Kyiv says it has liberated four villages - the first since President Zelensky announced the offensive.
  • Ukraine says it has liberated four villages in the south-east, calling these the first settlements won back from Russia since Kyiv’s counter-offensive began
  • On Monday morning, officials reported that “the national flag is once again waving” over Storozhove, in the Donetsk region
  • A day earlier, footage showed Ukrainian troops celebrating in Blahodatne and Neskuchne - and a minister said nearby Makarivka was also taken
  • The settlements are relatively small - and Moscow is yet to confirm any retreat
  • The Institute for the Study of War backs up Kyiv’s claims, saying Ukraine captured “multiple settlements” along the frontline over the weekend
  • On Saturday, President Zelensky acknowledged that the long-awaited counter-offensive was under way
    • 133arc585@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think dehumanizing name calling is acceptable here. There are only three rules, and following them isn’t very difficult. You can disagree with someone and be respectful towards them. If you can’t be respectful towards them, you can simply not reply at all. There is no excuse for being hateful.

        • 133arc585@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          It’s really unbelievable the amount of aggression, hate, personal attacks, and the like I’m seeing. And the issue is, those tactics aren’t used in addition to real logical and rational discussion backed by facts, they’re used in place of those. So instead of seeing level-headed conversation (even with disagreement!), I’m seeing an unsettling amount of vitriol that does nothing useful.

          If you’re so unquestioningly tied to your beliefs that you become aggressive at the thought of considering that you may be wrong, and don’t feel bad for attacking another human to defend your ego, I don’t know why you engage in “discussion”. There’s some leap people take from “this person has a different opinion than me” to “this person is not worthy of respect and actively deserves to be attacked for their beliefs”.

          I understand reddit was thriving largely on rage, and I guess it was probably naive of me to assume that people would moderate themselves in another forum to act any differently.