This interview was conducted in Simferopol, Crimea, May 2024. Mr. Shirin Ibraim Reshatovich, Chairman of the Commission on Interethnic and Interfaith Relations and Public Diplomacy in the Public Chamber of the Republic of Crimea—is himself Tatar. The West has for years tried to claim Tatars are oppressed in Crimea & didn't support the 2014 referendum to (rejoin) join Russia. Listen to this delightful man to hear the truth on how life improved dramatically for Tatars in Crimea, and for Crimeans as a whole! —My related 2019 article after visiting Crimea then: Return to Russia: Crimeans Tell the Real Story of the 2014 Referendum and Their Lives Since ( https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/return-to-russia-crimeans-tell-the-real-story-of-the-2014-referendum-and-their-lives-since/ )

First published: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37a4haHEw7I & https://tntradio.live/shows/the-david-kurten-show/ My Related Links here: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2024/04/05/interviewed-on-the-david-kurten-show-hypocrisy-and-culpability-of-western-politicians-msm-on-ukraine-and-gaza/

*Please consider following me on other platforms. My time here on Youtube is limited & will end. I'm on: https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett... https://rumble.com/c/c-2030196 https://t.me/Reality_Theories * In recent days Western media have resurrected the “mass graves” near Mariupol claims, and since—unlike any of the people behind those claims, I'm actually in the Donetsk People's Republic and actually went to the sites in question—I made this video to debunk the propaganda. RELATED LINKS: -Western Claims of Russian Mass Graves Near Mariupol Another Fake News Hoax--I Know, I Went To See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeEnCcn1S3I

*Please consider following me on other platforms. My time here on Youtube is limited & will end. I'm on: https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9?view=content https://rumble.com/c/c-2030196 https://t.me/Reality_Theories * Just after 3 am on November 7, I woke to Ukraine bombing central Donetsk, hitting the nearby administrative building of Donetsk Railway, causing a fire to break out on the second floor. According to Donetsk authorities, Ukraine fired six HIMARS missiles at the building. It should be noted that, again, Ukraine targeted a residential, civilian, area, not a military target. Fires were still burning when I was there, Donetsk Emergency Services having put out the worst of the blazes. The building is flanked by apartment buildings, the closest of which had windows blown out. I spoke with one woman in her first story apartment. At the time of the first blast, she ran with her toddler son to the toilet, thus missing the brunt of the explosions and windows shattering into the kitchen and her son's bedroom. She found shrapnel on his bed. I shudder to think of the boy's injuries, or death, if she hadn't grabbed him and ran for the toilet. Ukraine has been heavily bombing central Donetsk for months, since at least June, and increasingly so in recent months. The elderly woman told me: “We have been living in this for nine years, nine years! And no one pays any attention to us. We were always falling asleep and waking up every morning by such bombardments. As they like to say it's all fake. We were shooting at ourselves? How could we be shooting at ourselves? No one believes abroad or in the West that we live like this. And now you see how we live. What targets are they shooting at? People. Civilians. Hotels. Hospitals, kindergartens, schools. What is all this?”

This is an interview I did in October, but haven't re-shared, likely due to Youtube strikes preventing me from uploading. I'm extremely grateful to Trish Wood for reaching out to me, spending the time talking with me, and for her professional interview style. She is incredibly well-informed on the matters we discussed. Trish uploaded the interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCgCHcqR4c0 Follow Trish: Podcast: www.trishwoodpodcast.com Substack: https://trishwood.substack.com/ *I am moving from Youtube to Odysee & Rumble, given Youtube's ridiculous censorship. My Rumble is quite new, please be patient as I juggle doing on the ground journalism here in the DPR, write, edit & publish footage, and also try to maintain my various platforms. RELATED LINKS: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/07/17/government-funded-cbc-smears-me-interview-with-maverick-media-cbc-fake-news-hit-piece-targets-journalists-eva-bartlett/ Ukrainian Terrorism of Central Donetsk September 17 Kills 4, Using Western Weapons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzew0mXOo2Y Carnage: Ukraine's terrorism on Donetsk September 19 killed 16 civilians, 9 in one spot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJpXcwMAVeI Ukraine shelled a completely civilian area of central Donetsk, killing at least 5 civilians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWqeFG7DhIs Ukraine bombed the hotel I was in. Was Ukraine targeting journalists? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqZgG7s-Sjw https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/06/ukraine-bombed-a-donetsk-hotel-full-of-journalists-heres-what-it-felt-like-to-be-inside-at-the-time/ Ukraine's Bombing of Central Donetsk August 4: 2 Ballerinas Among the 6 Murdered by Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQNQ_vT_j-k More Ukrainian War Crimes: Killing & Maiming Heroic Donbass Medics & Emergency Workers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJZvxWQfSHc Ukraine Bombarded Donetsk, Including Bombing a Maternity Hospital, Then Claimed Russian Did It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsLWcR21iK8 Ukraine Bombed a Busy Donetsk Market Yesterday, Killing 5 Civilians...Where is the Media Outrage? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mYD2oasyuU https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/what-ive-seen-of-ukraines-war-crimes-against-civilians-in-the-donbass-over-the-past-few-months/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/09/30/eva-bartlett-describes-ukraines-unspeakable-genocide-of-donbass-full-interview-graphic-content-warning/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/they-saw-and-heard-the-truth-then-lied-about-it-media-on-donbass-delegation-omitted-mention-of-ukraines-8-year-war-on-the-autonomous-republics/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/05/02/shes-exposing-the-truth-in-ukraine-and-they-dont-like-it-redacted-conversation-with-eva-bartlett/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/06/17/western-media-and-politicians-prefer-to-ignore-the-truth-about-donetsk-civilians-killed-in-ukrainian-shelling/ https://www.mintpressnews.com/under-fire-from-ukraine-everyday-life-in-the-donetsk-peoples-republic/262363/ https://www.thepostil.com/the-military-situation-in-the-ukraine/ https://www.thepostil.com/the-hidden-truth-about-the-war-in-ukraine/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/09/29/dpr-civilians-on-why-they-wanted-a-referendum-to-join-russia/ https://www.youtube.com/@smoothieX12 https://www.youtube.com/@TheNewAtlas -Ukrainian-fired Petal mines https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/25/in-just-under-three-weeks-ukrainian-fired-prohibited-petal-mines-maim-at-least-44-civilians-kill-2-in-donetsk-region/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6wJbPJv0kk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61wJDFqUl9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCpRy1iDXcA

In recent days Western media have resurrected the “mass graves” near Mariupol claims, and since—unlike any of the people behind those claims, I'm actually in the Donetsk People's Republic and actually went to the sites in question—I made this video to debunk the propaganda. RELATED LINKS: -Western Claims of Russian Mass Graves Near Mariupol Another Fake News Hoax--I Know, I Went To See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeEnCcn1S3I -British Bullshit Corporation Whitewashes Ukrainian Nazis https://strategic-culture.org/news/2022/03/30/british-bullshit-corporation-whitewashes-ukrainian-nazis/

While in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in October, I went to a front line outpost 70 m from Ukrainian forces in Avdeevka, according to the Donbass commanders I spoke with. While many in the west think that this conflict started in February 2022, those following events since 2014 are aware of the origins of the conflict & the sacrifices which the people of the Donbass republics have endured, particularly those fighting to protect their families and loved ones. Just as the Syrian Arab Army was maligned, so too have Donbass forces have been maligned by Western media, though both are defending their homelands from terrorist forces trained and funded by the West. Terrorists given the freedom to commit endless atrocities against Donbass civilians. These defenders, many living in dank trench conditions didn't chose war, they responded to it, to protect their loved ones & their future. In spite of over eight years of being warred upon by Ukraine, they retain their humanity. Excerpts: -"I hate nationalists, their government. This is what we hate. But, for example, an ordinary Ukrainian person? Why? Many of us speak Ukrainian. We understand them, they understand us." -"This is my homeland, I was born here. I have a son. And I don't want to leave him all of this." -"We don't blame the whole Ukrainian people. The Ukrainian people are our friends, they are our relatives. We realize that they've been struck by evil, and it's not their fault. Ordinary people are not to blame for this, we clearly differentiate them. We will liberate them from fascism, and we'll make friends." -"America is accustomed to proving their power to their people through terrorism around the world, inciting fires in Syria, in the east. They played the card of radical Islam there, and now they are playing the card of fascism. If some kind of dirt exists somewhere, they prefer to use it. They do not see themselves on the other side of good. They need wars, blood, cruelty, and they signed Europe up for this." https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/11/24/maligned-in-western-media-donbass-forces-are-defending-their-future-from-ukrainian-shelling-and-fascism/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/the-donbass-my-articles-videos-interviews-from-on-the-donetsk-lugansk-peoples-republics-2019-present/

Short interview I did on RT the other day, noting that 1 day in Ukraine, where 10 people died (some of whom it is alleged died of Ukraine's air defense malfunctioning), is a normal day in the Donbass, giving the example of how Ukrainian shelling of central Donetsk on September 19 alone killed 16 civilians, and 26 civilians killed by Ukrainian shelling between September 17-22. President Putin was correct when he spoke of Ukrainian terrorism. ...also, let's not forget Ukraine's systematic attacks on water & electricity infrastructure... RELATED: Ukrainian Terrorism of Central Donetsk September 17 Kills 4, Using Western Weapons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzew0mXOo2Y Carnage: Ukraine's terrorism on Donetsk September 19 killed 16 civilians, 9 in one spot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJpXcwMAVeI Ukraine shelled a completely civilian area of central Donetsk, killing at least 5 civilians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWqeFG7DhIs Ukraine Bombed a Busy Donetsk Market Yesterday, Killing 5 Civilians...Where is the Media Outrage? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mYD2oasyuU Ukraine turns Donetsk into a minefield using banned ‘butterfly’ mines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6wJbPJv0kk In Just Under Three Weeks, Ukrainian-Fired Prohibited “Petal” Mines Maim At Least 44 Civilians, Kill 2, in Donetsk Region https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/08/23/in-just-under-three-weeks-ukrainian-fired-prohibited-petal-mines-maim-at-least-44-civilians-kill-2-in-donetsk-region/ Ukraine bombed next to the hotel I was in. Was Ukraine targeting journalists? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqZgG7s-Sjw

