After nearly six-month break, the Embassy of Ukraine in Abu Dhabi once again decided to remind about itself and come out with another portion of propaganda bubbles. Kiev is obsessed with mythical ‘Russian aggression' but cannot find it on the ground, therefore goes on fighting the ‘arch foe' on paper.
The new product of Ukrainian imagination does not differ much from all the previous ones and does not go beyond lies and disinformation. Here are our clarifications on some of the issues raised.
First of all, Ukrainian claims about shelling by self-defence forces of Donetsk and Lugansk Peoples Republics (DPR and LPR) look pathetic and are nothing more than an attempt to cover their own ceasefire violations which are systematically reported by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission as well as civil monitoring groups and DPR and LPR authorities.
Kiev mentions 50 shelling cases of its positions on one particular date of the 14th of June, at the same time it ignores the fact that the city of Donetsk and surrounding areas, especially Gorlovka, live under nearly constant bombardment by Ukrainian forces that only escalated at the beginning of June. There are massive destructions in the residential areas, daily news about dead and wounded among local civilians. Obviously, this is not a subject the Ukrainian Embassy would like to touch.
Our Ukrainian colleagues decided to be creative and accuse Donbass militia of ‘destroying critical infrastructure' e.g. a pipeline in Yasinivataya suburb, thus deeming self-defence forces responsible for ‘depriving locals of gas'. There is at least lack of common sense. Donetsk militiamen defend their homeland so why would they harm themselves and worsen already severe social-economic situation caused by the war and nearly total blockade enforced by Kiev.
All questions should be addressed to the opposite side. What about numerous power stations, heating and sewage plants across Donbass deliberately targeted by Ukrainian artillery? What about technical teams being shot at while trying to repair them? What about thousands of people hiding from Ukrainian bombs and shells in basements for months, deprived of most basic facilities and services even when power- and pipelines are intact?
This time Kiev is backing its claims with a map, which actually works completely against it. What did they mean by those randomly marked tanks and artillery units inside Donetsk and Lugansk regions? Where is the Ukrainian army, or those three boats in Azov Sea are everything left for now? Perhaps Kiev was carried away by hiding from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission its real tanks and howitzers and concealed them on the paper map too?
On the ground there are a lot of indications that the Ukrainian side has already been ridiculing the implementation of Minsk agreements. It did not only bring the heavy weaponry back to the frontline but is even increasing its numbers. The president of Ukraine openly admits that ‘the ceasefire is only needed to rebuild and upgrade Kiev's army'. As soon as this task is completed there might be another attempt to solve the Donbass issue by military aggression, which is in fact the Ukrainian aggression against its own people. This new round of their propaganda campaign could perfectly be a prelude to the escalation on the ground.
Last but not least – a couple of words about the attacks on Ukrainian diplomatic missions. The Ukrainian side ‘expresses strong protest' over what happened in Moscow and Rostov-on-Don on the 12th of June but seems to completely forget the ‘audacious attack' on the Russian Consulates General in Kharkov and just a day before and in Lvov – on the 12th of June. The leaflet says about ‘deliberate provocation' against Ukrainian missions but how should one call the attack on our Consulates exactly on the same day they were holding the National day events? By the way, did the Ukrainian authorities ‘investigate and punish those responsible' for the siege of the Russian Embassy in Kiev last June?
Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
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