The leaders of the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics (DPR and LPR) held a press conference in Lugansk on Friday in a display of unity against Kiev putschists and to discuss areas of Donbass that are under the control of Kiev’s forces.
Igor Plotnitsky, Head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (Russian):“I want to say that we have never considered and will not consider temporarily occupied territories as lost for us. Those [areas] are our homeland, they are our native people, and they are temporarily under the occupation of fascist Ukraine, because today that is the regime that exists in Ukraine, as they decided, and by right, is called fascism”.
Igor Plotnitsky, Head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (Russian):“We invite all our citizens, we have not forgotten about you. You do not have the February 23 holiday; you do not have the May 9 holiday. Come to us, you will have an opportunity to celebrate those old holidays with us that were historically formed in our land, on our territory, in the Russian world”.
Alexander Zakharchenko, Head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (Russian):“Our brothers and sisters are there on that territory, and this message is to them, first of all. We have not forgotten about them, we remember our debt to Kramatorsk, Lisichansk. We remember our friends and brothers that were killed on the battlefields in those years. We remember hundreds, thousands of tortured people that were accused of separatism and terrorism”.
Igor Plotnitsky, Head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (Russian):“There are no contradictions between the LPR and DPR. We do not have any of the problems they put on us. And actually, you should trust official sources, not gossip that goes around”.
Alexander Zakharchenko, Head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (Russian):“I think that world leaders, and especially in Europe, will start thinking about this, and I think that in the next few hours a big brain-storming session is going to start there, that will allow us to decide on something in four days”.
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Prominent DPR Commander ‘Givi’ ~ The legendary commander of the Somali battalion of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Mikhail Tolstykh, popular with his nickname “Givi” has been killed in his office in Donetsk.
The first reports from Russian media have suggested that an explosive detonated and killed Givi. The DPR officials have labeled it as a “terrorist act” and that they’ll do everything possible to find the ones behind the assault. The news comes as the self-proclaimed republics of DPR and LPR have been witnessing the largest military activities since the signing of the Minsk-2 agreement.
Givi is yet another victim of such assault as earlier this week LPR’s colonel Oleg Anashtenko died in a similar case when his car was blown up. In October 2016, another legendary commander, Aresen Pavlov “Motorola”, was killed in an explosion in his home.
A terrorist attack in the capital of the Lugansk People’s Republic in Donbass killed two people including the chief of the LPR People’s Militia Office. Confirmed the death of colonel Anashchenko, classifying the explosion as a terrorist attack.
On October 16, a blast in an elevator killed a prominent commander of the Donetsk People’s Republic colonel Arseniy Pavlov (call sign Motorola). The Donetsk authorities accused Kiev of masterminding the murder.
In May, a top military commander of the Lugansk People’s Republic, Alexei Mozgovoi, was assassinated by unknown gunmen when his car ran into an ambush……………
The Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Igor Pavlovsky, admitted during a press briefing today that the Ukrainian armed forces are carrying out offensive operations in Donbass.
“Today, no matter what, meter by meter, step by step and seizing the opportunity, our boys are heroically moving forward,” Pavlovsky stated while commenting on the situation in Avdeevka.
However, the minister did not comment on questions concerning Ukraine’s observance of the Minsk Agreements, in particular the agreement on withdrawing heavy weapons from the contact line.
The Donbass militia and Ukrainian security forces have both declared that the situation in Donbass has deteriorated.
In the city of Avdeevka under Ukrainian control, where more than 30,000 people reside, a state of emergency has been declared due to shelling.
A “difficult situation” also prevails in militia-controlled Yasinovataya and Donetsk. The Ministry of Defense of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic has stated that the UAF has launched six offensive attempts over the last 24 hours, losing more than 90 men in the process.
The Kremlin believes that it is the Ukrainian side that has opted for active combat operations in the Avdeevka area.
Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told journalists today: “We are dealing with provocative actions by the armed forces of Ukraine and individual groups.” Peskov drew attention to the Ukrainian army’s words “advancing meter by meter.”
