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Afaik, the problem started when the Ukraine government prohibited the use of Russian in Ukrainian schools, a clear signal that the large Russian speaking minority was unwanted.
Perhaps the responsible people should visit Canada, which successfully defused an analogous threat from their francophone Quebec based minority.
The problem started when the Ukraine agreed to destroy its nuclear weapon stockpile after assurances fom the UK and the USA that both countries would commit to protecting their borders in case of armed conflict, if the Ukraine had retained their nuclear capability or we had stood by our promises, we wouldn't be having this conversation as Russia would not have dared to invade.
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