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Ukraine 1919 All Over Again: CIA Warns of Bare-Handed Fight


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On March 25, CIA Director John Ratcliffe told the United States Senate Intelligence Committee, “I'm convinced that they will fight with their bare hands if they have to, if they don't have terms that are acceptable to an enduring peace.”

The footage above shows the peasant army under the control of *controversial Ukrainian insurgent Nestor Makhno, who at one point fought the Soviet Russian Bolsheviks, carrying out campaigns across southern Ukraine in 1919. In the clip, you can see that the Ukrainians were occasionally using only their bare hands.

*Makhno was an anarcho-communist who waged battles against multiple groups including the White Army, the aforementioned Bolsheviks, and the Central Powers.

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Sarah Ashton-Cirillo presents Political.tips :By Sarah Ashton-Cirillo