On 6 February, parts of Turkiye and Syria were hit by a series of devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that have so far killed more than 31,000 people and destroyed thousands of homes. | The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said that more than 2,000 aftershocks were registered in the country’s south-eastern regions after the initial powerful earthquake that hit Turkiye and Syria. ● Almost 8,000 buildings in 10 Turkish provinces affected by the devastating earthquakes urgently need to be demolished, the Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Ministry said on Sunday. ● Russia and other countries sent help to both countries, including rescue teams and various medical supplies.

Search, Rescue Operations in Syria's Latakia Province Completed - Governor | Search and rescue operations in Syria's Latakia province after the recent earthquake have been completed, Governor Amer Hilal told reporters. 💬 "The search for those killed in all places of Latakia has been completed, now work is under way to clear the rubble," Hilal said. The governor said 805 people had been killed in the province by the earthquake, and more than 1,100 had been injured.
Over 41,000 Buildings Destroyed, Uninhabitable in Turkiye After Earthquakes - Authorities | Over 41,000 buildings in Turkiye's 10 provinces mostly affected by the earthquakes have been completely destroyed or uninhabitable, Turkish Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum said on Monday. 💬 "In 10 provinces affected by the disaster, we have identified 41,791 buildings that either have already collapsed or should be immediately demolished or are in a state of disrepair," Kurum told a briefing. The minister added that the full assessment of the state of buildings in the provinces is expected to be completed by the end of the week.
Death Toll From Earthquakes in Turkiye Rises to 31,643: Authorities | The death toll from the devastating earthquakes in Turkiye has risen to 31,643 people, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said on Monday. "The death toll from the earthquakes has increased to 31,643. Another 158,165 were evacuated from the region to other provinces," AFAD said. On February 6, parts of Turkiye and Syria were hit by a series of powerful earthquakes and aftershocks.
Turkish Police to Detain 31 People in Malatya Over Buildings Destroyed by Quakes, Reports Say | An order for the arrest of 31 people was issued in the central Turkish province of Malatya as part of the case over buildings destroyed by the deadly earthquakes, a Turkish media outlet reported on Monday. The prosecutor's office in Malatya launched an investigation into construction defects of the collapsed buildings, the Turkish broadcaster reported. The number of people arrested on the case is expected to grow, the news outlet added.
Japan to Send B777 Special Transport Jet to Turkiye to Facilitate Medical Cargo Delivery | Japan will send a transport jet of its Self-Defense Forces to Turkiye to help deal with the consequences of deadly earthquakes and keep providing necessary assistance, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Monday.
China’s Red Cross Sends Aid to Earthquake-Hit Syria for 10,000 People, Reports Say | The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) sent a second batch of humanitarian aid to Syria for 10,000 people affected by the devastating earthquakes, Chinese media reported on Monday. The assistance includes tents, warm jackets, and necessary medicines, the China Central Television broadcaster reported. Last week, the organization sent medical supplies and rescuers to Syria. In total, the Chinese government allocated about $4.4 million to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to the country.

■ Western sanctions will mean that more Syrians die after the earthquakes (Eva Bartlett)

Eric Zuesse | The U.S. regime under Barack Obama had been planning, ever since June 2011, a takeover of Ukraine, in order to become enabled ultimately to place its nuclear missiles within less than five minutes flying-time to a first-strike blitz destruction of the Kremlin | Clear and convincing evidence will be presented here that, under U.S. President Barack Obama, the U.S. Government had a detailed plan, which was already active in June 2013, to take over Russia’s main naval base, which is in Sevastopol in Crimea, and to turn it into a U.S. naval base. There can now be no question that the war in Ukraine started, and resulted from, the U.S. Government’s plan to take over all of Ukraine, and especially to take over that Russian naval base, in Crimea, which then was in Ukraine. ● The war in Ukraine didn’t start at the time when a lot of people think it did, with the overthrow of Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych. It was already underway considerably before that time, because it started in Washington, as the following masterful 11-minute documentary makes clear — it started as a subterranean war by Washington to take over Ukraine before it became an overt war (a “civil war”) within Ukraine.

