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|colspan="3"|The Gorlovka Madona,<ref>https://twitter.com/LucianSarbu/status/1505104792179335170</ref> a young mother and her child killed in the 2014 criminal bombing of civilians by the [[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>

|colspan="3"|The Gorlovka Madona,<ref>https://twitter.com/LucianSarbu/status/1505104792179335170</ref> a young mother and her child killed in the 2014 criminal bombing of civilians by the [[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 in [[Mariupol]] on [[Victory Day]], May 9, 2014 when 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, 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.

The '''Donbas war''' began in [[Mariupol]] on [[Victory Day]], May 9, 2014 when 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, 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.

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>

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>

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: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:Odessa massacre.PNG|right|400px|thumb|Pregnant strangled Russian woman, left. Victorious Ukrainians in the next room over, right.]]

==Crimean Annexation==

==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>]]

[[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]]":

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.

{{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.

===Odessa Trade Unions House massacre===

===Odessa Trade Unions House massacre===

[[File:Revolution of Dignity.PNG|right300px|thumb|Burnt victims of the "[[Revolution of Dignity]]."]]

[[File:Revolution of Dignity.PNG|right300px|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.

===Murder, assassination and kidnapping===

===Murder, assassination and kidnapping===

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>

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>

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.”

|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>

|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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The leaders of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics became victims of special operations, and not internal conflicts. “I am not omniscient, but concerning Motorola and Givi I am 100% sure that it was an operation of the special fifth department of the SBU and the special operations forces (SOF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” he specified. According to Prozorov, employees of the Special Operations Forces are constantly trained under the guidance of instructors from the [[UK]] and other countries. Their specialties are acts of [[terrorism]] and the deployment of a partisan insurrection movement.

The leaders of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics became victims of special operations, and not internal conflicts. “I am not omniscient, but concerning Motorola and Givi I am 100% sure that it was an operation of the special fifth department of the SBU and the special operations forces (SOF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” he specified. According to Prozorov, employees of the Special Operations Forces are constantly trained under the guidance of instructors from the [[UK]] and other countries. Their specialties are acts of [[terrorism]] and the deployment of a partisan insurrection movement.

[[Fascist]] and Nazi views are widespread in Ukrainian law enforcement structures. Prozorov noted that this concerns not only voluntary battalions, where this phenomenon is rampant, but also about linear units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and National Guard.

[[Fascist]] and Nazi views are widespread in Ukrainian law enforcement structures. Prozorov noted that this concerns not only voluntary battalions, where this phenomenon is rampant, but also about linear units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and National Guard.

The “Azov” formation is a non-controlled paramilitary formation that is subordinated only to its leader and the Interior Minister [[Arsen Avakov]]. Prozorov recalled that in May 2017 another truce was concluded between the parties to the conflict. However, on May 9-10 the Azov artillery shelled the DPR and Mariupol. The former SBU officer noted that this is how the battalion carried out the orders of their superior, without informing the leadership of the ATO and the National Guard.

The “Azov” formation is a non-controlled paramilitary formation that is subordinated only to its leader and the Interior Minister [[Arsen Avakov]]. Prozorov recalled that in May 2017 another truce was concluded between the parties to the conflict. However, on May 9–10 the Azov artillery shelled the DPR and Mariupol. The former SBU officer noted that this is how the battalion carried out the orders of their superior, without informing the leadership of the ATO and the National Guard.

==Legality of Declarations of Independence==

==Legality of Declarations of Independence==

The Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) was established on September 26, 2014.<ref>https://www.rosbalt.ru/ukraina/2014/09/26/1320267.html</ref> to help implement the Minsk ceasefire agreements and ensure the safety of OSCE monitors in the Donbas war.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150201022251/http://www.novayagazeta.ru/politics/67071.html</ref>  It consists of Ukrainian and Russian military officers.  In April 2015, Ukrainian and Russian representatives began to keep separate logs of ceasefire violations.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150812163344/http://newsru.ua/ukraine/24apr2015/osce_jccc_separate_ceasefire_logs.html Спільні журнали порушень припинення вогню у Спільному центрі контролю більше не ведуться, - ОБСЄ], час публікації: 24 квітня 2015</ref> The Russian members left Ukraine in December 2017.

The Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) was established on September 26, 2014.<ref>https://www.rosbalt.ru/ukraina/2014/09/26/1320267.html</ref> to help implement the Minsk ceasefire agreements and ensure the safety of OSCE monitors in the Donbas war.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150201022251/http://www.novayagazeta.ru/politics/67071.html</ref>  It consists of Ukrainian and Russian military officers.  In April 2015, Ukrainian and Russian representatives began to keep separate logs of ceasefire violations.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150812163344/http://newsru.ua/ukraine/24apr2015/osce_jccc_separate_ceasefire_logs.html Спільні журнали порушень припинення вогню у Спільному центрі контролю більше не ведуться, - ОБСЄ], час публікації: 24 квітня 2015</ref> The Russian members left Ukraine in December 2017.

