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originally posted by: Vector99
a reply to: RussianTroll
When I read this thread, I think to myself, how has Russia NOT crushed Ukraine already?
Then I think, oh, it is not going so well for them.
That is all.
originally posted by: IAMTAT
originally posted by: Vector99
a reply to: RussianTroll
When I read this thread, I think to myself, how has Russia NOT crushed Ukraine already?
Then I think, oh, it is not going so well for them.
That is all.
You bring up an excellent point.
Which will likely go ignored.
originally posted by: TheLead
a reply to: PatriotGames4u
How many governments do you know of at this moment that actually represent the will of their people?
originally posted by: Vector99
a reply to: RussianTroll
When I read this thread, I think to myself, how has Russia NOT crushed Ukraine already?
Then I think, oh, it is not going so well for them.
That is all.
In this context, in accordance with Article 51 (Chapter VII) of the UN Charter, with permission of Russia’s Federation Council, and in execution of the treaties of friendship and mutual assistance with the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic, ratified by the Federal Assembly on February 22, I made a decision to carry out a special military operation.
The purpose of this operation is to protect people who, for eight years now, have been facing humiliation and genocide perpetrated by the Kiev regime. To this end, we will seek to demilitarise and denazify Ukraine, as well as bring to trial those who perpetrated numerous bloody crimes against civilians, including against citizens of the Russian Federation.
It is not our plan to occupy the Ukrainian territory. We do not intend to impose anything on anyone by force. At the same time, we have been hearing an increasing number of statements coming from the West that there is no need any more to abide by the documents setting forth the outcomes of World War II, as signed by the totalitarian Soviet regime. How can we respond to that?
The outcomes of World War II and the sacrifices our people had to make to defeat Nazism are sacred. This does not contradict the high values of human rights and freedoms in the reality that emerged over the post-war decades. This does not mean that nations cannot enjoy the right to self-determination, which is enshrined in Article 1 of the UN Charter.
Let me remind you that the people living in territories which are part of today’s Ukraine were not asked how they want to build their lives when the USSR was created or after World War II. Freedom guides our policy, the freedom to choose independently our future and the future of our children. We believe that all the peoples living in today’s Ukraine, anyone who want to do this, must be able to enjoy this right to make a free choice.
originally posted by: TheLead
a reply to: PatriotGames4u
So you know crooked politicians are in government positions anywhere you are in the world, but they also represent the will of their 'crooked' people?
Everyone here is strangely ignoring Russia's goals that have been openly announced by Putin.
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: RussianTroll
Most ordinary Britons just wish to see Russia get their arse kicked back across the border and Ukraine be free of the Russian invasion.
originally posted by: PatriotGames4u
a reply to: turretless
Wanna have some fun?