In a video posted to social media, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Western countries to send weapons and supplies to repel Russian forces. Moscow has pursued a strategy of prevarication and misinformation in order to create an alternative reality to explain how events have unfolded on the ground. In Russia, the rules for talking about Ukraine have become Orwellian, with citizens now facing lengthy potential prison sentences for simply stating that their country is at war, let alone expressing opposition to it. The conflict is called a special military operation, not a war. The information war fought by the Ukrainians has been largely reflective of what happened in the conflict and can be documented. In contrast, Russian state media and top Russian officials have repeatedly spread a false reality in which Moscow, not Kyiv, is faced with a military threat, where Ukrainians are committing war crimes against Ukrainian civilians, and where Ukraine is run by neo-Nazis. Moscow has made a lot of false statements about Russia's attack on Ukraine. A spike in Russian military personnel and equipment on the Ukrainian border set off alarm bells in the Western capitals. Russia denied that the build up was for anything other than military exercises. After troops it sent to Belarus for military drills did not return to Russia, Moscow denied its aim to invade Ukraine. Russian officials called the U.S. warnings about an attack after 200,000 Russian troops arrived on the Ukrainian border. Moscow has claimed that its special military operation in Ukraine is going well. This is false. Russia's original plan was to make a lightning strike on the capital, Kyiv, capture or kill Ukrainian leadership and force Ukrainian legislators to vote in a pro-Russia puppet government. Russian troops were prevented from establishing a beachhead near the capital by a critical victory at an airport near Kyiv. Russian forces have been defeated in their attempts to take major population centers such as Kyiv and Kharkiv, thanks to the early victories of the Ukrainians. Over half a dozen generals have been killed in the war, according to NATO estimates. Russia's Moskva cruiser, the flagship vessel of its Black Sea fleet, was sunk in a rocket attack. Russia said the vessel sank because of a storm. Russia has refocused its assault on Ukraine's eastern Donbas region after pulling its troops back from Kyiv. Moscow now claims that carving out of Ukraine the region to create an independent statelet was its primary war aim. This is a completely different version of the history in which Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the main goal was the de-Nazification of the whole of Ukraine. Putin's attempts to link Ukraine with Nazism have proved to be a stretch. The Ukrainian government is run by neo-Nazis according to Russia. Zelensky won the election as a moderate. Though it has struggled with corruption, Ukraine's government is mainstream in nature and far less right-wing than some European states. The Azov Battalian, a Ukrainian militant group with neo-fascist leanings, was integrated into the Ukrainian national guard. Azov's own leadership has sought to distance the organization from its more neo-fascist past. Russia has employed its own neo-fascist paramilitary operatives to fight in Ukraine, which is why the objectives of Russia are hollow. Ukrainian forces fanned out across the city's suburbs, which had seen some of the heaviest fighting of the war. The evidence of war crimes and atrocities committed by Russian forces shocked the Ukrainians. Women and children were forced into sex slavery by the Russian forces in Bucha. Russia initially claimed that Russian troops had left the town before the killings began, that the killings were staged, and that the massacre was real. The war has been characterized by the transference of blame to Ukraine for Russia's heinous actions. Russia claimed that the attack on the Kramatorsk train station was committed by the Ukrainians. Russia has a long history of trying to make false flag operations look like they were responsible for the war. The plans for a fake chemical attack on eastern Ukraine were included in the run-up to the invasion. Moscow has claimed that the U.S. is planning on sending bioweapons into Russia. U.S. officials are worried that Russia will use chemical weapons and blame the Ukrainians. Zelensky told CNN that all of the countries of the world should be concerned that Russia could turn to nuclear weapons. The Russian military is falling short according to analysts. We watched dozens of videos from the war in Ukraine. A man builds a trap to catch a thief. The monument to the 1696 foundation of the Russian navy in the center of Sevastopol, headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet has been embraced and flowers laid in memory of the Moskva missile cruiser. The ship sank in the sea after a fire caused by