Nothing too new. The Ukrainian public and government have largely been expecting this outcome. Let's see if there is anything else in play from the US side, but I have my doubts.
It's honestly up to Europe and they're the ones who have access the $0.5 trillion in russian assets. But Europe tends to be slow, passive and disorganized. Perhaps there might be a silver lining to Trump with respect to European attitudes to security. Or maybe not.
Don't be dense. I said I don't care what language people use in private conversation (even if it happens to be outside or even in between people in a work environment).
I do have issues with promotion of russian culture and language. We have our our state language and our own heroes. No way should we promote imperialist symbols.
Care to address your whitewashing of russian genocidal imperialism and refusal to recognize their responsibility for putin?
What you're saying is that the people dealing with russian genocidal imperialism should should shut up and get killed and that we do not have the right to point out that russians should not be treated as innocent children and at a strong majority of their society are genuine supporters of genocidal imperialism.
So is this what you believe?
Perhaps. But the fact of the matter is Assad did get removed. He was never able to gain full control of the country or showed any desire to enter real negotiations.
I became much more critical of western "leftists" after seeing all the word salad about "NATO made the russians do it" following Feb 22 and the general support for russian occupation of Ukrainian territories.
To be honest, I don't understand their fascination with Assad. I can sort of see some logic for their support of russian genocidal imperialism (in a twisted, hypocritical way). But Assadist western leftists never made any sense at all.
P.S. This is of course not all western leftists. There are those who are consistent regarding Syria, Palestine and Ukraine.
It is insane that such actions by Israel are tolerated by democratic countries.
Aaron Mate also supports russia's genocidal imperialist agenda (in committed and genuine way).
The "the status quo" also does not want to talk about the possibility of earth being flat. Doesn't mean arguing for the flat earth automatically makes you some sort of authority.
I am not going to engage on russian language in Ukraine. I was pretty clear I have no issues with private use of russian langauge and you somehow come up with "speaking russian in public in Kharkiv" (as a response to me stating you are whitewashing russian crimes, no less). This is borderline russian propaganda.
When you have a 140 million strong country that is mostly populated by genocidal imperialists, you would be a fool to not recognize how their language and culture is used to enable their violent imperialist goals.
Why should I not demand recognition of their genocidal actions in Chechnya in the 90s? I don't believe they (alleged russian "liberals") are genuine about their statements on Ukraine, they just don't have any choice. I am giving you a chance to prove me wrong.
I don't watch NFKRZ. Show me a video/article where he (or anyone else with a platform) openly states that russian actions in Chechnya in the 90s were genocidal (comparable to killing 7 million russian civilians) and were wrong. Is this really too much to ask?
You are enabling and whitewashing russian genocidal imperialism (in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Chechnya, Syria and multiple African nations) by:
For you, they are always the victims, they are always innocent.
You come up with this discussion on "me denying them education" (what does this even mean?) and you can't even explain what you mean by the opportunity to educate?
Furthermore, you refuse to outline how this alleged "opportunity to educate" is going to work and why this is a viable approach.
What you're saying is that the people dealing with russian genocidal imperialism should should shut up and get killed and that we do not have the right to point out that russians should not be treated as innocent children and at a strong majority of their society are genuine supporters of genocidal imperialism.
You're interpretation of the language component of modern Ukraine aids russian genocidal imperialism. There is no issue with private use of russian language. I actually live here and I speak russian with my family and many of my friends (including folks from Kharkiv). Don't be coy with me.
I brought up the 1.2 million russian men who participated in the full scale invasion of Ukraine to show that your musings about russians being afraid of conscription in the late 90s is BS. You're making up excuses and whitewashing russian crimes. Helping them play the vicitm. It's always someone else's fault or there is some excuse.
Where did I say that there is something inherent (essential) about russians that makes them act this way? Why would I even say this? This would be another excuse. Russians have the full capability to build out a normal society and even pay for the wrongs of their genocidal imperialism. They choose not to. They are welcome to prove me wrong.
Pretty much every single Russian who’s not actively Z hates Russia right now, even if they can’t admit it to themselves.
You're either very naive or you're being malicious. Show me an example of a russian "who is not actively Z" (and not hated by 99.99% of the population) showing any measure of nuance on their genocide of the Chechens in the 90s. An appreciation that comparable civilian causalities would be 7 million russians dead would be great.
You can take that as an opportunity to educate, or you can increase the amount of prejudice in the world.
And what do you mean by an opportunity to educate? What is your expected outcome from this alleged "education" and when (specific date) to you expect to see a result? Or is this just a meaningless platitude?
Asking people to respect facts is not prejudice. Pointing out that you (and many others) are whitewashing and enabling russian crimes is not prejudice. Rejecting infantalization of russian society and treating them like adults who should take responsibility for their actions is not prejudice.
You're just making up more excuses and trying to justify their behaviour (albeit in what seems to be good faith). 1.2 millions russian men have directly taken part in the fullscale invasion of Ukraine and 75%+ were not conscripted. And you ignore this.
I will admit what you position as blanket judgment is not a good thing. But it's also not a good thing to infantilize a group of people and treat them like children. The russian "liberals" need to be treated based on their actions and it's up to them to make the right calls.
The issue isn't about putin acting like a Tsar. The issue is about a large majority enabling and supporting a tsar. Ignoring this is not doing anyone any favours.
I won't get into the discussion on russian (or any other) language in Ukraine. I am talking fighting against russian genocidal imperialism. This is a completely different topic (if you want to actually look at it from a real perspective). And yet you make a point to ignore it.
If you have a country/polity/group of people that keep making exclusively bad decisions, at every single historical point possible. It is reasonable to have a sober outlook while not "essentializaing" them. Let their choices and actions reflect who they are. It's all up to them.
Yes, I was wondering why it wasn't replaced with something positive.
The full removal seemed strange.
I can't trust anything Aaron Maté says. IMO he is a grifter for hire.
Interesting article. Too bad there weren't more pictures.
I was able to get what seems to be the interior of al-Hamra Mall in Google Maps:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/31GJJNKjGuZmD1c46