Tag: Donbass

Why Ukraine referendum is a big deal

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Thursday, 22 September 2022 — Indian Punchline

M. K. BHADRAKUMAR

Russia’s newest ICBM Sarmat equipped with maneuvering warheads

The referendum on September 23-27 in the Donbass and southern Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine on their accession to Russian Federation is, prima facie, an exercise of the right of self-determination by the native population who reject the western-backed regime change in Kiev in 2014 and the ascendancy of extreme nationalist forces with neo-Nazi leanings in the power structure.

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A Warm Welcome to War Criminals?

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Wednesday, 15 June 2022 — The van says…

Von der Leyen and Zelenskiy may stand together, but would the European electorate stand for Ukrainian criminals being admitted into the European Union?

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The Kiev regime has been attacking the civilians of the Donbass Republics since 2014, yet the last few weeks have seen a huge uptick in attacks at the same time as certain western nations wish to accelerate the Ukraine’s accession to the EU. This article will examine how a nation led by savages is being eased into the Western European fold.
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A Warm Welcome to War Criminals?

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Wednesday, 15 June 2022 — The van says…

Von der Leyen and Zelenskiy may stand together, but would the European electorate stand for Ukrainian criminals being admitted into the European Union?

Preamble. 

The Kiev regime has been attacking the civilians of the Donbass Republics since 2014, yet the last few weeks have seen a huge uptick in attacks at the same time as certain western nations wish to accelerate the Ukraine’s accession to the EU. This article will examine how a nation led by savages is being eased into the Western European fold.

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France has been killing civilians in the Donbass since yesterday

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Tuesday, 7 June 2022 — Donbass Insider

Caesar gun

It is now official: French Caesar guns opened fire yesterday on civilian areas in the Donbass and Donetsk. The information came from the CtsKK, the government service of the Donetsk Republic, which is responsible for recording all Ukrainian fire on civilian areas. It was then relayed by the DPR authorities. Every day, the very brave officials of this service go to the scene of the bombing, risking their lives. They often arrive within minutes of the bombing, with the significant possibility of more fire falling in the area. This work is very meticulous, with officers systematically collecting the various pieces of shrapnel and debris from the shells or ammunition to determine the weapons used. The time of the shooting, the victims, their identities, the testimonies of the owners of the affected properties, everything is carefully collected and then entered into a database of testimonies. Driving around Donetsk and the Donbass, they are accompanied by the Military Police and are themselves officials of the Ministry of Defense. Since yesterday, they have established that French guns are killing civilians on the rear of the Donbass front.

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The fascist mythology behind the demonization of Russia & its denazification effort in Ukraine

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Sunday, 6 March 2022 — See You in 2020

What the headlines aren’t telling us is that if not for Russia’s intervention, the newly independent DPR and LPR would at this point likely be getting crushed by the belligerent regime Washington has installed within Ukraine. Not only that, but the ethnic Russians within the Donbass region would be subjected to an even more severe genocide than they already have been. This was essentially articulated last month by a DPR pro-independence activist, who said that “We can’t live in the same country as the Nazis. We can’t forgive all that we experienced through the years. How can I live in one country with those who killed my loved ones?”

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Ukraine: Getting it Right: A Revolutionary Pan-African Perspective

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Monday, 28 February 2022 — Internationalist 360°

Gerald A. Perreira

Since February 18th, thousands of civilians have been evacuated from Donetsk and Luhansk to Russia following Ukraine’s intensified shelling of these territories, which have been under fire since the 2014 US backed coup.

“The White House hysteria is more revealing than ever. The Anglo-Saxons need a war at any cost. Provocation, misinformation and threats are a favourite method of solving their own problems. The American military-political machine is ready to steamroll through people’s lives again.”

– Maria Zakharova, Spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry

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DIANA JOHNSTONE: US Foreign Policy Is a Cruel Sport

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Thursday, 23 February, 2022 — Consortium News

Bear baiting was long ago banned as inhumane. Yet today, a version is being practiced every day against whole nations on a gigantic international scale. 

NATO officials visit Ukraine, April 7, 2021. (NATO)

By Diana Johnstone
in Paris
Special to Consortium News

In the time of the first Queen Elizabeth, British royal circles enjoyed watching fierce dogs torment a captive bear for the fun of it.  The bear had done no harm to anyone, but the dogs were trained to provoke the imprisoned beast and goad it into fighting back.  Blood flowing from the excited animals delighted the spectators.

This cruel practice has long since been banned as inhumane.

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Putin crosses the Rubicon. What next?

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Wednesday, 23 February 2022 — Indian Punchline

People wave Russian national flags celebrating Moscow’s recognition Donetsk and Lugansk, eastern Ukraine, Feb 21, 2022

Russia’s recognition of the ‘people’s republics’ of Luhansk and Donetsk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbass on Monday is a watershed event. In a manner of speaking, by this decision President Vladimir Putin crossed the Rubicon. But a tumultuous period lies ahead.

