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by RivieraKid 8 days ago
The US is providing some help but less so than Europe and much less so than what Ukraine is contributing.

And by saying "to the last Ukrainian" you're spreading a Russian-propaganda narrative. This slogan has been repeatedly used by Russian officials (including Putin, Peskov, Zakharova, Matviyenko), it's a recurring theme in the Russian information space and it's used by Russian bots.
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distances 8 days ago
He's spreading overtly obvious Russian propaganda, he's clearly very aware of it and just prefers to take the side of evil.
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konart 8 days ago
Well, he is russian. It's pretty obvious to any other russian simply from the way he composes his replies.
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distances 8 days ago
Yes, but he has access to free information, so can easily check what is the current and historical Russian contribution to the world. At that point, siding with Russia is of course an active stance of supporting the crimes of Russia. Patriotism is not a valid excuse if your motherland is always the aggressor.
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konart 8 days ago
>is always the aggressor

Well, lets's be honets: not always. But, yes, he's a your typical example of a paid bot or a genuine low IQ nationalist. Quite a few of them here.

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distances 8 days ago
Well, true, Russia has a long history so I was overly broad. Aggressor in almost all conflicts is more accurate.

In WW2 it was the second major aggressor of course. WW1 Germany declared war before Russia invaded, so debatable. Wasn't an aggressor in the Napoleonic wars as far as my history knowledge serves me.

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konart 7 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_Troubles and Polish invasion it the most notable event I guess.

But - sure, in most other cases Russia in either an invader or a part of a larger conflict for influence, like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War or Napoleonic Wars.

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igravious 7 days ago
I am not Russian. Born in England, live in Ireland.
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