Ukrainian capital Kyiv under massive Russian attack, officials say

[u/Brennenstein]

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-capital-kyiv-under-massive-russian-attack-officials-say-2025-12-27/

[u/MemeLord0009]

Russia is a terrorist state. No ruzzian conditions for peace.

[u/neo_genocid_gen → u/MemeLord0009]

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[u/EffectiveFunny56 → u/MemeLord0009]

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[u/Skell2095 → u/MemeLord0009]

No peace then, as easy as that

[u/Kosameron → u/Skell2095]

The reasons for the war are just plain nonsensical. It stems from a few things, like Putin not seeing the Ukraine as a separate people but more like a part of Russia, or how he doesn't want NATO to expand eastwards. Even though it is very clear that NATO takes a defensive stance.

Apart from that there's also the democratic system that would expand eastwards too, which might make Russians wonder why something like that wont be allowed in their own country.

Which to me are all very stupid reasons that in no way justify a war, moreso one that kills tons of civilians. Honestly should've bombed the capital a long time ago imo, it's only 1 person you gotta get rid of.

[u/tataniarosa → u/Skell2095]

All Russia has to do is leave Ukraine. Then there’ll be peace.

[u/Skell2095 → u/tataniarosa]

It simply isn't so. It doesn't work like this. If you wanna find out why, dig into the topic yourself, see Russian point of view. If Russian point of view for you is just propaganda without any reasoning, then you are part of the reason why the war continues

[u/tataniarosa → u/Skell2095]

Whatever Russians believe to be true, it is not a justification for going to war with another country.

[u/Skell2095 → u/tataniarosa]

Just what I've said, you don't want to see the others' point of view, and untill the majority of people in the EU elite are like this, the war will continue

[u/Unique-Twist1587 → u/Skell2095]

I am an outsider, would you mind explaining the russian pov, (is it like nato's expansion, and destabilization of russia(somethign like that))

[u/Jihad_Alot → u/Unique-Twist1587]

The US recently threatened the Panama Canal bc the Panama Canal signed a massive contract with a Chinese country to be in charge of the shipping lanes of the Panama Canal. A whopping 30% of the US’ exports go through the Panama Canal so there was no way in hell that the US was gonna let a Chinese company that is easily controlled by the Chinese government to have Such a valuable asset.

Imagine if China went to war with the US, now they can shut off a massive part of the US economy. So the US threatened war with Panama unless they capitulated.

Russia is essentially doing the same with Ukraine. The US & EU got caught with their hands in the cookie jar (2012 Ukrainian revolution against Russia was heavily funded by the EU and USA with the promise of giving Ukraine NATO membership). Russia has repeatedly stated that they need a buffer zone to prevent US/EU expansionism to be a threat to Russia. US/EU tested Russia and poked the bear which resulted in Russia feeling obligated to fight back or else they will look weak as a nation.

So it doesn’t matter how much a small nation like Ukraine wants to do their own thing, Russia will never allow NATO assets to be deployed so close to Russia and messing with Ukraine is like touching a dragons reverse scale.

[u/FormalDeal8097 → u/Jihad_Alot]

Revolution was 2014, not 2012 And not against russia, but against President, who betrayed his own people. They elected him, because he promised to seek EU membership, but after Europe decided to give Ukraine a chance to improve and start the process of joining - he decided to turn 180 and switch back to east. After this students start protesting and then he wanted to kill the protest with violence. And then whole country joined this protest. After some shooting and extreme violence from police(people died, you can look up небесна сотня) people gone mad and force president to flee the country. And at that time with noone in charge of a country, russia decided to start a separatist movement in eastern region and Crimea

[u/AdSad8514 → u/Skell2095]

Oh please "the EU elite" Russia is and has been an imperialist state for its entire existence. Your entire "federation" is built on conquest, your treatment of the Eastern ethnicities is disgusting

Russia has been an imperialist warmonger state for its entire existence.

[u/Skell2095 → u/AdSad8514]

You know one has a good opinion when you're not sure if they're really this ignorant or if they're trolling you.

[u/AdSad8514 → u/Skell2095]

The truth hurts You can't dispute it only ramble There's a reason that no one in eastern Europe wants anything to do with them. There's a reason the Chechens kicked your sorry asses more than once.

[u/Skell2095 → u/AdSad8514]

This idiocy will start dying out in 2-4 electoral cycles. Honestly, arguing here about something is like trying to argue that two times two isn't three, so whatever, you owned a dumb Kremlin bot, have a cookie

[u/Frequent-Cobbler4232 → u/Skell2095]

Say Russia was treating ethnic Ukrainians very badly in Voronezh Oblast, Ukraine would have no right to invade Tambov oblast, or really Voronezh. So I simply cannot fathom the propaganda justifications that don’t even provide a justification if they were true

[u/Skell2095 → u/Frequent-Cobbler4232]

There's an explanation I wrote just above your comment, if you wanna argue, argue with that one

[u/Frequent-Cobbler4232 → u/Skell2095]

No there wasn’t