23 February, 2014;
Russian troops wearing camo and masks, but no form of insignia, as They forced their way into the Crimean parliament, took it over and installed their puppet government. Previous promises notwithstanding.
As Chairman Mao (another great communist) once said;
"Promises are like pie crusts..made to be broken"..
At the time, the MSN said little, because Obama was pres..
Then in 2022..Putin sent agitators into Kazakhstan (just as he did in the Ukraine), started trouble..just enough so he had an excuse to send in troops and take Kazakhstan over. The MSN said little, because Dems are in charge in Washington. It is not now known if Biden was even aware of the situation, or even knew there was a Kazakhstan.
By time Russia invaded Ukraine (breaking the Budapest accord) NATO and Europe in general became alarmed, former satellites of Russian 'knees on their neck' policy, were VERY alarmed, so the MSN could no longer ignore the aggression..and were forced to chime in..
...But at least they didn't start making excuses for the Russian invasion..
