Ukrainian officials and Eurocrat types seem to have recently embraced a propaganda strategy of spitting at Russian tourists. Not soldiers or some such, mind you: *tourists*! Like, what have they done to anybody!?
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@adamasnemesis the irony is that they'll likely be spitting at more Ukrainians than Russians given their delicate sense of Eurasian cultures
@skells The only viable path forward for the region is East Slavic brotherhood coupled with a European orientation. Needless to say neither Putin nor the Ukrainian nationalists are fit for that purpose. New leadership is needed across the board.
@adamasnemesis the amount of weapons they're pouring in without tracking where it goes?
they want to turn it into a warzone for NATO to "police"
@skells If turning Ukraine into Afghanistan 2.0 is the most expedient way to weaken Russia NATO will gladly do it, Ukrainian public and even regime be damned; one would hope the powers that be in Ukraine wouldn't be stupid and/or malicious enough to go along with such a strategy, but that seems to be in fact what is happening! 🤦♀️