The Israel-Gaza war is “taking away the focus” from the conflict in Ukraine, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted.
He said this was “one of the goals” of Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
And he denied that fighting in Ukraine had reached a stalemate, despite a recent assessment to this effect by the country’s top military general.
Ukraine’s counter-offensive in the south has so far made little headway.
This has prompted fears of war fatigue among Kyiv’s Western allies, with suggestions of growing reluctance in some capitals to continue giving Ukraine advanced weapons and funds.
Has Zelensky ever condemned Israel’s war crimes? As one occupied people to another?
He’s a Jew.
Quit conflating zionism with judaism. The state of Israel does not represent jews around the world.
Not relevant.
Is this how we turn against him now? Because he hasn’t spoken out about this other conflict in a whole different region being fought for completely different reasons by unrelated people?
Please spare me this crap.
No no, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Palestine and Iran are colluding to enrich the military industrial complex!!1!
Sounds like a strategy with little to win and a lot to lose. He would be angering the nations giving him all his supplies and giving Russian bots fuel for the “Ukrainian nazi” story.
No, but Putin has.
I doubt it.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
This has prompted fears of war fatigue among Kyiv’s Western allies, with suggestions of growing reluctance in some capitals to continue giving Ukraine advanced weapons and funds.
Russia’s defence ministry was later quoted by the country’s state-run news agencies as saying that 13 out of 15 Ukrainian missiles fired on the plant in the city of Kerch, eastern Crimea, were shot down, but a Russian ship was damaged.
Speaking at Saturday’s briefing in Kyiv with visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Mr Zelensky said: “It’s clear that the war in the Middle East is taking away the focus” from Ukraine.
The Ukrainian leader recalled that last year, there had also been a lot of talk about a stalemate on the vast battlefield in Ukraine - but he pointed to Kyiv’s subsequent major military victories in the north-eastern Kharkiv region and Kherson in the south.
“All the [war] goals that were set must be achieved,” Dmitry Peskov said, adding that Ukraine must realise that “even talking about any prospects for the Kyiv regime’s victory on the battlefield is absurd”.
President Putin has repeatedly claimed that Ukraine’s counter-offensive had failed, while his Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said this week that Kyiv was losing the war despite supplies of new weapons from Nato allies.
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Never thought I’d agree with Zelensky about something related to Israel. Ukraine deserves aid much more than Israel.
I dont think Israel needs aid.
They are responding to an agressor just the same and doing a great job
The problem is they are also the aggressor and have been for decades.
Hamas and the Israeli government are both fucking awful.
Feels like a stretch to call carpet bombing civilians a great job.
In terms of killing people A+ Job, no assistance needed.
Israel absolutely does not need aid.
If they need more killing equipment, their ruling class can pay for it.
Indiscriminate bombing of innocent civilians, refugee camps, and hospitals, all while refusing to allow even basic aid, is not a “great job”.
i mean, OP said they’re doing a great job at responding […] the same [way], not that they’re responding in a great way
so OP is technically correct.
Technically the truth!
Doing a great job at committing genocide
Zelenskyy wants Ukraine to be another Israel: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/zelenskyy-wants-ukraine-to-be-a-big-israel-heres-a-road-map/
Which is… interesting… but he’ll never replace America’s #1 beloved darling sweetheart.
Well, the naming of the article has sure aged liked milk.
Any pro russian dumbass can point to it (without reading it, of course) and scream: “SEE SEE! THESE EVIL UKRAINIANS WANT TO KILL ALL RUSSIANS 😭😭😭😭” while the article just says they need to focus on security and intelligence which (until now) Israel was known for. The attack shows it wasn’t really true.
If you think this is bad, just wait until China goes for Taiwan. “Like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.”
China’s collapse is coming with the rise of other regional powers to counterbalance it. It’s right around the corner. Any day now.
I don’t know if China is going to collapse any time soon (at some point they will though). At risk of sounding like a conspiracy the world order is changing as America is no longer the sole leading power, trade and infrastructure development are heavily tied to China, and we are too reliant on their cheap goods to go against them.
China is not going to go for Taiwan.
Wish you guys would get this fantasy out of your heads.
Just like Russia never being stupid enough to invade Ukraine, right?
No. Ukraine is not nearly as strategically valuable to the US as Taiwan.
Try to focus on the subject at hand instead of resorting to analogies.
source?
How about you try to prove a positive instead of asking for a source to prove something isn’t going to happen, debatelord
U.S. top millitary advisor mark milly
“We are taking the Chinese military threat very seriously. And that is the reason why we are making more investment in our own defense capabilities. But we have not been focusing on one timeline only. For example, a lot of people are talking about 2025, some people are talking about 2027, some people talk about 2035, and etc. We take all kinds of assessments in a very serious way. And what we want to be prepared for is no matter when the Chinese are going to launch its military attack against Taiwan, we are prepared. But i think that 2027 is the year that we need to be serious about.”
source: https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/episodes/7DrfQik/
No, they meant credible sources. ESPN is a more credible source than the US military.
