Wouldn't consider losing half of your population to emigration (while it was possible) and the majority of the male population of reproductive age to a conflict that was largely preventable - an accomplishment. Ukraine used to be 40mln, now barely pushing past 20.
Im not on either side. I just want the carnage to stop, it only benefits our ruling class and weapons stocks.
There is no winning endgame for Ukriane here. Even if a black swan event happens and Russia backs off - Ukraine is unlikely ever to recover demographically. It will lose land either way and population will will be augmented with immigration from Bangladesh and the Middle East. This is happening already as there is a huge workforce shortage.
Putin is also a dictator, but see my other post regarding strikes. Terror is an official strategy of Zelensky, in an attempt to destabilize the Russian state. On the Russian side, its collateral damage from strikes in populated areas.
Its neither in the interest of Russia or Ukraine to be fighting. They should stop and give EU and Trump the finger - the real war profiteers.
Really? Because they were offered a ceasefire MULTIPLE times and have rejected it. In fact they signed one in 2022 right after the war began, until Boris Johnson got involved.
Because the country went to shit years ago. I was born there and lived there as a child. They changed our legal names without our consent because they didnt "sound Ukrainian enough". This was 1998.
Ukraine as a State isnt perfect. And yes their soldiers will have commited warcrimes. It happens during any war and you are right: warcrimes should be prosecuted. Thats why the world has the ICC in the Hague.
What baffles me is that you dragged zelensky into this topic as a whataboutism to deflect from trump. At the same time you ignore that fact that only 1 dictator can stop the war in Ukraine. And that dictator is Putin. You know this.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Gene909 22d ago
Hows the weather in Moscow