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Important Ukraine Realities Being Hidden from the US Public on the 4th of July (7/2/23) (Part 2/2)

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The battle for Bakhmut resulted in 75,000 Ukrainians killed and 30,000 Russians, a little over two-to-one casualty ratio.

The interview uses Bakhmut as its opening proof point before widening into a historical indictment of NATO expansion, the 2014 political rupture in Ukraine, and the Minsk accords. It argues that the ceasefire process was used to buy time for Ukraine to rebuild with NATO help, and that U.S. and allied officials failed to force a settlement. The episode closes on the claim that Congress had already identified a Nazi problem in the Azov Battalion and tried to block U.S. training funds, reinforcing the show's broader argument that the war has been misrepresented.

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A severe, detail-heavy briefing on Ukraine, Bakhmut, and the politics that led there.

This episode circles back to Bakhmut and the math of casualties, then widens into a view of Ukraine shaped by NATO expansion, the 2014 political break, and the Minsk agreements.

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You want a hard listen about Bakhmut, casualty ratios, and the war's roots.

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