Russia invades Ukraine

[timmy]

east ukraine is mkore than 50% ehtnic russian, majority of them speak russian and want to join Ru. Federation, theyre actually happy for russian soldiers to station crimea and make sure no riots happen.
They want a referendum to vote for either EU or Ru. Fed.

most democratic shit going on in east ukraine, while west ukraine is flipping out becuase east ukraine has most of the industry/money/agriculture.

if some how this ends up with east and west ukraine splitting up like the koreas, west will be poor as FUCK and need so much aid from other countries it wont be funny.

[Autistic Spectrum]

A treaty signed in 1994 by the US and Britain could pull both countries into a war to protect Ukraine if Putin’s troops intervene.

The Budapest Memorandum was signed by Bill Clinton, John Major, Boris Yeltsin and Leonid Kuchma – the then-rulers of the USA, UK, Russia and Ukraine – as part of the denuclearization of former Soviet republics after the dissolution of the Soviet Union

Technically it means that if Russia has invaded Ukraine then it would be difficult for the US and Britain to avoid going to war.

Sir Tony Brenton, who served as British Ambassador from 2004 to 2008, said that war could be an option ‘if we do conclude the [Budapest] Memorandum is legally binding.’

It promises to protect Ukraine’s borders, in return for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons.

Today Kiev has demanded the agreement is activated after insisting their borders had been violated.

In response Mr Brenton said in a BBC radio interview: ‘If indeed this is a Russian invasion of Crimea and if we do conclude the [Budapest] Memorandum is legally binding then it’s very difficult to avoid the conclusion that we’re going to go to war with Russia’.