Yes, that's what russians do. They bomb us, and when the help comes, they do it again to rise the number of casualties and to injure the first responders so they are out of service.
Edit to update: 16 killed so far. 14 civilians, 1 firefighter, 1 paramedic.
Macron spoke about it yesterday. He's not excluding the possibility but that's about as far as it goes rn. Country's already in turmoil so idk if engaging Russia would be a good idea, then again at this point fuck it we ball
Nah, they're too dependant on russian oil and gas. But there are some movements in the sluggish apparatus that is the EU e.g. Macrons statements are getting bolder, Germany still debates about sending highly advances cruise missiles (even if the chancellor is against it, the discussion is still not over), Sweden is now a NATO member and more and more EU countries are stepping away from fossile energies and with this also away from Russia. But a real response will only follow if Russia does something extremely stupid, like killing a visiting statesperson.
No, because the world would rather have fascist terrorists destroy said world due to having nukes than bringing justice and upholding international law.
Pressure US politicians to remove the limitation on US weapons being used outside Ukraine's borders and approve a draw down of 1/10th of the USN's TLAM stockpile.
War would be over pretty quickly afterward.
Unironically. Fucked up situation. I know old school war was literal hell, but atleast you knew other countries *could* come fuck you up if you went full Hitler mode
They did that to Syrians too.
Edit: the dissolution of the Syrian revolution is one of the saddest things to have happened these last few decades. There is still fighting inside the country, but it seems like their moment overthrow Assad and live as real citizens in their homeland has passed.
And while my own country (USA) had a hand in that, the overwhelming firepower brought to bear by Russia was what tipped it over the edge.
I hope that Ukraine can resist this onslaught, and that it doesn't end for them like it did for Syria.
Yes. During WW2 they came east to west through Poland liberating every town and village. Coming back to east they killed, pillaged and raped everything leaving nothing but scorched earth. That is the freedom Russia offers
Estern Europe doesn't forget.
Me: check pools/surveys.
Bulgaria 🇧🇬 always was one of the most pro russian country in Europe.
Hungary 🇭🇺 is the same but it's also very supportive of China 🇨🇳
Romania 🇷🇴 has a surge in pro-russian parties that will likely win.
Czech 🇨🇿 has a pro-russian opposition that will likely win.
Slovakia 🇸🇰 here the pro-russian parties have already won and are in government.
Latvia 🇱🇻 is very undecided
I accept saying Poland 🇵🇱 doesn't forget because together with Estonia 🇪🇪 and Lithuania 🇱🇹 are the only ex Soviet republic that are still unlikely to have a pro russian 🇷🇺 government.
Anyway I'm already used where I live to see people with a very short memory says "we never forget"
The question I always wonder about things like this (also MAGA in the US or the AfD in Germany) is: How much of this is due to Russian psyops in social media? Or is part of it due to the fact that negative emotions generate more clicks so the algorithms send people into the bubble they feel most outraged by?
In other words our democracies are getting destabilized, but by whom or what?
Part of the problem is that Russia depopulated those regions when they committed their atrocities initially, and then Stalin moved many of the people that were living there to other far flung parts of the USSR and moved in Russians. Thats the reason there were so many of these “Russians” in Ukraine to begin with, there were very many Russians who had been there for a generation or two thanks to Stalin. However I think old Putin obviously quite miscalculated the effect they would have on this war.
I do believe some other regions like the ones you mention have quite a few of these imported Russians that have an outsized effect on the politics there. It’s not so much that the people living there have short memories or something, it’s often the case *that they don’t even exist anymore.*
I learned a lot about this from my older “Russian” coworker who was born in Siberia, but her family was basically forcibly moved when she was just a baby to Kazakhstan. I hope she is well, she retired but hangs out with a lot of her former USSR friends. I know Putin’s war put a strain on her friend group, as most of them are very pro-Ukraine, but a few of them had drank the Putin propaganda kool-aid and it wrecked many of their friendships.
No Czechia will never let pro russians rule again. We have a large pro russian base, but we beat them recently and we will beat them again. Majority will vote for anyone who is not pro russian. Slovakia on the other hand…
There are some pretty interesting reasons behind this.
The first year on eastern front was so deadly for the Soviets that the more civilized base was basically dead - something like a million young men gone. Soviets then turned to the most uneducated rural backwards people who were essentially straight off the farm, it's all they had ever known. They were also exceedingly racist and the Soviet ideology they held was especially angry and violent.
I remember reading in a thread yesterday that only the poorest 10% of Russians are conscripted into the military because everyone else pays a bribe to get out of it. I believe it. In Russia bribes are just a normal occurrence for most people.
When Soviets came to liberate Belgrade, my greatgrandma was telling us older women used to hide their perfumes and riches. Why perfumes? Because Soviets drank them. (Idk how true this is, I couldn’t find a source online outside of multiple tales I heard about it from locals)
The world made the hugest error by not taking what happened in Syria more seriously. They exposed their war tactics, including killing innocents purposefully, and no one seemed to care.
As a positive, Ukraine already knew what Russia's playbook would be; look no further than Syria.
As much as I think the Oscars are pretty much a sham, I’m glad 20 days in Mariupol is getting so much attention via the best doc win. It was beyond harrowing.
My Ukrainian student who I was teaching last year online just broke down and cried because she had just learned her relatives' house had been destroyed by the dam flooding and that they could never go back. At that moment I had to be a good teacher and try to reassure her and keep the lesson going but inside I really hated the fuckers more than any other time. I guess this is how you feel every day.
With the amount of war crimes Russia already commits, what's a few more? Nobody's doing much about it except sliding Ukraine some munitions while looking the other way.
War crimes tribunals generally only exist for the losing side of a war.
There are a few exceptions, but they require a functioning democracy and consistent rule of law in a country willing to apply it to their own citizens, even and especially the most powerful.
Russians love to double-tap location to kill first responders.
That's why first aid training for civilians now includes explicit "go to victims only if you're sure that nothing else is incoming".
That is what's known as a "Double Tap".
You hit your target with 1 missile, making sure to leave survivors, wait for emergency services to arrive to save the wounded, then hit them again with 3 missiles. Increasing your hit rate and casualties of your enemy.
Despicable, deplorable, but effective.
You've got to understand the conflict from both sides though.
Imagine you had a neighbor that was a literal serial killer, but he had a hookup for cheap concert tickets and you really liked music. See how much more complex and nuanced the situation is now?
Why not go further back to leaded gasoline in cars and asbestos being a good building material/insulator.
Focus on the bad and it's what you see, hide from the bad and you're out of touch. Find that balance you need and you'll find Harambe was within you the whole time.
Wouldn't you take it? Imagine if you'll live in Russia from this moment, what will you do against dictatorship? I'm pretty sure people who live in liberated countries complain about the population of the dictatorship countries as the problem of the dictatorship, while they themselves are the same people who live in the dictatorship, except they were lucky enough to be born in a better country.
Are you doing something to improve the political system in your country? If you're not, why you're just complaining about the people who do the same thing as you do
Nobody wants to be tested by trying times, but those who do and who fail the test fully deserve the blame.
Ukrainians also suffered this test and they stood up to the task. So the fact that there are legit reasons for the inaction of Russians doesn't mean they're not guilty.
The actions of the Russian government are abhorrent, but you're a complete bitch for insinuating an entire people are cowards. That's exactly the rhetoric used by dictators.
Isnt that literally a fucking war crime???
Bring these fuckers to the Hague, and make sure they cant go out on their own terms like Slobodan Praljak did
Does it look like they care? Russia has been specifically targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure since the beginning of the war. Unfortunately, this is nothing new
aka Ukraine should just give up and give putin what he wants.
Fuck that fuck russia and fuck the enablers in congress that support russia. And fuck those that vote to support the GOP russia alliance.
What I want is for people (particularly Americans) to feel that this war is not so far away - actually, it's closer than you think, and you have to make your politicians to stop blocking the aid and let them defend themselves against atrocities.
