ukraine

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! Huge crowd at Lincoln memorial

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...

The subject of this article is the U.S. attitude to two different Slavic countries, to Yugoslavia and to Ukraine. At first, I would like to remind about the situation in Yugoslavia at the end of the 1990s. At that period, ethnic Albanians, who are majority in the Yugoslav region Kosovo, began...

At the beginning of April 2022 Ukrainian authorities invited Western journalists to the Ukrainian city of Bucha and showed them dead bodies of civilians who had allegedly been murdered there by the Russian Army. And on May 10, 2022, the Secretary of the Bucha City Council declared that more than...

The main “expert” in Ukrainian affairs is, of course the U.S. President Joe Biden who called the Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine an “unprovoked attack” last year; please see the official website of the White House. However, I am going to offer my opinion about this subject in the...

There are already two threads on USMB which deal with the problem of murders in Ukraine; please see - Why are there so many unresolved political murders in Ukraine since 2014? and Was there a threat for ethnic Russians in February 2013 in Ukraine (Crimean question)?. Therefore, I am not going...

Ukrainian and Western politicians always say that the Ukrainian crisis allegedly began in the spring of 2014, when the Crimea joined Russia and fights in Donbas started. However, now these politicians don’t like to be reminded that before the spring of 2014 there was the Euromaidan in Ukraine...

Ukrainian politicians very eagerly speak about February 2022 when the Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine started. These politicians also like very much to remind of spring of 2014 when the Crimea joined Russia and fights in Donbas began. But Ukrainian politicians never mention that...

NATO’s ‘reckless’ expansion to undermine chances for security dialogue — Lavrov According to Russia’s top diplomat, the number of countries in Europe who advocate military or political neutrality is getting thinner, now that Finland has joined the alliance Remote : Wed, 17 May 2023 15:39:06...

No administration has coddled Iran and lied to The American people about it more than Obama but The Biden Regime is on a fast track to surpass Obama’s treachery. Enabling a Terrorist State to obtain Nuclear weapons, practically paying for it and helping Iran to buy Russian Nuclear Scientists to...

At the beginning of April 2022 Ukrainian authorities invited Western journalists to the Ukrainian city of Bucha and showed them dead bodies of civilians who had allegedly been murdered there by the Russian Army. But it wasn’t the first time that dead bodies were shown to Western journalists in...

How does one say "free Derek Chauvin" in Ukrainian? Why would Americans conflate such white supremacists with champions of democracy? White Lives Matter more in Ukraine | MR Online "In 2020 millions of people around the world protested against racism in the wake of the police murder of George...

Serbian leader holds security talks over Kosovo unrest "On Saturday a stun grenade was thrown at EU police in north Kosovo, where Serbs form a majority, and local police exchanged fire with unknown groups. "Ethnic Serbs set up road blocks after Kosovan police were deployed in a dispute over...

The late Robert Parry argues a duly elected leader (Victor Yanukovych) was overthrown in 2014 by a minority of Ukrainians even after he agreed to move up elections so people could vote him out of office if a majority wished to do so. Parry also alleges the US sponsored this illegal coup much as...

If you are not paying attention, the man who Obama has said has been wrong on every single position he has taken for his entire career continues to be wrong again and again and again. 1.) The Petro Dollar: Joe's botched relationship with Saudia Arabia is primarily due to his botched management...

For some people, the Ukrainian Special Operations Detachment "Azov", which is also called “Azov Regiment” or “Azov Battalion”, is known only due to its insignia which are similar to the ones of the SS Division Das Reich of Nazi Germany (please see below).

What are your predictions for the Russian-Ukrainian war over the next 10 weeks? Will Azov retake Mariupol? Will Russia control Odessa (a long-time Russian city)? Will Zelensky be living in London or Miami? Maybe you think Ukraine will reclaim Crimea?:auiqs.jpg:

Ukrainian legislation provides that ethnic Russians are third-grade citizens in Ukraine – compared with first-grade ethnic Crimean Tatars or second-grade ethnic Hungarians and Romanians (see Aren't these Ukrainian laws the Nazi ones?). But at the same time, Ukrainian authorities demanded Russia...

Charles Austin Beard (1874-1948) was once regarded as the most famous and influential economist in the US; beginning in 1913, Beard wrote about the power of money over politics and foreign policy. SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 Some Historical Background for an Economic Interpretation of the War in Ukraine...

In December 2012 the U.S. Congress passed the so-called Magnitsky Act which was later signed into law by President Barack Obama (see here). This law had to punish certain Russian officials and was passed after Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian accountant of a private company, had died in a Moscow...

Zelensky’s popularity has grown up recently. Ukrainian President and his inner circle make a figure for millions of people. World’s politicians are trying to cosplay Zelensky, world famous prints fight for his photo on the cover. His public image of the Saviour of Ukraine helps former...

Since the first days of March EU and NATO have begun execution of their plan of global isolating Russia. Putin’s invasion to Ukraine was used as an excellent reason. This plan contained several actions which should have destroyed Russian economic and technological sectors and included strong...

Since Ukrainian citizens are discriminated because of their ethnic origin - there is discrimination even on the level of laws in this country (see here) – it is obvious that there must be additional means of suppression in Ukraine, i.e. in addition to police, army, secret service etc. Such...

In the middle of April, I published an article which dealt with the question whether some Ukrainian laws are the Nazi ones (see here). This article was discussed on USMB (see here) and nobody could disprove that these laws are the Nazi ones, indeed. It’s an obvious fact that, for example...

as I predicted , this old man is an old cold war warrior who knows the drill , US/EU/Free world will simply crack up Moscow empire much like Ronald Reagan did to ussr in 80s ! President Biden is asking Congress for $33bn (£27bn) in military, economic and humanitarian assistance to support...

in 2014 they voted to reject neutrality and aim for nato membership why didnt they follow austria do you think it was the russians hellbent on invading or the cia wanting to isolate russia from europe weaken it etc. could ukranians have avoided this war

One of the main declared tasks of the Russian military operation in Ukraine is denazification of Ukraine. Therefore, it is important to answer the question – Is the present Ukraine a Nazi state? The main feature of Nazism is division of citizens according to their ethnic origin into categories...