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Russia bombards Kyiv in deadliest strike this year, killing at least 30 people (www.reuters.com)
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[–] 12 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

NATO is an aggressive military alliance that has sought to encircle Russia since the USSR collapsed

Again, only aggressive if Russia has territorial ambitions on its neighbours. Otherwise completely benign. The fact that you consider it aggressive betrays the fact that you know Russia has had territorial ambitions against its neighbours from the start. Making everything else useless verbal diarrhea.

It also betrays your imperialist way of thinking, denying Russia's neighbours their sovereign right to join whichever military alliance they choose.

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  • [+] -15 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    First, the United States undermined Ukrainian sovereignty by sponsoring a coup. It was US imperial ambitions which turned Ukraine into a battlefield.

    Also, the United States is the head of NATO, and has said they’re open to a nuclear first strike. Of course Russia wouldn’t allow a NATO affiliated country on their border which would could make a nuclear strike so fast Russia would be unable to respond. Nuclear deterrence only works if you can mutually assure destruction and catastrophic losses on BOTH sides. If Russia can’t respond, then that’s just blackmail.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago

    First, the United States undermined Ukrainian sovereignty by sponsoring a coup.

    Same lie as before, there was no coup.

    Nuclear blahblah

    Look at a fucking map. Ukraine is only marginally closer to Moscow than Latvia. And by the same logic Russia should have invaded Finland before they could join NATO right next to Saint Petersburg but they didn't, because it's all complete bullshit and lies.

    Just fucking stop.

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