Russian troops drop caustic and flammable gas on Ukrainian troops to sow panic ahead of conventional shelling, CNN wrote on Dec. 19 in its report on trench warfare on the southern front.

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    10 months ago

    This would be a good time for other countries to enforce consequences for blatant violations of the Geneva Conventions.

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      10 months ago

      UN:

      Best I can do is a strongly worded letter of disappointment that Russia will immediately veto

      It’s really insane to watch. All it’s doing is setting the precedent that if you have nukes, you can do whatever the fuck you want.

      China’s gonna try something - maybe Taiwan, maybe forcefully expanding into the South China Sea, who knows - real fucking soon if western support for Ukraine disappears.