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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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  • ShitPosterior [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Seems like a legit deal - also doesn't Russia suddenly just own a bunch of Ukraine's oil then? Like it is straight imperialism & a resource grab

    • TurkeySausageLiker [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      They wouldn't own anything they don't already own. Crimea has been part of the Russian Federation for nearly a decade. They people there overwhelmingly do not want to be part of Ukraine.

      • Cascadia_ [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Well there is the oilfield in Donetsk that is currently under Ukrainian control (or at least was at the start of the war)

        • TurkeySausageLiker [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          That wouldn't be part of Russia, it would be part of the DPR. I'm sure a Russian company would extract it though, since oil extraction is very capital intensive and they don't have their own oil extraction outfit.

          • Cascadia_ [they/them]
            ·
            2 years ago

            Oh I guess I was just assuming that they would vote to join Russia afterwards, but they might not

            • TurkeySausageLiker [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              I mean maybe they will. There is genuine sentiment for joining Russia there. I'd like to see what happens there politically as an independent state, but it's not really my call lol.

        • Alaskaball [comrade/them]M
          ·
          2 years ago

          That belongs to the people of Donetsk, not Russia. If they choose to sell it to Russia, that's their business.

          • Abraxiel
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            2 years ago

            Well, yes and no. The Donbas states would absolutely be Russian client states beholden to Russian goodwill.

            Still, it's a pretty mild deal considering the stakes.

            • Alaskaball [comrade/them]M
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              2 years ago

              If they forgave the Ukranian state for murdering 14,000 of their people over 8 years, if it's even the same state later at the end of this war, then sure. That's their business as a self-determining state.

              • NoGodsNoMasters [they/them, she/her]
                ·
                2 years ago

                Sure it is in theory, but you can't really deny that Russia would have a lot of sway over the tiny state on its border that only really exists because of its military intervention.

                • Alaskaball [comrade/them]M
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                  2 years ago

                  I also can't deny that the imperialist states denies their existence and as such will force them to make deals where they can since they're not recognized as sovereign peoples republics.

                    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]M
                      ·
                      2 years ago

                      No it's not.

                      Russia would have a lot of sway over the tiny state on its border that only really exists because of its military intervention.

                      Does not mean

                      the imperialist states denies their existence and as such will force them to make deals where they can

                        • Alaskaball [comrade/them]M
                          ·
                          2 years ago

                          No, Russia acted because Ukraine's jingoistic government, that's extremely hostile to Russia, was demanding to join NATO and to become a nuclear power. The interests of the Donbass Republics to fight for their separation from the genocidal fascist-aligned Ukrainian state simply aligned with the Russian Federation's interest to not have a genocidal fascist-aligned Ukranian state enter into NATO and have the imperialist powers right at their door.