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BREAKING! Ukraine launches DEVASTATING attack on Donetsk, civilians killed | Redacted News
Redacted on YouTube ^ | 8/31/2023 | Clayton Morris

Posted on 08/31/2023 8:25:03 PM PDT by Kazan

Ukraine continues to shell residential areas of the Donbas… this week has been particularly horrifying as shells rained down on the city of Donetsk… injuring multiple children.

Patrick Lancaster reports from Donetsk.


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KEYWORDS: failedproxywar; newsfromrussia; russianpropaganda; ukrainewarcrimes; vatnik

1 posted on 08/31/2023 8:25:03 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Kazan

We’ll hear more and more of these type of attacks and advancements on the battlefield becomes less likely


2 posted on 08/31/2023 8:27:25 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: Kazan

“Ukraine continues to shell residential areas of the Donbas… this week has been particularly horrifying as shells rained down on the city of Donetsk”
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Ukraine has a history of shelling civilian areas of Donetsk whenever they want to try to divert Russian artillery resources from elsewhere to the Donetsk area. This falls into that pattern so I’m guessing the Ukrainian command is “feeling pain” elsewhere and want a little relief.


3 posted on 08/31/2023 8:33:20 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: Kazan

Wow. Donetsk. Ukraine/USA Biden slaughter killing Ukrainians and Russians. For what? Is Russia going to exit Donbas because the Donetsk civilians are getting slaughtered by Nato arms? No. Where are the peacemakers already?

Biden and Zelensky lining up for $40 Billion more worth of death arms. $40 Billion more.

Morally bankrupt USA well on its way to financial bankruptcy too. Stop this already. Before its too late.


4 posted on 08/31/2023 8:33:46 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Kazan

The point is to get Russia to escalate, with civilian bombing of their own.


5 posted on 08/31/2023 8:43:34 PM PDT by Bayard
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To: Kazan
Ukraine continues to shell residential areas of the Donbas

From Russia's perspective, this one sentence explains why the invasion and war is justified.

6 posted on 08/31/2023 9:03:58 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: House Atreides

The city of Donetsk is at the edge of the front line. The city proper contains the artillery, command, logistics infrastructure, security services, all the “back end” of an army.

Counterbattery fire against Russian artillery could easily endanger civilians. Just one consequence of trying to run a military operation from a large city.


7 posted on 08/31/2023 9:06:02 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Right_Wing_Madman
From Russia's perspective, this one sentence explains why the invasion and war is justified.

It's almost as if propaganda is purposefully emotive...

8 posted on 08/31/2023 9:09:27 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: FlyingEagle

Donetsk City is at the edge of the front line and it contains the “back end” of the Russian forces on that sector of the front. This includes the artillery, ammo dumps, logistics operations. reserves, HQs, etc.


9 posted on 08/31/2023 9:10:01 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: buwaya
The city of Donetsk is at the edge of the front line.

You don't know what's going on on the ground. This is all about retribution, and it's been going on since 2014.

10 posted on 08/31/2023 9:10:02 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

All you have to do is look at a map.


11 posted on 08/31/2023 9:10:56 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Gunslingr3
It's almost as if propaganda is purposefully emotive...

Donetsk City has been targeted incessantly by Ukraine artillery since 2014. And the Russians finally had enough. If you don't believe me, you can read the daily OSCE (observer) reports yourself. Here's one from the day before the war started:

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 40/2022 issued on 21 February 2022
https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/512683

12 posted on 08/31/2023 9:17:59 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Kazan

Isn’t it nice that the Ukraine has never injured or killed a child? I don’t know that they have ever killed a Russian. Ah, the media, so one way.


13 posted on 08/31/2023 9:42:03 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Islam is an ideology. It is NOT a religion.)
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To: Kazan

But when Russians do it, it’s okay.


14 posted on 09/01/2023 3:38:28 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

The delusion in this thread is amazing.

War is hell.


15 posted on 09/01/2023 5:38:38 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: buwaya
Counterbattery fire against Russian artillery could easily endanger civilians.

So all those years prior to the war the Ukes were just practicing for when the Russians would show up? Makes sense.

16 posted on 09/01/2023 5:56:23 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

The usual case pre-2022 was the DNR people would start harassing fire vs the Ukrainian lines, and the Ukrainians would shoot back.
If the DNR units sited their guns in Donetsk city, well that was the source of fire.


17 posted on 09/01/2023 6:08:47 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Kazan

“Donetsk, civilians killed”

Nothing new, Ukraine’s been doing that since 2014. But they are ethnic Russians so it’s ok with the west.


18 posted on 09/01/2023 6:11:52 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: Kazan

The problem with Euromaiden Revolutionaries, and all revolutionaries, is that they can’t simply let voters secede. They are compelled to kill anyone who disagrees with them.


19 posted on 09/01/2023 7:51:59 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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