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2023-09-15 16:11:19 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4560FB89B942169ABAB91BD027DD7D7B726281AFE57C5450746D6FFEDCF5E076
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The UA = Nazis story is a key Russian propaganda tool. This story is being pushed with, among other things, this photo. As an excuse to invade UA twice, but also to justify war crimes (Bucha). This photo has been posted 30 times on X already https://twitter.com/search?q=poroshenko%20black%20sun&src=typed_query Debunking https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/the-facts-on-de-nazifying-ukraine/ https://rubryka.com/en/article/are-there-nazis-in-ukraine/ https://youtu.be/LxiZKsheim4?si=gwj7aYooVIZuXVAf https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-60853404 https://euvsdisinfo.eu/key-narratives-in-pro-kremlin-disinformation-nazis/ https://euvsdisinfo.eu/nazi-east-nazi-west-nazi-over-the-cuckoos-nest/?highlight=%22cuckoo%22 https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-history-textbook-propaganda/32572916.html https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-is-there-any-truth-to-russias-ukrainian-nazis-propaganda/a-63970461 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine http://archive.today/2023.09.13-040253/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/07/02/world/europe/ukraine-nazis-russia-media.html http://archive.today/2022.03.18-185448/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/17/world/europe/ukraine-putin-nazis.html https://www.jns.org/statement-on-ukraine-by-scholars-of-genocide-nazism-and-world-war-ii/
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