Russia releases archives exposing Latvian Waffen-SS atrocities in WWII (www.rt.com)

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[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"They went in to Ukraine under the flag of denazification. "
You said that as if it wasn't true and stopping the ethnic cleansing of the large Russian speaking population wasn't valid enough reason in itself.
The other reason was demilitarisation.
Also a valid reason since NATO expansion right next to them, undoubtably with nukes, is an existential threat.
Russia gave them plenty of chances to prevent war but they didn't listen.
Never intended to honor the Minsk accords, as Merkel admitted, and only used it to buid up their army.
It was the west that started this with their regime change coup and wanted this to happen.
A proxy to be used and then thrown away.
It is their usual MO.

[-] dzsimbo@lemm.ee -3 points 1 day ago

Everything you say could be true. Just like the Ukranian propaganda. More probably there are kernels of truth, blown up on both sides.

Just from my personal view, I feel a Russian army moving towards Europe gives me more angst than some very problematic Ukranian language laws. I remember the laws being in the news in Hungary waaaay back in the day, maybe even before Maidan, but I wasn't really paying attention to happenings at the time.

[-] m532@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 day ago

The last time a russian army moved towards europe they liberated the world from the nazis

[-] dzsimbo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Lol, I am hearing the glorious odes of the motherland while I read your reply.

Hey, tell me about the successful overthrow of the Nazis in 1956 Hungary. Was Imre Nagy just a legacy nazi that they forgot to clear out during the 40s?

Sorry if I come through a bit aggressive, but this is just cherrypicking data. And as a sidenote, what a thrill this discussion is! The european subreddits are ukranian echochambers, this feels like the opposite.