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Almost 90 bombs were dropped in one region in just 24 hours.

Russia unleashed an unprecedented bombardment in southern Ukraine overnight in what local officials described as a “massive attack” in the conflict which has continued to rage even as the international community’s attention has moved to the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

The Ukrainian Internal Affairs Ministry on Monday morning said Russia dropped at least “87 aerial bombs on populated areas of the Kherson region - the largest number for all time.” At least eight people were also injured in other Russian strikes carried out in the Odessa region further to the west on Sunday night.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Its different because America and Israel are democracies. Therefore, they can kill as many people as they want and its okay actually.

Putin is an evil dictator leading a rogue state (That's on the verge of collapse! Any day now!) And suggesting he is in any way like an Israeli or an American flags you as a Chinese Robot Antifa Fifth Columnist Hamas Affiliated Trump Supporter.

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

That's a false dichotomy.... Joe Biden is a genocidal Zionist and Putin is an ethno-national imperialist, there is no inherent conflict with those statements.

They are both the heads of militaristic, expansionist, capitalist governments. I never saw why people on the left are cheering for Putin. Is he in opposition to the western hegemony? Yes, but only because it stands in competition to his own western hegemony.

It's like you guys are embodying the Godzilla "let them fight meme", but forgetting that they are murdering thousands of people in the process.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 0 points 1 year ago

It’s like you guys are embodying the Godzilla “let them fight meme”, but forgetting that they are murdering thousands of people in the process.

The meme was something of a joke in the movie, in large part because all anyone could do was kick back and let them go at one another. At best, a distraction would involve one or the other flattening you and getting back to the business at hand.

The Ukraine War is very much a Clash of the Titans, in so far as there's nothing a domestic Russian or American do to oppose these colossal military forces. To actively oppose the old Cold War powers is an exercise in futility. All you can really hope for is that they exhaust themselves - possibly even kill each other off - and leave you alone.

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

Rogue state?

Anything that is not Western enough is rogue to this guy.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil -1 points 1 year ago

Hey now. Don't discount all of our client states.