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Russia Accused Of War Crimes Cover-up By Razing Ukraine Theatre
12/24/2022
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/24/russia-accused-of-war-crimes-cover-up-by-razing-mariupol-theatre
Mariupol Remembered: A Bright Future Reduced To Rubble
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2022/8/23/mariupol-remembered-a-bright-future-reduced-to-rubble
Ukrainian Army saying Keep Going Away, Russians ( Russia looses Kherson ) -
A must see Ukrainian salute to retreating Russian forces
Nov. 10, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3H2vCukpXg&list=WL&index=2
General Ben Hodges (Ret.): Will Russia Accept Defeat? | Jake Broe
Nov. 6, 2022
Fascinating interview with Gen. Hodges. Jake hit it out of the park
with this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoLyoXRT0L8
Patriotism lessons: How Russia recruits and kidnaps Ukrainian children in the occupied territories - YouTube
10/09/22
Just a couple days after I watched this, I ran across an AP article about Russian Traitor
Mike Flynn and how he is also indoctrinating children and using the same Russian technique of involving and immersing the children.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knq_IOBEZRc
Russian Traitor Mike Flynn & Christian Nationalism
10/17/22
https://apnews.com/article/michael-flynn-sarasota-christian-nationalism-578e9142bc41b46e90048a01f317bd96?utm_medium=Article&utm_source=Connatix
☢️ Erdogan Accepts Putin's Gas Hub In Turkey Proposal l Russia's Bid To Wean Ankara Out Of NATO? - YouTube
10-14-2022
This is very disturbing ! Very bad news.
Erdogan - besides stealing Ukraine grain, is now solidifying his power in Europe.
He's a dictator. He's ruthless. He has one of the world's most powerful weapons -Bayraktars, and, now, he'll have an endless supply and control over oil and gas
in Europe. As the clip says, Ukraine can be cut out and off, as well as any European country. A Bayraktar son married Erdoğan's daughter Sümeyye in 2016.
(Wiki the Baykar Co. that makes Bayraktars if you want to learn & worry more.)
I'll bet his terms to Putin were he'd do a deal as long as he gets nuclear weapon technology from Putin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4TLsHiDAaQ
The Akkuyu NPP and Russian-Turkish Nuclear Cooperation: Asymmetries and risks –
This is full of Turkish oxymorons - i.e. Using nuclear to lower oil & gas dependencies (while now partnering with Russia).
This article states Turkey becoming dependent on Russia for next 6 decades because of the nuclear plant technology which will be online in Turkey next year.
https://www.eliamep.gr/en/publication/ο-πυρηνικός-σταθμός-akkuyu-παράδειγμα-ρωσο/
ANOTHER TRAITOR BITES THE DUST IN UKRAINE -
THE LIBERATION OF KHERSON CONTINUES
10-10-2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_mlrMdknAE
October 11, 2022
This is a modified "Family Circus" cartoon. The original cartoon had Jeffy saying "Dolly hit me back!" I obtained the Putin head from Pixabay and pasted it onto the body of Jeffy.
71 ROCKET RUSSIA RELEASED IN UKRAINE 10.10.2022.
STUPID RUSSIANS REJOY THE DEATH OF PEOPLE| - YouTube
This is a video made today by Volodymyr Zolkin strolling in downtown Kyiv, taunting the RussianSheep. Of those 71 missiles launched only 30 hit in country.
And, yes, it was a BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN DAY IN KYIV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Ev9kY1FaE
Sir Lawrence Freedman, a retired professor of war studies at King's College London, feels the Russian troops could now be "in a great deal of trouble" following the explosion.
He has been telling BBC Radio 4's Today Programme: "The Ukrainians haven't just targeted territory or [carried out] attacks on individuals, they have attacked logistics, command and ammunition dumps.
"The Kerch Bridge itself is an example of that so that they [the Russians] have a problem of re-supply.
"Even when they've got an impressive group of soldiers who are still there, well armed and ready to fight back, they can't keep them going if they can't get stuff to them.
Chechen volunteers fight for freedom in Ukraine against Putin and against CHECHEN TRAITOR KADYROV
What's interesting - really interesting abt this video is the background this Chechen opposition leader gives us abt the absolute fraud of Putin-appointed Kadyrov.
This opposition leader spells out what Chechens think of Kadyrov, the fraudulent videos of Kadyrovites in Ukraine and how QUICKLY Kadyrov would be OVERTHROWN in Chechnya !!!
This opposition leader is totally devoted to the fight for Ukraine !
Even tho this interview took place just 3 wks after the Russian invasion began,
he was clear on what we could expect .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWBi7QazaMw
FINALLY COMING: Israel Sends 'GOD'S HAMMER' to Ukraine!
