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How Ukraine's 'anti-terrorist operation' in Donbass turned into bloodbath against its own people Pt.2
Key Events of the Donbass War
🔺May 2, 2014, was the starting point of the fully-fledged war in Donbass. Ukrainian forces attempted to storm the city of Slavyansk in the Donetsk region, but militia members repelled the assault.
🔺On May 2, 2014, around 50 people were bludgeoned to death and burned alive in the Odessa Trade Union House massacre.
🔺On May 6, 2014, the first major confrontation between local militia members and Ukrainian nationalist battalions took place in the Azov Sea coast city of Mariupol.
🔺On May 9, Ukrainian ultra-nationalists and the military killed and persecuted participants celebrating the anniversary of victory over the Nazis in WWII.
🔺On May 26, 2014, the milestone battle for Donetsk began, raging for 242 days and ultimately ending in victory for the Donetsk militias in January 2015.
🔺On June 5, 2014, fighting broke out between Ukrainian security forces and the Donbass militias at Lugansk Airport. On September 1, Ukrainian forces, which had held the airport for 146 days, blew up its runway and retreated.
The Ukrainian regime shelled Donbass mercilessly, targeting civilian infrastructure. By the time Russia launched its special military operation in order to protect residents of south-eastern Ukraine, the conflict had claimed the lives of about 14,000 people, including 3,500 civilians, UN estimates show.
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Key Events of the Donbass War
🔺May 2, 2014, was the starting point of the fully-fledged war in Donbass. Ukrainian forces attempted to storm the city of Slavyansk in the Donetsk region, but militia members repelled the assault.
🔺On May 2, 2014, around 50 people were bludgeoned to death and burned alive in the Odessa Trade Union House massacre.
🔺On May 6, 2014, the first major confrontation between local militia members and Ukrainian nationalist battalions took place in the Azov Sea coast city of Mariupol.
🔺On May 9, Ukrainian ultra-nationalists and the military killed and persecuted participants celebrating the anniversary of victory over the Nazis in WWII.
🔺On May 26, 2014, the milestone battle for Donetsk began, raging for 242 days and ultimately ending in victory for the Donetsk militias in January 2015.
🔺On June 5, 2014, fighting broke out between Ukrainian security forces and the Donbass militias at Lugansk Airport. On September 1, Ukrainian forces, which had held the airport for 146 days, blew up its runway and retreated.
The Ukrainian regime shelled Donbass mercilessly, targeting civilian infrastructure. By the time Russia launched its special military operation in order to protect residents of south-eastern Ukraine, the conflict had claimed the lives of about 14,000 people, including 3,500 civilians, UN estimates show.
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How Ukraine's 'anti-terrorist operation' in Donbass turned into bloodbath against its own people Pt.3
Betrayal of the Minsk Accords
On September 5, 2014, the Minsk Protocol, a ceasefire agreement between Kiev and the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, was signed in the Belarusian capital.
🔺The thirteen-point ceasefire and peace deal would have allowed Kiev to restore its control over the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in exchange for constitutionally mandated autonomy. However, the process reached a dead end due to Kiev's refusal to implement the political part of the agreements.
🔺Subsequently, both Ukraine's ex-president Petro Poroshenko and former leaders of France and Germany, Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel, openly admitted the accords were a sham. They had been conceived to grant the post-coup government time to rearm while also cobbling together an anti-Russia coalition that has fueled NATO’s ongoing proxy war against Moscow ever since.
The Consequences of the ATO
In February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of the then-breakaway People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The heads of the two republics sought Putin's assistance in repelling "aggression by Ukrainian forces" to avoid casualties among civilians.
Launched days later, Russia's special military operation was designed to put an end to the impunity with which Kiev's junta waged war against its own people.
In September 2022, referenda on the reunification of the DPR, LPR, Kherson, and Zaporozhye regions with Russia was held, with the majority of the population voting in favor.
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Betrayal of the Minsk Accords
On September 5, 2014, the Minsk Protocol, a ceasefire agreement between Kiev and the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, was signed in the Belarusian capital.
