Financial Times: Zelenskiy block 3 out of 5 of the most popular and oppositional TV Channels in Ukraine, 2021
2 February 2021, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy put into action a decision of the National Security and Defense Council to sanction Taras Kozak (in 2002 was awarded Order of Merit of Ukraine), a Member of Ukraine Parliament from the Opposition Platform for Life, and his TV channels ZIK, 112, and NewsOne.
This means that these three channels, which are referred to as “media from Medvedchuk’s group,” have been effectively outlawed.
auxiliary sources:
▫️ Radio Liberty: Zelenskiy Defends Decision To Block TV Channels Controlled By Russia-Linked Magnate, 2021
▫️ Kiev Independent: How Zelensky administration moves to dismantle press freedom in Ukraine, 2022
▫️Deutsche Welle: Ukraine Zelenskiy bans three opposition tv-stations, 2021
Yeah, and before this ban there were incidents of this sort:
▫️Reuters: Ukraine investigates grenade attack on Kiev TV station, 2019
2 February 2021, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy put into action a decision of the National Security and Defense Council to sanction Taras Kozak (in 2002 was awarded Order of Merit of Ukraine), a Member of Ukraine Parliament from the Opposition Platform for Life, and his TV channels ZIK, 112, and NewsOne.
This means that these three channels, which are referred to as “media from Medvedchuk’s group,” have been effectively outlawed.
auxiliary sources:
▫️ Radio Liberty: Zelenskiy Defends Decision To Block TV Channels Controlled By Russia-Linked Magnate, 2021
▫️ Kiev Independent: How Zelensky administration moves to dismantle press freedom in Ukraine, 2022
▫️Deutsche Welle: Ukraine Zelenskiy bans three opposition tv-stations, 2021
Yeah, and before this ban there were incidents of this sort:
▫️Reuters: Ukraine investigates grenade attack on Kiev TV station, 2019
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A suggestion of an interesting channel to subscribe to:
Here @TrFormer 💤 we do not believe in impartial journalism. We are passionate about what we are doing and in this way we maintain balance.
Aim of our channel is to make available information from the Russian language media to the English speaking audience, simultaneously reducing the tension.
Currently focus is on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
You will find here:
- Translation from Russian and Ukrainian sources.
- Selection of the less known English language sources.
- Comments and our own analysis.
- English-speaking chat for our subscribers.
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Here @TrFormer 💤 we do not believe in impartial journalism. We are passionate about what we are doing and in this way we maintain balance.
Aim of our channel is to make available information from the Russian language media to the English speaking audience, simultaneously reducing the tension.
Currently focus is on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
You will find here:
- Translation from Russian and Ukrainian sources.
- Selection of the less known English language sources.
- Comments and our own analysis.
- English-speaking chat for our subscribers.
#TransFormator 💤
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Forwarded from DD Geopolitics (Donbass Devushka)
Media is too big
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3 minutes of proof that Nazis do not exist in Ukraine. Sorry guys, no more denazification, these are all good people and patriots who only want the best for their nation.
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Video: Right Sector's nazi volunteer battalion "UPA Solnishko" from the western Ukraine, Transcarpathia Region, 2022
▫️Solnishko — means "Sunny, a little cute sun" in Russian and Ukrainian;
▫️UPA — Ukrainian Insurgent Army (responsible for ethnic cleansings during WW2)
In the attached videos you can witness a group Sieg Heil by the members of the said battalion and instant karma in the form of a friendly fire by a passing-by Ukrainian tank.
The connection to the neo-fascist Right Sector can be seen in the last photos, where words "The Right Sector" are written next to the Sun insignia (on the battalion’s flag and in the graffiti)
P.S. an official or a fan made telegram channel of the “Sunny” battalion.
▫️Solnishko — means "Sunny, a little cute sun" in Russian and Ukrainian;
▫️UPA — Ukrainian Insurgent Army (responsible for ethnic cleansings during WW2)
In the attached videos you can witness a group Sieg Heil by the members of the said battalion and instant karma in the form of a friendly fire by a passing-by Ukrainian tank.
The connection to the neo-fascist Right Sector can be seen in the last photos, where words "The Right Sector" are written next to the Sun insignia (on the battalion’s flag and in the graffiti)
P.S. an official or a fan made telegram channel of the “Sunny” battalion.
