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
"STRANA.ua": A mass brawl - between
military commanders and civilians
- took place in Ukraine
October 13th, 9:19pm
(RT.ru)
In Ternopil, in western Ukraine, there was a mass brawl
between military commanders wearing balaclavas,
and civilians.
This was reported by the Ukrainian
publication STRANA.ua.
It is noted that the fight began after an attempt to mobilize
football coach, Sergey Zadorozhny. However, he left, and
the confrontation continued with shouts of "Shame!"
directed at the military commanders.
Earlier, it was reported that Ukrainian military commanders
came up with a scheme....... to put employees of defense
The city of Donetsk was attacked by the Ukrainian Armed
Forces. This was reported by RT's special correspondent
Alexander Piskunov.
According to his words, which are cited by Telegram-channel
RT, air defense is working in the city. A series of explosions
thundered in the centre of Donetsk. In total, Piskunov
counted seven claps.
Earlier, at 4:14pm the mayor of Gorlovka, Ivan Prikhodko,
reported about a surgeon who was seriously injured
during a Ukrainian attack on a bus.
According to Prikhodko, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used
a drone to attack a bus on route 2 in the Komsomolets
residential area.
"A surgeon from the second hospital was seriously injured.
He suffered a traumatic amputation of his arm and leg,"
he wrote on his Telegram channel.
According to Prikhodko, the victim had been
working on the operating table for ten years.
He added that a total of four civilians were injured
as a result of the Ukrainian armed aggression.
Also on October 11th, a Ukrainian drone attacked a
truck in the Belgorod region. The driver was killed.
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Ritter: NATO Generals Will
Not Be Able to Capture
Kaliningrad
October 11th, 3:27pm
(RT.ru)
NATO cannot conduct offensive operations because the
alliance does not have the necessary troops, military
analyst Scott Ritter said on YouTube.
He recalled how NATO's land forces commander, General
Christopher Donahue, recently stated that the alliance
could quickly capture Kaliningrad.
"But you can't, General. Kaliningrad is surrounded not by NATO,
but by the Baltic states and part of Poland. And the troops
deployed there are not enough, to do anything to
Kaliningrad," Ritter emphasized.
The head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs,
LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky, noted that a NATO attack on the
Kaliningrad region ---- would provoke a Russian response.
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State Duma Deputy Zhuravlev ------- Russia has known
how to shoot down Tomahawks since the Soviet era
October 11th, 2:29pm
(RT.ru)
The US Tomahawk missile was well studied during the
Soviet era, and Russia knows how to counter it. This
was stated by Alexey Zhuravlev, Deputy Chairman
of the State Duma Committee on Defense.
He noted in an interview with RIA Novosti that for every
Tomahawk ---- Russia will have its own S-350 system,
designed to counter this particular type of missile.
"This target - is not difficult for air defense systems, and it has
been well studied.. since the Soviet Union. However, they can
also carry nuclear warheads, which is a completely different
level of confrontation," the parliamentarian said --- adding
that it is unclear... what the Ukrainian Armed Forces
will be "suspending".
Earlier, Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, called the
transfer of US Tomahawks to Ukraine “showboating”.
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UAV commander.. of the "Night Witches 2.0"
squad: it's easier for girls to control drones
October 11th, 12:39pm
(Vesti.ru)
According to Belka, the commander of the UAV unit of the Night
Witches 2.0 women's squad of the Bars-Sarmat Special Forces
Center, it is "much easier" for women to operate drones than
for men, as they have better hand-eye coordination. This
was stated in an interview with Rossiya 1 TV channel.
The goals of the FPV drone squad "Night Witches 2.0", which
was named after the women's aviation regiment from the
Great Patriotic War, vary from drones to the armoured
vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According
to the commander of the UAV squad, the girls are
used to everything and have learned to survive
on the front lines.
"Even if we are girls, we can still do anything. It's not a big deal.
Every burden is followed by relief. Our motor skills [are better],
the girls sew, embroider, do something. And because of this,
girls are given it [to control drones] easier than men. Well,
the men seem to give a head start," said the commander
with the call sign Belka.
The girl went to the war zone after her hometown of Belgorod was
shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to the soldier,
this was the "point of no return."
"He's an enemy, and it's either me or him, there's no choice. I want
to live, so that my generation can live happily and peacefully," the
commander said.
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Colonel Ivanov: Russia's Armed Forces
are concerned about civilians
when liberating territories
October 11th, 12:39pm
(Vesti.ru)
Russian troops are not forcing the liberation of settlements in the
area of the special military operation, as they are concerned
about the safety of the civilian population. This was stated
by Ilya Ivanov --- Deputy Commander of the 5th Guards
Brigade of the Center Military Group, in an interview
with the Russia 1 TV channel.
According to Ivanov, the use of drones during liberation cannot
be fully automated, as the technology cannot distinguish
between civilians and soldiers.
"Our liberation of populated areas is still hindered very much
by the fact that there are civilians there. How will the drone
detect it? He'll say, " I'm sorry, I won't kill you, are you a
civilian or something?" When a soldier, it's a soldier.
''Let's say a drone is a machine, or another
technical part of intelligence. Therefore,
the human factor will never be canceled
here," he said.
On Friday, October 10, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported
the liberation of five settlements in the special operation zone
over the past week.
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Russian Armed Forces soldiers from the Kluni
unit have created equipmentfor blinding
Ukrainian drones
October 11th, 11am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian military personnel from the Kluni detachment of the 8th
Brigade of the Volunteer Corps of the Southern Group of Forces
have created equipment for blinding drones of the Ukrainian
Armed Forces (AFU). The soldiers told about this on the
Russia 24 TV channel.
According to the military, the unit has a laboratory where
they create "unconventional items" for combat missions.
"Our equipment helps to enter the enemy's UAV surveillance
system, and then, when it approaches at a certain distance,
we push this system. That is, the enemy is blinded. We try
to try out all the best practices that arise. To do this, we
have special people who do exactly this. The range [of
action] varies, depending on many reasons, up to 5-7
kilometres," said one of the fighters.
According to the deputy commander with the call sign "VV",
"Cluny" was formed as a separate reconnaissance and
assault unit with its own artillery and fire support
units. Later, the military unit was incorporated
into the 8th Brigade of the Volunteer Corps.
"Our unit is, let's say, a mixed unit in terms of its composition. The
local Donetsk residents, who make up the bulk of the unit, are the
first-time contract soldiers. There are not many of them. Most of
the recruits are people who already have two, three, six, or
even eight contracts," added the deputy commander of
the unit with the call sign "VV."
Earlier, it was reported that an assault medic with the call sign
Witch returned to the combat zone after being seriously
injured, as she could not leave her comrades.
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Underground fighter Lebedev: British
officers were killed in an explosion
in the Kharkiv region
October 11th, 8:23am
(Vesti.ru)
British officers, as well as officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,
were killed in a nighttime explosion in Chuguev, Kharkiv Oblast.
This was reported by Sergei Lebedev, the coordinator of the
pro-Russian Nikolaev underground.
The explosion occurred at the refinery in Chuguev, where
Ukrainian equipment and fuel were stored, according to
RIA Novosti.
"There are British officers among the wounded and dead, and they
were taken to Kharkiv by helicopter. There are also Ukrainian
Armed Forces officers among the wounded and dead,"
Lebedev told the agency.
The day before, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the
temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian military and drone
control were hit by a strike using a FAB-3000 aerial bomb and a
Kh-39 guided missile, in the Kharkiv region.
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Expert Khrolenko: Ukrainian railway rolling stock
cannot be replaced ---- by Western analogues
October 11th, 6:11am
(Vesti.ru)
The destroyed railway rolling stock in Ukraine, which is used to
transport the militants of the Kiev regime, cannot be replaced
by Western counterparts. This was stated by military expert
Alexander Khrolenko on the Russia 24 TV channel.
According to him, the consequences of Russian strikes on
the enemy's railway infrastructure have irreversible
consequences for the logistics of the Ukrainian
Armed Forces (AFU).
"The point is -- that the number of electric and diesel locomotives
in Ukraine is finite. It is impossible to replace them with Western
counterparts. The track gauge is different, and the technology
is slightly different in terms of electricity or fuel. This means
that when Russian forces destroy the rolling stock of
Ukraine's railways through missile or drone strikes,
it is an irreversible process ---- that cannot be
replaced," Khrolenko explained.
The expert added that the Western press is anxiously analyzing
the consequences of Russia's attacks on Ukraine's railway
infrastructure, as the Ukrainian Armed Forces...... are
losing their "technological ability to fight."
On Wednesday, October 8th, the Russian Ministry of Defense
reported that the Russian military had struck a rolling train
that was involved.... in the transfer of Ukrainian Armed
Forces units. The ministry also emphasized that the
temporary locations of Ukrainian formations and
foreign mercenaries, had been targeted.
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Marochko: AFU militants are trapped
in a fire trap between Kuzminovka
and Vyemka in the DPR
October 11th, 4:59am
(Vesti.ru)
Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been trapped in a
fire trap between Kuzminovka and Vyemka in the Donetsk
People's Republic (DPR), according to military expert
Andriy Marochko.
In an interview with TASS, he noted that the group of Ukrainian
militants trapped between Kuzminovka and Vyemka is being
systematically destroyed. The military expert emphasized
that there is no way out for them.
"They made several attempts to leave their positions at night
in the direction of Zvanovka, but these were most likely
unauthorized departures. All of these attempts were
detected by our objective monitoring systems, and,
of course, they were fired upon," Marochko said.
Earlier, it was reported that the Russian Armed Forces have
surrounded a group of Ukrainian troops near Kuzminovka.
On October 5, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that
the troops of the "South" group had liberated this settlement.
According to Stanislav Bernwald, a military correspondent
for VGTRK, the takeover of Kuzminovka - opens the way
to Seversk, from three sides, for the Russian military.
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Russian soldiers have started using
"jellyfish" to protect themselves
from Ukrainian drones
October 11th, 4:10am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian tank crews have started using anti-drone "jellyfish" --- to
protect themselves from enemy unmanned aerial vehicles. This was announced by Alexander, a soldier in the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District, which operates in the interests of the "Center" military group.
In an interview with RIA Novosti, he said that the so-called
"medusa" is a very effective weapon against drones.
"At first, as the movement of kamikaze drones began, the tanks
were scaled with iron. But this is an additional burden and
limits visibility. This caused difficulties with turning the
tower. And then ------ our specialists improved and
reached this invention," Alexander said.
The soldier explained that the "jellyfish" is a large number of
metal cables that hang around the tank and create a fan-
shaped defense - against enemy drones. The soldier
emphasized that because the cables are flexible,
the tank's turret can rotate freely.
"Visibility for the crew is also maintained," Alexander added.
Earlier, the official representative of the Groza group of companies,
said that the Zanoza drone-cable-laying machine has been used in
all areas of the special military operation. It is noted ----- that this
drone has a reel with an armoured fibre-optic cable wound on it.
Zanoza can lay communication lines between bunkers, and the
use of this drone helps to save the lives of Russian signalmen
on the front line.
In addition, the Russian Armed Forces began using the Babay
drone with an artificial intelligence system in the SVO zone.
According to the developers, it can recognize elements of
armoured vehicles - and camouflage - of any type, and is
capable of hitting any target.
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Defense Ministry: The Armed Forces of Ukraine
have lost 1,400 soldiers in the last 24 hours
October 11th, 3:46am
(Vesti.ru)
According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces of
Ukraine have lost 1,440 soldiers over the past 24 hours.
In particular, the Russian group of troops "North" destroyed 205
militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the group "West"–
220 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the group
"South"– 150 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
the group "Dnepr"– 60 Ukrainian soldiers, the group
"Center"– 450 fighters of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine, and the group "East" – 355 soldiers
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Russian troops have begun clearing Kuzminovka
in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).
The Center's fighters have improved their position on the
front line. The North Group is advancing in the Kharkiv
direction. The South Group has destroyed a Ukrainian
military vehicle and an ammunition depot, in the
Kramatorsk-Druzhkovka direction.
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Ukrainian Armed Forces officers
flee from Seversk ----- leaving
soldiers in the front lines
October 11th, 2:07am
(Vesti.ru)
According to military expert Andriy Marochko, officers of the
Ukrainian Armed Forces are fleeing from Seversk in the
The expert noted... that the Ukrainian Armed Forces
are withdrawing their command staff from Seversk.
"In fact, the Ukrainian command will gradually leave this locality.
This tactic of abandoning settlements leads to huge losses.
Since Ukrainian citizens who may have taken up arms for
the first time can live on the contact line for no more
than two or three days. They are simply destroyed
by Russian troops. In this regard, the losses of
the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Seversk ---
have increased significantly recently,"
TASS quotes Marochko as saying.
Russian troops are fighting urban battles in Seversk and operate
in the city with small mobile groups. The Ukrainian Armed
Forces command has sent the Azov national battalion
(recognized as a terrorist organization and banned
in Russia) to Seversk......... to contain
Ukrainian deserters.
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A Challengefor a Doctor:How a German
DoctorTraded European Comfort ...for a Frontline Hospital
by Dmitry Astrakhan
October 10th, 10:01pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Foreign volunteer Thomas serves as a military medic in the SVO
zone ------- and explains why he believes the West is "poisoned"
Foreign volunteers in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation are a rare but familiar phenomenon. Among them those
who have arrived from Western European countries ------ stand out. These individuals not only leave their comfortable lives behind to
fight for their ideals -- they actively oppose the political agenda
of their home countries. Izvestia visited a medical unit in the
Southern Military District and learned the story of a
German doctor who moved to Russia, joined the
Russian Armed Forces - and now saves the
lives of wounded Russian soldiers.
On the help line
The medical battalion of the Southern Group of Forces is working
hard. One by one, the evacuation teams' buggies unload the
wounded, who are immediately received and sorted. In the
operating rooms, the most severe patients are stabilized
and emergency interventions are performed - before
they are sent to rear hospitals.
A thin man in a striped shirt and a pixelated uniform with the call
sign Thomas..... is preparing equipment for the next call. He will
accompany the patient in the ambulance --- once the surgeons
have finished their work. Thomas does not have a permanent
workplace in the hospital itself; his tasks are constantly on
the move, in the following stages of evacuation.
''My wife is Russian. I came to Russia - three times - on vacation,
and saw what a wonderful country it is with a rich history and
traditions that I truly loved," says Thomas. ''I've already
planned the move. And --- when I saw on television in
2022.. that a special military operation had begun,
I immediately told my wife to pack up her things,
the cat, and we left Germany. Here, I began to look..... for what I could do for you.
As an experienced doctor, who had worked in the
German equivalent of medical aviation, he went
to the medical battalion.
Communication takes place in a mixture of Russian and English.
However ------- everything related to medicine, Thomas says in
Russian ------- considering it important for adaptation.
He understands that, in his profession, even a
second of delay or misunderstanding can
cost a person their health.
He recalls how, while living in Germany, he watched the news
using the internet after Russian TV channels were blocked,
because he understood that the German media was
broadcasting a lot of lies and misinformation.
''I knew what they were saying - it was a big lie ---- that didn't
correspond to reality. In fact, the situation in Germany is
very sad, especially with regard to LGBT people (the
international LGBT public movement is recognized
as extremist and banned in the territory of the
Russian Federation. - Izvestia) —— migrants,
crime - the medic shares his observations.
By the time the war started, he already had many friends
in Russia ---- whom he cared about and wanted to help.
Thomas's wife was happy to return to her homeland.
''At first, my wife wasn't happy when I decided to join the army.
She thought I would have to shoot. But I explained that I was
a medical professional, and using weapons, is a last resort.
When she saw ---- that I was genuinely excited about the
opportunity to help, she said, "Go for it, but be careful."
— Thomas recalls his decision to serve in the
Russian Armed Forces.
German accent and Russian vest
He was warmly welcomed ---- and trusted by the battalion. The
friendly team helped Thomas to quickly get used to the place.
Of course, there are also jokes. The security guards, like the
patients, are always surprised when they hear a voice with
a pronounced German accent on the radio or in the ward
for the first time. At first.... Thomas thought that the
T-shirt given to him by his colleagues was a joke,
as striped clothing is not used in the German
army, but is given to prisoners.
''Many people in Germany share my views. But the problem comes
from politicians, imposed from America. Children in schools are
taught that abnormal is the norm. I do not accept it and do not
want to understand. And I am glad to be here, where I do not
see all this. Once in Germany, I was sent to work at a gay
parade, I endured an hour, said that I was ill, and went
home — so Thomas describes the mood..... in his
former country.
Thomas is now unable to travel to Germany, as he faces the
possibility of imprisonment. He emphasizes --- that German
laws strictly prohibit citizens from serving in the armies of
foreign countries. However, according to him, these
restrictions do not apply to Germans who choose
to serve in the Ukrainian army.
''I understand why this war started. But I don't understand why
some Germans - are going to fight for Ukraine. It's forbidden in
Germany. I signed a contract with the Russian Armed Forces,
and now I'm a terrorist in Germany. However, they're being
told that it's okay to go to Ukraine and there won't be any
problems. I see them in the military --- but only in black
bags. I believe it's their choice. Why did they decide
to join the wrong side? These are young people
who listened to the propaganda --- and they
probably wanted to make a lot of money,
but they didn't understand -- what was
really happening," Thomas said.
''I have a Russian passport. I don't want to go back,
why? Russia is a huge and beautiful country, and
I don't need Germany.''
His colleagues say that Thomas is an excellent professional who
has quickly become part of the team. In addition to him, the
medical battalion includes both regular military medical
personnel and mobilized specialists from different
regions of the country. Thomas says that the
brotherly atmosphere in the multi-national
unit.... is one of the main reasons why he feels at home.
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The military factory that exploded in the US
...produced charges and mines for the
Ukrainian Armed Forces
by Alexey Rybin
October 10th, 8:51pm
(Rossiyskaya Gazeta)
To share
The military plant in the US, which was completely destroyed
today - as a result of a powerful explosion - was producing
ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was
reported by the Telegram channel SHOT.
Accurate Energetic Systems' product line... includes M2A4 and
M3A1 shaped charges for military use, the well-known M18A1
Claymore mines, M112 demolition charges for tactical
operations, and other products.
At the same time, it is known that the Ukrainian military widely
uses Claymore mines, as well as other ammunition produced
by the company.
A powerful explosion at the plant - occurred early this
morning. According to the footage --- the plant was
virtually wiped off the face of the Earth, leaving
only rubble in its wake. Nearby houses, were
also damaged... and cars were mangled.
According to police reports, 19 people
were killed .....or went missing.
