Amnesty International has faced a moral dilemma
Western citizens are happy enough to light an Amnesty candle in support of prisoners of conscience in Myanmar, Iran or Cuba. However, the group has been lambasted for criticizing the United States for its use of indefinite detention without trial at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for terrorism suspects after the 9/11 attacks, and likewise for comparing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to apartheid.
In seeking to use an objective ethical yardstick, Amnesty is facing the same moral dilemmas as reputable international news media.
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Western citizens are happy enough to light an Amnesty candle in support of prisoners of conscience in Myanmar, Iran or Cuba. However, the group has been lambasted for criticizing the United States for its use of indefinite detention without trial at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for terrorism suspects after the 9/11 attacks, and likewise for comparing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to apartheid.
In seeking to use an objective ethical yardstick, Amnesty is facing the same moral dilemmas as reputable international news media.
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Consider Amnesty’s message, don’t shoot the messenger
It’s wrong to fault the human rights group for criticizing Ukraine.
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"Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the Donetsk brewery. An ammonia leak has occurred.
[😲 "Exposure to high concentrations of ammonia in air causes immediate burning of the eyes, nose, throat and respiratory tract and can result in blindness, lung damage or death. Inhalation of lower concentrations can cause coughing, and nose and throat irritation."]
The affected area is 2 kilometers, according to the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR. Locals are advised not to go outside and not open windows."
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[😲 "Exposure to high concentrations of ammonia in air causes immediate burning of the eyes, nose, throat and respiratory tract and can result in blindness, lung damage or death. Inhalation of lower concentrations can cause coughing, and nose and throat irritation."]
The affected area is 2 kilometers, according to the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR. Locals are advised not to go outside and not open windows."
https://t.me/rt_russian/123363
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«Закрывайте окна! Аммиак течёт, глаза режет!»
В Донецке сейчас сильный пожар: горит пивзавод.
Сообщается, что во время обстрела украинский снаряд попал в ёмкость с аммиаком, произошла утечка. Жителей предупреждают, что возле пивзавода трудно дышать.
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В Донецке сейчас сильный пожар: горит пивзавод.
Сообщается, что во время обстрела украинский снаряд попал в ёмкость с аммиаком, произошла утечка. Жителей предупреждают, что возле пивзавода трудно дышать.
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The AFU hit a brewery in Donetsk with a 155-mm shell of the French CAESAR self-propelled gun.
Former special forces soldier Adrian Boke, who now works in the Donbass, filmed fragments of a projectile on the territory of the plant specifically for RT. He was the first, together with the IC investigators, to be at the scene of the emergency.
"I managed to identify the projectile. This is a French shell from the expired stocks of the French army.
Some shells got stuck in the ground and did not explode because they are of poor quality!" says Boke.
According to him, a total of four ammunition did not explode. As Boke says, if all of them had worked and all the ammonia tanks had been damaged, thousands of people could have suffered.
The AFU hit a brewery in Donetsk with a 155-mm shell of the French CAESAR self-propelled gun.
Former special forces soldier Adrian Boke, who now works in the Donbass, filmed fragments of a projectile on the territory of the plant specifically for RT. He was the first, together with the IC investigators, to be at the scene of the emergency.
"I managed to identify the projectile. This is a French shell from the expired stocks of the French army.
Some shells got stuck in the ground and did not explode because they are of poor quality!" says Boke.
According to him, a total of four ammunition did not explode. As Boke says, if all of them had worked and all the ammonia tanks had been damaged, thousands of people could have suffered.
⬆️ ‘There is an ammonia spill on the road. It is difficult to drive to the plant. There is a pungent smell.’ One person died, two injured in shelling of brewery in Donetsk. There was an ammonia leak. Locals report a pungent smell in the air.
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 50% of their personnel in Artemivsk and Avdiivka.
The Kiev military is fleeing massively from these directions due to heavy losses, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.
The units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 20 brigade and battalion level headquarters, as well as 8 ammunition depots.
The Russian artillery suppressed 3 Grad batteries, 2 platoons of Acacia self-propelled guns and 3 batteries of D-30 howitzers.
Air defense systems and aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Mi-24 helicopter, 7 UAVs and 4 rockets.
The Kiev military is fleeing massively from these directions due to heavy losses, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.
The units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 20 brigade and battalion level headquarters, as well as 8 ammunition depots.
The Russian artillery suppressed 3 Grad batteries, 2 platoons of Acacia self-propelled guns and 3 batteries of D-30 howitzers.
Air defense systems and aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Mi-24 helicopter, 7 UAVs and 4 rockets.
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New wreckage of the American AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missiles. This time, the rocket launched by the Ukrainian military hit a residential building in the Kherson direction. The local resident was lucky - the American missile suffered a failure and the warhead did not detonate.
