WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia

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May 27th, 2023 two days from now ... War Criminal Henry Kissinger (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger) will be 100 years old (... I wonder if he uses Adrenochrome (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?113721-Adrenochrome-Paper-Trail-Data-Dump--2020-/page2) ... :eyebrows::rant::yell:).



When he is 100 years old, what "new info" will be released to the masses about him? ... Or do they (all mainstream media networks) use this as an opportunity to present (sell) him as a "hero" blah blah blah. :facepalm:


Klaus Schwab (student of War Criminal Henri Kissinger (https://rumble.com/search/all?q=Kissinger)) founder of WEF (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118748-Top-10-Creepiest-Most-Dystopian-Things-Pushed-By-The-World-Economic-Forum) was a long time part of the "Bilderberg Steering Committee" which sadly enough most Alternative Media Networks forget to mention .... I exposed The Bilderbergers (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?121161-The-69th-Bilderberg-Meeting-2023-Is-Underway-and-the-Media-Are-Still-Clueless) since 1990 onward on Local Radio & TV Amsterdam ... Been in Dresden Germany 2016 Bilderberg Conference Protest interviewing among others: Dan Dicks of PressForTruth (https://pressfortruth.ca), Luke Rudkowskiof WeAreChange.org (https://wearechange.org) & Tony Gosling of Bilderberg.org (http://www.bilderberg.org/) ... If you go to big alternative video server platforms and search for Bilderberg Meeting 2023 in Portugal, you will see it is happening again for a couple of days! << and most of the Mainstream Media REFUSE to report (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?121161-The-69th-Bilderberg-Meeting-2023-Is-Underway-and-the-Media-Are-Still-Clueless) on it.

"World Economic Forum" WEF (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118748-Top-10-Creepiest-Most-Dystopian-Things-Pushed-By-The-World-Economic-Forum) Founded by Klaus Schwab (https://twitter.com/MattGubba/status/1560529318857609217) who is in the "inner circle" of The Secretive Bilderberg Group Meetings (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?121161-The-69th-Bilderberg-Meeting-2023-Is-Underway-and-the-Media-Are-Still-Clueless) (started in 1954 The Netherlands (https://rumble.com/v2jvg44-bilderberg-the-movie-2017-by-daniel-estulin.html) 🇳🇱 partially financed by the CIA & Rockefellers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_family)) of the (unelected) Ultra Elite deciding Future Policies & Agendas which was first denied & ridiculed for decades until "conspiracy researchers" exposing them are now totally vindicated >>> now they admit "they still exist"...

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cheers,
John Kuhles (https://whynotnews.eu/) aka 'ExomatrixTV'
May 25, 2023 🦜🦋🌳


As predicted by me:


Bilderberger Kissinger 100 Years Old - New War Crimes Revealed (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?121206-Bilderberger-Kissinger-100-Years-Old-New-War-Crimes-Revealed)

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This is how Artemovsk looks now, for which there were fierce battles for several months. With the help of a copter, the RIAN military correspondents filmed footage of the city from which the Ukrainian forces were finally driven out last week.

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https://avalonlibrary.net/Ukraine/2022_Russian_invasion_%28Operation-Z%29/Video_%2B_photographic_coverage/2023-05_%28May%29/2023-05-26_RIA_Novosti_film_Artyomovsk_following_its_liberation.mp4

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Warning! The United States Is BEING DESTROYED From Within | Col. Douglas Macgregor:

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Colonel Douglas Macgregor shares devastating details about the Ukraine-Russia war, but also outlines the danger facing the United States financial system, government, corporate donor corruption and the military-industrial-congressional complex. The corruption within the US government has reached a dangerous and sickening level.


00:01 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saQ5tpU5R_8&t=1s) Prime Minister of Hungary says NATO needs to search for peace
06:15 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saQ5tpU5R_8&t=375s) Why is the U.S. Military budget over 800 billion dollars?
13:40 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saQ5tpU5R_8&t=820s) The Government doesn't want Bitcoin to do well

Who is Stephen Gardner? Stephen Gardner is a best-selling financial author with 8 books. He is also does financial coaching to show clients how to build wealth and quickly eliminate their debt using his FOCUS method. His most popular book is Taming Wall Street. The two strategies taught in Taming Wall Street did NOT lose money during the coronavirus market drop, The Great Recession or the Great Depression.

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As per the text commentary provided this cannot be 100% what is claimed to be being shown on camera, but, it has to be entirely possible. It could just be a routine surgical procedure.

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AFU ORGAN HARVESTING caught on camera (?)

A GoPro found on a KIA AFU soldier, reportedly contained footage showing what appears to be organ-harvesting happening in an AFU field hospital.

The video is very short and as a result lacks context, therefore it is difficult to verify what it is we are seeing. Careful audio and visual analysis of the video reveals the following:

1. The cameraman is an armed soldier (his rifle is visible). He is looking for someone named "Skiff".

2. The surgeon who yells at the soldier speaks in heavily accented German (Bavarian or Austrian). The surgeon is clearly holding a human organ in his left hand.

3. Behind the surgeon there are containers, at least one of which is clearly an icebox, similar to those used to transport organs for transplant.

4. The operating room is guarded.

5. The soldier appears not to understand what is happening, otherwise the ending of this video may well have been a mass shooting event.

Source: https://t.me/Slavyangrad/47840

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The Russian army is destroying the enemy along the entire front line, - summary
▪️In the Kupyansk direction, artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Dvurechnaya and Kislovka, Kharkiv region. Enemy losses amounted to 35 militants, 3 vehicles, Msta-B howitzer.
▪️In the Krasno-Limansky direction, army aviation and artillery fire of the "Center" group of troops defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Kuzmino LNR and Yampolovka DNR. More than 60 militants, 2 combat vehicles, 2 pickup trucks, Acacia self-propelled guns and D-20 and D-30 howitzers were destroyed.
▪️In the Donetsk direction, up to 190 militants, 2 combat vehicles, 3 pickup trucks and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed as a result of army aviation strikes, active operations of units and artillery fire of the "Southern" group of forces.
▪️In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes, artillery fire from the Vostok group of forces inflicted a defeat on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye region and Novoselka, LPR. Enemy losses amounted to over 120 militants killed and wounded, 4 vehicles.
▪️Up to 30 militants, 5 vehicles, a D-30 howitzer and an Acacia self-propelled gun were destroyed in the Kherson direction.
More details in the report of the Ministry of Defense: http://t.me/rusvesnasu/26392

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An important possible development here concerning Mike Jones and Maria Lelyanova apparently reported 'missing' in the Donbass.

The concern here is that they may probably have been picked up by the SBU. John Mark Dougan is clearly very tired here; this situation clearly seems to be taking its toll.

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Mike (iEarlGrey) Jones missing in Donbass



American exile John Mark Dougan reports that Mike Jones (iEarlGrey) along with translator Maria (Masha) Lelyanova, who were last seen on the front lines in the Soledar area, have gone missing.

#Source https://youtu.be/UNitApoiIco


Source: https://t.me/Slavyangrad/47824

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https://avalonlibrary.net/Ukraine/2022_Russian_invasion_%28Operation-Z%29/Video_%2B_photographic_coverage/2023-05_%28May%29/2023-05-26_John_Mark_Dougan_reports_on_disappearance_of_Mike_Jones_and_Maria_Lelyanova_in_Soledar_area.mp4

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(UPDATE) Mike (iEarlGrey) Jones SAFE

John Mark Dougan provides an update regarding Mike Jones and Masha Lelyanova, who without details have finally been reached and are safe.

Previously: American exile John Mark Dougan reported that Mike Jones (iEarlGrey) along with translator Maria (Masha) Lelyanova, were last seen on the front lines in the Soledar area and had gone missing.

#Source https://youtu.be/d7g8GcBYgjo

Source: https://t.me/Slavyangrad/47856

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🇷🇸The President of Serbia put the army on alert due to clashes between Albanian special forces and Serbs in Kosovo
Clashes between militants of the Kosovo special forces and Serbs - employees of self-government bodies of communities with a predominantly Serb population began on Friday in the north of Kosovo.
▪️Thus, in the community of Zvechan, Albanian militants used stun grenades. Columns of armored vehicles of the Albanian invaders are moving towards the buildings of local governments in Kosovska Mitrovica, Leposavich, Zubin Potok. In these settlements, sirens warn of danger, classes are interrupted in schools. On the way to Leposavich, residents erect barricades.
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US incites European yes-men to poke Russia, assuming it can do so with impunity — Lavrov

According to Sergey Lavrov, the US is sorely mistaken in entertaining the deluded belief that its "self-preservation" in any World War III scenario would be ensured by the Atlantic Ocean serving as a buffer zone

MOSCOW, May 26. /TASS/. Washington is unleashing its European satellites to nip at Moscow’s heels, believing it can get away with anything, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

"For now, Washington is egging its European satellites on [to antagonize] the Russian Federation, thinking they can get away with anything," he said in an appearance on the "Moscow.Kremlin.Putin" television program, according to an excerpt posted on Friday on journalist Pavel Zarubin's Telegram channel.

According to Lavrov, the US is sorely mistaken in entertaining the deluded belief that its "self-preservation" in any World War III scenario would be ensured by the Atlantic Ocean serving as a buffer zone. "Washington believes that its self-preservation is ensured by the Atlantic Ocean. This also represents a serious fallacy if they [the US] are preparing to bring the world to the very brink of World War III," the top diplomat pointed out.

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I hope the daughter survives and makes a full recovery!


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In Canada, a Russian woman wrote on her house "Bakhmut is ours. Thank you, Wagner" and ZV

A group of ukies came and forced her to take it off. Accompanying it by insults, threats. They yell:

"You must not be in this country!"
"Go to Russia!"
"You must be an idiot to write this!"
"Take off this dirty flag!"
"Bakhmut will never be Russia!"
"300 000 of your people died there!"

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Inside Europe's largest salt mine: Wagner Group fighters offer a tour of the huge Donbass facility captured from Ukrainian forces

In mid-January, Russian troops entered Soledar, where Artemsol – the largest salt-mining enterprise in Europe – is located. An RT correspondent visited the Donbass city this spring and explored one of the mines with the aid of PMC Wagner fighters.

Learn more about their descent 300 meters underground, see bas-reliefs made of the substance, and delve into the history of one of the oldest such deposits in the world in RT’s photo report.

Salt has been an indispensable part of human life since time immemorial. An important item of trade, it has at times been a decisive factor in economic stability, while wars have even been waged over possession of this mineral. Unsurprisingly, salt mining was among the first industries in Ancient Rus.

Soledar, though itself not dating back to the Middle Ages, is inextricably linked to the extraction of salt. The first mention of settlements in the area dates back to the end of the 17th century, when the village of Bryantsevka appeared in the vicinity of the deposits. By the end of the 19th century, deep salt beds had been discovered here, and construction of the first mine began.

Production peaked in Soviet times, when the Artemsol enterprise accounted for about 40% of the rock salt production in the entire USSR. In its most successful years, the enterprise could produce over 7 million tons annually, which is comparable to the modern production of Brazil (6.3 million tons per year) and Canada (10 million tons per year). Today, only about 2 million tons of salt are mined per year in Russia.

Despite the large production volume, only 218 million tons have been extracted over the past 140 years – about 3% of the total deposit. This means that there is enough remaining to last for over 1,000 years. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s only remaining salt mines are located in the western part of the country.

In recent times, one of the mines at Artemsol was turned into a speleotherapy sanatorium, where respiratory illnesses were treated. Tourists could also visit some mines on guided tours, and there is a salt industry museum and a church – both located underground.

Other drifts were used as warehouses for storing weapons and explosives, although at the time of my visit they were empty. (According to recent information, the largest warehouses for storing weapons and ammunition came under Russian control in the village of Paraskovevka, south of Soledar.) In one of the mines we found a neutrino detector, one of two such apparatuses created in the Soviet Union.

This salt deposit began forming from an ancient sea around 250 million years ago, during the Permian period. Present-day Donbass is located at the site of a shallow lagoon of the ancient Perm Sea. As the water evaporated, the mineral gradually settled at the bottom of the lagoon.

The vertical mineshaft is similar to those used for the construction of subways and bomb shelters. Only this one is much deeper, reaching 290 meters beneath ground. The walls are lined with cast-iron tubing, as in metro tunnels. Since the elevators are currently damaged and cut off from power, the only way down is via an endless staircase, which took us about an hour to descend. A flashlight doesn’t illuminate the bottom of the mineshaft, and it’s impossible to estimate its depth with the naked eye.

Our journey began at the concrete ventilation shaft. When the mine was in operation, stable levels of pressure, temperature, humidity, and oxygen were maintained here. Presently, however, all ground systems have been damaged or cut off from power, and the temperature below ground is noticeably warmer than on the surface.

The salt produced at Artemsol was exported to 22 countries. The main consumers were Poland, Austria, Hungary, Finland, Germany, and Denmark. Russia was also among the top importers of salt (mainly the technical variety) – in fact, the Russian market accounted for more than half of the enterprise’s output.


For the rest of the article and photos click here,

https://www.rt.com/russia/576625-donbass-salt-mines-wagner-pmc/

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Anastasia Konstantinova, 26, comes from the small village of Mikhailovka. She graduated from a pedagogical college, but after her studies she decided to return to her small motherland, to her father's farm.

"My dad says to me, 'You have to help,' and I say, 'So teach me how to drive a tractor, and I'll help.'" I took it all very quickly, and then I learned my driver's license, he didn't even know," she told RT.

Anastasia maintains and fixes the tractor herself. She posts videos of her work on the Internet.

When the SMO started, she contacted a young fellow villager who volunteered to help. He sent a list of medications she needed.

"Went to buy it, sent it. On New Year's Eve, we were collecting a parcel for each of our guys from the area. Then we weaved nets, made dugout candles. Yesterday we planted 25 hectares of potatoes - we'll send them in autumn, - Anastasia says. - What do I need it for? A lot of children from our village have left, I want to help them all, since they are there, and I'm here".

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Rus Advances North Central Donbass, Ukr Attack Recon Ship TurkStream Fails; Armenia Azerbaijan Peace

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🇷🇸The President of Serbia put the army on alert due to clashes between Albanian special forces and Serbs in Kosovo
Clashes between militants of the Kosovo special forces and Serbs - employees of self-government bodies of communities with a predominantly Serb population began on Friday in the north of Kosovo.
▪️Thus, in the community of Zvechan, Albanian militants used stun grenades. Columns of armored vehicles of the Albanian invaders are moving towards the buildings of local governments in Kosovska Mitrovica, Leposavich, Zubin Potok. In these settlements, sirens warn of danger, classes are interrupted in schools. On the way to Leposavich, residents erect barricades.
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Thanks for this :thumbsup:

George Szamuely in conversation with Patrick Henningsen covers the Serbian situation from both a historical perspective and with consideration for recent developments there which have more than a scent of the 'colour revolution' about them. Recorded May 21st George joins the podcast at around the 62:00 minute mark through to about 112:00. It's a good one actually, and a useful historical reminder of the events of 1995 through 1999 as well.

Episode #466 – 'NATO Plans for War' with guest George Szamuely
Sunday Wire with Patrick Henningsen

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/acrnetwork/episode-466-nato-plans-for-war-with-gues?utm_campaign=episode-title&utm_medium=app&utm_source=widget

Embedded from the Avalon Library, here:

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ACR & 21WIRE Present: Sunday Wire with Patrick Henningsen

This week the SUNDAY WIRE broadcasts LIVE on Alternate Current Radio, with host Patrick Henningsen bringing you this week’s top stories, both domestically and internationally. We’re joined by geopolitical analyst George Szamuely, author of Bombs for Peace: NATO’s Humanitarian War on Yugoslavia, to discuss the NATO’s escalation in Ukraine in their bid to launch a full-blown war against Russia – with Britain leading the charge in the hopes they can drag Washington, and the world, into an ‘Article 5 trap’. George also talks about US plans to stoke instability and new ‘color revolutions’ in Serbia and the Balkan region, as a way to antagonise and over-extend Russia.

We also connect with our roving correspondent for culture & sport, Basil Valentine, for additional commentary and insights, and Bryan McClain aka Hesher host of the Boiler Room and State of the Nation on TNT Radio with his reportage from the US southern border. All this and much more.

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🇷🇸🇽🇰 Albanian security forces changed the flag of Serbia to the flag of the self-proclaimed Kosovo - the building of the municipality of Zubin Potok is officially occupied

In the captured building of the municipality of Zubin Potok, the Albanians removed the Serbian flag and hoisted their own - the symbol of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. A few hours ago, the Kosovo security forces stormed the administration building.

Despite all the dissatisfaction of the Serbs and even the impolite criticism of the Western patron in the face of the United States, illegitimate representatives of the authorities continue to hold their posts. Kosovo "police" blocked the building.

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Published today, May 26th, the full briefing can be read here (https://telegra.ph/Briefing-by-Chief-of-Nuclear-Chemical-and-Biological-Protection-Troops-General-Lieutenant-Igor-Kirillov-on-US-military-biologica-05-26)

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⚡️ Briefing (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/7569) by Chief of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops General Lieutenant Igor Kirillov on US military-biological activity

Read in full

(https://telegra.ph/Briefing-by-Chief-of-Nuclear-Chemical-and-Biological-Protection-Troops-General-Lieutenant-Igor-Kirillov-on-US-military-biologica-05-26)

Key points

• The task force of the Russian Ministry of Defence together with officers of the Federal Security Service and Rosselkhoznadzor have confirmed the collection and certification of avian influenza virus strains with a high potential for epidemic spread and the ability to cross the species barrier, particularly the H5N8 strain, whose lethality in human transmission can reach 40%.

• The increase in the incidence of bird flu in Russia and in European countries, where, according to the International Office of Epizootics, the disease has become a year-round disease with losses exceeding €3 billion since 2021.

• The US intends to strengthen global control of the biological situation in the world and reserves the right to conduct ‘dual-use’ research, including outside the national territory.

☣️ According to a report by King's College London, there are 25 active laboratories in the US and three under construction where research on highly dangerous viruses and bacteria is being conducted. In accordance with the document, 18 (!) additional BSL-4 laboratories will open in the upcoming years, the most of which will be situated in Asian nations outside the legal jurisdiction of the US.

• Systematic breaches of security requirements at US biolabs have raised justifiable concerns in the global community.

• According to the documents in our possession, the Walter Reed Institute was actively involved in the 2014–2020 conflict in Donbas in studying the antibiotic resistance of microbes isolated from military troops of the AFU.

❓ Why would the US Army Institute would research the antibiotic resistance of microbes found in Donbass?

❗️ Despite compelling evidence from the scientific community, the US government is unable to come to the correct conclusions and keeps engaging in murky biological operations globally.

Source: https://t.me/MFARussia/16015

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https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-war-corruption-companies-sanctions-cause-rising-business-fears/

Sanctions cause rising business fears in Ukraine

Some politically connected players may be using the war as an opportunity to enrich themselves and plunder commercial rivals.

When asked whether she felt safe, Smart Holding CEO Julia Kiryanova — head of one of Ukraine’s largest investment conglomerates — paused and then said firmly, “Nobody’s safe.”

For months now, Kiryanova has been battling to save Smart Holding from what appears to be a corporate raid — one she believes involves senior Ukrainian government officials and is aimed at forcing the company to agree to a fire sale. There’s peril in resisting “because when the law is not there, any person can be persecuted for no reason,” she said.

Kiryanova believes Russia’s war on Ukraine is being used by powerful and politically connected players in Ukraine to enrich themselves by extorting, plundering and weakening commercial rivals — as well as an opportunity to redistribute corporate assets, partly in a bid to strip the old elite of wealth in order to shape a new one. And it’s all being done with scant regard to the rule of law.

“New oligarchs will appear soon,” she said.

Kiryanova and other corporate executives say the “reordering” has seen some firms — including Smart Holding — face dubious criminal charges, or be added to Ukraine’s list of sanctioned companies by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on highly vague national security grounds.

Parimatch — a leading global sports betting company — has recently been added to this list of sanctioned businesses, but it has yet to receive any formal explanation as to why. Informally, executives have been told Russian links to firms providing administrative services to the company were found. Other times, they’ve been told they’ve been sanctioned due to tax irregularities, even though tax infringements aren’t grounds for inclusion on the sanctions list.

But these moves against Ukraine’s most successful companies are raising eyebrows — not just in Kyiv — and risk deterring foreign investors, adding to behind-the-scenes worry regarding the country’s seemingly endemic and intractable corruption problem, which has dogged it for decades. Last year, some European Union countries, including Germany, even delayed the distribution of financial aid to Ukraine due to accountability concerns that money could be diverted into corrupt schemes.

Today, Smart Holding is one of Ukraine’s largest investment groups, focused on metals, mining, oil, gas, agriculture, retail, shipbuilding and real estate. It also has a 23 percent stake in Metinvest, another major mining and metals group, which is the owner of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol. The steelworks was destroyed during the long siege of the city.

According to Kiryanova, Smart Holding stopped trading in Russia after 2014.

Founded in 2006 by Vadym Novynskyi, a onetime oligarch and former Ukrainian lawmaker who is now a full-time priest in the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the company has been grinding to a standstill since the government sanctioned him for allegedly aiding Russia. Novynskyi publicly condemned Russia’s invasion, but he was also highly critical of autocephaly being granted to the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine, warning of a risk of civil war. And the SBU hasn’t publicly detailed how he’s meant to have helped Moscow.

According to Kiryanova, however, Novynskyi’s activities should be irrelevant to Smart Holding. He hasn’t been involved in managing the company since 2013, and last year, he divested himself of ownership. He receives no income from the company and can never resume ownership, she said.

Kiryanova also said that when Novynskyi was sanctioned last November, Smart Holding was informally advised by SBU interlocutors that “the sanctions against him were merely a way of putting pressure on the Ukraine Orthodox Church to merge with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, and that the personal sanctions against Novynskyi did not extend to Smart Holding.” Yet rumors persisted that the company would be targeted.

Then, last month, the justice ministry rewrote the company’s entry in Ukraine’s Register of Legal Entities, which lists beneficial owners. The trustees were struck from the register, and Novynskyi was reintroduced as the ultimate beneficiary — under whose authority and what law remains unclear.

Informally, the company was told authorities believed Novynskyi was still the beneficial owner but was offered no evidence. Authorities also said a criminal case was being opened against the trustees on suspicion of being Russian agents.

“This was followed by a series of police raids at our head office and our subsidiaries,” Kiryanova explained. Ukraine’s security services seized $96 million in assets, and the deeds to 40 companies and 30 natural gas wells. “The property of pro-Russian oligarch Vadym Novynskyi, who is involved in aiding the aggressor country, was seized,” the SBU announced in a statement. Smart Holding has donated more than $20 million to war-related humanitarian causes.

Yet, hours before the raids, the company was approached with a fire-sale buyout offer for its natural gas interests from foreign investors — British and American — who have no history in the energy sector. They said they’d face no problems, as “they would be able to resolve any issues with the office of Ukraine’s President.” The offer — a third of what the businesses are worth — was declined. So far, the company has had to layoff 3,000 staff members, and it now fears that Metinvest — which has about 60,000 employees and is majority owned by Ukraine’s richest person, Rinat Akhmetov — could be next.

“I believe that seizure of the company’s assets, forcing it to close some of its key operations, has caused significant damage to Ukraine and its economy. It has damaged the country’s reputation, is tragic for thousands of employees and their families, and is entirely unjustified from the point of view of state security,” Kiryanova said. Smart Holding has inundated senior Ukrainian officials, including the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andrii Yermak, for an explanation, but emails and letters go unanswered.

“As far as we can see, there’s no formal investigation underway. We are not asked any questions, they have not put anything before the courts. So far, the only formal communication we have had was during the raids. It is unbelievable,” she added.

Meanwhile, Maxym Liashko, the co-CEO of Parimatch, is equally perplexed as to why his business has been targeted. Founded in 1994 in Kyiv and now headquartered in Cyprus, the company operates under licenses issued by local regulators in Ukraine, Central Asia, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, the United Kingdom — and, until recently, in Russia and Belarus, but it immediately withdrew from those markets when Ukraine was invaded, ending franchise agreements and losing millions of dollars.

Picking up on rumors in government circles that the betting market in Ukraine would be purged of any Russian links, Parimatch bombarded authorities with letters and emails emphasizing its Ukrainian ownership and highlighting it was no longer present in the Russian market, even commissioning a report from a major American law firm, which has been read by POLITICO, to attest to that fact. Parimatch has so far donated over $40 million to war-related humanitarian causes.

Nonetheless, in March, it was sanctioned. “There was no formal communication, no explanation, and other government agencies say they can’t help because it is in the hands of the SBU and they have no competency in the matter,” an exasperated Liashko said. “Some officials refer to an SBU letter” explaining the reasons for the sanction, but “they won’t share it with us because it’s secret. That’s transparency,” he added.

POLITICO asked the SBU to comment on both cases but has received no response.

Ironically, the suspension of Parimatch’s operating license and the freezing of its assets — including winnings owed to successful gamblers — has benefitted rival Russian operators, according to Mikhailo Makaruk of InformNapalm, a volunteer investigative initiative. “The squeezing of Parimatch is destroying the legal betting market, pushing gambling underground. And Ukrainians are still betting online, but it is Russian companies that are gaining,” he said.

Makaruk worries an internal commercial war is being waged in Ukraine, affecting everything from agri-business to the country’s well-respected IT sector — and he’s not alone. As one corporate executive told POLITICO: “When the country and people need unity the most, some of the very powerful are using the cloud of war to rape businesses.”

Speaking on condition of anonymity due to fear of retaliation, the executive added: “No previous administration has accumulated so much power — basically unlimited power — and because of the war, it is untouchable in the eyes of the international community and the media.”

“Speaking out publicly is difficult because I don’t want to say anything that might endanger the war effort, but sanctioning successful companies shouldn’t be done to clear out competitors or punish somebody you don’t like,” he said.

[Bill Ryan]

A tiny thing, but maybe useful to remind us all that it's not only humans who are suffering in this war. I often think not only about the abandoned or injured pets, but also the wildlife. In the last 15 months, I've mot seen a single article, video or comment about this.

