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I did a quick search to find out why the Russians had done this, but of course western media is full of screeching propaganda about the evil destructive ruthless Putin, etc etc etc etc.Quote:
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My first guess would be that mercenaries (or French troops??) were hiding there, but I don't know the facts at all. No way would Russia have struck this target without pretty good reason. Maybe we'll learn more later today.
This was a Ukrainian air defence projectile that, not for the first time, failed to intercept a Russian missile heading elsewhere targeted as they usually are at military installations, and (the debris from AD - air defence) landed on the Law Academy of Sergei Kivalov. You can take that to the bank :)Quote:
Posted by Bill RyanI did a quick search to find out why the Russians had done this, but of course western media is full of screeching propaganda about the evil destructive ruthless Putin, etc etc etc etc.Quote:
Posted by norman
My first guess would be that mercenaries (or French troops??) were hiding there, but I don't know the facts at all. No way would Russia have struck this target without pretty good reason. Maybe we'll learn more later today.
Library saved footage here:
PS: of course if the Russians had actually targeted it - which they didn't - it wouldn't be there at all; it'd be dust
At this point, Ukraine is perishing at a rate of over a thousand per day:
...at least 8,280 Ukrainian soldiers were neutralized during one week on the battlefield.
And the way in which they are being slowed down:
The Russian military treats the abandoned bodies of dead Ukrainians to avoid their decomposition and infections.
In an attempt to slow down Russian offensive, the Ukrainian military command has deployed fresh reserves to the area of Chasov Yar. The reinforcement included nationalist militants from the former Kraken Nazi Battalion. Together with the nationalist militants, units of the special forces of the Amin Intelligence Directorate, as well as the 18th brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine was also thrown to the battles for Chasov Yar.
According to Asia Times:
In a disturbing and rather underreported development, NATO is starting to deploy combat troops to Ukraine, with British, French, Polish and other soldiers arriving in huge numbers, writes Stephen Bryen (former staff director of the Near East Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former deputy undersecretary of defense for policy), noting that those are not mercenaries, but regular military “in uniform, home country proclaimed via insignia”, and mostly “concentrated in the western part of the country, although in some cases they are close to the actual fighting in the east.”
As for the debris:
The infamous Odessa Law Academy is known to be highly corrupt. The building of the educational institution confirms this. Last year, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Zaluzhny, defended his thesis there.
We see where Temptation lives:
Italy has joined the list of countries that supply Ukraine with Storm Shadow missiles. In his interview with The Times, British Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps confirmed that together with Paris and London, Rome is preparing its SCALP EG/Storm Shadow cruise missiles for supply to Ukraine for the attacks in Russian rear, in particular in Crimea.
Why does that seem like a natural fit?
- NATO is starting to deploy Troops in Ukraine and Russia is Racing to Win
"US Troops to Ukraine After Biden is reelected?" :facepalm:
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- Aaron Maté : Ten Years of US in Ukraine:
This presentation by Aaron Mate should be re broadcast by Judge Andrew Napolitano several times. It is the most comprehensive summary of what has happened in Ukraine in the last 10 years.
An interesting, detailed and useful comment posted by Svetlana Vladimirova under Alex Christoferou's video update for today.Quote:
Posted by TintinThis was a Ukrainian air defence projectile that, not for the first time, failed to intercept a Russian missile heading elsewhere targeted as they usually are at military installations, and (the debris from AD - air defence) landed on the Law Academy of Sergei Kivalov. You can take that to the bank :)Quote:
Posted by Bill RyanI did a quick search to find out why the Russians had done this, but of course western media is full of screeching propaganda about the evil destructive ruthless Putin, etc etc etc etc.Quote:
Posted by norman
My first guess would be that mercenaries (or French troops??) were hiding there, but I don't know the facts at all. No way would Russia have struck this target without pretty good reason. Maybe we'll learn more later today.
Library saved footage here:
PS: of course if the Russians had actually targeted it - which they didn't - it wouldn't be there at all; it'd be dust
https://yt3.ggpht.com/nDqo3JE2yHzqCE...00ffffff-no-rj @SvetlanaVladimirova8590
Update from Odessa: Yesterday my hometown of Odessa was once again hit by Russian missiles. One destroyed Ukrainian army HQ in the city center. If The New York Times is to be believed, another missile hit “a Gothic-style building known locally as ‘Harry Potter’s Castle’, which houses a private law academy.”
This is utter nonsense. Setting aside the fact that Russian military would hardly target a building of zero military or strategic value, “Harry Potter’s Castle” is not at all “a private law academy,” but the opulent, private home of former Rada deputy Sergei Kivalov, owner of the aforementioned academy, notorious and loathed big-time Ukrainian crook.
