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The Ukraine War : How Did We Get Here?
A subscriber here wanted to know, why, almost over half a year later, why is the Ukraine war happening? Was it necessary? How did it start? Could it have been prevented?
Most people will point to the 2014 coup - to me, yes, it is a hijacked revolution that turned into a coup - but I personally think the origin story goes way before that, back to 1991 actually.
Ukraine had a pretty good start in 1991, all it's foreign debts were taken over by the Russian federation, it was the most industrialized region in the post-soviet sphere, with over, if I recall, 65% of all Soviet heavy machinery being in the Ukraine, it also had multiple nuclear power plants, and other engineering institutions that were almost uncompared in the world.
But then, it had shitty economic policies, had a hyperinflation that peaked at 10,000%, and suffered even a form of oligarchism that was in some aspects, more severe than the privatization that occured in Russia.
They never recovered or had any sort of a meaningful economy, third world countries in Africa had a better performing economy than Ukraine, the sheer mismanagement and corruption since the 90s would make even the most corrupt gangster balk.
Also since it's early days, Kuchma, one of the first Ukrainian presidents, bluntly stated that Donetsk and Lugansk (LuGansk, not Luhansk), have to be kicked out of Ukraine so a true Ukrainian homogenous state can be achieved, these views were espoused all the way from the 90s.
Ukraine was - and still is - essential to Russia and Eastern Europe, their identity is literally the same, and cooperation between them is essential.
The problem occured when the Ukrainians wanted to join the EU - the EU, not Europe - Ukraine could easily trade and negotiate with Europe, the problem is, if Ukraine joins the EU, it will mean it would follow trade policies against Russia, which would mean a disaster because the EU by 2013 was starting to be an unreliable partner, and if you join the EU, you're integrated into the western world, if you're integrated into the western world it means you may join NATO, and that means Russia is screwed.
EU wanted Ukraine to change it's laws, regulations, and so on, Russia did not, as a matter of fact Russia offered a 15 billion US dollar loan to Ukraine, versus the EU's 600 million loan.
Even back then, the polls showed that Ukrainians were either divided or against the terms but the EU, but as we can see by the words of Petro Poroshenko.. "My television channel—Channel 5—played a tremendously important role. ... On the 11th of December, when we had [U.S. Assistant Secretary of State] Victoria Nuland and [E.U. diplomat] Catherine Ashton in Kyiv, during the night they started to storm the Maidan"
Mass media and brainwashing provided another narrative, and they seized on it.
Sniper attacks, mass beatings, and intimidations were used, the army was not willing to implement security and protect the country, so Yanukovych fled, and a junta took power.
Kiev's social and economic policies were met with protests in Odessa, but then 40 Ukrainians or so were trapped in the Union building and were burned alone, protests were met with violence through multiple cities in the East, but the population in Donetsk and Lugansk managed to overpower their local authorities and try be autonomous, they were met with attack aircraft, and so the road to independence was on.
Minsk-1, Minsk-2 were signed, but they were useless, attacks on Donetsk from the Ukrainian side were increasing regularly before February 24th... And here we are.
I pity the Ukrainians for destroying such a valued country in God's kingdom, it was one of the most developed countries in the SU, now it's a shithole.
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A subscriber here wanted to know, why, almost over half a year later, why is the Ukraine war happening? Was it necessary? How did it start? Could it have been prevented?
Most people will point to the 2014 coup - to me, yes, it is a hijacked revolution that turned into a coup - but I personally think the origin story goes way before that, back to 1991 actually.
Ukraine had a pretty good start in 1991, all it's foreign debts were taken over by the Russian federation, it was the most industrialized region in the post-soviet sphere, with over, if I recall, 65% of all Soviet heavy machinery being in the Ukraine, it also had multiple nuclear power plants, and other engineering institutions that were almost uncompared in the world.
But then, it had shitty economic policies, had a hyperinflation that peaked at 10,000%, and suffered even a form of oligarchism that was in some aspects, more severe than the privatization that occured in Russia.
They never recovered or had any sort of a meaningful economy, third world countries in Africa had a better performing economy than Ukraine, the sheer mismanagement and corruption since the 90s would make even the most corrupt gangster balk.
