Thanks to u/dontkillmehillary for the winning suggestion and for the link to the Oliver Stone produced documentary from 2016, "Ukraine On Fire".
Western/NATO media presents a very one sided narrative with regards to Ukraine. Here's a twitter thread I discovered the other day which gives a crude crash course in the side of the narrative that gets neglected by our beloved western presstitutes:
Another documentary I found, made by German independent journalists, Ukrainian Agony: The Concealed War
Clinton involvement with the Ukraine goes back to Bill's first term as President. This was just after the Soviet Union ended, and the Clinton Presidency promised economic support for the fledgling democracy.
Since this time the USA has given $billions to Ukraine in financial aid, despite Ukraine being one of Eastern Europe's stronger economies.
The Clintons also have very close ties with Ukrainian oil and gas companies. They are financially connected through the Clinton Foundation to gas pipeline and gas rail car manufacturers. Burisma, also Ukrainian oil and gas, has ties to the Obamas and Bidens.
Just before Russia annexed Crimea, Ukraine was speculating plans to create a gas pipeline through Crimea to Syria/Iran in order to avoid being forced to use Russian gas pipelines. I suspect this is why Hillary was willing to gamble war with Russia over control of Syria. By invading Crimea early, Putin cock-blocked Clintons promises to rich Ukrainians, and the 2016 election was her opportunity to try and fix that.
Where these is fossil fuels, there is a lot of money, and where there is a lot of money there is a lot of politicians trying to get a piece of it.
I agree with this ^. Wanted to add: there's also a geopolitical currency aspect related to saudi/usd EU/US and the gold/gas china/Russia. As western fiat understandably collapses the later becomes the de facto replacement
Highly recommend that doc
If anyone doesn't know about nordstream2, here is a great video explaining what it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzbxGYBY5M8
It's a significant factor in this dispute. I don't think the US is thrilled NS2 is about to go live because Europe is currently getting a lot of gas from US friendly Qatar. Russia control of Ukraine AND a live NS2 pipeline seems like bad news for US geopolitical influence in the area.
It's very simple--democrats have to launder money back to themselves to fund their campaigns and their lifestyles. Same reason Obama gave Iran billions of dollars on pallets. The Iranians specialize in dark money funding of campaigns. Iranian agents have been caught in South America with suitcases of money for reelection campaigns. Most likely they do it in the US too for democrat candidates.
What is that all about? I'm behind on all that stuff.
There's an axis that runs from Ukraine to Canada (which I sure didn't expect). Just for starters, you can read up on Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland's antics on her wiki page in the section "Early life, education and student activism", where she managed to get the KGB on her ass. And her grandfather was Michael Chomiak, who was the top propagandist for the Nazi's in Ukraine.
One other quick note: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, whose testimony was prominent in the attempted impeachment of DJT, seems to have recently resurfaced. It seems more than a "fun fact" that he and his twin brother were born in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. I would say he's a more important "agent" than is realized.
Ukraine situation explained in 10 minutes:
https://youtu.be/pLjpMFQk5Pw
In the same way we have proxy wars with the commies, we also have proxy business with them. The word Ukraine literally is Russian for "borderland". To pretend they aren't in cahoots with the Kremlin would be foolish.
Ukraine is the intermediary for the deals that two superpowers shouldn't really be directly making between themselves. You know, deals that would pressure Europe into subservience or disrupt Xi's game of mahjong.
There's an axis that runs from Ukraine to Canada (which I sure didn't expect). Just for starters, you can read up on Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland's antics on her wiki page in the section "Early life, education and student activism", where she managed to get the KGB on her ass. And her grandfather was Michael Chomiak, who was the top propagandist for the Nazi's in Ukraine.
One other quick note: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, whose testimony was prominent in the attempted impeachment of DJT, seems to have recently resurfaced. It seems more than a "fun fact" that he and his twin brother were born in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. I would say he's a more important "agent" than is realized.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to spend a couple of days with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Siberia, where in the so-called "places of power" Sergei Shoigu's acquaintances, who pretentiously call themselves "shamans", hold rather strange events called "rites". A visit and participation in one of these ceremonies is already traditionally arranged by Shoigu for the President of Russia. We talked about several of these "rites" with the participation of Putin, where costumed guys, jumping with a tambourine and howling something indistinct, are trying to achieve eternal life for Putin and victories in all endeavors. But due to Putin's busy work schedule, they decided to hold the ceremony simultaneously in two places: in Siberia, in the place where, in fact, Putin and Shoigu were going, and in Putin's residence with his presence. According to Shoigu and people who call themselves "shamans", this should enhance the effect. Insanity doubled this Sunday. Three mummers with all the attributes were brought to the residence of the President of Russia, and on the night from Sunday to Monday they performed what is called a “rite”. At the end of the action, a murderous act was committed: an eagle was killed by a barbaric method, a mummered uncle smeared the physiognomy of the President of Russia with the blood of the victim, and then they burned the heart and several feathers of the bird and allegedly saw in the smoke a lone huge eagle that soars above the ground. This "sign" was interpreted by Putin as a complete victory for him personally and power over the world. In Siberia, at the same time, a second similar rite was supposedly taking place, only the bear became the victim, and, as Putin was told, the rite was very successful and with the same conclusions. Yesterday, a video of the Siberian rite was delivered to Putin. The shamans announced to Putin that it is possible to act freely and as he, Putin, wants, and all his desires will take shape, enemies will be defeated, and he will be the greatest ruler. After that, the mummers went home not to a psychiatric hospital, but back to Siberia, taking away a heavy bag with money. Russian President Putin also did not rush to see a psychiatrist for help, but, quite inspired by the session, will continue to rule Russia.
Can you imagine situation that US invaded in Canada? It's crazy, right? If Russia invades Ukraine, it's even crazier. But the politicians are doing their job, they don't want peace, they only want profit.
I am ok with USA invading Canada and I live here. As long as we get the constitution.
Speaking of that I didn’t even know the war of 1812 was a thing until I got to college. Nobody in the US even knows that Canada and the United States had a war.
I meant war in modern borders. In past we can find a lot of interesting things. Did you know that Russia and Ukraine so close ppl that they were one big country in past days, it called "Kievan Rus" and Kyiv was a capital.
Yeah the more i look into Ukraine, the more i realize it’s really not a country at all. At least before 1991... it’s More like kiev was a city-state, and the countryside and towns around it have been a part of many countries that now border it, Austria, Russia, etc.