The Move to Change Everything - Youtube
9/28/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpTFvJQEWRo
Putin is furious: Unbelievable fiasco in Russian air force!
- No Pilot To Flight I Dramatic Moment - 9/29/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mPk37mWDiM
### How to look for and make your Ukrainian videos have English Subtitles ####
(if there is an English option)
Appeal of Vladimir Zolkin to the viewers of the channel| English subtitles| Vladimir Zolkin or Zolkin Vladimir
How to look for and make your Ukrainian videos have English Subtitles (if there is an English option)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB5b-mQ1wgI
Hassidic Israeli Jews Pilgrimage in Ukraine NOW /
Hasidim and Rosh Hashanah 2022 in Uman / Sept 23, 2022
Wikipedia Uman to understand the significance of the Rabbi and the city
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPPo7EUEOrI
WELCOME TO UKRAINE
Soldiers are not concerned about Putin's mobilization. They are getting their job done. Still for Army of Drones it's a new challenge: to ensure enough of UAVs for everyone "mobilized as a gesture of goodwill". 9/22/22.
https://twitter.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/1573196930947194883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1573196930947194883%7Ctwgr%5E50251744089980da1464f549a9b8fefc88b094d0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2Flive%2F2022%2Fsep%2F23%2Fukraine-war-latest-news-referendums-to-start-in-occupied-regions-zelenskiy-urges-russian-protests
I worry about Transnistria - the red stripe between Moldova and Ukraine.
(Altho, it is a part of the country of Moldova - go, figure !)
It is Russian territory and full of Russian armaments. Its location is critical, coastal
and suspect. Close to Odessa. I wish Ukraine would capture it. Easy for me to say.
Wikipedia :
Transnistria's status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is not recognised by any country. The Moldovan government and the international community consider Transnistria a part of Moldova's territory.
Map of the war in Ukraine : Updated daily
https://deepstatemap.live/en#7/47.051/34.723
If you see foreign language box - just click the X in the upper right to show
ENGLISH after clicking I AGREE
As I point out in comment below, here is today's news.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he had spoken to Nike Inc and thanked the US sport manufacturer for making what he called the “right decision” to pull out of Russia.
“This is an example of how business can play a significant role in protecting humanity and freedom,” Reuters reported the Ukrainian president as saying in his nightly video address.
Nike told Reuters in June that it was making a full exit from Russia.
The Vatniks are begging them to stay. Putler, the Nazi vatnik leader, said
"Please don't leave us. We need your running shoes to safely leave Ukraine and Crimea. Taking too long to cross Kerch Bridge on foot may be dangerous. We want our glorious and victorious army home as soon as possible to help spread the news of deeds of heroism in Bucha, Izium, etc"
MOJAHED from Tornado"I DID NOT HAVE TO CUT YOU TO DEPOSE THE FATHER OF THE CHILD" @Zolkin Volodymyr - YouTube
September 16, 2022
If you never watch another video in your life, this is the last one you must watch.
The title translation is off the mark.
There is a lull where there is no translation from about the 16 min mark to about 21 min mark.
There is graphic graphic language.
Mojahed is a unit leader fighting for Ukrainians explaining to two Russian POWs why they are not dead and why they must fix themselves.
But, I swear, Mojahed, after years of fighting Russia and witnessing Russian atrocities, is not embittered but has a kind of glowing enlightenment that he shares with them and us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rpW-egQbuE&t=2459s
In the last few days, Vatniks have decided to donate over $300,000,000 worth of equipment to Ukraine armed forces. The deal includes Tanks, Antitank missiles, Artillery shells and Armoured personnel carriers etc...In return the Vatniks also get a number of washing machines, microwave ovens, fridge freezers, and assorted lady's underwear. The latter, they can use in private when they get home (entirely debatable) if you are a Vatnik tourist in Ukraine. Getting those normally costs an arm and a leg if you are a Vatnik.
In the meantime a fresh deal regarding the southern area around Kherson, the Vatniks will award the Ukrainian authorities, a maintenance contract for the Kerch bridge, the prestige construction that was erected (Ref: Ladies underwear) to connect Crimea to Vatnik land. It was only recently that Vatnik tourists were seen cutting their holidays short and heading for Rostov on Don due to excess heat on the Crimean beaches. One of the most looted establishments in Ukraine are sports shops. Running shoes are a popular item to retain for personal use in case they are needed later. Vatniks like to remain healthy.
Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán declares at CPAC that "a Christian politician cannot be racist"
August 4, 2022 Posted Sept 10, 2022
How Christians and Fascists justify one another - A Circle Jerk
I posted this here because more religious legislation delegitimizing schools to libraries to laws is coming on strong - same flowchart used to allow racism rather than actual history catapulting Glenn Youngkin into the Virginia governor's office.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/viktor-orban-christian-politician-racist-cpac/
Sept 7, major Ukrainian breakthrough! Kharkiv front instead of Kherson.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2022/9/7/2121408/-Ukraine-Update-Ukraine-rushes-toward-Kupiansk-Russia-s-logistical-hub
Sept 7, AUDIO:
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/09/07/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-conditions
Sept 5 Exiled Russian calls on those still in country to ‘sabotage’ Putin’s war | Russia | The Guardian
(With no acct. you can read - just click the option -will do later-)
“(Putin’s) technique is to look at you and mirror what you are saying …
He’s a chameleon who leaves everyone thinking he’s on their side."
-- I thought that statement was really interesting !!
When someone reacts like that to you, it puts you at ease AND vulnerable because psychopaths can be quite disarming !!!!!!!!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/05/exiled-russian-calls-on-those-still-in-country-to-sabotage-putins-war
9/5/2022
Apparently Russian soldiers are so horny they will reveal their locations to Ukrainian hackers posing as women. (If this is what the Ukrainian army can do with just pictures from a foreign invading army imagine the harm from the classified docs mishandled by the Orange Shitgibbon traitor.)
https://news.yahoo.com/ukrainian-hackers-created-fake-profiles-201124105.html
A little down the thread, DarKarma is writing about the mines and unexploded ordinance horrors.
Well, I know a pouched rat would be no good in Ukraine - too cold!
(A knitted jersey?😊)
But they do a good job in Africa.
This little chap got the Dickin Medal for his service.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-54284952
Adding some spice to our day. /S
Here's Spicy the B52. It's just a training exercise. Amazing, they are sooo old, but still doing their job well.
Spicy is lingering round Kalingrad. Putin shoots his mouth about MAD, but the USAAF actually shows him what it's made of.
Some of us of a certain age have been through all of this before, The Cuban business utterly terrified me, as a kid. Never thought to see similar ...........
The Song: Mariupol. I'll be back. | The Song for Ukrainian city - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CN7GLlXBm8
Aug 31 22
Here's an important story of Life moving forward in Ukraine. UXO is unexploded Ordinance [wormhole warning!}, which is simply all the exploding stuff that failed to explode as intended (when launched). In this story they share the fact that most of the go-boom stuff in the Ukraine/Russia war is ancient Soviet era warehouse junk, and as much as 50% of it fails to go off. Also Russians are using banned Cluster Munitions that purposefully drop multiple "bomblets" that flings small grenades over a wide area. While they are intended to explode at the time of release, so many lay on the ground unexploded and act like mines ...killing civilians much later if stepped on.
This is actually just the small part as even rockets, tank and cannon shells can land and not explode. This UXO refuse litters the entire nation. Imagine your wheat field littered with hidden cluster munitions up to a foot under the soil ...waiting for your next tilling. This is a forever problem in all Nations post-war. While they don't talk about this in this video, there is an organization that started in 1988 to address Unexploded Ordinance post-war in many countries world-wide. Here's a link to The Halo Trust which they show here but don't promote.
What the Russian people refuse to acknowledge is how the Ukrainian people will be rebuilding their country for decades while trying to diligently sweep a country the size of Texas for UXO also for many many years ...and perhaps as they gain one gram of forgiveness for Russia, there will undoubtedly be regular news stories about some kid unfortunately stumbling across some piece of UXO with a bad result. It will forever be what reminds Ukrainians why they HATE Russia for the next century. Orcs!
This is a great story for the Ladies of SAV! All the men have to fight in Ukraine so it's the women doing this task ...which must be done. Slava Ukraine!
Not a news item, and I’m certainly not in any way advocating for Ukraine to roll over - Russia invaded Ukraine FFS. But Russia has always reserved the right to use nukes if they are losing a war.
At some point I wonder when or if the stigma of using nuclear weapons becomes less than the thought of Putin losing the war as well as Crimea.
Russian defeat in Ukraine is inevitable
- Ex-commander of US Army Europe, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges
June 2022
Terrific interview with General Hodges. The Georgian people really like him from when
he was the commander of American forces in Europe .
You can sense the admiration.
But the Georgian leadership is in a different place (from the populace) and since Russia is still an occupying force, there is much to see take place.
Georgia will either pick Putin or democracy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_cH6mbmwfo
The Insane Engineering of the Javelin
This is quite interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUdHzKRiBX8
Ukraine using wooden decoys to lure Russia into wasting its missiles
August 30, 2022
This seems to be the reason why Russia reported that it destroyed more HIMARS missile systems than Ukraine even possessed . Pretty funny !
