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by yks 5y ago
The most anticipated black swan, Ukraine literally threw an ad-hoc holiday on the initially planned invasion day.
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Until very recently Russians were not blocked from the global information. It was gradually shut down on TV, but people can still read what the rest of the world thinks on the internet, including in Russian language. Yet most people resist
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I hope that these people are just paid Russian trolls cause if that many people in the West are following Russian propaganda so blindly, the future is bleak. Russia has not produced anything of value to humanity in decades, just suffering a
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by yks 5y ago
Accepting the most radical point of view of the state massacring civilians in another country is not "trying to wade through the immense amount of propaganda from both sides". Even if your friend "born and raised in Kyiv&quot
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> East Ukrainians identify as Russian This is not true, ignorant, and parrots hateful Russian state propaganda.
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Smaller town on the outskirts of Kharkiv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F87VbZjqyaY Kharkiv itself: https://tinyurl.com/nh4kwymp . It is way larger than Grozny so there is more buildings left to pound.
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by yks 5y ago
They are pounding the Ukrainian cities like Grozny right now (where they have the ability)
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What is "genocide" to you if not erasure of cultural identity and physical eradication of peoples? Putin literally told us himself that "there are no distinct Ukrainian people" which is erasure of cultural identity, and
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I think the calculus is to capture Ukrainian territory whatever the cost now, if millions are starved/bombed, all the better, areas would be repopulated with some Russians and would forever join the "Russian world". Same thin
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That was for animal diseases and yes, DoD has a department for that as well: https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Combat-Support... . There is no conspiracy here unless you just want to see it.
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by yks 5y ago
You are linking some links that don't imply what you imply. Yes, there are biolabs, and yes, some of them are Army-affiliated because COVID happened in the army, and yes, UA Army works with DoD. But there is no connection whatsoever th
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cause they were reducing threat of COVID in UA Armed Forces (first link)
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There is nothing in the video saying the biolabs belong to the US, stop spreading conspiracy misinformation. Edit: parent changed the text of their post from "US does have biolabs in Ukraine" to "US has an interest in biolabs
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by yks 5y ago
Except the US have not committed genocides in Mexico in the past, not planning on invading Mexico now or in the future, and there is DEFINITELY no talk of "Mexicans and Americans are same people" so that kind of whataboutism is re
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by yks 5y ago
So Russians are afraid of the countries joining NATO because they won't be able to invade them, got it. I mean, that's actually true as far as public Russian opinion goes but it also means that the NATO expansion is the most ethic
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Right-wing leadership has already risen in Russia, it's a fascist Germany in reverse
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You are literally justifying the Russian aggression, also with the historically inaccurate information
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Yep, Ukraine has already been neutral before and then Russians took Crimea. And now they don’t mind committing war crimes and terrorizing civilians to achieve the annexation of Ukraine so why would they care about any new agreements. They w
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Western world thinks of the situation mostly as "Bad Putin oppressing good people of Russia" but unfortunately fascism does not work that way. And if Russia "wins" over Ukraine, fascism would demand the next victory.
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good luck keeping Ukraine after what is happening now past the death of Putin
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> Why fight your neighbor if you have everything you need? Clearly this line of logic is not working, seen in Ukraine. At some point there is a person with enough power who wants to fight just because they can. Essentially humanity is at
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by yks 5y ago
> “I have never felt more heartbroken as they have nothing to do with this conflict and seriously were just trying to make a decent living to provide for their families,” the host said. The banality of evil
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by yks 5y ago
Confirm from my sources on the ground, the only wild card military-wise is Russian air force but occupant ground forces on their own ngmi.
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by yks 5y ago
This is a war of hatred towards Ukrainians from Putin. Therefore he's both 1) not expecting resistance because enemies are dehumanized and weak according to his worldview, 2) probably ready to start genocide if enemies resist too much,
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by yks 5y ago
Length of this convoy is different every hour and it's been out there "ready to take Kyiv" for days now. If the soldiers are already out of food, it's as good as a heap of scrap. If you fancy thinking about "3D-ches
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by yks 5y ago
People unironically writing about "solution to Ukrainian question" invade Ukraine claiming it is "nazi". Truly, psychological projection is the best tool to understand someone's soul.
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They are "rational" only if operating inside of a certain set of axioms, e.g. "NATO is a threat to Russia". I don't think that's a given, NATO was a threat to the communist regime but they didn't care much
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by yks 5y ago
Have you followed the events at all? He is high on his own propaganda and surrounded by incompetent yes-men, their tactics and logistics are a joke, long-term strategy is 100% bad news for Russia. At this point it's even questionable t
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It turns out, dictatorship is not a superior form of governance because eventually all important positions are taken by people loyal but otherwise inept. Realistic assessments never reach decision-makers, unfounded optimism sets in and when
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In the end of the day everyone dies anyway and dying defending your home is virtuous on the subconscious level. This is not a rational conclusion you can think through lying on your couch in peaceful times, but when your family is already i

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