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Maligned in Western Media, Donbass forces are defending their future from Ukrainian shelling and fascism
America is widely understood to be a key instigator behind conflict in Ukraine that has pitted brother against brother.
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The West is silent as Ukraine targets civilians in Donetsk using banned ‘butterfly’ mines
The use of PFM-1 explosives against civilians is prohibited by the Geneva Conventions—but this evidently isn’t stopping Ukraine.
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Western media and politicians prefer to ignore the truth about civilians killed in Donetsk shelling
Following intense Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk on June 13, some Western media sources, in tandem with outlets in Kiev, unsurprisingly claimed that the attack–which killed at least five civilians and struck a busy maternity hospital–was perpetrated by Russian forces.
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Ukrainian strike on Donetsk Market was a terrorist act
When artillery hit a busy public space in Donetsk, it brought flashbacks of attacks in Gaza and Syria.
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Here’s what I found at the reported ‘mass grave’ near Mariupol
According to recent Western media, Russian forces have buried up to 9,000 Mariupol civilians in “mass graves” in a town just west of the Ukrainian city.