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:''For the [[Special Military Operation]] of 2022 '''[[Russia-Ukraine war]]''' | :''For the [[Special Military Operation]] of 2022 '''[[Russia-Ukraine war]]''' | ||
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| + | |colspan="3"|The Gorlovka Madona,<ref>[https://scottritter.substack.com/p/a-trail-of-tears-part-three-gorlovka A Trail of Tears, Part Three: Gorlovka], The murder of a mother and her young daughter became the symbol of a human tragedy that unfolded before the eyes of the world. Most never saw it. And those that did, have mostly forgotten it. Shame. [[Scott Ritter]], Aug 21, 2026. scottritter.substack.com</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/LucianSarbu/status/1505104792179335170</ref> a young mother and her child killed in the 2014 criminal bombing of civilians by the [[the West]]ern-backed [[Kiev regime]] depicted in Russian media.<ref>[https://www.strifeblog.org/tag/gorlovka/ Raising and Losing Children in the Donbas War], FEBRUARY 12, 2020, by [[Daria Platonova]]. The article quotes [[Andriy Parubiy]], founder of the [[neo-Nazi]] [[Social-National Party]] and speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament saying 68 children had been killed and 186 wounded since 2014. Daria Platonova, the married name of Darya Dugina, does not reference Parubiy's neo-Nazi roots and connections. Platonova/Dugina herself was murdered by the [[Ukraine Security Service]] (SBU) in a terrorist car bombing in Moscow in July 2022.</ref> | ||
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| + | The '''Donbas war''' began on April 13, 2014, the same day [[Hunter Biden]]'s appointment to [[Burisma]] oil and gas in Ukraine was announced.<ref>https://s2.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMR_13.05.2014.mp4?_=1</ref> | ||
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| + | On May 2, 2014, forty-eight Russian speaking citizens of Ukraine protesting the [[Maidan coup]] were burnt alive in the [[Odessa Trade Unions House massacre]] by US-backed [[Nazi]]s.<ref>https://mronline.org/2024/05/06/10-years-of-injustice/</ref> | ||
| − | + | in [[Mariupol]] on [[Victory Day]], May 9, 2014 the U.S.-backed [[Maidan regime]] opened fire on civilians who were celebrating the 69th anniversary of the defeat of [[Nazism]]. On June 3, 2014, [[CNN]] reported on the aerial bombing of civilians in Donbas by the U.S.-backed Maidan regime.<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/03/world/europe/ukraine-luhansk-building-attack/index.html Air attack on pro-Russian separatists in Luhansk kills 8, stuns residents], Diana Magnay and Tim Lister, CNN, Updated 6:53 PM EDT, Tue June 3, 2014.</ref> Five women and three men, all civilians, were killed in the aerial bombing with at least 20 more injured.<ref>[https://youtu.be/IUchjQ_zoBs Lugansk after the bombing aircraft Ukrainian army]</ref> The attack on Donbas residents by the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] and Nazi paramilitary groups with heavy weapons, artillery and aircraft by the U.S.-backed [[Kyiv regime]], with funds and training provided by the United States, continued for the next 8 years, killing 14,000. | |
| − | The [[Obama administration]]-backed [[Maidan coup]] | + | <!--In July 2014 the [[fascist]] Maidan regime bombed its own citizens in [[Donetsk]] and [[Lugansk]]. The genocidal conflict to drive ethnic Russians out of the oil and gas rich [[Donbas]] received little, if any attention from Western media and political leaders for the next eight years.--> |
| + | The [[Obama administration]]-backed [[Maidan coup]] had overthrown the [[democracy|democratically]] elected president of [[Ukraine]].<ref>https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/06/03/how-why-us-government-perpetrated-2014-coup-ukraine/</ref> [[President Viktor Yanukovych]]'s election had been certified by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). He was the first democratically elected official overthrown in a violent revolution in recent memory. The U.S.-backed [[coup]] was accomplished with the aid of anti-Russian, anti-democratic [[neo-Nazi]]s and traitors to Ukraine. It was an unconstitutional U.S.-sponsored [[regime change]]. | ||
| − | As of 2021, 13,000 people | + | As of 2021, 13,000 people had been killed in the conflict.<ref>https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/UA/29thReportUkraine_EN.pdf</ref> |
