# Russia was justified in its invasion of Ukraine..let's discuss

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Tags:** ukraine-invasion\
**Created:** [March 7, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-was-justified-in-its-invasion-of-ukraine-lets-discuss/960590 "2022-03-07T00:15:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-was-justified-in-its-invasion-of-ukraine-lets-discuss/960590/55 "2022-03-07T14:10:59Z")

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> Ukraine was part of Russia since ancient times

A lie

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> Ukraine (and Belarus, and Georgia, and the Baltic States) fall into the Russia sphere of influence

Imperialist crap

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> Russia was promised by NATO that NATO wouldn’t expand into Russia’s sphere of influence

Show us the treaties

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> Putin has serious, existential concerns about NATOs deliberate and provocative expansion

I seriously doubt that.

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> The US is the one at fault for this crisis as it provoked Russia and forced its hand

How did the _US_, specifically, provoke Russia?

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> The US has done worse things

_Tu quoque_ gets you laughed out of debate club.

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> everyone is ganging up on Russia, showing that the US controls the world

Make better TV, movies, fast food and sodas than they have been making, rather than invading their neighbours. That’s the way to equal the little hegemony the US still has.

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