Hiding in Plain Sight: Putin's War in Ukraine and Boris Nemtsov's Putin. War.
REPORT RELEASE:
Hiding in Plain Sight: Putin’s
War in Ukraine and
Boris Nemtsov's
Putin. War.
Russia is at war with
Ukraine. The war’s toll—more than 6,
000 dead, tens of thousands wounded, and nearly 1.3 million displaced persons—is the direct result of
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to establish control over Ukraine. Putin continues to deny Russia’s military involvement, though the evidence that the Kremlin is directing the war is overwhelming.
Please join the
Atlantic Council and the
Free Russia Foundation for the release of two independently produced reports: Hiding in Plain Sight: Putin’s War in Ukraine and the
English language release of Boris Nemtsov's, Putin. War., on Thursday, May 28,
2015, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Atlantic Council (1030 15th St. NW,
12th Floor, Washington, DC, 20005).
The Atlantic Council report, Hiding in Plain Sight: Putin’s War in Ukraine, provides irrefutable evidence exposing the breadth and depth of
Russian military involvement in Ukraine’s east.
Drawing upon publicly available information, the report documents the movement of
Russian troops from training camps into Ukraine. It also demonstrates that many artillery strikes on Ukraine originate in Russia and examines the wide array of Russian military equipment in the hands of so-called separatist forces.
Boris Nemtsov, the
Russian opposition leader murdered in view of the Kremlin in
Moscow on
February 27, 2015, reached the same conclusion: Putin’s war is being fought in Ukraine at the cost of Russian lives. Published posthumously in Russian, Nemtsov’s report, Putin. War., will be released for the first time in
English by the Free Russia Foundation.
Citizen journalism has been vital in documenting Putin's illegal actions in Ukraine. The Atlantic Council encourages anyone that may have found their own evidence hiding in plain sight to post it on Twitter under #PutinAtWar.