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…
"The Maidan Massacre in Ukraine: Revelations from Trials and Investigation" paper has more revelations about far right involvement in this massacre. I presented it at 10 World Congress of International Council for Central and East European Studies in 2021. researchgate.net/publication/35…
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My analysis of videos & other corroborated evidence suggests that situation in #Russia - #Ukraine war continues to deteriorate for #Ukrainian forces. #Russian troops from Crimea advanced close to strategically important port city of #Mariupol in government-controlled #Donbas 1/
Separatist & #Russian forces advanced further in #Ukraine controlled #Donbas towards borders of Donetsk & Luhansk regions that they claim & towards Mariupol from the north. There is danger of encirclement of Mariupol & #Ukrainian forces there & in other parts of Donbas. 2/
CNN reported that some 50,000 #Russian troops entered #Ukraine out of circa 150,000 located on its borders & in #Crimea before war. This is consistent with videos & other sources that I examined. Videos don't show very large numbers of Russian tanks/heavy weapons in 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…
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/