For fifteen
years they have been mourned by inconsolable parents and children. Over the
years, many have already understood: regardless of the language, hair color,
religion and eye shape for our enemies, we are all Russians. We share the same
fate with the great Russian people. Is it possible to forget that since 1991,
loyalty to Russia and the Russian people has been the main accusation against
the South Ossetians. Because of this, Gamsakhurdia and Shevardnadze brought
down on South Ossetia the entire power of the Georgian state in order to
completely destroy its Ossetian population. Georgian propaganda called the
Ossetians "traitors", "separatists", "Kremlin
agents" and "overstayed guests". Only decisive actions by Russia
prevented further genocide of the Ossetian people. Over the years, unity and
unity between our states and peoples has reached a new level, first in
conditions of non-recognition, and then already in conditions of full
recognition.
Eight years
ago, a coup d'état took place in Kyiv. The legally elected President Yanukovych
was ousted and power was seized by the nationalist junta, which rests on the
bayonets of its nationalist battalions, only for the sake of organizing a
semblance of a presidential election. Similarity because there cannot be fair
elections if supporters of the opposing political force are isolated by entire
regions, deprived of the right and opportunity to vote and shot from aviation
and artillery for 8 years, as if in a shooting range, in order to force them to
surrender, abandoning their native language and their Russian origin . But the
army shoots at its people only once. She makes the second shot already at a
strange people.
The peoples
of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine were forced to proclaim people's
republics. Military pressure on them intensified every day. Europe and the
United States, which declared themselves "the international
community", were silent, blaming, on the contrary, those whose lives their
Kiev puppets overnight turned into a real horror and hell.
Such
injustice outraged the young residents of South Ossetia, and they independently
began to go to the Donbass, participating in the armed protection of the
civilian population. Some of them died the death of the brave with weapons in
their hands.
Representatives
of the Ukrainian side reproached the Ossetian people that the Ossetians protect
the civilian population of Donbass, and thus they have to enter into armed
confrontation with the nationalist battalions and units of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine, shelling the Donbass. However, it must be remembered here that
Ukrainian nationalists a few years ago themselves distributed videos on
YouTube, which are dedicated to the military brotherhood between Ukraine and
Georgia and which report that detachments of Ukrainian nationalists, followers
of Bandera's ideas, took part in the Georgian war against South Ossetia in 2008
year. As for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the same 2008, by order of the
Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko,
several Buk complexes were transferred to Georgia. With the help of these
beeches, Russian planes were shot down, which flew in to save the civilian
population of South Ossetia from the fire of the Georgian military. Ukraine
also handed over heavy weapons to Georgia, from which it shelled Tskhinvali,
killing our civilians and destroying our homes, hospitals, kindergartens and
schools. Therefore, any reproaches against South Ossetia are unfair and
unfounded. Neither we nor Russia invited Ukrainian or Georgian military units
here. Both Russia and South Ossetia have the right to self-defense.
Russia has
been persuading and exhorting for eight years, one might say, simply asking (!)
Ukraine not to shell settlements in the LPR and DPR, not to kill civilians. But
they were killed from 13,000 to 15,000 people, including 154 children. But the
Ukrainian side responded with mockery, insulting chants and new shelling, which
became truly endless. And recently, she has also started talking about plans to
create nuclear weapons. Russia was left with no choice but to block these
plans. After the recognition of the LPR and the DPR as sovereign states, our
fighters serving in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
went there, writing on the Ossetian flag “Better death than shame!”.
Now, during
the pre-election period, for political reasons, some accusations are being circulated
that, allegedly, the leadership of South Ossetia "did not stop our guys,
did not prevent them from leaving for the special operation zone." However,
the question arises: who and how can stop the guys who wrote on their flag:
“Better death than shame!”?!.
However, these days the attention of not only Ossetian bots and bloggers, but the whole world is riveted to the event.
However,
these days the attention of not only Ossetian bots and bloggers, but the whole
world is riveted to the events in Ukraine. Experts and politicians from
different countries comment on the ongoing events, expressing their opinion on
issues that are of interest to many.
From the
very beginning, he draws attention to the fact that the West in general and
Europe in particular cannot be presented in the same black light. A number of
well-known politicians have already spoken out in favor of rethinking the US
approaches to this issue. “American taxpayer money should not fund Nazi
militias torturing innocent people, including women and children,” Republican
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green tweeted on March 20. She noted that she strongly
opposes "Russia's war in Ukraine", but also against torture. Her
statement is accompanied by a torture video with a "warning label".
