Robert Parry | 21 Feb 2015 As the Ukraine crisis worsens, Official Washington fumes only about “Russian aggression” — much as a half century ago, the Tonkin Gulf talk was all about “North Vietnamese aggression.” But then and now there were other sides to the story – and questions that Congress needed to ask, writes Robert Parry. By…
CounterPunch | 22-24 Feb 2015 “There’s no city left. It’s destroyed.” — Anonymous Ukrainian soldier following the battle of Debaltsevo In less than a year, the United States has toppled the democratically-elected government of Ukraine, installed a Washington-backed stooge in Kiev, launched a bloody and costly war of annihilation on Russian-speaking people in the East,…
Kurt Nimmo | Infowars.com | February 19, 2015 Russian General: We are at war Stars and Stripes reports that NATO’s Allied Land Command is using techniques used against the Taliban in Afghanistan to prepare its ground forces for a war with Russia in Europe. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyEwjlwrQbg?feature=player_embedded&w=640&h=360] Citing “Russian aggression in Ukraine and concerns along NATO’s…
The Saker | 19 Feb 2015 The Novorussians are in control of most of Debaltsevo (officially 90% officially 100% as of midnight GMT). More relevantly, there is no more organized resistance. Russian sources say that about 1000 junta soldiers have refused to surrender and are hiding in the outskirts or have fled to the south…
Zero Hedge | February 17, 2015 Putin was speaking at a press conference with Hungary’s President Orban Vladimir Putin says he is “more optimist than pessimist” on Ukraine, but warns that there will be “no end to war if Kiev believes in a military solution.” Noting that he believes there has been an “overall decrease”…
Ernst Wolff | Global Research | February 17, 2015 On February 12, Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, announced that the IMF had reached an agreement with the Ukrainian government on a new economic reform program. Ms Lagarde’s statement, made in Brussels, came only minutes after peace negotiations between the heads of the German,…
George Eliason | Global Research | February 15, 2015 In an interview with Ukrainian Espesso TV, Ukrainian military expert Major Aleksander Taran confirmed what General Muzenko head of the Ukrainian Armed Forces had to say on the subject. During a briefing with General Muzenko he announced that “To date, we have only the involvement of some members of…
Zero Hedge | February 15, 2015 As Ron Paul recently exclaimed, the war propagandists are very active and are winning over the support of many unsuspecting American citizens As Ron Paul recently exclaimed, the war propagandists are very active and are winning over the support of many unsuspecting American citizens. So we thought the followingg 90…
John J. Mearsheimer | The New York Times | 8 Feb 2015 The Ukraine crisis is almost a year old and Russia is winning. The separatists in eastern Ukraine are gaining ground and Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, shows no signs of backing down in the face of Western economic sanctions. Unsurprisingly, a growing chorus…
Robert Parry | Consortium News | 13 Feb 2015 A new truce agreement in Ukraine rekindles hope that the bloodshed can be reduced if not stopped, but Official Washington’s gross misunderstanding of the crisis, blaming everything on Russia’s President Putin, raises doubts and portends a potentially grave catastrophe, writes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry The original falsehood…