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Humanitarian Flights For Ukraine Loaded With Weapons, by nurudeen181(m): 8:38am On Mar 16, 2022 |
One of Italy’s largest trade unions has called for a protest outside
the Pisa airport on Saturday, after receiving a tip from some
employees that Ukraine relief flights were transporting weapons
and ammunition, not food and medicine.
Several workers at the Galileo Galilei airport refused to load one of
the cargo flights advertised as carrying humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
The crates did not contain food and medication but weapons,
ammunition and explosives instead, the Unione Sindacale di Base
(USB) said in a statement on Monday evening.
“We strongly denounce this outright falsification, which cynically
uses ‘humanitarian’ aid as cover to fuel the war in Ukraine,” the USB
said.
The union said the workers refused to load the military supplies as
that would lead to the deaths of their colleagues in Ukraine –
namely, those working at the bases targeted by Russian missile
strikes, where the weapons processed through US and NATO
bases in Poland get delivered.
Francesca Donato, an Italian member of the European Parliament,
commented on the union’s statement by calling on the government
in Rome to “clarify” what is happening.
Meanwhile, dockworkers at the nearby port of Livorno joined the
protest on Tuesday, praising their airport colleagues for standing
up for their values.
“We stand alongside the Ukrainian peoples, the Donbass and Russia
and we do not want to be complicit in this conflict,” the Porto
Livorno chapter of USB said in a statement.
USB is calling for air traffic control of the Pisa airport to
“immediately block these flights of death disguised as humanitarian
aid.” A protest under the slogan “bridges of peace, not flights of
war” is scheduled outside the airport for Saturday, March 19.
The union also called on all workers to refuse to load weapons and
explosives, and for an immediate ceasefire and peace talks to end
the conflict in Ukraine.
Russia sent troops into Ukraine on February 23, saying it needs to
demilitarize and “denazify” the government in Kiev that sought
NATO membership and nuclear weapons. The Ukrainian
government has accused Russia of an unprovoked attack. NATO
has pledged military and humanitarian aid to Kiev, while enacting a
widespread embargo against Russia. |
Re: Humanitarian Flights For Ukraine Loaded With Weapons, by nurudeen181(m): 8:38am On Mar 16, 2022 |
peace keeping mission |
Re: Humanitarian Flights For Ukraine Loaded With Weapons, by tonididdy(m): 9:59am On Mar 16, 2022 |
Ukraine is the European Afghanistan |
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