Russia, whose defense and security agencies are heavily focused on its war in Ukraine, has seen a recent upsurge in Islamist militant attacks.

Russia, whose defense and security agencies are heavily focused on its war in Ukraine, has seen a recent upsurge in Islamist militant attacks.

Four knife-wielding prisoners claiming to be Islamic State group militants launched a deadly attack in a penal colony in southern Russia on Friday before being killed and their hostages released, officials said.

The attack left four people dead, while the four hostage-taking prisoners were “neutralized” by snipers, Russian officials said.

The attackers initially seized eight penal colony employees and four fellow inmates, according to Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Ser

  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.mlEnglish
    19·
    3 months ago

    If you want the least amount of blood spilled, you should be advocating to send weapons to Ukraine.

    There were peace offers from Russia a year ago that would have had them give up a portion of their occupied territory for peace. Ukraine declined because they believed they had the means to take back even more territory (at the expense of a lot more Ukrainian blood).

    We’d have avoided the last year’s bloodshed if we stopped sending weapons back then.

    What we are seeing right now is the absolute worst possible scenario for Ukrainians; a quick win or loss wouldn’t have killed 100K+, destroyed millions of homes, and displaced millions of refugees.

    signaling to Russia that they can’t invade other countries for free

    Russia can barely manage to invade the Russian-speaking parts of Ukraine, do you really think they’re planning to invade NATO next?

    • calcopiritus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      Ah yes. Surely if you give Russia the land it wants, it will never again invade. Surely. Just like they agreed to never invade Ukraine if they gave up their nukes.

      Pro tip: if Russia invades your country, just give them your land! That way noone will die! Except those that died at the start of the invasion. And those that will die in the next invasion when Russia wants more free land.