The war we're watching...
there are lots of other wars which we're engaged in, sadly enough. But this one makes the news every night. My heart feels so sad for all the people being killed, injured and displaced around the world.
Letters from an American
"April 3, 2022
"Today, Ukrainian soldiers recaptured the areas around Kyiv that Russian forces had taken early in the invasion. Retaking the territory, they found mined homes, executed civilians, and, in the city of Bucha near Kyiv, a mass grave of nearly 280 civilians. In the town of Trostyanets, the evacuating Russians defecated in the rooms of the police station and on a dead civilian outside.
"The reported war crimes and atrocities have made it impossible to separate the Russian troops from Russian president Vladimir Putin. Their shared criminality will have the effect of solidifying Putin’s power by making all the Russians outcasts together as they have deliberately demonstrated they reject the western rules of war. As Russia expert Tom Nichols put it: “If Putin's goal was to cement his grip on power by making Russia hated for decades to come, well, congratulations, I guess.”
"That Putin has taken as many as 400,000 Ukrainians to Russia as potential hostages as he tries to bargain his way out of crippling sanctions or into land concessions is cause for concern. Russian troops continue to bombard the valuable deepwater Black Sea port of Odessa."
Heather Cox Richardson
...what a waste this all is! ����
ReplyDeleteWar, such a waste! My prayers go out to Ukraine.
ReplyDeletePutin needs to succumb to his cancer.
ReplyDeletePutin is a curse on Russia.
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