Arctic War: The Growing Tensions over Arctic Resources - TLDR News
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- The North Pole could be the center of future war (yes this is as close to a Christmas Special as we've managed). But the war won't be over Santa, it's all about the tonnes of natural resources in the Arctic. So in this video, we explain how the rapidly melting arctic is making resources more accessible and heightening tensions to yet new highs.
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"It will become more vulnerable and therefore [...] more vulnerable." Great writing, guys :D
What do you mean. They just explained what was meant by more vulnerable.
@@mikehulsman4735 It's circular explanation, it makes no sense. It would make more sense to say: "Russian northern coast will become more open/accessible/reachable and therefore, at least from a paranoid Russian perspective, more vulnerable."
Also - I ain't pro-Russia, but "paranoid Russian perspective" does not really sound as "un-baised" as TLDR likes to portray themselves :D
Actually they made a few of these mistakes. Up to a point where it sounds really amateur.
@@YwanBeloch so they should pretend its not paranoid?
@@hullmees666 the word "paranoid" is an adjective that carries moral valuation, which is not something that an un-biased news does. I don't have a problem with biased valuation of a situation, just don't act like you're un-biased. The Russians would tell you that the US and EU are the ones being paranoid in many areas. But in the end, no news is REALLY un-biased. But just own it.
"Terrible for the planet, but great for mining companies"
How long before the mining companies figure out that what's 'terrible for the planet' is *_ALSO_* terrible for the mining companies?
Once its too late where any change they make isnt enough to fix things
Not really, not bad for the ceos atleast, a nice house inland and away from forests won't feel the affects of climate, and if for whatever reason the earths surface becomes uninhabitable, they have bunkers, underwater housing, and space for that.
I don't think they ever will. It's one of the few things that are rather independent of climate change effects.
Watch 'don't look up' then you'll have the answer.
It isn’t
Awesome. We’ve ruined the environment so bad that we can now get to the resources in the Arctic so we can dig up/burn stuff to ruin the environment even more.
I wish this was being made up…. /sigh
My thoughts exactly. This is so depressing.
Eyyyyyyy, that's just capitalism doing its thing, Baebee! Maximizing profits literally at the price of our livable planet!
To be fair, the ice caps were always going to melt eventually. It's the rate of melting that is the issue as the question is 'will humans & other species be able to adapt quickly enough?' Humans probably will, adaptation is what we're masters at, not so sure about other species though...
@@TheAmericanAmerican alternatives?
@@TheAmericanAmerican Capitalism has nothing to do with this for fuck sake. The Soviet Union caused the worst environmental disasters in human history and it wasn't "capitalism". It's just fucking called "there are resources that can be exploited for wealth in an area accessible in the coming years". Blaming every problem to this metaphysical entity called capitalism won't help and it doesn't make any sense.
The Arctic route will eventually become the main shipping route between the trade of the Far East and EU, reducing the distance by 5000 km; though the current route through strait of Malacca and Suez canal will continue to be busy as trade with Africa will grow
I own the artic
This is going to be bad for Singapore’s port .
@@tanjoy0205 stop global warming, protect our trade
The artic route is only available part of summer but will reduct the importance of Suez and the Malacca Strait somewhat
@@vinniechan 😕
By the time the poles have fully melted and this route is viable we'll have far worse problems but it's pretty funny that burning oil melted the artic and the first thought is drilling for more oil in the artic
The problems will mostly affect poor people living near the equator these countries dont care for.
What issiues does climate change have for the world?
@@user-uf2df6zf5w I wonder what the US will do when it loses half of florida in like 2 decades
@@thefrozongamer5071 Also wow, have you been living inside the kola superdeep borehole? You must have at least heard of the head lines about storms getting stronger and stronger as the planet heats up right?. Oh, and not just that, think of the humanitarian crises that will happen when the sea level rises, dont tell me you will just close your country's borders and let em all die? Dont forget this will directly affect everyone except for landlocked or mountainous countries. And some other stuff like, destabilization of ecosystems, destabilization of the gulf stream, more occurrences of the 'wet bulb' effect, More fuckin mosquitoes and just bugs in general, and potential polarization of the earth as in the poles get much colder and the equator becoming hotter, then uh, world war 3 from the tensions in the arctic.
