5. Putin claims Russia is successfully "demilitarizing" Ukraine by destroying large numbers of Western-supplied weapons.
"We have also destroyed almost 2,300 armoured vehicles of various types. This is what is called demilitarisation." 12/
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Putin claims Russia destroying Western-supplied Ukrainian weapons
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Putin’s war aims and the illegality of military coercion
4. Putin defends the ongoing "special military operation" to achieve Russia's goals of "denazification, demilitarization and neutral status" for Ukraine Putin and Russia can have any goals they want, but they have no right to use military force to achieve them. 11/
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Iranian Drones Kill My Friends in My City
No one cares if you are creating any blocs or not. What I and others care about is that you use Iranian drones to shoot at my city everyday and that these drones and technology kill my friends 10/
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Russian tanks and artillery in 2014-2015 Donbas conflict
Then, the "separatists" somehow got tanks and artillery (from Russia) and the war started. Most of the shelling and shooting happened in 2014-2015, when Russia military and Russian supported irregular militia were fighting Ukrainian regular army. 8/
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Rebuttal of Putin’s Donbas shelling justification
Putin says: They spent eight years shelling Donbas. They forced us to take these actions No, no one shelled anyone in Donbas until Russians appeared there. They started taking over the government buildings, arresting the government officials, shooting people who resisted 7/
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Rebuttal of Putin’s justification for invasion claims
2. Putin claims Russia's actions are justified to protect pro-Russian populations in eastern Ukraine that have suffered for 8 years No, they are not. Even the rights of some part of the population were violated by the government, there are courts, international law, and the UN /
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Yanukovych fled, Russia invaded Crimea and Donbas
Protests followed. Yanukovych ordered to shoot protestors and things unravelled. He fled Ukraine to Russia. Russia invaded and annexed Crimea, then invaded Donbas 4/
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Ukraine’s sovereignty and rejection of Russian influence 2014
There is the principle of non-intervention. It grants every sovereign State the right of to conduct its affairs without outside interference But of course 2014 wasn't a coup. Pro-Russian president Yanukovych rejected aspirations of Ukrainians to move towards Europe. 3/
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Refutation of Putin’s 2014 coup narrative for invasion
Putin: How did the conflict in Ukraine begin? It began with the state coup in Ukraine in 2014 Let's stop right here. Even if it were a coup in 2014, Russia or Putin has no right to invade and annex any territories. The international law doesn't allow it 2/
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Putin’s Ukraine war propaganda claims and refutation
Putin tells lies, half-truths, and fantasies at his year-end address. This is propaganda, but it works. So, we must resist and refute each point Here is what he said about Ukraine and the West and why it's wrong 1. Putin blames the West for the war in 2014 and 2022 1/