WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia

[Ravenlocke]

News of Donbass

Jan 20
💬 Suggestions for conflict settlement in Ukraine that aim to preserve the Kiev regime are completely unacceptable for Russia, Sergei #Lavrov stated

Other key points from the Russian Foreign Minister:

🔹 Zelensky and Europe are hysterically trying to impose the idea of a ceasefire in Ukraine on the USA;

🔹 Russia will not allow the Kiev regime to be rearmed again;

🔹 Ukraine is currently in a very poor situation, both from the political and front-line points of view;

🔹 The current Kiev regime is Nazi - this should not be forgotten.

https://x.com/News_of_Donbass/status...46009721270585

[Ravenlocke]

RussiaNews 🇷🇺

🚨⚡️Dmitry Medvedev:

"The pointless gathering in Davos promises to be interesting. Instead of the worn-out corpse of Ukraine, the discussion will now focus on frozen Greenland.

The general setup is clear enough. Cowardly European roosters, hopped up on tranquilizers from sheer fear, will try to persuade a pushy uncle to take full control of the island — while leaving it formally under the ownership of the Danish crown. Do whatever you like, they’ll say, uncle: take the island into indefinite, free use; extract its resources at no cost; build military bases, airfields, missile silos, and any other facilities needed for total control.

But that’s not what Trump wants. Everyone understands this. He wants to paint the island on world maps in stars and stripes (he’s already published such a map — Canada and Venezuela included) and place himself alongside the Founding Fathers. He wants to remain in history forever. And at the same time, to become like the President of Russia.

That last part is impossible. Through the SMO and as a result of referendums, Russia reclaimed its own lands — territories that had been part of it for centuries, along with its own people. Greenland is something entirely different. It has never had any direct connection to the United States, even though Washington has tried more than once to buy it.

The real question, meanwhile, goes beyond the obvious desire of the U.S. president. Although many are gleefully describing how an aroused Gargantua Trump will swallow a massive chunk of land — and then spit sticky saliva into the wrinkled face of the loathsome old woman called Europe — simultaneously turning the United States into the world’s second-largest country by territory. Trump is indeed in a hurry. Time is relentlessly slipping away. It’s time to carve his name in gold into the tablets of history.

But the key question is this: what price is the current occupant of the White House prepared to pay to achieve that goal? Dismantling NATO is not the same thing as kidnapping a foreign leader betrayed by his own allies in a weakened country. And finally — will Trump even be allowed to do it?"

https://x.com/mog_russEN/status/2013873190666379766

[norman]

President Zelenskyy addresses the World Economic Forum
GBNews - 79 minutes ago

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_PkUll5Lisk

[Ravenlocke]

dana

🇫🇷🏴‍☠️⚔️🚢❗️France detained a tanker in the Mediterranean Sea that was heading from Russia, claims Macron

France seized the oil tanker GRINCH, the French President reported on his account X

According to Emmanuel Macron, the tanker, which is subject to international sanctions, was intercepted "with the assistance of several allies".

The ship's crew has now changed course and is following the instructions of the French Navy. Paris has organized a judicial investigation.

Baltnews

https://x.com/dana916/status/2014351492539433104

[Ravenlocke]

TASS

The French Navy detained an oil tanker allegedly bound from Russia in neutral waters in the Mediterranean, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a post on X:
https://vk.cc/cTEB93

https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/2014362487613776252

https://tass.com/world/2075459?utm_s...m_social_share

French Navy stops oil tanker from Russia in the Mediterranean — Macron

The French president said the operation was conducted with support of France's allies

PARIS, January 22. /TASS/. The French Navy detained an oil tanker allegedly bound from Russia in neutral waters in the Mediterranean, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a post on X.

"This morning, the French Navy boarded an oil tanker coming from Russia, subject to international sanctions and suspected of flying a false flag. The operation was conducted on the high seas in the Mediterranean, with the support of several of our allies," he wrote.

The name of the affected tanker was not disclosed, nor is any information available regarding whether they may be Russian citizens on board the vessel. The French head of state only said the move was in strict compliance with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, adding that a probe has been opened. "We are determined to uphold international law and to ensure the effective enforcement of sanctions," Macron posted.

[Ravenlocke]

NewRulesGeopolitics

Jan 21
🚨🇺🇸🇷🇺 The US nightmare: Russia’s Iskander smashes US Patriots in Ukraine

Four years of Russia-West missile contest have pushed one question to the front: how fast the US can replace its air defense under constant strikes. The answer depends on two factors:

🔸 US industry and political choices
• Air defense is treated as a BUSINESS model, not a wartime necessity
• Patriot was designed for PEACETIME readiness and controlled conditions
• Attrition breaks the math: ~$1B per battery, interceptor stocks worth HUNDREDS of millions
• Losses CAN'T be replaced at the pace REAL combat demands

🔸 Russian strike adaptation
• US-made systems became the highest-value targets
• Strike density increased accordingly
• Weapon mixes expanded to OVERWHELM and EXHAUST defenses

The outcome is stark: Most US air-defense systems lost in Ukraine were destroyed not by drones or rockets, but by Iskander and Kinzhal missiles. For the first time in US history, flagship air-defense systems are being ELIMINATED AT SCALE in real combat.

