China may be getting fed up with continued nuclear bluster from long-time ally North Korea and tilting toward the US.
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“The president said that we have an armada going towards the peninsula. That’s a fact, it happened. … It is happening, rather.»
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Fake: Aided by Islamic Battalion Ukraine Delivers Chemical Weapons to the Middle East
Russian Defense Ministry television channel Zvezda, along with other Russian propagandist sites disseminated a fake story last week claiming that Ukraine was delivering chemical ammunition to the Middle East. These deliveries, Zvezda wrote, are controlled by a 500 member strong Islamic battalion. Website screenshot tvzvezda.ru Zvezda’s source is the deputy defense minister and spokesman for the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic Eduard Basurin, who on April 8, announced that separatist intelligence had uncovered the arrival of an Islamic battalion in the southeastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. The battalion’s job, Basurin claims is to guard an arms depot in the port, which has become a center for illegal arms trade, including chemical weapons. NTV, RBK, Vzglyad, Novostnoy Front and other Russian media all disseminated this story. Website screenshot opcw.org Ukraine signed the Chemical Weapons Convention in 1993; the agreement was ratified in 1998. The treaty outlaws the
Kilde: Fake: Aided by Islamic Battalion Ukraine Delivers Chemical Weapons to the Middle East
Fake: US Accuses Ukraine of Genocide against Its People
Scores of Russian media disseminated a story this week claiming that during a meeting with business leaders US President Donald Trump accused Ukraine of waging genocide against its own people. PolitForum,Sruuss-westi.ru, Vao News, PolitNews, 7dniv.info, Mir and several other Russian sites ran this fake story. Website screenshot Vao News Website screenshot politnews Donald Trump allegedly made this accusation during a business roundtable, which was reported by CNN radio, Russian sites claim. However, CNN never ran such a report anywhere, not on radio, on television or their website. No other US media reported on such a statement by the US president. Had Trump actually said this, it is highly unlikely that other media would not have written about it. Donald Trump did meet with business leaders at the White House on April 4, but Ukraine was not part of the discussion. His appearance is available on the White House YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eGlB7XAE5Q In their
Kilde: Fake: US Accuses Ukraine of Genocide against Its People