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πΊπΈ π° Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green officially appealed to Biden, Lloyd Austin (Secretary of Defense) and Blinken to initiate an audit of funds sent to Ukraine.
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βοΈπ·πΊπΊπ¦ Chronicle of a special military operation
for November 17, 2022
Today, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again inflicted massive strikes on the critical infrastructure of Ukraine. Energy facilities in Odessa, Vinnytsia, Dnepropetrovsk and Kiev region were affected.
In addition, the Shebelinsky Gas processing plant near Balakleya in the Kharkiv region, a mining enterprise in the Kiev region, a Yuzhmash workshop in Dnepropetrovsk, a logistics hub in Ochakov and a military unit at the Outpost in Odessa were hit.
An unidentified object was struck in the Stryi district of the Lviv region. In the Poltava and Cherkasy regions, air defense systems worked.
π»Republic of Crimea:
In Feodosia, a Ukrainian drone tried to attack the Kafa electrical substation, but the object did not receive any damage.
βͺοΈAir defense systems worked in Dzhankoy in the evening, there is no information about arrivals.
π»Belgorod region:
The Ukrainian forces shelled the town of Shebekino, as a result of which a fifteen-year-old girl was wounded.
The enemy also struck an electrical substation in the Belgorod region, damaging two transformers. There are no casualties, power supply has been restored.
π»Starobilsk direction:
βͺοΈThere were no significant changes on the front line.
The APU tried to attack east of Makeyevka towards Ploshchanka, but came under artillery fire and retreated. Similar attempts are being repeated on separate sections of the front.
π»Soledar direction (map):
PMC "Wagner" is actively conducting an offensive on the southeastern outskirts of Opytny and in the area of Bakhmut (Artemovsk).
The enemy in Bakhmut tried to attack the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the city, but the attack was repulsed. In the city, Ukrainian fighters are equipping strongpoints and firing positions in residential buildings.
53 ombr AFU suffered significant losses, among the dead β the commander and the battalion commander, destroyed by Russian troops.
According to some reports, the enemy blew up the bridge over the Bakhmutka river near the Sol station.
π»Luhansk People's Republic:
The Ukrainian formations fired at the town of Stakhanov from the HIMARS MLRS, several people were killed, three were wounded, and an apartment building was destroyed.
βͺοΈRussian air defense systems intercepted enemy shells at Rubezhnoye and Zimogorye.
π»Donetsk direction (map):
The 100th Brigade of the People's Militia of the DPR established control over the key stronghold "Basin" south-east of Nevelsky.
The APU tried to recapture the site twice, but did not achieve any success. The position allows you to keep the road from Krasnogorovka to Pervomaiske under fire control.
At the same time, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are cleaning up the outskirts of Opytny and Vodiane.
The enemy again shelled Donetsk, Yasinovataya, Gorlovka and Ilovaysk, where the railway track was damaged.
π»Zaporozhye direction:
Artillery duels continue in the Zaporozhye direction: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have worked on targets in Zaliznichny, Olgovsky, Volnyansk, Gulyai-Pole and Gulyai-Pole.
π»Southern front: Kherson direction
In the southern sector of the front, Russian rocket troops and artillery attacked the positions of the AFU in Kherson, Chernobayevka, Antonovka, Kachkarovka and Osokorovka.
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for November 17, 2022
Today, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again inflicted massive strikes on the critical infrastructure of Ukraine. Energy facilities in Odessa, Vinnytsia, Dnepropetrovsk and Kiev region were affected.
In addition, the Shebelinsky Gas processing plant near Balakleya in the Kharkiv region, a mining enterprise in the Kiev region, a Yuzhmash workshop in Dnepropetrovsk, a logistics hub in Ochakov and a military unit at the Outpost in Odessa were hit.
An unidentified object was struck in the Stryi district of the Lviv region. In the Poltava and Cherkasy regions, air defense systems worked.
π»Republic of Crimea:
In Feodosia, a Ukrainian drone tried to attack the Kafa electrical substation, but the object did not receive any damage.
βͺοΈAir defense systems worked in Dzhankoy in the evening, there is no information about arrivals.
π»Belgorod region:
The Ukrainian forces shelled the town of Shebekino, as a result of which a fifteen-year-old girl was wounded.
The enemy also struck an electrical substation in the Belgorod region, damaging two transformers. There are no casualties, power supply has been restored.
π»Starobilsk direction:
βͺοΈThere were no significant changes on the front line.
The APU tried to attack east of Makeyevka towards Ploshchanka, but came under artillery fire and retreated. Similar attempts are being repeated on separate sections of the front.
