A 22-year-old German politician who secretly served in Ukraine's army now faces expulsion from the pro-Russian Alternative for Germany party after calling his own leadership "Russia-kissers."

A 22-year-old German politician who secretly served in Ukraine’s army now faces expulsion from the pro-Russian Alternative for Germany party after calling his own leadership “Russia-kissers.”

            • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netEnglish
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              2 months ago

              So? I haven’t come across any of those “multiple, indepentent sources”. Care to share some of them? I’m genuinely curious. I’m about as happy to be convinced as one can be learning about a supposed ongoing genocide.

                • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netEnglish
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                  2 months ago

                  Wouldn’t you know it: I already checked. Wanna know what stories I found? Slaughter of civilians? Yes. War crimes? Sure. Kidnapping of children in Ukraine? You bet. Full-blown genocide?

                  … umm, sorry to say that, but I kinda didn’t find anything that convinced me that Russia wants to exterminate the Ukrainian people and their culture. There’s a magnitude of scale between bombing civilians and direct measures to eradicate a people.

                  Personally, I don’t really think it matters on a personal level if I’m killed by Russian bombs because they shell civilian infrastructure or if I’m killed on the battlefield because the Ukrainian government drafted me (against my will) and they didn’t want to give up control over Crimea, Donbasz and Donetsk.