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"why u moving there?"
"I aint doing nothing, really."
"ok"
"you're moving closer, are u sure youre doing nothing?"
"yes im doing nothing"
"ok"
"jk i won"
he's going to capture ukraine before the west can even mobilize. i bet the west wont even do anything other than impose sanctions lol. we wont fire a bullet.
"why u moving there?"
"I aint doing nothing, really."
"ok"
"you're moving closer, are u sure youre doing nothing?"
"yes im doing nothing"
"ok"
"jk i won"
he's going to capture ukraine before the west can even mobilize. i bet the west wont even do anything other than impose sanctions lol. we wont fire a bullet.
They knew what he's been up to since long before this thread was started. US has been telling everyone every day that invasion is imminent, but people kept say "blah blah they're just trying to distract from their own problems"
There's not much they can do pre-emptively though, it's not like he's invading a NATO or EU country.
Edit; from last November, which Russia said was "empty and unfounded":
They knew what he's been up to since long before this thread was started. US has been telling everyone every day that invasion is imminent, but people kept say "blah blah they're just trying to distract from their own problems"
There's not much they can do pre-emptively though, it's not like he's invading a NATO or EU country.
Cant agree more, just like that idiot in the video last page
China on Thursday denied backing Russia’s military assault in Ukraine as it trod a cautious line in response to a conflict that many Chinese analysts just days before were predicting wouldn’t happen.
At a regular briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying downplayed the suggestion that Beijing was supporting Moscow behind the scenes.
“As for American hints that Russia had China backing it up, I’m sure Russia would be pleased to hear it,” Hua said. “We won’t be like America and provide Ukraine a large amount of military equipment. Russia as a powerful nation also does not need China or other countries to provide [military assistance].”
Hua added that “China did not wish to see what happened in Ukraine today.”
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On Thursday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for a return to dialogue in a call with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. China both respects every country’s territorial integrity and understands the Kremlin’s “reasonable security concerns."
Despite the outward show of mutual support between the two countries, there have been indications that China was caught flat-footed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of military action.
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In recent weeks, Chinese experts have argued that de-escalation was possible even as they adopted Russia’s view of the conflict. Wang Yiwei, director of the Center for European Studies at Renmin University, wrote in late January that only the actions of Ukraine or the United States could bring about a war, but because the former lacked “gall” and the latter lacked strength for a direct conflict with Russia, tensions could be dispelled.
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“A key question here is what role the U.S., the culprit of current tensions surrounding Ukraine, has played,” Hua, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said Wednesday. “If someone keeps pouring oil on the flame while accusing others of not doing their best to put out the fire, such kind of behavior is clearly irresponsible and immoral.”
One of the main problems in dealing with countries like Russia or, even worse, China… is that they don’t care what happens to their average citizens and, since they’re not democracies fearing elections, they REALLY don’t care what happens to their average citizens.
As long as their elite has enough wealth and interests to sustain themselves, sanctions are kind of meaningless. USA is at least getting creative attacking their banking industry (if assumptions are correct).
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