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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Ukraine would lose the war if the U.S., its primary military supporter, cuts funding.

Speaking to Fox News, he stressed the importance of unity between the U.S. and Ukraine as Russia accelerates its territorial gains.

Zelensky acknowledged Ukraine’s challenges on the battlefield, despite new U.S. weapon supplies, including long-range missiles and anti-personnel land mines.

He criticized German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for engaging with Putin, calling it a risky move.

Trump has pledged to end the war quickly but offered no specifics.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Give em full air support. If it causes world war 3, it causes world war 3. Fuck it. Avoiding that isn't worth letting Russia just consume its neighbors on a whim - that shit certainly won't stop with Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

if it causes ww3, it will be a lot less bloody war than what will be if russia is allowed to recover and take over next country

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago

There isnt enough North Koreans for that.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Maybe if WW3 breaks out, Biden won't hand over power to the literal fascists that are already making decisions to cause our demise.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

wow yeah I hope we have global nuclear apocalypse so we can avoid the consequences of elections! totally worth.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 38 minutes ago

As this point? Yeah.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Wtf? That's such a casual suggestion to dismantle democracy. Yeah let's do that so we never get a progressive in office /s

[–] [email protected] 10 points 18 hours ago

If we're going to have an autocracy, it may as well be the one that is still somewhat benevolent to the common man.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago

It wouldn't be the first time a country did that. It's never ended particularly well though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

That doesn't sound very good either. I still want a chance to vote in another election. Trump might be able to dismantle it before then but if Biden held on to power it would be immediately dismantled.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Russia is also already instigating it with having North Korean troops in the combat zone. It'll just be a tit-for-tat response.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Up to 100k North Koreans. I don't care how inept they are, 100k dudes with guns will utterly wreck Ukraine.

[–] explodicle 3 points 14 hours ago

Incompetent soldiers still consume a great deal of resources, and may become victims of even cheaper drones.

But "cheaper" still requires some money.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I heard rumors of South Korea sending troops to counter. I don't want world war but that seems fair to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 24 minutes ago* (last edited 24 minutes ago)

it would be more fair that every online bellicist (no matter what camp) enlisted voluntarily and got the chance to validate their theories in practice.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Bold stance. Better to bring about world war 3 than let Russia consume its neighbors? I’ll have to sit with that one for a bit.

I grew up with the USSR so maybe I’m not quite ready to throw all earthly civilization into the fire to prevent 20% of that empire from being restored.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

What in earth makes you think they will stop there?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 minutes ago

what in sky makes you believe they'd be able to continue elsewhere?