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(only on youtube)
'come and see'
- a partisan film
Watch this film --- and you
will - finally - understand.
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=NJYOg4ORc1w
Some in the West are fond
of a loose use of words...
''stunning'', for example, to describe
a work of art... but believe me
when I say - this film about a
lad of 14 - made me laugh
and cry and - by the end
- I was left stunned.
A recent attempt on youtube by an obvious anti-Russian, to pour scorn on this film's historical accuracy, tries to point out that the nazi troops state they are members of a unit that was not there.. but can't bring himself to see that they might have been lying!
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St. John of Kronstadt Orthodox
SpiritualCare Centre
THE TRAGEDY IN UKRAINE
"Veterans and children of the Great PatrioticWar: to the Government andpeopleof Germany".
By events in Ukraine
Today, when the German government decided
to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons, the
world has changed — the silhouettes of a
new world war are more than clearly
outlined! And again - Germany!
But there are honest people in Germany, anti-
fascists, and we hope that this Message will
fall into their hands. People born between
1927 and 1945 have the status of "war
children" in Russia.
All those who survived that war can subscribe to this letter. We think that actual signatures are not necessary, we suggest that veterans(or "war children") read them this letter, independently or with someone's help,
and send us (at the coordinatesindicated below) something like the following:
Moscow, Ivanov Ivan Ivanovich, 90 years old, disabled war veteran (or otherwise), Hero of the Soviet Union (or Holder of the Order of Glory... or otherwise), was repatriated to Germany during the war (or otherwise).
Or just the city, full name, and age. The
main thing, is that they should be real
people who are familiar with the text.
MESSAGE TEXT
We, the last veterans and all the peoples of
Russia who survived that great and terrible
war, are now on the verge of death! Our
time is already running out. For a huge
part of our lives, we hoped we would
come to the end of it, in peace -
without all-destroying hatred!
For the painfully long decades after the Second World War, we overcame our righteous anger! I long for retribution for the innumerable wounds, spiritual and physical, that we still carry in our bodies and our hearts! And most of us have forgiven! And not in a small way due to the fact that Germany for many years has demonstrated its repentance its understanding of what it has done! And we have overcome, not only ourselves, but also the voice of the blood of our barbarically exterminated relatives! By whom? Germans ...fascists!
We have forgiven... following the laws of human
coexistence! So it was... until 2014. And then,
in 2014, when everything began in Ukraine...
we looked with hope at Germany and at the
then Chancellor Angela Merkel. We couldn't imagine that after all that the Germans did
in Ukraine, after Babi Yar, after mountains
of mutilated corpses, they would still look
with lust at the Ukrainian fields that can
feed Europe today! Or they, the Germans,
who have covered the Crimea they once
promised with blood, will still somehow be interested in turning the Crimea into an American and in general a NATO base, ideal for aggression against Russia! Which would be clearly
aimed at afuture war.
After all, only fools do not understand the meaning and goals of the entire coup inUkraine... in the conditions of which Russia behaved in the only possible way! But the Germans are not fools! We the Russians, know for certain your psychology, as "brothers in blood" - our blood, which you "prudently" shed in rivers!
We remember your "systematic methods of
population reduction"! Our population! Until
now, in different parts of our once united
Homeland, where the boot of German
fascism was trodden, we find hidden
mass graves of our civilians: in the
Novgorod region, in the Kuban, in
the Rostov region, in Karelia. In
Belarus, in 2021... hundreds of
civilian remains... were found
in Brest ...on the site of the
Jewish ghetto the Trostenets
concentration camp.... near
Minsk terrible in its tragedy
revealed the secret of the
remains... of thousands of
tortured and killed people!
We are talking about tens of thousands of newly discovered victims of Nazism! This blood - still cries out for revenge - and for decades the memory of the barbarously destroyed
Russian people, and monuments to Russian soldiers, liberators, have been desecrated with impunity!
And the new Nazis are marching in the Baltic
States and Ukraine, in front of the entire
"civilized" world! But in 2014, we were
sincerely convinced -- that in this new
Nazi demarche it's the Germans who
will be our associates in preventing
this meanness!
We hoped that, guided by an elementary
conscience, the Germans would not
participate.. in an obviously fascist
anti-state coup in Ukraine! After all
...the subsequent catastrophe of
modern Ukraine was committed
by direct descendants of those
who were special bastards in
the German army! Clearly,
openly!
Americans and Canadians have only hidden and preserved this diabolical heritage, feeding thisgeneration, but the product of this evil... is Germany! Hitler's Germany! And it was impossible for us to believe that it was Germany that would again give a "road map" to these inhumans! But we were wrong! Germany has once again allowed these fascist geeks to enter the world!
The support of modern Germany - in the face of
the new government of Ukraine-Bandera, the
heirs of the SS division " Galicia ", the thugs
of the UPA OUN and all other abominations;
is simply unthinkable for us! This is beyond
all that is human! But you, Germany, have already done it and continue to do it! You
have, once again, set your sights on the
Slavic world and these geeks are blood
from the blood of German Nazism! And
again to Russia!
Only, even more despicable: inciting our closest Ukrainian brothers against us! And you know it! You know this as well as we do! You killed one nation in that Great War! Yes, we are one people!
The truth is written and often spoken about
by your own Steinmeier, who at the same
time viciously took a direct part in the
Kiev coup of 2014 — fascist in fact!
This American may not be clear about some-
thing, but it's more than that, for you! And
after all, it was your vykormysh.. that got
ready.. for their torchlight processions in
Kiev! The living shadow of Nazi Germany
is behind all this. It was only temporarily
covered up by sly diplomacy — "helmets
instead of guns"! But that's it, "masks
are reset"! Your supply of German
weapons to Ukraine today, is
natural, it is in the logic of
your policy of recent
decades.
Today it is clearly pro-fascist! You have taken
this step: German weapons will kill Russians
again! Keep killing. During the years of the
conflict in the Donbas, your professional
killers have already killed Russians, at
least by teaching them... "how to kill
correctly"! Only now -- it's even more
despicable — you're teaching this to
- your blood brothers! Donbass is on
your conscience! Thousands of lives
of its peaceful citizens --- again your
handiwork! We do not care about the
role of Americans, in everything that
happens: there, is money-God! We,
veterans of that war, its children,
are concerned about the role of
the Germans! Because it is you
who know -- exactly -- who the
Ukrainian "national battalions"
consist of --- and could have
prevented and stopped, this
new fascism ! But they did
not do it! And just by doing
this — you are once again,
responsible to history!
And you are definitely participating -- in the
preparation of Ukraine for war with Russia!
You can't help but understand the purpose
of everything that happened --- from the
unconstitutional coup in Kiev ....to the
bloodshed in the Donbass! But, in fact
this is preparation for the Third World
War! And again, you are Germans...
Germany! We hear from the high
German rostrum in Berlin today:
"Russia will pay a high price"!!!
This is the German Chancellor's
speech! Unthinkable! We have
already paid the price — 27
million of our lives! Isn't that
enough for you?! What price
are you still talking about?
There is no home --- in Russia, Ukraine and
Belarus - where "this price" isn't paid! And
there is no home in Germany, that did
not participate in that terrible, bloody
barbarism! It's scary! It's wild! And
today, there are, already, more than
13 thousand dead Russian people
in the Donbass at the hands of
the new Nazis!
The German Chancellor's public mockery of the
Russian genocide in the Donbas is a crime in
itself! How much can the lessons of history
be misunderstood and discredited! The
scariest story in the world! Do you want
to be even scarier?! After all, this new
"Dranch nach Oschtern" ..may lead to
the fact that the 2nd Nuremberg trial
over you will no longer be - there will
simply be no humanity! You won't be
here! But a special Ecumenical trial
of you Germans is inevitable! Over
all aggressors — but over you
ESPECIALLY!
World justice will be served! And we, the last
veterans of that terrible war, are leaving this
world as witnesses! Witnesses for the
PROSECUTION! And today the victory
will be ours, but those who died
yesterday, or those of us who
will die today, already bear
witness to the role of the
German people, in the
history of the human
world — a bloody
history!
German weapons are back in the
hands of Nazi thugs! Please stop!
Email addresses for information:
veterans1945@yandex.ru
https://t.me/Veteran_v_stroy_chat
- Russian Union of Veterans: organizing
questions and collecting signatures of
veterans and children of the Second
World War
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veteran1944@yandex.ru -questions about
this publication to its author: Monk John (Adlivankin), Deputy Head of the Russian Orthodox Church. head and ved.
specialist of the St. Peter's
Orthodox Counseling Centre.
St. John of Kronstadt.
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If you want the truth about the massacre of civilans in Bucha - paste the web address below into your browser
https://www.bitchute.com/video/6ZHPL2pTuadJ/
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THE LATEST NEWS
Russian Armed Forces advance in Sumy direction
by Nikita Khromin
(night line editor)
July 18th, 10:54pm
(Lenta.ru)
The Russian Armed Forces (RF AF) - continue to advance
in the Sumy direction — Ukrainian monitoring resource
DeepState reports that Russian troops occupied the
village of Yablunivka, in the Sumy region.
Also, Russian troops are advancing in the Yunakovka area.
Plus, there have been successes in Khatne village in the
Kharkiv region, near the Russian border, and in the
town of Toretsk.
Earlier, it was reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the
orders of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, attempted
to retake Kondrativka in the Sumy region, but suffered
heavy losses ....and failed to complete the task.
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Russian troops -- launched a
massive attack on Ukraine
by Nikita Khromin
(night line editor)
July 18th, 10:15pm
(Lenta.ru)
Ukraine has been subjected to a massive attack by the
Russian Armed Forces (RF AF). There are almost one
hundred Russian drones in the republic's airspace,
according to the Telegram channel "Operation Z:
Russian Spring War Correspondents"
(RusVesna).
"There are already ---- about 80 strike UAVs [unmanned
aerial vehicles] in Ukrainian airspace. More drones
are expected at night," the report said. It was
clarified, that the launches were made
from eight directions.
In addition, it is reported that, according to preliminary data,
the Russian Aerospace Forces have launched Tu-95MS
missile carriers.
Earlier, a Russian fighter jet shot down a
Ukrainian drone in the Moscow region.
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In Ukraine, Trump's advice to go on the
offensive - was compared to jumping
from a ninth-floor building
by Nikita Khromin
(night line editor)
July 18th, 9:59pm
(Lenta.ru)
If the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky heeds the
advice of his American counterpart Donald Trump and
tries to send the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on
the offensive, it will not lead to anything good.
This was stated by the deputy of the Verkhovna
Rada, Artem Dmitruk, in the Telegram-channel.
"The advice is, of course, 'friendly and powerful.' It's like saying,
'Brother, if you want to win, jump from the ninth floor - headfirst.
Maybe you'll get lucky,'" the politician commented on an article
by The Washington Post, which reported that Trump had made
the recommendation.
He added that the White House would likely refute the information
soon, as the idea is too “explosive.” Dmytruk emphasized -- that
Zelensky is ready to play any role, as long as the lights are on.
Earlier, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Alexander Dubinsky,
said that Trump.... seeks to reduce contacts with Zelensky.
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Ukraine explained to Trump
------- that his request for an
offensive was impossible
July 18th, 3:54pm
(Vesti.ru)
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are unable to comply with
the request of the 47th President of the United States,
Donald Trump, to launch an offensive on the front line
with Russian troops. This was reported by several
Ukrainian media outlets.
Units of the Ukrainian armed forces are trying to advance in
different areas, but they are unable to make any progress.
One of the reasons for this is the change in combat
tactics, where both sides are using an army of
drones to hold back the enemy's advance.
According to a Ukrainian publication, assault operations are
only possible with a significant increase in personnel, and
Russian forces are currently advancing along the front
line - due to their numerical superiority.
At the same time, the authors of the article in the Ukrainian
publication draw attention to a rumour according to which
the Ukrainian Armed Forces ---- are amassing strategic
reserves in the rear in order to carry out a break-
through in one of the directions, similar to the
August invasion of the Kursk region by the
Ukrainian Armed Forces last year.
According to Trump, "if... you play
defense, you can't expect to win."
Donald Trump's call to Vladimir Zelensky to organize an
offensive was previously reported by The Washington
Post. The US president - allegedly - also inquired
whether Kyiv could launch long-range strikes
against Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The topic of "deep strikes" -- was also discussed during
Zelensky's meeting with the new Ukrainian Minister
of Defense, Denys Shmyhal, on July 18.
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Zelensky ''discussed deep strikes
into Russia'' with the new
Minister of Defense
July 18th, 3:35pm
(Vesti.ru)
The head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, met
with the new Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Denys
Shmyhal, who previously headed the Ukrainian
cabinet of ministers.
The meeting focused on Ukrainian strikes deep into Russia.
Shmyhal presented his first report as the head of the
military department, to Zelensky.
The new Minister of Defense also announced an audit
of contracts for the supply of interceptor drones
to Ukraine.
"We discussed the provision of diplomatic strikes,"
Zelensky's press service reported on Telegram,
"the frequency of our strikes and our priorities.
I am grateful to all the units involved for
their accuracy."
It is no coincidence that Zelensky's press service used the
English words "deep strike" in its statement. During a
conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky, US President Donald Trump urged
Ukraine to go on the offensive. This was
reported by The Washington Post.
Allegedly, Trump stated --- that Ukraine would not change the
course of the war by playing defense, and that it needed to
go on the offensive in the Special Military Operation zone.
In the course of the renewal of the composition of the Ukrainian
government, the former Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Rustem
Umerov, became the Secretary of the National Security and
Defense Council (NDSO) of Ukraine. Zelensky instructed
Umerov in his new post to "activate the negotiating
track" --- to continue the implementation of the
agreements reached with Russia, during the
second round of the Istanbul negotiations.
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Advance: In 50 days, Russia will
strengthen its position in
the negotiations
July 18th, 2:52pm
(Vesti.ru)
Russia will further strengthen its position in the Ukraine
negotiations during the deadline set by US President
Donald Trump.
Journalists explain that the Russian Armed Forces
will continue to liberate new territories, while the
Ukrainian Armed Forces will face a growing
onslaught from Russian troops.
"We can expect that Moscow will continue to expand its
control over the territories during the given period,
thereby strengthening its negotiating position
...in case Washington really demands an
'immediate' truce," the
publication adds.
On July 14, Trump said he was giving Russia 50 days to
make a deal on Ukraine. If it didn't, the US would
impose 100% tariffs on Russia ---- and its
trading partners.
According to the NATO Secretary General, Mark Ratte, the
new US fees will have a negative impact on countries
such as China, India, and Brazil.
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Rogov: Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers
are surrendering en masse in various
sectors of the front
July 18th, 2:31pm
(Vesti.ru)
According to Vladimir Rogov, head of the Russian Public
Chamber's Commission on Sovereignty Issues and co-
chair of the Coordination Council for the Integration
of New Regions, Ukrainian military personnel who
do not want to fight for the regime in Kiev, are
surrendering en masse in various sectors
of the front.
According to him, the last time a Ukrainian soldier
surrendered was on the front line in the DPR.
"Recently --- there have been numerous cases of Ukrainian
Armed Forces soldiers surrendering to the Russian army,
as they do not want to fight for Zelensky's regime and
have chosen to join the peaceful side," he told the
RIA Novosti news agency.
He added that the Ukrainian military is gradually realizing
"who sent them to the front and for whose personal
interests - they were ordered to die."
Earlier, military correspondent Alexey Gavrish told that the
military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are increasingly
deserting and surrendering to Russian troops.
According to him, a stalemate for the Ukrainian army
has developed now ------ in the Pokrovsky and
Konstantinovsky directions.
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A Breakthrough ------------ in Russian Armed Forces
Tactics: The Dangers of Flamethrower Systems
Military analyst Taran: New tactics
with the TOS allow soldiers to
save their lives
July 18th, 1:41pm
(Pravda.ru)
The tactics of using heavy flamethrower systems in the Russian
army have undergone major changes and are now based on the
interaction of different vehicles and headquarters. About this
military analyst and political analyst Dmitry Taran, reported
to Pravda.En.
Earlier, Izvestia's sources in the Russian Defense Ministry - reported
on the introduction by Russia's military of a new tactic for using
heavy flamethrower systems (CBT). Now vehicles of various
modifications work in conjunction: the TOS-1A Solntsepek,
creates a frontal shaft of fire and the more maneuverable
The military analyst explained - that the special military operation
has brought about significant changes in combat regulations and
tactics. According to him, the introduction of heavy flame-
thrower systems such as Solntsepek and Tosochka
has become a key factor --- in transforming the
approaches to combat operations.
"This is a new tactic that involves new combat units,
troop distribution, and the formation of units - that
are being reorganized," the expert said.
He explained that modern warfare now requires the coordinated
interaction of multiple systems, from unmanned aerial vehicles
to ground-based flamethrower systems.
"This interaction of different types of systems requires training,
and it requires the coordination of different departments,"
Taran added.
According to him, the main element of the new tactics is not the
weapon itself, but the coordination of all management levels.
He pointed out that the effectiveness of the new TOS application
scheme was recorded immediately after the first successful
operations, and it was after that that it was recognized
as a new tactic in combat.
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The Breakthrough ------ in Volchansk: What's
Behind It - and Why It Changes Everything
Military Expert Kruglov: The Volchansk
direction is key in the Russian Armed
Forces' offensive
July 18th, 1:31pm
(Pravda.ru)
A breakthrough in the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in
Volchansk opens up opportunities for the development of an
offensive in several directions at once. About this, said a
military expert, Doctor of military Sciences, Major
General Vyacheslav Kruglov, to Pravda.Ru.
Earlier, the Telegram channel Mash reported that Russian
Armed Forces fighters had broken through the Ukrainian
troops' defenses in Volchansk, Kharkiv Oblast.
The main battles - are taking place near the railway station,
where the Ukrainian army, is unsuccessfully trying to hold
back the advance of the "North" group. According to the
channel, the Russian Armed Forces have taken control
of an oil extraction plant and a bus station.
According to Kruglov, taking Volchansk under control
is a strategically important success.
He noted that the Kharkiv direction is of
paramount importance in the current
military operation.
"This -- is a very serious step, because the Kharkiv direction,
is probably the most important in our offensive. Kharkiv is
a key point in the entire defense of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine, and a breakthrough in this direction is very
valuable. It creates all the prerequisites --- for a
successful overall offensive in all directions,"
the expert said.
He emphasized that further actions
depend on the command's plans.
According to him, the logical next step will be to develop
an offensive not only in the direction of Kharkiv, but
also in other sectors of the front.
"I think that the offensive will be intensified -- both on Kharkiv
itself and along the Dnieper River, and further south, where
the Black Sea is located," the major general added.
Kruglov expressed confidence that the breakthrough of the
Volchansk defense opens up operational opportunities for
the Russian Armed Forces - in several regions at once.
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Medvedev: Russia will strike
the so-called Ukraine with
increasing force
July 18th, 1:27pm
(Vesti.ru)
The latest anti-Russian sanctions will not change Russia's
position, which will continue to strike targets in so-called
Ukraine with increasing force. This was stated by Dmitry
Medvedev, Deputy Chair of the Russian Security Council.
He commented on the approval of the 18th package of anti-
Russian sanctions, by representatives of the EU member
states, whom Medvedev called “European imbeciles.”
The Deputy Security Council Chairman pointed out that this
package could change Russia’s position..... to the same
extent as the previous seventeen packages.
"Our economy, of course, will survive, and the defeat of the
Bandera regime will continue. Strikes on the objects of the so-called Ukraine, including Kiev, will be applied with increasing force," Medvedev wrote in his
Telegram channel.
The day before, Medvedev made a proposal
to deparasitize Ukraine.
On July 18, the European Union imposed the 18th package
of sanctions against Russia, which includes 14 individuals
and 41 legal entities. In addition, the EU.... reduced the
price cap on Russian oil from \$60 to \$47 per barrel.
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Military correspondent Gavrish reported that
Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters....... are
increasingly deserting or surrendering.
July 18th, 11:38am
(Vesti.ru)
Fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are increasingly
deserting or surrendering to Russian troops, military
correspondent Alexey Gavrish said on the air of
the 60 Minutes program on Russia 1.
According to the war correspondent, the Ukrainian forces
are currently in a stalemate in the Pokrovskoye and
Konstantinovskoye directions. However, Gavrish
emphasized that the Russian forces are only
expanding the front line.
"The enemy doesn't have enough people, so they can't do
anything to counter us, at the moment. They can only
gradually retreat. The number of surrenders by the
Ukrainian Armed Forces has also increased, and
desertions have become more frequent," the
war correspondent said.
Gavrish added that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are unable
to slow down the Russian army's advance in the special
military operation zone.
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Military Correspondent Gavrish said
that the DPR could be liberated
within two months
July 18th, 11:26am
(Vesti.ru)
The territory of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) ---
may be completely liberated from Ukrainian militants
within the next two months. This is the opinion on the air of the program "60 minutes".
The war correspondent emphasized that the Russian
Armed Forces are increasing the intensity of their
advance in the special military operation zone
every day.
"Therefore, if we follow the most optimistic forecasts, if we
look at the forecasts provided by the West, then even the
complete liberation of the DPR is possible in these two
months. But, ohFive, I don't want to make a wish. Our
guys are already working as confidently as possible,
moving forward everywhere, despite the enemy's
resistance," Gavrish said.
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Defense Ministry: Russian Armed Forces
liberated 10 settlements in a week
July 18th, 11:10am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian troops liberated 10 settlements in the special operation
zone over the past week, according to the Russian Ministry of
Defense in its daily report on the progress of the special
operation.
The "North" group liberated the settlement of Degtyarnoye in the
Kharkiv region. The village of Petrovka in the DPR was liberated
by the "South" group. The "Center" group liberated Nikolaevka,
Mayak, and Popov Yar in the DPR, while the "East" group
liberated the settlements of Karl Marx, Voskresenka,
Novokhatskoye in the DPR, and Malinovka in the
Zaporizhzhia region.
The Dnipro group liberated Kamenskoye in the Zaporozhye
region. It was noted that Russian troops during the
offensive in Kamenskoye passed along the
bottom of the Kakhovka reservoir and
attacked Ukrainian militants in
this settlement.
Earlier, the Defense Ministry reported that Russian fighters
eliminated a temporary deployment point of Ukrainian
formations in the Rodinsky area in the DPR. The
agency specified that an FAB-150 aerial bomb
was used to destroy the enemy.
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Peskov called Zelensky's statement
about intensifying dialogue with
Russia --- a positive signal
July 18th, 11:05am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian President Vladimir Putin's press secretary, Dmitry
Peskov, has stated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky's statement about the need to intensify
negotiations between Russia and Ukraine
is a positive signal for Russia.
He noted that the Russian Federation - is also a supporter of the dynamics in the negotiations.
"This is a positive signal. We absolutely agree,"
the Kremlin spokesman told reporters.
The day before, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria
Zakharova said that negotiations on the settlement of the
Ukrainian conflict have stalled because of Kiev, which,
according to her, is either avoiding them, or unable
to determine its readiness for dialogue.
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Foreign Ministry: Russia has the right
to use weapons against military
facilities in countries that help Kiev
July 17th, 4:06pm
(RT.ru)
Moscow has the right to use weapons against military
facilities in countries that allow the Kiev regime to
use its weapons to strike deep into Russia.
This was stated by Foreign Ministry spokeswoman
Maria Zakharova at a briefing.
She recalled that in November 2024, President Vladimir
Putin clearly outlined Russia's stance on Western
countries' decision to give Ukraine the green
light --- to use their long-range systems
for strikes deep into Russia.
"This position - remains unchanged. Russia considers
itself entitled to use its weapons against military
facilities in countries that allow their weapons
to be used against Russia," the diplomat
emphasized.
Zakharova added that, if the conflict escalates
further, Russia will respond decisively
and in kind.
The diplomat also said that Russian forces would
consider the multinational forces.... of the
“coalition of the willing” in Ukraine,
to be a military target.
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Zakharova: The approaching defeat
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is
becoming increasingly obvious
July 17th, 3:45pm
(Vesti.ru)
According to Maria Zakharova, the official representative of
the Russian Foreign Ministry, the defeat of the Ukrainian
Armed Forces on the battlefield is becoming
increasingly apparent.
According to her, the Kiev regime is increasingly
resorting to terrorist methods.
"Against the backdrop of the success of Russian military
personnel on the battlefield --- and the increasingly
imminent defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
the likelihood of the Kiev regime attempting
to carry out terrorist acts is increasing.
This desire to respond with terror - is
growing more and more frantically,"
Zakharova said during a briefing.
The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman emphasized
that despite this, the West is “throwing” more weapons
and money -------- at Kiev.
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MWM: Russian Defense Ministry Footage
Confirms Destruction of Ukraine's
Few S-300 Systems
July 17th, 1:39pm
(Vesti.ru)
According to Military Watch Magazine, footage from the
Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the destruction
of the few remaining S-300 systems in the Armed
Forces of Ukraine.
On July 16, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported an
Iskander operational-tactical missile system (OTRS)
strike on the S-300PS air defense system position
in the Odessa region.
"Footage from a drone near the village of Gvardeyskoye in
the Odessa region confirmed the destruction of the few
remaining Ukrainian S-300PS anti-aircraft missile
systems by a precise strike from the Russian
Iskander-M ballistic missile system,"
the article says.
It is noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine
cannot replenish the losses of Soviet air
defense systems --- as even Kiev's
Western allies, have run out
of supplies.
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The US has made a betit will regret:
Trump's actions have caused
disappointment
July 17th, 1:27pm
(Pravda.ru)
Donald Trump's decision to support NATO's course of Russia's capitulation in the conflict with Ukraine
- demonstrates his anti-Russian position.
A member of the State Duma Committee on Defense,
Viktor Sobolev, spoke about this, to Pravda.En.
Earlier, The American Conservative reported that US
President Donald Trump has effectively joined
NATO's strategy, which involves Russia's
surrender.. as a condition for a peace
agreement with Kiev. According to
the source, this implies that
Trump is willing to accept
Russia's complete loss
of territory as well as
Ukraine's ..potential
accession to NATO.
According to Viktor Sobolev, it was naive to expect
a softening of the US position if Donald Trump
returned to the White House.
"Everyone.... somehow believed that Trump would change, do
something positive in ending the conflict, and so on. What, in
principle, did Trump do? First --- he achieved an increase in
the military. Second, US spending of more than $ 1 trillion.
What do you think yourself, against whom it was sent?"
- said Sobolev.
He emphasized ----- that he had never trusted the
US president's actions, from the very beginning.
"This is an enemy of Russia --- an open
enemy of Russia," the deputy added.
Sobolev recalled that Trump had previously made
contradictory statements, promising to end the
conflict within a day, but then allegedly
wanting to "buy Ukraine... with its
mineral resources."
"Trump ---- is as much of an enemy of Russia, as Macron,
Merz, and the other NATO leaders," Sobolev concluded.
Over the past 24 hours ----- the Russian military has destroyed approximately 1,185 Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) fighters in the special operation zone, according to the Russian
Ministry of Defense.
According to the Ministry's daily report on the progress of the
special military operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have
suffered up to 160 casualties - in the area of responsibility
of the Russian Northern Group, more than 215 casualties
in the area of responsibility of the Western Group, up to
190 casualties --- in the area of responsibility of the
Eastern Group, up to 135 casualties - in the area
of responsibility of the Southern Group, over
420 casualties in the area of responsibility
of the Central Group, and up to 65
casualties - in the area of
responsibility of the
Dnipro Group.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that over
the past day, the settlements of Degtyarnoye in the
Kharkiv region, Kamenskoye in Zaporozhye, and
Popov Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic ----
came under the control of the Russian army.
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Russian Defense Ministry: Kiev is preparing a
provocation involving the detonation of
550 tons of ammonia in the DPR
July 17th, 10:35am
(Vesti.ru)
The authorities of the Kiev regime plan to blow up a large
ammonia distribution centre in Novotroitskoye village in
the Donetsk People's Republic, which contains more
than 550 tons of liquid ammonia.
This was announced at a briefing by Major General Alexey
Rtishchev -------- the Chief of the Radiation, Chemical, and
Biological Defense Troops of the Russian Armed Forces.
Rtishchev emphasized that the purpose of these actions
is to subsequently accuse Russia... of deliberately
creating a man-made disaster, and damaging
its reputation.
"The enterprise is a Class 1 hazardous facility, and if it is
hit, more than 550 tons of liquid ammonia could be
released into the environment," Rtishchev said.
According to the Major General, during the operational activities,
the fact of the Armed Forces of Ukraine's military personnel
placing antenna and mast equipment at this distribution
centre, was established. Rtishchev reminded, that the
use of a high-risk facility for military purposes, is a
violation of international humanitarian law.
The Chief of the Chemical Defense Troops emphasized that
Kiev has not abandoned its long-standing barbaric tactics
of using and detonating chemical substances - on the
front lines.
Earlier, it was reported that the FSB of Russia, together with
the Russian Ministry of Defense, discovered a cache of the
Kiev regime in May 2025, which contained explosive
devices equipped with toxic liquid, intended for
dropping from UAVs.
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During the special military operation, more
than 500 cases of Kiev's use of chemical
weapons --- have been recorded
July 17th, 9am
(Vesti.ru)
Since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine --- more
than 500 cases of the use of chemical weapons by the Ukrainian
side have been recorded. This was announced by Major General
Alexey Rtishchev, the Chief of the Radiation, Chemical, and
Biological Defense Troops of the Russian Armed Forces,
during a briefing on Ukraine's and Western countries'
violations of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
He noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces regularly
use drones to drop chemical weapons on the
Russian army's positions.
"During the special military operation, more than 500 cases of
the use by the Ukrainian side of chemical means to combat
riots (chloroacetophenone, C-Es), as well as psychotropic
(Bi-Z) and general toxic substances (chlorcyan, prussic
acid) were recorded," he said.
In particular, these incidents were recorded near the village of
Kolotilovka in the Belgorod region, the village of Liman Pervy
in the Kharkiv region, and the village of Ivanovka in the DPR.
Similar cases were also reported --- in the villages of
Gorlovka, Bogdanovka, Artemivsk, and others.
Earlier, Vladimir Dzhabarov, Deputy Chairman of the Federation
Council Committee on International Affairs, stated that the
facts of Ukraine’s use of chemical weapons - should be
brought to the attention of all countries in the world.
Russian army soldiers entered the village of Dachnoye in the
Dnepropetrovsk region from three directions to liberate it.
This was revealed in an exclusive interview with Russia 1
by company commander Artur Askhadullin.
According to Grigory Vdovin, a correspondent for Russia 1, the
DPR side of the Dnepropetrovsk region is characterized by
vast empty spaces and fields. Therefore, assault
operations in such a landscape ..have their
own specific features.
"We worked at different times of day, and we used different
routes so that we wouldn't repeat ourselves, so that our
guys would reach their destination safely and
complete their mission.
''We approached from three directions, entered the
enemy's rear, and cut off their supply routes. We blocked all their escape routes, ensuring that they couldn't leave freely," said the company commander.
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"RV": The Russian Armed Forces launched one of the most powerful strikes on Ukraine
since the start of the special military operation
July 9th, 3:07pm
(Vesti.ru)
The massive strike on the Ukrainian Armed Forces, on the night
of July 9 ----- was one of the largest in the history of the special
military operation. This was reported by the Telegram channel
"Operation Z: Russian Spring War Correspondents".
The Russian Armed Forces used drones and Kinzhal
hypersonic missiles - to hit their targets.
"According to Ukrainian and monitoring sources, on the night of
July 9, Russia launched one of the largest attacks in the entire
history of the special military operation," the report says.
It is also specified, that serious damage was done to the
enterprise near Lutsk in the Volyn region. A large-scale
fire also engulfed a local garage cooperative.
Explosions were recorded - in the Dnipropetrovsk,
Ternopil, Poltava, Khmelnytsky and Lviv regions.