“This de facto confirms that these are offensive operations,” Peskov emphasized. According to him, Kiev’s policy is thus undermining the Minsk Agreements…………….
For those who are uninitiated in the history and arcana of the Great Game, it is not from New York City or Washington D.C. that the moves are made today on this centuries-old geopolitical chessboard, it is Chicago.
Both Leo Strauss and Milton Friedman made the University of Chicago their academic home.
Leo Strauss, the Father of Neoconservatism, was the political philosopher who spawned an underground movement that has aggressively used the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex to create a de facto American Empire, sometimes promoted as Pax Americana.
Milton Friedman provided the foundational blueprint for the necessary political economy which would support such a perpetual war economy.
Chicago is where the real action is, especially because of the immigration hub that it has always been for highly educated eastern and central European immigrants, as well as disaffected Russian intellectuals and oligarch wannabes.
The prime objective of this ‘Great Game’ has always been to strip Russia of its wealth and exploit every natural resource from Saint Petersburg to the Kamchatka Peninsula.
There has long been a network of Eastern Europeans who have harbored an inveterate hatred toward all things Russian.
This hatred is at once irrational, intense and without any substantive basis.
These lifelong Russophobes have been plotting against the Russian Motherland for decades; their ancestors had likewise conspired over the centuries.
Toward that end they have enlisted a whole host of nations which comprise an unspoken alliance known as the Anglo-American Axis (see glossary) which has been and is now arrayed against Russia and her allies.
We all know the narrative in which we (the West) are seized. It is the narrative of the Cold War: America versus the “Evil Empire”.
What is more, the “Cold War narrative” simply does not reflect history, but rather the narrative effaces history: It looses for us the ability to really understand the demonized “calous tyrant” – be it (Russian) President Vladimir Putin or (Ba’athist) President Bashar al-Assad – because we simply ignore the actual history of how that state came to be what it is, and, our part in it becoming what it is.
“TODAY THERE ARE NO RED LINES. One of the things that Putin and his predecessor President Medvedev keep saying to Washington is: You are crossing our Red Lines! And Washington said, and continues to say, ‘You don’t have any red lines. We have red lines and we can have all the bases we want around your borders, but you can’t have bases in Canada or Mexico. Your red lines don’t exist.’ This clearly illustrates that today there are no mutual rules of conduct.
America lies far away from Syria and the Middle East, and as Professor Stephen Cohen notes, “unfortunately, today’s reports seem to indicate that the White House and State Department are thinking primarily how to counter Russia’s actions in Syria. They are worried, it was reported, that Russia is diminishing America’s leadership in the world.”
On December 1st 2014 combat duty began at the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, located in the building complex of the Defense Ministry on Frunze Embankment. Introduced a year ago, the structure is the successor to the Central command post of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The order for the establishment of the center was issued by President Vladimir Putin on the 10th of December 2013.
Based on available data, the National Center for Defense – It is a primarily info-analytical framework that can be used for the benefit of the Supreme Commander, General Staff and other units of the Ministry of Defense. The resources of the center may be utilized for a variety of purposes, ranging from the organization of celebrations and ending large-scale military operations.
The structure of the Center is not known. The General Staff revealed few details, that of a control center of the strategic nuclear forces, command and control, and the Center for the Control Center of daily activities, the remaining divisions are classified as “Secret”.
The Domestic supercomputer system has a storage capacity of 236 petabytes, performance of the machine is 16 petaflops, and information processing speed – enough to process 50 Lenin Libraries in a second. For comparison, the volume of the US computer hard disk 12 petabytes, and its capacity is up to 5 petaflops.
In the past three days, the Russian Air Forces have carried out over 300 sorties hitting 600 terrorist targets. All sorties were performed with the backing of Su-30 fighter jets.
The pro-government sources argue that tens of terrorists were killed in clashes between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the militant groups along the Damscus-Homs highway on Tuesday. Thus, the Syrian forces expanded its control on the Eastern side of the Damascus-Homs highway in Harasta.