π»Soledar direction (map):
PMC "Wagner" is actively conducting an offensive on the southeastern outskirts of Opytny and in the area of Bakhmut (Artemovsk).
The enemy in Bakhmut tried to attack the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the city, but the attack was repulsed. In the city, Ukrainian fighters are equipping strongpoints and firing positions in residential buildings.
53 ombr AFU suffered significant losses, among the dead β the commander and the battalion commander, destroyed by Russian troops.
According to some reports, the enemy blew up the bridge over the Bakhmutka river near the Sol station.
π»Luhansk People's Republic:
The Ukrainian formations fired at the town of Stakhanov from the HIMARS MLRS, several people were killed, three were wounded, and an apartment building was destroyed.
βͺοΈRussian air defense systems intercepted enemy shells at Rubezhnoye and Zimogorye.
π»Donetsk direction (map):
The 100th Brigade of the People's Militia of the DPR established control over the key stronghold "Basin" south-east of Nevelsky.
The APU tried to recapture the site twice, but did not achieve any success. The position allows you to keep the road from Krasnogorovka to Pervomaiske under fire control.
At the same time, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are cleaning up the outskirts of Opytny and Vodiane.
The enemy again shelled Donetsk, Yasinovataya, Gorlovka and Ilovaysk, where the railway track was damaged.
π»Zaporozhye direction:
Artillery duels continue in the Zaporozhye direction: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have worked on targets in Zaliznichny, Olgovsky, Volnyansk, Gulyai-Pole and Gulyai-Pole.
π»Southern front: Kherson direction
In the southern sector of the front, Russian rocket troops and artillery attacked the positions of the AFU in Kherson, Chernobayevka, Antonovka, Kachkarovka and Osokorovka.
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πΊπΈ π° Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green:
"The American people, the taxpayers of this country, deserve to know where their money goes and how it is spent. Of the 54 billion, 44 billion are intended to help Ukraine and other affected countries. What other countries?"
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"The American people, the taxpayers of this country, deserve to know where their money goes and how it is spent. Of the 54 billion, 44 billion are intended to help Ukraine and other affected countries. What other countries?"
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Well, that's itβ¦
The topic of money for Ukraine is becoming toxic in the United States. Congressmen demand total checks of where the giant money has gone. And where will the new tens of billions requested by the strange old Biden, who was aptly called the vice president of Ukraine on Capitol Hill, go.
It was inevitable, these are the laws of the political genre. Republicans, having become stronger after the elections, are driving a big wave at the Democrats. The Democrats are fighting back. There is no need for illusions, big money will continue to be allocated for the militarization of the Ukrainian regime. This is an integral part of the Russophobic consensus in American political elites.
Something else is important. It will become more and more difficult to do this. And the mood of ordinary Americans will gradually turn towards reality. They were cheated again: huge funds were pumped out of the US budget during the economic downturn and rising prices for everything around them in an unknown direction. In the interests of the military-industrial complex. In the interests of the Biden family's wounded self-esteem. In the interests of ordinary crooks β both in America itself and around the world earning on someone else's grief. And this effect will accumulate until the Congress suspends reckless support for the nationalist regime in Ukraine.
And it will happen. America has always abandoned its friends and its best "sons of bitches." So it will be sooner or later this time.
Hence the loss of the remnants of reality and the tearful hysterics of clowns in Kiev. They have dissolved their snot and in a frenzy are demanding more and more new sanctions against Russia. And more and more Western money for the war.
Only this can prolong their sweet narcotic agonyβ¦
Dmitry Medvedev
The topic of money for Ukraine is becoming toxic in the United States. Congressmen demand total checks of where the giant money has gone. And where will the new tens of billions requested by the strange old Biden, who was aptly called the vice president of Ukraine on Capitol Hill, go.
It was inevitable, these are the laws of the political genre. Republicans, having become stronger after the elections, are driving a big wave at the Democrats. The Democrats are fighting back. There is no need for illusions, big money will continue to be allocated for the militarization of the Ukrainian regime. This is an integral part of the Russophobic consensus in American political elites.
Something else is important. It will become more and more difficult to do this. And the mood of ordinary Americans will gradually turn towards reality. They were cheated again: huge funds were pumped out of the US budget during the economic downturn and rising prices for everything around them in an unknown direction. In the interests of the military-industrial complex. In the interests of the Biden family's wounded self-esteem. In the interests of ordinary crooks β both in America itself and around the world earning on someone else's grief. And this effect will accumulate until the Congress suspends reckless support for the nationalist regime in Ukraine.