@@rokilaiyangtzer1134 yeah man all those things have happened and will continue to happen earth will survive humanity will be fine climate is not that big of an issiue it's just earth going to new phase of life
The most literal cold war!
Luke warm actually now, like your humor .
Not going to be cold soon.
One minor nitpick about the oil value: if we successfully extracted that oil, the price/barrel would almost certainly plummet since demand wouldn't increase with supply (demand for oil is relatively constant).
yep. the demand for oil might decrease in the following years due to climate activism but I dont think the leaders of russia snd china will care
@@aapomaatta9211 i doubt the demand of oil will decrease due to climate activism; the fact remains we still need it regardless of activists. what I meant is that increasing supply without increasing demand will decrease the value
We don't need more oil
It's needed for war. Retail is secondary to a security net for WW3 unlimited fuel to win.
@@RandomGuy-jo8ky war, another thing we don't need
I had to look at a map to confirm how "Near artic" china actually is. Literally on the other side of the continent. If china is near artic so is all of Europe and middle east.
This video doesn't actually touch on it, other than saying China says they are, when it is a joke for them to say that. Usual China trying to bully the rest of the world
the closest point is the thin slip of land between north korea & russia, which is a viable sea lane to the arctic so long as russia allows them to travel through it's national waters , but yes, even then they have about as much claim to be arctic observers as Belgium does xP
there we go! Saudi Arabia is an artic power!
The northernmost point of China is approximately 13 degrees south of the Artic circle. Other than the countries named in the video, the following are also at least that close to the Arctic: the UK, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ireland. I'm sure China will push for them to have observer status too. Anyyy day now.
@@JK-oq9cl That like being across town vs across state
I love how no matter what the situation China just goes "MINE!"
This reminds me of the movie "Don't look up" but instead of an asteroid it's global warming, and instead of letting the asteroid hit the earth to mine its resources, it's letting the ice melt to easily access the resources in the arctic.
Humans are vile creatures.
Yep. We’re all doomed
@@davidalmeida2991 not necessarily but I would still agree.
So nothing like the movie then .
Pretty sure that was the point of the movie
"I'm happy about the job opportunities the comet will provide"
That damn movie ... it's too real.
Seriously!
Anyone up live-streaming as the last human on Earth?
The actual COLD war
@Gik76 a diet cold war?
Governments are going to do more for this than doing something to save the environment because the governments are beholden to the petro industry.
Oh and for sure, the PRC are also interested in the Arctic’s fish after pillaging the other oceans and territorial waters of it.
Correction: "because the governments are beholden to the capitalists."
@@TheAmericanAmerican welp, history showed that so cold "socialist" countries didn't care for environment either (look at what left of the Aral sea). Maybe checked capitalism (as in Scandinavia) is least of possible evils?
@@MrMediator24
Jesus Christ, what is it with the Aral Sea lately? You're like the 4th person this week that has brought it up. Did PragerU or ColdfeetCrowder use it as a pathetic attempt to "own the libs" recently? 🤣
Yes child, I learned about the Aral Sea 10 years ago back in college in one of my environmental science classes. And sorry, but a one time local environmental disaster that involved foolishly draining one fresh water lake in order to water a desert in Central Asia does not even come close to the centuries long GLOBAL environmental catastrophe that is capitalism.
The science of man-made climate change was first theorized back in the 1890s. Yes, once again, the 1890s. ExxonMobil's own scientists found out in the 1970s that their extremely lucrative product(oil) was in fact massively contributing to man-made climate change BUT they kept the scientific research under wraps and instead started a propaganda campaign to fool the public into thinking there was no problem and that climate change is a hoax. All of this was done 100% intentionally in order to maximize their profits. That's it. Capitalism's one and only purpose.
And the kicker is that this is now public knowledge and we are STILL letting them get away with it!
Yea... think it's time for a change... a very global change.
@@TheAmericanAmerican I agree with you, but you have to realise nobody's gonna read such a long comment directed at them, when you start it off with an extremely demeaning attitude.
@@axellor9836
Oh believe me, I know. I'm just too old and tired from fighting science deniers for years now to give a damn anymore. I'm just a bitter @sshole that gets off on being a dick to right-wing dipshits. Probably should stop, but it just feels too good lol
As a Norwegian: The Beluga Whale has a name. After it was discovered NRK(Norwegian "state" TV/media) had a poll and the name Hvaldimir won.
