CCTV FOLLIES 7.12 China amplifies Russian lies

CCTV cedes editorial direction of Ukraine news to the Kremlin, at times more pro-Russia than the Russians -NATO's expansion is root cause of conflict -Shoigu says Russian cluster bombs are better!

Russia continues to claim “precise” strikes against US/NATO weapons depots and intercept Ukraine-launched cruise missiles. Ukraine claims to launch attack on Bakhmut. (All images below courtesy of Russian Defense Ministry.)

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, the nemesis of Wagner’s unruly chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, is back in the news! CCTV quotes him saying that the US introductions of cluster weapons is a dangerous move that puts civilian at risks.

Compare that with Russia Today’s summary of the same interview:

Shoigu: “If the US supplies cluster munitions to Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces will be compelled to use equivalent weapons against the Ukrainian forces, by way of response. It should be noted that Russia has cluster munitions, as they say, for all occasions. They are much more effective than American ones, their range is broader and more diverse.”

CCTV uses file footage of US soldiers handling cluster munitions but you won’t see any pictures of Russians doing the same as …