Ivan Katchanovski
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Political scientist, University of Ottawa. Research politics, conflicts, policy & political communication in Ukraine, US & Canada. Ex-Harvard, SUNY, UofT & LoC.
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Videos show that Ukrainian deserters were illegally imprisoned & tortured in secret prison of neo-Nazi-led Azov corps of National Guard of Ukraine near Kyiv. Several prisoners were reportedly killed. Azov is glorified & whitewashed by Umland, Shekhovtsov & Western media & politicians. Relatives of imprisoned attempted to storm prison.
Ivan Katchanovski379,744 Aufrufe • vor 12 Tagen
Commander of National Guard of Ukraine confirms that one of Ukrainian men held in secret prison by neo-Nazi-led Azov has spine injury. But he claims that he fell during air alert & that men held there were moved to another such facility & there are over 1,000 such facilities in Ukraine.
Ivan Katchanovski77,606 Aufrufe • vor 11 Tagen
Yet another video of forced mobilization in Kyiv in Ukraine. Press gangs with total impunity snatch, beat & detain Ukrainian men. Such actions are criminal under Ukrainian law. Umland & other supporters of war to the last Ukrainian falsely call such videos Russian propaganda.
Ivan Katchanovski35,335 Aufrufe • vor 8 Tagen
Orwellian blackout & denial of false-flag Maidan massacre evidence: · BBC & ICTV videos of sniper(s) in Hotel Ukraina room of far-right Svoboda deputy shooting Maidan protesters & BBC journalists · Maidan activists, BBC journalist & verdict identifying them as Maidan sniper(s) · CNN & Spilne TV videos of Maidan snipers on the same floor at that time · ZDF, Itele, Sky News & Ukraina TV videos of far-right-linked Maidan snipers on different hotel floors · ZDF & RT videos of far-right-linked Maidan snipers shooting from Hotel Ukraina ZDF room · Confessions by 7 self-admitted Georgian snipers about false flag massacre by snipers in Hotel Ukraina & Musci Conservatory on orders of Maidan leaders · Testimonies by 7 Maidan politicians and activists about specific involvement of specific Maidan leaders in the massacre · Testimonies by over 300 witnesses, absolute majority of wounded Maidan protesters, and several dozen prosecution witnesses that they/or other Maidan protesters were shot from the Hotel Ukraina and other Maidan-controlled locations · Verdict confirming that many Maidan protesters were killed and wounded from Hotel Ukraina and other Maidan-controlled locations, that there was nor massacre order by Yanukovych and his government, & no Russian involvement · Forensic ballistic examinations by government forensic experts that bullet trajectories pointed to shooting by snipers in Hotel Ukraina and other Maidan-controlled-locations · Forensic medical examinations by government forensic experts that nearly all killed and wounded Maidan protesters were shot from steep positions · Synchronized videos showing that times and directions of specific gunshots by Berkut do not coincide with times and locations of shooting of specific Maidan protesters · Statement by Svoboda, videos, verdict, and testimonies by Maidan Self-Defence commander that they controlled and guarded the Hotel Ukraina before, during, and after the massacre and checked hotel rooms during the massacre · Maidan female activist testified that Svoboda deputies were in their Hotel Ukraina rooms during this shooting · GPU: this hotel room was occupied by Svoboda deputy but still denies that there were snipers in Hotel Ukraina and “laughed” at & disappeared testimony of the Maidan activist that this was Maidan sniper. · Etc All this and numerous other evidence are presented in my open access book “The Maidan Massacre in Ukraine,” 4 peer-reviewed journal articles, 2 book chapters & 7 online video appendixes
Ivan Katchanovski128,794 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
Video confirms witness reports that 14 year old boy, who was found in secret prison of neo-Nazi-led Azov corps, was beaten with shovel after he scaled its fence during attempt by protesters to free tortured Ukrainian deserters who were illegally held in prison set up in basement of private house.
Ivan Katchanovski31,946 Aufrufe • vor 11 Tagen
Open scolding of Zelensky & his refusal of peace deal by Trump and Vance.
