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[[File:2014-ru-invasion.jpeg|thumb|right|[https://twitter.com/logrotation/status/1541301597279485953 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.
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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.
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Robert J. Lieber, ''Retreat and Its Consequences'', 2016, Cambridge University Press, p.8.
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(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. ”
“[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-putin-to-discuss-ukraine-in-video-call-amid-growing-tensions/2021/12/06/e089e36a-5707-11ec-a219-9b4ae96da3b7_story.html 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.
💬 #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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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.
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.


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


== Borders and treaties ==
* [https://treaties.un.org/Pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=08000002803fe18a Treaty between Ukraine and the Russian Federation on the Ukrainian-Russian State border], 2003
* [http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/30820 President Vladimir Putin signed a law ratifying the Treaty between Russia and Ukraine on the Russian-Ukrainian State Border], April 23, 2004


[[ru: Вторжение России на Украину]]
* [https://treaties.un.org/Pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=0800000280401fbb Memorandum on security assurances in connection with Ukraine’s accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons], 1994
[[cs: Ruská invaze na Ukrajinu]]


== Germany ==
== Germany ==
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* https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d3den/russian-anarchists-are-sabotaging-railways-to-stop-putins-war-on-ukraine
* https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d3den/russian-anarchists-are-sabotaging-railways-to-stop-putins-war-on-ukraine
== 2014 ==
* European Court of Human Rights, “[https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng-press?i=003-7550165-10372782 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 ===
* [https://www.dw.com/en/kyiv-32-tanks-enter-ukraine-from-russia/a-18047302 Kyiv: 32 tanks enter Ukraine], 2014
* [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/12/nato-russian-tanks-entering-ukraine Nato reports sightings of Russian tanks and troops entering eastern Ukraine], November 12, 2014
* [https://www.businessinsider.com/top-ukrainian-official-a-column-of-russian-tanks-have-entered-southeastern-ukraine-2014-8 Top Ukrainian Official: A Column Of Russian Tanks Has Entered Southeastern Ukraine], August 25, 2014
* [https://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/12/world/europe/ukraine-russia-crisis/index.html Ukrainian official: Russian tanks have entered the country], June 13, 2014
* [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/14/russian-military-vehicles-enter-ukraine-aid-convoy-stops-short-border Aid convoy stops short of border as Russian military vehicles enter Ukraine]
=== Soldiers ===
* [https://twitter.com/bucktron2021/status/1663849233395449858 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 [https://static.rusi.org/201503_bp_russian_forces_in_ukraine_0.pdf] [https://web.archive.org/web/20210111112810/https://rusi.org/sites/default/files/201503_bp_russian_forces_in_ukraine.pdf][https://web.archive.org/web/20150508220714/https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/201503_BP_Russian_Forces_in_Ukraine_FINAL.pdf]
* 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/
* [https://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/28/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/index.html U.S. official says 1,000 Russian troops have entered Ukraine]
* [http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/28/world/gallery/nato-images-show-russian-forces-in-ukraine/index.html NATO: Images show Russian forces in Ukraine]
* [https://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/26/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/index.html 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/
* [https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/12/16/fraud-conviction-appears-to-reveal-russian-troop-deployment-in-east-ukraine-a75835 Fraud Conviction Appears to Reveal Russian Troop Deployment in East Ukraine], December 16, 2021
* [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-usa-military-idUSBREA2R1U720140328 Russia’s buildup near Ukraine may reach 40,000 troops: U.S. sources]
* [https://news.yahoo.com/former-ukraine-rebel-head-starts-support-group-russian-170701239.html.html He estimated that “between 30,00 and 50,000 Russian volunteers” fought in eastern Ukraine.]
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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.
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[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/17/vladimir-putin-admits-russian-military-presence-ukraine Putin admits Russian military presence in Ukraine for first time], December 17, 2015
}}
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/pro-russian-militants-killed-in-clash-at-ukraine-port-city/2014/04/17/02fc044e-c5f9-11e3-bf7a-be01a9b69cf1_story.html 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.] ([https://archive.ph/seg3M archive])
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/putin-changes-course-admits-russian-troops-were-in-crimea-before-vote/2014/04/17/b3300a54-c617-11e3-bf7a-be01a9b69cf1_story.html 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 ([https://archive.ph/VhIZf archive])
* “[https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1651942418139299840 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.]”
** “[https://twitter.com/The_Mdawini/status/1652211899570724865 I’ve been saying this for the longest time. There was no “Russian speaking seperatists” in the Donbas.]”
* [https://fb.watch/khn4wzUpz9/ Леонид Гозман о войне в Украине]
** https://twitter.com/IrynaBuczkowski/status/1653277972780941316
** https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1653184747911127051
=== Artillery ===
* [https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2015/02/17/origin-of-artillery-attacks/ 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]], [https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/21/weapons-ukraine-russia-invasion-military/ The West’s Weapons Won’t Make Any Difference to Ukraine]
