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President Biden’s top national security advisor Jake Sullivan played fast and loose with the facts on Ukraine. At some points he claimed things Ukrainian frontline soldiers would laugh at.
Nov. 20
Germany
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that German fuel prices are awful because Berlin and Europe stopped buying cheap Russian gas. But the data clearly dispels her claims.
Nov. 9
China
Social media got terribly excited by a video of an Asian man in a Russian uniform “[expressing] surprise at the variety and abundance of food provided,” only he wasn’t.
Nov. 4
Zelensky
Ukraine’s President Zelensky said fighting Russia is tough when nine out of every ten bucks’ worth of US arms promised this year haven’t shown up – the Pentagon numbers seem to support the claim.
Oct. 31
Top News
A new BRICS currency is unlikely to work due to differences in economies, but Russia is developing other financial instruments to avoid the US dollar and dependence on the West.
Oct. 30
Biden
The White House position only makes sense if you don’t look at where the Russians are, how the Ukrainians have been hitting them, and what an ATACMS missile can do.
Oct. 24
War in Ukraine
It seems pretty clear the modern Russian jet crashed and the two-man crew died. But actual hard evidence that a Ukrainian pilot flying a US-made fighter made the shot, is pretty thin.
Oct. 14
Europe
Trump told prospective Georgia voters the US is getting taken for a ride but European support to Ukraine outmatches the US by practically all metrics.
Sep. 25
Propaganda
Russian propagandists are trying to create narrative about ineffectiveness of F-16s through fakes and manipulating the words of US Air Forces in Europe commander.
Sep. 21
Top News
General Oleksandr Syrsky in a CNN interview fudged the situation on the ground somewhat. But his claims that Russia’s Donbas offensive is slowing down or stalling seem reasonable.
Sep. 6
Economy
A Russian media outlet quoted an economist stating Ukraine will lower the price of land in the new debt agreement – which simply cannot happen due to the nature of a bond in any country.
Jul. 21
Crimea
Russian media cited unnamed social media reports of the sighting of at least four F-16 fighters, having taken off from Romania, making test flights over the western Black Sea.
Jul. 19
Energy
In short, very bad. Ukraine has lost more than half its pre-war energy capacity, and with questions over the feasibility of protecting Ukraine’s power plants, alternative solutions are vital.
Jul. 6
Energy
A wave of Ukrainian kamikaze drones struck and set afire another oil refinery in western Russia on Friday, but local officials said there was no damage, and the blaze was “a grass fire.”
Jul. 5
Social media
Evidence of actual damage to Ukrainian aircraft is pretty thin, but signs of image manipulation and Kremlin-style disinformation tactics are a lot stronger.
Jul. 2
President Biden’s top national security advisor Jake Sullivan played fast and loose with the facts on Ukraine. At some points he claimed things Ukrainian frontline soldiers would laugh at.
Nov. 20