A meeting between representatives of the four countries, France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine was held in [[Paris]] on January 26, 2022 in the context of the [[Russia Ukraine conflict 2022]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220124122214/https://www.reuters.com/world/political-advisers-hold-four-way-talks-ukraine-paris-2022-01-22/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220125205354/https://www.dw.com/en/scholz-macron-say-diplomacy-can-fix-ukraine-russia-standoff/a-60549166 </ref>  The representatives of the four governments confirmed their support for Minsk II and committed themselves to resolving existing disagreements. They supported an unconditional ceasefire.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220127023902/https://www.elysee.fr/en/emmanuel-macron/2022/01/26/declaration-of-the-advisors-to-the-n4-heads-of-states-and-governments</ref>  However, the [[Biden regime]], which was not a party to the talks, continued to prod Ukraine to war with Russia with promises of economic aid,<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign/us-offers-ukraine-1-billion-to-stabilize-economy-intends-to-make-billions-more-available</ref> arms, and by instigating conflict in the Donbas through extensive use of [[propaganda]], [[psyops]], and [[fake news]] in [[Western allied]] media.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/ap-reporter-goes-rounds-with-state-dept-spox-in-absolutely-ridiculous-exchange/</ref>

A meeting between representatives of the four countries, France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine was held in [[Paris]] on January 26, 2022, in the context of the [[Russia Ukraine conflict 2022]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220124122214/https://www.reuters.com/world/political-advisers-hold-four-way-talks-ukraine-paris-2022-01-22/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220125205354/https://www.dw.com/en/scholz-macron-say-diplomacy-can-fix-ukraine-russia-standoff/a-60549166</ref>  The representatives of the four governments confirmed their support for Minsk II and committed themselves to resolving existing disagreements. They supported an unconditional ceasefire.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220127023902/https://www.elysee.fr/en/emmanuel-macron/2022/01/26/declaration-of-the-advisors-to-the-n4-heads-of-states-and-governments</ref>  However, the [[Biden regime]], which was not a party to the talks, continued to prod Ukraine to war with Russia with promises of economic aid,<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign/us-offers-ukraine-1-billion-to-stabilize-economy-intends-to-make-billions-more-available</ref> arms, and by instigating conflict in the Donbas through extensive use of [[propaganda]], [[psyops]], and [[fake news]] in [[Western allied]] media.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/ap-reporter-goes-rounds-with-state-dept-spox-in-absolutely-ridiculous-exchange/</ref>

{{Anchor|First Battle of Avdiivka}}

{{Anchor|First Battle of Avdiivka}}

In March 2016 the Maidan regime forces set up its fortifications in the area "Industrial Zone", until then a buffer zone between the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] controlled territories and the Kyiv regime army controlled territory in the eastern part of Avdiivka. This meant that the Donetsk People's Militia no longer had full control of the highway that united their controlled cities [[Donetsk]] and Horlivka and that it became more difficult for them to fire at Avdiivka with weapons not prohibited by the Minsk II agreement. Since March 2016 fighting for Avdiivka's "Industrial Zone" greatly intensified.<ref>[http://pda.pravda.com.ua/articles/id_7134026/ Freeze on fire. What happens in Avdiyivka?], Ukrayinska Pravda (31 January 2017)</ref>

In March 2016 the Maidan regime forces set up its fortifications in the area "Industrial Zone", until then a buffer zone between the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] controlled territories and the Kyiv regime army controlled territory in the eastern part of Avdiivka. This meant that the Donetsk People's Militia no longer had full control of the highway that united their controlled cities [[Donetsk]] and Horlivka and that it became more difficult for them to fire at Avdiivka with weapons not prohibited by the Minsk II agreement. Since March 2016 fighting for Avdiivka's "Industrial Zone" greatly intensified.<ref>[http://pda.pravda.com.ua/articles/id_7134026/ Freeze on fire. What happens in Avdiyivka?], Ukrayinska Pravda (31 January 2017)</ref>

From January 29, 2017 until February 4, 2017 the city was embroiled in the Battle of Avdiivka which left Avdiivka without electricity and heating for several days.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/14/avdiivka-frontline-ukraine-war-russia-backed-separatists Violence flares in war-weary Ukraine as US dithers and Russia pounces], [[The Guardian]] (14 February 2017)</ref><ref>"An AFP reporter saw the separatists shell the town of about 20,000 people with repeated rounds of Grad multiple rocket systems and artillery fire from the early morning. "Right now, there is no power. We have not resolved problems with heating homes, and the gas pipe has been shattered," local Ukrainian army unit spokeswoman Olena Mokrynchuk told AFP [...] The town's heating is provided by a coke plant that has been heavily damaged by the falling shells. Plant director Musa Magomedov said it would be incredibly difficult to resume gas production were the factory's generators shut down. That would leave Avdiivka without a source of local power and uncertainty about its future." https://web.archive.org/web/20170131164143/https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/ukraine-clashes-rage-third-day-sparking-eu-concern |url=https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/ukraine-clashes-rage-third-day-sparking-eu-concern </ref><ref>[http://pda.pravda.com.ua/news/id_7134509/ In Avdiyivka switched to heating mode stable]</ref>

