What are you even on about? Russia confirmed they took the kids

What amount of kids are you talking about? I specifically mentioned that this happened occasionally with few children left behind in the frontlines. I also discussed the 16k number thrown around by the Ukrainian government not being backed by any evidence or independent research, and most likely being a propaganda stunt.

I don’t have an interest in Russia winning, I’m sad for Ukrainian people and for the existence of the war, I’m just asking you to remember the people on the left of the political spectrum that have been asking for negotiations for the past 3 years, and who’ve been labeled as “pro-russian” for asking for negotiations as early as possible. The war will end with negotiations, the negotiations will most likely end up being unfortunate for Ukrainian interests and beneficial to the Russian government, and the 3 years of meat grinder could have been avoided if negotiations had happened from the start.

Just the kidnapping of Ukrainian children alone makes it genocidal

Ah yes, the “kidnapping of 16.000 Ukrainian children” that the United Nations report couldn’t verify and whose only source is the Ukrainian government, which is famously at war with the country it’s accusing. There were some instances of kids in the frontline towns being found by the Russian military and in some cases being sent to Russia, but it’s not a generalised thing mainly because, well, there are usually no fucking children in a frontline.

And the immediate ceasefire offer was not on any conditions of territorial exchange, just that they would stop shooting while negotiating. Russia categorically denied any stop to the war this year

Now that Russia is regaining Kursk at a fast pace, how would you expect Russia to want a ceasefire? “Hold up, we’re losing fast, let’s just stop the shooting altogether?”

Also, why would you say they are losing?

Because the Russian troops have been consistently advancing for the past two years, and in the past week most of Kursk including the city of Sudzha has been retaken by Russia. Just don’t be surprised when the war ends by means of negotiation and the terms are bad to Ukraine.

It’s an unfair war inflicted on the Ukrainian population, but calling it genocidal is crazy. Look at the civilian casualty rate in Ukraine, and compare it with another non-genocidal war like that of the invasion of Iraq.

They just signaled that they are open to an immediate ceasefire, but the Russians denied the offer.

They’re open to an immediate ceasefire on their own conditions, which isn’t something you can expect when you’re, you know, losing a war.

Negotiating?

Yes, Russia is a borderline fascist empire as it stands now, and its government deserves extreme criticism for it. Sad consequence of dismantling the Soviet Union and selling it to the most corrupt bidder under the supervision of MIT economists.

What’s your point anyway? That sending people to the meat grinder in Ukraine is good actually by either side of the proxy inter-imperialist conflict?

You don’t get it though, Russia bad. Therefore, throwing your male population through forced conscription into the meat grinder with no expectation of winning is based and cool and patriotic.