Opening the comments section of stories like this is always a real eye opener for the type of people lemmy has attracted kinda sad.

No kidding. Who is honestly against moves like this? I mean very few issues are black and white and defending Ukraine is as close to being on the right side of history as one can get. They were invaded by a much larger country that suppressed them for so long. They are a democracy that is trying really hard to further the will of their people. Russians are committing genocide against the local population. Supporting Ukraine and watching the Ukrainians fight back for their freedom is one of the few great parts of history that inspires.

Who is honestly against moves like this? I mean very few issues are black and white and defending Ukraine is as close to being on the right side of history as one can get.

Says every single chickenhawk in this country every time there's a war. There is always an excuse.

Vietnam: They attacked us in the Gulf of Tonkin (which was false) and we have to fight communism!

Iraq 1983: We have to help Saddam Hussein defeat Iran. It's the right thing to do!

Iraq 2003: They did 9/11 and they have WMD's! (They didn't.) We killed a few hundred thousand Iraqis anyway just to make Halliburton a shit-ton of money.

Afghanistan: The Taliban is evil! (True, but that doesn't mean we should go bankrupt policing them permanently.)

And it's only a matter of time before any justifications for Ukraine blow up in your faces too. There's already been a ton of reporting on the corruption in the Ukrainian government this year. We'll learn more about that as we get even further entrenched into this war.

Except that in this case the situation really is black and white, no grey area. A peaceful sovereign country was invaded by some genocidal fucks and it is our duty to help them. Corruption is not an excuse to stop the support, because Ukraine is actively trying to sort it out too. They know what life is like in the EU and they want more of that.

For the record, I live in EU, some 60 miles from the nearest russian military base. I have personal interest in Ukraine's victory because if it falls, then my country might be next.

Yup, no gray area at all, just like every other time. This is exactly what the warhawks said about the war on terror.

Why do you have to bring whataboutism into this? I'm not talking about the past, I'm talking about this current war right now. It's extremely clear who are the good guys here.