The
Ukrainian security officers 692 times have fired at the DPR
front-line territories over past 24 hours, reported the operative
command of the Republic.
The
enemy has launched 31 artillery shells of 152 mm caliber, 258
grenades of 120 mm caliber and 152 grenades of 82 mm caliber.
Besides, it was fired from the IFV, grenade launchers and small arms.
According
to the command, the suburbs of Gorlovka and Donetsk, the localities
of Zaitsevo, Staromikhailovka, the Petrovsky district of the capital
and the territory of the airport, and also Yasinovataya, Vasilyevka,
Spartak, Dokuchayevsk and the southern villages of DPR –
Novomaryevka, Kominternovo, Sakhanka and Leninskoye have come under
fire of the AFU.
The
DPR command has transferred all data on violations of the Minsk
agreements to the OSCE and JCCC representatives.
Will
Ukraine Launch a New Donbass Offensive This Summer?
Russia
is warning that Kiev may launch a new offensive against supporters of
the self-proclaimed republics in the Donbass region of eastern
Ukraine. Moscow is urging Paris and Berlin to put pressure on the
Ukrainian authorities to prevent a potential renewal of violence
As
hostilities threaten to break out again in eastern Ukraine, Moscow is
warning that Kiev may be on the verge of launching a new offensive
against the self-proclaimed rebel republics in the region.
At
a meeting with the German and French ambassadors on July 6, Russian
Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin told them that heightened
tensions in the Donbass indicate that the Ukrainian troops are
preparing for action to try and take back territory occupied by
Russian-backed rebels as part of a two-year-old conflict with the
central government in Kiev.
Karasin
urged the two ambassadors, who represent the two countries whose
leaders – alongside the presidents of Russia and Ukraine – form
the four-party negotiating group for resolving the Donbass crisis,
“to exercise their influence to put pressure on Kiev in order to
prevent a military scenario…”
On
the following day, the situation in eastern Ukraine was discussed in
a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and
his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama.
This
time, a similar appeal was made to the Russian leader in relation to
the rebel regimes in Donetsk and Lugansk, which enjoy Moscow’s
patronage. Obama asked Putin to “take
measures to
end the significant uptick in fighting in eastern Ukraine.”
Fears
regarding a dramatic increase in hostilities in the Donbass were
voiced not only in Russia but in Ukraine too. Kiev linked this
eventuality to the Kremlin’s desire to destabilize the situation in
Ukraine as a whole and in the Donbass in particular. Ukrainian
parliamentary speaker Andrei Parubiy said that
Moscow may be tempted to do it against the backdrop of “the U.S.
election and the crisis in the EU.”
Rise
in ceasefire violations
There
is no doubt in any quarters that tensions along the contact line in
the Donbass have risen recently. According to media reports, over the
past several weeks, reports of shelling in the region have
risen by a third,
while the OSCE
is also reporting more
frequent ceasefire violations.
At
the same time, Russian experts do not believe there are grounds to
say that the Ukrainian military are preparing a large-scale offensive
on the rebel-held areas of the Donbass.
According
to Vladimir Yevseyev, deputy head of the CIS Institute, “one should
not be saying that Kiev is deploying a large number of troops.”
Rather, he said, one could talk of acts of provocation staged by
radicals (there are many fighters from volunteer detachments at the
contact line known for their radical views) who are keen to see
relations between Russia and the West deteriorate.
Viktor
Murakhovsky, a military expert and editor-in-chief of the Arsenal
Otechestva (Arsenal
of the Fatherland) magazine, told RBTH that he had no data to confirm
that the Ukrainian side is preparing “a large-scale military
action.”
Meanwhile,
Alexander Khramchikhin, deputy head of the Moscow-based Institute of
Political and Military Analysis, pointed out that despite the lack of
reports that Kiev is preparing an offensive, hostilities in Donbass
have never really stopped and a real war “could flare up once again
at any moment.”
Khramchikhin
attributes this to the fact that neither of the parties is satisfied
with the status quo – both Kiev and the rebel regions would like to
have more.
‘Pointless
outcome’
Russia
continued its attempts to appeal to Germany and France on July 8,
this time at a more senior level.
In
a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and
French President Francois Hollande, Vladimir Putin urged them to put
pressure on Kiev to get the Ukrainian military to end “actions of
provocative nature.”
