RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 27.01.2024
Including geopolitical issues affecting the balance of power in the ongoing end game war to establish our common future, a closely monitored prison planet or tolerance for diverse modes of governance.
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“Ukraine. What is the truth...?
Why won’t western media tell both sides…?”
VIRTUALLY UNREPORTED ATROCITY IN LUGANSK, 2nd JUNE 2014
A lot has been said about atrocities in the western media claimed to have been perpetrated by the Russians, for example at Bucha and Mariupol among others. These assertions are conveyed on the say so of the Ukrainian authorities. How willing though are western news broadcasters to convey atrocities attributed to the Ukrainians? The following will I think provide the answer.
If anyone wonders if they are receiving accurate coverage of the conflict in Ukraine I would suggest watching the video below of an event which occurred on the 2nd of June 2014 and ask themselves if they recall hearing about it on any mainstream media news channel at the time.
The video is harrowing to watch. The bodies (five women and three men) are real. Yet across western media there was only one single news report that occurred a day later. This was from CNN and occurred only because a CNN team happened to be nearby at the time of the atrocity and so the network could hardly ignore it as all others so obviously did.
The video below shows the unvarnished truth that was not considered newsworthy in western mainstream news.
THE SINGLE WESTERN MSM REPORT ON THE LUGANSK ATROCITY, 3rd JUNE 2014
The video at the CNN link below is the crime scene sanitised by CNN, though played straight with honest reporting on the scene not playing things to Kiev’s tune.
(There was a time early in the war in the Donbass when CNN were not afraid to contradict the Ukrainian regime in Kiev.) Watch, because it's the first and last time you will see this.
5 women and 3 men died, all civilians.
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About the Russian IL-76 plane shot down by Ukraine with Ukrainian prisoners.
Kiev knew Ukrainian POWs were on plane it downed – Putin.
The Russian president has accused Ukraine of shooting down the aircraft with American or French missiles.
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, the GUR, knew there were prisoners of war aboard a Russian military transport plane shot down by Kiev’s forces, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. The full story of the shootdown will “become clear in a couple of days,” he added.
The IL-76 military transport plane was shot down over Russia’s Belgorod Region on Wednesday morning. Everyone on board – 65 prisoners, six crew members, and three Russian soldiers – died. The Russian Defense Ministry claims that the plane was brought down by Ukrainian anti-aircraft missiles while en route to a prisoner exchange in the city of Belgorod, located near the Russia-Ukraine border.
The GUR was aware that Ukrainian prisoners were traveling on the plane, Putin said on Friday, according to RIA Novosti.
“The entire current Kiev regime is based on crimes committed daily, including against its own citizens,” Putin said. “The [GUR] knew that we were transporting 65 military personnel there … and knowing this, they struck the plane.”
In a statement issued on Wednesday night, the GUR did not deny that the jet was taken out by Ukrainian forces. Instead, the agency said that it was unsure whether the prisoners would be taken to the exchange point by air or other means, and that it “was not informed about the need to ensure the safety of the airspace” over the border region.
Putin said that material seized from the crash site suggests that an American or French air-defense missile was used to bring down the plane, and that exactly how the aircraft was shot down “will become clear in a couple of days.”
“The results of the investigation into the IL-76 case will be published so that the Ukrainian people know” what happened to their soldiers, he stated.
Russian State Duma Defense Committee chief Andrey Kartapolov has also alleged that Western weapons were used to target the flight, claiming that American Patriot or German Iris-T missiles were fired at the jet. A French military source told Radio France on Wednesday that a Patriot missile had struck the fatal blow.
“All currently available data points to a deliberate, premeditated crime,” Russia’s deputy representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, told a meeting of the UN Security Council on Thursday. “The Ukrainian leadership was well aware about the route and means by which [the Ukrainian] soldiers would have been transported to the agreed exchange point,” he claimed, alleging that “the regime in Kiev had decided this time to sabotage [the swap] in the most barbaric way.”
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Ukraine committed ‘genocide’ in Donbass – Putin.
Russia’s “geopolitical adversaries” had sought to “exterminate” anyone wanting good relations with Moscow, the president has said.
