the eastern front: russian occupation of eastern ukraine

The Eastern Front

USSR-2: To Be Or Not To Be?

Agenda

1. Why Putin invaded Ukraine?

2. How Did It Start? Situation Now

3. What’s next?

Why Putin invaded Ukraine?

What is in common between these 3 things?

• The country most Russians are proud of

• 1 January 2015

• 30% 86%

Why Putin invaded Ukraine?

How Did It Start?

• Soviet and Imperial way of thinking

• Massive propaganda: ”Great USSR”, ”Gayropa”,

”Russian Crimea and Eastern Ukraine”,

”Morally Superior Russia”, ”Fascist Ukraine”

• Russian agents and demonstrators in Ukraine

• Russian special forces in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine

Massive Propaganda

VIDEO: Fascist Ukraine

VIDEO: Europe - Rotten Inside

VIDEO: 10 Reasons To Restore The Big Country

Examples of lies and manipulation: Stopfake.org

Massive Propaganda

Start: Taking Over Ukrainian Towns

VIDEO: Kramatorsk – Russian forces arrived

VIDEO: Slovyansk - Russian forces arrived

VIDEO: Horlivka – Russian forces arrived

VIDEO: Krasnyi Lyman – Russian forced arrived

Local collaborators

• In general: mostly Russian immigrants

• Soldiers: criminals and lumpen

• Money to demonstrators and people at check-points

• Conrol over the local policeforce via Yanukovych

Situation Now

• Thousands of dead | 1+ million refugees

• Artillery in the living areas

• Russian currency introduced

• High consumer prices | Long trips to ”Greater Ukraine”

• Working camps | Kidnappings | Killings

Situation Now: Russian army

• Estimated 35,000+ men:

20-30% - Russian professional army

30-40% - Russian mercenaries

30-40% – Сollaborators (mostly Russian immigrants)

• Officers, financing and weapons: from Russia

Situation Now: Weapons and Soldiers

VIDEO: Multiple rocket launchers in the living areas

VIDEO: Russian soldiers sending ”greets” home

VIDEO: Tanks in the streets

What’s next?

• Can we expect soon liberation of the occupied towns?

• War reparations from Russia

• Bringing collaborators to justice | Deportations

• Bringing Putin to justice: The Haage

The Haage: Gathering crime facts

Russian forces in Ukraine: InformNapalm.org

Database on the Russian soldiers and collaborators

Thank You for Your Interest!