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Ukraine war: Kyiv claims first victories of counter-offensive - BBC News (www.bbc.com)

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Ukraine says it has liberated four villages in the south-east, calling these the first settlements won back from Russia since Kyiv's counter-offensive began
On Monday morning, officials reported that "the national flag is once again waving" over Storozhove, in the Donetsk region
A day earlier, footage showed Ukrainian troops celebrating in Blahodatne and Neskuchne - and a minister said nearby Makarivka was also taken
The settlements are relatively small - and Moscow is yet to confirm any retreat
The Institute for the Study of War backs up Kyiv's claims, saying Ukraine captured "multiple settlements" along the frontline over the weekend
On Saturday, President Zelensky acknowledged that the long-awaited counter-offensive was under way

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

you're super and are loved... No need to be the token edgemaster 5000 here.

[+] [email protected] -8 points 1 year ago (8 children)

This was literally what Bandyerites, i.e. fascists that assisted the Nazis and did ethnic cleansing all on their own, used as a rallying cry.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Context is important for meaning.

The nazis used a salute one French painter imagined the Romans using. In the United states kids used to make the same salute to pledge allegiance to the flag. This doesn't make the american kids (nor the Romans) nazis. Becouse the context matters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_salute

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

so if i understand correctly, you're saying it's ok to do this salute today as long as I'm saying I'm doing the Roman one, not the Nazi one?

Nah dude sorry, context does not matter if the phrase/symbol has been used for fascist terror. That salute (and the phrase above) has been used for fascist ends. It's done and can no longer be used

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