Moreover, the available evidence strongly suggests that the castle was in fact hit by a Ukrainian air defense missile, although details regarding how this happened are unclear. Tragically, five people walking near the castle were killed. However, many Odessa residents are deriving some solace from the fact that the hideously corrupt and despised Kivalov, at home at the time, was badly injured.
Unsurprisingly, Western MSM are Ukrainian authorities are blaming this on Russia. Don’t believe it.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Army group O broke into Arkhangelskoye and completed the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village near Avdeevka
▪️After the liberation of Ocheretino, Novokalinov and Keramika, the “Center” group of troops broke into Arkhangelskoye, continuing the offensive from Avdeevka.
▪️The Central Military District soldiers broke through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and actually defeated the enemy, taking most of the village under control.
▪️The cleansing and finishing off of scattered groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the outskirts continues.
▪️Meanwhile, Ukrainian military analysts recognize the new advances of our troops, but traditionally underestimate them:
➖"In the Pokrovsky direction, Russian troops took the village of Novokalinovo and the village of Keramik , advancing in an area up to 5.2 km wide to a depth of 1.4 km.
➖East of the village of Novoaleksandrovka, the Russian Armed Forces advanced along two forest belts in a northern direction in an area up to 900 m wide to a depth of up to 630 meters.
➖West of Solovyovo, the Russians continue attacks in the direction of the Samoilov beam."
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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇸🇺🇦Earlier a warehouse with shells from the United States, which had just been brought, was destroyed in Odessa.
Perhaps even within the framework of the newly accepted assistance package. 155 mm shells arrived in the morning from Romania by sea. At the moment, detonation is going on and a fire is raging. The SBU has cordoned off the area where two missiles from Comrade Iskander K. arrived, and catches everyone who is trying to film the place on video.
Detonations are still ongoing. $61 billion well-spent.
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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦🇺🇸🇪🇺Communications equipment, drones and weapons - more NATO trophies at an exhibition on Moscow's Poklonnaya Gora.
The West has handed over to Ukraine not only equipment, but also many other devices for combat operations.
Western radios, grenade launchers, small arms, heavy weapons and NATO-made shells are on display in the "Trophies of the Russian Army" tent.
Russian soldiers have also managed to keep drones in good condition. Including a heavy hexocopter.
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/7...aba16a7eee85a3
Four killed in Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s ‘Harry Potter castle’
Children and a pregnant woman among those injured in attack
The architectural landmark houses the Odesa Law Academy, one of Ukraine’s leading higher educational institutions, and serves as the residence of Serhiy Kivalov, a prominent former MP who is the president of the university. It was reported that Kivalov was among those injured in the strike.
Kiper said that among eight people seriously injured were two children, one of them four years old, and a pregnant woman. It was reported that 23 people were being treated in hospital.
“Monsters. Beasts. Savages. Scum. I don’t know what else to say,” Gennadiy Trukhanov, the mayor of Odesa, said in a video posted on Telegram. “People are going for a walk by the sea and they are shooting and killing.”
Trukhanov added that separate Russian shelling had killed one person in the past 24 hours. At least two people were killed and six injured in the northeastern city of Kharkiv on Tuesday, according to Oleh Syniehubov, governor of Kharkiv Oblast.
President Zelensky said: “My condolences to family and friends. Many wounded — everyone is being helped now.” He called for more support from Ukraine’s allies to stop “Russia’s regular missile attacks, as well as the occupier’s efforts to destroy as many Ukrainian positions as possible”.
He said: “Ukrainian strength must be backed up by sufficient support from partners. ‘Patriots’ that need to be in Ukraine now, the 155mm-calibre [artillery ammunition] … and weapons with sufficient range to destroy Russian logistics.”
Jens Stoltenberg, secretary-general of Nato, said “serious delays in support have meant serious consequences on the battlefield” for Ukraine and that that the “process must be sped up”.
Speaking from Kyiv, Stoltenberg added: “The lack of ammunition has allowed the Russians to push forward along the front line. Lack of air defence has made it possible for more Russian missiles to hit their targets, and the lack of deep strike capabilities has made it possible for the Russians to concentrate more forces.”
https://x.com/Zagonel85/status/1784992067757760985
https://x.com/Newsweek/status/1785256155222028480
Musing on Odessa
Some of my own passing thoughts here concerning Odessa: now, according to intel and commentary I've picked up through Telegram over the last couple weeks or so there seems to be an active Russian underground in operation in the city; that oughtn't to be too much of a surprise in truth. One guesses that there are probably Russian Special Forces embedded there too (Spetsnaz, or equivalent maybe?) My hunch is that in tandem with the targeted missile strikes on military installations - ammunition silos and the like - that the city will be 'softened up' from within, with any concerted show of force at brigade level and more intense aerospace operations following later on in support of any sabotage ops. 'Big arrow' WW2 style offensive activity is likely off-the-table due to advances in ISR capability.
