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originally posted by: intrptr
It manipulates peoples minds to think they are something more than they are; ordinary Ukrainians defending their sovereignty from a bunch of hired criminal brutes.
originally posted by: Vovin
I call BS. I've seen zero sources or evidence claiming that.
And why would they be pro-Russian? Just because they are anti-junta?
Sources I've seen explicitly state that the anti-Kiev demonstration was protesting near the union building when mobs of fascists (and apparently those aggressive kinds of football fans) showed up and they started clashing on the street. Then the riot police moved in and blocked off a retreat path for the anti-Kiev group while allowing fascists inside the containment area. Then molotovs get thrown and the anti-Kiev crowd retreats into the union building. Then the riot police watch from the sidelines as the fascists lob molotovs into the building and shoot at people trying to escape from the windows.
It's pretty goddamn difficult to argue that it was the anti-junta people throwing molotovs at the building for multiple reasons:
1) The victims were all anti-Kiev activists.
2) The police stood back and allowed the attackers to incinerate the building and shoot and beat survivors.
Why would the state police stand back and watch the "Russian terrorists" massacre Ukrainian nationalists? Considering they've embarked in "counter terrorism" campaign in east Ukraine, you'd think they would have put down the aggressors in Odessa if they were anti-Kiev separatists, right?
originally posted by: maddy21
This is Horrible , SO much for peace loving Ukrainian Nationalists .
I'd say Russia should simply move in and finish this off once and for all
originally posted by: anHairInTheSoup
originally posted by: intrptr
It manipulates peoples minds to think they are something more than they are; ordinary Ukrainians defending their sovereignty from a bunch of hired criminal brutes.
amen to that
they are resisting a new order imposed on them by force. Even if they are manipulated in every way possible i feel most of them are standing up against nazism first of all reasons.
originally posted by: anHairInTheSoup
originally posted by: intrptr
It manipulates peoples minds to think they are something more than they are; ordinary Ukrainians defending their sovereignty from a bunch of hired criminal brutes.
amen to that
they are resisting a new order imposed on them by force. Even if they are manipulated in every way possible i feel most of them are standing up against nazism first of all reasons.
originally posted by: Aloysius the Gaul
originally posted by: maddy21
This is Horrible , SO much for peace loving Ukrainian Nationalists .
Why should Ukrainian nationalists have to be peace loving in eth face of Russian aggression??
I'd say Russia should simply move in and finish this off once and for all
Looks to me that is exactly what you are doing tovarich.
US diplomat: there is no evidence of Russia's involvement in Odessa massacre
originally posted by: sechmet
a reply to: sosobad
Lack of evidence
does not mean
Evidence of lack
Police from Odessa was protecting pro-russian "activists" (Tituszki) and Tituszki were shooting to people from behind, being protected by police.
How do you think, WHO payed to the Police Officer ? Who's in charge for this ?
Most disturbingly, there seems to be evidence in social media that some of the police in Odessa may have been complicit in allowing the violence to explode out of control way it did
originally posted by: sosobad
originally posted by: sechmet
a reply to: sosobad
Lack of evidence
does not mean
Evidence of lack
Police from Odessa was protecting pro-russian "activists" (Tituszki) and Tituszki were shooting to people from behind, being protected by police.
How do you think, WHO payed to the Police Officer ? Who's in charge for this ?
Of course you didn't read the article did you???
Most disturbingly, there seems to be evidence in social media that some of the police in Odessa may have been complicit in allowing the violence to explode out of control way it did
originally posted by: Siddharta
originally posted by: Vovin
I call BS. I've seen zero sources or evidence claiming that.
I was following the journos on Twitter who reported about the demo, when it suddenly happened. And I posted already this report of a Russian journalist who was there to meet a Ukrainian filmmaker. But probably she too is a fascist:
Eyewitness
And why would they be pro-Russian? Just because they are anti-junta?
They are carrying the Russian flag and hissing them on buildings. That's why.
The pro-Ukrainians do the same. They just pulled down the Russian flag from the Union building and exchanged it against the Ukrainian.
Sources I've seen explicitly state that the anti-Kiev demonstration was protesting near the union building when mobs of fascists (and apparently those aggressive kinds of football fans) showed up and they started clashing on the street. Then the riot police moved in and blocked off a retreat path for the anti-Kiev group while allowing fascists inside the containment area. Then molotovs get thrown and the anti-Kiev crowd retreats into the union building. Then the riot police watch from the sidelines as the fascists lob molotovs into the building and shoot at people trying to escape from the windows.
And I followed live on Twitter very different people, who were on the scene. All agreed that the police did do nothing. But the first dead bodies were pro-Ukrainians. People covered them with the Ukrainian flag. When the menhunt started then, the police answered to journos asking, they would not know, what was going on.
It's pretty goddamn difficult to argue that it was the anti-junta people throwing molotovs at the building for multiple reasons:
1) The victims were all anti-Kiev activists.
2) The police stood back and allowed the attackers to incinerate the building and shoot and beat survivors.
Yes it was a horrific drama. And yes, the police stayed away for too long. (They said it was because of so many fightings everwhere, but as I said, people wondered about their passivity before.) I have not seen anybody say, the pro-Russians threw molotovs at the house, but witnesses reported that they were throwing molotovs out of the house. It is not impossible that one molotov slipped or went wrong. But nobody said, that this was how it went. I agree, if somebody would state thsi by the few things we know yet, that would be a false statement, because nobody knows.
Why would the state police stand back and watch the "Russian terrorists" massacre Ukrainian nationalists? Considering they've embarked in "counter terrorism" campaign in east Ukraine, you'd think they would have put down the aggressors in Odessa if they were anti-Kiev separatists, right?
The police reaction was astounding and cowardly. There were some wounded policemen, so not all just stood around. But the none action was incredible. This is why the chief was exchanged today. But if it is a good decision to have somebody totally knew to this installed?
Good news from the Union building as I write this. The people are leaving. Tension is down for now.
originally posted by: sosobad
a reply to: intrptr
No problem the more people that see it the better
a reply to: Telos
Just looking at those pics shows that really we haven't come very far as a species since we left behind living caves and throwing rocks at each other, we like to think of ourselves as some evolved know it all species but we are still just cavemen who can't resolve issues without killing each other, sickening.