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[–] [email protected] 102 points 2 months ago

Yes.

Don’t like it? Leave Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 months ago

They’re only attacking Russia in the interest of defending their country. Russia could easily make this all stop.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 months ago

Look at the time. Whatever time it is of whatever day that you read this, Putin could stop this. Ukraine doesn't want to take over Russia! They want security. They want their country back. Putin could end this war at any moment, as soon as they abandon their illegal international invasion of Ukraine...

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago

Fuck off putin

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh shit did we accidentally send billions of dollars of aid and military hardware to Ukraine again?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Third time this year! Hate when that happens.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago

Well considering all the red lines that have been crossed you vowed annihilation to, and didn't, I think we can all safely say the Kremlin is just full of hot air

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

While the Ukrainian attack has revealed weaknesses in Russian defences and changed the public narrative of the conflict, Russian officials said Ukraine's "terrorist invasion" would not change the course of the war.

The tone in official Russian statements the last 2-3 weeks tells us something completely different.

Shit ain't fun no more when it shows that Ukraine were able to choose allies that are better than China, India and Iran, right?

Things might still end badly for Ukraine but they will not end up selling themselves cheap. Even if Russia were able to gain full control over Ukraine, the cost of keeping the control is way too high compared to what Russia can afford.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Putin tried to make history but it'll be Zelensky and the Ukrainian people who will be celebrated when this is all done. Putin is looking likely to be the face of the fall of the second Soviet Union (members: 1)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Putin will always be in the history books as the only one that has united so many European countries...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Shit ain't fun no more when it shows that Ukraine were able to choose allies that are better than China, India and Iran, right

Hey, you forgot North Korea!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I thought this was "not the onion" at first. Like, yeah duh.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

I accuse you of sending billions of dollars in military aid packages to Ukraine!

...Uh yeah, it wasn't a secret.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

Putin accuses the West of doing something the West is openly doing complete with detailed press releases.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago

Another day of the week, huh?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

-Mike Tyson

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

🫡best tax dollars I've ever wasted.

Get rekt.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

It's not wasted. It's an investment.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

Sure. And we laugh about it a lot. What are you gonna do about it?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But if the help had come from North Korea or China, Vlad would have been fine with it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

He is fine with the aid he received, anyway.

Honestly, the North Korean artillery shells Russia has received prematurely wear out their barrels and have a higher chance of blowing up in those barrels. Given that Russian tank and artillery barrels are notoriously bad quality, the artillery men are probably at a higher risk of dying than their targets.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

the artillery men are probably at a higher risk of dying than their targets.

I (unfortunately) think that is very much wishful thinking.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Why yes, yes we did.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Yes. Yes, we did. And what are you going to do, khuylo yebanyy?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I started a fight with people bigger than me and I got punched in the face. OOOOOOHHH noooooooo.

Fuck you Putin.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

must be tuesday.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

It's up to putins cook now. He can just add some of the good stuff 😜. Like lots of sleeping pills in the coffee, then direct injection of whatever you can find mixed with pee. Easy. Or a hammer to the legs and then to the head. See the reason you go for putins legs first is so that it hurts.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

kemlin accuses others helping the shooting of the target they placed on their own back when they invaded another nation.