"2014 Ukraine coup/Anti-Terrorist-Operation"
| Date | 15 April 2014 - 24 February 2022 |
|---|---|
| Interest of | Aidar Battalion, Azov Battalion, Donbas Battalion, George Eliason, Mark Paslawsky, Vasily Prozorov, Right Sector, Right Sector/Paramilitary wing, Igor Strelkov, Vita Zaverukha |
| Abbreviation | ATO |
| Description | Olexander Turchynov, as acting President of Ukraine, announced the start of "anti-terrorist operation" against Donbas protestors in 2014. |
The "Anti-Terrorist-Operation" (ATO) was meant to bring the the areas that separated after the coup under Ukrainian government control again by military means.[1]
From the start it basically came down to war crimes [2][3][4][5] and killing of civilians mainly by heavy weapons fire on residential areas after the initial phase of the war. Torture,[6] rape, executions and mass graves have been reported.[7]
BBC Europe:
Ukraine's acting President Olexander Turchynov has announced the start of an "anti-terrorist operation" (ATO) against pro-Russian separatists.
He told parliament it was being conducted "stage by stage, in a responsible... manner". [8]
It was clear from Turchynov's announcement that the Junta expected to secure full control and compliance in the South-Eastern parts of the country with relative ease. As it turned out, this marked the beginning of what has become a protracted and bloody civil war with the junta using all the military power at its disposal against its own citizens.
War crimes
White books
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has published at least four white books (March, June, November 2014;[9] and one in 2015 [10][11]) which document the crimes committed by Ukrainian soldiers and militia formations. The 2015 edition (authored by "The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation") notes the following on page 106:
"in the settlements of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions which were in the grips of the so-called anti-terrorist operation, where armed members of the National Guard of Ukraine and fighters of nationalist battalions committed atrocities against civilians: killing, raping, plundering ‘for war needs’, kidnapping and intimidating people."
Local copies:
Related Quotations
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petro Poroshenko | “we [in Ukraine] will have work they – [in the Donbas] won’t. We will have pensions – they won’t. We will care for our children and pensioners – they won’t. Our children will go to school, to kindergartens – their children will sit in cellars*. They don’t know how to organize or do anything. This, ultimately, is how we will win this war.” | Petro Poroshenko | October 2014 |
| Ukraine/Death squad | “In Donetsk, we were told that Ukrainian fighters killed civilians for nothing. In the morgue we were shown the bodies of a husband and wife who had been shot in the river. The couple was driving along the road. They were stopped by mercenaries of the Ukrainian army, dragged out of the car, shot and the bodies thrown into the river. The military took the car and money.
[...] We had a long conversation with women from the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka. They themselves approached us with a request that we listen to them. The stories of these women shook me to the core. Personally, I stood there like a stumbling block and could not find any words. I was simply numbed by the grief that these women had experienced. [...] They said that mercenaries from the Azov and Donbass battalions subjected all the women in the village to frequent gang rapes. The victims of abuse were teenage girls from 12 years old and elderly women. In front of me stood one of such victims - a girl of 13 years old. She was thin, weak, with a hunted look. Her mother told me that Ukrainian fighters had raped her daughter several times. The grief of the mother cannot be conveyed in words. She literally screamed with horror. The women also said that their houses were looted. ATO fighters were lining up at the post office to send the loot to their homes.” | Einars Graudins | 30 September 2014 |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:White Book-2.pdf | report | June 2014 | Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs | White Book update - on violations of human rights and the rule of law in Ukraine between April and mid-June 2014 |
| File:White Book.pdf | report | 5 May 2014 | Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs | A White Book on violations of human rights and the rule of law in Ukraine since November 2013, released by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 5 May 2014 |
References
- ↑ http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine-abroad/associated-press-turchynov-announces-anti-terror-move-in-eastern-ukraine-343581.html
- ↑ https://www.newsweek.com/evidence-war-crimes-committed-ukrainian-nationalist-volunteers-grows-269604 saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
- ↑ George Eliason - 10/2/2014 - Ukraine: The Unspeakable Horror of Poroshenko's Peace / Article page 1 (saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is) / Article page 2 (saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is) / Article page 3 (saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is)
- ↑ George Eliason - 11/7/2014 - Ukraine 2nd Day of Heavy Fighting | Kiev Shells Sports Facility Killing Children and ADMITS NO RUSSIAN TROOPS PRESENT I / Article page 1 (saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is) / Article page 2 (saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is) / Article page 3 (saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is)
- ↑ https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/ukraine0716web_2.pdf saved at Archive.org
- ↑ https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/e/7/233896.pdf saved at Archive.org
- ↑ https://www.globalresearch.ca/kiev-regimes-official-policy-for-east-ukraine-is-starvation-torture-rape-and-murder/5422112
- ↑ Ukraine says Donetsk 'anti-terror operation' under way - BBC Europe report 16 April 2014
- ↑ https://mid.ru/en/detail-material-page/1709713/
- ↑ https://india.mid.ru/en/news/the_tragedy_of_southeastern_ukraine_the_white_book_of_crimes_by_the_investigative_committee_of_the_r/
- ↑ https://alethonews.com/2016/02/22/white-book-of-crimes-report-on-war-crimes-by-pro-kiev-forces-in-donbass-released-in-english/
