WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia

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Ukraine's LNG deal is desperate attempt to prove usefulness to US

"I think the contract is purely for political purposes," Igor Yushkov, a leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund and expert of the Financial University of the Government of Russian Federation, told Sputnik. "Buying gas from American producers is politically important for them. This way they demonstrate their political loyalty to the United States."

Ukraine's energy company DTEK Group announced on June 13 that it had struck an agreement with Venture Global to buy unspecified amounts of liquefied natural gas from the US gas firm's Plaquemines LNG facility in Louisiana throughout 2026.

DTEK also committed to purchasing up to 2 million tons of LNG per annum from Venture Global's new CP2 LNG plant for 20 years, once the facilities are built, according to the Financial Times.

Stanislav Mitrakhovich, a leading expert at the National Energy Security Fund and the Financial University with the Russian government, in turn noted that the declaration is "predominantly a PR move to demonstrate further alignment with America" for Ukraine.

On the other hand, for the US company, it may serve as a tactic to quickly overturn Biden's temporary, election-driven decision to halt new liquefied gas export licenses, a move that is intended to keep domestic gas prices low and satisfy the Democratic Party's left wing, which opposes fossil fuels.


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Murderous mercs’ trail of misery in Ukraine: Georgian Legion’s* dark deeds unveiled

▪️Militants of the Georgian Legion* committed other war crimes. In particular, a captured Georgian mercenary admitted in a video interrogation that the legion’s commanders would engage in looting and would issue orders to shoot civilians because they allegedly were saboteurs.

▪️The captured mercenary also noted that the Georgian mercenaries in Ukraine were trained by instructors from NATO countries and New Zealand.

▪️The Russian Federal Security Service stated Georgian Legion* members had also engaged in organizing acts of sabotage and terrorism on Russian soil.

▪️According to Georgian legislation, its citizens can face criminal charges for participating in illegal military formations outside the country. In 2023, the Georgian Security Service officially accused Mamulashvili, commander of the Georgian Legion, of plotting a political coup in Georgia. Intelligence officials claimed that Mamulashvili and his co-conspirators intended to carry out their plot with the assistance of a significant number of young Georgians fighting in Ukraine.

* Georgian National Legion is a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia


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Murderous mercs’ trail of misery in Ukraine: Georgian Legion’s* dark deeds unveiled

A Russian military court has officially recognized the Georgian National Legion as a terrorist organization. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has stated that the legion’s members have been involved in organizing acts of sabotage and terrorism on Russian soil, as well as torturing Russian military personnel and murdering civilians. President Putin, in an interview with Tucker Carlson, also noted that mercenaries from Georgia rank third in terms of numbers among those who have joined the Kiev regime’s ranks.

What other details are available regarding this mercenary unit's sinister activities in Ukraine?

▪️ The FSB disclosed that the organization had been established in 2014 with the backing of the State Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine. According to sources in Georgia, in 2014, the pro-Western Georgian NGO "Free Zone" and the opposition party "United National Movement" facilitated the funding and recruitment of mercenaries from Georgia to join the conflict in Donbass. This occurred when the party was in power under the presidency of Mikhail Saakashvili, who had already relocated to Ukraine at the time.

▪️ The Georgian Legion was founded and led by Mamuka Mamulashvili. In a 2015 interview with Ukrainian media, he said the legion was “resurrected” as “an analogue of Bandera's men” within Hitler’s Wehrmacht.

▪️ In another interview, Mamulashvili confirmed that the Georgian Legion* carried out hostilities against the people of Donbass as part of Ukraine’s 54th mechanized brigade, that later ended up in the now-infamous cauldron near Debaltsevo in 2016. The next year, its military personnel shelled the suburbs of Gorlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

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Georgian Legion mercenary leader in Ukraine allegedly poisoned

Mamuka Mamulashvili, a leader within the Georgian Legion* mercenaries in Ukraine, was allegedly poisoned. The mercenary group, operating under the State Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, confirmed via their official social media account that Mamulashvili was found to have elevated levels of arsenic, mercury, and tin in his system.

According to a post on X (formerly Twitter), Mamulashvili's life is not in danger following the incident.

