The Inconvenient Truth About the Ukraine-Russia Conflict Mainstream Media Don’t Want You To See

It’s clear that there is a lot of mainstream media disinformation about the Russia-Ukraine war. The general assessment is that Putin invaded a totally innocent country for absolutely no reason. Or, if you prefer the explanation by the US Vice President Kamala Harris: “Ukraine is a country in Europe. I t exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine, so basically, that’s wrong.”

But as Mike Robinson and Patrick Henningsen of UK Column explain, the situation isn’t quite as cartoonish as that. The intent of Russia is to demilitarize the Ukraine in accordance with the Minsk Accords (most notably disarming neo-Nazi groups weaponized by the West) and restore utilities to the Crimea:

Just before the invasion, VOA News released this report on the oppression that the pro-Russia Donbas region has been experiencing:

Shelling and mortar fire picked up tempo overnight Saturday in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, with the heavy bombardment spurring fears a major military clash is in the offing.

The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk republic Saturday issued a mobilization order for able-bodied males to present themselves to “military commissars” to sign up with local militias. Men aged between 18 and 55 also are being barred from leaving the pro-Russian self-styled republic on the eastern edge of Ukraine.

And in another alarming development, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Saturday calling up army reservists for training and drills. Some analysts pointed out this is an annual event, but that it is normally conducted in April, not February. Yevhen Fedchenko, an Ukrainian academic who studies disinformation, says, “it’s one more tool to sow uncertainty.”

Speaking at the Munich security conference Saturday, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said a Russian plan already was unfolding. “There is a playbook of Russian aggression, and this playbook is too familiar to us all. Russia will plead ignorance and innocence. It will create false pretext for invasion, and it will amass troops and firepower in plain sight,” she told leading politicians and security ministers gathered for the annual meeting in the Bavarian capital.

Dr. Wilmer Leon summarizes this expertly:

Russell Brand explains the further history in this video:

Colonel Douglas McGregor gets an interesting perspective onto mainstream media:

Scott Ritter explaining how the US trained the AZOV Nazis:

Lara Logan summarizing the situation: