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Russian media campaign dismisses Bucha deaths as fakes - Stunning cruelty. To commit genocidal actions toward an entire population, and afterward to insist they were not at fault and the Ukrainians are staging the scenes of horror. More cruel still that so many around the world are so eager to buy Russia’s lies, to blame the victims, and to convince themselves that somehow Putin is on a crusade from on high. (AP 4/06)
AFP fact check: No, the discovery of bodies in Ukraine’s Bucha was not ‘staged’ with actors
Following the atrocities committed in Bucha and across Ukraine, President Biden announces new sanctions on Russian interests - Including against banks, Putin’s daughters, and even Sergei Lavrov’s family. (AP 4/06)
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Zelenskyy calls for the UN Security Commission to remove Russia, or else it should dissolve - Absurd that predators like Russia and China are making decisions about war and peace on the global stage. The whole arrangement has never made sense, and especially not now. President Zelenskyy, in his address to the Security Commission, demonstrated clearly that he is not only determined to win the war, but also to win the peace. (NPR 4/05)
Alexei Navalny thread concerning the Russian media’s complicity in the assault on Ukraine
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COVID lockdown extended indefinitely in Shanghai, a city of 26 million people - Basic services are not being met, food is running low, and panic is in the air. The world is going to be stuck in this vicious cycle with COVID-19 for the foreseeable future. (Reuters 4/06)
Rest in Peace, Bobby Rydell - Singer who achieved fame as a teenager in the 1950s and early 1960s dies at 79. (New York Times 4/05)
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