In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, asked for unanimous consent (UC) to pass a simple resolution he introduced condemning Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children and called on Russia to work with the international community to return all abducted Ukrainian children to their families.

Since Russia’s full-scale war of aggression started in 2022, the Russian government has abducted, forcibly transferred, or facilitated the illegal deportation of at least 20,000 Ukrainian children. Senate Republicans rejected the resolution. They also objected to every other straightforward resolution offered by Senate Democrats, including urging Russian President Putin to end the war, clarifying that Russia started the war, stating that Russia committed war crimes, reaffirming the U.S.-Ukraine relationship and support for its sovereignty, and clarifying that no nation should forcibly seize territory of another.

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[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago

Evil.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Psst Americans are pro genocide pass it on.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wow. Just… why?

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because they are all Russian assets.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Oh I know. But it’s just so… nakedly, cartoonishly, comically evil. Like, evil for its own sake, not even for a remotely justifiable reason, nor even an attempt to offer a smoke screen.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 points 5 months ago

Presumably in their view those kids have been saved from a life of gay pride parades

[–] CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

Yeah... that's really bad

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago

It was never about protecting the children, was it?