Flash: on independence day, Zelenskyy honours also the Waffen-SS

On August 24, 2022, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is celebrating the 31rd independence day of Ukraine [dissolution of Soviet Union in 1991], pays tribute, through a set of portraits, to young armed forces characters. Among them, 27-year-old, Mykhailo Malyuk (left), sergeant within volunteer special policeSichbattalion, a famous punitive formation of the interior ministry, is proudly displaying the badge (right) of the Ukrainian 14. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS

Flash: on independence day, Zelenskyy honours also the Waffen-SS

‘Disinformation’ Label Serves to Marginalize Crucial Ukraine Facts

‘Disinformation’ Label Serves to Marginalize Crucial Ukraine Facts

In the wake of the far rightled and constitutionally dubious overthrow, Russia illegally annexed the Crimean Peninsula [*see below] and supported a secession movement in the eastern Donbass region, prompting a repressive response from Ukraine’s new US-backed government. Eight years later, the civil war has killed more than 14,000. Of those deaths, 3,400 were civilian casualties, which were disproportionately in separatist-controlled territories, UN data shows. Opinions on remaining in Ukraine vary within the Donbass.

*Related:

Stop Saying, “Putin Invaded Ukraine and Annexed Crimea”

The Obama Regime’s Plan to Seize the Russian Naval Base in Crimea

Crimea applies to be part of Russian Federation after vote to leave Ukraine [The Guardian]

Crimeans Keep Saying No to Ukraine [Quotes Forbes]

Euromaidan 2014 – Orange Revolution – Donbass