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  Putin invaded for one reason to take all of Ukraine back. 
  It has nothing to do with the revolution. Nothing to do with protecting Russians. Nothing to do with nato
  Russians can also have kids. But the birth rate across Russia is dropping badly. If the war continues and people continue to leave Russia. They could drop below 1.2 million births this year. A first in modern history.
  You look at those numbers and the slowing birth rate. You can see why Russians are buying Ukrainian kids.
  Also like if Putin really wanted to protect Russians. He wouldn’t force a draft that leads to tens of thousands dying.
  If Putin wanted to protect Russians he wouldn’t send back to the battlefield before they got cleared by doctors.
  If Putin wanted to protect Russians he wouldn’t order the Wagner group to execute anyone who retreats.
  If Putin wanted to protect Russians he’d punish the soldiers and mercs who rape and murder other Russian soldiers. 
  One Russian soldier who served in Chechnya wars, Afghanistan and Ukraine killed himself because he was tired of war. He was raped and beaten by the Wagner group before he hung himself. 
  If Putin wanted to protect Russians he would’ve pulled out of Ukraine after the first 100 thousand soldier deaths. 
  If Putin wanted to protect Russians he wouldn’t draft murderers, rapists and other people from Russian and African prisons.
  If Putin wanted to protect Russians he wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine
context: *kidnap. They’re preparing to kidnap 100,000 Ukrainians >
  
  Abduct. Kidnap is when you nap a kid. Although there's probably gonna be some kids in that. >
  
  You're talking about legal terms, I'm talking about etymology.
  Wikipedia, much like the dictionary, is not an authority. >
  
  More pointing out common usage and helping you to not be an off-putting pedant.
  And the dictionary is absolutely the fucking authority on language usage, wtf? >
  
  It's a record of usage, words are made-up and thus do not have inherent meaning.
  Language is descriptive, not proscriptive.
  If you picked a tone out of me being clinical that's more a you thing than a me thing. >
  
  It wasn't a tone, just a general cuntiness. >
  
  It absolutely wasn't, you just assumed it was.
  You've now explicitly insulted me two or three separate times and I haven't said a thing against you.
  You even had the audacity to pretend you were doing me a favor by "helping" me.
  Goodbye. >
  
  Not deport. “Kidnap” is maybe the word. “Ethnically cleansed from their homeland” might work. And so on. 
  The media’s insane standard of impartiality is killing this world. Call shit what it is. >
  
  Deport is the word.  Just add it to the list of war crimes, I guess... >
  
  Isn’t it actually importing though? >
  
  I join those questioning the use of the word 'deport' here in this context... >
  
  Genocide by literal definition. >
  
  No.  Forced deportation is a separate crime altogether covered by a different convention. >
  
  In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
  Killing members of the group;
  Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
  Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
  Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
  Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group >
  
  They've been doing that for almost a year.  These are just Ukrainians in general though. >
  
  It's called kidnapping and genocide. >
  
  I really wish media would use the actual words. >
  
  More slaves for the slave State. >
  
  My grandfather was deported to Siberia after ww2. Luckily he made it back, otherwise I wouldn't exist. I wonder how many people don't... >
  
  How are they gonna manage that? They hardly have a strong enough presence to get to major population centers and start rounding up civilians undeterred. >
  
  Right, I’d like to know more about the logistic side of this. Also, how would they manage this silently, as doing it in plain sight would turn many of their last remaining allies against them >
  
  How has almost 3 million Ukrainians end up in Russia since February last year??  You think 100k will bother them??? >
  
  Deport?
  It’s human trafficking. >
  
  This is genocide. >
  
  Deport -> to where? Russia where they will never be seen again. I bet you anything they are gasing them in the streets. >
  
  Siberia, to use as slave workforce. Like they've done before >
  
  How do you deport someone from their own country? This news outlet should be reported to media watchdogs >
  
  Did you report them? >
  
  nope, I don’t live in the EU. did you? >
  
  That is not "deporting". That is kidnapping. >
  
  Good let Ukrainians sabotage inside Russia without making the trek. >
  
  kidnap >
  
  "Deport"? 
  Try "kidnap". >
  
  Colonialism and genocide, disgusting Russian scum. >
  
  Free Labour - german style >
  
  Telling someone they are committing war crimes as a deterrent for them in committing more and worse war crimes is not going to stop any wars. Also, threatening to charge them with war crimes after the war is over, when they have no intention of ending the war, is pointless too. If you don't have people go and arrest the soldiers captured who did war crimes and start arresting members of their government (after getting all allies out of Russia first) then nothing will stop. Thoughts? I have no background in conflict resolution/management anything close to this. >
  
