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In Ukraine's liberated Lyman, the scars of Russian occupation remain
Canada broadcasting corporation ^ | 13th October 2022 | Caleb Larson

Posted on 10/13/2022 8:42:18 PM PDT by Cronos

After more than 4 months under Russian control, large parts of the city have been destroyed

..."Are we in Donetsk Oblast already? Or still in Kharkiv Oblast?" "Donetsk Oblast," the guard laughed

One of the soldiers in that SUV, identified only as Ivan, has been stationed about 100 kilometres north, in Kupiansk, and is using several days of leave to visit his home in Lyman for the first time since he enlisted on Feb. 24, the first day of the Russian invasion.

Located in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, Lyman fell to Russian forces in late May and served as a significant rail hub and staging area for a planned drive west. It was liberated late last month when Ukraine's rapid counteroffensive rolled around the city, inflicting heavy losses on the Russian forces stationed there and dealing a particularly acute blow as swaths of the just-annexed regions of Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson were wrested back from Russian control.

At the edge of town, Ivan cautiously approached his front gate. His home has stood vacant for nearly eight months and..

Inside, his home had been ransacked. A large-screen television, all his kitchen appliances, hobby drones — virtually everything of value is gone. In the backyard, grapevines, heavy with unpicked clusters, and an apple tree dropped rotting fruit to the ground. What appeared to be an errant artillery strike destroyed his shed and workspace.

...A native of Debaltseve, Ukraine, farther east, Ivan came to Lyman in 2014 to escape the fighting there; this is the second home the Russians have forced him to abandon.

The detritus of Russia's occupation also still lines many of Lyman's streets. In addition to the letter Z, which has become emblematic of the Russian invasion, burnt military vehicles and discarded uniforms were seen on several street corners

(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
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13 to 14 year olds were also raped by Russian forces
1 posted on 10/13/2022 8:42:18 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

The only ones that have consistently been reported to rape children are those of the neo-Nazi Ukrainians who then stage things, swap uniforms, etc., etc., etc. and then claim the Russians did such.

ZelenskyyIdiot needs to pay those hired Hollywood green screen masters and prop managers more money.....


2 posted on 10/13/2022 8:45:50 PM PDT by cranked
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Ukraine is a CIA shell corporation used for money laundering and mass child rape. Ukraine was named the #1 worst country in the world for human trafficking.

https://www.usaid.gov/ukraine/news-information/fact-sheets/trafficking-persons


3 posted on 10/13/2022 8:50:26 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Cronos

Just a reminder. A declared emergency from President Vegetable, an act from a congress that overwhelmingly votes to blow $500 million a day saber rattling at the Russians in Ukraine and a military with dismal recruiting adds up to the neocon dream, boys to man ALL their wars.

https://www.sss.gov/about/return-to-draft/#s1


4 posted on 10/13/2022 9:04:40 PM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: Cronos
1. You are a lying shill of some sort, and

2. Russians will retake Limon in one or two weeks starting from now.

5 posted on 10/13/2022 10:20:14 PM PDT by ganeemead
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To: Cronos
The Russian also toppled incubators in hospitals, leaving the helpless infants on the floor to die!!!

6 posted on 10/13/2022 10:44:41 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: ganeemead; Cronos
#6. Its spelled Lyman, Лиман in Ukrainian, not "Limon".

Which areas do you think Russia going to take back first? From Kyiv to Lyman, and from Lyman to Kherson, there are so many to choose from now. If Russia is going take back territory from Ukraine, it would be nice if the Russian army would move west instead of further east.

7 posted on 10/13/2022 11:13:00 PM PDT by Widget Jr (🇺🇦 Sláva Ukrayíni 🇺🇦 - Just say no to CCCP 2.0)
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To: cranked

Using the good old Occams razor, the idea that Ukrainians are conducting false flag incidents on a regular basis is not credible.


