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I've been mulling for some time a thread on my opinions on this point.
There's an asinine assumption that all pro Russia people are automatically pro Putin; this is manifestly not true. I personally think Putin sold out the LDNR in 2014 and if left to himself would do it again.
I will be posting this thread in the full knowledge that it will cost me a lot of followers. That's all right; those who know who I really am will be well aware that these are opinions I have very strongly held since 2014 anyway.
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@MalatestaCarina
The book 85 Days In Slavyansk confirms what I have been saying for years (and been called a troll on sites like the Junkyard Of The Faker for saying so):
1. Russia could have denazified Ukranazistan with extreme ease in 2014. The people of Donbass were ready and waiting.
Huge numbers of pro Russia people had not fled the country yet. The rest had not been systematically brainwashed and intimidated into tacitly or open backing the then totally shambolic coup regime. The Ukrainian military had mostly defected or disintegrated, didn't even dare...
...enter Slavyansk, and could have been overwhelmed in a day with next to no violence.
2. Putin sold out the LDNR.
(a) First by opposing their referendums
(b) Second by refusing to come to their aid when they were desperately holding on and waiting for Russian intervention.
There's an asinine assumption that all pro Russia people are automatically pro Putin; this is manifestly not true. I personally think Putin sold out the LDNR in 2014 and if left to himself would do it again.
You have no idea the disappointment I and many supporters of the Donbass felt in 2014 when Putin stopped the counteroffensive at the gates of Maripol when the AFU was at its weakest. This memory of betrayal was why so many Ru supporters are so quick to doom about negotiations.
— Dr.Snekotron (@snekotron) September 6, 2022
I will be posting this thread in the full knowledge that it will cost me a lot of followers. That's all right; those who know who I really am will be well aware that these are opinions I have very strongly held since 2014 anyway.
@not3bad
@MalatestaCarina
The book 85 Days In Slavyansk confirms what I have been saying for years (and been called a troll on sites like the Junkyard Of The Faker for saying so):
1. Russia could have denazified Ukranazistan with extreme ease in 2014. The people of Donbass were ready and waiting.
Huge numbers of pro Russia people had not fled the country yet. The rest had not been systematically brainwashed and intimidated into tacitly or open backing the then totally shambolic coup regime. The Ukrainian military had mostly defected or disintegrated, didn't even dare...
...enter Slavyansk, and could have been overwhelmed in a day with next to no violence.
2. Putin sold out the LDNR.
(a) First by opposing their referendums
(b) Second by refusing to come to their aid when they were desperately holding on and waiting for Russian intervention.