Russia Intensifies Assault On Donbas As War In Ukraine Enters Third Month



Today marks three months since Russia invaded Ukraine, and with the conflict showing no signs of easing, Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy is accusing Russia of “organizing a massacre” in the Donbas region. NBC News’ Jay Gray reports from Lubny, Ukraine. 

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36 comments

  1. Veteran Russian diplomat is a traitor and will be dealt with accordingly by Putin.

  2. Every war is about grabbing more land and/or resources. Anyone that studies martial arts or any type of hand-to-hand combat will tell you that your best defence is to walk or run away from a fight. It always takes two to tango. People in power want to remain in control because it best suits them for their goals of power and wealth. As much as everyone praises your president as hero, you should consider that perhaps he is no better than Putin. Like Putin, President Zelenskyy would rather clinch onto his position of power, than to use diplomatic solutions to save his own people. And don't believe the narrative the the Russians are untrustworthy for the reasons he could not negotiate because it has nothing to do it. The Russian government is untrustworthy, but that is not the the problem…
    If your main concern was to save your people from being slaughtered and to save your country from being demolished to rubble, then the wise thing to do would be to step down and resign from office. He could have resigned, "under duress" giving an hour long speech in front of the news cameras about how he was forced into letting a Russian puppet president take control of the country. It would have saved your entire country and countless lives from disaster. After resigning under pressure, he could have sought the very same sanctions we see today against Russia's interfere in you country's affairs.
    Both the puppet president and Putin's government would be under international sanctions until they restore his presidency. But instead, your president would rather plunge his entire country into a war because clinching onto the straws of power is more important than saving his country from disaster. Not to mention, his net worth has nearly doubled since the war began. He is personally holding a massive reserve of U.S. dollars and bitcoins as part of the West's aid packages to Ukraine. Perhaps 75% was distributed for defence purposes, but we are talking about 100s of billions. Don't forget war is big business! Putin and Zelenskyy both are equally responsible for this mess; they are very similar in being cold and calculated with very selfish goals in mind. Two peas in the same pod. They also hate one another with a personal grudge weighing heavily on their motives. Both presidents think they're in some type of chess match; but they are playing with real people's lives.

  3. Russia ❤️❤️❤️

  4. Ukranians WILL NEVER GIVE UP SLAVA UKRAINE destroy all russian troops and sink all Russian ships

  5. Nato fight Russians until the last Ukrainen

  6. This reporter seems so excited for the war.

  7. It's six years eleven months away. Four years ago I made a video showing the 7 divine marks of Star of Bethlehem 2.

  8. Russians in Ukraine want to die in millions if needed. Well, let's give Ukraine better and more lethal weapons so the million(s) can be done! Get it done. My guess is, the american softness is gonna destroy Ukraine!

  9. China and Russia are dictatorships that want to bring the world back to the past, were people had no rights and no opinion and lived in fear!
    And fear, not freedom, is the main weapon of this ideology!
    Is this what we want???

  10. Heh! Lots of people who have no interest in the truth will be happy to believe this clown.

  11. God bless Russia. Godspeed in your right to defend your boarders from American/NATO aggression!

  12. Mass shootings (rip kids), extortioners and greed, thieves and robbers, war, civil unrest, gang violence, road rage, selfishness, fornicators, adulterers, poor get poorer, water and food shortages, , pollution, promoters of any and all these things, and things are only getting worse and many of you still think it's part of evolution? Gods word prophesied about these "last days" some 2,000-3,000 years ago. "The Great Tribulation" is soon coming and it's your responsibility to find the only true and living God. Pray and pray to God, in Jesus' name, to help You find him, to help you find the truth about his kingdom good news. Knock, and it will opened. Ask, and will be given. But you must have a genuine disposition, humble and open to The truth, otherwise you wont listen when you hear The truth.

  13. We love Russian and we dont trust Nazi Jews President.Uraaa.

  14. This is horrible,My heart goes out to the civilians!!!!😭💔🇺🇦🙏

  15. US is the last state wishing Russia to be collapsed. The most important goal for US in Europe is to maintain the existence of NATO, and once Russia is destroyed, the NATO is no longer needed, and Europe would be free from US control.

  16. NATO aggression led by America is responsible for the war in Ukraine. I feel for the people of Ukraine because their president can't seek peace until his puppet masters allow him to and it doesn't look like they are ready to let him seek peace.

    The EU and the world needs to stand up to America spreading violence all over the world. The human race is too advanced for the only super power to be instigating violence and turmoil all over the world to justify it's defense spending. Why should America be spending 625 billion dollars on its war industry when nobody else is even close to 100 billion. The US spends more than the next 10 countries combined, why?

    The world has to say enough is enough to all this violence all over the world, now Biden is talking about defending Taiwan which is part of China against China. There has to be a better way.

  17. EEUU is a criminal country with Otan

  18. Hey, you guys need to pay attention: This war is entering its FOURTH MONTH. Three months have already passed.

  19. Go..go Russia ..👍

  20. Why are people fighting in Ukraine when Putin is in Russia? RAISE THE BOUNTY & STOP THE WAR.

    Why do Americans shoot 44 other Americans each day? PUT THE GUNS DOWN.