From January 29, 2017, until February 4, 2017, the city was embroiled in the Battle of Avdiivka which left Avdiivka without electricity and heating for several days.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/14/avdiivka-frontline-ukraine-war-russia-backed-separatists Violence flares in war-weary Ukraine as US dithers and Russia pounces], [[The Guardian]] (14 February 2017)</ref><ref>"An AFP reporter saw the separatists shell the town of about 20,000 people with repeated rounds of Grad multiple rocket systems and artillery fire from the early morning. "Right now, there is no power. We have not resolved problems with heating homes, and the gas pipe has been shattered," local Ukrainian army unit spokeswoman Olena Mokrynchuk told AFP [...] The town's heating is provided by a coke plant that has been heavily damaged by the falling shells. Plant director Musa Magomedov said it would be incredibly difficult to resume gas production were the factory's generators shut down. That would leave Avdiivka without a source of local power and uncertainty about its future." https://web.archive.org/web/20170131164143/https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/ukraine-clashes-rage-third-day-sparking-eu-concern |url=https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/ukraine-clashes-rage-third-day-sparking-eu-concern</ref><ref>[http://pda.pravda.com.ua/news/id_7134509/ In Avdiyivka switched to heating mode stable]</ref>

==Battle of Iloviask==

==Battle of Iloviask==

Maidan regime forces made their first attempts to attack the city of Ilovaisk on August 7, 2014.  Over the next few days, Maidan fascists made multiple attempts to enter the city, but were bogged down by heavy fighting with the citizens of Donbas defending their homes.  Maidan forces attempted to enter Ilovaisk during the day on August 18, but failed. Led by the Maidan regime's Donbas Battalion, Kyiv forces launched another attempt to storm the city on the night of August 18-19.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.segodnya.ua/regions/donetsk/548462.html |script-title=ru:Из "иловайского котла" вырвались еще 84 украинских бойца |newspaper=Segodnya |date=1 September 2014 |access-date= |language=ru |archive-date=4 September 2014 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904083057/http://www.segodnya.ua/regions/donetsk/548462.html  }}</ref>  This attempt was successful, and they raised the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag over the city administration building without any casualties. Maidan regime media viewed this victory as an example of the strength and effectiveness of the Kyiv regime's so-called "Anti-Terrorist Operation" (ATO) against the anti-fascist forces.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/abandoned-donbas-battalion-fights-on-361886.html |title=Abandoned Donbas Battalion fights on |work=Kyiv Post |author=Lily Hyde |date=24 August 2014 |access-date=3 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825135333/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/abandoned-donbas-battalion-fights-on-361886.html |archive-date=25 August 2014 |url-status = live }}</ref>

Maidan regime forces made their first attempts to attack the city of Ilovaisk on August 7, 2014.  Over the next few days, Maidan fascists made multiple attempts to enter the city, but were bogged down by heavy fighting with the citizens of Donbas defending their homes.  Maidan forces attempted to enter Ilovaisk during the day on August 18, but failed. Led by the Maidan regime's Donbas Battalion, Kyiv forces launched another attempt to storm the city on the night of August 18–19.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.segodnya.ua/regions/donetsk/548462.html |script-title=ru:Из "иловайского котла" вырвались еще 84 украинских бойца |newspaper=Segodnya |date=1 September 2014 |access-date= |language=ru |archive-date=4 September 2014 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904083057/http://www.segodnya.ua/regions/donetsk/548462.html  }}</ref>  This attempt was successful, and they raised the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag over the city administration building without any casualties. Maidan regime media viewed this victory as an example of the strength and effectiveness of the Kyiv regime's so-called "Anti-Terrorist Operation" (ATO) against the anti-fascist forces.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/abandoned-donbas-battalion-fights-on-361886.html |title=Abandoned Donbas Battalion fights on |work=Kyiv Post |author=Lily Hyde |date=24 August 2014 |access-date=3 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825135333/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/abandoned-donbas-battalion-fights-on-361886.html |archive-date=25 August 2014 |url-status = live }}</ref>

==Battle of Debaltsevo==

==Battle of Debaltsevo==

==Crowdstrike==

==Crowdstrike==

On January 3, 2017 George Eliason reported in an article entitled, ''Why Crowdstrike’s Russian Hacking Story Fell Apart- Say Hello to Fancy Bear"''<ref>https://washingtonsblog.com/2017/01/crowdstrikes-russian-hacking-story-fell-apart-say-hello-fancy-bear-2.html</ref>  

On January 3, 2017, George Eliason reported in an article entitled, ''Why Crowdstrike’s Russian Hacking Story Fell Apart- Say Hello to Fancy Bear"''<ref>https://washingtonsblog.com/2017/01/crowdstrikes-russian-hacking-story-fell-apart-say-hello-fancy-bear-2.html</ref>  

{{Quotebox-float|"In the wake of the JAR-16-20296 dated December 29, 2016 about hacking and influencing the 2016 election, the need for real evidence is clear. The joint report adds nothing substantial to the October 7th report. It relies on proofs provided by the cyber security firm Crowdstrike that is clearly not on par with intelligence findings or evidence. At the top of the report is an “as is” statement showing this.

{{Quotebox-float|"In the wake of the JAR-16-20296 dated December 29, 2016 about hacking and influencing the 2016 election, the need for real evidence is clear. The joint report adds nothing substantial to the October 7th report. It relies on proofs provided by the cyber security firm Crowdstrike that is clearly not on par with intelligence findings or evidence. At the top of the report is an “as is” statement showing this.

