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He repeats the war started in 2014 again yesterday in questions in front of building from press:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-72ncM4y4J8

QUESTION: "Over the last year NATO has gone from providing non-lethal assisatance to allies, to providing artillery to tanks - now we are talking about jet aircraft. The Ukraine Contact Group is meeting in NATI headquarters. Why should the public believe that NATO is not at war with Russia?"

ANSWER: "Neither NATO nor NATO allies are party to the conflict. What we do as NATO allies and NATO is to provide support to Ukraine. Ukraine is defending itself.

And of course we have the right to help Ukraine uphold their right for self-defense so NATO NATO allies are not part due to the conflict but we support Ukraine in the right of self defense.

Then of course the type of support we provide to Ukraine has evolved as the war has evolved. In the beginning it was extremely important to provide light anti-tank weapons like the javelins. Then we saw the need for artillery and NATO allies provided more and more advanced systems. Then it became obvious that it was an urgent need for also more advanced air defense systems and NATO allies are now providing Patriots, Samti and other Advanced Air Defense systems Nations. And and now over the last weeks and months allies also agreed to further step up significantly when it comes to heavy weaponry, armored infantry fighting vehicles but also main battle tanks. So yes the type of support has evolved and it will continue.

The war didn't start in February last year, the war started in 2014.

And since 2014 NATO allies have provided support to Ukraine with training with the equipment so the Ukrainian armed forces were much stronger in 2022 than they were in 2020, eh, in 2014. And of course that made a huge difference when President Putin decided to attack the Ukraine."

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Nice summary and write-up, as usual, thanks!

Mainstream media has been lying to the masses not only in the last 1 year, it's been way longer, but it has become so damn obvious since 2020.

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Feb 15, 2023Liked by epimetheus

Kudos. Well spotted

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Wow, this is really taking gas lighting to the next level:

NATO Secretary General openly states the war started in 2014!?

"Actually, as Winston well knew, it was only four years since Oceania had been at war with Eastasia and in alliance with Eurasia. But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control. Officially the change of partners had never happened. Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible." - 1984 by George Orwell

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Enlightening video.

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2014 was the year that Russia invaded the Crimea and annexed it from the Ukrainians.

I can understand why some people would think that the Russo-Ukrainian war started with that invasion.

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Um, if I remember correctly, the USSR/Russia actually enabled Nazi Germany through the Molotov-Ribbentrop non-aggression pact and subsequent agreements.

That treaty not only carved up Poland , dividing it between Russia and Germany, but also provided Russian exports of grain, oil, and other raw materials that Hitler needed for his military.....thus enabling Hitler to start WW2.

This of course ended June 22, 1941 with the German invasion of Russia.

The only reason that Russia fought Nazism the first time was because they had to.

They were perfectly happy with taking their share of the loot... until they were forced to fight.

I’m no fan of Russia, Putin, Ukraine, Zelensky, Biden, or this war. All the above have negatively contributed to this stupid, expensive, and dangerous war. But I hardly see Russia as the victim, ‘fighting nazism for the second time’.

Russia has invaded the Ukraine twice since 2014.

The Ukrainians did not invade Russia.

I’m pretty sure who the aggressor is......

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