Oh yes, the U.S. military… pretty much the last people in the world you should trust.
Element of truth to that wild comment, so I’ll let it pass.
China is not going to go for Taiwan.
source?
How about you try to prove a positive instead of asking for a source to prove something isn’t going to happen, debatelord
True, you can’t prove a negative, but at the same time that person made a firm statement, so someone else’s totally in the right to ask for citation to backup what they said.
They could have supplied quotes from Chinese leaders stating that they were never going to invade, etc.
Anyone who asks someone to prove a prediction is categorically an idiot
Anyone who asks someone to prove a prediction is categorically an idiot
Nobody asked for “proof of a prediction”, but to back up their opinions that they are expressing as facts with some actual facts.
Let us know by what time you think China will invade Taiwan.
When that year comes and the invasion doesn’t happen, either admit you’re wrong or double-down.
he said source.
as in, reason us why? china has clearly expressed this desire over Taiwan, why wouldn’t it invade ever at all on a timeline?
I don’t care what he said.
How much time needs to pass before you admit you’re wrong?
then shut the fuck up you unanswering cunt. lmfao what arrogance
these reditgrants are sure pain in the ass.
i just asked for proof and they started blabbing. at the same time these hypocrites also dislike religions.
What’s wrong with you?
Source?
he said source.
as in, reason us why? china has clearly expressed this desire over Taiwan, why wouldn’t it invade ever at all on a timeline?
I don’t care what he said.
How much time needs to pass before you admit you’re wrong?
Wow, you didn’t just move the goal posts, you shipped them cross state.
And that ratio, yikes!
Dang, you’re really dedicated to this.
Lol, gonna block you now. Getting annoying seeing you reply to all my posts.
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Ditto.
By 2080 either China will invade Taiwan or have a completely different government. There is no way the CCP doesn’t invade Taiwan by then
Cool. I guess most of us will be dead by then, so we never really get to see if you’re right or wrong.
Great argument.
Argument?
I predict that by the time I’m dead and no one can tell me I was wrong…
The number of opportunities they have to actually pull it off are so few and far between just from demographics, geography, and meteorology alone, that you can count with two hands the exact number of days between now and when the window will basically close permanently when they could even hypothetically make an attempt at it without cursing their entire invasion force to the bottom of the sea before they even encounter a defensive line.
Not to mention the rumours that Taiwan has developed a non-nuclear MAD doctrine which would allow them to instantly turn 400,000,000 Chinese citizens into refugees by blowing the 3 gorges dam. A scenario that would require China to turn any deployed forces right around to institute martial law.
Their best bets are;
a) when Trump is convicted
b) when Trump wins
c) when Trump loses
All three of those provide a large enough window where the US will be too busy to stop them
While it’s not telling what the US will do afterwards the question is would they rather have a defensive or offensive position
Uhh, a passing acquaintance with reality?
My understanding is that they know it’s not worth it for them. But unfortunately the “glory “ of the “reunification “ makes it worth it for their leaders that want to be remembered for this.
A lot of things in China are going downhill: trade, banks, real state. China isn’t just going for Taiwan, it’s projecting imperialism all around, even with India, another BRICS member. Taiwan is just the biggest mark. I wouldn’t cross off options for what imperialist despots will or will not do when they become increasingly desperate.
Imperialism? Get a grip.
If you take him at his word, then that implies that Putin and Iran teamed up together to start conflict in Gaza, purposely to reduce support for the Ukraines in their war.
Be really sad if it’s true, as that means people are dying in a war in one part of the world to support a war in another part of the world, a war they have no part in.
if it’s true
You’re actually entertaining the idea? lol.
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
You’re actually entertaining the idea? lol.
Vs?
Letting it be bored?
If it’s an effective distraction and Putin and Co. have fully taken advantage by increasing their bombings in the interim, and taking into account the state of information warfare, who is to say that they’re not fanning the flames in their favor?
There are clearly degrees to which one conflict can influence another and I wouldn’t put it past the power-hungry politicians to strategize around every opportunity they get.
I hate to say it, but within minutes of hearing about the attack by Hamas against Israel, the unexpectedness of it, and the scale of it, I asked myself, “Who’s funding this,” and, “Who gains by this?” And my brain replied, “Putin.”
Sure enough within days his puppets in our government (the USofA GOP) start talking about reducing/stopping aid to Ukraine.
It’s really the greatest example of fuck around find out.
Punch someone in the head and they turn around and belt you, you kind of deserve it.
I really don’t think that’s what’s being said here.
It’s creating a new front in regards to the proxy wars. Russia still has the numerical advantage over Ukraine in regards of people it throws into the grinder, but now Iran can get more involved by trying to harass through the Israel-Hamas conflict which decreases the provisions available for Ukraine.
Don’t focus on them…
What about meeeeeeeeeee?
Diverting aid from fighting fascists so that we can fund fascists. Yes, it’s fucked up.
