2014 Ukraine coup/Civil war
Today is day 3785 of the civil war in Ukraine.
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The post-coup unrest in Eastern Ukraine escalated when anti-coup rebels took over civil administration buildings in a number of town and cities in the Donetsk and Lugansk Oblasts in early April 2014. The civil war proper effectively began when the Kiev junta announced what it termed an "Anti-terrorist-operation (ATO)" on 15 April 2014 and began to deploy military forces in and around these Towns and cities.
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2015
Donetsk Airport
The new terminal building at Donetsk International Airport, which had been a site of fighting between Ukrainian and separatist troops since May 2014, was captured by the DPR forces on 15 January.[1] One week later, the separatists had overrun the entre airport and Kiev forces had retreated in chaos.[2]
Separatist forces also increased the pressure on the Kiev-controlled town of Debaltseve in north-eastern Donetsk Oblast, barraging it with artillery fire.[3] In addition, the DPR launched an attack on Mariupol during the morning of 24 January. A hail of Grad rockets killed at least thirty people, and wounded another eighty-three. [4]
French president François Hollande and German chancellor Angela Merkel put forth a new peace plan on 7 February. The Franco-German plan, drawn up after talks with Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and Russian president Vladimir Putin, was seen as a revival of the Minsk Protocol. President Hollande said that the plan was the "last chance" for resolution of the conflict. The plan was put forth in response to American proposals to send armaments to the Ukrainian government, something that Chancellor Merkel said would only result in a worsening of the crisis. [5] [6]
February ceasefire: Minsk II
A summit at Minsk on 11 February resulted in the signing of a new package of peacemaking measures, called Minsk II, on 12 February which was similar in content to the failed Minsk Protocol, and called for an unconditional ceasefire, to begin on 15 February, amongst many other measures.[7] Fighting continued around Debaltseve until 18 February, when Ukraine forces were forced to retreat, leaving separatist forces in control of the town.[8]
US/NATO contributions
The day after Minsk II, James Mountain "Jim" Inhofe, the senior US senator from Oklahoma, was caught out trying to pass off fake photographs of Russian involvement in Ukraine to boost support for his bill, which would enable the US to provide lethal military aid to the Ukrainians.[9][10][11][12]
The USAF announced that it would be sending 12 A-10 ground-attack aircraft to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, by the end of February. This was described as being part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, set up following Russia's "intervention in Ukraine". Apart from operating in Germany, the A-10s will be forward deployed to other partner nations in Eastern Europe. US forces have operated out of bases in Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Poland, among others, in the past year.[13]
Canada, which had been helping the the government of Ukraine for ten years, was called on by Ukraine's deputy foreign minister, Vadym Prystaiko, to start supplying lethal weapons and training on how to use them. Prystaiko, whose father was once the vice-chairman of the SBU (Security service of Ukraine), said that Kiev is preparing for "full-scale war" against Russia and that "the world must not be afraid of joining Ukraine in the fight against a nuclear power."[14][15] In 2007, Prystaiko was part of Ukraine’s NATO negotiating team, and served as the Deputy Director General for NATO in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [16]
Financial contributions
The IMF agreed, on 12 Feb 2015, to throw a $17.5 billion, four-year lifeline to Ukraine. Combined with the $4.6 billion from the previous package, this brings the total (so far) to over $22 billion, which won't be enough. The EU is also to provide $2 billion in loans, while the US has pledged $2 billion in loan guarantees. Altogether, the package from the west is estimated at $40 billion over four years. But, as the NYT puts it "While the fund had demanded that Ukraine begin major changes and undertake some tough austerity measures in exchange for last April’s rescue, the country’s economic problems have outpaced the prescriptions." Ukraine’s new finance minister, Natalie Jaresko, has been negotiating with the I.M.F. and urging international creditors to view Ukraine as a long-term investment. Jaresko is a US citizen, ex-Harvard, ex-US State Dept and ex US Embassy in Kiev. She was granted Ukrainian citizenship on 2 December 2014.[17][18][19] According to Robert Parry, she was once at the center of insider deals and other questionable activities when she ran a $150 million US-taxpayer-financed investment fund.[20][21]
An example
Page name | Description |
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"2014 Ukraine coup/Anti-Terrorist-Operation" | Olexander Turchynov, as acting President of Ukraine, announced the start of "anti-terrorist operation" against Donbas protestors in 2014. |
Related Quotations
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Aleksey Mozgovoy | “I'd like to appeal to everyone who is fighting—on both sides. People on both sides are fighting against the oligarchy. But somehow we only kill each other, ourselves. So we’re committing a slow suicide of sorts.
