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Many (if not most) Azov members are Russian-speaking ethnic Russians. And vice versa, many of those fighting Azov are ethnic Ukrainians. The question is not the
by timka 5y ago
Many (if not most) Azov members are Russian-speaking ethnic Russians. And vice versa, many of those fighting Azov are ethnic Ukrainians. The question is not the language or ethnicity but where one supports the Euromaidan or not. And Russia's biggest mistakes were recognizing that Western puppet regime, trying to negotiate with them (Minsk) and going the Nord Stream 2 way. And it's not clear why Putin went this way and tried to leave Donbass and Luhansk with Ukraine even though the population demanded the opposite. Maybe he believed Medvedchuk but more likely we just don't see the whole picture.
Also war still has not been declared officially and the Russian side is still fulfilling the obligation to Kolomoyski, that is the pipelines are still pumping gas and oil. And why Russia destroyed storage tanks at Kolomoyski's oil refinery only a few days ago? Has it something to do with Kolomoyski's friend Abramovich taking part in the negotiations recently? Obviously, we don't see the full picture here and unlikely will.
Regarding to what happened in Bucha we still have no names of the victims, not to mention a forensic report which is infinitely harder to fake than a news video. On the other hand we see videos where Ukrainian troops torturing their Russian army prisoners (shooting legs, cutting throats) and numerous reports from civilians in Mariupol of Azov shooting them while they were trying to leave the city and using them as a human shield, occupying higher floors in residential buildings and placing their firing points there etc.