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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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

Edit: Or there is so much reporting from a variety of sources that it is not open to dispute. And no, the Russian media is not comparable to the Western media. Russian media is just way more under the thumb of the government.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

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