“Special operation? We see war“. Serrato question and answer, to Eight and a half, between Lilli Gruber and the Russian journalist Nadana Friedrichson, pursued several times by the presenter on the subject of the war in Ukraine. On La7, the correspondent of the patriotic channel Zvezda, owned by the ministry of defense of Moscow, has in fact made herself the spokesperson for the same arguments supported by the Kremlin, triggering the constant teasing of the hostess. Lilli, annoyed, has in fact constantly counterattacked her colleague.
the arrows of Gruber started immediately. Introducing Nadana Fridrikhson to the public, the presenter of La7 has in fact pressed the Russian reporter on the Donbass, the territory in which the Moscow offensive is concentrating. “Not even the Russian speakers in that area are welcoming you with great joy, also because the Russians are carpet bombing …“, Lilli commented. And the journalist from Zvezda:”Russia has never occupied the Donbass, it has never been like this and it will not be“. At the same time, the woman also told of having visited Mariupol, gathering testimony”of the crimes committed by the Azov group and the military of the Ukrainian armed forces“A version promptly crushed by Gruber:” There is propaganda on both sides, many of these facts are yet to be proved. “
The lively confrontation, however, literally ignited when the host of La7 asked her colleague what term she used to define the armed intervention in Ukraine. “I call it like all people who recognize what it is, that is a ‘special operation military. If Russia had started this war against Ukraine, the story would be completely different. So what we see and what you see is a special operation“, said Nadana Fridrikhson. Gruber is implacable and categorical:”We continue to see a war though, sorry. We see the images too, we see so much destruction and also so many deaths“.
And then off: another question, another confrontation. Tirelessly. On an ideal dialectical ring, Lilli and Nadana continued to play them. Suddenly, the host of Otto e Mezzo also teased her Russian colleague like this: “It’s hard to think what you’re telling us isn’t so much propagandaas the television you work for is owned by the Russian defense ministry, which is central to a phase of war“. The confrontation then shifted precisely to freedom of the press and speech.”We have an open debate, this kind of discussion would be unthinkable in Russia“, commented Gruber. Comparing opinions, fiery yet respectful tones. No meeting point.
#half past eight Nadana Fridrikhson, the Russian journalist who denies the war: “Special military operation, not war”. And Lilli Gruber replies: “We continue to see a war” https://t.co/f2qfQeGA5o
— La7 (@La7tv) April 12, 2022
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