At the top of the agenda during last week’s NATO Summit in Warsaw was Russian aggression against the West. In response to the ongoing conflict between Russian-backed separatists and the Ukrainian Armed Forces, NATO reiterated their support of Ukraine’s fight against Russian advancement in the east, and committed to a comprehensive assistance package.
But on the ground, the conflict rages on. Despite a Minsk ceasefire agreement, signed in 2014, and again in 2015, fighting continues to intensify along the contact line.
A recent spike in violence that included heavy shelling, mortaring, and small arms has made the past few months particularly bloody, with casualties becoming an almost daily occurrence. Despite a complete failure to implement any ceasefire, NATO insisted the Minsk agreement was still the way to go.
VICE News traveled to Avdiivka, the hottest point of contact in the conflict, where Ukrainian military and civilians have both lost faith in the so-called ceasefire and remain trapped in a brutal war.
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But on the ground, the conflict rages on. Despite a Minsk ceasefire agreement, signed in 2014, and again in 2015, fighting continues to intensify along the contact line.
A recent spike in violence that included heavy shelling, mortaring, and small arms has made the past few months particularly bloody, with casualties becoming an almost daily occurrence. Despite a complete failure to implement any ceasefire, NATO insisted the Minsk agreement was still the way to go.
VICE News traveled to Avdiivka, the hottest point of contact in the conflict, where Ukrainian military and civilians have both lost faith in the so-called ceasefire and remain trapped in a brutal war.
Watch “Shell-Shocked: Ukraine's Trauma” - http://bit.ly/1XiydJd
Read “NATO is having an existential crisis” - http://bit.ly/29QKmCJ
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If it were real it would expose NATO for what they really are
Russell Bentley is a former US marine, that now fights for the Donbass, Eastern Ukraine, against the US-funded Ukrainian army.
https://ufl.ae/videow/-VeBoqxu7eU
The reason for their intervention in the Ukraine comes down to plain old American agreesion, they wantbto put more basesvalongnthe Russian boarder.
Anyone who has two brain cells to rub together cann see that longbterm,, America is intent on starting a war regardless of Russias attempt to steer clear ofvsuch conflict.
Forbthevlast twenty years, America has been very much involved in the progress towards these ends, andvwhile Russia in all truth and factual evedence has not expanded at all, as in keeping with the Yekta agreement, America has been doing the opposite, thevend result is there there cfor all true minded people to see, Russian bases on American boarders, NONE American bases on Russian boarders 282, so any comment to the effect of Russian agression is not only insulting to Russia, but also to anyone with a fare minded atitude, would has to place America as numver one when refering to agreesion.
Defening ones own boarders is not an act of agreesion, puting bases on someone elses boarders is an act of agreesion, plain and simple TRUTH, something America has shown little use of in the bestbpart of its history be it within their own country or someone elses, this is hardly surprising given their record as a country, who very beginning is based on the genocide of the true American, this atitude has been Americas number one title from day one, a dangerous, agresive, kill at all cost nation who has spent it entire history ripping someonevelse of to further its own power across the world.
The situation has now become one that anyone looking at the end result would be straight away aware that the nature of the coflict, that is Americas doing, has created a situation that nobody in tgeir right mind would ever consider it possible for these people to ever wantbto be part of the Ukraine ever again.
They are NOT terrorist or Russian backed seperatist, they are a people who conducted a legal referendum as oer the laid down perscrition for same, with thecend result being a 96% vote to be seperate from both Russia and the Ukraine, with I might add very good reason,
The fact that both the U.N. and NATO are both in the wrong for not supporting this result, as they did for kosovo, for which America insisted that the requirement for obtaining independance be re written for Kosovo, now find that they no longer wantbwhst they insisted apon because it does not suite them, bearing in mind that this is exactly where they wanted to put the bases.
This if nothing els should have woken the world up to American intention overal, but sadly for those in Europe and other places, their heads of state refuse to pull their heads out of the sand and look at the reality of America intention, and the fact that by allowing America to invade their country with agreesive bases only make them targets for a counrty that will have to defend itself which means getting rid of the missile sites first am formost, regardless of what ever friendship is between those countries and Russia, Russia had no choice.
http://gawker.com/the-revolution-will-not-be-vice-1165948487
http://nypost.com/2016/06/11/is-disney-trying-to-buy-shane-smiths-vice/