<p>Prachatai has fact-checked the statement given by Evgeny Tomikhin, Russian Ambassador to Thailand, at a Thai-only media conference on 15 March and found that among the facts, there were contested and misleading claims and baseless accusations regarding the invasion of Ukraine, which he consistently referred to as a &ldquo;special military operation&rdquo;</p>

<p>A protest took place in front of the Russian Embassy in Bangkok on Friday (25 February 2022) to protest Russia&rsquo;s invasion of Ukraine, after Russian forces entered Ukraine on Thursday (24 February 2022), targeting Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and other major cities.</p>