Exactly a year ago, the Ukrainian regime began artillery preparations before the attack on Donbass.
During the week from February 17 to February 24, 2022, only in the Luhansk People’s Republic ( LPR), 551 attacks were made on 46 settlements of the Republic .
5318 ammunition of various calibers (1275 shells, 2782 mines, 29 missiles, 685 grenades, 51 rounds) were fired in the LPR. 700-800 ammunition arrived per day. In three places there were attempts to break through the defense.
8 civilians became victims, of which 4 people died and 4 were injured .
A 150,000-strong group armed and trained by NATO was preparing to sweep away the Donbass. And if it weren’t for Russia’s decision to start a SMO, we would have simply been razed to the ground. And neither the UN nor the OSCE would have noticed this.
But this goes back much further - to 2014/15 when the MINSK ACCORDS were a trick https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/12/22/ffci-d22.html which gave those in the Donbas the rights to live and worship and even speak their own Russian Language as they chose, independent of Ukraine. The ink had not dried when they were trashed. Since then, 16,000 Russian speaking civilians have been murdered.
And one can argue this thing goes back to WW2, when Bandera, in tandem with the Nazis, exterminated countless Poles, Russians and Jews. Even the Nazis were shocked at his brutality - all in the name of a racially pure Ukraine... And yes, there are graveyards al over Donbass. Furthermore, there is a concentration camp there, from which there are a few child-survivors to this day.
On 22 January 2010, the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, awarded Bandera the posthumous title of Hero of Ukraine. Neat eh? Note that this murderer worked with British intelligence after the war, which explains the blind spot for his supporters in the 'West'. Although, to be fair, Yanukovich had this annulled, however, this arguably led to his having to flee Ukraine, as Bandera supporters are well armed and ideologically determined to have him as a hero. Note also that statues of Bandera are being raised in the USA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Bandera
Nuland (ex-Ukrainian) and co. simply exploited these rabid SS types - some of them, in their eighties, were young men just after WW2, and still had their uniforms, while others simply adopted their father's or grandfather's uniforms. Also - tattoos and other paraphernalia as well as literature. These people were useful during the Maidan, as they were putting on torch parades and were sloganeering.
Once the puppet government was installed in Kiev, it was simple to state that these 'battalions' were legitimately incorporated into the Ukraine army, as they were well trained and organized. One can hear Democrats claim that the Neo-Nazi thing has been reconciliated, because they have been made into regular army. As if they will suddenly erase their tattoos, and forget all their programming. However, one can see on military maps, which track battalions, that these radicals are what are called 'retreat prevention'. In other words - they prevent regular army personnel from running away from the front. Nazi Enforcers.
Wonderful summary! Thank you! Victoria Nuland. Evil woman. Hearing that another CIA made terrorist organisation is in Ukraine. ISIS. Now where have we heard that name before. They’re in there to infiltrate and frighten the public. Most Russians of the Donbas are safely inside Russia and I would the Militias in the Donbas has their faces etched into their minds. Them and the Muscians. Pictures with Ukrainian Military but they are displaying ISIS insignias.
Russians will just have to 'click' on those rotten ISIS fighters. This war is being fought with eyes in the sky. The enemy cannot hide their maneuvers. The USA military is now saying that Ukraine must 'switch tactics' to a more mobile strategy, using less ammunition. A recipe for failure IMO, based on the fact that NATO can no longer match the Russians in artillery warfare (if they ever could).
Hearing that Poland is about to invade BELARUS.
Biden is about to land in Poland Zelensky about to leave for Poland.
Poland has 50,000 troops on Belarus border.
All the munitions and tanks etc. will come via Poland. Worrying escalation.