• mozz@mbin.grits.dev
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    10
    ·
    8 months ago

    I can partially agree with the context you want to add to the situation, yes. That doesn’t change the fact the Russia is in a very literal sense shooting and bombing Ukrainian cities right now. Their explanation for why they’re doing it doesn’t mean it’s all of a sudden not what they’re doing.

    Surely we can agree on that much?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      10
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      8 months ago

      Ukrainian negotiators are now admitting that Russia and Ukraine had a tentative agreement last March and then Ukraine decided to sabotage it because of the pressure from the west. The west is literally the reason the war started and continues today.

      Could Russia have continued to try and find a diplomatic solution after a decade of being lied to, perhaps they could’ve tried longer. However, we now know for a fact that the west and Ukraine never intended to have good faith negotiations.

      To sum up, Russia tried to find a peaceful solution for close to a decade. The west refused to play ball. Then Russia did a show of force and brought Ukraine to negotiating table. The west sabotaged negotiations. Now, Russia is fighting a proxy war with NATO in Ukraine because of that.