"In Kyiv, a member of the first delegation of #Ukraine at the talks with Russia, Denis Kireev, was killed. Information was confirmed by the sources of "Strana" in law enforcement agencies. According to them, the murder took place near the Pechersk court." strana.news/news/380315-v-…
Orwellian: Ukrainska pravda is most popular Ukrainian online media. It was financed by US Embassy, NATO & NED.
As usual, Western media did not report this story. "During the arrest, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) shot dead a member of the Ukrainian negotiating group Denys Kireev, who was suspected of high treason, MP Oleksiy Honcharenko has said."
Orwellian: Main Intelligence Directorate of Ministry of Defense of Ukraine states that Denis Kireev, member of #Ukraine delegation in peace talks with #Russia, in fact worked for #Ukrainian military intelligence & was killed during "special assignment. strana.news/news/380379-hu…
I said in my China Newsweek interview that #RussianUkrainianWar wasn't inevitable & could have been prevented by Russia, Ukraine & US. Russia launched illegal war of choice based on false claims of NATO accession, genocide, nuclear weapons development & Nazis in power in #Ukraine
#Zelensky failed to prevent escalation of #Ukraine-#Russia conflict into devastating war by denying that possibility of Russian invasion was real, as I noted in my interviews & publications. He abandoned Minsk agreement & election promises & pursued unrealistic NATO membership.
Western countries could have prevented #Ukraine-#Russia war by offering Ukraine EU membership prospect in exchange for neutrality & implementation of Minsk agreement. They backed violent Ukraine government overthrow that started conflict & could had escalated into war in 2014.
"Ivan Katchanovski, a political scientist at the University of Ottawa, said the red-and-black flag, along with the “Glory to Ukraine, glory to the heroes” slogan, was adopted by the ... Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN)..." nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/c…
"According to Katchanovski, contemporary Ukrainian ultranationalist groups, such as Right Sector, have adopted the red-and-black flag along with the “Glory to Ukraine” greeting before and during the pro-western Euromaidan protests that led to the removal of former Ukraine..."
"... president Viktor Yanukovych from power in 2014. He said its widespread subsequent use has led some to believe that it is a traditional Ukrainian greeting...."
#Russian President Putin "told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Thursday that he would plow on with his war in Ukraine undaunted by international condemnation, forcing an Élysée official to conclude: “We expect that the worst is yet to come.” politico.eu/article/france…
Second round of #Ukraine - #Russia peace talks in Belarus has ended without any major deal. But talks would continue.
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…
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…