DEEP DIVE — The primary bulletins hit late within the night of February 23, 2022 within the U.S., and simply earlier than daybreak on the twenty fourth in japanese Europe: Russian troops had crossed into Ukraine; Russia was firing missiles and dropping bombs on Ukrainian cities; and Russian chief Vladimir Putin had introduced a “particular army operation” to “defend the folks” of japanese Ukraine from what he referred to as a “genocide” being carried out by the “Nazi” authorities in Kyiv. The “denazification” and “demilitarization” of Ukraine have been Putin’s causes for launching the invasion, he mentioned, although he additionally mentioned his troops have been getting into Ukraine as “peacekeepers.”
It was a parade of falsehoods backed by large power – the start of the biggest battle in Europe since World Conflict II.
