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Comments by "duncan smith" (@duncansmith7562) on "Is this the start of a new Russian offensive? | DW News" video.

did you have tears over the last 8 years when Azov battalions were firing on innocent Donbass civilians?
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@kleoqwer all you had to do after the Maidan coup was allow Crimea and Donbass join Russia, as the majority of their people wanted, but no, you had to start a war about it. well, you got what you deserve, so let the tears roll.
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No, the one year anniversary of the war was back in 2015. the one year anniversary of Russian forces invading Ukraine will be on Feb 24.
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@frankozrin5611 because there is no evidence that what you say is true, but go ahead, send me the latest opinion polls from Dagestan and Chechnya showing voters' preferences for a) part of Russian Federation, b) autonomy and c) independence
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@frankozrin5611 you are such a liar! No one claims Russian is "banned". The claim, and it is true, is that Russian is banned in education from Middle School up and in all government spheres, that Russian has been removed as an official language. tell me, do you favour compelling all French speaking Canadians to use only English from Middle School onwards and to be compelled to use English for ALL official, government business? yes, or no?
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@frankozrin5611 Donbass is NOT Ukrainian territory. It is Russian. Chechnya, like Ukraine, was hijacked by an illegitimate government, an extremist one at that, with no popular mandate, and Russia restored the rights of the ethnic Russians there.
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@bellohadiza9414 gotta understand, Bello, the international "rules based order" says that when USA invades, occupies, murders, bombs and destroys, that is allowed in the rules, but if Russia does the same, it is against the rules! I think we see why most of the planet has had enough of this sick, hypocritical American bullying and murder.
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@MrKhankab the tide is turning. pro Russian comments flooding in these days as the truth of Zelensky's crimes and blunders are revealed
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@sisqosylva Russia and Ukraine were sitting and talking back in March, but Ukraine walked away when the puppet master, USA, promised Ukraine that Ukraine would win and sanctions would cripple Russia. ooops!
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@SerenityMae11 the ignorant fools are those who only found out where Lugansk is five minutes ago. Those of us who have lived and worked in Ukraine can see the truth, and the truth is that USA and Ukraine have been provoking Russia for a decade and mistakenly thought they could defeat Putin. Big mistake, as Ukraine is finding out, the painful way. when you say "we will finish it" does the "it" mean Ukraine as a viable state? you certainly will.
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@whitelutik yep, just like the Allies in WW2, an awful lot of massacring and bombing had to happen before people's rights were returned to them. Germany and Japan understand the concept. You might too, one day, just not today.
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@kaliyur9802 so the elections held in US occupied Iraq were illegal, agreed?
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@kaliyur9802 was the Scottish referendum on independence held in the presence of occupation troops?
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@kaliyur9802 on the contrary, I am more than happy to talk about Bucha. So far, looks like the evidence points to Ukrainians committing the war crimes there, though in all wars both sides commit war crimes. BTW, why are you avoiding talking about Bucha?
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are you 100% sure that Russians fired missiles at the power station the Russians themselves occupied? are you sure the Russians blew up their own Nordstream pipelines? what is the next Russian thing the Russians themselves will attack do you think, Einstein?
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@kaliyur9802 interesting you mention Bucha. that subject has gone quiet. by now I would have imagined a mountain of photos, names, evidence, reliable testimony and a pending court case. what has happened? the silence is telling.
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@iramehra2774 I certainly would and I would be really curious to discover the reasons why
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@First-Last_name 40% Russian speakers refers to the whole of Ukraine. over 80% of Donbass is Russian speaking. Learn some basic facts. France doesn't need to invade Quebec, as the Québecquois have full and equal language rights to education in French and use of French in all situations. You make my point for me! If Kiev had adopted the Ottawa approach, none of this fighting would have happened!
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@bonnie7898 the separatists started what? what is "it"? the separatists declared independence after the anti democratic 2014 Maidan coup, an anti democratic coup that YOU support! it was Kiev that decided to force the separatists to remain Ukrainian, against the majority wishes in Donbass. The fighting started because of Poroshenko. Ukraine has no right to compel separatists to remain Ukrainian, and these are separatists who choose to separate from Azov inspired tyranny from Kiev. when you say "restore order" you mean kill people in Donbass. You are wrong. Did Serbia have a right to "restore order" in Kosovo?
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@bonnie7898 nothing wrong with that if you want to have a war. Most civilized countries have MORE than one official language when 40% of the population speak a different language. That is why sensible countries like Kazakstan recognize Russian as an official language alongside Kazakh, Canada recognizes French alongside English, Switzerland recognizes Italian (only 5% of the country speak Italian as a mother tongue!) as an official language. it's only tyrants and barbarians like you that feel the need to compel Russian speakers to use a foreign language. Your Russophobia knows no bounds
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@bonnie7898 Ukraine doesn't have to give up any land at all. Ukraine only had to return to the laws it had in place in 1991, when it became independent. Had Ukraine allowed full and equal rights to the 17%, as it had in the past, instead of following the extreme nationalist policies of derussification and extreme ukrainianization, tyrannical and exclusive policies that you think are so wonderful, brilliant, inclusive and humane, then none of this would have happened. The 17%, and Putin, had no problem with Ukraine, 1991 to 2014. The coup changed everything. Shame on you for supporting the bullying and extremism that pushed the 17% to desperate acts to attain justice.
