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    • US shutdown over Ukraine - Blinken's turn to Rewrite History:

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    • US Marine Corps Officer Scott Ritter Reveals TRUTH About Ukraine:

    Scott Ritter is a former United Nations Weapons Inspector and US Marine Corps Intelligence Officer with extensive knowledge of Ukraine and Russia history. Today we explore the problems with the Russia Ukraine War and share insights into how it could end soon.

    00:00 - Intro
    01:55 - Welcome Scott Ritter
    02:15 - Why the War Didn't Start in 2022
    03:25 - US Ambassador Warns of Russian War
    04:12 - How the Conflict Began in 1942
    07:26 - If Putin Withdraws Will This Conflict End?
    09:00 - Putin's Controversial Speech
    13:55 - The Minsk Accords
    15:00 - Did Russia Try to End the War?
    18:10 - Why Russia Invaded Ukraine
    21:05 - Why a Neutral Ukraine is Key to Peace
    24:46 - Will there be a DMZ in Ukraine?
    29:40 - Is America's Investment in Ukraine a Goof Thing?
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    In 2009, signs celebrating SS Waffen Galicia were posted throughout Lviv, West Ukraine

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    In response, people of the Donbass erected signs of a Russian soldier bayoneting an SS Galicia Nazoid in the guts

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    Just thought this was a great illustrative example of how West Ukraine and East Ukraine treat the Nazis of WW2/Great Patriotic War. Then & now

    And that was five years before Victoria Nuland's hand-picked government in West Ukraine took power and targeted Russo-Ukrainians of the Donbass for nine years now

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    The first mission of Russia's SMO was/is to protect the ethnic Russian people of the Donbass & Crimea

    But considering West Ukraine's unrepentant Nazi past and the West's standing ovation in Canada, the second mission to denazify Ukraine maybe harder and deeper than it seems
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    From The Moon of Alabama today. A point not made in the report is that if the average age of Ukraine's army is 40, that pretty much means that for every 18 year old there's someone aged 62.
    The Average Age of Ukraine's Army

    Ben Wallace, the former Secretary of State for Defence of the UK, writes in the Telegraph:
    Putin is desperately grasping at the final two things that can save him – time and the splitting of the international community. Britain can do something about both. We must help Ukraine maintain its momentum – and that will require more munitions, ATACMSs and Storm Shadows. And the best way to keep the international community together is the demonstration of success. Ukraine can also play its part. The average age of the soldiers at the front is over 40. I understand President Zelensky’s desire to preserve the young for the future, but the fact is that Russia is mobilising the whole country by stealth. Putin knows a pause will hand him time to build a new army. So just as Britain did in 1939 and 1941, perhaps it is time to reassess the scale of Ukraine’s mobilisation.
    Let us not pause for one day. Let us see this through. The world is watching to see if the West has the resolve to stand up for our values and the rules-based system. What we do now for Ukraine will set the direction for all of our security for years to come.
    Think for a moment what the aside insert "The average age of the soldiers at the front is over 40" really means. Can Storm Shadows change that fact?
    Roland Popp @RoPoppZurich - 5:43 UTC · Oct 2, 2023 Sollte stimmen, was Wallace da über das Durchschnittsalter an der ukrainischen Front sagt, 40 Jahre, dann sind die schlimmsten Mutmaßungen über Verluste weit übertroffen worden.
    Paraguay 1870.

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    If what Wallace says about the average age on the Ukrainian front is true, 40 years, then the worst assumptions about losses have been far exceeded.
    Paraguay 1870.
    Paraguayan War - Casualties of the war:
    Paraguay suffered massive casualties, and the war's disruption and disease also cost civilian lives. Some historians estimate that the nation lost the majority of its population.
    Ukraine ain't there yet. But looking at pictures of Ukrainian soldiers at the front, Wallace seems to be right. If you are forty or above are you really still able to run, react and fight like when you were twenty? I am not.

    The young Ukrainians are gone. They either have fled from Ukraine or are wounded, disabled or died. You can not mobilize what is no longer there.

    A huge loss that will forever haunt that country.

    End this war now!
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    Russia will stage its first nationwide nuclear attack exercise across 11 time zones in preparation for potential nuclear war



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    Quote You only practice for something if you think that there is a decent chance that it will actually happen. This week, two “tests” will be conducted that sound rather ominous. The first of these “tests” will happen in Russia on Tuesday. Vladimir Putin has ordered the very first “nationwide nuclear attack exercise” in the entire history of his country, and that is making headlines all over the globe…

    Russia will stage its first nationwide nuclear attack exercise across 11 time zones in preparation for potential nuclear war.

    It is scheduled to take place on October 3 and will see Vladimir Putin’s regime present the West as a nuclear aggressor.

    If Vladimir Putin was entirely convinced that there is zero chance that a nuclear war will happen, he would not have ordered these drills.

    Obviously he believes that there is at least a remote possibility that the conflict in Ukraine could spark a nuclear war.

    It is being reported that this exercise will assume “that martial law has been introduced in Russia” and that a nuclear attack by the western powers would destroy “up to 70% of Russian housing”…

    The one-day nuclear attack exercise, which has only ever been done region by region, will include preparation for the destruction of up to 70% of Russian housing stock and life support facilities.

    It will assume the scenario that martial law has been introduced in Russia and that is has gone through full mobilisation.

    But that doesn’t mean that most of the Russian population would die during such an attack.

    Russia has more than 16,000 nuclear shelters, and some of them can hold vast numbers of people.

    Here in the United States, we have one. It is in the Seattle area, and at the time it was built it could hold about 200 people…

    In November 1962, only a month after the Cuban Missile Crisis, excavation of a shelter in Seattle began.

    It was expected to be the first of several fallout shelters across the U.S., but ended up being the only one built in the country.

    The May 15, 1962, Seattle Times identified the structure as “the nation’s first fallout shelter to be built into a freeway.”

    And of course the U.S. is not likely to hold a “nationwide nuclear attack exercise” any time soon, because our leaders have fooled themselves into thinking that the Russians would never dare fire their missiles at us.

    But just last week thousands of Russians were involved in extensive nuclear combat drills…

    The combat drills took place in the Sverdlovsk region on Thursday and saw 3,000 Tagil Rocket Division soldiers being trained on the “highest degrees of combat readiness”, according to RadarOnline.com.

    Video footage of the nuclear missile division’s combat drills was shown on the Russian defense ministry TV channel, Zvezda.

    The clip shows thousands of soldiers training and Yars thermonuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles, feared throughout the world because of their massive 6,835-mile range.

    If both sides continue to escalate matters in Ukraine, this is where things are eventually heading, and the Russians realize this.

    Unfortunately, our leaders in the western world just don’t seem to get it.

    If push comes to shove, the Russians will use their nuclear weapons.

    In fact, many prominent voices inside Russia are already encouraging Vladimir Putin to go in that direction. Here is just one example…

    The rhetoric was raised by loyalist MP and army commander Lt-Gen Andrei Gurulev who demanded Putin be ready to use nuclear weapons.

    ‘Our strategic capability is our [nuclear triad],’ he said.

    ‘This is what is designed for the landmass of the United States of America. This is specifically for them.

    ‘And they know very well that after that there will be no United States of America. We 100% inflict an unacceptable defeat on the USA. They know that.’

    If our leaders had any sense, they would be looking for a peaceful way out of this mess while it is still possible.

    Because Ukraine is not going to defeat Russia, and the Russians are not going to back down.

    Last week, it was being reported that Putin has decided to bring in another 130,000 conscripts…

    Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling up 130,000 conscripts for military service this fall, increasing the age limit of conscripts from 27 to 30, according to a document posted on the Russian government website on Friday.

    Russia’s lower house of parliament voted last July to raise the age for conscripts, and that legislation will take effect on January 1, 2024. Putin said earlier this month that he is bracing for a long war with Ukraine as Russia’s armed forces press on with their “special military operation” in Ukraine, now in its 20th month.

    We are rapidly approaching a point of no return with Russia, and so we should sit down and talk while we still can.

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    The issue of Ukraine flooding the Polish market with grain and undercutting Polish farmers continues to push Poland away from Ukraine and on the path to restoring relations with Russia.

