Ukraine
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Video: Up to 100 killed in Kiev military op, Donetsk E. Ukraine – anti-govt forces
“We’ve lost more than 50 self-defense fighters,” Boroday said, as cited by RIA Novosti. “Many of the casualties are a result of two Kamaz trucks having been shelled by the Ukrainian army. The trucks were driving the wounded from the battlefield near the airport. Around 15 people died there.” Continue reading
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Ukraine: ‘Socialist prospects in south-eastern Ukraine’
There is nothing surprising about this anti-capitalist trend which has appeared, to a large extent spontaneously, among the activists of the anti-Maidan who were among the founders of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. The people who commissioned and sponsored the Euromaidan are the oligarchic owners of big capital, and these are also its main… Continue reading
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Video: FEEM Lecture by Anatol Lieven, King’s College London: “The Ukraine Debacle”
The recent development of the Ukrainian crisis has unveiled a series of long-neglected problems that today emerge dramatically. The complex current scenario and the difficulties in recomposing the crisis at diplomatic level show the inadequacy of EU and North American foreign policies and international relations with Russia and the former Soviet Union bloc. The possible… Continue reading
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Video: FEEM Lecture by Anatol Lieven, King's College London: "The Ukraine Debacle"
The recent development of the Ukrainian crisis has unveiled a series of long-neglected problems that today emerge dramatically. The complex current scenario and the difficulties in recomposing the crisis at diplomatic level show the inadequacy of EU and North American foreign policies and international relations with Russia and the former Soviet Union bloc. The possible… Continue reading
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Rather the Useful Idiot By Gavin Rae
The images from Odessa were truly horrific. Burnt corpses, a strangled pregnant woman, people jumping out of windows to their deaths. Yet perhaps the most disturbing of them all was the scene where a group of young educated looking teenage girls, draped in the Ukrainian flag, were happily making the Molotov Cocktails that would later… Continue reading
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New Ukraine government launches airstrikes, prepares austerity measures By Thomas Gaist
The character of the new Ukrainian government headed by billionaire oligarch Petro Poroshenko has been quickly revealed in the day since presidential elections held over the weekend: violent repression of opposition to the regime, particularly in the east, combined with brutal austerity measures directed at the entire working class. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 25-26 May 2014
26 May 2014 19:11:22 — williambowles.info Russia, Ukraine may agree on gas price Friday — EU commissioner (ITAR-TASS) Two civilians killed in artillery fire in east Ukraine’s Sloviansk (ITAR-TASS) Poroshenko leads after Sunday poll – vote count update (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 24-25 May 2014
25 May 2014 19:02:50 — williambowles.info Voting at Ukraine’s presidential elections finished (ITAR-TASS) Poroshenko leads presidential race with over 55% of votes – exit polls (Voice of Russia) Whoever wins Ukraine elections will have to fight for any authority president has – political analyst (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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GRTV: Propaganda and the Ukraine Crisis
This full length GRTV documentary produced by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya examines the fictitious land of “Nulandistan” (named after Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland) that has been constructed out of Ukraine. Continue reading
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Ukraine News LInks 23-24 May 2014
24 May 2014 20:44:52 — williambowles.info GRTV: Propaganda and the Ukraine Crisis (GRTV) Round 1: Ukraine, the next big phase of Washington’s plan to conquer the world (SCF) US senators promise to continue providing support to Kiev government (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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New York Times’ vision of Ukrainian “democracy” By Bill Van Auken
The New York Times, which from the outset of the Ukrainian crisis has tailored its coverage slavishly to the line of the US State Department, spelled out its vision for a “democratic Ukraine” Wednesday in an editorial entitled “A Critical Election in Ukraine.” Continue reading
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Ukraine: The conflict in the Ukraine as seen by a professional soldier
I have been asked by The Saker to share my view of the current conflict in the Ukraine. I will provide no information that is not publicly available if one wants to dig and one is observant with the many videos available on the internet amongst other places. Continue reading
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Mobilisation starts in self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic
The city of Sloviansk (Ukraine’s Donetsk region) and adjoining settlements have again been subjected to intense artillery fire in which several [d]welling houses have been destroyed. The local people’s militia claim that an attack on a block post in the area of the Karlovka settlement (30 km from Donetsk towards Dnepropetrovsk) was repelled on Friday.… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 22-23 May 2014
23 May 2014 13:56:57 — williambowles.info Putin ‘to respect’ Ukraine vote (BBC) West reluctant to help Russia release LifeNews journalists — human rights ombudsman (ITAR-TASS) Russia will respect choice made by Ukrainians on May 25 – Putin (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 21-22 May 2014
22 May 2014 19:04:04 — williambowles.info 16 Ukraine soldiers killed in deadly Donetsk region checkpoint attack (RT) ‘Outrageous!’ Moscow hits back at Prince Charles over Putin-Hitler comparison (RT) Donetsk lawmakers decide against holding presidential poll on May 25 (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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Video: 16 Ukraine soldiers killed in deadly Donetsk region checkpoint attack
Eyewitnesses told Russian Chanel One that the attackers arrived in transit vans, with armored vehicles and combat helicopters providing cover for them. The gunmen set fire to the military’s armored vehicles and began shooting at the rookie soldiers, who had their encampment near the checkpoint. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 20-21 May 2014
21 May 2014 16:03:23 — williambowles.info Ex-Ukrainian president urges to dissolve Rada (ITAR-TASS) Western Media Blackout on the Reality in Ukraine (Washington’sBlog) British journalist held in Ukraine (BBC) Continue reading
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Political Repression Mounts In Run-Up To Ukrainian Presidential Vote By Alex Lantier
As the unelected Western-backed regime in Kiev prepares to hold presidential elections on May 25, right-wing and fascistic forces are attacking and murdering members of opposition parties. This underscores the entirely fraudulent character of the elections arranged by the imperialist powers in an attempt to give the government in Kiev a veneer of democratic legitimacy. Continue reading
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Boris Kagarlitsky on Ukraine: ‘A quadrille of monsters’ and ‘Smashing the feed trough’
— These two commentaries were written in January and February 2014 – before the fall of the Viktor Yanukovich regime and subsequent events — and have only just been translated into English. They are published at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal as they offer insights into the thinking of an important part of the… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 19-20 May 2014
20 May 2014 18:10:51 — williambowles.info Is Ukraine Entering A Revolutionary Moment? (Greanville Post) Estonia: Large-Scale Article 5 NATO War Games On Russia’s Border (Stop NATO) Russian senator initiates parlimentary inquest into Odessa tragedy (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
