Only Sadists can Behave Like This

Demented sadists are shown cutting off body parts of living human beings in so-called snuff movies.

In real life, these demented sadists are Russian cutthroats led by their führer Vladimir Putin. They slaughter unarmed Ukrainian men, women and children who are going about their daily civilian activities.

The past week has seen more waves of Russian drones and ballistic missiles striking residential apartment buildings, heating complexes and power plants ahead of the cold weather as Moscow seeks to inflict as much pain and suffering on the people as it can. The high-pitched sound of incoming drones and missiles count off the last minutes of life before they strike their non-military targets. The Russians have bombed supermarkets, churches, schools, hospitals, nurseries, playgrounds, food lines and trains with technologically sophisticated weapons that don’t arbitrarily kill without a human digital directive to strike civilian objectives.

Russian drone and missile strikes overnight Friday, October 10, caused blackouts across large sections of Ukraine, damaged residential buildings and injured at least 20 people in Kyiv, authorities said. A boy of 7 was killed in attacks in the southeast of the country.

In the center of the Ukrainian capital, rescue crews pulled more than 20 people out of a 17-story apartment building as flames engulfed the sixth and seventh floors. Five people were hospitalized, while others received first aid at the scene, authorities said.

The Russian “cynical and calculated” strikes targeted civilian and energy infrastructure as Ukraine prepared for falling winter temperatures that begin in October, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on social media.

Zelenskyy accused Russia of deliberately timing the strikes to maximize damage while minimizing the political implications of the attacks.

“I believe that the weather conditions affected our capability to repel by something like 20-30%," Zelenskyy told reporters during a press briefing following the attack, Reuters reported.

Weather conditions overnight were favorable for Russia's attempt to evade air defenses, with low visibility reported in Kyiv and the country's eastern regions. The temperature in Kyiv also dropped to approximately four degrees Celsius (39 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight.

In his evening address, Zelenskyy further lambasted Russia for staging the attack amid an international focus on the ongoing peace deal between Hamas and Israel.

“Putin is clearly taking advantage of the moment when the world is now paying almost all its attention to the possibility of establishing peace in the Middle East. Most of the world's states, all key leaders, have focused their attention on what is happening there. And this is a really good chance to achieve real peace after so many victims in that region,” Zelenskyy said. “And this is a new record of Russian meanness - to intensify terrorist attacks at such a moment, to strike precisely at the lives of our people.”

Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko also described the attack as “one of the largest concentrated strikes” against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure of the war that began with Russia's invasion in February 2022.

A journalist friend of mine, a resident of the capital, described the horror in this manner: “All night long, shaheeds and ballistic missiles. There is no electricity in a large part of Kyiv. There is no water either. The metro (subway) from one bank of the Dnipro to the other is not running. On all metro lines on the right bank, the intervals have been increasing and so on…”

Zelenskyy observed on social media: “At many critical infrastructure sites, recovery efforts continue following Russia’s strike on the energy sector. It was a cynical and calculated attack, with more than 450 drones and over thirty missiles targeting everything that sustains normal life, everything the Russians want to deprive us of. As of now, more than 20 people across the country have been reported injured – all are receiving the necessary assistance. Sadly, a child was killed in Zaporizhzhia as a result of the attack. My sincere condolences to the family and loved ones.

“It is precisely the civilian and energy infrastructure that is the main target of Russia’s strikes ahead of the heating season (which means the onset of winter). Together, we can protect people from this terror. What’s needed is not window dressing but decisive action – from the United States, Europe, and the G7 – in delivering air defense systems and enforcing sanctions. We count on a response to this brutality from the G20 and from all those who speak of peace in their statements yet refrain from taking real steps. The world can defend itself against these crimes – and doing so will undoubtedly strengthen global security. Thank you to everyone who is helping.”

This attack came on the heels on an even larger bombardment on the previous weekend. Russia launched drones, missiles and guided aerial bombs across Ukraine early Sunday, killing five people in a major nighttime attack that Ukrainian officials said targeted civilian infrastructure.

Moscow fired 53 ballistic and cruise missiles and 496 drones, Ukraine’s air force said. Zelenskyy reported that nine regions were targeted. Four people, including a 15-year-old, died in a combined first drone and missile strike on Lviv, according to regional officials and Ukraine’s emergency service.

It was the largest aerial assault on the historic western city and surrounding region since Russia’s full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, according to Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the local military administration. Earlier in the war, Lviv was seen as a haven from the fighting and destruction farther east.

Earlier, on October 4, a Russian double-tap drone strike on a railway station in Sumy Oblast killed one person and injured at least 30 others including 3 children, authorities said. Drones struck the passenger station in the city of Shostka, Sumy Oblast, damaging two trains. Video from the scene shows the flaming wreck of several carriages of one of them.

Passengers and Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railroad) workers were on the site at the moment of the attack, according to Zelenskyy

And this weekend, October 11-12, the Russians launched 118 drones and a Kh-31 guided missile in its attack on Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, 113 drones have been shot down or jammed.

Ukraine has not been waiting idly for the war to end as it has been taking the fight to Russia. Its drones have struck near Moscow and have been wreaking havoc with Russia’s oil refineries and petroleum reserves. Gasoline shortages have been reported in Moscow and other large cities.

Fortunately, America’s Tomahawk missiles will soon be on the way to Ukraine. “I had a call with US President Donald Trump — a very positive and productive one,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. “I received the necessary signals that the US is considering ways to strengthen our cooperation. We are grateful for this.”

Tomahawks are seen as a game changer in the Russian war against Ukraine because they can reach targets as far as 1,500 miles away with precision, putting even Moscow easily within reach — and would “scare the shit out of the Russians more than almost anything else we could do,” according to a senior congressional aide.

Russians deserve to be scared into capitulation.