Ɖ Gardịn vy on Vladīmir Pūtin’z wor: terr wɖt prṗs
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 31 May 2023)
Ɖ fog v wor z ʈic in Ycren, bt srtn stṛtījic n moṛl truɖz rmen cristl-clir
Wnzde, 31 Me 2023
Vladīmir Pūtin hz nvr bn onist wɖ ɖ Ruśn ppl abt ɖ wor in Ycren. H laid abt ɖ scel v ɖ inveźn n ɖ rīznz fr it. Ɖ dspśn z sstend wɖ propganda n rpreśn. Ǎtlw̃ ɖ truʈ hz cept ɖ riaḷti v wor mostli ǎt v sît, ẃć z a cndiśn v public aqiesns.
Ɖt dz’nt mīn ɖt miłnz wd rîz p agnst ɖer guvnmnt f cnfruntd wɖ ɖ tru horr v ẃt z biyñ dn t Ycren in ɖer nem. Ɖ beḷcos cult z wel imbedd in Ruśn ssayti. Bt it z īzịr t s’port a wor ɖt unfoldz on teḷviźn ɖn wn ɖt cn b hŕd flayñ oṿhed, ẃć z ẃ dronstrîcs agnst targits in Mosco ɖs wīc hv ratld ɖ Cremlin.
Ycren dnîz involvmnt in ɖ atac, az it dz ōṭmaticli ẃn militri oṗreśnz cros Ruśa’z bordrz, in defṛns t Cyīv’z wstn alîz hu r md uncumftbl bî sć bold incŕśnz. Ɖr wr olso rports on Wnzde v a fîr at an ôl rfîṇri in ɖ suɖn Ruśn Crasnodar rījn, startd bî a dron. Ɖ rêd on Mosco cōzd litl damij bt plenti v alarm, ẃć z ɖ pônt. Gtñ ɖ wor wɖn viẓbl renj v ordnri Ruśnz z imbaṛsñ fr Mr Pūtin. It unḍmainz hiz ōra v cntrol. It z hardr t pritnd ʈñz dd’nt hapn ẃn ppl cn si ɖm fṛm ɖer windoz.
Most aṇlists intrprit ɖz atacs az part v a disorịnteśnstraṭji, forsñ ɖ Cremlin t dvrt rzorsz n atnśn awe fṛm ɖ fruntlîn in advans v a Ycreńn cǎnṭ’fnsiv t rīcapćr okpaid teritri. Ɖ sem aplîz t ɖ mrcịr biznis v rêdz acrs ɖ Ycreńn bordr intu Ruśa’z Belgorod rījn, carid ǎt bî far-rît, anti-Pūtin Ruśn mliśaz. Ɖ fog v wor z dns, wɖ Ycreńn straṭjists cultvetñ unsrtnti t unsetl Ruśn dfnsz n Ruśn lînz v cmand, tangld amd fax̣́nl bic̣rñ in Mosco n btwn rîvl cmandrz on ɖ grǎnd.
Ɖt mcs it ol ɖ mor importnt t cīp a foc̣s on cor facts n moṛl impeṛtivz: Ycren z ɖ victim v an unpṛvoct inveźn bî forsz huz prîṃri tactic z terrîzñ ɖ sviłn popyleśn intu sbmiśn bî mīnz v indiscrimiṇt mrdr n dstrux́n. Ɖs campen v atroṣti hz nt s’xidd, bcz Ycreńnz hv śoun hrǒic forttyd n inɉnywti on an epic scel. Olso, ɖe hv bn armd fr ɖt indevr bî wstn guvnmnts, ẃć hd t baḷns fir v esc̣leśn wɖ a rịlistic aprezl v ɖ caṛctr v Mr Pūtin’z reźīm, n ɖ ʈret h pozd t Yṛpiyn pīs f unćect.
Ruśa dd nt start its teṛtorịl agreśn agnst Ycren in 2022, bt et yirz rlịr, in Crîmīa. Mr Pūtin dd nt stop ɖr bcz Ruśa wontd t hv cmplit dominns ovr ɖ dmestic n foṛn poḷsi orịnteśn v ɖ guvnmnt in Cyīv. H gambld ɖt ɖ wst wd lc awe agn. Ʈancḟli, ɖ Ruśn prezidnt wz mstecn. H ʈt ɖen ɖt Ruśa’z aṗtît fr carnij, īvn fṛm a luzñ pziśn, wd ǎtlast wstn soḷdaṛti wɖ Ycren. Ɖt tù trnz ǎt t b a mscalkleśn, so far.
Wɖt a folo-up straṭji, Mr Pūtin’z wor z sstend bî hiz monstṛs prîd, redinis t sacṛfîs conscriptsoljrz fr no meźṛbl prṗs n a p’liticl aṗreṭs ɖt alǎz him t cuvr p hiz fełrz. Ɖoz cndiśnz mc Ruśa’z pziśn lc solid. Bt ɖe cd trn ǎt t b britl, az loñ az Ycren’z alîz stand frm.
