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| Russian ambassador on Kyiv's desire to stage a new 'Bucha' |
| 2022-09-17 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RIA Novosti] Kyiv is trying to repeat in Izium the scenario of a monstrous provocation following the example of the events in Bucha, trying to mobilize the Western community on Ukrainian issues on the eve of the start of the high-level week of the UN General Assembly, Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov told RIA Novosti. “We are talking about another monstrous provocation, an attempt to stage the “Bucha” in a new way. All this, of course, is being done on the eve of the opening of the high-level week of the UN General Assembly in order to try to mobilize a certain part of the Western public on the Ukrainian topic,” he stressed. Stepanov. According to him, the Ukrainian authorities "fill information spaces with lies" about "crimes against humanity" in Izyum, and Western governments and the media "immediately pick up on this", trying to give credibility to such fabrications. The Russian ambassador recalled that Kyiv was "repeatedly caught by the hand in staged provocations." “The fact that this information is supported and these inventions of Kiev are supported by Western governments and the media is simply an indicator of how aggressive the information war is unleashed against our country. the use of chemical weapons in Syria , history puts everything in its place and the truth becomes public. This time it will be the same," the diplomat stressed. In early April, photos and videos appeared in the Ukrainian media and social networks with the bodies of the dead lying on the streets, which were allegedly taken in Bucha after the Russian military left the city. The Kyiv authorities accused Russia of mass killings of civilians. The Russian Ministry of Defense called this another provocation, and stressed that not a single resident of Bucha suffered from the actions of Russian soldiers during the time the city was under their control. The department also noted that all units completely left Bucha on March 30, exits to the north were not blocked, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled Bucha around the clock from artillery, tanks and multiple launch rocket systems. |
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