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bradyso t1_j9ugeyg wrote

What is happening in the north? Do the border guards just look at the Russian border guards since there's no fighting there right now?

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the_3d6 t1_j9v0t2p wrote

That's what happens on border with Belorussia which is giving free passage for russian troops but officially hadn't joined the war. On russian border it's more tense, although in general yes, both sides keep clear from small- and medium arms range, and heavy armor is mostly not used there (with occasional exceptions)

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delocx t1_j9vpd7e wrote

The exceptions of course being sporadic reports of the occasional artillery pot shot across one way or the other between Ukraine and Russia in the north, but yes, mostly just building, reinforcing, and manning defensive lines.

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ppitm t1_j9w9dxa wrote

Don't worry, Russia still kills civilians with pointless artillery attacks on Ukrainian villages.

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That_randomdutchguy t1_j9vad3g wrote

Poland is the main humanitarian corridor and way of flight for the 8 million who fled Ukraine, and the majority 9f refugees fled to the EU, not to Russia.

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laverabe t1_j9wxt33 wrote

2 million fled to Russia? I find that hard to believe, do you have a source for that?

I think it would be interesting to see visualized data on how many people fled Ukraine/Russia and in what directions.

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the_3d6 t1_j9v1uun wrote

8M people left Ukraine. Of those who did it of their own will ~5M went to Europe. It is unknown how many people willingly moved to russia - but there are many known facts of forced deportation there

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V_es t1_j9v3pre wrote

Around 2 million went to Russia. As far as I know, the most into one country. 1.2m into Poland.

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the_3d6 t1_j9v49br wrote

I agree with that number. But it's really not clear how many did so willingly - and not because they had no option to move in Europe or elsewhere so it was the only safe~ish destination available

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Winjin t1_j9w0y8b wrote

You do know a lot of people living in the west of Ukraine identified as Russian?

I see people painting this like a hostage situation, but these people are not kept in camps or something, they have internet and flats.

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the_3d6 t1_j9w2xiy wrote

Not in the west, but there are indeed such people in the east. Yet even there a vast majority condemned russian actions. Clearly forced deportation didn't happen often - but people on occupied territories are given a choice of going through many filtration checkpoints in order to get to free Ukraine (with very real chances to be detained for as much as pro-Ukrainian telegram.channel found in their phone), or unrestricted, no questions asked passage to russia

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Winjin t1_j9xhb7e wrote

Right, sorry, the East, the currently occupied parts basically.

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Mistercanadianface t1_j9y4bdi wrote

In Quebec some people feel closer ties to France than Canada - does this mean France should invade?

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