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A few days ago, a brutal attack by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) on Russians attending a concert, shocked the world.
The number of dead was reported to be at least 130, in addition to the many wounded.
Long lines of Russians formed to donate blood for the care of their fellow citizens.
Meanwhile, Putin was quick to claim Ukrainian involvement, which Ukraine flatly denied.
I believe Ukraine and not a word of what Putin says.
Without any provocation, 2 years ago, on February 24th 2022, Putin sent hundreds of thousands of Russians across the border into Ukraine, increasing the aggression that had started 8 years earlier when he annexed Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula.
Back then, the West let Putin get away with that annexation, and so he felt he could push on again without resistance. But the West found its courage and chose to help Ukraine.
Ukraine has paid a steep price for her choice to not kneel before the assassin that Putin is.
Putin’s thinking is no different than that of ISIS, just a different color scheme.
What ISIS did to Russia, Russia has been doing to Ukraine, every single day. Killing innocent people who want to have the right to think as they choose.
So far, 31 thousand Ukrainians have died because Putin chose to kill them, a figure that is thought to be an underestimate.
Ukraine had done nothing to Russia. Their curse was to wish to be free and not a Putin puppet. Their offense was to dare choose…