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There Is Still No ‘Russian Invasion’ But The Sanctions Proceeded Anyway

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Wednesday, 23 February 2022 — Moon of Alabama

The information war about the current U.S.-Russia standoff continues. That is why the New York Times is again pushing fake Russian invasion claims:

Russia faced mounting pressure and economic sanctions over the Ukraine crisis on Wednesday as the United States and allies coordinated punishments and denounced the beginning of an “invasion of Ukraine.”

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The global response began early Tuesday, just hours after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia recognized the self-declared separatist states in eastern Ukraine and

Russian forces started rolling into their territory, according to NATO, European Union and White House officials. It was the first major deployment of Russian troops across the internationally recognized border since the current crisis began.

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No Actually The US Empire Is Still The Power To Criticize: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

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Wednesday, 23 February 2022 — Caitlin Johnson

I believe that the situation in Ukraine is a crisis created solely by Moscow and that the US power alliance is just an innocent little flower who is being unfairly blamed. I also believe Santa is real, because I am a tiny little child who will believe anything.

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Ukraine: Putin turns the tables

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Wednesday, 23 February 2022 — Dissident Voice

Putin recognizes the independent republics of Donbass and puts the security of Russians back at the center of the Ukrainian game.

by Fabrizio Casari

Pending French mediation, Putin-Biden talks, German distancing, Italian fears, Spanish uncertainties and opposition from the former Eastern bloc, as well as the regularly discredited deadlines of the improbable Russian invasions, the war always announced but never started has had its first outcome.

India and the Donbass republics

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Tuesday, 22 February 2022 — Indian Punchline

President Vladimir Putin in an address to the nation announced Russia’s recognition of the Donbass Republics, Moscow, Feb 21, 2022

India’s dilemma over humanitarian intervention is revisiting it, with Russia’s recognition of the two self-proclaimed Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk as independent states. India is certainly not going to follow the Russian footfalls. The heart of the matter is that India has adopted a consistent position on issues involving genocide, human rights and self-determination.

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Russia’s Security Council Recommends To Recognize The Donbas Republics

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Monday, 21 February 2022 — Moon of Alabama

Updated (again) below
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The Russian National Security Council has been meeting today to discuss the recognition of the Donetzk People’s Republic (DNR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) as independent states.

The whole meeting was shown on public TV. RT-English provided a live translation. The purpose of the show was to present Russia’s arguments to an international public.
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Ukraine – Who Is Firing At Whom And Who Is Lying About It?

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Sunday, 20 February 2022 — Moon of Alabama

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has an observer mission along the line of control between the government and rebel side in south east Ukraine.

It reports that on Friday the number of ceasefire violations around the rebellious Donbas region of Ukraine had again nearly doubled:
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Blackwater is in Donbass with the Azov battalion

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Tuesday, 1 February 2022 — Voltaire Network

by Manlio Dinucci

The CIA and MI6 are reorganizing NATO stay-behind networks in Eastern Europe. If after the Second World War they relied on former Nazis to fight the Soviets, they still support neo-Nazi groups against the Russians. There is no obvious reason for this. The Nazis were plethora in the 1940s, they are very few today and only exist thanks to the help of the Anglo-Saxons.

Demonstration of the Azov battalion, in the center on the platform, its führer: Andriy Biletsky

The phone call between President Biden and Ukrainian President Zelensky “did not go well”, CNN headlines: while “Biden warned that a Russian invasion is practically certain in February, when the frozen ground makes it possible for tanks to pass through”, Zelensky “asked Biden to lower his tone, arguing that the Russian threat is still ambiguous”. As the Ukrainian president himself takes a more cautious stance, Ukrainian armed forces are massing in the Donbass near the area of Donetsk and Lugansk inhabited by Russian populations.

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Ukraine – Russia Makes Serious Demands, Warns Of ‘Confrontation’

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14 December 2021 — Moon of Alabama

Following unfounded U.S. claims of an imminent Russian invasion of the Ukraine U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin have held a virtual summit. Little has been released about its real content but the Russian follow up shows that the issues they talked about were deadly serious.

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International Crisis Looms as NATO to Hold Emergency Meeting with Ukraine

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12 April 2021 — Internationalist 360°

Rick Rozoff

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2019-10-05T104302Z_95741898_RC18EFB9F730_RTRMADP_3_LATVIA-NATO-scaled-e1592857932670.jpgThe government of Ukraine announced today that Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit NATO Headquarters tomorrow for an emergency session of the Ukraine-NATO Commission. Kuleba will meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and possibly with the North Atlantic Council (consisting of the ambassadors of all thirty NATO member states) as well.

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