The Atlantic Council is the think tank associated and supported by the CEEC (Central and Eastern European Coalition).  The CEEC has only one goal which is war with Russia. Their question to candidates looking for their support in the election was “Are you willing to go to war with Russia?” Hillary Clinton has received their unqualified support throughout the campaign.

The Atlantic Council is the think tank associated and supported by the CEEC (Central and Eastern European Coalition).  The CEEC has only one goal which is war with Russia. Their question to candidates looking for their support in the election was “Are you willing to go to war with Russia?” Hillary Clinton has received their unqualified support throughout the campaign.

What does any of this have to do with Dimitri Alperovitch and Crowdstrike? Since the Atlantic Council would have taken senior cabinet and policy positions, his own fellowship status at the Atlantic Council and relationship with Irene Chalupa creates a definite conflict of interest for Crowdstrike’s investigation. 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign|Trump’s campaign]] was gaining ground and Clinton needed a boost. Had she won, would he have been in charge of the CIA, NSA, or Homeland Security?

What does any of this have to do with Dimitri Alperovitch and Crowdstrike? Since the Atlantic Council would have taken senior cabinet and policy positions, his own fellowship status at the Atlantic Council and relationship with Irene Chalupa creates a definite conflict of interest for Crowdstrike’s investigation. Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign was gaining ground and Clinton needed a boost. Had she won, would he have been in charge of the CIA, NSA, or Homeland Security?

When you put someone that has so much to gain in charge of an investigation that could change an election, that is a conflict of interest. If the think tank is linked heavily to groups that want war with Russia like the Atlantic Council and the CEEC, it opens up [[criminal]] [[conspiracy]].

When you put someone that has so much to gain in charge of an investigation that could change an election, that is a conflict of interest. If the think tank is linked heavily to groups that want war with Russia like the Atlantic Council and the CEEC, it opens up [[criminal]] [[conspiracy]].

Although OSINT Academy sounds fairly innocuous, it’s the official twitter account for Ukraine’s Ministry of Information head  Dimitri Zolotukin. It is also Ukrainian Intelligence. The Ministry of Information started the Peacekeeper or Myrotvorets website that geolocates [[journalist]]s and other people for assassination. If you disagree with OUNb politics, you could be on the list.

Although OSINT Academy sounds fairly innocuous, it’s the official twitter account for Ukraine’s Ministry of Information head  Dimitri Zolotukin. It is also Ukrainian Intelligence. The Ministry of Information started the Peacekeeper or Myrotvorets website that geolocates [[journalist]]s and other people for assassination. If you disagree with OUNb politics, you could be on the list.

Should someone tell Dimitri Alperovitch that [[Gerashchenko]], who is now in charge of Peacekeeper recently threatened president-elect [[Donald Trump]] that he would put him on his “Peacemaker” site as a target? The same has been done with [[Silvio Berlusconi ]] in the past.

Should someone tell Dimitri Alperovitch that [[Gerashchenko]], who is now in charge of Peacekeeper recently threatened president-elect [[Donald Trump]] that he would put him on his “Peacemaker” site as a target? The same has been done with [[Silvio Berlusconi]] in the past.

Trying not to be obvious, the Head of Ukraine’s Information Ministry (UA Intelligence) tweeted something interesting that ties Alperovitch and Crowdstrike to the Ukrainian Intelligence hackers and the Information Ministry even tighter.

Trying not to be obvious, the Head of Ukraine’s Information Ministry (UA Intelligence) tweeted something interesting that ties Alperovitch and Crowdstrike to the Ukrainian Intelligence hackers and the Information Ministry even tighter.

By early March, 2022 partisan activity was reported in Kherson.  NATO trained Ukrainian partisan militias and military units to use civilian vehicles to infiltrate and strike behind Russian units with mortar attacks and call in targeted artillery strikes.

By early March, 2022 partisan activity was reported in Kherson.  NATO trained Ukrainian partisan militias and military units to use civilian vehicles to infiltrate and strike behind Russian units with mortar attacks and call in targeted artillery strikes.

Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, vowed a guerrilla insurgency after the devasting defeat of Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield.<ref>https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/ukraine-says-russia-wants-to-split-nation-into-two/cid/1857888</ref>

Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, vowed a guerrilla insurgency after the devastating defeat of Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield.<ref>https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/ukraine-says-russia-wants-to-split-nation-into-two/cid/1857888</ref>

The United States flooded Ukraine with billions of dollars of sophisticated weaponry, with some of those arms ending up in the hands of actual neo-Nazi battalions integrated into the Ukrainian government and military. The ''[[New York Times]]'' admitted that “[[C.I.A.]] officers are helping to ensure that crates of weapons are delivered into the hands of vetted Ukrainian military units."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/19/us/politics/us-ukraine-russia-escalation.html?smid=tw-share</ref>  By definition, the U.S. is waging a [[proxy war]] against Russia, using Ukrainians as their instrument, with the goal of not ending the war but prolonging it, making the United States a cobelligerent.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-03-17/u-s-is-in-a-proxy-war-with-russia-panetta-video</ref>   

