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Apr 26 • 8 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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26.04.2013: Igor Girkin outlines a three-phase strategy derived from the Syrian War for the violent conquest of countries. Events in Ukraine will unfold exactly as he describes. In August 2013, Putin warned that Ukraine’s pro-EU course would spell its downfall. Image
The timeline clearly illustrates the three phases that Igor Girkin devised in Moscow in April 2013. Image
Putin had threatened Yanukovych, saying that if he signed the agreement with the EU, he would take over large parts of the country.
According to his own account, Igor Girkin was in Ukraine in the fall of 2013. In mid-January 2014, he was in Crimea to prepare for the annexation.
In the spring of 2014, the Russian army was stationed along the border with Ukraine and was subsequently tasked with protecting the so-called local separatists under the guise of peacekeepers.
Igor Girkin made no secret of his true motives; he himself stated that he had been given the order to overthrow the Ukrainian government.
The so-called separatists in eastern Ukraine received massive support from the Russian army, or were, to a significant extent, the Russian army itself.
Anyone who still claims that Russia did not plan the war against Ukraine well in advance, given that Girkin had already outlined the strategy back in 2013:

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In February 2015, a fierce battle will take place in Debaltseve, in which numerous Russian soldiers will also die.
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04.03.1994: Today, 32 years ago, U.S. President Bill Clinton praised Ukraine for giving up its nuclear weapons. In return, the United States pledged support for Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity, saying it was unlikely Russia would try to take Crimea back.
In February 2014, Russia annexed Crimea. In an interview in May 2020, Igor Girkin explains how the annexation of Crimea was prepared in advance.
After occupying Crimea in February 2014, Moscow sent its FSB/GRU agents to eastern Ukraine in April 2014. There, they were supposed to play the role of the famous "local separatists."
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2025: A Russian train driver from Rostov recounts how he carried out military transports from Matveyev Kurgan to Ukraine in 2014. He laughs as he recounts how the Russian army fought near Debaltseve (Ukraine) in February 2015, and not the famous "local separatists".
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Matveyev Kurgan was an important railway junction in 2014 and 2015 for the Russian army to transport its military goods to Ukraine. Numerous bases and camps were set up in the region during this period. Image
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21.02.2014: Igor Girkin (Russian colonel in the FSB reserve) arrives in Crimea. In an interview in 2020, he explains that he was already in Crimea in mid-January 2014 and met with members of the military and politicians to prepare for the annexation of Crimea by Russia.
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Here, for example, Russian paratrooper Alexei Ivanov from the 31st Separate Airborne Unit can be seen standing in the Crimean parliament wearing a Ukrainian Berkut police uniform during Russia's takeover of Crimea. Image
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15.02.2015: RT correspondent Graham Phillips is filming near Debaltseve (Ukraine). He passes a column of "local separatists" who happen to be the Russian 5th Separate Guards Tank Brigade. At this point in time, the T-72B3 was used exclusively by the Russian armed forces.
The T-72B3 is relatively easy to identify. After the major offensive in 2022, Ukraine also captured several T-72B3 tanks. Image
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From summer 2014 onwards, Russia regularly deployed its army in Ukraine. Nevertheless, the legend of local separatists is still needed for the Western public.
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