Interview I did with Mike of the wonderfully informative channel iEarlGrey. [His upload: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KszFzhJBcJA] We speak about the recent referendum to join Russia, Ukraine's non-stop shelling of the Donbass, and more. As for my comment about outgoing artillery, targets are the Ukrainian positions raining hell down all over Donetsk, not on villages in Ukrainian-held territory. Although the sound of outgoing can be loud, they aren't being fired from areas Ukraine is bombing, so trollish whataboutistic comments are purely apologists for & whitewashing of Ukraine's genocide of the Donbass. Please consider following/supporting his work: https://www.youtube.com/c/iEarlGreytv/featured https://www.patreon.com/iEarlGrey https://t.me/iearlgreytv https://twitter.com/iEarlGreyTV RELATED LINKS: https://t.me/chp_donetsk_vz https://opt2007.wordpress.com/category/my-entries-from-occupied-palestine-apr-dec-2007/ https://opt2007.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/arrested-for-protesting-illegal-roadblock/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/observations-from-occupied-palestine-in-gaza/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/on-board-the-dignity-en-route-to-besieged-gaza/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/photos-and-videos-zionist-massacre-of-gaza-2008-2009/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2008/12/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/01/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2022/ Syria playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kj1USi1moY&list=PLqtiZC-4QZC3skdIAvOxsXwZm0jeM-mz6 https://www.mintpressnews.com/under-fire-from-ukraine-everyday-life-in-the-donetsk-peoples-republic/262363/ Donbass playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJabtYB3ay4&list=PLqtiZC-4QZC3VvabZMbM0FbOcwBoLdGBT Myrotvorets https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/im-on-a-hit-list-kiev-allows-to-silence-dissent-journalism-thats-all-you-need-to-know-about-ukrainian-democracy/ https://myrotvorets.center/criminal/bartlett-eva-karen/ https://myrotvorets.center/criminal/bili-vanessa/ https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1562460904100286465 https://twitter.com/MintPressNews/status/1562436053239091205 https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1545307111881691137 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Kp7IpzA5Y referendum related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWs8TQG5Ds8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq-pM-JPBCQ *Soldier interacting with toddler clip https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1574358100961812482 Ukraine's attacks on civilian areas & on medics/rescuers https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/09/23/ukrainian-army-war-crimes-include-shelling-of-ambulences-firetrucks-and-rescue-workers-in-the-donbass-republics-similar-to-israelis-and-u-s-backed-terrorists-in-syria/ https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1575695752843579392 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJpXcwMAVeI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWqeFG7DhIs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzew0mXOo2Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6wJbPJv0kk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqZgG7s-Sjw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQNQ_vT_j-k https://twitter.com/VanessaBeeley/status/1575048741072957441 https://twitter.com/VanessaBeeley/status/1574817014903971840 https://thegrayzone.com/2022/09/29/eu-parliamentarian-sanction-vanessa-beeley-donbass-referendums/ https://twitter.com/FiorellaIsabelM https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/ " Kiev threatened those who participated in the referendum with sentences of up to 12 years in prison." https://twitter.com/bcarloscarvalho/status/1574471796014944299 https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2021/05/29/syrians-filled-the-polling-stations-to-defend-their-sovereignty-and-now-fill-the-streets-to-celebrate-the-result/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2021/05/28/today-i-saw-syrians-dancing-and-celebrating-life-and-a-return-to-peace-but-of-course-the-western-media-wont-report-that/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2021/05/28/douma-three-years-on-how-independent-media-shot-down-the-false-chemical-attack-narrative/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2021/05/20/western-nations-want-democracy-in-syria-so-badly-they-close-embassies-and-prevent-syrians-from-voting-in-presidential-elections/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/observations-from-occupied-palestine-in-gaza/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/israeli-army-kills-palestinian-medic-with-dart-bomb/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/ensuring-maximum-casualties-in-gaza/ https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/08/23/in-just-under-three-weeks-ukrainian-fired-prohibited-petal-mines-maim-at-least-44-civilians-kill-2-in-donetsk-region/ https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1553972823399583745 https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/09/23/ukrainian-army-war-crimes-include-shelling-of-ambulences-firetrucks-and-rescue-workers-in-the-donbass-republics-similar-to-israelis-and-u-s-backed-terrorists-in-syria/

Given the predictable Western negation of the referendum to join Russia, and following having done many interviews with people during the referendum, yesterday I did some follow up interviews with Donetsk residents, asking their opinions on joining Russia.🎉🎉 [Don't laugh too hard at my feeble attempts at asking questions in Russian.] *Note: at ~ 4:55, it says "comical hell" (which at the time I did question) but should be "total/extreme hell", according to a native Russian speaker who noted: She said "КРОМЕШНЫЙ ад". This obsolete word means "total", "comprehensive"...

Interview I did on Redacted on September 22. [https://rumble.com/v1lau95-eva-bartlett-describes-the-unspeakable-genocide-in-ukraine-full-interview-g.html] **Warning: This video contains graphic images of civilians killed by Ukrainian shelling of completely civilian areas of Donetsk.**

My overview of the DPR referendum to join Russia. It's mainly the people themselves talking, over the course of 5 days, including door-to-door voting (no, not at gunpoint) and voting in voting stations on the 5th day. Western commentators would do well to listen to them (but we know they won't). Summary: -they waited 8 years for this -they are tired of being bombed by Ukraine, they want peace & feel joining Russia will bring this -they were not intimidated or forced to vote, many (like Syrians) faced potential shelling in order to do so, many volunteered in order to ensure the referendum went ahead -they've long since given up caring what western commentators & "news" say about them (the same who whitewashed Ukraine's 8+ years of war crimes against the civilians of the Donbass). For my commentary, see this recent interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpkiN06jdiE RELATED: First scenes of voting in the referendum yesterday, in the Donetsk People's Republic. "Yes! Of course, yes!" **Twitter threads with numerous clips of voting over the five day period https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1573537823852040192 https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1573950417020542978 Ukrainian Terrorism of Central Donetsk September 17 Kills 4, Using Western Weapons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzew0mXOo2Y Carnage: Ukraine's terrorism on Donetsk September 19 killed 16 civilians, 9 in one spot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJpXcwMAVeI Ukraine shelled a completely civilian area of central Donetsk, killing at least 5 civilians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWqeFG7DhIs What I’ve seen of Ukraine’s war crimes against civilians in the Donbass over the past few months https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/what-ive-seen-of-ukraines-war-crimes-against-civilians-in-the-donbass-over-the-past-few-months/

*Graphic scenes blurred. *Non-blurred video here: https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9/sept-22-shelling:0 On September 22, Ukraine again shelled Donetsk, killing at least five in a very central area of the city, where there are no military targets, only Donetsk civilians. This comes just 3 days after Ukraine shelled a western district of Donetsk, killing 16 civilians, including 2 children. That scene was horrific, body parts everywhere, bodies torn in half. Two days before that, Ukraine shelled the heart of Donetsk, killing four civilians. Ukraine is using western weapons in slaughtering the civilians of Donbass. RELATED: Western media continues to ignore how Ukraine is using NATO weapons to kill innocent civilians in the Donbass https://www.rt.com/russia/563180-kiev-shelling-donbass-civilians/

**Warning (although Donbass civilians get no warning before being torn apart), disturbing footage. *Blurred to avoid Youtube censorship. Not blurred video here: https://t.me/Reality_Theories/8890 Not blurred photos here: https://t.me/Reality_Theories/8891 On September 19, Ukraine slaughtered 16 civilians, including two children, with 155mm NATO shells, according to the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin. The projectiles hit two adjacent neighborhoods, decimating residential and commercial areas – including a market that had previously suffered fatal attacks. The carnage on Monday was worse than anything I’ve seen in my months of reporting here. Chunks of flesh littered the street – part of a hand, a foot, an ear. Someone had put a dead man’s phone on his stomach. It was ringing, the cheery ringtone incongruous with his lifeless body and the scenes and stench of death around him. For most people, the concept of war is a distant one, and deaths are normalized by media reporting the numbers of victims and destroyed buildings – so most who hear of civilians being killed don’t really understand what a scene like this looks or smells like. RELATED: Western media continues to ignore how Ukraine is using NATO weapons to kill innocent civilians in the Donbass https://www.rt.com/russia/563180-kiev-shelling-donbass-civilians/

Warning: includes graphic scene. (Donbass civilians never get a warning...) The latest of Ukraine's incessant war crimes: I arrived back in the DPR, Saturday, arriving in Donetsk just after Ukraine resumed its bombing of the very centre of the city, killing at least 4 people, including a woman I saw still on the ground. This area, residential and commercial, with parks and restaurants and civilian infrastructure, is in no way a military target for Ukraine. This is pure terrorism on Ukraine's part. War crimes, to add to the long list of war crimes Ukraine has committed against the people of the Donbass for over 8 years. **Until today, I couldn't upload to Youtube, hence my delay in sharing here. I did share at the time on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9/central-d-bombings-Sep-17:8 RELATED: Western media continues to ignore how Ukraine is using NATO weapons to kill innocent civilians in the Donbass https://www.rt.com/russia/563180-kiev-shelling-donbass-civilians/ According to the JCCC, this time AFU fired 13 shells of 155 mm caliber at the center of Donetsk. https://t.me/ConflictChronicles/3894

Ukraine has committed untold numbers of war crimes in its over eight years of bombing the civilians of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, including routinely targeting ambulances, fire trucks, medics, rescuers, and their headquarters and stations. Many of the times Ukraine bombs such heroic rescuers, it is when they are on the way, or already on site, to help civilians often themselves also just bombed by Ukraine. Early morning September 1, Ukraine targeted DPR Emergency Services in the village of Rubtsy, Krasnolymansky district, killing 13 personnel and wounding 9 more. [https://t.me/dpr_mfa/704 ] Targeting medics and other rescuers is a typical, criminal, policy of the aggressor, to ensure those in need of help are deprived of it, to ensure that people who might have been rescued instead die of their injuries. The intentional targeting of ambulances and other emergency services vehicles and workers is against international law. It is something Israeli forces do routinely to Palestinian medics & rescuers, and which terrorists in Syria did to rescuers of the real Syria Civil Defence. Same terrorist tactics. My article on this: https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/09/23/ukrainian-army-war-crimes-include-shelling-of-ambulences-firetrucks-and-rescue-workers-in-the-donbass-republics-similar-to-israelis-and-u-s-backed-terrorists-in-syria/ RELATED: https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1565300242395930624 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb1rmLAuvM8 https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/israeli-sniper-targets-uniformed-medics-what-i-witnessed-in-gaza/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/israeli-army-kills-palestinian-medic-with-dart-bomb/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/ensuring-maximum-casualties-in-gaza/ https://electronicintifada.net/content/report-23-emergency-service-personnel-killed-during-cast-lead/3424 https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/rescuers-targeted-one-year-on/ https://21stcenturywire.com/2018/03/26/exclusive-real-syria-civil-defence-describe-terrorist-double-taps-and-chemical-weapon-attacks-in-aleppo/ https://twitter.com/VanessaBeeley/status/1565307920182566915