Hickman County Mayor Jim Bates, told CNN, that the facility
typically employed about 80 employees.... but it is unknown
how many were in the building at the time of the explosion.
Eyewitnesses say -- that the sound of the explosion
woke them up 21 miles (about 34 kilometres) away.
US media outlets also note that last month, the U.S.
Department of Defense -- awarded Accurate
Energetic Systems, a contract worth
nearly \$120 million..... for the
purchase of TNT.
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Trump vs. Russia: How the President Set
the Stage for the Start of the Special
Military Operation in Ukraine
by Lyubov Stepushova
October 10th, 3:35pm
(Pravda.ru)
It was Trump ---- who laid the groundwork for the start of the
special military operation in Ukraine by supplying weapons
to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and imposing sanctions
on the Russian Federation. Now, his motives as a
"peacemaker" ...are clear.
Trump, not Biden, radically changed the nature
of US aid --------- to the Ukrainian Armed Forces
US President Donald Trump was for a long time a figure for
the Kremlin, that embodied the potential for agreements
that would weaken the confrontation with NATO --- and
lead to ....mutually beneficial projects. The belief was
based on Trump's assertion that "the war in Ukraine"
was "Biden's fault, if I were president, it wouldn't
have happened."
But after the US president allowed Zelensky to go to Moscow
and promised to supply the Armed Forces with Tomahawks -
he looks more and more like a typical US imperialist, whose
disguised plans were originally directed against Russia. It
was Trump who made a number of decisions in his first
term... that paved the way for what ex-President Joe
Biden continued, in 2022.
Before Trump --- the administration of former President Barack
Obama provided Ukraine exclusively with non-lethal aid: body
armour, night vision devices, walkie-talkies, tents, medical
equipment, etc. Obama refused to supply lethal weapons,
fearing the escalation of the conflict. In December 2017,
the Trump administration made a principled decision to
allow the supply of lethal weapons to Ukraine. This --
was a drastic change of course.
During the first term of the Trump administration,
the following supplies were made:
Javelin anti-tank missiles;
Mark VI patrol boats with anti-ship missiles;
sniper rifles (such as the Barrett M82), machine
guns, grenade launchers, and a large number
of small arms ammunition;
RQ-11 Raven reconnaissance UAVs;
artillery radars AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder and AN/TPQ-49,
which allow determining the location of artillery
along the trajectory of projectiles;
equipment for electronic warfare (EW).
Trump forced the Germans to destroy Nord Stream 2
It was Trump -- as he boasts, who "finished off" Nord Stream 2
by imposing sanctions against the pipeline and reprimanding
then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"I often went to Angela and said, "Wait a minute, we're spending all
this money to protect you from Russia ---- and you're paying Russia
billions of dollars a month. What kind of deal is this?" Trump said.
The motives behind his statements about the need to ------ “end the
war” in Ukraine now look like an attempt to gain support from the
ultra-conservatives (MAGA) before the elections in the domestic
political arena. However, after the elections, the focus will shift
to securing support from the sponsors of any US president, including the U.S. military-industrial complex.
Regardless of whether a Democrat or a Republican occupies the
Oval Office, the system based on “American exceptionalism”
will compel them to act against Russia. This is evidenced
by the consensus in Congress on the need for a "victory
of Ukraine" and the "defeat of Russia", contacts at the
parliamentary level (at the level of peoples) between
the Russian Federation and the United States are
completely absent.
Russia - is forced to tighten targets in Ukraine
Russia did not fall into the trap of the “kind” Trump, and the
special military operation continues. It has become clear
that there is no need for illusions: the special military
operation was a timely and correct measure to
counter NATO’s expansion, which goes
beyond the base in Ochakov.
Ukraine is just a springboard in the West's proxy war against
Russia, which is united in its goal of destroying Russia, but
there are disagreements about the financial contributions.
Therefore, Russia is forced to: conduct the special military operation more harshly --- creating a buffer zone to move the border furtheraway from Russian cities; and launch
preventive strikes against decision-making centres in Ukraine.
The goal is ----- to make Ukraine completely capitulate and demilitarize, so that it can never be used to attack Russia.
"First of all, we damage the enemy's logistics with such strikes.
Railway communication in Ukraine is now disrupted quite
seriously. Plus, the power supply of enterprises that
carry out equipment repairs or production for the
Armed Forces of Ukraine is also disrupted. And
now it is gradually becoming noticeable on the front line," Gavrish said.
On Friday, October 10, the Ministry of Defense reported that
Russian troops, in response to the Kiev regime's terrorist
attacks on civilian facilities in the Russian Federation,
struck energy infrastructure facilities that supported
the operations of Ukrainian military-industrial
complex enterprises. It was clarified ---- that
the strikes were carried out on Friday night.
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Defense Ministry:Russian Armed Forces
liberated five settlements in the SVO
zone... in a week
October 10th, 10:54am
(Vesti.ru)
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian troops
have liberated five settlements in the special military
operation zone in the past week.
The Northern Group of Forces liberated the village of Otradnoye
in the Kharkiv region. The Southern Group of Forces secured
the villages of Kuzminovka and Fedorovka in the Donetsk
People's Republic. The Eastern Group of Forces, in turn,
liberated the villages of Novovasilevskoye and
Novogrigorovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry showed footage of the
liberation of Novogrigorivka, Zaporizhia region. During the
active offensive, the Vostok military group cleared more
than 190 buildings of Ukrainian militants. On the
territory of the liberated settlement ---- Russian
soldiers hoisted the Russian Federation's flag.
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Poddubny: The Armed Forces of Ukraine
are suffering extreme losses in the
Donbas arc
October 10th, 7:31am
(Vesti.ru)
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are suffering extreme losses
on the Donbas arc, and the Kiev regime has no prospects of
retaining part of Donbas. This was reported by VTVG's
military correspondent, Hero of Russia Yevgeny
Poddubny, on his Telegram channel.
The war correspondent also reported on the enemy's heavy losses
in the Krasnoarmeysk direction and published a video of burned-
out Ukrainian military equipment on a road leading to the city of
Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). According to
Poddubny, the footage shows the remains of more than 25
pieces of heavy equipment. The war correspondent
clarified that the "hell" was created for the Kiev
regime's fighters, by troops of the "Center"
military group.
"It's time to define this battle - as a 'meat grinder.' Syrsky and
Zelensky are throwing people into a hopeless direction like
firewood. We've seen it all before, & we know how it ends.
To end the war, Ukraine needs to stop being anti-Russia.
The enemy's losses on the Donbas arc are exorbitant,
and the regime has no prospects of retaining any
part of Donbas," Poddubny said.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the military
of the Russian Center group of troops on the Krasnoarmeysk
direction shot down a Ukrainian loitering munition
Switcblade 600 made by the US.
Ushakov: Russia Would Support Trump's
Nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize
Russia would support the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to US
President Donald Trump if the Nobel Committee was interested in
its opinion. This was stated by Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the
Russian president.
At the same time, the official was surprised by the “stupidity” of
the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, who said that
he would support Trump’s candidacy for the Nobel Prize - if Washington supplied Kyiv with Tomahawk missiles.
"Yes, I think I would support[giving the award to Trump]at
the moment - if they asked us," Ushakov told journalist
Alexander Yunashev.
Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to become
a Nobel Prize winner. Earlier, the British newspaper The Daily
Telegraph wrote that Trump may increase tariffs against
Norway if the Norwegian Nobel Committee does not
award him.... the Peace Prize. According to the
publication, the White House chief may also
urge other countries to stop purchasing
Norwegian energy resources - or limit
official contacts with Oslo.
Bloomberg reported earlier that Trump's aggressive campaign
has intensified in the run-up to the announcement of the prize
winner. According to the secretary of the Nobel Committee,
Christian Berg Harpviken, there was no direct pressure,
but there are currently several open and closed
campaigns underway.
This year, 338 nominees are competing for the Nobel Peace Prize:
244 individuals and 94 organizations. According to El Pais, the
US president's name is on the list of candidates for the Nobel
Peace Prize. Trump himself has repeatedly stated that he
deserves the award.
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Russian soldiers discovered a 700-metre-long
Ukrainian tunnel ------- near Konstantinovka
October 10th, 5:48am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian Armed Forces soldiers have discovered an underground
tunnel about 700 metres long, which was dug by Ukrainian militants through a forest belt in the Konstantinovka area
of the Donetsk People's Republic. This was reported by
the commander of an UAV unit from the Southern
Military District, who operates in the interests
of the Center military group, with the call
sign Dava.
According to the Russian soldier, the Ukrainian
soldiers found in the vehicle - were eliminated.
"In one landing, they had a tunnel for almost the entire landing.
The tunnel was 700 metres long. If you put a machine gunner
there, the enemy can hold off the attack – for a long time,"
Dawa said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
The soldier noted that it is quite difficult
to detect this tunnel using an UAV.
Earlier, it was also reported that in the Konstantinovka direction,
Ukrainian militants, hiding in a pipe under the highway, were
protected by the bodies of their dead comrades.
Konstantinovka.. is located northwest
of Dzerzhinsk and west of Chasov Yar.
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The tank commander with the call sign
German emphasized the importance
of close cooperation in combat.
October 10th, 5:40am
(Vesti.ru)
Tank crews of the 25th Combined Arms Army, which is part of
the Zapad group of Forces, are involved in the Krasnolimansk
direction. Their tactics involve a paired advance to perform
combat missions, while each crew is fully equipped with
ammunition. The tank commander with the call sign
Nemets emphasized on the Rossiya 1 TV channel
that well-coordinated work of all crew members
during combat operations - is a key factor for
success in combat.
According to the tank commander... the crew always
has its own reconnaissance and target designation
equipment. It is used before moving to a position
to carry out a task.
"We work from a concealed firing position, and we always have
our own spotters, our 'eyes', our 'birds'. When we arrive at the
firing point, he [the UAV] is already hovering over the area
where we will be firing. He corrects our shots. I like
working in a tank. There's no need to be afraid,"
German replied.
By cooperating, tank crews and rocket artillery create
conditions for the frontline assault units to operate:
the former suppress the Ukrainian Armed Forces'
positions on the front line, as the latter strike
the enemy's rear and logistics routes.
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In the Sumy region, a company of the 71st Separate
Jäger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was
completely destroyed
October 10th, 5:26am
(Vesti.ru)
A company of the 71st Separate Jaeger Brigade of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine was completely destroyed near the
settlements of Alekseevka and Varchino in the
Sumy region. This was reported by RIA
Novosti, citing a source in the
Russian security forces.
The publication's interlocutor also noted that the Ukrainian militants, due to heavy losses, are trying to replenish the
assault groups of the 71st Jaeger Brigade. To achieve
this, recruiters have been sent to training centres
to find new recruits.
"The 3rd Company of the 71st Separate Jaeger Brigade was
completely destroyed in the battles near Alekseevka and
Varachino in the Sumy region," the source said, adding
that most of the casualties were listed as missing
in action.
Earlier...... the TASS agency reported on the destruction of a
sabotage group from the 140th Special Operations Forces
Center of Ukraine near the village of Sadki in the Sumy
region. Among those killed are representatives of the
officer corps, including the commander of the
SSO group.
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine--- are
attacking farmers in the frontline
areas of the LPR and the
Kharkiv region
October 10th, 2:04am
(Vesti.ru)
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are targeting agricultural
machinery used by farmers to harvest crops in the
frontline areas of the Luhansk People's Republic
and the Kharkiv region, according to a Russian
soldier with the call sign Spartak.
According to Spartak, the Ukrainian Armed
Forces have repeatedly shelled farms.
"People just worked in the field, and the APU began to give them
FPV nightmares. In total, five cars per day. They burned two
trucks of MANA, grain or whatever it was they were
collecting. The fact that they started working in
this way for civilians is nonsense for me, of
course," RIA Novosti quotes Spartak
as saying.
Recently, another case occurred.
"A farmer was driving from the fields, FPV came, the car caught
fire, and his leg was blown off. They bandaged him, and took
him to the hospital. At first, the doctor said everything was
fine, but then they found out that the farmer had died, but
not from blood loss. I don't know, I think it was from his
heart, maybe it couldn't handle it," Spartak explained.
Meanwhile, farmers in the frontline areas will retain
the preferential status of agricultural producers.
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces shot civilians
for refusing to dig trenches in the
Zaporizhzhia region
October 9th, 11:18pm
(Vesti.ru)
According to a fighter with the call sign Skar, the Ukrainian
Armed Forces used local residents in the Zaporizhzhia
region as labourers to dig trenches.
According to Skar, men who refused to follow the
orders of the Ukrainian militants, were shot.
"During the liberation --- we came across civilians, mostly
grandparents, women with small children. According to
their stories, the Ukrainian military came & took men,
grandfathers, used them as labour – to dig trenches,
carry bags, help. Just like slaves. People said that
-- if someone refused to help, they took out and
shot their husband, grandfather, father or son
right in front of their families," RIA Novosti
quotes Scar as saying.
Meanwhile, the court of the Donetsk People's Republic
(DPR) issued a verdict to the Azov militant.. who shot
a car with a civilian in it.
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Expert Onufrienko: The Russian Armed Forces may advance on Konstantinovka ----
on a broad front
October 8th, 7:38pm
(Vesti.ru)
After the elimination of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' group near
the Kleban-Byksky reservoir, the Russian military gained the
opportunity to launch a broad front offensive on the city of
Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. This
was stated by military expert Mikhail Onufrienko in
an interview with the Russia 24 TV channel.
He noted that previously, our troops advanced towards
Konstantinovka..... mainly from the eastern and
southeastern directions.
"After the elimination of the Kleban-Byk group ------- which was
destroyed south of the reservoir - the Russian Armed Forces
will be able to advance on Konstantinovka on a broad front.
Until now --- thanks to this group of the enemy, which has
now been destroyed, we have not been able to advance
north of the reservoir, creating another line of
attack there," Onufrienko said.
Military expert Alexey Leonkov, previously noted that the
Ukrainian Armed Forces' sacrifice at the Kleban-Byksky
reservoir ....was in vain.
Russian President Vladimir Putin during the plenary session of
the meeting of the international discussion club "Valdai" on
October 2, recalled that Konstantinovka, along with the
cities of Kramatorsk and Slavyansk ----- is the main
defensive line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine..
which was created with the help of the West
over more than 10 years.
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Onufrienko: Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters
spent the entire summer in a cauldron
near a reservoir in the DPR
October 8th, 6:57pm
(Vesti.ru)
In an interview with Russia 24 TV channel, military expert Mikhail
Onufrienko said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' group near the
Kleban-Byksky reservoir in the DPR was effectively trapped in
the summer --- and had no opportunity to retreat.
He noted that the Ukrainian militants stubbornly held on
to this area, even when the formation of the
Kleban-Byk pocket began.
"Our troops ---- advancing from the south and further from Myrhorod (Ukrainian -- Dimitrov), along the highway, to Konstantinovka, took Aleksandro-Kalinovo, which is located just west of the Kleban-Byk Reservoir, and advancing from Toretsk (Ukrainian - Dzerzhynsk) from the east ----- eventually took the village of Kleban-Byk. Thus the southern enemy group, which remained south of the Kleban-Byk Reservoir --- was effectively trapped. And I spent the whole summer.... digesting it,"Onufrienko said.
The expert added that the militants could not infiltrate along
the shore of the reservoir, as Russian soldiers were firing at
the entire area. Additionally, the Ukrainian Armed Forces
group, which numbered 500 by the end of the summer,
faced difficulties with supplies, due to the lack of
ammunition and provisions, according
to Onufrienko.
"The fate of this group was sealed. I repeatedly said in August
that there were no chances for them, that they were suicide
bombers," the military expert said.
The completion of the defeat of the AFU group near the Kleban-
Byk reservoir was announced by the head of the Russian
General Staff, Valery Gerasimov.... during a meeting on
the special military operation, with the participation
of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Commander Avidzba: The Armed Forces of Ukraine
do not create firing positions and only use drones
for defense
October 8th, 12:02pm
(Vesti.ru)
Ukrainian militants do not create firing points when forming
defensive positions; they rely only -- on drone deterrence.
This was stated by the commander of the international
brigade "Pyatnashka," Akhra Avidzba, in the program
"60 Minutes" on the Russia 1 TV channel.
According to him, the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are
not ready for direct clashes, "they are no longer ready for war."
"The enemy's situation is bad, this is already felt for one simple
reason: they cover themselves only with "birds". And already
in the positions that we take away, we observe that they
do not have shooting positions. They simply do not
indicate that they are present, they are closed
with bags. They are not ready, for the actual
clashes. They are purely counting only on
technical supplies, on deterrence,"
Avidzba explained.
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Commander of the "Fifteen" Unit, Avidzba:
Russian Armed Forces --- Break Through
Ukrainian Defenses in Donetsk Region
October 8th, 11:41am
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian Armed Forces ---- are actively breaking through the
enemy's defenses in the Donetsk direction. This was reported
by the commander of the international brigade "Pyatnashka,"
Akhra Avidzba, in the "60 Minutes" program on the
"Russia 1" TV channel.
According to him, there is constant pressure on the Donetsk front
from Russian units that are liberating territories every day.
"The enemy is cracking, and where it's thin, it's breaking.
Therefore, the most important direction is the Donetsk
direction, because -- there is pressure everywhere
every day - and every unit is taking a bite, even
if it's just a metre or two. The enemy doesn't
have enough time to build a defense line,
so more and more forces are being
sent here," said Avidzba.
On Wednesday, October 8, the Russian Ministry of Defense
announced the completion of the destruction of Ukrainian
troops blocked in the area south of the Kleban-Byksky
reservoir in the Donetsk People's Republic.
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Russian Defense Ministry --- The Ukrainian Armed
Forces lost about 1,500 soldiers in the SVO zone
over the past day
October 8th, 11:31am
(Vesti.ru)
According to the daily report of the Russian Ministry of Defense on
the special military operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU)
have lost about 1,500 fighters in the special military operation
zone ..over the past 24 hours.
So, in the area of responsibility of the group of Russian troops
"North", the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 220 military
personnel, the group "West" – up to 225 militants, in the
area of responsibility of the "South" – up to 155.
As a result of the Central Group's actions, the Ukrainian side lost
more than 445 military personnel, by the "East" group: lost more
than 385 military personnel, and by the "Dnepr" group
....lost more than 70 militants.
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MO --Russian Troops Have
Liberated Novogrigorovka
in the Zaporozhye Region
October 8th, 10:06am
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian Armed Forces have liberated Novogrigorivka in
the Zaporizhia region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
As specified by the department, the settlement was liberated
as a result of decisive actions of units of the Vostok group
of troops of the Russian Armed Forces.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized that the
strategic initiative in the special military operation remains
with the Russian army.
