By
Philip
Todd
The
the United States is moving towards deeper confrontation with the
Russia in the geopolitical hotspot of Ukraine. This decidedly
volatile situation in which was the result of another in a long line
of U.S.-inspired regime changes that have destabilized the
geopolitical landscape over the past few decades is back in the news.
The United States has upped the ante in its support for a military
solution to the conflict. With military trainers now on the ground,
and the U.S. budgeting $350m for security assistance to Ukraine,
Washington has also recently started delivering lethal weapons,
including the Javelin anti-tank missile system.
Let
us first review the facts – A US sanctioned coup overthrew the
elected government of Ukraine whose leader did not want to break a
ties with Russia as the country had Russian speaking citizens among
it’s population. The goal of the western elite is and always has
been, the conquest of the Russian federation for profit either by
invasion or destabilization and breakup of the country. The coup in
Ukraine was of the former. It was an escalation by the US which broke
promises to Russia not to expand NATO to it’s borders. The coup
unleashed neo-nazi brigades which form the majority of the Ukrainian
military. They were not shy about wanting all ethnic Russian in the
eastern provinces removed from their soil either by deportation or
extermination. The eastern provinces wanted to remain in Ukraine as a
type of federation and as soon as that was stated, the neo-nazis
brigades moved in and the killing began.
With
the fourth anniversary of the coup just passed and America’s
worsening relationship with Russia we have gone back to interview
some of the residents who have remained in the eastern provinces to
see what their situation is and why they have stayed. First we spoke
with 17-year-old Svetlana who once lived on what is now the front
lines in the Kuibyshev neighborhood of Donetskwas and had just
finished her schooling.
How
has the war affected you?
"I
lived in the Kuibyshev region of Donetsk near the airport, in
September of 2014 a UA [Ukrainain Army] shell hit my parents’
house, the fire left only walls. In October, a shell hit my own house
too, causing a fire. The bombs came from the side where Ukrainian
troops were.”
How
much has Russia aided your breakaway republic?
"I
don’t know. Our defense force is the DNR, they are the simplest
husbands, sons, grandfathers, are fighting in order that future
generations were not victims of the Nazis in Ukraine, who came to our
land to kill us. A lot of subversive groups in Ukraine are now in
Donetsk. Their goal is to kill more civilians. For example Volnovaha,
Bosse, Mariupol. Ukraine needs Donbass because we have a lot of coal.
We bring a lot of budget to the treasury of Ukraine.”
Why
do you think they do this?
"The
policy of Ukraine is of the moral monsters who need money and power!
They do not consider the opinions of the people! They do not care how
many people die in the Donbass, they need our territory and our
resources. ”
You
must have had friends and relatives that are now on the other side,
do you see them?
"The
relationship changed. Now we almost do not communicate with people
from western Ukraine, because they think that we are traitors. They
watch Ukrainian television that is constantly lying. They do not
realize what is actually taking place."
Do
you agree with U.S. policy makers who say it is necessary to send
“defensive weapons” or “lethal weapons” to help the Ukrainian
government defend from attacking Russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine?
"I
believe that for anyone it is no secret that the United States plays
a significant role in this war. It manages Ukraine! “Defensive”
weapons? We did not attack Ukraine, but she attacked us! America is
well aware of what it does. U.S. does not need Ukraine without the
Donbass."
Since
February 2015, millions of peaceful people are living in hell in
eastern Ukraine while the national government starves, freezes and
murders them because it benefits the New World Order. There is a
co-ordinated effort in western media to suppress the truth of what is
going on there. A source from German intelligence, however, told a leading newspaper that “Germany’s special services estimate the probable number
of deceased Ukrainian servicemen and civilians is about 10 times
higher than official data. Official figures are clearly too low and
not credible.”
Many
of those who continue to live in this war zone would talk but did not
want their names used as they were fearfull of execution if the
provinces ever fell.
A
34-year-old mother stated:
“I badly want everyone to know that the
Ukrainian government wants to wipe us off the face of the Earth. They
are demolishing our homes and killing our children and old folks at
bus stops, in buses, in hospitals, in homes. Our children sit at home
and in shelters. And they don’t show this on TV. You can only see
this on the Internet. And if now America gives Ukraine lethal
weapons, we will cease to exist. Ukraine is killing us with America’s
help.”
A
21-year-old with a baby born in October 2014 told us:
"If
America sends weapons, we will be exterminated—not rebel
‘separatists’ as they consider us, but peaceful and ordinary
residents of the city of Donetsk. What are we guilty
of? I want to live, to raise my child and to celebrate every new
quiet and peaceful day, not to cry every day and pray for survival.”
If
Washington’s new puppet government in Ukraine doesn’t want to
wipe out the Russian Donbass people in eastern Ukraine, then why did
they make the controversial decision to starve millions by cutting
off access to personal money with which to buy food and essentials?
