Ming Inspector Hu Zhenqing Chen Lei
Quick Glance:
- Recently, it was rumored that the Azov battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard had coated the bullets with lard in order to attack the Muslim army of the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation.
- The official Twitter account of the Ukrainian National Guard did post a video on February 27 that the "lard bullet" incident really existed.
Event Background:
According to the "Russia Today" report, on February 25, local time, thousands of Chechen security force soldiers assembled in Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation, and the head of the Chechen Republic, Kadyrov, made a speech announcing that "Chechen security force soldiers will occupy the hottest areas in Ukraine." After the speech, Chechen security forces soldiers marched through the streets of Grozny. Al Jazeera reported that Chechen security forces then marched to the Russian-Ukrainian front.
On the 27th, a video about the Ukrainian National Guard "coating the bullet with lard" began to circulate on multiple social platforms.
Mingcha:
After investigation, the official account of the Ukrainian National Guard (@ng_ukraine) released a 35-second video at 21:20 Beijing time on February 27, in which the person wearing a black hood and holding a bullet in his hand poked his head into the lard in a white plastic bag, soaked it, and then stuffed it into the magazine.
The man in the black hood said, "Muslim brothers, we Ukrainians will not allow you to come, we will not allow you to come." @ng_ukraine "Soldiers of the National Guard's Azov Battalion smeared lard on their bullets to deal with Kadyrov's 'orcs.'" ”
According to the data, the vast majority of the population of the Chechen Republic believe in Islam. As for the Azov battalion, it is a far-right paramilitary group of the Ukrainian National Guard, a militia composed entirely of volunteers, accused of harboring ideologies such as neo-Nazism, ultra-nationalism and white supremacy, such as the logo of the organization, which is alleged to be similar to the logo of the 2nd Division of the Waffen-SS in Nazi Germany. However, because the "Azov Battalion" helped the Ukrainian military recover the important port city of Mariupol from pro-Russian forces in 2014, some local people regard the "Azov Battalion" as the defender of Mariupol.
As soon as the Ukrainian National Guard tweet was sent, several users of the social platform believed that the Ukrainian National Guard dehumanized Chechen security forces personnel, calling them "orcs" and suspected of "Nazism". In addition, the Ukrainian National Guard smeared lard on bullets, involving "insults to religious beliefs."
As of 19:00 Beijing time on February 28, the video has been played more than 3 million times. For now, Twitter has folded the tweet down with a note: "While this tweet violates twitter rules about banning hate, Twitter determines that it may be in the public interest and retains this tweet." ”
According to the information available so far, it can be known that the news that "the Azov battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard has coated the bullet with lard" is true.
Responsible editor: Li Yiqing Photo editor: Jiang Lidong
Proofreader: Liu Wei