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==Russia-Ukraine war==
==Russia-Ukraine war==
{{See also|Russia-Ukraine war}}
{{See also|Russia-Ukraine war}}
[[File:NATO Superman.PNG|right|300px|thumb|NATO propaganda: A NATO Superman promises a young girl they will protect her from the big bad evil Russians in a children's comic book distributed in schools.<ref>https://youtu.be/0ZKwdjocVNY?t=336</ref>]]
In their drive to stoke hostilities between [[the West]] and Russia, corporate media ignored the fact that the U.S. and NATO forces have been supporting openly Neo-Nazi paramilitaries in Ukraine for many years. A MintPress study of the op-ed pages of ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'' and ''The Wall Street Journal'' found that only one of 91 articles published in January 2022 mentioned this connection at all, with far more asserting that Vladimir Putin himself is Hitler incarnate. Around 90% of opinion columns pushed a “get tough on Russia” message, with anti-war voices few and far between.<ref>https://www.mintpressnews.com/279612-2/279612/</ref> “People who take at face value the Western media coverage would have a very distorted perception of the Ukraine conflict and its origin,” Ivan Katchanovski, Professor of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, told MintPress, adding:
In their drive to stoke hostilities between [[the West]] and Russia, corporate media ignored the fact that the U.S. and NATO forces have been supporting openly Neo-Nazi paramilitaries in Ukraine for many years. A MintPress study of the op-ed pages of ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'' and ''The Wall Street Journal'' found that only one of 91 articles published in January 2022 mentioned this connection at all, with far more asserting that Vladimir Putin himself is Hitler incarnate. Around 90% of opinion columns pushed a “get tough on Russia” message, with anti-war voices few and far between.<ref>https://www.mintpressnews.com/279612-2/279612/</ref> “People who take at face value the Western media coverage would have a very distorted perception of the Ukraine conflict and its origin,” Ivan Katchanovski, Professor of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, told MintPress, adding:
{{quotebox-float|"They omit or deny that there is a civil war in Donbas even though the majority of scholars who [have] published or presented concerning this conflict in Western academic venues classify it as a civil war with Russian military intervention. The Western media also omitted that recent ‘unity marches’ in Kharkiv and Kyiv and a staged training of civilians, including a grandmother, were organized and led by the far right, in particular, the [[Azov Battalion|Neo-Nazi Azov [Battalion].]]”<ref>https://twitter.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1490034084600594436</ref>}}
The [[liberal media]] reported that Russia -- which [[Leftists]] despise because it opposes the [[homosexual agenda]] and is [[pro-life]], and [[neoconservatives]] despise because it opposes their pet projects in the [[Middle East]] and [[Central Asia]] -- would attack Ukraine on February 16, 2022, which did not happen.<ref>https://www.voanews.com/a/on-day-russia-was-meant-to-invade-ukrainians-go-about-their-affairs/6443905.html</ref>
Virtually all the [[fake news]] stories came from the mouth of Volodomyr Zelensky.
On March 10, 2022 [[Facebook]] and [[Instagram]] reversed longstanding policies and approved open support for [[Nazism]] on their platforms and modified [[violent]] [[hate speech]] restrictions to allow advocating death to Russians.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/10/facebook-and-instagram-say-it-is-okay-to-support-nazism-in-ukraine-and-they-modify-terms-allowing-advocacy-for-death-to-russians/</ref>
===Nazi insignia===
[[File:Wolfsangel.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukrainian flag with Nazi SS Wolfsangel insignia. Ukranian Nazis served in the Nazi SS Galacia Division to fight against Russia in [[World War II]] and are known for horrific atrocities against Russian, [[Polish]], and [[Jewish]] civilians.<ref>https://spzh.news/en/zashhita-very/68324-ss-galichina-uniaty-kholokost-i-zhizny-v-sostojanii-lzhi</ref>]]
[[File:Wolfsangel.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Ukrainian flag with Nazi SS Wolfsangel insignia. Ukranian Nazis served in the Nazi SS Galacia Division to fight against Russia in [[World War II]] and are known for horrific atrocities against Russian, [[Polish]], and [[Jewish]] civilians.<ref>https://spzh.news/en/zashhita-very/68324-ss-galichina-uniaty-kholokost-i-zhizny-v-sostojanii-lzhi</ref>]]
Conducting a civilian training operation in the middle of the Donbas city of Mariupol while a crowd of Western journalists looked on, Azov units showed locals how to use rifles. The image of a silver-haired, 79-year-old “babushka” staring down the sights of an [[AK-47]] went viral around the world, allowing the media to construct an “everyone in brave Ukraine is doing their part to oppose an imminent Russian invasion” narrative. The story was covered by a host of outlets, including [[ABC News]], [[MSNBC]], [[Newsweek]], the [[BBC]], ''[[The Guardian]]'' and The Financial Times, as well as by media in [[Ireland]], [[Australia]], [[Israel]], [[Denmark]], [[Thailand]] and [[Indonesia]]. Images from the training day featured on the front cover of six national British newspapers on February 14, 2022.
Conducting a civilian training operation in the middle of the Donbas city of Mariupol while a crowd of Western journalists looked on, Azov units showed locals how to use rifles. The image of a silver-haired, 79-year-old “babushka” staring down the sights of an [[AK-47]] went viral around the world, allowing the media to construct an “everyone in brave Ukraine is doing their part to oppose an imminent Russian invasion” narrative. The story was covered by a host of outlets, including [[ABC News]], [[MSNBC]], [[Newsweek]], the [[BBC]], ''[[The Guardian]]'' and The Financial Times, as well as by media in [[Ireland]], [[Australia]], [[Israel]], [[Denmark]], [[Thailand]] and [[Indonesia]]. Images from the training day featured on the front cover of six national British newspapers on February 14, 2022.
This was all despite the fact that the Wolfsangel insignia of the many Azov soldiers instructing the grandmother is clearly visible in a number of the images. The Wolfsangel was the crest of the infamous [[SS]] brigades, [[Hitler]]’s elite paramilitary units that carried out the extermination of millions of people (including countless Ukrainians) in Nazi death camps across Europe. The image is widely used by Neo-Nazi groups in the U.S. and is considered a hate symbol by the [[Anti-Defamation League]]. Azov’s original commander, politician Andriy Biletsky, has stated that he sees Ukraine’s mission as to “lead the white races of the world in a final crusade against [[Semite]]-led subhumans.” None of the outlets above mentioned the fact that they were profiling Neo-Nazis.<ref>https://www.mintpressnews.com/documents-reveal-us-ned-spent-22m-promoting-anti-russia-narrative-ukraine/279734/</ref>
This was all despite the fact that the Wolfsangel insignia of the many Azov soldiers instructing the grandmother is clearly visible in a number of the images. The Wolfsangel was the crest of the infamous [[SS]] brigades, [[Hitler]]’s elite paramilitary units that carried out the extermination of millions of people (including countless Ukrainians) in Nazi death camps across Europe. The image is widely used by Neo-Nazi groups in the U.S. and is considered a hate symbol by the [[Anti-Defamation League]]. Azov’s original commander, politician Andriy Biletsky, has stated that he sees Ukraine’s mission as to “lead the white races of the world in a final crusade against [[Semite]]-led subhumans.” None of the outlets above mentioned the fact that they were profiling Neo-Nazis.<ref>https://www.mintpressnews.com/documents-reveal-us-ned-spent-22m-promoting-anti-russia-narrative-ukraine/279734/</ref>
[[File:Kinzinger fake news.PNG|right|300px|thumb|U.S. Congressman [[Adam Kinzinger]] of the [[J6 witchhunt]] fell for the lie posting a fake image showing a pilot with American comedian Sam Hyde’s face.]]
[[File:Reuters - Ukrainians repel Russians with paintball guns.PNG|right|300px|thumb|According to ''Reuters'', Ukrainian forces repelled Russians in the Sumy region with paintball guns.<ref>https://youtu.be/jua0F4ovHvQ</ref>]]
The [[liberal media]] reported that Russia -- which [[Leftists]] despise because it opposes the [[homosexual agenda]] and is [[pro-life]], and [[neoconservatives]] despise because it opposes their pet projects in the [[Middle East]] and [[Central Asia]] -- would attack Ukraine on February 16, 2022, which did not happen.<ref>https://www.voanews.com/a/on-day-russia-was-meant-to-invade-ukrainians-go-about-their-affairs/6443905.html</ref>
The [[liberal media]] reported that Russia -- which [[Leftists]] despise because it opposes the [[homosexual agenda]] and is [[pro-life]], and [[neoconservatives]] despise because it opposes their pet projects in the [[Middle East]] and [[Central Asia]] -- would attack Ukraine on February 16, 2022, which did not happen.<ref>https://www.voanews.com/a/on-day-russia-was-meant-to-invade-ukrainians-go-about-their-affairs/6443905.html</ref>
===Wikipedia===
On March 1, 2022 the Russian government threatened to block [[Wikipedia]] because of the false information in its article, "Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (2022)". On March 31, Roskomnadzor threatened Wikipedia with a fine of up to 4 million rubles "for not deleting unreliable socially significant materials, as well as other prohibited information" about the incursion. On April 4, 2022 a member of the Public Chamber of Russia, Ekaterina Mizulina, asked the Prosecutor General's Office and Roskomnadzor to charge Wikipedia with a criminal offense in connection with the dissemination of information about the "special operation". On the same day, Roskomnadzor sent a request to the Wikipedia administration to remove information from 5 articles: "Battle for Kiev (2022)", "War crimes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine", "Shelling of a hospital in Mariupol", "Destruction of the Mariupol Theater (2022)"and "Butch Massacre".
===Facebook hate speech===
On March 10, 2022 [[Facebook]] and [[Instagram]] reversed longstanding policies and approved open support for [[Nazism]] on their platforms and modified [[violent]] [[hate speech]] restrictions to allow advocating death to Russians.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/10/facebook-and-instagram-say-it-is-okay-to-support-nazism-in-ukraine-and-they-modify-terms-allowing-advocacy-for-death-to-russians/</ref>
On March 10, 2022 [[Facebook]] and [[Instagram]] reversed longstanding policies and approved open support for [[Nazism]] on their platforms and modified [[violent]] [[hate speech]] restrictions to allow advocating death to Russians.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/10/facebook-and-instagram-say-it-is-okay-to-support-nazism-in-ukraine-and-they-modify-terms-allowing-advocacy-for-death-to-russians/</ref>
{{Anchor|Ghost of Kyiv}}
{{Anchor|Ghost of Kyiv}}
===Ghost of Kyiv===
===Ghost of Kyiv===
[[File:Ghost Kiev.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
[[File:Kinzinger fake news.PNG|right|300px|thumb|U.S. Congressman [[Adam Kinzinger]] of the [[J6 witchhunt]] fell for the lie posting a fake image showing a pilot with American comedian Sam Hyde’s face.]]
[[File:Ghost Kiev.jpg|left|300px|thumb|]]
A video of a Ukrainian fighter pilot dubbed the “Ghost of Kiev/Kyiv” showed a jet supposedly shooting down multiple Russian fighter jets, causing several casualties. Social media users were quick to champion the pilot as a “hero” despite the video actually tracing its origins to a video game. The video was created with the 2008 game “Digital Combat Simulator” and was first shared via YouTube, where the original poster acknowledged the footage was from a simulator.<ref>https://gamerant.com/ghost-of-kyiv-ukraine-video-fake-digital-combat-simulator/</ref> ''The New York Times'' tweeted: "Viral stories like the Ghost of Kyiv — a Ukrainian pilot who supposedly single-handedly shot down several Russian fighter jets — are of questionable veracity. But they're a key part of Ukraine's war plan, experts say, as it tries to keep morale high."<ref>https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1499516258781437953</ref>
A video of a Ukrainian fighter pilot dubbed the “Ghost of Kiev/Kyiv” showed a jet supposedly shooting down multiple Russian fighter jets, causing several casualties. Social media users were quick to champion the pilot as a “hero” despite the video actually tracing its origins to a video game. The video was created with the 2008 game “Digital Combat Simulator” and was first shared via YouTube, where the original poster acknowledged the footage was from a simulator.<ref>https://gamerant.com/ghost-of-kyiv-ukraine-video-fake-digital-combat-simulator/</ref> ''The New York Times'' tweeted: "Viral stories like the Ghost of Kyiv — a Ukrainian pilot who supposedly single-handedly shot down several Russian fighter jets — are of questionable veracity. But they're a key part of Ukraine's war plan, experts say, as it tries to keep morale high."<ref>https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1499516258781437953</ref>