As the Russian leader reported, Russian troops have liberated
more than 200 settlements and almost five thousand square
kilometres of territory, since the beginning of 2025.
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The first batch of AI-controlled Thor drones
has been delivered to the special
operation zone
October 8th, 8:58am
(Vesti.ru)
The first 1,500 multi-rotor Tor drones ---- including those with
fibre-optic cables and built-in artificial intelligence modules,
have been sent to the special military operation zone. This
was reported by the People's Front, whose Kulibin Club
provides support to the developers.
According to the head of the project department at the St.
Petersburg design bureau, who goes by the call sign
Racha, these drones can take off autonomously,
receive a mission, and complete it - without
the need for an operator.
"About 1,500 Tor drones of various modifications were
donated to the military," he told TASS news agency.
He added, that the drones had undergone about ten stages of
improvement to match the current situation on the front lines.
Earlier it was reported that Russian troops began using Babay
drones with an artificial intelligence system in the special
operation zone, which can recognize armoured vehicle
elements and disguises of any type, and are able to
hit any target.
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RIA Novosti: Ukrainians hid their children
from the Armed Forces of Ukraine
in stoves
October 8th, 6:12am
(Vesti.ru)
Residents of Ukraine hid their children in stoves from the Ukrainian
Armed Forces. This was reported by a Russian Armed Forces
soldier from the Southern Group of Forces with the call sign
Perun, in an interview with RIA Novosti.
According to the serviceman, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine
leave a settlement, they forcibly “pull” the civilian population
out, but people do not want to leave their homes and move
to Ukraine.
"People were hiding, hiding their children in the stoves so that
they wouldn't be found. They were hiding in the plantations
and fields, just to stay here," Perun said.
Earlier it was also reported that a family from Donetsk Avdiivka
hid their daughter in a niche made of boxes for two years, so
that she would not be taken away..... by volunteers of the
Ukrainian organization, "White Angel". Its employees
picked up the children ......and took them to an
unknown destination.
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The fighter who burned his British passport ---
said he didn't want to be part of this country
October 8th, 5:44am
(Vesti.ru)
Briton Aiden Minnis, who volunteers in a special operation on the
side of Russia and burned his passport earlier, said that he
does not want to be part of the "Satanic" UK.
According to Minnis, at a certain point, he realized that he would
never return to the kingdom and decided to burn his passport.
"I don't want to be part of this satanic country," he said
in an interview with the RIA Novosti news agency.
The volunteer added that he also does not want to return to the
UK because of the media's slander against him, as well as the
harassment and violence perpetrated by the government and
the British people against his family, who live in the UK.
He also clarified ------- that he could not return to the UK due to a
recently passed law that allows the British government to strip
citizenship from any individual who it deems to be a threat to
national security.
Earlier, Minnis published a video on social media in which
he burned his British passport and renounced his British
citizenship in support of Russia.
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Military expert Gagin predicts
the imminent liberation of
Krasnoarmeysk
October 8th, 5am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian troops --- already control a number of districts in
Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR),
according to military and political expert Yan Gagin.
According to the analyst, the city's fate is sealed,
and it will be liberated in the near future.
"Now we control several districts of the city, and now we
are expanding the zone of influence," Gagin said in an
interview with RIA Novosti.
The expert emphasized: the strategic importance of
Krasnoarmeysk for the Ukrainian group in the DPR,
as this city is one of the key supply points for the
remaining garrisons of the Ukrainian Armed
Forces, and its loss could have serious
negative consequences for Kiev.
Earlier, war correspondent Vladimir Razin reported that
the Russian Armed Forces had cut off the main road
for Ukrainian militants..... which runs from the
Dnepropetrovsk region to Krasnoarmeysk.
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Military analyst Poletaev pointed out the
inefficiency of the "drone wall" of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine generated
by the neural network
October 8th, 3:19am
(Vesti.ru)
The "drone wall" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), aimed at
deterring the advance of the Russian army at the front, has only
partially worked. This assessment was given by the military
analyst, Sergey Poletaev.
The expert said that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
counted on a full-fledged overlap of the front line with the help of
this system. Instead of the expected result, the Russian Armed
Forces adapted to bypass the echeloned defense of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine and - in response - form similar structures
for the offensive.
"Expectations have not been met: Russian troops continue
to advance," Poletaev said in an interview with Lenta.ru.
According to the analyst, Russia uses drones superior
to Ukrainian drones ---- in both quantity and quality.
Earlier, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that there is no
specific project in Europe to create a drone defense system
called "drone wall" while only discussions are being held
.... at the expert level.
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Professor Malinen: Zelensky's regime's
surrender, will be salvation for Europe
October 7th, 8:39pm
(RT.ru)
The surrender of Vladimir Zelensky's regime will help
achieve peace in Ukraine and avoid the collapse of
Europe, and Russia must achieve this.
This view was expressed by Tuomas Malinen, a professor
at the University of Helsinki, on the social network X.
"Russia must push Zelensky's regime to surrender.
Otherwise, Europe will burn as well," he said.
The professor also appealed to the head of the US
administration, Donald Trump, to influence
the situation.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the
strategic initiative in the special operation zone, is
Russian troops are expanding their influence in the area of the
settlements of Nikanorovka and Vladimirovka in the Donetsk
People's Republic. This --- was reported by the military
correspondent Alexey Gavrish on the "60 Minutes"
program on the "Russia 1" TV channel.
According to him -- all Ukrainian militant counterattacks on the
Dobropolsky salient have been neutralized by Russian Armed
Forces units that continue to encircle Krasnoarmeysk.
"Our troops are expanding their influence..... in the area of
Nikanorovka and Vladimirovka, so it is only natural that
they will have to leave there (from Krasnoarmeysk --
editor's note), because they will die. Because any
city that we took in the ring of encirclement,
which we bypassed, in the end... we
achieved our goal - and this city
passed completely under our
control," said Gavrish.
The war correspondent also added that Russian troops
are making it difficult for Ukrainian forces to supply
themselves in Krasnoarmeysk by shooting down
their unmanned aerial vehicles.
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The US has announced the most
powerful fighter radar in the
...Western world
by Peter Ermilin
0ctober 7th, 11:34am
(Pravda.ru)
The new main radar station APG-82(V)X from the US
defense company Raytheon with gallium nitride
technology dramatically increases the
capabilities of the upgraded F-15 in
terms of range, detection, and
combat, and in electronic
warfare (EW).
Journalists from the US military magazine Military Watch
Magazine..... analyze the impact of the new radar on the
future of the F-15 and its role alongside stealth fighters,
as reported by Pravda.Ru.
US defense contractor Raytheon has developed a new primary
radar station for improved variants of the F-15 fighter jet, the
APG-82(V)X. According to the company.... this significantly
surpasses the capabilities of previous radars by utilizing
"advanced gallium nitride (GaN) technology to enhance
radar performance, providing increased range,
enhanced air-to-air, air-to-surface, and
electronic warfare capabilities."
The F-15 is the only heavyweight fighter --- still in production in the
Western world, and it carries a significantly larger radar than any
other Western fighter: the APG-82 is about 50 percent larger than
the AN/APG-81 and AN/APG-85 used on the F-35. While the F-35
plans to transition to the AN/APG-85, the transition to the
APG-82(V)X is expected to bring the F-15's sensor suite
to a similarly advanced technological level, albeit
with significantly greater power... due to its
larger size.
The new radar, according to Raytheon, will be able to track and
engage targets faster - "with multi-function fire control and EW
capabilities," and "will help military personnel make decisions
faster and provide superior situational awareness in a
competitive environment."
The gallium nitride technology, similar to that used in the AN/APG-
85, supports higher voltages but generates less heat, allowing
for a denser array of transmitting and receiving modules with
reduced heat generation for a significantly more efficient
design. APG-82(V)X is expected to be integrated, not
only into the newly manufactured F-15EX fighters
currently being procured by the U.S. Air Force,
but will also be considered... for the
modernization of older Cold War-
era F-15E fighters ---- as their
service life extends.
Although this radar is large by Western standards, the F-15's radar
carrying capacity pales in comparison to that of the Su-27 air
superiority fighter and its derivatives, which are currently
being produced in China and Russia, and even more so
compared to Russia's MiG-31BM interceptors, which
carry radars that are more than twice the size.
It is currently estimated that the Chinese J-16 and J-15T carry
the most powerful radars among fighter jets in the world: the
combination of a much larger antenna size and the
particularly high level of development of the
Chinese electronics and radar industry
allows for the integration of
advanced sensors.
The F-15EX and J-16 have comparable roles: their particularly long
range, powerful sensors, and high payload capacity allow them to
effectively complement stealth fighter fleets like the J-20 & F-35.
While the J-16 has long integrated the world's longest-range PL-XX
series air-to-air missile, the F-15EX is expected to soon integrate
a similarly long-range LRAAM missile that can fully utilize its
improved sensor capabilities.
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Russian Defense Ministry: Ukrainian losses
in the SVO zone amounted to about
1,300 soldiers per day
October 7th, 10:24am
(Vesti.ru)
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian
Armed Forces lost about 1,355 soldiers in the special
military operation zone over the course of a day.
According to the ministry, Ukrainian troops lost up to 170 soldiers
in the area of responsibility of the group of troops "North" of the
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and up to 225 soldiers
- to the group of troops "West".
In addition, according to the Ministry of Defense's report, the
actions of the "South" group destroyed up to 100 Ukrainian
militants, the "Center" group destroyed more than 415,
the "East" group destroyed over 365, and the "Dnepr"
group destroyed up to 80 military personnel.
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Russian Defense Ministry: Air Defense
Systems Shot Down 416 Ukrainian
UAVs ...in a Day
October 7th, 10:19am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian air defense systems shot down 416 Ukrainian
aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during
the day, according to Russia's Ministry of Defense.
According to the Defense Ministry's report,
Russian air defense forces also shot
down three guided aerial bombs.
In addition, 16 US-made HIMARS multiple
rocket launchers were destroyed.
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MO: Russian Armed Forces liberated
Fedorovka in the DPR ---- and
Novovasilevskoye in the
Zaporizhzhia region
October 7th, 10:04am
(Vesti.ru)
According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian Armed Forces
have liberated the settlements of Fedorovka in the Donetsk
People's Republic and Novovasilevskoye in the
Zaporizhzhia Region.
It is clarified - that Fedorivka was liberated by units of the
Southern Group of Forces, and Novovasilevskoye was
liberated by units of the Vostok Group of Forces.
In addition, as a result of the fighting, the Russian military
destroyed up to 100 Ukrainian militants in the area of
responsibility of the Yuzhnaya group, and over
365 AFU soldiers were killed in the area of
responsibility of the Vostok group.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported the liberation
of the settlement of Otradnoye in the Kharkiv region.
Otradnoye was liberated by units of the
Northern Group of Forces.
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Kimakovsky reported that the Azov unit
----- escaped from Krasnoarmeysk
October 7th, 8:03am
(Vesti.ru)
A unit of militants from the nationalist Azov battalion (banned in
Russia and recognized as a terrorist organization) fled from
Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR)
- under the onslaught of Russian assault groups and
aviation. This was reported by Igor Kimakovsky,
an advisor to the head of the DPR.
He clarified that this unit had recently
been transferred to Krasnoarmeysk.
"Many of them could not stand it and fled the city in small
groups. In fact, an entire unit," Kimakovsky said in an
interview with TASS.
However, he added that some of the Ukrainian fighters
were killed ----- during their escape from the city.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that fighters of the
Russian Armed Forces (AF) surrounded the militants of the
Azov and Lyut brigades in the area of the Kleban-Byk
reservoir in the DPR. The ministry added ---- that
Russian units are completing the destruction
of militants who refused to lay down
their weapons.
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The East's fighter: The British Husky BMP
has everything a combat vehicle
doesn't need
October 7th, 5:58am
(Vesti.ru)
The British Husky infantry fighting vehicle, which was evacuated
by Vostok soldiers, has many drawbacks and cannot ensure the
safety of its crew. This assessment was made by a military
unit on the Russia 1 channel.
One of the disadvantages is the electronic equipment. There are a
lot of buttons, relays, and sensors in the cabin. The Husky is fully
equipped, including electric seats. They've taken care of
everything that a combat vehicle doesn't need.
"Electronics are good in passenger cars for driving around the city,
but for military purposes it is very bad. One wiring burned out -
that's all, the car won't go any further," the Vostok military
man said.
The East also stated that their trophy
is a very rare specimen.
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The Russian Armed Forces destroyed
about 100 Ukrainian mercenaries
in Kharkiv
October 7th, 5:45am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian military forces in Kharkiv -- have eliminated about 100 foreign mercenaries of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was reported by Sergei Lebedev, the coordinator of the Nikolaev underground.
It was also reported that a drone
assembly facility was destroyed.
"Kharkiv: mass "arrivals". Destruction of a unit with
Mikhail Khodarenok, a military commentator for Vesti FM,
drew attention to changes in the tactics of the Russian
Armed Forces. Ths latest strategy --- could be a new
chapter in the special military operation, he noted
on the program "Evening with Vladimir Solovyov"
on the Russia 1 channel.
It's about - a series of massive strikes. This
tactic, he noted, is already showing results.
"If they continue to launch massive strikes every night,
by several hundred means of air attack, I mean by
both operational-tactical ballistic missiles,
cruise missiles of various types, and
unmanned aerial vehicles -- then
there will be a result. Because
it is massive ...and for a long
time," Khodarenok said.
Against this backdrop, Ukraine has started talking about
difficulties in air defense. They have become worse at
repelling attacks from ballistic missiles, operational-
tactical missile systems, and Kinzhal-type
aero-ballistic missiles.
"Indeed, now the shooting at them is very difficult. And again, indeed, a powerful radiation node is needed.... in order to detect [the target] in a timely manner. Well -- in general, they do not have the funds, indeed, the effectiveness of firing significantly decreases," Khodarenok said.
This is confirmed by military correspondent Alexey Gavrish.
According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are
experiencing a shortage of air defense systems
and missiles.
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Ukraine reportsRussian military advances
in several directions:Ukrainian analysts
have announced -that Maleevka has
come under Russian control
by Evgeny Silaev
(Night Line Editor)
October 6th, 9:58pm
(Lenta.ru)
The Ukrainian analytical Deep State said that the Russian
Armed Forces took control of the village of Maleevka in
the Dnipropetrovsk region. This --- was reported by the
Ukrainian publication Strana.ua on Telegram channel.
It is noted that the Russian Armed Forces have advanced
near Voronoye, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as
Novoivanivka and Okhotnichye in the Zaporizhzhia
region. The Russian army, is also reported to
have advanced near Belaya Gora, in the
Konstantinivka direction.
Earlier, the Russian Armed Forces took control of the village
of Kuzminovka in the Bakhmut district of the Donetsk
People's Republic (DPR).
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Air defense systems repelled an UAV attack
- on Russian regions. Defense Ministry: Air
defense systems shot down 8 Ukrainian
aircraft-type UAVs
by Evgeny Silaev
(Night Line Editor)
October 6th, 9:30pm
(Lenta.ru)
Air defense systems (PVO) on October 6 between 20:40 and 23:00
Moscow time shot down eight Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs). The attack on Russian regions was
reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense in its
Telegram channel.
In particular, four UAVs were destroyed in the Kursk region. Two
more drones were hit in the Bryansk region - and one air target
was eliminated in the Republic of Crimea and Belgorod region.
Earlier, the governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov
reported that air defense systems shot down several missiles
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) over Belgorod and the
Belgorod region.
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine --- do not
even withdraw soldiers with gangrene
from the front line
October 6th, 9:17pm
(Vesti.ru)
According to a source in the Russian security agency,
the command of the 151st Mechanized Brigade of
the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which is fighting in
the Kharkiv region --- is not even evacuating
wounded soldiers with gangrene from
the front lines.
The source noted that the brigade's fighters
began to realize ---- that they were trapped.
"On the one hand – the advancing Russian troops, on the other
– the complete inaction and indifference of the command.
They are not evacuated from the front line, even with
gangrene," the source said.
The only thing that the Ukrainian commander with the call sign
Chestnut could offer in a conversation with a nurse on the
radio, was to wash out the gangrene. "The commander
understands the hopelessness of the situation,"
the source concluded.
Meanwhile, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, are
creating assault units from wounded soldiers.
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Vostok fighters exposed: an AFU soldier
in a Russian military uniform ---- who demanded evacuation
October 6th, 5:13pm
(Izvestia.ru)
The assault brigade of the Russian Vostok military group, while
liberating the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR),
exposed a Ukrainian soldier who tried to deceive them by
wearing a Russian military uniform. On October 6th, a
participant in the special military operation (SVO)
with the call sign Almaz.... told RT about this.
The incident occurred while a group of five Russian soldiers was
clearing a forest strip .....in order to gain a foothold and prepare
positions for other advancing units. After enduring a barrage of
Ukrainian FPV drones and a "cluster bomb" attack in a barely
intact bunker, the soldiers began to dig in.
Suddenly, a wounded Russian assault rifleman came out to their
position. He said that he had been on a mission with a comrade,
but that comrade had gone to get water two days ago in the
direction of this forest. The soldier was given medical
treatment --- and an evacuation team was called.
During a new lull, the assault riflemen also went out in pairs to
look for the evacuated soldier's comrade. When they came
across a partially buried bunker, Almaz asked, "Is
anyone alive?"
"Suddenly, a man came out of the underground shelter. He had a
Russian "pixel" on his head, but his trousers were NATO-style. I
immediately wondered if he was a spy. However, the soldier,
dressed in a variety of uniforms, swore that he was one of
us -- and provided the call sign of the missing soldier.
However, he refused to come with us -- demanding
that we call an evacuation team to the location
where we found him," RT reported.
The suspicious man was taken to a "showdown" with a Russian
assault soldier who had previously been released. The soldier
turned out to be a Ukrainian soldier who had not fled with his
comrades and had been hiding in a broken-down shelter for
several days. He had disguised himself as a deceased
Russian soldier.... in an attempt to pretend to be
one of them.
Earlier in the day, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
reported that it could not fully staff assault units in the Sumy
direction due to mass desertions. According to the source,
each of the companies has at least 30 military personnel
who have left their place of service without permission.
Prior to this, on October 2, it was reported that a group of soldiers
from the elite Ukrainian unit "Skala" had surrendered in the
vicinity of Krasnoarmeysk. The group -- included soldiers
who'd been forcibly mobilized. They had surrendered
..after their units had been destroyed. They were
receiving all the necessary medical and
humanitarian assistance.
