Ukraine
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Ukraine: Press-Conference of Alexander Borodai and Igor Strelkov, July 10, 2014 By Gleb Bazov
10 July 2014 — Slavyangrad Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov(Note: Rough Translation; Subject to Change) Video: Press-Conference of Alexander Borodai and Igor Stelkov, Donetsk, July 10, 2014 Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 9-10 July 2014
10 July 2014 14:03:48 — williambowles.info Over 20,000 children find shelter in Russia over crisis in Ukraine – Russian MP (SCF) ‘Obama administration has no intention of downsizing its EU espionage’ (RT) Japan, France, Germany to cooperate closely over Ukraine — Japanese FM (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
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Ukraine’s Terrorists Speak By Eric Zuesse
You won’t see or read about them on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, The New York Times, or virtually any of America’s other propaganda-media, except that these people are “terrorists,” and that they thus constitute threats to U.S. national security; but, here they are, speaking for themselves, which America’s propaganda-media won’t let you hear,… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 8-9 July 2014
9 July 2014 20:57:54 — williambowles.info Kiev ignores international humanitarian standards during military operation – Human Rights Council (SCF) EBRD to invest EUR 7 mln in construction of biogas plant in Ukraine (ITAR-TASS) Ukraine Interior Ministry forecasts army operation to end within a month (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
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The United Nations is Complicit in the Massacre of Civilians in Ukraine By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Julie Lévesque
In what at first appears to be a neutral statement on the violence in Ukraine, urging “all sides to put down their arms” and condemning “strong hate speech from all sides”, United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay tacitly placed the blame on the people of Donetsk and Lugansk, who are the unspoken victims of… Continue reading
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DPR and LPR Militia Briefings, July 6, 2014 By Gleb Bazov
Military situation reports from Eastern Ukraine 5-6 July 2014. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 7-8 July 2014
8 July 2014 17:12:59 — williambowles.info Donetsk People’s Republic brings criminal charges against Ukraine’s National Guard, Right Sector (SCF) Ukraine airports remain closed (Blog Private Fly) Donetsk, Lugansk fear humanitarian crisis as Kiev tightens grip on eastern Ukraine (RT) Continue reading
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Open letter to Russian People, July 7, 2014
This letter must stand on its own. It was written by the collective of publishers of Vineyardsaker.fr and Vineyardsaker.ru and published on the respective websites, as well as by the Vineyard Saker on his original blog The Vineyard of the Saker. I support The Vineyard Saker implicitly in his initiatives and collaborate with him in… Continue reading
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Slavyansk is out of sight now …
I understand and share in the bitterness and resentment of those who found out this morning that the Militia has left Slavyansk. The news washed over everyone – the hoorah-patriots, the all-is-lost-patriots and even the cold analytical types. And now, please listen to a person who spent the last month and a half in Slavyansk. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 6-7 July 2014
7 July 2014 21:12:31 — williambowles.info UN Secretary General urges Kiev to protect east Ukrainian population (SCF) NYT Dishes More Ukraine Propaganda: tales of the formerly brainwashed (The Greanville Post) UN Secretary General urges Kiev to protect east Ukrainian population (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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Ukrainian Army General Speaks His Mind, July 7th, 2014 – “Strelkov’s Operational Freedom”
The author of this letter is a Ukrainian army general. He is considered to be one of the most capable ones in Ukrainian armed forces. In general, he is loyal to any government, but he is in shock from what is happening. He has no direct involvement in the punitive operation, which makes him very… Continue reading
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Militiamen said on preparation of Kyiv provocations
In Slavyansk shovel out the graves of the Ukrainian military, and Ukrainian media are preparing a report about “atrocities” militias that are going to give killing of civilians under the control of the Kiev troops, said the militia. Continue reading
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US-backed regime retakes Slavyansk, threatens bloodbath in eastern Ukraine By Alex Lantier
Amid a virtual blackout in the American [and British] media, Ukrainian regime forces are now threatening a bloodbath as they march on the major cities of southeastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Lugansk. “The main strategic plan of the Ukrainian army is to besiege Lugansk and Donetsk,” Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Deputy Secretary Mikhail Koval… Continue reading
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‘Leaked RAND Corp. document is classical warfare coming from the CIA’
The leaked RAND Corporation document apparently outlines an advisable course of action if the Ukraine peace plan fails. However, this plan has nothing similar with any peaceful solution. Does it make sense? Continue reading
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‘US too embarrassed to advocate war crimes to Ukraine, subcontracts job to RAND’
A confidential document on Ukraine by the RAND Corporation was leaked last week. This ‘Memorandum on the advisable course of action’ provides three stages of a military operation in eastern Ukraine, which would ensure that a peace plan confirmed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko would actually fail. Continue reading
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Video: Separatism or self-determination? Aleksandr Buzgalin on rebellion in east Ukraine
Aleksandr Buzgalin is a professor of political economy at Moscow State University. He is also editor of the independent democratic left magazine Alternatives, and is a coordinator of the Russian social movement Alternatives, author of more then 20 books and hundreds of articles, translated into English, German and many other languages (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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I interview an American Photographer in Kramatorsk about life under bombs: “The civilians are dying here and something needs to happen to stop it”
Early this morning I call Italian writer Christian Malaparte, who’s been in Kramatorsk with American photographer Patrick Lancaster. For the last five days, they’ve been living through heavy bombing and shelling, done by the Ukrainian army. Patrick has a lot of evidence that the army is targeting civilians and civilian homes on purpose, thereby committing… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 5-6 July 2014
6 July 2014 16:53:02 — williambowles.info French FM urges Kiev end armed conflict in southeast Ukraine (SCF) Ukraine’s military shells east Lugansk residential quarters (SCF) Positive Thoughts on Dark Times (Dissident Voice) Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 4-5 July 2014
5 July 2014 15:24:18 — williambowles.info Ukraine rebels abandon stronghold (BBC) NATO Commences Naval Drills In Black Sea (Stop NATO) Will Putin Save the Ukraine? (Conservative Times) Continue reading
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Itching for a Genocide By Robert Parry
Western Ukraine’s “anti-terrorist operation” against rebels in Eastern Ukraine has the makings of what could degenerate from scattered atrocities to ethnic cleansing to genocide. It already is a nasty war to suppress an ethnic minority through the use of military force, complete with references to the targeted population as insects and animals. Continue reading