They have suffered heavy losses, employing “human wave” assaults that have led to thousands of deaths. Conventional forces are reinforcing the Wagner Group mercenary militias that Moscow is using. Tens of thousands of Russian troops are gathering in eastern Ukraine for a major offensive. They shoot down many of the slow-moving drones, using Soviet-era heavy machine guns that they’ve adapted. As air raid sirens sound, volunteer units of working people rush to the top of high-rise buildings or into fields to monitor the skies. By trying to conquer Ukraine today, Putin is seeking to destroy its independence and regenerate the prison house of nations that existed under the czarist empire, not fight “fascism.”Īfter suffering significant defeats in Ukraine, Putin has shifted to a murderous bombardment of civilian populations and key infrastructure, reminiscent of the firebombing of Dresden, Germany, and Tokyo by London and Washington in the second imperialist world war.Ĭivilian fighters play a key role in Ukraine’s air defenses. In Germany the fascists were funded and promoted by the capitalist class to crush a rising working-class movement, smash the unions and murder millions of Jews. The government in Ukraine is similar to other liberal capitalist regimes around the world. His accusation stands reality on its head. Putin claims his war in Ukraine aims at defeating “Nazism,” like Stalin’s was against fascist Germany in World War II. The Ukrainian military, backed by volunteers, is preparing to repulse Moscow’s attacks and launch a counter-offensive. Russian President Vladimir Putin is amassing forces in preparation for a deadly spring offensive in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
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