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This is pretty hilariously written as if western media weren't up to the same thing. RT and BBC News occupy neighbouring channels on local TV, so over the past
by hosay123 13y ago
This is pretty hilariously written as if western media weren't up to the same thing. RT and BBC News occupy neighbouring channels on local TV, so over the past few weeks I've been entertaining myself by repeatedly flicking from one view to the other.
As for the BBC coverage, this is one of my favourites: http://i.imgur.com/vkFqM3Q.png http://i.imgur.com/vkFqM3Q.png . It's as if the Russians crossed the sea to invade the mainland of poor old Ukraine. Compare to this: http://i.imgur.com/BXsojhV.png http://i.imgur.com/BXsojhV.png , notice the magically disappearing expanse of water mostly segregating Ukraine from Crimea.
- mpyne 13y agoI'm not actually sure how the BBC coverage is worse... it shows the geographical area with its surrounding and has an inset showing the geopolitical borders to boot.
- gregsq 13y agoExcept that it doesn't. While Crimea is a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by sea, there's only one major road from Crimea to the Ukraine, which runs through Krasnoperekopśk. This is because the Crimean border with Ukraine is mostly inlets lake and weirs, and there are just minor alternative bridges and roads. Neither map is correct, that is the point I take from the parents comment.
- cpleppert 13y agoRussia guaranteed the territorial integrity of Ukraine without exceptions when the Soviet Union collapsed. And yes, that includes the Crimean peninsula.