You are playing with fire. What are American ships and bombers doing thousands of miles from the United States? Where are your promises not to expand NATO eastward? Why do you need hundreds of military bases along our borders? And after all this we behave aggressively? Compared to you, we are white and fluffy, as Putin said.

If you are so white and fluffy,get out of Ukraine and that includes Crimea. Little green frogs /men hiding without insignias. What?? were they too embarrassed to show they were invading their neighbour? It appears the troll factory is working over time again.

And the US invaded Afghanistan and Iraq and used regime change against Libya, Ukraine and Syria. But the US is sweet and innocent,
isn't it?

Invasion happened months later,actually.
And yes,military deception IS a very useful thing.

Not an invasion. Putin, being a lawyer, actually worked it out exactly according to the letter of the law, where the Crimean Autonomy government invited Russia to help hold a referendum on joining Russia. A referendum in which what? 97% voted for joining Russia. Call it what you will but it's not an invasion.

I was referring to Northwind.
I think we can agree that roughly ten BTGs can count as an invasion.

Sorry, but still not an invasion. Legally, Northwind would be like the Soviets helping the Spanish republicans in 1936-39 or Vietnam etc.

I disagree.That would be Russia's actions BEFORE Northwind.
So,supplies of equipment,recon info and specialists here or there.
Again,while Northwind was pretty tame by Russian standards,it still involved more forces than,for example,entire Germany can deploy.I say it counts as an invasion.Or it could count if anybody recognized that it's even happened at the time!

An invasion is an aggressive military offensive. Russia was not being aggressive, it was under attack by its geopolitical enemies and was protecting itself.

You're mistaking military and political terms here.

Political terms are nothing but propaganda defined by each side according to their needs. Hence Anschluss of Austria but annexation of the Crimea, as defined by Germany at the time. What's the term used by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs or MOD for the Crimea union or for the Northwind? I bet it's not invasion. You see what I mean?

Officially there was no Northwind,duh!
But i'd like to note that it was very much an invasion.As in large-scale deployment of forces against hostile country on it's own territory.

Novorossia people were not (and are not) hostile to Russia. They were (and are) hostile to Ukraine and so you might as well say that it was Ukraine that invaded those territories while Russia helped the separatists (freedom fighters? :)) in their fight for independence or something.

"Novorossia people were not (and are not) hostile to Russia"
Ukraine was,and from legal standpoint Eastern territories are part of Ukraine.

That's right. Russia only supported one party (the 'good guys') in what is effectively the Ukrainian civil war. Not an 'invasion' :)

Said support at one point did result in invasion.Again,invasion is an offensive deployment of large-scale forces on somebody else's soil.
And i say that ten BTGs is a large enough scale.

in response to Russia’s illegal and illegitimate annexation of Crimea from Ukraine

Glad to see we're not letting up on this. Let Russia remain a pariah. Is good!

The people who live in Crimea were in favor of the annexation.

at the working end of russian rifle people vote for russia and if u dont like it the russian govt will remove u by force

"at the working end of russian rifle"
Do provide proof of said working end being involved in anything but preventing Ukraine from militarily suppressing Crimea,like it attempted to do with it's Eastern territories two months later.

why did russian invader into crimea NOT have any country insignia ? 1st putin khujlo said they were NOT russian forces, then he said he gave the order to russian min. of defence - putin khujlo is like hitler - https://www.rferl.org/a/rus...

"RFE"
You fail on all counts immediately.
One couldn't find less credible source no matter how much one tried.

u like pravda better ? lol....... how much is putin khujlo paying u ?

It's entirely irrelevant what i like or not.
What's relevant is that you,being a moron,used worst possible propaganda piece of them all.

why is it entirely irrelevant? cause u say so tovarich ? RFE is relevant and why is putin khujlo still prez even tho' const. says says no, russia invades crimea and soldeiers dont have insignia - putin khujlo denies they are russian soldiers, then admits they are russian troops - putin khujlo !!

"why is it entirely irrelevant"
Because we aren't discussing my tastes here,but your moronism.

russian constitution says only 2 terms as prez - not emperor for life - putin khujlo

"russian constitution says only 2 terms as prez"
Your problem is that you are quoting 81.3 without mentioning 81.3.1
Which clearly states that since constitution was amended,81.3 limits do not include previous terms.
And since Russian people voted in favor of said constitutional amendments,you don't get to say anything about it.
People have spoken.

putin khujlo !!

putin ignores the russian constitution which says only 2 terms as prez, not emperor for kife!! - he is a criminal against the russian people -

"putin ignores the russian constitution"
No he doesn't.
"which says only 2 terms"
It also says that these limits do not apply to present or previous terms.
And originally (as in,1993 version written by USA)limit was two CONSECUTIVE terms.

putin khujlo !! like hitler

Like they had a choice, what with armed (and disguised - but they knew who they were) troops all around them.

Ukraine should have kept their nukes. But the world learned - never trust Russia to keep a Treaty. Ever!

Like Russia trusted NATO not to expand right up to its borders, huh?

"Like they had a choice"
They did.
"what with armed"
Ukrainian military in Crimea outnumbered Russian over three to one.
"Ukraine should have kept their nukes"
Ukraine never had any nukes to be kept.

Sure they were. Be like all them blokes wanted to be unemployed too.. See below...

Russia could eat us alive. We should stop these useless provocations. With the New Start extension we are in Russias pocket as Biden will gut our nuclear modernization

Russia is a weak regional threat, one that is easily handled. An Iron Fist - they understand that very well. Clenched and ready to knock them on their asses!

"Russia is a weak regional threat"
With both conventional and nuclear forces superior to US.
I wonder what that makes US...

xa xa xa ........ russia cannot even feed their soldiers...better nukes than u.s. ? i thought marijuana was illegal in russia !

"russia cannot even feed their soldiers"
Claims like these require substantial proof.Do provide it or GTFO.

So,no proof,i take it.Well obviously.

putin khujlo !!!! putin khujlo believes in "little green men"

"putin khujlo !!!! putin khujlo"
Kid,are you some kinda cultist?You keep chanting that for no reason.
And polite people were used like ONCE.
To great success,but then,it's not like they fired a single shot in anger!

putin khujlo ! putin murders ukrainian civilians - he is another hitler !!! putin khujlo

The crazies are out for the full moon on Wednesday...

Russia is a strong regional threat in Eastern Europe and their border territories in the Middle East. But unlike the US the Russians want to defend their "near abroad" not dominate the world.

Leroy the hippies are in charge now. Any country will be able to take us in a year or 2. Pingpong will do with us what Joseph Tura did to Shakespeare

Don't worry about the Russians. We can still kick their ass. Could'a done so in 1945. Should of.