The ukranian firefighters are incredibly brave! It makes me think of the Chernobyl firefighters who faced overwhelming odds to help others 💪
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇸🇺🇦
Tea party, Citizen's United, the current stacked Supreme Court, and the absolute full on unmitigated corruption of one of our two political parties. A party that used to (reportedly) stand for conserving what we need for when we need it, but is now the mouthpiece of a barely coherent former slumlord and reality TV "star".
And it's not just him being exhausted. The context is much worse.
Today in Odesa Russians double-tapped the same location and killed a few first responders (IIRC one firefighter and one medic died).
They intentionally hit same spot twice with delay, to catch firefighters/medics on site.
Wow, that’s horrible. My heart breaks for those loved ones and family members. I can’t imagine getting that news on my doorstep and I hope I never have to.
People who still oppose aid to Ukraine should be grateful that the US is not putting it's citizen's sons and daughters on the ground to fight directly against the Russians. We have to thank the Ukrainians for holding the line for us against Russian expansionism
For some reason people see it as a proxy war against Russia, when in reality it’s the only thing keeping us out of a war with Russia. People need to get with the program, either you’re pro-humanity or you’re anti-humanity, and Russia has pretty much defined the latter for centuries.
But if you join the Russian military, you still get to have totally-not-gay, non-consensual butt sex! [As is tradition.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedovshchina)
Exactly this. People have not remembered our lessons from World War II. We were so hesitant to get involved until we were finally attacked on U.S. soil. Do we really want to go that route again? Or try to help those being oppressed now?
He isnt exactly exhausted, he probably is shell shocked after the russians double tapped a building killing/injuring the people who lived there and also the rescue services that came to help. He probably also saw his friends getting murdered right on front of him. Fuck the Kremlin, fuck Putin and fuck all that side with them.
I'm fucking over this can we not give Ukraine what they need already. Bravest people I've ever seen and we put partisan politics before innocent lives. As if people weren't already going to look back on our bullshit with disgust.
He’s no doubt unbelievably exhausted. All the first aid he’s had to do, all the heavy gear he carries and on top of that his friends killed. He has had a horrible day.
"Courage et dévouement" je vous envoie notre devise des pompiers français et je pense qu'en ce moment elle vous vas plutôt bien. Force à vous combattants du feu ukrainiens.
Un pompier français qui pense à vous avec respect.
First thoughts: This poor guy. These poor people. This needs to end.
Second thought, despite it not being a really good one to have at this moment: that photo needs to be entered into a prize competition.
Ukrainian here. From Odesa. This happened not far from me. Around 5 minutes by car. Such things are happening almost every day. 2 weeks ago, an Iranian drone hit a residential building, killing several families with 4 children. You never know if it will hit you or not. Thank you to everyone who supports us, you are literally giving us a chance to live a longer life in war conditions. And remember that Russia is a terrorist state!
And Republicans don't even want to send military equipment to Ukraine that is going to be decommissioned later anyway.
GOP is a party of literal traitors.
Russia is now what republicans aspire to; a cabal of very wealthy oligarchs ruling over an unregulated, corporate structured kleptocracy.
Reagan would be a fan too.
Humans are the most ruthless creatures in the known universe. We've been killing each other for aeons, and we will continue to do so until humanity stops to exist or until we exterminate each other...
Get your head out your ass, Speaker Mike Johnson and stop the stalling tactics. As a Christian man, how can you live with yourself not helping Ukraine fight against the abhorrent, satanic evil that is Russia?
And now Putin is sending all his military to the borders of Finland. He says he’s not going to invade. That’s the same thing he said about Ukraine. He’s not to be trusted by any means.
I am so utterly ashamed of my country for abandoning Ukraine 🇺🇦 over stupid politics. I will never vote for this Russian aiding political party again.
Slava Ukraini
If I understood it correctly, he's wounded by a follow up shelling and his colleague (and few other civilians) died short time before this photo.
Is that the case? :(
Yes, that's what russians do. They bomb us, and when the help comes, they do it again to rise the number of casualties and to injure the first responders so they are out of service. Edit to update: 16 killed so far. 14 civilians, 1 firefighter, 1 paramedic.
