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Host Maksim Uhlianitsa claimed that Ukraine’s new commander-in-chief of the AFU ignited the war in 2014. But by the time Drapatyi entered Mariupol, the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in Donbas had already been underway.
The broadcast falsely attributed statements about a large-scale war and U.S. ammunition shortages to the American president. They do not appear in the original.
The CTV presenter called the denial of Ukraine’s existence “nonsense,” said it contradicted the positions of both Minsk and Moscow, and linked it to Ukrainian PsyOps units.