Two of the six murdered by Ukraine's terrorism of central Donetsk on August 4 were a young & a elderly ballerina; one a rising star, the other a beloved instructor and former world-famous ballerina. Both torn apart by Ukraine's bombings of completely civilian areas. * More here: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/06/ukraine-bombed-a-donetsk-hotel-full-of-journalists-heres-what-it-felt-like-to-be-inside-at-the-time/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/what-ive-seen-of-ukraines-war-crimes-against-civilians-in-the-donbass-over-the-past-few-months/

On August 6, Ukraine fired onto the territory of an orphanage in Makeevka a rocket containing the Petal mines which Ukraine has been terrorizing Donetsk civilians with since late July. The orphanage evacuated its children months ago, due to its proximity to the front lines. Nonetheless, according to the Head Physician of the orphanage, Ukraine deliberately targeted it, knowing its existence and location. This is another Ukrainian war crimes, the latest in a long list spanning 8+ years. As of August 8, according to DPR authorities, 29 people have been injured by the Petal Mines Ukraine continues to rain down on the DPR. These are extremely insidious mines, difficult to spot, easy to step on and have your foot blown off, as was the case with an 87 year old woman recently. Ukraine signed the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1999, and was obliged to not only not use them, but to destroy its stock. Out of the six million such mines Ukraine initially declared in its possession, only two million have reportedly been destroyed as of 2018. RELATED LINKS: https://t.me/chp_donetsk_z/27085 https://t.me/chp_donetsk_z/27119 https://t.me/chp_donetsk_z/27105 https://web.archive.org/web/20220808011524/https://www.rt.com/russia/560020-donetsk-butterfly-mines-geneva-conventions/ Ukraine turns Donetsk into a minefield using banned ‘butterfly’ mines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6wJbPJv0kk Donetsk Emergency Services & Sappers Clear Residential Areas of Ukraine's Mines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61wJDFqUl9s https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/the-west-is-silent-as-ukraine-targets-civilians-in-donetsk-using-banned-petal-mines/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/25/in-just-under-three-weeks-ukrainian-fired-prohibited-petal-mines-maim-at-least-44-civilians-kill-2-in-donetsk-region/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/what-ive-seen-of-ukraines-war-crimes-against-civilians-in-the-donbass-over-the-past-few-months/

Ukraine's increased terrorizing of central Donetsk civilian areas continues, on Thursday targeting a funeral site in the city centre and also the hotel I was in. *All footage my own, except those I have marked or those with watermarks.* RELATED LINKS: https://www.rt.com/russia/560241-ukraine-bombed-donetsk-hotel-journalists/ https://t.me/ConflictChronicles/2957 https://t.me/ConflictChronicles/2983 https://t.me/waronfakesen/601 https://t.me/waronfakesen/595?single https://t.me/dpr_mfa/649 https://t.me/dpr_mfa/650 https://youtu.be/PJabtYB3ay4 https://youtu.be/yFsLzCxAKwM https://youtu.be/9qLQY06F_IU https://youtu.be/Mx8pmW0mTaU https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2019/10/17/under-fire-from-ukraine-and-misperceived-by-the-west-the-people-of-the-dpr-share-their-stories/ Ukraine turns Donetsk into a minefield using banned ‘butterfly’ mines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6wJbPJv0kk Ukraine Continues Killing Children in The Donetsk People's Republic, Including With Western Weapons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYaFqlyU5QM Ukraine Bombarded Donetsk, Including Bombing a Maternity Hospital, Then Claimed Russian Did It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsLWcR21iK8 Ukrainian bombing of civilian areas of Donetsk June 13 killed 5 & caused massive fires https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tlJ8MgMCLs Ukraine Bombed a Busy Donetsk Market Yesterday, Killing 5 Civilians...Where is the Media Outrage? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mYD2oasyuU https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/the-west-is-silent-as-ukraine-targets-civilians-in-donetsk-using-banned-petal-mines/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/25/in-just-under-three-weeks-ukrainian-fired-prohibited-petal-mines-maim-at-least-44-civilians-kill-2-in-donetsk-region/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/what-ive-seen-of-ukraines-war-crimes-against-civilians-in-the-donbass-over-the-past-few-months/

George points out that Louise Mensch committed terrorism when calling for my assassination on Twitter recently. [ ] "Essentially Louise Mensch pointed a gun at Eva Bartlett's head, from the United States. Miss Mensch is acting like an active shooter." *His upload: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQomQqDkDYc RELATED LINKS: https://twitter.com/wyattreed13/status/1554444740858466305 https://twitter.com/theconvocouch/status/1554337516181807105 https://twitter.com/DenisRogatyuk/status/1554678133747359745 "One twitter account asked Bartlett if she was “on the scene”, Bartlett replied “yes” and Mensch called in the Special Forces “hear that @SOF_UKR?”. Multiple twitter accounts reacted in horror at this flagrant violation of international law applicable to cyber operations that should protect users against what qualifies as terrorism according to journalist George Eliason based in Ukraine since before 2014." https://beeley.substack.com/p/twitter-facilitates-cyber-terrorism

On July 30, in a densely inhabited working-class district of western Donetsk, in a field with garden plots for nearby apartment residents, I saw the nefarious "petal" or "butterfly" mines which Ukraine the following day dropped on the central of Donetsk. In the large courtyard of an apartment complex, I watched from a safe distance as Emergency Services timer-detonated eight mines they had found around the grounds. The day prior, they destroyed 26. Another 150 were located and destroyed using a radio-controlled minesweeper. But there remains much work to restore the streets and courtyards to safety. Some types of these anti-personnel mines have a self-destruct timer. Others, including the ones Ukraine is firing, have a years-long shelf life. They do pretty much no damage to military vehicles, and as such their use in Donbass is insidious – deliberately targeting civilians, to leave them maimed. Out of the 6 million such mines Ukraine initially declared in its possession, only 2 million have been reportedly destroyed as of 2018. *See part 1 on these mines here: https://youtu.be/B6wJbPJv0kk https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/the-west-is-silent-as-ukraine-targets-civilians-in-donetsk-using-banned-petal-mines/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/25/in-just-under-three-weeks-ukrainian-fired-prohibited-petal-mines-maim-at-least-44-civilians-kill-2-in-donetsk-region/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/what-ive-seen-of-ukraines-war-crimes-against-civilians-in-the-donbass-over-the-past-few-months/

The use of PFM-1 ‘butterfly’ mines against civilians is prohibited by the Geneva conventions – but this evidently isn’t stopping Ukraine Saturday night, just after 9 pm, thunderous explosions rocked central Donetsk. Shortly after, there were announcements that air defense had shot down Ukrainian-fired missiles containing “Butterfly” (or “Petal”) mines. Given that over 300 of these mines are packed into each of the Ukrainian-fired rockets, central Donetsk would literally be a minefield. While Ukraine has been using these mines on the Donbass for many months, in recent days they have intensely bombarded Gorlovka and Donetsk neighbourhoods with them. Initially targeted were the hard-hit districts of Kievskiy in the north, Kirovsky in the southwest, and Kuibyshevkiy in the west. But as of Saturday night, Ukraine hammered central Donetsk with them. And now, walking in the city centre is a nightmare, one I had to endure to document how widespread these mines are here: in central streets and walkways, near apartments, in parks... *See Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61wJDFqUl9s NOTE: Some have commented about the mines being lined up & not dispersed. Disingenuous argument. They were dispersed. Locals and Emergency Services put them aside until they could be exploded. There were many in the same area & the first priority is to warn passing pedestrians & vehicles of their presence, to minimalize the chance people will step on them. Sappers can't just detonate them with people standing around: there are too many, not a random one or two, and there is a danger that flying debris/shrapnel could injure anyone around, hence why the sappers suit up before detonating. I've seen them detonated, from a distance or 30 or 50 m. If I had been closer, it wouldn't have been safe. Go to Donetsk & see for yourselves. https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/the-west-is-silent-as-ukraine-targets-civilians-in-donetsk-using-banned-petal-mines/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/25/in-just-under-three-weeks-ukrainian-fired-prohibited-petal-mines-maim-at-least-44-civilians-kill-2-in-donetsk-region/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/what-ive-seen-of-ukraines-war-crimes-against-civilians-in-the-donbass-over-the-past-few-months/

Ukrainian shelling of Gorlovka on July 25 killed an elderly man & injured two other adults, as well as destroying a house and blasting a hole through the roof of an apartment building. I went there with journalist Roman Kosarev to speak with residents about the shelling. The injured are in critical condition in the hospital, so it was impossible to take their testimonies. But people affected by the shelling spoke about their terror and emphasized that the area is completely civilian, there are no military targets. As elsewhere in the Donbass republics, Ukraine is terrorizing civilians, with the intent of destroying more infrastructure and maiming & killing still more beyond the over 8,000 civilians alone which Ukraine has already killed in 8+ years. As usual, Ukraine's war crimes go unreported in Western corporate media. These are the crimes that Reporters Without Borders is whitewashing with its attempt to have Russian media censored. RELATED: -UNDER FIRE FROM UKRAINE AND MISPERCEIVED BY THE WEST, THE PEOPLE OF THE DPR SHARE THEIR STORIES https://www.mintpressnews.com/under-fire-from-ukraine-everyday-life-in-the-donetsk-peoples-republic/262363/ -Steve Sweeney Exposes RSF's Call For Censorship of Russian Media As Ukraine Bombs Donbass Civilians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6K_-ERaMns&lc=UgzvuDrBVGX17qqvWht4AaABAg

Steve Sweeney has reported from hot spots around the world, exposing Imperialist war crimes and attempts to interfere in and destabilize sovereign nations. He is Morning Star International Editor, founder of Media Workers for Palestine, and reports on global liberation movements, press freedom & resistance. Steve contacted me the other day to ask for a statement on Reporters Without Borders' (RSF) recent appeal to censor Russian media, on their premise that Russian media is "inciting hatred" and "condoning war crimes." He also contacted RSF with an excellent list of questions including why a (supposed) press freedom group is demanding that alternative media narratives are censored, could they give concrete examples regarding what they've accused Russian media of doing (no), and whether RSF would comment on journalists like me being put on Ukraine's kill list because of my reporting from on the ground in Donbass, where I've just returned incidentally. After a series of insightful exchanges, I asked Steve to please have a conversation with me about all of this. What a conversation it was! In our conversation, he details how RSF panicked and stalled replying, only to essentially give lengthy non-answers and flat out refuse to address some questions (including the one about me and Ukraine's kill list). A spoiler: Steve notes that RSF is not the neutral body it pretends to be, instead receiving obscene amounts of money from NED, Soros' Open Society, USAID, the Ford Foundation...a "rogue's gallery of the worst kind of regime change organizations." As RSF endeavours to shut down Russian media, I joined my Russian colleagues today in going to sites that were bombed by Ukraine yesterday in Gorlovka, killing one civilian & leaving two others in critical condition. This is the sort of crimes Ukraine has been perpetrating for over eight years, and its courageous journalists like my colleagues who have been putting their lives on the line to expose Ukraine's genocide of the Donbass people. RSF by whitewashing Ukraine's crimes is abetting in genocide. Follow Steve: https://twitter.com/SweeneySteve https://morningstaronline.co.uk/author/6182 https://english.almayadeen.net/authors/1493703/steve-sweeney **RELATED LINKS on this post: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/07/27/journalist-steve-sweeney-exposes-rsfs-call-for-censorship-of-russian-media-as-ukraine-bombs-donbass-civilians/

Rick Walker had me back on his show, this time to discuss CBC's deceitful, unprofessional, lie-based, smear piece on me. In the interview, I note how disingenuous the entire piece is, from moment of emailing me to request an interview (no thanks, not interested! I know how corporate hacks roll.); how they intentionally omitted any mention of Ukraine's kill list, which I am on and which Rick Walker & colleagues specifically contacted the CBC about; their deceitful framing of my journalism (on the ground in the Donbas under Ukrainian bombing) as me being a duped "frontline soldier" in Russian researcher and journalist, Maxim Grigoriev (who I know and respect)'s plot to frame Ukraine as being overrun with Nazis (it is) and committing war crimes (Ukraine & its Nazis are)...and more, including the things CBC omits: Ukraine's bombing of the DPR & LPR, targeting civilians, apartments, hospitals, schools, city streets, rescuers, etc... CBC thinks its viewers are idiots, clearly. I'd like to note, however, that since the smear, I've gotten many supportive emails, messages and comments, and an increase in people who ask to support me financially. So, thanks, CBC, and more importantly, thank all of you who support in any manner. Due to space limitations here, I'll put a long list of relevant links on this blog post: [ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/07/17/government-funded-cbc-smears-me-interview-with-maverick-media-cbc-fake-news-hit-piece-targets-journalists-eva-bartlett/ ] Please see also: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/im-on-a-hit-list-kiev-allows-to-silence-dissent-journalism-thats-all-you-need-to-know-about-ukrainian-democracy/ My Twitter thread deconstructing the CBC smear: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1545307111881691137.html Tamara Lorincz's excellent breakdown of CBC's US govt-funded thinktank source brought on to discredit me https://twitter.com/TamaraLorincz/status/1544813793477263362 Karin Brothers' excellent open letter to the CBC https://canadianpatriot.org/2022/07/13/open-letter-to-cbc-on-its-defamation-of-eva-bartlett/ * The conversation was originally uploaded here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn_hPw2ar9I *I have edited in photos, videos and screenshots to illustrate my points. I also added a brief voice note to include my confirmation that the CBC learned of my participation in Grigoriev's Ukraine war crimes tribunal because the CBC saw Ukraine's kill list entry on me. Both that entry & the CBC which borrowed from it got the date of my participation wrong: they said April; it was March. If the CBC had learned of the Tribunal by actual investigative research they would have seen the date at this link: http://pressmia.ru/pressclub/20220311/953561866.html

Ukrainian shelling of the Donetsk People's Republic city Makeevka on June 21 killed another child and injured two more. Six year old Polina Grebennikova suffered shrapnel to her brain from the illegal shelling of a school playground that evening and died of her injuries. This tragedy is just a glimpse of the horrors the people of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics have endured for over eight years of Ukraine's terrorism, terrorism supported and funded by the West. My Telegram channel: https://t.me/Reality_Theories RELATED LINKS: https://t.me/ConflictChronicles/2747 https://t.me/ConflictChronicles/2685 https://t.me/StopHating_Russia/1721 https://waronfakes.com/page/2/ https://ukr-leaks.org/en/Investigation https://twitter.com/abunin/status/1544671469367599106 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhmCXYGO7ac https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/06/17/western-media-and-politicians-prefer-to-ignore-the-truth-about-donetsk-civilians-killed-in-ukrainian-shelling/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/they-saw-and-heard-the-truth-then-lied-about-it-media-on-donbass-delegation-omitted-mention-of-ukraines-8-year-war-on-the-autonomous-republics/

On June 24, I went with journalist Roman Kosarev to Popasnaya, a Lugansk People's Republic front line city that had been liberated a month prior but was still being pounded by Ukrainian shelling, including when we were there. We also went to Stakhanov, a city to the east, where many refugees from Popasnaya and other regions being shelled by Ukraine have taken shelter. Ukraine is targeting that city, too. So, these fleeing civilians find no peace and continue living a nightmare of endless bombing. On July 3, Russia's Ministry of Defence announced that all of the Lugansk People's Republic has been liberated from Ukrainian forces. After 8 years of Ukraine's war on the people of the Lugansk & Donetsk republics, the liberation of the LPR is a victory which corporate owned media will downplay or ignore, but for the people it means a massive step towards a return to peace and stability. But even with this positive development, the tragic reality is that Ukraine continues to bomb civilian areas, with no military target, the only purpose being to kill and maim more people in the Donbass republics. RELATED: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/07/03/all-of-the-lugansk-peoples-republic-has-now-been-fully-liberated/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/06/24/eva-bartlett-on-the-george-eliason-show-21-june-2022/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/06/17/western-media-and-politicians-prefer-to-ignore-the-truth-about-donetsk-civilians-killed-in-ukrainian-shelling/

On June 21, the first foreign ship departed from Mariupol port since Ukrainian and Azov forces were fully forced out of the Donbass city a month prior. Escorted by Russian naval boats along a humanitarian corridor, the ship’s departure set the precedent for a resumption of normal port activity to and from Mariupol. With other journalists, I went to Mariupol port to watch the ship be escorted out of port. The functioning anew of the port is positive news, but of course corporate-owned legacy media will never highlight that, if they mention it at all. RELATED LINKS: https://tass.com/economy/1468261 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/05/25/Moscow-says-Mariupol-port-reopened-after-demining https://www.rt.com/russia/554744-donetsk-market-strike-terrorism/ https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1519694012839510017 https://www.rt.com/russia/557201-kievs-guilt-shelling-donetsk/ https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1536614222662189056 https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1537656217169969153 https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1536352521505193984 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsLWcR21iK8 https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1539899493558194176 https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1539487192896118786 https://twitter.com/coope125/status/1540772642864541705 https://twitter.com/Dpol_un/status/1524591319087259649 https://twitter.com/TaranQ/status/1539696803704180739 https://twitter.com/FiorellaIsabelM/status/1540595084730765312 https://en.portnews.ru/news/331116/ https://eng.mil.ru/en/special_operation/news/more.htm?id=12426542@egNews https://www.rt.com/russia/554617-mass-grave-mariupol-ukraine/ https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1518130970179911680 https://t.me/RTDocumentary_uc/206 https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/5517 https://t.me/video_languages/3199 https://t.me/video_languages/2938 https://t.me/video_languages/2942 https://t.me/StopHating_Russia/1235 https://t.me/video_languages/3089 https://twitter.com/RWApodcast/status/1541193310726930434 https://t.me/InfoDefenseEn/640 https://t.me/Reality_Theories/7189

On Franc Analysis discussing Ukraine's ongoing, indiscriminate, bombardment of civilian areas of Donetsk & around, and more. Consider supporting Franco on the various sites included in his upload of our conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RPRaoeKEWE RELATED: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/06/20/interview-on-franc-analysis-ukraines-kill-list-and-what-western-media-ignores-about-donetsk-civilians/

On June 13, Ukraine unleashed a torrent of bombing all over Donetsk city, killing six civilians, including one child, and injuring tens more. My article on this: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/06/17/western-media-and-politicians-prefer-to-ignore-the-truth-about-donetsk-civilians-killed-in-ukrainian-shelling/ The Ukrainian shelling began late morning, resumed in the afternoon, and continued heavily for another two hours in the evening, a deafening series of blasts throughout the city, terrorizing residents and targeting apartment buildings, civilian infrastructure, industrial buildings, a gas station, hospitals, schools and a kindergarten. Locals say this was some of the heaviest bombing of Donetsk since 2014. One of the hospitals targeted was a busy maternity hospital with dozens of patients inside, an Uragan MLRS rocket going through the roof. Thankfully, they had taken shelter in the basement when the shelling started earlier in the day, so none of the women were killed as they might have been if in the delivery, gynecology or other top floor departments. Even now, three days after the June 13 bombings, there is little mention of the maternity hospital or even of Donetsk itself being bombed by Ukraine. Keep in mind this is the same western corporate-owned media that shrieked for weeks in March that Russia had bombed a maternity hospital in Mariupol, killing three. The reality emerged that Ukrainian Nazi Azov forces had expelled the hospital staff in late February (so, prior to the alleged air strike), militarized the hospital, and staged a hoax, including setting off explosives to incriminate Russia. RELATED LINKS: https://www.rt.com/russia/557201-kievs-guilt-shelling-donetsk/ https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1536440909562249216 https://tass.com/world/1464259 https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1113652 https://twitter.com/antonioguterres/status/1501664687888470026 *Mariupol hospital hoax https://t.me/mod_russia_en/115 https://t.me/waronfakesen/12 https://www.mintpressnews.com/mintpress-meets-father-iconic-aleppo-boy-says-media-lied-son/228722/ *Volnovakha Physician: Ukrainian forces occupied the hospital, mined the ICU entrance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETPmDtTpSeo https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2021/03/26/western-media-quick-to-accuse-syria-of-bombing-hospitals-but-when-terrorists-really-destroy-syrian-hospitals-they-are-silent/

Ukrainian bombing of Donetsk on June 13 renewed just before 6 pm, hitting residential areas across the city for the next two hours. Here's what I heard from my room & then from the street. Five civilians were killed by the widespread Ukrainian bombing. The DPR MFA reports: "For about two hours, the Republic’s capital is under massive fire from the AFU Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Voroshilovsky districts are subjected to dense fire from the BM-21 Grad MLRS, Uragan MLRS, artillery systems with a caliber of 155 and 152 mm. We ask residents not to leave shelters and without urgent need not to go outside, move indoors away from windows, because AFU fire is chaotic and unsystematic. We note that such an unprecedented in terms of power, density and duration of a fire raid on the DPR capital was not recorded during the entire period of the armed conflict. In two hours, almost 300 MLRS rockets and artillery shells were fired. From early morning the enemy opened massive fire from MLRS and artillery on Budionnovsky, as well as other areas of Donetsk and Gorlovka. https://t.me/dpr_mfa/535

Fires still burning at a stationary warehouse and a nearby water bottling facility in Donetsk. Elsewhere in the city, Ukraine bombed a market, killing three civilians including a child. Ukraine pounded all over Donetsk this afternoon. *The number of civilians killed is now 5. *In April, I saw the aftermath of another market Ukraine bombed, killing 5 civilians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mYD2oasyuU

