I get the feeling the Donetsk crowd are like hardcore loyalists from East Belfast / Shankhill Road at the height of the Troubles. Let's face it, anyone who hero worships an obvious oppressive tyrant like Putin is unlikely to be a nice person. These guys would have been cheering and celebrating if Kyiv had been toppled and wouldn't have given a monkey's if 100k Ukrainian civilians had been killed in the process.
Charlie Murphy? No but she does look a lot like her. She's a simpleton trying to be somebody. Nothing to see here.
Much as I'd like to see outright Ukrainian victory, unfortunately I agree. I think there will be negotiations and ugly compromises and there's a very real risk of the country splitting or some kind of civil war either way. The country has some deep divisions along ethnic and cultural lines and whether Russia holds onto the east or Ukraine takes it back I can see violence continuing there either way. The latest plot to kill the defence minister and the constant rooting out of Russian sympathisers from within the government is a worrying sign.
I also was speaking to three women refugees from Donetsk this week and their attitudes were pretty shocking. Extremely bitter towards western Ukrainians who they say look down on them, and they didn't seem to hold Russia responsible for the war. If those attitudes are widespread it's a depressing sign for peace and reconciliation in future. Bit like the North here a few decades ago
Is that that yoke from Love/Hate?
I wonder under which username you've seen these bans.
Sigh
And in Germany, support for Ukraine remains high, so high in fact that there is a reversal on their views on nuclear power as that is seen as preferable to re-engaging with Russia.
British tabloids will always focus on lurid angles and stories. "Celebrity blasts the president" will be a story regardless of the merits of the argument.
Pretty sure there are numerous fox news articles saying the United States invasion opened up the once sovereign Iraqi oil fields to western companies. Companies still there to this day
*sniff sniff*
Can you smell it? What is it?
It might be re-reg ... it's definitely BS
Ah will ya …
the whole “west invaded Middle East for oil” nonsense is just that
if Americans were desperate for oil they could easily seize just the oil producing areas of Syria or Iraq or Saudi which also happen to be sparsely populated
it takes a special kind to defend Putin’s criminal regime
My post is completely neutral. It just explains how the process works.
Typical Russian bully
Astonishing this hasn't got dealt with by the Mods.
I have seen users being banned for less recently.
They really do Seem to come in like swarms. Very starnge....
Quote from today's news bulletins.
Allowing Russia to "bully" Ukraine without being opposed would mean it would be "open season" around the world, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.
There is clearly no let-up in support for the Ukraine from the US. Plenty of other news reports stateside about more military support being arranged for the Ukraine to counter the Russian invasion.
So you think that an invading army can just role in bomb and terrorise part of another sovereign country then declare a referendum under gunpoint to the population. And you think this is ok because the population get to vote on it?
Well there is a name I would like to call people who hold such opinions, but then I'll hold off because im sure their will be calls to have me threadbanned over it.
I'd say there's a lot of American military people pacing the floor from watching this and not being able to act and do what they were trained for.
Absolutely.
The options will be:
Yes (insert name of oblast) - is a part of Russia
No (insert name of oblast) - is not a part of Ukraine
Popular support for joining Russia is predicted to be around 100%, whether a referendum is actually held or not. Who says democracy doesn't work in Russia?
In US at moment everyone spoke to is supportive, and many are well pissed off at Putin’s carry on especially the recent holding athlete ransom for terrorists
Military fella talked to saying “finally Europe realised what we been doing for them”
Putin is using criminal thug tactics that might work on Russian sheeple but all it causes here in west is revulsion (except few useful idiots)
It's not just a question for the U.S.. Deutsche Welle have a leading article on Germans getting tired of Ukrainian refugees, The Telegraph one one on the imminent arrival of a 'radioactive wind'over Europe while some of the British tabloids concentrate on Roger Water's attack on President Biden, calling him a war criminal for the military support that he has given Ukraine. Part of a discernible pattern as the reality of a prolonged conflict emerges.
Kuleba kicks back against fake news Ukraine Demands Investigation into Disinformation in CBS Film | European Pravda (eurointegration.com.ua)
Agree with that. Plus you can bet the powerful lobbyists for the US military industrial complex are hard at work pushing the government to continue to increase spending because of the 'economic benefits' to the country.
Better double your dose.
A proposal for squeezing Russia even more on key materials.
I don't get irate by it (bar when it undermines government positions...) but its all a bit pointless. Putin isn't about to up sticks and piss off back to Russia no matter how many times he is asked politely.
There are differing camps on those calling for peace though, and one camp which deserves scorn is the one that suggests restricting or reducing military support for Ukraine so as to focus on peace calls. That is pro-Russian.
I don't think the US media have changed their tone though. They have been like this since the start of the conflict. So far at least, there remains quite strong bipartisan political support for Ukraine and the US is not going to face similar energy problems as Europe.
If public and political opinion shifts then sure, it could be a problem, but there is little enough indication that it has or is going to do so in the immediate future.
I don't get why people become so irate with the regular "Any chance of some peace there Vlad?" comments. Wanting to see a peaceful end to this does not make one pro-Russian, even if they jump on every single one of them for their own propaganda. Remember John Hume spent 30 years asking people to stop.
US media (not fox news) are becoming increasingly more critical of the situation in Ukraine, and its the US who are basically bankrolling Ukraines economy at the minute. Today they greenlit another package of $4.5 billion - not war materials, just money for keeping the lights on and the country funded for the next while.
If public opinion starts to shift in the US, then there is a big risk that they may stop funding Ukraine and the country defaults.
The account "5 months ago" retweets stuff from.. you guessed it, 5 months ago.
The spectator tweet claiming Ukraine killed that general was from March 8th of this year - 5 months ago. It is an old tweet. Everything they RT is.
I mean, the NYT would have advocated for complete Ukrainian surrender on Feb 25th. I can't say I've noticed a particular shift anywhere, and there is no indication that there is a shift in attitude among the population of the EU yet.
Increased energy prices this winter are basically already baked in. The idea that we will go back to normal relations with Russia are just silly, no matter what happens in Ukraine.
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