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Scott Ritter on Russia's peace move: ‘The ball is now in the West’s court’

“I think Russia is playing a very intelligent move here. By taking, by building on the negotiations that have already occurred in 2022, Russia is showing that it has not changed course. It's giving the West one more chance to accept peace on mutually beneficial terms,” Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector, told Sputnik commenting on Putin’s outlined conditions for peace talks with Ukraine.

The former UN weapons inspector emphasized that this move places significant pressure on the West. "The ball is now in the West's court," he said, explaining that NATO faces a dilemma as its current strategy relies on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. "By accepting this peace, this puts NATO... in a bind," Ritter said, highlighting that the US-led Transatlantic bloc's plans for military modernization hinge on the perception of a Russian threat, which he argues is now "demonstrably non-existent."

Furthermore, Ritter suggested that accepting the Russian proposal could mark the downfall of Volodymyr Zelensky. "If this peace proposal goes through, [Zelensky] is finished as the political leader of Ukraine," he said, attributing this to Zelensky's alignment with "unreasonable, unrealistic demands for peace."

Ritter concluded by pointing to the upcoming NATO summit, which he believes will shift its focus from expansion to addressing Russia’s peace initiative. This, he said, is a "brilliant move" by Putin, positioning the West to reconsider its stance on the conflict.

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Scott Ritter: Keeping Ukraine out of NATO serves as key to resolving demilitarization & denazification

Shining the spotlight on Moscow’s commitment to finding a resolution to the Ukraine conflict, former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter commented on Vladimir Putin's speech at the Russian Foreign Ministry. The ex-US Marine intel officer suggested that the special military operation's objectives of demilitarization and denazification could be achieved through the negotiation process.

"Demilitarization will occur through the negotiation process," he stated, pointing out that Ukraine's commitment to non-membership in NATO would eliminate the need for NATO equipment and advisors, thus achieving demilitarization.

Concerning denazification, Ritter noted that Putin was clear that figures like Volodymyr Zelensky and right-wing groups such as the Azov Battalion* do not represent Ukraine's future. These groups would be phased out as part of Ukraine's post-conflict reconstruction.

"Vladimir Putin made it clear that Volodymyr Zelensky is not the political future of Ukraine," Ritter stressed. He underscored that genuine neutrality and the political rebuilding of Ukraine would empower suppressed opposition forces, and lead to a change in the internal political landscape.

*banned in Russia

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❗️ This week, Russian troops liberated settlements of Artemovka in Lugansk People's Republic and Timkovka in Kharkov region

🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's daily briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️ The Yug combat group destroyed 22 field ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Ukrainian losses amounted to 3,785 soldiers;

▪️ Units of the Tsentr combat group repelled 34 Ukrainian counterattacks;

▪️ The Sever combat group defeated four brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one week. The enemy lost up to 1,710 soldiers;

▪️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 555 soldiers in one week due to the actions of the Dnepr battlegroup;

▪️ Zapad battle group units destroyed three electronic warfare stations and four field ammunition depots. Ukrainian losses amounted to 3,405 soldiers in one week;

▪️ Russian forces shot down one MiG-29 fighter jet, Su-27 and Su-25 aircraft, and two Mi-8 helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force in one week. Russian air defense systems shot down 13 ATACMS missiles, two Patriot missiles and two Neptune anti-ship missiles in one week.

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🇺🇦⚔️🇺🇦❗️More than 40 Ukrainians tried to escape into Moldova in the back of a grain lorry.

They were detained by border guards in the Odessa region, a few kilometres from the border. Local media described the case as 'an attempt at a new anti-record'.

Earlier, in Ivano-Frankovsk, another scheme to evade mobilization was uncovered: a woman was arranging fictitious marriages and taking Ukrainians out of the country on a "wedding trip".

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦🪖💀 The exchange of dead was completed. 32 bodies of our boys returned home. 254 bodies were sent to #Ukraine, as is.

The numbers, of course, demonstrate the fact of high losses on that side. Despite #Zelensky’s statements that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are not suffering major losses, and in general everything is fine with them. Well, yes, because of this in/in Ukraine people are kidnapped from the streets and thrown to the front. Simple as meat! Even the Ukrainians themselves talk about this, but Kiev has its own reality.

Has anyone seen such chaos take place in some remote part of #Russia? Kidnapped people and sent them to the front? No, otherwise it would have already been written about in all the media. This exchange demonstrates the obvious.

In Ukraine they continue to lie, trying to deceive not only their people, but also us.


