We are repeating the errors that caused catastrophes in the past.
Appeasement won't work; business as usual won't work; there can't be any deals with dictators. Democracies must stand united against those who deny freedom. Shaking the bloody hands of dictators will only give them a sense of impunity to continue their crimes of torture and murder.
This is one of a thousand reasons - no more restrictions on Western weapons. Ukraine must be able to strike back.
Sexual violence against Ukrainian men has become the ‘norm’ for the Russian military - CNN
Ukrainian women and men in the occupied territories and in captivity are regularly beaten, raped and electrocuted by the Russian military.
The publication states that torture has become the norm. At the same time, victims who have managed to return to Ukraine declare that the Russian military ‘openly amuses itself’ in this way.