In early December 2021 it was reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine deployed 125,000 troops, half of its forces, against the predominantly Russian speaking Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine.<ref>https://www.anews.com.tr/world/2021/12/01/russia-ukraine-has-deployed-half-of-its-army-to-donbass-conflict-zone</ref> More than 600,000 Russian citizens reside in Donbas.<ref>http://uawire.org/kremlin-almost-640-000-donbas-residents-received-russian-passports</ref> | In early December 2021 it was reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine deployed 125,000 troops, half of its forces, against the predominantly Russian speaking Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine.<ref>https://www.anews.com.tr/world/2021/12/01/russia-ukraine-has-deployed-half-of-its-army-to-donbass-conflict-zone</ref> More than 600,000 Russian citizens reside in Donbas.<ref>http://uawire.org/kremlin-almost-640-000-donbas-residents-received-russian-passports</ref> | ||
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[[Hromadske TV]] media is one of the most-watched networks in Ukraine. Hromadske is funded by the [[Dutch]] and US Embassies in Kyiv, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the European Endowment for Democracy, and Free Press Unlimited. [[Silicon Valley]] [[oligarch]] Pierre Omidary was also involved in creating the outlet.<ref>https://www.mintpressnews.com/ukraine-propaganda-war-international-pr-firms-dc-lobbyists-cia-cutouts/280012/</ref> Hromadske hosted Bogdan Boutkevitch<ref>https://beyondhighbrow.com/2014/08/03/us-supported-ukrainian-nazi-calls-for-killing-1-5-novorussians/</ref> during the Maidan coup demanding [[genocide]] of ethnic Russians saying Donbas, | [[Hromadske TV]] media is one of the most-watched networks in Ukraine. Hromadske is funded by the [[Dutch]] and US Embassies in Kyiv, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the European Endowment for Democracy, and Free Press Unlimited. [[Silicon Valley]] [[oligarch]] Pierre Omidary was also involved in creating the outlet.<ref>https://www.mintpressnews.com/ukraine-propaganda-war-international-pr-firms-dc-lobbyists-cia-cutouts/280012/</ref> Hromadske hosted Bogdan Boutkevitch<ref>https://beyondhighbrow.com/2014/08/03/us-supported-ukrainian-nazi-calls-for-killing-1-5-novorussians/</ref> during the Maidan coup demanding [[genocide]] of ethnic Russians saying Donbas, | ||
{{quotebox-float|"is severely overpopulated with people nobody has any use for. Trust me I know what I am saying. If we take, for example, just Donetsk oblast, there are approximately 4 million inhabitants, at least 1.5 million of them are superfluous. We don't need to "understand" Donbass, we need to understand Ukrainian national interests. Donbass must be exploited as a resource, which it is. I don't claim to have a quick solution recipe, but the most important thing that must be done - no matter how cruel it may sound, there is a certain category of people that MUST BE EXTERMINATED.<ref>https://youtu.be/S9SOVarOFJk</ref>}} | {{quotebox-float|"is severely overpopulated with people nobody has any use for. Trust me I know what I am saying. If we take, for example, just Donetsk oblast, there are approximately 4 million inhabitants, at least 1.5 million of them are superfluous. We don't need to "understand" Donbass, we need to understand Ukrainian national interests. Donbass must be exploited as a resource, which it is. I don't claim to have a quick solution recipe, but the most important thing that must be done - no matter how cruel it may sound, there is a certain category of people that MUST BE EXTERMINATED.<ref>https://youtu.be/S9SOVarOFJk</ref>}} | ||
| − | + | As published in the ''[[Washington Post]]'' on May 9, 2023, the 78th anniversary of [[Victory Day]] commemorating the defeat of [[Nazi Germany]] by [[Russia]], NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg said "The war in Ukraine has fundamentally changed NATO, but then you have to remember the war didn’t start in 2022…The war started in 2014."<ref>[https://archive.is/0wj8w Opinion Editorial Board interview: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg], By the ''Washington Post'' Editorial Board, May 9, 2023.</ref> | |
| + | The Donbass war is not what Americans think of as a 21st-century war. It is a [[World War II]] type conflict, with two well-equipped, capable, real armies fighting each other for control of towns, villages, and fortifications.<ref>https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/03/27/final-battle-for-the-donbass-takes-shape/</ref> | ||
| + | [[File:Alley of Angels.PNG|right|300px|thumb|The Alley of Angels commemorates children killed by Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk during the 8 years of the Donbas war.<ref>https://youtu.be/zlrYBnttnt4</ref>]] | ||
| + | [[File:Odessa massacre.PNG|right|400px|thumb|Pregnant strangled Russian woman, left. Victorious Ukrainians in the next room over, right.]] | ||
| + | [[File:Russian Neonazis on the Donetsk airport.jpg|thumbnail|"Kremlin backed Neonazis from the [[Rusich]] group in the Donetsk airport";<ref>{{cite web|url=https://molfar.com/en/blog/dshrg-rusich|title=“DShRG Rusich”: a neo-Nazi unit in the service of the Russian armed forces|publisher=molfar}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://khpg.org/en/1445287320|title=Russian Neo-Nazi Sadist trains future Donbas militant fighters|date=21 October 2015}}</ref> according to morningstaronline.co.uk., the source of this allegation of "Kremlin backed neonazis" is the "[[USAID]]-backed smear factory Molfar." <ref>https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/london-based-ukrainian-organisation-accused-of-endangering-lives-with-traitors-list</ref> | ||
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==Crimean Annexation== | ==Crimean Annexation== | ||
{{See also|Crimean Annexation}} | {{See also|Crimean Annexation}} | ||
[[Crimea]] held a referendum and rejoined Russia rather than live under an illegal government. However, Russia did not accept the results of the [[Donetsk]] and [[Lugansk]] referendums in the Don River Basin, collectively known as Donbas. Donetsk and Luhansk declared independence from [[Kyiv]] and became known as the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. The Kyiv regime tried to retake the two separatist provinces. | [[Crimea]] held a referendum and rejoined Russia rather than live under an illegal government. However, Russia did not accept the results of the [[Donetsk]] and [[Lugansk]] referendums in the Don River Basin, collectively known as Donbas. Donetsk and Luhansk declared independence from [[Kyiv]] and became known as the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. The Kyiv regime tried to retake the two separatist provinces. | ||
| + | [[File:Devon Archer (far left) is pictured with Joe and Hunter Biden. (Screenshot from Twitter).jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Devon Archer (far left) is pictured with Joe and Hunter Biden. (Screenshot from Twitter)<ref>https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/03/who-devon-archer-ukrainian-gas-executive-playing-g/</ref>]] | ||
| + | An email sent from [[Hunter Biden]] to his business partner [[Devon Archer]] on April 13, 2014, contained information from a classified [[State Department]] memo one week before Joe Biden visited Ukraine to meet prime minister [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]]. The email predicted an escalation of Russia's “destabilization campaign, which could lead to a full scale takeover of the eastern region, most critically [[Donetsk]]": | ||
| + | {{quotebox-float|“The strategic value is to create a land bridge for [[Russia|RU]] to [[Crimea]]. That won’t directly affect [[Burisma]] holdings but it will limit future [[UK]] exploration and utilization of offshore opportunities in particular. | ||
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| + | It will also result in further destabilization of UK nationally and for whatever govt is in power. And the US will respond with even stronger sanctions. Those sanctions will threaten the tenuous support of the [[EU]] which does not have the political will to incur steep energy price increases.”<ref>https://nypost.com/2023/01/22/theres-no-hiding-bidens-fright-over-classified-document-scandal/</ref> }} | ||
==Ethnic cleansing in the Donbas== | ==Ethnic cleansing in the Donbas== | ||
| − | {{See also|Ethnic cleansing in the Donbas}} | + | {{See also|Ethnic cleansing in the Donbas|Aidar Battalion}} |
===Odessa Trade Unions House massacre=== | ===Odessa Trade Unions House massacre=== | ||
| − | [[File:Revolution of Dignity.PNG| | + | [[File:Revolution of Dignity.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Burnt victims of the "[[Revolution of Dignity]]."]] |
| − | On April 16, 2014 ''[[Forbes]]'' reported Obama CIA Dir. [[John Brennan]]'s visited the new undemocratically elected [[Obama administration]]-backed regime in Kyiv.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/melikkaylan/2014/04/16/why-cia-director-brennan-visited-kiev-in-ukraine-the-covert-war-has-begun/#248cdd8510cb</ref> Two weeks later on May 2, 2014 Ukrainian nationalists murdered at least 42 Russians, most burnt alive in the Odessa Trades Union Building.<ref>https://www.opednews.com/populum/pagem.php?f=Odessa--the-First-Pogrom-by-George-Eliason-Activism-Anti-War_Civil-Disobedience_Class-War_Obama-Warmonger-140507-595.html</ref> Some eyewitnesses claim the real number is over a hundred. The bodies were removed and buried in secret. Survivors of the fire inside the building were executed with bullets to the head. Some were beaten to death with clubs when they jumped from windows of the burning building. A pregnant woman was strangled.<ref>https://archive.fo/Gt4UV</ref> | + | On April 16, 2014 ''[[Forbes]]'' reported Obama CIA Dir. [[John Brennan]]'s visited the new undemocratically elected [[Obama administration]]-backed regime in Kyiv.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/melikkaylan/2014/04/16/why-cia-director-brennan-visited-kiev-in-ukraine-the-covert-war-has-begun/#248cdd8510cb</ref> Two weeks later on May 2, 2014, Ukrainian nationalists murdered at least 42 Russians, most burnt alive in the Odessa Trades Union Building.<ref>https://www.opednews.com/populum/pagem.php?f=Odessa--the-First-Pogrom-by-George-Eliason-Activism-Anti-War_Civil-Disobedience_Class-War_Obama-Warmonger-140507-595.html</ref> Some eyewitnesses claim the real number is over a hundred. The bodies were removed and buried in secret. Survivors of the fire inside the building were executed with bullets to the head. Some were beaten to death with clubs when they jumped from windows of the burning building. A pregnant woman was strangled.<ref>https://archive.fo/Gt4UV</ref> |
