Analysts identify top 10 'war myths' of Russia-Ukraine conflict
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Analysts identify top 10 war myths of Russia-Ukraine conflict
NewsGuard warns disinformation channels extend beyond sites and accounts with direct Kremlin links
7:44 AM · Mar 3, 2022
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/03/russia-ukraine-conflict-top-10-war-myths-newsguard
These are NewsGuards top 10 Russia-Ukraine war myths followed by NewsGuards refutation:
1 Russian-speaking residents in the Donbas region of Ukraine have been subjected to genocide. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has found no evidence of this.
2 Polish-speaking saboteurs attempted to bomb a chlorine plant in Donbas. The video of the attack, for which there is no evidence, was recorded days before it is alleged to have taken place.
3 Ukrainian forces bombed a kindergarten in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, on 17 February 2022. The shelling came from Russian-separatist frontlines.
4 Russia did not target civilian infrastructure in Ukraine at the start of invasion. One day after the invasion, Amnesty International documented at least three Russian military attacks on civilian areas in Ukraine.
5 Nazism is rampant in Ukrainian politics and society, supported by authorities in Kyiv. The candidate for the far-right nationalist party, Svoboda, won 1.6% of the vote in the 2019 presidential election.
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