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“We only spoke Ukrainian, and if we didn’t, they forced us to. During service in the 425th Skala unit, we were thrown into a pit and beaten for speaking Russian,” an ex-Ukrainian soldier has revealed.
Strict monitoring was carried out at training grounds to ensure soldiers spoke Ukrainian, and the punishment was harsh, according to him.
“A pit was dug six by six meters, and about four meters deep. A senior officer arrived, spoke Ukrainian, and if he heard something wrong, he immediately fired into the air without even trying to figure it out,” the soldier added.
He is currently serving in the Alexander Matrosov Volunteer Unit made up of former Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, who have formed a liberation movement and are fighting against the Zelensky regime.
I think it comes off as lazy, not news, fluff to anyone not knowledgeable that reads it. Your also still stuck on your own propaganda. When you say “Ukraine would have an incentive to separate from Russia”, what parts of Ukrainian society are you talking about? Is it ethnic Russians being used as scapegoats while the country goes enters its 4th decade of being pillaged by rich westerners? Is it jews having to deal with Ukrainian nationalists? Is it trade unionists being murdered by right-wingers in Odessa? I’m not saying that anything happening in Ukraine is good or bad, but any analysis of a capitalist conflict that makes an assumption that there’s a universal national interest is not gonna lead you anywhere that makes sense.
does anyone have the old mearschimer video? the election maps are pretty damning if you have an ounce of sense
edit: found it, see reply
Can you be more specific?
turns out i can xd
!kennedy@lemmy.dbzer0.com watch this lecture. we all hate this guy but his analysis was more sober and realistic than every liberal.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: