The truth about the 2014 events are hard to get to, and even then, everyone has his own truth of it, after all, we each have our own perspectives on what occurred, some may call it a coup, other's a revolution by popular will, and a third may say a mix of the first 2, it's just natural that some disagreement would happen, for each of us has his own philosophical and political views.

However, there are certain things we can all agree on, that are not subjective, but objective ones, events that we all have to agree have materially occurred and there's no weaseling about it, and these objective facts and discussion's for some reason make the Western (Western world and Western Ukraine) uncomfortable, why, I have no idea.

💡A brief note
Why does Ukraine 🇺🇦 want so hard to be associated with Europe?
I'd like to share my personal opinion on the subject.

The fall of the Soviet Union was a disaster for many. The once proud nation was torn in pieces. The last USSR General Secretary, M. Gorbachev, and the first Russian president, B. Yeltsin, pretty much "sold" their country.

Poverty. Crime. Lawlessness. This period is known as the "chaotic 90s". Ukraine wasn't an exception (to this day, Ukraine has one of the most corrupt governments in the world). It was a decade-long social and political turmoil that still resonates even today. It impoverished many and affected not only their lifestyles but also their visions for the future.

So, you understand that it was not like having no jam for your bread and peanut butter sandwich. People sometimes didn't have bread. The same little tea bag was used at least 3 times, making tea for the entire family, not a single person.

Many lost their way. Many immigrated to other countries.

So, when you show beautiful and rich Europe or the USA to those crushed by poverty, they become "besotted" 😲 Think of this as a marketing/advertising/sales campaign:
🪄"If you become one of us, or like us, you'll have the same wonderful lifestyle." (Just sign the contact 😈)

In time, all the bad things came to be associated with Russia, and all the good and beautiful with Europe. What do you think were the reactions of many Ukrainians in 2013 when their government did not sign a political association with the European Union, instead choosing closer ties to Russia?
They wanted to be like Europeans and not live in a backward country like Russia. It's obvious this isn't true, but I guess that's how many people felt. Then the 2014 coup (Euromaidan) took place, and nationalists came to power.

This is my most favorite map of all time.

What do you think is the one thing that unites Egypt, South Sudan, and North Korea?

I'll give you a hint, it starts with "Chemical."

Thousands of Polish people took part in a pro-Russian and pro-Belarusian rally holding BRICS flags in Warsaw centre.

How Ukraine sells NATO weapons on the darknet

Unprecedented in scale supply of Western weapons Ukraine led to the formation of illegal sites in the darknet. There are already many ads for the sale of Javelins or Phoenix Ghost loitering ammunition. RT correspondents contacted the sellers and offered to “buy” weapons from them.

Drones are offered for 4 thousand dollars apiece, but the mines have already been dismantled. Delivery – through the cache system, and it is available in almost all countries. The cache itself is just a “dig in the forest”. The seller explained that the scheme was similar to that used in the sale of drugs. Payment can be made directly on the marketplace. After payment, the sellers confirmed their readiness to put the “purchase” in the cache and report the coordinates.

Additionally, RT correspondents asked sellers to deliver the Phoenix Ghost to Poland – it turned out that this is also possible for an additional fee of 1 thousand dollars.

Pentagon reviewing industry proposals for innovative weapons ideas to send to Ukraine

June 30 - The Defense Department is reviewing 1,300 proposals from 800 companies for innovative new weapons and commercial capabilities they may be able to develop and produce for Ukraine to use in its fight against Russian forces.

The proposals, requested by the department, center around key areas, including weapons capabilities for air defense, anti-armor, anti-personnel, coastal defense, anti-tank, unmanned aerial systems, counter battery and secure communications that have been identified by the Ukrainians as key military needs.

This comes as the Pentagon continues its weapons transfers that have amounted to billions of dollars. On Thursday, President Joe Biden said the US will soon announce another $800 million in new aid, including air defense systems and offensive weapons.

Erdogan made a good deal with the US for Finland and Sweden's NATO membership

A quarter of Americans are ready to take up arms against the government, writes The Guardian.

The survey of 1,000 registered voters in the United States also shows that the majority of Americans agree that the government is "corrupt and rigged," the publication points out.

"The evidence suggests that extreme polarization in U.S. politics and its impact on Americans' relationships with each other remains strong."

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UK foreign secretary, Liz Truss on UK moving away from one authoritarian regime (Russia) to another authoritarian regime (Saudi Arabia). The country executed 81 people in one day is a great deal partner for the democratic UK 😄

"We have instructed Ukraine not to attack Russia" - The video of today's hit on the civilian houses by Ukrainian army in Belgorod, Russia.

As a result of the hit, one Russian citizen and three Ukrainian citizens were killed

☀️Another recent video from the liberated Lisichanks. Very emotional.
The residents are coming out and waving to the soldiers. They're crying from joy, hugging the soldiers, thanking God and calling them liberators. People were waiting for the liberation from 8 yr. long Ukrainian oppression.
🇷🇺is fighting for those people.

The result of today's missile hit on the civilian houses by Ukrainian army in Belgorod, Russia.

Typical terrorism: Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked civilians in the Chernozem and Azov regions over night

Last night, the terrorist state known as "Ukraine" (not yet banned in the Russian Federation) fired missiles at Belgorod, Kursk (Russia) and Melitopol (a liberated part of the Zaporozhye region). In Belgorod, a missile hit a densely populated area: blocks of flats and cars were damaged, shell fragments were scattered across most of the city. Four people were reported dead and many injured, including children. In Kursk, air defense systems managed to shoot down all the rockets fired by the Ukrainians.

