The Serbian Red Star basketball team Belgrade recently refused to side with Ukraine in the European Basketball League, and was booed by the whole field. Player Luka Mitrovic said after the game, "Why didn't anyone report that someone on the sidelines was holding a NATO flag and cursing us?" ”
Lithuanian Sarakilis and the referee displayed the Ukrainian flag with the words "Truce"
Russia (RT) today reported on the 4th that in a game in the European Basketball League, the Red Star Belgrade (hereinafter referred to as the Red Star) did not stand behind the Ukrainian flag with the words "Stop the War" printed on it like the opponent.
This move caused dissatisfaction among the fans of the Lithuanian team Saraquilis, and at the beginning of the game, the whole stadium erupted into boos.
Some fans even held NATO flags and chanted sarcastic and insulting language such as "Glory belongs to Ukraine" and "Go to your Serbia.".
On March 24, 1999, the US-led NATO, relying on its overwhelming superiority in air power and high-tech weapons, carried out 78 consecutive days of bombardment of the military targets and infrastructure of the sovereign federal republic of Yugoslavia, causing a large number of casualties. It is a symbol of Serbia's suffering and injustice in the civilized world.
Some foreign netizens questioned, "Why don't you hold up slogans when NATO attacks Serbia, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, and Iraq?" Sport is sport, and political slogans should not appear. ”
After the game, the Red Star crowd responded to the "no side" incident, saying that they also wanted peace, but the Western media selectively reported it, ignoring some of the controversy on the sidelines.
U.S. player White said on social media after the game that as a member of the team, he was told "don't touch the flag." But at the same time, he does not support war and wants peace.
Coach Dejan Radonic also said in the interview, "I really hope that peace will come soon, that's all. ”
Serbian player Mitrovic wants everyone to know more about the truth, rather than one-sided reports like the Western media, completely ignoring the insults on the sidelines and NATO flags.
He retweeted photos posted by live reporters on social media and asked the two basketball portals, Eurohoops and Sportando, "What do you think about that?" ”
The Russian sports media "Champion" reported that Serbian fans and players were repeatedly provoked by the audience.
In fact, as early as February, the Red Star team and the on-site referees held up anti-war slogans, but did not choose to use the flags and emblems of any country as a background. This scene was also ignored by the Western media.
Such a reporting attitude is very similar to the previous Belgrade Red Star football team's "fans pull banners to list the history of the Us invasion".
In mid-March, Serbian fans unfurled six huge banners in the stands, detailing by year more than 20 countries in which the United States and NATO had been directly (or indirectly) involved in the invasion, calling for "a chance for peace."
But at that time, the Western media collectively lost their voices in this regard, and the so-called "anti-war" attitude disappeared.
One foreign netizen pointed to the United States, "I have deep sympathy for the people of Ukraine." But we will not forget that it was you (the United States) who pushed them into this war, and it was you who encouraged them to perish as much as possible so that you could pursue your own bloody interests. ”
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