Ukraine conflict has exposed the combined industrial, military, and political limits of the US model. Can the US actually adapt under this kind of pressure, and if so, what would have to change first?

https://x.com/NewRulesGeo/status/2014001911104688185

[Ravenlocke]

NewRulesGeopolitics

Jan 19
🚨🇷🇺 NATO Alarmed: Russia Begins Developing “Predator” UAV for Arctic Dominance

Russia advances its aerospace dominance with the new 'Predator' stratospheric UAV, a cutting-edge platform designed for the modern battlespace.

The Predator specifications include a 12,000 km range, a 500 kg payload, and features like AI integration and 3D scanning for "near-space" exploration. However, its operational ceiling of 15,000 meters is subpar against modern fighters, and its low subsonic speed of Mach 0.46 presents a stark contrast to prior high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.

This drone represents a sophisticated evolution from legendary predecessors like the MiG-25R Foxbat. While the Foxbat excelled in raw speed and altitude for its era, the Predator introduces sustainable, persistent intelligence gathering through advanced avionics and AI, without requiring risky overflights.

This intelligent platform provides a cost-effective, multi-role solution that complements satellite systems and enhances Russia's strategic awareness, particularly in crucial regions like the Arctic.

The system's operational impact is contingent on the sophistication of its AI-driven sensor fusion, where Chinese technological collaboration could be the decisive force multiplier. This partnership is anchored in a core, mutual strategic imperative: securing the resource-rich and strategically vital Russian Arctic against expanding NATO reconnaissance and patrols.

The Predator is a modern, cost-effective solution for persistent surveillance. Its extreme range targets Arctic coverage, acting as a sensor node in a larger kill chain.

https://x.com/NewRulesGeo/status/2013219378746269910

[Vicus]

Down The Memory Lane.

That was the "plan" by curators of 404 Nazis. If anyone forgot.

Vicus note:This is a link to a short video from Poroshenko that I can't embed...

https://www.blogger.com/video.g?toke...OQWS06_QZcjFVW

Yesterday, there was a mass grave uncovered in Kursk Oblast--524 bodies of Russian civilians executed by NATO. Around one thousand is still missing. The Fourth Reich in action, but now it follows the path of its predecessor. Obviously, with Poroshenko being high on NATO Kool Aid promising this to Russians was a bad idea.

In related news, in an attempt to alleviate the butt-hurt, the neocon central Newsweek ... lies.

"A United States warship recently completed sea trials following upgrades to launch hypersonic missiles capable of striking targets at over five times the speed of sound."

"USS Zumwalt, one of three Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers, underwent modernization to become the first U.S. Navy platform capable of launching the Conventional Prompt Strike, or CPS, a hypersonic boost-glide missile designed to defeat enemy defenses."

I have news--the US doesn't have hypersonic weapons and is not going to have them any time soon. So, sticking some VLS for non-existent weapon to the white elephant is not producing "hypersonic missile warship", which, in the end is absolutely defenseless against real hypersonic weapons. Yes, the US Army announced the "fielding" of LRHW. Fielding being the term for all kinds of activities not related to actual weapon. But let me remind you about this weapon.

continue: https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/

[Tintin]

Russian television report - with English subtitles - on yesterday's bilateral Russia-USA talks and a segment which reports on the first trilateral Russia-USA-Ukraine working group which is taking place today in Abu Dhabi:

[Vicus]

"Ice Trap" in Kostyantynivka: More than three thousand Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were surrounded without heat or supplies.

Russian troops are completing an operation to block a large enemy force in Kostyantynivka, where the critical situation of Ukrainian forces, amid severe frosts, has led to the first mass surrenders.

According to Mash, over 100 soldiers from the 156th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already laid down their arms and raised white flags, declaring further resistance impossible due to the lack of basic survival conditions.

Ukrainian Armed Forces command has effectively abandoned its personnel in dilapidated buildings without food, drinking water, or heating, forcing the remaining soldiers to use diesel heaters.

However, attempts to warm themselves in the basements of the southern districts of the city only hasten the destruction of the units: a powerful heat signature reveals their positions, after which Russian aircraft launch pinpoint strikes with high-explosive aerial bombs, destroying fortifications and personnel alike.

The situation for Ukrainian forces in Kostiantynivka is rapidly devolving into a full-fledged "cauldron," as Russian assault units have already consolidated their positions in the city center and taken control of the railway station.

