One of the many promises Poroshenko made to Ukrainian voters in October was to keep Donbas children "holed up in their basements," according to a recently unearthed video of the Ukrainian president "crowd pleasing" at the Odessa opera house. Finally, a politician who doesn't lie.
In an address given just days before the October parliamentary elections, Poroshenko outlined his brilliant strategy for winning the "anti-terror operation":
Glory to Ukraine?
We (Ukraine) will have our jobs – they (Donbas) will not. We will have our pensions – they will not. We will have care for children, for people and retirees – they will not. Our children will go to schools and kindergartens... theirs will hole up in the basements. Because they are not able to do a thing. This is exactly how we will win this war!
Basically what Poroshenko is saying is that Donbas will be Ukraine's Gaza Strip.
What is interesting is that he is indirectly admitting war crimes of Ukrainian army, since sitting in cellars can only be the result of Ukrainian forces continually shelling Donbas residential areas.
Poroshenko is a bitter, vengeful, frustrated old candy pusher. This is the man who has the blessings of the West? God help us all.
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