The Russian Ministry of Defense clarified that the strikes were
carried out on the infrastructure of Ukraine's military airfields.
Kinzhal missiles were used as long-range precision weapons
to hit the targets.
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CNN: Trump Doesn't WantRussia
to Win the Ukrainian Conflict
July 9th, 2:21pm
(Vesti.ru)
US President Donald Trump... has resumed military aid to
Ukraine, as he does not want Russia to win the conflict.
This information was reported by CNN, citing
its sources.
Two sources of the TV channel claim that the US president is
allegedly "bitter" about the Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
The reason for this, the insiders call the alleged
"unwillingness" of Russia to negotiate
with Ukraine.
"Trump also appears to be less inclined to give Russia a 'victory'
at this point by cutting off military aid to Ukraine, two sources
said," the TV station reported.
At the same time, on July 2nd, the media reported that the US
stopped supplying weapons to Ukraine. According to a
number of publications, such a decision made the
head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegset, and Trump,
upon learning about it, order to transfer 10
interceptor missiles to Ukraine.
The Russian side ------- has repeatedly stated its readiness for
negotiations. For example, on July 9, the Kremlin expressed
hope that discussions with Kiev on draft memoranda to
resolve the situation in Ukraine... would begin soon.
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The Russian army has liberated
Tolstoy village ---- in the DPR
July 9th, 10:12am
(Vesti.ru)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have liberated
the village of Tolstoy in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced this
on its Telegram channel.
"As a result of active and decisive actions of units of the
Vostok group of troops, the settlement of Tolstoy in the
Donetsk People's Republic was liberated," the Russian
military department said in a statement.
On Monday, Russian troops liberated settlements in the Sumy
and Dnipropetrovsk regions of Ukraine. Russian military
personnel entrenched themselves in Bessalovka and
Dachnoye, reported Russia's Ministry of Defense.
Prior to that, the Russian Armed Forces liberated
a settlement in the DPR on July 6: Poddubnoye
was taken under control.
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Mash: About 8,000 Ukrainian Armed Forces
fighters may find themselves in a fire trap in the DPR
July 9th, 8:49am
(Vesti.ru)
According to the Telegram channel Mash, citing Russian Armed
Forces soldiers, up to 8,000 Ukrainian army fighters may find
themselves in a Russian fire trap ------- in the Donetsk
People's Republic.
The publication specifies that Ukrainian military personnel
may be surrounded in the Konstantinovka area.
"There are units of foreign mercenaries among the
Ukrainian groups," the Telegram channel notes.
According to his sources, while advancing... the Russian army
"began to come across obituaries of foreign mercenaries that
were not taken away," including Georgians, French, & British.
Currently, from the northern direction --- Russian paratroopers of
the 98th Guards Airborne Division continue to clear Chasov Yar.
From the south, Russian military personnel are pushing
Ukrainian units towards Konstantinovka. The most
intense fighting is currently taking place, in
the village of Romanovka.
Earlier, The New York Times reported that Russian fighters cut
off supply routes and prevented any logistical maneuvers by
the Ukrainian Armed Forces using unmanned aerial
vehicles in the Konstantinovka area.
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MWM: Russian Iskanders ----- destroyed
Ukrainian Patriot air defense systems
July 9th, 8:33am
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian army - uses Iskander missile systems, to target the US Patriot air defense systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This ----- is reported by Military Watch Magazine.
The publication drew attention to the comment of the
representative of the Ukrainian Air Force, Igor Ignat
------- who confirmed the superiority of Russian
Iskanders over US air defense systems.
"The rapid depletion of Patriot systems in the Ukrainian theatre
of operations, particularly due to ballistic missile attacks, has
raised serious questions about their survivability in a high-
intensity conflict," the article notes.
According to Ignat, Iskander missiles can evade Patriot missiles
by dropping decoys. Additionally, due to the increased use of
fighter jets as air defense systems in the United States,
there are fewer Patriot systems available.
So, on June 6th, it was reported that Russian servicemen struck
a Patriot missile system - near Kiev. In an attempt to intercept
the missile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired four rockets....
but the Russian Iskander reached the target ------- and
destroyed the US air defense system.
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Russian fighter: FPV drone
pierced an AFU vehicle
like a tin can
July 9th, 3:34am
(Vesti.ru)
An FPV drone pierced a Ukrainian military vehicle like a tin can.
This was reported by one of the fighters of the Vostok group
on the Russia 1 TV channel.
The Vostok group --- is currently operating at the junction of the DPR-Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, in the Karl Marx and Voskresenka districts. Small aircraft perform combat missions, using the calculation of FPV drones.
"When it hits --- it makes contact and explodes. It can penetrate
armour and enemy vehicles. It even pierced an armoured car -
like a tin can," the soldier said.
Earlier, it was reported that the Russian military has created a
simulated "Baba Yaga", which consists of four FPV drones.
According to a soldier with the call sign Kot, combat
missions using such a drone are usually carried out
at night.
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The Verkhovna Rada reported on
the murder of the deputy head
of the city TSK in Kiev
by Fyodor Korneev
July 8th, 9:49pm
(Rossiyskaya Gazeta)
A lieutenant colonel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the deputy head of the city's territorial recruitment centre (an analogue
of a military enlistment office), was shot in Kiev. This was
announced by Artem Dmitruk, a member of the
Verkhovna Rada .....who fled Ukraine.
However, he did not provide any details
or the victim's last name.
At the same time, the Centre for Countering Disinformation
under the National Security and Defense Council of
Ukraine denied the information that the officer
and employee of the TSK had been killed.
They claim that the deceased was a "native and citizen of
Ukraine, a resident of Kiev," but he allegedly was not a
military officer. They did not provide any specific
information about the victim's identity.
The shooting and death of a man in the Desnyansky district of
Kyiv was also reported by Alexey Goncharenko, a member
of the Verkhovna Rada (listed as a terrorist and
extremist in the Russian Federation).
According to him, an unknown person shot a man who was
sitting in a parked car. Goncharenko also did not disclose
information about the identity of the victim.
Ukraine has confirmed that citizens have been sharing
the coordinates of TSKs --- for Russian military strikes
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Three people died during the Ukrainian attack
on the beach in Kursk, and six were injured
by Maria Pavlova
July 8th, 8:07pm
(Komsomolskaya Pravda)
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Khinshtein spoke about the consequences of
the Ukrainian attack on the beach in Kursk.
Three deaths and six injuries were the consequences of the
Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack on the city beach in Kursk.
This was reported by the acting governor of the region,
Alexander Khinshtein.
"To our deep sorrow, three people died on the spot as a result of
the attack on the city beach. I offer my sincere condolences to
the families. All necessary assistance - will be provided to the
victims' relatives," the official wrote on Telegram channel.
Khinshtein also reported that four people had been injured: two
women, a man, and a child. Later, he clarified that the number
of injured had increased to six. The women and the child
suffered burns, while a man was wounded in the chest,
another had a rib injury and a shrapnel wound, and a
third was injured in the shoulder. All of them were
hospitalized.
The acting governor called the Ukrainian Armed
Forces' attack a despicable and inhumane blow.
"There's no reasonable explanation for this,"
he concluded.
Khinshtein also reported that a 70-year-old resident
was wounded ----- during a drone attack by the
Ukrainian Armed Forces in a Kursk village.
Meanwhile, the Belgorod region was attacked by drones
of Kiev's Armed Forces. According to preliminary
information, no one was injured, but private
households were damaged.
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Kadyrov spoke about... the rescue of a
Ukrainian prisoner by Akhmat fighters
by Fyodor Korneev
July 8th, 8pm
(Rossiyskaya Gazeta)
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov spoke about the rescue of
a Ukrainian prisoner by the "Akhmat" fighters. The
corresponding post he published on his
Telegram channel.
According to the head of the republic, a wounded Ukrainian
soldier was injured in the legs during the fighting, and his
colleagues abandoned him.
"Under intense fire, risking their lives, they carried him literally
on their hands, covering more than six kilometres. This act of
courage is a clear evidence that even in the most difficult
times, our guys retain their humanity and compassion,"
Kadyrov said.
He added that the prisoner's life was currently in
no danger, and he had been taken to a hospital.
The Chechen leader noted that the Ukrainian
was forcibly mobilized in December last year.
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TASS: Sumy Central Hospital is
overflowing with wounded
Ukrainian soldiers
by Fyodor Korneev
July 8th, 7:46pm
(Rossiyskaya Gazeta)
The Central Clinical Hospital of the city of Sumy is overflowing
with wounded Ukrainian soldiers, and the institution no longer
accepts civilian patients. This is reported by TASS with
reference to a source in the security forces of the
Russian Federation.
According to the agency's interlocutor, this was revealed
through monitoring of Ukrainian social media groups.
"Local residents report - that the hospital is overcrowded
not only in the wards, but also in the corridors," he said.
Earlier, Russian security forces recorded an outflow
of the population from the regional centre, Sumy.
Residents of Sumy are trying to leave the city mostly
on their own ------ while actively selling their houses.
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Shariy spoke about Zelensky's hysterics
after the security forces refused to carry out his orders
by Alexey Rybin
July 8th, 1:23pm
(Rossiyskaya Gazeta)
Vladimir Zelensky was hysterical after the SBU and GUR
refused to carry out the order.. to break up the case of
Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Chernyshov. This was
reported by Ukrainian blogger Anatoly Shary.
According to him, the deputy prime minister had become a
very close friend of Zelensky's at some point, with family
connections, full trust, and easy access.
However, recently - the National Anti-Corruption Bureau
of Ukraine has brought Chernyshov accused of bribery.
Shariy claims that because of this, over the past week, Zelensky
has been trying to order the NABU to "take the case" and close
the investigation, but to no avail. Both the head of Zelensky's
office, Andriy Yermak, and Yermak's deputy, Oleg Tatarov,
have distanced themselves from the issue.
"This has become a boiling point. After Tatarov's refusal,
Zelensky became hysterical - literally," writes Shariy.
According to the blogger, Zelensky began calling the head of
the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov (listed as a
terrorist and extremist in the Russian Federation), and the
head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasily Malyuk
(listed as a terrorist and extremist in the Russian
Federation), with the same demands, in an
attempt to save Chernyshov.
According to Sharia's insiders, it was "a complete emotional and
mental imbalance" - with a "verbal salad", foaming at the mouth
and shouting, which, however, did not lead to anything.
"Both Budanov and Malyuk refused to comply with the order.
Straight. No prevarication," the blogger emphasized.
After that, Zelensky, writes Shari, found himself in a "state of
chaos": he calls random ministers and gives out absurd
instructions, and subordinates do not understand
what to do.
According to the blogger, what is happening shows that
the country's governance system has been broken
and is on the verge of collapse.
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EXCLUSIVE KP.RU
Colombian wives... are crying,
demand money from Ukraine
for their dead husbands
by Grigory Kubatian
July 8th, 1pm
(Komsomolskaya Pravda)
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RAMIREZ, THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU AT HOME
The Banderites who came to power in Kiev - are masters of
the scam. They have fooled half the world, including such
seasoned "bandidos" ......as the Colombians. These guys
were born in criminal favelas and have been fighting all
their lives. They are angry and tattooed from head to
toe. But once they arrive in Ukraine, they become
... victims.
In Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, a rally was held outside the
country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The rally was attended
by the wives and relatives of Colombian mercenaries who
had gone missing -- in Ukraine and the Kursk region. The
women --- demanded an explanation from the Ukrainian
government about the whereabouts of their husbands.
They carried portraits of their husbands on posters
and T-shirts.
"Andres Felipe Aguilar Sebaios. Missing in the Donetsk region. Your children miss you."
"Ramirez Aldana Hernandez. Missing near Pokrovsk,
Ukraine. We're waiting for you at home."
"Haminton Romero Torres. We love you, son."
And dozens of others. The mercenaries - have gone
missing. There have been no promised payments
from Ukraine.
"They are not mercenaries. They have an official contract
with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense," the Colombian
women protested. However..... even the current
Ukrainian government's official status.... is
"complicated." Let alone the Banderite
Ministry of Defense, which has no
contracts with its Colombian
counterparts.
Moreover, the Colombian government, is persistently
discouraging its citizens from fighting for the Armed
Forces of Ukraine. Ukrainian embassies abroad are
illegally recruiting mercenaries.
The least educated of the militants sign up for the national
battalions after seeing ads on social media. For example,
on the TikTok network, where they are called to Ukraine
to "guard buildings and trenches." It's a bitter irony: to
see an ad on TikTok and to die.
I DIDN'T GET ANY MONEY, AND THEY DIDN'T FIND MY BODY
Despite the desperate hopes of the Colombian women, every (!)
name on the posters can be found online. Almost all of the
mercenaries died last year.
Andrés Felipe Aguilar Sebayos from Tuluá, former Colombian
military officer. Killed in Chasov Yar in October 2024.
Hernando Ramirez Aldana. Arrived in Ukraine at the end of April
2024. Fought in the 59th Brigade of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine. A month later, he was killed in Krasnogorivka.
He did not receive any money.
Juan David Martinez Camargo, nicknamed "Flaco" (which can
be translated from Spanish as "handsome"). From Bogota. He
fought in the same 59th. He died in Krasnogorovka. His body
was never found.
José William Luna Capera from Ibagé. He... graduated from
Bogotá. He was killed in July 2024 in Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk).
Deiro Ospina Calderon, call sign "Condor". Killed in
December 2024 on the Pokrovsky direction.
Apolinar Prada Diaz from Florence. Enlisted as a mercenary
in August 2023. His body was not found. He is considered
missing. Ukrainian websites have reported his death.
Haminton Romero Torres from Villavicencio. Call sign "Spartan".
He was killed in the village of Kotlino in the Pokrovsk direction
by members of the Krivonos detachment, which consists of
former Ukrainian soldiers who have defected to Russia.
But Pushkin warned everyone ------ 200 years ago: don't
get involved in the ancient dispute between the Slavs!
THEY SENT A PIECE OF CINDER
In Ukraine, which is plagued by nationalism, Colombians are not
considered elite mercenaries. They are considered "meat" and
"expendable material." They are promised \$3,000 to \$4,000
per month, but they are not paid in full or on a regular basis, and those who are wounded or killed.... receive no compensation.
They may be assigned to rear guard units to push the Ukrainian
soldiers forward. However, they may also be sent to storm
positions under the threat of machine gun fire.
According to the contract, if a mercenary is killed, their families
will receive compensation. However, the Ukrainian Armed
Forces ---- do not retrieve the bodies of even deceased
Ukrainians, instead burning them on the battlefield.
Without a body, there is no compensation. It is
absurd to assume that any Ukrainian
nationalist would risk their life - to
rescue a deceased Latino from
enemy fire.
There have been cases... where a handful of ashes
was sent to Colombian relatives instead of a body.
But again, there were no payments.
DROPS ARE ALREADY IN THE SERVICE OF NACOMAFIA
In an interview with CEPA* (the Russophobic Centre for
European Policy Analysis), a former Colombian soldier
and a current mercenary for the Ukrainian Armed
Forces with the call sign "Kobra" says that the
total number of his compatriots who have
come to fight in Ukraine is over 2,000.
About 80 of them have been killed, and others have
been wounded. He complains about the Russian
drones that prevent him from even attempting
to storm the trenches.
He notes that the tactics of military operations in Ukraine
using FPV drones have already been adopted by the drug
cartels in Colombia. After gaining new experience, the
mercenaries return to their home gangs ...and
successfully fight against the Colombian
army and police.
These are the lucky ones. But many did not return. Their
relatives searched for information about the missing in
Telegram bots, and thus.. the Russian security forces
were able to identify the deceased Colombians who
participated in the invasion of the Kursk region.
We have no compassion for the mercenaries. There is
evidence that they participated in the torture and
execution of civilians in the Kursk region. They
also participated in the capture and
destruction of the Belogorsky
Monastery... in the village
of Gornal.
Flying across the ocean to kill for money is a crime. Risking
your life for money that the corrupt and greedy regime of
Ukraine will never pay is foolish. Together, these
of Russia to the OSCE, said that the West is demonizing
Moscow --- in preparation for a conflict.
He also said that an escalation with the West
is expected ------- on the Ukrainian issue.
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Russia's Ministry of Defense spoke about
the feats of Russian military personnel
in the SVO zone
July 6th, 10pm
(Izvestia.ru)
The agency noted the actions of Guard Corporal Alexey
Bobylev, who was part of a mine-clearing unit that
carried out engineering reconnaissance of
Russian troop movements.
As they advanced through the area, Bobylev discovered a
minefield set up by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU)
militants. After setting up a security perimeter .....the
troops began to clear a path for the Russian convoy.
The enemy, noticing the sappers' actions, began to shell the
area where the servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces
were making a passage. The Guard Corporal decided, to continue searching and destroying enemy mines.
During the demining operation --- he personally disarmed three
anti-personnel fragmentation mines, six improvised explosive
devices, & a large number of anti-personnel pressure mines.
Thanks to the precise actions of Bobylev and his unit, a passage
was made through the minefield, allowing Russian assault troops
to liberate the village from Ukrainian militants.
In addition, the Ministry of Defense drew attention to the
actions of Guard Corporal Eduard Ishniyazov, who, as
part of an evacuation team, carried out combat
missions.... to provide qualified medical
assistance to wounded soldiers -----
and evacuate them to safe areas.
During the exit, Ishniyazov noticed an enemy FPV drone pursuing
his vehicle. The Guard Corporal began to maneuver, but the
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) hit the vehicle's protective
net ...and did not explode.
The serviceman disarmed the UAV, picked up the wounded,
and successfully transported them to a field hospital.
Thanks to his precise actions, the vehicles were
not damaged, and the lives of the wounded
soldiers - were saved.
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Ukrainian resourcesreport strikes
by Kinzhal missiles --- in the
Starokonstantinov area
July 5th, 4:02pm
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) are launching strikes
with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles in the Starokonstantinov
district of the Khmelnitsky region. This is based on data
published by Ukrainian monitoring resources.
At about 17:35 Moscow time, an air alert was announced
throughout Ukraine. The reason for this was the alleged
launch of Kinzhal hypersonic missiles from a Russian
Air Force MiG-31K aircraft.
According to monitoring resources, several missiles were
fired in the direction of Starokonstantinov. Explosions
were recorded in the area of the city.
Earlier, Ukrainian media reported that on the morning of
July 5, unmanned aerial vehicles were used to strike a
military airfield a few kms from Starokonstantinov.
Earlier, the Russian Aerospace Forces used Kinzhal
missiles to strike Ukrainian military infrastructure.
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TASS: Hundreds of Ukrainian Armed Forces
soldiers from the 158th Brigade went
missing in the Sumy region
July 5th, 2:51pm
(Vesti.ru)
Hundreds of soldiers from the 158th Mechanized Brigade of the
Ukrainian Armed Forces have gone missing in the Sumy region
--- according to their relatives.
This was reported by Russian law enforcement agencies,
states TASS. In addition, the relatives of Ukrainian
military personnel --- complained about the
inappropriate behaviour on the part
of the brigade command.
"Relatives and friends of the servicemen of the 158th
Mechanized Brigade, report hundreds of missing
soldiers in the Sumy region and a rude attitude
from the brigade command," the source said.
Earlier, relatives of the assault company of the 425th
Separate Assault Regiment of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine also reported the disappearance of
military personnel, in the Sumy region.
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Russian Defense Ministry: The Ukrainian Armed
Forces lost more than 1,265 soldiers
in the past 24 hours
July 5th, 10:31am
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian Armed Forces (RF) have destroyed about 1,265
Ukrainian army fighters over the past 24 hours. This was
reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense in its
daily update on the special operation.
According to the agency, the enemy lost up to 210 soldiers in the
North group's area of responsibility, more than 230 in the West
group's area, up to 140 in the South group's area, up to 440 in
the Center group's area, more than 155 in the East group's
area, and up to 90 in the Dnipro group's area.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian
military destroyed a temporary base for foreign mercenaries
fighting on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who
were staying at the Meridian recreation centre in the
Zaporizhzhia region.
It was clarified that the attack on the mercenaries
was carried out using Geran-2 drones.
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The 140th humanitarian convoy of the Communist Party of
the Russian Federation left the Snegiri camp near Moscow
updated July 5th, 7:06am,
(KPRF.ru)
The 140th automobile humanitarian convoy left for the front line of
the battles for our Fatherland. The Central Committee of the
Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the All-
Russian Headquarters of the protest movement, with
the active participation of the Communist Party of
the Russian Federation's deputy faction --- and
regional branches of the party, sent a cargo
that preceded the opening of the 19th
Congress of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
Columns of UAZ special vehicles and cross-country motorcycles,
as well as food supplies necessary for the front, have been
loaded onto large-capacity trucks. Since the first days of
2014 -- the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
has been providing assistance to the Donbas region.
Trucks carrying supplies from all regions of our
country, are being sent to the front.
The rally was opened by Communist
Party leader, Gennady Zyuganov:
''After the Kiev fascist junta seized power in Ukraine ----- the
Communist Party of the Russian Federation and our allies
created the "Children of Russia - Children of Donbass"
movement. From the very first day, we extended a
helping hand to the legendary Donetsk land,
which has returned to its homeland. The
people of these regions believe that
they will be saved and protected
by their brothers in arms, by our Victory.
''The Communist Party of the Russian Federation --- is a fighting
party. It is a party of internationalist friends. It is a party that
saved Europe from Nazism and fascism. It is a party that
defeated Hitler's Reich and the Japanese militarists.
''We paid for the victory in the Great Patriotic War with the lives of
every seventh citizen of the USSR. Every second communist
died on the front. These lives were given for our happiness
and the safety of all humanity.
''Today, the Anglo-Saxons and NATO members have formed a new
gang of 50 countries that have followed in the footsteps of Hitler
and his followers. They are steeped in the ideology of Nazism
and Banderism. They have occupied Ukraine, a country that
was once a shining example of a prosperous and well-
developed economy, within the Soviet Union.
We have sworn to follow in the footsteps of our heroic fathers
and grandfathers. We have sworn to defeat this fascist
invasion. From the very first day of the conflict -- we
have been advocating for the inclusion of Crimea
and Sevastopol ------ as well as the Donetsk and
Luhansk Republics, in the Russian Federation.
We must win this battle, or there will be no peace or rest for us.
We have sent thousands of our volunteers to the front. I am
saddened to report, that 154 commissioners have lost
their lives.
We thank the soldiers who have come from the battlefields and
will take part in the plenary session and congress, which will
summarize the activities of the past few years and support
the Victory program ---- developed by the people's
patriotic forces.
Today, we will send the 140th humanitarian convoy. Andrey
Klychkov, as the governor of the Oryol region, as a soldier,
and as our party comrade, has been to the front 15 times.
I thank Governor Alexey Russky ---- and our friends from the Ulyanovsk region.
War has scorched our lands many times. Over the course of our
thousand-year history, we have spent 700 years fighting and
marching to defend our right to live in our lands, speak our
native language -- and befriend those we choose, as well
as to practice our faith, culture, and glorious traditions.
I keep repeating that we were the most victorious in the USSR.
When they tell us that we can win by following the path of Yeltsin
and Yegor Gaidar, it's complete nonsense and a lie. We can only
win by relying on the Red Banner of Lenin and the great deeds
of our fathers and grandfathers, starting with Alexander
Nevsky, Dmitry Donskoy, Suvorov, Kutuzov, Zhukov,
and other great Russian military leaders.
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation's humanitarian
convoy testifies to the unity of our people and to our great and
glorious work which is led by the protest action headquarters
headed by Academician V.I. Kashin. I thank the secretariat,
the members of the presidium, all the first secretaries...
and all our friends from the Union of Patriotic Forces
--- which includes officers, Komsomol members,
women and pioneers, Komsomol members
and scientists — all those who forged
victory, with their intelligence and
talent back then and will surely
ensure victory today.
I served in the Soviet Army Group in Germany for three years,
and I understand perfectly well, the fate of a spy who looks
into the eyes of his enemy. They must be well-equipped
and have a strong will to win. Today, we have here the
winners, who continue the glorious traditions of the
Party, who continue the program of Victory and
glorious service to the Motherland.
I would like to express my special gratitude to our distinguished
deputy, N.M. Kharitonov, who was awarded the title of Hero of Labour, for a reason. At the age of 27, he was elected head of the largest farm in Novosibirsk - and has been
elected to the Duma, eight times. Today, he is at the
forefront of the fight for the North and the Far East
..working tirelessly to expand our horizons and
foster warm ties with our allies. Tomorrow,
we will be welcomed by the ambassadors
of all the fraternal republics ---- China,
North Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, Laos,
Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
Today, our cause is supported by countries
led by socialist people's parties.
Recently, 164 delegations from 91 countries gathered at the
Anti-Fascist Forum in Moscow, and they all supported our
honest and courageous work ---- and struggle against
Nazism and Fascism. In my opinion, this is a great
achievement ------ which was achieved by Yu.V.
Afonin, D.G. Novikov, L.I. Kalashnikov, K.K.
Taisaev, and other outstanding and
talented party leaders
and organizers.
Today, you should thank our friends from the Union of Communist
Parties, who have all come to our congress and will participate.
Here on the platform, we have gathered those who will
determine the fate of our victory, the ideas of justice
and socialism, humanism, and internationalism.
''By following these values, we can defeat the
absolute evil, that Capital and Imperialism
have created. I hope that we will triumph
together! Three cheers for the victors!
Then Vladimir Kashin, Deputy Chairman of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian
Federation, addressed the audience:
''Dear comrades! I would like to thank all those who are involved
in our great work -- which is carried out by our entire party. The
roots of our 140 convoy date back to 2014. The report that our
leader, Gennady Andreevich Zyuganov, will present tomorrow
givees a detailed account of the struggle of the Communist
Party of the Russian Federation and all the patriots of our
country against fascism and nationalism, which were
created by the capitalist scum. They have nurtured
and educated nationalist hordes and units not only
in Ukraine, but have also gathered them there to
impose this battle on the Russian soul. You all
know Chubais's words about how he wanted
to bury the Russian soul ------- but he failed.
These Russophobes didn't understand
---- that we couldn't be broken.
Dear comrades, in 2014, our party made a decision at the Plenum
to recognize the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. If we
had been able to annex the republics, as we did with Crimea,
things would have been much easier now. This ---- is already
recognized by the current government. Therefore, our party
is doing the right thing. Remember, before 2014, we were
saving the Red Banner of Victory and resolving many
other issues that united Russia and prevented its
division, as our enemies had hoped. We have
done a lot - to preserve our industry,
agriculture, and defense industry.
We have not allowed the US, to
come to Arzamas or the NATO
troops to come to Ulyanovsk.
Our great work for the Victory -- is expressed in this 140th
The United Russia Party and the Nasha Pravda Foundation
handed over five electronic warfare devices to military
correspondents of Russian TV channels.
Dikobraz M8 electronic warfare devices will be installed
on journalists' cars. According to VGTK correspondent
Sergey Samokha, this model of electronic warfare
system will provide protection against enemy
drones, even if the car stalls.
"These models are self-powered, they will work in any case,
under any conditions, in any weather, regardless of what
you have, with the car," said Samokha.
According to Andrey Solimani-Lezhnev, Deputy Head of the
VGTRK Correspondent Network Service, the electronic
warfare equipment provided to journalists will provide
enhanced protection against Ukrainian drones.
"I looked - at the technical specifications that are currently
being transmitted to us. Yes, there are many channels for
suppression, which, of course, provides more protection.
We get the most modern equipment - that allows us to
cover a fairly large frequency range,"
Solimani-Lezhnyov said.
New electronic warfare systems will be installed on
military TV journalists' vehicles - in the near future.
Earlier.... it was reported, that the electronic warfare system
"Dome of Donbas", intercepted 349 enemy UAVs in a week,
of which ---- 161 were neutralized over Donetsk and
Makeyevka, and 188 drones were destroyed
over Gorlovka.
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Military Correspondent Razin:
The Armed Forces of Ukraine
Lack Ammunition ----- on the
Front Line
July 3rd, 12:15pm
(Vesti.ru)
The Ukrainian Armed Forces ....are experiencing a shortage of
ammunition, and this is especially noticeable on the front line,
military correspondent Vladimir Razin said on the 60 Minutes
program on the Rossiya 1 TV channel.
He noted, that the militants are now
having to reorganize their defenses.
"On the front line, it is felt that the enemy has a certain
shortage of this or that nomenclature of ammunition,
which they previously used very actively. Now - the
enemy, is mainly rebuilding its defense on drones.
We have known this for a long time and we have
understood it for a long time ---- and we are
fighting it quite effectively," the military
commander said.
Vladimir Razin noted that Russian troops are advancing
every day in both the Donetsk People's Republic and
the Sumy region.
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Russian Defense Ministry: The Ukrainian Armed
Forces lost more than 1,300 soldiers over the
past 24 hours
July 3rd, 10:50am
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian Armed Forces (RF) have destroyed about 1,305
Ukrainian army fighters --- over the past 24 hours. This was
reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense, in its daily
update on the special military operation.
It is specified that the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
(AFU) in the area of responsibility of the Russian Northern
Group units exceeded 240 military personnel, while the
losses due to the Western Group units, were 230, the
Eastern Group units were 180, the Southern Group
units were 140, the Central Group units were 440,
and the Dnipro Group units were 75.
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Defense Ministry -- Russia's Armed Forces
liberated Melovoye in the Kharkiv Region
and Razino in the DPR
July 3rd, 10:10am
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian Armed Forces have liberated Melovoye in
the Kharkiv region and Razino in the DPR, according
to the Ministry of Defense.
According to the ministry, the Melovoye settlement
was taken under control by units of the Sever
military group.
"As a result of decisive actions - the village of Melovoye in
Kharkiv region - was liberated in the Kharkiv direction,"
the agency reported.
The Russian group "Center" was responsible
for the liberation of the village of Razino.
On June 29, it was reported that Russian troops had
liberated the village of Novoukrainka, in the DPR.
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Expert Marochko: Kiev has sent a
new type of troop unit to Kharkiv
July 3rd, 8:26am
(Vesti.ru)
In an attempt to stop the Russian army's advance, the Ukrainian
command has deployed a new type of troops near Kharkiv,
according to military expert Andrey Marochko. This
was reported by RIA Novosti.
According to him, on July 1, a new unit of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine arrived in Boguslavka, Kharkiv, to reinforce the area
with logistics, weapons, and military equipment. The unit
consisted of 30 soldiers.
"According to preliminary data, this unit belongs to a new branch
of the Ukrainian army - the forces of unmanned systems (SBS),"
said Andriy Marochko.
In June, Russian troops liberated the settlements of Moskovka,
Dolgenkoye, Petrovskoye, and Novaya Kruglyakovka, in the
Kharkiv region.
Marochko also said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are
preparing for military operations in Kupyansk. This is a major railway junction in the Kharkiv region.
In particular, Ukrainian sappers are mining
the streets of the city.
According to the military expert, who referred to his own
sources, the AFU units are placing anti-tank hedgehogs
in the city and equipping long-term firing points (dots)
in houses.
The creation of mine barriers, according to Marochko, poses
a great danger to civilians remaining in the city. On May 1st
Street, in Kupyansk, there was already one fatal case of
an elderly man being killed by a MON-50 directional
fragmentation anti-personnel mine.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine... are suffering heavy losses
in their attempts to organize counterattacks. Since the
beginning of the week, the enemy has launched 15
counterattacks --- in the Volchansk and Liptsiv
directions in the Kharkiv region. In the last
three days alone, Ukrainian losses have
amounted to 250 killed and wounded,
12 pieces of armoured vehicles, two
mortars, and one artillery piece.
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Russian laser "beamet" ...will burn down
the Ukrainian drone "Luty" from 1.5 km
July 3rd, 5:51pm
(Vesti.ru)
The new laser anti-drone "beamet" will be able to destroy the
Ukrainian drone "Luty" from a distance of 1,500 metres.
