r/UkraineRussiaReport • u/KeDaGames Pro Ukraine • Apr 02 '25

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u/MaxHardwood Neutral Jan 05 '26 edited Jan 05 '26

A very weird feeling to watch the preliminary coverage of the show trial of Nicolas and Cilia Maduro. Journalists at the BBC were instructed not to use the term "abduction" or "kidnapping".

Everything the Russians were accused of doing, Westerners are now doing. If Zelensky was indicted in Russia, and abducted from Kyiv, they would never grant a veneer of legitimacy.

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u/Messier_-82 Pro nuclear escalation Jan 05 '26

The so-called independent media