Do you support Medicare for All or universal healthcare in America and other nations? by 8thmonitor in AskSaidIt

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Well, this evil socialism pays me ~€1700 ($1800) monthly for my therapy, where median wage in Poland is €720 net, €1000 gross. So I definitely support universal health care. Not sure about Medicare, I'm not US citizen and I know nothing about it.

President Putin announces Christmas truce. A cessation of hostilities in The Ukraine is to last from noon on Friday until midnight on Saturday by _Okio_ in Russia

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Gtfo of Ukraine and you will get your „peace”, Russia.

Putin calls for Ukraine cease-fire to mark Russian Orthodox Christmas. Ukraine would like to keep fighting during Christmas? by iamonlyoneman in news

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lol, for sure Ukraine will stop fighting when Russia will gtfo of Ukraine. What a stupid editorialized title for this post xD

Social Media Giants - Which of these data hoarders do you regularly use? For me: YouTube and Twitter... But they have censored me, and Saidit has not. Free speech is precious. by In-the-clouds in AskSaidIt

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I have an account on Reddit only. Yay, feel proud :)

Bavaria, Eastern Ukraine and War – or: A somewhat different look at the events in Donbas by [deleted] in Europe

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Putin said that Ukrainian identity doesn't exist. Don't forget about it.

Is SaidIt just a platform for nutjobs and conservatives or is it something more? by [deleted] in AskSaidIt

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Reddit has gone corporate and closed source. It's a flashy shin website full of memes and other bullshit. That's why I left it.
I chose Saidit because of UI, which encourages discussions instead of shitposting, and Saidit is an open source software, not acknowledged part of any corporation.
I think that most saidittors are conservative and probably were banned from reddit, so there may be overrepresentation of them here. However remember that this portal is what it's users create it. Feel encouraged to post articles and text posts :)

A trans Antifa member in San Diego pleaded guilty to multiple violent felonies over assaulting people at a riot last year. The case is the first time prosecutors sought to unmask Antifa cells in California. by [deleted] in news

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No, yes, I support abortion regardless of colour, I don't understand the question.

Hard times create Strong men by Dragonerne in videos

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???

A trans Antifa member in San Diego pleaded guilty to multiple violent felonies over assaulting people at a riot last year. The case is the first time prosecutors sought to unmask Antifa cells in California. by [deleted] in news

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Could you precise which exact antifa you are talking about? Cause I know many antifa groups, and actually I identify as an antifascist, and we do many good things together. Antifa that I know is fighting for workers rights, animal rights, fighting corporate greed and nationalism, fighting for human rights and for equality. I don't think it's as evil as you picture it.

A trans Antifa member in San Diego pleaded guilty to multiple violent felonies over assaulting people at a riot last year. The case is the first time prosecutors sought to unmask Antifa cells in California. by [deleted] in news

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Everybody opposing fascism is antifascist. Me and you and many more. That's the definition in the dictionary. It's not a reptilian group. It's, simply, people who oppose fascism.

Sabotage? Both NordStream Pipelines Blown Up! - Ron Paul Report by zyxzevn in WorldNews

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xD

A trans Antifa member in San Diego pleaded guilty to multiple violent felonies over assaulting people at a riot last year. The case is the first time prosecutors sought to unmask Antifa cells in California. by [deleted] in news

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„Antifa cell“ - aren't all good people against fascism? edit: And of course it's good that a criminal got punished, I'm not defending him.

How did you discover saidit? by IndianaJones in AskSaidIt

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I wanted to find a place where UI and UX encourages discussion, not memes and shitposting. alternativeto.net helped me.

Sabotage? Both NordStream Pipelines Blown Up! - Ron Paul Report by zyxzevn in WorldNews

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The good outcome is that Russia will get less money.
I think that you exaggerate that many citizens may freeze to death. It's already happening in Russia since many years. Damn, they don't even have toilets and washing machines :o

You're trapped in the most recent video game you've played. What game are you stuck in and how screwed are you? by Choclate1893Pepsi in AskSaidIt

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Wolfenstein Enemy Territory :D Waiting for Panzerfaust headshot :)

Sabotage? Both NordStream Pipelines Blown Up! - Ron Paul Report by zyxzevn in WorldNews

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Good news for EU and USA, bad for RF.

Iraq War neocon Anne Applebaum’s Polish husband thanks US for blowing up Nord Stream … by [deleted] in Europe

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Google Will Soon Kill Ad Blockers With Manifest V3 - What to do! by Tarrock in technology

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Just use Firefox or Abrowser :]

Poland Begins Handing Out Iodine Pills On Fears Of Ukraine Nuclear Plant Meltdown by [deleted] in WorldNews

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Russians can simply go away. That's the best solution.