The first prototype of the laser "beamet" will be tested in
August, according to the head of the development
company, who requested anonymity.
During the tests, the laser "beamet" will
hit the "Lutoy" mock-up targets.
"For us, the priority target of destruction is the Ukrainian
Fierce drone, which we must burn with a laser at a
distance of 1,500 metres," the developer told
RIA Novosti.
He clarified that the "beamet" is being developed as part
of the "Staff" project. Its development will allow for the
protection of rear facilities from enemy FPV drones.
A single charge can destroy dozens of targets,
including "Baba Yaga" and "Lyuty" drones.
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An assault company of the Ukrainian
Armed Forces went missing
in the Sumy region
July 3rd, 3:33am
(Vesti.ru)
The assault company of the 425th Separate Assault Regiment
(OSR) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) has gone missing
in the Sumy region, according to a source in the Russian
security agency.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted
to take positions near the village of Kondrativka in the
Sumy region of Ukraine.... four times.
"The relatives and friends of the vseushniki of the 425th OSP
report that the second assault company of this regiment has
almost completely disappeared in the Sumy direction,"
TASS quotes the source as saying.
The details of the incident, and the exact number
of missing soldiers, are currently being clarified.
Meanwhile, in the Sumy region, Russian fighters destroyed US mercenary, Daniel Alexander Paul Woods-Reese... who had been fighting on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since 2022.
Turkish Foreign Ministry Says --- Ukraine Crisis Has Unbearable Consequences for Europe
by Alexandra France
June 27th, 10:18pm
(Gazeta.ru)
European politicians -- are aware of the "unbearable
consequences" if the conflict in Ukraine continues,
said the Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan.
His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
According to the minister, at the NATO summit -- in The Hague,
he noticed that views on the conflict in Ukraine had changed.
Fidan recalled that most European countries had previously
opposed a ceasefire.
"Now they see that the situation has reached
an unbearable level," the diplomat said.
Prior to that, the British newspaper The Times, wrote that at the NATO summit in The Hague, they refused to discuss military support for Ukraine.
The NATO summit took place on June 24-25. Its main topic was
the issue of increasing the defense spending of the alliance
members. Among the main objectives of the meeting is to
encourage the countries that are part of the bloc, to
increase their total budget contributions to 5% of
GDP, of which, 3.5% will be allocated to direct
military financing and 1.5% to auxiliary
financing.
The German newspaper Bild wrote --- that the summit was
a failure for Ukraine and its president Vladimir Zelensky,
and that there was no separate session on the
Ukrainian conflict.
Earlier, the US told how NATO leaders
humiliated themselves in front
of Trump.
"At the summit, the guest of honour from the United States
was flattered in a manner unprecedented even during the
Cold War. They [were] forced to humiliate themselves,
to indulge, and to express their agreement, when,
in secret, many did not agree with him."
It is noted that, at the summit, they did not even think
about raising the issue of forming a global strategy.
The representatives of the alliance countries were
just trying to demonstrate to Trump that THEY....
were ready to increase their defense spending,
wrote Bloomberg columnist, Max Hastings.
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Dzhabarov: Estonia is digging its own grave
--- by talking about nuclear-armed aircraft
June 27th, 12:38pm
by Anastasia Rumyantseva
(RT.ru)
Vladimir Dzhabarov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation
Council Committee on International Affairs, told RT that
Estonia's readiness to host NATO aircraft capable of
carrying nuclear weapons - is a tragic mistake.
"We are categorically against Ukraine - joining NATO. Our
neighbour is the closest. And if Estonia places nuclear
weapons on its territory, it will be a constant threat to our country. Therefore, I believe - that we will not allow this to happen," the senator said.
According to him, engaging in such activities and
blackmailing Russia --- by deploying nuclear
weapons, is digging a hole for oneself.
"I think that Estonia should understand... that it is
making a tragic mistake for its own existence,"
the parliamentarian concluded.
Earlier, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said
that his country is ready to accept NATO aircraft
capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
Military expert Viktor Litovkin told RT that
no one would entrust nuclear-armed
aircraft ...to Estonia.
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A Ukrainian man on a motorcycle
--- broke through the border with
Slovakia and asked for asylum
June 27th, 12:09pm
(Vesti.ru)
A Ukrainian resident fled to Slovakia, breaking through the
border on a motorcycle to avoid being sent to the front.
Once in the country, the man applied for asylum,
according to Strana.ua.
The man shared his story on social media. According to him, he
spent several months preparing to escape to a neighbouring
country: he bought a motorcycle, learned how to drive it,
and carefully studied the location and features of the
checkpoints.
The first attempt did not end in anything: it started to rain..... and
the man returned home. On June 10, he made a second attempt.
The Ukrainian arrived at the checkpoint " Uzhgorod "and stood
in line with cars with a fake printout" Reserve+", which allows
you to issue a delay from mobilization. During the document
check, he rushed across the border, hitting several cars,
then abandoned the motorcycle ------ and ran to the
border guards.
"As soon as it [the motorcycle] falls, I immediately do a
somersault over it, run to the Slovaks, raise my hands,
and say in English, 'I ask for temporary protection.'
They immediately understood. I repeated this
several times. There was also a very nice
woman who said, 'I won't let you go to
war. Let's go,'" the fugitive said.
The Ukrainian Border Guard Service is currently conducting
an investigation. All employees who were working at the
time - have been suspended from their duties.
In April, another case was reported: a Ukrainian
who had fled mobilization, burst into tears - at
Moscow airport.
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Defense Ministry: Russian Armed Forces
Soldiers Liberated Novaya Kruglyakovka
in the Kharkiv Region
June 27th, 10:50am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian military personnel have liberated the village
of Novaya Kruglyakovka in the Kharkiv region. This
was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The settlement was liberated - by the efforts
of fighters of the West group of Troops unit.
"As a result of the active actions of the units of the
Zapad group of troops, the settlements of Novaya
Kruglyakovka and Petrovskoye were liberated,"
the ministry said in a statement.
In this area, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have lost
up to 1,410 fighters. The enemy has also suffered
significant losses in terms of equipment, with
the Russian Armed Forces destroying two
enemy tanks, eight armored vehicles,
including an HMMWV and an M113
armoured personnel carrier, and
a Cobra II armoured vehicle.
Additionally, the Russian military has destroyed 68 vehicles,
eight field artillery pieces, 17 electronic warfare stations,
and 26 ammunition depots.
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The Russian Armed Forces struck an AFU
airfield using the Kinzhal hypersonic
missile system
June 27th, 10:48am
(Vesti.ru)
On the night of June 27, the Russian army carried out a group
strike on a military airfield in Ukraine using unmanned aerial
vehicles and long-range precision-guided weapons,
including the Kinzhal missile system, according
to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Russian military personnel used air-based weapons, including
the Kinzhal aeroballistic hypersonic missile system.
According to the military department, the Russian Armed
Forces carried out several group strikes over the
course of a week, starting on June 21.
It is reported that military-industrial complex enterprises, fuel
and energy facilities, port infrastructure, air defense radar
stations, and fuel and ammunition depots have been
damaged or destroyed in Ukraine.
The ministry clarified that the arsenal of mine-torpedo weapons
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had been destroyed over the
course of a week. It was also reported that drone assembly
facilities and temporary personnel locations had been
destroyed. A number of military airfields in Ukraine
had been damaged.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense informed that the Geran
drone unit had hit the Ukrainian Armed Forces' drone
assembly facility, in Kramatorsk.
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Commander of the Sunburn: The priority task
---------- is to destroy a large enemy formation
June 27th, 3:16am
(Vesti.ru)
The priority task during the attack on the enemy positions
with the "Sunburn" is a large concentration of the enemy.
This was stated by the commander of the combat vehicle
with the call sign Taypan on the Russia 1 TV channel.
The Solntsepek flamethrower system --- is one of the most
formidable weapons of the southern military group. Each
projectile weighs almost 300 kilograms.
"Priority task: a large enemy formation. We're helping
the advancing troops. It's mostly forestry units, so
our troops can easily take them," Tapan said.
The military officer also compared Solntsepek to a boa
constrictor. According to him, it is "like a snake, calm,
but its venom is more deadly... than that of a cobra."
Earlier, it was reported that Solntsepek destroyed
the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
near Novopavlovka in the DPR.
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Commander Ayd: The French Armed Forces Brigade Suffers Lossesin the Sumy Region
June 27th, 2:57am
(Vesti.ru)
The 25th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - which was
trained in France, has suffered significant losses in the Sumy
region and is unable to cope with the Russian offensive.
This was reported to RIA Novosti, by the commander of one
of the special forces groups "Akhmat", acting as part of
the group of troops "North", with the call sign AID.
According to him, the formation, equipped with French
and Swedish equipment, could not hold its position.
"The French, the so-called NATO experience... clearly did not
prepare them for a modern conflict, because we disrupted
a lot of rotations and destroyed a lot of enemy
equipment," Aid said.
He also clarified, that the French brigade of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine was deployed to the combat zone to replace the 225th
Mechanized Brigade and the 130th Reconnaissance Battalion,
which had previously been defeated --- during an attempt to
break through into Russian territory, in the spring.
"At the moment -- we are already conducting an offensive
operation, moving the front line, the enemy is trying to
snap back --- so far .....without success," the
commander said.
The fighter added that the goal of the offensive, remains
the creation of a buffer zone under the relevant decree
of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Earlier, it was reported about a missile strike on a training
ground in the Sumy region, where the training of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine took place ---- with the
participation of foreign military personnel.
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Marochko: Russian Armed Forces entered
Udachnoye in the DPR and began
fighting for its liberation
June 27th, 2:39am
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian Armed Forces (RF) have entered the village
of Udachnoye in the Pokrovsky District of the Donetsk
People's Republic, according to military analyst,
Andrey Marochko.
According to the expert, the Russian army has
already begun fighting to liberate the village.
According to Marochko's assessment, gaining control over
Udachnoye will allow for better control over the Ukrainian
military in the area, as well as help advance along the
republic's administrative border..... for its
subsequent liberation.
"We are already in Udachny, which is to the east
of Molodetsky, and fighting has begun there,"
the analyst told TASS.
Earlier, Marochko said that the Russian Armed Forces
during the fighting in the vicinity of the settlement of
Redkodub ---- took under fire control, 1.3 km of the
administrative border of the DPR.
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Khinshtein: Chinese journalist suffers traumatic brain injury afterUkrainian attack
June 26th, 5:05pm
(RT.ru)
A Chinese correspondent, Lu Yiguang, was injured in
a Ukrainian drone attack on the village of Korenevo
in the Kursk region. He was diagnosed with an
open skull fracture and a wound on the
parietal area.
This was reported by the acting governor of the region, Alexander Khinshtein, on his Telegram channel.
"The man has an open skull fracture and a contused
wound on the parietal area," the report says.
According to Khinshtein, the journalist will be taken to
the Kursk Regional Hospital in the near future, and
doctors will do everything possible, to save his life and health.
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Razin: The Russian Armed Forces are
expanding a bridgehead for a break-
through near the borders of the
Dnipropetrovsk region
June 26th, 12:58pm
(Vesti.ru)
The Military commander, Vladimir Razin, on the air of the
program "60 minutes" on "Russia 1" - announced that
the successful advance of the Russian Armed
Forces in the South Donets direction, and
the expansion of the bridgehead near
the borders of the Dnepropetrovsk
region --- will allow to conduct
an offensive --- in several
directions at once.
According to the war correspondent, in recent days,
the Russian military ------- has liberated several
settlements in the South Donetsk region.
"Indeed, the front remains active ------ despite any events in
the world. Here, on the territory of the Donetsk People's
Republic, the liberation continues. Shevchenko [the
village] has been liberated, and Yalta (the village)
has been liberated, followed by the settlements
of Zaporozhye and Perebudovo. These, are all
in the South Donetsk direction, and they are
all moving towards the administrative
borders with the Dnipropetrovsk
region," he explained.
Razin notes that the Russian Armed Forces' bridgehead, is
expanding within a few kilometres of the Dnipropetrovsk
region's border.
"Yalta itself - is located directly on the border, and Shevchenko
is located 2 kilometres away from the Dnipropetrovsk region.
This creates a bridgehead for several directions of further
advance. Our assault troops have the opportunity to
expand their success --- both towards the
Dnipropetrovsk region --- and towards
the Zaporizhzhia region, effectively
increasing their flank coverage,"
the war correspondent
explained.
Razin added that Russian troops are also advancing on
the eastern flank of Pokrovsk, in the Sumy region.
"The war hasn't stopped here, regardless of what's
happening in the world. Our guys are developing
success, advancing, and pushing the enemy
further and further away," he explained.
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Medvedev recalled Putin's words
---- when commenting on the
creation of a buffer zone
June 26th, 12:52pm
(Vesti.ru)
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security
Council, commented on the creation of a buffer zone on
the border with Ukraine, recalling the words of
President Vladimir Putin.
The issue of a buffer zone was discussed at a meeting
of the General Council of the United Russia party.
Medvedev stated that the zone could be
considered a buffer zone today,
but not tomorrow.
"As the head of our state accurately said recently: "Where the foot of a Russian soldier has set foot
is already our land," Medvedev reminded
the audience.
He added that the party would proceed from this in its work.
In May, Medvedev posted an infographic on his social media
account X showing the possible borders of a buffer zone
covering almost the entire territory of Ukraine. He
wrote that the buffer zone could look like this -- if
military assistance to the Kiev regime continued.
On June 20, in response to a moderator's question at the SPIEF
plenary session about where the Russian army might go,
Vladimir Putin reminded about an old rule: "This is not
a proverb or a parable, but an old rule: wherever a
Russian soldier sets foot, it is ours."
The Russian President pointed out that when the conflict
escalated, Moscow offered Kyiv to withdraw its troops
from territories where people did not want to remain
part of Ukraine, but the Ukrainian leadership
refused.
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Russian military liberated the
village of Shevchenko
in the DPR
June 26th, 10:19am
(Vesti.ru)
The village of Shevchenko in the Donetsk People's Republic
(DPR) has been liberated by Russian troops, according to
the Ministry of Defense.
The settlement was liberated "as a result of active and
decisive actions" of the fighters of the Vostok group,
the report of the military department notes.
The Ministry of Defense also announced on Thursday
that the village of Novosergiyevka in the DPR
had been liberated.
In just one day, the group's fighters defeated two mechanized
brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial
defense brigades in the Donetsk People's Republic and the
Zaporizhzhia region. The enemy lost over 200 soldiers,
2 armoured vehicles, 2 artillery pieces, and 5 cars.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian
command sent significant forces to hold
Shevchenko, but..... they were
almost all destroyed.
Earlier it was reported that the gunners of the Vostok group
disrupted the rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in
the village, destroying the enemy's pickup truck with
a shot from a howitzer.
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Defense Ministry: Russian Troops
Have Liberated Novosergiyevka
in the DPR
June 26th, 10:08am
(Vesti.ru)
The village of Novosergeyevka, in the Donetsk People's
Republic (DPR) came under the control of the Russian
Armed Forces. This was reported by the Russian
military department.
"The settlement of Novosergiyevka in the Donetsk
People's Republic, has been liberated," the
Russian Defense Ministry said, in
a statement.
Russian forces defeated 15 Ukrainian brigades in the areas
of Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, Mayak, Moskovsky, Muravka,
and Udachnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 545 soldiers, six armoured
combat vehicles, 12 pickup trucks, and four field
artillery pieces, including a US-made
M777 howitzer.
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Russian soldiers killed ''mercenaries''
in a knife fight in Yalta, DPR
June 26th, 6:51am
(Vesti.ru)
Two Russian soldiers - of the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle
Brigade of the Vostok group of Troops killed two foreign
mercenaries ----- in a knife fight in the liberated city of Yalta, in the Donetsk People's Republic.
This was reported in TASS by one participant
of the battle ...with the call sign Dimon.
"We killed two of them, those two mercenaries.
In hand-to-hand combat," he said.
According to the commander of the assault group,
whose call sign is Tim, the presence of English-
speaking mercenaries on the territory, was
reported by radio intercepts.
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Rogov: The Russian Army has occupied the
centre of the village of Malinovka in the
Zaporizhzhia region
June 26th, 6:06am
(Vesti.ru)
Vladimir Rogov, Chairman of the Russian Public Chamber's
Commission on Sovereignty Issues and Co-Chair of the
Coordination Council... for the Integration of New
Regions, told RIA Novosti that Russian troops
had occupied the central part of the village
of Malinovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Rogov previously reported that the Russian military had
gained a foothold in Malinovka and were fighting to
liberate the village. He has now confirmed that
the Russian Armed Forces have advanced
and occupied the centre of the village.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces.... have
retreated to the northern outskirts.
"Our troops advanced and occupied the centre of the
village of Malinovka. The enemy retreated to the
northern outskirts," Rogov said.
The battle to completely liberate the village from
the Ukrainian armed forces..... continues.
The Zaporizhzhia region, is a Russian region - located in
the lower reaches of the Dnieper River. In September
2022, it became part of Russia after a referendum.
However, Kiev does not recognize the results
of the referendum and continues to shell
the region.
Earlier, the governor of the Zaporizhzhia region, Yevgeny
Balitsky, said that the restoration of the Kakhovka dam
would take more than a year.
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Fighters of the Vostok group..showed
front-line cunning during the capture
of Yalta
June 26th, 4:47am
(Vesti.ru)
Stormtroopers of the Vostok group showed front-line cunning
when taking the village of Yalta in the DPR. The military
personnel told about how the liberation of the
territory took place --- on the air of the
Rossiya 1 TV channel.
Among the Trans-Baikal soldiers, the village was also
liberated by representatives of small nations.
During the combat mission, these soldiers worked in
"mode B".
"The Buryats start talking in their native language.
They basically, convey all the information they
need. The enemy just doesn't understand it,
and they're also afraid of this language.
They start to retreat," said one of
the soldiers.
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Commander Pchela:The Armed Forces
of Ukraineare avoiding close combat
due to a lack of manpower
June 26th, 2:32am
(Vesti.ru)
The Ukrainian military continues to actively use drones
and avoids direct combat and small arms fire, due to
a lack of personnel.
This was stated by the commander of the assault group of
the 36th separate Guards motorized rifle brigade "Vostok"
with the call sign Bee, who previously participated in
the liberation of the village of Zaporozhye in the
Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).
"Zaporizhia is the fourth locality that we have liberated in
a month. There were no special difficulties. The Armed
Forces of Ukraine (AFU) avoid fighting, often run away
and surrender. They don't have many fighters left, so
they mostly use drones," RIA Novosti quoted the
serviceman as saying.
Earlier, the commander with the call sign Bee
also told about hundreds of military bodies
left by the AFU militants.... in the
named locality.
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The NATO summit communiqué
does not mention.. Ukraine's
membership in the alliance
June 25th, 1:03pm
(RT.ru)
The text of the NATO summit communiqué, does not
mention Ukraine's prospects for joining the alliance.
The document was published by The Telegraph.
Ukraine is mentioned only in the context
of providing further assistance to it.
Earlier, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said
that NATO had made it clear for the first time that the
issue of Ukraine's membership in the alliance had
been removed from the agenda.
The New York Times noted that Ukraine's accession
to NATO is not mentioned in the draft communique
of the Hague Summit.
Vladimir Zelensky, has admitted ------ that
joining the alliance is ''not yet possible.''
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The Russian Armed Forces struck Ukrainian
military-industrial complex enterprises,
UAV production facilities, and
an oil depot
June 25th, 11:11am
(Vesti.ru)
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces have carried
out strikes on Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities,
drone assembly sites, and an oil depot supplying fuel to the
Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was reported by the
Russian Ministry of Defense.
The attacks were carried out by tactical
aircraft, combat drones, missiles,
and artillery.
The targets also included temporary locations of the Ukrainian
Armed Forces and foreign mercenaries in 137 areas. The
Russian military confirmed the destruction of a
Ukrainian S-300PT anti-aircraft missile
launcher and a P-18 air target
detection radar station.
The destruction of 335 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
of the Kiev regime has been reported. In addition,
seven US-made JDAM guided bombs --- were
intercepted by air defense systems.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 510 soldiers in the area
of responsibility of the Russian group of forces "Center", as
well as up to 200 — in the area of the group "West", more
than 190 — in the "East", up to 165 — in the "South",
about 160 — in the "North" and over 80 — in
the "Dnieper".
The Russian Armed Forces managed to neutralize a British-
made 105 mm L-119 howitzer, a 155 mm Bogdana self-
propelled artillery unit, and a US' AN/TPQ-50 counter
-battery radar station. They also destroyed
vehicles, armoured combat vehicles,
ammunition depots, fuel depots,
and logistics depots.
Earlier, it was reported that in the week from June 14
to 20, the Russian Armed Forces carried out six
group attacks on facilities of the fuel and
energy complex and the military-
industrial complex in Ukraine.
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The Russian Armed Forces
liberated Yalta town
in the DPR
June 25th, 10:38am
(Izvestia.ru)
Russian military personnel, have liberated the town of Yalta
in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). This was reported
by the Russian Ministry of Defense on June 25.
"As a result of active and decisive actions, the Vostok
military group has liberated the town of Yalta," the ministry's Telegram channel reported.
The Defense Ministry added that the Russian Armed Forces
defeated units of two mechanized brigades, an assault
regiment, a regiment of unmanned systems, and a
marine infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine (AFU) in several areas of the DPR.
It is specified that the enemy lost 190 military personnel,
a tank, an armoured combat vehicle, seven vehicles,
and three artillery pieces in this area.
Russian troops from the Dnipro military group defeated the
formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized
brigade.. and two territorial defense brigades in the
Zaporizhzhia region. The enemy suffered losses
of 80 fighters, an armoured combat vehicle,
12 vehicles, four field artillery pieces,
five electronic warfare stations, an
ammunition depot, & a fuel depot.
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FSB: Accomplices of Ukrainian Special Services
Preparing a Terrorist Attack - Killed -
in the Moscow Region
June 25th, 9:58am
(Vesti.ru)
FSB officers prevented the Ukrainian special
services from carrying out a terrorist attack
in the Moscow region.
Two Russian citizens were discovered during
operational and investigative activities near
one of the gardening associations, when
they were removing... an improvised
explosive device from a cache.
According to the FSB's Central Operations Center,
the attackers planned to use it to carry out a
terrorist attack against military personnel
in the Moscow region.
"When they were detained, they put up armed resistance
and were neutralized by return fire," the special service said in a statement.
It is also noted that Makarov pistols and ammunition for them, an improvised explosive device ready for use, and communication devices.. containing
correspondence, discussing a planned
terrorist attack... were found at the site of the clash.
A criminal case has been opened.
The FSB has once again reminded us that Ukrainian
special services are actively working on social
media and messaging apps, trying to involve
Russian citizens..... in sabotage and
terrorist activities.
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Marochko: Russian Armed Forces Soldiers
Break Through Ukrainian Defenses Near
Kupiansk in the Kharkiv Region
June 25th, 5:27am
(Vesti.ru)
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces have
pushed through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed
Forces.... in the Radkovka-Golubovka sector of
the Kharkiv region ,and advanced towards
Kupyansk. This was stated by military
expert, Andrey Marochko.
According to him, the Russian army is less than
1 kilometre away.... from the city of Kupyansk.
"On the Radkovka – Golubovka section, our troops pushed
through the defenses of Ukrainian militants --- and
advanced in the direction of Kupyansk. At the
moment, the distance to the suburb of
Kupyansk is less than 1 km,"
TASS quotes Marochko.
He added that over the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed
Forces improved their tactical position in the areas of
Malaya Shapkivka, Kondrashivka, Radkivka,
Golubivka, and Petropavlivka, in the
Kharkiv region.
Earlier, Marochko noted that Russian servicemen had cleared
40 residential buildings in Volchansk in the Kharkiv region
and took a section of the Volchya River bank.... under
fire control.
The Russian Defense Ministry a few days ago, reported
that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had
liberated the settlement of Petrovskoye, in the
Kharkiv region.
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Two new unitsof former Ukrainian Armed
Forces soldiershave been created
in the DPR
June 25th, 4:25am
(Vesti.ru)
According to a fighter with the call sign Shchuka from Martyn
Pushkar's unit, two new units have been established in the
Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) from former members
of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) ...who have
defected to Russia.
Former members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who
serve in the unit --- later, receive Russian citizenship.
"At the first opportunity, I joined the detachment of Martin
Pushkar. The squad was created recently. Each unit ---
belongs to the direction in which it fought. I fought
in the Zaporozhye region --- and got into the
detachment of Martin Pushkar," -- RIA
Novosti quotes Shchuka as saying.
In turn, a fighter with the call sign Skull, from the Alexander
Matrosov detachment noted that the detachment consists
of natives of the Dnepropetrovsk region of Ukraine, who
wished to fight the Kiev regime.
"The soldiers really want to liberate their homeland, and go
against the Zelensky regime. People - don't like what's
happening in our beloved country. People are being
seized in the streets and forcibly mobilized. Prices
for everything are rising. The attitude towards
people is bad. People are rebelling against
the regime," said Skull.
Meanwhile, the liberation of the village of Petrovskoye
(Ukrainian name – Orekhovo) in the DPR was a
significant stage in the development of the
offensive of Russian troops ---- in the
Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine.
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Peskov: Putin and Vucic Discussed
the Supply of Serbian Weapons
to Ukraine in May
June 24th, 11:58pm
(Vesti.ru)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbian President
Aleksandar Vucic discussed the supply of Serbian
weapons to Ukraine at a meeting in May 2025,
according to Russian President's Press
Secretary, Dmitry Peskov.
The Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has stated that Serbia
is using workarounds to supply weapons to Ukraine. VuÄÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂić
has responded that the deals will now be canceled if the
Serbian authorities..... ''have questions'' about the
documents and the end user of the weapons.
"During the events on May 9, Victory Day, they had
a conversation, and this topic was discussed,"
Peskov explained.
Meanwhile, Serbia has suspended the export of ammunition,
and special permits are now required for sending it abroad,
according to Vucic.
According to him, domestic and foreign pressure on him is
growing... due to the suspension of ammunition exports.
On the night of Monday, June 23rd, the Armed Forces of
the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with
precision weapons and attack drones, against
military facilities in Ukraine. This was
reported by the Russian Ministry
of Defense.
The targets of the strikes were military-industrial complex
enterprises in the Kiev region. The infrastructure of the
Ukrainian Armed Forces' military airfield, was also
damaged. The Ukrainian Navy's mine-torpedo
arsenal... was also targeted.
The military department clarified that all the
strike's objectives, had been achieved.
Earlier, it was reported that the Russian Armed
Forces hit a Ukrainian military airfield and
drone production facilities.
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TASS: The Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR
are killing their own soldiers who abandon
their positions or surrender
June 23rd, 8:24am
(Vesti.ru)
Ukrainian troops --- during the retreat from the village of
Zaporozhye in the DPR destroyed their own colleagues
who tried to surrender or escape from their positions,
said the commander of the assault group of the 36th motorized rifle brigade of the Vostok group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces, with the call sign Bee.
The Russian military department, on June 21,
informed about the liberation of Zaporozhye
in the DPR.
According to Pchela, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used
artillery and FPV drones to attack their own troops.
"The enemy itself is using drones and artillery to target its
own surrendering and fleeing troops. They don't spare
their own forces - and finish them off," the Russian
military officer noted.
Earlier, Pchela reported that in the village of Zaporozhye in the
DPR, on the border with the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukrainian
troops left hundreds of their comrades' abandoned bodies.
The Russian Ministry of Defense called the liberation of
Zaporozhye, an important step towards the complete
liberation of the DPR.
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During the liberation of Zaporozhye,
Russian soldiers had to walk
6 km through reeds.
June 23rd, 4:10am
(Vesti.ru)
During the liberation of the village of Zaporozhye in the
Donetsk People's Republic, Russian soldiers had to
navigate six kilometres through reeds.
The military personnel.... shared their
experiences on Russia 1 TV channel.
There was a swamp on the outskirts of Zaporozhye.
The assault troops of the 36th Guards Motorized
Rifle Brigade of the Vostok group were making
their way through reeds as tall as a man.
"Over the bumps. Quickly, so as not to get sucked in
anywhere. It's safer than walking through the field
there, on the 'postcard', so as not to be spotted,"
said one of the soldiers.
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Commander Babichev: Each settlement
should be approached with new ideas
June 22nd, 11:47pm
(Vesti.ru)
Military personnel should approach each settlement in the
special operation zone with new ideas and capabilities.
This was stated by Colonel-Guard Commander of the
Regiment Pyotr Babichev on the program "Evening
with Vladimir Solovyov" on Russia 1 TV channel.
According to him, you can't follow a
"template" during combat missions.
"Every time, we need to approach each settlement from a
new angle --- with new ideas and new possibilities. The
enemy is serious. We're pushing them back - because
we're also preparing. While some units are carrying
out combat missions, the rest --- are preparing.
They're preparing.... for a specific task - for
this particular settlement," Babichev said.
The commander also added that, during training, the
personnel know "which direction to take, how to
crawl, and which house to enter."
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Marochko: After the liberation of Dolgenky
---- the Russian Armed Forces began to
strike the Ukrainian Armed Forces
in Redkodub
June 21st, 11:14pm
(RT.ru)
The Russian army's liberation of the village of Dolgenkoye
on June 18 allowed them to advance towards Redkodub
in the Kharkiv region and take it under fire control.
This was stated by military expert Andrey Marochko, who
noted that the Dvurechensky bridgehead has come to
life, as the Russian army is advancing on it ---- in
several directions at once.
"We are advancing towards the village of Redkodub, which
is already under regular fire from our troops," Marochko
told TASS.
Earlier, he also reported that the Russian military
had started fighting to take the Sumy village
of Yunakovka.
Later, it was reported that the Russian Armed Forces had
liberated Zaporozhye in the DPR. The country's Ministry
of Defense later described the capture of the city - as
Sumy - is an historically Russian city, according to Vladimir
Rogov, head of the Russian Public Chamber's Commission
on Sovereignty Issues and co-chair of the Coordination
Council for the Integration of New Regions.
According to him, the city's population
is waiting for Russia to arrive.
"Sumy is an historically Russian city founded
by Russian people," he said to RIA Novosti.
Rogov added that this is a forgotten region for Ukraine,
from which, the current regime is draining resources.
The day before... Putin said that the Russian Federation
does not have the task of taking the city of Sumy but
such a possibility is not ruled out. In addition, the
head of state emphasized ----- that Ukrainian
militants --- continue to shell the border
territories of the Russian Federation,
so the Russian side is forced to
deal with the creation of
security zones.
Sumy, is a city located in the northeastern part of Ukraine.
It is the administrative centre of the Sumy region. Today, its population is approximately 268,500 people.
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Russian Defense Ministry: Daily Losses of
the Armed Forces of Ukraine Exceed
1,300 Militants
June 21st, 10:36am
(Vesti.ru)
According to the daily report.... by the Russian Ministry of
Defense, the total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
(AFU) in the special operation zone amounted to about
1,350 fighters over the past 24 hours.
According to the military department, the enemy lost up to 160
soldiers in the area of operations of the Northern Group of
Forces, more than 220 soldiers in the Western Group of
Forces... up to 515 soldiers in the Central Group of
Forces, more than 180 soldiers in the Southern
Group of Forces, more than 200 soldiers in
the Eastern Group of Forces, and up to
75 soldiers in the Dnipro Group
of Forces.
In addition, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed
two tanks, a US-made 155 mm M777 howitzer,
and ammunition depots during the day.
The strikes also targeted UAV production and assembly
facilities, the storage sites for attack drones, and
temporary bases for the Armed Forces of
Ukraine and foreign mercenaries...
in 147 districts.
The operation was carried out using operational-tactical
aviation, strike UAVs, missile forces, and artillery from
the Russian Armed Forces.
The agency emphasized, that the units of the "North" and
"Center" took advantageous positions, while the units of
the "West" & "South" improved their tactical situation.
