| | [[File:Odessa massacre.PNG|right|400px|thumb|Pregnant strangled Russian woman, left. Victorious Ukrainians in the next room over, right.]] | | [[File:Odessa massacre.PNG|right|400px|thumb|Pregnant strangled Russian woman, left. Victorious Ukrainians in the next room over, right.]] |
| − | The '''Donbas war''' began on [[Victory Day]], May 9, 2014 when the U.S.-backed [[Maidan regime]] opened fire on civilians in [[Mariupol]] who were celebrating the 69th anniversary of the defeat of [[Nazism]]. On June 3, 2014, for the first, and last time, [[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 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 '''Donbas war''' began on [[Victory Day]], May 9, 2014 when the U.S.-backed [[Maidan regime]] opened fire on civilians in [[Mariupol]] who were celebrating the 69th anniversary of the defeat of [[Nazism]]. On June 3, 2014, for the first, and last time, [[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. |
| | 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. | | 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. |