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“Buffalo Shooter's Manifest Has Nazi Symbol Previously Used by Azov Battalion”
Alleged shooter in racial attack expressed sympathy with Russia, not Azov Regiment, in online manifesto. -
“The Russian Armed Forces are making every effort to protect children during the course of their special military operation in Ukraine.”
Russia’s military has bombarded schools and forcibly deported children to Russia; soldiers stand accused of sexual violence against children. -
“[H]e publicly accused the Ukrainian army of chaos, looting and incompetence.”
Statements by “Wali,” a Canadian veteran who volunteered to fight in Ukraine, were exaggerated. Wali later said he'd erred. -
“Elon Musk is involved in supplying the fascist forces in Ukraine with military communications.”
Elon Musk’s satellite internet did help Ukraine’s military – but also schools and hospitals. Saying Musk helped ‘fascists’ is a smear job. -
“U.S. plans a Holodomor in Ukraine … Russia’s actions have no impact on the world’s food problem.”
Source: Russian state sources, May 11, 2022Russia’s invasion has disrupted farms and walled off Ukrainian exports that are critical for many countries. -
“After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and its satellites deployed a network of biolaboratories in the space of the former Soviet republics – in Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Armenia …”
In a swipe at its neighbors, Russia repeats false claims about U.S. biolabs, purposely conflating weapons and legit public health research. -
“You are fighting for the Motherland, for its future, so that no one would forget the lessons of the Second World War, so that there is no place in the world for executioners, butchers and Nazis.”Russian troops and bombardments have killed thousands of civilians in Ukraine, where Russia’s brutal war mimics the Nazis in WWII. -
“We categorically do not accept any war. We have done and are doing everything now so that there isn’t a war.”
Belarus was an eager partner in Russia’s invasion, transiting troops and tanks and providing staging for hundreds of missile launches.