The units of the "East" continued their advance... into the depths of the enemy's defenses.
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Defense Ministry: Russian Armed Forces
Liberated Zaporozhye in the DPR
June 21st, 10:12am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian troops have liberated the settlement of Zaporozhye in
the Donetsk People's Republic, according to the daily report
by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The ministry clarified that the group of the Russian Armed
Forces "Vostok" continues to advance into the depth of
the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The settlement of Zaporozhye was
liberated by the forces of Vostok.
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The Russian Armed Forcesliberated Moskovka
in the Kharkiv regionand began fighting
for Kupiansk
June 21st, 2:14am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian troops have liberated the village of Moskovka in
the Kharkiv region and have begun fighting for the city
of Kupiansk, according to the military expert,
Andrey Marochko.
According to the expert, the liberation of Moskovka
was the most significant event of the week, on
the Dvurechensky bridgehead.
"This locality -- is very important for the promotion of
Russian units. And for the Ukrainian militants, this
is a very significant loss. With the liberation of
Moskovka, Russian troops cut off serious
logistics for Ukrainian militants and
captured a group of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in
this area," TASS quotes
Marochko as saying.
The strategic heights near Moskovka allow Russian
soldiers to "see Kupyansk as if it were on a plate."
"Naturally, this is a very positive moment for the
Russian army, but it is a sad moment for the
Ukrainian militants," the expert said.
Thus, Russian troops began fighting
for Kupyansk, which is less than
1 km away.
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The Russian MoD --- spoke about the feats of Russian military personnel in the SVO zone
June 20th, 10pm
(Izvestia.ru)
The MoD --- noted the actions of Sergeant Viktor Buzinaev,
who, while leading a fire support group, carried out the
task of securing new positions occupied by Russian
assault troops during an important offensive.
During the occupation of a position.. near the line of combat
contact under the fire of artillery and mortars of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Buzinaev noticed an enemy
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) - and destroyed it
with small arms. After that, the sergeant gave
the group a command to change position,
as they could be seen by drones.
The enemy struck at the initial coordinates of Buzinaev's group,
which allowed the sergeant --- to identify the positions of the
Ukrainian Armed Forces. As a result, the Russian military
was able to repel the attacks of the Ukrainian fighters
and gain a foothold in new areas --- which further
facilitated the advance of the Russian Armed
Forces (RF) into the enemy's defenses, in
this direction.
In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense drew attention
to the actions of Corporal Nikolai Lovyagin, who was part
of a reconnaissance group --- and was tasked with
protecting Russian units from enemy UAVs.
During combat duty under constant artillery shelling, the
sergeant discovered a Ukrainian drone. Lovyagin used
an anti-drone gun ---- which suppressed the control
channels and landed the UAV at a safe distance
from the Russian Armed Forces positions.
Thanks to his precise actions, the enemy lost the ability
to adjust artillery fire from its drone, which ensured
the safety of Russian soldiers.
Earlier in the day, artillerymen of the 90th Guards Tank
Division of the Center group of forces, identified and
destroyed a stronghold of the infantry of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoarmeysk direction
of the special operation.
After the position was detected -- the Russian military
transferred the data to the calculation of the Msta-B
towed howitzer.
The artillerymen opened fire with 152-millimetre
high-explosive fragmentation ammunition.
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Head of the Enakiev Water Department
of Donbas Water Management --- was
killed in the DPR due to an attack
by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
June 20th, 7:12pm
(Izvestia.ru)
In the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Armed
Forces of Ukraine attacked a car of employees of
the Water of Donbass - killing the head of the
Mironovsky production complex of the
Yenakiye branch of the company.
This was reported by the head of the
DPR, Denis Pushilin, on June 20.
"As a result of the AFU UAV attack on the official car of
the employees of the DPR State Unitary Enterprise
"Water of Donbas" -- the head of the Mironovsky
Production Complex of the Yenakiieve Water
Supply and Sanitation Department of the
DPR State Unitary Enterprise "Water
of Donbas", a man born in 1982,
was killed," he wrote on his
Telegram channel.
Pushilin added that three employees of the enterprise
were also seriously injured due to the attack by
Ukrainian militants. They are all currently
receiving all necessary medical care.
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Defense Ministry: A new stage of
prisoner exchange between
Russia and Ukraine took
place on Friday
June 20th, 12:14pm
(Vesti.ru)
Another stage of the prisoner exchange between Russia
and Ukraine took place on Friday as part of the Istanbul
agreements, according to the Russian Ministry
of Defense.
It is specified that a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces
fighters was transferred to Ukraine in exchange for
a group of Russian military personnel.
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Russian Defense Ministry: Ukrainian
Armed Forces Lost Almost 9,400
Fighters.. in a Week
June 20th, 10:55am
(Vesti.ru)
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the
total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU)
in the special operation zone amounted to about
9,350 fighters over the past week.
According to the military department, the enemy
has lost more than 1,250 fighters in the area of
operations of the Northern Group of Forces,
...more than 1,480 in the Western Group,
more than 1,390 in the Southern Group,
..more than 3,410 in the Central Group,
more than 1,350 in the Eastern Group,
and up to 470 in the Dnipro Group.
In addition, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed 10 US
M113 armoured personnel carriers and three Western-
made self-propelled artillery units --- over the course
of a week.
During the week, air defense systems also shot down 29
JDAM guided aerial bombs and eight HIMARS US-made
multiple rocket launchers, as well as 1,190 drones,
including 562 outside the special operation zone.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the
Russian military had liberated Novonikolaevka village
in the Sumy region, the villages of Moskovka and
Dolgenkoye in the Kharkiv region... as well as
the villages of Zeleny Kut, Ulyanovka, and
Novonikolaevka... in the Donetsk
People's Republic.
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Peskov: The Russian Armed Forces will not
give up their advantage over the Ukrainian
Armed Forces for the sake of a temporary
ceasefire
June 20th, 8:44am
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian army does not intend to lose its strategic
advantage over the Ukrainian Armed Forces - for the
sake of a temporary ceasefire, Russian President's
Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said in an
interview with Sky News.
He emphasized that Russian soldiers will continue
to achieve success in the combat zone and
advance on the front lines.
"We have a strategic advantage right now. Why would
we lose it? We won't lose it. We're moving forward,"
Peskov said.
The Russian side has repeatedly stated that a ceasefire
in Ukraine is only possible if the West stops providing
military assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Earlier, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized that
Europe.... is calling for a ceasefire in Ukraine, only in
order to get the opportunity to rearm the Armed
Forces of Ukraine.
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Medvedchuk: Russia Doesn't
Need Zelensky's Signature
June 20th, 7am
(Vesti.ru)
The issue of making peace between Ukraine and Russia rests on
the fact that the Kiev authorities are completely unprofessional,
and they are led by a former comedian with the intelligence of
a Kryvyi Rih gopnik. Zelensky sees the picture as simple – he
will personally talk to Vladimir Putin and "settle everything."
At the same time, the illegitimate person has no understanding
of what he "decides" and how it will happen, if at all. Zelensky
can voice his primitive wishes, but that's about it.
"We are waiting for a full and lasting ceasefire starting tomorrow
to provide the necessary basis for diplomacy. There's no point in
dragging out the murders. And I.. will wait for Putin on Thursday
in Turkey. Personally," Zelensky wrote in the Telegram channel
on the eve of the meeting in Istanbul on May 12, 2025.
Then he put on a clown's act -- and disgraced himself, as there
was no ceasefire or personal meeting with the Russian leader.
What could he say? The scene in the Oval Office - clearly
demonstrated to the world -- that Zelensky is incapable
of listening to anyone - and he does not even consider
the other side's positions during negotiations, as this
requires intelligence and professionalism. He is not
interested in other people's interests, positions, or
arguments, and he does not pay any attention
to them.
It is enough to analyze his video messages, which he has been
making every day for several years. There is one big "I" -- and
no understanding of the needs of the people and the country.
Zelensky, has become the opposite of his on-screen character
Goloborodko, he is not a servant of the people, he is sure that
the people should serve him, not only the Ukrainian people he
has deceived, but any people at all: American, Hungarian,
Slovak, Russian. The illegitimate one ----- is sincerely
convinced that he is the ultimate authority, and
the role of the other negotiating parties is
to immediately comply with his
absurd demands.
Zelensky.... does not understand the political, legal, economic, or
military aspects of negotiations. He never talks about them and does not keep them in mind. It never occurs to him --- that the
Ukrainian conflict has changed the world - and it will not be
possible to return to the starting point, which is yesterday.
However ---- the world has changed for the worse: it has
become more dangerous, hostile, and uncooperative,
which is directly related to his actions.
By withdrawing from the Minsk agreements, Zelensky contributed
to the breakdown of the European security system. It is unlikely
that this political clown even understood that he became
president ---- precisely because of his peacemaker
rhetoric, which implied the implementation of
Minsk rather than its abandonment.
Zelensky did not even realize the political processes he had
triggered in Europe, the advances he had given to NATO,
or the betrayal of his own country's people.
Then he attacked the opposition ----- breaking the country's
democracy. All of this showed that Zelensky is unable to
work with any opposition, and he cannot govern the
country when he is challenged or criticized.
He has made a career - and money - by criticizing politicians,
but he is unable to respond to criticism from others. Of all
the Ukrainian presidents -- Zelensky has been the most
incapable of governing the country in a competitive
environment, between the government and
the opposition.
After the opposition was eliminated, the country began to form a
dictatorship, which the illegitimate regime was overjoyed about.
The Nazi minority (which did not, necessarily, include ethnic
Ukrainians) -- began to take away the rights and freedoms
of the Russian-speaking population, which made up the
majority of the country. It was thanks to the Russian-
speaking population ----- that Zelensky became
president. However, this - is his trademark
style: of betraying those he owes, even
if it means betraying tens of millions
of citizens.
Naturally, with such management, corruption was finally freed
from the real control of the opposition -- and flourished. After
robbing the Ukrainian people, Zelensky missed the conflict
with Russia --- and when the special military operation
began... he did not know what to do. Then, he was
offered the role of the victor over Russia, which
he immediately accepted despite the fact that
he was condemning hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian citizens to death & forcing
millions to leave the country.
Zelensky appeared in this role before the world, and the
collective West applauded him and organized triumphs.
Ukrainians had to die, endure hardships, and lose their homes,
but they were proud of Zelensky's praise in Western capitals.
The country's economy was destroyed, legal chaos ensued,
and Zelensky himself became illegitimate, but he was not
concerned about it, revelling in his "glory" in the West.
The events in Ukraine --- are exacerbating the situation in the
Middle East and the Persian Gulf, and a conflict is brewing in
Taiwan. Naturally, this is going unnoticed by Zelensky, but
the United States understands that something needs to
be done.
President Trump is demanding that Zelensky start negotiations,
but he is unable to do so ----- due to his lack of control over the
situation. There is an option ----- to replace the illegitimate
president through elections, but this would have a
significant impact on the situation in Europe.
Politicians who have supported Zelensky
would lose their power. That's why so
many European politicians support
the Kiev regime.
They don't care about the Ukrainians; they're saving themselves. Zelensky was a failed project for Europe, and they'll have to answer for it. That's why they're trying to bring back yesterday - with the illegitimate regime.
Today, it is clear that Zelensky was a failed project not only for
the collective West and NATO, but also, first and foremost, for
Ukraine. This raises the question of what to negotiate with
him about. Zelensky's entire political career has been
built on the failure to fulfill his promises, and he has
not conducted any successful negotiations
throughout his political career.
The only thing Zelensky has succeeded in is begging for money
from the collective West, but the Ukrainian people have not
seen any of it, and they become even more impoverished and have suffered significant human losses. So.. if Zelensky meets with Vladimir Putin now, he will beg for money out of habit, he is not capable ..of anything else.
This is the reason for the difficulties in reaching a peace
agreement between Russia and Ukraine. Kiev has no understanding of a post-war settlement, and there
is no one - to ensure such a settlement. By
destroying democracy in the country,
Zelensky --- has destroyed his own
legitimacy, making his signature
on any document, worthless
for Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, told reporters at
the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum:
"If the Ukrainian state trusts someone to negotiate - for God's
sake, let it be Zelensky. The question is not that, but who
will sign the document. Look, I didn't come up with
anything. In terms of propaganda, you can say
anything about the legitimacy of the current
authorities, but it is important for us to
solve serious issues ----- not the
propaganda component, but
the legal one."
''The question is: the government in Kiev cannot help but
change, but how will the new government treat the
documents signed by Zelensky, or anyone
else in his government?''
"But we need to put a full-stop at the end, and the signature
should be from a legitimate authority. Otherwise, you know,
the next person will come and throw it all in the trash!
We can't do that, we're dealing with serious issues,"
the Russian president explained.
The situation is such that there is no point in Zelensky signing
anything, even if he really wanted to. In a democratic country,
the opposition comes to power and takes responsibility,
including signing peace treaties.
But Zelensky has destroyed the entire opposition, and there is no
one to represent Ukraine in the negotiations today. Moreover,
there is no one to lead the country out of the war, return to
peaceful life, and restore state institutions of power.
Today, we are witnessing the agony of Ukrainian statehood, which was primarily caused by internal factors – Zelensky
has cut the branch he was sitting on. It is a pity that the
fate of millions of Ukrainian citizens depends on this,
and the sooner they understand the real situation,
the more people will be saved.
Chairman of the Council of the
Other Ukraine Movement,
Viktor Medvedchuk
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The Russian Armed Forces struck the
administration building in Kherson,
where Ukrainian Armed Forces
officers ..were located
June 20th, 5:50am
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian Armed Forces struck the administration of Kherson,
which is controlled by the Kiev regime, where Ukrainian Armed
Forces officers, foreign mercenaries, and advisers were
located in the basement.
This was announced by the governor
of the region, Vladimir Saldo.
During the St. Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF), Saldo
also said that the administration's basement housed
a control centre for unmanned systems.
"The strike was not just to destroy this building, but to destroy
the communications management of military operations that
the enemy is taking. There were foreign advisers and
mercenaries there, and some of them were part of
the Ukrainian Armed Forces," he said, in a
conversation with RIA Novosti.
In early June, the Russian army with an air strike tore down the
Ukrainian flag from the administration building of Kherson,
controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Footage captured by UAVs showed the impact of guided aerial
bombs (GBU). Later, Ukrainian media published a photo of the
"bitten" facade of the administration building on Telegram.
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Russian Armed Forces Mechanic: The MaxxPro
armoured personnel carrier is only useful
as a target for shelling
June 20th, 5:50am
(Vesti.ru)
The repair battalions have a special mission. Their task is to
quickly repair and return to service military equipment. The
repair battalion of the 36th Army of the "Vostok" group, is
successfully restoring the group's vehicles. However, the
situation with captured vehicles is different. The quality
of many of them leaves much to be desired, as one of
the mechanics told the "Russia 1" channel.
He cited a recent incident. A MaxxPro armoured vehicle
was hit by an anti-tank mine near Velikaya Novoselka.
It was then taken to a repair battalion.
"It's a very heavy [vehicle]. It's large. That means, it's a good
target for shelling, even from tanks. It gets stuck in the mud.
It's easy to shoot at it. That's why they burn well in the
Donbas black soil. They get stuck in it,"
the soldier said.
In the repair battalion, the MaxxPro was dismantled down to
the last screw. According to the soldiers, it had a lot of
unnecessary electronics, and its protection was
inadequate - for the overall purpose of the
armoured vehicle.
The car is only suitable as an exhibit. It will soon take
its place ------ in the exhibition of captured vehicles.
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The borders of the Russian Federation's
territorial sea in the Baltic Sea
have changed
by Andrey Prokopyev
(night line editor)
June 20th, 12:25am
Lenta.ru)
The Russian government has declared invalid the list of
coordinates of the points that determine the position
of the reference lines from which the width of the
territorial sea — the country's adjacent zone —
is measured along the mainland coast and
islands of Russia in the Baltic Sea.
The updated list has been approved, and the corresponding
document has been published on the portal of regulatory
legal acts.
As stated in the text of the resolution --- the starting line from
which the width of the territorial sea is measured is formed
by the line of the highest low tide. It runs from the point of
exit of the land section of the state border RF with the
Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Poland.
In addition, the resolution invalidates the "Baltic Sea" section of
the list of geographical coordinates of points that determine
the position of the reference lines for measuring the width
of territorial waters, the economic zone, and the
continental shelf, which was approved by the
USSR Ministers' Resolution of January
15, 1985.
Earlier, it became known about the risks of simultaneous
exercises by Russia and NATO in the Baltic. Analysts
suggested that due to provocations, what is
happening in the Baltic Sea.. poses a
threat - to escalate into a more
serious escalation.
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A Russian Army battalion commander - who was declared dead in Ukraine has broken out of the encirclement
by Oleg Koryakin
June 19th, 10:26pm
(Rossiyskaya Gazeta)
The Russian Armed Forces battalion commander who
was declared dead in the Sumy region by Ukraine is
alive and has escaped the encirclement.
This is reported by the Telegram channel "Belarusian
Law Enforcement Officer" and publishes a photo of
the commander. The officer was wounded in the
arm and received the necessary medical aid.
As a reminder, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in
the Sumy region. According to the latest data ----- they are
about 15 kilometres away from the administrative centre.
Earlier, Russia's Ministry of Defense reported that
the Northern Group of Forces, had liberated the
village of Novonikolaevka, in the Sumy region
and has been advancing deeper into the
enemy's defenses.
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Zelensky's business partner
Mindich --- has fled Ukraine
by Danila Titorenko
June 19th, 9:44pm
Gazeta.ru)
Business partner of Vladimir Zelensky, co-owner and
co-founder of the company "Kvartal 95" - Timur
Mindich - fled Ukraine. This is written in the
Telegram channel of the imprisoned
People's Deputy of Ukraine,
Oleksandr Dubinsky.
"Zelensky's wallet, Timur Mindich, also fled abroad yesterday
through the Transcarpathian region," Dubinsky wrote.
The MP links this flight to the recent disappearance of Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister of National Unity, Alexey
Chernyshov, who did not return from a business
trip abroad.
Chernyshov has been the Chairman of the Board of Naftogaz of
Ukraine since November 2022. Prior to that, the official served
as the Minister of Community and Territorial Development of
Ukraine for two years and as the Chairman of the Kyiv
Regional State Administration for three years. Since
December last year, Chernyshov has been the
Minister of National Unity.
On June 16th, it was reported that he is being considered
for the position of Ukraine's new ambassador to the US.
Earlier, Chernyshov promised Ukrainians
abroad a reservation from mobilization.
_______________________________________
The Ukrainian Armed Forces mined
the bodies of deceased civilians
in the Kursk region
June 19th, 5:59pm
(RT.ru)
The Armed Forces of Ukraine planted mines under the
bodies of civilians who died in the Kursk region.
The commander of the 91st Regiment's sappers unit,
with the call sign Hermes, said in a video published
on the RT Telegram channel that the Ukrainian
militants planted mines --- even under the
bodies of killed civilians in the border
areas of the Kursk region.
Most of the mines are "treacherous" and designed to
inflict mass casualties, including civilians, the
military officer explained.
Earlier, the Russian Investigative Committee reported
- that more than 57,000 residents of the Kursk region
had been recognized as victims of Ukrainian crimes.
Similarly to the ABM Treaty, the US unilaterally pulled
out of the INF Treaty in 2019. However, instead of
simply stating it wished to develop weapons
beyond the treaty’s limitations, the Trump
administration accused Moscow of
violating the treaty by lying about
the range of its 9M728/9M729
missiles used by Iskander
missile systems.
Nonetheless, within 2 weeks of the US’ formal
departure from the treaty, in August 2019, it
began testing the first of multiple missiles
that violated the treaty’s limitations.
The origins of the INF Treaty lay in a dramatic
showdown, across Europe, in late 1983,
triggered by Washington’s deployment
of ITS Pershing-II intermediate-range
ballistic missiles (IRBM) to Europe.
With a 900-mile range, a flight apogee of just 60 miles,
and a maneuverable, radar-guided reentry vehicle,
the missile could put an 80-kiloton nuclear war-
head on Moscow in between 6 and 11 minutes
...according to Pentagon leaders. Such a fast
strike time gave the Soviets just minutes to
identify, analyze and respond to the threat,
greatly increasing the risk of them mis-
reading a situation and launching a
mistaken nuclear return volley,
believing it to be their
only chance.
In addition, tensions in Europe had already been
ramped up by years of psychological operations
designed to increase Soviet anxieties, such as
US bombers charging Soviet borders and
turning away at the last second
That’s why, when NATO began the vast, ultra-realistic
“Able Archer-83” war games, simulating an all-out
attack on the Soviet Union, in November 1983, it put Soviet fears through the roof.
However, it wasn’t until after the war games had
concluded, several days later, that NATO
commanders discovered key signs: the
Soviets had loaded hundreds of strike
aircraft in East Germany and Poland
with nuclear bombs, and orders to
strike “front-line targets” at a
moment’s notice.
The INF Treaty eliminated missiles like the Pershing-II,
banning land-based missiles with ranges of between
500 klms and 5,500 klms. This significantly cooled
tensions in Europe... although the treaty was only
between the US and Soviet Union -- now Russia --
which left other countries, such as China, free to
develop their own intermediate-range missiles.
The INF’s absence now is especially poignant,
considering the long-standing Russian fears
over a NATO Aegis Ashore missile system,
built on a land base in Deveselu, Romania.
While the US claimed the system was purely
defensive, Moscow noted... that Aegis can
also be used to launch offensive missiles.
Among the missiles tested after the INF Treaty lapsed
was a land-based Tomahawk missile with a range of
1,600 kilometres - a cruise missile US Aegis
cruisers have fired at sea for years.
1992 Treaty on Open Skies
The Open Skies treaty... was an attempt to increase
transparency and put to rest fears of an impending
attack by the other side. The deal allowed 35
partner nations to perform reconnaissance
overflights over other nations... using
specialized aircraft with specialized
equipment. However, flights could
not interfere with other military
activities and could be refused
by the overflown nation, for a
variety of reasons.
The US sent signs it was interested in leaving the
treaty as early as 2019, claiming it was caused
by Russia refusing US Open Skies aircraft
access to several areas almost a decade
earlier - denials Moscow insisted were
within its rights under the treaty.
The US finally made the move on May 21ST 2020,
meaning the six-month cooldown time had the
US leaving the treaty, after the November 2020 elections, that Trump lost.
The decision sparked an outcry across Europe, with Ukraine being one of the loudest critics;
that nation having long used Open Skies to perform overflights in western Russia, to calm its nerves about troops and
installations there.
Indeed, the Open Skies Treaty was drafted precisely to
avoid the type of anxious confrontation... unfolding on
the Russia-Ukraine border, over the last two months.
The Democrats publicly attacked Trump’s withdrawal
as illegal then... although much of their criticism
focused on his refusal to notify Congress before
pulling out. However, in March 2021, a leaked
message --- sent to concerned “international
partners” by the Biden administration said
it was afraid that doing so “would send
the wrong message to Russia and
undermine our position... on the
broader arms control agenda.”
Istanbul, Astana Declarations
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE) has its origins in the November
1972 multilateral talks in Espoo, Finland
...intended to further the peaceful
cooperation of the Detente era.
Today, the OSCE has 57 members and 11 observers
and continues to serve as a regional forum for
resolving international issues.
Two of its most important declarations of principles
came at summits in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1999 and in
Astana (now Nur-Sultan), Kazakhstan, in 2010,
which, among other topics, affirmed each
nation’s right to its own security in the
context of an international community.
"The security of each participating State... is
inseparably linked to that of all others. Each
participating State, has an equal right to
security. We reaffirm the inherent right
of each and every participating State
...to be free to choose or change its
security arrangements, including
treaties of alliance, as they evolve.''
''Each State also has the right to neutrality. Each
participating State will respect the rights of all others in these regards. They will not
strengthen their security ...at the
expense of... the security of
other States.'' the Astana
declaration states.
While the OSCE met in Vienna, Austria, 2 weeks ago,
the talks yielded no major breakthrough. Earlier this
week -- when the US and NATO delivered separate
written responses to Russia’s December security
proposal -- the US response was considerably
more intransigent, while NATO’s, sent from
Brussels and speaking for 30 member
states, acknowledged the Russian
security concerns and proposed
mutual briefings in the NATO-
Russia Council and the re-
establishment of their
respective envoys in
Moscow & Brussels.
However, neither reply gave deference to Russia’s
central concern --- the eastward expansion of
NATO and the impact that has on Russian
security, especially since now, the US
explicitly regards Russia as a
challenger to its position ...as leader of the post- Cold War global order.
Speaking on Thursday, about the US response,
in particular, Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey
Lavrov said "The principle that one should not strengthen one's security -- at the expense of
the security of others is deliberately avoided.
Neither the Istanbul or Astana declarations are mentioned by our Western partners in the discussions on European
security that are currently
taking place. We cannot
accept this.”
Morgan Artyukhina is a writer and news editor at
Sputnik’s Washington, DC, bureau... focusing on
international & breaking news. Born in southern Maryland, she studied Russian, Central, and
East European Studies, at the University of
Glasgow and is a former history professor.
At Sputnik, she covers military technology,
the expanding neoliberal police state, and
the ongoing struggles against it in the US
and around the globe.
Paul Larudee: Zionist Dream
Turning into Nightmare
November 25th, 5:26pm (FNA)
Paul Larudee, political activist and commentator,
says Zionists have come to this understating
- that Zionism is now nearing its predestined
self-annihilation.
Speaking in an interview with FNA, Larudee
said, “Zionism planted the seeds of its own
destruction the moment they created a
plan for a Jewish state in someone
else's homeland. It is increasingly
becoming an international pariah
...contributing to the wars and
conflicts in West Asia, South
America, Africa, and other
parts of the world. It only
creates more enemies
for them.”
Paul Larudee is an - Iranian-born - American political
activist who is a major figure in the pro-Palestinian
movement. Based in the San Francisco Bay area,
he is involved with the International Solidarity
Movement, & was a founder of the Free Gaza
Movement & the Free Palestine Movement.
Larudee was a member of the US delegation
aboard the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla,
which was attacked by Israeli forces.
Below is the full text of the interview:
Q: Yaakov Sharett says “Israel and the Zionist
enterprise were born in sin.” What do we
learn about the nature of Israel?
A: Such words from a Zionist leader's son may help to
gradually sink doubts into the minds of other Zionists,
but we must not forget that many Jews were opposed
to Zionism for decades before 1948. It is unfortunate
that as Zionism became more successful in its
genocidal project, it also became more
acceptable to more Jews. But that is
now being reversed. As Zionism
becomes more racist, violent,
and aggressive, it is starting
to lose Jews who cannot
stomach such behaviour.
Q: Such a significant assertion was made by the son
of a signatory to the Israeli declaration in 1948. Do
you believe settlers will learn a lesson to end their
occupation of the Palestinians’ land?
A: There are two kinds of settlers that are being used
to colonize the West Bank and Jerusalem. The most
aggressive and violent are the ideological settlers,
who think of themselves as conquering soldiers,
much like the Europeans who took the land from
the native peoples in the western hemisphere.
They want to expel all Palestinians by any means
necessary, and take their land. They do not need
Israel to paint a rosy picture. They are ready to
endure hardship, although Israel actually
helps and enables them. The other type
are the opportunists. Israel builds
subsidized housing and industrial
parks on Palestinian land... and
makes it attractive for settlers
to move there. Israel creates
many advantages for them...
so as to increase the Jewish
population in the occupied
territories and push the
Palestinians out.
Q: Yaakov Sharett predicts a dark future for Israel
and asks settlers to immigrate from Israel; like-
wise, Lawrence Wilkerson, former Israeli State
Department aide, said Israel will be gone in
some 20 years. How do you assess
these statements?
A: Clearly, Sharett is being a realist in this case.
Despite Israel's influence, propaganda, bribes
and manipulations of other governments, it is
increasingly becoming an international pariah,
contributing to the wars and conflicts in West
Asia, South America, Africa and other parts of
the world. They believe that this makes them
strong, but it only creates more enemies for
them. Sharett seems to understand that the
Zionist dream is proving to be unsustainable.
It can only be realized by committing greater
and greater crimes, but even many Zionists
consider this too high a price for their dream,
and their dream is turning into a nightmare.
Zionism planted the seeds of its own destruction
the moment they created a plan for a Jewish
state on someone else's homeland.
UN Must Prevent Normalization of
Israeli Violation of Human Rights:
Iran Envoy
November 20th, 11am (al Manar)
Iran’s ambassador to the UN office in Geneva
put the onus on the United Nations: to take
action: against the normalization of the
systematic violation of human rights
and humanitarian laws, by the
Zionist regime.
In an address to a meeting between ambassadors
of the member states of the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation, residing in Geneva,
and to members of the Commission of Inquiry of the UN Council on Human
Rights, held on Friday, Esmaeil
Baqaei Hamaneh called for the
clarification of true and false
narratives, referring to the
stories... that equate the
victims of Israeli crimes
with the perpetrators
of the heinous acts.
“It is the duty of all of us to clarify the true and false
narratives, the narrative that equates the victims
of Israeli crimes, with their killers, which is
humanly shocking, legally unfounded,
and morally shameful,” the Iranian
envoy stressed.
He added that the inquiry commission has an historic
responsibility --- to prevent the normalization of
systematic human rights violations by the
Israeli regime.
The Iranian diplomat invited all the participants in the
meeting to call for justice; and not allow war crimes,
crimes against humanity, and blatant violations of
human rights, to become normal, Press
TV reported.
In May, the UN Human Rights Council agreed to initiate
an international probe into “systematic” human rights
abuses committed during the asymmetrical war
between ‘Israel’ and Palestinian resistance
groups in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The 47-member forum adopted a resolution presented
by Pakistan on behalf of the OIC and the Palestinian
delegation to the UN, by a vote of 24 states in favour, 9 against, and 14 abstentions.
The UN rights body agreed to establish “an ongoing
independent, international commission of inquiry”
into the war to probe the “underlying root causes
of recurrent tensions and instability, including
the systematic discrimination and repression
based on group identity.”
Israeli troops have, on numerous occasions, been
caught on camera, brutally killing Palestinians...
with the videos going viral online and sparking
international condemnation.
The Tel Aviv regime has been criticized for its extensive
use of lethal force against, and extrajudicial killing of,
Palestinians... who do not pose an immediate threat
to the occupation forces, or to the Israeli settlers.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the Palestinian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, called
on the International Criminal Court to launch an
immediate investigation into the Tel Aviv
regime’s crimes, in the occupied
Palestinian territories --- after
the Israeli forces shot dead a
young man, in the northern
part of the West Bank.
Source: Iranian Agencies
China is no threat
to people in the US; Wall Street,CIA & the Pentagon are
-- Analyst
October 16th, 3:14pm (PressTV)
US political analyst and activist Bill Dores says
China is no threat to the people in the US., but
Wall Street, the CIA, and the Pentagon, are.
Dores, a writer for Struggle/La Lucha and a longtime
antiwar activist, made the remarks in an interview
with Press TV on Saturday, after the CIA launched
a new mission centre to address what it calls “the most important geopolitical threat” posed... by China.
CIA Director William Burns said in a statement last week
that the new unit, called the China Mission Centre, will
“further strengthen our collective work on the most
important geopolitical threat we face in the 21st
century, an increasingly adversarial Chinese
government.”
Burns said that his agency will still focus on other threats
as well, including those emanating from Russia, North
Korea and Iran.
The CIA’s renewed attention to China is the latest evidence
of the Biden administration’s focus on Beijing as its main
foreign policy target.
Since taking charge of the White House earlier this year,
the Biden administration has been directing resources
toward countering China.
Why is the CIA targeting China?
