The Russia-appointed head of the occupied village of Lazurne in Kherson Oblast said that residents without a Russian passport would not be given medicines, above all insulin, as well as threatened to take the children who do not wish to study in Russian schools to the front line.
This headline might be confusing for Americans. Free insulin?
I took it to mean they are withholding insulin from anyone that doesn’t have Russian citizenship. Price or no price.
The article does say free insulin paid by the government. We have that in my country (Brazil), even for foreigners, but my first thought was that in the USA not even citizens get that.
Unitedstatesans minds blowing right now.
why are you this occupied with the USA as a brazillian in the comments of a post about ukraine?
Because I’m not a redneck who only watches and understands news about the weekend chicken fight in his own backyard?
It does not sound that sinister until you realize these people usually can’t even get back to Ukraine.
for me anyway it is really sinister. Putin is evil.
Yeah, it’s really fucked up once you zoom out a bit. You wouldn’t even do this to POWs and these people are civilians that are being treated even worse.
For context: A Type 1 diabetic, the type that requires insulin to survive, will live for, about a week or so, tops, without any insulin. And that week is going to be torture as diabetic ketoacidosis sets in and the body literally starts trying to eat itself to stay alive, while the person becomes dehydrated from the constant pissing and never-ending thirst, and their blood turns into basically, syrup.
This is torture, plain and simple.
All medicine free or not and randomly kidnapping kids. You have to go down some wild conspiracy rabbit holes to compare it to the US. fuck russia
What do you mean with that? Nothing can be compared to the USA? Is USA perfect then? Brazil has universal free healthcare too. It doesn’t mean Brazil is better than the USA in every possible aspect. Don’t be afraid of comparisons.
So because USA is better than Russia in many things, then free healthcare is bad because Russia has it and the US doesn’t?
It’s this black&white mentality that creates all stupid polarization of opinions, you know?
You’re right. Anyone who genuinely loves their country (whatever their nationality is) needs to be aware of their country’s flaws. You can’t help your society without acknowledging that it needs help.