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Ten. It's been ten years and the fact that so many people ignore this unfortunately makes the "Russian assets" argument look all that more legitimate. –It is a dumb argument but people really need to stop acting like this just started in 2022.
Well, this doesn't look like a realistic peace plan.
https://x.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1832894760257991007
Because Russia just invaded out of nowhere, right?
Yes that is indeed what happened.
Jeffrey Sachs: The War in Ukraine Was Provoked—and Why That Matters to Achieve Peace
Etcetera.
Well you're just stupid then
I might be, but lets put that to the side, why did russia invade ukraine?
If you're actually curious and have 20 minutes, try this video: Ukraine: The Avoidable War
Demonstrate a good faith attempt to answer the question yourself. It's been two years.
You're the one that asked the question, "Because Russia just invaded out of nowhere, right?" It's clearly your turn to answer here.
NATO expansion
While it's true that Russia could just stop their invasion and leave and that'd be that, it's not likely to happen. I really doubt they are willing to give up any of their conquered land.