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https://twitter.com/WarClandestine/status/1662242080167428099?s=20

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Irish Moscow based journalist and correspondent Chay Bowes shows the reality of a Moscow indoor mall which contrasts somewhat vividly with what is being portrayed in Western media. The Russian economy may have contracted a little during 2022 but since November 2022 is back on-track and steadily climbing. They expect something close to 2% - maybe even 3% - growth during this fiscal cycle, perhaps more.

Filmed May 27th:

https://avalonlibrary.net/Ukraine/2022_Russian_invasion_%28Operation-Z%29/Video_%2B_photographic_coverage/2023-05_%28May%29/2023-05-27_Chay_Bowes_inside_a_Moscow_indoor_shopping_complex.mp4

Source: Chay Bowes on Twitter (https://twitter.com/BowesChay/status/1662385741433905153)

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The “Reality versus the Narrative” take a walk through a central #Moscow mall.

Shops are full and actually better stocked than many in the west, food prices are low, sanctions seem to have absolutely zero impact other than on the company’s that fled #Russia and lost Billions.

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In case of defeat of the Russians, NATO is waiting for a vindictive and cruel Russia , - head of the British Air Force
In an interview with The Telegraph, Mike Wigston said that Russia would pose a danger to the North Atlantic Alliance even if it were defeated in the Ukrainian conflict.
“When the conflict in Ukraine ends and Ukraine restores its borders, as it should do, we will have a damaged, vindictive and brutal Russia whose means of harming us are air attacks, missile attacks and submarine attacks,” he said.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Prisoners from the elite 81st Airborne Brigade of armed forces of Ukraine.

There are reports of a mass surrender of Ukrainian servicemen: 15 people in the Avdiivka area and 20 people in the Belogorovka area in the north. These are the first cases of mass surrender in a long time.

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🇽🇰Serbia BLASTS NATO "peacekeepers" in unrecognized Kosovo for failing to stop police attacks on ethnic Serbs.

Belgrade says its army will remain at highest level of combat readiness on border with Kosovo, after police clashed with protesters in Northern Kosovo towns and cities while attempting to take control of government buildings.

Actions of Kosovo police have been widely condemned by Russia and Western states.

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[Bill Ryan]

Some of this is a little tough to read. :flower:


https://news.antiwar.com/2023/05/25/ukraine-sent-poor-untrained-men-into-bakhmut-meat-grinder-to-save-better-forces-for-counteroffensive

Ukraine Sent Poor, Untrained Men Into Bakhmut Meat Grinder to Save Better Forces for Counteroffensive

One man told The Wall Street Journal that he had never held a gun before he was sent into the battle

Ukraine sent untrained recruits into the battle of Bakhmut to save its professional soldiers for an expected counteroffensive,The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
(https://archive.is/zPFVT)
The Journal spoke with men who were part of a small group that was sent into Bakhmut, which became known as the meat grinder, just a few days after being mobilized.

Out of 16 men in the group of draftees, 11 were either killed or captured. The Journal described them as “mostly poor men from villages in the northeastern Kharkiv region, many of them unemployed, doing odd jobs as handymen or shift work at factories in the regional capital.”

Some of the men had military training years or decades ago, but none had combat experience. A few of them threatened to refuse orders when they were told they were being sent to the frontlines on February 21, citing a lack of training, but they ultimately went.

One man, Vladyslav Yudin, told the Journal that he told a sergeant major that he had never fired or even held a gun before. “Bakhmut will teach you,” Yudin was told.

The men participated in brutal house-to-house combat in Bakhmut. Many of them are presumed dead, but their families are still holding out hope that they were captured by the Russians and are still alive.

The men’s accounts match what Ukrainians fighting on the frontlines had been telling the media (https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-soldiers-in-bakhmut-our-troops-are-not-being-protected/)while the battle was still raging. They told stories of troops being sent in with little support, training, or ammunition.

The Washington Post spoke to a Ukrainian battalion commander in March (https://news.antiwar.com/2023/03/13/ukrainian-official-says-kyiv-doesnt-have-the-resources-for-a-counteroffensive/)who said he was being sent fresh recruits who didn’t want to fire their guns because they were afraid of the sound.

Despite Kyiv’s Western backers advising against expending resources on Bakhmut, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tried to hold onto the city for as long as he could, but it was fully captured by the Wagner Group and Russian forces this past weekend.

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin estimated that 50,000 Ukrainians lost their lives (https://news.antiwar.com/2023/05/24/prigozhin-says-20000-wagner-fighters-were-killed-in-bakhmut-battle/)fighting for the city, but the number is not confirmed. Prigozhin also said that he recruited 50,000 people from prison to fight in Bakhmut and about 20% of them were killed.

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Shebekino, Russia, for the third time in a day under fire - and again a thick column of smoke over the city

The footage shows the situation in Shebekino after another arrival in the settlement of the Belgorod Region. Above the city again a column of smoke. Earlier, strikes were heard in the city center, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at the ice arena from the Grad MLRS.

At the moment, the shelling continues. Local residents told Readovka that they heard at least 20 explosions.

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The Serbian army deploys its units near the administrative line with Kosovo

The President and Minister of Defense of Serbia said that the army units would definitely remain in positions near the administrative line with Kosovo in the near future - at the same time, Vučić indicated that he was not planning any "war games", but Serbia would defend the "red lines". The deployment of military units was a response to clashes between the Serbian population and the police that began yesterday morning.

Aleksandar Vučić clarified that “crossing red lines” refers to the murder of local Serbs living in the self-proclaimed republic, the beginning of their persecution and damage to their property. In the same context, the Minister of Defense recalled the "March pogrom" of 2004, as a result of which about 4 thousand Serbs were forced to leave Kosovo - in the understanding of the authorities, those events were nothing more than ethnic cleansing.

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🇷🇺❌🇩🇪 Moscow expels more than 300 German civil servants.

This is reported by the publication Süddeutsche Zeitung. German diplomats, teachers and employees of the Goethe Cultural Center (Goethe Institute) working in Russia will leave the Russian Federation before the end of May.

This is due to Moscow's decision to limit the number of employees of German institutions in the Russian Federation to 350 people.

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🇷🇸 Serbia holds largest rally amid escalating conflict in Kosovo - citizens stand up for the country's territorial integrity

The largest rally in Serbian history took place in Belgrade, as brotherly people gathered in support of a united, strong and prosperous state. The reason for the public rally is a rampage by riot police in the self-proclaimed Kosovo. Shortly before the rally, the Serbian president said that there would not be a violent change of power in the country, as in Kiev in 2014.

However, Kosovo police officers "crossed the line" and stormed the municipalities of Zvecan, Zubin Potok and Leposavic, toppling the Serbian flag from there and hanging the symbols of self-proclaimed Kosovo. The arlly is in response to anti-Serb policies. In Belgrade, Serbian citizens are now expressing a strong stance on these events - for a united and strong state that can defend its interests. During the rallies, Vucic has announced that he is stepping down as head of the Serbian Progressive Party.

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Translation: we have been unsuccessfully shelling the ZNPP since the beginning of the conflict while blaming it on Russia, who is actually holding the ZNPP. Now we have some means to cause some real damage, and are planning to do so, but we are still going to blame Russia. Got it.
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Summary, Zaporozhye direction

Today, around 13:00, a convoy of enemy equipment was discovered in the area of Novoandreevka, west of Orekhov.

This column was subjected to rocket and bomb strikes by the forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces, and artillery fired at the surviving enemy who attempted to evacuate.

This is not the first attempt to concentrate enemy forces in this area; earlier, on May 26 and 25, rocket artillery of the RF Armed Forces attacked enemy columns in the area of the Pavlovka-Malye Shcherbaki road.

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Missile strikes hit targets in Kramatorsk and Kharkov Region

▪️ In Kramatorsk, a strike was launched against an industrial zone, where AFU forces and equipment have been concentrated for a year.

▪️ In Kharkov region a strike is suspected near Bogodukhov

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[Tintin]

Lindsey Graham and Volodomyr Zelensky in conversation; it speaks for itself (containing my rage at this beyond-contemptible racism):

Source: https://twitter.com/REVMAXXING/status/1662573307575558145

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PURE EVIL!

Lindsey Graham: "The Russians are dying... it's the best money we've ever spent."

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Maria Zakharova ( :muscle: ) responds:


Spokeswoman of Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, commented on the video with Lindsey Graham:

"U.S. Senator from South Carolina Lindsey Graham said with a satisfied smirk at a meeting with Zelensky: “Russians are dying. We have never spent money so well.”

During the Nuremberg Tribunal, the Minister of Economics of Nazi Germany, Hjalmar Schacht, stated that sponsorship of the Third Reich also came from abroad and named the two largest American corporations: Ford and General Motors. An unspoken deal was made with him - freedom in exchange for silence. Despite the protests of the Soviet representatives, he was released and lived to be 93 years old.

Let me remind you that the embodiment of the American dream, the same legendary Henry Ford was a holder of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the German Eagle. His factories in Germany not only produced up to 70 thousand trucks a year for the needs of the Wehrmacht, but also used the labor of prisoners, including Auschwitz, for this .

And the German icon of the automotive industry, Opel, belonged to ... General Motors . Researcher Bradford Snell describes the role of the corporation as follows: “General Motors was far more important to the Nazi war machine than the Swiss banks. Switzerland was just a repository of stolen money. General Motors was an integral part of the German war effort. The Third Reich could have invaded Poland and Russia (USSR) without the help of Switzerland. But they couldn't have done it without the help of General Motors.

The Kodak company at its plant in Germany manufactured fuses for aerial bombs, not disdaining to use even the labor of prisoners of war.

The Coca-Cola plant in Cologne, even before its nationalization by the German government, regularly supplied soda to German soldiers. And the famous "Fanta" was actually invented by the Nazis.

The oil giant Standard Oil, through its subsidiary campaigns, helped Hitler with the shortage of petroleum products, participated in synthetic rubber and synthetic fuels. And IBM, beloved by IT people all over the world, produced accounting and control devices for the Nazis, including for oil production. Among other things, the equipment of this company helped to keep track of train schedules to death camps...

And we have to mention banks: JPMorgan Chase & Co also had a hand, and then Chase National Bank, through which multibillion-dollar transactions were carried out, and Berlin had the opportunity to buy dollars and carry out financial transactions overseas. "Chase" cooperated with the German bank "Alliance" even in such a matter as ... insurance of property and life of the guards of the concentration camps of the Third Reich.

Senator Graham definitely has some material to draw comparisons. One of their investments led to World War II and the Holocaust.

Now, billions of US dollars are pouring into the insatiable throat of the neo-Nazi Kiev regime. In this regard, I would like to remind the senators and all American beneficiaries how the previous adventure ended".

Source: https://twitter.com/mazzenilsson/status/1662734174782992384

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⚡️Medvedev replying to Lindsey Graham:

“The old fool Senator Lindsey Graham said that the United States has never spent money as well as on killing Russians. Indeed he is. In his beloved America, not only ordinary people are regularly killed, but dirty money is also spent on killing senators.

Let him remember the sad fate of Robert Kennedy, Huey Long, Clementa Carlos Pinckney, John Milton Elliott, Wayne Owens, and other American politicians.”

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[Hendog]

The Satanic at their work

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[Tintin]

Elevated seismic level recordings have been reported from Kiev in the earlier hours (around 02:30am) which some of us suspect may have been an underground bunker hit perhaps from a Kinzhal, or equivalent.

At this stage it doesn't appear to be a natural event. Kiev has been hit hard on Kiev Day by drones, and other ordinance:

Source: https://twitter.com/cirnosad/status/1662674039079600129

https://avalonlibrary.net/Tintin/Seismic_measurements_for_Kiev_underground_explosion_reported_May_28_2023_02-26-hours.jpg

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[Tintin]

Elevated seismic level recordings have been reported from Kiev in the earlier hours (around 02:30am) which some of us suspect may have been an underground bunker hit perhaps from a Kinzhal, or equivalent.

At this stage it doesn't appear to be a natural event. Kiev has been hit hard on Kiev Day by drones, and other ordinance:

Source: https://twitter.com/cirnosad/status/1662674039079600129

https://avalonlibrary.net/Tintin/Seismic_measurements_for_Kiev_underground_explosion_reported_May_28_2023_02-26-hours.jpg

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With thanks to Bill for this one, more here:

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[Tintin]

Elevated seismic level recordings have been reported from Kiev in the earlier hours (around 02:30am) which some of us suspect may have been an underground bunker hit perhaps from a Kinzhal, or equivalent.

At this stage it doesn't appear to be a natural event. Kiev has been hit hard on Kiev Day by drones, and other ordinance:

Source: https://twitter.com/cirnosad/status/1662674039079600129

https://avalonlibrary.net/Tintin/Seismic_measurements_for_Kiev_underground_explosion_reported_May_28_2023_02-26-hours.jpg

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With thanks to Bill for this one, more here:

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Another seismograph, here:

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https://twitter.com/Jordanpkjj/status/1662609738100768768
1662609738100768768If this is true (and it may well be: many Ukrainian psychopaths are on the loose), then these people need to be shot on sight by the Russians when they finally get there.

And Pope Benedict said nothing about any of this when he met Zelensky. The institution of the Catholic Church, which could, in some alternate reality, be a loud, respected, and leading moral voice in the world, is now unfortunately an irrelevant faint shadow which is gradually dying completely.

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The mystery of the nuclear warheads missing from Ukraine is still not solved. In the 1990s, Ukraine voluntarily gave up all nuclear weapons, tactical missiles, and strategic military aviation.

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After almost 27 years after the withdrawal of nuclear weapons (June 2, 1996), the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine did not bother to inform anyone how many nukes were withdrawn.

Let's talk about ICBM warheads, it is known that there were 1240 Warheads in Ukraine. In 2001 Ukraine claimed that they exported over 1600 Warheads to Russia, but in 2002 they suddenly only claimed 1272. Ukrainform claims 1271 warheads were exported to Russia. Who cares, it's just a 450kT warhead.

Let's talk about strategic aviation, Ukraine obtained 44 Strategic bombers, but Ukrainian officials said they only have 42 Strategic bombers, weird, where did two 200+ tonn aircraft go?

Let's continue with cruise missiles, in the year 1999 Ukraine finally agreed to export 581 X-55 cruise missiles. Additional 487 Missiles that were unneeded to Russia had to be destroyed in a 2 year span. By the end of 2000 according to official Ukrainian data 581 X-55s were transferred to Russia, but Russia said that they only obtained 575 Missiles and Ukraine quickly compensated and exported six more... Where did those come from is unknown to this day. Soon, Ukraine claimed to have destroyed 483 missiles, some time later 487. Now tell me, how did Ukraine get rid of 1074 missiles while only having 1068 missiles?

Let us talk about tactical nuclear warheads, It is known that Ukraine had overall 3720-3820 nuclear warheads. In the year 2002 Nikolaj Pal'chuk said that Ukraine had exported over 4000 nuclear warheads... Weird, where did they get 200+ tactical warheads from?

Let's finish with ICBMs. In 1997, Ukraine agreed to export 24 RS-18 ICBMs, Russia only got 19. By 1999, Ukraine claimed all RS-18 ICBMs have been destroyed or exported. It turned out that in 2002 they still had 31 of them, weird. Ukraien quickly exported 29 of those to Russia by the year 2004. You might ask where did two of them go, well, they disappeared, just like the previous two. That is at least four ICBMs and at most six that are still somewhere. Keep in mind, those carry SIX 550kT warheads.

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In 2005, the General Prosecutor Piskun admitted that Ukraine "exported" twelve X-55s to Iran and six to China, soon after, Geneeral Prosecutor's press-agency soon corrected him by stating:
"It was contraband."

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🇺🇸💰🇺🇦 About the role of BlackRock in managing the economy of Ukraine

The financial octopus BlackRock began the absorption of Ukraine, hiding behind funds for post-war reconstruction.

Officially, the funds must attract investments in energy, infrastructure and agriculture.

However, in fact, they become a front for transferring financial receipts from Western countries to Ukraine offshore.

🔻 Read more on our website

#globalism #USA #Ukraine #economy
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Sad Reality: the Ukraine war is now going Russia's way

https://archive.ph/gixSX

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On the subject of the Kiev earthquake,

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🇷🇺🇺🇦The Russian army is advancing in the Kupyansk and Donetsk directions, - summary

In the Kupyansk direction, the active actions of units, air strikes, and artillery fire of the "Western" group of troops hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Pershotravneve, Timkovka, Dvurechnaya of the Kharkov region, Novoselovskoe, and Stelmakhovka of the LPR. Enemy losses amounted to over 30 militants, an armored car, and 2 pickup trucks.

In the Krasno-Limansky direction, aviation, and artillery fire of the "Center" group of troops defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Torskoe, Terny DPR, Nevskoe, Chervonaya Dibrova LPR, as well as Serebryansky Forestry. Up to 65 militants, a combat vehicle, 2 vehicles, Msta-B and D-20 howitzers, and Acacia self-propelled guns were destroyed.

In the Donetsk direction, as a result of active actions of units, air strikes, and artillery fire of the "Southern" group of forces, up to 340 militants, 3 combat vehicles, 2 vehicles and self-propelled guns "Krab" of Polish production were destroyed.

In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozye directions, air strikes, and artillery fire from the Vostok group of forces inflicted a defeat on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka, Chervonoe, Zaporizhzhia region, and Vodiane DPR. Enemy losses amounted to over 100 militants, 4 vehicles.

Up to 10 militants, 3 pickup trucks, and self-propelled guns "Gvozdika" were destroyed in the Kherson direction.

More details in the report of the Ministry of Defense: http://t.me/rusvesnasu/26416

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🇷🇺Operation "Vengeance": After the murder of our officers in the Bryansk region, the Russian army attacked the places where the Armed Forces of Ukraine are based

The Iron Bridge in the Chernihiv region destroyed previous buildings where the enemy organized temporary accommodation for personnel, as well as houses turned by the Armed Forces of Ukraine into field ammunition depots. And this is just the beginning. Details and video later.

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The West is waging a war against Russia on all fronts. The goals of the special operation declared by Putin have not changed and must be achieved, - Peskov

In a broader sense, there is a war going on. The war is against us on all fronts, be it the economy, be it interstate relations, be it property relations, and so on.

Moscow must maintain a sober mind, do what suits its interests, and be tough.

Putin's press secretary also commented on Senator Graham's words about investing in killing Russians:
"It is hard to imagine a greater disgrace to the country than to have such senators."

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Ukrainian general: Zelensky's office removes Zaluzhny from the information field
The office of the President of Ukraine Zelensky is doing everything to remove the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny from the information field, as he sees him as a competitor before the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. This statement was made by Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, retired Sergei Krivonos.
“ The OP beautifully and systematically makes Zaluzhny disappear from the information field. This is already reaching insanity , ”Krivonos complained in an interview.

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Kazakhstan's President declines Lukashenko's offer to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus

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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, has said that there is no need for his country to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus, and that it needs no nuclear weapons either. [The Union State, or Union State of Russia and Belarus, is a supranational union consisting of Belarus and Russia, with the stated aim of deepening the relationship between the two states through integration in economic and defence policy - ed.]


Source: https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/29/7404326/
Source: website of the President of Kazakhstan

[Bill Ryan]

Kazakhstan's President declines Lukashenko's offer to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus

Source: https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/29/7404326 (https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/29/7404326/)
Thanks! That got me very curious, so I dived into it just a little.

That's from Ukrainian Pravda (not the Russian site of the same name), and so any news reported of any kind will always be filtered through the Ukrainian lens. (That's a nice way of saying that it'll all be Ukrainian anti-Russian and anti-Belarusian propaganda, some of which may well be invented. :)) And even when they report something that occurred, the headline will often be editorially skewed.

I read the Pravda article, and it goes on to say the 'offer' was really a joke. Here's an extract:
Quote from Takayev: "Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus, has recently proposed that Kazakhstan join the Union State. I appreciate his joke. I think there is no need [for Kazakhstan] to do so, as there are other integration associations – first and foremost, the Eurasian Economic Union.This is the website of the President of Kazakhstan, Pravda's stated (unlinked) source for the article:


https://akorda.kz/en/events

I couldn't find any official transcript of the conversation there (maybe others can?), but there are several other articles that referred to the 'offer'. Here's one:


https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/29/i-appreciated-his-joke-tokayev-responds-to-lukashenko-s-proposal-that-kazakhstan-join-belarus-and-russia-s-union-state

That article this headline, very similar to the Pravda extract:

‘I appreciated his joke.’ Tokayev responds to Lukashenko’s proposal that Kazakhstan join Belarus and Russia’s Union State

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https://www.ukcolumn.org/
Many links.

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That's from Ukrainian Pravda (not the Russian site of the same name), and so any news reported of any kind will always be filtered through the Ukrainian lens. (That's a nice way of saying that it'll all be Ukrainian anti-Russian and anti-Belarusian propaganda, some of which may well be invented. :)) And even when they report something that occurred, the headline will often be editorially skewed.

I read the Pravda article, and it goes on to say the 'offer' was really a joke. Here's an extract:
Quote from Takayev: "Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus, has recently proposed that Kazakhstan join the Union State. I appreciate his joke. I think there is no need [for Kazakhstan] to do so, as there are other integration associations – first and foremost, the Eurasian Economic Union.This is the website of the President of Kazakhstan, Pravda's stated (unlinked) source for the article:

That is one of the major problems with information coming out about this war, everything is filtered and slanted. It makes no difference if the sites are Russian, Ukrainian, American, or European. Everybody has an agenda. Even videos are edited to push propaganda that is completely false. Also, there is so much propaganda and this thread moves so fast that it is hard to verify any information. The only real way (it seems to me) is to let the situation mature, time has a way of bringing truth to the surface. What is that old Mark Twain saying................"a lie travels halfway around the world before the truth even puts on its shoes." Unfortunately, most people have chosen sides in war (especially this war) so by the time the truth comes out either they dismiss it or they don't care.

[Bill Ryan]

That's from Ukrainian Pravda (not the Russian site of the same name), and so any news reported of any kind will always be filtered through the Ukrainian lens. (That's a nice way of saying that it'll all be Ukrainian anti-Russian and anti-Belarusian propaganda, some of which may well be invented. :)) And even when they report something that occurred, the headline will often be editorially skewed.

I read the Pravda article, and it goes on to say the 'offer' was really a joke. Here's an extract:
Quote from Takayev: "Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus, has recently proposed that Kazakhstan join the Union State. I appreciate his joke. I think there is no need [for Kazakhstan] to do so, as there are other integration associations – first and foremost, the Eurasian Economic Union.This is the website of the President of Kazakhstan, Pravda's stated (unlinked) source for the article:

That is one of the major problems with information coming out about this war, everything is filtered and slanted. It makes no difference if the sites are Russian, Ukrainian, American, or European. Everybody has an agenda. Even videos are edited to push propaganda that is completely false. Also, there is so much propaganda and this thread moves so fast that it is hard to verify any information. The only real way (it seems to me) is to let the situation mature, time has a way of bringing truth to the surface. What is that old Mark Twain saying................"a lie travels halfway around the world before the truth even puts on its shoes." Unfortunately, most people have chosen sides in war (especially this war) so by the time the truth comes out either they dismiss it or they don't care.I agree with most of that!:highfive::)

What I would point out, if I may, is that most objective observers of all this complexity note that the Russians are really bad at the propaganda war. Many if not all of them have pointed out (for instance) that the Russian Ministry of Defense rarely if ever deliberately misrepresents anything (i.e. distorts or lies), but it does omit things sometimes.

I do think that many readers here, yourself included, would agree that the same cannot be said for the media in the US, UK, EU and definitely not that of Ukraine, which lies frequently and brazenly.

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Russia ‘Smashing’ 330 Ukrainian UAVs Per Day; UK Report Says Russian Electronic Warfare ‘Wreaks Havoc’ On Kyiv
May 24, 2023
Researchers have revealed new Russian Electronic Warfare (EW) systems and capabilities that have been devastating for Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and encrypted radio communications in an alarmingly short period.

A report by the United Kingdom (UK)-based Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) notes how Moscow’s EW has consistently remained effective and brought down nearly 10,000 Ukrainian drones a month which is approximately 333 drones per day.

Like its ‘echeloned’ air defense, with progressively overlapping short, medium, and long-range surface-to-air (SAM) systems, Russian ground forces have adequately distributed EW platforms covering every 10 kilometers of the front.

Russian Lead In Electronic Warfare

Previous analyses by EurAsian Times last year had noted how Russia led in EW, having prepared in the technology since the war in Syria in 2015 and the annexation of Crimea a year before.

Subsequent reports in leading Western press further revealed the extent of the success of Russian EW that harrowed Ukrainian operations, with the most diverse range of systems for tackling everything from drones, communications, satellite navigation signals, and satellites.

The war has passed a year and is expected to continue for a few more months, with the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization Alliance (NATO) alliance continuing to arm Ukraine. Russia, meanwhile, is making the final push to capture small remaining pockets of territory in the south and east of Ukraine.

A New Russian Counter-Drone System

Russia’s Krasukha-2, Krasukha-4, RB-341V LEER-3, R-330Zh Zhitel, Murmansk-BN, and Moskva-1 are some of the known EW platforms, performing radio, communications, radar satellite navigation signal jamming of various frequencies and bands, along with Electronic Support (ES) and Electronic Attack (EA) roles.

The EurAsian Times had also reported how the 14Ts227 Tobol EW system disrupted the “synchronization” of the Starlink satellite internet service with its ground terminals.

But the RUSI study also revealed one EW jammer, the Shipovnik-Aero, responsible for bringing down many Ukrainian UAVs. “The Shipovnik-Aero is proving a particularly effective system because it has a low signature and can further obfuscate this by imitating other emitters and communications devices.

“It also has a sophisticated range of effects for downing UAVs. The Russian military continues extensively using navigational interference in the battle area as electronic protection. This is contributing to a Ukrainian loss rate in UAVs of approximately 10,000 per month,” said the RUSI study by Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds.