Murakhovsky
pointed out that “the Ukrainian side from time to time uses local
operations to train its units, including with the use of heavy
weaponry.”
This
is particularly relevant for the volunteer battalions, he added,
citing recent clashes near the key railway junction of Debaltseve,
previously held by Ukrainian forces but controlled by the rebels
since February 2015.
In
the action, two companies of Ukrainian government troops tried to
occupy the neutral zone but were repelled and had to retreat,
Murakhovsky explained.
“From
the military point of view, the outcome [of that operation] was
absolutely pointless,” he said.
Strelkov:
urgent about the military situation — UAF is almost finished
concentrating the forces to attack
Ex-defense
Minister of Donetsk People's Republic Igor Strelkov gave a brief
forecast of the military situation on the basis of personal analysis
of available data.
Currently
Ukrainian army is almost finished concentrating forces for the
planned offensive. At
the sites selected for the direction of the main strike (to the south
of Donetsk), their superiority over the opposing units of NAF is
estimated as 5-fold.
Hidden behind a deeply layered system of defence, UAFformation
has a distinct offensive
configuration. At
the front, exploration of the positions of LDPR army is actively
underway. Moreover, it is conducted by professional scout groups
(presumably — PMCs). The number of drones and tools of electronic
warfare involved by the ukro-military is impressive. At the front,
considerable reserves of ammunition for all types of weapons are
concentrated. Available
UAF forces are enough to defeat the opposing "corps of the
people's militia" in a week or two, and already in
the first day of the attack profound breakthroughs with access to
rear communications can be achieved. The
offensive can have a "general" character (aimed at
accessing the border with Russia throughout its entire length and
subsequent total destruction of the republics), and limited, whose
goal may be the seizure of the southern part of DPR and vital
infrastructure, without which even a partial economic autonomy of
Donbass will be impossible. A
full-scale assault should be expected before the muddy fall season
and, thus, UAF has no more than a month and a half left. And
taking into account the need not only to begin, but to complete the
main operation before the onset of autumn rasputitsa [muddy season -
rus.], the start date is limited by the range of September 20-25. If
the offensive will not begin in the specified period, with high
probability it will be possible to predict the freezing of the
existing status quo before the onset of winter frost. However,
the postponement of the operation is possible, but unlikely, as the
deteriorating economic and political situation of the Kiev junta does
not guarantee the opportunity to gather an equally powerful group to
attack six months later. The
most suitable time for attack (putting yourself in the enemy's shoes)
appears to be the time of the visit of Vladimir Putin to New York to
the session of the UN General Assembly (20th of September) —
this way the effect of massive pressure from the so-called
"international community" at the moment of making a
strategic decision about the provision of or failure to render
military aid to LDPR, or on the extent of the aid, can be
achieved. Let
me remind you that the "War of 08.08.08", and the decisive
events of the "Revolution of 'Gidnost' " were made at a
time when Vladimir Putin was outside of Moscow (in China and at the
Sochi Olympics).
"If all else fails go to war" Things are deteriorating very quickly in Ukraine and as the economy and financial systems collapses the US is looking to war. Stephen Cohen says Obama is on the phone with Poroshenko, Yatsenyuk and others 3 times a week - Geoffrey Pyatt probably daily. The Saker will be preoccupied with other matters right now as a deadly tropical cyclone bears down on Florida. Watch this space for rapidly-developing events.
RusVesna - translated for Fort Russ by J. Arnoldski
“Emergency statement: UAF massively shelling DPR, Poroshenko intends to resume hostilities — Ministry of Defence”
On the evening of August 26, DPR Deputy Commander, Eduard Basurin, made an emergency statement: “The situation in the DPR has drastically deteriorated.
The
Kiev fascist regime has given the criminal order to shell our
territories.
As
a result, from 5 P.M. punitive forces began massively shelling
positions of the DPR army and the civilian areas of Belaya Kamenka,
Novolaspa, Staroslava, and Staroignatovka.
The
fascists have used heavy artillery prohibited by the Minsk Agreements
against the civilian areas of Aleksandrovka and Marinka. The
outskirts of Donetsk have been struck.
The
shelling has been carried out from the positions of the 72nd
mechanized brigade under the command of the criminal Grishchenko, as
well as the 19th infantry battalion. The enemy is using ACS howitzers
of 152 and 122 mm, mortars of 120 and 80 mm, and tanks.
