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Tag Archives: Ukraine
Leadup to the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war
I began collecting these headlines not long after Joe Biden began expressing apprehensions about Putin’s intentions in Ukraine. I wanted to document the lead-up to whatever it might be that might happen. I avoided pieces that appeared to be mere speculation or he-said-she-said. Once the war itself began, I quit; the war itself will be adequately documented.
Yahoo! News links are not immortal; so whenever possible, I have linked to the source.
Firing-range instructor hands 9-year-old an Uzi. Now he’s dead.
Bookmarks:
9-year-old kills gun instructor • Russian aggression in Ukraine • Third world elections: the loser cries foul • A bullied child hails his rescuer • Iraq War Vet Was Warned Waffle House Wasn’t ‘Safe For Whites,’ Gets Beaten, Needs Brain Surgery
Continue reading Firing-range instructor hands 9-year-old an Uzi. Now he’s dead.
MH 17 news
‘We get the orders from Moscow as well’: Secret phone calls from pro-Russian rebels revealed in the investigation of the downing of MH17 that killed 298 people
I followed this matter closely at the time.
Update, 2021-06-04:
MH17 plane crash families prepare for critical trial phase | Reuters
In playground murder, 12-year-old boy charged as an adult
The Ukraine crisis: A chronological listing of news reports
A previous similar collection of links to news items appeared here.
2014-05-19
Putin says Russian troops on Ukrainian border are coming home
They said this before, and the U.S. and NATO found no evidence that it had happened. We’ll see. But it does sound as if Russia is distancing itself — literally — from the separatists.
Continue reading The Ukraine crisis: A chronological listing of news reports
Inmates knitting; and other news
Missile that downed MH17 plane came from Russian military: investigators
DOJ organizes riots?
* Firing-range instructor hands 9-year-old an Uzi. Now he’s dead.
Bookmarks:
9-year-old kills gun instructor • Russian aggression in Ukraine • Third world elections: the loser cries foul • A bullied child hails his rescuer • Iraq War Vet Was Warned Waffle House Wasn’t ‘Safe For Whites,’ Gets Beaten, Needs Brain Surgery
Continue reading * Firing-range instructor hands 9-year-old an Uzi. Now he’s dead.
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