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the dust of Pokrovsk
the dust of Aleppo
the choice of the world
to remain silent...
 
far too many cities
reduced to ash and rubble
when indifference is inaction
when we could act...
 
complacency is complicity,
an immoral choice
failing to stand with them
in the breach, in the gap...
 
history will be written
in the dust, in the black soil,
when our indifference was inaction
when we could have stood with them
the brave people of Ukraine...
 
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August 10, 2026
the dust of Pokrovsk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ijaP2XsPSc
Edited October 27, 2025
Only rubble – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/only-rubble-v2.html
Edited December 12, 2024
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v6.html
Day of the Ukrainian Land Forces
April 4, 2022
The blood of the dead in Bucha
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha.html
Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2_19.html
Edited March 31, 2024
Ukraine must Win – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/ukraine-must-win-v2.html
 
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