A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as people stood in line in the open air to collect their monthly pension. The blast killed at least 24 people and injured 19 others, the Ukraine Emergency Service said.
The bomb hit the Donetsk region village of Yarova at around 11 a.m. local time, authorities said. The village lies less than 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the front line. Donetsk regional head Vadym Filashkin said 23 of the dead were pensioners.
The Russians knew exactly what they were doing. They are war criminals.
And if you continue to spport Putin and his war of aggression, please, feel free to leave and sign up in his army.
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State terrorism is so much worse than the more ad hoc type since states, even relatively small ones, have tremendous amounts of resources to devote to their terrorism and are nearly unaccountable for their actions.
Well I'd wonder how much yelling from Russia would happen if a Ukranie
hit a similar target? After all the Russians are sending all forms of death across the border how would they feel if it came back.
Seems there is considerable restraint by the nation they attacked.
Eck!
Ukraine seems to be working hard to hit mainly economic and military targets, not masses of elderly pensioners.
I once read that Germany was winning the Battle of Britain, by concentrating on key military targets such as airfields and aircraft plants.
Then, a single raid on Berlin triggered Hitler into ordering the Blitz, which continued to place the Luftwaffe in airspace advantageous to the defender, while no longer attacking the defender's airpower directly.
That may be what Putin is hoping for with these new attacks.
Goad Ukraine into attacking Moscow, and perhaps Kaliningrad, instead of the devastating attacks currently underway on their petroleum industry.
A beneficial side-effect would be giving Putin something to point at that might make his claims of "defending the motherland" more plausible to the increasingly discontented citizenry.
I hate the Russian Federation and Putin. They are certainly butchers and murders. But one must also recognize that a main reason that Putin invaded Ukraine, in addition to his desire for an expanded Russian territory, is the actions of NATO.
During talks to reunite Germany, a promise was made that NATO would not expand " one inch east". Instead they have continued to move eastward.
Now a promise made during negotiations is certainly not like a signed treaty or some other written agreement. But it does have the credibility of the U.S. and other NATO nations at odds with their actions.
Again, that in no way excuses the continuing bloodshed in Ukraine by Russia, nor the Ukrainian military hits in Moscow that have killed civilians.
According to Amnesty International, Ukraine has violated international humanitarian law by putting military bases and operating weapons systems in civilian population areas.
In any war there is always blame enough on both sides about violations of things like the Geneva Convention and such. It does seem like Russia is targeting civilian populations in order to force Ukraine to submit. That is indeed a war crime, but we can look to what both the Axis and the Allied powers did during WWII in bombing of civilian population centers to see that often times, those involved feel like the ends justify the means.
To say that well, the Germans bombed London so it was alright to bomb their cities is well understood. Does that make it right? What if the German's bombing of London was more successful at hurting Great Britain than the other way around? Does it make a difference?
The fact is that this war, while started by Russia with what they might consider provocation, will only end when Putin feels like he has gained enough of whatever it is that he wants to gain. Or if the Russian people rise up and overthrow his regime. Something that has been getting a bit of press lately.
Trump will not have anything to do with the ending of this, since he is ignored by both Putin and Zelensky.
Why waste time, steps, effort, and expense on those not fighting? CM's got it right. The pain (no food, no fuels, no clean water, no internet, no electricity, and no one in government giving a shit) will more than trickle down. Once the avalanche starts, we'll see the rat fuckers fleeing the country.
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