The study added that the Russian EW platforms are “heavily weighted towards the defeat of UAVs and tend not to try and deconflict their effects.” It can be assumed that by “deconflict,” the authors mean Russian units do not immediately capitalize on the loss of such a system by attacking the Ukranians since the destruction of any enemy platform means a degradation in defensive capability.

A picture of a Russian Pole-21 electronic warfare (EW) system
“There is minimal interest among Russian crews in synchronizing these effects with other activities or with deconflicting their effects,” the study further adds.

Devastating Ukrainian Drones

Alongside the Shipovnik-Aero, the Russian military has extensively rolled out EW effectors to be organic to all units at all echelons. This includes counter-UAV capabilities assigned to each platoon, usually directional jammers and arrays for hijacking UAVs. “Ukrainian forces now assess that at least one of these systems is available to each platoon within Russian line units,” the study noted.

There are multiple videos of Russian soldiers using large hand-held non-kinetic anti-drone guns, causing overhead Ukrainian UAVs to either drop from their flight or land softly nearby. The former means the radio control link between the drone and its ground-based operator has been severed, while the latter implies that Russian jammers have taken control of the drone.

The EurAsian Times last year reported on a video showing Russian troops retrieving one such Chinese-origin DJI drone, ostensibly used by the Ukrainians for surveillance and artillery fire correction, after jamming it with the Stupor anti-drone gun.

Jamming Ukrainian Radio Communications

Specifically about military communications, the authors noted a highly sophisticated and “capable” Russian EW ability to intercept and decrypt encrypted Ukrainian radio communications using what they identified as the Torn-MDM jammer.

“(Russian EW) achieve real-time interception and decryption of Ukrainian Motorola 256-bit encrypted tactical communications systems, which are widely employed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).”

It quoted Ukrainian army officers recalling an incident where the Russian headquarters gave a “pre-emptive warning” to units about coming under an artillery barrage immediately after Ukrainian troops called in a fire strike. Although the 256-bit encrypted Motorola radios, Russian EW troops could “capture and decrypt these transmissions in real-time.”

“When the Russians are not intercepting traffic, Ukrainian units note that they can reliably suppress the receivers on Motorola radios out to approximately 10 km beyond the Forward Line of Enemy Troops (FLET).”

Interestingly, earlier in the war, Russian commanders were noted to have made the rookie mistake of communicating on open mobile phones and unencrypted radio, leading to the AFU targeting and bombing at least five Russian generals by late March last year.

A report in Business Insider from November 2022 instead noted that the Russian “jamming offensive” was so “devastating” that it was also disrupting Russia’s communications, forcing it to “scale back” its operations in the first two days.

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Erdogan Wins Election, West Dismayed; Huge Rus Missile/Drone Strike, Ukr Offensive Doubt

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🇩🇪🇱🇹 Germany decided to move Patriot anti-aircraft missiles from Slovakia to Lithuania "to protect the July NATO summit" to be held in Vilnius.

📌 Naturally, no one was going to hit the summit participants with missiles and they are not going to do so in future.

However, apart from the propaganda purpose (the thesis about the threat to Europe must still be maintained), this decision has also a practical meaning.

Against the backdrop of the summit, the Germans will rehearse routes and procedures for moving equipment across Europe and the overall integration of the Patriot systems with the BALTNET system (the Baltic part of NATO's unified air defense/defense system), in particular with the Air Surveillance Center in Karmelav.

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Today is Memorial Day in the US. On this day, Americans pay their respects to and honor those who have died in service to our nation on the battlefield. Last night in Washington DC, the annual Memorial Day Concert was held. The event was very patriotic and included many stories of the casualties of war.

Now, today, the Washington Post has published an article that equates the US mercenaries who died in Ukraine with all other US soldiers who died fighting for America. This is an abomination of the highest sort. It is insulting to the surviving men and women who fought against Nazi's in WW2. It is insulting to the families of those WW2 veterans.

Moreover, it is insulting to all true American patriots who paid the ultimate price in defense of their nation. To have a US Nazi mercenary held up and receive any honors on Memorial Day is pathetic.

https://washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/29/memorial-day-americans-killed-ukraine-russia-war/

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According to Turkish sources, another Patriot battery was destroyed as a result of rocket attacks on Kiev. Three Patriot batteries were sent to Ukraine, two of which were destroyed within a few weeks.

Russia detects a Patriot battery and launches standard cruise missiles with electronic and satellite intelligence. Then a hypersonic missile is launched towards the battery.

When the battery commander sees that the missile is more advanced than they can destroy, he starts firing all at least 32 missiles in the battery indiscriminately, and the battery is destroyed immediately afterwards.

Thus, today there was probably a loss of at least another $2 billion, and the previous losses amounted to $5 billion.

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https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/denmark-announces-additional-259b-in-military-aid-for-ukraine-/2909445

Denmark announces additional $2.59B in military aid for Ukraine

COPENHAGEN, Denmark

Denmark will further boost its military aid to Ukraine by $2.59 billion over the course of this year and next in its ongoing conflict with Russia, said Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Monday.

Frederiksen told Danish state media that her government aspires to contribute another 7.5 billion Danish kroner to the fund this year, and 10.4 billion kroner next year to assist Ukraine for its military needs.

Denmark in March set up a $1 billion fund for military, civilian, and business aid to Ukraine in 2023. The Ukraine fund, established with the support of parliamentary parties, will give 5.4 billion kroner for military aid, 1.2 billion kroner toward civilian aid, and 0.4 billion kroner for business initiatives.

The Ukraine fund was endorsed by 159 of 179 members of parliament, and opposed by the parliamentary parties: Unity List and Alternatives.

"This major contribution will further strengthen the combat capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the short and medium term," Zelenskiy said in a tweet. "Our strength is in unity!"

The announcement from the Danish premier has come ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to the Nordic countries, including Sweden, Norway and Finland.

Frederiksen is widely regarded as one of the top favorites to assume the role of the new NATO chief following the end of Jens Stoltenberg's tenure, as Stoltenberg is anticipated to step down in September.

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"According to Turkish sources, the recent "earthquake" in Kiev, which Mayor Klitschko spoke about, could be related to the following: Kiev was one of the cities with the most extensive network of underground bunkers and tunnels in the Soviet Union. It is believed that the cause of the ground shaking may be an explosion and the destruction of a large underground arsenal, and due to the carelessness of personnel." - from Simplicius The Thinker (Substack) May 30th, 2023



"One thing to note about my reports: for important ones, I don’t just repost random “rumors” as some might think but first attempt to get a high confidence triangulation with other info, especially the insider variety. And in this case, we do have some hints of insider info, for instance from several Ukrainian sources and channels which confirm that last night’s hit was a serious setback for the AFU." - from Simplicius The Thinker (Substack) May 30th, 2023

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Another superb update from Simplicius The Thinker :muscle:

This runs to 54 pages in PDF format and is much too large to copy in full here, however I will extract some key passages as it relates to the recent drone and missile strike activity from the weekend bombardment:

SITREP 5/29/23: Kiev Rocked as New Satellite Photos Prove Patriot Destruction

Source: https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-52923-kiev-rocked-as-new-satellite


Major things are in motion.

The night before last Russia launched a massive drone attack on all regions of Ukraine. It has been called by at least one source as the single largest drone attack of the entire SMO thus far, causing many people to speculate that Russia must now be producing Geran-2 drones at exponential rates as they have been using them at tremendous volumes of late. Every region has been hit and something very anomalous occurred in the capital city of Kiev.

A huge explosion shook homes in the region, that at least one source says registered as a magnitude 3.4 on the Richter scale, and some experts estimated to be equivalent to at least a 100 ton ammo explosion.


Some believe that a new type of Russian system was used, or simply that Russia penetrated Kiev’s underground bunkers with something like a Kinzhal.


...Ukrainian AD is not able to deal with the drone swarm:

"The Russian army controls Shaheeds via satellite, - speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

▪️ "They flew from the south and north. Then they fly in groups, fly in different directions in batches, each drone has its own route, each UAV has GPS navigation, is controlled via satellite, so it can even fly in a circle, and in a certain time inflict blow ," Ignat said.

▪️The Russians are trying to confuse, mislead our air defense, for this they use the terrain to disappear from radar."



Then last night Russia launched another large mixed strike of missiles and drones. Kiev gave its perfunctory bluff about 99% of the objects being intercepted, but in fact there are several videos showing large arrivals blowing what appear to be ammo and fuel depots


Also, countless reports of Russian strikes now hitting not only AFU staging areas but railroad junctures and train stations where materiel is being offloaded for the war. These are not just speculative rumors but in fact some photos have emerged showing several of these


And satellite photos of a railway station strike on Dnipropetrovsk where Ukraine was offloading gear


In fact, the strikes were so large that Russia even had to utilize additional Tu-95 bombers flying in from northern bases in Murmansk, which made quite the loop:

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One thing that the massive strikes on Kiev have exposed is the charade regarding the Patriot system. Ukraine claims the Patriot wasn’t destroyed by the Kinzhal missile last time, but if that’s the case and it’s “back in order” then why were the various missiles and drones able to so easily penetrate Kiev in the strikes of the last few days? Where did the magical Patriot go, which could shoot down hypersonic Kinzhals so easily, but apparently can’t take out slow moving drones? But I’ll get back to the Patriot in a moment.

Besides the huge earthquake as proof of some kind of hits, there are some videos of areas in and around Kiev being hit as well.

There was also a large hit on a “hospital” in Dnipropetrovsk which Ukrainian propagandists immediately tried to whip up a narrative of Russian hospital strikes. But unfortunately, they forgot to mention that some female ‘influencer/blogger’ blew the lid by posting on her social media about how this ‘hospital’ was in fact a staging area overflowing with AFU military


Getting back to the Patriot: we finally have definitive proof the Patriot was in fact hit on the fateful night of May 16:

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Satellite images of the Zhuliany airfield showing arrivals at the position of the MIM-104 Patriot air defense system on the night of May 16.

In the May 18 image, in comparison with the May 15 image, there are distinct arrival points with a radius of several tens of meters along a concrete parking lot next to the dug out position of the air defense system, as well as directly into one of the positions, which, apparently, are the locations of the MIM-104F Patriot PAC-3 .

Recall that on the night of May 15-16, a missile attack was carried out on objects in Kiev, following which we published a video of the missile arriving at the position of Ukrainian air defense. The Russian Ministry of Defense then announced the destruction of the Patriot air defense system, while the American media reported that the air defense system was damaged, but they were allegedly able to be eliminated on the spot.

The satellite photo on the left is from May 15, the night before the attacks, showing Patriot positions in the Kiev airport. The new satellite photo on the right is from May 18, after the strikes, and shows two clear strikes. One of them is exactly pinpoint on the berm-enclosure which would have housed either a launcher or radar system. Another strike is more inconclusive, as it’s near a tarmac and could be the strike which “damaged” one of the systems with shrapnel. But judging by these photos we can confidently say at least one major component of the Patriot was fully vaporized.



"⚡️⚔️ On the Air Base Strike in #Khmelnitsky Region ⚡️

📃 Judging by the reports of the #Khmelnitsky Gauleiter, who mentions 5 planes "damaged" at once when hitting the airfield, the real damage after night arrivals turned out to be much greater.

The enemy rarely recognizes such damage and the appearance of such messages rather indicates that there is a process of downplaying much more damage.

It was probably a question of hitting planes that launched British missiles. Probably, stocks of such missiles were destroyed at the airfield."

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I'll leave the extracts there for the time being, but, as is typical, this is the most reliable analyses of events one could wish for.

I'll attempt to embed the PDF here, but it may be too large.

Avalon Library source PDF (54 pages): https://avalonlibrary.net/Ukraine/Articles/2023-05-30_SITREP_5_29_23_Kiev_Rocked_as_New_Satellite_Photos_Prove_Patriot_Destruction_by_Simplicius_The_Th inker_May_30_2023.pdf

https://avalonlibrary.net/Ukraine/Articles/2023-05-30_SITREP_5_29_23_Kiev_Rocked_as_New_Satellite_Photos_Prove_Patriot_Destruction_by_Simplicius_The_Th inker_May_30_2023.pdf

[Bill Ryan]

https://twitter.com/HungaryBased/status/1663299592396460033
1663299592396460033Just a footnote here in case it might be helpful. KFOR are the NATO troops in Kosovo. See this page on the NATO website:


NATO Mission in Kosovo (KFOR) (https://shape.nato.int/ongoingoperations/nato-mission-in-kosovo-kfor-)

That's why this developing situation is important, and may well be relevant to Ukraine. NATO can't be trusted in any way at all, and we have to watch this closely. To remind us all (easy to get confused about who is where!), here's a useful and clear map of the area:

https://www.tripsavvy.com/thmb/wvRtsvcETsgiCgo66jY0V6X-vvw=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/EasternEuropeMap-56a39f195f9b58b7d0d2ced2.jpg

[Bill Ryan]

A long post here, but bear with me. And, if you feel moved to, DO DO DO watch the video. :flower:it's terrifying — but also kind of inspiring if one believes that this is at least partly a fight of good against evil, even if the poor Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield are tragic innocents, pawns being sacrificed by the US and NATO in this dreadful game.

I sent this to a good friend yesterday:

~~~

I had a strong feeling you might appreciate this, a 4 minute video with a powerful music track, a tribute to Olga Kachura, more of whom below.

It's been totally scrubbed from YouTube, but it's preserved in the Avalon Library here:

https://avalonlibrary.net/Ukraine/2022_Russian_invasion_%28Operation-Z%29/Olga_Kachura_%28b.1970%20-%20d.2022%29/Olga_%27Korsa%27_Kachura_Tribute.MP4 (https://youtube.com/watch?v=U6p86Ufl3nQ)

https://avalonlibrary.net/Ukraine/2022_Russian_invasion_%28Operation-Z%29/Olga_Kachura_%28b.1970%20-%20d.2022%29/Olga_%27Korsa%27_Kachura_Tribute.MP4

Col. Olga Kachura was a legendary Russian artillery commander. Her call sign was 'Korsa'. She was also known as the 'she-wolf', respected and revered by all the men under her command. The video is a powerful tribute to her, backed by.a striking track from Louna, called Storming Heaven.

There's no English translation to the video, but none is needed. The small amount of makeup that she uses every day was because she felt that as a leader, whatever the situation, she always needed to look presentable to the men under her command.

Tragically and ironically, she was killed by a Ukrainian missile 3 weeks after the video was made. She was posthumously made a Hero of the Russian Federation, and there's a statue of her now in the Alley of Heroes in Donetsk.

https://projectavalon.net/Olga_Kachura_statue_sm.jpg

Here she is when she was a little younger:

https://projectavalon.net/Olga_Kachura.jpg

I also found a terrific interview of her which I posted here (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?114491-WW3-Ukraine-US-vs.-Donbass-Russia&p=1510626&viewfull=1#post1510626). In it, she says:
“I’ll be a great grandmother: I'll teach my grandchildren how to climb fences, shoot from a slingshot — everything that I can do myself,” laughs Olga Kachura, commander of the rocket artillery division of the Armed Forces of the DPR. "And I probably will have something to tell them when we sit together in the kitchen.”
The video shows the terrifying brutality of artillery warfare, and as I commented in my post,
The is about the humanity of some of the great wartime leaders. And this is the great paradox.
~~~
My friend replied:
~~~
Dear Bill, thank you!! Magnificent.

I have offered thanks and given appreciation on this Memorial Day for this glorious woman and all she did for the love of her country and her people. No matter the location, this is human loving human. Amen.

As you say, "the great paradox of war". As with so many paradoxes, war jealously guards its definitions and delusions.

I have a strong sense Korsa hears every word we are saying and appreciates her space in all this has been and is being honored and the greatness of her spirit carries on in resolve from next realms.

I salute you, Olga Kachura, Korsa. :heart:

I must say, I thoroughly appreciate her stated intent, and need, to present well! Eyeliner, moisturizer, et al, color many a day's dread in beauty. Beauty soothing angst and fear as music soothes the looming beast.

The music was sensational. Storming Heaven indeed! Love, love, love this.

[ExomatrixTV]

The Corruption in Ukraine Is Way Over the Top - Seymour Hersh:

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On 26 September 2022, a series of clandestine bombings and subsequent underwater gas leaks occurred on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipelines. The pipelines were built to transport natural gas from Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea, and are majority owned by Gazprom. The mainstream narrative claims the perpetrators and the motives were at best unknown and open to debate.

But, not as far as today’s guest is concerned. He is something of a legendary figure in the world of news reporting and has spent much of the last 50 years elbow-deep in some of the biggest and oftentimes most controversial stories of the day.

I’m talking of course about Seymour Hersh, the investigative journalist, political writer and author, who among his many accolades was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting.

Seymour believes that the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines was carried out by the US Navy, the CIA, and the Norwegian Navy, under the direct order of President Biden. To say this has caused a stir in the corridors of power would be something of an understatement.


full episode (https://londonreal.tv/seymour-hersh-bidens-blackout-how-america-norway-blew-up-the-nord-stream-pipelines/)

[avid]

Video unavailable…. In uk

[Tintin]

Video unavailable…. In uk

Which one? I may have already saved it to the library :flower:

If it's the Hersh/Brian Rose one, yes, it's here (from Feb 22nd):

https://avalonlibrary.net/Ukraine/2022_Russian_invasion_%28Operation-Z%29/Nord_Stream_2_pipeline_sabotage_September_2022/Seymour_Hersh_on_London_Real_w_Brian_Rose_February_22_2023.mp4

[Ravenlocke]

A long post here, but bear with me. And, if you feel moved to, DO DO DO watch the video. :flower:it's terrifying — but also kind of inspiring if one believes that this is at least partly a fight of good against evil, even if the poor Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield are tragic innocents, pawns being sacrificed by the US and NATO in this dreadful game.

I sent this to a good friend yesterday:

~~~

I had a strong feeling you might appreciate this, a 4 minute video with a powerful music track, a tribute to Olga Kachura, more of whom below.

It's been totally scrubbed from YouTube, but it's preserved in the Avalon Library here:

https://avalonlibrary.net/Ukraine/2022_Russian_invasion_%28Operation-Z%29/Olga_Kachura_%28b.1970%20-%20d.2022%29/Olga_%27Korsa%27_Kachura_Tribute.MP4 (https://youtube.com/watch?v=U6p86Ufl3nQ)

https://avalonlibrary.net/Ukraine/2022_Russian_invasion_%28Operation-Z%29/Olga_Kachura_%28b.1970%20-%20d.2022%29/Olga_%27Korsa%27_Kachura_Tribute.MP4

Col. Olga Kachura was a legendary Russian artillery commander. Her call sign was 'Korsa'. She was also known as the 'she-wolf', respected and revered by all the men under her command. The video is a powerful tribute to her, backed by.a striking track from Louna, called Storming Heaven.

There's no English translation to the video, but none is needed. The small amount of makeup that she uses every day was because she felt that as a leader, whatever the situation, she always needed to look presentable to the men under her command.

Tragically and ironically, she was killed by a Ukrainian missile 3 weeks after the video was made. She was posthumously made a Hero of the Russian Federation, and there's a statue of her now in the Alley of Heroes in Donetsk.

https://projectavalon.net/Olga_Kachura_statue_sm.jpg

Here she is when she was a little younger:

https://projectavalon.net/Olga_Kachura.jpg

I also found a terrific interview of her which I posted here (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?114491-WW3-Ukraine-US-vs.-Donbass-Russia&p=1510626&viewfull=1#post1510626). In it, she says:
“I’ll be a great grandmother: I'll teach my grandchildren how to climb fences, shoot from a slingshot — everything that I can do myself,” laughs Olga Kachura, commander of the rocket artillery division of the Armed Forces of the DPR. "And I probably will have something to tell them when we sit together in the kitchen.”
The video shows the terrifying brutality of artillery warfare, and as I commented in my post,
The is about the humanity of some of the great wartime leaders. And this is the great paradox.
~~~
My friend replied:
~~~
Dear Bill, thank you!! Magnificent.

I have offered thanks and given appreciation on this Memorial Day for this glorious woman and all she did for the love of her country and her people. No matter the location, this is human loving human. Amen.

As you say, "the great paradox of war". As with so many paradoxes, war jealously guards its definitions and delusions.

I have a strong sense Korsa hears every word we are saying and appreciates her space in all this has been and is being honored and the greatness of her spirit carries on in resolve from next realms.

I salute you, Olga Kachura, Korsa. :heart:

I must say, I thoroughly appreciate her stated intent, and need, to present well! Eyeliner, moisturizer, et al, color many a day's dread in beauty. Beauty soothing angst and fear as music soothes the looming beast.

The music was sensational. Storming Heaven indeed! Love, love, love this.


Thank you for this, very timely and you said, “the paradox of war” and then I saw this…:sad::facepalm::sad::sad::sad::sad:


https://twitter.com/Sinnaig/status/1663556285869228032

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[Ravenlocke]

https://twitter.com/PeImeniPusha/status/1663561189325148164

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“ Losses of Ukrainian troops this month amounted to over 16,000 military personnel, 16 aircraft, 5 helicopters, 466 UAVs, more than 400 tanks and other armored vehicles - Shoigu”

"Russian troops intercepted 29 Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles in a month"

https://twitter.com/Sinnaig/status/1663565568350494720
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[Ravenlocke]

Text:

NATO, led by the U.S., is waging a war of ethnic cleaning against the indigenous Serbian population of Kosovo and Metohija. The reason for this is that in NATO’s and US imperial perception Serbs are nothing other than “little Russians”; a people far outside of Russian borders who are nonetheless culturally and politically too close to Russia for the liking of some power hungry American imperialists bent on world domination . Since the 1990s, Serbs are being punished and persecuted simply because they do not fit in the schemes of American neoconservatives who envisage a globe completely and totally dominated by the USA. Albanians in Kosovo are just a convenient proxy in this war of ethnic cleansing, similar to Ukrainians. The US is intentionally exploiting ethnic divisions and mistrust to enforce its dominance and control over different parts of the globe.

https://twitter.com/DamirSouci/status/1663481313108824064

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https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1663612852769284098

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https://twitter.com/Sinnaig/status/1663522902954614784

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[Ravenlocke]

https://twitter.com/onlydjole/status/1663487042469109760

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https://twitter.com/onlydjole/status/1663488792022470656

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Text:
Today is the 24th anniversary of the massacre of Serbs on the bridge near Varvarin

On the Holy Trinity in 1999, NATO planes killed ten and wounded 30 innocent people in two raids.

The BBC released a story titled "A historic day for Germany" as it "took part in combat for the first time since World War II" and that "German Luftwaffe fighters, along with British Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft, took off to attack on Serbian military installations.

German pilots showed what their goals really were on Sunday, May 30, 1999, when at noon they bombed the overcrowded center of Varvarin.


https://twitter.com/Spriter99880/status/1663633146741399552

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[Ravenlocke]

Text:
🇺🇦‼️🇺🇦
In Odessa, they suddenly announced the need for donor blood of all groups

Usually such posts appear on social networks during the period of active hostilities, which are not conducted after the "Bakhmut meat grinder".

Apparently, Odessa blood transfusion stations are preparing for something...🇺🇦‼️🇺🇦

IL RUSSO


https://twitter.com/dana916/status/1663631337138405377

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[Ravenlocke]

https://twitter.com/Trollstoy88/status/1663626024146333697

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Russia Hits Decision Making Center, Ukr Drones Hit Moscow, Refuses China Mediation, Kosovo Crisis

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[Ravenlocke]

Text:
🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦The Russian army is on the offensive in the LPR, taking Belogorovka in pincers
Ukrainian military analysts again report a difficult situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a report.
▪️ Operational situation in the Belogorovsko-Kremenskoye direction:
During the offensive, Belogorovka recently found itself practically in a semi-encirclement.
▪️ To the northeast and southeast of the village, the Russian infantry is attacking, trying to break through and gain a foothold in new positions.
▪️ In the south-east of the Kremensky forest, Russian DRGs continue to search for weaknesses in the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There is an increased activity of Russian artillery, aviation and drones (including kamikaze UAVs).
▪️ Offensive operations in this direction are being carried out - to the Seversky Donets River and are aimed at taking under fire control a section of the Serebryanka-Grigorovka-Belogorovka road.
▪️ The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirms the information: In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops launched air and artillery strikes on the area of Belogorovka, Seversk and Disputed.
http://t.me/RVvoenkor

https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1663609494369124352

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‼️🇺🇦🏴‍☠️Ukraine has already received about 60 Leopard 2 tanks from the allies, - Minister of Defense Reznikov:
▪️“So far we have received about two battalions of 30 tanks each, that is, about 60 units in total.”
🇺🇸Also tomorrow, the US will provide a new $300 million military aid package to Ukraine, which will include:
▪️ ammunition for Patriot air defense systems
▪️ shells for artillery and MLRS HIMARS
▪️ Zuni rockets
▪️SAM Avenger
▪️MANPADS Stinger
http://t.me/RVvoenkor


https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1663609894010798082

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A powerful explosion near the "three sisters" - at the junction of the borders of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia
The Ukrainian road was blown up near the "three sisters" - in the place where Ukraine (Chernihiv region), Belarus (Gomel region) and Russia (Bryansk region) connect.
On the border in the Chernihiv region, the enemy's path was destroyed, which he could once try to use for attacks.
http://t.me/RVvoenkor

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‼️ Sources in Kiev said that as a result of a strike on a military facility on Rybalsky Island, one of the control centers was hit. With the beginning of the air raid, the personnel of the center descended into the shelter, but the Russian Aerospace starwars Forces used a missile with a penetrating warhead, which pierced through the building, penetrated the foundation and exploded, destroying the shelter, where at that moment there were up to a hundred officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and civilian personnel, including twenty foreign military from the USA and Great Britain, who interacted between the Center and similar Western headquarters. A rescue operation was immediately launched. Its results are unknown, but, according to the call center of the Kiev "Ambulance", more than ten cars were immediately pulled there and about thirty flights were made. On the same evening, two helicopters urgently took off from Kiev towards the border with Poland.

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https://twitter.com/dana916/status/1663634997595480064

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Putin confirms strike on Ukrainian military intelligence HQ

Kiev’s continuing attacks on Russian soil are aimed at provoking a “mirror response” from Moscow, the president has said.

Russia has targeted the headquarters of the Ukrainian military’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) in Kiev, President Vladimir Putin confirmed on Tuesday.

“We’ve been talking about the possibility of striking the ‘decision-making centers.’ Naturally, Ukraine’s military intelligence headquarters falls into such a category, and it was hit two or three days ago,” Putin stated.

The Russian president also acknowledged a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow, which occurred earlier in the day. The main goal of such strikes is attempting to “intimidate” Russian citizens, which is a “clear sign” of “terrorist activity” on Kiev’s part, he said.

Unlike Ukraine, which has been targeting “residential buildings” in Russia, Moscow is striking only military targets, such as ammunition dumps or fuel depots, with “high-precision” weaponry, he added.

Moscow’s anti-aircraft defense fared “okay” in repelling the latest attack, Putin noted, admitting that there still was room for improvement.

Kiev’s ultimate goal of indiscriminately striking Moscow and other Russian cities is provoking a “mirror response” from Russia, the president stated.

They are provoking us into taking mirror actions. We’ll se what we can do about it. Yet, Ukrainian citizens, who of course have no say about anything now, since Ukraine has unleashed a total terror against its civilian population, must realize what the incumbent authorities are pushing for,” Putin said.

He went on to say that the most grave threats include the continuous effort by Kiev to “disrupt” the work of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, as well as potential attempts to use a “dirty” nuclear device.

https://rt.com/russia/577138-putin-moscow-drones/

https://twitter.com/dana916/status/1663639615973085184

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[Ravenlocke]

Text:
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

(30 May 2023)

⚠️ During the day, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out group strikes using long-range precision air-based weapons against central decision-making points where terrorist attacks against Russian territory were being planned under the guidance of Western intelligence experts.

💥 All the assigned targets have been engaged.

◽️ In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces has hit the units of the enemy close to Timkovka (Kharkov region) and Novoselovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic).

◽️ In addition, actions of one sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been thwarted near Sinkovka (Kharkov region).

💥 The enemy's losses amounted to up to 40 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system during the day.

💥 One U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare radar has been destroyed near Moskovka (Kharkov region).

◽️ In Krasny Liman direction, Army Aviation and artillery of the Tsentr Group of Forces engaged the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Chervonaya Dibrova, Kuzmino (Lugansk People's Republic), and Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

◽️ Over 85 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two pick-up trucks, one D-20 howitzer, and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit have been eliminated in this direction during the day.

💥 In Donetsk direction, Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, units, and artillery of the Yug Group of Forces have eliminated up to 145 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one D-30 howitzer during the day.

💥 An ammunition depot of the 54th Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been hit close to Krasnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

◽️ In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, aviation and artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on the AFU units close to Velikaya Novosyolka and Vremevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

💥 One sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been neutralised close to Vladimirovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

💥 Over 40 Ukrainian military and four motor vehicles were hit in these directions over the past 24 hours.

◽️ In Kherson direction, up to 30 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, and one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and D-30 and Msta-B howitzers have been eliminated over the past 24 hours.

💥 Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged 88 AFU artillery units, manpower and hardware in 96 areas during the day.

◽️ Air defence forces shot down seven HIMARS MLRS shells and one HARM anti-radiation missile during the day.

💥 In addition, eight Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were obliterated in the areas of Inzhenernoye (Zaporozhye region), Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Kolomyichikha (Lugansk People's Republic), and Veliky Vyselok and Petrovskoye (Kharkov region).

📊 In total, 429 airplanes and 235 helicopters, 4,379 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 air defence missile systems, 9,328 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,100 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 4,941 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 10,544 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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This morning, the Kiev regime has launched a terrorist drone attack on the city of Moscow.

◽️ Eight aircraft-type drones were employed in the attack. All enemy drones were downed.

◽️ Three of them were suppressed by electronic warfare, lost control, and deviated from the intended targets.

◽️ Five more UAVs were shot down by the Pantsir-S SAM system in Moscow region.

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In the center of Belgrade, in front of the German Embassy a gathering of citizens in support of the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija is underway. They blocked the traffic on that stretch and demand that the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, fulfills the promise he made, which is to protect the Serbian people in the north of Kosovo

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The courageous 17-year-old rebel who valiantly fought for freedom and was executed by the Germans, 1943. Lepa Radié, at the age of 15, witnessed the German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941. Due to the country's strategic position during the war, it swiftly succumbed to the invasion. Yet, despite falling under the sinister grip of fascism, the people of Yugoslavia fiercely defended their honor and pride, even to the point of sacrificing their lives.

Following her arrest and imprisonment by the puppet government of Yugoslavia, Lepa Radic was liberated by Partisan fighters. She joined their cause, actively participating in the resistance movement's frontline operations, which sought to overthrow the occupying forces and establish a socialist government. Her role involved transporting wounded fighters to medical facilities for treatment. Tragically, her involvement in the resistance movement ultimately led to her demise.

Radic took part in a mission to rescue 150 women and children, engaging in combat against enemy troops. However, she was captured and condemned to death by hanging. During the three days preceding her execution, she endured torture in an attempt to extract information about her fellow partisans. Despite the torment, she remained steadfast and refused to provide any answers. Just before her hanging, she was given a final opportunity to disclose the identities of her comrades, to which she defiantly replied, "I am not a traitor to my people. Those whom you inquire about will reveal themselves once they have eradicated every single one of you evildoers."

With those unwavering words, the support beneath her feet was abruptly taken away, and she was hanged. Lepa Radic was posthumously honored as a national hero in 1951. She stands as an enduring symbol of freedom, resistance against oppression, and unwavering loyalty.

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“ was a Soviet World War II fighter ace. Universally credited with over 60 solo victories, he is considered to be the highest scoring Soviet and Allied fighter pilot of World War II. He is one of the few pilots to have shot down a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet, and the first Soviet pilot to have done so. He was made a Hero of the Soviet Union on three occasions (4 February 1944, 19 August 1944, and 18 August 1945). ”

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Tara Reade has fled to Russia, and is seeking Russian citizenship.

"EXPLOSIVE News Out Of Russia - Tara Reade, Drones and Warmongers" - Kim Iversen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQnH3-URWk0

[Rizotto]

Victoria Nuland in full hubris mode... as usual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUrCjyKf3zo

"Ukraine Attacking Russia, What's Next? - Col Daniel Davis" Judge Napolitano

[Bill Ryan]

I had to share this... it's really very funny. :ROFL:
(This would be typical of a post by Mashika :heart2:)

https://t.me/CyberspecNews/32036

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[kfm27917]

Ukraine: Bleeding Out

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/05/ukraine-bleeding-out.html

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https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/05/f-16s-to-ukraine.html

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(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55faab67e4b0914105347194/t/5b17fd67562fa70b3ae0dd24/1528298869210/The+Russian+Reconnaissance+Fire+Complex+Comes+of+Age.pdf)https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55faab67e4b0914105347194/t/5b17fd67562fa70b3ae0dd24/1528298869210/The+Russian+Reconnaissance+Fire+Complex+Comes+of+Age.pdf

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Gonzalo Lira

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-wont-discuss-american-detained-ukraine

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https://thegrayzone.com/2023/05/30/journalist-kit-klarenberg-british-police-interrogated-grayzone/

British police detain journalist Kit Klarenberg, interrogate him about The Grayzone

British counter-terror police detained journalist Kit Klarenberg upon his arrival at London’s Luton airport and subjected him to an extended interrogation about his political views and reporting for The Grayzone.

As soon as journalist Kit Klarenberg landed in his home country of Britain on May 17, 2023, six anonymous plainclothes counter-terror officers detained him. They quickly escorted him to a back room, where they grilled him for over five hours about his reporting for this outlet. They also inquired about his personal opinion on everything from the current British political leadership to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

At one point, Klarenberg’s interrogators demanded to know whether The Grayzone had a special arrangement with Russia’s Federal Security Bureau (FSB) to publish hacked material.

During Klarenberg’s detention, police seized the journalist’s electronic devices and SD cards, fingerprinted him, took DNA swabs, and photographed him intensively. They threatened to arrest him if he did not comply.

Klarenberg’s interrogation appears to be London’s way of retaliating for the journalist’s blockbuster reports exposing major British and US intelligence intrigues. In the past year alone, Klarenberg revealed how a cabal of Tory national security hardliners violated the Official Secrets Act to exploit Brexit and install Boris Johnson as prime minister. In October 2022, he earned international headlines with his exposé of British plans to bomb the Kerch Bridge connecting Crimea to the Russian Federation. Then came his report on the CIA’s recruitment of two 9/11 hijackers this April, a viral sensation that generated massive social media attention.

Among Klarenberg’s most consequential exposés was his June 2022 report unmasking British journalist Paul Mason as a UK security state collaborator hellbent on destroying The Grayzone and other media outlets, academics, and activists critical of NATO’s role in Ukraine.

Because Klarenberg’s reporting on Mason relied heavily on leaked emails, Mason falsely accused him of “assisting a Russian state-backed hack-and-leak disinformation campaign.” Mason has also reported the leak of his emails to the British police.

Emma Briant, a self-styled disinformation expert who participated in Mason’s campaign to sabotage NATO critics, dispatched lawyers to demand Klarenberg remove all of his articles that mention her from the internet. The lawyer letters also threatened costly super injunctions to prevent further reporting, and challenged the “authenticity” of the emails’ content.

The cease-and-desist letters additionally leveled false and defamatory allegations against Klarenberg, including that he was personally involved in hacking her email and Twitter account.

Did the bogus and obviously malicious complaints by Paul Mason or Emma Briant prompt the UK police to detain and investigate Klarenberg?

Klarenberg’s reports contain neither falsehoods nor anything approaching “disinformation,” which is precisely why intelligence-linked figures like Mason are so frustrated by their existence. Despite Mason and Briant’s allegations, there is not even hard evidence that Russian hackers were the source of the leaks.

While reporting on leaked material, Klarenberg engaged in the same journalistic practice that the West’s most prominent legacy newspapers, from The New York Times to The Washington Post, depend on to break news themselves. In fact, Thomas Rid, a self-styled disinformation expert and professor of Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins University, has stated that journalists “should not shy away” from covering the leaks first reported by Klarenberg.

It therefore appears that British authorities did not detain Klarenberg for any legal breaches, but because he reported factual stories that exposed the national security state’s own violations of both domestic and international law, as well as the malign plots of its media lackeys.

Interrogated under Counter-Terror provisions, grilled about non-existent Russian ties

Journalist Kit Klarenberg arrived in the UK on May 17 from Belgrade, Serbia, where he lives. He was planning to visit friends and family, but first, he would have to pass through an obstacle course British police laid before him.

As soon as his flight landed at Luton Airport, the pilot announced that border police were “just around the corner,” and asked all passengers to prepare their passports. The police were waiting for Klarenberg at the bottom of the stairs leading passengers from the plane to the tarmac. They immediately led him to a back room and informed him of his detention under Schedule Three, Section Four of the 2019 Counter-Terrorism and Border Act.

Six plainclothes officers surrounded Klarenberg and explained he faced arrest if he refused to answer their questions and hand over his personal electronics. They refused to tell him their names and offered call signs instead.

“I’d been expecting something like this since a police interview request arrived last summer,” Klarenberg told The Grayzone, referring to a communique he received from a senior British detective on July 27, 2022. The email requested Klarenberg report to a station to be questioned about allegations by an unnamed complainant of “offences under the computer misuse act.”

Back in the interrogation room at Luton, Klarenberg was asked which passports he held in his possession. “They seemed surprised that I only had a British passport with me,” he recalled. The police then grilled him about whether he owned foreign property, which countries he had visited, and why. He was compelled to provide his address in Belgrade, disclose how much he paid for rent, and bizarrely, whether his energy costs were included. The officers then demanded to know why Klarenberg lived in Serbia.

From there, police interrogators homed in on Klarenberg’s work with The Grayzone. “They asked which publications I wrote for, and I told them I wrote for many,” he said. “One even remarked they’d never previously heard of ‘MintPress Zone.’ Their overwhelming, if not exclusive, interest was in The Grayzone.”

The officers asked Klarenberg about articles including his report on the CIA’s recruitment of would-be 9/11 hijackers, as well as his thoughts on 9/11 conspiracy theories.

Then came a blizzard of questions relating to The Grayzone: How much was Klarenberg paid by this publication, how often, and into which bank account? Who owned the site? How much contact did he have with Max Blumenthal, the author of this article and editor of The Grayzone? Had he met Blumenthal in person?

The counter-terror officers then rattled off a series of unfounded questions related to Russia: Does The Grayzone have an agreement of any kind with Russia’s Federal Security Bureau (FSB) to publish hacked material? Has Klarenberg knowingly been in contact with any FSB operatives? Is he in touch with current or former personnel of Russian state media? Who owns The Grayzone and is it sponsored by Russia?

(As has been publicly stated many times, The Grayzone is a fully independent outlet founded by me, Max Blumenthal. Unlike many of our adversaries, this outlet does not accept funding or support from any state, including Russia.)

At this point, the officers took Klarenberg’s bank cards out of the room for an extended period. They also seized his camera memory cards and sims, demanding he provide pin codes to open them. “What was done with my bank cards, I do not know,” he remarked. “The same for the SDs – what they got off these old and barely used cards was unclear.”

Next, Klarenberg’s interrogators asked if he had any journalistic materials on hand, requesting that he “warn” them about the contents and where they were located so they did not hoover it up “by accident.”

He wondered if the question was a public relations stunt devised in response to the media outcry this April over the British counter-terrorism police’s detention of Ernest Moret, a French publisher held and questioned about his views on Emmanuel Macron’s widely despised pension reforms. There was also the chance they wanted him to lead them to sensitive content he had or was planning to cover.

Klarenberg’s police interrogators displayed intense interest in whether he belonged to any press organizations, and if he held a press card or any professional qualifications. They then probed his career trajectory, asking how he entered the world of political journalism and about perceived employment “gaps” in Klarenberg’s professional record.

He was repeatedly grilled on his journey from covering financial issues a decade ago to political and national security reporting. “The police professed confusion at the transition,” despite Klarenberg explaining that he studied politics in university. “The officers repeatedly returned to this point, they clearly felt this didn’t make sense,” he recounted. “Were they probing whether I’d been ‘recruited’ at some point, or had been a ‘sleeper agent’ all along?”

Throughout the interview, the counter-terrorism police probed Klarenberg aggressively on his political affiliations and beliefs. Was he involved in any activist causes in Belgrade? What did he think of the Russian government? Did he have an opinion on Russia’s arrest of Evan Gerskovich of the Wall Street Journal? What did he think of Rishi Sunak? One officer complained incessantly about Keir Starmer being “useless,” prompting Klarenberg to wonder if the comments were a dangle aimed at drawing him out.

When Klarenberg noted that he had publicly criticized Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the police demanded to know if “anyone” from the Russian government had contacted him to complain. “Presumably, they wanted to know if my criticisms had pissed off my ‘controllers’,” Klarenberg said. “Which is a completely ridiculous proposition.”

An extended philosophical discussion about journalism and the public interest followed. “Your work might be interesting to the public,” an officer told Klarenberg, “but it’s not in the public interest.” He insisted that a journalist could be furthering the interests of a hostile state actor in reporting on national security issues.

“I tried to explain that if material can be authenticated, then the material is the source. We are not citing claims from a human source that provided the material, we are reporting on provided source material in a factual way,” Klarenberg said.

After five hours, the counter-terror police seemed to have run out of questions. They had, by this point, seized all Klarenberg’s electronic devices, forced him to provide unlock codes for his phone and tablet, taken his SD cards, and combed through thousands of his personal photos. “Pity whoever drew the short straw and had to stare at length at thousands of shots of brutalist architecture across the world I’ve taken over the years,” he remarked.

Authorities also fingerprinted Klarenberg, subjected him to DNA swabs, and repeatedly photographed him. “As long as your prints have never been found on an IED in Afghanistan, we delete this data in six months,” one cop with a Northern Irish accent claimed.

A week after releasing Klarenberg from detention, police returned his tablet with masking tape over its cameras, along with two memory cards. The police kept one old SD card, mostly containing music, on the grounds it may be “relevant to criminal proceedings.”

He remains under investigation by the British state at the time of publication.

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NATO Kosovo conflict resembles pre-2022 Ukraine crisis

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Daily Mail Australia: Pro-Russian activist James Walters found dead in Australia

Walters went missing on 13 May, was last seen in the suburb of Chatswood, northwest of Sydney, and his body was found on 23 May.

Russian-born activist Semyon Boikov, known as the "Australian Cossack," said Walters had recently complained about threats from the Ukrainian diaspora: "It's possible that he was killed or driven to suicide."

Local police officers say they "feared for the man's well-being," but found no evidence that the death was suspicious. At the same time, the reasons for the death of a 42-year-old man are not named.

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The Russians broke through from Poland to Belarus, saving their children from the Swedish authorities. A mother with three children managed to run to the Belarusian border guards, while her father was distracting the employees of the Polish border department - he was detained.

She later said that when they lived in Sweden, local authorities made an attempt to remove the children and temporarily place them in a foster family. As a result of the trial , the children managed to be left with their parents, but after this incident, the couple decided to return to their homeland.

Already when passing through control at the Polish checkpoint, the Russians began to suspect that they did not intend to let the children of Sweden out of the EU. Then the husband made an attempt to break through from Poland to Belarus.

Having overcome the Polish engineering barriers, his damaged car stopped in front of a traffic jam near the bridge over the Western Bug. Then the head of the family turned the car across the lane and prevented the Polish border guards from chasing his wife and children.

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... JUST IN: Former Australian Special Forces Commander Riccardo Bosi drops bombshell

https://t.me/SGTnewsNetwork/46744


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[Bill Ryan]

No need to watch this video below (unless you want to!), but it was significant for me because of a compellingly rational theory suggested by Alexander Mercouris which I confess had never occurred to me. I can easily summarize it.

One contingent of the west (those pushing for a peace settlement) is urging Ukraine to launch their offensive now because they know it will fail.

Then — after whatever catastrophe ensues, which is guaranteed — they can confront all the hardliners (including Zelensky himself) and say:
"Look, this hasn't worked. And it's not going to work. You have to see this now. So we MUST find a peace settlement somehow. There's no other option."
Biden White House debates various Ukraine off-ramps


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0BRj6xxcYI

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Chechen unit on the offensive in Donbass – MOD 31 May, 2023

An Akhmat special ops force is attacking Ukrainian troops near the town of Maryinka, the Defense Ministry has announced

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FILE PHOTO: Servicemen of the Chechen special police regiment named after Akhmat Kadyrov

Russian forces are conducting offensive operations against Ukrainian troops in the area outside Donetsk in Donbass, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

In a statement, the ministry announced that assault detachments of the Russian 5th motorized rifle brigade and an Akhmat special forces unit are successfully attacking Ukrainian troops near the town of Maryinka, around 30km west of the capital of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).

The Akhmat unit is part of Russia’s National Guard and is based in the Chechen Republic. It was named after Akhmad Kadyrov, the region’s first president and father of current leader, Ramzan Kadyrov.

The reports of successful attacks come after Kadyrov declared on Tuesday that Chechen units would face combat in the DPR, adding that troops “are getting ready for assault action.”

The ministry also claimed that Ukraine had lost 200 soldiers in the Donetsk area, as well as three armored and 12 transport vehicles, one artillery piece, and two multiple launch rocket systems.

Russian forces have also destroyed Ukraine’s last navy warship, the Yury Olefirenko, according to the statement. The Soviet-era landing ship was sunk by a high-precision strike in the port city of Odessa, the ministry claimed.

It added that in the last 24 hours, Russian air defenses had intercepted 12 missiles launched from US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), as well as one UK-supplied long-range Storm Shadow missile.


https://www.rt.com/russia/577202-chechen-unit-on-offensive-donbass/

[Vicus]

Russia sinks Ukraine’s ‘last warship’ – MOD 31 May, 2023

The Yury Olefirenko was destroyed in a high-precision airstrike on the port of Odessa, Moscow has claimed

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Landing ship Yuriy Olefirenko

The Russian military has destroyed Ukraine’s “last warship,” the Yury Olefirenko, in a high-precision airstrike, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said on Wednesday.

“On May 29, as a result of a strike by a high-precision weapon of the Russian Aerospace Forces on a warship mooring in the port of Odessa, the last warship of the Naval Forces of Ukraine, the Yury Olefirenko, was destroyed,” the ministry stated in a report shared on its Telegram channel.

A day earlier, war correspondent Andrey Rudenko also reported that the Yury Olefirenko had been sunk after a series of overnight airstrikes on military facilities in Odessa, citing Ukrainian sources.

Rudenko claimed that a fire had broken out on the deck of the vessel, which is said to have caused the detonation of ammunition in the hold. The journalist said that significant losses had been reported among the crew.

Ukrainian officials have yet to confirm the sinking of the ship. Oleg Chalyk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy, told Reuters that he would not respond to Russian claims, and that the Ukrainian Navy would not disclose the details of any losses.

Originally named the SDK-137, the Yury Olefirenko was a type 773 medium landing ship that was built by Poland in 1971 for the Soviet Navy. It was transferred to Ukraine in 1994 and renamed the Kirovograd, and was stationed in Crimea.

When the peninsula voted to reunite with Russia in 2014, the vessel temporarily came under the control of the Russian fleet. However, it was later returned to Ukraine and towed to Odessa, where it received its latest name in 2016.


https://www.rt.com/russia/577226-russia-destroys-ukraine-warship/

[Vicus]

Britain ‘de facto’ at war with Russia – Medvedev 31 May, 2023

The former president issued a warning after London condoned a drone attack on Moscow

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has described the UK as waging an “undeclared war” against Russia. The comment came after Britain’s foreign secretary condoned a large-scale drone attack on Moscow earlier this week.

In a Twitter post on Wednesday, Medvedev accused London of being Moscow’s “eternal enemy.” The former leader, who currently serves as deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council, claimed that based on international law, “including the Hague and Geneva Conventions with their additional protocols,” Britain “can also be qualified as being at war.”

The former president argued that by providing Ukraine with weapons and training, the UK “de facto is leading an undeclared war against Russia.”

Medvedev hinted that this could have direct ramifications for “public officials” in Britain.

His tweet cited remarks made on Tuesday by UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, who said Ukraine has the right to “project force beyond its borders to undermine Russia’s ability to project force into Ukraine itself.”

Cleverly further claimed that striking “legitimate military targets” in Russia is an acceptable part of Ukraine’s self-defense.


https://www.rt.com/news/577193-medvedev-russia-uk-at-war-ukraine/

[Vicus]

Germany to force Russia to close consulates 31 May, 2023

Berlin explained that the shutdown of four facilities came in response to Moscow imposing curbs on the German presence in Russia

Russian diplomatic staff will be required to vacate four of the five consulates in Germany by the end of the year, the German Foreign Ministry has announced. Berlin also revealed plans to shut down three of its own consulates in Russia.

On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the ministry accused the Russian government of “escalation” by imposing a ceiling on German diplomatic and other personnel in the country at 350 individuals in total.

According to the diplomat, this “unjustified” move will lead to a “very considerable reduction” of the German presence in Russia. To wit, Berlin will close its consulates in the cities of Kaliningrad, Yekaterinurg, and Novosibirsk. Cultural missions, such as the one at the Goethe Institute, will also have to be reduced to a bare minimum.

It is in response to these measures that Germany decided to shut down the Russian consulates in the country.

“Our decision works for the Russian presence in Germany reciprocally,” the foreign ministry spokesperson explained, adding that Berlin seeks to ensure parity in the number of representatives working in the two respective countries.


https://www.rt.com/news/577231-germany-ukraine-hits-moscow/

[Vicus]

Türkiye won’t attend key NATO meeting – Sweden 31 May, 2023

Ankara holds the keys to the bloc’s enlargement, but Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will skip the gathering in Oslo

Türkiye’s Mevlut Cavusoglu will not attend a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Oslo this week, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said on Wednesday. Cavusoglu’s absence means no immediate progress will be made on Sweden’s bid for NATO membership, despite Stockholm’s insistence that it is now ready.

Billstrom told Reuters that he had hoped to meet Cavusoglu in the Norwegian capital, but that the two would talk at a later date as part of an agreement they signed last year in Madrid.

This agreement, Billstrom said, “is much more important than two ministers sitting down and drinking coffee.”

Sweden, Finland, and Türkiye agreed last year that the two Nordic nations would lift arms embargoes on Türkiye, extradite alleged Kurdish and Gulenist terrorists, and crack down on the activities of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) within their borders, in exchange for Ankara lifting its veto on their accession to NATO.

Accession to the US-led bloc requires the unanimous consent of all existing members. Türkiye signed off on Finland’s bid in March, after it passed stringent anti-terrorism legislation, while Billstrom said that similar legislation entering into force in Sweden this week should satisfy Ankara’s demands.

Apart from Türkiye, Hungary is the only NATO member that has not ratified Sweden’s membership application. Budapest has cited Stockholm’s support for legal action against its conservative LGBT and migration policies as the key factor behind the impasse.


https://www.rt.com/news/577239-turkiye-nato-meeting-norway/

[pyrangello]

I. Remember as a kid watching the tv in th he evening and seeing casualty counts, maps of fighting and embedded reporters almost every evening from the jungles of Vietnam. I was talking to my buddy today and we are both vets. I asked him when do we see anything on Ukraine on the evening news, in fact most of what we keep seeing is how much weekly money is being sent over there or this dip shxt senator going over there saying best investment the u.s. has ever made. Politician Graham go ride your own turd off a cliff, best my axs. I'm not saying there isn't anything happening but eastern Ukraine still has a luxury car market, hell the finance minister of the Ukraine just bought a 400 k rolls Royce.

As for Russia, i,m betting we hadn't seen 10 percent of this advanced technology. At the end of the day I am very skeptical of what's really happening over there and what is being spoon fed to us here in the states.

And we hadn't even touched on the Biden let's make a deal dog and pony show, is it door number 1 , 2, or 3.

