@Copernicus2013 Only Russia is always talking about beating nazis, having parades and reminding ex-occupied countries (i.e Lithuania) about how they “saved” us. But Stalin = Hitler.
Our @nickschifrin sat down with Lithuanian Foreign Minister @GLandsbergis to ask how his country has become the first to stop all imports of Russian gas.
https://t.co/x2wbLMyl6O
Someone just reminded me that the Hebrew word for ‘evil’ is pronounced “Russia”.. here is a full spectrum of definitions for this lovely phonetic composition
putin wants to conquer Kyiv, because the "Rus" in russia has actually nothing to do with russia.
A 🧵 about Kyiv:
In 1547 Ivan the Terrible declared himself "Tsar and Grand Duke of all Rus'", stealing his title from the fallen Byzantine Empire (tsar/czar = caesar) and
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Some want to live in a simple world where Putin is solely responsible for the war. The reality is that someone actually drops bombs on Ukrainian cities, shoots evacuees, forms ‘Zs’, backs Putin in surveys. Like in 1930s, they bear responsibility, even if poisoned by propaganda.
After a couple of years Putin might say that Summy region wants to be part of Russia and the story will repeat itself again. One more thing - if NATO enemy has nuclear weapon - we start to bend red lines and ignore civilians.
“Never again” should not be used, because it’s clear that this is within NATO borders. Probably. Because we did not actually checked how Article 5 works in a real world.
And it’s a clear sign for Putin, that red line is NATO border. If it’s Georgia - why not to try.
@belgianmaoist @TheRealChimmike@Osinttechnical I see that you don’t know what “offensive intervention” means and I don’t blame you - you didn’t grow up and lived in a post Soviet / post Yugoslavia (etc) country. Hopefully someday you’ll learn something about offensive acts and fighting for freedom :)