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TW war crimes
Currently, 18% of Ukraine is occupied by Russia which is the same land mass as 45% of the UK.
Imagine 45% of the UK being occupied by, let's say, France, who in this example do not recognise us as a sovereign country. Initially, they demand London capitulates and the government submits to French rule. Obviously, we won't, so they invade our borders and begin to systematically kill off towns and villages, they dig mass graves for the dead (and half dead), forcibly deport our children for adoption by French families (because we are Nazis) rape men and women, old and young, boys and girls, in front of their families, and video the removal of penises of POWs and sharing this on SM. They torture our pets, literally raze the city of Hull to the ground (equivalent to Mariupol in geographical size) and eventually occupy 45% of our land, whilst relentlessly bombing the other 55%, day after day, for three years. Thousands of civilians are killed, 70,000 soldiers dead, likely members of your family and friends.
For those who don't care about this current genocide happening on European soil (3.5 hrs away so closer than the Canaries, Greek Islands etc) let me appeal to your long term security...
I know this line is trotted out ad infinitum but it is the truth - Ukraine is fighting this war for Ukraine first, and Europe second. If Putin conquers Ukraine he will 100% invade the next country on his list. He desperately wants mother Russia to be restored to her rightful place, the most powerful empire in the world. So, whilst he might not want to take anything (much) beyond the Baltic nations, and the UK may remain physically in tact, our sovereignty would depend on the mercy of a monstrous predator with a huge nuclear arsenal, their borders now much closer to home. Make no mistake, we would become increasingly subjugated to Russia, not in the future, but in our lifetimes and most certainly in our children's lifetimes.
You might not want a fight, but they do.