Hasan Piker's Position on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
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Throughout the Russian invasion of Ukraine 
, Hasan has maintained a stance that is simultaneously supportive of Ukraine and hyper-critical of America 's involvement. At the onset of the conflict, Hasan denied the impending invasion, arguing Ukraine and Russia wanted peace and that news of a potential invasion was simply "western fearmongering" headed by "bloodthirsty maniacs" within the American government. Immediately following the invasion, Hasan admits that while his prior assumptions were incorrect, western state departments should remain at fault for pumping out disinformation relating to the conflict. When asked for examples of such disinformation, he cites the state's departments predictions that Russia will bomb and invade Kyiv . Two days following Hasan asserting this, Russia would go on to bomb and invade Kyiv.
Following the invasion, Hasan would hold on-stream donation goals towards Ukrainian relief funds, and would consistently decry the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin .[1] Despite this, Hasan maintained a staunch anti-American stance which often-times mirrored Russian-talking points/propaganda. This included:
- Stating the US should force Ukraine to negotiate a ceasefire
- Arguing Ukraine has no more men left to mobilize
- Advocating for Ukraine to pursue appeasement towards Russia
Position Prior to invasion
On February 5, 2022, President Joe Biden's senior officials informed lawmakers that Russia had gathered 70% of the forces needed to mounted a full-scale invasion of Ukraine .[2]
On February 8, 2022, Hasan claims that Russia and Ukraine "can't go to war" and "the idea that Russia is going to do a land invasion into Ukraine is psychotic."[3] He goes on to state "The only people that want that to happen or act like it could potentially happen are western backers of war, people that are far away, people that will stand to benefit from this because they're gonna sell weapons."
.[4]On February 11, 2022, reports from the White House warned of an imminent Ukrainian invasion and urged citizens to flee the country immediately.[5] That same day, Hasan states Ukraine and Russia truly want peace and that the US is "acting sus". Minutes later, Hasan listens to a press conference from Putin about how Ukraine joining NATO would mean all of Europe joining a war with Russia. Hasan uses this speech to critique U.S. leadership, saying, "Does this sound like a person who's like 'I'm gonna invade Ukraine?' No, he's saying [he] doesn't want Ukraine to be a part of NATO."[6]
On February 15, 2022, in response to reports that "diplomacy is continuing to work", Hasan tweets the following:
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hasanabi @hasanthehun |
| “no way dude that’s crazy!!!!!!!! hopefully everyone in my chat who thought war was imminent will now come in w a new perspective. engage in some self examination as to why you got blindsided by msms war drums once again." |
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| SOURCE · 11:44 AM · Feb 15, 2022 | |
On February 16, 2022, Hasan uploads a video titled "I WAS RIGHT ABOUT WAR IN UKRAINE" with a description that reads "Are we going to war? No. [Russia] was never going to invade Ukraine, and the western media has been fear mongering and banging the war drums the whole time."[7] In the video, Hasan praises himself for predicting Russia failure to invade Ukraine. Hasan bases this assumption on reports stating Russia claimed they were pulling back some of their troops from the border. [8] Hasan would go on to react to a press conference in which Biden states the claims have not been verified, and that an invasion is still possible. Hasan laughs this off, noting how silly it is for Biden to push diplomacy while also urging Americans to leave the country.[9] In his closing remarks, he criticizes the "bloodthirsty maniacs that have completely taken over the American government."[10]
On February 16, 2022, Hasan tweets the following:
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hasanabi @hasanthehun |
| “this is the hill i will die on. russia cannot launch an urban counter insurgency war in a neighboring country w/ 44 million ppl. with or without nato support. this is why i have been saying he won’t invade ukraine. not because of anything else. he’s a bad person not a mad one." |
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| SOURCE · 10:29 AM · Feb 17, 2022 | |
Position Following the invasion
Stance immediately following invasion
On February 21, 2022, it is reported that Putin has ordered the Russian military to enter southeast Ukraine to perform "peacekeeping duties".[11] Following this news, Hasan admits that Russia has in fact invaded Ukraine. However, Hasan tempers this admission, and argues "There's been a lot of information that has been wrong -- completely wrong -- and there's still a lot of information that the western State Department is pumping out [...] like Russia is going to go and overtake Kyiv and they're going to go into Ukraine."[12]In the same video, when asked about why he thinks a lot of the information from the State Department is wrong, he cites their predictions that Russia will bomb and invade Kyiv.[13]
On February 24, 2022, Russia launches an attack for control of Kyiv.[14]
Reddit threads to source, will not be in final article
https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/1aj6y6v/hasan_tankie_moments_1_hasan_says_the_us_should/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/1ggb9a1/hasan_claims_to_support_ukraine_its_a_shame_that/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/1ghyxi4/ukrainian_employee_of_the_h3_podcast_talks_about/
References
- ↑ Bean, C. J. (2022, March 14). Twitch Streamer & Community Raise Relief Funds for Ukraine - The Critic - Editorials & Opinions. The Critic. https://nvulyndoncritic.com/twitch-streamer-community-raise-relief-funds-for-ukraine/
- ↑ Cooper, H., & Sanger, D. E. (2022, February 6). U.S. Warns of Grim Toll if Putin Pursues Full Invasion of Ukraine. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/us/politics/russia-ukraine-invasion.html
- ↑ HasanAbi VODs Backup. (2022, February 9). 1/2 HasanAbi February 8, 2022 – Scholz meets Biden, Putin meets Macron, States end Mask Mandates. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaLXdaVQFvM&t=2385s
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220216180957/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LStCD3Mntrw 28 minutes into vod
- ↑ Kramer, A. E. (2022, February 11). Russia-Backed Separatists Conduct Military Exercises, Ukraine Warns. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/11/world/europe/ukraine-russia-diplomacy.html
- ↑ HasanAbi VODs Backup. (2022, February 12). 1/2 HasanAbi February 11, 2022 – Russia-Ukraine Stunlock, Frozen Afghanistan Central Bank Assets. YouTube. https://youtu.be/02zchSt0f4M?t=5648 Media:HasanPutinPeace.mp4
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220216180957/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LStCD3Mntrw
- ↑ Ukraine-Russia tensions: Russia pulls some troops back from border. (2022, February 15). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60386141
- ↑ File:HasanRussiaUkraineNoinvasion.mp4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220216180957/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LStCD3Mntrw
- ↑ https://wikicdn.destiny.gg/b/b5/HasanAmericaBloodthristy.mp4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220216180957/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LStCD3Mntrw
- ↑ Roth, A., & Borger, J. (2022, February 21). Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine on “peacekeeping duties.” The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/21/ukraine-putin-decide-recognition-breakaway-states-today
- ↑ HasanAbi. (2022, February 22). I Was Wrong About Ukraine.. YouTube. https://youtu.be/aE5X0PxBGWg?t=29 Media:HasanRussiaUkraineWesterinDisinformation.mp4
- ↑ HasanAbi. (2022, February 22). I Was Wrong About Ukraine.. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=557&v=aE5X0PxBGWg&feature=youtu.be
- ↑ Wikipedia Contributors. (2024, November 19). Northern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Wikipedia; Wikimedia Foundation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_front_of_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine