Dear readers! I hate to say this, but when on July 7 you read the article "Will the West let Ukraine die?" by Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post, you got robbed. The author bluntly stole your right to truthful information.
He ruthlessly cleaned you out by his naked lies. You were stripped to the skin in front of the reality, which needs to be faced with at least some elementary knowledge.
This new Christopher Columbus said he had discovered "a Russian military base" in Eastern Ukraine "equipped with T-72 tanks, barracks, communications equipment and even a parade ground". Isn't it strange? A June 30 OSCE press release said no military movement was observed in the conflict zone. Check it out!
Mr Diehl is dreaming of "9,000 Russian soldiers" deployed in Eastern Ukraine, "ready to launch another offensive".
Sure, he knows better than Viktor Muzhenko, chief of the General Staff and commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, who recently admitted the absence of Russian regular forces there. His interview was aired on Ukraine's Channel 5 TV. Strange, isn't it?
An offensive against Ukraine? Maybe the other way round. Militaristic rhetoric is so loud in Kiev that only Mr Deaf refuses to hear it. By the way, the eastern cities of Donetsk and Luhansk are still being heavily shelled day after day, in spite of the Minsk Agreement.
Oh yes, the Minsk Agreement! In his lovely piece of fantasy, our Mr Truth accuses Russia of disregard for the peace plan known as Minsk 2.
Sorry to disappoint the fanciful writer, but Russia is not a party to the civil war in Ukraine, which has been branded by the International Committee of the Red Cross as "a military conflict of non-international character". As to Minsk 2 violators, they do exist, but they live elsewhere, such as in Kiev.
Access to truth is a basic human right. The presentation of lies is a matter of grave concern.
Kirill Barsky
Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Thailand