The United States flooded Ukraine with billions of dollars of sophisticated weaponry, with some of those arms ending up in the hands of actual neo-Nazi battalions integrated into the Ukrainian government and military. The ''[[New York Times]]'' admitted that “[[C.I.A.]] officers are helping to ensure that crates of weapons are delivered into the hands of vetted Ukrainian military units."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/19/us/politics/us-ukraine-russia-escalation.html?smid=tw-share</ref>  By definition, the U.S. is waging a [[proxy war]] against Russia, using Ukrainians as their instrument, with the goal of not ending the war but prolonging it, making the United States a cobelligerent.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-03-17/u-s-is-in-a-proxy-war-with-russia-panetta-video</ref>   

==Special Military Operation==

==Special Military Operation==

{{See also|2022 Special Military Operation in Ukraine - Donbas cauldron}}

{{See also|2022 Special Military Operation in Ukraine - Donbas cauldron}}

[[File:Number-of-Explosions-in-Donbass-19-20-February-2022.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]

[[File:Number-of-Explosions-in-Donbass-19-20-February-2022.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]

In early February 2022 Russia accused Ukraine's military of committing "crimes against residents of the eastern Donbas region" in a report filed with the [[United Nations]].<ref>https://theweek.com/russia/1010313/russia-in-report-to-un-again-accuses-ukraine-of-genocide-amid-shelling-in-donbas</ref>  The Russian news outlet ''Sputnik'' reported that the Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal investigation after the discovery of mass graves of civilians in Donbass.  "The remains of at least 295 civilians who died as a result of indiscriminate shelling by Ukrainian armed forces in 2014 were exhumed from them. It is already known that among the remains there are bodies of women of different ages," a statement from the committee said.<ref>https://sputniknews.com/20220216/russia-opens-criminal-case-after-discovery-of-mass-graves-of-civilians-in-donbass-1093089542.html</ref>  

In early February 2022 Russia accused Ukraine's military of committing "crimes against residents of the eastern Donbas region" in a report filed with the [[United Nations]].<ref>https://theweek.com/russia/1010313/russia-in-report-to-un-again-accuses-ukraine-of-genocide-amid-shelling-in-donbas</ref>  The Russian news outlet ''Sputnik'' reported that the Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal investigation after the discovery of mass graves of civilians in Donbass.  "The remains of at least 295 civilians who died as a result of indiscriminate shelling by Ukrainian armed forces in 2014 were exhumed from them. It is already known that among the remains there are bodies of women of different ages," a statement from the committee said.<ref>https://sputniknews.com/20220216/russia-opens-criminal-case-after-discovery-of-mass-graves-of-civilians-in-donbass-1093089542.html</ref>  

Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] called the events in Donbass a "[[genocide]],"<ref>https://www.marketwatch.com/story/russian-documents-level-genocide-allegation-against-ukraine-in-eastern-donbas-region-11645114453</ref> saying that the Ukrainian government continues to violate [[human rights]], including by legalizing the [[discrimination]] of the Russian-speaking population in the country.  On January 16, 2022 ''Tass'' reported that Ukraine mandated all print media are to switch to the Ukrainian language.<ref>https://tass.com/world/1388729</ref>

Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] called the events in Donbass a "[[genocide]],"<ref>https://www.marketwatch.com/story/russian-documents-level-genocide-allegation-against-ukraine-in-eastern-donbas-region-11645114453</ref> saying that the Ukrainian government continues to violate [[human rights]], including by legalizing the [[discrimination]] of the Russian-speaking population in the country.  On January 16, 2022 ''Tass'' reported that Ukraine mandated all print media are to switch to the Ukrainian language.<ref>https://tass.com/world/1388729</ref>

In the run up to the wider war, both the [[United States]] and NATO rejected, without consideration, two formal diplomatic proposals by the [[Russian Federation]] for peace treaties between the Russian Federation, United States and NATO to avoid war. The treaty proposals would require NATO to pledge not granting Ukraine and the [[Republic of Georgia]] NATO membership; U.S. missiles in Poland and [[Romania]] to be removed; and NATO deployments to [[Eastern Europe]] reversed.  The U.S. and NATO rejected the proposals out of hand in December 2021, and instead acted aggressively by sending more NATO forces to Eastern Europe and continued to heavily arm Ukraine.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2022/02/24/what-putin-says-are-the-causes-aims-of-russias-military-action/</ref>

In the run up to the wider war, both the [[United States]] and NATO rejected, without consideration, two formal diplomatic proposals by the [[Russian Federation]] for peace treaties between the Russian Federation, United States and NATO to avoid war. The treaty proposals would require NATO to pledge not granting Ukraine and the [[Republic of Georgia]] NATO membership; U.S. missiles in Poland and [[Romania]] to be removed; and NATO deployments to [[Eastern Europe]] reversed.  The U.S. and NATO rejected the proposals out of hand in December 2021, and instead acted aggressively by sending more NATO forces to Eastern Europe and continued to heavily arm Ukraine.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2022/02/24/what-putin-says-are-the-causes-aims-of-russias-military-action/</ref>

