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These are not mutually exclusive fortunately. As somebody who also has friends in Ukraine I agree with others that Russia is very much an enemy.
The recent video of the 5 year old girl breaking down sobbing when she sees her kindergarten has been destroyed by a missile is proof enough for me. Someone had to choose that as a target, someone had to approve it as a valid military target and someone had to get in a plane with 200kg of explosives in a missile and actually release it towards the target. That's three people who could have stopped this and chose not to because all they want is to kill the people they have been told are the enemy.
We decided as a species after 1945 that "I was just following orders" is not an excuse we would ever allow again.
I might not be a soldier of politician but I can tell what evil is when I see it and I will do what I can to hold them accountable.
Слава Україні, Слава героям, смерть ворогам.
But Ukrainians did that to themselveeeeeees! Don’t you know?
I argue with tankies all the time and they unironically think this