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DPR soldiers recapture the village of Peski from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Pesky, Avdiivka, Marinka and other settlements around Donetsk represent the most fortified line of defense built by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in eight years. There are no longer civilians here, and every house has been converted for combat.
But the Donetsk guys from the 11th regiment, the Somalia battalion and the Kievan Rus battalion of the DPR army took Peski by storm and continue to move forward.
Reporting by Dmitry Astrakhan.
Pesky, Avdiivka, Marinka and other settlements around Donetsk represent the most fortified line of defense built by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in eight years. There are no longer civilians here, and every house has been converted for combat.
But the Donetsk guys from the 11th regiment, the Somalia battalion and the Kievan Rus battalion of the DPR army took Peski by storm and continue to move forward.
Reporting by Dmitry Astrakhan.
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🇷🇺 Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Security Council Vasily Nebenzya: “If the UAF attacks continue, it (nuclear catastrophe) can happen at any moment. Then the territories of Kyiv, Kharkov, Zaporozhye, Poltava, Kherson, Odessa, Nikolaev, Kirovograd, Vinnitsa regions will be under the threat of radioactive contamination. Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. Border regions of Russia and Belarus, as well as Moldova, Bulgaria and Romania. And these are the most optimistic expert forecasts. The real scale of the nuclear catastrophe at the ZNPP is impossible even to imagine. In this case, all responsibility for this will fall on the Western sponsors of Kyiv."
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About 13,000 Belarusian active and former military men are ready to take part in the Russian war against Ukraine, - Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
"Along the state border of Ukraine, 6 battalions of the Armed Forces of Belarus are deployed and perform tasks in the border areas with Ukraine. In general, according to available data, Russia continues to draw Belarus into a full-scale war against Ukraine. According to preliminary data, up to 13,000 people from among the active and former military units of the Belarusian special operations forces, as well as OMON, signed an agreement to participate in the war against Ukraine," said A. Gromov, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"Along the state border of Ukraine, 6 battalions of the Armed Forces of Belarus are deployed and perform tasks in the border areas with Ukraine. In general, according to available data, Russia continues to draw Belarus into a full-scale war against Ukraine. According to preliminary data, up to 13,000 people from among the active and former military units of the Belarusian special operations forces, as well as OMON, signed an agreement to participate in the war against Ukraine," said A. Gromov, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT of the movement "We are together with Russia" on the fact of a terrorist attack by Ukraine
Ukrainian terrorists tried to blow up the headquarters of "We are with Russia", whose volunteers give out humanitarian aid to those in need, in Melitopol alone they gave out more than 21,000 food packages.
The purpose of the attacks is to intimidate those who take help from the Russians. Residents react harshly and emotionally to such actions: “We ran away from you from Zaporozhye, because it’s impossible to live with you, and here in peaceful Melitopol you are trying to get us. Get the hell out of our Russian land!” - says Yulia, who escaped from Zaporozhye.
Pensioners whom no one cares about except Russia do not hide their anger towards Ukrainian terrorists:
"Do you want to scare us?... I will go to vote, and I know that I will live better with Russia than with you freaks.” Elena says
Ukrainian terrorists tried to blow up the headquarters of "We are with Russia", whose volunteers give out humanitarian aid to those in need, in Melitopol alone they gave out more than 21,000 food packages.
The purpose of the attacks is to intimidate those who take help from the Russians. Residents react harshly and emotionally to such actions: “We ran away from you from Zaporozhye, because it’s impossible to live with you, and here in peaceful Melitopol you are trying to get us. Get the hell out of our Russian land!” - says Yulia, who escaped from Zaporozhye.
Pensioners whom no one cares about except Russia do not hide their anger towards Ukrainian terrorists:
"Do you want to scare us?... I will go to vote, and I know that I will live better with Russia than with you freaks.” Elena says
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📹 Footage of combat sorties of Western MD’s Su-35S fighter crews to destroy military infrastructure facilities of AFU during the special military operation
▫️Operational-tactical aircraft are flown from temporary airfields to accomplish their missions.
▫️Su-35S fighter crews continue to destroy enemy targets using a wide range of aerial weapons in the course of flight missions.
▫️The crews use precision guided missiles of various air-to-air and air-to-surface classes to destroy AFU aircraft, radar stations and air defence complexes.
▫️The aircraft are operated during daylight hours and at night in all weather conditions.
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▫️Operational-tactical aircraft are flown from temporary airfields to accomplish their missions.
▫️Su-35S fighter crews continue to destroy enemy targets using a wide range of aerial weapons in the course of flight missions.
▫️The crews use precision guided missiles of various air-to-air and air-to-surface classes to destroy AFU aircraft, radar stations and air defence complexes.
▫️The aircraft are operated during daylight hours and at night in all weather conditions.
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