    ‘Titanic effort’ required to repair relations with Kiev – Warsaw
    The Poles’ trust in Ukraine has been “shaken” by the escalation of the grain dispute, the Polish foreign minister has said
    https://www.rt.com/news/583935-polan...tions-titanic/

    It will take a “titanic effort” to mend the rift between Poland and Ukraine, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said on Monday, explaining why he did not join his EU colleagues in Kiev.

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    Relations between the two neighbors are “entering a period of downturn and my absence is partly an expression of this,” Rau told the broadcaster Polsat, when asked why Deputy FM Wojciech Gerwel went to the EU ministerial meeting in the Ukrainian capital instead.

    Relations with Kiev depend on “three dimensions,” Rau explained – geopolitics, national interests, and domestic support. While Poland is aligned with Ukraine when it comes to geopolitics, regarding the conflict with Russia, Warsaw and Kiev have different national interests when it comes to the import and transit of Ukrainian agricultural produce.

    The fact that Ukraine chose to escalate this trade dispute to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the UN General Assembly, Rau told Polsat, “caused the trust of our society in the current policy of the Ukrainian government towards Poland to be shaken.”

    “After what happened, getting back to square one will require titanic efforts,” the Polish foreign minister said.

    The dispute over importation of Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products has caused a diplomatic row between Kiev and Warsaw in recent months. The EU move to suspend tariffs on Ukrainian exports – aiming to support Kiev in the conflict with Moscow – saw highly regulated farmers in neighboring countries unable to compete with cheap corn, wheat, and sunflower oil. Brussels responded by only allowing the transit of Ukrainian goods through Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania. When that moratorium expired on September 15, those countries reimposed it on their own.

    Ukraine has since launched a complaint to the WTO, while President Vladimir Zelensky accused the four countries of supporting Russia during his September 22 speech at the UN General Assembly. Zelensky’s speech caused outrage in Poland and was condemned by its leading politicians.

    In the Polsat interview on Monday, Rau insisted that Warsaw is carrying out all of its “military and political” obligations towards Kiev, including those required by NATO membership. Poland does not tell Ukraine what to do, but expects the same courtesy in return, he added.

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    POKING THE BEAR: Britain’s defense chief provokes Russia to unleash WWIII by sending its troops to train Ukrainian soldiers
    10/03/2023 // Belle Carter

    https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-10-...ash-wwiii.html

    Russia's former President Dmitry Medvedev sent a clear warning to the United Kingdom government that if it pushes through with its plans to deploy military instructors to Ukraine, in addition to training Ukrainian troops in Britain, Russia would not have any choice but to unleash World War III with the West.

    [ . . . . . . snip . . . . . . ]

    He ended his ominous message with: "And then that would be it. The end of the ball game. There will be only to collect money for a new monument in the neighborhood of Ground Zero. At best. And in the worst case, the wreaths will just be put in water."
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    Eisenhower's Warning about the Military-Industrial Complex

    “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” -President Eisenhower.

    Apologies if this has already been posted. It seems particularly relevant.
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    • THOUSANDS Of Ukrainian Troops Surrender To Russia!
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    From Zero Hedge, today: (but there's no surprise here for anyone who's been following all this closely)
    UK has Run Out of Vital Weapons to Give Ukraine

    The hits just keep coming: a senior British military source has told The Telegraph that the UK has depleted available military equipment to give to Ukraine. Unlike the US or Poland at this point, it's not a question of funding or political will, but the British military has simply run out of vital arms and ammo to give, apparently.

    "We’ve given away just about as much as we can afford," the official told the paper, explaining that all along the UK had encouraged other allies to keep arming Kiev.

    "We will continue to source equipment to provide for Ukraine, but what they need now is things like air defense assets and artillery ammunition, and we’ve run dry on all that," the official added.

