The full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been ongoing for nearly one full year. As fighting escalates, here's a footnote-heavy recap of the last year and where things stand, intended for all audiences.
An easy synopsis but it takes several articles to explain the covert 2014 Maidan and coup d;tat in Kiev in order to lay the foundation of a Russian SMO 8 years after Donbass had 50,000 dead and wounded civilians by the Kiev/Azov/Nato armies. All Kiev needed to do is give Donbas and Lugansk the same autonomous republic status as Crimea has had since the 1930s, and this all could have been Evaded. A very simple procedure, but evidently with Merkle and th French Prez. hollande spilling the beans - the plan was to create a Ukie/Nato army to get Russia to fight. Well, it worked , but Nato and certainly Ukraine will pay the ultimate price. I first started to work in Ukraine in 08 and retired in 2012 - I'm still in the same place and I'm a old Nam vet. I could also tell you about the Georgia shelling of South Ossetia in 08. Спасибо
An easy synopsis but it takes several articles to explain the covert 2014 Maidan and coup d;tat in Kiev in order to lay the foundation of a Russian SMO 8 years after Donbass had 50,000 dead and wounded civilians by the Kiev/Azov/Nato armies. All Kiev needed to do is give Donbas and Lugansk the same autonomous republic status as Crimea has had since the 1930s, and this all could have been Evaded. A very simple procedure, but evidently with Merkle and th French Prez. hollande spilling the beans - the plan was to create a Ukie/Nato army to get Russia to fight. Well, it worked , but Nato and certainly Ukraine will pay the ultimate price. I first started to work in Ukraine in 08 and retired in 2012 - I'm still in the same place and I'm a old Nam vet. I could also tell you about the Georgia shelling of South Ossetia in 08. Спасибо