Polish General Skshipchak said that Ukraine has no forces for an offensive. | The Ukrainian army does not have the means for offensive actions, the situation is close to complete defeat, the former commander of the Polish ground forces, General Waldemar Skshipchak, said in an interview with the portal Wirtualna Polska. ● Meanwhile, German Leopard-2 tanks will be in Ukraine at the end of March according to the Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius. ● Also adding to the potential tank capabilities, Ukrainian crews that arrived in the UK last week will be using Challenger 2 tanks to defend Ukraine next month, UK prime minister Sunak says. ● In related news, the issue of long-range weapons and fighters for Ukraine has been resolved, said the Head of Ukraine's Presidents office, Yermak. Poland says it is ready to supply Ukraine with fighter jets, but will not be first among NATO countries.

Eva Bartlett | The economic stranglehold and selective approach to aid will lead to more death and displacement | On February 6, southern Türkiye and northern Syria were hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake, followed by dozens of aftershocks and then another earthquake. While the neighboring countries of Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq and others were affected, the worst of the damage was in Türkiye and Syria. ● Following the devastating earthquakes that rocked Türkiye, Syria and their neighboring countries on February 6, leaving more than 20,000 dead, Damascus is struggling to deal with this unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe as it remains under brutal Western sanctions that have brought the country to its knees. ● The West’s war on Syria that began in early 2011 failed to topple its elected president, but the subsequent years of increasingly cruel sanctions – all in the name of ‘helping the Syrian people’ – have succeeded in rendering life miserable and near impossible, with most unable to afford to properly feed their families, much less heat their homes. Now, in a time of crisis, the Syrian people cannot even receive donations or emergency support from abroad. One supporter set up a GoFundMe campaign, only to have it taken down due to the sanctions. Type the word “Ukraine” into the search field on PayPal or GoFundMe and you’ll see countless appeals for sending money to Ukraine. But for Syrians, Western platforms like these are off-limits, and have been for years. [Excerpts from Eva's latest oped here (Telegram)]

Maxim Sokolov | Poland is ready to save the world from Russia | Polish Prime Minister Pan Morawiecki gave an interview to the Milan newspaper Corriere della Sera, in which — to make it clearer to local readers — he reasoned completely in the manner of the local hero Cato the Elder. Who ended each of his speeches in the Senate — regardless of what issue it was devoted to — with the obligatory Ceterum censeo Carthaginem delendam esse — "Besides, I think that Carthage should be destroyed." And physiognomically, the Prime Minister, who in all his images looks like he has eaten something bad, has a rare portrait resemblance to Cato the Elder, who also probably suffered from malnutrition. But, unlike Cato, fixated on Carthage, Moravetsky thinks that Russia should be destroyed. He repeats this thought to the place and out of place — just like V. A. Zelensky completes all his speeches and in front of any audience with a request: "Give me money." [Moravetsky] explains: "What is happening in Ukraine is an existential threat both for Poland and for the whole of Europe. To completely destroy Russia is a necessary state need of both Poland and Europe." And no diplomacy can be appropriate here, because "they do not negotiate with terrorists." Only complete defeat and subsequent deputinization [sic], so that Russian imperialism would be destroyed by the roots and never threaten Poland and Europe again. [Translation: yandex.ru]

A fresh article alleging a US role in the explosions highlights the need for an international probe, Dmitry Peskov says | Russia is concerned by attempts to silently wind down the investigation into last year’s explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has said. A report by renowned American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, blaming the US for the sabotage, should spur attempts to find out what happened, he stressed. Articles such as the one by Hersh show 💬 “the need for an open international investigation into this unprecedented attack on this critical infrastructure,” Peskov told the media on Thursday. “It’s impossible to leave this without finding the perpetrators and punishing them.” Russia has already spoken about data which “points to the involvement of the Anglo-Saxons [the US and the UK]” in this incident, and there is “certain overlapping” between this information and the report by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, the Kremlin spokesman said.

