Description:
On October 29, 2022, Ukraine launched an attack on the port of temporarily occupied Sevastopol where Russian Black Sea fleet warships were stationed. The attack itself was carried out by small airborne and seaborne drones that managed to stay unnoticed until it was too late. Reportedly, the current Black Sea fleet flagship - Admiral Makarov frigate - got hit and suffered unknown damage. Russia claimed it was a 'terror attack' and pulled out of the 'grain deal'. But since it had no means of actually enforcing a blockade of Ukraine's ports, the deal remained effective.
The USVs were equipped with cameras and some footage of the raid was published by the AFU
The unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine is the most tragic thing that happened in Europe since WW2. This pointless war should be stopped.
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Do not allow yourself to be deceived by the orcish apologists and their talking points. They don't provide any evidence, don't cite any sources, and its perfectly in line with their Firehose of Falsehood propaganda doctrine. Their goal is to muddy the waters and prop up their flimsy casus belli with their propaganda factoids. The following list contains common talking points and sources that explicitly disprove them.
- "The Donbass conflict was a civil war". - False.
According to the Royal United Services Institute's briefing paper, which compiles various military and civilian reports, "The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) had to involve 117 combat and combat-support units to generate the approximately 42,000 troops rotating in the vicinity of the Russo–Ukrainian border: either stationed there, delivering artillery fire against Ukrainian territory from Russian soil, or directly participating in combat operations on Ukrainian sovereign territory."
There are also multiple cases of russian soldiers being captured in the Donbass region.
- "13000 russian-speakers were killed in Donbass by the Ukrainian forces". - False.
According to the OSCE and UN reports, 3106 civilians lost their lives during this conflict. This number also includes 298 occupants of the MH17 airliner shot down by the pro-russian forces. 67% of the fatalities occurred during the first year of the war when the fighting was the most intense. The 13000 figure includes Ukrainian soldiers and Russia-backed troops.
- "Ukraine is a nazi country". - False.
After the Revolution of Dignity, presidential candidates from all Ukrainian ultranationalist parties combined won only 1.86% of the votes; the number of votes on parliamentary elections the same year for them was even smaller - 1.80%.
- "Ukraine bans russian language". - False.
Prior to the 2022 invasion, most Ukrainian schools had mandatory Russian classes. The curriculum is available on the official website of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine:
* Російська мова для загальноосвітніх навчальних закладів з навчанням російською мовою (this one's great because it says there are schools that use the russian language exclusively)
* Російська мова для загальноосвітніх навчальних закладів з навчанням українською мовою (початок вивчення з 5 класу)
* Російська мова для загальноосвітніх навчальних закладів з навчанням українською мовою (початок вивчення з 1 класу)
* Російська мова (this one is not as specific, but it's in the last section that lists curricula for schools with in-depth study of certain subjects)