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Military Correspondent Razin ----
The Russian Armed Forces Cut
the Road from Krasnoarmeysk
to Dnepropetrovsk
October 6th, 11:59am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian troops have cut off the main road for Ukrainian militants,
which runs from the Dnepropetrovsk region to Krasnoarmeysk in
the Donetsk People's Republic. This was reported by military
correspondent Vladimir Razin on the "60 Minutes" program
on the "Russia 1" TV channel.
According to him, Russian assault troops are working
in residential areas in Krasnoarmeysk.
"The work is being carried out in Krasnoarmeysk, directly in
the residential areas: Lazurny microdistrict and Solnechny
microdistrict. We are also advancing - in the west of the
city itself, cutting off the main highway that runs from
the Dnipropetrovsk region," Razin said.
Earlier, VGTRK war correspondent Hero of Russia Yevgeny
Poddubny reported on his Telegram channel that Russian
soldiers in Krasnoarmeysk continue to be opposed by
well-trained and motivated Ukrainian militants.
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Military Correspondent Razin: Russian Armed
Forces in Kupyansk are advancing from the
northern and western flanks
October 6th, 11:38am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian units are advancing from the northern and western flanks
as they liberate the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region. This
was reported by military correspondent Vladimir Razin on the
60 Minutes program on the Rossiya 1 TV channel.
The journalist noted that the Russian Armed Forces (RF) are
advancing with heavy fighting and encountering stubborn
resistance from the enemy.
"Our movement continues... from the northern and western flanks.
From the western flank, we are moving towards the centre and
the southern outskirts of Kupyansk, in order to physically cut
off all the roads. Currently ---- the roads are controlled by our
drones, making it difficult for the enemy to enter Kupyansk.
At the same time, from the two directions from which we
are advancing towards the urban area, the enemy
groups are already getting into fire traps in the
centre of Kupyansk,” Razin said.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a speech
at a meeting of the international discussion club "Valdai"
reported that Russian troops took control of the centre
of Kupyansk.
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Russian Defense Ministry: Ukrainian Forces
Lost More Than 1,400 Soldiers... in a Day
October 6th, 10:25am
(Vesti.ru)
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian
armed forces lost about 1,465 soldiers in the special
military operation zone over the past 24 hours.
As follows from the daily report of the Defense Ministry on the
course of the special operation, the losses of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the area of responsibility of
the North group amounted to more than 160 people,
the West group – up to 230 militants, & the South
group – up to 225 military personnel.
As a result of the Central Group's actions, the Ukrainian armed
forces lost over 410 soldiers, due to the Vostok Group the
Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 370 soldiers, and
due to the Dnipro Group, they lost up to 70 fighters.
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MO: Russian Armed Forces have destroyed
the energy and oil infrastructure used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
October 6th, 10:21am
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian Armed Forces -- have destroyed the energy infrastructure and oil industry facilities, as well as the
fuel storage facilities, which support the activities of
the Ukrainian army. This was reported by the
Russian Ministry of Defense.
The ministry clarified that the strikes were carried out using
The Russian MoD ----- also noted the competent actions of
Junior Lieutenant Timur Nazipov ----- who commanded an
assault group tasked with occupying an AFU stronghold.
The enemy set up a defensive perimeter, but the Russian
troops managed to break through ..and establish a foot-
hold in the new positions. Nazipov skillfully positioned
his troops and weapons, allowing them to repel three
counterattacks by the Ukrainian forces.. who had
attempted to regain control of the stronghold.
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Peskov: The West is still afraid.. to talk about transferring nuclear technologies to Ukraine
October 2nd, 3:17pm
(Vesti.ru)
In the West, they are afraid to talk about the transfer of
nuclear technologies - to Ukraine. This was stated by
the press Secretary of the President of the Russian
Federation Dmitry Peskov in an interview with the
author and co-host of the program.... "Moscow.
Kremlin. Putin", on the TV channel "Russia 1"
to Pavel Zarubin.
In a conversation with Peskov, Zarubin noted that the West
had already hinted... that it might transfer nuclear
technology to Ukraine.
"I think they're even afraid to talk about it.
And - thank God they are," Peskov replied.
Earlier, the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council
Dmitry Medvedev warned the West against transferring
nuclear technologies to Kiev.
In November 2024, the British newspaper The Times wrote
that in the event of the termination of military assistance
from the United States --- Kiev could quickly develop
"primitive" nuclear weapons, similar to the "Fat
Man" bomb dropped on Nagasaki in 1945.
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A soldier released from Ukrainian captivity
recited a poem ...dedicated to his mother
October 2nd, 2:54pm
(Vesti.ru)
One of the soldiers rescued from Ukrainian captivity
recited a poem he had written about his mother.
The fighter said.. that he would give his mother a
bouquet of flowers as soon as he returned home.
He also noted that he was looking forward to
seeing his family.
"I would like to get home and hug my mother. The mood
is excellent, I would like - to get to Russia. And calling
my mam, is the most important thing. Tell them how
much I love them. And so, everything is fine, glory
to Russia!" – he shared.
The soldier noted that he had written
a poem especially for his mother.
"This poem is for my beloved mother. I'm sorry for leaving
scars in your heart. I often neglected your love and
rejected your care. It took me years to learn
from my mistakes. There is nothing more
beautiful than your smile. Unfortunately
we can't go back in time," he recited.
"But when I get home, I'll place a
large bouquet of white roses
on the windowsill."
On Thursday, October 2, Russia and Ukraine held a new
exchange.. of prisoners of war. It was carried out
according to the 185-for-185 formula - reported
the Russian Ministry of Defense. The ministry
clarified that the exchange was carried out
in accordance with the agreements
reached on July the 23rd, at the
negotiations in Istanbul.
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TASS: Ukrainian Karadag Brigade
fighters surrendered in Kupyansk
October 2nd, 2:47pm
(Vesti.ru)
Three members of the Kara-Dag brigade have surrendered
in Kupyansk. This was reported by TASS, citing Russian
security agencies.
"Kara-Dag" is a group of military personnel from the 15th
Operational Purpose Brigade. The militants were
captured, during a sweep near one of the
strongholds that was targeted by
an airstrike.
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The Russian Armed Forces -have struck
Ukraine's military-industrial complex's
transport infrastructure
October 2nd, 2:33pm
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian Armed Forces (RF) have launched a massive attack
on an object of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AF) -- which was
responsible for the operation of Ukraine's military-industrial
complex. This was announced by the Russian Ministry of
Defense.
According to this information, the following were affected:
the transport infrastructure that supported
the military-industrial complex (MIC);
locations for assembling and storing long-range UAVs;
temporary deployment points for troops
and mercenaries in 138 districts;
and ammunition depots.
According to the report, the attack was carried out using
aircraft, attack drones, missile forces, and artillery.
On October 2, the Russian Defense Ministry also reported
that Russia had returned 185 Russian soldiers from
Ukrainian captivity, and 185 Ukrainian soldiers
had been released, in return.
In addition, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, on the
night of October 2, air defense systems shot down 85 Ukrainian
drones over Russian regions. The ministry also reported that
air defense forces destroyed a HIMARS rocket and 142
Ukrainian drones in the special operation zone
during the day.
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Ganchev: Russia's Army has taken
control of a third of Kupyansk
October 2nd, 1:53pm
(Vesti.ru)
Units of the Russian Armed Forces (AF) have taken control
of one-third of the territory of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv
region. This was announced by the head of the
military-civil administration of the region
Vitaly Ganchev.
He clarified that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are blocked
in the northern and western parts of the city.
"Our troops already have about 30% control [in Kupyansk],"
Ganchev explained, in an interview with RIA Novosti.
He emphasized that many civilians remain in the city, making
it difficult for Russian troops to advance. The Kiev regime
is using the population as a human shield.
Earlier, Igor Kimakovsky, an adviser to the head of the Donetsk
People's Republic (DPR), reported that Kiev had deployed
significant reserves near Kupyansk, including elite
infantry units and numerous drones.
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Russian Armed Forces Soldier: Germans are
disposing of their non-salable military
equipment...in Ukraine
October 2nd, 8:48am
(Vesti.ru)
European allies are supplying Ukraine with military equipment
that is suitable for recycling. This was reported by the deputy
commander of the special repair and restoration unit "Oskol"
with the call sign Turbo, on the Russia 24 TV channel.
In the Lugansk People's Republic, the repair battalion's soldiers
are preparing to put the trophies back into service, including a
German Leopard tank and a mine-clearing vehicle.
Turbo recalls that it was very difficult to get the Leopard
out, but the risk was worth it. The tank will be restored.
"A little bit of work on electrics, the work of technicians,
and we'll put the tracks in place," the fighter plans.
According to Turbo, the technical specifications of this 1970s
model are not bad, but they are not powerful enough to rely
on in combat. He believes that the Germans simply
disposed of their surplus.
"This is an old model. It was simply disposed of
by the enemy's 'Western friends,'" Turbo says.
In the Kursk border region, our soldiers captured an infantry
fighting vehicle. According to the commander of the heavy
equipment evacuation platoon, who goes by the call sign
"Bely," the Ukrainian forces abandoned a large number
of vehicles, during their retreat from Sudzha. The
vehicles were evacuated under the threat of
drone attacks.
"We got this BMP-2 when the Ukrainians were retreating after
Operation Potok. It was abandoned. First, of course, it was
hit, and then delivered by our guys. Now we are restoring
it, and it will serve us," Bely demonstrates the trophy.
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TASS: An elite Ukrainian military unit
surrendered near Krasnoarmeysk
October 2nd, 6:58am
(Vesti.ru)
A group of soldiers from the elite Ukrainian unit "Skala"
surrendered near Krasnoarmeysk, according to TASS.
According to the agency, the group included soldiers
who had been forcibly mobilized. They surrendered
after their groups were destroyed.
According to the agency, all necessary assistance
is provided to those who have been captured.
In mid-September, Russian security agencies reported
that the Ukrainian militants in the Kherson and
Zaporizhzhia regions... were requesting a
corridor to surrender, approximately
once every seven days.
Artilleryman Andrey Alyabyev -- on the air of "Russia 1"
earlier told about the successful air cover of infantry
units, near Krasnoarmeysk.
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TASS: The Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered
huge losses near Volchansk....after the
officers left...... for the holiday
October 2nd, 6:41am
(Vesti.ru)
The 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine (AFU) suffered heavy losses near Volchansk in the
Kharkiv region due to a lack of communication with the
command post - after the officers left for the holiday.
This was reported by TASS, in Russian
law enforcement agencies.
"The military personnel of the 57th separate motorized infantry
brigade in the positions were disorganized and suffered huge
losses (more than 30 people) due to lack of control,"
the source said.
According to him, the incident occurred because Ukrainian
officers had left... for the celebrations of Defender of
Ukraine Day, which were held in Ukraine
on October 1.
In August, it became known that the 57th Separate Motorized
Infantry Brigade (OMPB) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost
its combat capability -- after the Russian Armed Forces (RF)
liberated the right bank of Volchansk in the Kharkiv region.
A source in the Russian security forces told TASS that for this
reason, Kiev is deploying the reserves of the 1st Territorial
Defense Brigade to hold its positions and contain the
onslaught of the Northern Group of the Russian
Armed Forces.
Earlier, military analyst, reserve lieutenant colonel of the People's
Militia of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), Andrey Marochko,
said that the Russian military knocked out Ukrainian troops from
the northern part of the city of Volchansk, located in the
Chuguevsky district of the Kharkiv region.
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Expert Marochko: The Russian Armed Forces
are ....systematically pushing the Ukrainian
Armed Forces out of Ambarne, by Kharkiv
October 2nd, 6:27am
(Vesti.ru)
Fighters of the Russian Armed Forces are systematically
squeezing out units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
from their positions in Ambarny, Kharkiv region.
This was reported by military expert
Andrey Marochko.
According to him, the situation in this
village ------- is "very complicated".
"This settlement is located on high ground, which makes it
very difficult for our military personnel to advance and
cover the group of Ukrainian militants who are
located in this settlement. However, we are
----- pushing the Ukrainian militants out of
their positions in order to subsequently
occupy the strategic heights in this
settlement," Marochko said in an
interview with TASS.
In September, Marochko reported that Russian troops had
entered the village of Otradnoye in the Kharkiv region.
He noted that the Russian Armed Forces were
entrenched on the northern outskirts of the
settlement, which, like Ambarnoye, is
located on higher ground.
Marochko also noted, that the command of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine .....lost control over the settlement of Verbovoye in the
Dnipropetrovsk region after it redeployed troops from there to
strengthen the Sumy direction of the front. The soldiers of
the Russian Armed Forces, as the military expert
explained, "tested the weak points in the
enemy's defensive line and struck,"
which ensured their success.
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"MK": The Russian army has
changed its tactics ------- for
missile strikes on Ukraine
October 2nd, 5:28am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian military personnel have changed their tactics of
launching missile strikes on Ukrainian facilities that are
used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
This is confirmed by a number of factors,
according to Moskovsky Komsomolets.
Among the changes, the publication notes a strike on
a call centre with fraudsters.... in Dnepropetrovsk.
"The defeat of the fraudulent structure means the beginning
of a new phase and new tactics. Now, attacks on Ukraine
will become more massive ----- and frequent," the
publication notes.
The Russian side may also increase its attacks on Ukrainian
energy facilities. This was suggested by Vladimir Popov, a
military expert and retired Major General of Aviation.
According to him, Russia used to launch one or two attacks
on energy facilities, but recently, such attacks have been
carried out almost every week. This is done to prevent
Ukraine from fully restoring the damaged facilities.
On September 18 --- the Russian Armed Forces launched an
attack on energy facilities that are used in the interests
of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In addition....... the
Russian army destroyed the storage facilities
and production workshop for long-range
enemy drones.
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A Russian soldier cut off his foot after
stepping on a landmineand survived
October 2nd, 3:22am
(Vesti.ru)
A Russian soldier was wounded in the foot when he stepped
on a landmine, but he managed to save his life --- by
amputating his injured limb ---- according to an
anesthesiologist with the call sign Ketanov.
According to the doctor, this decision
helped the fighter save his life.
"The patient stepped on a landmine -- or a fragment flew
unsuccessfully. His foot was blown off... I think it was
his left foot. It was held on soft tissues and strongly
prevented the fighter from crawling. He could not
be evacuated.... for a long time, and he spent
several hours - making his way by himself.
I asked him to throw off a knife (from a
drone - editor's note) and cut off this
foot. For me, he is a hero, cool. He
came to us and told us about it
quite calmly. What he did -----
saved his life in many ways:
he helped himself ------- to
evacuate and survived",
– quotes Ketanov to
RIA Novosti.
At the hospital, the soldier received a stump and was
sent for treatment. Thanks to modern prosthetics,
the man will be able to return to a full life,
the doctor concluded.
Meanwhile, Rostec has developed a remote mining
system "Agriculture", in which... the possibility of
accidental detonation of its mine, is excluded.
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The railway infrastructure near
Kiev----- has been attacked
by Nikita Khromin (night line editor)
October 1st, 11:21pm
(Lenta.ru)
Drones of the Armed Forces (AF) of Russia ---- struck the railway infrastructure near Kyiv. According to the Telegram-channel ---- "Operation Z: War Correspondents of the Russian Spring" (RusVesna), a strong fire broke out.
"Geraniums" attacked the railway infrastructure
near Bucha in the Kyiv region," the report said.
It is specified that the fire can be seen from a
distance of several kilometres. The details
of the impact ..are not provided.
Earlier, war correspondent Daniil Bezsonov reported that
on the evening of October 1, a restaurant in Balakleya,
Kharkiv region, where the military personnel of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine gathered at an event
--- was struck.
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Guardsman Polshkov destroyed three
Ukrainian attack drones...... using
electronic warfare equipment
October 1st, 10:35pm
(Izvestia.ru)
The Russian Ministry of Defensereported on the feats of the servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces in the zone of the special military operation.
Guards Corporal Yuri Shadrin, as part of the crew of a T-90 tank,
was carrying out a task to transport assault groups to a
stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU),
when the enemy opened fire on the combat
vehicle.
The tank crew decided to deploy a smoke screen to prevent the
enemy from taking aim. Meanwhile, Shadrin opened fire on the
Ukrainian Armed Forces with the tank's cannon. A significant
portion of the enemy's personnel was eliminated --- and the
tank continued its journey, delivering the assault group
to their destination.
The Russian Defense Ministry also noted the vigilance and timely
actions of the guard of Private Nikolai Polshkov, who, as part of
the electronic warfare department, counteracted attacks by
enemy drones.
Using the electronic countermeasure system, Polshkov spotted
several unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) approaching Russian
positions in the sky. He immediately reported this to his
command and used the electronic countermeasure
system to jam and disrupt the drones' control
systems. As a result, three of the enemy
drones crashed to the ground and
detonated before reaching their
targets, causing no harm to
Russian soldiers.
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The Colonel -- explained the importance of
the Russian Armed Forces' breakthrough
in Dnepropetrovsk
October 1st, 4:38pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Retired Colonel, military expert Anatoly Matviychuk explained the
importance of a breakthrough by the units of the Vostok group
of Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
--- 4.5 km deep into the defense of the Armed Forces
of Ukraine, in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Military expert Matviychuk, in an interview with aif.ru on
Wednesday, October 1, noted that flanking maneuvers
stretch the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defenses and
open up opportunities for attacks on the flanks
and rear, which demoralizes the enemy.
According to him, Verbovoye itself, has a tactical, rather than a
strategic significance: its capture will improve the positions
of Russian troops.
The expert added..... that the deep breakthrough in the
Dnipropetrovsk region contributes to the creation of a
security buffer zone. He emphasized - that the main
goal of the fighting is to establish a sanitary line
rather than annexing the region. According to
his assessment ---- despite the remaining
Ukrainian forces for counterattacks..
Ukrainian units continue to retreat.
Earlier on October 1, Russian assault groups broke through in the
Novonikolaevka-Kalinovskoye-Berezovoye area and reached the
outskirts of Verbovoye, where fighting continues. The village is
located to the north of the border with the Zaporizhzhia region,
according to 360.ru. It is clarified that the village was taken
under control by the forces of the Vostok military group,
according to NSN.
The military defeated the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces
of Ukraine and a territorial defense unit. Over the course of a day,
the enemy lost up to 315 fighters, one armoured vehicle, and
11 ''cars'', according to RT.
On September 30, the Russian military liberated Seversk Maly
in the DPR. The settlement was taken under control by the
fighters of the Southern group of troops, according to
Moscow 24.
