the eastern front: russian occupation of eastern ukraine
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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!