Al Jazeera Photos: Aftermath of Russian air strikes in eastern Ukraine's Kharkiv

[abqtommy]

caution: scenes of injured and deceased persons are shown

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/2/24/photos-aftermath-of-russian-air-strikes-in-ukraines-kharkiv

'A son wept over the body of his father in the middle of the wreckage of a missile attack in a residential district in the eastern Ukrainian town of Chuguiv in the Kharkiv region as the country woke up on Thursday to an invasion ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“I told him to leave,” the man in his 30s said, sobbing next to the twisted ruins of a car.

Nearby, a woman screamed curses into the wintry sky.

A missile crater, 4-5 metres (13-16 feet) wide, was scoured into the earth between two devastated five-floor residential buildings.'

There's more text and photos at the link. This is war and war is hell. Whoever said that
said it well.

[DFW]

1. Damn cowards

After all that Hitler did to the British, does Putin REALLY believe that terrorizing the civilian population is going to win him the war?

[SheltieLover]

2. Probably not

But war is chaos & diminishes resources.

[maxrandb]

3. It's won him Retrumplican adoration and support

[gab13by13]

9. We know that Trump will praise Putin,

we need to condemn Putin to make him a monster to the average American. Tie the Republican party to Putin because they are going to try to blame president Biden for the war.

Bash Putin with all you have, no condemnation is too strong. Putin is taking away a country's freedom and he wants to do the same for the United States. Use the word freedom a lot, and murderer.

[lindysalsagal]

20. Half of our country bears responsibility for this and the world knows it.

Over one little man's ego.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Yes Putin does think terrorizing the civilian population will win the war.

That is what he is aiming for... terrorizing the world.

[2naSalit]

27. +1

[underpants]

5. 🚀

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The body of a rocket stuck in a flat after recent shelling on the northern outskirts of Kharkiv. [Sergey Bobok/AFP]

[SergeStorms]

12. Is secret military installation, da?

Ukraine soldiers dress as normal home liver, da? Dat is not rocket, is Ukraine space heater. It winter, it cold, must make use space heater, da? Do not listen decadent western propaganda. Everything OKAY!

[underpants]

13. Don't know if you saw this little gem. Silent Ukrainian missiles I guess.

Link to tweet

?s=21

[SergeStorms]

15. Those crafty Ukraine missile men.

Making those silent missiles to scare those poor Russian "journalists". Do you think the Russian people will buy this?

The first casualty of war is the truth. Putin is exceptional at "reshaping" the truth.

[Scrivener7]

6. All of those people, just living their lives. And what is the purpose of this? To give

more money and more oil and resources to someone who already has more money than he can ever use.

This is true evil.

[NJCher]

7. Heart wrenching

Utterly, completely, and totally heart wrenching.

[blue-wave]

8. Another Putin lie!!!

Oh no, I won't target civilians, he said. Those poor people in that apartment complex. The picture of that woman. The weeping son and a young boy killed in another town I read about. It just makes you want to reach out and comfort them in some way.

Putin, may you and your evil puppet supporters burn in hell.

[gab13by13]

10. We must tie Trump and the Republican party to Putin.

[blue-wave]

11. They've been tied to Putin for years now.

But yes, I understand what you're saying. We must keep the message in front.

[abqtommy]

16. +100 Well said. nt

[Lovie777]

14. GQP and Russia, the lying and made up shit . . ....

and neither don't mind killing their own.

[multigraincracker]

17. How long before the oppressed

fight back with suicide bombes in Russia?

[underpants]

18. Don't hold your breath

No opposition and they’ve gotten the message. New boss, same as the old boss.

Putin kicked his intel chief out of a meeting a few days ago on national TV. Get out. Not really fired but YOU’RE FIRED!

[multigraincracker]

21. With photos like that

Freedom fighters won’t be far behind.

[Lonestarblue]

19. All national media, including ABC, NBC, and CBS broadcasts need to show these war images.

And connect them to Putin invading a country with non provocation. They also need to emphasize that Putin is trying to rebuild the old malevolent USSR because he hates the West and blames us for its demise. Ronald Reagan is spinning in his grave to see how Republicans today are supporting Putin and his goals for us.

But the US and the EU nations will not allow Putin to annex former Soviet states—thus, this is the beginning of WWIII if Putin is not stopped now.

[Mr. Ected]

22. If NATO engages - and God help us all if they do - does that mean that we are at war

And does that mean that aiding and comforting the enemy at time of war is constitutionally considered treason? And does that mean that Trump and his cohorts actions and words with respect to Russia would be considered treasonous?

Is this what it took? Or do we need MORE?

[mainer]

23. The only way this ends is with Putin's death

He is committed and his ego won’t let him back down. He will drag down his country and even the whole world before he admits defeat.

[uponit7771]

24. Damn, another Hitler

[honest.abe]

25. I am hoping someone in his inner circle decides to take him out in the interest of Russia's future.

Clearly a risky undertaking.

[IronLionZion]

26. Time for Russians to pull an Operation Valkyrie

but do it right this time. Take that guy out.

[2naSalit]

28. +1

That has, sadly, been clear for some time. I hope one of his inner circle are able to do the world a favor and soon.