Author Archives: RomanInUkraine

@Roman_Skaskiw May 2 Ukrainians are paralyzed by the belief that 1- their gov’t is effective 2- someone will save them. #Ukraine needs an armed society.

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I take this back. We are far from paralyzed.

Tymchuk: a group of pro-Kremlin forces arrived in #Odessa by bus, were arrested and then mysteriously released by high level police official

@StateOfUkraine May 2

Tymchuk: a group of pro-Kremlin forces arrived in #Odessa by bus, were arrested and then mysteriously released by high level police official

Russians Used Live Ammo in Odesa

#Ukraine’s young men have now faced guns with stones, molotov cockails, and WON!!! in both Kyiv and Odesa. Humbled. Awed. Proud to be Ukie.

The things our boys faced in Kyiv and Odesa. I am humbled by their courage and sacrifice. So proud to be Ukrainian.

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Corbett Report Interview – Roman Skaskiw Gives the Ukrainian Perspective on the Ukraine Crisis

He went straight for the most controversial aspects of Ukrainian history. I hope I did well:

http://www.corbettreport.com/interview-873-roman-skaskiw-gives-the-ukrainian-perspective-on-the-ukraine-crisis/

List of journalists killed in Russia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_Russia

Moscow’s Political Elite Send Kids to Europe and US

http://euromaidanpr.com/2014/04/29/children-of-russian-officials-prefer-overseas/

A once-pro-Russian blogger on his conversion to Ukrainian nationalism

Denis Kazanskiy, blogger, on current situation in Donetsk and Russian propaganda:

“No need to describe what happened in Donetsk on Monday because you’ll see this on youtube, on photos and in the newsreel for sure. I just want to say that now, after everything that happened in the last few days, I really believe that Russia always wanted to destroy Ukrainian nation, as Ukrainian Nationalists tell.

I had doubted this before. I have never believed before that Holodomor was an act of genocide against Ukrainians though I had a clear view why president Yushchenko supported such explanation. I had always been much more loyal to Russia than Ukrainian Nationalists. But now I know I was wrong, so thanks for the lesson.

After everything I have seen recently, I surely have no more doubts that Russia always tried to destroy our country in any possible way, starving us to death, exterminating and assimilating intentionally just for the fact that we are Ukrainians.

Now I have no doubts because I’ve seen with my own eyes how in Ukraine people have a risk to be killed for Ukrainian flags.

Now I understand how it was before, in 1930s, 40s and 50s in the USSR. I could not have imagined this before but now I’ve seen it myself.

Now I believe there was not a word of truth in Soviet history about the “banderas”. I have finally understood how they were made monsters and their reputation lied away because I have seen this real-life.

I see Russia lying today and understand they have always lied. Everything written about Ukraine in Russian books and shown in Russian movies is blatant lies and slander.

If internet age and access to any truthful information on the net don’t stop them from spreading such awful lies, imagine how it was in 1930s and 40s. By the way, ITAR-TASS have told about Ukrainian Nationalists having attacked the anti-Fascist demonstration in Donetsk”.

No local Odesa citizens(?) among the fire casualties

Odessa – there are no local citizens among deads bodies found in burned trade unions building. 15 Russians and 10 from Transnistria

http://censor.net.ua/news/283691/sredi_pogibshih_v_pojare_doma_profsoyuzov_15_grajdan_rossii_10_iz_pridnestrovya_royitburd

Odesa Update

@Ukroblogger 51m

#Ukrainian flag replaces #Russian tricolor outside burned bldg; #Ukrainians singing anthem #Одесса #Ukraine #Odessa pic.twitter.com/AqEt4h26le

‏@Ukroblogger 7m

Police: 31 [#Russians] dead in burned bldg (27 suffocated, 8 jumped); other figure: 38 #Ukraine #Odessa #Одесса pic.twitter.com/19qGxR7HzF

‏New Paper on Russian Military Thinking

@edwardlucas — from a new paper

8 PHASES OF WARFARE

1 non-military asymmetric warfare (info, psycho, ideological, diplo, economic)

2 special operations to mislead pol & mil leadership via diplomatic, media, channels, leaks, false data & orders

3 intimidation, deceiving, and bribing govt and military officers, to make them abandon duties etc

4 destabilizing propaganda to increase public discontent, boosted by the arrival of Russian bands of militants, escalating subversion.

5 establishment of no-fly zones & blockades, extensive use of private military in close cooperation with armed opposition units.

6 military action, preceded by special ops, cyber, sabotage, espionage, subversion

7 info ops, electronic warfare, air harrassment, high precision weapons, EMP,

8 mopping up, with artillery, airdrops etc

10 PRINCIPLES

1 direct influence matters more than direct destruction

2 instead of direct annihilation of opponent, promote his inner decay

3 war using culture matters more than weapons & technology

4 special forces & commercial irregular forces instead of conventional military

5 from the traditional (3D) battleground to information/psychological warfare and war of perceptions;

6 from direct clash to contactless war;

7 from a superficial and compartmentalised war to a total war, including the enemy’s internal side and base;

8 from war in the physical environment to war in human consciousness and cyberspace

9 from symmetric to assymetric warfare, combining political, economic, info, techno & ecological campaigns

10 From war in a defined period of time to a state of permanent war as the natural condition in national life.

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I don’t see how they could possibly win. Culture is on the side of Ukraine.

Decentralized Defense

#Ukraine needs decentralized defense. Under funded military doesn’t have the agility. An armed populations would. Let ppl import/sell/buy guns!

Fuck fuck’s sake already!

@Roman_Skaskiw 32s

Ukrainians are paralyzed by the belief that 1- their gov’t is effective 2- someone will save them. #Ukraine needs an armed society.

Some Odesa Police Betraying Ukraine

http://dailylviv.com/news/polityka/v-odesi-militsionery-kydayut-u-patriotiv-ukrayiny-hranaty-fb-translyatsiya-6893?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Boy gets arrested for streaming from his balcony in Sloviansk

On Sunday, 13:04 this young man asked to post in a Facebook newsgroup Revolution/Euromaidan/The Right Sector that he is streaming a live broadcast of the SBU building in Sloviansk from his balcony.

Somehow, the location of this young man had been detected, seven man in masks and wearing a green military uniform had charged into his apartment, confiscated the tablet from which the broadcast was being streamed, a phone, two system blocks (his, and his fathers), and demanded that he got dressed and came with them. This lad was trying to resist, but he was still taken to Sloviansk SBU building, where he is still located.

Riots in Odesa

Live feed:

http://embed.bambuser.com/channel/Kvant?autoplay=1&chat=0&mute=0%27,%20type:%20%27video/frame:frame%27,%20title:%20%27%D0%9E%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0%20-%20Bambuser.%20Kvant%27

Putin’s Women-First Strategy

CBS, BuzzFeed, Sky News Journalists Detained In Ukraine

A group of Western journalists from a number of news outlets was detained by pro-Russian militants in Eastern Ukraine on Friday.

CBS reporter Clarissa Ward and her news crew, along with BuzzFeed’s Mike Giglio and reporters from Sky News, were held, blindfolded and interrogated for hours as they attempted was traveling to Slavyansk, a city that Ukrainian troops are trying to retake from pro-Russian groups. . . .

The militants then separated the men and women and interrogated everyone. Ward said that at least one of her male colleagues was beaten before they were released. She also said she overheard some of her captors discussing whether to hold the journalists so they could use them as bargaining chips in hostage negotiations.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/02/cbs-detained-ukraine-buzzfeed-sky-news_n_5252652.html?ir=WorldPost