Also since it's early days, Kuchma, one of the first Ukrainian presidents, bluntly stated that Donetsk and Lugansk (LuGansk, not Luhansk), have to be kicked out of Ukraine so a true Ukrainian homogenous state can be achieved, these views were espoused all the way from the 90s.
Ukraine was - and still is - essential to Russia and Eastern Europe, their identity is literally the same, and cooperation between them is essential.
The problem occured when the Ukrainians wanted to join the EU - the EU, not Europe - Ukraine could easily trade and negotiate with Europe, the problem is, if Ukraine joins the EU, it will mean it would follow trade policies against Russia, which would mean a disaster because the EU by 2013 was starting to be an unreliable partner, and if you join the EU, you're integrated into the western world, if you're integrated into the western world it means you may join NATO, and that means Russia is screwed.
EU wanted Ukraine to change it's laws, regulations, and so on, Russia did not, as a matter of fact Russia offered a 15 billion US dollar loan to Ukraine, versus the EU's 600 million loan.
Even back then, the polls showed that Ukrainians were either divided or against the terms but the EU, but as we can see by the words of Petro Poroshenko.. "My television channel—Channel 5—played a tremendously important role. ... On the 11th of December, when we had [U.S. Assistant Secretary of State] Victoria Nuland and [E.U. diplomat] Catherine Ashton in Kyiv, during the night they started to storm the Maidan"
Mass media and brainwashing provided another narrative, and they seized on it.
Sniper attacks, mass beatings, and intimidations were used, the army was not willing to implement security and protect the country, so Yanukovych fled, and a junta took power.
Kiev's social and economic policies were met with protests in Odessa, but then 40 Ukrainians or so were trapped in the Union building and were burned alone, protests were met with violence through multiple cities in the East, but the population in Donetsk and Lugansk managed to overpower their local authorities and try be autonomous, they were met with attack aircraft, and so the road to independence was on.
Minsk-1, Minsk-2 were signed, but they were useless, attacks on Donetsk from the Ukrainian side were increasing regularly before February 24th... And here we are.
I pity the Ukrainians for destroying such a valued country in God's kingdom, it was one of the most developed countries in the SU, now it's a shithole.
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Ukrainian Armed Forces used US HIMARS systems to fire on a recreation centre in Melitopol. The city is located in the deep rear, in the south of Zaporozhye region.
There are reports of dead and wounded civilians.
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There are reports of dead and wounded civilians.
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Forwarded from World Pravda (Mediterranean Man)
How do you know we're in the right?
Always do the opposite of what Amnesty says, that's when you know you're fine.
Sherrif Osman is a traitor to the Egyptian people, he defected to the United States military in 2003, the only viable course is that the death penalty must be implemented.
Go fuck yourself, American, your passport will not protect you, or maybe Biden wanted to trade you for a transgender basketball player?
Always do the opposite of what Amnesty says, that's when you know you're fine.
Sherrif Osman is a traitor to the Egyptian people, he defected to the United States military in 2003, the only viable course is that the death penalty must be implemented.
Go fuck yourself, American, your passport will not protect you, or maybe Biden wanted to trade you for a transgender basketball player?
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So true! 🔥alas it is almost impossible for Ukrainians to take off these "glasses", at the least at this stage.
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‼️🇷🇺🇫🇮Burning the Russian flag in Finland: Ukrainian Nazis again?
During Finland's Independence Day on December 6, a group of scumbags demonstratively burned a Russian flag while singing a song about Father Bandera. It is possible that along with Ukrainian nationalists their Finnish counterparts also took part in the action. There was no reaction from the Finnish authorities.
"In this connection, the Russian Foreign Ministry carried out a diplomatic demarche towards the Finnish side, stating that Moscow considered such actions as an unprecedented and unacceptable act of desecration of the state symbol of our country," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Moscow demands that those involved be held accountable and that measures be taken to ensure that such actions are condemned and not repeated in the future.
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During Finland's Independence Day on December 6, a group of scumbags demonstratively burned a Russian flag while singing a song about Father Bandera. It is possible that along with Ukrainian nationalists their Finnish counterparts also took part in the action. There was no reaction from the Finnish authorities.
"In this connection, the Russian Foreign Ministry carried out a diplomatic demarche towards the Finnish side, stating that Moscow considered such actions as an unprecedented and unacceptable act of desecration of the state symbol of our country," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Moscow demands that those involved be held accountable and that measures be taken to ensure that such actions are condemned and not repeated in the future.
