Russia attacks Ukraine as defiant Putin warns US, NATO
apnews.com
external-link
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions, warning other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to “consequences you have never seen.”
@gun@lemmy.ml
link
fedilink
1
edit-2
3Y

If they didn’t have evidence that I was wrong, they shouldn’t have engaged with me in the first place

Edit: Hastily saying things like there are boots on the ground in Kiev without evidence is dangerous, warmongering talk. I won’t allow it.

Again, you’re delusional if you think anybody owes you minute by minute responses to everything you say. Go for a walk outside.

Minute by minute? It’s been over an hour and I’m still waiting for evidence of boots on the ground in Kiev. And if you look at livestreams of Kiev it looks like a normal day, people going about their business.

It sounds like my sources were flawed. The airport has been attacked but seemingly only to disable it.

Reports from Kiev say that roads out of the city are clogged with people fleeing.

@abbenm@lemmy.ml
link
fedilink
-1
edit-2
3Y

Again, nobody owes you minute by minute explanations. And yes, you were demanding those. About 20 minutes had passed from your last reply to the parent commenter to your next comment declaring that they ducked out of the thread, as if failing in a duty to respond to you.

Now you’re constantly refreshing the page minute by minute, hour by hour, demanding that your confidently incorrect denials of obvious facts be responded to in detail.

That’s ridiculous and it’s wasting everybody’s time.

@gun@lemmy.ml
link
fedilink
0
edit-2
3Y

Ok, I don’t know if you can read well, but, that’s not Kiev. I think the assertion that Russian troops are in Kiev is ridiculous, and that’s the evidence I demanded.

But no, until further verification, I’m staying undecided. I’ve seen too much misinformation tonight debunked by more sober and patient minds. A lot of the videos floating around on twitter are from 2014 or from other events. Or they mischaracterize the content. A boots on the ground invasion would be disastrous for Russia. And since Putin claimed Russia will not occupy Ukraine, it’s incredibly unlikely. Does Putin really think he can occupy Ukraine and convince the world he hasn’t done this? If they actually invaded all of Ukraine, it would be pointless to deny it officially.

Rest assured, that is not what is happening tonight. Everyone needs to calm down, wait for the dust to clear and real investigation to be done, and we will know the truth. Stop spreading lies about troops in Kiev, or Russia attacking Moldova, or other crazy bullshit.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60503037

Still an evolving situation, but this is clearly a boots on the ground invasion, no two ways about it. I think it’s a stretch to say that Putin wants to hold Ukraine himself for any length of time. That would be difficult and Russia simply doesn’t have the ability to hold hostile territory that long.

BBC 💀

Did I say Kiev? I am mostly responding with sources with boots in the ground.

I said Kiev. In the very post you’re responding to!

I’m still waiting for evidence of boots on the ground in Kiev

In order to prove what? That Ukraine hasn’t been invaded by Russia? That the invasion doesn’t extent into the capital? You sure seem smug about something… but it seems like you’re nit picking in order suck up bandwidth from the truth of the matter.

It’s a general thread regarding an invasion of Ukraine and honestly dude… if you want it to be that specific to help you feel better calling the invasion fake news, seek help. You really need it

But you are not responding to a general thread are you? You are responding to a specific comment in a specific thread of discussion.

Create a post

News from around the world!

Rules:

  • Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc

  • No NSFW content

  • No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

  • 0 users online
  • 1 user / day
  • 1 user / week
  • 1 user / month
  • 1 user / 6 months
  • 17 subscribers
  • 873 Posts
  • 2.02K Comments
  • Modlog