A
residential block in the Kubyshevsky district of Donetsk suffered a
direct hit from a fascist tank.
According
to our estimate, the enemy is trying to provoke a response by our
troops and with such activity convince the army command of the DPR to
prepare for an offensive in this direction of the UAF.
It
is safe to say that the criminal fascist regime is purposefully
trying to disrupt the Minsk Agreement. The bloodthirsty Kiev puppets
are out to disrupt the establishment of peaceful life in the
Republic, thereby showing the whole world their inability to conduct
civilized negotiations. The paranoiacs in power are leading Ukraine
into the abyss!
The
President of Ukraine seeks to resume hostilities and lead a new
escalation of tensions in Eastern Europe, and therefore, we appeal to
the people and officers of Ukraine: sabotage the criminal orders of
the UAF command, show acts of defiance, and demonstrate an absence of
support for the aggressive plans of Poroshenko.
Come
over to the side of the DPR, stand with us to protect the civilian
population of Donbass!
We
call on the leaders of European countries and Russia, as well as
international organizations, to stop the criminal actions of
Poroshenko in Donbass, by which the Ukrainian president seeks to
unleash a new conflict in Eastern Europe and drown Donbass in blood!”
- Eduard Basurin stated.
Сегодня
вечером, 26 августа, заместитель
Командующего корпусом ДНР Эдуард Басурин
сделал экстренное заявление: «Обстановка
в Донецкой Народной Республике резко
обострилась.
Киевский
фашистский режим отдал преступный
приказ на обстрелы наших территорий.
В
результате чего, каратели с 17 часов
начали массированные обстрелы позиций
армии ДНР и гражданских объектов в
районе населенных пунктов Белая Каменка,
Новоласпа, Староласпа и Староигнатовка.
Фашисты
применили запрещенную Минскими
договоренностями тяжелую артиллерию,
в том числе, по мирным населенным пунктам
Александровка и Марьинка. Ударам
подверглись окраины города Донецка.
Обстрелы
ведутся с позиций 72 отдельной
механизированной бригады под управлением
преступника Грищенко, и 19 отдельного
мотопехотного батальона. Противник
применяет САУ и гаубицы 152 мм, 122 мм,
минометы 120 мм и 80 мм, а также танки.
В
Куйбышевском районе города Донецка
отмечается прямое попадание из танка
фашистов в жилую пятиэтажку.
По
нашим оценкам, противник пытается
спровоцировать наши войска на ответные
действия, а также своей активностью
убедить командование армии ДНР в
готовящимся на этом направлении
наступлении ВСУ.
Можно
смело говорить, что преступный фашистский
режим целенаправленно пытается сорвать
Минские договоренности. Кровожадные
киевские марионетки всеми силами
стремятся нарушить процесс налаживания
мирной жизни в Республике, тем самым
показывая всему миру несостоятельность
вести цивилизованные переговоры.
Параноики у власти ведут Украину в
пропасть!
Президент
Украины стремится возобновить боевые
действия и привести к новой эскалации
напряженности на Востоке Европы, в связи
с чем, обращаемся к народу и офицерам
Украины, саботируйте преступные приказы
командования ВСУ, проявляйте акты
неповиновения, демонстрируйте отсутствие
поддержки агрессивных планов Порошенко.
Переходите
на сторону армии ДНР, станьте вместе с
нами на защиту мирного населения
Донбасса!
Призываем
лидеров европейских государств и России,
а также международные организации,
остановить преступные действия Порошенко
на Донбассе, которыми президент Украины
стремится развязать новый конфликт на
Востоке Европы и утопить Донбасс в
крови!» — заявил Эдуард Басурин.
The
Great Stephen Cohen on Meaning of Merkel-Poroshenko (Audio Podcast)
Also
talks about Henry Kissinger opposing US orthodoxy on Ukraine,
and Putin's continous policy of de-Stalinization
He
has Stephen Cohen on live in the studio almost every week for a full
45 minute segment, the only guest he gives that much time to.
Why? Because Cohen’s appearances are killing the ratings.
America seems to be thirsting for an alternative and critical view of Obama’s Russia policy.
Nation
contributing editor Stephen F. Cohen and John Batchelor continue
their weekly discussions of the new cold war.
This
installment focuses on different but related recent developments.