Interview I did on Maverick media on May 25. Very grateful to them for hosting me & shining a light on Ukraine's kill list and my entry on that list. The original stream was nearly 2 hours. This upload is cut to 1.5 hours. For full clip, view at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i5gwhn4YKU RELATED LINKS: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/im-on-a-hit-list-kiev-allows-to-silence-dissent-journalism-thats-all-you-need-to-know-about-ukrainian-democracy/ https://myrotvorets.center/criminal/bartlett-eva-karen/ https://opt2007.wordpress.com/category/my-entries-from-occupied-palestine-apr-dec-2007/ https://opt2007.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/arrested-for-protesting-illegal-roadblock/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/on-board-the-dignity-en-route-to-besieged-gaza/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/observations-from-occupied-palestine-in-gaza/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2021/ *Coming under Israeli live fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSECq3kxT4I https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/canada-okay-with-israeli-soldiers-firing-on-unarmed-palestinian-farmers-and-us/ *Imperative overview & context of what led to current events, by Jacques Baud, former Swiss strategic intelligence, specialist on Eastern countries, trained in the American and British intelligence services, a UN expert on rule of law and security institutions https://www.thepostil.com/the-military-situation-in-the-ukraine/ -Andrei Martyanov, Russian military expert https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/smoothieX12 -Veteran of the CIA & State Department, Larry C Johnson, on Ukraine, Donbass & Russia https://youtu.be/UHIap72SViY -Yesterday in Rubizhne, a city recently liberated by LPR & Russian forces, yet still under shelling by Ukrainian forces 1.5 km from this school sheltering displaced residents, mostly elderly. Crosses mark new graves to bury those killed by Ukrainian shelling. https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1521721199880986624 https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/29/ukrainian-strike-on-donetsk-market-was-a-terrorist-act/ -Former Nazi/Aidar prison where they starved, tortured & mock executed prisoners #UkrainianWarCrimes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Bz13iCR9s -Kirovsk, a City Under Ukrainian Fire [including Lugansk Colonel on slow movement of LPR & Russian forces due to Ukrainian forces using civilians as human shields] https://youtu.be/IYpI05Rhcg4 https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/29/heres-what-i-found-at-the-reported-mass-grave-near-mariupol/ -Donbass playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJabtYB3ay4&list=PLqtiZC-4QZC3VvabZMbM0FbOcwBoLdGBT https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2019/10/17/under-fire-from-ukraine-and-misperceived-by-the-west-the-people-of-the-dpr-share-their-stories/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/they-saw-and-heard-the-truth-then-lied-about-it-media-on-donbass-delegation-omitted-mention-of-ukraines-8-year-war-on-the-autonomous-republics/ https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/rights-groups-demand-israel-stop-arming-neo-nazis-in-the-ukraine-1.6248727 -"Nazism Has Penetrated All Spheres Of Society." Former Ukrainian Security Officer Speaks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qz1wsodTFM https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/chrystia-freelands-granddad-was-indeed-a-nazi-collaborator-so-much-for-russian-disinformation https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1873461/canada-regiment-ukrainien-lie-extreme-droite-azov https://thesaker.is/canadas-nazi-problem/ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/canada-nazi-monuments-antisemitism/ https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canadian-officials-who-met-with-ukrainian-unit-linked-to-neo-nazis-feared-exposure-by-news-media-documents https://www.thenation.com/article/world/canada-nazi-monuments-antisemitism/ https://www.mintpressnews.com/interview-journalist-kirill-vyshinsky-ukrainian-prison/262498/ https://www.mintpressnews.com/persecuted-for-defending-the-persecuted-in-ukraine-interview-with-vyshinsky-defense-attorney-andriy-domansky/255920/ https://www.mintpressnews.com/return-russia-crimea-story-referendum-lives-since/262247/ http://dissidentvoice.org/2015/10/deconstructing-the-nato-narrative-on-syria/ -Syria: NOT A Revolution! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8prwbWLa7f0&feature=youtu.be https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2021/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2021/03/18/its-10-years-since-the-war-in-syria-began-and-western-media-pundits-are-still-eager-to-keep-it-going/ -@johnpilger "This outstanding report from Syria by Eva Bartlett penetrates the 'iron dome' of Western propaganda, also known as news. It is about a chemical attack that never happened in a country attacked, subverted and blockaded in your name." https://twitter.com/johnpilger/status/1397901080864858114

*Interview I did on Clayton Morris' Redacted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzMLPSXb7RU "Clayton Morris is a former Fox News anchor. In Redacted, Clayton and his wife Natali take an in-depth look at the legal, social, financial, and personal issues that matter to you. They want to set the record straight and bring you the stories nobody else is telling. Along with the facts and the full picture, Redacted offers real-world analysis without an agency driven by corporate overloads. With Clayton’s extensive journalism experience, he isn’t afraid to demand the truth from authorities. Redacted is an independent platform, unencumbered by external factors or restrictive policies on which Clayton and Natali Morris bring you quality information, balanced reporting, constructive debate, and thoughtful narratives." * RELATED LINKS: -I’m on a ‘hit list’ Kiev allows to silence dissent & journalism. That’s all you need to know about Ukrainian ‘democracy’ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/im-on-a-hit-list-kiev-allows-to-silence-dissent-journalism-thats-all-you-need-to-know-about-ukrainian-democracy/ -The Military Situation In The Ukraine *The author, Jacques Baud, is a former colonel of the General Staff, ex-member of the Swiss strategic intelligence, was trained in the American and British intelligence services, was a UN expert on rule of law and security. https://www.thepostil.com/the-military-situation-in-the-ukraine/ -Ukrainian strike on Donetsk market was a terrorist act https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/29/ukrainian-strike-on-donetsk-market-was-a-terrorist-act/ -Former Nazi/Aidar prison where they starved, tortured & mock executed prisoners #UkrainianWarCrimes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Bz13iCR9s -Kirovsk, a City Under Ukrainian Fire https://youtu.be/IYpI05Rhcg4 -Here’s what I found at the reported ‘mass grave’ near Mariupol https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/29/heres-what-i-found-at-the-reported-mass-grave-near-mariupol/ -Z*on*sm in Ukraine allied with Nazism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlSBzreRYR4 -Rights Groups Demand Israel Stop Arming neo-Nazis in Ukraine https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/rights-groups-demand-israel-stop-arming-neo-nazis-in-the-ukraine-1.6248727 -Donbass playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJabtYB3ay4&list=PLqtiZC-4QZC3VvabZMbM0FbOcwBoLdGBT -My 2019 report from Donbass https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2019/10/17/under-fire-from-ukraine-and-misperceived-by-the-west-the-people-of-the-dpr-share-their-stories/ -They Saw and Heard the Truth — Then Lied About It: Media on Donbass Delegation Omitted Mention of Ukraine’s 8 Year War on the Autonomous Republics https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/they-saw-and-heard-the-truth-then-lied-about-it-media-on-donbass-delegation-omitted-mention-of-ukraines-8-year-war-on-the-autonomous-republics/ -Andrei Martyanov, Russian military expert https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/ -On the OSCE’s claims of Russian war crimes https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/28/on-the-osces-claims-of-russian-war-crimes/ -It’s 10 years since the war in Syria began, and Western media & pundits are still eager to keep it going *Regarding the BBC dishonest reporting I mentioned https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2021/03/18/its-10-years-since-the-war-in-syria-began-and-western-media-pundits-are-still-eager-to-keep-it-going/ -@johnpilger "This outstanding report from Syria by Eva Bartlett penetrates the 'iron dome' of Western propaganda, also known as news. It is about a chemical attack that never happened in a country attacked, subverted and blockaded in your name." https://twitter.com/johnpilger/status/1397901080864858114 -ACCUSED OF TREASON AND IMPRISONED WITHOUT TRIAL: JOURNALIST KIRILL VYSHINSKY RECOUNTS HIS HARROWING TIME IN A UKRAINIAN PRISON https://www.mintpressnews.com/interview-journalist-kirill-vyshinsky-ukrainian-prison/262498/

I recently spoke with Larry C Johnson, formerly with the CIA and the State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism. Larry provided training to the US Military’s Special Operations community for 24 years. See his bio: https://sonar21.com/about-larry/ RELATED LINKS: *Larry on James Kuntsler's podcast https://kunstler.com/podcast/kunstlercast-358-a-conversation-about-ukraine-with-larry-c-johnson/ -The Military Situation In The Ukraine https://www.thepostil.com/the-military-situation-in-the-ukraine/ -Here’s what I found at the reported ‘mass grave’ near Mariupol https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/29/heres-what-i-found-at-the-reported-mass-grave-near-mariupol/ -Andrei Martyanov, Russian military expert https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/ -I’m on a ‘hit list’ Kiev allows to silence dissent & journalism. That’s all you need to know about Ukrainian ‘democracy’ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/im-on-a-hit-list-kiev-allows-to-silence-dissent-journalism-thats-all-you-need-to-know-about-ukrainian-democracy/ -The Red Line and the Rat Line Seymour M. Hersh on Obama, Erdoğan and the Syrian rebels https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v36/n08/seymour-m.-hersh/the-red-line-and-the-rat-line *Ghost of Kiev hoax https://kotaku.com/ghost-kyiv-russia-ukraine-invasion-viral-video-fake-pc-1848598266?utm_campaign=Kotaku&utm_content=1645893233&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=twitter *Bucha hoax https://waronfakes.com/bucha/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8moZ7S4voe4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hGmc4UGfWs https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/04/06/its-obvious-who-gains-from-bucha-massacre-but-there-hardly-any-media-left-to-say-it/ -Fallujah: The Hidden Massacre (US war crimes) https://documentaryheaven.com/fallujah-the-hidden-massacre/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3177876/ *Douma hoax https://www.rt.com/op-ed/429349-syrians-tell-terrorists-white-helmets/ https://twitter.com/johnpilger/status/1397901080864858114