ISIS militants launched a full-scale offensive on the villages of Ayyash and Bgelia after the US-led ‘anti-ISIS’ coalition’s airstrikes against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in this area. On Sunday, the US-led ‘anti-ISIS’ coalition poundend the Syrian Arab Army’s positions in the province of Deir Ezzor. 1 soldier was killed and half dozen others were wounded. According to the reports, the military camp belongs to the SAA’s 137th Artillery Brigade in the village of ‘Ayyash was a main target of the US warplanes.
The Kuwaiti al-Rai news website quoted an informed diplomat as saying that the US is attempting to gather the forces called by Washington as moderate opposition in one region to create a foothold for the militants’ further expansion in Syria. According to the report, US-supported militants have entered Southwestern Syria which shares borders with Jordan. The reports were rejected by Amman.
Analysis & Intelligence remembers when Russia started air raids on terrorists in Syria over two months ago, some 3,000 terrorists escaped through the border with Jordan. Earlier in May, US defense officials said that at least 400 US military military advicers were ready in Turkey and Jordan to start training of over 3,000 anti-Syria militants to join fight against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Over the past week [November 26- December 4], Russian aviation has carried out 431 sorties from the Hmeymim airbase and conducted strikes on 1,458 terrorist targets including command centers, training camps, ammunition depots, and strongholds. 12-fuel transfer stations ad 8 terrorist controlled oil fields were also destroyed.
Only in the past 48 hours, the Russian warplanes hit two truck convoys near Aleppo and Raqqa, destroying up to 40 terrorist vehicles modified to transport oil products.
The recent developments show significant changes in the strategy of the Western countries involved in the Syrian conflict. The US has sent ground forces, including special operations units, into the region. French Air Force has sharply increased the number of sorties, and France’s rapid-reaction troops and naval units are being moved closer to Syria.
The implication of the Western plan to divide Syria in a number of vassal entities leads to 3 main scenarios:… … …
ONE WEEK OF REPORTS AND VIDEOS BY ‘SOUTH FRONTH’
27-28-29-30 NOVEMBER
1-2 DECEMBER 2015
~ SYRIAN ARAB ARMY, HEZBOLLAH AND NDF ADVANCED IN THE DARAA PROVINCE KILLING DOZENS OF AL-NUSRA TERRORISTS
~ SAAF AND RUSSIAN AIR FORCES GAINED GROUND BLOCKING THE FLOW OF TERRORISTS ON TURKISH-SYRIAN BORDER
~ DONBASS, DONETSK SUBURB, SHELLED BY KIEV TERRITORIAL BATTALLIONS OF AMERICAN’S NAZI PUPPETS
~ THE NUBMER OF VIOLATIONS FROM THE KIEV JUNTA SIDE IS GROWING.
~ THE PUTSCHISTS IN KIEV PREPARE AN ATTACK AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF DONBASS: 277 BATTLE TANKS, HEAVY ARTILLERY PIECES, 147 INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLES, ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS, 26 VEHICLES WITH AMMUNITION, MORE THAN 660 TROOPS, ARE REDEPLOYED ON THE SEPARATION LINE OF THE AREAS OF GORLOVKA, MARIUPOL, DONETSK ~ REPORTS
In an exclusive interview with Aif.ru’s Ekaterina Larinina, the leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic Alexander Zakharchenko discussed why Donbass does not want to be part of the “Ukrainian chaos,” economic prospects of the republic, how the Donetsk People’s Republic began, and why the ceasefire is not respected and what is necessary for fulfilling the Minsk agreements.
Alexander Zakharchenko: ~ “A dream. I always dreamed of an independent, prosperous Donetsk state part of the Russian World. I think that many residents of our region also dreamed about this.
Ukrainian politicians understood what the people want, and they constantly promised us, in their election programs and populist slogans, integration with the Russian Federation, a state status for the Russian language, and increased self-government. They promised but always deceived.
