Russia invades Ukraine Feb 2022

[Banks of the Bann]

Some difference (though not surprising) regarding political reaction to this tragedy compared to what Cuntanyahu does basically every day of the week.

Most sane people disapprove of both?

see what names you are called when you call for a ceasefire in both..

How about calling for Russia to withdraw and Israel to withdraw?
Wouldn't you prefer that?

that's what wallace and daly called for.... I would prefer that but surely that requires a ceasefire.

Oh that's all very nice but Wallace and Daly were also calling for Ukraine not to be given any arms in order to defend itself, Wallace even calling it 'madness'.

So, what happens when Putin ignores Walace and Daly's and PHP's call for withdrawal and Ukraine also has no defensive weapons?

Totally disingenuous.

Oh, btw, how are your calls for a ceasefire going? You know, the unconditional ceasefire Ukraine agreed to 6 months ago and Russia has refused to even consider.

[Banks of the Bann]

At least a dozen dead overnight in Kyiv including children.

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-trump-zelenskyy-putin-drones-latest-live-updates-12541713

Russia is not interested in peace. They are continuing their policy of trying to murder and terrorise Ukrainians into capitulation.

Do the tankies, selective anti-imperialists and not the real Dale Cooper feel ashamed of themselves now for believing and spreading the propaganda of these monsters?

Dale Cooper is a fictional character in the classic American Television show "Twin Peaks". An FBI agent portrayed by Kyle MacLachlan.

I am fully aware of who Dale Cooper is.

[jb77]

Is dale cooper A GAA MAN?

[Dag Dog]

Is dale cooper A GAA MAN?

He is...

[DaleCooper]

Got a good laugh at least, surely thon lad would be better used as ordnance via catapult.

[Main Street]

Some difference (though not surprising) regarding political reaction to this tragedy compared to what Cuntanyahu does basically every day of the week.

Most sane people disapprove of both?

see what names you are called when you call for a ceasefire in both..

How about calling for Russia to withdraw and Israel to withdraw?
Wouldn't you prefer that?

that's what wallace and daly called for.... I would prefer that but surely that requires a ceasefire.

Oh that's all very nice but Wallace and Daly were also calling for Ukraine not to be given any arms in order to defend itself, Wallace even calling it 'madness'.

So, what happens when Putin ignores Walace and Daly's and PHP's call for withdrawal and Ukraine also has no defensive weapons?

Totally disingenuous.

Oh, btw, how are your calls for a ceasefire going? You know, the unconditional ceasefire Ukraine agreed to 6 months ago and Russia has refused to even consider.

Well  Wallace and Daly have an excuse for supporting Russia, they are most probably well lubricated with the Kremlin's pieces of silver. And they are also diehard supporters of Syria's ex-tyrant Assad, North Korea, China and Iran. They both have not wavered from their dedicated Stalinist like position.
But what excuse does presidential candidate Catherine Connolly have for coming out against aid to Ukraine? she cried crocodile tears over the plight of Ukraine after the full scale invasion but campaigned against selling /providing weapons in order for Ukraine to defend itself. That's sky kissing stupidity.

But the special award for sky kissing hypocrisy goes to Sinn Fein. Their leader M.L McDonald  was/is LOUD in criticism of Russia and oozed boundless sympathy for the plight of Ukrainians.Yet Sinn Fein's euro mps not only vote against military aid but also humanitarian aid for Ukraine.
Anytime a Sinn Fein spokesperson has a word about Ukraine they feel compelled to mention NATO aggression.  Probably they and others on the so called Irish left are referring to the US politician Victoria Nuland, who passed around cookies to  civil rights protestors in Kiev 2014, protests which eventually brought down the Kremlin's stooge Yanukovych, who fled to (of all places) Moscow. Victoria's interference and obvious partisan support was evidence of the great NATO plot.
Russia  and their useful Irish idiots call that a NATO inspired coup, yet there  has been 2 free and fair general/presidential elections since where incidentally far right nationalist received a minuscule of the votes  did not get anyone elected.  An Irish equivalent to Ukraine's Maidan 2014 would be the Battle of Bogside 1968 which brought down the Stormont regime to its knees. But therein ends those similarities.

[Banks of the Bann]

Poland shoots down Russian murder drones in its airspace.

https://www.joe.ie/news/poland-shoots-down-russian-drones-that-repeatedly-violated-its-airspace-853692

About f**king time, now start shooting them down in Ukrainian airspace and save civilian lives.

Or would that be too much for the western 'peace' lovers?

[Denn Forever]

What  sicker is that Russia targeting civilian sites.

[seafoid]

https://www.ft.com/content/f6de4e80-5200-4ad9-86df-73fcdab01e03

Ukrainian children abducted by Russia have been held at more than 200 facilities across the country and in occupied territories, where they are routinely subject to indoctrination and forced military training, according to research released on Tuesday. A report by the Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab identified 210 sites, including summer camps and health resorts, cadet schools, medical facilities and a military base where Ukrainian children have been held since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. "Russia is operating a potentially unprecedented system of large-scale re-education, military training, and dormitory facilities capable of holding tens of thousands of children from Ukraine for long periods of time," the report said.




Ukrainian authorities estimate nearly 20,000 children have been taken to Russia during the war, with only a fraction being returned. A number of Ukrainian children have been found on Russian adoption websites, although the total number remains unknown. In 2023, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and one of his top officials over the forced transfer of Ukrainian children. The network of sites identified by the Humanitarian Research Lab report is far larger than its researchers thought.

The Humanitarian Research Lab is a leading authority on Russia's mass transfer of Ukrainian children during the war. During Joe Biden's administration it shared its data with the International Criminal Court. It has since stopped sharing data with the ICC out of fear of running afoul of the sanctions imposed on the court by Donald Trump's administration.