Hvaldimir: a play on the norwegian word Hval(whale) and Putins last name Vladimir.
Hvaldimir has become a sort of fun celebirty in Norway. It is often "reported" in the news whenever he is spotted.
He is tame and trained, He has even picked up a phone(that was lost in the water) and returned it the the owner.
Originally suspected of being a Russian spy whale owned by the Russian Navy.
This has been denied by Russia, who later claimed that he is a sort of therapy animal,
Which is believe due to his nice and calm behavior and the existens of a idenical whale named named Semjon.
Semjon was saved from a sealion attack in 2000 and in 2008 Semjon was held at a watersportcenter and has been used as a therapywhale for children.
I think you mean Putins first name
Technically , most kinds of wind turnbines don't necessarily need rare earths to function.
Neodymium increases the efficiency of turbines and electric motors and is used in place of Iron, Nickle and Cobalt for it's magnetic properties.
*China* claiming the Arctic is one of the finest jokes of history.
sInCe AnCiEnT tImEs
It's not like any European or North American powers have ever claimed/seized far off territories... (to play Devil's Advocate). Though that certainly isn't a moral defence.
I mean, the UK wanted to be part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. It seems that for superpowers, geography doesn't matter.
@@189Blake And the UK isn't even a superpower (anymore).
China is the big fat greedy kid who is liked by no one. Even it's so called friends are just friends with it for it's wealth.
Thank you for using the term “exploit” because this is exactly what this is.
You should google the definition of exploit, I'm not sure you understand what it really means. It's not a negative by default
@@ararune3734 good point, still doesn’t change the reality of the situation
@@OliverH_ATL It is what it is mate. Seems to me like there's no sense in larping about the current methods if we have no viable alternative. At the end of the day everyone wants to make a living. We can sit here and moralize, while ignoring how we get the luxuries that we have right now, PCs and phones that we use to communicate this along with it.
I made a research for one of my masters class of international affairs. I reached the same conclusion. A dilemma in which actors and environmental agencies are fighting against the climate change and protection of the Arctic ice cap. The same potential we find in the Arctic minerals to produce things to protect the environment may be just exactly what they end up doing: the prevention of further melting of the Arctic ice cap. Sure you see nations promoting legislation for a greener action against global warming. On the other hand you see greedy corporations looking for the riches of the Arctic. Russia and China are probably the countries that look to it in different perspectives but with similar goals. The Arctic Council is the institution where the mediation for the Arctic territorial rights is being discussed in the line of the UNCLOS recommendations. However, China is not respecting nor consider bending to such recommendations. As a proposed observer, China still tries to get into the Arctic rhetoric by consolidating ties with the Arctic Council members. This leaves the main proponent for exploration and extraction of the Arctic's goods - Russia - to take leadership of the main area that it is duly attributed internationally. Russia may benefit from future trade routes, mineral extraction and exploration, but again, only if the climate favors Russia's side.
So , it's like the south china sea dispute situation. Only a bit more risker
@@gameplayer2006 If you look to the pertained actors in this stage of dialectics that possess weapons of mass destruction. Yes you are right.
This is why you see Russia being so against slowing climate change, because if a large portion of the ice melts and temperatures rise dramatically, the siberian and artic regions will uncover vast living, farming, and resource areas for Russia to profit off of; Russia only has things to gain from climate change. Of course, in the long run nobody on Earth will win, with rising sea levels destroying most of our cities, - and thus our economies - the CO levels will be so high and the tree count so low that oxygen amounts will decrease by a lot, meaning our ability as humans to think critically and logically will plummet. It truly is sad to see how some humans are even considering practically selling and sacrificing the Earth and EVERYONE'S lives just for their own short-term monetary gain. Humans survived devastating plagues, survived immense wage inequality, survived horrid wars, and now the next great barrier for us is the climate. I do hope great pressure is put on those who pose a threat to our security.
@@vivelafrance6314 Well, in this case, the careless humans are the Russian political leaders. Interests rise.
I love the Minecraft references in this video, it adds a bit of a comedic feel to it
At 9:20 TLDR also promised a Minecraft live-stream
@@kugul1683 nice.
So first we use oil to meld the North pole and then we use the oil on the north pole to deliver the final blow to the rest of the world.
9:20 If this video gets 30k likes, TLDR will do a Minecraft live stream! I'm definitely up for that
USA: The Arctic is ours!
