Where have you been for eight years?

"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]

Responses

Ukrainian journalist and TV presenter Kateryna Osadcha said that "Russia has been tearing Ukraine apart for eight years".[7]

On 3 March 2022, Pavlo Kanygin, a Russian journalist, wrote his responses for the "where have you been for eight years" questions, which also explained more about the separatists at Donbass.[1]

See also

Notes
  1. Russian: Где вы были последние восемь лет? Ukrainian: Де ви були останні вісім років?
  2. Russian: Бесконечно долгих восемь лет мы делали всё возможное, чтобы ситуация была разрешена мирно, политическими средствами. Всё напрасно.[6]
  3. Russian: Ее цель — защита людей, которые на протяжении восьми лет подвергаются издевательствам, геноциду со стороны киевского режима.[6]

References
  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. 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  2. Deryugina, Tatyana. "Russian propaganda for children". Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  3. Справочник для антивоенных споров в семье и на работе (in Russian). DOXA. 2022-02-27. Archived from the original on 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  4. "Украину Россия разрывает на части уже восемь лет". Осадчая ответила россиянам на вопрос "Где вы были восемь лет?". Бульвар Шоубиз (in Ukrainian). ГОРДОН. 2022-03-03.
  5. "Transcript: Vladimir Putin's Televised Address on Ukraine". Bloomberg Business. 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  6. Бумага (2022-02-24). "Расшифровка речи Путина о начале военной операции". «Бумага» (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  7. ""Украину Россия разрывает на части уже восемь лет". Осадчая ответила россиянам на вопрос "Где вы были восемь лет?"". Бульвар Шоубиз (in Ukrainian). ГОРДОН. 2022-03-03.
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