Ukraine
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Ukraine: US-installed Fascist Tyranny in Europe’s Heartland By Stephen Lendman
Ukraine matters. It’s territory is Europe’s largest after Russia’s. It borders seven countries in Europe’s heartland – Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Russia. Continue reading
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Who profits from the incident in the Strait of Kertch? By Valentin Vasilescu
Valentin Vasilescu, an expert on military affairs, comments on the role of the Israeli and US reconnaissance planes in the incident at Kertch. These facts have been confirmed by the Russian FSB (which the Russian Federation’s Coast-Guards depend on) and which has disclosed videos recorded during the interrogations of the captured Ukrainian marines and a… Continue reading
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Kiev’s Kerch Strait Gambit Shows Telltale Signs of Western-Backed Provocation to Force Russia’s Hand By Robert Bridge
Ever since Ukraine’s 2014 Maidan revolution, which resulted in a usurpation of power micromanaged directly from Washington, nothing happens in Kiev without the Western powers knowing about it. And that would certainly include playing a reckless game of chicken with Moscow. Continue reading
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Confirmation of our version of the incident at Kerch
According to this document and these videos, the incident had been planned by Ukraine collaborating with foreign powers. Two officers from Ukraine’s military intelligence service were on board the ships to coordinate operations. They were the ones that forbade the marines from responding to messages from the Russians when the war ships entered Russian territorial… Continue reading
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US Military Contractor Is Hiring Personnel To Support Classified ‘Contingency Operations’ In Ukraine
A US contractor accidentally revealed a US military specialist deployment in the combat zones in Ukraine via an Job Advertisement on LinkedIn. Continue reading
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Ukraine – Poroshenko Launched Clash With Russia To Gain Dictatorial Powers – He Failed
The Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko’s attempted to shore up his approval rate for the upcoming election by provoking a military incident. It was a gamble and it failed. Continue reading
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As Time Runs Out, Poroshenko and the West Poison the Sea of Azov By Tom Luongo
Trouble has been brewing in the Sea of Azov all year. It started with Ukraine’s seizing a Russian fishing boat and detaining its crew in March. The Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko canceled the Friendship Treaty with Russia. After that he has accepted surplus US naval vessels to prop up a navy that exists in name… Continue reading
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EVIDENCE: Kerch Incident Was Planned Provocation – Pretext for US Aid, Martial Law, War in Donbass
On Sunday, a major international incident took place at the Kerch Strait which connects Crimea with mainland Russia, when a Russian border patrol ship stopped three Ukrainian Navy vessels from passing through the narrow waterway. The Russian authorities have accused the Ukrainian ships of illegally entering its territorial waters without prior notice, and instead attempting… Continue reading
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Political Analysis: Consequences Of Black Sea Incident For Poroshenko Government
The sharp but almost bloodless clash between Ukrainian naval forces consisting of two armored gunboats and a tug, and Russian maritime border guards has naturally acquired significance well in excess of the actual magnitude of the incident. It is proving to be a “reality check” showing the current priorities of each of the interested actors. Continue reading
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Drama in the Kerch Strait: teasing the Russian bear By Pepe Escobar
The West is complaining about Russian ‘aggression’ but the incident looks more like a cheap ploy by a desperate Ukrainian president and US conservatives keen to undermine Trump’s next pow-wow with Putin Continue reading
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Russian Su-30 Used Missiles Against Ukainian Navy Ships Near Kerch Strait, Kiev’s Chief of General Staff Says
On November 27th, Ukraine’s state security agency confirmed that its intelligence officers were among the crew of the seized Ukrainian ships. According to the SBU’s statement the officers were fulfilling counterintelligence operations for the Ukrainian navy, in response to “psychological and physical pressure” by Russian spy services. No details were provided, however it demanded that… Continue reading
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Strategic Waterways and “The Kerch Strait Incident”: Towards Military Escalation? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
On November 25, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) reported that : “three Ukrainian warships had illegally crossed Russia’s state border in the Black Sea and entered Russia’s territorial waters performing dangerous maneuvers… All three Ukrainian Navy vessels … were detained in the Black Sea” (TASS, November 25). Continue reading
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Russia-Ukraine stand-off over Azov Sea continues as Poroshenko declares martial law By Clara Weiss
Following Russia’s capture of three Ukrainian vessels on Sunday in the Azov Sea, the Ukrainian government, at the behest of President Petro Poroshenko and the War Cabinet, has introduced martial law starting November 28 for 30 days. On Monday, the Ukrainian armed forces also announced that they were fully combat ready. Meanwhile, US media foreign… Continue reading
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Ukraine Provokes Russia to What End? By Tony Cartalucci
Russia has seized three Ukrainian military vessels violating its territory near Russia’s newly completed Crimean Bridge. The incident is a clear provocation carried out by Kiev and possibly engineered by Kiev’s Western sponsors – particularly those in Washington and London. Continue reading
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Russia Blocks Ukrainian Navy From Militarizing The Sea of Azov – Updated By Moon of Alabama
The Ukrainian government under the oligarch Petro Poroshenko is in election campaign mode. That is one reason why it is launching new provocations against Russia. Yesterday Ukrainian forces reportedly occupied a town within the neutral zone between the government controlled part and the rebel held Donetsk area. Today the Ukrainian navy sent a tug and… Continue reading
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UK Commits Extra Military Forces to Ukraine: Irresponsible Policy, Dangerous Repercussions By Arkady Savitsky
Ukraine’s Constitutional Court green-lighted a bill on amending the country’s main law by enshrining into it the final goal of obtaining NATO and EU membership. The decision was announced the next day after the UK and Ukraine’s defense ministries made a joint statement, stressing the need to expand military cooperation. Continue reading
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FBI: Neo-Nazi Militia Trained by US Military in Ukraine Now Training US White Supremacists By Whitney Webb
The training the U.S. provided to the Azov Battalion is coming back to roost in the U.S. as the neo-Nazi group is training and radicalizing U.S.-based groups with similar ideologies steeped in hatred and a belief in white racial supremacy. Continue reading
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The File on Flight MH17 2014 – 2018
8 October 2018 — William Bowles 35 stories on the Malaysian Airlines shootdown over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. MH17: Some Truth Emerging at Last 27 September 2018 — NEO On 17th of July 2014 Malaysia Airlines MH 17 was directed to vary its scheduled flight path flying over Ukraine en route to Kuala Lumpur… Continue reading
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MH17: Some Truth Emerging at Last
The structure of the investigation compromised, that compromise was compounded by the signing of a secret agreement in August 2014 by the four countries that no information from the investigation would be released without the approval of all of the parties to the agreement. This is unprecedented. It gives the prime suspect, Ukraine, an effective… Continue reading
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The Highest Degree Of Certainty: The New Evidence In The Downing Of Flight MH17
On Sept. 17 the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation held a briefing for members of the press, to present documented new evidence that the Ukrainian armed forces helped to bring down the Malaysian airliner that was flying over the Donbass in July 2014. Continue reading
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