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Ukrainian forces intentionally killing their own people: Press TV correspondent

Monday, 06 March 2023 9:55 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 06 March 2023 12:29 PM ]

Press TV correspondent Johnny Miller says Ukrainian troops are "intentionally killing their own people" in the country's east, stressing that the mainstream Western media are keeping mum on the atrocities as it clashes with their interests.

Speaking about his latest war documentary titled "Untold Story" on Monday, Miller said Ukraine is "intentionally shelling civilians," referring to incidents of indiscriminate firing on civilian and non-military targets in the Donbas region.

He noted that the targeting of civilians has been taking place since the conflict began in eastern Ukraine in 2014.

"It started in 2014. When they were failing to defeat the so-called pro-Russian separatists militarily, they resorted to shelling civilians in the hope of dampening the civilian population's will and support for the local authorities there," Miller asserted.

He hastened to add that the shelling "escalated" since Russia deployed its troops there in February 2022 after launching the military operation.

The war correspondent said the Ukrainian shelling of the center of Donetsk "is just an important story because it is the reason why the vast majority of people in the Donbas region that is controlled by Russia no longer want to be part of Ukraine."

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Miller further said the murder of innocent children in the Ukrainian shelling is "one of the shocking things to deal with."

"Over 100 children have been killed... It is not Russian propaganda," he said, pointing to war crimes committed by Kiev forces with weapons supplied by the US-led NATO military alliance.

In his remarks, Miller also spoke about the mainstream Western media's blackout on atrocities committed by Ukrainian forces.

"The mainstream [media] has not wanted to cover the story - Why - because it is embarrassing to the narrative," referring to the narrative of NATO countries who "are trying to say that the only way to end this war is to send more weapons."

Russia launched what it calls the "special military operation" in Ukraine in February 2022, with NATO's eastward expansion blamed for the war.

Over the past year, Western countries have imposed waves of sanctions on Moscow while supplying large caches of arms to Kiev, despite Russian authorities warning that it will only prolong the war.

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