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@bonnie7898 Some Ukrainians wanted to move closer to the West. Some Ukrainians wanted to move closer to Russia. In democracies, presidents are not removed by "popular uprisings". They are removed at the ballot box. Or, maybe you support the popular uprising that recently happened in Brazil? Donbass and Crimea are entitled to have governments that reflect the will of the people of Donbass and Crimea, and now they do. The will of Bonnie is irrelevant. it is the will of the Donbass and Crimea that is important.
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@bonnie7898 My point is that the Allies had to kill millions and to destroy horribly in order to restore freedom to the people of Germany and Japan. Same is happening now. Russia has to kill and destroy in order to restore the freedoms of the ethnic Russians, and you should be supporting them.
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@stevethewindsurfer8911 only a brainwashed fool would assume he/she has a "free media" Your media broadcasts the message of their paymasters. ain't free.
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@DSan-kl2yc which "gauge" are you referring to. be specific.
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@DSan-kl2yc who you talking about?
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@DSan-kl2yc there are many of them, and this is the s**t that happens in war, same happens on both sides. Ukraine should never have embarked on its nationalistic program of derussification.
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@georgebouwari8922 their land is occupied bro and they have the right to defend themselves. Ukraine invaded their country (Donbass) and this is the bottom line.
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@fordfokus9408 just surrender and bring peace back to the world. kiss goodbye to your Russian speaking areas, be a neutral country, ditch Bandera as a national hero, reduce your military to the size of Luxembourg's, and everyone will be able to live free from war. it worked out for Georgia and Chechnya. just do it.
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@SerenityMae11 on the contrary, only a fool would believe Putin woke up one morning and said "you know, totally unprovoked, let's just invade Ukraine and see what happens"
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@iramehra2774 I am sure the vast majority of Russians want nothing to do with Ukraine, and vice versa, so we will end up with Ukraine as a neutral country, disarmed, landlocked and with no need to talk to Russia ever again. problem solved..the hard way. Ukraine is bankrupt and destroyed, so it needs advice and will be told what to do, in the end. Biden is advising Ukraine to fight on, so I guess Biden should move to Russia.
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@First-Last_name the numbers depend on the definitions you use. number of Russian speakers may well be different from number of primarily Russian speakers or number of speakers of Russian as native tongue or number of exclusively Russian speakers. play with the numbers as you wish. Similarly, "Russian" can be defined variously as "identifies as Russian", "has Russian nationality", "ethnically Russian" "more Russian than Ukrainian". The point is, in Donbass, there are MANY more Russian speakers than Ukrainian speakers, and many more who identify as ethnically Russian than ethnically Ukrainian. take it or leave it.
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@First-Last_name No, I never heard that Yanukovich tried to ban the Ukrainian language in school. educate me. in the whole of Ukraine? just in the Donbass? On the surface, on this language issue, if you are right, it would seem Yanukovich was as dumb as Poroshenko and Zelensky. But two wrongs don't make a right.
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@First-Last_name No one is claiming anyone banned Russian. We are claiming that Russian was banned from use in schools anywhere in Ukraine from middle school level and up, and in all official and government business. and that is discrimination. needless and provocative too. So, a French speaker in Montreal has the right to have his/her entire education conducted in French, correct? A Russian speaker in Donbass, let's say Lugansk, where 90% of the community use Russian primarily, where 90% of the teachers use Russian primarily, MUST be educated in a foreign language, Ukrainian! And you claim the Russian speaker in Lugansk has the same language rights as the French speaker in Montreal? hmmm. you and I have VERY different definitions of "equal"
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@First-Last_name did you lie? the only reference I can find to Yanukovich and language laws is Yanukovich signed into law the right for Russian to be an official regional language in those regions where Russian is the language of the majority. makes sense to me. No mention of limiting Ukrainian, nor banning Ukrainian, nor banning Ukrainian in schools! did you lie?
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@First-Last_name I'll take that as a "yes". you invented the whole Yanokovich lie. sad state of affairs when you are reduced to that.
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@_Twink no one claims that Russians are the majority in Ukraine. no one claims that Russian is banned in Ukraine. Russian speakers are the overwhelming majority in Donbass, and Russian as a language is totally banned in all Ukrainian schools, even in majority Russian speaking areas, from middle school up, and Russian is totally banned in government transactions and business and severe limitations are placed on broadcasting in Russian. it is pure Russophobia and anyone with any sense of decency condemns it. but that would exclude you.