The events of 2013-2014 served as a catalyst for the creation of the DPR. The coup in Kiev, the ascent of radical nationalists to power, the repression of all dissent, and the Odessa “Katyn” – all of these events clearly showed that it was impossible to keep on waiting for another deceitful politician to fulfill their promise and listen to the voice of Donbass. If we do not act against brown tyranny today, then it will destroy us tomorrow”.
After several weeks of apparent troop withdrawals and drawdowns, there are once again ominous military developments in Ukraine which might herald either preparations for a renewed saber-rattling to draw attention back to Ukraine following the Paris terror attacks which have led to the intensification of the Russian air campaign against ISIS and prompted the French president Hollande to seek to improve his country’s relations with Russia.
This situation gives Poroshenko a considerable incentive to attempt to escalate the conflict in order to prevent a Franco-Russian improvement in relations.
There are reports that Ukraine will ban males 45 years old and younger from leaving Ukraine starting in January 1, 2016 in preparation for the 7th wave of mobilization.
A day after legendary US boxer Roy Jones Jr. briefly met President Putin during his Crimea visit – and asked for a Russian citizenship – the 46-year-old champion has been placed on Ukrainian black list of “traitors”, “separatists” and “terrorists” with Kiev threatening him with a criminal case.
“American boxer Roy Levesta Jones was included into the ‘Peacemaker’ database as a violator of the state border,” Ukrainian MP and Interior Minister’s top adviser Anton Gerashchenko wrote on his Facebook page.
But Ukraine’s authorities did not stop there as Gerashchenko wants to open a “criminal case” against the athlete-turned-rapper and actor under Article 332-1 for illegally entering the “territory of Ukraine.”
(ENG) ~ The Russian analyst Ishenko rejects accusations that Putin is selling the Donbas, while instead he is driving a forward-looking game.
[These are the reasons why the Western powers would like Putin dead – SFP]
Hannibal brought Rome to the brink of defeat during the Second Punic War, but Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus the Elder (with his strategist Fabius Maximus Cunctator) destroyed Carthage’s armies and defeated Hannibal.
Hannibal brought Rome to the brink of defeat during the Second Punic War. Carthage’s army marched all over Italy as it if were its own backyard. However, in the end, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus the Elder was able to move the theater of operations to Africa, destroy Carthage’s armies, defeat the invincible Hannibal, and establish peace on Rome’s terms.
The actual victor over Hannibal was not the brilliant tactician Scipio, but the profound strategist and outstanding politician Fabius Maximus Cunctator.
(ITA) ~ L’analista russo Ishenko respinge le accuse che Putin stia vendendo il Donbas, invece guida un gioco lungimirante.
[Questi sono i motivi per cui le potenze occidentali vorrebbe Putin morto – SFP]
Annibale portò Roma sull’orlo della sconfitta durante la seconda guerra punica.
L’esercito di Cartagine marciò in Italia come se fosse il proprio cortile di casa. Tuttavia, alla fine, Publio Cornelio Scipione Africano, il Vecchio, poté spostare il teatro delle operazioni in Africa, distruggere gli eserciti di Cartagine, sconfiggere l’invincibile Annibale e imporre la pace nei termini di Roma.
Il vincitore effettivo di Annibale non fu il brillante tattico Scipione, ma il profondo stratega e politico eccezionale Fabio Massimo Cunctator.
I romani lo elessero console e addirittura dittatore durante la guerra. Fabio Massimo rimase un influente politico anche quando non esercitava il potere ufficialmente.
[ENGLISH] ~ ‘Right Sector on combat alert’: Ukraine Neo-Nazis refuse to lay down arms after shootout.
Ukrainian Right Sector militants, blocked in on the outskirts of Mukachevo after deadly clashes with police, are refusing to lay down their arms without their leader’s orders. Civilians in the area have been evacuated, as negotiations so far have failed.
[ITALIANO] ~ Ucraina: regolamento di conti tra neonazisti.
L’11 luglio, presso Mukachevo, in Transcarpazia, nel caffè Antares del complesso sportivo Chervona Korka di proprietà del deputato Mikhail Lanio, scoppiava uno scontro a fuoco tra 21 neonazisti di Pravij Sektor e dei poliziotti.
