Comments by "Valen Ron" (@valenrn8657) on "The Truth About Ukraine" video.

  1. 1. 1863–1864 January uprising, Russian Empire crushed Polish, Lithuanian, and Ukrainian insurgents uprising. 2. Soviet–Ukrainian War occurred between 1917 to 1921, a war between the Ukrainian People's Republic vs the Bolsheviks i.e. Ukrainian Soviet Republic and Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (modern-day Russian Federation). 3. 2014, Russo-Ukrainian War. March 1, 2014, the Federation Council of the Russian Federation unanimously adopted a resolution to petition Russian President Vladimir Putin to use military force in Ukraine. Ukrainian People's Republic is the modern-day Ukraine. This is an "old world" issue that has existed before the US being a superpower.
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  2. Date: Jan. 7, 2010 Yanukovych: Ukraine will remain a neutral state. "It’s certain that Ukraine was and will be non-aligned state… We strive neither to join NATO nor the [CIS]CSTO [Collective Security Treaty Organization]. We’ll maintain a neutral status," Yanukovych said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine newspaper. -------- The trigger for Euromaidan was Yanukovych initiated non-neutrality policies such as joining a trade block instead of executing Switzerland-style neutrality. UK leaving the EU and joining CPTPP proves freedom of association. Before Euromaidan, Russia, however, has successfully used political and economic leverage to dissuade Ukraine from signing the E.U. deal. In the months prior to the Vilnius summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in a trade war with Kiev, blocking nearly all imports from Ukraine and cutting energy supplies to the country. In turn, this reduced Ukrainian exports by 25 percent and shrank the economy by 1.5 percent. Some trade background for the context From Tradebarrier Index (lower score = less trade barriers) New Zealand's tariff score is 2.92 Australia's tariff score is 3.03 UK's tariff score is 3.94 (after Brexit) Japan's tariff score is 4.05 US's tariff score is 4.54 Germany's tariff score is 4.88 EU's tariff score is 4.88 Russia's tariff score is 6.16 <-------- China's tariff score is 6.8 <------ Russia wants to maintain its higher trade protectionist policies. On a side note, Trump is correct on the EU's higher trade protection when compared to the US.
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  3. Under Ukraine Constitution 1991, Article 17, disallows foreign military bases after 2017. According to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's constitution forbids the country from hosting foreign military bases after 2017. Yanukovych breached the Ukraine Constitution 1991, Article 17. Victoria Nuland herself doesn't have the power, but about 73% of the MPs—voted to "remove Viktor Yanukovych from the post of president of Ukraine" has the power. Don't assume Ukraine's president has absolute power when 73% of the MPs have voted to "remove Viktor Yanukovych from the post of president of Ukraine". In 2018, President Petro Poroshenko's constitution amendment allowed temporary foreign military bases. LOL
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  4. >Libya On 16 August 2003, Libya formally admitted responsibility for Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockabie bombing) in a letter presented to the president of the United Nations Security Council. "On 10 March 2011, France was the first country in the world to recognise the National Transitional Council as the legitimate government of Libya". >Iraq Iraq invaded Kuwait. Iraq's top oil exports countries from Jan to Jun 2020 1st, China! 29 million tonnes <---- LOL 2nd, India, 23 million tonnes 3rd, EU, 8 million tonnes 4th, South Korea, 6 million tonnes 5th, Turkey, 4 million tonnes with an upwards trend 5th, USA, 4 million tonnes with a downwards trend Report: Saudi Arabia Presses U.S. on Overthrowing Saddam Hussein Date: January 19, 1992 From AP NEWS NEW YORK (AP) _ Saudi Arabia is pressuring the Bush administration to secretly arm and give intelligence to Iraqi opposition forces so they can work to overthrow Saddam Hussein, a newspaper reported Sunday. The Saudis want the United States to give arms and intelligence to Kurdish rebels in north Iraq, Shiite Muslim fighters in the south and Sunni Muslim opposition forces in central Iraq, the Times said, quoting U.S. and allied officials it didn’t name. ------ Sheikhdom of Kuwait Kuwait was founded in 1613 AD as a fishing village known as Grane (Kureyn). The region soon came under the rule of the Bani Khalid Emirate in 1670 after the expulsion of the Ottomans from Eastern Arabia (Lahsa Eyalet) by Barrack bin Ghurayr, Emir of the Bani Khalid, who successfully besieged the Ottoman governor Umar Pasha who surrendered and gave up his rule as the fourth Ottoman governor of al-Hasa. In 1752, Kuwait became independent after an agreement between the Sheikh of Kuwait and the Emir of Bani Khalid in which Bani Khalid recognised Sabah I bin Jaber's independent rule over Kuwait and in exchange Kuwait would not ally itself or support the enemies of Bani Khalid or interfere in the internal affairs of Bani Khalid in any way.
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