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Traffic on the single bridge that links Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea and serves as a key supply route for the Kremlin’s forces in the war with Ukraine came to a standstill on Monday after one of its sections was blown up, killing a couple and wounding their daughter.

The RBC Ukraine news agency reported that explosions were heard on the bridge, with Russian military bloggers reporting two strikes.

RBC Ukraine and another Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda said the attack was planned jointly by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Ukrainian navy, and involved sea drones.

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[-] kklusz@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Support for the war is high in Ukraine. Where did you get your sources for freedom of speech being suspended in Ukraine and people with anti war sentiments getting arrested?

It’s ironic, you claim to care about the people, but you don’t care about what the people of Ukraine actually want.

[-] Lenins2ndCat@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Support for the war is high in Ukraine.

Unreliable after everyone that opposed the war was arrested, or taped to lampposts and beaten in the state's terror campaign carried out early on. My friends won't openly say anything to government sources or ""media"".

Where did you get your sources for freedom of speech being suspended in Ukraine and people with anti war sentiments getting arrested?

Every single left wing party in the country was literally banned. If you don't support the war you labelled "pro russia". It's not difficult to find examples of these arrests, and it's not difficult to find the videos of the terror campaign that was waged. If you want some of those videos I can go find them for you but it's pretty distressing watching hundreds of very deliberately public beatings to put fear into people, I really don't recommend.

Kiev has however moved to outlaw more leftist and opposition parties, taking steps to make a temporary ban on 11 opposition groups in March permanent.

Ukraine faced criticism after introducing legislation banning the import and promotion of Russian books and music on Sunday.

One of the new laws will forbid the printing of books by Russian nationals, unless they renounce their Russian passport and take Ukrainian citizenship. This will only apply to those who held Russian citizenship after the 1991 collapse of Soviet rule.

Another law will prohibit the playing of music by people who gained Russian citizenship after 1991 on media and on public transport.

Such freedom!

[-] kklusz@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I see, thank you for letting me know! I see this is indeed more nuanced than I had thought.

Can you provide any proof of the “tied to lampposts” claim? I’m fine with seeing video proof if you have it

[-] Lenins2ndCat@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sure, March 2022. This was a light terror-campaign waged by Ukraine to bring citizenry that were anti-war inline. Do some very public punishments and shaming in order to inflict fear into people about the consequences of talking or opposing the regime. This was all on Twitter but as with most things in this war Telegram is the only place to get it from.

Here are some examples:, CONTENT WARNING: Beatings, nudity and some racial violence.

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/3

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/13

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/33

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/48

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/58

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/64

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/89

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/91

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/111

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/117

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/118

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/119

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/120

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/121

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/122

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/123

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/168

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/169

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/170

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/171

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/182

I'm not going to be a moralist about terror campaigns, they get waged quite often in countries at war because they work very well. The first thing socialists would do in a post-revolutionary country is wage a terror campaign to reduce the opposition. The only reason I raise these is because libs arguing that the people are "free" at the moment in this country are deluded about the reality of the situation.

I recommend caution and critical thinking with that Telegram account too. It's not just anti-war it's pro-russia. The campaign that was waged shortly after the start of the war can't really be denied though, there's a lot more than this but I think it effectively paints the picture.

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