According to preliminary estimates, units from 37 different Ukrainian Armed Forces formations, totaling over 3,000 personnel, are at risk of complete annihilation. Russian troops are conducting a dynamic offensive north of the city in the areas of Verolyubovka, Mayskoye, and Markovo, and are actively advancing along the Seversky Donets-Donbas Canal toward Novomarkovo, cutting off the last escape routes.

Moscow notes that the collapse of the defense on this sector of the front will be a logical consequence of the incompetence of the Ukrainian leadership, which has sacrificed thousands of lives to hold positions without even minimal logistical support during the winter.

https://avia-pro.net/news/ledyanoy-k...enii-bez-tepla

[grapevine]

Zelensky trashes Europe in Davos. Carney, rules based order was pretend

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vkCSiigJZco

29.96
Having said that he wouldn't go to Davos, Zelensky was encouraged to change his mind and again let himself down and showed his fury once more, calling the Europeans weak and useless - and they stood up and cheered him on with a standing ovation!

Alexander describea it as "an astonishing performance".

[norman]

The front end of this presentation is as artificial as plastic flowers but I assume someone in the background put in the usual amount of input work as for any high quality article, which I consider this to be, in 'talking head' form.

⚠️ Disclaimer:
This content is for informational and educational purposes only and is based on publicly available sources.
Some visuals and narration are AI-generated and used to clearly present news and analysis.
AiNow does not intend to mislead and encourages viewers to verify information independently.

As far as I know Putin wasn't in Davos but his representatives were.


Why Trump’s Team Met With Putin in Davos

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=U9ioq4DtX2M

[Ravenlocke]

Russia Hits Kiev Biggest Strike As US Military Joins US Russia Ukraine Talks;
No Deal UK/EU Left Out
Topic 1796

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NCDUp7RCYoo

0:00 - Introduction and reminder to like and subscribe
0:28 - Overview of recent Moscow meeting between Putin and US officials
2:13 - Agreement to set up a working party with Russia, Ukraine, and the US in Abu Dhabi
3:22 - Pentagon's new defense strategy focusing on homeland protection and Asia-Pacific
8:00 - US shifting defense responsibility to Europe and scaling down in Europe
10:14 - Details of the Abu Dhabi working party participants from Russia, Ukraine, and the US
18:51 - Nature of the Abu Dhabi meeting as a military and intelligence working group
20:30 - Topics in Abu Dhabi: security issues, buffer zones, and control mechanisms
24:12 - Meeting logistics and lack of public information on outcomes
25:05 - Likelihood of ongoing working group meetings and comparison to Minsk agreements
27:22 - US strategic motives for scaling down conflict in Ukraine to focus on China
28:38 - Absence of CIA and Ukrainian civilian intelligence in the Abu Dhabi talks
30:05 - Internal US government divisions over Ukraine conflict strategy
34:14 - Ukrainian position on Donbass withdrawal and prospects for peace
40:28 - Recent powerful Russian missile and drone strike on Kiev and its impact
48:31 - Challenges of Ukrainian air defense against advanced Russian missiles
53:06 - Overview of missile types used in the Kiev strike and their implications
56:25 - Humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Kiev and Ukrainian government’s response
59:09 - Lack of substantive negotiations between US and Russia
1:03:00 - Prospects for final settlement and Ukrainian resistance to territorial concessions
1:07:17 - Europe crisis amid US strategic shift and Greenland controversy
1:14:00 - European failure to engage directly with Russia and reliance on US mediation

[bojancan]

Posted by norman (here)
The front end of this presentation is as artificial as plastic flowers but I assume someone in the background put in the usual amount of input work as for any high quality article, which I consider this to be, in 'talking head' form.

⚠️ Disclaimer:
This content is for informational and educational purposes only and is based on publicly available sources.
Some visuals and narration are AI-generated and used to clearly present news and analysis.
AiNow does not intend to mislead and encourages viewers to verify information independently.

As far as I know Putin wasn't in Davos but his representatives were.


Why Trump’s Team Met With Putin in Davos

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=U9ioq4DtX2M

This video is all completely filled with visuals and the narration AI-generated .. not fan from those sorts of stuff..

[Ravenlocke]

Maria Zakharova (Commentary)

#MariaTelegram
#Zakharova
Maria Zakharova, 24 January

Yesterday and today, the entire world followed the news from Abu Dhabi: what had been agreed upon, what had been agreed upon, what would be the next steps in the trilateral negotiations to resolve the conflict.

The Kiev regime, represented by Zelenskyy, declared every few hours on its social media for two days: "Ukraine's position is clear"; "Ukraine's desire is to end the war"; "Ukraine is ready to move forward."

But this morning, we saw the Kiev regime's true position—what they truly desire and what they are prepared to do.

