Youtube comments of Gary VAQ (@stlouisix1).

  1. I am disgusted by the attacks on Tucker by the likes of Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Kimmel and the entirety of MSNBC and then realized I was witnessing professional jealousy on steroids. I decided to look up the ratings of these various clowns and compare them to the viewers Tucker attracted. The numbers are shocking. Tucker killed them. All of them. Here are the numbers. First up, I counted up the viewer ratings for the late night shows. Lastly, I added up the numbers for the major TV network news shows: The total for all of these shows combined is just shy of 32 million. Remember, back in 1968 Walter Cronkite drew an average of 27 million viewers just for his broadcast. Compare that to Tucker’s numbers — as of 9:06 pm Saturday night (eastern standard time) is 186 million views. In other words, Tucker is attracting 6 times more viewers than ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC combined. And he is not spending one dime on advertising trying to attract viewers. CNN’s numbers are really pathetic. Their “top” show only attracted 733,000 viewers. Tucker blew through that number in the first 30 minutes of his interview with Putin. When you stop to consider the hundreds of millions of dollars the media companies with so few viewers you must wonder, “how long can this go on?” One other benchmark to consider — The Chiefs/Eagles 2023 Super Bowl had 115 million viewers. Tucker has beat that major event by 70 million. This is a clear marker that legacy media is in its death throes. Congratulations Tucker. You escaped just in time. - Sonar21
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  3. I am disgusted by the attacks on Tucker by the likes of Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Kimmel and the entirety of MSNBC and then realized I was witnessing professional jealousy on steroids. I decided to look up the ratings of these various clowns and compare them to the viewers Tucker attracted. The numbers are shocking. Tucker killed them. All of them. Here are the numbers. First up, I counted up the viewer ratings for the late night shows. Lastly, I added up the numbers for the major TV network news shows: The total for all of these shows combined is just shy of 32 million. Remember, back in 1968 Walter Cronkite drew an average of 27 million viewers just for his broadcast. Compare that to Tucker’s numbers — as of 9:06 pm Saturday night (eastern standard time) is 186 million views. In other words, Tucker is attracting 6 times more viewers than ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC combined. And he is not spending one dime on advertising trying to attract viewers. CNN’s numbers are really pathetic. Their “top” show only attracted 733,000 viewers. Tucker blew through that number in the first 30 minutes of his interview with Putin. When you stop to consider the hundreds of millions of dollars the media companies with so few viewers you must wonder, “how long can this go on?” One other benchmark to consider — The Chiefs/Eagles 2023 Super Bowl had 115 million viewers. Tucker has beat that major event by 70 million. This is a clear marker that legacy media is in its death throes. Congratulations Tucker. You escaped just in time. - Sonar21
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  23. I am disgusted by the attacks on Tucker by the likes of Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Kimmel and the entirety of MSNBC and then realized I was witnessing professional jealousy on steroids. I decided to look up the ratings of these various clowns and compare them to the viewers Tucker attracted. The numbers are shocking. Tucker killed them. All of them. Here are the numbers. First up, I counted up the viewer ratings for the late night shows. Lastly, I added up the numbers for the major TV network news shows: The total for all of these shows combined is just shy of 32 million. Remember, back in 1968 Walter Cronkite drew an average of 27 million viewers just for his broadcast. Compare that to Tucker’s numbers — as of 9:06 pm Saturday night (eastern standard time) is 186 million views. In other words, Tucker is attracting 6 times more viewers than ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC combined. And he is not spending one dime on advertising trying to attract viewers. CNN’s numbers are really pathetic. Their “top” show only attracted 733,000 viewers. Tucker blew through that number in the first 30 minutes of his interview with Putin. When you stop to consider the hundreds of millions of dollars the media companies with so few viewers you must wonder, “how long can this go on?” One other benchmark to consider — The Chiefs/Eagles 2023 Super Bowl had 115 million viewers. Tucker has beat that major event by 70 million. This is a clear marker that legacy media is in its death throes. Congratulations Tucker. You escaped just in time. - Sonar21
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  27. It’s always encouraging when a country’s military commander-in-chief – President Biden, in this case – announces in advance that he knows how he is going to respond militarily to the killing of three American soldiers at a base that supports an illegal and immoral U.S. “covert” war against Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Iran, and all those who oppose the US/Israel slaughter of Palestinians. Such anxiety to show antecedently that he’s not sitting on his hands is touching. It’s the kind of announcement that all great military leaders make. It is the kind of arrogant stupidity that has long been the norm for U.S. presidents who love war but lose them all while masquerading as conquerors. So it goes, and so it will go. To add to that, Biden says he doesn’t want a wider war as he creates one, since you can always take him at the opposite of his words. Yet he really has no secrets since his transparent corruption is almost palpable: He supports the Israeli/U.S. genocide in Gaza, the Ukrainian war against Russia, has expanded the war in the Middle East over the past few weeks, and will soon widen it further while the mass media report that he and his cast of fools are trying to “manage” their violent responses to prevent a wider war. The narrative has it that he is trying to outfox Netanyahu, who has often bragged how he has the U.S.A. in his back pocket. It is hard not to laugh derisively. Now Biden issues an executive order to sanction some Israelis on the West Bank, as if this blatant political move to help his election chances with Muslim Americans is an act of moral statesmanship, while the blood of over 27,000 Palestinians drips from his shaky hands and increases daily. In Biden’s case today, these are the actions of a desperado, a war-loving bumbling puppet who is over or under or out of his head as he feigns outrage at the killing of three soldiers who were placed in a spot where their lives were at risk because they were cogs in an imperial war machine. Pawns in the game. A very dangerous game in which the Zionists leaders of Israel are as desperate as Biden and whose secret operatives are no doubt plotting a desperate scheme to try to expand the war. Who is jerking whose chain may be questionable, but the dogs of war are barking. We are talking about very stupid leaders who have never learned from their losses and are risking a major war. - LewRockwell
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  31. “The US, using the Ukrainian crisis, managed to sever economic relations between Europe and Russia and eliminate its economic competitors. They solve their economic problems at the expense of other countries. And to make sure Europe could not receive gas from Russia, the Nord Streams were blown up,” Patrushev asserted. The US has demonstrated a similar pattern in other regions as well, the security chief suggested, stating that Washington’s efforts to link the Ukrainian crisis to the new escalation in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas were an example of such behavior. Moreover, the US itself has largely provoked the new crisis in the region, the official asserted. “They act in exactly the same way in Ukraine, where they provoked a coup d’etat, condoned the growth of neo-Nazi ideology, turned Ukraine into a testbed for military-biological experiments, turned a blind eye to the killings of civilians in Donbass, and prepared for military action against our country,” Patrushev told the council. Now, he added, “representatives of NATO countries are already openly saying that Russia prevented them from approaching its borders, and the Ukrainians are an instrument for the West to contain Russia.” At the same time, the double standard and belligerent actions of the US – and the collective West that it leads – have severely damaged their own credibility, which is now effectively “exhausted,” he said. - RT If the US stops funding Ukraine, Russia will win the ongoing conflict between the two countries, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday, making the case for $44 billion more in military and other aid to the government in Kiev. “I can guarantee that, without our support, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin will be successful,” Austin told the senators. “If we pull the rug out from under them now, Putin will only get stronger and he will be successful in doing what he wants to do.” - RT TRANSLATION: Got to give corrupt Ukraine more money for laundering into my corrupt MIC Raytheon account, the cost in lives be damned!
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  68. MILITARY TUBE TODAY-The Russian Armed Forces took initiative control at the Kursk site, taking the overwhelmed Ukrainian and NATO troops, a large number of which were captured increasingly becoming prisoners of war. In 48 hours on August 13-14, 2024, Russian military correspondents documented, several enemy groups becoming Russian captures on the border, but here some infographic images are not shown. Although some on the Russian side were also taken hostage and killed, this senseless operation, culminating in an ambush of Kiev troops by infantry, drones, or aircraft. They opened a new direction where Russian troops had a greater advantage was a boon for Russian troops, despite the temporary victory of Ukrainian media. It always starts like this in all battles, even if Western mercenaries fight side by side with Ukrainians against Russia. Footage of Ukrainian troops serving in the 80th Air Assault Brigade, captured near the village of Ulanok by the 382nd Battalion of the 810th Brigade, or rather one of the battalions consisting of mobilized Russian fighters. In addition to an assault team of five Ukrainian soldiers who were captured, Russian soldiers also seized important equipment and a ridge in the area. One of the leaders is a suspect in a criminal case initiated by the Investigative Committee regarding the attack on Russian territory. According to the detainees, Zelensky sacrificed some of the most capable and experienced Ukrainian troops for the Kursk campaign. A new wave of Ukrainian prisoners and liquidation operations, and destruction continue under the leadership of the Russian Special Forces and the Chechen Akhmat troops, on the border. Another Ukrainian detachment that was captured, stated that they had been in the region for only a day, capturing them very quickly in the first days of the operation. They were lucky not to meet Wagner fighters, because the Musicians had warned that they did not plan to take prisoners. A group of the detainees added about their desire to fight the Kiev regime, because throwing these people into the fire, like them were worthless. According to reports for August 13 only in 24 hours in Kursk, the Russian Armed Forces have eliminated up to 420 Ukrainian personnel in NATO operations. According to the latest reports from the battlefield in Kursk, 120 French soldiers, 180 Polish soldiers, and dozens of British, Estonian and other foreign soldiers from NATO countries, have been identified. It seems that the entire operation was prepared abroad. It was a NATO operation from the start, analysts note. - Military Tube Today
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  69. A large number of Americans still think that Russia is the Soviet Union, that the country is a crumbling wreck and the people are atheists and miserable. Boy, are they wrong. Although I have only visited the two largest cities in Russia — Moscow in the winter and St. Petersburg on the cusp of summer — I can report that the average Russian appears to be living as well, if not better, than their counterparts in the United States or Japan. Especially when it comes to quality of life. Unlike the big cities in the United States, you can stroll along the streets and boulevards of Moscow or St. Petersburg without worrying about getting mugged or stumbling over some homeless addict sprawled on the sidewalk. The streets are clean. No used needles or face masks. What about Russia’s military casualties? I spoke with a former soldier, who approached me at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, to express his frustration about Western propaganda. He made the same point I have — i.e., if Russia had suffered the number of casualties that Ukraine is claiming to have inflicted, Russia social media would be ablaze with photos and videos of fresh graves in cemeteries. Or, you would see multitudes of guys missing limbs or confined to wheel chairs moving down the sidewalks. I did not see that. While I am sure that Russia has suffered casualties, it has not reached a level that it is attracting public attention and comments on social media. I will close with a comment on the Zionist hostage rescue operation that took place over the weekend. While it is true that four hostages were freed, I suspect the operation was not the smashing success that is being touted in Western media. There are reports that the Israelis suffered some significant casualties and that other hostages were killed during the course of the operation. - Sonar21
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  80. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Finally, Russian harsh retaliation has come! This morning, August 26, 2024, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive thunderous strike across Ukraine with high-precision weapons against critical energy infrastructure that ensures the operation of the complex, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said. According to preliminary estimates, more than 60 missiles and 100 drones were used in the strike on the map of Ukraine territory for two hours. Russia has long since stopped carrying out missile and drone strikes, which were so massive and dense in many cities - in some places they are already rumbling again. There is almost no air defense work in the attack area, and it seems that most of the air defense has been withdrawn to the borders of the Kursk region. Videos are circulating on the Internet filmed by local residents, at least one missile arriving at the Kiev hydroelectric power station. According to initial reports from Ukrainian media, the explosion caused severe damage to the engine room and on the road leading to the dam of the power plant. Earlier, authorities reported that traffic along the dam in both directions was blocked at least until lunchtime. Emergency power outages began after the strike. According to the analysis, the attack was only a warning and pressure on Kiev officials, if Russia really wanted to destroy it completely, they would have used Khinzal missile or at least 4 cruise missiles. If successful, this would have flooded one of the largest cities in Europe permanently. According to preliminary estimates at the moment, several explosions were heard in Kiev including at Zhuliany Airport, and at least 10 regions were targeted. The water supply in Zhitomir has been completely stopped after a strike at an electricity distribution station. The Usatovo substation, an important electricity distribution center in the Odessa region, was burned down – four arrivals were recorded and thick smoke was seen rising, causing a power outage. In addition, at least 30 trucks were burned down as a result of shooting at a motor transport company near Odessa. Many regions of Ukraine are experiencing widespread power outages, railway infrastructure is down, and water supplies are also cut off. The list of targets will be long, and there is no rush to conclusions!
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  95. Yet when Tucker Carlson asked Putin what it was all about – we found simply that the protection of Russia and Russian people are a cause for which Putin is willing to fight. It is a concept that shocks the Western empire circa 2024. We also learned that years of western actions, like withdrawing from nuclear treaties and pursuing first strike capabilities, drove Russian development of hypersonic missiles and a whole range of capabilities to survive and defeat such extreme threats coming from an increasingly unpredictable West. Meanwhile, US and NATO naval capability is underwhelming, recruitment abysmal, technology plateaued and inappropriate for offense or defense, and funds are dwindling. We learned that while politicians and academics continue to push for ever more massive sanctions against Russia – new markets materialized and Russia’s economy adapted and thrived, as the economy of the western allies shrank and struggled. We learned that western cultural fetishes of magic energy replacing hydrocarbons, 72 genders, modern monetary theory and unlimited immigration without cultural integration have all been rejected – rationally and straightforwardly – by Russia. The former Communist empire has become a sanctuary for Orthodox Christianity, while the West bans and abandons Christian churches and principles in Ukraine, in Gaza, in Europe and in America. It sounds unbelievable, unpredictable, a rabbit from a hat and a lady cut in half all in one show – but it’s true. A key advisor to Zelensky on US-UK-EU proxy war, and former UK PM Boris Johnson is an exemplar of magical thinking. He was outraged that Putin explained with evidence how the last 18 months of war in Ukraine could have been prevented, and the ended peacefully, as peace talks in Turkey produced a draft treaty acceptable to both Ukrainian and Russian teams. This was abruptly canned after Boris rushed to Kiev, where he demanded the Ukrainians reject the nascent agreement. Boris, bobbing in the flotsam of magical thinking, is a liar, and yet, one marvels at the power of believing that your desires and wishes can create a new world order. - LewRockwell
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  101. The fact is, it’s only in Ukraine where cemeteries have been growing so large that they’ve run out of space for the dead, forced to unearth old plots by the thousands. It’s only in Ukraine that you even see gigantic cemeteries that are visibly growing from space satellite imagery—there’s nothing of the comparable sort in Russia. It’s only in Ukraine that there’s daily critical discussions about lack of fighting men, where people are being kidnapped from the streets, women are increasingly in talks of being drafted, etc. Why don’t you see that in Russia if losses are so high? They claim it’s because: “Russia has 5x the population!” But Ukrainians also claim they’re inflicting 5-10x the losses on Russia! Doesn’t that negate the population advantage? Shouldn’t Russia also be reeling in the way Ukraine is? The head of Ukrainian GUR Vadim Skibitsky himself publicly stated months ago that Russian brigades are at 95% staffing levels—how is that possible if the country is experiencing such levels of losses as these people claim? Every single data point we have points to Ukraine suffering untold losses, not Russia. Don’t forget the most damning of all: the POW disparity, that is at minimum a proven 5:1 in Russia’s favor, with recent revelations Ukraine had ~1300 Russians in captivity to the ~6500 Ukrainians captured by Russia. Historical war literature tells us that artillery accounts for around 75% of all casualties, and Russia has enjoyed upwards of a 10:1 artillery advantage for the duration of the conflict. That’s right, the CIA Radio Liberty project just released a damning new report that finds all European artillery ammunition estimates were grossly exaggerated. Are you surprised? It’s clear there is no possible framework by which to argue that Ukraine has less casualties than Russia. Ukraine takes out the odd one-man motorcycle rider here, a random shambling infantryman there, with lone FPV strikes. Meanwhile, Russia is not only dishing out 5:1 or 10:1 artillery barrage disparities, but even more devastating long range missile strikes, most of which go unreported and unglamorized because there are simply so many. The point is that, these are daily, almost mundane, strikes by Russian long range assets which are wiping out anything from dozens to hundreds of troops at a time. - Simplicius
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  133. So let us review some crucial facts: Ukraine is suffering devastating military casualties and does not have a trained reserve force it can send to the battlefield. Ukraine lacks a viable fixed wing combat air capability. Ukraine lacks a stockpile of tanks, vehicles, artillery, artillery shells. Ukraine does not have secure training facilities/bases on its own territory and must rely on other NATO countries to provide training. (This means the training is limited and not standardized.) Ukraine’s counter-offensive, which was supposed to breach Russia’s Surovikin defense lines, has failed and Ukraine lacks the combat power to escalate attacks. Russia, by contrast, has ample numbers of trained troop reserves, artillery ammunition, artillery (mobile and fixed), cruise missiles, drones, more than a thousand fixed wing combat aircraft, attack helicopters, and massive air defense systems. Russia is self-sufficient in critical natural resources required to supply its defense industries. Russia is no longer dependent on the West for trade and its economy is growing in-spite of Western economic sanctions. Many Western analysts insist that the situation unfolding in Ukraine is a stalemate and postulate that the war with Russia will drag on for years to come. Nonsense. Given the facts outlined above, the advantages fall entirely into the Russian side of the ledger. Ukraine does not enjoy a single advantage over Russia at this stage. In my view, it is unlikely that the Russian/Ukrainian war will produce a stalemate. - Sonar21
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  143. “Russia is essentially standing alone against the collective West. This required a serious attitude to the possible development of the situation in this particular sense,” Putin stated. It has been clear from the early 2000s that the West has been acting “insidiously” against Russia, speaking about one thing and doing the opposite, Putin noted. The West’s failure to hear Russia’s repeated warnings, as well as its refusal to fully recognize the country’s sovereignty and respect its national interests, has ultimately led to the ongoing crisis, the president explained. “This ‘civilized world’ decided that Russia had weakened, historical Russia called the Soviet Union had collapsed, and the remaining parts needed to be finished off. The largest of them was the Russian Federation, and it also needed to be partitioned into 4-5 pieces. I was responsible for the future of the country. Of course, I began working to ensure that this never happened,” he said. Moscow has repeatedly described the hostilities in Ukraine as a Western proxy war against Russia, in which Ukrainians are being used as “cannon fodder.” Russian officials have argued that the US and other Western powers intentionally escalated tensions by disregarding Moscow’s security concerns over NATO’s expansion in Eastern Europe and its growing military cooperation with Ukraine. Russia and the collective West ended up locked into an “existential war,” Putin stressed, adding that many in the West have now openly admitted that. Back in March, for instance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the conflict as “frankly, a proxy war between nuclear powers – the United States, helping Ukraine, and Russia” and said the West should abandon its dead-end strategy of propping up Kiev “for as long as it takes.” - RT
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  147. I recall my boss at State Counter Terrorism — retired USMC Colonel Dick Gannon — saying, “You can’t fix stupid.” The U.S. and U.K. airstrikes on Yemen are absolutely stupid and is likely to ignite a spiral of violence that will leave Americans and Brits dead. The cable news shows absolutely love this story. They get to show video footage of F-18s zooming off the deck of a carrier and pictures of boiling clouds of black smoke risking above the cities of Sana’a and Al-Hudaydah (see above). But what does this accomplish? From a military standpoint it is unlikely that these bombings destroyed or damaged any Houthi rocket/drone/missile warehouses. Why? Because Antony Blinken briefed the leaders of Turkey, Greece, Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on the U.S. plan to hit Yemen. What are the odds that at least one senior person in the know passed that info along to folks in Yemen? I put it at 100%. So what? That gave Yemen time to disperse its assets or hide them in a secure location. I wonder if Shakespeare had Joe Biden in mind when he penned this observation in Macbeth: Life’s but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” This bombing is unlikely to achieve any meaningful degrading of Yemeni missile and drone capabilities, but it will rally more of the global Arab and muslim street to the side of the Houthis. It also raises the risk that the Houthis, who up until now had only targeted ships linked to Israel, will expand targets to include U.S. and U.K. vessels. Important to remember that the U.S. and U.K. ships can only spend a limited time in the Red Sea before they have to set sail for a port, such as Dubai, where the destroyers can replace the empty VLS missile tubes. Keep your eye on USCENTCOM — the U.S. miitary element responsible for military operations in the Middle East. CENTCOM normally conducts regular exercises for its own forces and with the forces of friendly nations. If the exercises currently on the calendar are executed then that is a signal that the CENTCOM commander does not expect much fallout from these strikes. However, if CENTCOM moves to cancel exercises then that signals the U.S. military is buckling up for an extended conflict. And that raises a more serious and significant question — how does the U.S. sustain naval combat operations when it is already running low on inventories of missiles? There also is an interesting legal question about the legitimacy of Biden ordering this strike. It does not fall under the Authorization for Use of Military Force (aka AUMF) issued in 2001 in the wake of the 9-11 attacks. Although Donald Trump as President designated the Houthis as a terror group, which could be argued falls under the 2001 AUMF, Joe Biden de-listed the Houtis. Therefore, under what legal authority did Biden commit and act of war against Yemen without Congressional approval? There are several members of the President’s own party raising hell about this tonight. - Sonar21
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  156. Macron’s “Democracy”: Rules for Thee, Not for Me French President Emmanuel Macron’s house of cards continues to crumble as Prime Minister Michel Barnier becomes the first PM since 1962 to lose a no-confidence vote in parliament. With 331 votes, well above the required 288... the National Assembly united across the political spectrum to oust Barnier. The left-wing New Popular Front (NPF) and the right-wing National Rally (RN), normally fierce rivals, found common cause against Macron’s increasingly autocratic minority government. Marine Le Pen, leader of the RN, made her position crystal clear: “We made the choice to protect the French people. There was no other solution.” Meanwhile, Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the NPF declared the no-confidence vote “inevitable”and called for Macron’s resignation, bluntly warning: “Even with a Barnier every three months, Macron will not last three years.” But Macron, ever the arrogant globalist puppet, has ruled out resigning. This is the same Macron who lectures Russia, China, Iran, and even Georgia on the "sanctity of democracy" and "respecting the will of the people." Yet in his own backyard, the will of the French people and their representatives is treated as a nuisance, not a mandate. The Breaking Point: The crisis erupted over Barnier’s draconian social security budget, proposing €40 billion in spending cuts and €20 billion in tax hikes. RN called the budget a slap in the face to ordinary French citizens, while the NPF accused the cabinet of betraying its pact with the electorate. Macron’s refusal to listen to his people has turned France into a powder keg, with thousands protesting in the streets. Macron’s rejection of democratic accountability echoes the arrogance of Louis XVI, whose obliviousness to the people's demands lit the fuse for revolution. The Fifth Republic, born from the ashes of political instability in 1958, now teeters under Macron’s hubris, reminiscent of the systemic collapses that doomed previous regimes. The cracks in the foundation of French governance are widening, and history offers no comfort to those who ignore its lessons. Macron, along with his fellow “rules-based order” lackeys in Germany, the UK, and the US, dares to lecture the world on democracy while ignoring the fundamental principle of consent of the governed. When Western elites speak of democracy, they mean control. When they speak of the “rules,” they mean rules for others, never for themselves. Macron’s crisis doesn’t just jeopardize France, it shakes the EU’s fragile core. As the bloc struggles with mounting economic and political divisions, this instability in its second-largest economy highlights the West’s inability to lead by example. Europe’s self-styled moral superiority erodes further, while the multipolar world takes note and prepares alternatives. France’s constitutional rules prevent another election for a year, leaving Macron scrambling to appoint a new puppet prime minister. But the damage is done. Macron’s government is a hollow shell, propped up by hypocrisy and arrogance. The Fifth Republic has endured 150 no-confidence votes since 1958, but Macron may very well go down as the man who shattered its credibility entirely. The rules-based order isn’t just failing, it’s imploding under the weight of its own lies. Keep lecturing, Macron. The world sees you for what you are: a globalist marionette clinging to power while your master's empire burns. - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  191. No General with half a brain will tell their adversary where he is going to attack. Which means, I suppose, the Ukrainian Generals were brainless. They launched the offensive as advertised and were soundly defeated by the Russian military. So what are the Ukrainians and their NATO allies yammering about now? A much anticipated Russian offensive once the muddy season in Ukraine ends. It is worth noting that the Russians, like a good poker player, is not revealing their hand and keeping mum on what they plan to do come summer. I do not think the West is paying attention to what Russia is doing now. It is moving steadily forward in the Donbass driving the Ukrainians back towards the Dnieper River. Yet, Ukraine’s top general, Syrsky, is insisting that his army is pushing the Russians back. Russia’s premiere war correspondent, Marat Khairullin, offers a different take. One of Marat’s key observations is a less pithy version of the aphorism, “don’t change horses in mid-stream.” He writes, “And here the question arises: if the situation is developing steadily in our favor and is improving progressively, then is there any point in changing something?” In other words, Russia’s current grinding strategy, which has added the extensive use of glide bombs on Ukrainian defensive position and taking out thermal and hydroelectric power plants along the Dnieper River, may not require an offensive. If Russia decides to take out most of the bridges over the Dnieper River in the coming weeks then the Ukrainian forces east of the river will face a logistics nightmare. Russia would be in a position to compel their surrender or force all Ukrainian troops to try to escape to the West bank of the Dnieper. Russia may not need to mount a major offensive. It can simply keep doing what it is doing and achieve victory without risking Russian casualties. - Sonar21
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  201. One thing the new Virage image appears to reveal is that Russia does have good patrolling flights over the Black Sea west of Crimea. This appears to confirm recent reports that Mig-31s shot down a Neptune missile barrage at an impressively long range, 40-80km from the shore. That means Mig-31s, with their famously powerful radars, as well as potentially A-50 AWACs are in fact patrolling the sea in that region. Over the past several days huge strikes on both Belgorod and Crimea were totally repelled by a virtually flawless AD performance. I remark on it deliberately because Ukraine champions the one or two occasional penetrations, like with the ship last month (which I contend stronger than ever was not actually a missile strike), but completely ignore the 95% of other times when Russian AD proves flawless. The attacks over the past few days were noted for their saturation ferocity and some reports claimed that Russia’s upgraded Pantsir-SM systems may have been used in the Belgorod region to down an entire barrage of Czech Vampire MLRS rockets. Literature has shown Russia’s latest Pantsir upgrades have much better radars, more resistant to noise and clutter, more tuned to detect smaller drones, etc. In short: the past week has seen exemplary work where Russian AD has stopped every single barrage of vaunted UA weaponry, but you won’t hear that from Zelensky’s press. In fact what we did hear from his side is Ukraine’s own AD has been badly depleted. The US is scrambling to find more Patriot missiles and Russia’s latest attack days ago was the first that Ukrainian officials actually began to admit how few of the missiles they shot down: And evidence continues to pour out about large enterprises destroyed: Russia is causing massive damage to Ukrainian defense enterprises which includes the personnel. The report from the Kiev Artem plant states the “entire shift” of 50 people was wiped out by two Kinzhals: Ukrainian ex-general Krivonos says some of Ukraine’s most significant enterprises have been totally destroyed: A new report from FT corroborates Russia’s increasing dominance in the EW spectrum: Then there were the stark revelations that America’s premier strategic deterrence weapons, the Minutemen III missiles, are so old that the “drawings don’t even exist anymore”: Not to mention there are no living technicians who even understand the missiles. Doh. This shock revelation comes only two months after the US’s latest Minutemen test spectacularly failed: As if that wasn’t bad enough, we had a major revelation from Ukrainian soldiers that the reason none of their Abrams are on the front is because they don’t work. Recall the recent reports of the highly sensitive Abrams, which need their filters changed every hour. But they took it a step further and actually showed a damning video of their Abrams gun all janky, its stabilizers completely shot. At the 0:30 second mark you can see the gun shakin’-n’rattlin’: Color me shocked. NATO weapons have really lived up to ‘expectations’. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Germany hit out with its own bombshell that mysterious “drones” have been flying over the country for a year, spying on their bases—and the kicker: Germany apparently is not able to do anything about it! None of the newfangled NATO weaponry, the high tech sensors, etc., can repel the drones at all. From Bild: A prominent AFU radioelectronics designer also reported that he himself witnessed a Russian FPV using autonomous targeting already, and in thermal mode to boot: We’ve long discussed the Lancet is being made capable of this, but as of yet not FPVs—which is what sets this report apart. Of the 200 thousand professional military personnel who were in Kiev in February 2022, almost all were killed or injured. This was stated by the commander of the NATO training mission Marlov, who has been leading the EU training command in Ukraine in Germany for 14 months. "Of the 200,000 professional soldiers available in February 2022, the vast majority has so far fallen or wounded. The vast majority of soldiers of the Armed Forces at the forefront today — civilians or, at best, reservists, "he explained. Well, what can you say? - Simplicius
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  204. Ukraine is not keeping up with Russian recruitment whatsoever, as numbers for the new ‘mobilization’ continue to look dire. Even police from cities like Kharkov have reportedly been thinned out and sent to the front: Not only do the AFU tankmen say the Abrams isn’t properly armored for modern combat, they speak of its various breakdowns and inability to withstand the terrain. MSM reports that the U.S. stopped even sending the Excalibur guided artillery round because it has performed so dismally, continually jammed by Russian EW This leaves the Russian Krasnopol as king of the battlefield, which continues not only performing daily, but whose use has vastly increased. Just in the past few days alone we’ve seen footage of Abrams, M109s, and other high profile Western systems all taken out with the Krasnopol. Now the West is increasingly worried about Russia’s unparalleled industrial achievements. Zelensky admits they have “no long range 155mm” rounds at all: So much for that NATO artillery superiority. the actual truth entirely revolves around needing to escalate the conflict to save the AFU, which is collapsing. It has nothing to do with hitting Russian supply lines which are way out of reach anyway, and everything to do with the escalation creep of triggering Russia’s red lines and slowly wedging NATO into the conflict. In the meantime, the U.S. empire continues to go down in a flaming wreck before our eyes: The U.S. Empire has never looked so utterly exhausted, defeated, and bereft of any redeeming moral standing or leadership qualities as it does now: The optics have never been worse—it is truly an Empire in total terminal decline, its entrails strewn across the globe for all to see. - Simplicius
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  220. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Last night, the Ukrainian military needed to deliver reinforcements to its troops in the Kursk border region, and wanted to move stealthily at night, but the Mil Mi-28 Night Hunter of the Russian Army Aviation stopped them from doing so, the Russian Defense Ministry released the helicopter combat duty today on August 21, 2024. Night vision and IR devices, allow to effectively attack targets day and night. With guided anti-tank missiles fired and used during sorties, the Mi-28 worked against Kiev's military reserves, burning down targets as shown in the footage. Kiev was badly hit even before their personnel did their job, even in one action the Russian attack helicopters would turn fantasy into the worst nightmare! The crews of Russian helicopters are tireless! The Mi-28 all-weather anti-armor attack helicopter, continuously carry out unstoppable air strikes, especially in recent days, which forced Ukraine together with its Western partners, to suffer heavy losses on the border. Daily targeted strikes on Ukrainian personnel and materiel concentrated on the border, and aircraft return to base after using aviation weapons. As reported by the Russian Marines yesterday on August 20, Ukrainian personnel and Western armored hardware columns were destroyed near Korenevo. Allegedly, dozens of vehicles including two Stryker and one Kozak armored personnel carriers, one Canadian-made Roshel SARV armored fighting vehicle, one Cougar mine-resistant vehicle, and one HMMWV armored vehicle were destroyed or damaged in one helicopter action, several Ukrainian servicemen from the 82nd Separate Air Assault Brigade were captured. In Kursk, which was led by Western units to cross the Russian border zone earlier this month, flight crews on helicopters mainly "Ka-52", "Mi-28" and "Mi-35", daily support servicemen by conducting strikes on manpower, armored and motorized convoys of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Russian Aerospace Forces also carry out missions involving search and rescue teams including fire support groups and paramedics, evacuation and transportation of pilots to military health facilities.
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  229. The message of NATO’s foreign policy is simple, “War first. Talk later.” Facts on the ground don’t matter. Budget deficits don’t matter. Plunging public support for Ukraine doesn’t matter. All that matters is what these people want. In the same week where the French and Russian Defense Ministers had a frank conversation about Ukraine, the attack in Moscow on civilians, and how quickly Russia will vaporize French troops sent into the fighting, we’re treated to the complete abandonment of all diplomatic pretense. It’s been so long here in the US where we’ve had a Secretary of State who wasn’t hell bent on a war with Russia, Iran, or China (or all three consecutively and concurrently) we’ve forgotten what having diplomats looks like. I mean think about it. Antony Blinken’s sad dog-eye technique makes you wistful for the days of Condoleeza Rice’s angry diversity hire routine. Blinken is only competent in the role of anti-diplomat. And why he’s worse than Rice or even shudder Hillary Clinton, is that he’s not even consistent. One week looking for an off-ramp after the terror attack in Moscow. This week mouthing words about Ukraine joining NATO knowing that that’s the road to a US war with Russia. They all understand that this is a race against a political and economic clock in the West that is quickly counting down to zero. All Russia has to do is keep grinding out territorial gains in Ukraine, Iran to not over-react to Israel’s provocations, and China to ignore the yapping over tariffs and Taiwan. And all the Americans who are tired of this have to do is keep the money spigot to NATO and Ukraine closed off as much as is politically possible. - LewRockwell
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  242. It clears up a lot of confusion when you understand that the US empire is not a national government which happens to run nonstop military operations, it’s a nonstop military operation that happens to run a national government. The wars are not designed to serve the interests of the United States, the United States is designed to serve the interests of the wars. The US as a country is just a source of funding, personnel, resources and diplomatic cover for a nonstop campaign to dominate the planet with mass military violence and the threat thereof. This campaign is not waged to benefit the American people or their security, but to benefit the loose international alliance of plutocrats and unelected empire managers whose wealth and power are premised on the world order of continuous violence, exploitation and extraction which the campaign of global domination upholds. This campaign of global domination and its manifestations as a whole may be referred to as the US empire, which has very little in common with the US as an individual nation. And the behavior of the empire absolutely is an emergency. The escalations against Russia and China that these freaks are pushing have the world on a trajectory that’s going to get us all killed, and the horrors they are inflicting in Gaza and elsewhere are creating a nightmare on earth right here and now. The empire is only getting crazier and more violent as its planetary domination becomes more challenged, and until people can see it for what it really is, it’s going to be very hard to build up the necessary public opposition against it to use the power of our numbers to force them to stop. - LewRockwell
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  247. The Battle of Borodino was the apogee of Napoleon’s reckless attempt to conquer Russia and set the stage for his ensuing defeat — French losses in securing their “victory” at Borodino, left them decimated and unable to finish the war they started. Napoleon and his commanders hunkered down in Moscow for a short period but then, with the onset of an early winter, realized they faced annihilation if they stayed and chose to try to return to France. They lacked the logistics to sustain themselves in a zone of conflict. The long, deadly retreat from Moscow, marked the nadir of the French military in that campaign, having entered Russia with an army of 600,000 men and escaped with only 16% of the force still intact. Losing 500,000 soldiers is not a recipe for victory. The Borodino strategy is not confined to Ukraine. The United States is intent on going to war with China. That is insanity. Just as Napoleon’s deep incursion into Russia stretched his lines of communications (i.e. logistics) to the point of collapse, the United States is talking about a military confrontation with China that it cannot sustain. The lesson of Borodino is that a war of attrition favors the power that is closest to its supply lines. It is a lesson the West, especially America, refuses to learn. One other lesson from Borodino — even though Napoleon’s army suffered terrible losses, Napoleon maintained his insatiable thirst for conquest and refused to find a path to peace. It was that unquenched desire that led him ultimately to Waterloo. The Western quest to dominate Russia and China is likely to lead to a 21st Century Waterloo for America and Europe. Yes, history rhymes. - Sonar21
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  255. Military vehicle repair base of Armed Forces of Ukraine in Konstantinovka was blown up by the bomb of Russian Air Force. FAB-500 bomb equipped with UMPK kit, hit and destroyed a repair base in Donetsk region in Artemovsk direction, and 10 Ukrainian soldiers were killed. - Military Tube Daily Update for the conflict in Ukraine for October 2, 2023 - Ukraine’s offensive is now at the 4 month mark, exhausting its potential and failing to achieve any of its objectives; - The Western media admits that Russia has actually gained more territory this year including during the Ukrainian offensive despite being on the defensive; - Russia continues degrading a variety of Ukrainian military capabilities the West cannot sufficiently replace while maintaining pressure along the line of contact; - Both the Russian economy and its military industrial base are admittedly growing while Ukraine and its Western sponsors exhaust their stockpiles, lacking the ability to renew them; - The New Atlas using all Western Sources DO IT LIKE SALT BAE in right pic as Russian Grad ("Hail") multiple rocket launchers decide to sprinkle some seasoning on Ukrainian army positions, reducing Kiev army to dust as blasts and smoke fill air. Hope Ukrainian soldiers enjoy their meal - it's only the appetizer 'cause there's plenty more rockets to spare. - Intel Report Driven to "despair" due to heavy losses in the confrontation with Russian forces, the elite 47th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was forced to withdraw from Rabotino on Zaporozhye front. The army's refusal was due to increasing casualties in a difficult combat mission under a strong Russian offensive, supported by ground attacks and aviation.- Military Tube Today "TO STOP FUNDING UKRAINE IS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAIWAN" according to dead-eyed warmonger Lindsey Graham who claims if Ukraine beats Russia, then China’s less likely to "invade" Taiwan. Bold of him to wear pin of US and Ukrainian flags when he's so happy that Ukrainians are dying in droves... - Intel Report Russian Army's 'BALATON TACTICS' Completely Paralyzed Ukrainian Army Near RABOTINO┃ This Is The END 'Time is our greatest enemy'. 'Time is playing against us'. These are the words that not only independent Ukrainian experts but also retired Western officers began to pronounce more and more often. For four months, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been unable to break through the defense line of the Russian army and achieve at least scanty strategic successes. - BORZZIKMAN
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  257. Zelensky finally presented his long awaited ‘Victory Plan’ to nation and Rada alike. Hear the pathological delusion presented as “plan” for yourself in all its demented glory: “What leaves me speechless is not that he is putting forward these points, but that they are all points whose implementation has already been rejected,” writes a befuddled Roepcke. He’s right most of the “plan” is obnoxious and can be dismissed outright. Number one: joining NATO—won’t happen; number two seems self-evident and redundant; number five is just some kind of ambiguous morale-boosting platitude with no real substance. This is nothing other than Zelensky’s pimping out of his country’s economic treasures and future in order to desperately tie NATO militarily to Ukraine’s hip. This is just the continuation of the same old plan, except this time via outright bribery: create massive monetary incentive to obligate NATO into sending boots on ground to confront Russia and save Ukraine by virtue or deterrence of WWIII. It’s dangling trillions before their noses to entice their help, with the alluded-to most ‘secret’ component of the deal likely having to do with the sheer preferential nature of the disaster capitalism extraction and economic shock therapy in one. It’s just more of what we already knew, that the Ukrainian game is all about the Western crony elite positioning themselves to pillage Ukraine’s resources and industries. For instance, most missed this excerpt from ex-CIA chief Pompeo’s recent prank-call with Russian Vovan and Lexus posing as Poroshenko. In the private call he describes how he got his own comfy sinecure on a big Ukrainian enterprise: Isn’t it interesting how the ex-head of the CIA now runs a bank of all things, and that bank is buying up Ukrainian enterprises? Also interesting it happens to be a telecom, just like Vodafone owned by the Azerbaijani oligarch who just bought up the remainder of Ukraine’s titanium industry. Virtually every deep state elite involved in the Ukraine debacle has got their fingers in the jar. - Simplicius
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  262. Many years ago, a newspaper headline asked the question: “What’s the difference between a politician and a psychopath?” The answer, then and now, remains the same: None. There is no difference between psychopaths and politicians. Nor is there much of a difference between the havoc wreaked on innocent lives by uncaring, unfeeling, selfish, irresponsible, parasitic criminals and elected officials who lie to their constituents, trade political favors for campaign contributions, turn a blind eye to the wishes of the electorate, cheat taxpayers out of hard-earned dollars, favor the corporate elite, entrench the military industrial complex, and spare little thought for the impact their thoughtless actions and hastily passed legislation might have on defenseless citizens. In other words, electing a psychopath to public office is tantamount to national hara-kiri, the ritualized act of self-annihilation, self-destruction and suicide. It signals the demise of democratic government and lays the groundwork for a totalitarian regime that is legalistic, militaristic, inflexible, intolerant and inhuman. Incredibly, despite clear evidence of the damage that has already been inflicted on our nation and its citizens by a psychopathic government, voters continue to elect psychopaths to positions of power and influence. The willingness to prioritize power above all else, including the welfare of their fellow human beings, ruthlessness, callousness and an utter lack of conscience are among the defining traits of the sociopath. When our own government no longer sees us as human beings with dignity and worth but as things to be manipulated, maneuvered, mined for data, manhandled by police, conned into believing it has our best interests at heart, mistreated, jailed if we dare step out of line, and then punished unjustly without remorse—all the while refusing to own up to its failings—we are no longer operating under a constitutional republic. Instead, what we are experiencing is a pathocracy: tyranny at the hands of a psychopathic government, which “operates against the interests of its own people except for favoring certain groups.” The goal of the modern corporate state is obvious: to promote, cultivate, and embed a sense of shared identification among its citizens. To this end, “we the people” have become “we the police state.” We are fast becoming slaves in thrall to a faceless, nameless, bureaucratic totalitarian government machine that relentlessly erodes our freedoms through countless laws, statutes, and prohibitions. The Founders understood that our freedoms do not flow from the government. They were not given to us only to be taken away by the will of the State. They are inherently ours. In the same way, the government’s appointed purpose is not to threaten or undermine our freedoms, but to safeguard them. Until we can get back to this way of thinking, until we can remind our fellow Americans what it really means to be free, and until we can stand firm in the face of threats to our freedoms, we will continue to be treated like slaves in thrall to a bureaucratic police state run by political psychopaths. - LewRockwell
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  268. Jordan is a US ally and as such American troops stationed on its territory – while in our opinion extremely unwise – are not illegally occupying foreign soil. However, if as is likely this facility was inside the Syrian border it means US troops illegally occupying Syrian territory were hit. In other words, a foreign occupying force was attacked by people defending their homeland. That’s a very different story and one that Washington’s warmongers would rather Americans back home not ponder. Most Americans likely do not understand that US forces are illegally occupying a large portion of Syrian territory – a country with which Washington is not legally at war – and therefore any Americans killed in Syria may result in the public starting to ask, “why exactly are we there”? Sen. Lindsey Graham, who has never seen a war he doesn’t want other people to fight, has offered his own explanation as to why US troops are getting killed in Syria: “Our forces in Jordan and Syria are there to protect the American homeland.” But as thousands illegally enter our actual American homeland every day with total impunity, it is a claim that is unlikely to resonate with most Americans. Nevertheless Graham, a one-hit wonder, has posted his advice to respond to the Iraqi Resistance drone strike on the US base in Syria: “Hit Iran now. Hit them hard.” Iraq attacks an illegal US base in Syria? Attack Iran. His morning decaf mocha frap latte from Starbucks is cold? Attack Iran. One hit wonder. If Graham’s fever dreams are fulfilled and the US launches an attack on Iran with nearly a Vietnam-sized contingent of American “sitting ducks” in the region, there is a very good chance America may finally take notice. 35,000 Americans in body bags to satisfy Lindsey’s perverse lust for blood could well finally focus America’s attention on the malevolent force that has maintained an iron grip on US foreign policy regardless of whether R’s or D’s are “running the show.” Let’s hope America wakes up before this happens. Iraq has already demanded that the US remove its occupation troops immediately and the Iraqi parliament voted nearly four years ago that US troops must leave the country. The DC establishment claimed that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was to “restore democracy,” but when the democratically-elected Iraqi parliament voted for the US military to end its occupation of the country…Washington said “no” to democracy. Nobody wants US troops in the region except for Israel, which has just been found to be possibly committing genocide in Gaza. Is this really the crowd we want to run with? Maybe we can just come home? - LewRockwell
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  291. The breaking news that Ansar Allah (Houthi) fighters have fired on the USS Carney in the Red Sea today (Friday, 26 Jan.) underscores the shocking failure of the Biden Administration, which initiated airstrikes on the Houthis this month with no plan for “victory” beyond hoping that the mere presence of US warships would intimidate them into surrendering. In other words, it was the kind of doomed operation that, had cooler (i.e. non-political) Pentagon heads prevailed, would never in a million years have been launched. There was simply no possibility of success and 100 percent probability of failure. In short, it was not our fight. Until Biden made it our fight. On January 11th, Biden announced that he was ordering the US military to launch airstrikes against Yemen, but very soon it became clear that far from being intimidated into surrender, Biden’s move was just what the Houthis wanted: a David’s slingshot chance at Goliath. As it turns out, the Bidens were a Goliath intent on sacrificing the US standing in the world, military deterrence, US economy, and even US servicemembers in its blind support of Israel. Yesterday, the US Navy attempted to escort two Maersk tankers – the Maersk Detroit and the Maersk Chesapeake – through the Red Sea loaded with weapons for Israel. This after nine rounds of US airstrikes on the Houthis. The US show of force backfired into an unprecedented and “Black Hawk Down” kind of moment where after several missiles were launched the Maersk lines reversed course followed by the US Naval warships. It was a massive defeat for the notion of US military superiority – but don’t hold your breath for it to be reported in the mainstream media. Even the most comatose US Members and Senators are starting to wake up to the fact that Joe Biden – who seems unable to even speak English – is taking the country to war without any authorization. Attacks against Biden’s forces in Iraq, Syria, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean will escalate. And he is backed into a corner. What’s next? - LewRockwell
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  293. [Without Russia's reliable energy supplies and moderate raw material and fuel prices, the EPU would have perished long ago, deeply in debt. Germany would not have achieved an economic miracle without Russia. But saying that doesn't help much, even though the Russian leader is absolutely right. The EU must sense and feel what it no longer has in Russia. And she will feel it bitterly if she doesn't change course. I'm sure! It will go under, along with NATO and the USA: I'm pretty sure of that too. The EU is an internally divided group of disunited EU member states, where the transatlantic doctrine obviously prevails; anyone who gives in shows weakness. So they have to rule with relentless severity against their own people - I mean the EU rulers - until the sanctions that they impose on their people, as counter-sanctions that the self-important EU rulers want to sell to their people as necessary austerity measures, drive them into their own hands Accompany downfall! That punishment is a consequence and the seeds of warmongering that bear fruit under the roofs of the warmongers. Anyone who promotes, finances and provokes wars and at the same time describes them as incredibly lucrative and incites people against one another will ruin themselves and their country and go down in shame!] Russia has shown true resilience by not bowing to foreign pressure, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. He stated that Russia is a “self-sufficient country,” whose economy is growing despite the sanctions, while EU member states are living through “difficult times.” - RT
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  295. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian troops dropped leaflets calling for the surrender of Ukrainian troops, who are still entrenched in Novoukrainka in the South Donetsk direction west of Ugledar. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage yesterday, September 23, 2024, showing a UAV team from the artillery reconnaissance unit of the Vostok Group of Forces of the Pacific Fleet Marine Brigade, dropping about 100-150 leaflets with special QR codes on the positions of Zelensky's troops. Using drones, each leaflet dropped contained a call to immediately abandon their weapons, giving the enemy the opportunity to surrender on the battlefield, and instructions on how to do so, before their positions are powerfully storming! A leaflet can sometimes have the same effect as a projectile! After that, three other soldiers from the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Army, took advantage of the Russian leaflets after dropped, and they decided to abandon their positions near Novoukrainka. One of the prisoners, Alexander, even advised everyone in other positions to surrender. They treat us normally here, they promised that there will be an exchange soon and they will exchange us,” Alexander added. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian troops who did not heed Alexander’s advice are facing a terrible fate under Russian shelling. Today, September 24, new glide bombs by Su-34 bomber, pounded their deployment points on the flank of the front line between Novoukrainka and Ugledar. Objective control data on the breakthrough by Russian units in this section, they have occupied a bridgehead on Kashlagach River, and advanced 4 kilometers deep into the town of Ugledar. The main goal was to quickly cut off the last Ukrainian logistics that were trapped, and now the entire town, under heavy fire from Russian MLRS, is likely to force the remaining soldiers, to leave the town before the final assault. The two-year battle for Ugledar, is likely to end with a victory for the Russian troops!
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  306. The decision to throw these specialists into the trenches signals more than just manpower shortages—it’s the death knell of Ukraine’s capacity to sustain itself as a viable military player. If the specialists who once repaired helicopters and aircraft are now clutching rifles in mud-soaked trenches, who’s left to keep what remains of Ukraine’s military equipment operational? The symbolism here is rich: a country whose leaders sold their people on promises of NATO-backed strength is now so depleted that it’s cannibalizing its own critical workforce. What comes next? If highly skilled specialists are no longer exempt, the ripple effect will soon extend to every other sector. Doctors? Engineers? Scientists? The machinery of Ukrainian society is being ground into dust, sacrificed at the altar of a war that Kiev has already lost. And all the while, its Western patrons grow increasingly indifferent, their attention shifting to other theaters of geopolitical drama. The message is clear: Ukraine has been wrung dry, and now it' literally to the last Ukranian. For Russia, this is yet another vindication of its strategy. The strikes targeting Ukraine’s military-industrial capacity are achieving exactly what they were designed to do—systematically dismantling Kiev’s ability to wage war while exposing the hollowness of its Western-backed promises. The conscription of specialists is not a sign of resilience; it’s a glaring red flag that the system is collapsing. The question is no longer if but when Ukraine’s unsustainable mobilization policies will push the nation beyond the breaking point. - TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  378. The “world’s most advanced military” took three months to manage a claimed capture of that while fighting a completely technologically outmatched foe who they outnumber 500k to ~10k. The IDF also has now used this capture as excuse to explain the dismissal of several top brigades to the rear for reconstitution. Instead of being made combat ineffective, the line is now that they have valiantly completed their mission and are taking a rest. They claim that in capturing Gaza City, they have eliminated 8000 Hamas fighters. However, John Kirby himself appears dubious regarding this, as he implies that Hamas has not been measurably attrited: And here is the Israeli ambassador to the UK just nonchalantly admitting that all of Gaza must be destroyed: Where does such inhuman barbarity stem from, you wonder? I believe it is a case of simple unrestrained human nature. Those who’ve read books like Lord of the Flies know that humans can very quickly devolve into quite immoral, depraved, and Machiavellian brutes if there are no checks in place to restrain some of human nature’s darker impulses. You see, it’s not that all humans are necessarily mindlessly depraved by nature per se, but rather that it’s very easy to set off a cascade event of unethical behavior when only a small pilot group initiates it. Israel has carried out terror and crimes for decades that any other country in the world would have been immediately reproached, condemned, and sanctioned for. This has created a sense of unparalleled historical entitlement and exceptionalism in Israeli society such that they feel no qualms whatsoever about glibly and openly calling for genocide. In any other society, it would not only make instant headlines but would make the top docket at the UN human rights council meetings. But in Israel, you can call for genocide, you can demean the Palestinians with open racism as Israeli TV so often does, and it doesn’t get so much as a passing glance or shrug. Israel has been the favored son for so long, its most transgressive acts ignored and tacitly allowed for such a length of time, that it has simply developed a natural sense of entitlement and divine exceptionalism. Now, when the world suddenly stands up to it for the first time, Israel is dumbstruck with feigned shock like a child caught with its hand in the cookie jar. In the same vein, Nikki Haley’s call to relocate all Gazans into “Hamas” countries is clearly an attempt to subconsciously link innocent civilians to ‘terrorism’. And that’s of course besides the fact that she’s openly calling for ethnic cleansing of an entire population, which is a crime against humanity, and goes against every international law—except the western Luciferian “Rule of Law”. As to Lloyd’s “minor elective procedure”—which appeared to leave him comatose for nearly an entire week—there’s no definitive word. But some suspect it may have been an emergency surgical extraction of an uncashed Raytheon kickback from his netherside. - Simplicius
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  380. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Finally! The Russian Defense Ministry officially announced the liberation of Selidovo, which was liberated by the Russian Armed Forces yesterday, on October 29, 2024. Today October 30, the Defense Ministry also published a new video, about how the city of Selidovo was liberated, this large city in Donetsk, was deep in enemy territory, but now Russian troops have advanced into its streets without hindrance. And what is gratifying, these areas appeared with very minimal damage to infrastructure. It's time for the Ukrainian flag to be lowered, and the banner of victory to be raised all over the city, including the hoisting of the Russian flag at Korotchenko Mine, which was liberated as in the footage. This is another important milestone in the current collapse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the capture of Selidovo as a reality that has already happened! How the Russian military liberated the city, how it happened quickly! Russian assault detachments from the 15th and 30th Motorized Rifle Brigades of the Central Group of Forces, entered the city under the cover of an armored group. They took up key positions on commanding heights on the outskirts, entered the tree line in their area of responsibility and eliminated the enemy with the support of reinforcements. At the same time, UAV crews attacked Kiev's infantry and military materiel. Thus, the assault detachments advanced. As a result, the soldiers of the Central Group of Forces took key positions to dominate the heights on the outskirts of the city, so that the assault troops managed to wipe out Selidovo from Ukrainian formations. Ukraine lost up to 515 soldiers, one armored personnel carrier, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles and one 122mm D-30 howitzer. It's not about the city was taken very quickly by the standards of the war, but Selidovo is really considered a symbol of the helplessness of Zelensky together with the Western collective to stop the Russian military machine, although they tried to do it. It is worth understanding how difficult the situation was for Kiev when Russian troops had liberated such a key city as Selidovo, and even the sweeping of the northwestern part of the city continued until the Central Group of Forces continued to advance towards Pokrovsk.
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  388. Gonzalo Lira, an American citizen and global reporter, died this week in a Kharkov prison eight months after he was arrested for the crime of speaking the truth about what was happening in Ukraine. Under Secretary of State Vickie Nuland, despised Gonzalo, as did Zelensky. People from around the world, who had been informed by Gonzalo’s reports, interviews and articles asked their governments to assist. None apparently did, and most certainly his own government – the one led by Dark Brandon and the Democrats and the war-loving, truth-hating Republicans – did absolutely nothing. What we do know, and may learn from Gonzalo’s death at the hands of the Joe Biden administration and their puppet dictator in Kiev, is that rule of law and the duties of the state to its citizens that one might presume from a casual reading of the US Constitution, is dead, dry, decayed, decrepit, and damned to hell. Biden and his executive state murdered Gonzalo Lira – it intended to silence him forever, it refused to demand his release (billions and billions to Zelensky were never enough). Zelensky and Netanyahu share the stage as unhinged, deranged recipients of billions of US taxpayer dollars, no strings attached ever. It’s the way our foreign policy works, send money, look into crystal balls, murmur and huddle, and hope for more war, more murder, more chaos as the United States runs out its own clock. Gonzalo’s death at the hands of Dark Brandon’s State Department and our best Ukraine ally is an echo of what goes on wherever the US government has influence. Many journalists and others who simply write and speak their truth have been exiled, punished, imprisoned, denied the ability to speak, write or communicate or to monetize their communicative and investigative work – simply because the US government does not like truth, free association, or freedom in general. Our president exists in a revolving disassociate fugue, surrounded by sociopaths. The world they live in, as we saw with the recent episode of “Who’s Running the Pentagon?” is one where self-centeredness has evolved into uniformed narcissism – where every government employee stares admiringly into their reflections all day long, and become annoyed and angry if anyone suggests they have a responsibility to serve the nation. The US government, indeed the state itself, is most definitely not yet broken, and it is causing the kind of damage that will send us all to hell. Each of us must take time, every day, to renew our war against the state, in spirit, academically, economically, in our lives and communities, and separate ourselves from it. We must do so ourselves, and help others to do so, in whatever ways they can. Only in this way can we honor the dead that our government has already murdered, in our name and with our money. RIP, Gonzalo. - LewRockwell
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  392. US Proxy War with Russia in Ukraine Extends to Syria The collective West is increasingly struggling to maintain the illusion of primacy in Europe as Russian forces advance on the battlefield, Western missiles fired into Russia fail to change the strategic direction of the conflict, and tensions dangerously escalate between the West and Russia; Ukraine’s military continues to deteriorate as Russian combat power grows, accelerating Russia’s gains on the battlefield; Russia has demonstrated escalation dominance with the use of its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, allowing for non-nuclear retaliation against Western targets if necessary; France and the UK’s discussions over deploying troops to Ukraine is likely a bluff. The feasibility of deploying these troops and having any impact on the conflict is negligible and would only weaken the collective West both literally and in terms of perceived political, economic, and military power; Beyond Ukraine, the US is opening up fronts in Georgia through street violence and a large, renewed US-armed terrorist offensive in Syria’s north; The US will continue pushing everywhere hoping cracks form because of its inability to defeat Russia in any one single point of conflict; The restart of US-backed hostilities in Syria is a stark warning to Russia regarding accepting any peace deal from the collective West and their proxies which would only serve as a means of regrouping, rearming, and relaunching hostilities at a later date; The Syrian conflict, like in Ukraine, is the product of US proxy war stretching over several years and multiple US presidential administrations; - The New Atlas
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  396. Northern Europe has long been portrayed as the safest, the cleanest, and the most advanced in the world, yet, like America, they are experiencing crime like they have never seen before: Power struggles between Swedish mafia clans make the Scandinavian country one of the most violent in Europe… Mob-style killings shock Netherlands into fighting descent into ‘narco state’ as journalists and lawyers under protection are murdered in the streets. Often, the targets of the gang members whose hitmen are as young as 14, hit the wrong mark and kill innocent civilians. Odd these headlines don’t make it into the MSM world of utopia. Tourism is part of the factor, the other is the creation of an alternate reality. A reality of make believe and cherry blossoms disguising the black tarnish of bombs. Because a lie told over and over becomes a ‘reality’ within the frame of the teller and the tellees. This is how History is created and it is how the present dystopia is white-washed. “War is coming – prepare” ~ is the constant warning coming from Germany’s Scholz. Would that War be a Middle East War or a Russian War – or Both? Infecting Europe. Israel just bombed an Iranian embassy inside Damascus. Killing Iranian nationalists. The CIA/NATO bombed Moscow killing 140 civilians. Estonia just announced that every NATO member already have troops in Ukraine. And Mike Johnson just declared that the bankrupt US will be sending Ukraine $61 billion – in the form of loans and stolen Russian Assets! This smells like Rothschild 1918 when he ordered the assassination of Nicholas II and proceeded to steal all his Assets including diamonds, bank accounts, jewels, and property. There are UN Protocols in place regarding the ability of states to freeze assets as a form of sanctioning. Freezing does not mean the assets now belong to the country initiating the freeze. If they take the assets or the income from the assets – that is theft. In order for the US to invoke the freeze, they must identify themselves as an ‘injured party’. Using terms such as ‘global security’ – does NOT fall under that Protocol. Once the US admits it is an injured party, it must prove how it is injured – in the instance of Ukraine, they entire economy was built on criminal activity – therefore an ‘injured party’ could be held to the standards of a CRIMINAL. More importantly, in order to establish a freeze, the US and EU are required to go through the procedures of the UN Security Council and not merely act in a unilateral way. All of these freezing actions on Russia are completely illegal according to International Law. The entire point of Sanctions is to blackmail the country into submission. The entire Middle East is looking at this very closely and with much distrust. Israel is operating outside of the UN bombing other countries to supposedly target “Hamas”. While murdering 35,000 civilians in the process. The US has intervened in a war in Ukraine for which it is no party. By so doing, the US is acting illegally. NATO is engaged in Ukraine although Ukraine is not a party of NATO – therefore also guilty of criminally violating UN International Law. When looking for answers, it is necessary to understand The Motive. While the classic motives have been depopulation and money – there is more this time. They have been identified and outed. They can’t move forward. China knows. Africa knows. Russia knows. The Middle East knows. Anonymity gave them leverage. 70% of the federal budget is going toward illegals. They have bled Americans dry. Spending will collapse. And their $$$$$$ stand to drop precipitously if the continuance of alternate currencies are utilized. They have been defeated again. And for now, this is their only solution – to seek vengeance pulling every country down with them. - LewRockwell
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  405. I know the Avdeevka retreat’s been beaten half to death, and I’m just as over it as you probably are. But here’s a couple things worth noting, that will tie together into a larger whole. They first focus on a 21 year old AFU soldier who just ‘barely’ made it out from the Russian advance: By the time his unit retreated, he was in charge. So many soldiers had been wounded that there was “nobody more senior left,” the 21-year-old said. When his group finally left the city entirely, he watched the convoy in front of him erupt into fire as artillery took them out. “It was just a convoy of people. A convoy of the best men ever. And in front of our eyes, this convoy was destroyed by artillery. People of my age, between 20 and 30.” I post this specifically because pro-UA supporters continue to push the narrative that Russia took more losses in Avdeevka. But first hand reports from their own troops indicate otherwise. In light of the above, a new archival video of the big retreat was released today showing very well one of the turkey shoots the soldier above may have witnessed: Planning bombs destroyed any AFU fortifications in Avdiivka and contributed to the rapid advance of the Russian Army in urban development. "These bombs completely destroy any position," Yegor Sugar, a Ukrainian soldier, said on social media. All buildings turn into pits after strikes by the Russian aerospace forces. Zelensky and his leadership have continued to fail in coming up with a full-on mobilization plan despite warnings of severe troop shortages on the front: While Ukraine has done some damage in the Black Sea, it continues to suffer grievous losses on the ground in the real fight. The first, then second, third, and potentially even third Abrams were destroyed: We also have startling new footage of the huge uptick in usage of the RBK-500 clusterbombs by Russia over Ukrainian positions. They are said to devastate positions at a time when Ukraine has run low on their own DPICMS—not to mention that Russia has adapted them into the UMPK glide-bombs which now rain these deadly fragments over AFU positions daily That’s not to mention glide-bombs being used so unsparingly as to be thrown at Ukrainian forest-belt positions and trenches - Simplicius
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  407. At the end of the day, there’s only one side from whom we’re seeing massive cemeteries being tracked from space due to their size, and daily urgent calls for more body bags, coffins, graves, crematoriums, etc. Also, from one of the ABC articles, we’re told that American mercenaries in the AFU have reported their units taking 85% casualties: On the surface it very much appears a stalemate, but looking past the smokescreens we can see one side is clinging for survival while the other merely bides its time and gets stronger by the day. Russia will continue pressing in the north, and there’s a fair chance they can recover most, if not all, of the territory east of the Oskol river by the end of this year. The latest breaking updates show that they’re beginning to surround Sinkovka, and some reports even claim all AFU units have fled the town and retreated: Likewise, some will hyperfocus on some irrelevant “drone strike” which was shot down and nullified but ignore that Russia strikes just blew away a major mercenary/foreign advisor gathering in Chernigov. “The Ukrainians will never win the war, they will never regain all the lost territories," and this feeling is starting to make its way not only on a technical level, but also on a political level. - Summary from Combat Analysis Channel with mutliple sources referenced from both East and West that can no longer ignore the truth on the battlefield. We are witnessing military malpractice by the West on a grand scale. Did the NATO planners really believe the propaganda nonsense that portrayed the Russian military as a decrepit, doddering army of incompetents? If so, the West is now learning a very hard lesson and now must come to grips with the fact that NATO’s delusional calculation that Ukraine could shatter the Russian military is a complete bust. - Sonar21 "APPARENTLY HE OVERDOSED" says Russian FM spokeswoman about Cocainesky's idiotic statement "Will exchange Belgorod (pre-war West Russia for Ukraine's NATO membership". Not only all the signs are there, his begging also perfectly resembles those inflicted with an addiction. - Intel Report No matter, these jets will be cannon fodder when up against the multi-layered Russian Air Defenses! Half of the F-16s that the Netherlands and Denmark promise to Ukraine are unairworthy.- Intel Report
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  412. Allies went their separate ways and MAERSK again has suspended all passage through the Red Sea now “indefinitely”, after feigning a stiff upper lip earlier, hoping the problem would go away. This represents an unprecedented loss of prestige for the Empire. The Mideast—let alone the whole world—is shifting drastically. As of yesterday, January 1st, 2024, BRICS officially inaugurates 5 new members: Ethiopia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. On top of that, Russia chairs the BRICS presidency this year, and has already outlined intentions to speed up some of the key initiatives. Things just keep getting darker for the now-isolated West. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Israel’s war is not going swimmingly at all. We’ve been witness to countless new videos showing Merkavas, Namers, and everything in between getting blown away. There have been continued leaks from the Israeli side pointing to mounting casualties being far higher than reported. The most powerful airforce in the entire Mideast is going against a tiny and shabby force without even a single anti-air capability to speak of—and what is the result? This flies in the face of beliefs that NATO’s putatively superior ‘airforce’ would instantly translate into some type of battlefield victory against Russia—that’s simply not how war works, particularly not in an age where manufacturing in the West has declined to the point where precision systems cannot possibly be built in large enough numbers to sustain a long-endurance campaign against a real peer-level threat. Meanwhile, things continue to go poorly—or outright collapse—for Ukraine. In the last report I had conveyed how much of their Western equipment no longer works; Ukrainian soldiers themselves complained that Western artillery systems are not built for war, their barrels have all worn out, etc. This extends to Abrams tanks, which were said to be useless as their filters clog up within minutes of fighting, forcing mechanics to constantly change them to prevent the engine suddenly dying. Now we have new confirmation from German MP Sebastian Schafer that very few of the delivered Leopards even function anymore, as they’ve all “worn out” and Ukraine has no way to repair them: So Ukraine’s most authoritative source on the matter says they’re incapable of taking out Mach 3+ missiles, but somehow they get a 10/10 100% kill ratio on a 12,000km/h Mach ~11 missile. Doesn’t add up, does it? Either way, Rada Deputies like the one below are beginning to clarify the type of military production warehouses that were hit in last night’s strikes: Not to mention ex-Aidar deputy commander Mosiychuk likewise admitted that Zelensky’s authorities are hiding the fact that Kiev’s major military enterprises of Artem and Luch Design Bureau were destroyed with huge casualties to the personnel: - Simplicius
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  424. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – On November 24, 2024, drone footage of the battlefield showed the entry of a Russian armored column after artillery preparation and the operation of attack aircraft, carrying out a strategic storming, completely encircling Ukrainian troops taking up positions in the settlement of Ilyinka, located south of the city of Kurakhovo. The armor of the landing assault unit of the 33rd Motorized Rifle Division, using BMP-2M and T-72 "Supermangal" reinforced to combat drones, carried out a series of heavy shelling of the enemy's strategic points. The rapid advance of the armored column met with strong resistance, but the armored column held out well and without losses. The Ukrainian side was targeted unexpectedly from the north of the settlement along the Mokrye Yaly River, to their positions west of the settlement. Here, the Ukrainian troops were caught in a "fire trap", and quickly their defense collapsed due to the coordinated maneuver of the Russian assault units. Then after the operation of the armored column, "Supermangal" was seen sending assault troops to enemy support positions, Ukrainian troops hiding in the ruins of buildings and underground dugouts. The scale of the soldiers' engineering work is impressive - the Armed Forces of Ukraine were unable to make any effort to delay the rapid Russian advance. The brave Russian assault troops, consisting of only a few men, quickly took the suspected points, went through the buildings one by one, where the Ukrainian troops might still be, and cleared them. Meanwhile, two other assault troops approached the Ukrainian trenches under enemy fire. However, in the end they managed to break through the enemy's defenses and quickly capture their important trenches. Then, Ilyinka was cleared efficiently on the same day, as the Ukrainians were unable to hold their positions. On the same day, several Ukrainian sources reported that Russian troops had taken Ilyinka and Romanovka. Meanwhile, the battle continued for Yelizavetivka the next to the river, which was almost completely under Russian control, as reported by Russian military correspondents. Kiev's troops reportedly retreated to avoid encirclement, forcing the Ukrainian command to hastily withdraw the remaining units that managed to escape during the Russian armored assault, which advanced 2 kilometers from the north along the Mokrye Yaly River
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  487. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling holding Ukraine accountable for the massacre in the city of Odessa in 2014 appears to be a “glimpse of common sense,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told TASS on Friday. However, a single ruling is not enough to draw broader conclusions, he added. The ECHR found the Ukrainian authorities guilty of the deaths of the so-called anti-Maidan activists who burned to death after taking refuge in the Odessa trade union building, which was subsequently set on fire by radical nationalists. The court ruled on Thursday that Ukraine failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent the violence, halt it once it began, or rescue those trapped in the building. “A very belated decision, but it seems like a glimpse of common sense,” Peskov remarked. “To confirm this, we need to see other similar actions. Which, of course, we would like to witness.” On May 2, 2014, clashes erupted in Odessa between Ukrainian nationalists, who supported the armed coup in Kiev that had occurred several weeks before, and those who opposed it. The pro-Maidan activists attacked a tent where local residents were gathering signatures for a referendum on the federalization of Ukraine and recognition of Russian as a state language. Outnumbered by the far-right radicals, the anti-coup activists took refuge inside the city’s trade union building. However, the nationalists surrounded the building, lobbed Molotov cocktails at it and eventually set it on fire, resulting in 48 deaths and over 200 people injured. More than a decade later, Kiev has neither identified nor prosecuted any of the perpetrators. Instead, it has shifted the blame to Moscow, alleging that the events in Odessa were “a pre-planned and well-financed operation” by the Russian security services. Moscow has repeatedly called for an investigation into the massacre, even advocating for a special tribunal to be convened. Relatives of 25 victims, along with three survivors of the fire, filed complaints against Ukraine with the ECHR. The court ruled that the Ukrainian police had “had ignored the available intelligence and the relevant warning signs” and made no “meaningful attempt to prevent the clashes” that led to the fire. While the ECHR acknowledged that “propaganda from Russia had had its part” in tensions being escalated, it admitted that this did not absolve Kiev of responsibility for the massacre. - RT
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  491. Another huge breakthrough has occurred in Avdeevka that may have put the final nail in the coffin of the bitterly disputed town. So for Avdeevka to fall now would be a monumental and symbolically watershed moment of this conflict. The latest news brings us confirmation from both sides that Russian forces have in fact broken through to the ‘Industrial Avenue’ and beyond, which has entirely severed the city into two parts, cutting the supply route: Here’s Ukrainian channel DeepState confirming it themselves there have been other advancements and expansions of territory, particularly around the big lake area and the suburb zone of the salient. Avdeevka was the most fortified place in existence but Russian mass fires and airpower has been regularly destroying all such fortifications, leaving little time to rebuild or fashion new ones. Soldiers who fought in Bakhmut and other tough battles told the French team that Avdeevka is now worse than them all: One of the cited reasons for it being worse than Bakhmut is the Russian airpower is far more active in Avdeevka. With the industrialization of the UMPK bombs, Russian planes are dropping them round the clock, upwards of 100 per day just here alone. Today, two devastating missile strikes occurred on Ukrainian troop concentrations. The first was a massive Iskander-M ballistic missile attack on precisely one of the ‘rear staging areas’ less than 30km from Avdeevka, in a town called Selidovo: Needless to say, this was meant to be Avdeevka’s last stand and what is arguably an entire battalion was wiped off the face of the earth with a single strike. It’s a pretty demonstrative symbol of how Avdeevka is going. As a last note on Avdeevka, the southern-most area near the old air defense base is pretty much in a boiler now: Also, the head of public relations of the 110th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ivan Sekach, said that currently they do not have sufficient capabilities to hold Avdeevka, with some sources even claiming the 110th was forced to withdraw entirely due to heavy losses: there have also been big new advances on the northwest Artemovsk front with Russian Airborne forces pushing in toward Chasov Yar: As well as reported advances in Kupyansk area, most notably in Belgorovka: Ukrainian journalist Butusov confirms how Russian forces appear to be breaking through Ukrainian defenses on every front: A Ukrainian Mi-8 was spectacularly shot down by a Russian manpad in the Zaporozhye region: On the topic of losses, here a Ukrainian soldier discusses his time on the Kremennaya front, and how 100+ per day simply disappeared in the Sebrensky (Silver) Forest there: Commander of the infamous Nazi battalion ‘Da Vinci Wolves’ says Ukraine needs minimum 250,000 more soldiers or they simply won’t be able to fight: The editor-in-chief of Rothschild-owned Economist rag, Bilderberg member Zanny Minton Beddoes, has some jaw-dropping words about Ukraine and Ukrainians: In essence: “They’re being killed, not us! So let’s keep this racket going!” I’ll end on this more uplifting note, a video from the Chechen Akhmat forces showcasing the vast multiethnic and multiconfessional nature of Russia and its Armed Forces which together fight for one Fatherland: - Simplicius
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  494. I received the following query from Sputnik on Saturday: Britain has proposed sending a NATO expeditionary corps to Ukraine. London also allegedly suggested establishing a no-fly zone over Kiev-controlled territory and did not rule out strikes on “strategic infrastructure facilities in Russia’s northern regions”. After that, according to the British plan, NATO forces would create a “buffer zone” within the occupied positions, including the border with Belarus and the territory around Kiev, and the released Ukrainian army forces should withdraw to the Special operation zone. We would be happy if you could comment on this matter. Please, see my questions below: 1. How do you assess this decision and do you think it is realistic? Should we take it seriously (or is this an attempt to appease Zelensky)? 2. June 2023 Putin already said that Russia is considering the creation of a buffer (sanitary) zone in Ukraine “to solve the problem of shelling of Russian territories.” Is NATO trying to seize the initiative and why won’t they succeed? This is a fantastical delusion on the part of the Brits and has no foundation in reality. But, just because the Brits are insane does not mean Russia can ignore them. It is a serious proposal. But the British Army is a hollowed out shell. It is one fifth the size of the force rescued from Dunkirk in World War II. The British Army is a toothless, bedraggled poodle. Can’t even deliver a serious bark, much less a bite. Yes, NATO is desperate to prevent Russia from securing all territory to the east of the Dneiper River. Up to this point the NATO countries have enabled the criminal activities of Ukraine and have not suffered any consequences. I believe they interpret Russia’s failure to respond as a sign of weakness. They confuse patience with ignorance. Given the growing turmoil in Kiev as the fight for control between President Zelensky and General Zaluzhny heats up, the Russians appear content to continue their attrition strategy as they systematically dismantle the Ukrainian Army. Russia, however, is enjoying an unexpected benefit — NATO also is being de-militarized. - Sonar21
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  515. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Finally, the most intense clashes erupted in western Aleppo on Friday, November 29, after the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) together with the Russian Armed Forces, fought the rebels from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group together with the Turkish-controlled Syrian National Army (SNA). The rebels used the method of sending evacuation orders to everyone in western Aleppo. The group claimed to have taken control of several towns and villages in what the Syrian army called the 'largest offensive since 2020', which began an attack on Syrian largest city, Aleppo. Now, the main battle areas stretch from the west and southwest of Aleppo, east of Idlib, southeast of Idlib to the vicinity of Saraqib. Since this morning, the rebel forces have launched a large-scale coordinated attack on these areas. The fighting was reported to have taken place inside Aleppo - confirmed by Ahmad Ali, a pro-Assad Syrian military journalist. The Syrian Arab Army immediately took decisive action, eradicating the rebels who came from various countries, which is a clear violation of Syrian sovereignty. New footage shows Assad's forces deploying various types of artillery with heavy fire, relentlessly pounding their groups' positions in the western countryside of Aleppo. In addition to the artillery work, Russian warplanes are now bombarding western and southwestern Aleppo on a large scale, continuing the bombardment to destroy the rebel positions. After enemy positions suffered heavy losses in caves and human shields, killing dozens of rebels, they tried to hold some positions, but some points were retaken by the Syrian Arab Army until reinforcements arrived. Since last night, Russian warplanes have been destroying the rebel headquarters in the so-called "Joint Forces" near the town of Marea in the northern countryside of Aleppo. This was their gathering point, which was coordinating the attack efforts for the next day. But the heavy airstrikes destroyed the place as in the footage, killing dozens of rebels and their supporters, the pro-Syrian government channel reported. The Syrian Arab Army reported that one rebel of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham named "Ibrahim Khaled Dibo" was killed in western Aleppo today, and his strange clothing featured the ISIS flag on the emblem of his group's elements. Noteworthy! Moscow is determined to restore the constitutional order of Syrian government in Aleppo region as soon as possible!
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  521. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Finally! The Russian Defense Ministry officially announced the liberation of Selidovo, which was liberated by the Russian Armed Forces yesterday, on October 29, 2024. Today October 30, the Defense Ministry also published a new video, about how the city of Selidovo was liberated, this large city in Donetsk, was deep in enemy territory, but now Russian troops have advanced into its streets without hindrance. And what is gratifying, these areas appeared with very minimal damage to infrastructure. It's time for the Ukrainian flag to be lowered, and the banner of victory to be raised all over the city, including the hoisting of the Russian flag at Korotchenko Mine, which was liberated as in the footage. This is another important milestone in the current collapse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the capture of Selidovo as a reality that has already happened! How the Russian military liberated the city, how it happened quickly! Russian assault detachments from the 15th and 30th Motorized Rifle Brigades of the Central Group of Forces, entered the city under the cover of an armored group. They took up key positions on commanding heights on the outskirts, entered the tree line in their area of responsibility and eliminated the enemy with the support of reinforcements. At the same time, UAV crews attacked Kiev's infantry and military materiel. Thus, the assault detachments advanced. As a result, the soldiers of the Central Group of Forces took key positions to dominate the heights on the outskirts of the city, so that the assault troops managed to wipe out Selidovo from Ukrainian formations. Ukraine lost up to 515 soldiers, one armored personnel carrier, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles and one 122mm D-30 howitzer. It's not about the city was taken very quickly by the standards of the war, but Selidovo is really considered a symbol of the helplessness of Zelensky together with the Western collective to stop the Russian military machine, although they tried to do it. It is worth understanding how difficult the situation was for Kiev when Russian troops had liberated such a key city as Selidovo, and even the sweeping of the northwestern part of the city continued until the Central Group of Forces continued to advance towards Pokrovsk.
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  523. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Important update on September 27, 2024, the noose was strengthened around Ugledar by Russian forces, and has begun a massive unprecedented offensive, capturing half of the city, which was a stronghold for Ukrainian forces for two years. Video shows one of the Ugledar Mines successfully captured by Russian troops with the assault on the city continuing. Before the massive assault, Russian scouts wisely dropped campaign leaflets by drone in the western part of Ugledar, calling for the surrender of Zelensky's troops from the units of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, which was ordered to hold the city while he is still in the United States. At this time, for Zelensky's troops, the situation on the front is critical, the small mining town in the Donetsk region is surrounded, all entrances and exits are under Russian fire control. Ugledar, which is half surrounded is in half a cauldron, making some of the rest of the men from the 72nd Ukrainian Brigade, try to escape in Ugledar, but eventually a group of prisoners of war were forced to surrender. At first they tried to attack the Russian tank formation from Buryatia near Vodyanoye village in order to escape from Ugledar, but failed. All roads to Ugledar were cut off, their resistance was useless. Dozens of them eventually had only one chance to return home alive! The command of the Russian troops contacted the Armed Forces of Ukraine to surrender, or be blocked in Ugledar! They were supposed to surrender because Russia did not ask twice. As a result, Russia showered Ugledar with incendiary ammunition, fired from BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher systems at night. Some Western sources, citing their contacts in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, claim that Ugledar is completely surrounded. The video was recorded by the Ukrainian military themselves, who complained about the "difficult conditions" under the magnesium rain. In addition, Russian drones raided Ukrainian troops still entrenched in the city buildings. This was the last chance for the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade to retreat, and was rapidly closing. It is strongly suspected that in a few days Ugledar will fall!
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  539. Thus, the current domino collapse of Ukraine’s defenses in the Pokrovsk direction will lead to a much greater snowballing that will lead to the collapse of the entire Konstantinovka cauldron, which would then set up the final showdown with the Kramatorsk agglomerate. Furthermore, Pokrovsk is the main hub of supply to the entire front southeast of there. Capturing Pokrovsk and cutting its main roads would pretty much atrophy the entire vast region to the southeast: There’s also the fact that Pokrovsk is the main railway hub of the entire region for the AFU: It receives large shipments and distributes them to the whole region’s settlements, like a major artery feeding hundreds of capillaries. Thus, it’s vital for the resupply and logistics of all AFU units in the vast region. In fact, what’s most interesting about this, and proves that the railway is the foremost strategic consideration of the entire ongoing operation there, is the fact that Russian troops are literally advancing along the railway. Thus, once Pokrovsk is captured, all those interior settlements to the southeast would come under immense pressure with dwindling supply routes, and their own collapse would be accelerated greatly. This is likely the reason for Zelensky’s desperate urgency in Kursk. His command likely understands the dire nature of what’s soon to come, as the entire front on this region stands to collapse after Pokrovsk falls. Zelensky needed a way to divert Russia’s attention somewhere else, but so far no slow down has been recorded for Russia’s advances in this area. Today alone, there have again been several major advances. As I mentioned, another huge swath of territory around Zhelanne has been taken, moving closer to Pokrovsk: - Simplicius
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  542. The point is to highlight that the trend in European politics does appear to be slowly veering away from many deepstate/establishment positions and initiatives, so while this is a rough generalization, it would appear likely that many of these NATO dreams will face increasing friction and opposition in the future, with their likelihood of coming to fruition going down each passing year. The problem is, the ruling elite of Ukraine have no choice but to double down because if the conflict is frozen, then much of their dirty laundry will come to light, including—most catastrophically for them—the scale of losses and destruction to Ukrainian society, something they’ll never live down. They’ll be torn to shreds, which includes Zelensky, and likely imprisoned if not worse. So they’re forced to take their bets with going ‘all the way’. The entire Kherson front, for instance, is a hoax on the Ukrainian side. There is zero chance for substantive breakthroughs or real “bridgeheads” there as logistics are simply not feasible. Simply put, the AFU is doing nothing more than dying en masse in Khrynki. Rumor has it the average AFU lifespan is under two days on the left bank “bridgehead”. Russian Ministry of Defense has raised another important military satellite to the cosmos from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, ever increasing their space ISR capabilities. - Simplicius HOW AMERICA LIES TO THE WORLD explained by Hungarian PM who sees right through Washington’s tricks and states any country that abuses moral "values" to hide their own interests destroys chance of meaningful dialogue between states. One of the Americans’ strengths is their ability to present what is really an American interest as a universal value - Orban. Hungarian leader's already taken clear stance on slimy EU chiefs, urging countrymen to "not dance to their tune". - Intel Report
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  549. Today, May 9, marks the 79th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany aka Victory in Europe day and the Russian people held massive marches and commemorations — not just in Russia — but in countries around the world where Russian expats live. But in the United States, where the mythology persists that the United States defeated the Nazis, there were crickets The estimated population of the Soviet Union in 1940 was 170 million. In other words, 16% of Soviet citizens (which included Russia and Ukraine) died as a consequence of the Great Patriotic War. That does not begin to take into account the number of wounded, which probably represented an additional 20 million people. Compare that with the United States. There are conflicting estimates, ranging from 183,500 up to 276,655 US Army KIA in Europe/North Africa. Let’s go with the higher number. According to the 1940 Census, there were 132,164,569 Americans. That ratio of U.S. KIA in the European/North African theater compared to total population is 0.2%. In other words, far less than 1% of the U.S. population died at the hands of the Nazis. I will put this bluntly — the United States paid almost nothing in the way of blood and treasure in the campaign to defeat Hitler compared to what the Russian people endured. Consider the following: 750,000 Soviets died in the Battle of Stalingrad. At least 670,000 Soviet soldiers and citizens died in the siege of Leningrad. An estimated 421,000 Soviet died in the battle of Operation Citadel/Kursk. The staggering scale of Soviet losses is beyond the comprehension of most Americans. The Soviets tripled all American losses in the European theater in just one battle — Stalingrad. Yet, Hollywood has propagated the myth that the United States carried the burden of the battles that led to the destruction of the Third Reich. Not just Hollywood. In the immediate aftermath the capture of Berlin, the United States and the United Kingdom behaved as if they were the ones who save the world. Well, if that is true, why are the Americans and Brits silent on VE day? Because they did not endure the catastrophic human loss that the peoples of the Soviet Union endured, especially the Russians. That is why millions of Russians marched today carrying photographs of their grandfathers, grandmothers, great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers who served and died in the colossal fight to destroy the Nazis. The legacy of the sacrifice of those who fought 80 years ago still burns bright in the souls of the Russian people. Not so in America. A significant portion of the American population is ignorant: Profiteering off of war? That is a different matter. Americans are real good at that grift. Major General Smedley Butler, who wrote War Is a Racket in 1935, nailed it: Today’s America is the Alzheimer’s Generation when it comes to history. We are on a trajectory to pursue wars against Russia, Iran and China without the tiniest bit of appreciation of the potential loss of human life and capital that may be inflicted on the United States if it consummates its rapacious, foolish desire. I salute those Americans who served in World War II and all of the succeeding foreign expeditionary boondoggles. The names of 58,000 Americans decorate a black wall in Washington, DC. The vast majority served honorably and died in part because they believed the lies fed them by corrupt Presidents and a compliant media. Many of those who followed in their footsteps and served honorably in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria are victims of a big lie. They were not fighting to defeat Islamic extremism. They were duped into fighting to fatten the stock portfolios of General Dynamics, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and scores of other Beltway Bandits. War is good business as long as only a small, insignificant (and despised) class of Americans pay the price in blood. The failure of the vast majority of Americans to commemorate May 9 will, I fear, come back to haunt us. If we do not find a way to live in peace with Russia, China or Iran, Americans are not likely to have the good fortune to avoid massive casualties.- Sonar21
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  561. The biggest news is that yesterday, May 18th, the Ukrainian new mobilization strictures officially and finally went into effect. This has resulted in a flood of videos showing deserted streets, with claims that men are now in hiding like never before. Additionally, Ukrainian truckers even staged a mass protest, blocking roads. It will be not only ‘interesting’ to see where this goes and how successful it is, but in fact this will be one of the critical bellwethers for Ukraine as a whole In short: Zelensky is desperate to use any excuse in escalating the war and inviting NATO into it. He knows the only way he can stop Russia is by embroiling the U.S. into the conflict, and he can do that by repeatedly pushing red lines against Russia in order to force Russia to react against NATO. But there is little chance it will work, as NATO has thus far demonstrated surprising risk aversion to the prospect of facing off with Russia. Meanwhile, Estonian PM Kaja Kallas says another one of the quietest parts aloud—Russia should be entirely broken up: it shows the type of craven, feckless, unprincipled and totally amoral puppets at the top of the West’s pyramid of rulership. There are no principles, only arrant hypocrisy and lies. Meanwhile, Russia’s hit on Lvov is now seen to have wiped out a major gas facility: Satellite images appeared which reportedly show the extent to which NATO is being demilitarized by the Ukrainian conflict. A large armor storage site in Italy has been nearly emptied out of various things like M113s, M109Ls, etc.: By the latest maps, Volchansk appears something like 40-50% taken, with Russian forces said to have begun crossing the Vovcha river which runs through its center: A Russian video demonstrating why the fortifications were such failures—Lancet drones kept blowing up all the Ukrainian trench-building equipment in the north: And the most demonstrative one of all—Ukrainian workers complain that Russian Lancets took out all their trench diggers: - Simplicius
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  566. First, much credit is due to both Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin for having agreed to speak to each other – or rather President Putin speaking to Tucker, as it was a lesson in Russian history and Russian culture and Russian soul, that President Putin gave not only to Tucker, but to the rest of the western world, most of whom have no clue what Russia is, and what makes Russia tick. Tucker shared his reflections straight after his interview with Putin… “You’d have to be crazy to think that Russia will give up Crimea.” “You’d have to be an idiot to think that Russia is an expansionist power; it’s already huge and doesn’t need more territory.” “You’d have to be an idiot to think that Russia could roll tanks into Vienna; there’s no evidence of such intentions.” “We are ruled by lunatics”— referring to the US leadership’s desire for regime change in Russia. For all those who still believe in the mainstream’s vilification of Vladmir Putin, but are ever-more doubtful and would like to know the truth, President Putin tells an extraordinary story of reality about Russia, the country’s history, all the way back to the 8th century, laying out very clearly that not only eastern but also western Ukraine – Kiev – is historically a part of Russia. Despite being showered with western insults and sanctions for years non-stop, President Putin used not one word of insult against western leaders. To the contrary, when asked by Tucker, how Putin’s counterparts reacted to his approaches, conversations, or suggestions for negotiations, on Ukraine, for example, Putin said he would not comment, and the good journalist, who Tucker Carlson is, might better ask directly at the source. - LewRockwell
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  570. US Proxy War with Russia in Ukraine Extends to Syria The collective West is increasingly struggling to maintain the illusion of primacy in Europe as Russian forces advance on the battlefield, Western missiles fired into Russia fail to change the strategic direction of the conflict, and tensions dangerously escalate between the West and Russia; Ukraine’s military continues to deteriorate as Russian combat power grows, accelerating Russia’s gains on the battlefield; Russia has demonstrated escalation dominance with the use of its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, allowing for non-nuclear retaliation against Western targets if necessary; France and the UK’s discussions over deploying troops to Ukraine is likely a bluff. The feasibility of deploying these troops and having any impact on the conflict is negligible and would only weaken the collective West both literally and in terms of perceived political, economic, and military power; Beyond Ukraine, the US is opening up fronts in Georgia through street violence and a large, renewed US-armed terrorist offensive in Syria’s north; The US will continue pushing everywhere hoping cracks form because of its inability to defeat Russia in any one single point of conflict; The restart of US-backed hostilities in Syria is a stark warning to Russia regarding accepting any peace deal from the collective West and their proxies which would only serve as a means of regrouping, rearming, and relaunching hostilities at a later date; The Syrian conflict, like in Ukraine, is the product of US proxy war stretching over several years and multiple US presidential administrations; - The New Atlas
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  596. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Strong footage of a powerful assault by the Airborne Assault Battalion of the 40th Guards Kamchatka Marine Brigade, shows the landing of stormtroopers on the front line, threatening the cauldron of the Armed Forces of Ukraine group in the town of Ugledar south of Donetsk. The Russian military correspondent shared the video on September 21, 2024, showing how the Russian assault force in an armored vehicle, successfully landed, attacked Zelensky's men, and occupied their stronghold. The thrilling assault was not without the work of scouts, where previously the Supercam unmanned aerial vehicle of the Pacific Fleet Marine Brigade, detected enemy positions, and the military equipment they were hiding. The Supercam UAV is used for in-depth reconnaissance, flying up to 70 kilometers into the enemy's rear, is almost silent and its integrated camera is the best in its class. The personnel and weapons found were destroyed on the same day, then the stormtroopers entered the next day. The Russian channel showed on the map the direction of the attack, after forcing Kashlagach River, the Kamchatka Marine Brigade continued to advance, and expanded the bridgehead west of Ugledar. The group of about 8 stormtroopers, in addition to driver, continued to bypass the Ukrainian defenses, hitting with shot after shot from close range directly in the enemy trenches, and without losses on the Russian side. They also attacked with FPV drones, eliminating Kiev personnel, and burning their equipment. As a result of the successful landing, the Marines occupied an important stronghold near Ugledar, which threatened to encircle the town. This meant that the town would soon be squeezed, the prospect of holding positions in such conditions was not encouraging for the Ukrainian troops still entrenched there. On the same day on the Ugledar cauldron, video footage was published of the breakthrough, where Kashlagach River and the advance to Novoukrainka began. More than 20 square kilometers of territory were liberated by Russian stormtroopers from the tank formations of the Vostok group from Buryatia, after fighting at the recently liberated Prechistovka. The ranks of Ukrainian soldiers wavered, about 12 men from the 58th Infantry Brigade, who valued life more than the Nationalist ideals, laid down their weapons, and raised their hands in repose. The surviving tank crew prisoners, lucky for the time being, spoke in a video published by Buryatia stormtroopers.
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  603. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The Russian military swept away the Ukrainian drone at its launch site before it could even carry out its task in a place on the Kharkov direction. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage on September 5, 2024, showing soldiers of the Sever Group of Forces of the Russian Northern Group observing the activity of kamikaze drone operators during reconnaissance operations near a settlement in the region, and foreshadowing bad days for the Ukrainian UAV team's positions! It is worth noting! The attack by the Kiev regime's armed formations in the Kursk region did not affect the pace of advancement of the Sever Group of Forces' task area in Kharkov. Their work will continue until the denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine are confirmed to be finished. The artillery of the Sever Group of Forces continues to conduct attacks on their enemy. Further, data on the position of targets at the tree line is transmitted to the artillery crew for further firing. The crew of the Giatsint-B towed artillery is engaged in counter-battery warfare, inflicting fire damage on the enemy drone's hardware and personnel. The real-time objective control footage obtained by the unmanned aerial vehicle made it possible to confirm that the UAV launch site was hit at several points. The Ukrainian drone team did not reappear after a short period of artillery fire. On the same day in the same direction, the soldiers of the Sever Group of Forces decided to inflict damage on the Ukrainian armor. During reconnaissance, they discovered the movement of one tank, which took a closed firing position prepared for the “advance”. After analyzing the information obtained, the “Lancet” ammunition took over for the task. As a result of the direct hit of the Lancet, the Ukrainian tank was destroyed by fire. And, this is what happened every day on the battlefield, in Kharkov and throughout the front line.
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  604. Putin adamantly restated the goals of the SMO. Not only that, but he again strongly implied that Russia will retake Odessa, calling it a purely Russian city which was founded by Catherine the Great. I think this fairly settles the debate on whether Russia intends to take back these territories. The Pentagon today admitted that the choice will soon be between attending to “our own military readiness” and supporting Ukraine: Putin’s statements reflect a reality even Western outlets now regularly report. This BBC report from a week and change ago interviewed the actual AFU marines there, shedding light on the horrors they’re experiencing: This is one of the first such specific admissions from the AFU side—he says he only has 2 howitzers while Russia has over 30 just in his quadrant alone. What’s shocking is that this is corroborated by another recent report straight from a Russian soldier who said AFU’s shelling has dropped so low there that they return 1 shell for every 50 that Russia fires. With such disparities, we’re supposed to believe that it’s the AFU taking favorable losses? The US general being placed in charge of the Ukrainian theater again reasserts that Russian jamming is greatly nullifying most Western systems in Ukraine: A new video released by a Russian electronics warfare unit shows a myriad of AFU FPV drones being jammed out of the sky, giving us a small idea of this lesser-seen aspect of warfare: Hitler once said if he knew the amounts of armor Russian factories could pump out, he would have never invaded. Looks like the 4th Reich mini-Fuhrer will learn the same lesson. - Simplicius
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  615. Biden called up the brute force of our navy: eight strike fighter squadrons, in addition to electronic warfare, airborne early warning aircraft, transport aircraft, and helicopters totaling upwards of 150 aircraft. The carriers’ cruiser and destroyer escorts are all Aegis warships. Sitting off the shores of Palestine fighting men, women, and children running around in sandals without water, food or electricity. Attacking Yemen was pure insanity. It simply means attacks on US soldiers stationed across the Middle East will ramp up exponentially. Destroying West Bank homes, Israel has now targeted the PLO for retaliation. And it begins to look as though Netanyahu is suffering from severe psychosis – the same mania that drove the Nazi’s and destroyed the Nazi’s. The Western wars have historically been ‘preemptive’, according to the US and UK intelligensia. Israel is making this same claim. The US/UK attacks on Yemen are now also under this false guise as was the bombing of Syria. The UN is powerless. NATO is powerless. These organizations are simply props. A false sense of unity and security that is delusional and/or an illusion. The World Economic Forum recognized this when saying that ‘government is obsolete’. Meaning it doesn’t exist. We are paying government nearly $5 trillion every year while Stakeholders make all the decisions and run the roost. The system is broken. Stakeholders have no obligation to adhere to Law. And will subjugate The People while Congress plays parcheesi. The only way to get a judicial system back is to extract the Stakeholder Control. - LewRockwell
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  624. This doesn't look like a stalemate to me! One new report even states that Ukraine’s attempted mobilization failed massively, with only 13% of goals reached: Logic dictates that such escalatory tactics would not be seen if it weren’t for a vast shortfall in recruited bodies. Also, recall the numerous videos we’ve seen recently where actual Ukrainian officers, officials, etc., openly vocalize these issues and state that they’re simply “running out of men.” There wouldn’t be such dire shortages of men, entire officer corps wiped out, if it wasn’t for the fact that Ukraine has in fact suffered hundreds of thousands of losses or more. when 63% of 20-30 million people know someone close who died in the war, that seems to speak of ungodly losses. Russia’s losses continue to be minor. For instance, one big recent revelation came by way of MediaZona, which revealed that the so-called “heavy losses” in Avdeevka were just as I had thought—completely made up. In fact, you can see the October losses for Russia are literally the lowest of the entire war: - Simplicius [As Russia moves forwards in some areas, the West backs off and continues to make futile and empty gestures. It is a retreat which the West is trying, and failing badly, to convince its populations that it is winning. How soon before there is nowhere left to retreat to? When that time arrives, the West will still be issuing threats and thinking they have the divine right to dictate the conditions for their own surrender. Such is the situation in 'Wonderland', where the psychotic and deranged 'Queen of Hearts', Ursula von de Leyen, thinks she will always be in control.] Russia’s unexpected resilience in the face of the unprecedented Western sanctions pressure has caught the US and its allies off guard, the nation’s first deputy prime minister, Andrey Belousov, said on Sunday. Moscow has achieved true economic sovereignty and demonstrated its ability to pursue independent policy and defend national interests despite any external pressure, he added. “The West was shocked that Russia stood fast in the face of sanctions,” he said at a major ‘Russia’ exhibition that opened in Moscow over the weekend. “We were foretold of a catastrophe comparable to the 1990s,” he said. - RT
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  633. Allies went their separate ways and MAERSK again has suspended all passage through the Red Sea now “indefinitely”, after feigning a stiff upper lip earlier, hoping the problem would go away. This represents an unprecedented loss of prestige for the Empire. The Mideast—let alone the whole world—is shifting drastically. As of yesterday, January 1st, 2024, BRICS officially inaugurates 5 new members: Ethiopia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. On top of that, Russia chairs the BRICS presidency this year, and has already outlined intentions to speed up some of the key initiatives. Things just keep getting darker for the now-isolated West. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Israel’s war is not going swimmingly at all. We’ve been witness to countless new videos showing Merkavas, Namers, and everything in between getting blown away. There have been continued leaks from the Israeli side pointing to mounting casualties being far higher than reported. The most powerful airforce in the entire Mideast is going against a tiny and shabby force without even a single anti-air capability to speak of—and what is the result? This flies in the face of beliefs that NATO’s putatively superior ‘airforce’ would instantly translate into some type of battlefield victory against Russia—that’s simply not how war works, particularly not in an age where manufacturing in the West has declined to the point where precision systems cannot possibly be built in large enough numbers to sustain a long-endurance campaign against a real peer-level threat. Meanwhile, things continue to go poorly—or outright collapse—for Ukraine. In the last report I had conveyed how much of their Western equipment no longer works; Ukrainian soldiers themselves complained that Western artillery systems are not built for war, their barrels have all worn out, etc. This extends to Abrams tanks, which were said to be useless as their filters clog up within minutes of fighting, forcing mechanics to constantly change them to prevent the engine suddenly dying. Now we have new confirmation from German MP Sebastian Schafer that very few of the delivered Leopards even function anymore, as they’ve all “worn out” and Ukraine has no way to repair them: So Ukraine’s most authoritative source on the matter says they’re incapable of taking out Mach 3+ missiles, but somehow they get a 10/10 100% kill ratio on a 12,000km/h Mach ~11 missile. Doesn’t add up, does it? Either way, Rada Deputies like the one below are beginning to clarify the type of military production warehouses that were hit in last night’s strikes: Not to mention ex-Aidar deputy commander Mosiychuk likewise admitted that Zelensky’s authorities are hiding the fact that Kiev’s major military enterprises of Artem and Luch Design Bureau were destroyed with huge casualties to the personnel: - Simplicius
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  636. On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo. Who would know that in only a few weeks the whole of Europe would be at war, leading to the deaths of millions. Are we facing a similar escalation of events today? In a little over five weeks from the Sarajevo assassination, all the European combatants had embarked on the most destructive war in all history. It came out of nowhere and was to last over four years. Central to the escalation was one nation — Germany. Central to the current Middle East crisis is one nation — The United States. The escalation into a new world war could have further to go than previously, with nuclear weapons in the armouries of most of the combatants. Surely, it would be complacent to think that they will remain as an unused umbrella, never to be deployed. But we can see how developments considered only one step at a time can take us to a very dark place. Bearing in mind that the US uses NATO to prevent having to call up her own citizens and that the UK Government when asked by the US to jump merely asks how high, then perhaps this call to arms should be taken seriously as an indication that the intelligence services believe that events are leading towards a third world war. Putin and Xi are well-versed in war tactics. Russia has a history of letting its enemies extend themselves beyond their support lines (cf. Napoleon, Hitler) and China has the wisdom of Sun Tzu on warfare. Some Sun Tzu pearls: “All warfare is based on deception”, “Hold out baits to entice the enemy” (Houthis, Hezbollah ect.), “If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.” Doesn’t this last one just describe the US’s political class? Apart from its military build-up so eloquently forewarned by Erskine Childers’ The Riddle of the Sands, in 1914 Germany declared its European wars from a position of relative financial strength. Today, America has a fiat dollar, a debt to GDP ratio of about 125%, and is mired in a deepening debt trap. It is simply not in a position to embark on an open-ended commitment to support Israel in a war against Iran. US economic prospects are already dire, with the only growth being in the US budget deficit. Strip out a budget deficit likely to be $3 trillion this fiscal year, add in the consequences for currency debasement and you can see that the US economy is not only in trouble, but markets faces further dilution of the dollar’s purchasing power and therefore rising interest rates and bond yields Other than a degeneration into a nuclear conflict, this leaves us with only one possible outcome: the US backs off in this stupendous game of chicken and seeks some sort of face-saving exit from Ukraine. For Russia and Iran, it will be the ultimate victory. The dollar’s hegemony will be compromised, so will continue to decline in its value anyway, but at a less catastrophic rate than in a full-on conflict. Either way, holding credit as opposed to real money without counterparty risk will be the mistake commonly made, and when the wider population begins to understand that this is so, there will be insufficient gold to meet the likely demand at any price. - LewRockwell
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  646. The biggest take away from the Glantz/Houseman book is the difference between a Soviet “war footing” and the current Russian “Special Military Operation.” While modern day Russia is applying some of the planning and operational principles exercised by the Soviet Stavka during WW II, Russia has not fully mobilized nor has it unleashed the kind of firepower associated with Soviet attacks in WW II. This is a simple way of saying Russia has not yet fully flexed its military muscle. One of the biggest reasons the West consistently misunderstands and misinterprets what is happening militarily in Ukraine with Russian operations is that the West projects onto Russia what it thinks the Russians should do. Russia is employing a dispersed offensive that applies concentrated force at a variety of locations along the 1200 kilometer front. Without clearly signaling their next axis of attack, the Russians are able to confuse what is left of Ukraine’s army and force it to shift forces back and forth along the front. Just as a tsunami builds slowly and then suddenly overwhelms all that is in front of it, I think we are witnessing the Russians unleashing the equivalent of a military tsunami. I have long been on record that there was no stalemate in Ukraine; that Russia has a clear and decisive advantage. Good to know that former CIA Chief and Secretary of Defense Bobby Gates agrees with me: Still, Gates can’t help but peddle stupid BS. “Russia suffered staggering losses?” Absolute nonsense devoid of facts. It is this kind of self-deceit that prevents most Western analysts from grasping the dire predicament facing Ukraine and NATO. I suspect the Russians privately are encouraging the West to continue to indulge in such fantasies. Just makes the Russian strategic task easier to pull off. - Sonar21
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  649. “The US, using the Ukrainian crisis, managed to sever economic relations between Europe and Russia and eliminate its economic competitors. They solve their economic problems at the expense of other countries. And to make sure Europe could not receive gas from Russia, the Nord Streams were blown up,” Patrushev asserted. The US has demonstrated a similar pattern in other regions as well, the security chief suggested, stating that Washington’s efforts to link the Ukrainian crisis to the new escalation in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas were an example of such behavior. Moreover, the US itself has largely provoked the new crisis in the region, the official asserted. “They act in exactly the same way in Ukraine, where they provoked a coup d’etat, condoned the growth of neo-Nazi ideology, turned Ukraine into a testbed for military-biological experiments, turned a blind eye to the killings of civilians in Donbass, and prepared for military action against our country,” Patrushev told the council. Now, he added, “representatives of NATO countries are already openly saying that Russia prevented them from approaching its borders, and the Ukrainians are an instrument for the West to contain Russia.” At the same time, the double standard and belligerent actions of the US – and the collective West that it leads – have severely damaged their own credibility, which is now effectively “exhausted,” he said. - RT If the US stops funding Ukraine, Russia will win the ongoing conflict between the two countries, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday, making the case for $44 billion more in military and other aid to the government in Kiev. “I can guarantee that, without our support, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin will be successful,” Austin told the senators. “If we pull the rug out from under them now, Putin will only get stronger and he will be successful in doing what he wants to do.” - RT TRANSLATION: Got to give corrupt Ukraine more money for laundering into my corrupt MIC Raytheon account, the cost in lives be damned!
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  676. WHY THE UNITED STATES MILITARY IS CLUELESS WHEN IT COMES TO UKRAINE The fundamental flaw is the U.S. military personnel are pretending to have experience that they do not have. The Ukrainian counter offensive required having trained soldiers with a mix of skill and competence similar to that required of professional race car drivers. But they were not properly trained. They got the equivalent of a driver’s education class. Guess what happens when you put those “students” in a race with professional drivers? Yep. Massive car wreck. The biggest problem is the self-delusion of the United States. The American people have been bamboozled into believing that our multi-billion-dollar military is the best in the world. It is not. It is the most expensive, but well shy of being the best. At no time has the West squared up against a peer military with comparable, if not superior, air power, electronic warfare and combined arms experience, until now. The United States and its NATO partners created a de facto NATO army in Ukraine and naively assumed they could go toe-to-toe with Russia. I fear that the U.S. politicians and military leaders still fail to grasp that the “war” in Ukraine really was a special military operation. Russia did not unleash its full capabilities. The Russian General Staff, following the guidance received from President Putin, took great pains to avoid massive civilian casualties. Russia left a majority of Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure in place. Russia declined to destroy Ukraine and the West’s ISR platforms and satellite systems. Those actions are what you would see if Russia went on a total war footing. - Sonar21
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  682. Ukrainians face fierce fighting, tough terrain and dug-in Russian resistance - NATO Chief Stoltenberg. Says all above factors have impacted "pace of progress", adds that "wars are hard to predict." (Whatever happened to Ukrainians being successful and all that) NATO Chief finishes by saying that bloc is "closely following" events in Belarus and has seen "some preparations" for hosting Wagner forces. Ukes attack. Russians resist and counterattack. Ukraine should not expect too much from NATO summit in Vilnius (11-12 July) - Polish Secretary of State for European Policy Szynkowski vel Senk. Everyone is asking themselves whether there will be any promises to Ukraine about NATO. There are some countries that are determined enthusiasts, such as Poland, and there are those that keep their distance. We need to wait for the moment when it will be possible to work out a final decision, we should not have too much hope today - Szynkowski vel Senk. ◾Russian forces strike Ukrainian army and foreign mercenary deployment areas with high-precision weapons, causing significant damage to Kiev army reserve forces; ◾Ukrainian forces suffer 285 casualties in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) as Russian troops repel 9 Kiev army counterattacks in region; ◾Russian troops destroy Ukrainian Gvozdika ("Carnation") self-propelled howitzer and kill or wound up to 130 Ukrainian soldiers in Kherson region (ex-Ukraine); ◾Ukrainian forces sustain casualties of up to 165 soldiers in South Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions (ex-Ukraine), also losing 3 armored vehicles including US-supplied Stryker armored personnel carrier. ◾Russian air defenses shoot down 4 UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles, 2 Ukrainian Su-25 jets and 4 rockets from US-supplied HIMARS multiple launcher systems. ⚔SITREP⚔JULY 5
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  691. The leadership shakeup in Kiev, with President Zelensky giving he boot to General Zaluzhny and promoting General Syrsky to the top military slot, has not changed the dire situation the Ukrainian Army faces on the Donbass front. If anything, it has made matters worse. General Syrsky, who is known derisively among Ukrainian troops as “The Butcher,” seems intent on living up to his reputation as a leader who is careless with the lives of this troops. One of his first moves was to move four Ukrainian brigades from the southern region to Avdeevka. Initial reports today indicate that did not go well: Selidovo is located just west of Donetsk. Meanwhile, Russian forces attacking Avdeevka are encircling Ukrainian units and have cut the major supply route in and out of the city. Russian forces also captured two Ukrainian strongpoints just north of Ivanivkse and south of the cemetery. This gives Russian troops control of the high ground and puts them in position to move on Chasov Yar. Biden’s fruitless effort to wrangle an additional $61 billion dollars out of Congress to send to Ukraine will not change Ukraine’s tactical disadvantage. Ukraine lacks the critical resource required to sustain the war — a well-trained cadre of soldiers. Russia’s successful strike on Selidovo is a brutal reminder that anytime Ukraine assembles a large group of soldiers (or trainees) they can be hit and decimated. Syrsky is reported to be sending more of his best troops towards Avdeevka. If true, he is living up to his reputation as “General Butcher.” Those soldiers are likely to chewed up by the Russian grinding offensive. And the death of every experienced soldier puts Ukraine further into a hole that it cannot climb out of. Russian war correspondent Marat Kharullin provides an excellent summary of the effect of the command shake up on the front line Ukrainian troops: The past week clearly showed that the Ukies are increasingly losing control over what is happening on the battlefield. Apparently, the commanders are simply afraid to report the real situation to the top, since this could threaten them with arrest or even execution. That is, the monster began to devour itself. - Sonar21
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  725. The long-term strategy of the US has not changed as a result of the turnaround towards Russia. The United States still sees itself as the clear number one in the world with a position of hegemony. It will do everything in its power to maintain this supremacy – by any means necessary. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Americans gained huge influence in the economy and politics of the then weak giant empire by financing the Russian oligarchs and were never so close to their goal. President Putin completely slashed the political power of the oligarchs, thereby neutralizing US influence and the influence of the City of London within Russia. Another manipulation by the US was the Georgian war, which it caused through its installed puppet Saakashvili and in which it failed. This time the drumfire against Russia lasted over 10 years since Maidan and again the US failed to bring Russia to its knees economically, achieve regime change and defeat Russia militarily. This time, the US’s involvement in the war, together with its NATO partners, was more direct than at any time since the Second World War. Nevertheless, they failed again. One should therefore be extremely cautious about reading too much into the current behavior of the US or even wanting to recognize a change in strategy, because apart from its behavior towards Russia, there is no indication that the US is changing its foreign policy strategy, on the contrary: the US is taking an extremely aggressive stance towards Canada, Mexico, Panama, Greenland, Gaza, Venezuela and is in the process of pursuing its economic interests by exerting pressure on the EU, India, China and – somewhat below the surface – Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, the pro-genocidal behavior of the US in Gaza does not fit at all with the image that the US wants to convey as a peacemaker in Ukraine. The offended Europe is attempting to use cheap actions to try to convince the affected populations of a narrative about the imperialist Putin that has already vanished in the US and with crazy ideas, such as that it is possible to win militarily against Russia; nota bene after this strategy failed even with the support of the US. Comparing the way exponents of the different sides communicate, it is striking that the two most important exponents of the Global South – China and Russia – are the calm ones, in stark contrast to the leaders of the Collective West. It’s like in real life: screamers have bad cards. At some point, the West will realize that influence and success are based on education, know-how, industry, social cohesion and stable finances. This can be achieved with a plan that must be implemented consistently over decades, which is tantamount to a peaceful revolution. China and Russia have shown the way, China since 1980, Russia since 2000. Such constructive efforts will determine supremacy, not bombs. - sonar21
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  731. Jul 10, 2024 - The US has dominated the foreign and domestic policy of the Southeast Asian country of the Philippines for decades, having formally ruled the nation as a colony from 1898-1946; - The Philippines has been used for US military basing throughout the Cold War and is now enlarging its military footprint on the Philippines under the government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.; - It was under President Rodrigo Duterte that the US was being pressured to leave the nation while also expanding closer ties with China who was and still is the Philippines’ largest trade partner; - Today, infrastructure projects underway during President Duterte’s administration have been literally torn down, instead military bases are being built to point missiles at the Philippines’ largest trade partner, China; - The US through the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has created large numbers of media platforms, political organizations, and education programs meant to convince the Philippine people that serving US foreign policy objectives is in their own best interests; - The ultimate irony is that these US efforts have convinced Filipinos that fighting China is necessary to protect their sovereignty, when in fact US influence over Philippine foreign policy already constitutes the usurpation of Philippine sovereignty; - Ukraine provides an example of where this process of the US using the Philippines as a proxy against China ultimately leads if the Philippine people are unable to recognize their current government is serving US interests at the expense of their own interests; - The New Atlas
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  741. The AFU troops in Avdeevka speak of vast Russian firepower superiority and the constant ability to rotate fresh troops. It may wield a cudgel rather than the hoped-for scalpel here, but Russia simply has far too many resources and fresh troops and they are inexorably inching forward. Russia continues to badly degrade Ukraine’s air defense. An Iris-T was recently hit as well as a slew of Osas, Strelas and Buks. The air defense situation is getting critical for Ukraine, with even airforce spokesman Yuri Ignat reportedly claiming their ammo could begin to run dry within the next couple weeks. I already highlighted last time how their latest report showed 0% interception rate for most Russian missiles in the last strike. Russia senses Ukraine’s AD has been attritioned to such a point that small scale air assault landings could actually stand a chance of being carried out. This can be used in critical areas to land a company behind the lines in coordination with an offensive assault on a highly entrenched sector—like Ugledar, Avdeevka, and places of this nature. The air assaults would bypass all the minefields hampering advances today, instantly nullifying one of the top three major issues. This is one of those ‘dynamic’ elements that has been largely missing thus far. Nothing has been going well for Ukraine on the international front. The entire leadership is currently attending Davos, and it’s already being called a ‘bust’ with no real answers for Zelensky. There have only been some ‘symbolic’ photo-ops with the world’s shadow elite. And the situation at home continues to worsen. The Verkhovna Rada is still hung up on the mobilization, with an increasing number of elites openly denouncing Zelensky. Ex-Rada Deputy and Aidar deputy commander Mosiychuk has had enough of the corruption and goes for the jugular in outright telling Zelensky and his team to “shoot [themselves]”: The US and NATO in the meantime continue to suffer humiliations. The British minesweeper HMS Chiddingfold collided with the HMS Bangor in Bahrain: While an F-35 was destroyed by an incompetent mechanic: Russian ballistic missiles struck a NATO mercenary base in Kharkov, reportedly killing up to 60 French mercenaries: The massive US base at Ain al-Assad in Iraq underwent a large attack from Iranian-backed forces. Once more we saw the total failure of the Patriot missile systems, which were seen shooting in number to the sky: This is the US’s second largest base in Iraq, well protected with all the most advanced air defense networks—and they could not stop a minor rocket attack. Yet we’re supposed to believe that downgraded and older versions of Patriots (Pac-2s, etc.) in Ukraine are stopping Russian hypersonic Kinzhals with 100% ratios? The propaganda is just exposing itself. - Simplicius
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  749. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling holding Ukraine accountable for the massacre in the city of Odessa in 2014 appears to be a “glimpse of common sense,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told TASS on Friday. However, a single ruling is not enough to draw broader conclusions, he added. The ECHR found the Ukrainian authorities guilty of the deaths of the so-called anti-Maidan activists who burned to death after taking refuge in the Odessa trade union building, which was subsequently set on fire by radical nationalists. The court ruled on Thursday that Ukraine failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent the violence, halt it once it began, or rescue those trapped in the building. “A very belated decision, but it seems like a glimpse of common sense,” Peskov remarked. “To confirm this, we need to see other similar actions. Which, of course, we would like to witness.” On May 2, 2014, clashes erupted in Odessa between Ukrainian nationalists, who supported the armed coup in Kiev that had occurred several weeks before, and those who opposed it. The pro-Maidan activists attacked a tent where local residents were gathering signatures for a referendum on the federalization of Ukraine and recognition of Russian as a state language. Outnumbered by the far-right radicals, the anti-coup activists took refuge inside the city’s trade union building. However, the nationalists surrounded the building, lobbed Molotov cocktails at it and eventually set it on fire, resulting in 48 deaths and over 200 people injured. More than a decade later, Kiev has neither identified nor prosecuted any of the perpetrators. Instead, it has shifted the blame to Moscow, alleging that the events in Odessa were “a pre-planned and well-financed operation” by the Russian security services. Moscow has repeatedly called for an investigation into the massacre, even advocating for a special tribunal to be convened. Relatives of 25 victims, along with three survivors of the fire, filed complaints against Ukraine with the ECHR. The court ruled that the Ukrainian police had “had ignored the available intelligence and the relevant warning signs” and made no “meaningful attempt to prevent the clashes” that led to the fire. While the ECHR acknowledged that “propaganda from Russia had had its part” in tensions being escalated, it admitted that this did not absolve Kiev of responsibility for the massacre. - RT
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  760. We visited a school that is sponsored by Konstatin Malofeev the other day. What a place! I am happy to call Konstatin a friend. Not because of his wealth, but because he is a person of integrity and faith. The children that attend this school are taught a traditional, classical curriculum. I wish you could have seen the light in the faces of these beautiful kids. Something magical is happening there. Let me put this into perspective. The United States lost around 275,000 soldiers in battles fighting the Nazis in North Africa and Europe during the entirety of the war. In the Battle of Stalingrad alone, Russia lost approximately 750,000 to 1,100,000 soldiers and civilians… these figures include both military and civilian deaths. Russians know the cost of war better than anyone in the West. That right there is the difference between the United States and Russia. The Russian people know the human cost of war all too well. Vladimir Putin’s older brother died during the siege of Leningrad (aka St. Petersburg). Which brings me to the war in Ukraine. It is not a full-blown war. It is a Special Military Operation. It if was a war, Russia would be fully mobilized. It is not. If you walk the streets of Moscow or travel outside the city (which I have), you would not know that there is a battle raging along the front in the Donbass. And for those people who insist that Russia’s economy is in tatters and that the Russian people are suffering under the burden of inflation, think again. Putin’s position regarding Ukraine has not changed. He will not negotiate with Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky is no longer the constitutional authority in Ukraine. He must be replaced and Russia will only talk to his successor. Russia is not going to make any territorial concessions. Zaporhyzhia and Kherson, along with Donetshk and Luhansk, are now permanent members of the Russian Federation. That is non-negotiable. I was struck by Donald Trump’s comment today, where he opined that Ukraine may cease to exist as a country. It appears to me he is starting to pay attention to daily Presidential Daily Brief and that Tulsi Gabbard, in her new role as the Director of National Intelligence, is making sure that the President is getting an unvarnished briefing on the true situation in Ukraine. - sonar21
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  769. The Battle of Borodino was the apogee of Napoleon’s reckless attempt to conquer Russia and set the stage for his ensuing defeat — French losses in securing their “victory” at Borodino, left them decimated and unable to finish the war they started. Napoleon and his commanders hunkered down in Moscow for a short period but then, with the onset of an early winter, realized they faced annihilation if they stayed and chose to try to return to France. They lacked the logistics to sustain themselves in a zone of conflict. The long, deadly retreat from Moscow, marked the nadir of the French military in that campaign, having entered Russia with an army of 600,000 men and escaped with only 16% of the force still intact. Losing 500,000 soldiers is not a recipe for victory. The Borodino strategy is not confined to Ukraine. The United States is intent on going to war with China. That is insanity. Just as Napoleon’s deep incursion into Russia stretched his lines of communications (i.e. logistics) to the point of collapse, the United States is talking about a military confrontation with China that it cannot sustain. The lesson of Borodino is that a war of attrition favors the power that is closest to its supply lines. It is a lesson the West, especially America, refuses to learn. One other lesson from Borodino — even though Napoleon’s army suffered terrible losses, Napoleon maintained his insatiable thirst for conquest and refused to find a path to peace. It was that unquenched desire that led him ultimately to Waterloo. The Western quest to dominate Russia and China is likely to lead to a 21st Century Waterloo for America and Europe. Yes, history rhymes. - Sonar21
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  794. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - A massive storming by the Russian Armed Forces on the Yuzhnodonbasskaya-3 coal mine northeast of Ugledar has put Ukrainian forces in a very difficult situation. A large video released by Russian military correspondent, on September 14, 2024, shows Russian assault troops launching a fierce assault on the mine structures, and entering the area around the mine, where Zelensky’s troops had been hiding for a long time trying to defend Ugledar. However, this time the enemy troops appear to be completely surrounded by artillery and bombing attacks, and a large explosion occurred in one of the buildings of the Yuzhnodonbasskaya-3 Mine, located west of Vodyane, which was recently liberated by Russian fighters. The assault on the extreme mine, where fighting continued after the Russian assault troops landed, would be a death sentence for the fall of Ugledar. Epic footage shows artillery preparation, and then a mechanized attack with the entry of two Russian armored groups into the mine area to destroy the enemy. The armored groups, consisting of armored vehicles and motorized rifle units, entered from two sides at once, from the north and from the south, pinning down the Ukrainian positions. After a massive artillery barrage on enemy positions, the armored vehicles broke into the complex while firing and deploying troops. Soon after four more armored vehicles arrived to disembark, one of them was hit by an explosive device during the advance, but with almost no losses. The advance of their comrades did not stop, and it is likely that the landing force landed there while continuing to press the Ukrainian positions. As a result of the successful assault, the Russian Armed Forces managed to gain a foothold in the Yuzhnodonbasskaya-3 Mine, and currently control at least half of its territory, about 2 km north of Ugledar. So far, the battle for the mine is still ongoing, but it seems that the last stronghold of the Ukrainian troops here, one of the key locations for the liberation of the town of Ugledar itself, will soon be taken and cleared by Russian units.
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  798. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - A group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were surprised by a sudden attack of Russian Lancet ammunition on the front of their armored column on their way to enter one of the settlements in the Kursk region. An Ukrainian soldier captured live footage of the impact of Russian drone flash strike, in a video of the clash that took place on August 11, but some of the footage was only recently posted around August 26, 2024. The intense footage shows a large armored column of Ukrainian Paratroopers, and trying to break through Cherkassky Porechny under fire from Russian Armed Forces. The Ukrainian soldiers were annoyed that the Lancet drone managed to penetrate the armor of a T-64BV tank of their comrades, even though they had tried to shoot the Lancet in the air with small arms. The tank initially tried to keep working, then caught fire. However after the attack, the Ukrainians rushed to protect the surrounding area. Things then got worse for the Ukrainian or NATO armored column, and the Lancet kamikaze drone flew into another armored vehicle in their column, as shown in a part of video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on August 11. Several vehicles of Kiev troops, such as T-80 tank, were completely burned out with a huge explosion, and then completely destroyed. So far, until August 27, the next Ukraine-NATO armored vehicles are burning out on the good highway of the Kursk region. For more than a week, Russian soldiers have been repelling the attacks of Ukraine, which is defending its presence on Russian land, attacking waves of Ukrainian infantry and another equipment. In addition, the Russian Defense Ministry statement said that Russian army units attacked Ukrainian army armored personnel carriers detected at the Kursk border, with Lancet kamikaze UAV. Lancet drones continue to be a nightmare for Ukrainian forces, as Kiev’s cannon fodder crews try hard to hide their armored personnel carriers in the trees, completely unaware that Russian forces know exactly where they are. The armored vehicles’ march during the Western-backed offensive turned into a shooting battle for Russian forces. Real-time data confirms, that the vehicles are burning.
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  820. The weekend’s standout story comes by way of Edward Luttwak, one of the so-called ‘premier military theorists’ in the West, openly calling for NATO intervention in Ukraine, lest the West suffer a “catastrophic defeat”: Luttwak has been an advisor for U.S. presidents and the U.S. military, as well as other world militaries. He’s also served in the IDF, which could explain his brazen machismo and lack of concern for morality or global safety. But more notable than the eye-catching quote that’s got everyone talking is Luttwak’s claim that NATO countries are already in the early stages of planning various types of contingents to be sent to Ukraine: Interestingly, he frames everything around the urgency of an imminent Chinese attack on Taiwan, which further adduces his poor analytical abilities. I had mentioned in the comments the other day that there are rumors Russia is preparing a campaign for this summer of utilizing Su-34s for the first time to launch mass UMPK glide-bomb attacks on the Odessa and Ochakov regions from the Black Sea. It’s an interesting rumor in light of these developments as it brings to question whether it’s Russia upping the ante after latest signals of NATO’s increasing salivation over Odessa—or vice versa, NATO is getting nervous for the very reason that they realize Russia is set to increase the pressure on Odessa. But what’s important to note, is that no one country wants to be left to take the brunt of the Bear’s retaliation alone; nor even two or three of them together. That means such an action would likely only occur if a coalition of scaredy-cats was formed, and the chances of that are not great. All combined, those countries could provide maybe 150-250k troops maximum, and that’s on the optimistic end. Meanwhile, Russia already has an entire fresh 500k man army raised by Shoigu waiting for them, which was created precisely to counter-act the new NATO threats, as I reported long ago. That’s not to mention hundreds of thousands of more reserves troops, including the conscript forces and national guard, that Russia could bring to bear if worse came to worse. But the real final buck-stopper is Russia’s true strategic missile defense system: the A-135, and A-235—also called Nudol. The A-135 is specifically designed to take out nuclear ICBMs, rather than being a jack-of-all-trades like the S-400/500 systems. But it is a final stopgap system as the A-135 missiles, which are called 53T6, themselves are nuclear. But they are neutron bombs instead of regular fission atomic bombs. They shoot up at a mind boggling acceleration of 0 to Mach ~10 (some sources, like Wiki, have it Mach 17, but I believe 10 is more realistic, as per Russian domestic sources) in only 3-4 seconds, pulling 200gs. Once they reach the altitude of over 80km where the incoming nuclear ICBM or MIRV’d warheads are approaching, the neutron bomb detonates which essentially causes the enemy’s nuclear RVs (re-entry vehicles) to go inert, by chemically defusing them: So, Russia has 68 nuclear-armed (neutron bomb) strategic interceptors, each of which can take out not only one ICBM, but dozens of MIRV’d warheads, if they have already been released. the West is unable to ignite the manufacturing prowess necessary to compete with Russia. a Russian soldier named Rodimir Maximov, introduced as a ‘Private’, was just awarded with state honors during an assault in the Novomikhailovka area. His commander was wounded at the very start of the assault, and Maximov immediately took over, issuing commands to the squad with total autonomy. Even more telling was that once he radioed HQ, they basically told him to hold down the fort and gave him leeway to act as he saw fit, even as the enemy launched multiple counter-attacks—there was no ‘Soviet-style’ one way marching orders as the dimwit Western military ‘experts’ would have you believe. The command gave him full autonomy for two full days, according to the story, as they coordinated reinforcements to come relieve the assault group which had taken the AFU fort. During the footage, you can clearly see the mere ‘private’ displaying clear signs of well-schooled leadership abilities, with no signs of any “drone-like” behavior: - Simplicius
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  826. It’s damn near impossible to keep up with all the warmongering of the western empire these days. This cavalier attitude toward nuclear brinkmanship that empire managers have been demonstrating lately was addressed on Monday by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, who said the US is close to making a “fatal” miscalculation. “I would like to caution American officials against miscalculations which may have fatal consequences. For some unknown reason, they underestimate the seriousness of the rebuff they may receive,” Ryabkov reportedly said. There is a limit to how many escalations Russia will tolerate before taking drastic action against NATO to re-establish deterrence credibility, and nobody really knows exactly where that limit is. They seem bound and determined to find it however, and when they do we may already be on an irreversible free fall toward nuclear armageddon. And that’s why it’s very disturbing that these tensions are being ramped up so casually by the empire with no resistance from anybody — not from western governments, not from the media, and not even from ordinary people in any meaningful numbers. These freaks are playing chicken with armageddon weapons, and nobody’s got a foot anywhere near the brake pedal. They’re not even looking at it. They’re not even thinking about it. At the very least we’ve got to find some way to get people thinking about this. This would be such a damn stupid way for humanity to annihilate itself. - LewRockwell
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  835. [Without Russia's reliable energy supplies and moderate raw material and fuel prices, the EPU would have perished long ago, deeply in debt. Germany would not have achieved an economic miracle without Russia. But saying that doesn't help much, even though the Russian leader is absolutely right. The EU must sense and feel what it no longer has in Russia. And she will feel it bitterly if she doesn't change course. I'm sure! It will go under, along with NATO and the USA: I'm pretty sure of that too. The EU is an internally divided group of disunited EU member states, where the transatlantic doctrine obviously prevails; anyone who gives in shows weakness. So they have to rule with relentless severity against their own people - I mean the EU rulers - until the sanctions that they impose on their people, as counter-sanctions that the self-important EU rulers want to sell to their people as necessary austerity measures, drive them into their own hands Accompany downfall! That punishment is a consequence and the seeds of warmongering that bear fruit under the roofs of the warmongers. Anyone who promotes, finances and provokes wars and at the same time describes them as incredibly lucrative and incites people against one another will ruin themselves and their country and go down in shame!] Russia has shown true resilience by not bowing to foreign pressure, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. He stated that Russia is a “self-sufficient country,” whose economy is growing despite the sanctions, while EU member states are living through “difficult times.” - RT
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  848. [Without Russia's reliable energy supplies and moderate raw material and fuel prices, the EPU would have perished long ago, deeply in debt. Germany would not have achieved an economic miracle without Russia. But saying that doesn't help much, even though the Russian leader is absolutely right. The EU must sense and feel what it no longer has in Russia. And she will feel it bitterly if she doesn't change course. I'm sure! It will go under, along with NATO and the USA: I'm pretty sure of that too. The EU is an internally divided group of disunited EU member states, where the transatlantic doctrine obviously prevails; anyone who gives in shows weakness. So they have to rule with relentless severity against their own people - I mean the EU rulers - until the sanctions that they impose on their people, as counter-sanctions that the self-important EU rulers want to sell to their people as necessary austerity measures, drive them into their own hands Accompany downfall! That punishment is a consequence and the seeds of warmongering that bear fruit under the roofs of the warmongers. Anyone who promotes, finances and provokes wars and at the same time describes them as incredibly lucrative and incites people against one another will ruin themselves and their country and go down in shame!] Russia has shown true resilience by not bowing to foreign pressure, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. He stated that Russia is a “self-sufficient country,” whose economy is growing despite the sanctions, while EU member states are living through “difficult times.” - RT
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  852. The BRICS 2024 summit kicked off as the big highlight of the week. There are an endless amount of things to be said from a variety of different analytical perspectives, but we’ll just mention a few of the salient points that stick out most for now. Firstly, the obvious is simply the optics of the event. Russia and Putin were supposed to be ‘isolated’ and here they are hosting the world’s top leaders on a grand stage: Note how even the simple optics of the event differ from the more ‘corporate structured’ UN, with its one-at-a-time tribune speech on stage meant to present the leadership of each country in a Western unitary model. The BRICS meeting on the other hand visually represents a roundtable of equals amongst all, which sends a powerful message for the future of global multipolarity and cooperation. That’s not to mention it was chosen for a symbolic date, as Putin explains here, with the original founding UN Charter being signed on October 24, 1945: It is clear the organizers of the BRICS summit foresee this pivotal time as being an epochal shift in the global world order similar in weight to that of the UN founding. What is meant by simple optics? For example, BRICS has sent a message of strength and solidarity, as well as giving legitimacy to a variety of countries, issues, and leaders which do not get it on the Western-ruled world ‘stage’. Putin himself appeared to directly address BRICS Development Bank (NDB) chairman Dilma Rousseff in very politely saying “let’s speed things up” by noting that the longer these transitions to a multipolar model take, the more dangers it poses, and the longer the global south has to live in slavery to the Western financial system: unlike the US-led United Nations, and other Western organs like the G7, the BRICS is foundationally designed to take everyone’s interests into account rather than being solely one hegemon’s private bully pulpit and centrally planned authority in one: Putin was also asked about Trump’s claim that he once told Putin he would strike Moscow if Putin invaded Ukraine. Putin replied that this is merely the effect of election season and that such statements should not be taken seriously. He then gave a dressing down to BBC’s chief pest Steve Rosenberg: All the North Korean ‘panic’ stories from the Western press mill suggested it was a big ‘top secret’ operation with only ‘clever’ Western satellite intel able to bust Putin’s putative smuggling of the DPRK troops under the cover of night. On the other hand, a huge contradiction in the narrative: a stream of videos taken openly by Russian troops in full view of their commanders has emerged that purport to show DPRK troops in eastern Russian bases. If it was a big top secret operation like they pretend, then why are the troops openly being filmed? Overall, the key takeaway from the BRICS summit can be the following. Look closely at some of the scenes presented: India and China after having just negotiated a settlement to their border conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan hashing out their disputes, other “ostracized” members of the world community being greeted with open arms, no leering judgmental supremacism, condescending sermonizing and pompous pontificating like so often seen by the West at their global institutions, from the EU to the UN, etc The BRICS’ strongest achievement is sending a message of acceptance, compromise, openness, civility, and cooperation—the true definition of anti-illiberal qualities, the same the West so adamantly claims it champions. There was a kind of contagious energy that was palpable in the air: an alternate vision for a world led by sovereign grownups, not the small-minded, nervous little elitist compradors and pushy apparatchiks, the likes seen dotting the halls of the West’s equivalent institutions. In short, a breath of fresh air and maturity. This to me is the strongest message the BRICS sends. Even despite not achieving any major concrete advancements quite yet, it still was a symbolically significant set of optics for the entire developing world and global south to witness, which will only flower in the years to come as the wane of the West sets in. - Simplicius
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  854. The fact that this motorized regiment without much heavy gear was used is revealing. It confirms reports that Russia is no where close to introducing its “main force” into the region, which can come much later after Russia has tested the Ukrainian defenses, revealed their positions via recon-by-fire, and then softened them up with air strikes. Ukrainian military sources report that not only does Russia possibly have a much larger force it intends to introduce later, but another one is gathering in Sumy region as well: Well, almost exactly two months later, it looks like things are bearing fruit. I believe the current action is both multi-stage and longer term. That means you won’t see a flash-in-the-pan blitzkrieg or thunder-run, but rather a very methodical introduction of forces from the north at key points like turning the screws on a vise. Russia will likely see how Ukraine reacts to the Kharkov incursion, watch where it deploys its reserves, and act accordingly, with potential Sumy and/or Chernigov contingents to come in much later. Remember: the objectives right now are to degrade and destroy the AFU manpower, not to “capture territory”—that will all come as a natural secondary byproduct of its own. In the meantime, Russia is slowly degrading the logistics in the region: The northern incursion is in fact a pinning operation for now, but that’s not all it is. It’s part of the grand boa constrictor or ‘death by a thousand cuts’ strategy I’ve been describing for over a year now, and more resources will be poured constantly onto it until the trickle develops into a deluge. After that, it will be a fully formed front in its own right and Ukraine will have major problems choosing where to send reserves. In the meantime, the Avdeevka-Ocheretino axis is deteriorating fast, which is precisely why Russia decided to “turn the screws” some more: And by the way, today new gains were made on the Kupyansk front toward the town Pishchane, which reinforces the idea that soon this front may get more activated in accordance with the northern breach. Despite advance warning and accurate intel, Ukraine can do nothing about the events that are soon to come. This is a chess match and a numbers game; you can “know” full well the constrictor is tightening over your chest, but there will be little you can do about it. Ukraine will lack the means to respond to the constant swell of Russian troops and armaments on every single frontline, which will only stretch longer and longer as Russia potentially introduces new breaches into Sumy, Chernigov, and perhaps even elsewhere—some Russian channels are still trading rumors of a potential push from Belarus into Kiev region as eventual part of the now initiated cascade. Recall all the quotes from Ukrainian officers I recently posted wherein they admitted they don’t have the mobility to match Russian ‘whack-a-mole’ tactics. Russia can transfer units from one region to another and mesmerize the AFU with the ‘thousand cuts’ from every angle, and Ukraine simply doesn’t have the logistical infrastructure to keep up plugging each hole. The longer the front stretches, the worse this issue becomes. - Simplicius
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  876. Last night, at a Republican fundraiser in New York City, Trump made the vulgar, crass, impolitic comment about the 70 countries that have contacted his administration pleading for a tariff deal. Trump said: “I’m telling you, these countries are calling us up, kissing my ass,” Trump told the National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner late Tuesday — just hours before the tariffs went into effect. “They are. They are dying to make a deal. ‘Please, please, Sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything. I’ll do anything, sir!’” he said mockingly. Even if true, this is a damn stupid thing to say. I don’t think there are many countries, who contacted the Trump administration, that are feeling warm and fuzzy towards Mr. Trump. Humiliating trading partners is, at best, counterproductive. While Trump, as well as many of his ardent supporters, are celebrating this as a sign of American dominance, I suspect many of those countries seeking tariff relief are reconsidering whether they want to continue to be harnessed to the US dollar. Whether he acknowledges it or not, Trump made a great case for why nations should align themselves with BRICS rather than be economic hostages of fickle hegemon. Unless Trump does a carve out on Pharmaceuticals and Electronics, US consumers are going to be paying exorbitant prices for I-Phones, computers and critical prescription drugs. There is almost nothing that the US exports to China that is exclusive to the United States. Soybeans, for example, are a major US export to China. China will now probably turn to Brazil and purchase their crop [note — China and Brazil already have a trade deal in place that bypasses the US dollar]. Trump claims to be great friends with Xi Jingping. In light of Trump’s insults and crude behavior, I doubt that President Xi would count Donald as a good buddy. Trump and his team apparently believe they have the leverage in this battle and that the Chinese will blink and seek a negotiated solution. I think Trump and his advisors are dead wrong. China is not going to be bullied and will pivot from treating US as a valued trading partner. Trump’s actions have removed any lingering doubts within the Chinese leadership that a viable trading relationship with the United States can be maintained. China has one advantage over Trump. Any suffering imposed on the Chinese people will easily be blamed on the United States, not Xi. Trump, in turn, will face the wrath of consumers if the prices of electronic and pharmaceutical goods rapidly inflate. He did that, not the Chinese. Trump and his advisors also appear to be betting that this move will help convince Russia that China is not a reliable economic partner, and that Russia will abandon China. I think Trump’s tariff tirade will have the opposite effect — i.e., it will cement Russian and Chinese relations on all fronts and spur them to move quicker on making BRICS a solid alternative to a financial order based on the US dollar. - sonar21
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  880. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian troops have taken control of the entire Grodovka on the Pokrovsk direction, which is a fairly large settlement in terms of area, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on October 7, 2024. This section of the front in the Donetsk region is the area of responsibility of the "Center" Group of Forces, and due to their decisive actions, the offensive of the Kiev troops was repulsed even amidst the loud noise of Zelensky's "Victory Plan" together with Western partners. One by one, the territories fell into the hands of the Russian Armed Forces at a rapid pace, capturing the last part of Grodovka, key point between the Donetsk front towards Pokrovsk. During the day, the Russian assault forces advanced, capturing the last part of the Grodovka area still under Ukrainian control, and cleared it. They stormed the Ukrainian fortifications defended it with machine guns, firing at the Russians with heavy machine guns during fierce fighting. The Ukrainians also made ten counterattack attempts, which were defended by about two hundred soldiers remaining in the settlement, but all enemy attacks were repulsed. In a day, fighters of the Russian group inflicted damage on several enemy motorized infantry and paratrooper brigades, losses in manpower amounted to hundreds of soldiers killed and wounded. Russian fighters also destroyed various Ukrainian-NATO equipment, including the last armored vehicle in Grodovka, the American Bradley. The Center Group's drone recorded the movement of the vehicle, the first FPV drone made a devastating strike, after which the crew inside it abandoned their armored vehicle. The second hit the roof, and the third hit right inside the vehicle. The success of the fiery actions of the Russian military was noted not only in the Grodovka sector of the front, but also in almost all other sectors. While the Ukrainian-Western units were forced to take more advantageous positions at the moment. Therefore, the Russian command will try to take advantage of the opportunities presented before the autumn thaw restricts maneuver and the enemy comes to his senses. Generally, these prerequisites are strong enough to indicate that the Russian military is on the verge of a major breakthrough and attempts to launch a new offensive are underway, this month is expected to be hot!
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  919. Trump named Fox News host, Pete Hegseth, as his nominee for Secretary of Defense. Wow!! Hegseth, apart from having served in the Army, has no experience managing a gargantuan bureaucracy like the Department of Defense. What the hell is Trump thinking? I think it is simple — he is installing loyalists in key positions who are not compromised by or beholden to the military industrial complex or the defense lobbyists in DC. I know one of those lobbyists (we used to be neighbors) and I guarantee you he is livid tonight. Trump is sending the Deep State an unmistakable message — I will be running the show. Hegseth also is not a creature of one of the many Washington “think tanks,” which are funded in large measure by the military industrial complex and the Zionist lobby. Trump did not select Hegseth because the former Army officer has a great plan for reforming the bloated, corrupt U.S. defense complex. He chose him because Hegseth is expected to follow orders and do what Trump wants. Trump also named former Congressman and former Director of National Intelligence (aka DNI), John Ratcliffe, as the nominee to head up the CIA. That is an excellent choice in my view. Ratcliffe is a straight shooter and not a self-seeker aspiring to be President, like Mike Pompeo. By virtue of his previous stint as the DNI , Ratcliffe knows where some of the bodies are buried at CIA and will play a key role in releasing the JFK files. While I’m willing to give Trump the benefit of the doubt, I stand by my belief that if Trump takes the US to war in Iran or China, he will destroy his Presidency, and possibly the nation. My advice, let’s wait-and-see what Trump does his first week in office. At that point, if I am wrong, I will take the drubbing I deserve. Until then, keep your powder dry. Trump is trying to do something with the bloated US Government that has never been attempted, at least until now. - sonar21
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  928. WHICH GENIUS DID THIS? Kiev regime shoots itself in the foot by attacking the Crimean bridge for the second time. Image shows there are now no vessels off the coast of Ukraine. The Grain Deal is finished, the Port of Odessa, South Ukraine, is smashed - it looks as though Ukraine has lost the use and access to the Black Sea entirely, with undoubtedly grave strategic and economic repercussions to come. Overnight strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on Nikolaev and Odessa (South Ukraine) destroyed fuel storage facilities with a total volume of about 70k tons, supply was used to fuel the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Russian Ministry of Defense. Unmanned water drones were also being stored in Odessa. I’ll leave you with Aleksandr Dugin’s thought-provoking statement regarding the Kerch Bridge attack: Alexander Dugin: "About a new attack on the Crimean bridge. Notice the rabid stubbornness of the enemy. This is a distinguishing feature of the Malorossians. But now it looks ominous. They started shelling Donetsk in 2014 and do not stop for a day. They attacked the territory of the old Russian regions - Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk - and continue to. They began to kill Russians with terrorist attacks, and they do it again and again. They attacked nuclear facilities, and they do it again and again. The same with the Crimean bridge, as long as Ukraine exists with its gone mad population and manic regime, it is simply foolish and irresponsible to think that anything in its behaviour will change. We are dealing with a completely insane, extremely aggressive, deranged enemy. And behind him is the West. Rabies has no cure."
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  959. Yep, things are going just swell with Israel’s War Cabinet. Looks like the same lack of professionalism demonstrated by the Israeli military in Gaza is spilling over into the political chambers. All of this comes on the heels of another Haaretz report on the investigation into the murder of three Israeli hostages by the Israeli military. That report is a stunner. Here are the lowlights: The military investigation concludes that the soldiers and senior commanders operating in the area were not informed of a building found two days before the incident on which the words ‘Help, 3 hostages’ and ‘SOS’ were painted. The soldier who shot the three Israeli hostages Samer al-Talalka, Yotam Haim and Alon Shamriz confirmed that he saw them carrying a white cloth, but did not have time to “make sense” of the situation. Other soldiers opened fire at Haim and killed him, in violation of an explicit order which, they say, they “did not fully understand,” after their commander called on the hostage to emerge from the building he had run into. At 9:49, two soldiers noticed Haim moving and opened fire, in spite of their commander’s order. The hostage was killed instantly. The investigation determined that the order to hold fire was heard clearly, but the soldiers claimed that they hadn’t understood the order, thinking it was a temporary order, meant to enable them to listen and ensure there was no enemy fire in the area. It was further argued that soldiers were not sure about the rules of engagement, especially with regard to unarmed men, even though the IDF is operating in a densely populated area, calling on Hamas fighters to surrender. Ponder that for a moment. Soldiers are given a “cease fire” order but only considered it a temporary suggestion. And they were not “sure” about the Rules of Engagement (ROE). The hostages were unarmed. They had their shirts off and it could be clearly seen they were not wearing a bomb belt. This incident confirms that Israeli soldiers have standing Rules of Engagement to shoot unarmed persons. - Sonar21
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  967. Jordan is a US ally and as such American troops stationed on its territory – while in our opinion extremely unwise – are not illegally occupying foreign soil. However, if as is likely this facility was inside the Syrian border it means US troops illegally occupying Syrian territory were hit. In other words, a foreign occupying force was attacked by people defending their homeland. That’s a very different story and one that Washington’s warmongers would rather Americans back home not ponder. Most Americans likely do not understand that US forces are illegally occupying a large portion of Syrian territory – a country with which Washington is not legally at war – and therefore any Americans killed in Syria may result in the public starting to ask, “why exactly are we there”? Sen. Lindsey Graham, who has never seen a war he doesn’t want other people to fight, has offered his own explanation as to why US troops are getting killed in Syria: “Our forces in Jordan and Syria are there to protect the American homeland.” But as thousands illegally enter our actual American homeland every day with total impunity, it is a claim that is unlikely to resonate with most Americans. Nevertheless Graham, a one-hit wonder, has posted his advice to respond to the Iraqi Resistance drone strike on the US base in Syria: “Hit Iran now. Hit them hard.” Iraq attacks an illegal US base in Syria? Attack Iran. His morning decaf mocha frap latte from Starbucks is cold? Attack Iran. One hit wonder. If Graham’s fever dreams are fulfilled and the US launches an attack on Iran with nearly a Vietnam-sized contingent of American “sitting ducks” in the region, there is a very good chance America may finally take notice. 35,000 Americans in body bags to satisfy Lindsey’s perverse lust for blood could well finally focus America’s attention on the malevolent force that has maintained an iron grip on US foreign policy regardless of whether R’s or D’s are “running the show.” Let’s hope America wakes up before this happens. Iraq has already demanded that the US remove its occupation troops immediately and the Iraqi parliament voted nearly four years ago that US troops must leave the country. The DC establishment claimed that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was to “restore democracy,” but when the democratically-elected Iraqi parliament voted for the US military to end its occupation of the country…Washington said “no” to democracy. Nobody wants US troops in the region except for Israel, which has just been found to be possibly committing genocide in Gaza. Is this really the crowd we want to run with? Maybe we can just come home? - LewRockwell
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  987. Firstly, understand that reports came literally a week before the start of the Avdeevka operation that the famed Ukrainian 47th brigade had been “removed” or pulled back from the Zaporozhye front because it was so heavily destroyed and faced mutiny from within, as much of the fighters refused to go on assault any further. So, why is all that important? Because we have a new video from a female medic from the 47th who plainly states that their casualties are the most horrific they’ve ever been, since the start of the conflict: “We lost more in a few hours than in the past 4 months.” Russian aviation and artillery continue to work on enemy lines. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are growing: according to sources, during a week of active fighting, the number of killed members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine alone exceeded 1 thousand people and 60 pieces of equipment. Why is everyone so excited about a Dniepr crossing. It's basically DDay but the allies have No logistics.- Simplicius Didn't take Russia long to figure out the ATACMS! Two ATACMS missiles were listed among projectiles fired by Ukrainian forces, which Russian troops apparently managed to stop in the past 24 hours. The others included an S-200 rocket modified to attack ground targets, two HARM anti-radiation missiles, and two rockets fired by HIMARS multiple launch systems. - RT Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said on Tuesday that the current situation in the combat zone suggests that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are losing strength and “panicking.” He cited a substantial take down of aviation potential to back up his assertion. Shoigu claimed that his forces downed 24 Ukrainian military planes in just five days, crediting “new weapons systems” for the achievement. - RT
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  1000. Today Putin and Trump held a long-awaited phone call, which ended up lasting over two hours, by all accounts. Despite both sides drumming up the call’s significance as a good step forward toward normalizing relations, it achieved nothing. The reason: Putin again repeated to Trump that “root causes” of the conflict must be addressed, and shortly after, Zelensky declared in a press conference that Ukraine will never demilitarize and never give up its territories; the impasse stands as before. Trump did decline to order a new round of sanctions on Russia, but Rubio days ago threatened Russia with a kind of ‘involuntary’ sanctions, as if to absolve himself: If it was a mistake, why are you still pumping them full of ammo? Clearly, the US would like to have its cake and eat it too: while pretending at peace, it still needs to hold the knife over each party’s throat to retain dominance. Let’s touch on a developing issue within the AFU—that of increasing rebellion within its ranks against unjustified orders and meat assaults. Just in the past week alone, several major cases were documented. The most publicized was a commander in the famed and elite 47th Brigade resigned after accusing superiors of ordering ‘stupid’ meat assaults that got his men repeatedly killed, particularly pertaining to the wasteful Kursk operation: Keep in mind all of this is pulled from Ukrainian sources, so there is no ‘Russian propaganda’ here. Morale is a precious commodity in Ukraine—just take a look at the latest in Zelensky’s mobilizations from the past day or two alone: - Simplicius
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  1006. Gonzalo Lira, an American citizen and global reporter, died this week in a Kharkov prison eight months after he was arrested for the crime of speaking the truth about what was happening in Ukraine. Under Secretary of State Vickie Nuland, despised Gonzalo, as did Zelensky. People from around the world, who had been informed by Gonzalo’s reports, interviews and articles asked their governments to assist. None apparently did, and most certainly his own government – the one led by Dark Brandon and the Democrats and the war-loving, truth-hating Republicans – did absolutely nothing. What we do know, and may learn from Gonzalo’s death at the hands of the Joe Biden administration and their puppet dictator in Kiev, is that rule of law and the duties of the state to its citizens that one might presume from a casual reading of the US Constitution, is dead, dry, decayed, decrepit, and damned to hell. Biden and his executive state murdered Gonzalo Lira – it intended to silence him forever, it refused to demand his release (billions and billions to Zelensky were never enough). Zelensky and Netanyahu share the stage as unhinged, deranged recipients of billions of US taxpayer dollars, no strings attached ever. It’s the way our foreign policy works, send money, look into crystal balls, murmur and huddle, and hope for more war, more murder, more chaos as the United States runs out its own clock. Gonzalo’s death at the hands of Dark Brandon’s State Department and our best Ukraine ally is an echo of what goes on wherever the US government has influence. Many journalists and others who simply write and speak their truth have been exiled, punished, imprisoned, denied the ability to speak, write or communicate or to monetize their communicative and investigative work – simply because the US government does not like truth, free association, or freedom in general. Our president exists in a revolving disassociate fugue, surrounded by sociopaths. The world they live in, as we saw with the recent episode of “Who’s Running the Pentagon?” is one where self-centeredness has evolved into uniformed narcissism – where every government employee stares admiringly into their reflections all day long, and become annoyed and angry if anyone suggests they have a responsibility to serve the nation. The US government, indeed the state itself, is most definitely not yet broken, and it is causing the kind of damage that will send us all to hell. Each of us must take time, every day, to renew our war against the state, in spirit, academically, economically, in our lives and communities, and separate ourselves from it. We must do so ourselves, and help others to do so, in whatever ways they can. Only in this way can we honor the dead that our government has already murdered, in our name and with our money. RIP, Gonzalo. - LewRockwell
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  1008. PUTIN READY TO COMPROMISE, BUT NOT AT COST OF RUSSIAN INTERESTS: He gives an epic history lesson, in his typical, knowledgeable style: Let us recall the 19th century. After the so-called Crimean War in 1855-1856, when a number of restrictions were imposed on Russia. Many people in the West wrote & said that Russia should react to some injustices in the world... "Russia does not notice, it is isolated," all this was blamed on Russia. At that time, the Chancellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a dispatch to all our diplomatic representatives in Europe, where it was written how to react to such statements. There were famous words there: "Russia does not get angry, Russia concentrates." And gradually, as Russia concentrated, it regained all its rights in the Black Sea, strengthened itself, and so on & so forth. Some historians call the Crimean War the "Zero" World War (because of many parties involved.) Then there was the First World War & the Second World War. In this "Zero" World War (for Crimea), almost all European countries took part in the war against Russia. In spite of this, the situation then changed its appearance. There was a period of the First World War, when the countries that fought against us turned out to be allies. The fact is that everything changes - only the interests of Russia and its people remain unchanged. If we see that the situation is changing in such a way that there are opportunities & prospects to build relations with other countries, we are ready for this. The question is not about us, but about them. And never in violation of the interests of the Russian Federation. We went through a period in modern history, when our previous generations of politicians, in my opinion, went to the destruction of our own country in the hope that Russia would become part of the so-called "civilized world." And this civilized world only needed this, because as soon as Russia's potential shrank, it weakened & they began to finish it off. Instead of making it an equal partner & participant of this civilized world. Unfortunately, this is how the world works, at least today. If we are going to build relations with someone, we will build them only on the basis of the interests of the Russian state. We are ready to look for these compromises, but without harming our interests - Putin.  Clearly, this is not his, or Russia's first rodeo! Putin First @IntelRepublic
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  1034. After Macron ignited the firestorm with his batty remarks, a mixed signal farrago of ‘corrections’ and clarifications ensued. But at the same time, on another vector he dropped an even bigger bombshell than before—that France may be forced to intervene if Russian forces began to approach Odessa or Kiev: That’s right, folks. Once again we have confirmation of my longest holding prediction that NATO would draw its red line at Odessa and would potentially intervene if Russian troops are realistically positioned to capture the city. In this case Rothschild stooge Macron seems intent on leading from the front with a wishful thinking campaign designed to generate solidarity around his ‘bold’ declarations. And the French Defense Minister countermanded his own boss’s words, which appears to suggest that Macron is making statements not approved by his own military: The Italian Ministry of Defense likewise seemed to rule it out: In reality, NATO can be said to be getting weaker by the year, with constant cuts to forces all across the board. So will the latest threats of buildups pan out? Probably not, as NATO stands slightly better chance to collapse than reinvent itself as a superpower, in my estimations. But as a reminder that NATO troops have already been in Ukraine, there’s this new note with complementary maps showing American operations since 2014: Of course, next we have the fact that the Matron of Maidan—or is that the Maiden of Maidan?—Nuland is getting the boot: And is being replaced with the guy who was hurriedly ad hoc’d into helming the ‘disastrous’ Afghanistan pullout: Then we have the biggest developments of all: Russia has been on an absolute killing spree of NATO air defense and other ‘prestige’ systems, with the Patriot reportedly being the latest victim yesterday—confirmed by Forbes: By the way, isn’t it interesting how Patriots easily “shot down” all those Kinzhals—a far superior, upgraded version of the Iskander—over Kiev, yet here a measly Iskander put the Patriot out to pasture? Just food for thought. But what is my point here? HIMARS, Abrams, Patriots, and everything in between are now getting obliterated each day. Time is running out, with Ukrainian opposition openly plotting against Zelensky who many expect to be overthrown come May. Meanwhile, Russia continues to only get stronger, with production ramping up all the time. In light of all the talk of NATO entering the war against Russia, Russian journalist Kharchenko astutely points out that this would open Pandora’s box because Russian society has been so conditioned against the eschatological level ‘Armageddon’ battle against NATO—and are incidentally so united now in solidarity—that the war would be nearly welcomed, taking up the banner of a new Great Patriotic War that would galvanize all Russian society like never before. No one in Europe would know would hit them, as Europeans are at one of their morally lowest points in history. This would be a disaster for the West and likely a replay of 1917, with Europe playing the part of the Russian Empire at the time of revolution—I full agree with the sentiment: - Simplicius
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  1049. You must understand that these are very supersecret operations. It is one thing to arm Ukraine, but quite another thing to provide targeting assistance, because at a certain point it begins to look like we Germans are just using Ukraine as a cut-out for our own military aggression, and the last thing we want to do is provoke open hostilities. The whole point of the Ukraine war is that it allows us to strike Russia at one remove and with plausible deniability. This is important to the Federal Republic, because after years of mismanagement and underfunding, our soldiers are barely equipped to shoot down Houthi drones in the Red Sea. Should Germany give the Ukraine some of its precious few Taurus missiles, any assistance with pointing and firing them would have to be laundered supersecretly through Poland, or through the British, lest our fingerprints end up anywhere on the scheme. It’s so suspersecret that a Lieutenant Colonel might have to drive the targeting data across the Polish border to hand it off personally to intermediaries, just so nobody can prove direct German involvement. That is how supersecret all of this is. While the origins of this targeting data have to be kept supersecret, our Luftwaffe brass decided that their conversation about maintaining this supersecrecy could be entrusted to an unsecure Webex videoconference. In this they resemble a murderer who plans the perfect crime only to livestream the entire thing to his friends on Facebook. Taurus is a complex weapons system and the Ukrainians will not be able to use it without months of training. Efforts to cut corners here could be dangerous and result in a Taurus missile obliterating civilian targets. Should Scholz change his mind, either Germany or (preferably) British operatives in Ukraine would have to assist in planning the earliest Taurus attacks. Simply waiting for Ukrainians to complete Taurus missile school and use the weapons on their own is undesirable, because the months-long delay would generate bad headlines. - LewRockwell
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  1051. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - During a reconnaissance mission in the Kursk region, Russian servicemen from the Sever unit of the Northern Group of Forces, grinding the Armed Forces of Ukraine with their notoriously dangerous attack UAV, eliminated fortifications, personnel, and NATO vehicles that they were transporting towards the Russian border. In just a few days, the drones of Sever Group have completed their task, at the peril and great cost to Kiev, which continues to decline in the region after the successful counter-operation of the Russian troops. Today, on the video of September 19, 2024, Sever Group detected a US Stryker armored personnel carrier, driven by Ukrainian soldiers near the settlement of Obody on the territory of Ukraine itself. After analyzing the reconnaissance, Stryker, which decided to leave for Kursk, was completely destroyed by a direct hit of Orion drone. On December 18, a group of Ukrainian soldiers took up positions and camouflaged themselves in a row of trees, trying to attack the Russians. Unbeknownst to them, on the contrary, the Sever Group attack UAV plunged there, and eliminated them with several hits. The drone appeared to be dropping mini-bombs, repeating this over and over again, to make sure that the enemy positions were completely eliminated. In addition, another unrecoverable NATO infantry fighting vehicle, whose name was not mentioned in the report, was targeted by the drone during reconnaissance by Sever Group soldiers in the border zone. A special drone, known as FPV, destroyed the vehicle with a precision strike. The Ukrainian crew did not appear to have gotten out of their vehicle after the fire caused by the encounter with the Russian drone. Video from the previous day, September 17, showed that the Sever Group reconnaissance drone operators observed an interesting scene. They detected Ukrainian armored fighting vehicle moving towards the temporary deployment area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border area. The detected vehicle was immediately destroyed by a 'bird' attack, FPV drone. Shrapnel from the ammunition smoked other vehicle that were parked nearby. The Russian Defense Ministry said on September 19, about the repelling of Ukrainian invasion on the Kursk region of Russia that the Sever Group carried out offensive actions, causing heavy damage and losses to Ukrainian brigades.
