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Not only does Russia have no interest at the moment to annex all of Ukraine, just the pro-Russian separatist regions in the Donbass, but Ukraine doesn't really have much of a choice to begin with. Every day they lose leverage. Either they draw out the war, forcing Russia into a costlier and lengthier victory, they surrender soon and get to keep as much as possible, or the people can rise and replace the Banderite government with a socialist one. Unfortunately, thanks to the Banderite government targeting leftists for the last decade, the first and second options are the most likely.
"Should" doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of geopolitics, otherwise Palestine would already be free.
You have a direct line to the interests of the Kremlin, do you?
If Russia has no intention for more, then why would drawing the war out be disadvantageous for Ukraine? Why are you opposed to the war being costly to Russia?
It's odd to me that you would argue in support of Russia's good intentions and in favor of Ukraine conceding a second major annexation of parts of a sovereign nation without casus belli. I can only imagine one possible reason and it's not in the interests of the people of Ukraine.
No ties to the Kremlin whatsoever, I'm just a communist organizer and student of Marxism-Leninism. Part of that is an understanding of dialectical materialism, which helps me identify the underlying material forces at play.
The reason drawing the war out is bad for Ukraine is because it means many thousands more Ukrainians will die for worse terms of surrender. The only group that benefits is the western imperialist class that signed mineral rights and more with Ukraine in exchangd for cash and supplies.
The reason drawing the war out for Russia should be opposed is because Russians are human beings that don't deserve to die either.
As for not having a casus belli, there are 2 critical ones.
The Ukrainian Civil War, that began in 2014, led to the secession of the pro-Russian Donestk and Luhansk People's Republics. These people have a right to self-determination, and freedom from the Banderite state. These people are ethnically more Russian, so Russians sympathize with their plight.
The Banderite government was to host missiles on their border pointed directly at Moscow and other major populated cities, with a 6 minute travel time. Rather than let NATO continue to encircle Russia with its imperialist forces, Russia decided to preemptively stop such a threat.
None of this should come across as "odd" to you.
Both of those claims are very contested, surely we can agree on that? Western journalists in the region reported in real time during that period that both these events were driven by Russian operatives. I'm not quick to believe everything I read, but that goes both ways.
The fact that you use "Banderite government"—or "Banderite" at all—and so openly support the Soviet Union to me calls your motivation into question, so yes, I certainly find your position and arguments extremely odd.
Western journalists also widely reported on the events I stated, before the entry of Russia into the Ukrainian Civil War. The west has since censored Russian speech from the eyes of westerners, and self-censored the problems with the Ukrainian government that they so widely reported on prior to 2022.
As for the fact that I oppose Banderite fascists, and support socialism, that makes perfect sense considering I told you that I'm a communist. I devote a significant portion of my free time and disposable income to participating in that movement, though not in Russia or Europe at all. My motivation should be the clearest thing in this thread for you!
Your comments could only make sense to me if you believe both:
1 is unquestionably correct, it's how private media operates. As for 2, the idea of a "model communist state" is flawed thinking. Socialist countries like the USSR are not necessarily "models," each has their own problems that come from existing in the real world, and not our heads. I support socialism, and the workers that make the world. The historical USSR fell into that category, and now the mantle is held by the PRC, DPRK, Vietnam, Laos, and Cuba.
I can only very simply state that I vehemently disagree on both points.
That's not entirely true. You could try to present an argument for why. If that's not possible, perhaps you should do some more digging on your own? Maybe expand your understanding?
what are these personal experiences? Can you go into more detail?
Can you give an example of a claim that I made that cannot be substantiated? Secondly, can you give an example of a claim I made that contradicts your personal experiences?
The claims are easily verifiable on US internet, from msm, without using a VPN.
Lmfao.
It's definitely immensely difficult to come to terms with the fact that privately owned media controls most of what most people see and know about the rest of the world. You could call it a conspiracy
you liberals snort russiagate conspiracies like coke, really cooked your brains..
Care to explain? My point was that we can't know Putin's intentions.
The intention was to not let nazi NATO build troops at their border. Right now Ukraine is being used like a spear against Russia and when Lindsay Graham says "down to the last Ukrainian" he meant it; https://busification.org/
Ukraine is not a member of NATO. I'm sorry, but I don't follow your reasoning in support of the invasion of Ukraine. Please dumb it down for me.