Ivan Katchanovski1,456,657 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
Wow! Ukraine Ambassador Chalyi, who participated in peace talks with Russia in Spring 2022, states that "we concluded" "Istanbul Communique" & "were very close in... April to finalize our war with some peaceful settlement" & that Putin "tried everything possible to conclude agreement with Ukraine." He says that it was Putin's "personal decision to accept the text of this communique." Such peace deal framework to end war was also confirmed by head of Ukrainian delegation, officials close to Zelensky, ex-Israeli PM, ex-German chancellor, Putin, Turkish FM, former US officials & Arestovych. First five stated that deal was blocked by US/UK. Thank you kvk for alerting me about this.
Ivan Katchanovski2,159,774 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
Wow! Nuland basically admits that Ukraine-Russia peace deal, which was close to being finalized in spring 2022, “fell apart” because US, UK & other Western governments “advised” Zelensky government that it was not “good deal” even though even members of Ukrainian delegation stated in recent interviews that this was very good deal, best deal that Ukraine could get & “very real compromise” & that Ukrainian delegation celebrated it with champagne. She basically confirms statements by ex-Israeli PM, head of Ukrainian delegation, Ukrainian officials close to Zelensky, ex-German chancellor & Turkish FM that US & UK blocked this peace deal, which was close to being finalized. Victoria Nuland does not mention at all Russian war crimes in Bucha, which were inflated & mispresented by politicians, media & self-proclaimed experts as reason for ending peace talks. The peace deal agreement included withdrawal of Russian forces from all territory of Ukraine, with exceptions of Donbas & Crimea, whose status was to be determined at meeting of Putin & Zelensky, in exchange for neutral status & demilitarization of Ukraine.
Ivan Katchanovski1,533,110 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
Forced mobilization in Dnipro in native region of Zelensky in Ukraine. Daily number of such videos of forced mobilization in different regions of Ukraine increased significantly after his new mobilization law came into effect two weeks ago. Those who want to fight to the last Ukrainian do not volunteer to fight themselves.
Ivan Katchanovski1,377,187 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
Dozens of Ternopil residents stopped forced mobilization of local man, smashed car of press gang & marched in protest. This is another anti-Russian region in Western Ukraine with such protest against forced mobilization. Protesters there were arrested & forced by far-right activists to apologize.
Ivan Katchanovski86,870 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
![Wow! Declassified text of Ukrainian court verdict in March 2025 confirms false flag shooting of Maidan activists in Khmelnytsky by far-right Maidan activists during Maidan massacre & confirms my study findings. Expert examination of videos, forensic ballistic and medical examinations, on-site investigative experiments, and witness testimonies & investigations by SBU & Ukrainian military prosecutor showed that gunshots made from SBU veranda, which was occupied by Maidan activists, killed elderly female Maidan protester & wounded 4 others. Verdict acquitted ex-head of Khmelnytskyi SBU & SBU Alfa officer for shooting of these Maidan activists because of lack of evidence and because of such evidence of false flag shooting. The verdict cites various eyewitnesses who testified that several Maidan activists broke into veranda (extension) of SBU building, that gunshots at Maidan activists came from this veranda when it was occupied by "radical" Maidan activists & that accused SBU officers did not make these gunshots. The verdict states that investigation after it was transferred to the same special department of Prosecutor General Office that investigated Maidan massacre "was not conducted fully and comprehensively, and was also obviously biased" and "committed a number of significant violations of the requirements of the Criminal Code, as well as the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, which entailed the recognition of evidence as inadmissible." Relevant parts of verdict: (automatic translation): - Security Service of Ukraine "commission, based on the results of an official investigation involving specialists in firearms and tactical and special training of the CSO "A" of the SBU, concluded that "the burst of shots from automatic weapons that rang out on February 19, 2014 at 12:36 p.m. and as a result of which some civilians who were near the administrative building were injured, was fired from the vestibule of the central entrance of the Department, where at that time unidentified individuals from among the aggressive protesters were located"; - expert's conclusion based on the results of the ballistic examination of weapon traces, gunshot traces and situational circumstances of the shot under No. 5935/5936/16-33 dated 01.07.2016, from which it follows that: 1. According to the results of the investigative experiment dated 12.04.2016, 18.03.2016 and 25.02.2016, it can be concluded that under the known circumstances and materials of the criminal proceedings, it was not possible to fire shots into the lower right static sash of the glass extension to the central entrance to the department, nor from the second floor of the administrative building, nor from the steps between the first and second floors of the Department. 