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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • While nothing here is technically untrue, but it’s on purpose misleading

    It was the most dangerous instance, but far from the only one. Kyiv also swiftly blamed Russia for the attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines last September, a charge repeated by European officials, print media, and countless talking heads on U.S. television, before Western officials all but absolved Moscow and evidence emerged that Europe and the United States had had advance knowledge of a Ukrainian military plot for the attack.

    There’s no proof that the plot was actually carried out, just the knowledge of it existed several months prior to the sabotage.

    There’s also no mention of the Kakhovka dam explosion that Ukraine claimed to be Russian doing, while Russia falsely blamed on Ukraine. Later photos confirmed explosives being brought from the Russian side

    The average reader, as a result, is left with little reason to doubt [the] claims.

    Indeed, this article makes it seem like Ukraine always lies and should not be trusted. The truth, of course, is much more complex