    The shortage was revealed after controversial remarks given by recent Defence Secretary Ben Wallace:
    The comments come after Ben Wallace revealed that he asked Rishi Sunak to spend £2.3 billion more on support for Ukraine before he resigned as defence secretary last month.
    Mr Wallace warned that the UK had been overtaken by Germany as the biggest European military donor to Ukraine as he called for the 50 per cent increase on funding that the UK has committed so far.
    And now the public spat is yet another setback for the pro-Ukraine war cause, as The Telegraph underscores in saying, "The Western alliance has suffered a series of blows in recent days, with support for Ukraine dropped from a US stop-gap budget bill, election success for a pro-Russian party in Slovakia and rows between Poland and Kyiv over grain supplies."

    These trends suggest NATO support and unity is fracturing, given also the most powerful country in the world is in a severe political fight, with the fate of future billions for Ukraine on the line. Biden still tried to 'assure' allies in phone calls on Tuesday.

    And now the UK's resolve could be fracturing too. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's reaction was that he would not waver:
    Last night a senior military source told The Telegraph that the onus should not be on the UK to provide the “billions” Mr Wallace has called for.
    “Giving billions more doesn’t mean giving billions of British kit,” they said, adding that the UK had a role to play in “encouraging other nations to give more money and weapons”.
    ...On Monday Mr Sunak was forced to insist that the UK’s commitment to Ukraine would not “waver” in the light of Mr Wallace’s comments.
    https://twitter.com/squatsons/status/1709290041783316992

    The last months have seen Ukraine undertake a series of high-risk major operations against Russian-controlled Crimea, including significant strikes on the naval port of Sevastopol - including docked ships, submarines, and even the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

    The latter strike reportedly used UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles. They are effective, and yet such an advanced UK-made missile is clearly in short supply, not to mention very expensive, at over $3 million per unit.

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    https://x.com/ivan_8848/status/1709360626231845104



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    The United States will transfer to its Ukrainian army Iranian weapons confiscated in February during transportation to Yemen, CNN reports, citing sources.

    During the winter, thousands of weapons and ammunition were intercepted by US and French troops. Six months later they decided that he would be transferred to Ukraine. It remains to decide how to formalize this, because the UN requires that confiscated weapons be destroyed or stored.
    A decision could be announced this week.

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    Slovakia Faces Potential Challenges Within the European Union

    The appointment of Robert Fico as Slovakia's Prime Minister potentially raises concerns about the country's pro-Western orientation, according to a report by the Czech publication Lidovky, citing an expert's opinion.

    Fico has pledged to cease Slovak military assistance to Kiev, and his political alignment appears to align closely with Viktor Orban, the Prime Minister of Hungary.

    As a result, Slovakia may encounter difficulties within the European Union. The country is part of the Eurozone and relies on funding from the EU. This situation is reminiscent of Hungary's confrontational political stance, which led to Brussels withholding expected financial allocations.

    However, the publication expresses doubt that Robert Fico will completely distance Slovakia from the 27 EU member states. Instead, he may opt for a pragmatic approach. The expert also advises distinguishing between rhetoric and actual actions in assessing the situation.

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    "In the face of recent developments in the United States, Poland, and Slovakia, confidence in the unwavering Western support for Ukraine in its armed conflict with Russia is waning," reports Politico.

    Against this backdrop, White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre sought to reassure allies with a statement: "There is a very strong international coalition of over 50 countries standing behind Ukraine, and if Putin thinks he can outlast us, he's wrong."

    Ukrainian politicians, who have faced criticism from the U.S. and the UK for "insufficient gratitude" for Western aid, are also trying to convey optimism. "We are working with both sides of Congress to ensure this doesn't happen under any circumstances," said Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba in the context of funding issues.

    ▪️However, promises that the U.S. and Europe will support Kyiv no matter what are starting to ring hollow, according to the publication.

    Next year, Ukraine expects to receive $42.8 billion in its budget from international donors, with the majority coming from the United States.

    In June, Ukraine's Finance Minister, Serhiy Marchenko, stated that the U.S. should "intervene and at least provide us with medium-term assistance."

    ▪️While most EU countries agree to continue supporting Ukraine, they link their assistance to a review of the EU's long-term budget, for which there is no agreement.

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    Europe is very alarmed by the US decision on Ukraine

    The US government's draft budget initially implied a new aid package for Kyiv worth $6 billion. But disputes arose in Congress, and as a result, the budget was adopted without this item. Now congressmen will decide the issue of financing Ukraine separately.

