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Ukrainian Military Joins Revolt, Troops Vow to Defend Protesters by Steven Argue http://boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/220189/index.php
Photo: Soldiers in Slovyansk today wearing St. George ribbons. These are ribbons that celebrate the joint victory of the east and west against Nazi Germany and are widely regarded as an opposition symbol against the coup government. These military units, sent to crush protests, have joined the side of the uprising in eastern Ukraine.
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote:
> The Jewish people have centuries of experience with pogrom-steeped Ukrainian
> Nationalism, than which there is no Nationalism more loathsome.
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>> http://consortiumnews.com/2014/04/16/ukraine-through-the-us-looking-glass/
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> "The acting president of the coup regime in Kiev announces that he is
> ordering an “anti-terrorist” operation against pro-Russian protesters in
> eastern Ukraine, while his national security chief says he has dispatched
> right-wing ultranationalist fighters who spearheaded the Feb. 22 coup that
> ousted elected President Viktor Yanukovych.
> On Tuesday, Andriy Parubiy, head of the Ukrainian National Security Council,
> went on Twitter to declare, “Reserve unit of National Guard formed #Maidan
> Self-defense volunteers was sent to the front line this morning.” Parubiy
> was referring to the neo-Nazi militias that provided the organized muscle
> that overthrew Yanukovych, forcing him to flee for his life. Some of these
> militias have since been incorporated into security forces as “National
> Guard.”
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> Parubiy himself is a well-known neo-Nazi, who founded the Social-National
> Party of Ukraine in 1991...
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