The Book of Trump - Chapter 50: The War in Donbass

About this episode

Ghost provides a detailed analysis of the war in Donbass, covering its origins, key events, and media narratives.

In Chapter 50, Ghost walks through the actual war that erupted in Eastern Ukraine following the 2014 Maidan coup, covering the timeline from the Donetsk and Luhansk separatist declarations all the way through the Minsk Two agreement of 2015. He breaks down the MH17 shootdown, the competing narratives around who fired the missile, and why the Western media's version may not hold up. Ghost also examines why both Minsk agreements ultimately failed due to unresolvable sequencing disputes between Ukraine and the separatists and explains how seven years of frozen trench warfare laid the groundwork for Russia's full-scale 2022 invasion. A methodical, plainspoken deep dive into one of the most misrepresented conflicts of the modern era.

People in this episode

Host: Ghost

Topics covered

• war in Donbass
• Eastern Ukraine conflict
• Maidan coup
• MH17
• Minsk agreements
• Russia invasion
• media narratives

Keywords

• Donbass
• Ukraine
• Maidan
• MH17
• Minsk agreements
• separatists
• war
• conflict
• narratives
• invasion

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Eastern Ukraine, Donetsk, Luhansk

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