[Tintin]

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... JUST IN: Former Australian Special Forces Commander Riccardo Bosi drops bombshell

https://t.me/SGTnewsNetwork/46744


SGTnewsNetwork/46744

Yes, quite :thumbsup:

I'm periodically populating the CIA Project Aerodynamic (https://avalonlibrary.net/?dir=Ukraine/CIA_Project_Aerodynamic) folder in the library. There may be as many as 3000 declassified CIA documents accessible over time; I'll find out in due course.

This has been mentioned before on this thread but no harm in a general reminder.

Sample here:

https://avalonlibrary.net/Ukraine/CIA_Project_Aerodynamic/AERODYNAMIC%20%20%20VOL.%201%20%28DEVELOPMENT%20AND%20PLANS%29/AERODYNAMIC%20%20%20VOL.%201_0094.pdf

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Foreign media show this house and claim that the Ukrainian drone successfully hit the target in Moscow.
In fact, this house is located in the USA in the state of Iowa, the video shows the consequences of a domestic gas explosion, but the foreign media does not care about this at all.
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https://twitter.com/vicktop55/status/1664232073937186817

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1/6) Ukraine is the Money Laundering, Sex Trafficking and Organ Harvesting Capital of the World.
This thread is about Organ Harvesting in Ukraine.

On 04/14/2022 the Ukrainian Parliament passed a law 5610 which clear Ukraine to export Organs abroad.
Organs were removed without consent and the laws were passed during ongoing military actions. These laws were promoted by former acting health minister Ulyana Suprun. Under the new transplants laws Hospitals, Prisons, Military Units, and Orphanages are free to use the organs of anyone under their care.

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5/6) Carla Del Ponte: UN Officials in Kosovo, NATO Military and EU Representatives interfered with crimes committed by Albanians. She wrote “We were denied documents my advisors agree the investigation of NATO activities was impossible”
Elizabeth Debru appeared in the confession of a former employee of the Security Service of Ukraine, who spoke about the scheme for the removal of organs from Ukrainian servicemen who died or were mortally wounded in Donbass. Elizabeth Debru a transplant surgeon was forcing doctors to remove organs without consent or did it herself and Everything was sent abroad.
It was President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili's wife, Sandra Roelofs who was the mission's true organizer. She's linked with 'black' transplanting worldwide and was nicknamed ‘Sandra the Ripper' in Georgia because her name often appear in scandals related to illegal organ harvesting. Sandra Roelofs had a medical foundation that specializes in providing “help” to people.
Many of these so-called organizations are hiding under the guise of a humanitarian mission. These organizations engaged in the deadly crime of organ trafficking to make BIG money!

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6/6) The United States has many goals in Ukraine, but protecting the Ukrainian people is just LIES we were fed. This is No different than the LIES to deliver democracy to the people of Iraq, Libya etc. They have destroyed these people! If you are in the pro Ukraine camp, you should know the real reason we are in Ukraine was/is to sacrifice Ukraine to destroy Ukraine in order to bleed Russia. The country suffering most from the Ukraine/Russia war is Ukraine. Their people are dying in huge numbers! Their buildings are all being blown to bits! Their entire country is being destroyed! Asked yourself why does THE MEDIA want us to care about this war when we have no geopolitical interest in Ukraine, this is to push the Globalist Agenda which is to take out anyone “Putin” who stands in the way of furthering their Agenda!

“After the demilitarization of Ukraine is done, a separate military tribunal will be held for 'black' transplant surgeons.” says Aleksandr Torba Distinguished Doctor, LPR Rector State Medical University. The list of the connected West crimes are long and sad and must be brought to an End!

I use to have on my Drivers License that I am an organ donor, but I took it off. Knowing how the organ harvesting industry works through research, it’s best to state it in your Will than have it on your DL if you wish to donate your organs.
#EndOrganTrafficking
#EndSexTrafficking
#EndMoneyLaunderingOfOurHardEarnedTaxDollars
#NotAnotherRedCentToCorruptUkraine
#IWillNotSupportAnyCandidateWhoSupportGivingMoneyToUkraine
#PuttingOtherCountriesFirstMeansYouPutAmericaLast

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European Nuclear Risk:

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news.sky.com/video/ukraine-un-watchdog-warns-of-potential-accident-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-12893526 (https://news.sky.com/video/ukraine-un-watchdog-warns-of-potential-accident-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-12893526)
news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-workers-at-deteriorating-zaporizhzhia-plant-fear-devastation-on-a-scale-worse-than-chernobyl-12893115 (https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-workers-at-deteriorating-zaporizhzhia-plant-fear-devastation-on-a-scale-worse-than-chernobyl-12893115)

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InfoDefense Team reports:

🕯In memory of the dead children of Donbass

The Ukrainian army has been fighting against them for 9 years.

With the silent consent and weapon support of Europe and the West children of Donbass have been dying.

On Children's Day, we honor their memory. And we believe that no more child will join the list on the Alley of Angels.
Children must live, live in peace and tranquility, they must continue our future!

Please tell adults: never shoot at children!

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CIA hacked iPhones of diplomats in Russia – FSB
Russian security officials claim to have uncovered a major surveillance operation exploiting Apple devices.

The CIA installed malware on thousands of Apple phones used by Russian citizens and foreign diplomats working in the country, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has claimed.

The FSB said on Thursday that a joint operation with the Federal Guard Service (FSO) had “uncovered a surveillance operation by American intelligence agencies, carried out with the use of Apple’s mobile devices.”

An assessment of Russia’s telecom infrastructure revealed “anomalies” in the operations of some iPhones, caused by “a previously unknown malicious program that uses software vulnerabilities provided by the manufacturer,” a statement by the agency read.

Several thousand phones made by Apple were infected with the malware, according to the FSB.

Not only Russian citizens were targeted, but also “foreign phone numbers and subscribers that use SIM cards registered with diplomatic missions and embassies inside Russia, including countries from the NATO bloc and the post-Soviet space, as well Israel, Syria and China,” the agency said.

The discovery is more proof of the close cooperation between Apple and the US intelligence community, the FSB claimed, adding that “the declared policy of ensuring the privacy of personal data of Apple users has nothing to do with reality.”

The FSB also accused Apple of “providing the American intelligence services with a wide range of opportunities to survey any persons of interest to the White House, including their partners in anti-Russian activities, as well as their own citizens.” (Source: RT) @LauraRuHK

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https://sputniknews.in/20230601/ex-us-marines-officer-visits-russia---only-to-see-that-western-sanctions-have-failed-2290840.html

Ex-US Marines Officer Visits Russia - Only to See That Western Sanctions Have Failed

Following the launch of the special military operation in Ukraine, the collective West slammed unprecedented sanctions on Russia, to bring the nation to its knees. However, facts speak for themselves: the US and its allies' plot to bring down Russia was doomed to failure.



Former US Marines intelligence officer and Sputnik columnist Scott Ritter has traveled to Russia to see for himself how Western sanctions have affected the nation.
His firsthand experience proves that they, in fact, failed.

Everything I saw while touring Russia underscored the incontrovertible fact that, because of Western sanctions, the Russian economy has been compelled to undertake changes which have not only made it more resilient, but also more productive and efficient. Foreign investments are surging in, proving that there is a world that exists beyond that controlled by the American economic hegemon.

"Upon my arrival to Russia, I expected to see a nation heavily impacted by the consequences of American-led sanctions. Instead, I saw a nation undergoing an economic revival, in large part thanks to the policies Russia was compelled to undertake because of Western sanctions," Ritter writes in his column.

[Michel Leclerc]

I. Remember as a kid watching the tv in th he evening and seeing casualty counts, maps of fighting and embedded reporters almost every evening from the jungles of Vietnam. I was talking to my buddy today and we are both vets. I asked him when do we see anything on Ukraine on the evening news, in fact most of what we keep seeing is how much weekly money is being sent over there or this dip shxt senator going over there saying best investment the u.s. has ever made. Politician Graham go ride your own turd off a cliff, best my axs. I'm not saying there isn't anything happening but eastern Ukraine still has a luxury car market, hell the finance minister of the Ukraine just bought a 400 k rolls Royce.

As for Russia, i,m betting we hadn't seen 10 percent of this advanced technology. At the end of the day I am very skeptical of what's really happening over there and what is being spoon fed to us here in the states.

And we hadn't even touched on the Biden let's make a deal dog and pony show, is it door number 1 , 2, or 3.

Love your slightly porxnograpsick prose Pyrandello – in addition to its content, that is. Visualising your axdvice to Proctolician Graham almost made me glide off my chair.

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Joseph P. Farrell | News and Views from the Nefarium | June 1, 2023

Source: gizadeathstar.com (http://gizadeathstar.com)

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Well it has happened: drone strikes against Moscow... but what does it mean?

Articles:
Putin says Ukraine drone strikes on Moscow aim to scare and provoke Russia (https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/drones-hit-several-buildings-moscow-mayor-2023-05-30/)

Russia warns of harsh response as Vladimir Putin labels Moscow drone strike a terrorist act by Ukraine (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-31/russia-ukraine-war-drones-moscow-warns-severe-measures/102413318)

[Tintin]

This is one for my 'to watch' (and listen to) list, and posting it here for the record.

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Ambassador Andrei Kelin's interview to Laura Kuenssberg on BBC, 28 May, 2023 (full version)

Source: Russian Embassy, London (https://london.mid.ru/en/press-centre/ambassador_andrei_kelin_s_interview_to_laura_kuenssberg_on_bbc_28_may_2023_full_version/)

Duration: 29 minutes

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Ambassador Andrei Kelin's key statements:


▪ The duration of the Ukrainian conflict will depend on how much it will be escalated by NATO countries, including the UK.

▪ A new step in aggravating of the conflict was the provision by London of cruise missiles Storm Shadow with a range of 250-300 km, as well as the discussed deliveries of F-16 fighters.

▪ The longer will be the reach of weapons received by Ukraine from the West, the further we would need to push back the frontline in order to protect our security and ensure safety of our citizens.

▪ London, unfortunately, has decided to destroy the entire architecture of Russia-UK relations - political, economic, humanitarian and cultural in particular.

▪ London seeks to take a leading position in the West’s confrontation with Russia.

▪ At the moment Ukraine totally rejects the idea of peace talks.

▪ We want peace in Ukraine, but of course there are conditions. Especially two things are important for us. Ukraine should’t pose a threat to Russia and Russian people shouldn’t be discriminated in Ukraine.

▪ The liberation of Donbass from occupation is Russia’s current military target.

▪ It’s a big mistake and illusion to think that Ukraine can prevail or defeat Russia. Russia has enormous resources, and we haven’t even begun very serious action.

▪ The freezing of the Ukrainian conflict doesn’t create a platform for stable and lasting peace in Europe.

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A drone controlled by artificial intelligence decided to kill the operator (https://t.me/navideovidno/62025) during a simulation test conducted by the U.S. Army so that it would not interfere with the mission, the British Royal Aeronautical Society said.

The drone was tasked with destroying enemy air defense systems during the test mission. If successful, the AI would receive points for passing the test. The final decision as to whether the target would be destroyed had to be made by the drone operator, who during one of the training missions, he ordered the drone not to destroy the target.

As a result, the machine made the decision to "kill the operator" and "killed" the operator. Since the mission was a training mission, no one was injured. After the incident, the AI was trained that killing the operator was wrong, and points would be deducted for such actions.

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9 years ago Luhansk was hit by a missile strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

June 2, Friday. 9 years ago, Luhansk was hit by a missile strike from the air by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Then still for their citizens. 8 people were killed. 28 people were injured.

Nationalist media in Ukraine immediately began to spread a fake about an air conditioner that allegedly exploded on the building of the regional state administration.

I was horrified by the indifference to the terrorist attack and the tragedy of the rest of Ukraine. Most did not care that in the east of the country their own army was attacking fellow citizens like themselves from the air.

Next page is the video - don´t watch it.

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[Hamish]

Hello,

I think i need to down 25 whiskeys, to listen to Laura Kuenssberg in that interview. Cringe.

Not sure what benefit there is in talking with someone like her, like listening to a parrot.

[Tintin]

Hello,

I think i need to down 25 whiskeys, to listen to Laura Kuenssberg in that interview. Cringe.

Not sure what benefit there is in talking with someone like her, like listening to a parrot.

I'm partial to a Duthie's Springbank myself. What's yours Hamish? :)

:focus:

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https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/06/artificial-intelligence-is-mostly-pattern-recognition.html

'Artificial Intelligence' Is (Mostly) Glorified Pattern Recognition

This somewhat funny narrative about an 'Artificial Intelligence' simulation by the U.S. airforce appeared yesterday and got widely picked up by various mainstream media:

However, perhaps one of the most fascinating presentations came from Col Tucker ‘Cinco’ Hamilton, the Chief of AI Test and Operations, USAF, who provided an insight into the benefits and hazards in more autonomous weapon systems.
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He notes that one simulated test saw an AI-enabled drone tasked with a SEAD mission to identify and destroy SAM sites, with the final go/no go given by the human. However, having been ‘reinforced’ in training that destruction of the SAM was the preferred option, the AI then decided that ‘no-go’ decisions from the human were interfering with its higher mission – killing SAMs – and then attacked the operator in the simulation. Said Hamilton: “We were training it in simulation to identify and target a SAM threat. And then the operator would say yes, kill that threat. The system started realising that while they did identify the threat at times the human operator would tell it not to kill that threat, but it got its points by killing that threat. So what did it do? It killed the operator. It killed the operator because that person was keeping it from accomplishing its objective.”
He went on: “We trained the system – ‘Hey don’t kill the operator – that’s bad. You’re gonna lose points if you do that’. So what does it start doing? It starts destroying the communication tower that the operator uses to communicate with the drone to stop it from killing the target.”

(SEAD = Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses, SAM = Surface to Air Missile)

In the earl 1990s I worked at a University, first to write a Ph.D. in economics and management and then as associated lecturer for IT and programming. A large part of the (never finished) Ph.D. thesis was a discussion of various optimization algorithms. I programmed each and tested them on training and real world data. Some of those mathematical algos are deterministic. They always deliver the correct result. Some are not deterministic. They just estimated the outcome and give some confidence measure or probability on how correct the presented result may be. Most of the later involved some kind of Bayesisan statistics. Then there were the (related) 'Artificial Intelligence' algos, i.e. 'machine learning'.

Artificial Intelligence is a misnomer for the (ab-)use of a family of computerized pattern recognition methods.

Well structured and labeled data is used to train the models to later have them recognize 'things' in unstructured data. Once the 'things' are found some additional algorithm can act on them.

I programmed some of these as backpropagation networks. They would, for example, 'learn' to 'read' pictures of the numbers 0 to 9 and to present the correct numerical output. To push the 'learning' into the right direction during the serial iterations that train the network one needs a reward function or reward equation. It tells the network if the results of an iteration are 'right' or 'wrong'. For 'reading' visual representations of numbers that is quite simple. One sets up a table with the visual representations and manually adds the numerical value one sees. After the algo has finished its guess a lookup in the table will tell if it were right or wrong. A 'reward' is given when the result was correct. The model will reiterate and 'learn' from there.

Once trained on numbers written in Courier typography the model is likely to also recognize numbers written upside down in Times New Roman even though they look different.

The reward function for reading 0 to 9 is simple. But the formulation of a reward function quickly evolves into a huge problem when one works, as I did, on multi-dimensional (simulated) real world management problems. The one described by the airforce colonel above is a good example for the potential mistakes. Presented with a huge amount of real world data and a reward function that is somewhat wrong or too limited a machine learning algorithm may later come up with results that are unforeseen, impossible to execute or prohibited.

Currently there is some hype about a family of large language models like ChatGPT. The program reads natural language input and processes it into some related natural language content output. That is not new. The first Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity (Alice) were developed by Joseph Weizenbaum at MIT in the early 1960s. I had funny chats with ELIZA in the 1980s on a mainframe terminal. ChatGPT is a bit niftier and its iterative results, i.e. the 'conversations' it creates, may well astonish some people. But the hype around it is unwarranted.

Behind those language models are machine learning algos that have been trained by large amounts of human speech sucked from the internet. That is problem number one. The material these models have been trained with is biased. Did the human trainers who selected the training data include user comments lifted from pornographic sites or did they exclude those? Ethics may have argued for excluding them. But if the model is supposed to give real world results the data from porn sites must be included. But how does one prevent remnants from such comments from sneaking into a conversations with kids that the model may later produce? There is a myriad of such problems. Does one include New York Times pieces in the training set even though one knows that they are highly biased? Will a model be allowed to produce hateful output? What is hateful? Who decides? How is that reflected in their reward function?

Currently the factual correctness of the output of the best large language models is an estimated 80%. They process symbols but have no understanding of what those symbols represent. They can not solve mathematical problem, not even very basic one.

There are niche applications, like translating written languages, where AI or pattern recognition has amazing results. But one still can not trust them to get every word right. The models can be assistants but one will always have to double check their results.

Overall the correctness of current AI models is still way too low to allow them to decide any real world situation. More data or more computing power will not change that. If one wants to overcome their limitations one will need to find some fundamentally new ideas.

[Hamish]

Hello,

I think i need to down 25 whiskeys, to listen to Laura Kuenssberg in that interview. Cringe.

Not sure what benefit there is in talking with someone like her, like listening to a parrot.

I'm partial to a Duthie's Springbank myself. What's yours Hamish? :)

:focus:

Hello,

In my youngers days Jack D and Coke.

Sorry, back to topic.

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https://yvesengler.com/2023/06/01/ukraine-supporters-attack-free-speech-in-name-of-democracy/

Ukraine supporters attack free speech in name of democracy
June 1, 2023
The war in Ukraine is about democracy, according to many who seek to suppress the democratic ethos in a bid to expand Canada’s role in the fight.

The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) has once again demonstrated its aggressive opposition to debating the complex political dynamics responsible for the horrors in Ukraine. Yesterday the head of that organization sent a letter to the Toronto Public Library demanding they cancel a room booking for an event planned for Sunday on “The war in Ukraine and how to stop it”.

UCC head Peter Schturyn wrote: “It is appalling that the Toronto Public Library would see fit to hold an event that blames the US and NATO for ‘instigating’ Russia’s war against Ukraine. …. We call on you to cancel this disgraceful event and in future refrain from providing a platform to those who serve as apologists for Russia’s genocidal war of aggression. Public libraries are supposed to be places of learning, education, and knowledge — not misinformation and mendacity.”

Incredibly, promotional material for the International Youth and Students for Social Equality event, which the UCC linked to, directly criticizes Russia’s invasion. It says, “the Putin regime’s invasion of Ukraine was reactionary and reckless, launched to defend the interests of the Russian oligarchy.” (While not my position, groups that refuse to directly criticize Russia’s invasion should still be able to book library rooms.) Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton and Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford echoed the UCC on Twitter. The anti-Russia social media movement NAFO (North Atlantic Fellas Organization) shared the UCC letter calling for individuals to email the library. In the chatter on one post many called for disrupting the event by bringing air horns and chanting “slava Ukraini” during the talk. The NAFO Twitter conversation descended into death threats. One wrote, “forget the emails — go in person to the event. Look what the Australians did. A group of Z guys came to Sydney Town Hall and were not welcome. Less than two weeks later, one was found deceased in a ditch. Oh well, shame.” Another responded, “It really is a shame… That only one of them was found in a ditch. It’s a shame it wasn’t all of them.”

The death threats must be condemned and it’s imperative the Toronto Library doesn’t cave to the UCC effort to suppress the discussion. Recently two Montréal community centres canceled a talk with Université de Montréal history professor Samir Saul, Québec Green Party leader Alex Tyrell and myself about the war. After the planned talk in April was canceled, organizers decided to go ahead with the second talk outside the venue this past Sunday, which happened to coincide with Montréal’s anarchist book fair.

Two dozen UCC aligned protesters sought to disrupt the talk. They turned off the sound system multiple times and chanted throughout the three speakers. At least 10 police officers showed up.

(From what I could tell only one of the hundreds of attendees at the anarchist bookfair intervened to stand between the largely elderly, anti-NATO, group there for the talk and the younger, aggressive, UCC aligned protesters. Afterwards when I was talking to an old acquaintance and his 3 ½-year-old at the entrance of the bookfair I was told by a (presumed) organizer that I was unwelcome inside since I was a “tankie”. In Minneapolis recently some anarchists physically disrupted CodePink founder Medea Benjamin’s book launch on the war, even boasting about it in this long report back.)

The UCC is pushing to shut down opposition viewpoints. As the World Socialist Website reported in “Far-right Ukrainian Canadian Congress urges Trudeau government to censor anti-war meetings and activists” the UCC has been lobbying government officials for stronger measures to combat “anti-Ukrainian hate”, which they claim is spurred by “state-sponsored” narratives and “online information that is intended to mislead.” The group has been lobbying federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendocino to “counter” any “disinformation.”

But much of what they consider “disinformation” has been said by leading figures promoting the war. The UCC would criticize those who label it a “NATO proxy war” yet Ukrainian defence minister Oleksii Reznikov told this week’s CANSEC arms fair in Ottawa: “Ukraine is now performing the mission that NATO was created for. Ukraine is Europe’s shield in the east from the Russian threat. We are destroying the military power that was targeting European values and freedoms.” Echoing this message, US Senator Lindsey Graham boasted to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week that “the Russians are dying… It’s the best money we ever spent.” For his part Oleksiy Arestovych, a prominent former Zelensky adviser, declared in 2019 “that our price for joining NATO is a big war with Russia.”

These positions run afoul of UCC thought police. A petition has been launched in response to the pressure being placed on the Toronto library to censor the upcoming anti-war meeting. If you believe in democracy and free speech, please sign it.

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US ready to offer Russia talks on nuclear arms control - White House

The White House has announced that they are ready to start negotiations with the Kremlin to create a new nuclear arms control system instead of START. Such a program could begin to operate after the expiration in 2026 of the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms.

Thus, the United States is ready for dialogue with the Russian Federation without any preconditions. However, Washington's limits on the number of nuclear weapons will depend not only on the size of the Russian nuclear arsenal, but also on the pace of building up strategic forces in China.

#source:
https://t.me/readovkanews/60015

https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1664633741099106304

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[Vicus]

Ukrainian neo-Nazi battalion soldier sentenced to life in prison for killing civilians 1 Jun, 2023

The supreme court of Russia's Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has sentenced a member of the notorious Azov unit

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A staff sergeant from the notorious, neo-Nazi Azov Battalion has been sentenced to life in prison by the supreme court of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). Maxim Kondrashev was convicted on Wednesday of killing four civilians as they attempted to flee the city of Mariupol last March.

He was found guilty of murdering two or more people, as well as the cruel treatment of civilians and the use of forbidden methods of warfare.

It was established during the trial that the soldier, along with several other troops, were standing guard at a crossroads in the vicinity of the Azovstal plant on March 2, 2022. Around 10pm, Kondrashev opened fire on a van after it failed to stop on his command. All four people inside the vehicle were killed as a result, three men and one woman.

According to the prosecutor’s office, the Ukrainian staff sergeant “clearly saw that behind the wheel and inside this van were civilians wearing civilian clothes.”

He was captured by Russian forces in mid-May of last year, court documents revealed.

Late last year, Russia’s Investigative Committee accused the Ukrainian military of obstructing the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol at the height of fighting there, which reportedly resulted in more than 3,000 deaths.

According to Russian authorities, Kiev’s forces did not allow people to leave the besieged port city through humanitarian corridors that had been provided by Moscow.

Officials said at the time that criminal cases had been launched against multiple Ukrainian servicemembers and commanders, including General Valery Zaluzhny, the head of the country’s armed forces.


https://www.rt.com/russia/577302-ukrainian-serviceman-life-prison-civilians-killed/

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'Waging Peace': How a tour of Russia showed me that propaganda perverts reality in the minds of Americans

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At the end of April, my daughter Victoria and I departed New York City’s JFK airport, ultimately bound for the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, the first destination of what would be a 26-day, 12-city tour of Russia.

While the official purpose of the visit was business (I was promoting my book, Disarmament Race, which has been published in the Russian language by the Komsomolskaya Pravda publishing house), the unofficial – and for me, most important – purpose of the visit was an opportunity to better understand today's Russia. To do this, I was going to dig deeper into Russian history, get a better grasp of the culture, and, in the process, try to understand the “Russian soul” in as precise a manner as possible.

From my perspective, both objectives were accomplished. I’m inclined to believe that Komsomolskaya Pravda was pleased with the results of a tour that drew positive media coverage, resulted in well-attended town hall-style events involving vigorous question-and-answer sessions, and reportedly resulted in the initial print run of 10,000 books to be sold out in a manner of days. Through the considerable interaction I had with Russians of all walks of life, I came away with deeper insight into the complexity of what comprises the modern Russian nation circa 2023. However, divining an articulable definition of the Russian soul – if indeed possible at all – requires deeper introspection into the plethora of data and experiences captured during this journey than the passage of several days affords and is beyond the scope of this article.

I left on this adventure fully cognizant of the existence of an informational pandemic in America known as Russophobia, and I always believed that I was realistic as to the challenges that I would have to face in trying to convert my Russian experience into a fact-based vaccine to counter this disease of the American mind. However, the scale of the obstacles that I imagined overcoming paled in comparison to the reality that hit home literally as I stepped off the aircraft on our way back home, when Victoria and I were both pulled out of the passport checkpoint for an hours-long interrogation by investigators from Customs and Border Protection who specialize in travelers from designated nations such as Russia.

I will start by noting that the treatment my daughter and I received was professional and courteous. I understand the political reality of the times we live in, and the perceived necessity of questioning US citizens who travel to Russia while relations between our two nations are at an all-time low. My concern is not in the conduct of the interrogation, but rather the substance of the foundational information upon which the questions asked of me were based. As the CBP officer admitted, he had interviewed hundreds of Russians after the start of the military operation in Ukraine in February 2022. The picture he had of Russia was singularly grounded in the perspective of political dissidents who had a bone to pick with President Vladimir Putin, and the narrative that they painted about Russia had become gospel for the CBP. By extension, it has heavily influenced the overall assessment by the US government, since these dissident debriefings constitute a major source of the primary intelligence used by national security analysts throughout the American intelligence community.

