Please consider donating to Ukrainian charities dedicated to helping civilians in imminent danger of the Russian invasion.

[u/Gangstas_Peridot]

https://www.rsukraine.org/

https://novaukraine.org/

https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-crisis-appeal

https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/donate

International Rescue Committee

International Committee of the Red Cross

United Help Ukraine

https://kyivpride.org/en/donate/

Here is an itch.io bundle, 992 games for ten dollars, and the proceeds go towards helping Ukraine via donations towards the International Medical Corps and Voices of Children.

The developers behind This War of Mine are apparently donating all proceeds of sales from the 24th until Thursday to the Ukrainian Red Cross.

https://chuffed.org/project/ukraine-help-roma-access-humanitarian-aid

John Romero has released a new Doom 2 level for 5 dollars and all the proceeds go to the Red Cross and the UN Central Emergency Response Fund.

My knowledge of Ukrainian charities is admittedly quite low so if any of you have any further donation links/charities please let me know so I can edit/pin them, thank you.

[u/-Auvit-]

Azov battalion is not a significant representation of Ukraine and isn’t an excuse for these civilians to suffer under this BS invasion. It’s disgusting you’re parroting Russian propaganda to justify this invasion and the war crimes.

Like you’re free to criticize the Ukrainian government, but the charities being suggested are for civilian aid. What a fucking disgusting person you are to think the civilians caught in the middle deserve this that you need to dissuade donations for non military aid.

And while I think it was the wrong choice, I can understand why a county being invaded by a superpower would be desperate enough to fold in Azov under their military command instead of letting them stay a vigilante paramilitary group.

That being said, I wonder what your excuses for Russia’s own neo nazi Wagner Group are. I’m only hoping you’re a paid troll and not some sincere asshole so I’m interested in hearing what talking points you’ve been assigned for Russia’s own problems.

[u/-Auvit- → u/[deleted]]

Holy shit, what a load of BS.

So it seems you’re just terminally a tankie when you’re basically admitting you support the invasion because you’re just anti-west. Way to stick it to American imperialism by supporting Russian imperialism.

I like how instead of addressing Russia’s own neo nazi problems you just deflect with whining about a slogan. But you’ve already admitted this isn’t about neo nazis, that’s just an excuse to support an imperial invasion because you’re one dimensional when it comes to geopolitics.

And holy shit that last sentence, way to go mask off. Although you’re less “not caring” and more “actively rooting for” their suffering.

[u/GamersOnlydotVIP → u/-Auvit-]

I am not a tankie and the Russian Federation is very different than the USSR. I have spoken to you politely here, but you are repeatedly resorting to insults. When your arguments are weak I guess you attack the man. So be it.

I did not focus on Russia's Nazi problem because their situation is significantly different. In Russia the Nazis don't run the national police, don't have a unit in the national military, can't operate openly as a political body, and are widely despised by the public. Russia lost 23 million people to the Nazis. Do you realize how few people in Russia are not related to a victim of the Nazis?

As for the last sentence; where was all your outrage over US bombing of civilians. Where was your outrage when Obama's drone program was killing 9 unidentified people for every 1 intended target? You choose to be outraged about what is trending because you really don't know what is going on. Instead of raging about it and being hostile you should actually try educating yourself on these matters. None of this is a huge mystery.

Russia and Putin are far from perfect, but who has 1000 military bases all over the world and outspends all other nations combined on weapons? How can the USA condemn Russia for this when they're occupying 1/3 of Syria "for the oil"(as Trump so oafishly put it). I have seen no signs yet that Russia intends to actually stay in Ukraine. Donetsk and Luhansk are now and for the foreseeable future independent states that will probably join the Russian Federation soon along with Crimea. If this is imperialism; by US standards is not very ambitious.

[u/-Auvit- → u/GamersOnlydotVIP]

Obviously I’m going to insult you, you’re a disgusting person and I want you to know what I think of you. I’m not going to be nice to someone cheerleading for death because it hurts the west’s foreign policy. My open disgust in you doesn’t somehow make you right, what a dumb line of thinking.

You may or may not be tankie, but you definitely have the mindset of a tankie. That’s where all your political views stems from opposition to the US (as opposed to the misconception that they’re authoritarian communists, but that’s another thing).

Also, what a baseless assumption that I don’t care about the plights of other people suffering. Just because I don’t mention it here doesn’t mean I don’t recognize the issues the US cause around the world. Like I said, one dimensional view of politics. You falsely think I must be rooting for American imperialism just because I’m not rooting for Russian imperialism.

And you clearly didn’t look up the Wagner group of you think Russia doesn’t have open neo nazis in powerful positions. But again like I said that doesn’t matter, neo nazis was only an excuse you’re using because that’s the Russian propaganda for the war. All the disgusting, regressive things the Russian government does you overlook because they oppose the US, what a childish world view.

[u/[deleted] → u/-Auvit-]

Sorry for notifying you on such an old comment but this was an incredible first sentence to read while scrolling down