Perhaps you do not realize this but when you live in homogeneous community, differences on other dimension amplify. Saying that they look like us might simply mean that people should put other prejudices aside.
Putin has stated that the attack against Ukraine was necessary because they are not human (this is what calling somebody a Nazi means in Russia) and they must be destroyed therefore. The second reason was that Ukraine looks too well on sexual minorities and this perversion must be stopped.
To add to what GP commented here [1], African and Asian students studying in Ukraine do not deserve to discriminated against by Ukrainians, irrespective of the current difficult circumstances.
Your claims are still unsubstantiated and even then, these students, bystanders in a foreign war, have a right to safe passage without harassment from Ukrainian border guards or civilians.
Stupid whining. There are reports of children who have walked days to reach the border because these convoys are just blocked. These cry babies were able to wait a little. I said women and children are the priority, which obviously means women with children first, if it this obvious thing was not understandable. This is very stressful situation and you should maintain your calm. When you loose it and start a tantrum, you are not treated well in such situations.
I'll just remind you that the source article cites accounts from African women who just happen to be students in Ukraine in the middle of this unfortunate conflict. The rest of your still unsubstantiated comments are not worth repeating.
If this is "stupid whining" then I don't see how we can engage in a civil discussion on a very valid topic. Have yourself a good evening/ day.
"Having the U.S. risk global nuclear annihilation over Ukraine is an indescribably insane view, as one realizes upon a few seconds of sober reflection."
No, it is not. Loosing Ukraine to Russia means imminent danger to whole Europe and from there U.S. This war is existential.
Letting Russia know that nuclear retaliation is very real possibility forces Russian establishment to reconsider current situation and options.
Putin may be (or maybe not) crazy, but the whole Russia is not and Russians understand real power very well.
I prefer not to die in nuclear Armageddon, but I do not want live in Europe constantly threatened and sliced or worse, concurred and destroyed by Putin.
Nonsense. The Soviet Union had Ukraine as a member state without Europe being "constantly sliced".
Ukraine is a vital interest to Russia. It is not to US or Europe.
Liberal ideologues in EU and US are bringing nuclear Armageddon closer with their dangerous insistence on ideological crusades instead of rational analysis of opposing states vital interests.
Let me elaborate it to you - you need to update your calendar. It is not 1980 anymore, it is 2022 and Ukraine is independent country who is willing to join EU and NATO. This is their choice and nobody has any say in this.
And you are right. This is an ideological question. A principal question. This is why we are backing Ukraine against aggressor in this illegal war.
Nope. It is more like 1972 than 2022. It doesn't matter what Ukraine wants. It doesn't matter, in the same sense that it didn't matter what Iraq wanted in 2003, or Serbia in 1998. We need to wake up in the West. And Ukraine needs to stop thinking like a teenager who's listening to his dangerous friend's cheap advice (the US). They are nobody's good friend.
Only winning strategy is MAD. If using nuclear option comes into question then powers helping to defend Ukraine should make it very clearly known that any use of nuclear weapons by Russia will be retaliated by full nuclear response. If there is doubt, then probability of actual nuclear weapon use will grow exponentially with every day this conflict is dragging on.
