Day: September 17, 2024
#LestWeForget: Today is the anniversary of when (Soviet) Russia started #WW2, by jointly invading #Poland with its ally Nazi Germany. Sept 17th 1939 – is when Russian soldiers started saluting Hitler’s Nazi flag & laughing and joking with Nazi soldiers. pic.twitter.com/Sm4myz1ung
— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) September 17, 2024
Russia continues to entice impoverished foreigners to go die for Putin in #Ukraine. Men from #Syria offer a ready source of cannon fodder – but the Russian army treats them with distain & they’re refused medical treatment – forcing some to desert. https://t.co/8jTV4wsD6E pic.twitter.com/WsJAJeI5jy
— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) September 17, 2024
⚡️ Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 2, including child, injure 9 over past day.
Russia also attacked energy infrastructure in Sumy Oblast, disrupting electricity and water supplies across the region.https://t.co/HSfzqDeD9h
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) September 17, 2024
Today is the professional holiday of all rescuers of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine – people who are among the first to arrive at the scenes of attacks, risking their own lives to help others.
Our rescuers are always where they are needed most.
I am grateful for their… pic.twitter.com/rVNgSqo45S— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 17, 2024