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2023-10-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

The Russian Foreign Ministry accuses US Secretary of State Blinken of lying about the Babi Yar tragedy

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Posted by badanov 2023-10-01 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [20 views ] Top

#1 Russian Foreign Ministry accuses US Secretary of State Blinken of lying about the Babi Yar tragedy

Didn't the Ukrainians accused Russia of shelling Babi Yar monument in the first days? Turned out to be standard (baseless) Salo Reich propaganda.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-10-01 00:34|| 2023-10-01 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh the Russians did hit the Babi Yar monument early in the conflict, 5 people were killed.
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-699034

Posted by Herb Johnson6409 2023-10-01 01:05|| 2023-10-01 01:05|| Front Page Top

#3 ^A lie. A typical Ukra lie.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-10-01 01:14|| 2023-10-01 01:14|| Front Page Top

#4 The massacre of Jews at Babi Yar and other locations did not fit into the official Soviet version of the war. The Soviets spoke of what they called “The Great Patriotic War” as a historic battle between fascism and communism, playing down the racial and ethnic chauvinism of Nazism.

Silence on Jewish victimhood also avoided difficult questions about the collaboration of ethnic Ukrainians and other Soviet citizens. In the Soviet myth, all citizens were equal victims of Nazi barbarism and could share in the ultimate victory of the Red Army over the German Wehrmacht, the armed forces of the Third Reich.

Tuesday afternoon's missile attack, which was targeting a nearby TV tower, killed five civilians.

Staff were initially unable to access the Babyn Yar site to assess the damage. However, it is now known that the most iconic memorials in the park are unscathed. These include a large menorah, newly built synagogue and a monument honouring the Soviet citizens and prisoners of war who died, which is located closest to the TV tower.

A museum building which was not yet in use caught fire, and there is damage across the 140-acre site, such as burnt and uprooted trees, the BBC has been told.

Posted by Herb Johnson6409 2023-10-01 01:31|| 2023-10-01 01:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Oops forgot the reference

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60588885

Posted by Herb Johnson6409 2023-10-01 01:32|| 2023-10-01 01:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Quoting beeb. Have fun.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-10-01 02:16|| 2023-10-01 02:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Believe anything the Ukrainians say? Yeah, right.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-10-01 02:21|| 2023-10-01 02:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Blinken jokes as he picks up guitar to give faultless rendition of blues classic Hoochie Coochie Man at the State Department: 'If this doesn't clear the house…'

Posted by Skidmark 2023-10-01 03:08|| 2023-10-01 03:08|| Front Page Top

#9 As is often said; "The first casualty when war comes is truth."

~ Hiram Johnson (1866-1945) - a Progressive Republican senator in California.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-10-01 03:27|| 2023-10-01 03:27|| Front Page Top

#10 Every Ukrainian claim that Russia targeted civilians has been shown to be false, by either a combination of civilians ignoring air raid warnings, or Ukrainian SAMs that went stupid, or were poorly aimed.

Posted by badanov 2023-10-01 03:41|| 2023-10-01 03:41|| Front Page Top

#11 On the other hand

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-10-01 04:31|| 2023-10-01 04:31|| Front Page Top

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