Anne ApplebaumDec 20, 2022

The war against Ukraine is a culture war. Incredible documentation of the destruction of churches, schools and museums, from the New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/19/arts/design/ukraine-cultural-heritage-war-impacts.html

Calculating the Toll of Russia’s War on Ukrainian Culture

Russia’s invasion has systematically destroyed Ukrainian cultural sites. A Times investigation has identified 339 that sustained substantial damage this year.

Show threadstiffelman

@anneapplebaum The stated war aim is to erase Ukraine. Stated, not secret. Broadcast on national television. Not even a tacit objective.

How can anybody in the world not support Ukraine in this struggle?

Dec 20, 2022 at 2:12pmWeb
Show threadAlbert HubbleDec 20, 2022
@stiffelman @anneapplebaum And yet you see way to many idiots in the west who jumpted on the russian narative like Nato expansion and Donbas Seperatists and all that bullshit.
Show threadstiffelmanDec 20, 2022
@Albert_Hubble @anneapplebaum They may or may not be “useful idiots”, but they are without doubt idiots. And the peculiar idiocy is both specific and baffling.