Brief statement on #Russia's accusations against Ukraine, for a Western journalist:
1. Russian state media, politicians and ministries have, over the years, published an avalanche of outlandish accusations about Kyiv's alleged suppression of #Russian speakers throughout #Ukraine.
1. Russian state media, politicians and ministries have, over the years, published an avalanche of outlandish accusations about Kyiv's alleged suppression of #Russian speakers throughout #Ukraine.
2. The Kremlin's accusations concern especially alleged Ukrainian abuses of the Russian-speaking people living in the #Donbas, and are made on a daily basis, in order to present #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine as a supposedly #humanitarianintervention covered by international law.
3. However, these #Russian stories and interpretations are not reflected in the relevant reports by independent #humanrights organizations, respective decisions by international courts, and the reports of the @OSCE_SMM, @UkraineCoE, @UNHumanRightsUA or @UNHCRUkraine office.
4. To be sure, the Donbas War has seen a number of war crimes committed not only by the Moscow-directed separatists but also by some representatives of the Ukrainian armed forces and former irregular units.
5. However, the overall human rights record in the government-controlled parts of #Ukraine, including treatment of Russian speakers, was & is significantly better than that for the Russia-controlled Crimean peninsula and occupied parts of mainland Ukraine.
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