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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by qwertox on Thursday February 24, 2022 @01:10AM (#30451101)
Hmmm, I was wondering what RT (German version) [0] meant by Putin wanting to denazify the Ukraine ("Putin launches special military operation to protect Donbass and denazify Ukraine"). Since they (Azov) are headquartered in Donetsk Oblast, is it them who Putin wants to permanently remove right now, and is this his purpose for starting this war?

[0] https://de.rt.com/europa/132333-putin-verkundet-militarische...

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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by astrange on Thursday February 24, 2022 @01:59AM (#30451495)
“Nazi” in Russia means “someone who attacks Russia”. The president of Ukraine is Jewish.
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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by Loudergood on Thursday February 24, 2022 @11:28AM (#30456617)
It has the same meaning in Ukraine and Finland I'd suspect.
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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by astrange on Sunday February 27, 2022 @08:14AM (#30488106)
What I mean is, Putin wasn't even making a propaganda claim about Ukraine being anti-Semites. The Russians he was talking to barely know that was the Nazi ideology, and that's assuming they'd disagree with it. He was just claiming they were going to attack Russians.

He also said he'd "show Ukraine real decommunization" the day before. Not sure if that was propaganda or a threat…

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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by 0a3feeb on Thursday February 24, 2022 @01:43AM (#30451386)
Azov are ideological extremists but I wouldn't read much into it being a motivator for Putin. It's a combination of imperialism, a significant population of ethnic Russian separatists being in Ukraine, and NATO concerns.
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