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![Sputnik News in Arabic]()
Sputnik News in Arabic
“Private sources confirmed to Sputnik that 87 militants had left for Ukraine … all of the 87 used to be affiliated with Daesh [Arabic for Islamic State] before they merged into new groups.”
Read more...State-owned Sputnik cited no public evidence. Meantime, Russia is reportedly sending mercenary troops to Ukraine. -
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Wang Wenbin
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman
“Huangyan Dao (Scarborough Shoal) is China’s inherent territory. China has sovereignty over Huangyan Dao and its adjacent waters as well as sovereign rights and jurisdiction over relevant waters.”
Read more...While sovereignty over Scarborough Shoal remains unresolved, an international tribunal already ruled against China’s sweeping South China Sea claims. -
![Suhail Shaheen]()
Suhail Shaheen
Taliban ambassador-designate to the United Nations
“There is no issue of banning girls from schools … It is only a technical issue of deciding on form of school uniform for girls. We hope the uniform issue is resolved and finalized as soon as possible.”
Read more...The Taliban have given no indication about when schools might reopen for girls after the sixth grade. -
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Global Times
Chinese state media
“There are now a lot of anti-war voices in Europe, and these voices contain disapproval of Washington's arms delivery to Ukraine.”
Read more...In fact, Europeans overwhelmingly support supplying arms to Ukraine, and the EU-U.S.-NATO partnerships are solid on it. -
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Maria Zakharova
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson
“Exactly one month since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, it is going according to plan, and all the stated goals will be achieved. Life is returning to normal in the territories already liberated from nationalists.”
Read more...Ukrainians in occupied territories have faced shelling and kidnapping, with some allegedly forced to enter Russia. -
![Cyril Ramaphosa]()
Cyril Ramaphosa
president of South Africa
“The war could have been avoided if NATO had heeded the warnings from amongst its own leaders and officials over the years that its eastward expansion would lead to greater, not less, instability in the region.”
Read more...n fact, Russia’s invasion violated agreements to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and territory. Whether war could have been avoided is conjecture. -
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Wang Wenbin
Spokesman, Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry
“Accusing China of spreading disinformation related to Ukraine is in itself disinformation.”
Read more...China has repeated false and misleading Russian talking points since the Ukraine war started and hasn’t stopped. -
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Vladimir Putin
President of Russia
“The so-called collective West does not need a strong and sovereign Russia, and will not forgive us our independent policy and standing up for our national interests. It is trying to divide our society. It’s aim is to destroy Russia.”
Read more...The West spent decades after the Soviet Union collapsed helping Russia and trying negotiate differences. Putin gave up and attacked Ukraine. -
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William Jones
Washington bureau chief, Executive Intelligence Review
“The allegation of so-called genocide in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is fabricated by some western media outlets and a total farce.”
Read more...Chinese state media spreads genocide denialism using a source linked to dead politician Lyndon LaRouche’s movement. -
![Russian Defense Ministry]()
Russian Defense Ministry
"According to the available reliable data, the militants of the Azov nationalist battalion committed a new bloody provocation by blowing up the theater building they had mined."
Read more...No verifiable evidence was presented for this claim. Multiple sources confirm the theater sheltered civilians, with signs saying ‘children.’ -
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Sergey Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister
“We are now champions in the number of sanctions introduced against the Russian Federation, more than 5,000 individual acts, almost twice as many as was introduced against Iran and North Korea. But sanctions always made us stronger.”
Read more...In fact, Russia’s economy confronts the worst financial headwinds since the Soviet Union’s collapse. And they’re getting stronger. -
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RIA Novosti
Russian state news agency
“During the liberation of Marinka, three instructors allegedly from the United States were killed, the people’s militia of the DNR reported.”
Read more...The two current and one former U.S. National Guard members identified by Russian media as killed in action are, in fact, safe and sound.