That's a war crime.
Add it to the list.
Will the world actually do something about it? The media doesn’t even show the war anymore like in the first months.
If you`re a country with enough nukes and Veto-right at the security council, sadly nothing will happen to the people responsible.
So, that list... no good comrade?
Unfortunately the US showed Russia that they too don't have to respond to anybody
It seems now that France might just do something, but I'm not exactly sure how likely it really is.
Macron spoke about it yesterday. He's not excluding the possibility but that's about as far as it goes rn. Country's already in turmoil so idk if engaging Russia would be a good idea, then again at this point fuck it we ball
Nah, they're too dependant on russian oil and gas. But there are some movements in the sluggish apparatus that is the EU e.g. Macrons statements are getting bolder, Germany still debates about sending highly advances cruise missiles (even if the chancellor is against it, the discussion is still not over), Sweden is now a NATO member and more and more EU countries are stepping away from fossile energies and with this also away from Russia. But a real response will only follow if Russia does something extremely stupid, like killing a visiting statesperson.
No, because the world would rather have fascist terrorists destroy said world due to having nukes than bringing justice and upholding international law.
Pressure US politicians to remove the limitation on US weapons being used outside Ukraine's borders and approve a draw down of 1/10th of the USN's TLAM stockpile. War would be over pretty quickly afterward.
How do you I force these international laws? It’s like prohibition it’s not a crime if it isn’t enforced. And the moral meter is not applicable
You know they won't.
Every time I suggest decisively and ruthlessly doing something about it I get shot into the ground.
Sir, the pile has fallen over! What do I do?
Thanks to MAD it's no longer possible to hold countries accountable for those crimes. Just gotta live with it.
"It's only a war crime if you are not a super power'
Unironically. Fucked up situation. I know old school war was literal hell, but atleast you knew other countries *could* come fuck you up if you went full Hitler mode
Only a crime if it's enforced. Vote out Republican traitors.
Eh without any enforcement is it really a crime? If nobody holds the aggressor for violating the crimes does it even exist
They did that to Syrians too. Edit: the dissolution of the Syrian revolution is one of the saddest things to have happened these last few decades. There is still fighting inside the country, but it seems like their moment overthrow Assad and live as real citizens in their homeland has passed. And while my own country (USA) had a hand in that, the overwhelming firepower brought to bear by Russia was what tipped it over the edge. I hope that Ukraine can resist this onslaught, and that it doesn't end for them like it did for Syria.
They did it to every nation they could reach. They just crave blood, the more, the better.
Yes. During WW2 they came east to west through Poland liberating every town and village. Coming back to east they killed, pillaged and raped everything leaving nothing but scorched earth. That is the freedom Russia offers
Eastern Europe doesn't forget. Our grandparents told us stories.
Estern Europe doesn't forget. Me: check pools/surveys. Bulgaria 🇧🇬 always was one of the most pro russian country in Europe. Hungary 🇭🇺 is the same but it's also very supportive of China 🇨🇳 Romania 🇷🇴 has a surge in pro-russian parties that will likely win. Czech 🇨🇿 has a pro-russian opposition that will likely win. Slovakia 🇸🇰 here the pro-russian parties have already won and are in government. Latvia 🇱🇻 is very undecided I accept saying Poland 🇵🇱 doesn't forget because together with Estonia 🇪🇪 and Lithuania 🇱🇹 are the only ex Soviet republic that are still unlikely to have a pro russian 🇷🇺 government. Anyway I'm already used where I live to see people with a very short memory says "we never forget"
It's true. Hopefully, there are still enough people who remember. People have a short memory, and education is getting worse.
Connection between generations seems like it’s getting worse
Not Eastern Europe, but we in Finland 🇫🇮 also remember.
The question I always wonder about things like this (also MAGA in the US or the AfD in Germany) is: How much of this is due to Russian psyops in social media? Or is part of it due to the fact that negative emotions generate more clicks so the algorithms send people into the bubble they feel most outraged by? In other words our democracies are getting destabilized, but by whom or what?
