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65th Mechanized Brigade Ronin has struck Russian Rail again attacking a train in Molochansk. What made this attack interesting is this is now the first instance of seeing Russia deploy EW countermeasures on freight rail going through the area. For some reason they continue not to utilize the armored... show more
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![The UN Security Council held a meeting on Russia's crimes against Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians. Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya said that Russia has fully adopted the practices of the ‘Third Reich’. “We have previously brought to the Council's attention how Russian recruits train to operate attacking drones by targeting and killing innocent civilians in the streets of the city of Kherson. In Russian schools, war criminals are holding lessons for Russian children, encouraging them to learn how to kill Ukrainians. It comes as no surprise that the Russian Foreign Ministry is following this trend, training its diplomats across the globe, including here – in New York, to disseminate lies and maintain smear campaigns. Producing fakes about Azov Brigade has been among the main tools of Russian propaganda since 2014. The full-scale war has ultimately revealed the truth. Soldiers of the Azov Brigade were among the courageous defenders of Mariupol in 2022, staying in the besieged city and protecting its residents, who Russia killed on an industrial scale, until the very end. Russia in turn, has fully adopted the practices of the Third Reich – ranging from the annexation of sovereign territories and the razing of Ukrainian cities to the ground, to the deliberate execution of Ukrainian POWs and civilians. That’s why, if Russian diplomats are truly eager to combat neo-Nazism, they might start by calling the Russian Ministry of Defense. They may ask, for instance, about the "Rusich" unit, which operates as part of the Russian army. Its members openly embrace their neo-Nazi views and their commander Milchakov openly declares, "I'm a Nazi, I speak about it directly. [I] can even raise a hand [in Nazi greeting.]" His subordinates are just like their commander. They could play with a severed head of a prisoner, boasting about it in interviews, or post ads on social media seeking a "Crimean Tatar for ritual sacrifice" and then brag about carrying out such a ritual. This is just one of many examples illustrating how war crimes and crimes against humanity have become standard practice for the Russian army. The responsibility for this is inevitable, and I urge the Russian mission, both its leadership and junior diplomats, to keep this in mind.”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1879670876255170784/amplify_video_thumb/1879670765596889090/img/7ddNhLV9Zvu0O7uA.jpg)
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