The ‘young diplomats’ of the Russian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina have recently been spreading myths and outright falsehoods on social media, ironically in the name of ‘mythbusting’, EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina wrote in their Facebook post on Saturday. 

Below is the full text of their Facebook post: 

“This time last year, Russia's diplomats used the occasion of their Diplomatic Service Day to emphatically insist that Russia would not invade Ukraine. Their statements this year are just as trustworthy. 

Allow the young diplomats of the European Union to remind you of a few simple facts: 

– It is Russia that invaded Ukraine. Very clearly, as far as international law is concerned, but also basic observation skills, there is an aggressor – Russia, and a victim – Ukraine. Russia alone bears responsibility for the enormous suffering of the people of Ukraine. 

– Russia alone also bears responsibility for the rise in prices for basic goods and energy across the world, including Bosnia and Herzegovina. If Russia hadn’t invaded Ukraine, we would not have faced the consequences we are facing in commodities markets. Ironically talking about ‘heroic suffering’, as you do in your post, is just spitting in the face of the people whose suffering you are responsible for. 

– There was no oppression of Russian speakers in Ukraine. Let’s do a little experiment shall we? Let’s go onto Netflix or YouTube and find the TV show ‘Servant of the People’- you know, the one that Volodymyr Zelenskyy made before becoming President. Tell us please what language that was filmed in? Yes, RUSSIAN! You want us to believe there was widespread oppression of Russian speakers when they voted for a Russian speaking President, who made his showbusiness career making Russian-language TV shows? It is true that since 2014, and especially since 24 February 2022, Ukrainians have started using Ukrainian more. It’s the natural consequence of YOUR brutal actions. 

– How about Nazis in Ukraine? You are aware that Zelenskyy is Jewish, right? 

And one last point. It is very difficult to read your comments about Bosnia and Herzegovina and the sovereign choices the country has every entitlement to make as anything other than an indirect threat. Stop threatening people and learn to live in peace. Like the countries of the EU have been doing since the EU was founded. 

The young diplomats of the EU”