A war Russia set to win
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Two massive terrorist strikes misfired spectacularly and a terrible beauty is born in the Ukraine war. These two carefully planned attacks in quick succession — on Nord Stream gas pipelines and Crimean Bridge — were intended as a knockout blow to Russia. According to President Vladimir P
  • graphito
    54·
    2 years ago

    It’s like bingo for all non Canadian news, amazing

  • pingveno
    610·
    2 years ago

    That was always true. Remember when Putin was rolling in to “denazify” Ukraine at the beginning of the invasion? Russia’s propaganda apparatus labels literally everything they don’t like as Nazis or fascists. Between that and the tanks around Kyiv, it is clear what was happening.

      • pingveno
        3·
        2 years ago

        You mean articles like this one? That took me 10 seconds to find. Come on, at least put at a little effort into fact checking yourself.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
          13·
          2 years ago

          It’s pretty obvious that coverage of nazis in Ukraine has gone down dramatically, and when there is coverage their role is downplayed as seen in your article:

          Though Azov remains a fringe movement in Ukraine, it is a larger-than-life brand among many extremists.

          The article then proceeds to flat out false statements. Zelensky is doing the opposite of developing democracy. He literally banned all the left wing parties in the country, and hasn’t banned a single right wing party. You sure wouldn’t get that impression reading the following though:

          Ukraine is a developing democracy, which far-right extremists oppose as contrary to the fascist governments they want to see.

          The article sets up a false narrative that there’s a fringe far right movement in Ukraine that’s attracting western nazis. Meanwhile, the reality is that Ukrainian government is itself full of nazis and has direct ties to the most extreme elements like azov.

          In fact, Zelensky was funded by the same oligrach that funds Azov. US state department quietly took down their page on this, but thanks to the wonders of the internet archive you can read it here.

          So yeah, thanks for providing an example to support my point there.

      • graphito
        53·
        2 years ago

        Yogthos before Feb 2022: Russia is not going to invade Ukraine

        Yogthos now: Russia cannot leave Ukraine

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
              11·
              2 years ago

              I’ve explained my rationale for why I did not think Russia would go to war in Ukraine. As most people, I thought a conflict would be too costly and Russia could get what they wanted through diplomatic ways. Clearly that wasn’t the case. I’m not sure why people think this is such a gotcha. We all make analysis based on the information available, and nobody has a crystal ball that predicts the future perfectly.

              • jackalope
                2·
                2 years ago

                Right. I didn’t think Russia was going to invade either. But it’s still a fair crit. I was wrong. I admit I was wrong. You might consider it an opportunity for self reflection.

                • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
                  12·
                  2 years ago

                  As I’ve already said, I was wrong about my predictions based on the information available to me and my understanding of the geopolitical situation. I’m not sure what else you’re saying I’m supposed to self reflect on. Nobody can predict the future accurately, there are always variables that aren’t visible to us.