• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      Closer ties to European imperialists simply for profits for the capitalist class in Europe and compradors in Ukraine were supported by far-right nationalists that uphold Stepan Bandera. Going with the EU over the much better Russian offer was purely a move to sell out the country to imperialism, and this saw widespread protect in Eastern Ukraine, which supported Yanukovych:

      The language suppression isn’t disproven, even though European imperialists desperately wish it wasn’t. More Russian speakers live in Eastern Ukraine, and thus the nationalists taking power and oppressing them caused a schism:

      The entire Ukrainian military is right-wing, but special units like Azov retain their neonazi heritage:

      No idea why you’re batting for fascists so hard.