• Updated : Provenance of Photos Showing Atrocities Questioned | Washington Free Beacon

    Titre original (dans l’url) : Exclusive photos show russian military in Ukraine arming separatists (12/02/15 13h15)

    http://freebeacon.com/national-security/exclusive-photos-show-russian-military-in-ukraine-arming-separatists

    New photographs exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon reveal that Russian military forces have been more involved in the arming and training of Ukrainian separatist forces than previously disclosed.


    Russian tanks, soldiers / Photo provided by Sen. Inhofe

    Certaines de ces preuves porteraient à reconsidérer sérieusement la géographie de la plaine du Don…
    Celle-ci est très facilement identifiable et datable d’août 2008.

    Deux heures plus tard (15h11), (première) mise à jour.

    Following publication of this story, serious questions have been raised about the authenticity of some of the photographs provided by Sen. Jim Inhofe (R., Okla.). Several images of the Russian convoys appear to have been taken in 2008, during Russia’s conflict with Georgia. Given the similarities between the earlier images and those provided by the senator’s office, the Washington Free Beacon is investigating further and will update as necessary.

    Les photos ont été fournies par le sénateur (républicain) J. Imhofe, très en pointe pour la livraison d’armes « létales » à l’Ukraine.

    Évidemment, ce n’est pas de sa faute, mais cela résulte d’un malentendu sur la nature de ces photos qui lui avaient été remises par une délégation ukrainienne en décembre.

    Dans la liste de ladite délégation,


    figurent trois commandants de milices, dont S. Semenchenko (bataillon Donbas), Y. Bereza (bataillon Dniepr-1), A. Teretuk (bataillon Myrodvorets). Semenchenko est un habitué des voyages à Washington. Il y est signalé en septembre (http://seenthis.net/messages/294199) et en novembre (pas vu ici, peut-être le même séjour qu’en décembre)
    http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/heres-the-ukrainian-delegation-that-gave-misleading-photos-t

    A delegation consisting of Ukrainian members of parliament, a paramilitary leader, and one Georgetown professor gave a senator’s office photos purportedly of the Russian military invading Ukraine that were later debunked.
    Several photos allegedly showing the Russian military in eastern Ukraine that ran on the Washington Free Beacon on Tuesday were quickly shown to actually be photos from other conflicts, some from years earlier. A spokesperson for Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe told the Free Beacon that the office had procured the photos from a “Ukrainian delegation” in December.

    • Le bataillon Donbas combat à Debaltseve

      ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine : Ukraine cease-fire deadline provokes bitter last-gasp battle | World | The State
      http://www.thestate.com/2015/02/14/3987864_ukraine-cease-fire-deadline-provokes.html

      On Friday, Ukrainian access to the sole highway linking Debaltseve to government-held territory looked to have been compromised with the apparent capture of Lohvynove, a village just to the north. AP reporters on Friday saw the smoldering remains of two Ukrainian army trucks on a road nearby.

      The Donbass Battalion, a unit with Ukraine’s National Guard that is engaged in battles around Lohvynove, said in a statement that captured combatants had confirmed that Russian troops were actively involved in the battles.

    • Ce serait pas la première fois. En mémoire, les images diffusées dans les TJ lors de la guerre en Irak où on voyait un même tank dans les mêmes dunes du désert alors qu’on nous disait autre chose. A croire que tout le monde est Alzheimer :)