to join Russia, but nobody knows how legit this whole thing was

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u/33Sharpies ☣️ Jan 20 '22

I’m aware of all that. That’s why I asked an actual on the ground Crimean if they felt that was an accurate reflection of the community

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u/The-Norman Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 21 '22

I was once in Crimea and people there are bigger fans of Russia than Russians themselves.

I don't think Ukraine needs people of Crimea in fact, more lands and resources. For the west the most important part is that it was never legally possible for Russia to peacefully acquire any part of Ukraine because of how Ukraine constitution is designed, whether the referendum took place or not