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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.

Reuters, 2014: Leaked audio reveals embarrassing U.S. exchange on Ukraine, EU. BBC, 2014: Ukraine crisis: Transcript of leaked Nuland-Pyatt call. Audio.

Ukraine has a long history of Nazism.

BBC, 2014: Ukraine underplays role of far right in conflict
Human Rights Watch, 2014: Ukraine: Unguided Rockets Killing Civilians
The Hill, 2017: The reality of neo-Nazis in Ukraine is far from Kremlin propaganda
The Guardian, 2017: 'I want to bring up a warrior': Ukraine's far-right children's camp – video
The Washington Post, 2018: The war in Ukraine is more devastating than you know
Reuters, 2018: Ukraine's neo-Nazi problem
The Nation, 2019: Neo-Nazis and the Far Right Are On the March in Ukraine
openDemocracy, 2019: Why Ukraine’s new language law will have long-term consequences
Al Jazeera, 2022: Why did Ukraine suspend 11 ‘pro-Russia’ parties?

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

In 2008, the US declares their intention to integrate Ukraine and Georgia into NATO, despite the Russian government's warnings the year prior.
The George Washington University, 2017: NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard
In 2001, the US leaves the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and starts placing nuclear-capable missiles closer and closer to Russia. The EurAsian Times, 2021: ANALYSIS: US Withdrawal From Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Continues To Haunt World 20 Years Later
United World International, 2022: NATO's pledges in documents not to expand eastward

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

Orinoco Tribune, 2022: Former German Chancellor Merkel Admits that Minsk Peace Agreements Were Part of Scheme for Ukraine to Buy Time to Prepare for War With Russia
Al Mayadeen, 2023: Zelensky admits he never intended to implement Minsk agreements

Additional sources:

Various videos and articles on Geopolitical Economy Report

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[–] CommonTern@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not a bourgeois source but still very thorough and links to other sources including some bourgeois ones: On Russia, Today’s Liberal Luminaries Take Their Cues From Fascists

It is divided into six chapters, which are summarized at the beginning as:

Chapter 1:

Fascism and Anti-Communism: a Match Made in Hell – on Soviet anti-racism and the shared class interest between liberals and fascists.

Chapter 2:

Goebbels, Hearst, Bandera, and McCarthy – Nazi propaganda makes its way to North America; the activities of Ukrainian nationalists during WWII; Ukrainian fascists come to America at the dawn of the Red Scare.

Chapter 3:

Ronald Reagan and his Conquest – the Reagan administration’s plans for a gargantuan military buildup and propaganda offensive; Western intelligence agencies’ favorite “scholar” Robert Conquest; Ukrainian nationalists take up Reagan’s campaign.

Chapter 4:

Washington Über Alles – Washington plunders a unipolar world; fascist advocacy groups and liberals promote Nazi lies; the birth of Cold War II.

Chapter 5:

Timothy Snyder, Euromaidan, and the Fascist Offensive – Timothy Snyder brings fringe revisionist history into the mainstream; the specter of Stepan Bandera haunts Euromaidan; Democrats make friends with modern-day Banderites.

Chapter 6:

#Resisting the Oriental-Bolshevik Menace – Democrats take up Ukrainian fascist propaganda; liberal luminaries manufacture an Orientalist hysteria; NATO threatens to unleash another Operation Barbarossa.