Zelensky responds to Italian Minister of Culture saying Italy will rebuild Theatre of Mariupol

[highplainsdem]

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[SheltieLover]

1. Kicking for visibility

Ty, Italy!

[COL Mustard]

5. Grazie Italia!

Slava Ukraini!

[SheltieLover]

12. This!👆

[Evolve Dammit]

21. x 1000!

[gristy]

2. How inspiring!

[Raine]

3. Very nice, Thank You Italy! 👍 nt

[Mr.Bill]

4. I'm starting to think after we put Putin back in his box,

Ukraine would be an exciting place to be. If only I was younger...

[madaboutharry]

6. It will take a lot of healing.

There should be little doubt that the nations of the world will come together to rebuild Ukraine.

[Igel]

13. When he's back in his box,

first we have to drive a wooden stake through his heart, cut off his head and then stuff his mouth with garlic. Fill the box with cement.

Then nail the lid shut and we lower it into the Mariana Trench.

[Evolve Dammit]

22. Let's not contaminate the trench. Better to jettison into an uninhabitable asteroid?

[roamer65]

31. A can of gas and bomb crater like Hitler.

[msfiddlestix]

34. ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ n/t

[Lonestarblue]

7. In addition to the loss of life is the loss of historic buildings that can't be replaced.

I remember reading accounts about Hitler’s bombing of London with people there checking in the morning after a horrific night to see if St. Paul cathedral was still standing. Such historic building are important to a society, and Putin is destroying them in Ukraine. To me, that also is a war crime.

[smirkymonkey]

10. Yes, I agree. There is nothing more tragic than the senseless destruction of innocent human

life, but to wipe out a people's history and culture is to destroy their soul and what makes them proud. It is almost just as evil.

I had always hoped to see that part of the world someday. It will never be the same. I can't imagine how much it must break the hearts of the people who are from there and are still alive.

[colorado_ufo]

23. Since we cannot change what has happened, we must change

our thinking so that this tragedy simply adds to the history of the building, as it is erected again.

[erronis]

24. And Hitler's bombing of England was hit-and-miss with the V1/V2s. Putin's is much more targeted

and seems to be designed to hit civilian facilities. These aren't just random flying bombs that fall within a 10km radius. They are precision munitions that can be targeted to several meters. And they are frequently armed with multiple rounds (clusters) that are designed to kill in a broad radius.

[Zambero]

33. Yes, he has placed himself in the same camp as the Taliban and Isis

Destroying irreplaceable vestiges of a culture is war crime in itself.

[Cha]

8. Rt💕🐱‍🏍TY, hpd!

💙💛

[ffr]

9. Let's first do away with dictatorships worldwide

But what a gesture by Italy! Magnificent!

[Snackshack]

11. The World...

Of developed countries that have the wherewithal to do so must come together with a unified front and tell Putin in very clear and understanding language that he has to stop his forces. If not it will be Russia against the World. Putin can’t be allowed to slowly day after day continue to turn parts of Ukraine to dust and kill innocent people.

[SheltieLover]

14. Kicking again!

[oldsoftie]

15. Putin is uniting almost the entire world. The opposite of what he wanted.

Idiot

[Skittles]

18. as with racists

there are more of US then them......yes INDEED

[erronis]

25. Agree. But we can probably dispose of Putin. How do we get rid of the racists?

They're like cockroaches. They breed far too quickly and are singularly directed towards causing harm.

[Skittles]

27. they need to be ostracized

I don't care if they are family, I don't associate with racists - PERIOD

[oldsoftie]

32. But like roaches, most stay hidden. Without a leader they'll fade away

A person can hate me for what I am, but if they never ACT on those feelings it doesn't harm me at all. It just shortens their life from being constantly stressed

[OMGWTF]

16. Your move China.

[Skittles]

17. that is.......so cool

totally fucking cool

[WarGamer]

19. fantastic gesture!!!!!!

[denbot]

20. K&R n/t

[MustLoveBeagles]

26. K&R

[erronis]

28. Just to put this out there: Who will help Russia to rebuild after Putin is despatched?

I worry that the hatred directed at this evil dictator will cause the people in the country not to be able to survive.

The Marshall Plan for Germany post WW-II was admirable. It also led to the sense that Germany did not ever want to be considered a military power in the then future. It's taken 70 years for them to realize that they have to be part of a pan-European structure that includes defenses.

Can Russia eventually be considered part of the common European ecosystem? Or will it always feel under attack and paranoid?

[niyad]

30. That is a most humane and thoughtful point.

[niyad]

29. Thank you, Italy!

[BobTheSubgenius]

35. A great and symbolic gesture, but it's going to take a LOT more.

10,000 times as much, at least, to rebuild Ukraine...and that's assuming more or less the best outcome possible. 100s of billions, I'd think.

[tclambert]

36. Russia should have to pay for it. Or, rather, Putin and friends should have to pay for it.