What is this liberal handwringing? The justness of of fighting off an imperialist invasion doesn't come from adhering to some vague notions of "western values", but from not wanting to be subjected to that violence.
If you truly believe what you insinuate, your support for Palestine is conditional at best, irrational or deceitful at worst. If you don't believe that - then stop being an agitator.
I am far from equating. Liberation of Ukrainian people must culminate in the destruction of the Ukrainian state, be it western- or Russian-backed, as is the case for all other peoples and states.
On the other hand, destruction of only Ukraine serves only their imperialist oppressor - Russia.
It's so funny when a liberal crying about "western values" is lecturing me on what constitutes idiocy.
Yogthos is not defending Western/liberal values, he is pointing out the hypocrisy.
Appeal to hypocrisy is one of the lowest, filthiest of arguments, used by trolls, propagandists and hacks of all allegiances. You didn't make him look much better.
Russia is not predominantly an imperialist state
Russian war against Ukraine is a textbook example of an imperialist war - a plunderous attempt to cut up and consume, annex a smaller neighbor in order to expand the sphere of influence of Russian capital, to turn back the losses of the 2010s, when Ukraine escaped, though not unscathed, the clutches of the Russian bourgeoisie in favor of apparently more appealing clutches of the US and EU capital.
Russia is also a colonial power, which you seem to disregard in favor of the following:
Russia is an interesting case: it has already liberated itself from the post-Soviet “shock therapy” neocolonizers.
Positioning the victory of Russian owning class in the act of class warfare which was the shock therapy, calling it and the following consolidation of power by the national bourgeoisie a "liberation" is just disgusting.
It was class war, first and foremost. It could give birth to a neocolonial relationship, if it "succeeded" - but it did not. It was a boost for the capital class, which then metastasized into the current liberal turned fascist regime.
It's also funny to me how you completely disregard oppressor part, which is as important as the imperialist part.
In a word, no. In a few more words, support for Russia is only a partial, temporary, tactical one
So, lesser evilism? Russia is definitely a smaller evil, but I'm not sure how it's a lesser one. I might be biased though, given Russia's desire to eradicate me.
It’s trying to resolve the genocidal attacks on the people of the Donbas
There were 25 civilian deaths on both sides during the whole of 2021; large portion of them due to mines and other wartime remains. The claims of genocide in Donbas are some of the most blatant lies there, and you should be ashamed of yourself for ever uttering them.
By ignoring the imperialist nature of the invasion, by repeating the position of Russian capital - "the genocide, the aggression, the protection of the motherland against foreign interests" - you inadvertently serve as their lackey.
If you think you can just dump on me a bunch of articles and leave me to piece together what your argument might be or not be, you're wrong.
You said Ukraine is/was doing a genocide. You did not provide any evidence, while ignoring that cries of "national integrity" and "national security" are barely something more than legitimization mechanism for imperialist conflicts and has been such since imperialism existed.
You said Russia is not imperialist, or that Russian invasion is not imperialist, and chose to ignore my actual stated argument.
The Nazis - please make a statement I can argue with.
successful communist states
It's either an oxymoron, or you're begging the question. Also no argument again.
Ukraine notified the Council of Europe of the partial suspension of some clauses of the European Convention on Human Rights and Freedoms in connection to recent changes in its martial law. ( www.euronews.com )
The western values Ukraine is defending are becoming more apparent by the day.