Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the Russian dictator, has said that the task of the aggressor country on the so-called�demilitarisation� of Ukraine has allegedly been largely fulfilled.
dying on the ground riddled with bullets haha! You see, I have successfully disarmed my opponent, as they are now entirely out of ammo. Mission accomplished!
Reminder: As the aggressor in an imperialist colonialist war, Russia can end the war at any time, just by returning all its troops to its own territory. The continuation of the war is purely the choice of the extreme right-wing Russian dictator and his cronies, who continue to violently exploit the Russian people.
Not really, as you argue without respect to the core of the problem, that is, the US is building a geopolitical tool next to Russia's borders (obviously against Russia). Even if Putin suddenly disappears, another politician will get support from Russia's elite and probably easy consent from the Russian public to pursue an anti-NATO foreign policy.
Nothing will change until the US will change it's foreign policy towards Russia and stop meddling with countries bordering with Russia.
Also this does not contradict that Russia is not an oligarchy or Putin is not a dictator, before you call me pro-Putin. Russia can be the aggressor, an "extreme right-wing dictator ship" that attacked Ukraine and at the same time Ukraine was set up like a red flag in front of a bull by the West.
Remember, there is no reason a country like Russia should perceive the US and its vassal states as friendly. They have no way to assume whatever they do with Ukraine or try to do with Belarus is not against them. In fact, the opposite is true, the foreign policy of the US writes that Russia is their enemy and they will allocate so and so much funds to fight it. You think you need to be a right-wing dictator or an ex-KGB agent to grasp that the goal of the west is to subdue your political class or to turn your country into a gas colony for them?
But of course, being a biased lib that thinks the world is built like Lord of the Rings or a comic book, what's class consciousness to you? You believe that there are ebil people like Putin, that suddenly went crazy and decided to invade Ukraine for no reason than being evil.
Don't you think if the Russian capitalists are investing so much money into the war because they see Ukraine as a pawn of the US and as a threat? And they will continue fund it if it stays a threat to them, beyond Putin? Nah, they put in billions for the lolz. Because Putin said so.
I feel like you want to have this argument with someone and, sure, go for it, but I feel like you're painting OP as the average /r/worldnews poster, and that's a very rude thing to do. For all I know they might agree with you but the hostility isn't helping.
Sorry if this is a little forward or "tone policing", it just bugged me.
Even if you believe all of this, it should be obvious that the invasion was an abject failure in contributing towards these goals. There's more NATO equipment and support around that border now than ever before. There's even more NATO border incoming that didn't exist before. Staying, expending more of your people's lives, public and private capital looks like a really counterproductive thing to do. It's only making those goals harder to meet longer term.
This is pretty much how Bush & USA justified pre-emptive strikes against non-existent WMDs. Russia don't need to see their neighbors as friendly instead of neutral, and they definitely don't need to conquer them just in case.
"And, as Putin said yesterday, one of the tasks was to demilitarise Ukraine.
In fact, this task is largely completed. Ukraine is using less and less of its weapons. And more and more it uses the weapons systems that Western countries supply it with."
Ah, the subtle differences between demilitarization and upgrading to NATO standards.
If his statement had ever anything to do with reality. Probably just feel-good words directed at the domestic audience.
Can the cowards downvoting the comment I'm responding to and others in this thread respond to this comment? I want to block you guys but you timidly refuse to stick your head out and post your disagreements out in the open.
@Spzi Ukraine has been demilitarized of soviet equipment FWIW. Imagine how long it would've taken Ukraine to do this had it not been an invasion on its land. Thanks, Putler!
Bonus: Putler has also demilitarized former Warsaw Pact members of Soviet weaponry even further. Can you believe the benefits of it? I'm in tears of joy rn.