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Russian state controlled media proudly reports about Russia's proxies mistreatment of Ukrainian prisoners. #criminal pic.twitter.com/sGyYl08JuK
— Anders Östlund (@andersostlund) August 24, 2014
In a VK post, Kremlin ideologist Alexander Dugin calls for "genocide" of the Ukrainian "race of bastards". pic.twitter.com/Xp2K4jf5Zz
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) August 24, 2014
Brainwashed Donetsk throwing eggs at Ukrainian POWs being parades through the streets. pic.twitter.com/MTgxymijZs
— Ben Judah (@b_judah) August 24, 2014
Grim but well-told story by Lily Hyde for @KyivPost. Abandoned Donbas Battalion fights on http://t.co/6OR1Skv63I pic.twitter.com/jwq5iKXUXs
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) August 24, 2014
After speaking at Independence Day event in Kyiv this morn, @Poroshenko jetted off to the Black Sea city of Odessa https://t.co/IaXdoXxXmC
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) August 24, 2014