Posted on 05/14/2022 4:30:59 AM PDT by GonzoII
“Today is the 79th day,” Yevhen Kryvoruchko says as he welcomed visitors into the school basement that has been his home since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began.Then he ducked down an uneven flight of stairs into the labyrinthine cellar. It was dark, chilly, damp – and home to 12 people, five cats, a dog and a hamster who have been living under School No. 172 since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24.
From the basement, Mr. Kryvoruchko and the other residents could hear the artillery and air strikes that battered the apartment blocks immediately west and south of them. The school itself was repeatedly struck, destroying classrooms and offices, though the basement below held firm.
“The building was shaking too much … we were just praying that some missiles wouldn’t break into our basement,” Mr. Kryvoruchko said as he walked over the shattered glass and splintered doors of the school he once attended. “Now it’s more safe, I think, because not too much of missiles are landing nearby.”
Safe is a relative word in Kharkiv, a city that has been on the front line since the first hours of this war, and especially in Saltivka, the embattled neighbourhood in the northeast of the city where School No. 172 is located. And while it’s now safe enough for journalists and aid workers to enter Saltivka, many of those who have been hiding in basements since the start of the war don’t feel it’s time yet to emerge from their shelters.
The Russian army made lightning gains around Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, in the first days of the war. But as with the capital city of Kyiv, Russia’s plans for a quick conquest were thwarted by ferocious Ukrainian resistance....
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"Saturday will be the 80th day of the war for Kharkiv, which just three months ago was flourishing as the high-tech capital of Ukraine.The city of 1.5 million people remains eerily deserted, even as the sounds of war begin to recede with the success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive."
They should follow the Switzerland model. Every Ukrainian male must serve at least 1 year and keep his weapon in the house.
I doubt many average citizens will see any of the billions and billions America, and to a lesser amount, the EU, have poured into Ukraine for killing.
I suspect a great deal of the money is in a numbered account somewhere that it can’t be traced.
“Russian retreat”
Lies! It is a perfectly executed 4d faint maneuver! /s
"Lies! It is a perfectly executed 4d faint maneuver! /s"
I got fooled again!!!!... ;0)
You sound very confused, so let me help you.
Military aid is supposed to go for military purposes.
The average citizen will absolutely see it when Russians are defeated and driven from Ukraine.
Does that help you out?
airborne: "I suspect a great deal of the money is in a numbered account somewhere that it can’t be traced.
Maybe, maybe not.
Do you think that's reason enough to let Russians exterminate Ukraine?
In 2014, as documented with video footage, Ukrainian tanks rolled in Mariupol after the Maidan revolution to the jeers and catcalls of the local residents. The UA military got into a shootout with the local police, killing at least seven, and burned down the local police station.
Phillips than shows the celebration in Mariupol on May 9th of Victory Day and interviews residents overjoyed, telling him they waited eight years for the Russians to come liberate them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1I8SZeXGFo
Military aid is supposed to go for military purposes.
You sound very confused. Or more likely so used to arguing with other Freepers you just assume you know me. Like you said - "Military aid is SUPPOSED to go for military purposes.
But our government is not to be trusted. And I don't much trust the governments of either Russia or Ukraine.
Does that help you out?
airborne: "I suspect a great deal of the money is in a numbered account somewhere that it can't be traced.
BroJoeK: Maybe, maybe not.
Do you think that's reason enough to let Russians exterminate Ukraine?
You sound even more confused.
To equate my questioning of where my government is actually sending our tax money is actually going to end up with my wanting innocent civilians murdered?
No, I don't think you're confused at all. I think maybe you're a bitter person who has fought numerous keyboard battles here on FreeRepublic so you automatically treat anyone with disrespect and nasty accusations.
Perhaps you need to turn off the computer for a while and take a walk to clear your head.
No, not in the least, because you don't get to chose how exactly the money will be used.
The only thing we know for sure is that it's intended to help Ukrainians defeat Russian invaders -- yes or no?
If Ukrainians win, Americans will share some of the credit.
If they lose, we'll get a lot of blame for not doing enough.
airborne: "To equate my questioning of where my government is actually sending our tax money is actually going to end up with my wanting innocent civilians murdered?"
But that's not YOUR choice, your only choice is, do you want to help, yes or no?
If you say "yes" you risk some corrupt US government spending.
If you say "no" you risk genocide of Ukrainians.
Chose.
airborne: "No, I don't think you're confused at all."
That's right, I'm not confused, but you still are, right?
airborne: "I think maybe you're a bitter person who has fought numerous keyboard battles here on FreeRepublic so you automatically treat anyone with disrespect and nasty accusations."
Naw... now you're just projecting your own inner turmoil onto me.
It sounds to me like what you intended to post was along these lines: I'd like to help Ukrainians avoid extermination, but since all US government money is corrupt, and I can't support corruption, we just have to let Ukrainians die, sorry about that!
Feel free to re-state or change your views at any point.
Question #1. No, its not enough to HOPE even more money thrown at you will maybe go to help.
Question #2. We have BEEN helping so its not an honest question. How much is enough? is the question.
In case you haven’t noticed, we have an Administration that is destroying the American border, our schools, our Constitution.
And that last bullshit is pure bullshit. Putting words like that in my mouth when you know damn well thats not what I said is why you lose my support.
But its like we are a Free Clinic and we’re supposed to just keep paying for everything from everyone. NATO needs to pick up the ball and get in the game more. Lord knows they haven’t paid their fair share during the peace.
No, it's the gist of what you're saying, only you won't acknowledge it.
Yes, t does make a huge difference to Americans if Ukraine wins or loses, and to pretend otherwise is to deny reality.
Did we give them too much or not enough -- only time will tell, but what we've supplied Ukraine is a drop in the bucket compared to some other recent projects.
Pure bullshit.
You seem to have an endless supply.
Nonsense.
” theglobeandmail.com ...”
as an ex-canadian, I call tell everyone here that it’s the NYT and CNN combined of Kanada. No newspaper in Kanada (except for the Toronto Red Star and Vancouver Scum/Sun) comes comes to lefty horse manure.
The nonsense coming from this article did not surprise me one bit.
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