artem247

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by artem247 5y ago
You have no clue what is happening on the ground. Nobody is pressing citizens to join territorial defense, they do auxiliary duties, they are not surrogate for proper army. Ukrainian army uses artillery, attack drones extensively, so your p
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by artem247 5y ago
I’ve finished state with Ukrainian as a primary language of instruction, being a Russian speaker. That was long time ago, more than 15 years. To be honest, it is not a big deal, you use both languages daily, you watch movies in both langua
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by artem247 5y ago
This sharing of video by Kremlin apologist needs to stop. Why Westerners have so much taste for Russian state propaganda? If something is “logical”, doesn’t mean that it is true. Russia has tried to subdue Ukraine since Putin came to power,
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by artem247 5y ago
The real world is not some intellectual tongue in cheek discussion between liberals and conservatives. It is no surprise for me that westerners couldn’t care less about suffering of “other people”. You don’t need to invent complicated reaso
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by artem247 5y ago
Ukraine is not a western country, not a part of any pact, not a part of EU. No western country is protecting Ukraine. How things that West done are somehow connected to Putin’s desire to challenge the sovereignty of his neighbor? Don’t live
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by artem247 5y ago
Nobody tried to install “missiles” in Ukraine, there are no NATO troops, no bases in Ukraine.
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by artem247 5y ago
Are you seriously giving me links on this? I was there, I participated in those elections. Yanukovych was nearing the end of his term, he ordered snipers to shoot at protesters, it was only right for him to step down. The next step was re-e
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by artem247 5y ago
It is not a binary world. You absolutely do not have to support the Western interference in Ukrainian politics. You do not have to support Putin either. This is not good vs bad. It is great powers exploiting weaker countries. Russia too did
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by artem247 5y ago
He tells you the facts that you want to hear, that is all. His view is Kremlin-apologist. You are not in Ukraine, you rely on second-hand account. So for any 'facts' you have to rely on someone. Ukraine is a complex topic, and &#x
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by artem247 5y ago
SHIT, Ukraine is not in NATO, it is not on track on joining NATO, It was clear for everyone in Ukraine that with Crimea and LNR/DNR nobody would accept Ukraine into NATO. There wasn't much support for NATO in Ukraine internally be
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by artem247 5y ago
Arseniy Yatsenyuk is not in power since 2016, what that has to do with invasion of Ukraine? And only power he got was that in autumn of 2014 his party got a fairly good numbers, that's why he became a PM, not because Americans have put
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by artem247 5y ago
There were elections in 2019 which completely changed power in Ukraine, humorous chant from 2014 has no relation to power in modern ukraine.
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by artem247 5y ago
Current regime — is a Russian speaking comedian Vova Zelenskiy (who is a Jew) and his party, which won elections. There is no nationalist party in Ukrainian parliament. There is Russian language in public spaces and TV. There are more then
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by artem247 5y ago
This is not true. In 2020-2021 curriculum year in Ukraine there were 874 schools that that had languages of minorities as a language of instruction. In 9 different languages - Russian, Bulgarian, Crimean Tatar language, German, Polish, Slov
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by artem247 5y ago
There is no ethnic Russian majority east of Dnieper. The only region were there was a real Russian majority was Crimea.
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by artem247 5y ago
I am myself could be considered an (at least partly) 'ethnic Russian", my grandfather came to Kyiv from St. Petersburg. There are no ethnic Russian enclaves in Ukraine, there is no way to find out whether a person in front of you
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by artem247 5y ago
That article that you've posted is comically strange. "Like most conflicts over the past 2,000 years, this is, at heart, a religious war. Most of the people who live in the tiny eastern province of Donbas and surrounds, including
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by artem247 5y ago
Well, first of all, these two regions (Donetsk, Luhansk) were part of Ukraine since at least 1922, when the borders of republics of Soviet Union were drawn. They were 'part of Russia', only when whole Ukraine was part of Russia. A
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by artem247 5y ago
Well, first of all, that's not how it works. When Crimea was occupied, people were going on with their lives. When separatists stormed into government buildings, in other parts of Ukraine people were going on with their lives — except
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by artem247 5y ago
It means that they are quite content living in a country that they call their home. I understand that it is hard to grasp, but not everyone in Ukraine works in Poland as a laborer. It has nothing to do with West. People who are 40 or younge
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by artem247 5y ago
Well, if only it was so simple. Majority Russian-speaking Kyiv voted for pro-Western politicians since early 90's. Russian language dominates in every major southern and eastern city, that does not mean that every Russian speaker wants
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by artem247 5y ago
It is a bit more complicated, because on paper Russia until today recognized separatist-controlled territory as a part of Ukraine. The problem is that DNR/LNR state that their borders are the same as Donetsk/Luhansk oblast, which
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by artem247 5y ago
Eh what? Have you ever been to Ukraine? What 'Russian people'?
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by artem247 5y ago
There is no clear ethnic separation in Ukraine, a division is mostly political or a question of identity.
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by artem247 5y ago
School - actually it was kindergarten I think, was hit on Ukrainian side, so that’s unrelated to evacuation in DNR/LNR
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by artem247 5y ago
You are confusing 2014 Ukraine with 2022 Ukraine. Paramilitaries and militias aren’t really a thing in Ukraine anymore.
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by artem247 5y ago
About why people from Donbass fleeing to Russia, since 2014, there is more than 1 million people left separatist controlled territory for Ukraine. Current evacuation is done by DNR authorities in a centralized manner. Given the escalation o
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by artem247 5y ago
You use the logic of consumer loans for the country, loans are not bad per se. There are certain infrastructure and social projects going on, so that would speed them up. Ukraine’s economy grows even during pandemic, so increased spending w
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by artem247 5y ago
GDP of Ukraine has grown between 2015 and 2021 by 114%. So much for “bankrupt failed state”.
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by artem247 5y ago
As Ukrainian, I can answer the question. So, ultra-rich are super powerful, they own tv channels, media, bankroll political parties. Most political parties are aligned with their donors. Foreign policy is dictated by US, more or less. Zelen

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