Those of us following events here closely are already aware that the capture of Odessa would seal what's left of Ukraine into an essentially land-locked and somewhat rump entity. We'll see of course but securing Odessa must most definitely be a Russian strategy and may well have been for quite some time, and certainly following the Western sponsored scuppering of the Istanbul 'peace' talks from April 2022, and subsequent to the referenda held in the four new regions from autumn/fall of 2022.
The other area of immense interest is of course Kharkov where it seems that there have been incremental Russian advances, and military successes.
*With thanks to Simplicius in his most recent, here, we now have an English translation :highfive:Quote:
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- 'Ukraine Is Not Anymore Sovereign State', Says Hungary's Orban:
. Various of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arriving at conference
2. Various of Orban walking on stage, preparing to speak
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Viktor Orban, Hungarian Prime Minister:
“The sense of this European election is - change the leadership. What is election for? The sense of election is that if the leadership proves to be bad, must be replaced. That is so simple. And this leadership of European Union is simply bad. It has failed. So it's not just a political statement, it is very much factual.”
4. Orban on stage
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Viktor Orban, Hungarian Prime Minister:
“I think that nations have the right to decide about their own future. So if somebody would like to make an attempt to create a mixed society, Christian-based with Muslim community, and as liberal thing that the outcome will be something good - let's do it, it is your fate, your future, but don’t force us to do so. That’s what we called the offer of tolerance, what I have made several times to Brussels. I said, 'guys, you can create whatever migration system you would like to do, but don’t force Hungary to do the same thing, because we simply don’t believe.' We think that mixture of two civilizations will not result in good things.”
6. Orban on stage
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Viktor Orban, Hungarian Prime Minister:
“We respect (inaudible) rights of Ukraine, sovereignty of Ukraine, (inaudible) people to maintain their own state. So therefore the invasion of Putin against Ukraine is totally against values of international relations and all the values we respect, so no question of that. But the Hungarian point of interest is that something must be between Russia and Hungary, so this is the number one. So we support Ukraine to survive somehow, which is questioned, because Ukraine is not any more sovereign state. Ukraine is now just the protectorate of the West. So without getting the money and weapons from the European Union and United States, Ukraine as a state would cease to exist. So it is not a sovereign state anymore.”
8. Wide of conference
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Viktor Orban, Hungarian Prime Minister:
“Hungary has always had good economic relations with Russia, so I would not like to give up that kind of cooperation. Because the war between Ukraine and Russia is not the war of Hungarians. It is the war of two Slavic nations, one big Slavic nation attacked another one. And they have a war. And we don’t behave like the Europeans who said - 'oh it is our war, because it is about values, it is about international order, whatsoever, so we are in the war, it is our war but not fully. Because we would not like to die. So, please Ukrainians die, we give the money, give the weapons and defend our values please. So it is not so much our war to go into, to take the lives, to fight there, but just to finance your (inaudible).' So, I don’t like that approach at all.”
10. Wide of conference
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Viktor Orban, Hungarian Prime Minister:
”The reason of the war is very simple. It is called NATO membership. And just as a country who was occupied by the Russians for 45 years, I can say from personal experience that Russians will never allow to have membership of Ukraine as it is now in NATO. For the geopolitical thinking, it is impossible. They will always do everything to have something between the Russian border and NATO countries' border. It could be called Ukraine, it could be war zone, whatever, but a buffer zone must exist between NATO and Ukraine.”
12. Wide of conference
Referring to Hervé's post on the Ukraine Webcast thread. There may actually be a case for merging these but that can perhaps wait a bit. Given the purges on YouTube and link breakages as a result of censorship I felt it timely to recover this moment, and save it to our archives:
[HISTORICAL] Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet And Catherine Ashton Discuss Ukraine Over The Phone
Intercepted telephone conversation from 2014
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MP3 below:Officers of Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) loyal to the ousted President Viktor Yanukovich have hacked phones of Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and leaked their conversation to the web.
The officials discuss their impressions of what's happening in the country after the revolution.
The gist of it is that Ukrainian people have no trust in any of the leaders of Maidan.
However the most striking thing of all is the fact which concerns the use of force during the revolution, particularly the snipers who killed both protesters and officers of the riot police.
Mr. Paet reveals astonishing information which confirms the rumours that the snipers were employed by the leaders of Maidan.
Duration: 00:10:49
Year: 2014
Conversation proper starts at 00:01:53
- Aaron Maté, for RealClearInvestigations, April 30, 2024"The State Department has accused Telizhenko being part of a "Russia-linked foreign influence network." In Sept. 2020 it revoked his visa to travel to the United States. Telizhenko, who now lives in a western European country where he was granted political asylum, denies working with Russia and says that he is a whistleblower speaking out to expose how U.S. interference has ravaged his country. RealClearInvestigations has confirmed that he worked closely with top American officials while they advanced policies aimed at severing Ukraine’s ties to Russia. No official contacted for this article – including former CIA chief John Brennan and senior State Department official Victoria Nuland – disputed any of his claims.