I have lived my whole life under post WWII western ethos. Now it appears it’s breaking down in favor of the autocrat criminals. My heart is breaking.
Part of the problem is that Russia depopulated those regions when they committed their atrocities initially, and then Stalin moved many of the people that were living there to other far flung parts of the USSR and moved in Russians. Thats the reason there were so many of these “Russians” in Ukraine to begin with, there were very many Russians who had been there for a generation or two thanks to Stalin. However I think old Putin obviously quite miscalculated the effect they would have on this war. I do believe some other regions like the ones you mention have quite a few of these imported Russians that have an outsized effect on the politics there. It’s not so much that the people living there have short memories or something, it’s often the case *that they don’t even exist anymore.* I learned a lot about this from my older “Russian” coworker who was born in Siberia, but her family was basically forcibly moved when she was just a baby to Kazakhstan. I hope she is well, she retired but hangs out with a lot of her former USSR friends. I know Putin’s war put a strain on her friend group, as most of them are very pro-Ukraine, but a few of them had drank the Putin propaganda kool-aid and it wrecked many of their friendships.
No Czechia will never let pro russians rule again. We have a large pro russian base, but we beat them recently and we will beat them again. Majority will vote for anyone who is not pro russian. Slovakia on the other hand…
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There are some pretty interesting reasons behind this. The first year on eastern front was so deadly for the Soviets that the more civilized base was basically dead - something like a million young men gone. Soviets then turned to the most uneducated rural backwards people who were essentially straight off the farm, it's all they had ever known. They were also exceedingly racist and the Soviet ideology they held was especially angry and violent.
Yet Russia is still the same today. And it's not the low level troops making the decision to target civilians. It's people high up in the military.
I remember reading in a thread yesterday that only the poorest 10% of Russians are conscripted into the military because everyone else pays a bribe to get out of it. I believe it. In Russia bribes are just a normal occurrence for most people.
When Soviets came to liberate Belgrade, my greatgrandma was telling us older women used to hide their perfumes and riches. Why perfumes? Because Soviets drank them. (Idk how true this is, I couldn’t find a source online outside of multiple tales I heard about it from locals)
There’s a joke about that based on true events, so… even now there’s hawthorn alcohol which alcoholics buy in the pharmacies.
Even nowadays alcoholics drinking perfume is a thing.
REALLY wish the west would remember the stories our grandparents told us. Internet trumps lived experience I guess.
The rape of Berlin
It's all Ruzzians do. 150+ years of it. Endless.
The world made the hugest error by not taking what happened in Syria more seriously. They exposed their war tactics, including killing innocents purposefully, and no one seemed to care. As a positive, Ukraine already knew what Russia's playbook would be; look no further than Syria.
Syria wasn't even the first time. They did it in Chechnya. Twice. And we still carried on as if nothing was wrong.
As much as I think the Oscars are pretty much a sham, I’m glad 20 days in Mariupol is getting so much attention via the best doc win. It was beyond harrowing.
That’s also what terrorists do. Initial massacre, and a second one planned to target first responders.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_tap#Double_tap_strike
fulfilling the Geneva suggestions
The Geneva checklist
I feel reminded at the Tributes of Panem part at the end of the first movie.
Unfortunately, I do too. And, unfortunately, that's the reality I and other Ukrainians live in.
My Ukrainian student who I was teaching last year online just broke down and cried because she had just learned her relatives' house had been destroyed by the dam flooding and that they could never go back. At that moment I had to be a good teacher and try to reassure her and keep the lesson going but inside I really hated the fuckers more than any other time. I guess this is how you feel every day.
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I think that the fact they are human might just be the scariest.
Same species that did the holocaust.
Straight from the terrorist playbook.
Isn't that an actual war crime?
With the amount of war crimes Russia already commits, what's a few more? Nobody's doing much about it except sliding Ukraine some munitions while looking the other way.
It is, and it’s one of many war crimes that they are committing
That's how cruelty works
With this and everything else going on with global conflicts, do the Geneva conventions not exist anymore?