🔺The thirteen-point ceasefire and peace deal would have allowed Kiev to restore its control over the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in exchange for constitutionally mandated autonomy. However, the process reached a dead end due to Kiev's refusal to implement the political part of the agreements.
🔺Subsequently, both Ukraine's ex-president Petro Poroshenko and former leaders of France and Germany, Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel, openly admitted the accords were a sham. They had been conceived to grant the post-coup government time to rearm while also cobbling together an anti-Russia coalition that has fueled NATO’s ongoing proxy war against Moscow ever since.
The Consequences of the ATO
In February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of the then-breakaway People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The heads of the two republics sought Putin's assistance in repelling "aggression by Ukrainian forces" to avoid casualties among civilians.
Launched days later, Russia's special military operation was designed to put an end to the impunity with which Kiev's junta waged war against its own people.
In September 2022, referenda on the reunification of the DPR, LPR, Kherson, and Zaporozhye regions with Russia was held, with the majority of the population voting in favor.
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Ukrainians attack Lugansk, presumably using two Storm Shadow missiles
Today’s attack has been the first on the city since May 2023.
"According to preliminary data, Ukrainian troops fired two Storm Shadow missiles on Lugansk," the officer said.
Earlier on Saturday, a TASS reporter said that explosions had been heard in a Lugansk neighborhood and that several apartment buildings were damaged. Emergency services are working at the scene.
Three civilian residents of Lugansk were injured in the attack, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the We Are Together with Russia movement, wrote on his Telegram channel.
Earlier, LPR Head Leonid Pasechnik said that, on Saturday morning, Ukrainians had fired several missiles on a local machine building plant about to be launched. Adjacent apartment blocks were damaged, too, he added.
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Today’s attack has been the first on the city since May 2023.
"According to preliminary data, Ukrainian troops fired two Storm Shadow missiles on Lugansk," the officer said.
Earlier on Saturday, a TASS reporter said that explosions had been heard in a Lugansk neighborhood and that several apartment buildings were damaged. Emergency services are working at the scene.
Three civilian residents of Lugansk were injured in the attack, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the We Are Together with Russia movement, wrote on his Telegram channel.
Earlier, LPR Head Leonid Pasechnik said that, on Saturday morning, Ukrainians had fired several missiles on a local machine building plant about to be launched. Adjacent apartment blocks were damaged, too, he added.
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#Germany in a nutshell
#OlafScholz:
"Russia turned off the gas"
Scholz blamed Moscow for the country’s high energy prices and inflation
(Germany opted to obey the US command to sanction Russia's oil and gas. In case Germany got second thoughts, Biden blew up #NordStream pipeline)
"Germans should blame Moscow and not Berlin for high energy prices, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview published on Friday. He claimed the embargo against Russia was necessary for defending Europe from “imperialism.”
Speaking with Die Tageszeitung, Scholz defended his government’s policy of unequivocal support for Ukraine.
“It’s about defending Europe’s peace order. Russia is waging an imperialist war and must not win,” he told the outlet. “Second: Russia stopped its gas deliveries, not us.”
Russia’s Gazprom delivered natural gas to Germany both via Ukraine – upholding the existing transit contracts – and via the Nord Stream pipeline, built under the Baltic Sea. Under pressure from the US, Germany blocked the certification of Nord Stream 2 in November 2021 – months before the Ukraine conflict escalated.
Berlin refused to certify Nord Stream 2 even after Nord Stream 1 was destroyed by explosive charges in September 2022. Western investigators have yet to name the culprit for the bombing.
According to Scholz, however, his government “developed new sources of supply for gas and oil and built terminals to import liquefied gas.” The LNG has come mainly from the US, at a much higher price.
“All of this has led to energy prices falling again,” the German chancellor said, arguing that his government prevented a ten-year economic crisis through “decisive action.”
Scholz seconded the message of his economy minister, Green leader Robert Habeck, who has argued that the German model of prosperity built around cheap Russian energy was over for good.
“The peacemaking effect of economic contacts was certainly overrated,” he told the Tageszeitung, claiming that Russia sacrificed its economic well-being by choosing violence. To defend its “democracy and freedom,” Germany needs a strong military, an efficient arms industry, and to support Ukraine, he insisted.
