The above comment you're commenting on is, frankly speaking, an idiotic take. The total bullshit like the comment you're replying is an attempt at trying to divert attention from the fact that Russia is the aggressor in Russia's war on Ukraine.
When there is an enemy at the gates trying to invade your home and kill and rape your women and children you fight. Period. You do that regardless of the risk of death you take. If the Ukrainians stop defending against the Russians, the horrors that are taking place in the occupied regions will come to the rest of the country. Afterwards, the Russians will destroy everything that is left of their culture and identity and ultimately make the country and its people a weapon against other countries. This is precisely how Russia has always operated. It invades, conquers, Russifies and turns its conquered peoples into cannon fodder and their lands into resources.
By the way, Ukrainian military casualties are almost certainly less than Russian because the Russians have always placed zero value on the lives of their soldiers and because their organizational culture, including military, is so rife with incompetence, negligence and corruption. They've been used in meat wave attacks particularly near Bakhmut last winter. In particular, the men conscripted by the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics have been used in an extremely wasteful manner. Also, in the spring of 2022 the Russians suffered very large casualties owing to their flawed strategy that rested on the assumption that Ukrainians wouldn't resist. That's why they were stuck in very long mechanized columns ambushed from all sides.
That said, the Ukrainian military casualties are considerable, too. However, the Ukrainians seem to want to continue their counteroffensive because they know that the long-term viability of Ukraine requires that the sea lanes in northwestern Black Sea remain safe. Letting Russia keep the areas still under its control in Ukraine would mean that Putin benefited from his invasion. The best possible outcome for Ukraine and all of Europe would be degrading the Russian military and its economy further.
You are absolutely right that Russia is the aggressor. No doubt about it. But we have to see the bigger picture here; the assault on Ukraine seems to have been provoked by the ongoing NATO expansion. There is objectively no doubt that NATO has expanded eastwards against the deals made with Russia in the 90s. Is that the actual reason for Putin's motivations? Who knows, but it certainly makes sense that they would not want to allow Ukraine to become part of that alliance and station rockets and nukes (?) there. Does that justify the war? No! But the "west" is not even interested in diplomacy; all attempts have been thwarted. That is what I am criticizing in this post. There is no will for peace on (both?) sides. It's clear that the strategy of sanctioning Russia has not only failed but backfired. NATO is not weakening Russia with this; it is now only costing lives by the hundreds of thousands(!). It is staggering that we are justifying so many people's lives for ulterior motives.
The above comment you're commenting on is, frankly speaking, an idiotic take. The total bullshit like the comment you're replying is an attempt at trying to divert attention from the fact that Russia is the aggressor in Russia's war on Ukraine.
When there is an enemy at the gates trying to invade your home and kill and rape your women and children you fight. Period. You do that regardless of the risk of death you take. If the Ukrainians stop defending against the Russians, the horrors that are taking place in the occupied regions will come to the rest of the country. Afterwards, the Russians will destroy everything that is left of their culture and identity and ultimately make the country and its people a weapon against other countries. This is precisely how Russia has always operated. It invades, conquers, Russifies and turns its conquered peoples into cannon fodder and their lands into resources.
By the way, Ukrainian military casualties are almost certainly less than Russian because the Russians have always placed zero value on the lives of their soldiers and because their organizational culture, including military, is so rife with incompetence, negligence and corruption. They've been used in meat wave attacks particularly near Bakhmut last winter. In particular, the men conscripted by the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics have been used in an extremely wasteful manner. Also, in the spring of 2022 the Russians suffered very large casualties owing to their flawed strategy that rested on the assumption that Ukrainians wouldn't resist. That's why they were stuck in very long mechanized columns ambushed from all sides.
That said, the Ukrainian military casualties are considerable, too. However, the Ukrainians seem to want to continue their counteroffensive because they know that the long-term viability of Ukraine requires that the sea lanes in northwestern Black Sea remain safe. Letting Russia keep the areas still under its control in Ukraine would mean that Putin benefited from his invasion. The best possible outcome for Ukraine and all of Europe would be degrading the Russian military and its economy further.
You are absolutely right that Russia is the aggressor. No doubt about it. But we have to see the bigger picture here; the assault on Ukraine seems to have been provoked by the ongoing NATO expansion. There is objectively no doubt that NATO has expanded eastwards against the deals made with Russia in the 90s. Is that the actual reason for Putin's motivations? Who knows, but it certainly makes sense that they would not want to allow Ukraine to become part of that alliance and station rockets and nukes (?) there. Does that justify the war? No! But the "west" is not even interested in diplomacy; all attempts have been thwarted. That is what I am criticizing in this post. There is no will for peace on (both?) sides. It's clear that the strategy of sanctioning Russia has not only failed but backfired. NATO is not weakening Russia with this; it is now only costing lives by the hundreds of thousands(!). It is staggering that we are justifying so many people's lives for ulterior motives.