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Since his return from a prolonged hiatus, Final Week Tonight’s John Oliver has expertly dismantled the right-wing hysteria over important race concept and instructed former president George W. Bush to “shut the fuck up” about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
On Sunday evening’s version of his HBO present, he paid tribute to the courageous folks of Ukraine for combating off Russia’s morally reprehensible army assault.
“Ukraine residents have continued to point out unimaginable indicators of resistance, proving that they honestly are the ‘fuck round and discover out’ nation of Japanese Europe,” mentioned Oliver.
He then thew to a CNN interview with a Ukrainian grandmother (and retired economist) exhibiting the media the one weapons she had: crates of Molotov cocktails.
“Let these Russian shits come right here,” she instructed CNN. “We're able to greet them.”
The Russian authorities, in the meantime, has taken step to criminalize any media criticism of their warfare on Ukraine, and likewise banned Fb and Twitter within the nation. Russia’s Training Ministry even aired an outrageous propaganda video that includes just a little lady answering questions in regards to the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and getting some actually weird solutions.
“I've a query: ‘particular operation’… what does it imply?” the lady requested. “It’s when targets result in peace,” the Russian official replied. “We don't assault residential buildings. We don't hit the civilians. We don't destroy the social infrastructure—kindergartens, colleges, water utilities, substations.”
After all, it’s all nonsense.
“You’ve actually simply finished nearly all these issues!” exclaimed Oliver. “Russian strikes have destroyed hospitals, colleges, and houses. Additionally, I actually don’t wish to be giving notes to state propaganda, however if you happen to’re going to mislead a baby’s face, perhaps solid a much less creepy man to do this.”
“And but, regardless of Russia’s efforts to manage this narrative, we proceed to see protests there,” he continued. “Not solely is that this warfare morally indefensible, however the influence of worldwide sanctions at the moment are being felt at each stage of Russian society.”
Sadly, as Oliver identified towards the tip of the section, Russia’s “human-rights abuses” proceed in Ukraine. A Russian army strike hit a suburb of Kyiv on Sunday, killing two kids and quite a few different civilians.