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NATO hasn't OCCUPIED any countries "in it's way" (that's the Russian way). The European countries have applied for membership in NATO of own free will. They seek protection from an increasingly aggressive Russia. But most of all protection against ANY hostile countries. And by joining NATO, the member states can cooperate in a better way regarding arms, branches of arms and costs etc. This is a cost effective way of doing things, instead of every country have to "have it all".
NATO's intervention was prompted by Yugoslavia's bloodshed and ethnic cleansing of Albanians, which drove the Albanians into neighbouring countries and had the potential to destabilize the region. Yugoslavia's actions had already provoked condemnation by international organisations and agencies such as the UN, NATO, and various INGOs. Yugoslavia's refusal to sign the Rambouillet Accords was initially offered as justification for NATO's use of force. NATO countries attempted to gain authorisation from the UN Security Council for military action, but were opposed by China and Russia, who indicated that they would veto such a measure. As a result, NATO launched its campaign without the UN's approval, stating that it was a humanitarian intervention.
After September 1990 when the 1974 Yugoslav Constitution had been unilaterally repealed by the Socialist Republic of Serbia, Kosovo's autonomy suffered and so the region was faced with state-organized oppression: from the early 1990s, Albanian language radio and television were restricted and newspapers shut down. Kosovar Albanians were fired in large numbers from public enterprises and institutions, including banks, hospitals, the post office and schools. In June 1991, the University of Priština assembly and several faculty councils were dissolved and replaced by Serbs. Kosovar Albanian teachers were prevented from entering school premises for the new school year beginning in September 1991, forcing students to study at home
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We all know that East Germany, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia lost their sovereignty after WW2, but are free now.
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The number of civilians killed in Mariupol may even be three times higher than the earlier estimates of the Ukrainian government that set the number at 25,000 dead, a recent Associated Press report stated.
Since March, 10,300 new graves have appeared in the devastated, Russian-occupied city of Mariupol. However, many of them have at least a few bodies buried in them, according to an AP analysis. Based on interviews with Mariupol residents, the AP estimated that thousands of bodies have never been buried and many are still in the city’s ruins.
Similar reports were given by a pro-Ukrainian advisor to the city’s mayor, Petro Andriushchenko, according to whom the Russians are demolishing dilapidated apartment blocks in Mariupol to hide the true scale of their crimes. According to Andriushchenko, many buildings, especially near the Azovstal metallurgical combine, hide between 50 and 100 human remains. He added that these people will never be buried in a dignified manner and that these are unregistered deaths.
The agency estimates that Russians plan to demolish up to more than 50,000 residential houses in Mariupol. While working on the report, the AP analysed hundreds of satellite images, as well as video footage, including drone footage. 30 residents of Mariupol were interviewed, including 13 people still in the city. Three forensic pathologists with experience in examining mass graves for war crimes investigations confirmed that the conclusions presented by the AP are credible. Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the population of Mariupol was around 430,000. According to the UN, around 350,000 civilians have left the city. Ukrainian authorities speculate that tens of thousands of people may have died there between February and May.
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