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To: Brellium

You mean like the butterfly bomblets/mines that the Ukrainians are dropping?

‘The West is silent as Ukraine targets civilians in Donetsk using banned ‘butterfly’ mines’
https://mronline.org/2022/08/18/eva-bartlett-the-west-is-silent-as-ukraine-targets-civilians-in-donetsk-using-banned-butterfly-mines/


6 posted on 09/19/2022 4:52:22 AM PDT by cranked
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To: cranked

Wow... quoting Monthly Review, an out-and-proud communist medium. Some conservative you are.


8 posted on 09/19/2022 5:00:10 AM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: cranked
You mean like the butterfly bomblets/mines that the Ukrainians are dropping?

https://observers.france24.com/en/europe/20220817-ukraine-russia-donetsk-petal-butterfly-antipersonnel-mines

"Numerous photos and videos were posted on social media in late July showing dozens of small PFM-1 “petal” mines in Russian-occupied Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine. The posts were accompanied by comments expressing outrage and fear that the mines – hard to see on sidewalks or in the grass – would be deadly to civilians. But it remains unclear whether Ukraine or Russia was responsible for dispersing these controversial weapons."

"Meanwhile, HRW has seen no evidence that Ukraine has used the mines, an action that would amount to a violation of the Ottawa Treaty. Still, accusations against both sides have flourished."

"There is little chance of definitively determining exactly who placed the mines that have been photographed in Donetsk. The priority in the region has been to clear the mines – often in ways that make them unrecognisable, precluding identification through serial numbers or manufacturing indications."

More keyboard vomit.

10 posted on 09/19/2022 5:04:49 AM PDT by Brellium (The environment is of upmost importance, without trees where will we hang Moscovites?)
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To: cranked
Hmmmm...this is the disclaimer from your source blog:

Monthly Review does not necessarily adhere to all of the views conveyed in articles republished at MR Online. Our goal is to share a variety of left perspectives that we think our readers will find interesting or useful. —Eds.

55 posted on 09/19/2022 5:47:24 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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