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maxsolomon

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8. Eastern and Southern Ukraine is where all the Russian speakers live.

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 25, 2022, 06:44 PM

Apr 2022

That's the people that Putin is so concerned about. The Yanukovitch voting areas.

So concerned that he's destroying their cities, their towns, their homes, killing or deporting them to the Far East?

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Russia says it has deported nearly one million Ukrainians to its territory [View all] Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 OP

This should be OUR red line. A million prisoners should be a red line. Scrivener7 Apr 2022 #1

My guess is that they're trafficking the children and using the adults for slave labor. Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 #3

Wouldn't the proper term be 'kidnapped?' zuul Apr 2022 #2

These are Russian-speaking Ukrainians, presumably. maxsolomon Apr 2022 #4

So what. The Bronx is full of Spanish speaking Americans. Scrivener7 Apr 2022 #5

It is a weird strategy to me. maxsolomon Apr 2022 #6

Sorry. I misread. It's such an awful strategy. Scrivener7 Apr 2022 #7

Eastern and Southern Ukraine is where all the Russian speakers live. maxsolomon Apr 2022 #8

It's called genocide. TomSlick Apr 2022 #9

Yes. Genocide. Crunchy Frog Apr 2022 #10