If you have any useful resource links please tag me in a comment with the link.

Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Please add to this if you can.

Links

Time/Map: https://time.is/Ukraine

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ukraine/@49.1162725,31.7993839,7z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x40d1d9c154700e8f:0x1068488f64010!8m2!3d48.379433!4d31.1655799?hl=en

Leftist discussion threads:

https://hexbear.net/post/177324

https://old.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/comments/t03foy/genzedong_russiaukraine_master_discussion_thread/

https://lemmygrad.ml/

Twitter military updaters:

https://nitter.net/ASBMilitary

https://nitter.net/Militarylandnet

https://nitter.net/MihajlovicMike

https://nitter.net/KofmanMichael

https://nitter.net/TadeuszGiczan/status/1498673348183744518

Global South Perspective: https://nitter.net/kiranopal_/status/1498723206496145413

Better war/propaganda analysis:

https://www.understandingwar.org

https://www.moonofalabama.org/

News updates:

https://www.cgtn.com/special/UkraineCrisis.html

Live: https://www.cgtn.com/special/Live-update-Ukraine-Russia-border-crisis.html

YT/Video in Ukraine:

https://www.youtube.com/c/PatrickLancasterNewsToday/videos

https://www.youtube.com/c/RussellBentleyTe

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  • TurkeySausageLiker [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    So Russia has offered it's terms for ending the war: fully recognize Crimea and the Donbas republics and sign and agreement to not join "blocs" like the EU or NATO. Basically leaving a neutral state in Western Ukraine with the ethnic Russian parts as independent states or part of Russia proper. This would basically be the prewar status quo but officially and without the constant shooting and shelling in the Donbas, and Ukraine ceding the previously Ukrainian-held territory to Donbas republics. It's a pretty good deal tbh, but he probably can't take it out of fear of what the numerous fascist militants would do to him

    • Awoo [she/her]
      ·
      3 years ago

      The Ukrainian side has 1 less negotiator now compared to the last round. Different stories by all sides on what happened to him but he's dead.

      Fascists don't want this to end. They will martyr the entire population if they can. They will collapse all of Europe and use the opportunities it opens up as states across the continent get resource-stretched to start new fascist territories.

        • comi [he/him]
          ·
          3 years ago

          Denazification implies occupation, it was always bs. demilitarization is/was feasible, if all sides didn’t bungle it so much it was even feasible before the war

          • TurkeySausageLiker [he/him]
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            edit-2
            3 years ago

            True, denazification was what was used to drum up domestic support and boost morale in the DPR/LPR

            • comi [he/him]
              ·
              3 years ago

              I mean denazification could always be sold like 5 generals of azov were killed, mission accomplished, pack our troops, it’s that weak of a statement. Will the west/libs start trolling that they didn’t denazify? Of course not. That’s why it’s nebulousness is so useful

        • sgtlion [any]
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          edit-2
          3 years ago

          That's their justification for the invasion, sure, which is pretty dumb. But the Minsk agreements 8 years ago pretty much only required that Ukrainian provinces get self-determination and that Ukraine agree to neutrality, which unfortunately Ukraine never honored.

    • Des [she/her, they/them]
      ·
      3 years ago

      that's a great deal they should take it but the fascists absolutely won't let them.

    • Cummunism [they/them, he/him]
      ·
      3 years ago

      what a hero, not taking the deal because of what would happen to 1 person. wow, just like Tony Stark.

    • ShitPosterior [none/use name]
      ·
      3 years ago

      Seems like a legit deal - also doesn't Russia suddenly just own a bunch of Ukraine's oil then? Like it is straight imperialism & a resource grab

      • TurkeySausageLiker [he/him]
        ·
        3 years ago

        They wouldn't own anything they don't already own. Crimea has been part of the Russian Federation for nearly a decade. They people there overwhelmingly do not want to be part of Ukraine.

        • Cascadia_ [they/them]
          ·
          3 years ago

          Well there is the oilfield in Donetsk that is currently under Ukrainian control (or at least was at the start of the war)

          • TurkeySausageLiker [he/him]
            ·
            3 years ago

            That wouldn't be part of Russia, it would be part of the DPR. I'm sure a Russian company would extract it though, since oil extraction is very capital intensive and they don't have their own oil extraction outfit.

