More on the media and Ukraine
On truth and betrayal
Today I provide a supplement to my regular twice-weekly commentaries of Tuesday and Friday to follow up on my February 25 commentary, “Russia, Ukraine, and the media,” and my March 1 commentary, “Cuba backs Russia on Ukraine.” In today’s commentary, I write of the continuing support of the media of Russia, Venezuela, and Cuba for the Russian military operation in Ukraine, as a necessary defensive action in response to NATO expansionism and aggression.
In the Russian Spanish-language news outlet Russia Today, the Venezuela state network Telesur, the Cuban television station Cubavision, and the Cuban daily Granma, seven claims were made on March 4. These seven claims are key points that contradict the narrative of the Western mainstream media.
(1) There has been sustained violence against the Russian-speaking population of Donbass since 2014, carried out by the government of Ukraine and nationalist armed groups, also known as neofascist groups. Some 13,000 people have b…