Ukraine fires own human rights chief over proven lies against Russia

IN a surprising and unprecedented move, Ukraine has fired its own ‘Human Rights Ombudsman,’ Lyudmyla Denisova, for spreading lies that Russian troops have engaged in “systematic rape” of Ukrainian women, a claim that while immediately carried out by most of the Western media, only embarrassed Ukraine in the absence of hard evidence to support it.

On May 31, 2022, it was the same Western media such as Interfax and The Wall Street Journal, which carried out the report that Ukraine’s Parliament dismissed Denisova, in a ‘no-confidence’ vote.

Aside from spreading unsupported claims of systematic rape by Russian troops, the same news reports also said Denisova was criticized over her failure to fulfill obligations including the facilitation of humanitarian corridors and countering the deportation of Ukrainians from occupied territory,” said the news dispatch from the Wall Street Journal.

“Lawmaker Pavlo Frolov said Ms. Denisova was also accused of making insensitive and unverifiable statements about alleged Russian sex crimes and spending too much time in Western Europe during the invasion,” the report added.

In a separate Facebook post on Denisova, other independent news sources from Europe quoted Frolov as saying, “The unclear focus of the Ombudsman’s media work on the numerous details of ‘sexual crimes committed in an unnatural way’ and ‘rape of children’ in the occupied territories that could not be confirmed by evidence, only harmed Ukraine.”

Among the lies spread by Denisova that was even used by ‘Newsweek’ and ‘Time’ claimed that some 25 Ukrainian teenage girls were “gang-raped” by Russian troops in the city of Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, of which 9 of them are now pregnant.

Bucha is where Ukraine President Volodymr Zelensky also spread the lie in early April where Russian troops allegedly “massacred” hundreds of civilians before they retreated from the city.

But independent investigations revealed it was the infamous ‘Nazi Battalions’ of Ukraine that were behind the carnage as most residents turned out to be supporters of Russia.

Unfortunately for Denisova and Zelensky, their lies about Russia’s sexual abuses were proven wrong by “a bunch of eager NGOs (non-government organizations) in Ukraine, hoping for fresh ‘Western’ money for new ‘rape consultation and recovery’ projects.’”

“They tried to find real rape cases. They were disappointed when they found that there was no evidence that any rape had taken place.”

Prior to his dismissal, these same NGOs and some members of the Ukraine media, published an open appeal last May 25, 2022, calling on Denisova “for improved communication on sexual crimes during the war.”

The signatories insist that Denisova should disclose only information about which there is sufficient evidence, avoid sensationalism and excessive detail in their reports, use correct terminology and take care of the confidentiality and safety of victims.

“Sexual crimes during the war are family tragedies, a difficult traumatic topic, not a topic for publications in the spirit of the ‘scandalous chronicle.’

“We need to keep in mind the goal: to draw attention to the facts of crimes,” the appeal reads, as reported by other independent Western media such as the ‘Moon of Alabama’ and ‘ZeroHedge,’ an online publication.

The dismissal of Denisova and the reason behind it—spreading lies against Russia, is seen as a major blow to the ongoing propaganda war between Russia and Ukraine over the former’s special military operation into Ukraine that started last February, 24, 2022.

Her sensationalism is also an indictment on the irresponsible manner the Western media has been reporting on what is really happening in Ukraine.