  From personal sources I can tell you this is not a deportation.  They are moving those Ukrainians who have accepted Russian citizenship and passports and are working with occupying forces in civilian capacities.
  That's not to say that RF has not done forced relocation of loyal Ukrainians or worse. No one knows what Russia's end game here is.  And in the grand scheme  of things, perhaps it's best for those people who accepted Russian citizenship to leave peacefully while they can instead of being tried for treason and collaboration once Ukraine wins those territories back. >
  
  “I know that this is not forced relocation, but that’s not to say they don’t do exactly that right now in that area.” Ok. 
  Also, “accepted citizenship.” With a rifle to my wife’s skull I’d accept that up was down, dude. 
  Your post reads like Russian propaganda. >
  
  That's your prerogative to perceive it as such.  But people were offered money to change passports and many have gladly accepted.  So it's not quiet the rifle you implying.
  Is it hard to believe that there are Russian supporters in Ukraine?  Maybe you missed the part where Ukraine is actively looking for collaborators?  Sure, Russia does plenty shady shit and Ukrainians are at risk.
  It's not always violence that gets people motivated. >
  
  This happens in war time. In WWII an ex-gf’s grandfather ran a sporting goods shop and sold a lot of hunting gear and other things to Nazi during that time. Collaborated with them and benefitted despite the fact that there was an occupied nature of things with a resistance force, et c. He wasn’t a part of the resistance force, he simply adjusted. When occupied Belgium was liberated, he adjusted there was well. I get why another commentator might quote gladly with skepticism but when it comes to opportunity in such a time, people are always glad to accept whatever opportunities they can get. C’est la vie. >
  
  I'm glad at least someone is seeing this from a rational point of view. People who are downvoting probably reacting emotionally and likely haven't even watch the clip.  I liberally know people who are experiencing this invasion first hand.  But hey, I'm the one spewing Russian propaganda, right? >
  
  We need other countries to offer resources and opportunities for refuge for Ukraine civilians other than Russia. Russia shouldn't be leading the effort on this, this makes western nations look like a joke. The U.S. has done a tremendous amount for the Ukrainian effort undoubtedly, however I would like to see us offer refuge to millions of Ukrainians civilians caught in the war zone, especially women and children. >
  
  Russian deporting is a lot like normal international kidnapping. >
  
  So that’ll take care of declining birth rates. >
  
  Why are news publications using terms that imply that Russia is doing anything civilized to Ukrainians? Russia is abducting, seizing, kidnapping, taking, snatching, etc. Ukrainians. >
  
  Putin and the people who go along to get along are assholes. I know that’s extreme to say but I’m gonna say it anyway >
  
  “Ukrainians can’t fight if there aren’t any Ukrainians!”
  Absolutely monstrous. >
  
  I find that puzzling. Whereas America is trying to deport its immigrants for fear of diluting its White majority. I would think Russia would be adverse to importing a captive minority. Are they going to be placed in camps, interspersed with the majority Russians, sent to Siberia for resettlement? >
  
  Kidnapping? >
  
  Wtf is this title?? Journalist is a idiot or a shill. Clearly unfamiliar with the definition of the word depart >
  
  Next news: Russia finds new 100,000 conscripts >
  
  I don't doubt it for a second. >
  
  Deport them and then sign them up for military service to force them to invade their own country. Or just arm Ukrainian men to turn on Russian >
  
  So, deported to death.   Just to be clear. >
  
  are they finally catching on to ukrainians in the occupied areas sending intel back to ukrainian military/govt? >
  
  How can a country deport people from a land they claim to have annexed to what would be the same country?? Did they report this deport, or were they just playing some sport in their fort? >
  
  You are right. Seem like its Russia trying to protect who they consider their people. >
  
  If Russia really wanted to protect them they wouldn’t have invaded. They could just say move to Russia. Hitler said the same thing. He must protect the ethnic Germans so he invaded >
  
  In this point of time the intention is protection, it is mainly people of Kherson a city that's about to be lost, Russian ethnics could easily be under Ukraine's army scrutiny for being collaborators with the enemy (which most probably were, but that's not the point).
  You comment is so out of context, like Russia/Putin did invade for other reasons. But in this instance it is clear what's the intention. In the other comment you claim they do so to sell them to Russian families. Like Russians can't just have kids? like there is a nation somewhere so in need to import kids?
  Also the motivation of Russia's invasion started with Ukraine's 2014 revolution, which was a right wing revolution supported by the West that opposed the president of the time's choosing closer ties with Russia over Europe. Russia saw it as middling in the affairs of the bordering state, ethnic Russians in Ukraine saw it as the West ousting a president that wanna have relations with Russia, this started the war, ethnic Russians started forming militia.
  There is no clear hero here, it is nations' politics.