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| Zelensky wants mothers of Russian soldiers to see their sons' atrocities in Ukraine |
| 2022-04-05 |
| [NYPOST] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the mothers of Russian soldiers in an emotional Sunday night speech — saying he wants them to see the carnage their sons have caused after hundreds of executed civilians were discovered in a mass grave in a Kyiv suburb. "I want every mother of every Russian soldier to see the bodies of the killed people in Bucha, in Irpin, in Hostomel. What did they do? Why were they killed?" Zelensky asked in his nightly address on Sunday. "What did the man who was riding his bicycle down the street do? Why were ordinary civilians in an ordinary peaceful city tortured to death? Why were women strangled after their earrings were ripped out of their ears? ... How did all this become possible?" an enraged Zelensky said. On Sunday, images surfaced of bodies littered in the streets of Bucha, a small city about 30 miles northwest of Kyiv. A mass grave of nearly 300 corpses was also uncovered, leading Zelensky to claim that the atrocity amounts to "genocide." The bodies were discovered after Russian troops pulled out of the city. Among the slain were children and women, who were reportedly raped and set burned alive, Ukrainian officials said. Men were also tortured executed, shot in the head with their hands bound behind their backs, the officials said. Ukrainian mayor found tortured and executed beside family in shallow grave [WASHINGTONEXAMINER] The corpses of a missing Ukrainian mayor, her husband, and her child were recovered in a shallow grave, according to recently released images and Ukrainian officials. Olga Sukhenko, mayor of the suburb of Motyzhyn outside of Kyiv, was initially kidnapped by Russian forces alongside her husband and son on March 23, Ukrainian officials said. The Russians "tortured and murdered the whole family of the village head," said Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior ministry. "The occupiers suspected they were collaborating with our military, giving us locations of where to target our artillery," Herashchenko said. "These scum tortured, slaughtered, and killed the whole family." The bodies of Sukhenko, her husband, Ihor Sukhenko, and her son, Oleksandr, were uncovered by a news hound on a farm outside of Motyzhyn, according to a report. One body had its head taped, the report noted, and a fourth body was found tied up. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk verified Sukhenko's murder and said at least 11 community officials are being held captive by the Russians across the nation. Satellite images of mass graves, including a 45-foot trench seen Monday, have been released to the public throughout the past month, leading to strong condemnation by foreign leaders. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 I missed him during the Grammy awards ceremony, if he referred to himself as Elenskyy. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-04-05 17:44 |
| #6 Have we tried banning the letter Z yet? Let's not go overboard here! |
| Posted by: ZteveZ 2022-04-05 17:39 |
| #5 Don't be an alphabetist. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-04-05 16:38 |
| #4 Have we tried banning the letter Z yet? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-04-05 16:26 |
| #3 Not forgetting that quite a few Russians have Ukrainian cousins... Those mothers may well recognize some of the dead faces. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-04-05 13:48 |
| #2 Yeah, yeah. The mother who says her son is a "good boy." We are very familiar with that here in America. The sons are black and almost never know their fathers. I sure as hell hope the Russians have done a bit better. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-04-05 12:11 |
| #1 "Госпожа, I'm calling to inform, that your son resolutely doth not conform to the tenets of Geneva Rules." "Ha! Mister выпендрежник. I shall have you know. The ленивый мальчик would never be there but for you fools." |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-04-05 12:00 |