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Doesn't mind joining EU? Oh, because I assume 2014 was a coup and not people being mad at the president refusing to sign a trade agreement with the EU and choosing closer ties to russia despite promises right?
Like those negotiations where russia promised not to attack Ukraine if they gave up their nukes, yeah.
Also, you need a crystal ball to see whether russia will keep doing what they're been doing for the past 30 years? You're so cute.
And I find it hilarious that you're rooting for the perpetrators of the Bucha massacre. I guess none of your friends were there so that was fine. Well, if that's what your logic dictates, very well. Good luck with that.
But yeah, either you're a very naïve ukranian or more likely what I've been saying from the start. Guess it doesn't really matter.
Why are you asking me? It's a publicly available info, not my opinion.
From wikipedia:
A sudden appropriation of leadership or power; a takeover.Seems to suit that definition.
Yeah, they did that. Now, would you please be so kind to tell me about a country that never broke any internation laws, agreements, etc.? Pro tip: you can't.
Does it mean that nobody should negotiate with each anymore because we all did bad things in the past, and we should instead just kill each other?
Yes, thankfully none of my friends were there.
But this is again an unfair comparison!
According to the wikipedia - a few hundred people were murdered there. Let's add to that a few thousand more civilians that were killed by Russian forces. Let's say it is a ten thousand, give or take. This is a horrible number. Yet the number of people killed/wounded by Zelensky's regime is an order of fucking magnitude greater than that! Estimated to be in hundreds of thousands!
If you were given an option where you could die with 1% chance or with 10% chance, which option would you choose? I think for most people the answer is clearly the former. My logic indeed dictates that, and I would choose it every time. Does your logic say otherwise?
So you're damn right I'm rooting for the "perpetrators of the Bucha massacre" instead of "perpetrators of mass genocide of Ukrainians". If there was a good side to root for, I would. But there isn't. So I support the side that I consider the lesser evil, the side which gives Ukrainians a hope of survival.
Could you please explain to me, how does "rooting for" the side that increases the chance of survival for my family and all the other Ukrainians mean that I am naïve?
Or if you think what you've "been saying from the start" (basically that Mr. Putin pays me to write comments on lemmy), why do you think so? Why isn't it logical for a Ukrainian to hope that Russia will win? I argumented my position, that it's as simple as increasing the chance of survival for oneself and their family. Isn't that the most precious thing one has?
First of all, what putin says and what putin does are 2 different things, that's the whole point. Actions speak louder than words and his actions have been that of a fascist dictator. I don't give a fuck what he claims he's open to before submitting a peace proposal that he knows nobody will accept.
Secondly, I was referring to the russian propaganda that claims it was an American coup as opposed to a people's revolution. Both are technically coups, but usually coup is used when a military or o elite group takes power, as opposed to the people getting fed up with a corrupt government. "a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership"
Third. Please spare me... You're literally saying 100 people getting raped and murdered by an attacker is better than 1000 people dying for the freedom an entire country. Also, "31,000 killed, 7,000–8,000 missing", definitely not an order of magnitude greater. And again, you're attributing the blame on Zelensky and not on putin who attacked or the russians that killed them. That's fucked up. Imagine if the US had stayed home instead of helping Europe during WW2. That would've meant a lot fewer people killed too, btw. You're literally rooting for a miniHitler. Only difference is that now Hitler has nukes and NATO are afraid of those. Anyway, I'm really done now. Can't really talk to someone that admits the Bucha massacre was a thing and argues that those people should win the war. There's literally nothing I could say to that. If you don't think that's wrong, then I don't know what to say to that. I'm out, bye.
There's nothing I can say to arguing that "killing Ukrainians is okay because they are killed 'for the greater good of stopping a miniHitler'" as well. I don't find it morally correct to kill people that done nothing wrong.
And also,
Is lower than even Ukrainian propaganda is saying, it's twice that number for the first year of war (US estimate), so about 4 times that number as of now, by US estimate.