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blue-wave

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10. The Kerch bridge, per the
Mon Oct 10, 2022, 04:24 AM
Oct 2022

Geneva Convention, is a legitimate military target. The civilians who have been killed or maimed this morning, are not. There is a huge difference here and Ukraine escalated nothing by attacking the bridge. Ukraine has every right to stop an invaders military equipment from entering it's sovereign territory, regardless if Putin tries to "annex" the land or not. Putin has no moral or legal grounds to stand on here. It is Russia and Putin who started this war and are escalating it to dangerous levels.

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Lviv in western Ukraine attacked too muriel_volestrangler Oct 2022 #1
Images from the Twitter acct of The Kyiv Independent irisblue Oct 2022 #2
Russia is a terrorist state blue-wave Oct 2022 #8
Images from the Twitter acct of UkraineNews irisblue Oct 2022 #3
Ukraine News is a rashist propaganda site. Tomconroy Oct 2022 #4
Thank you for telling me. I will not use them again here irisblue Oct 2022 #5
They also refuse to spell Kyiv blue-wave Oct 2022 #6
Putin is a threat to mankind. KPN Oct 2022 #7
Escalate to deescalate. Here we go again. nt Xipe Totec Oct 2022 #9
The Kerch bridge, per the blue-wave Oct 2022 #10
Perhaps I wasn't clear. Xipe Totec Oct 2022 #15
Gotcha, but I doubt the Ukrainians are in any blue-wave Oct 2022 #16
Agreed. I'm only talking about the Russian actions, not the response. nt Xipe Totec Oct 2022 #17
Orcs out of Ukraine now! AllyCat Oct 2022 #11
Out of where? blue-wave Oct 2022 #12
Oh jeez. Good catch AllyCat Oct 2022 #13
It happens to the best!! blue-wave Oct 2022 #14
Reports that the attacks came from inside Belarus... EarthFirst Oct 2022 #18
Crying. I've walked the streets around the university, sinkingfeeling Oct 2022 #19
Can't imagine your pain. I'm heavy hearted every day without that personal connection. Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #20
Terrorist state. Absolute butchery against civilians and their cities/ towns. Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #21
Well, you know those vicious bastards running this war Warpy Oct 2022 #22
All the Russian bombers can do maxsolomon Oct 2022 #23
Tell me again why Ukraine can't bomb Russia? Bayard Oct 2022 #24
I was just thinking that maybe Ukraine can get some long range missiles from Pakistan lapfog_1 Oct 2022 #25
Biden warns risk of nuclear 'Armageddon' is highest since Cuban Missile Crisis womanofthehills Oct 2022 #26
This is just such bullshit intrepidity Oct 2022 #27
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