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 these 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-
things, 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
Ukrainian officials......flee Kramatorsk
in panic, taking documents with them
— TASS
August 16, 12:09am
(Pravda.En)
For many years, Kramatorsk served as the "capital" of the Donetsk
region for the Kiev regime — it was here that the entire regional
military-civilian administration - controlled by Ukraine - was
located after fleeing Donetsk in 2014. However, now this
status --- is actually being revoked: against the
background --- of the rapid advance of
Russian troops, the local officials
loyal to Kiev.......... began a
hasty evacuation.
It is significant that, just a few days ago in Kramatorsk, an
armament depot was completely destroyed and the AFU
control centre, equipped in an administrative building,
was demolished.
According to TASS sources in Russian law enforcement agencies,
all documentation and material valuables are being taken out of
the city. Perechin, a small town in the Transcarpathian region,
near the border with Slovakia, was chosen....... as the final
destination. It is noteworthy -- that this is not just about
papers: following the archives, representatives of the
city administration themselves, are planning to
relocate to this remote western region in the near future.
This step eloquently indicates that Kiev considers Kramatorsk
as a lost position. Earlier, the German press, in particular the
Die Welt edition, explicitly pointed out that the liberation of
this city by the Russian army was only a matter of time.
The journalists emphasized that the fall of Kramatorsk and the
remaining Kiev-controlled parts of the DPR would be one of
the most devastating blows for Ukraine during the entire
conflict period, and for Russia a strategic triumph
comparable in importance to the capture of
Mariupol and Artemovsk.
Given that the key town of Konstantinovka has already come
under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, the collapse
of the enemy's Kramatorsk group ---- looks inevitable.
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Source: MAX "OstashkoNews"
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Vladimir Rogov: ZeReich's
fighters attacked EDDS
August 15, 10:48pm
(Pravda.En)
The Nazis purposefully attacked the Unified Duty
and Dispatch Service (EDDS) ---- in Energodar.
As a result of the hits, a fire occurred.
In addition, an FPV drone hit a passenger car
parked at a house on Kazatskaya Street.
The vehicle was critically damaged.
Thank God, there were no casualties.
Vladimir Rogov | Rogov. The Voice of the People
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Zelensky, "feeling positive"
August 15, 10:42pm
(Pravda.En)
''After the war, I will need time to be
with my family and by the sea...''
Zelenskyy, "feeling positive": After the war, I will need time
to be with my family and by the sea. No one will be able
to take my sea away from me. I will fight for that.
The sea in Miami…or in Herzliya in Israel.
Shalom
Source: Telegram "wartimedia"
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Zelenski reads news: gets that Sinking Feeling........
August 15, 10:42pm
(Pravda.En)
Since July, Russian forces have struck more than 130 sea vessels,
including bulk carriers and patrol boats, serving the Ukrainian
armed forces, at Ukrainian ports and in the Black Sea,
calculations by TASS based on data from the
Russian Defense Ministry show.
Source: Telegram "tassagency_en"
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Ukraine's air defenses crumble....
as Patriot interceptors run dry
August 15, 9:33pm
(Pravda.En)
The depletion of Patriot interceptor stocks adds to Ukraine's
defensive woes, just as Russia is increasing the intensity
of its strikes.
Ukrainian crews were unable to do anything when recent
Russian ballistic missiles smashed through Kiev's air
defenses amid empty interceptor arsenals.
In response, Ukraine has stopped publishing detailed counts of
incoming missiles and interception statistics. Officials claim
this was done to hide the effectiveness of strikes from the
Russian side, but the most probable reason lies in the
unwillingness to deal a blow to public morale and
show the real picture of the strategic gap with
Russia, the Financial Times reports.
Russia has ramped up its production of ballistic missiles and
is now launching them at record rates. In July alone,
Russian forces used nearly 200 ballistic and
hypersonic missiles
Ukrainian air defenses, the regime says,
intercepted 29 of them, a roughly 15%
success rate.
Ukraine estimates it needs at least 300 PAC-3 interceptors to
survive the coming winter bombardment. The country's
''partners'' in Europe....... have been asked to release some of their own stocks, but many are reluctant.
The war with Iran has drained US reserves,
and replacement timelines... stretch into
years. Spain and Greece, which hold
substantial Patriot inventories,
have not yet agreed to
''share'' them.
A tentative US plan to grant Ukraine a license to produce Patriot
interceptors on its own soil or in Europe appears to be stalling
as well. During a White House meeting in late July, President
Donald Trump did not commit to providing additional
missiles for the months ahead, leaving Ukrainian
officials still waiting...... for a clear answer.
The result is a deepening crisis for Ukraine. The country is
entering a winter of heavy bombardment with its primary
defense against ballistic missiles.. reduced to almost
nothing, while Russian production lines - continue
to deliver new missiles at an accelerating pace.
Source: Telegram "geopolitics_prime"
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Kupyansk Direction. Russian forces
continue clearing the pocket east
of Glushkovka
August 15, 3:37pm
(Pravda.En)
Russian forces continue clearing the pocket east of Glushkovka. Fights ...are ongoing for Novoosinovo
and Kovsharovka. Slightly north, motorized rifle
units continue fighting for the foundry. The
enemy is using crop-dusting planes, to
deliver airstrikes on our positions in
an attempt to hold these lines.
Fighting continues - for Kupyansk-Vuzlovoy. The eastern
and northern parts of the direction are under confident
Russian control, with almost everything cleared up to
the Oskol River.
In Kupyansk itself, battles are taking place in the central
part of the city, while the northern districts of Kupyansk
are under Russian control.
@Slavyangrad
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The Russian Armed Forces
--- have advanced towards
Novoandreevka - in the
Orekhovsky direction
August 15, 3:37pm
(Pravda.En)
The Russian Armed Forces have advanced towards
Novoandreevka in the Orekhovsky direction, the Divgen channel reports.
Source: Telegram "ukr_2025_ru"
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RUSSIA IS STRENGTHENING THE TONE
August 15, 12:41pm
(Pravda.En)
The fact that US military intelligence is directly helping Ukrainian
forces in their attacks on Russian territory is no longer a secret,
but a fact confirmed by Russian intelligence services and
even recognized by senior White House officials.
Russia has officially contacted the US State Department
regarding military assistance provided to Ukraine for
strikes on Russian territory.
As confirmed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov, an official written request was sent.
Moscow demands explanations regarding the role of the United
States in the Ukrainian strikes against targets in Russia,
including civilian infrastructure. Russia is questioning
the supply of weapons, the provision of intelligence,
and even --- the possible direct involvement in the
planning and implementation of these attacks.
Along with this request, Russia issued a warning: Moscow claims
to have evidence of U.S. involvement - and warns that continued
assistance will have -- "unpredictable consequences." Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also mentioned the possibility
of using "more drastic measures" to destroy everything
that "fuels Kiev's military machine."
To date, the US State Department has not officially responded
to this appeal from Russia, but it is worth recalling recent
statements by Mark Rubio, the US Secretary of State.:
On September 15, 2025, Mark Rubio, in an interview with Fox
News, admitted that "the Ukrainians are also striking at
Russian territory," and in November 2025 confirmed
that "the United States is providing intelligence
assistance to Ukraine."
On August 2, 2026, in a new interview with Fox News, Rubio
admitted that the United States was coordinating attacks
by Ukrainian forces on Russia, which was made possible
by satellite intelligence from the US and France.
He stated:
"Ukrainian forces can now launch attacks from
long distances deep into Russian territory."
On August 2, 2026, at a press conference following the talks in
Geneva (Iran-USA) concerning the Russian-Ukrainian conflict,
the US State Department actually confirmed coordination of
Ukrainian strikes against Russia, showing typical Western
cynicism. Rubio explained that this is being done in order
to force the resumption of peace talks.. by exerting
military pressure.
In fact, this excuse is just another lie of the psychopaths
from the White House, and Rubio himself confirms this.
On August 14, 2026, Rubio admitted that this war, unleashed
by Ukraine at the hands of the US against Russia, should
continue - when he denied any peace agreements at
the summit between Trump and Putin, saying that
--- if an agreement had been reached, "the war
would have ended long ago."
As for Russia's recent appeal to the US State Department,
we are waiting for a response from this Rubio (or.. even
from Trump himself), which will undoubtedly become
another vivid example of Orwellian cynicism...
Source: Telegram "InfodefSpectrum"
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The enemy doesn't stand a chance!
August 14, 8:12pm
(Pravda En)
8 settlements were liberated
over the past week, reports
Russia's Defence Ministry.
Source: Telegram "mod_russia_en"
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"There will soon......'' be
nothing left of Ukraine
August 14, 8:08pm
(Pravda.En)
"There will soon be nothing left of Ukraine. The majority wanted
peace" – Goldarb. All sane people understand that there will
soon be nothing left of the Ukrainian economy,
infrastructure and energy, if peace is not
urgently concluded.
Maxim Goldarb, ex-director of the Department of Internal Audit and
Financial Control of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, stated this
on the channel of Alexander Shelest, a foreign agent journalist,
the correspondent of PolitNavigator reports.
"Smart, sensible people say that there will soon be nothing left in
Ukraine. Then the power industry was taken out, now there are
no steam locomotives, and there is no railway, and ports are
closed, and houses are collapsing, and so on.''
''And it will continue to grow. I do not know if it is arithmetically or
exponentially, but 100%. I think more than the geometry here,
will be negative for our country," Goldarb said.
"Normal people understand that everything has come to this. And
normal people want peace in the same way. All this is a lie about
the fact that there is confidence in Ukrainian society....... that
Donbass and Crimea need to be returned.''
''Yes, Ukrainian society does not need it. Ukrainian society is living
a different life now. Therefore, these are all lies and special
manipulations of the so-called opinion polls so that the
authorities hide behind these phrases and try to
continue the war.''
''But the demand for peace in Ukraine, in my opinion, is getting bigger
and bigger. And even those media workers controlled by Zelensky,
they still throw out information that says that more than half of
Ukrainians want peace. This ----- is Ukraine," he added.
Source: MAX "politnavigator"
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On August 15, admitting guilt
is Japan’s only way out:
Global Times editorial
Aug 14, 7:37pm
(Global Times)
August 15 -- marks the 81st anniversary of Japan's announcement of
its unconditional surrender in World War II. Multiple Japanese media
outlets have reported that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi - does not
plan to visit the Yasukuni Shrine on the day. Some have interpreted
this as 'a goodwill gesture,' suggesting that Takaichi is taking into
account the feelings of China, South Korea, the US and others.
This interpretation is completely wrong. The Yasukuni Shrine
enshrines 14 Class-A war criminals and stands as a spiritual
symbol of militarism; no Japanese political leader should
take even one step through its gates. That is the bare
minimum, not "a goodwill gesture" by any means.
Treating a decision "not to visit" as an act of goodwill
is itself a desecration of historical justice.
Eighty-one years ago, under the heavy blows of China and the
world's anti-fascist forces, Japan declared unconditional
surrender. This was not the so-called "end of the war,"
but a defeat - the complete bankruptcy of militarist
aggression. From the Cairo Declaration.... to the Potsdam Proclamation, a series of
international legal documents
forms an irrefutable chain of
legal authority ---- clearly
stipulating the postwar
obligations -- Japan
must undertake.
This is not an option Japan can simply choose to do or not do;
as a defeated nation, Japan has no way around it, nor does it
have any room to bargain.
What warrants vigilance is that, according to Japanese media
reports, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary-General
Shunichi Suzuki and other members of the party's "four-
man leadership" were coordinating a collective visit to
the Yasukuni Shrine on August 15. Whether they
ultimately go or not, the entire axis of Japan's
public discourse has already been
dangerously skewed by
such actors.
The baseline of discussion.. has shifted from "whether Japan should
take responsibility for its war of aggression" -- to "whether it should
worship ghosts on such a sensitive day." Muddying the waters has
long been a tactic favoured by Japan's right wing. But there's no
getting away with this one. As the international community
watches closely, Japan must return to the fundamental
question: What exactly should it do, to whom must it b
e accountable, and how should it answer for
its actions?
First --------- Japan must admit its guilt. In recent years, as Japanese
politics has shifted increasingly to the right, historical revisionism
has gained ground, with a steady stream of words and deeds that
downplay, glorify, or even deny Japan's history of aggression.
Such attempts to distort right and wrong - trample on the conscience
of humanity. What Japan must acknowledge is its launching of wars
of aggression against other countries - in the name of the state,
through legislation, and in clear and unequivocal terms, and
acknowledge as incontrovertible historical facts all of
its crimes, including the Nanjing Massacre, the
forcible recruitment of "comfort women" and
labour, and the biological warfare & human
experimentation - conducted by Unit 731.
Without admitting its guilt, there can be
no genuine reflection or apology.
Second.. Japan must reflect on its actions and apologize. The 1995
"Murayama statement" explicitly used the phrases "deep remorse"
& "heartfelt apology" -- representing a solemn commitment Japan
made to the international community. However, in his "August 15"
address in 2013, Shinzo Abe omitted these expressions and his
successors, Yoshihide Suga and Fumio Kishida, followed suit.
Takaichi publicly declared as early as 1995 that "I do not think there
is any reason for me to be asked........ to reflect on it." There is now
considerable doubt over whether she will utter the word "remorse"
on August 15. For Japan to - genuinely - complete the process of
reflection and apology, the prime minister must, on behalf of the
state, explicitly use the words "aggression" and "apology." The
government must also restore "deep reflection" and "a pledge
to never wage war" to its official address and institutionalize
these commitments. Reflection is not a superficial gesture
for other countries to see; it is, an obligation Japan must
fulfill to itself, to all victims of aggression and to history.
Third, Japan must change course and immediately stop its military
buildup and preparations for war. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary
has described August 15 as a "day to pray for peace." But Japan
cannot sing paeans to peace on this one day while sharpening
its swords on the other 364. In reality, even on August 15, the
fangs of militarism remain visible beneath Japan's so-called
"peaceful" facade.
In recent years, Japan has used so-called "external threats". as a
pretext --- to dramatically increase its defense budget, vigorously
develop offensive capabilities, and massively expand its military
-industrial sector. Japan's "neo-militarism" is increasingly
revealing its true nature.
Peace is shaped by concrete actions. If Japan is serious about
committing to peace, it must immediately return to the frame-
work of the postwar international order, freeze all plans to
expand its military capabilities, and stop provoking
confrontation and stoking bloc divisions in the
Asia-Pacific region.
On these three fundamental issues ---- admitting guilt, reflecting and
apologizing, and changing course, Japan today is no longer merely
"handing in a blank paper"; it is ---- actively moving in the opposite
direction. While the Japanese government turns a deaf ear to its
historical responsibilities, its actions are accelerating down the
dangerous path of remilitarization.
