Comments by "anotheranon" (@anotheranon3118) on "Ukraine war: Russia 'must not be responsible for starvation of millions', says EU's von der Leyen" video.

  1. And the next time that Russia threatens Ukraine, to appease the bear, should we offer them Kharkiv? And afterwards, when they do it again, should we cede all land east of the Dnieper? Nah.
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  2.  @Crokey  Putin is not Hitler, but Putin's Russia keeps denying Ukraine's sovereignty and seizing territory (and in the meantime, destroying Ukraine). Where is the limit to that expansion? Crimea and eastern Donetsk and Luhansk? The southern corridor? Maybe Kharkiv? You tell me.
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  3.  @constantinenm  No one wanted a war against Russia. We like to go home and watch Netflix. No one has trespassed a single inch of Russian territory illegitimately. We can't say the same about Ukraine or Georgia, though.
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  4.  @Crokey  The US and the EU may have favoured the Maidan revolution, but that does not mean that they orchestrated it. Everything was settled for Ukraine to sign the association agreement with the EU in late 2013 but Yanukovych bowed to pressure (and rubles) from Moscow. Many – most, but not all – were upset about this, hence the protests. The reason why Putin denies Ukraine’s sovereignty is that neo-imperial Russia still sees Ukraine as an appendage. Zelensky was invested in finding a solution for the Donbas. That was one of the main pillars of his political project. The problem with Minsk treaties is the issue of interpretation– read about the so-called ‘Minsk Conundrum.’ Russia’s demands re. (a) elections and (b) the 'special status' for the Donbass were unacceptable for Ukraine. For 8 years, Russia has been using the region as a tool to puppetize all of Ukraine. You can't just call that a mere civil war when Russia has been involved in the region since 2014 with intel, funds, men and weapons. OSCE monitors remained in the region up until Russia decided to full on invade Ukraine. These OSCE monitors have compiled great data – which I am sure you are familiar with. And as you probably know, the conflict had stalled. The number of deaths was unacceptable but very low compared to the initial stages (27 in 2019, 26 in 2020, 15 up until August 2021). As you also know very well, bullets and shells have been flying across the contact line, in both directions, which you conveniently omit.Ukraine had not increased its pressure over its own territory in 2021/2022. You claim that Putin cares about the Ukrainian people. To that, I say to you: "ha!" I can see how: by destroying their country, by seizing their territory, by meddling in their affairs, by killing thousands upon thousands (including civilians), by destroying their homes, schools and hospitals, by having their military commit war crimes and a long etc. If Putin had cared about Ukraine (again, a sovereign country, and not his own, this is not Chechnya), he would not have started this all. He would not have groznied Ukrainian towns and cities. He would have agreed to UN peacekeepers and not claimed that they would veto any of that. Nah. Putin cares about his own interests, his neo-imperial delusions of grandeur and his material objectives in Ukraine. Nothing more, nothing else.
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  5.  @Crokey  Interesting that you label much of my comment as disinformation and that then you go on to claim that the massacre in Bucha was committed by the Ukrainians.
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  6. This is Ukrainian land, not Russia's. Sovereignty and territorial integrity > exports. Simple.
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