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apparently pointing out Russia started the war is Apologia

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293492/ukraine-war-casualties/?srsltid=AfmBOoqzjjecu1HVUws3eZiIqCEN_Bz9JhYOuXTvrwnYSL5CtvrT7WUv

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[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well no one should be targeting civilians. I'll say that much. So I hope they are exponentially more upset since the Russians tend to target civilians on a daily basis. Sending armed drones into multiple sovereign nations Etc. I doubt it. But this is something I would enjoy being proven wrong about.

That said considering the origin of the conflict and who perpetuates it. My sympathies are 100% with Ukraine still. Pointing out that Russia started it isn't apologya. It's pointing out who could stop the killing of civilians tomorrow if they simply stopped their imperialism, returned the stolen land, and the kidnapped children.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

They didn't target civies. Russia shot down a drone munition and it crashed into a hotel ~1km from the target refinery.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nizhnekamsk,+Republic+of+Tatarstan,+Russia/@55.5803216,51.9203775,5968m/

https://liveuamap.com/en/2026/10-august-08-drones-have-attacked-oil-refinery-in-nizhnekamsk

red is the hotel blue is the intended target

Sometimes they can actually hit one its rare but they do shoot them down. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Db3L1ZRILvw/

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 9 points 4 days ago

Disingenuousness from ml? How predictable.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 3 points 3 days ago

The first thing that dies in a war is the truth, as the saying goes. Anyone with opposing views could use the comment as a hook to make counterpoints and create a discussion out of it. But to call a comment disrespectfulness simply for not agreeing, specially as the tone of the "offending" message looks pretty moderate, tells quite a lot tbf.