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Cake day: June 7th, 2025

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  • Thanks for sharing, i read someone earlier Russia did exactly this to a train station. Days before they accused Ukraine of having plans to bomb it (not sure why, but surely they made up something), then bombed it themselves. Though I forgot if they accused Ukraine of doing it or they switched their narrative. Point being, nice to have a word for things like that.

    Edit: I wrote the comment above before opening the pdf and learning that the event is also covered in the report. What I wrote above isn’t the best summary (check the pdf if you want to know the details), but what is more relevant is this (also quoted from the pdf linked above):

    Both Bellingcat and HRW have characterised the attack as a violation of the laws of war and an apparent war crime. Similarly, the Ukrainian NGO Media Initiative for Human Rights has classified the Kramatorsk attack as a war crime, emphasising that the targeting of a railway station with indiscriminate weapons during a civilian evacuation did not result in any discernible military advantage, but instead inflicted severe harm on the civilian population.

















  • Was just about to paste some text i copied from the article here when i saw your comment; it seems your thoughts are in line with how many people think. Considering the Brits do not appear to be happy about those conditions, I guess a breunion or brejoining won’t be happening very soon:

    Only one-fifth of respondents across the four biggest EU members, from 19% in Italy and France to 21% in Spain and 22% in Germany, felt the UK should be allowed return as if it had never left, with 58-62% saying it must be part of all main EU policy areas.

    The pollster stress-tested western European attitudes by asking whether, if the UK was only willing to rejoin the EU on condition it could keep its old opt-outs, it should be allowed to. Some (33-36%) felt this would be OK, but more (41-52%) were opposed.

    In the UK, while 54% of Britons supported rejoining the EU when asked the question in isolation, the figure fell to just 36% if rejoining meant giving up previous opt-outs. On those terms, 45% of Britons opposed renewed membership.