Tag: Azov

US works with Nazis to exploit Europe both in WWII and at present, now targets Ukraine

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Comment: What is significant is that this article is appearing in one of China’s main newspapers and helps to see another angle of how China views the current conflict, even if the author is Russian. They too were facing fascism during WWII and wouldn’t want to see a recurrence of it.

US works with Nazis to exploit Europe both in WWII and at present, now targets Ukraine

Some Saw and Heard the Truth — Then Lied About it: report back after media delegation to the Donbass

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

by Eva K Bartlett, April 5, 2022

*Following is a lengthy overview of my recent re-visit to the Donbass, on a two day media delegation, with a brief critique of some of the media’s slanted reporting. It is also a follow up from my 2019 visit to hard hit areas of the Donetsk People’s Republic. It is now 8 years of Ukraine’s war on the people of the Donetsk & Lugansk Republics.

Some Saw and Heard the Truth — Then Lied About it: report back after media delegation to the Donbass

Greek Parliament platforms Azov Battalion fighter: Gov’t spox says “it was wrong and inappropriate”

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

“Including a message from an Azov Battalion member was wrong and inappropriate”, said government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou in the aftermath of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking to the Greek Parliament.

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For his part, the Azov Battalion fighter, who claimed to be Greek but could not speak Greek, said in Ukrainian: “I am addressing you as a Greek.”

Greek Parliament platforms Azov Battalion fighter: Gov’t spox says “it was wrong and inappropriate”

H/T iEarlGrey on YouTube:

“Unacceptable”: Zelensky parades Azov fighters at Greek parliament – Inside Russia Report

Previously:

Greek from Donetsk: Ukrainians threaten to burn me, no one said anything about those killed by Kiev for eight years

Corporate media parrots the Azov Battalion

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Corporate media parrots the Azov Battalion

A cheerleader for Ukrainian nationalism and war, [Illia] Ponomarenko regularly posts gory photos of dead Russian soldiers and calls for NATO to intervene in the war on Ukraine’s behalf, thus assisting a social media campaign by Ukraine’s armed forces and the far-right that directly violates the Geneva Convention for the humane treatment of prisoners of war.

Notably, [Illia] Ponomarenko’s employer, the newly created Kyiv Independent, receives its funding from western imperialism, including Washington’s National Endowment for Democracy and the EU’s European Endowment for Democracy.

More recently, photos of the apparent killing of civilians in Bucha first appeared on the social media accounts of figures such as Ponomarenko and the far-right “activist” thug Serhii Sternenko. The photos and reports were then fed to Western media outlets, which again seized upon them to call for increased sanctions against Russia and the prosecution of President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal.

Photo captions by the New York Times indicate that Azov Battalion soldiers were among the first to enter Bucha on April 2 after Russian forces left the town on March 30. Despite this fact, claims of a wanton Russian massacre are promoted uncritically while those calling for investigation before judgement are smeared as “Russian trolls.”

Previously:

The Washington Post Finally Admits The Role of the ‘Far Right’ Azov Battalion in Ukraine

The Washington Post Finally Admits The Role of the ‘Far Right’ Azov Battalion in Ukraine

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

After months of denying the influence of Neo Nazis in Ukraine’s military, the Washington Post has finally conceded the point – long blasted as “conspiracy theory” or “Kremlin disinformation” – about the nation’s Azov battalion.

The Washington Post Finally Admits The Role of the ‘Far Right’ Azov Battalion in Ukraine

WaPo Article: Right-wing Azov Battalion emerges as a controversial defender of Ukraine