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"This isn't about conquering Ukraine, it's about coal and removing Nazi Żeleński from power"
by StefanBatory 10mo ago
"This isn't about conquering Ukraine, it's about coal and removing Nazi Żeleński from power"
- epistasis 10mo agoPutin has always been very clear about conquering Ukraine and eliminating anything Ukrainian, including its statehood. Tons of public writing, won't shut up about his fake history of the region, etc. Putin is as clear about his intentions as Hitler was about his intentions.
- GordonS 10mo agoCould you point to some sources please? Every time I see Putin talk on Ukraine, he clearly expresses the very opposite, so I'd like to see where he's said otherwise.
- mikkupikku 10mo agoI can't honestly claim to have paid attention to the whole interview and followed all of his rambling, but he seemed to express in the Tucker interview that he views Ukraine as traditional/rightful Russian territory. Tucker was trying to lead Putin into the claim that the invasion was prompted by NATO doing NATO things (which is the talking point favored by right-aligned American commenters, who want to somehow blame Obama/Biden foreign policy for the war), but Putin just wanted to talk about shit that happened centuries ago.
- cosmicgadget 10mo agoYeah that interview was accidentally pretty interesting and also boing af.
- relaxing 10mo agoen.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/66181
- GordonS 10mo agoA lot of reading there, thanks!
- cosmicgadget 10mo agoI wasn't paraphrasing Trump but rather speculating about his actual intentions.
- StefanBatory 10mo agoI know, not disagreeing with you on that. I felt though it's important to add that too though.