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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Child trafficking with some eugenics sprinkled in.

Really fucked up, and this is what we know during the war, imagine what could come out after.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't be shocked if some of the older kids that didn't get shot as "enemy combatants" got pressed back into service for Russia at the end of a gun.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It’s not at all suspicious that the two accounts defending RU here are brand new…

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 7 points 1 month ago

Please report that shit in the future so I can remove it sooner.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

New Russian troll farm activity, probably linked to Puta "peace" meeting with Trump.

[–] cyborganism@piefed.ca 21 points 1 month ago

Maybe it's in preparation for Putin's meeting with Trump.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] npdean@lemmy.today 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Brought to you by the unbiased news source - kyivindependent.com

[–] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (18 children)

"Brought to you by the unbiased news source – kyivindependent.com"

This kind of snarky dismissal is a textbook example of the genetic fallacy. It's rejecting an argument or claim solely because of its source, rather than engaging with the content, the evidence, or the reasoning behind it.

Yes, The Kyiv Independent is Ukrainian, and yes, it likely carries national bias. Just like literally every national outlet does during wartime. That doesn’t automatically invalidate every fact it reports, especially when those facts are supported by third-party evidence and international bodies.

In this article, for example, the claim about the child adoption "catalog" is backed by:

Screenshots from Russian occupation websites, figures from Save Ukraine ( a long-standing NGO) and references to internationally verified abductions; numbers confirmed by Ukraine's ombudsman, the ICC’s arrest warrants, and other human rights organizations)

So even if you don’t like the outlet, you're still responsible for engaging with the facts, not just rolling your eyes and calling it propaganda.

Dismissing credible, corroborated claims with a one-liner is lazy and cowardly. If you're going to talk about war crimes and mass abductions, do better than a meme-level deflection and actually engage the facts. This isn’t some Internet drama without consequences; it’s the systematic erasure of children.

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[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

Here's another older source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-ukraine-children-russia-war-kidnapping-evidence-b2717730.html

Children from Eastern Europe have been considered prime trafficking victims for several decades now. They are usually white and easily accessible, often sitting out on the streets.

Here's a documentary about Romanian street children: https://youtu.be/HDiIrdzFGCY

Here's Robert Maxwell trafficking them: https://www.nli.org.il/he/images/%20nnl_archive_al990040300950205171/NLI#$FL45875197

There is substantial evidence that torture, snuff, rape, bestiality, and CSAM materials coming from Russia are made by Putin's request and put out by his request to accrue blackmail on the people who view them online. A large part of what many world leaders want today are just straight up children and babies as a commodity.

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[–] bubblybubbles@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (5 children)

kyivindependent

Aw yeah TOTALLY believable and DEFINITELY no incentive whatsoever to publish fearmongering articles for the US proxy war 🤣

[–] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 40 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Tankies don't get opinions. Shit off back to Putin's propaganda instances fuckwit.

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

You want to wait for the Russia Today version?

[–] rimu@crust.piefed.social 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] bubblybubbles@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Isn't that the website run by the full-throat zionist chiropractor? Thnx but no thnx, thats abso on the "Don't trust" list

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[–] scintilla@beehaw.org 17 points 1 month ago (35 children)

Bwahahaha you're one to talk. Please if other people read this look at the sources theyve posted.

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[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Another brain dead tankie.

[–] jimjam5@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Always nice to pop into these posts to see what (new) users I need to add to the block list.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

they used filtration camps to obfuscate the kidnapped children so its harder to track them down, they give them false identity and put them up for adoption, or in an orphanage.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

You mistyped your nickname again, Bumhole

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