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"Where have you been for eight years?" or "Where have you been for the last eight years?"[lower-alpha 1] is a phrase used during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine in support of Russia, pointing out that the Russo-Ukrainian War has been ongoing since the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.[1][2][3] It has been described as Russian pro-war propaganda.[1][4]
Putin's "On conducting a special military operation" speech[]
Russian president Vladimir Putin's televised address on 24 February 2022 referenced the eight years that had passed since 2014 multiple times.[5]
For eight years, for eight endless years we have been doing everything possible to settle the situation by peaceful political means. Everything was in vain.[lower-alpha 2] ... The purpose of this operation is to protect people who, for eight years now, have been facing humiliation and genocide perpetrated by the Kyiv regime.[lower-alpha 3]
See also[]
- "And you are lynching Negroes"
- Whataboutism
- Z (military symbol)
Notes[]
- ↑ Russian language: Где вы были последние восемь лет? Ukrainian: Де ви були останні вісім років?
- ↑ Russian: Бесконечно долгих восемь лет мы делали всё возможное, чтобы ситуация была разрешена мирно, политическими средствами. Всё напрасно.[6]
- ↑ Russian: Ее цель — защита людей, которые на протяжении восьми лет подвергаются издевательствам, геноциду со стороны киевского режима.[6]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Один из главных аргументов пропаганды — в Донбассе восемь лет убивали людей и никто этого не замечал. Используется даже слово «геноцид» Разбираем его с журналистом Павлом Каныгиным" (in Russian). Meduza. March 2, 2022. https://meduza.io/feature/2022/03/02/odin-iz-glavnyh-argumentov-propagandy-v-donbasse-vosem-let-ubivali-lyudey-i-nikto-etogo-ne-zamechal-ispolzuetsya-dazhe-slovo-genotsid.
- ↑ Deryugina, Tatyana. "Russian propaganda for children". https://deryugina.com/russian-propaganda-for-children/.
- ↑ "Справочник для антивоенных споров в семье и на работе" (in Russian). DOXA. February 27, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220228125731/https://doxajournal.ru/anti_war_handbook?ref=tjournal.ru.
- ↑ "«Украину Россия разрывает на части уже восемь лет». Осадчая ответила россиянам на вопрос «Где вы были восемь лет?»" (in Ukrainian). ГОРДОН. March 3, 2022. https://gordonua.com/bulvar/news/ukrainu-rossiya-razryvaet-na-chasti-uzhe-vosem-let-osadchaya-otvetila-rossiyanam-na-vopros-gde-vy-byli-vosem-let-1598139.html.
- ↑ "Transcript: Vladimir Putin’s Televised Address on Ukraine". Bloomberg Business. February 24, 2022. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-24/full-transcript-vladimir-putin-s-televised-address-to-russia-on-ukraine-feb-24.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Бумага (2022-02-24). "Расшифровка речи Путина о начале военной операции" (in ru-RU). https://paperpaper.ru/putin-obyavil-o-nachale-voennoj-operac/.
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