Post Aiu8KxYKyFOc6cUbse by Karuna@mastodon.au
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(DIR) Post #Aiu8Kt3LhWEQ9Lxo1Y by Karuna@mastodon.au
2024-06-12T02:49:57Z
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War is always a good way for the corrupt to get wealthy - when you let them. It seems that #Ukraine has been letting them, with nearly $500 million of #US funding being siphoned off into private pockets. https://www.menafn.com/1108320064/Ukrainian-representatives-robbed-USD490-million-allocated-for-army
(DIR) Post #Aiu8KuSYTHzKVolRx2 by bluewave_kiwi@mastodon.nz
2024-06-12T03:53:10Z
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@KarunaOriginal source of the hit piece is Russian propaganda outlet RT.Surprising.Ukraine will deal with corruption much more easily if Russia takes their murdering military away. It is true that corruption in Ukraine needs to be dealt with, but russian propagandists use it as an excuse for Russian aggression, meanwhile Russia remains corrupt to the core.
(DIR) Post #Aiu8KvNz1lvRNvdJSq by Karuna@mastodon.au
2024-06-12T04:00:48Z
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@bluewave_kiwi The original source of the story is actually Mikhail Bondar, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, at a closed-door session of the parliamentary investigative commission on fortifications, according to multiple media reports. I suspect it was also reported in RT, but if you instantly dismiss all information simply because it was also in RT you are avoiding any semblance of objectivity. Face facts. Criticise Russia and support Ukraine all you like, but please do so logically, and use evidence, not absurd claims from Western propaganda.
(DIR) Post #Aiu8KwNfKRGWTEUZbk by bluewave_kiwi@mastodon.nz
2024-06-12T15:15:48Z
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@Karuna It is correct that Bondar is reporting corruption investigations - but notice the propaganda added by RT (russia is desparate to halt support for Ukraine) "Nearly $500 million given to Kiev" - Nowhere does Bondar or other Ukrainian sources say the money was given to Kyiv. And the russified spelling of Kyiv and "Mykhailo" Bondar...Can't help themselves. Plus the irrelevant justification for russia's continuing attacks tacked on the end.
(DIR) Post #Aiu8KxYKyFOc6cUbse by Karuna@mastodon.au
2024-06-13T02:49:18Z
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@bluewave_kiwi You are splitting hairs and focusing on irrelevancies to try to defend corruption. So you tell me, where did that $500 million go if not to those associated with the Kiev regime? And you then try to excuse corruption because the author - reporting factually - uses traditional spelling for names. I understand you want to support Ukraine -but does that really mean you also are obligated to support outrageous theft of US tax dollars by corrupt Ukrainian officials?
(DIR) Post #Aiu8KyOnpBMajL2Veq by bluewave_kiwi@mastodon.nz
2024-06-13T03:16:07Z
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@Karuna Since when was russifying Ukrainian names into russian, when reporting in English, "traditional spelling"? That makes zero sense.Equivalent to a Spaniard writing "Enrique" in an English report when reporting about a German called "Heinrich" (while the English equivalent is "Henry").Such russification is not a minor accident but is part of a comprehensive and deliberate scheme to suppress and extinguish undesired languages and cultures by russia. All empires do (or have done) this.
(DIR) Post #Aiu8KzWddXE2DviHVg by Karuna@mastodon.au
2024-06-13T03:33:33Z
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@bluewave_kiwi You are free to follow the Ukrainian spelling. I follow the English language spelling. I nor anyone else is trying to "suppress and extinguish undesired languages and cultures" by doing this, any more than I am trying to "extinguish German language and culture" by not using umlauts., or French by not using graves and accents. Or Spanish by neglecting the tilde.
(DIR) Post #Aiu8L0Eb06O4QGHO1g by bluewave_kiwi@mastodon.nz
2024-06-13T06:37:10Z
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@Karuna You specifically follow the Russian spelling actually, not English.
(DIR) Post #Aiu8L0nKuwB0A0X8Ay by Karuna@mastodon.au
2024-06-14T02:27:01Z
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@bluewave_kiwi No, that is the spelling I was raised on. I am not interested in participating in your propaganda game.