UKRAINE STORY

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A simple, defensible paragraph.

DW PHILLIPS

OCT 29

Vladimir Putin is the 21st century’s most dangerous and criminal head of state. He is responsible for the killing of more individuals than anyone in the 21st century, for more war crimes than any head of state since the Third Reich, and oversees the largest state-run child trafficking and exploitation network of the modern era.

Putin launched and perpetuates a criminal and ethically indefensible war of conquest that has killed hundreds of thousands of his targets, resulted in the deaths of more than a million of his own soldiers, prompted environmental catastrophes, and provoked a refugee crisis in the millions—making the Russo-Ukrainian war Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II. His forces have committed systematic war crimes, including widespread rape, executions, torture, body mutilation of prisoners, ongoing targeting and killing of civilians, and the unlawful deportation, exploitation, and forced “re-education” of tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. For war crimes, Putin is the subject of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.

He wages a war against Christianity and the religious freedom of Jews in the areas his forces occupy by torturing pastors, priests, and individuals who do not recognize the hegemony of the KGB/FSB-dominated state-run church with its declared “holy war” against Ukraine. He destroys, desecrates, and occupies religious buildings.

An autocratic leader who has maintained power for close to 25 years, Putin was a trained Marxist-Leninist and KGB operative for the Soviet Union who today perpetuates relentless hybrid warfare against the West (sabotage, cyberattacks, disinformation) while brandishing nuclear threats as an intimidation tactic. Although his assets are hidden behind layers of proxies, shell companies, and state-controlled entities, he is widely believed to be one of the five to ten wealthiest men on Earth, with personal assets estimated between 50 and 200 billion dollars.

DW Phillips, Ukraine Story

Comment from :

Matthias Gebhart

“A gas station run by a mafia masquerading as a country!” Sen. John McCain.

Elizabeth Ames Coleman

This assessment is a no brainer…

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No, it’s not “The Ukraine,” and Ukrainians are not Russian.

In the span of the last 72 hours I have received many angry personal messages from vatniks insisting that Ukraine and Russia are brothers, that the defense of “The Ukraine” is a proxy war, and likening Ukrainians to an unsophisticated, Borat-like nation.

I have learned there is little hope for flat-earthers, no Moon landing disciples and vatniks, but there is much hope for the tens of millions sitting on the fence, temporarily beguiled by Russian propaganda. And my answer is – watch Kyiv of Mine.

Ronnie Apteker
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