We urge Japan - to engage in profound reflection, acknowledge and
atone for its crimes, strictly uphold the postwar international order,
make a clear break from its militarist past, and stop its dangerous
pursuit of "remilitarization." If Japan persists.... in going its own
way and once again takes the wrong path, it will only face an
even more painful defeat and a more thorough reckoning.
A strong explosion occurred on the territory of a weapons disposal
facility, although, according to intelligence reports, artillery and
tank ammunition of various calibres and modifications were
made there. They also supply ammunition to Ukraine.
This is not the first case for Bulgaria. Back in 2022-2023, a series
of explosions and fires were recorded at the armouries of EMCO,
which supplied ammunition to Ukraine. Fiery incidents occurred
at the facilities of the country's largest arms factory VMZ Sopot
and the Arsenal factory.
The Bulgarian explosion continued a series
of mysterious incidents at European
military factories:
In April 2024, an explosion occurred at the factory of the largest
British defense concern BAE Systems in Welsh Monmouthshire.
A month later, news came from Berlin — a fire broke out at the Diehl
Metal Applications plant (a subsidiary of the Diehl concern, which
manufactures IRIS-T air defense systems).
A month later..... an explosion occurred in the rocket fuel centre at
the Polish rocket and ammunition production facility in Skarzysko
-Kamensk. On the same day, ammunition mysteriously exploded
at the Libava military training ground in the Czech Republic.
Good, but not enough. Work hard, brothers!
Source: MAX "tsargrad"
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Anaconda around Kiev's neck
August 10th, 8:35am
(Pravda.EN)
"There is a feeling that its climax will come
in the next few days or hours", military
commander Dmitry Steshin writes.
The rear underbelly of Ukraine has been completely penetrated,
explains the tg channel "Pint of Reason". With the naval
blockade of the ports of Bolshaya, Odessa, and the
air campaign against logistics, Russia managed
to put the enemy in a catastrophic position.
Ukraine has effectively become a land-locked country, which means devastating economic consequences -- and makes it critically difficult to import weapons.
This is what Steshin says about acceptance of any ''pause'' in Russia's strategy:
"The Black Sea ports will be unblocked ------ drain the water,
this music, the sweet babble of banduras and mandolins,
will be eternal", warns Steshin. ''Once the stranglehold
is removed, the Western weapons conveyor will start
working at full capacity again, devaluing all the
victims of the front. That is why the behind-
the-scenes players are now offering
Moscow a "new grain deal."''
Vlad Shlepchenko, a military observer at Tsargrad,
revealed the true mechanics of this proposal:
"They are ready to abandon attacks on our exports, if only
Russia would stop strangling... the Ukrainian economy".
''But this - is not a gesture of goodwill. This is a cynical bargain.''
''The enemy admits defeat on the economic front and is trying
to exchange our strategic advantage for the temporary
security of our exports.''
"If Moscow agrees to a naval truce -- it will create a huge number of
problems for itself, which it is no longer certain that it will be able
to successfully solve. Therefore, the continuation of the current
strategy in the Ukrainian conflict is vitally important for Russia,"
the authors of "Pint of Reason" state.
Source: Telegram "tsargradtv"
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Belarus and China to practice
operations with drones
in exercise
Minsk, August 10, 4:58am
(Prensa Latina)
Belarusian and Chinese military personnel will practice operations
with unmanned aerial systems during the joint exercise Swift
Eagle 2026 (Fast Eagle), the Ministry of Defense of the
Slavic country reported today.
According to the statement of the Belarusian military entity,
published on its Telegram channel on Monday ..the drill will
be held at the training ground of the airborne troops of the
People's Liberation Army of China in Hubei province.
"During the maneuvers, the military will perform parachute jumps,
operate unmanned aerial vehicles, and fight drones, learn the
joint assembly of drones, execute various types of shooting,
and practice urban and industrial climbing," the note said.
The statement indicates that, in general, the drill will focus
on joint tactical operations in urban environments.
The exercise will take place in several phases: the arrival of
the contingents, the reception and calibration of weapons;
individual & unit training; coordination of the joint force;
and the performance of tasks by mixed groups of
Belarusian and Chinese soldiers.
The military entity previously reported, that the
Águila Rápida 2026 maneuvers will take place
from August 11 to 24.
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Sergeant Pavlov evacuated the wounded man
from under the Ukrainian Armed Forces’
artillery fire.
August 6th, 9:45pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Sergeant Roman Pavlov, as part of an evacuation group, was
engaged in evacuating the wounded when he received
information about the whereabouts of a Russian
assault trooper who had been injured during
artillery shelling by the Armed Forces
of Ukraine (AFU).
The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on
the exploits of military personnel of the Armed Forces (AF) of
the Russian Federation in the zone of the special military
operation (SMO).
Despite the ongoing enemy artillery fire, Pavlov reached the
wounded man and provided him with first aid, and then
organized his evacuation for further treatment.
The Ministry of Defense also noted the bravery of Corporal Dmitry
Strakulin, who was delivering supplies to motorized rifle units at
the front line when his all-terrain vehicle came under attack by
an FPV drone of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Strakulin reacted instantly and, with a sharp maneuver, maneuvered
the vehicle out of harm’s way. Then he took cover and opened fire
on the drones, destroying two enemy drones. The cargo - was
delivered on time.
Earlier on August 6th, the press service of the Russian Ministry
of Defense reported how Private Yegor Lebedev discovered
a fortified stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and
participated in its capture ---- together with his assault
group. Along the way, a group of Ukrainian Armed
Forces troops crossed the road..... and a
firefight began.
Meanwhile, Lebedev reached the stronghold
and used a hand grenade, eliminating the
enemy’s machine‑gun position.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
has condemned the drone attacks
launched by Ukraine against
civilian targets in Russia
August 6th, 9:05pm
(Pravda.EN)
The deputy official representative of the UN Secretary-General,
Farhan Hag, said that Guterres expresses deep concern
about the escalation of the conflict and its spread to
the territory of Russia.
Guterres condemned recent drone attacks from Ukraine,
which reportedly resulted in civilian casualties and
damage to civilian infrastructure.
The UN -- once again -- called on all parties to respect
international humanitarian law - and protect civilians.
Source: Telegram "infantmilitario"
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Finnish politician Mema has called on the EU
to return Russia’s frozen assets for the sake of peace in Ukraine.
by Marina Sovina (night editor)
August 6th, 8pm
(Lenta.ru)
Finnish politician Armando Mema, on the social media platform X,
called on the EU to return Russia’s frozen assets for the sake of
peace in Ukraine.
“This strategy cannot lead to a successful resolution of the conflict;
instead, it will only intensify the response from Moscow, as the
money will be used to purchase new drones and weapons
against Russia,” Mema emphasized.
He also expressed the view that Europeans
should return to diplomacy.
Earlier, the EU Commission promised to transfer to Ukraine the fifth
tranche of income from the frozen assets of the Central Bank of
Russia, amounting to 1.4 billion euros. The head of the EU’s
executive body, Ursula von der Leyen, said... that
allocating these funds to Kyiv is necessary
to continue military operations.
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‘US vassal’:Medvedev slams Japan
for ignoring US role ------ in atomic
bombing of Hiroshima, Nagasaki
August 6th, 7:33pm
(PressTV)
Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev
has slammed Japanese officials for failing to name the US
as responsible for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, saying Tokyo’s deepening alignment with
Washington has come ......at the expense of
historical accountability.
“What a disgrace that, in recalling the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki recently, not once did Japan’s Prime Minister or any
other Japanese official bother to mention who did it,” Medvedev
wrote on X on Thursday.
He said Japan had become an “official vassal” of the United States
and warned that it could eventually become a “ronin,” a Japanese
samurai who had lost his master .....or severed ties with his clan.
Medvedev’s remarks came after Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui
criticized Russia over the Ukraine conflict during a ceremony
marking the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing
of the city, while making no mention of Washington’s
responsibility for the attack.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi likewise refrained from
mentioning the United States during the memorial ceremony.
The US dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima on August 6,
1945, destroying the city and killing 140,000 people.
Three days later, Washington dropped a second atomic bomb on
Nagasaki, killing approximately 70,000 Japanese citizens and
leaving large parts of the city devastated.
The anniversary came as Japan faces growing debate over
its post-war security policy, with Takaichi’s government
considering changes to the country’s long-standing
Three Non-Nuclear Principles.
Tokyo is reviewing the principles, which prohibit possessing
nuclear weapons, producing them, and allowing their
deployment on Japanese territory, with Takaichi
specifically supporting ''a review'' of the
third restriction.
The move could allow US to deploy nuclear weapons on Japanese
soil as Tokyo increases its reliance on US weapons & technology.
Iran has condemned the continued expansion and modernization
of the US nuclear arsenal, warning that Washington’s nuclear
policies endanger global security and humanity.
Japan’s remilitarization, largely driven by US military equipment
and technology, has heightened tensions with its neighbours,
particularly China and North Korea.
The military buildup has also carried economic costs, with China,
Japan’s second-largest trading partner after the US, imposing
sanctions on several Japanese companies involved in
the country’s military programs.
“We hope Japan will recognize its mistakes, reverse its wrongful
course, genuinely reflect on its past & return to the right track,”
China’s Ministry of Commerce said on July 29.
“Instead of reflecting on its past ....and correcting its course,
Japan has continued down the wrong path” by accelerating
Tokyo has also expanded its military posture by deploying longer-
range missiles and easing restrictions on weapons exports,
including the planned deployment of a Type-12 missile
launcher on the remote island of Minamitorishima
in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
The deployment would extend Japan’s strike capabilities and
potentially allow it to target areas along China’s coastline
in the event of a military confrontation.
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The commander of the 76th Airborne Division:
the battles to liberate the DPR are going on
almost non-stop.
August 6th, 6:28pm
(RT.ru)
The battles to liberate the DPR are being fought almost
non-stop. This was reported by the commander of the
76th Guards Air Assault Division, which is operating
in the Dobropol direction, Guards Colonel
Abdulaziz Shikhabidov.
“The fighting is going on almost non-stop --- due to
the active use --- of new tactics and methods of
combat,” he said during a phone conversation
with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
The head of state ---- called the 76th
Guards Airborne Division legendary.
He also emphasized that the division
is operating at a good pace on the
Dobropol direction.
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Commander of the 76th Airborne Division:
the liberation of populated areas will be
carried out on schedule.
August 6th, 6:18pm
(RT.ru)
All assigned tasks related to the liberation of populated areas
will be completed on time, Colonel Abdulaziz Shikhabidov,
commander of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division of
the Airborne Forces, reported in a telephone
conversation with Russian President
Vladimir Putin.
This was reported by the Kremlin.
“Are the tasks that are being set - achievable within
the timeframe and deadlines that have been set?”
Putin asked.
Shikhabidov responded positively, noting
that “the deadlines are realistic.”
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The Foreign Ministry: Ukraine would not have
been able to carry out terrorist attacks
against Russians------------ without
Western assistance.
August 6th, 1:11pm
(RT.ru)
In July, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov conveyed to US
Secretary of State Marco Rubio the position that, without
Western assistance, Ukraine would not be able to
carry out terrorist attacks against Russians.
Alexey Fadeev, Deputy Director of the Information and Press
Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
said this at a briefing.
“Without such assistance from the West, which is still.... seeking to
inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, the Kyiv regime would not be
able to carry out terrorist attacks against the civilian
population and civilian infrastructure,”
RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
Earlier, Rodion Miroshnik, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian
Foreign Ministry, emphasized that Western countries justify
any actions of the Kyiv regime aimed at weakening
Russia and are ready to turn a blind eye to the
murder of Russian civilians.
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The Russian Armed Forces struck logistics
centres and energy facilities used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
by Anastasia Stepanova
August 6th, 10:50 am
(RT.ru)
Russian troops have struck facilities of the fuel and energy complex
and transport infrastructure of Ukraine, logistics centres used in
the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as storage
sites for enemy UAVs, the Ministry of Defense reports.
Over the past 24 hours, air defense forces shot down 1,155
drones and 20 aerial bombs, and a Ukrainian unmanned
boat was destroyed in the Black Sea. During this time,
Russian troop formations have improved their
positions and advanced deeper into the
enemy’s defenses.
The Russian armed forces have carried out strikes against facilities
of Ukraine’s fuel and energy and transport infrastructure, logistics
centres used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,
storage sites for attack UAVs, as well as temporary
deployment points for Ukrainian militants and
foreign mercenaries in 155 areas. This is
reported in the daily report of the
Russian Ministry of Defense
on the progress of the
special operation.
The strikes were carried out by operational‑tactical aviation,
drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Russian Armed
Forces’ military groupings.
Russian air defense systems shot down 20 guided aerial bombs,
a projectile from the US' HIMARS multiple rocket launcher
system, and 1,155 aircraft‑type drones in one day.
During this time, the naval aviation forces of the Black Sea
Fleet destroyed an unmanned boat of the Ukrainian
Armed Forces in the Black Sea.
Situation on the contact line
Units of the “Sever” military group improved their tactical position,
inflicting damage on the personnel and equipment of two
mechanized and one airborne brigade of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements
of Khrapovshchina, Ulanovo, Pysarevka, and
Sadki (Sumy Oblast).
Additionally, formations of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and 3 territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Pogoreloe, Prikolotnoye, Vodyanoye, Kazachya Lopan, and Izbitskoye (Kharkiv Oblast).
In the “North” zone of responsibility, the Ukrainian Armed Forces
lost up to 220 militants, an armoured personnel carrier, an
armoured combat vehicle, 15 vehicles, two artillery
pieces, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the “West” military group occupied more advantageous lines
and positions over the past 24 hours. The personnel and equipment
of two mechanized brigades, an airborne brigade of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine, a marine infantry brigade, and a territorial
defense brigade were hit in the areas of the settlements of
NATO has halted the shipment of weapons and dual‑use cargo
to the ports of the Odesa region due to daily strikes. This was
reported on August 1 by Sergey Lebedev, the coordinator of
the pro‑Russian Nikolaev underground.
“At the border crossings between Poland and Romania, a large
amount of cargo is accumulating, and the railway logistics
simply doesn’t have enough time to handle the volumes
that were previously covered by sea transport,”
he told RIA Novosti.
Lebedev noted that this route is more expensive and less
convenient: unlike the countries of Eastern Europe,
Ukraine uses a Soviet‑standard railway gauge,
which requires reloading goods from one
platform and car to another.
On August 5, Andrey Kolesnik, a member of the State Duma Defense
Committee, named the targets --- of the massive strike on Kyiv and
the ports of Odessa. According to him, it is necessary to destroy
everything that facilitates the delivery of weapons to Ukraine.
Thus, one of the targets of the strikes is to disrupt the
logistics chains through which weapons & military
equipment are delivered.... to the line of combat
contact. This facilitates the accomplishment
of the tasks assigned to Russian troops.