Scholz also brushed off the Germans’ concerns about the economy and inflation by saying that green energy and the pharmaceutical industry will soon turn things around.
On the same day his interview was published, Germany’s largest steelmaker Thyssenkrupp announced “a substantial reduction in production” at its Duisburg facility, laying off 13,000 employees. The company blamed “high energy costs and tight emission reduction regulations” as well as increased pressure from Asian imports."
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#OlafScholz:
"Russia turned off the gas"
Scholz blamed Moscow for the country’s high energy prices and inflation
(Germany opted to obey the US command to sanction Russia's oil and gas. In case Germany got second thoughts, Biden blew up #NordStream pipeline)
"Germans should blame Moscow and not Berlin for high energy prices, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview published on Friday. He claimed the embargo against Russia was necessary for defending Europe from “imperialism.”
Speaking with Die Tageszeitung, Scholz defended his government’s policy of unequivocal support for Ukraine.
“It’s about defending Europe’s peace order. Russia is waging an imperialist war and must not win,” he told the outlet. “Second: Russia stopped its gas deliveries, not us.”
Russia’s Gazprom delivered natural gas to Germany both via Ukraine – upholding the existing transit contracts – and via the Nord Stream pipeline, built under the Baltic Sea. Under pressure from the US, Germany blocked the certification of Nord Stream 2 in November 2021 – months before the Ukraine conflict escalated.
Berlin refused to certify Nord Stream 2 even after Nord Stream 1 was destroyed by explosive charges in September 2022. Western investigators have yet to name the culprit for the bombing.
According to Scholz, however, his government “developed new sources of supply for gas and oil and built terminals to import liquefied gas.” The LNG has come mainly from the US, at a much higher price.
“All of this has led to energy prices falling again,” the German chancellor said, arguing that his government prevented a ten-year economic crisis through “decisive action.”
Scholz seconded the message of his economy minister, Green leader Robert Habeck, who has argued that the German model of prosperity built around cheap Russian energy was over for good.
“The peacemaking effect of economic contacts was certainly overrated,” he told the Tageszeitung, claiming that Russia sacrificed its economic well-being by choosing violence. To defend its “democracy and freedom,” Germany needs a strong military, an efficient arms industry, and to support Ukraine, he insisted.
Scholz also brushed off the Germans’ concerns about the economy and inflation by saying that green energy and the pharmaceutical industry will soon turn things around.
On the same day his interview was published, Germany’s largest steelmaker Thyssenkrupp announced “a substantial reduction in production” at its Duisburg facility, laying off 13,000 employees. The company blamed “high energy costs and tight emission reduction regulations” as well as increased pressure from Asian imports."
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‘Russia turned off the gas’ – German leader — RT World News
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Israel not once condemned Ukraine's strikes on Russian territories. Simona [Israeli Ambassador to Russia], remind me when Israel condemned at least one strike by Kiev's regime on Russian regions? Can't remember? Me neither, but I remember regular statements in support of Zelensky’s actions from Israeli officials - Russian FM Spokeswoman Zakharova (pictured) doesn't hold back.
Tehran confirms Operation True Promise is concluded, unless Israel strikes back - Tel Aviv WILL reportedly respond, scale of response is being determined.