According
to Cohen, by summoning Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to
Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President
François Hollande made clear that the US-backed government in Kiev,
not Moscow, is blocking implementation of their Minsk plan for
negotiating an end to the Ukrainian civil war.
By
publicly rejecting several premises of US policy, Dr. Henry Kissinger
has breached the political-media orthodoxy that Putin’s Russia
alone is responsible for the new cold war.
And
by enacting a law mandating the memorialization of Stalin’s
millions of victims, in popular culture and in public institutions,
Putin has taken a step first called for by Soviet leader Nikita
Khrushchev 54 years ago, and has done so despite “bitter
resentment” on the part of many of today’s Russian officials,
intellectuals, and millions of citizens.
He
has also defied Putin-phobic assertions in the West that he is
reviving the worst traditions of Russia’s Soviet past.
Novorussian
officials have called a press conference today to warn about the high
risks of an Ukronazi assault on Novorussia in the very near future.
I have asked our translation team and friends to subtitle the video
of this press conference and I hope to get it in the next 24 hours or
less.
The
press conference was unique in that Edward Basurin, the Deputy
Defense Minister and spokesman for the Novorussian armed forces
showed a map with what he described as the Ukrainian attack plans:
While
I don’t doubt for one second that the Novorussians have pretty much
near perfect intelligence about the situation in the Nazi-occupied
Ukraine and the plans of the junta (all that provided courtesy of the
Russian GRU), I have to say that what
this maps shows is extremely predictable too and not fundamentally
different from what the Ukronazis tried last year:
surrounding and cutting off Donetsk from Lugansk and taking control
of key parts (or even all) of the Ukrainian-Russian border.
Basurin also quoted the figures for the junta forces and those are in
line with what others, including Cassad, have reported. The
Ukronazi force is most definitely numerically large.
Basurin
also warned that the attack would be preceded by a false flag attack
organized by the junta and blamed on the Novorussians. Again,
nothing new here.
To
be honest, we are all getting used to ‘cry wolf’ about an
impending Ukronazi attack. And this is hardly our fault.
Such an attack has, indeed, been impending for a long while already
and the junta’s bellicose rhetoric has only reinforced this sense
of imminent danger. Furthermore, the recent visit of the
British Defense Minister in Kiev only made things worse as the junta
always does something ugly when western dignitaries visit Kiev.
Add to this that Poroshenko is scheduled to meet with his German and
French counterparts next week and the sense of crisis will be total.
And logically so.
So
while the tensions are real and definitely based in reality, they are
also nothing new here, really. You could also legitimately that
all this panic is nothing else but business as usual and that it will
remain so until the regime of Nazi freaks in Kiev is finally replaced
by something more or less civilized. This will inevitably
happen but, alas, not in the near future.
So
we are left with this exhausting and frustrating situation where yet
another Ukronazi attack might happen anytime but where it also might
not. That is the inevitable consequence of having evil, weak
and insecure psychopaths in charge of an entire country.
Yesterday
a rumor was started indicating that the Novorussians were planning to
organize a referendum to join Russia. I still don’t know if
that rumor is based in reality or not, but I will note that this
kind of rumor could also serve as a perfect pretext for a Ukronazi
attack.
It
is clear to me that something has to give, probably soon. The
Ukrainian economy is dead, the stocks of basic goods and energy for
next winter are empty, the country is in ruins and social tensions
are on the raise everywhere. I personally cannot image that
regime change could happen in Kiev before at least one more attack on
Novorussia. The junta really has nothing left to lose and by
massing a large attack force, regardless of how ill prepared this
force is, and at least the theoretical such an attack could
possibility draw Russia in and, thereby, save the Ukronazi junta in
Kiev.
Nobody in
Kiev is seriously thinking that they can occupy Donetsk or Lugansk or
pacify the Donbass. Everybody is pretending otherwise, but that
ain’t happening. Everybody in Kiev is fully aware of
the fact that the Donbass is lost forever. So I will repeat
this again: the
real purpose of an attack will not be to ‘reconquer’
Novorussia, it will be to draw Russia into the Donbass.
How?
