Category Archives: Ukraine

Stefania

Posted on May 16, 2022 by jnfr
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Yes, this is still happening

Posted on April 15, 2022 by jnfr

Don’t look away. This guy is a volunteer who helps to exhume corpses from mass graves in #Bucha. To understand the horrors of #BuchaMassacre you need to look at his face. The emotions of this young man show it… pic.twitter.com/CQf44k75TH … Continue reading →

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Self-defense

Posted on April 13, 2022 by jnfr

I continue to believe that Ukraine has an absolute right to self-defense, and to territorial integrity. I hope the NATO states respond as quickly as possible with the necessary weapons. Without additional weaponry, this war will become an endless bloodbath, … Continue reading →

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Trostyanets and Borodyanka

Posted on April 6, 2022 by jnfr

The atrocities Russia is perpetrating are not just in Bucha. From the Guardian: ‘Barbarians’: Russian troops leave grisly mark on town of Trostianets On a two-day visit to the town, the Guardian found evidence of summary executions, torture and systematic … Continue reading →

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Bucha is not a hoax

Posted on April 5, 2022 by jnfr

Putin is claiming that the bodies we’ve seen in Bucha and elsewhere were planted after the Russian army were driven out of the area. The New York Times used satellite imagery and showed definitively that the murders had to happen … Continue reading →

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War crimes

Posted on April 4, 2022 by jnfr

I am not going to post the pictures or video coming out of Bucha now that the Russians have retreated. The barbarism shown, pictures and video showing dead bodies of tortured citizens, can be easily found on Twitter, and you … Continue reading →

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Thank the journalists

Posted on April 1, 2022 by jnfr

…who go into harm’s way so that we can see what is happening in the war zone. Ukrainian forces have regained ground against the Russian military, changing the course of this war. On the outskirts of Kharkiv, @RichardEngel reveals how … Continue reading →

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Breadbasket of Europe

Posted on March 25, 2022 by jnfr

Chris Hayes had a segment on the danger of famine that Europe, Asia, and Africa are likely to face with the loss of Ukraine’s wheat crop. The area under siege is often called the world’s breadbasket, since Ukraine and Russia … Continue reading →

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Mariupol in ruins

Posted on March 23, 2022 by jnfr

Mariupol, Ukraine looks apocalyptic following indiscriminate shelling by Russian forces. 📍47°06'01"N 37°37'59"E with the camera facing east. pic.twitter.com/E4A8NTIbAI — Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) March 23, 2022

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Kherson

Posted on March 21, 2022 by jnfr

The city of Kherson, like Mariupol, is near the Black Sea in southern Ukraine. Russia has made a heavy push along the Sea and early on took control of Kherson, at least nominally. As it turns out, and as predicted, … Continue reading →

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