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C0RI0LANUS

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Sun Dec 22, 2024, 02:38 AM Sunday

Kiev In Flames After Massive Russian Attack [View all]


Where Vladimir Putin belongs.

ICC-indicted war criminal Vladimir Putin continued his Nakba against Ukrainians with a massive drone attack against Kiev as winter sets in. This is the man that President-elect Donald Trump admires. Casualty counts are still being tabulated.


Ukrainians take shelter in a metro station during the 20 Dec attack on Kiev.



This poor child was heard calling "Mama!" as a woman led her briskly to safety, away from the burning car behind them, following Russian air strikes on Kiev on 20 Dec.



St. Nicholas Church was among the buildings damaged in Kiev.



More than 600 residential buildings in the capital were left without heating as a result of the attacks.


A Ukrainian woman appears shocked, cradling her dog, in the wake of the attack.


Just as ICC indicted war criminal Russian President Vladimir Putin is cruelly immiserating the people of Ukraine this winter, so too is similarly indicted Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu cruelly immiserating the people of Gaza.

Do either of these ten-year-old girls below look like terrorists?


The visibly emotional Nadine (10) questioned why she and the people around her were being mercilessly attacked by the IDF. (Photo: Social media)



After losing her eye in an IDF attack, Areej Asaliya (10) said “My life will never be the same again.” But what future would Areej have had anyway in the impoverished ghetto of Gaza? (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle)

One of the major differences between Putin’s Nakba against the Ukrainians and Netanyahu’s pogrom against the Palestinians: Funding.




The hard-working American taxpayer is rightfully funding the defense of one people from suffering while wrongfully funding the suffering of another. Since Feb 2022, the US has allocated $113.4 billion in emergency funding to support Ukraine. Meanwhile, the US committed over $3.3 billion in foreign assistance to Israel in 2022, the most recent year for which data exists. About $8.8 million of that went toward the country's economy, while 99.7% of the aid went to the IDF. From 1951 to 2022, US aid to Israel totaled $317.9 billion.




Sources:

https://www.rferl.org/a/air-raid-warning-attacks-kyiv-ukraine/33248178.html

https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-strikes-kyiv-ukraine-/33246699.html

https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/gaza-israel-hamas-militant-group-10-year-old-breaks-down-viral-video-7318773/

https://usafacts.org/articles/how-much-money-has-the-us-given-ukraine-since-russias-invasion/

https://usafacts.org/articles/how-much-military-aid-does-the-us-give-to-israel/
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