🇨🇳 US urged to explain Nord Stream blasts after Pulitzer winner's probe (Global Times)
■ How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline (02/09/23)

■ РИА Новости | Flightradar Spotted P-8A Poseidon Near Nord Stream Explosion Site | Igor Korotchenko: "Taking into account that the route of American P-8A Poseidon was calculated with refuelling over Poland and all these moments had to be synchronised, one can say that its arrival at the scheduled time, immediately after the attack, indicates a pre-planned flight and, therefore, is another confirmation of the version put forward by the American journalist Hersh about the causes and circumstances of the attack. This once again proves the involvement of official US government agencies in this sabotage." ● "Vladimir Putin called the incident an apparent terrorist attack." (RIA Novosti)[DeepL.com]

■ Varvara Kuzmina | US Spy Plane Spotted After North Stream Explosion | "Russia has threatened consequences over the undermining of Nord Stream. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said that Moscow would not leave the story of the undermining of Russian gas pipelines without consequences. He also stressed that Russia intended to seek access to the investigation. ● Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov also commented on the situation. He stressed the need for an open international investigation into the incident." (lenta.ru)[DeepL.com]

■ CaitlinJohnstone | Russia would stand nothing to gain by bombing its own pipeline whose gas flow it could control on its own end, while US officials are openly acknowledging that the US benefits from it directly. It's just so silly how imperial spinmeisters are falling all over themselves to dismiss a claim they all privately know is true because it's so glaringly obvious.
■ Ben Norton | In this video I discuss Seymour Hersh's bombshell report that the US blew up Nord Stream. I also look at other evidence he didn't mention. Norway & Poland opened their own Baltic pipeline hours after the sabotage. US is now the world's largest LNG exporter.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is demanding increased “surveillance” powers to track the public and monitor “the health of people, animals, and ecosystems.”–The unelected United Nations health agency argues that it needs new powers to track the public to handle “disease control” so governments can prepare in the event of another pandemic. | The WHO calls for new tracking powers in the latest zero draft of its international pandemic treaty. As Slay News has previously reported, the treaty will award the WHO with sweeping global powers if passed. Elsewhere in the treaty is WHO’s new plan to censor so-called “misinformation” and “disinformation” online. The treaty will give the unelected global organization new powers to “tackle” anything that it deems to be “false, misleading, misinformation, or disinformation.” The WHO will essentially get new legally binding censorship powers if the treaty passes.

US sanctions block Syria from receiving aid, purchasing emergency supplies: Syrian FM (The Cradle)

Seymour Hersh | The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now | Last June, the Navy divers, operating under the cover of a widely publicized mid-summer NATO exercise known as BALTOPS 22, planted the remotely triggered explosives that, three months later, destroyed three of the four Nord Stream pipelines, according to a source with direct knowledge of the operational planning. ● Two of the pipelines, which were known collectively as Nord Stream 1, had been providing Germany and much of Western Europe with cheap Russian natural gas for more than a decade. A second pair of pipelines, called Nord Stream 2, had been built but were not yet operational. Now, with Russian troops massing on the Ukrainian border and the bloodiest war in Europe since 1945 looming, President Joseph Biden saw the pipelines as a vehicle for Vladimir Putin to weaponize natural gas for his political and territorial ambitions. ● Biden’s decision to sabotage the pipelines came after more than nine months of highly secret back and forth debate inside Washington’s national security community about how to best achieve that goal. For much of that time, the issue was not whether to do the mission, but how to get it done with no overt clue as to who was responsible. THE OPERATION: Norway was the perfect place to base the mission. In the past few years of East-West crisis, the U.S. military has vastly expanded its presence inside Norway, whose western border runs 1,400 miles along the north Atlantic Ocean and merges above the Arctic Circle with Russia. The Pentagon has created high paying jobs and contracts, amid some local controversy, by investing hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade and expand American Navy and Air Force facilities in Norway. The new works included, most importantly, an advanced synthetic aperture radar far up north that was capable of penetrating deep into Russia and came online just as the American intelligence community lost access to a series of long-range listening sites inside China. ● [In] Washington, planners knew they had to go to Norway. “They hated the Russians, and the Norwegian navy was full of superb sailors and divers who had generations of experience in highly profitable deep-sea oil and gas exploration,” the source said. They also could be trusted to keep the mission secret.

