The Russian war arguments – and why they are nothing but lies

 
  1. Why the war started – the Russian fabrication:
  • NATO expansion
    The number one Russian excuse for the illegal invasion of Ukraine is definitely that NATO illegally expanded eastwards over the years and that Russia’s existence is threatened. They claim that NATO promised Gorbachev not to expand eastwards.
    • In reality, such a promise was never made and that was even confirmed by Gorbachev himself. Countries join NATO voluntarily to avoid Russian aggression – and let’s be honest one must be a real idiot to think that NATOs plan was to subsequently expand and finally attack Russia – I mean for what? In these 3 years of war all we have seen is NATO and the west trying everything not to escalate the situation, just to see Russia escalating the situation further and further.
  • Protect Russian Minorities
    • Russia’s history says everything – They attacked Finland in 1939, Afghanistan in 1979, Chechnya in 1994 and again in 1999 and Georgia (Abkhazia and South Ossetia) in 2008. There were always the same patterns, the same excuses and the same tactics. Besides, the same argument was used by Hitler to invade other countries, it’s just nonsense. That’s just like Mexico would invade Texas by saying it wants to protect its citizens.

  1. Why the war really started
  • Colonialism/ keep the sphere of influence
    • The starting point was on Nov 21, 2013, a revolution in Kiev started by the youth with a strong stance in favor of European integration and against the occurring violent actions of the pro-Russian government. Putin of course feared losing its influence in Ukraine and we know Russia is dependent on the Ukrainian people. A major part of the top tier engineers and scientists were Ukrainians in the Soviet Union. And we also all know that Ukraine has some of the most, if not THE most fertile soils in the world and Putin rightly realized that this is a very important resource, especially in a futures perspective.
    • Let’s take a closer look at the moment of the invasion, or more precise, the time shortly before. In 2020 there were the largest anti-government protests in the history of Belarus, the demonstrations began in the lead-up to and during the 2020 presidential election, in which Lukashenko sought his sixth term in office, who is, as we all know a puppet of Putin. Then in January 2022, shortly before the invasion, Fresh violence erupted in Kazakhstan’s main city of Almaty as Russia sent in paratroopers to put down a countrywide uprising in one of Moscow’s closest former Soviet allies. Putin was SCARED of losing power. Large protests occurred all around his puppet states. He had to act or fear losing his allies first and then fighting the same protests in Russia itself.
  • Become politically important again
    • Basically the invasion was an act of desperation. The population in Russia was stagnating with almost no immigration, the economy was struggling, mostly dependent on natural resource exports and for such a big country actually very small (smaller than Italy’s). Politically it became more and more unimportant, actually like most of the European countries. But the Russian “pride” was too big and they dreamed of the good old days when Russia was a world power. Meanwhile China displaced Russia in challenging the US and is the new leader in the anti-west. Putin knew he had to act drastically to maintain some sort of political influence, even if he may have ended up in achieving the exact opposite by ending up being completely reliant on China.
  • Keep the regime alive
    • We actually addressed this topic before, Putin wanted to suppress the protests occurring around him.
  • Challenge the west
    • After Putin realized he had to act drastically, he basically had 2 options. Going with the west against China or challenge the west with the help of the rising power. He chose second, and I think it might have been the better option for him personally. China will probably be able to be a real competitor to the US in the next 10 to 20 years, maybe even be the dominant power. And of course, China has a much bigger acceptance for such a regime than western democracies. In the long run however, it might have been the wrong direction for Russia as a country, since China’s demography is maybe even worse than Russia’s and after 2040 it is looking very bad for China, but that of course will no longer affect Putin, at least I hope so.

  1. Support for Ukraine – the Russian fabrication
  • Ukrainians are “bad”
    • Nazis
      • I don’t even know what to say here… There are hundreds of arguments here to deter this accusation, for example a Nazi state with a jew as their leader? And of course you can find individuals in every country related to right wing parties or Nazi ideologies. So should the US now be invaded by Russia? Because in the US there are way more right-wing neo-Nazi’s than in Ukraine and in Russia there are even a lot more… During the revolution in 2014, the far right parties even lost the elections in Ukraine, winning only 7 seats out of 450.
    • Corruption
      • Russia is way more corrupt than Ukraine, fact. Russia is even one of the most corrupt countries (place 141 of 180). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index
    • The west wants escalation
      • The only one escalating is Russia, here is an incomplete list:
        • Invasion, first in 2014 and completely denying it, then 2022 after weeks of claiming that they will never do it.
        • Civilian massacres (e.g. Bucha).
        • First use of chemical weapons.
        • First use of incendiary ammunition.
        • First use of cluster munition.
        • Execution of POWs.
        • Dam destructions, e.g. Khakhovka.
        • Rocket strikes on civilians.
        • Iranian drones, North Korean soldiers.
        • First ICBM use ever.
        • Constant threatening with nuclear weapon usage.
        • Constant sabotage and cyberattacks on western countries.
        • …
      • Dependency on Russia
        • At least these people are honest and openly say they are dependent on Russian resources, for example their cheap gas or their bribe (aren’t you Orban?).
          Of course there are advantages in staying friends and making deals, but on what costs? I can tell you, these short term benefits are never ever worth it and I can definitely see the reason why mostly old white rich men are on Putin’s side – because they will be dead by the time the really bad things will start happening.
      • Democracies cannot do anything, it’s all pointless and a waste of tax money
        • Supporting Ukraine with weapons helps the own economy enormously. Most of the money stays in-house while the dirty work is done by Ukrainians. And it does not work? Really? After 3 years of war I can only see it works perfectly. Russian stockpiles are shrinking, they even became dependent on Iranian missiles, Chinese Shells and North Korean Soldiers. A country a quarter the population dealing such damage to “the world’s second army (what a joke)”. The Russian economy will collapse very soon.

  1. Why we should do everything for a Ukrainian victory
  • It is a war between democracy and freedom vs. autocracy.
  • There will be way more wars. All the other regimes will be emboldened – China on Taiwan, Iran on Israel, Turkey on the Middle East and Africa, Venezuela on Esequiba, and the list goes on and on.
  • The west will lose its power – let’s be honest it will and is that really what you want? You will not just lose political power, but most likely also political freedom to some sort of degree and let’s not even talk about economy and wealth…
  • Russia suffered in the short term for sure, but upon a victory it will probably be empowered by Ukraine knowhow and resources, as well as increased Chinese economical support.
  • On the other hand, with supporting Ukraine and ensuring a future partnership, Europe can rise to a real superpower Ukraine has know-how, resources and now even one of the best defense industries and armies in Europe, if not worldwide.
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