Well,
in theory, if the junta can launch enough men and armor to overwhelm
the Novorussian defenses and if these forces succeed in surrounding
Donetsk and Lugansk, Russia will really have no other option than to
intervene. Of course, the Russians will easily defeat the
Ukronazi forces, in 24 hours or less, but at that point the Nazi
regime in Kiev will be saved: it will be able to declare full
mobilization, blame every difficulty in Russia, crush any resistance
with even more brutality than before and politically force all the US
allies to provide aid to the regime in Kiev. The regime itself,
by the way, would be safe as, contrary to the hopes of many, the
Russians will not push much beyond the current line of contact.
At most they will liberate Mariupol and or Slaviansk/Kramatrosk as a
“penalty” for the Ukronazi attack. The junta in Kiev will
remain safe, at least from the Russians.
The
real danger for the junta does not come from the Russian military,
but from the disillusioned and impoverished Ukrainian people with
whom the regime will remain “one on one” unless the Russians
intervene. And as long as this situation will remain like this,
a Ukronazi attack will possibly atany moment.
Starting right now.
Donetsk
PM Zakharchenko : " Minsk agreements are torn apart, Kiev will
attack us soon"
Kiev
Gathers Huge 65,000-Strong Army on Frontline Near Donetsk
With
the Minsk ceasefire agreements formally still in force, the situation
in eastern Ukraine's Donbass region remains extremely tense amid
reports about Kiev's mass troop deployments in the area.
In
violation of the Minsk ceasefire agreements, the Armed Forces of
Ukraine has deployed heavy weapons and a large number of troops to
the frontline in eastern Ukraine's Donbass region, Russian media
outlets said. The
reports came amid intensified artillery shelling exchanges between
the warring sides in the area, including near the city of Mariupol. The
Armed Forces of Ukraine has deployed a considerable number of men
along the entire frontline, estimated to comprise of about 65,000
soldiers and officers of different subordination, level of training
and motivation.
This
number includes between 68 and 70 battalions, comprised of 26
battalion groups plus separate company units.
The
Ukrainian army's General Staff finally shifted to the battalion group
tactics, reshuffling various kinds of troops after defeat in
Debaltsevo.
Given
this development, the army's recent shelling of the village of
Sartana on the outskirts of Mariupol can be seen as nothing more than
an attempt to drill the interaction of these battalion groups.
Right
now, several army brigades remain on the frontline, including the
24th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade and the 92nd Motorized
Infantry Brigade, armed with eighteen Grad multiple launch rocket
systems and self-propelled artillery platforms, as well as six tanks,
ten armored personnel carriers, six howitzers, anti-aircraft guns,
plus lots of small arms and anti-tank weapons.
The
army's air assault troops are represented by the elite 80th brigade,
which suffered heavy losses during fighting near Lugansk airport last
year.
These
troops also comprise the 122nd separate battalion and the 95th
separate airmobile brigade and the 25th brigade, which is equipped
with mothballed armored personnel carriers, including the BTR-70.
The
battalion groups include a whole array of company units related to
tank, artillery, marine and National Guard troops as well as special
units of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry.
All
of these brigades form a 65,000-strong army, which includes more than
400 tanks, about 2,400 armored vehicles, 132 Grad multiple launch
rocket systems and over 800 guns and mortars.
The
current situation is reminiscent of autumn 2014, which also saw heavy
shelling between the conflicting parties and the massive deployment
of troops near the frontline.
Compared
to last year, however, the situation on the current frontline remains
more stable despite a spate of hot spots in the area and the
increasing accumulation of troops and heavy weapons there
East Ukraine's Donetsk Republic Will Hold Referendum To Join Russia
Following the 2014 Crimean referendum which saw the Black Sea peninsula join Russia shortly after the Ukraine presidential coup and ensuing territorial conflict between pro-Kiev and pro-Moscow regions, many speculated it is only a matter of time before the Donetsk region, subsequently elevated into People's Republic status, which has been engaged in constant warfare with the Kiev army (which is in such bad shape it recently drafted a disabled man without arms) would follow suit.
We now have the answer.
Having waited for over a year for the Ukraine civil war/conflict to be relegated to back page status, if that, Putin has finally given the green light, and as Xinhua reports, leaders of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" are planning to hold a referendum on seceding from Ukraine and joining Russia, the Donetsk-based Ostrov news agency reported Wednesday.
The referendum is scheduled to take place some in early to mid November, or specifically two to four weeks after the Oct. 18 local elections, said the news agency.
The ballot papers for the referendum designed in the colors of the Russian flag have already been printed, it said.
