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[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The more these things happen, the less people will defect and provide information about Russia

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't know about that. Just like Navalny and other opposition of Putin, noone that does this kind of thing is under any illusion they will be safe.

Would be better if they are safe though.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Russian agents shooting people in their country? Very likely yes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

There's no treason in sabotaging an unjust war

The treason was starting the war. In the first place

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Agreed that the US should not have started this by backing the 2014 fascist coup.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's not worth even arguing with people like you that support colonialism and empire. I'm just registering this here that people can see straight through your shitty, projecting delusions.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

that support colonialism and empire

I don't support the US though?

Did this war not start because the US backed the 2014 fascist coup? And the subsequent killing of ethnic Russians in Eastern Ukraine like Donbas and Crimea for resisting?

These were the results of the 2010 elections.

Eastern Ukrainians don't support the current fascist gov, and even welcomed the Russian army as liberators in 2022.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

welcomed as liberators

Oof. Not sure if English is your first language, comrade, but you should be aware that this direct quote, "we will be welcomed as liberators" was used as justification for the invasion of Iraq by Cheney, and has such a negative connotation that it is now only used sarcastically.

Saying it evokes the strong memory of it being a bullshit statement to justify doing something awful. And, based on what you're saying... that assessment rings true.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The title of the article itself uses that phrase so not much I can do about that.

It's detailed and lists tons of sources and images. And I can indeed see this happening based on the shit the post-2014 puppet gov had been doing to eastern Ukrainians.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The body of a man who was shot dead in Spain is believed to be that of a Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year.

According to Spanish news agency Efe, Mr Kuzminov's body was found near a property in the town of Villajoyosa on Spain's eastern coast alongside documentation matching his nationality, but with a different name.

A burnt-out car apparently used by the attackers was found near the scene of the crime, the intelligence agency's press service told the outlet.

Two other people on board, who had been unaware of Mr Kuzminov's plans, were shot dead when they started running back towards the border after the helicopter landed.

During a news conference in September, Mr Kuzminov said he switched sides because he opposed Russia's war on Ukraine.

There has been no official comment from Russian authorities, although on Tuesday, Sergei Naryshkin, director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, said: "That traitor and criminal was a moral corpse."


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[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago