• pingveno@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    Let’s flip this. If the US was bombing Moscow’s airport and rolling tanks across the border, would you be calling for not being too hasty about calling it an invasion?

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      3 years ago

      If I was living in a Russia dominated media and social media environment, and people were making false claims about the scale of USA’s actions for the purpose of warmongering, I absolutely would want people to be cautious

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        3 years ago

        Russia has come out and said they did both of these things. It’s not under dispute.

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          3 years ago

          I variety of sources such as Ukrainian officials, your cousin on twitter, some random farmer in Kharkov. Many of the more extreme claims are being fact checked now.

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            3 years ago

            The standard role call of disinformation, distortion, and denial. Weren’t you denying there were Russian troops on the border, just a few days ago?

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              3 years ago

              I don’t remember denying there were Russian troops on the border. You might be confused