2. The shots were fired from the middle of the glass extension of the central entrance of the Department of the Security Service of Ukraine in Khmelnytskyi region, outside. 3. The shots were fired from inside the glass extension of the central entrance of the Security Service of Ukraine in Khmelnytskyi region, to the outside; the weapon, at the time of the shots, was behind the back of the victim PERSON_131, at the level (or below) of the belt; - expert opinion based on the results of the forensic examination of the video recording dated 12.08.2016 No. 10358/10359/16-35, from which it follows that... according to their general and individual acoustic parameters, the experimental shots fired in the extension of the USBU administrative building in Khmelnytskyi region correspond to the shots of the second stage (out of eight shots) recorded in the studied video recordings; - protocols of investigative experiments with the participation of PERSON_22 [accused SBU Alfa officer] as a witness dated 09.03.2016, conducted by the previous pre-trial investigation body, from which it follows that from the place where PERSON_22 was on the 2nd floor, it was not possible to fire shots at the lower part of the door of the central entrance of the office covered by an anti-vandal roller shutter. Under such circumstances, the court finds the information from the aforementioned investigative experiments and expert conclusions not refuted. On the morning of February 19, 2014, Colonel PERSON_21 was informed by the head of the USBU in the Ternopil region, Colonel PERSON_141, about the movement to the city of Khmelnytskyi of a group of radical individuals numbering about 80 people, whose goal was to organize the seizure of the USBU building in the Khmelnytskyi region and gain access to the storage areas of weapons and ammunition. This information was confirmed by the ZND department of the USBU, in addition, it was established that in the courtyards of residential buildings located near the administrative building of the Department, radical individuals who arrived from the western regions of Ukraine were preparing for future active actions, in particular, filling glass bottles with an incendiary mixture. Taking into account the available information, the leadership of the USBU concluded that radically minded protesters were preparing to implement a planned scenario of seizing the building of the Department, as happened on February 18, 2014 in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Ternopil regions. Under such circumstances, the defense's claim, with reference to the evidence presented, regarding the possibility of causing bodily harm to the victim on February 19, 2014, at 12:36 p.m., near the USBU in Khmelnytskyi region by third parties is not excluded, which in turn makes it impossible for the court to make a decision beyond reasonable doubt on the involvement and guilt of PERSON_22 in the charges brought. Taking into account the above, the court comes to the firm conviction that the conclusions of the pre-trial investigation body on the guilt of PERSON_21 [Khmelnytsky SBU head] and PERSON_22 [SBU Alfa officer] in the presented accusation were based mainly on assumptions not confirmed properly by admissible, reliable and sufficient evidence. Not only the involvement of the accused in the commission of the criminal offenses with which they are incriminated, that is, the causal connection between the actions of the accused and the consequences in the form of causing bodily harm to the victim, but also the generally unlawful nature of the actions of the accused remained unproven."](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1932232715207684402/amplify_video_thumb/1932232659289186305/img/abSeNK0DxwXpnEE4.jpg)
Wow! Declassified text of Ukrainian court verdict in March 2025 confirms false flag shooting of Maidan activists in Khmelnytsky by far-right Maidan activists during Maidan massacre & confirms my study findings. Expert examination of videos, forensic ballistic and medical examinations, on-site investigative experiments, and witness testimonies & investigations by SBU & Ukrainian military prosecutor showed that gunshots made from SBU veranda, which was occupied by Maidan activists, killed elderly female Maidan protester & wounded 4 others. Verdict acquitted ex-head of Khmelnytskyi SBU & SBU Alfa officer for shooting of these Maidan activists because of lack of evidence and because of such evidence of false flag shooting. The verdict cites various eyewitnesses who testified that several Maidan activists broke into veranda (extension) of SBU building, that gunshots at Maidan activists came from this veranda when it was occupied by "radical" Maidan activists & that accused SBU officers did not make these gunshots. The verdict states that investigation after it was transferred to the same special department of Prosecutor General Office