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[Sergarr]

Yes vote leading

It was inevitable

uh

[Guardian G.I.]

Meanwhile in the Donbass, the ceasefire is holding just like the July one. There are reports of clashes in Mariupol and near Donetsk International Airport. It's not clear who started shooting first: as usual, DNR sources are pointing at the Ukrainians, while Ukrainians are pointing at the DNR.

A few random photos and other stuff found on the net:

Spoiler: Serbian nationalists fighting on the side of DNR (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Ukrainian army trucks with Red Cross markings towing artillery guns (click to show/hide)

People fleeing the eastern part of Mariupol during the late night shelling, 06.09.2014
Some curious residents of Mariupol decide to go watch the fighting and drink some beer, only to eventually flee when a shell lands near them, 06.09.2014

[MonkeyHead]

I don't fancy the chances of the guy armed with the scythe.

[Guardian G.I.]

I don't fancy the chances of the guy armed with the scythe.

He's actually holding a Chetnik flag.

[MonkeyHead]

I don't fancy the chances of the guy armed with the scythe.

He's actually holding a Chetnik flag.

Ah, so he is. How on earth did I not see that?

[Sergarr]

Some curious residents of Mariupol decide to go watch the fighting and drink some beer, only to eventually flee when a shell lands near them, 06.09.2014

Man, these shell explosions are loud.

[smjjames]

Spoiler: Ukrainian army trucks with Red Cross markings towing artillery guns (click to show/hide)

Ukraine, why are you violating the Geneva Convention?

Of course though, it's from imgur, so, it would be great if it could be verified. Still, why the heck is Ukraine either violating or pushing the Geneva Convention?

[martinuzz]

Maybe the artillery is wounded

[smjjames]

Maybe the artillery is wounded

Lol, that'd be a hilarious excuse.

[Sergarr]

Spoiler: Ukrainian army trucks with Red Cross markings towing artillery guns (click to show/hide)

Ukraine, why are you violating the Geneva Convention?

Of course though, it's from imgur, so, it would be great if it could be verified. Still, why the heck is Ukraine either violating or pushing the Geneva Convention?

Probably for the same reason why Assad have used chemical weapons on civilians.

[Owlbread]

Serbian nationalists fighting for the DNR is a good example of how people with no sense of irony are a serious problem that this world needs to overcome.

Yes vote leading

Yes indeed, here's hoping we can keep this going.

[smjjames]

Serbian nationalists fighting for the DNR is a good example of how people with no sense of irony are a serious problem that this world needs to overcome.

Not exactly sure of the irony here, unless you mean Kosovo?

[Owlbread]

Not exactly sure of the irony here, unless you mean Kosovo?

Yes. Serbian nationalists bled and died to stop historic "Serbian land" settled by Albanian foreigners (as they saw it) declaring themselves independent, thereby breaking the Serbian nation apart and perhaps making them subordinate to the West. They still argue to this day over that - "Kosovo is Serbia" and so on. Now Ukrainian nationalists are bleeding and dying to stop historic "Ukrainian land" settled by Russian foreigners declaring themselves independent, thereby breaking the Ukrainian nation apart and making them subordinate to the East. Serbs are fighting on the side of those Russian rebels out of loyalty to Russia, the Pan-Slavic ideology and Orthodox Christianity.

Of course this does work both ways - Putin justified Ossetia's occupation on the Kosovar precedent.

[Sergarr]

Russian foreigners? Ukraine is the historical motherland of Russia! How can Russians be called foreigners here?

[smjjames]

Isn't Ukraine also of the Slavic group though?