Serbian President Aleksandar VucicBELGRADE, Mar 13The Russian media have become stronger and more active than the Western ones in covering the special operation in Ukraine, said Serbian President Alexander Vučić. «We have people watching all the media, there are Ukrainian TV channels, Russian, English, American, French, German, Chinese. We are the only country where everyone they can watch everything,» the Serbian president said on TV Pink. He clarified that he tries to watch all available TV channels at night, including Chinese broadcasting in English. «There was a brutal campaign against Russians in all Western media long before the start of the war. The “cards” didn’t make it in the first three days, if I can say so, they were shocked by the reaction of the West, the unity of the West and the degree and strength of the sanctions, it hurt them terribly,” Vucic said. “But already on the fourth or fifth day, as far as I can judge from the Russian leadership, I know their reactions, they came to their senses.And now the Russian media are stronger in their media activities and propaganda than all the rest that work 24/7. and all this, but in four or five days … now Russia 24, RTR-Planet, Channel One is a constant coverage of events,» the Serbian leader emphasized and added that the break in RT broadcasting in Serbia was caused by problems with receiving a signal from satellites, but already allowed.Serbs took to the action in support of RussiaRussia 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. 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 Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, but not for the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. As of March 12, more than 3.5 thousand military infrastructure facilities, about 100 aircraft, 61 helicopters, 1159 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 118 multiple launch rocket systems and 126 drones, including the Turkish Bayraktar TB2. The territory around the Chernobyl (mothballed) and Zaporozhye (operating) nuclear power plants was taken under control. Eight years later, the North Crimean Canal was unblocked, and work is underway to restore water supply to the Crimea. The offensive is going on in several directions, Kyiv is blocked from the west, the RF Armed Forces have achieved air supremacy over the whole of Ukraine. Among the Ukrainian side, according to the Russian military department, the losses are many times higher: more than 2,870 killed and about 3,700 wounded. According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as of March 7, 474 civilians were killed and 861 wounded during the conflict. These statistics take into account, among other things, losses in the territories of the DPR and LPR, which, according to UNHCHR estimates, account for 24 dead and 112 injured. Against the backdrop of hostilities in a large number of cities and villages in Ukraine, a humanitarian catastrophe is emerging. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation lays responsibility for this on the Kiev authorities, who refuse to coordinate the work of humanitarian corridors, as well as local nationalists, in some cases, according to the military department, holding civilians as human shields.
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