Ukraine

Washington Rushes To Hide Its ‘Octopus’ NED Funding In Ukraine

March 18, 2022 Tim Anderson, Al Mayadeen. Educate! NATO, NED, Neo-Nazis, Russia, Ukraine, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

Despite the attempt to hide this sponsorship, an 80-page document showing US government NED funding for hundreds of Ukraine groups has been leaked. Now posted on several sites this document allows us a window into some of the internal U.S. influence since the CIA orchestrated Kiev coup of 2014. Many of the allocations have to do with anti-Russian propaganda, usually in the name of ‘transparency’, human rights, ‘independent journalism’, monitoring and so on. For example, the list shows us that a Ukraine group ‘InformNapalm’, set up “to debunk myths and expose secrets of the Russian hybrid war” and which claims to be “a purely volunteer endeavor which does not have any financial support from any government or donor”, is actually US Government funded.

Russia-Ukraine Talks Continue Amid Contradictory Signals From Zelensky

March 17, 2022 People's Dispatch. Educate! NATO, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

The ongoing round of talks between Ukraine and Russia resumed on Wednesday, March 16, amidst contradictory signals from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in the last few days. The current round of talks being held via video conferencing began on Monday. There have been three rounds of talks already between the two countries since the start of the Russian attack on February 24. Except agreeing to implement a temporary ceasefire to evacuate civilians from war zones, the talks so far have failed to yield any results. On Tuesday, Mykhailo Podolyak, advisor to president Zelensky, expressed hope that though “there are fundamental contradictions,” “there is certainly room for compromises.” Podolyak’s optimism was substantiated by Zelensky, who had admitted at the beginning of the current round of talks that both sides are in touch on a day-to-day basis with the objective of finding an opportunity for his meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin.

How Neo-Nazis Are Pushing To ‘Ukrainize’ Brazil

March 17, 2022 Brian Mier, Mintpress News. Educate! Brazil, Neo-Nazis, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

São Paulo, Brazil – During the last two weeks, a small group of Brazilian bolsonaristas became social media celebrities as they crossed the border into Ukraine to fight against Russia – posing with assault rifles on Instagram, reciting prayers to the special forces, and sharing video monologues praising the brotherhood of people from around the world who had gathered in a training base near the Ukrainian city of Lviv to kill Russian “communists.” The group’s inexperience was demonstrated by the fact that most of their social media posts included their geo-location information. This all changed following a missile attack on the training base near Lviv on March 13, after which a series of more humble photos and videos began cropping up on their Twitter and Instagram feeds.

Neo-Nazis In Ukraine Fake Incidents To Gain More ‘Western’ Support

March 17, 2022 Moon of Alabama. Educate! Media, Neo-Nazis, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

The notorious Azov Battalion, also known as the Azov Regiment, posted this video earlier this week on its Telegram channel. It announced that it had destroyed three Russian armored vehicles and four infantry fighting vehicles, and killed "many infantry." Then it released a picture of a dead man in uniform, purported to be a Russian general whom it had killed. It is difficult to verify these claims. The city of Mariupol, which has a population of 500,000, is primarily being defended by the Azov Battalion. Mariupol is also where the Azov Battalion, which is part of the Ukrainian National Guard and thus subordinate to the Interior Ministry, has set up its headquarters. Its fighters are well trained, but the unit is composed of nationalists and far-right radicals. Its very existence is one of the pretexts Russia has used for its war against Ukraine. Initially, Azov was a volunteer militia that formed in the city of Berdyansk to support the Ukrainian army in its fight against pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine.

The US, NATO And The Article IV Trap In Ukraine

March 16, 2022 Scott Ritter, Consortium News. Educate! NATO, Refugees, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

The ongoing Russian invasion has torn asunder whatever passed for geopolitical stability in Eastern Europe in the years since NATO expansion brought Poland and the three former Soviet Baltic Republics of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia into its membership. While peeved, Russia had accepted the resulting equilibrium with stoic grace, bristling at every NATO effort at muscle flexing, but not overreacting. Even in the face of NATO and EU intervention in the affairs of Russia’s neighbor and ostensible ally, Belarus, in the aftermath of a contested August 2020 presidential election and sustained border crisis over immigration policy, Russia kept its cool, reining in Viktor Lukashenko, the impetuous Belarussian president, while trying to calm the situation with the four NATO members in question.

Former Top Pentagon Advisor Col. Doug Macgregor On Russia-Ukraine War

March 16, 2022 Max Blumenthal And Aaron Maté, The Grayzone. Resistance Report Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

Former senior advisor the Secretary of Defense Col. Doug Macgregor joins Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate for a candid, live discussion of the Russia-Ukraine war and his time in the Trump administration when an Afghan withdrawal was sabotaged and conflict with Iran and Syria continued.

NATO Is Not A Defensive International Organization

March 16, 2022 Dave Lindorff, This Can't Be Happening!. Educate! NATO, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

Reading US reports on the deadly Russian rocket attack on the so-called International Peacekeeping and Security Center in western Ukraine, one could be excused for thinking that the Russians might have been destroying some UN peacekeeping base. In fact, the deceptively named target, as a few US news reports on the attack did note, is actually a joint NATO/Ukrainian military base near the border of NATO member Poland that has specifically long been where US and NATO military trainers have worked with Ukrainian troops, teaching them the finer points of handling the lethal equipment being supplied to them by the US and some NATO nations like France, Germany, Britain and Turkey. (400 Florida National Guard troops were doing just that before being hustled back to Florida as Russia began threatening an invasion into Ukraine a few weeks ago.)

Western Double-Standards – Russian Oil Bad, Saudi Oil Good

March 16, 2022 Gavin O'Reilly, Popular Resistance. Educate! Oil, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

On Monday it was reported that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would travel to the oil-rich desert kingdom in order to seek new supply deals following last week’s announcement that Britain would phase out oil imports from Russia by the end of the year in response to Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine – similar to the United States’ recent announcement that Russian oil imports would immediately be banned outright, with US President Joe Biden also seeking an increase in supply from Saudi Arabia and its’ Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) partner, the UAE; a request that has apparently been snubbed by both Kingdoms. To even request an increase in oil supply from Riyadh and Abu Dhabi in the first place however, demonstrates the hollowness of the United States and Britain’s assertions that their suspension of oil imports from Russia is due to human rights concerns amidst the current military operation in Ukraine...

Waltzing Toward Armageddon With The Merchants Of Death

March 15, 2022 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. Educate! Cold War, NATO, New Cold War, Russia, Ukraine, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

The Cold War, from 1945 to 1989, was a wild Bacchanalia for arms manufacturers, the Pentagon, the CIA, the diplomats who played one country off another on the world’s chess board, and the global corporations able to loot and pillage by equating predatory capitalism with freedom. In the name of national security, the Cold Warriors, many of them self-identified liberals, demonized labor, independent media, human rights organizations, and those who opposed the permanent war economy and the militarization of American society as soft on communism. That is why they have resurrected it. The decision to spurn the possibility of peaceful coexistence with Russia at the end of the Cold War is one of the most egregious crimes of the late 20th century.

US, NATO, Russia, Ukraine And The Whiteness Of Empire

March 15, 2022 Roger Stoll, Popular Resistance. Educate! NATO, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

The US has poured weapons, military advisors, and political operatives into Ukraine for years. It has long coveted Ukraine for NATO. So in 2014 the US arranged a coup, with neo-nazi help, against the democratically elected president. The people in the Donbas region in the east resisted that coup and formed the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics in self-defense. The illegitimate government in Kiev attacked them, aided by their neo-nazi militias and supported by the US. By the end of 2021 the war had cost 14,000 lives; 11,000 had been Ukrainians opposing the coup. These Ukrainians resisted Kiev’s ban on their mother tongue, Russian; they resisted Kiev’s ethnic cleansing policies against Russophones; they resisted Kiev’s neoliberal, US-aligned politics.