    Why are Trump's trials taking so long? JAIL TRUMP.

    Why does America ignore 1,029,524 Covid deaths? WEAR MASKS & VACCINATE.

  21. 🌹🇷🇺❤️ 🇺🇦🌹……….💩 NEO-NAZIS 💩

  22. AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL

    “The true civilization will raise its banner when some noble kings of big ambitions, the bright suns of the world of humanitarian enthusiasm, shall, for the good and happiness of all the human race, step forth with firm resolution and keen mind and hold a conference on the question of universal peace; when keeping fast hold of the means of enforcing their views they shall establish a union of the states of the world, and conclude a definite treaty and strict alliance between them upon conditions not to be evaded. When the whole human race has been consulted through their representatives and invited to corroborate this treaty which verily will be accounted sacred by all the peoples of the earth, it will be the duty of the united powers of the world to see that this great treaty shall endure”. “ (Abdu'l-Baha, Divine Philosophy, p. 26)

    A reflection of this parliament of man will be established in each community and called the “house of justice.” Its members will be chosen for their attribute of justice, and all matters pertaining to the community interests will be brought here for consultation.

    UNIVERSAL PEACE

    All men and nations shall make peace. There shall be universal peace amongst governments, universal peace amongst religions, universal peace amongst races, universal peace amongst the denizens of all regions. Today in the world of humanity the most important matter is the question of universal peace.

    (Abdu'l-Baha, Divine Philosophy, p. 26)

    "This is a new cycle of human power. All the horizons of the world are luminous, and the world will become indeed as a garden and a paradise. It is the hour of unity of the sons of men and of the drawing together of all races and all classes. You are loosed from ancient superstitions, which have kept men ignorant, destroying the foundation of true humanity. The gift of God to this enlightened age is the knowledge of the oneness of mankind and of the fundamental oneness of religion. War shall cease between nations, and by the will of God the Most Great Peace shall come; the world will be seen as a new world, and all men will live as brothers. In the days of old an instinct for warfare was developed in the struggle with wild animals; this is no longer necessary; nay, rather, co-operation and mutual understanding are seen to produce the greatest welfare of mankind. Enmity is now the result of prejudice only”.

    (Abdu'l-Baha, Abdu'l-Baha in London, p. 19)

    “…If the learned and worldly-wise men of this age were to allow mankind to inhale the fragrance of fellowship and love, every understanding heart would apprehend the meaning of true liberty, and discover the secret of undisturbed peace and absolute composure.”

    [Baha'u'llah (The promised one) – Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 162]

    "Rest thou assured that in this era of the spirit, the Kingdom of Peace will raise up its tabernacle on the summits of the world, and the commandments of the Prince of Peace will so dominate the arteries and nerves of every people as to draw into His sheltering shade all the nations on earth. (Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 246)

    "The Purpose of the one true God, exalted be His glory, in revealing Himself unto men is to lay bare those gems that lie hidden within the mine of their true and inmost selves. That the divers communions of the earth, and the manifold systems of religious belief, should never be allowed to foster the feelings of animosity among men, is, in this Day, of the essence of the Faith of God and His Religion. These principles and laws, these firmly-established and mighty systems, have proceeded from one Source, and are the rays of one Light. That they differ one from another is to be attributed to the varying requirements of the ages in which they were promulgated”.

    {Baha'u'llah (The prince of peace), Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 287}

  23. Fascism: a system of government led by a dictator who typically rules by forcefully and often violently suppressing opposition and criticism, controlling all industry and commerce, and promoting nationalism and often racism. Yep, that's Russia.

  24. The first month started on February 24 2022
    We entered the 2nd month March 24
    We entered the 3rd month April 24
    And now we've just entered the 4th month.

    NBC talks on their official page, May 24 about "enters third month"

    if you're incapable of math – which even my 2yo can do – then maybe you shouldn't have a job and retire and let little kids who obviously have a larger brain capacity to count from 0 to 4 do the job.

  25. Blowing up towns in the Donbas where the Russians claimed to be protecting the citizens. The Russians are committing a genocide of the citizens. The Russians have not any concern for human life.

  26. Ironic how zelensky asks God for help but yet slaughters nearly a half million of Gods unborn babies by way of abortion.

    Good luck with that.

  27. Castro 30 years ago: "The next war in Europe will be between Russia and Castro-fascism, only fascism will be called democracy."

  28. They show you a map from may 8th and it’s already may 24. Russia controls much more territory then they telling ya

  29. pffffffft anyone with half a brain knows that it is zelensky execution squads going around doing the mass killings of russian speaking ukraines.

    Russia has ZERO interest in killing civilians in Donbass but Zelensky does. After all he has been doing it for the last 8 years.

    and soon the world WILL find out that all the mass graves were done by zelenskys ukranan hitmen!!!!

  30. Why isn't Zelensky letting the soldiers escape slaughter? Isn't Biden taking Zelensky's phone calls? Zelensky knows what his Azov Tattooed Bodyguards will do to him, if he defies Joseph R Biden

  31. Yess we love you President putin