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.

[1]

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

See also

• Kremlinism

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.

• RUSI Russian Forces in Ukraine [2] [3][4]
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_green_men_(Russo-Ukrainian_War)
• https://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/136061
• https://khpg.org/en/1597801489
• https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1579874557816897536.html
• https://twitter.com/adnashmyash/status/1580303897008410624
• https://mkaradjis.com/2022/06/16/on-the-fantastic-tale-that-the-ukrainian-army-killed-14000-ethnic-russians-in-donbas-between-2014-and-2022/
• U.S. official says 1,000 Russian troops have entered Ukraine
• NATO: Images show Russian forces in Ukraine
• Russian soldiers detained in Ukraine; leaders meet in Minsk
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/ukraine-warns-russia-crimea-war-live
• https://time.com/12142/russian-and-ukrainian-troops-in-tense-crimea-standoff/
• Fraud Conviction Appears to Reveal Russian Troop Deployment in East Ukraine, December 16, 2021
• Russia’s buildup near Ukraine may reach 40,000 troops: U.S. sources
• He estimated that “between 30,00 and 50,000 Russian volunteers” fought in eastern Ukraine.

“ 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

• Ukraine is struggling to restore order in the eastern part of the country, where it says Russian special operatives are aiding local separatists in organized and well-armed occupations of official buildings in cities including Mariupol, a municipality of almost half a million people. (archive)

• In early March, Putin denied that the well-equipped troops operating on Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and wearing green uniforms without insignia were Russian. Anyone could buy those uniforms, he said. On Thursday, when asked about the soldiers widely known as the green men, Putin acknowledged that they were Russian. Their presence had been necessary, he said, to keep order so that Crimeans could decide their future in a referendum., April 17, 2014 (archive)

• “Putin, by one decree, made war veterans out of the criminals who were supposed to be in prison Putin signed the law on the status of a combat veteran for those who fought in the Donbas since 2014 and volunteers who have taken part in combat operations since February 24, 2022. By the way, by the same decree, Putin officially acknowledged that the Russian army had invaded Ukraine in 2014. Earlier, the Russian authorities stated that there was no Russian military on the territory of Ukraine in 2014.”
  • “I’ve been saying this for the longest time. There was no “Russian speaking seperatists” in the Donbas.”

• Леонид Гозман о войне в Украине
  • https://twitter.com/IrynaBuczkowski/status/1653277972780941316
  • https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1653184747911127051

Artillery

• Bellingcat Report - Origin of Artillery Attacks on Ukrainian Military Positions in Eastern Ukraine Between 14 July 2014 and 8 August 2014

2022

Predictions

• https://www.foxnews.com/us/gen-milley-says-kyiv-could-fall-within-72-hours-if-russia-decides-to-invade-ukraine-sources

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2022/02/25/10-predictions-for-ukraine-now-that-russia-has-invaded.html

Children deportations

https://twitter.com/O_Ostapchuk/status/1580636236212936704

Germany

https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-release-merkel-era-assessment-saying-nord-stream-russia-gas-pose-no-risk/

https://twitter.com/gaughen/status/1564733950559502348

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/09/anti-war-camp-intellectually-bankrupt/671576/

https://mipl.org.ua/fraza-skadovsk-cze-ukrayina-yak-pryvid-dlya-vykradennya-druzhynu-zamorduvaly-cholovika-pobyly/

Donbas 2014-2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-YKRc_b7CE

They were wrong

• Samuel Charap, The West’s Weapons Won’t Make Any Difference to Ukraine

• Samuel Charap, An Unwinnable War

• https://twitter.com/russophileLs/status/1592865108963000320

They were right

• Natia Seskuria, Russia Is Reenacting Its Georgia Playbook in Ukraine, February 22, 2022 (archive)

• Daniel Foubert, This invasion is probably Russia’s most spectacular, maddest, and maybe final mistake., February 26, 2022

• Dmitri Alperovitch, “In the last few weeks, I have become increasingly convinced that Kremlin has unfortunately made a decision to invade Ukraine later this winter. While it is still possible for Putin to deescalate, I believe the likelihood is now quite low. Allow me to explain why 🧵”, December 21, 2021

