Έχει καταστεί φανερό ότι ο Ερντογάν σάλπισε «γενική επίθεση» εναντίον της Ελλάδος όχι μόνον για λόγους εσωτερικής επικοινωνιακής τακτικής ενόψει του, αβέβαιου για το αποτέλεσμά του, σουλτανικού δημοψηφίσματος. Το μέγεθος και η ένταση των αμφισβητήσεων των ελληνικών κυριαρχικών δικαιωμάτων είναι τέτοια που υποδηλώνουν ότι από το συρτάρι βγήκε σχεδιασμός – πολέμου.
Russia’s Channel One and other prominent mainstream media falsely claimed that the Ukrainian government ordered the removal of trees from the Maidan, in an attempt to destroy the evidence related to the direction from which the snipers fired on the crowd of protesters. Local blogger from Kyiv conducted an independent investigation, refuting these false claims with photographs and video.
In an NTV television segment, former “Russian Language Professor” falsely alleged that he was suddenly fired in March of 2014 for refusing to lecture his students in Ukrainian language. In reality, this was a Professor of Foreign Literature, who willingly resigned from his position on November 1, 2013.
Russian media, referring to obscure blogs of conspiracy theorists, claimed that the U.S. refused to accept bodies of 13 CIA spies, allegedly killed when terrorists in Ukraine downed two military helicopters. In reality, two members of the Ukrainian military suffered deaths in these incidents; no foreign agents were present on board the helicopters nor suffered death during these events.
Russian media, including NTV television program, alleged that members of the Ukrainian military attacked a funeral procession by the separatists. In fact, separatists themselves fired the shots into the air, but were not attacked by the military. This is apparent from the following video of the funeral.