Rashers Tierney

ℙ𝕌ℝ𝔼 ℝ𝕌𝕊𝕊𝕀𝔸ℕ ℂ𝕆ℙ𝔸𝔾𝔸ℕ𝔻𝔸. 1. The "selling weapons to Myanmar" fiction. 🟥Propaganda: Zelenskyy sells weapons to the junta in Myanmar to kill their own. The Reality: Ukraine is currently fighting an existential war of attrition and is practically begging the world for artillery shells and air defense. The idea that a nation rationing ammo is secretly exporting heavy weaponry to a junta in Southeast Asia right now is mathematically and logistically absurd. 🟩The facts: While Ukrainian state companies did have arms contracts with Myanmar in the past, diplomatic relations were suspended after the 2021 military coup. Today, the Myanmar junta's actual primary suppliers of heavy weapons and aircraft are Russia and China. voanews.com/a/un-rights-expe… 2. Conscription vs. "kidnapping to mass murder". 🟥 Propaganda: He kidnaps Ukrainians to mass murder. The Reality: It is called wartime mobilization and conscription. Under martial law, which was triggered by a hostile foreign power invading their sovereign territory, military aged males are drafted to defend their country. 🟩The facts: Every major democracy in history (including the United States and the United Kingdom) has utilized conscription during major conflicts. Framing the legal defense of a nation's borders against an invading force as "kidnapping" is purely manipulative framing designed to undermine Ukraine's right to self defense. Source: A look at how Ukraine's mobilization laws actually work, passed by their parliament: Reuters: Ukraine passes mobilization law. aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/11… 3. The "fascism" and "genocide" bullshit. 🟥 Propaganda: He is balls deep in fascism and supports the extermination of Arabs and Persians. The Reality: Zelenskyy is a democratically elected Jewish president who lost family in the Holocaust. The "Nazi" or "Fascist" label is the literal, debunked pretext Putin used to justify the invasion. 🟩The facts: The claim about Arabs and Persians is completely fabricated to hijack anger over the Middle East and redirect it at Ukraine. In reality, Ukraine has actively sought diplomatic ties and peace summits with the Global South and Arab nations, including holding major peace talks hosted by Saudi Arabia. arabnews.com/node/2641134/sa… 4. Banning opponents, media, and religion. 🟥Propaganda: He bans media, political opponents, and religions that do not grovel. 🟩The reality: Democracies do not tolerate active treason during wartime. ⇒ Media and opponents: Under martial law (which is standard constitutional procedure when a country is actively being bombed and occupied), elections are legally paused. The political parties that were banned were direct, funded proxies of the Kremlin. For example, the OPZZh party was led by Viktor Medvedchuk, whose daughter's godfather is literally Vladimir Putin. ⇒ Religion: Ukraine did not ban "religion." It cracked down on the Moscow affiliated branch of the Orthodox Church because its priests were repeatedly caught hiding weapons, distributing enemy propaganda, and acting as literal artillery spotters for Russian forces. The independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church operates entirely freely. apnews.com/article/kyiv-monk… 5. The "world's biggest money launderer" myth. 🟥Propaganda: He is the world's biggest money launderer and steals hundreds of billions. The Reality: This betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of how foreign aid actually works. The United States and its allies are not handing Zelenskyy pallets of untraceable cash. 🟩The facts: The vast majority of the billions in U.S. military aid never even leaves the United States. It goes directly to American defense contractors in places like Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Texas to build new weapons for the U.S. military, while older, existing U.S. stockpiles are sent to Ukraine. The audits: The U.S. Department of Defense Inspector General, alongside independent watchdogs, continually audits the aid. While wartime corruption risks exist in any nation, repeated audits have found absolutely zero evidence of the widespread diversion or money laundering of U.S. military aid claimed by these conspiracy theories. oig.usaid.gov/our-work/ukrai…