My mom just called to tell me that she heard an easy explanation of russia/ukraine stuff. Her words:
"Russia is like a crazy ex boyfriend who beats the shit out of Ukraine and wont let her have friends. (Us, europe, etc). Now the crazy ex boyfriend is back to beat her again but her friends wont let him beat her up this time."
I think my jaw hit the floor. 🤣🤣🤣 I was like wait... what?!
Shes a boomer who sticks on fb and news so I shouldnt have been surprised but 🤦🏼♀️ The bad thing is shes hardcore conservative! I guess thats why I was shocked she just ran with that angle.
You need to go back to 2014 when The West overthrew a duly elected, pro-Russian government in Ukraine and replaced it with a government they found more amenable.
Protests were turned into demonstrations which were escalated into riots. The final step was to embed snipers to shoot 50 people on both sides to create a violent reaction. The president of Ukraine ended up fleeing to Russia.
Now remember the name no one was allowed to post - Eric Ciaremella!