Donbass. Silent war
Донбасс. Тихая война
Война любит победу и не любит продолжительности. Сунь-Цзы. Война на Донбассе длится уже более пяти лет, ежедневно забирая жизни как защитников Республик, так и мирного населения. Невзирая на Минские договоренности, вооруженный конфликт продолжается в формате ограниченных военных действий при...
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The war in the Donbass has lasted for more than five years, daily taking the lives of both the defenders of the Republics and the civilian population.
Despite the Minsk agreements, the armed conflict continues in a format of limited military actions with direct support (Direct Support) of the USA in the field of armament, logistics and training.
When shooting this film, we did not set the task to show the sharp plots of war. We represent people who are defending the interests of Russia today, who continue to hold their far lines, no matter how hard it may be.
We remember in vain the forgotten saying of Leon Trotsky: "You may not be interested in the war, but then the war will interest you."
Empty promises - Zelensky allowed a special status for the Russian language in the Donbass
09.07.2019 16:53 Влад Николаев 3-5 minute Read
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky made a special status for the Russian language in the Donbas. He stated this in an interview with journalists after the Ukraine-EU summit.
“I think that when we stop the war, people in Donetsk should be allowed to speak the language they want,” said Zelensky. According to him, in Ukraine there are generally no problems with the use of the Russian language.
“It’s just that there was an information war that one cannot speak in Russian. I am the president here, and I speak with you as I want, ”Zelensky added, adding that if a corresponding request is received from the residents of the region, he does not see“ a big problem in discussing this. ”
The head of state also spoke about the economic blockade and the end of the war in the Donbas.
“The issue with the economic blockade, I don’t want to somehow misunderstand me here, you know that all this is possible. We are talking about this in Minsk. Everything is possible, everything can be opened in the near future, but please, then return to us illegally “nationalized” our enterprises, which are now in the temporarily occupied territories, ”Zelensky emphasized. With regard to the timing of the end of the war, he expressed the hope that it will stop within a year.
“We suggested that“ Minsk ”should continue, and that we should resolve the issue of a cease-fire, and we would like for us to stop this war soon. I want to hope that in a year we will no longer have this war, ”concluded Zelensky.
In Ukraine, there are constantly calls to ban everything that is somehow connected with Russia or the Russian language. Much has already been done in this direction. The Law on Ensuring the Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as the State Language, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and signed by Peter Poroshenko at the end of his term, obliges the total use of the Ukrainian language in the public space with the exception of the language of private communication and the language of religious rites.
There are no exceptions to the new law for the Donbass. Before the parliamentary elections, no changes to the discriminatory law are precisely foreseen, and whether a new coalition wants to revise it at all is a huge question. In addition, it is highly doubtful that residents of the DPR-LPR, who already have the state status of the Russian language, will want to reduce it only to the status of a regional one for returning to the control of Kiev.
It should also be noted that the very statement of the question of the return to Ukraine of nationalized enterprises indicates the protection of the interests of the oligarchy by Zelensky.
“They will not return to Ukraine or the people of Ukraine. Return will be specific Akhmetov, Novinsky, Taruta, Kolomoisky and others. And in this sense, this “us” looks very sandpaper. Well, yes. It turns out that the blockade, i.e. infringement
interests of the very population of Donbass, for which Zelensky promised to fight, in fact, protect the interests of the great Ukrainian oligarchs, ”believes Odessa journalist Yuri Tkachev.
But Zelensky’s main problem is that he flirts with the nationalist minority to the detriment of the interests of the majority of citizens, so his words about the Russian language and the end of the war look only a set of empty promises that are not supported by real deeds.
Russia concerned by US pulling neutral European states into NATO drills
The Russian foreign minister urged the European partners to realize that "it is in their best interests to ensure maximum transparency of these processes, primarily on the OSCE forum"
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The Russian foreign minister urged the European partners to realize that "it is in their best interests to ensure maximum transparency of these processes, primarily on the OSCE forum"
HIGH TATRAS /Slovakia/, July 9. /TASS/. Russia is hoping that the United States engaging neutral European countries in NATO military exercises, playing out a scenario of an attack on a NATO member, will not lead to further destabilization, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told an informal gathering of the OSCE’s heads of diplomatic agencies on Tuesday.
"We are carefully watching the boosting of the OSCE’s coordination with NATO, including the Americans drawing neutral states in drills, which are scripted to train the evoking of the fifth article of the Washington Treaty," he said. "I believe that this is not a very positive development. I hope it will not lead to further destabilization."
Lavrov urged the European partners to realize that "it is in their best interests to ensure maximum transparency of these processes [of boosting of the OSCE’s coordination with NATO], primarily on the OSCE forum."
In accordance with Article 5 of the Washington Treaty, an attack on a state, signatory to the Treaty, is considered as an act of aggression against all the NATO members.