• Allero@lemmy.today
    118·
    10 months ago

    The official narrative is that Ukrainian government is illegitimate and ruled by Nazis, abd the country needs to be “liberated” from their rule. It doesn’t strongly assume destruction of Ukraine the state, but clearly indicates that Russia or its puppets should be in charge.

    And even then, there are many stateless nations, and I don’t think Ukrainian identity is the one that is easy to erase.

    • be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social
      13·
      10 months ago

      The official narrative is that Ukrainian government is illegitimate and ruled by Nazis, abd the country needs to be “liberated” from their rule.

      Okay but we, over here on the good side of the sanity line, know that’s not true, right? It justifies nothing.

      • Allero@lemmy.today
        15·
        10 months ago

        Absolutely, it doesn’t justify any actions of Russia in Ukraine, and I never said so.

        I just say the Putin’s endgame doesn’t necessarily include Ukraine losing statehood (but it would certainly become a puppet state with all the negative consequences).

          • Allero@lemmy.today
            12·
            10 months ago

            Could you please send said essay? Genuine request.

            I answered on “deportation of children” in another thread. Long story short - those are kids from orphanages in Donbass, and I’d rather have them moved to safety (which both Russia and Ukraine do) than left to die in a warzone. Don’t see how it constitutes ethnic cleansing.