#evabartlett

nowisthetime@pod.automat.click

#EvaBartlett's Telegram channel earlier today a thought provoking account from #Donbass militia soldiers that she interviewed this month. The film is about 12 minutes in duration

The channel source: https://t.me/wyattreed13/115

Eva's description:
While in the DPR in October, I went to a front line outpost 70 m from Ukrainian forces in Avdeevka, according to the Donbass commanders I spoke with.

While many in the West think that this conflict started in February 2022, those following events since 2014 are aware of the origins of the conflict & the sacrifices which the people of the Donbass republics have endured, particularly those fighting to protect their families and loved ones.

Just as the heroes of the Syrian Arab Army (https://www.rt.com/op-ed/429168-syri...-private-ryan/) were maligned, so too have Donbass forces been maligned by Western media, though both are defending their homelands from terrorist forces trained and funded by the West. Terrorists, given the freedom to commit endless atrocities against Donbass civilians.

These defenders—many living in dank trench conditions, under constant Ukrainian shelling—didn't chose war, they responded to it, to protect their loved ones & their future. In spite of over 8 years of being warred upon by #Ukraine, they retain their #humanity.

tord_dellsen@diasp.eu

#NarrativeControl

I've been interested in the developments in the #media since after the invasion of #Ukraine. It seems to me that the west is trying hard to control the #narrative in it's own countries. I see different ways that this is done:

Please comment if you have suggestions for improving the list, or more examples

PS: In addition to these #restrictions on journalists, there must be a lot of initiatives to strengthen the #narrative that the west is itself creating, but i don't know much about those

tord_dellsen@diasp.eu

Civilians Fled Ukraine's Shelling of Popasnaya For Safety in Stakhanov, But Ukraine Bombs There Too

On June 24, I went with journalist Roman Kosarev to Popasnaya, a Lugansk People's Republic front line city that had been liberated a month prior but was still being pounded by Ukrainian shelling, including when we were there.

We also went to Stakhanov, a city to the east, where many refugees from Popasnaya and other regions being shelled by Ukraine have taken shelter.

Ukraine is targeting that city, too. So, these fleeing civilians find no peace and continue living a nightmare of endless bombing.

On July 3, Russia's Ministry of Defence announced that all of the Lugansk People's Republic has been liberated from Ukrainian forces.

After 8 years of Ukraine's war on the people of the Lugansk & Donetsk republics, the liberation of the LPR is a victory which corporate owned media will downplay or ignore, but for the people it means a massive step towards a return to peace and stability.

But even with this positive development, the tragic reality is that Ukraine continues to bomb civilian areas, with no military target, the only purpose being to kill and maim more people in the Donbass republics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3H2zrrW3Dk

#Lugansk #Ukraine #Russia #EvaKBartlett #EvaBartlett

sylviaj@joindiaspora.com