Kiev’s actions in Donbass between 2014 and 2022 were nothing short of “genocide,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. The post-Maidan coup authorities in Ukraine were determined to “physically” get rid of anyone who still supported the development of good relations with Moscow, he added.
Russia cited the need to protect the people of Donbass from continued persecution by Kiev as one of the major reasons it launched its military operation in February 2022. In the wake of the 2014 Maidan coup, two former Ukrainian territories with predominantly Russian-speaking populations declared their independence from Kiev and created the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. The post-coup Ukrainian government responded by launching an “anti-terrorist” operation against the two Donbass republics, sparking a protracted conflict that has raged ever since, in one form or another.
Russia initially sought to resolve the issue through the later-derailed Minsk Agreements, which envisaged a special autonomous status for the two republics within Ukraine. Moscow repeatedly accused Kiev of failing to implement the terms of the accords. In 2022, former German chancellor Angela Merkel admitted that the accords brokered by Russia, Germany, and France in 2015 were merely a strategic ploy aimed at buying Ukraine more time to prepare for a conflict with Russia.
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”Everything that was happening there… was genocide,” Putin said on Friday, referring to the events that had been unfolding in Donbass between 2014 and 2022. “This cannot be called otherwise,” he said, adding that people were being “exterminated.” He also pointed to the fact that Kiev’s forces continued to fight the Donbass militias after the Minsk Agreements had already been signed.
According to the president, Russia’s “geopolitical adversaries understood that they could not just turn Ukraine upside-down with its Russian-speaking population in the southeast.” The 2014 coup opened the way for the “physical extermination of anyone who was willing to develop normal relations with Russia,” Putin said, adding that “it had become clear that we would not be allowed to build normal relations with our neighbor.”
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Ukraine was being turned into an “anti-Russian” state, the president said, adding that such developments had left Moscow no choice to avoid launching its military operation.
Putin has repeatedly referred to Ukraine’s policies in Donbass as “genocide.” In June 2022, several months into the conflict with Ukraine, he said “there can be no other definition for the Kiev regime’s actions than ‘a crime against humanity’.”
In February 2022, just days before the start of the Russian campaign, the nation’s Investigative Committee reported that more than 2,600 civilians had been killed over the past eight years amid the conflict in Donbass. More than 5,500 civilians were injured over the same period, it added.
A UN report published in January 2022 put the total number of deaths linked to the Donbass conflict at that time at more than 14,000. At least 3,400 of them were civilians, including more than 150 children, it added.
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VICTORY BELONGS TO RUSSIA: IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
Each day that passes makes a conclusive Russian victory in the Donbass and beyond more certain. As Russia bolsters her forces, and weaponry, those of Ukraine decrease. Russian forces gain ready access to rest and recuperation as troop numbers increase. The increasingly exhausted and demoralised Ukrainian troops have an ever decreasing prospect of such respite. This situation is likely to bring them to complete breakdown as Russia unleashes the firepower of the more modern and advanced weaponry that is arriving with the newly mobilised Russian troops.
The various Ukrainian offensives are now weak when confronted by the reinforced Russian lines. A few futile efforts achieve quite miserable results before fire reigns down on the Ukrainian troops and they are forced back to their starting positions.
And now, all this being said, we have arrived at the wet, and later, freezing conditions where these pathetic Ukrainian forces will be subject to myriad forms of abject misery with death and injury all around them while they lie sodden or frozen, abandoned to their fate by Kiev.
The pitiable young and old of Ukraine have been frogmarched to their deaths as cannon-fodder while the bestial elites of the collective West urge their "president" to add more to their number there at the gates of Hell and their doom. We must feel for the majority of them as they are not the Nazis we revile, in most part they are decent men, fathers, sons, brothers, husband and uncles, who no doubt saw through the coup of 2014 for what it was. But sadly, their fate seems sealed.
Nothing will stop Russia now. Every factor favours them. Victory will be Russia's. In Donbass and beyond and in due course across the world.
Victory belongs to Russia: It is now only a matter of time.
UPDATES TO BE ADDED HERE AS AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
UPDATES TO BE ADDED HERE AS AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
RETROSPECTIVE: WE ARE NOW IN THE TENTH YEAR OF THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE
What events occurred in the Ukrainian capital during the winter of 2013-14 that ultimately led to the Russian incursion into Ukraine on the 24th of February 2022?
