2y ago

Ukraine’s sluggish counter-offensive is souring the public mood. The government is worried.

www.economist.com

Ukraine’s sluggish counter-offensive is souring the public mood

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2y ago

Ukraine’s sluggish counter-offensive is souring the public mood. The government is worried.

www.economist.com /europe/2023/08/20/ukraines-sluggish-counter-offensive-is-souring-the-public-mood

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They're not a barista who's taking too long to make you a coffee. Stop blaming Ukraine for not defending themselves fast enough.
I'm surprised they let you have a keyboard.
Ukraine ain't losing shit.
Common L take from the Economist.
And as always this subs moderators just don't care about the tankies with their disinformation campaigns, even though they clearly state it in the rules.
- The Economist is propaganda? 🤔🤔
  
  https://kbin.social/m/worldnews@lemmy.ml/t/364434/Ukraine-s-sluggish-counter-offensive-is-souring-the-public-mood-The-government#entry-comment-1789220
Solution: dump more money into the war, no peace talks with Russia, just keep dumping all the equipment reserves so that the stock line goes up!
Deliver the F-16s and when that fails to beat Russia just like every promised wunderwaffe has just make up a new one!
- Wow, Ukraine needs equipment to fight off an aggressor with a population almost 4 times bigger than its own. What a thought!
  I also find it interesting that you want to have 'peace talks' with a country that not only invaded without provocation, but also continues to rape and torture people, among other war crimes they have, are and undoubtedly will continue to commit.
  
  Ukraine did sign a peace deal with Russia at the beginning of this mess, and then immediately backed out when the West yanked Zelensky's leash.
  It's very telling that the terms that Russia imposed on this deal were:
  Neutrality
  Stop bombing East Ukraine
  Accept that East Ukrainians can speak and learn Russian if they wish to.
  Remove Nazis from positions of power and the military.
  Russia did not start a war of conquest in Ukraine. That's just the Western narrative to maintain popular support for a proxy war with a nuclear power.
  
  invaded without provocation
  LOL
  Here's two little things that happened literally just days before Russia decided to invade:
  Ceasefire violations against the DPR and LPR:
  
  Zelensky threatening to pull out of the non-proliferation treaty and acquire nuclear weapons: https://uawire.org/zelensky-ukraine-may-reconsider-its-nuclear-status
- The US should give Ukraine some of their aircraft carriers as well.
  
  I vote nukes too while we're at it.
- I think the real wunderwaffle is the T-14 Armata...
- Well the Ukrainian people want exactly that to happen and there's no ethical reason for Russia to invade a sovereign country.
  If anything the west should show less hesitation to deliver really spicy stuff.

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