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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/27773720

not only about presidential and parliamentarian elections, but opinions about the war, raising or lowering taxes, corruption perception, integration in both the EU and NATO, preferred language used at home, prohibition of russian in Ukraine, prohibition of the russian aligned Orthodox church of the moscow patriarcate in Ukraine, capping the armed forces, at what number should that be, trusting putin to respect any ceasefire he promises to respect, how to deal with trump, where do they see Ukraine in 5 years, is it a Ukraine free from russian interference, how to deal with its soviet past...

I don't speak any Ukrainian and don't know any reputable Ukrainian source, but I could translate it.

English speaking media only treats these questions superficially.

not only about presidential and parliamentarian elections, but opinions about the war, raising or lowering taxes, corruption perception, integration in both the EU and NATO, preferred language used at home, prohibition of russian in Ukraine, prohibition of the russian aligned Orthodox church of the moscow patriarcate in Ukraine, capping the armed forces, at what number should that be, trusting putin to respect any ceasefire he promises to respect, how to deal with trump, where do they see Ukraine in 5 years, is it a Ukraine free from russian interference, how to deal with its soviet past...

I don't speak any Ukrainian and don't know any reputable Ukrainian source, but I could translate it.

English speaking media only treats these questions superficially.

I don't mean the EU as such, as it doesn't have any spying capabilities, but states like the UK, France, Germany and maybe Sweden, Norway, Italy or Spain must have satellites orbiting earth to spy on adversaries, equipment to eavesdrop on communications like the NSA does, operatives on the ground...

Can they substitute American intelligence gathering, now the US is essentially trying to pull a chamberlain on Ukraine?

it's like you believe you can tariff them expecting they won't do the same. Why do you believe the rest of the world is not going to retaliate and why do you believe America can prosper without the rest of the world?

What's the point of having a military alliance with countries you puts tariffs on? That's unfriendly to say the least.