            • Cascadia_ [they/them]
              ·
              3 years ago

              Oh I guess I was just assuming that they would vote to join Russia afterwards, but they might not

              • TurkeySausageLiker [he/him]
                ·
                3 years ago

                I mean maybe they will. There is genuine sentiment for joining Russia there. I'd like to see what happens there politically as an independent state, but it's not really my call lol.

          • Alaskaball [comrade/them]MA
            ·
            3 years ago

            That belongs to the people of Donetsk, not Russia. If they choose to sell it to Russia, that's their business.

            • Abraxiel
              ·
              3 years ago

              Well, yes and no. The Donbas states would absolutely be Russian client states beholden to Russian goodwill.

              Still, it's a pretty mild deal considering the stakes.

              • Alaskaball [comrade/them]MA
                ·
                3 years ago

                If they forgave the Ukranian state for murdering 14,000 of their people over 8 years, if it's even the same state later at the end of this war, then sure. That's their business as a self-determining state.

                • NoGodsNoMasters [they/them, she/her]
                  ·
                  3 years ago

                  Sure it is in theory, but you can't really deny that Russia would have a lot of sway over the tiny state on its border that only really exists because of its military intervention.

                  • Alaskaball [comrade/them]MA
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                    edit-2
                    3 years ago

                    I also can't deny that the imperialist states denies their existence and as such will force them to make deals where they can since they're not recognized as sovereign peoples republics.

                      • Alaskaball [comrade/them]MA
                        ·
                        3 years ago

                        No it's not.

                        Russia would have a lot of sway over the tiny state on its border that only really exists because of its military intervention.

                        Does not mean

                        the imperialist states denies their existence and as such will force them to make deals where they can

                          • Alaskaball [comrade/them]MA
                            ·
                            3 years ago

                            No, Russia acted because Ukraine's jingoistic government, that's extremely hostile to Russia, was demanding to join NATO and to become a nuclear power. The interests of the Donbass Republics to fight for their separation from the genocidal fascist-aligned Ukrainian state simply aligned with the Russian Federation's interest to not have a genocidal fascist-aligned Ukranian state enter into NATO and have the imperialist powers right at their door.

      • kleeon [he/him, he/him]
        ·
        3 years ago

        it's from reuters interview with peskov https://www.reuters.com/world/kremlin-says-russian-military-action-will-stop-moment-if-ukraine-meets-2022-03-07/

    • sgtlion [any]
      ·
      edit-2
      3 years ago

      These have been the Russian demands for 8 years, that are scarily reasonable, and unfortunately Ukraine has never honoured.

      I have no idea why the Ukrainian government would rather have a war than agree to neutrality and the ukrainian people getting self-determination. Doesn't justify the invasion, but, what a dumb thing to fight over.

  • anoncpc [comrade/them]
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    edit-2
    3 years ago

    “There are biological research facilities in Ukraine, and we fear that Russia will take control over them.” - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland at a congressional hearing

    The US is working with Ukraine to prevent biological research facilities from falling into the hands of Russians — Nuland

    Bruh, why this look so sus.

  • OllieMendes [he/him,any]
    ·
    3 years ago

    I feel just a little bad for anyone who watches the news all day and still thinks Ukraine is winning, but I kind of would like to see the gormless look on their face when this is over. Might make people question the media they consume. But I doubt it.

  • Prole_Strongman [none/use name]
    ·
    3 years ago

    Ashamed to say but my boomer parents watch Tucker Carlson. Sitting down their on their recliners being spoon fed raw propaganda, and acting like little military generals:

    “Putin, we gotta find out where he is and take him out!!”

    It’s really fucking scary how easy it is to consume media in this country. You just sit down and it’s so convenient. It’s comfortable. It hits different when it’s your own parents as opposed to some psycho boomer chud going off on Facebook.

