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WIP: Introductory post about NATO's war in Ukraine (lemmygrad.ml)
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What is this?

This is a collection of sources related to the war in Ukraine, mainly focusing on the context leading up to Russia's escalation in 2022. It consists primarily of Western media articles, as well as articles using Western media to point out contradictions. This is far from being finished and will be updated sporadically.

This thread is being written for those who are already somewhat aware of, and opposed to, US imperialism.

Context for the 2022 escalation

In 2014, the US supported a fascist coup in Ukraine.

Ukraine has a long history of Nazism.

NATO has been expanding toward Russia, despite assurances when East and West Germany were reunited.

NATO has been refusing to abide by agreements, and despite being elected on a peace platform, the Zelensky government has consistently escalated tensions.

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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

some useful sources I've collected

NATO expansion

In May 1990 speech Secretary General Manfred Wörner said “The very fact that we are ready not to deploy NATO troops beyond the territory of the Federal Republic gives the Soviet Union firm security guarantees.”

This shows 2 things:

  1. As we already knew NATO had told the Soviet Union although that it would not move further East than East Germany
  2. They understood full well that NATO moving East was seen as threatening by USSR given the promise not to do so was a “security guarantee” for them.

https://www.nato.int/docu/speech/1990/s900517a_e.htm

fascism

maidan coup

war crimes

negotiations

misc sources

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wow! Amazing work! Thank you for taking the time to put all of this together!

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