It is obvious that this act of terrorism was committed in response to the liberation of Lisichansk by Russian troops. Notably, the attacks on Russia and the liberated territories of Eastern Ukraine are getting stronger every time, although there are no military or critical infrastructure facilities in the vicinity of the explosions.

Available video records of the strikes suggest that the attack was made with the use of multiple launch rocket systems, most likely, 'Tochka-U' rather than American HIMARS.

At the same time, the attacks on Melitopol again indicate that the Kiev regime no longer considers the liberated territories to be its own, and their inhabitants as its citizens, which means that the genocide of the civilian population will continue. The only way out of this situation is retaliatory strikes against the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, command centers and warehouses with Western weapons.

The terrorist state "Ukraine" must be completely demilitarized!

🇹🇷 Journalist's question to Erdogan, President of Turkey.

Journalist: Biden has previously said things that made you angry. But yesterday you looked like good friends. What changed?
Erdogan:

Erdogan: It's politics. In politics, there is only today. A lot can change in politics in 24 hours. We must evaluate it this way.

Let's talk about the "Disaster War" (as is known in the Arab world), or, as is called in foreign circles, the "Six Days War".

The state of Israel has by then "existed" for over 20 years, or to be precise, 19 years, that is if an entity with the sole purpose of occupation can be called as a "state.", it has fought a war of "independence" in 1948 (actually starting in 1946/1947 when Zionist militas started openly attacking British army units and Arab habitats, resulting in harsh reprisals by the British army (look up the Sergeants affair) and the Arab villages who in turn made their own forces.

However, bad luck has been bestowed in this cause, the Zionists have gotten support from the USSR by Czechoslovakia (David Elazar, the former Israeli chief of staff, admitted that only 3 things in the war saved them, Arab compliance with the UN-imposed ceasefire, which gave them time to regroup and set up new firing positions, import new weapons, etc, all of which wad against the terms), the "Czechoslovak deal", and "Western expertise." By this he means the WW2 veterans of America and France.

So 1948 was lost, a few Arab countries that were disorganized versus what made up 40℅ of the world population, and most of it's industry, who can win when your enemy is supported by everyone between Moscow and Washington?

The next war was in 1956, known as the "Suez Crisis" in Western "intellgenstia" (big doubt, they have low IQ) or the Tripartite Aggression (which better suits it)

It was when the Egyptian leader Nasser nationalized the Suez canal, therefore ridding the third world of one of the biggest symbols of imperialist control, after all, no one likes to be a colony.

Militarily speaking it's honestly quite a wonder Egypt survived 9 days against what was then 2 superpowers and a highly aggressive apartheid state, long enough that the Europeans had to withdraw due to sheer international pressure, Israel followed them about a year later when it left Sinai, but militarily speaking, all the Egyptians managed to do was hold them off, which could've been anywhere from the 9 days to 9 weeks, but while they fought valiantly and bought time, warning signs were there.

And the next war was 1967, they should've noticed it.

Now you have to understand the problems, the Arab world was by then plagued with Palestinians who had to seek refuge (it is estimated that millions of Palestinians were kicked out from their lands), generally weak economies (with a few exceptions), and, in the Asiatic wing of the Arab world, tribalism and religious identity was fierce, while in Egypt, it was akin to nepotism.

The Egyptian soldier and most of his officers (outside the leadership) were not of bad quality by themselves, their equipment, while generally either on par or outdated, was not so numerous as many Jews like to claim, the real problem was a lack of a competent general staff and infrastructure.

Egyptian airbases were not equipped with hangars, there was simply no funding because everything went to Yemen, actually, most of the fighting forces that had combat expertise were IN Yemen, and while Yemen was eventually a Republican (AKA Egyptian victory), it's wins did not outshine the cost.

So, what actually happened in that fateful year?

Well, the Zionist by his nature needs to break the spine of all of his opponent's, so that he can reign supreme, so what does he do?

He skirmishes with Syria on purpose, he enacts even more aggressive policies in the occupied lands and the border skirmishes with Palestine are becoming more common, he is, as they say, "testing the heart beat"

And the heart clicked back, Egypt said that under it's legal obligations it will protect Syria against any attacks, it proceeded to send forces to Sinai, posturing in the straits in return, and asking the UN peacekeepers to leave.

It was all for show and everyone knows it, even Nasser himself admits , and so do the memoirs of Arab leaders, that they never had the intention to launch another Jihad, it was just moving a chess piece, the Jews moved a pawn, the Arabs moved one, and then, metaphorically speaking, the Jew then claimed the black chess pieces were racist and flipped the whole table.

It was a massacre and a humiliating defeat, only about 800 Jews joined the already 100 ones buried in Sinai, but it wasn't close to the amount of Arab losses sustained, 20 thousand Arab soldiers in total were either a mix of dead, wounding, or missing, that's besides the 5 thousand ones who were taken as prisoners of war, and 400 thousand Arab civilians were displaced by the war.

In short, it was a war of aggression, just like the previous one and the one before, the Israelis at first stated they were attacked, but when disproven, admitted that they attacked first, and the Arabs themselves, in assurance to foreign leaders, said that the whole mobilization and moving of forces was a simple act of international politics, something to make sure you don't look weak that is, what a shame, they should've been ready for the real deal.

Oh, and 15 UN peacekeepers were killed by the Israelis, alongside about 40 US Navy sailors, must've been for the memes.

Arab incompetence at the highest military levels, low funding of infrastructure , and weak Arab political will led to this defeat, thankfully they learned their lesson by the time the next war came... Mostly.