What Polls About A Ukraine ‘No-Fly Zone’ Really Tell Us

March 15, 2022 David W. Moore, Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting. Educate! Media, NATO, Public Opinion, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

Last week, Reuters/Ipsos reported on a poll that found some 74% of Americans said the United States and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should impose a no-fly zone in Ukraine. This was a surprising result, because there was strong bipartisan opposition in Congress to such an action. Typically, public opinion―especially on foreign policy―tends to reflect the prevailing political consensus. That poll announcement was followed this week from a report from YouGov (3/9/22) about three polls it had recently conducted―two for the Economist (2/6/22–3/1/22 and 3/5–8/22), and one for US News (3/7–9/22). The earliest poll found 45% of Americans saying it was a “good idea” for the US to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine, with 20% saying it was a “bad idea.” The second poll showed a smaller margin of support, 40% to 30%.

High-Level US-China Talks In Rome Focus On Russia-Ukraine

March 15, 2022 Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com. Educate! China, Russia, Sanctions, Ukraine

On Monday, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held seven-hour talks in Rome with Yang Jiechi, one of China’s top foreign policy officials. According to the White House, the two officials had a “substantial discussion” on Russia and Ukraine. In recent years, China and Russia have grown closer together as they both have faced similar pressure from the US and its allies. A Biden administration official told reporters that the US has “deep concerns about China’s alignment with Russia at this time” and said Sullivan warned China of potential “consequences” for certain actions. “What we have conveyed — and what was conveyed by our national security adviser in this meeting — is that, should they provide military or other assistance that of course violates sanctions or supports the war effort, that there will be significant consequences,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.

Will Russian Diplomats Resign In Opposition To The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine?

March 14, 2022 Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. Resist! citizen diplomacy, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

Nineteen years ago, in March 2003, I resigned as a U.S. diplomat in opposition to the President Bush’s decision to invade Iraq. I joined two other U.S diplomats, Brady Kiesling and John Brown, who had resigned in weeks previous to my resignation. We heard from fellow U.S. diplomats assigned to U.S. embassies around the world that they too believed that the decision of the Bush administration would have long term negative consequences for the U.S. and the world, but for a variety of reasons, no one joined us in resignation until later. Several initial critics of our resignations later told us they were wrong and they agreed that the decision of the U.S. government to wage war on Iraq was disastrous.

President Biden: De-Escalate In Ukraine Or Risk Nuclear War!

March 14, 2022 Gerry Condon, Popular Resistance. Educate! Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Ukraine, World War

“The first casualty of war is truth.” This simple yet profound statement is attributed to many, including Hiram Johnson in a speech in the U.S. Senate in 1918, during the “war to end all wars.” Hiram Johnson was a progressive Republican who had been elected to the Senate from California that very year. He remained in the Senate until he died of old age on August 6, 1945, the day the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the civilian population of Hiroshima, Japan. The Baltimore Sun quoted Senator Johnson more fully in 1929, during a Senate debate on an international agreement called the “General Treaty for the Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy” (also known as the Kellogg-Briand Treaty): “The first casualty when war comes is truth, and whenever there is a war, and whenever an individual nation seeks to coerce by force of arms another, it always acts and always insists that it acts under self-defense.”

Censored Reports From Donbass Make Clear Ukraine Started The War

March 14, 2022 Jeremy Kuzmarov, Covert Action Magazine. Educate! Censorship, Donbass, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

Censored 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 Lancaster is an American video-journalist and U.S. Navy veteran fluent in Russian who has reported from the Donbass since 2014. His latest video posted on March 10 shows how people living on the edge of Donetsk, one kilometer from the Ukrainian position in Peski, have been subjected to constant shelling by the Ukrainian military over the last eight years and have had to survive living underground in bomb shelters.

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