Poland Begins Handing Out Iodine Pills On Fears Of Ukraine Nuclear Plant Meltdown by [deleted] in WorldNews

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Russia gtfo of Ukraine and there will be no nuclear risk.

Activation of the special operation: who can mobilize in the first place by [deleted] in Europe

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I wonder if oligarchs and their children can mobilize too :]

Official Ubuntu Blog Has Just Promoted Microsoft Windows+Systemd by [deleted] in Linux

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That's why I install Debian-based distros on my friends devices.

What do you think of lemmy.ml? by TimothyMcFuck in AskSaidIt

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Well, you can talk about it. Just subscribe to particular sub/community and talk about it. Either here or there.

Germany seizes Russian oil firm Rosneft’s refineries by Gaslov in news

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It's better than having Russia invading more countries. I'll be freezing, but least won't live in a war zone.

Free speech VICTORY: Federal appeals court rules Texas can enforce anti-censorship law aimed at social media platforms by [deleted] in news

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Yeah, let's make Internet another TV! /s

Germany seizes Russian oil firm Rosneft’s refineries by Gaslov in news

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No no, we don't want Russian energy here in Europe.

Russian strikes hit nine Ukrainian command posts in past day. by HibikiBlack in WorldNews

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I agree. The fact that Ukraine has successful counterattacks yesterday recently doesn't mean that Russia isn't attacking elsewhere.
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The Zen of Programming • Sander Hoogendoorn • GOTO 2022 by zyxzevn in programming

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[PL] Ivan Krastew: a united Europe is facing the most difficult time since its inception [INTERVIEW] by Pis-dur in WorldNews

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The Polish government is probably completely unreformable on this issue. These are the people who are still fighting wars that ended a long time ago. This may be a bit surprising, but it seems that in the European forum PiS feels quite well in its isolation, immersed in conflicts.

Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine, shifting of accents in Europe, the emergence of such a large threat in our part of the continent means that Poland could start to play the role of a key third force in the EU, alongside Germany and France. That was exactly the ambition of the government. But it seems not to see that opportunity at all. And this is the moment. This is the chance to be taken or missed.

And this is the choice that PiS stands. Will he really continue to wage war on two fronts, both with his allies and enemies? Europe is entering a phase of profound change. Strong, constructive, critical and truly visionary voices are needed. It is no longer possible to act as before. Something that worked in times of peace will not work during the war. Constructive criticism is very much needed by the Union. But in order for criticism to be constructive, it is necessary to believe in the European idea.

Listening to the statements of PiS politicians, e.g. the recent comments of PiS MEP Zdzisław Krasnodębski, who stated at the end of August on TV Republika that the “threat to our sovereignty” from the West is greater than from the East, I have no hope of the constructive participation of the people of Law and Justice in the debate on the future of Europe.

Unfortunately, the war has not changed the fact that we are still functioning in conditions of absolute political trivalence. There are still the principles of identity policy. Who you are is decided by who you hate. PiS will use these narratives as long as they are effective. And maybe even longer.

But it will not be easy for PiS to win this election. The main challenge of this election campaign will be that it will continue in difficult times. PiS will argue that all problems result from external factors – this is, of course, already happening. The blame will be the opposition, Russia, Brussels, Germany, Donald Tusk. But finding the culprit will not solve the real economic problems faced by Polish women and Poles.

How should democratic parties build their narratives? The Polish opposition is still looking for a way for this election and probably does not want to share the fate of the united opposition in Hungary, which lost to the Kretes in April. How to put a counter-attack on such low instincts and emotions the PiS narrative, which denies people Polishness, and some of the opposition considers it traitors to the nation and foreign agents?

Building on fear, resentment, hatred, complexes, exclusions is really easy. But perhaps the worst thing that a democratic camp in Poland may want to do is also to play fear. Not everyone can win elections by scaring the end of the world and the breakup of everything. Maybe people have had enough of it? Maybe this narrative has been brought to such an absurdity that there is again a place in politics for positive identities? Viktor Orban w towarzystwie partyjnych kolegów cieszy się ze zwycięstwa.

Maybe it is worth convincing people that times are difficult, but we are not vulnerable in this situation? That together we are able to survive this crisis, as we have already survived many? Part of the Polish electorate are people who have a great sense of efficiency, to whom the story of victims who get up from their knees, because they simply do not feel the victims, nor do they perceive Poland in this way.

