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If so, was it polled somewhere?

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[-] somename@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

We’re just not keeping our head in the sand here. Ukraine is not taking back Crimea, or even the Donbas. The counteroffensive failed horribly. Cheering for more bloodshed isn’t going to make a better outcome in the end.

[-] Zirconium@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

"cheering for more bloodshed." Are you telling on yourself? You act like a counteroffensive is supposed to be fast and easy. It's not, war is bloody and deadly and Russia is not going to call for peace until they achieve their objective of overthrowing the Ukrainian government or achieving a peace deal where they can keep Ukraine's economic sectors

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

Russia is not going to call for peace.

So that was a fucking lie
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[-] Zirconium@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

You act like peace deals are the same thing as calls for peace. They can still have peace deals to appear they want peace when they started the war in the first place back in 2014

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

You act as if a peace deal isn't literally someone calling for peace.
Lmao what with the "infiltrators" that cannot be proven? The two oblasts have a large population that is ethnically russian. When a government that had spoken of cleansing russian influence comes into power, it is pretty understandable that that would foment separatism. At best we can prove Russia provided financial aid to separatists, and then later stepped in and negotiate Minsk I and II, which were both broken by Ukraine

[-] Zirconium@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Did these ethnically Russian people want to be apart of Russia?

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

They at least fought enough for autonomy that Ukraine saw fit to bomb them. Wether they wanted to be Russian is debatable

[-] Zirconium@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Some Russians who maybe maybe not that lived in the area fought against Ukraine which means they wanted autonomy therefore it's ok for Russia to annex and invade Ukraine

[-] MemesAreTheory@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Quick question: did you know about any of this before today? Did you know about the Maidan Coup? Did you know about the nearly 15,000 casualties, including over 3000 civilian casualties, in Luhansk/Donbas between 2014 and 2022? Were you aware of the extensive reporting by western sources on far right elements in Ukraine committing crimes against humanity?

If any of that was news to you, do you think it's ever appropriate to pause and reassess your position? Or are you just going to double, triple, and quadruple down on your fairy-tale understanding of the world with smug quips that don't address anything of substance? smuglord

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