Thread by @aaronjmate

NYT's source is Ukrainian government. NYT claims to have verified a grand total "of one soldier and his girlfriend over the phone." Others, NYT says, were "authenticated" by "cross-referencing" the alleged Russian #s w/ social media accounts & messenger apps, which can be faked.

https://twitter.com/evanhill/status/1575307818701307906

.@evanhill claims that "we're confident in our findings." Is his "Visual Investigations Team" still confident in its "finding" that Syria committed a chemical attack in Douma, an allegation exposed as a fraud by the OPCW leaks? If so, why have they ignored the OPCW leaks?

@evanhill On its Douma "investigation", btw, @evanhill's NYT unit collaborated with Bellingcat, without disclosing that it's funded by Western states and spook firms involved in the Syria dirty war. Even Bellingcat's UK funders have privately admitted that it spreads disinformation.

@evanhill Perhaps some or even all of these alleged Russian calls that the Ukrainian gov't claims to have intercepted really are genuine. Not hard to believe that Russian forces committed atrocities. I do have a hard time accepting NYT and its Ukrainian gov't sources claims on faith.

Here's NYT, w/ Bellingcat (whose NATO state funding NYT oddly omits), "finding" that Syria committed a chemical attack in Douma. (nytimes.com/interactive/20…)

Since the first OPCW leaks surfaced in May 2019, NYT has ignored them. That means they're not confident in their finding.