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Reading this and then reading about how Ukraine is mobilizing doctors and emptying out hospitals only doubles the horror.
Zero future type country.
Fires? I don't think that's how drones work?!
I WILL SHOW YOU ALL WE STILL MATTER MORE THAN IRAN AND ISRAEL
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Sorry. What was that?
may they all hit putin and his cronies
Yes, we totally saw with Iran how decapitation strikes are incredibly successful in changing history and bringing "Democracy™" to the region.
Ukraine is mostly attacking civilian infrastructure with said drones BTW, they explicitly say they target oil and gas infrastructure to affect state revenue.
Does your kindergarten teacher know you’re on the internet without adult supervision?
Dude Putin's the moderate. You realise how much worse shit would get if the hardliners were in charge right? Ukraine could look like Gaza but the thing preventing that is literally that Russia is being soft-handed because they're sincerely avoiding civilians where possible, unlike the Israelis.
They don't have to do that. They could follow the same kind of doctrine you see Israel and the US carry out. They could fucking bomb the fucking shit out of it. This would be a very very bad thing and you shouldn't wish for the circumstances that would lead to it.
That's completely setting aside the fact that the war isn't caused because some bad dude just feels like doing it.
and then the war would magically be over and everyone would live happily ever after
Why would you want that? Putin stopped Ukraine's genocide in its eastern provinces and Putin led the political coalition that reined in the western pillaging of Russia (and all of Eastern Europe) that was so severe it was causing life expectancies to fall. Shouldn't an anarchist support people's freedom to not have their life expectancy dictated by NATO imperialists?
you first
That's very cute you think they're only going after a couple of guys
All of the civilians in Moscow are obviously ~~Khamas~~ Putin’s cronies
bruh