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/30/ukraine-using-wooden-decoys-to-lure-russia-into-wasting-its-missiles-report
All reports tell of a major counter attack to the Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine. For weeks Ukr have been pounding supply lines in the county and hitting command and ammunition storage. The ISW shows what has been going on in the last few days. The map is not the full story. The Dnipro river is the long finger running SW down the map. At the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) West of Kherson it is still 300 metres wide and is a formidable obstacle and the main crossings have been cut, leading to Russian supply problems. The map does not show the complete story but it is the Northern square that is where the fighting is ongoing. Ukr has broken through the Russian defence line all along the N front and forced the invaders southwards, and also mounted an attack Eastwards. This is pure genius to hit the short front with overwhelming force rather than the direct expected attack too Kherson City In effect the enemy has been subjected to a broad engagement along the long western front and hit with an unexpected right flanking attack which has reduced the built-in defences. The open countryside and fields are not conducive to defence and the enemy has little choice but to run and try to regroup, but they are already depleted They can be cut by an eastward attack to the river. They have few choices to surrender or run. To deal with it they would have to divert limited forces from defending Kherson. Taking back Kherson leads to vulnerably of the whole of the oblast and strikes on the Kerch bridge and Crimea.
I like the following website HERE
Angels of Sport. Requiem for the dead Ukrainian athletes --- from May 2022 but posted August 24, 2022 Ukrainian Independence Day
https://odessa-journal.com/angels-of-sport-requiem-for-the-dead-ukrainian-athletes/
(clickable)
It is in the Ukrainian language of course but you can always choose to copy and paste the short summaries over to the Google Translate feature. It is quite reliable usually.
August 22, 2022
Who car bombed Putin’s ally’s daughter ??
The National Republican Army of Russia, of course !!
Russians Declared War On Putin’s Regime! Official Statement Of The Secret Revolutionary Army! - YouTube
Here is their statement of responsibility !!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IstMDCV_zGc
Update from Ukraine | The Kyiv Military Parade they deserved
August 22, 2022
Destroyed Russian military vehicles enjoyed by Ukrainians on a beautiful Kyiv day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C22m0dYtiWA
MAJOR !!!!! Russia’s Grip On Kazakhstan Oil Export To EU Slips, China Pushes For Regular Supply Amid Ukraine War - YouTube
August 17, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeJTSh-vRjE
Russia’s private military contractor Wagner comes out of the shadows in Ukraine war
The Guardian - Just scroll down and click you may join MAYBE LATER to view article.
See how Wagner advertises - No more in the shadows
August 07, 2022
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/07/russias-private-military-contractor-wagner-comes-out-of-the-shadows-in-ukraine-war
Map of the war in Ukraine : Updated daily
https://deepstatemap.live/en#7/47.051/34.723
Odd grim collection of Russians killed in action from Frags to Oligarchs to Generals
Updated as needed. A 200 means dead.
https://topcargo200.com/331/
Ukrainian Pensioner Who Took On Russian Column Shares Phone Video Of Destruction - YouTube Feb. 27 but reported 8/3/22.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFrgPVLjddY
This is horrific. 7-28
https://news.yahoo.com/horrifying-footage-appears-to-show-russian-captors-castrating-a-ukrainian-prisoner-of-war-221414554.html
July 23, 2022
Profil (an Austrian news magazine) conducted a poll on who people most blame for the war in Ukraine.
As it turns out, vaccinated people are most likely to blame Russia, and unvaccinated people blame either the USA or NATO.
Impfscheu und putintreu: Ungeimpfte geben USA Schuld für Ukraine-Krieg
(in German)
Via Google Translate, the lede:
Putin is already at war with Europe. There is only one way to stop him | Simon Tisdall
July 17, 2022
Great article and reasoning - Here's a peek.
The obvious escape route is a land-for-peace deal with Putin, agreed over Ukraine’s dead bodies. This kind of shoddy sellout has influential advocates. If (and it’s a big “if”), Russia returned to business as normal, it would alleviate Europe’s suffering – though probably not Ukraine’s.
Yet such a deal would also be a precedent-setting disaster for future peace and security across the continent and globally, too. Just think Taiwan. Or Estonia. It would destroy the sovereign integrity of democratic Ukraine.
Fortunately, there is an alternative: using Nato’s overwhelming power to decisively turn the military tide.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/17/putin-is-already-at-war-with-europe-there-is-only-one-way-to-stop-him
Even tho this is dated July 13, 2022, I thought the information filled in some blanks about current recruitment efforts & battalion numbers & sizes & chain of command issues -There are plenty of '- stans - countries' for PutinRussia to draw from ...
Institute of War Assessment :
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russia-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-13
How the war has robbed Ukraine’s oligarchs of political influence
July 2022
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/23/ukraine-oligarchs-russia-war-influence
One party is passing laws that are forcing 10-year-olds to give birth.
The other party isn’t.
This shouldn't be a difficult choice.
"Outgunned" - Artillery & The War in Ukraine - Developments, lessons, & logistics -
July 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMEpxX7rS5I&t=6s
Mary Trump interviews Malcolm Nance who is taking a brief hiatus from the war in Ukraine
July 22, 2022
Two of my favorite people.
https://twitter.com/MaryLTrump/status/1550639871836004352?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet
Via Euromaiden on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPR/status/1550586379859640320
This adds to the information from security researchers and various ministries of defence that a large portion of Russia's Kherson formations are surrounded and low on supplies.
Under the laws of war, there is no requirement for a force to give "safe passage" to another force. Surrender or be destroyed is an acceptable position.
(July 22, 2022)
From the Institute for the Study of War (July 16, 2022), tweet with a link to their analysis of the situation. We may be starting to get into the "Hitler in the bunker" situation of ordering phantom troops to take unrealistic objectives.
https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1548466320152309762
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-16
For the hell of it .....
Check for Recalls: Vehicle, Car Seat, Tire, Equipment | NHTSA Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Every vehicle has a unique VIN. Enter a VIN to learn if a specific vehicle needs to be repaired as part of a recall.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls#vin
Russia, which says it does not target civilians ......................Turkey announces deal with Ukraine, Russia and UN aimed at resuming grain exports
When statements like these come out of PutinRussia I could just smack Putin.
He would say he only aims for the infrastructure that people use.
His brutality needs to be stopped - just like Khodorkovsky (below) states.
July 13, 2022.
'Putin's oldest enemy' has advice for Western leaders
Mikhail Khodorkovsky was once the richest man in Russia until he challenged Vladimir Putin and was sent to jail for 10 years. Now, he has advice for Western leaders trying to deal with his former adversary, telling CBC’s Terence McKenna that a show of strength is key. July 10, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5IXIYuHobk
I appreciate the point of view of Charon, and others who have "skin in the game". The feeling that Ukraine should cede territory and end the war.
Chomsky and Kissinger agree, etc.
We know what appeasment has achieved in the past.
On the other hand, Ukraine's resistence might be pointless, depending on President DeSantis' inclinations. I hope that doesn't happen.
This is stunning (if true!) Like a James Bond movie........
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/07/ukrainian-navy-special-forces-spearhead-daring-snake-island-mission/
EXERPT -
"The sight of the Ukrainian flag flying over Snake Island, just days after the Russians retreated from it, is hugely symbolic. Placing the flag was expected, and naturally it made headlines. But the mission behind it was less clear.
Now details are emerging from Ukrainian sources.
On the night of July 7 2022, Ukraine’s elite 73rd Naval Special Purpose Center approached Snake Island. The combat swimmers were driving underwater vehicles.
The divers covertly surveyed the coastal zone, looking for anti-submarine and anti-landing mines. After establishing a safe passage, they gave the signal to the boats of the main group.
The 73rd Naval Special Purpose Center is the special forces unit of the Naval Infantry (marines). Often referred to as Spetsnaz, they are broadly equivalent of the U.S. Navy SEALs or British SBS.
Details of the underwater vehicles employed has not been reported. The unit is known to operate certain sophisticated Western types. But like many special forces units their inventory is shrouded in secrecy.
These vehicles will be wet submarines, meaning that the crew is exposed to the water around them. Therefore the divers have to wear breathing apparatus while submerged. Some types, termed swimmer delivery vehicles (SDVs) carry the divers inside. Others, called DPDs (diver propulsion devices) tow the divers behind. Both arrangements have their advantages, and both extend the range and endurance of the divers. They also make it possible to carry additional equipment. Modern Western types in Ukrainian service benefit from relevant navigation and commutations equipment.
The Ukrainian Flag flying over Snake Island, July 7. Photo Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
The SOF (special operations forces) operators were not alone. Combat engineers of the 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade, and navy personnel from the 801st Separate Detachment also landed. The engineers were the first to land on the island, to deal with any mines or booby traps. They cleared a passage for the rest of the force.
As well as planting several Ukrainian flags, the small force gathered intelligence on the Russian equipment there. The island has been hit repeatedly by both sides, but some equipment remains.
Ukrainian sources report that Russian warships begun approaching the island while the troops were still there. Having completed their mission, the Ukrainian force withdrew. Then the Russian side launched a missile attack on the island, reportedly hitting the pier. It is possible that they were intending to destroy equipment to prevent it falling into Ukrainian hands.
Russia claims that it hit and killed some of the Ukrainian forces. The Ukrainian side says that its force returned to base unscathed."
