pelikan

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You should be aware that despite his claims, Skiluros is not from Ukraine, and more precisely, not from the region he claims to be from. Most likely, he has never been there, as he fails to recognize some basic local jokes (check our conversation in this thread). He's just a NAFO troll who pretends to be Ukrainian so that some unaware people will take his crap more seriously.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Well, that's a fair point.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

However, let it be noted that the post is in violation of the sidebar rules

This is certainly a valid point, however, your words are equally true of PhilipTheBucket's original report where they are also fully a third-party.

Are you also claiming that PhilipTheBucket acted in bad faith? Would you report both posts (if you'll finaly decide to take an action), not just this one? Could you please clarify your position if your answer is "no".

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

This apt observation helps to understand why no one takes this “free world” seriously anymore and why the Global South and BRICS are on the rise.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago

The article's headline falsely equates Russian dissidents with shills on USAID payroll.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (14 children)

Try debunking Western narratives on Tienanmen Square or the Uyghurs on db0 or bunch of other instances. You will quickly find that echo chamber that exists on the other side is not just a fantasy.

And so what? The fact that Lemmy is a decentralized community, with instances owned and populated by people from all over the world with different worldviews, is actually the main advantage that Lemmy has over Reddit. The tendence of Lemmyverce to split into a few separated echo chambers is actually a cancer that is slowly killing Lemmy, and it doesn’t matter whether what is enforcing that cancer is pro-China or pro-EU.

 

Mali announced Sunday that it is cutting off diplomatic relations with Ukraine following an admission of Ukrainian involvement in a recent deadly terrorist attack in the West African country.

"The transitional government of the Republic of Mali has learned, with deep shock, of the subversive remarks by which Mr. Andriy Yusov, the spokesperson for the Ukrainian military intelligence agency, has admitted Ukraine's involvement in a cowardly, treacherous and barbaric attack by armed terrorist groups which resulted in the deaths of elements of the Malian defense and security forces in Tinzaouaten, as well as material damage," said government spokesman Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga in a statement.

The Malian army admitted on Monday a high death toll following clashes in Tinzaouaten in the north of the country, while the Russian-affiliated Wagner Group supporting the Malian army had confirmed Russian losses and the death of a commander following heavy fighting there.

The comments were reinforced by Yurii Pyvovarov, Ukraine's ambassador to Senegal, who openly and unequivocally displayed his country's support for international terrorism, particularly in Mali, according to Maiga.

Maiga said Ukrainian officials have done worse by announcing that there are “more results to come.”

"These extremely serious accusations, which have not been denied, show the Ukrainian government's official support for terrorism in Africa, in the Sahel, and more specifically in Mali," he declared.

The remarks by Yusov and Pyvovarov "constitute acts of terrorism and an apology for terrorism," he added.

The Malian government has therefore decided to break off diplomatic relations immediately, to refer the matter to the competent judicial authorities, and to take the necessary measures to prevent any destabilization of Mali from African states, in particular from Ukrainian embassies in the sub-region, by terrorists disguised as diplomats, and to formally alert regional and international bodies as well as states that support Ukraine to the fact that this country has openly and publicly displayed its support for terrorism.

Mali considers support for Ukraine "as support for international terrorism" and an aggression which is part of "the broader pattern of certain actors who actively support and instrumentalize terrorist groups in the region.”

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