In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Putin suffers Black Sea nightmare as Ukrainian drones wipe out seven boats in major blow, Petrosius wrote: It was illegal for the CIA to overthrow the Ukraine in 2014; Putin annexed the Crimea 2 days after the start of the NATO/CIA overthrow which they framed as a ‘peoples revolution’. Keep telling yourself that fable if it helps you to sleep at night.
Trump confirms (see below) the US was behind the Maidan Uprising ('revolution') in the Ukraine.
CIA's Nuland is on tape planning US coup in the Ukraine (see below).
Many FReepers seem unaware that our CIA helped overthrow Ukrainian leadership in preparation for the current war in the Ukraine. Then others know it but deny it and imply others are living in a fairytale, even after reading the following links.
2 days after the CIA's overthrow of the Ukraine began, Putin annexed part of the Crimea. You always act there's no provocation, no reason at all, which provoked Russia to respond.
In 2010, the Ukraine's "parliament passed a law banning Ukraine from joining any military bloc, effectively banning it from entering NATO though maintaining opportunities for cooperation. According to a poll conducted by Pew Research Center the fall before, just over half of Ukrainians disapproved of NATO and the idea Ukraine might try to join, while just 28% approved." source
ransomnote: Since the Ukraine moved to prevent NATO membership, the US CIA overthrew the Ukrainian government (start of that 'revolution' was February 18, 2014). With (CIA) help, NATO was now in control of the Ukraine, Russia responded by annexing part of Crimea Feb 20, 2014 – Mar 21, 2014.
Two monthls later in May, two more reagions of the Crimea voted for independence to escape NATO's overthrow of the Ukraine, at which point NATO/CIA controlled Western Ukraine began shelling Eastern Ukraine. Nobody likes to talk about Eastern Ukraine shelling western Ukraine; they prefer to repeteadly claim Russia acted without reason and will attack other nations at will once it wins the war in the Ukraine. Those people simply have no objection to the government of the Ukraine shelling its own citizens.
Ukraine: Widespread Use of Cluster Munitions
Government Responsible for Cluster Attacks on Donetsk
(Berlin) – Ukrainian government forces used cluster munitions in populated areas in Donetsk city in early October 2014, Human Rights Watch said today. The use of cluster munitions in populated areas violates the laws of war due to the indiscriminate nature of the weapon and may amount to war crimes.
During a week-long investigation in eastern Ukraine, Human Rights Watch documented widespread use of cluster munitions in fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in more than a dozen urban and rural locations. While it was not possible to conclusively determine responsibility for many of the attacks, the evidence points to Ukrainian government forces’ responsibility for several cluster munition attacks on Donetsk."
https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/10/20/ukraine-widespread-use-cluster-munitions
They don’t care about alleged “war crimes” as long as a single Russian dies, they don’t care how many children are killed.