We have, thank someone’s, anyone’s, or for the atheist’s no one’s, Deity or Deities for the polytheists, made it to the weekend! I’m fried. I’m sure everyone else is fried. So I’m going to keep tonight’s post as short as possible.
Before I dive in though, I want to address a comment that came in either very late for last night’s post or very early if you go by when it was made. The comment was in response to the news that the Ukrainians had put a 155mm round on where Rogozin was celebrating his birthday in Russian occupied Donetsk on Wednesday. And it was framed as a question – and I’m paraphrasing – that I was telling the commenter that Ukraine targets civilian targets. I don’t know if this was a cynical comment, a sarcastic comment, or the commenter – and I’m not going to look – was actually serious, but I’m going to play it straight and answer the question. The answer is that the Ukrainians had two legitimate military targets – the former Russian Deputy PM and head of Roskosmos and a senior leader in the separatist movement who served in a high position in the breakaway and Russian aligned government in Russian occupied Donbas. In addition to these two targets, they also had their bodyguards, and their friends and other invited guests to Rogozin’s birthday party. All of these are separatists, collaborators, actual Russians and/or people working for them. They have been involved in planning, executing, and in some cases profiting from Russia’s eight year occupation of the Donbas and all the atrocities, crimes against humanity, and war crimes that has entailed. If the Allies in WW II had the chance to take out a high NAZI official who had rented a restaurant in NAZI occupied France for his birthday even if that would also most likely take out the others attending the party, that would have been a legitimate target to strike. Just as it was for the Ukrainian military on Wednesday. I trust I won’t have to address this again.
Here is President Zelenskyy’s address from earlier today. Video below, English transcript after the jump.
War for Ukraine Day 303: Russia’s War Against the WorldPost + Comments (108)