At the beginning of October, 🇷🇺Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Secretary propagandist Zakharova stated that “the West was fueling a nuclear war,” stressing that “Zelenskyy, pumped up with weapons, has turned into a monster whose hands can destroy the planet.” 2/8
#Russian propaganda websites even used comments from political propagandist Sergei Markov, who continued blaming America and NATO for “provoking the use of tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of #Ukraine at any cost to add points to the team of 🇺🇸 President Joe Biden.” 3/8
A question now is whether #Russia is setting up nuclear weapons facilities in #Belarus. RIA Novosti quoted Vorontsov, deputy head of the Russian delegation, saying #Russia “doesn’t yet plan to transfer technology to Belarus to convert aircraft into nuclear weapons carriers.” 4/8
He assured that there were no such plans at present, and "it is also not planned to equip Belarusian systems with nuclear warheads physically, nor to move such warheads to Belarusian territory." 5/8
At the same time, he confirmed that 🇷🇺 was transferring nuclear-capable Iskander-M to 🇧🇾 and converting part of the 🇧🇾 fleet of Su-25 aircraft to be capable of carrying nuclear weapons, justifying these moves by “the possible advancement of NATO's nuclear infrastructure.” 6/8
Moreover, political propagandist Sergei Markov expressed the opinion that during “the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson Region, the US could launch a nuclear strike on Ukraine and blame #Russia for it.” 7/8
In October, #Russian officials accused Ukraine of “attempting to create banned weapons,” and #Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu raised phantom alarms about supposed #Ukrainian nuclear attacks during a series of phone calls with world leaders. 8/8
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Since 🇷🇺full-scale invasion of #Ukraine began in February, speculations on negotiations between 🇷🇺&🇺🇦 have been circulating in the Russian media. Some outlets have reported that 🇷🇺 and🇺🇸 were approaching talks on Ukraine.
Others have insisted that 🇺🇸 has interfered with "peace talks" between the two countries. On Oct 5, the Kremlin's outlet RT quoted Secretary of the Russian National Security Council Patrushev saying that "the NATO bloc is fighting against Russia."
What provocations may the 🇷🇺 occupiers have in store in Kherson Region, and what do martial law and evacuations in these territories mean? UkraineWorld asked Oleh Baturin, journalist, the author of investigations at the CJI.
Key points - in our brief, #UkraineWorldAnalysis 1/13
The 🇷🇺 military is threatening to blow up the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant and accuse the 🇺🇦 military of the act. This story isn’t new. Information about 🇷🇺 mining the facilities of the HPP and territories around it has been circulating since spring. 2/13
There's been scaremongering about devastating floods around Kherson Region if the dam is blown up. The occupation administration in Nova Kakhovka has frightened local people with threats of a huge wave that will wash away the whole city. But this is not realistic. 3/13
How #Russia accuses democracies of fabricating "fake news"
As Russia is known for spreading fake news and propaganda, its officials are now doing their best to accuse the democratic world of doing the same. More details 👇 1/8 #InfoWatch#AgainstRussianLies#RussiaUkraineWar
Fedor Strzhizhovsky, Spokesperson of the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN, accused the UN of spreading rabid and absurd fakes about #Russia. “Moscow considers it unacceptable to spread "rabid fakes" through UN platforms,” Fedor Strzhizhovsky said. 2/8
Strzhizhovsky was commenting on a recent statement by Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten about alleged sexual crimes committed by the Russian military in Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022.
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Denying the existence of 🇺🇦 is one of the key strategic narratives of 🇷🇺 propaganda. It helped to build up the informational grounds for 🇷🇺 full-scale invasion of 🇺🇦 and fuels further hatred and violence by Russians. Read more about this 🇷🇺 technology in our thread👇1/14
🇷🇺 propaganda presents 🇺🇦 as an accident of history. 🇷🇺 ignores the historical context Ukrainian identity was formed in, and thereby claims that the idea of Ukrainian statehood never existed. According to it, before 1991 Ukraine “was a part of a common state with Russia.” 2/14
What, then, is to be done with facts that prove the existence of Ukrainian history? Russia has chosen to reconceptualize this history. 👇3/14
What is Russia’s "de-Satanization" rhetoric about? UkraineWorld spoke to Dmytro Horyevoy, religious scholar, director of the Center for Religious Security NGO. Key points – in our brief, #UkraineWorldAnalysis: 1/13
🇷🇺’s rhetoric about "de-Satanizing" Ukraine is not aimed at developing the concept that there are Satanists in 🇺🇦, so much as raising the degree of propaganda hysteria and trying to provide the 🇷🇺 military with additional motivation. Religious motivation is the most powerful.2/13
The categorization of the war as religious shows that the Russian army is having a hard time with motivation, and they do not understand what they are fighting for. 3/13
The story of the writer and public figure Volodymyr Vakulenko, who was kidnapped by Russian invaders from his home in the village of Kapytolivka, Kharkiv Oblast. #UkraineWorldTesimony 1/13
Seven months ago, on March 24, the Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Vakulenko was disappeared by the Russian occupiers. Since then, nothing is known about him. UkraineWorld spoke with Volodymyr's stepfather Vasyl. 2/13
The first time, Volodymyr and his child Vitaly, who has an autism spectrum disorder, were taken away by the Russians on March 23. They were released after three hours. 3/12