Contrary to all protocols of the Geneva Convention, the norms of international humanitarian law, as well as their own statements and every conceivable notion of humanism, Ukrainian Armed Forces drones fired upon an ambulance in the Kherson region near the village of Hola Prystan.

Until the very end, they hoped that the team members who responded to the patient's call had managed to escape from the vehicle and take cover, but, to their great regret, it became clear by the evening that they had all become new victims of Kiev militants; no one had managed to escape.

Simultaneously with this attack on the ambulance, in another part of the contact line, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used a similar method to attack an ambulance in Energodar, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The vehicle's body was damaged in the attack, but the medics managed to escape.

So, Zelenskyy declares peace and a readiness for a ceasefire, which he touts so much in Davos, while his terrorists are deliberately and systematically killing doctors—just as they have been doing in Donbas since 2014.

Of course, those involved in this crime will be identified, and just retribution will surely come. But the people who saved lives will never be brought back.

Tomorrow, the Orthodox world will commemorate the feast day of Saint Tatiana of Rome, tortured and murdered for her faith. Today, a neo-Nazi junta shot doctors point-blank, including a nurse born in 1954 who dedicated her entire professional life to the noble cause of medicine.

👉 https://t.me/s/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova

https://x.com/_MariaZakharova/status...81014075580649

[Mike Gorman]

The actual most sacred locus-mysterium of the Woke/Progressive ideology, the source of the billionaire green religion, we should not underestimate the significance of Trump chastising this bunch - no doubt they all expected something of the kind, after all since the publishing in November of the new intentions of this administration, they warned them right from the start, with Vance's initial lecture which saw the dear souls openly weeping at the stern 'talking to'. But they did not quite expect the scope, the sheer rejection of their most intimate of beliefs: China does not use windmills themselves they make them for stupid people & burn coal for their energy - piqued 'fact checkers' spoke of 7.5% of Chinese electricity coming from wind ...7.5%
No doubt there is theater here, Trump after all is one of their kind, a ruthless billionaire, a playa.
There is a major shift in progress, that much is indisputable - the nuances & details are debatable for sure, no doubt the analysts will wax long on these - for me I think Scott Ritter, Stanislav Krapivnic, Colonel Macgregor, the 2 Alex's of Duran fame, daniel 'deep dive' garland Dixon, Judge Nap...and others among the new podcast community offer us the more valuable commentaries, in my opinion.
We will just have to see how this all unfolds won't we?

[Ravenlocke]

🎼♠️ Wagner Truth 1W9 🏴‍☠🇷🇺

Today is the 15th birthday of Stanislav, the son of our brother, a fallen soldier of the "Wagner" PMC from Mordovia.

We, the fighters of the "Wagner" PMC, together with the guys from "WE DON'T ABANDON OUR OWN - RUSSIA 🇷🇺", with the support of the project "NORTHERN CHARACTER",

tried to give him what he dreamed of - computer devices and a hoodie. Let this gift be a support and a reminder that we are always by his side.

Thank you all, who helped make this day a little brighter!

🎻 Together, we are strong, and we never abandon our own.

https://x.com/WagnerAmb1W9/status/2015821522481328488

[Mike Gorman]

The constant destruction of the Kiev & other major Ukrainian city power grid signals the preparation for a major incursion from Russian forces, clearing the cities of at least the bulk of civilian population, I think Alex M is absolutely on target here: the Russians are in no rush, but I predict we will all wake up one morning & Kiev will be taken/dismantled, the regime either taken into custody, KIA or fled - it seems inevitable don't you agree?

[Tintin]

Posted by Mike Gorman (here)
The constant destruction of the Kiev & other major Ukrainian city power grid signals the preparation for a major incursion from Russian forces, clearing the cities of at least the bulk of civilian population, I think Alex M is absolutely on target here: the Russians are in no rush, but I predict we will all wake up one morning & Kiev will be taken/dismantled, the regime either taken into custody, KIA or fled - it seems inevitable don't you agree?

Yes, there is a real sense that this is now becoming the most likely scenario now, ideally with a combined Russian and Ukrainian force: plenty have already defected (see also Maksim Krivonos brigade).

And, assuming this is a real piece of footage, and I'm pretty sure it is, then the mood at population level is pretty toxic toward the Gollum on Bankhova Street:

Source: https://x.com/Panchenko_X/status/2015839088809525674

[Ravenlocke]

Zlatti71

Kiev Back to the 17th Century? Street Toilets Coming to Troeshchina

After attacks on a thermal power station left Troeshchina without electricity, water, or heat, officials plan to dig emergency pit toilets for 300,000 residents.

“The mayor says leave the city, I say we dig holes,” said district chief Bakmatov. “A hole, covered, with a top hole - that’s it. Village-style toilets.”

Tent camps are already up, but mass use of cesspools could make conditions extremely unsanitary.
- RVvoenkor

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/2016241219827888506