the whole point in assigning the donbass and crimea to ukraine when the ussr dissolved, instead of adjusting them to their pre-50's borders in russia, was to ensure that a lever was left available for subsequent conflict which would drain the strategically valuable central/northern fronts and force russian deployment to protect a meaningless flank which would weaken their defenses in st. p. and moscow. this was an obvious strategic decision made in the 90's and then allowed to fester for a generation. > as a pole you should be glad that nato had the foresight to do this.
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