The American government tells us a story.

She chooses a modern form of digital journalism – “storytelling”.

This conveys information and evaluations in the form of a story.

These can be questions and answers or theses and counter-theses.

This case, announced by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Twitter, is about lies and truth.

About the lies told by Putin's propaganda about the war of annihilation in Ukraine and the truth of the genocidal atrocities committed by the Russian army against Ukrainians.

Michael Hanfeld

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The Americans list nine lies.

The first reads: "For eight years, Russia has been protecting the lives and health of civilians in Ukraine." The US government writes that 14,000 people have died and "1.4 million registered internally displaced persons" are on Russia's conscience with its invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24.

6.5 million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries.

The lie of the ultra right forces

Lie number two is: “Ukraine's far-right political forces, which seized power by unconstitutional means in 2014, have taken military punitive measures against residents of the country's 'Russian-speaking' regions who refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the government.” The truth is: “In 2014, no ultra-right political forces came to power in Ukraine.

Unlike Russian citizens under Putin's autocratic and increasingly repressive rule, Russian speakers in Ukraine are free to exercise their human rights – freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association.

Putin's so-called 'special operation' to supposedly 'liberate' Russian speakers in Ukraine has killed thousands of civilians in mostly Russian-speaking cities like Kharkiv, Kherson and Mykolaiv,

"Evidence of Atrocities"

It goes on and on until lie number nine, which says: "International organizations like the UN and the World Health Organization really should do something about the total disregard for international humanitarian law, the destruction of health facilities and the inhumane treatment of civilians and Russian... Troopers through Ukraine.” What is true, however, is: “In 2014, Russia violently seized Crimea and fomented the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Today, Russia is waging an unprovoked and unjust all-out war against Ukraine.

Among other bombings, Russia used cluster munitions, hit health facilities and other civilian infrastructure, and turned the city of Mariupol into an uninhabitable disaster area.

The United States has determined

that members of the Russian armed forces committed war crimes in Ukraine.

Information from a growing number of cities provides further evidence of atrocities committed by Russian forces.”