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Zelenskyy says 'Mariupol will go down in history' as an example of war crimes that will be remembered 'for centuries to come'
Business Insider via Yahoo ^ | March 20th, 2022 | Katie Balevic

Posted on 03/20/2022 9:55:30 PM PDT by Mariner

The brutal assault on the city of Mariupol in Ukraine will be remembered for "centuries to come," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Sunday.

"The besieged Mariupol will go down in history of responsibility for war crimes. The terror the occupiers did to the peaceful city will be remembered for centuries to come," Zelenskyy said in a video address on Telegram.

Mariupol, located in southeast Ukraine, has been the subject of a brutal assault that has laid waste to the city's homes, schools, and maternity hospitals. Some residents have been sheltering for weeks, and many are without food, water, or electricity.

Last week, Russian forces bombed a movie theater in the city where over 1,000 civilians were sheltering. On Friday, authorities reported that 130 people had been rescued from the theater while 1,300 were still trapped. The number of casualties is unknown.

Multiple attempts at humanitarian corridors and ceasefires have failed, despite being agreed upon with the Russians.

"The more Ukrainians will tell the world about it, the more support we find. The more Russia uses terror against Ukraine, the worse the consequences will be for it," Zelenskyy said on Sunday.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: chechens; chechnya; dramaqueen; hyperbole; mariupol; putinsbuttboys; putinworshippers; russia; russianaggression; ukraine; zelensky; zelenskyy; zottherussiantrolls
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Ukraine has distributed weapons and ammo to persons outside the control of the military.

Ukraine has embedded weapons and fighters among the civilian population.

Granny with an AK is a combatant. A building holding RPGs and Javelins is an ammo dump.

1 posted on 03/20/2022 9:55:30 PM PDT by Mariner
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To: Mariner
Drama Queen Alert!
2 posted on 03/20/2022 9:57:30 PM PDT by McGruff (It's America First, stupid.)
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To: Mariner

Telegraphing a False Flag operation? Chemical type?


3 posted on 03/20/2022 10:00:41 PM PDT by McGruff (It's America First, stupid.)
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Give it a rest ya CIA plant. Best he can do is bail out like the CIA president in Afghanistan...he’ll be assassinated or do comedy talk shows.


4 posted on 03/20/2022 10:03:43 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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We need more Nazis there to fight.


5 posted on 03/20/2022 10:09:25 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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It's a nasty battle but “war crime”?

Time will tell, I suppose. As for remembered for centuries — doubtful. Especially if it is only the first city destroyed in WWIII.

6 posted on 03/20/2022 10:11:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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Nope. Still doesn’t make me want to join Team Globohomo.


7 posted on 03/20/2022 10:16:27 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Mariner

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8 posted on 03/20/2022 10:49:50 PM PDT by sauropod (Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.)
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To: McGruff

The war crimes of his military in Mariupol are getting uncovered. From secret Nazi prisons used to torture dissidents, to taking the population hostage and shooting everyone who tried to escape and using kindergartens for firing positions. He is launching counter-narrative to deflect.


9 posted on 03/20/2022 11:03:49 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: Mariner

Translation: Mariupol is about to fall.


10 posted on 03/21/2022 1:18:49 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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Whoever wins the war in the long run will write the history.

Short term, Mariupol will go down fighting, it appears. What Pooty will do with a destroyed city and (I’m guessing) at least 200k prisoner-refugees I don’t know. Partisan type attacks will probably go on for some time.

Reading into the Russians’ demand, it doesn’t sound like they have supplies to feed and water the city population.


11 posted on 03/21/2022 2:32:48 AM PDT by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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The war crimes in Mariupol are being committed by Azov. Dozens of videos surfaced yesterday testifying to this. They’re torturing civilians, holding them hostage in their homes, and shooting ones they catch fleeing.


12 posted on 03/21/2022 2:50:36 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Mariner
Zelenskyy is getting more hysterical by the minute.
13 posted on 03/21/2022 3:34:33 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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“The war crimes in Mariupol are being committed by Azov.”

There sure are a lot of those Azov people. It thought they were all in Donblas? How did they get all the way to Mariupol?

And when did Azov invade Russia?

L


14 posted on 03/21/2022 3:38:59 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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“ Granny with an AK is a combatant. A building holding RPGs and Javelins is an ammo dump”

But everything else is not. Indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas remains a war crime, and Russian policy.


15 posted on 03/21/2022 3:48:56 AM PDT by BeauBo
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Bull Shite


16 posted on 03/21/2022 4:12:43 AM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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Something to keep in mind while digesting, or attempting to, Ukraine coverage...

President of El Salvador may be onto something here

Trust but verify.

Everything.

17 posted on 03/21/2022 4:15:50 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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Yet 90% of Mariupol refugees are fleeing to Russia. What’s that tell you.


18 posted on 03/21/2022 5:02:15 AM PDT by circlecity
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Or, you could surrender, with a safe corridor for civillians, like Russia offered.

Nope.


19 posted on 03/21/2022 5:41:17 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally. The war is on Biden and Obama.)
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Wow, I bet those 8oo+ people trapped in the bombed theater are getting a bit anxious to be rescued. I hope there’s entertainment.

Pardon me, I’m just having a hard time with this story of hundreds being trapped for days.


20 posted on 03/21/2022 6:18:00 AM PDT by Not_Who_U_Think
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