Germany debates sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine – DW – 08/23/2025
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There is no sign that Russia's aggression in Ukraine is coming to an end, but Germany is already debating whether the Bundeswehr should participate in peacekeeping forces.

There is no sign that Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is coming to an end, but Germany is already debating whether the Bundeswehr should participate in peacekeeping forces.

  • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    You mean when russia invaded Ukraine and fomented a war in those regions?

    No, I meant after the Euromaidan. Those regions mostly weren’t ok with the Euromaidan and have been bombed by Ukrainian forces since then.

    Russia’s claims are weak. It’s quite obvious that they’ve recycled the nazi Sudetenland strategy as they’ve done multiple times to invade neighbours. Start a war using your “little green men”, then use the fighting you started to claim the “genocide of russian-speakers” and ride that excuse into invasion and annexation. That should be obvious, if you’re not incredibly naive.

    I agree that the allegations by Russia have been blown out of proportions. That doesn’t make NATO the “good guys”.

    • zenitsu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      16 hours ago

      bombed by Ukrainian forces since then.

      Since russia invaded the country, yes. Who downed MH17? Are you actually pretending that there was any kind of organic internal conflict without russian influence? lol

      That doesn’t make NATO the “good guys”.

      You don’t have to be “good” to be incomparably better than ruzzia

      • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netEnglish
        21·
        16 hours ago

        Are you actually pretending that there was any kind of organic internal conflict without russian influence?

        Why is that so absurd? Donetsk and Luhansk are russian-speaking and were vitally economically dependant on Russia. They were afraid that Kyiv politically focusing on Europe would be disastrous for their economy.

        I’m not arguing that Russia didn’t have any interests there, that Russia didn’t do some weird insurgency crap. I’m also not saying that it payed of for the poor sods who lived there. But believing that Ukraine would have been completely united after Euromaidan (which was allegedly also helped by western forces) if it weren’t for Putin is naive.

        You don’t have to be “good” to be incomparably better than ruzzia

        I’m not in the business of comparing imperialists. I oppose them all. And my (very limited) sphere of influence doesn’t reach into Russia. I can’t do anything against Putin. I am however living in a NATO member counrty. And Karl Liebknechtput it best:

        The main enemy of every people is in their own country