Russia is our neighbor. A dangerous, unpredictable neighbor. The idea of weakening Russia militarily, politically and economically so that it can no longer pose a threat to us is an attitude that dates back to the 19th century. It lays the foundation for further conflicts
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Russian forces are increasing their use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, with 81 cases documented only in December, according to the General Staff.
Most often, Russia reportedly uses grenades, such as #K-51, #RGR, and #Drofa-PM, dropping them from attack drones.
"However, improvised explosive devices equipped with irritant substances are also used. Artillery shelling using chemically dangerous substances is also carried out," the General Staff wrote.
Ukraine's military recorded on Dec. 14 Russia's use of a new type of special #RG-VO gas grenades containing an unknown chemical substance.
Russian naval infantry units have recently confirmed they are using prohibited chemical weapons in the village of #Krynky
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Amidst Russia's continued aggression against Ukraine, numerous Ukrainian men and women are spending #Christmas on the #FrontLines, far from their homes and loved ones.
Many of them, previously having civilian lives, are now adapting to the challenges of serving in the military.
Valentyn Kuzan, a photographer newly enlisted in the 72nd Mechanized Brigade, offers insight into this reality. He has joined Chaplain Ivan while he visited soldiers along the front line in Donetsk Oblast on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24.
https://kyivindependent.com/christmas-on-the-frontline-how/
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Russian forces struck a third humanitarian aid center in #Kherson within five days, the head of the emergency response unit for the Ukrainian #RedCross in Kherson Oblast Mykola Taranenko said in a comment to Hromadske radio on Dec. 25.
Taranenko also referenced the overnight Russian strike on Dec. 20, which "completely destoryed" the humanitarian aid facility ran by the Ukrainian Red Cross in Kherson Oblast and its resources inside.
"They [Russian forces] targeted the storage facilities of other organizations twice, but very recently they hit our humanitarian aid facility, the Red Cross facility," said Taranenko.
https://kyivindependent.com/official-russia-destroyed-three-humanitarian-aid-bases-in-kherson/
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The regime’s problem might not be that it has no successor to Putin, but that there are many pretenders who would like his post – or at least to be members of a new collective leadership. Sooner or later, Russia’s succession problem will come to the fore and Putin’s subversion of Russia’s institutions, including the presidency itself, for the past 23 years will be recognized as a liability.
https://kyivindependent.com/opinion-how-russias-succession-problem-makes-her-future-uncertain/
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/22/un-security-council-backs-resolution-on-large-scale-aid-to-gaza-but-not-ceasefire
Genocide Joe decides that not enough Children have been killed. Hey, but at least he's not Trump.
Fuck these fascists.
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The film was directed by Ukrainian photographer, photojournalist, and filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov, who was working for the Associated Press as Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The documentary records the Russian siege of Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast from the perspective of Chernov and his crew during the first weeks of the full-scale invasion. The film comprises 30 hours of footage they shot in Mariupol amid the siege.
https://kyivindependent.com/20-days-in-mariupol-oscar-list/
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Eyewitnesses say Israeli Forces killed 11 unarmed men in front of their families, before rounding up the women and children and attacking them. The Office of...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #Gaza #GazaAlAwdaBuilding #GazaAnnanBuilding #GazaCity #GazaUnlawfulKillings #GazaWar #Israel #IsraelGazaWar #IsraelHamasWar #IsraelPalestineWar #IsraelWar #IsraelWarCrimesingaza #IsraeliArmy #OHCHROPT #Palestine #UnitedNations #UnitedNatoins #WarCrimes #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #icj
UN urges Israel to investigate allegations its army 'executed' 11 unarmed Palestinians in Gaza City
Russia's suspected violations in Ukraine include 142 summary executions of Ukrainian civilians in occupied territories by Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion, UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Dec. 19.
The numbers that the UN regularly provides on casualties of Russia's war against Ukraine include only cases that could be safely verified, and actual figures are most likely higher.
https://kyivindependent.com/un-records-142-confirmed-cases-of-russia-executing-ukrainian-civilians/
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As a result of the attack carried out by opponents of the Kremlin regime in the Belgorod region, a platoon stronghold of Russian troops was destroyed,” the military intelligence, known as HUR, wrote.
Terebreno, Belgorod Oblast, is located 2 kilometers north of the border with Ukraine and is home to around 600 people.
