2024-08-12 09:37:15
Russia violated Ukrainian sovereign territory in February 2022 and has waged an unlawful war since then, killing thousands of civilian. The "escalation" was caused by Russian aggression, not by Ukraine's exercise of its right to self-defence. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(46-1-4) Author
2024-08-12 09:45:55
Putin is the only responsible for this war by the way he violated Kyiv's soverignity and has been incriminated by the ICC for kidnapping thousands of ukranian childrens., If he would withdraw his troops from Ukraine the war will end tomorrow. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(30-1-2) Author
2024-08-12 10:15:59
Self defence is not escalation [Link] CURRENTLY_RATED_HELPFUL(15-0-1) Author
2024-08-12 11:16:50
Russia alone escalated this conflict when it invaded Ukraine. ‘Stop the war’ has been repeatedly criticised for using the language of ‘both sides’ to obfuscate who is to blame in multiple conflicts, notably in Ukraine but also in Syria [Link][Link][Link][Link] CURRENTLY_RATED_HELPFUL(13-0-0) Author
2024-08-12 11:40:33
While OP’s point may be problematic, this CN is highly partisan (it is obviously possible to both be invaded and to escalate the war resulting from that invasion). CN’s argument, self-evidently, is being made by many high profile accounts in response to OP. CURRENTLY_RATED_NOT_HELPFUL(0-0-3) Author
2024-08-12 13:03:17
"Escalation" can be a loaded term. But the events in question (Ukraine actions inside Russian territory) have been discussed on all sides as potentially escalatory. The post doesn't imply justification of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Example: this RAND institute commentary: [Link] CURRENTLY_RATED_NOT_HELPFUL(0-0-0) Author
2024-08-12 13:54:14
The Stop the War org has been widely criticized for a fringe view on Russia’s war, ignoring Russia’s responsibility for the war, for escalations, and for its numerous war crimes, for blaming NATO, for making demands benefitting Russia, and for taking Russia’s side. [Link][Link][Link][Link][Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-0) Author