Russian Embassy in Washington. File photoWASHINGTON, Mar 17 Moscow is calling on Washington to stop spreading false information and engage in objective coverage of events in Ukraine, the Russian Embassy in the United States said on its Telegram channel, commenting on publications in the US media about the alleged infliction by Russian troops airstrike on the building of the theater in Mariupol.
"We draw your attention to the ongoing disinformation campaign in the American media about what is happening in Ukraine. Another example was the fake circulated in the local press about the alleged involvement of the Russian Armed Forces in the attack on the Mariupol Drama Theater… We urge you to stop lying and start objective coverage of events in Ukraine", the Russian diplomatic mission said in a comment.
The embassy suggested that those who are “really interested in truthful information” about the events taking place in Ukraine be guided by Russian resources, in particular, data from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Russian Embassy in Washington. In addition to its statement, the diplomatic mission published a screenshot from the page CNN TV channel, which previously published accusations against Moscow of allegedly striking a drama theater. Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the accusations of the Kiev regime in allegedly inflicting an air strike by the Russian Federation on the building of a drama theater in Mariupol, where civilians could be held hostage, are not true — Russian aviation did not carry out any strikes against ground targets. According to the ministry, it was previously known from refugees who had escaped from Mariupol that the Nazis of the Azov Battalion could hold civilians hostage in the theater building, using the upper floors as firing points. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DNR and LNR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian President emphasized. to be and remain Russia