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minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9·13 hours ago Should Ukraine open their borders to Russians? If they’ll accept Ukrainian law and, you know, not attempt to take over the country, yes why not? Open borders don’t contradict self-defense.
minus-squareTheDemonBuer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·13 hours ago If they’ll accept Ukrainian law and, you know, not attempt to take over the country, yes why not? And if the Russians don’t accept those terms? Or, say that they accept them to gain entry only to then carry out a campaign of slow annexation?
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·13 hours agoThen they’re dealt with in the same way anyone else would be if they tried to do that; I’m not sure what your point is. Border “security” against individual crossing and national defense against an enemy state are two completely different things.
If they’ll accept Ukrainian law and, you know, not attempt to take over the country, yes why not? Open borders don’t contradict self-defense.
And if the Russians don’t accept those terms? Or, say that they accept them to gain entry only to then carry out a campaign of slow annexation?
Then they’re dealt with in the same way anyone else would be if they tried to do that; I’m not sure what your point is. Border “security” against individual crossing and national defense against an enemy state are two completely different things.