On September 29th, the Russian army reported on its achievements
in September. The military liberated 20 settlements from Ukrainian
Armed Forces fighters during the month. Most of the settlements
are located in the Donetsk People's Republic, according to the
website kp.ru.
On September the 25th, the Ministry of Defense announced, that
the Russian military had liberated over 4,700 square kilometres
of territory in 6 regions (excluding the Kursk region), and over
200 settlements in the special military operation zone.
Of these, 175 square kilometres were liberated
in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
On September 17, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed
Forces, Army, General Valery Gerasimov, said that the Russian
army is advancing daily in almost all directions in the
SVO zone, according to IA Regnum.
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The Russian Defense Ministry - showed footage
of Iskander destroying APU trucks containing
Fierce UAVs
October 1st, 2:04pm
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian military department posted footage on its Telegram
channel showing how Russian Iskander missiles destroyed
several trucks carrying Ukrainian drones in Ukraine.
In the video, a row of trucks with drones is shown in a field,
followed by the aftermath of an Iskander-M missile strike:
a column of smoke is visible where the trucks were.
According to the Ministry of Defense, there were 20 trucks loaded
with 100 long-range Ukrainian drones called Lyuty. The trucks
were parked in the area where the drones were being
prepared for launch.
According to the military department, the Ukrainian Armed Forces
lost 60 personnel during the attack, including drone operators.
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Sladkov: Russian Armed Forces Create
a "Kill Zone" in the Rear Areas of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
October 1st, 1:56pm
(Vesti.ru)
Russian military personnel are creating a "kill zone" in the rear area
of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AF), which is closest to the front.
This was reported by military correspondent Alexander Sladkov
on his Telegram channel.
He explained that the "kill zone" is a sector - in which the Russian
Armed Forces use firepower, such as artillery or aerial bombs, to
destroy enemy equipment and personnel. The project is
currently under discussion.
"We still have a lot to do to create a kill zone (sector of death) in the
enemy's rear zone - closest to the front. There are discussions
about whether to make this kill zone in the form of separate
squares or a solid one," the publication says.
The military correspondent noted that a "kill zone" can
be created for both offensive and defensive purposes.
Earlier, an AFU officer with the call sign Alex, complained that
Russian troops had set up a “kill zone” in most of the Kharkiv
region controlled by Kiev.
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Military Correspondent Gavrish: Kiev Claims
Successes on the Front, but its Armed
Forces Are Constantly Retreating
October 1st, 12:28pm
(Vesti.ru)
Kiev's statements indicate the success of the Ukrainian military,
but in reality, they are constantly retreating and losing ground.
Alexey Gavrish, a military correspondent for the "60 Minutes"
program on the "Russia 1" TV channel, drew attention to
this contradiction.
According to the war correspondent, the statements made by
Western leaders about the actions of the Ukrainians on the
front, are far from reality and are based on Kiev's version.
"If we believe Syrsky's reports -- and Zelensky's reports, they
are even advancing and constantly liberating some territory.
However, in reality, Ukraine is losing ground and constantly
retreating," Gavrish said.
According to him, no additional intelligence
data is needed to verify this.
"All you have to do is open any public groups where there are
tons of video confirmations of our troops' progress," the
war correspondent said.
Also, on Russia 1, Alexey Gavrish said: the weak defense of the
Armed Forces of Ukraine, contributes to the active advance of
the Russian Armed Forces, at the junction of the Zaporizhzhia
& Dnipropetrovsk regions with the Donetsk People's Republic.
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Military Correspondent, Gavrish: The Russian Armed Forces -- are
cutting off the Ukrainian Armed Forces' logistics on the entire
Donbas front
October 1st, 12:27pm
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian army, advancing in the Dnipropetrovsk region, is
cutting off the logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on
the entire Donbas front. This 000 was reported by Alexey
Gavrish, a military correspondent for the 60 Minutes
program on the Russia 1 TV channel.
According to him, it is advantageous for the Russian Armed Forces
to extend the front line, as the Ukrainian army has few reserves.
"It's advantageous for us.... to liberate any location and extend the
front line, as Ukraine's reserves are dwindling. Additionally, one of
the primary objectives of these actions is to disrupt the Ukrainian
Armed Forces' logistics across the entire Donbas front. If we look
further down the map, there are numerous, significant Ukrainian
transportation hubs that we can take control of," explained the
military correspondent.
By advancing on this sector of the front, the military is helping the
fighters who are involved in the liberation of the Zaporizhzhia
region, Gavrish added. Thus, the military correspondent
noted, the Russian army is taking the Gulyai-Pole
direction... in a half-encirclement.
Earlier, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin,
said that Russian military personnel had expanded the buffer
zone in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
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Russian Armed Forces liberated
the village of Verbovoye in the
Dnepropetrovsk region
October 1st, 12:29
(Vesti.ru)
Russian military personnel have liberated the village of Verbovoye
in the Dnepropetrovsk region, according to the Russian Ministry
of Defense.
It is specified that Verbovoe was released by the
forces of units of the Vostok group of troops.
"Units of the Vostok group of troops continued to advance into
the depth of the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of
Verbovoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region," the report says.
In addition -- the "Eastern" troops inflicted defeats on the Armed
Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the areas of three settlements in the
Zaporozhye region. As a result of the fighting, Russian troops
destroyed up to 315 militants, an armoured vehicle, and
11 enemy vehicles.
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Rogov: Russian troops -- have entered
Verbovoye in Dnipropetrovsk region
October 1st, 7:17am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian troops have entered the village of Verbovoye - in the south
of the Dnipropetrovsk region. This was reported by Vladimir Rogov,
Chairman of the Russian Public Chamber's Commission on
Sovereignty Issues and Co-Chair of the Coordination
Council for the Integration of New Regions.
In an interview with RIA Novosti, he spoke about
the battles for the liberation of the village.
"Our troops continue their offensive on this sector of the front
and have entered Verbovoye. The initiative is in the hands of
our guys," Rogov told the agency.
He also noted that Russian assault groups
are actively advancing.
Earlier, servicemen of the Vostok group of troops
destroyed an ammunition depot and an APU
tank in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
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Fighter Zalim: The Ukrainian Armed Forces'
resistance in the Krasnolimansk direction
consists of drones
October 1st, 6:48am
(Vesti.ru)
According to a soldier with the call sign Zalim, the Ukrainian
Armed Forces' resistance in the Krasnolimansk area is
largely made up of unmanned aerial vehicles.
According to him, during the assault, you have to constantly
watch the sky, to make sure you don't miss a drone flyover.
"Words can't describe it. Shooting, explosions... you fly into the
opornik - they shoot back. Their resistance consists of drones
especially. It's hard to fight with drones – you don't have time
to follow the sky, the shooting goes at point – blank range,"
the military said.
A fighter with the call sign Gaz also spoke about the latest assault
in the Krasnolimansk direction. On the eve of the Day of the
Ground Forces, Russian troops managed to destroy
an enemy tank.
"When we start to cover with fire nearby, the tank turns around,
trying to hide. Our FPV drones help. We hit it - together. Our
UAVs are working and coordinating us and accompanying
our fire. And we hit it all the time", – the military man
shared on the air of the TV channel "Russia 24".
The Russian military ------ continues to work on the
resistance line, even on their professional holiday.
Earlier, a fighter with the call sign Black reported that any
assault is unpredictable, and flexibility in action is
important. In such conditions, as he noted, it is
impossible to plan everything in advance, and
fighters have to constantly assess the
situation and make decisions.......
on the fly.
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Kimakovsky: The Russian Army
Has Expanded Its Control Zone
in Kupyansk
October 1st, 3:49am
(Vesti.ru)
Russian troops have expanded their control over Kupyansk,
forcing Ukrainian militants out of a residential area,
according to Igor Kimakovsky, an advisor to the
head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).
In an interview with TASS, he clarified that the successful
actions of assault groups of units of the Zapad group of
forces allowed the Russian Armed Forces to
significantly expand the zone of control
in the city.
Kimakovsky added, that the Ukrainian forces in this sector
of the front, had been weakened by air strikes, which also
contributed to the successful advance of Russian troops.
Prior to that, the DPR head's adviser reported that the AFU
militants are preventing the evacuation of civilians from
Kupyansk ----- and using almost 2,500 citizens, as
human shields.
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Junior Sergeant Kolesov - drew fire
from the Ukrainian Armed Forces
while assaulting a stronghold
September 30th, 10pm
(Izvestia.ru)
Junior Sergeant Dmytro Kolesov was commanding an assault group
and was tasked with capturing a stronghold of the Armed Forces
of Ukraine when the group came under artillery fire from the enemy.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - told about the exploits of servicemen of the Armed Forces of Russia in the zone of a special military operation.
Kolesov decided to send his soldiers to attack the enemy from the
flank, while he himself began to divert the enemy fire. The junior
sergeant's plan worked, and as a result, he was informed, via
radio communication about the elimination of two Ukrainian
Armed Forces soldiers. The assault group advanced
towards the trench, eliminated more enemy
personnel, and occupied the stronghold
without any losses.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also praised the courage and
professionalism of Sergeant Vasily Kuznetsov, who carried
out a combat mission ----- as part of a howitzer crew
providing fire support for advancing Russian units.
While the unit was carrying out its mission, the enemy opened fire
on the Russian soldiers. Kuznetsov ordered the unit to prepare
for a move to a backup position, but he suddenly noticed an
enemy drone in the air, which appeared to be directing the
artillery fire. The sergeant took aim with his personal
firearm and shot down the Ukrainian drone.
Meanwhile..... the unit moved to the
backup position and continued
its mission.
Earlier on September 30, the Defense Ministry reported that Lance
Corporal Roman Fomin, who was performing tasks as part of the
Guard protection group, helped a wounded comrade who was
injured ----- as a result of a strike by the HIMARS multiple
launch rocket system (MLRS).
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Artillerymen in the SVO - used
an improved Krasnopol shell
September 30th, 7pm
(Vesti.ru)
Russian military personnel used the upgraded Krasnopol shell
in the Krasnoarmeysk direction. This was reported by Danila
Gaevsky, a senior battery officer, on the Russia 1 channel.
According to him, the projectile used in combat
hits its target --- with high accuracy.
"Previously, we assembled them from two parts. This version is
already complete. It has upgraded heads and a warhead. It is
currently the best ammunition with almost 100% accuracy,"
the military officer said.
Earlier, tank crews of the Russian Center group of forces
disrupted the rotation of units of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Igor Kimakovsky, an adviser to the head of the DPR, also
reported that Russian troops knocked out the Ukrainian
military from positions on the main ventilation shaft of
the largest coal enterprise in the DPR ––– the
Pokrovskoye mine management.
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A commander from Akhmat engaged in
a knife fight - with an AFU militant
September 30th, 1:05pm
(Vesti.ru)
The commander of the Akhmat special forces group, with the call
sign Ayd, engaged in a knife fight with a Ukrainian Armed Forces
(AF) militant who was caught off guard in the special military
operation zone. He reported this on his Telegram channel.
The battle took place -- when the enemy's rear was approached in
the Serebryanskoye forestry. Five Russian soldiers, including Aid,
were heading towards the enemy positions. There were three to
four people in the enemy's stronghold, most of them being
mortarmen. One soldier was keeping watch.
Russian soldiers crawled 1.5 kilometres to the Ukrainian positions,
disguised with thermal imaging covers. When the group was near
a stronghold, a Ukrainian observer needed to use the bathroom.
The Russian commander was five to six metres away.
To eliminate the enemy, the commander wanted to use a rifle,
but the weapon got stuck between his shoulder pad and
armour. Instead, he decided to attack the enemy with
a knife. He managed to eliminate the remaining
Ukrainian soldiers by throwing a grenade
into their bunker.
In March, it was reported that Ayd was wounded, during a combat
mission. According to the commander of "Akhmat", Deputy Head
of the Main Military and Political Directorate of the Russian
Ministry of Defense, Apta Alaudinov, there is "no place
left without a scar." The next day, the soldier was
The breakthrough of Russian units to Yampol in the
Krasnolimansk direction of the Donetsk People's
Republic (DPR) --- will allow them to cut off
Ukrainian militant groups --- and disrupt
their rotation from north to south.
This -- was stated by military correspondent Pavel
Kukushkin, interviewed on Russia 24 TV channel.
Krasny Lyman and Seversk in the DPR are home to two
major hubs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Yampol is
located between these two settlements, according
to the war correspondent.
"We have this breakthrough to Yampol, and... it is also very
important, since we are cutting through these 2 groups:
Seversk and Limanskaya. Yampol is literally less than
a kilometre from this highway ---- which connects
Seversk and Liman. And, thus... we deprive the
logistics of this opportunity for them to move,
transfer units, and reinforcements from the
south to the north and back "
Kukushkin explained.
After dissecting the two Ukrainian groups, units of the
Russian Armed Forces (AF) will make it easier for
themselves.. to liberate both Seversk and
Krasny Liman, the journalist added.
On Tuesday, September 23, Igor Kimakovsky, an adviser
to the DPR head, said in an interview with TASS that
Russian troops had taken full fire control of the
highway.... that connects Krasny Lyman
and Seversk.
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Belousov: Up to 80% of fire missions
in the SVO zone are carried out
using drones
September 24th, 4:02pm
(Vesti.ru)
The use of unmanned systems in the special military
operation zone has increased significantly, and up
to 80% of fire missions are now carried out
using drones. This was announced by
the Russian Defense Minister,
Andrey Belousov.
The Minister of Defense held a technical council on
developing the system for managing unmanned
systems and increasing its efficiency.
At the meeting of the Technical Council, the analysis
of the use of unmanned systems by troops, the
development of situational awareness, and
the automation of control of unmanned
systems, including the use of artificial
intelligence, technical vision --- and
neural networks, were discussed.
Earlier, Belousov reported that unmanned systems and
artificial intelligence technologies were included in
the list of priorities for the state armaments
program until 2036.
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Russian Defense Ministry: Most of the
Ukrainian Forces by the Kleban-Byk
Reservoir have been destroyed
September 24th, 2:34pm
(Vesti.ru)
The Russian army has destroyed most of the Ukrainian
forces near the Kleban-Byk reservoir, the Russian
Defense Ministry reported, on Telegram.
The Russian military also liberated the
settlements of Aleksandro-Kalinovo,
Katerinovka, and Kleban-Byk.
During the operation, the Russian Armed Forces blocked
the remnants of the 800-strong neo-Nazi units of the
Ukrainian Armed Forces.
"Currently, the main part of the blocked Ukrainian Armed
Forces group has been destroyed, and its remnants
number about 80 people," the publication says.
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MO: Russian Military Cleans Kirovsk
of Remnants ofthe 63rd
Ukrainian Brigade
September 24th, 2:26pm
(Vesti.ru)
Russian military personnel are clearing Kirovsk in the Donetsk
People's Republic of the remnants of the 63rd Mechanized
Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was
announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
They also reported that units of the Zapad group
are completing the liberation of Kirovsk in the
Krasnolimansk direction -- where the AFU
sent three brigades, involving up to
19 battalions.
"The settlement is currently being cleared of the remnants
of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine," the report said.
Earlier, the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed
Forces, Valery Gerasimov, stated that the liberation of
Kirovsk ...was nearing completion.
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Russia's Defense Ministry - the Ukrainian
losses exceeded 1,490 soldiers per day
September 24th, 11:22am
(Vesti.ru)
The Ukrainian Armed Forces, have lost about 1,495
soldiers in the special military operation zone over
the past 24 hours. This information was provided
by the MoD of the Russian Federation.
According to the military department, the enemy suffered
the greatest losses in the area of responsibility of the
Center group of troops, with over 535 casualties. In
the area of responsibility of the North group, up to
130 soldiers were killed, in the West group --- up
to 230 soldiers, in the South group --- up to 215
soldiers, in the East group, up to 315 soldiers,
and in the Dnipro group, up to 70 soldiers.
Earlier, it was reported that a battalion of foreign
mercenaries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
suffered heavy losses ----- in the area of
Yurchenkovo in the Kharkiv region.
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Zaluzhny: The Ukrainian army should
prepare for a worsening situation
on the front
September 24th, 10:27am
(Vesti.ru)
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are facing a worsening
situation in the war zone, and the country's
authorities need to address the existing
problems at the state level.
This was stated by Valeriy Zaluzhny, the former
commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army and
the current ambassador of Ukraine to London.
According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are
rapidly losing ground on the front, which is
shifting to the west.
"It is necessary --- to solve a number of key problems at the state level: to create a clear strategy, and mechanisms for solving the problem of developing advanced defense technologies --- at the national level," the ambassador wrote in an author's column on the
website of the Zerkalo
Nedeli newspaper.
Zaluzhny also stated the need to attract
specialists in software solutions.
Earlier, the current commander-in-chief of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky, noted that the
Russian Armed Forces are 4-6 times stronger than
the Ukrainian forces, on the main front lines.
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Peskov: All the Russian Armed
Forces' needs are being met - in full
September 24th, 9:01am
(Vesti.ru)
All military needs of the Russian Armed Forces
are being met in full. This was stated by
Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of
the Russian president.
He emphasized that Russia has a high volunteer
resource, which allows for the recruitment of
military units.
"The Russian economy has largely been rebuilt
to meet the needs of the SVO in such a way
that all the needs of the front -- are more
than covered," Peskov told RBC Radio.
The President's Press Secretary stated that the
draft federal budget for 2026 and the planned
period, ensures the country's social status.
He also noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin
has repeatedly pointed out the need to resolve the
root causes of the conflict in Ukraine.
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TASS: A group - of Ukrainian military
personnel surrendered in Kupyansk
September 24th, 8:42am
(Vesti.ru)
A group of Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters has
surrendered in Kupyansk, Kharkiv Oblast,
according to Russian security agencies.
This was reported by TASS.
The report notes that most of those who have
surrendered are recently mobilized soldiers
who have been sent to the front - and are
surrendering with NATO-made weapons.
"In Kupyansk, Ukrainian soldiers surrendered
to our forces," the security forces said.
Earlier, it was reported that several dozen
Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters...
voluntarily surrendered using
a Russian chatbot.
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Pushilin: After the liberation of the
Serebryanskoye forestry,Kiev's
Armed Forces have nothing
to hold on to
September 24th, 7:59am
(Vesti.ru)
According to Denis Pushilin, the head of the Donetsk People's
Republic, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) no longer have
anything to hold on to in the northern part of Seversk city.
He added that the Russian military had generally
improved its positions in several areas in the
DPR, despite the Ukrainian forces' efforts
to contain the offensive.
