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What is Lemmygrad's stance on the Ukraine war? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Somokoth@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml

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I've tried to search for opinions on what's going on in Ukraine, but most posts are incredibly old. I'm not too educated on the matter myself (well, aside from keeping up most of the time with what cities are under whose control and all of that). I haven't really heard much about the geopolitical side of things, and it's hard to know what's disinfo or not; That's why I'd like to ask: What is your stance on the Ukraine war?

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[–] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd point out that Ukrainians and Ukrainian government aren't Nazis, but they did have a paramilitary wing that is very much Nazi-inclined.

Still, that wasn't the reason for the invasion.

The entire conflict is that ugly battle between West and East, one in which West generally has an upper hand, but Russia as a more East-inclined force has a very strong interest.

Neither of the sides care of actual people on the ground, only of their superiority. And the Ukrainian government wants to remain in power, which is why they don't really try to regulate the situation either.

I too back China here - let's stop the hot war and take some time to figure it out. Yes, Russia will most likely have some territorial gains, but losing already-unstable Donbass that tried to join Russia for years is a small price to pay to stop the enormous bloodshed no civilian is interested in.

After that, the rest of Ukraine can get the protection of NATO to avoid the repeat of this scenario.