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8 New Stour & Avon, April 8, 2022
Letters
We promised to protect Ukraine I wholeheartedly agree with everything your correspondent Myk Hamilton had to say with one exception: the assertion that he objected to sending lethal aid in his letter, (Let’s show our compassion for the people of Ukraine). It may have escaped his attention, but the Ukrainian people are being subjected to genocide by Putin’s overwhelming strength. The Ukrainians did not start the war but were forced into protecting their families from Russian looters, the cold-blooded murdering of woman and children refugees along with all manner of depraved behaviours that include raping schoolgirls and murdering trapped civilians with the constant bombing. Against such overwhelming
odds, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky is asking Nato for aid in the form of weapons, food and medicine. He has entered into every conceivable negotiation with the Russians, but Putin is determined to steal their rich resources (grain, gas and oil) to fund his next war on the rest of none-Nato countries. It’s worth mentioning that Britain, along with Russia, USA and Ukraine entered into an agreement in 1994 that said if the Ukrainians abolished their nuclear weapons, we would collectively protect them from attack. We now know that was Ukraine’s big mistake. Dangerous suggestions cost lives. Mike Fry Poole
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Cartoon by Lyndon Wall justsocaricatures.co.uk
Be aware: Vintage tractors on the road this summer
We’d like to give advanced warning of a slow-moving, vintage agricultural convoy on Saturday, August 16. The East Dorset Trac Pack will be in Wimborne Minster and the Stour and Tarrant Valley areas with vintage tractors from 1940-1980. The only confirmed stationary viewing area is the Witchampton Club from noon2pm, where children and adults alike would be welcome. John Maiden East Dorset Trac Pack
New members are welcome at our thriving art club Members of Wimborne Art Club are happy to have been able to donate funds to two very worthy causes. A painting raffled at our Pamphill exhibition in
December raised £150 for Wimborne Foodbank and a further £250, raised from an art materials auction, was donated to the Red Cross Ukraine campaign this month.
The club prides itself on being friendly and and meets regularly for demonstrations and workshops. We also organises outdoor sketching and portrait groups and are
involved in a number of events this year. New members are very welcome. Please visit us at: wimborneartclub.org.uk.
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