{"id":138508,"date":"2014-08-29T17:11:56","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T17:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=138508"},"modified":"2014-08-29T17:11:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T17:11:56","slug":"facts-russian-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/facts-russian-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Facts About The ‘Russian Invasion’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen Lendman
\nRINF Alternative News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Claims about Russia invading Ukraine are fabricated. Big Lies \u00a0proliferate.\u00a0<\/em>On Thursday, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki lied saying<\/p>\n

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\u201cwe\u2019re seeing\u2026a pattern of escalating aggression in Ukraine from the Russians and Russian-backed separatists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s clear that Russia has not only stepped up its presence in eastern Ukraine and intervened directly with combat forces \u2014 \u00a0armored vehicles, artillery, and surface-to-air systems \u2014 and is actively fighting Ukrainian forces as well as playing a direct supporting role to the separatist proxies and mercenaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The White House is considering a range of options, she said. \u201cWe have additional tools and sanctions that we could certainly choose to put in place.\u201d<\/p>\n

US ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, repeated the Big Lie. His Twitter messages falsely claim \u201can increasing number of Russian troops are intervening directly in fighting on Ukrainian territory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russia sent its newest air defense systems, he claims. At an August 28 emergency Security Council meeting, US envoy Samantha Power lied saying:<\/p>\n

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\u201cInstead of listening, instead of heeding the demands of the international community and the rules of the international order, at every step, Russia has come before this Council to say everything except the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has manipulated. It has obfuscated. It has outright lied. So we have learned to measure Russia by its actions and not by its words.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov debunked spurious invasion claims,\u201d saying:<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s not the first time we\u2019ve heard wild guesses, though facts have never been presented so far.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been reports about satellite imagery exposing Russian troop movements.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey turned out to be images from video games. The latest accusations happen to be much the same quality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll react by remaining persistent in our policies to stay bloodshed and give a start to the nationwide dialogue and negotiations about the future of Ukraine, with participation of all Ukrainian regions and political forces, something that was agreed upon in Geneva back in April and in Berlin (in August), yet what is being so deliberately evaded by our Western partners now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On Friday, Vladimir Putin noted clear self-defense forces success against Kiev\u2019s military.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Donbass area fighting poses a \u201cgrave danger\u201d to beleaguered residents, he said.<\/p>\n

He and Lavrov deplore war. They\u2019ve all-out for peaceful conflict resolution since fighting erupted in April.<\/p>\n

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\u201c(O)nce again (he) call(ed) on the Ukrainian authorities to immediately stop military actions, cease fire, sit down at the negotiating table with Donbass representatives, and resolve all the accumulated problems exclusively via peaceful means.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Moscow\u2019s envoy Vitaly Churkin accused Kiev of waging war on its own people.<\/p>\n

\u201cUkrainian forces in defiance of all norms of international humanitarian law and just moral principles are indiscriminately attacking cities, residential areas and infrastructures,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

His comments came on the same day Kiev forces attacked four buses of refugees seeking refuge in Russia. Its dirty war shows no mercy.<\/p>\n

The New York Times is America\u2019s lead source of media misinformation and propaganda.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, it\u00a0headlined<\/a>\u00a0\u201cUkraine Leader Says \u2018Huge Loads of Arms\u2019 Pour in From Russia,\u201d saying:<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2026Russian forces are on the move in Eastern Ukraine\u2026\u201d Its president, Petro Poroshenko, accused Russia \u201cof an invasion to aid the separatists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c(H)is national security council ordered mandatory conscription to help counter what he called an \u2018extremely difficult\u2019 threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Poroshenko lied claiming<\/p>\n

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\u201cColumns of heavy artillery, huge loads of arms and regular Russian servicemen (invaded) Ukraine from Russia through the uncontrolled border area.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMercenaries, along with regular servicemen, (are) trying to overrun positions held by the Ukrainian military.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So-called NATO satellite images were cited as proof. Its web site claimed they show \u201cRussian combat troops inside Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Comprehensive Crisis and Operations Management Centre director Brigadier General Nico Tak lied claiming:<\/p>\n

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\u201cOver the past two weeks we have noted a significant escalation in both the level and sophistication of Russia\u2019s military interference in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe satellite images released today provide additional evidence that Russian combat soldiers, equipped with sophisticated heavy weaponry, are operating inside Ukraine\u2019s sovereign territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fact: No Russian invasion occurred.<\/p>\n

Fact: Claims otherwise are fake.<\/p>\n

Fact: MSM regurgitate official Big Lies.<\/p>\n

Fact: Commercial satellite operator DigitalGlobe provided the satellite images.<\/p>\n

Fact: Both sides use Russian weapons.<\/p>\n

Fact: Donetsk People\u2019s Republic (DPR) Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko said around three to four thousand Russian volunteers are aiding self-defense forces.<\/p>\n

Fact: Many are retired Russian servicemen, he said.<\/p>\n

Fact: Others on active duty used leave time to help \u201cus struggle for our freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fact: Moscow didn\u2019t send them.<\/p>\n

Fact: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Ukrainian monitoring team and Russia\u2019s representative said no Russian forces are present on Ukraine\u2019s border.<\/p>\n

Fact: Claims of a Russian invasion are false, they said.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry exposed a Forgotten Regiment (FR) Russian veterans organization hoax about Russian units involved in Southeast Ukraine fighting.<\/p>\n

According to Ministry spokesman General Igor Konashenkov, FR claims have \u201cno relation to reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have studied the contents of this hoax, and are obliged to disappoint its overseas authors and their few sympathizers in Russia, who have joined forces to publish their \u2018revelation\u2026\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201ccombat ready\u201d infantry, artillery, paratrooper and reconnaissance exist. They\u2019re engaged in routine training exercises in different parts of Russia.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re not involved in Southeastern Ukraine conflict. Claims otherwise are spurious.<\/p>\n

According to Moscow\u2019s permanent EU representative Vladimir Chizhov:<\/p>\n

NATO, Washington and EU states presented no evidence of Russian military involvement in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Misinformation substitutes for hard truths. Often it\u2019s disseminated ahead of important EU meetings.<\/p>\n

This time it precedes an August 30 Brussels summit. Expect more sanctions to follow. Expect Russia to respond in kind.<\/p>\n

Washington Post editors are militantly anti-Russian. On August 28, they\u00a0headlined<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThe West must make Mr. Putin pay for his aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n

They lied claiming Putin<\/p>\n

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\u201csen(t) Russian forces openly into Ukraine in the past 48 hours.\u201d They called doing so \u201ca watershed\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Mr. Putin does not pay a high price for this naked, if still cynically denied, attack on his neighbor, the precedent could sow instability (from) the Baltic Sea\u2026to the South China Sea\u2026, they said.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Despite no evidence whatever of Russian revanchist aims, they accused Putin of wanting control over Southeastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201c(T)he United States and its allies cannot afford to let Mr. Putin break the rules. It is time to hit Russia with the full brunt of financial sanctions\u201d and much more, they said.<\/p>\n

They want Ukraine provided with arms and intelligence. They want military related sales to Russia halted. They want NATO strengthened.<\/p>\n

They ludicrously claimed nations worldwide \u201crely on US leadership and its commitment to the rule of law\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

No country more systematically violates it. None more egregiously. None poses a greater threat to humanity.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t expect WaPo editors to explain. Or their Wall Street Journal counterparts. On August 28, theyheadlined<\/a>\u00a0\u201cPutin Marches Ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

The joined with other MSM scoundrels claiming Russia invaded Ukraine. In February, they accused Moscow of \u201cgrabbing Crimea.\u201d<\/p>\n

They ignored near Crimean unanimity to join Russia. They now accused Russian forces of \u201cfiring artillery at Ukrainian positions from both (their own) territory and inside Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n

They claim Putin\u2019s strategy is \u201cto open a land bridge between Russia and Crimea.\u201d He wants its economy \u201cknit more closely to Russia\u2019s,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

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\u201c(E)scalation\u2026open(ed) up another front for the Ukrainian military as it tries to regain control over the east.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKiev forces will now have to fight on a third front against Russian soldiers and armor.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Journal editors want a \u201cserious response to this serious challenge to Europe\u2019s political order\u2026\u201d They barely stopped short of urging Obama to declare war.<\/p>\n

The risk of direct US-led NATO confrontation grows. Doing so belligerently is madness.<\/p>\n

It risks the unthinkable. It risks potential global war. Deescalating crisis conditions matters most.<\/p>\n

Washington\u2019s imperial agenda undermines it. The worst of all possible outcomes may follow.<\/p>\n

Stephen Lendman<\/strong>\u00a0lives in Chicago. He can be reached at\u00a0lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

His new book as editor and contributor is titled \u201cFlashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/em><\/p>\n

It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Stephen Lendman RINF Alternative News Claims about Russia invading Ukraine are fabricated. Big Lies \u00a0proliferate.\u00a0On Thursday, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki lied saying \u201cwe\u2019re seeing\u2026a pattern of escalating aggression in Ukraine from the Russians and Russian-backed separatists.\u201d \u201cAnd it\u2019s clear that Russia has not only stepped up its presence in eastern Ukraine and intervened directly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-138508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-editorials"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}