Almost 90 bombs were dropped in one region in just 24 hours.

Almost 90 bombs were dropped in one region in just 24 hours.

Russia unleashed an unprecedented bombardment in southern Ukraine overnight in what local officials described as a “massive attack” in the conflict which has continued to rage even as the international community’s attention has moved to the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

The Ukrainian Internal Affairs Ministry on Monday morning said Russia dropped at least “87 aerial bombs on populated areas of the Kherson region - the largest number for all time.” At least eight people were also injured in other Russian strikes carried out in the Odessa region further to the west on Sunday night.

  • rah@feddit.ukEnglish
    263·
    1 year ago

    That’s a population transfer or eviction of lands.

    Jesus christ.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        351·
        1 year ago

        Ethnic cleansing is the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups from a given area, with the intent of making a region ethnically homogeneous. Along with direct removal, extermination, deportation or population transfer, it also includes indirect methods aimed at forced migration by coercing the victim group to flee and preventing its return, such as murder, rape, and property destruction.[3][4][5] It constitutes a crime against humanity and may also fall under the Genocide Convention, even though ethnic cleansing has no legal definition under international criminal law.[3][6][7]

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing

        • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldEnglish
          325·
          1 year ago

          Yes, stupid people (United Nations for example) use the wrong word, all the time, especially when it’s translated from another language. Genocide is the wrong word to use. Israel is not wiping out nor trying to wipe out the Palestinians.

          • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.caEnglish
            141·
            1 year ago

            This ain’t an etymology thing. Definitions are clarified for legal purposes. I think you have to ask yourself why you’re trying to dig your heels in against a literal definition. They didn’t define it wrong, it’s literally defined in excruciating and exacting detail for legal purposes.

        • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldEnglish
          535·
          1 year ago

          Incorrect word.

          The use of a loaded latin word like genocide is used to invoke mass killing and wiping out a population completely. It you see it use you know the source is extremely biased and should not be taken as fact.

          Use the correct language so you don’t loot like a fool.

          • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.worldEnglish
            62·
            1 year ago

            Genocide is an English word with English definitions.

            You can argue about its roots and such, but that’s a different discussion.

            It’s like “decimate”. Decimate is an English word with a different definition to the Latin word its based on. It used to mean “kill one in every ten”, now it means “to kill/destroy almost, but not completely”. (Almost the opposite meaning)

          • SkippingRelax@lemmy.worldEnglish
            62·
            1 year ago

            You keep repeating this like you believe it. Find an English dictionary you’ll realise it’s an English word and it has a precise meaning that is not what you think it is. The fact you don’t agree with that meaning is your problem only, you don’t get to decide