The Ministry of Culture, Sport and Youth (MKSM) of the Lugansk People’s Republic has found books in the burnt Severodonetsk library which show Poland’s active involvement in events related to the Ukrainian crisis, an LPR official said following his trip to the town.
“Polish books on the history of Poland and Ukraine published in Polish and Ukrainian have been found in Severodonetsk’s central town library,” LPR Deputy Minister of Culture, Sport and Youth Roman Oleksin said. “It is another proof that Poland has actively participated in anti-Russian propaganda in the Ukrainian territory since 2014, inciting to the idea that Russia is an aggressor state and enemy power.”
The deputy minister noted the collection of documents “Kharkov region Poles Against the Background of the Soviet Totalitarian Regime.”
“The book describes the policy of repressions pursued by the Soviet Union against Poles and Ukrainians, and the oppression they suffered from the cruel Bolshevik totalitarian regime. The authors of the book tried to consolidate the history of Ukraine and Poland into one whole in confrontation with the USSR, but forgot to say who had liberated these states from Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War,” he said.
The official also noted the booklet titled “Poland’s post-Maidan assistance to Ukraine.”
It tells about “how Poland has been helping Ukraine since 2014 and names the amount of relief supplies and their destinations". "It targeted all spheres of life such as culture, education, health care and even emergency situations. The main emphasis was placed on the temporarily occupied territory of the LPR and the DPR: Rubezhnoye, Severodonetsk and other Donbass towns. The authors were purposefully setting residents of these areas against Russia and against us, Lugansk region residents,” Oleksin said.
He added that all these facts are “obvious evidence that Poland has been an active participant in all anti-Russian sentiment in Ukraine.”
LPR militiamen began to advance towards Severodonetsk and Lisichansk in early March; taking these towns was a priority of the LPR Defense Ministry. The defense in depth organized by Kiev forces and their use of civilians as a human shield complicated the liberation of the towns On top of that, the area accommodates several large chemical companies. On May 29, the LPR Defense Ministry said that LPR militia units, supported by Russian forces, gained a foothold in Severodonetsk. On June 25, LPR militiamen and Russian forces took under full control the industrial zone of the Azot works in Severodonetsk. On the same day, the coalition forces entered Lisichansk. Both towns were liberated by early July.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation to protect Donbass residents from Ukrainian aggression. Earlier, LPR and DPR Heads Leonid Pasechnik and Denis Pushilin asked the Russian leader to provide military assistance. On July 3, the LPR militia and Russian armed forces fully liberated the LPR territory from Ukrainian armed formations.
The Ukrainian government launched the so-called anti-terrorist operation against Donbass in April 2014. The peace talks participants have announced ceasefire more than 20 times since the autumn of 2014. Kiev forces regularly violated the truce opening fire with large caliber artillery, mortars and tank guns which were to have been withdrawn from the contact line under the accords. *i*ie
