STATEMENT
by leaders of left-wing patriotic public associations of Belarus, which formed the Coordination Council "Unity"
On October 1, 2019, at a meeting in Minsk of the Tripartite Contact Group on Ukraine, representatives of Ukraine, the DPR, the LPR, as well as Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) signed the text of the so-called “Steinmeier formula”. This formula defines the mechanism for implementing a number of provisions of the Set of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements and assumes the entry into force of the Law of Ukraine “On the Special Status of Local Self-Government in Certain Areas of Donetsk and Lugansk Regions” after the elections are held in this territory in accordance with Ukrainian law and the OSCE recognizes them fair and free.
However, the signing of the above document not only did not lead to a relaxation of the situation in the South-East of Ukraine, but, moreover, caused its exacerbation both on the contact line in the Donbass and in different regions of Ukraine. Despite the single and unambiguous text of the signed “Steinmeier formula”, it received different assessments and interpretations in different layers of Ukrainian society. The signed document provoked especially zealous rejection among the extreme right-wing nationalists (neo-Bandera), who were the shock force of the coup d'etat in Ukraine in February 2014. The purpose of the coup under the leadership of the United States and other Western countries: the separation of Ukraine from Russia, the release of the Ukrainian and Russian peoples in the fratricidal war, i.e. implementation of the ancient principle of the Roman emperors: divide and conquer.
The people of Donbass did not come to terms with the coup and rose to a fair fight against neofascism, for the right to live according to their own principles, for the right to speak their native Russian language. For this, he was tried to punish the Neo-Bandera government, which sent armed forces and nationalist battalions to the Donbass war in the Donbass, which mercilessly bombed the peaceful cities of the Donetsk region, committing war crimes. But the neo-fascists received a strong rebuff from the militias of the DNI and LC and were defeated near Ilovaisk and Debaltsev.
Of course, the Neo-Bandera thirst for revenge, and they have financial backers both within Ukraine and abroad. Therefore, they organized protests under the slogan: “No surrender!” In a number of Ukrainian cities: in Kiev, Lviv, Kharkov, Zaporozhye. The air reeked of new Maidan and new bloodshed.
In this tense atmosphere, the media was widely believed that the conflict in Ukraine could be resolved only with the participation of the United States of America.
Indeed, the situation in the South-East of Ukraine is very complicated and requires comprehensive resolution, but involving the American side in the settlement of the conflict is fraught with the most negative consequences. People say: “LET THE GOAT TO THE GARDEN” for this reason. The whole world knows: wherever there is an American presence, blood is shed, devastation, famine, death are sown, states are destroyed, and genocide of peoples is carried out.
The United States came to first place in the world in terms of its economic potential, having grown rich thanks to the wars that did not affect their territory, especially during the years of the first and second world wars. After World War II, the United States, heading for world domination, turned into a planetary gendarme. The international community has not forgotten how the American "peacekeepers" entered Iraq, Libya, bombed peaceful Yugoslavia, and most recently, civilians in Syria. It was thanks to US intervention that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were executed. The assistance of the American "peacekeepers" of the large Croatian army to "clean up" the Serbian Krajina (the destruction of the autonomous republic of Serbs in Croatia) led to the mass death of the Serbian population, unprecedented in Europe since the Second World War. The same Croatian scenario can be implemented in the Donbass.
The principle of the American imperialists remains unchanged: the worse the situation in some corner of the planet, the better they are, because there is an opportunity to profit from the grief of people. The United States is now aggressor No. 1, not without reason they have withdrawn from the INF Treaty and are planning to withdraw from the START-3 treaty, and according to recent reports, the media intend to deploy their troops near the borders of Belarus.
Historical experience indicates that the attempts of some leaders of individual states to pacify the aggressors ended in grief for their peoples. The same experience suggests that the Nazis never voluntarily gave up power: they can only be defeated by military force, as was the case with Germany in 1945, or broken by the force of the united anti-fascist speech of the people, as was the case in France in 1934.
Therefore, we believe that until the neo-Bandera military units are disarmed, and the organizers of the war crimes of Ukrainian nationalists in Donbass, Odessa and other places in Ukraine are not convicted by a tribunal similar to Nuremberg, a long-termReliable peace in the Donbass is impossible.
It should be borne in mind that the people of the DPR and LPR supported the majority vote in a referendum on May 11, 2014, for the state sovereignty of their republics, i.e. clearly and unequivocally expressed a firm political will: he does not want to live under the leadership of the Kiev Neo-Bandera government. As you know, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of December 16, 1966 (in both pacts - Article 1) stipulates: “All peoples have the right to self-determination. By virtue of this right, they freely establish their political status and freely ensure their economic, social and cultural development ... ” Therefore, we believe: this right the population of Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics should be realized.
In view of the above, we, the leaders of the left-wing patriotic public associations of Belarus, which formed the Unity Coordination Council, call on those responsible for the Donbass negotiation process to refrain from engaging the United States of America - the main culprit in the tragedy of many peoples - as part of the Norman group of countries to resolve the conflict in the Donbass.
We believe that Europeans should solve their problems without the participation of American "benefactors". The support of European states in resolving the conflict in the Donbass should consist primarily in condemning the crimes of modern neo-fascism.
We are sure that the fraternal peoples: Ukrainians, Russians and Belarusians should decide the issue of restoring order in their East Slavic home first of all. It is necessary to recall how we recently lived together in a single state, and this helped us successfully resolve issues of mutually beneficial cooperation.
The leaders of the left-patriotic organizations of Belarus, which formed the Coordination Council "UNITY":
V.V. Draco - Chairman of the Republican Council of the public association "For Democracy, Social Progress and Justice", deputy of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the first convocation
V.B. Zelikov - Chairman of the Republican Civil Committee of the Patriotic Public Association "Fatherland"
L.E. Shkolnikov - Secretary-Coordinator of the Republican Public Association "For the Union and the Communist Party of the Union"
G.I. Simanovsky - Secretary of the Coordinating Council of the Left-Patriotic Public Associations of Belarus “UNITY”
