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UN decries Russia's failure to protect Ukraine civilians (www.reuters.com)
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United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk said on Tuesday there had been an "extensive failure" by Russia to take adequate measures to protect civilians in Ukraine and that there were indications that Russian forces had committed war crimes.

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[–] zebbedi 8 points 1 year ago

Protecting Ukrainian civilians?.... Are they having a laugh? russia is specifically targeting Ukrainian civilians.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

As if the Russians would care. Likewise, in another place, the IDF.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is like decrying a wild fox for failing to protect the chickens in a henhouse. Like, yeah, it’s bad, but this is absolutely standard procedure for Russia, and it has been for centuries, through 3 wildly different incarnations of Russian government.