NATO-backed neo-Nazi proxy forces attacked the [[Donbas]] again on February 14, 2022.<ref>https://mronline.org/2021/11/13/military-knows-it-looks-bad-but-works-with-neo-nazis-anyway/</ref><ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/02/17/western-media-is-literally-peddling-neo-nazi-propaganda-to-prompt-war-between-russia-and-ukraine/</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3848518841859137</ref>  Military forces of the Russian Federation (RF) entered Ukraine on February 24, 2022 to put an end to the ethnic violence and de-nazify the areas where the children and grandchildren of World War II Nazi collaborators had been carrying an ethnic hatred of Russians since the [[Holodomor]] of the 1930s and earlier.  A wave of [[patriotism]] swept over Russian society, viewing the operation as a second [[Great Patriotic War]].<ref>https://thesaker.is/two-videos-from-the-ukrainian-blogger-iurii-podoliaka-must-see/</ref>  Soldiers felt they were sent to finish the job of de-nazifying Ukraine that their grandfathers left unfinished after World War II.  The use of civilian human shields by the U.S-trained Armed Forces of Ukraine led to civilian casualties and was a primary strategy of the NATO proxies.  Ukrainian security forces committed reprisal actions and atrocities against ethnic Russians and Russian speakers in areas which Russian forces vacated.  Numerous attacks by Ukrainian forces on its own citizens, which had been ongoing in the Donbas region for the eight previous years, spread outside the Donbas to create [[false flag]] images of attacks by Russians.  Efforts to rehabilitate the image and reputation of Nazis and Nazism by Western and Ukrainian media and [[psyop]]s were non-stop since the beginning of the Russian incursion, with permanent and debilitating damage to the West's educational system and image throughout the civilized world.  By early April 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had been so degraded and decimated, or were out of fuel and unable to retreat, the Maidan regime doubled down on soft power, [[psyops|psychological operations]] and propaganda to garner sympathy from the West for continued support.  

NATO-backed neo-Nazi proxy forces attacked the [[Donbas]] again on February 14, 2022.<ref>https://mronline.org/2021/11/13/military-knows-it-looks-bad-but-works-with-neo-nazis-anyway/</ref><ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/02/17/western-media-is-literally-peddling-neo-nazi-propaganda-to-prompt-war-between-russia-and-ukraine/</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3848518841859137</ref>  Military forces of the Russian Federation (RF) entered Ukraine on February 24, 2022, to put an end to the ethnic violence and de-nazify the areas where the children and grandchildren of World War II Nazi collaborators had been carrying an ethnic hatred of Russians since the [[Holodomor]] of the 1930s and earlier.  A wave of [[patriotism]] swept over Russian society, viewing the operation as a second [[Great Patriotic War]].<ref>https://thesaker.is/two-videos-from-the-ukrainian-blogger-iurii-podoliaka-must-see/</ref>  Soldiers felt they were sent to finish the job of de-nazifying Ukraine that their grandfathers left unfinished after World War II.  The use of civilian human shields by the U.S-trained Armed Forces of Ukraine led to civilian casualties and was a primary strategy of the NATO proxies.  Ukrainian security forces committed reprisal actions and atrocities against ethnic Russians and Russian speakers in areas which Russian forces vacated.  Numerous attacks by Ukrainian forces on its own citizens, which had been ongoing in the Donbas region for the eight previous years, spread outside the Donbas to create [[false flag]] images of attacks by Russians.  Efforts to rehabilitate the image and reputation of Nazis and Nazism by Western and Ukrainian media and [[psyop]]s were non-stop since the beginning of the Russian incursion, with permanent and debilitating damage to the West's educational system and image throughout the civilized world.  By early April 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had been so degraded and decimated, or were out of fuel and unable to retreat, the Maidan regime doubled down on soft power, [[psyops|psychological operations]] and propaganda to garner sympathy from the West for continued support.  

[[File:AFU troop concentrations prior to SMO.PNG|right|300px|thumb|AFU troop concentrations on eastern Ukraine’s border on eve of the Russian SMO, February 24, 2022. According to the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Ukraine had massed 122,000 troops on the border with Donbas. The Duma furthermore has claimed to have intelligence indicating that these troops were planning an offensive into Donbas on March 7, 2022, which the Russian invasion preempted.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2022/02/21/putin-recognizes-donbass-independence-as-violence-soars/</ref>]]

