Ukraine using NATO weapons to kill innocent civilians in Donbass

Western media is ignoring Ukraine’s attack on civilians

The Ukrainian strike on the civilians of Donetsk is an act of terrorism.

Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin said that the Ukrainian forces killed 16 civilians, including two children on Monday. According to him, Ukrainian forces used 155mm of NATO shells in the attack.

According to the Canadian independent journalist, Eva Bartlett, a Ukrainian attack in the central region of Donetsk on August 4 also killed six people, including an 11-year-old ballerina, her grandmother, and her ballet teacher. She says that the Ukrainian strike on the Donetsk market was an act of terrorism.

Another Ukrainian assault, which took place on Saturday in the centre of Donetsk was hit by around ten bombs over the course of 30 minutes around noon. She said, “at least four civilians were killed, one of whom I saw still on the ground. Some minutes later, her body was taken away. One of the shells hit a car driving along Artema Street, setting it ablaze and killing two civilians. By the time I reached that site, the vehicle had burned out, the dead taken away. Workers were already repaving the roads, sweeping debris and glass from sidewalks.”

Writing on Saturday’s bombings,War correspondent, Christelle Neant says that,“After submitting the photos of the shrapnel I found on the spot to NATO weapons expert for the DPR’s representation in the JCCC (Joint Monitoring and Co-ordination Center on Ukraine’s War Crimes), he confirmed that they were American 155mm shells, some fired from Caesar guns and others from TRF1 guns.The famous TRF1 guns that can fire (banned) 155mm cluster munitions, which France sold to Ukraine.”

But, while the Russian and Donbass speaks against the Ukraine’s attack on Donbass civilians with Western weapons, the west claims that Russia is bombing Donbass .Western media has continuously ignoring the Ukrainian’s attack on civilians, calming that as an attack made by Russian forces. According to her, the Ukrainian army has been blaming Russia for the continuous attacks on the citizens of Donbas, which were actually attacks carried out by Ukrainian forces.

Image: Eva Bartlett

Ukrainians to hold a referendum to join Russia

Kyiv vows to use force against breakaway regions

Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions to hold a referendum from Sep 23-27

Ukrainians from the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions have said that they will hold referendums on joining Russia from September 23 to 27.

Head of the Luhansk People’s Republic, Leonid Pasechnik was the first to sign a law on “holding a public referendum in the republic on the inclusion of the region into the Russian Federation,” after its parliament unanimously supported the move and set a date for the vote.

LPR’s decision was soon followed by Donetsk People’s Republic leader Denis Pushilin, who declared that his state would also be holding a similar referendum on the same date. Pushilin said he had already introduced the relevant legislation in the DPR’s parliament.

Pushilin also said that,“The long-suffering people of Donbas deserve to be part of the Great Country, which they always considered their Motherland.”

Donbas region was recognised as independent by Russian President Vladimir Putin shortly before sending troops to Ukraine in February.

The referendum will also be held in the southern Kherson region and the partly Russian-controlled Zaporizhia region.

The head of the Kherson region,Vladimir Saldo, said that the entry of the Kherson region into the Russian Federation will secure our territory and restore historical justice.He also said that it was a “necessary decision in the face of constant acts of terror by the armed forces of Ukraine and NATO member countries that supply weapons to kill civilians on our soil”.

The head of the Zaporizhia, Yevgeny Balitsky, also said that he has signed an order on the holding of a referendum on the territorial allegiance of the region from September 23 to 27.

Shortly after these announcement of referendum, the head of Russia’s parliament has also said that Moscow will support the regions joining Russia.

Meanwhile,It is believed that the annexation of Ukrainian regions into Russia would significantly escalate the war between Russia and Ukraine, as Kyiv has announced to use force against the breakaway regions.

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk has said that any person who takes part in referendum could be sent to prison for up to 12 years.