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Churches rarely do cover themselves in glory when dictators rule the roost. While many brave people stood against Hitler, many did not. The interesting one today is Pope Francis’ stance which can be summarised as sitting on the fence.
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The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 00:21 - Jul 18 with 6950 views
Four-year-old killed in Vinnytsia attack is buried.
More than 100 people have come together to pay their respects to four-year-old Liza Dmitrieva, killed in a missile attack in the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia on Thursday.
Liza, who had Down syndrome, was en route to see a speech therapist with her mother when Russian missiles struck Vinnytsia, far from the front lines. At least 24 people were killed, including Liza and two boys aged seven and eight, and more than 200 were wounded, including Liza’s mother.
“There is no punishment at all for people who do this,” Ilona, a friend of Liza’s family, told The Associated Press. “Sorry, I have no more comments. Here are the consequences of all this. It’s just torment, despair and a great deal of pain.”
Men carry a coffin during a funeral ceremony for Liza, 4-year-old girl killed by Russian attack, in Vinnytsia, Ukraine [Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo].
A woman carries a portrait of Liza, 4-year-old girl killed by Russian attack, during a funeral ceremony in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, Sunday, July 17, 2022 [Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo].
Wearing a blue denim jacket with flowers, Liza was among 23 people killed, including two boys aged 7 and 8, in Thursday's missile strike in Vinnytsia. Her mother, Iryna Dmytrieva, was among the scores injured.
“I didn’t know Liza, but no person can go through this with calm,” Orthodox priest Vitalii Holoskevych said at the funeral, bursting into tears. “Because every burial is grief for each of us. We are losing our brothers and sisters.”
He paused and continued in a trembling voice: ‘’We know that evil cannot win.’’
Men lower the coffin of Liza, 4-year-old girl killed by Russian attack, during a funeral ceremony in Vinnytsia, Ukraine [Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo].
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The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 07:20 - Jul 18 with 6900 views
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 00:21 - Jul 18 by Eireannach_gorm
Four-year-old killed in Vinnytsia attack is buried.
More than 100 people have come together to pay their respects to four-year-old Liza Dmitrieva, killed in a missile attack in the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia on Thursday.
Liza, who had Down syndrome, was en route to see a speech therapist with her mother when Russian missiles struck Vinnytsia, far from the front lines. At least 24 people were killed, including Liza and two boys aged seven and eight, and more than 200 were wounded, including Liza’s mother.
“There is no punishment at all for people who do this,” Ilona, a friend of Liza’s family, told The Associated Press. “Sorry, I have no more comments. Here are the consequences of all this. It’s just torment, despair and a great deal of pain.”
Men carry a coffin during a funeral ceremony for Liza, 4-year-old girl killed by Russian attack, in Vinnytsia, Ukraine [Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo].
A woman carries a portrait of Liza, 4-year-old girl killed by Russian attack, during a funeral ceremony in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, Sunday, July 17, 2022 [Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo].
Wearing a blue denim jacket with flowers, Liza was among 23 people killed, including two boys aged 7 and 8, in Thursday's missile strike in Vinnytsia. Her mother, Iryna Dmytrieva, was among the scores injured.
“I didn’t know Liza, but no person can go through this with calm,” Orthodox priest Vitalii Holoskevych said at the funeral, bursting into tears. “Because every burial is grief for each of us. We are losing our brothers and sisters.”
He paused and continued in a trembling voice: ‘’We know that evil cannot win.’’
Men lower the coffin of Liza, 4-year-old girl killed by Russian attack, during a funeral ceremony in Vinnytsia, Ukraine [Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo].
So very said. If ever there was a reason to go after that animal Putin it’s murders like this.
Nothing new here, but it never ceaseless to amaze me how so many people enjoy dispensing torture. In this instance for the fun of it. It’s the ultimate control, I suppose. Maybe it’s the pleasure and excitement of hearing the screams, finding interesting ways to inflict pain and of course impressing your friends.
Just as so many enjoyed torture or were indifferent to it in Nazi Germany, Stalin’s Russia and Ukraine now, there would be no shortage of volunteers in this country given the opportunity. There is something so very wrong in the DNA of man.
