Quote Originally Posted by UhOhXplode View Post
But Russia can't just say, "Only God knows why..." because they have to share the responsibility for what happened. They knew Ukraine was unstable and that Ukrainians didn't have any experience running a country.
It's politics, I don't know what you'd expect from a public speech.
But anyway if you want to see the real masterpiece of political lies, you might wanna read Jen Psaki quotes.
Quote Originally Posted by UhOhXplode View Post
That's why Russia didn't send any troops or military equipment to Ukraine and why Russia isn't flying warplanes over the Donbass to create a no-fly zone.
Actually the reasons behind that are mostly economical, I think, energy sector sanctions would be very painful for Russian economy, so Russia is holding its horses, for now.
Quote Originally Posted by UhOhXplode View Post
It was just a huge mistake to let Ukraine become a separate nation - with it's own President - after the USSR break-up.
Russia was not in a position to do anything about it, that time Russia was a broke state with no power to make any big political decisions.