Russia has been bombarded in the biggest Ukrainian drone attack of the war, Moscow officials have said, on the same day as crunch talks are set to be held between Kyiv and the United States.

The Russian Defence Ministry said air defences shot down 337 Ukrainian drones over 10 Russian regions overnight, a record high, as Ukraine hit back at a series of brutal recent attacks launched by Moscow.

At least one Russian civilian has been killed and several injured, with dramatic footage showing fires raging from the exploding drones including in high rise residential buildings near Moscow.

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    Ah yes, it was the West that made Russia attack. I wish Russia was a sovereign country that didn’t have to obey what West (apparently) tell it to do.

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      23 hours ago

      Yeah me too but the yanks just had to coup’ the USSR by sponsoring fascists. Remember when the eastern block starved for ten years in the 90ies, idiot?

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            Uhm, I’m against the war. Russia should never have attacked, which would’ve meant there’s no such boom for weapons manufacturers.

            You have this shit totally backwards.

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          How is it a justification, dickface? It’s an explanation, Putin is a fascists who took over Yeltsin and Yeltsin was also a fascist who was put there by the west. Sorry facts doesn’t fit your brainwashing.

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            It sounded like you were using that to justify the Russian attack. Unless you don’t think it was justified?

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              Of course it was justified. From both side. How else do you keep stealing money to give it to gun manufacturers? War is very good for business and to erase opposition.

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      They are a sovereign country, a sovereign country that stated red lines in regard to their territorial security. The West knowingly provoked Russia by posturing that Ukraine would join NATO.

      This is exactly the same reaction the US would have if the scenario was flipped (as stated in the Monroe doctrine). It is hugely hypocritical of the previous administration to pretend that Russia is in the wrong for wanting to secure their border.

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        Finland’s territorial security has been constantly threatened by Soviet Union and Russia since WW2. Does that give us the right to bomb their civilians, or do only big countries with nuclear weapons get to use this logic?

        Otoh, I totally get that in 2025 only big countries with nuclear weapons have any say in geopolitics. It didn’t use to be that way and I wonder greatly about people who think this is a good change.

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        Ah yes they needed to invade an another country because they felt threatened. Well I’m glad there was a justified reason for it at least.

        This is exactly the same reaction the US would have if the scenario was flipped

        And would you have been fine with it then, as you seem to be now? Because I sure as hell wouldn’t (and haven’t) been.

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        Being a sovereign country doesn’t give you the right to decide what other sovereign countries do. Believing you are entitled to does make you an imperialist. This applies both to the US and Russia.