"Was it all for nothing?": Putin Just Ordered to Do 'This' to Key Donbas Cities - The Russian Dude

[TexasTowelie]

Putin’s latest move in the Donbas raises a haunting question: was it all for nothing? A decade after the Kremlin’s propaganda anthem “Rise, Donbas!” promised salvation for cities like Druzhkivka, Sloviansk, and Kramatorsk, those same places now lie scarred by shelling, funerals, and mass displacement. What began as a manufactured narrative of “rescue” has collapsed into real destruction, where propaganda myths about crucified children and “Ukrainian purges” replaced documented Russian crimes. From Sloviansk to Kramatorsk, the so-called liberation is nothing more than conquest by artillery, property seizures, and forced “naturalization.” Residents who once voted for pro-Russian parties now find themselves bombed, dispossessed, and silenced under Moscow’s vision of protection. As Putin demands control over Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, the reality is months of grinding battles, empty apartments, stolen homes, and lives erased under the guise of “security.” The anthem that once told Donbas to rise has become a funeral march, leaving behind the question the Kremlin cannot answer: what future is left to burn, and what was all this destruction for?

[Irish_Dem]

1. Putin will destroy it all to force a surrender from Zelensky.