The media never mentions the Russian civilians who have been living in eastern Ukraine for decades that have been shelled and bombed for the last 8 years by the Azov Battalion and other Ukrainian nationalist militias. In fact, over 25 ppl were killed in Donetsk by a Ukrainian bomb that landed in the center of town in the middle of the day two weeks ago, which Patrick was able to record minutes afterward. It was truly horrifying.
Unfortunately, if you even mention their sad situation on here, you’re immediately called a Putin “puffer” by some of the more juvenile posters among us. It’s truly sad how far society has fallen.
It’s because many seem to like high heels Zelensky and the filth he and others peddle that they throw all conservativism out the window in support of him.
So true!
They don't mention it because they are smart enough to realize that story is just a Putin talking point. In 2014 separatists backed by Russia launched a military campaign against the Ukrainian government. In 2015 Russia sent troops and they invaded parts of Ukraine that had not been seized by the separatists.
The parties agreed on a cease fire and have faced each other across the line of contact since then. Both sides periodically fire at troops on the other side.
The OSCE, a monitoring group set up to monitor the cease fire maintained daily surveillance of cease fire violations. In just about every instance shells are either fired from the separatist areas into Ukrainian held areas, or shells are fired both ways in exchanges between the two armies.
You can read about the OSCE mission here.
Here is the report for January 11th. Notice the shell went from east to west - in other words from the Russian held area to the Ukrainian held area.