[[File:AFU troop concentrations prior to SMO.PNG|right|300px|thumb|AFU troop concentrations on eastern Ukraine's border on eve of the Russian SMO, February 24, 2022. According to the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Ukraine had massed 122,000 troops on the border with Donbas. The Duma furthermore has claimed to have intelligence indicating that these troops were planning an offensive into Donbas on March 7, 2022, which the Russian invasion preempted.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2022/02/21/putin-recognizes-donbass-independence-as-violence-soars/</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>  Previously, on October 19, 2022, ''The Jerusalem Post'' reported that Canada, the US, France, the UK and other Western countries helped train neo-Nazi extremists in Ukraine.<ref>https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/western-countries-training-far-right-extremists-in-ukraine-report-682411</ref>  Military analyst Boris Rozhin predicted an escalation of the conflict by the Kyiv regime and their NATO consultants with a full-scale provocation in Donbas.  Using the 1995 model employed in Serbia called Operation Storm,<ref>https://euromaidanpress.com/2017/12/28/what-ukraine-can-take-from-the-croatian-scenario-of-conflict-resolution/</ref> 230,000-250,000 Serbs fled the territory of Serbian Krajina, and [[Croatia]]n soldiers committed numerous war crimes against convoys of refugees and the remaining civilians, including the Dvor and Grubori massacres.  The Ukrainian authorities intend to repeat the “Serbian scenario” in the territory of Donbas in order to expel citizens of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics from their homeland at gunpoint and take control of the region.<ref>https://en.news-front.info/2022/01/17/ethnic-cleansing-in-donbass-kiev-prepares-republics-for-croatian-storm/</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>  Previously, on October 19, 2022, ''The Jerusalem Post'' reported that Canada, the US, France, the UK and other Western countries helped train neo-Nazi extremists in Ukraine.<ref>https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/western-countries-training-far-right-extremists-in-ukraine-report-682411</ref>  Military analyst Boris Rozhin predicted an escalation of the conflict by the Kyiv regime and their NATO consultants with a full-scale provocation in Donbas.  Using the 1995 model employed in Serbia called Operation Storm,<ref>https://euromaidanpress.com/2017/12/28/what-ukraine-can-take-from-the-croatian-scenario-of-conflict-resolution/</ref> 230,000-250,000 Serbs fled the territory of Serbian Krajina, and [[Croatia]]n soldiers committed numerous war crimes against convoys of refugees and the remaining civilians, including the Dvor and Grubori massacres.  The Ukrainian authorities intend to repeat the “Serbian scenario” in the territory of Donbas in order to expel citizens of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics from their homeland at gunpoint and take control of the region.<ref>https://en.news-front.info/2022/01/17/ethnic-cleansing-in-donbass-kiev-prepares-republics-for-croatian-storm/</ref>  More than 600,000 Russian citizens reside in Donbas.<ref>http://uawire.org/kremlin-almost-640-000-donbas-residents-received-russian-passports</ref>   

===Propaganda war===

===Propaganda war===

In their drive to stoke hostilities between [[the West]] and Russia, corporate media ignored the fact that the U.S. and NATO forces have been supporting openly Neo-Nazi paramilitaries in Ukraine for many years. A MintPress study of the op-ed pages of ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'' and ''The Wall Street Journal'' found that only one of 91 articles published in January 2022 mentioned this connection at all, with far more asserting that Vladimir Putin himself is Hitler incarnate. Around 90% of opinion columns pushed a “get tough on Russia” message, with anti-war voices few and far between.<ref>https://www.mintpressnews.com/279612-2/279612/</ref>  “People who take at face value the Western media coverage would have a very distorted perception of the Ukraine conflict and its origin,” Ivan Katchanovski, Professor of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, told MintPress, adding:

In their drive to stoke hostilities between [[the West]] and Russia, corporate media ignored the fact that the U.S. and NATO forces have been supporting openly Neo-Nazi paramilitaries in Ukraine for many years. A MintPress study of the op-ed pages of ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'' and ''The Wall Street Journal'' found that only one of 91 articles published in January 2022 mentioned this connection at all, with far more asserting that Vladimir Putin himself is Hitler incarnate. Around 90% of opinion columns pushed a “get tough on Russia” message, with anti-war voices few and far between.<ref>https://www.mintpressnews.com/279612-2/279612/</ref>  “People who take at face value the Western media coverage would have a very distorted perception of the Ukraine conflict and its origin,” Ivan Katchanovski, Professor of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, told MintPress, adding:

[[File:Wolfsangel.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Ukrainian flag with Nazi SS Wolfsangel insignia. Ukranian Nazis served in the Nazi SS Galacia Division to fight against Russia in [[World War II]] and are known for horrific atrocities against Russian, [[Polish]], and [[Jewish]] civilians.<ref>https://spzh.news/en/zashhita-very/68324-ss-galichina-uniaty-kholokost-i-zhizny-v-sostojanii-lzhi</ref>]]

[[File:Wolfsangel.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Ukrainian flag with Nazi SS Wolfsangel insignia. Ukrainian Nazis served in the Nazi SS Galacia Division to fight against Russia in [[World War II]] and are known for horrific atrocities against Russian, [[Polish]], and [[Jewish]] civilians.<ref>https://spzh.news/en/zashhita-very/68324-ss-galichina-uniaty-kholokost-i-zhizny-v-sostojanii-lzhi</ref>]]

{{quotebox-float|"They omit or deny that there is a civil war in Donbas even though the majority of scholars who [have] published or presented concerning this conflict in Western academic venues classify it as a civil war with Russian military intervention. The Western media also omitted that recent ‘unity marches’ in Kharkiv and Kyiv and a staged training of civilians, including a grandmother, were organized and led by the far right, in particular, the [[Azov Battalion|Neo-Nazi Azov [Battalion].]]”<ref>https://twitter.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1490034084600594436</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"They omit or deny that there is a civil war in Donbas even though the majority of scholars who [have] published or presented concerning this conflict in Western academic venues classify it as a civil war with Russian military intervention. The Western media also omitted that recent ‘unity marches’ in Kharkiv and Kyiv and a staged training of civilians, including a grandmother, were organized and led by the far right, in particular, the [[Azov Battalion|Neo-Nazi Azov [Battalion].]]”<ref>https://twitter.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1490034084600594436</ref>}}

Conducting a civilian training operation in the middle of the Donbas city of [[Mariupol]] while a crowd of Western journalists looked on, Azov units showed locals how to use rifles. The image of a silver-haired, 79-year-old “babushka” staring down the sights of an [[AK-47]] went viral around the world, allowing the media to construct an “everyone in brave Ukraine is doing their part to oppose an imminent Russian invasion” narrative. The story was covered by a host of outlets, including [[ABC News]], [[MSNBC]], [[Newsweek]], the [[BBC]], ''[[The Guardian]]'' and The Financial Times, as well as by media in [[Ireland]], [[Australia]], [[Israel]], [[Denmark]], [[Thailand]] and [[Indonesia]]. Images from the training day featured on the front cover of six national British newspapers on February 14, 2022.