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First, Russia has repeatedly offered Washington, Europe, and NATO ways to resolve the Ukrainian crisis early on, preventing a large-scale tragedy. Instead, there were cynical manipulations and outright deceit. The first instance of this was in 2014, when a promise by the U.S. President to stop the rampage and provocations of neo-Nazi forces in Kyiv resulted in a coup. This led to the referendum on Crimea's return to Russia. The second deceit was the Minsk agreements, which turned into a vile fake, merely designed to arm the Kyiv authorities, as admitted by the Western signatories themselves. The third instance occurred after the start of the Special Military Operation, with Kyiv's regime forced to reject the neutrality agreement it had previously initialed in Istanbul. This was due to the rude pressure from certain American officials and the British eccentric Johnson, as well as the cowardice of the ruling Ukrainian clique, fearing another Maidan. (By the way, the foreign leader mentioned by V.V. Putin who visited Moscow in March 2022 was none other than Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. After Moscow, he went to Kyiv and offered a compromise peace with the determination of the fate of still disputed territories. He was simply dismissed, being called a Kremlin agent. Complete idiots who rejected the proposal for possible peace on the best terms for them.)

Second, the current situation is entirely different. All new territories have become part of Russia according to the Constitution. And this is forever. Are further negotiations possible? Yes, they are. The head of our state mentioned this today, formulating a new idea for ending the conflict, but only considering the realities on the ground based on the Istanbul agreement and the current edition of the Russian Constitution.

Third, it is evident that events are developing according to a catastrophic scenario for the Bandera regime. It will only get worse, as our President clearly stated, defining the basis for possible negotiations. The space for compromises is shrinking like shagreen leather as the territory of the dying country diminishes. The day is not far when only a narrow strip of it may remain. Russia must protect itself for many years to come. Hence, the idea of a sanitary zone proposed by V.V. Putin. This zone could include the entire former Ukraine up to the borders with Poland, as the threat continuously emanates from there. And then what? The President did not explicitly say, but it is clear that such territories, if the people living there wish, could become part of Russia.

Fourth, the "summit of the doomed" starting tomorrow will end in complete failure. Meaningless "negotiations" without Russia according to the stillborn formula of the Kyiv clown are merely recruiting new extras to participate in a foolish play to legitimize the Kyiv puppet as a full-fledged head of state. But it is clear to everyone, even our opponents, that he is merely a pathetic usurper, trembling with fear and drug withdrawal. The systematic interpretation of the Ukrainian Constitution provided by V.V. Putin leads to a very simple conclusion: the president's term cannot be extended, and it passes to the head of parliament.

Fifth, now Zelensky is a nobody, and his orders should not be followed by anyone. All officials appointed by him after his term expired have no authority to make decisions. These individuals are illegitimate, and their decisions are unlawful. Therefore, any Ukrainian serviceman commits a criminal offense when executing unlawful orders from officials appointed by the illegitimate authority. This usurper, who seized power in the country, has turned all Ukrainian residents into hostages. Every day he sends soldiers to their deaths without any right to do

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/...ine-loan-theft

Putin calls G7 deal on frozen Russian assets for Ukraine loan ‘theft’
Western countries have agreed to use interest on frozen Russian assets to give Ukraine a $50bn loan.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin denounced an agreement by Western countries to provide Ukraine with a loan package using frozen Russian assets and pledged retaliation.

Speaking at a meeting on Friday with officials from the foreign ministry, Putin said leaders in the West were trying to come up with “some kind of legal basis” for the asset freezes, “but despite all the trickery theft is still theft and will not go unpunished”.

He added Moscow’s treatment was proof that “anyone” could be next and punished by an asset freeze.

Putin’s comments came after the Group of Seven (G7) members agreed on an outline deal for a $50bn loan package for Ukraine using interest from Russian sovereign assets frozen after Putin sent his troops into the neighbouring country in February 2022.

The G7 comprises Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The European Union also participates in all discussions.

Following the announcement at the G7 annual summit in Italy, US President Joe Biden said the frozen assets agreement was a “significant outcome” and “another reminder to Putin that we’re not backing down”.

The details of the agreement are expected to be finalised in the coming weeks, and the money is expected to reach Ukraine by the end of the year.

However, Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dismissed the deal on Friday, saying it was “just pieces of paper”.