The Maidan fascists according to eyewitnesses outnumbered the anti-Kiev protesters 10 to 1. First the Maidan activists burnt down the tents of anti-Kiev regime protesters outside the building. The anti-Kiev protesters retreated into the building and tried to blockade the door. The Maidan protesters began throwing Molotov cocktails. Soon the building was engulfed in flames. The Maidan fascist crowd began cheering as they set the building ablaze and beat those who tried to escape. A Maidan activist was shooting at people trying to escape from the windows. | The Maidan fascists according to eyewitnesses outnumbered the anti-Kiev protesters 10 to 1. First the Maidan activists burnt down the tents of anti-Kiev regime protesters outside the building. The anti-Kiev protesters retreated into the building and tried to blockade the door. The Maidan protesters began throwing Molotov cocktails. Soon the building was engulfed in flames. The Maidan fascist crowd began cheering as they set the building ablaze and beat those who tried to escape. A Maidan activist was shooting at people trying to escape from the windows. | ||
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===Murder, assassination and kidnapping=== | ===Murder, assassination and kidnapping=== | ||
| − | On March 25, 2019 Vasily Prozorov, a former employee of the [[Security Service of Ukraine | + | On March 25, 2019, [[Vasily Prozorov]], a former employee of the [[Security Service of Ukraine]] (SBU) held a press conference. He reported that from April 2014 he rendered assistance to the special services of Russia. “From April 2014 I absolutely voluntarily, for ideological reasons, assisted the special services of the [[Russian Federation]] in obtaining information about the activities of Ukrainian [[law enforcement]], in particular in the area of the ATO (Kiev’s military operation in the Donbass),” he stressed. According to Prozorov, he decided to do this after the events on “[[Maidan]]”.<ref>https://thesaker.is/former-sbu-employee-revealed-information-about-secret-prisons-in-donbass-and-kievs-involvement-in-downing-mh17/</ref> |
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| + | |colspan="3"|The Saur-Mogila monument was erected in 1963 to commemorate victory over the Nazis on the same spot in 1943. It was destroyed by Ukrainian Nazis in 2014 and rebuilt by the Donetsk Republic in 2022.<ref>https://youtu.be/G5zVXwMAKd0</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/AnbSqk9FHug</ref> | ||
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Prozorov informed Russia about the whereabouts of Russian ''Life News'' journalists detained in May 2014 by Ukrainian military personnel. He described that back then he worked in the team of the Security Service of Ukraine in one of the villages near [[Slavyansk]], where these journalists were detained. He immediately reported where they were, “because there were many who wanted to introduce your colleagues as military personnel and start their interrogations.” | Prozorov informed Russia about the whereabouts of Russian ''Life News'' journalists detained in May 2014 by Ukrainian military personnel. He described that back then he worked in the team of the Security Service of Ukraine in one of the villages near [[Slavyansk]], where these journalists were detained. He immediately reported where they were, “because there were many who wanted to introduce your colleagues as military personnel and start their interrogations.” | ||
In the area of conducting military operations in Donbass there are secret SBU prisons. One of them is located at the airport of [[Mariupol]]. The location is called “the library (библиотека),<ref>https://youtu.be/2r5g0W3bTXg</ref> and its prisoners are called books”. According to Prozorov, it was possible to end up in such a prison for anything, including on suspicion of working for the Russian Federation, [[DPR]], and [[LPR]]. | In the area of conducting military operations in Donbass there are secret SBU prisons. One of them is located at the airport of [[Mariupol]]. The location is called “the library (библиотека),<ref>https://youtu.be/2r5g0W3bTXg</ref> and its prisoners are called books”. According to Prozorov, it was possible to end up in such a prison for anything, including on suspicion of working for the Russian Federation, [[DPR]], and [[LPR]]. | ||
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