Category: Donbass

As Donetsk civilians live in constant fear of Ukrainian shelling, from on the ground, I detail the terror

May 11, 2023, RT.com -Eva Karene Bartlett Heavy Ukrainian shelling of central Donetsk on April 28 killed nine civilians – including an eight-year-old girl and her grandmother – and injured at least 16 more. The victims were burned alive when the minibus they were in was hit by a shell. The attack also targeted a major hospital, apartment buildings, houses, parks, streets, and sidewalks. All… Read More As Donetsk civilians live in constant fear of Ukrainian shelling, from on the ground, I detail the terror

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Human Rights Watch deliberately only scratched the surface in exploring Ukraine’s use of banned ‘petal’ mines

March 28, 2023, RT.com -by Eva Karene Bartlett Since Ukraine dropped thousands of mines on the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in July, 104 people have fallen victim to the internationally-banned PFM-1 ‘petal’ (otherwise known as ‘butterfly’) devices. Nine of them are children. Of which three died. Among the most recent civilians to be injured, on March 19, were two 60-year-old men.… Read More Human Rights Watch deliberately only scratched the surface in exploring Ukraine’s use of banned ‘petal’ mines

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Tamara Lorincz: Canada’s Support For Ukraine’s War on the Donbass & Canada’s Anti-Russia Policies

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… Read More Tamara Lorincz: Canada’s Support For Ukraine’s War on the Donbass & Canada’s Anti-Russia Policies

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“Eva Bartlett: Western Silence As Ukraine Targets Civilians in Donbass”

“Addressing the EIR Symposium, “Peace On Earth, Or Humanity’s Doom? The Case For Negotiations,” Canadian journalist Eva Bartlett, who was granted the 2017 International Journalism Award by the Journalists’ Club of Mexico and has spent years doing on-the-ground reporting of wars in the Middle East, gave an eyewitness account of the ongoing genocide against the… Read More “Eva Bartlett: Western Silence As Ukraine Targets Civilians in Donbass”

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Interview With Senator Richard Black on Ukraine’s War on the Donbass, Russia’s Reaction, NATO’s Drive to Nuclear War

“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… Read More Interview With Senator Richard Black on Ukraine’s War on the Donbass, Russia’s Reaction, NATO’s Drive to Nuclear War

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Interview: “TCF Speaker Series Ep1: Eva Bartlett: Donbass’ Pain & Resolve, Shadows of Syria, Canadian Betrayal”

I was recently interviewed by Aiden Jonah of The Canada Files. Related Links in Chronological Order: Donbass playlist: –Western media and politicians prefer to ignore the truth about Donetsk civilians killed in Ukrainian shelling (maternity hospital bombed) 14 Year Old Is One of 87 Donbass Civilians Maimed By Petal Mines Fired By Ukraine Andrei Martyanov https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/… Read More Interview: “TCF Speaker Series Ep1: Eva Bartlett: Donbass’ Pain & Resolve, Shadows of Syria, Canadian Betrayal”

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Maligned in Western Media, Donbass Forces are Defending their Future from Ukrainian Shelling and Fascism

*The author with Pyatnashka commanders at outpost near Avdeevka, Donetsk People’s Republic. [Source: Photo courtesy of Eva Bartlett] Published Nov 19, 2022, Covert Action [See the comments section, some apologists for the West’s war on Syria have resurfaced…] Smeared, stigmatized, and lied about in Western media propaganda, the mostly Russian-speaking people of the Donbass region… Read More Maligned in Western Media, Donbass Forces are Defending their Future from Ukrainian Shelling and Fascism

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Donbass Frontline Villager: “Ukraine Doesn’t Consider Us Human”, Wants To “Annihilate Us”

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… Read More Donbass Frontline Villager: “Ukraine Doesn’t Consider Us Human”, Wants To “Annihilate Us”

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Ukrainian Terrorism: 75 Year Old Woman’s Life Destroyed by Ukrainian Shelling of Donetsk

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… Read More Ukrainian Terrorism: 75 Year Old Woman’s Life Destroyed by Ukrainian Shelling of Donetsk

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