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Emrys

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22. It was also an area whose population voted overwhelmingly for independence from Russia

Reply to applegrove (Reply #21)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 10:37 AM

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during the last (and only reliable) referendum before Ukraine split from the ex-empire. Ethnic cleansing has no doubt changed those totals by now, but people in those areas have not been faring well under the Russian regime.

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This is the proportion of territory Ukraine is being asked to give up (not actual size): [View all] applegrove Monday OP

Compromise Turbineguy Monday #1

that's right, comrade, Florida will take one for the team. Conjuay Monday #5

for you twodogsbarking Monday #7

No we won't! rubbersole Monday #16

Groan. nt Tommy Carcetti Monday #10

Ouch. rubbersole Monday #17

By percentages, maybe, but by actual area the two aren't even close. sl8 Monday #2

I'll update the op. applegrove Monday #4

Percentages are often misleading, on purpose at times. A 50% increase in a disease could be from five to ten or twodogsbarking Monday #8

Those are 100% increases JoseBalow Monday #12

Foolish me. So a one hundred percent increase could be five or five million. Thanks. twodogsbarking Monday #14

Actual Sizes: Venezuela, Texas, Ukraine, Oklahoma (to pick 2 countries in the news and compare them progree Monday #15

Mr. trump really enjoys appeasing Putin. Torchlight Monday #3

Of Course! Mr.Bee Monday #6

Hey - keep the east coast out of it! The mid-west and south will welcome putin. erronis Monday #9

They're not being asked Bayard Monday #11

Fuck No!!!!! BurnDoubt Monday #13

NO Way! NO How! Slava Ukraini! 🌻🇺🇦🌻 electric_blue68 Monday #18

Thank you for posting this LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #19

I have a friend in Kyiv and he considers eastern Ukraine like we consider the southern states Wanderlust988 Yesterday #20

It is the industrial heartland of Ukraine. applegrove Yesterday #21

It was also an area whose population voted overwhelmingly for independence from Russia Emrys Yesterday #22

The constant obsession with simplistic estimates of acreage is typical when so many real estate hoodlums are involved Emrys Yesterday #23