And it will happen. America has always abandoned its friends and its best "sons of bitches." So it will be sooner or later this time.
Hence the loss of the remnants of reality and the tearful hysterics of clowns in Kiev. They have dissolved their snot and in a frenzy are demanding more and more new sanctions against Russia. And more and more Western money for the war.
Only this can prolong their sweet narcotic agonyβ¦
Dmitry Medvedev
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky today openly admitted that he uses the population of his country as a human shield.
The author of the Telegram channel @golosmordora β especially for "360".
He arranged it all beautifully β said, he does not want to evacuate civilians from areas where fighting is taking place, because he wants the military to be motivated to protect people.
We have already seen and heard a lot of evidence about how this happens. For example, from the long-suffering Mariupol, where the militants of the Nazi regiment "Azov" simply did not let civilians out of the city, although the Russian military provided corridors.
But the Ukrainian military had fun, driving all the residents into the basements and then shooting those who came out to get water. Or they just fired from tanks and artillery at apartments where there were still people. I'm not talking about torture and bullying against those who were suspected of sympathizing with Russia. And I am sure that when everything is over, we will learn such a thing about the attitude of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to civilians that the hair will rise on our heads.
A real hell is going on in Kherson now, where access is closed even to Western mass media. It is clear that they are preparing another "Bucha" there, but this is only one reason. Another reason is the atrocities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and local pro-Ukrainian residents against those who were for Russia.
I don't know how many of them are left there, most likely not many. Because the city was evacuated in time, the civilians were taken care of. Nevertheless, news comes about mass shootings, the disappearance of people, and even the Western press publishes photos of people taped to poles.
I am sure that almost everyone who is now being subjected to repression in Kherson is ordinary Ukrainian citizens who did not sympathize with Russia and stayed in the city. The same pro-Ukrainian citizens. But no one canceled the settling of personal accounts, and the banal robbery. And now is the best time for that.
By the way, the same Kherson may soon turn out to be a war zone again, but at the same time Zelensky is not going to evacuate the remaining population anywhere. Precisely because his army normally fights only if there is a human shield.
By the way, this also applies to air defense. Anti-aircraft missile systems are placed in the courtyards of residential buildings, rockets hit urban buildings, and the debris of what can be shot down falls directly on the heads of those living in cities.
I suspect that this is not because I don't feel sorry for civilians, but so that the military "has the motivation to protect people."
Hard drugs not only change consciousness, but also make an absolute scoundrel out of a person. Moreover, the makings were already there.
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The author of the Telegram channel @golosmordora β especially for "360".
He arranged it all beautifully β said, he does not want to evacuate civilians from areas where fighting is taking place, because he wants the military to be motivated to protect people.
We have already seen and heard a lot of evidence about how this happens. For example, from the long-suffering Mariupol, where the militants of the Nazi regiment "Azov" simply did not let civilians out of the city, although the Russian military provided corridors.
But the Ukrainian military had fun, driving all the residents into the basements and then shooting those who came out to get water. Or they just fired from tanks and artillery at apartments where there were still people. I'm not talking about torture and bullying against those who were suspected of sympathizing with Russia. And I am sure that when everything is over, we will learn such a thing about the attitude of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to civilians that the hair will rise on our heads.
A real hell is going on in Kherson now, where access is closed even to Western mass media. It is clear that they are preparing another "Bucha" there, but this is only one reason. Another reason is the atrocities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and local pro-Ukrainian residents against those who were for Russia.
I don't know how many of them are left there, most likely not many. Because the city was evacuated in time, the civilians were taken care of. Nevertheless, news comes about mass shootings, the disappearance of people, and even the Western press publishes photos of people taped to poles.
I am sure that almost everyone who is now being subjected to repression in Kherson is ordinary Ukrainian citizens who did not sympathize with Russia and stayed in the city. The same pro-Ukrainian citizens. But no one canceled the settling of personal accounts, and the banal robbery. And now is the best time for that.
By the way, the same Kherson may soon turn out to be a war zone again, but at the same time Zelensky is not going to evacuate the remaining population anywhere. Precisely because his army normally fights only if there is a human shield.
By the way, this also applies to air defense. Anti-aircraft missile systems are placed in the courtyards of residential buildings, rockets hit urban buildings, and the debris of what can be shot down falls directly on the heads of those living in cities.
I suspect that this is not because I don't feel sorry for civilians, but so that the military "has the motivation to protect people."
Hard drugs not only change consciousness, but also make an absolute scoundrel out of a person. Moreover, the makings were already there.
