Russian invasion of Ukraine

25 июня 2014 в Луганск вошла колонна российской техники. На тот момент городские онлайн камеры еще работали и это можно было спокойно наблюдать. Удивительно, но несмотря на очевидное некоторые будут 8 лет рассказывать “при чем тут россия, у вас гражданская война etc” On June 25, 2014, a convoy of Russian equipment entered Luhansk. At that time, city online cameras were still working and it could be easily observed. Surprisingly, despite the obvious, some will tell for 8 years “what does Russia have to do with it, you have a civil war, etc”

Since 2006, russia infiltrated/trained “separatists” in Eastern Ukraine. Since 2011, it started training its troops for invasion using German provided training center. First invasion happened in 2014, second in 2022.

“ The actions of Russia under President Putin blatantly violate not only the post-1945 European order, but the rules, understandings, and treaties underpinning the global order and contemporary international law since the end of World War II. In breaching national borders by force and in its multiple intrusions on the state sovereignty of its neighbors, Moscow contravenes the principles of the UN Charter, the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 (guaranteeing the sovereignty of Ukraine), and the NATO-Russia Founding Act of 1997. Russia also has violated the rules of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) of 1987, the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty of 1990, and other formal agreements.

— Robert J. Lieber, Retreat and Its Consequences, 2016, Cambridge University Press, p.8.

(see: russian invasion of Ukraine/Reasons)

WIP

https://twitter.com/feliciasonmez/status/1468347612323622922 “Biden warns Putin not to further invade Ukraine, threatens ‘strong economic and other’ consequences. ” “Biden threatens Putin with economic sanctions if he further invades Ukraine”

💬 #Zakharova: Today we mark another day of the “start of war with Ukraine,” which did not happen again, to the Western media outlets’ regret, no matter how hard they whip up the hysteria.

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https://twitter.com/RussianEmbassy/status/1565325376058015745

MFA spox #Zakharova: #EU is now busy with important decision – whether or not to issue visas to Russians. But radiation doesn’t need a visa to cross borders. If something happens at #Zaporozhye, it will not be about visas, passports or borders.

🔗http://is.gd/xVJLJA

https://twitter.com/DarthPutinKGB/status/1562153981832462336

https://twitter.com/zvalgasrytuose/status/1520030662757171201

https://twitter.com/MelinaBorcakEng/status/1562382701314940929

https://www.jta.org/2014/03/05/global/ukraines-jewish-leaders-to-vladimir-putin-back-off

«Ты вообще понимаешь, что мы фашисты?»

https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/22/russia-ukraine-invasion-georgia-2008-south-ossetia-tskhinvali/

https://archive.ph/g3Uag#selection-869.0-1245.10

https://twitter.com/areidross/status/1563919993183825920

Amram Leifer, “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been an utter failure. But you wouldn’t know it”, August 5, 2022 (Archive)

https://twitter.com/ahatanhel/status/1570416670136750088

http://balkanwitness.glypx.com/ukraine.htm

Borders and treaties

Treaty between Ukraine and the Russian Federation on the Ukrainian-Russian State border, 2003

President Vladimir Putin signed a law ratifying the Treaty between Russia and Ukraine on the Russian-Ukrainian State Border, April 23, 2004

Memorandum on security assurances in connection with Ukraine’s accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1994

Germany

https://twitter.com/sumlenny/status/1569588416798670851

War Crimes

U.N. experts find that war crimes have been committed in Ukraine.

treatment of POWs

https://twitter.com/MelaniePodolyak/status/1573311667936825345

Hitler/Putin speech comparison: https://twitter.com/adnashmyash/status/1574839719820759082

Opposition

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d3den/russian-anarchists-are-sabotaging-railways-to-stop-putins-war-on-ukraine

2014

European Court of Human Rights, “Grand Chamber decision Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia - Flight MH17 and eastern-Ukraine-conflict case partially admissible, will proceed to judgment”: “Among other things, the Court found that areas in eastern Ukraine in separatist hands were, from 11 May 2014 and up to at least 26 January 2022, under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation.”, January 25, 2023

Tanks and other military vehicles

Kyiv: 32 tanks enter Ukraine, 2014
Nato reports sightings of Russian tanks and troops entering eastern Ukraine, November 12, 2014
Top Ukrainian Official: A Column Of Russian Tanks Has Entered Southeastern Ukraine, August 25, 2014
Ukrainian official: Russian tanks have entered the country, June 13, 2014
Aid convoy stops short of border as Russian military vehicles enter Ukraine

Soldiers

Russia didn't just coup Sevastopol parliament in Feb 2014 and start the DPR conflict in May 2014. Russia continued sending substantial invasion forces in to Ukraine throughout 2014 and 2015.

“ Vladimir Putin has for the first time admitted the presence of Russian military specialists in east Ukraine.
Russia has repeatedly denied a military presence in the conflict, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. But the Russian president conceded there were military intelligence officers operating in the country in a marathon press conference on Thursday.
Asked by a Ukrainian reporter an hour into the briefing about two Russian military intelligence officers captured by Kiev and currently on trial in Ukraine, Putin said: “We never said there were not people there who carried out certain tasks including in the military sphere.” He insisted this was not the same as regular Russian troops.
There was no opportunity for a follow-up question to examine how many military specialists Putin believes were in Ukraine and what exact tasks they were carrying out. At key moments in the conflict in east Ukraine there has been much evidence of regular Russian army involvement.
Putin also initially denied the “little green men” present during the annexation of Crimea were Russian soldiers but afterwards admitted they were.

— Putin admits Russian military presence in Ukraine for first time, December 17, 2015