President on propaganda war against Ukraine: Every day all of Russia’s TV channels broadcast torrents of lies

“Moscow’s hybrid war also includes covert operations and hacker attacks against Ukrainian institutions and critical civilian infrastructure. This kind of Russian activity is by now well-known far beyond Ukraine’s borders,” President Petro Poroshenko noted at the United Nations General Assembly Debate on agenda item 67 “The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine”.

“In addition, Russia wages unprecedented propaganda war against Ukraine – a war that has actually started before the first victims died on Kyiv’s Maidan square. Every day, with no pause or consideration for holidays and weekends, all of Russia’s major TV channels broadcast torrents of lies and fake news about Ukraine,” Petro Poroshenko emphasized.

He added: “These lies especially target the population of occupied territories, where the Ukrainian TV and radio channels are being blocked”.

“It’s a virtual state-run hate machine working 24/7. Ukraine is topic #1, #2 and #3 in the Russian news and talk-shows.They treat Ukraine as a domestic, not foreign issue,” the Head of State noted.

“Five years ago, this war began under the pretext of defending Russian-speakers in Ukraine. It goes on now under the pretext of defending the Orthodox believers. President Putin publicly confirmed his readiness to use military force for this purpose in response to Ukraine creating its own independent Orthodox church,” Petro Poroshenko said.

According to the Head of State, by continuing its undeclared war against Ukraine, the Kremlin desperately keeps trying to convince the international community that it is not a party to the conflict. “It says, it is Ukraine’s internal conflict, where Russia is only an objective and impartial mediator,” he said.

“It is a truly twisted reality that the Russian Federation tries to spread. Some may be tempted to go along with the Russian narrative for the sake of political convenience. I stand here today to let you know that we will not let the lies prevail,” Petro Poroshenko stated.

“We will fight tooth and nail to prevent any and all attempts to present the Russian aggressive behavior towards my country as anything else but what they actually are – a war waged in plain sight of the international community,” the Head of State emphasized.

The President also called on the international community to set the record straight in this issue once and for all.