Donbas
Wednesday 18 May 2022
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“The work of the armed forces to liberate Mariupol has been a success. Congratulations.”
Ukrainian forces in Mariupol, though surrounded, continue to resist and hope to free trapped civilians. -
“1,464 Ukrainian servicemen laid down their arms and surrendered. They are not subjected to violence or psychological pressure.”
Ukraine says Russia has some 700 Ukrainian POWs.Some prisoners released from Russian captivity say they were beaten. -
“We have seen attempts at sabotage and attacks by the Ukrainian military against facilities in Russian territory. If such attempts continue, the Russian Federation’s Armed Forces will strike at the decision-making centers, including Kyiv – something we have so far refrained from.”
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"I underline, it's a rocket Tochka-U, we don't have such a weaponry in our republics, Donetsk and Luhansk, and in the Russian Federation in the army, they don't have it either."
In fact, reports say Russian forces do possess the Tochka-U missile system, and videos show that it was trucked into Ukraine. -
“Ukraine has been committing the crime of genocide against the Russian population for eight years.”
In fact, the Kremlin has falsely accused Ukraine of “genocide” for years with numerous fake or misleading stories of mistreatment. -
“[T]he photos and video footage from Bucha are yet another staged event by the Kiev regime for the Western media, as it was in Mariupol with the maternity hospital, as well as in other cities.”
Eyewitnesses, Human Rights Watch and independent journalists have confirmed the atrocities committed by Russian troops in Bucha, Irpin and elsewhere. -
“The anti-Russian #fakenews factory is not slowing down. ... The newest low is passing off harmless military flares as phosphorus bombs.”
The munitions appear to be a different type of dangerous incendiary, though not white phosphorus, as a Ukrainian official suggested. -
“Exactly one month since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, it is going according to plan, and all the stated goals will be achieved. Life is returning to normal in the territories already liberated from nationalists.”
Ukrainians in occupied territories have faced shelling and kidnapping, with some allegedly forced to enter Russia. -
“The so-called collective West does not need a strong and sovereign Russia, and will not forgive us our independent policy and standing up for our national interests. It is trying to divide our society. It’s aim is to destroy Russia.”
The West spent decades after the Soviet Union collapsed helping Russia and trying negotiate differences. Putin gave up and attacked Ukraine. -
“During the liberation of Marinka, three instructors allegedly from the United States were killed, the people’s militia of the DNR reported.”
The two current and one former U.S. National Guard members identified by Russian media as killed in action are, in fact, safe and sound. -
“Our people were used by the West in their attempt to break up Russia.”
The Russian army leveled entire cities and killed many, many thousands of people in two wars against Chechnya, where ruler Kadyrov is a Kremlin puppet. -
"With a high degree of probability, we can say that one of the tasks of the United States and its allies is the creation of bioagents that can selectively affect various ethnic groups of the population."
There are no biological weapons production facilities in Ukraine, U.S.-run or otherwise, and no “ethnic” bioagents.