it was an attempt to refer to the phrase “I’ve altered the deal, pray I don’t alter it further”

this is not “learning some second thing”, but learning that the deal was altered

the people living there more strongly identified with Russia, wanted to be able to keep speaking Russian without persecution, and eventually pleaded with Russia to intervene on their behalf, which Russia fortunately did

this is the first time I hear this story. the previous story was “cleaning out nazis” or something like that. it seems goalposts have grown wheels