* [[Samuel Charap]], [https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/unwinnable-war-washington-endgame An Unwinnable War]
* https://twitter.com/russophileLs/status/1592865108963000320
== They were right ==
* [[Natia Seskuria]], [https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/22/russia-ukraine-invasion-georgia-2008-south-ossetia-tskhinvali/ Russia Is Reenacting Its Georgia Playbook in Ukraine], February 22, 2022 ([https://archive.ph/g3Uag archive])
* [[Daniel Foubert]], [https://twitter.com/d_foubert/status/1497479993261240323 This invasion is probably Russia’s most spectacular, maddest, and maybe final mistake.], February 26, 2022
* [[Dmitri Alperovitch]], “[https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/status/1473362460673515527 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 ==
* [https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/03/19/7332840/ Russian occupiers forcibly deporting Mariupol civilians to Russia], March 19, 2022
* [https://twitter.com/Mylovanov/status/1598084569882071040 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.]
* [https://deportation.org.ua/ Where Are Our People?] ([https://twitter.com/WAOPUA @WAOPUA])
== “denazification” ==
* [https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-ukrainian-soldier-killed-fighting-russian-forces/ Jewish Ukrainian soldier killed fighting Russian forces]
* [https://twitter.com/FJCU/status/1600558498105827328 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.]
* [https://time.com/6180611/white-power-mercenaries-fighting-the-lost-cause/ The White Power Mercenaries Fighting For the Lost Cause Around the World] ([https://archive.md/BNh3Z archive])
* [https://twitter.com/ali_h_soufan/status/1497294916824797193 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)]
* [https://en.respublica.lt/signs-of-neo-nazi-ideology-amongst-russian-mercenaries Signs of Neo-Nazi Ideology Amongst Russian Mercenaries]
* [https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/putin-doesnt-combat-nazism-he-cultivates-it/ 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
* [https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-02-02/us-offers-disarmament-measures-to-russia-in-exchange-for-a-deescalation-of-military-threat-in-ukraine.html US offered disarmament measures to Russia in exchange for deescalation of military threat in Ukraine]
* [https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-do-ukrainians-think-about-russians-now How Do Ukrainians Think About Russians Now?] February 15, 2023 [https://twitter.com/YMonastyrskyi/status/1626056484734832640]
* 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 ==
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/world/europe/icc-war-crimes-russia-ukraine.html 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
* [https://twitter.com/Kama_Kamilia/status/1628883932027531266 The nonexistent Ukrainian military has now been fighting for a year]
* https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1628863664512983042
== More ==
* [https://tvpworld.com/66530961/six-unpopular-truths-about-ukraine Six unpopular truths about Ukraine]
* https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/24/russia-ukraine-war-oral-history-00083757
* [https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-the-sneakiest-defenders-of-vladimir-putins-ukraine-invasion-and-chinas-xinjiang-repression Meet the Sneakiest Defenders of Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine]
* [https://twitter.com/Mylovanov/status/1662755635589464065 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]
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaBYW76inbX5XWJ8IJd9MKucLnkAzK28E Russian Invasion of Ukraine video series]
* [https://commons.com.ua/en/right-resist-feminist-manifesto/ “The right to resist.” A feminist manifesto]
* [https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/25/assimilate-or-flee-wartime-pressures-weigh-on-russias-ukrainian-diaspora-a81264 Assimilate or Flee: Wartime Pressures Weigh on Russia’s Ukrainian Diaspora]
== Economy ==
* “[https://newrepublic.com/article/171481/putin-russia-economy-going-broke-fast-why Putin’s Russia Is Going Broke Fast. Here’s Why.]”, March 30, 2023
* [https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/kazakhstan-has-become-a-pathway-for-the-supply-of-russias-war-machine-heres-how-it-works Kazakhstan Has Become a Pathway for the Supply of Russia’s War Machine. Here’s How It Works.] [https://twitter.com/ichbinilya/status/1659530967839653891]
== Arms deliveries ==
* [https://theins.ru/en/economics/261792 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 ==
* [https://english.nv.ua/nation/russian-units-in-kherson-oblast-and-crimea-stricken-in-cholera-outbreak-losing-combat-effectivene-50332646.html Russian units in Kherson Oblast and Crimea, stricken in cholera outbreak, ‘losing combat effectiveness’]
* [https://share.america.gov/blinken-russia-war-in-ukraine-strategic-failure/ 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
{{subpages}}
* [[Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant/Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant]]
* [[Kremlinism/Torture]]
* [[Kremlinism/War Crimes]]
* [[Kremlinism/Rape]]
* [[Kremlinism/Propaganda]]
* [[russia]]
[[ru: Вторжение России на Украину]]
[[uk: Російське вторгнення в Україну]]
[[fr: Invasion russe de l’Ukraine]]
[[pl: Inwazja Rosji na Ukrainę]]
[[cs: Ruská invaze na Ukrajinu]]
[[de: Russischer Überfall auf die Ukraine]]
[[es: Invasión rusa de Ucrania]]
[[it: Invasione russa dell’Ucraina]]

Latest revision as of 04:22, 1 December 2023

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.

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

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


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

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

Borders and treaties

Germany

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

War Crimes

treatment of POWs

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

See also


Opposition


2014

Tanks and other military vehicles

Soldiers

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

Artillery

2022

Predictions

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

They were right

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Looting of Kherson

Liberation of Kherson

occupation plans

deportations

“denazification”

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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

War crimes

One year after 2022 invasion

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Economy

Arms deliveries

Fake Putin speech

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

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