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“Almost all the grain exported from Ukraine is sent not to the poorest developing countries, but to European Union countries.”
Putin made multiple misrepresentations about the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which opened safe passage for ships amid his war on Ukraine. -
“In a multipolar world, we — both Russia and Myanmar — want to maintain peace and stability.”
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“Russia is coping with the economic, financial and technological aggression of the West… Estimates and forecasts of economic dynamics… are now much more optimistic than they were in early spring.”
A confidential Russian report confirmed by Bloomberg contradicts Kremlin disinformation about the economic impact from Western sanctions for the Ukraine war. -
“[America’s] frequent military interventions in Syria have caused great civilian casualties and inestimable economic loss, and displaced more than 12 million people.”
Russian and Syrian government forces’ brutality against civilians has been the overwhelming driver of colossal humanitarian harm in Syria. -
“Ukraine's 'hunger relief' for Africa goes to rich countries instead. … Why did all of East Africa only get one ship if they are so desperate for food?”
As of August 27, four ships carrying 154,640 tons of wheat had left Ukraine for Africa. Top recipients of wheat are Egypt, Indonesia and Bangladesh. -
“The special military operation continues, it continues methodically, it continues in accordance with the existing plans. All goals will be achieved.”
Russia failed to seize Kyiv as planned. After costly losses, it’s short on tanks and troops, while Ukraine has armed up. -
“[Proofpoint] has frequently collaborated with the U.S. government to systematically spread disinformation on the so-called ‘China hacking attacks,’ serving as the ‘white gloves’ of the U.S. government.”
China has long sought to deflect growing body of evidence showing state involvement in global hacking operations. -
“Kiev's anti-Russian statement at the UN on August 25, 2022 was supported by only 54 out of 193 states.”
In fact, on August 24, 57 U.N. members states plus the European Union issued a joint statement condemning Russia’s war on Ukraine. -
"This is provocation aimed at ‘freedom of trespassing’ and it constitutes deliberate sabotage of regional peace and stability."
China can point a finger at the United States, but the record shows that it is Beijing that repeatedly threatens its neighbors and oversteps its boundaries through sweeping claims of sovereignty over the South China Sea. -
“We strictly comply with humanitarian law during the special operation.”
Russian military forces in Ukraine are accused of a gamut of war crimes, from deliberately targeting civilians to rapes, executions and use of indiscriminate weapons. -
"The history of American aggression in a snapshot!”
Source: Twitter, August 23, 2022A ‘Wolf Warrior’ overreach that was grossly ill-informed ends up being deleted from Twitter. (But not before we spotted it.) -
“We are deeply outraged that the U.S. authorities … spread a set of irresponsible Russophobic statements. In particular, Ned Price, State Department spokesperson, took the liberty to draw a similarity between what had happened and some ‘false flag operations’ that the Russian Federation had allegedly carried out many times.”
In fact, Price reacted to the Moscow bombing that killed right-wing Russian nationalist Darya Dugina by saying the United States condemned any targeting of civilians.