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2024-05-07 10:59:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2FDD13D15DD8CE239C69A61D8A92E913420613AE7D7FD698256E5638E4911550
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If Russia believed genocide was taking place in Donbas, then as a permanent member of the UN it could have shared evidence with the U.N. Office on Genocide Prevention, and petitioned for an investigation. It has not done so. https://theconversation.com/putins-claims-that-ukraine-is-committing-genocide-are-baseless-but-not-unprecedented-177511 The Russian invasion of Donbas began in 2014. https://war.ukraine.ua/articles/8-years-of-war-in-donbas/
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