Ukraine

US Support For Self-determination In Ukraine Is Political And Conditional

March 4, 2022 Danny Haiphong, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Alternative Currency, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

Russia's decision to recognize the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics and begin military operations upon their request has led to a firestorm of misinformation in the United States and the West. The move by Russia has been portrayed as a violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and clear proof that Russia is seeking to expand beyond its borders at any cost. This simplistic view of geopolitical developments in Eurasia has fueled an aggressive response from the United States and its Western allies. Military deployments are underway and further sanctions are being considered just days after the U.S. successfully pressured Germany to halt certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

Ukraine And The New Al Qaeda

March 4, 2022 Whitney Webb, The Last American Vagabond. Educate! CIA, Domestic Terrorism, Media, Russia, Terrorism, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

As the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues to escalate and dominate the world’s attention, the increasing evidence that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is and has been working to create and arm an insurgency in the country has received considerably little attention considering its likely consequences. This is particularly true given that former CIA officials and a former Secretary of State are now openly saying that the CIA is following the “models” of past CIA-backed insurgencies in Afghanistan and Syria for its plans in Ukraine. Given that those countries have been ravaged by war as a direct result of those insurgencies, this bodes poorly for Ukraine. Yet, this insurgency is poised to have consequences that reach far beyond Ukraine.

Disarming Ukraine – Day Nine – Europe Increases Its Own Losses

March 4, 2022 Moon of Alabama. Educate! Europe, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

I feel too outraged and frightened about what is now happening in our societies to write about it. I thus continue to quote others at some length. Patrick Armstrong continues to be the best military intelligence analyst on Russia: So far the Russian military operation in Ukraine has been a reconnaissance in force preceded by the destruction of the supplies and headquarters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by standoff weapons. The object being to suss out where the Ukrainian forces are, to surround them, to check existing Russian intelligence against reality and, at the same time, destroy known headquarters, air and naval assets, supplies and ammunition depots. And, perhaps, there was the hope that the speed and success (Russian/LDPR forces dominated an area of Ukraine about the size of the United Kingdom in the first week) would force an early end (aka recognition of reality). At the moment they are readying for the next phase. The long column that so obsessed the “experts” on CNN is the preparation for the next phase....As far as I can see they’ve created three cauldrons (encirclements).

Ukraine And Nukes

March 4, 2022 Steven Starr, Consortium News. Educate! Media, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

The New York Times recently published an article by David Sanger entitled “Putin spins a conspiracy theory that Ukraine is on a path to produce nuclear weapons.” Unfortunately, it is Sanger who puts so much spin in his reporting that he leaves his readers with a grossly distorted version of the what the presidents of Russia and Ukraine have said and done. Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky’s recent statements at the Munich conference centered around the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, which welcomed Ukraine’s accession to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in conjunction with Ukraine’s decision to return to Russia the nuclear weapons left on its territory by the Soviet Union.

Media Ignore Conflicts Around The World To Focus On Ukraine

March 4, 2022 Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. Educate! Media, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism, Yemen

Kiev, Ukraine - We are living in dangerous times. All around the world, intense military actions are taking place. Last week alone, Russia launched a huge military invasion of Ukraine; Saudi Arabia carried out dozens of strikes on Yemen; Israel launched a wave of deadly missile attacks against Syria; and the United States restarted its bombing campaign in Somalia. These four deadly incidents happened concurrently. Yet judging by media coverage, it is highly unlikely that many will even be aware of the final three. A MintPress News study of five leading Western media outlets found that overwhelming attention was paid to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while the others were barely mentioned, if at all.

Ukraine Exposes White Supremacist Foreign Policy

March 3, 2022 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Foreign Policy, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, White Supremacy

By now everyone knows that Ukraine’s flag is blue and yellow. It is impossible to miss as the Empire State Building in New York, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris have all been bathed in those colors. Nearly every city and town across the United States has followed suit and politicians ranging from local legislators to members of congress shout “Stand with Ukraine!” at every opportunity. Yet it must be pointed out that those blue and yellow motifs and pleas for solidarity are all about white supremacy. Ukraine is upheld as a bastion of “civilization” which is supposed to put it off limits for war and suffering. The quiet part is now being spoken out loud. We are told that Ukrainians are more deserving of concern because they are Europeans.

Tears For Ukraine, Sanctions For Russia, Yawns For Yemen, Arms For Saudis

March 3, 2022 Ahmed Abdulkareem, Mintpress News. Educate! Racism, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism, Yemen

Hajjah, Yemen – “We’re brutally bombed every day. So why doesn’t the Western world care like it does about Ukraine?!!… Is it because we don’t have blonde hair and blue eyes like Ukrainians?” Ahmed Tamri, a Yemeni father of four, asked with furrowed brows about the outpouring of international support and media coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the lack of such a reaction to the war in Yemen. Over the weekend, a member of Tamri’s family was killed and nine relatives injured when their family home was targeted in a Saudi-led Coalition airstrike in the remote al-Saqf area in Hajjah Governorate. Tamri claims that al-Saqf has been subjected to a brutal Saudi bombing campaign for the past seven years – more so, he says, than all of Ukraine has endured since it was invaded by Russia.

Why The Russian Federation Recognized Independence In The Donbas

March 2, 2022 Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Donbass, Donetsk, Luhansk People's Republic, Russia, Ukraine, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

“Minsk, Minsk, Minsk,” they cried after Russia recognized Donetsk and Luhansk. But those Western diplomats and pundits did not hear those of us in the anti-war, pro-peace and anti-imperialist movements who insisted that Minsk II was the only conceivable way out of the crisis! There will be reams of words attempting to provide a coherent analysis of the manufactured crisis dramatically unfolding in Ukraine, which took another unanticipated turn when Russia extended recognition to the Peoples’ Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in the territory referred to as the Donbas in Eastern Ukraine. I will not add to that mountain of ink because, for me, the story is relatively simple.

Some Economic Consequences Of The War In Ukraine

March 2, 2022 Jack Rasmus, Counter Punch. Educate! European Union (EU), Finance and the Economy, Russia, Sanctions, Ukraine

The global capitalist economy today is highly integrated: In the flow of real goods and services; in money capital flows between financial markets; in currency relative exchange rates; and in banking systems and interest rates—to name but the most obvious. The Ukraine war’s economic consequences will impact all the three economies—Russia’s, Europe’s and America’s. The impacts may be relatively different qualitatively and quantitatively. But actions taken against one have their inevitable economic reverberations on all. Inflation due to escalating oil and commodity price inflation will negatively impact all. Central bank policy responses will be weaker across the board. Slower economic growth will result as goods and services flows are interrupted and global supply chain problems continue and perhaps even worsen.

West Intensifies Economic Warfare Against Russia

March 2, 2022 People's Dispatch. Educate! Joe Biden, Russia, Sanctions, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

Delivering his annual state of union address, US president Joe Biden announced the decision to close its airspace for all Russian flights on Tuesday, March 1. He accused Russia of rejecting “efforts of diplomacy” and called president Vladimir Putin’s decision to send armies to Ukraine a “badly miscalculated” move. However, Biden also announced that the US will not fight against Russia directly. The announcements of sanctions against Russia and its boycott by various countries and individual corporations continued on Tuesday. Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, announced its withdrawal from the European market following the European Union’s demand. Companies such as Mastercard, Visa, and others also announced suspension of their operations in Russia on Tuesday, adding to a long list of other companies who had announced similar measures earlier.

Text Of Putin’s Announcement Of Military Action

March 2, 2022 Consortium News. Educate! NATO, Neo-Nazis, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

I consider it necessary today to speak again about the tragic events in Donbass and the key aspects of ensuring the security of Russia. I will begin with what I said in my address on February 21, 2022. I spoke about our biggest concerns and worries, and about the fundamental threats which irresponsible Western politicians created for Russia consistently, rudely and unceremoniously from year to year. I am referring to the eastward expansion of NATO, which is moving its military infrastructure ever closer to the Russian border. It is a fact that over the past 30 years we have been patiently trying to come to an agreement with the leading NATO countries regarding the principles of equal and indivisible security in Europe.

Governors Who Criminalized BDS In Their States Demand Boycott Of Russia

March 2, 2022 Michael Arria, Mondoweiss. Educate! BDS Movement, Israel, Palestine, Russia, Ukraine

A number of U.S. lawmakers have called for a boycott targeting Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, but some of the same politicians are responsible for their states’ anti-BDS laws. “Today I sent a letter to the Liquor Control Board urging them to remove Russian-sourced products from stores and cease selling them ASAP,” tweeted Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf. “Pennsylvania stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.” “I urge you to remove Russian-sourced products from stores and cease selling them as quickly as possible as a small show of solidarity and support for the people of Ukraine, and an expression of our collective revulsion with the unprovoked actions of the Russian state,” reads Wolf’s letter to the Liquor Control Board.

For African And Colonized Peoples, To Understand Ukraine: De-Center Europe And Focus On Imperialism

March 1, 2022 Black Alliance for Peace. Educate! European Union (EU), Imperialism, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

The Black Alliance for Peace emphatically declares that the conflict in the Ukraine emerges from the ceaseless and single-minded drive of the U.S., NATO, and the European Union for global economic and political dominance. The genesis of the current crisis, as BAP has previously asserted, is in the 2014 US-backed coup of Ukraine’s democratically elected government – and in the determination of the U.S./EU/NATO “axis of domination” to convert Ukraine into a heavily-militarized NATO member nation, lurking on the border of the Russian Federation. NATO’s expansion has been a well-known security concern for Russia since 1999, when Bill Clinton inaugurated the official process of growing NATO’s membership to include former nations of the Warsaw Pact.

US Rejects Ukrainian Call For No-Fly Zone

March 1, 2022 People's Dispatch. Educate! No Fly Zone, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

On Monday, February 28, the US rejected the Ukrainian demand to impose a no-fly zone over the country to prevent Russian airstrikes. Replying to a specific question in an interview to an American news channel, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the move would be escalatory as it will “potentially put us in a place in a military conflict with Russia.” A day earlier, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy had asked the US and other NATO countries to implement a no-fly zone policy over Ukraine to prevent Russian air strikes. The talks which had started between Russian and Ukrainian delegates on Monday at Gomel in Belarus ended without any agreement. However, both sides agreed to hold a second round of talks soon.

The Ukraine Crisis With Dan Cohen And Scott Ritter

March 1, 2022 Dan Cohen, Mintpress News. Resistance Report NATO, Neo-Nazis, Russia, Ukraine, US Imperialism

As the Ukraine crisis escalates, correspondent Dan Cohen is joined by former United Nations Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter. They contextualize the history of NATO deceptions, provocations, and the 7-year war on Donbas that led up to Russia’s invasion to “de-Nazify” Ukraine. Ritter compares the military capabilities of the US, NATO, and Russia, and explains how the US has armed neo-Nazi militias.

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