Russian President Putin sent so-called peacekeeping forces into Donetsk and Luhansk, two separatist regions of Ukraine, under the guise of protecting the regions from Ukraine.
This is what Hitler did. He pretended he was protecting German-speaking people in Czechoslavakia and then sent in troops to protect them. The Ukrainians aren’t instigating any of this, but Putin sees an extremely weak US president post-Afghanistan.
Break: news agencies report that President Putin has ordered the Russian army into the breakaway Luhansk and Donetsk regions to act as ‘peace-keeping forces’. It follows his decision earlier this evening to recognise those regions as independent of Ukraine
— Mark Urban (@MarkUrban01) February 21, 2022
According to White House press secretary Jen Psaki, the US president’s response to the Russian government’s latest maneuver will be imposing sanctions on any persons involved in the eastern theater of Ukraine. He didn’t sanction Russia so far.
HE’S SANCTIONING THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN DONETSK AND LUHANSK!!!
Why didn’t he sanction Nord Stream 2?
🇺🇦⚡️TROOP MOVEMENT IN UKRAINIAN CAPITAL KIEV.
– Columns reportedly heading to Kharkiv. pic.twitter.com/4Lxigx70pP
— Ukraine War Report (@UkrWarReport) February 21, 2022
Both regions have been operating allegedly independently, but in reality under Russian leadership for several years, since 2014, immediately after Russia took over Crimea. The Ukrainians and Russians have been fighting for the border regions ever since.
Earlier today, Putin said he considers Ukraine part of Russia.
Ukraine President Zelensky spoke with Biden this afternoon. He wants to join NATO.
Russia plans to establish military bases in the two regions.
The U.S. is allegedly discussing moving its embassy out of Ukraine.
This is a direct result of Biden’s abysmal performance in Afghanistan. Shall we expect Taiwan to go next?
Here’s the readout of the @POTUS call with @ZelenskyyUa. pic.twitter.com/TjtCKlLP6H
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) February 21, 2022
Crude will be over $100 a barrel over this and Biden gets to blame Putin for the fuel shortage that he created through his policies.
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Thanks for details on what Putin actually said. The west has an elaborate disinformation operation. To believe it after what we have seen the past 6 years is ridiculous.
Perhaps Kiev hates Russia because of the starvation it was subjected to by Stalin. Millions died. But Putin’s words against Stalin were then conciliatory towards Ukraine. Ukrainians who had seen their families and neighbors starve because Stalin stole everything cheered the arrival of the Nazis. I do not blame them.
If CNN says it, or “news agencies” say it, it is not true. Corrupt western Intel had its stories all ready to print. Put yourself in their place, that is exactly what they would say.
Hitler was a very vengeful man who seized territories as revenge for the awful treatment of Germany after WW1. Germans were broke, starving and freezing at home with no coal. I recall Sudetanlanders cheered his arrival. So did Austria.
Russia was born in the Ukraine. That does not give Russia ownership.
The Minsk Protocol:
The text of the protocol consists of twelve points:
To ensure an immediate bilateral ceasefire.
To ensure the monitoring and verification of the ceasefire by the OSCE .
Decentralisation of power, including through the adoption of the Ukrainian law “On temporary Order of Local Self-Governance in Particular Districts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts”.
To ensure the permanent monitoring of the Ukrainian-Russian border and verification by the OSCE with the creation of security zones in the border regions of Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
Immediate release of all hostages and illegally detained persons.
A law preventing the prosecution and punishment of people in connection with the events that have taken place in some areas of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts.
To continue the inclusive national dialogue.
To take measures to improve the humanitarian situation in Donbas.
To ensure early local elections in accordance with the Ukrainian law “On temporary Order of Local Self-Governance in Particular Districts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts”.
To withdraw illegal armed groups and military equipment as well as fighters and mercenaries from the territory of Ukraine.
To adopt a programme of economic recovery and reconstruction for the Donbas region.
To provide personal security for participants in the consultations.
Citizen Stringer aired the UN Security Meeting and the US representative is flat out lying. I listened to the Putin speech and what she claims is Not True. What he did was give a history of Russia and the USSR. To my surprise he condemned Stalin and Communism and many of the previous leaders actions. I don’t understand it but, for some reason, Kiev despises any Russian speaking people. Just because the Soviet Union controlled Ukraine doesn’t mean all Russians supported it. But they were left without choice. They had pensions from the Government and those were revoked. Before Maidan those ethnic Russians were loyal to Kiev. It was only when they asked for local elections that the neo-Nazi brigade from Kiev attacked Donbass.
Browder was real tight with Putin until he was caught getting Government benefits for employing Afghan veterans, with a shell company that had no employees.