Every year, Russia puts forward a UN proposal to condemn glorification of Nazism. Traditionally there's only one country voting against - the United States.
Now there are two. Now Ukraine votes against too.
This is Patrick Lancaster in a trench in a Lugansk position in 2016. Yes, he's with the anti-Nazi LPR forces. They're the ones who didn't take kindly to Vicky Nuland's little coup. They're mostly Russian and were told by Kiev they could no longer speak their own language. The hotheads in Kiev had declared them to be "subhuman" and worthy only of extinction. On the very Sunday evening Poroshenko won the May 2014 election - that very evening - the shelling began.
Here's Patrick Lancaster in a trench in Lugansk some two and one half years later.
The war didn't begin when Putin crossed the border on 24 February 2022. It began eight years ago. Putin crossed the border because he wants to stop it.
"RAW War & UNEDITED: Ukraine forces opened fire on LPR positions with artillery, sniper fire, and small arms breaking Minsk agreements. We were in the LPR trenches when intense battle erupted. Here is unedited video of the point when the LPR position we were in was complete bombarded with artillery. The Ukraine War is still raging."
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Comments
"Video posted in 2016.... wait, I thought war started in Donbass on Feb. 24, 2022 because of Putin."
"It was 5 years ago! Who knows about this??? Who even care what was happening during 8 years of constant shelling?"
"People need to start reading dates and realize how long this has been going on."
"More and more people in the west are waking up to what this really is about. Thank you for showing us!"
"Thank you for your work! I hope that thanks to these shots, more and more people in the West will find out what is really happening there."
"Oh my God this is terrifying! Very brave men it's really incredible to see them keeping each others spirits up. Stay safe! Bless the people of Donbass."
"Don't critique a man in that trench while you're at home with central heating and a beer in your hand."
"These men have nerves of steel."
"Z."