Pics Show No House Left Standing In War-Hit Town In Ukraine; Internet Compares?It To Hiroshima, Syria
After a year of war with Russia, Ukraine released a series of horrifying and heartbreaking photos of the destroyed town of Marinka, near Donetsk and the border with Russia.
About a year has passed since the Russian military invaded Ukraine, and there are still no clear indications of a settlement. Neither side looks prepared to win a decisive military battle, and success at the diplomatic table is just as improbable.
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Both sides have been reluctant to talk about numbers lately, but experts think more than 200,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or hurt in the war.
Over 100,000 Ukrainian military and civilians have been killed or wounded.
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After a year of war with Russia, Ukraine released a series of horrifying and heartbreaking photos of the destroyed town of Marinka, near Donetsk and the border with Russia.
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After the destruction, the sad pictures show that no house in the town still stands.
Mariinka was once a quiet bedroom community of 10,000 residents and tree-lined streets just west of Donetsk. We¡¯ll now have to refer to it in past tense because the Russian army has wiped it off the face of the earth. These images show an apocalyptic scene incompatible with life. pic.twitter.com/BYV35IoRn8
¡ª Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) March 5, 2023
"It used to be home to around 10,000 people. It used to be a peaceful city... Zoom in to see that nothing is left untouched," Ukraine said.
Before the war, 10,000 people lived in Mariinka, which is now one of the most dangerous settings of the current war. Mariinka is located on the outskirts of Donetsk.
Left: Hiroshima, Japan
¡ª Julian R?pcke?? (@JulianRoepcke) March 5, 2023
Right Mariinka, Ukraine pic.twitter.com/9D1LVJuB2O
Ukrainian Marinka in the Donetsk region. It used to be home for around 10,000 people. It used to be a peaceful city. It used to be¡ until Russia¡¯s war criminals razed it to the ground. Zoom in to see that nothing is left untouched.
¡ª MFA of Ukraine ?? (@MFA_Ukraine) March 5, 2023
Photo: Presidential Office of Ukraine pic.twitter.com/d7xv47jNzq
Marinka, "was a city". pic.twitter.com/IHgPwhKo9u
¡ª Yuriy Akopov (@y_akopov) March 4, 2023
#Marinka, #Donetsk region - just an apocalypse. pic.twitter.com/iUkijP1ZJU
¡ª Anonymous Operations (@AnonOpsSE) March 4, 2023
It's an area that is basically under the jurisdiction of both the Russian and Ukrainian governments.
The United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, as part of the nuclear bombing campaign against Japan during World War II.
Between 129,000 and 226,000 people died because of the two attacks; most were innocent bystanders. The war ended on September 2 of that year.
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