What 10 Years of U.S. Meddling in Ukraine Have Wrought (Spoiler Alert: Not Democracy)
Way too long to post here but can be read in its entirety via our Avalon Library PDF copy, here, or at source:
"This account of U.S. interference in Ukraine, which can be traced to fateful decisions made by the Obama administration, including then-Vice President Biden and his top aides, is based on often overlooked public disclosures. It also relies on the personal testimony of Andrii Telizhenko, a former Ukrainian diplomat and Democratic Party-tied political consultant who worked closely with U.S. officials to promote regime change in Ukraine.Source: https://www.realclearinvestigations....y_1027411.html
Although he once welcomed Washington’s influence in Ukraine, Telizhenko now takes a different view. “I'm a Ukrainian who knew how Ukraine was 30 years ago, and what it became today,” he says. “For me, it's a total failed state.” In his view, Ukraine has been “used directly by the United States to fight a [proxy] war with Russia” and “as a rag to make money for people like Biden and his family.”"
Odessa Massacre Ten Years On: How Radicals Drowned City in Blood to Subdue Ukraine
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Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the May 2, 2014 Odessa Trade Unions Building massacre, in which 48 anti-Maidan activists were burned alive by neo-Nazi thugs. The violence, coming soon after Kiev kicked off its ‘anti-terrorist operation’ in the Donbass, demonstrated the new regime’s readiness to drown Ukraine in blood to cling to power.
The warm weather of the spring of 2014 was accompanied by the winds of revolutionary fervor across southeastern Ukraine, with activists from across Kharkov, the Donbass, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk, Kherson, Nikolayev and Odessa rising up in opposition to the Euromaidan coup in Kiev that had taken place in February.
The US and EU-sponsored insurrection in the Ukrainian capital, which culminated in the ouster of democratically elected government of President Viktor Yanukovych and his replacement by radical pro-US and ultra-nationalist forces seeking to scupper relations with Russia in favor of closer ties with the West, was met with anger by many residents in Ukraine’s southeast. Holding dear the centuries of common historical, cultural, linguistic, family, economic and other bonds with Russia, residents of southeastern regions favored Ukraine’s entry into the Eurasian Union, and expressed opposition to the pro-EU, pro-NATO course of the new authorities in Kiev.
When the Euromaidan protests began in November 2013, and as pro-Maidan activists had only just established their first encampments in the center of Kiev to protest the Yanukovych government’s rejection of a European association deal with the EU, Odessa became among the first cities in Ukraine’s southeast where opposition to the Maidan was organized.
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Pro-Maidan activists and football ultras watch burning House of Trade Unions Building in Odessa after setting it alight with dozens of anti-Maidan activists inside.
“Another piece of evidence that these events were planned in advance is that on April 29, [then-Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Andriy] Parubiy came to Odessa. As I said, there were five checkpoints around the city. There was also a post near the Seventh-Kilometer Market, which he visited, bringing bulletproof vests to the Maidan protesters. I don’t know what else he brought, but in any case, it included about 20 pieces of level 5 body armor. Then he held a meeting at the Odessa Regional Administration. I believe he came to review the preparations, to check whether everything was ready for the operation, which was already planned for May 2, under the pretext of the football match…Was he in Odessa on May 2? I cannot say. I don’t think he was. But among those who committed the crimes of that day, some were in touch with him,” the investigator said.
“At about 7 pm, when the Trade Unions building had started to burn and I saw that people were dying, I began calling the Fire Department, but the line was always busy. I saw a man jump out of the building before my eyes, or get thrown out the window – literally five meters in front of me a body slammed down onto the ground. As it turned out, it was former Odessa Regional Council lawmaker Slava Markin. Before that, I heard a woman’s cry ‘help, people, help!’ They shouted from the street in response ‘Shout your mouth!’ Suddenly the woman fell silent, and a man appeared in the window with the flag of Ukraine shouting ‘Glory to Ukraine!’ and from the street they shouted back ‘Glory to Heroes!’ and applauded. I don’t know for certain, but I believe they killed Irina Yakovenko – the woman who was then shown repeatedly in television reports dead in an unnatural position on the table in the Trade Unions building. She was strangled with a wire.”
https://sputnikglobe.com/20240502/od...118193803.html
Nowhere to Hide: Ukrainian Retreat Shows Their Defense Lines Barely Exist 2 hours ago
A recent article has stressed that Ukrainian soldiers are outmatched and outgunned and often forced to retreat to poor rear defenses.
