Let the denials games begin...
The city officials said the site in the village of Manhush could hold 3,000 to 9,000 bodies, possibly of Mariupol residents.
The City Council said the bodies may have been buried in layers, adding that the Russians dug trenches and filled them with corpses every day throughout April.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mariupol-mass-graves-identified-satellite-images-rcna25530Expected denial punch lines from the Russian Ministry of Dark Humour and Fantasyland Tales - Psychotic Massgraving Directorate:
- Just planting trees.
- These people died of pneumonia.
- They were Nazis (0 points for originality of this one).
- Ukrainian killed 1000's of their own people just to play the victim....
- They are being buried for their own good.
It's not all that complicated,....The peeps were being used as human shields. .....
There you go... the Ukrainians killed them all because XYZ... except that is not true in this and Bucha and all the Kiev area. It must be that the Ukrainian army has the ability to kill telepathically, that explains why 8
chief psychopaths generals of Putin's army and a a large number of officers have been slain. You are a psycho and your controllers in the Ministry of Dark Humour and Fantasyland tales are the lamest at excuses - predictable and lame.
Expected denial punch lines from the Russian Ministry of Dark Humour and Fantasyland Tales - Psychotic Massgraving Directorate:
- Just planting trees.
- These people died of pneumonia.
- They were Nazis (0 points for originality of this one).
- Ukrainian killed 1000's of their own people just to play the victim....
- They are being buried for their own good.
- They cry when we leave them in the street. They cry when we bury them. All the West does is cry.
You see, the problem is not what you do with them after your murder them. I also know more about you and what you are if you thought that was "the problem".
The West complains, and when the complains are not heard...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_aid_to_Ukraine_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War#:~:text=%245%20million%20in%20humanitarian%20aid,people%20on%209%20April%202022.&text=President%20Klaus%20Iohannis%20approved%20military,equipment%20on%2028%20February%202022.Australia
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AU$30 million on 20 March 2022:[10]
AU$10 million to various non-government organisations
AU$10 million to the World Food Programme
AU$8 million to the United Nations Population Fund
AU$2 million to the Emergency Action Alliance Ukraine Appeal
At least 70,000 tons of thermal coal for Ukrainian power stations on 20 March 2022[10]
France
Leading arms exporter to Ukraine between 2014 and 2020 with over €1.6 billion worth of weapons provided[96]
Germany
€1.83 billion in bilateral aid since 2014[138][139]
approx. €4 billion via the EU in the form of grants and loans since 2014.[138]
€240 million via the EU in loans in 2022.[138]
Loan of over €150 million via KfW in April 2022.[140]
€425 million via the 'Stand Up For Ukraine' pledging campaign and an additional 70 million for medical aid via the EU[141]
Over €1 billion additional military aid to Ukraine for weapons purchases in April 2022[142]
Italy
€110 million on 27 February 2022
UK
23 February - pledged £3.5bn in UK export financing, underwrote $500m in MLDB borrowing and provided a £100m loan via the World Bank for economic development.[311]
23 March - UK donated $100m directly to the Ukrainian government budget to mitigate financial pressures created by Russia's unprovoked and illegal invasion.[312]
9 April - UK increased its World Bank loan guarantees to £730m ($1bn)
US
President Barack Obama approved military aid for Ukraine:
Trained Ukrainian troops since April 2015 as part of JMTG-U (Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine) [326]
$5 million of non-lethal military equipment on 4 June 2014.[327][328][329]
$75 million of non-lethal military equipment on 11 March 2015.[330][331][332]
President Donald Trump approved military aid for Ukraine:
$560 million on 12 May 2017 via the 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act.[333]
$350 million on 12 December 2017 via the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.[334]
Light weapons export license approved on 13 December 2017.[335]
$47 million of lethal weapons, including 210 Javelin anti-tank missiles, on 1 March 2018.[336]
$250 million of security aid, including $50 million in lethal weapons,[337] on 12 September 2019.[338][339][340]
$250 million of lethal military equipment on 11 June 2020.[341][342]
$600 million of security aid, including 16 Mark VI patrol boats, on 17 June 2020.[343][344]
President Joe Biden approved military aid for Ukraine:
90 tons[clarification needed] of lethal military equipment on 22 January 2021.[345][346]
$125 million of lethal military equipment on 1 March 2021.[347][348]
$150 million of lethal military equipment on 11 June 2021.[349][350]
$60 million of lethal military equipment on 1 September 2021.[351][352][353]
$350 million of lethal military equipment, on 25 February 2022.[354][355][356]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba of unspecified further military aid, on 1 March 2022.[357][358]
$200 million of arms and equipment, including Javelin anti-tank missiles and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, on 12 March 2022.[359]
The White House said that before 16 March 2022, aid sent by the US included:[360]
600 Stinger systems
About 2,600 Javelin systems
Five Mil Mi-17 helicopters
Three patrol boats
Four counter-artillery and counter-unmanned aerial system tracking radars
Four counter-mortar radar systems
200 grenade launchers and ammunition
200 shotguns
200 machine guns
Nearly 40 million rounds of small arms ammunition
Over 1 million grenade, mortar and artillery rounds
70 Humvees and other vehicles
Unspecified amounts of secure communications, electronic warfare detection systems, body armor, helmets and other tactical gear, military medical equipment, explosive ordnance disposal and demining equipment
Satellite imagery and analysis capability.
$800 million in military equipment announced on 16 March 2022, funded from the $13.6 billion in aid signed on 15 March. The package includes:[361]
2,000 Javelin anti-tank weapons
1,000 light anti-armor weapons
6,000 AT4 anti-armor systems
800 Stinger anti-aircraft systems
100 Switchblade drones[362]
100 grenade launchers
5,000 rifles
1,000 pistols
400 machine guns
400 shotguns
Over 20 million rounds of small arms ammunition, grenade launcher rounds and mortar rounds
25,000 sets of body armor
25,000 helmets
Laser-Guided Rockets
$800 million of lethal military equipment, on 13 April 2022:[363][364]
18 M777 howitzers calibre 155 mm and 40,000 rounds of artillery ammunition
11 Mi-17 military helicopters[365]
200 armoured personnel carriers
'counter-artillery radars'.[366][367]
$800m military package was announced 21 April completing the drawdown from the $13.6bn military and humanitarian funding envelope approved by Congress March 15[368]
72 M777 155 mm towed howitzer with 144,000 rounds of ammunition[369]
72 artillery towing vehicles
121 Phoenix Ghost tactical drones, a reduced capability version of the Switchblade quickly designed for export to Ukraine.[370]
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And many more.