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Considering Ukraine has a rule about not holding an election during crisis (Invasion by Russia), can't say the country is Undemocratic, mate.
Not to mention that shitload of citizens are all over the world, and another shitton under Russian occupation.
Unless you see those people undeserving of a vote, there is no seriously possible way to hold an election.
Not to mention, that no good leader would allow it's people to live under the rule of Putin. Life is bloody insane for your average Russian. 40% spent on food alone. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russians-spending-food-doubles-following-ukraine-war-un-food-agency-2022-04-08/
And all this because the largest country in the world wanted more land. They have all the resources they would ever need.
It has the option to not in the state of emergency. That "rule" was passed as war was imminent. They are not prohibited from holding elections.
And regardless of if you think that's a good idea or not, it's not "democratic". Because words have meaning.
That's . . . . not true? What Russia demanded was Ukranian neutrality as regards NATO, etc, along with concessions in the Donbass. They were supposedly making peace with that in Istanbul, when Johnson in particular moved to stop it.
Again, you can say that isn't true, nobody should trust Putin, or that Russia has no right to demand that. But to claim that it's a land grab as if it's a fact isn't correct.
The "rule" is in the constitution. It even explicitly extends the term for parliament of ukraine by 5 years, and by their constitutional law it would be illegal for election to take place. Not to mention that you're missing the point about what is an election. It's not enough to put a ballot in the box. You must also provide the possibility to cast it for each citizen without external pressure, otherwise you can't trust the result. (Imagine if Russian soldiers were sent to collect the ballots with machine guns on their arms whether you'd like to join the Empire)
Ukrainian civilians are bombed daily. It's not exactly safe for them to vote. Not to mention the other 2 points, before.
I'm saying how it is, not what imaginative casus belli they are going for directed to the western audience. There was no way for Ukraine to join NATO due to ongoing conflict that started in 2014, so it never actually mattered for the neutrality question. Otherwise accepting Ukraine would also imply declaring war on Russia or at very least, freeze the conflict at Donbas with Crimea going to Russia.
When I'm talking about a land grab, I mean the idea to restore greater glory of the old russian empire or CCCP. It's not even hidden by now. Most high level (including Putin) politicians causally talks about it.
The country is rotten to the core. The one positive I heard is that reports about violence against women is actually handled by the police now. Mostly to fill in the vatnik quotas to send to the front.
It's not. It says elections can be delayed in time of war, not that they must be. Please go read it yourself, to dispel this frequent myth.
And regardless if it's constitutional, not holding elections is not democratic. Because that's what the word means.
That actually IS in the amended constitution. And the MAP was submitted in 2008i. https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/833852.html
Do you even know what that word means?
Oh cool. 2008 action plan to join NATO. 2014 War with Russia started. Sure the argument could stand there.
But riddle me this, why the invasion? The War never ended, so the argument that Ukraine can't join NATO stands.
I mean I completely understand why they would like to join NATO, considering how Russia Georgia war started 2008
Vatnik is how I call Russians that support the war by their action/inaction. It's pejorative. The true origin was a meme if I recall. Although the more I learn about Russia the more I hate the every day Russian
Meh, if we're going to blame the citizens for the country, my ire goes first to the US. Who's populous doesn't even have the excuses of WWII and the horrors of the 90s in Russia for their embrace of monsters.
Putin is a war criminal and should hang - but what he claims as precedents (illegal NATO unilateral bombing of Yugoslavia, illegal invasion of Iraq, etc) isn't made up either. The West is pretty ridiculous in yelling about warmongering when George W Bush is still a respected former President making pictures after killing a million people and most Americans can't even tell you what countries the US is bombing this week.
US and it's imperialistic crimes are nothing to sneeze at. Not gonna come close to try and justify what they have done (banana wars for ex.) / are doing (terror campaign against it's citizens for ex.)