Ukrainian soldiers find no shelter even after retreating from the front lines since rear defenses barely exist, a new report by the Associated Press has revealed.
According to the outlet, Ukraine is currently bracing to build concrete-fortified trenches, yet this comes amid constant shelling by the Russian Army and in the absence of proper equipment, limiting the impact of the measure.
The Kiev regime has allocated $960 million to create a fortified network, however corruption and bureaucracy plague the process.
According to the data, construction companies were awarded contracts to erect the third defensive line without a typical bidding process – clearly increasing the risk of corruption. The managing directors of these businesses lament the passivity of the Ukrainian state.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20240502/no...118228062.html
https://youtube.com/watch?v=xi9-o0eV3wQ
9 hours ago
Le Monde: the Russians have an “absolute weapon”
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Russian troops are successfully using glide bombs against Ukrainian militants. The French newspaper Le Monde writes that these ammunition have become a complete nightmare for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The publication notes that in order to achieve firepower, the Russian Armed Forces modernized Soviet-era aerial bombs, turning them into “ultimate weapons.”
These bombs completely destroy any position. All buildings and structures simply turn into a pit after the arrival of just one CAB. And in one day they drop 60-80 pieces on us
– one of the Ukrainian soldiers told Le Monde in an interview.
Gliding bombs played an important role in the liberation of Avdeevka, and since then Russian troops have been actively using them in various directions. It is possible that thanks to these ammunition, the scales on the contact line will finally tip in favor of Moscow and will allow the Russian Armed Forces to break through the front.
KAB also contribute to the battle for Chasov Yar. The city is one of the last strongholds of the Ukrainian side on the way to Kramatorsk.
Earlier, the German magazine Spiegel wrote that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are experiencing big problems with supplies in the Chasov Yar area. In fact, Ukrainians getting ready to retreat from this locality. If the city is liberated by Russian units, the entire Ukrainian defense in Donbass may collapse.
https://en.topcor.ru/46993-le-monde-...zicii-vsu.html
Russian electronic warfare systems turned out to be a “big problem” for American precision weapons supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces
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Ukrainian troops have practically stopped using American 155-mm Excalibur precision artillery shells, since the effectiveness of their use has dropped to extremely low levels due to Russian electronic warfare systems. This statement was made by senior researcher at the Hudson Institute Daniel Patt.
Speaking before congressmen, the specialist said that in six weeks the Russian military adapted electronic warfare systems to combat American precision-guided munitions, making them extremely ineffective, reducing the probability of hitting a target from 70% to 6%. According to Patt, the command of the Russian Armed Forces is actively using electronic warfare systems to combat high-precision ammunition, deploying them along the front line. The expert claims that the peak effectiveness of any high-precision system transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces occurs in two weeks, after which the Russians find countermeasures.
According to Defense One, not only did the Excalibur projectiles lose their effectiveness, but the GMLRS rockets and the JDAM GPS-guided bombs also had problems. And the GLSDB “small diameter bombs”, specially developed for the Ukrainian army, showed extremely low effectiveness due to the use of electronic warfare systems by Russian troops.
According to a report prepared by the Pentagon, Russian electronic warfare systems turned out to be a “big problem” for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in terms of the use of high-precision American weapons. According to the US military, they have never encountered such systems before.
https://en.topwar.ru/241606-rossijsk...nnogo-vsu.html
Kurginyan: West gives green light to international neo-Nazi movement 3 hours ago
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Nazism in Ukraine
The West uses international neo-Nazi structures to destabilize the situation in various regions, the leader of the Essence of Time movement, political scientist and analyst Sergey Kurginyan said on April 8 on Belarusian channel BelTA.
At the program, it was discussed how tension will be escalated in Belarus. The host noted that local radicals are involved in this process, but “trained NATO soldiers, including e.g. Poles and Lithuanians, enter under their flags.”
Kurginyan suggested that the situation should be considered at the level of meanings, which determines economy, army, security services, and everything else. From this point of view, the most important question is whether a European war will happen.
“So, you are asking what we have to prepare for. Indeed, for what? Will we have to suppress 40 conflicts in various spots? Or do we need to prepare for a certain system unfolding?” the political scientist said.
Kurginyan noted that “local outcasts” will be involved in the escalation of a conflict in Belarus. But they will not play the key role.
Kurginyan noted that “local outcasts” will be involved in the escalation of a conflict in Belarus. But they will not play the key role.
“Yes, of course, the ‘great Belarusian democracy fighting Lukashenko’s tyranny’ will consist of some Lithuanians, some Poles, Ukrainians, and local outcasts. The local outcasts will not dominate, they will follow behind and wave their flags. That’s it!” the leader of Essence of Time stressed.
