russia invading ukraine is an absolute disaster. it'll fuck up luhansk and donets, it'll fuck up ukraine, it'll fuck up europe, and it'll further fuck up the global economy... all because one small, greedy man wants to relive a past glory that never existed.
Weren’t the two areas Russian troops went into already effectively Russian controlled dating back to 2014?
no. the russians were supporting the mercenaries in eastern ukraine, but it was all back-channel and undern the table. the russians themselves weren't there, certainly not in the overwhelming numbers they will be now. putin didn't have direct control. the territory was still ukraine's. now putin is stealing it, just like he did crimea.
I find it hard to get excited here….
how well have wars in europe turned out for the world? this won't remain a local, isolated conflict. have you read anything about the global impacts this is going to have? there is also that thing about the rule of law. i don't want to live in a chaotic world where rules mean nothing and breaking them has no consequences.
Sanctions are weak
we're about to find out. one thing that is interesting is that the previous sanctions imposed on russia were cooked up on the fly - no one expected putin to invade crimea so the west scrambled to come up with punishments. this time we had a heads-up, so more time to plan. if russia gets cut off from the global banking system, which has been threatened, it'll piss off russian elites something terrible. will be interesting to see how that plays out.