Ukraine gives Trump Christmas goodies
— and Putin a lump of coal — ahead
of peace meet
Posted By: Mercedes44, 12/28/2025 4:40:48 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a very merry Christmas. That is if you believe murdering Ukrainian civilians is a way to spend a holy day. Five more were killed Christmas Day. Boxing Day was no different. In Kharkiv, two people were killed and three more injured. One of the badly wounded — only hours after celebrating her first Yuletide — was a 9-month-old girl. Putin has now murdered more than 677 Ukrainian children and wounded another 2,310, per Ukraine’s prosecutor-general office. Need perspective? That’s the equivalent of six-plus average American elementary schools.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin had a very merry Christmas.
That is if you believe murdering Ukrainian civilians is a way to spend a holy day.
Five more were killed Christmas Day. Boxing Day was no different. In Kharkiv, two people were killed and three more injured. One of the badly wounded — only hours after celebrating her first Yuletide — was a 9-month-old girl. Putin has now murdered more than 677 Ukrainian children and wounded another 2,310, per Ukraine’s prosecutor-general office.
Need perspective? That’s the equivalent of six-plus average American elementary schools.
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