During the Biden-Trump debate last week, the subject of Ukraine figured prominently. The words “Ukraine” and “Ukrainian” were used 25 times during the debate.
Below I would like to draw your attention to some points.
In this article I want to consider the question: Who is to blame for destruction of Ukrainian cities?
This question can be partially answered by finding out who is to blame for the Ukrainian crisis in general; see the thread Has the Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine been provoked?
Every day I follow the news on global politics, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The war between them has lasted for more than two years now but the situation barely changes. We send weaponry to the Ukrainian army, provide solid financial support, introduce more and more sanctions on...
Today, an interview with British politician Nigel Farage has been published on the BBC website.
In 2019, Nigel Farage was listed by the Financial Times among Fifty people who shaped the decade.
You can find the full text of this material under the spoiler below.
But I would like to remind you...
All Western politicians and all Western media say that the Ukrainian crisis allegedly began in the spring of 2014, when the Crimea became a part of the Russian Federation and fighting began in Donbas. But in reality, this crisis began in the fall of 2013. And, in my opinion, this crisis is a...
The Russo–Ukrainian war continues. Although Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has indicated an interest in negotiation, the Biden administration has escalated the fighting, most recently by permitting the use of American weapons to strike targets within Russia. Europe’s vocal war party is...
Last weekend, the Summit on Peace in Ukraine was held in Switzerland; of course, US Vice President K. Harris and Ukrainian President V. Zelenskyy took part in this Summit.
Below I am going to comment on excerpts from their speeches.
Have you ever thought of why we support Ukraine? Why do the US spend billions of dollars every year on this country? Maybe you would want to raise an objection saying that Ukraine is an important partner for both us and all Western states. However, it doesn’t seem true to me. The American...
This weekend, a Summit on Peace in Ukraine will be held in Switzerland. The summit will be attended by prominent Western politicians - French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Japanese Prime...
At the conference on Ukraine scheduled for this month in Switzerland, Zelenskyy - in my opinion - will mainly say the same things that he spoke about at the conference in Munich this year (see the official website of the President of Ukraine):
“We must follow rules in international politics, but...
The Russian Navy's Admiral Gorshkov frigate arriving in Havana on a previous trip in 2019."
Russian navy vessels to dock in Havana, Cuba insists no threat
"Four Russian vessels, including a nuclear-powered submarine, will arrive in Havana next week, Cuban officials have said.
"Cuba’s Ministry...
As Ukraine prepares to mobilize tens of thousands of men to address a critical shortage of soldiers amid intensified Russian attacks, Ukrainian commanders in the field say they are bracing for most of the new troops to arrive with poor training.
Ukrainian commanders have long griped about...
The war in Ukraine has begun three years ago, and we have been sending Ukrainians all the necessary support ever since. But the war is not over. Now it's become a slaughter where people from different countries get killed. With that, Ukraine goes on losing it's territory. I think, given the...
Last week, Reuters published a report Putin was ready to negotiate an end to the war on the current battlefield lines.
What Ukraine gained from the war? Its economy and infrastructure have been crippled, it is mired in massive amounts of foreign debt, faces more than half a trillion dollars in...
In the war in Ukraine, Russia has managed to out-produce the West in terms of materiel and military equipment, showcasing rapid adaptation of its industry and army to any sophisticated weapons deployed by NATO while also making advances in modern warfare.
Moscow’s recent increase in military...
Support for Ukraine has become a divisive political issue in the United States, as it seems almost anything important will – and so many people are emotional about it. But a sober analysis suggests Ukraine may soon have to seek a deal with Russia.
The West erred disastrously in extending...
At the end of February 2014, a coup d’état took place in Ukraine. If you doubt what kind of event it was, you can read the thread “Did a coup d’état take place at the end of February 2014 in Ukraine?”
And the present article deals with the question - Did the West provoke this coup d’état?
At the end of February 2014, i.e. 10 years ago, Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych was unconstitutionally removed from office.
At that time, Western politicians and Western media tried to present this ousting as a legitimate act; see below a citation from the BBC website:
The vote to...
2 years ago, Moscow🐷 🇷🇺empire invaded Ukraine. Do you remember how you learned that a full-scale war started in Ukraine? What were your first thoughts?
I'd like to know. And what country-city are you from? Thank you!
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This weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has delivered a remarkable speech at the Munich Security Conference; see the full text of the speech on the official website of the President of Ukraine.
Probably, many have already forgotten that one of the main theses of Ukrainian protest movement - the so-called Euromaidan - which had begun more than 10 years ago, was the allegation that Ukraine under Yanukovych was a colony of Russia.
Naturally, no evidence was given for the above-mentioned...
When the question “What kind of a country is modern Ukraine?” is asked, Americans usually answer that it doesn’t matter for them, what kind of a country modern Ukraine is.
However, in the past it did matter for Americans what kind of a country Libya was in 2011 when the U.S. bombed it; or it...
Post-Maidan Ukrainian authorities exert control over media in their country in two ways. On the one hand, these authorities forbid work of opposition media; see here a decision of the Ukrainian Council for Broadcasting revoking licenses of seven Ukrainian opposition television companies.
On the...
In order to beg for money and weapons from the West, it is vital for Ukrainian authorities that the Ukrainian crisis is constantly among the main topics in the Western media.
However, since the first decade of October the main attention of the world community has been drawn to the situation in...
After threats of Ukrainian authorities to use military measures in order to “reintegrate” the Crimea into Ukraine (see here), the Russian Federation started its military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
After a while, the Ukrainian authorities began to accuse Russia of deporting...
Western media and politicians tell very much about mass media in Russia where – in Western opinion – mass media and journalists are allegedly persecuted. But the Western media and politicians tell very little about Ukrainian mass media and journalists.
Therefore, in this article I am going to...
I have watched today a video from Kharkiv, the second-largest Ukrainian city; please see above the date of the video.
I believe that Ukrainian President Zelensky always tells Western media about a different Ukraine, not about Ukraine in which ordinary Ukrainians live.
And it was the same with...
There have been numerous cases when Ukrainian authorities have exhibited a kind of behavior towards Western politicians which is absolutely unexplainable within the framework of official picture of relations between Ukraine and Western countries.
False Ukrainian accusations against Russia and its leaders always have such a uniform character that we can say that Ukrainians use a certain algorithm.
The British Government is one of the harshest critics of the actions which have been undertaken by Russia for protection of ethnic Russians in the Crimea and in Donbas.
But in the past century, the British Government had undertaken similar actions for protection of ethnic Britons in Northern...