Ukraine’s military intelligence didn’t reveal what forces fighting on Ukraine’s side were responsible for the attack.
https://kyivindependent.com/military-intelligence-confirms-incursion-into-russias-belgorod-oblast/
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After more than two months of war and siege, more chaotic scenes at the Rafah Crossing, as people fight to get desperately-needed humanitarian aid.Before the...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #Gaza #Gazaaid #Gazabombardment #Gazahumanitariancrisis #HRW #HumanRightsWatch #Israel #IsraelHamaswar #Israelgazawar #Israeliarmy #Palestine #PalestiniansrushforaidinRafahcrossing #Rafahcrossing #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #gazawar #humanitarianaid #latestnews #warcrimes #warcrimesinGaza #warongaza
Is the US complicit in the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza? | Inside Story
Families in Gaza are facing a dire humanitarian crisis and their desperation is growing by the day. Our correspondent, Ismail al-Ghoul, has more from Gaza Ci...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #Gaza #Gazaaid #Gazabombardment #Gazahumanitariancrisis #HRW #HumanRightsWatch #Israel #IsraelHamaswar #Israelgazawar #Israeliarmy #Palestine #PalestiniansrushforaidinRafahcrossing #Rafahcrossing #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #gazawar #humanitarianaid #latestnews #warcrimes #warcrimesinGaza #warongaza
‘Using starvation as a tool an abhorrent war crime’: HRW
Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara says people in the west should start paying more attention to Israel-Gaza genocide because their governm...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #Gaza #Gazaaid #Gazabombardment #Gazahumanitariancrisis #ICC #InternationalCriminalCourt #Israel #IsraelHamaswar #Israelgazawar #Israeliarmy #Palestine #PalestiniansrushforaidinRafahcrossing #Rafahcrossing #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #gazawar #latestnews #warcrimes #warcrimesinGaza #warongaza
Western complicity and support of Netanyahu’s war crimes in Gaza: Marwan Bishara
Israel has gone far beyond “going after Hamas” in the first 10 weeks of its war on Gaza, according to one of the United States' leading political scientists,...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #apartheid #ethniccleaning #gazawar #genocide #israel #latestnews #newsheadlines #palestine #thebottomline #unitedstates #warcrimes
John Mearsheimer: Israel is choosing 'apartheid' or 'ethnic cleansing' | The Bottom Line
At least 53 people have been injured and a children’s hospital as well as homes damaged after Russia launched a missile attack on Kyiv in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
People were woken by a series of loud explosions as air defence systems brought down 10 ballistic missiles aimed at the capital, with the debris falling on the eastern side of the Dnipro river that flows through the city.
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Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza is being witnessed in real time, with Palestinian civilians broadcasting their own bombardment; Israeli soldiers streaming ...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #gaza #gazawar #israel #latestnews #media #newsheadlines #palestine #thelisteningpost #warcrimes #breakingnews #explainer #explained #analysis #hamas #northgaza #westbank #journalist #cpj
The images from Gaza are getting worse | The Listening Post
AMSTERDAM, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Sunday called on Israel to respect the international rules of war and said he was accelerating his investigation into violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
"In Gaza, there is no justification for doctors to perform operations without light, for children to be operated upon without anaesthetics. Imagine the pain," ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said in a video message posted online after a four-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.
"I was crystal clear, that this is the time to comply with the law. If Israel doesn't comply now, they shouldn't complain later."
Israel has vowed to annihilate Hamas and says its aim in Gaza is to destroy targets linked to the group, while urging civilians to leave those areas. The Iranian-backed Hamas is meanwhile sworn to Israel's destruction.
Khan also called on Hamas to respect the rules of war and to not misuse any humanitarian aid that is brought into the besieged Gaza strip.
"Civilians must have access to basic food, water and desperately needed medical supplies, without further delay, and at pace and at scale."
The ICC prosecutor said atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7 were "some of the most serious international crimes that shock the conscience of humanity," and said his court was ready to assist Israel in investigating them and prosecuting those responsible.
At the same time, he said violence by settlers in the West Bank was "unacceptable" and could also not go unpunished.
"We have been investigating and we are accelerating investigations," he said of the situation in the West Bank.
"No Israeli settler armed with an ideology and a gun can think it's open season against Palestinians."
Israel is not a member of the Hague-based court and does not recognise its jurisdiction. But Khan in October stressed his court had jurisdiction over potential war crimes carried out by Hamas militants in Israel and by Israelis in the Gaza Strip.
The ICC has had an ongoing investigation in the occupied Palestinian territories into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity there since 2021.
Accusations of war crimes and human rights abuses have been made on both sides since Hamas gunmen overran several Israeli communities on Oct. 7, killing more than 1,200 Israelis and seizing around 240 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
In response, Israel launched air strikes and an invasion by tanks and ground troops in the enclave, killing more than 15,000 Gazans, according to Palestinian health authorities.
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