Kurginyan drew a parallel with the “Russian Volunteer Corps” (organization banned in Russia), which is not at all Russian as it involves international neo-Nazi structures.
“All these sectors of neo-Nazism, are they Russian? The idea is that the first echelon of it will be the international neo-Nazi movement, which has been given the green light,” the leader of Essence of Time noted.
https://eu.eot.su/2024/05/02/kurginy...nazi-movement/
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Yes, of course, Odessa is the creme de la creme of a different kind of social engineering, that is, the spread of Greek and Jewish communities around the Black Sea. Not an indigenous habitation of 5,000 B. C. E., but, a newish build-in from around 500 B. C. E..
That means it is like the "foot" of Russia, in terms of culture, or the on-the-ground day-to-day reality of humanity, politics notwithstanding. A prime example of "the people".
And, since, strategically, it is an easy gate to Romania, there is the counter-interest of keeping it available for western hands. What could be more of an advertisement about a warehouse full of shells? How do you think you can feed that much live ammunition into the place? Put a 155 in your pocket and sneak them in one by one, bribing the border guards.
Like Gaza, we are talking about a "region of inhabitation", not a "country"--it of course has been kicked like a football between outside powers over and over again. Its, perhaps, "historical ties" to a Ukrainian entity are:
UPR dec 1917-nov 1918
Ukrainian State mar-dec 1918
Ukraine 1991-to this day
But the Ukrainians do not seem to be part of the Greek sphere, so, on a human level, there is no reason to think they "deserve" the Black Sea coast. This may take a little longer, but, is probably the next step after the current front.
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Or, the West *is* the pre-, the then-, and the neo- Nazis.
Repeating the same story:
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“Yes, of course, the ‘great Belarusian democracy fighting Lukashenko’s tyranny’ will consist of some Lithuanians, some Poles, Ukrainians, and local outcasts. The local outcasts will not dominate, they will follow behind and wave their flags. That’s it!” the leader of Essence of Time stressed.
Same as the nineteenth-century Russian Student Groups, Nihilists, eventually the Bolsheviks; Mazzini. British hegemony in your local language. Mindless violence fueled by cash. Not representatives of "the people".
Wiser from experience, perhaps Belarus will be the place to snuff it before it happens.
It's not a toy, it has a defense pact with nuclear-armed Russia. Messing with it can only be categorized as Absolutely Stupid.
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The list is instructive — and reveals even more just how little the west really cares about the Ukrainians. One suspects that at least some of these trumpeted weapons deliveries are just for western media PR. Even a quick look at this shows that many of those tanks would have been quite unusable in a serious battle situation.
Or it may be that the collective west supporting Ukraine with defective weaponry is in fact simply to prolong this war as much as possible, specifically to ensure that as many Ukrainians as possible die or flee the country. They have designs on Ukraine, and there is a curious synchronicity between the conflict in Ukraine and the one in Gaza.
Here's a video that provides the best explanation on this point. It has already been posted in the Israel vs Gaza thread couple of weeks ago, but it also belongs here, as Ukraine is just as much part of the deep state war agaisnt the BRICS. Highly recommend it.
The Hidden Reasons Behind the War on Gaza
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JTuGZ2MdKpU
"(Published Oct. 27, 2023) | Richard Medhurst, independent journalist from the United Kingdom, presents his geopolitical analysis in this viral video exposing the hidden reasons behind the US and Israel's war on Gaza.
1. Control of the large quantities of gas in the mediterrenean sea through sanctions on Iran (withdrawal from nuclear deal), Russia (Ukraine war), and crippling Lebanon, Syria, and now Gaza's, infrastructure. Conveniently, this leaves only Israel able to extract the gas in the Leviathan gas field, necessary to deliver on its gas deal with the European Union following the outbreak of the Ukraine war.
2. Countering BRICS, China, and the New Silk Road. Shortly before the war in Gaza began, Netanyahu had announced his "plan for a New Middle East" establishing a rival trade route from India, to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and into Occupied Palestine and Europe."
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Colonel of the SVR, MGIMO professor Andrei Bezrukov - about Macron’s statements about sending the French army to Ukraine
Quote: "“Forget about Macron, he will be gone soon. He's in his last presidential cycle. He can’t run for office, and he’s such a dick. Someone I know joked that the French rooster is the only bird that can sing while standing knee-deep in ****. In reality, these statements are worthless, they are worth nothing!
With the contingent of the French army that can still be sent, this will solve absolutely nothing on the battlefield. This will only add to the mess. The French army is in principle incapable of introducing a field war of the type that exists here now. She is not prepared for this, she is not equipped for this. It can fire nuclear missiles from a submarine. Maybe, but she's not stupid enough to do it. She can give her planes, good planes. But what kind of pilots will have to be placed there? And everyone understands that if they are in Ukraine, they will burn." Endquote
Ukraine's neo-Nazis should face tribunal - Russia's top senator
RT
Thu, 02 May 2024 09:26 UTC
Russian Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko.
