"Parents of some of them were killed by occupation authorities, others were simply issued Russian identification documents to legitimize their abduction," said Mykola Kuleba, head of the Save Ukraine organization.
Yes, I don’t have the simplistic thinking of the western mouthpieces.
He is simply the lesser evil, and that’s not hard when the other side is the worstt imperial aggressive country to ever exist.
Worse than imperial China? The Mongols? Alexander the Great? The Dutch and Dutch East India Company? The British? The French? The Spanish?
There is no “lesser evil.” There are assholes in charge who kill and enslave people just living their lives. There are rulers and enforcers who work together to trick the public en masse that any one of them is better than another. When at its core, owning and harming others is inherently wrong with no middle ground and benevolent slavers are still slavers.
Just like it isn’t the Russian people who want war or want to fight in war, it is Putin and the wealthy who want it, to kill their own men and to thin the herd. They can then take their money and stuff after they die. It’s not just about what they gain from Ukraine, it’s also about an attack on their own people.
You write the most insane stuff and you expect me to engage with that?
You’re some political illiterate US lib.
Zero understanding of history or geopolitics.
And with the pretentiousness of an american you think you know what the Russian people think or want.
“they are made to go to the meatgrinder for evil Pootin!”
Simplistic and pathetic statements.
Only worthy of ridicule, which I sometimes enjoy.
Stick to commenting on games, smash burgers or whatever it is you peasants do, but geopolitics is not for you.
"its contributing editor, Liliane Bivings, used to work and write for the NATO think tank The Atlantic Council, specifically covering Ukraine. Producer Elina-Alem Kent worked for the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv in 2017; not exactly the background one would associate with grassroots, independent media. Chief financial officer Jakub Parusinski was previously employed by the International Center for Policy Studies, a Ukraine-focused think tank sponsored by numerous Western governments. In 2020, culture reporter Artur Korniienko was awarded a fellowship to work for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, an organization that The New York Times once described as a “worldwide propaganda network built by the CIA.” Meanwhile, contributor to The Kyiv Independent Lucy Minicozzi-Wheeland previously worked for the Council on Foreign Relations, was given a scholarship by the State Department to study Ukraine, and also worked at the Ukraine Crisis Media Center, an organization directly funded by the U.S. government.
The unquestioned star of The Kyiv Independent, however, is defense reporter Illia Ponomarenko, who, in a short time, has built up a following of over 1.1 million people on Twitter. From the front lines, his tweets and videos go viral daily and provide the basis for much of the Western media’s reporting on the conflict. Yet Ponomarenko is far from a neutral actor, and spends an inordinate amount of his time embedded with the Azov Battalion, the Neo-Nazi group whom he describes as his “good friend[s]” and his “brothers in arms.”
UK tabloids aren’t a source
Hey, out of curiosity- is Putin a bad person? Can you say something negative about Putin?
Yes, I don’t have the simplistic thinking of the western mouthpieces.
He is simply the lesser evil, and that’s not hard when the other side is the worstt imperial aggressive country to ever exist.
Worse than imperial China? The Mongols? Alexander the Great? The Dutch and Dutch East India Company? The British? The French? The Spanish?
There is no “lesser evil.” There are assholes in charge who kill and enslave people just living their lives. There are rulers and enforcers who work together to trick the public en masse that any one of them is better than another. When at its core, owning and harming others is inherently wrong with no middle ground and benevolent slavers are still slavers.
Just like it isn’t the Russian people who want war or want to fight in war, it is Putin and the wealthy who want it, to kill their own men and to thin the herd. They can then take their money and stuff after they die. It’s not just about what they gain from Ukraine, it’s also about an attack on their own people.
LOL you’re a joke. enjoy your BS
I accept your loss due to an inability to form a good faith argument.
You write the most insane stuff and you expect me to engage with that?
You’re some political illiterate US lib.
Zero understanding of history or geopolitics.
And with the pretentiousness of an american you think you know what the Russian people think or want.
“they are made to go to the meatgrinder for evil Pootin!”
Simplistic and pathetic statements.
Only worthy of ridicule, which I sometimes enjoy.
Stick to commenting on games, smash burgers or whatever it is you peasants do, but geopolitics is not for you.
Take your own advice and…
“go to Bluesky” LOL
Again, I accept your loss due to an inability to argue in good faith.
Independent is not a tabloid you fucking Russian propaganda troll.
"its contributing editor, Liliane Bivings, used to work and write for the NATO think tank The Atlantic Council, specifically covering Ukraine. Producer Elina-Alem Kent worked for the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv in 2017; not exactly the background one would associate with grassroots, independent media. Chief financial officer Jakub Parusinski was previously employed by the International Center for Policy Studies, a Ukraine-focused think tank sponsored by numerous Western governments. In 2020, culture reporter Artur Korniienko was awarded a fellowship to work for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, an organization that The New York Times once described as a “worldwide propaganda network built by the CIA.” Meanwhile, contributor to The Kyiv Independent Lucy Minicozzi-Wheeland previously worked for the Council on Foreign Relations, was given a scholarship by the State Department to study Ukraine, and also worked at the Ukraine Crisis Media Center, an organization directly funded by the U.S. government.
The unquestioned star of The Kyiv Independent, however, is defense reporter Illia Ponomarenko, who, in a short time, has built up a following of over 1.1 million people on Twitter. From the front lines, his tweets and videos go viral daily and provide the basis for much of the Western media’s reporting on the conflict. Yet Ponomarenko is far from a neutral actor, and spends an inordinate amount of his time embedded with the Azov Battalion, the Neo-Nazi group whom he describes as his “good friend[s]” and his “brothers in arms.”
There’s your “independent” nazi bootlicking cunt
Did you say anything Bumhole? All I heard is a Russian troll making with their mouth sounds usually associated with an arse.
The neanderthal nazi expresses itself in the only way he can.
vulgar attempts at insults, yet he lacks the brains to not look like the dummy he is.