“These agreements are about nothing. They do not have legal force,” Zakharova was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying.

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"Russian warships reached Cuba this week ahead of planned military exercises in echos of the cold-war missile crisis.

The fleet, made up of a frigate, a nuclear-powered submarine, an oil tanker and a rescue tug, crossed into Havana Bay after drills in the Atlantic Ocean.

US officials expect the ships to remain in the region through the summer and possibly also stop in Venezuela."

Makes more sense of the rumour of the US military "intervening" in Haiti doesn't it?

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Ex-Pentagon analyst: Ukraine should heed Putin's offer to avoid new losses

"I think [US President Joe] Biden will resist it," Michael Maloof, a former senior security policy analyst in the Office of the US Secretary of Defense, tells Sputnik, commenting on Moscow's new peace proposal for Kiev.

"They've put in so much into it already, and they just agreed to a new tranche of money and arms for Ukraine."

Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 14 made yet another proposal to settle the Ukrainian conflict, signaling that Moscow is ready to negotiate a peace agreement if the Kiev regime pulls out from the Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, which joined Russia in the result of referendums, and revokes its NATO membership bid.

Against the backdrop of Russia's proposal, the Swiss "Summit on Peace in Ukraine" scheduled for June 15-16 doesn't seem relevant due to its one-sided unrealistic approach to the crisis, according to the former Pentagon analyst.

"It's not a serious negotiation, because they haven't even invited the Russian side to this so-called peace conference," Maloof says. "The Chinese and increasingly a number of the BRICS countries pulled out. They don't want any part of this charade."

Encouraged by its Western partners, Ukraine rejected the Istanbul preliminary peace agreement with Russia and sustained huge manpower and territorial losses afterwards. The pundit expects that it could happen again if Kiev rejects Putin's new offer.

Ukrainian politicians, especially in the Ukrainian parliament - the Verkhovna Rada – "need to take some initiative and try to sue for peace for what they have left," Maloof stresses.


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A hole in the hull and smoke - this is what the Ukrainian ship Verben looks like after being attacked by the Yemeni Houthis.

The day before, they fired two cruise missiles into the Gulf of Aden, according to the US Army Central Command. On the ship, which was travelling from Malaysia to Italy, there was a fire after the attack, Ukrainian groups write.

The ship is reportedly Ukrainian-owned, but sails under the flag of Palau and is operated from Poland.

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Serbian President Vučić: "There will be a world war in 3-4 months - we are checking the stocks of oil, flour, sugar"
What does the Serbian president know? Shocking interview for the Swiss media..

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić gave a long interview to the Swiss weekly Weltwoche in which he revealed that Serbia is checking oil, flour and sugar stocks because there will be a world war in 3-4 months.

Given the very good relations of the Serbian president with Vladimir Putin and Moscow, it is possible that Vučić knows what is happening behind the scenes and interpreted the Russian ultimatum to NATO, especially after admitting the transfer of Ukrainian F-16 fighter jets to NATO bases in Romania and Poland.

In the interview, he stated, among other things:

The rhetoric is getting worse day by day and it reminds me of a quote from a famous historian: "The train has left the station and no one can stop it." I believe that the last days are approaching when we have the opportunity to reevaluate and reflect on what is happening in Ukraine . If the big powers don't do something soon, yes, I'm pretty sure we're in for a real disaster.

If you're betting that someone is bluffing, it means you don't have better cards. You just think that the other person has weaker cards. You're not sure because you don't know his cards and haven't seen them. I am always very cautious and circumspect when assessing Putin's wishes or possible future move.

The situation is further complicated by the fact that everyone is talking only about the war. No one seeks peace. Nobody talks about peace. Peace is almost a forbidden word!

I find it very strange that no one is trying to stop the war. There is another theory - which I understand.

I am not saying that I approve of her - that the West thinks that they can easily defeat Putin, they want to exhaust him in Ukraine and then enter the space and Russia with its current territory will cease to exist and Putin will be overthrown, etc. Maybe it is doable, but... ..

Why do I say that we are walking right next to the edge of the abyss? Analyze the situation of NATO and the USA. They cannot afford the luxury of defeat in the war in Ukraine.

Second, the position of Europe and the collective West will deteriorate so much from a geopolitical point of view that no one will be able to regenerate and restore it.....

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