Compendium and Syllabus of non-Campist (mostly) Left Sources on the War in Ukraine

Have you been subjected to the following myths about the war in Ukraine?  

1. The 2014 uprising in Maidan was a right-wing coup fomented by the US and NATO;
2. The new Ukrainian government in 2014 "banned the Russian language";
3. The Crimean people voted in a referendum to join Russia, which was an act of national self-determination, and Crimea rightfully belonged to Russia historically;
4. There were popular uprisings of the ethnic Russian population of the Donbas, who established their own republics in an act of national self-determination;
5. “The Ukrainian army killed 14,000 ethnic Russians in Donbas between 2014 and 2022.”;
6. The Minsk Accords offered a just way out of the crisis, Russia wanted to implement them, but the Ukrainian government refused to implement them, encouraged by the US;
7. The US and NATO are the primary instigators of this war;
8. Russia is responding to NATO expansion;
9. Ukraine was historically part of Russia;
10. Russia is not an imperialist state;
11. Putin is not a fascist;
12. Putin is a socialist;
13. Putin is anti-imperialist;
14. Ukraine is controlled by fascists and Nazis, and Russia is involved in "denazification";
15. Ukraine's government is dominated by the far right;

If so, then this guide is for you.  It will help you cut through and debunk these pernicious myths.
Download the latest version here (PDF).