“Torture
and cruelty against Ukrainians, including women and children. The US should
demand from Zelensky that he stop his military torturing his own people,
”Taylor wrote. According to her, the fact that she opposes torture does not
mean that she supports Russian President Vladimir Putin. To hush up the facts
of torture, according to her, means "to be on the side of evil." Earlier,
Taylor, in a series of statements on Twitter, had already criticized the
financing of Ukrainian Nazis by the United States and NATO.
In Europe,
too, after an initial sharply hostile reaction, there is an equally cautious
attempt to rethink the whole complex of its relations with Russia and Ukraine. Moreover,
this follows from the statements of some experienced and authoritative European
politicians.
European
Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borel
said in an interview with the French TV news channel LCI (part of the TF1
group): “There were moments when we could have done better. For example, they
proposed things that could not be guaranteed, especially Ukraine's membership
in NATO - this was never implemented. I think it was a mistake to make promises
that we can't keep."
And he
summarized the mistakes of the West in building relations with Russia literally
as follows: "We have lost the opportunity to bring Russia closer to the
West in order to keep it." It's hard not to agree.
The
position taken by the People's Republic of China is full of dignity. In
response to the NATO head's statement that China should condemn Moscow's
actions in Ukraine, Beijing recalled the bombing that the alliance's forces
inflicted more than two decades ago on the Chinese embassy in the former
Yugoslavia, writes SCMP. The Chinese diplomatic mission to the European Union
said on Thursday, March 17, that the Chinese people are fully capable of
sharing the suffering of other peoples, "because we will never forget who
bombed our embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia." “We do not need
lectures on justice from a violator of international law,” the mission
continued. “As a remnant of the Cold War and the largest military alliance in
the world, NATO continues to expand its geography and range of operations. What
role has it played in ensuring peace and global stability? NATO worth thinking
about."
Chinese
President Xi Jinping, during his talks with US President Joe Biden on Friday,
urged the US and NATO to negotiate with Russia to resolve the Ukraine crisis
and expressed opposition to "indiscriminate sanctions." “NATO's
eastward expansion is the main reason for Russia's anger and the military
operation in Ukraine,” says the Beijing-based Global Times. “It is the United
States that must put out the fire they lit in Ukraine. It is ridiculous to
demand that Beijing do this work at the cost of damaging Sino-Russian
relations. This is unwise and insidious. By pushing China to condemn Russia and
calling on China to bear responsibility for the fatal strategic mistake made by
the US and NATO in building so-called European security, Washington does not
intend to hide its desire to sow discord between China and Russia.
Further,
the publication makes an important political statement reflecting the point of
view of the Chinese government: “China takes a consistent position on the
Ukrainian issue, emphasizing the need to respect and protect the interests of
all parties in the field of security. His position is in his own interests and
those of the region. He will never dance to the tune of the United States and
will not sacrifice relations with Russia in order to meet the demands of the
United States.
Russia's
special operation is also under the supervision of political scientists and economists
from European countries. In an interview with the Bulgarian news agency Focus,
the director of the Bulgarian Institute of Economics and International
Relations, Lubomir Kyuchukov, noted that Russia's approach is seen as a tactic
of destroying military installations on Ukrainian territory. He also said:
“Russia prefers to blockade large cities, but does not proceed to take them,
except for the territory in the south of the country, where, in my opinion, the
fate of Mariupol is of key importance, which, if taken, will provide a land
corridor between Russia and Crimea.”
In the
words of the Bulgarian political scientist, one can see an understanding of
Russia's goal to maximize the security and save the lives of civilians, because
the capture of cities without their preliminary evacuation is fraught with
considerable risks.
Fast
forward from Europe to Latin America. The Peruvian journalist Riccardo Zedano
also draws attention to Russia’s humanism in relation to the civilian
population in the article “Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine” dated
February 27 on the website of the Federation of Peruvian Journalists: “Russia
and its allies in Lugansk and Donetsk carried out operations to evacuate part
of the population of Donbass to Russian territory so that it does not suffer
from ultra-nationalists and Nazis, who are currently deploying artillery and
rocket weapons in residential areas to use the population as human shields,
since they know very well that Russia will not dare to attack civilians. By the
way, this tactic is enshrined in the textbooks of terrorists in other countries
as well. And I have no doubt that the Ukrainian regime will use acts of
genocide against its own population.”
