Media
Monday 5 June 2023
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“U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan ordered Ukraine to hit Crimea.”
Jake Sullivan did not order Ukraine to strike Crimea in his interview with CNN; he reaffirmed the U.S. position that Crimea is part of Ukraine. -
“Twitter users ridiculed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's European tour.”
Russian news outlets based their reports about Twitter users ridiculing Zelenskyy’s European visit on six tweets, two of which are non-existing, while the other four came from shadowy accounts. -
“The country’s democratic system, which continues to evolve and solidify as the government and people of Cambodia strive to ensure fair and transparent election processes, should be recognized and respected for its considerable successes."
Prime Minister Hun Sen disbanded the opposition before 2018 elections. His latest move against political competition is again aimed at preserving his decades-long grip on power. -
“Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a series of missile attacks with long-range precision air and sea-based weapons against the military-industrial complex of Ukraine. All targets were hit and destroyed.”
Russian missiles hit residential areas killing two and wounding more than 40 Ukrainian civilians. Hundreds of homes have been damaged and destroyed. -
“Yes, they want to stage a political coup on May 14. I'm not the one saying this. The President of the United States, Biden, said it years ago.”
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Ukraine has liberated 63% of the territory that Russia occupied during the full-scale invasion of 2022 and 46% of the territory Russia has occupied since 2014.
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“On 12 April, ABC News fed its audience with another propaganda story borrowed from BBC.”
Far from being a piece of propaganda and disinformation, the BBC cited the Human Rights Watch report that said both Russia and Ukraine have used landmines in Kharkiv region. -
The Biden administration has terminated a U.S. oil contractor’s license to operate in Syria and says U.S. troops are there only to fight the Islamic State.
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“…so far, we have not seen evidence of the so-called ‘massacre in Bucha’ - lists of names of those killed, the circumstances and dates of their death, the conclusions of forensic experts."
The Bucha massacre is the well-documented and investigated mass murder of Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war by Russian forces. -
“Today, the lack of reaction from the White House, Downing Street, Elysee Palace, etc., given their ostensible concern for journalists’ wellbeing, is self-revelatory.”
Before becoming a Kremlin propagandist and pro-war military blogger, Maxim Fomin, aka Vladlen Tatarsky, was a convicted bank robber and fought in Russia’s war against Ukraine. -
"The fact 'upon accomplishing the provisions of the State of Emergency, free and fair multiparty democratic elections will be held in line with the 2008 Constitution, and further work will be undertaken to hand over State responsibilities to the winning party in accordance with democratic standards' is clearly stated as the last point of the Five-Point Road Map of the government."
Systematic violence against civilians, banning, imprisoning the opposition, is no path toward democratic elections. -
“Russia has been consistently following the democratic path, taking into account its own historical experience and traditions.”
Moscow long ago diverged from the “path” of democracy, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine only accelerating the country’s authoritarian descent.