I neonazisti, che avevano usato mitragliatrici e lanciagranate, erano venuti per discutere con i rappresentanti di Lanio la “redistribuzione delle sfere d’influenza” locali (contrabbando), ma la polizia giungeva sul posto per cercare di bloccarli. Almeno quattro morti (due neonazisti e due civili) e undici feriti (quattro neonazisti, cinque poliziotti e due civili) risultavano dagli scontri, mentre 3 auto e un posto di blocco della polizia, e un distributore di benzina, venivano distrutti.
Ultranationalist Right Sector activists and other Ukrainian radicals rallied in the center of Kiev on Friday. They called for a renewed military offensive to retake rebellious regions in the country’s East and the revocation of the Minsk Agreements.
Along with Right Sector members, fighters from nationalist volunteer battalions such as “Aidar,” “Donbass,” “Tornado,” and “Azov” marched through the center of the Ukrainian capital.
An important text for understanding the project of the Empire of Chaos.
By Maurizio Blondet (translation from Italian by M. Sator)
“For the United States the primal fear is the German capital and the German technology, combined with the natural resources of Russia and the Russian labor: it’s the only combination that scared the US for centuries”
This is what George Friedman, the founder of the Stratfor strategic analysis center, said in the speech he made at the Council on Foreign Relations on February 4th. It’s worth showing it with due care, because it does deserve to spread virally.
‘Self-appointed advocate of new Ukraine’: Soros emails leaked by anti-Kiev hackers
The hacking group CyberBerkut claims it has penetrated Ukraine’s presidential administration website and obtained correspondence between Soros and Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko.
The hacktivists have published three files online, which include a draft of “A short and medium term comprehensive strategy for the new Ukraine” by Soros (dated March 12, 2015); an undated paper on military assistance to Kiev; and the billionaire’s letter to Poroshenko and Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk, dated December 23, 2014.
The fact that George Soros is partnering again with the Serbian based Canvas group reveals a greater plan to instigate a Ukraine Maidan style of overthrow, and possible wider conflict in the heart of Europe.
A leaked memo shows that George Soros NGOs commissioned Serbian regime change specialist group, Canvas, to recruit Macedonian students to push for protest ideas, with the best two winning $1,500 for betraying their nation.
In addition, George Soros has been heavily involved in the social unrest and movement-wrecking activity that has taken place all across the United States in recent months.
From Florida to Ferguson and then on to Baltimore, George Soros’ Foundations have been involved in making sure that not only are American citizens unable to overcome racial divisions with mutual cooperation but that even the racially isolated participants are unable to accomplish anything of substance.
On May 22 at 13.00 from the Kambrod district of the city of Lugansk the police received a report from local residents that there was a suspicious group of armed men in camouflage calling themselves militias. Because the unknown were asking about the location of military bases, the townspeople became suspicious.
On May 23 at 17.40 on the territory of Donetsk region between checkpoints “Gorlovka” (under the control of DPR militia) and “Mayorsk” (held by the armed forces of Ukraine) the car of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (SCCC) was fired on from automatic small arms. In the car was a head of the Russian office at SCCC, Colonel-General Alexander Lentsov, and the accompanying officers. The group was returning from the village of Shirokino, where there are continued clashes and shelling.
On the same day at 18.50 near the village of Mikhailovka on a land mine (according to other sources — an anti-personnel mine MON-50) a convoy of three cars was blown up and then shot at with machine guns. In one of them was the popular commander of the “Ghost” battalion of LPR army, Alexey Mozgovoy. The battalion commander was killed, along with six people accompanying him.
Pro-Kiev forces continue building up heavy armaments in the zone of conflict, Eduard Basurin, a deputy chief commander of the corps at the Defense Ministry of the Donetsk People’s Republic told reporters on Wednesday.
“Intelligence services of the DPR self-defense forces have registered movements of BM-21 multiple rocket launcher systems, infantry combat vehicles, and self-propelled artillery mounts towards the line of contact,” he said.
