Just days ahead of Ukraine’s Independence Day – August 24th – and almost six months into a war that Putin thought he could win in a matter of days, President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeated warnings of an anticipated Russian atrocity.
Reports in the media suggest that in Mariupol preparations are being made for a “disgusting and absurd” show trial of Ukrainian defenders.
No matter what the occupiers are thinking, no matter what they are planning, the reaction of our state will be absolutely clear. If this despicable show trial takes place, if our people are brought into this scenery in violation of all agreements, all international rules, if there is abuse… This will be the line beyond which any negotiations are impossible. Russia will cut itself off from the negotiations. There will be no more conversations. Our state has said everything.
Following the highly suspicious killing of Russian propagandist Darya Dugin on the outskirts of Moscow on Saturday night, calls are being heard for reprisal attacks against Kyiv.
It is assumed that the actual target was the victim’s father, Alexander Dugin, the fascist adviser to Putin and key mover of the war on Ukraine. However whilst Ukrainian nationalists are being blamed, the fact that the bomb that killed Dugin was attached to the car she was driving whilst the vehicle was in a secure compound may well suggest that the the operation was carried out by Russians – possibly by security services themselves.
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