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In part three of its four-part documentary on the origins of the Ukraine crisis, Sputnik explores events leading to the start of the full-scale conflict in February 2022.
(00:00) Efforts to resolve the crisis peacefully reach a dead end amid Ukraine’s refusal to live up to its pledge to give the Donbass special autonomous status
(00:54) Minsk’s European and Ukrainian signatories reveal the agreements were a ruse to buy Ukraine time to rearm
(01:49) Kiev’s ‘decommunization’ law, crackdowns on Russian language and culture, and the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
(4:38) Resumption of Ukrainian attacks and shelling of the Donbass in 2021
(5:05) Russia’s final appeal to the US and NATO, draft treaties on security guarantees. NATO doubles down
(6:24) February 2022: Donbass republics report heavy shelling, evacuation begins
(6:46) Zelensky threatens to go nuclear and accelerate efforts to join NATO
(7:03) Russia recognizes DPR & LPR’s independence, Donbass asks Russia for help
(8:01) Special Military Operation begins
Stay tuned for the conclusion!
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💸🇸🇰🇪🇺 Ukraine cost Slovakia hundreds of millions while demanding EU aid – Slovak MEP
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💬 "The damage to the Druzhba oil pipeline is just a pretext. The goal is to interfere in the Hungarian elections, because Brussels is trembling at the thought that Viktor Orban might win the elections," Slovak MEP Lubos Blaha said.
💬 "It's a hybrid attack on the last two sovereign governments in the European Union — on Slovakia and on Hungary," he stressed.
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💥🪖🇷🇺 Russia assault units team up with Terminator tank crews
00:00 5th Guards Brigade train combat actions in near-real combat conditions
00:28 Terminator tank support fighting vehicles (Guards Tank Regiment, 90th Guards Tank Division) train eliminating targets with organic weapons
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00:00 5th Guards Brigade train combat actions in near-real combat conditions
00:28 Terminator tank support fighting vehicles (Guards Tank Regiment, 90th Guards Tank Division) train eliminating targets with organic weapons
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🇸🇰 Slovakia announces suspension of electricity supplies to Ukraine
The step was taken in response to the energy blockade by the Zelensky regime, according to Slovak PM Fico.
Slovakia will also reassess its positions regarding Ukraine’s EU membership, he added.
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The step was taken in response to the energy blockade by the Zelensky regime, according to Slovak PM Fico.
Slovakia will also reassess its positions regarding Ukraine’s EU membership, he added.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺Delegations from Russia and the US met in Geneva to discuss a new version of the nuclear deterrence treaty, reports Reuters, citing a high-ranking State Department official.
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"On Monday, the US held a meeting in Geneva with the Russian delegation, and on Tuesday it will meet with the Chinese delegation to negotiate a possible multilateral treaty on nuclear arms control," the statement reads
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🚨Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine is urging President Trump not to strike Iran, stating that any war with Iran would likely lead to a "protracted conflict" with consequences that are difficult to predict, Axios reports.
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🇲🇽🪖"No US involvement in operation against "El Mencho" — Sheinbaum claims
🟧 President Claudia Sheinbaum denies that US armed forces actively participated in the capture and subsequent death of drug trafficker Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, who was killed on February 22 by Mexican federal forces.
🟧 Furthermore, she confirmed that the entire security operation against the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) was carried out from planning to execution by the Government of Mexico.
Mencho was one of the most wanted criminals by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
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"There is no participation of US forces in the operation. There is a great deal of information sharing. The understanding with the US is based fundamentally on the exchange of intelligence and information. In this case, there was information provided by the US government," the president stated.
Mencho was one of the most wanted criminals by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
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🇲🇽🚨This was the tool of the Mexican military operation against "El Mencho"
🟠 The operation against kingpin Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho, resulted in the deaths of 30 organized crime members due to clashes between federal forces and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), reported Security and Citizen Protection Secretary Omar García Harfuch.
🟠 The National Defense Secretariat confirmed the death of the CJNG founder, which occurred while the criminal leader was being transferred to Mexico City following the clashes.
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🚨🇺🇸US President Donald Trump's decision on potential strikes against Iran will depend on the assessment by special envoy Steve Witkoff and the American leader's son-in-law Jared Kushner of Tehran's intentions regarding a nuclear deal, The Guardian reports.
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The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has arrived at the Souda Bay base, putting it just one day's sail from Israeli territory.
