In order to understand what’s going on in Ukraine, one needs to know the background of Ukraine. This is an excellent article.
Timeline Of The War In Donbass
April 20, 2022
Between 2014 and 2015, the Donbass war’s most ferocious battles took place. Following that, the civil war devolved into a battle over territory, yet troops and civilians alike continued to perish in Donetsk and Lugansk. Over 13,000 people died as a result of the battle. This article shows the timeline of the war in Donbass between the DPR and LPR against the Ukrainian government.
https://greatgameindia.com/timeline-of-the-war-in-donbass/
1 6 April 2014: Seizure of the Ukrainian Security Service Building in Lugansk
2 13 April 2014: ‘Anti-Terrorist Operation’ Kicks Off in Donbass
3 2 May 2014: Assault on Slavyansk
4 9 May 2014: Bloodbath in Mariupol
5 26 May 2014: Donetsk Airport – Long-Running Meat Grinder
6 2 July 2014: Airstrike on the Lugansk Regional Administration
7 5 June 2014: Battles for Lugansk Airport
8 2 July 2014: Bombardment of Stanitsa Luganskaya
9 5 July 2014: Siege of Slavyansk
10 Summer 2014: Zelenopolye and the ‘Southern Cauldron’
11 Summer 2014: Battles for Saur-Mogila
12 17 July 2014: Downing of the Malaysian Boeing
13 25-28 August 2014: Liberation of Novoazovsk
14 5 September 2014: Minsk I
15 2016-2021: Uneasy Ceasefire Punctuated by Bombs, Bullets, and Shelling
16 Over 200,000 more ceasefire violations occurred in 2019.
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And Zelenksy banned all opposition parties that supposedly favor Russian, and keep in mind that a huge number of Ukrainian citizens speak Russian, and all news other than Ukraine government news.
https://www.leftvoice.org/president-zelenskyy-bans-opposition-parties-in-ukraine/
Juan Andrés Gallardo
March 21, 2022
President Zelenskyy Bans Opposition Parties in Ukraine
On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a ban on at least 11 opposition parties under the guise that they have links to Russia. This amounts to censorship, and is stirring up even more Russophobia.
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Zelensky nationalizes TV news and restricts opposition parties
https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1011528/zelensky-nationalizes-tv-news-and-restricts-opposition-parties
On Saturday and Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invoked his emergency powers under martial law to suppress several opposition political parties and implement a “unified information policy.”
In an address to the nation delivered Sunday, he announced a temporary ban on “any activity” by 11 political parties.
The ban includes the Opposition Platform – For Life party, which holds 43 seats in Ukraine’s national parliament and is the largest opposition party.
Opposition Platform – For Life is a pro-Russia party, but on March 8, party leader Yuriy Boyko demanded that Russia “stop the aggression against Ukraine,” according to Ukrainian outlet LB.
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