Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[SecondWar]

SecondWar said:

Ka-pi96 said:

Why are people telling Ukraine to give russia land? Do people that incredibly stupid actually exist?

Like, do they not know that WW2 was a thing? The English/French tried to "appease" hitler by letting him take some land, they even got him to "promise" not to invade any more land. How did that go? Why would anybody think it would be any different this time?

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 Russian so should be given back to them.

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

One thing that’s also worth noting is any calls to call of support for Ukraine and end sanctions on Russia so as to relieve the fuel price surge and the pressure on food prices appear to be limited (at least in the newspaper comment-board I’m citing). Sure, there are a few but they are vastly outnumbered by those saying we should maintain support for Ukraine.

Who knows if that may change in the future though, especially as winter approaches.