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[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Did she shoot herself in the back of the head three times?

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

Probably out a window

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Putin killed her! [...] Here is what she wrote about the reasons for taking her own life:

‘I love you all and think of you. But I must go; I can no longer bear to live. Ever since Putin attacked Ukraine and has been killing innocent people, and here at home he has been endlessly imprisoning thousands of people who are suffering and dying there simply because, like me, they are against war and against killing. There is nothing I can do to help them. Zhenya [Evgeniya] Berkovich, Svetlana Petriychuk, Karina Tsurkan, and thousands of others are suffering and dying behind bars. I tried to help them, but my strength has run out, and I am tormented day and night by my powerlessness.

I am ashamed, but I have given up. Please forgive me.’”

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Tankies reading this like:

"She's a liberal CIA plant. Russia has done nothing wrong. There is no war in Ba Sing Se"

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 6 points 1 day ago
[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 9 points 1 day ago

That's not ideal

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 9 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

She was found unconscious beneath the windows of a residential building

The note sounds legit, but....

[–] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 7 points 19 hours ago

Russia works in mysterious ways.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

AI could be trained on her writings.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The psychological torture of war is nothing any human should have to bear. Russia literally attacked their brothers and sisters. It is such a disgusting display. I feel sorry for this lost soul. We, as a world, failed her.

Arms proliferation must be stopped. Standing armies need to be eliminated. The industrial military complex must be strangled until dead otherwise our future will continue to include death and destruction for profits.

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 22 hours ago

It is unfunny how we keep exhausting our commom natural habitats and resources while struggling to understand we are in the same boat here, and it's sinking.

[–] indomara@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

May she rest in peace. ❤️

[–] treehugger6@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Let's be honest. If Europe and the rest of the West wanted to stop Putin, they would.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who? The governments? The people? I remember an ellection in france. Macron stopped military support for ukraine for months prior to the ellection cause ~30-40% were about to vote for Le Pen (2023?) And she was using the "we are spending too much in a special military operation that isnt of our concern" card. As soon as he was reellected (because, as i understand, the left bend itself for the "greater good"... or the "anything but le pen" good) military packages started flowing again.

(Correct me if im wrong, it has been a lpng time and... well... im not french)

I dont say that you are wrong though, i think europe has the potential to push russians back to the urals if they wanted it, but politics are complex and there are too many countries in which opinion on ukraine war is, to some extent, divided.

[–] treehugger6@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's not that complex. Where there's a will there's a way. Funny that there is a will and possibility to help Israhell slaughter Palestinians (genocide still ongoing) and now Lebanese (looking at you, UK).

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

I only have deep conspiracy theories to answer to that...

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 22 hours ago

Not THAT simple

Russia still has nukes. Sure, because of internal corruption most army materiel hasn't had the maintenance required to keep if functioning, which is fatal to nukes. Nukes need millions of dollars in maintenance every year to keep them in functioning state, and it's very easy to siphon money away from end of the world weapons because who would find out when we're all dead, right?

It's fair to assume a whole lot of Russian nukes no longer work, but I'm sure more than enough still work, and that is a big problem

They can still start world war three and end it all for us. Putin is a despot who probably is out of touch with normal human beings, I see him capable of ending the world in a "if I can't have it nobody can" type move

I think you want to be careful with idiots like that

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago

Absolutely, 100%. There's a reason those 17 (???) sanctions packages didn't hit all at once in February 2022.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

We could do more than we are, but when the nuclear sabre rattling inevitably comes, we realize we have more to lose than Russia does.

[–] albbi@piefed.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Also, this is the sort of thing China supports.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

They could if he isn't a lunatic that would rather have the world destroyed than lose. Whether or not that's the case, I don't know.

[–] jasoman@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Taken the millennial retirement plan.

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago