6/8/23
The Ukrainian government has hit back at Tucker Carlson after the former Fox News host said a “fair person would conclude” Kyiv blew up the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, which collapsed on Tuesday causing widespread flooding.
Carlson made the argument on the inaugural edition of his new Twitter show, in which he claimed the dam was “effectively Russian” and its destruction “hurts Russia more” than Ukraine.
U.S. military aid, which has included advanced weapon systems such as HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and TOW anti-tank missiles, has played key role in enabling Ukraine to resist the Russian invasion since February 2022. In response, Russian state media has amplified the voices of those, such as Carlson, who have opposed military assistance and blamed the Biden administration for prolonging the war.
During his show, which was released on Tuesday, Carlson remarked: “The Kakhovka dam was effectively Russian. It was built by the Russian government. It currently sits in Russian-controlled territory. The dam’s reservoir supplies water to Crimea, which has been for the last 240 years home of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
“So really, once the facts start coming in, it becomes much less of a mystery what might have happened to the dam, and a fair person would conclude that the Ukrainians probably blew it up, just as you would assume they blew up Nord Stream, the Russian natural gas pipeline last fall.”
Ukraine’s Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security (CSCIS), a government agency, hit back at Carlson in a Twitter thread on Thursday.
The body posted a screenshot from Carlson’s former Fox News show, edited to include a photo of Vladimir Putin and the strapline “agent of Putin.”
They added the clown face emoji, then said: “Tucker Carlson, a TV presenter who was fired from Fox News, ‘explains’ why Ukraine blew up the Kakhovka HPP. Let’s break down his arguments.”
The agency countered Carlson’s assertion that the dam’s destruction was less damaging to Russia than Ukraine on three points, writing: “1. The explosion has led to an environmental disaster on the territory of Ukraine.”
“2. The flooding of the territory complicates Ukraine’s offensive in the South and allows the Russians to release at least some of the forces they have been keeping on this part of the frontline.
“3. It is not the first time that the Russians have resorted to the scorched earth tactic in an attempt to inflict as much damage as possible on Ukraine.”
The CSCIS also accused Carlson of using edited video of Lindsey Graham‘s meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, which appeared to show the South Carolina senator saying: “This is the best thing we’ve ever spent money on,” immediately after saying “Russians are dying.”
In response the Ukrainian agency posted: “Graham’s statements about the deaths of Russians and the spending of American money do not follow each other. The unedited version of this conversation was made public. But Tucker Carlson ignored it.”
Newsweek has contacted Carlson for comment via Twitter and Facebook direct message.
President Zelensky directly blamed Russia for the Nova Kakhovka dam’s destruction on Tuesday, accusing Moscow of having unleashed “ecocide” and insisting “Russia will pay for its crimes.”
At a meeting of the UN Security Council, Russian ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya insisted the damage was caused by “deliberate sabotage undertaken by Kyiv.”
It’s beyond me how an American can sell himself like a cheap street whore to something so vile and evil as putler. The sad thing is, that many who eat Carlson’s stinking excrement every day, will continue doing so, no matter what truths and sound arguments you bring forth to show what a filthy, disgusting liar that Tucker Carlson really is.
Can’t Ukraine sue this little, peep-voiced clown in court for defamation?
I’m glad someone is calling Carlson for what he is…a Putin cock sucking idiot with the brains of a single cell creature and the moral values typical Russian scumbag. Although not kind, I pray the mother fucker drops dead.
Millions wish the cocksucker would just drop dead.
There is no doubt that this creature, like Trump, is a Russian agent. The only question is : by kompromat, cash or simply shared ideology?
Replace the T with an F and you have his proper name!
I think we’ve done that once or twice before. 😁
WTF ! why are my comments not showing up sometimes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Contact RedSquareMaidan. He might be able to help you.
Really? I thought for sure RedSquareMaidan was the one deliberately deleting them. Doesn’t like the truth when it’s painful that one.
I looked at your posts and I can’t tell you why your comment went to trash so I approved it. Its too bad people from your side of the political aisle are so nasty and hateful when someone has a differing opinion. Well, you and Putin have that in common…there’s some truth for you.
Of course, you may be out of luck if your view doesn’t fit RedSquareMaidan’s pro-Trump agenda.
Censorship lives!
If you attack one of the editors or their families here, yeah, you might have a problem. The rest of your statement is illogical, uninformed but imaginative.
The only agenda here is Ukraine. As you can see every day here, there is a lot of anti Trump stuff and very little pro Trump stuff. I get letters all the time criticizing that so since I get it from both sides we must be getting it about right. As for someone else I blocked, they attacked me and my wife so you would be well advised not to do that and stick to Ukraine.
Red doesn’t censor anyone for either their pro or anti Trumpet views, little guy. Most of us on here hate the orange baboon and we say it openly.
I just checked, none of your comments are in the trash, marked as spam or waiting for approval. So I’m not sure what the problem is. As far as I can see, all your comments are showing up on the site.