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Right, Ukraine was fighting corruption. Russia entered on the side of... corruption.
"Fighting corruption" is an interesting way to describe sustained artillery bombardments of civilian targets.
Fighting this corruption:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych
Hoo boy wait til you see what Zelenskyy was up to.
Why are you defending oligarchs?
Seems like you are. Zelensky was in the paradise papers
A few million dollars earned from acting is an oligarch to you?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/4/pandora-papers-ukraine-leader-seeks-to-justify-offshore-accounts
Better keep reading and you'll find a real one:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/4/pandora-papers-russia-dismisses-leaks-implicating-putin
Yes being a multi-millionaire and hiding your wealth in offshore tax havens is being an oligarch to me.
You act as if I support Russia? Oh no Putin bad! Who would have thought!