that investigated Maidan massacre "was not conducted fully and comprehensively, and was also obviously biased" and "committed a number of significant violations of the requirements of the Criminal Code, as well as the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, which entailed the recognition of evidence as inadmissible." Relevant parts of verdict: (automatic translation): - Security Service of Ukraine "commission, based on the results of an official investigation involving specialists in firearms and tactical and special training of the CSO "A" of the SBU, concluded that "the burst of shots from automatic weapons that rang out on February 19, 2014 at 12:36 p.m. and as a result of which some civilians who were near the administrative building were injured, was fired from the vestibule of the central entrance of the Department, where at that time unidentified individuals from among the aggressive protesters were located"; - expert's conclusion based on the results of the ballistic examination of weapon traces, gunshot traces and situational circumstances of the shot under No. 5935/5936/16-33 dated 01.07.2016, from which it follows that: 1. According to the results of the investigative experiment dated 12.04.2016, 18.03.2016 and 25.02.2016, it can be concluded that under the known circumstances and materials of the criminal proceedings, it was not possible to fire shots into the lower right static sash of the glass extension to the central entrance to the department, nor from the second floor of the administrative building, nor from the steps between the first and second floors of the Department. 2. The shots were fired from the middle of the glass extension of the central entrance of the Department of the Security Service of Ukraine in Khmelnytskyi region, outside. 3. The shots were fired from inside the glass extension of the central entrance of the Security Service of Ukraine in Khmelnytskyi region, to the outside; the weapon, at the time of the shots, was behind the back of the victim PERSON_131, at the level (or below) of the belt; - expert opinion based on the results of the forensic examination of the video recording dated 12.08.2016 No. 10358/10359/16-35, from which it follows that... according to their general and individual acoustic parameters, the experimental shots fired in the extension of the USBU administrative building in Khmelnytskyi region correspond to the shots of the second stage (out of eight shots) recorded in the studied video recordings; - protocols of investigative experiments with the participation of PERSON_22 [accused SBU Alfa officer] as a witness dated 09.03.2016, conducted by the previous pre-trial investigation body, from which it follows that from the place where PERSON_22 was on the 2nd floor, it was not possible to fire shots at the lower part of the door of the central entrance of the office covered by an anti-vandal roller shutter. Under such circumstances, the court finds the information from the aforementioned investigative experiments and expert conclusions not refuted. On the morning of February 19, 2014, Colonel PERSON_21 was informed by the head of the USBU in the Ternopil region, Colonel PERSON_141, about the movement to the city of Khmelnytskyi of a group of radical individuals numbering about 80 people, whose goal was to organize the seizure of the USBU building in the Khmelnytskyi region and gain access to the storage areas of weapons and ammunition. This information was confirmed by the ZND department of the USBU, in addition, it was established that in the courtyards of residential buildings located near the administrative building of the Department, radical individuals who arrived from the western regions of Ukraine were preparing for future active actions, in particular, filling glass bottles with an incendiary mixture. Taking into account the available information, the leadership of the USBU concluded that radically minded protesters were preparing to implement a planned scenario of seizing the building of the Department, as happened on February 18, 2014 in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Ternopil regions. Under such circumstances, the defense's claim, with reference to the evidence presented, regarding the possibility of causing bodily harm to the victim on February 19, 2014, at 12:36 p.m., near the USBU in Khmelnytskyi region by third parties is not excluded, which in turn makes it impossible for the court to make a decision beyond reasonable doubt on the involvement and guilt of PERSON_22 in the charges brought. Taking into account the above, the court comes to the firm conviction that the conclusions of the pre-trial investigation body on the guilt of PERSON_21 [Khmelnytsky SBU head] and PERSON_22 [SBU Alfa officer] in the presented accusation were based mainly on assumptions not confirmed properly by admissible, reliable and sufficient evidence. Not only the involvement of the accused in the commission of the criminal offenses with which they are incriminated, that is, the causal connection between the actions of the accused and the consequences in the form of causing bodily harm to the victim, but also the generally unlawful nature of the actions of the accused remained unproven."
