Posts by Kate Cook27

Sam Alvarez4 said:Please include the link again next time.

We all know massive numbers of civilians have been killed.
But posting random nonsense from bottom-tier websites just doesn't make sense. Honestly, it actually disrespects the real victims.

The others were already up—I didn't want to double them. My bad for missing the link the first time.

Mariupol

Looks like we’re staring down a new disaster. It seems like the humanitarian aid has basically dried up—the occupiers announced they’ll soon be restricting supplies to just specific groups, like the elderly, the sick, and kids. There’s supposedly a Red Cross presence in the city, but even they don't have nearly enough to cover everyone in need.

electricsurfer47 said:Wait, how did they even bring up Navalny??? He was killed back in 2015

Sent from my iPhone 15 Pro using Reddit

I think you might be thinking of Boris Nemcov—he was actually killed in 2015.

Timothy Williams5 said:Mykola Osychenko, a volunteer and community activist who heads up a local news station, told a local news station that insider reports suggest morgues in Mariupol have already documented 87,000 deaths, though those figures are nowhere near the final count.

Beyond the 87,000 officially logged cases, countless residents lie buried in unidentified mass graves. Current estimates suggest the number of identified bodies has reached 26,750.

On top of that, many victims are buried in the yards of apartment complexes and private homes, and a significant number of people remain trapped beneath the rubble.

"The estimates we're seeing are horrific, but this isn't over. We haven't finished exhuming bodies from courtyard graves, nor have we finished pulling them out from under the ruins of collapsed buildings. The numbers coming out of Mariupol are devastating," Osychenko remarked.

He also noted that people aren't looking toward the federal government for answers so much as they are questioning their local officials. There were no evacuation orders issued, and there was a distinct lack of prepared shelters, aside from those located within the steel plants.

https://bykvu.com/eng/bukvy/87-000-d...-media-report/

Keep in mind, this news actually dates back to August 18th.
https://dnipro.tv/dumka-eksperta/myk...fpbgr0yoaMfKgc

Yeah, they've been reporting this specific figure for about ten days now. The issue is they're just tearing everything down without actually inspecting individual buildings or searching for victims. If that number holds up, one out of every five people was killed. If it's higher—which feels likely—we're looking at one out of four.

Matthew Young35 said:It’s war.
Did you honestly think only the Russ would be dying?

I don't get it.

87,000
26,000

Unidentified civilian bodies are being found in mass graves

Reports say there are thousands in those mass graves—still unidentified—and thousands more trapped under the rubble. That probably refers to the second figure, the 26,000. The first number represents those currently in the morgues.
Eight years and only two shelters... thankfully, nobody died there. Sometimes I feel like this is all just a bad dream. Mariupol has turned into one giant mass grave.

I honestly refuse to believe this. A while back, someone actually messaged me about this specific number.

Mariupol, 87,000 casualties.

They’re claiming this is all documented—supposedly identified individuals. Some people are saying there are 87,000 documented deaths, plus maybe another 26,000 on top of that. That number is just staggering; we're talking over 110,000 people, which would be a quarter of the population. I really, really hope this is wrong. Personally, I feel like the number might be closer to somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000—though even that is an absolutely massive loss of life. I don't know. I'm still reeling from it; my whole family spent the entire weekend just talking about this. They basically destroyed the city.

It’s an absolute catastrophe. You have the Russians coming in with the intent to kill as many people as possible, combined with a complete failure in local government organization. They weren't prepared at all—no shelters, no food supplies, no medicine. I don't know... I watched an interview with an analyst about a month ago who mentioned they were bracing for a Russian attack in the Donbas and were totally blindsided when the Russians pushed toward Kyiv. And honestly, what were they expecting? They didn't even prepare Mariupol, a city right on the front lines. They expected war in the Donbas, but they didn't even have the Donbas ready. Total organizational failure.

I'm holding out hope that this news turns out to be incorrect 🙂.

Gerald Torres84 said:It is difficult to grasp how such a tiny little flying thing can cause this much destruction.

😲. What am I looking at here? Is it some kind of bird? Or did someone actually toss a micro-drone? I've watched this a few times now and I'm still not sure what to make of it.

goldenowl73 said:Sushko is basically calling them Russian revolutionaries.

https://twitter.com/igorsushko/statu...IArxYQDHg&s=19

It’s possible—honestly, I think this is just an internal power struggle. The FBI is cleaning house and taking out those who aided the occupiers. To me, the Dugino situation feels like it's just the beginning. We'll have to wait and see how things play out.

gentlerider7 said:Medvedev just sat down for an interview with that French TV station LCI, and he's out here claiming that Russia actually stopped a global war from breaking out:

https://www-gazeta-ru.translate.goog..._x_tr_pto=wapp

So, during this chat with LCI, he was asked if humanity has already stumbled into a whole new world war, and his answer was pretty much a "not quite yet," though you can hear the cynicism dripping off him.

“I hope not, but for now, things are being kept under control,” he said. But then—because why not make everything more dramatic?—he goes off on a biblical tangent, bringing up the Revelation of John the Theologian and the whole Apocalypse thing, saying, “The first angel sounded his trumpet and there was battle and fire”—so, hey, at least the first angel blew the horn, right? But he claims the actual apocalypse hasn't arrived yet, and he’s hoping it stays that way.

According to him, all of Moscow's political maneuvering, including this whole special military operation, is supposedly designed specifically to prevent World War III from happening in the first place.

Medvedev also went on to argue that the military operation is tied directly to protecting what he calls Russia's vital interests, adding that as the deputy chairman of the Security Council, he believes if there wasn't a direct threat to Moscow's interests, they wouldn't have even started this.

“We could walk away from this operation right now if we wanted to,” he claimed. He mentioned that they tried talking to the Ukrainians, the Europeans, and the United States, too, but apparently, those talks went absolutely nowhere because nobody was listening to them.

Then, the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation pivoted to blaming the escalation, basically saying Moscow was “forced” into ramping things up in Ukraine.

He argued that this entire armed conflict could have been avoided if the Ukrainian leadership had just "grown some backbone" and faced reality, claiming they shouldn't have spent eight years targeting their own people in Donetsk and Lugansk, which he says led to thousands of deaths among both Ukrainian and Russian citizens. He also pointed the finger at Ukraine's desire to join NATO and their statements about needing to rebuild their nuclear capabilities.

So, according to Medvedev, did the Russians defend the Rus Donbas? Apparently, the Ukrainians are dangerous and were persecuting their own people—and now the Evil West is stepping in to help them.🤔.

hollowdriver13 said:Just when you think Russian propaganda couldn't get any more unhinged, they decide to crank up the heat.🙏
Now they're out here rambling about some "World War Purification," claiming it's high time for Russia to build the kind of nation they actually deserve—spanning everything from the Baltic to the Pacific—and reclaim their spot as the world's top superpower. 🤣

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/st...76576925433858

They actually held a lecture on this exact topic over in Mariupol. On top of that, they're teaching them how to love the motherland, the leader, and the people—Plus, they're handing out paperwork for "Great Russia," which apparently includes the whole North America 😁. They're gathering up young people to train them on border defense and fueling hatred for Ukraine (basically Putin's youth wing). Meanwhile, humanitarian aid is drying up, only a handful of people have actually taken Russian citizenship, and if 5% want a referendum, well—let's just hope the occupiers are happy. It looks like teachers from Russia have arrived too 😁 🎉. All those local traitors who headed to Russia? Turns out they aren't quite "Russian" enough after all.

goldenowl73 said:It’s just more proof that modern-day Russia is still clinging to that old-school Catherine the Great logic—basically believing the only way they can actually secure their borders is by constantly expanding them.

I was scrolling through my feed and saw these massive billboards popping up all over Russia that literally say "Russia's borders never end" . It's wild. https://twitter.com/irgarner/status/...epZmGgw81yfK0w

If anyone is still sitting there wondering whether Russia intends to stay put in Crimea, the Donbas, Kherson, Odessa, Kyiv, or just take over all of Ukraine... well, let me tell you, that colonial imperialist mindset is alive and kicking in the Kremlin.

They definitely wouldn't stop. If everything had gone according to their script, we might be seeing North American shooting right now—and honestly, who's to say it won't happen later? They're already calling for help to "return Mexico."
Being the largest country in the world isn't enough for them 🤷.
But I guess that's the "new world order" the Russians are offering us—a total regression to how things were 150 years ago, where anyone who feels they've lost territory can just launch a crusade to "reclaim their ancestral home."

nimbleviper3 said:They’re debunking their own lies every single day...
We already knew the US was next on the list. Hopefully, even those who fell for the brainwashing about the "special military operation" to protect Russians in Donbas will finally wake up and realize what's happening now.

Some people are actually starting to wonder why folks in Kyiv and Lviv are walking around freely instead of hiding in basements—or why Russian soldiers and civilians in the Donbas are dying. Maybe a few more people will wake up and realize the truth, though I doubt even those in the Donbas realize they're being used as nothing more than cannon fodder.

On the flip side, there's some chatter in a Russian group claiming an attack on Moscow might be imminent and that public mobilization is coming soon. I’m not buying it, but they're saying the leadership has no other options left—just endless, brutal fighting against Ukrainians who aren't even there.

🤣

coastalbison6 said:The Kremlin's propaganda machine is trying to convince people that Ukrainians will just forgive and forget Putin's crimes. They’re drawing parallels to Chechnya and making this ridiculous claim that one day, Ukrainians will join forces with Russians to attack Poland and Germany.
https://twitter.com/juliadavisnews/s...iT3S7kVrlkNoWg

🤣 😂. If the Russians attack Germany alongside Ukrainians, will Mr. Olaf Scholz be standing there saying, "This is Putin's war" then too?🍿.

goldenowl73 said:What do you mean "low"? I mean, 22,000 people died in Mariupol alone.

Advisor to the mayor of #Mariupol, Pyotr Andryushchenko, said that at least 22 thousand citizens died in #Mariupol during the three months of the war.

It sounds incredibly brutal—and honestly, I wish it weren't true. My brother thinks the number is actually higher, maybe closer to 50,000. To me, that figure feels massive, but then again, I wasn't there—he was out in the field, not tucked away safely in a shelter. I think he’s still dealing with some pretty intense shock and trauma 😢. His theory is that while many were killed in bombings, a huge number likely died from hunger, the freezing cold, lack of medicine, or even suicide. He mentioned that a lot of elderly folks stayed in their apartments because they find it hard to leave, and you just have to wonder how many people were left behind without anyone knowing.
How many people will simply never be found? There are so many who perished in fires or were killed right in their homes before the fires even started. We'll never truly know where so many are buried. Where are the people killed in the Theater? Some who were present believe about a thousand died there, but they’re gone. If the Russians tear down buildings without searching for bodies, everything just gets cleared away with the rubble. Pittsburgh has become a graveyard. They came specifically to wipe the city out.
We'll never get a final count—it's like any war, we can only guess. And this conflict isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

Jessica Peterson2 said:That isn't quite right.
Ladas are reserved strictly for the "authentic" Russians. As for the "converted" masses, they receive about five thousand rubles—yes, five—along with some water and canned goods, naturally. ☕
I am being completely serious here.
All over the internet, you can find photos of widows holding five-thousand-ruble notes sent to them by Putin's United Russia party.

The Rus Donbas isn't actually authentic 🙂. They’re out there mourning the Rus Donbas—basically abandoned by Mother Russia herself. But hey, I guess Denis Pushilin will step in and handle things. I know how much the families of the fallen actually receive. It’s sad—truly heartbreaking.

The "liberated" can still sign up for the military—whether it's the regular army or those local militias—to head to the front lines and defend their motherland. They’re promising a salary of around $22,000—though you won't actually see that cash until 2033. Still, I guess people feel they have to jump on it immediately. Unless, of course, they don't make it back. In that case, their families get a food care package and a makeshift water jug for the kitchen. If they're lucky, maybe they'll even get a Ford. The unlucky ones? Well, they'll end up in a mobile crematorium. Liberation isn't free, after all. These "liberated" folks just need to pick up a few extra flags—besides the American, militia, and old Soviet ones—to complete the look.

Jessica Peterson2 said:Poor Russia—the regime is actually recruiting teachers to staff schools in occupied territories. I can only assume the occupiers don't have much faith in the local personnel 😬

🙂 🙂 🙂. And those who were liberated? Poor things—they actually broke their own legs just to prove how loyal they are to Mother Russia 👎. I heard about one teacher in an occupied zone who reported a former student for being a Ukrainian nationalist. The reason? Ten years ago, he wrote an essay in school about Ukraine being his homeland. It's all for nothing—she worked so hard, and now she'll probably end up jobless again. She could always head out to Siberia and teach the kids they snatched away. Though, honestly, the teachers from the occupied areas aren't even fluent in Russian yet—they have to go to Russia first to learn the language before they might even get permission 😁.

goldenowl73 said:Everything will be Ukraine 🎉

The whole "three-day operation" thing happened about six months ago, right? And man, in just those six months, the Russians have barely managed to push their lines halfway across the field. We went from that chaotic mess at the start to actually taking out the flagship in the Black Sea and watching a whole dozen generals from the second most powerful army on Earth get replaced or killed off.

Looking back at how everything stood on February 24th, I honestly don't think anyone would have put a single cent on Putin failing this spectacularly.

Everything will be Ukraine 🎉 🎉 🎉.

So, this three-day special operation is going *exactly* according to plan. Just endless, heavy fighting against Ukrainians who apparently aren't even there. At this rate, Baltimore will be part of Ukraine by next week, just like back in 1918 😁 😈.

analogbear5 said:Aleksandr Dugin claims her "very first words" were basically just "Russia," "our nation," and "our Empire."

About three weeks ago in Mariupol, there was this lecture on how to love your homeland (Russia), your people (Russians), and your president (Putin). If you walk the streets there now, you’ll see propaganda everywhere—stuff about Great Russia, Imperial Russia, and the Soviet Union. They’ve even got those old Soviet movies playing 😁. I assume the teachers came back with Russian permits—hopefully they've brushed up on their Russian language and history, since the kids haven't had a chance to learn it under that anti-Russian, godless, Western-aligned regime in Kyiv.