If you have any useful resource links please tag me in a comment with the link.

Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Please add to this if you can.

Links

Time/Map: https://time.is/Ukraine

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ukraine/@49.1162725,31.7993839,7z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x40d1d9c154700e8f:0x1068488f64010!8m2!3d48.379433!4d31.1655799?hl=en

Leftist discussion threads:

https://hexbear.net/post/177324

https://old.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/comments/t03foy/genzedong_russiaukraine_master_discussion_thread/

https://lemmygrad.ml/

Twitter military updaters:

https://nitter.net/ASBMilitary

https://nitter.net/Militarylandnet

https://nitter.net/MihajlovicMike

https://nitter.net/KofmanMichael

https://nitter.net/TadeuszGiczan/status/1498673348183744518

Global South Perspective: https://nitter.net/kiranopal_/status/1498723206496145413

Better war/propaganda analysis:

https://www.understandingwar.org

https://www.moonofalabama.org/

News updates:

https://www.cgtn.com/special/UkraineCrisis.html

Live: https://www.cgtn.com/special/Live-update-Ukraine-Russia-border-crisis.html

YT/Video in Ukraine:

https://www.youtube.com/c/PatrickLancasterNewsToday/videos

https://www.youtube.com/c/RussellBentleyTe

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  • TheHero [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Do we have any reason to believe that both Russia and Ukraine are actually interested in negotiating at this time? Like it would surprise me not at all if one or both sides were just content to duke it out for now.

    • Petromancy [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Here are the things that both nations want:

      Russia: Cede Crimea (maybe Donbas Republics??) No NATO ever, de-militarize De-Nazify and stop discrimination against Russian minorities

      Ukraine: Sovereignty and not annexation Full withdrawal of Russian forces

      These things aren’t in direct conflict, so a peace is theoretically possible. However, what’s holding it back currently is that Ukraine is listening to Washington who tells them to never surrender, more aid is coming. They also resist giving up territory (obviously). They also will probably kick and scream about their Nazi friends and try to save them.

      • spectre [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Tbh I think the Nazi's aren't a major factor myself. I think that they'll take some heavy losses during this fighting, but I don't think Putin cares enough to make it a sticking point, and I don't think Ukraine wants that in the history books so they'll just play dumb about it.

          • SoyViking [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            "Denazification" in Ukraine, as well as "democratisation" of Iraq, is propaganda terms meant to justify the war. In practice it can mean everything, from shooting every last Nazi in the Ukraine to just dissolving the Azov battalion. As long as Russia gets something with a denazification label on it they'll be happy

          • spectre [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            I think the nationalist appeal is exactly why he made it part of his speech and is going to make it a mission objective, but I think recognizing and protecting an independent Donbass does the trick there, which I would expect to happen.

        • Petromancy [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          He’s going to need to publicly trial and punish some Nazis, for domestic propaganda at the least. That was one of the casus belli and from what I’ve seen on Russian telegram they care about it a lot

    • spectre [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      We don't, they probably aren't

      There was a meeting a few days ago that went nowhere, and I think another one is scheduled within the next 12 hours