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RE: Russia and Ukraine
Yesterday at 1:18 pm
57 countries abstained. 12 voted against returning abducted Ukrainian children to their families.
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Quote:The United States joined 90 other countries at the United Nations on Wednesday to demand Russia "ensure the immediate, safe and unconditional return of all Ukrainian children who have been forcibly transferred or deported" and urge Moscow to stop the practice.
Russia urged countries to oppose the U.N. resolution, which was drafted by Ukraine, Canada and the European Union.
"Each vote for the resolution is support for lies, war and confrontation. Every vote against is a vote for peace," Russia's Deputy U.N. Ambassador Maria Zabolotskaya told the General Assembly ahead of the vote.
Russia and 11 other countries voted against the resolution, while 57 countries abstained. General Assembly resolutions are not binding but carry weight as a reflection of the global view.
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Ukraine accuses Russia of abducting tens of thousands of its children to Russia or Russian-occupied territory without the consent of family or guardians. Previously Moscow has said it has been protecting vulnerable children from a war zone.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-backs-u...025-12-03/
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
5 hours ago
Imagine being the target audience for the lies, war, and confrontation bit. Mind numbingly stupid, and the people lying to you because they know that about you are disgusted by you for it.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
4 hours ago
Putin's bitch already took off sanctions before they even took effect.
Quote:The Trump administration on Thursday allowed transactions with Lukoil (LKOH.MM), opens new tab gas stations outside of Russia with a narrow waiver to sanctions the U.S. imposed in October for the role the company's revenues play in supporting Moscow's war in Ukraine.
The transactions for about 2,000 stations throughout Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and the Americas, were authorized through April 29, 2026, a posting on the Treasury Department site said.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/...025-12-04/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
