Militia backed by presidential candidate takes credit for murder of separatists in #Torez http://t.co/tdhdNkBzNZ pic.twitter.com/8GEEpWVKih
— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) May 23, 2014
Videos of bus on fire in Kiev today. Cause unclear: https://t.co/kv79fWFnrC https://t.co/YnGYmjc2Kc via @Ivano_Martin and @StateOfUkraine
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) May 23, 2014
BBC News - #BBCtrending: Ukraine's 'babushkas' in stand-off with separatists http://t.co/2lTYnZ5qhz
— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) May 23, 2014
"If anyone knows real Nazis it's the royal family" the channel declared on its In the Now programme while it flashed up sepia portraits of the Queen and family.
Here was Charles's great uncle, the Duke of Windsor, and wife Wallis Simpson, photographed visiting Hitler at his Obersalzberg retreat in 1937 shortly after abdicating as Edward VIII. Simpson, RT senior political correspondent Anissa Naouai solemnly pronounced, "hung out with Hitler".
There was the Duke of Edinburgh, his chest weighted with medals. "His sister, Sophie," added Naouai, "was married to a SS officer." Cue photograph of Christophe of Hesse-Cassel, marching in his SS colonel's uniform. Naouai could have added, for good measure, he named his eldest son Karl Adolf in Hitler's honour.
Then, the piece de resistance. Charles's "very own son" Prince Harry. Pictured in Nazi costume at a party on the front page of the Sun. "He likes to dress up as a Nazi, even if its just for Halloween," confided the presenter.
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Village elex committee head, Donetsk region: "I've insisted it has to be clean this time. Last time [2010] they totally fabricated results."
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) May 23, 2014
Tymoshenko, in a pose that should probably be dubbed "The Yulia": pic.twitter.com/haQ68KJJ2m
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) May 23, 2014
Watching last Ukraine presidential debate, Tymoshenko seems exhausted. No one-on-one with Poroshenko, so no chance for elxn-changing moment.
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) May 23, 2014
In a report released on May 23, the OSCE said it had documented nearly 300 cases of violence against members of the media in Ukraine since late November amid the escalating political crisis.
The violence included murder, assaults, kidnappings, threats, and acts of intimidation of journalists.
Dunja Mijatovic, representative for media freedom at the OSCE in a statement said she was "alarmed by the rapidly deteriorating conditions and climate for the media."
"The manipulation of the media and the information war we are experiencing has to stop. Failure to do so will fuel the conflict and contribute to an escalation of the crisis," Mijatovic said.
Taking last-gasp DRASTIC measures! RT @NatVasilyevaAP: Tymoshenko goes for a beehive? via @euromaidan pic.twitter.com/pao2kqG465
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) May 23, 2014