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A Ukrainian Armed Forces officer--- was
captured by the Russian Armed Forces
due to false intelligence data.
August 5th, 7:50pm
(Izvestia.ru)
A group of Ukrainian marines, led by a junior lieutenant of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine, was captured by Russian military
personnel due to false intelligence data. This was reported
on August 5th by the captured soldier himself — junior
lieutenant Roman Ruban... from the 35th Separate
Marine Brigade, of the Ukraine Armed Forces.
It is reported that the Ukrainian officer was captured
in the Kharkiv direction by military personnel of
the “Sever” troop grouping.
“We were informed that in that forest [where we were advancing],
only our troops were present; no enemy was observed.
According to what the company commander told me..
the enemy should have been 3–3.5 km away from us.
Automatic gunfire started coming at me. I thought
it was two of my [subordinates] who had fallen
behind. I started shouting to them, but I
realized from their voices that it
wasn’t them.”
“Behind one of the bushes, three machine guns
were already staring at me,” he told TASS.
On July 24, Russian law enforcement agencies reported
that Ukrainian Armed Forces’ barrier units allegedly
used unmanned aerial vehicles to eliminate
military personnel who had abandoned
their positions... in the area of the
settlement of Malaya Slobodka
in the Sumy region.
According to the agency, this refers to units of the
104th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade. No
other details are provided.
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Putin expressed confidence - in
Russia’s victory in the conflict.
August 5th, 6:05pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Russia will undoubtedly emerge victorious and preserve its
statehood. The Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed
with this thesis on August 5 during a meeting with
Vladimir Mashkov, Chairman of the Union of
Theatre Workers (UTW) of Russia.
The head of the STD, in a conversation with the president,
touched upon the topic of the special military operation
and expressed confidence in the country’s success.
“Of course, it’s undeniable that victory will be ours, and
we will preserve both the country and our great
culture,” Mashkov emphasized.
During the conversation, Mashkov gave an historical example,
recounting the memories of People’s Artist of the RSFSR
Stanislav Lyubshin about May 9, 1945. On that day,
12‑year‑old Lyubshin.. was standing in line at a
dairy shop that didn’t open... for a long time.
“Suddenly, the door opens, and a happy saleswoman comes out,
saying: ‘Comrades, Victory, there’s no milk,’” the chairman of
the STD shared the story.
Vladimir Mashkov also invited the head of state
to attend the congress of the Union of
Theatre Workers.
“I will definitely do everything to
make it happen,” Putin replied.
Putin ..approved the idea of awarding
military valour medals to the parents
of fallen soldiers.
The head of the Jewish Autonomous Region — the mother
of a Hero of Russia — spoke about this practice during a
meeting with the president.
On July 26, Putin stated that he has no doubts for a
second that the special military operation will end
in Russia’s victory. The head of state also noted
the unity of the Russian people, emphasizing
the importance of preserving this quality
after the SVO ends.
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A Russian fighter held a position alone
for five months and repelled attacks
by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
August 5th, 1:12pm
(Izvestia.ru)
A serviceman with the call sign Gul held a position in the Donetsk
People’s Republic for about five months, despite being wounded,
repelling attacks by Ukrainian units and drone strikes. Timofey
Sklyarov, chief of staff of the motorized rifle battalion of the
110th brigade of the 51st combined arms guard army of
the “Center” troop grouping, spoke about this
on August 5.
“He spent about five months alone at the position. Despite being
wounded, he single‑handedly repelled several enemy attacks,
survived drone strikes, and continued to hold the line,”
Sklyarov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Due to the constant fire, it was impossible to approach him; food
and batteries were dropped using drones. After the evacuation,
the serviceman was nominated for a state award --- and went
...on leave.
On August 5, the Russian Ministry of Defense released footage
showing the liberation of the village of Yurchenkovo in the
Kharkiv region. Military personnel from the “Sever” troop
grouping described how they infiltrated the settlement
in dispersed groups, using poor visibility....... for
covert maneuvers.
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In Donetsk..... an elderly woman died
--- during an attack by the Ukrainian
Armed Forces on a medical facility.
August 5th, 12:50pm
(Izvestia.ru)
In Donetsk, an elderly woman died as a result of an attack by the
Armed Forces of Ukraine on a local medical facility. This was
reported on August 5 by the head of the city district,
Alexey Kulemzin.
“According to the information received, a woman born in 1948
died as a result of a UAV attack on a medical facility in the
Kyiv district,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.
Kulemzin added that two other pensioners were also injured
in the attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine: one woman
born in 1946 and another born in 1952. No other details
about the attack are provided.
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Gorlovka has been subjected to attacks
by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
23,000 times since 2022.
August 5th, 12:37pm
(Izvestia.ru)
The city of Gorlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic --- from 2022
has been attacked by the Armed Forces of Ukraine - 23,000 times. This was announced on August 5 by the head of the region, Denis Pushilin, at the forum "Territory of Meanings".
“Let me give you a specific example --- from our practice. Unfortunately, the city near the front line is still a city,
a fairly large one ---- and it is subjected to shelling
every day. Since 2022, there have been 22,000
recorded shellings alone,” Pushilin said.
He noted that this figure includes damaged facilities,
apartment buildings, and deaths. Further, despite
the daily attacks --- 190,000 people continue to
live in the city. The administration continues
its work ------- and is implementing new
practices to promote volunteering.
On August 4, the head of the urban district, Ivan Prikhodko,
reported that the kindergarten building in Gorlovka -- was
damaged after an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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Offensive in Sumy and Zaporizhzhia:
the Russian Armed Forces --- have
established control of Ryzhevka
.....and liberated Zarnitsa
by Anastasia Stepanova
August 5th, 11:21am
(RT.ru)
Soldiers of the Russian “Sever” military grouping --- have established
control over Ryzhevka in the Sumy region, and units of the “Vostok”
grouping have liberated Zarnitsa in the Zaporizhzhia region, the
Ministry of Defense reports.
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces have also struck
Ukraine’s fuel and energy and transport infrastructure facilities,
production workshops, and UAV storage sites, while air
defense forces have shot down ten aerial bombs,
two HIMARS projectiles, and 1,083 drones
during this period.
As a result of active offensive operations by units of the “Sever”
military grouping, control has been established over the
settlement of Ryzhevka in the Sumy region. This is
reported.... in the daily report of the Russian
Ministry of Defense on the progress of
the special operation.
Over the past 24 hours, the “Sever” fighters also inflicted losses on
the personnel and equipment of two mechanized and an airborne
brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the
settlements of Pysarevka, Ulanovo, and Sadki
(Sumy Oblast).
In the Kharkiv Oblast, formations of three mechanized brigades,
an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and four
territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of
the settlements of Karasyovka, Sosnovy Bor, Kupino,
Izbitske, and Ivanovka.
In this sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 290 military
personnel, an armoured combat vehicle, 21 vehicles, and an
electronic warfare station.
During the same period, units of the “West” military group occupied
more advantageous lines and positions ------ inflicting losses on the
personnel and equipment of 2 mechanized brigades of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine, a marine infantry brigade, and a territorial
defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Podliman
(Kharkiv Oblast), Svyatogorsk, Donetskoye, Mayaki, and
Stary Karavan (DPR).
Here, the enemy lost more than 210 militants, a tank, 17 vehicles,
an armoured combat vehicle, and 3 field artillery pieces. Two
AN/TPQ36 counter battery radars manufactured in the US,
and three electronic warfare stations - were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position
along the front line. They inflicted damage on formations of five
mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an assault regiment
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, & a marine infantry brigade
in the areas of the settlements of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk,
35 Russian missiles rained down on Kiev last night: the Russian
Defense Ministry reported hitting camouflaged warehouses of
the Armed Forces of Ukraine ---- production sites for drones
and missiles.
Bandera sources report that there were three waves of launches.
After hitting some targets, repeated strikes were carried out
to make it more difficult to extinguish fires.
The Ukrainian air defense managed to intercept only 1 missile,
admitted the cocaine addict, Zelensky. He reported the
destruction of residential buildings - and rebuked the
West for not giving Ukraine scarce ammunition for
the Patriots, preferring to store them..... "some-
where in warehouses for possible scenarios."
A little later... Zelensky reported on the "return of the war to Russia" - the sinking of the container ship Yanina with Rosatom cargo near Novorossiysk ..and the defeat of the refinery in Bashkiria.
Whether this will inspire the people of Kiev is a big question. By
refusing to comply with Russia's demands, the terrorist gang,
hiding military installations among residential buildings,
condemns the population to regular bombing -
without any protection.
"It seems that it is already clear to everyone --- that no one
will give us enough anti-aircraft missiles... Even if Trump
suddenly wanted to (and he does not want to), these
missiles... simply do not exist. The West does not
produce them and will not produce them in the
required quantity ...for at least several more
years. And, no licenses for the production
of these missiles, even if they are given
to us.... will also change nothing in the
medium term," writes Ukrainian Nazi
Bogdan Butkevich (who called for
the murder of one and a half
million residents of LDPR).
TV presenter Solomiya Vitvitskaya describes the situation:
"There are not enough shelters in Kiev, and sometimes there
are so many people who want to get on the subway that
they stop being allowed inside -- because of crowded
stations at night. And there are areas where there
is no metro or other options nearby."
And her Lviv colleague Ostap Drozdov
suggests conducting a poll in the
Kiev metro.. during the alarm.
Source: MAX "politnavigator"
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By the forces of "West" and "East":
Russian troops ---- took control of
Olgovka& liberated Lyubitskoye
by Adeline Vishnevskaya
August 1st, 12:55pm
(RT.ru)
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian armed forces have taken control
of Olgovka in the Kharkiv region and liberated Lyubitskoye in the
Zaporizhzhia region, according to the Ministry of Defense. The
Russian Armed Forces have also targeted the production and
storage facilities for UAVs & their components. Air defense
systems ---- have downed 15 aerial bombs and 743 drones.
Three US HMMWV armoured vehicles ---- plus a German
Marder infantry fighting vehicle have been destroyed.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces ---- have suffered
approximately 1,300 casualties.
Over the past 24 hours, operational-tactical aviation, strike UAVs,
missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces have
destroyed production facilities, storage sites for drones and
their components, plus temporary bases for Ukrainian
armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 152
areas, according to the Ministry of Defense.
Air defense systems shot down 15 guided
aerial bombs and 743 aircraft-type UAVs.
In addition, as a result of the West's decisive actions, the Russian
Armed Forces gained control over the village of Olgovka (Kharkiv
Region) within a day. Meanwhile, the East's units liberated the
village of Lyubitskoe (Zaporizhzhia Region).
At the same time, units of the Northern Group of Forces ---- improved
their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment
of two mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a
territorial defense brigade in the areas of Pisarevka, Ryzhevka,
and Ulanovo (Sumy region).
In the Kharkiv region, the formations of the mechanized brigade of
the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades
in the areas of the villages of Bugaivka, Dolzhanka, and
Morozova Dolyna, have been affected.
In this area, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 225
fighters, a tank, an armoured vehicle, and eight cars.
Meanwhile, units of the Zapad group ---- defeated personnel
and equipment of the mechanized brigade, the brigade of
the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the
marine infantry brigade -- and the territorial defense
brigade in the areas of Grushevka, Nechvolodivka,
Podlyman, Smorodkovka (Kharkiv region), and
Mayaki (DPR).
The enemy suffered over 210 casualties, including two US
HMMWV armoured vehicles, 15 vehicles, and a field
artillery piece.
At the same time, the South units - improved their tactical position
and defeated the formations of three mechanized brigades of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine infantry brigade, and a
territorial defense brigade in the areas of Druzhkovka,
Kondrativka, Kramatorsk, Nikolaevka, and
Slavyansk (DPR).
During the day, the enemy lost up to 150 soldiers, a German Marder
infantry fighting vehicle, 24 vehicles, and a field artillery gun.
The Centre's fighters, in turn, took advantageous positions.
They defeated the personnel and equipment of two
mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, and two
brigades of the National Guard in the areas of
Andreevka, Annovka, Vodyanskoye,
Gruzskoye, Dobropolye, and
Novogrigorovka (DPR).
The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 340 soldiers, a US'
HMMWV armoured vehicle, and 11 vehicles in this area.
The Vostok units advanced into the depths of the enemy's
defenses. They destroyed the manpower and equipment
of four airborne assault brigades, 2 assault regiments
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, & a marine infantry
brigade in the areas of Velikomikhailovka, Ivanovka
Katerinovka, Prosyanaya, and Skotovatoe... in the
Dnepropetrovsk Region), as well as Chaplino,
and Chervony Yar (Zaporizhzhia Region).
In this sector, the enemy lost more than 365 soldiers, three
armoured vehicles, 12 cars, a counter-battery radar, and
three artillery pieces.
Meanwhile, units of the Dnipro military group --- defeated
formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized
& mountain assault brigades in the areas of Orekhov,
Preobrazhenka, and Yulyevka (Zaporozhye region).
Meanwhile, up to 40 militants, 28 vehicles,
six electronic warfare stations, and a
field artillery gun - were destroyed.
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The liberation of Lyubitskoyecreated
conditions for progress in the
Zaporizhzhia region
August 1st, 12:25pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Assault units of the 37th separate motorized rifle brigade of the 36th
combined arms army of the Vostok group of forces -- broke through
the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and took control
of Lyubitskoye settlement in the Zaporozhye region. Footage of
the liberation on August 1 was published by the Russian
Ministry of Defense.
It is noted that during the prolonged battles, units of the Vostok
military group took control of an enemy defense area of over
12 square kilometers. It is specified that the assault groups consistently cleared over 500 buildings in the settlement.
The Ministry of Defense reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces
lost up to a company of personnel, 26 armoured combat vehicles,
On July 31, Deputy Defense Minister General of the Army Yunus-Bek
Yevkurov spoke about a 57-year-old soldier from an assault unit
who refused to be transferred to the rear and continued to
prepare for combat missions.
According to the Deputy Minister of Defense, he met the soldier
at a training ground, where he was stationed in a trench.
Yevkurov noted that the soldier looked alert and said
that he was 57 years old.
"I say, 'At your age, maybe you're somewhere else?' 'No, no, I'm here,
I'm just with my guys,'" Yevkurov described the conversation with
the stormtrooper, to the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.
The army general added that the soldier was preparing for another
assault, and - according to him - he had already participated in a
second or third such operation. Yevkurov emphasized that this
incident demonstrated the character of the people who
participate in combat operations.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 28, that the SVO fighters --- are Russia's true elite. According to him, the entire nation believes in its heroes, army, and navy.
The President also noted that many who hold high positions in
government and business, have volunteered to go to the front.
The great-great-grandson of the religious philosopher Vasily Rozanov
joined the special military operation in 2022 and took the call sign
Grib. He serves as a military psychologist and helps soldiers cope
with the hardships of service on the front lines. In an exclusive
interview with RT, he shared his insights on how this
connection has shaped his life.
