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riversedge

(75,229 posts)
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:26 PM 11 hrs ago

This is how Ukrainians receive their fallen heroes -- on their knees. ..............





This is how Ukrainians receive their fallen heroes — on their knees.

No disrespect to other countries, but I cannot imagine something like this happening in the U.S. or Europe.


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This is how Ukrainians receive their fallen heroes -- on their knees. .............. (Original Post) riversedge 11 hrs ago OP
This made me cry democrank 11 hrs ago #1
And Respect for life. Amaryllis 9 hrs ago #10
Yeah, me to. patphil 8 hrs ago #15
Now I'm wailing. sprinkleeninow 10 hrs ago #2
Americans do not tend to get on their knees except to worship God. Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #3
Respect KT2000 10 hrs ago #4
Oh, they don't go golfing & ignore fallen heroes' return of remains? SheltieLover 10 hrs ago #5
If a dead russian comes back from the front nobody knows. erronis 10 hrs ago #6
Wow! Extremely moving. Wiz Imp 9 hrs ago #7
Slava Ukraini Evolve Dammit 9 hrs ago #8
Very powerful Joinfortmill 9 hrs ago #9
Respect earned & respect given Nigrum Cattus 9 hrs ago #11
Complete honor and respect. Grim Chieftain 9 hrs ago #12
Chump is thinking BidenRocks 8 hrs ago #13
How can we abandon those brave people? Botany 8 hrs ago #14
X1000 yorkster 8 hrs ago #17
That is heart breaking and inspiring at the same time...true patriots Augiedog 8 hrs ago #16
In part it's because they value what they're fighting for. Crunchy Frog 8 hrs ago #18
Something people like Trump electricmonk 7 hrs ago #19
Trump fans heckle murder victims. Initech 7 hrs ago #20

patphil

(7,723 posts)
15. Yeah, me to.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 08:12 PM
8 hrs ago

I could feel the love and respect these people have for their fallen ones.

Irish_Dem

(68,775 posts)
3. Americans do not tend to get on their knees except to worship God.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:05 PM
10 hrs ago

It goes against the grain for US immigrants who came from countries with Kings
and there was a lot of bowing and scraping.

That said, the Ukraine pure respect and admiration for fallen soldiers
is overwhelming to view.

SheltieLover

(66,955 posts)
5. Oh, they don't go golfing & ignore fallen heroes' return of remains?
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:43 PM
10 hrs ago

The Ukranian people are absolutely amazing! Such integrity!

Slava Ukrani!!!!

erronis

(19,242 posts)
6. If a dead russian comes back from the front nobody knows.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:56 PM
10 hrs ago

And if there is a staged ceremony, the common people are forced to their knees.

This the america that trump wants.

BidenRocks

(1,364 posts)
13. Chump is thinking
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 08:04 PM
8 hrs ago

Americans should do that for me!

Only when you're dead asswipe! Then it's 'Thank God the fuck is dead!'

Crunchy Frog

(27,560 posts)
18. In part it's because they value what they're fighting for.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 08:42 PM
8 hrs ago

More so than we can imagine, as we haven't fought a war on our own soil and for our own freedom since the Civil War.

The russians simply leave theirs to rot in the field, or even dispatch their wounded and leave them. They're dying for the ego of a dictator and dreams of imperial grandeur, but usually join up to get large sums of money, which they or their survivors may never see.

It still destroys me to see so many Ukrainians killed. I believe that if they'd been given the right kinds of weapons in the right quantities, this war would have probably been over a couple of years ago.

electricmonk

(1,877 posts)
19. Something people like Trump
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:14 PM
7 hrs ago

and the other appeasers will never understand is Ukraine giving up and abandoning their occupied lands is a slap in the face to everyone that's died so far. It's telling every life represented by these flags that they didn't matter.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-memorial-flags-825f56c9c80c0906b3dc7d0cc3eba959

Initech

(104,563 posts)
20. Trump fans heckle murder victims.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:17 PM
7 hrs ago

They are psychopaths who lack any empathy whatsoever.

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