    ▪️European allies saw this as a worrying sign that US support for the war effort was beginning to wane. On the eve of the elections, Americans can distance themselves from the Ukrainian issue and rely on domestic politics.

    ▪️The Pentagon also made it clear that the remaining funds will only be enough for how many months of weapons supplies to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

    The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that the EU “deeply regrets” the decision of the Congress and also expressed confidence that it will be reviewed. According to him, the Europeans will try to convince the Americans to continue arming Kyiv.

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    Russian Defense Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

    4 October 2023

    The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

    ▫️In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled four attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 5th Assault Brigade, 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 53th Mechanized Brigade near Adreevka, Vodyanoye, Nevelskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

    ▫️The enemy lost up to 165 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, three motor vehicles, two armored fighting vehicles, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, as well as one electronic warfare station.

    ▫️ One ammunition depot of the AFU 24th Mechanized Brigade has been destroyed close to Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

    ▫️ In Krasny Liman direction, two attacks launched by assault groups of the 21st Mechanized Brigade and the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade close to Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Serebryansky forestry were repelled by coordinated efforts of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopters and artillery.

    ▫️ Up to 50 Ukrainian troops, two armored fighting vehicles, two D-30 howitzers were neutralised.

    ▫️ In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces repelled one attack of the AFU 127th Territorial Defense Brigade's assault groups close to Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).

    ▫️In addition, the Group's ground-attack aircraft and helicopters delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Mechanized Brigade near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

    ▫️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 185 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, three armored fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, as well as one D-20 howitzer.

    ▫️ In Kupyansk direction, aviation, heavy flamethrower systems, and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the AFU 25th Airborne Brigade, 32nd, 115th mechanized brigades, and 103rd Territorial Defence Brigades close to Sinkovka, Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka and Artyomovka (Lugansk People's Republic).

    ▫️Up to 30 Ukrainian troops, one tank, and two motor vehicles have been neutralised.

    ▫️ One U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery warfare radar has been destroyed near Schiykovka (Kharkov region).

    ▫️ Moreover, one missile artillery ammunition depot of the AFU 41st Mechanized Brigade, as well as one ammunition depot of the 113rd Territorial Defense Brigade, were wiped out close to Kupyansk and Liptsy (Kharkov region).

    ▫️ In Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Group of Forces' units supported by Ground-Attack and Army aviation hit manpower and hardware of the AFU 46th Airmobile Brigade and 15th Ukrainian National Guard Brigade near Malaya Tokmachka and northwest of Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).

    ▫️Up to 45 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles have been neutralized.

    ▫️In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one Msta-B howitzer, one D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made M119 gun were neutralized.

    ◽️ In Kherson direction, up to 20 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, as well as one ammunition depot of the AFU 126th Territorial Defense Brigade, have been destroyed near Kherson.

    ▫️ Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 114 areas during the day.

    ▫️ In addition, one P-18 radar station for the detection, identification, and tracking of aerial targets was destroyed close to Krinichki (Nikolayev region).

    ◽️ Command and observation posts of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade, 5th Assault Brigade,and 100th Territorial Defense Brigade have been obliterated close to Praskoviyvka, Krasnoye, (Donetsk People's Republic) and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).

    ▫️Fighter Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces intercepted one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force close to Soldatskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).

    ▫️Russian air defense forces have intercepted two Neptune anti-ship missiles, one U.S.-made JDAM guided bomb, as well as seven HIMARS and Grad MLRS projectiles during the day.

    ▫️Furthermore, during the day, 74 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were neutralized and suppressed by radio electronic warfare means close to Vasilevka, Kropivnitskoye, Peski (Donetsk People's Republic), Verbovoye, Mirnoye, Ulyanovka, Ilchenkovo, Pologi, (Zaporozhye region), Krasnorechenskoye, Belogorovka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Veliky Vyselok (Kherson region).

    📊 In total, 484 airplanes and 250 helicopters, 7,491 unmanned aerial vehicles, 440 air defense missile systems, 12,326 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,160 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,642 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 13,789 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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    Rus Probes Ukr Defences,
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