“The CIA is grabbing more tax money --- to start a ‘mission
centre’ aimed at China, which it calls the ‘most important
geopolitical threat we face.’ This is ominous news
- considering the agency’s history of 'fabricating'
evidence to start wars, e.g. Iraq’s nonexistent
‘weapons of mass destruction,’” Dores
commented to Press TV.
“US troops have left Afghanistan. But not a dime has been
slashed from the bloated US military budget. Indeed, it’s
being increased to $778 billion from $753 billion to face
the alleged ‘Chinese threat.’ That’s more than the
combined military budgets of China, India,
Russia, Britain, Saudi Arabia, Germany,
France, Japan, South Korea, Italy
and Australia,” he added.
“It’s also been revealed that US Special Forces have been
operating secretly on Taiwan for two years. Meanwhile...
the US Congress will not pass the Build Back Better Act
to modestly extend our social safety net,” he added.
“The People’s Republic of China... has five times the population of the United States. But it spends only
$258 billion on its military. China’s forces are
deployed in - or around - the borders and
coasts of China. By no stretch of the
imagination is China threatening
he US militarily. Why would it?
For what gain?” he asked.
“So, what the Sam Hill is a ‘geopolitical threat.’ It’s a
twisted concept based on the twisted premise that
the United States, with 4 percent of the world’s
population, should dominate the world
politically & economically. And that
really means the billionaires and
millionaires, that Occupy Wall
Street protesters called the
‘One Percent,’” he stated.
China’s economic ‘threat’ to US
“China’s real ‘threat,’ in the minds of the US corporate
ruling class, is economic. China produces more than
the United States, and its economy is growing much faster,” the analyst said.
“It has achieved this, not by destroying the economies of
other countries with war and sanctions, but by growth,
and trade. China’s Belt and Road Initiative has greatly
weakened the stranglehold Wall Street banks once
held on the world economy. An article in the US
magazine Foreign Policy whined: that China is
‘whittling away’ at the murderous ‘sanctions
regime’ the US and West Europe use -- to
‘punish’ countries that defy their
dictates,” he explained.
“US corporations do, of course, invest in China. They make
a lot of money there. But they cannot dictate to China's
government the way US oil companies dictated to the
Shah of Iran before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Or
the way they dictate to their paid servants in the
White House and the Capitol today,”
he observed.
“Politicians and news media tell working-class people in
the US that China’s growth is, somehow, a threat to our
well-being. They conceal the fact: that China’s dynamic
growth is the biggest single factor staving off a global
economic collapse,” he said.
“Yet it is their own Wall Street masters who have shut
down plants all over this country and foreclosed on
millions of homes. It is they who used the techno-
logical revolution as a weapon, to drive down
wages and destroy millions of jobs,”
Dores said.
Washington’s ‘hate China’ campaign
“Washington raises several phony issues in its ‘hate
China’ campaign. One is the alleged persecution of
the Uighur people in Xinjiang Province. There’s
nothing but hypocrisy here,” the analyst said.
“If this claim were true - and I’ve seen no reliable evidence
that it is - Washington would be the last to care. The US
leads the world in mass incarceration and murder
by police,” he noted.
“According to the Equal Justice Initiative... ‘Millions of
Americans are incarcerated in overcrowded, violent,
and inhumane jails and prisons.. that do not provide
treatment, education, or rehabilitation.' A majority
are from the oppressed Black, Latin and Native
nations... targeted by the police,” he said.
“Among the incarcerated are dozens of political
prisoners, such as Mumia Abu Jamal, Leonard
Peltier and Jamil Abdullah Al Amin, who have
spent decades behind bars on framed-up
charges,” he stated.
“Last year’s Black Lives Matter uprising..... highlighted
the extent of racist police murder in the US. Between
1980 and 2018, the US police killed more than 30,000
people. Half of those killings were misclassified,
according to a study published in the Lancet
medical journal,” he said.
US supports ‘ethnic cleansing and
murder of Palestinian people’
“We also can't forget that Washington not only supports
but subsidizes --- the ethnic cleansing and murder of
Palestinian people --- by the racist state of Israel,
including the mass imprisonment of 2 million
people in the giant concentration camp
called the Gaza Strip. The US also has
no problem with the oppression of
the majority Muslim people of
Kashmir, by the Indian state,” Dores noted.
“The US accuses China of stealing ‘intellectual property,’
a twisted concept indeed. Perhaps the West should pay
China for inventing paper, iron smelting, the seed drill,
the compass, rockets, gunpowder and other
innovations... that made its economic
development possible,” he said.
“There is the accusation of currency manipulation. But
Washington... has flooded the world with devalued
dollars ever since the Nixon administration took
the dollar off the gold standard in the 1970s.
The US has long used the dollar as an
instrument of financial warfare,”
he said.
Why is the US Navy in the South China Sea?
“And there is the issue of ‘free navigation’ in the South
China Sea. Which raises the question, what is the US
Seventh Fleet doing in the South China Sea anyway?
For that matter, why is the US Fifth Fleet off the
coast of Iran and the US Fourth Fleet off the
coast of Venezuela,” Dores said.
“Every year, ships carry $3.4 trillion worth of goods
through the South China Sea. Most of that is
bound to and from China,” he said.
“The PRC has no interest in stopping that commerce.
It does have an interest in keeping US warships
away from its coast and ports,” he said.
“For the past seven years, the US Navy has helped Saudi
Arabia impose a naval blockade that is starving the
children of Yemen. US sanctions, backed by the
US Navy, are the main obstacle to commerce
between nations in the world today,”
he said.
“Instead of new CIA mission centres, military bases and
fleets of warships and warplanes all over the world, the
US should do what China does: Invest in schools,
health care, housing, railroads and renewable
energy. Bring all the ships, planes, troops
and spies home. The world would be a
much better and safer place,”
he concluded.
Iran won’t let US, Turkey, Israel
create crisis in Caucasus
Sunday, October 3rd, 11:51am (PressTV)
by Sa’dollah Zarei
The fact of the matter is, that if there is no more time for
preventing a conspiracy from taking shape... there is
still time to thwart the conspiracy that has formed.
Here are some points with regards to this issue:
1) What the US, the Zionist regime, the governments of
Turkey and Azerbaijan, and the West in general, are
pursuing in the regions north of Iran is, firstly, a reaction to the great achievements of the
Islamic Republic and the resistance front.
When the criminal Zionist regime refers to the Republic of
Azerbaijan as “Lebanon of Israel,” it means that there is
a “Lebanon of resistance” that has foiled any Israeli
conspiracy over the past forty years and turned
into a major crisis for the occupying regime.
Why is a front led by the US, Zionist regime, Turkey and
Azerbaijan, talking about launching a pan-Turan move
-ment here? Because a powerful religious movement
has, for more than 40 years, disrupted the plots of
colonialists and criminals. So, it is quite clear that the enemy, although very hardworking, is in a state of “passivity.”
Here is another important question: will this evil conspiracy
ever yield any result? The answer is that there is a serious
antidote to prevent the realization of this tension-making
scheme, and if it enters the scene, it will definitely
thwart the plan, as it has happened so far.
2) Some people make a mistake here and say that the Syunik
agreement with North Karabakh... is a matter that concerns
the governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia and that Iran’s
objection to it is not a matter of concern. They argue that
the implementation of the agreement is to the detriment
of Iran’s regional situation, but it is a natural
consequence and thus does not create a
right for Iran to legitimize its opposition.
The answer is clear; This is not an agreement between the
two countries on a disputed region, but one on creating a
region meant to undermine the security, political and
economic position of a third country.
While acknowledging their military and political failure, in
Afghanistan, the Americans explicitly speak of pursuing
a proxy war model to make up for their defeat. Shortly
afterwards, it becomes known that they had sent a
signal to Azerbaijan to launch and attack and a
signal to Armenia to, in turn, show tolerance
and accept the post-war reality, and at the
same time, following the end of a recent
44-day Karabakh war, the US stated
that they 'support' the agreements
reached between Azerbaijan and
Armenia. All this suggests that
the US has been standing behind this war and the situation that ensued.
Simultaneously, the Azerbaijani government announced
the widespread use of Israeli attack drones in the war,
and the Armenian army called the UAVs the main
reason for its heavy casualties in the war. This
means that it was an American-Israeli war.
Everyone knows, that the administration of Armenian
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is a Christian govern-
ment dependent on the West, but it's interesting that
in this war, the United States and Israel destroyed the forces and facilities belonging to a pro-West
Christian administration, and supported a
Muslim government instead! Isn’t that
a telltale sign?
The question is, what kind of “proxy war” US officials
were talking about in the course of their withdrawal
from Afghanistan? Was it possible for the US to
start such a war in Afghanistan? Which forces
could be used by the US to launch a proxy war
in Afghanistan? Could the US bring the Taliban
- which was taking power - into a proxy war?
Proxy war with whom? The answer is no.
Was the Afghan army able to enter a proxy war? The
answer's clear. Was the army that was not even able
to defend Kabul for an hour, against the Taliban —
which took control of the capital without firing a
single shot — ready to enter a proxy war?
Could the old mujahedeen forces.. serve
as the proxies of the American war? The
answer is clear. The old forces, besides
having an anti-American spirit... have
currently no military capability. Could
the USA... create a ''proxy force'' in
Afghanistan, in the medium term,
with the Taliban et al present on the scene? The answer to this
question is also, no. This is
because... for at least the
next 50 years... US crimes
will be in front of the eyes
of the Afghan people, and
the prospect for any kind
of Afghan-American,
cooperation...
is bleak.
So, what did the Americans mean by a proxy war? In fact,
the Americans wanted a proxy war where there was a
fertile ground... and the required strength. From the
American point of view, the “ethnicity” factor must
be emphasized and turned into a winning weapon
against anti-American revolutionary uprisings.
The Americans have long focused on the
model of racism and pan-Turanism... in
the case of this region, and considered
them as “a possible solution,” or more
accurately, the last “remaining arrow,”
and pinned their hopes on it.
Therefore, the prominent role of this tendency, in the
developments in the north, and its overlapping in the
Caucasus, besides the intention to highlight the anti
Iranian and anti-Islamic edges in the rhetoric of the
officials of these countries, tell us that we are
facing a “semi-hard” proxy war.
When Azeri President Ilham Aliyev speaks openly in an
interview about the widespread presence of Israeli
forces and equipment in the Caucasus, and the
resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis, he
is, in fact, blowing the lid off a proxy war.
3) Saudi Arabia’s measures are yet another issue that is indicative of the proxy war in the developments
unfolding in Iran’s northwestern frontiers, on
the one side, and its scale, on the other. The
Saudis have explicitly said that they are
working to launch a 24-hour television
network for the Turkish region of the
Caucasus called “Turk national.”
Why is the Saudi regime in the Caucasus trying to launch
such a TV network? The people in this region are neither
Arabs nor Sunnis in order for them to be the audience of
a Sunni Arab country. At the same time, it is obvious that this decision cannot be implemented without the consent and cooperation of the governments in the region.
4) Naturally, on this front, Iran can't remain silent and turn
a blind eye to the dimensions and consequences of the
action that being along its borders; therefore, it has to
react, but what is the due reaction? There is no doubt
that military conflict & dragging Iran into the military
arena is a well-known policy of the American front.
On the other hand... we know that what is intended for the Caucasus region is not even a full-fledged military
war, let alone a regional and multilateral war. We
are thus not talking about a war in the sense
that it is perceived. We are talking about
actions that disturb the peace of this
region and the interests of the
powers around it.
Isn’t it true... that the Azerbaijani government says Israeli
drones and forces have been involved in the recent war
between the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the Republic of
Armenia? Isn’t it true that the Israelis explicitly referred
to the Republic of Azerbaijan... as “Lebanon of Israel”?
Since there are talks about the formation of a definite
security threat against the Islamic Republic, Iran has
the right to dismantle and confront the centre of
conspiracy against itself, without coordination
with any place or individual.
This type of Iranian confrontation is not so incomprehensible
to Zionists. Interestingly, an Israeli institution wrote a few
days ago: “Iran may want to retaliate against Israeli attacks
in Syria in Azerbaijan.” The regime is attacking areas in
Syria under the false pretext that Syria has become a
base for the presence of Iranian military personnel.
The Israeli institute asks what problem would arise
if Iran attacked a base in Azerbaijan, where Israeli
force are possibly present?
Of course, Iran knows very well how to use developments
to the detriment of its enemies. The Islamic Republic will
naturally begin with negotiations, to fraternally resolve
the issue between neighbours on Iran’s northwestern
border. Over the past 2 decades, the United States,
Turkey, and the Zionist regime have faced ultimate
defeat in any sedition that they incited and gotten
out of the situation while fraught with humiliation.
They are inciting sedition while they do not have
the power to tolerate and manage the war. If
these acts of sedition are not put aside, they
will face defeat, thanks to Iran’s measures.
(The views expressed in this article.... do
not necessarily reflect those of Press TV.)
It’s time for NATO to leave Kosovo
before it does any more damage
October 2nd, 10:36am (RT)
By Boris Malagurski, a Serbian Canadian documentary
film director, known for “The Weight of Chains”,
enlisted in the catalogue of the Library of
Congress, whose work has been show- cased on international festivals...
including Raindance in London.
Follow Boris on Twitter @malagurski
Just as it all ended badly for the West’s military interventions
in Vietnam and Afghanistan, so it will in Kosovo. NATO has
overstepped its mandate, overplayed its hand, and
overstayed its welcome.
As the last US military helicopters were leaving Kabul,
Afghanistan, many, including myself, emphasized the
similarities with America’s embarrassment in Saigon,
South Vietnam – but one parallel that few dared to
draw, was with Kosovo.
When I merely asked “Is Kosovo next?” on Twitter, it
sent Albanian media outlets into a frenzy. Kosovo’s
Albanian majority celebrates the NATO troops as
saviours – NATO bombed Serbia, to take away
control of its Southern province of Kosovo in
1999. Since then, NATO has been sponsoring
a nation-building project... that seemed to have culminated in 2008, when Kosovo’s
provisional authorities declared
independence from Serbia.
It wasn’t an ‘end of history’ moment. Serbia and much of
the world didn’t recognize Kosovo as an independent
country, and Kosovo itself remained heavily
dependent on Western aid... and military
support. Most Albanian politicians are
aware of this and they are highly
obedient with regards to NATO,
whose KFOR troops are
‘keeping the peace’
in Kosovo.
However, NATO has overstepped its mandate. UN Security
Council Resolution 1244, which put an end to NATO’s war
with Yugoslavia, guarantees Serbia’s sovereignty over
Kosovo, while NATO has pushed for an independent
Kosovo from day one of their occupation. The
resolution also called for... the return of an
agreed number of Yugoslav and Serbian
personnel to maintain a presence at
significant sites and key border
crossings.... NATO has never
allowed this to happen. The
last Serbian prime minister
who called for this agree-
ment to be honored, was
assassinated in 2003, a little over a month
after his request.
On the other hand, what are the results of NATO’s nation
building in Kosovo? Close to a 30% unemployment rate.
One of the poorest areas of Europe... with as much as
45% of the population living below the official poverty
line, and 17% being extremely poor. Former Kosovo
Liberation Army terrorists, some accused of
trafficking weapons and human organs,
replaced their military uniforms with
politicians’ suits and are governing
the entity. The previous president
of Kosovo, nicknamed ‘The Snake’
...is currently being tried for war
crimes, and crimes against
humanity, at The Hague.
He’s the one who unveiled the Bill Clinton statue in
Kosovo’s capital. Bill then came to celebrate with
‘The Snake’.
Kosovo’s recent license plate row with Serbia was just
the latest example of a leadership in Kosovo incapable
of dealing with real issues, but rather... going into
conflict... to cover its incompetence. Instead of
negotiating with Belgrade, Kosovo unilaterally
used force --- to implement the removal of
Serbian license plates. And all that NATO
was willing to contribute to deescalate
the tensions... was to offer its KFOR
troops, to replace Kosovo’s special
unit, without even trying to resolve
the essence of the dispute. What
is NATO still doing in Kosovo?
Probably the same thing it was doing in Afghanistan.
Hoping a bad decision to go in, will eventually pay
off somehow. But it won’t. It didn’t in Vietnam, it
didn’t in Afghanistan, and it won’t in Kosovo.
So it’s time for NATO to start packing
its bags.
The statements, views and opinions expressed
in this column, are solely those of the author,
& don't, necessarily, represent those of RT.
“Normalization":Betrayal of Palestineby Arab despots no easy road
by Iqbal Jassat
October 1st, 11am (PressTV)
Pinning Palestinians down while applying harsh
measures of violent repression -- accompanied
by a fanatical settler movement of arch-racists
given free reign to attack and plunder -- is a
notorious game Israel has elevated to a
daily ritual.
In fact the routine of inflicting war crimes has all
the hallmarks of a rogue regime entirely caught
up in a misplaced belief --- that to engage in ethnic cleansing, is a religious obligation.
Conflating Judaism with a racist political ideology
of Zionism has been part of a strategy designed
to deceive, distort and divert. It has its roots in
the first Zionist congress held on the eve of
the 19th century.
That this is well documented and widely known is
not in dispute. Indeed... awareness of Zionism's
goal to dismember and dislodge Palestinians
from their centuries old homeland and
forcibly impose thereon a foreign
entity known as Israel, has
always been a bedrock
for resistance.
Israel has thus always been considered an enemy
thrust upon a native population through the most
horrific forms of terrorism. The memories of Deir
Yassin remind the world of bloody massacres
committed by Zionist terrorists which didn't
spare hundreds of villages... to
colonize Palestine.
That more than seven decades later the expansionist
goals of Zionism are still being pursued at great
human cost to successive generations of the
indigenous Palestinian population, is
reflected in daily atrocities.
None of these facts, as attested to by historians, as
well as organs of the United Nations, are contested.
Though of course Israel and supporters of it seek
to distort and malign commentators who speak
truth to power, as anti-Semitic.
Yet against this background of terrorism and current
conditions siege, occupation, killings and mass
imprisonment - recorded and broadcast via
mainstream media for all the world to
witness - it is bizarre that a handful
of Arab regimes, have broken rank
with Palestine's freedom struggle.
And at a time when even Haaretz describes
the atrocities by Israel, as a pogrom:
"Residents of the Palestinian communities in the south-
eastern West Bank have experience of settler attacks
- when they graze their flocks, work their fields, or
even have a picnic on their own land.... But they
cannot recall an attack like the one experienced
Tuesday -- by the small communities of Khirbat
al-Mufkara, al-Rakiz and al-Tuwani. On Simhat
Torah, dozens of young Jews, most of them
masked, conducted what can only be
described as a pogrom."
The treachery associated with what has become known
as "normalization" is an outrageous manifestation of
betrayal and collaboration. Limited to the UAE,
Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco,.. these regimes
have in effect confessed that the protection
of their shaky thrones... counts for more...
than legitimate rights of the Palestinians.
As unelected self-imposed despots fearful of democratic
values, they have bargained that "normalization" with
the usurper of Palestine will "guarantee" safety and
protection for them. In other words, just as Egypt
has done, these oligarchs have outsourced their
intelligence networks and security apparatus to Israel, knowing full well that in doing so, they have abandoned Palestine.
Though the abnormality of the implicit recognition of an
illegal colonial enterprise, has been in sharp contrast
to countless Arab League resolutions... the deal of
"normalization" pushed by Trump and vigorously
backed by the Biden administration... has exposed these leaders - as surrogates of western imperialism.
The case of Bahrain's role in the "Abraham Accords"
reveals the soft underbelly of Arab dictatorships.
Besides being financially dependent on its
neighbours especially the UAE and Saudi
Arabia, Bahrain’s alliance with Israel is
designed to entrench its power and
crush any resistance to author-
itarianism or efforts towards
freedom and democracy.
In 2011, during the onset of the Arab Spring uprisings,
Saudi Arabia sent troops to Bahrain to suppress anti
-government protests. This trend continues today
by Israel --- equally committed to maintaining the
status quo, and preventing the success of any
popular uprisings.
In this context, one may justifiably condemn Bahrain’s gross insensitivity and abject abdication of Palestine's freedom struggle... as treacherous.
Showcasing Israeli war criminal Lapid’s visit to Manama
where he is set to open the embassy flying Israel's flag
is utterly outrageous. This follows the opening of a
Zionist embassy in Abu Dhabi, and will likely be
establishing one in Rabat. Sudan thus far has
reportedly said that it has no plans yet to
open an embassy in Khartoum.
Not surprising therefore that the Arab street across these
capitals have vowed to end "normalization". The iron-
fisted grip held by Arab despots notwithstanding,
human rights movements (many banned and
leaders exiled) have declared their outright
rejection of America's much-vaunted
Abraham Accords.
Stirrings in Sudan are becoming more vocal despite
Khartoum's attempts to silence critics. In Bahrain
the main opposition group, al-Wefaq National
Islamic Society declared Lapid’s trip as a
"threat", saying, "This is provocative
news and this trip is completely
rejected, and he (Lapid) should
not set foot on Bahraini soil."
Their message is clear: "Any (Israeli) presence on Bahraini soil --- means incitement."
Iqbal Jassat is an executive at the Johannesburg-
based Media Review Network (MRN), a socio-
political advocacy group, that concerns
itself with media and political analysis.
(The views expressed in this article do
not necessarily reflect those of Press TV.)
Greece And FranceTake First Step
Towards European Independence
Following AUKUS Debacle
September 28th (South Front)
by Paul Antonopoulos,
independent geopolitical analyst
Signing of Franco-Greek Agreement is the
beginning of supplanting NATO in Europe.
Of the 30 NATO member states, Greece is one of the few
to spend well over 2% of its GDP on defense, as agreed
upon by NATO Defence Ministers, in 2006. However,
Greece’s high spending (relative to GDP), is not
because it is positioning itself as a buffed-up
military state opposed to Russia, as per the
aims of NATO, but rather, to defend itself
against the threats of another NATO
member, Turkey.
With NATO consistently downplaying Turkish aggression
against Greece and the new AUKUS pact creating
distrust between the Anglosphere and the
Europeans... Greece has ensured new
extra security assurances against
its long-time enemy.
Greece’s strengthened partnership with France highlights
that the immediate consequences of the AUKUS alliance
are already being felt, as the two countries are making
the first serious steps towards a Europe independent
of Washington.
Alexis Papahelas, one of Greece’s top journalists, explained
that the Franco-Greek security pact is Macron’s “revenge”
against the Americans as it will strengthen European
autonomy. He also confirmed persistent rumours
that a defensive pact between France and
Greece was almost reached last year,
but ultimately broke down at the
last minute for “unknown
reasons.”
To put the situation in context, Greece for a year and a half-
received bids from six countries, including France, the U.S.
and UK for brand new navy frigates. The finalization of a
deal was continuously delayed... due to Greece’s
insistence, that a frigate purchase must include a defense agreement.
Greece signed its 12-month Mutual Defense Cooperation
Agreement (MDCA) with the US last year, but ultimately
did not decide on which frigate bid to accept. With
negotiations for a Franco-Greek defence pact
last year stalling, Athens ultimately decided
to sign the MDCA... with Washington. This
was rumored to be partially motivated
as part of 'negotiations' to pressure
the French to accept Greek terms.
However, with the sudden emergence of AUKUS, European
trust in the Anglosphere quickly diminished, and thus
galvanized Franco-Greek discussions on European
independence. And finally, a deal to purchase
three brand-new French Belharra-class
frigates, was stricken.
For his part, Mitsotakis said on Tuesday morning at the
signing of the agreement that:- “It is an historic day for Greece and France. Today’s development is an
initiative that responds to the demands of the
times on our continent. It paves the way for
an autonomous and strong Europe of the
future. Whether there is a timetable for
creating a European army: the debate
on European military autonomy,
evolves. Options such as this
corporate defense partner-
ship, move to this central
strategic choice.”
Effectively, Greece and France are advocating for a pan-
European military that would likely drive out NATO, as
the premier defensive pact in Europe.
Another demonstration that this pact is aimed at
supplanting NATO... is its careful wording.
Although Turkey was not mentioned
explicitly, there is little doubt that
part of the motivation for the
Franco-Greek defense pact
was Turkey’s unilateral
aggression in the
Mediterranean.
Even just minutes after the signing of the Franco-Greek
agreement, former Dutch diplomat Fons Stoelinga
tweeted: “EU autonomy in security and defense.
NATO still does not address the problem of
NATO-member Turkey destabilizing the
whole Eastern Mediterranean region.
France and Greece now react and
signed a security bilateral pact.”
The mutual defense assistance clause of the agreement
ensures that if Greece or France is attacked on its
territory, the other will come to assist, even if the
attacking country is part of other alliances.....
including NATO. This is an obvious message
directed towards Turkey, a NATO member
that on a daily basis violates Greek air-
space and threatens to invade its
Aegean islands.
These violations and threats receive no repercussions from
NATO as individual members are unwilling to risk their
economic relations with the country, whilst many
NATO leaders still believe that Turkey is a
bulwark against Russia.
France for most of its modern history, but especially
galvanized under President Emmanuel Macron.. had
an ambition of creating a more independent Europe.
The European experience under former U.S.
President, Donald Trump, and the recent
snub from President Joe Biden, with the
AUKUS debacle... has only increased the urgency of achieving European
independence from Washington.
Despite this ambition, as well as warning Europe that it will
become secondary in world affairs, if it does not become
independent, it appears that France can finally kickstart
its project alongside Greece.
Achieving EU unity is a difficult prospect, because minnow
states like Lithuania prioritize the interests of Washington
rather than the continent, but as Paris and Athens have
shown --- they will move ahead, in changing the geo-
political balance in the Mediterranean and will not
wait, while member states continuously bicker
amongst themselves on foreign policy issues.
If France and Greece can create strong foundations for an
independent Europe, it will only be inevitable before more
EU member states become interested in also being
integrated into a continental structure that is
independent of transatlantic alliances.
Why did the Taliban win against
the Americans in Afghanistan?
by Eric Zuesse
August 21st, 2021
Why did the communists win
against the Americans in Vietnam?
Why did the communists win
against the capitalists in the
Russian Revolution?
Why did the American Revolutionists
win against the British Empire?
I shall here propose an answer to all of them, because that answer applies to all such cases, as I'll explain:
When an imperialistic society is as corrupt as Britain has been since the creation of the British East India Company in 1600, and as America has been since the end of World War II in 1945, with its takeover and control by the MIC (military-industrial complex), which has inevitably produced the cancerous growth of America’s permanent-warfare state, what, then, is the reason to continue living by staying merely as a colonist or a vassal-regime (or even as the imperialist regime itself), which means, when the imposed regime is so profoundly corrupt --- as any
imperialist power necessarily is --- to accept such corruption, as this?
There’s something that is worse than dying... and it is to continue
living under a regime that one utterly despises. That’s a dragged
-out death, instead of a quick death. A regime which is as
corrupt as any imperialistic regime inevitably is, will be
intolerable for a significant number of the residents in
any one of its vassal-nations or “colonies.” Death, for
them, isn’t such a bad choice, if it means that they'll
go down fighting to overthrow it. They are driven by
the motivation, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
This is a motivation that few, if any, of the imperialistic regime’s hired
soldiers (regardless of whether conscripted or not) can match. And
when they are foreigners who are fighting on a foreign soil (instead
of locals who are defending their land’s own locally determined
rulers), they especially and certainly cannot match such
motivation, because only the locals can be fighting with
a patriotic spirit. This is an intrinsic weakness in any
empire. And imperialist leaders tend to ignore it,
because they don’t want to understand how
repulsive they are, to virtually anyone but
their own boot-lickers.
Ultimately, the demoralization of a hired soldier’s continuing to place
his very existence in jeopardy so as to continue the war to enslave
and control the resisting local subject-population will mount high
enough to produce self-contempt, desertion, and sometimes
even suicide, in the oppressing power’s forces, especially if that’s a foreign power.
No longer will the rationalizations(that “We are protecting the residents here”) be able to continue fooling the invading-force’s soldier, and the imposed stooge- regime’s soldier. They both (the foreign regime, and its imposed local stooge-government or colony) are there really, to control the local subject-population; and, ultimately, enough of the oppressor’s forces will know this to cause the imposed stooge-government, to be conquered by those indigenous residents there - people who will be recalled as heroes, by the other
residents in that land.
This is an advantage that any revolutionists
have, against the imposed regime.
This is the real meaning of “martyrs,” in the deeper sense than
merely of a religious type — it is instead of the patriotic type; it
concerns the land -- and not necessarily any religion -- such as
Christianity, Islam, or Marxism. Their loyalty is to Afghanistan;
or it is to Vietnam; or it is to Russia; or it is to China; or (before
America became imperialistic) it was to America. And so forth.
It is to the local land, not to any dictators. It is to the country
that the foreign invader’s forces are occupying. The
invader’s forces and their imposed stooge-regimes
can’t match this motivation.
Similarly, when the American invaders were conquered by the
residents of Vietnam, the winners were the Vietnamese, not
really the communists; and, in fact, the Marxist philosophy
(or ‘religion’) subsequently has waned there. America, in
Vietnam, as in Afghanistan, was the invader, in a land
which had not invaded their own.
That similar situation exists in Afghanistan. The Sauds had invaded
America on 9/11, with the assistance of G.W. Bush, Condoleezza
Rice, and perhaps others in the Administration. And so, the U.S.
-imposed soldiers in Afghanistan couldn’t even possibly have
been fighting against Afghanistan for any authentically
patriotic real (factually true) reason, at all. Therefore,
lies were constantly needed by the U.S. regime, not
only against Iraq, but even against Afghanistan.
(Furthermore, if Bush’s objective had really been to identify whom
and how was actually behind the 9/11 attacks, then he would have
pursued that at the U.N. Security Council and would have gotten
unanimous backing for it, which would quickly have isolated
and led to the destruction of Al Qaeda. It could all have been
done without any war between nations, and also fully in
accord with international law. To the extent that 9/11 was state-sponsored terrorism, it was actually being
sponsored by the Governments of the U.S. and
Saudi Arabia.
George W. Bush, who was buddy-close with the Sauds, used 9/11 as
an excuse to trash both the U.S. Constitution and international law
so as to hoist yet higher his own tyranny, his own power - not only internationally but also.. in his own nation. An imperialist would,
of course, like to trash both, and to hoist his personal power as
high as possible. And GWB had the boldness to do it, and -
because America has been imperialistic ever since 1945
(i.e., international aggressions... have been America’s
culture since 1945) — he has been able to enjoy the
success of getting away with doing it. However,
everyone else, and especially outside America’s MIC, suffers from it.
What have the mere soldiers of invading and occupying
imperialist powers actually earned by having placed
their own lives at risk? Maybe a tombstone back
home, in the country that had invaded and
occupied that colony.
By contrast, even if a defending soldier has died as a
hero among the locals in a failed revolution against
the imperialist power, any tombstone will be
unnecessary to be that person’s memorial,
because the true memorial is in the heart,
and in the mind, of the locals there, not
in anything that is in the land of the
invading foreign power.
And, so, I propose that the answer, to the question here, is that,
whereas America’s Founders were waging war as heroes
(because their war was just), today’s Americans are
waging war as villains (because our wars are unjust
- imperialistic aggressions, instead of heroic
defenses against an aggressor). Between
America’s founding and the present time,
America has switched from doing war
against military occupiers, to doing
war as military occupiers.
And this, I maintain, is the reason why: “The Taliban’s 80,000
troops have retaken Afghanistan with cities falling like
dominos while the 300,000-strong government forces,
better equipped and trained, mostly melted and
surrendered with no will to fight.”
What today’s Taliban are to today’s Afghanistan is therefore what
the 1776 American Revolutionists were to the America of that era.
It’s not the ideology; it is the love of that land there, which has
motivated the residents’ forces to victory, against the forces
of the invading-and-occupying foreign power. This can
happen in any land, at any time.
America went into Vietnam focused on the “body counts.” That’s
how stupid America’s imperialistic leaders were, back then. The
only motivation they really understood was fear: “body counts.”
They’ve evidently learned nothing since. That is how corrupt
America is.
