• lud@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      I think it’s up to Ukraine to decide if they want to defend themselves or not and they have obviously selected defense.

      Russia is the aggressor and is solely responsible for the deaths in this case.

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        10 months ago

        So the 15000 civilian deaths caused by Ukraine bombing its own provinces before Russia intervened, the constant efforts by Russia to resolve the issue diplomatically, the naked refusal of the West to even engage with Russia, the West openly backing a fascist coup in Ukraine, and then arming it with the explicit dictate of provoking Russia, the West pressuring Ukraine to not accept the generous settlement offered by Russia in May after the war started, all that doesn’t count?

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        10 months ago

        Ukraine decided. To vote a comedian to a serious office.
        They were probably hoping for a comedy, but what they have got is a tragedy.

        Russia is doing what it had promised to do in its earlier agreements with Ukraine. It can’t be blamed if the electorate in another country doesn’t take things seriously.

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          10 months ago

          Please provide sources for the agreement that says “please invade me and kill lots of our citizens if we ever elect a former comedian as a president”

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          10 months ago

          Russia falling on its face, as an aggressor in this invasion, to a country ran by a comedian really helps to put context to Russia’s decline. They basically shot themselves in the foot and if there weren’t lives being lost, it’d be fairly comedic.