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National Geographic: Ukraine is clearly home to a thriving white supremacists underworld, 2020
context of the interview in the trailer:
Maria van Zeller interviews a Ukrainian nazi for another episode of Trafficked TV series. The nazi wears an Azov T-shirt.
On the T-shirt there are:
1️⃣ ATO — an abbreviation which stands for Anti Terrorist Operation, term used by the official Ukraine Government for the offensive against Donbas since 2014;
2️⃣ In the letter T of ATO there is an image of a modern soldier throwing nazi salute;
3️⃣ The Black Sun — a nazi symbol at the corner of the letter T of ATO;
4️⃣ "Heroes of my race" phrase;
5️⃣ Azov regiment insignia;
6️⃣ "I love Ukraine";
a trannoscript:
▫️A Ukrainian Nazi: White people need to unite, especially in these hard times.
▫️Maria van Zeller: Are you a nazi?
▫️Nazi: [chuckles]. He-he...
▫️Maria van Zeller: You T-Shirt has a lot of nazi symbols.
▫️Nazi: It's a coincidence.
to be continued...
context of the interview in the trailer:
Maria van Zeller interviews a Ukrainian nazi for another episode of Trafficked TV series. The nazi wears an Azov T-shirt.
On the T-shirt there are:
1️⃣ ATO — an abbreviation which stands for Anti Terrorist Operation, term used by the official Ukraine Government for the offensive against Donbas since 2014;
2️⃣ In the letter T of ATO there is an image of a modern soldier throwing nazi salute;
3️⃣ The Black Sun — a nazi symbol at the corner of the letter T of ATO;
4️⃣ "Heroes of my race" phrase;
5️⃣ Azov regiment insignia;
6️⃣ "I love Ukraine";
a trannoscript:
▫️A Ukrainian Nazi: White people need to unite, especially in these hard times.
▫️Maria van Zeller: Are you a nazi?
▫️Nazi: [chuckles]. He-he...
▫️Maria van Zeller: You T-Shirt has a lot of nazi symbols.
▫️Nazi: It's a coincidence.
to be continued...
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NewsWeek: A Year After 1/6, Ukraine's War Draws U.S. Far-Right to Fight Russia, Train for Violence at Home, 2020
quote:
In 2020, a journalist Mariana van Zeller spoke with one of the leading neo-Nazi groups in the U.S. and traveled to Ukraine to sit down with far-right figures there as part of an upcoming episode seen exclusively ahead of time by Newsweek for the National Geographic original series Trafficked, airing Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
“We interviewed members of a white supremacist group called the Atomwaffen Division (Nuclear Weapons Division - a neo-Nazi terrorist group based in the United States), which sent its members to Ukraine for training, where neo-Nazi militias recruit white supremacists from around the world, inviting them to join their fight against Russia and promote racist ideology.
These efforts to recruit misguided youth, promote racist conspiracy theories, and incite violence are inseparable from the lone wolf attacks that we see so often here in the United States."
quote:
In 2020, a journalist Mariana van Zeller spoke with one of the leading neo-Nazi groups in the U.S. and traveled to Ukraine to sit down with far-right figures there as part of an upcoming episode seen exclusively ahead of time by Newsweek for the National Geographic original series Trafficked, airing Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
“We interviewed members of a white supremacist group called the Atomwaffen Division (Nuclear Weapons Division - a neo-Nazi terrorist group based in the United States), which sent its members to Ukraine for training, where neo-Nazi militias recruit white supremacists from around the world, inviting them to join their fight against Russia and promote racist ideology.
These efforts to recruit misguided youth, promote racist conspiracy theories, and incite violence are inseparable from the lone wolf attacks that we see so often here in the United States."
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Amnesty International: Neo-nazi battalions Dnipro-1,Aidar, etc. using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare. It's a war crime, 2014
Amnesty has received information that the pro-Kyiv battalions, which include Dnipro-1 and Aidar, have blocked aid entering territories controlled by the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics.
quote:
“Checking the content of humanitarian convoys crossing frontline is one thing.
Preventing it is another.
Attempting to create unbearable conditions of life is a whole new ballgame.
Using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime”.
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Amnesty reiterates its call for the Ukrainian authorities to reign in the volunteer battalions.
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P.S. as a reminder:
The Foreign Policy: Preparing for War With Ukraine’s Fascist, 2014
quote:
Pro-Russian forces have said they are fighting against Ukrainian nationalists and “fascists” in the conflict, and in the case of Azov and other battalions, these claims are essentially true.