When military conflicts take place there are always also conflicts of opinion regarding the facts. As the saying goes, ‘The first casualty of war is the truth’. This has never been more true than in this conflict, one that has been fought not only in Ukraine but across the entire media space and very much including across the internet and social media. The advantage of having multiple platforms through which to access hearts and minds has been taken full advantage of and, due to the nature of this medium, many unverified and uninvestigated claims have been made. However, certain facts can be ascertained and stated plainly and without contradiction.
THE EVENTS ON MAIDAN SQUARE WERE CRUCIAL
Whatever can be said about what took place on Maidan Square in Ukraine’s capital from the end of 2013 into the early months of 2014 one fact can be stated without fear of contradiction. They did not represent anything approaching a democratic process.
Whether you agree with the outcome of the events on the square or do not, the clear fact stated above should be self-evident. Whether you believe what happened was justifiable or not, this fact remains. The historical record will show that both the elections of the then Ukrainian president and that of the then government passed the various tests the electoral assessor teams set for them and pronounced the results as valid.
What were the reasons for the Maidan protests?
Ukraine sought loans in 2013 to maintain the nation in good financial standing. The president at that time, Yanukoych was negotiating with both the Russian Federation and the European Union for future assistance to ensure this goal. He was primarily negotiating with EU officials whereby Ukraine would formalise an associate status with the union. These negotiations were ongoing while Russia offered its own financial assistance and, according to reports, suggested Ukraine could take advantage of both their offer AND that of the EU.
Those who gathered in Maidan Square were clearly suspicious that Yanukovych and the government of Ukraine would ultimately reject the proposals of the EU and instead continue its long-term reliance on Russia. They, being almost exclusively residents of western Ukraine and by numerous election results as an almost uniform bloc antipathetic to the parties in power, wished to push for an ever closer and increasingly enhanced connection to the European Union.
While Yanukovych deliberated over a decision that would inevitably have major implications for Ukraine the impatience and suspicions of the protestors mounted.
Why did the protesters on Maidan Square become violent?
As the early months of 2014 wore on a change occurred on the square. The initial largely peaceful protests morphed into arguably the most violent ever seen in Europe, at least in modern times. Why did this transformation of events occur?
One reason for this change is the claimed harsh response of a particular elite grouping of the Ukrainian security forces known as the ‘Berkut’. It appears according to certain accounts seen that some protestors were beaten in unjustifiable attacks. These have not been well documented and have remained on an assertion basis only. However, the likelihood of these attacks having occurred and having heightened tensions, leading to violent attacks upon the security services in general cannot be discounted.
The second reason for this change is more obvious and clearly visible. It is clear that the protest on Maidan Square became known to a large grouping, predominantly of young men, who had a history of extreme nationalism. The mythologies that these young men adhered to took many forms, however, the influence upon them that had most effect was quite obviously and visibly that of the activities of certain Ukrainian organisations who had struggled for Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union during World War Two.
Those that the new influx to the Maidan Square protests looked to for inspiration were several although the chief among them was a man by the name of Stepan Bandera. Although Bandera did not hold any permanent alliance he, and many others from western Ukraine did at one point at least align themselves with the Nazis and battalions of Ukrainians were inducted into the Nazi military at that time. Russia and Russian-speakers were then and remained through the generations the hated enemy of the most extreme of Ukrainian nationalists.
The protest on Maidan Square thus descended into open riot.
How did the events on Maidan Square end?
The entire many-month-long protest that descended into open riot on Maidan Square ended with a mass shooting event where a great many protesters/rioters were killed by shooting from an upper storey of a hotel overlooking the square. Initially it was claimed that the then Ukrainian president and government were responsible for this by ordering its security forces to perpetrate it. However, the official enquiry has discounted this and instead indicated in its deliberations that another group entirely were responsible. The most likely group appears to be a small team of Georgians, one at least of whom has confessed in a detailed account to have been brought to the square for this purpose.
In any event, on the perpetration of this major atrocity, events occurred in quick succession soon after while the protest/riot continued unabated. The president, Yanukovych, in fear of life according to reports, fled and the government fell after what appears to have been an unconstitutional vote against it.