Canada geographically above the USA: Am I a joke to you?
Someone hasnt heard of Alaska lol
Russia : Too late folks.
@@luffy101311 Canada has a much larger coastline over the arctic compared to Alaska.
@@zjean3417 The point is that the OP sounds like to be someone who is unaware that USA does infact have land within the Arctic Circle (Alaska).
Whenever Canadians realize that America claims arctic territory, we get confused because we forget that by American standards Alaska is far north.
It is rather infuriating how the US pretends to be Canada's friend while refusing to acknowledge Canadian ownership of the northwest passage
Looks like the arctic needs some democracy
Old joke.
We need to free the penguins from the communistic ice!
@@davidturner4076 still up to date tho
@@haruyanto8085 thats south pole not North Pole, penguins are only found in the southern hemisphere
Thanks for the heads up!!!
The reaction on Arctic ice melting is appalling. Instead of thinking "how can we stop or better reverse it" everyone thinks on "wow, how to exploit those resources" (contributing to the climate change even more). It's like those gammons on Titanic partying hard in its last minutes before the crash. But even worse. Because Titanic gammons didn't see it coming. But we all do.
Dude, it’s just sea ice...
@@ccdsds3221 And once that ice becomes water, it's got to go somewhere. Enjoy watching communities built around coastlines and major rivers get swept away as sea levels rise.
Oh, and remember to look out for all the displaced animals migrating southwards. They've already got issues with polar bears invading towns in Northern Russia, that will only get worse as Arctic habitats get destroyed.
Business is business and will always look to take advantage out of changing environment
You should watch the Netflix movie Don’t Look Up. It seems like a comedy but things like this really make it look like a prediction of the future
@@ccdsds3221 Yes, and if the sea levels rise just a few meters the town where I live will be underwater...
You would think by the time the ice had melted enough to extract these recourses we would have realised to stop using them.
Modded Bauxite!? TDLR Editors sure game too much lol
What kind of a casual uses mods tho. I'm a raw gamer.
Great video!
That artic passages alone is a complete game changer
If Alaska becomes a logistic hub creating jobs there suddenly it will attract ppl and once u have some manpower developing infrastructure and resources it will bece a powerhouse to choke point just for the Americans to annoy everyone else further
By everyone you mean China and Russia? Haha
Hey! Guessing the numbers in the top right are references, where can I find the list?
1:28 Bauxite ore, my favorite part of the caves and cliffs update
You mentioned how China wants to be included, one thing about that which should be brought up is that probably the real biggest reason *why* they want to is because it has rare earth metals, and China currently has all but a monopoly on rare earth metals, with basically the only other country making any being the US, and we produce very little
Rare earths are actually common all over the world.
The difference is that China is the main industrial processor of those minerals.
Nobody else can compete with their industrial processing operations and low costs.
Oh thank god the mining companies will be able to make a profit. I was really concerned for a second there.
Oh look who it is. Keep up the good work on your videos!
Dammit Russia, you're supposed to train colossal squids, not belugas and sea lions!
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Why all of these countries claiming the territory of the Penguin Empire and Polar Bear Republic.
Penguins live on the other side of the planet to what is discussed here bruh.
@@starborneolympus3907 just got bored with politics. Gotta make some humour even it's cringe.
Hopefully you guys make a video on the polar silk road
That phosphate supply will be unbelievably valuable in the future as our supplies of phosphorus become exhausted
Note: Only the US Senate can ratify treaties.
The fact that this is actually happening makes me nothing but sad
An apmazing episode😍😍👏👏👏
The human parasite project is coming along fabulously.
man the next few decades will be a miserable downwards spiral for sure....
I wonder if conflict will erupt in the Bering strait because of this due to it being a choke point. Alaska is gonna get reallll important now.
Wind turbines don’t have rare earth minerals anymore . The used to use permanent magnetic generator that had rare earth material but switched to 3 phase generator because rare earth materials they became to expensive.
Imagine all ice melts and Artic Ocean will heat up several degrees as ice moderates temperature same way in soda cup.
Honestly as long as the United States refuses to use Arctic resources, the arctic is basically ceded to Russia. I can't really fault Russia for trying to make a move here, as the arctic ice melting is the most positive thing to happen to Russia in centuries. I think it's interesting though because the Democratic party seems very anti-Russia but also very much against using the arctic resources, and both of those issues don't align very well at all.