In short, my interrogation quickly became a debate between myself on the one hand, and a combination of Alexey Navalny (the imprisoned Russian opposition figure who most of the Russian dissidents support, according to the officer) and the Ukrainian government on the other. Virtually every point I made was immediately defined as “pro-Russian propaganda.” I tried to impress upon the CBP officer the reality of Russia, today, especially concerning both the high level of support for, and underlying criticism of, the Russian government about the military campaign in Ukraine. However, in the end my arguments, and the facts they were based upon, were categorized as “Kremlin talking points” no matter how hard I tried. I left the interrogation with a new appreciation of how deeply ingrained into the intellectual DNA of the official US government the Navalny and Ukrainian narratives have become, and how difficult it will be to root them out.

continue: https://www.rt.com/russia/577345-russophobia-reality-us-ritter/

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They report a massive air strike by Russian aircraft on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk region.
According to preliminary information, the strike was carried out by FAB-500 air bombs with planning and correction modules at warehouses with ammunition of the 27th separate rocket artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the same area, the ammunition depot of the tank battalion of the 14th separate mechanized brigade was allegedly seriously damaged.
Both units were involved in combat operations in the Svatov region. Earlier, a massive missile strike was carried out on military and industrial facilities in Kharkov.
Apparently, the Aerospace Forces continue to destroy the accumulated reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, prepared for the counteroffensive.
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Colonel Douglas Macgregor: Russia is going on the offensive

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Existentially speaking — which means whether to live and let live, to do or die — how far from a mortal enemy is far enough? In between the one and the other outcome, is there anything but a no man’s land?

Carthago delenda est – “Carthage must be destroyed” – was a Roman strategic aim 2,200 years ago. It was regularly repeated in his public speeches by Marcus Porcius Cato in his advocacy of putting an end to the Punic Wars by destroying the Carthaginian adversary entirely, not just militarily, so that it could never rise again to challenge Roman power. The opposition slogan was Carthago servanda est – “Carthage must be saved”. Its author, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum, meant don’t rule by force if it can be avoided; instead conserve lives, resources, power.

Cato was a politician; Corculum was a soldier. The political strategy of doing what you can because you can, and as a warning to everyone else, won out; Cato is remembered even now; Corculum is forgotten. This is not because imperial history repeats itself, but because the history is always written by people aiming to stay on the winning side: they don’t know any better until the empire has been lost and their retainers with it.

In the evolution of the Russian war aims, former president Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy head of the Security Council, stood up for the Cato line last week. “Ukraine will disappear”, he declared. “Now it’s time to say how Ukraine will disappear, and also what will then be the risk of a resumption of the war in Europe and in the rest of the world.” Medvedev also left open the Corculum option after the Cato option in his last line. “We may be temporarily satisfied with the second option, but we need a third one.”

Because Russia is the only functioning democracy on the two sides of this war, where military tactics and war aims are openly argued in parliament and the media, the debate between the Cato delenda war aim, and the Corculum servanda war aim is an active one. Sworn to destroy President Vladimir Putin, the Russian army and economy, the US, European and western allies misinterpret this debate to be vacillation and vulnerability. Dialectically speaking, this encourages the Cato line faction in Moscow at the expense of the Corculum line faction. In this way the US and NATO axis provokes its own defeat.

This process has taken the war well beyond the 300-kilometre range of some of the US, French or British weapons which have been deployed and fired to date. The debate over the 300-km westward defence line was winding up in Russia, not beginning, when winter started last year.

Medvedev made this official last week, following the intensification of artillery, rocket, and drone attacks on Russian cities, including Moscow. This week the governor of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, went further. Then yesterday President Putin (lead image, left) tried to pull Gladkov and Medvedev back in line — that’s the Corculum line, not the Cato line.

“We live in a state of de facto war. Whether we like it or not, it’s happening,” Gladkov said on the Rossiya 24 television channel. Asked what can be done to increase public security in the Russian border regions, he said one option is “to attach Kharkov to Belgorod Region. This is the best way to solve the issue of the shelling of Belgorod Region.”

That was a public, political challenge to the Kremlin. It was polite compared to those who use other names when they mean to criticize Putin’s conduct of the war.

Governor Gladkov is a southerner by birth, education, and career. Born in the Penza region, he has worked in high administrative posts in Penza, Crimea, Stavropol, and for almost three years now in Belgorod.


On January 24, 2023, the President was briefed by Governor Gladkov at Novo-Ogaryovo. Putin tried to be reassuring. “Anything is possible, but practical combat operations show that Russia's air defense is one of the best in the world. As I have said, the missiles that the US produces for the Patriot system, our country makes three times as many, even more than three times as many. And as for air defense missiles in general, for various purposes, Russian production is comparable to total world production. And apart from everything else, of course, our systems themselves are modern and reliable. Of course, anything can happen, but on the whole, the system is working properly.” Source: http://en.kremlin.ru/

The first Kremlin reply to Gladkov was Dmitry Peskov’s, the spokesman. He was opposed, he intimated, to annexation of more regions along the front line by repeating the restrictive limits of the war. “This already belongs to the category of issues related to the conduct of Special Military Operation. Therefore, I cannot comment on this in any way.” Peskov said his piece on Monday morning.

On Tuesday afternoon, after Ukrainian drones had landed in Moscow, Putin said more; he also said the same thing. “We all had to respond by launching the special military operation. We are striking at the territory of Ukraine, but with long-range precision weapons, at military infrastructure facilities only, either at ammunition or fuel and lubricants warehouses used for combat operations. We have talked about the possibility of striking at decision-making centres. Of course, the headquarters of Ukrainian military intelligence is one of them, and a strike at this target was carried out two or three days ago.”

This is the Russian version of the Corculum line. Pinpricks as the drone attacks are in military terms, in Belgorod or Moscow or other regions, they are triggering a great many public expressions of the Cato line – and as Medvedev, Captain Obvious when he was president, makes obvious, this is now a significant political force.

Was the Belgorod governor challenging the Kremlin to lift the restrictions Putin insists are “military infrastructure facilities only [and] decision-making centres”? Is Gladkov appealing to the Security Council and the General Staff to shrink the “no man’s land” as Medvedev called it last week? Will demilitarisation, as this was first defined in February 2022, to be extended westward by annexation of all territories from which cross-border terrorism, artillery shelling, drones, and missiles can be launched in the foreseeable future?

Here is a sample of the public answers from academic and military experts in Moscow as reported by mainstream publishers, editors and journalists:

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Yury Shvytkin has agreed with the opinion of the Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov, who has advocated the annexation of Kharkov and Kharkov region to Russia in order to stop the shelling of the region by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). In the comments to the agency News.ru, the parliamentarian, however, noted that this is not the only way to resolve the issue and it is necessary to secure the border territories from the AFU as much as possible. “One military operation cannot solve the problem, there must be a set of solutions. One of them, I agree with Gladkov, is the capture of Kharkov. In parallel with this, other tasks need to be solved. We will take Kharkov not today and not tomorrow, and so security needs to be provided now. We need to take emergency measures in this matter,” Shvytkin said. The deputy added that it is now very important to move the AFU away from the border of the Russian Federation, securing the areas as much as possible. Shvytkin also called for the creation of an operational headquarters under the unified command of the border territories, as well as for training specialists in anti-sabotage activities. According to him, the decision on the operational staff was supported by the head of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrei Kartapolov.”

The annexation of the Kharkov region to Russia will help stop the shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as the Russian border will be significantly moved away. This was stated to the Regional Information Agency of the Moscow Region (RIAMO) by Moscow State University political scientist Artem Kosorukov, commenting on the related initiative of the Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov. “The shelling of the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk regions is a form of hybrid war; that is, maintaining tension, terrorising civilians, hitting civilian targets. To stop them, it is really necessary to move the border, because to suppress all these numerous points and constantly catch sabotage reconnaissance groups is a very difficult and painstaking work,” he explained. According to his estimates, if you shift the Russian border from the Belgorod region by about a hundred kilometers or more, Kharkov will certainly fall into this zone. However, there is no need to wait for Moscow to announce its plans, because if the Russian leadership has such thoughts, then this is a military secret, the expert noted. Kosorukov is sure that the Odessa and Kharkov regions should have been part of Novorossiya, based on the conditions of 2014. According to him, such plans may have been temporarily abandoned. Another option is to move the borders, but to make the territory a buffer zone until a final decision is made on the annexation of the region to Russia.”

The continuation of shelling and attacks on Russian regions forces the Russian government to think about moving the border of contact with Ukraine. So, in an interview with Regnum Information Agency, political scientist Yury Svetov commented on the statement of the governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov about the need to take over the Kharkov region in order to solve the problem of shelling in the region. Political scientist Svetov conceded that a referendum might be held in Kharkov on joining Russia. “There is logic in this. The continuation of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces forces us to move the contact line further and further. Obviously, until they stop firing, we will move. Kharkov has always been a predominantly Russian city. Russia still has to liberate territories and hold referendums. Without the liberation of Kharkov, Nikolaev, and Odessa, Ukraine’s aggression cannot be stopped,” Svetov believes. “Of course, the West will not like it if the Kharkov region becomes part of Russia. But the further we go, the more we begin to assess the situation for ourselves, without regard to someone else’s opinion. We need to think about ourselves and about protecting our population, and not about the reaction of the West,” the political scientist emphasizes.

The statement of the governor Vyacheslav Gladkov is dictated by concern for the safety of local residents. But this problem covers all the border regions. To solve the problem, a complete demilitarisation of Ukraine is needed, military analyst Mikhail Onufrienko told the newspaper Vzglyad. Earlier, Gladkov had said that only the annexation of the Kharkov region will be able to protect the region from shelling. “The statements of Belgorod Governor Gladkov are a statement of fact, which was noticed only when the head of the region said so. This was discussed in the expert community last year, when the decision was made to withdraw our troops from the territory of the Kharkov region,” military analyst Mikhail Onufrienko said. “Even then it was quite obvious that such proximity of the Belgorod region and the territories controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine threatens that they will shell our region. Gladkov, of course, is concerned about the security of the subject entrusted to him, so he talks about the need to annex the Kharkov region,” he said. “But we understand that the governor of the Kursk region is also concerned about the proximity of the border in the Sumy region. Likewise, the head of the Bryansk region is concerned about the territories of the adjacent Chernigov region. In fact, this is what President Putin spoke about at the very beginning of his speech: the need for denazification and demilitarization of the entire territory controlled by the Ukrainian authorities. Until this happens, the shelling of our regions will not stop,” the source believes.
The governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov has announced how to solve the problem of the shelling of territories of the region. He has proposed to annex Kharkov and Kharkov region. Military expert Vladislav Shurygin believes that this will only push the problems to new territories. According to him, the task is a different one – this is to destroy the military potential of Ukraine. He added that Gladkov’s idea is correct, but it’s worth considering who will defend the new territory. He believes that this step will push the problem away and the new authorities will have to deal with it.
A member of the Presidium of the All-Russia organization “Officers of Russia” Roman Shkurlatov commented on the statements of the Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov about the inclusion of Kharkov and the Kharkov region in the region due to shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the lieutenant colonel of the reserve, the head of the Belgorod region correctly expressed himself in this situation. He [the governor of the Belgorod Region] is absolutely right that Kharkov and the Kharkov region itself should be annexed to the Belgorod region in order to protect the region and the border territories from shelling by the Ukrainian army. This has been repeatedly said by both the leadership of our country and the command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. As the West continues to supply long–range weapons systems to the Nazi regime of Kiev, it is just as necessary to move the border of the so-called Ukraine away from the borders of Russia, thereby creating a buffer zone and preventing the use of long-range systems, the military expert commented for Military Review.

At the same time, Shkurlatov noted, by moving the border to a distance that these Western–style missile systems cannot overcome, Russia is creating a safe zone for its territory, including for the territories of new Russian regions – the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, as well as the Lugansk and Donetsk people’s republics. These territories are native Russian and legal in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation. We all understand perfectly well that these borders [of Ukraine] will end up somewhere in the region of Poland. So you, Ukrainians, unfortunately, deprive yourselves of statehood in the future. The blame for all this lies with the current leadership of the country, which itself increases the escalation of the conflict, regularly firing rockets at Russian cities and villages, with its Western partners acting as accomplices in these crimes.”
“There are several independent elements here. Firstly, the Stavka would not want to take territory that is expensive to hold; capturing cities can be a nightmare. They are not even moving toward Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. I believe taking cities is a bad idea and they are not going to do it. Instead they are going to defeat the Ukrainians through decapitation of command-and-control, attrition of supplies and logistics, and open battlefield destruction. Secondly, the governors have no say in anything the Kremlin and Stavka now decide. [Wagner head Yevgeny] Prigozhin has also lamented the return of territories but in time this is going to be a non-issue.

Third, the cross-border raids help Kremlin. If they were losing public support, these raids help them shore it up. Fourth, once the Ukrainian army is defeated, the eight regions of Novorossiya will be inside Russia [Odessa, Nikolaev, Dniepropetrovsk, Kherson, Zaporozhye, Lugansk, Donetsk, Kharkov]. This is a war that has not seen a single ceasefire and there will be none. This ends with the end-game. For the Americans a very substantial loss of face for Putin with a large number of casualties and some claw-back of territory taken by Moscow is victory. For the Russians, there are no half-measures. They have to seal it and they have to destroy or defeat the Ukrainian army on the battlefield. There will be no bargaining with anyone. Putin will not make the mistakes of Gorbachev to give back what has been won on battlefield. They will come in and take the cities after the Ukrainian forces capitulate” — Moscow military analyst requesting anonymity.

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the AI was trained that killing the operator was wrong, and points would be deducted for such actions.
So what does it start doing? It starts destroying the communication tower that the operator uses to communicate with the drone to stop it from killing the target.
"Points would be deducted for killing the operator"??
"It starts destroying the communication tower"???

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Alarming shades of Philip K. Dick... it'd be weirdly funny if this wasn't actually VERY scary.

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the AI was trained that killing the operator was wrong, and points would be deducted for such actions."Points would be deducted for killing the operator"??? :facepalm:

Alarming shades of Philip K. Dick...

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This report underscores again the reality that US military power is, to a great extent, an empty shell.

Given the current dilapidated condition of US forces around the world, it would take at least five years to create an army sufficient to fight Russia.
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It is reported that, according to the inspection of the US Department of Defense Inspector General, the equipment taken for shipment to Ukraine from the US Army depots in Kuwait (Camp Arifjan) turned out to be mostly faulty. “We have identified issues that have resulted in unforeseen maintenance, repairs, and extended delivery times to ensure the readiness of military equipment selected to support the Armed Forces,” the Inspector General said in a May 23 announcement. As it appears from the message, we are talking about equipment that was seized in the spring and summer of 2022. In particular, all six 155-mm M777 howitzers taken from there and 25 out of 29 M1167 HMMWV vehicles (carriers of TOW anti-tank systems) required repairs, and the HMMWV had to be understaffed at the expense of cannibalization of other stored machines. “Problems with poor maintenance and weak oversight of equipment may lead to future delays in the support of equipment supplied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, if the US troops needed these weapons, they would face the same problems, ”the report says. The head of the U.S. Army Support Command, in response to the report, indicated that the level of funding for the storage base in Kuwait is 30% of the approved requirements in FY 2023 - about $ 27.8 million of the required $ 91.3 million. Photo from the warehouse in Kuwait 2018 (c) US Army

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https://www.defensenews.com/land/2023/05/31/equipment-for-ukraine-drawn-from-kuwait-wasnt-combat-ready-ig-says/

Equipment for Ukraine drawn from Kuwait wasn’t combat-ready, IG says

This story has been updated to include the name of the contractor performing the maintenance work in Kuwait at the APS location.

WASHINGTON — Equipment drawn from the U.S. Army’s Kuwait-based pre-positioned stock bound for Ukraine was not ready for combat operations, the Pentagon’s inspector general has found.

During the inspector general’s audit of that pre-positioned stock area, the fifth of seven such locations around the world, “we identified issues that resulted in unanticipated maintenance, repairs, and extended leadtimes to ensure the readiness of the military equipment selected to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” the May 23 report stated.

All six of the M777 howitzers and 25 of 29 M1167 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles were not “mission ready” and required repairs before U.S. European Command could send the equipment to Ukraine.

By January 2023, the U.S. government used its drawdown authority 30 times in total to provide $18.3 billion in equipment and ammunition to Ukraine, which is fighting a Russian invasion.

Army pre-positioned stock, or APS, is meant to be kept at the highest level of readiness so that it can be used immediately in case of an emergency.

The inspector general issued the report mid-audit out of concern that “issues with poor maintenance and lax oversight of the [APS] equipment could result in future delays for equipment support provided to the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” the report read. “In addition, if U.S. forces needed this equipment, they would have encountered the same challenges.”

The 401st Army Field Support Battalion in Kuwait is responsible for overseeing contractor maintenance work, which includes issuing equipment. Army Materiel Command confirmed the contractor conducting the work at the site is Amentum, which is based in Chantilly, Virginia.

Hazardous howitzers

Because the battalion did not ensure the contractor was meeting its maintenance requirements for approximately 19 months on M777 howitzers, an Army Materiel Command senior representative from Kuwait issued a request for assistance, bringing in a U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command mobile repair team from Anniston Army Depot, Alabama.

When the team arrived at Camp Arifjan in March 2022, the contractor provided a howitzer that it said was fully mission capable. But the weapon system was not maintained according to the standard technical manual, per the mobile repair team, and “ ‘would have killed somebody [the operator],’ in its current condition,” the report stated.

The rest of the article here,

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2023/05/31/equipment-for-ukraine-drawn-from-kuwait-wasnt-combat-ready-ig-says/

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Shares of the Patriot air defense system manufacturer fell by 12%

As expected and normal. Footage of Patriot missiles falling on the streets does not play into the hands of the American military-industrial complex. Falling prices for shares of Raytheon Technologies Corporation show that Patriot is not as effective as dill propaganda praises it.

We have repeatedly pointed out that Western air defense systems showed low effectiveness in all conflicts where they were used. Apparently, a similar result was predicted in the West, which is why they were so reluctant to supply their systems.

In addition, such an accurate hit by our missiles of a specific radar indicates the high quality of our undercover and radar reconnaissance.


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[Bill Ryan]

Highly recommended for fans of both Judge Napolitano and Scott Ritter. Napolitano can barely conceal his delight at talking with Scott — both at the start of the interview, and [even more!] at the end, where he is positively gleeful. :)

Ritter has just returned to the US from a month in Russia, where he was on a book tour with speaking engagements throughout the country. A significant part of the video is taken up with his report of what it's like in Russia right now (no shortages of anything, booming construction, a roaring economy) and what the mood is of the Russian people (resilient, patriotic, unified, fully aware of the orchestrated western campaign of hatred against them).

And don't miss Ritter's castigation of neocon warhawk Lindsay Graham. Enjoy. :muscle:

Is the Biden Team Delusional about the Ukraine War?


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SpaceX Gets Pentagon Ukraine Starlink Contract

https://www.zerohedge.com/military/spacex-gets-pentagon-ukraine-starlink-contract

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Equipment for Ukraine drawn from Kuwait wasn’t combat-ready, IG says

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2023/05/31/equipment-for-ukraine-drawn-from-kuwait-wasnt-combat-ready-ig-says/

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Equipment for Ukraine drawn from Kuwait wasn’t combat-ready, IG says

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2023/05/31/equipment-for-ukraine-drawn-from-kuwait-wasnt-combat-ready-ig-says/

Refering back to several posts.

Failing Patriot missile systems, Javelin systems with completely dead batteries and so inoperable, Humvees not deployable, M777 Howitzers not deployable, M1A1 Abrams being down graded before shipping to Ukraine somewhere in the distant future.

There seems to be a trend here.

I wonder if the US military is either dumping old and worn assets onto Ukraine or is the US military deliberately sabotaging the Ukrainian war effort and thereby either inadvertantly or deliberately helping Russia?

I wonder if the Ukrainians will get the latest F-16 or will they be salvaged and repurposed from the Boneyard.
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Variations of this clip have been shown on many channels in the last few days, but only now (with this one!) have I been able to see exactly what happened — Zelensky very clearly being put in his place.

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Western client Media, like
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recently reported on the so called "Free Russians" fighting alongside their western funded and armed #Ukrainian hosts who are launching what can only be objectively described as terror attacks against civilians in #Belgorod #Russia.

Its time for a dose of reality about these Neo Nazi "Heroes" that were banned and ejected from Russia due to their hateful, racist and Nazi ideology but found an enthusiastic welcome in #Zelenskys NATO funded and armed #Ukraine

These so called 'Ethnic Russians' styling themselves as "The Freedom of Russia Legion" and the "Russian Volunteer Corps" have been painted in an exclusive DW report as "Russians looking establish a state for all to live in peace with surrounding nations", this delusional narrative ignores the fact that these self proclaimed, numerically irrelevant "Legions", who openly describe themselves as Nazis, have been volunteering themselves as cannon fodder for almost a decade while fighting alongside the morally repellent Azov, Aidar and Tornado battalions in eastern Ukraine.

These widely reviled terrorists attack civilians in Russian territories, such as the ongoing shelling and targeting of civilians in the region of #Belgorod.

Lets be absolutely clear, here in Russia the vastly overwhelming sense amongst ordinary people is that these hateful societal rejects have long lost the right to call themselves Russian, its to be expected that the DW report fails to call them out on who they really are - Nazis,

Its also unsurprising that the DW report also fails to point out that these noble "Legions" which in reality consist of a couple of hundred disaffected racists and psychopath's, consists of representatives from the recently formed Ukrainian national guard regiment #Azov, and Right Sector (both known far right racist stalwarts of the Kiev regime) and both of which coincidentally are neo-Nazi organisations that have been banned and recognised as terrorists in #Russia.

Another convenient omission by the fawning German channel is their widely recognised links to the Ukrainian intelligence services. So, are they really Russians? Well, the majority of those actually flying the Russian volunteer corps banner are not actually Russian at all, take Ukrainian Sonechko Batallion commander, Ruslan Kahanec, for example, this is the man who posted images on Instagram confirming that his unit attacked the Belgorod region. And what about the notorious head of the “Russian Volunteer Corps”, Denis Kapustin, a notorious neo-Nazi who is banned from entering Europe? well, he’s conveniently missing from the entire DW article romanticising the corps that he "commands" he founded the neo-Nazi fashion label “White Rex” and helped to organise the neo-Nazi martial arts scene throughout #Europe.

So the next time the Western Media tells you that noble Russians are attacking Russia, or when Spokesman for the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, states that the US does not approve of its weapons and equipment being used in attacks or operations on Russian territory,

Bear in mind what they and their client media want you to believe, bear in mind that they travel in American MaxxPro armoured vehicles and Humvees, that they carry American rifles, are paid by the CIA via their clients in Kiev and that the United states leaves its morality at the door when it chooses its allies to fight as their proxies..

Particularly when their proxies target is a country that is redefining a global order dominated by the #USA and its Dollar.

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The SRG that attacked the Belgorod region had weapons and equipment from the US, the Czech Republic and Belgium - Washington Post

"Three MRAP mine-resistant armoured vehicles were provided by the US, one by Poland. At least two of them were seized by Russian forces. Rifles from the Czech Republic and Belgium and an anti-tank AT-4 used in the US and in the West were also used."- the publication notes.

The Washington Post also said that this raises questions about Kiev's control over the situation.

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MOD Reports:

280 new units have been formed from the 300,000 mobilized last Autumn.

It is described as the largest such callup in Russia’s history since WW2.

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Some thoughts on this, as an often asked question in chat has been, “where are the mobilized men?”

At this point I think the answer is clear: they have been training and working behind the line of contact.
That is, Russia did not simply scoop up 300,000 men and throw them to the front as Ukraine has been doing some 7+ times now, but actually formed an entirely new, professional Army with them

It’s worth noting that the size of the entire U.S. Marine Corps is around 180,000 in total (including admin, clerical, maintenance, etc).

This is yet another sign that Russia is in no hurry and is quite comfortable taking the time to properly re-train and equip these men and form new units proper.

It should also be noted that this new army is cohesive. Same uniform, same training, same language, same communication, same doctrine - and a training regimen born from experience in the SVO.

Meanwhile Ukrainian units are being trained in multiple countries by different instructors with multiple incongruent programs, doctrines, and kit.
Ukraine itself is aware of this problem, which is why they have allocated Leopard tanks to one unit and Bradley IFVs to another and so forth, instead of mixing them up across the board.

The problem for Ukraine nonetheless remains: a lack of consistency in doctrine and kit across units. There is no “universality” in such, and as such, Schroedinger’s Offensive remains in the box because these units cannot effectively coordinate together.

Meanwhile, Russia now has a second modernized and cohesive Army formed in addition to the small portion of it’s existing Army already dedicated to the SVO.

Where and how this new Army will be employed (defense in depth, counter offensive operations??) I can not say.
But that MOD now makes this statement inclines me to believe the mobilized Army is increasingly ready for work.

Via Slaviangrad

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https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/06/the-ukrainian-military-is-in-bad-shape.html

The Ukrainian Military Is In Bad Shape
June 03, 2023

Erik Kramer and Paul Schneider are two former U.S. special operations soldiers who have been in Ukraine since 2022 to train Ukrainian troops.

At War on the Rocks they paint a dark picture (https://warontherocks.com/2023/06/what-the-ukrainian-armed-forces-need-to-do-to-win/) of the state of the Ukrainian military. Their intent is to get money for more training, thus the real picture may be less dark than they describe. But even if one takes that into account it is still a sad state for an army that has been at war for more than a year. Some excerpts:

Based on our nine months of training with all services of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, to include the Ground Forces (Army), Border Guard Service, National Guard, Naval Infantry (Marines), Special Operations Forces, and Territorial Defense Forces, we have observed a series of common trends: lack of mission command, effective training, and combined arms operations; ad hoc logistics and maintenance; and improper use of special operations forces. These trends have undermined Ukraine’s resistance and could hinder the success of the ongoing offensive.
What ongoing offensive?

