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My apologies. I missed that you were quoting the pro-Russian Telegram account Slavyangrad. I’ll admit when I’m wrong.

So Putin and his cronies are making money off of their war? Who knew?

You forgot that the Russian bots here don’t believe that Ukraine is a legitimate country, thus any Ukrainian military action or resistance against Russia and its blatant aggression, in their twisted minds, are also illegitimate.

I notice that Red Badger refers to Russian airbases and Russian territory as “our airbases” and “our territory.” So it is clear that he is a Russian, not an American.

Actually, if the Ukrainian manage to convince Putin that the cost of his continuing his aggression is too high, it might indeed lead him to be serious about negotiating a settlement.

Would you mind sharing the source of your impeccable information on the true number of Russian aircraft destroyed.🥱

You were quick to condemn Ukraine for taking military action during peace negotiations, why aren’t you just as willing to condemn Russia for its military actions? Then again, consistency was never your strong suit.

Was Russia’s latest missile and ground offensives movements in the direction of Peace? Asking for a friend.

Getting the hardware there had to be some other country, maybe one of the Central Asian countries.

Did I read that wrong? Are you suggesting that Kazakhstan or one of the other Central Asian countries has joined the war on Ukraine’s side?

Putin was never interested in a settlement. His goal is, and always was, the complete subjugation of Ukraine. He played Trump for a fool, and Trump has finally come to realize what bad faith Putin has had during Trump’s attempt to find a negotiated settlement and stop the mindless killing that Putin unleashed.

Did you forget the failed airborne decapitation attempt on Kyiv on the first day of the invasion?

Thank you for your defense. The ad hominem attack by kiryandil is an all too common tactic by the pro-Putin trolls to silence one side of a debate rather than engaging in the substance of their opponents’ comments. It is actually a sign of the weakness of their position. What does my not having posted on FR for an extended period have to with the strength or weakness of my position? Absolutely nothing! My posts hit too close to home, so instead of having an honest debate, they engage in personal attacks. As the saying goes, “If you are taking flak, you are over the target.”

Is that $9.4 billion for one year, or spread out over ten years, with most of the cuts in the out years, as is typical for cuts announced by Congress.

What sort of “conservative” insults a military veteran for his service? You, sir, are a fraud.

A better question would be, is Harvard trying to destroy America?

Only if matched by a demilitarized zone of equal depth on the Russian side of the border and limitations on the size of the Russian military. There would then be no need for Ukraine to seek the protection of NATO against Russian aggression. Ukraine has just as much right to security guarantees as does Russia.

The complete subjugation of Ukraine has always been Russia’s goal and is the root cause of the war.

Many lives would be saved if only the victims had surrendered to the aggressors. Just imagine the millions of Russian lives that would have been saved it Stalin had surrendered to Hitler.🙄

Spheres of influence is an outdated 19th century concept. Ukraine is a sovereign nation and has the right to decide for itself its geopolitical alignment. Perhaps if Russia was less predatory and more respectful of the sovereignty of its neighbors more nations would voluntarily align with it.

What a tedious response. The Russians are also using conscription, but you apparently didn’t care about their lives.