Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-03-02 18:15:39 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 92431F3BC2746A42673DFBF67C4AB3190E5C3097477125161085A0001DA5835E
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Note that there was little support in Ukraine for joining NATO as of early 2014, as well as in its government, until a second column of Russian tanks was spotted moving into Donbas in Aug of '14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140502193915/http://www.razumkov.org.ua/eng/poll.php?poll_id=46 https://en.itar-tass.com/world/755870 https://24tv.ua/vstup_v_yes_pidtrimuye_mayzhe_dvi_tretini_ukrayintsiv_51__za_vstup_do_nato__sotsopituvannya_n511169 Joining NATO didn't become an official policy goal until 2017: https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-parliament-coalition-agreement/26703123.html
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