[Former German Chancellor] Merkel admits that EU and Germany were arming Ukraine preparing it to ignore Minsk Agreements.
British Royal Marine general admits that there are plenty of his soldiers doing dirty business in Ukraine, engaged in operations too sensitive to mention.
Israeli press writes about Ukrainian soldiers going through Kherson and harassing the Jews for “collaborating with the enemies.” This charge that has been repeated by all the antisemitic regimes that ever controlled Ukrainian lands.
American top brass keeps on repeating that the purpose of the war in Ukraine is to weaken, if not incapacitate Russia.
This is not hearsay. These are actual statements and facts reported by the Western press.
And yet, simultaneously, we all are supposed to condemn and recite the slogan of “unprovoked Russian invasion.”
Furthermore, if anyone questions this assertion, points to endless amount of provocations and rejections of compromises, and refers to actual words of the Royal Marine General, or American Defense Secretary, or former German Kanzler, suggesting, politely, that maybe it was provoked, that maybe there are xenophobes and violent thugs in Ukraine who intimidate everyone, this person immediately gets dismissed as the spreader of Russian disinformation.
When Merkel, Austin, or Robert Magowan say what they say, it is fine. Repeating after them, is Russian disinformation. Go figure.
Vladimir Golstein is chair of the Slavic studies department at Brown University. This was taken from his Facebook page via Johnson’s Russia List.