Donbass and Minsk History

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View In: Donbass and Minsk HistoryWar was inevitable outcome of 2014 U.S.-backed coup in Ukraine Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview with Die Zeit, published on December 7, that “the 2014 Minsk agreement was an attempt to give time to Ukraine. It…used this time to become stronger as can be seen today. The Ukrain...

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View In: Donbass and Minsk HistoryThe eastern Ukrainian countryside is being littered with Ukrainian Army mines while some towns have been abandoned as residents had to escape Ukrainian Army shelling. Residents consider Americans who send money to the Ukrainian government in the belief that they are protecting them from the Russian...

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View In: Donbass and Minsk HistoryCensored reports from the Donbass in Eastern Ukraine, however, make clear that the war was started eight years ago by Ukraine–after its legitimate government was overthrown in a U.S.-backed coup (known as the Maidan revolution), and the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces voted to secede. Patrick Lancaste...

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View In: Donbass and Minsk HistoryThe U.S. media and Washington political establishment has been unified in condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and in lauding the […] The post Censored Reports from Donbass Make Clear Ukraine and Not Russia Started the War—Eight Years Ago appeared first on CovertAction Magazine.

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View In: Donbass and Minsk HistoryOn Monday, February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in a press conference that the country will recognize the independence of the Donetsk and the Luhansk people’s republics. Refuting arguments that the move will harm possibilities for peace and violate provisions of the Minsk agreement...

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View In: Donbass and Minsk HistoryThe current tensions between the United States and Russia with regard to Ukraine goes back to a series of NATO actions and omissions following the demise of the Soviet Union in 1989/91.  On the Russian side there is a widespread perception of having been mislead by the US and NATO, a pervasive malais...