quant@leminal.spacetoWorld News@lemmy.world•Ukrainian reporter died in Russian detention, Kyiv saysEnglish
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29 days agoA tragedy for the family and the colleagues. On the other hand, Putin’s cronies were killing their own journalists digging up dirts around the Chechen wars. Nothing to be surprised from those gangsters who took over a gas station.
It’s all messy politics since the Ukrainian ambassador to Japan visited Yasukuni shrine (the one that’s infamous for honoring WW2 war criminals) which made a huge controversy in South Korean media. There’s still public support for Ukrainians plight, but also jaded cynicism since they see SK being diplomatically pressured into supporting Ukraine (which means risking more tensions with NK and China) while governments in Western Europe and US are taking their time.