War in Ukraine: From Euromaidan Revolution to Russian invasion
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- From the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 to the Euromaidan Revolution in 2013-14, to the full-scale Russian invasion of 2022, Ukraine has been perpetually caught in a battle for self-determination while outside forces vie over its future. As Sean Guillory succinctly put it in a recent episode of the SRB podcast sponsored by Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, the story of this war in many ways depends on who’s telling it and when they begin that story. TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with Dr. William Risch about where that story begins and what onlookers need to understand about the political and geopolitical history that paved the way to the horrific war in Ukraine, including the fallout from post-Soviet deindustrialization, the Euromaidan Revolution, and the Russian annexation of Crimea.
Dr. Risch is a professor of history at Georgia College who spent four years living in Ukraine and teaches on the history and politics of modern Eastern Europe. He is the author of The Ukrainian West: Culture and the Fate of Empire in Soviet Lviv, and he is currently working on a new book entitled One Step from Madness: Power and Disillusionment in Ukraine's Euromaidan Revolution.
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Oliver Stone did a couple doc's about Ukraine, "Ukraine on Fire" and "Revealing Ukraine", you can find them on Rumble.
If you aren't talking about the Nazi problem in western Ukraine, you are not dealing with the root of the problem.
Thank YOU~ Yes, Oliver Stone's work on Ukraine is perhaps some of his finest. This man either is being Iied TO, or is purposefully Iying to us. He is also leaving out most of the VITAL facts of this situation, one of which you perfectly cover in your second comment. He neglects to say that Ukraine is basically a proxy state for our rich politicians who want to hide their money, and/or transfer their funds, bribe gov't officials, get their adult children onto lucrative energy boards, etc. Also, Zelenskyy's only 44 years old & was an actor/comedian prior to becoming president. He made several key promises, all of which he has broken, including him seeking to join NATO, an abject non-starter for a nation ranked the 9th most corrupt in the world (only 6 months ago, before this began & they wanted to hide it), AND one abutting Russia (NO different than our own "Cuban Missile Crisis").
This professor's opinion (& his book) are utterly useless. One may as well watch CNN or FOX News.
Thank you again for your TWO great comments!
This channel lost it's objectivity long ago too into the blame game and low lying fruit like cop hate and punching down creating division. Like Democracy now retired flakes making bank,
@@STEVEDIGIBOYtv Well I disagree there. I like Tara and Steven's work on exposing the corruption.
Unless you are speaking of someone else?
I don't watch any of the others.
@@roomwithapointofview Aaron Mate, Max Blumenthal, Oliver Stone, Ben Swann all progressives and even Jimmy Dore are addressing current issues that far out weigh traditional divisive news over and over.
thanks mate, i will look into it
Well a lot of what this dude said was right though he glossed over a lot of details (such as the USA arming the 2014 Civil War) but he left out a glaring omission, the protest in Odessa were NON VIOLENT it was then that the Ukraine Nationalist with their segments of Neo Nazis attacked the Non Violent protesters. Protesters seeked refuge in Trade Unions House, which the Ukraine Nationalist / Nazis then proceeded to light on fire, killing 39 Protesters alive. That's when the people from the Donbass Ukraine started to fighting the Government of Ukraine who had taken power by force with US Weapons. That seems such a major detail to skip over.
Two massive imperialist regimes are lying about murdering their citizens. The Oligarchy have decided to destroy the planet and live off world.
SSDD
Destroy the planet and live in the world? This statement is illogical, it is incoherent! How can someone destroy the planet and live in the world?
@@OMitoclasta "live Off world" as in, live on a space station, which they have been building for years. The Oligarchy are wanting to leave Earth, because they know it will not be livable, very soon.
Get those glasses checked!
When you omitt details or downplay events you know what you are doing
Azov Special Operations Detachment, often known as Azov Detachment, Azov Regiment, or Azov Battalion, is a right-wing extremist and neo-Nazi unit of the National Guard of Ukraine, based in Mariupol, in the Azov Sea coastal region.
theres 30 of them. To this day only two were completely denazified. SS Medveď and Ajdar - Ajdar seem to have 12 followers in Ukraine and they are taking foreigners into it.
BBC and others have done documentaries, they're on CZcams last I saw. Oldest I've seen is eight years. Compare Azov symbol with that of 2nd Waffen SS Division Das Reich. An obvious copy.
I don't think Risch would have acknowledged this aspect if not prompted to, he seemed a bit uncomfortable. Same with foreign involvement. My non-professional sense is that of an honest intellectual whose sympathies lie strongly with Ukraine and the West. He did go on at length once prompted.
Somehow this 'expert" who lived and worked in Ukraine missed the point that the people of Dondass did not want to be ruled by Nazis who took power in Kyiv after Maidan. By the way, this "expert" missed the point that Maidan was organized by US Government, Victoria Nuland herself openly chooses the next prime minister of Ukraine right after Maidan and so on. That's why in the first place the people from the Donbas region did not want to be under Pro-Naziz Kyiv's Government. Many details have been ignored. Therefore, I would not suggest buying his book... Cheers from Ukraine.
*EXCELLENT comment!* I'm angry & appalled at this man's statements: He's overtly Iying & also omitting vital information that skews perceptions wildly. I cannot fathom WHY he's doing this. He sounds exactly the same as every talking-head on legacy media.
@@jennifersignsoflife1375 This is how they work. They always mislead people on purpose to create wrong impressions among society. Check out this analysis made by (at least I believe so) neutral journalists.
czcams.com/video/mffCvWZujWA/video.html
What the Media Is HIDING About Ukraine/Russia
I don't know that I agree that the Maidan was organized by the US government (trust me, it's not that competent), but they certainly capitalized on it and (somewhat successfully) tried to direct it.
