scars that never heal

Izium, Kharkiv, Odesa, Poltava, Kherson,
too many towns in the crosshairs,
scars that never heal, bleeding,
wounds constantly being reopened,
rage against these innocent people,
merely wanting to survive…
 
living memories, present, with them,
not history, forgotten, receding,
scars that never heal, open,
a testament to resolve, to anger,
genocide against these people, victims,
like Abel crying from the blood, the soil…
 
Izium, Kharkiv, Odesa, Poltava, Kherson,
too many towns in the crosshairs,
scars that never heal, bleeding,
because their neighbor is evil,
spawn of Satan, of Mordor,
spewing the bile of terror,
attrition, genocide…
 
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February 4, 2025
scars that never heal
 
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
Edited November 29, 2024
The blood of the dead of Bucha – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v5.html
Edited March 31, 2024
The blood of the dead of Bucha – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v4.html
Edited November 19, 2023
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v3.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
March 19, 2024
Ukraine must Win
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/ukraine-must-win.html
March 19, 2024
Statement by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/3710899/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-at-the-20th-ukraine/
at Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Germany
“The United States will not let Ukraine fail.
This coalition will not let Ukraine fail, and
the free world will not let Ukraine fail,”
&
Neither the word “win” nor the word “victory”
Is included in Austin’s opening remarks…
 
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