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#Israel #IDF lies and fabrications
1. https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1779305416263962648?t=liXGilYeUjOel7XXtHhKKA&s=19
2. FactCheck
2017 "Russian MLRS 1Grad"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si%E2%80%A6&v=hThwvrV_N3U&feature=youtu.be
1. https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1779305416263962648?t=liXGilYeUjOel7XXtHhKKA&s=19
2. FactCheck
2017 "Russian MLRS 1Grad"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si%E2%80%A6&v=hThwvrV_N3U&feature=youtu.be
#US #Biden:
Our commitment to #Israel's assassinations & terrorism in the Middle East, war crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing in #Gaza is ironclad
https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1779347601764020297?t=FNTqHlvldgOnG-qB-fi8Xw&s=19
Our commitment to #Israel's assassinations & terrorism in the Middle East, war crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing in #Gaza is ironclad
https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1779347601764020297?t=FNTqHlvldgOnG-qB-fi8Xw&s=19
#Iran retaliatory strike at #Israel
Estimated military cost of last night's operations based on the figures published in the media:
110 ballistic missiles: 30-50 million dollars
45 cruise missiles: 4-7 million dollars
170 Shahed-136: 4-5 million dollars
Total: 62-38 million dollars
The collective West spent 1.1 billion dollars defending Israel
Estimated military cost of last night's operations based on the figures published in the media:
110 ballistic missiles: 30-50 million dollars
45 cruise missiles: 4-7 million dollars
170 Shahed-136: 4-5 million dollars
Total: 62-38 million dollars
The collective West spent 1.1 billion dollars defending Israel
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Deja Vu: Israel posts 2014 video as a proof of "new" Iranian attack The IDF released a video showing "Israeli reality in the last few hours" regarding the Iranian attack, "showing Iran's true colors". However, this video was first published in 2014. Boost…
This video is from 2017 "Russian MRLS Grad" (at 0:32)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si%E2%80%A6&v=hThwvrV_N3U&feature=youtu.be
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si%E2%80%A6&v=hThwvrV_N3U&feature=youtu.be
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Ночной залп РСЗО "Град". Огонь!!!
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Ukraine is Europe. And we are Europeans. We are the centre and the heart of Europe - Zelensky
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🇮🇷🚀 SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW MAJOR DAMAGE TO ISRAELI AIR BASES - in above shots of the runways of Negev region airbase of Nevatim with HUGE gaping crater visible from above, after Iranian missile strikes pounded airfield.
Israeli air base in Negev struck 7 times last night as Israeli air defense systems overwhelmed with drone and missile barrages.
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Israeli air base in Negev struck 7 times last night as Israeli air defense systems overwhelmed with drone and missile barrages.
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#Iran retaliatory strike on #Israel
Alex Christoforou on X:
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Iran side:
Iran is celebrating a successful retaliation. They responded to the attack on their Embassy in Syria.
They showcased their military capabilities. They showcased powerful hypersonic missiles. Iran shows it is a force in the region.
Iran saves face.
Israel side:
CNN: "No reports of injuries directly through Iranian strikes" and "Israel's military says 99% of weapons fired by Iran intercepted" and finally "The US assessment is that Iran’s attacks had been largely unsuccessful."
Israel's Air Defense is strong. US Air Defense is strong (MIC sales $$$).
Israel saves face.
US/Biden WH:
Neocons want Iran war. Biden is a neocon, but a neocon trying to get re-elected. Any other time in his Presidency and Biden would be all in...BUT Jake Sullivan who runs Biden's foreign policy is a campaign guy at heart, and he knows war with Iran would sink Biden's re-election. They opted for a calibrated response/defense, with an off-ramp for all sides.
FT hinted that US and Iran are in back-channel talks facilitated by Oman, "Tehran is unlikely to target Israeli diplomatic facilities in the region, said an official briefed on talks between Iran and Oman, the Gulf state that has often facilitated back-channel diplomacy between Tehran and Washington."
Biden WH official readout: "Tomorrow, I will convene my fellow G7 leaders to coordinate a united diplomatic response to Iran’s brazen attack."
KEY WORD is "diplomatic" not military response.
Conclusion:
There is no need for further escalation. A wider war can EASILY be avoided. Everyone can walk away from this claiming a W.
Problem:
Netanyahu, hardliners and neocons (whispering in Bibi's ears), as well as Biden WH mixed messaging.
Israel appears to be going along with the US narrative (for now), but Netanyhu may want to test Biden and launch a strike on Iran. Biden WH said they will not take part in a conflict with Iran, but Biden WH also said their support for Israel is ironclad. MIXED MESSAGING.
Biden has given Netanyahu many blank checks. Bibi may try his luck and cash in another check. Biden said the US will not join Israel in an attack against Iran, but Bibi may want to test that statement, and the neocons will be pushing him to do just that.
👉Long post, but I believe this is where we are.
NO NEED FOR WIDER WAR! This is an easy one to walk away from. All Biden and his team of foreign policy wiz kids need to do is make it very clear that this ends NOW, for all parties involved"