Ukraine on Fire
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- 2016
- 95 min
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warning :
cigarette smokingnarrator:
here in kiev in recent daysthe maidan the independence square
has turned into a full-scale war zone
more clashes in ukraine's capital kiev
there is absolutely no doubt that snipers
are working here. i counted 10 bodies
viktor yanukovich: even today we don't know
who shot those people. that is the problem
reporter:
now on the brink of civil warat least 70 dead so far
and the death toll is rising
vitaliy zaharchenko: these technologies
i repeat, no country is safe from them
reporter:
what we saw here today was a revolutionk :
hail to ukraineputin:
want to know what's happening in ukraine?victoria nuland:
we have spent over 5 billion dollars to assist ukrainevitaliy zaharchenko: in big politics
whatever they're talking about
oliver stone:
nato has expanded by 13 countriesup to the borders of russia. 13 countries
narrator:
the focus has to be not allowingthis crisis to turn into a hot war
between ukraine and russia
viktor yanukovich: this is a dangerous topic
no one should feel safe today
narrator:
ukraineit's an ancient and proud land
with a rich history
filled with much beauty
heroism and sacrifice
ukraine is a border land
this is the flag of ukraine
the blue represents the sky
the gold is seeming endless fields of wheat
ukraine is a prize many have sought
and much blood was spilled in a quest to posess it
ukraine has been the path for the western countries
as they attempted to conquer the east
in world war I
and in world war II
and every time the ukrainian people payed
the highest price for this grand games of power
history doesn't repeat but it surely rhymes
said mark twain
looking closely to the history of ukraine
one will notice many rhymes
being surrounded by stronger powers
ukrainians needed a lot of cunning to survive
the art they truly mastered in time
was the art of changing sides
iIn the middle of the 17th century
ukrainian leader bogdan khmelnitskiy
broke the peace they made with poland
and sided with more powerful russia
just over 50 years later
as the russian-swedish war was raging
another ukrainian leader ivan mazepa
broke the union with russia and switched sides
joining forces with the swedish invaders
seeking to keep the gains of the revolution
russia agreed to the humiliating brest-litovsky peace of 1918
which turned ukraine into a german protectorate
another historical document
that changed the fate of ukraine
was the molotov-ribbentrop pact of 1939
one of many such agreements being signed
between european countries and rising germany
attempting to protect his nation
from the approaching nazi threat
Joseph Stalin negotiated a treaty
of non-aggression with adolf hitler
while promising each other peace
soviet and german foreign ministers
molotov and ribbentrop
divided the map of eastern europe splitting it
into german and soviet spheres of influence
as soon as the molotov-ribbentrop pact was signed
poland was split
and in september of 1939
eastern poland became the western ukraine
and a part of the family of the soviet republics
and the USSR
but even this bold dividing of land
only delayed the war
germany broke its promise to the USSR
on june 22nd 1941 germany invaded the USSR
and launched barbarossa
the largest military operation in world history
barbarossa was aiming for
saint-petersburg, moscow and kiev, ukraine
three destinations of major significance
ukraine with its rich land and resources
was an important industrial and economic
source for the USSR
to cut it from the soviet union
would be a great success
for most of those in the soviet union
was about fighting the invaders of their land
but it wasn't so simple for ukraine
the truth is ukraine has never been one country
a large part of western ukraine
welcomed the german soldiers
as liberators from the recently enforced
soviet rule
and openly collaborated with the germans
true scale of this collaboration
was not announced for many decades after the war
but we now know that whole divisions
and battalions were formed
such as ss galizien, nachtigal and roland
just in the beginning of the war more than
80 thousand people from the galizien region
volunteered for the ss galizien
later known for its extreme cruelty towards
polish, jewish and russian people
on the territory of ukraine
members of these military groups came mostly
from organization of ukrainian nationalists
the OUN
founded in 1929
this organization had the ultimate goal
of an ethnically pure ukraine
and considered terror as acceptable measure
their official flag was black and red
land and blood
it will remain in ukraine's history long after
in early 1940
the organization of ukrainian nationalists
got its own leader - stepan bandera
[for ukraine, for freedom, for honor, for glory]
severely anti-semitic and anti-communist
he proclaimed a free ukraine in 1941
his german allies found such an act of self-will
unacceptable and they put him in prison
not participating in person bandera still
managed to successfully spread his ideology
many independent historians state that
the OUN militia exterminated from 150
to 200 thousand jews
on the ukrainian territory occupied by germans
by the end of 1941
the most notorious and outrageous massacre
took place on september 29 of 1941
in , kiev
all kikes of the city of kiev and its vicinity
must appear on monday, september 29
by 8 o'clock in the morning
bring documents, money and valuables
and also hand clothing, linen, etc
any kikes who do not follow this order
and are found elsewhere will be shot
33 771 jews were killed by the nazi
and the ukrainian militia
another outrageous massacre was carried out
by the ukrainian rebels army and the OUN
it happened on the territory of
the german occupied polish wolyn
and eastern galicia in 1943 and 1944
this genocide of poles was lead by m
35 to 60 thousand people in wolyn and
25 to 40 thousand people in eastern galicia
became the victims of this massive
ethnic cleansing operation
sensing the inevitable loss of the german troops
the OUN betrayed its former ally
and began fighting against german and soviet forces
in january of 1943
the USSR army began pushing back the german troops
liberating one part of ukraine after another
western ukraine was the region held by the germans the longest
and was finally liberated on october of 1944
bandera's gangs continued their guerrilla war
against soviets, carrying out bloody attacks
on ukrainian villages and towns
leaving chaos and victims among civilians
this war went on till the mid 1950s
when the last collaborators were eliminated
or fled the country
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