More than 70 were wounded in the attack last Friday evening on Kryvyi Rih. The children were playing on swings and in a sandbox in a tree-lined park at the time. Bodies were strewn across the grass.

“We are not asking for pity,” Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the city administration, wrote on Telegram as Kryvyi Rih mourned. “We demand the world’s outrage.”

The U.N. Human Rights Office in Ukraine said it was the deadliest single verified strike harming children since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. It was also one of the deadliest attacks so far this year.

  • juanito_the_great@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    Very few times some images on the internet make me cry.

    I know he is a sociopath, I understand that. But as a father, I cannot understand how Putin sleeps at night after being responsible for this horror and so many others. So many dead children, grieving parents. He is a father too. I know he lacks empathy, the rational part of my brain knows this, but I’m unable to imagine seeing the world through his eyes.

    What a disgusting monster.

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      Think of it like this:

      They were never taught empathy, or to care for others. Just for what they want and power. Nothing else

      Best thing we can do is get more people onto better platforms/apps/websites. Taking action, & working together consistently more in-person & online.

      Check out my latest posts for example of what I mean