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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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Fri Apr 8, 2022, 01:42 PM Apr 2022

A Russian rocket that struck a Ukrainian train station and killed dozens of people had 'For the chil [View all]

Source: Yahoo News

A Russian rocket that hit a Ukrainian train station had "For the children" written on the side.

The Friday morning attack in Kramatorsk killed dozens and injured over 100 people, authorities said.

Civilians had flocked to the train station to evacuate the city ahead of an anticipated Russian assault.

Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/russian-rocket-struck-ukrainian-train-145232642.html



A Russian rocket that struck a train station and killed dozens in eastern Ukraine on Friday had a Russian phrase meaning "For the children" written on its side, Ukrainian officials said.

Can they get any lower?
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To answer your question: they will try. Coventina Apr 2022 #1
Putin is deliberately taunting the West. He can do whatever he wants and no one can stop him. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #2
Exactly. TomSlick Apr 2022 #3
This is a sick and disgusting world. I'm so fed up with living in it. onecaliberal Apr 2022 #9
I hear ya. My small family keeps me going, but some days the senseless horror is overwhelming. Evolve Dammit Apr 2022 #10
After visiting the Museum of Tolerance in LA again recently onecaliberal Apr 2022 #14
Agreed. I'm not sure where this will end, in part because he may just keep going. Will the "free Evolve Dammit Apr 2022 #22
"Never again" is a quaint relic of days gone by. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #36
Exactly. They think putrid is "up against a corner". The way I see it is he sees the world onecaliberal Apr 2022 #38
He has gotten away with everything he has done so far. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #44
IMO he will not stop. Iran and China are funding the monsters war. onecaliberal Apr 2022 #49
Yes, good summary of situation. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #16
He is behaving like a mad man PatSeg Apr 2022 #4
He is acting like a man showing the west who is boss. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #17
Apparently he believes his own hype PatSeg Apr 2022 #21
Yes he could be daring us to retaliate. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #26
I think he is losing touch with reality though PatSeg Apr 2022 #27
I can argue he is merely fulfilling his long time dream. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #29
Maybe a bit of both PatSeg Apr 2022 #33
Yes he needs to be careful what he asks for. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #37
And as so many tyrants before him, PatSeg Apr 2022 #40
It is a money addiction. No amount of money is ever enough. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #45
The combination of an abusive childhood PatSeg Apr 2022 #52
Right, I know. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #53
Yes, I think with some people PatSeg Apr 2022 #54
Nature vs nurture Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #55
Yes, no simple answers PatSeg Apr 2022 #56
He CAN'T do whatever he wants. He WILL be STOPPED. I don't know where you get your idea. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2022 #31
Irish Dem seems to be referring to Putin's mindset PatSeg Apr 2022 #34
Thanks. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2022 #41
Yes this is how he feels for sure. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #47
FACTS: He has gotten away with everything so far. Third country he has treated this way. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #46
O.K. - read some comments on another site about this packman Apr 2022 #5
That would explain it I suppose PatSeg Apr 2022 #28
It's said that the soldiers involved posted to Telegram. Igel Apr 2022 #43
What a nightmare PatSeg Apr 2022 #51
Survival cannibalism - for a famine Russia caused ck4829 Apr 2022 #32
It looks like day before the Russians hit the train station in Kramatorsk they bombed the road .... Botany Apr 2022 #6
To kill the children? Or to save the children from something by killing them? IronLionZion Apr 2022 #7
Agreed ⬆️ Baked Potato Apr 2022 #12
They're purposely bombing and raping children and all we can do is say stop and suspend their onecaliberal Apr 2022 #8
There is no official "world police" but if you want to create it, good luck. NT Justice matters. Apr 2022 #23
We are a specious of violent bloodthirsty hairless apes. Jack-o-Lantern Apr 2022 #11
Sums up our situation quite accurately. :( Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #48
Actually mostly we are not. It was Margaret Mead who mahina Apr 2022 #59
The meaning is "In vengeance for the children" Kablooie Apr 2022 #13
In my mind, I am already there. onecaliberal Apr 2022 #15
Pure propaganda IronLionZion Apr 2022 #18
But there are children in the crowd they bombed... Justice matters. Apr 2022 #25
Skeptic warning Warpy Apr 2022 #19
There are several questions about the rocket, but it looks like the letters were painted before the Beastly Boy Apr 2022 #35
Do missles really "land" though? Or explode - I dont really know so this is more of a question than Kashkakat v.2.0 Apr 2022 #61
That is one of the questions that I alluded to before. Beastly Boy Apr 2022 #62
Whatever happened with the Ukrainian Grom-2 missile project? AntiFascist Apr 2022 #20
And like 1939 Europe and the U.S. will watch nt ripcord Apr 2022 #24
In 1939, Europe didn't watch. Justice matters. Apr 2022 #30
While that phrase can be translated as "for the children," the Russian phrase written on the missile WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2022 #39
How to proceed. EndlessWire Apr 2022 #42
State Sponsor Of Terrorism FrankTC Apr 2022 #50
Greenwald and Snowden were unavailable for comment... Blue_Tires Apr 2022 #57
This is the asshole who ordered the attack: dalton99a Apr 2022 #58
I wonder if there is any atrocity that will move NATO countries from the position of spectators n/t ripcord Apr 2022 #60
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