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Moscow comes under 'massive' drone attack leaving civilians killed and three injured
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It's sad but you can't expect attacked countries to not fight back.
They committed a war crime. Take a moment to look at the photo gallery, they bombed civilian cars, civilian apartment complex, single family housing.
And they are doing this on the eve of a potential ceasefire. This is not "sad", it's malicious and counterproductive. This kind of attack does nothing to improve the balance of power of Ukraine, it's essentially state terrorism.
It's so sad, if only Russia could've averted this tragedy somehow.
If only the west hadn't provoked the whole conflict.
Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine
Ah yes, it was the West that made Russia attack. I wish Russia was a sovereign country that didn't have to obey what West (apparently) tell it to do.
The justifications for invading another country get wilder and wilder.
Uhm, I'm against the war. Russia should never have attacked, which would've meant there's no such boom for weapons manufacturers.
You have this shit totally backwards.
I'm puzzled what you mean by this.
It sounded like you were using that to justify the Russian attack. Unless you don't think it was justified?
That's what makes it a justification.
They are a sovereign country, a sovereign country that stated red lines in regard to their territorial security. The West knowingly provoked Russia by posturing that Ukraine would join NATO.
This is exactly the same reaction the US would have if the scenario was flipped (as stated in the Monroe doctrine). It is hugely hypocritical of the previous administration to pretend that Russia is in the wrong for wanting to secure their border.
Finland's territorial security has been constantly threatened by Soviet Union and Russia since WW2. Does that give us the right to bomb their civilians, or do only big countries with nuclear weapons get to use this logic?
Otoh, I totally get that in 2025 only big countries with nuclear weapons have any say in geopolitics. It didn't use to be that way and I wonder greatly about people who think this is a good change.
Ah yes they needed to invade an another country because they felt threatened. Well I'm glad there was a justified reason for it at least.
And would you have been fine with it then, as you seem to be now? Because I sure as hell wouldn't (and haven't) been.
Being a sovereign country doesn't give you the right to decide what other sovereign countries do. Believing you are entitled to does make you an imperialist. This applies both to the US and Russia.
Yes, the Catholic Church "provoked" Henry VIII to murder his wives as well. Or maybe when you choose to murder people you are still accountable for murdering them.
It's like saying "I told my ex who still lives in the neighborhood they can't be friends with any new men, and she did it anyways so I blame it on the men for provoking me and I went over to her house and tried to strangle her to death."
"I'm innocent, it was the new friends that made me do it"
you see? this is why we didn't want redditors to come to lemmy to begin with. you brought the fucking astroturf campaign with you.