More

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3SgXWo08cU

Looting of Kherson

• https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1594267954375495682

Liberation of Kherson

• https://twitter.com/polidemitolog/status/1591106305682731008

occupation plans

• https://twitter.com/charliekreuz/status/1598256313565609988
• https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/captured-russian-documents-reveal-plan-to-subjugate-ukraine-in-10-days-and-kill-population/ss-AA150hCB

deportations

• Russian occupiers forcibly deporting Mariupol civilians to Russia, March 19, 2022

• Good evening from Kyiv. This is Day 280. It is cold but we have electricity. Today, a friend talked to me about his sister under occupation. A couple of days ago, Russians asked everyone on their block to prepare for deportation. They can pack personal items, leave everything else. They were told that later in the week they will be moved to Russia to a camp. It reminds me of stories I read about Nazis moving Jews to ghetto in WWII.

• Where Are Our People? (@WAOPUA)

“denazification”

• Jewish Ukrainian soldier killed fighting Russian forces
• Vladyslav Shein, a 21-year-old Jew from Dnipro, died at the front while defending Ukraine From the first days of the full-scale invasion, he enrolled as volunteer to be sent to the front, where he sacrificed his life for the independence and freedom of Ukraine.
• The White Power Mercenaries Fighting For the Lost Cause Around the World (archive)
• Some examples: The neo-Nazi Russian Imperial Movement; Wagner; American neo-Nazis seeking refuge in Russia when they face prosecution at home; the leader of U.S. neo-Nazi group The Base residing in Russia... Mr. Putin, perhaps your “denazification” is better served at home? (2/3)
• Signs of Neo-Nazi Ideology Amongst Russian Mercenaries
• Putin Doesn’t Combat Nazism, He Cultivates It

More

https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1011541/russia-is-sorting-mariupol-evacuees-at-filtration-camps-based-on-social

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61208404

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2022/06/17/bbc-ukrainian-nationals-beaten-and-tortured-at-russian-filtration-camps-news ’The Russians said beatings were my re-education’ 16 June 2022

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61683513

How Putin’s War in Ukraine Became a Catastrophe for Russia - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/16/world/europe/russia-putin-war-failures-ukraine.html https://archive.ph/ACJtP

• US offered disarmament measures to Russia in exchange for deescalation of military threat in Ukraine

• How Do Ukrainians Think About Russians Now? February 15, 2023 [5]

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/09/ukraine-fighter-pilot-i-could-learn-to-fly-western-jet-within-three-months-vadym-voroshylov

War crimes

• International Court to Open War Crimes Cases Against Russia, Officials Say

• Kremlinism/War Crimes

One year after 2022 invasion

• https://twitter.com/UkrainianAna/status/1628956472280338433

• https://twitter.com/yasminalombaert/status/1629093409334894593

• The nonexistent Ukrainian military has now been fighting for a year

• https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1628863664512983042

More

• Six unpopular truths about Ukraine

• https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/24/russia-ukraine-war-oral-history-00083757

• Meet the Sneakiest Defenders of Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine

• A video of #Kyiv McDonalds yesterday got 10M views. People were shocked to see civilian life , good service, and positive vibe. They said “it doesn’t look like a war zone”. But it is. People share other misconceptions about city life in war. I explore them here

• Russian Invasion of Ukraine video series

• “The right to resist.” A feminist manifesto

• Assimilate or Flee: Wartime Pressures Weigh on Russia’s Ukrainian Diaspora

Economy

• “Putin’s Russia Is Going Broke Fast. Here’s Why.”, March 30, 2023

• Kazakhstan Has Become a Pathway for the Supply of Russia’s War Machine. Here’s How It Works. [6]

Arms deliveries

• BiZness as usual: 25 European companies still supplying the Russian army

Fake Putin speech

• https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1665709387648827397

• https://twitter.com/yasminalombaert/status/1665717568995295234

• https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1665722561303396353

More

• Russian units in Kherson Oblast and Crimea, stricken in cholera outbreak, ‘losing combat effectiveness’

• Blinken: Russia’s war against Ukraine a ‘strategic failure’

https://voxukraine.org/en/why-russian-studies-in-the-west-failed-to-provide-a-clue-about-russia-and-ukraine

• https://pavelmayer.de/other/russian-manual.pdf

https://geoconfirmed.org/ukraine/301ea8e2-98d3-4fee-2c2f-08dbb94bfb59

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