July 9, 2022
A twenty-one tweet debunk of the supposed 300kg general called out of retirement to fight in Ukraine for Russia. After a bullshyte story published in a UK tabloid and picked up around the world by mainstream media, it turns out this guy has been identified. He's not in Ukraine, the original photograph was tracked down, and he mostly posts selfies on social media his time as a border guard at the Kazakhstan, along with inspirational quotes and recipes.
https://twitter.com/ArbiterOfTweets/status/1545651614253555712
Meanwhile ….
Georgians Take To Streets Of Tbilisi In Pro-EU, Anti-Government Rally
TBILISI -- Tens of thousands of Georgians rallied on the streets of Tbilisi, angered by what the opposition sees as the government’s failure to make progress on reforms that can boost the Caucasus country’s hopes of joining the European Union.
Participants of the July 3 event, organized by the Shame civic movement and other pro-democracy groups, also displayed support for Ukraine in its war against Russia, which occupies segments of Georgian territory captured in a short 2008 war.
https://www.rferl.org/a/georgians-tbilisi-pro-eu-rally/31927141.html
Ukraine war show US troops must prepare for electronic warfare attacks
Right now, the Russians have effectively put their jammers on blast so that regions of Eastern Ukraine are electromagnetic dead zones, where neither the Ukrainians nor Russians have access to communications, radars, and other sensors
Russian Journalist Accused Of Discrediting Army Sent To Psychiatric Hospital
July 02, 2022
https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-journalist-ponomarenko-psychiatric-hospital/31926840.html
We Are Fighting Against Evil': Four St. Petersburg Women Face Prison As Russia Intensifies Crackdown On Dissent May 16, 2022
"The hope of all political prisoners," she wrote, "lies in you who remain at liberty." https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-four-women-dissent/31853445.html
Who knew ?
Odesa Prepares Its Labyrinth Of Catacombs As Shelters Against Russian Attack
https://www.rferl.org/a/odesa-prepares-its-labyrinth-of-catacombs-as-shelters-against-russian-attack/31922652.html
July 3, 2022
Ukraine Says It Has Retaken Infamous Snake Island; Russia Says It Withdrew For 'Goodwill' (Radio Free Europe)
June 30, 2022
July 2, 2022
In #Belarus, a group of senior military officers in a Special Forces unit, in the ranks from captain to colonel, reportedly signed an open letter to the de facto ruler Lukashenka, openly speaking against potential Belarusian participation in #Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1543179024024932359
To summarise: Putin’s war in Ukraine is an illegal war of conquest; if Belarus joins in it would be a suicide due to sanctions and war; the officers are committed to defend the Motherland from foreign threats but not to take part in a barbaric war in another country.
Translation of the three-page letter in the Tweet.
Russia Admits It's Running Out of Weapons in Ukraine War (Newsweek, July 1, 2022)
Russia Defaults on Foreign Debt for First Time Since 1918 (Bloomberg, June 26, 2022)
TL;DR: The US Treasury Department allowed the exception for Russia to pay bondholders to expire. Russia argues it is not in default on sovereign debt because it has the money to pay, even in specie (gold).
After losing all of his top generals and commanders in the war with Ukraine, Putin calls General Pavel out of retirement to lead the Russian invasion. He weighs nearly 300 pounds now, intelligence officials say Putin is “scraping the bottom of the barrel”.
https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1541063372220731392
(I think they meant 300kg, not 300lb. Ukraine could target this guy from orbit.)
June 26, 2022
2022 Russian mystery fires - Wikipedia June 24, 2022
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_mystery_fires
Yes, this page actually exists at Wikipedia.
Checking it 2 days ago, there had already been an additional 3 mystery fires in Russia not yet listed on the site ( It keeps track )....
June 24, 2022
Two Economies at war - Russia and Ukraine after 100 days of sanctions and shelling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGGwO99fQaI
This Aussie covers a relevant topic every week related to the Russian war against Ukraine IN DEPTH !!!
He's been doing this since the war began.Looking at both - what we novices might call pros and cons - this guy sees as elements and is 'straight down the middle' in his analysis. An honest arbiter seems to me.
************** I hope Charon reads and comments ! ********************
Yellow Fillings, Iron Teeth: Russians Fear Return Of Soviet Dentistry Under Sanctions
(Radio Free Europe, June 22, 2022)
Poland slams EBU's decision on Eurovision (Radio Poland, June 19, 2022)
Define the "existential threat" and at which point this situation is not going back to 1939 and the bitter consequences? It took a few years for global intervention, and a wartime industrial might, to take over. Countries are sapping their military reserves over this situation. As it is intended to be. A global crisis is arising and there is only one cause, global food shortages. The time must come for the global coalition to say STOP, whatever the risks. Political poker is won by the strongest hand and willpower. Whatever the risks.
6-19-22
I've been avoiding this topic as being saturated with depressing news gets overwhelming.
Also, I haven't read the entire thread yet so this may be redundant.
Henry Kissinger (far right) and Noam Chomsky (far left) agree Ukraine should cede some land to Russia. Both of them are near ancient meaning I'm surprised they're still on the planet.
The article's comments section is interesting I think. Chomsky indicates to me that the Military Industrial Complex is the beneficiary of the conflict and the sincerity of the US supporting the conflict is based on this.
The US wouldn't/doesn't support a foreign enemy (Russia) having military installations in the proximity of its borders while having military installations on Russia's border Vis-à-vis, the Cuban Missle crisis of the early 60s.
The War Map in Ukraine Does Not Matter - YouTube June 18, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGnkISdIrz4
I actually agree with this. Our (the public) has been kept on edge probably to gin up continuing interest - the public and politicians (in many cases) are so fickle and short-sighted with a pee wee attention span.
Again, this is a good article to peruse.
Poland can take over air defense of Western Ukraine, - ex-head of National Security Bureau Kozei (June 18, 2022)
June 15, 2022 (with table)
https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1536952232968695811
June 2020
Russia Captures US Fighters In Ukraine | More Leverage For Putin After Death Sentence For Britons? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALWExhKShOM
Ya. Listening to and seeing war. June 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX6c6XtGAMA Arrived, cut down, eyes in the bolnike" - how military doctors save lives on the front line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7_Yrne0Ons
Russian Forces Push Into Center of Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk (Voice of America, June 13, 2022)
United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, six-part thread of the UK's assessment of new Russian formations being called up.
(June 12, 2022)
https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1535934097557692417
TL;DR: Russia appears to be mobilizing their "third" reserve battalion. Most brigades deploy a maximum of two. The third reserve battalion is usually very understaffed and to fill them will likely require new recruits. That might get them 30-50,000 troops (and as we've seen, their amazing reserve equipment, never mind their top-notch logistics capabilities). Military district commands are ordered to create motorized rifle and armour battalions.
These would be the troops they would use as trainers for the military, so if they later try to mobilize more people, that leads down the road to a bigger fiasco within the Russian Armed Forces.
It seems likely Putin is desperate to have some short-term gain in eastern Ukraine, even if it throws away the entire long-term objective.
This is the reaction of Russians to Ukrainians in chat-roulette May 5, 2022
Talk about pure ignorance. Reminds me of repubs reactions to dems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ8Pyv_IJ4g
Russian military sends Ukrainians to Mariupol filtration camps \ Ukraine news 5/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zl5HinwPyc
June 6 2022
JUST LIKE TRUMP ... PUTIN GOES LOWER JUNE 2022
Parent Of Missing Moskva Sailor Says He's Been Questioned By Russian Security And Had Laptop Seized
From the Father’s Blog : (Translated)
One day, people from a serious department came to his house and said that from his name sent messages by e-mail (foreign) to certain organizations with bomb threats ..
*** So, it looks like relatives of sailors dead from the sinking of the Moskva are creating friction for the Kremlin and Putin is busy creating fables...***
https://www.rferl.org/a/moskva-sinking-father-crew-questioned-russia/31883514.html
Results of humanitarian demining of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine for 95 days of war -May 30, 2022
De-mining Ukraine will take 9 - 10 years.
Russia planted mines in villages, farmlands, the port seas, people’s furniture, microwaves, even in dead bodies, tripwires litter the countryside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYEB9QaB_Qc
Life Stories: Kyiv DEFENCE (one month of OCCUPATION) May 27, 2022
A commenter wrote : THE MOST HAIR-RAISING FIRST-PERSON EXPERIENCES AND VIDEOS OF RUSSIAN INVASION OF KYIV ON YOUTUBE TODAY !!!
Extremely detailed and you will be holding your breath as they make many escapes and near misses.Just stunning ! Thank you UA COURAGE .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COteadsc2HE
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Aren't you glad you're not a Russian soldier ? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Russian Government Reneges on 90 Day Contract Agreement with Soldiers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDDMuU3kpvI
Re: Germany and France dithering.
I have some sympathy with German hesitancy, in the light of history. And the fact of considering Russia as a counter-balance and buffer against China.
But enough is enough.
Less than 11 min. of video and info, yet after it finishes you'll feel like
you just read an entire book.
Satellite images show:
At least 7 Russian warships suddenly in battle positions against Ukraine! May 27, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIQGwURiZrw
*************************** COMPLICATION GALORE ****************************
You probably have heard of the powerful, deadly & inexpensive TURKISH DRONE -
The Bayraktar
Well, introducing : A Total Game Changer
The newest Turkish Bayraktar UAV trembled Russians from 20.000 feet!