Also, Basurin pointed out intensification of activity of subversive groups, which again used mortars as they shelled residential districts towns and villages.
“We will fight to the last drop of blood,” Petro Poroshenko said in an interview to the German TV channel ZDF.
Poroshenko has been accusing Russia of invading his country since the start of the conflict by supporting rebel forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. The claims are echoed by the US and other NATO powers, but to date no solid proof has been provided. Moscow denies the accusations.
Mr Poroshenko, for his own political purposes, probably to rally people in the western Ukraine, has decided to target Russia as the bad guy. It’s a very simplistic way of looking at things, but what’s even more simplistic is to expect the several million people that live in Lugansk and Donetsk to accept being placed under the rule of a country that’s killed and maimed tens of thousands of their people.
South Front & Donbass Reports ~ Kiev forces based in the Opytnoe village have opened fire on the territory of the embattled Donetsk airport more than 140 times over the past 24 hours, DPR military spokesperson Eduard Basurin stated.
Ministry of Defence of DPR registered shellings from 120 mm artillery system, 120 mm and 82 mm mortars by the Kiev forces.
Inherently, Kiev forces have increased activity following an interview of Self-proclaimed President Petro Poroshenko in which he said that the war would end when Kiev regained Donbass and Crimea.
Its sad, but on May 2nd we will all undergo a test for humanity.
Some will just remember with a good word, the victims who died a terrible death. Some others will put a candle and pray for the souls of innocent victims. Others will say good words about them on television, the radio, the Internet, and other networks. Some will put flowers on the scene, perhaps call loved ones and utter words of sympathy. And only those, who in their souls are perpetrators, or those whom God has not endowed a soul, whose parents raised a monster, devoid of compassion, will treat this date with indifference.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that the military operation in Ukraine would be stopped when Kiev regained control of Crimea and Donbas territories.
The Ukrainian president added that combat operations in the conflict zone would be carried out “for as long as it is necessary.”
Crimea seceded from Ukraine and reunified with Russia in March 2014 following a referendum, in which more than 96 percent of the peninsula’s population voted to rejoin Russia.
A month later, Kiev launched a military operation in Ukraine’s eastern regions against local independence supporters who refused to recognize the new government that came to power after a February coup.
In this video Luke Rudkowski breaks down the latest news in Ukraine about the mysterious deaths of key opponents to the Kiev western backed government.
He also detail Hillary Clinton involvement and how see abused her powers as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton’s connection with her foundation CGI and the current pro western backed Ukrainian government.
Videos and aerial footage of how Ukraine is now violating the cease fire after it was announced it will get lethal aid by the U.S.
Excerpts (and full video) from a speech of George Friedman, Founder and Chairman of the ‘The Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ (the Stratfor company for intelligence & analysis, also called the “CIA shadow”) at the Forum: “Europe: Destined for Conflict?”.
In his speech at the Council he explains how Washington can maintain its dominance over the planet and also identifies potential enemies of the US:
“The priority of the USA is to prevent the German capital and German technology to be united with the Russian natural resources and labor, to form an invincible combination”… … …
… … …”Creating a “cordon sanitaire” around to the Russia will eventually allow the US to hold on a leash Germany and all the European Union”, he added..
Rada MP and Right Sector Leader Dmitri Yarosh told Ukrainian media to expect a third Maidan revolution, and claimed that it would be bloodier than before, given that the country’s growingly impatient young revolutionaries are now heavily armed.
President of Ukraine Poroshenko offered Right Sector leader a position at the Ministry of Defense. This was announced on the [Poroshenko-owned] TV Channel 5 by Anton Gerashchenko, a Poroshenko advisor.
“I can confirm that Dmitriy Yarosh received a proposal from the president to take up a position at the Ministry of Defense.
A video of a Ukrainian radical, the infamous female fighter of the volunteer battalion “Aidar” Vita Zvirukha firing a grenade at a Ukrainian village appeared online.
The Ukrainian armed coup was organized from Washington, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated in an interview for a new documentary aired Sunday. The Americans tried to hide behind the Europeans, but Moscow saw through the trick, he added.