Interview I did yesterday on my recent trips back to the Donbass, on Western media whitewashing of Ukraine's crimes, and on how it is fine & good to call yourself anti-war, but where were you the last 8 years when the people of the Donbass (who did not ask for Ukraine to unleash 8 years of hellish war upon them) endured constant Ukrainian bombing? They were targeted mercilessly by Ukraine--which violated the Minsk Accords. Russia pushed for diplomacy for 8 years, only in Feb 2022 starting its military operation to demilitarize & de-Nazify Ukraine. This operation is to end Ukraine's war & bring stability to the region, and prevent more bloodshed. Originally published here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSgnyv9QeN0 RELATED LINKS: -The Military Situation In The Ukraine *The author, Jacques Baud, is a former colonel of the General Staff, ex-member of the Swiss strategic intelligence, was trained in the American and British intelligence services, was a UN expert on rule of law and security. https://www.thepostil.com/the-military-situation-in-the-ukraine/ -Ukrainian strike on Donetsk market was a terrorist act https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/29/ukrainian-strike-on-donetsk-market-was-a-terrorist-act/ -Former Nazi/Aidar prison where they starved, tortured & mock executed prisoners #UkrainianWarCrimes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Bz13iCR9s -Kirovsk, a City Under Ukrainian Fire https://youtu.be/IYpI05Rhcg4 -Here’s what I found at the reported ‘mass grave’ near Mariupol https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/29/heres-what-i-found-at-the-reported-mass-grave-near-mariupol/ -Z*on*sm in Ukraine allied with Nazism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlSBzreRYR4 -Rights Groups Demand Israel Stop Arming neo-Nazis in Ukraine https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/rights-groups-demand-israel-stop-arming-neo-nazis-in-the-ukraine-1.6248727 -Donbass playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJabtYB3ay4&list=PLqtiZC-4QZC3VvabZMbM0FbOcwBoLdGBT -My 2019 report from Donbass https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2019/10/17/under-fire-from-ukraine-and-misperceived-by-the-west-the-people-of-the-dpr-share-their-stories/ -Andrei Martyanov, Russian military expert https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/ -I’m on a ‘hit list’ Kiev allows to silence dissent & journalism. That’s all you need to know about Ukrainian ‘democracy’ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/im-on-a-hit-list-kiev-allows-to-silence-dissent-journalism-thats-all-you-need-to-know-about-ukrainian-democracy/ -On the OSCE’s claims of Russian war crimes https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/28/on-the-osces-claims-of-russian-war-crimes/ -It’s 10 years since the war in Syria began, and Western media & pundits are still eager to keep it going *Regarding the BBC dishonest reporting I mentioned https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2021/03/18/its-10-years-since-the-war-in-syria-began-and-western-media-pundits-are-still-eager-to-keep-it-going/ -@johnpilger "This outstanding report from Syria by Eva Bartlett penetrates the 'iron dome' of Western propaganda, also known as news. It is about a chemical attack that never happened in a country attacked, subverted and blockaded in your name." https://twitter.com/johnpilger/status/1397901080864858114

From March 2014 to March 2022, Aidar took over and militarized a sausage factory near the village of Polovinkina, north and slightly west of Lugansk. They turned part of it into a prison for LPR civilians and military, near-starving them, torturing them, and killing some. It is unknown how many were held there over the years, many didn't return to their families. If dead, their bodies have not yet been found. Based on what I heard at that former prison, and the testimonies published before and since its March 2022 liberation, Aidar were indeed very much guilty of war crimes. Although Ukrainian forces and secret services have committed the same heinous torture and executions as the Nazi battalions, it is important to emphasize the Nazi presence and crimes, given the wave of “I stand with Ukraine” virtue signalling which has overtaken the woke world since late February. To be clear, those who make that statement are, naively or otherwise, standing with active Nazis who proudly declare their hate-filled ideologies and proudly imprison, rape, torture and execute civilians. RELATED March 12, Maria Finoshina report on the prison https://odysee.com/@RT:fd/Finoshina-12:8 Torture en Ukraine. Entretien avec Laurent Brayard. 06.05.2022 https://odysee.com/@STRATPOL:0/torturukr:0 [English subtitles: https://t.me/GalliaDaily/4056 ] How a century of political violence in Ukraine is linked to the atrocities of today https://www.rt.com/russia/555285-national-torture-tradition-military-crimes/ Z*on*sm in Ukraine allied with Nazism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlSBzreRYR4 Solitary Confinement FSA Underground Prison https://youtu.be/OW8Om7we3z4 Solitary Confinement Cells, Eye Hospital Complex, Aleppo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll-jO2I_ISs Aleppo Man Imprisoned & Tortured by West's "Rebels" in Terrorist-Occupied Hospital Complex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9zU2SPnAbU Madaya prison and torture room https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXW2Dkk_1Bg

Report from Kirovsk, a Lugansk People's Republic city I visited on May 5. It continues to be shelled by Ukrainian forces who were at the time reportedly 15-20 km away. According to local media, it was again shelled a few days ago. The city's head of administration, Victoria Ivanovna, said its proximity to the line of separation has meant the shelling has been intense, with Ukrainian forces from 2014 targeting infrastructure, including schools and kindergartens. According to her, for a year and a half, the city was deprived of water, blocked by Ukraine—a war crime. Andrey Vitalievich Marochko, a Lieutenant Colonel of LPR said that the reason the advance of LPR & Russian forces is not very fast is due to Ukraine's tactics of holding civilians hostage as human shields. "What makes it difficult to advance is that on the other side, on the occupied side, there are citizens like us, citizens of the Lugansk People's Republic, who were forced to be in occupation for all these eight years. So, we care for their lives, naturally. We request pinpoint strikes on military infrastructure facilities and the accumulation of enemy manpower and equipment. When planning an offensive, the leaders of the people’s militia of the Lugansk People’s Republic, as well as the military of the Russian Federation, take into account the principle that we shouldn’t leave scorched earth behind us, but liberate the territory. That is why we have difficulty advancing in all areas of the terrain. Let’s not forget that the Ukrainian troops are using civilians as human shields. There is a lot of confirmation of the testimonies of people we have already liberated that the Ukrainian troops are literally putting civilians in front of them to prevent our troops from hitting concentrations of their equipment and armaments. They also hold people as hostages. Just recently, in Popasnaya village we liberated over 20 people whom Ukrainian nationalists locked away in a basement, and the youth who were kept there, they used them as a slave labour, to carry manpads, create some fortifications... They threatened them that unless they take up arms, their relatives would be killed. All of this combined complicates the advancement of our troops." See my Donbass playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqtiZC-4QZC3VvabZMbM0FbOcwBoLdGBT

Yesterday afternoon, I went to the Sokol markets in the Kirovsky district west of Donestk where, just before noon, they were shelled repeatedly by Ukrainian forces. With journalist Fergie Chambers, I went in a taxi to the heavily-populated residential district where the busy markets are. A household chemicals and building materials market sustained significant damage but no one was killed, according to Gennady Andreevichk, a local employee of the district's safety commission, who said the first shelling was a Grad missile, hitting at 11:40 am. He said that while there was only significant material damage in this market, the large vegetable and clothing market across the street had been likewise been shelled at that time, twice simultaneously. According to the Donetsk People’s Republic Healthcare Ministry, “The strike at the Tekstilschik neighbourhood in the Kirovsky district killed four people on the spot,. One patient died in ambulance during the transportation.” The area is completely a civilian area, no military installations, no military reason for Ukraine to bomb. It was purely to terrorize the civilians.

Valerie, a woman I met in Mariupol some days ago, speaks on Azov occupying residential buildings & bombing them. "Our land must be cleaned of crazy people. Some people call them Nazis, I think this is the only word you can say, Nazis."

In Mariupol on April 21. Roman Kosarev, while talking about humanitarian aid, pauses to explain the loud sounds of shelling. "As you can see, shelling is still continuing. It's taking place at Azovstal (Steel) Plant, where the rest of the Nazi & Ukrainian forces are holed up." He spoke of President Putin's decision not to storm the plant, rather to perform airstrikes, first having given the Nazi & Ukrainian forces time to lay down their weapons & surrender. We spoke of the destroyed apartment buildings around us, noting it wasn't wanton devastation for the sake of destruction but, again, because Ukrainian & Nazi forces had occupied them. "One thing I heard from locals here is that when Nationalist Battalions or Ukrainian Forces--they can't really distinguish between the two, and Azov was made a part of the Ukrainian army recently, so how to tell them apart was once they show their tattoos, swastikas... They entered people's buildings, set up their weapons there & started shooting at the oncoming Russian and Donetsk People's Republic armies. So the other side was forced to respond, obviously. People were forced to lower floors & basements, so basically they were used as human shields by the Ukrainians. And as they were retreating, they would continue bombing the houses." I asked if, as terrorists did in Syria, Ukrainian forces laid booby traps & mines to kill more civilians. [See: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/liberated-homs-residents-challenge-notion-of-revolution/ ] [See also: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2017/10/08/syria-war-diary-order-returns-to-western-cities-civilians-recount-horrors-of-rebel-rule/] "Yes, booby traps, mining everything. They're using scorched earth tactics."

On April 21st & 22nd, I joined journalist Roman Kosarev in going to Mariupol to deliver humanitarian aid, as he has been doing for 3 weeks now, to people desperately in need. As we drove the first day, I asked Roman to give context to the destruction we would see, although after reporting from Syria I knew the reasons... "You'll see buildings like we saw in Homs, in Aleppo. Why? Ukrainian soldiers & Azov nationalists placed their weapons within residential buildings, forced the residents to go to the basement or the lower floors, they occupied the higher floors. They did that in hope that Russia or DPR forces will return fire & damage these buildings, creating a perfect picture of those terrible Russians that are attacking civilians, which is not true. As these nationalists & Ukrainian soldiers retreated deeper into Azovstal (steel) plant, they continued bombing these buildings, even they knew people were in there, blaming Russian & DPR soldiers for it. It's not just me saying it, people in Mariupol said that to me in numerous interviews."

Streets of Mariupol, including areas 1 km from the Azovstal plant where Ukrainian forces are bunkered down. Yes, there is destruction, that's what happens when Ukrainian forces, and Nazis, embed in residential areas & occupy apartment buildings. It isn't Raqqa, and if you aren't aware of the US illegal coalition in Syria's full destruction of Raqqa, look that up. [Also, see this clip, where journalist Roman Kosarev elaborates on why there is destruction: https://t.me/Reality_Theories/5907 ] Now that the fighting is over, rebuilding can begin, stability can return & improve, without the corrupt & dangerous rule of Ukraine & the Nazis in power.

According to Western media, now copy-paste reporting the same claims, Russian forces apparently secretly buried *up to 9,000 Mariupol civilians* in "mass graves" in a town just west of the city. Except, it never happened, there is no mass grave. It's actually just a normal, small, cemetery…no pits, no mass graves, just an orderly cemetery whose grave diggers refuted Western claims. On April 23, with journalist Roman Kosarev, I went to Mangush (Manhush in Ukrainian), found a normal cemetery setting, and spoke with the men responsible for burials, who refused the allegations and said they buried each person in a coffin, including, they noted, Ukrainian soldiers.

