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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by medo-bear on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @03:36AM (#35436326)
in 2014 in odesa ukranian nationalists burned protesting students alive. please dont pretend this war is a holywood good vs evil film
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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by defrost on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @03:50AM (#35436417)
This would be the building fire:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/02/ukraine-dead-o...

that started after both sides hurled molotov cocktails at each other?

The world is complicated, yes, but your comment reducing this to "one side burned the other side alive" is disingenuous at best.

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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by medo-bear on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @04:42AM (#35436809)
the people trapped in the building were either prevented from leaving or beaten up as they tried to leave, while ukranian nationalists chanted "brun! burn!" on the street
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