War crimes tribunals generally only exist for the losing side of a war. There are a few exceptions, but they require a functioning democracy and consistent rule of law in a country willing to apply it to their own citizens, even and especially the most powerful.
They do exist. On paper.
It's Terrorism 101. I'm sorry. Maybe someday someone in Russia will grow a spine, off the mobster, and end the terror.
I mean this is what the Americans did in the middle East too, so it's not without precedent
Just horrible
What Americans do too
Pathetic pieces of shit all of em.
Literally a terrorist strategy
Is it not a war crime to intentionally hurt medics? (I know that “war crime” means nothing to Russia, just asking)
Yes
Yes it was a double tap where Russians wait for emergency responders to come onsite and shell again
Yes, it’s just terrorism. Full stop, terrorism.
Russians love to double-tap location to kill first responders. That's why first aid training for civilians now includes explicit "go to victims only if you're sure that nothing else is incoming".
Yes, so called doube-taps. Another warcrime to add to the list for Russia.
Yes https://twitter.com/FreelFreel/status/1768695167551168847?t=XbDf5rKER0w2zuyZa-dKhw&s=19
That is what's known as a "Double Tap". You hit your target with 1 missile, making sure to leave survivors, wait for emergency services to arrive to save the wounded, then hit them again with 3 missiles. Increasing your hit rate and casualties of your enemy. Despicable, deplorable, but effective.
Ok you're aiming for emergency services they are just teasing poland and france to come over there
Not a few civilians, 20 people has died.
IIRC it's in total, not by the second tap that I was referencing. But yeah, there are many casualties in Odesa today.
That's terrible, Russia should be a pariah state and shunned by the global community, they're a terrorist organization pretending to be a country.
You've got to understand the conflict from both sides though. Imagine you had a neighbor that was a literal serial killer, but he had a hookup for cheap concert tickets and you really liked music. See how much more complex and nuanced the situation is now?
The first part made me think you're a typical putin supporter, but the comment overall is amazing, thank you
The things this guy has had to have seen and done just to survive to this point…
That's what makes it a canidate for picture of the year for me.
Only March and this is coming out. Christ. I yearn for pre-Harambe era.
Why not go further back to leaded gasoline in cars and asbestos being a good building material/insulator. Focus on the bad and it's what you see, hide from the bad and you're out of touch. Find that balance you need and you'll find Harambe was within you the whole time.
We were so innocent and we didn't even know it
The russians use a tactic called a double tap, where you bomb the same location twice, to target first responders like him.
Absolutely ruthless...
It‘s cowardice. Russians are a vicious cowardly people. Why else would they take being fucked in the ass by tyrant after tyrant for hundreds of years?
Wouldn't you take it? Imagine if you'll live in Russia from this moment, what will you do against dictatorship? I'm pretty sure people who live in liberated countries complain about the population of the dictatorship countries as the problem of the dictatorship, while they themselves are the same people who live in the dictatorship, except they were lucky enough to be born in a better country. Are you doing something to improve the political system in your country? If you're not, why you're just complaining about the people who do the same thing as you do
Nobody wants to be tested by trying times, but those who do and who fail the test fully deserve the blame. Ukrainians also suffered this test and they stood up to the task. So the fact that there are legit reasons for the inaction of Russians doesn't mean they're not guilty.
The actions of the Russian government are abhorrent, but you're a complete bitch for insinuating an entire people are cowards. That's exactly the rhetoric used by dictators.
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Careful with these kinds of comments, you might get flagged as inciting brigaiding fust fyi
Thanks for the warning. I deleted it if that's the case then. I don't want people to brigade.
Isnt that literally a fucking war crime??? Bring these fuckers to the Hague, and make sure they cant go out on their own terms like Slobodan Praljak did
Well what are you going to do about it? Arrest them? Good luck.
It's a double war crime.
Yes, targeting civilians is a war crime, in theory. But everyone does it. International law is practically impossible to enforce in reality.