■ 2 Minutes of U.S. Official Incitement Against Nord Stream Pipeline (C-Span2/You Tube)
■ The West attempts to silently curtail Nord Stream terrorist acts’ investigation — Kremlin (TASS)
■ Snowden comments on Nord Stream revelations (RT.com)
■ Some Small Corrections To Seymour Hersh's New Nord Stream Revelations (MoA)
■ Seymour Hersh on the American "covert sea operation" to destroy the Nord Stream pipelines (eugyppius)
■ "Северные потоки" взорвала страна-террорист (RIA Novosti)[DeepL.com]
■ Россия пригрозила США последствиями за атаки на «Северные потоки» (lenta.ru)[DeepL.com]

■ The United States, Norway and NATO have Committed an Act of War Against Russia (Hal Turner) | Very long story short: The President of the United States ordered his staff to come up with a way to "deal with" the Nord Stream Pipeline. They did. It got blown up. This was a crime. It is also, an Act of War against Russia.

ER Editor: It’s clear that the Covid criminals have hit some of the wrong people, including retired Swiss banker Pascal Najadi and Thai princess, Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, for example. Najadi is triple vaccinated and injured; Mahidol, idem and in a coma since December. | Following the intervention of Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi (also a friend of Najadi) with the Thai government recently, Thailand may be the first government to take contractual action against Pfizer. We’re publishing this to note that Pascal Najadi is bringing his own legal action against the Swiss government, plus the fact of there being some interesting legal angles to this matter, called ‘universal jurisdiction’ crimes.

■ hailand to become first country in the world to declare its Pfizer contracts null and void (02/03/23)

Valentina Matvienko | The only possibility for Kiev to prevent an ultimate catastrophe is to start searching for a peace formula that takes into account objective reality and Russia's legitimate interests. | This is the only real prospect. Because Joe Biden's promise to maintain a military confrontation for as long as it takes, if you think about it, is a requiem for Ukraine. Because the Kiev regime has zero chance of defeating Russia on the battlefield, the American president's statement condemns Ukraine and its people to slaughter. This is exactly what is happening right now. The losses of the AFU are huge, the economy is collapsing, people are fleeing. The country is getting closer and closer to the line beyond which it risks the total and irrevocable loss of statehood. For what? For the interests of the United States and its allies? For the West's desire for world hegemony? (Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator; free version)

Ukrainian military bloggers also spoke almost directly about this the day before. Denis Pushilin, the acting head of the DPR, said that they were dropping munitions banned by all possible conventions from drones. In addition, poisonings of Russian fighters were also reported. | AFU preparing to use banned chemical munitions in Artemivsk. Ukrainian “military blogger” Yuriy Madiar has published a video showing chemical munitions and “hinted” that the Ukrainian armed forces are preparing to use banned munitions on facilities in Artemivsk (Bakhmut). Previously, “Madiar” posted footage of him and members of his gang making drones with colourful cylinders. At that time, it was not known exactly what the Ukrainian soldiers were using in their homemade bombs, but now the blogger has independently confirmed that the containers contain chemical weapons.

■ Ukraine war: Borrowed time for Bakhmut as Russians close in (Penny For Your Thoughts)
■ Video Proof Ukraine Using Chemical Weapons Against Russian Troops (02/08/23)

Ukraine handed over the last of its Soviet-era nuclear weapons to Russia in the mid-1990s after signing an agreement on security guarantees with Moscow and Washington. Last year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Kiev might revoke its non-nuclear weapons status due to “Russian aggression.” | Owing to its large-scale nuclear potential, Ukraine may have already built a nuclear bomb, Polish General Waldemar Skrzypczak suspects. 💬 “I do not rule out Ukraine having nuclear weapons, because the Ukrainians have nuclear power plants, scientists, laboratories and knowhow. In other words, everything they need to possess such a weapon. In fact, today no one is in a position to prohibit the Ukrainians from having it,” Skrzypczak, the former commander of Poland’s Land Forces, said in an interview with Polish media.

