This book cover shows the 'Odessa Massacre', a Russian propaganda campaign from 2015 about Ukrainian nazis murdering Russian speakers that they poured a lot of resources into pushing. It is still being pushed to this day.
Local activists who nobody has heard of, supported by Ukrainian NGOs, actually investigated where the corrupt authorities would not and found incompetence as key. None of this even dented the legend.
Young men, and it was always men, were travelling to the People's Republics in E Ukraine on the back of this propaganda about fascist massacres which Murray put on his book cover.
John Pilger amplified documented Russian propaganda about the same event. And it was embassingly obvious.
Eddie Dempsey and his lot believes all this with a passion. As do others. It is now and was always pure Russia propaganda. Only now it is hopefully obvious.
khpg.org/en/1608809046
Dempsey and all the others were targeted by Russia and given lies that suited their persuasions. You were mugs for Empire.
It's just 🎉adorable that lefties think Russian disinfo couldnt be aimed at them. Like they're shielded or something. Nawh.
'Odessa massacre' in your circles? That's how this works.
This was Odessa in 2014. They rewrote this, deliberately, with help from people like Lord Andrew Murray.
Just whelled up agin.
There is no section of the Western anti disinfo Op specialised in the Russian targeting of the left. None. Never has been. Quite the opposite.

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Mar 7
Emily Thornbery has yet to even acknowlegde how she was used by Russia. Because she was. The left were used. The very thought that smart folks might fall for disinfo ..
Thornberry has been challenged to her face about this. She chose.
Thornberry has never apologised for attacking the White Helmets. Because she thinks people forget.
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I am named in this because I tweeted a lot about Ukraine 8 years ago. Me. I know. A bunch of the left took all this bs seriously because they listen to conspiracists and are *wide DF open to propaganda*. I look forward to the folks realising they were had.
Russia sold you a lemon.
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FFS. 8yrs to get this into peoples heads that this 👇 is *made up* and fictionalised 'civil war' is the entire point of Russia's propaganda and war.
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