United States
Thursday 9 February 2023
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"The United States and its allies ... have begun to supply heavy offensive weapons, openly calling on Ukraine to seize our territories."
The United States and its allies have never called on Kyiv to seize Russian territory. -
“It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes.”
The Pentagon, which monitored the Chinese balloon for days before its downing, determined it was a spy balloon. -
"[A]fter the Second World War, Germany was, as you know, divided into four occupation zones: American, British, French, and Soviet. So, the Soviet Union legally ended the occupation, but the United States did not.”
The United States, United Kingdom and France ended their military occupation of West Germany on May 5, 1955. -
“In accordance with [international law], China Coast Guard ships conduct patrol and management in waters under China’s jurisdiction to maintain maritime order and protect China’s legitimate and lawful rights and interests.”
China continues to unilaterally claim most of the South China Sea, while threatening its neighbors and disregarding international law. -
“[A] nuclear power's defeat in a conventional war can provoke the outbreak of a nuclear war. The nuclear powers have not lost major conflicts on which their fate depends."
Nuclear powers have more than once been defeated in conventional wars that have affected their fate, and that has not led to a nuclear war. -
"[T]he United States has created a coalition of nearly all European member states of NATO and the EU and is using Ukraine to wage a proxy war against Russia with the old aim of finally solving the ‘Russian question,’ like Hitler, who sought a final solution to the ‘Jewish question.’ "
The Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a global coalition, is helping Ukraine fight Russian military aggression and never planned or discussed exterminating the Russian people. -
“IRGC is the biggest and most successful anti-terrorist entity.”
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has a record of sponsoring terrorism abroad and brutal repression at home. -
“Comrade Zhao has assumed a post in exchange in accordance with needs.”
Zhao’s legacy is a record of spreading disinformation about COVID-19, treatment of Uyghurs, press freedom and more. -
"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. -
“Seems a bit of geography and history lesson is in order for those who vow to defend Taiwan but really don't have a clue where it is.”
China Deceptively Uses CNN’s New Year’s Eve Mix-up of Taiwan and Thailand to Blast U.S. -
“More than 130 foreign mercenaries were destroyed by high-precision strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces …" (Jan. 3)
"...more than 70 foreign mercenaries were killed, more than 100 wounded." (Jan. 2)
Source: TASS news agency, January 2-3, 2023.The Russian defense ministry’s numbers are not supported by evidence and are contested by military experts. -
“Their first excuse for choosing Afghanistan for the invasion was the existence of terrorism and al-Qaida while the group came to Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks.”
Iran’s attempts at historical revisionism bear no relation to the realities of al-Qaida and Islamic State operations in Afghanistan.