Posted on 02/24/2022 1:03:00 PM PST by Red Badger
A Russian journalist denied her country was invading Ukraine during an interview with i24NEWS, while footage of the invasion played beside her.
“Let’s get one thing straight, you’re saying troops, however, there has not been any proof of actual troops going into Ukraine,” Moscow journalist Tatiana Kukhareva said on Thursday. Because of this, she said Russia’s actions could not be called an “invasion” and that her government was only attacking “military targets” through airstrikes.
Footage of Russian tanks in Ukraine began playing while Kukhareva spoke, which she did address.
“What you’re showing now, those, unfortunately, the pictures that … cannot be verified that those are troops going into Ukraine,” she said. “There is no verification.”
Russian journalist denies invasion#Moscow journalist Tatiana Kukhareva: ‘You cannot truly classify this as an invasion because there are no troops on the ground’
i24NEWS anchor @JeffSmithi24: ‘You can’t be serious… this is not an invasion?!’#Ukraine #Russia pic.twitter.com/S1R4QsN7el
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) February 24, 2022
CNN’s Matthew Chance documented Russian troops taking over an airport just 15 miles outside of Ukraine’s capital on Thursday morning.
“We are here at the Antonov airport, which is about 25 kilometers, 15 miles or so out of the center. These troops you can see over here, they are Russian airborne forces,” Chance said. “They have taken this airport.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of two separatist-controlled regions in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday and deployed troops to the territories under the pretext of “peacekeeping functions.”
On Thursday morning, Putin announced Russia would begin “a special military operation in Donbas,” which was followed minutes later by reports of explosions in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. Putin said he did not want to occupy Ukraine but “demilitarize and de-Nazify” it.
I was just thinking that!
Now that’s funny. Ok, no troops on the ground, just a lot of truck tires of trucks full of troops...
A FEMALE Baghdad Bobsky.
Mostly peaceful!
As with all the Russian media...and most of ours too.
Auditioning for a job in American media.
“CNN’s Matthew Chance documented Russian troops taking over an airport just 15 miles outside of Ukraine’s capital on Thursday morning.”
May be true, but I wouldn’t believe CNN for anything.
and if there was the Americans would be losing!
Bagdhdad Bubuska.
What’s her FR handle?
A CNN hand-me-down?
My first thought exactly
My thoughts exactly. Unless Biden hires her to replace Psaki.
Well, that’s a relief. The great thing about living in progressive media Lalla Land is that the truth is whatever they say it is and all you have to do is re-imagine what your own lying eyes see.
A Russian version of Babylon Bee?
The fascinating part is that Russia is still denying that an invasion is taking place.
Forget it, she’s on a roll...
The invasion is clearly a disinformation campaign launched by moose and squirrel
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