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OSCE Ministerial Council: Harsh condemnations of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the blockade of OSCE
Harsh condemnations of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine and Russia's blockade of the OSCE operations were voiced by the speakers at the beginning of the OSCE Ministerial Council today in Skopje. They sent a message that the Russian aggression against Ukraine violates the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe from Helsinki, which is the...
Macedonian PM will not meet Russian FM Sergei Lavrov
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski before the start of the OSCE Ministerial Council that is held in Skopje, said that he would not meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
He noted that each country in its own way sends a message about Russia's unjustified aggression against Ukraine.
Kovachevski hopes that important decisions will be made at the OSCE Ministerial...
It is not true that Russia has defeated Ukraine, nor is it at war with the EU and NATO
The post is spreading disinformation that the Russian military actions on the territory of Ukraine, which took place on 24 February completely unprovoked, are over and that, allegedly, Russia was the winner. The military invasion and the Ukrainian defense, however, are still ongoing and nothing appears to signal that they will end soon. In addition, the post provides disinformation...
The mass media never declared “Ukraine is done with!”, nor should they be blamed for the war victims
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Neither mass media have recognized that “Ukraine is Done With”, nor should journalists be blamed for the thousands of lives lost in Ukraine, as the post claims. The journalists did not encourage the military invasion of Ukraine, Russia did, while Ukraine responded with the support of its Western partners to defend its right to self-defense. In...
Zelensky is not implementing “extremist regime of ethnic cleansing and genocide”
Ukraine is a republic with a presidential-parliamentary system of government, which is defined within the Constitution from 1996. Just before Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow falsely accused Ukraine of genocide against Russian-speaking citizens in the Donbas region. Putin used this narrative to justify the invasion of Ukraine, but with no evidence to support such allegations. Nevertheless, there...
The West did not desire war in Ukraine and Israel
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Western countries did not vote against the “resolution for stopping military actions and attacks between Israel and Palestine”, as the post claims, they just did not support Russia’s resolution to condemn violence and terrorism of civilians, because it did not mention HAMAS attacks and killings of 1,400 civilians in Israel. The post does not want to see the...
Biden’s Administration is not providing military aid to Hamas
The USA and Biden’s administration are not financing Hamas. The USA is sending humanitarian assistance for the civilians in Gaza, but it does not go to the terrorist organization that has several financiers, out of which the main is Iran. The USA declared Hamas a terrorist organization and prosecutes all of its citizens or permanent residents who finance this...
There is no evidence that Ukraine gave weapons to Hamas
Photo: A screenshot from the video
Citing an official announcement of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Ukrainska Pravda writes that Russia was preparing to discredit Ukraine, aiming to influence the allies’ attitude and impact the supply of Western weapons. Security experts for foreign fact-checkers say that Ukraine is in an existential battle against Russia and that there is no reason...
It is not true that all Ukrainian women from 18 to 60 years of age will be mobilized in the war
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The post is sharing untrue information that Ukrainian women will be mobilized in the Army. It refers to a recent legal provision that mandates women with medical or pharmaceutical backgrounds to register for military service starting from 1st October, but unlike men aged 18 – 60, unless they are mobilized, they would not be restricted from leaving Ukraine....
The war or peace decision on Ukraine was not in the hands of NATO or America
The fact that Putin sent a request for NATO not to expand – which was rejected – and such a draft agreement was never signed by NATO, does not shift the military responsibility onto NATO. Stoltenberg, unlike the contents of the post, does not recognize the fact that NATO could have prevented the war provided it put an end...
Photographs cut from a 9-year-old video basis for claims that Prigozhin is alive
Photo: Screenshot from a video
The photographs shared in this Facebook post, in fact, are cut from a video of an event recorded back in 2014. Therefore, claiming that Prigozhin is alive on the basis of these photographs is manipulative, writes Truthmeter.mk.
Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish the text below:
A post on the social network Facebook...
NATO is not at war with Russia, the Alliance is only providing support to Ukraine
Russia is not at war with NATO, hence it cannot be concluded that Russia defeated NATO. NATO condemns Russia’s brutal and unprovoked military aggression in Ukraine, which is an independent and democratic country and a close NATO partner. NATO is not sending weapons directly to Ukraine, but that is done by the member-states individually and that is stated on...
Ukraine is not conscripting persons under 18 years of age; the women are enrolled in the military register, but that does not imply their conscription
Ukraine lowered the age ceiling for military conscription from 27 to 25 years, but does not conscript persons younger than 18. Conscripting children in the Armed Forces is against the law in Ukraine. As far as Ukrainian women are concerned, they have been enrolled in the military register since 1st October 2022, but that does not automatically imply that...
Manipulative post justifies the Russian aggression, falsely claims that Macedonians lost their state
Photo: Screenshot from a video
The post we are fact-checking contains a series of manipulations and untruths by presenting the Russians as some kind of heroes fighting for a piece of land as though it was theirs, without even mentioning the disastrous damages inflicted and the thousand civilian victims suffered by Mariupol because of the Russian aggression. In addition, the...
Ukraine has legally regulated surrogacy, not baby farms
Photo: Screenshot from the video
It is not true that the video calls upon Ukrainian women to transform their uteruses into baby-making machines. One can easily see in the original video that it is intended for foreign families concerned about the surrogacy process in wartime conditions. The post presents surrogate mothers as exploited, although they give their written consent for...
Putin is not a small child whо can be “lured” into attacking Ukraine
Opposed to the claims in the post we are fact-checking, Putin is the one who made a decision – completely unprovoked – to attack the territorial integrity of a sovereign country. In addition, Washington is constantly stressing that Russia can stop the war in Ukraine as soon as tomorrow, provided it withdraws from the territory of Ukraine. This means...
A post manipulates by saying that the Ukrainian Church is not Orthodox and that the peace depends on that
A high 72 percent of the Ukrainians declare themselves Orthodox Christians. Therefore, Orthodox Christianity is predominant in Ukraine and it is not logical to bring something back when it is already there. In addition, the post manipulates by claiming that peace in Ukraine depends on religion, although religion is a stumbling block when it comes to Russia. The resolution...
Manipulative Facebook post justifying Russian invasion in Ukraine at all costs
The entire post is loaded with Russian narratives and manipulations aiming to spread propaganda and justify the Russian military aggression in Ukraine. Ukrainians are not brainwashed, as the post claims, and they are trying to defend their country from Russia. Russia is the one that initiated the war, while the Western countries are just helping Ukraine to protect itself...
NATO was not the instigator of the war in Ukraine
It is not true that NATO is instigating war and that its goal is to fight Russia at the expense of Ukrainian citizens. Such a narrative is part of the Russian propaganda that wants to present Ukraine as a vassal of the Western countries by accepting to go to war against Russia and sacrifice its citizens to fulfill NATO’s...
Petrovska never stated that she declares war on Russia
Had Petrovska ever said such a thing, all of the media would have reported it, both the national and the international media. But such a thing cannot be found in the online space, neither in writing nor in audio form. Indeed, had Petrovska stated such a thing, an appropriate response would have followed from the side that, was declared...
