John Mearsheimer also speaks about how, in his various encounters with Russians in Russia, he didn't come across intense hatred for Ukrainians:
"...you do not have a sense when you talk to people that there's an intense hatred of the Ukrainians because many of those Ukrainians are ethnic Russians and many of those Russians inside of Russia have Ukrainian heritage of one sort or another inside of them. I had no sense that there was hatred towards the Ukrainian people or the Ukrainian nation. There's no question that the Russians loathe Zelensky and they loathe the people who they identify as Nazis, but no real animosity towards the Ukrainian nation so to speak."
https://t.co/3wnOGlqD0z
This is a point I've made many times, including after interviewing Donbass commanders in October 2022, in a (then) outpost 70 m from Ukrainian forces in Avdeevka. Excerpts:
"I hate nationalists, their government. This is what we hate. But, for example, an ordinary Ukrainian person? Why? Many of us speak Ukrainian. We understand them, they understand us...I’ve been involved in sports a lot of time, wrestling. So, I’ve got a lot of friends in Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Kirovograd, Odessa, Lvov, Ivano-Frankivsk, Transcarpathia.
I have relatives in western Ukraine, and we still communicate. Yes, they say one thing on the street, but when we talk to each other, they say, ‘Well, you have to, because the SBU is listening.’
Ukraine shouts about democracy, then puts people in handcuffs for no reason. My aunt got in trouble because they found my photo on her Skype."
"We don't blame the whole Ukrainian people. The Ukrainian people are our friends, they are our relatives. We realize that they've been struck by evil, and it's not their fault. Ordinary people are not to blame for this, we clearly differentiate them. We will liberate them from fascism, and we'll make friends."
https://t.co/Is3zdMCRzm
https://t.co/Z8ODc2x5KA
But also, when speaking with ordinary civilians in Donbass, or elsewhere in Russia, I don't come across hatred for Ukrainians. The hatred, as John said, is directed at Zelensky, his regime, and those who back Ukraine's terrorism.
"A Ukrainian drone struck a bus in Gorlovka, injuring 11 passengers, including two children.
Another drone hit a bus in the Kalininsky district. Fortunately, no one was injured there.
UPDATE: The number of injured has risen to 12."
https://t.co/Uh1NEUUIqZ
Ukraine ramped up its terrorist attacks yesterday and overnight, during the period of Russia's parliamentary elections:
"In a statement on Sunday, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said more than 1,600 UAVs were repelled since the previous day, adding that 450 UAVs were intercepted on approaches to the capital.
“The unprecedented attack was clearly planned to disrupt the elections. The enemy failed,” he said."
...The massive raid struck Moscow and the surrounding region just hours before polling stations were due to open for the final day of Russia’s three-day parliamentary elections.
Despite the attack, all 1,443 polling stations in Moscow opened on time, Moscow Election Commission Deputy Chairman Dmitry Reut told TASS."
"Ukraine faces an astronomical budget deficit, but we will find a solution to this problem", said Zelensky.
*SPOILER ALERT*
He might be looking for the "solution" in the pockets of European taxpayers.
JULIAN ASSANGE: ‘I want to be totally clear, I am not free today because the system worked. I am free today after years of incarceration because I plead guilty to journalism.’
Julian Assange on Going Underground explaining the US’ years-long preparation for the dirty war on Syria…
In which it deliberately fostered sectarian division with fake and exaggerated rumours, as part of a plan to overthrow Bashar Al-Assad.
Trump's first indictment was from a liberal Manhattan prosecutor.
His other state case is from the Dem Party machine in Atlanta.
His two federal cases are under the Biden DOJ.
And now a Colorado court full of Dems just banned him from the ballot.
Again: playing with fire.
Journalist @WVanwagenen reads excerpts of leaked audio from a meeting between Israeli captives and Netanyahu, which sheds light on their anger towards the government for putting their lives and the lives of their relatives in danger.
The leaked audio was released by Ynet.
Hamas had been open to a ceasefire/hostage exchange since Oct 7 but Netanyahu rejected it. Six weeks later, Israel's overwhelming military force killed 15,000 Palestinians but achieved nothing for the hostages, so it was forced to negotiate with Hamas. A major strategic and psychological blow for Israel, and a victory for Hamas. The lesson is that resistance works.
The foul allegations of rape have been dropped by the Israeli government. The forty beheaded babies has been downscaled to one dead baby, not beheaded, and killed by persons unknown. Two thirds of Israelis killed on October 7 were military personnel. The killers of the remaining one third are definitively revealed to have been in part the Israeli armed forces themselves. Those with influence who spread the propaganda to the contrary stand exposed as War Criminals and now much blood stains their character for ever. It is a spot which will not out. #Gaza_War #GazaCeasefire #GazaHolocaust #GazaHospital
Never forget the accounts that were spreading fake news about “Hamas beheading babies”
Zionists have to lie about everything because they know they are in the wrong and it’s the only way to shape public opinion