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Related: About this forumUkrainians face hellish escape from besieged Mariupol - ABC News
ABC News James Longman reports on the harrowing escapes of Mariupol residents as the city falls under siege from Russia. Aired on 03/28/2022.
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Ukrainians face hellish escape from besieged Mariupol - ABC News (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Mar 2022
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After all this, turning the entire Western World against him, do we think Putin will back down?
Rhiannon12866
Mar 2022
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blue-wave
(4,353 posts)1. Putin is a butcher
secondwind
(16,903 posts)2. Incredibly painful to watch...... those poor people...
Rhiannon12866
(205,320 posts)3. It's beyond anything I can imagine, terrifying and inexcusable...
Grokenstein
(5,722 posts)4. I wonder what happens when Pootler ultimately withdraws.
Do we start "mending fences" while Vladimir regroups against Ukraine and us?
Do we keep sanctions and military supplies to Ukraine going until Russian generals announce Vladimir's "early retirement"?
Rhiannon12866
(205,320 posts)5. After all this, turning the entire Western World against him, do we think Putin will back down?
Obviously, Putin thought this invasion would be "easy," now he's backed into a corner, he's losing and even some of his closest associates are turning against him. I have no idea how this will turn out, but we know that Putin is guilty of war crimes. Is The Hague in his future instead?