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Re:German men 18-45 need military permit to leave country fo... by tsoukase on Saturday April 04, 2026 @04:58PM (#47643302)
I still cannot understand why and what we are fighting for. Setting aside the wars of the previous decades, Russia was a long term ally with Ukraine, much like the USA and Canada and then out of nowhere they are in a "soft war". Also, after 50 years of the Islamic regime in Iran, we should engage in another soft war, again because of ill defined reasons. The soft is in contrast to regular war which locks down the whole society and has innumerous deaths and pain. I still cannot.
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Re:German men 18-45 need military permit to leave country fo... by PuppetSoup on Saturday April 04, 2026 @05:11PM (#47643415)
What is this propaganda.

> Russia was a long term ally with Ukraine, much like the USA and Canada and then out of nowhere they are in a "soft war"

First off the history between Ukraine and Russia is nothing like between USA and Canada. Russia killed millions of Ukrainians in 30's by starvation, known as "Holodomor".

Secondly Ukraine voted for independence immediately after Soviet Union collapsed.

Most egregious claim is the "soft war" one. Russia attacked to Ukraine in 2014 and started full scale war in 2022 that has led to close to two million casualties. What the f*ck is "hard war" if this is "soft war"?

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Re:German men 18-45 need military permit to leave country fo... by randomengineer1 on Saturday April 04, 2026 @05:51PM (#47643865)
where did you get this information? after the collapse of the ussr and before putin there was no tension at all. yeah, there's some history, like between any (almost) neighboring countries. there are no real reason to fight between russia and ukraine. these conflict was absolutely hand-made by russian propaganda
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Re:German men 18-45 need military permit to leave country fo... by throw-the-towel on Saturday April 04, 2026 @05:00PM (#47643323)
I cannot agree that Russia and Ukraine were ever long term allies. It was, at best, more like an uneasy co-existence.
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Re:German men 18-45 need military permit to leave country fo... by id00 on Saturday April 04, 2026 @05:04PM (#47643354)
Russia, and especially Putin (over the last 26 years), never considered Ukraine an ally but rather a puppet and something that must be in their direct influence/control. Their relationship can’t be compared to the one the US and Canada had.
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Re:German men 18-45 need military permit to leave country fo... by td2 on Sunday April 05, 2026 @12:27AM (#47646105)
But it can be compared to the relation us and canada currently have lol
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Re:German men 18-45 need military permit to leave country fo... by mytailorisrich on Saturday April 04, 2026 @05:15PM (#47643460)
Nothing that is an actual serious threat. Overall, my (cynical) interpretation is that the aim is to handle military matters at EU level (nail in the coffin of national sovereignty in Europe) and to become more of a credible military power. Both of which require a narrative to get public consent and a foreign threat is a proven, effective narrative.
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