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Unbiased media reporting can simply say 'the Russians claim' and there you go.

America/NATO and Ukraine can claim what they want in the media and are quoted constantly.

There is a lack of non-aligned third-party verification of anything in this conflict so it's the least the media can do.

If you would like to see what putting arms in the hands of fundamentalists to fight for the US/NATOs side see Syria, Iraq, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Libya etc