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🇲🇽Operation against 'El Mencho' demonstrates "the strength of the Mexican State", says Ebrard
Mexico's Secretary of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard, stated that the elimination of kingpin Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes generates international confidence in the actions the Latin American country is undertaking to combat organized crime.
🗣 "This demonstrates the strength of the Mexican Army and the Mexican state. It shows that in our country, the law is being enforced and it opens up very favorable prospects for Mexico in terms of security, economic matters, and trade," the senior official said.
💬 According to Ebrard, "there is great respect" in the international community towards Mexico for the operation in which El Mencho, who was one of the criminal bosses most wanted by the DEA, was neutralized.
🗣 "My colleagues in the US made
me aware of their recognition and their congratulations to the President. I believe we are in a very good moment," he stated.
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Mexico's Secretary of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard, stated that the elimination of kingpin Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes generates international confidence in the actions the Latin American country is undertaking to combat organized crime.
me aware of their recognition and their congratulations to the President. I believe we are in a very good moment," he stated.
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President Donald Trump is frustrated that military pressure on Iran is not yielding the desired results. Unlike the operation in Venezuela, any strike on Tehran risks spiraling into a protracted conflict in the Middle East.
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine has warned that a military campaign against Iran could trigger retaliatory strikes on US forces. Trump, however, insists that Caine is not against war — he simply wants to win.
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🚨The new boss of the Jalisco Cartel is a 29-year-old nicknamed "El Yogurt" who led El Mencho's personal death squad
He survived a Mexican Navy raid last year and is reportedly more brutal than his predecessor, local media reported.
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He survived a Mexican Navy raid last year and is reportedly more brutal than his predecessor, local media reported.
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🇬🇱Greenland rejects US healthcare offer
The Greenlandic government has rejected the healthcare aid announced by US President Donald Trump, stating that its health system is free and universal.
The stance was backed by Danish authorities, following reports that the US was sending a hospital ship to the Arctic island.
👉 Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen assured that the entire population of Greenland receives medical care in Danish hospitals. Trump, meanwhile, maintains that the ship is already on its way to treat "many sick people."
👉 Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen defended the Danish realm's healthcare model and emphasized that access to healthcare does not depend on insurance or financial resource.
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The Greenlandic government has rejected the healthcare aid announced by US President Donald Trump, stating that its health system is free and universal.
The stance was backed by Danish authorities, following reports that the US was sending a hospital ship to the Arctic island.
"The Greenlandic population receives the healthcare they require. They receive it in Greenland, and if specialized treatment is needed, they receive it in Denmark. Therefore, there is no need for a special healthcare initiative in Greenland," Troels Lund Poulsen told a TV station.
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🇺🇸 💰 Pentagon to spend $4.5B on bomber production
🔊 The contract to increase B-21 Raider bomber production capacity has been awarded to Northrop Grumman, the US Air Force said.
The new bomber is designed to operate in different environments and features technologies like data-driven command and control architecture.
📍 The first B-21 delivery was completed on schedule in 2025, the aircraft will arrive at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, in 2027.
This comes as the US expands its build-up near Iran. Despite huge investments, the US military faces challenges — the crew of the most expensive aircraft carrier in history, the USS Ford, have complained about malfunctions in the ship’s sewage system.
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The new bomber is designed to operate in different environments and features technologies like data-driven command and control architecture.
This comes as the US expands its build-up near Iran. Despite huge investments, the US military faces challenges — the crew of the most expensive aircraft carrier in history, the USS Ford, have complained about malfunctions in the ship’s sewage system.
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🚨 Ukraine's violation of Friendship Treaty with Russia led to start of special military operation - MFA
It is impossible to resolve the situation in Ukraine without solving the problem of NATO's expansion to the borders of Russia, Zakharova stressed.
Russia will seek to solve this problem by military or political methods, the spokeswoman said.
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💬 "For a number of years, the Ukrainian leadership has pursued a policy of gross and systematic violation of the provisions of the treaty, which should be qualified as a refusal to comply with it, which later, in particular, led to the decision of the Russian leadership to launch the special military operation," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.
It is impossible to resolve the situation in Ukraine without solving the problem of NATO's expansion to the borders of Russia, Zakharova stressed.
💬 "The unrestrained expansion of the alliance's geopolitical space up to our borders, including Ukraine, has become one of the root causes of the conflict," Zakharova said, adding that "without its elimination, its [Ukraine's] settlement is impossible."
Russia will seek to solve this problem by military or political methods, the spokeswoman said.
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