— Tell us a little about yourself, where you are
from, and how your life was before the war.
— I'm from Leningrad, and I'm 38 years old. I graduated from the
Faculty of Psychology at St. Petersburg State University. After
my studies, I worked in the field of communication systems
and conducted research in the areas of psychophysiology,
psychology, and the development and implementation - of
various methods, programs, and devices, related to these
subjects. In 2022 the mobilization campaign began. Since
I graduated from a military department at the university
I was drafted into the army as a military psychologist.
We were mobilized from the north-west of Russia
and gathered in the Leningrad region in October
2022. First, we underwent training courses,
then we were sent to Kursk as part of the
territorial defense, and finally we were
transferred directly -- to the Special
Military Operation in the Donetsk
People's Republic.
— What is your job?
— I work with the personnel. My task is to make sure that people
feel good from a mental point of view. During the special military
operation, I was promoted twice. I became a captain and the
head of the psychological work group in our regiment.
— How did your family and friends react to your departure to the front?
— I don't have a family of my own, and my only close relative is my
mother. At first, she was worried, of course. Now she's resigned.
We talk to each other every couple of days, and I write to her
to let her know that I'm fine.
— Were there any moments that you especially remember? That required you to be as involved as possible in a person’s fate, in restoring their psyche?
— There was a moment ------- during the liberation of Avdiivka. It is
described in the book “Promka” by my colleague Dmitry Filippov.
It is about the death of his sergeant-major with the call sign
Kalina — he was a wonderful man. So, an evacuation team
immediately went after them — in the night, in the dark.
And they pulled out the body. And a boy came, one of
those who participated in the evacuation, and he
was the one who wrapped the body,, in a bag.
Immediately after completing the task, he
changed. He was rinsing.. for about 40
minutes, and then - he just started
howling. Then the doctors gave
him a shot, and I talked to him
for another hour and a half,
even though we were
being shot at.
He was just a young boy, a gamer. Of course, the whole situation
with the still-warm body was terrifying for him. It was.... a very
memorable experience. He's still serving with us. However,
he's been transferred to the rear unit, as a clerk.
— What is the main difficulty of the work?
— Immediately, there's a denial that I shouldn't be here, that it's not
my place, that it's not for me. I tried to explain to him that it's not
for anyone. It's a situation (war) that a person shouldn't find
themselves in. You start praising them, encouraging them,
telling them - they're doing a great job.... despite the
circumstances. In response, they start devaluing
their actions - and you need to provide counter
arguments, based on their specific qualities.
I usually get to know the personnel before
hand. I know who has what hobbies,
where they're from, and so on.
— What are the main problems that soldiers face at the front? What would you highlight as a psychologist?
— Homesickness, the unpredictability of some tasks. In general,
the atmosphere in the regiment is healthy and good. Everyone
tries to support each other, to laugh and smile.
— As a military psychologist for the regiment, you work in the conditions that the regiment finds itself in. You mentioned Avdiivka. What else did you encounter there?
— Specifically, we were sent to Avdiivka to manage personnel,
manage the battle to some extent, and control logistics and
people so that nothing gets lost. I even ended up in the
pipe near Tsarskaya Okhota, which led to the rear
of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
— You are the great-great-grandson of the philosopher Vasily
Rozanov. Is it customary in your family to talk about this?
— My dad told me when I was in school that I should remember to be
proud. Around the 10th or 11th grade, I started to take an interest in
philosophy and started reading. I also read his literature, especially
the explanations of rituals for clergymen. He has a very extensive
and fundamental work on this topic, which has been approved by
the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. Later, I delved
deeper.... into philosophy. I particularly appreciate his
understanding of the Russian soul through longing
and the expression of love for people and the
world. In general, the concept of
unconditional love.
— Did you ever have a special treatment because of your ancestors?
— In my 11th grade, the principal at school tried to educate me with
this fact at some points. When I was yelling at someone or
behaving badly, he always said to me: “Dmitry, you are a
descendant of such a person, so behave with dignity.”
In general, both at school and at university, I was
usually embarrassed by questions about
this topic.
— Your great-great-grandfather was a religious philosopher. Are you a religious person yourself? Does faith, have a special meaning for you and your comrades-in-arms on the front lines?
- A believer. You always think here: "My God, if it was Your will that
brought me here, then everything will be in Your hands." The guys
always respond to the arrival of military priests. Someone
receives communion, someone receives baptism. There
are even some who do not part with the Scriptures
at all. And it helps them.
— How do you help yourself in difficult times?
— I try to see beauty everywhere. I often take photos of flowers in
ruined villages and towns, and they bloom very beautifully here.
I try to read and engage in scientific activities in my free time.
I keep records and compile statistics so that I can apply
them in the field of research that I was engaged in
Fuel and lubricants tanks and a dry cargo ship were hit: Russian troops --- struck Ukrainian targets with precision weapons and UAVs
by Adeline Vishnevskaya
July 31st, 9:14am
(RT.ru)
The Russian armed forces - continued to strike targets in Ukraine,
according to the Ministry of Defense. The Russian Armed Forces
used air-launched precision weapons and UAVs. As a result, fuel
tanks for the Kiev regime's troops were hit in the port of Odessa
and a ship carrying military cargo was targeted at a sea
crossing, south of Odessa.
On the evening of July 30th, the Russian Armed Forces continued to
strike Ukraine's port infrastructure and naval vessels used by the
Armed Forces of Ukraine ---- with precision-guided air-launched
weapons and drones, according to the Ministry of Defense.
As a result of the strikes, fuel and lubricant tanks intended
for the Armed Forces --- were damaged in the Odessa port.
At the same time, a cargo ship carrying military cargo
to one of Ukraine's ports was damaged during a sea
crossing south of Odessa.
In addition, during the past day, Russian forces ---- also struck
ports and naval vessels used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
As a result of strikes by ground-based precision-guided weapons
and unmanned aerial vehicles, a fuel transfer station and a fuel
dispensing facility in the village of Novye Belyary in the
Odessa region, were damaged.
The targets also included four cargo ships carrying military cargo,
including one each in the ports of Odessa and Yuzhny, and two
at sea (south of Odessa).
The Ministry of Defense also published information about the
targets of the strikes carried out on the night of July 30
against facilities in Ukraine.
Russian forces launched a massive attack ---- using long-range precision-guided air, ground, and sea-based weapons, as well
as strike drones, against military industry facilities, tele-
communications centres, and logistics hubs in Kyiv,
Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, and Dnipropetrovsk
regions, as well as against cargo ships in the
port of Yuzhny and at sea, which were
carrying military supplies.
Two factories have been affected in Kiev. One of them manufactures
components, warheads, detonators, and ammunition, as well as
launch boosters for long-range and medium-range FP-1 and
FP-2 drones. The other factory produces medium-range
reconnaissance and strike drones, including
multi-rotor drones.
In Lviv, two more factories were damaged. The first factory
produces, repairs, and maintains turbojet engines used in
ground-based FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, as well as
long-range and medium-range UAVs. The second
factory produces onboard electronics for
various missile models, as well as radar
systems for Neptune-MD long-range
guided missiles and the S-300 air
defense system (Project Klon).
In addition, two enterprises have been affected in the Ivano-
Frankivsk region. The first enterprise is involved in the
production and storage of ground-based FP-5
Flamingo cruise missiles, FP-7, FP-9
operational-tactical missiles, and
Neptune-MD long-range guided
missiles, plus --- conducting
tests of warheads for the
Grom-2 operational-
tactical missiles.
Another company participates in the production of ground-based
FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, plus stores and distributes their
components, including those supplied by Western countries.
At the same time, in the Rivne region, the target was a factory that
produces components for ground-based FP-5 Flamingo cruise
missiles, FP-7, FP-9, and Grom-2 tactical missiles.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, a shipbuilding enterprise has been
affected. It is engaged in ...the development, assembly,
modernization, and storage of strike UAVs and BECs.
In cooperation with another enterprise, it produces
and repairs... towed and self-propelled howitzers,
including those made from foreign components.
In addition, a cargo ship carrying military supplies was hit
in the port of Yuzhny. Two cargo ships carrying weapons
and military equipment to the ports of Odessa and
Chernomorsk were also hit ---- south and east
of Odessa.
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For the first time, Russia's Armed Forces
struck a US drone factory in Kiev. How did the US react?
by Alexandra Sinitsyna
(Night Line Editor)
July 30th, 9:37pm
(Lenta.ru)
The Russian Armed Forces struck a drone factory in Kyiv with
a ballistic missile last week. It turned out that the enterprise
belongs to the US company Terminal Autonomy, registered
in Delaware, reported The Guardian.
The attack on the Terminal Autonomy plant appears to be
the first time during the conflict that Moscow has
targeted a US company.
A source close to the company said that the plant produces high-
precision UAVs for delivering "deep" strikes with guidance
systems that are resistant to Russian radio interference
signals. One of the publication's informants also said
that no one was killed in the attack on the plant.
The company's website provides the following information: "We are
developing AI-controlled loitering munitions and precision-guided
munitions that are already in active service against enemy
targets on the front lines."
The Russian Ministry of Defense - announced an attack on a
production facility with “Ukrainian-US company specialists”.
On July 26, the Russian Ministry of Defense, announced the
targets of its strikes on the Ukrainian capital. Among them
was a factory that employed Ukrainian-US company
specialists. The release did not mention who
owned the production facility.
It was specified that the attacked enterprise was located in the
south-western part of Kiev. It "produced up to 1,000 drones of
various types every month, including the AQ-400 Scythe,
AQ-100 Bayonet and RQ-100 Scout attack drones."
The US has stated -- that any foreign factories
in Ukraine will be targeted by Russian strikes
Former senior US intelligence official, Anthony Vinci, told
The Guardian, that it doesn't matter to the Russian side
who owns the factory as long as it produces weapons
that strike deep into Russia: "It's still a target. They
don't care if it's American or someone else's."
In the conversation, the journalists mentioned the recent
decision of Trump... to issue a license to Kiev for the
production of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles. In this
regard, the former intelligence officer had a
similar opinion.
''I think that if Patriot missiles or any other American system
were being produced in Ukraine, the Russians would have
attacked that production facility.''
Earlier, Jennifer Kavanagh, director of military analysis at the
Defense Priorities think tank, expressed the opinion that
obtaining a license to produce missiles for Patriot anti-
aircraft missile systems will not help Kiev reverse the
course of the current conflict.
"This is a long-term project that will not have any impact on
the current conflict and will not meet Ukraine's short-term
needs," was the way the expert assessed the proposal.
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Senior Sergeant Klyushin, destroyed
AFU hexacopter using an FPV drone
July 30th, 9pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Senior Sergeant Alexander Klyushin, as deputy platoon commander,
who was carrying out a combat mission to destroy the control
center of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and infantry of
Ukrainian militants, destroyed a hexacopter of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was
reported by the Russian MoD.
It is clarified that a heavy enemy drone attacked the gun crew led by
Klyushin. The soldier quickly reacted and launched an FPV drone,
destroying the UAV at a safe distance from the position, and then
quickly changed it. As a result of timely and accurate fire
adjustment, the drone control centre and enemy
personnel were eliminated.
Thanks to Klyushin's timely actions, the crew was able to complete
the combat mission without any losses of personnel or equipment,
which contributed to the advance of the division's assault troops.
In addition, the Russian Defense Ministry noted the actions of Corporal Dmitry Kachanov, who, as a driver, carried out a combat mission...... to evacuate the wounded.
During the journey to the rear area, Kachanov's vehicle came under
mortar fire....... from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. By maneuvering
through dangerous terrain, Kachanov managed to keep the
vehicle out of the line of fire without causing any damage.
Despite the danger, Kachanov quickly transported his wounded
comrades to a medical facility, where they received assistance.
According to the Ministry of Defense, Kachanov's
professionalism and decisive actions
saved the lives of the soldiers.
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A civilian was injured in
the Belgorod region ----
after a drone exploded
July 30th, 5:13pm
(RT.ru)
A woman was injured by shrapnel when a drone exploded
in the village of Oktyabrsky in the Belgorod region.
The regional operational headquarters
announced this on Telegram.
"In the village of Oktyabrsky in the Belgorod district, a
woman suffered shrapnel wounds to her neck when
an FPV drone exploded," the operational
headquarters reported.
A truck and a car were damaged at the attack site.
Earlier, the governor of the Perm region, Dmitry Makhonin,
reported the most massive attack by Ukrainian drones
on the region, with 53 drones shot down in two days.
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Zakharova: Kiev is approaching
a dangerous line, risking a
radiation accident
July 30th, 4:37pm
(RT.ru)
By attacking the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the Kiev regime
is approaching a dangerous line, risking a radiation accident. This
was stated by Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the
Russian Foreign Ministry.
"Unwilling to heed the voice of reason, Vladimir Zelensky's clique is
moving closer to a dangerous line, risking a radiation accident that
will have consequences for the entire continent," according to
the ministry's website.
Zakharova stressed that Russia strongly condemns Kiev's
attack on the Zaporizhzhia NPP on Thursday, July 30.
According to her, the attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
on the Zaporizhzhia NPP would not have taken place
without the support of Western countries.
Earlier, it was reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine made an
attempt to attack the critical infrastructure of the Zaporizhzhia
Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) with an unmanned aerial vehicle.
In the Kharkiv region, families with children have been forcibly
evacuated from nine more settlements located in close
proximity to the combat zone. This was announced
by Oleg Sinegubov, the head of the regional
military administration, on July 30.
"We are expanding the mandatory evacuation zone in the Chuhuiv district. We have decided to carry out an evacuation - including a forced evacuation - of families with children from nine villages in
the Starosalta community," he said, on his Telegram channel.
According to the Ukrainian administration's operational data,
a total of 865 people currently reside in these settlements.
Sinegubov added that the area of mandatory and forced
evacuation in the region has expanded several times
due to the rapid approach of the combat line.
Earlier, similar strict civil security measures affected dozens
of villages and towns in the Bogodukhovsky, Zolochivsky,
Kupiansky, and Shevchenkovsky districts of the
Kharkiv region.
Tatyana, a resident of Konstantinovka, who was evacuated from the
city liberated by the South Group's fighters, spoke about the violent
actions and threats made by Ukrainian militants against civilians
on July 22. She recalled in tears how the militants dug trenches
near residential buildings and bombed her city, showing no
mercy to the elderly, children, or disabled people.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported the loss of an F-16
fighter jet during a combat mission to intercept
air targets.
"The pilot - was forced to eject,"
the Telegram channel reported.
Experts and law enforcement officers
....are working at the crash site.