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  1059. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The dynamics of events are very fast on the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces raised the flag over the administrative building of the mine "Russia" or its Ukrainian name "Kotlyarivska", on the eastern outskirts of Selidovo. The events of Selidovo were recorded by Russian military correspondents on August 29, 2024, showing the momentum of the soldiers of the "Brave O Group" of the Central Military District raising the tricolor flag during the offensive in this direction, after their units began storming the important town of Selidovo, destroying the enemy, and capturing the defense lines of the Ukrainian troops within three days. In fact, there has been a serious advance of the Russian troops in recent days. The first military results of the Ukrainian offensive and NATO trainers and tacticians on Kursk turned into a bitter pill, instead Selidovo was taken by Russia. Ukrainian resources previously announced the start of the assault in Selidovo by Russian troops. Ukrainian troops did not expect such a maneuver now, and it is likely that only hastily equipped defenses will be built. Ukrainians are retreating in disorder, Russian artillery is working in this direction to the south and west of the town, this indicates that Selidovo is under the control of Russian troops. Therefore, it is likely that the city will not last long and the Ukrainians will be forced to leave without serious fighting. The media effect of the Kursk invasion is gradually fading! On the contrary, the Ukrainian segment is increasingly talking about the collapse of the front line on the Pokrovsk direction. They filmed the destruction of American Abrams tanks by Russian kamikaze drones, burning on the front road. Meanwhile, as Russian soldiers advance on Pokrovsk, they find other destroyed Bradley and Abrams tanks. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces are planning an operation to completely fall the town of Selidovo, and the Ukrainian formations that are in disarray there will probably be withdrawn!
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  1066. One new report even states that Ukraine’s attempted mobilization failed massively, with only 13% of goals reached: Logic dictates that such escalatory tactics would not be seen if it weren’t for a vast shortfall in recruited bodies. Also, recall the numerous videos we’ve seen recently where actual Ukrainian officers, officials, etc., openly vocalize these issues and state that they’re simply “running out of men.” There wouldn’t be such dire shortages of men, entire officer corps wiped out, if it wasn’t for the fact that Ukraine has in fact suffered hundreds of thousands of losses or more. when 63% of 20-30 million people know someone close who died in the war, that seems to speak of ungodly losses. Russia’s losses continue to be minor. For instance, one big recent revelation came by way of MediaZona, which revealed that the so-called “heavy losses” in Avdeevka were just as I had thought—completely made up. In fact, you can see the October losses for Russia are literally the lowest of the entire war: - Simplicius [As Russia moves forwards in some areas, the West backs off and continues to make futile and empty gestures. It is a retreat which the West is trying, and failing badly, to convince its populations that it is winning. How soon before there is nowhere left to retreat to? When that time arrives, the West will still be issuing threats and thinking they have the divine right to dictate the conditions for their own surrender. Such is the situation in 'Wonderland', where the psychotic and deranged 'Queen of Hearts', Ursula von de Leyen, thinks she will always be in control.] Russia’s unexpected resilience in the face of the unprecedented Western sanctions pressure has caught the US and its allies off guard, the nation’s first deputy prime minister, Andrey Belousov, said on Sunday. Moscow has achieved true economic sovereignty and demonstrated its ability to pursue independent policy and defend national interests despite any external pressure, he added. “The West was shocked that Russia stood fast in the face of sanctions,” he said at a major ‘Russia’ exhibition that opened in Moscow over the weekend. “We were foretold of a catastrophe comparable to the 1990s,” he said. - RT
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  1086. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian Air Defense Forces brilliantly shot down 45 Ukrainian UAV in a large-scale night raid, the Russian Defense Ministry reported, on August 21, 2024. From Moscow to Murmansk, Ukrainian drones tried to attack targets in western Russia over the past 24 hours. The first explosions were heard in Podolsk at about 3 am, after which residents of the city heard loud sounds every 15-20 minutes. Unfortunately, all 45 kamikaze drones that tried to attack Russian cities that night were destroyed! In total, 11 were shot down over the Moscow region, another 23 were destroyed over the Bryansk region, 6 over the Belgorod region, 3 over Kalushka, and 2 over the Kursk region, the Defense Ministry detailed. But in a slightly interesting development, a Ukrainian drone carrying explosives was shot down during the day by air defenses near the closed military settlement of Vysoky in the Murmansk region. It is about 1800 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, and is located in the Arctic Circle. A UAV or rather an Aeroprakt A-22 aircraft, converted into a UAV with a longer range. According to preliminary data, the target was the Olenya airfield from which the Russian strategic bomber took off, but failed. So far, Murmansk airfield has been operating as usual after the restriction of airspace. Meanwhile, according to the Head of Ukrainian Intelligence, Kyrulo Budanov, said that in total about 50 drones were used that day, attacking the signal intelligence center, carrying out attacks on the Ostafyevo airport in Moscow, and the Millerovo airbase in the Rostov region, but without reporting the results!
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  1143. The AFU troops in Avdeevka speak of vast Russian firepower superiority and the constant ability to rotate fresh troops. It may wield a cudgel rather than the hoped-for scalpel here, but Russia simply has far too many resources and fresh troops and they are inexorably inching forward. Russia continues to badly degrade Ukraine’s air defense. An Iris-T was recently hit as well as a slew of Osas, Strelas and Buks. The air defense situation is getting critical for Ukraine, with even airforce spokesman Yuri Ignat reportedly claiming their ammo could begin to run dry within the next couple weeks. I already highlighted last time how their latest report showed 0% interception rate for most Russian missiles in the last strike. Russia senses Ukraine’s AD has been attritioned to such a point that small scale air assault landings could actually stand a chance of being carried out. This can be used in critical areas to land a company behind the lines in coordination with an offensive assault on a highly entrenched sector—like Ugledar, Avdeevka, and places of this nature. The air assaults would bypass all the minefields hampering advances today, instantly nullifying one of the top three major issues. This is one of those ‘dynamic’ elements that has been largely missing thus far. Nothing has been going well for Ukraine on the international front. The entire leadership is currently attending Davos, and it’s already being called a ‘bust’ with no real answers for Zelensky. There have only been some ‘symbolic’ photo-ops with the world’s shadow elite. And the situation at home continues to worsen. The Verkhovna Rada is still hung up on the mobilization, with an increasing number of elites openly denouncing Zelensky. Ex-Rada Deputy and Aidar deputy commander Mosiychuk has had enough of the corruption and goes for the jugular in outright telling Zelensky and his team to “shoot [themselves]”: The US and NATO in the meantime continue to suffer humiliations. The British minesweeper HMS Chiddingfold collided with the HMS Bangor in Bahrain: While an F-35 was destroyed by an incompetent mechanic: Russian ballistic missiles struck a NATO mercenary base in Kharkov, reportedly killing up to 60 French mercenaries: The massive US base at Ain al-Assad in Iraq underwent a large attack from Iranian-backed forces. Once more we saw the total failure of the Patriot missile systems, which were seen shooting in number to the sky: This is the US’s second largest base in Iraq, well protected with all the most advanced air defense networks—and they could not stop a minor rocket attack. Yet we’re supposed to believe that downgraded and older versions of Patriots (Pac-2s, etc.) in Ukraine are stopping Russian hypersonic Kinzhals with 100% ratios? The propaganda is just exposing itself. - Simplicius
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  1153. Putin adamantly restated the goals of the SMO. Not only that, but he again strongly implied that Russia will retake Odessa, calling it a purely Russian city which was founded by Catherine the Great. I think this fairly settles the debate on whether Russia intends to take back these territories. The Pentagon today admitted that the choice will soon be between attending to “our own military readiness” and supporting Ukraine: Putin’s statements reflect a reality even Western outlets now regularly report. This BBC report from a week and change ago interviewed the actual AFU marines there, shedding light on the horrors they’re experiencing: This is one of the first such specific admissions from the AFU side—he says he only has 2 howitzers while Russia has over 30 just in his quadrant alone. What’s shocking is that this is corroborated by another recent report straight from a Russian soldier who said AFU’s shelling has dropped so low there that they return 1 shell for every 50 that Russia fires. With such disparities, we’re supposed to believe that it’s the AFU taking favorable losses? The US general being placed in charge of the Ukrainian theater again reasserts that Russian jamming is greatly nullifying most Western systems in Ukraine: A new video released by a Russian electronics warfare unit shows a myriad of AFU FPV drones being jammed out of the sky, giving us a small idea of this lesser-seen aspect of warfare: Hitler once said if he knew the amounts of armor Russian factories could pump out, he would have never invaded. Looks like the 4th Reich mini-Fuhrer will learn the same lesson. - Simplicius
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  1159. The AFU troops in Avdeevka speak of vast Russian firepower superiority and the constant ability to rotate fresh troops. It may wield a cudgel rather than the hoped-for scalpel here, but Russia simply has far too many resources and fresh troops and they are inexorably inching forward. Russia continues to badly degrade Ukraine’s air defense. An Iris-T was recently hit as well as a slew of Osas, Strelas and Buks. The air defense situation is getting critical for Ukraine, with even airforce spokesman Yuri Ignat reportedly claiming their ammo could begin to run dry within the next couple weeks. I already highlighted last time how their latest report showed 0% interception rate for most Russian missiles in the last strike. Russia senses Ukraine’s AD has been attritioned to such a point that small scale air assault landings could actually stand a chance of being carried out. This can be used in critical areas to land a company behind the lines in coordination with an offensive assault on a highly entrenched sector—like Ugledar, Avdeevka, and places of this nature. The air assaults would bypass all the minefields hampering advances today, instantly nullifying one of the top three major issues. This is one of those ‘dynamic’ elements that has been largely missing thus far. Nothing has been going well for Ukraine on the international front. The entire leadership is currently attending Davos, and it’s already being called a ‘bust’ with no real answers for Zelensky. There have only been some ‘symbolic’ photo-ops with the world’s shadow elite. And the situation at home continues to worsen. The Verkhovna Rada is still hung up on the mobilization, with an increasing number of elites openly denouncing Zelensky. Ex-Rada Deputy and Aidar deputy commander Mosiychuk has had enough of the corruption and goes for the jugular in outright telling Zelensky and his team to “shoot [themselves]”: The US and NATO in the meantime continue to suffer humiliations. The British minesweeper HMS Chiddingfold collided with the HMS Bangor in Bahrain: While an F-35 was destroyed by an incompetent mechanic: Russian ballistic missiles struck a NATO mercenary base in Kharkov, reportedly killing up to 60 French mercenaries: The massive US base at Ain al-Assad in Iraq underwent a large attack from Iranian-backed forces. Once more we saw the total failure of the Patriot missile systems, which were seen shooting in number to the sky: This is the US’s second largest base in Iraq, well protected with all the most advanced air defense networks—and they could not stop a minor rocket attack. Yet we’re supposed to believe that downgraded and older versions of Patriots (Pac-2s, etc.) in Ukraine are stopping Russian hypersonic Kinzhals with 100% ratios? The propaganda is just exposing itself. - Simplicius
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  1191. If the US was a normal country minding its own affairs and caring for its own people it would indeed be nonsensical for it to invest so much wealth and resources in Israel, but the US is as far from a normal country as can be. It’s the hub of a vast, undeclared empire made up of allies, client states, proxies, and systems of military, economic and financial coercion which keeps most of the world moving in accordance with the wishes of the empire managers. History has shown us that this power structure can only be maintained by endless violence, threats, coercion, mass-scale psychological manipulation in the form of propaganda, and fear of nuclear annihilation. As a reliably US-aligned nuclear power which is intimately interwoven with the western war machine and the US intelligence cartel, Israel may not serve the interests of the people who live in the United States, but it is an absolutely indispensable component of the US empire. - LewRockwell RUSSIAN BANKING SECTOR FORGES AHEAD to dismay of Russia’s "ill-wishers" states Putin as he meets with Russian banking giant VTB chief Kostin who states West's sanctions have FAILED to isolate Russia. Meanwhile European businesses losing 100s of BILLIONS of dollars due to very same anti-Russian sanctions. - Intel Report Assault unit of Paratroopers of Russian Airborne Forces dismantles strongholds of Ukrainian troops in Artemovsk direction Orlan-10 UAV discovered them and attacked with Msta-B howitzers. Then the assault detachment advanced to attack and capture the militants hiding in the fort. - Military Tube Today The last week of November is setting up to be a pivotal week in Ukraine’s futile effort to fend off the Russian military. Russia is clobbering Kiev and other parts of western Ukraine with drone hordes that are wreaking havoc on military depots and electric power nodes. Despite the inclement weather, Russian soldiers are advancing steadily in Avdeevka and forcing the retreat and surrender of hundreds of Ukrainian troops from an area they have held since 2014. If the winter weather now battering Ukraine continues through December and January, the situation for Ukrainian troops hunkered down in trenches and bunkers will become desperate because the snow and cold will make it very difficult to keep them properly supplied with food and ammunition. There also is the question of whether Western supplied gear can function or be maintained with the icy fingers of General Winter squeezing the Ukrainian throat. It is looking like a very dark winter for Ukraine. - Sonar21
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  1215. The US and NATO allies are hard at work at re-envisioning their own battlefield priorities in light of the revolution being witnessed in the Ukrainian war. They start off with the one major admission—that the Western edge has not only been eroded, but rapidly so: we’ve long discussed here apropos the differences between Western and Russian military systems. Couching it in self-serving terms of seeking ultimate ‘protection’ for troops, they admit that Western systems have gotten so expensive that their operators are afraid to even use them—defeating the whole point of warfighting equipment: Western minds have taken a long time to come to conclusions drawn by Russia ages ago, which expounded on precisely this disparity in the warfighting principles between Russia and the West: the tune has now changed on ‘premium’ weaponry. In short: they argue that Western artillery shells are over-engineered and should be stripped of their tedious quality control measures to favor ‘quantity’ over ‘quality’ instead. Interesting proposition! They add that, in essence, Western military engineering is made for peacetime conditions—in real war conditions, a totally new rough-and-tumble ethos must be adopted. Russia had already long learned the lesson having been habituated to real existential Total Wars on its territory, rather than the predatory wars of opportunity the West is accustomed to waging. The fact is, the West tailor-made their modern showroom armies for specifically fighting localized, controlled conflicts against very limited Middle Eastern opponents. You can sense the desperation in the West as the realities begin to dawn on their leading thinkers. Years of building showroom ‘good-weather’ armies meant to impress buyers at MIC-enabled arms expos have left Western military doctrines woefully out of date concerning how real wars are fought. Put another way, precision ammunition machining doesn’t make much difference when the shell goes up an overused gun barrel that, in peacetime, would have long been consigned to the scrapheap thousands of shells ago. - Simplicius
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  1245. Well, it finally happened: Avdeevka has fallen Interestingly, rumor has it that Zelensky was desperate to hold Avdeevka through his time at the Munich conference, so as not to be humiliated. However, the withdrawal order was only given because the 3rd Brigade (Azov) had already totally countermanded orders and began withdrawing on their own, with other units possibly following. To stave off total collapse of the command, Syrsky was forced to give an official order of withdrawal, but Zelensky is reportedly furious, as per Resident_UA channel: In quickly taking over such a large area, Russian MOD’s official numbers claim a likely record day with around 2300 AFU either killed, wounded, or captured: Some of the revelations confirmed some long-standing reports, like that the zone’s battalion commanders sit 40km away in Pokrovsk and refuse to come to the front. Naturally, the usual suspects were utterly despondent—and in fact, a new tone of total cynicism and distrust in the tired and predictable propaganda of Ukrainian authorities was noted among some of the biggest luminaries: Putin issued an official decree congratulating Colonel General Mordvichev who, as commander of the ‘Center’ group of forces, was the sector commander in charge of the Avdeevka capture. Ukraine’s final consolatory cope is that Russia suffered upwards of 50-100k losses in taking Avdeevka, or so they claim. Unfortunately, this is not backed in even the slightest by their own most meticulous casualty analysts like MediaZona, which still has Russian losses dipping sharply in the last couple months: the losses as recorded by direct Ukrainian troops from Avdeevka are staggering, by all accounts. Zelensky likely sought secret reassurances from European leaders that they will vocally back his presidency’s legitimacy during that troubling expiry period, when questions will certainly begin to arise at the least, if not outright challenges to his authority. In fact, swept under the rug was that along with the more high profile elimination of Zaluzhny, Zelensky did a clean sweep of the entire vast fold of the general staff: Nebenzya states that there is no way the currently controlled regions will ever go back to Ukraine—it is a total nonstarter: Now, a new Putin statement hammers this point home. He says that everything Ukraine does in the war is merely a form of attempting some tactical gain, the difference being that for Russia, this isn’t about such trivial technicalities—it’s an existential matter: For the past week or two, there have been rumors that a massive Russian force has been gathering on the Zaporozhye line. Now as of this writing, the offensive seems to have begun, with reports rolling in by the hour of breakthroughs of Ukrainian lines near Rabotino: I mentioned Russia’s 55th Brigade from Tuva. Ukrainian Nazis showed their colors and were very upset by the Tuvan heroes: Well, to rub it in and end on a positive note, here’s the same 55th receiving their prestigious honorary ‘Guards’ title just last month, for heroism and unbreakable courage in combat: Lastly, here’s a segment from a new report in liberated Avdeevka showing a resident who waited out the Russian army. Listen to what he says when asked about the Ukrainians who have been kicked out: “Those Germans? Drive them to Berlin!” - Simplicius
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  1261. Yesterday, Putin sent a powerful message to the West by appearing draped in full military camo regalia for the first time, perhaps, ever. There have been times when he wore a camo jacket over his suit when conducting an inspection of the General Staff HQ: This appears the first time he’s ever strapped on a full set of military camo to signal himself as wartime Commander-in-Chief. The message was clear: “We’re prepared to take this conflict to the end, should our demands not be met.” This is particularly the case given that Trump had also just raised the heat by claiming he could “devastate” Russia economically, should Russia choose not to play ball on the amateurishly cobbled-together ceasefire: Let’s now turn to Putin’s response to the ceasefire ‘offer’ today, which can be seen in full below: Firstly, Putin brings up some good points. A lot of this rushed ceasefire attempt sounds good on paper, but is unrealistic in practice. How would any of it be enforced, and what does Russia have to gain from it to begin with? The other thing is, Ukraine has just released their own ‘red lines’, which contravene virtually every one of Russia’s most important demands: What exactly, then, is the point of giving Ukraine a 30-day ceasefire, when they are expressly rejecting Russia’s core conditions? The other point few people have mentioned is that Russia is the only party in this ‘deal’ which essentially gains nothing. But think about this: Russia already controls the territories it has won—no one has the right to “give them” to Russia, via some ‘stamp of approval’—Russia already has them. Then what exactly is Russia’s incentive to agree to any deal? It gets worse. Today, Trump even suggested that Russia may have to give the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant back to Ukraine as part of the final peace deal: They are literally not listening to any of Russia’s conditions or demands. Russia has stated repeatedly that no land can possibly be given to Ukraine, because it is now enshrined in the Russian constitution. How deluded does Trump have to be to actually even remotely believe that Russia would hand over the largest nuclear power plant in Europe to Ukraine? It merely proves the point I made last time: the United States team is not serious about these negotiations, and are merely rushing out a bunch of ad hoc goose-eggs to score quick political points. The charade also continues to highlight the incredible hypocrisy of the ‘Rules Based Order’. On the very same day that Trump and the West attempted to guilt-trip Russia into an unfavorable ceasefire, Trump himself threatened to forcibly annex a fellow NATO member’s territory—in front of the Reichsmarschall of NATO himself, no less. Nothing proves the contrary more: the alliance has now shown beyond the shadow of a doubt, its only purpose is to threaten and wage war against Russia, while the “defense” portion is a totally bogus red herring, given that one of the original founding members from 1949 is now at threat of hostile invasion, and the very head of NATO himself couldn’t be bothered to show an iota of concern. In just a couple of minutes, Putin, having supported the proposal, asked so many practical questions that the authors of the initiative will have to answer them for a very long time. And the first attempt will be made today by Trump's emissary Witkoff, who flew to Moscow and who was largely supposed to answer these questions. Before throwing the ball to Russia, you should pump it up well. Summary: there will be no truce in the near future. - Simplicius
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  1264. May 1, 2024 - The Challenger 3 has been unveiled as the UK’s newest and most “lethal” main battle tank (MBT); - The Challenger 3 is produced by modernizing existing Challenger 2 MBTs with 127 planned for conversion from the UK’s existing 221 Challenger 2s; - The refurbishment/modernization of 127 tanks will cost $990 million or approximately $7.8 million per tank, several times more than modernized Russian tanks, and even more expensive or as expensive as new Russian tanks; - The Challenger 3 will weigh more than its predecessor, and both tanks are heavier than their Russian T-72B3, T-90M, T-80BVM, and even T-14 counterparts; - 127 MBTs in total will mean that most likely fewer than 100 tanks will be operational at any given time making it impractical for the UK to project military power abroad in any significant manner; - The Challenger 3 features a 120mm smoothbore gun that will use NATO standard tank rounds which is an improvement over the Challenger 2’s rifled gun which required unique ammunition incompatible with other NATO tanks; - The Challenger 3 is another illustration of Western military industrial production, emphasizing expensive, complex weapons built in small numbers to maximize profits versus equally capable, but cheaper and more numerous Russian or Chinese weapons designed to maximize both battlefield and strategic effectiveness; - While a Challenger 3 may or may not be capable one-on-one with a Russian MBT, the fact that Russia has many more tanks and is able to replace damaged or lost tanks faster than the Challenger 3 and other Western MBTs proves a disadvantage to the UK and the rest of NATO; - The New Atlas
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  1266. Putin adamantly restated the goals of the SMO. Not only that, but he again strongly implied that Russia will retake Odessa, calling it a purely Russian city which was founded by Catherine the Great. I think this fairly settles the debate on whether Russia intends to take back these territories. The Pentagon today admitted that the choice will soon be between attending to “our own military readiness” and supporting Ukraine: Putin’s statements reflect a reality even Western outlets now regularly report. This BBC report from a week and change ago interviewed the actual AFU marines there, shedding light on the horrors they’re experiencing: This is one of the first such specific admissions from the AFU side—he says he only has 2 howitzers while Russia has over 30 just in his quadrant alone. What’s shocking is that this is corroborated by another recent report straight from a Russian soldier who said AFU’s shelling has dropped so low there that they return 1 shell for every 50 that Russia fires. With such disparities, we’re supposed to believe that it’s the AFU taking favorable losses? The US general being placed in charge of the Ukrainian theater again reasserts that Russian jamming is greatly nullifying most Western systems in Ukraine: A new video released by a Russian electronics warfare unit shows a myriad of AFU FPV drones being jammed out of the sky, giving us a small idea of this lesser-seen aspect of warfare: Hitler once said if he knew the amounts of armor Russian factories could pump out, he would have never invaded. Looks like the 4th Reich mini-Fuhrer will learn the same lesson. - Simplicius
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  1268. One point I keep trying to drive home here in as many ways as I can is that this is the dystopia we were warned about. The main difference between this mind-controlled dystopia and the fictional dystopias in novels like 1984 is that in 1984 people knew they weren’t living in a free society, whereas in this dystopia the people believe they are free. All mainstream and semi-mainstream political factions are owned and operated by the powerful, and propaganda is used to get the public subscribing to them to advance the interests of the powerful. Because the overwhelming majority of us have been manipulated into espousing one of these power-serving belief systems (they give you multiple choices depending on your ideological disposition), the more overtly totalitarian measures described by dystopian novelists are unnecessary. You only need to cage a bird if it knows that it can fly. So go around spreading the truth. Fighting the propaganda. Weakening public trust in the mass media and the political constructs it manufactures consent for. Highlighting the depravity and murderousness of the empire. Use any and all media and forums you find to be effective. Everything you do on this front makes a difference, and don’t ever let anyone tell you otherwise. The propaganda machine is the linchpin of their power. It’s what holds the empire together. Without the ability to manipulate the public at mass scale, our rulers cannot rule. Once people are no longer buying into power-serving narratives, we will gain the ability to begin working toward the creation of a truth-based society that works for everyone. But this will never happen as long as we are being successfully manipulated into believing that this model for human civilization is acceptable and serves our interests. The very first step is un-jacking our brains from the propaganda matrix. - LewRockwell
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  1294. So pay careful attention to Putin’s warning to the West during his annual “The State of Russia” speech. Putin noted that while accusing Russia of plans to attack NATO allies in Europe, Western allies were “selecting targets for striking our territory” and “talking about the possibility of sending a NATO contingent to Ukraine.” “We remember the fate of those who sent their troop contingents to the territory of our country,” the Russian leader said in an apparent allusion to the failed invasions by Napoleon and Hitler. “Now the consequences for the potential invaders will be far more tragic.” In a two-hour speech before an audience of lawmakers and top officials, Putin cast Western leaders as reckless and irresponsible and declared that the West should keep in mind that “we also have the weapons that can strike targets on their territory, and what they are now suggesting and scaring the world with, all that raises the real threat of a nuclear conflict that will mean the destruction of our civilization.” Putin’s remarks were not “off-the-cuff.” It was a carefully crafted message directed specifically at Biden and NATO leaders and came in the wake off French President Macron’s incredibly tone-deaf speech earlier in the week: Macron was not the only European leader with a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease. Olaf Scholz did his share to sow more NATO disunity. While he strongly dismissed Macron’s claim that Europe would deploy troops to Ukraine, he threw the U.K. and France under the bus: Besides Putin’s clear warning to the NATO alliance that it is playing with potential nuclear fire, Russia’ s intelligence service leaked a stunning conversation between German military officers who were discussing plans to attack Russia. This was not an accidental leak. It was intended to put the West on notice that Russia is fully aware of what NATO officials across the alliance are saying to each other and is aware of plans to attack Russian targets. This leak coupled with Putin’s remarks the previous day is an unmistakable warning to the West that it is approaching a red-line that, if crossed, will require a strong Russian response. Such a response could include destroying NATO bases used to launch attacks on Russia. Putin is not BSing. He is serious and the gravity of the matter is underscored by Putin giving the green light to leak intercepted conversations of NATO officers to the media. The West better pay close attention. - Sonar21
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  1349. In short, Russia’s 2024 South Donetsk offensive has thus far succeeded in driving the AFU out of its frontline strongpoints which it had defended doggedly since the beginning of the war: Ugledar, Krasnogorivka, and Avdiivka have fallen, and Toretsk (the northernmost of these fortresses) is contested with Russian control over half of the city. The two cities that formerly acted as vital rear area hubs for the AFU (Pokrovsk and Kurakhove) are in the rear no longer, and have become frontline cities. Kurakhove in particular is likely to fall in the coming weeks. The Russians are, in a word, poised to complete their victory in Southern Donetsk. It is important not to understate the operational and strategic significance of this. In the simplest terms, this will be a significant advancement towards Russia’s explicit war aims of capturing the Donbas oblasts (putting Russia in control of some 70% of Donetsk and 90%+ of Lugansk). Nevertheless, we do clearly see the Russian army making significant progress towards its goals. It will be able to write off much of the southeastern sector of front, with the AFU evicted from their powerful chain of prewar fortresses around the city of Donetsk. These losses raise an uncomfortable question for Ukraine: if they could not successfully defend in Avdiivka, Ugledar, and Krasnogorivka, with their long built-up defenses and powerful backfields, where exactly is their defense supposed to stabilize? We must also ask another salient question then: on the precipice of losing South Donetsk, with a full 100 kilometers of front unraveling, why are many of Ukraine’s best brigades loitering 350 kilometers away in Kursk Oblast? In more abstract strategic terms, however, Kursk has been a disaster for Kiev. Within the expansive reach of Kiev’s self-declared war aims, including the phantasmagorical return of Crimea and Donetsk, it has never been quite clear how these operations are correlated. Russia, in contrast, has pursued its war aims with consistent clarity and a great reluctance to take risks and allow its energies to dissipate. Moscow wants, at an absolute minimum, to consolidate control over the Donbas and the land bridge to Crimea, while trashing the Ukrainian state and neutering its military potential. - Big Serge Thought
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  1357. I know the Avdeevka retreat’s been beaten half to death, and I’m just as over it as you probably are. But here’s a couple things worth noting, that will tie together into a larger whole. They first focus on a 21 year old AFU soldier who just ‘barely’ made it out from the Russian advance: By the time his unit retreated, he was in charge. So many soldiers had been wounded that there was “nobody more senior left,” the 21-year-old said. When his group finally left the city entirely, he watched the convoy in front of him erupt into fire as artillery took them out. “It was just a convoy of people. A convoy of the best men ever. And in front of our eyes, this convoy was destroyed by artillery. People of my age, between 20 and 30.” I post this specifically because pro-UA supporters continue to push the narrative that Russia took more losses in Avdeevka. But first hand reports from their own troops indicate otherwise. In light of the above, a new archival video of the big retreat was released today showing very well one of the turkey shoots the soldier above may have witnessed: Planning bombs destroyed any AFU fortifications in Avdiivka and contributed to the rapid advance of the Russian Army in urban development. "These bombs completely destroy any position," Yegor Sugar, a Ukrainian soldier, said on social media. All buildings turn into pits after strikes by the Russian aerospace forces. Zelensky and his leadership have continued to fail in coming up with a full-on mobilization plan despite warnings of severe troop shortages on the front: While Ukraine has done some damage in the Black Sea, it continues to suffer grievous losses on the ground in the real fight. The first, then second, third, and potentially even third Abrams were destroyed: We also have startling new footage of the huge uptick in usage of the RBK-500 clusterbombs by Russia over Ukrainian positions. They are said to devastate positions at a time when Ukraine has run low on their own DPICMS—not to mention that Russia has adapted them into the UMPK glide-bombs which now rain these deadly fragments over AFU positions daily That’s not to mention glide-bombs being used so unsparingly as to be thrown at Ukrainian forest-belt positions and trenches - Simplicius
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  1413. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - In just one day, several Ukrainian air defense systems most of which were supplied by NATO, were reduced to dust after the arrival of Russian missile packages, the Russian Defense Ministry summarized and released footage on August 17, 2024. In the first episode, the crew of the Ukrainian air defense system moves the S-125 Pechora-2D to Ryabina in the Sumy region. It is unclear where Ukraine got the rare system that modernized by Poland, but there is a complete launch system here. The S-125 was intended to counter Russian aircraft, but the Russian Su-34 tactical bomber was more powerful and dealt a crushing blow. It was a very precise hit by the Kh-35 guided missile, which destroyed the military hardware. In the same region, the German-made IRIS-T air defense system vehicle, at a prepared combat position in the area of the Sennoye settlement, as well detected by Russian UAV operator. The video shows the destruction of the system, after the reconnaissance drone called the crew of the Iskander-M operational tactical missile system to launch an attack. Objective control data confirm the involvement of IRIS-T and Ukrainian personnel servicing the combat vehicles of the complex. The hardware, with the aim of shooting down aircraft carrying out strikes on deep locations, is now facing a very bad day. In the Dnepropetrovsk region, Russian reconnaissance units discovered the positions of the American Patriot air defense system battalion near Lyubomovka. Iskander-M missiles once again did their job, launching a strike on the discovered positions. As a result, each system consisting of two Patriot SAM launchers and one AN/MPQ-65 radar station was destroyed. Meanwhile, another Patriot system was hit by cluster submunitions from Iskander missiles near Zhelobok, the distance to the front line is about 130 km. The zone of special military operations has changed dramatically, Ukraine and the Western countries have suffered billions of dollars in losses, having lost a large number of air defense systems, and will not be able to restore their combat capability after these losses in the near future. - Military Tube Today
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  1422. By merely doing what used to be called “journalism” – interviewing and reporting on people and events, whether good or bad – one is “doing the bidding” of the subject of the interview or report? No wonder fellow journalist Julian Assange has been locked away in a gulag for so many years. He dared to assume that in a free society, being a journalist means reporting the good, the bad, and the ugly even if it puts those in power in a bad light. In the end, the massive success of the Tucker Carlson interview with Vladimir Putin demonstrates once and for all that the American people are sick to death of their mainstream media propagandists and liars. They are looking not for government narratives, but for truth. That’s the really good news about this interview. The US claims to be spreading democracy, but the Zelensky government is riddled with neo-Nazis. This is a point Putin stresses again and again. Do we really want to support people like this? Probably the most important fact to remember about the Ukraine war is the provocative nature of US foreign policy. To me, it seems clear it was the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex, and NOT Russia, that wished to maintain this state of enmity, And yet, this same United States government, which has invaded and bombed dozens of countries since 2001, claims it is perfectly reasonable to propose that Ukraine (whose northeastern border lies 370 miles from Moscow) join NATO. The distance from the Mexican border to Dallas is greater. Let’s do everything we can to end the futile conflict with Russia that brain-dead Biden and his gang of neo-con controllers have instigated. - LewRockwell
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  1445. Many years ago, a newspaper headline asked the question: “What’s the difference between a politician and a psychopath?” The answer, then and now, remains the same: None. There is no difference between psychopaths and politicians. Nor is there much of a difference between the havoc wreaked on innocent lives by uncaring, unfeeling, selfish, irresponsible, parasitic criminals and elected officials who lie to their constituents, trade political favors for campaign contributions, turn a blind eye to the wishes of the electorate, cheat taxpayers out of hard-earned dollars, favor the corporate elite, entrench the military industrial complex, and spare little thought for the impact their thoughtless actions and hastily passed legislation might have on defenseless citizens. In other words, electing a psychopath to public office is tantamount to national hara-kiri, the ritualized act of self-annihilation, self-destruction and suicide. It signals the demise of democratic government and lays the groundwork for a totalitarian regime that is legalistic, militaristic, inflexible, intolerant and inhuman. Incredibly, despite clear evidence of the damage that has already been inflicted on our nation and its citizens by a psychopathic government, voters continue to elect psychopaths to positions of power and influence. The willingness to prioritize power above all else, including the welfare of their fellow human beings, ruthlessness, callousness and an utter lack of conscience are among the defining traits of the sociopath. When our own government no longer sees us as human beings with dignity and worth but as things to be manipulated, maneuvered, mined for data, manhandled by police, conned into believing it has our best interests at heart, mistreated, jailed if we dare step out of line, and then punished unjustly without remorse—all the while refusing to own up to its failings—we are no longer operating under a constitutional republic. Instead, what we are experiencing is a pathocracy: tyranny at the hands of a psychopathic government, which “operates against the interests of its own people except for favoring certain groups.” The goal of the modern corporate state is obvious: to promote, cultivate, and embed a sense of shared identification among its citizens. To this end, “we the people” have become “we the police state.” We are fast becoming slaves in thrall to a faceless, nameless, bureaucratic totalitarian government machine that relentlessly erodes our freedoms through countless laws, statutes, and prohibitions. The Founders understood that our freedoms do not flow from the government. They were not given to us only to be taken away by the will of the State. They are inherently ours. In the same way, the government’s appointed purpose is not to threaten or undermine our freedoms, but to safeguard them. Until we can get back to this way of thinking, until we can remind our fellow Americans what it really means to be free, and until we can stand firm in the face of threats to our freedoms, we will continue to be treated like slaves in thrall to a bureaucratic police state run by political psychopaths. - LewRockwell
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  1520. Many years ago, a newspaper headline asked the question: “What’s the difference between a politician and a psychopath?” The answer, then and now, remains the same: None. There is no difference between psychopaths and politicians. Nor is there much of a difference between the havoc wreaked on innocent lives by uncaring, unfeeling, selfish, irresponsible, parasitic criminals and elected officials who lie to their constituents, trade political favors for campaign contributions, turn a blind eye to the wishes of the electorate, cheat taxpayers out of hard-earned dollars, favor the corporate elite, entrench the military industrial complex, and spare little thought for the impact their thoughtless actions and hastily passed legislation might have on defenseless citizens. In other words, electing a psychopath to public office is tantamount to national hara-kiri, the ritualized act of self-annihilation, self-destruction and suicide. It signals the demise of democratic government and lays the groundwork for a totalitarian regime that is legalistic, militaristic, inflexible, intolerant and inhuman. Incredibly, despite clear evidence of the damage that has already been inflicted on our nation and its citizens by a psychopathic government, voters continue to elect psychopaths to positions of power and influence. The willingness to prioritize power above all else, including the welfare of their fellow human beings, ruthlessness, callousness and an utter lack of conscience are among the defining traits of the sociopath. When our own government no longer sees us as human beings with dignity and worth but as things to be manipulated, maneuvered, mined for data, manhandled by police, conned into believing it has our best interests at heart, mistreated, jailed if we dare step out of line, and then punished unjustly without remorse—all the while refusing to own up to its failings—we are no longer operating under a constitutional republic. Instead, what we are experiencing is a pathocracy: tyranny at the hands of a psychopathic government, which “operates against the interests of its own people except for favoring certain groups.” The goal of the modern corporate state is obvious: to promote, cultivate, and embed a sense of shared identification among its citizens. To this end, “we the people” have become “we the police state.” We are fast becoming slaves in thrall to a faceless, nameless, bureaucratic totalitarian government machine that relentlessly erodes our freedoms through countless laws, statutes, and prohibitions. The Founders understood that our freedoms do not flow from the government. They were not given to us only to be taken away by the will of the State. They are inherently ours. In the same way, the government’s appointed purpose is not to threaten or undermine our freedoms, but to safeguard them. Until we can get back to this way of thinking, until we can remind our fellow Americans what it really means to be free, and until we can stand firm in the face of threats to our freedoms, we will continue to be treated like slaves in thrall to a bureaucratic police state run by political psychopaths. - LewRockwell
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  1573. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Important updates summarized until October 24, 2024, finally the Motorized Rifle Troops of the Russian Aerospace Forces managed to clear the recently liberated Olgovka, showing the streets littered with dead Ukrainians, and destroyed equipment everywhere. Olgovka, previously a major stronghold, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine barricaded themselves, dug in on the northwestern side of the Kursk region which was invaded by Kiev. The village was disputed for two months, with repeated attacks from both sides. However, recently the Ukrainian defenses collapsed quickly, and were forced to withdraw from the area through the forest belt behind the village, which has now been completely cleared. Now, the Russian and air force flags are flying over Olgovka during the BRICS period! The October 24, clip by the Russian military correspondent shows that Russian troops have taken back full control of Olgovka. There is no dispute about this, and it is the only significant movement on the front lines inside Russia in the past week. The motorized riflemen showed the village streets, which were literally littered with many dead, believed to be from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, lying everywhere, destroyed by Russian troops during the liberation of the village. In addition, the clip showed the collection of trophies and dumping of scrap metal on the streets and lanes of the village after the enemy forces were driven out. It was littered with piles of burned tanks, NATO armored vehicles, and other Ukrainian troops equipment, destroyed during their adventure. Zelensky's troops escape from Olgovka under fire was not entirely successful. Russian drone pilots and artillery worked together to ambush the fleeing infantry troops, and set their vehicles on fire as in the footage that likely took place on October 19-21. An Ukrainian BRM-1K was damaged with its protective cage under fire from live ammunition, likely hit by an RPG at close range, forcing the surviving Ukrainian elements of one squad to scramble to the tree line. The abandoned vehicle was later found by Russian soldiers. A Canadian Roshel Senator MRAP armored vehicle, also became a trophy from Olgovka after being attacked by drone. As Ukrainian troops raced away from advancing Russian forces in Kursk, another Roshel Senator ran out of fuel, left the vehicle to the Russians, and raced back to the border with caution.
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  1609. Firstly, understand that reports came literally a week before the start of the Avdeevka operation that the famed Ukrainian 47th brigade had been “removed” or pulled back from the Zaporozhye front because it was so heavily destroyed and faced mutiny from within, as much of the fighters refused to go on assault any further. So, why is all that important? Because we have a new video from a female medic from the 47th who plainly states that their casualties are the most horrific they’ve ever been, since the start of the conflict: “We lost more in a few hours than in the past 4 months.” Russian aviation and artillery continue to work on enemy lines. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are growing: according to sources, during a week of active fighting, the number of killed members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine alone exceeded 1 thousand people and 60 pieces of equipment. Why is everyone so excited about a Dniepr crossing. It's basically DDay but the allies have No logistics.- Simplicius Didn't take Russia long to figure out the ATACMS! Two ATACMS missiles were listed among projectiles fired by Ukrainian forces, which Russian troops apparently managed to stop in the past 24 hours. The others included an S-200 rocket modified to attack ground targets, two HARM anti-radiation missiles, and two rockets fired by HIMARS multiple launch systems. - RT Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said on Tuesday that the current situation in the combat zone suggests that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are losing strength and “panicking.” He cited a substantial take down of aviation potential to back up his assertion. Shoigu claimed that his forces downed 24 Ukrainian military planes in just five days, crediting “new weapons systems” for the achievement. - RT
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  1611. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The 82nd Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, recently transferred to the Kursk region from Donbass, hoped to storm the settlement of Malaya Loknya, which is still in the gray zone. But Russian military correspondents shared footage on August 27, 2024, showing what the assault group was aiming for here while hoping to record a victory video, instead they themselves handed over the baton to Russian soldiers from the 9th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 92nd Assault Brigade. Ukrainian forces continue to transfer reserves in an attempt to seize the designated bridgehead in the settlement, but have suffered serious losses, and more of them were taken prisoner with a little red armband style. Confident of victory, the 82nd Assault Brigade of Ukraine brought their rags to Malaya Loknya. But the fate was different, the soldiers were captured while their comrades were killed on the land of Kursk. The footage now shows the 92nd Assault Brigade of Russia, taking the flag as a trophy, due to making a mistake trying to attack Russian positions. Finally, after the prisoners of war made the right choice, they were all interrogated directly and told the same questions over and over again. They were very angry, complaining that the commanders who sent them to Kursk, had been living comfortably in Ukraine while their comrades were killed. It is worth noting! On August 6, Ukraine with the help of NATO-US, attacked the Russian region of Kursk and now claimed the occupation of about 1200 square kilometers. However, thousands of Ukrainian soldiers have been taken prisoner by Russia. According to the latest reports, Russia has transferred more than 30 thousand soldiers and a large number of weapons and artillery from other reserves here. Its task is to provide them with everything they need," Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said at the Coordination Council Meeting on military security issues today on August 28.
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  1618. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Early this morning on August 18, 2024, the Russian Armed Forces assault troops began the main phase of their attacks on the mining town of “Toretsk”, or the Ukrainian name “Dzerzhinsk”, after making new advances from several points. Since yesterday, a Russian combat command post has been showing video from there, documenting the destruction of a Hummer vehicle, burning in the attack. A Russian soldier opened small arms fire on the Ukrainian crew, wiping out the remaining luck of the passengers who might still be alive. NATO vehicles used Russia as a springboard to destroy Zelensky’s troops, clearing most of Pivnichny. Toretsk lost its last Ukrainian defensive position to the west to Russian positions. This is due in no small part to the capabilities of Russian soldiers, who have taken over the Artem mine tailings on the outskirts of the town. Now, the Shtorm assault unit of the 1st Slavia Brigade is raising a flag on a strategically important height, and will increase the range of its FPV drones by installing a repeater there, while at the same time reducing the range of Ukrainian drones. For the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Toretsk, since yesterday it started with a run. As a result of the use of leaflets dropped by Russian drones, all military personnel units mobilized by Kiev and suffering heavy losses, decided to collectively lay down their arms and save their lives. It seems that the situation in Ukraine is about to change rapidly, with the simultaneous entry of Russian troops from three directions, marking the beginning of the ongoing fierce battle inside the city. According to reports, Russian assault units are breaking through with armored vehicles, infantry attacks, supported by artillery, are carried out in groups of 3 men. This attack seems to be costing many lives, and equipment is scarce for Ukraine, forcing soldiers from Brigade 53, to personally announce an online fundraising to get the EW systems they need. But the Kiev regime insists on focusing its attention on Kursk, and asking its Western allies to remove “obstacles” as “the course of the war demands.”
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  1634. Let’s talk about some more oddities surrounding the alleged “IS-K” attack on the Crocus City Center. Initially we were told that four gunmen disembarked from a uniquely marked Renault sedan and started firing. Was there a driver? Or did the attackers leave the vehicle unattended during their murderous rampage? How many shooters were there? I’ve heard at least six — the four who escaped in the Renault sedan and two who were shot and killed by Russian security personnel. But I also saw the interview with one of the Russian patrons who was waiting for the concert to start. He claims he disarmed one of the terrorists and delivered a knockout blow. So, if my math is correct, that is at least 7 shooters. Where did the other three come from? Was there a separate vehicle? Then we have the insane performance at Monday’s State Department press conference by flack Matthew Miller. I repeat the question I raised in a previous article — What did the U.S. Government know and when did it know it? Miller’s “confidence” about who was not responsible is total bullshit. In my 35 years holding clearances and dealing directly with the aftermath of terrorist events I cannot recall a single time that we had advance information about an attack that enabled us to pronounce within minutes of the attack who DID NOT set off the bomb, hijack the plane or shoot up the dance club. Yet Miller, who is a calloused liar, insists Ukraine is innocent and relies on tautology to make his case. Miller also insists that the United States “warned” Russia. Yet the evidence suggests otherwise. Russia’s Ambassador to the United States, who is about three miles from Main State, was not briefed on the threat by Secretary Blinken on any of his lackeys. Nor did US Embassy Moscow seek a meeting with Foreign Minister Lavrov or the head of the SVR to brief them on the “intel” the U.S. claimed to possess. If you have knowledge of an impending terrorist attack and fail to inform the nation that faces the threat, it naturally raises the suspicion that you are involved or tainted in some way. - Sonar21
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  1664. No General with half a brain will tell their adversary where he is going to attack. Which means, I suppose, the Ukrainian Generals were brainless. They launched the offensive as advertised and were soundly defeated by the Russian military. So what are the Ukrainians and their NATO allies yammering about now? A much anticipated Russian offensive once the muddy season in Ukraine ends. It is worth noting that the Russians, like a good poker player, is not revealing their hand and keeping mum on what they plan to do come summer. I do not think the West is paying attention to what Russia is doing now. It is moving steadily forward in the Donbass driving the Ukrainians back towards the Dnieper River. Yet, Ukraine’s top general, Syrsky, is insisting that his army is pushing the Russians back. Russia’s premiere war correspondent, Marat Khairullin, offers a different take. One of Marat’s key observations is a less pithy version of the aphorism, “don’t change horses in mid-stream.” He writes, “And here the question arises: if the situation is developing steadily in our favor and is improving progressively, then is there any point in changing something?” In other words, Russia’s current grinding strategy, which has added the extensive use of glide bombs on Ukrainian defensive position and taking out thermal and hydroelectric power plants along the Dnieper River, may not require an offensive. If Russia decides to take out most of the bridges over the Dnieper River in the coming weeks then the Ukrainian forces east of the river will face a logistics nightmare. Russia would be in a position to compel their surrender or force all Ukrainian troops to try to escape to the West bank of the Dnieper. Russia may not need to mount a major offensive. It can simply keep doing what it is doing and achieve victory without risking Russian casualties. - Sonar21
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  1671. One thing the new Virage image appears to reveal is that Russia does have good patrolling flights over the Black Sea west of Crimea. This appears to confirm recent reports that Mig-31s shot down a Neptune missile barrage at an impressively long range, 40-80km from the shore. That means Mig-31s, with their famously powerful radars, as well as potentially A-50 AWACs are in fact patrolling the sea in that region. Over the past several days huge strikes on both Belgorod and Crimea were totally repelled by a virtually flawless AD performance. I remark on it deliberately because Ukraine champions the one or two occasional penetrations, like with the ship last month (which I contend stronger than ever was not actually a missile strike), but completely ignore the 95% of other times when Russian AD proves flawless. The attacks over the past few days were noted for their saturation ferocity and some reports claimed that Russia’s upgraded Pantsir-SM systems may have been used in the Belgorod region to down an entire barrage of Czech Vampire MLRS rockets. Literature has shown Russia’s latest Pantsir upgrades have much better radars, more resistant to noise and clutter, more tuned to detect smaller drones, etc. In short: the past week has seen exemplary work where Russian AD has stopped every single barrage of vaunted UA weaponry, but you won’t hear that from Zelensky’s press. In fact what we did hear from his side is Ukraine’s own AD has been badly depleted. The US is scrambling to find more Patriot missiles and Russia’s latest attack days ago was the first that Ukrainian officials actually began to admit how few of the missiles they shot down: And evidence continues to pour out about large enterprises destroyed: Russia is causing massive damage to Ukrainian defense enterprises which includes the personnel. The report from the Kiev Artem plant states the “entire shift” of 50 people was wiped out by two Kinzhals: Ukrainian ex-general Krivonos says some of Ukraine’s most significant enterprises have been totally destroyed: A new report from FT corroborates Russia’s increasing dominance in the EW spectrum: Then there were the stark revelations that America’s premier strategic deterrence weapons, the Minutemen III missiles, are so old that the “drawings don’t even exist anymore”: Not to mention there are no living technicians who even understand the missiles. Doh. This shock revelation comes only two months after the US’s latest Minutemen test spectacularly failed: As if that wasn’t bad enough, we had a major revelation from Ukrainian soldiers that the reason none of their Abrams are on the front is because they don’t work. Recall the recent reports of the highly sensitive Abrams, which need their filters changed every hour. But they took it a step further and actually showed a damning video of their Abrams gun all janky, its stabilizers completely shot. At the 0:30 second mark you can see the gun shakin’-n’rattlin’: Color me shocked. NATO weapons have really lived up to ‘expectations’. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Germany hit out with its own bombshell that mysterious “drones” have been flying over the country for a year, spying on their bases—and the kicker: Germany apparently is not able to do anything about it! None of the newfangled NATO weaponry, the high tech sensors, etc., can repel the drones at all. From Bild: A prominent AFU radioelectronics designer also reported that he himself witnessed a Russian FPV using autonomous targeting already, and in thermal mode to boot: We’ve long discussed the Lancet is being made capable of this, but as of yet not FPVs—which is what sets this report apart. Of the 200 thousand professional military personnel who were in Kiev in February 2022, almost all were killed or injured. This was stated by the commander of the NATO training mission Marlov, who has been leading the EU training command in Ukraine in Germany for 14 months. "Of the 200,000 professional soldiers available in February 2022, the vast majority has so far fallen or wounded. The vast majority of soldiers of the Armed Forces at the forefront today — civilians or, at best, reservists, "he explained. Well, what can you say? - Simplicius
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  1700. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian Armed Forces rescue civilians amid Ukrainian forces’ incursion into the liberated settlement of Ulakly west of Kurakhovo. On February 23, 2025, the Russian Defense Ministry shared footage of the evacuation of about a dozen civilians from the settlement by Vostok Troops Group soldiers from the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade. The soldiers transported the people to a temporary accommodation area, where Russian forces provided clean clothes, hot food, and allowed the civilians to rest. The rescue operation lasted more than 24 hours, and civilians were the top priority for Russian forces, underscoring the ongoing fighting amid Ukrainian efforts to move from Konstantinopol to disrupt Russian positions west of Ulakly settlement. Footage from February 22 showed the movement of armored vehicles at the entrance to the settlement, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the forward formations, trying to repel the Russian mechanized attack as fierce fighting ensued. Meanwhile, units of the 39th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 68th Army Corps of the “South” Group detailed the liberation of Ulakly. The soldiers advanced under Ukrainian fire during the assault, destroying fortified enemy positions and personnel in residential areas, sheltering in houses as well as objective control from Russian reconnaissance and drone strikes, as well as other weapons at their disposal in large numbers. The attack demonstrated the precision and effectiveness of Russian forces in eliminating a strong Ukrainian defense, but they were trapped in a “cauldron,” strategically located south of Donetsk. As a result of the successful attack, Russian units cleared the eastern side, forcing Ukraine to retreat and reassess its increasingly eroded defense strategy and disrupted supply chains. The Russian military benefited from this as it advanced from Ulakly towards key settlements adjacent to it along the front line, amid ongoing fighting. On February 21, the 68th Army Corps raised several Russian flags there, a symbolic gesture of control, reinforcing Russian presence and authority in the region. The Ulakly situation is a further example of a broader trend of Russian military successes, which are making it increasingly difficult for Kiev to hold onto disputed territory as it faces increasing pressure on multiple fronts. So far, Ulakly has been completely liberated and it seems the Defense Ministry has not made an official announcement amidst the ongoing civilian rescue. And now, it's Konstantinople's turn!
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  1763. The gist of this paper revolves around hatching ideas for how Ukraine can use its reorientation period to rebuild into a force that can defeat Russia. It begins with the same tired gloat of how much larger NATO/EU’s combined economies and military spending are over Russia. It’s a bit of a sophomoric take, as they expect this to innately convert into victory, as if it’s just a ‘given’ that “bigger is better.” I won’t rehash the obvious, but our recently discussed axiom applies here: you can print cash but not shells. So, lacking trained officers, a Ukrainian brigade can only effectively control two companies, giving an entire AFU brigade only 1200 meters of usable coverage? Eye-opening as it may be, these numbers check out with things we’ve seen. For instance in the summer counteroffensive, even the most elite brigades like the 47th only ever appeared able to operate 2-company assaults at any given time. —after spending a year downplaying Russia’s abilities, claiming they produce only 1 or sometimes at most 2 million shells, they now openly admit Russia has already reached 3.5M and will soon hit nearly 5M shells per year capacity. These words wouldn’t be so weighty if they weren’t issued from the very maw of the beast itself—the most powerful neocon deepstate ‘shadow elite’ which has run the US MIC for decades, and which therefore speaks on its very behalf. If you read carefully, there’s an almost desperate urgency in their tone—which is extremely telling. Wait a second, so the completely dead, battered, beaten and defeated, poor Russian army, who—according to MSM—had had 95% casualties thus far, is suddenly able to muster 3 entire full-fledged field armies just for the task of securing the Polish border? That is a veritable universe of difference with what’s allowed for public consumption. In fact, it’s absolutely dizzying what they now claim Russia will be able to muster along the entire NATO front: So now we get to the real truth about why the earlier-mentioned stealth fleets are so necessary. You see, they admit that NATO have no real ground forces to speak of, nor any artillery left, after giving it all to Ukraine—not that they had much to begin with. In fact, NATO is nothing more than a fragile glass jetfighter masquerading as a military alliance. These freaks, which have co-opted the country and its foreign policy, have in fact turned America into nothing more than a shambling golem, one without clothes like its shadow emperor. They now fear nothing more than for Russia to shatter this displaced “idea”, this fraudulent, barnacled ‘dream’ which exists only in the blood-addled minds of the neocon usurpers. This would shatter the illusion once and for all, not only freeing the globe from the Leviathan’s grasp, but destroying the age old neocon pursuit. The America they’ve concocted exists as a simulation in a matrix, and they fear Russia has found the key to unplugging their false construct-reality, awakening an entire generation to the actual truth: that the country and everything it ever stood for has been entirely hijacked by a criminal cabal. Most of all, they’ve revealed that “America’s” power relies on a spell cast over its closest ally, the completely subjugated Homo Europaeus. Once Russia “shatters” this spell, it’s game over. Dark stuff, I know. But this is why their tone is so evidently shrill and vexatious in this desperate report. Russia has cornered the rats and they’re panicking. - Simplicius
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  1767. Why Ukraine Won’t Be Able to “Dig In” - After the defeated 5 month Ukrainian offensive and with admissions in the Western media that Ukraine’s cross-river offensive in Kherson is a failure, a growing number Ukrainian and Western military and political leaders are talking about Ukraine going on the defensive; - Ukraine seeks to build Russian-style defensives along the line of contact and use 2024 to build up combat power; - The main problem facing this strategy is that Ukraine has already in many places dug in since as early as 2014 and yet Russia has been able to overpower and displace Ukrainian forces regardless; - Russia’s successful defeat of the 2023 Ukrainian offensive was owed as much to its superior firepower as it was to the construction of defensive positions; - While Russia will not be able to conduct “big arrow” offensives without suffering heavy losses for the same reason Ukraine cannot, the existence of mines covered by artillery, FPV drones and other systems that can target Russian forces as they attempt to breach minefields; - Russia can continue its war of attrition while placing growing pressure all along the line of contact and exploiting anywhere opportunities begin to form; - Western commentators continue to interpret the conflict in mere 2 dimensions rather than the 4 dimensions actually required to understand Russia’s long-term strategy and why it has worked; - The 4th dimension being time, it is important to understand what Ukraine’s combat power will look like a year from now following concerted Russian efforts to target and irreversibly diminish specific capabilities (like air defense, artillery, counter battery fire, and military aviation); - The New Atlas
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  1775. Remember when the narrative was that it was Russia totally reliant on Western-supplied parts in its weaponry? Here an American general literally admits the entire U.S. military structure would collapse in a day if China issued an embargo against them: If we were in a war with China and it stopped providing parts, we wouldn't be able to build the planes and weapons we needed,' he said. A startling report released earlier this year revealed Chinese firms have a stranglehold across 12 critical technologies that are vital to US national security, including nuclear modernization, hypersonic and space technologies. The study, which was carried out by defense software firm Govini, delivered a damning indictment on the American armaments industry. 'U.S. domestic production capacity is a shriveled shadow of its former self,' 'Crucial categories of industry for U.S. national defense are no longer built in any of the 50 states.' How the tides have turned. It seems the West is slowly coming to its awakening moment: it stands no chance in a long term conflict against the manufacturing powerhouse of the Russia-China-North Korea-Iran bloc. In the meantime, Russia continues to build up its military potential and asymmetrically respond to the West’s aggression. On top of that, Putin has now announced that Russia may resume manufacturing medium range ballistic missiles—precisely the kinds banned by the previous INF treaty which the U.S. abrogated: Russia has now stated the West is in danger of having its ties officially downgraded in their entirety by Russia: As many know, Russia moves very slowly—slow to saddle, fast to ride, as the mot goes—but when it does, it moves with heavy, enduring consequence. As I said, all the while, Russia is building up its resources and offensive potential. Unlike the West’s own dismal showing and inability to translate platitudes into action, Russia is sticking to its plans and promises: Russian missiles wiped out another officer’s billet in Kharkov, killing at least 15 AFU and wounding dozens more. The Russian rear strikes are doing massive damage—here’s another from today which blew away an entire Ukrainian train said to be full of armaments and Western gear: - Simplicius
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  1803. You must understand that these are very supersecret operations. It is one thing to arm Ukraine, but quite another thing to provide targeting assistance, because at a certain point it begins to look like we Germans are just using Ukraine as a cut-out for our own military aggression, and the last thing we want to do is provoke open hostilities. The whole point of the Ukraine war is that it allows us to strike Russia at one remove and with plausible deniability. This is important to the Federal Republic, because after years of mismanagement and underfunding, our soldiers are barely equipped to shoot down Houthi drones in the Red Sea. Should Germany give the Ukraine some of its precious few Taurus missiles, any assistance with pointing and firing them would have to be laundered supersecretly through Poland, or through the British, lest our fingerprints end up anywhere on the scheme. It’s so suspersecret that a Lieutenant Colonel might have to drive the targeting data across the Polish border to hand it off personally to intermediaries, just so nobody can prove direct German involvement. That is how supersecret all of this is. While the origins of this targeting data have to be kept supersecret, our Luftwaffe brass decided that their conversation about maintaining this supersecrecy could be entrusted to an unsecure Webex videoconference. In this they resemble a murderer who plans the perfect crime only to livestream the entire thing to his friends on Facebook. Taurus is a complex weapons system and the Ukrainians will not be able to use it without months of training. Efforts to cut corners here could be dangerous and result in a Taurus missile obliterating civilian targets. Should Scholz change his mind, either Germany or (preferably) British operatives in Ukraine would have to assist in planning the earliest Taurus attacks. Simply waiting for Ukrainians to complete Taurus missile school and use the weapons on their own is undesirable, because the months-long delay would generate bad headlines. - LewRockwell
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  1815. Dear Climate Crisis Guy, The climate in the northern hemisphere was much colder in the late 1700s than in the 20th century, with large American rivers like the Delaware routinely freezing over during the winter. If you lived back then, would you demand that the climate be “protected” at its then-current state? With reference to the above, how do you determine the optimal “global” temperature? Greenland during the period of roughly 1100-1700 was warmer than it has been since, and it supported European settlements for hundreds of years. After subsequent centuries of colder temperatures and expanding glaciers, why should we now be anxious if Greenland is a bit warmer today than 60 years ago? In the atmosphere, there are four parts carbon dioxide to every 9,996 other parts. Do you think minor variations in an inert gas molecule comprising 0.04% of anything can by itself have a meaningful effect on any physical or thermal barrier? Thinking about the sun, ocean currents, water vapor, volcanic emissions, vegetation and other such natural variables, is CO2 a bigger climate influence? Giant sheets of ice covered much of the earth’s land area during the last ice age, which ended about 10,000 years ago. During that time, the huge glaciers rapidly melted, without human help. Why do you feel that man, who generates only about 10% of all new carbon dioxide, has a major impact on a global climate that is subject to much more direct, massive natural forces? Are Europe and North America more inhabitable now, or when they were covered in ice? Global crop yields have soared in the past 60 years. Can you explain how “climate change” has harmed food production? - LewRockwell
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  1859. The president has urged sustainable development of the region and addressed the global implications of the US claim to Greenland Russian President Vladimir Putin has detailed the country’s priorities for the future development of the Arctic region. As to Greenland, this is an issue that concerns two specific nations and has nothing to do with us. But at the same time, of course, we are concerned about the fact that NATO countries are increasingly often designating the Far North as a springboard for possible conflicts and are practicing the use of troops in these conditions, including by their “new recruits” – Finland and Sweden, with whom, incidentally, until recently we had no problems at all. They are creating problems with their own hands for some reason. Why? It is impossible to understand. But nevertheless, we will proceed from current realities and will respond to all this. I must emphasise: Russia has never threatened anyone in the Arctic. However, we are closely monitoring developments in the region, formulating an appropriate response strategy, enhancing the combat capabilities of the Armed Forces, and modernising military infrastructure facilities. We will not tolerate any encroachments on our country’s sovereignty and will steadfastly safeguard our national interests. By upholding peace and stability in the Arctic region, we will ensure its long-term socio-economic development, improve the quality of life for its residents, and preserve its unique natural environment. Efforts to explore and develop the Russian North and to overcome the challenges related to its harsh climate while enabling the state to reach new promising horizons – all these objectives have inspired many generations of our ancestors, including medieval sailors and Novgorod merchants, those who pioneered Arctic exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries, industrial leaders of the 18th and 19th centuries, researchers, polar explorers, engineers, Soviet workers, and companies in present-day Russia which launched major Arctic projects in the early 2000s. Today, the North has become central to our development efforts. This is a sovereign and historical choice for us. This means that the objectives we set for and address in the Arctic, and the projects we undertake here must match this historical scale and have a horizon spanning decades, if not centuries. We will do everything to consolidate Russia’s leadership in the Arctic despite all the challenges and travails we face today. We will provide for the region’s comprehensive development and create a solid foundation for future generations. - RT
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  1898. Ten years on from the Maidan uprising in Kiev, the country of the Ukraine has descended into utter chaos, corruption, fascism, destruction and suffering. And yet the Kiev regime and its Western state supporters have the audacity to call the tragic, bloody morass “a decade of dignity”. The Maidan coup leaders murdered and burned opponents to death as in the Odessa pogrom on May 2, 2014, or in the deadly air strike on unsuspecting Lugansk civilians on June 2, 2014. When the Western transAtlantic powers couldn’t get their way in dragooning Ukraine into joining the EU-NATO axis, the next step was to orchestrate a violent coup d’état in Kiev. The rapid escalation of violent protests was obviously fomented and mobilized by external forces: the United States, European Union, the CIA and NATO. It was a repeat of the U.S.-sponsored Orange Revolution in Kiev in 2004 which had failed back then to fully decouple Ukraine from historically close relations with Russia. A second time around, however, the color revolution process would be more deadly and determined. Three months after the initial street demonstrations and amid mounting organized deadly subversion, the coup was executed on February 20, 2014. President Yanukovych fled the country. A NeoNazi regime seized power and immediately transformed Ukraine into a bastion of anti-Russia hate. World War Two Nazi collaborators were venerated and made public heroes. Russian-speaking people were attacked and lynched. This is all documented, albeit censored out of history by the Western media. American and European politicians midwifed the birth of a monster. The objective was always to create a fascist Frankenstein terrorist state that would do the Western imperialists’ dirty work of destabilizing Russia. American imperialist ideologues like Zbigniew Brzezinski had touted and written books about Ukraine as the bridgehead for destabilizing Russia. The roots of such intrigue can be traced back to the early CIA recruitment of Ukrainian Nazis in the aftermath of World War Two to harass the Soviet Union. Joe Biden, who was then the vice president in the Obama administration (2008-16), was intimately responsible for the transmogrification of Ukraine. Along the way, Biden even got his drug-addict playboy son Hunter a lucrative job as an executive in the country’s largest gas company. CIA Director John Brennan was also fully involved in orchestrating what would become a civil war in Ukraine between the far-right Kiev regime forces and the ethnic Russian population of Donbass. Fortunately for the people of Crimea, they seceded in March 2014 and joined the Russian Federation. The Peninsula was spared the genocidal violence that the NATO-backed regime launched against the Donbass. It was that systematic aggression (largely ignored by the Western media) that finally propelled the Russian military intervention in February 2022. Elsewhere, U.S. President Joe Biden and America’s European allies (elitist regimes one and all) have been exposed as morally bankrupt over their complicit support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. It is a stunning exposure in a sudden compressed episode of horrific violence over the past six weeks. Nonetheless, it is perfectly consistent with the West’s complicity in the genocidal conflict that it unleashed in Ukraine over a longer timeframe. Ultimately, the Western imperialist states are the evil root of both. When Von Der Leyen proclaims that Ukraine’s decade of “dignity”, that is disaster, represents the “future of Europe”, it is something to behold with contempt. It is also deeply chilling. Her statement shows the despicable malevolence and fascism of such Western so-called leaders. Ukraine and Gaza are testaments to the criminality of Western regimes masquerading as democracies. - LewRockwell
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  1922. I recall my boss at State Counter Terrorism — retired USMC Colonel Dick Gannon — saying, “You can’t fix stupid.” The U.S. and U.K. airstrikes on Yemen are absolutely stupid and is likely to ignite a spiral of violence that will leave Americans and Brits dead. The cable news shows absolutely love this story. They get to show video footage of F-18s zooming off the deck of a carrier and pictures of boiling clouds of black smoke risking above the cities of Sana’a and Al-Hudaydah (see above). But what does this accomplish? From a military standpoint it is unlikely that these bombings destroyed or damaged any Houthi rocket/drone/missile warehouses. Why? Because Antony Blinken briefed the leaders of Turkey, Greece, Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on the U.S. plan to hit Yemen. What are the odds that at least one senior person in the know passed that info along to folks in Yemen? I put it at 100%. So what? That gave Yemen time to disperse its assets or hide them in a secure location. I wonder if Shakespeare had Joe Biden in mind when he penned this observation in Macbeth: Life’s but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” This bombing is unlikely to achieve any meaningful degrading of Yemeni missile and drone capabilities, but it will rally more of the global Arab and muslim street to the side of the Houthis. It also raises the risk that the Houthis, who up until now had only targeted ships linked to Israel, will expand targets to include U.S. and U.K. vessels. Important to remember that the U.S. and U.K. ships can only spend a limited time in the Red Sea before they have to set sail for a port, such as Dubai, where the destroyers can replace the empty VLS missile tubes. Keep your eye on USCENTCOM — the U.S. miitary element responsible for military operations in the Middle East. CENTCOM normally conducts regular exercises for its own forces and with the forces of friendly nations. If the exercises currently on the calendar are executed then that is a signal that the CENTCOM commander does not expect much fallout from these strikes. However, if CENTCOM moves to cancel exercises then that signals the U.S. military is buckling up for an extended conflict. And that raises a more serious and significant question — how does the U.S. sustain naval combat operations when it is already running low on inventories of missiles? There also is an interesting legal question about the legitimacy of Biden ordering this strike. It does not fall under the Authorization for Use of Military Force (aka AUMF) issued in 2001 in the wake of the 9-11 attacks. Although Donald Trump as President designated the Houthis as a terror group, which could be argued falls under the 2001 AUMF, Joe Biden de-listed the Houtis. Therefore, under what legal authority did Biden commit and act of war against Yemen without Congressional approval? There are several members of the President’s own party raising hell about this tonight. - Sonar21
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  1945. The biggest news is that yesterday, May 18th, the Ukrainian new mobilization strictures officially and finally went into effect. This has resulted in a flood of videos showing deserted streets, with claims that men are now in hiding like never before. Additionally, Ukrainian truckers even staged a mass protest, blocking roads. It will be not only ‘interesting’ to see where this goes and how successful it is, but in fact this will be one of the critical bellwethers for Ukraine as a whole In short: Zelensky is desperate to use any excuse in escalating the war and inviting NATO into it. He knows the only way he can stop Russia is by embroiling the U.S. into the conflict, and he can do that by repeatedly pushing red lines against Russia in order to force Russia to react against NATO. But there is little chance it will work, as NATO has thus far demonstrated surprising risk aversion to the prospect of facing off with Russia. Meanwhile, Estonian PM Kaja Kallas says another one of the quietest parts aloud—Russia should be entirely broken up: it shows the type of craven, feckless, unprincipled and totally amoral puppets at the top of the West’s pyramid of rulership. There are no principles, only arrant hypocrisy and lies. Meanwhile, Russia’s hit on Lvov is now seen to have wiped out a major gas facility: Satellite images appeared which reportedly show the extent to which NATO is being demilitarized by the Ukrainian conflict. A large armor storage site in Italy has been nearly emptied out of various things like M113s, M109Ls, etc.: By the latest maps, Volchansk appears something like 40-50% taken, with Russian forces said to have begun crossing the Vovcha river which runs through its center: A Russian video demonstrating why the fortifications were such failures—Lancet drones kept blowing up all the Ukrainian trench-building equipment in the north: And the most demonstrative one of all—Ukrainian workers complain that Russian Lancets took out all their trench diggers: - Simplicius
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  1959. This guy really believes that Russia is getting whipped on the battlefield and Ukraine is triumphing. For example, he practically soils himself on camera while extolling the tremendous Ukrainian “victory” in striking the Headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol. He neglected to mention that Russia retaliated by hitting Kremenchug Airport — the launch site for the cruise missile strike on Crimea-Sevastopol — with a barrage of cruise missiles. No air raid warning was issued. It is presumed that low-observable Kh-50 cruise missiles were utilized. According to a report out of Turkey, the strike destroyed SCALP and Storm Shadow missiles as well as some Su-24M/MR bombers used to attack Sevastopol. - Sonar21 Russian forces have destroyed another two German-made Leopard tanks in the Kupyansk region, according to a report issued by Russia’s Defense Ministry on Friday. The Defense Ministry also reported that Russia’s Southern Group of forces repelled four Ukrainian attacks near the settlements of Vodyanoye and Maryinka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The ministry’s latest report suggested that up to 200 Ukrainian servicemen had been killed and wounded in those attacks, and that two infantry fighting vehicles and three cars were also destroyed. - RT NOT JUST IN THE UN HALLS but even on YouTube view counts reveal nobody cares to hear repetitive platitudes of NATO stooges repeating same pre-prepared lines for two hours (if not two years) straight. We can bet view count for Zelensky or Biden's UN speeches, at half or a third of those from dignified, sovereign and visionary African or Eurasian leaders, come from those laughing at them! - Intel Report AFTER SMOKE CLEARS there’s nothing left of Ukrainian positions near Liman, Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) with group of Grad ("Hail") rocket launchers unloading so many warheads at Kiev’s forces that fumes fill air - Russian forces push back 15 Ukrainian army attacks near Liman over past week. Russian army also stops 5 attacks dead in their tracks in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) over past week, with Kiev army losing over 950 troops, while total of 28 Ukrainian attacks thwarted in DPR and Ukrainian forces suffer over 1,455 casualties in process. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 22 More than 10 Ukrainian soldiers killed during attempt to storm Klesheevka, near Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut), Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). Footage shows the aftermath of the unsuccessful attack - who sends about 10 guys to storm 3 lines of Russian defenses? - Intel Report YOU’RE DOING THE WAR WRONG is what Mad Vlad Zelensky’s puppeteers in Washington are trying to tell Kiev as Western PR managers (pic above) explain that Begginsky’s strategy of throwing cannon fodder at Russian lines and committing war crimes on the daily ain’t best way to take over Russian territory. Pentagon's worried that Zelensky's obsessed with retaking Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut) and even more worried that Kiev army's gonna get obliterated if it's made to continue failed counteroffensive over winter - something Mad Vlad claims it'll do. "Comedian" who thinks he's a military genius - delusions of grandeur from coked-up madman. - Intel Report
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  1966. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian stormtroopers of the Tsentr Group of Forces moved into the city and drove out Ukrainian troops, leading to the liberation of the city of Novogrodovka on September 8, on the Pokrovsk direction. The Russian Defense Ministry released detailed footage on September 30, 2024, showing first-person view of small groups conducting urban combat, which is still held by the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Due to strong fire support from artillery and constant reconnaissance by drones, the soldiers were able to move quickly and occupy enemy positions with minimal friction. However, the interaction between the various units was persistent, combing the hiding places of the troops fighting for Zelensky, one by one in building after building. However, all this was preceded by powerful artillery fire and under the blows of FVP drones, which accurately destroyed and suppressed enemy firepower. As seen in the video frames, BM-21 Grad MLRS worked well and accurately against the troops of the 25th Airborne Brigade, digging at least some of the hiding places in the industrial zone of the Novogrodovskaya Mine No.2, including garbage heaps. As a result, something happened there, the remaining battalions of the brigade, which had split into several groups, were mostly eliminated, and retreated from the city, trying to break away from the advancing Russian assault troops. This allowed the stormtroopers to quickly clearing the city streets. The enemy troops could no longer hide in the basements and they were driven out of the settlement, as a soldier with the call sign "Sever" said during the assault. The persistent efforts of the Russian assault troops, coupled with skillful leadership and effective use of forces and resources, led to a successful mission, completing the task of completely capturing Novogrodovka in Donetsk region. Since then, the local population has maintained good relations with the Russian soldiers, with former Ukrainian Army soldiers switching sides during the fighting. A resident of Novogrodovka told a Russian war correspondent about the forced evacuation carried out by the Ukrainian authorities. "Ukrainian authorities are separating families with children!" He also mentioned "Angels" - this is a Ukrainian volunteer group, which tries to bring as many children as possible to the Ukrainian side.
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  1985. Macron’s “Democracy”: Rules for Thee, Not for Me French President Emmanuel Macron’s house of cards continues to crumble as Prime Minister Michel Barnier becomes the first PM since 1962 to lose a no-confidence vote in parliament. With 331 votes, well above the required 288... the National Assembly united across the political spectrum to oust Barnier. The left-wing New Popular Front (NPF) and the right-wing National Rally (RN), normally fierce rivals, found common cause against Macron’s increasingly autocratic minority government. Marine Le Pen, leader of the RN, made her position crystal clear: “We made the choice to protect the French people. There was no other solution.” Meanwhile, Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the NPF declared the no-confidence vote “inevitable”and called for Macron’s resignation, bluntly warning: “Even with a Barnier every three months, Macron will not last three years.” But Macron, ever the arrogant globalist puppet, has ruled out resigning. This is the same Macron who lectures Russia, China, Iran, and even Georgia on the "sanctity of democracy" and "respecting the will of the people." Yet in his own backyard, the will of the French people and their representatives is treated as a nuisance, not a mandate. The Breaking Point: The crisis erupted over Barnier’s draconian social security budget, proposing €40 billion in spending cuts and €20 billion in tax hikes. RN called the budget a slap in the face to ordinary French citizens, while the NPF accused the cabinet of betraying its pact with the electorate. Macron’s refusal to listen to his people has turned France into a powder keg, with thousands protesting in the streets. Macron’s rejection of democratic accountability echoes the arrogance of Louis XVI, whose obliviousness to the people's demands lit the fuse for revolution. The Fifth Republic, born from the ashes of political instability in 1958, now teeters under Macron’s hubris, reminiscent of the systemic collapses that doomed previous regimes. The cracks in the foundation of French governance are widening, and history offers no comfort to those who ignore its lessons. Macron, along with his fellow “rules-based order” lackeys in Germany, the UK, and the US, dares to lecture the world on democracy while ignoring the fundamental principle of consent of the governed. When Western elites speak of democracy, they mean control. When they speak of the “rules,” they mean rules for others, never for themselves. Macron’s crisis doesn’t just jeopardize France, it shakes the EU’s fragile core. As the bloc struggles with mounting economic and political divisions, this instability in its second-largest economy highlights the West’s inability to lead by example. Europe’s self-styled moral superiority erodes further, while the multipolar world takes note and prepares alternatives. France’s constitutional rules prevent another election for a year, leaving Macron scrambling to appoint a new puppet prime minister. But the damage is done. Macron’s government is a hollow shell, propped up by hypocrisy and arrogance. The Fifth Republic has endured 150 no-confidence votes since 1958, but Macron may very well go down as the man who shattered its credibility entirely. The rules-based order isn’t just failing, it’s imploding under the weight of its own lies. Keep lecturing, Macron. The world sees you for what you are: a globalist marionette clinging to power while your master's empire burns. - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  2007. The EU needs new leadership as the bloc’s current top officials have proven entirely unsuccessful, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has claimed. Orban made the comments at the European Parliament on Tuesday as part of a public discussion with Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and the leader of the French National Rally party, Fabrice Leggeri. “Now we have a leadership in the EU with some major projects selected by themselves like green transition, RRF (Recovery and Resilience Facility) policy, migration, war [in Ukraine] and sanctions policy, and they all failed,” Orban said. “The present leadership of the European Union must go away. And we need new leaders,” the Hungarian prime minister insisted. Orban said he intends “to come and take over Brussels,” reiterating his earlier warning to “occupy” the EU’s key institutions with his allies in order to bring change to the bloc. According to the Hungarian leader, the rule of law and conditionality system created by the current EU leadership has “proved to be… an instrument of political blackmailing. If you do not behave as we expect, you do not get the money.” Hungary has not received “a single penny” from the RRF because European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has openly voiced dissatisfaction with Budapest’s reluctance to accept migrants and its opposition to the bloc’s gender policies, he said. The EU’s green transition “has failed because it has gone against [the] economic and industrial” interests of the bloc, Orban added. A switch towards climate neutrality should not be “politically motivated,” otherwise “it would destroy the competitiveness of the European economy. That is where we stand today,” he explained. In contrast to many other EU members, the Hungarian leader has refused to provide arms to Ukraine and has consistently criticized the bloc’s sanctions against Russia over the conflict. According to Orban, the time has come for Brussels to define “what it should do with the issue of the war” in order to find a solution to the crisis and prevent similar ones in the future. - RT
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  2021. What really matters in the Order is what it says about Israel committing genocide. How could it be otherwise? Genocide is the crime of all crimes. The Order clearly states that there is: 1) plausible evidence that Israel has the intent to commit genocide; and 2) there is plausible evidence that Israel is committing genocide. In response to that dire situation the court ordered Israel to stop committing those acts that appear to be genocidal, and to preserve any evidence that bears on this matter, obviously for the trial ahead. In short, the ICJ did not make a final decision on the charge of genocide against Israel, but said there is sufficient evidence at this point to believe there is a “real and imminent risk” of genocide, and therefore Israel must fundamentally alter its conduct of the war in Gaza. I think this is a stunning outcome, especially when you consider the votes among the 17 members of the ICJ. There were six separate votes on six provisional measures that Israel was instructed to obey. Four of the votes were 15-2. Two of the votes were 16-1. Amazingly, the Israeli judge — who was recently appointed by Prime Minister Netanyahu — voted in favor of two of the measures. The American judge, who is also the head of the ICJ, voted in favor of all 6 of the measures. Both the Israelis and the South Africans sent their “A” teams to the proceedings, and each took over three hours to lay out its arguments systematically and comprehensively. Finally, I have read the ICJ’s 27-page Order, and it is an impressive document, which is not to say one must agree with all its conclusions. This was not a kangaroo court. It seems clear that yesterday was a black day for Israel, as the ICJ Order will leave a deep and lasting stain on its reputation. - LewRockwell
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  2023. The most talked about of course is the headway being made for the Ukrainian aid bill, which is set to be voted on in both the House and Senate this weekend and early next week, owing to Speaker Mike Johnson’s eye-opening U-turn. The U-turn was in fact so ‘sudden’ as to imply sinister developments behind the scenes—perhaps kompromat waving, threats, and the like. From an alleged CIA/NSA whistleblower: You can see below how drastically his tone has changed into an uncharacteristically histrionic one: This comes after he suddenly proclaimed himself a “wartime speaker”, which was echoed ominously by other congressmen: However, while the pro-Ukrainian crowd rejoices, it’s not clear what real benefit the aid would bring, should it pass. For instance, days ago the provisions of the alleged bill had leaked which apparently showed the vast majority of the $48B Ukrainian aid going to various American DOD scams: If there’s any accuracy to the above, it appears that when you take away the civil funds to the Ukrainian government, and the DOD’s own beak-wetting double-dip, all that’s really left for Ukrainian ‘weapons’ is about $14B or less. And in fact Johnson appears to confirm this when he says that he changed the bill so that 80% of it now Certainly that’s still a fairly significant amount of money, all things considered, but it doesn’t even begin to address the much bigger issue of there not being any arms left to spend that money on. That’s not to mention the fact that Western ammo factories continue to mysteriously go up in smoke these past two weeks: As an aside, for every such occasional blow that Ukraine delivers, Russia gives back at least 4 or 5 big ones. In the past week alone we’ve had several major successful strikes, such as on the Ukrainian base in Dnipro, with several Mig-29s and S-300 systems destroyed: So, clearly, whatever minor successes Ukraine has, Russia continues vastly out-attritioning them. Let’s cover a few disparate but important items. Russia continues to show its massive industrial output. A new T-90M echelon was sent to the front: And Shoigu visited Omsktransmash, where Russian T-80BVMs are being manufactured en masse. You can see the sheer scale and vast multitude of tanks being produced: That means Russia now has the world’s first and only main battle tank with native EW of this kind. That’s a big milestone and a testament to Shoigu’s hard work in pushing the equally hard-working defense industry to their limits. And the topic of speeches by globalist cretins, here’s a remarkable soundbite from Boris Johnson who says the quiet part aloud, that the Ukraine war is actually all about preserving Western Atlanticist hegemony: And a final fascinating speech demonstrating their desperation comes from Stoltenberg. Here he openly admits that Europe’s stocks are so depleted that they must send Ukraine even their own personal strategic supplies, dangerously dipping below strict NATO reserves requirements for their own armies: So, in essence, he’s now admitting that NATO is being totally demilitarized for Ukraine. Good news. - Simplicius
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  2030. Gonzalo Lira, an American citizen and global reporter, died this week in a Kharkov prison eight months after he was arrested for the crime of speaking the truth about what was happening in Ukraine. Under Secretary of State Vickie Nuland, despised Gonzalo, as did Zelensky. People from around the world, who had been informed by Gonzalo’s reports, interviews and articles asked their governments to assist. None apparently did, and most certainly his own government – the one led by Dark Brandon and the Democrats and the war-loving, truth-hating Republicans – did absolutely nothing. What we do know, and may learn from Gonzalo’s death at the hands of the Joe Biden administration and their puppet dictator in Kiev, is that rule of law and the duties of the state to its citizens that one might presume from a casual reading of the US Constitution, is dead, dry, decayed, decrepit, and damned to hell. Biden and his executive state murdered Gonzalo Lira – it intended to silence him forever, it refused to demand his release (billions and billions to Zelensky were never enough). Zelensky and Netanyahu share the stage as unhinged, deranged recipients of billions of US taxpayer dollars, no strings attached ever. It’s the way our foreign policy works, send money, look into crystal balls, murmur and huddle, and hope for more war, more murder, more chaos as the United States runs out its own clock. Gonzalo’s death at the hands of Dark Brandon’s State Department and our best Ukraine ally is an echo of what goes on wherever the US government has influence. Many journalists and others who simply write and speak their truth have been exiled, punished, imprisoned, denied the ability to speak, write or communicate or to monetize their communicative and investigative work – simply because the US government does not like truth, free association, or freedom in general. Our president exists in a revolving disassociate fugue, surrounded by sociopaths. The world they live in, as we saw with the recent episode of “Who’s Running the Pentagon?” is one where self-centeredness has evolved into uniformed narcissism – where every government employee stares admiringly into their reflections all day long, and become annoyed and angry if anyone suggests they have a responsibility to serve the nation. The US government, indeed the state itself, is most definitely not yet broken, and it is causing the kind of damage that will send us all to hell. Each of us must take time, every day, to renew our war against the state, in spirit, academically, economically, in our lives and communities, and separate ourselves from it. We must do so ourselves, and help others to do so, in whatever ways they can. Only in this way can we honor the dead that our government has already murdered, in our name and with our money. RIP, Gonzalo. - LewRockwell
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  2031. It clears up a lot of confusion when you understand that the US empire is not a national government which happens to run nonstop military operations, it’s a nonstop military operation that happens to run a national government. The wars are not designed to serve the interests of the United States, the United States is designed to serve the interests of the wars. The US as a country is just a source of funding, personnel, resources and diplomatic cover for a nonstop campaign to dominate the planet with mass military violence and the threat thereof. This campaign is not waged to benefit the American people or their security, but to benefit the loose international alliance of plutocrats and unelected empire managers whose wealth and power are premised on the world order of continuous violence, exploitation and extraction which the campaign of global domination upholds. This campaign of global domination and its manifestations as a whole may be referred to as the US empire, which has very little in common with the US as an individual nation. And the behavior of the empire absolutely is an emergency. The escalations against Russia and China that these freaks are pushing have the world on a trajectory that’s going to get us all killed, and the horrors they are inflicting in Gaza and elsewhere are creating a nightmare on earth right here and now. The empire is only getting crazier and more violent as its planetary domination becomes more challenged, and until people can see it for what it really is, it’s going to be very hard to build up the necessary public opposition against it to use the power of our numbers to force them to stop. - LewRockwell
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  2053. Despite the presence of multiple potential witnesses inside Beeri before ZAKA arrived to collect dead bodies, independent testimony corroborating Landau’s claim has yet to surface. Further, there are no recorded deaths of siblings around the age of 6 to 8 in Beeri on October 7. Any record of a young child killed in the manner Landau described is similarly nonexistent, as are photos of the murdered family he described. In fact, the only siblings anywhere close to this age range who died in the community on that day—12-year-old twins Liel and Yanai Hetrzroni—were killed by Israeli tank shelling. Landau’s story – and by extension, Blinken’s testimony before the Senate – therefore appears to have been spun out of whole cloth; a cynical fabrication intended to dramatize the supposed barbarism of Hamas in order to widen the political space for Israel’s rampage in the Gaza Strip. As this investigation will demonstrate, Landau’s tale was merely one of many tall tales concocted by a small circle of dubious characters who have managed to shape the official narrative of October 7 in Western media. Though Israeli officials played a central role in Tel Aviv’s misinformation campaign surrounding the events of October 7— falsely claiming, for instance, that the bodies of dead Jewish babies were found dangling from a laundry line in one kibbutz—the most inflammatory allegations have emerged from a collection of ultra-Orthodox volunteer organizations such as ZAKA. Though ZAKA specializes “in body collection and disposal,” the group has no coronary credentials and is staffed by droves of poorly trained volunteers. Then there is this admission by the clueless Lt. Col. Golan Vach. He says he saw one headless baby in the house that his tanks fired on. I say clueless because he is unwilling to acknowledge the fact that it was his tanks, not Hamas, that killed all of the people and decapitated the baby in that house. - Sonar21
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  2060. It finally happened—our questions on Russia and Putin’s resoluteness have been answered. After a nearly two-month hiatus of major long-range strikes on energy infrastructure, Russia struck back again last night with what’s again being called one of the largest strikes of the war, which not only reportedly utilized a fleet of 16 Tu-95s, but according to some sources even a wing of Tu-160s for the first time. Virtually every missile in Russia’s arsenal was said to be fired: ▪Kh-101 ▪Caliber ▪Kh-32/22 ▪Oniks ▪Iskander ▪Kinzhal ▪Zircon (apparently 2 were fired on targets at Kiev) Energy substations were hit all over the country. Kh-101s are here seen hitting Rivne Nuclear Power Plant’s substation area: Bloomberg reports that generation at Ukrainian nuclear facilities was cut back by 40-90%, with only 2 out of 9 total reactors operating at full power: Now, as if timed to stave off the morale depletion of the coming ‘dark winter’, Biden is reportedly set to announce the removal of long-range strikes restrictions on Ukraine’s ATACMS: This announcement was reportedly immediately followed by France and Britain authorizing use of Storm Shadow/Scalp missiles on Russian territory as well. As we’ve discussed here many times, politically neutered and ideologically paralyzed Europe can do nothing without its master first giving the go ahead or signaling support. The announcement comes just as ATACMS stocks have been depleted, with several articles over the past month or so noting this. The same goes for Storm Shadow/Scalp: Remember: for the Storm Shadows to be fired “deep” into Russian territory, the F-16s—or whatever platform carrying them—would have to get almost right up to the Russian border, and risk almost certain shoot down by Russian patrol craft, long range AD, etc. The same goes for ATACMS—everyone just assumes it can hit max distance into Voronezh, but to do that the ATACMS would have to be right on the border. They learned the hard way what happens when they try that, as a slew of HIMARS trucks were destroyed not far from the border in the Kursk fiasco. With stockpiles for both ATACMS, Storm Shadows, and even future-potential Taurus missiles scraping the bottom of the barrel, it’s not expected they could make any real mark. German state TV complains from Kiev: - The Russians advance every day in many places - Ukrainian soldiers run away - Ukrainian soldiers commit suicide The situation is really bad at the front. It gets back to what we talked about last time: Trump loves to have his cake and eat it too. He would love to profit from both sides of the equation by satisfying Ukraine with arms so he doesn’t “look like a big loser” or betrayer, while at the same time, courting Russia for concessions and an armistice. But such “two-chair” tactics won’t work for now-hardline and maximalist Russia, and so the only question which remains is will Trump be angered once his ego is hurt by Putin’s snub, and thus try to ‘strongman’ himself into some escalation to upstage Russia? Or will he smartly concede the floor to Russia’s advantages and realize WWIII is not worth it for his grand capitalist revival dreams? - Simplicius
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  2081. What really matters in the Order is what it says about Israel committing genocide. How could it be otherwise? Genocide is the crime of all crimes. The Order clearly states that there is: 1) plausible evidence that Israel has the intent to commit genocide; and 2) there is plausible evidence that Israel is committing genocide. In response to that dire situation the court ordered Israel to stop committing those acts that appear to be genocidal, and to preserve any evidence that bears on this matter, obviously for the trial ahead. In short, the ICJ did not make a final decision on the charge of genocide against Israel, but said there is sufficient evidence at this point to believe there is a “real and imminent risk” of genocide, and therefore Israel must fundamentally alter its conduct of the war in Gaza. I think this is a stunning outcome, especially when you consider the votes among the 17 members of the ICJ. There were six separate votes on six provisional measures that Israel was instructed to obey. Four of the votes were 15-2. Two of the votes were 16-1. Amazingly, the Israeli judge — who was recently appointed by Prime Minister Netanyahu — voted in favor of two of the measures. The American judge, who is also the head of the ICJ, voted in favor of all 6 of the measures. Both the Israelis and the South Africans sent their “A” teams to the proceedings, and each took over three hours to lay out its arguments systematically and comprehensively. Finally, I have read the ICJ’s 27-page Order, and it is an impressive document, which is not to say one must agree with all its conclusions. This was not a kangaroo court. It seems clear that yesterday was a black day for Israel, as the ICJ Order will leave a deep and lasting stain on its reputation. - LewRockwell
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  2127. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The 82nd Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, recently transferred to the Kursk region from Donbass, hoped to storm the settlement of Malaya Loknya, which is still in the gray zone. But Russian military correspondents shared footage on August 27, 2024, showing what the assault group was aiming for here while hoping to record a victory video, instead they themselves handed over the baton to Russian soldiers from the 9th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 92nd Assault Brigade. Ukrainian forces continue to transfer reserves in an attempt to seize the designated bridgehead in the settlement, but have suffered serious losses, and more of them were taken prisoner with a little red armband style. Confident of victory, the 82nd Assault Brigade of Ukraine brought their rags to Malaya Loknya. But the fate was different, the soldiers were captured while their comrades were killed on the land of Kursk. The footage now shows the 92nd Assault Brigade of Russia, taking the flag as a trophy, due to making a mistake trying to attack Russian positions. Finally, after the prisoners of war made the right choice, they were all interrogated directly and told the same questions over and over again. They were very angry, complaining that the commanders who sent them to Kursk, had been living comfortably in Ukraine while their comrades were killed. It is worth noting! On August 6, Ukraine with the help of NATO-US, attacked the Russian region of Kursk and now claimed the occupation of about 1200 square kilometers. However, thousands of Ukrainian soldiers have been taken prisoner by Russia. According to the latest reports, Russia has transferred more than 30 thousand soldiers and a large number of weapons and artillery from other reserves here. Its task is to provide them with everything they need," Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said at the Coordination Council Meeting on military security issues today on August 28.
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  2196. First, much credit is due to both Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin for having agreed to speak to each other – or rather President Putin speaking to Tucker, as it was a lesson in Russian history and Russian culture and Russian soul, that President Putin gave not only to Tucker, but to the rest of the western world, most of whom have no clue what Russia is, and what makes Russia tick. Tucker shared his reflections straight after his interview with Putin… “You’d have to be crazy to think that Russia will give up Crimea.” “You’d have to be an idiot to think that Russia is an expansionist power; it’s already huge and doesn’t need more territory.” “You’d have to be an idiot to think that Russia could roll tanks into Vienna; there’s no evidence of such intentions.” “We are ruled by lunatics”— referring to the US leadership’s desire for regime change in Russia. For all those who still believe in the mainstream’s vilification of Vladmir Putin, but are ever-more doubtful and would like to know the truth, President Putin tells an extraordinary story of reality about Russia, the country’s history, all the way back to the 8th century, laying out very clearly that not only eastern but also western Ukraine – Kiev – is historically a part of Russia. Despite being showered with western insults and sanctions for years non-stop, President Putin used not one word of insult against western leaders. To the contrary, when asked by Tucker, how Putin’s counterparts reacted to his approaches, conversations, or suggestions for negotiations, on Ukraine, for example, Putin said he would not comment, and the good journalist, who Tucker Carlson is, might better ask directly at the source. - LewRockwell
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  2202. The point is to highlight that the trend in European politics does appear to be slowly veering away from many deepstate/establishment positions and initiatives, so while this is a rough generalization, it would appear likely that many of these NATO dreams will face increasing friction and opposition in the future, with their likelihood of coming to fruition going down each passing year. The problem is, the ruling elite of Ukraine have no choice but to double down because if the conflict is frozen, then much of their dirty laundry will come to light, including—most catastrophically for them—the scale of losses and destruction to Ukrainian society, something they’ll never live down. They’ll be torn to shreds, which includes Zelensky, and likely imprisoned if not worse. So they’re forced to take their bets with going ‘all the way’. The entire Kherson front, for instance, is a hoax on the Ukrainian side. There is zero chance for substantive breakthroughs or real “bridgeheads” there as logistics are simply not feasible. Simply put, the AFU is doing nothing more than dying en masse in Khrynki. Rumor has it the average AFU lifespan is under two days on the left bank “bridgehead”. Russian Ministry of Defense has raised another important military satellite to the cosmos from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, ever increasing their space ISR capabilities. - Simplicius HOW AMERICA LIES TO THE WORLD explained by Hungarian PM who sees right through Washington’s tricks and states any country that abuses moral "values" to hide their own interests destroys chance of meaningful dialogue between states. One of the Americans’ strengths is their ability to present what is really an American interest as a universal value - Orban. Hungarian leader's already taken clear stance on slimy EU chiefs, urging countrymen to "not dance to their tune". - Intel Report
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  2226. Update on Ukraine, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific for November 19, 2023… - The Ukraine proxy war is at a dead end with Russia inevitably winning unless the US and its allies intervene more directly; - Russia has been stockpiling missiles over the past several months for what could be a massive offensive or possibly in preparation for multiple contingencies related to US-NATO involvement in either Ukraine, the Middle East, or both; - Israel military operations in Gaza continue erasing the civilian population from Gaza City with the Israeli military recently ordering the “evacuation” of the Al Shifa Hospital; - The evacuation of Al Shifa Hospital, besides being ordered by Israel, has been necessitated by the humanitarian crisis Israeli forces have created by cutting off food, energy, and other essential services across Gaza; - Israeli government decision to allow “2 trucks” to enter Gaza daily to provide fuel and sewage services equates to maintaining the blockage; - Israeli administration continues insisting operations seek to eliminate Hama despite the fact it maneuvered Hamas into power in the first place, specifically to serve as a pretext to erase Gaza and provoke conflict in the region; - Even as the US invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to the US for the APEC Summit, the US continues its policy of encircling China in Asia-Pacific; - The US continues arming Taiwan despite officially recognizing Taiwan as part of China under the US’ “One China” policy; - The US has signed a “nuclear deal” with the Philippines after Manila canceled joint rail projects with China, signaling a continued shift away from development and toward crippling dependence on the US; - A moth-balled nuclear power plant exists in the Philippines, construction initiated by the current president’s father, but shut down amid safety and corruption concerns; - The New Atlas
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  2245. As cliche as it sounds, things are turning dire for Ukraine—at least for this current phase of things. Zelensky finally openly confessed his intention to purge not only Zaluzhny and his assistants, but a lot of other staff in what is essentially a ‘great reset’ of the Ukrainian leadership: Immediately after that, Ukrainian Deputy Yevhen Shevchenko reported that, according to his information, Zaluzhny has already internally accepted the position of ambassador to the UK: As the above article states, if this is true, it means Zaluzhny would effectively be ‘shipped out to the farm’ to be placed under close watch in the UK, and as far away from Ukraine as possible to keep Zelensky protected. There’s no word on how true any of this is, but rumor had it that the US had already earmarked Budanov for Zaluzhny’s position, which is why Budanov was flown on his high-profile tour of Washington DC late last year: it is said the planners and controllers—i.e. Nuland and co.—were likely using the opportunity to introduce Budanov around town to all the new shot-callers he’ll soon be taking orders from. Likewise it was to put his face front and center in the beltway and sell him as the next replacement. What’s most eye-opening about these events is that Avdeevka happens to be suddenly crumbling, just in time for these reversals. It suggests the non-coincidental nature of the proceedings; i.e. Zelensky may suddenly be pulling the plug on Avdeevka to time its fall with the crescendo of anti-Zaluzhny machinations in order to throw him under the bus by blaming Avdeevka’s fall on him, and using that as the final impetus to announce his dismissal. The fact is, Biden’s Ukrainian aid is still held up and seems no closer to fruition. Yesterday, the administration announced the new revised bill and it was met with immediate furor by House Republicans: But what can Zelensky change in the frontline calculus of the war by simply rearranging the figureheads? On that note let’s turn to Avdeevka. As I said, very ‘coincidentally’ the city appears to be totally collapsing. Only days ago I reported major breaches and now there have been even larger ones, as AFU lines collapse entirely. Everyone is in a panic, including dozens of Ukrainian accounts: What happened first was Russian forces collapsed the entire area of the “northern shore” of that lagoon / sand quarry: That’s a massive area that just fell apart in a single day. And the area just under that lagoon/quarry is known as ‘Little Terrikon’ (mini Slag Heap) and is said to be the tallest height of the whole outlying area, which means it’s a highly strategic point Russian forces captured: But that wasn’t even the half of it. Russian forces continued to push both southeast past the quarry and west into the city proper: But as can be seen above, the distance from where Russian troops were geolocated to the western-most border of Avdeevka is as little as 500m, by some accountings. This means that Ukrainian forces are in danger of now being entirely cut off from their supply routes, which means Avdeevka is on paper almost finished. Lastly, some in Ukraine have attempted to downplay Avdeevka’s coming fall, as usual, but the stats tell the true story. Ukraine is said to have sent dozens of its most elite battalions to try and hold off Russia’s advances: a long-awaited new episode of Zvezda’s military show came out showcasing the brand new Russian 2S40 ‘Phlox’ combined 120mm mortar and artillery system currently being rolled out to the front in test batches. This is a unique system that’s able to fire both 120mm mortars and howitzer shells, giving it great versatility. Its mobility is likewise demonstrated here, where they show the record fast deployment time from park to fire-readiness in under 30 seconds (the French Caesar is said to take 60 seconds minimum): The automated system even showcases its rare MRSI (Multiple Round Simultaneous Impact) mode. This is a mode only the most advanced modern howitzers are capable of replicating where several shots are fired via different computer-calculated trajectories in order to land on target at the same time in one deadly barrage: Lastly, to end on an inspiring note, when Putin declared 2024 to be the Year of the Family a hearth was lit, to be symbolically passed around the country as a spread of ‘love and fidelity’. Here is a video showcasing this program to promote traditional and family values all across the vastness of Russia: - Simplicius
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  2254. Russian forces destroy 4 US-made high-speed military boats with Ukrainian paratroopers on board heading towards Crimea (pre-war Russia). - Intel Report FSB officers detain a manufacturer of explosive devices in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) working under the instructions of Ukrainian military intelligence. 5 kg of explosives, 17 electric detonators, 3 fuses and other components for making bombs were confiscated. - Intel Report Ukrainian armored vehicles, as another one and its crew pay their dues to Bandera after a guided missile by Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter rips it apart in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), where Kiev's regime suffered 285 soldiers in casualties. 115 cannon fodder suffer the same fate in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), up to 35 in Kherson (ex-Ukraine) - Mi-8 helicopter shot down, 6 howitzers, shipbuilding enterprise, where unmanned boats were assembled, 3 rocket and artillery warehouses destroyed. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 3 Abandoned streets and cars on fire following Kiev's regime criminal shelling on center of Donetsk City, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). - Intel Report Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter boinks Ukrainian armored vehicle after failed attempt to hide by trees, with guided missile finding it, destroying it and its crew in a horror night for Kiev's forces. - Intel Report Woman injured, house damaged following Ukrainian criminal shelling of village of Zernovo, Suzemsky district, Bryansk region (pre-war Russia). - Intel Report Russian forces have successfully fired a hypersonic Kinzhal missile at a target in Ukraine from a Sukhoi Su-34 strike aircraft, a source has told TASS. The Russian military has only previously reported launching the weapon from its dedicated MiG-31K platform.
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  2281. The U.S. is edging closer to war with Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces, a state security agency composed of armed groups, some of which are close to Iran, but which for the main are Iraqi nationalists. The U.S. carried out a drone strike in Baghdad, Wednesday that killed three members of the Kataeb Hizbullah forces, including a senior commander. One of the assassinated, al-Saadi, is the most senior figure to have been assassinated in Iraq since the 2020 drone strike that killed senior Iraqi Commander al-Muhandis and Qassem Soleimani. The target is puzzling as Kataeb more than a week ago suspended its military operations against the U.S. (at the request of the Iraqi government). The stand down was widely published. So why was this senior figure assassinated? Tectonic twitches often are sparked by a single egregious action: the one final grain of sand which – on top of the others – triggers the slide, capsizing the sandpile. Iraqis are angry. They feel that the U.S. wantonly violates their sovereignty – showing contempt and disdain for Iraq, a once great civilisation, now brought low in the wake of U.S. wars. Swift and collective retaliation has been promised. But all know that such separateness is artificial – the ‘red’ thread woven through all these ‘issues’ is Gaza. The White House (and Israel) however, insists the connecting thread instead to be Iran. Did the White House think this through properly, or was its latest assassination viewed as a ‘sacrifice’ to appease the ‘gods of war’ in the Beltway, clamouring to bomb Iran? The wrongheadedness of U.S. policy is astonishing – and now has claimed the most central tenet in the ‘Biden strategy’ for resolving the crisis in Gaza. The original decision to back Israel’s use of overwhelming violence across Gaza’s civil society – ostensibly to defeat Hamas. It has turned the region and much of the World against the U.S. and Europe. How did this happen? Because nothing changed by way of U.S. policies. It was the same old western bromides from decades ago: financial threats, bombing and violence. And the insistence on one mandatory ‘stand with Israel’ narrative (with no discussion). The rest of the world has grown tired of it; even defiant towards it. where is Biden’s limit: Support for Israel in a Hizbullah war? And were it to widen, support for Israel in an Iran war too? Where is the limit? The incongruity, coming as it does, at a moment when the West’s Ukraine Project is imploding, suggests that Biden may see himself needing some ‘grand victory’, as much as does Netanyahu. - LewRockwell
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  2318. What does the Trump task force mean by “antisemitism”? It means protests against Israel’s destruction of Palestine. It means that no matter how horrific Israel’s war crimes and no matter the ICC’s indictment of Netanyahu, for students and faculty to protest genocide or mass murder, if Israel is the perpetrator, is “antisemitic.” It is OK to protest against other countries, but not against Israel. President Trump has branded protests against Israel “illegal protests.” In other words, Trump is saying that the exercise of free speech if Israel is the target is illegal because it is anti-semitic. Protesters can say whatever they wish about Americans, Russia, China, Muslims, and Palestinians, but not about Israelis. Trump is also guilty of conflating Israeli citizens with American Jewish citizens. If Trump applied his Israeli standards to all ethnicities, no one would be able to express any criticism and protest any action by any government. Trump did not explain how the First Amendment became illegal. Does his dictate apply to Black Lives Matter and Antifa, to LGBTQ protests? Do Trump, the DOJ and other departments realize that they have criminalized a constitutionally protected right if that right is used to protest Israel’s mass slaughter of Palestinians? In the United States is it now illegal to protest genocide if Israelis are the perpetrators? Trump and his supporters do not recognize the blatant contradiction between suppressing free speech and Making America Great Again. America’s greatness did not come from tyranny. America’s greatness resides in the civil liberties guaranteed by the US Constitution. It is disheartening to find the First Amendment under assault by the Trump regime. - LewRockwell
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  2322. February 23 isn’t just another day – it symbolizes our collective memory, glory, and pride, and stands as a testament to our unwavering belief in ultimate victory. This year, its meaning deepens as we honor it during the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland. We will never forget the heroes of past generations. Their legacy guides us, inspiring us to live by their example. The stirring words of the great commander Alexander Suvorov – ”We will forever serve Russia with faith and truth, shaming our enemies” – beat in every heart. Our nation has learned the hard art of winning through trials that tested us beyond measure. As new challenges arise, our duty is clear: to confront every threat head-on, channeling all our strength in defense of our homeland. Tomorrow marks three years since our special military operation began – a bold step taken after crossing a point of no return against what we now call the “collective West.” It was our only way to safeguard our country and its citizens, pushing our adversaries back from our borders. History has proven this tough decision was not only necessary, but the only path forward. The Russian people have united to stand against a ruthless enemy fueled by foreign weapons and money. Although the battle against neo-Nazism and its allies is not yet over, its end is near. The enemy will be defeated, and truth will prevail. Eighty years ago, our nation triumphed over fascism. Today, its loathsome heirs will face inevitable retribution – not in a modern-day Nuremberg, but on the battlefield, where justice is swift, uncompromising, and true. Our foes, gripped by fear and panic, know this all too well. In their desperate rage, they are capable of anything. We cannot allow a global catastrophe. We must crush any revival of Nazism at its roots, preserve our historical legacy, and leave a worthy inheritance for future generations. Above all, our mission is to protect our boundless homeland and do everything possible to secure its prosperity – for our children, our grandchildren, and the brilliant future of Russia! - RT
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  2337. The Russian military has destroyed two Ukrainian Soviet-era Uragan multiple rocket launchers, footage that emerged online on Saturday shows. The launchers were parked near a local mall located on the northwestern outskirts of the Ukrainian city of Kharkov. Infrared drone footage circulating on social media shows an Uragan launcher and a pickup truck parked overnight near the Planeta Mall with a group of people seen near the vehicles. The second Uragan joined the group shortly thereafter. The launchers were apparently set to be transported on two large flatbed trucks seen nearby. However, the vehicles ended up being hit by a high-precision munition, presumably a Russian-made Iskander tactical ballistic missile. The launchers were set aflame by the strike, with one of them suffering a major secondary detonation, which heavily damaged the Planeta Mall. The moment of the detonation was captured on video by onlookers living in residential buildings nearby. The local authorities acknowledged the strike, while local police released photos from the scene and condemned Russia’s “daily strikes” on the region. The police carefully avoided showing any evidence that the strike actually targeted the two rocket launchers, showing instead the damage inflicted on the mall and other structures. Ukrainian forces have throughout the conflict frequently made use of shopping malls, civilian warehouses, and other similar facilities for military purposes. Kiev’s forces have also routinely used Uragan launchers, as well as other multiple rocket launchers, including Czech-supplied Vampire systems, to indiscriminately shell Russia’s border regions, including the city of Belgorod. The Ukrainian military ramped up such strikes following its botched attempt to break through the border in mid-March. - RT
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  2368. Ukraine is not keeping up with Russian recruitment whatsoever, as numbers for the new ‘mobilization’ continue to look dire. Even police from cities like Kharkov have reportedly been thinned out and sent to the front: Not only do the AFU tankmen say the Abrams isn’t properly armored for modern combat, they speak of its various breakdowns and inability to withstand the terrain. MSM reports that the U.S. stopped even sending the Excalibur guided artillery round because it has performed so dismally, continually jammed by Russian EW This leaves the Russian Krasnopol as king of the battlefield, which continues not only performing daily, but whose use has vastly increased. Just in the past few days alone we’ve seen footage of Abrams, M109s, and other high profile Western systems all taken out with the Krasnopol. Now the West is increasingly worried about Russia’s unparalleled industrial achievements. Zelensky admits they have “no long range 155mm” rounds at all: So much for that NATO artillery superiority. the actual truth entirely revolves around needing to escalate the conflict to save the AFU, which is collapsing. It has nothing to do with hitting Russian supply lines which are way out of reach anyway, and everything to do with the escalation creep of triggering Russia’s red lines and slowly wedging NATO into the conflict. In the meantime, the U.S. empire continues to go down in a flaming wreck before our eyes: The U.S. Empire has never looked so utterly exhausted, defeated, and bereft of any redeeming moral standing or leadership qualities as it does now: The optics have never been worse—it is truly an Empire in total terminal decline, its entrails strewn across the globe for all to see. - Simplicius
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  2399. Images circulating online purport to show the immediate aftermath of the attack on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday, including the apprehension of the gunman. Fico was assaulted after taking part in a government meeting in the town of Handlova. According to local press reports, he suffered four gunshot wounds in his abdomen and chest. A helicopter picked him up to be airlifted to a hospital in Banska Bystrica as flying him to the capital Bratislava would take too long, Fico’s office said. - RT 71-YEAR-OLD IDENTIFIED AS MAN WHO SHOT SLOVAKIAN PM - REPORTS: Fico shot multiple times allegedly by elderly Slovakian who shouted “come here!” to PM before firing at least 3 rounds. Ukrainians swarm online to celebrate assassination attempt with unbridled relish (handful of bloodthirsty comments in bottom pic) - they're overjoyed 'cause Fico's been staunch opponent of funding Mad Vlad Zelensky's war crimes and has openly called for warmer relations with Russia. Fico's office announces PM's been hit "multiple times" and his condition "life-threatening". - Intel Republic Robert Fico’s third term as prime minister of Slovakia put him squarely at odds with both the European Union and NATO on the matter of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The Slovak PM was shot on Wednesday, during a visit to the town of Handlova, and was rushed to hospital for surgery in a serious condition. His attacker has been arrested but his identity and motives have not yet been revealed. “This is not only a shot at Fico and Slovakia, but also at Russian-Slovak relations,” Russian lawmaker Konstantin Zatulin said in reaction to the news. “Fico knew very well that the majority of Slovaks, at least half, sympathize with Russia, despite the campaign of deception that rules the roost in Europe,” Zatulin added, noting that the Slovak PM had been “subjected to endless extortion and threats” from the EU over his political positions that ran counter to those of Brussels. - RT
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  2400. The US is pursuing a “deeply hostile” nuclear policy while attempting “to lecture” Russia and China, Moscow’s ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, warned on Thursday. His comments came after the US acting assistant secretary of defense for space policy, Vipin Narang, said that Washington finds itself “in nothing short of a new nuclear age,” adding that it must “prepare for a world where constraints on nuclear weapons arsenals disappear entirely.” Antonov condemned the speech as “innuendos about Russia’s allegedly irresponsible behavior in the nuclear sphere,” adding that this type of rhetoric does little to contribute to “improving the situation in the sphere of strategic security.” Washington is “once again trying to teach” Russia and China the “right behavior,” the diplomat added. “Otherwise, they threaten the advent of a new ‘nuclear age’ in which the United States will not be able to restrain the growth of its own nuclear arsenal.” The US also continues to “pump” Ukraine with more and more weapons amid the conflict with Russia, including fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons, Antonov stated, describing the policy as “deeply hostile.” It will not be possible to achieve cooperation with Moscow while attempting to inflict a “strategic defeat” against it, the envoy warned. Antonov also accused Washington of “silencing the inconvenient truth about the more than two decades of US strikes against the entire architecture of international arms control.” - RT
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  2402. Things keep ratcheting up in Ukraine, with France continuing its saber-rattling escalatory spiral. Macron showed his dangerous hubris in the article by reciting the trope about Russia being a middling gas station with nukes: And this latest French sally was topped off by Russia’s spy chief Naryshkin’s rattling statement that France is preparing 2,000 troops for deployment: In fact, he states that the 2,000 number would be just the “initial stage”, but claims that such a force would become a priority target for Russian strikes: Meanwhile Spain’s El Pais paper confirmed that European troops have already long been in Ukraine: The baseless fearmongering from these Euro-mutants is simply unhinged! By logical deduction we can only assume that it’s not the imminent fall of any one particular zone, like Odessa, that has them so worried, but presumably the disintegration of the AFU as a functioning military force itself. But what else could possibly have Macron so rattled as to bear down into such desperate flights? Well, the news from authoritative sources continues to be quite grim for Ukraine. For the first time, they are openly using the dreaded ‘C’ word—collapse: Over the past two months, Ukrainian army losses have increased by 70% compared to the previous year. This is reported to be due to the rapid increase in the intensity and accuracy of glide bomb strikes. ISW foresees a new Russian offensive later this year: And even admitted to Russia’s increasing ability to adapt to all challenges: in many ways the Cold War was a far safer time because it had more serious, non-psychopathic people in charge who actually respected the dangers of nuclear holocaust. Today’s leaders are all totally immorally degraded puppets, likely placed in charge only on the basis of kompromat, and no longer have the necessary professional qualities or discretion of their forebears for the seriousness of the situation. Society, more stupefied by bread and circuses than ever, of course, is blind to their leaders’ total ignorance and dangerous provocations. Put the above pieces together and it’s clear the goal is to bring Moldova into the fold, entrench the region and create massive military buildups there to make sure Russia can never take back Odessa or retain supremacy over the Black Sea. That is why it is more imperative than ever for Russia to get the job done, capture Odessa and unlock PMR to keep from being strangled by NATO. Don’t forget, PMR just suffered one of its first direct military assaults, as an Mi-8 helicopter was destroyed by an ‘unknown’ FPV drone, a provocation with a clear angle. I’ll leave you with a final couple videos: In Georgievka, one of the larger AFU troop surrenders of recent memory: Here’s two new very good pieces from M.K. Bhadrakumar. The first entitled ‘Novorossiya’ rising from ashes like phoenix’, which summarizes a lot of the points discussed here, with Europe’s terminal agony regarding U.S.’s potential withdrawal amid the realization of their own inconsequentiality. The second even more nourishingly erudite one is: ‘France all dressed up and nowhere to go’. If you have only time for one, I strongly recommend treating yourself to the second one. - Simplicius
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  2404. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian Air Defense Forces brilliantly shot down 45 Ukrainian UAV in a large-scale night raid, the Russian Defense Ministry reported, on August 21, 2024. From Moscow to Murmansk, Ukrainian drones tried to attack targets in western Russia over the past 24 hours. The first explosions were heard in Podolsk at about 3 am, after which residents of the city heard loud sounds every 15-20 minutes. Unfortunately, all 45 kamikaze drones that tried to attack Russian cities that night were destroyed! In total, 11 were shot down over the Moscow region, another 23 were destroyed over the Bryansk region, 6 over the Belgorod region, 3 over Kalushka, and 2 over the Kursk region, the Defense Ministry detailed. But in a slightly interesting development, a Ukrainian drone carrying explosives was shot down during the day by air defenses near the closed military settlement of Vysoky in the Murmansk region. It is about 1800 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, and is located in the Arctic Circle. A UAV or rather an Aeroprakt A-22 aircraft, converted into a UAV with a longer range. According to preliminary data, the target was the Olenya airfield from which the Russian strategic bomber took off, but failed. So far, Murmansk airfield has been operating as usual after the restriction of airspace. Meanwhile, according to the Head of Ukrainian Intelligence, Kyrulo Budanov, said that in total about 50 drones were used that day, attacking the signal intelligence center, carrying out attacks on the Ostafyevo airport in Moscow, and the Millerovo airbase in the Rostov region, but without reporting the results!
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  2409. The breaking news that Ansar Allah (Houthi) fighters have fired on the USS Carney in the Red Sea today (Friday, 26 Jan.) underscores the shocking failure of the Biden Administration, which initiated airstrikes on the Houthis this month with no plan for “victory” beyond hoping that the mere presence of US warships would intimidate them into surrendering. In other words, it was the kind of doomed operation that, had cooler (i.e. non-political) Pentagon heads prevailed, would never in a million years have been launched. There was simply no possibility of success and 100 percent probability of failure. In short, it was not our fight. Until Biden made it our fight. On January 11th, Biden announced that he was ordering the US military to launch airstrikes against Yemen, but very soon it became clear that far from being intimidated into surrender, Biden’s move was just what the Houthis wanted: a David’s slingshot chance at Goliath. As it turns out, the Bidens were a Goliath intent on sacrificing the US standing in the world, military deterrence, US economy, and even US servicemembers in its blind support of Israel. Yesterday, the US Navy attempted to escort two Maersk tankers – the Maersk Detroit and the Maersk Chesapeake – through the Red Sea loaded with weapons for Israel. This after nine rounds of US airstrikes on the Houthis. The US show of force backfired into an unprecedented and “Black Hawk Down” kind of moment where after several missiles were launched the Maersk lines reversed course followed by the US Naval warships. It was a massive defeat for the notion of US military superiority – but don’t hold your breath for it to be reported in the mainstream media. Even the most comatose US Members and Senators are starting to wake up to the fact that Joe Biden – who seems unable to even speak English – is taking the country to war without any authorization. Attacks against Biden’s forces in Iraq, Syria, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean will escalate. And he is backed into a corner. What’s next? - LewRockwell
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  2433. Following this news, a meltdown of epic proportions has ensued in the Ukrainian commentariat—the top names and influencers are not taking this news well: And why are they not taking the news in stride? Many believe that Syrsky is hated by the Ukrainian troops, particularly those on the frontlines. He’s being called a ‘butcher’ and is known in other circles as a meat-grinder who refused to give an inch in Bakhmut while calling for frontal meat-assaults, leading to the extermination of an entire field army group. Zelensky on the other hand praises him for his grand achievements: the Kiev “defense” and the Kharkov offensive. Unfortunately, as sector commander in 2015, he was also reportedly responsible for the infamous Debaltsevo cauldron: We have collected the most famous operations of Syrsky, the new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Debaltsevo-2015 Soledar-2022 Bakhmut-2022 All these operations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces ended in encirclement and defeat for them. Two majors. But here’s the most important angle that few others, it seems, have noticed. Ask yourself, why would Zelensky appoint a commander that the entire armed forces allegedly hates? In fact, this is a ‘design feature’ not a bug. Recently it was claimed Zaluzhny likewise attempted to get Avdeevka totally withdrawn. It does not seem that he likes to waste men for what he knows to be fruitless efforts. Syrsky on the other hand appears glad to grind them down. And in the past few days, reports on almost every frontline have been absolutely cataclysmic for Ukraine. The ammo shortage appears to be so bad now that they’re barely able to hold on, taking unprecedented losses in the process. Most notably, heavy action is occurring on Sinkovka and Novomikhailovka where Russia is pushing through Ukrainian lines: It’s getting so bad that a Ukrainian battalion now has as few as 40 capable fighting troops: But to get back to Avdeevka: the reports of losses in the AFU there are terrible. Such an anecdotal one says they’re losing a battalion a week just there alone: Female AFU POW taken: her husband is MIA, she has 3 kids, no job, went to the army to pay the bills, was sent to Krynki (Russian bank of the Dnieper), wounded, denied evacuation (not valuable enough), left to die, saved by the Russians. One of the key factors responsible for the decisive advances in Avdeevka of the past week were mass Russian bombing campaigns via UMPK Fab-500 glidebombs. Today alone a reported 80-100 such Fabs were dropped on Avdeevka alone onto Ukrainian positions and withdrawing units on the supply routes. A new video has dispelled doubts of the UMPK bombs’ accuracy for the first time, showing them hitting several large Ukrainian warehouses in closeup fashion. But what is most notable is the sequence at the end. Three bombs hit, two of them choosing adjacent warehouses—but note the third bomb: it is said to be a new type of airburst variety equipped with an altimeter or proximity fuze, allowing it to rain fragments and shrapnel down at the target from above: - Simplicius
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  2435. Update on Israeli military operations in Gaza for November 4, 2023: - Israel competes encirclement of Gaza City; - Israel is not responding to the October 7 Hamas raids in a bid to eradicate the organization, but rather using Hamas as a pretext to eradicate Palestinians from northern Gaza; - Israel admittedly maneuvered Hamas into power specifically to prevent a two-state solution. The current Israeli administration is openly adverse to a two-state solution; - Hamas’ relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood and its actions in recent history have made it difficult for Gaza’s resistance movement to attract broader and deeper support from the region and beyond; - Rather than the October 7 raids being “blowback” regarding this policy, it presents the perfect pretext to not only delay negotiations for a two-state solution, but to eliminate its possibility altogether by eliminating Gaza itself; - Current Israeli operations may be paced at a slower tempo than previous operations to create a sustainable blockade of northern Gaza to wait out rather than find and fight Hamas fighters inside build-up urban areas; - Israeli warplanes have leveled entire blocks before armored bulldozers clear open spaces giving Israeli long-range heavy weapons like tanks and armored personnel carrier armaments an advantage over more lightly armed Hamas fighters; - Hamas is leveraging its tunnel network and knowledge of the terrain to ambush Israeli forces creating a mounting cost in manpower and equipment; - Israel, as it has in previous operations, is racing against multiple clocks including domestic political patience, international political pressure, military logistics, military losses, and economic pressure; - Hamas will be racing against their own material limitations to inflict a high enough cost on Israeli forces before becoming depleted and vulnerable to a final Israeli clearing operation; - As with other US proxies including Ukraine, decision makers in Israel may not be making decisions in favor of Israel’s best interests, but rather in favor of advancing US foreign policy objectives in the region; - The erasure of Gaza is designed as the ultimate provocation for regional states including Iran but also Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia;
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  2445. Moscow has conducted a drone attack on an oil depot used to supply Kiev’s army in Odessa Region near the Romanian border, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday. In a statement, the ministry said the Russian Air Force conducted a group UAV strike on facilities used to refuel Ukrainian military vehicles in the port of Reni, located on the left bank of the Danube River. “The objective of the strike was achieved. All designated targets have been hit,” the Defense Ministry said.MOD officials also said Russia had taken out two Ukrainian ammunition depots and a drone command center in southeastern Dnepropetrovsk Region and a Kiev-controlled part of Kherson Region, again using UAV strikes. As Russian artillery strikes Kiev's point of temporary soldiers deployment, obliterating it following huge explosions, leaving it devoured within apocalyptic massive smoke in Kherson region (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 2 MT-12 Rapira ("Rapier") anti-tank gun, unloading massive shells on Ukrainian units south of Donetsk region, where up to 425 Ukrainian soldiers ended up either dead or mangled. More than 130 cannon fodder suffer the same fate in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) - drone control point destroyed Lugansk (ex-Ukraine), military fuel storage facility successfully hit in Odessa, South Ukraine, MiG-29 fighter jet and 34 drones shot down. - Intel Report Kiev's regime shells Belgorod region (pre-war Russia) 47 times, at least 7 terror drone attacks. UPDATE: Ukrainian drone shot down by Russian air defenses. - Intel Report Explosion rocks Ukrainian-controlled part of Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). - Intel Report Kiev's regime shells Kherson region (ex-Ukraine) about 105 times in the past 24 hours. - Intel Report School and residential building damaged by Kiev's regime shelling of Kievsky district of Donetsk city, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). - Intel Report
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  2461. The biggest news is that yesterday, May 18th, the Ukrainian new mobilization strictures officially and finally went into effect. This has resulted in a flood of videos showing deserted streets, with claims that men are now in hiding like never before. Additionally, Ukrainian truckers even staged a mass protest, blocking roads. It will be not only ‘interesting’ to see where this goes and how successful it is, but in fact this will be one of the critical bellwethers for Ukraine as a whole In short: Zelensky is desperate to use any excuse in escalating the war and inviting NATO into it. He knows the only way he can stop Russia is by embroiling the U.S. into the conflict, and he can do that by repeatedly pushing red lines against Russia in order to force Russia to react against NATO. But there is little chance it will work, as NATO has thus far demonstrated surprising risk aversion to the prospect of facing off with Russia. Meanwhile, Estonian PM Kaja Kallas says another one of the quietest parts aloud—Russia should be entirely broken up: it shows the type of craven, feckless, unprincipled and totally amoral puppets at the top of the West’s pyramid of rulership. There are no principles, only arrant hypocrisy and lies. Meanwhile, Russia’s hit on Lvov is now seen to have wiped out a major gas facility: Satellite images appeared which reportedly show the extent to which NATO is being demilitarized by the Ukrainian conflict. A large armor storage site in Italy has been nearly emptied out of various things like M113s, M109Ls, etc.: By the latest maps, Volchansk appears something like 40-50% taken, with Russian forces said to have begun crossing the Vovcha river which runs through its center: A Russian video demonstrating why the fortifications were such failures—Lancet drones kept blowing up all the Ukrainian trench-building equipment in the north: And the most demonstrative one of all—Ukrainian workers complain that Russian Lancets took out all their trench diggers: - Simplicius
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  2465. The message of NATO’s foreign policy is simple, “War first. Talk later.” Facts on the ground don’t matter. Budget deficits don’t matter. Plunging public support for Ukraine doesn’t matter. All that matters is what these people want. In the same week where the French and Russian Defense Ministers had a frank conversation about Ukraine, the attack in Moscow on civilians, and how quickly Russia will vaporize French troops sent into the fighting, we’re treated to the complete abandonment of all diplomatic pretense. It’s been so long here in the US where we’ve had a Secretary of State who wasn’t hell bent on a war with Russia, Iran, or China (or all three consecutively and concurrently) we’ve forgotten what having diplomats looks like. I mean think about it. Antony Blinken’s sad dog-eye technique makes you wistful for the days of Condoleeza Rice’s angry diversity hire routine. Blinken is only competent in the role of anti-diplomat. And why he’s worse than Rice or even shudder Hillary Clinton, is that he’s not even consistent. One week looking for an off-ramp after the terror attack in Moscow. This week mouthing words about Ukraine joining NATO knowing that that’s the road to a US war with Russia. They all understand that this is a race against a political and economic clock in the West that is quickly counting down to zero. All Russia has to do is keep grinding out territorial gains in Ukraine, Iran to not over-react to Israel’s provocations, and China to ignore the yapping over tariffs and Taiwan. And all the Americans who are tired of this have to do is keep the money spigot to NATO and Ukraine closed off as much as is politically possible. - LewRockwell
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  2487. Update on Israeli military operations in Gaza and growing regional conflict... - Israeli military operations have exceeded in duration, scale, scope, death, and destruction, previous incursions into Gaza in 2008-2009 and 2014; - Israel is pacing its military operations, making this longer-term campaign possible in terms of arms and ammunition; - Israeli losses continue to mount, however the true nature of the fighting is difficult to discern; - Militants in Gaza have published inconclusive footage of attacks on Israeli armored vehicles failing to show the full aftermath and whether or not the vehicles were even hit at all, damaged, or destroyed; - Without more information about the nature of the fighting, it is difficult to draw conclusions about how sustainable Israeli military operations are and thus what outcome may emerge; - Israeli leadership indicates that following the operation there will be some sort of open-ended “security presence” in Gaza (de facto occupation); - The conflict continues undermining stability in the region, threatening trade through the Red Sea, with Israeli strikes continuing to target Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and Syria, thus creating potential pretexts for a wider conflict against either or even against Iran; - Just like the US proxy war in Ukraine, despite ambitions toward triggering a wider conflict in the Middle East or creating a pretext for war with Iran, the US may fail there as well; - Ultimately, Israel’s current actions may only accelerate rather than prevent the collapse of the US-led “order” in the region and precipitate the emergence of an Israel led by interests committed to a two-state solution and co-existence with its neighbors; - The New Atlas
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  2497. Thus, Avdiivka unfolded along a pattern that is now becoming very familiar, and indicates the emerging Russian preference for assaulting cities, at least of this mid-sized fortress variety. Once again the operation focused in its preliminary phase on flaring out Russian control over the flanks, beginning with the large mechanized assault in early November which secured positions on the railway line to the north of the city. Again (as in the case of Bakhmut and Lysychansk-Severodonetsk) there was an expectation among some that Russia would attempt to encircle the city, but this still does not look feasible in the current operating environment under the nexus of fires and ISR. Instead, positions on the flank allowed the Russians to launch concentric attacks into the city, entering on multiple axes that compressed the Ukrainian defenders into a tight interior position, where Russian fire could be heavily concentrated. The question now becomes fairly simple: if Ukraine failed to attack successfully over the summer, if they could not defend Bakhmut, and if they cannot defend in Avdiivka, is there anywhere that they can find a battlefield success? The dam is leaking. Can Ukraine plug it before it collapses? Overall, the broad operational situation suggests that Russia is developing offensive momentum across the entire theater. This will have deleterious effects on Ukrainian combat power by preventing rotation, reconstitution, and lateral troop redeployment, while sucking in the dwindling Ukrainian reserves. The Russo-Ukrainian War is one of industrial attrition. Despite a variety of theories about this or that game changing weapon, clever maneuver scheme, or superior western training, the reality of this war for the last 18 months has been one of grinding and laborious industrial war, battering through fixed defenses in a maelstrom of concrete, steel, and high explosives. The central problem for Ukraine is fairly simple: Russian force generation is reaching the liftoff point, which will interminably shift combat power in Russia’s favor. The upshot of all this is essentially that, even if the European production surge occurs on schedule, there’s at least a 3-1 advantage (potentially 5-1) in Russian artillery fire that’s baked into the calculus of this war, occurring alongside a substantial western acknowledged ramp up in Russian production of strike systems like cruise missiles, Geran drones, Lancets, and glide bombs of both greater power and greater range. A recent publication from the Royal United Services Institute noted that Russia can deliver 1,500 tanks (both new build and retrofitted depot stocks) and 3,000 armored vehicles per year - the report also notes that Russian stocks of Iskander and Kalibr missiles have grown significantly over the last year. Given that Russian casualties are obviously far below the phantasmagorical hundreds of thousands suggested by western Media and Ukrainian propogandists, it has become clear that Russia is generating more force over time. Estonian intelligence estimated that Russia can properly train, equip, and deploy roughly 130,000 additional troops every six months, which is more than adequate to overcome current loss rates. As if to emphasize the point, RUSI notes that the Russian grouping of forces in Ukraine (that is, only those forces deployed in theater at the moment) rose from 360,000 to 470,000 over the last year. So, Russian force generation is growing over time, and not simply regenerating losses. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces are increasingly undermanned, with understrength brigades asked to perform increasingly heavy lift. We know that Ukrainian reserves are running low. This was clearly demonstrated in Avdiivka, when the AFU scrambled brigades from other fronts (like the 47th Mechanized) that had been fighting all summer, indicating that there was a lack of adequate strategic reserves, and then throwing in the elite 3rd Assault Brigade in the closing days of the battle to try and stem the bleeding. Meanwhile, formations like the 110th Mechanized, which had been fighting in Avdiivka for months, were essentially burned off entirely because they could not be rotated out. Russia conducts regular troop rotations, while Ukrainian forces remain on the line due to the lack of replacements. So, here we are. The current Theory of Ukrainian Victory is exhausted, intending as it did to leverage western ISR, training, and surplus equipment to deliver disproportionate casualties on Russia. I rather think, however, that Jünger’s metaphysical “titan of suffering” is not so metaphysical at all. It rather refers to a mundane power of the Russian state, namely its excellence and willingness across the centuries to mobilize huge numbers of men and material for war, at the expense of other social goals. War with Russia sucks. It means mass casualties, cold trenches, scarred earth, and long nights of shelling. The Ukrainians have coped with this as well as anyone (because they are themselves quasi-Russian, however much they deny it), but it is an awful thing to trade shells for years on end. The Russian power of suffering is to willingly fight wars that devolve into bat fights, knowing they have a bigger bat. The window of strategic opportunity has closed for Ukraine, and now opens wide for Russia. The earth opens wide for the dead. - Big Serge Thought
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  2543. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Footage circulating on social media on September 8, 2024, shows another wave of damaged and destroyed armored columns, samples of which are scattered on the side of the road in a settlement in the Kursk region. Reportedly, the video was recorded with a GoPro camera by an Ukrainian soldier who was killed on Russian soil, showing an armored column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement of Tolstoy Lug, most of which is identified as belonging to NATO. A group of Ukrainian soldiers appear confused, not knowing what to do next. However, they recorded most of the consequences, which means their equipment was destroyed by artillery or airstrikes of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said “The convulsions and suffering of the Kiev regime are obvious to everyone against the backdrop of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region”. It was apparently the worst day for Ukraine in Kursk, where NATO material was dumped for scrap. The video frames fully capture all the armor, among which samples were destroyed in the settlement area, and some Ukrainian soldiers are seen trying to save some of the armor that is still in good condition. At least some of these equipment such as 1 Canadian Senator Roshel, 2 Cougar MRAP, 2 Humvee, and 3 other armored vehicles, are difficult to identify. Meanwhile, in another video recorded by Russian reconnaissance group on the road in the Tolstoy Lug settlement, there are 2 Cougar MRAP, and 1 unidentified vehicle burned out. Some of them are functional and have become trophies, which will be reused against the Ukrainian invasion and the Western collective. It seems that the advance of Ukrainian armored vehicles to the position, probably not under the protection of electronic warfare. Of course they lost armor, only the difference is that NATO replenished it even though it was exhausting and reaping losses in Kursk since early August. Since the start of hostilities, Ukrainian losses amount to more than 11,220 soldiers, 87 tanks, 42 infantry fighting vehicles, 74 armored personnel carriers, 624 armored fighting vehicles, 361 motorized vehicles, 84 artillery pieces, 24 MLRS launchers including 7 US-made M142 HIMARS systems and 5 US-made M270 MLRS systems, 8 SAM launchers, 2 transport-loader vehicles, 21 electronic warfare and 7 anti-battery radars, 2 air defense radars, 8 engineering vehicles including 2 anti-obstacle vehicles and 1 UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on September 8.
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  2549. Beyond the perfunctory pledges for cooperation in various civil fields, Russia and NK intend to construct a new road bridge at their border to better facilitate inter-state travel, as well as the big one: a ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’ for assistance in the event of aggression. There is the obvious fact that this represents an immediate signaling by Putin that he wasn’t bluffing when he said there would be retaliation for crossing of the red lines. The West escalates tensions by shielding themselves beneath a nuclear-capable proxy, which would allow the waging of nuclear war against Russia with a sort of built-in plausible deniability or legal defense. So now, Russia has requited in kind by implying they can give North Korea even more lethal missile technologies which can potentially be used in conjunction with nuclear warheads to put the U.S. under the nuclear sword. One suggestion making the rounds is the potential to supply the Russian Army with North Korea’s devastating KN-25 600mm MLRS system, which is basically the NK version of an ATACMS: That’s all not to mention the fact that while this was ongoing, Russian hypersonic-armed warships reportedly performed maneuvers within visual sight of Miami, a clear message sent: In short, Russia’s strategic defensive initiative with North Korea promises to keep Russia’s artillery-thirsty army more than quenched indefinitely. Russian forces on the north Kharkov front have settled into positions and allowed the reinforced Ukrainian troops to take the initiative in assaulting so that they can exhaust and attrition them, before retaking the initiative with new offensive actions. It’s becoming more and more evident that the entire Konstantinovka region is being placed in a slow-constricting boiler: As most intelligent observers know by now, the war is not about primarily gaining territory: it’s about attritioning the AFU and breaking its spirit until the point of collapse. - Simplicius
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  2573. Russians destroying Uke Armies guilty of crimes against humanity for their indiscriminate shelling of civilians! Darkness and rubble is all that's left of 2 family homes, as Ukrainian drone strikes border town of Belgorod, pre-war West Russia, early this morning. 3 people killed, including a small child, 2 more are in intensive care - Governor Gladkov. - Intel Report RUSSIA CLOSING THE NOOSE ON UKRAINIAN TROOPS With Western eyes glued to the Middle East, Russia is on the offensive a pushing Ukrainians back all along the line of contact. Russian war correspondent Marat reports: For example, yesterday near Kleshcheevka, on the right front of the Bakhmut defense, our paratroopers from the 106th division, which had been holding the defense here for more than four months, unexpectedly launched a counterattack, occupying several enemy strongholds. The same is true in the Rabotino sector – the 1430th and 70th regiments, who heroically fought here for many days, have been conducting regular counterattacks for the third week. On the one hand, this speaks of the good shape that our army is in, and on the other hand, it completely dispels the myths of Ukrainian propaganda about our great losses. Units that suffer heavy losses are simply physically unable to instantly go from defense to offense. Even if they are regularly replenished with new recruits. And now, in fact, this sends the Ukrainians into an ever greater panic – they are beginning to understand that with their tactics of endless suicidal counterattacks and obstinacy on every piece of land, they provoked Russia into creating an army of such power that is now beginning to roll them into flat cakes. Once again, the enemy provoked this himself. - Sonar21 COUNTEROFFENSIVE ON ITS LAST LEGS: "We are not just behind schedule. We are completely behind schedule... Let's go without clarification and explanation of all this - we are behind schedule. Let everyone draw their own conclusions." - Chief of Ukrainian (un)Intelligence, Budanov. - Intel Report
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  2586. Ukraine is not keeping up with Russian recruitment whatsoever, as numbers for the new ‘mobilization’ continue to look dire. Even police from cities like Kharkov have reportedly been thinned out and sent to the front: Not only do the AFU tankmen say the Abrams isn’t properly armored for modern combat, they speak of its various breakdowns and inability to withstand the terrain. MSM reports that the U.S. stopped even sending the Excalibur guided artillery round because it has performed so dismally, continually jammed by Russian EW This leaves the Russian Krasnopol as king of the battlefield, which continues not only performing daily, but whose use has vastly increased. Just in the past few days alone we’ve seen footage of Abrams, M109s, and other high profile Western systems all taken out with the Krasnopol. Now the West is increasingly worried about Russia’s unparalleled industrial achievements. Zelensky admits they have “no long range 155mm” rounds at all: So much for that NATO artillery superiority. the actual truth entirely revolves around needing to escalate the conflict to save the AFU, which is collapsing. It has nothing to do with hitting Russian supply lines which are way out of reach anyway, and everything to do with the escalation creep of triggering Russia’s red lines and slowly wedging NATO into the conflict. In the meantime, the U.S. empire continues to go down in a flaming wreck before our eyes: The U.S. Empire has never looked so utterly exhausted, defeated, and bereft of any redeeming moral standing or leadership qualities as it does now: The optics have never been worse—it is truly an Empire in total terminal decline, its entrails strewn across the globe for all to see. - Simplicius
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  2594. The breaking news that Ansar Allah (Houthi) fighters have fired on the USS Carney in the Red Sea today (Friday, 26 Jan.) underscores the shocking failure of the Biden Administration, which initiated airstrikes on the Houthis this month with no plan for “victory” beyond hoping that the mere presence of US warships would intimidate them into surrendering. In other words, it was the kind of doomed operation that, had cooler (i.e. non-political) Pentagon heads prevailed, would never in a million years have been launched. There was simply no possibility of success and 100 percent probability of failure. In short, it was not our fight. Until Biden made it our fight. On January 11th, Biden announced that he was ordering the US military to launch airstrikes against Yemen, but very soon it became clear that far from being intimidated into surrender, Biden’s move was just what the Houthis wanted: a David’s slingshot chance at Goliath. As it turns out, the Bidens were a Goliath intent on sacrificing the US standing in the world, military deterrence, US economy, and even US servicemembers in its blind support of Israel. Yesterday, the US Navy attempted to escort two Maersk tankers – the Maersk Detroit and the Maersk Chesapeake – through the Red Sea loaded with weapons for Israel. This after nine rounds of US airstrikes on the Houthis. The US show of force backfired into an unprecedented and “Black Hawk Down” kind of moment where after several missiles were launched the Maersk lines reversed course followed by the US Naval warships. It was a massive defeat for the notion of US military superiority – but don’t hold your breath for it to be reported in the mainstream media. Even the most comatose US Members and Senators are starting to wake up to the fact that Joe Biden – who seems unable to even speak English – is taking the country to war without any authorization. Attacks against Biden’s forces in Iraq, Syria, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean will escalate. And he is backed into a corner. What’s next? - LewRockwell
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  2612. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Again and again, that Kiev officials were brought to their knees in despair after another strategically important city on Pokrovsky direction, Ukrainsk, was completely under the control of Russian Army on September 17, 2024. Footage shared by Russian military correspondent, Rudenko, shows two Russian soldiers planting Soviet Union flag on top of the building, which now fully controls Ukrainsk Mine, while lowering the Blue and Yellow flag from its pole. Ukrainian troops were unable to hold Ukrainsk, located in Donetsk region, as a result, their defenses broke, and they gained momentum to retreat without permission to their strongholds to the West rather than face the great risk of being attacked by Russian assault troops. The takeover of Ukrainsk which Kiev did not comment on, came after 2 weeks of fierce fighting, which was completely cleared by The 114th Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian troops had advanced from the eastern outskirts of the town on September 3, and by then, the defenses here were held by The 25th Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But, they came under heavy fire in waves from Russian assault troops, who set their positions ablaze in buildings and in defensive trenches. Artillery and drone fire worked in this regard, their positions were surrounded by a pincer movement that tightened the pressure on the town, describing the situation as “very complicated.” Afterwards, the remnants of The 25th Brigade were pushed straight back and hastily withdrawn, heading outside Ukrainsk. The capture of Ukrainsk underlined Russian steady advance, and no doubt Kiev retaliated with desperate attacks on Russian military infrastructure, diverting attention from the latest defeats on the battlefield. It is an artillery ammunition depot that was hit, and the massive explosion was truly devastating, on Wednesday night in Toropets in Tver region, which is about 500km from the country’s border. However, the facility reportedly held ammunition such as 122mm Grad MLRS, and not anything too expensive like high-end cruise missiles or guided munitions, so in theory it was a negligible hit. By doing so, Russian forces could place more artillery beyond the reach of Ukrainian defenses, potentially setting the stage for a new assault on Pokrovsky.
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  2614. Ukraine is losing population through emigration. Its industrial based is being steadily whittled away by Russian missiles and bombs. And its army is suffering catastrophic casualties and there is no solution on the horizon for replacing those loses with trained troops. But it is not just Ukraine. NATO also is being weakened. None of its previous supplies of tanks, M777s, Himars, ATGMs and Bradley fighting vehicles have worked as hoped. Those are being destroyed on a regular basis and there are dwindling supplies in Western warehouses. I am confident that nobody in a position of power in Russia trusts the United States or NATO to deal honestly. Russia realizes that the West is scrambling to buy time to figure out a way to re-arm Ukraine and train up a new army. Why would Russia entertain such a crazy proposal? The Western fantasy that what is unfolding in Ukraine is a “stalemate.” Others in the Pentagon fail to understand the Russian strategy underlying the Special Military Operation — i.e., attrit the Ukrainian military to the point that it can no longer fight: There are two ways Ukraine “can prevail” — No Way and No Way in Hell. Ain’t going to happen. The West no longer has the ability or the will to flood Ukraine with modern weapon systems and tanks. More importantly, Ukraine does not have the trained troops required to operate those weapons even if they could be provided. Russia is no longer fighting this war alone. It has the backing of China and many nations in the Global South. America’s economic dominance is being carved up and our foreign policy influence is in tatters. Previous allies, like Saudi Arabia, have turned their back on America. The Saudis have re-established diplomatic relations with Iran, welcomed Syria back into the Arab league, ended the American-backed war in Yemen and is working with Russia to counter America’s feckless attempt to put a cap on oil prices. Like the Titanic, America’s foolish venture to fracture Russia is sinking. They only thing left to do is find a lifeboat and pray that we don’t drown. - Sonar21 Ukrainian Armed Forces attempt to attack Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut, Donetsk Republic, ex-Ukraine) taken by Wagner PMC in May. Russia's artillery pummels positions with precision strikes. - Intel Report Crimea has emerged as the most targeted region in Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) strike attempts over the past 24 hours, according to the ministry of defense. In the early hours on Sunday, a total of four Ukrainian UAVs were intercepted over the peninsula, the statement said. On Sunday evening, Kiev’s forces launched three more drones in two attacks in about an hour, it said, adding that all of them were shot down. At least 2 civilians wounded in Kiev regime rocket strike on Donetsk Administration building, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). Vid above shows aftermath of Kiev’s latest war crime, with blown-out windows and rubble strewn across ground – minor damage to Administration building reported after attack. - Intel Report PEST CONTROL: Need a Ukrainian armored vehicle removed? All it takes is single call to Russian chopper and it’ll send missile to make sure armor's gone for good, while Kiev army depot storing UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles goes up in flames after overnight Russian strike. - Intel Report Ukrainian forces attempt 6 attacks on Russian positions in Donetsk with all assaults ending in failure and Kiev army losing up to 225 troops, while Ukrainian ammo depot in Donetsk Republic meets fiery end after Russian strikes. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 17
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  2637. Yep, things are going just swell with Israel’s War Cabinet. Looks like the same lack of professionalism demonstrated by the Israeli military in Gaza is spilling over into the political chambers. All of this comes on the heels of another Haaretz report on the investigation into the murder of three Israeli hostages by the Israeli military. That report is a stunner. Here are the lowlights: The military investigation concludes that the soldiers and senior commanders operating in the area were not informed of a building found two days before the incident on which the words ‘Help, 3 hostages’ and ‘SOS’ were painted. The soldier who shot the three Israeli hostages Samer al-Talalka, Yotam Haim and Alon Shamriz confirmed that he saw them carrying a white cloth, but did not have time to “make sense” of the situation. Other soldiers opened fire at Haim and killed him, in violation of an explicit order which, they say, they “did not fully understand,” after their commander called on the hostage to emerge from the building he had run into. At 9:49, two soldiers noticed Haim moving and opened fire, in spite of their commander’s order. The hostage was killed instantly. The investigation determined that the order to hold fire was heard clearly, but the soldiers claimed that they hadn’t understood the order, thinking it was a temporary order, meant to enable them to listen and ensure there was no enemy fire in the area. It was further argued that soldiers were not sure about the rules of engagement, especially with regard to unarmed men, even though the IDF is operating in a densely populated area, calling on Hamas fighters to surrender. Ponder that for a moment. Soldiers are given a “cease fire” order but only considered it a temporary suggestion. And they were not “sure” about the Rules of Engagement (ROE). The hostages were unarmed. They had their shirts off and it could be clearly seen they were not wearing a bomb belt. This incident confirms that Israeli soldiers have standing Rules of Engagement to shoot unarmed persons. - Sonar21
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  2652. Kiev's regime punishes civilians of Kherson region (ex-Ukraine) with 39 shells overnight. - Intel Report Kiev's regime criminal shelling injures woman in Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region (ex-Ukraine). - Intel Report Russian air defenses shoot down 4 Ukrainian missiles over sky of Melitopol, Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) . - Intel Report Western-backed Ukrainian position, armored vehicle and cannon fodder getting boinked into space by missile fire Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), where Kiev's regime suffers up 405 soldiers in casualties. More than 175 cannon fodder killed or injured in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) with air defenses shooting down Ukrainian-operated Su-25 fighter jet and destroying 38 drones. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 18 CLOUDY WITH 100% CHANCE OF DESTRUCTION when Russian Su-34 fighter jet ascends to the highest sky in stunning footage showing it annihilating Ukrainian positions with scorching strikes. - Intel Report We are accustomed to using the G7 and G20 as a bludgeon to coerce Russia, China and other Global South countries to do what we wanted or else. You want a short list of countries? Just name the countries that the United States has not sanctioned one way or another. Instead of multi-lateral talks, the Washington way has focused on figuring out how to inflict pain on foreign countries and how to interfere with their economic activity. If you truly believe that is a sound policy, then I encourage you to join the Foreign Service of the United States asap. You will have ample opportunity to use an economic truncheon on nations that are not keen on acquiescing to the ways of Washington. - Sonar21
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  2654. The fact that this motorized regiment without much heavy gear was used is revealing. It confirms reports that Russia is no where close to introducing its “main force” into the region, which can come much later after Russia has tested the Ukrainian defenses, revealed their positions via recon-by-fire, and then softened them up with air strikes. Ukrainian military sources report that not only does Russia possibly have a much larger force it intends to introduce later, but another one is gathering in Sumy region as well: Well, almost exactly two months later, it looks like things are bearing fruit. I believe the current action is both multi-stage and longer term. That means you won’t see a flash-in-the-pan blitzkrieg or thunder-run, but rather a very methodical introduction of forces from the north at key points like turning the screws on a vise. Russia will likely see how Ukraine reacts to the Kharkov incursion, watch where it deploys its reserves, and act accordingly, with potential Sumy and/or Chernigov contingents to come in much later. Remember: the objectives right now are to degrade and destroy the AFU manpower, not to “capture territory”—that will all come as a natural secondary byproduct of its own. In the meantime, Russia is slowly degrading the logistics in the region: The northern incursion is in fact a pinning operation for now, but that’s not all it is. It’s part of the grand boa constrictor or ‘death by a thousand cuts’ strategy I’ve been describing for over a year now, and more resources will be poured constantly onto it until the trickle develops into a deluge. After that, it will be a fully formed front in its own right and Ukraine will have major problems choosing where to send reserves. In the meantime, the Avdeevka-Ocheretino axis is deteriorating fast, which is precisely why Russia decided to “turn the screws” some more: And by the way, today new gains were made on the Kupyansk front toward the town Pishchane, which reinforces the idea that soon this front may get more activated in accordance with the northern breach. Despite advance warning and accurate intel, Ukraine can do nothing about the events that are soon to come. This is a chess match and a numbers game; you can “know” full well the constrictor is tightening over your chest, but there will be little you can do about it. Ukraine will lack the means to respond to the constant swell of Russian troops and armaments on every single frontline, which will only stretch longer and longer as Russia potentially introduces new breaches into Sumy, Chernigov, and perhaps even elsewhere—some Russian channels are still trading rumors of a potential push from Belarus into Kiev region as eventual part of the now initiated cascade. Recall all the quotes from Ukrainian officers I recently posted wherein they admitted they don’t have the mobility to match Russian ‘whack-a-mole’ tactics. Russia can transfer units from one region to another and mesmerize the AFU with the ‘thousand cuts’ from every angle, and Ukraine simply doesn’t have the logistical infrastructure to keep up plugging each hole. The longer the front stretches, the worse this issue becomes. - Simplicius
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  2655. Northern Europe has long been portrayed as the safest, the cleanest, and the most advanced in the world, yet, like America, they are experiencing crime like they have never seen before: Power struggles between Swedish mafia clans make the Scandinavian country one of the most violent in Europe… Mob-style killings shock Netherlands into fighting descent into ‘narco state’ as journalists and lawyers under protection are murdered in the streets. Often, the targets of the gang members whose hitmen are as young as 14, hit the wrong mark and kill innocent civilians. Odd these headlines don’t make it into the MSM world of utopia. Tourism is part of the factor, the other is the creation of an alternate reality. A reality of make believe and cherry blossoms disguising the black tarnish of bombs. Because a lie told over and over becomes a ‘reality’ within the frame of the teller and the tellees. This is how History is created and it is how the present dystopia is white-washed. “War is coming – prepare” ~ is the constant warning coming from Germany’s Scholz. Would that War be a Middle East War or a Russian War – or Both? Infecting Europe. Israel just bombed an Iranian embassy inside Damascus. Killing Iranian nationalists. The CIA/NATO bombed Moscow killing 140 civilians. Estonia just announced that every NATO member already have troops in Ukraine. And Mike Johnson just declared that the bankrupt US will be sending Ukraine $61 billion – in the form of loans and stolen Russian Assets! This smells like Rothschild 1918 when he ordered the assassination of Nicholas II and proceeded to steal all his Assets including diamonds, bank accounts, jewels, and property. There are UN Protocols in place regarding the ability of states to freeze assets as a form of sanctioning. Freezing does not mean the assets now belong to the country initiating the freeze. If they take the assets or the income from the assets – that is theft. In order for the US to invoke the freeze, they must identify themselves as an ‘injured party’. Using terms such as ‘global security’ – does NOT fall under that Protocol. Once the US admits it is an injured party, it must prove how it is injured – in the instance of Ukraine, they entire economy was built on criminal activity – therefore an ‘injured party’ could be held to the standards of a CRIMINAL. More importantly, in order to establish a freeze, the US and EU are required to go through the procedures of the UN Security Council and not merely act in a unilateral way. All of these freezing actions on Russia are completely illegal according to International Law. The entire point of Sanctions is to blackmail the country into submission. The entire Middle East is looking at this very closely and with much distrust. Israel is operating outside of the UN bombing other countries to supposedly target “Hamas”. While murdering 35,000 civilians in the process. The US has intervened in a war in Ukraine for which it is no party. By so doing, the US is acting illegally. NATO is engaged in Ukraine although Ukraine is not a party of NATO – therefore also guilty of criminally violating UN International Law. When looking for answers, it is necessary to understand The Motive. While the classic motives have been depopulation and money – there is more this time. They have been identified and outed. They can’t move forward. China knows. Africa knows. Russia knows. The Middle East knows. Anonymity gave them leverage. 70% of the federal budget is going toward illegals. They have bled Americans dry. Spending will collapse. And their $$$$$$ stand to drop precipitously if the continuance of alternate currencies are utilized. They have been defeated again. And for now, this is their only solution – to seek vengeance pulling every country down with them. - LewRockwell
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  2714. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The FAB-3000 glide bomb attack on the Volchansk Aggregate Plant, confirms the statements about a trap carefully prepared for Ukrainian troops in the industrial zone of Kharkov region. In videos released by Russian military correspondents on September 28, 2024, the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a powerful strike by the crews of Su-34 fighter-bomber, destroying the remains of the plant, following reports of the presence of formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and began to consolidate there! This is terrible! Some days ago the Russian units withdrew from the plant in order to lure the enemy in, and now they militarized it with the most powerful bombs, which directly destroyed the hull of the plant, It is difficult to know how many were eliminated, especially the special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, who entered the trap. The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) headed by Kyrylo Budanov, reported this week that it had captured the Aggregation Plant in Volchansk with GUR special forces. The department said in a statement that the last of the 30 buildings at the plant had been liberated today, which had been occupied by Russian troops since July 30. At the same time, the department called the information about the close fighting at the Aggregate Plant somewhat exaggerated, which was previously considered an important strategic facility, in order to advance after capturing these strongholds. While the Russian side did not comment on the defeat. Thus, its capture resulted in the GUR special forces not only losing control, which was completely surrounded. The latest footage on September 29, shows several trophies captured by Russian Volunteer fighters during the multi-day battle at the Volchansk Aggregate Plant! As usual, Ukrainian domestic war correspondents claim that the Russian garrison fought to the last, and managed to retreat. Only those who surrendered or were taken prisoner managed to escape, the rest were destroyed. On the contrary, Ukraine lost a lot of personnel - another tragedy that was simply necessary for the sake of a one-day media victory
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  2764. ROLLING UP ON Ukrainian positions to drop off fresh cannon fodder but it doesn’t quite go to plan for this Kiev MRAP as Russian forces immediately make sure it get added to scrap pile with direct hit (00:41), all while Ukrainian army makes 4 failed attacks and loses over 1,230 troops in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) over past week. Ukrainian forces also attempt 39 futile attacks in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) since Monday, taking over 845 casualties and saying goodbye to 27 tanks including UK-supplied Challenger 2 ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 8 Medics of the ‘elite’ 47th (Ukrainian) brigade go on to admit that their casualties have run into four figures: It becomes so clear now how decades of Western propaganda had built up their equipment with fraudulent, unearned accolades and distinctions. Now, in the first true test against a real foe, the lies all come crashing down. For now, Ukraine will continue to bleed for the gallery while the Russian war machine finishes calmly strapping on its armor in preparation for the killing blow. - Simplicius Russian soldier with the callsign Casper saves 5 comrades. Having spotted a kamikaze drone headed in their direction, he acted swiftly using body armor as a shield. Everyone survived - Casper is now recovering in hospital from injuries, and will return to the frontline. - Intel Report NATO ADMITS IT’S INFERIOR AND BACKWARD: NATO states’ top military expert makes stunning confession that “NATO tactics are not validated in the modern threat environment” of Russia. Dr Jack Watling (above right) adds US army “makes a mess of things” even in basic drills, let alone in training Ukraine. Truth comes out. - Intel Report
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  2775. In 2021, the European Union created their own military – European Peace Facility. Despite its claim of building peace and preventing conflicts – they have instead instigated conflicts and provided weaponry to western backed governments or military juntas. Some of these peace building initiatives include funding military operations in such countries as: Macedonia, Nigeria, Jordan, Ukraine, Boznia, Ghana, Moldova, Somalia etc… Their first distribution of funds was $130 million to the African Union. Included in their detail description of the military spending is this phrase, “…designed to deliver lethal force”. CODE = KILL. Peace is NOT mentioned. The funding for these military operations comes from member countries of the EU which still cannot meet their NATO 2% mandate. The same NATO paid for predominantly by American Taxpayers. As the US and UK deplete their stockpile weapon inventory aiding and abetting the Ukraine and Israel wars, disrupting African nations via coups, Saudi Arabia just wrapped up their largest ever World Defense Show with weapon sales topping $6.9 billion. Countries attending the show revealed their concern that the world is entering a global phase of pre-war that will erupt into a titan of destruction. Given the West has depleted its inventory and spent billions creating disinformation campaigns and coups across Africa, they stand to be most at risk – while simultaneously initiating the stage for War.. It seems to me The Temporary Fear Propaganda about a Severe Security Threat against the US by Russia – in the midst of the unraveling of the Russia CIA Illusion – is more ego driven than political. It reveals that the US ‘forgot’ to actually go to work at the Defense Industry and build instead of culturally pronouning. In that event we might actually have superior military capability. - LewRockwell
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  2796. I continue to believe that the assumptions about Russia’s alleged failure is ignoring the contravening narrative: The Russian economy is robust and healthy despite Western sanctions. Russia’s political influence in the world is growing, not shrinking. BRICS is a case in point. Russia is inflicting enormous casualties on Ukraine’s military and decimating infrastructure critical to the Ukrainian military campaign. Russia’s defense industry has ramped up to levels of production that the West cannot match. Russia’s seemingly unlimited access to natural resources, energy and rare earth minerals strengthens Russia’s military position in the world. Russia enjoys a massive technological advantage over NATO in terms of electronic warfare, air defense systems, mine laying vehicles and hypersonic missiles. Russian leaders and their people genuinely believe they face an existential threat from the West. Ukraine is totally dependent on the West to provide money and weapons to continue to fight. - Sonar 21 UKRAINE’S ZOMBIE ARMY: Ukrainians riddled with HIV, mental disorders, hemorrhagic conditions, tuberculosis now FIT for military service as Kiev’s so desperate for scraping barrel that it's just lowered bar even more on its standards for cannon fodder. With number of dead personnel, as exclusively revealed by Intel Republic, running into hundreds of 1000s and most healthy Ukrainian soldier in pic above, Kiev’s Western-backed junta wants to fight to the last Ukrainian. Pretty soon, they'll be calling up deceased as well as diseased to fight given their grave overcrowding problem! Almost Walking Dead - Intel Report
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  2801. EVIL UNBOUNDED AT WORK IN UKRAINE! Zelensky and co. are fully entwined with the Soros/BlackRock/criminal globalist cartel, and have been busy making secret deals to sell off Ukraine’s most vital national ‘organs’ in exchange for various financial promises. A high-ranking Ukrainian official disclosed a secret agreement between Soros Foundation and the administration of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. Information by a French journalist indicates that Soros Foundation has served as an intermediary between Zelensky’s office and Western chemical companies Vitol, Dow, and Dupont, which concluded a deal to dispose toxic waste on the territory of Ukraine. For an unknown reason, fertile lands of Western Ukraine were chosen as chemical waste landfills. This can have a critical impact on the quality of the local grain and cause famine in Europe, Africa, and Middle East. This adds even more weight to this, as BlackRock, Dupont, Soros, and co., cannot allow their vast investment projects in Ukraine to completely fall into Russia’s hands. That means for these megacorp powerhouses, a ceasefire that preserves their holdings is of paramount importance. If Washington and the CIA won’t do the dirty work of ridding Ukraine of whomever may be holding up that process, then certainly these nefarious and shadowy organizations will gladly oblige. Previous mobilization numbers have been absolutely disastrous. Firstly the head commissar of Sumy region reported that in the last 3 months they only achieved 8% of their mobilization quota. And so it comes as no surprise, that another startling report claims that in the recent month of October, Ukraine experienced its first ever true personnel deficit in terms of the casualties/losses no longer able to be replenished by mobilization: I’ll close with the following fitting impression, which captures the tragic aspect of Ukraine’s slow-motion dissolution—a Russian soldier wistfully reflects on what will be left of the country, prompted by the question of whether Ukrainian soldiers know what they’re fighting for: - Simplicius
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  2816. Update on the conflict in Ukraine for January 21, 2024… - As Ukraine and its Western sponsors continue losing the conflict strategically, Ukraine continues conducting military operations to win public relations victories; - Ukrainian drone strikes on St. Petersburg and a Russian oil depot inflicted no tactically or strategically significant damage; - Such strikes have demonstrably only galvanized the Russian population further behind Moscow and are admittedly aimed at encouraging the Ukrainian population to remain invested in the conflict; - The US government has claimed that without further financial aid, Ukraine will decisively lose the conflict, omitting the fact that even with additional financial resources, the arms and ammunition Ukraine needs does not exist to be purchased and transferred to Ukraine in the first place; - France has urged arms manufacturers to boost output, claiming to have switched to a “war economy mode,” despite the necessary prerequisites to do so not being met and France being unable to boost output without huge investments in both money measured in billions, and time measured in years; - The fate of a Russian A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft continues to remain at the center of Western commentary, specifically because of a lack of strategically significant developments in Ukraine’s favor on the battlefield. The fact that Western media admits the allegedly destroyed plane has already been replaced reveals how insignificant the incident is; - The Western media continues promoting narratives of heavy Russian losses around Avdeevka, identical to narratives that preceded the fall of Bakhmut to Russian forces last year; - While such narratives are meant to depict Russia as weak and failing, the relentless tidal wave of men and equipment would not be possible unless Russia possessed vastly superior means of raising manpower and military industrial output; - The New Atlas
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  2830. By merely doing what used to be called “journalism” – interviewing and reporting on people and events, whether good or bad – one is “doing the bidding” of the subject of the interview or report? No wonder fellow journalist Julian Assange has been locked away in a gulag for so many years. He dared to assume that in a free society, being a journalist means reporting the good, the bad, and the ugly even if it puts those in power in a bad light. In the end, the massive success of the Tucker Carlson interview with Vladimir Putin demonstrates once and for all that the American people are sick to death of their mainstream media propagandists and liars. They are looking not for government narratives, but for truth. That’s the really good news about this interview. The US claims to be spreading democracy, but the Zelensky government is riddled with neo-Nazis. This is a point Putin stresses again and again. Do we really want to support people like this? Probably the most important fact to remember about the Ukraine war is the provocative nature of US foreign policy. To me, it seems clear it was the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex, and NOT Russia, that wished to maintain this state of enmity, And yet, this same United States government, which has invaded and bombed dozens of countries since 2001, claims it is perfectly reasonable to propose that Ukraine (whose northeastern border lies 370 miles from Moscow) join NATO. The distance from the Mexican border to Dallas is greater. Let’s do everything we can to end the futile conflict with Russia that brain-dead Biden and his gang of neo-con controllers have instigated. - LewRockwell
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  2861. On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo. Who would know that in only a few weeks the whole of Europe would be at war, leading to the deaths of millions. Are we facing a similar escalation of events today? In a little over five weeks from the Sarajevo assassination, all the European combatants had embarked on the most destructive war in all history. It came out of nowhere and was to last over four years. Central to the escalation was one nation — Germany. Central to the current Middle East crisis is one nation — The United States. The escalation into a new world war could have further to go than previously, with nuclear weapons in the armouries of most of the combatants. Surely, it would be complacent to think that they will remain as an unused umbrella, never to be deployed. But we can see how developments considered only one step at a time can take us to a very dark place. Bearing in mind that the US uses NATO to prevent having to call up her own citizens and that the UK Government when asked by the US to jump merely asks how high, then perhaps this call to arms should be taken seriously as an indication that the intelligence services believe that events are leading towards a third world war. Putin and Xi are well-versed in war tactics. Russia has a history of letting its enemies extend themselves beyond their support lines (cf. Napoleon, Hitler) and China has the wisdom of Sun Tzu on warfare. Some Sun Tzu pearls: “All warfare is based on deception”, “Hold out baits to entice the enemy” (Houthis, Hezbollah ect.), “If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.” Doesn’t this last one just describe the US’s political class? Apart from its military build-up so eloquently forewarned by Erskine Childers’ The Riddle of the Sands, in 1914 Germany declared its European wars from a position of relative financial strength. Today, America has a fiat dollar, a debt to GDP ratio of about 125%, and is mired in a deepening debt trap. It is simply not in a position to embark on an open-ended commitment to support Israel in a war against Iran. US economic prospects are already dire, with the only growth being in the US budget deficit. Strip out a budget deficit likely to be $3 trillion this fiscal year, add in the consequences for currency debasement and you can see that the US economy is not only in trouble, but markets faces further dilution of the dollar’s purchasing power and therefore rising interest rates and bond yields Other than a degeneration into a nuclear conflict, this leaves us with only one possible outcome: the US backs off in this stupendous game of chicken and seeks some sort of face-saving exit from Ukraine. For Russia and Iran, it will be the ultimate victory. The dollar’s hegemony will be compromised, so will continue to decline in its value anyway, but at a less catastrophic rate than in a full-on conflict. Either way, holding credit as opposed to real money without counterparty risk will be the mistake commonly made, and when the wider population begins to understand that this is so, there will be insufficient gold to meet the likely demand at any price. - LewRockwell
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  2895. Update on the conflict in Ukraine for Sunday November 10, 2024… The Western media is citing the recent US presidential election as a turning point for the Ukraine conflict, with Kiev facing abandonment and defeat despite both having already long-since materialized; Various proposals are being discussed regarding the freezing or ending of the conflict, proposals that were being developed independently of US elections; Meanwhile, Western reports indicate Russian military power continuing to grow while Ukrainian arms, ammunition, and trained manpower continue to dwindle as Ukraine’s loss of territory accelerates; While many see President-elect Donald Trump as seeking to undo harmful US foreign policy enacted by the previous administration, in his previous term he himself helped advance the US proxy war with Russia by both arming Ukraine and withdrawing from arms control treaties allowing the US to station more dangerous long-range weapons in Europe pointed at Russia; The incoming Trump administration, like those before it, view Ukraine, Israel, and “Taiwan” as US allies and are simply reprioritizing the flow of US resources to the latter two as Ukraine’s irreversible defeat unfolds; US political candidates incapable of openly and clearly identifying US foreign policy as aggressive, illegal, unacceptable, and at the center of the many global conflicts it has created including in Ukraine, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region, are simply selling American voters “hope” with no real intention of changing anything; - The New Atlas
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  2907. February 23 isn’t just another day – it symbolizes our collective memory, glory, and pride, and stands as a testament to our unwavering belief in ultimate victory. This year, its meaning deepens as we honor it during the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland. We will never forget the heroes of past generations. Their legacy guides us, inspiring us to live by their example. The stirring words of the great commander Alexander Suvorov – ”We will forever serve Russia with faith and truth, shaming our enemies” – beat in every heart. Our nation has learned the hard art of winning through trials that tested us beyond measure. As new challenges arise, our duty is clear: to confront every threat head-on, channeling all our strength in defense of our homeland. Tomorrow marks three years since our special military operation began – a bold step taken after crossing a point of no return against what we now call the “collective West.” It was our only way to safeguard our country and its citizens, pushing our adversaries back from our borders. History has proven this tough decision was not only necessary, but the only path forward. The Russian people have united to stand against a ruthless enemy fueled by foreign weapons and money. Although the battle against neo-Nazism and its allies is not yet over, its end is near. The enemy will be defeated, and truth will prevail. Eighty years ago, our nation triumphed over fascism. Today, its loathsome heirs will face inevitable retribution – not in a modern-day Nuremberg, but on the battlefield, where justice is swift, uncompromising, and true. Our foes, gripped by fear and panic, know this all too well. In their desperate rage, they are capable of anything. We cannot allow a global catastrophe. We must crush any revival of Nazism at its roots, preserve our historical legacy, and leave a worthy inheritance for future generations. Above all, our mission is to protect our boundless homeland and do everything possible to secure its prosperity – for our children, our grandchildren, and the brilliant future of Russia! - RT
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  2938. LONDON — The prosecution for the U.S., which is seeking to deny Julian Assange’s appeal of an extradition order, begun by the Trump administration and embraced by the Biden administration, grounded its arguments on Wednesday in the dubious affidavits filed by a U.S. federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, Gordon Kromberg. The charges articulated by Kromberg — often false — to make the case for extradition did not fly with the two High Court judges, Jeremy Johnson and Dame Victoria Sharp, who are overseeing Julian’s final appeal in the British courts. The prosecuting attorneys, under questioning from the judges, were knocked off balance when challenged about the veracity of several of the claims which Kromberg made in support of the indictment against Julian. By the end of the day, it seemed likely that, probably by April, since requested written briefs have to be turned into the judges in March, the two judges will permit an appeal on at least a few of the points. This will, conveniently for the Biden administration — which I expect does not want to take on the contentious issue of extraditing Julian while fueling the genocide in Gaza — mean that any extradition would occur after the election. The CIA usually gets what it wants. But for the near future I expect Julian to continue to rot in HM Prison Belmarsh, where he has been imprisoned for nearly five years as he deteriorates physically and psychologically. This slow motion execution is intentional. It is hard to call any court ruling, other than the dropping of the charges against him, a victory, but the longer he stays out of U.S. hands, the more hope he has of regaining his freedom for carrying out the most important investigative journalism of our generation. - LewRockwell
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  2951. The question needs to be asked: Why does Ukraine deserve any support? We're talking about one of the most corrupt countries, if not the most, in the world, a playground for the financing of any form of scandalous activity, the mother-of-all money launderers in that regard. I shed no tears for such reprobates whose leadership has no problem killing innocents at its whim which is how this war started in the first place! The Russians had quite enough of that moral rot, and, per my observations, geopolitically, so has the sane world who are saying NO to Ukraine very loudly in their policies geared to promoting the common good, not destroying it! The headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Berislav, located on the right bank of the Dnieper in Kherson region, was blown to pieces by FAB-500 attack. FAB-500M62 flying bomb, which was upgraded to a glide bomb with high accuracy, hit the building flat to the ground. Ukraine complained that this bomb was difficult to shoot down. - Military Tube Today Update on the conflict in Ukraine for September 18, 2023 all from WESTERN Sources - Ukrainian offensive operations remain stagnant along the line of contact with Russian counterattacks overturning what superficial progress they do make; - The Western media citing US and other NATO member state officials admits Ukrainian forces lacked the proper training to conduct a successful offensive; - As Western sources begin admitting to Ukraine's catastrophic losses in men and materiel, they also admit Russian losses are near all time lows; - The collective West also acknowledges that the amount of ammunition and weapons Ukraine requires is beyond the West’s ability to provide both in the short and intermediate future; - In order to provide such levels of material support, the West would need to significantly mobilize its population, industry, and military, a prospect that isn’t even being seriously considered let alone planned; -The New Atlas
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  2994. The United Nations Security Council has approved a US-drafted resolution calling for a “swift end” to the conflict in Ukraine, with both Washington and Moscow describing the move as a significant step toward peace. The 15-member council adopted the resolution on Monday in a 10-0 vote, with five countries abstaining. The final text excluded strong language against Moscow, despite efforts by France, the UK, Denmark, and Slovenia to include it. Russia’s representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, welcomed the resolution, emphasizing that Moscow views it as a foundation for further peace efforts. He acknowledged constructive shifts in the US position on the Ukraine conflict and described the resolution as the first attempt to introduce a forward-looking, pragmatic UN Security Council document. However, Nebenzia expressed disappointment that Russia’s proposed amendments – modest yet crucial for an “accurate“ assessment of the crisis – were not accepted. He criticized European delegations for what he described as an attempt to sabotage emerging positive developments. While neither France nor the UK vetoed the measure, both nations abstained from the vote after unsuccessful attempts to delay the final decision. “They attempted to flood the text with unbalanced, politicized statements that do nothing to bring peace closer but instead aim to derail any prospects for resolution,” he said. Nebenzia accused European countries of being the only international actors actively pushing for the continuation of hostilities and resisting realistic peace initiatives. Despite its imperfections, Nebenzia stated that the resolution offers a glimpse of constructive cooperation between key global players on European and international security, providing cautious optimism. However, he warned against overconfidence, asserting that the “party of war,” represented by Kiev and its European backers, remains determined to distort and obstruct diplomatic efforts. “We call on all those who truly seek sustainable peace in Ukraine not to allow the expired Kiev prince and his puppeteers to derail the efforts being undertaken by Russia and the United States,” Nebenzia urged. US representative Dorothy Shea hailed the resolution’s passage as a crucial step toward peace. “This resolution puts us on the path to peace. It is a first step, but a crucial one, one of which we should all be proud,” she said. “Now we must use it to build a peaceful future for Ukraine, Russia, and the international community.” - RT
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  3016. As cliche as it sounds, things are turning dire for Ukraine—at least for this current phase of things. Zelensky finally openly confessed his intention to purge not only Zaluzhny and his assistants, but a lot of other staff in what is essentially a ‘great reset’ of the Ukrainian leadership: Immediately after that, Ukrainian Deputy Yevhen Shevchenko reported that, according to his information, Zaluzhny has already internally accepted the position of ambassador to the UK: As the above article states, if this is true, it means Zaluzhny would effectively be ‘shipped out to the farm’ to be placed under close watch in the UK, and as far away from Ukraine as possible to keep Zelensky protected. There’s no word on how true any of this is, but rumor had it that the US had already earmarked Budanov for Zaluzhny’s position, which is why Budanov was flown on his high-profile tour of Washington DC late last year: it is said the planners and controllers—i.e. Nuland and co.—were likely using the opportunity to introduce Budanov around town to all the new shot-callers he’ll soon be taking orders from. Likewise it was to put his face front and center in the beltway and sell him as the next replacement. What’s most eye-opening about these events is that Avdeevka happens to be suddenly crumbling, just in time for these reversals. It suggests the non-coincidental nature of the proceedings; i.e. Zelensky may suddenly be pulling the plug on Avdeevka to time its fall with the crescendo of anti-Zaluzhny machinations in order to throw him under the bus by blaming Avdeevka’s fall on him, and using that as the final impetus to announce his dismissal. The fact is, Biden’s Ukrainian aid is still held up and seems no closer to fruition. Yesterday, the administration announced the new revised bill and it was met with immediate furor by House Republicans: But what can Zelensky change in the frontline calculus of the war by simply rearranging the figureheads? On that note let’s turn to Avdeevka. As I said, very ‘coincidentally’ the city appears to be totally collapsing. Only days ago I reported major breaches and now there have been even larger ones, as AFU lines collapse entirely. Everyone is in a panic, including dozens of Ukrainian accounts: What happened first was Russian forces collapsed the entire area of the “northern shore” of that lagoon / sand quarry: That’s a massive area that just fell apart in a single day. And the area just under that lagoon/quarry is known as ‘Little Terrikon’ (mini Slag Heap) and is said to be the tallest height of the whole outlying area, which means it’s a highly strategic point Russian forces captured: But that wasn’t even the half of it. Russian forces continued to push both southeast past the quarry and west into the city proper: But as can be seen above, the distance from where Russian troops were geolocated to the western-most border of Avdeevka is as little as 500m, by some accountings. This means that Ukrainian forces are in danger of now being entirely cut off from their supply routes, which means Avdeevka is on paper almost finished. Lastly, some in Ukraine have attempted to downplay Avdeevka’s coming fall, as usual, but the stats tell the true story. Ukraine is said to have sent dozens of its most elite battalions to try and hold off Russia’s advances: a long-awaited new episode of Zvezda’s military show came out showcasing the brand new Russian 2S40 ‘Phlox’ combined 120mm mortar and artillery system currently being rolled out to the front in test batches. This is a unique system that’s able to fire both 120mm mortars and howitzer shells, giving it great versatility. Its mobility is likewise demonstrated here, where they show the record fast deployment time from park to fire-readiness in under 30 seconds (the French Caesar is said to take 60 seconds minimum): The automated system even showcases its rare MRSI (Multiple Round Simultaneous Impact) mode. This is a mode only the most advanced modern howitzers are capable of replicating where several shots are fired via different computer-calculated trajectories in order to land on target at the same time in one deadly barrage: Lastly, to end on an inspiring note, when Putin declared 2024 to be the Year of the Family a hearth was lit, to be symbolically passed around the country as a spread of ‘love and fidelity’. Here is a video showcasing this program to promote traditional and family values all across the vastness of Russia: - Simplicius
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  3087. The end of this piece says it all regarding the chaos in the world and how to correct it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The gist of this paper revolves around hatching ideas for how Ukraine can use its reorientation period to rebuild into a force that can defeat Russia. It begins with the same tired gloat of how much larger NATO/EU’s combined economies and military spending are over Russia. It’s a bit of a sophomoric take, as they expect this to innately convert into victory, as if it’s just a ‘given’ that “bigger is better.” I won’t rehash the obvious, but our recently discussed axiom applies here: you can print cash but not shells. So, lacking trained officers, a Ukrainian brigade can only effectively control two companies, giving an entire AFU brigade only 1200 meters of usable coverage? Eye-opening as it may be, these numbers check out with things we’ve seen. For instance in the summer counteroffensive, even the most elite brigades like the 47th only ever appeared able to operate 2-company assaults at any given time. —after spending a year downplaying Russia’s abilities, claiming they produce only 1 or sometimes at most 2 million shells, they now openly admit Russia has already reached 3.5M and will soon hit nearly 5M shells per year capacity. These words wouldn’t be so weighty if they weren’t issued from the very maw of the beast itself—the most powerful neocon deepstate ‘shadow elite’ which has run the US MIC for decades, and which therefore speaks on its very behalf. If you read carefully, there’s an almost desperate urgency in their tone—which is extremely telling. Wait a second, so the completely dead, battered, beaten and defeated, poor Russian army, who—according to MSM—had had 95% casualties thus far, is suddenly able to muster 3 entire full-fledged field armies just for the task of securing the Polish border? That is a veritable universe of difference with what’s allowed for public consumption. In fact, it’s absolutely dizzying what they now claim Russia will be able to muster along the entire NATO front: So now we get to the real truth about why the earlier-mentioned stealth fleets are so necessary. You see, they admit that NATO have no real ground forces to speak of, nor any artillery left, after giving it all to Ukraine—not that they had much to begin with. In fact, NATO is nothing more than a fragile glass jetfighter masquerading as a military alliance. These freaks, which have co-opted the country and its foreign policy, have in fact turned America into nothing more than a shambling golem, one without clothes like its shadow emperor. They now fear nothing more than for Russia to shatter this displaced “idea”, this fraudulent, barnacled ‘dream’ which exists only in the blood-addled minds of the neocon usurpers. This would shatter the illusion once and for all, not only freeing the globe from the Leviathan’s grasp, but destroying the age old neocon pursuit. The America they’ve concocted exists as a simulation in a matrix, and they fear Russia has found the key to unplugging their false construct-reality, awakening an entire generation to the actual truth: that the country and everything it ever stood for has been entirely hijacked by a criminal cabal. Most of all, they’ve revealed that “America’s” power relies on a spell cast over its closest ally, the completely subjugated Homo Europaeus. Once Russia “shatters” this spell, it’s game over. Dark stuff, I know. But this is why their tone is so evidently shrill and vexatious in this desperate report. Russia has cornered the rats and they’re panicking. - Simplicius
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  3089. The fact that this motorized regiment without much heavy gear was used is revealing. It confirms reports that Russia is no where close to introducing its “main force” into the region, which can come much later after Russia has tested the Ukrainian defenses, revealed their positions via recon-by-fire, and then softened them up with air strikes. Ukrainian military sources report that not only does Russia possibly have a much larger force it intends to introduce later, but another one is gathering in Sumy region as well: Well, almost exactly two months later, it looks like things are bearing fruit. I believe the current action is both multi-stage and longer term. That means you won’t see a flash-in-the-pan blitzkrieg or thunder-run, but rather a very methodical introduction of forces from the north at key points like turning the screws on a vise. Russia will likely see how Ukraine reacts to the Kharkov incursion, watch where it deploys its reserves, and act accordingly, with potential Sumy and/or Chernigov contingents to come in much later. Remember: the objectives right now are to degrade and destroy the AFU manpower, not to “capture territory”—that will all come as a natural secondary byproduct of its own. In the meantime, Russia is slowly degrading the logistics in the region: The northern incursion is in fact a pinning operation for now, but that’s not all it is. It’s part of the grand boa constrictor or ‘death by a thousand cuts’ strategy I’ve been describing for over a year now, and more resources will be poured constantly onto it until the trickle develops into a deluge. After that, it will be a fully formed front in its own right and Ukraine will have major problems choosing where to send reserves. In the meantime, the Avdeevka-Ocheretino axis is deteriorating fast, which is precisely why Russia decided to “turn the screws” some more: And by the way, today new gains were made on the Kupyansk front toward the town Pishchane, which reinforces the idea that soon this front may get more activated in accordance with the northern breach. Despite advance warning and accurate intel, Ukraine can do nothing about the events that are soon to come. This is a chess match and a numbers game; you can “know” full well the constrictor is tightening over your chest, but there will be little you can do about it. Ukraine will lack the means to respond to the constant swell of Russian troops and armaments on every single frontline, which will only stretch longer and longer as Russia potentially introduces new breaches into Sumy, Chernigov, and perhaps even elsewhere—some Russian channels are still trading rumors of a potential push from Belarus into Kiev region as eventual part of the now initiated cascade. Recall all the quotes from Ukrainian officers I recently posted wherein they admitted they don’t have the mobility to match Russian ‘whack-a-mole’ tactics. Russia can transfer units from one region to another and mesmerize the AFU with the ‘thousand cuts’ from every angle, and Ukraine simply doesn’t have the logistical infrastructure to keep up plugging each hole. The longer the front stretches, the worse this issue becomes. - Simplicius
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  3101. ROLLING UP ON Ukrainian positions to drop off fresh cannon fodder but it doesn’t quite go to plan for this Kiev MRAP as Russian forces immediately make sure it get added to scrap pile with direct hit (00:41), all while Ukrainian army makes 4 failed attacks and loses over 1,230 troops in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) over past week. Ukrainian forces also attempt 39 futile attacks in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) since Monday, taking over 845 casualties and saying goodbye to 27 tanks including UK-supplied Challenger 2 ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 8 Medics of the ‘elite’ 47th (Ukrainian) brigade go on to admit that their casualties have run into four figures: It becomes so clear now how decades of Western propaganda had built up their equipment with fraudulent, unearned accolades and distinctions. Now, in the first true test against a real foe, the lies all come crashing down. For now, Ukraine will continue to bleed for the gallery while the Russian war machine finishes calmly strapping on its armor in preparation for the killing blow. - Simplicius Russian soldier with the callsign Casper saves 5 comrades. Having spotted a kamikaze drone headed in their direction, he acted swiftly using body armor as a shield. Everyone survived - Casper is now recovering in hospital from injuries, and will return to the frontline. - Intel Report NATO ADMITS IT’S INFERIOR AND BACKWARD: NATO states’ top military expert makes stunning confession that “NATO tactics are not validated in the modern threat environment” of Russia. Dr Jack Watling (above right) adds US army “makes a mess of things” even in basic drills, let alone in training Ukraine. Truth comes out. - Intel Report
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  3122. Putin and Zelensky both made a series of interesting, contrasting statements. Zelensky’s PR team forced him to hold a town hall type presentation to buoy his sagging image, particularly in light of Putin’s recent high-visibility events of this sort. This likewise extended to what appeared as a frank admission that Russia will take what’s rightfully hers in Ukraine, and will no longer seek to appease the West. Any future negotiations will be done purely on the behalf of Russia’s interests: Ukraine requires 20k men per month just for keeping up with its losses, which would obviously serve to give us an indirect insight into their true losses. In light of that, we have a slew of new videos pretty much confirming the insanely high losses. For instance, this AFU officer recounts how his battalion commander drove 350 Ukrainian soldiers to death in only 8 hours of time during a particularly hot fight: 350 dead in just a single battalion, in a single day, in a single tiny sector of the theater. It becomes very easy to imagine 600+ total daily casualties over the entire front. Another Ukrainian soldier outright says they’re losing in every conceivable way: Shoigu mentioned how Russian equipment has proven itself on the battlefield, and that the Russian army is now the most trained and battle-experienced in the world. One interesting note on this is that senior editor at BILD, Julian Roepcke, has made what is one of the most profound admissions of the entire war. An AFU source told him that not only are they low on ammo, but that NATO equipment simply doesn’t hold up—it wasn’t made for real war, but small engagements: Ultimately though, the West appears to be winding down all things Ukraine. Washington Post deleted their ‘Ukrainian coverage’ special bulletin link at the top of their site in anticipation, as they likely know there’s not going to be any further ‘good news’ any time soon. There are endless problems plaguing the equipment of the ‘alliance’. Britain announced their flagship HMS Diamond—called ‘the jewel in the naval crown’—which is joining the special group, is plagued with mechanical issues; they fear it won’t even make it through the operation without breaking down: The US is getting dragged deeper and deeper into conflicts that are overstretching its capabilities. As someone said, “He who defends everything, defends nothing.” Tucker Carlson and others have predicted that 2024’s big pre-election ‘October Surprise’ will in fact be a full-scale war, meant to lock down the elections and effect a totalitarian dictatorship by the establishment Democrats. With US veering into war in Ukraine, the Middle East, and potentially China, with the US elections certain to be highly contested and rife with civil unrest, and with the global economy going inverted, with US hyperinflation already shredding the now nonexistent “middle class”, there’s an extremely high probability that the end of 2024 will see some historic black swan level event(s). - Simplicius
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  3127. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas’ claim that Russian civilians “are not dying” in the Ukraine conflict is erroneous, Russia’s envoy to the UN Vassily Nebenzia has said. During a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday, Nebenzia denounced Kallas’s remarks from February as “immoral assertions” from an official peddling “fantasies.” He said that in 2024 alone, Ukrainian military action resulted in the death of 809 Russian civilians, including 51 children. Those killings constituted “real crimes” and not a “theatrical performance like Bucha that was staged by the Ukrainian authorities” to garner Western support, Nebenzia stated. Kiev has cited claims that Russian forces had committed a “massacre” in the town in 2022 to justify its decision to abandon peace talks, while Russia contends that the evidence was fabricated. Speaking at a panel discussion during the Munich Security Conference, Kallas claimed that the two nations take radically different positions: “The difference is that Russian civilians are not dying. I mean Russian children and women are not dying, it’s soldiers on the ground” who do, she stated. In response, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova labeled Kallas’s comments as evidence of the “degradation” of senior EU officials, asserting that the senior diplomat has reached a new low in “cynicism and immorality.” “How can one seriously negotiate with people who have declared lies as their official position?” Zakharova questioned. - RT
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  3178. WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC FOOTAGE TERRORISTS BUTCHER CIVILIANS COWERING IN FEAR as gut-wrenching vid on right shows armed men murdering multiple people trying to escape at point-blank range at Crocus City Hall music venue in Moscow, amid reports that over 50 people have been injured. Roof of City Hall reportedly collapses amid uncontrollable inferno in left vid as terror attack hits Russian capital - developing situation. UPDATE: 5 terrorists stormed Crocus and killed at least 14. - Intel Republic TERRORISTS KILL INNOCENTS AT CLOSE RANGE in right vid as gun spark from automatic rifles seen before armed men with backpacks slaughter civilians hiding from them. Left vid shows bodies of dead and injured littered at entrance of Crocus music venue while unverified reports say over 40 KILLED and 100 injured as dozens of ambulances rush to scene. U.S, weeks after issuing strange terror attack warning for Americans in Russia, says following "horrifying" scene of shooting. - Intel Republic RUSSIAN SPEC FORCES STORM BUILDING WHERE TERRORISTS HOLED UP: armed police personnel seen in above vids securing area around terror-hit Crocus Hall amid reports that anti-terror forces are storming music venue. Number of injured and dead continues to grow as all public events cancelled in Moscow. UPDATE: over 140 people wounded. - Intel Republic MOSCOW SLAMS WASHINGTON, SAYS U.S. SHOULD HAVE TRANSFERRED INFO ON TERROR ATTACK that it put out in warning weeks before today's brutal bloodbath at music venue in Russian capital. Shopping center in St. Petersburg also evacuated in left vid due to unknown reason. On what basis do officials in Washington draw any conclusions about anyone's innocence in the midst of a tragedy? If United States has or had reliable information in this regard, then it must be immediately transferred to the Russian side - Russian FM Spokeswoman Zakharova. Horrific scenes continue to emerge from Crocus as ambulances line up street, bodies lay on roadside covered in white cloth while police detain 1 suspect. UPDATE: 40 killed, 100 injured - official info. - Intel Republic WASHINGTON CONTRADICTS ITSELF - John "I hate peace" Kirby panics when reporter grills him about claim of "not having advanced knowledge above" about horrific terrorist attack in Moscow, despite issuing warning to U.S. citizens in Moscow just 14 days ago that describes exact situation at Crocus music venue bloodbath. Yeah... Uh I..I don't think that was related to this specific attack - US National Security Spox Kirby. Any other planned terror you'd like to disclose then, Kirby? - Intel Republic "DEATH FOR DEATH" - TOP RUSSIAN OFFICIAL'S WARNING TO UKRAINE: Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Medvedev warns Ukraine after sickening terror attack in Moscow, says top Ukrainian officials will be "mercilessly destroyed" if terrorist trail leads to Kiev. If it's established that these are terrorists of Kiev regime, it is impossible to deal with them and their ideological inspirers differently. All of them must be found and mercilessly destroyed as terrorists. Including officials of the state that committed such atrocity - Furious Medvedev. Condolences pouring in from around world including Western countries. - Intel Republic
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  3185. There has been a multifold increase in the production of weapons and ammunition in Russia since the outbreak of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev in 2022, the head of the defense conglomerate Rostec has said. "Compared to 2022, the production and refurbishment of tanks at our factories increased by three-and-a-half times, and of lightly armored vehicles by three times,” the Rostec chief said. The manufacture of self-propelled artillery pieces has increased tenfold, while 14 times more towed guns are being produced, and the production of multiple rocket launch systems (MLRS) has doubled. The output of ammunition rounds for tanks and infantry fighting vehicles increased by 900%, artillery shells by 600%, and munitions for MLRS by 800%. Three times as many unguided rockets for heavy flamethrower systems are being produced, Chemezov said. According to the Rostec chief, new types of equipment have also been introduced during the conflict, such as TOS-2 heavy flamethrower systems, which are capable of firing munitions with thermobaric warheads and are “widely used in the area of the military operation.” Zemledeliye remote mine-laying systems are also being produced, as well as Krasnopol guided shells, Kub loitering munitions, and guided missiles for UAVs. Rostec is also working with JSC Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV) to equip standard aviation bombs with gliding modules and guidance systems, he said. The Washington Post reported in March that the use of glide bombs, which can travel long distances and have high precision, has “dramatically boosted” the effectiveness of the Russian Air Force. The Independent wrote last month that those munitions had been “changing the face” of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev. - RT
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  3196. Remember when the narrative was that it was Russia totally reliant on Western-supplied parts in its weaponry? Here an American general literally admits the entire U.S. military structure would collapse in a day if China issued an embargo against them: If we were in a war with China and it stopped providing parts, we wouldn't be able to build the planes and weapons we needed,' he said. A startling report released earlier this year revealed Chinese firms have a stranglehold across 12 critical technologies that are vital to US national security, including nuclear modernization, hypersonic and space technologies. The study, which was carried out by defense software firm Govini, delivered a damning indictment on the American armaments industry. 'U.S. domestic production capacity is a shriveled shadow of its former self,' 'Crucial categories of industry for U.S. national defense are no longer built in any of the 50 states.' How the tides have turned. It seems the West is slowly coming to its awakening moment: it stands no chance in a long term conflict against the manufacturing powerhouse of the Russia-China-North Korea-Iran bloc. In the meantime, Russia continues to build up its military potential and asymmetrically respond to the West’s aggression. On top of that, Putin has now announced that Russia may resume manufacturing medium range ballistic missiles—precisely the kinds banned by the previous INF treaty which the U.S. abrogated: Russia has now stated the West is in danger of having its ties officially downgraded in their entirety by Russia: As many know, Russia moves very slowly—slow to saddle, fast to ride, as the mot goes—but when it does, it moves with heavy, enduring consequence. As I said, all the while, Russia is building up its resources and offensive potential. Unlike the West’s own dismal showing and inability to translate platitudes into action, Russia is sticking to its plans and promises: Russian missiles wiped out another officer’s billet in Kharkov, killing at least 15 AFU and wounding dozens more. The Russian rear strikes are doing massive damage—here’s another from today which blew away an entire Ukrainian train said to be full of armaments and Western gear: - Simplicius
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  3198. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - There were many losses, after the Iskander missile strike of Russian troops destroyed a large accumulation of vehicles and personnel of the Armed Forces od Ukraine in the Sumy region. Russian military correspondents released footage on September 4, 2024, showing the work of Russian Armed Forces reconnaissance officers, discovering a large concentration of Kiev equipment and troops while disembarking personnel near their stronghold in Bezdryk, southeast of the Sumy city. One of the launches of nine Iskander-M ballistic missiles, launched at once in the Sumy region on that day, thwarted the planned redeployment of Ukrainian troops in the settlement, about 30 kilometers from the Russian border and planned to the Kursk region. All invisible to the media of the war supporters, the high price of the failure of the Kiev officials in the Kursk mission was paid by the Ukrainians who were forcibly recruited. The concentration point was completely destroyed by missile, which did not care about the enemy's air defense systems. As a result of the missile landing, the entire assault brigade was destroyed, more than 70 personnel were killed, collected and loaded onto trucks. According to the information received, at least some units of equipment were destroyed, such as 7 cargo vehicles, 4 armored combat vehicles, and 9 off-road vehicles. In recent days, Iskander missiles have been diligently working to destroy enemy personnel, including their headquarters in several regions of Ukraine, victims include NATO personnel!
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  3204. NO TIME WASTED - Russia is fighting with new weapons that didn't exist at the start of the Special Operation. Having just completed all necessary trials, the 2S43 Malva ("Mallow") is now on the battlefield. It's key innovation is the wheeled chassis, which makes the Malva more mobile than the existing MSTA-S self-propelled howitzer. Similar to a US HIMARS - its technical characteristics are quite impressive; with a firing range of 24.5km, and a rate of fire of up to 7 rounds per minute, it is operated by a crew of 5, and can carry a total of 30 rounds. Malva marks a significant advancement in the capabilities of Russian artillery systems - improved mobility, lighter weight, and cost-effective operation. - Intel Report A Russian military force specializing in using first-person view (FPV) kamikaze drones to hunt down Ukrainian armored vehicles claims to have successfully engaged three German-made Leopard battle tanks in just two days. - RT Well said, President Putin, full support for you from many in America fed up with the moral rot of their government! The West is fomenting religious hatred and intolerance to “divide and conquer” the world, to maintain a “new world order” that amounts to dominance and colonialism, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. Meeting with leaders of Russia’s religious communities at the Kremlin, Putin addressed the current conflict in the Middle East and warned that “Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and Russophobia” were being used as weapons against a multipolar world. - RT Sergey Rakhmanin, who sits on the parliamentary Committee for Security, Defense and Intelligence, painted a bleak picture of the Ukrainian mobilization system in an interview with the Ukrainskaya Pravda newspaper on Wednesday. The program is suffering from apathy among recruits, red tape, structural problems and corruption, according to his description. - RT Slovakia’s new prime minster, Robert Fico, has pledged to end military support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, and to push for an immediate cessation of hostilities. He also vowed not to back further sanctions on Moscow if they end up harming his country. Speaking at a meeting of the parliamentary committee for European affairs on Thursday, Fico stated that “as prime minister, I will support zero military aid to Ukraine,” explaining that the position of his government is that “the immediate cessation of military operations is the best solution we have for Ukraine.” - RT
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  3253. Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, has accused Ukrainian forces of hitting a children’s hospital with an air defense missile, declaring that if a Russian missile had struck the building, “there would be nothing left.” In an address to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Dr. Vladimir Zhovnir, the director of Kiev’s Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, accused Russia of deliberately striking the facility on Monday. Two people died and scores were injured in the blast, Zhovnir claimed, calling the incident “not just a war crime, [but] far beyond the limit of humanity.” “Does Mr. Zhovnir understand that if it was a Russian missile, there would be nothing left of the building?” Nebenzia responded. “Children and adults would have died rather than been injured.” Nebenzia explained that Russian forces targeted the Artemov missile plant in Kiev on Monday, and that “this target was hit.” “Since the plant is located approximately 2km from the children’s hospital, there is every reason to believe that the Ukrainian air defense missile that hit it was intended for a Russian missile that hit the plant,” he stated, adding that “this tragedy could have been avoided if the Ukrainian Armed Forces had not deployed air defense in residential areas.” The Russian Defense Ministry has also explicitly denied striking the hospital. In an official statement on Monday, the ministry said that “photos and video footage from Kiev clearly confirm” that the building was hit by a falling “Ukrainian air defense missile launched from an anti-aircraft missile system within the city.” - RT
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  3262. Yep, things are going just swell with Israel’s War Cabinet. Looks like the same lack of professionalism demonstrated by the Israeli military in Gaza is spilling over into the political chambers. All of this comes on the heels of another Haaretz report on the investigation into the murder of three Israeli hostages by the Israeli military. That report is a stunner. Here are the lowlights: The military investigation concludes that the soldiers and senior commanders operating in the area were not informed of a building found two days before the incident on which the words ‘Help, 3 hostages’ and ‘SOS’ were painted. The soldier who shot the three Israeli hostages Samer al-Talalka, Yotam Haim and Alon Shamriz confirmed that he saw them carrying a white cloth, but did not have time to “make sense” of the situation. Other soldiers opened fire at Haim and killed him, in violation of an explicit order which, they say, they “did not fully understand,” after their commander called on the hostage to emerge from the building he had run into. At 9:49, two soldiers noticed Haim moving and opened fire, in spite of their commander’s order. The hostage was killed instantly. The investigation determined that the order to hold fire was heard clearly, but the soldiers claimed that they hadn’t understood the order, thinking it was a temporary order, meant to enable them to listen and ensure there was no enemy fire in the area. It was further argued that soldiers were not sure about the rules of engagement, especially with regard to unarmed men, even though the IDF is operating in a densely populated area, calling on Hamas fighters to surrender. Ponder that for a moment. Soldiers are given a “cease fire” order but only considered it a temporary suggestion. And they were not “sure” about the Rules of Engagement (ROE). The hostages were unarmed. They had their shirts off and it could be clearly seen they were not wearing a bomb belt. This incident confirms that Israeli soldiers have standing Rules of Engagement to shoot unarmed persons. - Sonar21
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  3272. I received the following query from Sputnik on Saturday: Britain has proposed sending a NATO expeditionary corps to Ukraine. London also allegedly suggested establishing a no-fly zone over Kiev-controlled territory and did not rule out strikes on “strategic infrastructure facilities in Russia’s northern regions”. After that, according to the British plan, NATO forces would create a “buffer zone” within the occupied positions, including the border with Belarus and the territory around Kiev, and the released Ukrainian army forces should withdraw to the Special operation zone. We would be happy if you could comment on this matter. Please, see my questions below: 1. How do you assess this decision and do you think it is realistic? Should we take it seriously (or is this an attempt to appease Zelensky)? 2. June 2023 Putin already said that Russia is considering the creation of a buffer (sanitary) zone in Ukraine “to solve the problem of shelling of Russian territories.” Is NATO trying to seize the initiative and why won’t they succeed? This is a fantastical delusion on the part of the Brits and has no foundation in reality. But, just because the Brits are insane does not mean Russia can ignore them. It is a serious proposal. But the British Army is a hollowed out shell. It is one fifth the size of the force rescued from Dunkirk in World War II. The British Army is a toothless, bedraggled poodle. Can’t even deliver a serious bark, much less a bite. Yes, NATO is desperate to prevent Russia from securing all territory to the east of the Dneiper River. Up to this point the NATO countries have enabled the criminal activities of Ukraine and have not suffered any consequences. I believe they interpret Russia’s failure to respond as a sign of weakness. They confuse patience with ignorance. Given the growing turmoil in Kiev as the fight for control between President Zelensky and General Zaluzhny heats up, the Russians appear content to continue their attrition strategy as they systematically dismantle the Ukrainian Army. Russia, however, is enjoying an unexpected benefit — NATO also is being de-militarized. - Sonar21
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  3273. Heavy shelling in multiple directions simultaneously by paratroopers of Russian Armed Forces on the north flank of Artemovsk. Direct fire from the Grad MLRS and BMD-2K-AU assault vehicles surprised the Ukrainian troops positions, who were driven from their positions with heavy losses. - Military Tube Today Russian assault troops are now coordinating FPV-kamikaze drone launches on the fly to eliminate enemies in trenches right in front of them. In case you don’t quite grasp the significance of it right away, another way of describing it would be that they’ve basically gotten to the incredible level of dexterity and coordination as to use the drones like hand grenades. I.e. as they’re actively assaulting a trench, dugout, or fortification, in the midst of the firefight they throw a drone into the air and eliminate the enemy right in front of them. The level of dexterity and training this requires to do under the intense pressure of an active firefight cannot be understated. Famed Austrian Colonel Reisner has finally had enough. Showing uncharacteristic anger he states that either the West must go “all in” and push everything into Ukraine, or sue for peace—it’s over. Confirming this, the Economist’s new piece yesterday finally announces the Ukrainian counteroffensive as officially over: - Simplicius PREGNANT WOMAN FORCED TO FRONTLINES? Kiev's sending pregnant women straight to frontlines vid above shows as shocked Russian troops ask "what are you doing here pregnant!?" Ukraine launched massive campaign to enlist women into army as country’s desperate measures result in FIRST ever case of surrender of pregnant female Ukrainian soldier. - Intel Report
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  3292. In 2021, the European Union created their own military – European Peace Facility. Despite its claim of building peace and preventing conflicts – they have instead instigated conflicts and provided weaponry to western backed governments or military juntas. Some of these peace building initiatives include funding military operations in such countries as: Macedonia, Nigeria, Jordan, Ukraine, Boznia, Ghana, Moldova, Somalia etc… Their first distribution of funds was $130 million to the African Union. Included in their detail description of the military spending is this phrase, “…designed to deliver lethal force”. CODE = KILL. Peace is NOT mentioned. The funding for these military operations comes from member countries of the EU which still cannot meet their NATO 2% mandate. The same NATO paid for predominantly by American Taxpayers. As the US and UK deplete their stockpile weapon inventory aiding and abetting the Ukraine and Israel wars, disrupting African nations via coups, Saudi Arabia just wrapped up their largest ever World Defense Show with weapon sales topping $6.9 billion. Countries attending the show revealed their concern that the world is entering a global phase of pre-war that will erupt into a titan of destruction. Given the West has depleted its inventory and spent billions creating disinformation campaigns and coups across Africa, they stand to be most at risk – while simultaneously initiating the stage for War.. It seems to me The Temporary Fear Propaganda about a Severe Security Threat against the US by Russia – in the midst of the unraveling of the Russia CIA Illusion – is more ego driven than political. It reveals that the US ‘forgot’ to actually go to work at the Defense Industry and build instead of culturally pronouning. In that event we might actually have superior military capability. - LewRockwell
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  3304. The dollar’s stranglehold on global finance is fraying, and Russia’s proposal could be the nail in the coffin. And here’s the kicker: the U.S. and its allies, so adept at weaponizing the dollar, now find themselves cornered. Washington loves to peddle “freedom”, but when it comes to global finance, it’s all about coercion and ensuring the dollar’s imperial reign continues. Russia and BRICS? They’ve read the room. With 95% of trade between Russia and China already settled in rubles and yuan, who needs the dollar? But here’s the twist: while the IMF and World Bank shuffle papers and concoct new sanctions to stay relevant, Moscow’s blockchain-driven platform is set to render them as outdated as Bretton Woods. IMF? Meet irrelevance. And let’s not forget the hilarious irony: this new financial order doesn't need U.S. banks, U.S. infrastructure, or U.S. approval. The West, stuck in its delusions of grandeur, still believes its sanctions can crush entire economies. But Russia’s “new system” just laughs at that: sanctions? What sanctions? The rules of the game are changing, and the U.S. is just realizing it’s not holding the cards anymore. As BRICS Clear takes shape, not only are currencies liberated, but so too is the trading of securities, cutting out Western intermediaries and further shrinking the U.S. role in global financial flows. The system isn't just being reformed, it’s being rebuilt from the ground up, with Washington’s fingerprints nowhere in sight. And as for the Western financial elite? Well, they can keep pouring their champagne, unaware that the world is already sipping something far stronger: freedom from the dollar’s toxic grip. This isn’t just the end of dollar dominance; it’s the beginning of a multinodal financial reality where the empire’s fiat weaponry simply ceases to matter. - Gerry Nolan, Intel Republic - forwarded from The Islander
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  3315. Update on Israeli military operations in Gaza and growing regional conflict... - Israeli military operations have exceeded in duration, scale, scope, death, and destruction, previous incursions into Gaza in 2008-2009 and 2014; - Israel is pacing its military operations, making this longer-term campaign possible in terms of arms and ammunition; - Israeli losses continue to mount, however the true nature of the fighting is difficult to discern; - Militants in Gaza have published inconclusive footage of attacks on Israeli armored vehicles failing to show the full aftermath and whether or not the vehicles were even hit at all, damaged, or destroyed; - Without more information about the nature of the fighting, it is difficult to draw conclusions about how sustainable Israeli military operations are and thus what outcome may emerge; - Israeli leadership indicates that following the operation there will be some sort of open-ended “security presence” in Gaza (de facto occupation); - The conflict continues undermining stability in the region, threatening trade through the Red Sea, with Israeli strikes continuing to target Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and Syria, thus creating potential pretexts for a wider conflict against either or even against Iran; - Just like the US proxy war in Ukraine, despite ambitions toward triggering a wider conflict in the Middle East or creating a pretext for war with Iran, the US may fail there as well; - Ultimately, Israel’s current actions may only accelerate rather than prevent the collapse of the US-led “order” in the region and precipitate the emergence of an Israel led by interests committed to a two-state solution and co-existence with its neighbors; - The New Atlas
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  3324. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Urgent analysis on November 6, 2024, Russian Armed Forces are advancing and advancing on the Kurakhovo direction, moving very quickly towards the town from the south near Trudove, with additional reports that Stepanivka has been liberated up to 2 km along the northern shore of Kurakhovo Reservoir. Russian soldiers installed the battle flag of their unit on a residential building, confirming full control over the settlement. Between Kurakhovo and Trudove, there are several another settlements where Ukrainian troops who claimed to have stood firm there are now starting to fall into a new cauldron! Ukrainian troops would most likely have avoided this difficult situation if they had carried out a large-scale withdrawal. It seems that Russian troops are continuing to deploy their offensive capabilities to form a depression in the direction of Donetsk, breaking through Ukrainian defenses near Trudove. The BMP squad of the 57th Motorized Rifle Brigade with armored forces maneuvered, landing in an area between the west of the settlement and 3.5 km south of Kostiantynopolske. Here, the fighting takes place in the forest belt where the assault units take and consolidate in the tree line, capturing several positions. The Russian forces are again outmaneuvering and cutting off supplies to the Ukrainian units in a worsening operational crisis, with less than 4 kilometers left to reach the Kostiantynopolske point with the advance very fast and getting tighter every day. At the same time, Zelensky's defenders from the 79th Brigade, who claim to have held out for more than two years in Kurakhovo, appear to be short of equipment to stop the Russians, and are seeking donations. They are in need of Mavic 3T drones with thermal cameras, a vital support to help them get spies at night, and to bolster their defenses, which are under threat in the Kurakhovo circle.
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  3328. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - A group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were surprised by a sudden attack of Russian Lancet ammunition on the front of their armored column on their way to enter one of the settlements in the Kursk region. An Ukrainian soldier captured live footage of the impact of Russian drone flash strike, in a video of the clash that took place on August 11, but some of the footage was only recently posted around August 26, 2024. The intense footage shows a large armored column of Ukrainian Paratroopers, and trying to break through Cherkassky Porechny under fire from Russian Armed Forces. The Ukrainian soldiers were annoyed that the Lancet drone managed to penetrate the armor of a T-64BV tank of their comrades, even though they had tried to shoot the Lancet in the air with small arms. The tank initially tried to keep working, then caught fire. However after the attack, the Ukrainians rushed to protect the surrounding area. Things then got worse for the Ukrainian or NATO armored column, and the Lancet kamikaze drone flew into another armored vehicle in their column, as shown in a part of video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on August 11. Several vehicles of Kiev troops, such as T-80 tank, were completely burned out with a huge explosion, and then completely destroyed. So far, until August 27, the next Ukraine-NATO armored vehicles are burning out on the good highway of the Kursk region. For more than a week, Russian soldiers have been repelling the attacks of Ukraine, which is defending its presence on Russian land, attacking waves of Ukrainian infantry and another equipment. In addition, the Russian Defense Ministry statement said that Russian army units attacked Ukrainian army armored personnel carriers detected at the Kursk border, with Lancet kamikaze UAV. Lancet drones continue to be a nightmare for Ukrainian forces, as Kiev’s cannon fodder crews try hard to hide their armored personnel carriers in the trees, completely unaware that Russian forces know exactly where they are. The armored vehicles’ march during the Western-backed offensive turned into a shooting battle for Russian forces. Real-time data confirms, that the vehicles are burning.
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  3339. Polish Mercenaries Began To Flee 'LIMAN' against the Background Of The Approach Of The Russian Army. Compared with other sections of the front, the Krasny-Liman direction was less mentioned in the reports of war correspondents and military departments on both sides. This is largely because the situation in the Krasny-Liman direction is not developing as dynamically and intensively as in other sectors of the front. However, this does not mean that the Krasny-Liman direction of the front has completely suspended the dynamics of hostilities. The decrease in military clashes there is more like the calm before the storm. - BORZZIKMAN "THERE'S A HUGE GAP where Zelensky's brain should be between goals and the actual state of affairs in Ukraine" - says the President of the US Council on Foreign Affairs, Richard Haase. "The idea that Ukraine is going to liberate by military means all the lands that are occupied by Russia, approximately 20% of its territory, is laudable - but this won't happen" - he continues. Zelensky! Please place brain BACK inside cranium - United States officials who specialize in WAR are telling you to forget any kind of liberation fantasies. - Intel Report The flow of US-made artillery ammunition to Ukraine has dwindled by “more than 30%” amid Washington’s scramble to assist Israel in its fight against Hamas, ABC News reported on Tuesday, citing an unnamed Ukrainian official. The network’s source pointed out that the main problem was with deliveries of NATO-standard 155mm artillery shells, which he said accounted for “about 60-70% of Ukraine’s overall supply.” He also expressed serious concern that the gridlock in the US Congress could mean that the flow of arms to Ukraine will start to dry up. “We’re in big trouble… basic munitions are not coming,” the official said, warning that if the situation is allowed to deteriorate further, Ukraine risks losing its position on the battlefield “at a very high price.” - RT Ukraine has lost over 13,700 troops and approximately 1,800 tanks and other heavy weaponry so far this month, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu relayed on Tuesday during a ministerial meeting. Russian forces have been actively thwarting Kiev’s attempts to breach their defensive lines and continue to reduce Ukraine’s military capacity, the senior official said. He claimed that Ukrainian soldiers were surrendering in droves after realizing the futility of their counteroffensive. The Russian minister issued his last assessment of Ukrainian casualties in late October, when he said they had surpassed 90,000 since the start of Kiev’s ill-fated counteroffensive in early July. During this week’s meeting, Shoigu described the cost paid by Ukrainian soldiers in the conflict as “colossal.” - RT
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  3381. Things keep ratcheting up in Ukraine, with France continuing its saber-rattling escalatory spiral. Macron showed his dangerous hubris in the article by reciting the trope about Russia being a middling gas station with nukes: And this latest French sally was topped off by Russia’s spy chief Naryshkin’s rattling statement that France is preparing 2,000 troops for deployment: In fact, he states that the 2,000 number would be just the “initial stage”, but claims that such a force would become a priority target for Russian strikes: Meanwhile Spain’s El Pais paper confirmed that European troops have already long been in Ukraine: The baseless fearmongering from these Euro-mutants is simply unhinged! By logical deduction we can only assume that it’s not the imminent fall of any one particular zone, like Odessa, that has them so worried, but presumably the disintegration of the AFU as a functioning military force itself. But what else could possibly have Macron so rattled as to bear down into such desperate flights? Well, the news from authoritative sources continues to be quite grim for Ukraine. For the first time, they are openly using the dreaded ‘C’ word—collapse: Over the past two months, Ukrainian army losses have increased by 70% compared to the previous year. This is reported to be due to the rapid increase in the intensity and accuracy of glide bomb strikes. ISW foresees a new Russian offensive later this year: And even admitted to Russia’s increasing ability to adapt to all challenges: in many ways the Cold War was a far safer time because it had more serious, non-psychopathic people in charge who actually respected the dangers of nuclear holocaust. Today’s leaders are all totally immorally degraded puppets, likely placed in charge only on the basis of kompromat, and no longer have the necessary professional qualities or discretion of their forebears for the seriousness of the situation. Society, more stupefied by bread and circuses than ever, of course, is blind to their leaders’ total ignorance and dangerous provocations. Put the above pieces together and it’s clear the goal is to bring Moldova into the fold, entrench the region and create massive military buildups there to make sure Russia can never take back Odessa or retain supremacy over the Black Sea. That is why it is more imperative than ever for Russia to get the job done, capture Odessa and unlock PMR to keep from being strangled by NATO. Don’t forget, PMR just suffered one of its first direct military assaults, as an Mi-8 helicopter was destroyed by an ‘unknown’ FPV drone, a provocation with a clear angle. I’ll leave you with a final couple videos: In Georgievka, one of the larger AFU troop surrenders of recent memory: Here’s two new very good pieces from M.K. Bhadrakumar. The first entitled ‘Novorossiya’ rising from ashes like phoenix’, which summarizes a lot of the points discussed here, with Europe’s terminal agony regarding U.S.’s potential withdrawal amid the realization of their own inconsequentiality. The second even more nourishingly erudite one is: ‘France all dressed up and nowhere to go’. If you have only time for one, I strongly recommend treating yourself to the second one. - Simplicius
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  3383. It finally happened—our questions on Russia and Putin’s resoluteness have been answered. After a nearly two-month hiatus of major long-range strikes on energy infrastructure, Russia struck back again last night with what’s again being called one of the largest strikes of the war, which not only reportedly utilized a fleet of 16 Tu-95s, but according to some sources even a wing of Tu-160s for the first time. Virtually every missile in Russia’s arsenal was said to be fired: ▪Kh-101 ▪Caliber ▪Kh-32/22 ▪Oniks ▪Iskander ▪Kinzhal ▪Zircon (apparently 2 were fired on targets at Kiev) Energy substations were hit all over the country. Kh-101s are here seen hitting Rivne Nuclear Power Plant’s substation area: Bloomberg reports that generation at Ukrainian nuclear facilities was cut back by 40-90%, with only 2 out of 9 total reactors operating at full power: Now, as if timed to stave off the morale depletion of the coming ‘dark winter’, Biden is reportedly set to announce the removal of long-range strikes restrictions on Ukraine’s ATACMS: This announcement was reportedly immediately followed by France and Britain authorizing use of Storm Shadow/Scalp missiles on Russian territory as well. As we’ve discussed here many times, politically neutered and ideologically paralyzed Europe can do nothing without its master first giving the go ahead or signaling support. The announcement comes just as ATACMS stocks have been depleted, with several articles over the past month or so noting this. The same goes for Storm Shadow/Scalp: Remember: for the Storm Shadows to be fired “deep” into Russian territory, the F-16s—or whatever platform carrying them—would have to get almost right up to the Russian border, and risk almost certain shoot down by Russian patrol craft, long range AD, etc. The same goes for ATACMS—everyone just assumes it can hit max distance into Voronezh, but to do that the ATACMS would have to be right on the border. They learned the hard way what happens when they try that, as a slew of HIMARS trucks were destroyed not far from the border in the Kursk fiasco. With stockpiles for both ATACMS, Storm Shadows, and even future-potential Taurus missiles scraping the bottom of the barrel, it’s not expected they could make any real mark. German state TV complains from Kiev: - The Russians advance every day in many places - Ukrainian soldiers run away - Ukrainian soldiers commit suicide The situation is really bad at the front. It gets back to what we talked about last time: Trump loves to have his cake and eat it too. He would love to profit from both sides of the equation by satisfying Ukraine with arms so he doesn’t “look like a big loser” or betrayer, while at the same time, courting Russia for concessions and an armistice. But such “two-chair” tactics won’t work for now-hardline and maximalist Russia, and so the only question which remains is will Trump be angered once his ego is hurt by Putin’s snub, and thus try to ‘strongman’ himself into some escalation to upstage Russia? Or will he smartly concede the floor to Russia’s advantages and realize WWIII is not worth it for his grand capitalist revival dreams? - Simplicius
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  3390. Antony Blinken, our Secretary of State, who announced yesterday that Ukraine will get rushed into NATO ASAP. Do you understand that would mean a direct, automatic, peremptory declaration of war against Russia, requiring all of NATO — that is, their combined militaries — to go kinetic inside Ukraine and theoretically inside Russia, too, (a move that has not worked out well for anyone in all of history), because Article Five of the NATO charter states that an armed attack against one is an attack against all, and must be answered with counter-attack? Thus, you see, Mr. Blinken just announced World War Three. You might also consider that NATO does not have the capacity to fight that war. The European members don’t have sufficient troops and equipment, or financial reserves for that matter. And there is, of course, America’s under-recruited DEI army of transsexuals and video-gamers, with equipment that has already proven inadequate on-the-ground in Ukraine, and a logistical route for delivery of all that which runs 5,000 miles across an ocean and then another continent. . . whereas our opponent (Russia) is right next door to the battlefield and churning out munitions like there is no tomorrow (which there might well not be for all concerned). Even Adolf Hitler, the last fool to attempt a conquest of Russia, wouldn’t like those odds. And why would Russia desist from firing hypersonic missiles at Berlin, Paris, London, New York and. . . ? You get the idea. In which case the USA, backstopping NATO, would lob swarms of our nuclear missiles into Russia. . . and the whole shootin’ match ends up twenty minutes later a smoldering, civilization-ending mess. Smooth move, Tony Blinken. In political weather terms, this is like an arctic shear cutting across the northern hemisphere. At the same time, you might notice a financial la Nina forming out over the salty sea. Gold chugged up above $2,300-an-ounce the past ten days, a record. That’s a coded message from Reality Central. My de-coder ring says it means the bond market is about to fall on its ass, taking the dollar down with it, which would swiftly domino into the way-overpriced equity markets, and Gawd knows what kind of maelstrom all the derivatives flotsam would get sucked into. Notice, too that Bitcoin goes up $3,000 one day and down $2,000 the next. Then there’s the immense cluster of twisters moving ominously across the planet in the form of the Covid vaccination dysregulated immunity fiasco I wrote about in last Friday’s blog (This Is Not an April Fool’s Gag), as predicted by virologist Dr. Vanden Bossche. Translation: a lot of people getting sick and dying because their mRNA shots and boosters have so screwed-up their immune systems that they are sitting ducks for an emergent variant of Covid gestating in the vaxxed population. By the way, there is apparently a gross breakdown in medical services world-wide now, especially a shortage of doctors and nurses. Now you’re starting to see some serious stormy weather: a war, a financial train wreck, and a global public health disaster all at once. The Fani Willis case down south, another political prosecution by a loudmouth “Get Trump” DA, now goes forward with a compromised government attorney who has demonstrably committed enough offenses against the law to merit disbarment. If the blob’s desired outcome, a conviction, comes to pass, and Mr. Trump is hauled off to Riker’s Island, say, to mingle with X-hundred homicidal mutts, and, say, for some reason he does not come out of there alive. . . well, say hello to an extra-especially bad set-up for civil disorder in the home of the brave — while we do World War Three, financial pandemonium, and Vaccine death. It’s a lot to take in, I know. But it’s all really right out there, and it’s all vectoring right at us. Just so you know. - LewRockwell
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  3402. As the Zionists’ genocidal war against the Palestinians rages on, I wanted to do something to try to educate the average American about the true nature of the Palestinian people. Most importantly, Mazin is an Orthodox Christian. Why do I write, most importantly? Because most Americans assume that Palestinians are all Muslim extremists. While that is a despicable lie, it is the perception. Mazin destroys that stereotype. As you will see in the following video, Mazin is a gentle, but courageous soul, besides being a gifted intellectual. I asked him about his early years in school. He described going to elementary school with Muslims and Jews. They were not segregated at the time, despite the 1953 State Education Law. The kids played together and formed friendships. But the Zionist thugs could not allow this. Sometime after the 1967 war, Israel’s apartheid system took control. I posted the picture of Israel’s latest casualties in Gaza as a reminder that Hamas, despite being outnumbered and outgunned, continues the fight for the freedom of the Palestinian people. This is a visible reminder of the limitations of Israel’s military power. While the Zionists are adept at killing unarmed women and children, they have failed — after 14 months — to defeat Hamas despite having control over all of Gaza’s borders. Hamas and the Palestinians in Gaza have paid a heavy price in terms of loss of life and the destruction of critical infrastructure. Yet, they still stand and continue to fight, much to the chagrin of the Israeli occupiers. - sonar21
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  3407. In Aleppo, the echoes of foreign voices betray the latest chapter in the empire’s relentless war. Uzbek-speaking mercenaries, under the banner of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), have infiltrated Syria’s west, not to liberate, but to destabilize. They are no rebels. They are hired terrorists, pawns of agencies like the CIA, MI6, and Mossad, carrying out yet another front in the imperial proxy war. Their language alone, Uzbek, not Arabic exposes the farce of their so-called “resistance.” This is not about Syria alone. It is the empire lashing out, desperate to reverse its losing streak in the de facto World War III unfolding before our eyes. In Ukraine, Russia is finalizing NATO’s humiliation, systematically dismantling its military and economic gambits. The Ukranian front is more than a battlefield, it’s a graveyard for Western ambitions. But as NATO is defeated in Ukraine, the empire shifts its fury back to Syria, a nation that, with Russia’s unwavering support, defeated the West’s terror apparatus once before. The timing is no coincidence. Israel, the empire’s relentless enforcer, violated its fragile truce with Hezbollah, reigniting tensions across the region. And now, in Aleppo, HTS mercenaries appear, dispatched to open another front of chaos. This is the empire’s playbook: when direct confrontation fails, it sends its proxies, terrorists for hire, flooding sovereign nations with bloodshed to prolong their suffering. Then there’s Erdogan. The eternal fence-sitter, straddling NATO’s ambitions and his promises of respecting Syria’s territorial integrity. It’s time for him to choose: will Turkey stand with Russia and Syria to secure the region’s future, or will Erdoğan continue to enable the mercenaries that threaten it? He cannot serve two masters, and his neo-Ottoman ambitions are wearing thin. The empire’s desperation is palpable. Unable to inspire genuine local rebellion, it imports mercenaries, speaking foreign tongues in lands they have no claim to, their loyalty bought by Western intelligence agencies. This isn’t a fight for freedom; it’s a business model of chaos, exported by the CIA, MI6, and Mossad, designed to fragment nations that defy their hegemony. But Syria and its allies have seen this all before. With Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah at its side, Damascus will hold the line. Aleppo is more than a city; it’s a symbol of resistance, a frontline in the global struggle against imperial terror and tyranny. As Russia closes NATO’s chapter in Ukraine, it stands shoulder to shoulder with Syria against this new wave of Western aggression. The empire may send its proxies, but its era of dominance is fading. Aleppo will resist. Syria will endure. And Russia’s triumphs will echo far beyond the battlefield, as the multipolar world continues its rises from the empire’s ruins. - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  3418. There has been a multifold increase in the production of weapons and ammunition in Russia since the outbreak of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev in 2022, the head of the defense conglomerate Rostec has said. "Compared to 2022, the production and refurbishment of tanks at our factories increased by three-and-a-half times, and of lightly armored vehicles by three times,” the Rostec chief said. The manufacture of self-propelled artillery pieces has increased tenfold, while 14 times more towed guns are being produced, and the production of multiple rocket launch systems (MLRS) has doubled. The output of ammunition rounds for tanks and infantry fighting vehicles increased by 900%, artillery shells by 600%, and munitions for MLRS by 800%. Three times as many unguided rockets for heavy flamethrower systems are being produced, Chemezov said. According to the Rostec chief, new types of equipment have also been introduced during the conflict, such as TOS-2 heavy flamethrower systems, which are capable of firing munitions with thermobaric warheads and are “widely used in the area of the military operation.” Zemledeliye remote mine-laying systems are also being produced, as well as Krasnopol guided shells, Kub loitering munitions, and guided missiles for UAVs. Rostec is also working with JSC Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV) to equip standard aviation bombs with gliding modules and guidance systems, he said. The Washington Post reported in March that the use of glide bombs, which can travel long distances and have high precision, has “dramatically boosted” the effectiveness of the Russian Air Force. The Independent wrote last month that those munitions had been “changing the face” of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev. - RT
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  3420. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Strong footage of a powerful assault by the Airborne Assault Battalion of the 40th Guards Kamchatka Marine Brigade, shows the landing of stormtroopers on the front line, threatening the cauldron of the Armed Forces of Ukraine group in the town of Ugledar south of Donetsk. The Russian military correspondent shared the video on September 21, 2024, showing how the Russian assault force in an armored vehicle, successfully landed, attacked Zelensky's men, and occupied their stronghold. The thrilling assault was not without the work of scouts, where previously the Supercam unmanned aerial vehicle of the Pacific Fleet Marine Brigade, detected enemy positions, and the military equipment they were hiding. The Supercam UAV is used for in-depth reconnaissance, flying up to 70 kilometers into the enemy's rear, is almost silent and its integrated camera is the best in its class. The personnel and weapons found were destroyed on the same day, then the stormtroopers entered the next day. The Russian channel showed on the map the direction of the attack, after forcing Kashlagach River, the Kamchatka Marine Brigade continued to advance, and expanded the bridgehead west of Ugledar. The group of about 8 stormtroopers, in addition to driver, continued to bypass the Ukrainian defenses, hitting with shot after shot from close range directly in the enemy trenches, and without losses on the Russian side. They also attacked with FPV drones, eliminating Kiev personnel, and burning their equipment. As a result of the successful landing, the Marines occupied an important stronghold near Ugledar, which threatened to encircle the town. This meant that the town would soon be squeezed, the prospect of holding positions in such conditions was not encouraging for the Ukrainian troops still entrenched there. On the same day on the Ugledar cauldron, video footage was published of the breakthrough, where Kashlagach River and the advance to Novoukrainka began. More than 20 square kilometers of territory were liberated by Russian stormtroopers from the tank formations of the Vostok group from Buryatia, after fighting at the recently liberated Prechistovka. The ranks of Ukrainian soldiers wavered, about 12 men from the 58th Infantry Brigade, who valued life more than the Nationalist ideals, laid down their weapons, and raised their hands in repose. The surviving tank crew prisoners, lucky for the time being, spoke in a video published by Buryatia stormtroopers.
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  3475. Let me start with some disturbing and stunning news out of Ukraine, courtesy of Russia’s Ministry of Defense. Ukraine has lost more than 700,000 personnel (i.e., KIA, WIA and AWOL) in the last six months: ▪ Over the past six months, the monthly sanitary and irreplaceable losses of AFU manpower have consistently amounted to about 50,000 people and more (January 2025 – 51960 people, December 2024 – 48470 people, November 2024 – 60805 people, etc.). ▪ At the same time, the number of new recruits in the AFU training centers, even taking into account the “activation” of TCCs throughout Ukraine, has been barely reaching 30,000 people per month for about half a year, who are sent to the line of contact without proper training, which leads to a reduction in the number of AFU personnel. ▪ According to official data, about 100,000 Ukrainian military personnel have left their military units unauthorized and gone on the run. Ukraine’s military is literally bleeding to death. These are unsustainable losses. Making matters worse is the political chaos unfolding in Kiev. A criminal case alleging corruption has been opened on Ukraine’s Defense Minister Umerov while Ukraine’s SBU has opened a criminal case against Kirill Budanov, Chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. Budanov is being investigated after media reports appeared detailing his warning to members of the RADA that if peace talks do not begin soon Ukraine will not survive the summer. Looks like it is a crime to tell the truth in Ukraine. - sonar21
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  3485. "WE ALL BURN DOWN HERE": Ukrainian cannon fodder experience hell first-hand after a crew of four armored vehicles decided to go suicidal by trying to deliver a bunch of cannon fodder to the frontlines through Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut), Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) as D-30 howitzer tear all enemy's vehicles to shreds after a barrage of 122mm shells, with one vehicle trying to provide cover for Ukrainian soldiers (00:43) failing miserably, goes up in flames with troops laying wasted beside it while remaining forces flee defeated, leaving their wounded and killed behind. - Intel Report ◾ Russian forces repel 8 Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), more than 295 Ukrainian soldiers between killed and injured. ◾ More than 165 Ukrainian cannon fodder mangled in Kupyansk, Kharkov, East Ukraine. ◾3 Ukrainian attacks thwarted, temporary deployment point of foreign mercenaries hit in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), armored vehicles destroyed (see video). ◾4 ammo depots destroyed in Donetsk, Kharkov and Zaporozhye regions. ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 10 Criminal Kiev regime shells Petrovsky, Donetsk People's Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) with four 155 mm widely-banned cluster shells. Ukrainian forces also fire cluster shells at Gorlovka (DPR). - Intel Report Smoke rises following fragments from Ukrainian terror drone crashing in park area of Moscow hospital. Moscow Mayor Sobyanin says an attempt of a Ukrainian drone attack on the city thwarted by air defenses - No damages or injuries reported. - Intel Report
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  3493. The Obamas’ faces say more than a thousand words ever could, haunted, almost resigned. These are not expressions of two political titans confidently championing “democracy.” No, these are the faces of insiders who know the script better than anyone, sensing that the next act might end in a reckoning beyond their control. With the November 5th election inches away, the show goes on, all circus, no bread. But perhaps, just perhaps, even they can sense that the ground beneath their feet is shifting, and that the Global Majority, fortified by BRICS and the Kazan firewalls, is watching bemused, the American spectacle from a distance, immune to its theatrics. For all the sound and fury, this election is a dead-end play for the Global Majority. American power games have lost their bite; the world has moved on. Yet here in the heart of the fading empire, it's a different story. To the American Deep State, this isn’t just another cycle of choosing between red and blue. They know they've tried every trick in the book, from Russiagate to two impeachments, a circus of indictments, and still, the man they tried to banish is marching back with more vigor than ever. It’s a script that’s spun wildly out of control, even for those who wrote it. What do the Obamas know that we don’t? The irony is palpable. The same Obamas who once championed neoliberal “progress” and sold the world on the virtues of Western democracy now wear the strained faces of those who know the emperor has no clothes. Both sides of this election, Kamala’s slurred-nonsensical platitudes and Trump’s theatrical bombast, are puppets in a machine that can no longer deliver on the promise of control. The “choice” on November 5th is merely between two faces of a crumbling empire. If looks could kill, the Obamas’ expressions would be the harbingers of the end. - Gerry Nolans - The Islander News for Intel Republic
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  3498. Remember all of the jubilation created in Baghdad by the CIA, who hired a crowd that stormed the center square and tore down the statue of Saddam Hussein? Remember the mobs looting the presidential palaces, banks and commercial outlets? Welcome to Damascus 2024. HTS is not a friend of Iran. It remains a fundamentalist Sunni Salafist movement. In terms of ideological extremism, it is a cousin of the settler groups in Israel, which are represented by Zionists like Bezalel Smotrich — they broker no compromise with anyone. Unlike Assad, who kept Christian Churches open and protected the Shi’a and Alawite communities, HTS is likely to persecute, if not outright murder, those groups. This means that floods of refugees will be headed back to Lebanon, north to Turkey, west to Europe and east to Iraq. Rather than acknowledge that an international terrorist organization has been allowed to seize control of the government of Syria, Trump indulges the fantasy that “Russia is in a weakened state right now.” I am sure that went over well with folks in the Kremlin. I bet they are shaking in their boots as the mighty colossus that is Donald Trump, strides the world stage. Trump’s ignorant statement about Russia’s economy and its progress with respect to the war in Ukraine guarantees that Putin will be in no mood to sit down to negotiate with Trump or any of his water boys. The chaos that is likely to consume Syria over the coming two months will cause more harm and danger for Turkey and Israel than for Russia and Iran. - sonar21
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  3519. With world attention riveted on Israel battling fiercely to repel attacks by Hamas and Hezbollah, little notice is being paid to the setbacks Ukraine is suffering at the hands of Russia forces. Not only does Ukraine face a significant reduction in Western military aid in the coming months, but Ukrainian forces are being pushed back steadily towards the Dnieper River. Here is the latest report from Russian military correspondent Marat Khairullin Against the backdrop of growing pressure on the Ukies in the North, Russian troops continue to intensify in more and more new sectors of the front. Today we need to pay attention to the same Vremevsky ledge, where a month ago the Ukrops pretended to fall asleep, after they announced the virtual capture of Staromayorsky and Urozhayny. After the Ukrainians drowned about 20 thousand of their troops in blood here, they deployed four brigades to the area tyring stabilize the front line, hold the bridgehead and prevent Russian troops from advancing. However, Russian forces conducted a flanking maneuver on the left yesterday (Saturday) from the the village of Marfopol towards the village of Chervonoye, breaking through the first line of defense of the Ukrainians. At the same time, strong pressure from Russian troops began to the right of the Vremevsky salient in the Ugledar area – in the direction of the village of Prechistovka. Obviously, the goal of the advance was a maneuver to cut the most important Ukrainian road in this section — i.e., Gulyai Pole – Uspenovka – Velikaya Novoselovka-Prechistovka-Ugledar. The fighting is taking place on a wide front of more than 50 kilometers. The most powerful group of the enemy sits here, although it has thinned out significantly recently. It was believed, according to our estimates, that about 60 thousand Ukrainians (about 15 brigades) held the defense here. However, about 20 thousand of them were transferred over the last two months to the Northern Front to stop our “offensive” there. And now we see a serious increase in our activity on the flanks of this significantly weakened group. It is obvious that Russian troops continue to overload the Ukies along the entire length of the front. Let me remind you that in the northern direction the front has also expanded over the past 24 hours, where ours are actively increasing pressure on the Ukrops. To the left of Kislovka, Russians took Kotlyarovka and reached the most important highway N-026. To the right, Russian soldiers approached Ivanovka. The active pressure of Russian troops is here at a front of about 8 kilometers. To the south, our troops entered Makeevka at these hours, and at the same time the movement of our troops began towards the village of Nevskoye. The active front here has expanded to more than 10 kilometers. And these are just two new directions on this front. The width of the front where we apply pressure is very important, since the Ukrainians’ only method of maintaining defensive stability is to fill the position with fresh meat. They have no other methods. They definitely can’t add more firepower – all the remaining mobile missile and artillery brigades (the same wheeled self-propelled guns that we hunted all summer) are already heavily deployed. The only thing left to patch up the holes is human reserves. To the south there is also an active advance on the Donetsk front – in the area of ​​Avdeevka, advance both from Krasnogorovka and Kamenka, and from Opytnoye and Vodyanoye. In total, the Russians chewed off more than a dozen more strongholds. Active work is underway near Pervomaisky, Staromikhailovka, Marinka – in a word, Ukrainian forces are being leaned upon to the fullest. It is obvious that we are beginning to choke them seriously. - Sonar21
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  3589. We now know that the United States played the primary role in sabotaging the March 29, 2022 tentative peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine thanks to the recently published article by Hajo Funke and Harald Kujat, HOW THE CHANCE WAS LOST FOR A PEACE SETTLEMENT OF THE UKRAINE WAR — AND THE WEST WANTED TO CONTINUE THE WAR INSTEAD. The United States persuaded its NATO allies that pursuing the war against Russia, using Ukraine as a proxy, offered a legitimate opportunity to destroy Russia. You want a definition of evil? This is it. Instead of helping end the war between Russia and Ukraine, the United States and its NATO puppets condemned hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers to death in a war with Russia they could not win. In the course of strong arming Ukraine’s Zelensky into rejecting the peace agreement, the West prepared and launched a propaganda campaign that claimed that Ukrainian military forces defeated the Russian forces and compelled them to retreat. It was a lie. As you will read in the timeline below, Putin ordered the withdrawal of Russian forces starting on April 1, 2022 as a good faith gesture about Russia’s seriousness in complying with the 29 March Istanbul Agreement. All of the death and destruction experienced in Ukraine and Russia could have been avoided. But the West was intent on dethroning Putin and carving up Russia. Once you understand this point I think you will appreciate that Putin and his Generals are no longer of a mind to give the West the benefit of the doubt. Destroying NATO’s designs on Ukraine is now their chief aim in my view. - Sonar21
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  3592. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - More than 50% of Toretsk is already under the control of Russian forces, and assault units are advancing amidst the ongoing fighting, liberating blocks of the city, which were defended by Ukrainian Nazi troops from the Azov Battalion and the Enei Battalion of the Lyut Brigade. This was confirmed by the Leader of the Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, in a video on October 13, 2024, when he personally assessed the situation in Dzerzhinsk, which had been renamed Toretsk. One of the commanders of the assault units that liberated the city with the call sign "Ostap" from the 132nd Brigade, spoke about this in a conversation with Pushilin, that presented the soldiers with watches during the visit. “Soon the old name will be officially returned,” Pushilin said! Near the Central District, heavy clashes continue and clearings in high-rise buildings and on the streets of the city are underway, although near the Residential District, there is a slight calm. The moment when the Ukrainian drone observed the Russian Orthodox soldiers praying, showing these people standing on the honorable side during the storming of the buildings of Toretsk. Due to the support of artillery and air force, which attacked Ukrainian firing positions and ammunition depots, while the Russian assault troops fought from house to house, continuing with significant changes to liberate half of the city. The footage shows the intensity of the fighting in the working positions of the Ukrainian assault units, which are being hampered by heavy fire from the Russian troops. They even show signs of almost surrendering the city, due to the lack of reinforcements and heavy equipment. The Eastern District of Toretsk, is almost under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian soldiers filmed the aftermath of the fighting in the area, in other reports that Ukraine controls about 30% of the city. Sources say that the Ukrainian military acted according to known practice, that is, withdrawing some of its units again and the remnants of the Ukrainian nationalist troops were forced to flee the city, which is expected to soon change its old name, Dzerzhinsk!
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  3604. OVER 130 KILLED, 100S INJURED AS IDF EXECUTES ANOTHER HORRIFIC MASSACRE in Israeli-designated "safe zone" in al-Mawasi area, West of Gaza's Khan Younis - lifeless bodies of civilians strewn across battered neighborhood as Israeli jets pummel displaced refugees' tents with nine 1/2 ton missiles, leaving civilians to dig through massive crater for their loved ones. Demonic IDF waits for emergency workers to arrive in ambulances to pick up survivors, strikes and murders them as well (watch moment of deliberate targeting in top right), leaving scores of first aiders killed and injured. 100s more feared dead under the rubble with no one to save them, while hospitals struggle to cope with numbers of casualties following one of the biggest massacres since outbreak of war genocide. - Intel Republic CAR TURNS TO CASKET as Israeli drone strikes murder two elderly civilians in their car while they were collecting water from a well near South Lebanon's Khardali road. Tel Aviv committing war crimes in 3 countries and still getting pats on back and full support of "civilized" West, instead of sanctions, that Russia gets the brunt of for defending its people. - Intel Republic Israel COMMITS ANOTHER BLOODBATH, while blood hasn't dried from earlier massacre - "They bombed us as we prayed", cries horror-struck old man, as he staggers through trail of civilians' mutilated bodies, torn to shreds and disemboweled by Israeli brutal missile strikes on Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. At least 15 murdered while praying in ruins of a mosque "Most moral army in the world" destroyed in a previous war crime. - Intel Republic I WISH I DIED, NOT YOU - heart-shattering words from young Palestinian girl as she grieves her dead brother, who scarified himself to shield father holding her. Overwhelming numbers of bloodied white sheets line up morgue preparing to be put to final rest in top right footage (unless IDF digs them up again), as Gazans mourn victims of Israel's Al-Mawasi massacre, which left 100s of civilians between killed and injured. Watch MASSIVE size of blast and apocalyptical smoke (middle right) of one of 9 strikes where Israel reportedly deployed U.S-made MK84 bombs (bottom right) weighing 2,000 pound (900KG) each to commit genocidal bloodbath. - Intel Republic
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  3616. As expected, the big European ‘second emergency’ conclave on Thursday was another flop, failing to secure any of the vaunted mega-billions for Ukraine: In manic fashion, the talking points quickly shifted to other desperate ploys to shore up the EU’s favorite hobby horse proxy. Whether it was Macron’s talk of a ‘nuclear umbrella’, which appears to suggest storing French nuclear weapons in various European countries like Germany and Poland: Or the big new plan of a European air coalition to create a ‘no fly zone’ over western Ukrainian cities like Odessa and Lvov, and strategic sites, like nuclear and gas plants, etc. It’s now in vogue to talk recklessly—and completely baselessly—about rearmaments and mass build-ups, but in reality, the desiccated Eurocrats admit that they wouldn’t last more than a few weeks against Russia, without the US’ support: That hasn’t stopped some of them, however, from entertaining the most narcotic of fever-dreams: But Trump doesn’t seem to realize he’s only digging himself a deeper hole. It has become increasingly obvious that his team is doing a poor job of understanding Russia’s chief security concerns and associated conditions. The problem, as with everything, is the inability to actually listen to what the Russians are plainly saying, via officials like Lavrov, Ryabkov, Peskov, and even Putin himself. Other analysts have picked up on this tragic deficiency: Beyond the above ‘root causes’ issue, Trump’s team is not even listening to other more simplistic details from the Russian side. For instance, Kellogg, Rubio, and others continue to cluelessly claim that Russia will “have to make concessions”, particularly on land—which Russia has unequivocally stated over and over again, that they will not do. Yesterday, Kellogg even reportedly hinted that Ukraine would not be allowed to be ‘demilitarized’, completely ignoring that there’s no way Russia could allow a militarily-pumped up hostile power to loom over its citizens again, particularly now that Ukraine has demonstrated its inhumanity in slaughtering Russian civilians by the hundreds in Kursk. It would be different if the US side at least heard Russia’s demands and concerns but then rejected them—whether out of typical ‘exceptionalist’ haughtiness or imperialistic vainglory, or whatever; but at least it would demonstrate the US has heard Russian concerns but chose to ignore them. But the actual case is even worse: the top American negotiators and Cabinet members are displaying a total disregard for even listening to what the other side has to say, instead blindly barking out their own version of events. In fact, it’s not a ‘proxy war’ at all—which entails two sides each fighting through proxies. Russia isn’t using a proxy: it is fighting a war against the US’ and Europe’s proxies, which makes it an unequal contest given that Russians are losing lives and Americans are not. This makes it even more egregious for the predators themselves to demand compromises from Russia. If your head isn’t spinning yet, here’s another one: while threatening to ramp up sanctions against Russia, Trump’s administration is simultaneously studying how to ‘ease’ Russian sanctions, as per a Reuters report: So much for the era of ‘principled politics’. As for compromises, Lavrov again put in the final word Lavrov: Russia categorically opposes the idea of European peacekeepers in Ukraine and would treat their deployment as a direct act of war. - Simplicius
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  3634. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian forces have made new progress by taken another group of Ukrainian soldiers including British mercenaries, who were captured around Sudzha while fighting for Kiev in Kursk region. The Russian military channel released footage on November 24, 2024, showing an Ukrainian soldier who did not surrender being eliminated on the spot by Russian soldiers, he was carrying civilian clothes and some another unusual equipment. Furthermore, his fellow Ukrainian soldiers, also consisting of 12 soldiers at a strong point in the northwestern part of Plekhovo, south of Sudzha. The Russian military reported by the interrogation that the prisoners shot at civilian and military vehicles, mined the highway in their operations mainly at night. They were specially trained for urban combat in Britain as per their confession. This once again proves the direct involvement of Britain in the war against Russia. James Scott Rhys Anderson a captured British soldier, as a signalman who identified himself and was wearing green military gear, has appeared online. The 22-year-old soldier who served in the British Army from 2019-2023, along with his comrades from Ukrainian Foreign Legion, decided to go and earn money on the Kiev side after experiencing personal hardships. He traveled to Ukraine via Krakow, Poland, entering through the Medyk checkpoint, and he was part of the fierce battles at Kursk, where Ukrainian forces were defending their newly acquired territory. James was lucky to survive, captured at Plekhovo strongpoint in the fighting, which is unlikely to have paid him several months of wages from Kiev. So far, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports that 141 British mercenaries have been killed during the Ukrainian conflict. Sources report that Russian forces are advancing towards Plekhovo. There is another forest to the east of Plekhovo, which is under Ukrainian control, which could be used to fire on advancing Russian forces. This means that Russian forces are likely to surround this forest, before taking over the settlement.
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  3639. The Russian Steamroller Rolls On as Ukraine Braces for Impact Firstly, the large gap area between Arkhangelsk and Keramik has been completely taken, Arkhangelske itself is now also being stormed with a portion of it reportedly occupied by Russian troops Zooming out, we can once again see that the key hub of the region, Kostantinovka, is slowly being enveloped by the salients pushing in from Ocheretino and Chasov Yar, In the north, RF units of the 98th Airborne Division advance in Chasov Yar not only directly head on, but bypassing the easternmost portion to the south where Russian troops have now been geolocated to passing over the Seversky-Donets canal This means they appear to be attempting to put the main body of Chasov Yar into a pincer Once the riotous fevers of post-aid jubilation cooled, Ukrainians have found themselves facing stark realities. This follows what I wrote in the last report about U.S. merely beginning to take orders for materiel that can take 1-2 years to arrive. This is greatly hampered by a sclerotic defense industry which is experiencing not only soaring costs but also great hesitancy and doubt: On the other hand, Russian supplies, strikes, and groupings continue to increase. The 47th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered very heavy losses in soldiers, and also lost 40 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and 5 Abrams tanks. And Washington Post indirectly dropped another bombshell when they finally admitted that Zelensky’s laughable casualty figure was fake, meant to bolster morale, and that the real number is likely significantly higher—something those capable of breathing through their nose have long known: In fact, the U.S. is reportedly running out of Ukrainian men to train: Rezident UA reports that up to 35% of AFU servicemen went AWOL during European training and were never found—a number that increases each year: Furthermore, reports continue to stream out about just how badly Western tech has been degraded by Russia’s progressively improving EW capabilities. Russian Iskanders reportedly destroyed a huge Novaya Pochta mail warehouse in Odessa that, according to some sources, was housing one of the large new weapons shipments—particularly 155mm ammo—from NATO: In the strikes, it’s said that an important Major of the Ukrainian Southern Command was eliminated: Over and over again on every program and interview, it’s the only thing mentioned anymore: “We’re running out of men.” - Simplicius
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  3644. “If there is a general mood in the room not to focus on BSEC, let’s consider it as a talk show, as a self-made Security Council which we invented for ourselves, not for practical projects, not for helping people,” Birichevsky said, addressing Ukraine’s “provocative performance.” For Russia, the issue of Ukraine is not about territory or geopolitics, but “a matter of life and death,” said the diplomat. “It is about being able to live as [we did] for ages – as one family, with the same core values that are not for foreign intruders to destroy.” Birichevsky reminded his colleagues that Ukraine “lost its sovereignty” in 2014, “as a result of the US-EU sponsored and directed coup d’état.” He noted that President Viktor Yanukovich was ousted even after signing an agreement to settle the dispute with the nationalist protesters peacefully – mediated by France, Germany and Poland, none of whom cared when it was violated. “If we want to remember everything today, then let’s remember everything,” Birichevsky said, bringing up the role of US diplomat Victoria Nuland in the coup. He also called the government of Ukraine a “nationalist neo-Nazi regime… that has been conducting a full-fledged war against its own population” for the past decade. Just since February 2022, Birichevsky noted, the Ukrainian military has launched 32,388 attacks on the Donetsk People’s Republic alone, killing 4,787 civilians – including 142 children – and wounding another 5,776 people. - RT
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  3645. A remarkable photo captured by my former White House Press Corps colleague Doug Mills. Zoom in right above President Trump’s shoulder and you’ll see a bullet flying in the air to the right of President Trump’s head following an attempted assassination. You can see the woman in the red hat directly behind Trump goes down very fast, and she appears to be the second victim now announced as deceased. An off-duty surgeon confirmed a victim in the stands was hit in the head and had ‘brain matter’ scattered, which points to a high powered caliber. A bystander says he saw the shooter climbing the roof and tried to warn cops and secret service, who ignored him: Now there are reports that Trump tried to beef up his security detail but has been denied by Biden’s DHS This comes only days after Biden and other prominent democrats dog-whistled to their radical supporters to paint Trump as someone who had to be ‘stopped’ at all costs: But the most shocking thing of all, is there is now a clearly coordinated total blackout happening of the term “assassination” or “assassination attempt” between the regime media which comprises the fourth branch of government and all the attendant deepstate elements up and down the chain. This should leave you speechless—I have never witnessed such an openly diabolical psyop and mass gaslighting campaign. We literally just watched the attempted assassination of a president, and the media is treating it like a superfluous nonevent. Later, Barrack Obama joined the coordinated coverup, playing dumb as per his handlers’ orders: Watch the coordinated operation above, as Biden openly refuses to call it an assassination even when directly asked. The thing is: we know precisely why they’re doing it. It’s because if today’s event were to be given the official cachet of ‘assassination attempt’, it would completely and irrevocably de-legitimize the phony “J6” turning point which is one of the last holdfasts the Democrats have left in their quiver against Trump. You see, they’ve spent four years trying to delude us into believing that J6 was in fact a direct assassination attempt—Pelosi just said this days ago—TWICE— as another obvious dogwhistle to her radical base. Yet we know full well if this had happened to a democrat candidate, all the regime media would be rising up in one voice as we speak calling for the total lockdown of the country and physical purge of all rightwing and ‘ideological opponents’. Alarmingly, the chief of communications for the Secret Service, Anthony Guglielmi, has already posted their official stance on the event which likewise eschews any strongly deterministic language: Given Trump’s rebuffed attempts to beef up security, and given the eyewitness who spotted the shooter and claims to have been ignored by Secret Service agents, the above release looks highly troubling. A president was literally shot in the face, and the bullet passing near his head was captured on camera. What more do you possibly need to happen for it to be unequivocally deemed an assassination attempt, for crying out loud? This is as unprecedented as the mass gaslighting operation that went into the stealing of the 2020 election, with its bizarre and highly irregular cessation of vote counts and “sudden spike” of Biden votes at 4am. We are in uncharted waters. And what’s more, is that this global GLADIO-esque operation is picking up steam. All opponents of the global ‘Hydra’ deepstate are being eliminated, or attempts toward that end are being made. Populist and anti-imperial Slovak PM Robert Fico was just shot not two months ago. And just today Ukraine’s Budanov announced that operations to eliminate Putin have infact been undertaken, but so far have not succeeded: It’s clear things are on the brink for the globalist deepstate as they see no further way to tread water without simply eliminating all ascendant resistance leaders; their backs really are against the wall. We are entering a time of great troubles but also great hope, because given their desperation levels it’s clear the final battle is approaching and a grand turning point or realignment of sorts is almost upon us. - Simplicius
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  3650. European NATO states are working to sustain a “Russophobic” regime in Ukraine by finding another “half-Fuhrer” to replace Vladimir Zelensky, should he be ousted, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. In an interview published on Monday by Kommersant, Lavrov stated that while Western powers are talking about sending peacekeepers to Ukraine, they are actually trying to strengthen the anti-Russian foothold in the country, instead of seeking a real settlement. “They have come up with a ‘resilience force’... In other words, in order to maintain Ukraine’s resilience, they are not going to send blockade troops... but the military of ‘civilized’ Western countries,” Lavrov explained. “Europe will do everything to ensure the regime does not change in its essence,” Lavrov said. “They’ll find some new half-Fuhrer… but the essence of the regime will remain.” “All these peacekeeping schemes drawn up by the Macrons and Starmers are based on the need to preserve at least a piece of land where a Nazi, openly Russophobic regime will remain, geared towards preparing another war against Russia, as was done with the Minsk agreements,” Lavrov said. Russia has warned against the deployment of unauthorized peacekeepers to Ukraine, saying they will be regarded as legitimate targets. Lavrov earlier stated that Moscow opposes the idea of NATO troops in Ukraine regardless of whether they are “under a foreign flag, under the flag of the European Union, or national flags.” - RT
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  3684. Be careful about saying that the aid for the Ukes is coming ASAP. This report says otherwise! The most talked about of course is the headway being made for the Ukrainian aid bill, which is set to be voted on in both the House and Senate this weekend and early next week, owing to Speaker Mike Johnson’s eye-opening U-turn. The U-turn was in fact so ‘sudden’ as to imply sinister developments behind the scyenes—perhaps kompromat waving, threats, and the like. From an alleged CIA/NSA whistleblower: You can see below how drastically his tone has changed into an uncharacteristically histrionic one: This comes after he suddenly proclaimed himself a “wartime speaker”, which was echoed ominously by other congressmen: However, while the pro-Ukrainian crowd rejoices, it’s not clear what real benefit the aid would bring, should it pass. For instance, days ago the provisions of the alleged bill had leaked which apparently showed the vast majority of the $48B Ukrainian aid going to various American DOD scams: If there’s any accuracy to the above, it appears that when you take away the civil funds to the Ukrainian government, and the DOD’s own beak-wetting double-dip, all that’s really left for Ukrainian ‘weapons’ is about $14B or less. And in fact Johnson appears to confirm this when he says that he changed the bill so that 80% of it now Certainly that’s still a fairly significant amount of money, all things considered, but it doesn’t even begin to address the much bigger issue of there not being any arms left to spend that money on. That’s not to mention the fact that Western ammo factories continue to mysteriously go up in smoke these past two weeks: As an aside, for every such occasional blow that Ukraine delivers, Russia gives back at least 4 or 5 big ones. In the past week alone we’ve had several major successful strikes, such as on the Ukrainian base in Dnipro, with several Mig-29s and S-300 systems destroyed: So, clearly, whatever minor successes Ukraine has, Russia continues vastly out-attritioning them. - Simplicius
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  3687. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - In just one day, several Ukrainian air defense systems most of which were supplied by NATO, were reduced to dust after the arrival of Russian missile packages, the Russian Defense Ministry summarized and released footage on August 17, 2024. In the first episode, the crew of the Ukrainian air defense system moves the S-125 Pechora-2D to Ryabina in the Sumy region. It is unclear where Ukraine got the rare system that modernized by Poland, but there is a complete launch system here. The S-125 was intended to counter Russian aircraft, but the Russian Su-34 tactical bomber was more powerful and dealt a crushing blow. It was a very precise hit by the Kh-35 guided missile, which destroyed the military hardware. In the same region, the German-made IRIS-T air defense system vehicle, at a prepared combat position in the area of the Sennoye settlement, as well detected by Russian UAV operator. The video shows the destruction of the system, after the reconnaissance drone called the crew of the Iskander-M operational tactical missile system to launch an attack. Objective control data confirm the involvement of IRIS-T and Ukrainian personnel servicing the combat vehicles of the complex. The hardware, with the aim of shooting down aircraft carrying out strikes on deep locations, is now facing a very bad day. In the Dnepropetrovsk region, Russian reconnaissance units discovered the positions of the American Patriot air defense system battalion near Lyubomovka. Iskander-M missiles once again did their job, launching a strike on the discovered positions. As a result, each system consisting of two Patriot SAM launchers and one AN/MPQ-65 radar station was destroyed. Meanwhile, another Patriot system was hit by cluster submunitions from Iskander missiles near Zhelobok, the distance to the front line is about 130 km. The zone of special military operations has changed dramatically, Ukraine and the Western countries have suffered billions of dollars in losses, having lost a large number of air defense systems, and will not be able to restore their combat capability after these losses in the near future. - Military Tube Today
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  3690. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Finally, Russian harsh retaliation has come! This morning, August 26, 2024, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive thunderous strike across Ukraine with high-precision weapons against critical energy infrastructure that ensures the operation of the complex, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said. According to preliminary estimates, more than 60 missiles and 100 drones were used in the strike on the map of Ukraine territory for two hours. Russia has long since stopped carrying out missile and drone strikes, which were so massive and dense in many cities - in some places they are already rumbling again. There is almost no air defense work in the attack area, and it seems that most of the air defense has been withdrawn to the borders of the Kursk region. Videos are circulating on the Internet filmed by local residents, at least one missile arriving at the Kiev hydroelectric power station. According to initial reports from Ukrainian media, the explosion caused severe damage to the engine room and on the road leading to the dam of the power plant. Earlier, authorities reported that traffic along the dam in both directions was blocked at least until lunchtime. Emergency power outages began after the strike. According to the analysis, the attack was only a warning and pressure on Kiev officials, if Russia really wanted to destroy it completely, they would have used Khinzal missile or at least 4 cruise missiles. If successful, this would have flooded one of the largest cities in Europe permanently. According to preliminary estimates at the moment, several explosions were heard in Kiev including at Zhuliany Airport, and at least 10 regions were targeted. The water supply in Zhitomir has been completely stopped after a strike at an electricity distribution station. The Usatovo substation, an important electricity distribution center in the Odessa region, was burned down – four arrivals were recorded and thick smoke was seen rising, causing a power outage. In addition, at least 30 trucks were burned down as a result of shooting at a motor transport company near Odessa. Many regions of Ukraine are experiencing widespread power outages, railway infrastructure is down, and water supplies are also cut off. The list of targets will be long, and there is no rush to conclusions!
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  3698. Julian Assange may soon be extradited to the United States, where he will face prosecution that could end in his imprisonment for life. He is in fact a hero, who should be honored rather than punished. American foreign policy is based on the pursuit of global hegemony and to achieve this goal, our “leaders” engage in torture and murder. Assange brought these crimes to public attention through his publication of the “WikiLeaks” documents he got from Bradley Manning. Because of this, the American government, now headed by brain-dead Biden and his gang of neocon controllers, wants to destroy him. In what follows, I’ll explain the facts of the case and why they are important and detail the persecution of Assange. Julian exposed what the U.S. empire seeks to airbrush out of history. The WikiLeaks documents also showed how the US military and the CIA manipulate the banking and financial system. WikiLeaks’ recent tweets on the subject drew attention to a single section of the 248-page-long document, titled “Financial Instrument of U.S. National Power and Unconventional Warfare.” This section of the manual goes on to note that these financial weapons can be used by the U.S. military to create “financial incentives or disincentives to persuade adversaries, allies and surrogates to modify their behavior at the theater strategic, operational, and tactical levels” and that such unconventional warfare campaigns are highly coordinated with the State Department and the Intelligence Community in determining “which elements of the human terrain in UWOA [Unconventional Warfare Operations Area] are most susceptible to financial engagement.” Furthermore, the manual states that the U.S. military “understand[s] that properly integrated manipulation of economic power can and should be a component of UW,” meaning that these weapons are a regular feature of unconventional warfare campaigns waged by the United States.” In an April 2017 speech, Donald Trump’s new CIA Director Mike Pompeo said “WikiLeaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service and has encouraged its followers to find jobs at the CIA in order to obtain intelligence. The CIA was so angered by Wikileaks that its director, Mike Pompeo, plotted to kill him. Philip Giraldi gives us the inside story: Moscow. Pompeo himself reportedly favored what is referred to as a “rendition,” which would consist of breaking into the Ecuadorian Embassy, kidnapping Assange, and flying him clandestinely to the U.S. for trial. Others in the national security team favored killing Assange rather than going through the complexity of kidnapping and removing him.” Fortunately, the plot failed. But now it looks like Assange will be shipped to the US, where this ill man, who suffered a stroke in a British jail, faces a dire fate. Let’s do everything we can to prevent this and to honor this true American hero. - LewRockwell
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  3723. Now, forward to World War III. Short answer to the question i present in the title of this piece… Yes!! Prior to yesterday, the Houthis had not breached the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. The strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen comes after the group said it would restart attacks in the Red Sea if Israel did not honor the terms of the ceasefire and allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. But this is not about bringing the Houthis into submission… this is about Iran. It is no coincidence that the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), issued the following on Friday: The ISW conveniently ignores the joint-security agreement that Russia and Iran concluded on January 17. There are unconfirmed claims from Yemen that they fired a combination of missiles and drones at the USS Harry S Truman, an aircraft carrier. The Trump administration, as of this time, has said nothing about such an attack. I am certain of one thing–Yemen will fire missiles and drones at US and Israeli ships in the Red Sea and the US will continue to launch attacks inside Yemen. If the Houthis succeed in hitting a US ship, I think the Trump administration will use this as its casus belli to attack Iran. Instead of cowering in fear, I believe that Iran is preparing for the likelihood of a US strike and will retaliate against US military installations in the region. This could get out of hand real quick. If the Saudis allow US combat aircraft to launch against Iran, then Saudi oil-installations also are likely to be immolated. There are no adults around Trump capable of talking him out of pursuing this insane policy. Trump appears to genuinely believe that he can force both Yemen and Iran into submission with a combination of attacks from combat jets and missiles. He, along with the US neocons, are likely to learn a very hard lesson if they follow thru with their threats. - sonar21
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  3729. Trump named Fox News host, Pete Hegseth, as his nominee for Secretary of Defense. Wow!! Hegseth, apart from having served in the Army, has no experience managing a gargantuan bureaucracy like the Department of Defense. What the hell is Trump thinking? I think it is simple — he is installing loyalists in key positions who are not compromised by or beholden to the military industrial complex or the defense lobbyists in DC. I know one of those lobbyists (we used to be neighbors) and I guarantee you he is livid tonight. Trump is sending the Deep State an unmistakable message — I will be running the show. Hegseth also is not a creature of one of the many Washington “think tanks,” which are funded in large measure by the military industrial complex and the Zionist lobby. Trump did not select Hegseth because the former Army officer has a great plan for reforming the bloated, corrupt U.S. defense complex. He chose him because Hegseth is expected to follow orders and do what Trump wants. Trump also named former Congressman and former Director of National Intelligence (aka DNI), John Ratcliffe, as the nominee to head up the CIA. That is an excellent choice in my view. Ratcliffe is a straight shooter and not a self-seeker aspiring to be President, like Mike Pompeo. By virtue of his previous stint as the DNI , Ratcliffe knows where some of the bodies are buried at CIA and will play a key role in releasing the JFK files. While I’m willing to give Trump the benefit of the doubt, I stand by my belief that if Trump takes the US to war in Iran or China, he will destroy his Presidency, and possibly the nation. My advice, let’s wait-and-see what Trump does his first week in office. At that point, if I am wrong, I will take the drubbing I deserve. Until then, keep your powder dry. Trump is trying to do something with the bloated US Government that has never been attempted, at least until now. - sonar21
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  3754. Ukraine should get as much land as possible - Trump Moscow has ruled out territorial concessions under a potential peace deal with Kiev [Best comments follow!] "Trump is disgusting in turning this atrocity into transactional value. "He talks of stopping the killing and then brags about that he sent the Javelins that knocked out Russia's tanks. "Hès all over the place and as usual just talking too much without thinking about the facts. Continues to bark out transactional figures of who gave what in money. He says the EU loaned the money which is not totally true. The EU has siphoned off EU funds and is continuing with creating more slush funds to satisfy their appetite for war. Russia has already said no cease fire and no going back from the new territories, He also talks about the deal which he will reap the rewards, and the EU get nothing for securing the investments. The deal is so bad fro Ukraine and an example of the imperialist financially raping the country they project to saving them in the name of democracy. Democracy in the west book is nothing more than a mafia network. "Russia is not dying fool. Ukrainians are dying, and Russia will simply keep taking land from them until all your ‘mineral wealth’ is under Russian control. Been listening to stooges like you for 4 years now always stating how Russia is on the verge of collapse their economy is in tatters (grew by 4% last year) how their troops are all running away (running towards Kiev) how they have no support when it is the Ukraine that suffers from troop shortages and it is the Ukrainians that cannot fight or even support themselves without massive foreign aid while Russian factories are running at full potential. the Ukrainians are stupid people for allowing this to happen to themselves by supporting Azov baby killers and various other forms of outright human garbage." - RT
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  3761. Christians are treated like Muslims in Palestine. They must seek a permit from the Israeli government to join Easter services in Jerusalem or Bethlehem. Out of 50,000, Israel saw fit to grant just 200 permits. The Israeli occupation did not discriminate between Muslims and Christians – they too are subject to arbitrary arrests, confiscation of their land and home, and economic isolation. Why isn’t our Christian Congress appalled? 70 years ago, Bethlehem was 86% Christian. Today that number is a mere 12%. The Israeli government built a wall around Bethlehem and annexed the land for Jewish settlements. Secular Jewish settlements. People who have no religious affiliation are in control of Israel’s Holy Sites. The Vatican is silent. The War of Silence. Is now deafening. And the churches are mute. Netanyahu expanded his Gaza and Rafah war into the West Bank, killing indiscriminately, confiscating homes, and literally throwing people into the street. Yet, Christians support this. “Kill them all”! Are any of these Christians left? Are they alive? Are they being starved? These Christians and Muslims worked together, ate together, tilled the land together. There was no animosity. Because they worshipped the same places and had peace with God. Until Netanyahu said, “NO MORE”! Did they become dirty and vile? Or is Congress simply braindead? Netanyahu’s ‘targeted’ murder of civilians is a War Crime. No amount of PR will change that fact. 145 UN member countries voted to recognize Palestine’s statehood. The WORLD has spoken. - LewRockwell
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  3786. One can hardly believe it anymore. The West has dropped all pretense of their sacred cow of ‘democracy’, used for generations as an instrument of moral superiority with which to browbeat the rest of the world. As the West finally unravels, we are witness to a veritable string of shocking perversions of the so-called ‘democratic’ process. The short-term obsessed West considers the various CIA-sponsored subversions of the democratic processes as “winning”: but have these people given any thought to what precedent they’re setting? They are burning their foundations, lighting their entire house on fire. In the hopes of smoking out a few ostensible ‘wasps’ they now stand to destroy their entire order within a generation. The perception of the West’s miserable ‘Rules Based Order’ will never be repaired after this—the rest of the free world is watching and learning precisely how ‘Rule of Law’ hews to principle; the West will never regain their trust, and its institutions will forever carry the stench and stain of political interference and hidden hatred for true democracy—which has always been a token byword meant to excuse the Western order’s imperialistic overreach. In short: they don’t have the time to construct elaborate myths and schemes any longer, instead forced to merely act on instinct to save their foundering empire. But in doing so, they have hastened its decline by revealing just how illiberal and despotic it has been all this time. This is the same process which saw the US presidency become totally coopted by a handful of powerful globalist agents working in the State Department and Cabinet, who essentially began to outright run the presidency, controlling all direct information flow to him in and out. This political order is not just a sick man of Europe, but the veritable sick man of the world, coughing up his infectious spume onto all nearby. This is the cynical twilight of the West, which has chosen terror, oppression, and political manipulation against its own citizens as a way of coping with the slow loss of its imperial entitlements. It’s only inevitable that the rising tide of anti-establishment political parties continue to sweep this canker away. But before this happens for good, Europe will likely see a destabilizing political paralysis for several years, as a kind of final death throes of the globalist holdouts and political hacks like Starmer, Macron, Scholz, and co., whose only jobs will be to delay the fall as long as possible. - Simplicius
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  3790. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Again and again, that Kiev officials were brought to their knees in despair after another strategically important city on Pokrovsky direction, Ukrainsk, was completely under the control of Russian Army on September 17, 2024. Footage shared by Russian military correspondent, Rudenko, shows two Russian soldiers planting Soviet Union flag on top of the building, which now fully controls Ukrainsk Mine, while lowering the Blue and Yellow flag from its pole. Ukrainian troops were unable to hold Ukrainsk, located in Donetsk region, as a result, their defenses broke, and they gained momentum to retreat without permission to their strongholds to the West rather than face the great risk of being attacked by Russian assault troops. The takeover of Ukrainsk which Kiev did not comment on, came after 2 weeks of fierce fighting, which was completely cleared by The 114th Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian troops had advanced from the eastern outskirts of the town on September 3, and by then, the defenses here were held by The 25th Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But, they came under heavy fire in waves from Russian assault troops, who set their positions ablaze in buildings and in defensive trenches. Artillery and drone fire worked in this regard, their positions were surrounded by a pincer movement that tightened the pressure on the town, describing the situation as “very complicated.” Afterwards, the remnants of The 25th Brigade were pushed straight back and hastily withdrawn, heading outside Ukrainsk. The capture of Ukrainsk underlined Russian steady advance, and no doubt Kiev retaliated with desperate attacks on Russian military infrastructure, diverting attention from the latest defeats on the battlefield. It is an artillery ammunition depot that was hit, and the massive explosion was truly devastating, on Wednesday night in Toropets in Tver region, which is about 500km from the country’s border. However, the facility reportedly held ammunition such as 122mm Grad MLRS, and not anything too expensive like high-end cruise missiles or guided munitions, so in theory it was a negligible hit. By doing so, Russian forces could place more artillery beyond the reach of Ukrainian defenses, potentially setting the stage for a new assault on Pokrovsky.
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  3797. Despite the presence of multiple potential witnesses inside Beeri before ZAKA arrived to collect dead bodies, independent testimony corroborating Landau’s claim has yet to surface. Further, there are no recorded deaths of siblings around the age of 6 to 8 in Beeri on October 7. Any record of a young child killed in the manner Landau described is similarly nonexistent, as are photos of the murdered family he described. In fact, the only siblings anywhere close to this age range who died in the community on that day—12-year-old twins Liel and Yanai Hetrzroni—were killed by Israeli tank shelling. Landau’s story – and by extension, Blinken’s testimony before the Senate – therefore appears to have been spun out of whole cloth; a cynical fabrication intended to dramatize the supposed barbarism of Hamas in order to widen the political space for Israel’s rampage in the Gaza Strip. As this investigation will demonstrate, Landau’s tale was merely one of many tall tales concocted by a small circle of dubious characters who have managed to shape the official narrative of October 7 in Western media. Though Israeli officials played a central role in Tel Aviv’s misinformation campaign surrounding the events of October 7— falsely claiming, for instance, that the bodies of dead Jewish babies were found dangling from a laundry line in one kibbutz—the most inflammatory allegations have emerged from a collection of ultra-Orthodox volunteer organizations such as ZAKA. Though ZAKA specializes “in body collection and disposal,” the group has no coronary credentials and is staffed by droves of poorly trained volunteers. Then there is this admission by the clueless Lt. Col. Golan Vach. He says he saw one headless baby in the house that his tanks fired on. I say clueless because he is unwilling to acknowledge the fact that it was his tanks, not Hamas, that killed all of the people and decapitated the baby in that house. - Sonar21
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  3801. There also is no good explanation why a band of Tajiks were hightailing it for the Ukrainian border. At a minimum that shows a belief that they would find safe haven if they could get across the border. They certainly did not behave like diehard jihadist warriors eager to sacrifice themselves and go to Paradise and cash in the reward of 72 virgins. I think the Islamic terrorism claim is a red herring and designed to shift attention away from the other indicators that some in the West, at a minimum, had foreknowledge of this attack. How else to explain the March 7 warning by US Embassy Moscow for American citizens to steer clear of event, such as concerts? And then, as I wrote yesterday, the US State Department was quick to issue a claim exonerating Ukraine for any role in the attack. The fires were still raging at the Crocus facility. That means only one thing — the State Department had intelligence indicating who carried out the attack. But the U.S. apparently did not share that with its Russian counterparts. That lapse alone is simply going to stoke more suspicion in Moscow about Western involvement. But we already know one thing for sure — that the West has been involved with facilitating a series of terrorist attacks against Russians since the start of the special military operation. What else do you call the artillery and missile strikes on Russian civilians in the Donbass,] and in Belgorod, with munitions that were supplied by the United States and other major NATO countries? At a minimum, that makes western powers an accessory to an act of terror. it is also important to note the President Joe Biden has said nothing, and has made no contact with Vladimir Putin to express sorrow or empathy. Quite a contrast with Biden’s actions in the wake of the news that Alexey Navalny, a political opponent of Vladimir Putin, had died. Biden was quick to express his fake grief for the death of Navalny. It is also clear from President Putin’s demeanor during his speech today that Russia will retaliate against those responsible for this attack. The one thing I know for certain is that this attack is going to strengthen the will of President Putin, the Russian general staff, and Russia’s intelligence service to put an end to NATO meddling in Ukraine, and the ability of NATO proxies to attack the Russian people. Whoever approved this badly miscalculated and will pay a terrible, but well deserved, price. - Sonar21
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  3806. Special for Biden: Dear Climate Crisis Guy, The climate in the northern hemisphere was much colder in the late 1700s than in the 20th century, with large American rivers like the Delaware routinely freezing over during the winter. If you lived back then, would you demand that the climate be “protected” at its then-current state? With reference to the above, how do you determine the optimal “global” temperature? Greenland during the period of roughly 1100-1700 was warmer than it has been since, and it supported European settlements for hundreds of years. After subsequent centuries of colder temperatures and expanding glaciers, why should we now be anxious if Greenland is a bit warmer today than 60 years ago? In the atmosphere, there are four parts carbon dioxide to every 9,996 other parts. Do you think minor variations in an inert gas molecule comprising 0.04% of anything can by itself have a meaningful effect on any physical or thermal barrier? Thinking about the sun, ocean currents, water vapor, volcanic emissions, vegetation and other such natural variables, is CO2 a bigger climate influence? Giant sheets of ice covered much of the earth’s land area during the last ice age, which ended about 10,000 years ago. During that time, the huge glaciers rapidly melted, without human help. Why do you feel that man, who generates only about 10% of all new carbon dioxide, has a major impact on a global climate that is subject to much more direct, massive natural forces? Are Europe and North America more inhabitable now, or when they were covered in ice? Global crop yields have soared in the past 60 years. Can you explain how “climate change” has harmed food production? - LewRockwell
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  3847. On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo. Who would know that in only a few weeks the whole of Europe would be at war, leading to the deaths of millions. Are we facing a similar escalation of events today? In a little over five weeks from the Sarajevo assassination, all the European combatants had embarked on the most destructive war in all history. It came out of nowhere and was to last over four years. Central to the escalation was one nation — Germany. Central to the current Middle East crisis is one nation — The United States. The escalation into a new world war could have further to go than previously, with nuclear weapons in the armouries of most of the combatants. Surely, it would be complacent to think that they will remain as an unused umbrella, never to be deployed. But we can see how developments considered only one step at a time can take us to a very dark place. Bearing in mind that the US uses NATO to prevent having to call up her own citizens and that the UK Government when asked by the US to jump merely asks how high, then perhaps this call to arms should be taken seriously as an indication that the intelligence services believe that events are leading towards a third world war. Putin and Xi are well-versed in war tactics. Russia has a history of letting its enemies extend themselves beyond their support lines (cf. Napoleon, Hitler) and China has the wisdom of Sun Tzu on warfare. Some Sun Tzu pearls: “All warfare is based on deception”, “Hold out baits to entice the enemy” (Houthis, Hezbollah ect.), “If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.” Doesn’t this last one just describe the US’s political class? Apart from its military build-up so eloquently forewarned by Erskine Childers’ The Riddle of the Sands, in 1914 Germany declared its European wars from a position of relative financial strength. Today, America has a fiat dollar, a debt to GDP ratio of about 125%, and is mired in a deepening debt trap. It is simply not in a position to embark on an open-ended commitment to support Israel in a war against Iran. US economic prospects are already dire, with the only growth being in the US budget deficit. Strip out a budget deficit likely to be $3 trillion this fiscal year, add in the consequences for currency debasement and you can see that the US economy is not only in trouble, but markets faces further dilution of the dollar’s purchasing power and therefore rising interest rates and bond yields Other than a degeneration into a nuclear conflict, this leaves us with only one possible outcome: the US backs off in this stupendous game of chicken and seeks some sort of face-saving exit from Ukraine. For Russia and Iran, it will be the ultimate victory. The dollar’s hegemony will be compromised, so will continue to decline in its value anyway, but at a less catastrophic rate than in a full-on conflict. Either way, holding credit as opposed to real money without counterparty risk will be the mistake commonly made, and when the wider population begins to understand that this is so, there will be insufficient gold to meet the likely demand at any price. - LewRockwell
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  3857. Ukraine is losing population through emigration. Its industrial based is being steadily whittled away by Russian missiles and bombs. And its army is suffering catastrophic casualties and there is no solution on the horizon for replacing those loses with trained troops. But it is not just Ukraine. NATO also is being weakened. None of its previous supplies of tanks, M777s, Himars, ATGMs and Bradley fighting vehicles have worked as hoped. Those are being destroyed on a regular basis and there are dwindling supplies in Western warehouses. I am confident that nobody in a position of power in Russia trusts the United States or NATO to deal honestly. Russia realizes that the West is scrambling to buy time to figure out a way to re-arm Ukraine and train up a new army. Why would Russia entertain such a crazy proposal? The Western fantasy that what is unfolding in Ukraine is a “stalemate.” Others in the Pentagon fail to understand the Russian strategy underlying the Special Military Operation — i.e., attrit the Ukrainian military to the point that it can no longer fight: There are two ways Ukraine “can prevail” — No Way and No Way in Hell. Ain’t going to happen. The West no longer has the ability or the will to flood Ukraine with modern weapon systems and tanks. More importantly, Ukraine does not have the trained troops required to operate those weapons even if they could be provided. Russia is no longer fighting this war alone. It has the backing of China and many nations in the Global South. America’s economic dominance is being carved up and our foreign policy influence is in tatters. Previous allies, like Saudi Arabia, have turned their back on America. The Saudis have re-established diplomatic relations with Iran, welcomed Syria back into the Arab league, ended the American-backed war in Yemen and is working with Russia to counter America’s feckless attempt to put a cap on oil prices. Like the Titanic, America’s foolish venture to fracture Russia is sinking. They only thing left to do is find a lifeboat and pray that we don’t drown. - Sonar21 Ukrainian Armed Forces attempt to attack Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut, Donetsk Republic, ex-Ukraine) taken by Wagner PMC in May. Russia's artillery pummels positions with precision strikes. - Intel Report Crimea has emerged as the most targeted region in Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) strike attempts over the past 24 hours, according to the ministry of defense. In the early hours on Sunday, a total of four Ukrainian UAVs were intercepted over the peninsula, the statement said. On Sunday evening, Kiev’s forces launched three more drones in two attacks in about an hour, it said, adding that all of them were shot down. At least 2 civilians wounded in Kiev regime rocket strike on Donetsk Administration building, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). Vid above shows aftermath of Kiev’s latest war crime, with blown-out windows and rubble strewn across ground – minor damage to Administration building reported after attack. - Intel Report PEST CONTROL: Need a Ukrainian armored vehicle removed? All it takes is single call to Russian chopper and it’ll send missile to make sure armor's gone for good, while Kiev army depot storing UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles goes up in flames after overnight Russian strike. - Intel Report Ukrainian forces attempt 6 attacks on Russian positions in Donetsk with all assaults ending in failure and Kiev army losing up to 225 troops, while Ukrainian ammo depot in Donetsk Republic meets fiery end after Russian strikes. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 17
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  3874. Iran unleashed their ‘Operation True Promise 2’ on Israel, sending hundreds of ballistic missiles which passed unopposed through Israel’s porous air defenses. Watch the above videos of hundreds of missiles hitting Israel, then read this deluded tweet by a Netanyahu aide, who with a straight face declared that most missiles were intercepted: we have eyewitness accounts and geolocations that appear to show the areas of sensitive targets being hit. These videos in particular claim to be from just outside Nevatim airbase which houses much of Israel’s F-35 fleet: It is currently impossible to find out whether the Air Base was damaged or destroyed, but the approximate range of the targets of Iranian Missiles is quite clear: Air Bases. So, we don’t yet know if any real damage was done, but the one take away that we’re again able to make is that Iran is at least capable of penetrating all Western air defense nets. That is because the US openly announced their attempt to interdict the strikes as much as possible, in futility—as reported by the official US Naval Institute: Israel can only create “miraculous” victories on the backs of the entire Western world, which controls the commerce, communications, military, and every other sphere in the region, allowing Israel to wield full spectrum dominance. Without this backing, Israel would not be able to survive on its own, and would have long ceased to exist. As a very brief summary, Israel has invaded Lebanon three major times since the ‘70s. The 1978 and 1982 invasions were essentially due to claimed attacks by Palestinian groups based in Lebanon. In 2006 they tried again to go all the way to the Litani—but this time they weren’t facing the PLO, but Hezbollah for the first time. One of the key differences is Hezbollah was armed with large amounts of ATGMs, which the PLO didn’t have, nullifying Israel’s armor and tank advantage. This time IDF could not even get past a few miles into southern Lebanon before giving up. The battle of Bint Jbeil was the main battle, only a couple kilometers from the border: - Simplicius
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  3886. As cliche as it sounds, things are turning dire for Ukraine—at least for this current phase of things. Zelensky finally openly confessed his intention to purge not only Zaluzhny and his assistants, but a lot of other staff in what is essentially a ‘great reset’ of the Ukrainian leadership: Immediately after that, Ukrainian Deputy Yevhen Shevchenko reported that, according to his information, Zaluzhny has already internally accepted the position of ambassador to the UK: As the above article states, if this is true, it means Zaluzhny would effectively be ‘shipped out to the farm’ to be placed under close watch in the UK, and as far away from Ukraine as possible to keep Zelensky protected. There’s no word on how true any of this is, but rumor had it that the US had already earmarked Budanov for Zaluzhny’s position, which is why Budanov was flown on his high-profile tour of Washington DC late last year: it is said the planners and controllers—i.e. Nuland and co.—were likely using the opportunity to introduce Budanov around town to all the new shot-callers he’ll soon be taking orders from. Likewise it was to put his face front and center in the beltway and sell him as the next replacement. What’s most eye-opening about these events is that Avdeevka happens to be suddenly crumbling, just in time for these reversals. It suggests the non-coincidental nature of the proceedings; i.e. Zelensky may suddenly be pulling the plug on Avdeevka to time its fall with the crescendo of anti-Zaluzhny machinations in order to throw him under the bus by blaming Avdeevka’s fall on him, and using that as the final impetus to announce his dismissal. The fact is, Biden’s Ukrainian aid is still held up and seems no closer to fruition. Yesterday, the administration announced the new revised bill and it was met with immediate furor by House Republicans: But what can Zelensky change in the frontline calculus of the war by simply rearranging the figureheads? On that note let’s turn to Avdeevka. As I said, very ‘coincidentally’ the city appears to be totally collapsing. Only days ago I reported major breaches and now there have been even larger ones, as AFU lines collapse entirely. Everyone is in a panic, including dozens of Ukrainian accounts: What happened first was Russian forces collapsed the entire area of the “northern shore” of that lagoon / sand quarry: That’s a massive area that just fell apart in a single day. And the area just under that lagoon/quarry is known as ‘Little Terrikon’ (mini Slag Heap) and is said to be the tallest height of the whole outlying area, which means it’s a highly strategic point Russian forces captured: But that wasn’t even the half of it. Russian forces continued to push both southeast past the quarry and west into the city proper: But as can be seen above, the distance from where Russian troops were geolocated to the western-most border of Avdeevka is as little as 500m, by some accountings. This means that Ukrainian forces are in danger of now being entirely cut off from their supply routes, which means Avdeevka is on paper almost finished. Lastly, some in Ukraine have attempted to downplay Avdeevka’s coming fall, as usual, but the stats tell the true story. Ukraine is said to have sent dozens of its most elite battalions to try and hold off Russia’s advances: a long-awaited new episode of Zvezda’s military show came out showcasing the brand new Russian 2S40 ‘Phlox’ combined 120mm mortar and artillery system currently being rolled out to the front in test batches. This is a unique system that’s able to fire both 120mm mortars and howitzer shells, giving it great versatility. Its mobility is likewise demonstrated here, where they show the record fast deployment time from park to fire-readiness in under 30 seconds (the French Caesar is said to take 60 seconds minimum): The automated system even showcases its rare MRSI (Multiple Round Simultaneous Impact) mode. This is a mode only the most advanced modern howitzers are capable of replicating where several shots are fired via different computer-calculated trajectories in order to land on target at the same time in one deadly barrage: Lastly, to end on an inspiring note, when Putin declared 2024 to be the Year of the Family a hearth was lit, to be symbolically passed around the country as a spread of ‘love and fidelity’. Here is a video showcasing this program to promote traditional and family values all across the vastness of Russia: - Simplicius
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  3911. A brief analysis today on Macron’s historic appeal disguised as a casual TV interview: And here are some of the more pronounced excerpts: “We have only one objective, Russia cannot win this war.” “Because if they win, the lives of French would change permanently…our existence is at stake…we have already suffered the consequences of this war in our daily life, our hospitals suffer dysfunction because of the Russian aggression…” Reiterating: “This war is existential for Europe and France.” Zelensky on the other hand publicly declared that the French army should come to Ukraine for the ostensible purpose of training AFU on its own land: As all of this was going on, a video of the call with Putin from just before the start of the SMO In reality, it shows nothing but weakness, insecurity, and overcompensation on his part; not to mention revealing that Putin tried his hardest to reason with the totally ideologically unreasonable West. Macron casually told a private group at the Elysée recently that he will soon be forced to send troops to Odessa: Can it get any clearer? In short, it’s absolutely apocalyptic for NATO to lose Odessa. But here’s the problem: all of NATO combined without the U.S. Army cannot defeat Russia. Yes, even bogged down in Ukraine—Russia has now raised an entirely new army group of over 500k men which is enough to take out all of NATO by itself Two significant things to remember: only a few NATO states are barking, many others have openly declared no troop involvement, Italy and Germany amongst them. And the other big thing no one has brought up: NATO’s infamous Article 5 specifies that mutual defense doctrine is only triggered if NATO troops are attacked on NATO territory. Can you guess what that means for French troops being hit in Odessa? That means Macron is walking a very fine line—if he can’t get a coalition to back him in this new drive, he’ll be an emperor with no clothes as French troops would be left alone to face potential Russian strikes, to which they would have no answer whatsoever, and would be wiped out. Taurus presents a totally different type of strategic threat if used against Russia. From the Russian standpoint, if a Taurus were to be launched into Russian territory, Russia would have no choice but to treat it as a potential nuclear first strike attack from NATO, given that Moscow is less than 500km from Ukrainian territory and there is no way to determine if the missile is nuclear-armed during its inbound flight. Lastly, it’s very interesting that today, right after Macron’s brawny televised theatrics, Russia struck none other than….Odessa with a huge masterful blow that reportedly wiped out many important people, and has even the Ukrainian side openly wailing from the soul: the strike was a direct warning from Putin: “Your baguette-battalion will not be safe in Odessa, little emperor.” - Simplicius
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  3917. Hungary has received assurances from Russia that deliveries of oil and gas under long-term contracts will continue despite efforts by the EU and Ukraine to disrupt them, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2025). Hungary has opposed EU sanctions on Russian energy since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, saying the imports are vital to national interests. The country has a long-term contract with Gazprom and receives the bulk of its oil and gas from Russia. Gas is mainly delivered via the Turkish Stream pipeline through Bulgaria and Serbia. Budapest is also working with Russia’s Rosatom to expand the Paks Nuclear Power Plant. The foreign minister was commenting on a proposal by the European Commission that would ban imports of Russian gas, including LNG, to the EU starting January 1, 2026. For landlocked countries such as Hungary, the cutoff would apply from early 2028. According to Szijjarto, the heads of Russia’s largest energy firms have signaled that they are ready to continue supplying Hungary with low-cost natural gas and crude oil despite challenges and restrictions. ”Agreed with Russian officials & energy company leaders to maintain our cooperation, despite efforts by Brussels & [Kiev] to undermine it,” Szijjarto wrote on X. He made the statement after meetings with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak, Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller, and Rosatom Director General Aleksey Likhachyov. - RT
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  3927. I think extreme caution is advised when it comes to Trump’s plans to end the U.S. proxy war against Russia, which, following the Nixon-Kissinger script, seems to be aimed at splitting the Russian-Chinese partnership now threatening U.S. world domination. Trump, like his predecessor Joseph Biden who presided over the proxy war against Russia and the genocide of Palestinians by Israel, is no man of peace. He is fully in support of the extinction of the Palestinians and behind Israel’s war aims in the Middle-East. So when it comes to his recent overtures to Russia and a resolution to the U.S./NATO proxy war against Russia, one needs to reflect on history and Trump’s inclination to make “a deal.” The man, after all, was a reality-television star and has long reveled in radical reversals of previous statements and intentions. For example, in his first term, he often talked of withdrawing from NATO but never did; NATO, in fact, expanded under his watch. He talked about ending the U.S./NATO support for Ukraine’s bombing of Russian-speaking areas of eastern Ukraine, only to withdraw from the Minsk Accords and send military equipment to Ukraine to bomb those areas. When he criticized European leaders for allowing mass migration into their countries, his hypocrisy stood out. As any fair person should recognize, immigration policies have long been an issue in need of reform. But the mass creation of people fleeing their countries for safe havens in Europe are the direct result of US/NATO war policies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Serbia, Syria, etc., policies supported by Republicans and Democrats alike and seconded by their lapdogs in Europe. I am convinced that the US/NATO war against Russia will not be ending unless NATO is dissolved, which Trump is not proposing. He only wishes to strengthen NATO with European money, not that of the U.S. NATO’s only raison d’être is to destroy Russia as an independent country and create regime change there through multiple means. This has always been so. This is why NATO has existed for so long and has expanded. Open warfare in Ukraine is just one means among many they have used over the years. You can end the overt war and continue the covert. I think the talk of a Trump revolution in favor of peace and democracy is hyperbolically irresponsible. It is unworthy of good journalism that requires prudence and patience when the powerful pitch their deals. The propaganda from the Biden administration and their mainstream media accomplices should have taught everyone that. But the appeal of a savior is very powerful. You know, ‘if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.’ - LewRockwell
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  3948. I received the following query from Sputnik on Saturday: Britain has proposed sending a NATO expeditionary corps to Ukraine. London also allegedly suggested establishing a no-fly zone over Kiev-controlled territory and did not rule out strikes on “strategic infrastructure facilities in Russia’s northern regions”. After that, according to the British plan, NATO forces would create a “buffer zone” within the occupied positions, including the border with Belarus and the territory around Kiev, and the released Ukrainian army forces should withdraw to the Special operation zone. We would be happy if you could comment on this matter. Please, see my questions below: 1. How do you assess this decision and do you think it is realistic? Should we take it seriously (or is this an attempt to appease Zelensky)? 2. June 2023 Putin already said that Russia is considering the creation of a buffer (sanitary) zone in Ukraine “to solve the problem of shelling of Russian territories.” Is NATO trying to seize the initiative and why won’t they succeed? This is a fantastical delusion on the part of the Brits and has no foundation in reality. But, just because the Brits are insane does not mean Russia can ignore them. It is a serious proposal. But the British Army is a hollowed out shell. It is one fifth the size of the force rescued from Dunkirk in World War II. The British Army is a toothless, bedraggled poodle. Can’t even deliver a serious bark, much less a bite. Yes, NATO is desperate to prevent Russia from securing all territory to the east of the Dneiper River. Up to this point the NATO countries have enabled the criminal activities of Ukraine and have not suffered any consequences. I believe they interpret Russia’s failure to respond as a sign of weakness. They confuse patience with ignorance. Given the growing turmoil in Kiev as the fight for control between President Zelensky and General Zaluzhny heats up, the Russians appear content to continue their attrition strategy as they systematically dismantle the Ukrainian Army. Russia, however, is enjoying an unexpected benefit — NATO also is being de-militarized. - Sonar21
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  3957. Update on Israeli military operations in Gaza and growing regional conflict... - Israeli military operations have exceeded in duration, scale, scope, death, and destruction, previous incursions into Gaza in 2008-2009 and 2014; - Israel is pacing its military operations, making this longer-term campaign possible in terms of arms and ammunition; - Israeli losses continue to mount, however the true nature of the fighting is difficult to discern; - Militants in Gaza have published inconclusive footage of attacks on Israeli armored vehicles failing to show the full aftermath and whether or not the vehicles were even hit at all, damaged, or destroyed; - Without more information about the nature of the fighting, it is difficult to draw conclusions about how sustainable Israeli military operations are and thus what outcome may emerge; - Israeli leadership indicates that following the operation there will be some sort of open-ended “security presence” in Gaza (de facto occupation); - The conflict continues undermining stability in the region, threatening trade through the Red Sea, with Israeli strikes continuing to target Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and Syria, thus creating potential pretexts for a wider conflict against either or even against Iran; - Just like the US proxy war in Ukraine, despite ambitions toward triggering a wider conflict in the Middle East or creating a pretext for war with Iran, the US may fail there as well; - Ultimately, Israel’s current actions may only accelerate rather than prevent the collapse of the US-led “order” in the region and precipitate the emergence of an Israel led by interests committed to a two-state solution and co-existence with its neighbors; - The New Atlas
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  3962. Pay Attention to what Putin says! During the special military operation we are liberating Russian territory. How do you feel about Western countries helping our enemy? Vladimir Putin: The point is not that they are helping our enemy. They are our enemy. They are solving their own problems with their hands. That is what it is all about. This has been the case for centuries, unfortunately, and continues to be the case today. Ukraine itself is not our enemy whereas those who want to destroy Russian statehood and to achieve, as they say, a strategic defeat of Russia on the battlefield, are mainly in the West, but still, there are different people there. There are people who sympathise with us and who are with us at heart. But there are the elites who think the existence of Russia (at least in its current state and size) is unacceptable. They want to disintegrate it. As a matter of fact, you are young people, some have read about this, perhaps: they do not hide it. They speak and write about this publicly, and have been doing it for decades, if we are talking about contemporary history. For decades, they have simply been writing frankly about it: divide Russia into five parts, one is too much. I can talk about this till morning, but it is obvious. Therefore, they have been nurturing the Kiev regime for quite a long time, precisely to create this conflict. Unfortunately for us, they have achieved this: they started this conflict and are trying to achieve their objective, namely the task of fighting Russia, with the help of Ukrainians. You probably see on the battlefield that they are gradually losing their zest. When a projectile flies, it is difficult to understand whether they are losing it or not, but in general you probably know that the situation on the battlefield is changing. This is despite the fact that the entire “civilised” West is fighting us. - Sonar21
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  3964. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – More soldiers fighting for Ukraine are fleeing faster especially from the Kursk border in an attempt to avoid Russian encirclement, or on another front. Just today on November 26, 2024, footage by Russian soldier's GoPro lens shows evidence, Ukrainian squad trying to escape and an armored vehicle abandoned at a location for unknown reasons. Russian soldiers approach and inspect the vehicle, where the driver and passengers have disappeared, which is likely to follow the forest belt because it is not according to plan. Inside the vehicle are some stolen equipment from civilians in Kursk, they left behind a washing machine, fan, kettle, keyboard and other devices, according to Russian military reports and as shown in the footage. The fact that on the same day, Ukrainian soldiers tried to escape from Kursk faster than bullets and missiles, despite pro-Ukrainian media continuing to report progress by recycling old videos pretending that Ukraine is still effective, it does not help! Three another Ukrainian soldiers fled, deciding to leave their positions on foot. The arrival of Russian artillery at their positions with puffs of smoke, became the main reason to save themselves from further encirclement! This is the result of Ukrainian attempts to infiltrate Kursk, which is constantly under ambush by the landlords, Russian forces. On November 23, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Special Forces of the Crimean Paratroopers, carried out a prepared ambush on Ukrainian armored assault group in Sudzha district. One British Mastiff vehicle for the breakthrough was overturned by the attack and liquidated about 20 enemy soldiers. Russian soldiers also took home a trophy, a Western-made Mastiff! It is known that Ukrainian soldiers are starting to pay a high price for Kiev's proxy war with the Western collective. They tend to fail to carry out combat actions in groups, are killed, wounded, abandoned, captured, and those who escaped are likely to survive. Kursk is a disaster for Kiev, they must immediately retreat or they need long-range missiles to cover their lack of troops.
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  3971. Since my article from last weekend’s tragic terrorist attack near Moscow, a lot of new information has been released supporting Russia’s allegation the attack has direct links to Ukraine. This is a follow-up. The Russian Emergencies Ministry department in the Moscow region released the following body count from the terrorist theater massacre a week earlier: As of 6:00 a.m. Moscow time on March 30, 2024, there were 695 casualties, including 15 children, in the terrorist attack, of whom 144 people, including five children, have been killed. By Monday March 25th, three days after the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack, Russian Investigative Committee Chairman Aleksandr Bastrykin reported that in addition to 11 suspects initially arrested, an additional seven were arrested for allegedly helping to organize the attack. Apparently, it was Washington’s own pathological paranoia preventing it from complying with standard international security protocol to alert other nations of imminent terrorism. So that psychotic delusion was in large part responsible for 144 innocent Russians to needlessly die. Of course, paranoia is a weak and feeble non-excuse to holdback lifesaving information. But clearly the far bigger reason the United States withheld full details of what it knew was to prevent Moscow from immediately determining that the Biden regime’s CIA played the #1 key role in this plotted bloodbath, which would obviously present far deeper criminal implications the US refused to risk. Since US intelligence was the driving force behind this massacre, sparing lives would have completely sabotaged and reversely countered its vile objective. During the Moscow tragedy’s immediate aftermath, within minutes after Russian news first broke the story, the US Security Council puppet John Kirby went before the cameras to emphatically state there is absolutely no connection to Ukraine. How would he or the US government even know when the investigation hadn’t even begun? This alone raises suspicion to implicate America’s involvement attempting to control the narrative. Then when Putin went before his nation mentioning that the terrorists that committed the attack were captured trying to escape near the Ukraine border, all US officials began were pressing the same word-for-word script straight from central casting prior to any actual probe even starting. On Wednesday March 27th, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated: It’s strange, to say the least, that the Americans have dared to announce a single narrative. This suggests at the very least that they are trying to shift attention away from something. Also, the non-nonsense Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova weighed in on Wednesday also wondering and asking uncomfortable questions the US/West refuses to answer: Based on what data and what information? Only one thing is clear – they began to excuse the Kiev regime in order to excuse themselves. Because everyone understands perfectly well that there is simply no independent [Ukraine] without Western financial and military assistance. On Wednesday March 27th Maria Zakharova stated: They [Washington] have exposed themselves. They started crying, not calling for an investigation, but covering up for Ukraine. Their bias and involvement in this issue is evident. Zakharova’s boss, the level-headed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, had this to say in an interview posted Friday March 29th: The West is actively trying to convince everyone that this is the work of ISIS and there is no longer any need to suspect anyone, especially Ukraine. They keep insisting that Kiev is not to blame, to the point where it’s becoming obsessive. So, a full week of DC, the EU and entire Western Mockingbird media all obediently doubling down on the singularity of their boldface lie that this ISIS-K group had zero connection to Ukraine. The global masses are slowly waking up to the truth of how this world works, that terrorist rogue state pariahs are operating out of Kiev, Tel Aviv, Washington, Brussels, London (including the Rothschild City of London command center). Having seen through so many US/West cover-up crimes and scandals, ultimately the people are beginning to catch on and increasingly demand justice. It’s undeniable that the CIA and MI6 are deep inside Ukraine’s intelligence services, having built a vast anti-Russian spy network over many years with the Kiev regime. And now the world will ultimately realize how the UK-US-Zio spy network that takes their orders not from governments themselves but the owners of governments, and how together they maliciously operate at will committing the most despicable crimes on the planet through impugn deception, death and destruction. Again, these perps have been repeatedly caught red-handed that they cannot keep getting away with. This latest display of US Deep State deception is the dead giveaway that the so-called government actors, and that’s all they really are – two-bit, low life actors all dutifully lying through their teeth, rigidly following their centrally scripted lines in yet another pack of lies that the world knows are blood-soaked in red lies. The West possesses a historical pattern committing these worst unprosecuted atrocities. The globalist false propaganda machine plunged into overdrive the minute it learned of this latest massacre, instantly disputing Putin linking the killers to Ukraine, and ever since doubling down to squelch any and all unfolding evidence. It’s not as if desperate Kiev or Washington never engage in terrorism or coverup lies. Kiev and its Western backers have already lost the war militarily, backed into a corner now with more incriminating evidence coming out daily, these pathological criminals have no other choice but to keep lying and denying. But the world is onto them and truth and justice will prevail to triumph over lies. - LewRockwell
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  3978. Here we go again. The “Joe Biden” thing just started another war in Yemen without a constitutionally compliant declaration by Congress. And it/they did so against a rag-tag tribe of desert insurgents who cannot possibly harm the liberty or security of the American homeland. After all, the most fearsome missile possessed by the Houthi is the Burkan-3, which has a maximum range of 750 miles. Yet the last time we checked, the distance from Yemen to Washington DC was 7,200 miles. So why is the GOP leadership branch of the Uniparty saluting Sleepy Joe with a chorus of attaboys? No, Speaker Johnson, America must not go abroad seeking monsters to destroy, as our sixth president, John Qunicy Adams, stated so cogently nearly 203 years ago on Independence Day. The Red Sea is not the Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound or the Gulf of Catalina—meaning that the Houthi blockade on ships heading to Israel in retaliation for the latter’s genocidal assault on Gaza is Jerusalem’s business to treat with, not Washington’s. In other words, all of the Uniparty prattle offered by McConnell and Johnson makes sense only through the false lens of a Washington-based Global Hegemon. So, yes, if Washington is obliged to keep the peace everywhere on the planet and safeguard all the sea lanes and all the air space from quarrelling local parties, as in the extant case, then let the assembled legislators call a vote and declare yet another war, as did the hapless Woodrow Wilson in April 1917 to no avail except the resulting rise of Hitler, Stalin, World War II, the holocaust and the Cold War. The truth is, Netanyahu is a megalomaniacal madman who has had the reckless audacity to pursue an utterly dangerous Machiavellian strategy of promoting and funding Hamas in order to kill dead as a doornail any prospect whatever of a two-state arrangement. For want of doubt, the facts are these. Between 2012 and 2018 Netanyahu gave Qatar approval to transfer a cumulative sum of nearly one billion dollars to Gaza in the form of suitcases full of cash. And at least half of that is estimated to have reached Hamas, including its military wing. In the meanwhile, Washington needs to truly sober up. Uncle Sam’s checking account is massively overdrawn. Now is not the time to fund wars which do nothing for America’s homeland security (Ukraine) or to launch yet another war on behalf of an ally that is unwilling to pay for the Garrison State its own blood-soaked anti-Palestinian war policies require. - LewRockwell
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  4010. The Obamas’ faces say more than a thousand words ever could, haunted, almost resigned. These are not expressions of two political titans confidently championing “democracy.” No, these are the faces of insiders who know the script better than anyone, sensing that the next act might end in a reckoning beyond their control. With the November 5th election inches away, the show goes on, all circus, no bread. But perhaps, just perhaps, even they can sense that the ground beneath their feet is shifting, and that the Global Majority, fortified by BRICS and the Kazan firewalls, is watching bemused, the American spectacle from a distance, immune to its theatrics. For all the sound and fury, this election is a dead-end play for the Global Majority. American power games have lost their bite; the world has moved on. Yet here in the heart of the fading empire, it's a different story. To the American Deep State, this isn’t just another cycle of choosing between red and blue. They know they've tried every trick in the book, from Russiagate to two impeachments, a circus of indictments, and still, the man they tried to banish is marching back with more vigor than ever. It’s a script that’s spun wildly out of control, even for those who wrote it. What do the Obamas know that we don’t? The irony is palpable. The same Obamas who once championed neoliberal “progress” and sold the world on the virtues of Western democracy now wear the strained faces of those who know the emperor has no clothes. Both sides of this election, Kamala’s slurred-nonsensical platitudes and Trump’s theatrical bombast, are puppets in a machine that can no longer deliver on the promise of control. The “choice” on November 5th is merely between two faces of a crumbling empire. If looks could kill, the Obamas’ expressions would be the harbingers of the end. - Gerry Nolans - The Islander News for Intel Republic
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  4027. Over the weekend President Trump ordered a massive military operation against the small country of Yemen. Was Yemen in the process of attacking the United States? No. Did the President in that case go to Congress and seek a declaration of war against the country? No. The fact is, Yemen hadn’t even threatened the United States before the bombs started falling. Last year, candidate Trump strongly criticized the Biden Administration’s obsession with foreign interventionism to the detriment of our problems at home. In an interview at the Libertarian National Convention, he criticized Biden’s warmongering to podcaster Tim Pool, saying, “You can solve problems over a telephone. Instead they start dropping bombs. Recently, they’re dropping bombs all over Yemen. You don’t have to do that.” Yet once in office, Trump turned to military force as his first option. Since the Israel/Hamas ceasefire plan negotiated by President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, Yemen has left Red Sea shipping alone. However, after Israel implemented a total blockade of humanitarian relief to citizens of Gaza last week, Houthi leaders threatened to again begin blocking Israel’s Red Sea shipping activities. That was enough for President Trump to drop bombs and launch missiles for hours, killing several dozen Yemeni civilians – including women and children – in the process. After the attack, Trump not only threatened much more force to be used against Yemen, but he also threatened Iran. His National Security Advisor Mike Waltz added that the US may start bombing Iranian ships in the area, a move that would certainly lead to a major Middle East war. The Republican Party is gradually becoming a pro-peace, America first party, but the warmongers and neocons of the old line in the Party are not going to let go so easily. Unfortunately many of these dead-enders have found their way to senior positions in Trump’s Administration, with voices of restraint and non-intervention nearly nowhere in sight among his top tier of advisors. To solve the Yemen problem, we must understand it: Russian and Chinese ships, for example, are not being threatened because they are not enabling the Israeli demolition of Gaza. The slaughter there has been facilitated with US money and US weapons. It is the US doing Israel’s bidding both in Gaza and in the Red Sea that is painting a target on us and unnecessarily putting our troops at risk of retaliation. The US government, starting with Biden and continuing now with Trump, seems eager to make this our war even though, as Rep. Thomas Massie pointed out over the weekend, Red Sea shipping is of minor importance to the US economy. In a real “America first” foreign policy we would be following the Russian and Chinese lead and staying out of the conflict. It’s not our war. End US military involvement in the Middle East and our troubles disappear. It really is that simple. - LewRockwell
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  4036. Allies went their separate ways and MAERSK again has suspended all passage through the Red Sea now “indefinitely”, after feigning a stiff upper lip earlier, hoping the problem would go away. This represents an unprecedented loss of prestige for the Empire. The Mideast—let alone the whole world—is shifting drastically. As of yesterday, January 1st, 2024, BRICS officially inaugurates 5 new members: Ethiopia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. On top of that, Russia chairs the BRICS presidency this year, and has already outlined intentions to speed up some of the key initiatives. Things just keep getting darker for the now-isolated West. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Israel’s war is not going swimmingly at all. We’ve been witness to countless new videos showing Merkavas, Namers, and everything in between getting blown away. There have been continued leaks from the Israeli side pointing to mounting casualties being far higher than reported. The most powerful airforce in the entire Mideast is going against a tiny and shabby force without even a single anti-air capability to speak of—and what is the result? This flies in the face of beliefs that NATO’s putatively superior ‘airforce’ would instantly translate into some type of battlefield victory against Russia—that’s simply not how war works, particularly not in an age where manufacturing in the West has declined to the point where precision systems cannot possibly be built in large enough numbers to sustain a long-endurance campaign against a real peer-level threat. Meanwhile, things continue to go poorly—or outright collapse—for Ukraine. In the last report I had conveyed how much of their Western equipment no longer works; Ukrainian soldiers themselves complained that Western artillery systems are not built for war, their barrels have all worn out, etc. This extends to Abrams tanks, which were said to be useless as their filters clog up within minutes of fighting, forcing mechanics to constantly change them to prevent the engine suddenly dying. Now we have new confirmation from German MP Sebastian Schafer that very few of the delivered Leopards even function anymore, as they’ve all “worn out” and Ukraine has no way to repair them: So Ukraine’s most authoritative source on the matter says they’re incapable of taking out Mach 3+ missiles, but somehow they get a 10/10 100% kill ratio on a 12,000km/h Mach ~11 missile. Doesn’t add up, does it? Either way, Rada Deputies like the one below are beginning to clarify the type of military production warehouses that were hit in last night’s strikes: Not to mention ex-Aidar deputy commander Mosiychuk likewise admitted that Zelensky’s authorities are hiding the fact that Kiev’s major military enterprises of Artem and Luch Design Bureau were destroyed with huge casualties to the personnel: - Simplicius
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  4044. The BRICS 2024 summit kicked off as the big highlight of the week. There are an endless amount of things to be said from a variety of different analytical perspectives, but we’ll just mention a few of the salient points that stick out most for now. Firstly, the obvious is simply the optics of the event. Russia and Putin were supposed to be ‘isolated’ and here they are hosting the world’s top leaders on a grand stage: Note how even the simple optics of the event differ from the more ‘corporate structured’ UN, with its one-at-a-time tribune speech on stage meant to present the leadership of each country in a Western unitary model. The BRICS meeting on the other hand visually represents a roundtable of equals amongst all, which sends a powerful message for the future of global multipolarity and cooperation. That’s not to mention it was chosen for a symbolic date, as Putin explains here, with the original founding UN Charter being signed on October 24, 1945: It is clear the organizers of the BRICS summit foresee this pivotal time as being an epochal shift in the global world order similar in weight to that of the UN founding. What is meant by simple optics? For example, BRICS has sent a message of strength and solidarity, as well as giving legitimacy to a variety of countries, issues, and leaders which do not get it on the Western-ruled world ‘stage’. Putin himself appeared to directly address BRICS Development Bank (NDB) chairman Dilma Rousseff in very politely saying “let’s speed things up” by noting that the longer these transitions to a multipolar model take, the more dangers it poses, and the longer the global south has to live in slavery to the Western financial system: unlike the US-led United Nations, and other Western organs like the G7, the BRICS is foundationally designed to take everyone’s interests into account rather than being solely one hegemon’s private bully pulpit and centrally planned authority in one: Putin was also asked about Trump’s claim that he once told Putin he would strike Moscow if Putin invaded Ukraine. Putin replied that this is merely the effect of election season and that such statements should not be taken seriously. He then gave a dressing down to BBC’s chief pest Steve Rosenberg: All the North Korean ‘panic’ stories from the Western press mill suggested it was a big ‘top secret’ operation with only ‘clever’ Western satellite intel able to bust Putin’s putative smuggling of the DPRK troops under the cover of night. On the other hand, a huge contradiction in the narrative: a stream of videos taken openly by Russian troops in full view of their commanders has emerged that purport to show DPRK troops in eastern Russian bases. If it was a big top secret operation like they pretend, then why are the troops openly being filmed? Overall, the key takeaway from the BRICS summit can be the following. Look closely at some of the scenes presented: India and China after having just negotiated a settlement to their border conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan hashing out their disputes, other “ostracized” members of the world community being greeted with open arms, no leering judgmental supremacism, condescending sermonizing and pompous pontificating like so often seen by the West at their global institutions, from the EU to the UN, etc The BRICS’ strongest achievement is sending a message of acceptance, compromise, openness, civility, and cooperation—the true definition of anti-illiberal qualities, the same the West so adamantly claims it champions. There was a kind of contagious energy that was palpable in the air: an alternate vision for a world led by sovereign grownups, not the small-minded, nervous little elitist compradors and pushy apparatchiks, the likes seen dotting the halls of the West’s equivalent institutions. In short, a breath of fresh air and maturity. This to me is the strongest message the BRICS sends. Even despite not achieving any major concrete advancements quite yet, it still was a symbolically significant set of optics for the entire developing world and global south to witness, which will only flower in the years to come as the wane of the West sets in. - Simplicius
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  4053. Below is all from Western Sources with refs and maps supplied for proof. Update on the conflict in Ukraine for August 31, 2023: - The Western media is trying to spin Ukrainian gains within the security or “gray zone” ahead of Russia’s first of several defense lines as a “turning point” in the offensive; - Ukraine’s offensive potential has been exhausted with the West struggling to find arms and ammunition to replace Ukrainian losses; - The West is even struggling to pull together large numbers of antiquated and inappropriate equipment like the post-WW2 Leopard 1 tank; - Meanwhile Ukraine continues conducting drone strikes in Russia, achieving questionable PR value and little else; - A recent Ukrainian drone strike on an airport hosting Il-76 strategic airlift aircraft damaged 2. To put that in context, Russia operates over 100 of these aircraft and has production capacity to build up to 12 annually; - Ukraine’s sponsors are unable to sustain the conflict “for as long as it takes,” and only for as long as they have arms and ammunition to supply Ukraine in sufficient quantities; While Ukraine achieved one quarterly strike with moderate damage against assets that don’t even have any bearing on the SMO, Russia in the same span of time has devastated the AFU’s actual military targets. Last night Kiev was struck a devastating blow with missiles and drones. After watching the heroism of Russian troops in Ukraine, you really think the US army would stand a chance? And this was before the army turned snowflake in the modern era—imagine how bad it is now. The extent of the Lying NATO Rot in Ukraine in unbounded, as the same number of Generals and enlistees reported killed by accidents occured right after Massive Russian Missile Strikes which was widely reported in recent news!
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  4059. For a central bank to seize the sovereign wealth fund of another major central bank is akin to two of the largest crime families in a major Godfather film declaring war on each other. These are epochal, ground-quaking movements whose consequences will echo down the generations. Ultimately remember that Russia has the same amount of assets it can seize from the West, so the ‘exchange’, were it to happen, would be nothing more than the West illegally robbing its own people of $300B which they could not legally convince their populace to give them for Ukraine. In the meantime, the only interesting things out of Ukraine at the moment: The Institute for the Study of War managed to admit not only that Russia has all the initiative but that it has 95% staffing of its units, which allows timely and professional rotation and force generation: In short: Russian units are well-staffed, easily make up for any losses, and have all the operational tempo and initiative. Ukraine on the other hand, we learned in the last update, is suffering 30,000 losses per month and for the first time—according to some reports—was not able to replenish these monthly losses via mobilization recently. Ukraine’s air defenses are now more depleted than ever, and conversely, Russia’s air arsenal is stronger than ever because all of its PGM (precision guided munition) productive capacities have continued to go up parabolically. They are firing more missiles and other types of weapons than ever, particularly the growing portfolio of UMPK bombs. In the last report we learned about Russia adapting RBK-500 cluster munitions, now we have full confirmation they are also using 1500kg Fabs as well as even ODAB-1500 thermobarics. Given these increases, Ukraine’s positions in the rear are being struck with major losses incurred each time. For instance, since the last report—where I listed several “rear sites” that were hit with major losses—there has been a new hit on a mercenary hotel in Kharkov. NATO’s 3 month long 24/7 bombardment of Serbia destroyed a whopping dozen tanks and could only degrade the AD by 50%. Without boots on the ground, US’s failed coalition can do nothing to Yemen—and they’re not going boots on the ground so the strikes can only be regarded as a feeble ‘warning’ toward Iran, which will only inspire hearty guffaws in Tehran. A decrepit regime led by a senile president and debilitated secretary of state, launching illegal massacres from their nursing homes and hospital beds against the poorest nation on earth—virtually on the same day as their own bloc ally faced genocide and crimes against humanity charges at The Hague. You can’t make this up: the optics have never been worse for the Empire of Lies. That’s not to mention the fact that US apparently took losses and is now trying to cover them up after Ansar Allah forces claimed to have downed a US plane as well as hit a ship: Lastly, there is the sad news that Ukraine has murdered Gonzalo Lira. For all the accusations made against Russia, no American journalist or figure has died in Russian captivity, while an American citizen has now not only died in Ukrainian captivity, but under various forms of torture, at that. He described some of that torture in his final video, including things like his eyeballs being scraped by sharp objects and other ghoulishly medieval techniques. But of course, no one in the Nazi-complicit US regime cares; another in a long line of gross hypocrisies from the people that brought you the farcical “Rule of Law” and “Rules Based Order”. Rest in peace, Gonzalo. - Simplicius
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  4065. Zelensky Circus Comes to Town for One Last Encore Ultimately, Zelensky’s visit is all about Biden attempting to make one last effort to guilt trip the Republicans into ending the deadlock before the deadline. The plan was for Zelensky to address the most thorny criticisms of Ukraine in a closed session, in order to reassure Congress. For instance, the issue of corruption was chief amongst them. Zelensky’s purpose was to convince them Ukraine is not as corrupt as they all know it to be. Zelensky and the leadership have just gone through a veritable gauntlet of meetings with the top globalist venture-vultures, likely for the very purpose above, to begin negotiations of selling off more Ukrainian assets—and Ukraine itself—in order to bankroll next year’s coming disastrous deficits. The U.S. is scrambling generals directly to the ground to hatch out some emergency plan to allow Ukraine to last out the next few months. Logically, the only way such urgent shakeups make sense is that the U.S. is counting on a high probability that all funding will in fact be cut, and that Ukraine needs a completely new set of emergency strategies to survive what will likely be a brutally disproportionate onslaught from Russia over the next season. There have been some hints from Ukrainian sources related to this. For instance, a Ukrainian artillery officer callsign Artie Greene told Arestovich days ago that due to recent Russian pressure, AFU forces may have to abandon everything on the east side of the Zherebets river and possibly even the Oskil, which would effectively give up Kupyansk and everything east of it, as well as potentially Krasny Liman: So as part of Ukraine’s plans going forward into next year, they intend to create ‘surprising’ new symbolic victories, including “very daring ones”—a full admission that their entire program consists of merely performative token triumphs for global media consumption. Thus, we’re put on notice to expect some new ‘clever’ terrorist attacks in the coming months, which will have no effect on the calculus on the ground. - Simplicius
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  4078. The Russian military has destroyed two Ukrainian Soviet-era Uragan multiple rocket launchers, footage that emerged online on Saturday shows. The launchers were parked near a local mall located on the northwestern outskirts of the Ukrainian city of Kharkov. Infrared drone footage circulating on social media shows an Uragan launcher and a pickup truck parked overnight near the Planeta Mall with a group of people seen near the vehicles. The second Uragan joined the group shortly thereafter. The launchers were apparently set to be transported on two large flatbed trucks seen nearby. However, the vehicles ended up being hit by a high-precision munition, presumably a Russian-made Iskander tactical ballistic missile. The launchers were set aflame by the strike, with one of them suffering a major secondary detonation, which heavily damaged the Planeta Mall. The moment of the detonation was captured on video by onlookers living in residential buildings nearby. The local authorities acknowledged the strike, while local police released photos from the scene and condemned Russia’s “daily strikes” on the region. The police carefully avoided showing any evidence that the strike actually targeted the two rocket launchers, showing instead the damage inflicted on the mall and other structures. Ukrainian forces have throughout the conflict frequently made use of shopping malls, civilian warehouses, and other similar facilities for military purposes. Kiev’s forces have also routinely used Uragan launchers, as well as other multiple rocket launchers, including Czech-supplied Vampire systems, to indiscriminately shell Russia’s border regions, including the city of Belgorod. The Ukrainian military ramped up such strikes following its botched attempt to break through the border in mid-March. - RT
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  4081. Things have gone from bad to worse for Ukraine. Zelensky is again traveling the globe in an attempt to form some type of international consensus for ending the conflict. After half a year of deliberately obfuscating propaganda about Russia “desperately” chasing a ceasefire, it has emerged clearer than ever that it is in fact Ukraine desperate to browbeat allies into forcing Russia into an armistice. In reality, Russia has now signaled more strongly than ever that there is nothing to negotiate about presently. Ukrainian ex-general Sergei Krivonos again stunned many with his unfiltered appraisal of the situation. “Only a miracle can save Ukraine at this point.” Another pro-UA commentator claims to have recently returned from the front reports the war is effectively over: The echoes of Ugledar’s fall continue to haunt the AFU in more ways than one. The debacle of the 72nd Brigade’s collapse is only just now being pieced together and understood in full, with articles like the following clarifying the suicide of one of the battalion commanders: Meanwhile, videos have begun to appear of family members’ pleas toward their missing servicemen. Here a daughter of a soldier from Ukraine’s 152nd says hundreds are missing in the Pokrovsk direction: Russian Army Begins Breakthrough on Kursk Front: Powerful Assault on Lyubimovka and Attack on Zeleny Shlyakh to Cut Off Ukrainian Armed Forces Group Today our armored groups unexpectedly attacked and broke through the enemy's defenses in the Kursk border area. About 30 units of Russian equipment are storming the village of Lyubimovka, wrote media officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Alex". Russian troops managed to advance and are now consolidating, the fighting continues. Ukrainian intelligence officer and battalion commander named Yaroslavsky states unequivocally: "Let the partners not be offended that Russian electronic warfare (EW) systems are the best in the world." - Simplicius
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  4107. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - A massive storming by the Russian Armed Forces on the Yuzhnodonbasskaya-3 coal mine northeast of Ugledar has put Ukrainian forces in a very difficult situation. A large video released by Russian military correspondent, on September 14, 2024, shows Russian assault troops launching a fierce assault on the mine structures, and entering the area around the mine, where Zelensky’s troops had been hiding for a long time trying to defend Ugledar. However, this time the enemy troops appear to be completely surrounded by artillery and bombing attacks, and a large explosion occurred in one of the buildings of the Yuzhnodonbasskaya-3 Mine, located west of Vodyane, which was recently liberated by Russian fighters. The assault on the extreme mine, where fighting continued after the Russian assault troops landed, would be a death sentence for the fall of Ugledar. Epic footage shows artillery preparation, and then a mechanized attack with the entry of two Russian armored groups into the mine area to destroy the enemy. The armored groups, consisting of armored vehicles and motorized rifle units, entered from two sides at once, from the north and from the south, pinning down the Ukrainian positions. After a massive artillery barrage on enemy positions, the armored vehicles broke into the complex while firing and deploying troops. Soon after four more armored vehicles arrived to disembark, one of them was hit by an explosive device during the advance, but with almost no losses. The advance of their comrades did not stop, and it is likely that the landing force landed there while continuing to press the Ukrainian positions. As a result of the successful assault, the Russian Armed Forces managed to gain a foothold in the Yuzhnodonbasskaya-3 Mine, and currently control at least half of its territory, about 2 km north of Ugledar. So far, the battle for the mine is still ongoing, but it seems that the last stronghold of the Ukrainian troops here, one of the key locations for the liberation of the town of Ugledar itself, will soon be taken and cleared by Russian units.
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  4111. No. Admiral “Rachel” Levine, a dude pretending to be a woman who heads the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, will give birth to a baby and breastfeed it before Ukraine “wins.” Try telling that to “Rose Gottemoeller, a lecturer at Stanford University and former NATO deputy secretary-general, and Michael Ryan, a former U.S. deputy assistant defense secretary for European and NATO policy”, who just published an article in Foreign Policy, Ukraine Has a Path to Victory. Thank God they are no longer in government service. Their article reveals a depth of ignorance and delusion that is breath taking. Have you guys been locked away in a prison cell? During the last two weeks Russia has been shellacking Ukraine with Kalibrs and Iskanders, knocking out critical Ukrainian defense plants, air defense systems and railroads. And guess what? Not one of the Russian ships that launched a Kalibr has been attacked by Ukraine. Not one! These two are bona fide kool aid drinkers (must be laced with some LSD) because they insist, without one shred of proof, that Ukraine is “regularly shooting down the majority of Russian missiles and drones destined for Ukrainian targets.” The expiration date on that foolish assertion was December 29, 2023. Ukraine has faced unrelenting salvos of Russian missiles and drones and Ukraine has even admitted it is not able to shoot them down because their air defense systems have been destroyed. Every single magical NATO weapon system that has been deployed to the Ukrainian battlefront has been destroyed or neutered. Furthermore, just where is Ukraine going to find trained soldiers and airmen capable of carrying out this strategy? They don’t exist and will not exist. - Sonar21
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  4122. How absurd! U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is “frenetically” crisscrossing the Middle East “warning” that the conflict is escalating to engulf the region. Arsonist Washington is shouting ‘Fire’ in a region it is blowing up. This is while Washington is fueling Israel’s non-stop genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. And while the United States and Israel assassinate top Hamas, Hezbollah and Iranian commanders in Lebanon and Iraq. This is while the United States blatantly blocks calls at the United Nations for a ceasefire, and while it dispatches warships and warplanes to the region. As with much of the Western media coverage, Washington is portrayed as some kind of hapless peace advocate. The delusional posturing is stomach-churning when the reality is that the United States is fully complicit in the genocide against Palestinians. And it is fully complicit in dangerously escalating the region-wide conflict. It is a sick joke to present Blinken and the administration of President Joe Biden as trying to tamp down regional tensions that have reached boiling point precisely because of U.S. policy supporting and arming Israel’s relentless massacres. If the Middle East slides into a conflagration, make no mistake, the disaster will be owned by Washington. The appeasement of the Israeli regime by the United States has been going on for decades and has fully stoked the tinderbox situation of injustice and oppression. But the last four months of total indulgence of a lawless genocidal regime is the final trigger. One possible get-out for the U.S. is to blame Iran and its regional allies and in that way try to divide and rule the Arab nations. But you can easily discern what Washington is getting at here. It’s trying to divert the growing region-wide hostility and disgust towards America and its hypocritical European accomplices by playing the Iranian card. The abominable genocide that is going on in Gaza and the West Bank is demonstrating the rank exposure of American imperialist crimes. The world can see more than ever the complicity of Washington in Israel’s war crimes. Not just complicity but full-on culpability. In its desperation to divert global attention from its blood-soaked hands, Washington and its Israeli attack dog see one way out: to escalate the conflict with Iran. - LewRockwell
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  4148. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Following the failure of the Zelensky regime-ordered offensive operation in Kursk over the weekend, another offensive south of Berdin has turned into a “kamikaze” attack, now turning into a graveyard filled with NATO equipment and the bodies soldiers of Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Special Forces “Akhmat” have released their 5-minute footage on January 7, 2025, showing the interception of enemy armored vehicles by their FPV drones from the “Aida” Group during the Ukrainian “big offensive” south of the settlement. The Russian fiber-optic cable-guided FPV drone strike on enemy equipment, which attempted to carry out some kind of attack in the area, which clearly welcomed the forced military action, destroyed the convoy of vehicles during the “Kursk safari” attempt. Kursk has become the largest graveyard for Western military vehicles in the field of science, not a day goes by without dozens of them being destroyed by Russian troops. The soldiers documented many another scenes of destruction by Russian drone strikes on enemy convoys, leaving expensive NATO equipment behind and causing terrible consequences for them! A $4.9 million British Challenger tank was destroyed by an FPV drone that cost no more than $10,000. The cost was unmatched, and the results showed Russian superiority in using low-cost technology with high efficiency. The surviving Ukrainian tank crew was seen fleeing the scene. A Russian soldier also documented the targeting of an American Stryker vehicle. The armored vehicle was destroyed and then abandoned with eight Ukrainian servicemen’s bodies near it. The operation turned out to be a dismal failure, as the Russian army treated the Ukrainian armored vehicles as if they were targets in a shooting practice with details supported by evidence. Russian Spetsnaz drone operators destroyed the Ukrainian mine-clearing vehicle. They didn’t stop there, as their drones immediately detected the Ukrainian armored convoy and destroyed it. The scene revealed utter devastation among Zelensky’s troops. Furthermore, Russian drone operators cheered as they watched the Ukrainian T-72 tank being blown into the air and were very happy about this achievement. Despite this, several surviving enemy tank crews attempted to flee, and one crew member, who was slightly burned, apparently rushed to the surrounding area to find water to put out the fire. In a desperate adventure, Zelensky launched a military operation on Russian territory, in a last-ditch effort to achieve success on the ground, but it turned out to be a disaster. The Kiev regime wasted equipment and human lives to speed up the process. Even as their troops tried to evacuate their wounded comrades, Russian drones relentlessly monitored and pursued them. Ukrainian troops tried to break through the Kursk defenses with armored vehicles and combat vehicles, but Russian troops were well prepared, destroying most of them quickly and accurately, causing heavy losses for Ukraine.
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  4153. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Drone footage of Russian troops returning to duty on Sunday, showed military vehicles scattered and filling the streets of Plekhovo village, after its complete liberation on the night of December 7, as reported by Russian Marines from the 810th Brigade. Plekhovo, located south of the main Ukrainian stronghold of Sudzha in Kursk region, was almost completely liberated in November, but Ukrainian troops took control of local farms located on the outskirts, holding out there for a long time, preventing Russian troops from reaching one of the main logistics routes in the region. Eventually, “Russia advances, even Ukraine retreats”, surrounded and trapped in Plekhovo, in a hybrid war that Pentagon is unofficially waging against Moscow, and amid rumors that Kiev will receive new weapons in mid-January 2025. NATO weapons and vehicles assist them achieve this goal, but it will not help! In fact, they suffer serious losses and are turning into a dumping ground for damaged and destroyed equipment in Plekhovo. Many of the military equipment was left behind by fleeing Ukrainian soldiers on the streets and near the village, while bodies were scattered there for the unfortunate ones. Several vehicles were recognizable in the drone footage, some as “scrap metal”, and the slightly damaged ones as “trophies” for Russia from the nearly 50 scattered vehicles. The Russian 810th Marine Brigade showed such losses as Turkish BMC Kirpi, from the US a pair of International MaxxPro MRAP, a pair of Humvee, M113 APC and Cougar 4x4 MRAP. While Ukrainian Army’s BTR-4 Bucephalus IFV, also suffered a bad fate along with their vehicle counterparts. Now, after a relatively long lull in which the line of contact did not expand significantly, Russian troops are advancing towards the small town of Sudzha from the south, while developing operations towards Guevo-Kurilovka from the west to eliminate Ukrainian troops, who fled after Plekhovo liberation. Intercepted radio communications reveal the desperate pleas of Ukrainian soldiers surrounded in Plekhovo – trapped and betrayed. The promised evacuation never happened because the command left the entire unit to its fate. Thus, Russian fighters did not force the events and systematically pushed the enemy out. The capture of the settlements around Plekhovo is only about of time!
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  4157. As we head into fall and winter, the situation continues to worsen for Ukraine. The biggest developments have happened outside the locus of the conflict itself, but rather in the geopolitical scene where Ukraine is faced with a disastrous loss of financial support. The U.S. House of Representatives has just removed its Speaker for the first time in history, primarily over his secret side deal with Biden to get funding to Ukraine. Some of the current options on the table for his replacement would spell disaster for Ukraine as they are all staunchly anti-funding Republicans. The West has never looked weaker, not only in general, but specifically vis a vis their support for Ukraine. All of their recent attempts at portraying a unified front look increasingly hollow and desperate. - Simplicius FABOULOUS ARRIVAL of unstoppable FAB-500 bombs on Ukrainian positions scorch the enemy in above video, with blinding massive blasts obliterating everything in its path, as Kiev's regime suffers up to 290 soldiers as casualties in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine). Up to 170 cannon fodder either killed or injured in Kupyansk, East Ukraine, up to 45 and 2 armored vehicles destroyed in Kherson (ex-Ukraine), more than 35 killed by Russian forces in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ OCT 4 An amazing and most risky work of the moment when Russian a soldier from the 40th Brigade of the Pacific Marine Fleet, move alone to finish off 5 Ukrainian soldiers in a trench on the northwestern outskirts of Novomayorsky, Donetsk region. The soldier, the best in the sniper department managed to fight off the enemy force, taking out a Ukrainian group, who poorly trained. - Military Tube Today Something big is about to happen in Ukraine. Is Putin about to launch a pre-winter offensive now that Ukraine has exhausted all of its resources? Logistical signs are showing newly built railway tracks and large troop movements on the Russian side. Also multiple reports over the past 48 hours show an increased number of young Ukrainian men racing to get the hell out of Ukraine. - Redacted Ukraine Fatigue Is Worrying NATO Elites – and So They Should Be On both sides of the Atlantic, there is now discernible fatigue and anger among citizens over the bottomless money pit that is NATO’s proxy war in Ukraine against Russia. The disgraceful adulation of a Nazi war criminal by the whole Canadian parliament in a perverse show of solidarity with Ukraine against Russia has helped focus public attention on the obscenity of the NATO proxy war. All that largesse that is billed to U.S. and European taxpayers has resulted in a slaughter in Europe not seen since the Second World War – and a failed Ukrainian state. And of course huge profits for the NATO military-industrial complex that bankrolls the elite politicians. What the conflict in Ukraine has demonstrated clearly to the Western public is just how morally bankrupt their governments and media have become. American and European elitist leaders may kid themselves a little longer by pretending there is no weariness and fatigue over their proxy war against Russia. The more they pretend the greater the eventual crash and downfall from public anger. - LewRockwell Putin: They are trying to replace international law with order. What order? Based on some rules. What rules? What rules are these? Who invented them? I don't understand it at all. It's just bullshit, nonsense! But it's what they're trying to instill in the minds of millions of people. We have to live by the rules. What rules? And in general, our Western colleagues, especially those from the United States, do not just set arbitrary rules. But they also teach them - who and how they should fulfill them, who and how they should behave in general. All this is done and said, as a rule, in a frankly boorish form. This is the same manifestation of colonial thinking. All the time we hear: you must, you are obliged, we are seriously warning you. Who are you people? What right do you have to warn anyone? - Forwarded from Slavyangrad (Sergey Slessarenko) HORRIFIED SCREAMS as bodies of cadets lay on floor, blood and limbs of injured and dead gushing everywhere following US-backed TERROR attack on Syrian military graduation ceremony in Homs, Syria. Even Syrian soldier, no stranger to terror, fixes hands on head in shocked disbelief as he wades through rows of bodies. Just as families of Syrian Army servicemen gather to honor brave fight against terrorism, criminals attack event, turning celebration into TERRIFYING TRAGEDY. - Intel Report SWEET SYRIAN REVENGE: Feel the anger and vengeance in every THUNDERING blast, as Syrian Army launches retaliatory strikes against terrorist positions in Idlib, Syria's last terrorist stronghold. Strikes came in response to attack on military ceremony in Homs, whose death toll has risen to over 80 people - 6 of them children and 6 women. - Intel Report As a result of powerful counterattack by Russian Armed Forces, Ukrainian forces were decimated in the "Killing Zone" Rabotino on Zaporozhye front. Russian forces held an advantageous position after intensifying attacks. While many remnants of Ukrainian equipment and personnel were killed, it ended in defeat and setbacks. - Military Tube Today Blasts shatter the night calm as Russian air defense systems destroy Ukrainian drone over pre-war Russian Belgorod region. Russian air defense systems shoot down six Ukrainian drones. - Intel Report
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  4163. Footage shows damage blazing destruction to building of terrorist Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Dnepropetrovsk, Central Ukraine following Russia's missile strike. -Intel Report The Russian Defense Ministry has reported intense combat across the frontlines as Kiev continues its counteroffensive Ukrainian troops have suffered heavy casualties as they continue their counteroffensive across the front line, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday. Over the past 24 hours, Kiev’s forces have lost hundreds of military personnel and multiple Western-supplied armor pieces, including German-made Leopard 2 tanks and French-made AMX-10 wheeled fighting vehicles, the military said in its daily briefing. Intense combat continued near the village of Rabotino in Zaporozhye Region, where a major battle had occurred the previous day, the military noted. The Ukrainian forces lost up to 180 servicemen and three Leopard 2 tanks, failing to dislodge the Russian forces from their positions, they added. The Kiev forces also lost two AMX-10s in the Rabotino area. Separately, unverified footage online showed a damaged truck of the same type captured in the Russian city of Mariupol. No official information about the trophy was immediately available. In the Lugansk People’s Republic, Russian forces continued their offensive effort near the town of Krasny Liman, advancing between 1.5km and 3km deep into Ukrainian positions at various locations. A total of 90 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled and towed howitzers, as well as other hardware were destroyed in the area, according to the Russian military. The Ukrainian military launched its long-heralded counteroffensive in early June, but have so far failed to achieve any tangible results, instead sustaining heavy casualties in personnel and Western-supplied equipment.
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  4172. US EXPECTS RUSSIAN "TACTICAL GAINS" in coming months admits John "I hate peace" Kirby who does his best to make reporters think Russia only maintains "some" offensive capability while letting slip that Pentagon’s preparing for Ukraine to lose more ground soon. - Intel Report Russian Army going for the jugular as Civilian shelling Ukes getting destroyed all along the Front! BLASTED BUILDINGS BATHED IN EERIE LIGHT (left vid) as ruined homes stand in Donetsk City, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) after Kiev army launches shells at civilians that leave ruins in their wake. Rescue crews work overtime to shift rubble (right vid) as they work to rescue survivors trapped underneath devastated houses. - Intel Report "YOU HAVE WAR STRATEGY - WE HAVE PEACE STRATEGY" states Hungarian PM Orban as he schools Western presstitutes attempting to throw shade at him for daring to meet with Putin. Orban promptly shuts down questions about his reluctance to give Nazi Kiev regime cash as he's forced to repeat that he wants PEACE not war, stating he will let EU use "Peace Fund" money on Mad Vlad Zelensky but only after Ukraine explains exactly what they'll spend euros. - Intel Report Russia suddenly began nuclear drills and successfully tested its ability to launch a massive retaliatory nuclear attack from land-based silos, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile RS-24 Yars, Tula nuclear submarine launching R-29RMU Sineva, and from Tupolev Tu-95MS Tu long-range bomber. Intensive nuclear attack drills are undertaken in response to an aggressor's nuclear attack. - Military Tube Today "WEST INCITING KIEV REGIME" to continue war states Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov as he brushes aside claims that Russia doesn’t want peace, stating Moscow doesn’t avoid negotiations but Mad Vlad Zelensky hasn’t yet offered "serious proposal". EU's already worried sick about its appalling military production - how much longer till West runs out of steam and forces Mad Vlad to negotiating table? - Intel Report Per news today, Iran War Drums are now beating for the West Warmongers. Big MISTAKE as no way will Russia allow Iran's destruction by Nulandistan!
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  4177. Remember when the narrative was that it was Russia totally reliant on Western-supplied parts in its weaponry? Here an American general literally admits the entire U.S. military structure would collapse in a day if China issued an embargo against them: If we were in a war with China and it stopped providing parts, we wouldn't be able to build the planes and weapons we needed,' he said. A startling report released earlier this year revealed Chinese firms have a stranglehold across 12 critical technologies that are vital to US national security, including nuclear modernization, hypersonic and space technologies. The study, which was carried out by defense software firm Govini, delivered a damning indictment on the American armaments industry. 'U.S. domestic production capacity is a shriveled shadow of its former self,' 'Crucial categories of industry for U.S. national defense are no longer built in any of the 50 states.' How the tides have turned. It seems the West is slowly coming to its awakening moment: it stands no chance in a long term conflict against the manufacturing powerhouse of the Russia-China-North Korea-Iran bloc. In the meantime, Russia continues to build up its military potential and asymmetrically respond to the West’s aggression. On top of that, Putin has now announced that Russia may resume manufacturing medium range ballistic missiles—precisely the kinds banned by the previous INF treaty which the U.S. abrogated: Russia has now stated the West is in danger of having its ties officially downgraded in their entirety by Russia: As many know, Russia moves very slowly—slow to saddle, fast to ride, as the mot goes—but when it does, it moves with heavy, enduring consequence. As I said, all the while, Russia is building up its resources and offensive potential. Unlike the West’s own dismal showing and inability to translate platitudes into action, Russia is sticking to its plans and promises: Russian missiles wiped out another officer’s billet in Kharkov, killing at least 15 AFU and wounding dozens more. The Russian rear strikes are doing massive damage—here’s another from today which blew away an entire Ukrainian train said to be full of armaments and Western gear: - Simplicius
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  4181. When Empires Whisper: Clinton’s Forgotten Promise to Yeltsin Back in July (5th) 1994, Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s embattled president, asked his American counterpart, Bill Clinton, for a favor: intercede for the rights of Russian-speaking minorities in the Baltic states. Yeltsin’s plea was simple yet urgent, protect the millions of ethnic Russians stranded in newly independent Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania after the Soviet collapse. Clinton, in a polished display of Cold War-era politicking, promised to "address" the issue. But promises, as history has shown, are cheap in the West’s rules-based order. Fast forward nearly three decades, and we see the real fruits of that broken promise. The Russian-speaking populations in the Baltics have been systematically marginalized… stripped of citizenship, voting rights, and even the ability to use their language in public spheres. NATO expansion swept over the region like a bulldozer, erasing Clinton’s assurances as mere footnotes in a broader campaign to encircle Russia. In the context of the SMO, the Baltic precedent underscores Russia’s legitimate concerns about the rights of her people and the creeping militarization of its borders. This wasn’t just about the Baltics, it was the opening act in a Western playbook designed to encroach on Moscow’s sphere of influence, from Ukraine to Georgia and beyond. The current conflict isn’t a "surprise"; it’s the culmination of decades of broken promises and deliberate provocations. The West claims to champion human rights, yet turned a blind eye to ethnic cleansing-by-bureaucracy in the Baltics. Clinton’s empty assurances to Yeltsin reveal the true nature of the so-called rules-based order: rules for some, chaos for others. NATO didn’t stop at the Baltics; it aimed straight for Ukraine, igniting the proxy war we see today. But the SMO has flipped the script. Russia isn’t just addressing NATO’s provocations, it’s dismantling the empire’s entire façade of credibility. The plight of Russian-speaking minorities in the Baltics reminds the world of what’s at stake: the battle for sovereignty against a decaying unipolar system. The West’s lies, from Yeltsin’s era to today, are collapsing under the weight of their hypocrisy. The SMO is much more than a mere military campaign, it’s a historical reckoning. Russia is standing up for its people, its borders, and the very principle of national dignity that the West claims to defend but systematically destroys. Clinton promised Yeltsin action. Instead, he delivered NATO troops, anti-Russian rhetoric, and policies designed to erase Russian identity. The West has made its choice. Now, the multipolar world is making its move. - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  4199. Nine civilians were killed by Ukrainian forces during their retreat from a village in Russia's Kursk Region, the Russian Investigative Committee has claimed. Six of the civilian victims had gunshot wounds, including an elderly woman who was shot in the head, the committee’s spokesperson has said. The Russian authorities have released a video depicting investigators examining the scene of the crime, as well as blurred pictures of several bodies. The Ukrainian military launched an incursion into internationally recognized Russian territory last August, most of which has since been liberated by Moscow's troops. In a statement on Thursday, committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said that investigators probing Ukrainian terrorist attacks in Kursk Region “found the bodies of nine civilians with injuries pointing to a violent death as they inspected private residential areas in the settlement of Makhnovka.” According to the official, “no later than in March 2025, Ukrainian servicemen deliberately shelled” residential buildings in the area. The type of damage sustained by the buildings indicates that they had come under artillery fire, Petrenko added. “Six bodies have gunshot wounds,” she said, with one victim identified as an “elderly woman shot in the head.” According to Russian officials, eyewitness accounts indicated that specific orders had been issued to Ukrainian troops to kill civilians. The Russian authorities cited cases of “targeted shelling of residential buildings in Sudzha,” with Kiev’s forces looting and setting fire to civilian homes. - RT
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  4219. Will a new Speaker of the House solve our problems? No. Our biggest problem is our financial and moral bankruptcy, which has been brewing for over 100 years since the creation of the Fed and the rise of the Progressive era. But finally, we see Members responding to rising anger among the electorate over the financing of another forever war – this time with a nuclear superpower! Finally, we see Members saying “enough” to demands for even more money for the US empire. It’s a good start and we should do all we can to encourage it.- LewRockwell Russian forces advancing towards key town in bid to cut Ukrainian supplies. Watch missiles race toward enemy in vid as Russian army fights for Berdychi (see map), Donetsk (ex-Ukraine) to block Ukrainian supplies heading to Avdeevka, from where Kiev shells civilians in Donetsk. - Intel Report Rats are jumping the ship! Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky did not address the Romanian Parliament during his visit to the EU state on Tuesday. Local media reports suggested that the speech had been inexplicably canceled. - RT Avdeevka battle on the most fortified Donetsk front, Russian forces began the offensive phase after a long time. Apart from artillery and tanks, combat works from several types of helicopters like Mi-28NM accompanied by Mi-8, as well as Mi-35 transport and attack helicopter storming the enemy with Izdeliye-305 missiles. The result, several destructions of positions and disruption of communications of Ukrainian troops occurred. - Military Tube Today The unchecked delivery of Western weapons to Ukraine has resulted in a large amount of these arms ending up in the hands of organized criminal groups and extremists around the world, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has again claimed. - RT
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  4223. As I expected, Washington is moving the conflict toward Iran. Washington chose this moment to escalate in order to direct the news away from Israel’s trial in the International Court of Justice. Regardless, Washington’s neoconservatives intended escalation from the beginning of the Israeli-Hamas war. It has been clear to me since 9/11 in 2001 that neoconservative dominance in Washington guaranteed we were on a road to escalation that would eventually reach Armageddon. The world is going to be victimized by the incapacity of the American political and intellectual classes to think clearly and honestly. We are approaching Armageddon because US foreign policy serves Israeli expansion, not peace. Washington has now launched air and naval attacks on Yemen. Sadeh, Zubaydah, Abs, Bani, Sana, Hudaydah, and Taiz have been attacked by American forces, initiating yet another war without Congressional approval, a branch of the US government emptied of power. The price of oil increased in response to the American attacks. Oil kingdoms, such as Saudi Arabia and Oman, are beginning to feel rocky as a result of their alignment with Washington against the Houthis. The White House fool says it is the Houthis’ attacks that are reckless, not Washington’s. The New York Times and the rest of the Western media have gone to work placing all blame on the Houthis. The Houthis have announced that as a result of the US/UK strikes on Yemen “all American and British interests have become legitimate targets.” You can see where this is going. - LewRockwell
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  4224. Front lines are collapsing for the Ukrainian army, whole units surrendering. Top commanders are fired. Faced with complete disarray of the U.S.-NATO instigated war in Ukraine, U.S. militarists are doubling down. U.S. efforts to dismember Russia appear to have utterly failed. Economic sanctions, price caps, the protracted war on Russia’s border and tens of billions of dollars, along with hundreds of U.S. and other NATO member troops sent as trainers, plus mercenary contractors can’t hold the corrupt Ukrainian military machine together. The statements promoting strikes with the U.S.-supplied weapons to targets inside Russia are being made directly by President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who is a former prime minister of Norway, but acts as if he were a U.S. official. All these elaborate plans would be dashed if Ukrainian defense lines crumbled before the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C. This 75th anniversary NATO Summit is a grand plan to showcase U.S. and Western imperialist dominance. Zelensky’s effort to call a “Peace Summit” on June 15 and 16 in Lucerne, Switzerland, exposes Ukraine’s dwindling support. The “Peace Summit” bars Russian participation. The effort is so flimsy that not even Biden is bothering to attend. The Rand Corporation, a powerful think tank for the major military industries, confirms the cynical calculations that justify war profits, regardless of the danger. Rather than reassess their deteriorating global position, U.S. strategists seem determined to put the fate of the world at risk. - LewRockwell
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  4227. Kiev’s gamble to invade Russia has ended up in an unmitigated disaster, the president has said The Russian military has completely liberated the border Kursk Region from Ukrainian forces, President Vladimir Putin has said after being briefed on the battlefield situation by General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov. In a video address shared by the Kremlin on Saturday, Putin thanked Russian service members “who took part in defeating the neo-Nazi groups” that invaded the region last summer. “The Kiev regime’s adventure has completely failed, and the huge losses suffered by the enemy, including among the most combat-ready, trained and equipped, including by Western models of equipment… will certainly be reflected along the entire line of combat contact,” he said. According to Putin, the Russian success sets the stage for further advances in other areas of the front, bringing final victory in the conflict closer. The Russian president praised several units that took active part in first stalling the Ukrainian incursion and then pushing the enemy forces back. He particularly lauded volunteers from the 11th Airborne Assault Brigade, 30th Rifle Regiment and the Akhmat Special Forces unit who infiltrated deep into Kiev-controlled territory via an underground pipeline near the town of Sudzha. The daring operation led to a complete crumbling of Ukrainian defenses. According to Gerasimov, total Ukrainian losses during the Kursk incursion amounted to more than 76,000 servicemen killed and wounded, as well as more than 7,700 units of military equipment lost, including 412 tanks, and 340 infantry fighting vehicles, and 314 armored personnel carriers. - RT
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  4232. The first thing that jumped out at me as I listened to the Tucker Carlson-Vladimir Putin interview is that Putin is 100 times more intellectually capable than President Joe Biden. No wonder Biden won’t take his call. It says a lot that the terrible people who run the United States wanted to prevent Carlson from conducting the interview, and then to hinder it from being made available to the American public. Many, including Carlson himself, expressed frustration that the Russian President began with a history lesson, going back to the founding of the Kievan Rus state in 882. I suspect this was Putin’s sly way of expressing a salient point that has long struck me about we Americans—namely, while our government is ever keen to send weapons and armies all over the world to police mankind, we find it onerous to sit through a 30-minute history lesson about the people and places we wish to control. Russia is, in Churchill’s formulation, “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” and it has always been governed by an authoritarian state. Nevertheless, with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, there is plenty of evidence that Russia wished to cease living in a state of enmity with the United States. Russia is, in Churchill’s formulation, “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” and it has always been governed by an authoritarian state. Nevertheless, with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, there is plenty of evidence that Russia wished to cease living in a state of enmity with the United States. To me, it seems clear it was the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex, and NOT Russia, that wished to maintain this state of enmity, for without it, there would be little justification for the U.S. government to spend hundreds of billions on weapons goodies such as the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II—a program that started in 1995 and (if DoD accountants are to be believed) has cost U.S. taxpayers about 500 billion. - Courageous Discourse
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  4254. Biden called up the brute force of our navy: eight strike fighter squadrons, in addition to electronic warfare, airborne early warning aircraft, transport aircraft, and helicopters totaling upwards of 150 aircraft. The carriers’ cruiser and destroyer escorts are all Aegis warships. Sitting off the shores of Palestine fighting men, women, and children running around in sandals without water, food or electricity. Attacking Yemen was pure insanity. It simply means attacks on US soldiers stationed across the Middle East will ramp up exponentially. Destroying West Bank homes, Israel has now targeted the PLO for retaliation. And it begins to look as though Netanyahu is suffering from severe psychosis – the same mania that drove the Nazi’s and destroyed the Nazi’s. The Western wars have historically been ‘preemptive’, according to the US and UK intelligensia. Israel is making this same claim. The US/UK attacks on Yemen are now also under this false guise as was the bombing of Syria. The UN is powerless. NATO is powerless. These organizations are simply props. A false sense of unity and security that is delusional and/or an illusion. The World Economic Forum recognized this when saying that ‘government is obsolete’. Meaning it doesn’t exist. We are paying government nearly $5 trillion every year while Stakeholders make all the decisions and run the roost. The system is broken. Stakeholders have no obligation to adhere to Law. And will subjugate The People while Congress plays parcheesi. The only way to get a judicial system back is to extract the Stakeholder Control. - LewRockwell
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  4260. The ceasefire agreement comes just a day after Ukraine launched the largest drone attack on Moscow of the entire war, with an estimated 400-500 drones, almost all of which were shot down, the remainder hitting civilian apartment blocks. It appears to have been made for no better reason than scoring much-needed political points for Trump, who now wallows in a post-euphoric doldrums phase of his floundering second term, when virtually every one of his campaign promises has faltered or flopped. Desperate for a razzle-dazzle to slap points on the scoreboard, Trump’s team tipped this rushed ‘ceasefire’ deal for being just the trick. Except, it’s about the most nonsensically absurd ceasefire attempt imaginable, a veritable charade by another name. It comes a day after Ukraine’s massive drone provocation, meant specifically to spoil the ceasefire by making Russia look like the bad guy, after Russia rightfully rejects the deal. It comes in the midst of one of the largest frontline collapses of the war, as Ukrainian troops are being battered, decimated, and driven out of Kursk. It comes with zero ‘concessions’ or offers to Russia itself, but huge reward to Ukraine in the form of the reactivation of all weapons shipments, aid, and intelligence sharing. It comes when Ukraine still controls some Kursk territory, which is an obvious common sense non-starter for Russia. This isn’t normal. It appears intended to fail by design, to transfer the onus onto Russia as the spurner of ‘peace’, so that a new round of pro-Ukrainian military support can be galvanized. Afterwards, Trump stated that he hopes Russia will agree, but that if it doesn’t, “we’ll just have to keep fighting.” As someone else aptly put it: If we don't get Russia to cease fire, we'll just keep fighting and supplying Ukraine - Donald Trump. In both versions of "peace", the US will supply it. In one of them, they will also buy Ukraine a month to regroup Think about those choices from Russia’s perspective. Trump has already resumed supplies to Ukraine. So, Russia either gives Ukraine a 30-day reprieve while it gets fully restocked by the US, or Russia continues fighting as Ukraine gets restocked. Why would Russia possibly choose the former? Rubio’s reasoning: “Russia should make a gesture of good will.” What else is clear is that the ceasefire was so “rapidly” and suddenly hammered out just as Zelensky’s last trump card fell away, with Kursk being all but buttoned-up at this point. Russians With Attitude reminds us: Scott Ritter underscores the above: I’ve lost faith in the good faith of the Trump negotiating team. A 30-day ceasefire would be a boon to Ukraine. A chance to stabilize the frontlines. To strip all tactical and operational advantages Russia has accrued through the blood and sacrifice of their soldiers. And once Ukraine recovers, then to sit at a table where a rejuvenated Ukraine rejects Russia’s conditions for peace. Trump’s team has not negotiated in good faith. And the fact that this proposal is offered after Ukraine carries out a massive strike against Moscow? Russia will reject this ridiculous proposal. And hopefully escalate the violence to such a scale that the US will realize that there needs to be a realistic peace proposal agreed to in writing before any ceasefire takes hold. One that includes the withdrawal of all Ukrainian forces from Constitutional Russia. The Ukrainian troops can leave voluntarily. Or die. Trump isn’t serious about peace. And Ukraine will reap the whirlwind as a result. Putin, for his part, has already clearly articulated in 2024 what it would take for an actual ceasefire, which apparently no one has bothered to listen to: - Simplicius
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  4284. According to the report, at least 5,399 civilians suffered from “Ukrainian aggression” last year, with 809 killed, including 51 children – the youngest being a four-month-old girl. On average, at least 15 civilians were reported as victims of Ukrainian military actions daily. The report said that in total, there were over 87,880 recorded cases of Russian civilian targets being hit last year. “On average, 240 strikes were carried out daily over the year, using the entire available arsenal of weapons supplied by the West at the expense of taxpayers of these countries,” the document stated. The Ukrainian military predominantly used 155mm NATO artillery shells equipped with fragmentation, high-explosive, and cluster munitions, according to Rodion Miroshnik, the official tasked by the Russian Foreign Ministry to record alleged Ukrainian atrocities. Kiev also repeatedly engaged in “energy and nuclear terrorism,” according to the report, citing repeated attempts to attack the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and nearby infrastructure in Energodar. Kiev also deliberately targeted ambulances, medical facilities, and medical institutions, thus violating international law. According to the report, Ukrainian drones often hovered over impact sites, targeting rescuers and medics to increase the casualties and deny victims access to lifesaving aid. The report further documented a “large number of attacks” on churches, monasteries, and sacred buildings of the Russian Orthodox Church in frontline zones, resulting in casualties among clergy, parishioners, and novices. In 2024 alone, the Russian authorities completed 163 criminal investigations involving 185 Ukrainian servicemen and foreign mercenaries accused of crimes against civilians, the report concluded. - RT
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  4290. So much assurance without even a shred of proof presented. It’s actually incredible when you step back a moment and consider how the West lives increasingly in a total fantasy construct. On every global issue or flashpoint, Western media no longer exercises even the barest scruples, instead blanketly reporting the most fantastical tales with zero corroboration. In Iran we’re expected to believe Israel “decimated” the entire Iranian air defense network, countless major labs and buildings, despite zero proof apart from a single grainy satellite photo that shows a slight discoloration somewhere—far less proof than we got from Iran’s much more massive strike on Israeli bases during True Promise 2.0. In Georgia, Western press reports with shameless authority that the election was ‘stolen’ despite no credible evidence. Threats, lies, and propaganda are flung with no accountability or attempt at justification; it seems we’ve entered the rapid parabolic singularity point of the ‘post-truth’ era in the West. Western intelligentsia and its corrupt crony political class must now likewise balloon their brazen lies to infinity just to keep from drowning in them as if the buoyancy of volume will keep them up. It seems obvious that Kiev is creating a preemptive excuse for their imminent loss of Kursk and the total catastrophic failure of the Kursk operation. In order to excuse and justify the massive failure, can conjure the ‘North Korean phantom menace’ to claim “we only lost because Russia introduced a surprise shock force of 10,000 North Korean special forces!” - Simplicius
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  4305. As if set off by the chain of recent diplomatic failures, Ukraine’s Kursk front has initiated a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or in other words, a catastrophic collapse. The picture emerging is not an optimistic one for Ukraine, with prominent figures now squealing about ‘unprecedented’ losses. Ex-Aidar Deputy Commander Ihor Mosiychuk reported that the Martynovka garrison was just about entirely destroyed: In short, the losses are likely sky-high, and lots of POW captures attest to this as well, with new videos coming in by the hour: A convoy was also destroyed from the air as it was trying to escape, after it reached a ‘deadend’ in the form of a bridge that Russian strikes had already disabled: But the biggest story that emerged from the ongoing events of the past few days has been the now-legendary gas pipeline infiltration By all accounts, the operation succeeded in releasing an assault team of several companies (400+ men according to one account) behind enemy lines, which kicked off the rout; things went downhill from there. In the process of losing their minds, regime apologists the world over were forced to attest to the effectiveness of the daring subterranean raid op: The AFU lost about 33% of their Kursk holdings in a day: Trump says US has 'almost' ended pause in sharing intelligence on Ukraine — Bloomberg This makes an important point: how can Russia possibly trust its most dire and existential security guarantees to such a flip-flopping administration, which can promise one thing and deliver another moments later? It only goes to show that Russia should ignore all overtures and flourishes from Trump and his team and continue prosecuting the campaign to its finish. There is simply no fool-proof deals to be had with an exceptionalist, schizophrenic US at the terminal stage of its Imperial arc. Lieutenant General Apti Alaudinov delivers a brilliant motivational speech to the fighters of the Akhmat special forces. Operation Pipe turned the tide of battles in the Kursk region, allowed to catch the enemy by surprise and sow panic in the enemy ranks. Over the past 2 days, many prisoners have been taken, significant territories have been liberated, and the encirclement of the entire Ukrainian Armed Forces group in the Kursk region is approaching. - Simplicius
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  4311. [Great Response from Medvedev and Maria!] Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has vehemently rejected the EU’s demand that Moscow return gold that it claims belongs to Romania, describing it as “impudence.” On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on Moscow to send back 91.5 metric tons of gold and cultural artifacts that were exported to the Russian Empire in 1916-1917 by Romania. Writing on his social media page on Friday, Medvedev, who currently serves as the deputy chairman of Russia’s National Security Council, stated that “I don’t even know how to respond to such impudence.” ”The EU has stolen $300 billion worth of Russian assets and is now demanding that Russia return gold to Romania. There is nothing to say except f*** off,” Medvedev wrote. Previously, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova had pointed out that in 1935, the USSR had already returned a portion of the valuables to Romania as a “sign of good will.” She also recalled that the Soviet Union had forgiven Romania all of its debts for the “troubles and destruction” that it caused in Russia during World War II, when Bucharest was an ally of Nazi Germany. That was “despite all the atrocities that Hitler’s Romanian allies committed on our land. And this is no less than $300 million in reparations, i.e., if converted to today’s money, it would be something in the region of $4 billion,” Zakharova wrote on her official Telegram channel. The spokeswoman went on to state that if these Romanian debts to Russia and the Soviet Union were expressed in terms of bullion, they would be equivalent to 1,365–1,665 tons of gold, which is “20-25 times more than Romania’s entire gold reserve that was sent to Russia in 1916-1917.” Zakharova claimed that Romania was now using “Russophobic platforms, such as the European Parliament, which is ready for any excuse to force onto us its century-old phantom debts.” She suggested that Bucharest’s demand may be part of a desperate attempt to fix the “deplorable situation” in Romania’s “national economy, against the backdrop of farm strikes throughout the country. - RT
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  4312. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian troops have taken control of the entire Grodovka on the Pokrovsk direction, which is a fairly large settlement in terms of area, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on October 7, 2024. This section of the front in the Donetsk region is the area of responsibility of the "Center" Group of Forces, and due to their decisive actions, the offensive of the Kiev troops was repulsed even amidst the loud noise of Zelensky's "Victory Plan" together with Western partners. One by one, the territories fell into the hands of the Russian Armed Forces at a rapid pace, capturing the last part of Grodovka, key point between the Donetsk front towards Pokrovsk. During the day, the Russian assault forces advanced, capturing the last part of the Grodovka area still under Ukrainian control, and cleared it. They stormed the Ukrainian fortifications defended it with machine guns, firing at the Russians with heavy machine guns during fierce fighting. The Ukrainians also made ten counterattack attempts, which were defended by about two hundred soldiers remaining in the settlement, but all enemy attacks were repulsed. In a day, fighters of the Russian group inflicted damage on several enemy motorized infantry and paratrooper brigades, losses in manpower amounted to hundreds of soldiers killed and wounded. Russian fighters also destroyed various Ukrainian-NATO equipment, including the last armored vehicle in Grodovka, the American Bradley. The Center Group's drone recorded the movement of the vehicle, the first FPV drone made a devastating strike, after which the crew inside it abandoned their armored vehicle. The second hit the roof, and the third hit right inside the vehicle. The success of the fiery actions of the Russian military was noted not only in the Grodovka sector of the front, but also in almost all other sectors. While the Ukrainian-Western units were forced to take more advantageous positions at the moment. Therefore, the Russian command will try to take advantage of the opportunities presented before the autumn thaw restricts maneuver and the enemy comes to his senses. Generally, these prerequisites are strong enough to indicate that the Russian military is on the verge of a major breakthrough and attempts to launch a new offensive are underway, this month is expected to be hot!
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  4325. “Zelensky's situation can be compared to the humiliation of the King of Prussia, who in 1807 was ordered to stand on the bank and wait for Napoleon and Tsar Alexander to meet on a raft on the river in Tilsit.” Things are moving ahead even more swiftly than imagined. The Ukraine-US honeymoon is officially over as Trump and Zelensky unleashed scathing new attacks against each other, which can only precipitate fatal repercussions for Zelensky’s career in the near future. After Zelensky’s critical statements aimed at Trump’s claims of stolen money, Trump fired back with this shocking censure, which called Zelensky a dictator: US Vice President JD Vance warns Zelensky he will regret 'bashing' Trump and condemns the Ukrainian president's 'appalling' response to peace talks, the Daily Mail reports. 'The idea that Zelensky is going to change the president's mind by smearing him in the media - anyone who knows the president will tell you that's a disgusting way to deal with this administration,' Vance said. Few have expected the speed with which Zelensky’s regime has worn out its welcome. Now Zelensky has no choice but to cling to his final holdfast of the ever-narrowing and isolated European elite circle, that same Vampire ball, which had just gathered in Paris days ago. The European tyrants who have squandered their citizens lives, destroying Europe’s future, turning a once bright-and-bustling civilization into a dystopian failed state overrun by migrants and skyrocketing prices—these elites have emerged as the scared, retreating figures now trying desperately to shield Zelensky beneath their skirt as the overwhelming concensus builds to loom deafeningly before them. It’s absurd to deny Zelensky’s legitimacy after he literally forewent presidential elections, but it’s not absurd to openly deny the legitimacy of Romanian and Georgian elections with zero evidence of interference? The putrid Eurocrats have lofted to new heights of hypocrisy for all the world to see. Their increasingly shrinking coven becomes less and less relevant by the day, as they destroy the last crumbs of their credibility desperately shielding a blood-soaked despot. - Simplicius
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  4326. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Thrilling footage shows Russian troops advancing, retaking the village of Obukhovka in the Kursk region, and they took control of the settlement in the first 24 hours of the fighting, while Ukrainian militants who remained in the surrounding forest belt were crushed. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage of the assault on October 6, 2024, showing a platoon-scale mechanized assault by the 155th Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet, the fighting is taking place along the forest line southeast of Obukhovka, where Zelensky's troops have temporarily taken refuge. Supported by ATGM and drones, five marines take up this position, three of them carrying out a shooting attack, while the other two come from the opposite side. This is not a mobile war, but a real war, where Russian marines enter the assault group, storming houses. Due to continuous monitoring using UAV, it was possible to detect the main points of resistance, and drive the enemy away from their strongholds, the houses of Russian residents. Immediate action was taken including a successful direct hit of an anti-tank missile from a distance of several meters from the first house in the village. Meanwhile, Russian drone operators gave them molotov cocktails, driving out those who were hiding in panic in forest plantations, disabling them and destroying military equipment. During the storming, Kiev's troops resisted, not wanting to give up their positions and tried to counterattack, but the Ukrainians did not succeed. Despite all the means, with 120-mm mines, cluster bombs, kamikaze drones, and continuous shelling, Russian troops held the village for three days. When reinforcements arrived, the Marines now managed to clear Obukhovka after an assault on the nearby forest area, which deactivated about 35 militants, and the survivors surrendered. As a result of fierce fighting, trophies were collected in Obukhovka. The marines managed to seize Western-made weapons, flags of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and personal belongings of the nationalists. According to the Marines, among those killed and captured were Ukrainian border guards, Polish mercenaries, and soldiers from two brigades. We disabled them all, all of them," the commander of the assault group said.
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  4328. Western leaders stand by while the US has provided the bombs needed to destroy most of Gaza, concentrate two million of the population against an Egyptian wall, and kill over 30,000 people, the majority of which have been women and children. Last week’s US airdrops of 38,000 “meals” for 2 million starving people – starving because of our policy – is a bad joke. The US Government has funded, is funding, and the Pentagon is surging the flow of arms and munitions, soldiers and contractors to Israel’s operation in Gaza – which is to say a genocide, collective punishment, calculated extermination and removal of a population for purely political and geographic gain. Nothing that Israel is doing in Gaza or the West Bank, or in southern Lebanon and other parts of the Middle East is improving Israel’s security. For a government to cultivate and channel fear and rage, among its own population and among its neighbors, in order to fight them, is a strategy doomed to failure in the long term, and we are witnessing that unfolding failure in real time today. Israel’s reputation as a safe haven for the Jewish diaspora is collapsing, along with its economy, its brain trust, and any respect the rest of the world ever had for her. She is persona non grata in the civilized world of nations, and tomorrow will become completely irrelevant to the religious and secular alike. The US, on the other hand, is aspiring to make Israel “successful” in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon. The US governing elites prop up ideas there, and here, that are not only evil, but unworkable and unnecessary – and there is no reverse gear. - LewRockwell
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  4330. Uke losses mounting daily due to insane tactics! The handwriting has been on the wall for a long time regarding the outcome of this war! The sane clearly see this! - China's growing technological edge despite extreme measures by the US & its allies to arrest its development. - Ukraine's failing offensive is just the visual manifestation of much greater fundamental odds it and its Western sponsors cannot overcome, particularly in terms of military industrial output. - Tension on the Korean Peninsula is the result of the United States attempting to create yet another proxy conflict like in Ukraine against Russia, but this time across Asia against China. - NATO exercises meant to intimidate Russia are more posturing than any actual serious message. Posturing without the military industrial capacity to sustain the type of warfare required to defeat Russia is meaningless. The New Atlas War Channel UKRAINIAN WAR CRIME caught on cam as Russian prisoners of war (POWs) forced to walk in minefields. At 01:00, you can see Russian POWs in the distance as Kiev's troops open fire at them and apparently hit mine with thundering explosion (01:13) seen in video right next to where Russian soldiers were. Above video reportedly found on phone in Ukrainian dugout. - Intel Report Ukrainian Armed Forces strike residential area of ​​Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region (ex-Ukraine) using Western-supplied weapons. In this way 'liberating their people' apparently; 4 apartment buildings are destroyed or severely damaged, information on casualties is being confirmed. - Intel Report On Putin's instruction, several planes on their way to Libya today with doctors, rescuers, and basic necessities for thousands of flood victims. - Intel Report DRONES to make lives for Ukrainian troops and vehicles utter hell, as tiny explosive packages home in on armor and soldiers like deadly mosquitoes (00:09), all while Russian forces repel 4 Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine), routing Kiev’s forces and inflicting up to 275 casualties. Another 2 Ukrainian army attacks become utter failures in Zapoorozhye region (ex-Ukraine) with Kiev losing over 145 troops, while 2 Acacia self-propelled howitzers and up to 75 Ukrainian soldiers meet their end in Kherson region (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 14
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  4336. Donald Trump and his team enter negotiations with Russia armed with a set of false, misleading assumptions. Donald Trump reportedly continues to believe, as does his team of negotiators, that Russia is suffering economically and militarily and wants to end the war in Ukraine. This is not true, at least as far as the folks in Moscow are concerned. Russia’s objectives are clear — restore normal relations with the United States and obtain an agreement to end the threat that NATO presents to Russia. Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, and others, have been very clear in stating that Russia will not be bamboozled again into accepting a ceasefire with a promise of peace ahead. They made that mistake in halting their offensive operations after the 2015 battle in Debaltsevo as part of the Minsk II agreement. China’s is meeting fire-with-fire. As I noted in my previous post, cutting off US access to critical rare earth minerals will inflict significant damage to the US defense industry and other key technology sectors. It is not just Donald Trump who wants to increase pressure on China. There is a widespread, firm belief among many smart American politicians, business executives and academics that Russia is not a natural ally of China and that the US, in a reversal of the Nixon Doctrine — i.e., cozying up to China in order to weaken Russia — is convinced it can play the same game, only this time using Russia as a wedge against China. I will leave you with this question to debate: Who does sanctions hurt most — China or the United States. I think the United States will suffer the most. I look forward to your analytical input. - sonar21
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  4372. Putin stresses every word so West can hear determined speech above. We will definitely implement all construction plans of underwater and surface ships, we will quantitatively strengthen combat readiness of Russian Navy, our naval power in the Arctic, the Far East, the Black and Baltic Seas, and the Caspian Sea - Putin. - Intel Report Russian President Vladimir Putin inaugurated two brand-new nuclear-propelled submarines in the northern shipyard city of Severodvinsk on Monday. The two submarines, ‘Emperor Alexander III’ and ‘Krasnoyarsk,’ are set to join the Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet, Putin announced during the flag-hoisting ceremony to inaugurate the vessels. “Soon, the submarine missile carriers ‘Emperor Alexander III’ and ‘Krasnoyarsk’ will begin their service with the Pacific Fleet,” Putin stated, describing the subs as “fearsome” and “unrivaled in their classes.” - RT Russian troops are attacking Ukrainian positions in all areas along the conflict front line, the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Colonel General Aleksandr Syrsky, has said. In a Telegram post on Sunday, Syrsky acknowledged that “the operational situation in the east remains difficult” and that the Russian military “doesn’t stop conducting offensive operations along the entire front.” Ukraine is “running out of [everything],” Putin stated. “They don’t have their own base. When you don’t have your own base, don’t have your own ideology, don’t have your own industry, don’t have your own money, don’t have anything of your own, then there is no future,” he argued. - RT
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  4386. It’s always encouraging when a country’s military commander-in-chief – President Biden, in this case – announces in advance that he knows how he is going to respond militarily to the killing of three American soldiers at a base that supports an illegal and immoral U.S. “covert” war against Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Iran, and all those who oppose the US/Israel slaughter of Palestinians. Such anxiety to show antecedently that he’s not sitting on his hands is touching. It’s the kind of announcement that all great military leaders make. It is the kind of arrogant stupidity that has long been the norm for U.S. presidents who love war but lose them all while masquerading as conquerors. So it goes, and so it will go. To add to that, Biden says he doesn’t want a wider war as he creates one, since you can always take him at the opposite of his words. Yet he really has no secrets since his transparent corruption is almost palpable: He supports the Israeli/U.S. genocide in Gaza, the Ukrainian war against Russia, has expanded the war in the Middle East over the past few weeks, and will soon widen it further while the mass media report that he and his cast of fools are trying to “manage” their violent responses to prevent a wider war. The narrative has it that he is trying to outfox Netanyahu, who has often bragged how he has the U.S.A. in his back pocket. It is hard not to laugh derisively. Now Biden issues an executive order to sanction some Israelis on the West Bank, as if this blatant political move to help his election chances with Muslim Americans is an act of moral statesmanship, while the blood of over 27,000 Palestinians drips from his shaky hands and increases daily. In Biden’s case today, these are the actions of a desperado, a war-loving bumbling puppet who is over or under or out of his head as he feigns outrage at the killing of three soldiers who were placed in a spot where their lives were at risk because they were cogs in an imperial war machine. Pawns in the game. A very dangerous game in which the Zionists leaders of Israel are as desperate as Biden and whose secret operatives are no doubt plotting a desperate scheme to try to expand the war. Who is jerking whose chain may be questionable, but the dogs of war are barking. We are talking about very stupid leaders who have never learned from their losses and are risking a major war. - LewRockwell
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  4411. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – It is noteworthy that for the first time, Russian warships from Tartus launched a barrage of Kalibr cruise missiles to bomb terrorist targets roaming Syria in the provinces of Idlib and Hama, last night, December 5, Syrian sources reported. Tartus, a Syrian port city near the northern Lebanese border is the base of the Russian Navy fleet, where warships carrying Kalibr missiles rained down on terrorist concentrations in areas they control in Idlib, also targeting HTS terrorist group around Mount Zeynel Abidin in the north of Hama. It seems that B-261 Novorossiysk submarine, and Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Gorshkov class frigates, which a few days ago took part in exercises in Mediterranean Sea, fired cruise missiles in the form of “Kalibr”, on the mercenary terrorists supported by Turkey, surprising them due to their miscalculation while entering Syria. It is assumed that one exploded in Idlib as in the video footage, delivering a crushing blow from what was launched by the warship from the military port of Tartus. A woman’s voice is heard screaming and a man reciting Islamic words, which were apparently added to the video for reasons of a media war like in Ukraine. Previously, pro-terrorist media and their supporters reported the complete withdrawal of the Russian Navy from Tartus due to the advancing terrorist forces “ named opposition”. But now Kalibr is fired from here! On the same night, Syrian Army ambushed a major terrorist attack on Mount Zeynel Abidin in the north of Hama. The army let them take control of the mountain for a while, manipulating the idea that they entered Hama at night, but ended up failing in clashes including artillery fire packages fired by Syrian Army. At least 300 terrorists from the elite HTS units were killed and the rest fled, Meyadin TV reported. Thus, the joint Russian-Syrian forces are ready for a direct confrontation with the terrorists at this stage. It seem Syria does not to repeat the same mistakes from decades ago, this time it will clean everything up once and for all, and expel the US from Syrian oil refineries.
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  4412. WHY RUSSIA IS DEFEATING NATO AS WELL AS UKRAINE Rather than hang around and catch the blame for the loss of Ukraine, I think Nuland decided to grab a parachute and jump out of the Biden policy plane before it crashes. Nuland is not stupid. She may be a strident ideologue, but she also can read the tea leaves and realize that Ukraine’s days are numbered. She has been around Washington long enough to know how the blame game works and probably decided to hit the bricks and prepare a defense. She wants to live to fight again. The neo-con crowd that Nuland runs with are a shameless lot. They never admit being wrong and are skilled at producing a counter narrative that will blame Biden and the Republicans, especially Trump, for destroying Ukraine’s chances for victory. My friends at the Duran offer an alternative explanation — she was pushed out. One of the key developments on the war front in Ukraine in the last couple of weeks is Russia’s success in destroying what remains of Ukraine’s scant air defense systems. There is video evidence of the destruction of Himars and Patriot systems. The further degradation of Ukraine’s air defense systems means that Russia is able to use swarms of drones to hit key targets and conserve its stock of hypersonic missiles. The Russian General Staff is busy planning contingencies to deal with the possible scenario of having to fight NATO forces and will want to have an ample supply of hypersonics that will overwhelm and defeat Western counter measures. Another big arrow in the Russian quiver are the glide bombs. These are being used with devastating effectiveness to blow massive holes in what remains of Ukraine’s defensive lines. The combination of glide bombs and drones as part of a broader combined arms operation has Ukraine on its heels and headed backwards towards the Dnieper River. - Sonar21
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  4413. In a world strangled by the tentacles of odious hypocrisy, the International Olympic Committee's decision to restrict Russian and Belarusian athletes under the guise of 'neutrality' reeks of a double standard so putrid, it could only be the product of a rules-for-thee-not-for-me world order. While 19 athletes from these nations tiptoe on the Olympic stage, Israel’s unabated spree - 31,000 innocents murdered, primarily women and children, swallowed by the abyss of genocide - meets with not a whisper of sanction from the supposed guardians of global sportsmanship. And let’s not skirt around the elephant in the room: If actual rule of law governed the Olympic ethos, then NATO countries, with the United States leading the bloody parade, would find themselves perennially benched, their Olympic dreams dashed against the rocks of their own militaristic barbarism. From the smouldering ruins of regime changes to the silent cries of millions, the ledger of their sins could fill stadiums, yet their athletes roam free, unencumbered by the weight of their nations' transgressions. The irony - or is it hypocrisy? that while NATO struggles to compete with Russia in a geopolitical chess game, suffering a humiliating checkmate on the battlefield, it seeks solace in handicapping amateur athletes. A desperate grasp at ‘victory’ in the Olympic arena, perhaps, to salvage a shred of dignity from the ruins of their failed ambitions. As the world watches, let it be known: The Olympic flame, once a beacon of unity and peace, is reduced to a farcical spectacle for political machinations. - Intel Republic
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  4429. The Recent Bombing in Iran and US Support of Terrorism in Iran... - The US has used armed terrorist organizations for decades as proxies against their adversaries worldwide, including most recently in Syria, Iraq, and against Iran; - US weapons and equipment “fell into the hands” of ISIS and other terrorist organizations, consisting of the largest, most effective militant groups participating in the US proxy war against Syria; - US government and corporate-funded think tanks like the Brookings Institution in its 2009 “Which Path to Persia?” policy paper proposed using listed terrorist organizations like the MEK to undermine, coerce, and possibly even overthrow the Iranian government; - The 2009 paper suggested MEK be “delisted” as a terrorist organization by the US State Department, which the Department eventually did in 2012 following intense lobbying and media campaigning by senior US and European representatives; - The MEK is currently still supported by senior US-European representatives with undermining, coercing, and overthrowing the Iranian government remaining as a key Western geopolitical objective; - Western media warns the recent terrorist attack in Iran could trigger a wider regional conflict, which the US has openly sought since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023; - The 2009 Brookings paper feared Iran might not retaliate against US provocations, denying the US the wider regime-change war it sought; - Between the US-backed brutalization of Gaza and now a terrorist attack on Iran itself, the US is making it as politically unlikely as possible for Tehran to avoid retaliation if and when a major US or Israel strike on Iran takes place; - The New Atlas
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  4439. British diplomats have resorted to only using ultimatums with their international counterparts, Russia’s ambassador to London, Andrey Kelin, said in an interview to RIA Novosti published on Sunday. “I must say that over the past three years, I have heard many ultimatums here, especially in the Foreign Office. It seems that London has forgotten how to speak differently,” Kelin told RIA. He added that ambassadors from some other nations in London have also expressed concerns about “the tone that British diplomacy has adopted.” UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is no less “warlike” than his predecessors, according to the Russian diplomat. Starmer and former UK leaders Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak have all demonstrated the “same belligerence and irresponsibility in assessing the international situation and the consequences of their actions,” Kelin said. Despite changes in leadership, the UK has maintained a consistent “anti-Russian course and senseless, reckless support for Ukraine,” he added. Both “our bilateral relations” and “the security situation in Europe” would benefit if London relearned how “to speak respectfully and listen,” the ambassador said. Commenting on the latest round of sanctions announced by Downing Street, the Russian embassy in the UK emphasized that neither “unlawful restrictive measures” nor “ultimatums and threats” can influence Moscow’s chosen path. Russia will not allow itself to be spoken to in such a way, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on last week’s sanctions threats. “The language of ultimatums is unacceptable for Russia,” he stressed. Russia knows how to adapt to further Western restrictive measures and how to minimize their effect, Russian officials say. Despite nearly 29,000 sanctions having been imposed by the West on Russia in recent years, the Russian economy has only grown more resilient, President Vladimir Putin said in March. - RT
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  4442. Russia has defied Western sanctions and export controls intended to cripple its military firepower, ramping up missile production to even higher levels than it achieved before the Ukraine conflict began, the New York Times has reported. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of drone over the Belgorod region (pre-War West Russia). Two Ukrainian drones destroyed by Russian air defenses over Belgorod at 9:30 and 10:00 p.m - Intel Report China and India have ‘low intellectual potential’ – top Zelensky aide Uke Loon with Negative IQ angers Billions! Insanely, it looks like the US can't wait to fight Russia and China at the same time with a Woke Military whose priorities are Calling everyone a Racist, Climate Change, and Sexual Perversion. Goodbye 7th Fleet in a matter of minutes, per all the wargaming to date! Air Bases, Drone Swarms & New Ports: US Military Footprint in Asia Grows, But China Grows Faster - US Expands Military Footprint in Asia, But China is Expanding Faster - The US is also building “civilian” infrastructure close to the Chinese island province of Taiwan, further escalating tensions between the US and China but also involving the Philippines deeper as a US proxy; - The Philippines had been a US colony until 1946 and Washington has sought to reassert itself over Filipino sovereignty ever since, compelling Manila to make decisions that suit Washington at Manila’s expense; - A US attempt to develop drone swarms to mitigate China’s advantage in manpower and materiel ignores the fact that China’s growing advantage would also allow it to easily produce larger drone swarms of its own; - US seeks to adopt new doctrine to improve survivability of its air bases in the Pacific amid war with China; - The doctrinal shift will take years and likely won’t be complete until after China irreversibly surpasses the US economically and militarily; From The New Atlas using many Western Sources
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  4456. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The intelligence team of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has again arrested a high-risk spy “Mossad” and related to Germany in western Tehran, Iranian police reported last night, June 20. Iranian police said at least two European spies with dual German citizenship, one of whom was Marek Kaufmann illegal foreigner, were intercepted while collecting intelligence on the location of an Iranian official. According to Iranian authorities, Kaufmann entered Iran under the pretext of being a bicycle tourist, but he visited sensitive Iranian military and nuclear sites, near prohibited nuclear and military areas, despite visible warning signs. The spies claimed to receive 2,000 dollars for each activity they carried out. and deposited the money into their accounts abroad. He photographed and sent the coordinates of sensitive locations, including missile tunnels, air bases, and drone routes, and sent his coordinates under the control of an officer, based in the United States! Iranian officials revealed that the suspected spies were remotely controlled by a US-based operator, and his route was deliberately changed to pass through military zones. Iranian intelligence believes that a well-planned C I A operation was behind the bike tour, and passed the intelligence information to US intelligence, then led to Mossad. Iranian media revealed that Marek Kaufmann, a German Jew, has been arrested and is now being held hostage, in his rash decision to travel there to do "dirty work". In this case, the Iranian Supreme Court has stated that the investigation into the arrested elements related to Israel will be completed as soon as possible. Once the investigation is completed, the spies will immediately face severe punishment, and there will be no leniency!