Amnesty has received information that the pro-Kyiv battalions, which include Dnipro-1 and Aidar, have blocked aid entering territories controlled by the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics.
quote:
“Checking the content of humanitarian convoys crossing frontline is one thing.
Preventing it is another.
Attempting to create unbearable conditions of life is a whole new ballgame.
Using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime”.
...
Amnesty reiterates its call for the Ukrainian authorities to reign in the volunteer battalions.
===end quote===
P.S. as a reminder:
The Foreign Policy: Preparing for War With Ukraine’s Fascist, 2014
quote:
Pro-Russian forces have said they are fighting against Ukrainian nationalists and “fascists” in the conflict, and in the case of Azov and other battalions, these claims are essentially true.
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Forwarded from Eva Karene Bartlett (Yeva)
Some very rare admissions of truth from Radio Canada (intertwined with Canadian state propaganda, ofc):
"Canada has spent nearly a billion dollars to train Ukrainian forces since 2014. Soldiers from the Azov regiment, known for its links with the far right, have benefited from this training, according to documents analyzed by Radio-Canada.
...photos taken at the GNU Zolochiv training center in western Ukraine show otherwise. The CAF did indeed contribute to the training of the soldiers of the Azov regiment in 2020, to the point where this unit now prides itself on being able to train its own soldiers according to Western standards.
In two photos published on the social networks of the Ukrainian National Guard(New window) on November 20, 2020, we see two soldiers who wear a crest on their uniform provided by the Azov regiment when they participate in training with the FCC. This is the emblem of the Spartan Test, a tournament with showdowns. The crest is also stamped with the logo of the Azov regiment, which evokes the Wolfsangel, a symbol that was used by several Nazi units.
The patch in question is firmly and exclusively associated with the Azov regiment, he said. This evidence shows that the Canadian military did not put in place the mechanisms that would prevent this far-right military unit from accessing Western aid provided to military and security forces...
On another image(New window) taken during the same training, this time by a CAF photographer, we can see a Ukrainian soldier wearing a patch in the colors of the 14th division of the Waffen-SS, created in 1943 by the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler to fight the USSR with Ukrainian volunteers.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1873461/canada-regiment-ukrainien-lie-extreme-droite-azov
"Canada has spent nearly a billion dollars to train Ukrainian forces since 2014. Soldiers from the Azov regiment, known for its links with the far right, have benefited from this training, according to documents analyzed by Radio-Canada.
...photos taken at the GNU Zolochiv training center in western Ukraine show otherwise. The CAF did indeed contribute to the training of the soldiers of the Azov regiment in 2020, to the point where this unit now prides itself on being able to train its own soldiers according to Western standards.
In two photos published on the social networks of the Ukrainian National Guard(New window) on November 20, 2020, we see two soldiers who wear a crest on their uniform provided by the Azov regiment when they participate in training with the FCC. This is the emblem of the Spartan Test, a tournament with showdowns. The crest is also stamped with the logo of the Azov regiment, which evokes the Wolfsangel, a symbol that was used by several Nazi units.
The patch in question is firmly and exclusively associated with the Azov regiment, he said. This evidence shows that the Canadian military did not put in place the mechanisms that would prevent this far-right military unit from accessing Western aid provided to military and security forces...
On another image(New window) taken during the same training, this time by a CAF photographer, we can see a Ukrainian soldier wearing a patch in the colors of the 14th division of the Waffen-SS, created in 1943 by the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler to fight the USSR with Ukrainian volunteers.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1873461/canada-regiment-ukrainien-lie-extreme-droite-azov
Radio-Canada
Le Canada a formé des éléments d’un régiment ukrainien lié à l’extrême droite
Les FAC n’ont jamais donné quelque formation que ce soit aux membres d'Azov, maintient la Défense nationale.
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Forwarded from Fearless John - @European_dissident
Media is too big
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◾The Ukrainian conflict was orchestrated just the same way it was orchestrated 20 years earlier in Yugoslavia by the same demons from US.
◾Eduard Limonov during a rally on Manezhnaya Square about the future of Ukraine and Donbass. Moscow, 1992.
◾ Notice: I'm not a Limonov fan, neither of his ideas. But when someone is right, credit is due.
◾Eduard Limonov during a rally on Manezhnaya Square about the future of Ukraine and Donbass. Moscow, 1992.
◾ Notice: I'm not a Limonov fan, neither of his ideas. But when someone is right, credit is due.
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