Jackson Hinkle: Reality on the ground in new Russian territories complete 180 turn from what we hear in mainstream press

Jackson Hinkle: Reality on the ground in new Russian territories ‘complete 180 turn from what we hear in mainstream press’ “I think Americans should know that what Ukraine is doing is [to] beg for more and more weapons and…beg for more and more taxpayer dollars. They’re using it all to terrorize Ukrainian civilians, some of whom I spoke to voted for Zelensky [in 2019, ed.], and then they get their house bombed by him,” US journalist and political commentator Jackson Hinkle told Sputnik on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, commenting on his impressions from his recent trip to Russia’s new territories. In liberated areas, civilians who chose to stay came to be “seen as a legitimate target for Ukraine and for the United States. They will bomb you. And you know, the people are very upset by this, and they’re very happy that Russia’s there to protect them and to rebuild what needs to be rebuilt,” Hinkle said. “I saw a lot of rebuilding going on, which was really... Source: Sputnik International