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💥 December 9: Ukrainian Nazis launch massive strikes on the centre of Donetsk using NATO weapons and MLRS's
💥Kievsky, Kuybyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of the city are being shelled. Civilians are being bombarded by 155mm NATO shells.
"Information is coming in about the damage caused by shelling in Donetsk. A direct hit on the Druzhba hotel building was recorded. According to preliminary reports, the strike has been carried out by Grad MLRS's.
❗️Take care of yourselves and your loved ones! Don't go out of shelters unless it's absolutely necessary!" - urges the city mayor Kulemzin.
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💥Kievsky, Kuybyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of the city are being shelled. Civilians are being bombarded by 155mm NATO shells.
"Information is coming in about the damage caused by shelling in Donetsk. A direct hit on the Druzhba hotel building was recorded. According to preliminary reports, the strike has been carried out by Grad MLRS's.
❗️Take care of yourselves and your loved ones! Don't go out of shelters unless it's absolutely necessary!" - urges the city mayor Kulemzin.
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💥December 10: The result of a Grad MRLS strike in the area of the Donetsk Planetarium in the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk.
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Forwarded from Patrick Lancaster News Today
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As every day and night Ukraine forces have opened fire on Center Donetsk. Now I show you the Opera Theatre and children clothing store that was hit by rockets at 5am this morning.
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🇺🇦Adviser to the Ukrainian President's Office, Mykhaylo Podolyak, said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will soon receive 🇺🇸Abrams and 🇩🇪Leopard tanks, as well as the Patriot air defence system.
Podolyak: "Just trust me that very soon we will get Patriot, as well as Abrams and Leopard, and everything else. This is an objective evolvement of this war. It will all be on our territory."
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Podolyak: "Just trust me that very soon we will get Patriot, as well as Abrams and Leopard, and everything else. This is an objective evolvement of this war. It will all be on our territory."
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‼️🇺🇦🏴☠️"We'll kill them all!" - Ukrainian Nazis in Kherson destroying the property of people accused of collaborating with Russia 🔞
"It's the collaborator, guys. These are buggers who helped Russia. Thought they were going to be here forever. We'll f**king kill them all!"
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"It's the collaborator, guys. These are buggers who helped Russia. Thought they were going to be here forever. We'll f**king kill them all!"
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Forwarded from Russia Wire
⚡️⚡️ Key updates on Russia and #UkraineCrisis as on December 12
Time for diplomacy?
The United States is prioritising efforts to boost Ukraine's air defences, through security assistance, including the latest (December 9) announcement of $275 million in additional ammunition and equipment, U.S. President Joe Biden told President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy while he also said he “welcomed President Zelenskyy’s stated openness to a just peace based on fundamental principles” enshrined in the United Nations Charter.
Zelensky said that he had coordinated positions with the American leader on the eve of the G7 summit.
Zelensky also spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday, according to his office. “Next week will be important in this regard,” Zelensky said in his telegram address, noting the G7 summit and a conference in France would focus attention on “the recovery and resilience of Ukraine in the winter.”
Attack on Melitopol
Ukraine’s military claimed it struck a hotel complex housing dozens of Russian soldiers in the occupied city of Melitopol on Saturday night, reportedly using long-range artillery supplied by the United States, The Hill reports citing the exiled mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov who said in a Telegram post that the hotel complex was housing up to 200-300 Russian soldiers, adding that dozens of them were killed or wounded in the attack.
Acting administration of Melitopol (pro-Russian) refuted the claims that any military infrastructure was targeted or any losses occurred, claiming a resort serving civilians was attacked, killing two people and injuring 10.
EU’s sanctions
The ninth package of anti-Russian sanctions has not yet been adopted by the European Union, as negotiations between the members of the association have reached an impasse. EU foreign ministers will meet on Monday to try to agree on further sanctions on Russia and Iran and an additional 2 billion euros ($2.11 billion) for arms deliveries to Ukraine. However, it remained unclear whether Hungary will block some decisions, resorting to what diplomats have denounced as "blackmail diplomacy" due to a dispute over locked EU funds for Budapest.
