I’m not looking for any moral high ground whatsoever. But stating that there is no russian military involvement in the Ukraine is just false.
Don’t get me wrong; I am a huge fan of The Automatic Earth. But what worries me is that in a quest of escaping the mainstream narrative, Mr Meijer is trapping himself in a different one.
@all
Video of Aleksandr Zacharczenko describing russian military support for the separatists:
+ numoerous reports in polish press regarding the presence of russian troops in eastern Ukraine:
https://www.defence24.pl/news_kolejne-rosyjskie-czolgi-na-ukrainie
But let’s say I’m incorrect and all of the above is incorrect/false/unsubstantiated/Kiev’s propaganda. Then, can you please answer this: assuming no russian involvement, where are the separatists getting their military equipment from?
“Not one. While the US have the most advanced spy technology ever seen on the planet, it has not been able to produce one piece of information, for a whole year, to prove its assertions that Russia provides weapons to the ‘rebels’, sends soldiers to fight in the Donbass, or has anything to do with shooting down a plane. Not one single piece of evidence.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/23/us-ukraine-crisis-tanks-exclusive-idUSKCN0IC1GE20141023
“(because the Ukraine shelled Mariupol?!)”
Could you elaborate/substantiate?