And while neither the rebel leadership nor the Ukrainian authorities have commented on the report yet, the modus operandi is strikingly familiar to what happened in Crimea.
Should Donetsk indeed proceed with a popular secession vote, the result is virtually assured but the bigger question is just how would Europe react considering this would result in another territorial expansion of Russia which would be accused of annexing a region that Kiev has largely given up even pretending it has control over.
In July, leaders of pro-independence insurgents in Donetsk region said they would hold local elections on Oct. 18 without Kiev's supervision as they believed that the Ukrainian government has not fulfilled its obligations under the Minsk peace agreement.
Last week, violence in eastern Ukraine has sharply escalated after several weeks of relative calmness. On Sunday night, at least 11 people, including nine civilians, were reportedly killed in Donetsk region, marking the worst casualties in the conflict since early June.
Then again, after the recent referendum farce in Greece in which a substantial majority of the population voted for one thing just to get the opposite, maybe history is about to rhyme a few hundred kilometers northeast of Athens
''Ukrainian
structures closed everything long ago. There is nothing there. And
the new Republics are recognized only by some states. That is why any
Republican documents even notarized and certified with LPR or DPR
seals will not pass in Russia. I believe Ukraine
faces collapse and a parade of sovereignties in the near future. Then
these new entities will be recognized by other states.
Donetsk
and Lugansk regions are historical territories of the Russian
Federation. They
even used to be part of the Rostov region. So, we'll have to carry
out a referendum once again. Then it will be not only possible to
enter Russia, but to adhere to the Rostov region.
Donbass
may also enter the Russian Federation as a single entity. It is
evident that about 95
per cent will vote for at the referendum, as it was shown in the
Crimea.
Present Ukraine demonstrated that it can only annihilate people.
Those
living in Donbass are very hard-working people, hard labour in
metallurgy, coal and chemical industries have been present there for
generations. Donbass
will boost Russian economy, as it used to be a fount of minerals and
ore minerals in the former Soviet Union. Ukraine just did not have
money and technologies, as well as any desire to develop Donbass. In
Russia it is possible.
From
the very beginning people were sure 300 per cent that they would go
after the Crimea, but it did not happen, the Americans hindered them.
Nevertheless, people still believe that the militants will liberate
Donbass from the Nazis, then the referendum will take place, and they
will return back home to their Motherland. And their Motherland is
Russia, this territory just was passed to Ukraine, and people living
there were not asked of their opinion.
At
the beginning of the XX century, when there was famine in Russia,
Lugansk people called for collecting and sending aid. There are even
appropriate posters of those times in the Russian museums. Donbass
rescued poor, starving and struggling regions. It was in 1915, just
100 years ago. We have always been a part of Russia and lived for
Russia.''
It’s
been discussed since the civil war first began last spring, but
Ukraine might finally be on the verge of a legitimate people’s
uprising against the government. The Color Revolutions in 2004 and
2014 were organized from abroad (despite the misleading mass media
representation that they were popular movements) and aimed to achieve
concrete geopolitical objectives on behalf of the West, thereby
discrediting them as real grassroots actions and exposing their
ulterior nature. Although Ukraine has thus far not experienced a
single genuine (as in organized by Ukrainians and for Ukrainians)
revolution to date, it doesn’t mean that one couldn’t be
forthcoming, as all the proper ‘ingredients’ are currently in
effect. Three recent developments indicate that the country is a lot
closer to a real revolution than most observers might believe, and if
the people take the initiative in seizing the opportunity in front of
them, they might have a chance at reversing some of the regime’s
most disastrous policies before it’s ultimately too late.
The Anna Tuv Story - Warcrimes in Gorlovka (Trailer)
A young Australian
amateur filmmaker named Chris Nolan who has been posting excellent
short films to Youtube for over a year now, describing the Kiev
revolution (Maidan), and the ensuing war.
Nolan is a musician in
a rock band in Brisbane who makes the films in his free time using
footage he finds on the internet.
In his latest film, he
tells the story of Anna Tuv who has become a hero in the global
anti-Kiev community and in Russia. Tuv lost her husband, two
children, and her arm when her house was shelled. She is just one of
thousands who suffered similar horrors. Her personal story has
become a symbol of the insane criminality being pushed by Kiev, and
indirectly by Obama, Merkel and Cameron.