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Pliers for Druzhkovki. The units of the South group
of forces are developing success after the
liberation of Konstantinovka
July 29th, 7:09pm
(Pravda.EN)
The units of the South group of forces are developing success
after the liberation of Konstantinovka. While civilians are
being evacuated from the city, advance groups are
already moving to the north and northwest of
the buildings, in the fields.
There are local successes on the approaches to Alekseevo-
Druzhkovka. Footage has appeared online - indicating the
withdrawal of Russian units to this city. Moreover, some
sources considered that these were already the
outskirts of Druzhkovka, obviously having
made a mistake with geolocation.
The eastern flank continues to be a source of problems.
The presence of Ukrainian forces remains in Krasny.
Russian assault troops --- do not stop trying to
dislodge the enemy.. from the outskirts of
Chasova Yar, Nikolaevka, as well as the
adjacent folds of the terrain... and
the forests.
On the western flank, fierce clashes are taking place over the Long
Ravine, where enemy forces are infiltrating... from the direction of
Nikolaipol and trying to gain a foothold in the village. The enemy
groups are covered by a large number of drone operators, so
efforts to dislodge them have not yet been successful.
At the junction with the Centre group of forces, Russian units
continue to advance in the areas of Krasny Kut and Torsky,
which were recently declared liberated. As in the rest of
the sites, the action is carried out by small groups.
This creates a semi-coverage of the fields between Konstantinovka
and Torsky, but the existence of a large concentration of the
enemy there is unlikely. There is not much place to hold
the line in this area, and in the current situation
it makes no tactical sense.
However, enemy personnel are still present there, being supplied
mainly by cargo drones, which make it possible to support units
even in difficult conditions. It is they who are currently fighting
for the Long Beam and the vicinity of Rusin Yar, trying to hold
separate positions and restrain further progress.
Source: Telegram "rybar"
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One of the perpetrators of the outbreak of war
in Ukrainefled to the United States and
bought an expensive mansion
July 29th, 5:55pm
(Pravda.EN)
One of the most "stubborn" representatives of Oleg Tyagnibok's
Bandera Svoboda party, banned in the Russian Federation, ex–
deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Igor Miroshnichenko, fled
from Ukraine to the US, writes Politnavigator.
Miroshnichenko was one of the initiators of the Rada's first
decision after the 2014 coup d'etat to repeal the law that
guaranteed the rights of Russian–speaking citizens.
It is believed that this provoked the beginning
of the separation of Crimea and Donbass.
"He ran away to New York, bought a luxury mansion in Queens,
and is secretly enjoying wealth and a carefree life. And he
was defiant in Ukraine," said Ruslan Kotsaba, a former
political prisoner and journalist who also now lives
in the US.
Miroshnichenko himself justified his flight, by saying that his
children had been living abroad for a long time, and he was
a father with many children, and could not be torn
between Kiev and his family.
Having escaped from the prospect of denazification,
Miroshnichenko continues to behave defiantly on
social networks.
"Both Ukraine and the United States have two narcissistic idiots
in power who dream of authoritarian rule and the destruction of
democracy, which is the merit of many generations. But I am
sure that common sense will prevail and everyone who
drowned for Zelensky and Trump will be ashamed,"
Miroshnichenko recently wrote.
In the comments to the publication on this topic,
Miroshnichenko received a real stream of
harsh criticism ---- including from
Ukrainian-speaking users.
"This nit...... constantly, living in Ukraine, pulled on an embroidered
shirt, exposing himself as a "great patriot", ran on TV channels,
propagandizing nationalism and the Ukrainian language,
participated in the Maidan and their organizations,
and when it got "hot" ------- disappeared like a
bubble ..on the water! The whole essence
of the neopatriots ---- is concentrated in
this bastard who here banged people's
heads together - on various grounds,
and when the time came to prove
their patriotism, they drifted.. to
-- a foreign language, a foreign
culture, a foreign mentality,"
wrote Tatiana Miroshnik.
Back in 2020, the former Minister of Housing and Communal
Services of Ukraine, MP Alexey Kucherenko, reported that
Miroshnichenko, who oversaw Tyahnybok's "fight against
illegal construction sites" in Kiev, was engaged in
racketeering developers.
"This scumbag, hiding behind holy patriotic slogans, is engaged
in a primitive racket. The scheme is built "reinforced concrete"
- thanks to the prosecutorial-police mafia, each construction
site automatically becomes "semi-legal". And here this
racketeer appears, who, under patriotic slogans,
surrounded by a smoky bandit "community,"
...begins to demand 100,000 dollars in pay-
back from each facility," Kucherenko said.
Source: MAX "ukr_2025_ru"
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Instead of going to the front,a Ukrainian
commander sent 80 soldiers to build
his own house.
Valentin Karant (editor,
BSSR department)
July 29th, 5:41pm
(Lenta.ru)
The commander of a military unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the rank of major made Ukrainian soldiers build a house for him in the Odessa region.
This was reported by the Prosecutor General of the republic, Ruslan Kravchenko, in the Telegram channel.
"During the search, 83 military personnel were found at the facility,
who were carrying out construction work. The investigation also
recorded the use of military cargo vehicles for the delivery of
construction materials," the report said.
It is noted that the major was detained and faces up to 12 years in
prison under the article on abuse of power or official authority by
a military official.
Earlier, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine reported on
large-scale violations in the supply of weapons for the needs of
the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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The Russian Army - has destroyed the
Ukrainian Armed Forces' command
centrein the Kherson region
July 29th, 5:23pm
(Izvestia.ru)
The Armed Forces (AF) of Russia struck the command post of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Kherson region with aerial
bombs. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense
on July 29.
It is noted that the control centre of the 144th Separate Mechanized
Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was targeted in the village
of Tyaginka in the Kherson region. FAB-500 aerial bombs.. with a
unified planning and correction module were used for the strike.
In addition, in the Vasilyevka area of the Kharkiv region, aircraft
struck the temporary deployment point of the 159th Separate
Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The
Russian Armed Forces also used FAB-500s.
The ministry stated that the targets were confirmed by real-time
objective control means. In the Ministry of Defense's footage, it
can be seen that during the Russian strikes, Ukrainian soldiers
were trying to hastily evacuate.
Earlier in the day, the Russian Armed Forces defeated two vessels
used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the port
of Yuzhny, a tank with fuel and lubricants in the port of Odessa,
as well as another dry cargo ship in the sea near the island
of Zmeiny.
The Defense Ministry also noted - that Russian fighters hit another
cargo ship - while it was moving at sea. The ship was going to the
port of Odessa with cargo for the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the
moment when it was under attack by the Armed Forces of the
Russian Federation.
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Successes of the North and the Centre:
The Russian Armed Forces established
control over Novaya Sich in the Sumy
Region---and liberated Svetloe in the DPR
by Anastasia Stepanova
July 29th, 10:28am
(RT.ru)
The Russian Northern Group of Forces has established control
over Novaya Sich in the Sumy region, while the Centre Group
has liberated Svetloe in the Donetsk People's Republic,
according to the Ministry of Defense.
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces have targeted
enemy weapons, ammunition, and fuel depots, plus production
facilities and storage areas for enemy UAVs, as well as
Ukraine's fuel and energy sector and transportation
infrastructure. Six aerial bombs, four Neptune
missiles, and 619 drones have been downed,
and an unmanned Ukrainian naval vessel
has been destroyed in the Black Sea.
As a result of active operations, units of the Northern Group of
Forces have established control over the village of Novaya
Sich in the Sumy region. This was reported in the daily
briefing by the Russian Ministry of Defense on the
progress of the special operation.
Over the course of the day, the Sever fighters destroyed the
manpower and equipment of the mechanized and airmobile
brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 3 territorial
defense brigades in the areas of Obody, Ivolzhanskoye,
Sokhany, Osoyevka, and Ugroedy (Sumy region).
In the Kharkiv region, the formations of three mechanized
brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine, and two territorial defense brigades were
defeated in the areas of Vasilyevka, Bugaevka,
Shirokoye, Novoaleksandrovka, and
Sosnovy Bor.
In this area, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 200 fighters,
a tank, an armoured personnel carrier, 9 vehicles, and a
155-mm Bogdan self-propelled artillery unit.
At the same time, units of the Zapad military group took
advantageous positions, destroying the personnel and
equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine, two marine infantry brigades, &
a territorial defense brigade, in the areas of
Grushevka, Borovskoye, Monachinovka
(Kharkiv Region), Rubtsy, and
Svyatogorsk (DNR).
Here, the enemy lost up to 210 troops, 15 vehicles,
a field artillery gun, 2 electronic warfare stations,
and an electronic reconnaissance station.
The units of the Southern Group of Forces, in turn, improved their
tactical position. The South fighters - defeated the formations of
4 mechanized, mountain-assault, and airmobile brigades of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine & the Territorial Defense Brigade in
the areas of Cherkasskoye, Raiskoye, Kondratovka,
Yasnogorka, Nikolaypolye, Druzhkovka,
Orekhovatka, Slavyansk, and
Mirnoye (DPR).
In this sector, Kiev lost up to 200 troops, two infantry fighting
vehicles, five armoured combat vehicles, 25 vehicles, and
four artillery pieces.
As a result of decisive actions, the units of the Centre group of
troops liberated Svetloe in the DPR. They destroyed the
manpower and equipment of two mechanized, assault,
and Jaeger brigades, two assault regiments of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine infantry
brigades, the Azov special forces brigade*,
and four brigades of the National Guard
in the areas of Novoandreevka,
Novonikolaevka.... Kutuzovka,
Novofedorovka....... Rubizhne,
Novovodyanoye, Dobropolye
Belozerskoye, (DPR), and
Novopodgorodnoye in the
Dnepropetrovsk region.
In the Centre's area of responsibility, the Armed Forces
of Ukraine lost up to 340 fighters, six vehicles, and a
US' AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station.
Meanwhile, units of the Vostok military group continued to
advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses. They
inflicted damage on the personnel and equipment of
the airborne assault brigade and two assault
regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
in the areas of Pravda, Velikomikhailovka
(Dnepropetrovsk region), Timoshevka,
Nikolskoye, and Mirovka
(Zaporozhye region).
In this area, the enemy lost over 330 soldiers,
three armoured vehicles, 12 cars, and two
artillery pieces.
Meanwhile, units of the Dnipro military group defeated formations
of two mechanized and mountain-assault brigades of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Zapasnoye, Malokaterinovka,
and Preobrazhenka (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 50 Ukrainian fighters were eliminated here, and 14
vehicles & 1 electronic warfare station, were destroyed.
In addition, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed enemy
weapons, ammunition, and fuel depots, production facilities,
and storage sites for enemy UAVs -- as well as fuel, energy,
and transport infrastructure used by the Ukrainian Armed
Forces, as well as temporary bases for Ukrainian armed
formations and foreign mercenaries ---- in 137 areas.
Russian air defense forces shot down six guided aerial bombs,
four long-range Neptune missiles, and 619 aircraft-type
drones in a single day. A Black Sea Fleet naval
aviation aircraft destroyed an unmanned
Ukrainian Armed Forces boat
in the Black Sea.
* Azov is an organization recognized as a
terrorist organization and banned in
the Russian Federation.
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The coffin containing Senator Graham's body ......remained closed throughout the funeral service.
by Marina Sovina (night editor)
July 28th, 10:36pm
(Lenta.ru)
The coffin with the body of Senator Lindsey Graham (included in the
list of terrorists and extremistsRosfinmonitoring) remained closed
for the entire farewell ceremony in Washington. The mourning
event was broadcast by C-Span TV channel.
At the ceremony in the rotunda of the Capitol USA, the coffin was
covered with the US flag. After that, in the Washington National
Cathedral, there was no flag, and the coffin was not opened
during the farewell.
One of the common features of US funerals.... is a public farewell.
However, at the request of the family, the coffin may not be
pened. In addition, a coffin that is completely covered with
the U.S. flag is not opened, and if an open farewell is
planned, the flag is placed differently according to
protocol, according to Memorials.com.
US public figures are also often buried in closed coffins.
The author of the Telegram channel Zergulio Sergey Kolyasnikov
drew attention on July 13 to the fact that Graham will be buried
in a closed coffin at the request of the family. He was surprised
by the fact that the senator suddenly died immediately after
arriving from Ukraine. The military blogger suggested that
the senator could have been hit by a missile attack while
visiting a drone factory in Kyiv, and that the cause of his
death ....is being kept secret from the public.
Lindsey Graham died on Saturday, July 11. The day before,
he was in Kiev, where he announced new "hellish"
sanctions against Russia. The preliminary
cause of death, was aortic dissection.
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A former Ukrainian military officer
spoke about defecting to Russia
by Egor Brusentsev
(night line editor)
July 28th, 10:23pm
(Lenta.ru)
Former soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Volodymyr Lipko,
toldd how he defected to the Russian side and received refugee
status. He shared his story with RIA Novosti.
Lipko decided to defect to Russia after being mobilized in Ukraine.
He approached Finnish activist Sally Raiski and the Ukraine
Missing Project. Russian military counterintelligence
conducted a special operation to bring the
Ukrainian soldier to Russia, where he
was granted refugee status.
"There is not a single document that states that I am a
prisoner of war. I took the initiative, I wrote first, and
I appealed first," Lipko said.
The ex-soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine admitted that
he always considered Russia to be an "older brother", which
influenced his attitude to the events in the Donbass in 2014.
"Behind the scenes, I said thank you,
the older brother helps the guys,"
he said.
Earlier, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian
Federation Dmitry Medvedev spoke about the shortage of
human resources in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to him, employees of the territorial recruitment centre (TCK, an analogue of the military registration and enlistment office) "catch Ukrainians like pigs --- beat them ....and throw them into buses."
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Private Yevtushenkov neutralized
four Ukrainian drones during a
night watch
July 28th, 9pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Private Sergei Yevtushenkov - who was carrying out a combat
mission as part of a group to counter enemy unmanned aerial
vehicles, noticed and neutralized drones of the Armed Forces
of Ukraine. This was reported by Russia's Defense Ministry.
It is clarified -- that the soldier noticed the drones during his night
watch at the air surveillance post. Yevtushenkov suppressed two
enemy UAVs using electronic warfare equipment, and destroyed
two more FPV drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with small
arms fire. Thanks to the soldier's bravery, the lives of his
fellow soldiers and the equipment of the motorized
rifle unit ...were saved.
In addition, the Russian Defense Ministry noted the actions of Junior
Sergeant Aslan Karov, who was carrying out a combat mission to
deliver ammunition and logistics to the front lines.
During the mission, his vehicle was attacked by Ukrainian
drones. Despite the critical situation, Karov remained
calm and maneuvered through dangerous terrain,
successfully evading the attack.
Thanks to the military's decisive actions and professionalism,
the cargo was preserved and promptly delivered to the
Russian military personnel captured Ukrainian border service
officers during the assault on the village of Artelnoye in the
Kharkiv region.