    Fucking hate it here

  • TheGhostOfTomJoad [he/him,they/them]
    ·
    3 years ago

    Remember like 20 or 30 years ago when libs would ask "how could regular germans just go along with the nazis\fascism?" Well, just look around at them now :yea:

    • keepcarrot [she/her]
      ·
      3 years ago

      In 20 or 30 years they will say "Wow, how did people go along with the war. The propaganda was so obvious."

      • zeal0telite [he/him,they/them]
        ·
        3 years ago

        60% of those polled said they "never believed the US narrative regarding the war"

        18 year old baby lefties will be saying "I would never fall for propaganda that obvious" and the wheel spins again

      • solaranus
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        edit-2
        1 year ago

        deleted by creator

      • D61 [any]
        ·
        3 years ago

        Gotta burn them uniforms, baby!

  • OgdenTO [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    Can I just say how incredible it is that I haven't even heard once about the Biden family's connections to Ukrainian gas companies and the Hunter Biden Ukraine scandal

    • buh [she/her]
      ·
      3 years ago

      That's his stutter acting up to form nonsense words sweaty

    • Tiocfaidhcaisarla [he/him, comrade/them]
      ·
      3 years ago

      Love the responses saying "that was 25 years ago, so what? " and a guy unironically saying "Putler" if not stopped in Ukraine "will continue to Berlin"

      • chair [he/him]
        ·
        3 years ago

        Wtf is it with libs and these awful nicknames. Everything they hate trump for they embody

    • Ursus_Hexagonus [he/him]
      ·
      3 years ago

      pretty weird to see him talking as if he has a fully functional brain :whywhywhywhywhy:

  • ItsPequod [he/him]
    ·
    edit-2
    3 years ago

    Oh. Oh no. Oh no no no.

    During WWII, Ukrainian nationalists saw the Nazis as liberators from Soviet oppression. Now, Russia is using that chapter to paint Ukraine as a Nazi nation

    This is the age we live in

    edit:

    From the Ukrainian side of the debate, the country’s wartime history is more complex. Are the nationalists “bad guys” because they participated in the Holocaust, Shevel asks, or “good guys” because they fought for independence?

    :screm-a:

    • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
      ·
      3 years ago

      From the Soviet point of view that Putin still embraces, it’s simple, she says: The Holocaust aside, Ukrainian nationalists were “bad guys” because “they fought the Soviet state.”

      Imagine ever writing the phrase "The Holocaust aside", jesus fucking christ.

      • lascaux [he/him]
        ·
        3 years ago

        aside from the planes flying into the buildings, it was a beautiful and clear tuesday morning in manhattan

    • comi [he/him]
      ·
      3 years ago

      And what did they do with their newfound liberty :thonk:

    • Cascadia_ [they/them]
      ·
      edit-2
      3 years ago

      From the Ukrainian side of the debate, the country’s wartime history is more complex.

      "No bro they aren't Nazis, its a complex issue, you just don't understand. How is it complex? uhhhhh"

    • SoyViking [he/him]
      ·
      edit-2
      3 years ago

      On the one hand they murdered Jews and Romas on an industrial scale but in the other hand they wanted to have some shitty right-wing dictatorship that was flying their flag so who can tell whether they were bad or not?

    • solaranus
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      edit-2
      1 year ago

      deleted by creator

  • GoroAkechi [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    It’s always interesting to watch Putin interviews because while he is a committed anti-communist, he still has a materialist analysis of the world. It’s an interesting parallel to how western communists still think like capitalists, due to the ingrained value system taught when they were young

  • kleeon [he/him, he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    AAAAAAAHAAAAHAAAAHAAHAAA:

    https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-ukraine-cnn-idUSL2N2VB0UM

    HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAAHA

  • DirtbagVegan [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    Insufferable liberal idea: going around to gas stations and putting Putin’s face over all the “I did that” stickers of Joe pointing to the gas prices that chuds have been putting up.

  • amber2 [she/her,they/them]
    ·
    3 years ago

    Could this change the tide of the war????? I just went on reddit and the first thing I saw was a post calling putin gay. When the Russian president sees this one he'll be so embarrassed

  • anoncpc [comrade/them]
    ·
    3 years ago

    JUST IN - Saudi Arabia and the UAE declined to speak with Biden about countering Russia and containing a surge in oil prices, WSJ reports.