Ukraine
Saturday 21 May 2022
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“Independent journalists from many countries were fired for truthfully covering the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.”
Russia orchestrated a U.N. meeting for Kremlin-friendly “journalists” to claim censorship, then China bought in. -
“Over 14,000 civilians of Russian ethnicity in the Donbass were killed by US trained Ukrainian forces and the @PentagonPresSec openly boasts that they have armed and trained the Ukrainians for 8 YEARS.”
The 14,000 dead actually includes thousands of Ukraine and pro-Kremlin fighters. Only 3,400 were civilians, and not all were ethnic Russians. -
“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. -
“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. -
“A good friend will always have your back (U.S. backstabbing its European allies over Ukraine.)”
Parroting Russia, the Chinese never fail to falsely blame the U.S. for the death and destruction of the war in Ukraine. -
“I wonder if the U.S. is setting a stage of a low-yield nuclear explosion … killing thousands of Ukrainians. … [T]o blame Russia… regardless who launched the device.”
Source: Twitter, May 2, 2022The U.S. has tried to tamp down Russia’s veiled threats about using nuclear weapons against Ukraine. -
“Russia is the only country that delivers direct humanitarian aid to people … Sometimes Russian humanitarian caravans are bombed with weapons that NATO supplies to Ukraine.”
Many countries, and chiefly the United States, are trying to help millions displaced and trapped by Russia’s war. -
“Washington and Warsaw are working on plans to establish Poland’s tight military-political control over ‘its historical possessions’ in Ukraine.”