I said in live @SkyNewsAust TV interview that #Putin in Victory Day speech on anniversary of Soviet-led defeat of #Nazi Germany claimed that #Russian & separatist forces in #Ukraine fight on their own land. This suggests intention to annex parts of Ukraine in East & South. 1/
"Political scientist Professor Ivan Katchanovski says Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ‘Victory Day’ speech suggests Russian plans to “annex” parts of Ukraine. “He specifically suggested that Russian forces and separatist forces (are) fighting ..." 3/ skynews.com.au/world-news/glo…
"in Ukraine on the territory which he claimed to have been their own territory,” he told Sky News Australia.
“This suggests that Russia plans to annex part of Ukraine, not only Donbas but also other regions of Ukraine in the east in particular, and in the south." 4/
My Sky News Australia interview concerning Putin's Victory Day speech regarding #RussianUkrainianWar:
“This is a very major development if we take his statement at face value." 5/
Maidan leadership member, who testified that Maidan leaders staged #Maidan massacre to seize power in #Ukraine, is killed in mysterious circumstances in #UkraineRussia frontline area. He said that his request to investigate them & himself was stonewalled. strana.news/news/390193-sm…
He headed #Ukraine parliament committee during Maidan & election campaign of President Poroshenko party. His testimony that Maidan massacre was staged is corroborated by testimonies of over 500 witnesses, majority of wounded protesters & 14 Maidan snipers. researchgate.net/publication/35…
Reports suggest that former Maidan leadership member, who testified that Maidan massacre was staged by Maidan leaders to seize power in #Ukraine, was apparently killed in frontline area in his car by artillery shelling by #Ukrainian forces.
UP sources close to #Zelenskyy: "British Prime Minister Boris Johnson brought two simple messages:
"Putin is a war criminal, he needs to be squeezed, and not negotiated with him.
Second, if Ukraine is ready to sign any agreements on guarantees with him, then they [West] are not."
My paper "The Maidan Massacre in Ukraine: Revelations from Trials and Investigation" is now available without registration at SSRN. In spite of overwhelming publicly available evidence, this mass killing in #Ukraine is still misrepresented. #Ukrainian 1/ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
"Maidan massacre trials and investigations have revealed various evidence that four killed and several dozen wounded policemen and at least the absolute majority of 49 killed and 157 wounded Maidan protesters were massacred by snipers in Maidan-controlled buildings and areas." 2/
"Such evidence includes testimonies of the absolute majority of wounded protesters, several dozens of prosecution witnesses, dozens of defense witnesses, and 14 self-admitted members of Maidan snipers groups." 3/
My dissertation-based "Cleft Countries" book analyzed pro-Western vs pro-Russian regional divides, separatism & conflicts in #Ukraine and #Moldova, in particular, in #Crimea, #Donbas, #Transdniestria & Gagauzia.
UN: "Wilful killing of protected persons, including summary executions, are gross violations of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law, and amount to war crimes." 2/
"Since 24 February to midnight on 20 April, HRMMU has documented and verified 5,264 civilian casualties – 2,345 killed and 2,919 injured. Of these, 92.3 per cent (2,266 killed and 2,593 injured) were recorded in Government-controlled territory." #Ukraine️#UkraineRussiaWar 3/
Virtual #Russia - #Ukraine peace talks resumed yesterday: "According to Meduza's sources, who are familiar with the course of negotiations (from both the #Russian and #Ukrainian sides), several preliminary agreements were "concretized." #UkraineWar 1/ meduza.io/feature/2022/0…
"Two agreements are currently being discussed:
the first agreement, a political one, on the neutral, non-nuclear status of Ukraine and the security guarantees that the guarantor countries will have to provide...
and the second about "mutual respect for cultures..." #Russia 2/
"Most important issue of the post-war borders of Ukraine has not yet been resolved. “There is an article in the agreement that the guarantor countries guarantee security within the borders of Ukraine, indicated on the map. The map is in the appendix. And it's not ready yet.” 3/