Weirdos on Twitter: russia invaded Ukraine because something something NATO
Putin every chance he gets: okay, so here is my terrible fanfiction on the Rurik dynasty
@ClarkeMicah He genuinely hates NATO, yes
But because it's an obstacle to his imperialism
Ukrainian opinion was strongly against joining NATO before he invaded them,
This war started because he wants the entire country, not because he feared an attack from NATO
idk why these people continuously do the nato expansion meme when putin, lavrov et al regularly just go ‘yeah ukraine is historically under the control of muscovite empires so it’s ours’.
the second you point this out to them they play all dumb and vague post about it
It's hilarious how Western Russia apologists keep on insisting this is all about NATO and then Putin just goes out and says "no actually we're imperialist" on a regular basis.
@PunishedRWR Zelenskyy was the candidate who advocated for talks with Russia and two thirds of the population voted for him. The Russian-speaking Jew from the south-east won a landslide against the nationalist incumbent with "Army, Faith, Language" as campaign slogan. Didn't matter to Russia.
@vcthirdman@TelseeJanelle@trouble_man90 russian invades, annex lands, restrict Ukrainian language and culture, find random charges to imprison Ukrainians for many years, and import settlers from russia to move into Ukrainian homes.
But yes, it’s NATO fault that russia annexed 5 Ukrainian Oblasts and colonize them 😒
@AnSir86@Maks_NAFO_FELLA Technically was replaced but through promotion. He simply has more responsibilities. He has final say in 3rd Assault if he ever needs or wants to but he obviously put someone in his place that he trust to run more of the hour by hour operations.
@AnSir86@Maks_NAFO_FELLA https://t.co/OCJPaK8qiU
Leads multiple brigades like 53rd, 60th and 63rd but was also given responsibilities for the northern Donetsk frontline.
The oil prices are currently escalating. This evening they jumped by almost 4% in a matter of minutes and it is no surprise. The Iranian regime is currently fully enjoying their freedom to strike ships in the Strait of Hormuz while feeling safe that Ukraine is getting blamed for it.
Gaslighting, deflecting and lying is not going to push down our energy prices. The Iran war is a mess and it will get worse. Far worse.
Today, the US has shown the world exactly what its signature on an international agreement is worth: not even the lives of millions of people who trusted it, but a pathetic 1–3 cents per gallon of diesel.
I want to remind that russian demands are for Ukraine to limit the size of its military, withdraw from the land russia can't take by force for the past 5 years, and ban on weapon development in Ukraine. And no security guarantees to Ukraine.
This would open a pathway to full occupation of Ukraine all, terror and death to Ukrainian population, erasing of the culture and language.
@removeduser220@M0nstas @MatthewStr37080 Very well could be.
It’s just atypical that they would use themselves to get inside Ukrainian-held land for sabotage reasons since they typically find Ukrainians willing to do those things for money.
@removeduser220@M0nstas @MatthewStr37080 https://t.co/SFTycPf5Jf
I’ve seen a few others on the TL but this was the first thing that popped up when I looked it up
@removeduser220@M0nstas @MatthewStr37080 From what I remember, there were guys in uniforms resembling Ukraine’s and were picked up by Ukrainian soldiers and had heavy russian accents (it is quiet easy to hear it because russians struggle with speaking Ukrainian)