Ivan Katchanovski295,988 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
Wow! As I predicted, Trump envoy Steve Witkoff says that Spring 2022 Istanbul agreement, which was "very close to signing," can be "guidepost" of peace deal to end war in Ukraine. Istanbul peace deal included no NATO accession/neutrality & disarmament of Ukraine. Annexation of Donbas & Kherson & Zaporizhzia regions by Russia are also likely to be part of new peace deal. So many lives of Ukrainians could have been saved if US & UK did not block this peace deal in Spring 2022 & Zelensky signed it.
Ivan Katchanovski304,122 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
Video by assassins shows how exiled Ukrainian oligarch, his partner & teenage son were blown up in Monaco by woman who left bag with bomb. She was killed in Ukraine by Military Intelligence of Ukraine officer & ex-Security Service of Ukraine/Right Sector member, who admitted that they did all this.
Ivan Katchanovski68,005 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
New video shows press gang trying to snatch man in Horokhiv in my native Volyn Region in Western Ukraine. It was posted in local Telegram group which warns about locations of press gangs. But Umland labels such videos Russian propaganda & AI fakes in yet another case of fraud.
Ivan Katchanovski49,806 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten
Blackout that viral wounding of female Maidan medic, who tweeted about it, during false flag Maidan massacre in Ukraine was staged. Ukrainian journalist reported admissions, including by her, that Maidan leader Parubii staged it & that her "wound" was from neck surgery. CNN called her survival "lucky." She was classified by Maidan massacre trial as witness not as victim. Prosecution did not charge Berkut police or anyone else with her wounding. Video and photo of her "wounding" & her tweet about being mortally wounded right afterwards became viral in major Western and Ukrainian media & social media. She was heralded as icon of Maidan by media & Western & Maidan leaders, who used false flag Maidan massacre to seize power in Ukraine. This shows how Maidan and Western leaders & Ukrainian and Western media media fooled people about false-flag Maidan massacre in Ukraine. She de facto admited in her recorded phone conversation that her neck surgery was misrepresented as her neck wound. This is consistent with her tweet before the Maidan massacre that she was hospitalized. The fake wounding is also consistent with her statements that she did not notice that she was shot through her neck and with her keeping standing and then running and shouting towards an ambulance and immediately tweeting right afterwards that she was dying. This is also consistent with her wound size and shape which looks like surgical and not a large exit bullet wound and with her tweeting and giving numerous interviews within a day. Major Western media, such as the New York Times, CNN, CBS, NBC, the Guardian, the Associated Press, the Atlantic, the Times, the Daily Mail, and the Euronews, reported the fake news about her wounding. Not a single Ukrainian and Western media reported these revelations that her wounding was staged, in contrast to numerous media reports that the Maidan female medic was wounded by the Berkut police or government snipers. The Ukrainian journalist reported a revelation by the Maidan activist that there was an intention to stage a false flag killing of a female protester in order to galvanize public support for the Maidan and blame the government forces. But because there was reluctance to kill a woman, the leadership of the Maidan Self-Defense decided to stage a fake wounding of this female Maidan medic by misrepresenting her neck surgery as her wounding. However, a Maidan protester standing near hear was killed in the same Maidan spot right after she was filmed running to the ambulance with blood on her neck. Two protesters said that they saw that he was shot from the Main Post-Office building, which was then the Right Sector headquarters. A Polish reporter video shows a few apparent "snipers" on the roofs of Finbank and adjacent Main Post-Office and a Maidan stage speaker and protesters warning about "snipers" there. The prosecution charged the Berkut police with his killing even though the forensic medical examination found that he was shot from a steep direction, which is consistent with a nearby building. She tweeted several days before the Maidan massacre: "I think that we need to support the Right Sector, do you? Vote!" Her tweet that she was dying two minutes after her staged wounding was retweeted almost 5 thousand times. This tweet was reported at face value by the media to hundreds million people in many countries. A bullet that she claimed to be shot with through her neck looks like an expanding hunting bullet. Such bullets are prohibited in military use because of their devastating effect and large bullet holes which make survival difficult. It was physically impossible for this bullet to go through her neck while living no large exit bullet hole and her not even noticing that she was shot. Shortly after the Maidan she visited France along with Poroshenko and Klitschko on a propaganda tour and met with the French president. The Western governments are completely silent on the revelations. The successful staged wounding of the female Maidan medic followed the successful staged kidnaping and crucifixion of another Maidan activist. Even the Ukrainian police investigation recently determined that his kidnapping was staged and his crucifixion was fake because of confessions by his fellow activists and findings by forensic medical experts that his "crucifixion" and "torture" wounds were made in sterile conditions. No Western media reported these revelations. The planning of staging of her wounding in advance also means that the Maidan massacre was staged. The revelation that wounding of female Maidan medic was staged by the Maidan Self-Defense leadership corroborates findings of my academic studies that the Maidan massacre was a false flag operation with involvement of Maidan leadership & far right elements.