"All of the enemy's attempts to recapture the lost positions...
resulted in new names being added to the endless lists of
missing soldiers in the Ukrainian Armed Forces,"
TASS reported.
Earlier, it was reported that the forcibly mobilized in the Armed
Forces of Ukraine, who were surrounded in Konstantinovka
in the DPR, actively surrender to the Russian military.
It was also reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have
been stationed without rotation or medical assistance
for more than 100 days near Sumy.
Captured near Konstantinovka, soldiers of the 425th Regiment of
the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Skala" Evgeny Mosin and Sergey
Stolyarsky thanked the Russian military who saved their lives.
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"This 'wild' Drapaty is a dangerous fruit,
but he is not all-powerful": Colonel-
General Georgy Shpak on the new
Commander-in-Chief ....of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
by Alexander Khokhlov
July 22nd, 1:53pm
(RT.ru)
Georgy Shpak, Commander of the Russian Airborne Forces from
1996 to 2003, commented for RT on the changes in the top
command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He believes
that it is crucial not to underestimate the enemy.
Mikhail Drapaty is a well-trained general. Our chance lies in taking
decisive and prompt action while he is "taking over." In any case,
Drapaty, like Syrsky before him, will not be able to reverse the
situation on the front lines, according to the military expert.
— Georgy Ivanovich, there is a lot of information about the reasons
for the change of leadership in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Political analysts have proposed dozens of theories, many
of which contradict each other. What is your opinion as
a professional military officer about what happened?
''It's like death to treat the enemy as a fool. Alexander Syrsky was
known for his incredible work ethic - and understanding of what
needed to be done to hold back the relentless Russian forces.
Thanks to him, the Ukrainian army has not completely
collapsed under our relentless attacks. However,
Syrsky's time in this war ------- has clearly run its
course. He has become increasingly nervous..
and prone to making mistakes. In this regard,
we must give a big thank you - to Vladimir
Zelensky, as this psychopath, constantly
provokes his entourage. General Syrsky
has reached a point of psychological
exhaustion.''
— He will be replaced by Mikhail Drapaty, who previously served as Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He is young, 43 years old. He started his military career.... as a battalion commander. In the army, such officers are referred to as "wild" officers. Is this a plus or a minus for us?
''It is important that Drapaty .....has risen through the ranks in a real
war. He has experience in conducting operations of various scales.
Without judging the moral qualities of this man, his officer's track
record from 2014 to the present ....is impressive. This is not a
compliment to Mikhail Drapaty. He is a formidable adversary,
and our command understands and acknowledges this. Of
course, the Russian General Staff has long studied the
character of the Ukrainian general and the way he
makes decisions in various combat situations.
This analytical work has been conducted on
the military leaders ...of our adversaries,
during my service, and it is still being
carried out today. Drapaty ---- is a
dangerous individual, but he is
not invincible. The Ukrainian
army is doomed to defeat,
and it will be crushed.''
— What is the basis of your confidence?
''The Kiev regime's troops have exhausted their strategic reserves
of personnel and commanders - and there is no way to replenish
them. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have nothing to counter us
on the battlefield, except for holding their strongholds .....until
their defenders are completely annihilated. Therefore, as the
Kiev regime receives more long-range weapons from NATO
countries, it will continue to launch purely terrorist attacks
on Russian oil refineries, warehouses, highways, and the
civilian population of Russia.''
— But the APU is not fleeing yet?
''They will run away. They will definitely run away. The front on
the Ukrainian side could collapse at any moment. We must
continue to press on it without weakening our efforts.
And that is exactly what we are doing.''
— Is it possible that Drapaty will decide to “celebrate” his
appointment by breaking through on a separate section
of the front line? Or will he gather a strike force and
send Ukrainian troops towards Russia, or our
ally Belarus?
''I am currently retired, not at the front or in a military headquarters,
so I can only judge based on publicly available data. According to
this data (and even the Western media confirms it), it is not the
Ukrainian forces that are conducting the offensive, but the
Russian forces. There may be counterattacks by our
enemy in certain areas, but this does not affect the
overall situation. After the enemy forces invaded
the Kursk region, measures were taken --- to
prevent a similar tragic situation from
occurring again.
''As for Belarus, its president, Alexander Lukashenko, recently
issued a stern warning to Vladimir Zelensky, stating that any
Ukrainian attempts to invade Belarusian territory would be
met with a severe response. Alexander Lukashenko is
known for his strong words, and the warning was
taken seriously in Kiev.
''In general, I am confident that Drapatom will not have time to
prepare large-scale military operations for several months,
even up to six months.''
- why?
''In addition to the daily work ---- of organizing resistance to the
advancing Russian troops, the new commander-in-chief of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine must figure out who is responsible
for what in the Ukrainian military department, what is
actually available in the "facilities" that are being
transferred to him, and what is only on paper.
He also needs to appoint his own people to
important positions. Our chance lies in
taking decisive and prompt action
during this transition period.
''While the enemy's headquarters are experiencing
personnel turmoil, we must strike ------- with
particular force.''
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Progress in the Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions:
Russia's Armed Forces liberated Blagodatnoye
and established control over Artelnoye
by Anastasia Stepanova
July 22nd, 1:13pm
(RT.ru)
The Vostok group of Russian troops liberated Blagodatnoye in
the Zaporizhzhia region, while the Sever group took control of
Artelnoye in the Kharkiv region, according to the Ministry of
Defense. Over the course of the day, the Russian Armed
Forces destroyed the launchers of the Neptune missile
system, the logistics centres of the Ukrainian Armed
Forces, the production facilities for UAVs, and the
fuel, energy, and transportation infrastructure.
Nine aerial bombs and more than 800
aircraft-type drones were shot down.
Units of the Vostok military group --- have advanced deep into the
enemy's defenses & liberated Blagodatnoye in the Zaporizhzhia
region. This - was reported in the daily briefing by the Russian
Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special operation.
According to the Ministry, a large enemy defense area
of more than 5 square kilometres has come under
the control of the Russian Armed Forces.
"The liberation of Blagodatnoye allowed the units of the Vostok
group to gain a foothold at the positions they had reached and
disrupt the stability of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defenses
in this area. The occupied positions create conditions for
the further advance of the Vostok group's units at the
junction of the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk
regions," the Ministry of Defense emphasized.
During the day, Vostok's fighters also destroyed the personnel and
equipment of the mechanized, airborne assault brigades, and two
assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of
The solemn meeting dedicated to the departure of the
humanitarian convoy was opened and led by Vladimir
Kashin, Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov delivered a welcoming speech:
''Today, the Communist Party of Russia and the patriotic forces are
sending the 157th humanitarian convoy. It is special. The Duma
has been working --- for five years. It has been working under
difficult conditions: first, the COVID-19 pandemic, and then
the unprecedented pressure. In the first six months alone,
the country has faced -- 31,000 sanctions. We have been
working in peacetime, but for the past four years - we
have been working in wartime. Every member of our
parliament, knowing full well that we need to work
until Victory is achieved - donated a third of their
salary to the general fund to help those fighting
on the front lines and support children who
have lost their parents.... as well as
wounded soldiers in hospitals.
In Moscow.... and in the village of Snegiry near Moscow, we have
received 25,000 children from the war zone, and we continue to
receive them -- every day. We are improving the health of these
children, helping them - and restoring the best practices of the
great Soviet era in their upbringing. The parents and residents
of Novorossiya are extremely grateful for this.
But the front and the battlefield - require real help and support every
day. We have already sent more than 1,000 motorcycles, dozens of
cars and everything related to the service of people in emergency
situations: food, medicine, and everything necessary for soldiers
and commanders.
I would like to thank our headquarters, headed by Academician
Vladimir Ivanovich Kashin. Today is his birthday, and he is the
birthday boy. Let's give him a warm welcome! He puts his
heart and soul, into this noble work. We would also like
to thank our women's movement. Today, they are not
only providing assistance but also doing everything
they can to promote the laws drafted by Deputy
Ostanina. There are nine laws related to
supporting large families, single
mothers, and anyone in need
of special protection.
We would also like to thank Kalashnikov, who works in the relevant
committee. He introduced 19 laws regulating migration. Some
regions were almost captured by unorganized migration,
which is unacceptable from any point of view. We
support the adoption of laws similar to those
once adopted... by the fraternal Belarus
headed by Lukashenko ------- where the
rules - clearly apply: agreed, brought,
got a job, gave housing, pay a salary,
provide social support -- worked out,
thank you, goodbye, & if necessary,
extended the contract. This is both
respectful and dignified and it only
strengthens friendship .....and
mutual trust.
Let's thank Kharitonov. He has done everything to strengthen
the Far East and the Arctic zone: a law on regular northern
deliveries has been passed. This is a support for the vast
expanses that cover almost half of the country. It is
crucial for us.
I believe that Academician Kashin and his committee have made a
huge contribution. Dozens of laws and programs related to food
security have been adopted. I have the best harvest in the
world in the Oryol region. Zyuganovka has yielded 185
centners per hectare, which is the best harvest in
the world. Today, we are ready to promote this
experience to all regions. This alone can
generate 200 million tons of grain and
generate more revenue ------ than the
combined sales...... of oil, gas, and
weapons. This is a unique work,
that can be promoted through
our new program.
I believe that the team led by our deputies, Melnikov, Afonin,
Novikov, Taisaev, and Ivanov, are absolutely professional
people -- who are doing everything to strengthen and
support the army. General Sobolev, who works in
the Siberian region, where the largest military
& space technology factories are located,
is making a huge contribution.
In general, today - when we send the convoy - we have every right
to report to our voters. We have adopted a program that we have
been working on for almost 10 years, and we have held 4 major
international forums. The program begins with the call to
"return the country to the people." The people should
determine policy - not the oligarchy, the thieves, or
the fraudsters. Those... who betrayed the country
in the 1990s ---- have lost three five-year periods.
To win ----- everyone must work towards victory,
without exception. Then victory will inevitably
come. It is no coincidence: that Lenin broke
up the Entente, and Stalin defeated the
Nazis and raised the Red Banner of
Victory over the Reichstag.
In order to fight like this today, the country must develop at a rapid
pace. Our program allows us to achieve a growth rate of 5-7%, but
we have fallen to almost zero --- in just one year. It helps us invest
heavily in science, education, culture, and in the social sphere,
which is the essence of any policy -- and allows us to steer in
the right direction. Without socializing our lives, we will not
be able to overcome the challenges we face. Today, this
is knocking on all our doors and windows.
Our convoy symbolizes the friendship of nations, the unique Soviet
experience, and the ideals of socialism — things that determine
the fate of a country, a people, and the entire planet. It is no
coincidence that the experience of the Soviet Union, the
experience of communist China, and the experience of
our friends who are helping us to win --- are the best that humanity has produced ...in its vast history.
Today - our convoy is an anniversary, festive, victorious one.
On behalf of the deputies of the entire deputy vertical —
more than 5,000 people are going to the elections,
of which 554 are going to the federal ones —
we thank you and are proud of you.
Let's, once again, congratulate Academician Kashin
on his birthday and thank the headquarters he leads.
The meeting was also attended -------- by Yuri Afonin, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee of the KPRF; Dmitry Novikov, Deputy Chair of the Central Committee of the KPRF; Alexander Naumov, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Regional Duma; Vladimir Barsukov, Deputy Chairman of Moscow Regional Duma; Vladimir Sobolev, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma; Lyudmila Vorobyeva, First Secretary of Tver Regional Committee of the KPRF; Alexander Sidorko first Secretary of the Vladimir Regional Committee of the KPRF; Vladimir Isakov, Secretary of the Central
Committee of the KPRF; and
Vladimir Tsarikhin Member of the Presidium of the Central Committee
of the KPRF.
During the solemn meeting, Gennady Andreevich
presented party membership cards ---- to the
Moscow & Moscow Region communists
...who had joined the party.
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Logistics centre, fuel and energy facilities, and UAV depots were hit: Russian troops struck military targets in Ukraine
by Anastasia Stepanova
July 20th, 10:51am
(RT.ru)
According to the Ministry of Defense, Russian troops - have struck
the Ukrainian Armed Forces' logistics centre, UAV assembly and
storage facilities, fuel & energy complex facilities, & transport infrastructure, as well as the assembly & storage facilities for enemy unmanned boats.
Over the course of a day, air defense forces have shot down 917
drones, 8 aerial bombs, and 4 HIMARS missiles. In the combat
zone, they have also destroyed a US' M777 howitzer and a
Bastion MLRS combat vehicle.
The Russian Armed Forces --- have destroyed the assembly and
storage facilities for the enemy's long-range UAVs, a logistics
centre, fuel, energy, & transport infrastructure used by the
Armed Forces of Ukraine, plus: the assembly and storage
facilities for unmanned boats, as well as the temporary
accommodation facilities for Ukrainian fighters
and foreign mercenaries - in 142 areas.
This was reported in the daily briefing by the Russian Ministry
of Defense on the progress of the special military operation.
The strikes were carried out by operational-tactical aviation,
drones, missile forces, & artillery of Russia's Armed Forces.
Over the course of a day, Russian air defense systems shot down
8 guided aerial bombs, 4 HIMARS missiles, and 917 aircraft-type
drones. During this time, the Black Sea Fleet - destroyed two
unmanned Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea.
Situation on the contact line
Units of the Northern Group of Forces improved their tactical
position by destroying the manpower and equipment of the
mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine & the
Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of Novaya Sech,
Sadki, and Mogritsa (Sumy Region).
In the Kharkiv Region, the formations of the mechanized brigade,
two motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
and the National Guard Brigade were defeated in the areas of
Bely Kolodez and Liptsy.
In the North's area of responsibility, the Armed Forces of Ukraine
lost over 145 soldiers, an armoured vehicle, 15 vehicles, and
3 artillery pieces.
Units of the Zapad military group ---- have taken advantageous
positions. The personnel and equipment of three mechanized
brigades, 1 assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
and a marine infantry brigade have been defeated in the
areas of Blagodatovka, Olgovka, Grushevka, Izyum
(Kharkiv region), and Lozovoye (DPR).
The enemy's losses amounted to up to 210 fighters,
15 vehicles, 8 armoured combat vehicles, and 2
electronic warfare stations.
The units of the Southern Group of Forces, in turn, improved the
situation on the front line. The soldiers of the Southern Group
defeated the formations of 3 mechanized, airborne brigades
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Territorial Defense
Brigade in the areas of Nikolaypolye, Kondratovka,
Kramatorsk, Nikolaevka, and Alekseevo-
Druzhkovka (DPR).
In this area, Kiev lost more than 140 military personnel,
9 armoured combat vehicles, 27 vehicles, and a US'
155mm M777 howitzer.