Certainly, there is still a need to be built around clear values: conservative, liberal, social, etc. The divisions must be clear. Clear positions need to be taken. There are also very important generational topics to address: issues of social inequalities, social justice.

I also believe that a democratic camp should not give up the issue of patriotism. This is not a topic to be let go. The democratic camp cannot pin patches foreign agents, opponents of Polishness. This narrative is absurd. He must show that he loves Poland, he cares about Poland, that Poland is important to him.

Maybe in opposition to the PiS narrative, it is worth reaching for the idea that Poland’s national interest is to defend the integrity of Europe, and not fight it?

The narrative of the Polish right on the European Union is very narrow. Polish public opinion practically does not know what is happening in Europe, because what PiS shares is either very rudimental or completely detached from reality. This is a great space for development, because PiS does not compete in these topics at all. There are very important discussions in the European Union today: does Europe need a common armed force? Do we need a treaty reform? What and how quickly will it be taken towards the Western Balkan countries? How to support yourself in an accelerated energy transition process? The need for cooperation in Europe has never been greater. Where is Poland in these discussions?

In my opinion, it is also worth referring to the sense of pride and self-confidence of Poles. But not the pride of those who, despite the beave, get up from the knees, but those who know that Poland is not a victim of integration, but is one of the winners of the processes that have been going on in Europe for 30 years. Poland, as a country that has its own voice, articulates its interests from the position of someone who knows that it has the full right to do so. Many Eurosceptic arguments about EU problems need to be addressed because it is not sucked from the finger. But this can be dealt with constructively.

Ivan Krasyv, Bulgarian political scientist, philosopher of politics and publicist. He graduated from Sophia University. He is the founder and head of the Institute of the Liberal Strategy Centre in Sofia and co-founder of the European think tank European Council on Foreign Relations. Associated with the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna. He studied anti-Americanism, populism and the crisis of democracy. In Poland, his books appear mainly by the Political Criticism Publishing House: “Democracy of the distrustful. Political Espasses” (2013), “Democracy: We apology for the faults” (2015), “How about Europe?” (2018) and “Light that has gone out. How the West Failed Its Others (2020).”

[PL] Ivan Krastew: a united Europe is facing the most difficult time since its inception [INTERVIEW] by Pis-dur in WorldNews

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„Europe is at war. Economic, energy and hybrid. There is no going back to what was: economically and politically. But it is difficult to win the war if you do not believe that it is also against us – says OKO.press a prominent political scientist

“The war in Ukraine has changed everything. There is no return to what was: politically and economically” – says OKO.press Iwan Krastew, political scientist, founder of the Bulgarian think tank Center of Liberal Strategies, author of the book “Light that has faded. How the West Failed His followers” (2020).

We are talking on Thursday 1 September 2022 during the European Forum in Alpbach, Austria. In two days, Prague and Cologne will be followed by thousands of protests against sanctions against Russia and rising life costs. The figure is very aptly diagnosed when Europe is in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“The coming months will be really difficult. It is very difficult to wage war if you do not believe that it is also against us. And this is the fundamental difference between Russia and some of the European Union countries. Russia knows that it is at war with Ukraine and the whole West. Meanwhile, some politicians and societies in Europe are not aware that we are at war. It seems to them that we can choose: to engage or not, to help or not to help, that our role is to voluntarily support Ukraine. But it's a very misconception. Russia is at war against all of us and we must respond to that.”

We are talking about the failed myths of European integration, the energy and economic crisis that awaits us, and the strategies for the Polish opposition for the upcoming elections.

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“Necess You RULES” is the OKO.press cycle for the quietest day of the week. We want to offer our readers and readers “food for thought” – analyses, interviews, reports and multimedia that show familiar topics from another side, precipitating our thinking from the beaten paths, surprise.

Paulina Pacuła, OKO.press: During one of the lectures within the Forum, you said that the Russian invasion of Ukraine turned upside down the fundamental beliefs that we considered for granted in Europe: that after the traumatic experiences of World War II, there is no longer a large war on the continent; that economic cooperation makes the war unprofitable, so it is not threatened by states that have built a network of economic dependencies among themselves;

Ivan Krastew: Yes, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has lied to the beliefs on which European integration was partly based. Today we are confronting a new reality. It seemed to us that after the tragedy of World War II, everyone already understood that a big war in Europe is no longer possible, even people like Putin. Meanwhile, the number of missiles that Russia is currently shelling Ukraine is comparable to the number of missiles used on the Eastern Front in 1941. Since the beginning of the invasion, more Russian soldiers have probably been killed than in 10 years of the war in Afghanistan.

