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maxsolomon

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4. SE Ukraine is majority Ethnic Russians, too.

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:33 PM

Mar 2022

Its the part of the country that went most heavily for Yanukovich, and now Russia is pummeling it with artillery and killing non-combatants.

The strategy is just... perplexing.

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Besieged Ukraine city of Mariupol buries dead in mass grave [View all] dalton99a Mar 2022 OP

.. Cha Mar 2022 #1

So sad I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #2

😿 Meowmee Mar 2022 #3

SE Ukraine is majority Ethnic Russians, too. maxsolomon Mar 2022 #4

It's insanity bluewater Mar 2022 #8

Their "mighty" military isn't guaranteed to win battles with Ukraine's forces, and Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #10

Plyve kacha - Ukrainian folk song Donkees Mar 2022 #5

Fuck Putin! Initech Mar 2022 #6

Well, I just encountered a DUer on another thread who insists Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #7

I saw that post! Elessar Zappa Mar 2022 #9

Extermination. ffr Mar 2022 #11

I got a text from an old friend in Wisconsin and he is friends with a young man from Mariupol* Botany Mar 2022 #12

Can only Imagine the grief and despair. Duppers Mar 2022 #13

Putin is the murderer of women and children. lpbk2713 Mar 2022 #14