In liberated Volnovakha, in the DPR, on March 24, Chief Physician, Viktor Fedorovich Saranov, said: “[The Ukrainian army] were there. There were tanks on our territory. There were guns and MLRS (“Grads”) outside the territory. I asked them to act in accordance with the Hague and Geneva conventions. I asked them to leave the hospital. They said it was war. The second and third floors were occupied here. We were preparing for a long siege, and then it turned out like this: they conducted an attack. They evacuated the soldiers. And they mined the entrance to the intensive care unit. On the last day when they were leaving, they shot at the intensive care unit.” The ICU, he said, had already been evacuated. A woman who said she had worked at the hospital as a nurse for nearly 58 years, said. “On the 28th I was home alone. They soon started shelling A tank came here and stopped. A soldier jumped out of it and said ‘get out of here immediately’. How can they do it with their native hospital? With patients here. They were laying in corridors, as they have been evacuated. They said there were no one in the hospital, no staff, no patients. This is a lie.” Later, researching, I came across this news: “Foreign mercenaries who were wounded in the Volnovakha hospital were shot by their own before leaving the city so that they could not tell anything. All the wounded have a control shot in the temple or the back of the head.” My related article: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/they-saw-and-heard-the-truth-then-lied-about-it-media-on-donbass-delegation-omitted-mention-of-ukraines-8-year-war-on-the-autonomous-republics/

Humanitarian aid being handed out in Shchastia, a town north of Lugansk, liberated in early March. My related article: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/they-saw-and-heard-the-truth-then-lied-about-it-media-on-donbass-delegation-omitted-mention-of-ukraines-8-year-war-on-the-autonomous-republics/

When in Lugansk in late March, I saw this photo exhibition displaying just a fraction of the crimes Ukraine has committed against civilians in the Donbass republics. This is, of course, only a very limited selection of Ukraine's war crimes. For a more detailed look at Ukraine's crimes against the people of the Donbass republics and also against Ukrainians within Ukraine, see: https://democracyfund.ru/userfiles/Ukrainian_Crimes_2017-2020.pdf https://www.stalkerzone.org/tornado-battalion-criminals-are-still-being-released/ One photo shows Nazi graffiti left on walls—similar to what I saw in Gaza in January 2009, graffiti left by Israeli soldiers who occupied the home of a Palestinian family, half of which were killed by Israeli-fired White Phosphorous. One of the slogans written in Hebrew was: “Next time it will hurt more.” This, to the family whose infant had burned alive due to the White Phosphorous bombing and whose surviving family members were badly mutilated from the prohibited weapon.) https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/next-time-it-will-hurt-more-israeli-threat-against-surviving-family-members-of-white-phosphorous-attack/ My related article: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/they-saw-and-heard-the-truth-then-lied-about-it-media-on-donbass-delegation-omitted-mention-of-ukraines-8-year-war-on-the-autonomous-republics/

In the liberated town of Volnovakha on March 24, Russian forces distributed humanitarian aid to the population that, contrary to Western media reports, was terrorized by Ukrainian forces occupying the town, occupying residential areas, occupying the hospital, firing on homes, according to multiple residents in the town. My related article: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/they-saw-and-heard-the-truth-then-lied-about-it-media-on-donbass-delegation-omitted-mention-of-ukraines-8-year-war-on-the-autonomous-republics/

*Please consider following me on other platforms. My time here on Youtube is limited & will end. I'm on: https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett... https://rumble.com/c/c-2030196 https://t.me/Reality_Theories * On November 12, using American HIMARs (according to DPR military experts), Ukraine fired two shells directly at a cultural building in the DPR's northern city of Gorlovka, destroying parts of the roof and the theatre hall within. Built in 1951, the Shakhtar Palace of Culture was formerly a movie theatre and in recent years, a venue for concerts and various cultural events. Alexey, a Gorlovka resident & friend of mine to said that he saw the Donetsk philharmonic play there, and as a youth went there to see movies. He said that children take dancing or singing classes there, though due to Ukraine's intensified shelling, those classes have been paused. According to the centre's director, it was one of the best movie theatres in the Donetsk region, one of the oldest, most beautiful and most beloved buildings in the city. He noted that HIMARs system is a very precise weapon, the attack was not accidental. Colonel Douglas Macgregor: “Your more complex systems like HIMARs, the high mobility rocket system that we provided, are operated exclusively by American and British contractors. Ukrainians aren't operating them." Given that there was no military target there, it is yet another example of Ukraine's (& Western) terrorism against the people of the Donbass.

Footage from the central Donetsk school which Ukraine bombed Thursday night...with a NATO shell.

*Please consider following me on other platforms. My time here on Youtube is limited & will end. I'm on: https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett... https://rumble.com/c/c-2030196 https://t.me/Reality_Theories * 75 year old woman speaks of Ukraine's bombing of her apartment in June, destroying it. This was in a completely civilian district where around the same time, still more Ukrainian-fired Grad missiles targeted a school, killing employees inside. Only because children were distance-learning, were they spared. I rented a small apartment in the same district my last visits here. It was an insight into how Ukraine's terrorism reaches everywhere, including an otherwise quiet Donetsk neighbourhood. [Related: Due to Ukraine's attacks on water infrastructure, Donetsk districts have endured water rationing, then, for the past many months such shortages that some districts only get water every 3 days. When I stayed in this neighbourhood, I never had water, period. Like others, I would go to points where water was being distributed by Emergency Services, fill my 5 litre jugs, and be extremely careful with my water use. https://t.me/Reality_Theories/9331 There are so many layers to Ukraine's terrorism.]

*Please consider following me on other platforms. My time here on Youtube is limited & will end. I'm on: https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9 https://rumble.com/c/c-2030196 https://t.me/Reality_Theories * Zaitsevo, a front-line village north of Gorlovka, in the north of the Donetsk People's Republic, has been extremely hard-hit by Ukrainian shelling, since 2014. What was once a village of 3,500, with a school & kindergarten, is now a shell of a village, with at most 1,000 residents, most of whom don't stay in the village, but come for brief visits & retreat to relative safety in Gorlovka,a city likewise heavily shelled, including with HIMARs on November 12. Not far away, in Golmovsky, I spoke with some of the residents who remain. One told me he'd fled his own town, Dolomoti, NE of Golmovsky, which he said was destroyed by Ukrainian shelling, and has lost three homes, burned down after Ukrainian shelling. He said they were evicted from Dolomoti in 2019, and in 2020, Ukraine completely destroyed the village, “every single house”. He collected money to rent an apartment in Golmovsky, “but three days ago it was hit. I just bought it, and it was already hit. They don't consider us humans. They say it on tv, that we are not human. In 2019, 2020, they told us they don't consider us human and if they enter this place there would be nobody left, they'd annihilate us.” These are but glimpses of the horror Donbass civilians have been living since Ukraine began shelling them in 2014. Complicit media, with blood on their hands, claim this isn't happening. The people being bombed beg to differ.

*Warning: video contains disturbing/graphic scenes (...which Donbass civilians get no warning for before they are maimed or murdered by Ukrainian shelling). Fourteen year old Nikita is one of nearly 100 Donbass civilians injured by Ukrainian-fired Petal mines. Nikita, who formerly did breakdancing & Mixed Martial Arts lost his foot after stepping on a mine. As of November 28, 87 civilians have been maimed by these mines, incl. 4 children and numerous elderly. One of the injured died in the hospital. ***The number of civilians maimed by the Petal mines Ukraine fired is now almost double the number when I wrote this article in August... https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/08/23/in-just-under-three-weeks-ukrainian-fired-prohibited-petal-mines-maim-at-least-44-civilians-kill-2-in-donetsk-region/ *Please consider following me on other platforms. My time here on Youtube is limited & will end. I'm on: https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9 https://rumble.com/c/c-2030196 https://t.me/Reality_Theories * RELATED: -Ukraine turns Donetsk into a minefield using banned ‘Petal’ mines https://youtu.be/B6wJbPJv0kk -Donetsk Emergency Services & Sappers Clear Residential Areas of Ukraine's Mines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61wJDFqUl9s -Ukrainian Terrorism: Firing Munitions Containing Petal Mines On Donbass Orphanage, Another War Crime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCpRy1iDXcA

I was recently interviewed by Aiden Jonah of The Canada Files. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYqXdiY4LFU TCF launches end-of-year fundraising campaign! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mAYbF3RZ9Y Related links at this blog post: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/12/11/interview-tcf-speaker-series-ep1-eva-bartlett-donbass-pain-resolve-shadows-of-syria-canadian-betrayal/ *Please consider following me on other platforms. My time here on Youtube is limited & will end. I'm on: https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9 https://rumble.com/c/c-2030196 https://t.me/Reality_Theories *

“There is this element of madmen—some of the politicians, some of them military people, many of them in the US State Department, the CIA—who would be willing to do the most reckless and insane of actions to risk nuclear war or even to initiate it.” On December 16, I spoke with Senator Richard Black about Ukraine's long war against the civilians of the Donbass, Russia's Special Military Operation in Ukraine, and the Western warmongers behind it all and their drive for endless war. Senator Black has had an extensive military, legal and political career, serving in the US marines, and after obtaining his law degree, serving in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps and head of the Army’sCriminal Law Divisionin the Pentagon. He served eight years in the Virginia State Senate. He is one of the few sane American voices loudly advocating for the end to Ukraine's genocide of the Donbass people, and for an end to the West's proxy war against Russia. Follow him at: http://www.senatorblack.com/ https://twitter.com/SenRichardBlack Related Links: *Chronology of events: the war didn't start in February 2022 https://www.thepostil.com/the-military-situation-in-the-ukraine/ *My Donetsk & Lugansk People's Republics playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqtiZC-4QZC3VvabZMbM0FbOcwBoLdGBT *My Syria writings https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2022/ *The Referendum on Joining Russia https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/09/29/dpr-civilians-on-why-they-wanted-a-referendum-to-join-russia/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/10/01/interviews-with-donetsk-residents-after-joining-russia/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/09/28/my-interview-from-donetsk-on-the-peoples-eagerness-to-vote-to-join-russia/ *Ukrainian war crimes I've experienced or documented https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/10/24/ukrainian-army-war-crimes-include-shelling-of-ambulences-firetrucks-and-rescue-workers-in-the-donbass-republics-similar-to-israelis-and-u-s-backed-terrorists-in-syria/ 14 Year Old Is One of 87 Donbass Civilians Maimed By Petal Mines Fired By Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-QSv-zwoSU Carnage: Ukraine's terrorism on Donetsk September 19 killed 16 civilians, 9 in one spot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJpXcwMAVeI Ukraine shelled a completely civilian area of central Donetsk, killing at least 5 civilians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWqeFG7DhIs Ukrainian Terrorism of Central Donetsk September 17 Kills 4, Using Western Weapons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzew0mXOo2Y More Ukrainian War Crimes: Killing & Maiming Heroic Donbass Medics & Emergency Workers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJZvxWQfSHc Donbass Frontline Villager: "Ukraine Doesn't Consider Us Human", Wants To "Annihilate Us” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYLC5hsd2aA Using American HIMARS, Ukraine Bombed Central Donetsk Building Nov 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EArikOHkXc Ukraine's Bombing of Central Donetsk August 4: 2 Ballerinas Among the 6 Murdered by Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQNQ_vT_j-k Ukraine bombed just outside the hotel I was in. Was Ukraine targeting journalists? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqZgG7s-Sjw Ukrainian Terrorism: Firing Munitions Containing Petal Mines On Donbass Orphanage, Another War Crime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCpRy1iDXcA Ukraine turns Donetsk into a minefield using banned ‘Petal’ mines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6wJbPJv0kk Civilians Fled Ukraine's Shelling of Popasnaya For Safety in Stakhanov, But Ukraine Bombs There Too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3H2zrrW3Dk Ukraine Bombarded Donetsk, Including Bombing a Maternity Hospital, Then Claimed Russian Did It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsLWcR21iK8 Ukrainian bombing of civilian areas of Donetsk June 13 killed 5 & caused massive fires https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tlJ8MgMCLs Kirovsk, a City Under Ukrainian Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYpI05Rhcg4 https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/25/in-just-under-three-weeks-ukrainian-fired-prohibited-petal-mines-maim-at-least-44-civilians-kill-2-in-donetsk-region/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/09/26/western-media-continues-to-ignore-how-ukraine-is-using-nato-weapons-to-kill-innocent-civilians-in-the-donbass/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/what-ive-seen-of-ukraines-war-crimes-against-civilians-in-the-donbass-over-the-past-few-months/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/06/ukraine-bombed-a-donetsk-hotel-full-of-journalists-heres-what-it-felt-like-to-be-inside-at-the-time/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/06/17/western-media-and-politicians-prefer-to-ignore-the-truth-about-donetsk-civilians-killed-in-ukrainian-shelling/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/29/ukrainian-strike-on-donetsk-market-was-a-terrorist-act/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/they-saw-and-heard-the-truth-then-lied-about-it-media-on-donbass-delegation-omitted-mention-of-ukraines-8-year-war-on-the-autonomous-republics/