What followed the end of the events on Maidan Square?
The new government was sworn in on 27 February 2014.
Certain figures emerged to take control of governmental affairs in the absence of the previous president and the fall of the previous government. Chief among these was Arseniy Yatsenyuk who had been recommended for the post of prime minister in a leaked phone call between then U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland and then U.S. Ambassador in Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt. Subsequently, several members of the most radical party in Ukraine led by Oleh Tyahnybok (Formerly Social-National Party of Ukraine) ‘Svoboda’ gained prominent governmental positions.
There follows some information regarding Tyahnybok’s ‘Svoboda’ party:
'Its ideology was based on OUN (Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists) politician Yaroslav Stetsko's Two revolutions.
On 21 September 1993 its "people's formations" came to the Verkhovna Rada building dressed all in black to differentiate themselves from woodland camouflaged UNA-UNSO activists.
In the second half of 1990s the party also recruited skinheads and football hooligans.
A mirror image of the Wolfsangel, or Wolf's Hook, was chosen as the party emblem in 1991.’ (Wikipedia)
The Wolfsangel:
‘The Ƶ-symbol was adopted by the Nazi Party, and was used by various German Wehrmacht and SS units such as the Waffen-SS Division Das Reich and the Waffen-SS Division Landstorm Nederland. The Anti-Defamation League, and others, list the Ƶ-symbol as a hate and neo-Nazi symbol.’ (Wikipedia)
How did the Russian-speaking people of eastern Ukraine react to the events above?
It will be well known by now that the political and national affiliations of the two geographical regions of Ukraine, east and west are generally in total opposition. The vast majority in western Ukraine are ethnic Ukrainians who are Ukrainian-speaking and have historically looked west. Those in eastern Ukraine generally speak Russian and look eastward toward Russia historically. The general impulse of Ukrainian nationalists has been to emphasise the Ukrainian language and to minimise the importance of the Russian language. This has been especially true since the events on Maidan Square.
The Russian-speaking majority in both Crimea and the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine did not react well to the events seen on Maidan Square. Symbology denoting allegiance to concepts associated with the Nazis of World War Two did not escape notice. The clear implication of the events on the square clearly indicated that their ability to elect the president and government of the choice was at risk. (Images depicting electoral results for Ukraine show a very clear dividing line of loyalties between east and west.) A decision was clearly made that due to the events seen on the square an insurrection of their own was called for. This largely bloodless insurrection involved large groups taking over government offices across the Donbass region.
Ostensibly those leading the group who had responded to the recent events in Ukraine’s capital through this local insurrection asked for a degree of autonomy within Ukraine that it was hoped would safeguard and guarantee their language and generally pro-Russian culture and historical heritage.
What was the response of the authorities in the Ukrainian capital to the events above?
Various claims were immediately made regarding those who had reacted as described above. No attempt was made, as far as can be ascertained, to create a dialogue with those involved. Instead they were immediately designated as terrorists assisted, it was stated, by elements of the Russian military.
On the 15th of April 2022 the following fateful decision to use military force was enacted;
‘In accordance with the Ukrainian law on fighting the terrorism Ukraine's acting President Olexander Turchynov announced the start of "anti-terrorist operation" (Ukrainian: Антитерористична операція, abbreviation: ATO) against pro-Russian separatists. An armoured column sent by Ukraine established a checkpoint 40 km from Sloviansk.’ (Wikipedia)
From this point on a military confrontation was inevitable and so it transpired. With the new authorities in the Ukrainian capital designating those who had taken part in the revolt as terrorists assisted by Russian forces there proved no basis for anything approaching a basis for negotiations. The subsequent shelling of the villages, towns and cities of the Donbass region along with the growing military resistance against them has resulted in excess of 15,000 deaths, the great majority being the deaths among the civilian population.
Hopefully the detailing of the events above will provide greater insight into the origins of the conflict which continues to this day in Ukraine. Hopefully it also serves to dispose of the oft repeated implication that the conflict only began on the 24th of February 2022. Russia’s intervention at that time, as Russian president Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated, is Russia’s attempt to end the military conflict begun in 2014 by the Ukrainian authorities and their armed forces.
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