by Drago Bosnic at Southfront News
The quote “In war, truth is the first casualty”, often attributed to Ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, perfectly sums up Western policies in Ukraine. As soon as Russia launched its special military operation, the massive Western propaganda machine immediately started parroting about the “unprovoked, brutal invasion of a sovereign country, beacon of freedom and democracy.” Ukraine, previously deemed one of the world’s most corrupt nations, suddenly became “a shining example” of how countries “should conduct themselves”.
Russophobic propaganda is hardly new. Vladimir Putin, the architect of Russia’s return to superpower status, was always deemed “an autocrat” or “a dictator.” Since 2014 and the Western-backed Neo-Nazi coup which brought the Kiev regime to power, this propaganda has exponentially intensified and it reached its peak after February 24. The political West has not only started demanding full compliance with its anti-Russian policies, but has even threatened to impose sanctions on anyone who refused to comply. This has resulted in nearly 80% of the world being called “fence sitters” only because they have refused to take sides in the Western-induced Ukrainian crisis.
The world still remembers, quite vividly, the scale of the still ongoing US aggression against countless countries around the globe, which has resulted in tens of millions of casualties and untold devastation. Yet, the Western mainstream media have been successful in suppressing any information on the US and NATO belligerence or at least sugarcoating any Western aggression as a “necessary evil” supposedly started for “humanitarian purposes.” This is in stark contrast to what they have been doing since February 24. With direct financial backing from the US and other NATO institutions, spreading disinformation about Russia has become the mainstay in Western state-run mass media.
In a speech at a conference dedicated to Ukraine,…
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