And here I was being told that Russia was just dropping by a couple of separatist regions by invitation and wasn't going to invade. I'm getting ready for those goalposts to move like lightning. Oh no, that's not imperialist bullying, merely a light shelling.

[–] Thann@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nothing says "protecting civilians" like a little shelling

[–] huginn@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There has been no shelling of civilian targets.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

On what basis do you make that claim?

[–] ArchimedesTesseract@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

...except that civilians tend to live in cities, like Kyiv. Or hospitals in Syria. Right, you certainty contradicts the facts.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Personally, I didn't see what angle there would be for Russia to actually invade Ukraine. Recognizing Donetsk and Luhansk was justified, but going further than that takes away any legitimacy from Russian position.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It seems like recognizing the Donbass region as separate republics was always going to be a stepping stone to attacking the rest of Ukraine.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Totally didn't see that coming

[–] abbenm@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

I know you are being sarcastic, but there were a handful of people across Lemmy insisting there was no invasion coming.

They said that the military buildup didn't happen, that it was just the latest in a history of false alarms, that it was just the west warmongering, etc. and basically spent the last week calling people crazy for suspecting that any attack was on the table.

Oops, just wrong about an impending war where the evidence was screamingly obvious. No biggie.