“These are the times that test the souls of men and women,” he said. Thomas Paine, an English revolutionary considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A phrase that he pronounced in 1776 and that can be applied to the historical moment we live in now.
And it is that the images that continue to arrive from Ukraine shrink the heart. “The emotions of an injustice as big as this can bring tears,” he confesses. Antonio García Ferreras in Al Rojo Vivo. “Images of children who are evacuated from their homes, from their schools, from their institutes, from their universities. Health workers and nurses running overwhelmed, not knowing what to do, to try to save lives in Mariupol. Powerless many times and saving lives other times. They are the images of Putin’s war. And despite everything, life continues to make its way. Boys and girls who continue to be born, some in absolutely brutal conditions. It is war, Putin’s war,” adds Ferreras.
Precisely today the Emergency Service of Ukraine has assured that more than 2,000 civilians have been killed since the Russian military offensive began, last Thursday, in a new balance that contrasts with the declarations of the Russian authorities on the protection of the population. Ukrainian authorities have also reported the deaths of a dozen emergency service workers, according to a statement posted on Facebook.
On the part of the UN, the count has been assumed by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, who until Tuesday had confirmed at least 136 dead civilians, 13 of them children, and more than 400 wounded. However, he also acknowledged that the balance of victims is “much higher” than he can verify.
Source: Lasexta
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