Propaganda speculates on topic of “dead children of Donbas” to justify Russia’s crime
On July 27, russia and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine marked the so-called “day of remembrance for children victims of the war in Donbas.” A series of propaganda events were held, widely covered by media controlled by the occupying forces.
▫️ In these reports, propagandists promote a false narrative of “Ukrainian aggression,” cynically distorting the causes and consequences of the war. They publicly mourn “the children of Donbas” while deliberately ignoring the fact that since the start of russia’s full-scale invasion, at least 640 Ukrainian children have been killed and over 2,000 injured in russian terror attacks.
By exploiting the narrative of “innocent children of Donbas,” russia attempts to deflect attention from its own crimes and shift responsibility for a war it started back in 2014. It was russia that brought war to Ukrainian soil — and it is russia that bears full responsibility for the deaths of civilians, including children, in Donbas.
