Quote (Goomshill @ 25 May 2023 14:52)
They actually had democratic elections until 2014. They don't anymore. Saying 80%+ support NATO is like saying 100% of Iraqis supported Saddam Hussein. Elections held as a unified country gave the pro Russian side the majority. Elections where half the country is disenfranchised, their party banned and their towns laid siege by the insurrectionists who took power by a violent coup- are obviously illegitimate and undemocratic.
Nobody has presented a counterargument to this since the Euromaidan no matter how many times I bring it up. The country had democratic elections, legitimate to all observers, and the west lost. They took power by a coup, and do not represent a majority of the country. Elections since then are farcical, with the most populous oblasts disenfranchised.
Quote (ferdia @ 25 May 2023 14:52)
since 2004 ukraine had a CIA backed coup in 2014, it could be argued from that point on the country rapidly became ultra nationalist, and then war broke out. therefore I would be more inclined to land on the 2014 date as the starting point as compared to 2004.
"my story about the beginning of the war in Donbas. "
https://twitter.com/13serhi/status/1661436986995998731https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titushkyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych"This is exactly what Russian propaganda refers to when it talks about a "coup" and non-recognition of the Ukrainian government. But propagandists are silent about more than 300 votes (constitutional majority) of the active and recognized parliament. "
Quote (Malopox @ 25 May 2023 14:49)
You should.
In other news Ukrainians have shown a video with Zaluzhny (or his body double ehehe!) quoting 25th of May - so it seems he is alive and well.
Ah your true nature is back. great.