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"a part of sovereign country is being aggressively annexed by their neighbor"...sounds like you are getting your media fix from Fox News

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Did Ukraine attack Russia in any way? No. Is Ukraine a sovereign Country? Yes. Is Russia sending troops to Ukraine? Yes. This is an invasion. Isn't an invasion an aggression? If not, what is?

You're oversimplifying the situation. Yes, Ukraine is a sovereign country. But half of it is ethnically Russian, and identify themselves a such. The Ukrainian border--like many geopolitical borders--is arbitrary and does not signify a single united nation.

I'm not saying one side is right and the other is wrong. I'm just highlighting the fact that's it's not as simple as you make it out to be.

This could have justified a referendum. Not an occupation. That IS an act of war. Or you think that France could occupy the French-speaking part of Swiss and that wouldn't be an act of aggression?

Is there a part of constitution of Ukraine that allows some region of it to split away from Ukraine?

Just wanted to point out that Ukraine is not half ethnically Russian; large parts of the country speak the Russian language but only 17% are ethnically Russian. Even these ethnic Russians are still Ukrainian citizens, making any claim by Russia to be "protecting" them rather dubious.

Hate to go all Godwin on you, but you don't happen to have Sudeten German ancestry, do you? This issue has already been settled.

I can't reply to gk1 for some reason, but he's exaggerating. Russian's are still a minority, not half the population as he/she suggests. According to wikipedia it's around 17% of the population.

Russia has a lot of control over Ukraine however since over half of their exports go to Russia (and those exports are generally of poor quality that likely couldn't be exported elsewhere) and they're also heavily reliant on Russia for natural gas...

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