Those responsible for the deaths of 42 anti-Maidan activists in Odessa in 2014 should face justice, Valentina Matvienko said.
Russia must establish a special tribunal for Ukrainian neo-Nazis after Moscow's military campaign ends, the chairwoman of the upper house of Russia's parliament, the Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko, has said.
The senator singled out events in Odessa in May 2014, when 42 activists burned to death after being pelted with Molotov cocktails by a mob supporting Western-backed protests in Kiev which overthrew Ukraine's democratically elected government.
During the clashes, both sides used sticks, batons, Molotov cocktails, rubber-bullet guns and firearms. Outnumbered by far-right radicals, the so-called anti-Maidan activists took cover inside the port city's Trade Unions House, which was surrounded and torched by the nationalists.
In a post on her Telegram channel on Thursday, Matvienko wrote that she was "convinced that on completion of the SMO (Special Military Operation) there will be a need for a big tribunal," adding that events in May 2014 in Odessa should be investigated as the cornerstone of the process.
The senior Russian lawmaker insisted that there would be "no statute of limitations" and those responsible for the massacre, as well as Ukrainian officials who chose to "turn a blind eye," would not evade justice.
The fact that ten years on, authorities have still not named or prosecuted any of the perpetrators, proves that Nazism is a "deep-rooted, natural norm" for the current Kiev authorities.
"I would even call it an overt, deliberate, brazen cover-up by Kiev of its ideological Nazi-supporters," Matvienko wrote.
The top senator also accused Western powers and international organizations of ignoring the crime, comparing their stance to Europe's appeasement policies toward Nazi Germany back in the 1930s.
She concluded that there are currently no forces capable of uprooting the "ordinary Nazism" which she said has taken hold in Ukraine, meaning that "external efforts are needed" to accomplish this task.
"A clear understanding of this fact today completely confirms that Russia's decisions and actions aimed at denazifying Ukraine have been justified," Matvienko said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin's stated goal of the "de-Nazification" of Ukraine. She added that this was in the interests of Russian security, of the Ukrainian people, and "in the interest of mankind."
Following the deadly clashes in Odessa on May 2, 2014, top-ranking Ukrainian officials were quick to point the finger at Moscow, claiming the events had been a "pre-planned and well-financed operation by the Russian special services."
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The Terror's Instigators: How NATO Generals Ignite Conflict
Jillian Bennett
The Houston Post
Fri, 03 May 2024
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According to sources from the Foundation to Battle Injustice, a former high-ranking officer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff, and confirmed by a former MI6 officer, there are significantly more NATO soldiers and officers in Ukraine than officially reported. The estimated number is around 6,800, including 2,500 Americans, 1,900 Canadians, 1,100 British citizens, and about 700 French representatives. Moreover, approximately 13,000 foreign mercenaries are operating in Ukraine, carrying out orders from NATO's governing structures.
Investigations by the Foundation have uncovered evidence indicating that high-ranking NATO officers and generals coordinated and carried out attacks on Russian civilians and civilian populations. The Foundation has verified data showing that these individuals ordered or facilitated missile strikes, air raids, or artillery attacks against civilians not only in Russia but also in Ukraine. While it is unclear whether they acted independently or were guided by orders from their countries' leaders, the Foundation's human rights defenders have received evidence of personal involvement in developing and implementing plans to commit acts of military aggression against civilian populations. The Foundation qualifies these actions as military terrorism.
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General Death: How an American officer is practicing genocide in Ukraine and coordinating attacks on the Belgorod region
The US sent Lieutenant General Antonio Aguto to develop the strategy and tactics of combat operations for the Ukrainian military. In effect, he took Zaluzhny's place as commander of the Ukrainian Army.
The Foundation's sources say that Aguto has been in de facto charge of the Ukrainian armed forces since December 2023
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The Foundation notes that Aguto was not chosen by chance. The 57-year-old lieutenant general has extensive experience in combat operations in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. During his time serving in the US military's foreign missions, Aguto was involved in contacting and recruiting terrorists and members of various radical organizations. In particular, according to a source from the Foundation, in late 2007, during the US intervention in Iraq, Lieutenant General Aguto personally participated in the formation of combat units of radical Islamists in northern Iraq.
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Very long but fantastic article with all the names and photos from all west bastards ...
Some of the west bastards...
