The claim that the Black Sea Grain Initiative was a “Western ruse” is false. The deal allowed Ukrainian grain exports to prevent global food shortages while also accommodating Russian agricultural exports. The EU did not block Russian payments outright but offered alternative payment mechanisms, including through Russia’s Agricultural Bank. Russia unilaterally withdrew from the deal in July 2023, weaponizing food supplies for leverage.

The idea that Ukraine was “killing Russian-speaking Ukrainians in Donbas” is a debunked Kremlin myth. No credible international body has found evidence of genocide. In 2014, Russian-backed separatists, aided by Moscow, took up arms against Ukraine. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Russia’s justification for war under this pretext was baseless. If Russia cared about Russian-speaking Ukrainians, why did it obliterate cities like Mariupol and Kharkiv?

The Bucha massacre is one of Russia’s most well-documented war crimes. Satellite imagery, intercepted communications, and independent investigations confirm that Russian forces executed civilians. The claim that Ukraine staged it is pure disinformation. Similarly, the Mariupol Drama Theater bombing, where “CHILDREN” was visibly marked outside, was a Russian airstrike. No credible evidence suggests Ukraine planted explosives.

The assertion that Ukraine committed war crimes in Kursk is fabricated. Kursk is deep inside Russia, and no independent body has reported such crimes. Meanwhile, Russia has systematically targeted Ukrainian civilians, bombing Kharkiv, Odesa, and Mariupol. Many so-called "witness interviews" and "footage" spread by pro-Russian sources are staged, misattributed, or outright fakes, often using footage from other conflicts.

Lastly, the tactic of throwing out multiple falsehoods and then refusing to engage is a standard disinformation strategy. By flooding discussions with debunked claims and then saying, “I don’t have time to argue”, they seek to overwhelm rather than debate honestly. If they had real evidence, they’d cite independent investigations, not propaganda accounts.

"Sorry, Armchair Critic! Your pro-Russian bias is blatant."
- Damn right it is.

But not because I hate Ukraine, it's because *take note
I don't support U.S. sanctions and overthrows and their endless wars of imperialism.

You have pro Ukraine bias, what's the big deal?
What do you want to assassinate me like Ukraine has to Russian bloggers?

"Calling Ukraine’s counteroffensive a 'failure' oversimplifies modern warfare."
- No it's actually black and white.
The attacking force historically requires a 3 to 1 advantage to have any chance of success. Ukraine's aim was to break through Russias defensive lines, cut the land bridge or in the case of Kursk take control of the Kursk NPP, Ukraine failed in those goals, all the defender had to do to succeed in their goals was to prevent you achieving it. Both cases resulted in significant loss of Ukrainian men and equipment that would've been better used in defence, not offense.
Saying you downgraded the Russians fighting capacity is moot when they can still replace losses and are still gaining territory and slowly bring the AFU towards collapse. How much territory gained in those couter offenses does Ukraine still hold? None. Ukraine was focused solely of gaining territory, Russia was focuses on destroying Ukraine's capacity to fight.
And I didn't say everyone knew I said certain people who were paying attention predicted the outcome. Do you have any evidence of these human wave attacks? I never saw any. They hammered the Ukrainians with an 8 to 1 artillery advantage, then moved forward.
Who now holds Avdiivka and Bakhmut?

The Russians lead you into a fire-bag and you served them as a garbage compactor for NATO weapons and equipment.
You helped them demilitarise NATO.

"Your argument on the Budapest Memorandum dodges Russia’s blatant violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty."
Ukraine stopped being neutral before Russia invaded and you're not sovereign, but a western vassal state. Western bankers own more of Ukraine now should you successfully defend it.
Ukraine never had nukes, they were Soviet nukes stationed in Ukraine. Belarus does not control nukes Russia stations in Belarus either.

"Russia made neutrality impossible through repeated aggression."
- The aggression was a western sponsored coup by CIA, the National Endowment for Democracy, USAID funding and Soros' Open Society foundation. And it was Victoria Nuland who decided the leadership, not Ukrainians, i.e. 'F- the EU' phone call.
It's not a grassroots protest movement (Maidan) if it's extremists funded by lead by Western interests to create division and civil unrest, it's not sovereignty or independence for Ukraine if it's foreign interference and vassal status with a puppet government to be used as a proxy against a foreign nuclear superpower.
Russia took Crimea and Sevastopol to prevent that Naval base becoming a NATO base and losing dominance of the Black Sea to the West.
You played with fire, poked the bear and got burned.

"Calling for Ukraine to 'cut its losses' is just a call for surrender.
- That would be the sensible option, but Ukraine's not ready for it so it'll have to lose more men and territory.

"The reality is that Ukraine, with Western support, has humiliated what was once considered the world’s second most powerful military—and any future resolution will favor Kyiv, not Moscow."
- No, the reality is that Russia was made more stronger militarily, financially and more unified as a nation while Ukraine has been laid to waste.

