Post #406

*** ❗️By the way, mass outflow of Ukrainians from their homeland is not a new phenomenon for that country. As reported by Ukrainian Ministry of Finance, the population of Ukraine dropped by one quarter (from 54 down to 41 million people) in 1990-2021 period. According to the Ukrainian Institute for Demography, the total number of Ukrainians in Ukraine was even lower in 2021 – only 38 million people. Remarkably, the share of Ukrainians migrating for seasonal jobs stood at 3 million people, as reported by the same source. *** 🔹Those who blame us for violating human rights, would rather not speak of an unprecedented crackdown on the Russian language and its speakers. Of course, narrative that praises Ukraine would hardly welcome a mentioning of website “MIROTVORETS” (peacemaker) that is still functional, publishing in the public domain personal data of untrustworthy Ukrainians and foreigners who dare to criticize the Maidan regime, among them even minors, whose lives are put at risk. None of our Western colleagues ever gave any assessment to this disgraceful phenomenon. *** ❗️In your “picture of the world”, Ukraine is an innocent white lamb. However, the 8-year-long war of the Kiev regime on the peaceful population of Eastern Ukraine, as well as lasting sabotage of the Minsk Agreements do not fit into this picture. And since it all does not fit, you simply try to forget it and make others forget, threatening them with sanctions, using direct political and economic blackmail. *** ‼️According to your baseless assertions, what happened on 24 February was Russia's “unprovoked and unprecedented aggression” or a “war of choice”. By claiming so, you hypocritically pretend that the world has not seen anything as atrocious since the end of Word War II. But you eagerly sweep under the carpet the fact that military adventures of Western states in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yugoslavia, Libya claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, and this already happened after the end of the Cold War. As recently as yesterday our Syrian colleagues circulated a letter about the disastrous consequences of the ruining of Syrian Raqqa by US forces back in 2017. The operation in Raqqa has become a generic term used to characterize an inhumane campaign resulting in almost complete obliteration of a city and its residents. *** 🔹You are trying to rewrite the modern history in an anti-Russian manner, and you also connive at craziest speculations of some our Eastern European colleagues regarding the role of the USSR in liberating Europe and the whole world from fascism. Apparently, this makes it easier for you to not notice blatant manifestations of neo-Nazism in Ukraine, which makes denazification of this country one of the goals of our special military operation. This must be done so that no threat either to the people of Donetsk and Lugansk, or to Russia, ever comes from the territory of Ukraine. Apart from that, this must be done for Ukrainians who have become hostages to their authorities. *** ❗️The way our Western colleagues care for Ukraine and Ukrainians is full of egoism and opportunistic considerations. You only need them as “cannon fodder” in your proxy war against Russia that should proceed “to the very last Ukrainian”. You never dismiss your self-interest. Thus, Western arms manufacturers rub their hands with excitement calculating profit from increased demand on military produce. One week into the hostilities in Ukraine, stock value of BAE SYSТEMS, Britain's number one arms company, increased by 24 %. Stocks of THALES, manufacturer of anti-tank and air defense systems, grew by 42 %. American war industry demonstrates similar trends.