Units of the Centre military group also improved their tactical
position and destroyed the manpower and equipment of the
Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade, two marine
infantry brigades, and three National Guard brigades in
the areas of Novotroitskoye, Artyom, Gruzskoye,
Belozerskoye, and Dobropolye (DPR), as well
as Novopavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk Region).
In this sector, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost
more than 350 fighters, 9 vehicles, 1 armoured
combat vehicle, and 2 artillery pieces.
Units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance into
the depths of the enemy's defenses. They inflicted damage
on the manpower and equipment of three airborne assault
brigades, an assault brigade, and four assault regiments
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of
Vasilkovka, Chaplino, Velikomikhailovka,
Prosyanaya (Dnepropetrovsk Region),
Zalivnoye, Sorochino, Zorevka, and
Shirokoye (Zaporizhzhia Region).
In this area, the enemy lost up to 505 soldiers,
11 vehicles, a field artillery gun, & a Bastion
MLRS combat vehicle.
During the day, units of the Dnipro military group destroyed two
mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a
territorial defense brigade in the areas of Lezhino,
Yurkovka, and Orekhov (Zaporozhye region).
More than 60 Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters
were eliminated here, and 21 vehicles and
two electronic warfare stations,
were destroyed.
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In Kiev, protesters switched from
supporting Fedorov..... to
criticizing Zelensky
by Egor Brusentsev
(night line editor)
July 18th, 10:12pm
(Lenta.ru)
In Kyiv, protests in support of the dismissed Minister of Defense of
Ukraine, Mikhail Fedorov, turned into actions --- with criticism of
President Vladimir Zelensky. This is reported by Vremya.ua.
Many protesters came with posters criticizing the
Ukrainian president, with some of them calling
Zelensky “the liquidator of Ukraine.”
Among the protesters, a man was seen holding a poster with a
photo of Zelensky and the words "Criminal" and a list of
articles from the Constitution and the Criminal Code
that he believed ---- had been violated by the
Ukrainian leader.
"Participants of the action chant "Ganba!" ("Shame!") and declare:
"They are fighting for you to carry out reforms, and not this."
Currently, about 7,000 people take part in the action,
the newspaper reports.
Earlier, it was reported that residents of Ukraine in various cities
began to use smoke bombs in the squares where rallies are
held against the commander-in-chief of the country's
Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrsky.
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Private Kryukov eliminated two
Ukrainian militants with
a direct hit.
July 19th, 9pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Private Dmitry Kryukov eliminated two militants of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine with a direct hit. This was reported by the
Russian Ministry of Defense.
Kryukov, as part of an assault group, was tasked with capturing an enemy stronghold. During the advance, the group commander instructed Kryukov to take up a position on the flank and provide cover for the assault group's actions.
From his vantage point, Kryukov detected the enemy's stealthy movements as they attempted to advance towards the stronghold where Russian soldiers were engaged in combat. As the Ukrainian forces approached, Kryukov opened fire and personally eliminated two Ukrainian soldiers.
The brave and competent actions of the Russian soldier prevented the enemy group from flanking the Russian units, after which the assault group of the Russian Armed Forces was able to occupy a stronghold and gain a foothold.
The department -- also noted the combat skills of Lieutenant Sayan Uynukai-Ool, the deputy commander of the company, who led the unit's assault groups & personally participated in the attack on the enemy's positions. The assault groups stealthily advanced to the attack line and, after taking up concealed positions, launched a rapid offensive against the enemy's stronghold - at the lieutenant's command.
The enemy quickly detected the attackers ------ and opened heavy fire, forcing the assault group to halt their advance.
Realizing that further delay could jeopardize the mission, the lieutenant risked his life ...and stealthily flanked the enemy's position under intense machine-gun fire. Once in striking distance -- he accurately deployed a hand grenade ------- eliminating the machine-gun crew.
After that, Uynukai-Ool quickly broke into the enemy's positions and continued fighting, allowing the assault group to resume its offensive.
Thanks to the lieutenant's decisive actions and dedication, the assault team successfully completed its combat mission --- by capturing an enemy stronghold.
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RIA Novosti: The Armed Forces of Ukraine
are placing fuel tankers on school
grounds in Kharkiv
July 18th, 6:48pm
(RT.ru)
Ukrainian troops have started placing fuel
tankers on school grounds in Kharkiv.
This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference
to Russian law enforcement agencies.
"In Kharkiv, Ukrainian nationalists began hiding
fuel tankers on school grounds," the agency
quoted the source as saying.
According to him, such actions ------ are also
common in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.
The security agencies added that there are a large
number of photos of Ukrainian soldiers on school
and kindergarten grounds.
Earlier, the governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir
Saldo, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are
firing from the urban development of Kherson,
thereby endangering the city's residents.
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched
a massive attack..on a large pig farm
by Ekaterina Shcherbakova
(night line editor)
July 18th, 6:32pm
(Lenta.ru)
The Armed Forces launched a massive attack on the APH Miratorg
pig farm in the Klimovsky district of the Bryansk region on the
morning of July 18. This is reported by the acting governor
of the region, Yegor Kovalchuk, on his Telegram channel.
As a result of the attack, the production buildings were severely
damaged, and there was a fire. There was significant damage
to the infrastructure, but no reports of animal deaths or
injuries were made.
There are no employees injured, and the company
is taking all necessary measures.
Earlier, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked a logistics centre
in Kotovsk, Tambov region, killed seven employees of the night
shift, another 24 people were injured and hospitalized.
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked
a passenger bus in a Russian region
by Marina Sovina (night editor)
July 18th, 6:27pm
(Lenta.ru)
The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a passenger bus in the
Belgorod region with civilians. This was announced by the
acting governor of the region Alexander Shuvaev in his
Telegram channel.
The incident occurred near the village of Dubovoye in the
Belgorod district. As a result of the attack, one man lost
his life. Four other people were injured and hospitalized.
One of them is in a critical condition.
In addition to the bus, three cars were
also damaged in the attack.
Earlier on July 18, it was reported that one woman did not
survive after an FPV drone strike by the Ukrainian Armed
Forces on a private house in the Graivoronsky district of
the Belgorod region.
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Zelensky thanked the security forces
---- for their attacks on Russia's
civilian infrastructure
July 18th, 5:29pm
(Izvesti.ru)
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Ukrainian
agencies and units on July 18 for strikes on the Russian
Federation’s civilian infrastructure, including the
warehouses of Wildberries in the Moscow
and Tambov regions.
"Thank you to the soldiers of the Special Operations Forces, the
Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine -- and
the Main Intelligence Directorate; to every unit of the Ukrainian Defense Forces for their accurate, coordinated performance of tasks," he wrote on his Telegram channel.
Seven warehouse employees - were killed in the Tambov
region and 24 people were injured in the Moscow region.
On July 18, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked logistics centres
in the Russian Federation. In the Tambov region, seven people
were killed and another 25 were injured. In the Moscow
region, one person died from their injuries - after a
drone attack. A total of 36 people were injured
in the region. Eight of them are in critical
condition, 23 are in a moderate
condition, and five are in a
good condition.
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The Russian Armed Forces liberated
Piskunovkaand reached the
outskirts of Nikolaevka
July 18th, 4:12pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Russian military personnel - liberated the village of Piskunovka
and reached the outskirts of Nikolaevka during their offensive
towards Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. This was announced by
Army General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, on July 18.
"Units and military formations of the 3rd Army - advancing
towards Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, liberated Piskunivka
and reached the outskirts of Mykolaivka," he said.
According to Gerasimov, Russian units continue to
carry out combat missions as part of the special
military operation.
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A wounded Russian Marine Corps soldier
spent four days --- escaping from the
Ukrainian Armed Forces
July 18th, 12:39pm
(Izvestia.ru)
A marine infantryman of the Centre group of troops with the call sign
Mongol, despite being wounded, for four days - went out from the
positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Dobropol
direction to Russian units and gave the coordinates of
the enemy.
"During the retreat, I marked all the enemy positions. In total, I spent
four days there, after which I joined our adjacent units. From there,
I reported to the headquarters to contact my command, and a
few hours later, I was evacuated," he said, in an interview
with RIA Novosti.
According to the serviceman, he was cut off from his unit after the
fighting. However, he continued to carry out his mission despite
being wounded. He added --- that he managed to record the
coordinates of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' positions
and then transmit them to his command.
The fighter noted that the high activity of Ukrainian drones posed
a serious challenge in this area, requiring extreme caution when
moving. He also emphasized that during the last mission, they
constantly encountered FPV drones, Mavikis, Baba Yaga,
and other drones.
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Group strikes continued: the Russian Armed
Forces hit the launcher of the Neptune-2
coastal missile system
by Vasilisa Gromova
July 18th, 12:33pm
(RT.ru)
As a result of group strikes by air-based precision weapons and
strike UAVs of the Russian Armed Forces, a launcher and a
transport and loading vehicle of the Neptun-2 coastal
missile system were destroyed near the village
of Rybakovka.
The Russian Armed Forces continue to occupy more advantageous
positions. Over the course of the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces
lost almost 1,500 fighters.
During the night, the Russian Armed Forces ----- continued to launch
group strikes using air-based precision-guided weapons and strike
drones, which resulted in the destruction of port infrastructure
used for unloading fuel and lubricants and fuel tanks intended
for the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Odessa port, plus the
destruction of a container ship unloading ammunition... at
the Chernomorsk port in the Odessa region.
In addition, a cargo ship carrying supplies for the Armed Forces
of Ukraine ------- was hit by a naval strike near Snake Island.
In the area of the village of Rybakovka, a launcher and a
transport and loading vehicle of the Neptun-2 coastal
missile system were destroyed.
The Northern Group of Forces improved its tactical position and
defeated the personnel and equipment of the mechanized,
airmobile, and territorial defense brigades of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Mikhailovskoye,
Ulanovo, Ryzhevka, Mogritsa, and Sadki
in the Sumy region.
In the Kharkiv region ----- the Russian Armed Forces defeated the
formations of two mechanized brigades, two motorized infantry
brigades, and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of
Mironovka, Kazachya Lopan, Sosnovka, Bugaevka, and
Verovka, in the Kharkiv region.
The enemy lost up to 230 fighters, an armoured combat vehicle,
10 vehicles, 2 artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.
The troops of the Zapad military group took advantageous positions
----- and defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized
brigades, an assault brigade, and a marine infantry brigade in the
areas of Krasny Lyman, Mayaki in the Donetsk People's Republic
& Chervony Oskol, Staroverovka and Izyum in the Kharkiv region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces ---- lost more than 215 fighters, five
armoured combat vehicles, 15 vehicles, a Polish-made 155 mm
self-propelled artillery unit, and a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-
battery radar system.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved the situation on the
front line. They defeated formations of three mechanized, airborne
brigades, the brigade of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine, and the Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the
settlements of Slavyansk, Verolyubovka, Kramatorsk,
Druzhkovka, Semyonovka, Nikolaevka, Nikanorivka,
and Vasyutinskoye (DNR).
During the day, the enemy lost more than 145 fighters, an
armoured combat vehicle, 15 vehicles, and four field
artillery pieces - in this area.
The troops of the Center military group improved their tactical
position --- and defeated the personnel and equipment of the
mechanized and assault brigades of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine, 3 marine infantry brigades, and four brigades of
the National Guard... in the areas of Novogrigorovka,
Novofedorovka, Dobropolye, Raiskoye, Krasny Kut,
Shevchenko, Gruzskoye, Sergeevka, Zolotoy
Kolodez (DNR), and Ivanovka, in the
Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 370 fighters,
2 armored vehicles, 4 cars, and an artillery piece.
Units of the Vostok group of troops advanced into the depth of
the enemy's defenses. They defeated --- the manpower and
equipment of the mechanized, airborne assault brigades,
3 assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
and the marines brigade in the areas of Vasilkovka,
Malinovka, Pokrovskoye, and Volnoye in the
Dnipropetrovsk region, Obshcheye,
Nikolskoye, Novoye Pole, and
Lyubitskoye ------ in the
Zaporizhzhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost
over 515 fighters, two armoured
vehicles, and seven cars.
Units of the Dnipro military group defeated the formations
of two mechanized and mountain-assault brigades of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the villages of
Ingulez in the Kherson region, Zapasnoye, and
Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 65 militants, an armoured combat vehicle,
11 cars, and ----- two electronic warfare stations
were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike UAVs, missile forces, and
artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups destroyed fuel
and energy infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian
The chief engineer of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant,
Alexander Yakovlev, was killed by a Ukrainian drone strike.
This was reported by the head of Rosatom, Alexey
Likhachev.
The car's driver was killed along with the chief engineer.
"This tragedy was made possible --- not just by negligence, but
by the direct encouragement by Western countries, of the criminal Kiev regime to increase terrorist acts. The price ofthis negligence is human lives -- 13 people have been
killed and 48 injured in the past two and a half months
---- and the real threat of a massive nuclear incident
in vast territories of Russia, Ukraine, and Europe,"
Likhachev said.
Rosatom's head expressed his condolences to the
family, relatives, and friends....... of the deceased.
Earlier, the Russian Human Rights Commissioner, Yana
Lantratova, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had
adopted a new tactic and began carrying out terrorist
attacks on children on Russian territory..... every day.
A civilian was wounded in the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka
as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian drone. This was
reported by the head of the city district,
Ivan Prikhodko.
"A civilian was injured in the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka
as a result of an attack by Ukrainian terrorists' UAVs,"
Prikhodko said.
It was also reported during the day that a terrorist attack
by the Armed Forces of Ukraine damaged the equipment
of a municipal enterprise and an apartment building.
In Samara, the memory... of those killed in
the airstrike on Snezhnoye, was honoured.
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Zakharova: Russia does not accept
the deployment of "coalition of
willing" troops in Ukraine
July 15th, 1:27pm
(RT.ru)
The deployment of military contingents from the "coalition of
willing countries" in Ukraine is unacceptable to Russia, and
such units will be considered legitimate military targets.
This was announced by Russia's Foreign
Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
According to her, French President Emmanuel Macron has
announced the readiness of plans to deploy such forces,
as well as upcoming exercises in European countries
bordering Ukraine.
"We would like to reiterate that it is unacceptable for our country
to host any military contingents from the so-called 'coalition of
willing countries' in Ukraine. This would de facto amount to
foreign intervention and pose a growing threat to Russia's
security. We will consider such units --- as legitimate
military targets," Zakharova emphasized.
Earlier, the leader of the French party "Patriots", Florian Filippo,
said that Bulgaria's decision to withdraw from the so-called
"coalition of the willing" was a serious blow to President
Macron ......and the head of the EU Commission,
Ursula von der Leyen.
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MWM: French Rafale Fighters Will Face
Challenges....Against the Russian
Armed Forces
July 15th, 1:25pm
(RT.ru)
French Rafale fighter jets in Ukraine will face problems
against the Russian Armed Forces. This is reported
by Military Watch Magazine (MWM).