@@oboogie2 What do you think about the US & Israel provoking this war for control of Egypt?! czcams.com/video/6cB8AUPo7cg/video.html
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A case study against the Left and Right (Separationist) movements here at home in the US. At least that is what I got out of this.
What is the name of the podcast please?
Extremely rare I don't take notes from vids featuring top specialists. But, Risch seems to bend over backwards to "stay safe."
This guy tip toes around the usa involvement in the 2014 coup. “There where people there”.
Our hero
John McCain
Thank you for this 🙏.
Apart from simple facts, there are different versions of how post-Soviet Ukraine has come to this, and Dr. Risch is reasonably balanced in his narrative. Old events and issues are better understood, and Putin is more truthful and/or knowledgeable on Ukraine as part of the Russian Empire and the Ukrainian SSR. Ukraine was a region of the Russian Empire, not a culturally distinct separate nation within. Georgians, Poles or us Finns are examples of such. Finnish autonomy worked very well, apart from two brief periods of "Russification" at the turn of the century. Poles had a more difficult relationship with the Empire. When Bolsheviks overthrew the Provisional Government of the Russian Republic, their only concern was to retain power at any cost. They did not overthrow the autocracy. They did not have popular support. They were surrounded by both internal and external enemies. They amplified or even created divisive nationalist sentiments in order to claim that problems existed and they should be trusted to solve those. To be fair, Eastern Slavs of present-day Ukraine, at least some of them, did present demands for wide autonomy after the February revolution. Putin may have left that part out from his narrative. But Kerensky's foreign minister Tereshchenko (finance minister under Georgy Lvov), whose family we would now consider as Ukrainian, had only lukewarm support for that. I don't think he considered himself anything except Russian.
correction :
War in Ukraine: From Euromaidan coup to Russian military intervention.
This was a pretty good sum up of the latest history of the Ukraine, even if some events weren't told. One can see them, and I think he does, not as important.
Corruption everywhere.
It is quite clear that both speakers are alike in two matters. First, they really should use points focus notes. The repetition is very notable but becomes a distraction. Then there is the simple fact that many peoples of the Donbass region patently feel no real link with 'Western' Ukraine. If they had become joint Ukraine-Russian Protectorates, or something similar, this conflict would have not inflamed. The US may wish to impose its will on eastern Ukraine but it cannot change the fact that Donbass is different, it is separate. The two 'rebel' regions are shooting at the Ukraine Army, not the Russians. We, the West, have interfered in countless countries for commodities and for strategic reasons. The last time this worked at all was Iraq 1. How the people fare is patently not as much as the reason as an excuse. We have little mention of decades of Nazi activities in Ukraine. We are seeing non-white refugees being treated as second class, the blond haired, blue eyed White population being prioritized is a racism shared by some of the very far Right groups of Western Ukraine. Nothing is simple. But attempting to de-stabilize Russia would be a Pandora's box from Hell. Time for talk and less provocation by the US. Quote: "Mr Putin says he would deploy nuclear weapons. He should put up or shut up". This was an apparently indisposed US Senator. No wonder things have got so bad. From failure to recognise Russia's WW2 importance to constant verbal sniping between the US and Russia, and China. Only Arms manufacturers win in the end.
Perfectly said.
Bottom line is still this.The EU and the United States invited a coup using neonazis to overthrow the government of Ukraine.Ukraine sits on some very large oil deposits in the Donbass area.The West is willing to use ordinary Ukrainians as pawns in their quest for energy,they underestimated Putin's response and here we are.
You're going to get ratio'd badly on this one. This man's take is no different than the MSM & every politician/Hollywood type/sports star/blue-check mark/Military Indust Complex. You may seriously want to consider taking it down while you have time & your reputation is still intact.
I disagree with this guy's interpretation on most things in this talk (and his glaring omissions of a few very important tidbits), but his factual recitation of events is a good overview.
I disagree.True journalism looks at both sides of any conflict.Although this guy intentionally leaves out certain uncomfortable parts of the story for his narrative Maximilians coverage is still very important from a journalistic perspective.
You say the country was ripped apart. I was looking for video footage.None. Just a talking head interview. We are told there is a Russian convoy miles long heading to Kyiv, but no resistance from the Ukrainian army whatsoever. If anyone has a link to footage, please let me know.
Such a pity the video hasn't got many views. I have watched many many hours of videos on Ukraine war and I have to sax this material is really well prepared.
Does anybody have iphones?
Yikes
Pretty disappointing video. Guy is common propagandist which succeeded to avoid all most important facts about his and theirs (and your country's) role in rising nazi movement bringing them on power and starting attack on eastern Ukrainians - domicile Russians. It is shame to bring guy like this on your channel and treat him as some respectable source. As he confirmed that he had part in bringing Bandera Nazis on power he have to be sentenced to prison, not giving lessons about his role in crime.
1st!!!!
Not real enough though 💰💰💰
He hasn't mentioned anything about the 8 year bombing and attacking by Ukrainians on the Donbas. Or the union of Zelensky with Nazis. Can he answer those questions?
The truth of the matter was laid out well by Col. Dougals Macgregor on Fox news.
Up next, China invades Taiwan... Get your Iphone X now!
This guy is an audacious liar. What's wrong with Real News? I'm unsubscribing. What hap in 2014 was a coup. Read Ivan Katchanovski's "The Snipers Massacre..."
Two talking heads which require daily feeding.
Whatever happened to the REAL NEWS....this is totally thrash ..what a waste of space
The real news?? Chief ? You run the need from your bedroom. Really ?