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Those children who were at the ice skating rink were also attacking Ukraine? Quite precocious!
by oh_sigh 6mo ago
Those children who were at the ice skating rink were also attacking Ukraine? Quite precocious!
- wat10000 6mo agoAn unfortunate and unintended consequence of counterattacking the invader. Very different from bombing a school due to bad intelligence in an unprovoked attack.
- senderista 6mo ago[flagged]
- the_why_of_y 6mo agoWhy would Ukraine mine their own cities? Unlike Russia, Ukraine signed the Ottawa Treaty that bans anti-personnel mines in 2006. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Treaty A more likely explanation is that butterfly mines were dropped by Russian armed forces; see Human Rights Watch: Russian forces have used at least seven types of antipersonnel mines in at least four regions of Ukraine: Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Sumy. There is no credible information that Ukrainian government forces have used antipersonnel mines in violation of the Mine Ban Treaty since 2014 and into 2022. https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/15/background-briefing-landmine-use-ukraine https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/15/background-briefing-land... https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/ukraine-conflict-likely-russia-using-scatterable-anti-personnel-mines-in-donbas-mod-3796945 https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/ukraine-conflict-likely-... Of course this is all tradition to bring rebellious minorities back into Russkiy Mir, just look at how Grozny looked in 2000. That was Putin's first war, started when he was prime minister. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1999%E2%80%932000) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1999%E2%80%9... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_war_crimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_war_crimes
- senderista 5mo agoOh look, I can link to HRW reports too: https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/31/ukraine-banned-landmines-harm-civilians https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/31/ukraine-banned-landmines...