Ukraine war: Kyiv claims more villages retaken but picture mixed - BBC News
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Kyiv claims to have snatched back a number of settlements in recent days - though they are all small in size.
  • Ukraine says it has liberated four villages in the south-east, calling these the first settlements won back from Russia since Kyiv’s counter-offensive began
  • On Monday morning, officials reported that “the national flag is once again waving” over Storozhove, in the Donetsk region
  • A day earlier, footage showed Ukrainian troops celebrating in Blahodatne and Neskuchne - and a minister said nearby Makarivka was also taken
  • The settlements are relatively small - and Moscow is yet to confirm any retreat
  • The Institute for the Study of War backs up Kyiv’s claims, saying Ukraine captured “multiple settlements” along the frontline over the weekend
  • On Saturday, President Zelensky acknowledged that the long-awaited counter-offensive was under way
          • pingveno@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Point is, the guy’s motivations were singularly around Ukrainian nationalism. Then when Hitler found him inconvenient, he was imprisoned. When judging people’s actions, it’s best to stay informed about their motives. Especially so when you’re trying to cast people as Nazis by two degrees of separation.

            • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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              1 year ago

              Then when Hitler found him inconvenient, he was imprisoned.

              And released soon after and pumped with money and send as agent to fight Soviets. You might also read what happened to him after war.

              • pingveno@lemmy.mlEnglish
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                1 year ago

                Stalin made a deal with Hitler to split up Poland. Surely anyone who doesn’t condemn Stalin’s legacy must be essentially a Nazi?

                  • pingveno@lemmy.mlEnglish
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                    1 year ago

                    No. I’m saying that in complex wars with many parties, it can be simplistic to label people as dedicated to a cause when they have merely made an alliance of convenience. What you’re talking with Zelensky is different. Nazism is a direct threat to his ethnicity.

                    I’m not sure where Obama enters into it, though. Black people have been killing other Black people in Africa for a long time. When ethnicity is involved, it’s usually tribal instead of racial.