Who's telling the truth on the Ukraine conflict? - Inside Story - Al Jazeera English

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With tensions running high over a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, all sides have accused each other of spreading misinformation and propaganda.
Moscow has long accused Ukraine of 'genocide' against Russian speakers in the east.
The U.S. called the claim 'a reprehensible falsehood', but Washington has also faced criticism for warning of an imminent attack.
So who will win the battle for public opinion?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests:
Lada Roslycky - Founder, Black Trident Defense and Security Consulting Group.

Richard Sakwa - Professor of Russian and European Politics, University of Kent.

Peter Zalmayev - Executive Director, Eurasia Democracy Initiative.

[SheltieLover]

1. I trust Joe.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Oh, same here! And he has intelligence not available to the public...

[SheltieLover]

6. Absolutely!

[harumph]

2. Well the "outside" story

verifiable by satellite (both military and commercial) is that about 100K Russian troops
are massed on the Ukrainian border and some are in Belarus. How do I know if
Putin is lying? He's moving his mouth.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. I know, I've seen the maps. Yet life goes on in Ukraine.

What are the chances that Putin will back down? I think he's proven that's not in his repertoire...

[L. Coyote]

8. If the only real objective is to raise the price of oil 50%, Putin already won.

Why would he screw up his own victory by starting a war?

Link to tweet

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3. "The first casualty when war comes is truth." - Senator Hiram Johnson (R-Ca), 1918

[captain queeg]

5. Molke said something to the effect that all plans fall apart as soon as the shooting starts.

Eisenhower knew that but said you still have to make the best plans you can. I think they were both correct and if a war starts who knows how it’ll go.

[llashram]

9. ok

Ukraine has their truth, Russia has its truth, US-Nato has their truth...what is the truth besides Putin being exKGB, a fascist and wanting to put Mother Russia back together again?