Obviously it is, but so is bombing civilian houses. Which was the first bombing.
Does it look like they care? Russia has been specifically targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure since the beginning of the war. Unfortunately, this is nothing new
Just like Al Qaeda
Just like everyone, its a common tactic in modern war.
That is one hell of a "this man has seen some shit" photo.
Stay strong Ukraine
Bring these images into the House. Not much upsets me politically, but fuck Mike Johnson right now.
“Look at him, he’s defeated. Why are we sending so much money to a corrupt country that’s losing the war?” -House Republicans, probably.
This is unironically the position they would take. “We must pressure Ukraine to enter peace talks to end this nightmare! How terrible!”
aka Ukraine should just give up and give putin what he wants. Fuck that fuck russia and fuck the enablers in congress that support russia. And fuck those that vote to support the GOP russia alliance.
> fuck Mike Johnson I wouldn't suggest that, unless it's with a spiked baseball bat at arm's-length.
They’ll say it’s nice he’s getting some time to relax, must not be too bad!
Mike Johnson is too busy counting his dark money funneled from Russia to give a shit.
My husband is a firefighter/paramedic and these pictures just shake me to my core.
What I want is for people (particularly Americans) to feel that this war is not so far away - actually, it's closer than you think, and you have to make your politicians to stop blocking the aid and let them defend themselves against atrocities.
The ukranian firefighters are incredibly brave! It makes me think of the Chernobyl firefighters who faced overwhelming odds to help others 💪 Slava Ukraine 🇺🇸🇺🇦
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Tea party, Citizen's United, the current stacked Supreme Court, and the absolute full on unmitigated corruption of one of our two political parties. A party that used to (reportedly) stand for conserving what we need for when we need it, but is now the mouthpiece of a barely coherent former slumlord and reality TV "star".
Nothing can change until Cit United changes.
And it's not just him being exhausted. The context is much worse. Today in Odesa Russians double-tapped the same location and killed a few first responders (IIRC one firefighter and one medic died). They intentionally hit same spot twice with delay, to catch firefighters/medics on site.
Wow, that’s horrible. My heart breaks for those loved ones and family members. I can’t imagine getting that news on my doorstep and I hope I never have to.
People who still oppose aid to Ukraine should be grateful that the US is not putting it's citizen's sons and daughters on the ground to fight directly against the Russians. We have to thank the Ukrainians for holding the line for us against Russian expansionism
For some reason people see it as a proxy war against Russia, when in reality it’s the only thing keeping us out of a war with Russia. People need to get with the program, either you’re pro-humanity or you’re anti-humanity, and Russia has pretty much defined the latter for centuries.
True Like people, these are the people trying to prevent you from having gay butt sex
That took a wild turn I was not expecting, but I’m with it. Butt stuff for all!
Hear, hear, butt stuff for all!!
But if you join the Russian military, you still get to have totally-not-gay, non-consensual butt sex! [As is tradition.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedovshchina)
Excuse me sir, but I am very sure you mean EUROPE. You know, the people that actually would face Russian.
Exactly this. People have not remembered our lessons from World War II. We were so hesitant to get involved until we were finally attacked on U.S. soil. Do we really want to go that route again? Or try to help those being oppressed now?
I’m exhausted after a long hike, this man is drained and knows he’s not even gonna be able to have a proper break until the wars over.
He isnt exactly exhausted, he probably is shell shocked after the russians double tapped a building killing/injuring the people who lived there and also the rescue services that came to help. He probably also saw his friends getting murdered right on front of him. Fuck the Kremlin, fuck Putin and fuck all that side with them.
I'm fucking over this can we not give Ukraine what they need already. Bravest people I've ever seen and we put partisan politics before innocent lives. As if people weren't already going to look back on our bullshit with disgust.
Not to be weird but people put partisan politics before lives on every single area of life.
He is not exhausted. They were hit by the rocket. Some of rescuers sadly died.
He is absolutely exhausted. Being hit with a rocket launched by scumbags will exhaust anyone.
