Posted on 02/10/2024 4:52:13 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the Buzynov brothers, their mother, and Mykyta's girlfriend fled their home in Chernihiv in the north of the country to avoid the conflict. They went to the village of Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske, but by early March, Russian soldiers arrived there too. "We've come to liberate you from your government. Putin is cool," the soldiers exclaimed.
Volodymyr says the soldiers searched the village, confiscating phones and accusing his family of sharing the location of the Russian army - something they all deny. Then, Volodymr says, the soldiers set up what sounded like a fake execution.
"They took my brother Mykyta and others behind some trees and told them to line up against a wall, yelling: 'Get ready! Aim!' Then they took Mykyta's girlfriend Kateryna, and made her kneel next to him. Aiming a rifle at her head, they said to my brother: 'If you don't confess, we'll shoot her.'"
Volodymyr says that was the last time he saw Mykyta. "He may have confessed to save his girlfriend because they let her go. They told us: 'He admitted everything. He's facing up to 15 years in prison.'"
According to the Ukrainian government, as of November 2023 there were 4,337 Ukrainians in Russian captivity. Most were military personnel, but 763 were civilians. However, there is no official list of their names and Ukrainian authorities rely on data from the Red Cross.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Till then, the Ukie Nazis and their fascist supporters can lie and mock all they want...
I asked this question earlier - no one wanted to answer it.
“Immediately after (and during) WWII up until Russia got ‘the bomb,’ how many nuclear weapons were targeted for Russia?”
Today, BOTH sides target each other. I’d also hazard a guess that in addition to Russia, the US has them targeted at China, NK, and a few other countries one might not expect.
Went from "enemy" to "animosity" rather quickly there, didn't you, Bucko.
No doubt, the Russians and we have thousands of nuclear missiles aimed at each another. This has been the MAD doctrine for decades, and since before Reagan by the way. Using your perspective, we are their "enemy" and they are ours. Excepting the small point that neither side has begun that MAD-colored, world-ending exchange of missiles.
Sufficient proof of "animosity?" Indeed. And ZERO proof from you when asked for any formal declaration by the federal government that the Russian Federation is OFFICIALLY an "enemy." Ergo, no citation from you.
Rhetoric and assertions are fine, but verifiable citations are even better. As our president of some decades ago said, "trust but verify."
That applies to us all. So, verify please, if you are proving "enemy" status. With a federal citation of official, actual "enemy status." not just sanctions, which are pursuit of foreign policy by legal means. I'll wait.
Some assistance: such a document or citation would like like one of these....
Executive Order 13224 - Bureau of CounterterrorismEven Biden, McConnell and Schumer -- your chums -- know the difference between "Harmful Foreign Activities," the current Executive Order verbiage, and "enemy." Which is why the term is avoided in OFFICIAL declarations until the time of a nuclear "kaboom." And in the case of MAD not deterring, it is very likely no declaration will be made "before."
Bwahahaha! It is!
No, any country, including Russia, that points nuclear missiles at us, IS OUR ENEMY. Not sure why thats difficult for you to comprehend Mr WorldTraveller
Yes, because Russia and the US are enemies, as opposed to France or England who DO NOT have their nuclear missiles aimed at the US.
Not difficult at all. It is the perfect definition and applicable in opposite directions, such that "any country that points nuclear missiles" is enemy, such that by your definition -- not a Biden administration definition, by the way -- we are their enemy. Now, what do we -- Russia and these United States -- do about that?
Only a couple of options, really? Push the big red button, or don't push the big red button. So far, thankfully, the latter has been the reality since and even before our President Reagan.
Stay enemies? Find some way around this? With more nations joining the nuclear club, it's a growing conundrum.
List of states with nuclear weapons
Let's all be enemies, in perpetuity! That's the ticket! < s a r c >
Or maybe there is some alternative? Not sure why this is so difficult for you to comprehend, Mr. Tlozo.
The Russia apologists aren’t exactly known for their intelligence
e.g., #13, 37
Russia isn’t going to nuke us.
Central and South America have declared war via invasion by street trash.
For more dangerous today, tomorrow, and everyday after that.
“Gonzalo got even worse than that in a Ukrainian prison.”
Gonzalo should have left Ukraine if he wanted to shill for Ruzzia. He died of stupidity and probably deserves a Darwin Award.
Another fine non-addition to discussion and debate.
There will come some short and some long term end to the war between Israel and Hamas (as proxy for Qatar), and what it will be shall be seen when that happens.
In like manner, there will come an end to the Ukraine-Russia war, and that end result will be known when it comes. Not before.
And assuredly none will ever be "friends and live happily ever after." Because that's not how this world works.
Why not just post one of your graphic fabrications? They are more entertaining.
Once you get to the Gulag you’re lucky to survive at all
Not the question.
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