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In a joint statement following talks, Xi Jinping and Putin stated that the war in Ukraine could only be resolved by removing its "root causes".

Such formulation clearly echoes key Russian propaganda messages used by the Kremlin to justify the launch of the full-scale war, including the threat of NATO expansion, discrimination against Russian-speaking people and the suppression of the Russian language, culture and media in Ukraine.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

I’m not surprised. Xi wants to invade Taiwan.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The root cause is putin, his nazi based wagner group and russia imperial expansion of colonies. Russia seems to be the only major power that is still expanding territories in modern times. Unless Trump decides to invade Greenland.

[–] [email protected] 119 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I agree. The war in Ukraine can only truly be resolved by removing it's root causes. Remove Putin, and the war ends.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I would go one step further and remove all of the imperialist thinking in Russia, just to be on the safe side.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why don't we split that shit up? Russia is so large and has so few people in comparison they might as well be a bunch of smaller states who can't threaten their neighbors like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ah yes partitioning by foreign powers has always gone so well in the past! Why don't we try that again? I mean just look at Israel/Palestine and India/Pakistan! What great success stories 🥲

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why don't we let them split them selves? They already did it once before

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ah yes the breakup of the USSR went incredibly well, good thing there's no ongoing conflicts over disputed territory from that split up going on in Ukraine

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

If I despute if you are a human, instead of s bot, then isn't my despute a bit of a stretch?

Saying Ukraine is disputed territory is a bit of a stretch, it's just imperial ambitions by Putin. Ukraine is older than the USSR and Russia.

Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons to get security guarantees from Russia.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Denuclearise them too, but to assure them stability, promise to protect them.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Give Ukraine their nuclear arsenal back for breach of contract.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Russia is essentially a small state with a couple of centuries of imperialist thinking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A left-leaning dictatorship.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

Oh my sweet summer child...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I want to note that the war has broad support among the Russian public, so while it might not be Ukraine they'll attack another one of their neighbors if only Putin is removed. See: Georgia, Chechnya.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Of course they would. They need a justification for when they decide to invade Taiwan.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

They also need a regional human shield buffer against west

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So now the EU will treat China as an enemy. Right? RIGHT??

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The doctrine of the EU so far, is to consider China a multi-faced player: a partner for cooperation, an economic competitor and a systemic rival (e.g. it's possible to cooperate with China on climate, but not on human rights).

So far, China has also been a multi-faced player. Xi has patted Putin on the back and declared "unlimited partnership", but no Chinese weapons have been seen in Ukraine. Chinese soldiers have been observed there, but they seem to be really few for a country of that size - either mercenaries or people obtaining first hand experience under mercenary cover. Too few to matter as soldiers.

China has warm trade relations with Russia and has helped Russia source technology and endure sanctions. However, they haven't made a special and dedicated effort to insulate Russia from secondary sanctions, and several Chinese companies have applied sanctions on Russia as a result.

On other occasions, Chinese representatives have said nice words about Ukraine's territorial integrity. But deeds haven't followed.

In UN votes about Ukraine, China often abstains.

Officially, China doesn't sell drones to Russia or Ukraine. In reality, both Ukrainian and Russian drones are full of Chinese parts. Ukrainian government is asking every bigger player to have a plan B that works without China, but few really have one. What Russian government asks of their drone makers, I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Fuck China, can't believe people are falling for their propaganda these days when they directly support Putfuck and his war machine and then have the gall to talk about honor and respect. China is still an evil dictatorship and every day we should be reminded of that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

You don't know shit about China

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I would say something but trying to think logically alone is good enough to realise why china would even have this relationship

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Put out Putin.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Anyone here understands geopolitics and the cornering of Russia by NATO (read: the US plus European vassals) or are you just talking out of vibes? Anyone here remembers the 2011 US coup on Ukraine and what it led to? It's a bit more complex than what the commenters here believe, lol.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Just because a country does not side with russia, it is a US vassal? These US "vassal" are refusing to import chlorinated chicken from US. what kind of vassal refuse trade with their "master".

You left out russian invasion, coups, separatists, and terrorism inside Ukraine, Donbas.

Instead of filling your head with propaganda, take a look at the map and russia borders and coasts. Measure the length of the russia border. Now measure the length of the Nato border with russia before the Ukraine war. No way was russia cornered.

The most peaceful non-allied borders of russia with the least number of border troops are along NATO borders. which means russia feels safe with NATO at its borders.

Reasons like NATO and various other reasons are just excuses made for different sheeps/audience. NATO expanded even more due to russia invasion. Nato was not the reason unless it prevents russia from expanding territories. Ukraine said they won't apply to NATO, russia invaded anyway. It was not about NATO, russia is not afraid of getting invaded by NATO due to MAD, and also that is not the purpose of NATO. It is a defensive alliance.

Why expand territories? The main thing russia achieved so far is to get the warm water ports in crimea. IMO, Russia just wanted the warm water ports in Ukraine's Crimea and the main water supply to crimea, which is in Ukraine's Donbas, and to eventually link up to Tranistria It is just simple expansionism for more territories. Empire building. Putin already admitted it during the interview with Carlson.

It is not complicated. Complexity was created because different sheeps needed different reasons to support russia, reasons like NATO or biolabs for some, Nazis or LGBTQ and etc, for others. Exactly the same as the US, using made-up WMDs story to invade Iraq.

Russia has zero security issue since they have most nukes in the world. They also have most land to shelter from nuclear attack. They are already surrounded by nuclear powers like France, china, nkorea and etc. It is other countries that have genuine security issues with russia, its nukes, and imperial expansionism

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Sure, sure, that's why the US offered Zelenskyy a ride which he turned down - they wanted him to be their puppet in Ukraine.

But you know, Yanukovich was a true representative of the Ukrainian people. That's why he fucked off back to Moscow first chance he got just like Assad, who truly speaks for the Syrian people... from fucking Moscow.

So I guess Viktor Yushchenko just ate bad arugula in 2004?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So what is the standard rusbot argument for Nato expanding through willing submissions from new countries where Russias policy with their neighbors is beating them into submission where possible?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Don't forget, just like NATO, russia is also expanding with pen and paper through CSTO. Russia is doing both, expansion through CSTO and expansion of territories through bombs, guns, and tresspassing.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lol, don’t be a Russian sheep, do your own research

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This has to be a joke, they couldn't even get the year correctly and it's been drilled into them. Right???

edit: nvm, likely a puppet, checked the account

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

I got the year wrong BECAUSE it hasn't been drilled into my head, lol. I just believe it's more complex than simply "Russia bad", especially in the face of NATO expansionism. I'm not emotionally attached though, which is why I can actually freely learn about it, unlike others who can't conceive anything outside of "Russia bad, China bad, West good"...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s actually that simple. Why complicate things. If you bothered to look at Putin a history, you would know what he had been up to all this time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fair enough, my bad. And here I thought geopolitics were complex affairs, I should've just hated Eurasia and Oceania like daddy told me to.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The problem with people like you is that you don't think, you repeat. You "think" you are the singular "enlightened" among a sea of propaganda-eating idiots, while saying the same shit Russia pushes to try to justify invading a sovereign country.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm not immune to propaganda and I make mistakes like everyone else. Again, all I said is that it's more complex than "America and Western Europe good, Russia and China bad" and people are throwing tantrums...

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

It's not more complicated than "Ukraine can decide to do whatever they want to do and Russia has fuckall to do with it".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I envy your political and ethical understandings...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The only coup is coming from Russia, and yes get your facts straight

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, of course, it's Russia/China/NK and not the USA the great destabiliser of nations, lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Both are bad, USA worse

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago