Ariana Gic

Independent Political Analyst

York University – Osgoode Hall Law School  Direct Initiative International Centre for Ukraine

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jan 4, 2026

Russia struck yet another health care facility in Ukraine. The attack in Kyiv has left casualties. Patients had to be evacuated from the hospital. The SYSTEMIC attacks on Ukrainian health care is part of Russian GENOCIDE of Ukrainians. We have a LEGAL obligation to STOP genocide!

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“Not only did Putin float this deal in May 2019, he backstopped it by deploying nuclear bombers to Venezuela in December 2018 and then sending hundreds of troops to gin up the threat and provoke Trump into taking action.

Per John Bolton’s memoir, Putin even compared Juan Guaidó to Hillary Clinton in a phone call, thinking that would push him over the edge — a move Bolton described as a masterstroke of psychological manipulation.

More on this soon, but there is more than enough documentation to suggest that not only was this the Kremlin’s design, but that the current operation is a continuation of a strategy well underway in 2019.”

Link to post: https://lnkd.in/gJXCeCWq

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Trump attacks Venezuela. Threatens to bomb Mexico, Promises to take Greenland and annex Canada. THIS is the person who will bring “peace” and “justice” to Ukraine?🤡 NO ONE should be playing along with the Trump regime. The West should isolate the US until Americans oust Trump.

To the Ukrainians cheering Trump’s illegal attack and violent take over of Venezuela:

1. You either care about the rules-based international order or you don’t. You cannot suck and blow at the same time. You cannot applaud this violation of international law, justify it with excuses like, “International law is dead”, and at the same time defend yourselves against Russian aggression and genocide. 
   If international law is “dead”, then Ukraine has nothing to rely on to act in self-defence against Russia.
   If international law is “dead” you have no legal entitlement to oppose Russian aggression.
   If international law is “dead” you will have no legal ground to oppose Russian claims to Ukrainian territory. You will have no choice but to accept them.
   If international law is “dead”, you cannot pursue justice in any court for Russian aggression, war crimes, or genocide.
   If international law is “dead”, you have no legal grounds to appeal to other nations to help you in your defence.
   If international law is “dead”, then the crimes Russia is committing against Ukrainians will not be recognized as crimes!
   Is THIS the path you wish to tread?
2. We should not ignore that Trump is following in Putin’s footsteps:
   Putin claimed that the Ukrainian government is illegitimate. He unilaterally started an illegal war of aggression against Ukraine.
   Similarly, Trump declared Venezuela an illegitimate regime and carried out unilateral aggression that has not been sanctioned by the international community.
3. Recall that until recently, for months, Trump and his administration, echoed Putin’s disinformation propaganda lies that President Zelensky is a DICTATOR. 
   In the 20 point “peace plan” that Zelensky has signed off on, Ukraine commits to holding Presidential elections. This is indirect recognition of Russian demands to get rid of “illegitimate” Zelensky as president. 
   What if Trump decides, in the interest of his partnership with Russia, and in the interest of his own financial benefit, that “Dictator Zelensky” has to go because he “impedes the peace process”? What if Trump supports “regime change” in Ukraine?

Read the rest of the argument here:
https://lnkd.in/gwrqqRdR

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