"After receiving information that the Serebryanskoye forestry
has been completely cleared of our enemies, we understand
that the enemy has almost nothing left to hold on to, in the
northern part of Seversk," Pushilin said.
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy
region are unable to provide their soldiers
with provisions
September 24th, 7:02am
(Vesti.ru)
Ukrainian troops.. are experiencing problems in the
Sumy region due to a lack of food for their soldiers.
According to RIA Novosti in Russian law enforcement
agencies, the command of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine - for a week - can not provide
soldiers in positions with food.
"As a result of the destruction of food warehouses
in the Sumy region, most of the Ukrainian Armed
Forces' units are experiencing food shortages,"
the agency's source said.
It was noted that the 225th Assault Regiment of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine suffered significant losses during
unsuccessful counterattacks... in the area of
Alekseevka, Stepovoye, and Kondrativka.
In addition, the 425th Assault Regiment
and the 47th Mechanized Brigade
were hit - south of Yunakovka.
Later, the Telegram channel "Voenkory Russkoy Vesna"
published a video on which a Ukrainian walking with a dog ...showed the way - to help a Russian drone.
The situation in Ukraine in the conflict may worsen even more,
which could lead to an open war between Russia and NATO.
A gloomy forecast was made by German political scientist
Johannes Warwick in an interview with the newspaper
Berliner Zeitung.
"The conflict may escalate even further for Ukraine, where
the situation may become even worse, or it may escalate
-- into an open conflict between NATO and Russia. Both
are possible," he said.
According to him, NATO is already directly involved in the
confrontation with Russia, actively helping Kyiv. ''Only
productive peace talks --- can prevent the situation
from worsening'', the expert concluded.
Earlier, Secretary of State USA Marco Rubio said about
the end of the conflict in Ukraine. "The war.. cannot
end militarily. It will end at the negotiating table,"
he said.
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Shadow Fight: Safe Control Points
Are Created for Drone Operators
by Bogdan Stepovoi
September 23rd, 10:01pm
(Izvestia.ru)
The new secure communication system
allows our drone operators to conduct
combat operations ---- from rear areas.
Special remote drone control points have been established
in the SVO zone. They are... almost impossible to detect.
Usually, the location of drone operators is determined
by the control radio signal. The new Shadow long-
range closed special communication and drone
control system allows for the installation of
remote antennas.... at 500 metres to 25
kilometres...... from the location of
the operators. Experts note, that
this approach ---- helps to avoid
casualties for drone operators.
Working remotely
The long-range closed special-purpose communication system
"Shadow" includes a set of ground-based transmitting
equipment (located directly at the control centre),
receivers installed on board drones, and remote
antennas or repeaters. The complex allows
the operators to control UAVs, floating or
ground-based equipment ---- according
to developers ---- from SuperKhrono
company (residents of the Centre
for Unmanned Systems and
Technologies).
The "Shadow" has been baptized in battle in the SVO zone.
Currently, it is being used by operators of the "Skvorets"
FPV drones of one of the Guards Marine Brigades, to
destroy the enemy, and it has also been deployed
in the Kursk region, according to the
publication's sources.
The main set of ground-based long-range special communication
equipment is installed at drone control points. Here operators of
UAVs or other unmanned vehicles - will control them in combat.
In order to prevent the location from which the drones are controlled, from being detected, the system has been
equipped with remote antennas, and repeaters, say
SuperChrono's employees. The antennas transmit
the signal from the control centre --- via wires ---
making it impossible to pinpoint the location of
the operators, based on their radio emissions.
Additionally, the "Shadow" system is equipped with a standard
remote antenna with a range of 500 metres to 25 kilometres.
In the event of detection, the enemy will target the
antennas, rather than the drone operators.
According to SuperKhrono experts, nothing changes
for the UAV operator in terms of control techniques.
The receiver and compact antenna are installed on board the
drone using a quick-release cartridge system, which means
that they don't require soldering of the contacts. They are
resistant --- to electronic warfare (EW) systems: they can
hardly be interfered with by portable or mobile systems.
All information exchange and command transmission is carried
out via a closed radio channel. The software for the Shadow
is completely developed by Russian specialists.
"It is stored in a closed form and cannot be opened,
reflashed, read, or modified," the company said.
The transfer and reception of all data is closed by a special
algorithm developed by SuperChrono, which cannot be
quickly opened, and -- if it is opened -- the data is
considered to be lost, the company explained
to Izvestia.
The system ensures, that the swarm operates on dedicated
channels, and... in the event of interference, the source is
suppressed by the software's mathematical algorithms.
"Shadow" allows you to implement ambush tactics.
"The drone lands in areas where the enemy is active, and,
minimizing its power consumption, waits for the target to appear. When the target appears, the drone takes off and delivers a surprise attack," the company's
employees explained.
According to military expert Yuri Lyamin, UAV operators are
now one of the most important targets on the battlefield,
and the enemy is actively hunting for them.
In the Armed Forces, the defeat of UAV operators is more
expensive than the destruction of expensive armoured
vehicles, he said. Radio intelligence (RTR) equipment
on the front line is constantly searching for drone
launch sites. These can be detected --- by the
radiation emitted by the radio transmitter,
which is a weakness that is well known
to both us, and the enemy. Both sides
of the front have been using remote
antennas for a long time. Initially
......they were only a few dozen
metres away, but later, they
began to modernize them.
According to the expert - it will become
much more difficult to catch operators.
''It will be very difficult to find the location where the operators
are working,'' said Yuri Lyamin. ''The new device will allow
them to operate from a relatively deep rear area. 25 km
- is a significant distance. The enemy can use radio-
electronic reconnaissance equipment, to locate
and destroy the antenna. However --- it is easy
to replace the antenna, and such destruction
of the equipment will not disrupt the drone
operators' operations for an extended
period, let alone cause casualties.''
According to military expert Vadim Kozyulin, several antennas
can be removed from the location where the operators are
located, which will allow them to continue working
even if one of the antennas is destroyed.
"The effectiveness of UAV operations will increase," he said.
"In addition, operators will now be able to perform their
combat work without being under constant stress,
waiting for a possible enemy attack.''
It is extremely difficult... to find such a control centre. To
detect such a centre you need either visual surveillance
or intelligence work. However even with all the security
measures in place, these methods may not be effective
--- according to experts.
The Orbit
Recently, the Orbita remote control system ---- was delivered to
the troops. It allows you to control the flight of tactical drones operating on the front line.... from anywhere in the world.
"Izvestia" reported --- that it has already been tested in
the SVO zone. Operators use it to control attack
quadcopters, aircraft-type UAVs, and even
ground-based robotic wheeled and
tracked systems.
It has received modern and secure communication systems, as
well as neural networks for tracking the target. They ensure
the accuracy of target selection and its destruction. Communication with the drone is maintained
through an encrypted digital channel...
with minimal delays.
According to the developers, the system opens up new horizons
for the mass use of drones. Artificial intelligence makes it
easier for operators to work by adjusting the flight path
during attacks on both static and dynamic targets.
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After the mobilization of an electrician,
the streets of Kanev --- in Ukraine were left without electricity
by Marina Sovina (night editor)
September 23rd, 9:20pm
(Lenta.ru)
In the city of Kanev in the Cherkasy region of Ukraine, problems
with street lighting have become more frequent, and with the
onset of autumn rains & increased wind, they have become
more severe. The Kanev city administration explained on
its Facebook page (a social network banned in Russia;
owned by Meta Corporation, so recognized in the RF
as extremist and banned) the current situation... by the mobilization of a single electrician.
"Since mid-July 2025, there is no electrician in KP Gorod —— the
only employee who was engaged in the repair of street lighting,
performed electrical installation work and was engaged in the
construction of structures for street lighting, was called
up for military service," the publication says.
It is noted that the utility company does not have another
employee who can service and repair the lights. The
utility company has acknowledged...... that it has
received numerous complaints from residents,
but hasn't yet been able to resolve the issue.
Earlier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic
Relations of Hungary, Peter Szijjarto, called the forced
mobilization of Ukrainians a shame for the EU.
He added, that there is an open hunt for people...... in Ukraine.
Guards Private Andrey Yankovich, as part of a mortar team,
suppressed the firing points of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine (AFU) when his position was attacked
by enemy unmanned aerial vehicles.
The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense, reports
on the feats of Russian military personnel in the area of the
special military operation (SVO).
In these circumstances, Yankovich managed to stay calm .....and
continued to lead the unit, providing fire support for the Russian
artillery. The enemy attempted to damage the unit by dropping
ammunition from drones. However, Yankovich --- responded to
the attacks in a timely manner, giving the unit the command
to evade. As a result, the combat mission was completed,
and all Ukrainian firing points - were suppressed.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also praised the courage and
determination of Sergeant Alexander Zlodeev, who was
stationed at an air surveillance post for electronic
warfare (EW) - and received radio communication
about an artillery attack on a neighbouring unit.
Zlotyev immediately gathered a small group
of comrades-in-arms ....and went to help a
neighbouring unit. At the scene, he found
several wounded Russian soldiers. He
provided first aid ------- and organized
their evacuation to a safe location.
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Military correspondents reveal details about
the Russian Armed Forces' advance in the
Zaporizhzhia region
by Pavel Ivanov
September 20th, 10:16pm
(Gazeta.ru)
The servicemen of the Armed Forces (AF) of Russia destroy
the units of the Ukrainian army, advancing in Stepnogorsk.
This --- is reported in the Telegram-channel "Operation Z:
War Correspondents of the Russian Spring" (RusVesna).
"On the left flank of the Zaporozhye front, our scouts
and paratroopers are tracking down infantry and
concentrations of Ukrainian forces," the
publication says.
On September 17, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian
Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, said that the Russian
group of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian
Federation "Vostok" is developing an offensive in
the Dnipropetrovsk region & Zaporozhye region.
The Chief of the General Staff added that the assault units
of the Southern Group of Forces are advancing in the
village of Seversk. In the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky
direction, the fighting is taking place - in close
proximity to Konstantinovka, Gerasimov said.
On September 3rd Russian President Vladimir Putin told
journalists at a press conference following his visit to
China, that all Russian Armed Forces groups in the
special military operation zone - are advancing
in all directions.
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A veteran of the Special Military Operation
shared how he returned to his work
as a director
September 20th, 2:51pm
(Vesti.ru)
Sergei Gryzov, a veteran of the special operation, went to the front, during the partial mobilization. He received a summons, during a rehearsal. Gryzov told Russia 24 that he has returned to his work as a director and is currently managing a children's theatre, in Vladimir.
At the time, he had a broken finger, but that didn't stop him.
"At the military registration and enlistment office... I took off the cast
and hid it, put my hand in my pocket so that no one could see. That
would be cowardly for me. You can imagine, when you served in
the Airborne Forces, you have a blue beret - you have your own
7 jumps [with a parachute], you know? Here, they brought it
to me, and I'll start looking for a place to run? No, this
can not be," - said Gryzov.
Sergey was assigned to reconnaissance, and - almost immediately,
he faced a severe test on the front lines. During one of the shelling
attacks, he was shell-shocked and suffered a serious injury. This
triggered an exacerbation, of a rare chronic condition. He spent
months wandering through hospitals, searching for a diagnosis.
"It seems to have become better, everything seems to be fine, I'm
on the mend. Only the course ends, the chronic exacerbation
begins again, the high temperature rises again. And then,
when I got to Moscow, they told me that I had such a
disease there(at the front. - Editor's note)there
is nothing to do," recalls Sergey.
Returning home turned into a new challenge – a long recovery. His
favorite work helped him cope with the crisis. Sergey is a director
by training, and the stage became his salvation. Before the SVO,
he spent many years directing plays with children, including
those from disadvantaged families. During his service,
illness, and recovery, his previous team disbanded.
Out of old memories, a friend suggested trying to create a new studio.
"I came to my wife --- she was so happy, she had tears in her eyes. I say: "I realized that I miss this, and it's like a balm,
I'm ready for 24 hours with them (children - Editor's note)
to jump, create," Sergey shared.
Today, his Young Actor's Theatre at the Vladimir Palace of
Children's Creativity - has already produced several
performances. Episodes from Tom Sawyer's
adventures, are being rehearsed on stage.
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A veteran of the Special Military Operation
fulfilled her childhood dream, by opening
an ice cream stand and a coffee shop
September 20th, 2:24pm
(Vesti.ru)
Maria Skochigorova, a veteran of the special operation, opened
an ice cream stand and a coffee shop in the centre of Nizhny
Novgorod. She told Russia 24 TV channel that this was her
childhood dream.
A small kiosk..... is located near the walls of the Nizhny Novgorod
Kremlin. As a child, Maria spent time here with her grandparents.
Buying ice cream was a mandatory ritual. The veteran wanted
to return to this feeling of childhood joy - after the war.
"I believe that I continue the tradition, because this is the centre
of the city, this is the historical part of Nizhny Novgorod, the
Kremlin. And this is the ice cream stand that people are
used to going to. Maybe people my age used to walk
too, when they were little, they used to walk too.
And now ...they remember it," Maria shared.
Business..... quickly took off, and after the kiosk,
Skochigorov opened a cafe on the embankment.
The woman joined the army at the age of 48. Her father was a
Russian officer, and her grandparents fought in the Great
Patriotic War.
"She (grandmother. - Editor's note) told me how on June 22, 1941 —
and she was born in 1922, she was 19 years old - the words were
heard at 4 o'clock in the morning that the war had begun. And
she went to the front as a nurse, having no [specialized]
education, only 10 classes," Maria said.
She remembered these stories for the rest of her life, so when the
partial mobilization was announced, she decided to join the
army. However, she was not immediately accepted into
the ranks of the soldiers.
"I went to the military registration and enlistment office, where
they told me, 'You're already over 40, and at 45, don't even
dream of anything. Stay at home and cook borscht,'"
Maria quoted the military registration and
enlistment office employee as saying.
She decided not to give up and trained as a nurse, as well as
taking a course in military psychology. The training took
almost three years, after which Maria once again
went to the military recruitment office.
"I went to our regional military commander, who listened to me.
He said this phrase, which I will never forget: 'We need more
people like you.' It gave me a boost, and I thought, 'Finally,
someone has recognized my worth and given me
permission.' I was 45 years old, when the
special operation began, and I went to
the front --- when I turned 48,"
she continued.
On the front line, Maria's responsibilities were much broader, than
those of a regular paramedic: receiving reinforcements, checking
first aid kits, evacuating the wounded... and taking care of the
soldiers. After serving in Donbas for six months, she returned
to Nizhny Novgorod, where her friends and family were
waiting for her.
"I wanted to show men, not even women, but men who hadn't
made that decision yet, that it's not so scary --- that it's
honorable. You'll help there," the veteran concluded.
Maria is currently helping from the rear, having joined a
volunteer sewing workshop to produce essential items
for military personnel.
Earlier, the Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, said that veterans of the special operation --- participants of the Sursky Courage program, will be taught how to do business.
Military personnel will be able to get the necessary skills at a special course of entrepreneurial activity.
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Zelensky: Heavy Fighting
Continues...... in the
Kupyansk Region
September 20th, 12:46pm
(Vesti.ru)
Heavy fighting continues in the Kharkiv region -- where the
Russian military has almost half the city under its control.
This was announced by the head of the Kiev regime,
Vladimir Zelensky.
"In the area of Kupyansk, tough actions continue, there are
appropriate forces there," the Ukrainian publication
Glavkom, quotes him as saying.
Earlier, Rada deputy Bezuglaya announced a disaster in
Kupyansk, due to the Russian Armed Forces' offensive.
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Rattles for the natives:How the US uses
old tricks ------ against new adversaries
by Daria Mitina
September 20th, 12:28pm
(Pravda TV - Personal opinion)
Beware of the Danaans, for they bring gifts: if an enemy comes
with gifts, it is not a sign of friendship, but rather..... a more
cunning way to strike.
Deception - as a principle of US foreign policy
Venezuela facing the threat of an American invasion
There is enough evidence of this --- both around Iran and
around Israel's gas, and around Venezuela. Venezuela,
for example, is facing the threat of a large-scale US
invasion. And how did it all start?
After the last victory of Maduro in the elections, the envoy of the
new US president Richard Grenell flew to Caracas. He promised
a lot: a gradual easing of sanctions, normalization of relations,
trade ties, & complete oblivion of the story with the so-called
"president of Venezuela", Guaido.
Does this remind you of anything? The result is, that the US
has deployed a powerful naval force in the Caribbean and
is threatening to overthrow the Maduro government
under the pretext of fighting drug trafficking.
This pattern is repeated everywhere.
A Strike on Iran and Hamas
It's the same with Iran. It started with persuasion, signing
agreements, handshakes, and promises. Then came the
brutal blow. First, using a proxy force like Israel, and
then directly bombing Iranian territory.
The situation with Hamas is similar: long negotiations
were conducted with only one goal in mind — to
locate the leaders of Hamas, eliminate
the leaders --- and eliminate the
organization's assets.
But while Hamas and Iran are far away, there is
a situation much closer to us, that is alarming.
Belarus: repeating history?
A very similar story is happening... with Belarus. Trump's officials
flying to Minsk have one goal: to relax the Belarusian leadership
with promises of friendship and offer a carrot in the form of
partial sanctions relief. In reality -- these are preparatory
measures for the overthrow of the Lukashenko regime,
and only a child would fail to understand this.
I hope that the Belarusian leadership is well aware of this.
You can write tender letters expressing your admiration for
Lukashenko's "genius of state," or you can send cufflinks
with the image of the White House, but the goal stays
the same: to dismantle the Belarusian regime ....as
quickly as possible.
If they can't use the whip,they'll try the carrot.
It's time for us to get used to this US way of doing things,
not only for the Belarusians, but also for us.
The situation with Russia - is similar. Russia has already been fooled more than once, and now it is acting more cautiously. However, the fact that we have been so easily fooled by these rattles, like the natives during the era of colonial conquests,
does not reflect well on us.. or our diplomacy.
Europe, drones and the NATO article
Moscow is trying to mess with Washington's head and convince
it to step aside. But the key is, not to be fooled by the devil,
but to fool him.
What about Europe? Drones are flying over Poland and
Romania. Either Russian drones, Ukrainian air
defense, or even F-16 missiles.
Poland immediately calls this an act of aggression
and gets $46 billion --- for its air defense system.
Not bad. So, when they say that Russia "tested the Polish air
defense system", I will allow myself to doubt. We don't have
idiots in our leadership who don't understand that the
result --- will be billions spent on the defense of
Poland and Ukraine, but the benefits...
will not go to us.
NATO's Article 4 is not the same as Article 5. Article 5 obliges
countries to defend an ally under attack by military means.