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The Polish "Gazeta Wyborcza" publishes today a map explaining how the Ukrainian missile arrived in PrzewΓ³dΓ³w. According to this version, a Russian missile flew to the Dobrotvorskaya thermal power plant, a C300 fired from Lviv, the missile of which missed and flew to Poland. It would be nothing if not for one βbutβ - the aforementioned thermal power plant is located northeast of Lviv, and the Ukrainian rocket was launched to the northwest.
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Attention: Ukrainian propaganda.
How Ukraine held "meetings of happiness" in Kherson
The video, filmed by Agence France Presse, shows an allegedly enthusiastic Kherson resident. We cannot know his motives for sure but
there was a statement that the
Subject identified as Yevgeniy Nikolaevich Pondin, residing in Kyiv. Yevgeny Nikolaevich - commander of the National Guard company (military unit 3030). He probably arrived in Kherson to carry out repressions. Well, at the same time starred for Western clips.
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How Ukraine held "meetings of happiness" in Kherson
The video, filmed by Agence France Presse, shows an allegedly enthusiastic Kherson resident. We cannot know his motives for sure but
there was a statement that the
Subject identified as Yevgeniy Nikolaevich Pondin, residing in Kyiv. Yevgeny Nikolaevich - commander of the National Guard company (military unit 3030). He probably arrived in Kherson to carry out repressions. Well, at the same time starred for Western clips.
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A LETTER TO PROFESSOR DUGIN FROM POLAND
For about two months now I have been reading in Russian (I had this old socialist course at school, for 8 years), and now I can say that I can understand up to some 80 β 90 percent. I even began toying with the idea of somehow joining the Russian forces. Read the article
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For about two months now I have been reading in Russian (I had this old socialist course at school, for 8 years), and now I can say that I can understand up to some 80 β 90 percent. I even began toying with the idea of somehow joining the Russian forces. Read the article
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A Letter to Professor Dugin from Poland
I am writing to you mostly because I am afraid that if I donβt write, no other Polish common folk will. I want to give you my sincerest condolences for the untimely death of your daughter, Darya. She
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Julian Assange :"The United States' goal is to have an endless war, not a successful war. "(Old video)
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π©The Russian MoD accused Ukraine of war crimes and
executing war prisoners.
Statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the war crimes commited of Ukrainian soldiers over prisoners of the Russian military:
The published new video evidence of the mass massacre of Ukrainian servicemen over unarmed Russian prisoners of war confirms the life-giving nature of the current Kiev regime led by Zelensky and those who protect and support him.
No one will be able to present the deliberate and methodical murder of more than ten immobilized Russian servicemen by the AFU geeks with direct shots to the head as a "tragic exception" against the background of the alleged universal observance by the Kiev regime of the rights of prisoners of war.
At the same time, the Ukrainian servicemen who surrendered this week are being held in accordance with all the requirements of the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
The brutal murder of Russian prisoners of war is not the first and not an isolated war crime. This is a common practice in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, actively supported by the Kiev regime and not noticed by its Western patrons.
But Zelensky and his henchmen will have to answer before the court of history, the peoples of Russia and Ukraine for everyone and for every tortured and murdered prisoner.
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executing war prisoners.
Statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the war crimes commited of Ukrainian soldiers over prisoners of the Russian military:
The published new video evidence of the mass massacre of Ukrainian servicemen over unarmed Russian prisoners of war confirms the life-giving nature of the current Kiev regime led by Zelensky and those who protect and support him.
No one will be able to present the deliberate and methodical murder of more than ten immobilized Russian servicemen by the AFU geeks with direct shots to the head as a "tragic exception" against the background of the alleged universal observance by the Kiev regime of the rights of prisoners of war.
At the same time, the Ukrainian servicemen who surrendered this week are being held in accordance with all the requirements of the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
The brutal murder of Russian prisoners of war is not the first and not an isolated war crime. This is a common practice in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, actively supported by the Kiev regime and not noticed by its Western patrons.
But Zelensky and his henchmen will have to answer before the court of history, the peoples of Russia and Ukraine for everyone and for every tortured and murdered prisoner.
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π©Commentary by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry M.V. Zakharova in connection with the execution of Russian prisoners by Ukrainian servicemen.
Video footage of Ukrainian soldiers ruthlessly shooting unarmed Russian prisoners of war has been widely circulated on social media.
We have repeatedly drawn the attention of the international community to the cruel and inhuman treatment of the Ukrainian side towards the detained Russian servicemen.
All these numerous evidences of crimes were ignored by the βcollective Westβ, which actively supports Kyiv in everything.
