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swap of prisoners?woman basketball playeryour merchant of death n.b. The USA finally picks up the phone to Russia. One can only ask, why has it taken the imprisonment of one US citizen to finally provoke direct contact between foreign ministers of these two nations? Do lives of individual Ukrainians have less worth? Surely, they are →
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no children were harmed in destruction of their school had they learnt enough? ~ n.b. Was anyone paying attention to the children of Chechnya, or Syria when they raised their hands? CLP 23/07/2022 →
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waiting at bus-stopwe’ve all been there, filling timequietly musing ~ n.b. A thirteen year old boy was killed in a missile strike while waiting for a bus. His father came to hold his pulseless hand. Moscow states peace talks “make no sense.” (And this does?) CLP 20/07/2022 →
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consider profitsmanufacturers’ heaveneconomic boom ~ n.b. Does the UK government truly want to support the Ukrainian people, or does it see ‘leading the West’ as an instant way to boost the post-covid, post-Brexit economy? The promised £1 billion of support goes not to Kyiv, but to arms factories in UK. Ukraine gets the weapons, fights →
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Chasiv Yar, a townreminds us of Babyn Yarnames to remember ~ CLP 12/07/2022 →
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the bear cannot bearto hear what the mouse has roaredcrushed under a paw ~ n.b. The bear grows in confidence, challenging the West to fight on ‘until the last Ukrainian.’ Cynical, callous, murderous, intent on forging ahead, knowing a line will have to be crossed, if not redrawn. The sign held by Mr Gorinov asks, →
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scorched earth policyblood and bone enrich the soilis this what it needs? ~ n.b. While the nonsense drags on in London, the senseless slaughter continues in Ukraine. Nobody wins. Day 133. CLP 06/07/2022 →
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‘pyrrhic’ springs to mindwhen you make claims of ‘victory’no points, no prizes ~ CLP 04/07/2022 →
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watch the money flowsomeone is profiting hereUK ‘lethal aid’ ~ n.b. No pretence at anything ‘humanitarian’. The UK putting more money into the Ukrainian frontline from the Magic Money Tree. CLP 30/06/2022 →
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