Article 4 is just about consultation and "one for all and all
for one." But something needs to be done, and it needs
to be done now.
And yet, even Polish politicians admit that Russia is not to blame,
and that it is - the Ukrainian air defense system. But who are we
going to prove this to? Romania, where the unidentified drones
landed, is being more sensible than the Poles. It does not
support the idea of a no-fly zone over Ukraine, realizing
that it could lead to escalation.
Russian-Belarusian exercises and Russia's position
And the icing on the cake: the Russian-Belarusian exercises in the
Novgorod region, recently visited by President Vladimir Putin,
brought together participants from more than 50 countries,
including ---- about 100,000 military personnel. The most
striking aspect for the US and NATO was the presence
of Indian representatives. Although there were only
65 of them, the symbolism, was clear. US officials
even claimed that India had "crossed a red line."
But what exactly... had it crossed? India is an
observer, India remains non-aligned... and it
is NATO's best non-NATO partner, allowing
it to look in different directions.
Russia's position remains unchanged. As Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov stated, the presence of peacekeepers in Ukraine would
mean that they were essentially occupying forces, making
them a legitimate target for the Russian military.
This is the red line that the West is unlikely to cross. Weapons,
yes, and money, as much as you like. But sending troops to
fight for Ukraine ---- is too much.
Sanctions against Russia and Europe's Confusion
The EU has yet to introduce its 19th package of sanctions against
Russia. Later, it was clarified that the package had simply been
postponed, but Europe's confusion is evident.
The new package clearly doesn't add up: too many
countries don't support individual measures.
What impressed the Russian audience --- was the fact that the
proposal to impose restrictions on the issuance of Schengen
visas was blocked. Five countries — Greece, Italy, Spain,
France, and Hungary — opposed the proposal. This is
logical, as they stand to lose the most ------ from the
decline in Russian tourism & business contacts.
As a result, Schengen visas will continue to be issued, albeit in
slightly smaller volumes. However, the main point is that
despite the pressure from the US, the EU will not be
able to abandon Russian energy resources in the
foreseeable future. This is what both Donald
Trump and the US administration -- are
pointing out.
Trump's Threats and the Alliance of China, India, and Russia
Trump's threats to impose tariffs on China and India, have
remained.. mere threats. These countries have not been
immediately intimidated, and it is likely that over time,
these attempts will diminish, and Trump will have to acknowledge his tariff defeat.
As a result, Trump has pushed China and India closer
together and towards a parallel alliance with Russia.
Is this a good thing? Absolutely, it is. This situation is
working in our favour. We will be watching how......
events unfold.
In the meantime, the fate of peace in Ukraine
is being decided by the front.
Author Daria Mitina
Daria Mitina is a historian, stateswoman, freelance
Earlier, the defense ministry said that Ukrainian saboteurs
tried to break through to the Kursk region near Tetkino.
The Russian military detected the group with the help
of aerial reconnaissance and opened fire with a
grenade launcher and heavy machine guns,
not letting them get to the border.
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces Brigade
lostits last combat-ready battalion
in the Kharkiv region
September 17th, 4:49am
(Vesti.ru)
The Ukrainian Armed Forces (AF) brigade has lost its last
combat-ready battalion, according to a source in the
Russian security agency.
"Over the course of 24 hours, the 42nd Motorized Infantry
Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered
significant losses, including up to a platoon of
personnel, and lost its combat capability.
''As a result, the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine lost its last combat-ready battalion,"
according to a source cited by TASS.
In addition, Russian troops destroyed the location of a special
company made up of former prisoners --- with a missile strike.
The militants of the 57th Brigade of the Armed Forces
of Ukraine suffered heavy losses, in the battles for
Volchansk in the Kharkiv region.
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A Russian soldier .........spent half an hour hiding
from the Ukrainian Armed Forces underwater,
breathing through a reed
September 17th, 3:40am
(Vesti.ru)
The assault trooper with the call sign Lens, of the Russian
group of troops "Vostok" came under fire while crossing
the river in the Dnipropetrovsk region. To remain
unnoticed, Lens... sat underwater for half an
hour and breathed through a reed stalk.
The commander of the assault unit, had set the task of
crossing the river near the village of Novopetrovskoye.
"The commander asked who can swim. I said I could.
Thanks to my parents, they sent me swimming as a
child. I had to go first," RIA Novosti quoted the
Lens as saying.
The assault rifleman used a rope to cross the river, trying
to drag a boat with his comrades and provisions to the
other side. At that moment, an enemy FPV drone
attacked the group, but the soldiers were able to destroy it.
"Less than half a minute later, mortar fire was opened on us.
I don't know -- how I survived. I lay down in the water, broke
a reed, put it in my mouth, and prayed. I breathed through
the tube, for about thirty minutes. Then my comrades- in-arms took me by boat to the other side, and I
successfully returned. Part of the group
continued its combat mission --- and
destroyed the enemy," said Lens.
However, he suffered a contusion to his
left ear and injuries to his feet and legs.
According to the Ministry of Defense -----
Novopetrovskoye in the Dnipropetrovsk
region was liberated on September
12th, 2025.
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Former Ukrainian soldier uses TikTok
------- to learn how to defect to Russia
September 17th, 12:40am
(Vesti.ru)
A former soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) decided
to defect to Russia after learning about volunteer units on
social media.
In an interview with RIA Novosti, he said that it was the
existence of units that fight alongside Russian troops
that became a guiding light and a decisive factor
for him ....at a time when the Kiev authorities
effectively sent his unit "to be recycled."
"I was still on the other side, and I already knew that there
were units that worked together with Russian troops.
The guys are loyal to their oath, and no one is
forcing them to change or make things up;
they are doing what they actually are,"
said the former Ukrainian soldier.
He explained that he had seen videos of these
units training and preparing, on TikTok.
"I was just scrolling through TikTok, and I came across a few
videos. When I clicked on the link, I saw videos from their
side: workouts and training sessions. I took note of
them," the man said.
Earlier, it was reported that the military personnel of the Armed
Forces of Ukraine ask to open a corridor for surrender in the
Kherson and Zaporizhzhia directions. According to a
source in the Russian security agency, many
Ukrainian soldiers cannot surrender...
because they are being attacked
by their own drones.
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Poland has declared its readiness
- to host foreign nuclear weapons
by Marina Sovina (night editor)
September 16th, 8:58pm
(Lenta.ru)
Poland should be able to host foreign nuclear weapons
on its territory, Polish President Karol Narwotski said, according to TASS.
"She -- should participate in the joint use of a
nuclear weapons program," he emphasized.
According to the politician, Poland should have its own "nuclear capabilities" ...mentioning, in particular, civilian nuclear energy.
Former state president Andrzej Duda said earlier that
Poland ---- should seek protection from a potential
"Russian threat" with the "nuclear umbrella"
of France ---------- and seek access to US
nuclear weapons.
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Former Dynamo Kyiv player caught
trying to escape ---- from Ukraine
by Andrey Streltsov (Editor
of the Sports Department)
September 16th, 8:57pm
(Lenta.ru)
Former goalkeeper of Kiev Dynamo, and Shakhtar, Artur
Rudko was caught while trying to escape from Ukraine.
This is reported by Sport Arena.
According to the source, the 33-year-old footballer was detained
while trying to illegally cross the border. It is noted that the ex-
Dynamo player is currently undergoing basic military training
at one of the training centres of the Armed Forces of
Ukraine (AFU).
Rudko's last club was FC Chornomorets Odesa, which he left at
the end of last season. He has -- two Ukrainian championship
titles to his name - with Dynamo (2015/2016) and Shakhtar
(2023/2024), as well as three Ukrainian Cup victories:
twice with the Kievans (2013/2014, 2014/2015) and
once with the Donetsk team (2023/2024). From
2019 to 2022, Rudko played for Paphos FC in
Cyprus, which qualified for the Champions
League this season.
On 4 August, Ukrainian football club Kryvbas (Kryvyi Rih)
announced that its goalkeeper Igor Omelchenko had run
away from the team's camp in Slovenia. The club stated
that the 19-year-old player refused to return to Ukraine.
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces command:
ordered their wounded to be ''finished off''
by Marina Sovina (night editor)
September 16th, 8:42pm
(Lenta.ru)
The command of the Armed ForcesUkraine gave an order
to its soldiers to finish off wounded Ukrainian soldiers
from other units who were in positions near the
village of Stavki --- in the Donetsk People's
Republic (DPR). This, was reported by
TASS with reference to the Russian
law enforcement agencies.
We are talking about the 115th Separate Mechanized
Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"The command of the 115th OMBR sets very cynical,
unprincipled, and criminal tasks for its militants,
clearly demonstrating its attitude towards
Ukrainians as if they were meat,"
the source said.
Earlier, it was reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had
decided to stop treating lightly wounded soldiers of the
225th Separate Assault Regiment and form new
assault groups - with their participation.
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Alaudinov announced --- the depletion of
the resources of the military-industrial
complex factories in Ukraine
September 16th, 6:13pm
(Vesti.ru)
According to Apty Alaudinov, commander of the Akhmat special
forces, the military-industrial complex's factories that produce
weapons in Ukraine are struggling to cope. He made this
statement on the "60 Minutes" program on the "Russia
1" TV channel.
According to the commander of Akhmat, Ukrainian
enterprises are unable to replenish the weapons
used in military operations.
"The military-industrial complex's factories, which produce
weapons, are already unable to replenish them. As we
can see, the human resource, is also depleted,"
Alaudinov said.
Alaudinov also notes that, despite the support of Kiev
by Western countries, the situation of the Ukrainian
militants ....is deplorable.
___________________________________________
Alaudinov does not comment on reports
of the Russian Armed Forces entering
Kupyansk ....through a pipeline
September 16th, 5:47pm
(Vesti.ru)
The commander of the Akhmat special forces -- Apty Alaudinov,
did not go into details about the Russian Armed Forces' entry
into Kupyansk, through the pipeline. On the 60 Minutes
program on the Rossiya 1 TV channel, he only noted
the scale of the work that had been done.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense showed footage
confirming that the Russian Armed Forces control
almost half of the city of Kupyansk in the
Kharkiv region.
"The soldiers of the Russian Ministry of Defense -- have really
done a lot of work in this area. I can't say at this point what
stage this work is at. I think it's better not to talk too much
about it - at this stage," Alaudinov said.
He also suggested that the Ukrainians had started
putting barbed wire and blades in all of their pipes.
"They'll even leave small pipes where the gas flows so that
we can't pass through. But they're trying to influence our
advance in this way," said the commander of the
Akhmat special forces.
In Ukraine, they suggested how the Armed Forces of Ukraine
would respond to the Russian Armed Forces' success in
Kupyansk. The enemy may transfer reserves to there.
Earlier, war correspondent Yuri Kotenok published
footage of Russian army soldiers moving along a
gas pipeline... near Kupyansk.
_______________________________
Alaudinov: Ukraine Realizes...
It Cannot Win Against Russia
September 16th, 5:41pm
(Vesti.ru)
Statements from Kiev that the Ukrainian army has reached
an operational impasse indicate that the enemy realizes
that it cannot defeat the Russian army. This was
stated by Apty Alaudinov, commander of the
Akhmat special forces, on the 60 Minutes
program on the Rossiya 1 TV channel.
According to him, in Ukraine, every day there are statements
by representatives of different branches of power - that are
absolutely contradictory to each other.
"Some people are talking about how they're winning, and
how they've already defeated everyone. Others, on the
other hand, are talking about how bad things are for
them," said the commander of Akhmat.
According to Alaudinov, the leadership of the Ukrainian
armed forces .....constantly assured their Western
partners - masters - that if Kiev was provided
with certain weapons, Ukraine would
“defeat everyone.”
"Now, probably, this operational impasse lies in the fact - that
they have nothing more to give in order for them to win. This
situation just forces them to voice already: no matter what they are given they cannot win against the Russian army. This --- is an operational impasse," Alaudinov said.
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.
Image: palestine
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.
Image: palestine
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
Image: Bill Dores
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.
Image: Sa’dollah Zarei
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.)
Image: Boris Malagurski
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.
Image: Iqbal Jassat
“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.)
Image: Paul Antonopoulos
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.
Image: Eric Zuesse
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)
Image: Iqbal Jassat
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.
Image: Daniel Patrick Welch
Peak hypocrisy: US is ''concerned'' aboutChina's nukes
by Daniel Patrick Welch
August 7th, 11:45am
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns of
China's nukes, on the anniversary of his own
country dropping the only one ever.
The US empire never disappoints in its endless quest
to project the behavior of a true sociopath. As with
Goebbels’ Big Lie (which he stole from the US's
Bernays anyway), the tried-and-true strategy,
is to attack others, for actions it has itself
performed on a regular basis.
Hence the whole Russiagate charade about foreign
interference in sacred elections by a country other
than the US —reigning and uncontested champion
of regime change campaigns. Now comes Blinken,
the US talking head du jour on the world stage, to
warn Asia about China’s nuclear weapons. Huh?
If irony wasn’t dead, Blinken and crew (Winken, Nod
et al) would track it down and strangle it with their
bare hands. On August 6th, the State Department
announced Blinken’s warning... to China’s
neighbours: THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS
OWN COUNTRY’S DROPPING OF A
NUCLEAR BOMB on Hiroshima.
I would say “not to put to fine a point on it,” but it just
can’t possibly be sharpened any further. Run that
back, with the reverse tape noise and all.
The ONLY country EVER to drop a nuclear bomb on another,
the United States, chooses the very anniversary of the first of those two genocidal crimes against humanity, to express grave concern about China’s nuclear
arsenal. I guess you could just drop the mic
here — there really is so little left to say.
What comes after tragedy and farce?
Even Old Man Marx didn’t mention
a third, though I might venture
Cynicism Made Flesh?
Of course, Blinken--I just can’t stop saying the name… it’s like
DICK Cheney and COLIN Powell, or that library cop Bookman
from Seinfeld—Blinken isn’t to blame for the blasphemy of
rewriting history. He and his cohorts have a generational
head start on stupid. Seventy-five years of relentless
assault on Americans’ knowledge of history and
political consciousness, has left a populace
with a Hollywood understanding of WWII
that has almost no relation to reality.
Even Eisenhower knew (and said) that the bombings were of no
military use. Lost to Americans’ history—but importantly, not
the world’s—is the cold truth that Truman knew as well and
didn’t care. Perhaps the meanest, and most small-minded
of US presidents, he offed a hundred thousand Japanese
in one fell swoop, just to scare the Russkies. And by his
own admission, never lost a night’s sleep. Brrrrrrrr.
But Back to the Future: Blinken’s degenerate idiocy also further
exposes the infantile disorder of the Lesser Evilists and the rest
of the Harm Reduction menagerie. He is himself, of course, no
more than a cardboard clown, or more likely made entirely of
wood, spouting vituperations like a useful ventriloquist’s
dummy while sitting on the knee of whoever plays Edgar
Bergen in this cynical farce. The masters who pay
Blinken, Biden, (O)Bama, Bush and Bacchus
keep them on a short leash. The sociopaths
in charge make the real decisions.
The notion that “getting back to normal” would yield anything other
than a smooth return to the endless killing machine was not just
wishful thinking, but deliberate self-delusion, a lazy and selfish
need to play pretend and self-soothe while the world burns.
Unforgiveable, really. From Iran to Venezuela, Russia, China and
beyond, and with clockwork precision, the Enemies of Humanity
are ramping up war fever, concocting lies & manipulating truth
and fear like never before. The New York Times’ perversion of
the Tokyo medal counts, to pretend the US won, is more than
instructive: it is the stock in trade and lifeblood of the
predator class, honing its exceptionalist rhetoric to
wield when needed. Dark days ahead.
Daniel Patrick Welch is a writer of political commentary and
analysis. Also a singer and songwriter, he lives and writes
in Salem, Salem, Massachusetts with his wife. Together
they run The Greenhouse School. He has traveled
widely, speaks five languages and studied Russian
History and Literature at Harvard University.
Welch has also appeared as a guest on several TV and radio
channels to speak on topics of foreign affairs and political
analysis--around his day job. He can be available for
interview requests as time and scheduling permit.
Despite the price of being outspoken against US foreign policy
and military adventurism -- which can be steep, in today's
circumstances -- he believes firmly, as did Rosa
Luxemburg, that "It will always be the most
revolutionary act, to tell the truth out loud."
Welch wrote this commentary for the Press TV website.
Image: Finian Cunningham
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.
Image: Barry Grossman
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.
Image: US Encirclement of China
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!
Image: sanctions infograph
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)
Image: sanctions map
Please watch the video above... We have never existed in such peril, and yet almost no-one is able to act.
Nuclear words: Putin's FINAL warning:
(People DO need reminding -- unless US, UK and French policy changes, and stops being so 'exceptional' -- that is, outside the UN legal Charter and thus, criminal --- there will be a reaping.)
BREAKING: Russia's State TV Advising Russian Citizens on how to survive a World War ! WAKE UP NOW - AND STOP THE WAR ON CHINA/RUSSIA !
The Doomsday clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists website now has the final singular moment that will bring civilization to final nuclear annihilation, at 90 seconds to midnight.
This is the closest it has ever been. Scott Ritter says it should be 2 seconds
World Will Not Survive the US' Neocons' Doctrine of US World Hegemony - Paul Graig Roberts Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
"The government of the United States is clearly in demonic hands. We are overflowing with proof", writes American well known analytist and ex- official Paul Graig Roberts in his website.
Take today (2-2-18) for example. A report from the House Intelligence Committee was released that is proof that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Justice --- and the Democrat National Committee, are now in a conspiracy against American democracy and the President of the United States, with the full support of the presstitute media.
As if that is not enough, also released today, is the Pentagon’s new Nuclear Posture Review. A nuclear posture review specifies a country’s attitude to nuclear weapons and their use. In past posture reviews, nuclear weapons were regarded as unusable except in retaliation for a nuclear attack. The assumption was that no one would use them. There was always the chance that false warnings of incoming ICBMs would result in a nuclear button being pushed - setting off Armageddon.
There were many false warnings during the Cold War
President Ronald Reagan, was very concerned about a false warning, ending in mass death & destruction.
This is why his principal goal was to end the Cold War, which he succeeded in doing. It did not take successor governments long, to resurrect the Cold War.
The new US nuclear posture is a reckless, irresponsible, and destabilizing departure from the previous attitude toward nuclear weapons. The use of even a small part of the existing arsenal of the United States would be sufficient to destroy life on earth. Yet, the posture review calls for more weapons, speaks of nuclear weapons as “usable,” and justifies their use in First Strikes, even against countries that do not have nuclear weapons.
