Russians kill orchestra conductor for refusing to join concert in Kherson, Ukraine says

Yahoo News ^ | Sun, October 16, 2022 | Brad Dress

[dennisw]

Russian troops shot and killed an orchestra conductor who refused to perform at a concert Russia allegedly staged in the occupied southern region of Kherson, according to Ukrainian officials.

The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine said in a Facebook post that it confirmed Friday that Russian soldiers shot Yuri Kerpatenko in his own home.

Kerpatenko, the main conductor of the Gileya Chamber Orchestra, refused a Russian invitation to perform a concert with the orchestra group “to demonstrate the so-called ‘improvement of peaceful life’ in Kherson,” according to the ministry.

The late conductor was also affiliated with the Kherson Regional Philharmonic and the Mykola Kulish Kherson Music and Drama Theater in the region.

Ukrainian journalist Olena Vanina first reported the news on Thursday and was cited by the cultural ministry.

The war in Ukraine has dragged on for more than eight months and has killed thousands of Ukrainian civilians and thousands of soldiers on both sides.

Fighting continues to rage in eastern and southern region of the country, including in and around Kherson.

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Already posted but we all know you fail at using the top right feature called SEARCH.......

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‘Russia is Sending Musicians and Lawyers to the Frontlines in Ukraine’
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4100973/posts

[dennisw]

The pro-Russia Freepers are always claiming Nazi, Nazi, Nazi. As if they have Ukrainian Nazi bees in their bonnets.

This murder of a Ukrainian orchestra conductor is something out of the pages of World War Two. This is what the real Nazis would do back then. Perform for us, amuse us, or die.

[dennisw]

I figured no one saw this. Let the Mods do their do.

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It’s all good.
Just giving you a hard time.
My bad.
you do your thing.

[ReaganGeneration2]

New Normal:

Reporting = The Hill “journalist” repeating a Ukraine government Facebook post (nothing else... no other source, no other side)

Truth = yahoo news regurgitating The Hill

[dennisw]

No problemo. I am same as what I posted yesterday to you.

[canuck_conservative]

a lot of us didn’t see this before, so thanks for posting again, dennis

(just ignore the crank kook)

[buwaya]

Different story.

[familyop]

"‘Russia is Sending Musicians and Lawyers to the Frontlines in Ukraine’
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4100973/posts"

That is linked to some dude talking in a Youtube video.

The post above this thread is linked to a Yahoo News article.

[buwaya]

There is no Russian response.
This is a Ukrainian government statement. So, its news.

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Thanks RevMom, appreciated.

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Thanks RevMom, again, appreciated.

[buwaya]

eskerik,
suposatzen...

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[familyop]

"The pro-Russia Freepers are always claiming Nazi, Nazi, Nazi. As if they have Ukrainian Nazi bees in their bonnets."

They're projecting, desensitizing people to that word and trying to instill tolerance for anti-Jewish speech. Some Russians were recruiting neo-Nazis in the U.S. in the 1990s, and many more of them have been doing so ever since. That's why they see Zelenskyy as being part of some universal, all encompassing conspiracy. _The Protocols of the Elders of Zion_ was first published in Russia in 1903.

Same with Iranians, Palestinians and others collaborating with western neo-Nazis. Commies, you see. They're cultural birds of a feather with fascists. Eventually, they'll focus more against Israel. Get ready.

[dennisw]

Because the heart that you break
That's the one that you rely on
The bed that you make
That's the one you gotta lie on
When you point your finger cos your plan fell through
You got three more fingers pointing back at you

Dire Starits - Mark Knopfler

[DesertRhino]

Once upon a time….