The “gladiators” need to break out from the “Colosseum”. Instead, a new Colosseum is being organized. We’re burying ourselves. Do we need it all? War for the sake of war? It’s stupid. Does anyone remember why we have rebelled? Isn’t it clear that the ones we rose up against are ruling us now? For both sides. Isn’t it time for us to come to our senses, military gentlemen? Otherwise, there won’t be a single one of us left. And the ones we should be fighting against…they will be living on. Without problems. And everything’s going to be as it was before. So I appeal one more time: start thinking. Your brain should be working, not your grenade launcher. That’s when there will be order. While the guns are working, there will only be deaths.” | Aleksey Mozgovoy | 2015 |
Petro Poroshenko | “we [in Ukraine] will have work they – [in the Donbas] won’t. We will have pensions – they won’t. We will care for our children and pensioners – they won’t. Our children will go to school, to kindergartens – their children will sit in cellars*. They don’t know how to organize or do anything. This, ultimately, is how we will win this war.” | Petro Poroshenko | October 2014 |
Related Documents
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:Address by Igor Strelkov 11 September 2014 | address | 11 September 2014 | Igor Strelkov | Igor Strelkov breaks his silence: A brutally honest, MUSt-READ address by the former commander of the NAF, about Russia, the civil war and the influence of traitorous elements of the Russian establishment in betraying the Novorussian rebellion |
Document:An appeal to the mothers of Ukraine | appeal | 30 August 2014 | Many people | An appeal by women of the Russian diaspora to the mothers of Ukrainian solders |
Document:Arsen Avakov interview 5 September 2014 | article | 6 September 2014 | Vladimir Suchan | Commentary on a Ukraine TV Interview with Oligarch and Ukraine Junta Interior Minister Arsen Avakov just after his government had agreed to a cease-fire in the civil war. |
Document:Forgive us for not dying in Slavyansk | statement | 6 July 2014 | Igor Druz | A statement by Igor Druze, Advisor to Igor Strelkov, following the DPR militia withdrawal from Slavyansk and their arrival in Donetsk |
Document:French volunteer fighters for DPR | interview | 30 November 2014 | Andrey Borodulin | An interview with two French volunteers with the Donbass Militia in Eastern Ukraine. The interview was conducted in Moscow. |
Document:How can you tell whether Russia has invaded Ukraine? | article | 30 August 2014 | Dmitry Orlov | A list of the top tell-tale signs that will enable you to determine whether or not Western claims that "Russia has invaded Ukraine" are accurate. |
Document:Igor Strelkov interview | interview | 26 April 2014 | Komsomolskaya Pravda | Commander Igor Strelkov of the Eastern Ukrainian Peoples' Militia in Slavyansk gives his first open interview to Komsomolskaya Pravda |
Document:Interview with Donbas militia-man Artem | interview transcript | 23 August 2014 | Victor Shapinov | Interview with a wounded and hospitalised Donbas militia-man conducted in August 2014 |
Document:Interview with Donetsk militia-man | interview transcript | 18 August 2014 | Ilja Degtjarov | Interview with a native Donetsk militia-man fighting against the Ukrainian army in Eastern Ukraine + video of captured Ukrainian soldier. More organ trafficking corroboration |
Document:Interview with Igor Strelkov - 8 July 2014 | interview transcript | 8 July 2014 | First Republic TV channel | Transcript of video interview with DPR Militia commander Igor Strelkov following the militia breakout and evacuation from Slavansk, Eastern Ukraine |
Document:Russian Foreign Ministry statement on the start of the delivery of humanitarian relief aid to Southeastern Ukraine | statement | 22 August 2014 | Russian Foreign Ministry | Russian Foreign Ministry statement on the start of the delivery of humanitarian relief aid to Southeastern Ukraine |
Document:These Clowns Are Dragging Us Into War | article | 1 September 2014 | Raúl Ilargi Meijer | Summarises the outcome of the meeting in Minsk, Belorussia between Kiev Junta, DPR-LPR representatives on 31 August 2014. The prognosis remains depressingly pessimistic with the Westerm MSM consistently hawkish about "Confronting Russia" |
