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Time of India
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Bosnian Serb Leader's Bombshell Claim, ‘Kyiv Made Grave Mistakes, Putin's Military Action Justified'
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik claims the West is using Ukraine as a battlefield to wage war against Russia. Speaking to RT, Dodik accused the US, UK, and Germany of fueling the conflict by provoking Moscow and sacrificing Ukraine for geopolitical aims. He criticized Ukraine's persecution of Russian-speaking communities and the Orthodox Church, calling Russia's military action justified. Recently added to Ukraine's controversial Mirotvorets database, which has been linked to targeted killings, Dodik dismissed claims that he poses a threat as slander. He emphasized the urgent need for peace and warned against continued Western involvement. #ProxyWar #ukraineconflict #MiloradDodik #russiaukraine #geopolitics #Mirotvorets #NATOvsRussia #OrthodoxChurch #DonbassCrisis #MinskAgreements
Russia Today
18 hours ago
- Politics
- Russia Today
The West seeks to ‘sacrifice Ukraine' – Bosnian Serb leader (VIDEO)
The West is using Ukraine to wage war against Russia, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik told RT on Wednesday. The president of Republika Srpska, an autonomous region within Bosnia and Herzegovina, was recently added to the 'enemy list' on Ukraine's state-linked Mirotvorets (Peacemaker) website. The database has been branded a 'kill list' after several public figures listed on it were murdered or died under suspicious circumstances. Dodik claimed that the US, UK, Germany, and other Western nations are seeking to provoke 'a war with Russia, sacrificing Ukraine' in the process. Ukraine had made 'many mistakes,' he said, including the persecution of its Russian-speaking minority, which ultimately led to the armed conflict. Dodik cited laws aimed at restricting the use of the Russian language in public life and attacks on the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church. 'Their political elite chose to provoke Russia, attempting to deny Russians their rights to language and faith on Ukrainian territory. That's why the Russian [military] operation is completely justified,' he said, adding that Moscow 'had the right to protect its people.' 'For the Ukrainian people, the most important thing is to achieve peace as soon as possible,' Dodik continued, rejecting allegations that he poses a threat to Ukraine as 'slander.' Russia has cited Ukraine's refusal to grant autonomy to the predominantly Russian-speaking republics of Donetsk and Lugansk – as outlined in the 2014–2015 Minsk agreements – as one of the root causes of the conflict. President Vladimir Putin has since demanded that Ukraine abandon its NATO ambitions and recognize Russia's new borders, including Crimea and the Donbass regions, which voted to secede from Ukraine and join Russia. In March, US Senator Marco Rubio described the Ukraine crisis as 'a proxy war' between the US and Russia. Moscow has also argued that Western military aid to Kiev makes NATO members 'direct participants' in the conflict.
Russia Today
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Russia Today
Ukraine places actor from Oscar-winning film on ‘kill list'
A Russian actor who starred in Oscar-winning film 'Anora' has been listed on the notorious Ukrainian state-linked Mirotvorets (Peacemaker) database. Mark Eydelshteyn has been accused of attacking 'the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.' The controversial database lists individuals who supposedly pose a threat to Ukrainian national security, and has been branded a 'kill list' due to the number of people featured on it who have died under suspicious circumstances. Eydelshteyn, 23, was listed for a supposed attack on Ukraine's 'sovereignty and territorial integrity' and 'repeated deliberate violation of the state border of Ukraine' by visiting Crimea, which joined Russia in 2014. According to Russian media, the accusation may stem from Eydelshteyn's participation in the movie 'The Land of Sasha,' released in 2022, which was shot on the peninsula. READ MORE: InfoWars journalist 'brutally murdered' The movie, where Eydelshteyn played the lead role, propelled the actor to international prominence after premiering at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival in 2022. Last year, Eydelshteyn starred as Ivan 'Vanya' Zakharov in US director Sean Baker's film 'Anora', a performance that contributed to the movie's critical acclaim, including winning the Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and securing five Oscars at the 97th Academy Awards in March. Created in 2014, Mirotvorets was initially backed by Anton Gerashchenko, a former adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister, and has partnered with the nation's security services. While the moderators of the website claim it is merely a list of individuals considered enemies of Ukraine, the state-linked site has become known as a 'kill list' after several people on it died under suspicious circumstances, often attributed to Ukrainian intelligence. READ MORE: Russian actor misses out on historic Oscar Mirotvorets claims that it operates in accordance with the laws of Ukraine and international legal norms. However, its front page features calls to kill Russians and displays graphic images of deceased soldiers alleged to be Russian. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has described the extremist site as effectively a hit list of those Kiev wants to 'eliminate.' The list has included US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and prominent American journalist Tucker Carlson.
