Vladimir Putin recognises Ukrainian separatist regions, in escalation of tensions

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to formally recognise two breakaway regions in Ukraine's east, after convening the national security council earlier on Monday.

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[mars]

there's no trolls in this comment section..

[olgabondarenko]

"14000 people were killed during the occupation of Crimea". Wow. And that's called news... When were they killed? The People here in Sevastopol were taking photos with the soldiers...

[antoniocavaco]

I am European. Ukraine signed a treaty they should abide by what they signed for. Stop a word un EU soil. Do this war at USA doors.

[andin]

Russian bots are like coronavirus, for a moment you think it’s over and then another wave comes out of nowhere.

[oldcremehelian]

EU security/defense force needed NOW.
The EU needs to be able to defend itself not to be coerced by the UK and US.

[mindbomb]

02:25 "14, 000 people killed during the occupation of Crimea". This was casualties of all kinds on both sides in the Russian-Ukrainian War -- and almost all of this was in the years long war in the Donbas (break away regions of eastern Ukraine). See "Russian-Ukrainian War" on Wikipedia. The same page says 6 people died in Crimea (3 civilians). Not useful propaganda to say this 14, 000 "in Crimea". It makes the Russians sound like the 1942 German government. Though it's evident the people who run the Donbas are also throwing out massive levels of propaganda and fake, manufactured video with bad meta-data to sway public opinion.

[mohamedmarzookmohamedhussa]

Gold may be open 1880 areas 20pips down

[galemartin]

Ok. I'm pulling my investments out of Russia. I encourage others to do the same. I want nothing to do with this.

[donkeypoison]

At least one correction: 2:28 14000 people were killed since the Donbass war began, not «during the occupation of Crimea».

[berinaskb]

Be nice to others no mader were from or what others start be nice to ppl in world we all wana respect no hate

[cocxmfv]

I live in Russia, and i'm really scared😔😔 of this situation, Russian popularity doesn't want to start any War, we are just victims of our cruel authorities
I hope everyone in the rest of the world understand it

[ThePremel]

Those Ukrainians who did collaborate with the German occupiers did so in various ways including participating in the local administration, in German-supervised auxiliary police,  Schutzmannschaft, in the German military, and serving as concentration camp guards. Nationalists in western Ukraine were among the most enthusiastic and hoped that their efforts would enable them to re-establish an independent state later on. For example, on the eve of Operation' Barbarossa, as many as 4000 Ukrainians, operating under Wehrmacht orders, sought to cause disruption behind Soviet lines. After the capture of Lviv, a highly-contentious and strategically-important city with a significant Ukrainian minority,  OUN leaders proclaimed a new Ukrainian State on June 30, 1941 and simultaneously encouraged loyalty to the new regime in the hope that they would be supported by the Germans. Already in 1939, during the German-Polish War, the OUN had been "a faithful German auxiliary".[7]

Professor Ivan Katchanovski writes that during the war, the leadership of OUN B and UPA was heavily engaged in Nazi collaboration. He wrote that at least 23% of its leaders in Ukraine were in the auxiliary police, Schutzmannschaft Battalion 201, as well as in other police formations, and 18% took part in training in Nazi Germany's military and intelligence schools in Germany and Nazi-occupied Poland, 11% served the Nachtigall and Roland Battalions, 8% in local administration during the Nazi occupation and 1% in the SS Galicia Division. According to Katchanovski, the percentage of Nazi collaborators among the OUN-B and UPA leadership is likely higher than those numbers since data from early occupation are often missing.[8]

Despite initially acting warmly to the idea of an independent Ukraine, the Nazi administration had other ideas, particularly the Lebensraum programme and the total 'Aryanisation' of the population. It preferred to play the Slavic nations against one another. OUN initially carried out attacks on Polish villages to try to exterminate Polish populations or expel Polish enclaves from what the OUN fighters perceived as Ukrainian territory.[7] When OUN help was no longer needed, its leaders were imprisoned, and many members were summarily executed. The arrests were only temporary, however, according to professor Katchanovski since 27% of the leadership of OUN B and UPA were arrested at least once, they were released relatively soon or allowed to escape.[9]