Ivan Katchanovski16,758 Aufrufe • vor 27 Tagen
In his Tucker Carlson interview, Oliver Stone says that evidence heavily points to neo-fascists who shot Maidan protesters from rooftops & that this massacre led to Western-backed overthrow of Ukrainian government. My scholarly studies show such overwhelming evidence of far-right involvement in false-flag Maidan massacre of protesters & police, including videos of Right Sector & Svoboda-linked Maidan snipers, confessions by 14 self-admitted Maidan snipers, testimonies of absolute majority of wounded Maidan activists & several hundred witnesses, forensic ballistic & medical examinations by government experts & even de facto admission in Maidan massacre trial verdict in Ukraine that many Maidan protesters were shot from Maidan-controlled Hotel Ukraina.
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Covered-up Ukrainian police investigation confirmed finding of my studies that “kidnapping” “torture” & “crucifixion” of AutoMaidan leader by "Russian agents" was staged. His associates testified this. His "wounds" were made using sterile materials & disinfected. Major Western & Ukrainian media, Wikipedia, books about Maidan & Maidan leaders, who sezied power as result of false-flag Maidan massacre & other such staged cases of political violence, reported “kidnapping” “torture” & “crucifixion” of Bulatov during Maidan in 2014 at face value. They covered up leaked Ukrainian police investigation documents & finding of my academic studies. "The Ukrainian police closed on March 27, 2020, its investigation of kidnapping, torture, and crucifixion of Dmytro Bulatov during the Maidan because the investigation determined that the crime “was absent” and could have been “staged.” The documents from his investigative criminal case show that associates of Bulatov in the Automaidan testified in 2014 after the Maidan and in 2019 that he staged his own abduction, torture, and crucifixion. One of them testified that Bulatov told him shortly before his disappearance that he planned to stage his own abduction. Another testified that she heard from Bulatov and other Maidan activists about need for some “fiery information” in order to regain popularity of the Automaidan, and that his staged abduction accomplished this. Other Automaidan leaders testified that there was no rationale for Bulatov’s kidnapping and torture because he was removed from the Automaidan leadership a couple of days prior, and they regarded his staging his own kidnapping as a real possibility. Two of them also testified that the light wounds and his appearance did not match his statements about being kidnapped and tortured for a week without food. A government forensic expert determined in his expert report for the investigation after the Maidan that Bulatov’s wounds, including a cut of a piece of his ear, could have been inflicted by himself or by someone else with his agreement using sterile materials and disinfecting wounds, because they did not have any signs of infection. The government forensic expert also determined that there was no damage on his hands that would be consistent with Bulatov being handcuffed (Sharij, 2020). This is consistent with a testimony by David Zhvania, a former associate of Poroshenko and the head of the parliamentary committee during and after the Maidan. He stated that Maidan leaders, whom he names, staged the abduction and crucifixion of Bulatov and most other high-profile cases of violence, such as the Maidan massacre (Pravda, 2020)."
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Press gangsters snatch & beat man in his home in my native Volyn Region in Ukraine. He s in coma. This & other such videos of forced mobilization are posted by local Telegram channel that tracks locations of press gangs in order to warn men. Umland labels them Russian propaganda.
Ivan Katchanovski74,894 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten