Current Affairs Ukraine

[Kev The Rat]

There is no justification for what they have done. And no justification for causing innocent civilians to have to flee or stay overnight in underground stations.

Its a human tragedy, and I hope it ends soon. The worst thing would be for this to drag on for years again.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Why Vladimir Putin has already lost this war | Yuval Noah Harari

The Russians may yet conquer Ukraine. But Ukrainians have shown that they will not let them hold it, says historian and author Yuval Noah Harari

www.theguardian.com

 

[larrygobfiend]

Genuinely think Putin thought the Russians would receive a hero’s welcome. He’s tapped in the head.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Why Vladimir Putin has already lost this war | Yuval Noah Harari

The Russians may yet conquer Ukraine. But Ukrainians have shown that they will not let them hold it, says historian and author Yuval Noah Harari

www.theguardian.com

Whilst I hope that's true, I'd rather it came from somebody with a more relevant background than anthropology. Sapiens is excellent. however.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Genuinely think Putin thought the Russians would receive a hero’s welcome. He’s tapped in the head.

I think he might actually be mentally ill

To the point that if he ever faces a trial for war crimes then his lawyers will enter an insanity plea for him

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

I'm not gonna let people get away with BS, like 'the Ukrainians are winning the war', when their entire country is under siege and on the brink or actually in a massive humanitarian crisis.

Just wondering Kev, have you condemned all the propaganda BS Putin has been spouting?

 

[Kev The Rat]

Just wondering Kev, have you condemned all the propaganda BS Putin has been spouting?

Some of it, certainly

Ther's been no 'genocide' of Russians for example, and neither is the government Neo-Nazi for example.

 

[Wat Tyler]

That liz truss might be one of the best bluffers amongst a party of them - utterly incompetent

 

[Yarrgh]

I think he might actually be mentally ill

To the point that if he ever faces a trial for war crimes then his lawyers will enter an insanity plea for him

If invading another country isn't reasonable proof enough on its own.

 

[Hickson9]

Whilst I hope that's true, I'd rather it came from somebody with a more relevant background than anthropology. Sapiens is excellent. however.

He's also a military history specialist.

 

[Kev The Rat]

The decimation of the Russian language in the Ukraine is one that is poorly understood in the West, and is a complete red line for Russia.

Here's a relatively recent example of the kinds of things that have happened

New law stokes Ukraine language tensions - France 24

New law stokes Ukraine language tensions

www.france24.com

 

[bluebud]

Is that the Russian speaking Gogol?

Maybe you want to point me in the direction of his Ukranian language works, because I havent come accross them?

Speaking Ukrainian is not a measure of Ukrainianess, historically the cities in the north west like Lviv, Lutsk and Ivano Frankovsk have always spoken Ukrainian. The cities of Kiev, Kharkov, Dinipro, Odessa are all massively patriotic Ukrainian cities but all spoke almost entirely Russian until the 2014 revolution, since then schools have begun teaching Ukrainian as the primary language but the older generation all speak Russian still but are patriotic Ukrainian’s.

 

[Kev The Rat]

Speaking Ukrainian is not a measure of Ukrainianess, historically the cities in the north west like Lviv, Lutsk and Ivano Frankovsk have always spoken Ukrainian. The cities of Kiev, Kharkov, Dinipro, Odessa are all massively patriotic Ukrainian cities but all spoke almost entirely Russian until the 2014 revolution, since then schools have begun teaching Ukrainian as the primary language but the older generation all speak Russian still but are patriotic Ukrainian’s.

then maybe they should stop persecuting people who wish their children to go to Russian schools

 

[Bungle]

The decimation of the Russian language in the Ukraine is one that is poorly understood in the West, and is a complete red line for Russia.

Here's a relatively recent example of the kinds of things that have happened

New law stokes Ukraine language tensions - France 24

New law stokes Ukraine language tensions

www.france24.com

Good to see Kev citing an outraged vet as one of the reasons for Russia being alright to barge into Ukraine, I was on the fence until I read that article but I fully back Putin now.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Think we need to rename him Kevek