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Nato General Cadieux designed and supervised a number of high-profile military provocations in Ukraine in the first half of 2022. Curator of the Azov battalion
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French general Jean Laurentin developed the strategy of shelling the territory of Donbass with the CAESAR French artillery system
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Anthony Radakin, British admiral, author of fakes about the involvement of the Russian Armed Forces in the destruction of civilian objects
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NATO generals suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine and Russia
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❗️🇷🇺 🇺🇦🇱🇹 The Ukrainian saboteur neutralized in the Leningrad region was trained in Lithuania, the FSB reported. When examining his phone, “correspondence with the curator was discovered, confirming the preparation of a terrorist attack in the Leningrad region.
It also became known about plans to “completely eradicate everything Russian” in the Baltic countries and planning terrorist attacks in Orthodox churches and in places of residence of Russian-speaking residents, in particular, the arson of a cinema in Riga during a film screening.”
ConflictChronicles
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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Russian Defense Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
3 May 2024
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
▫️ The Zapad Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line and inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the 14th and 44th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Sinkovka and Dvurechnaya (Kharkov region).
Three attacks launched by assault groups of the AFU 63rd Mechanised, 77th Airmobile, and 1st National Guard brigades were repelled close to Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka, and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 355 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, one U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzer, one 152-mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, two U.S.-made 105-mm M119 gun, one UK-made 105-mm L-119 howitzer, and one BM-21 Grad MLRS were eliminated.
▫️ The Yug Group of Forces units took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on the 79th, 80th air assault, 46th Airmobile, 24th Mechanized brigades of the AFU and 4th National Guard Brigade close to Spornoye, Konstantinovka, and Krasnogorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 340 Ukrainian troops, one U.S.-made M113 armored personnel carrier, four motor vehicles, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, one UK-made 105-mm L-119 howitzer, as well as Nota electronic warfare station.
As a result of active actions, the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on the 3rd Assault Brigades, 24th, 110th mechanized brigades of the AFU and 109th Territorial Defense Brigade close to Mayorsk, Novgorodskoye, Semyonovka, and Rozovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The Russian troops also repelled ten counter-attacks launched by assault groups of the AFU 68th, 71st jaeger, 142nd Infantry, 23rd, 100th, 115th mechanized brigades of the AFU near Keramik, Novokalinovo, Ocheretino, Solovyevo, and Netailovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 360 Ukrainian troops, one U.S.-made Abrams tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armored fighting vehicles, five pick-up trucks, one U.S.-made 155-mm M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one Czech-made 152-mm DANA M2 self-propelled gun, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, and one D-30 howitzer.
▫️ The Vostok Group of Forces captured more advantageous lines and defeated the units of the 58th Mechanised Infantry Brigade of the AFU and 128th Territorial Defense Brigades near Staromayorskoye and Prechistovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Three counter-attacks launched by assault groups of the 106th Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled near Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 135 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer.
▫️ The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have inflicted fire damage on manpower of the AFU 35th Marine Brigade and the 121st Territorial Defense Brigade close to Mikhailovka and Ivanovka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, and one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer.
▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have eliminated one engagement radar of the S-300PT surface-to-air missile system and one launching vehicle of the German-made IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system have been neutralized.
In addition, the Balovoye oil base was hit by fuel supplies for AFU military personnel, as well as enemy manpower and hardware in 102 areas.
▫️Air defense systems shot down 40 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and three French-made Hammer aerial guided bombs during the day.
📊 In total, 593 airplanes, 270 helicopters, 23,713 unmanned aerial vehicles, 512 anti-aircraft missile systems, 15,908 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,278 combat vehicles of multiple rocket launcher systems, 9,276 field artillery guns and mortars, and 21,457 special military vehicles have been neutralized since the beginning of the special military operation.
Russian Defense Ministry
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🗺️🇷🇺 SMILEY SELFIES EVERYWHERE AS MILITARY ATTACHES FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAPPILY SNAP PHOTOS WITH RUSSIA'S CAPTURED NATO TROPHIES DISPLAYED IN MOSCOW.
Representatives from 51 countries, such as China, Morocco, South Africa, Argentina, India, Brazil, Italy, Serbia and Turkey thank Russia's Defense Ministry for opportunity to get close view of Western game-changers trash knocked out by Russia's superior weapons.
IntelRepublic
https://x.com/dana916/status/1786402747148816735
The Duran
Shoigu, Russian offensive.
Ukraine, Donbass collapse
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🇺🇦⚔️🇺🇦Ukrainian military commissars can fine all Ukrainians in absentia without a court decision - deputy head of the committee Osadchuk
We are talking about fines for violating military registration rules. It is also specified that the bank accounts of the evader will be blocked.
“The scheme will be such that the TCC will have the right to immediately issue a decree on bringing to responsibility, send it to you if you do not pay it - executive service, blocking of accounts and etc. As far as I read the law, in principle, you can fine everyone,” Osadchuk said.
Fines for individuals during martial law will be up to 25,500 UAH (64,000 rubles), and for legal entities - up to 60,000 UAH (150,000 rubles).
Lord of War
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