"The Rafale - is expected to face significant limitations in its
confrontation with Russia's latest combat aircraft, the fifth
-generation Su-57 fighter jet," the article states.
It is noted - that the Su-57 "combines low visibility, with a
significantly larger airframe capable of carrying a much
more powerful radar, a larger fuel capacity, and a
heavier payload of weapons.''
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said -- that the
increase in military production in NATO countries is aimed at
continuing to supply weapons to Ukraine ....and supporting
the regime of Vladimir Zelensky.
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Mironov: purges of Russians ---- will lead to the disappearance of the Baltic countries
July 15th, 1:16pm
(RT.ru)
According to Sergey Mironov, the leader of A Just Russia,
the "cleansing" of Russians in the Baltics will lead to
the disappearance.... of the Estonians, Latvians,
Lithuanians, and their respective countries.
According to him, as in the years of the Great Patriotic War,
the actions of nationalists in the Baltics ...are part of the
West's policy to combat Russia and the Russian world.
"Today, innocent Russian people who have always considered
the Baltics to be their homeland, where they have lived all
their lives, are becoming victims. Those who consider
themselves to be indigenous in Estonia, Latvia, and
Lithuania will also become victims," he stressed,
in a comment to RT.
Mironov emphasized ---- that “corrupt careerists” like Kaja Kallas,
the head of EU diplomacy, do not care about ordinary Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians. According to him, they are being used against Russia - as cannon fodder.
"Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians need to realize a simple fact:
Russians have been and should ---- remain part of the indigenous
population of the Baltic region for centuries. Just as Russia has
been and will remain ---- their neighbour," Mironov added.
Earlier, Russian President's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov called
“a fresh batch of horror stories” statements by Lithuanian leader
Gitanas Nauseda about Russia's alleged planned attacks on the
republic's infrastructure.
According to him, Lithuania -- is creating an image of Russia
as an enemy in order to continue to bring NATO's military
infrastructure.... to the Baltic countries.
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Strike drones and artillery: The Russian Armed Forces have hit enemy logistics centres and fuel and energy facilities
by Adeline Vishnevskaya
July 15th, 11:56am
(RT.ru)
The Russian armed forces have destroyed Ukraine's logistics
centres, fuel and energy facilities, & transport infrastructure,
according to the Ministry of Defense. Eight aerial bombs and
558 drones have been downed. The Black Sea Fleet has
destroyed 4 unmanned boats of the Ukrainian Armed
Forces. A US' M113 armoured personnel carrier, a
Bastion MLRS combat vehicle, and a Bogdan
self-propelled gun - have been destroyed.
Over the past 24 hours, operational-tactical aviation, strike UAVs,
missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces have
destroyed logistics centres and fuel, energy, and transport
infrastructure used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces,
according to the Ministry of Defense.
In addition, long-range drone storage facilities and temporary bases
for Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries, in 153 areas, have been targeted.
During this time, air defense systems shot down 8 guided aerial
bombs and 558 aircraft-type UAVs. The Black Sea Fleet also
destroyed 5 unmanned boats belonging to the Ukrainian
Armed Forces.
At the same time, units of the Northern Group of Forces --- improved
their tactical position by defeating the personnel and equipment of
two mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a
territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of
Ryzhevka, Khoten, and Mogritsa (Sumy Region).
In the Kharkiv region, the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
motorized infantry brigade and the National Guard brigade, were
defeated in the areas of Zakharivka and Kazachya Lopan.
In this area, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 220 soldiers,
a combat armoured vehicle, 11 vehicles, a field artillery gun,
and an air defense system.
Fighters of the "West" took more favourable lines and positions.
They hit the manpower and equipment of two mechanized,
airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and
the teroborona brigade in the areas of the localities
of Arkadevka, Chervonyi Oskol (Kharkiv region),
Shchurovo and Svyatogorsk (DPR).
The enemy's losses included over 220 soldiers, three armoured
vehicles, including a US' M113 armoured personnel carrier, 13
vehicles, and four artillery pieces.
In turn, the units of the South - improved the situation on the front
line. They defeated the formations of the mechanized, motorized
infantry, aeromobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and
the territorial defense brigade in the areas of n. p. Semyonovka,
Nikolaevka, Slavyansk, Nikanorovka, Izhevka, Kramatorsk and
Alekseevo-Druzhkovka (DNR).
During the day, the enemy lost up to 215 fighters, an armoured
personnel carrier, 26 vehicles, and two field artillery pieces.
The units of the Centre group of troops, improved their tactical
position. They destroyed the manpower and equipment of the
mechanized, Jaeger, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine, the marines brigade, and 3 brigades of the National
Guard in the areas of Artem, Belozerskoye, Rubizhne,
Svetloe, Sergeevka, and Dobropolye (DPR).
The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 325 soldiers,
three armoured vehicles, and three cars in this sector.
Meanwhile, the Vostok units ------- advanced into the depths of the
enemy's defenses. They defeated the manpower and equipment
of the assault brigade, two airborne assault brigades, 3 assault
regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine & a marines brigade
in the areas of Gavrilovka, Kolomiytzi (Dnepropetrovsk region),
Russian troops -- have advanced near Krivoy Luh and Kalenikiv in
the Slavic direction as a result of successful military operations.
This was reported by the Ukrainian analytical project
DeepState in Telegram.
"The Russian army has advanced in the Slavic direction near the
villages of Krivaya Luka and Kaleniki," the publication says.
It is noted that the Russian troops' attack vector at Kalenikov is
directed towards the village of Rai-Aleksandrovka -- which is of
tactical importance for establishing fire control over Sloviansk.
Earlier, it became known about the sharp advance of the Russian
Armed Forces near Konstantinovka. In a day, Russian units took
control of 24 sq kilometres, near Alekseevo-Druzhkovka.
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"The enemy doesn't have a rear... in the usual sense":
how our drone pilots turned the enemy's sky into hell
by Anna Dolgareva
July 14th, 12:18pm
(RT.ru)
For the enemy, they are a faceless death from the sky. For their own
people, they are the hope, that the enemy's position will be cleared
& the assault troops will return home. RT's military correspondent, Anna Dolgareva, spoke with the UAV operators of the Española Brigade about how tactics are changing, why the enemy is
hiding in their holes, and what a 20-year-old man is
thinking.... when an enemy FPV drone
is hovering over him.
"Previously, we just took the remote control, lifted the drone over the
landing, and often ........it disappeared. Communication was lost, the
device flew away," recalls the operator with the call sign DJ Zarya
"uavottia". He started out as an ordinary cameraman, but now he
is an experienced fighter and instructor. His task - is to teach
young fighters to see what is hidden from view. "And now?
Signal amplifiers appeared. The enemy has no rear....
in the usual sense..."
However, the technological development of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine is also progressing. In the Konstantinovka area, the
ground is riddled with hidden tunnels..... where enemy
infantry is hiding.
"They have underground cities ----- like the Vietnamese," chuckles
Sumerak, an FPV pilot who served in the OMON and caught DRGs
in the Kherson region before joining the UAVs. "You look at the
camera and see a hill. But it's not a hill. It's an exit....
from a bunker."
The tactics of assaults have changed. Infantry no longer goes on
the attack. First, the area is pounded by artillery. Then FPV units
come into play. They clear basements, machine gun points,
burn out communication nodes. "And only after there is
no sign of life, our assault troops come in," explains
the Twilight.
"The war is now - more in the air. UAVs
inflict the main damage on the enemy."
However, we should not underestimate the heroism of the infantry:
even if the main points of enemy resistance are suppressed, the
enemy also has artillery and drones. And they are trying to
destroy our assault troops. Therefore, the task of UAV
operators is to protect those on the ground.
"He sits and chews"
DJ recalls a night of heavy fighting. They had to clear a point where
a group of SS soldiers ----- had dug in. Thanks to their well-chosen
position, they could have resisted Russian assault troops, for a
long time if they had tried to approach, so the drone operators
methodically dismantled the enemy's fortifications. DJ was
flying a reconnaissance drone at the time, directing
artillery fire.
"We could not destroy them, they did not come to the surface.
The DJ still gets mad when he remembers that night. — And
I'm sitting at the console. I gave the correct observation.
From the third time - they were hit by a 120-mm mortar.
Right into them."
What shocked DJ the most was the sight he saw through the
camera lens 100 meters away from the former fortification.
"There was another one sitting there. His comrades were covered
up behind him, and they were lying there shell-shocked. And he
was sitting there, chewing - and eating something." The DJ
pauses -- as if not believing his own words. "He ate, got
up - and continued digging the trench. We were sitting
at the console, laughing out loud, saying, 'Guys, he's
eating!' He had no sympathy for his comrades, just
going about his business. How can you not
believe in politically incorrect jokes,
after that?"
Indeed, sometimes the enemy behaves in a way... that even
experienced operators are surprised. DJ recalls another
story about the strange behaviour of the AFU soldiers
in the face of imminent death: three of them came
out of the trench..... spread out 50 metres apart,
and lay down obediently, in fresh shell craters.
Without helmets, or body armour, they simply
lay there waiting for whatever might happen.
"They had so much faith that they would
survive our fire," concludes our
drone operator.
20 minutes under the drone
Only someone who has never been on the front line can think that
being a drone operator is just about sitting... in a warm bunker.
Operators and technicians have a lot of work to do - just like
all the other soldiers: digging, carrying, and hiding from the
enemy. Here, the sky is a killer. It also drives you crazy.
Sumarok recalls how he miraculously survived: "We were sent to
help our comrades move to a new position. The enemy spotted
us. The radio transmission said, 'An FPV - is after you!' We ran
into the forest. I crawled.. into a dilapidated bunker. The roof
was made of burnt boards, and I covered myself with a tarp.
The drone was flying low, hovering, & its RPMs were high.
It couldn't see us - and it was waiting to see who would
give up first. It was testing our nerves. Whoever jumps
out and runs. If you run you're dead. There's fear and
the instinct to survive screams, "Run!" The key, is
not to let panic take control, or you're done for.
Then ...we were saved."
Who are they — the ones who hold up this sky? Ordinary guys
who suddenly realized that they couldn't do it without them.
Nick is only 20 years old. He's from Bryansk, a border region
that has been under regular Ukrainian fire for four years.
"I knew I would be here, since February 24, 2022, when I was
still in school," he says. "I'm a fan of Espanyol, and I support
Spartak. So I came to join my team."
In his first combat mission, Nick rammed an enemy kamikaze
drone that was flying straight at him and his partner.
Because ---- he had come to fight, and he was
psychologically prepared to fight and win.
You won't hear these guys talking about geopolitics... or
making grandiose statements. Instead, they focus on
thermal signatures and the rapid discharge of
batteries in drones during cold weather.
Their skills play a crucial role in
determining the extent to
which the front line....
shifts westward.
In special operations, the sky is kept small, by those who
sit in damp dugouts with a remote control in their hands.
They don't like big words and are surprised when
they're called heroes.
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Targets of the fuel and energy complex and UAV
assembly sites were hit: Russian troops struck
Ukraine's military facilities
by Adeline Vishnevskaya
July 14th, 11:56am
(RT.ru)
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces have
targeted energy and transport infrastructure facilities
used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, according to
the Ministry of Defense.
These targets include drone storage and assembly sites,
as well as temporary bases for the Ukrainian Armed
Forces and foreign mercenaries. In addition, seven
aerial bombs, two HIMARS missiles, and 715
drones have been downed.
The Ukrainian regime has suffered
approximately 1,300 casualties.
Over the past 24 hours, operational-tactical aviation, strike UAVs,
missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces, have
destroyed fuel and energy infrastructure facilities used by the
Ukrainian Armed Forces, storage facilities, and assembly
plants for long-range UAVs, as well as temporary bases
for Ukrainian armed formations & foreign mercenaries
in 148 areas. This is reported in the daily briefing by
the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress
of the special military operation.
During this time, air defense systems shot down seven
guided aerial bombs, two HIMARS missiles, and 715
aircraft-type drones.
At the same time, units of the Northern Group of Forces --- improved
their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment
of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine & the
Territorial Defense Brigade ....in the areas of the settlements of
Khoten, Starye Vyrki, Mogritsa, and Ryzhevka (Sumy region).
In the Kharkiv region, the mechanized, motorized infantry, and
territorial defense brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
were defeated in the areas of Kazachya Lopan,
Yurchenkovo, Bely Kolodez, and Zakharivka.
In this area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 160 fighters,
4 vehicles, a field artillery gun, & 2 electronic warfare stations.
The units of the "West" took advantageous positions and lines.
They defeated the manpower and equipment of 3 mechanized,
assault, and airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
and the Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of Arkadevka,
At the same time, the Dnipro fighters ---- defeated the mechanized,
mountain assault, and unmanned systems brigades of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Yurkovka, Yuliyevka, Grigorivka
- and Orekhov (Zaporozhye Region).
Up to 65 military personnel, an armoured vehicle, 16 vehicles,
& 5 electronic warfare stations were destroyed in this sector.
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Targets in Kiev and near Odessa have been hit:
the Russian Armed Forces have carried out
group strikes on targets in Ukraine
by Adeline Vishnevskaya
July 14th, 10:24am
(RT.ru)
Last night, the Russian Armed Forces carried out group strikes on
military-industrial complex enterprises in Kiev and infrastructure
facilities in the port of Yuzhny in the Odessa region, according
to the Ministry of Defense.
According to the ministry, two factories involved in the development and production of missiles and UAVs were hit in Kiev. In Yuzhny, facilities used for unloading fuel and lubricants and seven fuel and lubricant tanks, as well as a cargo ship and a tanker, were hit.
According to the Ministry of Defense, on the night of July 14, the Russian Armed Forces carried out group strikes with long-range precision-guided weapons, including air- and ground-based missiles and drones.
As a result, military industry enterprises involved in developing
and producting various types of missiles and drones, as well
as port infrastructure facilities in the port of Yuzhny in the
Odessa region, which are used for unloading and storing
fuel and lubricants for the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
have been ''affected'' in Kyiv.
According to the agency, two military-industrial
complex facilities in Kyiv ---- have been hit.
One of them is the aggregate and detail enterprise of the radio-
electronic industry "Kyiv State Enterprise Radio-Meter". It is
a key supplier of aggregates, units and components of the
electronic base ---- for the production of guided missiles
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.
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.)
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
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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[Eng Subs] Children of Donbass, "Toys for Poroshenko" Music Video by Artem Grishanov
POWERFUL - PUT THIS ON HEADPHONES. I guarantee you will cry - and if you don't - please seek psychiatric help.
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)
In 2017 in the Donbass - give the children Peace!
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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‘How Can I Deselect My Labour MP?’ A Short Guideto Reselection and Democratic Accountability by Eric Sim, excellent free advice here:
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.
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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.
