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You don’t even need analogies here. Just take this in: Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons (the third-largest arsenal in the world), military aircraft, and missiles under U.S. pressure in exchange for security and territorial integrity guarantees from Russia, the U.S., and the UK. In 2014, Russia attacked Ukraine, violating the strongest global agreements (on the country’s borders under the UN and the Budapest Memorandum). Betraying Ukraine, Russia occupied Crimea while claiming it wasn’t involved. Instead of fulfilling its obligations, the U.S. also betrayed Ukraine. Seeing this betrayal, Russia launched an attack on Donbas. The war lasted eight years. In Donbas, Russia continued to claim it wasn’t involved, attributing the conflict to local separatists, despite Ukraine providing evidence to the contrary. Russia ran propaganda campaigns on TV and through agents in every country, spreading lies about Nazis, fake referendums, claims that Ukraine attacked itself, and other nonsense. The world not only ignored Russian aggression but even countries like Germany and France (and many more—Austria, Hungary, Belgium, to name a few) armed Russia, selling it helicopters and weapons. With U.S. support, Germany built Nord Stream 2 to fund Russia while bypassing Ukraine and making Europe even more dependent on Russian energy. These countries simultaneously pressured Ukraine to capitulate to Russia and cede its territories. Failing to covertly occupy Donbas, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine with the intent to completely destroy the country. Their plans included mass genocides and the elimination of all patriots, artists, and clergy—a strategy outlined in official documents (proof that impunity for crimes during World War II leads to new atrocities). Russia attempted to capture Kyiv. The U.S. bet on Ukraine’s defeat and refused to provide help. Russia committed mass genocides but still failed to capture Kyiv. Russian forces were encircled and forced to retreat, leading to a battle focused solely on Donbas. It wasn’t until a month later that Ukraine received its first weapons—but they were weak and came with the condition that they not be used against Russia. Some countries, like Germany, resisted to the last moment, refusing to provide anything. At most, they offered helmets. The U.S. adopted a strategy of attrition, despite experts loudly warning that this approach would exhaust Ukraine, not Russia—which is exactly what happened. Ukraine had several opportunities to defeat Russia, but the U.S. thwarted them by leaking Ukraine’s plans to the Kremlin, disabling internet access for Ukrainian drones, delaying essential weapons deliveries, and intentionally creating ammunition shortages. The U.S. is directly responsible for the situation where Ukraine is now losing this war entirely. Currently, the U.S. is demanding that Ukraine sit at the negotiating table and surrender occupied territories to Russia. Moreover, both the U.S. and Germany oppose Ukraine’s NATO membership, even after the war, effectively leaving Ukraine vulnerable to future Russian attacks. No treaty in the world’s history has ever been upheld by Russia. How should Ukrainians respond to this madness? Even if we set aside the fact that Ukraine’s capitulation will lead to World War III, that the defeat of a nuclear-capable country after surrendering its nuclear weapons will create global nuclear chaos, and that Russia’s impunity for its crimes will set a precedent for resolving conflicts through war—it still begs the question: why did we fight and sacrifice for 10 years? Would all these deaths, sacrifices, and suffering be in vain? Ukrainians will not allow this to happen! #RussiaUkraineWar #RussiaUkraineConflict #UkraineWar @realDonaldTrump