On 6 February, south-eastern Turkiye and northern Syria were hit by a massive earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, several powerful aftershocks and then another earthquake causing unimaginable devastation. | The earthquake toppled thousands of buildings and has left more than 15,000 dead in both countries. The death toll is expected to climb as more bodies are recovered from the rubble. Many international organizations and world leaders have offered assistance to the Turkish and Syrian authorities to deal with the aftermath of the disaster. Turkiye says it was the most powerful earthquake recorded in the country since 1939. It was followed by more than 78 aftershocks and a second quake of 7.5 magnitude.

WARNING. GRAPHIC VIDEO BELOW. VIEWER DISCRETION STRONGLY ADVISED. | Video has been put out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces laughing about their use of Chemical Weapons to kill Russian Troops. The video, complete with happy, carnival-type music, appears below. The video, shot from the drone which drops the chemical weapon, shows two separate cartridges being dropped on Russian troops who have taken cover in a small creek or stream. The first cartridge has limited effect. The second cartridge, with a blue end cover, is utterly horrifying.

On 6 February, south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria were rocked by a massive earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, several powerful aftershocks and then another earthquake causing unimaginable devastation. | The earthquake toppled thousands of buildings and has left more than 8,000 dead in both countries. The death toll is expected to climb as more bodies are recovered from the rubble. Many international organizations and world leaders have offered assistance to the Turkish and Syrian authorities to deal with the consequences of the disaster. Turkey says it was the most powerful earthquake recorded in the country since 1939. It was followed by more than 78 aftershocks and a second quake of 7.5 magnitude.

Elena Panina (Елена Панина) | Historical parallels: Kursk-1943 - Bakhmut-2023 | The upper photo shows German Ferdinand SAU shot down near Kursk in 1943. On the lower photo - Latvian SAU M109A5Ö, transferred to AFU and shot down near Bakhmut in 2023. The two photos summarize the whole point of the West's wars with Russia. History repeats itself. We will have to answer the challenge again, just as we did 80 years ago. It will not be easy. But our cause is right. The enemy will be defeated. Victory will be ours! (Translation: DeepL.com)

Viktor Medvedchuk | The country was plunged into a fire for the inflated ego of this man | President Vladimir Zelensky condemned Ukraine to destruction in the name of Western interests because he is too incompetent and ambitious to govern it properly, exiled opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk believes. Zelensky was elected in 2019 as a “peace candidate” who pledged to put an end to the warmongering policies of his predecessor, Pyotr Poroshenko, Medvedchuk, who was the leader of the banned Opposition Platform – For Life, wrote in an article published by RIA Novosti on Wednesday. But instead of becoming “a sentence” for Poroshenko, which was his campaign promise, Zelensky became a sentence for Ukraine, the politician said. The new leader had a mandate to rebalance Ukraine’s political system and make the country neutral and peaceful, Medvedchuk wrote. But this required a boring routine and difficult work. Zelensky “failed to put the nation in order, and found that blaming Russia rather than his own incompetence for the problems” was easier.

In recent years, Norway has maintained a close military collaboration with Germany, including submarine cooperation. The bilateral engagements between Oslo and Berlin received a shot in the arm after the conflict in Ukraine began, as Norway replaced Russia as the EU's biggest supplier of gas. | Norway has decided to acquire 54 German Leopard 2A7 main battle tanks, bringing a bitter debate between the military and politicians over funding priorities to a close. ● The planned 19.7Bln NOK ($1.91Bln) package also includes an option to buy a further 18 vehicles. The new tanks will replace Leopard 2A4 vehicles and are due to be phased in between 2026 and 2031. Although the contract with manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMV) has yet to be signed, Norway's Defense Materiel Agency said it is expected to be in the near future. ● Justifying the procurement, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store enigmatically claimed that Oslo finds itself in "one of the most demanding security policy situations since the Second World War." He also stressed that the Leopard 2A7 acquisition will both lead to closer security ties with Germany and ensure that Oslo shares a common main battle tank with its Nordic neighbors and close allies. The choice of the Leopard follows Norway’s close military collaboration with Germany on a number of major defense and security related projects, including submarine cooperation.

