I can’t hear you….the shelling is too loud

Today Russia’s actions perfectly illustrated why it does not belong on the Human Rights Council of the United Nations.

Russia’s words of “liberation” for the Ukrainian people were drowned out by the shelling of civilians waiting to be evacuated at Kramatorsk train station.

Yesterday after being suspended from the council for “gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights” in Ukraine, Moscow said it would quit the council.

They have it backwards.

Wait, what? After you’re fired, you don’t get to resign. When facing war criminal status, actions speak louder than words.

 

Here is the voting record:

 

The “against” suspension votes were not a surprise. The abstentions make it seem those leaders are playing both sides against the middle.

If what was happening in Ukraine was happening to them would they be so cavalier?

It gives one pause.

Whose side are they on? When push comes to shove, will their actions match their words?

In contrast, World Central Kitchen has mobilized to feed thousands of people every day; the best of human nature stands in stark contrast to the actions of the invaders.

We must help Ukraine in any way we can, or the cowardly war criminal Putin will bully his way across other countries.

And there are 58 countries out there who might not take action against him. 

Slava Ukraini!