The Russian commander of the “Vostok” Battalion fighting in southern Ukraine said on Thursday that Ukraine will not be defeated and suggested that Russia freeze the war along current frontlines.

Alexander Khodakovsky made the candid concession yesterday on his Telegram channel after Russian forces, including his own troops, were devastatingly defeated by Ukrainian marines earlier this week at Urozhaine in the Zaporizhzhia-Donetsk regional border area.

“Can we bring down Ukraine militarily? Now and in the near future, no,” Khodakovsky, a former official of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, said yesterday.

“When I talk to myself about our destiny in this war, I mean that we will not crawl forward, like the [Ukrainians], turning everything into [destroyed] Bakhmuts in our path. And, I do not foresee the easy occupation of cities,” he said.

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[–] Marzepansion@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Damn, I thought your rules preclude you from making such a racist remark against a nationality. You can go join Trump with calling places "shitholes".

I find this weird support for Russia fascinating. They are clearly not free from nationalists and extremists sentiments themselves. Their own state media is calling for pre-emptive nuking of cities, Ireland being an acceptable collateral when nuking the UK, and their own former prime minister Medveded is yelling on twitter about achieving "Greater Russia". Here's someone who was awarded "Hero of the Russian Federation" by Putin himself.. It's almost as if Russia doesn't actually care, and they are just using it for their propaganda.

Also lol, they're saying they're not going to execute them because they aren't barbarians and giving them time to retreat, and then you take offense to that? That's such an odd stance. I personally applaud when someone says they want to avoid unnecesairy deaths, but you do you.

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"You can't call our neo-Nazis trash and our state that celebrates Nazi collaborators a shithole! That's, uh, uh, that's racist!"

America is a shithole, too, if you were wondering.

[–] Marzepansion@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

America is a shithole, too, if you were wondering.

I agree it has its problems, but I'm not an American so it's easier to not get deluded by what they call "the American dream". Helps that even in my English classes growing up we dealt with topics such as the rampant poverty issues Americans face, and how many children live in poverty in the US. Though context matters; America is currently not being invaded. If it was a minor country on the world stage I would also not call it a "shithole". Same reason I can detect issues in certain African countries without ever calling them by that name, like one of their presidents did.

If you are from America, calling a country that's been suffering your world hegemony for so long a 'shithole', I can only say you are part of the reason that's the situation, and so you have no rights to call any country a shithole.

"You can't call our neo-Nazis trash and our state that celebrates Nazi collaborators a shithole! That's, uh, uh, that's racist!"

Not every Ukrainian is a Nazi. But sure, let your hate cloud your sense of decency, if that makes you feel better. I'm sure the mothers I've spoken to will be happy their children died because they were Nazis, besides I'm sure their elderly people just had it coming.. /s

Unlike you I don't see them as "acceptable collateral".

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not every Ukrainian is a Nazi.

Neither myself nor the person you were replying to claimed this. They were talking about "Azov, Banderites, and all the other assorted [fascist] trash."

[–] Marzepansion@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I never said the original poster made a general statement about the people, just the country being called a shithole, you came in and added the "can't call neo-nazi's trash anymore", a ridiculous statement I never made. In the context of my response being about how he refers to the country of Ukraine, how can your sarcastic complaint about me not be seen as referring to the the people? That's why I said not every Ukrainian is a Nazi.

My comment was pretty particular about the "your shithole" part. I don't care what negative thing he calls Banderites, and you'll see from my previous comments elsewhere in this thread I have no love for those who adore him.

Also I find it ridiculous you all are very happy to point to problematic groups in one country, yet systematically ignore it in another. Double standards like this is why I have difficulties not seeing the bias at play in these discussions.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That is a blatant lie. The commenter very clearly called all of Ukraine a shithole. Oops, you accidentally revealed your powerlevel.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Unlike you I don't see them as "acceptable collateral".

You should tell NATO that. They don't listen to us but maybe they'll listen to you and stop the killing.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fascists aren't a race.

[–] Marzepansion@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

Please re-read my opening sentence before responding. I'm clearly talking about the 'your shithole' part. I don't care if someone insults fascists. But it's racist to call a place "shithole", especially if the poster is from a 'first world country'.