Crimea
Friday 9 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. -
“These kids are already in Russia. These are children from those regions that have recognized themselves as Russia.”
Lvova-Belova flipped reality on its head, claiming Russia was saving the very children it was bombing, further subjecting them to family separation, militarization, and alleged cultural erasure. -
"The tragedy that is taking place in Donbas also concerns our very small citizens, children."
The children are citizens of Ukraine, not Russia. The Russian government-sponsored deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia for adoption by Russian families is a war crime and an act of genocide under international law. -
“Ukraine … remained the most faithful to the pro-American course, which ultimately made it the poorest country in Europe.”
Ukraine cooperated politically with both the West and Russia, and Russia was its largest economic partner until 2019. The pro-Western former Soviet republics are today richer than Russia. -
“This is such a monstrous shame that I will not even comment on the paranoia about our state’s nuclear plans.”
Using crass rhetoric, the former Russian president distorts WWII history to justify Russia’s war against Ukraine. -
"The events in Ukraine aren’t a clash between Moscow and Kyiv. It’s a military confrontation between NATO, above all the U.S. and Britain, and Russia.”
Western military aid provided to Ukraine for defense does not change the fact Russia launched the war. Russia is not the victim. -
"Russian-Chinese cooperation is experiencing the best period in its history, bilateral relations ... are built on a solid foundation ... of mutual support in matters affecting each other's fundamental interests. First of all, we are talking about the protection of sovereignty and territorial integrity."
China does not recognize or support Russia's illegal attempts to annex five regions of Ukraine and has been forced to participate in Western sanctions. -
"These attempts (to isolate Russia) are futile. These vain attempts by our Western colleagues have not found any material embodiment."
Russia’s ongoing aggression in Ukraine and disregard of the world order increasingly make the country an international pariah. -
“The European Union, which participates in multi-billion-dollar financing and arms supplies to Ukraine, is thus trying to cover its own involvement in mass cases of war crimes committed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
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“All personnel, weapons, and military equipment of the group have been withdrawn to the left bank.”
In defeat and retreat from Kherson, Russian troops were forced to leave behind tanks, infantry vehicles, rocket launchers and ammunition. -
“Ukraine used this humanitarian [grain shipment] corridor to attempt to attack the Russian Black Sea Fleet.”
Although Russian warships were attacked in Sevastopol, they are military targets and separate from an agreement to safely ship Ukrainian grain from three Black Sea ports. -
"Russia and the states of Islamic civilization are long-standing reliable partners, cooperating in ensuring security and stability, and in solving economic problems."
Russia’s treatment of Muslims has not been so welcoming. Just ask the indigenous Tatars in occupied Crimea.