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The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 12:23 - Jul 18 with 6849 views
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 12:23 - Jul 18 by Eireannach_gorm
Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General.
Thank you for posting this. I agree with every word he said there. He was spot on.
The price of hoping it goes away, the price of appeasement doesn’t bear thinking about. But I suspect few but those countries next on the menu think that way.
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The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 14:54 - Jul 18 with 6788 views
Basically an old car with the tech stripped out. Nice.
What I noticed at the bottom of the article was the comment about aircraft parts. Allegedly Boeing and Airbus have stopped supplying them to Russia (unless Macron and Scholz have found a way round it for Airbus). That means that even China have banned Russian aircraft from its airspace. Not very comforting for the aircrew, though I don’t suppose objecting is much of an option.
‘Dear Mr Putin, we are unhappy flying in aircraft with cardboard pattern parts. We are thinking of’ BANG! Comrade pilot has retired….for ever…
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The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 18:45 - Jul 18 with 6734 views
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 09:52 - Jul 17 by Churchman
Churches rarely do cover themselves in glory when dictators rule the roost. While many brave people stood against Hitler, many did not. The interesting one today is Pope Francis’ stance which can be summarised as sitting on the fence.
There are certainly many who stood as well as you rightly pointing out the many who did not.
Pastor Martin Niemöller springs to mind with his epic quote "First they came for the communists ..."
What does "victory" for Russia actually look like? They are never going to re-educate the average Ukrainian. Unless they actually succeed in total genocide of them, the Russian occupiers will be forever facing terror and reprisal. The Iron Curtain finally fell because there is a limit to the control of people. Perhaps it is time there was a kick-back on an unprecedented scale.
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 20:50 - Jul 18 by Nthsuffolkblue
What does "victory" for Russia actually look like? They are never going to re-educate the average Ukrainian. Unless they actually succeed in total genocide of them, the Russian occupiers will be forever facing terror and reprisal. The Iron Curtain finally fell because there is a limit to the control of people. Perhaps it is time there was a kick-back on an unprecedented scale.
I don’t know what it looks like to Putin tbh. Whatever he defines is as, I guess. He clearly has a 20 years of rule view and that of a dictator who cannot be questioned. I think he really does want to rebuild the USSR almost to the model the west feared at the time, but was not all it seemed. It wouldn’t have imploded if that hadn’t been the case.
So, given the war has not gone to plan for Putin, he may go down ‘what we hold what we have’ route. If he takes a bit more territory over the next month or so and puts a peace face to a fatigued west, I think a nod, a wink, let bygones be bygones result will come from it. Zelenski won’t have a say in the matter.
Russia will have taken an important chunk of Ukraine, joined up with Crimea and can eat the rump of Ukraine later with assassination, subversion, incursion. The risk for this strategy is that it assumes the west will remain divided and weak. I think that’s likely, but it’s not certain. The other risk to Putin is his own age. He’s clearly a very fit man for his age, but he’s still 70 odd. The clock is ticking on his ambitions.
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The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 13:24 - Jul 19 with 6508 views
I take it Russia is gearing up for the next large scale assault. I see Labrov, the man described as having a face like an elephant’s ballbag, is at it again:
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 14:32 - Jul 20 by Churchman
I take it Russia is gearing up for the next large scale assault. I see Labrov, the man described as having a face like an elephant’s ballbag, is at it again:
While Putin engages in his war of slaughter, who are sanctions affecting the most? Putin’s war chest is bulging with EU and others’ money for energy, it stands to make huge sums of money from grain sales, both its own and threat stolen from Ukraine. The following Guardian article is interesting.
In summary, the write believes Europe is fracturing under Putin’s economic pressure and the winter could turn into a scrabble for energy while Europe’s economies go down the drain. From this there could be a push for a Ukraine land surrender for peace.
Under Biden’s weak leadership, the US is happy to bleed Russia long term and if the cost is Europe’s economies, who cares.
The writer thinks the way forward is for NATO (the US) to stop hissing around and push Russia out. End it. It’s not going to happen.
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