• masquenox@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Sorry… just for the record - why was there a Russian war reporter in Ukraine again? Could it perhaps have anything to do with that war Russia caused in Ukraine? Someone please jog my memory for me.

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    Imagine breaking a treaty, invading a country, starting a war, using cluster bombs and then getting angry at the other guy for defending his country with cluster bombs.

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    The Tankies here are hilarious.

    The “reporter” worked for RIA, a state-owned news agency. He was a propagandist, not a reporter.

    There’s no evidence he was killed by cluster munitions beyond Russia’s statement. We’ve seen the accuracy of those from the beginning.

    This is a consequence of Russia’s own actions. They’re to blame for all of this.

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      I see one comment kind of supporting the Russian reporter, and only about the tone of the comments. That’s it. I really don’t see anyone in this comment section really supporting Russia here.

      I 100% agree that this is Russia’s own fault. Don’t put non-soldiers next to soldiers actively fighting in a war, because there’s a good chance they’ll be hit by enemy munitions.

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        There’s one commenter defending Russia. It’s more anti-Ukraine and implying Russia’s innocence (saying they COULD do the same when they already do so much worse).

        But it’s really just the one posting a bunch.

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      They found a copy of Sims 3 along with a letter signed “Illegible” near the body so it had to be the Ukrainians.

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      Even if he was killed by cluster bombs, so what? He’s a Russian on Ukraine soil. That doesn’t make him a combatant per she, but it doesn’t make him a innocent bystander either.

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        Regardless of the situation, a reporter mixed in with enemy combatants isn’t going to get special protections.

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    Aww poor babies. Where was their outrage when Ukrainian civilians were killed by Russia’s use of cluster bombs?

  • Omega@lemmy.world
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    “You’re not allowed to attack us if we have a journalist with us. That’s the rules. Now don’t mind us while we use civilians as target practice.” - Russia

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    Reporters in Russia are propagandists. There is no press freedom in that country, so if you work as a reporter, you are not fulfilling the role of a journalist, but a state sanctioned propagandist.

    A Russian reporter in Ukraine might as well be a part of the armed forces.

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    Russian telegram channels reported without proof the death may be attributed to the way they conduct a documentation.

    They group up with multiple other people, including soldiers, and stay as a group continuously. This is to control that nothing gets shown which should not be visible and have a tight control.

    Apart from the lacking proof I am sceptical this would be required as this news agency is under full Kremlin control, but rational reasoning isn’t required for this authoritarian government.

  • ikidd@lemmy.world
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    Chances are he was shot the back of the head with a Tokarev and they blamed the cluster bombs.