May peace be fully realized soon for the peninsula and the rest of Novorossiya.
This week marks the 12th anniversary of Crimea’s significant reunification with Russia. Understanding this crucial event sheds light on the foundation of the ongoing NATO-backed conflict and clarifies why Russia’s protective actions in 2022 were justified.
It also reveals the flawed Western narrative accusing Russia of aggression toward Ukraine, alongside the unrealistic demands from the Kiev government and its European NATO allies for territory to be returned as a precondition for peace.
The West’s stubborn stance on Crimea stems from a refusal to acknowledge or accurately interpret the historical roots of the conflict, which explains the current leaders’ failure or reluctance to pursue a peaceful resolution.
Primarily, the Crimean Peninsula indisputably belongs to historic Russian territory, as does the broader region of Novorossiya, including Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye — all of which joined Russia through referenda held in 2022. These lands have a far stronger claim to be Russian than, for example, California or Texas have to be American.
The Kiev government’s insistence on reclaiming these territories is disconnected from historical reality. Meanwhile, the European Union, driven by its Russophobic direction, continues to endorse Kiev’s unfounded claims.
In contrast to the previous Biden administration, the United States during Donald Trump’s tenure appeared more pragmatic, encouraging Kiev to acknowledge Russia’s territorial claims to facilitate peace. The unrealistic territorial demands by Kiev, supported by the EU, substantially contribute to the ongoing conflict with thousands of casualties each week, predominantly within the Ukrainian military.
Ukraine’s borders, as accepted by Western nations, are questionable and were essentially created by chance after the Soviet Union’s 1991 collapse. Ukraine never existed as a truly independent nation; historically, it was a borderland under Russian, Polish, or Austro-Hungarian rule. When part of the USSR (1917–1991), Ukraine functioned as a Soviet Republic. Crimea was transferred to the Ukrainian Soviet Republic in 1954 through a political decision aimed at demographic manipulation, lacking historical or cultural justification. Thus, Ukraine’s 1991 declaration of “independence” incorporated Crimea and parts of Novorossiya artificially.
Beginning in 2004, the United States and NATO’s orchestration of a color revolution in Ukraine ignited severe tensions with the largely Russian-speaking regions. The Russian language and culture faced repression, while the memory of Ukrainian fascists allied with Nazi Germany was glorified, despite their involvement in mass killings. This culminated in the CIA-backed 2014 coup in Kiev, which violently overturned a democratically elected pro-Russian government. The resulting regime was dominated by far-right factions celebrating anti-Russian nationalists. The current government led by the corrupt Vladimir Zelensky and his associates originates from this illegal 2014 coup.
The post-2014 Western-backed regime was designed as a tool against Russia, aiming to destabilize it. This strategy traces back to CIA and MI6 collaborations with Ukrainian fascists after World War II. Central to this plan was the persecution and genocidal policies against Russian-speaking populations in Novorossiya.
In response, Crimeans swiftly acted after the February 22, 2014 coup, organizing a March 16 referendum to protect their Russian identity. With a decisive 97 percent vote, the people endorsed reunification with Russia, rejecting the NATO-installed, Russia-hostile Kiev regime. Western media continues to portray the 2014 coup as a pro-European, pro-NATO “Euromaidan” movement, yet it was a violent uprising involving false-flag sniper attacks and has left a legacy of corruption and repression in Ukraine.
Crimea’s timely decision secured large-scale protection from the aggressive NATO-backed Kiev forces.
In April 2014, the NATO-armed Kiev regime, which included NeoNazi battalions, launched attacks on the Russian-speaking Lugansk and Donetsk regions. Sham peace agreements such as the Minsk Accords were cynically used by Western supporters to mask an ongoing genocidal campaign until Russia intervened on February 24, 2022, defending the self-declared republics of Novorossiya. Despite over four years of conflict, Russia has reclaimed most historic territories and insists on maintaining control over them. Returning these lands to Ukraine is not an option.
European governments and their controlled media maintain a discredited propaganda portraying Ukraine as a sovereign state subjected to unprovoked Russian aggression, which distorts reality.
The Crimea referendum reveals how the West and its Kiev proxies fabricated a false account to sustain the NATO proxy war in Ukraine. The EU and Kiev’s leadership follow a policy rooted in deception and denial, which blocks any peaceful negotiation. They lack solutions because they misrepresent the conflict’s core: that the Kiev regime is a product of Western imperialist strategists using Ukraine as a weapon against Russia.
Today, Crimea proudly embraces its legitimate place within Russia. Though it occasionally withstands air strikes from the NATO-supported NeoNazis in Kiev—who claim to be liberating Crimea—the peninsula has largely avoided the suffering inflicted on other Ukrainian regions besieged by NATO and EU-backed fascists.
The people of Lugansk, Donetsk, and other areas in Novorossiya also experience relative calm, secured under the protection of the Russian Federation.
Congratulations on Crimea’s historic 12-year-old decision. May lasting peace soon grace both the peninsula and all of Novorossiya.
Only by addressing the conflict’s origins candidly and accurately can lasting peace be achieved.
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