For the past few decades, Europe has been dominated by the belief that building economic relations between countries is a way to build a lasting basis for peace. That countries that are economically dependent on each other do not fight wars, because it does not pay for anyone. Turns out it wasn't true. From today’s perspective, it is easy to look with great contempt and suspicion at what Germany has been doing in recent years by cooperating with Russia. But there's nothing strange about that. The Germans were convinced that it worked, because this was the experience of Europe, in this way Europe united. The Germans simply diversified the experience. Now it turns out that it does not work towards everyone, that Gazprom is not a company.

Over the past decades, we have also managed to convince ourselves that military power does not matter. But military power does not matter primarily to those who do not.

Now Europe is beginning to increase arms spending, Member States want to strengthen their armies, because they feel that they must. But that’s not enough, we need a cultural change. One of Europe’s greatest success is that we have raised generations of people who have believed that war is impossible – I say this without any sarcasm. Now we're gonna try to convince them to join the army. It won't be easy.

But that's not all. The war in Ukraine has also changed relations between Western and Eastern Europe. The result is that Europe’s centre of gravity has shifted a little more to the east. Countries such as Poland could benefit greatly from this, because their voice is much more heard, they play a huge role supporting people fleeing the war from Ukraine, they understand the mentality of the Russians much better. But the Polish government does not seem to see this possibility at all – as if it were not able to enter into any constructive dialogue in the European forum.

During many sessions, the Forum received comments from politicians about the extraordinary solidarity of the EU primarily at the beginning of the war. Cracks are increasingly visible today. More and more politicians are questioning the legitimacy of sanctions. Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon said in relation to the sanctions that “in the long term, one must consider who suffers more of all this – Russia or Europe”. And yet the sanctions are our response to the crime of aggression committed by Russia, our solidarity with Ukraine, it is an attempt to cut off funding for the aggressor. And yes, they hurt, but there is no other way.

It is very difficult to wage war if you do not believe that it is also against us. And this is the fundamental difference between Russia and some of the European Union countries. Russia knows that it is at war with Ukraine and the West. Meanwhile, some politicians and societies in Europe are not aware that we are at war. It seems to them that we can choose: to engage or not, to help or not to help, that our role is to voluntarily support Ukraine. But it's a very misconception. Russia is at war against all of us, we must respond to it.

Normally, during the war, the external threat is a very important factor in mobilizing societies. This can be seen in Ukraine, and you can also see it in Russia. But economic war does not have such an effect. In Europe, you can see it as on the hand. Some seem to think as if politicians who could not arrange relations with Russia were responsible for the problems in Europe. Already today, we see people taking to the streets in protest against sanctions – as if their abolition was to make Russia stop using gas terror.

We have months of protest. Yellow vests across Europe, because in Europe there are many people for whom the rising costs of living are a threat to financial survival. The political effect of this situation may be completely devastating for us, because there will always be those who – without necessarily having competences and good will – will want to gain politically from this crisis.

To cope with rising energy prices, European governments will have to spend up to twice as much as they spend on counteracting the effects of Covid-19. This is a lot of money. A huge social solidarity will be necessary to survive this time. Governments will need gigantic measures to protect people and markets. The proof that Russia was preparing for this war for a really long time is that when Europe spent a lot on aid programs during the pandemic, Russia was saving as much as it could: Russian foreign exchange reserves increased by about 30 percent during this time.

You also said that in the face of the war in Ukraine, Europe must “consolidate its sphere of influence”. So how is it? Are we guided by values, or do we divide the world into spheres of influence?

We are guided by values, because our sphere of influence includes those who want, not those who apply a gun to their temples. But Europe really needs to make order in its backyard. Ukraine will not enter the Union for a long time, because a country that does not control its territory will not be able to carry out reforms in accordance with the treaty requirements. But Europe should already use all possible resources today to integrate Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and consolidate its influence in the Balkans. This is not the time to switch to small. Either we want to be the most important geopolitical force in the region, or we don’t. And that's what it's going to be obliging. This integration should be real and should continue.

But it won't be easy either. Let’s see what is happening with Poland. In the European arena, there is a certain tear between the requirement of cohesion of the European legal space, compliance with the rule of law, and cooperation with Poland for geopolitical purposes. Poland is crucial for the geopolitical importance of Europe.

There will be no geopolitically strong Europe without Poland, but it will not be strong, consistent in terms of EU standards if the eyes are closed to breaking the rule of law.

This is not easy and Europe is facing it today. That is why I really do not envy those who are making decisions in the EU today. Because it will not be a choice between good and evil, it will be trading in values.

