Quote (fender @ Jun 26 2023 02:38pm)
more revisionist history concerning conflicts that russian unmarked troops started in foreign territory to create excuses for and invasion, occupation, and subsequent ethnic cleansing. why am i not surprised that you support that? oh right...
still doesn't explain away the overwhelming rejection of russian invaders, not even in your #alternative facts world...
I have read a bit about partisan warfare in Melitopol, but nothing about mass disobedience. As for the Donbass, is there even significant partisan activity?
Unmarked troops find it hard to waltz into areas where they do not already possess an overwhelming advantage. In Crimea, it was possible because the overwhelming majority of Crimeans were ethnic Russians. In the Donbass, it is because a majority of the population was culturally Russian. A large portion of the overall population doesn't seem to care one way or the other, they're disengaged.