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#Lugansk Liberation Thread.
After the west-staged coup in early 2014 (The Maidan), protests began in EAST #Ukraine, covering more than half of the country.
#Kiev response was CRUEL repression, including massacres in Odessa and Mariupol.
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#Lugansk Liberation Thread.
Lugansk people said ENOUGH, so in May 2014 a referendum was held, turnaround was MASSIVE, 96.2% REJECTED #Kiev post-coup rule.
They wanted autonomy (not separation from #Ukraine).
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#Lugansk Liberation Thread.
What was Kiev response?
Even more fierce repression, using military and paramilitary units, including the formation of Neo nazi REPRISAL battalions like #Aidar and #Azov.
Their focus was the civil population.
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#Lugansk Liberation Thread.
But the Ukrainian Army in the the East refused to follow Kiev Nazi-orders, they DEFECTED and went over to the REBEL side.
#Kiev "Empire" suffered crushing defeats thanks to heroes like Motorola and Givi, Kiev had to commit to Minsk Agreements 1-2
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#Lugansk Liberation Thread.
But #Kiev never planned on following the the Minsk Agreements, they only used them to gain time, to rebuild their army with NATO help, to create more violent militias of Nazi ideology.
Major clashes stopped but rape, torture and massacres remained.
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#Lugansk Liberation Thread.
Until March 2021, when Volodymyr Zelensky -under pressure from the USA- issued a decree for the recapture of Crimea and EAST #Ukraine, and began to deploy his OTAN-trained forces to the south.
"Tell them that the Ukrainian army will come"
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#Lugansk Liberation Thread.
Less than one year later, the CIVIL WAR re-started
On 16 February 2022 the #Ukrainian Army increased dramatically the artillery shelling of the population of Donbass.
Russia raised their voice, but USA, EU and NATO kept silent about the massacre.
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#Lugansk Liberation Thread.
That’s why, on Feb 21, Russia recognized the independence the two Donbass Republics and signed treaties with them.
But the Ukrainian attack continued
So on 23 Feb, the two Republics asked for assistance from Russia to help repel Kiev's aggression.
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#Lugansk Liberation Thread.
USA, EU and OTAN did nothing to stop the Donbass massacre.
Russia answered.
On 24 February, Vladimir Putin invoked Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, which provides for mutual military assistance in the framework of a defensive alliance.
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#Lugansk Liberation Thread.
4 months later, the #Ukraine #Nazi #NATO forces have been expelled from the historical Lugansk borders.
(For the second time, the first time was in 1943)
But there still are Kiev-occupied territories in Donbas. The liberation fight is not over.
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#Lugansk Liberation Thread.
8 years after the Maidan, Ukraine became:
- Smaller in size
- Smaller in population
- More corrupt
- Less independent
Who needs ENEMIES when you have a FRIEND like USA? 🤡
Images from the 2014 self-determination referendum in Donbas.
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#Lugansk Liberation Thread.
#Ukraine referendums were a MASSIVE rejection of the US-sponsored Maidan coup
Is THIS a surprise?
NOT
EVERY US-Sponsored coup ends in DISASTER: Chile,México,Iran,Indonesia, Nicaragua,Vietnam,Zaire,Syria,Iraq, Argentina,Yugoslavia and 100 more 🤡
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