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Prigozhin himself, one of the primary architects of the invasion of Ukraine, stated that the invasion reason given was bullshit. https://twitter.com/Gerashchenk
by reducesuffering 3y ago
Prigozhin himself, one of the primary architects of the invasion of Ukraine, stated that the invasion reason given was bullshit. https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1672195035373215744 https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/16721950353732157...
"By February 24th, there was nothing out of the ordinary. Now the [Russian] Defense Ministry attempts to fool society, tries to fool the President, and tell the story of a crazy aggression from the Ukrainian side and they were going to attack us with the whole NATO block."
Not sure how you get more conclusive then that; Putin himself?
- CapricornNoble 3y agoSo are you asserting that the OSCE was carrying water for the Russian Defense Ministry? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_...
- dragonwriter 3y agoThe only thing the OSCE documented in the article you cited was explosions in the region and a casualty in the government controlled areas from the attacks. It does not support your (Russia’s, really) claim of a Ukraine-initiated escalation
- CapricornNoble 3y agoThis page has the PDF of the full report: https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/512629 https://www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/5... On page 2, with the map of the Donbas, the vast majority of the explosions are in northwest Luhansk, NE of Luhansk city itself, and North of Donetsk....on the Separatist side of the line of contact.