Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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crissindahouse said:

Absolutely believable that people from regions who lost family members, good friends and neighbors from Russia's attacks, those who got their homes and cars destroyed and those who now have to fear to get drafted or to have a father/son/husband to be drafted to Russia's military would vote to 98% pro Russia.

Why do they even try and don't just say that they want to steal land? They know it, we know it and they know that we know it so just say it you idiots.

Probably mostly for internal propaganda purposes, I guess. When they 'annex' those lands, they can start telling their people that they must defend their land from Ukrainian aggression. It will legitimize things technically, and repeating the claim will, at some point, overwhelm the people and make them think Russia really is under aggression. This also gives an excuse to present nuclear threats again to see if they work this time.