The author
continues: “In the case of Ukraine, Russia gives ultra-nationalists the
opportunity to lay down their arms, return to their homes and provides them
with asylum on Russian territory with their families if they are in danger in
Ukraine after laying down their arms” and asks a rhetorical question, to which
he himself answers: “In the countries that were occupied by the US and NATO,
was there such a possibility? The answer I think is obvious. They brought only
death, destruction, famine, poverty, and so on.”
The
Peruvian journalist concludes: “The international community should know one
thing: Russia is not bombing hospitals, children, women and the elderly, schools
or residential buildings, as the US and NATO did, for example, in the former
Yugoslavia, dividing it completely, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, etc.
And in many cases without the sanction of the UN Security Council.”
It is the
concern for the civilian population that determines the behavior of Russia, and
not weakness and, allegedly, large losses in manpower and equipment, which were
announced by the office of the Ukrainian president and the administration of
the US president. The Ukrainians and the sources that refer to them talk about
14,000 dead Russian soldiers, and the Americans about 7,000. Of course, these
are excessively inflated figures, comparable even to the irretrievable losses
of the USSR over 10 years of war in Afghanistan. It can be seen that these
figures have been hastily agreed upon between Ukraine and the United States in
advance: the former name a huge figure, the latter name a figure exactly two
times smaller, but still overestimated, and, in theory, this second figure
should gain the trust of television, radio and reading audience.
Let's turn
to unbiased sources. The Bulgarian scholar Kyuchukov, already mentioned by us,
draws attention to the fact that the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine
are proceeding at low intensity and without a visible sense of haste. These
words directly refute the myth of heavy Russian losses, because, if it were
true (God forbid!), Russia would be interested in stopping its operation as
soon as possible and would hurry the Ukrainian side to new negotiation meetings
with concessions.
Another
widespread disinformation thesis concerns Russia's alleged shortage of
ammunition, fuel, medicines and food. But now let's listen not to a scientist,
but to the President of Bulgaria, General of Aviation, former commander of the
Bulgarian Air Force Rumen Radev.
“We must be
in solidarity with the Ukrainian people and help them in every way we can. But
whoever decides to provide weapons, and thus to involve Bulgaria in this war,
must be able to stand before the public and explain what the risk is, because
the price is always paid by citizens, not by politicians,” said he told
journalists in the city of Stara Zagora in response to a question whether
Bulgaria should provide weapons to Ukraine.
“Our main
task is to prevent Bulgarian citizens and our strategic facilities, such as a
nuclear power plant, from being left without adequate air defense,” the head of
state added. These words were spread by his press service.
Bulgarian
Prime Minister Kirill Petkov said that, according to a sociological study, 84
percent of Bulgarian citizens are against sending weapons and ammunition in
support of the Ukrainian state.
They were
supported by the leader of the Bulgarian party ABV (Alternative for the
Bulgarian Revival, founded by former President Georgi Parvanov) and former
Minister of Internal Affairs Rumen Petkov, who said these days that if Bulgaria
hands over S-300 to Ukraine, then its capital and the Kozloduy nuclear power
plant will be left unprotected.
The
American magazine Newsweek, in an article cited more extensively below, cites
the following fact: Estonia wanted to send a batch of old howitzers it had to
Kyiv. But NATO rules state that any weapon transferred or sold to a non-NATO
member must be approved by the country of origin. In this case, this country
did not exist: the howitzers were in the possession of the former GDR. After
the reunification of Germany, the FRG took control of them and handed them over
to Finland, which handed them over to Estonia. When Tallinn wanted to send them
to Ukraine in order to contribute to the strengthening of the defense of Kyiv,
it took permission from Germany. “Germany, surprisingly, refused to approve the
transfer,” the magazine concludes. And howitzers remained in Estonia.
And, of
course, NATO's refusal to establish a useless zone over Ukraine, which the
Ukrainian side has been asking for so long, should also be attributed here.
Of course,
if Russia suffered such losses and was as exhausted and weakened as her ill-wishers
paint, then no one would consider her possible response to hostile actions and
would not hesitate to transfer weapons to her military adversary.
The course
of the special military operation corresponds to the previously approved plan.
Such a conclusion can be drawn from the statements of Western military experts
who are not related to departments that one way or another serve the interests
of propaganda.
