Donbas
Thursday 29 July 2021
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Vladimir Putin
President of the Russian Federation
“In general, the division into indigenous, first-class, second-class categories of people and so on – this, for sure, completely smacks of… the theory and practice of Nazi Germany. ... [T]o speak of Russians as a non-indigenous people is not just incorrect, it is ridiculous and stupid.”
Read more...A proposed Ukraine law would grant official status for three indigenous minority groups in Ukraine. -
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Maria Zakharova
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman
“Everything is mixed up in the house of Zelensky. Volodymyr Oleksandrovych celebrating Vyshyvanka Day in a kosovorotka (Russian traditional shirt) is priceless.”
Read more...In fact, Zelenksy’s choice of holiday attire wasn’t Russian – just a lesser-known traditional Ukrainian design. -
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People's Militia Press Service, Donetsk People's Republic
Press service of Russian-backed militant group in Ukraine
“According to the press service of the People's Militia of the Republic, over the past two weeks, 244 military personnel have deserted from positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
Read more...There is no evidence to support the desertion assertion, and the Russian-led separatist sources are infamous for spreading disinformation. -
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Dmitry Peskov
Russian Presidential spokesman
"It’s certainly hard to imagine someone spreading fake news about the death of a child."
Read more...Russia’s proxies in Ukraine’s Donbas conflict area have produced numerous fabricated claims, including purported child deaths. -
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Maria Zakharova
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman
“MFA spox #Zakharova: #NATO keeps using mythical Russian aggression to justify increase of military funding and potential, the biggest since #ColdWar, incl on the eastern flank.”
Read more...Russia continues to occupy large parts of Ukraine. Russian-backed forces in Donbas have escalated the fighting with deadly results. -
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Russian Embassy in the USA Twitter account
Official social media account
“Seven years passed since the people of #Crimea stood against coup d'etat in #Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of Crimeans took part in a referendum to protect their home and further choice – to come back to @Russia”
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![Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]()
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“#OTD in 1918 British Royal Marines landed in #Murmansk, launching multi-national military intervention in our country. Pursuing their geopolitical interests, Western powers deployed troops all around #Russia, but met fierce resistance & were forced to withdraw in 1920-22.”
Read more...It’s way more complex, but Western powers actually stepped in to help Russia’s provisional government hold off a communist tide and stay in World War I. -
![Dmitry Polyanskiy]()
Dmitry Polyanskiy
First Deputy, Russia’s U.N. mission
"[W]e should thank our Ukrainian colleagues, who have been saddling and mercilessly exploiting the role of victim of so-called Russian aggression for about seven years."
Read more...Russia’s incitement of aggression in Eastern Ukraine and involvement in the ongoing conflict are based on abundant evidence. -
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Maria Zakharova
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman
“We consider the deprivation of three Ukrainian media outlets … contrary to the laws of Ukraine and Kyiv's international obligations to protect freedom of speech.”
Read more...Ukraine recently banned several TV channels because of their owner’s ties to Russian proxy forces occupying part of Ukraine as well as the disinformation they spread. -
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Newsone
Ukrainian media outlet
“The head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group Leonid Kravchuk actually recognized [the 'Donetsk and Luhansk republics'] as separate states.”
Read more...Kravchuk, who was Ukraine’s first elected president, was referring to negotiations and does not recognize the self-proclaimed rebel “states” in the Donbas region. -
![Dmitry Peskov]()
Dmitry Peskov
Russian Presidential Spokesman
"Achieving sustainable development goals could become one of the elements in the bilateral dialogue between Moscow and Washington, but it is not. Because this dialogue is generally far from being in the best state right now, and not because of Moscow."
Read more...The major break in U.S.-Russia relations came in 2014 with Russia’s Crimea annexation, followed by its war in Ukraine and U.S. election interference. -
![Dmitry Kiselyov]()
Dmitry Kiselyov
Head of the Russian state-owned media conglomerate Rossiya Segodnya
“[It was Psaki] who was going to send the fleet to the shores of Belarus.”
Read more...Rossiya Segodnya chief seized on words real and imagined from President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for White House press secretary to preemptively tar his new administration.
