CNN shows Russian airborne troops at Hostomel Cargo airport and reports that they have taken this airport, which is about 25 miles away from the center of Kyiv, Ukraine
Oligarchs in Ukraine again start to make quick turnaround: Several MPs close to Rinat Akhmetov, headed by Vadim Novinsky, wrote an appeal to the president of Ukraine Zelensky with a request to start immediate negotiations with Russia.
Live: #Russia launches war with #Ukraine
Unbelievable: Videos show explosions, gunshots and burned vehicles on Prospekt Peremohy near two metro stations in #Kyiv in Ukraine. I lived & went to university in this very area for 4 years.
Unbelievable: Armed Forces of #Ukraine confirm this attack on its military unit in #Kyiv near Beresteiska metro station. Media reports bridge blown-up & #Russian troops moving via Prospekt Peremohy towards Kyiv center. I lived & went to university in this very area for 4 years.
My #Kyiv National Economic University is located in area of fighting between #Ukrainian & #Russian troops on Prospekt Peremohy between these two metro stations. I lived near both these metro stations when I was student. US Embassy in #Ukraine is nearby. google.com/maps/place/Ber…
NeoNazi Azov leader calls #Ukraine president & his Servant of People party "servant of Russian people" & "party of f... capitulators" after #Zelenskyy offers to negotiate with #Russia. Azov Regiment calls foreigners to join. Far right can overthrow Zelensky or threaten peace deal
My studies show that #Ukraine is not ruled by neo-Nazis, contrary to #Putin claims. But neo-Nazi & other far right have their own National Guard & paramilitary units & power to overthrow #Ukrainian government or threaten overthrow to block peace deal. researchgate.net/publication/30…
Far right organizations & snipers had crucial roles in violent overthrow of Yanukovych in #Ukraine in 2014. They were involved in false-flag Maidan massacre of #Maidan protesters & police & in attempts to assassinate Yanukovych. This made him flee Ukraine. researchgate.net/publication/33…
Putin false claims of genocide in #Ukraine are aimed at giving legitimacy to #Russian invasion, which is illegal under international law, by using humanitarian intervention casus belli that was used by NATO under false pretexts during Kosovo and Libya wars. 2/
My analysis suggests that likely ultimate goal of #Russian invasion of Ukraine is regime change. This includes replacement & of government & foreign & domestic policies, e.g. abandoning NATO membership goal, “denazification,” & transforming #Ukraine into federal state. 3/