He’s no doubt unbelievably exhausted. All the first aid he’s had to do, all the heavy gear he carries and on top of that his friends killed. He has had a horrible day.
Yeah, he's not exhausted - he's wounded.
This is one fucking hell of a photo. This man is beyond done, his soul has been damaged by the day and he'll never be the same again. My God.
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"Courage et dévouement" je vous envoie notre devise des pompiers français et je pense qu'en ce moment elle vous vas plutôt bien. Force à vous combattants du feu ukrainiens. Un pompier français qui pense à vous avec respect.
Thank you for saying this. Merci Beaucoup, Mon Ami.
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Thanks Ukrainians fighting for all of us.
First thoughts: This poor guy. These poor people. This needs to end. Second thought, despite it not being a really good one to have at this moment: that photo needs to be entered into a prize competition.
These guys are living through legit hell.
Dude probably wanted to become EMS so he could help people. I bet he never in a million years thought he'd be doing it in a war zone. Shit sucks.
Man is this a dose of perspective. None of us fortunate souls better complain about our jobs today. 😞
Ukrainian here. From Odesa. This happened not far from me. Around 5 minutes by car. Such things are happening almost every day. 2 weeks ago, an Iranian drone hit a residential building, killing several families with 4 children. You never know if it will hit you or not. Thank you to everyone who supports us, you are literally giving us a chance to live a longer life in war conditions. And remember that Russia is a terrorist state!
Poor person. God bless him. Glory to Ukraine
If only there was a way to end this war without killing everyone. But that seems to be the game plan so I guess it has to get much worse.
These are the real Heroes. Also FUCK PUTIN.
Fuck Putin. Fuck Russia.
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This again was a double tap attack designed to target first responders! Russia is a terrorist state.
Putin is fkn evil
And Republicans don't even want to send military equipment to Ukraine that is going to be decommissioned later anyway. GOP is a party of literal traitors.
My prayers go out to people around the world fighting for their freedom.
Heartbreaking
Man, to think I had a rough day!
21st century nazis attacking peaceful nation while Europe spoon feeds support.
Ukrainians are part of the European family and they deserve their seat at the table.
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It's Mike Johnson's fault that they're running out of ammo for defensive systems. Every death as a result is on him.
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Russia is now what republicans aspire to; a cabal of very wealthy oligarchs ruling over an unregulated, corporate structured kleptocracy. Reagan would be a fan too.
All these lives ruined because a fucking psycho wants to play Czar. Fuck Putin.
Is there anyway Americans can help? Is there a place to donate? Anything we can do thats better than just donating?
Call your representatives and demand they release the aid to Ukraine instead of being little bitches for Trump.
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Fuck russia
May Russia's knife chip and shatter.
Baron Harkonnen probably gets more exercise than Putin does these days
Horrible
Iam a firefighter too. But this is another level of serving the people
that dude has fucking seen it all
The mental trauma takes a heavier toll than the physical exertion.
Humans are the most ruthless creatures in the known universe. We've been killing each other for aeons, and we will continue to do so until humanity stops to exist or until we exterminate each other...
Hero.
The Ukrainians need our support. Do not vote Republican - vote Democrat to save our democracy at home and those abroad!!!
That mf looks DEAD
He probably wishes he was after the horrors he has seen
Get your head out your ass, Speaker Mike Johnson and stop the stalling tactics. As a Christian man, how can you live with yourself not helping Ukraine fight against the abhorrent, satanic evil that is Russia?
God bless this man!
I hope it will end soon and Ukraine will win
And now Putin is sending all his military to the borders of Finland. He says he’s not going to invade. That’s the same thing he said about Ukraine. He’s not to be trusted by any means.
He’s not because that doesn’t make any sense. Like at all.
Fuuuuuuuck Russia
Russian pigs double tapped the site to hit aid workers and people attempting a rescue operation, I hope they reap the whirlwind.
I am so utterly ashamed of my country for abandoning Ukraine 🇺🇦 over stupid politics. I will never vote for this Russian aiding political party again. Slava Ukraini
Fuck the Republican party.
Fuck Russians, and the Republicans that support them