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When it gets warm the snow and ice melt and roads and fields become hard to use. The winter is actually easier to prepare and execute an offensive. The spring is terrible, but great for defending the conquered territory.

Manstein, in his book "lost victories" fought the Soviets in exactly the same weather and in exactly the same places. He talks about it extensively. For anyone interested in the militairy paramaters in this conflict, this is very interesting reading.

Additionally: Leclerc tanks may be one of the best tanks in the world. That's quite a powerful addition to Polish defence. Surely, an expensive one without a doubt.

> There is not a single Party of Regions held seat in the new government.

That's true, but from what I understand that's because the actual Party of Regions has been dissolved, people like Kinakh and Yefremov are still sitting in their seats, just in the opposition now.

> so why do it then? other than to ignite the East's separatism?

Ethnic politics are often zero-sum, this could have been a way to appease Pravii Sektor and their ilk - show that their ridiculous demands are being listened to, and they shouldn't foment further violence.

> what was the point of going after the Russian language law right after the Yanukovich takedown? I struggle to come up with a rational explanation.

Ethnic conflicts are tough to wrap one's head around, I highly recommend this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Ethnic-Conflict-Updated-Edition-Preface/dp/0520227069
I can't say I've come up with a rational explanation as much as a sympathetic one - Yanukovich was seen by some as yet another anti-Ukrainian oligarch in charge of Ukraine, willing to cave to Moscow for his material improvement. He also received the most support from what a lot of people might see as the region (south and the east) that has historically wanted to separate and might see as a region that hates being Ukrainian and wants to dissolve that identity and link with Russia. This was in some ways, a reassertion of Ukrainian national identity, a way of saying "This is not Russia".

> it's not just a talking point though. it's a really hot-button issue that enrages people, much like banning Victory Day (May 9th) celebrations. and that button was deliberately pushed, sending a clearly incendiary message.

As far as I can tell this is just a rumor, http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-canceling-victory-day/25297046.html
If they are indeed cancelling Victory Day, that would be...strange.
Not quite Latvia's march:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/11/us-ukraine-crisis-latvia-idUSBREA2A1CE20140311

Edit: formatting hard

It works out to something like 227 million dollars a year for 22 years. That is a lot of money to spend on propoganda and building pro-western organizations. You may say that's a good thing. I disagree.

But, I think you are willfully ignoring the stated goals of the State Department in those documents This applies to Russia as well as Ukraine. So, does that aid go to Ukraine to do with as they will, or does it go to promote the State Dept. agenda of putting a friendly govt. in Here is what is stated by the State Dept.

> For Eastern and Southeastern Europe, this goal is best met through these countries’ accession to the European Union and NATO

It is unambiguous. So you can't sit back and say that the US isn't meddling.

This is the CIA playbook. It's been in use since the 50s. I recommend reading Phillip Agee's Inside the Company. He lays out in detail exactly how the CIA operated in Central America.

Inside the Company

I think the Lithuanian part of the program was pretty limited. If you're interested in the subject, I'd highly recommend this book gives great context to current events.

Russian Roulette is a good man of the street sort of view but lacks any context for decisions made behind the scenes due to their lack of access.

Not a video series but I would recommend:

>Lessons from Russia's Operations in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine

https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Russias-Operations-Eastern-Ukraine/dp/0833096060

It also goes into and explains some of the Byzantine politics driving the Russian intervention in Donbass with Oligarchs sponsoring groups in an effort to influence the Kremlin by creating facts on ground.

Edit: Found a free copy:

>https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1400/RR1498/RAND_RR1498.pdf

If you enjoy statistical analysis in this article you might like book Freconomics. It has two chapters dedicated to spotting fraud using statistical analysis.

Just on general searches for titles.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Frontline-Ukraine-Borderlands-Richard-Sakwa/dp/1784535273/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523461623&sr=8-1&keywords=ukraine+crisis

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ukraine-Crisis-What-Means-West/dp/0300211597/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1523461695&sr=8-2&keywords=ukraine+crisis

Titles like that are already a few years old.

who only 6 years ago would write books like this http://www.amazon.com/Ukraine-Became-Market-Economy-Democracy/dp/0881324272/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426367659&sr=1-1&keywords=9780881324273

There's a whole book written about the subject, Innumeracy. Lots and lots of people don't understand numbers and how to interpret them, leading to all sorts of weird things.

A good read, from cover to cover.

Отлучная статья от ребят которые предсказывали какой-то конфликт на одной из границ Украины еше пару лет назад, почитайте. http://www.amazon.com/The-Next-100-Years-Forecast/dp/0767923057

Чуствую к завтра эту статью переведет Petr i Mazepa.
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Very good article from people who predicted some kind of conflict within Ukraine borders couple of years ago. Their book is worth a read. http://www.amazon.com/The-Next-100-Years-Forecast/dp/0767923057

Have a feeling petrimazepa.com will translate it into Russian by tomorrow.

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin - http://www.amazon.com/Bloodlands-Europe-Between-Hitler-Stalin/dp/0465031471/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394553680&sr=8-1&keywords=bloodlands+europe+between+hitler+and+stalin

http://www.amazon.com/The-Bear-Dragon-Jack-Ryan/dp/0425180964

You are better off reading The Shock Doctrine as it has more background and much better sources from several credible people.

Or of you are just literally challenged you could always watch the film of the book, but that is the lite version.

The IMF are gangsters and every where they go they leave a trail of debt and exploitation. Ukraine will be no exception.

Right now I am reading Putin's Russia by Anna Politkovskaya. Now known for her assassination, this book is a sobering look at a country where corruption is rampant in the army, the judiciary, and business, and places the blame mostly on Putin himself. It's certainly advocating a 'side,' but you see problems inside the Russian state ten years before we all started discussing them often on this sub.

Sure, but they are also much bigger and they have a lot more to lose at this point economically. By the way if you want some good insight about how Russian army fights, take a look at this book http://www.amazon.com/One-Soldiers-War-Arkady-Babchenko/dp/0802144039/

Its from the Chechen wars, but the Army more or less still works the same.

> Regardless, you heavily implied that Russians specifically didn't follow the news about Ukraine or that it was unfair to ask Russians about Ukraine.

No I did not, I simply said that normal people don't care about the news. I have no idea how you got that out of it. I only mentioned Russia, Ukraine, or anything related to that conflict once.

>To be completely honest with you, I respect all of the people who said "I don't know" or "I don't follow it" more than the ones who started spouting shit about fascists.

Those that don't know anything about anything but just give bullshit answers are followers. An interesting book that follows up on this idea is http://www.amazon.com/The-Influentials-American-Tells-Other/dp/0743227298

It's just a form of indirect brainwashing.