Right now in America, the ‘debate’ about Afghanistan is about Joe
Biden, who is basically irrelevant. He wanted to end America’s
military occupation there, just as Trump did, and just as
Obama did. He acted on it, whereas they did not — they
didn’t want to be accused by their political opponents
of having ‘lost Afghanistan on their watch’, but Biden
was evidently willing to risk it.
His only failure in the matter is that he kept lying to the American
people (and probably also to himself) about how chaotic the
evacuation would inevitably be, and about how collapsed
Afghanistan is, and has been, ever since the Soviets
invaded there in 1979.
Throughout America’s imperialistic era, the U.S. Government has
routinely been lying to the American people. Imperialism isn’t as
bad for the imperialistic nation’s public as it is for the conquered
land’s people, but it is very bad, even for them. The only people
who benefit from it are the billionaires, who control companies
such as Lockheed Martin, and ExxonMobil, and Amazon.
Those are the people (the owners), who hire the leading
politicians, including the members of Congress, and the
Presidents, to spread their empire, and their control.
They also hire the ‘journalists’ who shape their nation’s public
to support these invasions and military occupations. The
Government officials of an imperialistic regime represent
not the nation’s public - but its aristocracy - who hire and
appoint millions of the rest, the many agents (employees,
etc.) of the few billionaires. The billionaires really control
their country. After all: America is a thoroughly corrupt
country, just as any imperialistic country is. (All
imperialistic countries, are controlled by their
aristocracy. And every aristocracy is corrupt.)
The public in Afghanistan have long known this fact about America -
that it is corrupt. And this is the main reason why the Taliban now
rule that country. They represent that land. Not this land. It’s a
different culture, and a different place. To most Afghans,
America represents only corruption. There is nothing
unique about what is now happening in Afghanistan.
It has been happening for thousands of years, and
it’s just replaying an ancient script, but in that
particular location.
However, instead, the U.S.-and-allied media are focusing on Biden’s
bit part (which was always in a supporting role) in America’s
invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. So, probably
nothing will be learned from America’s invasion and
occupation of Afghanistan, just as nothing was
learned from America’s invasion & occupation
of Iraq, and from America’s invasion and
occupation of Vietnam, and from the
many other such post-WW-II
American foreign disasters.
For America’s billionaires, these have all been great successes
(very profitable); and, so, probably nothing that’s useful to the
American people will be learned from history; and, instead,
the myths will continue that have caused “The Military” to
be either the highest-respected or the second-highest-
respected of all of the 19 named institutions in America - the world’s permanent- warfare state.
The American military wastes the most money and the most blood
of any institution in America, but Americans nonetheless respect it
enormously. That, too, is a mark of an imperialistic country. The
way to control a public is to sustain the myths. U.S.-and-allied
billionaires make sure that it is done - however much it costs.
As regards the future of Afghanistan itself: On August the 19th,
the most reliable geostrategic reporter and analyst, Alexander
Mercouris, headlined at The Duran, “US Freezes Afghanistan
Reserves, Threatens Economic Crisis. Russia Works to
Establish New Government”, and he explained why the
Taliban will either cooperate with Russia, China, and
Iran, or else will degenerate yet further into a failed
state, especially because the U.S. and its allies will
do everything possible to strangle the fully looted
Government of Afghanistan — the new Islamic
Emirate of Afghanistan. So: even after the US
and its allies have all left that land, the war
against the people there will continue, in
full force, from the same people, though
with different methods.
PS: The philosopher Zizek headlined at RT on August 20th, “The
true enemy for Islamists is not the West’s neocolonialism or
military aggression, but our ‘immoral’ culture”, and he said
“it was not neocons who boosted Islamic fundamentalism,
this fundamentalism grew up in a reaction to the influence
of Western liberal secularism and individualism.”
He did not understand that though religious fundamentalists
(including the Taliban) focus especially on sexual and gender
issues, a person didn’t have to be at all religious in order to
consider the financial and economic corruption of the
imperialists and of their stooges to be disgusting.
Americans didn’t invade & occupy Afghanistan, in order to
spread “liberal secularism and individualism,” but in order
for US-and-allied billionaires to expand their wealth, their
empire, and their global control. Even if the Taliban and
other religious persons might object only (or even just
mainly) to the sexual and gender issues... a broader
segment of the Afghan population were repelled by
the rampant financial and economic corruption of
the imperialists, and of their stooge-rulers.
This was not a defeat for “secularism and individualism.”
It was a rejection of imperialism: a rejection of it even by people who don’t understand what “imperialism” means.
(Source: Strategic Culture Foundation)
Israel is committed to
aggressively pursuing
'Zionist colonialism',
says analyst
August 14th, 9:38am (PressTV)
A political commentator says Israel is relentlessly
following its "Zionist colonialism" in the occupied
Palestinian territories, and the evacuation orders
handed out to indigenous Palestinian families in the West Bank and Jerusalem al-Quds, are in line with the regime’s land
expropriation policies: to build more illegal settler homes.
“Israel aggressively pursues Zionist colonialism, which
has been the bedrock of the regime’s illegal ethnic-
cleansing agenda for the last seventy or more
years,” Iqbal Jassat, an executive member
of Johannesburg-based Media Review
Network, told Press TV, in an
exclusive interview
on Saturday.
He lambasted the Tel Aviv regime’s systematic theft of
Palestinian property as “a reprehensible disregard
for the inalienable rights of indigenous
Palestinians to their own lands
and homes.”
“The racist practice of evacuation, is a misleading
interpretation of forced expulsion, illegal under
the international law. It is also indicative of
the Group Areas Act [of 1950], under the
former apartheid regime of South
Africa,” Jassat noted.
The South African analyst also criticized the United Nations
and the International Criminal Court (ICC), for their
“impotence” ...to prevent Israel's unjust and
blatant violations of international
conventions and principles.
“It also raises serious questions about the inherent biases
existing within these institutions. These biases prevent
the exercise of law --- to halt land grabs, home demolitions, expulsions and incremental genocide,” he pointed out.
Jassat went on to say that Western countries’ decades-long
guilty conscience has prevented these states from
criticizing Israel, for its barbaric and brutal
practices, as such denunciations would
be treated as anti-Semitic.
“The US and its allies in NATO view Israel as a bulwark of
their interests in the heart of the Muslim world. They,
therefore, place their so-called security goals
above injustices against Palestinians,”
the analyst said.
“Moreover, the Arab world is mainly made up of unelected
despots, from Egypt to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab
Emirates and Bahrain. Their collective view, pivots
on the false notion... that their security is tied
to Israel. That explains the close proximity
between their notorious intelligence
services and Israel's Mossad
and Shin Bet.”
Jassat further noted that the controversial normalization
agreements that several Arab states have struck with Israel, have stifled opposition to the Tel Aviv regime’s colonialist and expansionist policies.
He said the unacceptable betrayal of the Palestinians'
struggle for liberation from the Israeli occupation,
has even resulted in the regime being granted
observer status, at the African Union.
Peak hypocrisy: US is ''concerned'' aboutChina's nukes
by Daniel Patrick Welch
August 7th, 11:45am
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns of
China's nukes, on the anniversary of his own
country dropping the only one ever.
The US empire never disappoints in its endless quest
to project the behavior of a true sociopath. As with
Goebbels’ Big Lie (which he stole from the US's
Bernays anyway), the tried-and-true strategy,
is to attack others, for actions it has itself
performed on a regular basis.
Hence the whole Russiagate charade about foreign
interference in sacred elections by a country other
than the US —reigning and uncontested champion
of regime change campaigns. Now comes Blinken,
the US talking head du jour on the world stage, to
warn Asia about China’s nuclear weapons. Huh?
If irony wasn’t dead, Blinken and crew (Winken, Nod
et al) would track it down and strangle it with their
bare hands. On August 6th, the State Department
announced Blinken’s warning... to China’s
neighbours: THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS
OWN COUNTRY’S DROPPING OF A
NUCLEAR BOMB on Hiroshima.
I would say “not to put to fine a point on it,” but it just
can’t possibly be sharpened any further. Run that
back, with the reverse tape noise and all.
The ONLY country EVER to drop a nuclear bomb on another,
the United States, chooses the very anniversary of the first of those two genocidal crimes against humanity, to express grave concern about China’s nuclear
arsenal. I guess you could just drop the mic
here — there really is so little left to say.
What comes after tragedy and farce?
Even Old Man Marx didn’t mention
a third, though I might venture
Cynicism Made Flesh?
Of course, Blinken--I just can’t stop saying the name… it’s like
DICK Cheney and COLIN Powell, or that library cop Bookman
from Seinfeld—Blinken isn’t to blame for the blasphemy of
rewriting history. He and his cohorts have a generational
head start on stupid. Seventy-five years of relentless
assault on Americans’ knowledge of history and
political consciousness, has left a populace
with a Hollywood understanding of WWII
that has almost no relation to reality.
Even Eisenhower knew (and said) that the bombings were of no
military use. Lost to Americans’ history—but importantly, not
the world’s—is the cold truth that Truman knew as well and
didn’t care. Perhaps the meanest, and most small-minded
of US presidents, he offed a hundred thousand Japanese
in one fell swoop, just to scare the Russkies. And by his
own admission, never lost a night’s sleep. Brrrrrrrr.
But Back to the Future: Blinken’s degenerate idiocy also further
exposes the infantile disorder of the Lesser Evilists and the rest
of the Harm Reduction menagerie. He is himself, of course, no
more than a cardboard clown, or more likely made entirely of
wood, spouting vituperations like a useful ventriloquist’s
dummy while sitting on the knee of whoever plays Edgar
Bergen in this cynical farce. The masters who pay
Blinken, Biden, (O)Bama, Bush and Bacchus
keep them on a short leash. The sociopaths
in charge make the real decisions.
The notion that “getting back to normal” would yield anything other
than a smooth return to the endless killing machine was not just
wishful thinking, but deliberate self-delusion, a lazy and selfish
need to play pretend and self-soothe while the world burns.
Unforgiveable, really. From Iran to Venezuela, Russia, China and
beyond, and with clockwork precision, the Enemies of Humanity
are ramping up war fever, concocting lies & manipulating truth
and fear like never before. The New York Times’ perversion of
the Tokyo medal counts, to pretend the US won, is more than
instructive: it is the stock in trade and lifeblood of the
predator class, honing its exceptionalist rhetoric to
wield when needed. Dark days ahead.
Daniel Patrick Welch is a writer of political commentary and
analysis. Also a singer and songwriter, he lives and writes
in Salem, Salem, Massachusetts with his wife. Together
they run The Greenhouse School. He has traveled
widely, speaks five languages and studied Russian
History and Literature at Harvard University.
Welch has also appeared as a guest on several TV and radio
channels to speak on topics of foreign affairs and political
analysis--around his day job. He can be available for
interview requests as time and scheduling permit.
Despite the price of being outspoken against US foreign policy
and military adventurism -- which can be steep, in today's
circumstances -- he believes firmly, as did Rosa
Luxemburg, that "It will always be the most
revolutionary act, to tell the truth out loud."
Welch wrote this commentary for the Press TV website.
Russia-Chinathe Endgame
by Finian Cunningham
July 3rd, 1:41pm (Sputnik)
The consolidation of the Russia-China alliance this week
spells the endgame for Western imperialism and the
never-ending wars that it spawns.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and China’s leader Xi
Jinping celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Sino-
Russian Treaty of Friendship, first signed in July
2001. The hallmark of that historic accord is a
mutual commitment to peace, prosperity
and global stability.
As Putin commented, the alliance between Russia and China
is a vital source of “stability at a time of increasing geo-
political turbulence”. The latter remark is an oblique
reference to the US-led Western states which are
driven by ratcheting up antagonism and
tensions with Moscow and Beijing,
using all sorts of spurious
complaints.
The attempt by Washington (whether Republican or Democrat)
and its Western minions to make trouble with Russia and
China has become almost frenetic. Step back from the
daily headlines in Western media and it is glaring just
how much the agenda has become irrationally
hostile towards Moscow and Beijing.
Week after week there are unfounded allegations about
Covid-19, & so on. It’s like a mad cacophony to wind
up tensions. Nevertheless, the deranged attitude of
Western ruling cliques is but the death throes of a
world order that has reached its expiration.
Russia and China’s partnership has hugely transformative
geopolitical significance. Both these giant nations straddle
the continents of Asia and Europe, connecting the Pacific
with the Atlantic, ranging from the Arctic to the
Mediterranean. Both are committed to a vision
of a multipolar world where nations cooperate
for mutual development.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) linking Eurasia with
Africa and the Americas is the vision of the future, and
Russia is a key partner in implementing that
ambitious win-win project for global peace
and prosperity.
This vision stands in stark contrast to the prevailing Western
capitalist paradigm which operates through dominance,
control and exploitation for American and European
profiteering. That kind of centuries-old system
necessarily involves imperialist conduct ...
whereby the natural resources of foreign
nations are commandeered by brute
military force, conflict, subjugation,
subterfuge, skulduggery and
other machinations.
The multipolar vision of global relations advocated by Russia
and China is the nemesis of the Western imperialist system.
And that explains why the Americans and their European
vassals make every effort to demonize and distort
Russia and China.
But the geopolitical potential of Russia and China is
unstoppable. There is a force of natural justice that
all nations will inevitably subscribe to as the only
reasonable, feasible & sustainable way forward.
It’s about people-centered development ...
versus profit-driven disorder.
Moreover, the partnership between Russia and China is a
geographer’s wonder study. Russia is the world’s largest
national territory by landmass. With over 17 million sq.
kilometres, it covers 11 time zones out of the world’s
total of 24. The abundance of natural resources that
Russia possesses is astounding, from reserves of
natural gas, oil, metals and minerals, to forestry,
agriculture and fisheries. It also can boast of
highly advanced technology in multiple
sectors. And... it shares a long land
border with China, for easing trade.
Meanwhile, China has a population of 1.4 billion people, ten
times that of Russia. With highly advanced technology and
manufacturing, China is not only a vast market for Russian
resources, it is also a gateway to the world economy.
China has already become the world’s biggest
economy over the United States, according
to some measures.
The US and Europe are post-industrial economies that are
also post-peak of their prime. Their “prime” was always
based on an extractive predatory relationship with the
rest of the world that was predicated on inflicting
conflict and poverty on others.
As China and Russia build on their strategic partnership for
mutual prosperity and peace the upshot will inevitably
entail the endgame for Western imperial powers,
which are atrophying from massive inequality,
indebtedness, moral decadence and
social decay.
Fortunately, too, and this is crucial, Russia and China have
military defenses from new generations of hypersonic
weaponry that make them impregnable against any
warmongering notions by the United States. A
failing empire like the US and its Western
satellites is always a dangerous time, as
it tries to prevent the inevitable collapse,
but starting a war with Russia & China
...is not an option.
The views & opinions expressed in the article
do not - necessarily - reflect those of Sputnik.
Barry Grossman:US, Israel
Adopting Bullying Tactics
for ICC War Crimes
Investigation in
Palestine
June 30th (FNA)
Barry Grossman is an international lawyer and political
commentator focused on human rights related issues.
He has been extensively published, on various legal
subjects and is a frequent commentator on political
affairs. He has taught law at the University of
Melbourne’s Faculty of Law and Monash
University’s Faculty of Law.
Below is the full text of the interview:
Q: How do you see the ICC ruling and the
issue of anti-Semitism raised by Israel?
A: To be sure, Benjamin Netanyahu has himself said that
“when the ICC investigates Israel for fake war crimes,
this is pure antisemitism”.
There can of course be no doubt that antisemitism is real;
indeed, every bit as real as Islam-phobia. But the long
standing ruse of conflating antisemitism with any and
all criticism of Zionism or Israel, is no longer taken
seriously, by a growing and very substantial
minority of people in the wider population.
Meanwhile the tactic of tarring everyone who resists Zionism
or criticises Israel with the antisemitism brush is having the
unfortunate, though not necessarily unintended
consequence of discrediting even the most
genuine efforts to draw attention to those
people whose speech is, indeed,
motivated by little more than
hatred for Jews.
Q: There are huge media attacks towards ICC’s probe to
Israeli war crimes in Palestine. Do you believe the ICC
can make a correct ruling under this media hegemony?
A: Propaganda about the ICC case published by the
Atlantic World’s Corporate Media Cartel is of course
preceded by pressure and instructions from think-
tanks, as well as the security/policy making
apparatus, which are, of course, fully
infiltrated by individuals promoting
Zionist agendas.
In that regard, both the US and Israel have openly declared
their hostile intentions towards the ICC and there is already
clear evidence that they're deploying all their usual tactics,
including intimidation, extortion, bribery and garden variety
corruption, to get politicians around the world, lawyers
involved in making Palestine’s case, and members of
the ICC to fall into line.
That said, if the myriad jurisdiction related technicalities
raised by Israel can be overcome, I am quite sure the
ICC is capable of reaching what many of us consider
the correct position regarding ubiquitous war crimes
and other violations of international law, perpetrated
by the occupation.
The real problem is that the ICC is quite limited in its ability
to enforce any ruling against responsible individuals and
Israeli organizations, so long as the key Atlantic World
nations continue to provide unqualified support for
the occupation, or, at the very least, to remain
neutral, in the face of clear evidence of the
occupation’s crimes.
A second very significant strategic issue arises from a
prevailing political reality which dictates that, in order
to make a reasonable finding about the occupation’s
crimes, the ICC will also have to use its authority to
investigate violations of international law alleged
against Hamas and other Palestinian groups ---
bearing in mind that the law of armed conflict
does not concern itself with the order in
which things played out and any finding
against Palestinian groups will certainly
receive far more traction, both in the
international community as well as
in occupied Palestine, than any
finding of culpability on the
part of the occupation.
Indeed, from where I sit, I do not see Palestine as
having much to gain from this process, but it
does stand to lose no small part of the
standing in public opinion, which it
has taken decades to develop, at
the cost of thousands of
Palestinian lives.
Q: Is it hypocrisy that Israel says Palestine is not
a sovereign state to have a delegation at ICC?
A: Hypocrisy hardly even begins to cover it. No nation
is in a position to dictate that Palestine is not a
sovereign nation-state, even if the UN has not
yet extended Palestine’s observer nation
status to full membership --- the way it
quickly recognized Israel’s existence
as a full member, in 1949.
It is also worth remembering that
31 UN member nations still do
not recognize Israel.
Of course, none of this is relevant to the Palestinian
delegation’s participation in ICC proceedings
investigating allegations of war crimes and
other violations of international law
committed against Palestinians by
Israeli nationals & organizations,
even though Israel is not, itself,
a party to the ICC treaty.
On the other hand, the Palestinian Authority (PA),
whose statehood and sovereignty has been
subject to intense dispute across the
international community... is a
signatory to the Rome Statute
(that is, the ICC Treaty), so it
would be bizarre, if it was
not permitted to have a
delegation present, at
the ICC proceedings.
US Encirclement of China:
A 'Progress' Report
by Brian Berletic
May 22nd (The Saker)
We post this long-read article in full -
as the New Eastern Outlook site has
been down for a number of days.
Tensions between Washington and Beijing are not merely
the recent results of former US President Donald Trump’s
time in office – but rather, just the latest chapter in US
efforts to contain China, that stretch back decades.
Indeed, US foreign policy has, for decades, admittedly aimed at encircling and containing China’s rise, and maintaining primacy over the Indo-Pacific region.
The “Pentagon Papers” leaked in 1969 would admit in
regards to the ongoing US war against Vietnam that:
…the February decision to bomb North Vietnam and the
July approval of Phase I deployments make sense only
if they are in support of a long-run United States policy
to contain China.
The papers also admitted that China, “looms as a major
power threatening to undercut [American] importance
and effectiveness in the world and, more remotely but
more menacingly, to organize all of Asia against
[America].
The papers also made it clear that there were (and still are),
“three fronts to a long-run effort to contain China: (a) the
Japan-Korea front; (b) the India-Pakistan front; and (c)
the Southeast Asia front.”
Since then, it is clear that from the continued US military
presence in both Japan and South Korea, the now two
decades-long US occupation of Afghanistan on both
Pakistan’s and China’s borders, and the emergence
of the so-called “Milk Tea Alliance” aimed at over-
throwing Southeast Asian governments friendly
with China and replacing them with US-backed
client regimes – this policy to contain China
endures up to today.
Assessing US activity along these three fronts reveals
the progress and setbacks Washington faces -- and
the various dangers to global peace and stability
Washington’s continued belligerence poses.
The Japan-Korea Front
Military.com in their article, “Here’s What It Costs to
Keep US Troops in Japan and South Korea,” reports:
In all, more than 80,000 US troops are deployed to Japan
and South Korea. In Japan alone, the US maintains more
than 55,000 deployed troops — the largest forward-
deployed US force anywhere in the world.
The article notes that according to the US Government
Accountability Office (GAO), the US spent “$34 billion
to maintain military presences in Japan and South
Korea between 2016 and 2019.”
The article cites the GAO providing an explanation as to
why this massive US military presence is maintained in
East Asia:
“…US forces help strengthen alliances, promote a free
and open Indo-Pacific region, provide quick response
to emergencies and are essential for US national
security.”
“Alliances” that are “strengthened” by the physical
presence of what are -- essentially, -- occupying US
forces, suggests the “alliance” is hardly voluntary and claims of promoting a “free and open Indo- Pacific region” is highly subjective – begging the question of, to whom, is the Indo-Pacific “free and open”.
And as US power wanes both regionally in the Indo-
Pacific as well as globally, Washington has placed
increasing pressures on both Japan and South
Korea to not only help shoulder this financial
burden, but to also become more proactive
within Washington’s containment strategy
toward China.
Japan is one of three other nations (the US itself,
Australia, and India) drafted into the US-led
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue – also
known as the “Quad.”
Rather than the US solely depending on its own military
forces based within Japanese territory or supported by
its Japan-based forces, Japan’s military along with
India’s and Australia’s are also being recruited to
take part in military exercises and operations
in and around the South China Sea.
India’s inclusion in the Quad also fits well into the US
3-front strategy that made up Washington’s contain-
ment policy toward China as early as the 1960s.
The India-Pakistan Front
In addition to recruiting India into the Quad alliance, the
US helps encourage escalation through political
support and media campaigning of India’s
various territorial disputes with China.
The US also targets Pakistan’s close and ongoing
relationship with China – including the support of
armed insurgents in Pakistan’s Baluchistan
province.
Recently, a bombing at a hotel in Quetta, Baluchistan
appears to have targeted China’s ambassador to
Pakistan, Ambassador Nong Rong.
The BBC in its article, “Pakistan hotel bomb:
Deadly blast hits luxury venue in Quetta,”
would claim:
Initial reports had suggested the target
was China’s ambassador.
Ambassador Nong Rong is understood to be in Quetta
but was not present at the hotel at the time of the
attack on Wednesday.
The article also noted:
Balochistan province, near the Afghan border,
is home to several armed groups, including
separatists.
Separatists in the region want independence from the
rest of Pakistan and accuse the government and
China of exploiting Balochistan, one of
Pakistan’s poorest provinces, for its
gas and mineral wealth.
Absent from the BBC’s reporting is the extensive and
open support the US government has provided these
separatists over the years and how – clearly – this is
more than just a local uprising against perceived
injustice, but yet another example of armed
conflict-by-proxy waged by Washington
against China.
As far back as 2011 publications like The National
Interest in articles like, “Free Baluchistan” would
openly advocate expanding US support for
separatism in Pakistan’s Baluchistan
province.
The article was written by the late Selig Harrison
--- who was a senior fellow at the US-based
(corporate-financier funded) Centre for
International Policy --- & would claim:
Pakistan has given China a base at Gwadar in the
heart of Baluch territory. So an independent
Baluchistan... would serve US strategic
interests, in addition to the immediate
goal, of countering Islamist forces.
Of course, “Islamist forces”... is a euphemism for US-
Persian Gulf state sponsored militants used to both
fight Western proxy wars, as well as serve as a
pretext for Western intervention. Citing
“Islamist forces” in Baluchistan,
Pakistan - clearly - serves as an example of the latter.
In addition to op-eds published by influential policy
think tanks, US legislators like US Representative
Dana Rohrabacher, had proposed resolutions
such as (emphasis added),
“US House of Representatives Concurrent Resolution
104 (112th): Expressing the sense of Congress that
the people of Baluchistan, currently divided
between Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan,
have the right to self-determination and
to their own sovereign country.”
There is also funding provided to adjacent, political
groups supporting separatism in Baluchistan,
Pakistan, as listed by the US government’s
own National Endowment for Democracy
(NED) website under “Pakistan.”
Organizations like the “Association for Integrated
Development Balochistan” are funded by the US government and used to mobilize people
politically, constituting clear interference
by the US, in Pakistan’s internal
political affairs.
The Gwadar Port project is a key juncture within China’s
growing global network of infrastructure projects, as
part of its One Belt, One Road initiative. The US
clearly opposes China’s rise & has articulated robust strategies to counter it; everything up to and including, open war, as seen in the Pentagon Papers, regarding the Vietnam War.
The recent bombing in Baluchistan, Pakistan demonstrates
that this strategy continues, in regards to utilizing local
militants to target Chinese-Pakistani co-operation, and
is one part of the much wider, region-wide strategy:
of encircling and containing China.
The Southeast Asia Front
Of course the US war against Vietnam was part of a wider
effort to reassert Western primacy over Southeast Asia
...and deny the region from fueling China’s inevitable rise.
The US having lost the war and almost completely retreating
from the Southeast Asia region saw Southeast Asia itself
repair relations amongst themselves and with China.
Today, the nations of Southeast Asia count China as their
largest trade partner, investor, a ''key partner'' in infra-
structure development, a key supplier for the region’s
armed forces, as well as providing the majority of
tourism arrivals throughout the region. For
countries like Thailand, more tourists
arrive from China, than from all
Western nations combined.
Because existing governments in Southeast Asia have
nothing to benefit from by participating in American
belligerence toward China, the US has found it
necessary to cultivate and attempt to install
into power various client regimes. This has
been an ongoing process, since the
Vietnam War.
The US has targeted each nation individually for years.
In 2009 & 2010, US-backed opposition leader-in-exile,
Thaksin Shinawatra, deployed his “red shirt” rioters
in back-to-back riots - the latter of which included
some 300 armed militants and culminated in city-
wide arson across Bangkok, and the death of
over 90 police, soldiers, protesters, and
bystanders.
In 2018, US-backed opposition groups took power in
Malaysia after the US poured millions of dollars, for
over a decade, in building up the opposition.
Daniel Twining of the US National Endowment for Democracy subsidiary – the International
Republican Institute – admitted, during a talk by the Center for Strategic & International Studies, that same year, that:
…for 15 years working with NED resources, we worked
to strengthen Malaysian opposition parties -- and guess
what happened 2 months ago after 61 years? They won.
He would elaborate on how the NED’s network played a
direct role in placing US-backed opposition figures into
power, within the Malaysian government, stating:
I visited and I was sitting there with many of the leaders
the new leaders of this government, many of whom
were just our partners we had been working with
for 15 years and one of the most senior of them
who’s now one of the people running the
government said to me, ‘gosh IRI you
never gave up on us even when we
were ready to give up
on ourselves.’
Far from “promoting freedom” in Malaysia ---- Twining
would make clear the ultimate objective of interfering
in Malaysia’s internal political affairs, was to serve
US interests, not only in regards to Malaysia, but
in regards to the entire region and specifically
toward encircling and containing China.
Twining would boast:
…guess what one of the first steps the
new government took? It froze Chinese
infrastructure investments.
And that:
[Malaysia] is not a hugely pro-American country. It is
probably never going to be an actual US ally, but this
is going to redound to our benefit, and and that’s
an example of the long game.
It is a pattern that has repeated itself in Myanmar over
the decades --- with NED money building a parallel
political system within the nation and eventually
leading to Aung San Suu Kyi and her US-backed
National League for Democracy (NLD) party
taking power in 2016.
For Myanmar, so deep and extensive is US backing for
opposition groups there, that the elections virtually
guarantee US-backed candidates win.. every single
time. The US National Endowment for Democracy’s
own website alone... lists over 80 programs and
organizations receiving US government money
- for everything from election polling, and
building up political parties - to funding
media networks and “environmental”
groups used to block any Chinese-
initiated infrastructure projects.
The move by Myanmar’s military in February this year,
ousting Aung Sang Suu Kyi and the NLD, was meant to correct this.
However, in addition to backing political groups
protesting in the streets, the US has – for many
decades – backed and armed ethnic rebels
across the country. These rebels have now
linked up with the US-backed NLD and are
repeating the US-backed regime change
tactics used against the Arab World in 2011 --- in nations like Libya, Yemen,
and Syria – including explicit calls
for “international intervention.”
A US-Engineered “Asia Spring”
Just as the US did during the 2011 “Arab Spring” – the US
State Department, in a bid to create synergies across
its various regime change campaigns in Asia, has
introduced the “Milk Tea Alliance” to transform
individual US-backed regime change efforts in Asia, into a region-wide crisis.
The BBC itself admits in articles like, “Milk Tea
Alliance: Twitter creates emoji for pro-
democracy activists,” and that:
The alliance has brought together anti-Beijing protesters, in Hong Kong and Taiwan, with pro-democracy campaigners in Thailand and Myanmar.
Omitted from the BBC’s coverage of the “Milk Tea Alliance”
(intentionally) is the actual common denominators that
unite it – US funding through fronts like the National
Endowment for Democracy and a unifying hatred
of China - based exclusively on talking points
pushed by the US State Department itself.
Circling back to the Pentagon Papers and recalling the
coordinated, regional campaign the US sought to
encircle China with – we can then look at more
recent US government policy papers like the
“Indo-Pacific Framework” published in the
White House archives from the Trump
administration.
The policy paper’s first bullet point asks:
How to maintain US strategic primacy in the Indo-Pacific
region, and promote a liberal economic order, while
preventing China from establishing new, illiberal
spheres of influence, and cultivating areas of
cooperation to promote regional peace
and prosperity?
The paper also discusses information campaigns designed
to “educate” the world about “China’s coercive behaviour
and to influence operations around the globe.” These
campaigns have materialized in a propaganda war
fabricating accusations of “Chinese genocide” in
Xinjiang, China, claims that Chinese telecom
company Huawei is a global security threat,
and that China – not the US – is the single
largest threat to global peace and
stability today.
In reality US policy aimed at encircling China -- is
predicated upon Washington’s desire to continue
its own decades-long impunity upon the global
stage, and the continuation of all the wars,
humanitarian crises, and abuses, that
have stemmed from it.
Understanding the full scope of Washington’s
“competition” with China... helps unlock the
confusion surrounding unfolding individual
crises like the trade war; the ongoing
violence and turmoil in Myanmar;
bombings in southwest Pakistan;
students mobs in Thailand; riots
in Hong Kong; and attempts by
the US to transform the South
China Sea, into an inter- national conflict.
Understanding that these events are all connected - then
assessing the success or failure of US efforts - gives us a clearer picture of the overall success of Washington in encircling China. It also gives governments and
regional blocs a clearer picture of how to manage policy, in protecting against US subversion: that threatens national, regional, and global peace
and stability.
Brian Berletic, is a Bangkok-based geopolitical researcher and writer, especially for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”.
Australians should be ashamed that they have a regime propped up to serve US racist agendas!
How Exceptional America Is
by Eric Zuesse
September 30th, 2020
America is becoming exceptionally exceptional. In some votes
at the UN General Assembly - the Assembly of nations - only
Israel, or one or two other U.S. allies, vote along with it, and
all others either vote against it, or else abstain in order to
prevent U.S. retaliation against their own nation. No other
nation is anything like that. In fact, on many occasions,
the U.S. arm-twists other delegations -- in order to get
them to abstain from voting so as to make less stark,
and less embarrassing, America’s international
isolation. But America is also extraordinarily
exceptional in other ways, which have
nothing to do with the UN.
