“There is no evidence that weapons are going missing.”
Screenshots of weapons on black market websites; Telegram videos of some Ukrainian soldiers complaining about certain weapons going missing; Vadym Melnyk, Director of Ukraine’s Bureau of Economic Security, admitted in June to Ukraine24 that weapons and aid had been sold; etcetera.
“Furthermore, the issues of US support to Ukraine, the horrific and chaotic situation at the southern border, and the shortage of baby formula are not connected issues.”
Money to one is money which can’t go to another. It also signals DC’s priorities when Ukraine received so much uniparty support, yet trying to get anything done for the Southern border is like pulling teeth.
I could go on.
"Neither the Correctiv publication nor the editors of the Media Detector could find Melnyk's interview with the Ukraine-24 channel of July 5, where he stated this. Also, no other sources contain such a statement by Melnyk. The article in the German edition is, in fact, a literal translation of the news of the Russian media that was massively distributed on July 6. It was in them that Melnyk's statement was quoted and noted that he told the Ukraine-24 channel about this, and there is no link to the interview in both Russian and German media."You will not find Melnyk'x interview on Ukraine 24 where he said this because it is made up. It never happened. Russia state news and propaganda outlets are really good at creating confirmation biases certain audiences want to hear, then disseminating and repeating it across multiple channels.
The major US news outlets serve the status quo above informing the public. That does not mean any alternative or foreign press is automatically telling the truth. Russian state news exists to promote what the Kremlin wants people to hear. As bad as Western news is, Russian state media and propganda is always worse.