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Ukraine is winning — and it is changing (www.politico.eu)

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[–] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They blew up most of their sources of revenue by going into a war.

[–] IntoDaLagoon@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm willing to entertain this notion if you extend it to America doing Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and the Unabomber. Oh, and also Ukraine did the Ukraine war by shelling and raiding the Donbas for 8 years.

[–] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social -3 points 1 year ago

That's a lotta bullshit in 2 sentences.

(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehose_of_falsehood)

[–] TomHardy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

You know that Russia until today still pumps gas through pipes in Ukraine and sells it to Europe? Why wouldn't they start with or at least close/bomb that pipe too then?