an explosion, according to Moscow. One of its missiles caused it to sink. As Russia prepares to launch an offensive in the eastern part of the country, the Biden administration unveiled $800 million in military equipment for Ukraine. Since the beginning of the Biden administration, the U.S. has given over $3.2 billion in security assistance to Ukraine. The Black Sea flagship Moskva has sunk, the Kremlin confirms. Imagine walking to your car and seeing hilarious and embarrassing parking jobs. Russia confirmed that its flagship vessel in the Black Sea sank, while the CIA warned that the U.S. can't take lightly the possibility of Russia. There were riots in the central Swedish city of Orebro on Friday as counter-protesters attacked police ahead of a planned right-wing extremists demonstration. Police said on its website that four police cars had been set on fire and at least four police officers and one private individual had been injured as protesters threw stones and large groups attacked police cordons and tore down riot fences. The demonstration was organised by the leader of the Hard Line political party. The head of European business for Nestl said he was sad to hear that employees were leaving. The five episode-run of Private Eye was solid, but the timing of the show was bad. Some embraced and others laid flowers in memory of the Moskva missile cruiser at a monument to the 1696 foundation of the Russian navy in the centre of Sevastopol, the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet. The flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, a guided-missile cruiser that became a potent target of Ukrainian defiance in the opening days of the war, sank Thursday after it was heavily damaged. The Moskva was hit with missiles by the Ukrainians, while Russia said there was no attack. The loss of the warship named for the Russian capital is a devastating symbolic defeat for Moscow as it regroups for a renewed offensive in eastern Ukraine. Most of the people who were killed in the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital were simply executed, police said Friday. He believes that the new technology could be 2,000X bigger than the current one. The Nevada Supreme Court upheld a jury's finding that illusionist David Copperfield and the MGM Grand hotel-casino were not responsible for the injuries a British tourist sustained during a vanishing act at a Las Vegas Strip show. The multimillionaire magician, the hotel, two Copperfield business entities and a construction firm were accused of causing permanent brain injuries to Cox when he fell while performing a trick. The jury found the hotel and Copperfield's company negligent but not civilly liable for Cox's fall. William Burns, the director of the CIA, says there is potential desperation from Russia to portray a victory in Ukraine. He says that no one can take the threat posed by tactical nuclear weapons. On April 15 As a result of the American sanctions against Russia, the U.S. has stepped up efforts to seize the ruling elite's assets. The KleptoCapture unit of the Justice Department has been tracking down and confiscating ostentatious wealth as part of that. One of KleptoCapture's most high profile victories was the seizure of Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg's $95 million vessel, the Tango, which was grabbed by the Spanish government. Do you ever wonder what would happen if you did something that you really shouldn't? The flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet was sunk by a missile attack, according to Ukrainian officials. An official from the U.S. told Fox News that the Moskva was hit by two Ukrainian missiles before it sank. Russian strikes on Mariupol, a besieged port city in Ukraine, led to posts on Facebook claiming that a US general was captured. NATO said that the rumour was completely false and that Cloutier had not been to Ukraine in over a year. There are rumors that Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr is the commander. Some acts of street art are funnier than criminal acts, and we believe many would agree. The truck burst into flames and almost flew off the overpass. The Rio Grande has sand bars within it's banks. The Rio Grande is one of the longest rivers in North America. Irrigation districts from the Pacific Northwest to the Colorado River Basin are warning farmers to expect less this year despite growing demands. Musk said he wouldn't be like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, when asked if his role as the richest man could pose a conflict of interest.
Yahoo NewsThe massive buildup of troops on Ukraine’s border preceding the invasion was for 'training exercises'
Russia’s invasion is operating on schedule and according to plan
The Ukrainian government is run by neo-Nazis
The massacre in Bucha was staged (and if it's not, Ukraine is to blame)
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