MEGA Report: The Ukraine Narratives, Media and War

Welcome to MEGA! This time regarding rather heavy subject matter. The war in Ukraine. It is a complicated conflict, filled with violence, questionable decisions, the stifling of information and a heavy dose of misleading propaganda. Surprisingly, Russia is not the only culprit in this.

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Here is the list of Sources!

Neo Nazis in Ukraine’s conflict

Loyalists

 

KHPG:

“Far-right vigilantes imposing ‘Ukrainian order’ are strange partners for Ukraine’s National Police”

https://khpg.org/en/1517275970

 

VICE:

“How a Far-Right Battalion Became a Part of Ukraine’s National Guard”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ab7dw/azov-battalion-ukraine-far-right

Far-Right foreign fighters in Azov Battalion

https://www.vice.com/en/article/vb95ma/far-right-extremists-have-been-using-ukraines-civil-war-as-a-training-ground-theyre-returning-home

 

The Guardian:

“Azov fighters are Ukraine’s greatest weapon and may be its greatest threat”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/10/azov-far-right-fighters-ukraine-neo-nazis

 

Jewish Unpacked:

“The Azov Movement: Let’s talk about Ukraine’s Nazi problem”

https://jewishunpacked.com/the-azov-movement-lets-talk-about-ukraines-nazi-problem/

 

Counterpunch:

The resurgence of Nazism in Ukraine

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/11/the-resurgence-of-nazism-in-ukraine/

 

Separatists

 

KHPG:

“Putin’s Neo-Nazi helpers”

https://khpg.org/en/1394442656

 

International Business Times:

“Who Are the Russian Neo-Nazi Groups Fighting with Separatists?”

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ukraine-crisis-who-are-russian-neo-nazi-groups-fighting-separatists-1463489

 

Maidan Press:

Far-Right “Russian National Unity” group fighting in Ukraine

https://euromaidanpress.com/2014/08/27/a-nazi-division-from-the-russian-national-unity-is-fighting-in-ukraine-and-continues-to-recruit/

 

NewsLanc.com:

Russian Nazi volunteers in Donbas

https://newslanc.com/tsukerman-russian-nazi-volunteers-in-donbas/

 

Counting Stars:

“The participation of neo-nazi groups in the pro-Russian separatist coup”

https://www.outono.net/elentir/2022/03/01/the-alliance-of-pro-russian-communists-and-nazis-fighting-against-ukraine-in-donbas/

(relevant section)

https://www.outono.net/elentir/2022/03/01/the-alliance-of-pro-russian-communists-and-nazis-fighting-against-ukraine-in-donbas/#:~:text=The%20participation%20of%20neo%2Dnazi%20groups%20in%20the%20pro%2DRussian%20separatist%20coup

Russian Opposition to NATO enlargement

 

Wiki: 

Russia-NATO relations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93NATO_relations 

(specific quote)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93NATO_relations#:~:text=Russian%20President%20Dmitry%20Medvedev%20stated,relations%20with%20the%20West.%5B153%5D

Promises not to expand NATO

 

Der Spiegel (paid article):

Document from British National Archives reveals pledge not to expand NATO eastward

https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/nato-osterweiterung-aktenfund-stuetzt-russische-version-a-1613d467-bd72-4f02-8e16-2cd6d3285295

 

YouTube: 

Interview with the last US ambassador to USSR, Jack Matlock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsT8OBroCEE&t=1038s

 

National Security Archive:

Talks on NATO between Soviet and Western leaders

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/16142-document-28-ambassador-rodric-braithwaite-diary (Page 3)

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/16120-document-09-memorandum-conversation-between (Page 1)

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/16117-document-06-record-conversation-between (Page 9)

 

Putin’s Nostalgia for Russian Empire and complaints about USSR

Al Jazeera:

Highlights of Russian President Putin’s speech, On origins of modern Ukraine

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/21/highlights-of-russian-president-putins-speech

(specific section)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/21/highlights-of-russian-president-putins-speech#:~:text=On%20origins%20of%20modern%20Ukraine

 

Ukraine’s Questionable Methods

 

Military Times:

Ukraine courting Foreign Fighters

https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/ukraine/2022/02/27/want-to-go-fight-for-ukraine-heres-what-to-do/ 

(specific quote)

https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/ukraine/2022/02/27/want-to-go-fight-for-ukraine-heres-what-to-do/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIt%20is%20not%20obligatory%2C%E2%80%9D%20the%20official%20said%2C%20%E2%80%9Cbut%20a%20foreign%20soldier%20in%20his%20national%20uniform%20looks%20good%20for%20the%20International%20Legion.%E2%80%9D

Media Mess-Ups

By Russia

 

BBC News:

Russia’s Twitter Crackdown

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60533083

Facebook hits out at Russia blocking its platforms

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60626777

 

RFE:

Russian Media Regulator threatening to ban aggregators that don’t follow the government line

https://www.rferl.org/a/roskomnadzor-russia-delete-stories-invasion/31724838.html

 

Roskomnadzor (Russian Media Regulator):

Statements on restrictions over news aggregators and Facebook

https://rkn.gov.ru/news/rsoc/news74112.htm

https://rkn.gov.ru/news/rsoc/news74108.htm

 

By the West

 

The Intercept:

Facebook changes their policy on praising Azov

https://theintercept.com/2022/02/24/ukraine-facebook-azov-battalion-russia/

 

MSN:

YouTube bans the Russia Today and Sputnik aggregators

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/youtube-bans-russia-today-sputnik-and-connected-russian-media-channels-in-europe/ar-AAUrVi2

 

Sensationalist Genocide Charges

By Russia

 

Metro:

Russia accuses West of turning blind eye to genocide

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3168293/russia-accuses-west-turning-blind-eye-what-it-calls-genocide

 

By Ukraine

 

NDTV:

“At UN Top Court, Ukraine Accuses Russia Of Planning Genocide”

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/at-un-top-court-ukraine-accuses-russia-of-planning-genocide-2793605