Reuters
Seth J. Frantzman, National Interest: I Just Toured the Front Lines between Russia and Ukraine (and It's Not Frozen)
Up to two dozen are killed a month in the conflict.
Near the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka nine large industrial chimneys stretch into the distance. They belong to the Avdiivka Coke and Chemical plant, one of the largest Coke producers in Europe. Since the war in eastern Ukraine between government forces and pro-Russian separatists began in the spring of 2014, this factory has been on the front line. Yet it has kept operating throughout the conflict, for locals a symbol of pride and necessity. The plant is also a key to keeping people employed and the heat flowing in winter in this part of Ukraine.
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WNU Editor: The above author of this post (Seth J. Frantzman) believes that this is a good thing ....
.... The last three years have brought clarity to Ukraine’s purpose by forcing people to choose sides and providing the state the chance to challenge Russian media, sever economic ties and roll back what some described as “Russification.”
Memo to Seth Frantzman .... forcing Russian-Ukrainians to abandon their language and culture and discriminating against them in government and in the workplace .... coupled with overthrowing the President that they fairly elected .... is what caused this war to break-out in the first place.
"Memo to Seth Frantzman .... forcing Russian-Ukrainians to abandon their language and culture and discriminating against them in government and in the workplace .... coupled with overthrowing the President that they fairly elected .... is what caused this war to break-out in the first place."
ReplyDeleteHence, the US-EU support for the "nationalist" parties in the "regime-change/violent-coup/overthrow", ahem, civil uprising. This is how to break Kyev away from Russia.
They will continue to poke the Bear until it reacts and then punish it for doing so.
God help the Ukrainian and Russian fodderpawns caught in the middle.