| In a similar vein - US military and industrial complex is without a war, and suddenly, out of the blue, a tiny European country that previously hosted US military bases and secret prisons - decides to irritate the main US geopolitical rival on the other side of the world, for no reason whatsoever, despite sharp majority public disapproval of these actions (Lithuania - China diplomatic spat) It's shocking how the whole propaganda machine completely avoids Ukraine's conduct in ramping up the tensions: * reneged on their ceasefire treaty pledge to provide reasonable minority rights to ethnic Russians in Ukraine (17% of the population) * banned ethnic Russians from holding positions of power * banned several opposition TV channels * previous prime minister (democratically elected, ethnic Ukrainian) on trial for treason * another diplomat, who tried good-faith negotiations with Russia - on trial for treason * in a minor bureaucratic dispute with Poland about trucking quotas, Ukraine, in all their wisdom, decided to cut ALL RAIL to Poland * all done by a prime minister with approval rating of below 20% There are no good guys in this fight. It's either Russia's paranoia driven territory carving, or Ukraine's extreme levels of corruption and toxic nationalism |
This is so laughable for anyone from Ukraine. President of Ukraine is a Russian-speaking Jew. There is no checking whether you are Ukrainian or Russian in Ukraine, most of the people are from mixed marriages between Ukrainian, Polish, Russian and so on. There are plenty of russian-speaking people, who are from east and south of the country in both parliament and Cabinet of Ministers.
Previous president is on trial for treason - why it’s a bad thing in itself? The guy was a war hawk, actually. It’s actually president, not prime minister, you don’t even understand how government work in Ukraine
There were no points about “minority rights” in ceasefire agreement.
Are you just some British dude, who likes Russia Today? Or Polish, due to the very niche story about transit?
You are arguing that war in Ukraine is fine, because Ukrainians are bad people, amazing. Really hope to meet you someday.