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2024-04-28 14:01:31 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8CBCBC0ED80530CD1E6DA7D871F8EC664FCC462A5295247D47A55E75B07965B6
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Crimea is not a Russian region. It was illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014 https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/seven-years-russia%E2%80%99s-illegal-annexation-crimea_en The transfer of weapons from the US follows a very public democratic process in the USA. Details of the package were announced by the US government. It cannot therefore be described as “underhand”https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3754238/biden-administration-announces-significant-new-security-assistance-for-ukraine/
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