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It's all good and well saying Ukraine should just stand up to Russia but Russia has it in a vice grip; if they want to split with Russia and become an EU country then there will be heavy consequences and absolutely no politicians willing to be the ones to accept those. The backlash would be too intense. And yet doing nothing, trying to keep the status quo, has resulted in intense backlash. It will be interesting to see where the country goes from here.