Conducting a civilian training operation in the middle of the Donbas city of [[Mariupol]] while a crowd of Western journalists looked on, Azov units showed locals how to use rifles. The image of a silver-haired, 79-year-old “babushka” staring down the sights of an [[AK-47]] went viral around the world, allowing the media to construct an “everyone in brave Ukraine is doing their part to oppose an imminent Russian invasion” narrative. The story was covered by a host of outlets, including [[ABC News]], [[MSNBC]], [[Newsweek]], the [[BBC]], ''[[The Guardian]]'' and The Financial Times, as well as by media in [[Ireland]], [[Australia]], [[Israel]], [[Denmark]], [[Thailand]] and [[Indonesia]]. Images from the training day featured on the front cover of six national British newspapers on February 14, 2022.

===Cyberattack===

===Cyberattack===

On February 19, 2022 Luhansk internet providers came under cyberattack.<ref>https://aleph.wtf/22943/</ref>

On February 19, 2022, Luhansk internet providers came under cyberattack.<ref>https://aleph.wtf/22943/</ref>

===Ceasefire violations===

===Ceasefire violations===

On February 19, 2022 the JCCC reported: “A total of 49 ceasefire violations by the Ukrainian armed forces were registered on the territory of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic in the past day."<ref>https://tass.com/world/1406513</ref>

On February 19, 2022, the JCCC reported: “A total of 49 ceasefire violations by the Ukrainian armed forces were registered on the territory of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic in the past day."<ref>https://tass.com/world/1406513</ref>

===Peacekeepers===

===Peacekeepers===

===Operation Denazification===

===Operation Denazification===

{{See also|Russia Ukraine conflict 2022‎‎}}

{{See also|Russia Ukraine conflict 2022‎‎}}

On February 23, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into Greater Ukraine in a demilitarization and denazification operation.<ref>https://tass.ru/politika/13825671</ref>

On February 23, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into Greater Ukraine in a demilitarization and denazification operation.<ref>https://tass.ru/politika/13825671</ref>

In a televised speech shortly before 04:00 Moscow time on 24 February 2022, Putin announced that he had ordered Russian forces to enter eastern Ukraine. He insisted it was not Russia's intention to annex the country, but stated that Russia would protect the right of the self-declared breakaway republics to self-determination, and that it would do so by forcing the "demilitarisation" of the remainder of the Ukraine. Minutes later, explosions were reported at various points throughout the country, including the Ukrainian capital of Kiev as well as at Kharkov, Odessa, and several other cities. Ukrainian officials attributed these to cruise and ballistic missiles launched by Russian units at their military installations.  

In a televised speech shortly before 04:00 Moscow time on 24 February 2022, Putin announced that he had ordered Russian forces to enter eastern Ukraine. He insisted it was not Russia's intention to annex the country, but stated that Russia would protect the right of the self-declared breakaway republics to self-determination, and that it would do so by forcing the "demilitarisation" of the remainder of the Ukraine. Minutes later, explosions were reported at various points throughout the country, including the Ukrainian capital of Kiev as well as at Kharkov, Odessa, and several other cities. Ukrainian officials attributed these to cruise and ballistic missiles launched by Russian units at their military installations.  

==External links==

==External links==

*[https://www.rt.com/shows/documentary/551108-donbass-war-airport-documentary/?ysclid=l71efczry8571012081 In 2014, Donetsk Airport became a bloodbath as the Ukrainian army took over it], DIG DEEP DOCUMENTARY, Apr 21, 2022. youtube

*[https://www.rt.com/shows/documentary/551108-donbass-war-airport-documentary/?ysclid=l71efczry8571012081 In 2014, Donetsk Airport became a bloodbath as the Ukrainian army took over it], DIG DEEP DOCUMENTARY, Apr 21, 2022. YouTube

*[https://www.bitchute.com/video/xZIEXRKGuvOx/ GHOSTS - SOLDIERS OF A FORGOTTEN WAR - SUBTITLED DOC ABOUT DPR GHOST BRIGADE].

*[https://www.bitchute.com/video/xZIEXRKGuvOx/ GHOSTS - SOLDIERS OF A FORGOTTEN WAR - SUBTITLED DOC ABOUT DPR GHOST BRIGADE].

*[https://geneva.mid.ru/en_US/web/geneva_en/donbasstragedy War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity Committed by the Ukrainian Military-Political Leadership in Donbass]

*[https://geneva.mid.ru/en_US/web/geneva_en/donbasstragedy War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity Committed by the Ukrainian Military-Political Leadership in Donbass]