Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[SecondWar]

Ka-pi96 said:

SecondWar said:

I’m also following events on several newspapers, one of which has active comments on all articles. Those in the ‘surrender land’ camp on there range from Russian trolls to those who say Ukraine should ‘compromise’ for the sake of peace, The West should stop egging Ukraine on, Russia has more to offer us so why are we supporting Ukraine and finally the land was historically Russia so should be given back to them.

All of the reasoning is short-sighted and rather pathetic.

Wow, that's an incredibly stupid one. It's a near 100% guarantee that the land they're currently living on was historically part of another country too! Would they want to give that land back?

Yeah, a common retort when that example comes up is Kaliningrad, which is historically the German city of Konigsberg in East Prussia that only came into Russia possession in the 1940s. They usually dodge the question when asked if Russia should give that location up.