Simon Tilford | Things weren’t nearly this bad in the 1970s—but the country’s leaders haven't grasped that yet. | By any criteria, the United Kingdom faces a serious economic and social crisis, one that will deepen without big shifts in policy. Yet there is little sense of this crisis among the country’s elite, not least its politicians. ● The power of narratives helps explain this disconnect. The gap between the U.K.’s reality as portrayed by the dominant narrative of its economy’s performance and real life as experienced by its average citizen has widened to the breaking point. The resulting political distortions are now making the underlying problems even worse. ● Narratives and the emotional impulses that drive them play an underappreciated role in our understanding of the way economies work and whether they are perceived to be performing well or not. Sometimes, there is real grounding to those narratives; other times, they are largely fictional constructs. This does not necessarily mean that those who believe them and propagate them are dishonest, only that their personal experience may not be representative of the economy as a whole.

The West imposes brutal sanctions against Syria, debilitating & ruining every aspect of Syrians' lives, in addition to stealing their oil, backing terrorist groups & creating the unnecessary war on Syria in the first place...and after the tragic earthquakes in the region, who helps Syria? Those vilified by the hypocritical West: Iran, Russia, Iraq, Lebanon, & Syrians themselves (although, thanks to those damn sanctions, fundraising efforts by Syrians abroad are nearly impossible). * Russian Ministry Of Emergency Services Personnel Get To Work In Syria. 50 personnel and three search-and-rescue canine crews arrived in Syria on Tuesday to assist with emergency operations following the deadly earthquakes that struck the country. Earlier, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu ordered Russian military personnel deployed to the country to begin assisting search-and-rescue operations. (Eva Bartlett)

Early on Monday, an earthquake of 7.7 magnitude on the Richter scale struck south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria. Another 7.6 magnitude earthquake occurred a few hours later. | The death toll from Monday's earthquake in Turkey has risen to 3,381, with 15,834 injured, a Turkish news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the Turkish disaster and emergency management authority (AFAD). ● The European Union sent rescuers to Turkey, responding to its request to activate the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Russia also sent teams to assist Turkey and instructed its troops to help the Syrian authorities as well. A number of other countries have also voiced their eagerness to provide assistance if necessary. ● On Monday, Syria appealed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to mobilize all resources available to help the war-stricken country deal with the deadly catastrophe.

■ Число погибших при землетрясении в Турции выросло до 3419
■ Re: The Devastating Earthquake Struck Syria (02/06/23)

Evidence that external forces were involved has been suppressed for ‘political reasons’ | Political scientist Ivan Katchanovski – of the University of Ottawa – has revealed that a paper he produced outlining evidence that the February 2014 massacre of Ukrainian protesters by sniper fire, a defining moment of the Western-backed Maidan coup, was not published by an academic journal for “political reasons.” ‘The evidence is solid:’ In a lengthy Twitter thread posted on January 6, Katchanovski first laid out the circumstances behind the rejection of his article, and the bombshell evidence included in it. The paper was initially accepted with minor revisions after peer review, and the journal's editor offered a glowing appraisal of his work, writing: 💬 “There is no doubt that this paper is exceptional in many ways. It offers evidence against the mainstream narrative of the regime change in Ukraine in 2014… It seems to me that the evidence the study produces in favour of its interpretation on who was behind the massacre of the protesters and the police during the ‘Euromaidan’ mass protests on February 18-20, 2014, in Ukraine, is solid. On this there is also consensus among the two reviewers.” As the editor noted, the massacre was a “politically crucial development,” which led to the “transition of powers in the country” from the freely elected Viktor Yanukovich to the illegitimate and rabidly nationalistic administration of Aleksandr Turchinov, a former security services chief. It was endlessly cited in Western media as a symbol of the brutality of Ukraine’s government and an unprovoked attack on innocent pro-WesternMaidan protesters, who allegedly sought nothing more than democracy and freedom.

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