May 27, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__9px3HJoCI
!!!!!!!!!!!! This news source could be Turkish, Ukrainian or some other country. I don't believe it is the United States because U. S (with no period after the S seems a clue). !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 28, 2022
Why Turkey Doesn't Want Finland and Sweden to Join NATO
https://greekreporter.com/2022/05/22/turkey-sweden-finland-nato-erdogan/
Erdogan - The Near Dictator - is a paranoid which is normal for a dictator, but I think he's also manic - depressive (unmedicated).
He has his military jets fly within 1.5 miles of a major bordering Greek city - IN GREEK AIRSPACE - and Erdogan is pissed because Greece mentioned it when their President addressed our Congress in the last week or so.
Russian media report Putin’s frustration with Chechen troops’ conduct in Ukraine
** What's interesting here is there appears to be 2 types of Chechen troops fighting in Ukraine : 1. Kadyrovites [units subordinate to Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic in the Russian Federation]
and
2. those needing an income or being 'forced' to fight.
Propaganda-staged videos made by Kadyrov (frequently appearing on youtube) show soldiers nearly shooting one another by accident. Kadyrov seems brain-damaged but extremely brutal.
SATURDAY, 28 MAY 2022, 16:31
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/05/28/7349132/
May 25, 2022 Misc.
St. Jude Hospital needs/needed Ukrainian translators since they're bringing kids over that need cancer treatment.
The people of Ukraine sends condolences to Americans over the Texas massacre.
May 24, 2022
Tucker Carlson's beloved strongman racist-nationalist, Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, has declared a state of emergency due to the war in neighbouring Ukraine.
Orban, who was returned to power for a fourth consecutive term in April, announced in a Facebook video that his government would assume emergency powers in order to be able to respond more quickly to the challenges created by the war. It will allow the Hungarian government to approve measures by decree.
Orban said:
The world is on the brink of an economic crisis.
The first measures will be announced on Wednesday.
May 25, 2022 TheGuardian.com
Brazil has turned to natural fertilisers over concerns that the war in Ukraine will disrupt crucial fertiliser imports, AFP has reported. The agricultural superpower is the world’s fourth-biggest consumer of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium based fertilisers and imports 80% of its supply, 25% of which comes from Russia. From AFP: That is causing farmers in the South American giant to turn to alternatives, including remineralizers, or “agrominerals” - pulverized, nutrient-rich rocks that are spread on fields before planting. Brazil, which authorized remineralizers for agricultural use in 2013, is the world leader in the technique, which is also used in the United States, Canada, India and France, among others. “Brazil is a tropical country, and the rains tend to wash away soil nutrients. Rock powder rebuilds the soil and renews it,” says Marcio Remedio, mineral resources director at the Brazilian Geological Service. The technique also “allows plants’ roots to develop better and capture the nutrients they need to grow,” says Suzi Huff Theodoro, a geologist at the University of Brasilia. “We have rocks with the right profile in various parts of the country, and the cost is significantly cheaper” than chemical fertilisers, she told AFP.
‘Death to the enemy’: Ukraine’s news channels unite to cover war | Ukraine | The Guardian May 25, 2022
Pros and cons - Tha amount of successful state propaganda in this region of the world is simply staggering. I mean, look at the Russian populace or Crimean and Donbas separatists. They've been foxified.
Or how the previous president of Ukraine-Yushchenko- fucked the woman who brought attention to Ukraine being swallowed alive by the communists. Her name is Yulia Tymoshenko.
She may have only lost because 3 days before the 2018 presidential election when another candidate with an extremely similar first and last name of Tymoshenko's entered the race.
This is the election where Zolenskyy came to power.
Go read her Wikipedia page. Remember Paul Manafort ?
Right now, Tymoshenko is in Ukraine, working to protect the country.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/25/death-to-the-enemy-ukraine-news-channels-unite-to-cover-war
Gen. Ben Hodges: Ukraine: How the War Is Being Fought May 15, 2022
Gen. Hodges gives complete, easy to digest summaries of what he sees and feels.
Really down to earth and I look forward to his assessments.
This is an hour interview where you hang on his every answer.
Seems we are in the grind of war - it's war, after all.
Not each day is headlines but Hodges puts it in victorious Ukrainian perspective - honestly ! At least watch the first 8 min. After that, you'll be wanting more !
Even the last 4 minutes proves Putin's fear of his people seeing democracy .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWO8pOPOR6A
Latest Update from Ukraine | ruzzians don't know what to do Denis Davydov May 24, 2022
Be sure to watch the last couple minutes ! Jazzing Ukrainians !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQMn_R_tzQQ
Ukraine destruction: how the Guardian documented Russia’s use of illegal weapons |
May 2022
Cluster bombs, fléchettes and unguided missiles on residential areas: as prosecutors investigate alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, our reporters reveal the evidence they discovered on the ground
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/24/ukraine-destruction-how-the-guardian-documented-russia-use-of-weapons