Strategic protection
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has proposed tougher penalties in case of violation of the law on foreign investments in companies strategically important for the country. The agency wants to establish a direct rule that allows the state to withdraw all assets acquired by a foreign owner as a result of a transaction that is not agreed with the relevant legal commission, Vedomosti reported. (Now, after the recognition of such transactions as invalid, the foreign buyer returns the shares to the seller).
WHo’s Mr Bout?
Viktor Bout, an arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death” who was being released from a U.S. prison as part of an exchange for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, gave his first interview back in Moscow. Speaking to the Kremlin-backed RT channel in an interview released on Saturday, Bout said he kept a portrait of Putin in his prison cell in the United States. "I am proud that I am a Russian person, and our president is Putin," the former Soviet air force pilot said in the 40-minute interview. "I know that we will win," he added, saying he was enjoying snow and "the air of freedom" since his return to Russia on Thursday.
👉Follow t.me/russiawire for daily updates, analytics, and ground reportage from Russia, Donbass, and the neighbourhood.
Time for diplomacy?
The United States is prioritising efforts to boost Ukraine's air defences, through security assistance, including the latest (December 9) announcement of $275 million in additional ammunition and equipment, U.S. President Joe Biden told President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy while he also said he “welcomed President Zelenskyy’s stated openness to a just peace based on fundamental principles” enshrined in the United Nations Charter.
Zelensky said that he had coordinated positions with the American leader on the eve of the G7 summit.
Zelensky also spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday, according to his office. “Next week will be important in this regard,” Zelensky said in his telegram address, noting the G7 summit and a conference in France would focus attention on “the recovery and resilience of Ukraine in the winter.”
Attack on Melitopol
Ukraine’s military claimed it struck a hotel complex housing dozens of Russian soldiers in the occupied city of Melitopol on Saturday night, reportedly using long-range artillery supplied by the United States, The Hill reports citing the exiled mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov who said in a Telegram post that the hotel complex was housing up to 200-300 Russian soldiers, adding that dozens of them were killed or wounded in the attack.
Acting administration of Melitopol (pro-Russian) refuted the claims that any military infrastructure was targeted or any losses occurred, claiming a resort serving civilians was attacked, killing two people and injuring 10.
EU’s sanctions
The ninth package of anti-Russian sanctions has not yet been adopted by the European Union, as negotiations between the members of the association have reached an impasse. EU foreign ministers will meet on Monday to try to agree on further sanctions on Russia and Iran and an additional 2 billion euros ($2.11 billion) for arms deliveries to Ukraine. However, it remained unclear whether Hungary will block some decisions, resorting to what diplomats have denounced as "blackmail diplomacy" due to a dispute over locked EU funds for Budapest.
Strategic protection
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has proposed tougher penalties in case of violation of the law on foreign investments in companies strategically important for the country. The agency wants to establish a direct rule that allows the state to withdraw all assets acquired by a foreign owner as a result of a transaction that is not agreed with the relevant legal commission, Vedomosti reported. (Now, after the recognition of such transactions as invalid, the foreign buyer returns the shares to the seller).
WHo’s Mr Bout?
Viktor Bout, an arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death” who was being released from a U.S. prison as part of an exchange for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, gave his first interview back in Moscow. Speaking to the Kremlin-backed RT channel in an interview released on Saturday, Bout said he kept a portrait of Putin in his prison cell in the United States. "I am proud that I am a Russian person, and our president is Putin," the former Soviet air force pilot said in the 40-minute interview. "I know that we will win," he added, saying he was enjoying snow and "the air of freedom" since his return to Russia on Thursday.
👉Follow t.me/russiawire for daily updates, analytics, and ground reportage from Russia, Donbass, and the neighbourhood.
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🤝🇧🇬 A pro-Russia rally took place in Sofia
"Russia's victory is a victory for Bulgaria and the whole world!", "We are not neutral! We support Russia!" - these are the slogans of Bulgarians, who took to the streets to support our country ❤️
Balkan Slavs call for the lifting of anti-Russian sanctions and oppose weapon supplies to Kiev.
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"Russia's victory is a victory for Bulgaria and the whole world!", "We are not neutral! We support Russia!" - these are the slogans of Bulgarians, who took to the streets to support our country ❤️
Balkan Slavs call for the lifting of anti-Russian sanctions and oppose weapon supplies to Kiev.
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