The democrats are pro-russia as long as Russia goes back to communism.
xP the uk & japan are both closer to the arctic than china, they'd have a vested interest there if this was occuring a century ago , smaller outlooks on the world now though
Oh this is going bad for Singapore .
Protect the Arctic!
I really hope Putin doesn’t put lasers on those belugas.
Caspian Report 🙌🙌
Anybody have a link for the source they used that said the arctic has 412 billion barrels of oil?
'Meling arctic ice leaves rusdia's northern coast vulnerable.'
See... now we have these things called planes, and missiles, and you can drop bombs from them.
I just hope they leave the oil in the ground, although the rare metals are needed for the alternatives to fossil fuels.
As sea levels rise and the ice melts the only two big players I see (if all of the arctic is pass "irreversible" levels) are Canada and Russia, watch reallifelore's vid on why global warming will make Russia a superpower real in depth stuff there.
Sea ice melting has no effect on sea level rise.
@@ccdsds3221 no?
@@BlueTigerTheLion yeah he is correct, ice that is in the sea already has its volume in it. Ice on land that melts can increase sea levels. Russia has a lot of way to cold areas of lands in it, but by miracle of global warming it will get more arable land also. Global warming is nothing but beneficial to Russia, it has no interest in curbing it at all.
@@markoerakovic9899 oop ye my bad. I somehow missed the sea part
I like how Canada is not even in the thumbnail.
A secret beluga whale spy would be a great movie plot XD
Any bets on which world leader is contemplating seizing lands to the west of the Bering strait and north of Mongolia?
I like the minecraft refferences. Its funny
Iceland's EEZ is also part of the arctic :)
By this, we can assume that the Antarctic should have even more natural resources since it has a larger land area, yet why aren't anyone fighting over that?
Excellent overview of the race for the North Pole!! Whoever controls the region can also charge countries for the privilege of using the Arctic sea lanes. I believe that Russia's adventures in Georgia, Ukraine and Syria have been a smokescreen to keep NATO interested while they build up their Arctic military. They have 40 icebreakers, 9 of them nuclear-powered while the US has two, one of which is unserviceable! Russia has also built many airbases kept in caretaker status, although they can receive aircraft at very short notice. They have a vast array of military ground forces too, and they have been exercising regularly. If Russia doesn't get a favourable ruling from the UNCLOS committee, they may just take it anyway (it worked for China in the South China sea). Fishing rights is a bigger deal than mentioned in the video, as whoever controls the region can charge for fishing rights. I though that the committee was due to rule in 2020, but this may have been delayed due to the US not yet ratifying the treaty or COVID concerns. Let us know when a ruling is made, and what rights are awarded. Many Thanks!!
All I know is it's Earth and our future generations that'll pay the price.
Secret seals of artic espionage…. Sounds like a good Disney movie
so the more dinosaur juice I burn the quicker I get my hands on even more dinosaur juice? 🤪😋😋
30k likes for a minecraft stream confirmed? 9:18
Part of our, Canadian, interest in reducing greenhouse gases is, like Russia, SECURITY. Intrusions by the Americans, who consider the Northwest Passage as international waters, and the Chinese have been detected and monitored.
Tensions in the area has lead to military conflict. See "Hans Island War: Canada vs Denmark"
Canada: “Am I a joke to you?”
Minecraft blocks to represent resources: funny & neat
Possibility of a minecraft livestream: NO. THANKS. 😂 there are _more than enough_ of those already lmao
Europe’s last value lays in the Artic
Say good bye to the islands that will sink and shores, and cities by the sea.
You forgot Canada on your Artic map.
War Belugas are pretty metal, not gonna lie.
6:10 MIR-1 and MIR-2 submarines?
Fuck that oil shit, we can do better.
But that rare earth metals... we gotta get us some of them
That'll help prevent us from being dependent on actively genocidal regimes.
Love the Minecraft ores
one of the best news channel :) unbiased, concise and precise
Unbiased. Sure. 🌚
See this channel's video on nukes.
The guy called nukes that India and Pakistan have as "illegal". Even though they didn't even sign the NPT treaty in the first place. "Unbiased news/documentary" is a myth. After all these news/documentary are made by normal humans. And humans are bound to have biases.
i love it how Iceland isn't part of this club, but somehow china wants to be......