If the Ukrainian government doesn’t want to murder as many
civilians as possible, then why deny entry to charitable
organizations, which can bring aid to hundreds of thousands who are
at risk of starvation or injuries? Why would the U.S. send Ukraine $1
billion in weapons when Ukraine’s top general said that there are
no Russian troops in Ukraine?
We
spoke with a married, pregnant 26-year-old college graduate.
How
have you and others here been doing?
"Since
the war had started, we had to leave, as constant bombing is not good
for my psychological state as a mother-to-be. We had stayed in
Donetsk till August, 2014, but in the end of August I started to
suffer from major depression and panic attacks because of constant
bombing. I was afraid to go out; windows vibrated because of bombing.
Cluster bombs were used in these attacks, dropped on the city. I do
not understand why is this information is absent in western media
resources. Those who stayed in Donetsk are in a terrible situation.
There is not only an economic blockade (we are not allowed to bring
any humanitarian aid through the border of conflict zone, banks do
not work), but also bombing does not stop even for a second.
Civilians, children, women, elderly people, suffer. Many families do
not have money even for groceries, because Ukrainian government
stopped all the payments to citizens. Many factories do not work
because of bombings, so people do not have any
money. Every day in Donbass a lot of people are killed and injured
only because they live there. This is genocide. There are problems
with electricity, water, Internet, mobile networks due to the
bombings. Sometimes it is a week without water, sometimes it is three
days without electricity.”
Why
do you stay?
"Our
parents lived all their life there. Our grandmothers and grandfathers
live there. They have worked all there life to have their own home.
Why should they leave everything and run away? Elderly people cannot
leave for sure: firstly, they are too old for this, secondly, to whom
and where would they go? Our parents cannot leave their parents.
Friends stayed there for same reasons: nobody wants
them anywhere else, not a lot of people help them. Ukraine donates
400 hryvnyas per month for those who will leave conflict zone (that
is about $25), while monthly rent in the big city is about 2500
hryvnyas (from $154 and up). Another problem is that it is very
diffcult to find a good job while being from the conflict zone as
Ukrainian media influenced the opinion of Ukrainians about people from
Donetsk. If you are a Donetsk resident, then you are a terrorist and
separatist. We have been divided into humans and sub-humans.
Premier-minister Jacenjuk even called people from Donbass like this.
And that is only because people of Donbass did not want to be a part
of EU and did not support the closure of factories that export their
products to Russian markets.”
But
you left?
"Somebody
stays in Ukraine, somebody goes to Crimea or to Russia. We left to
Russia. It was very hard for us. We had to move to a foreign country.
We are not citizens. I am pregnant and about to deliver: I cannot
work, and I would have to stay with the baby after delivery. My
husband
works,
but he cannot make a lot of money without citizenship. We are able to
rent a flat and to buy
food
now. Psychologically it is very hard. We are alone here: we do not
have friends, family or even
acquaintances.
Also we are very worried about people who stayed in Donetsk. In the
city where we live now in Russia there is a family that left from
Luhansk, a married couple and mother of one of the spouses. They had
to leave granny in Luhansk, as she refused to leave her
house.
One month after her house was bombed, she died. Nowadays Donetsk
schools, kindergartens, hospitals are bombed in Donetsk. They kill
civilians. You have to open your eyes! How did people deserve all
this?"
The
western media and American press paint a different picture.
"They
really misinterpret all the facts. This is all lies. They say that
pro-Russian terrorists are those who are killed, but in reality they
kill civilians. They also say that terrorists bomb Donbass, but this
is Ukrainian army who does it. After the war has started, we despise
all the rest of Ukraine. We despise them because they do not want to
see that civilians are killed here, they tell that we deserved it,
that is how it should be, that we are non-humans because we did not
want to enter to EU. How about our right to decide ourselves what we
want and what we do not want? We wanted to be a federal republic as a
part if Ukraine, now we do not want to be Ukrainian anymore. People
are killed only because they do not want to be a part of EU. This is
nonsense. And USA finances those murders."
The
story is that they are trying to protect you from the Russian
invaders.
"Which
pro-Russian rebels are you talking about? Is it the case that your
politicians call all Ukrainians who live in Donbass pro-Russian and
think that this fact gives them right to kill everybody here?
Hypocrites! Please stay away from us together with your financial and
political interests. I would like all American people to wake up and
see that your government intervenes in the other countries politics
and starts war conflicts there. We do not want to be bombed."
Do
you have a message for Americans?
"To
USA and all those who depend from them. Please do not give weapons to
Ukrainian government! Stop financing this war! Who gave you a right
to intervene in life of another nation? We are not native Americans!
Stop financing fascism in Ukraine! I would recommend people to
advise their government to leave other countries alone. We experience
all this now because USA has some issues against Russia. I had to
leave my home because USA wants to keep its superpower status. You
can go out and protest to support us and ask for a peace in Ukraine."
*Phillip
Todd is the overseas correspondent for The American Constitutionalist.
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