“The trick of the situation was that outwardly the [Ukrainian] opposition was supported mostly by the Europeans. But we knew for sure that the real masterminds were our American friends”, Putin said in a documentary, ‘Crimea – The Way Home,’ aired by Rossiya 1 news channel.
“They helped training the nationalists, their armed groups, in Western Ukraine, in Poland and to some extent in Lithuania,” he added. “They facilitated the armed coup.”
“Considering the ethnic composition of the Crimean population, the violence there would have been worse [than in Kiev]. We had to act to prevent negative development, not to allow tragedies like the one that happened in Odessa, where dozens of people were burned alive,” Putin said.
“Our goal was not to take Crimea by annexing it. Our final goal was to allow the people express their wishes on how they want to live,” he said.
“I decided for myself: what the people want will happen. If they want greater autonomy with some extra rights within Ukraine, so be it. If they decide otherwise, we cannot fail them. You know the results of the referendum. We did what we had to do,” Putin said.
According to Putin, part of the operation was to deploy K-300P Bastion coastal defense missiles to demonstrate Russia’s willingness to protect the peninsula from military attack.
“We deployed them in a way that made them seen clearly from space,” Putin said.
Ukraine’s Official Envoy to Germany Confirms and Admits that Platoons of Fanatic neo-Nazis (Right Sector) are Under the Direct Command of the Kiev’s (pro-USA) Army.
The so-called ‘EuroMaidan protests’ started in November 2014 as a reaction to the then President Viktor Yanukovich’s refusal to sign the ‘EU association deal’.
But the so-called ‘EU association deal’ was just a constrained indebtedness and surrender to the bankers moneylenders of Brussels & IMF…as we can see today.
Ukraine’s Land Agency give land to soldiers in the east for free!!!
Land parcels will be given out for free to the servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and other military formations, as well as to the employees of Interior Ministry and the Security Service of Ukraine that are defending territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country in eastern and southeastern regions of Ukraine.
Barack Obama’s regime institutes ethnic cleansing in southeast Ukraine
Newsweek magazine headlined on February 5th, “‘Biggest NATO Reinforcement Since Cold War’ Sets Frontlines Against Russia,” and reported that, “According to general Charles Wald, former-deputy commander of U.S. European Command, … ‘The question for Europe is: is Putin creeping further and further west?’” Wald is quoted as saying that the case of Ukraine especially worries him. This article continues: “‘Is this a precursor to Russia moving into Moldova? Nagorno Karabakh has been bubbling up, and the Georgia issue is still unresolved. NATO has essentially set these [new military] bases in its frontline states,’ Wald says, referring to the countries’ proximity to Russian territory.” So: Russia is moving too close to NATO countries, according to the U.S. ‘Defense’ Department.
But it’s a blatant lie. Actually, since 1999, 11 former members of the Warsaw Pact, countries, which had been allied with Russia during the communist Soviet Union throughout the Cold War, have switched to the U.S. military alliance against their former ally Russia, NATO: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Albania.So: Russia hasn’t been moving at all, not an inch; but the U.S. certainly has — by surrounding Russia with its NATO missiles.
This Newsweek story is ‘news’ that’s published in a mainstream U.S. ‘news’ source, which people pay bad money for — it’s worse than a waste, it’s their being charged for U.S.-Government propaganda.
Here is authentic news, from an authentic news source… … …
Ukraine in 2013 was on the path of stable economic growth with the potential to rival Germany.
Its GDP, profits, wages and social welfare were all rising. One year later the trend is the opposite.
The mechanics of the 2014 coup d´état, the uninvestigated crimes, the lies and censorship, the economic and social consequences are among many topics highlighted by former Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov, who fled for his life after an assassination attempt during the Washington-sponsored coup.
Nikolai Azarov has noticed that whenever the Ukrainian economy achieves a positive growth rate, some political turbulence disrupts the progress.