According to Timothy Snyder, "something that is never said, because it's inconvenient for precisely everyone, is that more Ukrainian Communists collaborated with the Germans, than did Ukrainian nationalists." Snyder also points out that very many of those who collaborated with the German occupation also collaborated with the Soviet policies in the 1930s.[10]

[bd]

Has he or will he? Dear reporters, beware your headlines. Dont run ahead of events. Report what has happened and wait to see what will happen.🧐🤢

[baba]

Dude hasn’t learned from history. This won’t end well

[nicktrevi]

Just celebrating 15 years of Munich Speech 🎤

[T]

Isaiah 9:16 "The leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that
are led of them are destroyed." Isaiah 9:5"Every battle of the
warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this
shall be with burning and fuel of fire."

[votejhp]

he said everything correctly, if briefly and not to find fault. Ukraine for 30 years, having a huge industry and the fact that Russia poured billions into the country, supporting production and simply laundering even money, managed to do all too, it's all true, without trifles and a little rough. Another thing is that you don't want to believe it and you are deceiving yourself. Who were the first two presidents of Ukraine?? in the USSR?? Propagandists, that's what they did after seizing power. The first two presidents were responsible for the propaganda of communism! they've been doing this all their lives almost to old age and suddenly changed their mind?? no) they just started lying to you already and rewriting the whole story that they knew how to do in their profession!) this is not your country, you did not fight for it, where did these lands come from?) God's data?? you have a woman on the street gave an example to Euronews, like someone came to your apartment, so this is not your apartment! To take a truer example! The smart rich dad gave you his apartment, saying the children have grown up! let them try. so you set up a brothel there, you fucked up everything, you are being fooled and robbed, moreover, your children still live there, who are beginning to be pinched. no, this is not your apartment) this is a Russian apartment where you simply live and do stupid things by the will of Russia. What have you done in 30 years?? What was built? What have you achieved yourself?? NOTHING! You are given loans, and not even loans, but your own equipment! Which you will pay for! When your own production has not received anything, it will simply die out, since there is no order. You don't need your goods in Europe and America, they have their own workers who need to feed their families, and you are given the right to buy lace panties and that's all and no more. Your revolutionaries have long fled to the USA and Europe after stealing billions! You have only become more corrupt. There are a lot of states in the world, I'm sorry, but your condition is now at the level of Africa, where there are conflicts, there are a lot of conflicts in Africa and people live worse there, although not much more than yours) so, the EU and the US are in no hurry to help them, to build democracy there, they are just not interested in it, the only purpose for which they support you is to create a problem for Russia, this is the only goal for you, for your standard of living, they absolutely do not care. You have a comedian president with complexes and stupid, who turned over right after the election and spent his whole life chopping money in Russia, and the mayor of Kiev, a former criminal who was involved with the Russian mafia and it was he who made a boxing star out of him, okay, at least the person was smart, there's no way to listen....and that's all you are capable of yourself?? to elect comedians, boxers and that everyone is deceiving you?? and robbed. Do you have at least one modern production, at least something for 30 years?? For 30 years after the war, Russia has rebuilt factories, houses, universities in your country. For 30 years, you yourself have only looted everything and collected loans that your officials and presidents have looted. Moreover, I'm sorry, but Ukraine, as a walking girl, falls under the EU and the USA, like a naive fool, although your billionaires are certainly not fools, they hold you for them. Russia can say for every 10 sm of its land what and from where, nor who gave it anything. Here the Turks attacked, here the Swedes, here Poland Georgia fell at its feet and they simply died out, the Turks exterminated them and Russia fought for THEM!!! For every inches of the earth! Where did you get the land from?! IT was given to you, perhaps hence this attitude towards yourself, and everything that you invented remains fairy tales.

[brankokockica]

What goes around, comes around. Rememeber Serbia's Kosovo?

[telenNG]

Comments are going to be interesting (get bucket of popcorn)

[MeMyPCandI]

If Israel can do it to Palestine than Russia can do it to Ukraine and China can do it to Taiwan..