Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-02-06 22:14:24 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EB5DDAF1437A570E894B0D2BC11D8A09365A35093570A5499C07B3469ECD0A55
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Original Note:
Russia's annexation of Crimea ('14), Donetsk ('22), Luhansk ('22), Kherson ('22), and Zaporizhia ('22) follow a pattern of expansion through frozen conflicts known as salami slicing https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/30/putin-announces-russian-annexation-of-four-ukrainian-regions Other examples of this include Abkhazia (2008), South Ossetia (2008) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-01/georgia-wants-russia-to-leave-its-land-in-a-ukraine-peace-deal Transnistria (1992) https://www.dw.com/en/will-the-war-in-ukraine-spell-the-end-of-transnistria/a-64363639
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