"Near the Russian Embassy in Tallinn today. This is a such strong action that takes your breath..."

[demmiblue]

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Liubov Tsybulska: “Near the Russian Embassy in Tallinn today. This is a such strong action that takes your breath away. Thank you, Estonia”.
#RussianWarCrimes

Link to tweet

EDIT: more info (thanks to DUer Pachamama for the link)

Ukraine rapes protested in front of Tallinn's Russian Embassy





Demonstrations against Russian aggression in Ukraine continued for the third day in front of the Russian Embassy in Tallinn on Wednesday. This time, a few dozen people gathered in front of the embassy building on Pikk tänav to draw attention to Russian soldiers' rapes of women and children in Ukraine.

The message of the protest organizers was this: "Russian soldiers are raping and murdering innocent women and children in Ukraine. People who support this war also support war crimes, jarring murders to which they are accomplices. That is our message to the supporters of the Putin regime (in Russia, Estonia and everywhere)."

https://news.err.ee/1608563656/ukraine-rapes-protested-in-front-of-tallinn-s-russian-embassy

[LizBeth]

1. Rape of women. Meh.... part of war. How many times have I heard this in 2022.

[niyad]

49. Even once is too many, and absolutely appalling.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

54. NO !!!

THIS is NOT part of war.

Rape is a war crime.

And your "Meh" attitude is beneath contempt.

[calimary]

57. Perhaps it was written in an effort to dramatize the misogynistic psychology at work here?

Just guessing. Sounds like it could have been said aloud with a sarcastic tone of voice to dramatize how deplorable and indefensible and prehistoric the whole idea is.

Unfortunately, it seems clear that far too many take rape as anything from a small-time offense to an attitude of male "exceptionalism" - that it's just something they're entitled to assert, and to take.

[LizBeth]

64. You are awesome smart and every piece of your post is right on. !!!

[calimary]

68. Awwwww, thanks!

[soldierant]

58. I don't think that "Meh!" represents thattitude of the person making the comment.

I think the comment expresses disgust at so many people who do respond "Meh."

[LizBeth]

65. +1

[LakeArenal]

62. Lizzie? Ever heard of the sarcasm emoji?

You better find it…

[LizBeth]

63. A sad day one would need an emoji to guide readers.

I like Lizzie, thanks.

Sometimes I specifically do not add an emoji because I feel we are better than that and the emoji interferes with what I am saying and the intent of message.

[LakeArenal]

66. Yeah. I used to think that too. But I learned after my posts were hidden.

PS i like Lizzie. Elizabeth is my favorite name.

[LizBeth]

67. I have had hides a couple times for that reason. I risk it.

You are cool. And mine too.

[Achilleaze]

2. k and r

Fart in the face of the murdering Russian butchers,
and their deplorable Republican supporters.

[MagickMuffin]

3. There should be some women in the lineup as well as some dogs

Increase the amount of outrage the military monsters are doing to all living things.


Kudos for the brave men who did this, they deserve a gold medals!

[Pachamama]

4. Those are women n/t

[demmiblue]

5. Most/all look like women to me. n/t

[Pachamama]

7. Organized by women

Women love combat boots too….

https://news.err.ee/1608563656/ukraine-rapes-protested-in-front-of-tallinn-s-russian-embassy

[demmiblue]

36. Thank you for the link!

I used to sport combat boots back in the day!

[Mariana]

6. What brave men? These are women. nt.

[sarge43]

8. Courageous women

Making reality real.

Hand salute, Sisters

[Walleye]

10. Look closely at the blood running down their legs. I would say this is about rape

[mitch96]

32. "blood running down their legs" The women should have thrown the blood soaked underwear

at the embassy door...
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[Solly Mack]

9. In solidarity.

Thank you.

[Scottie Mom]

52. Same.

[paleotn]

11. I totally agree. However, Putin and the Russian state doesn't care.

Having Russia's image drug through the mud globally doesn't seem to phase them. I wish I knew what would phase them short of getting their collective asses kicked by NATO. The longer this goes on, the more I'm leaning towards no fly zone. In Ukrainian airspace, if it's Russian and it flies, it dies. Same goes for SAMs just inside Russia. You "paint" NATO aircraft, you die.

[LizBeth]

14. I cannot tell you the number of people on this very board, when the rape started being

publicized.... Shruggin' "rape is part of war" and that seemed to be the end of conversation f0or them.

THAT is shameful.

[paleotn]

20. You're 100% right, that's incredibly shameful. Rape IS NOT PART OF WAR!!

It's a war crime!!! Genocide is not part of war, it's a war crime. Indiscriminately shelling civilians is not part of war, it's a war crime.
Period. End of memo.

[MrsCheaplaugh]

56. Hear, hear! nt

[Texin]

24. The invasion and hostile action by Russia (unprovoked) was itself rape.

A rape of a sovereign nation and its citizen population.

[smirkymonkey]

25. I mentioned the same thing and got a "hide" for it.

simply because I pointed out how difficult it was not to despise men sometimes (even though I made it clear that I knew it was NOT ALL MEN), just because of the brutality that too many of them were capable of, and even more of them casually shrugged it off and weren't bothered by it. I totally agree with you.

[niyad]

50. Exactly.

[wnylib]

42. Not a NATO enforced no fly zone, but

give Ukraine the planes to enforce their own no fly zone.

