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Originally Posted by Damien
Yes eventually they're a option to become another EU members. Ukraine has harboured that ambition for a while. It's that is what they want it is their choice, not ours nor Russias. Anyway this is more than that now. It may have been the spark but it grew into more. The protestors believe the Government was corrupt and serving it's own interests. Their attempts to use violence against the protestors inflamed it more.
I think that had more to do with the dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union more than anything else.
It's not just what the EU is doing it's what the people of the country are doing as well. If they didn't want anything to do with the EU then I would agree but it appears they do and it's their decision to make. The Ukrainians don't see themselves as a mere buffer zone.
Yes because we provide what help we can. Honouring the terms of an agreement they wanted is not especially taxing for us. What other policies and agreements should be cancel at the behest of Russia?
Besides it's not as if moving the tanks in is an action without cost for Russia. They're currently doing the same as the EU, willing to support the country if they choose them. However unlike the EU they don't have the backing of the majority of the country.
No one is advocating getting involved in a war. We're talking about supporting the citizens of the country by not cancelling the free trade agreement. A agreement some want us to cancel because we don't want to upset Russia.
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We're talking about rattling Russia's cage unnecessarily and potentially getting embroiled in something which could easily escalate out of control and end in armed conflict. The EU's interest in Ukraine will not stop at a pure trade agreement and the Russians know this.