The Polish government is still setting Poland in the position of the lonely island. Anti-EU rhetoric is exacerbating both national and European forums. In relations with Germany, the subject of war reparations for losses during World War II is again drawn up. And it would seem that in the face of the external threat posed by Russia, this negative rhetoric towards EU partners will be somewhat mitigated, that cooperation would be more important. A little on the basis that you have to choose how many fronts fights, because you can not fight everyone at once.

The U.S. State Department and Yale identify 21 detention sites in Russian-controlled territory. by Pis-dur in WorldNews

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ok, just post an article and we can talk about it ;)

US Colonel Richard H. Black: "We're shipping fantastic quantities of weapons to Ukraine. The US and NATO don't care how many Ukrainians die, as long as they (US and NATO) win." by [deleted] in Europe

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Without these weapons much more Ukrainians will die. Now they can a least defend themselves and hopefully drive Russians back to Russia.

The U.S. State Department and Yale identify 21 detention sites in Russian-controlled territory. by Pis-dur in WorldNews

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Whataboutism at it's finest.

The U.S. State Department and Yale identify 21 detention sites in Russian-controlled territory. by Pis-dur in WorldNews

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The U.S. State Department and Yale identify 21 detention sites in Russian-controlled territory.

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A satellite image showed a general view of a prison in Olenivka, Ukraine, in July. Researchers said they found evidence of disturbed earth there consistent with mass graves.Credit...Maxar Technologies/Via Reuters

WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department and Yale University researchers said Thursday that they had identified at least 21 sites in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine that the Russian military or Russian-backed Ukrainian separatists are using to detain, interrogate or deport civilians and prisoners of war in ways that violate international humanitarian law. There were signs pointing to possible mass graves in some areas, they said.

Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab said the sites were part of a “filtration system” used for processing detainees and prisoners. They reached their conclusions after examining commercial satellite imagery and open-source information. The detainees and prisoners could be forced to live outside the centers in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, imprisoned for long periods, deported to Russia or even killed.

The research was a collaboration between Yale and the Conflict Observatory program that the State Department set up in May to document war crimes and other atrocities committed by Russian or Russian-backed forces in the Ukraine war. The researchers released their findings through a report from Conflict Observatory.

“We again call on Russia to immediately halt its filtration operations and forced deportations and to provide outside independent observers access to identified facilities and forced deportation relocation areas within Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine and inside Russia itself,” the State Department said in a statement referring to the new findings.

The report identified four types of centers in the filtration system: registration, holding, secondary interrogation and detention.

The researchers also found evidence of disturbed earth on two recent occasions at the Volnovakha “correctional colony” near the village of Olenivka that they said was consistent with mass graves. The appearance of disturbed earth predated an explosion on July 29 at the prison compound that killed 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war.

One area of disturbed earth appeared in imagery from April 11 — “contemporaneous with an open source account of alleged gravedigging,” the report said, referring to an online account in which a former inmate discussed a cellmate working a shift digging graves. A second area of disturbed earth appeared on July 27, two days before the explosion.

A New York Times analysis from early August of images from Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs, two satellite imaging companies, concluded that some time after July 18 and before July 21, about 15 to 20 spots of notable changes to the ground appeared on the southern side of the complex. They were about 6 to 7 feet wide and 10 to 16 feet long at first, and some later appeared to have been lengthened to merge. It was unclear whether they were grave sites.

The Conflict Observatory report said the Volnovakha center was being used as a long-term detention center for civilians being kept under the auspices of “administrative detention” and for holding prisoners of war, particularly Ukrainians who surrendered after the siege of Azovstal, in the coastal city of Mariupol. “Filtration” activities appear to have begun there in late March and have continued since then.

The researchers noted that there had been reports of torture, beatings, lack of water and proper nutrition, unhygienic conditions and overcrowded cells at the compound.

The State Department said it was giving an additional $9 million to the Conflict Observatory through the European Democratic Resilience Initiative.

“This focus on accountability lays the foundation for future civil and criminal legal processes, whether in Ukraine, through international mechanisms, or in third-party countries that have established jurisdiction,” it said.

“President Putin and his government will not be able to engage in these persistent abuses with impunity,” the department added. “Accountability is imperative, and the United States and our partners will not be silent.”

In June, the U.S. National Intelligence Council released an unclassified report that said it had identified 18 possible locations in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine and western Russia where detainees and prisoners were being held and processed.

— Edward Wong

New survey shows 71% of Americans support sending weapons for the liberation of Ukraine - Happy Birthday 🇺🇦 ! by Site_rly_sux in WorldNews

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It wasn't.