America is truly an exceptional nation. As the
Republican Party magazine National Review
stated, on September 15th, “Last week,
the US and Israel were the only states to vote against a General Assembly resolution on the coronavirus response. Some have seized upon that vote to paint the
USt as a bad faith actor that stands alone in the world.”
However, this vote wasn’t about only “the global
coronavirus response.” It was — perhaps even
more importantly - about U.S. sanctions against
Iran, Venezuela, Syria, Russia, China, and other
countries that the U.S. regime considers to be
its enemies. (None of these countries ever
invaded or even threatened to invade
the USA; all of those sanctions are
100% U.S. aggression.
They are target-countries that America’s aristocracy
wants to take over. (The world’s U.S.-sanctioned
countries are marked in red -- on the map of the
world below.) Israel strongly supports sanctions
against both Syria and Venezuela, and routinely
invades and bombs Syria just for good measure.
So, it joined America’s position on that.
That UN General Assembly vote was held on September
11th. America’s Associated Press bannered the next day,
“UN assembly approves pandemic resolution; US, Israel
object”, and reported that, “The 193-member world body
adopted the resolution by a vote of 169-2, with Ukraine
and Hungary abstaining. It was a strong show of unity
by the UN’s most representative body, though many
countries had hoped for adoption by consensus.”
The AP further stated:
It calls on governments and international financial institutions
“to provide more liquidity in the financial system, especially
in all developing countries.” It supports recovery plans that
“drive transformative change towards more inclusive and
just societies, including by empowering and engaging all
women and girls.”
And it urges UN member nations “to adopt a climate- and
environment-responsive approach to COVID-19 recovery
efforts”, including by aligning investments and domestic
policies with the UN goals & the 2015 Paris agreement
to combat climate change. …
By a vote of 132-3, the assembly amended the resolution to
urge all countries “to refrain from promulgating and applying
any unilateral economic, financial or trade measures not in
accordance with international law and the Charter of the
United Nations that impedes the full achievement of
economic and social development, particularly in
developing countries.”
The United States was then overwhelmingly defeated in
attempts to remove 2 paragraphs from the resolution,
one referring to women’s rights to “sexual and
reproductive health” --- and the other --- to
“promoting global sustainable transport.”
In addition to arguing against the language on sanctions,
the United States opposed all references to the World
Health Organization, which the US administration had
stopped funding, accusing the UN agency of failing
to do enough to stop the virus from spreading
when it first surfaced in China.
Nowhere in the AP’s article was any mention made that
in the “vote of 169-2,” the two nations which had voted
against the Resolution were the US and Israel, but only
that there had been “objections from the United States
and Israel,” regarding attachment, to the Resolution, of
the Amendment that added the anti-sanctions provision
to it. This omission was not an error. It is a type of
omission that is common in propaganda. America
was more isolated than that ‘news’-report
made clear.
This vote was about only a “Resolution,” a statement of
the various nations’ values, to work toward, not about
any nation’s policy, but the U.S. and Israel don’t share
those goals — not even rhetorically. This opposition
to that Resolution’s goals, was truly exceptional.
In particular, nothing is more abhorrent to the US regime
--- than to stop or impede its sanctions. These sanctions
include, for example, punishments against any company
or government that will, in any way, assist in Russia’s 96%
completed NordStream 2 natural gas pipeline to Germany,
for the EU to buy Russia’s pipelined natural gas instead of
America’s fracked, canned, shipped, natural gas. The U.S.
regime insists that EU nations buy the far costlier trans-
Atlantic-shipped fracked US liquefied natural gas (LNG).
That insistence upon the EU’s wasting money, in order to
prop-up America’s fracking industry, is, indeed, exceptional,
because European nations haven’t customarily been treated
as being mere colonies of other powers. America is treating
purchasers from, or cooperators with, that competitor (Russia),
as being its enemies. The way the U.S. Representative stated
this (after a lengthy diatribe which blamed China for Covid-19
and said that the U.S. had quit the World Health Organization
because WHO lacked “independence from the Chinese
Communist Party”) was: “Economic sanctions are a
legitimate means to achieve foreign policy, security,
and other national and international objectives, and
the United States is not alone in that view or in that
practice.” (That exact same sentence had, earlier,
been stated by the US regarding a different matter,
on 18 November 2019.) Actually, the U.S. regime is
very “alone” on it. Furthermore, the other part was
also a lie: the U.S. regime asserts that coercing
corporations and countries to not buy from the
lowest-cost supplier, is within its sovereign
right to do.
However, as Professor Alfred de Zayas, who until recently was
the UN’s top expert on this topic, explained in depth on 27th
June 2019, that assertion is blatantly false, on many clear
grounds concerning international law. It is a blatant lie, no
matter how many times the U.S. regime asserts it (and
asserts that the US regime isn’t “alone” in asserting it).
Even back when Barack Obama (the man who repeatedly
claimed that “The United States is and remains, the one
indispensable nation”) was America’s President, the US
was exceptional at the United Nations. For example, on
24th November 2014, I headlined “U.S. Among Only 3
Countries Officially Backing Nazism & Holocaust-
Denial”, and reported that - “In a UN vote, on
November 21st, only 3 countries - the US, Ukraine, and Canada — voted against a resolution to condemn racist fascism,
or nazism, and to condemn denial of Germany’s World War II Holocaust against, primarily, Jews.''
This measure passed the General Assembly, on a vote of 115
in favour, 3 against, & 55 abstentions (the abstentions were
in order not to offend U.S. President Obama, who was
opposed to the resolution).” Then, on 21 June 2015,
I headlined “America’s UN Ambassador Continues
Standing Up for Nazis” and noted that, again,
Obama’s UN Ambassador, Samantha Power,
had stood up for nazism; she had just
delivered an address -- in Ukraine --
rallying that country’s supporters
of nazism to war against Russia.
Then, on 21 November 2017, I headlined “Trump
Continues Obama’s Support of Nazism”, and
reported that:
On November 16th, US President Donald Trump, acting
through an agent of his agent, UN Ambassador Nikki
Haley, voted at the UN against a resolution that
condemns bigotry, and especially condemns
nazism & all forms of racism. He thus, yet
again, continues in the tradition from his
predecessors, Presidents Obama, and
Bush, each year, placing this nation in
the company of only one or two U.S.
allies throughout the world who join
with the US in refusing to commit to
opposing and doing everything to
reduce, not just political Nazism
(which, of course, is past), but
ideological nazism, racist
fascism - institutionalized
bigotry (which, sadly, is
not past).
But, be that as it may, the U.S. is also exceptional in
many other ways. I listed some of those on July 13th.
There are two main reasons why the U.S. regime is able
to coerce other nations to not violate its will. One is that
although publicly available reports allege it spends
approximately 37% of the entire world’s military
expenditures, the U.S. regime actually - spends
around 50% of the entire world’s military costs,
and therefore, it possesses an extraordinary
physical capacity to impose its will, if and
when merely economically blockading an
‘enemy’ country (via sanctions) fails to do the job of getting it to comply.
And the other main reason is that, since the US government
is at least as corrupt as the average “third-world” country is,
but is instead one of the world’s richest countries, arranging
pay-offs to other world leaders, in order to obtain their
cooperation, is easily affordable... (These payoffs are
being paid by all US.taxpayers, not by only America’s
billionaires, who reap all of the profits from the
empire that is imposed.)
American exceptionalism is real. It’s not the type of
exceptionalism that the regime’s propaganda claims
to be the case, but, nonetheless, it is real.
(Strategic Culture Foundation)
Please watch the video above... We have never existed in such peril, and yet almost no-one is able to act.
Nuclear words: Putin's FINAL warning:
(People DO need reminding -- unless US, UK and French policy changes, and stops being so 'exceptional' -- that is, outside the UN legal Charter and thus, criminal --- there will be a reaping.)
BREAKING: Russia's State TV Advising Russian Citizens on how to survive a World War ! WAKE UP NOW - AND STOP THE WAR ON CHINA/RUSSIA !
The Doomsday clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists website now has the final singular moment that will bring civilization to final nuclear annihilation, at 90 seconds to midnight.
This is the closest it has ever been. Scott Ritter says it should be 2 seconds
World Will Not Survive the US' Neocons' Doctrine of US World Hegemony - Paul Graig Roberts Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
"The government of the United States is clearly in demonic hands. We are overflowing with proof", writes American well known analytist and ex- official Paul Graig Roberts in his website.
Take today (2-2-18) for example. A report from the House Intelligence Committee was released that is proof that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Justice --- and the Democrat National Committee, are now in a conspiracy against American democracy and the President of the United States, with the full support of the presstitute media.
As if that is not enough, also released today, is the Pentagon’s new Nuclear Posture Review. A nuclear posture review specifies a country’s attitude to nuclear weapons and their use. In past posture reviews, nuclear weapons were regarded as unusable except in retaliation for a nuclear attack. The assumption was that no one would use them. There was always the chance that false warnings of incoming ICBMs would result in a nuclear button being pushed - setting off Armageddon.
There were many false warnings during the Cold War
President Ronald Reagan, was very concerned about a false warning, ending in mass death & destruction.
This is why his principal goal was to end the Cold War, which he succeeded in doing. It did not take successor governments long, to resurrect the Cold War.
The new US nuclear posture is a reckless, irresponsible, and destabilizing departure from the previous attitude toward nuclear weapons. The use of even a small part of the existing arsenal of the United States would be sufficient to destroy life on earth. Yet, the posture review calls for more weapons, speaks of nuclear weapons as “usable,” and justifies their use in First Strikes, even against countries that do not have nuclear weapons.
This is an insane escalation. It tells every country that the US government, believes in the first use of nuclear weapons against any & every country. Nuclear powers such as Russia & China must see this to be a massive increase in the threat level from the US.
Those responsible for this document should be committed to insane aslyums, not left in policy positions where they can put it into action.
The neoconservatives are a small group of conspirators. Most neoconservatives are Jews allied with Israel. Some are dual-citizens. They created an ideology of US world hegemony, specifying that the chief goal of US foreign policy, is to prevent the rise of any other power that could serve as a constraint on US unilateralism.
As neoconservatives control US foreign policy, this explains US hostility toward Russia and China and also the neo-conservatives’ use of the US military to remove governments in the Middle East, seen by Israel as obstacles to Israeli expansion. For two decades --- the US has been fighting wars for Israel in the Middle East. This fact proves the power and influence of the insane neo- conservatives. It is certain, that people as insane as the neoconservatives, would launch a nuclear attack on Russiaand China.
The Russian and Chinese governments seem to be completely unaware of the threat that the neo- conservatives pose to them. I have never experienced in interviews with Russians and Chinese, any awareness of the neo- conservative ideology. Possibly, it is too insane for them to grasp.
Ideologues such as the neoconservatives are not fact-based
They are chasing their dream of world hegemony. Russia & China are in the way of this hegemony. Having learned the limits of conventional military power—after 20 years the US “superpower” has been unable to defeat a few thousand lightly armed Taliban in Afghanistan—the neo-conservatives know: conventional invasions of Russia or China, would lead to the total defeat of US forces.
Therefore, the neoconservatives have elevated nuclear weapons to a First Strike, usable, arsenal that in the neoconservative dream of world hegemony can be used to destroy Russia and China.
Ideologues who divorce themselves from the facts create a virtual world for themselves. Their belief in their ideology blinds them to the risks for them- selves and others that they impose on the world.
Thanks to the American liberal/progressive/left, the entirety of the world is faced with a far more likely nuclear demise than ever threatened us during the Cold War with the Soviet Union.
By its collaboration with the military/security complex & the corrupt Hillary DNC, the liberal/progressive/left has forever discredited itself. It is now seen by every thinking person worldwide as an insane propaganda ministry --- for the neoconservatives’ plan to use nuclear weapons to eliminate constraints on US unilateralism.
The liberal/progressive/left has endorsed “hegemony or death.”
They will get death. For all of us.
(Source - DONi News Agency)
According to: PaulGraigRoberts.org
_______________________________________ Syrian Girl - The Truth About The Kurds In Syria
Full Text: Official Declaration of the Malorossiyan Federation
Zakharchenko announces a new federal state, Malorossiya, (means ''Little Russia'') as the legal successor of Ukraine. DONi News Agency
On 18.7.2017 the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, declared the creation of a new federal state, Malorossiya, which will become the legal successor of 'Ukraine'. The new state formation, will consist of 19 regions of the former Ukraine with the capital in Donetsk city. Kiev remains a historical and cultural centre, without the status of capital city.
Here is the full English translation of the declaration:
Political Declaration
The project of the state of "Ukraine", formulated 150 years ago and implemented in different versions during the 20th century, has reached its logical conclusion --- and led to the country's disintegration, civil war and the death of tens of thousands of people, including children, women, and elderly people.
And this process is irreversible. An attempt to turn the story back will result in "balkanization" of the conflict, expansion of chaos, escalation of civil war and even bigger numbers of casualties.
To stop the civil war and avoid new victims, we representatives of the majority of the regions of former "Ukraine" assembled in Donetsk on July 18, 2017, discussed the current situation and came to the following conclusions:
- the state of "Ukraine" has revealed itself as a failed state and demonstrated its being incapable of granting its inhabitants a peaceful and prosperous present and future;
- the current authorities – elected in Kiev, after the coup d'etat, against the backdrop of political terror and the absence of elections in the Crimea and Donbass, are illegitimate;
- the state of "Ukraine" is on the brink of economic catastrophe and depopulation;
- an ultranationalist coup is brewing in Kiev, as a result of which outright neo-Nazis will come to power insteadof "Banderites with a European face";
- the Ukrainian nationalistic project (the Galician one) has discredited itself, by the shedding of civilians' blood in the country;
- the ideology of "Ukrainism" has proved to be misanthropic, mixed with xenophobia (Russophobia, anti-Semitism, Polonophobia) and neo-Nazism (the ideology of national exclusivity and superiority);
- resulting from historical development and due to the Maidan, the word "Ukraine" is forever associated with the names of the Nazi accomplices, Bandera and Shukhevich, with the tragedies of the Baby Yar, the Volyn massacre & Khatyn, and, nowadays, with the mass murder of people on the Maidan, in the Trade Unions' House in Odessa, and Genocide of the Donbass people.
On the basis of the above, we believe that the state of "Ukraine", in the form it was established, after the collapse of the USSR, is UNSERVICEABLE.
We, representatives of the regions of the former "Ukraine", propose to re-establish the state and to proclaim the state of MALOROSSIYA, under an historical background, out of the former "Ukraine". In this case, it is of fundamental importance to rename the country, since "Ukraine" as a state, is guilty of war crimes, mass terror and the genocide of its own people.
In turn, the new name of the country, based on historical traditions, will enable us to reunify those pieces of the former "Ukraine" that seemed to have parted ways forever, including because of participation in the civil war, on different sides of the front line.
We must turn the page of our people's history, which is flooded with the blood of our brothers and sisters.
Malorossiya is an INDEPENDENT, SOVEREIGN state, with a new name, a new flag, a new constitution, a new state structure, new principles of social and economic development, and new historical prospectives.
But this is NOT A REVOLUTION ! This is a return to history. This is a novelty that restores, not destroys.
In view of the economic plight of the country, the chaos & disintegration potential, and regarding the possibility of launching a "war of all against all", we consider it necessary to declare a state of emergency for the transition period – up to 3 years. During this time, the process of adoption of the new Constitution and the establishment of the rule of law, should be completed.
Under a state of emergency, a ban on the activities of political parties and foreign funds is to be introduced, & penalties for criminal offenses, especially against the person, are to be increased. The fight against corruption will be toughened, as well as the penalties for it.The shadow arms market is to be eliminated, including by registering weapons in accordance with the new law.
In the same period an investigation is to be carried out, with the involvement of foreign specialists –- from Russia, Belarus & the European Union –- into the crimes committed by the Maidan Kiev regime: the murders on the Maidan, the murder of Odessa citizens in the Trade Unions' House on May 2nd, 2014, and the war crimes in Donbass, in the so-called ATO.
In the same period, the People's Tribunal is to be prepared to charge the state criminals who have led the country into disintegration and civil war: V.F. Yanukovich (with a request to Russia for his extradition), P.A. Poroshenko and his clique: Turchinov, Yatsenyuk, Kolomoisky, Paruby, Nalivaichenko and others.
We are sure that, having recovered from the criminal neo-Nazi ideology of "Ukrainism", we will be able to build a new society on the basis of friendship and mutual assistance -- but not hatred and envy. The creative genius of our people will manage to bring Malorossiya to the forefront of global civilization and play a role in history. The role of Good, and Truth.
Official translation by the DONi Donbass News Agency, 07/18/2017
(Source - Russia Insider)
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Nato – A Dangerous Alliance May 24th
As Nato ends its summit in Brussels, Rae Street explains why the military alliance remains a threat to world peace
When the Warsaw Pact ended, after the collapse of communism, some optimists might have expected Nato to be broken up too. After all, the Labour Party in Britain had been opposed to Nato in the mid-1980s. But that was not to be. The US, which had always dominated Nato, quickly began to reinvent Nato and furthermore, to expand it.
Following the end of the Warsaw Pact many central and east European governments wanted to join Nato. This, of course, was music to the ears of the US military manufacturers. Indeed, the chair of the expand Nato committee, Bruce Jackson, was technical director of Lockheed Martin, the largest military manufacturer in the world. So, for the new Nato members because of the policy on “interoperability,” that is Nato personnel being able to use the same military equipment, it was out with the old Soviet military hard- ware and in with sales of, for example, Lockheed’s military aircraft ,costing millions of dollars.
This continues to this day in countries which can ill afford it, with struggling economies. The latter includes Greece. Think of the situation in Greece today.
Expanding Nato up to the borders with Russia, was a provocative policy. The dangers were pointed out but the military industrial complex and the “hawks” in the West, took no notice.
To this day, this helps President Vladimir Putin: more and more of the Russian people believe that “the West” is against them.
Decades later, we read: “British troops have arrived in Estonia, as part of a major Nato mission in the Baltic states, to deter Russian aggression.”
From the start, Nato has always held a nuclear armed policy. It continues to claim that nuclear weapons “preserve peace.” Manifestly, nuclear weapons do not deter conflict.
Governments, including Britain’s, now analyse the main threats to security as cyber warfare and terrorism. Remember September 11th 2001, when New York was attacked by terrorists in planes, brandishing knives?
The US then had and still has, 13 nuclear armed Trident submarines, of which several will be roaming the seas fully operational. Britain has four, with one constantly on alert at sea.
Were these any use in the madman’s attack on Westminster, or in any terrorist attacks?
Trident is “integrated” into Nato. Even worse, Nato still has a policy of “first use of nuclear weapons.”
When the then minister of defence, Geoff Hoon, was asked in Parliament why Britain has a policy of “first use,” he replied: “Because of our obligations to Nato.”
Under the direction of the US administration, with its policy of global domination, Nato has established a string of nuclear-armed bases across Europe, in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey, at Incirlik.
The latter is now causing deep problems as relations between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the US, become more and more fractious.
There is now a real problem for Nato, as Erdogan is a repressive dictator — how can Turkey remain in Nato?
Nato states are supposed to uphold principles of human rights and democracy, notably lacking in Turkey today.
The nuclear-armed bases come under Nato’s “nuclear sharing policy” — in effect a violation of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Nato continues to expand. The policy of not acting “out of area” was dropped long ago. “North Atlantic” simply means, a domination of policies by the US.
Nato claims in its “strategic concept” that “the promotion of Euro-Atlantic security is best assured through a wide network of partner relationships with countries and organisations around the globe.”
In 1994 Nato established the Partnerships for Peace across Europe, extending as far as Uzbekistan.
Nato surrounds Russia from the west and east. These Partnerships for Peace (note the language again) now include 22 states, including “neutral” Ireland.
Then there is the ''Mediterranean Dialogue,'' with ''arrangements'' with countries in the Middle East. Few people realise that Nato carries out military exercises with Israel.
Nato has also established bilateral relations — named individual partnerships — with Afghanistan, Australia, Iraq, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand and Pakistan.
In this part of the globe, where Nato carried out a military exercise in 2014 with Japan, named Ocean Shield, they are surrounding and menacing China, as the enemy.
Then there was the statement by Nato that “co-operation between Nato and the United Nations continues to make a substantial contribution to security in operations round the world.
“The alliance aims to deepen political dialogue and practical co-operation with the UN, as set out in the Nato/UN declaration, signed in 2008.”
This seems like Nato bidding to be the UN's military arm.
This hardly accords with the UN Charter. It was the Organisation for Security & Co-operation in Europe, set up under Chapter 8, of the UN Charter, to prevent and resolve conflict by non-military means and to promote co-operation in humanitarian and other fields.
The 54 member states stretch from Iceland to Kyrgyzstan and include Russia. Alas, how many times do you read of their work in the press, compared with the times you hear about Nato?
Nato is sold to us as a peace-making body. After all, the US is home to the finest PR companies in the world.
To summarise, Nato is pursuing yet more militarism and war:
- All Nato states are required to increase their military budgets to 2 per cent of GDP. That means stealing more money from social needs. Readers of the Morning Star know those all too well: the NHS, education, adult social services; the list is endless.
- Nato member states will have to spend 20 per cent of defence budgets on military equipment: warships, war planes, drones, bombs. By fuelling the arms race, Nato makes a mockery of moves for conflict resolution.
- Nato and its member states multiply interventions outside their territory and increase their presence through world- wide partnerships and “coalitions of the willing.”
- Nato extends its nuclear policies as a supreme “guarantee for the allies’ security,” notwithstanding that the majority of countries in the world are negotiating a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. In the meantime, nuclear weapons in Europe — under the guise of Nato — and elsewhere, are being modernised at a cost of many tens of billions of dollars and pounds. Think of Trident at a cost of £205 billion.
The Nato summit will be held and activists will beholding a “counter-summit” with protesters organising workshops and a demonstration.
CND activists will be there from the UK, but -- we also need people to raise the issues with their MPs, write letters to the press and raise awareness on social media.
Let’s put pressure on the government to invest in social welfare, not Nato, not war.
(Source - Morning Star)
Legendary memorial at Saur-Tomb ''restored by May 2017''
DPR authorities have finished restoring the Saur-Tomb by May 2017. It was announced by the Building Minister, Sergey Naymets.
‘Saur Tomb has been being restored since November, and we planned to finish this by May 2017’, the Minister said.
He said "many people contributed to this project of restoration of the memorial damaged by shelling," Naumets noted.
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Ethnic Ruthenes of sub-Carpathian Ukraine demand autonomy
Activists of a Slavic ethnic group known as Ruthenes -- or Rusyns -- who reside in the Trans-Carpathian (sub-Carpathian) region of Ukraine, have turned to President Pyotr Poroshenko with a demand:
recognize the results of 1991's regional referendum --- when 78% of the region's residents, voted in favor of granting it the status of a self-governing region.
"We have two main demands - to recognize the Rhuthenes as an ethnos and to acknowledge the regional referendum of 1991, where 78% sub-Carpathians voted for the region being a self-governed territory within Ukraine," Vesti quoted Ivan Palinkash, the leader of the Ruthene movement & a member of the People’s Council's presidium of Sub-Carpathian Ruthenes.
Natalya Magalina, a deputy of Uzhgorod district council, told the meeting of leaders of Ruthene ethnic organizations it is important to maintain the Ruthene language by establishing minimal norms for broadcasting in the native tongue, over the state regional TV Channel Tisa-1.
This isn't the first time that the Ruthenes of the sub- Carpathian area have asked the Kiev government to recognize the outcome of the referendum held 25 years ago. The Coordination Council of Ruthene Organizations of the Trans-Carpathian Region turned to the central authorities with the same requirement, the previous time, in the summer of 2015.
It was also in the summer of 2015 that the activists of Ruthene organizations adopted an appeal to the Council of Europe, the European Commission, the Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe & the UN, as well as to the parliaments of Hungary, the Czech Republic, & Slovakia, to wield pressure on President Poroshenko and force the Ukrainian government towards accepting the result of their referendum.
The Ruthenes are an indigenous sub-Carpathian people. Ukrainian authorities do not consider them to be a separate ethnos, and continue calling them Ukrainians, although the UN has issued recommendations more than once, to recognize their status as a separate ethnos.
More than that, Kiev accuses the leaders of Ruthene organizations of making appeals for encroachments on the territorial integrity of the country.
(source - TASS)
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Zionist lobby preventing West from criticizing Israel: Analyst Fri Dec 16, 2016
The European Union has censured the Israeli regime for destroying Palestinian shelters and structures in the occupied territories. According to a statement by the European bloc, the Tel Aviv regime has demolished 866 structures so far in 2016 in Area C of the West Bank, which is under full Israeli military control.
Anthony Hall, editor-in-chief of the American Herald Tribune from Alberta, says that the European states have been under the influence of the Zionist lobby to go along with Israeli interests - and thus refuse to slam crimes against the Palestinian people.
“Every government within the EU has a very strong Israeli lobby, and this is one of the dilemmas that the Western people are facing,”Hall explained.
“Not only the governing parties but the opposition parties as well, are constraining discussion and discourse within a very narrow range, that puts Israeli priorities at the top of the list in all our Western countries,”he added.
The professor also called on Western citizens to“intervene directly and make contact with the Palestinian people, directly.”
“We, as the citizens in the EU, citizens in Canada, & citizens in the US, have to find ways to bypass the constraints of our governments & the biases and power of this lobby over our governments,” he noted.
Hall criticized the EU for its forensic accounting of homes demolished in Palestine.
“This type of numerical accounting fails to really describe the nature of this destruction of homes in its broader context ------ where thousands of Palestinian people are in dungeons and being tortured in Israeli incarceration facilities,” he said.
“The reality: that the world is letting this happen is very discouraging,” he added.
Hall warned that the prospect of a Palestinian state is no longer viable, given the emphasis on building up settlements, and destroying the structures of the indigenous people of Palestine.
"This goes beyond apartheid,” he said.
The Israeli policy of demolishing houses in the West Bank to build illegal settler units has affected 5,704 Palestinians, of whom, 1,221 have been rendered homeless, including 586 children.
(source - PressTv)
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UN Adopts"Paper Tiger" Resolution, on Israel's Withdrawal from the Syrian Golan
Fahwad Al-Khadoumi -The UN General Assembly adopted yet another resolution demanding that Israel withdraw from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, in line with a resolution of June 4, 1967.
However, UN General Assembly resolutions are non-binding and no more than a paper tiger, with- out a unanimous decision by the permanent UN Security Council members, to enforce them; A highly unlikely prospect.
In its latest resolution, the UN General Assembly again condemned Israel's non-compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 497 (1981).
The General Assembly reiterated that Israel's decision from December 14th, 1981, to impose Israeli laws, administration & custody on the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, is null and void -- and has no legality at all.
The latest UNGA resolution was adopted by an overwhelming majority of UN member States.
The resolution --- reaffirmed the illegality of acquiring territories ----- through the use of military force. The General Assembly also repeated that Israel's continued occupation & enforcement of Israeli law & administration violates international law, the UN Charter, & the Geneva Convention's principles on the protection of civilians during war.
During the UNGA session, a number of states condemned the Israeli practices in occupied Syrian Golan, calling on Israel to withdraw from Golan, in line with June 4th, 1967.
37 states proposed the now adopted draft resolution. However, UNGA resolutions are non-binding and no more than a paper tiger, unless permanent Security Council members are willing to put their money where their mouth was, when they adopted UNSC Resolution 497 (1981) - decades ago.
Moreover, none of the permanent UNSC members - China, France, Russia, the UK and the US - took any tangible steps when the now former Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, defiantly declared that "Israel and the Golan are part and parcel" and that "the international community should get used to facing the fact that Israel will permanently annex the Syrian territory".
Most favourite scapegoat
The favorite scapegoat among permanent UNSC members, with regard to supporting Israel and neglecting Israel's illegal occupation of Golan is the US. However, Russia is in no way more actively pursuing Israel's adherence with UNSC Resolution 497 (1981) -- than any other -- of the self-anointed permanent UNSC members. In April 2016, Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin, were ominously silent about the Golan when Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, visited Moscow.
Russia failed to respond to what Netanyahu had declared "a red line" - occupation of the Golan.
A brief review of recent history pertaining to the Israeli occupation, international affairs & Israel's use of the Golan to wage war on Syria, suffices to show that the UN System has failed, utterly, and that it is perverted to the point that many analysts call for abolishing the UN altogether.
In June 2013 an Austrian UN Disengagement & Observer Force (UNDOF) officer told the press that Israel is -- running a joint operations room with the insurgents in Syria in the Golan.The UNSC failed to respond and more importantly, failed to take action. In July 2013, the Syrian permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, Dr. Fayssal al-Hamwi, noted how Israel, since it occupied the Syrian Golan Heights in 1967, has displaced about half a million of the Golan´s original inhabitants.
Also in Feb. 2014, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu preempted a public relations quagmire by visiting a field hospital for "Syrian Freedom Fighters" in the Golan to show how much Israel cares and does, on the humanitarian front. It turned out that the "Freedom Fighters" belonged to the Syrian Al-Qaeda franchise, Jabhat al-Nusra.
In March 2014, Israel launched one of many military attacks against Syrian military and security forces, from the Golan, while the UNSC and most media were "silent".
In April 2014 The Director of Israel's Military Intelligence, Brigadier General Aviv Kochavi, a protegé of the now deceased Ariel Sharon, was appointed to head the Israeli Defense Forces Northern Command.
NSNBC international editor-in-chief, Christof Lehmann, reported that the appointment of Kochavi, indicated that Israel was planning large-scale military operations in the Golan in the near future and the widening of the Syria war. Lehmann was right on the money.
In May 2014 Israel denied Syrians in Golan the right to participate in Syrian elections. The UN was "silent". In mid-April 2016, ahead of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu affirmed that Israel would hold on to the Golan.
A UNDOF withdrawal has left a 12-16 km wide corridor uncontrolled by the UNDOF... In 2013, it transpired that Israel was giving support to Jabhat al-Nusrah, such as a joint intelligence and military operations room in the Israeli occupied Golan, plus logistical support, weapons, field hospitals, and direct combat support.
In September 2014, Israeli machinations, resulted in the displacement of UNDOF troops from a 12-16 kilometer-wide corridor in the disengagement zone in the Golan by Jabhat Al-Nusra.. The corridor has since been used to supply Al-Nusra and the other terrorists and to launch attacks against Syria.
All permanent UNSC members with the exception of Russia were "silent". Russian diplomats tentatively spoke out against terminating the peace keeping mission in the Golan. The UNSC failed to act.
In 2015 it came out that Israel planned a major hydrocarbon extraction project in the Golan. Partners in crime include Genier Energy.
On the board of directors? Dick Cheney, James Woolsey, Bill Richardson, Jacob Lord Rothschild, Rupert Murdoch, Larry Summers and Michael Steinhardt, among others. Other players involved include the Israeli subsidiary, Afek Oil and Gas, American Shale, French Total and BP. Thus, there exists a broad and powerful nexus of US, British, French and Israeli interests: at the forefront of pushing for the break-up of Syria and control of what's believed to be potentially vast untapped oil and gas resources in the country.
On April 20th, 2016, NSNBC international editor- in-chief Christof Lehmann -- said Netanyahu's "Red Line" would be a litmus test for Russia, as a permanent UNSC member. On April 21st, after talks between Netanyahu and Putin in Moscow, it could be concluded that Russia failed -- spectacularly.
In September 2016, Israel started a wave of home demolitions in the Golan. The UNSC was "silent".
In October 2016, Israel announced plans to build 1,600 settlement units in the Golan, & none of the permanent UNSC members took any action.
So much for the latest UN General Assembly paper tiger.
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The UK Labour MPs who didn’t back the Yemen vote have blood on their hands by David Wearing
Presenting the motion in the Commons, Thornberry was subjected to a series of ill-judged interruptions by Labour MPs, such as Kevan Jones, Toby Perkins and John Woodcock. Indeed, Thornberry received more vocal support in the chamber from the SNP group than from her own supposed comrades.
