>Sorry, your facts are wrong. You airbrush history like a good little Stalinist. There was no violence in EASTERN Ukraine until Putinist thugs like Igor Girkin arrived from Moscow and started their terror there.
I followed the news while it happened. The Ukrainian coup government sent troops east and they were disarmed and sent home without their weapons. Next, the government sent private armies and neo-nazi groups who murdered civilians. That’s when the revolt really got started.
I followed the news while it happened. The Ukrainian coup government sent troops east and they were disarmed and sent home without their weapons. Next, the government sent private armies and neo-nazi groups who murdered civilians. That’s when the revolt really got started.
If you followed it closely you would recall the protestations from Putin Russia that this was a local revolt in Crimea. Then later Putin handed out the medals to the Russians involved in the op. Funny how all those “farmers and miners revolt” Putnist lies from 4 years ago have gone down the memory hole, isn’t it?
Let me spell out the time line for you since it seems to be difficult in regards to Eastern Ukraine:
1)Russians from Mosocw like “former” FSB officer Igor Girkin arrived and started a murder and kidnapping spree in EASTERN Ukraine.
2)Ukrainian Army deploys to Eastern Ukraine in response to this “rebel” invasion from Russia.
3)Russian Army destroys the border, invades with tanks and defeats the Ukrainian Army in Donbas.
Really, this shouldn’t be difficult since you “followed the news”.