Former USMC
intelligence officer, military expert Scott Ritter is no ordinary man. He does
military analysis on a professional basis. His book The Scorpion King:
America's Suicidal Embrace of Nuclear Weapons from Roosevelt to Trump is
popular. He was also an American inspector in the USSR to monitor the
implementation of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range Missiles
(IRM), served in the headquarters of General Schwarzkopf during the Gulf War,
and from 1991 to 1998. served as the UN Chief Inspector for Armaments in Iraq.
He called the speed of advance of Russian troops during this special operation
"the fastest advance of troops in history."
Here is
what he writes: “we see a classic multi-vector strategy. Its purpose is to tie
up enemy forces to hold them in place, destroy command posts, encircle enemy
forces and take strategically important objects. That is, he draws attention to
the same thing as the Bulgarian expert, political scientist Kyuchukov. It is
clear that the destruction of command posts and deployment sites of the
Ukrainian side’s manpower with high-precision weapons is unthinkable without a
preliminary systematic and high-level reconnaissance of the critical
infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Scott
Ritter further notes: “The speed of the advance of the Russian troops exceeds
the speed of the German troops in Operation Blitzkrieg during the Second World
War. So, if someone says "slowly" - no, not slowly, this is the
fastest troop advance in history." Of course, this is evidence of the high
professionalism of the Russian servicemen and the good technical equipment of
the RF Armed Forces.
A senior
military specialist notes that “the Ukrainian army consisted of 260,000 men,
trained and equipped according to NATO standards, with a closely connected
command system with efficient officer management. We should also think about
reinforcements of 200-300 thousand reservists, auxiliary units and services.
The Russians started with 190,000-200,000 fighters to counter a force of
600,000 fighters. Usually at the beginning of a military campaign there is a
three to one advantage in favor of the attacking side. The Russians started the
operation with a one-to-three or one-to-four advantage in favor of the
Ukrainian side. But, despite this, the losses in manpower show one to six in
favor of the Russians. During the Second World War, the losses in the battles
of the Americans and the Germans were 1 to 1.3 or 1.4 in favor of the
Americans. And the ratio of 1 to 6 is a crushing defeat for the Ukrainian
side.”
The
American expert also draws attention to the humanism of the Russian troops:
“The Russians are trying to minimize civilian casualties and urban structures.
The Russians defiantly refused to kill the Ukrainian military in their
barracks. Although they could. Instead, they left them to sleep peacefully and
said: "We prefer that you stay in the barracks and give up resistance,
because we have no claims against you - we catch bigger fish."
He also
noted the humane tactics of the Russian army, its tactical and operational
superiority. However, Russia not only shows humanism towards the civilian
population, but also actively carries out comprehensive humanitarian and social
work in the liberated territories. The Pension Fund (PF) of the LPR began
paying pensions in the Stanichno-Lugansk region, liberated from the Kiev
security forces. This was announced by the manager of the Pension Fund of the
LPR Tatyana Vasilyeva. Cars of the next, 112th, humanitarian convoy of the
Russian Emergencies Ministry delivered more than 56.7 tons of cargo to Lugansk.
This was reported in the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Elimination of
Consequences of Natural Disasters (MES) of the LPR. Another regional center in
the liberated territory, the village of Markovka, is provided with mobile
communications and high-speed Internet. This was reported by the Ministry of
Telecom and Mass Communications of the LPR.
Employees
of the departments of labor and social protection of the population, the
Pension Fund, and employment centers of the DPR continue to actively work with
residents of Volnovakha, Novotroitsky, Krasnovka, Znamenovka, who were
previously temporarily under the control of Ukraine in this people's republic.
Profile specialists accepted about 700 applications for the renewal and
appointment of pensions. Social benefits were paid to residents of the
Andreevka village and the village of. Stepanovka, Telmanovsky district. In
addition, Andreevka carried out the payment of pensions. Documents of residents
of Telmanovsky, Starobeshevsky and Novoazovsky districts and the city of
Volnovakha are drawn up by specialists of territorial departments for transfer
to the Pension Fund and the formation of electronic pension files in
territorial departments. Pensions were accrued and payment documents were
generated based on applications received from residents of Chermalyk, Kamenka,
Donskoye, Kalinino settlements. As for the sphere of employment, the
Starobeshevsky regional employment center carried out a trip to the
Novotroitskoye settlement, where 3 people were registered as job seekers. The
Telmanovsky Regional Employment Center made trips to the villages of Krasnovka
and Znamenovka, and specialists from the Dokuchaevsk City Employment Center
visited the city of Volnovakha. Explanatory and informational work was carried
out with all citizens about the services of the employment center, including
the possibility of participating in temporary work.