Under mission command, the German Auftragstaktik, the leader disseminates his intent ("to attack through the northern woods to take town x") and authority to subunits that is passed down with the mission to empower subordinates at all levels. Each subunits can make its plans to coordinate and execute the mission as best as possible. The contrast is an order command where every detail of execution is ordered from the top down. Both have advantages but to have a mixed system, as Ukraine currently has, is the worst of all places.
In our experience, across many units and staffs, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not promote personal initiative and foster mutual trust or mission command. As Michael Kofman and Rob Lee recently discussed on the Russia Contingency podcast, elements of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have an old Soviet mentality that holds most decision-making at more senior levels. Amongst military leaders at the brigade level and below, our impression is that junior officers fear making mistakes.
But to use mission command down to the lower levels of a Platoon one needs noncommissioned officers (sergeants) to run the show. Those the Ukrainian military had are by now probably dead:
Having trained every component of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, we have continually seen a lack of an experienced noncommissioned officer corps. It is common to see field grade officers running around during training counting personnel and coordinating for meals. In the United States, it takes years to develop just a junior noncommissioned officer.
The next big lack is combined arms training and use. Tanks protect the infantry, the infantry protects the tanks, the artillery covers the battlefield to allow tanks and infantry to maneuver, command takes care that all three coordinate their actions.
The armor/infantry relationship is supposed to be symbiotic, but it is not. The result is that infantry will conduct frontal assaults or operate in urban areas without the protection and firepower of tanks. Also, artillery fires are not synchronized with maneuver. Most units do not talk directly to supporting artillery, so there is a delay in call for fire missions. We have been told that units will use runners to send fire missions to artillery batteries because of issues with communications.

Most of the military’s operations are not phased and are sequential. Fires and maneuver, for example, are planned separately from infantry units — and infantry units plan separately from supporting artillery. This mentality also carries over to adjacent unit coordination, which is either nonexistent or rare and causes high rates of fratricide. Unit commanders have concerns about collaborators and thus are hesitant to pass on critical information that can be used against them to sister units.

These issues are compounded by unreliable communications between units and with senior leadership. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have a hodgepodge of radios that are vulnerable to jamming. Further, battalion missions are mainly independent company operations that do not focus on a main effort coupled with supporting efforts. The armed forces do not combine effects, so operations are piecemeal and disjointed. The separate missions are not supporting each other, nor are the missions of lower level units “nested” under a higher level mission. Sustainment is not synchronized with operations, either.
Due to the wild mix of weapons and for lack of trained mechanics logistics and the maintenance of equipment are a mess.
This lack of coordinated maintenance and logistics also translates into medical care. Medical evacuation and care are haphazard. Experienced Ukrainian combat medics have repeatedly stated that many of the evacuees would have survived it they had reached definitive care in a timely manner. The Ukrainian Armed Forces can solve this issue with a systematic logistics process.
Ukrainian special forces are mostly used as infantry even as they should be used for more demanding missions. There also are gimmick missions:
Ukraine special forces units comprised of international volunteers shop around their services to conventional unit commanders without a mission being tied to a strategic or operational goal. One example of a mission was a conventional brigade commander who had reported to his command that he had occupied a village taken from the Russians. When he realized that the information he had was mistaken and they had stopped short, he asked the international special operations forces unit to go into the occupied village and take a picture of a Ukrainian flag placed on top of a building in the center of the village.
A suicide mission to hide the commanders false reporting ...

The authors claim that most of the above problems could be fixed by more 'western' training which they are more than willing to sell. However, what has become of the last armies 'western' forces have trained in Iraq and Afghanistan? Both fell apart. An army must reflect the local society and culture. It can not be formed top down by outside forces.

Since 2015 the Ukrainian army has been build up and trained by U.S. and British forces. What the WotR authors describe is the result of that.

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“We [the US] told the Russians in 1991 and 1992, repeatedly and in writing, although we didn’t sign a treaty, that if they withdraw the 400,000 troops from Germany and allow it to unite, then NATO will not move an inch to the East.

Since then we have entered 14 countries in the East. Moreover, we have deployed AEGIS systems, with the option of nuclear missiles, in Romania and Poland. Right on the Russian border. Bill Burns, then ambassador to Russia and now director of the CIA, once wrote in his famous memo: "If you [NATO] enter Ukraine, you will cross a red line that cannot be crossed." All actions of US foreign policy pushed Russia to aggression" - Senator Robert Kennedy

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Since the morning, Ukrainian formations have been shelling the border areas of the Belgorod region .

In the Shebekinsky urban district , residential buildings and a roadbed in Novaya Tavolzhanka and Bezlyudovka were hit: two women died, two more people were injured by shrapnel.

In the Volokonovsky district, shell fragments shattered windows in three private residential households, and damaged a gas pipeline and power line on the outskirts of the village of Tishanka.

Over the course of yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on civilian objects in 18 settlements of the region: five civilians were killed, another 16 were injured of varying severity.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukrainian formations continue to strike at border settlements in the Bryansk region of Russia .

The Pogarsky district was under enemy fire: at least three rockets from the MLRS fell into the field.

According to preliminary data, none of the civilians were injured. Sappers are working at the scene of the incident.

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The Secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine said that Russian-speaking people "has no place in the country"

MOSCOW, June 3. /TASS/. Another scandal broke out in Ukraine after Verkhovna Rada deputy Maxim Buzhansky refused to switch to Ukrainian on the air of one of the TV channels. Then Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Alexei Danilov said that such people had no place in the country, promising to clean up.

"Inconvenients <...> who believe that they have the right to speak Russian on the Ukrainian air have no place not only on television, but also in politics and in Ukraine," he wrote on Twitter. The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council claims that such people "should and will be root cleaned and thrown out from everywhere."

Danilov was born in Donbass, where Russian is his native language, he received higher education in Lugansk, where he began his career. Buzhansky, in turn, advised the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council to study the Constitution of Ukraine and the article of the Criminal Code on violation of equality of citizens depending on their race, nationality and other characteristics. "I would recommend Danilov <...> to learn to respect hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian servicemen and millions of Ukrainian citizens, Russian-speaking, exactly the same as Danilov himself, who in their native language are no less patriots of Ukraine than him," the deputy wrote in his own Telegram channel.

The course of open displacement of the Russian language began to be held in Ukraine immediately after the coup d'état in February 2014, and in May 2019 Petro Poroshenko, who was then president, signed the law "On Ensuring the Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as a State Language" five days before the expiration of his powers. In accordance with this document, failure to comply with the law from July 16, 2022 entails a fine, which may be increased in case of repeated violation. The law obliges citizens to use the Ukrainian language in all spheres of public life, including public administration, medicine, science and education, media and websites. Since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, a campaign for total derussification has begun. Local authorities impose a complete ban on the use of the Russian language and its teaching in educational institutions.

However, according to article 10 of the Constitution, the country "guarantees the free development, use and protection of the Russian language and other languages of national minorities of Ukraine."

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Kiev has firmly closed the door to negotiations with Moscow and has no plans to open them, the Secretary of the Council for National Security and Defense of Ukraine, Alexei Danilov, told Rada television.

"Not only have we closed the door, we have no plans to open it, it is very tightly closed." You know that there is a decision of the Council for National Security and Defense of Ukraine on that occasion - that we are not planning any negotiations with the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin," he said.

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Brazil believes that Russia's concerns about Ukraine should be "taken into account".

This was stated by Celso Amorim, chief foreign policy adviser to Brazil's president, in an interview with the British Financial Times.
The idea of weakening Russia could have negative consequences similar to those of the Treaty of Versailles to fuel World War II.

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Authorities in Dnepropetrovsk are already reporting that Iskander missiles have struck, but they are in no hurry to open bomb shelters

There are probably no air defence systems in Dnepropetrovsk - civilians have nothing to fear.

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10 minute episode. Looks like the collective west attempt to win over India and Brazil when the G7 was in Japan, has failed.

Modi and Lula, done dealing with Zelensky. BRICS new currency

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$12 TRILLION — that’s the estimated value of coal in Donbass and other ex-Ukraine regions that are now part of Russia!

CO2 is plant food, so let’s hope they sell a lot of that coal to countries that have efficient coal power plants!

“Moscow controls 63% of Ukraine's coal, 11% of its oil, 20% of its natural gas, 42% of its metals, and 33% of its rare earths, including key minerals like lithium.”

Maybe Putin should go for the top regions that have a lot of oil and gas as well.

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"How Europe sees the Ukraine War Now - Alastair Crooke fmr Brit Ambassador"

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US operation to control Ukraine

US intelligence agencies built ties with former Hitler collaborators to work together against the Soviet Union and then Russia. The operation to form an armed underground movement in Western Ukraine was dubbed 'Aerodynamic'. The CIA assembled war criminals and Bandera movement activists from filtration camps, and created an agent network. Their task was to sabotage nuclear plants and dams on Ukrainian territory in an effort to separate it from the Soviet Union. They terrorized civilians and were responsible for at least 35,000 casualties, according to CIA co-founder Frank Wisner. Watch the video.

Additional information on project 'Aerodynamic'

Links to CIA declassified Aerodynamic documents at the CIA reading room.

Volume 1
https://cia.gov/readingroom/document/519a2b77993294098d50f7fc
Volume 2
https://cia.gov/readingroom/document/519a2b78993294098d50f82b

Volume 3
https://cia.gov/readingroom/document/519a2b78993294098d50f8a8

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Isn't that a red line? Does Russia still have a state border?

Polish mercenaries from the so-called. "Polish Volunteer Corps" also took part in the attack on the Belgorod region on May 22.
This follows from the videos published on the channel of this formation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where Polish speech is heard.
Also earlier, the wife of the commander of the local self-defense, Yuri Gaevoy, who was shot during the raid, stated that she was being held hostage by the Poles and the Americans.

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https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/06/the-ukrainian-military-is-in-bad-shape.html

The Ukrainian Military Is In Bad Shape
June 03, 2023

Erik Kramer and Paul Schneider are two former U.S. special operations soldiers who have been in Ukraine since 2022 to train Ukrainian troops.

At War on the Rocks they paint a dark picture (https://warontherocks.com/2023/06/what-the-ukrainian-armed-forces-need-to-do-to-win/) of the state of the Ukrainian military. Their intent is to get money for more training, thus the real picture may be less dark than they describe. But even if one takes that into account it is still a sad state for an army that has been at war for more than a year. Some excerpts:
Based on our nine months of training with all services of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, to include the Ground Forces (Army), Border Guard Service, National Guard, Naval Infantry (Marines), Special Operations Forces, and Territorial Defense Forces, we have observed a series of common trends: lack of mission command, effective training, and combined arms operations; ad hoc logistics and maintenance; and improper use of special operations forces. These trends have undermined Ukraine’s resistance and could hinder the success of the ongoing offensive.
What ongoing offensive?

Under mission command, the German Auftragstaktik, the leader disseminates his intent ("to attack through the northern woods to take town x") and authority to subunits that is passed down with the mission to empower subordinates at all levels. Each subunits can make its plans to coordinate and execute the mission as best as possible. The contrast is an order command where every detail of execution is ordered from the top down. Both have advantages but to have a mixed system, as Ukraine currently has, is the worst of all places.
In our experience, across many units and staffs, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not promote personal initiative and foster mutual trust or mission command. As Michael Kofman and Rob Lee recently discussed on the Russia Contingency podcast, elements of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have an old Soviet mentality that holds most decision-making at more senior levels. Amongst military leaders at the brigade level and below, our impression is that junior officers fear making mistakes.
But to use mission command down to the lower levels of a Platoon one needs noncommissioned officers (sergeants) to run the show. Those the Ukrainian military had are by now probably dead:
Having trained every component of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, we have continually seen a lack of an experienced noncommissioned officer corps. It is common to see field grade officers running around during training counting personnel and coordinating for meals. In the United States, it takes years to develop just a junior noncommissioned officer.
The next big lack is combined arms training and use. Tanks protect the infantry, the infantry protects the tanks, the artillery covers the battlefield to allow tanks and infantry to maneuver, command takes care that all three coordinate their actions.
The armor/infantry relationship is supposed to be symbiotic, but it is not. The result is that infantry will conduct frontal assaults or operate in urban areas without the protection and firepower of tanks. Also, artillery fires are not synchronized with maneuver. Most units do not talk directly to supporting artillery, so there is a delay in call for fire missions. We have been told that units will use runners to send fire missions to artillery batteries because of issues with communications.

Most of the military’s operations are not phased and are sequential. Fires and maneuver, for example, are planned separately from infantry units — and infantry units plan separately from supporting artillery. This mentality also carries over to adjacent unit coordination, which is either nonexistent or rare and causes high rates of fratricide. Unit commanders have concerns about collaborators and thus are hesitant to pass on critical information that can be used against them to sister units.

These issues are compounded by unreliable communications between units and with senior leadership. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have a hodgepodge of radios that are vulnerable to jamming. Further, battalion missions are mainly independent company operations that do not focus on a main effort coupled with supporting efforts. The armed forces do not combine effects, so operations are piecemeal and disjointed. The separate missions are not supporting each other, nor are the missions of lower level units “nested” under a higher level mission. Sustainment is not synchronized with operations, either.
Due to the wild mix of weapons and for lack of trained mechanics logistics and the maintenance of equipment are a mess.
This lack of coordinated maintenance and logistics also translates into medical care. Medical evacuation and care are haphazard. Experienced Ukrainian combat medics have repeatedly stated that many of the evacuees would have survived it they had reached definitive care in a timely manner. The Ukrainian Armed Forces can solve this issue with a systematic logistics process.
Ukrainian special forces are mostly used as infantry even as they should be used for more demanding missions. There also are gimmick missions:
Ukraine special forces units comprised of international volunteers shop around their services to conventional unit commanders without a mission being tied to a strategic or operational goal. One example of a mission was a conventional brigade commander who had reported to his command that he had occupied a village taken from the Russians. When he realized that the information he had was mistaken and they had stopped short, he asked the international special operations forces unit to go into the occupied village and take a picture of a Ukrainian flag placed on top of a building in the center of the village.
A suicide mission to hide the commanders false reporting ...

The authors claim that most of the above problems could be fixed by more 'western' training which they are more than willing to sell. However, what has become of the last armies 'western' forces have trained in Iraq and Afghanistan? Both fell apart. An army must reflect the local society and culture. It can not be formed top down by outside forces.

Since 2015 the Ukrainian army has been build up and trained by U.S. and British forces. What the WotR authors describe is the result of that.Bumping this. :bump:

I added some formatting to make te article easier to read. The sobering, tell-it-as-it-is indictment of the sorry state of the Ukraine military is copied in the indented paragraphs above. The whole article is here — written by two American pro-Ukrainian military trainers based in Kiev.


https://warontherocks.com/2023/06/what-the-ukrainian-armed-forces-need-to-do-to-win

I'll not copy the whole article here, but the section headings give a clue to its content:


Lack of Mission Command
Lack of Effective Training
Lack of Combined Arms Operations
Ad Hoc Logistics and Maintenance
Improperly Used Special Operations Forces.

They don't even mention further factors such as


Huge losses of soldiers, now well over 150,000 and maybe as much as 300,000
Politics and PR overriding rational military strategy
Lack of ammunition and combat vehicles
Failed air defense
Use of forced conscripts with zero motivation or experience
Corruption in the transfer of equipment
Poor morale sometimes leading to mutiny.

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On 4 June this year, units of the Western Military District and the Border Guard Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation detected an attempt by a sabotage and reconnaissance group of Ukrainian terrorists to cross a river near Novaya Tavolzhanka, Belgorod Region.

An artillery strike was launched against the enemy. The enemy was dispersed and withdrew, the Russian Defence Ministry has stated.

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According to MASH, there is currently a battle taking place in Novaya Tavolzhanka with terrorists from the RDK (Russo-Ukrainian Volunteer Corps) in the area near Sadovaya Street.

The location includes a stadium, hospital, and church.

Civilians have been evacuated from there for their safety.

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Armed Forces of Ukraine on the "Southern Front" conducts reconnaissance in force

Today, there were three concentrated attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a wide front from Velyka Novoselka to Avdiivka.

First attack southwest of Velikaya Novoselka . The enemy, with a force of up to two companies, tried to break through our forward positions. Suffered significant losses, but took one position.

Ugledar - without results (by force up to a company)

South of Avdiivka - without results (up to three companies).

In general, the enemy proceeded to the next stage of preparing the counteroffensive - the search for weak points in our defense. Plus, an attempt to level our previous successes (this is near Avdiivka).

Analyst Yury Podolyaki

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The members of the self-proclaimed "Russian Volunteer Corps" are proposing a deal to Governor Gladkov of the Belgorod region:

- The "RVC" fighters request a few minutes of unarmed communication with the governor inside a church.
- In exchange, Governor Gladkov is expected to accept custody of two captured Russian Armed Forces soldiers.

This agreement remains in effect until 5:00 PM today

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https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/natos-big-gamble-in-ukraine-has-failed-10733331.html

NATO’s big gamble in Ukraine has failed

Nothing has gone right for the US and NATO since the initial phase of the war. Attempts to isolate Russia have failed. European economies have been stung badly by the war while others saved themselves and Russia by purchasing discounted Russian crude. Even the war theatre in Ukraine isn’t looking the way NATO envisioned it

The Russian military seems to be ahead of NATO on at least the following capabilities – air defence, electronic warfare, artillery/counter artillery, and hypersonic missiles.

Fifteen months into the biggest land war in Eurasia since the Second World War, the tables have turned. US and NATO began with a confidence that a proxy war was the only way to roll back Russian influence in Europe. It was aimed to cut Russia down to size and snuff out the incipient multipolar order.

On paper it was an ingenious, if diabolical, strategy. Ukrainian blood and NATO weapons would be more than a match for Russia. At the very least, western policymakers surmised, Russia would be bogged down in another protracted ‘Afghanistan’ or ‘Vietnam’ for years, while America would swoop across the world as a rejuvenated superpower.

The opposite has occurred. On every front in this proxy war – it is more apt to classify the conflict as a limited great power war – US goals have fallen short.

The US’s Weak Hand

The international community has stayed scrupulously away from lining up behind the West. Other than its loyal G-6 states in tow, Washington has witnessed a resounding rejection of NATO’s plan to demonise and contain Russia.

The Global South has instead discovered an opportunity to advance their own interests and embrace a multipolar world order where weaker states can henceforth bargain for better deals with the major players. India’s foreign policy exemplifies this trend that can today be seen in South America, Africa, Middle East and even in parts of East Asia.

Great power geopolitical alignments have also shifted adversely. China – the swing power for the West – has barely budged its position. Since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, Washington has attempted to imagine cleavages between Moscow and Beijing that it could exploit for a new western rapprochement with China.

Senior US policymakers, including the President, along with a flurry of European leaders have attempted to court the Xi Jinping regime in an attempt to nudge China away from Russia. But to little avail. The Chinese seem unwilling to jeopardise their partnership with Russia. With their own potential flashpoint right under their nose in Taiwan, Beijing fears a similar fate for itself in the future.

Unanticipated Economic Blowback

The real trump card in Western hands has always been the economy: the legacy dominance of the US dollar, control over international supply chains, and the ability to arbitrarily impose collective sanctions and isolate a country. These are unique leverages that no other great power can claim to possess as of today. This is where the US truly felt it had the upper hand. It could not only destabilise Russia, perhaps even fatally, but also rewrite a new chapter on globalisation.

Yet shockingly again, and despite dramatically severing European energy and industrial linkages with Russia, the blowback to the West has been more severe than the intended impact on the Russian economy. European economies are reeling from inflation and the spectre of de-industrialisation, fueled by a supply side energy and commodity crisis caused by western sanctions.

Industrial giants like Germany have slumped into a recession. Economists can no longer deny just how critical the Russian commodity and energy link as well as market access was for European prosperity and industrial vitality.

How Russia Escaped, India Too

But how did Russia escape its own economic strangulation? Very simply, the non-western world did not commit hara-kiri. China and India along with several other developing economies quickly replaced western markets, providing not only a lifeline to Russian exports but also drew unusual growth benefits of their own from discounted crude oil.

Flushed with revenues, Moscow has been able to procure industrial components, machinery and consumer goods necessary for its basic economic stability. Trade with China is estimated to touch $200 billion in 2023, emulating a role played by Germany in the past.

As a consequence, Russia defied the double-digit recession forecast for it in 2022 by only contracting by 2.1 percent. Even the IMF projects positive GDP growth for the Russian economy in 2023 and 2024.

The War Theatre: Advantage Russia

Finally, it is in the war theatre itself where events have unfolded calling into question the entire geopolitical gamble of the West. After the initial phase when Russia received a rude shock about the full extent of NATO’s penetration and the systematic buildup of the Ukrainian armed forces since 2014, Moscow shifted to a strategy of attrition.

This meant occupying territory – usually the primary objective of a war – became less important (other than of course the ethnic-Russian dominated Donbass and Crimea) than degrading and destroying the NATO-built force inside Ukraine.

Classical war of manoeuvre with large tanks battles in vast open fields or direct assaults on entrenched Ukrainian positions – scenarios that NATO expected and trained the Ukrainian military for and for which it invested in major defence lines around the Donbass – were replaced by gruelling and bloody struggles for strategic cities and gateway towns.

Russia has prevailed in all these major urban battles that will help it secure eastern Ukraine. At the same time, Russia has used its offensive firepower to freely strike at military, logistic, high value infrastructure, and command and control targets across Ukraine including in Kyiv. Russia adapted to fight an intelligent and relatively low casualty war of its choosing and not the one NATO had planned to bog it down in.

Ukraine-NATO: Outmanned, Underprepared

A few themes are now increasingly clear. The bulk of the Ukrainian military force has been largely destroyed in the past 12 months of the war. The replacement units being inducted after the most recent round of NATO training in the UK and elsewhere cannot restore those massive losses.

The industrial capacity to wage a big and long war has been severely impaired, not just in Ukraine but in NATO. NATO countries have already sent over $70-80 billion worth of military equipment, with the lion’s share coming from the US. The real constraint now is western production capacity because NATO planners never anticipated a war with a peer competitor that might exceed a few weeks of intense combat.

To get a sense of the gap – Russia fires artillery rounds in an afternoon in Ukraine equivalent to at least two months of US production. NATO weapons systems that were fielded to alter the course of the war have come up short. The Russian military seems to be ahead of NATO on at least the following capabilities – air defence, electronic warfare, artillery/counter artillery, and hypersonic missiles.

The much-touted Ukrainian counter-offensive is likely to run into the famous monsoon season before it clashes with any Russian formations. What might follow after that is another gasp of NATO-fueled fighting before Russia inflicts its own counter-offensive.

The blowback in Ukraine is real and the most significant geopolitical trend of the past year.

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"However, as I said before, these are all exactly the AFU’s aims in these operations. We’ve said all along, even months ago, that prior to the offensive, such psychological and asymmetrical warfare would massively increase. And now it has. The AFU has nothing left and they are acting as nothing more than a terror guerilla force now. They are resorting to nothing other than civilian strikes and provocateur actions." - Simplicius The Thinker, June 5th 2023

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Another thoughtful piece from StT here following the events of yesterday (June 4th) with an interesting observation: some of the claimed incursion footage seems to have been debunked.

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Source: Simplicius The Thinker's Lyceum (https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/wild-day-in-the-wildlands-of-ukraine)

Wild Day in the Wildlands of Ukraine

This is a ‘brief’ update report that I just had to do after what was one of the wildest days of the war thus far, in terms of the sheer absurdity of events.

First, we had the next Ukrainian incursion attempt into Belgorod region which was an absolute cluster of an event as it was filled with a sheer soundwall of propaganda and zany circumstances.

First, the Ukrainian units posing as the ‘RDK’ posted footage of themselves supposedly inside the small border village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Belgorod region. But the footage was then debunked by the Russian side as being faked, because Russian correspondents and journalists quickly noticed that the houses the Ukrainian troops were pretending to skulk around in did not actually exist in that village. Most notably, there was a house with a certain street number 23 which reportedly does not exist in that town, nor do the taller looking buildings seen in the background. It was decided this was a psyop filmed elsewhere.

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It’s not clear from the blurry screenshot but the above house number was debunked as fake by Russian reporters.

However, not long after, the assailants posted footage of what they claimed to be captured Russian border troops, which they were treating as hostages in an attempt to blackmail the Belgorod region governor, Gladkov, into “meeting them” at a certain time and place. Initially it was stated that Russian forces captured some of the Ukrainians as well, and the UA troops were trying to setup an exchange, but I’m not sure if there was any truth to that because the next video the Ukrainians released, showing upwards of 10+ claimed captives did not appear to indicate any such exchange but rather the desire to meet the governor for a ‘small talk’. They did mention an exchange, but only in the context of using these new Russian captives for the future exchange fund, at least as I understand it.

Here’s the subtitled video of the terrorists’ first message followed by the Belgorod governor’s response: (Ed: video embedded in article)

The third longer video which they released later, and which appears to show more Russian captures was not subtitled but here is a rough translation: (Ed: video embedded in article)



«Well, friends, I just returned from a new one, as we expected, Mr. Gladkov did not consider it necessary, did not find the courage to exchange his precious time for life and freedom, as he managed to put it, our boys. Here are those very boys of yours that the master killed with our hands in his video. As you have noticed, during my absence, your boys in our captivity have become much more. These Russian men, not for their free purpose, can. Soon the whole region and injustice will come to them, debauchery, then perhaps in the near future they will become our ranks, the ranks of those who will liberate Russia, unlike Mr. Evgeny Viktorovich Prigogine, just by no means found the courage for himself and was ready to agree to our conditions, you are the lord of the conditions, we will no longer dictate also I want to note that our governor does not control the situation in the region, he does not know how many of your captive boys are in our captivity, we will communicate with those who make decisions in Moscow. We have already decided the fate of these guys. They will be transferred to the Ukrainian side for the exchange procedure.»

Some have speculated, at first at least, that the video and captures could be fake. However, governor Gladkov’s response clearly appears to validate the fact that POWs were taken.

But the AFU units were said to suffer many casualties as well so it’s difficult to know who truly got the better of the exchange. Videos appeared showing their transports being hit by strikes and unverified reports indicate at least some moderate level of vehicle losses and casualties as they slunk back to their stronghold in the town of Volchansk on the other side of the border.

