It is ever fun to be called a sheeple by someone with non-existent critical thinking skills.
As i see it, it is an attempt at compensating - they can't tell apart fact from fiction in the information they receive, thus they deliberately choose to regard everything "mainstream" as lies and everything "alternative" as the real truth, that "the masses are too blind to see". It's like being an emo, in a sense.
Not sure who you're talking about, so strongly it can apply to everyone here.
So far the cold news are (correct me if I'm wrong):
- Maidan revolt is a success, previous pro-Russia president has been evicted and new pro-EU government has formed
- political situation in Kiev (Ukraine capital) and west-central provinces is stable, people are mostly happy to wait for the early presidential election of the 25 may of this year, majority-opposition is already forming, with candidates from both maidan enthusiast and neutral (and possibly ex-president Yanukovitch), polls have already been made and you can see one here from wikipedia:
- political situation in south-east provinces is rebellious, major cities were the target of protests and attempts/successful storming of administrative buildings/taking control of regional centers was made, calls for closer ties or even incorporation into Russia were made, but police crackdown + Russia not sending army + low organisation + no central nerve point to gather around = no major results toward a counter-maidan scenario.
- political situation in Crimea province is military occupied by pro-Russia/Russia forces.
- more troops from both side (Ukrainian 200 000 army/reserve + 60 000 national guards mobilized+ 100 000 "others" (police, border guard, etc...) - all the desertion (unknown number), against, 20 000+ "Crimean" forces + Russia 150 000 rapid deployment force at Ukraine border + continuous reinforcements (unknown)) are stationned and entrenching themselves and preparing for anything but still no casualties to report, sieging of the loyal Ukrainian soldiers inside Crimea territory continue: barracks are surrounded, roads are patrolled and checkpoints are everywhere, ports and airports are blockaded.
- world diplomacy shifted from threat of war, to threat of economical sanctions, to threats of not-recognizing one another state (be it either Kiev government or Crimea government) : despite the very large mobilization of troops from Ukraine and Russia and the tension that comes with it, noone is openly pushing for a escalation of violence.
- Ukraine has 3 major arguments against Russia : intrusion of military forces in sovereign state, coup against new Kiev government in Crimea and formation of illegal Crimean government, illegal referendum about joining Russia
- Russia has 3 majors arguments against Ukraine : coup against previous Kiev government and formation of illegal government, protecting the russian people inside Ukraine territory, the military force inside Crimea are only Crimea self-defense force
- Ukraine new prime minister is rallying USA/EU support, Crimea new government is organizing legal actions to ask for Russia support and become a russian region: Ukraine and most of the world powers have claimed they would not go to war over Crimea, and Russia seems happy to pay the diplomatic price for this aggressive expansion.
The referendum organised by the Crimean local government of Sevastopol is to be held the 16 march of this year, with 2 choices : join Russia or stay with Ukraine but with the 1992 constitution which gives them more autonomy. Everyone is waiting for the result and nothing much is happening except empty diplomatic announcements here and there in the last days.
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