From the time that Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Western media coverage of the war has been dominated by the perspectives of Ukrainians who support Zelensky’s government and who oppose Russia. While it is vitally important that we be informed of their perspective, we cannot truly understand the Ukraine war without hearing from Ukrainians who reject Zelensky’s rule. In the Western mainstream discourse, those Ukrainians are virtually invisible.
Invisible Ukrainians: A conversation with a professor from the Donbas
Tag: Russian Speakers
Scores of Russians take Latvian language test as deportation looms
Riga – In a Stalinist skyscraper dominating the skyline of Latvia’s capital, dozens of elderly Russians wait to take a basic Latvian language test as a proof of loyalty to a country where they have lived for decades.
Scores of Russians take Latvian language test as deportation looms
Flashback to when Trump said that he was going to make federal employees to take loyalty tests:
‘Full-blown fascism’: Donald Trump envisions a ‘civil service test’ for ‘every federal employee’
How Zelensky was Prevented From Making Peace in the Donbas
A true story censored by the media bubble
There are two Volodymyr Zelenskys: the one we have known since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, who has since been celebrated every day in the Western media as a hero with a spotless white (or green) vest; the other, who was less well-known prior to this significant escalation of the war, which, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, began in 2014. (Here are details on the actual start of this war in 2014).
How Zelensky was Prevented From Making Peace in the Donbas
Jeffrey Sachs: The War in Ukraine and the Missing Context & Perspective
Project Convergence: US/UK Wargaming WW3 in Ukraine 🤯
Some 4,500 elite US, British & Australian Troops are participating in an advanced series of wargames known as Project Convergence, conducted by the US Army Futures Command.
Project Convergence: US/UK Wargaming WW3 in Ukraine
Related:
US and UK troops train to ‘pacify Russian civilians’ (Alternative link, in case RT is behind a firewall for readers)
NATO, the Left, and the Path to Peace
Posted on the United National Antiwar Coalition July 13, 2022 by Alan Freeman, published on The Valdai Discussion Club, July 4, 2022
If anyone tries to justify a monstrous and unnecessary human sacrifice on the grounds that it’s for the best, then they are measuring ‘good’ in dollars instead of bodies, and they’re not part of the left, because the left stands for humans, not property, Valdai Club expert Alan Freeman writes.
NATO, the Left, and the Path to Peace
Greek Azov Battalion member killed fighting Russian forces in Mariupol
A Greek member of the Azov Battalion, who controversially spoke in the Greek Parliament, was killed in a battle near the Azofstal Steel Plant in Mariupol.
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Mikhail is said to have fallen dead after a battle that took place near Azofstal, SKAI news reported on Tuesday morning.
Greek Azov Battalion member killed fighting Russian forces in Mariupol
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