BBC airs Maidan fighter admitting he fired on police before Kiev massacre
Nearly a year after the massacre on Kiev’s Maidan left over 50 dead, the BBC has aired footage of an opposition fighter who says he fired at police in the early morning that day, bringing into question the popular narrative that riot police fired first.
Witnesses at the time said they saw snipers shooting at both protesters and security forces.
A leaked recording of a conversation between European Union foreign policy Baroness Caroline Ashton and Estonia’s foreign minister, Urmas Paet, also appeared to confirm the possibly that it had been members of the opposition, and not Yanukovich’s security forces, who fired the first shots.
“There is a stronger and stronger understanding that behind the snipers – it was not Yanukovich, it was somebody from the new [ruling] coalition,” Paet told Ashton, citing claims that “there were the same snipers killing people from both sides.”
AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN BROKERED IN MINSK TO STOP HOSTILITIES IN UKRAINE
“I believe we agreed on a big deal. We agreed to a ceasefire starting at 00:00 on February 15” Russian President Vladimir Putin told the media after the talks were finished. Putin said that Kiev’s unwillingness to hold direct talks with the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics was among the reasons it took so much time to reach an agreement. “They may be unrecognized, but we have to deal with real life here, and if everyone wants to agree and have sustainable relations, direct contacts are needed”, Putin said.
IF BROKEN, NO NEW MEMORANDUM POSSIBLE
Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Aleksandr Zakharchenko, who signed the Minsk document, said it required additional consultation and warned that “IF THESE TERMS ARE BROKEN, THERE WILL BE NO NEW MEETINGS OR MEMORANDA”. He added that he and Igor Plotnitsky, the head of Lugansk People’s Republic, “agreed to sign the document due to guarantees from the president of Russia, chancellor of Germany and president of France,” with the hope that it would allow their people to “achieve peaceful development.”
France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine hold a new round of talks on February 11 in Minsk, Belarus in order to attempt to find a political solution regarding the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
During his meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke about the conflict in eastern Ukraine in Moscow, Wednesday.
Up to six people were killed and more than ten injured after a shell hit a bus station in central Donetsk, on Wednesday morning. The attack took place around 06.30 CET (05.30 GMT) during the rush hour when up to 50 people were at the station waiting for the bus.
Anti-Kiev militia came under attack in Logvinovo, east Ukraine, on Tuesday, costing the lives of two nearby civilians. The graphic footage shows the aftermath of the attack, and the bodies of those who died trying to flee the scene.
.. Only a few hours after that Kiev’s putschists gangsters agreed to ceasefire with Dombass fighters…
…Russian journalists, including RT crew, come under fire in eastern Ukraine.
Russian journalists from the ‘Rossiya’ TV channel and RT have come under fire near Debaltsevo in the Donetsk region. They were reporting on the evacuation of civilians from the conflict zone.
The RT crew of four, including correspondents Roman Kosarev and Anna Knishenko, were near a checkpoint from which a bus with Debaltsevo refugees was supposed to leave for Donetsk when they came under fire.
Journalists are now waiting for a humanitarian convoy. Refugees find themselves in this humanitarian corridor, which the Ukrainian gangsters from Kiev side seems not to respect.
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LAST HOURS: after the heavy losses incurred, Kiev accepts a ceasefire.
Militia of Donbass take full control of the Uglegorsk’s territory. Soldiers of the Novorossiya Army successfully conducted a tactical special operation to liberate the strategically important village.
Footage from Wednesday in Uglegorsk shows forces from the Donetsk People’s Republic moving into the town to ensure no Ukrainian government forces remain there.
Commander Olkhon: “I can say one thing, my unit completed the task. Such units, which fought with us, such as Sparta, such as the 1st battalion of the 3rd brigade, and others, completed the task. The city of Uglegorsk is 100% ours”.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Alexander Lukashevich slammed the US in Moscow, Thursday saying they had gone “way too far” by directing large sums of the 2015 budget for the purpose of “opposing Russia,” as quoted from a US document. By way of example he mentioned a sum of $640 million (€559 million) from the US budget that has been earmarked to support “opposition” in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.
