🇷🇺🇱🇻 Commentary of the Russian Embassy in Latvia:

"From 5 to 7 December 2022, Donetsk suffered the most heavy artillery shelling conducted by the Ukrainian troops. As a result of this merciless "act of intimidation", which coincidentally occurred on the "Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine", more than 10 civilians were killed by the Kiev regime and about 50 more were seriously injured. This war crime was committed with extreme cruelty: the Ukrainian multiple rocket launchers “Grad” targeted the city center, where civilian facilities, including youth cultural and sports centers, are located.

In the Latvian information field, these tragic events were not covered at all. The local media once again, as if at the behest "from above", diligently avoided the fact that the uncontrolled supply of lethal weapons to the Ukrainian regime leads to dozens of civilians becoming victims of Kyiv shelling on a weekly basis.

Moreover, the most unscrupulous Latvian media show the height of cynicism and hypocrisy, from time to time accusing Russia of carrying out the shelling of residents of its own cities. The ability to technically carry out "self-firing", as well as the arrival vector of missiles, have long been ignored by the disseminators of such "pseudo-truth". It is obvious that some Latvian media in this case are guided by only one principle - the more improbable is the lie, more people will be willing to believe it.

For almost 9 (!) years, the "free" media in Latvia have been diligently ignoring the deaths of people on the other side of the border, justifying criminal attacks on the defenseless. And today, unfortunately, we are witnessing the continuation of this hypocrisy fair, but on a much larger scale."

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https://t.iss.one/rusemblv/4358