Ukraine updates: Russia orders nuclear preparation drills – DW – 05/06/2024
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Russia has announced military exercises near Ukraine that will include deployment drills of tactical nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, six were reported killed in a drone strike on Russia's Belgorod. Follow DW for more.

Russia has announced military exercises near Ukraine that will include deployment drills of tactical nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, six were reported killed in a drone strike on Russia's Belgorod.

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  • Miaou@jlai.lu
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    7 months ago

    If we assume the latter, why does that justify the initial Russian offensive ? I keep reading tankies saying Russia was threatened by Ukraine but I never see anything to back that up.

    • Beetle_O_Rourke
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      7 months ago

      Did you read any of the links regarding the artillery blitz on the donbass? They provided plenty of evidence, if you refuse to engage with it that's on you.

      • Miaou@jlai.lu
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        7 months ago

        OK, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt: can you provide me with any of said link?

        If you're talking about the links in the comments I replied to, they all date from this year. This war started more than two years ago, in case you forgot. Did Russia presciently knew Ukraine would bomb them two years beforehand?

        • Beetle_O_Rourke
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          7 months ago

          https://www.osce.org/files/b/c/table_ceasefire--2022-02-20.pdf?itok=82567

          This was the very first link, I am astonished at how someone engaging in good faith could miss it. It shows an artillery barrage on the Donbass along the RU-aligned line of control in the three days leading up to the declaration of the SMO.

          https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/29/radicals-target-roma-people-ukraine

          This shows the UA government allowing partizans to execute ethnic minorities including but not limited to Russians, dated 2021.

          https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/19/new-language-requirement-raises-concerns-ukraine

          Dated 2022, this shows restriction of the rights of ethnic minorities to use their native language.

          https://forward.com/news/462916/nazi-collaborator-monuments-in-ukraine/

          Dated 2021, this shows the embrace of neonazi ideology by the ukranian gov.

          https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/10/20/ukraine-widespread-use-cluster-munitions

          Dated 2014, this shows the ukranian government using illegal cluster munitions on civilian areas.

          ALL of these links were in the parent.