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Listening to a Ukrainian MP, Helena Lynchenko on Euronews, mourning the loss of what she reckons to be about 20k people in Mariupol due to Russian bombing and shelling of the city. She emphasised that figure in utter despair - 20 THOUSAND PEOPLE DEAD, MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN, MANY OF THEM DYING DUE TO A LACK OF BASIC FOOD AND WATER!! She is pleading for a "no-fly-zone" while slamming into the impotence of NATO and how it is losing all its credibility, hour by hour. This is clearly a highly complex issue that is not easily resolved without there being potentially huge consequences for the participants, but I can still empathise with this woman's plea in highlighting the fact that more and more people are dying, hour by hour, because of Russia's freedom in Ukrainian airspace and officials in the west, who are "talking a good game", seem to be oblivious to this human tragedy with the "big players" not doing enough to help such a peaceful sovereign country that never deserved this devastation forced upon it.