That language says that we will not support any country that aids and abets the illegal takeover of Crimea and such other territories as they have taken over in Ukraine. Our failure in the west to respond decisively to the taking of Crimea initially was the mother of this war in Ukraine. in Ukraine. Today. When Vladimir Putin's forces invaded the sovereign nation of Ukraine four years ago, Russian media predicted its democratic government would fall in three days. (01:05–01:17)
CLAIM
Asserts that the lack of a decisive response to Crimea's takeover led to the war in Ukraine.
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