"The claim that the Black Sea Grain Initiative was a “Western ruse” is false. The deal allowed Ukrainian grain exports to prevent global food shortages while also accommodating Russian agricultural exports."
- I've seen an account of where the grain went. it went to Europe, not the Global South. and it was the EU that blocks Russia's grain shipments to the global south, and is still doing so now.

"The idea that Ukraine was 'killing Russian-speaking Ukrainians in Donbas' is a debunked Kremlin myth."
- Saying that doesn't make it true.
Why don't you go and try and convince the Russia-Speaing Ukrainians in the Donbass themselves?
I've seen plenty of footage and interviews.

"Russian-backed separatists, aided by Moscow, took up arms against Ukraine."
"The Bucha massacre is one of Russia’s most well-documented war crimes."
- Well documented hoax. Like I said- 'Safari'.
Lavrov is still requesting the names of the claimed victims.
Ukraine won't give those details, because it might tell a story.

'Mariupol Drama Theater bombing' - I've seen and heard first hand witness testimony from 70+ year old women who were present at the time, as well as testimony from people in Donetsk and Luhansk who state the war was unavoidable, and the interviewer wasn't Russian, but a British ex-pat.

Kursk war crimes:
http://myanmar.mid.ru/upload/iblock/8f3/7mwf2s64u0mrh9gy02zi5kaip11by782.pdf
http://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=613130174910236

"Meanwhile, Russia has systematically targeted Ukrainian civilians, bombing Kharkiv, Odesa, and Mariupol."
- Only because Ukraine places its military or western handlers or western military suppliers amongst them using them as human shields, and when Russian missiles and Ukrainian / Western air defense interceptors 'fall out of the sky', that doesn't count, it's just unfortunate not a planned thing. It happens.

"Lastly, the tactic of throwing out multiple falsehoods and then refusing to engage is a standard disinformation strategy."
- It wouldn't matter what I said, you'd always fall back upon claims of 'Russian-propaganda' anyway.
Am I right or am I wrong?
I only get 4 comments a day on the main forum, and I don't have the time at the moment.
Plus, the more you speak, the more I have to refute.

If you post in the general forum, I'll get 8 comments a day, and I invite you to do so.
I'm sure I'll find the time to respond now and then when I'm not doing other things.

As for NAZIs and Zelensky.
I've seen the many pictures of Zuluzny and co posing in front of OUN flags and Bandera and the commemorations every year of his death, as well as Sbovoda and Right Sector.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-ukrainian-nationalists-march-in-in-honor-of-nazi-collaborator/
http://x.com/KimDotcom/status/1753474199921070358
http://x.com/maxbiaggi30/status/1609912898679181314
http://x.com/timand2037/status/1579367301547454465
The NAZI friendly Banderites do the same in my country, and others.
http://cym.org/en/au/stepan-bandera-commemoration-2021/

I also know about the Hasidic immigrations, checkpoints and no-go-zones for non-Jewish Ukrainians, as well as Zelensky saying he wants Ukraine to become like Israel.
Kolomoisky, Zelensky, Shmyhal, Reznikov (no longer in government), Yermak.
Strange the Jewish / NAZI commonality, but true nonetheless.
Rule by the oligarchs and elite maybe?

If you still think Ukraine can win, obviously the Russians need to beat Ukraine further into submission?
And if you really want to fight to the last Ukrainian, rest assured the Russians will accommodate you in this.
They have 100 million more people than Ukraine, and if Ukraine can't win with U.S assistance then they surely can't win without it.
But who am I to try to convince you otherwise?
Good luck, you'll need it.

- You can always come back in a few more years and we can 'debate honestly' how it all went, if any of us are even still here.

Finally, Ukraine's will to win at any cost risks nuclear confrontation and my country is paying for the weapons to keep it going and giving those amongst the Ukrainians who wish to flee a safe haven.

Somehow you 'believe' that Ukraine can sustain the weapons and manpower to win; (whilst the EU 'begs' for a ceasefire)
Undermine Russia financially leading to Putin's ousting or assassination leading to a favourable outcome.
Really all Ukraine's doing is doing helping destroy the global economy, needlessly sending people to die and risking a nuclear war.

Do you really think you'll have independence, sovereignty and democracy when ruled by Brussels and NATO?
EU is petrified of 'populists', i.e. anti-nationalist, governed by unelected bureaucrats that are authoritarian in nature, who support and foster regime changes and remove leaders undesirable to them with lawfare, denying citizens the right to be represented, great democracy.

Neither Ukrainians or the Europeans are smart enough to comprehend a policy of neutrality is the safest thing possible for each of you.

You'd probably be happy if Lukashenko and Georgia Dream were overthrown so their citizens could be conscripted kicking and screaming and used as cannon fodder against Russia too.

Bravo, AC !!

I hope OLO members can take the time to read your comments and can be similarly inspired to think beyond the fictional narrative fed to us by Western mainstream media.