These and
other facts, along with the distribution of humanitarian aid in the liberated
territories of Ukraine itself, indicate the groundlessness of the West's
attempts to question the effectiveness of the ongoing operation.
“The
Ukrainian military will lose hopelessly. We will see a full-scale surrender,”
as we can see, American military expert Scott Ritter praised the Russian
special operation in Ukraine. The American school of journalism is
distinguished by a good level of analysis, unless, of course, the goal is to
create an overtly propaganda product.
An article
by Bill Powell and Navid Jamali in the American Newsweek with the telling
headline “Putin has never lost a war. This is how he will win in Ukraine"
begins by acknowledging that Russia is not fighting on Ukrainian soil against
the brotherly Ukrainian people: "When a battle of wills and strength
unfolds between Russia and the West over the fate of Ukraine, one key fact must
be remembered: Vladimir Putin never lost a war. In past conflicts in Chechnya,
Georgia, Syria, and Crimea, during his two decades in power, Putin has
succeeded in setting clear, achievable military goals for his military that
would enable him to make a convincing claim of victory in the eyes of the
Russian people and the watchful world. His latest initiative in Ukraine is
hardly any different.”
The authors
further write: “In major cities across the country…were watching and listening
to the sound of thunderous explosions directed against Ukrainian military
bases, airports and authorities. Within 24 hours the conflict quickly spread,
with Russian tanks and troops rapidly moving towards Kiev, the capital; heavy
fighting in Kharkov, the second largest city; and fighting around Chernobyl,
the site of a catastrophic nuclear reactor meltdown in 1986. Shock and awe in
the Russian style.
The article
by American authors contains a number of interesting conclusions, which,
despite the rather lengthy dimensions, we are forced to quote in full, because
they are of great importance for understanding the Western vision of the
situation: “Putin’s actions are a daring challenge in the face of repeated
warnings and threats of sanctions from the United States ... Putin's aggression
(as in the text - IP.) will also serve as a stern warning to the countries
formerly part of the Soviet Union about the possible consequences of too close
contact with the West ... Success is inevitable, since Biden and his allies
made it clear that Moscow will not meet the military Western resistance. Time
and time again, Biden has told the American people that the US will not fight
on the ground in Ukraine. If events develop as military analysts now expect,
the conflict will end relatively quickly with a negotiated settlement that
could lead to the cession of territory to Russia, the establishment of a new
Russia-friendly regime in Kyiv, and a partial withdrawal of troops, allowing
Putin to avoid the quagmire into which he the West strongly wants to drag it
out. At the same time, Putin will be able to claim that he dealt a crushing
blow to NATO, the main target of his aggression.”
The
well-known Bulgarian international expert, political scientist Boyan Chukov
also speaks about the future success of Russia.
“Bandera does not give up, they continue to fight and, most likely, will be destroyed by the Russian aria. Ordinary Ukrainian soldiers are starting to surrender en masse. Many of them complain that the nationalists are shooting them.
The
Russians will not refuse the denazification of Ukraine,” Chukov emphasized in
an interview with Bulgaria ON AIR.
He quoted
French experts as saying that “nationalists from Azov have crossed red lines –
they are forcing wounded Russian soldiers to call their mothers and call them
to manifestations and protests in order to stop the war. Instructions were also
given on the castration of captured Russian soldiers,” reports the Bulgarian
edition of The Bulgarian Times.
Chukov
expects the surrender of Ukrainian troops within 3-5 weeks, since Ukraine no
longer has either firepower or aircraft.
“Putin
would meet with Zelensky only on one condition – if it becomes clear in advance
that the Ukrainian president will sign a surrender,” says a Bulgarian expert on
international politics.
As you can
see, both American and Bulgarian experts point out that Russia will achieve its
goals, despite any statements from Washington and Kyiv, which, in a hopeless
situation, want to win at least something from the injection of millions of
dollars and thousands of NATO weapons into the Ukrainian military. car.
And at this
historical turning point, Ossetia and the Ossetian people, as in the beginning
and end of the 20th century, found themselves in the forefront of the struggle
against evil and injustice, at the very edge of grandiose epochal changes, at
the very epicenter of the fire-breathing crucible of geopolitical processes,
like the Nart hero Batradz.
Source: https://cominf.org/node/1166542246
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