kravietz 🦇 on Nostr: I’m sure everyone saw comments who justified #Russia who used arguments like this ...
I’m sure everyone saw comments who justified #Russia who used arguments like this one (a literal quote):
The problem is that nobody is going to attack us [NATO], the only provocative groups of army are on our side of the border!
Here’s a few quotes which will instantly disarm them, because they come from people with whom they’d never argue. Please bookmark this, and use these quotes whenever necessary.
About the “provocative groups of army on our side of the border” here’s what Russians replied whether presence of 300k Russian troops amassed on #Ukraine border isn’t tad provocative:
Vladimir Putin: “Movement of our own troops on our own, I want to reiterate, our own territory, is being presented as a threat of Russian invasion – in this case, into Ukraine. Allegedly this also threatens the Baltics and other countries who are our neighbours. On what basis – it’s unclear.” (8 February 2022)
Dmitry Peskov, 17 February 2022: “We are not ready, and we will not accept complaints about how we move troops on our own territory. This is our sovereign right, and we are not intending to discuss that with anyone.”
About the “nobody is going to attack NATO”, we also heard that before in the context of Ukraine:
Vladimir Putin, 30 November 2021: “Look, they’ve been talking about possible entry of Russian troops into Ukraine since the beginning of the year – as we conducted ‘Zapad-2021’ exercises – but that never happened”
Dmitry Peskov, 26 December 2021: “Remember history Russia never invaded anyone first!”
Sergey Lavrov, 21 January 2022: “You claim we are planning to invade Ukraine, even though we explained many times that it’s not true.”
As a reminder what happened next - on 24 February 2024 the same Vladimir Putin said on state TV “I have made a decision to start a special military operation in Ukraine” and Russian rocket barrage on the whole country started, along with Russian armoured columns breaking through its border.
The problem is that nobody is going to attack us [NATO], the only provocative groups of army are on our side of the border!
Here’s a few quotes which will instantly disarm them, because they come from people with whom they’d never argue. Please bookmark this, and use these quotes whenever necessary.
About the “provocative groups of army on our side of the border” here’s what Russians replied whether presence of 300k Russian troops amassed on #Ukraine border isn’t tad provocative:
Vladimir Putin: “Movement of our own troops on our own, I want to reiterate, our own territory, is being presented as a threat of Russian invasion – in this case, into Ukraine. Allegedly this also threatens the Baltics and other countries who are our neighbours. On what basis – it’s unclear.” (8 February 2022)
Dmitry Peskov, 17 February 2022: “We are not ready, and we will not accept complaints about how we move troops on our own territory. This is our sovereign right, and we are not intending to discuss that with anyone.”
About the “nobody is going to attack NATO”, we also heard that before in the context of Ukraine:
Vladimir Putin, 30 November 2021: “Look, they’ve been talking about possible entry of Russian troops into Ukraine since the beginning of the year – as we conducted ‘Zapad-2021’ exercises – but that never happened”
Dmitry Peskov, 26 December 2021: “Remember history Russia never invaded anyone first!”
Sergey Lavrov, 21 January 2022: “You claim we are planning to invade Ukraine, even though we explained many times that it’s not true.”
As a reminder what happened next - on 24 February 2024 the same Vladimir Putin said on state TV “I have made a decision to start a special military operation in Ukraine” and Russian rocket barrage on the whole country started, along with Russian armoured columns breaking through its border.