Posted on 02/28/2022 8:54:36 AM PST by TigerClaws
Ukraine said on Monday that the Russian bombing of Kharkiv has killed dozens of civilians and wounded hundreds more.
The Ukrainian general staff tweeted that an indiscriminate bombing of Kharkiv left "dozens of dead and hundreds of wounded Ukrainian citizens."
Kharkiv, located on the northeastern side of Ukraine, has seen heavy fighting since the Russian invasion began.
Russian troops entered the city, which is home to 1.5 million people, on Sunday, but Ukrainian officials said that the attack was successfully repelled and that Russian troops across the city were surrendering in groups of five to 10.
Russian bombs blew up a natural gas pipeline by Kharkiv on Saturday, causing a fire and a mushroom cloud to appear. Ukrainian officials warned residents to cover windows with a damp cloth to provide smoke protection.
FULL COVERAGE OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE
Kharkiv's governor wrote on Facebook that "control over Kharkiv is completely ours! The Armed Forces of Ukraine, National Police, Teroborona, a complete cleaning of the city from the enemy is happening."
Sen. Marco Rubio warned on Twitter that images of Russian aggression in Kharkiv would "shock and outrage the world." This statement came after reports that Russia had used cluster bombs on the city, a munition that has been widely condemned and banned from use in 121 countries.
An American official said that due to the Russians' inability to capture key Ukrainian cities, they could be adopting a "siege" mentality, which could increase the possibility of civilian casualties, according to Reuters.
500,000+ REFUGEES FLEE UKRAINE SINCE RUSSIA WAGED WAR
Ukraine's Ministry of the Interior said that as of Sunday, there have been 352 civilian casualties, including 14 children and hundreds more wounded.
The United Nations estimated that 500,000 refugees have fled Ukraine since the war began. Poland has welcomed the majority of refugees, reportedly receiving over 281,000.
They were told by the Russians to evacuate.
So that makes killing them OK?
We won’t know what’s really happened for months.
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FR members cheering on the mass slaughter of civilians should be ashamed of yourselves.
UAF is firing from residential areas to prevent counter-fire or produce atrocity propaganda. “Dozens of dead” is not a lot in a city of two million anyway.
Until that happens, they only have remote intelligence if any intelligence at all.
Look at that....I made a funny. :-)
“Russian troops across the city were surrendering in groups of five to 10.”
Needless as always when we get to this point. Now we start to enter the stage of reality. This was never going to be quick and it is just beginning if we are looking at the Russian deployments( East) and not the Kiev distraction
WARNING--GRAPHIC NSFW:
This lady lost her leg today in Kharkiv. And a couple of hours later - her life.
That's friggin' disgraceful! What the hell has happened to Free Republic?
Does it seem strange there is so much old footage being passed off as “current” .... and current footage of all this chaos and destruction is sort of sparse?
In the age of twitter, FB and whatever you would think there would be more out there.
Straw man. I haven’t see anyone on FR cheering on the bombing of civilians.
The Borscht Fuhrer has gotten over 5,300 Russian troops killed in just five days over his plan to “gather the Russian people” into a single Reich ruled by Putin
Was the Duma told of this plan before they voted to approve the Ukraine “special operation”?
See post #11.
The images and videos of dead civilians are out there.
If you support Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, you support the actions arising therefrom.
Right?
Straw man is the people who have no family or friends who have been murdered by Soviets on here cheering on this slaughter.
They’re either Russian troll farmers or fools.
FR has been targeted by Russian trolls for a long time, pushing pro-Putin propaganda and painting him as some sort of messiah. Some freepers are quite invested in that view, and have come to the conclusion that Russia is the good guys and USA are the bad guys. Sad as it is, this shouldn't be a surprise.
That is truly tragic.
“What the hell has happened to Free Republic?”
I’ve been asking the same thing over the past few days.
I noticed that you are lying when you slander FR members as cheering on the slaughter of civilians.
Please don’t do this again
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