[paleotn]

43. They don't have enough pilots, logistics or experience unfortunately....

It's actually a very difficult and expensive thing to do effectively. It takes systems, training and tactics we and our allies have honed for decades. Plus very, very deep pockets. Operating a single jet interceptor costs $10K or more per flight hour and the meter will be running nearly 24/7 for months, maybe years. Ukraine is a big country, so it will require a whole lot of aircraft and experienced pilots Ukraine doesn't have. NATO could the whole thing up in 2 weeks tops. We're that good at it and bet dollars to donuts the planning for that option is already done.

[wnylib]

44. Then why was there a plan for Russian built planes

to be sent to Ukraine from Poland, with the US replacing Poland's planes? This was scrapped when Poland decided that the US should deliver the planes. There was concern about possible escalation if we provided Ukraine with the planes that they needed and knew how to operate.

[paleotn]

45. To sustain Ukraine's existing tactical capabilities.

No fly, where the airspace is completely denied to Russian aircraft and SAMs, is a whole step above that. Ukraine wouldn't have been able to accomplish that even with the Polish MIGs. They were just to keep Ukraine's air force in the fight, denying air superiority to the Russians.

[wnylib]

47. OK. Thanks.

[arlyellowdog]

12. JJ Green said on WTOP that the Russians raped an infant

I can’t stop thinking about that cruelty. I think they know who the Russian I.

[SunSeeker]

33. Yes, they know who he is because he posted a video of himself raping the infant!

It just shows how normalized rape is in the Russian army.

[Bluesaph]

13. What is this?

Women with blood running down their legs in Russia? I do not get this image at all. Is it real?

[Pachamama]

22. This is a demonstration against the violent rape of women and children by Russians in Ukraine

This is in the country of Estonia.

This is in front of the Russian Embassy in Estonia.

These women are standing there to protest against the actions of Russia raping.

These women put the bags over their heads and had their hands tied and smeared Fake Blood in the genital area to demonstrate the violent nature of how Ukrainian women are being raped, including vaginal and rectal tearing and internal damage, especially children and infants being raped.

I hope this helps you understand the image and what the Russians have done and what this demonstration is about.

[Ilsa]

55. Thank you. I was trying to figure out what was happening. nt

[FakeNoose]

26. Location of Tallinn, capital of Estonia

They're standing in front of the Russian embassy in Tallinn and they're showing solidarity with the women (also children) of Ukraine who have been terrorized and raped.

Putin should care about this because he says he's going to invade Estonia next, and they are a NATO country.
(So are Lithuania and Latvia.)

[yardwork]

29. Try googling Talinn, Estonia, and Russian embassy in Talinn.

That tells us that this is taking place in Talinn, Estonia in front of the Russian embassy there.

The word "protest" in the tweet indicates it is a protest, presumably against Russia.

Russians are raping, torturing and murdering people in Ukraine. There are reports of children and infants being raped.

Details are horrific and readily available on the internet through google searches.

[Karadeniz]

15. Very, very powerful! Too bad the Russians themselves aren't doing this....

[NQAS]

17. Another award-winning photo

Brilliant.

Like American republicans, though, the Russian leadership have no shame. They, along with the Taliban, Isis, and others, are all cut from the same cloth - filled with contempt and hatred for "the other," whoever that "other" might be. We're beyond bigotry and bias and fear. This is about hate, pure and simple.

[Evolve Dammit]

18. Well done. Bravely I would add.

[Kali]

19. wow

some powerful and shameful imagery.

[blue-wave]

21. Don't let the

genocidal butchers forget who they are for a moment. Thank you Estonia!! For a small country, you have stepped up to the plate and helped enormously.

[llashram]

23. wow! Powerful!!!

to the brave anti-putinistas here

[tavernier]

27. I've been to Beautiful Tallinn!

From a hilltop close by the city looks like Disneyworld’s Magic Kingdom, only the castles and architecture are real and magnificent.
Ancestry puts me at 99% Latvian and 1% Estonian. I’m so proud of my 1% today!!

[alphafemale]

28. The Russians are bragging about violent a_s rape now?

Looks maybe like broken bottles or something.

But so long as Russia doesn't invade a NATO country lah-dee-dah.

So much mirroring of what Hitler was doing.

By the time he took Paris and was bombing London it was nearly too late.

[Pepsidog]

30. What is the meaning of being partially unclothed.

[tavernier]

31. Most rape requires skirts or pants to be removed.

Just a guess.

[Pepsidog]

35. I feel foolish for not understanding. Thank you.

[tavernier]

37. The picture is confusing at first glance.

I had to process it through as well.

[SunSeeker]

34. K & R

[Wicked Blue]

38. Slava Ukraina! Slava Estonia! nt

[SmallFry]

39. K&R

https://www.euronews.com/2022/04/13/protest-held-outside-tallinn-s-russian-embassy-against-women-raped-in-war

[Warpy]

40. Russians have been massed at the borders with the Baltic states

for a few years that I know of. They haven't done anything because Putin was absolutely certain TFG would destroy NATO for him.

Woops.

[halfulglas]

46. He figured it was now or never time to put "his" nation back together

Since he couldn't count on having TFG being back in the WH and NATO was in weakened condition. Of course he also never counted on all that down time massing on the borders of countries he wanted to take was also weakening his own forced with graft and corruption.

[Warpy]

48. Like I said, woops

[GreatShakes66]

41. I'm glad the protestors are protecting their identity

Smart bit of caution, even if it isn't in Russia.

[niyad]

51. Courageous and powerful!

[BobTheSubgenius]

53. Anything to end, or even just slow, the carnage in Ukraine.

ANYTHING!!!

[krispos42]

59. Holy shit

Amazing

[rockfordfile]

60. Good. Do that here

[Emile]

61. If that don't grab your attention, nothing will!

Powerful protest!