We demand that international organizations condemn this egregious crime and conduct a thorough investigation into it. Every atrocity committed by Ukrainian armed groups will not go unpunished. All those guilty and involved in the crimes will be identified and will suffer a well-deserved punishment. No one will escape retribution.
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π©Commentary by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry M.V. Zakharova in connection with the execution of Russian prisoners by Ukrainian servicemen.
Video footage of Ukrainian soldiers ruthlessly shooting unarmed Russian prisoners of war has been widely circulated on social media.
We have repeatedly drawn the attention of the international community to the cruel and inhuman treatment of the Ukrainian side towards the detained Russian servicemen.
All these numerous evidences of crimes were ignored by the βcollective Westβ, which actively supports Kyiv in everything.
We demand that international organizations condemn this egregious crime and conduct a thorough investigation into it. Every atrocity committed by Ukrainian armed groups will not go unpunished. All those guilty and involved in the crimes will be identified and will suffer a well-deserved punishment. No one will escape retribution.
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In the LPR, an SBU agent was detained who attempted to assassinate the head of the Belovodsky district.
As investigators found out, the detainee was supposed to attack the heads of three more districts of the republic.
A RIA Novosti source said that, in addition to the detention, it was possible to uncover the agent network of the Ukrainian special services.
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As investigators found out, the detainee was supposed to attack the heads of three more districts of the republic.
A RIA Novosti source said that, in addition to the detention, it was possible to uncover the agent network of the Ukrainian special services.
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βMany telegram channels have reposted shocking videos of the massacre of Russian soldiers.
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By God's law and His Shariah, it is allowed to kill an equal number of Ukrainian prisoners for the amount of Russian prisoners who have been killed by Ukrainian forces, arguing about laws will not do it, just take the eye for an eye and be done with it already.
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β Medvedev on Ukrainian Execution of Russian POWs:
I was taught at the university
many years ago criminal law. And they said that criminal punishment consists of two elements: punishment, on the one hand, and conditions for the correction and re-education of the guilty person, on the other. And only the death penalty is a pure punishment for obvious reasons. According to the principle of "life for life", known since the Old Testament times (Leviticus, 24:20).
The Ukrainian bastards who shot Russian servicemen should not suffer any other punishment, except for what is pure punishment. Even if it takes years to find them.
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I was taught at the university
many years ago criminal law. And they said that criminal punishment consists of two elements: punishment, on the one hand, and conditions for the correction and re-education of the guilty person, on the other. And only the death penalty is a pure punishment for obvious reasons. According to the principle of "life for life", known since the Old Testament times (Leviticus, 24:20).
The Ukrainian bastards who shot Russian servicemen should not suffer any other punishment, except for what is pure punishment. Even if it takes years to find them.
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Bild journalist calls for investigation into execution of Russian captured soldiers by Ukrainian Army β he is hounded in comments, and Western media once again failed to react
Today there is more evidence of unprincipled execution of surrendered Russian by Ukrainian militants β first they surround the house, from which the Russian fighters come out, and then they put them all on the ground and shoot them. Julian Ropcke, a military expert of the German publication Bild, was the first and, so far, the only Western journalist to react to the incident β note that he does not hold pro-Russian views and openly supports Ukraine.
Ropcke posted footage from the video on his Twitter account and called for the incident to be investigated "in accordance with the rule of law" β in response, he was expectedly hounded by pro-Ukrainian users, who began sticking up for the Ukrainian fighters, who were allegedly defending themselves from our military as they did not know what to expect from "aggressive Russian soldiers."
Despite the wide public outcry, the Western media, as usual, did not react to another obvious fact of a war crime by the Ukrainian side or even to the call of an unbiased German journalist to pay attention to it.
Today there is more evidence of unprincipled execution of surrendered Russian by Ukrainian militants β first they surround the house, from which the Russian fighters come out, and then they put them all on the ground and shoot them. Julian Ropcke, a military expert of the German publication Bild, was the first and, so far, the only Western journalist to react to the incident β note that he does not hold pro-Russian views and openly supports Ukraine.
Ropcke posted footage from the video on his Twitter account and called for the incident to be investigated "in accordance with the rule of law" β in response, he was expectedly hounded by pro-Ukrainian users, who began sticking up for the Ukrainian fighters, who were allegedly defending themselves from our military as they did not know what to expect from "aggressive Russian soldiers."
Despite the wide public outcry, the Western media, as usual, did not react to another obvious fact of a war crime by the Ukrainian side or even to the call of an unbiased German journalist to pay attention to it.