This is an insane escalation. It tells every country that the US government, believes in the first use of nuclear weapons against any & every country. Nuclear powers such as Russia & China must see this to be a massive increase in the threat level from the US.
Those responsible for this document should be committed to insane aslyums, not left in policy positions where they can put it into action.
The neoconservatives are a small group of conspirators. Most neoconservatives are Jews allied with Israel. Some are dual-citizens. They created an ideology of US world hegemony, specifying that the chief goal of US foreign policy, is to prevent the rise of any other power that could serve as a constraint on US unilateralism.
As neoconservatives control US foreign policy, this explains US hostility toward Russia and China and also the neo-conservatives’ use of the US military to remove governments in the Middle East, seen by Israel as obstacles to Israeli expansion. For two decades --- the US has been fighting wars for Israel in the Middle East. This fact proves the power and influence of the insane neo- conservatives. It is certain, that people as insane as the neoconservatives, would launch a nuclear attack on Russiaand China.
The Russian and Chinese governments seem to be completely unaware of the threat that the neo- conservatives pose to them. I have never experienced in interviews with Russians and Chinese, any awareness of the neo- conservative ideology. Possibly, it is too insane for them to grasp.
Ideologues such as the neoconservatives are not fact-based
They are chasing their dream of world hegemony. Russia & China are in the way of this hegemony. Having learned the limits of conventional military power—after 20 years the US “superpower” has been unable to defeat a few thousand lightly armed Taliban in Afghanistan—the neo-conservatives know: conventional invasions of Russia or China, would lead to the total defeat of US forces.
Therefore, the neoconservatives have elevated nuclear weapons to a First Strike, usable, arsenal that in the neoconservative dream of world hegemony can be used to destroy Russia and China.
Ideologues who divorce themselves from the facts create a virtual world for themselves. Their belief in their ideology blinds them to the risks for them- selves and others that they impose on the world.
Thanks to the American liberal/progressive/left, the entirety of the world is faced with a far more likely nuclear demise than ever threatened us during the Cold War with the Soviet Union.
By its collaboration with the military/security complex & the corrupt Hillary DNC, the liberal/progressive/left has forever discredited itself. It is now seen by every thinking person worldwide as an insane propaganda ministry --- for the neoconservatives’ plan to use nuclear weapons to eliminate constraints on US unilateralism.
The liberal/progressive/left has endorsed “hegemony or death.”
They will get death. For all of us.
(Source - DONi News Agency)
According to: PaulGraigRoberts.org
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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Cool Russia!
[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.
We await a reaction from the US.
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Popov: Russia can and should withdraw from 1997 treaty with Ukraine By Eduard Popov for Fort Russ - translated by J. Arnoldski -
The other day, the disturbing news came from Lvov, the unofficial capital of Ukrainian Galicia, that the Lvov regional council has filed a lawsuit to forcibly evict the Pushkin Russian Cultural Centre. As the head of the regional council, V. Girnyak, said in his statement, organizations tied to the Anti-Terrorist Operation are preparing to transfer the building on Korolenko Street. The Lvov deputies hardly expect to earn more money from these “ATOers.” Rather, the eviction of Pushkin Russian Cultural Centre is explained by a different motive: once again, punishing anyone ideologically representative of an “enemy” Russian culture.
This centre’s building was leased to the Russian community of Lvov, in 1990. In 1999, the then mayor Vasiliy Kuybida, set the symbolic rent fee of 5 hryvnia (around $1 back then).
Let us quote one founding document signed by Ukraine, the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between the Russian Federation and Ukraine from May 31st, 1997. Point 12 of the agreement reads: “The High Agreeing Parties shall protect the ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious identities of national minorities on their territory and create conditions for the fostering of their identity….they will contribute to creating equal opportunities and conditions for studying the Russian language in Ukraine and the Ukrainian language in the Russian Federation, training pedagogical staff for teaching these languages in educational establishments, and for these purposes, provide equal state support.”
Points 1-2 of the agreement are based on the recognition of the friendly relations between the countries and their territorial integrity. Hence why the agreement is often called a border treaty. For Ukraine, whose territorial sovereignty over some territories (including Galicia, which was part of the Second Polish Republic until September 1939) is quite disputed, this agreement was a real gift. It is no coincidence that a number of patriotic politicians in Russia, demanded that this document not be signed.
Russia’s recognition of Kiev’s sovereignty over territories included in the Ukrainian state is founded on Ukraine’s observance of the rights of its Russian- cultured citizens. After the coup d’etat in 2014, Ukraine began pursuing a policy of cultural genocide (ethnocide) against the Russian-cultured population.
Now Ukraine is discussing the initiative of the scandalously infamous politician Irina Farion, to deprive Russian residents in Ukraine of civil rights.
In fact, this measure is already being implemented. The number of Russian schools has rapidly declined while Russian organizations are being prosecuted and their activities are under close surveillance by Kiev’s intelligence services.
In accordance with the 1997 treaty, an entire network of federal & regional organizations of Ukrainians is funded in Russia. For example, in the Rostov region there is a city-level and regional national-cultural autonomy of Ukrainians.
The organization receives funding from the city and regional budgets. Its head, the businessman Makarchuk, is a member of the Public Chamber of the Rostov region and is proud of his friendship with Rostov governor Vasili Golubev. Meanwhile, Makarchuk is published on the website of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi Svoboda party and frequently makes Russophobic statements.
Unfortunately, Russia is largely to blame for the fact that the civil rights of Russian-cultured people in Ukraine are being massively violated. An example of this is the patronizing policy of Rostov region's authorities. But on the federal level as well, the state does not make sufficient (or any) efforts to defend the Russian population of Ukraine (nearly half of the country’s total population).
Meanwhile, a more responsible attitude towards obligations would lead to discussion of the 1997 treaty. In a situation in which the second country (Ukraine), massively violates the treaty’s basic premises, then Russia has the right to withdraw from the treaty with all the legal and political implications. I see no reason for the Russian budget to support the activities of Ukrainian organizations in Russia, or recognize the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine.
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WHITE HELMETS -- SHAM
The Ron Paul Institute has pointed out: “We have demonstrated that the White Helmets are an integral part of the propaganda van- guard, that ensures obscurantism of fact and propagation of Human Rights fiction that elicits the well-intentioned and self righteous response from a very cleverly duped public. A priority for these NGOs is to keep pushing the No Fly Zone scenario which has already been seen to have disastrous implications for innocent civilians in Libya, for example.”
What better chance to push “the No Fly Zone scenario” than arriving within “moments” of the convoy tragedy, filming it and creating a propaganda scenario before any meaningful forensic investigation could even be started, since the trucks were still burning. And of course, the “White Helmets”, aka “Syrian Defence Force”, were filming, rather than attempting to put out the fire and rescue those in the burning trucks.
[Ed. Yet the UK's Guardian, that snivelling wreckage of a "Liberal" newspaper, lies, & describes them as "the White Helmets, a volunteer rescue group," quotes their accusations of Syrian & Russian "constant bombing of civilians" and calls for a "no-fly-zone" now --- as in Libya.]
The Russian Defence Ministry subsequently caused outrage by claiming that their Drone footage: “shows the bombed Syrian aid convoy included a truck full of militant fighters carrying mortar guns.”
However: “The footage emerged as the United Nations rowed back from describing the attack on the aid convoy as air strikes, saying it did not have conclusive evidence about what had happened.”
It must be asked, why on earth, after long and protracted negotiations over the convoy would Syria and or their Russian ally risk the wrath of the US & “coalition”, and of further decimation of the country, by laying themselves open to accusations of bombing aid convoys?
The tragedy has emphatically achieved 1 thing, however. Wiped from the headlines, is another atrocity - the US bombing which killed over 60 Syrian soldiers and wounded over 100 others, just two days earlier, on Saturday 17th Sept. - causing Russian Foreign Ministry spokes- woman Maria Zakharova, to comment: “We are reaching a really terrifying conclusion for the whole world: That the White House is defending Islamic State. Now there can be no doubts about that”, according to the RIA Novosti news agency.
Again - Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will guard the guards?
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US prepares an Islamic army in Kosovo
Pravda.Ru - The US is preparing a reserve echelon in the territory of its Kosova enclave. But to keep a secure strategic space, the Southern Serbian provinces may be separated from Kosovo. Given the total apathy of the authorities of Republika Srpska... this plan is inching closer to its implementation.
The goal of the Americans is clear: if Berlin's discontent ousts US bases from Germany, after all, the US will have a spot in Kosovo. It's no secret that the crime and terrorist mayhem plaguing Kosovo, is under the patronage of the US.
Yelena Guskova, a Senator, and member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina), honoured with many Russian and Serbian state awards, commented to Pravda.Ru on this matter, in an interview.
Former Commander of the French foreign legion in Kosovo -- General Jacques Ogar, has recently confirmed to Pravda.Ru, evidence obtained from confidential US sources -- that there are at least five ISIS training camps in Kosovo, which are preparing suicide bombers and an army of Islamists to conquer Europe.
Having found no evidence that proved Milosevic was guilty, the Hague tribunal exonerated him. What do you think of it?
Slobodan Milosevic is a very significant historical person in Serbia's modern history, and the whole of Yugoslavia. In the early 1990s he was seen as the last communist in Europe -- who should be annihilated. His own country turned him over to the Hague; the so-called new government -- after the colour revolution of 2000.
However he was a leader who defended his country and the truth. He combated a large amount of lies at the Tribunal, which tried to prove that only the Serbs were guilty of all the events of the 1990s, as they were charged with collective crimes.
No leader of the Muslim territories of Yugoslavia was convicted, only Serbian ones. The figure of Milosevic was very important, but they didn't manage to find any evidence.
His brother Borislav Milosevic says they secretly took some samples of food and water Slobodan had been given and tested it in Moscow. And it turned out that poison had been added. And it was difficult to breathe for him, which means that something was infiltrated into the air.
Then he stopped eating, but the process had been launched. His death is mysterious but the Tribunal admitted that he was not responsible for crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Colonel Jacques Ogar, who was Commander of a foreign legion in the territory of Yugoslavia in the UN group admits that they were ordered to stand for the Kosovars against the Serbians... Western troops openly supported separatists and participated in punitive actions against the Serbians. Do you have such data?
Surely. I'm a Head of the Centre for the Study of the Contemporary Balkan Crisis at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Our main task is to collect documents and publish them. There occur more and more documents on the events since 1990, which confirm it.
It's absolutely clear that international organizations were biased. The Albanians approach their dream - to create a big country with an Albanian population only. The US has worked a lot to support this movement, as Kosovo is a project of the US.
And they would have got independence long ago, unless it was for Russia. Russia said No to their plans in 2007. it disturbed them, and now they do not influence Russia, but try to govern the Serbian authorities. But I think the process hasn't been completed, & there's a chance to return Kosovo to Serbia.
As they say, there are 8 ISIS training camps in the territory of Kosovo. It is reported that they train suicide bombers to carry out acts in the Western Europe and create a whole army to conquer it. How can you comment on this?
When huge flows of refugees were going across the Balkans in Europe, there were mainly young men and almost no couples. They were well- dressed, were going by three, and had enough means to live in decent hotels. It is clear that there are those among them who should stay in the Balkans & orchestrate implementation of their leaders' aims.
As the Serbian officials struggle to join the EU, they implemented all the terms. And they were told, to not only to let in these refugees, but also to build camps for them. Many stayed in the South, where the population is majority Muslim . A great quantity went to Kosovo and Metohija.
And there's an uncontrolled NATO base Bondsteel there, where enormous resources are deployed. This territory is not controlled by anyone. And when questions of the US military camps in Europe occur, no one speaks of Kosovo.
In Kosovo's camps, where terrorists are trained, they are set absolutely free. It's very dangerous for the whole of Europe, and the Balkans first of all. The US, though, wants to whip Serbia into submission and recognize the independence of Kosovo and Metohija.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska, and Serbians who reside there, are hampering these plans.
There is evidence that, as early as in the mid- 1990s the US aimed to go down to the Balkans when the agreement with Germany terminated if they had to leave. They need a territory in Bosnia & Herzegovina, in Kosovo, Metohija, Montenegro, Serbia & Macedonia. Republika Srpska hampers implementation of this plan today.
They need to annihilate the Republic and make the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina a unitary state. They didn't manage to conduct a colour revolution in the Republika Srpska, while the terror acts, which may be backed by Muslims in other territories, may be fruitful.
These plans may come forward in the nearest future, and it's a threat for the whole of Serbia. As there is a plan to separate the Southern regions of Serbia, where a lot of Albanians and Muslims reside. Today Serbian officials regard these refugees calmly, as well as capable of possible terrorist acts. But it should be paid 'special attention'.
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US/UK elite bankrolled A. Hitler
Germans were paid in company shares for loans that managed Germany's war reparations -- thus US capital began to actively integrate into the German economy.
The total amount of foreign investment in German industry during 1924-1929 amounted to almost 63 billion gold Marks (30 billion was accounted for by loans), and the payment of reparations — 10 billion Marks. 70% of revenues were provided by bankers from the US, and most banks were from JP Morgan.
As a result, in 1929, German industry was in second place in the world, but it was largely in the hands of the USA's leading financial-industrial groups.
"Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie", main supplier of the German war machine, financed 45% of the election campaign of Hitler in 1930, and was under the control of Rockefeller's "Standard oil".
Morgan, through "General Electric", controlled the German radio and electrical industry, via AEG and Siemens (up to 1933, 30% of the shares of AEG were owned by "General Electric") and through the Telecom company ITT — 40% of the 'phone network in Germany.
In addition, they owned a 30% stake in the air- craft manufacturing company "Focke-Wulf".
"General Motors", belonging to the DuPont family, established control over "Opel".
Henry Ford controlled 100% of the shares of Volkswagen. In 1926, with the participation of the Rockefeller Bank, Dillon, Reed & Co, the second largest industrial monopoly in Germany, after I.G Farben, merged with metals group, "Vereinigte Stahlwerke" (Steel trust) plus Thyssen, Flick, Wolff, Feglera etc.
US co-operation with Germany's military- industrial complex, was so intense and pervasive, that by 1933, the key sectors of German industry, & large banks such as the Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, Donat Bank, etc, were all under the control of US financial capital.
The political force that was intended to play a crucial role in the Anglo-American plans was being simultaneously prepared.
We are talking about the funding of the Nazi party and A. Hitler personally.
As former German Chancellor Brüning wrote in his memoirs, from 1923, Hitler received large sums from abroad. Where they went, is not known, but they were received through Swiss and Swedish banks.
It is also known that, in 1922 in Munich, a meeting took place between A. Hitler and the military attache of the US to Germany -- Captain Truman Smith -- who compiled a detailed report for his Washington superiors (in the office of military intelligence), in which he spoke highly of Hitler.
Through Smith's circle of acquaintances, A. Hitler was introduced to Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl, (Putzie), --- a graduate of Harvard University who played an important role in the formation of A. Hitler as a politician, rendered him significant financial support, and secured for him, acquaintance & communication with, senior British figures.
Hitler was prepared politically, but, as Germany reigned in prosperity, his party remained on the periphery of public life... The situation changed dramatically with the beginning of 'the crisis'.
In the autumn of 1929, the collapse of the US stock exchange was triggered by the Federal Reserve, and the next stage of the Anglo-US financial circles' strategy, had started.
The Federal Reserve and JP Morgan, decided to stop lending to Germany --- inspired by the bank crisis & economic depression in Central Europe.
In September 1931, England abandoned the gold standard, deliberately destroying international payments systems and completely cutting off "financial oxygen" to the Weimar Republic.
But a financial miracle occurred for the Nazi party: in September 1930 as a result of large donations by Thyssen and I.G. Farben --- the party got 6.4 million votes & took 2nd place in the Reichstag;- after this, more generous investments from abroad were activated.
The main link between the major German industrialists and foreign financiers, became H. Schacht.
On January 4th, 1932, a meeting was held with the largest English financier, a Mr M. Norman, A. Hitler, and von Papen, which concluded a secret agreement on the financing of the NSDAP.
This meeting was also attended by US policy-makers, the Dulles brothers --- something their biographers do not like to mention.
On January 14th, 1933, a meeting between Hitler, Schroder, Papen & Kepler took place, where Hitler's program was fully approved. It was here that they finally resolved the issue of the transfer of power to the Nazis, and on 30th January, A. Hitler became Chancellor.
The implementation of the next stage of the strategy thus began.
The attitude of Anglo-American ruling circles to the new government was very sympathetic. When Hitler refused to pay reparations, which naturally called into question the payment of war debts, neither the UK or France pressed their payment claims.
Moreover, after a visit to the US in May 1933, H. Schacht was placed, again, at the head of the Reichsbank, and, after his meeting with the President and the biggest bankers on Wall Street, the US allocated Germany new loans --- totalling $1 billion.
In June, during a trip to London & a meeting with M. Norman, Schacht sought an English loan of $2 billion and a reduction and then the cessation of payments, on old loans.
Thus, the Nazis got what they could not achieve with the previous government.
In the summer of 1934, Britain signed the Anglo- German transfer agreement, which became one of the foundations of British policy towards the Third Reich, &, at the end of the 30's, Germany became the main trading partner of England.
Schroeder Bank became Germany's main agent in the UK & in 1936 his New York office teamed up with the Rockefellers, to create Schroeder, Rockefeller & Co. investment Bank, which the Times magazine called the Berlin-Rome "economic propagandist axis".
As Hitler himself admitted, he conceived his 4- year plan on the basis of foreign financial loans, so it never inspired him with the slightest alarm.
In August 1934, US Standard oil acquired 730,000 acres of land in Germany... then built large oil refineries which supplied the Nazis with oil.
At the same time, Germany secretly took delivery of the most modern equipment for aircraft factories, from the US, which would begin producing German planes.
Germany gained large numbers of military patents from US firms Pratt and Whitney, Douglas, and Curtis Wright --- and it was US technology, building the Junkers-87.
In 1941 --- as world war ll was raging --- US investments in Germany's economy amounted to $475 million. Standard oil invested - 120 million, General motors - $35 million, ITT - $30 million, and Ford - $17.5 million.
The close financial & economic co-operation of Anglo-American and Nazi business circles, was the backdrop against which, in the 30's, a policy of appeasement led to world war II.
Today, as the world's financial elite begins to implement the 'Great depression 2' plan with its subsequent transition to the "new world order", identifying its key role in the organization of crimes against humanity, becomes a priority.
Yuri Rubtsov is a doctor of historical sciences, academician of the Academy of military sciences, & a member of the International Association of historians of world war II.
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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.