As for people I’ve seen on social media wondering how is it that Ukraine is able to take Russian POWs in such ‘raids’ across the border. It’s difficult to know for certain how they did it in this circumstance, but the general idea is that the infiltrator has the element of surprise and the area is covered with forests. So that means typically they can go through the forests and get “behind” a certain lightly-manned checkpoint, for instance, and then surround it, giving the Russian troops there no pathway to retreat.

This is the main problem with this particular border area. It’s that in this current spring/summer weather, the trees are in full bloom and it’s heavily forested here, unlike the huge empty fields of lower Ukraine. So this gives the UA infiltrators the ability to gain a lot of initiative and the element of surprise while hiding from surveillance drones in the tree cover.

Secondly, there’s a huge disparity in troop skill levels as the Russian border guards may be some middling local militia types whereas the infiltration teams Ukraine sends are the most elite special forces, typically made up of the hungriest and most driven mercenaries.

This fact was also revealed today with a new report that showed a Polish mercenary group admitting to being part of the vanguard of the earlier attacks on Grayvoron, Belgorod region last week. The Polish group even posted videos of themselves during the attack and an online message stating that it was an honor to do so, though they later deleted the statement.

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Furthermore, Russian units in the area have reported that the intercepted communications feature a lot of English language being spoken as well as other foreign languages, which means that elite mercenaries are heavily involved. If you look at the video above of the captured Russian troops, they look like a ragtag force of mostly older men.

So the big question is, why is the border so poorly manned? If Russia knows that highly elite mercenary special forces are aiming to attack them, why aren’t they beefing up the border security?

Well, firstly, the whole point of these raids is for Russia to divest other regions of needed troops and bring them here so that Ukraine can try to launch their counter-offensive against weakened lines. Russia is trying to handle the border problem with as few troops as needed without falling exactly into UA’s trap.

However, even with that said, there are some mysteries that remain, that even I can’t figure out. For instance, here’s a sensible complaint from one Russian analyst:



New columns of the Armed Forces of Ukraine go to the border with the Belgorod region

According to sources from Ordinary Tsarism, small columns of the Armed Forces of Ukraine passed through Stary Saltov in the Kharkiv region all night. The columns were heavy equipment and artillery. Locals say they haven't seen anything like it in over six months.

All these columns go to Volchansk, from where they attack the Russian border area, including the long-suffering Shebekino.

Sensitive strikes are indeed delivered by Russian aviation, but extremely few for this direction.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine move freely almost to the very border, where artillery is already beginning to seriously work on them. Also, aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine regularly fly over the Kharkiv region. Over the past 24 hours, up to five sorties have been observed in various parts of the region.

All this testifies to increased pressure on the Belgorod direction. New attempts to break into Russian territory can be expected in the near future.

We remind you that the main routes of movement of Ukrainian troops are well known, as well as bridges and other communications, through which the Russian Aerospace Forces for some reason refuse to work.

The enemy can and should be destroyed on the distant approaches, otherwise we will once again get an unpleasant surprise.

He describes the following route of AFU convoys heading from Kharkov up to Vovchansk and into Shebekino. There are bridges there over the Donets river that Russia could theoretically hit but is not doing so:

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I could argue that Russia is not hitting those bridges because it intends to use them itself in the not too distant future for crossing back over into Kharkov once it starts its own offensives. However, it’s possible during such time the AFU would in turn blow the bridges themselves as they retreat, so there may be no way to save them anyway.

Also, a separate report has now shown that Belgorod region has overtaken Donetsk in the amount of shelling it now receives daily:



❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Belgorod region overtook the Donetsk agglomeration by 20% in terms of shelling intensity

Data for today is not yet available, but so far the sad statistics for the week looks like this: 2,383 shells on the Donetsk agglomeration against 3,035 shells on the Belgorod region.

The pressure on the Russian border area will only intensify: we have repeatedly written that this is a sore point, which the enemy is putting pressure on.

But the report correctly points out what I said before:



The Russian Ministry of Defense and other power structures are forcing to shift the focus of attention to the border with the Kharkiv region, stretching out forces and means, and forcing them to waste resources. Panic is being sown among the population - in general, they are implementing the plan of the already ongoing counteroffensive.

Ex-Russians from the Russian Volunteer Corps, the Legion of Freedom of Russia, hired cannon fodder from the Polish Volunteer Corps and the International Legion are used as a media cover to promote ideas about the liberation struggle for the Russian borderlands.

❗️ There is no “liberation struggle” on the part of the ex-Russians and there cannot be. The operation to put pressure on the Russian frontier in this area is being carried out by British specialists and tech experts - and all this rubbish promoted in the media space is just a crappy hammer with a cracked handle.

So, yes, Belgorod, or rather Shebekino, is being hammered right now in every way. From nonstop shelling which has now killed multiple civilians over the past few days, to these daily incursions which are aggravating and trying to provoke disproportionate responses. And many quick-tempered people on the Russian side are indignant with the Russian MOD for not responding with more authority.

However, as I said before, these are all exactly the AFU’s aims in these operations. We’ve said all along, even months ago, that prior to the offensive, such psychological and asymmetrical warfare would massively increase. And now it has. The AFU has few options left and they are acting as nothing more than a terror guerilla force now, resorting to civilian strikes and provocateur actions more than ever before to make up for their failings on the field.

But as usual, today’s incursion appeared to mostly be a smokescreen for another large failed probing assault in Zaporozhye. Ukrainian forces attacked south of Velyka Novosilka and they were brutally rebuffed, having lost a total, by some estimates, of 50 vehicles and 250 men.

Videos like this one
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And another huge batch destroyed in a separate area near Volnovakha: Ed. video embedded in article

So, Ukraine captured a few border troops in a PR stunt, but they lost dozens of armor/vehicles and potentially hundreds of men in the same day—who really won the day? As per usual, they win the Twitter war.

Not to mention that non-stop Russian strikes are taking out even far more materiel than we can see through such videos. If you recall, in yesterday’s report I ended with the note that a new round of missile strikes was beginning. And today we had confirmation from Ukraine’s airforce spokesman himself that a major UA airfield near Kirovograd was hit.

Of course, to save face he has to give the obligatory lie that they shot down some standard number of the missiles, but this is all fake. They didn’t shoot down a single one. We know this because Ukraine uses any conceivable opportunity to boast and on the rare occasion they actually do shoot down a Russian missile they typically show the actual wreckage.

When missiles are shot down, they are often in ‘whole’ condition because their warheads do not actually go off. We’ve seen this occasionally when UA did successfully shoot down one of Russia’s flagship missiles, they dance all over it and post a plethora of videos.

Either way, that’s all to say that the doomers, propagandists, and 2D bloggers will have a field day with today’s little PR stunt but will conveniently ignore that Ukraine incurred massive losses from air strikes, failed offensives, etc.

Here’s the official Russian MOD writeup for the failed Zaporozhye offensive today:



[6/4/2023 6:27 PM]

The Ministry of Defense about the attempts of the enemy to go on the offensive in the Zaporozhye direction.

On the morning of June 4, the enemy launched a large-scale offensive in 5 sectors of the front in the YuzhnoDonetsk direction with the introduction of the 23rd and 31st mechanized brigades from the strategic reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the support of other military units and subunits.

In total, 6 mechanized and 2 enemy tank battalions were involved.

The enemy's goal was to break through our defenses on the most vulnerable, in his opinion, sector of the front. The enemy did not achieve his tasks, he had no success

As a result of skillful and competent actions of the Eastern Group of Forces, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 250 personnel, 16 tanks, 3 infantry fighting vehicles, 21 armored fighting vehicles.

The commander of the united group of troops, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Gerasimov during this period was at one of the forward command posts in this direction.

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By the way, an important detail. If, according to the Ministry of Defense, Gerasimov was at one of the command posts in this direction at the time the enemy attacks began in the Zaporozhye direction, then our command has a very high level of awareness of the enemy’s deployment and plans. There are no coincidences in such matters.

And as you can see in the videos, much of the losses were visually confirmed.

Lest I be accused of “coping” though, keep in mind I do think the Belgorod situation is dangerous and unhealthy. And I don’t think Russian leadership is doing absolutely everything they can or handling it in the absolutely best fashion.

One particular issue on that front is that Russia is forced to use actual conscripts, at least to my understanding. If you’ll recall, Russian conscripts are prohibited by law from participating in the SMO zone. Yes, that small technicality reads not that they’re prohibited from the SMO itself or any hostilities, but simply prohibited from being sent to the SMO zone, which in practice means Ukraine.

However, on the Russian border, they are not inside Ukraine, and so it’s said that Russia is not only using them but one or two may have already previously either died or been captured. But, it’s important to note these conscripts do not make up the majority of the units but are simply part of the border zones. And this complicates matters for the Russian MOD and perhaps even indicates a weakness—that the Russian MOD perhaps didn’t quite think the border situation all the way through as clearly as they could have, relegating it to the back burner in favor of other more exigent priorities.

So that is all to say that the Belgorod situation is a bit of a mess, and Ukraine is certainly using it to their fullest advantage, sowing all kinds of issues, which is precisely their plan. However, we must not let it deter us from the overall battlefield which, in the grand scheme of things, vastly overshadows these minor border scuffles.

The other, and maybe bigger, issue was the other ‘wild’ occurrence today which was responsible for the title of this report.

Wagner’s Prigozhin just could not keep out of the spotlight. And in grand fashion he’s outdone himself like never before. He uploaded documents with an official complaint claiming that Russian forces tried to shoot at and mine Wagner vehicles ‘from the rear’ to prevent them from leaving Bakhmut. The translated version:

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We all laughed and balked at the ridiculousness of the claim. Har, har, Yevgeny, that’s a good laugh. What a comedian. The Russian MOD perhaps laughed with us, and it seems it’s exactly what Prigozhin wanted, as he set the trap. In an interview elsewhere, he stated that he deliberately ‘saved the cherry on top’ to be revealed afterwards.

And the cherry he dropped was a mega bombshell. Wagner forces “captured” the Russian commander of the 72nd Brigade who, whilst drunk, was caught shooting at the Wagner vehicles with his men. Yes, you read that correctly: Wagner captured a Russian commander as a POW.

Okay, maybe that’s sensationalist. The truth is, we don’t actually know the full circumstances of this exchange. Some have theorized it may not even be Wagner that interrogated the man but rather he was reported to the local DPR authorities who took him in for questioning. Either way, here he is on video admitting to the crimes. Unfortunately, no official subtitles/translation exists yet so here was a somewhat scuffy auto machine translation:

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Tintin comment: I'm as certain as I can be that Prigozhin and Putin are playing some kind of psyop here, perhaps as a lure of some sort. Anyway.... :)

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Scott Ritter: NATO's war on Russia has failed | Redacted with Clayton Morris

Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter joins Redacted to talk about his month long trip to Russia and what he saw in the stores, streets, and among the people. What he saw is frankly SHOCKING. Moscow was hit with another round of drone strikes by NATO and Ukrainian forces. Russia just struck Ukraine's intelligence headquarters destroying it.

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[Vicus]

Ukrainian counteroffensive attempt failed – Russian MOD 5 Jun, 2023

Kiev’s botched attack took place in the southern part of Donetsk Region, according to the ministry
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Ukrainian forces attempted to mount a large-scale offensive in the southern part of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Russia's Defense Ministry claimed on Monday.

In a statement, the ministry said that on Sunday, Ukrainian troops attempted to attack Russian forces using six mechanized and two tank battalions. However, it added that as a result of the actions of the ‘East’ military grouping, as well as owing to air strikes and artillery fire near the settlements of Neskuchnoye and Novodarovka, both of which are some 100km west of Donetsk, the Ukrainian forces incurred “significant losses.”

As a result of the botched attack, in the last 24 hours Ukraine has lost up to 300 service members, 16 tanks, 26 armored and 14 ordinary vehicles, the statement read. “The enemy failed to accomplish its goals,” the ministry concluded.

The ministry’s statement comes after earlier in the day it said that Ukraine had tried to break through Russian defenses in five sections of the front line in Donbass using its “strategic reserves,” but failed to do so.

Ukrainian officials have for months promised to launch a counteroffensive, which initially was expected to happen in spring. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has on numerous occasions said that Kiev was “ready” for the push but “still needs a bit more time” in order to receive more Western weapons.

Ukraine’s General Staff provided no comment on the counteroffensive, saying only that there had been 29 combat clashes in the Donetsk and neighboring Lugansk Regions in the last 24 hours. Ukraine’s Centre for Strategic Communications also failed to address Moscow’s statement head-on, but accused Russia of attempting to “spread false information” in order to demoralize Ukrainians.

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[Vicus]

Wagner Ready To Defend Russia's Border Region After Whole Towns Evacuated

The war from across the border has impacted citizens in the Belgorod region of Russia to the point that many towns and villages have been evacuated, with some looking like ghost towns--this after armed groups mounted multiple raids since the war's start--as well as increased shelling and rocket fire. Just two days ago the anti-Moscow "Russian Volunteer Corps" said they launched another attack out of Ukraine, after a bigger one nearly two weeks ago left multiple casualties and many saboteurs killed.

The New York Times wrote on Saturday that "Shebekino, a town of 40,000 six miles from the border, has effectively become a new part of the front line as Ukraine has intensified attacks inside Russia, including on residential areas near its own borders." This is all upending the lives of residents in the border region, akin to what already happened long ago on the Ukrainian side of the border. "The spate of assaults, most recently by militia groups aligned against Moscow, has sparked the largest military evacuation effort in Russia in decades," the report underscored. The past days have witnessed area residents move into temporary shelters, including the large Belgorod arena in the oblast capital.

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On Saturday the controversial founder and leader of Russia's Wagner mercenary group has offered in a message to the public that he stands ready to send his fighters to protect the border region.

But as part of the ongoing public spat with the regular military chain of command, Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin blamed the army for failing in its duties, given all the latest Ukrainian attacks on Belgorod.

"If the defense ministry, in the near future, does not stop what is happening in the Belgorod region.. then of course we will come to defend Russian land," Prigozhin said on Telegram.

"The civilian population is dying in Belgorod," he added, and warned that he would not wait for an "invitation" to deploy his forces there. Earlier in the week Prigozhin went so far as to say some top Russian military commanders should be investigated for crimes related to failure of duty.

Already the Russian military has been active in the region, particularly after the May 21-22 ground incursion by a militia group sent from Ukraine, which saw armed groups take over multiple villages for a short period of time.

On Saturday two more civilians were killed in cross-border fire from Ukraine. This brings the overall death toll from the area to seven killed just this week. "Since this morning, the district of Shebekino has been under shelling of the Ukrainian armed forces," Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a statement. One victim was described as an elderly woman, while another woman died from her wounds in the village of Bezlyudovka.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/wagner-ready-defend-russias-border-region-after-whole-towns-evacuated

[Bill Ryan]

Ukrainian counteroffensive attempt failed – Russian MOD 5 Jun, 2023

Kiev’s botched attack took place in the southern part of Donetsk Region, according to the ministry.

An interim update. I'd guess much more will become known tomorrow.

Yes, this is indeed some kind of offensive. But whatever the Ukraine military has tried to do, they appear to have sustained terrible losses. Early reports (all Russian so far, but overwhelmingly consistent) suggest that up to 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and up to 30 tanks destroyed. Things are moving quickly, and there are many videos that seem to support the Russian reports.

Thirty tanks destroyed is a heck of a lot, if this is correct. But it's easy to imagine that with the highly sophisticated and laser-accurate ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) the Russians have, combined with air power and artillery that can target a moving tank from dozens of miles away, the hapless Ukrainians have little chance.

It's all rather hard to watch; but one outcome of this might be that at last it speeds the end of the war.

:flower:

[pyrangello]

UPDATED: Horrifying VIDEO 2000+ Dead Ukrainian Soldiers in Overnight War Fighting - https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/2000-dead-ukrainian-soldiers-in-overnight-war-fighting

I dont know about you , but we need to set up an island in the pacific and drop ship all of the people who start these wars on the island and have them call us when its over with . The good citizens of the world need to take a stand and tell world leaders to go pound sand when it comes to war , fighting, and bloodshed. We are better than this as a human species , we are better than this at love and not the latter. We are .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... ..

[AuCo]

Prigozhin drives the battle fields. Putin directs the war.
Putin is more protected, I assume. Less is with Prigozhin.
They talk about assassinating Putin (difficult to do), not Prigozhin (still difficult, but not as much, I guess)
If Putin were taken out, war is over, right? If Prigozhin is taken out, war would still be dragged on, right? But how affective is it for Russia without Wagner?
But they don't talk about taking out Prigozhin.

Now. If Russia were to take over Ukraine in a heartbeat, China would be so gleeful to start on Taiwan.
But the thing is it drags on and on. Who will hold out longer, Russia or the West, I wonder.
China is getting old, fast. It probably wants to make its move but so much hesitancy. It can't just sit and wait out - getting older by the day.
What a dilemma for China. Now that she's in doubt. What a feeling, feeling old and unsure.

[Bill Ryan]

If Putin were taken out, war is over, right?If Putin were taken out, the world would lose the moderating influence of a very measured, grounded and reasonable man, maybe the sanest politician in power right now on the entire planet. (Of course, the west is determined to cast him as a power-mad, murderous, warhawk psychopath, but nothing could be farther from the truth.)

One scenario that might ensue: Medvedev would step in, and it might take little provocation for him to launch a nuclear first strike against the US and the EU. And that'd be after Kiev was turned to glass first. Everyone would be very smart to keep Putin exactly where he is.

:)

[AuCo]

If Putin were taken out, war is over, right?If Putin were taken out, the world would lose the moderating influence of a very measured, grounded and reasonable man, maybe the sanest politician in power right now on the entire planet. (Of course, the west is determined to cast him as a power-mad, murderous, warhawk psychopath, but nothing could be farther from the truth.)

One scenario that might ensue: Medvedev would step in, and it might take little provocation for him to launch a nuclear first strike against the US and the EU. And that'd be after Kiev was turned to glass first. Everyone would be very smart to keep Putin exactly where he is.

:)

Well then, the answer is "No". Sometimes, what they say is not what they intend to do. It would be fitting if they want to keep the war going, right? :)

[AuCo]

I remember having a weird dream (during sleep that is) that the Ukrainian/West vs. Russia war ended up with a nuclear blast (I forgot if it was Putin that launched it). The blast carved off a whole side of a mountain and exposed a buried alien ship. Just weird.

[Bill Ryan]

...the hapless Ukrainians have little chance.

It's all rather hard to watch; but one outcome of this might be that at last it speeds the end of the war.

:flower:

I don't usually post videos like this, but this one has to be seen. (If you care to, and if you can.)

It's a minute and a half long, and shows something that at first looks like a fireworks display. Then it intensifies, and becomes a literal unending rain of liquid fire descending over a huge area. It's all filmed at night, so there are few details of the ground beneath. But whichever poor souls might be there would have no chance at all. And there might be thousands of them.

Turn the audio OFF for this. There's no commentary, and in my opinion the music you hear shouldn't be there and just doesn't fit. :flower:

https://t.me/antinatocoalition/10286

antinatocoalition/10286

[Satori]

...the hapless Ukrainians have little chance.

It's all rather hard to watch; but one outcome of this might be that at last it speeds the end of the war.

:flower:

I don't usually post videos like this, but this one has to be seen. (If you care to, and if you can.)

It's a minute and a half long, and shows something that at first looks like a fireworks display. Then it intensifies, and becomes a literal unending rain of liquid fire descending over a huge area. It's all filmed at night, so there are few details of the ground beneath. But whichever poor souls might be there would have no chance at all. And there might be thousands of them.

Turn the audio OFF for this. There's no commentary, and in my opinion the music you hear shouldn't be there and just doesn't fit. :flower:

https://t.me/antinatocoalition/10286

antinatocoalition/10286

My God! Weapons of modern warfare are beyond humanity's comprehension. War is, indeed, a racket--and much more. The evil and insanity!!

[Bill Ryan]

An interim update. I'd guess much more will become known tomorrow.
[...]
Early reports (all Russian so far, but overwhelmingly consistent) suggest that up to 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and up to 30 tanks destroyed. Things are moving quickly, and there are many videos that seem to support the Russian reports.
Seems that was close to the mark. :flower:The Russian Ministry of Defence has reported:
The total losses of the enemy in the South-Donetsk direction amounted to more than 1,500 militants, 28 tanks, including 8 "Leopards" made in Germany, three wheeled tanks AMX-10 made in France and 109 armored fighting vehicles.

Update: I've just read that yesterday's Russian MoD report stated

2,000 Ukrainian personnel and 45 vehicles destroyed.
If that's true and I've not misunderstood anything, that's 3,500 Ukrainian soldiers killed in this offensive within 48 hours.

[Michel Leclerc]

UPDATED: Horrifying VIDEO 2000+ Dead Ukrainian Soldiers in Overnight War Fighting - https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/2000-dead-ukrainian-soldiers-in-overnight-war-fighting

I dont know about you , but we need to set up an island in the pacific and drop ship all of the people who start these wars on the island and have them call us when its over with . The good citizens of the world need to take a stand and tell world leaders to go pound sand when it comes to war , fighting, and bloodshed. We are better than this as a human species , we are better than this at love and not the latter. We are .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... ..

Thank you Pyrangello for those heart-felt words... forgive me for not watching the video. (I have seen photographs of the poor soldiers in this war. They were sufficient for me, tearing open old psychic wounds.) I have great difficulty just conversing with neighbours, who do not seem to be left sleepless from the awareness that this is happening. This insensitivity is worse, I think, than the one created by the suppression of guilt in the Covid context. (I feel greater isolation as well as a greater wish to “secede” from average humanity.) Just a week ago, the most authoritative mainstream daily in France where I live as an expatriate, Le Monde, gleefully and proudly titled their first headline “Le travail de sape” (“the work of undermining”), of the Russian positions that is, the Ukrainians were so good at doing. Whereas the reality is that their bodies are shredded by the intent of their genocidal government to murder its own citizens in the most cruel fashion imaginable. Medieval inquisition torture updated to XXIrst century customs.

[Rizotto]

https://www.rt.com/news/577506-belgium-weapons-ukraine-investigated/

Belgium investigating suspected arms diversion in Ukraine – PM

Kiev had pledged not to use Western-supplied weapons in Russia, PM Alexander De Croo reminded, after a recent exposé indicated a breach

June 5, 2023

Belgium supplied weapons to Ukraine under a “very strict” rule prohibiting their use on Russian soil, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo explained after a Kiev-backed militia armed with Belgian FN SCAR rifles conducted a cross-border raid in Belgorod Region.

“Let’s first try to check things carefully and see if the origin of these weapons is indeed the donations that Belgium made in the context of the defense of Ukrainian territory,” the Belgian leader added. Speaking to RTBF television on Monday, he said the country’s intelligence services and the military were investigating the situation.

The government in Brussels was placed in an awkward position over a May 22 incursion into Russia by two Kiev-backed armed groups, the ‘Freedom of Russia Legion’ and the ‘Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK)’.

Images from the raid, which were examined by the Washington Post, showed the militants using hardware produced by several NATO members, including the US, Poland, Czech Republic, and Belgium. The Post’s sources suggested the weapons originated from the troves of arms supplied to Kiev by Western nations.

Belgium will demand clarifications from Ukraine about the evidence, according to reports in the country’s press. A government source said that donated arms were not “authorized for isolated groups which have an internal Russian agenda.”

The two militia groups, which adhere to far-right ideology, seek to topple the Russian government, according to their statements. RDK leader Denis Nikitin, who goes by the moniker ‘WhiteRex’, is a notorious international neo-Nazi figure.

Moscow considers the militias to be terrorists, citing their record of targeting civilians in a series of cross-border attacks this year.

Leonid ****sky, the leader of Russia’s LDPR party, described Brussels’ reaction to the Post revelations as pearl-clutching after a predictable breach of trust by Kiev.

“The demand for clarification from their own puppets is a pathetic attempt to distance themselves from their involvement in the Ukrainian conflict,” the lawmaker said. Western nations have “long become” sponsors of terrorism, ****sky maintained.

[ExomatrixTV]

Russia Says It Put Down Major Ukrainian Offensive Hours After It Began (https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-says-it-put-down-major-ukrainian-offensive-hours-after-it-began)
dutch (https://www.ninefornews.nl/rusland-groot-oekraiens-offensief-al-binnen-enkele-uren-afgeslagen/) 🇳🇱 (+ Multi-Language Options). 🦜🦋🌳

[Bill Ryan]

Another short 30-second video, not graphic at all, and there's not much to see except for a real-time English transcript which is pretty interesting.

The video text, which tells it exactly as it was:
Footage of the capture of two AFU (Ukrainian) soldiers.
Two soldiers of the AFU decided to surrender and found themselves between two firing lines. Russian soldiers are holding them at gunpoint, and shouting "Crawl faster!"
At that moment, other AFU soldiers open fire on their former comrades. The Russians shout, "****, they're shooting at their own!"
So while the AFU guys ran to the Russian trench to surrender, the Russians gave them covering fire with their machine gun.
The two surrendering soldiers lived, and their lives were saved by their Russian captors. The only reason more Ukrainian soldiers don't surrender is that they've been told so many lies by their own commanders about what the evil Russians would do to them if they did.

This isn't the only video like this. I can't remember if this was ever posted (or it if's still visible), but a few months ago there was a video shot by the Ukrainians themselves of them shooting at and killing a small group of their own soldiers who were walking across a field waving a white flag trying to surrender.

War turns some humans into animals.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/49347

Slavyangrad/49347


Edit to add:

Jeez, the video has been deleted already. :facepalm: If it reappears, I'll edit the link. But my description may tell most of the story.

Edit to add again:

Ravenlocke has posted the video below :thumbsup:, but that one doesn't have the English translation of what the Russians are shouting. (The core of that is in the text above.)

[Ravenlocke]

https://twitter.com/Blackrussiantv/status/1665727462129451010

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[Ravenlocke]

https://twitter.com/jaccocharite/status/1665425690907353089

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