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Re:Bakhmut Is Gone: An Aerial Look at the War’s Destruction by paganel on Monday May 22, 2023 @11:52AM (#36033010)
These were the people of Bakhmut in 2014 [1], after the events of Maidan in Kiev. Notice the Russian flag. It's unfortunate that the Ukrainian State hasn't allowed the people of the city to choose their own way so that it had to come to all this destruction, I agree with you on that.

As for the buildings, they will be re-built, look at today's Grozny.

[1] https://twitter.com/CheburekiMan/status/1660124734871453697/...

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Re:Bakhmut Is Gone: An Aerial Look at the War’s Destruction by lawn on Monday May 22, 2023 @11:57AM (#36033079)
Ah, the Russian propaganda bots on time as always. At least I hope it's a bot, otherwise it's sad that someone would believe the fantastical propaganda claims from Russia.
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Re:Bakhmut Is Gone: An Aerial Look at the War’s Destruction by justrealist on Monday May 22, 2023 @11:55AM (#36033053)
The people of Bakhmut wanted to be part of Russia, so Russia had to destroy the city? Is that what it means to be part of Russia?
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Re:Bakhmut Is Gone: An Aerial Look at the War’s Destruction by paganel on Monday May 22, 2023 @12:35PM (#36033594)
It was that or the Odessa House of Trade Unions treatment for the local Russian population wanting not to depend on Kiev.

As I said, all this wouldn’t and shouldn’t have happened had the Ukrainians really believed in the principle of autonomy and of subsidiarity. Happily for them as soon as they’ll join us in the EU they’ll get right on to that.

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