Kyiv says it has liberated four villages - the first since President Zelensky announced the offensive.
  • Ukraine says it has liberated four villages in the south-east, calling these the first settlements won back from Russia since Kyiv’s counter-offensive began
  • On Monday morning, officials reported that “the national flag is once again waving” over Storozhove, in the Donetsk region
  • A day earlier, footage showed Ukrainian troops celebrating in Blahodatne and Neskuchne - and a minister said nearby Makarivka was also taken
  • The settlements are relatively small - and Moscow is yet to confirm any retreat
  • The Institute for the Study of War backs up Kyiv’s claims, saying Ukraine captured “multiple settlements” along the frontline over the weekend
  • On Saturday, President Zelensky acknowledged that the long-awaited counter-offensive was under way
  • gnuhaut@lemmy.ml
    25·
    2 years ago

    Western liberals keep ignoring anything before 2022 in order to create a black-and-white narrative. This leads them to the conclusion that they’re fighting absolute evil and so any means are justified no matter how many people will die, and how dangerous and even counter-productive their actions.

    • Kempeth@feddit.de
      5·
      2 years ago

      Nah. I don’t see Russia as absolute evil. And there are plenty of means the west does not consider justified. Nobody I know falls into either of these categories.

      I don’t want Ukraine to kill poor Russian sods but as long as Russia kills poor Ukrainian sods I think it’s only fair if they get to shoot back.

      Most of us just want Russia to go home and let Ukraine be Ukraine.

        • Kempeth@feddit.de
          31·
          2 years ago

          Don’t get me wrong. I’d be highly surprised if there weren’t at least some American fighting in Ukraine on a more than just “personal capacity” but with the fixation the Republicans have with tying Biden to Ukraine it’s highly likely that any sizeable involvment would have been been discovered and made public by now.

          If you think the Russian Army is fighting the combined western might right now, then I have disappointing news for you.

          • Blursty@lemmy.world
            11·
            2 years ago

            weren’t at least some American fighting in Ukraine

            Dude. They’re literally running the war there. How can you be this uninformed?

            tying Biden to Ukraine it’s highly likely that any sizeable involvment would have been been discovered and made public by now.

            Haven’t you seen the video of him in Ukraine bragging about bribing the leadership to get his son off of a prosecution? I’ll root it out for you if you haven’t.

            If you think the Russian Army is fighting the combined western might right now, then I have disappointing news for you.

            No they’re just using the Ukrainians as cannon fodder.

      • gnuhaut@lemmy.ml
        25·
        2 years ago

        This is such a simplistic view of the war. The civil war started because the country already had internal fault lines, and was pulled in different directions by Russian and Western meddling until it broke. The invasion was just the latest in a series of escalations. Nothing about this war is in the interest of the people living on the battlefield, they got duped or forced into fighting each other. Encouraging them to fight on is messed up.

        Edit: I’d also like to add that Russia seemed quite willing, prior to the invasion, to have a compromise in which Ukraine would be neutral. The US especially clearly wasn’t interested, insisting instead on its own supremacy, in which no opposing or neutral countries are to be tolerated. To this end they also supported the worst elements of Ukrainian society, ultra-nationalist Banderites, which they had been doing since the end of WW2.