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Russia: Putin announces military operation in Ukraine - claiming it's intended to protect civilians. (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (7 children)

And here I was being told that Russia was just dropping by a couple of separatist regions by invitation and wasn't going to invade. I'm getting ready for those goalposts to move like lightning. Oh no, that's not imperialist bullying, merely a light shelling.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (6 children)

There is still no invasion into Ukraine. Fake news.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Literally within 3 hours of your comment.

https://twitter.com/ThomasVLinge/status/1496753930625290240

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A lot of these videos have been fact checked as false and out of context
I mean, even twitter had this thing to debunk false claims
https://twitter.com/i/events/1496815373936574469
Not saying that Russians aren't in Ukraine right now, they could very well be, but I object strongly to people jumping to conclusions about a full scale invasion, when it looks like the real narrative is Russia has done a one off attack for political leverage.
You are from lemmygrad, so I assume you trust China at least somewhat. This was China's stance.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-calls-restraint-ukraine-rejects-term-invasion-2022-02-24/
I wanted to post it, but lemmy wouldn't do it for some reason

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Thanks for posting the link. I know that footage from other conflicts from different times are often circulated inappropriately and are used for misinformation. You're correct in saying that I don't know for certain whether or not any particular source is genuine.

I am from Lemmygrad, and had not seen this exact response from China, however I don't necessarily need to agree with everything the Chinese government says. In 1979 they didn't like calling their own invasion of Vietnam an invasion, instead opting in favour of the term "the self-defensive counterattack against Vietnam".

I found a link to a similar article except it's from an Indian media outlet and you don't need to register an account to read the whole thing. Leaving this in case anyone is interested.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/china-calls-for-restraint-in-ukraine-rejects-the-term-invasion-2786419

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