The Russia-Ukraine war has been going on for months now, six months to be more precise. There have been heavy casualties in Ukraine after Russian troops bombed several of its cities. The invasion and its resulted war have caused Europe’s largest refugee crisis since the second world war. A recent video of Russians begging in front of the US and UK embassies has gone viral.
Amidst all the loss of life and property, there are people from Russia who tend to think that the war was justified. In the viral video, Russian activists can be seen begging the US and UK to not send weapons to Ukraine. The ignorance of these people in the video has sparked outrage on social media.
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Russians Beg US And UK To Stop Supplying Weapons To Ukraine Amid Russia-Ukraine War
The Russia-Ukraine war is in its six-month phase now. The invasion has caused 6.7 million Ukrainians to flee the country and a large amount of the population has been displaced.
A video featuring a group of Russian activists standing outside US and UK embassies across Russia has gone viral. They are protesting and begging US and UK to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine.
This has to be the most pathetic thing you will see today. Russians are begging at the US and UK embassies to stop sending weapons to Ukraine that kills and injures Russian soldiers. Maybe the Russian soldiers shouldn't be in Ukraine?!pic.twitter.com/Pdgbyf0Jmy
— Danish NAFO supporter 🇩🇰🇺🇦🇪🇺 NYN1 (@nyn1nafo) August 16, 2022
The move, done to prevent the loss of Russian soldiers’ lives, has sparked outrage on social media. The protestors can be seen holding placards showing injured Russian soldiers with limbs blown off. Netizens have been outraged because its Russia that has illegally invaded Ukraine.
A user named ‘nyn1nafo’ shared the video and called it “the most pathetic thing you will see today.” They wrote: “Russians are begging at the US and UK embassies to stop sending weapons to Ukraine that kills and injures Russian soldiers.” The user further said that the soldiers would not have died if Russia had not invaded Ukraine. “Maybe the Russian soldiers shouldn’t be in Ukraine?!“, they wrote.
All of these “patriots” are of military age. What are they doing in London? Oh wait, chickenhawk genus
— nadinbrzezinski (@nadinbrzezinski) August 16, 2022
Another person mocked the Russians on Twitter, writing: “All of these “patriots” are of military age. What are they doing in London? Oh wait, chickenhawk genus.” @KauffBrian said: “It’s pathetic to protest the escalation of war? What a sick worldview.”
Russian Priest Hits Ukrainian Priest With Cross At Soldier’s Funeral
Last month, a video showing a Russian priest attacking a Ukrainian priest with a crucifix at a funeral went viral.
The 31-second long video was shared by Newsweeks on Twitter and it showcases how the hate has spilled into the common people.
Video shows a Russian priest attacking a Ukrainian priest with a crucifix at a funeral for a fallen soldier of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. pic.twitter.com/6PhxHTaBZx
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) July 29, 2022
Newsweek captioned it, “Video shows a Russian priest attacking a Ukrainian priest with a crucifix at a funeral for a fallen soldier of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.”
The video, which shows the effect of war on human behavior, has a Russian priest attacking another priest as people try to intervene. It was criticized by people on social media.
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