Document:Ukrainian Ballistic Missiles Shot Down by Russian Missile Defence System | article | 23 August 2014 | VoS Editorial | Evidence and argument that Ukraine army ballistic missiles launched against the Donbas have been shot down by Russian missile defense systems and that the launches are in reality a US directed ploy to test the effectiveness of the Russian systems. |
Document:Ukrainian soldiers' organs traded | correspondence | 6 July 2014 | Sergey Vlasenko Olga Wieber Semyon Semyonchenko | An apparent hoax about hacked correspondence between Donbass Battalion commander, Yulia Tymoshenko's lawyer and a German medical practitioner evidencing a burgeoning trade in the organs of Ukrainian soldiers |
Document:Vladimir Putin address to the Novorossiya militia | address | 29 August 2014 | Vladimir Putin | Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Novorossiya Militia about their successes against the military forces of the Kiev Junta |
Document:WE are Untermenschen | appeal | 3 June 2014 | Juan | Heartfelt anger from a Russian speaking anti-Kiev Junta soldier in face of escalating military attacks on the civilian population of Eastern Ukraine by the Junta military and the blatant double-standards indifference of western politicians to the sufferings of people who identify with Russia. |
Document:Washington's "Pivot" hits a Brick Wall | article | 29 August 2014 | Mike Whitney | A scathing polemic on US support and promotion of the civil war in Ukraine |
File:My Encounter with Ukrainian-American Nazi Mark Paslawsky.pdf | article | 2 September 2014 | George Eliason | The encounter that G. Eliason had with Mark Paslawsky and what it means for him. |
File:US Psychological Warfare in Ukraine Targeting Online Independent Media Coverage.pdf | article | 20 March 2015 | George Eliason | Cyberwarfare operations are getting targeted at anyone. |
File:White Book-2.pdf | report | June 2014 | Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs | White Book update - on violations of human rights and the rule of law in Ukraine between April and mid-June 2014 |
File:White Book.pdf | report | 5 May 2014 | Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs | A White Book on violations of human rights and the rule of law in Ukraine since November 2013, released by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 5 May 2014 |
References
- ↑ Novorussian forces take control of most of the new terminal of the Donetsk airport Saker 15 Jan 2015
- ↑ Chaotic Retreat Follows Ukrainians’ Withdrawal From Donetsk Airport New York Times 22 Jan 2015
- ↑ The fight to defend Ukraine’s strategic Debaltseve France 24 23 Jan 2015
- ↑ Pro-Russian rebels attack key port; Ukraine says at least 30 dead Reuters 24 Han 2015
- ↑ Ukraine crisis: 'Last chance' for peace says Hollande BBC News 7 Feb 2015
- ↑ Western Nations Split on Arming Kiev Forces New York Times 7 Feb 2015
- ↑ Ukraine crisis: Leaders agree peace roadmap BBC News 12 Feb 2015
- ↑ Ukraine troops retreat from key town of Debaltseve BBC News 18 Feb 2015
- ↑ Sifting Ukrainian Fact From Ukrainian Fiction New York Times 13 Feb 2015
- ↑ Inhofe helps set a falsehood in motion MSNBC 13 Feb 2015
- ↑ freebeacon Here’s The Ukrainian Delegation That Gave Misleading Photos To Senator’s Office BuzzFeed 13 Feb 2015
- ↑ In Thirst For War, Sen. Inhofe Releases Fake Photos Of Russian Troops In Ukraine ZeroHedge 14 Feb 2015
- ↑ Air Force sending 'tankbuster' jets back to Europe CNN 13 Feb 2015
- ↑ Ukraine preparing for 'full-scale war,' says former envoy to Canada CBC 21 Feb 2015
- ↑ Supreme Court of Ukraine May 1999
- ↑ His Excellency Vadym Prystaiko, Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada The Empire Club of Canada 4 Apr 2014
- ↑ I.M.F. Announces $17.5 Billion Package to Help Kiev Stabilize Economy New York Times, 13 Feb 2015
- ↑ Even if Cease-Fire Holds, Money Woes Will Test Kiev New York Times, 12 Feb 2015
- ↑ Foreign-born ministers in Ukraine's new cabinet BBC News 5 Dec 2014
- ↑ Ukraine Finance Minister’s American ‘Values’ Consortium News, 18 Feb 2015
- ↑ Ukraine Bailout Set to Rise to Around $40 Billion Over Four Years Wall Street Journal, 12 Feb 2015