According to subsequent reports, some Labour members even tried to work with their Tory counterparts, in order to defeat their own party’s motion.
Woodcock, a former 'Progress' Chair, claimed that British support is “precisely focused on training the Saudis” to improve their targeting - so as to “create fewer civilian casualties” - parroting the official government line. The idea that the Saudis’ “widespread & systematic” attacks on civilian targets are just a series of well- meaning errors, is one that, to put it as gently as possible, lacks credibility.
And if decades of training provided by the British to the Saudi pilots hasn’t prevented these supposed errors by now --- it seems rather unlikely that it will in the near future.
In any case, this misrepresents the true nature of the UK's role. When the intervention began, the foreign secretary Philip Hammond, vowed to “support the Saudis in every practical way short of engaging in combat”, including “spare parts, maintenance, technical advice, resupply” and “logistical support”. The reality is that the Saudi Air Force, roughly half UK-supplied and half US-supplied jets, could barely function, without this ongoing assistance from Washington and London.
If there is Yemeni blood on the hands of the Saudi-led coalition - then that blood is also on the hands of the coalition’s western backers, enablers and apologists.
The Saudis and their allies can only wage this war because the Anglo-American suppliers of their air forces are providing active, material support. And British and American politicians can only collude in these outrages, because the political cost on them, so far, has been low. However, it is in the gift of their constituents – you, the reader – to change that equation.
(source - The Guardian)
This could be defeated --- with a UNITED LABOUR PARTY !!!
But unfortunately, there are "entryist" MPs who, for decades, have been groomed by CIA cold war relic organisations -- like the Atlantic Council -- and are now trying to misdirect the Labour Party towards cuts, a militarised police, and a US war agenda... and their anti-peace MPs are hobbling Labour.
129 Labour MPs voted to stop support for Saudi Arabia’s campaign in Yemen. The vote was defeated by a majority of 90.
The motion called for ---- support to be withdrawn from the Saudi government until a United Nations investigation could determine whether the Saudi bombing had breached international law.
The motion didn't explicitly include a suspension of UK arms sales.
100+ Labour MPs didn't vote on the motion. If all of them had voted to support it, the government would have been defeated.
The following, are the Labour MPs who abstained, or weren't present to vote.
Adrian Bailey Andy Burnham Angela Eagle Angela Smith Ann Clwyd Ann Coffey Anna Turley Barry Sheerman Ben Bradshaw Bridgit Phillipson Caroline Flint Catherine McKinnell Chris Bryant Chris Elmore (Teller) Chris Evans Chris Leslie Clive Lewis (ill) Connor McGinn Dan Jarvis David Crausby David Lammy Diana Johnson Fiona MacTaggart Frank Field Gareth Thomas Gavin Shuker Geoffrey Robinson George Howarth Gerald Kaufman Gill Furniss Gisela Stuart Gloria De Piero Graeme Jones Graham Allen Graham Stringer Heidi Alexander Helen Jones Ian Austin Ian Murray Ivan Lewis Jamie Reed Jim Fitzpatrick Joan Ryan John Mann John Spellar John Woodcock Judith Cummins (Teller) Julie Elliott Kate Hoey Keith Vaz Kevan Jones Kevin Barron Liz Kendall Luciana Berger Lucy Powell Madeleine Moon Margaret Beckett Margaret Hodge Maria Eagle Mark Hendrick Mary Creagh Meg Hillier (Paired) Melanie Onn Michael Dugher Mike Gapes Natascha Engel Neil Coyle Nia Griffith Pat McFadden Paul Flynn Peter Kyle Phil Wilson Rachel Reeves Rob Flello Rob Marris Roberta Blackman-Woods Rosie Cooper Rushanara Ali Ruth Smeeth Shabana Mahmood Siobhain McDonagh Stephen Kinnock Susan Jones Toby Perkins Tom Blenkinsopp Tom Watson Tracy Brabin Tristram Hunt Vernon Coaker Wayne David Wes Streeting Yasmin Qureshi Yvonne Fovargue
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Nicolas J S Davies is the author of Blood On Our Hands: the American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq. He also wrote the chapters on “Obama at War” in Grading the 44th President: a Report Card on Barack Obama’s First Term as a Progressive (Lol) Leader.
In the past weeks, Burundi and S. Africa have joined Namibia in declaring their intention to withdraw from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC). They are likely to be followed by a parade of other African countries, jeopardizing the future of an international court, which has prosecuted 39 officials from 8 African countries, but has failed to indict a single person who is not African.
Ironically, African countries were among the first to embrace the ICC, so it is a striking turnaround that they are now the first to give up on it.
But it is the United States that has played the leading role in preventing the ICC from fulfilling the universal mandate for which it was formed, to hold officials of all countries accountable for the worst crimes in the world: genocide; crimes against humanity; and war crimes - not least, international aggression, which the judges at Nuremberg defined as “the supreme international crime”, from which, all other war crimes follow.
As the ICC’s founding father, former Nuremberg prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz, lamented in 2011: “You don’t have to be a criminologist to realize that if you want to deter a crime, you must persuade potential criminals that, if they commit crimes, they will be hauled into court and be held accountable. It is the policy of the US to do just the opposite as far as the crime of aggression is concerned.
"Our government has gone to great pains --- to be sure that no US citizen will be tried by any international criminal court, for the supreme crime of illegal war-making.”
The US has not only refused to accept the jurisdiction of the ICC over its own citizens. It's gone further, pressuring other countries to sign Bilateral Immunity Agreements (BIA), in which they renounce the right to refer US citizens to the ICC for war crimes committed on their territory.
The US has also threatened to cut off US aid to countries that refuse to sign them. The BIAs violate those countries’ own commitments under the ICC statute, and US pressure to sign them, has been rightly condemned: as an outrageous effort to ensure impunity for US war crimes.
Resistance to US Impunity
To the credit of our international neighbours, this US strategy has met with substantial resistance. The European Parliament overwhelmingly passed a resolution, stating that BIAs are incompatible with EU membership, and urging EU- member states and countries seeking EU membership not to sign them.
Fifty-four countries have publicly refused to sign BIAs, and 24 have accepted cut-offs of US aid as a consequence of their refusal. Of 102 countries that have signed a BIA, only 48 are members of the ICC in any case ----- and only 15 of those countries are on record as having ratified the BIAs in their own parliaments.
Thirty-two other ICC members have apparently allowed BIAs to take effect without parliament- ary ratification, but this has been challenged by their own country’s legal experts in many cases.
The US campaign to undermine the ICC is part of a much broader effort by the US government to evade all forms of accountability under the laws that are supposed to govern international behaviour in the modern world --- even as it continues to masquerade as a global champion of the rule of law.
The treaties US policy systematically violates today, were crafted by US statespersons and diplomats, working with foreign colleagues, to build a world where all people will enjoy some basic protections... from the worst atrocities, instead of being subject only to the law of the jungle or “might makes right.”
So current US policy is a cynical betrayal of the work and wisdom of past generations of US citizens, as well as of countless victims over the world to whom we are effectively denying the protections of the UN Charter & Geneva Conventions, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and many other multilateral treaties our country ignores, violates or refuses to ratify.
Avoiding jurisdiction in international courts is only one of the ways that the US evades international accountability for its criminal behaviour. Another involves an elaborate, well-disguised, public relations campaign that exploits the powerful position of US corporations in the world of commercial media.
Major Propaganda Funding
The US government spends a billion dollars per year on public relations or, more bluntly, propaganda, including $600 million from the Pentagon budget. The work of its PR teams and contractors is laundered by US news- papers --- and repeated and analyzed ad nauseam, by monolithic, flag-waving TV networks.
These profitable corporate operations monopolize the public airwaves in the US, and also use their financial clout, slick marketing, and the support of the US State Department to maintain a power- ful presence in foreign and international media markets.
Foreign media in allied countries provide further legitimacy and credibility to US talking-points and narratives as they echo around the world. Meanwhile, Hollywood fills cinema and TV screens across the world with an idealized, glamorized, inspirational version of the US that still mesmerizes many people.
This whole elaborate “information warfare” machine presents the US as a global leader for democracy, human rights and the rule of law, even as it systematically and catastroph- ically undermines those same principles. It enables our leaders to loudly, persuasively, demonize other countries and their leaders as dangerous violators of international law, even as the US and its allies commit far worse crimes.
Double Standards
The phrase “aggressive war” is also a no-no in the Western media - when the US government launches wars, across international borders. In the past 20 years, the US has violated the UN Charter to attack at least eight countries (Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya & Syria), and the resulting wars, have killed about two million people.
A complex whirlwind of conflict and chaos rages on in all the countries where the US and its allies have lit the flames of war since 2001, but our US leaders still debate new interventions ---- and/or escalations as if we are the fire brigade not the arsonists. (By contrast, the US government and the Western media are quick to accuse Russia or other countries of “aggression” --- even in legally murky situations, such as after the US-backed coup in 2014, that ousted the elected president of Ukraine.)
Systematic violations of the Geneva Conventions are an integral part of US war-making. Most are shrouded in secrecy: the propaganda machine spins the atrocities that slip through into the public record, as a disconnected series of aberrations, accidents and “bad apples,” instead of as the result of illegal rules of engagement and unlawful orders from higher-ups.
The senior officers and civilian officials who are criminally responsible for these crimes in US & international law -- systematically abuse their powerful positions to subvert investigations, cover up their crimes, & avoid any accountability whatsoever.
Pinter’s Complaint
When UK playwright Harold Pinter was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005, he bravely and brilliantly used his Nobel lecture to speak about the real role the US plays in the world, and how it whitewashes its crimes. Pinter recounted a meeting at the US Embassy in London in the 1980s in which a senior embassy official, Raymond Seitz, flatly denied US war crimes in Nicaragua ---- for which the US was in fact, convicted of aggression by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Seitz went on to serve as Assistant Secretary of State, US Ambassador to the UK, and then Vice-Chair of Lehman Brothers.
As Pinter explained: “this ‘policy’ was by no means restricted to Central America. It was conducted throughout the world. It was never-ending. And it is --- as if it never happened.
“The United States supported - and in many cases engendered every rightwing military dictatorship in the world, after the end of the Second World War. I refer to:- Indonesia, Greece, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Haiti, Turkey, the Philippines, Guatemala, El Salvador, and, of course, Chile. The horror the US inflicted upon Chile in 1973 can never be purged, & can never be forgiven.
“Hundreds of thousands of deaths took place throughout these countries. Did... they take place? & are they in all cases, attributable to US foreign policy? The answer is 'yes', they did take place, and are attributable to American foreign policy. But you wouldn’t know it.
“It never happened. Nothing ever happened. Even while it was happening it wasn’t happ- ening. It didn’t matter. It was of no interest. The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them. You have to hand it to the US. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power, worldwide, while masquerading... as a force for universal good. It’s a brilliant - even witty - highly successful, act of hypnosis.”
If, in 2016, the world seems to be more violent and chaotic than ever, it's not because the US lacks the will to use force or project power, as both major party candidates for President, & their military advisers appear to believe, but because our leaders have placed too much stock in the illegal threat and use of force, and have lost faith in the rule of law, any international cooperation and diplomacy.
After a century of commercial dominance, & 75 years of investing disproportionately in weapons, military forces & geopolitical schemes, perhaps it is understandable that US leaders have forgotten how to deal fairly and respectfully with our international neighbours. But it's no longer an option, to muddle along, leaving a trail of death, ruin and chaos in our wake, counting on an elaborate propaganda mach- ine, to minimize the blowback on our country and our lives.
Sooner, rather than later, US citizens & our leaders must knuckle down and master the very different attitudes & skills that we will need to become law-abiding global citizens in a peaceful, sustainable, multipolar world.
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Russia ends treaty limiting plutonium production in response to recent US escalation of hostility Fort Russ News - Topwar.ru - Lenta - News.Ru - translated by J. Arnoldski
TopWar: On October 3rd, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on suspending compliance with the agreement with the US on disposing weapons-grade plutonium. The main reason for this decision was pointed out as the “unfriendly attitude of the US towards Russia.”
Sources from the State Duma have reported that Russia is ready to resume the agreement, if the US cancels all the anti-Russian sanctions. Plus, Russia demands that the US reduce its military contingent in Europe, before Russia resumes compliance with the protocols. The State Duma’s statement reads:
“Acting according to the agreement and the protocols of the agreement can be resumed after the US eliminates the reasons which led to this radical change in circumstances: after the US reduces its military infrastructure and the number of its troop contingents deployed on the territory of the NATO countries having joined NATO after September 1st, 2000, down to the level at which they were on the day that the agreement and its protocols entered force.
"Since then NATO has grown to encompass 9 states of Eastern Europe. Just around the corner is NATO’s 10th state to be included since 2000 - Montenegro.”
In addition, Russia has demanded, as one of its conditions, that Washington cancel the so-call- ed Magnitsky Act.
We await a reaction from the US.
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Popov: Russia can and should withdraw from 1997 treaty with Ukraine By Eduard Popov for Fort Russ - translated by J. Arnoldski -
The other day, the disturbing news came from Lvov, the unofficial capital of Ukrainian Galicia, that the Lvov regional council has filed a lawsuit to forcibly evict the Pushkin Russian Cultural Centre. As the head of the regional council, V. Girnyak, said in his statement, organizations tied to the Anti-Terrorist Operation are preparing to transfer the building on Korolenko Street. The Lvov deputies hardly expect to earn more money from these “ATOers.” Rather, the eviction of Pushkin Russian Cultural Centre is explained by a different motive: once again, punishing anyone ideologically representative of an “enemy” Russian culture.
This centre’s building was leased to the Russian community of Lvov, in 1990. In 1999, the then mayor Vasiliy Kuybida, set the symbolic rent fee of 5 hryvnia (around $1 back then).
Let us quote one founding document signed by Ukraine, the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between the Russian Federation and Ukraine from May 31st, 1997. Point 12 of the agreement reads: “The High Agreeing Parties shall protect the ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious identities of national minorities on their territory and create conditions for the fostering of their identity….they will contribute to creating equal opportunities and conditions for studying the Russian language in Ukraine and the Ukrainian language in the Russian Federation, training pedagogical staff for teaching these languages in educational establishments, and for these purposes, provide equal state support.”
Points 1-2 of the agreement are based on the recognition of the friendly relations between the countries and their territorial integrity. Hence why the agreement is often called a border treaty. For Ukraine, whose territorial sovereignty over some territories (including Galicia, which was part of the Second Polish Republic until September 1939) is quite disputed, this agreement was a real gift. It is no coincidence that a number of patriotic politicians in Russia, demanded that this document not be signed.
Russia’s recognition of Kiev’s sovereignty over territories included in the Ukrainian state is founded on Ukraine’s observance of the rights of its Russian- cultured citizens. After the coup d’etat in 2014, Ukraine began pursuing a policy of cultural genocide (ethnocide) against the Russian-cultured population.
Now Ukraine is discussing the initiative of the scandalously infamous politician Irina Farion, to deprive Russian residents in Ukraine of civil rights.
In fact, this measure is already being implemented. The number of Russian schools has rapidly declined while Russian organizations are being prosecuted and their activities are under close surveillance by Kiev’s intelligence services.
In accordance with the 1997 treaty, an entire network of federal & regional organizations of Ukrainians is funded in Russia. For example, in the Rostov region there is a city-level and regional national-cultural autonomy of Ukrainians.
The organization receives funding from the city and regional budgets. Its head, the businessman Makarchuk, is a member of the Public Chamber of the Rostov region and is proud of his friendship with Rostov governor Vasili Golubev. Meanwhile, Makarchuk is published on the website of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi Svoboda party and frequently makes Russophobic statements.
Unfortunately, Russia is largely to blame for the fact that the civil rights of Russian-cultured people in Ukraine are being massively violated. An example of this is the patronizing policy of Rostov region's authorities. But on the federal level as well, the state does not make sufficient (or any) efforts to defend the Russian population of Ukraine (nearly half of the country’s total population).
Meanwhile, a more responsible attitude towards obligations would lead to discussion of the 1997 treaty. In a situation in which the second country (Ukraine), massively violates the treaty’s basic premises, then Russia has the right to withdraw from the treaty with all the legal and political implications. I see no reason for the Russian budget to support the activities of Ukrainian organizations in Russia, or recognize the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine.
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WHITE HELMETS -- SHAM
The Ron Paul Institute has pointed out: “We have demonstrated that the White Helmets are an integral part of the propaganda van- guard, that ensures obscurantism of fact and propagation of Human Rights fiction that elicits the well-intentioned and self righteous response from a very cleverly duped public. A priority for these NGOs is to keep pushing the No Fly Zone scenario which has already been seen to have disastrous implications for innocent civilians in Libya, for example.”
What better chance to push “the No Fly Zone scenario” than arriving within “moments” of the convoy tragedy, filming it and creating a propaganda scenario before any meaningful forensic investigation could even be started, since the trucks were still burning. And of course, the “White Helmets”, aka “Syrian Defence Force”, were filming, rather than attempting to put out the fire and rescue those in the burning trucks.
[Ed. Yet the UK's Guardian, that snivelling wreckage of a "Liberal" newspaper, lies, & describes them as "the White Helmets, a volunteer rescue group," quotes their accusations of Syrian & Russian "constant bombing of civilians" and calls for a "no-fly-zone" now --- as in Libya.]
The Russian Defence Ministry subsequently caused outrage by claiming that their Drone footage: “shows the bombed Syrian aid convoy included a truck full of militant fighters carrying mortar guns.”
However: “The footage emerged as the United Nations rowed back from describing the attack on the aid convoy as air strikes, saying it did not have conclusive evidence about what had happened.”
It must be asked, why on earth, after long and protracted negotiations over the convoy would Syria and or their Russian ally risk the wrath of the US & “coalition”, and of further decimation of the country, by laying themselves open to accusations of bombing aid convoys?
The tragedy has emphatically achieved 1 thing, however. Wiped from the headlines, is another atrocity - the US bombing which killed over 60 Syrian soldiers and wounded over 100 others, just two days earlier, on Saturday 17th Sept. - causing Russian Foreign Ministry spokes- woman Maria Zakharova, to comment: “We are reaching a really terrifying conclusion for the whole world: That the White House is defending Islamic State. Now there can be no doubts about that”, according to the RIA Novosti news agency.
Again - Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will guard the guards?
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US prepares an Islamic army in Kosovo
Pravda.Ru - The US is preparing a reserve echelon in the territory of its Kosova enclave. But to keep a secure strategic space, the Southern Serbian provinces may be separated from Kosovo. Given the total apathy of the authorities of Republika Srpska... this plan is inching closer to its implementation.
The goal of the Americans is clear: if Berlin's discontent ousts US bases from Germany, after all, the US will have a spot in Kosovo. It's no secret that the crime and terrorist mayhem plaguing Kosovo, is under the patronage of the US.
Yelena Guskova, a Senator, and member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina), honoured with many Russian and Serbian state awards, commented to Pravda.Ru on this matter, in an interview.
Former Commander of the French foreign legion in Kosovo -- General Jacques Ogar, has recently confirmed to Pravda.Ru, evidence obtained from confidential US sources -- that there are at least five ISIS training camps in Kosovo, which are preparing suicide bombers and an army of Islamists to conquer Europe.
Having found no evidence that proved Milosevic was guilty, the Hague tribunal exonerated him. What do you think of it?
Slobodan Milosevic is a very significant historical person in Serbia's modern history, and the whole of Yugoslavia. In the early 1990s he was seen as the last communist in Europe -- who should be annihilated. His own country turned him over to the Hague; the so-called new government -- after the colour revolution of 2000.
However he was a leader who defended his country and the truth. He combated a large amount of lies at the Tribunal, which tried to prove that only the Serbs were guilty of all the events of the 1990s, as they were charged with collective crimes.
No leader of the Muslim territories of Yugoslavia was convicted, only Serbian ones. The figure of Milosevic was very important, but they didn't manage to find any evidence.
His brother Borislav Milosevic says they secretly took some samples of food and water Slobodan had been given and tested it in Moscow. And it turned out that poison had been added. And it was difficult to breathe for him, which means that something was infiltrated into the air.
Then he stopped eating, but the process had been launched. His death is mysterious but the Tribunal admitted that he was not responsible for crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Colonel Jacques Ogar, who was Commander of a foreign legion in the territory of Yugoslavia in the UN group admits that they were ordered to stand for the Kosovars against the Serbians... Western troops openly supported separatists and participated in punitive actions against the Serbians. Do you have such data?
Surely. I'm a Head of the Centre for the Study of the Contemporary Balkan Crisis at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Our main task is to collect documents and publish them. There occur more and more documents on the events since 1990, which confirm it.
It's absolutely clear that international organizations were biased. The Albanians approach their dream - to create a big country with an Albanian population only. The US has worked a lot to support this movement, as Kosovo is a project of the US.
And they would have got independence long ago, unless it was for Russia. Russia said No to their plans in 2007. it disturbed them, and now they do not influence Russia, but try to govern the Serbian authorities. But I think the process hasn't been completed, & there's a chance to return Kosovo to Serbia.
As they say, there are 8 ISIS training camps in the territory of Kosovo. It is reported that they train suicide bombers to carry out acts in the Western Europe and create a whole army to conquer it. How can you comment on this?
When huge flows of refugees were going across the Balkans in Europe, there were mainly young men and almost no couples. They were well- dressed, were going by three, and had enough means to live in decent hotels. It is clear that there are those among them who should stay in the Balkans & orchestrate implementation of their leaders' aims.
As the Serbian officials struggle to join the EU, they implemented all the terms. And they were told, to not only to let in these refugees, but also to build camps for them. Many stayed in the South, where the population is majority Muslim . A great quantity went to Kosovo and Metohija.
And there's an uncontrolled NATO base Bondsteel there, where enormous resources are deployed. This territory is not controlled by anyone. And when questions of the US military camps in Europe occur, no one speaks of Kosovo.
In Kosovo's camps, where terrorists are trained, they are set absolutely free. It's very dangerous for the whole of Europe, and the Balkans first of all. The US, though, wants to whip Serbia into submission and recognize the independence of Kosovo and Metohija.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska, and Serbians who reside there, are hampering these plans.
There is evidence that, as early as in the mid- 1990s the US aimed to go down to the Balkans when the agreement with Germany terminated if they had to leave. They need a territory in Bosnia & Herzegovina, in Kosovo, Metohija, Montenegro, Serbia & Macedonia. Republika Srpska hampers implementation of this plan today.
They need to annihilate the Republic and make the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina a unitary state. They didn't manage to conduct a colour revolution in the Republika Srpska, while the terror acts, which may be backed by Muslims in other territories, may be fruitful.
These plans may come forward in the nearest future, and it's a threat for the whole of Serbia. As there is a plan to separate the Southern regions of Serbia, where a lot of Albanians and Muslims reside. Today Serbian officials regard these refugees calmly, as well as capable of possible terrorist acts. But it should be paid 'special attention'.
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US/UK elite bankrolled A. Hitler
Germans were paid in company shares for loans that managed Germany's war reparations -- thus US capital began to actively integrate into the German economy.
The total amount of foreign investment in German industry during 1924-1929 amounted to almost 63 billion gold Marks (30 billion was accounted for by loans), and the payment of reparations — 10 billion Marks. 70% of revenues were provided by bankers from the US, and most banks were from JP Morgan.
As a result, in 1929, German industry was in second place in the world, but it was largely in the hands of the USA's leading financial-industrial groups.
"Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie", main supplier of the German war machine, financed 45% of the election campaign of Hitler in 1930, and was under the control of Rockefeller's "Standard oil".
Morgan, through "General Electric", controlled the German radio and electrical industry, via AEG and Siemens (up to 1933, 30% of the shares of AEG were owned by "General Electric") and through the Telecom company ITT — 40% of the 'phone network in Germany.
In addition, they owned a 30% stake in the air- craft manufacturing company "Focke-Wulf".
"General Motors", belonging to the DuPont family, established control over "Opel".
Henry Ford controlled 100% of the shares of Volkswagen. In 1926, with the participation of the Rockefeller Bank, Dillon, Reed & Co, the second largest industrial monopoly in Germany, after I.G Farben, merged with metals group, "Vereinigte Stahlwerke" (Steel trust) plus Thyssen, Flick, Wolff, Feglera etc.
US co-operation with Germany's military- industrial complex, was so intense and pervasive, that by 1933, the key sectors of German industry, & large banks such as the Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, Donat Bank, etc, were all under the control of US financial capital.
The political force that was intended to play a crucial role in the Anglo-American plans was being simultaneously prepared.
We are talking about the funding of the Nazi party and A. Hitler personally.
As former German Chancellor Brüning wrote in his memoirs, from 1923, Hitler received large sums from abroad. Where they went, is not known, but they were received through Swiss and Swedish banks.
It is also known that, in 1922 in Munich, a meeting took place between A. Hitler and the military attache of the US to Germany -- Captain Truman Smith -- who compiled a detailed report for his Washington superiors (in the office of military intelligence), in which he spoke highly of Hitler.
Through Smith's circle of acquaintances, A. Hitler was introduced to Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl, (Putzie), --- a graduate of Harvard University who played an important role in the formation of A. Hitler as a politician, rendered him significant financial support, and secured for him, acquaintance & communication with, senior British figures.
Hitler was prepared politically, but, as Germany reigned in prosperity, his party remained on the periphery of public life... The situation changed dramatically with the beginning of 'the crisis'.
In the autumn of 1929, the collapse of the US stock exchange was triggered by the Federal Reserve, and the next stage of the Anglo-US financial circles' strategy, had started.
The Federal Reserve and JP Morgan, decided to stop lending to Germany --- inspired by the bank crisis & economic depression in Central Europe.
In September 1931, England abandoned the gold standard, deliberately destroying international payments systems and completely cutting off "financial oxygen" to the Weimar Republic.
But a financial miracle occurred for the Nazi party: in September 1930 as a result of large donations by Thyssen and I.G. Farben --- the party got 6.4 million votes & took 2nd place in the Reichstag;- after this, more generous investments from abroad were activated.
The main link between the major German industrialists and foreign financiers, became H. Schacht.
On January 4th, 1932, a meeting was held with the largest English financier, a Mr M. Norman, A. Hitler, and von Papen, which concluded a secret agreement on the financing of the NSDAP.
This meeting was also attended by US policy-makers, the Dulles brothers --- something their biographers do not like to mention.
On January 14th, 1933, a meeting between Hitler, Schroder, Papen & Kepler took place, where Hitler's program was fully approved. It was here that they finally resolved the issue of the transfer of power to the Nazis, and on 30th January, A. Hitler became Chancellor.
The implementation of the next stage of the strategy thus began.
The attitude of Anglo-American ruling circles to the new government was very sympathetic. When Hitler refused to pay reparations, which naturally called into question the payment of war debts, neither the UK or France pressed their payment claims.
Moreover, after a visit to the US in May 1933, H. Schacht was placed, again, at the head of the Reichsbank, and, after his meeting with the President and the biggest bankers on Wall Street, the US allocated Germany new loans --- totalling $1 billion.
In June, during a trip to London & a meeting with M. Norman, Schacht sought an English loan of $2 billion and a reduction and then the cessation of payments, on old loans.
Thus, the Nazis got what they could not achieve with the previous government.
In the summer of 1934, Britain signed the Anglo- German transfer agreement, which became one of the foundations of British policy towards the Third Reich, &, at the end of the 30's, Germany became the main trading partner of England.
Schroeder Bank became Germany's main agent in the UK & in 1936 his New York office teamed up with the Rockefellers, to create Schroeder, Rockefeller & Co. investment Bank, which the Times magazine called the Berlin-Rome "economic propagandist axis".
As Hitler himself admitted, he conceived his 4- year plan on the basis of foreign financial loans, so it never inspired him with the slightest alarm.
In August 1934, US Standard oil acquired 730,000 acres of land in Germany... then built large oil refineries which supplied the Nazis with oil.
At the same time, Germany secretly took delivery of the most modern equipment for aircraft factories, from the US, which would begin producing German planes.
Germany gained large numbers of military patents from US firms Pratt and Whitney, Douglas, and Curtis Wright --- and it was US technology, building the Junkers-87.
In 1941 --- as world war ll was raging --- US investments in Germany's economy amounted to $475 million. Standard oil invested - 120 million, General motors - $35 million, ITT - $30 million, and Ford - $17.5 million.
The close financial & economic co-operation of Anglo-American and Nazi business circles, was the backdrop against which, in the 30's, a policy of appeasement led to world war II.
Today, as the world's financial elite begins to implement the 'Great depression 2' plan with its subsequent transition to the "new world order", identifying its key role in the organization of crimes against humanity, becomes a priority.
Yuri Rubtsov is a doctor of historical sciences, academician of the Academy of military sciences, & a member of the International Association of historians of world war II.
FREE POLITICAL PRISONER LEONARD PELTIER NOW!!!
Indigenous rights activist Leonard Peltier,
in prison in the US for 38 years, received the first international human rights prize of Uruguay's Mario Benedetti Foundation.
At a ceremony in Montevideo, where the winner was announced, the human rights group calls Peltier the longest-serving political prisoner in the Americas, AFP reports.
Peltier, a Native American activist who was a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), was convicted in 1977 for the alleged murder of two US FBI agents during a 1975 shootout on the
Pine Ridge Reservation in S. Dakota.
He was sentenced to 2 consecutive terms of life imprisonment.
"Leonard Peltier, who on September 12th, 2014, turned 70, has spent over half his life in prison. He's a symbol of resistance to repressive state policies by the US, where there are people in jail for ethnic, racial, religious & ideological reasons," the foundation's statement says.
Ricardo Elena, a member of the foundation's honorary board, says Peltier's case "is one that is repeated over and over: violation (of rights), persecution, eviction, invasion and expropriation of indigenous people, from the time it was 'discovered', until now.
"It doesn't just happen in the United States; it is happening in southern South America, with the (indigenous) Mapuche people, and with indigenous people in North America," he states.
Elena says the United States "likes to think it's the seat of democracy, but it has political prisoners just like a dictatorship might have."
The Mario Benedetti Foundation was founded to support human rights and cultural causes in line with the work of the Uruguayan writer after whom it was named, who died in 2009.
Peltier is incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
James Swan, the head of the Black Hills chapter of the United Urban Warrior Society - a nonprofit group that helps Native Americans fight racial discrimination and injustice - describes Peltier as a political prisoner whose case needs to be reviewed by an independent body.
"What we want people to realize is that this is an injustice," AP quotes Swan as saying.
Peltier, 66, was given two life sentences in '77, on false charges of killing 2 FBI agents.
Peltier asserts that he is innocent and the FBI framed him for political reasons, especially for his activities as a member of the Native American Movement. He has lodged numerous appeals against the conviction - but all unsuccessfully.
He's been denied parole again and again, and will not be eligible for it again until 2024, when he turns 79.
Peltier's relatives say he suffers a number of health problems such as diabetes, arthritis, and the loss of vision in an eye after a minor stroke.
Many activists say Leonard Peltier is the most important political prisoner in the US.
In a review of the US' human rights record, at a United Nations Human Rights Council UPR conference in Geneva, a group called for a new trial for him.
The US Human Rights Network filed a 423-page submission to the Geneva meeting about him.
One item, entitled “Political Repression - Political Prisoners,” about 1970's cases, indicts the FBI: accusing COINTELPRO of “maiming, murdering, false prosecutions and frame-ups, destruction and mayhem throughout the country.”
It cites the FBI for targeting the Puerto Rican Independence Front, the Black Panther Party, the Weather Underground, the American Indian Movement, the Black Liberation Army, as well as “peace activists and everyone in between,” and says “many of today's political prisoners” in the US were jailed indefinitely as a result.
Repression has grown since 9/11, it says.
The political repression paper demands an “immediate criminal investigation into the conspiracy,” and also new trials for two aged activists jailed on murder charges, Mumia Abu Jamal and Leonard Peltier.