In late April, survivors of Ukrainian bombing in Artyomovsk spoke to Christelle Néant (Donbass Insider (https://t.me/donbassinsider)) & myself about the horrors they endured on April 11, when Ukrainian forces deliberately blew up the ground floor of their apartment building, burying the civilians sheltering in the basement below. Seven of the seventeen civilians in that basement died almost immediately, including a seven year old child. These civilians spoke about how people known as "White Angels", Ukrainian military police, were actively seeking to abduct children, and were succeeding. “They were hunting our kids, and we were hiding them around the buildings.” Kiev openly announced they would be forcibly taking children, under the premise of providing security. They do so, according to the people we spoke with (and many other testimonies since) against the will of parents, without their consent. Kiev is doing precisely what it falsely-accused Russia of doing (https://t.me/Reality_Theories/10885): abducting children, without their parent's consent. My article on this, as well as longer testimonies from the Artyomovsk refugees, will be published soon.

On my last couple of visits to Donetsk, I went to an incredible dog shelter caring for over 800 dogs. I apologize for taking too long to put together & share footage I took, but better late than never. The shelter could really use support in order to buy food & things related to treating & caring for the dogs. *Note: I have no financial or other affiliation to the shelter, just really appreciate what they are doing ❤️ Follow the shelter here: https://t.me/pif_dn

Western media claim up to 1.6 million refugees seeking safe haven in Russia were “kidnapped”. According to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as of September 9, 2022, Russia has nearly 4 million refugees from Ukraine. Anyone following Ukraine's over eight years of war on the Donbass understands why people would seek refuge in Russia. I went to refugee centres in Anapa, a southern Russia city and spoke with a number of refugees from Kherson. Western media won't speak about those refugees, nor those I interviewed, fleeing Ukraine's shelling or due to the risk of being persecuted. By the way, unsurprisingly, Western media pulled this "kidnapped" stunt before. In 2019, Western media was *so concerned* about Syrian refugees from a camp in Syria's east, which Western media alleged were being held at gunpoint in refugee centres in Homs. After interviewing a number of such IDPs, I wrote a detailed article noting the deceptive media reporting on Rukban. [https://www.mintpressnews.com/voices-syria-rukban-refugee-camp-media-reporting/260197/] I emailed two different high level UN employees, whose replies contrasted the wild claims of Western media reports. They noted the UN had visited the shelters multiple times, “and has found the situation there adequate and in compliance with standards,” and that claims of refugees being shot or threatened were “unfounded”. So much that happens in the Donbass & Ukraine has happened in Syria, with Western corporate media again inverting reality and lauding terrorists, in order to manipulate public opinion in favour of NATO's wars.

I walked around the city tonight & had fun putting this short clip together. Happy New Year.

Ukraine sent Donetsk a New Years gift, many actually, bombing the city centre around 4 am this morning. I haven't seen any updates on whether anyone was injured or killed, I hope not. I went out walking & filming a couple hours ago. These are some of the scenes around where Ukraine shelled.

During my last trip to Donetsk, over the Christmas & New Years holidays, I joined RT in some reporting. We filmed Artem Zhoga, commander of the Sparta Reconnaissance Battalion, on NY's eve: "What are we fighting against? We are fighting against injustice, against genocide—the genocide of the Russian-speaking population, the dissident population, those who do not think like the, nationalists, the Nazis—against this Russophobia that has formed in the Western world. Against the genocide of the civilian population, because there is no other way to call the enemy's firing on institutions such as the Kalinin hospital, schools, the city center, and the market district.There is no other way to call it, this is precisely the genocide of the civilian population."

When in the Donetsk People's Republic recently, I visited the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works plant, a sprawling Mariupol plant which was secured in mid-April last year, when over 1,150 Ukrainian Marines surrendered or were captured by Russian forces. Even now, sappers work to clear the vast plant which Ukrainian forces littered with left behind explosives, as well as boobytraps, tripwires and mines. Boobytrapping areas they fled from is something Ukrainian troops did elsewhere in Mariupol, including in apartment blocks. It's something terrorists in Syria likewise did, both with the intent of killing or maiming still more civilians, as well as soldiers—but given that such explosives were left in doorways and areas of homes civilians wouldn't think to be boobytrapped, these were particularly insidious acts of terrorism by both the Western-backed terrorists in Syria and the Western-backed Ukrainian forces and Nazi battalions in the Donbass. Also found at the plant were still more evidence of Ukraine's Nazi problem, paraphernalia from the Misanthropic Division & Azov Battalion, as well as US& Canadian Anti-sniper Fighting instructions, a US combat manual, and a UK Advanced Surveillance and Reconnaissance Course. Some were in both Ukrainian & in English.

I spoke with Canadian researcher and writer,Tamara Lorincz, about Canada's militaristic foreign and defence policies, Canada's belligerent NATO role in bombing sovereign nations, Canada's role in fomenting the Maidan protests which preceded the (2014) illegal coup in Ukraine, and, among other things, Canada's support to Ukraine's war on the Donbass. Tamara has a Masters in International Politics and Security Studies and is currently working on her PhD. She has has long been very actively involved in various anti-war, peace & educational initiatives, with an emphasis in exposing the military’s impacts on the environment, Canadian defence and foreign policy, disarmament, & resistance to NATO, among many other things. See her bio here: https://www.balsillieschool.ca/people/tamara-lorincz/ Follow her: https://twitter.com/TamaraLorincz Conversation points: *Trudeau government & Canada's new defence policy: (June 2017) “Strong, Secure and Engaged”--a “militaristic, belligerent, posture on the world. Canada will spend $553 billion on military over next 20 years...Defence policy very informed by membership in NATO & partnership in NORAD.” *Canada's role in the illegal bombing of the former Yugoslavia (1999) *Canada's role in the US-led illegal occupation of Afghanistan (Canada has never been held accountable for war crimes committed in Afghanistan) *(2011) Canadian general led NATO's bombing of Libya, killing civilians & destroying civilian infrastructure *(2014-2016) Canada's illegal bombing, with US-led coalition, of Syria. *Under Harper government, FM Baird was on the ground fomenting the Maidan protests & illegal coup; under Trudeau and Freeland support for Ukraine continues. LINKS: https://rabble.ca/politics/world-politics/canadas-interference-in-ukrainian-democracy/ https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/operations/military-operations/current-operations/operation-unifier.html https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canada-failed-when-it-trained-ukrainian-troops-linked-to-the-far-right-says-nazi-hunter https://banderalobby.substack.com/p/the-canadian-bandera-network https://coat.ncf.ca/research/Chomiak-Freeland/C-F1.htm *My reports from the Donbass, under Ukrainian fire. https://ingaza.wordpress.com/the-donbass-my-articles-videos-interviews-from-on-the-donetsk-lugansk-peoples-republics-2019-present/ https://www.mintpressnews.com/under-fire-from-ukraine-everyday-life-in-the-donetsk-peoples-republic/262363/ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/04/28/on-the-osces-claims-of-russian-war-crimes/ *CBC https://twitter.com/TamaraLorincz/status/1544813798069923840 https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/07/17/government-funded-cbc-smears-me-interview-with-maverick-media-cbc-fake-news-hit-piece-targets-journalists-eva-bartlett/ https://t.me/Reality_Theories/10222 https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/facts-are-subversive-how-canadas-mainstream-media-spreads-disinformation-about-the-conflict-in-ukraine *Ukraine Intensified Its Shelling of the Donbass Weeks Before Russia's Special Military Operation: https://www.thepostil.com/the-military-situation-in-the-ukraine/ *Disrupting war mongers: I disrupted #Canada's Minister of @NationalDefence @AnitaAnandMP. War in #Ukraine is not about "democracy". #Canada should call for a ceasefire not send more weapons. @TorontoMet Uni should have a real debate & stand for #peace https://twitter.com/TamaraLorincz/status/1583683692047699969 https://twitter.com/TamaraLorincz/status/1571957556435898369 Join us to stand for "Peace Now! Stop the #Ukraine #Russia War, Stop #NATO" on Sun. Feb. 26 from 1-2pm at the Waterloo Public Sq. 75 King St. Part of the International Weekend of Action. https://twitter.com/TamaraLorincz/status/1626695803585679380 Fascinating Insights on Russia, by Americans Who Chose to Relocate Here https://youtu.be/VHhePpl723g

In Moscow I spoke with Jeff Monson, a world-acclaimed American mixed martial arts fighter and political activist. Jeff travelled to the Lugansk People's Republic in 2016, and has returned to the LPR and neighbouring Donetsk People's Republic nearly a dozen times since, speaking with every day people about their lives under Ukraine's war on the Donbass. We spoke about his experiences in the Donbass and how they directly contradicted media claims, as well as his opening of dozens of sports schools in Russia and now in Donetsk. Monson, together with RT journalist Donald Courter, collaboratively-produced the independently-funded documentary “8 Years Before”, on the suffering that the people of the Donbass under Ukraine's 8+ years of bombings. [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM0VYkL_UI4 ]