They should put more effort into preserving the artic
Tell that to US and EU lmao
The arctic melts because of global warming and our first instinct is to quickly get all of that tasty oil out of there. Depressing and poetic.
>...And, because the Russian government, a sort of pseudo-democracy, doesn't have to account for voters concerns about climate change or sustainability
Ngl, we're low key stoked about the whole climate change thing. It's kinda chilly in here.
Yeah, but at the same time climate change will basically destroy trillions in infrastructure as the permafrost melts.
Russia isn't iraq u can walk in to give them democracy for their oil. Man I am so hyped after ur humiliation in afghanistan 🤣
@@mattmiller2842 Yeah, in all seriousness I know permafrost melting is a huge issue because of the sheer amount of methane trapped in there. I wish the world speeds up shifting from coal to natural gas and expands responsible nuclear power generation so that we can reduce the amount of carbon and other greenhouse emissions.
Idk who's gonna win! But I do know who's gonna lose : Everyone of us, including the ones living in the "winner($)" !
Slovakia has more claim on the Arctic than China (being closer to it)
As I see it, noone is going to win. When the ice melts, everyone is going to suffer.
These materials shall remain under the ice
"A single barrel costs $X therefore all the unclaimed oil costs $Y"
Are we accounting for extraction costs or the deflationary effect a sudden abundance of oil?!
It's just an estimate. How else are you going to get a value for it?
I think they should freeze oil exploration.
We need to force financial intrests out of how political parties are funded.
A representative needs to represent their voters, rather than say they do, while being more beholden to whomever donated to the party/campaign. At least, if we want "democracy" to be more than a hopeful sugguestion.
This doesn't have to be partisan either. A party should be pro x or y, because they believe it, or their voters do. Not because they need lots of money to stay a player in the game of politics.
Nobody in history ever managed to do it. Politics is bound up with finance too vastly. We can only dream and hope.
Sounds like the arctic needs some democracy.
The US already has a claim to parts of the Arctic through Alaska and US businesses can presumably operate in the Canadian Arctic in exchange for resource royalties.
How does anyone still find this joke funny in 2022?
"Hahahaha" Right, just like Afghanistan! That place had so much oil! Oh wait...
@@davidturner4076 i do
this is gonna be cold war 2 electric boogaloo
Minecraft blocks in the Arctic are very much worth fighting for
The walrus oil, guys!
man how cool is gonna be when ny is habitable
Sounded more like Ben than Jack.
People will cry if you go to war for fuel but if you let the other power control it then good luck ever being strong to stand up about literally anything ever later.
Fun fact : found this video, because imagined that there is possible war for norh pole resources
Calling Russia paranoid isn't unbiased, TLDR.
With the NATO at its borders in the Europe, the EU creeping up on it, and being more accessible for the USA (who've shown they can put any madman as president), the worries are very realistic.
I don't agree with Russia but I can understand why they are worried.
True but Europe isn't invading Russia territory any time soon. Russia has nukes and supply Europe with gas. Europe would be shooting itself on the foot so Putin claiming that Russia is being threatened is bs. The political landscape has changed since Napoleon and Hitler.
Complains about mentioning it's paranoia then breaks down how he agreed with it being paranoid . No one said it wasn't for reasons .
@@the0ne809 the EU tries to get as many former East European countries as possible. Even Ukraine was/is trying to become a EU member state.
Not a military invasion, but a financial.
And after a while, with good relations, the USA can plant nukes over there, as they did in Turkey before the Cuba crisis.
The Cuba crisis was because the USSR had USA nukes on their doorstep (Turkey) and the USSR wanted to get even.
@@RandomGuy-jo8ky paranoia is generally ment as not rational. These threats are rational, so not paranoid.
@@edopronk1303 that's a decision for Ukraine to make. A country just not invade another country and steal a chunk of it. Ukraine isn't joining NATO but the EU. That's what the majority want. Anyway, they won't be doing that for decades since the economy is even worse than in 2010. Maybe there's a reason for Lithuania, Poland and other countries being scared of Russia. Oh right, they were part of the USSR and it wasn't pretty. Nothing wrong with Russia being a strong country but to think they can try to annex other countries is messed up.
I’m sorry, did he say they are training BELUGA WHALES?
30K likes people! Let's do this!