And all the thousands of strong condemnations by the EU regarding Russian atrocities did not prevent this.
But more weapons for Ukraine, faster deliveries, and Western politicians who aren't afraid of their own shadows—that would have prevented it.
The centre of Kherson was just hit with massive russian bombs. Imagine if this was any other city on earth, this would be global news. Tens of thousands of civilians still live here.
Germany apparently narrowly escaped a catastrophe.
An explosives-laden drone struck a Ukrainian An-124 aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport. According to reports, US intelligence agencies attribute the attack—with a high degree of probability—to Russia. German investigations must now clarify this beyond doubt.
If the suspicion is confirmed, this was neither a "warning signal" nor a "hybrid threat."
It was a Russian attack on German soil.
At the same time, according to recent figures, the EU imported 14% more Russian LNG in June than a year earlier.
Russia is attacking us—and Europe keeps sending money to Moscow.
That is not a strategy. That is hypocrisy.
Europe is incapable of declaring Russia an absolute threat; instead, it helps finance Putin’s war economy, thereby digging its own grave.
@sarrah_bellus The tragic thing is in the future more people will look back and recognise the mental health condition he has and wonder endlessly how he ever became President once, let alone twice
More than 95% of Ukrainian prisoners of war interviewed by the UN reported torture or ill-treatment in Russian captivity.
UN Human Rights Representative Claudia Fuentes Julio said at a UN Security Council meeting that the vast majority of Ukrainian POWs interviewed described torture or other forms of ill-treatment in Russian captivity.
Documented cases include beatings, electric shocks, sexual violence, attacks by dogs, and mock executions.
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the UN has also documented the executions of 129 Ukrainian POWs and the deaths of another 48 in detention.
Russia, meanwhile, denied the allegations, dismissing them as a “disinformation campaign.” A Russian representative also accused Ukraine of mistreating Russian prisoners of war.
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We have learned: Russia always lies.
Europe 😴🐌😴🐌😴🐌
On this day in 2014, near 🇺🇦 Luhansk, a married couple - Olena Kulish and Volodymyr Alyokhin - were executed mafia-style. Olena was a radio host & animal rights activist. Volodymyr was a programmer.
They were “accused” of supplying Ukrainian soldiers with food.
Russians (or Russia-paid “separatists”) broke in, killed them, looted everything of value, and turned the house into their “headquarters.”
They also killed Olena’s six dogs, just for the fun of it.
Olena and Volodymyr. Remember them!
Every person who came to work at SkyBridge got one big lecture from me.
It was about my dad.
My dad for 42 years got up at 4:00 in the morning.
Didn’t matter what the weather was.
My mom packed his lunch pail at night, put it in the refrigerator.
For 42 years he climbed out of bed at 4:10, got dressed, grabbed the lunch pail, and drove himself to work.
He worked 8-14 hour days outside and in every kind of weather.
At SkyBridge there’s no heavy lifting.
You’re indoors, out of direct sunlight, and you get a free meal.
That was not the case for my father.
My dad gave me my last name clean and you’re not going to do anything here that besmirches his reputation.
They can call us stupid, but they will never call us unethical.
Remember this story for your entire career.
We are doing nothing inside this firm to impugn the reputation of a man who worked tirelessly for his family for 42 straight years.
That’s the standard.
How are your children spending their summer vacation?
Ours are being murdered by russia.
A 15-year-old boy was killed in Hrushevska community, Kryvyi Rih district, simply playing outside.
Two more boys, 16 and 17, were wounded.
Just kids. Just summer. russian terror.
See that hole in an apartment building in Kharkiv? Before this morning, that was someone's apartment. 4 of them were destroyed. 4 families were sleeping there when a Russian drone decided to kill them this morning.
I'm old enough to remember when humanity used to consider such acts terrorism.
HOST: What would you tell people who've never been to Ukraine, yet have very “firm” opinions about what is going on there?
SEAN PENN: They should look at themselves. They can do that by watching that “fucking idiot” VP Vance in that notorious Oval Office meeting with Zelenskyy.
Russia has bombed this school in Kramatorsk. You can see the educational books scattered everywhere. There’s literally no reason for this other than to steal the childhoods of generations. This is what they are apparently ‘liberating’
‼️‼️This is a video I shared yesterday. I struggled to understand if it was real. I hoped it wasn’t. But it’s real and it’s horrifying. Ukrainian civilians from Kupiansk are tossed into a deep pit. Tossed away like garbage. These are human beings. They have families who love them. PLEASE SHARE THIS‼️‼️
Russian strikes hit a shopping center in the Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad located in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Saturday evening.
At least 9 people, including 4 children, were injured as a result of the attack, Ukrainian authorities reported.
⚡️Deadly Russian attack in Kyiv region kills 3, including child.
Russia launched an attack against Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight on Aug. 8, killing three people, including a child.
https://t.co/PCsRNsjvfm
In Dnipropetrovsk Region 5 people were killed and 16 injured in Russian attacks over the past 24 hours. Russians targeted five districts across the region nearly 60 times.
3 people were killed and 5 wounded in the Kamianske district, while 2 were killed and 7 injured in Pavlohrad. There are also injured in Nikopol area.
Murdered by Russians yesterday in Sumy, 10-year-old Sofia and her 5-year-old sister Emilia, killed in their home, targeted by a Russian KAB bomb while they slept in their beds.
This is Russian culture in its tourist form.
@RestPoliticsUS@KattyKay_@Scaramucci Can we imagine any other President surviving trying to get an innocent citizen jailed, for something his prosecutors knew to be false?!
How caustic is he (now and in the future) to the ethics and morality of public office in America? Will it be enduring?