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@First-Last_name appeasement is very different from peace. Chamberlain confused the two, as have you. surrender brought peace and prosperity to both Germany and Japan. It will to Ukraine too. But first comes the surrender.
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@stevethewindsurfer8911 sadly, you only think you gave free speech. All your media follow the narrative of the owner. In Russia you can say things and do things strictly forbidden or taboo in the West. In Russia you can say "white lives matter" with no repercussions. In Russia you can say "men can never become women" with no repercussions. In Russia you are 6 times less likely to be arrested for words written on social media than in the UK. You can use the word "war" in Russia, but you cannot broadcast the lie that Russia is at war or that Russia has declared war. If and when such a declaration of war is made, then repeating said declaration will be allowed, of course.
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@First-Last_name No sources then. pure lies. Yanukovich signed a law that recognized Russian as an official regional language in areas where Russian speakers were the majority. Nothing more and nothing less. There are strict limitations on media broadcasts in Russian in Ukraine, no one can be educated in Russian post elementary school, all government business must be conducted in Ukrainian. French is an official language of Canada, so you are just lying when saying Russian has similar status to French in Canada. If the limitations of use of Russian in Ukraine were replicated in Quebec regarding French, there would be a revolution, and it would be deserved.
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@First-Last_name and now to the evidence. Russia prevailed in Chechnya. Chechnya is now living in peace. Russia prevailed in Abkhazia. Abkhazia is now living in peace. Russia prevailed in South Ossetia. South Ossetia is now living in peace. Russia prevailed in Transnistria. Transnistria is now living in peace. Russia prevailed in Syria. Syria is now living in peace. Russia will prevail in Ukraine, and Ukraine will live in peace. Moral of the story: if you want to live in peace with Russia, just treat your ethnic Russians fairly. If you DON'T treat your ethnic Russians equally, prepare to be defeated in battle, but then you will live in peace. Not a difficult message to grasp, but the likes of Latvia are a bit slow to learn it.
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@First-Last_name it is irrelevant who was aggressor or who was not. the point is that once the losing side surrenders, it has an excellent opportunity to recover and prosper.
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@First-Last_name the problem here is that I know EXACTLY how language works in Canada, and it is embarrassing that you don't. One more time, and I notice you fail to counter me on this. In Montreal, a French speaker has EVERY right and expectation to receive full education in French and conduct ALL government business in French. There are NO restrictions on broadcasting in French as opposed to English. None. That is in STARK contrast to the limitations imposed on Russian speakers in Ukraine. You know it, but you just can't admit it. Shame on you.
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@First-Last_name name one of the 150 schools in Ukraine where Russian is the language of instruction. just one.
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@First-Last_name quit with the Yanukovich lie. you are embarrassing yourself. or name the year when Yanukovich made Russian the only official government language of Ukraine. go ahead.
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@First-Last_name how could I have sources for something that never happened? YOU are the one claiming Yanukovich made Russian the only official language of Ukraine! prove it. If you want my source proving Yanukovich signed a law making Russian an official language alongside Ukrainian in regions where Russian is the primary language, I can do so, just ask.
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@First-Last_name "While Ukrainian is the only state language, the bill would make Russian an official regional language in predominantly Russian-speaking areas in the industrialised east" taken from Kyiv Post, 2012.
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@First-Last_name Let me educate you on language status: Canada, only about 20% of the nation's population uses French as a first language, yet French is an official language of Canada, and where French speakers form the majority (mainly Quebec) French is the language of education, government and business. French is broadcast freely on the airwaves. Ukraine, about 40% of the nation's pre war population used Russian as a first language, but Russian is NOT an official language of Ukraine, and where Russian speakers form the majority (Kherson, Odessa, Kharkov, Zaporozhe, Donbass) Russian is BANNED in education post elementary level and banned from government business. Russian is severely limited in broadcasts on the airwaves. Study the difference, then you will understand at least one reason why this conflict is happening.
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@Alexandra-dd1su Bonnie doesn't care about the horrific results of such wars. Bonnie is just delighted that a "brutal dictator" was removed, and the consequences of such are irrelevant to her.
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@_Twink you are sadly misinformed. I mean if you can tell me the year of Yanukovich's law that restricted Ukrainian language, that would be great. That Yanukovich would make Ukrainian the only language of government communications makes no sense. That is the present Zelensky policy! The only schools in Ukraine that are allowed to teach primarily in Russian are primary schools. After that, all education must be in Ukrainian. English class can be conducted in English, as an exception, but no Russian class can be conducted in Russian. Blatant discrimination. Check out the whole load of restrictions on Russian in Ukraine when you read the Wikipedia article "Language Policy in Ukraine" I, myself, was ordered not to use Russian in my class as the Lingua franca for my students.
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I'm sure NATO's sophisticated air defence systems, as they have done since October, will knock down every single Russian missile. Nothing to worry about.
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