Using innocent civilians as cannon fodder, using residential buildings as recruitment grounds and then accusing your adversaries of committing war crimes if you are targeted; this is a textbook example of how Hamas engages in terror operations against Israel. And now, Ukraine seems to reenact it in the ongoing war between Kyiv and Moscow.
Attack on “civilian” building by Russia
Yesterday, when a Russian missile hit the regional headquarter of Kharkiv that caused bruises to six people, Ukraine was quick to level allegations of war crimes against Putin. Kharkiv region head Oleg Synegubov accused Vladimir Putin of killing innocent civilians.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed after the attack that “Nobody will forgive. Nobody will forget.” The 79-year old US president Joe Biden also said that Putin will pay a “heavy price” for this attack.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted: ‘Barbaric Russian missile strikes on the central Freedom Square and residential districts of Kharkiv.
https://twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1498569115950272517
Videos were shared on social media deploring the Russian forces for venting their frustration on poor civilians. Western media made no bones about it and called on their governments to impose heftier sanctions on the Kremlin.
Civilian building converted to a military recruitment centre
But soon it was revealed that the building was anything but a government office. A military recruitment centre was being operated out of the regional Kharkiv headquarter. So, it was natural for the Russian army to flatten this military centre that was being illegally operated by Ukraine.
Last week, the Russian military had accused the Ukrainian military of using its citizens as ‘human shields.’ Major General Igor Konashenkov, the Russian Defence Ministry’s spokesperson, had warned Ukrainian citizens, “Your nationalist government employs the same tactics as terrorists. They want to use you as a human shield,”
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Russia says not targeting civilians
The Russian military has already overstated that targeting innocent civilians in Ukraine serves no purpose for Moscow. The Russian Army on Monday said that civilians were free to leave Kyiv amid the Russian invasion. The Russian spokesperson said, “All civilians in the city can freely leave the Ukrainian capital along the Kyiv-Vasylkiv highway. This direction is open and safe.”
You see, Ukrainian propaganda, backed by the Western media, is devised in a way to demonise Russia on the world stage, even as the Ukrainian administration risks thousands of innocent lives by installing their military infrastructure in and around residential areas.
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Anti-Russia propaganda warfare
Another blatant display of this propaganda war was noticed last week when a video showing a Russian tank running over a civilian car went crazy on social media. Various accounts claimed it to be a Russian tank ruthlessly murdering an innocent Ukrainian. But later, it was revealed that it was a Ukrainian tank instead.
Shocking footage shared on social media appears to show a Russian armored vehicle targeting and running over a civilian’s car in Kyiv. The man inside the car was found alive and pulled out.
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.#Russia #Ukraine #Kyiv #Tank #Car #RussiaUkraineWar #WorldNews pic.twitter.com/Jor8tYgwjX— Red News India (@RedNewsIndia) February 26, 2022
Killing civilians just to score brownie points in propaganda wars is something we usually see in Hamas-ruled Gaza. But now it seems that Ukraine has outsourced its military operations to Hamas, which has stooped to a level where it has to kill its people to shore up its propaganda warfare against Russia.
Ukraine’s propaganda warfare is solid, and that raises doubts whether the Ukrainian military strength is devastating or it’s all just damp squib.
Dear TFI, It is now 21 days since Russia invaded Ukraine. Please explain why Russia has not occupied all of Ukraine cities and decapitated Ukraine government. Also please tell us what date will see the Russian attaining their objectives. Otherwise, just STFU.
This post is just unbelievable. I suggest that you need to listen closely to the BBC for the truth, and advise you in future to only print the truth. You are implying that Ukranians are killing its own civilians in the middle of a ghastly murdering war inflicted upon it by Vladimir Putin. The Russian people do not know the truth, although they will soon cop on by the amount of coffins heading back to their country.
Nobody in this day and age just invades a Sovereign Nation, and for this Russia will pay the price of ultimate poverty, desolation and isolation by the free and democratic world. It will happen soon. I strongly advise you to stop trying to blame Ukraine for this murdering and agressive action. It is just ridiculous and I am shocked that you have got away with it.
TFI Editors: Still think on April 17 that Ukraine military is “damp squid”? How then do you describe Russian utter failures? Maybe you think Moskva accidently sank itself? Indian trolls supporting Russia.
Putin was there for decades before the Deep-state’s in imposed war by Celebrity-Agent Anti-Russia Zelensky riding on NATO’s missiles
Having elected their over-used cuckoo (Biden), the deep-state created a war to destroy Russia and stealing Russia’s assets stored in the west foolishly.
However, the war created inflation on food and energy which will weaken Europe and empowering the many non-Russian but anti Deep-state states
If Trump or Le penn were elected the deep-state could not create any wars like Russia-Ukraine or Syria and Yemen wars.
But the Deep-state support their puppets like Macron by fake-news/pollsters in order to steal 100 billions from the enslaved-France and create such wars