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2023-08-25 11:54:48 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B82758B0A8BADC8B39EBF43D1DB0A4D370E4BE46B413B10DD3B7EAA21842EBB2
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Every region of Ukraine voted for an independent Ukraine, including Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Ukrainian_independence_referendum 67% of Crimeans wanted to remain part of Ukraine in 2013: https://www.iri.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/201320October20720Survey20of20Crimean20Public20Opinion2C20May2016-302C202013.pdf NATO never promised that it would not ‘expand’, as confirmed by Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the USSR: https://www.rbth.com/international/2014/10/16/mikhail_gorbachev_i_am_against_all_walls_40673.html
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