“Vladimir Putin falsely claims that Russian speakers in the Donbas have been victims of genocide - a key justification for his invasion of Ukraine...In turn, Ukraine accuses Moscow of committing genocide against the Ukrainian people with the indiscriminate bombing and shelling.”
Note how only one is worded as “falsely claims”, and the other is “accuses”.
For Trump supporters, the term “falsely claims” should ring a bell, after the 2020 election...and in the case of the election, and given 2000 Mules, we now know, for certain, that there is substance behind Trump’s ‘false claim’, which is why they feel the need to keep using terms like ‘false claim’, a preemptive way to discredit a claim, without having to actually discredit it.
So, as to Ukraine, both claims are false (Zelensky would be perfectly happy with racially purifying his country by driving out the Russian speakers into other countries; While if Russia wanted a genocide, there wouldn’t any Ukrainians alive today). But did Putin really use the word ‘genocide’? I’d be interested in finding out, as I don’t know either way, except that Putin is very careful with his choice of words.
I know people there. That wasn’t false. They’ve been systematically murdered and raped for years.
anytime our media makes sure to include opinion that something is false or debunked, I pretty much assume the opposite as a starting point.