8 posted on 10/13/2022 11:19:03 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: cranked

****”IN UKRAINE, UN REPORTS”TORTURE, EXECUTIONS, RAPE AMONG RUSSIAN WAR CRIMES IN UKRAINE, UN REPORTS”
Nicholas Reimann, Forbes Staff

“A group of United Nations investigators tasked with reviewing suspected war crimes Ukraine announced Friday they found extensive evidence of Russian atrocities against both military and civilian targets, marking the latest inquiry to claim proof of Russian offenses.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/09/23/torture-executions-rape-among-russian-war-crimes-in-ukraine-un-reports/


9 posted on 10/13/2022 11:23:47 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God's intervention to stop Putin's invasion, )
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Just you wait!

But going back to 1991, The Iraqis did actually arrest, torture and kill a large number of Kuwaiti natives. And that is besides a lot of other people that were killed incidentally, through various deprivations during the occupation, such as premies that lost access to hospital intensive care.

The more “colorful” stories notwithstanding, it is not true that the Iraqi occupiers were a bunch of humanitarians.


10 posted on 10/13/2022 11:25:21 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: buwaya

Of course they are not “credible’......

Because most of the Western/UK/US/EU/NATO whitewash such, purposely not cite such, just simply not report such.

Just like virtually all the main search engines, like Google, Bing, etc., have expunged, censored, blocked, and masked and such reporting’s.

But, thankfully, there are sources outside of these propaganda ridden platforms and media sources that are beyond these censorship, etc. tentacles that can and do have their means and methods of getting their reporting’s and findings out on Ukrainian war crimes, tortures, rapes, staging of alleged Russian ‘war crimes’, etc.

Shame you all can’t censor, mask, block, and neutralize those means and methods, huh?


11 posted on 10/13/2022 11:26:50 PM PDT by cranked
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To: ganeemead

It is a very bad thing that we cannot organize betting through FR. I would be very happy to take your money.


12 posted on 10/13/2022 11:27:11 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: cranked

I see. I suggest you record a Russian-side atrocity video and post it on Youtube. You have several pro-Russian Vloggers there.


13 posted on 10/13/2022 11:30:39 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Remove your source issues, and explain these Ukrainian war crimes away....

https://www.youtube.com/c/EvaKBartlett/videos

Just one of many sources I can/could provide that record ongoing Ukrainian war crimes.

Won’t see no UN BS investigating them though, can’t ruffle up the narrative that Russia bad!, Putin bad bad!!....ZelenskyyIdiot is Churchill reborn, the greatest gift to Humanity since the toaster, etc.


14 posted on 10/13/2022 11:30:54 PM PDT by cranked
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To: buwaya

Don’t suggest shat to me.

Hell, you have a difficult enough time reading/viewing anything I put before your face.


15 posted on 10/13/2022 11:32:14 PM PDT by cranked
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To: cranked

You need neutral third parties to investigate.

Indians or Brazilians or Swiss maybe, otherwise there is no credibility. Back in the day the Swedes would have done it, being as their “deep state” disliked the US. They loved investigating US war crimes. But you lot have royally pissed them off.

Hint: do not make enemies just because, its stupid.


16 posted on 10/13/2022 11:37:43 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: proust
#3. Your your source does not say Ukraine was the worst human trafficking at all. It says it has had problems for years, which can be said of most countries. USAID is covering Ukraine because of the invasion.

It does not take much searching to find that China and Russia are consistently classed among the top worst offenders in human trafficking.

17 posted on 10/13/2022 11:38:55 PM PDT by Widget Jr (🇺🇦 Sláva Ukrayíni 🇺🇦 - Just say no to CCCP 2.0)
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To: buwaya

We need neutral third parties to investigate....and the UN is not a credible entity to do such.

Fixed/Corrected.


18 posted on 10/13/2022 11:39:16 PM PDT by cranked
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To: cranked

As it happens, I am a professional “suggester”.

Also a professional educator, which was one of my “hats”. Granted, that was on professional subjects, DAQ, SCADA System operations, Change Control, etc. But Im perfectly ok with extending my range! Prepare for class under Dr. Buwaya!


19 posted on 10/13/2022 11:41:46 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: buwaya

Then you understand my position on the Un not being a credible entity for not investigating such matters?

I mean, this would be like asking WHO to investigate the origins of COVID.

We all saw how that played out.


20 posted on 10/13/2022 11:43:19 PM PDT by cranked
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