Questions tagged [russo-ukrainian-war]
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Has Zelensky "declared war against Christianity"?
One headline on the December 21, 2022 episode of Tucker Carlson Tonight claimed that "Zelensky has declared war against Christianity", referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
In this episode, Carlson says:
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Was Ukraine planning an attack in Donbas/Crimea prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine?
Quote by Putin in today's Victory Day speech:
“In December last year, we proposed the conclusion of an agreement on security guarantees. Russia called on the West to enter an honest dialogue, in search of reasonable compromise solutions, to take…
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Did a Turkish cargo ship get bombed in the Black Sea during the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
In a Discord server, someone pointed out the following article by Russian state news media about a Turkish cargo ship which was reportedly hit by a bomb on the way from Odessa to Romania:
Turkish Cargo Ship in Black Sea Reportedly Hit by 'Bomb' en…
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Have Russian conscripts been told they are "fighting Poland"?
In an interview segment partly discussing the large number of recent deaths of Russian conscripts resulting from the major Ukrainian strike on a training barracks in Makiivka, Professor Michael Clarke (formerly an expert from the Royal United…
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Did the U.K. sabotage Russia/Ukraine peace deal in April?
According to the description of a video from the The Jimmy Dore Show YouTube channel, titled Revealed: U.K. SABOTAGED Russia/Ukraine Peace Deal In April!:
Did you know that back in April, just a couple of months after Russia’s invasion
of Ukraine,…
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Did Russia's parliament, Duma, propose invading Poland in 2022?
Twitter user @sentdefender, with >160K followers, recently tweeted
The Russian State Duma has proposed that after the Invasion of Ukraine, that Poland be Invaded and denazified next due to their clear Support for "Nazi Elements" in Ukraine and…
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Is it illegal in Russia to call the war in Ukraine a "war"?
Several news outlets have reported that calling the Russo-Ukrainian War a "war" is illegal in Russia since a law was passed in March 2022.
Business Insider, March 2022
Putin signed a law that would punish anyone who shares "false information" about…
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Does exported Ukrainian wheat (only) amount to 2.5% of the world's wheat production?
In May, the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said:
shortages of grain and fertiliser caused by the war, warming temperatures and pandemic-driven supply problems threaten to “tip tens of millions of people over the edge into food…
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Did Kim Clement predict the Russo-Ukrainian War?
Recently many Christian commentators have told me that a Christian prophet by the name of Kim Clement predicted a wide array of events like the Russo-Ukranian War.
This video summarises Kim Clement's prophecies, and starts:
Russia! My spirit has…
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Did the Russian 74th motorised rifle brigade surrender in February '22?
The following statements go around on the major social media networks. However, I have been unable to verify the statements are actually sourced.
Ragıp Soylu (Turkey Bureau Chief for MiddleEastEye):
Ukraine says Russian 74th motor rifle brigade…
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Did a Ukrainian woman tell a Russian solider in Kherson Oblast to put seeds in his pockets so flowers would grow when he dies in Ukraine?
Basically, is the following a real exchange, down to the details? Reported on Twitter with 1.1M views:
Ukrainian woman confronts Russian soldiers in Henychesk, Kherson region. Asks them why they came to our land and urges to put sunflower seeds in…
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Do the Russian Army "probably" have a unit shooting soldiers attempting to retreat?
A recent Times (UK) article reported that the British Ministry of Defence stated that the Russian Army may have units instructed to fire on Russian soldiers attempting to retreat during the current war in Ukraine, a tactic reminiscent of…
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Did the former Ukrainian ombudsman for human rights admit to exaggerating facts concerning sexual violence during the 2022 war in Ukraine?
In May 2022, former Ombudsman for Human Rights of Ukraine, Lyudmila Denisova, was removed from her position. This happened due to criticism on how she communicated insights on cases of sexual violence allegedly committed by Russian military forces…
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Do Donetsk residents want to join Russia?
Eva K. Bartlett has posted a YouTube video on Oct 1, 2022. It includes some interviews of residents of Donetsk, a city in Eastern Ukraine.
The interviewees express pro-Russian opinions.
Bartlett writes:
Given the predictable Western negation of the…
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Did Putin claim that the predominantly Russian-speaking Donbas region is pro-Russia?
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Putin has maintained the predominantly Russian-speaking Donbas region is pro-Russia, although polls have indicated that is not the case.
This is the first time I've seen this claim, especially used in this context as a justification for…
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