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  4467. Russian Armed Forces continue to Attrit Uke Army that has no problem targeting civilians, per latest Intel Reports Drone attack attempt by Kiev thwarted over Istra, Moscow region. Overnight, Russian air defense systems destroyed Ukrainian terrorist drone over the area. Second Ukrainian drone this morning destroyed by air defense systems over Belgorod region, pre-war West Russia - Russian Defense Ministry. 4 injured as result of Ukrainian shelling of Belgorod region (pre-war Russia). Kiev's criminal regime used widely-banned cluster munition to inflict as much horror on civilians as possible. 6 civilians now injured from Ukrainian cluster munition strike on a village in the Belgorod region (pre-War West Russia). One victim is serious condition - man has shrapnel wounds, internal organs are damaged - Belgorod Governor Gladkov. Video shows impact of Ukraine's criminal shelling of Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk city, Donetsk (ex-Ukraine) On the same street, there was a direct strike on a private residential building, igniting HUGE fires. Ukrainian drone drops explosive in the village of Shchetinovka, Belgorod Region (pre-War West Russia), killing a man - Governor Gladkov. According to the official, victim was at his summer cottage mowing the lawn. He suffered from fatal shrapnel wounds. - Intel Report NON-STOP WORK from Russian artillery crews, like clockwork loading and unleashing shells on Ukrainian positions in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), where up to 485 Ukrainian soldiers ended up either killed or injured. Up to 115 cannon fodder also met same fate in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine) - 37 drones destroyed by air defenses. ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 25
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  4481. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have turned into a terrorist organization that intentionally attacks ambulances, Russian President Vladimir Putin said while speaking at the ‘Everything for Victory’ forum in Tula on Friday. He was commenting on attacks carried out by the Ukrainian military on residential areas of Russian cities in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), which have led to a number of civilian casualties. In one such attack on January 20, a paramedic working in the city of Gorlovka was wounded while trying to provide assistance to victims following a previous round of shelling. On January 12, another paramedic was also killed during a Ukrainian attack on an ambulance brigade in the same city. ”What is called the Armed Forces of Ukraine has turned into a terrorist organization that attacks ambulances,” Putin said. The president recalled a story he heard last year about how Russian forces intercepted communications between two Ukrainian tank operators who were trying to enter Donetsk. One of the servicemen had just killed a man who had stepped out of his house, Putin said, when the other officer asked him “Why did you do that? He was just some guy wearing a tracksuit. He had a family, you can hear his children running around in the house.” The response, according to Putin, was “They’re all terrorists here.” “What is this if not neo-Nazism? That’s not to mention the rounds of applause for actual SS officers in the Canadian parliament and the blatant attacks on medical workers and ambulance vehicles,” added the president. - RT
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  4485. Given that the CIA is running Ukraine and Zelenskyy is simply a figurehead, Blinken is authorizing the CIA to strike inside Russia putting America in the war front and center. A last-ditch solution to Netanyahu’s criminal arrest dilemma. War. A last ditch effort to forego US elections. War. All while putting Taiwan on military alert. The Blinken logic is that if Ukraine uses – US weapons inside Russia – it could trigger WWIII. Problem with this media illogic? The Kyiv CIA has already been striking inside Russia in the Belgorod Region. Every weapon left to the disposal of Ukraine is either US made, German made, or UK made. The Kabbalah is running out of time and solutions. Kyiv has few troops left and morale is in hell. But Netanyahu needs a diversion. The insanity of America’s politicians discussing initiating WWIII based on Ukraine is most certainly the last death wish of Gyorgy Schwartz – Soros. Lloyd Austin has admitted that the US is not nearly ready for a confrontation with anyone given our depleted inventory of manpower and weapons. - LewRockwell Let’s get right into the most pressing development: a narrative overload has swelled around the topic of allowing Ukrainian strikes on Russian soil. It has suddenly become the top coordinated focus for the entire deep state establishment, with Zelensky and complicit Congressmembers forming a critical mass of pressure against the Biden administration, with some claiming they’re gaining headway. The reason is obvious: Ukraine is at a crossroads and a potential breaking point. The political situation has hit rock bottom, with Zelensky’s authority and legitimacy quickly unspooling; the manpower issue is reportedly very bad and is not being addressed by the newly announced mobilization; and on top of all that, Russia appears on the brink of opening up another in a series of new fronts that could bring the AFU to the brink by stretching the lines like never before. Russia is issuing the response that if things continue escalating in the current dangerous direction then Russia may have no choice but to bring much more devastating weaponry to bear. Russia continues conditioning the ground for Zelensky’s illegitimacy. Lukashenko even said at today’s talks that “a lot will happen this year….there are plenty of people in Ukraine both in military and government who would like to take the leadership position.” Apart from that, despite the glaring seriousness and danger of Zelensky’s continued provocations, Russia stands to potentially create a catastrophic situation for the AFU in the near to medium term future with the introduction of new fronts, whether Sumy and/or Belarus. The Sumy rumors continue unabated—the latest from Ukraine: Furthermore, the reason behind Zelensky’s desperately redlining provocations is because Ukraine continues taking catastrophic losses on the front. Just the 79th brigade alone reports 20 KIA per day, with another 35 WIA. The 59th brigade reports “2-3 dozen” losses per day as they scream desperately for help. - Simplicius
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  4506. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Iranian sources reported that the Israeli attack was limited to a few IRGC military facilities, most of which were repelled by air defense systems, and was not as large as the Israeli media exaggerated. Iranians began to mock the Israeli aircraft attack on the morning of October 26, instead of seeking shelter underground, Iranians went to the rooftops to look for Israeli jets. The Iranian National Air Defense Headquarters said "the Israeli regime launched a provocative attack this morning, targeting military centers in Tehran, Khuzestan, and Ilam provinces. Iranian integrated air defense system managed to intercept and repel this aggressive action, causing only limited damage in some areas". Security analyst Eid al-Tufan said "We can say that the Israeli attack was the most unsuccessful attack in military history. All Iranian air defenses were ready, and acted well that night". Footage showed how the air defense and anti-aircraft missile activity in the skies over eastern Tehran impressively continued to repel suspicious objects, destroying all incoming projectiles, and most of them fell in open areas. In addition, the country's air defense system also managed to work mysteriously over the airspace of Khuzestan Province, western Iran. The Israeli media was very disappointed with the attack on Iran, not being 100% sure what the target was. Iranian official sources said that Tehran has good defenses, so far no explosions, fires, etc. have been reported in Tehran. As a result, only a few areas suffered minor damage. Only a small bush fire on the side of the road in Tehran, apparently caused by an intercepted projectile, was all that was seen there that night. The situation is completely under control and stable. No flights were canceled, and the infrastructure is operating in a stable mode, sources reported. The Iranian National Air Defense Headquarters added in this regard, urging the public to maintain solidarity and calm and follow the news related to the incident through the national mass media, ignoring the rumors, spread by the enemy's mass media.
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  4515. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Drone footage shows how Paratroopers from the Russian Airborne Forces, seize control of Pyatikhatki at the same time Ukrainian troops are trapped in firing positions, fortifying themselves in houses and underground passages. The Russian Defense Ministry released the video on April 14, 2025, of combat progress on a changing battlefield, where Paratroopers led by the commander of the Novorossiysk battalion "Gvozd", work to liberate Pyatikhatki by capturing the main Ukrainian stronghold, consolidating a wider area, thus taking over the Ukrainian route to the city of Zaporozhye. The liberation of Pyatikhatki, is believed to weaken the Ukrainian defense line, and disrupt logistics supplied by NATO which is strained, with losses continuing to mount. Meanwhile for a lesson, the commander of the Novorossiysk battalion will share details about the liberation of Pyatikhatki at the end of the video. Footage shows the skills of Russian UAV operators, allowing the current Paratroopers to capture Ukrainian strongholds in the settlement. The enemy troops received the blows with great accuracy, even though they scattered when attacked, making defenses right inside the houses, making underground passages and under the houses. The enemy troops were in a high level of panic, they fled directly to the firing positions through underground tunnels and in houses, then attacked including with Russian explosives, destroying those trapped during the attack. The supremacy of the drones paralyzed the Ukrainian defense, then the Paratroopers cleared the remaining enemy troops from house to house, and raised the Russian Flag, indicating control over the settlement. This development changed the battlefield, especially on Zaporozhye front, having a major impact on the morale of Kiev, which recently carried out desperate strikes on Russian energy facilities.
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  4521. After Macron ignited the firestorm with his batty remarks, a mixed signal farrago of ‘corrections’ and clarifications ensued. But at the same time, on another vector he dropped an even bigger bombshell than before—that France may be forced to intervene if Russian forces began to approach Odessa or Kiev: That’s right, folks. Once again we have confirmation of my longest holding prediction that NATO would draw its red line at Odessa and would potentially intervene if Russian troops are realistically positioned to capture the city. In this case Rothschild stooge Macron seems intent on leading from the front with a wishful thinking campaign designed to generate solidarity around his ‘bold’ declarations. And the French Defense Minister countermanded his own boss’s words, which appears to suggest that Macron is making statements not approved by his own military: The Italian Ministry of Defense likewise seemed to rule it out: In reality, NATO can be said to be getting weaker by the year, with constant cuts to forces all across the board. So will the latest threats of buildups pan out? Probably not, as NATO stands slightly better chance to collapse than reinvent itself as a superpower, in my estimations. But as a reminder that NATO troops have already been in Ukraine, there’s this new note with complementary maps showing American operations since 2014: Of course, next we have the fact that the Matron of Maidan—or is that the Maiden of Maidan?—Nuland is getting the boot: And is being replaced with the guy who was hurriedly ad hoc’d into helming the ‘disastrous’ Afghanistan pullout: Then we have the biggest developments of all: Russia has been on an absolute killing spree of NATO air defense and other ‘prestige’ systems, with the Patriot reportedly being the latest victim yesterday—confirmed by Forbes: By the way, isn’t it interesting how Patriots easily “shot down” all those Kinzhals—a far superior, upgraded version of the Iskander—over Kiev, yet here a measly Iskander put the Patriot out to pasture? Just food for thought. But what is my point here? HIMARS, Abrams, Patriots, and everything in between are now getting obliterated each day. Time is running out, with Ukrainian opposition openly plotting against Zelensky who many expect to be overthrown come May. Meanwhile, Russia continues to only get stronger, with production ramping up all the time. In light of all the talk of NATO entering the war against Russia, Russian journalist Kharchenko astutely points out that this would open Pandora’s box because Russian society has been so conditioned against the eschatological level ‘Armageddon’ battle against NATO—and are incidentally so united now in solidarity—that the war would be nearly welcomed, taking up the banner of a new Great Patriotic War that would galvanize all Russian society like never before. No one in Europe would know would hit them, as Europeans are at one of their morally lowest points in history. This would be a disaster for the West and likely a replay of 1917, with Europe playing the part of the Russian Empire at the time of revolution—I full agree with the sentiment: - Simplicius
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  4532. LIFELESS BODIES SCATTERED at a Sunday morning market, as Ukraine slaughters civilians with NATO-supplied weapons. Reportedly 13 killed and 10 seriously injured at a Donetsk (ex-Ukraine) market - reports Head of region Pushilin. UPDATE: 18 confirmed killed. UPDATE: 25 confirmed killed, including several children. - Intel Report Ukrainian Nazi forces have just intentionally shelled a busy civilian fruit & vegetable market in Donetsk killing at least 25 innocent civilians & injuring dozens more including 2 children. This is a Ukrainian Government war crime. - Intel Report The shelling of the Russian city of Donetsk, which has claimed the lives of at least 25 civilians and wounded 20 others, is “a barbaric terrorist act” carried out by Ukraine with the support of the West, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said. It has been established that Sunday's bombardment of a busy market in the capital of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic was inflicted with weapons supplied to Kiev by the US and its allies, the ministry said in a statement. “This again confirms [the West’s] direct involvement in the conflict and makes it complicit in the criminal acts of the Zelensky regime, which has once again displayed its inhumanity and hatred towards innocent people,” it said. “The West’s unrestrained desire to inflict a ‘strategic defeat’ on Russia through the hands of their Ukrainian puppets, whom it is eager to support mindlessly and without limit, is pushing the Kiev regime to increasingly reckless steps, including acts of terrorism, massive violations of international humanitarian law, and war crimes,” the ministry added. -RT
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  4540. From a combat channel report late last night. Likewise the more gory (18+ warning) of the footage shows their personnel losses in the trenches. Thus, NATO elite, some of whom may still retain a sense of self-preservational realism for what it would take to defeat Russia, know the reality of what they’re saying. Their best weapons have been utterly crushed and ground to dust in the endless steppes once known as the Wild Fields. In the meantime, Russian ex-general and Duma deputy Kartapolov says that Russia is preparing the conditions for its own big offensive: Last night massive strikes rung out across ports in the Odessa region, Reni amongst them. Grain silos in the port were hit: Then industrial sectors of Dnipro were hit, obliterating the Yuzhmash plant where Ukraine was to be manufacturing missiles and possibly drones: Note how Ukrainian “air defense” has no answer whatsoever for advanced Russian cruise missiles, which obliterate any target they so choose with full impunity. CNN gleefully describes the terrorist attack on the bridge, which by the way killed civilians and orphaned a 14-year-old girl after sending her into a coma. Not once does CNN even hint at the fact that this may be a terrorist attack, and in fact ends the report with the foreboding warning that Ukraine will continue more of such attacks in the future. You can even see the car coming right above the drone, which they cut away from just as it’s set to explode. Instead, they do show another drone exploding just as a train is passing above it. All is fair, huh CNN? This shows the utterly vile and depraved nature of this corporate fake news mill. You can bet if it was a Russian attack, the only angle they would play is that of a “barbaric terrorist strike on civilians.” It merely shows how low the West has sunk to inhuman levels of moral depravity, and it’s a fact not lost on the rest of the world, which sees the sickening hypocrisy and incessant flood of contradictions. One day when the West falls, it will be from being crushed under the weight of its own shameless immorality.
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  4565. Moscow must crush Nazism, which has resurfaced in the West in recent years, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu has said. On Tuesday, ahead of the 80th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War – Russia’s term for the 1941-1945 Soviet war against Nazi Germany – Shoigu emphasized the “enormous price” paid by the USSR in defeating Nazi Germany. “The multinational people of Russia have learned well the lessons of the Great Patriotic War against fascism,” Shoigu wrote in Rossiyskaya Gazeta. The secretary served as defense minister from 2012 to 2024. He mentioned nearly 27 million combat deaths and 6.5 million additional deaths from starvation and disease during the war against the Nazis. “Today we are obliged to do everything to defeat the resurrected Nazism,” Shoigu stressed. This imperative has “determined one of the main goals” of Moscow’s Ukraine campaign. “The European elites, who are being incited and patronized by London and Paris, continue to make loud statements about inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia... NATO and the EU have launched programs aimed at preparing the collective West for a direct military conflict with Russia,” he said. Those “aggressive steps” by the West “are being justified by Russophobic fabrications – in the best traditions of Goebbels’ propaganda,” the security chief stressed, referring to Joseph Goebbels, who was Nazi Germany’s propaganda minister from 1933 to 1945. “In order to avoid a repetition of the horrors of the war years, there is an urgent necessity to protect the country from a variety of external and internal threats” by further boosting the military, developing the economy and investing in science and education, he said. - RT
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  4566. The Israeli army has executed 15 Palestinian medics in Gaza, buried them and lied about them being “terrorists.” For those paying attention, this barbarism is not new, only the latest war crime committed by Israel in a litany of war crimes over the decades. The combination of the medics being tied up, executed and buried in a mass grave was so horrific that even usually indifferent global media reported on it, albeit without the outrage that would have accompanied such reports were the perpetrator an enemy of the West. When they finally accessed the site, they “recovered the buried bodies of 8 PRCS, 6 Civil Defense and 1 UN staff,” he wrote, noting, “They were killed in their uniforms. Driving their clearly marked vehicles. Wearing their gloves. On their way to save lives. This should never have happened.” Palestinian Civil Defense spokesperson, Mahmoud Basal, separately said, “One of the Civil Defense crews had his feet tied, another had his clothes removed from his upper body, another was beheaded. Among all the martyrs, the least harmed had 20 bullets fired at him, in his chest.” Tom Fletcher, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, wrote, “They were killed by Israeli forces while trying to save lives. We demand answers & justice.” The testimonies I took then included many more cases of medics going to save injured Palestinians and coming under Israeli fire, preventing them from reaching those who needed help. Reports at the time also spoke of a handwritten order in Hebrew found in Gaza, directing Israeli soldiers to “open fire also upon rescue.” In 2007, in the West Bank, during an Israeli invasion of Nablus, I saw Israeli soldiers take a Palestinian Medical Relief (PRM) volunteer (who had been part of a group escorting civilians to their old city homes) hostage, blindfold and handcuff him and use him as a human shield. - RT
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  4567. Ukranian terror drone destroyed over Belgorod region, pre-war Russia (see map) - Russian Defense Ministry. Earlier, Kiev regime also dropped explosives on Belgorod village, damaging house and car. UPDATE: 1 civilian killed, 2 wounded in Ukrainian shelling - Belgorod Governor. - Intel Report RUSSIA LEVELING UP the bombings to level Ukrainian positions as enemy ammo dump in Kherson (ex-Ukraine) becomes crispy toast with Kiev losing 250 personnel and Strela-10 air defense system in Donetsk (ex-Ukraine). Russian forces repel 4 Ukrainian attacks in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine) and inflict 115 casualties, while destroying ammo dump in South Donetsk (ex-Ukraine) along with 100 enemy soldiers. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 1 - Intel Report “On September 1, at about 11:15pm Moscow time, the Kiev regime attempted to launch a terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge using a semi-submersible unmanned boat,” the ministry said in a brief statement, adding that the hostile craft was “promptly detected and destroyed” in the Black Sea. Three hours later, at around 2:10am on Saturday, another drone was destroyed in the area as it also attempted to strike the bridge, the Russian military said. A third incoming unmanned boat was reportedly neutralized at 2:20am. A child was killed and more than ten people were wounded on Friday as Ukrainian forces used multiple rocket launch systems to bombard the center of Donetsk, the capital of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), local authorities have said. A total of 15 projectiles were fired at the area of the Donetsk City mall during rush hour, the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) said on Telegram on Friday. One person has been killed and two others wounded in a Ukrainian artillery attack on Russia’s Belgorod Region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Saturday. Writing on Telegram, Gladkov said that Kiev’s forces bombarded a settlement of Urazovo around 15km from the Ukrainian border. He added that one shell hit a private residential house, killing a man who received “fatal fragment wounds.
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  4571. [Russian paratroopers and infantrymen now are taking up positions on the outskirts of Makeyevka, advancing from two sides at once – from the north and south. The Ukrainians, according to various sources, have already begun a hasty retreat beyond the Zherebets River, which flows through this village. But the main event of the week is not this movement of Russian troops. Forcing the retreat of Ukrainian soldiers beyond the river is an excellent strategic decision thanks to Russian planners, who once again fooled the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Syrsky is nicknamed “Bloody” by the Ukrainian soldiers because of the monstrous losses that accompany all his military adventures. Before Syrsky had time to enjoy his “rare victory, the cunning Russians played a dirty trick again. They bombed the main crossings across the Oskol River. And thus, the 200 thousand strong Ukrainian group that had accumulated in the area from Kremennaya to Kupyansk found itself trapped on the east bank of Oskol. You know, this is what a moron you have to be to consistently drive brigade after brigade into this trap, week after week, and joyfully hit yourself with your heel, not even in the chest, but in the forehead. To win one information victory after another, while all the obvious signs that you openly are being lured into a rat trap? True, at the same time, the Ukrainians fell into a bag of fire and are dying like flies, but they don’t care about this, because they are stupid, so the Ukrainians dance the gopak and rest on. And until today, the main symbol of the stupidity of the Ukrainians was precisely the bags of fire near Rabotino, Staromayorsky, Kleshcheevka, which they gnawed through for themselves and, most importantly, sat there month after month under the amazed gaze of the whole world. But on the Oskol bridgehead the Ukrainians outdid themselves – as it turns out, the dill [i.e Ukrop] stupidity is limitless, like the universe. At least for now we don’t see any boundaries. To drive 200 thousand people into a fire trap and rejoice – you still need to be able to do this. I have long wanted to write a separate article about this, you will learn a lot of surprising things. We all see only what is on the surface, that is, the front line. But today war is, first, logistical support – whoever has this component wins. This is one of the most important actors in victory. And in a long-term war for survival, this is, without exaggeration, the main factor. And those people who have been on the front line for a long time, even from our side, can see what is happening to the Ukrops in the near rear. This must be talked about, because this alone indicates that they lost this war. Another separate and large topic is military medicine. Today the Ukrainians almost officially admit that they evacuate less than a third of the wounded from the battlefield. These are mostly wounded that can get out of the fire on their own and get to the hospital. If an ordinary soldier was seriously wounded, then it is simply not possible for him to survive. For example, we know for sure that ordinary soldiers are taken for treatment in one of the nearby large hospitals of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kurakhovo only with a bribe – just think about it – you have to pay so that the wounded soldier is urgently operated on by surgeons. Not only is there a catastrophic shortage of hospitals in the near zone, and, for example, the Ukrainians have no special medical units at all, but military medicine is also corrupt. Do you know what this means? It’s right that I’ll steal a complete fuck-up – even their own doctors don’t like them, let alone the generals. A people who do not love themselves so much is doomed.] - Sonar21 Putin offers condolences to Syrian Prez Assad for victims of brutal terrorist attack on officers' graduation ceremony, vows to keep fighting with Syria's army to crush terror cells. We strongly condemn the terrorist attack in Homs and consider it a brutal crime, hope that its perpetrators will receive punishment they deserve - Putin. 89 KILLED, including 31 women and 5 children as latest death toll from US-backed terror. - Intel Report OVERCAST WITH A CHANCE OF MUSHROOM CLOUDS billowing overhead (see video) in Syria's Hama and Idlib countryside after Russian Air Forces wreck positions of Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) Turkish-backed terror group from the skies. Syrian and Russian forces show terror groups no mercy following previous day attack on Homs military graduation. Hold the morning coffee - Intel Report HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT with Russian drone doesn't end well for Ukrainian soldier (see vid) as he fails to intercept it with his hands and ends up being intercepted. Elsewhere over week, Russian forces inflict 1,745 casualties on Ukrainian army in Donetsk (ex-Ukraine) and 320 in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine), boinking Ukrainian Punisher and Fury drone assembly workshops and Western-supplied HIMARS, Storm Shadow and Scalp missile warehouses. ⚔SITREP⚔ OCT 5 Russia’s Investigative Committee has announced bringing charges in absentia against several former Ukrainian top officials over their role in what Kiev called an ‘anti-terrorist’ operation in Donbass back in 2014. Their alleged actions led to the death or injury of over a thousand people in the then-breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, Russian officials said. - RT A Ukrainian maritime drone was spotted and destroyed in the Black Sea, the Russian military said on Thursday. The vessel was hit in the open waters by a military aircraft. - RT Russian army reportedly begins to advance toward Kupyansk, East Ukraine (see map). Per sources, Russian troops making progress in Kislovka and Sinkovka after softening Ukrainian defenses with artillery barrages. Russian forces have also destroyed bridges in this region to disrupt Ukrainian supplies - Intel Report 17 Ukrainian soldiers hunker down in line with hands over heads, before climbing into Russian truck, surrendering near Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine). Soldiers decided to surrender after Kiev's regime ORDERED them to hold their positions despite being OUT OF AMMO. They now lay bloodied and bandaged in truck's back, as they get proper treatment by Russia, that they don't even get at home. - Intel Report Another triumph of Russian Engineering second to none! Russia Grabbed the US by the Throat! Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile BUREVESTNIK Is Putting On ALERT A few days ago, the American newspaper 'The New York Times' unexpectedly raised the topic of the latest Russian Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile SSC-X-9 Skyfall, which is known to many under the designation 'BUREVESTNIK'. Moreover, after 2019, the Western press tried to avoid the topic of the Russian Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile 'Burevestnik', despite the successful tests of this missile in 2021. - BORZZIKMAN BIG GUN, BIGGER GAINS: Russian tank glides through rough terrains of Kupyansk, East Ukraine, with camouflaged cannon aiming deadly at Ukrainian army positions, unleashing punishing strikes that pummels the enemy with massive explosions, clearing the way for advancing Russian troops. - Intel Report
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  4577. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Finally! The Russian Defense Ministry officially announced the liberation of Selidovo, which was liberated by the Russian Armed Forces yesterday, on October 29, 2024. Today October 30, the Defense Ministry also published a new video, about how the city of Selidovo was liberated, this large city in Donetsk, was deep in enemy territory, but now Russian troops have advanced into its streets without hindrance. And what is gratifying, these areas appeared with very minimal damage to infrastructure. It's time for the Ukrainian flag to be lowered, and the banner of victory to be raised all over the city, including the hoisting of the Russian flag at Korotchenko Mine, which was liberated as in the footage. This is another important milestone in the current collapse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the capture of Selidovo as a reality that has already happened! How the Russian military liberated the city, how it happened quickly! Russian assault detachments from the 15th and 30th Motorized Rifle Brigades of the Central Group of Forces, entered the city under the cover of an armored group. They took up key positions on commanding heights on the outskirts, entered the tree line in their area of responsibility and eliminated the enemy with the support of reinforcements. At the same time, UAV crews attacked Kiev's infantry and military materiel. Thus, the assault detachments advanced. As a result, the soldiers of the Central Group of Forces took key positions to dominate the heights on the outskirts of the city, so that the assault troops managed to wipe out Selidovo from Ukrainian formations. Ukraine lost up to 515 soldiers, one armored personnel carrier, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles and one 122mm D-30 howitzer. It's not about the city was taken very quickly by the standards of the war, but Selidovo is really considered a symbol of the helplessness of Zelensky together with the Western collective to stop the Russian military machine, although they tried to do it. It is worth understanding how difficult the situation was for Kiev when Russian troops had liberated such a key city as Selidovo, and even the sweeping of the northwestern part of the city continued until the Central Group of Forces continued to advance towards Pokrovsk.
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  4586. Some food for thought for the Globalist Lunatics supporting Biden who want to fight Russia, China, and Iran with a decimated woke pro-pervert Military! Iran made history yesterday by launching “Operation True Promise”. In our usual style here, let’s cut through all the noise currently clogging up social networks and incisively demonstrate the facts as thoroughly as possible, while also pointing out how this was a game-changing and historic event which has brought Iran onto the world stage in a big way. Firstly, as establishment, Iran’s stated goal for the operation was to strike back at the bases from which the Israeli consular attack was launched on April 1: The footage is of the Intelligence HQ getting hit. I have yet to see evidence of 99% interception. Ramon has been badly hit. Nevatim was hit by more than 7 missiles. Air Force Intelligence HQ completely leveled. Other strikes on air defence installations obviously not close to population centres and out of view but I'm sure sat intel will show extent of damage. And another: ➖Nevatim Airbase in the south of occupied Palestine ➖Ramon Airbase in the south of occupied Palestine ➖The Israeli top-secret intelligence-spy base in Jabal al-Sheikh (Mount Hermon) in the north of the occupied Golan Now, let’s get down to the nuts and bolts. This strike was unprecedented for several important reasons. Firstly, it was of course the first Iranian strike on Israeli soil directly from Iranian soil itself, rather than utilizing proxies from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, etc. This alone was a big watershed milestone that has opened up all sorts of potentials for escalation. Secondly, it was one of the most advanced and longest range peer-to-peer style exchanges in history. Even in Russia, where I have noted we’ve seen the first ever truly modern near-peer conflict, with unprecedented scenes never before witnessed like when highly advanced NATO Storm Shadow missiles flew to Crimea while literally in the same moments, advanced Russian Kalibrs flew past them in the opposite direction—such an exchange has never been witnessed before, as we’ve become accustomed to seeing NATO pound on weaker, unarmed opponents over the last few decades. But no, last night Iran upped the ante even more. Because even in Russia, such exchanges at least happen directly over the Russian border onto its neighbor, where logistics and ISR is for obvious reasons much simpler. But Iran did something unprecedented. They conducted the first ever modern, potentially hypersonic, assault on an enemy with SRBMs and MRBMs across a vast multi-domain space covering several countries and timezones, and potentially as much as 1200-2000km. Additionally, Iran did all this with potentially hypersonic weapons, which peeled back another layer of sophistication that included such things as possible endoatmospheric interception attempts with Israeli Arrow-3 ABM missiles. After a certain pre-timed span, Iran then released cruise missiles so that they could strike roughly in a similar window as the drones. One video from last night confirmed the low-flying cruise missile presence: Then, following the appropriate time interval, Iran launched the coup de grace, its vaunted ballistic missiles. Here’s Iran’s own released footage of the start of Operation True Promise, which includes the ballistic launches: There is no conclusive proof that any ballistic missiles were shot down, and in fact all the evidence points to the opposite: direct footage of the missiles penetrating the AD net and striking targets. This is where it starts getting interesting, because the hits we saw in Israel appeared to potentially utilize some form of MaRV or hypersonic glide vehicle, which would mean Iran could have made history even beyond what we thought. So let’s get there by first mentioning the other controversial claim that Iran possibly used its most advanced new hypersonic Fattah-2 system: And lastly, there are some experts who believe Iran utilized its elusive hypersonic Kheybar Shekan missile, which also features a highly maneuverable MaRV. we do have evidence that the ballistic missiles largely went unopposed, slicing through what’s claimed to be the densest air defense in the world. Not only Israel’s itself, comprised of a layered defense of David Slings, Arrow-3s, Patriots, and Iron Dome, but also the aforementioned allied airforces, as well as what’s now been reported to be a U.S. Arleigh Burke warship firing upwards of 70+ SM-3 missiles from the Mediterranean shore. The hits that we saw were spectacular in one profound way: the terminal velocity of the Iranian ballistic missiles appeared stunningly fast. But here’s where we get down to business. The next video is the most eye-opening in terms of the capabilities of these missiles. The two most important things to note are: 1) the terminal velocity right before impact and 2) note how some of the missiles strike very precisely onto the same location in groups. That’s not to mention the official Israeli account tried to pass off old footage of Russian MLRS launches from Ukraine as Iranian ballistic launches last night: They call this the New Equation. Anytime Israel attacks them, Iran now intends to strike them ‘head on’, i.e. directly from its soil as is their newly demonstrated capability. But last night, Iran penetrated every missile shield manned and operated by NATO itself, with all the trappings and advanced C4ISR and SIGINT capabilities inherent to the entire Western alliance; from THAAD, to Patriot, David’s Sling, Arrow-3, SM-3, Iron Dome, and even ‘C-Dome’ from Israeli corvettes—not to mention the entire complement of the West’s most advanced A2A defenses flown from F-35s, Typhoons, Eurofighters, and likely much more. One must understand that ballistic missiles are precisely the apex predator that these most advanced Western AD systems were created to handle—and last night, they failed spectacularly in the same way the Patriots did in Desert Storm before them: In short: this is why Netanyahu needed an escalation. It’s to divert attention from the ongoing catastrophe of Israel’s potential defeat to Hamas, the catastrophic loss of standing of Israel’s image in the world community, the complete turning against Israel by the entire world. Rather than admit defeat and face the end of his career, as well as the coming trials and tribunals that would put Bibi in jail, he chose to take the only remaining option: to continue escalating in the hopes that a wider-scale war could wash away his sins and undo the past mistakes. Unfortunately, just like the ill-fated Zelensky, Netanyahu’s doomed plan appears destined to coincide with the U.S.’ historic decline, reaching its zenith now in this pivotal year of 2024. - Simplicius
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  4600. This past July, one of the most remarkable articles of the entire Ukrainian war flew under the radar. The reason is, as the Ukrainian war presently enters a new watershed phase characterized by the slow-acceptance of Ukraine’s now de facto losing position, a proverbial windmill of narratives is churned out from the pro-UA side seeking to somehow reconcile the various cognitive dissonances created by their inability to understand how it is possible that the mighty NATO bloc could be losing to Russia. But the key portion of the article, which comes next, is the admission that Biden dispatched CIA director Burns to Russia on the eve of the invasion in late 2021. They had been watching Russia’s troop buildups, and in essence sent Burns to deliver a final warning of consequences should Russia proceed with an invasion. Though Putin ended up “snubbing” the CIA head by staying in a Sochi resort and refusing to meet him in person, he did take his secure phone call from Sochi. What comes next is the heart of the entire article and is one of the most significant and remarkable admissions of the entire war. It is a must read: But that’s far from reality. The US is direly overstretched; its most critical bases in Europe—the ones actually capable of fielding the types of platforms that could actually do anything against Russia, are highly vulnerable. The US has further learned from the Ukrainian conflict that its most advanced air defense is virtually helpless against Russia’s top missiles. Reuters recently told us that Ukraine alone has 1/3 of all the air defense of the entire European continent, and yet Russia has no trouble penetrating it. Another small admission at the end. Pro-UA armchair warriors on Twitter believe US is incapable of being challenged and that Russia is weak; in the meantime, the actual CIA people who work the conflict understand the realities quite differently. Then comes another reveal of Russia’s own clandestine capabilities: Once again we see the common thread: contrary to BroSints’ performative gung ho chauvinism, the real movers and shakers are scrupulous and smart enough to fear Russia’s wrath. Though it’s besides the central point, this was an eye-opening revelation indeed: "The CIA learned with the attack on the Crimea bridge that Zelensky either didn't have complete control over his own military or didn't want to know of certain actions," says the military intelligence official. After the foolhardy drone attack on the Kremlin in the center of Moscow, the article notes that even Poland had begun warning the CIA that Ukraine was, in essence, a refractory mad dog: Ultimately though, this Newsweek article should serve as further proof to brainwashed pro-UA supporters that this really is a proxy war between two giants, with Ukraine merely being a pawn stuck in the middle, whose own infant squalls are ignored in favor of Russia’s far weightier demarches. That should serve as a wake up call for Ukrainians: you are merely being used as disposable puppets in a geopolitical Great Game. And when that game is done, the actual players will shake hands and move on to the next contest while you will be left as the detritus to be ‘swept up’, like the trash and fast-food wrappers strewing the stadium grounds after a big match. No matter how hard you try, no matter how many hundreds of thousands of lives of your own people you throw away, you will never become that Big Player on the stage that you were induced and gaslighted into thinking you could become. The only chance at survival you stand is to join the only one of the two Big Players which actually cares for you and views you as a close blood relative, rather than as a soggy rag to blow snot into then discard. - Simplicius
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  4614. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine flee in disarray, abandoning their weapons and ammunition on the front lines, during the liberation of Prechistovka by the Russian Armed Forces. On September 4, 2024, the Russian Defense Ministry officially confirmed the liberation of the village in South Donetsk by soldiers of the 40th Marine Brigade, the 155th Marine Brigade, and Motorized Riflemen of the Eastern Military District. Three soldiers of the 155th Marine Brigade, confirmed live on video their victory on the battlefield, successfully driving Zelensky's expired men out of Prechistovka. Ukrainian military analyst DeepState, which is connected to Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate, acknowledged the loss of Prechistovka by the end of September 3, that Russian forces had captured the remaining western part of Prechistovka, and established control along a forest strip stretching for 3.4 kilometers. A few days ago, Russian marines were reported to have advanced, and broken through the Ukrainian defenses in this village. Assault troops from Buryatia or Eastern Siberia, cleared the village, attacking the Ukrainian formation’s stronghold, which was a key part of the Ugledar group’s defenses. Drone footage showed an armored assault detachment of the 5th Tank Brigade and the 40th Marines, involving about 10 infantry fighting vehicles of various types and a motorcycle squad, charging in large numbers against the Ukrainian group. The armored troops closed in, then dismounted infantry were seen attacking the Ukrainian trenches at close range, shaking off enemy troops in their hideout in Prechistovka, which has now been taken. During the liberation of the village, drone footage from the 40th Marine Brigade captured the moment when Zelensky's remaining troops fled in panic to save their lives. The mass desertion of Ukrainian units of the 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade and infantry formations of the 68th Jaeger Brigade was recorded, rapidly retreating towards Zolotaya Niva, and likely taking advantage for a few days. Establishing control over Prechistovka, would ultimately cut off the supply of the Ukrainian fortified area of Ugledar, and a large-scale attack on it would be imminent!
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  4616. It is no secret that the West is hellbent to destroy President Putin, to force a Western friendly regime-change, so that finally after how many failed attempts (?) the West can take over this vast Russia, largest country in the world, by far the richest in natural resources which the West covets. Killing Aleksei A. Navalny, a lawyer and President Putin’s strongest adversary, would not be beyond Western secret services, just to strike at Vladimir Putin. Mr. Navalny’s death was announced on Friday, 16 February 2024. He was 47. Nothing could stop the West, especially not during the come hell-or-high-water implementation of Agenda 2030, alias the Great Reset. If the “MUST SUCCEED NOW” comes to a breaking point, no lives are spared. No lives are sacred. Why would President Putin kill his adversary, who is safely locked away in a prison in Siberia, almost 2,000 km north of the Kremlin? Makes no sense. Makes even less sense to have this presumed “murder” committed on the very day, when the Munich Security Conference (MSC, Febr 16-18, 2024) opened its doors to a plethora of “the rich and famous” —politicians with names, famous or infamous, like Antony Blinken, current US Secretary of State; Hillary Clinton, current Chancellor of Queen’s University of Belfast (remember, “We came, we saw, he died” about Mohammed Khadafi, see video below); John Kerry, the “Climate Czar”, Joe Biden’s Special Envoy on Climate, and many more. Absurdity abounds. During comments on reports of Navalny’s death, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass a US$95 billion aid package that includes a new infusion of money to help Ukraine in its war against Russia. See this. The MSC was the perfect occasion to lambast President Putin, to denigrate him, to call him names, including “murderer”. It looks like Navalny’s death was perfectly planned, so perfectly, it sounds and looks almost naïve to believe that President Putin would choose such a moment in time – the Munich Security Conference MSC – to get rid of his opposition leader. Anybody who saw Tucker Carlson’s interview with President Putin knows that Putin’s level of intellect and diplomacy is way beyond murdering an adversary. Despite being the heaviest sanctioned man and country – Russia – in the world, President Putin did not say one negative or “bad” word against any of his Western antagonists and aggressors. It is therefore highly unlikely that Mr. Navalny’s death was a Kremlin inside job. Just think, cui bono – who benefits? - LewRockwell
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  4624. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Important update on September 27, 2024, the noose was strengthened around Ugledar by Russian forces, and has begun a massive unprecedented offensive, capturing half of the city, which was a stronghold for Ukrainian forces for two years. Video shows one of the Ugledar Mines successfully captured by Russian troops with the assault on the city continuing. Before the massive assault, Russian scouts wisely dropped campaign leaflets by drone in the western part of Ugledar, calling for the surrender of Zelensky's troops from the units of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, which was ordered to hold the city while he is still in the United States. At this time, for Zelensky's troops, the situation on the front is critical, the small mining town in the Donetsk region is surrounded, all entrances and exits are under Russian fire control. Ugledar, which is half surrounded is in half a cauldron, making some of the rest of the men from the 72nd Ukrainian Brigade, try to escape in Ugledar, but eventually a group of prisoners of war were forced to surrender. At first they tried to attack the Russian tank formation from Buryatia near Vodyanoye village in order to escape from Ugledar, but failed. All roads to Ugledar were cut off, their resistance was useless. Dozens of them eventually had only one chance to return home alive! The command of the Russian troops contacted the Armed Forces of Ukraine to surrender, or be blocked in Ugledar! They were supposed to surrender because Russia did not ask twice. As a result, Russia showered Ugledar with incendiary ammunition, fired from BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher systems at night. Some Western sources, citing their contacts in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, claim that Ugledar is completely surrounded. The video was recorded by the Ukrainian military themselves, who complained about the "difficult conditions" under the magnesium rain. In addition, Russian drones raided Ukrainian troops still entrenched in the city buildings. This was the last chance for the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade to retreat, and was rapidly closing. It is strongly suspected that in a few days Ugledar will fall!
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  4640. I am not a Russian speaker, but my friend, Andrei Martyanov is. I called Andrei today, after Putin’s press conference with President Lukashenko, to get his reaction to Putin’s remarks about the deal the US and Ukraine announced in Riyadh. Andrei pointed out the following comment by Putin: Got it? Putin was politely telling Trump’s team of negotiators that they could shove the proposed ceasefire deal in Riyadh up their ass. Russia is not going to be bullied or threatened. Putin carefully explained his terms for obtaining a ceasefire in June 2024. I have written about this repeatedly, but will repeat it again: Russia must be allowed to keep all the land it currently occupies in Ukraine. Ukraine must hand over all the provinces that Russia claims but does not fully control, including all of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. Ukraine must officially end its plans to join NATO and become a neutral country. Ukraine must never seek to develop nuclear weapons. The rights of Russian-speakers in Ukraine must be respected. Sanctions against Russia must be lifted to ensure peace. Putin insists that this proposal was not about freezing the conflict, but about its final resolution. He also stated that if Ukraine and its allies rejected these terms, it would be their political and moral responsibility for continuing the bloodshed. Yuri Ushakov, Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy advisor, repeated this stance today: Moscow does not want a temporary truce with Ukraine but is instead interested in a long-term settlement. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has been more explicit in recent days: Lavrov expressed opposition to the ceasefire proposal on Tuesday, before its official announcement. He stated that Moscow will avoid compromises that would jeopardize people’s lives in the context of a possible Ukraine peace deal. Lavrov reiterated Russia’s stance that it will under no conditions accept the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine, should there be a permanent peace settlement. He criticized Europe’s push for deploying peacekeepers in Ukraine, calling it an “obsession” designed to escalate tensions. Lavrov accused the UK and EU of attempting to pressure the Trump administration into taking a more aggressive stance against Russia. He warned that any NATO troop presence in Ukraine, regardless of its capacity, represents a direct threat to Russia. Lavrov also mentioned that in previous instances when agreements were reached and ceasefires announced, the Ukrainians had allegedly deceived Russia with support from their allies. The day before Putin’s press conference with Lukashenko, Putin sent a clear message to the West. He traveled to Russia’s military headquarters in Kursk, where Russian troops have inflicted a devastating defeat on Ukrainian forces, dressed in military garb. He was not doing a fashion show. He directed General Gerasimov and his commanders to drive all Ukrainian forces from Kursk asap. This came on the heels of Ukraine launching a massive drone strike on Russian territory on Tuesday, which failed to hit military targets but killed three civilians. While President Putin is serious about restoring normal relations with the United States, he is not going to accept a deal that does not address the underlying cause of this war — NATO expansion and Western exploitation of Ukraine as a military proxy to attack Russia. If Donald Trump is hoping for a quick deal to end the war in Ukraine, he is going to be disappointed. Russia terms are clear. Let’s call it, “a nuanced position.” - sonar21
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  4646. It is suspicious that “Islamist terrorists” from Tajikistan would carry out a massacre at the Crocus City Hall for money rather than Islamic fervour, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan against Russia which has shown great sympathy for the civilians of Gaza. UK and USA exhortations to Ukraine to hate (see below) and attack Russians, their training of Ukraine troops for acts of sabotage inside Russia (including the murder of politicians and journalists) and the flight (see map) of the Crocus City terrorists to Ukraine, together with historical exploitation by the West of Islamist extremists in Afghanistan and the presence of those islamists inside the Ukrainian armed forces all suggest the Crocus City Hall massacre was connected to Ukraine. The Head of the Ukrainian Secret service Vasyl Malyuk admitted, in a TV interview, to high profile assassinations inside Russia including a Russian military blogger in St Petersburg and a Ukrainian MP Ilya Kyva. See this. The former CIA analyst Larry Johnson who was an expert in CIA operations behind enemy lines said in an interview with Judging Freedom: “This means that the United States knew that Ukraine was up to something, and had an idea of what it was going to do. And there is a good chance that Ukraine not only did this but did it with the help of weapons and support provided by the United States,” Having created the Ukraine monster we know that the USA has recently been worried about excessive attacks inside Russia but (while warning Russia of an imminent attack) they were unable to stop it. As the Turkish official Omer Celik stated the terrorist attack could not have been carried out without the support of foreign intelligence. - LewRockwell
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  4663. The American Dream… or Nightmare? Kamala's “Glorious Economy” Fantasy Welcome to the circus. In the latest episode of America’s desperate attempt to keep the illusion alive, we’re told the “glorious economy” will save Kamala Harris in the polls, just as the empire teeters on the brink of financial collapse. Let’s get real. The U.S. national debt is now approaching an eye-watering $35.8 trillion—yes, with a “T”—and each American citizen is shackled with an average debt burden of over $90,000. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Add in over $200 trillion in unfunded liabilities, and every single American—man, woman, and child, is shouldering a mind-numbing $600,000+ debt burden. Is this the “glory” they're selling? The interest alone on this monstrous sum is set to devour trillions more in the coming years, dwarfing investments in infrastructure, healthcare, and education. Meanwhile, the IMF has just confirmed that Russia, despite over 20,0000 Western sanctions and relentless economic warfare, is now the fourth-largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity (PPP). Moscow has maneuvered past Japan, silencing those who predicted Russia’s collapse. Unlike the speculative foundations of "Bidenomics," Russia's growth has been forged on tangible resources, resilience, and a sovereign economy. As BRICS nations rise, forging independent pathways free from dollar dependence, Washington doubles down on smoke-and-mirrors, feeding its citizens a diet of “everything is glorious” while the walls close in. The empire’s enemies take note. The “economic prowess” being celebrated in D.C. is little more than hollowed-out promises backed by the Fed’s Ponzi-money-printing machine. The American economy, propped up by the very fiat currency it weaponizes against the world, is the definition of a ticking time bomb. So, yes, bring on the election theatrics: Kamala, Trump, whoever. In reality, it’s a “choose your own dystopia” game. While Americans are distracted by the current presidential puppet show, the rest of the world watches as the empire implodes. Real power is shifting, and no “glorious economy” narrative will change that. The Global Majority, anchored by BRICS, isn’t buying the show. They’re building a parallel system and Kazan was only the beginning. As the West doubles down on an unsustainable path, others are investing in genuine growth, decoupled from Western debt traps. They’re not just betting against the dollar; they’re laying the foundation for a world where such illusions hold no sway. - Gerry Nolan - The Islander News - Intel Republic
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  4669. The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday shared footage of a TOS-1A multiple rocket launcher striking Ukrainian positions. The battlefield video was taken near Soledar, a Donetsk People’s Republic town located to the northeast of the city Artyomovsk (known in Ukraine as Bakhmut). The system, widely known by the nickname ‘Solntsepyok’ – ‘Scorching Sunlight’, is seen firing multiple projectiles at night. The strike was observed by a surveillance UAV fitted with an infrared camera. The massive 220-mm thermobaric weapon is seen leaving large glowing spots on the ground after hits, footage shows. While the system is effectively a short-range multiple rocket launcher mounted on a tank chassis, TOS-1As are classified in Russia as “heavy flamethrowers.” In its most recent daily briefing, the Defense Ministry claimed that Ukraine lost an estimated 1,800 soldiers lost over the past 24 hours. It also reported the destruction of various pieces of hardware used by Kiev’s forces, including multiple artillery pieces, both Western-supplied and older Soviet-era systems. The most intense combat continued near Artyomovsk, as well as in Ukraine’s Kharkov Region, with an estimated 535 and 300 casualties inflicted on Ukrainian troops in the two areas, respectively, according to the briefing. Russian forces recently crossed the border at multiple locations into Kharkov Region. The offensive comes as part of the effort to push Ukrainian forces further away from Russian territory and thus stop the indiscriminate artillery and drone strikes on border settlements, including the city of Belgorod. The Ukrainian strikes, which the Russian Defense Ministry says primarily target civilian infrastructure and residential areas, have inflicted considerable material damage and resulted in dozens of civilian deaths. - RT
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  4682. “You leave the dollar and you’re not doing business with the US, because we are going to put a 100% tariff on your goods” Trump said - RT Some comments follow: [Clearly, he doesn't understand WHY the world is dumping the dollar. Sound plan... If you wish to implode your service sector economy. Well, they will just sell their products elsewhere. And USA will be stuck with more inflation. Trump: Sanctions are hurting the Dollar. Also, Trump: We are going to threaten everyone who doesn't want to use the Dollar anymore. You up the tariffs, people won't export to you anymore. You lose. Donny, if you're in a hole, stop digging The problem is that US can't survive without imports because they don't make anything anymore, so they need Chinese and Mexican goods more than Chinese need the dollar. And if Chinese demand yuan for payment the US must comply they have no other choice. that's blackmail Trump....sorry.] A broad trend towards using national currencies instead of the greenback has gained momentum following the massive economic restrictions introduced against Russia by the US and its allies in the wake of the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict in February 2022. After being cut off from the Western financial system, Moscow has turned to alternative options for settlement, with some of Russia’s foreign partners following suit. Last week, the presidential candidate pledged to substantially reduce the use of sanctions by Washington if he is reelected in November. Speaking at the Economic Club of New York, Trump acknowledged that the curbs imposed by the US on other states are damaging for the dollar. - RT
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  4691. Russians overwhelming the Uke Armies into oblivion! Will a new Speaker of the House solve our problems? No. Our biggest problem is our financial and moral bankruptcy, which has been brewing for over 100 years since the creation of the Fed and the rise of the Progressive era. But finally, we see Members responding to rising anger among the electorate over the financing of another forever war – this time with a nuclear superpower! Finally, we see Members saying “enough” to demands for even more money for the US empire. It’s a good start and we should do all we can to encourage it.- LewRockwell Russian forces advancing towards key town in bid to cut Ukrainian supplies. Watch missiles race toward enemy in vid as Russian army fights for Berdychi (see map), Donetsk (ex-Ukraine) to block Ukrainian supplies heading to Avdeevka, from where Kiev shells civilians in Donetsk. - Intel Report Rats are jumping the ship! Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky did not address the Romanian Parliament during his visit to the EU state on Tuesday. Local media reports suggested that the speech had been inexplicably canceled. - RT Avdeevka battle on the most fortified Donetsk front, Russian forces began the offensive phase after a long time. Apart from artillery and tanks, combat works from several types of helicopters like Mi-28NM accompanied by Mi-8, as well as Mi-35 transport and attack helicopter storming the enemy with Izdeliye-305 missiles. The result, several destructions of positions and disruption of communications of Ukrainian troops occurred. - Military Tube Today The unchecked delivery of Western weapons to Ukraine has resulted in a large amount of these arms ending up in the hands of organized criminal groups and extremists around the world, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has again claimed. - RT
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  4712. The Battle of Borodino was the apogee of Napoleon’s reckless attempt to conquer Russia and set the stage for his ensuing defeat — French losses in securing their “victory” at Borodino, left them decimated and unable to finish the war they started. Napoleon and his commanders hunkered down in Moscow for a short period but then, with the onset of an early winter, realized they faced annihilation if they stayed and chose to try to return to France. They lacked the logistics to sustain themselves in a zone of conflict. The long, deadly retreat from Moscow, marked the nadir of the French military in that campaign, having entered Russia with an army of 600,000 men and escaped with only 16% of the force still intact. Losing 500,000 soldiers is not a recipe for victory. The Borodino strategy is not confined to Ukraine. The United States is intent on going to war with China. That is insanity. Just as Napoleon’s deep incursion into Russia stretched his lines of communications (i.e. logistics) to the point of collapse, the United States is talking about a military confrontation with China that it cannot sustain. The lesson of Borodino is that a war of attrition favors the power that is closest to its supply lines. It is a lesson the West, especially America, refuses to learn. One other lesson from Borodino — even though Napoleon’s army suffered terrible losses, Napoleon maintained his insatiable thirst for conquest and refused to find a path to peace. It was that unquenched desire that led him ultimately to Waterloo. The Western quest to dominate Russia and China is likely to lead to a 21st Century Waterloo for America and Europe. Yes, history rhymes. - Sonar21
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  4726. Well, now, we have the highest level confirmation of the above from an actual U.S. official. The Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, William Laplante, just dropped a major bombshell which should dim any hopes of major ATACMS triumphs, as so many are emptily looking forward to: That’s right—on a panel for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Laplante outright admitted that the much-hyped GLSDBs have proven an abject failure due to Russian jamming environments. Some have rightfully proposed this is due to the fact that an SDB glide-bomb is pretty slow once it detaches from the HIMARS booster rocket. And thus, as it slows while gliding toward the target, it must overfly a lot of EW contested airspace which gradually degrades its GPS course correction more and more until its targeting is way off by the time it reaches the actual target. In the first year of the war, Russia barely used its electronic warfare capabilities. Today it has made full use of them, confusing the waves of drones the United States has helped provide. Even the fearsome HIMARS missiles that President Biden agonized over giving to Kyiv, which were supposed to make a huge difference on the battlefield, have been misdirected at times as the Russians learned how to interfere with guidance systems. Next, let’s briefly mention some of the ongoing battlefield developments. The situation in the north/west Avdeevka sector continues to deteriorate for the AFU with a constant stream of revealing and sometimes urgent complaints from their channels giving us insight. Here’s a soldier from the AFU’s 115th Brigade giving an update: Read what he says: “My company was literally destroyed.” He complains about leadership throwing them away like meat, It has gotten even the most ardent Ukraine ‘experts’ and supporters admitting that the AFU may have to drastically fall back to a new defensive line behind the Vovcha River, abandoning at least a dozen or more kilometers of land: Yesterday Blinken was humiliated in his visit to China. Not only was he not greeted in the usual customary way at the tarmac, with no red carpet or official entourage, but while awaiting Blinken’s arrival, President Xi was even overheard impatiently inquiring when the sniveling rat-faced apparatchik would be leaving the country: Xi and China have no patience left for the U.S.’ disrespectful lecturing. The pointless visit was capped off by China reportedly not sending a single official to wish Blinken off, and he was instead seen away by the U.S.’ own ambassador stationed in China: In another dispiriting development for Ukraine, it has now been revealed that most of the weaponry sponsored by new U.S. aid will in fact not make it to the foundering country for years: This is further corroboration to something I’ve written about many times before as well: the fact that Russia is building strategic reserves and stores for a potential NATO conflict that could take place directly after or even concurrently with the Ukrainian one. NATO is clearly signaling escalation to “save” Ukraine, which is why Shoigu called up an entirely second army of 500k+ for that very contingency. Now, Russia is also building up stores for that army in case it needs to actually clash with NATO in the near future. Either way, it’s simply revealing of how much munitions Russia is producing that even despite the high usage in the Ukraine front, it’s still generating a vast surplus. Lastly, isn’t it fascinating how something decried as ‘barbaric’ and ‘illegal’ when used by Russia in actual war is treated as commonplace and with indifference when it comes to anti-Israeli protesters? - Simplicius
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  4728. Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladislav Seleznev believes that the Russian army will create several bridgeheads on the right bank of the Dnieper. At the same time, according to him, an offensive operation will take place in Zaporozhye. According to him, the first wave will also include up to 2,000 troops and 300 boats. They report Russian forces stormed the Antonovsky Bridge area and captured or consolidated the dachas around it: Hell in Kherson: Russian Army breaks through and consolidates dachas near Antonovsky Bridge near Kherson Elsewhere, Russian forces have finally captured virtually all of the residential parts of Kurakhove, with only the industrial western area with the thermal power plant remaining: They’ve also captured the entirety of Novy Komar north of Velyka Novosilka: As well as expanding their hold in the southwest pincer and making their way into the town proper in the southeast, slowly bringing the stronghold into encirclement. Yes, unfortunately Ukraine started off the war vastly outnumbering Russia with a claimed 1 million troops to Russia’s 250,000. How is it that Russia is now outnumbering Ukraine by such a high count? There’s only one answer, and you know what it is. We may be entering a stage of heightened Ukrainian provocation attempts in lead up to Trump’s inauguration. There has been a rash of SBU-orchestrated arson attacks throughout Russia, assassinations—like that of General Kirillov—followed by various new ATACMS, HIMARS, and drone strikes, particularly yesterday’s brazen one on various residential buildings in Kazan. We can see that, as is always the case, Trump appears to be backsliding on all campaign promises. Early reports claimed he was exploring options to support Israel striking Iran, and now the new reports about continuing military aid to Ukraine. It seems increasingly likely the swamp will slowly assimilate Trump’s second term leading ultimately to little difference in foreign policy from the Biden administration. Lastly, as of this writing it’s being reported a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet has been shot down by its own Ticonderoga class warship while conducting illegal terror strikes against Yemen: Recall the talks of Russia’s “IFF failures” and ‘unprofessionalism’ when Russia suffered friendly fire incidents. Except Russia is in a near-peer conflict, while the US IFF doesn’t even function in a low contested environment. The US couldn’t even shoot down a Chinese balloon without major failures. The US would rue the day it ever got into a near-peer scenario, as such incidents would be near daily occurrences in today’s highly degraded and deteriorated US armed forces. - Simplicius
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  4732. There has been a multifold increase in the production of weapons and ammunition in Russia since the outbreak of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev in 2022, the head of the defense conglomerate Rostec has said. "Compared to 2022, the production and refurbishment of tanks at our factories increased by three-and-a-half times, and of lightly armored vehicles by three times,” the Rostec chief said. The manufacture of self-propelled artillery pieces has increased tenfold, while 14 times more towed guns are being produced, and the production of multiple rocket launch systems (MLRS) has doubled. The output of ammunition rounds for tanks and infantry fighting vehicles increased by 900%, artillery shells by 600%, and munitions for MLRS by 800%. Three times as many unguided rockets for heavy flamethrower systems are being produced, Chemezov said. According to the Rostec chief, new types of equipment have also been introduced during the conflict, such as TOS-2 heavy flamethrower systems, which are capable of firing munitions with thermobaric warheads and are “widely used in the area of the military operation.” Zemledeliye remote mine-laying systems are also being produced, as well as Krasnopol guided shells, Kub loitering munitions, and guided missiles for UAVs. Rostec is also working with JSC Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV) to equip standard aviation bombs with gliding modules and guidance systems, he said. The Washington Post reported in March that the use of glide bombs, which can travel long distances and have high precision, has “dramatically boosted” the effectiveness of the Russian Air Force. The Independent wrote last month that those munitions had been “changing the face” of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev. - RT
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  4736. READ IT AND WEEP, WEST'S GOVERNMENTS! Russian FM spokeswoman Zakharova in above video states Russia's unemployment rate stands at historic low of 3% (half as much as EU's), with country's GDB and major industries growing despite West's unprecedented sanctions. - Intel Report We now know that the United States played the primary role in sabotaging the March 29, 2022 tentative peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine thanks to the recently published article by Hajo Funke and Harald Kujat, HOW THE CHANCE WAS LOST FOR A PEACE SETTLEMENT OF THE UKRAINE WAR — AND THE WEST WANTED TO CONTINUE THE WAR INSTEAD. The United States persuaded its NATO allies that pursuing the war against Russia, using Ukraine as a proxy, offered a legitimate opportunity to destroy Russia. You want a definition of evil? This is it. Instead of helping end the war between Russia and Ukraine, the United States and its NATO puppets condemned hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers to death in a war with Russia they could not win. In the course of strong arming Ukraine’s Zelensky into rejecting the peace agreement, the West prepared and launched a propaganda campaign that claimed that Ukrainian military forces defeated the Russian forces and compelled them to retreat. It was a lie. As you will read in the timeline below, Putin ordered the withdrawal of Russian forces starting on April 1, 2022 as a good faith gesture about Russia’s seriousness in complying with the 29 March Istanbul Agreement. Chalk this up as one more massive war crime by the United States and NATO. They are accessories to murder. I have summarized the timeline presented in the Funke/Kujat article if you do not have time to read it in its entirety. I also am republishing their piece for your convenience. All of the death and destruction experienced in Ukraine and Russia could have been avoided. But the West was intent on dethroning Putin and carving up Russia. Once you understand this point I think you will appreciate that Putin and his Generals are no longer of a mind to give the West the benefit of the doubt. Destroying NATO’s designs on Ukraine is now their chief aim in my view. - Sonar21 Dubai Airshow 2023 was a triumph of the Russian military-industrial complex. It is with these words that analysts and military observers of the world's leading magazines described Russia's participation in this significant event of the outgoing year. Moreover, Western experts were forced to admit that the current conflict in Ukraine not only did not weaken Russia but also gave a powerful impetus to further strengthen the Russian military-industrial complex. - BORZZIKMAN Talks of a stalemate are for losers which is what the Uke civilian targeting Armies have been since the Maiden coup in 2014. Those Armies, per all the reputable combat reports from the ground, are being wiped off the face of the earth by the Russian Armed Forces in no uncertain terms remembering the deaths of the innocents of the Donbass which started this war in the first place!
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  4738. Today, May 9, marks the 79th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany aka Victory in Europe day and the Russian people held massive marches and commemorations — not just in Russia — but in countries around the world where Russian expats live. But in the United States, where the mythology persists that the United States defeated the Nazis, there were crickets The estimated population of the Soviet Union in 1940 was 170 million. In other words, 16% of Soviet citizens (which included Russia and Ukraine) died as a consequence of the Great Patriotic War. That does not begin to take into account the number of wounded, which probably represented an additional 20 million people. Compare that with the United States. There are conflicting estimates, ranging from 183,500 up to 276,655 US Army KIA in Europe/North Africa. Let’s go with the higher number. According to the 1940 Census, there were 132,164,569 Americans. That ratio of U.S. KIA in the European/North African theater compared to total population is 0.2%. In other words, far less than 1% of the U.S. population died at the hands of the Nazis. I will put this bluntly — the United States paid almost nothing in the way of blood and treasure in the campaign to defeat Hitler compared to what the Russian people endured. Consider the following: 750,000 Soviets died in the Battle of Stalingrad. At least 670,000 Soviet soldiers and citizens died in the siege of Leningrad. An estimated 421,000 Soviet died in the battle of Operation Citadel/Kursk. The staggering scale of Soviet losses is beyond the comprehension of most Americans. The Soviets tripled all American losses in the European theater in just one battle — Stalingrad. Yet, Hollywood has propagated the myth that the United States carried the burden of the battles that led to the destruction of the Third Reich. Not just Hollywood. In the immediate aftermath the capture of Berlin, the United States and the United Kingdom behaved as if they were the ones who save the world. Well, if that is true, why are the Americans and Brits silent on VE day? Because they did not endure the catastrophic human loss that the peoples of the Soviet Union endured, especially the Russians. That is why millions of Russians marched today carrying photographs of their grandfathers, grandmothers, great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers who served and died in the colossal fight to destroy the Nazis. The legacy of the sacrifice of those who fought 80 years ago still burns bright in the souls of the Russian people. Not so in America. A significant portion of the American population is ignorant: Profiteering off of war? That is a different matter. Americans are real good at that grift. Major General Smedley Butler, who wrote War Is a Racket in 1935, nailed it: Today’s America is the Alzheimer’s Generation when it comes to history. We are on a trajectory to pursue wars against Russia, Iran and China without the tiniest bit of appreciation of the potential loss of human life and capital that may be inflicted on the United States if it consummates its rapacious, foolish desire. I salute those Americans who served in World War II and all of the succeeding foreign expeditionary boondoggles. The names of 58,000 Americans decorate a black wall in Washington, DC. The vast majority served honorably and died in part because they believed the lies fed them by corrupt Presidents and a compliant media. Many of those who followed in their footsteps and served honorably in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria are victims of a big lie. They were not fighting to defeat Islamic extremism. They were duped into fighting to fatten the stock portfolios of General Dynamics, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and scores of other Beltway Bandits. War is good business as long as only a small, insignificant (and despised) class of Americans pay the price in blood. The failure of the vast majority of Americans to commemorate May 9 will, I fear, come back to haunt us. If we do not find a way to live in peace with Russia, China or Iran, Americans are not likely to have the good fortune to avoid massive casualties.- Sonar21
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  4749. An interview with AFU company commander, Nikolai Melnik, who lost his leg in the fighting, gives a detailed account of the beginnings of the AFU’s grand summer counteroffensive. He relates that the entire sky was blackened by an apocalyptic storm of bursting remote-mine munitions, showering the battlefield with leg-chewing, tank-tread-gnawing, glacis-spalling death. For those wiping their eyes and balking at the description, this lurid reminder from the very battle may humble you. So, basically the whole purpose of the counteroffensive was to thrust a phalanx of scary topshelf NATO armor at the Russkies and hope they ran away in terror, in their inferior Soviet rustbuckets. Well, we all know how that went down. He goes on to describe his withering recovery, how he lost his leg due to doctors not even being able to treat it properly due to the flood of wounded which paralyzed emergency centers. [Regarding NATO Allies, we see the following,] how utterly sophomoric their grasp of international relations is. In their wild conceit, they’ve gotten so utterly drunk on their distorted and ill-conceived image of Russia that they completely ignore inherent realities, of just how much actual power and influence Russia wields on the global stage. In short, unlike NAFO internet incels, NATO brass knows Russia’s capabilities and isn’t crazy enough to test every single red line. - Simplicius The Lunatic Asylum known as the Uke Leadership and its enablers must be eradicated! Actor, choreographer, and director Polina Menshikh was mortally wounded in a Ukrainian rocket attack, her colleagues revealed on Tuesday. The strike reportedly used HIMARS systems supplied to Kiev by the US to first destroy the stage during a charity concert and then target the first responders who came to help. - RT Humanitarian assistance to Gaza a sacred duty, says Putin above, regarding evacuation of Russian citizens from Gaza and delivery of humanitarian aid to enclave. We need to help people suffering from what's happening there - we see what's happening - Putin. - Intel Report IT'S NOT RUSSIA but Ukraine that has withdrawn from peace process, says Putin. Meanwhile, in bottom video, Putin slams hypocrisy of West in condemnations of Russian Special Operation while supporting or remaining indifferent to 2014 Euromaidan coup, aggression against Donbass, and now, Israeli war crimes in Gaza. The extermination of Palestinians in Gaza, is it not shocking? And the fact that doctors have to do operations with a scalpel on a child's body without anesthesia - is that not shocking? - Putin. - Intel Report UNPRECEDENTED BLOODSHED coming out of Israels attack on Gaza Strip, says Russian permanent representative to UN Nebenzya in top video, on "real humanitarian catastrophe" unfolding in Gaza. Israel is depriving the international community, including Russia, of opportunity to provide people of Gaza with aid - Nebenzya - Intel Report SHE IS MY SOUL - declares devastated father in above video holding tight his dearest, caressing, whispering and playing with daughter as if she's still alive before trying to open her eyes to take one last look at them, or achingly imagine she will look back after she fell victim to IDF's systematic assassination of Palestinian children . Bereaved dad must wait for one slaughtered infant to clear stretcher before he can place his daughter in heart-crushing footage showing consequence of Tel Aviv's latest assault on Gaza Strip this morning, despite declaration of ceasefire deal. - Intel Report
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  4751. ISRAEL CONTINUES TO PUMMEL GAZA from the sky through indiscriminate air strikes (in above video) sending SHOCKING blasts throughout neighborhoods destroying everything around them though imminent ground offensive put on HOLD due to "weather" as Israeli Army officials claim clouds make drone navigation for offensive difficult. However, Israeli officials report on local media of MASS DESERTIONS of Israeli troops refusing to go to the front line as Tel Aviv also trembles over possibility of provoking war with Hezbollah, vowing it will open a multi-front war against Israel. - Intel Report CHINESE FM SLAMS ISRAEL'S actions against Gaza as going "beyond self-defense" in calls for Tel Aviv to put a stop to "collective punishment of Gazan people" as Beijing actively communicates with all warring parties to broker a ceasefire. So far, 4 Chinese nationals have been killed in crossfire of war as several Chinese citizens remain in the Gaza Strip. - Intel Report JOURNALIST HOLDS COLD, DEAD BABY IN DESPAIR, caressing her and tearfully kissing her cold forehead as her limp body flops in his arms, joining Gazan Red Crescent in immediate aftermath of HORRIFIC Israeli massacre on Palestinian town of Deir al Balah, Central Gaza - reports say he was handed baby in frantic rush away from the scene of mass-murderous Israeli bombing on ambulance as surrounding people DESPERATELY HOPED she was alive. - Intel Report MORE INNOCENTS DEAD AND INJURED following HUGE Israel BOMBS (left video) in Southern Gazan town of Khan Yunus, with children, women covered in blood and dust (right photos) right as Israel was forcing North Gazans to evacuate to the south. Israeli sources claim Hamas preventing evacuations southward - yet Israel BOMBS routes and civilian locations in Central and South Gaza.- Intel Report TRUCKS PILE UP frozen, in organized jam at the Egyptian-Israeli border as Tel Aviv continues to completely block al-Rafah border crossing, preventing vital, life-saving humanitarian and donor aid from reaching Gaza. Since the imposition of additional crushing Israeli blockade, Gazans have suffered from severe shortages and complete depletion of medical equipment, food, water, and other necessary materials as they suffer under Israeli bombardment. - Intel Report Arab League, African Union say Israeli ground operation in Gaza may result in genocide. ...As European Union predictably "condemns Hamas," reaffirms Israel's right to defend itself and demands Palestinian resistance release hostages without any preconditions. 🇵🇸 An Israeli ground operation ... could lead to unprecedented genocide - Arab League and African Union joint statement. - Intel Report FLOWERS FOR PALESTINE and toys in memory of nearing 1000 murdered children, placed by ordinary Russians on fence of Palestine's Moscow Embassy, standing for justice and calling for peace for devastated Gazans. Russians, in midst of their own war, don't hesitate to extend solidarity and support to Gazans, who suffer from Western supplied bombs just like the people of Donbass have for years... - Intel Republic HORRIFIC BLASTS, GENOCIDAL IMPACT as MONSTROUS smoke clouds from impact of Israeli strike swallow and destroy entire neighborhood in Rafah, South Gaza, leaving frantic residents mortified with morbid impacts of entire block wiped out (right video) just as Israel announces it has turned on water in South Gaza - only to lure those fleeing the North into new campaigns of targeted bombing. Gazan authorities report ENTIRE Zanoun family wiped out from targeted neighborhood bombing, with the civilian family joining around 50 Palestinian families completely wiped out from shelling. - Intel Report Russian air defenses thwarted a total of 27 attempted Ukrainian drone attacks overnight, Moscow’s military said. The Defense Ministry later confirmed that 18 plane-type drones had been intercepted over Kursk Region, and two more over Belgorod Region on Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday. “This evening, 12 drones launched from Ukraine were shot down over Kursk and the Kursk district. Falling debris was recorded in the city limits and the village of Zorino,” Kursk Governor Roman Starovoyt wrote on his Telegram channel, adding that no one was injured in the attack. - RT Criminally Insane US Warmongers are happy that the world is about to explode! Against the background of the Americans' statements that they are not going to engage in a direct military clash in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a step indicating that a big war in this region of the world with the participation of the United States will not be avoided. So on Friday evening, during a press conference with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu made a very disturbing statement.......BORZZIKMAN
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  4791. [Uke lies destroyed at the UN!] Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, has accused Ukrainian forces of hitting a children’s hospital with an air defense missile, declaring that if a Russian missile had struck the building, “there would be nothing left.” In an address to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Dr. Vladimir Zhovnir, the director of Kiev’s Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, accused Russia of deliberately striking the facility on Monday. Two people died and scores were injured in the blast, Zhovnir claimed, calling the incident “not just a war crime, [but] far beyond the limit of humanity.” “Does Mr. Zhovnir understand that if it was a Russian missile, there would be nothing left of the building?” Nebenzia responded. “Children and adults would have died rather than been injured.” Nebenzia explained that Russian forces targeted the Artemov missile plant in Kiev on Monday, and that “this target was hit.” “Since the plant is located approximately 2km from the children’s hospital, there is every reason to believe that the Ukrainian air defense missile that hit it was intended for a Russian missile that hit the plant,” he stated, adding that “this tragedy could have been avoided if the Ukrainian Armed Forces had not deployed air defense in residential areas.” The Russian Defense Ministry has also explicitly denied striking the hospital. In an official statement on Monday, the ministry said that “photos and video footage from Kiev clearly confirm” that the building was hit by a falling “Ukrainian air defense missile launched from an anti-aircraft missile system within the city.” - RT
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  4793. If BS was fungible, both Israel and Ukraine would be rolling in dough and not need another dime of foreign aid. The nonsense spilling out of Tel Aviv and Kiev is legendary and much of the Western public is slurping it up like a ravenous dog eating a bowl of rabbit stew. Let’s start with Israel. The Zionists used more than 100 aircraft to send an estimated 200 air-launched ballistic missiles into Iran. Israeli aircraft did not dare to fly inside Iran. And what happened? Iran, with Russian help, shot down the majority of the Israeli missiles. Iran showed no signs of panic or anger in the aftermath of the attack — not what one would expect if Israel’s assault had been a smashing success. Compare for yourself. The first video show’s Iran’s October 1 attack on Israel. The second video shows what happened in the skies over Tehran. The Zionist spin patrol is working overtime to paint lipstick on their pig operation. The Zionists convinced themselves that Iran’s strike on October 1 was meaningless, notwithstanding clear video — and later satellite imagery — of damage from Iran’s missile barrage. Now, when confronted with evidence of Iranian air defense knocking Israeli missiles from the sky, they simply pretend it did not happen. Ukrainian forces are retreating all along the 900-mile front. Then there is the Ukrainian/CIA story claiming that North Korean troops are fighting on the front because Russia has lost so many men, it had to import new cannon fodder. I believe this story was ginned up by an increasingly desperate CIA in order to create a cover story for bringing South Korean pilots to Romania to fly F-16s. The “news” about the North Korean troops first appeared in the New York Times under David Sanger’s byline on October 8. Sanger has a long history of being a willing conduit for CIA “leaks.” Remains to be seen if the South Koreans will actually enter the fight. If they do, they will learn that Russia ain’t playing games and many of those pilots will likely die. I discussed this issue with Judge Napolitano. I am also posting a live podcast that Andrei Martyanov and I did with Nima as Israel’s attack was wrapping up Friday night my time. - Sonar21
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  4811. Yet when Tucker Carlson asked Putin what it was all about – we found simply that the protection of Russia and Russian people are a cause for which Putin is willing to fight. It is a concept that shocks the Western empire circa 2024. We also learned that years of western actions, like withdrawing from nuclear treaties and pursuing first strike capabilities, drove Russian development of hypersonic missiles and a whole range of capabilities to survive and defeat such extreme threats coming from an increasingly unpredictable West. Meanwhile, US and NATO naval capability is underwhelming, recruitment abysmal, technology plateaued and inappropriate for offense or defense, and funds are dwindling. We learned that while politicians and academics continue to push for ever more massive sanctions against Russia – new markets materialized and Russia’s economy adapted and thrived, as the economy of the western allies shrank and struggled. We learned that western cultural fetishes of magic energy replacing hydrocarbons, 72 genders, modern monetary theory and unlimited immigration without cultural integration have all been rejected – rationally and straightforwardly – by Russia. The former Communist empire has become a sanctuary for Orthodox Christianity, while the West bans and abandons Christian churches and principles in Ukraine, in Gaza, in Europe and in America. It sounds unbelievable, unpredictable, a rabbit from a hat and a lady cut in half all in one show – but it’s true. A key advisor to Zelensky on US-UK-EU proxy war, and former UK PM Boris Johnson is an exemplar of magical thinking. He was outraged that Putin explained with evidence how the last 18 months of war in Ukraine could have been prevented, and the ended peacefully, as peace talks in Turkey produced a draft treaty acceptable to both Ukrainian and Russian teams. This was abruptly canned after Boris rushed to Kiev, where he demanded the Ukrainians reject the nascent agreement. Boris, bobbing in the flotsam of magical thinking, is a liar, and yet, one marvels at the power of believing that your desires and wishes can create a new world order. - LewRockwell
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  4813. It is suspicious that “Islamist terrorists” from Tajikistan would carry out a massacre at the Crocus City Hall for money rather than Islamic fervour, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan against Russia which has shown great sympathy for the civilians of Gaza. UK and USA exhortations to Ukraine to hate (see below) and attack Russians, their training of Ukraine troops for acts of sabotage inside Russia (including the murder of politicians and journalists) and the flight (see map) of the Crocus City terrorists to Ukraine, together with historical exploitation by the West of Islamist extremists in Afghanistan and the presence of those islamists inside the Ukrainian armed forces all suggest the Crocus City Hall massacre was connected to Ukraine. The Head of the Ukrainian Secret service Vasyl Malyuk admitted, in a TV interview, to high profile assassinations inside Russia including a Russian military blogger in St Petersburg and a Ukrainian MP Ilya Kyva. See this. The former CIA analyst Larry Johnson who was an expert in CIA operations behind enemy lines said in an interview with Judging Freedom: “This means that the United States knew that Ukraine was up to something, and had an idea of what it was going to do. And there is a good chance that Ukraine not only did this but did it with the help of weapons and support provided by the United States,” Having created the Ukraine monster we know that the USA has recently been worried about excessive attacks inside Russia but (while warning Russia of an imminent attack) they were unable to stop it. As the Turkish official Omer Celik stated the terrorist attack could not have been carried out without the support of foreign intelligence. - LewRockwell
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  4816. Donald Trump continues to orient his policy toward Russia based on at least three faulty, wrong assumptions. First, he believes that Russia is suffering massive casualties and cannot sustain these losses. Second, he believes that Russia’s attack on Ukraine was based on some personal animus on the part of Vladimir Putin. Third, he believes that the war is causing great strains on the Russian economy and that Putin is looking for a way out. Trump is mistaken on every single point. In a recent article, I posted an image of a graph listing the exchange of Russia dead for Ukrainian dead [Note — the graph was incorrectly titled by its author as The Second World War]. Of the three exchanges that have taken place since March 28, there are at least 25 Ukrainian cadavers for each Russian soldier. Not only does this show the disproportionate losses on the part of the Ukrainians, but it also is an indicator of the increasing speed of the Russian advance along the line of contact. Ukraine is a pawn of the West, and it is NATO’s documented efforts, dating back to 1995, to cultivate Ukraine as a battering ram to attack and destroy Russia. From Putin’s perspective, negotiations with Ukraine are only the first step in a much larger process, which ultimately must include NATO. Russia wants a permanent end to NATO military exercises on its borders. On the military side of the ledger, Russia has produced at least three operational hypersonic missiles that have been used effectively in combat operations. The US has zero. Russia’s army is at least twice the size of the US. Donald Trump is deluding himself and the American people with his repeated claim that the US has the best military in the world. Hell, we could not stop the Houthis, while Russia is methodically destroying a NATO proxy army in Ukraine. No brag, just facts. - sonar21
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  4819. U.S. imperialist power occupies the White House seamlessly and the world will continue to deal with the consequences of criminal American warmongering. Donald Trump takes over from Joe Biden at the White House in less than a week in what is, for all intents and purposes, a theatrical change of the executive figurehead. One manikin is wheeled out, another wheeled in. Cue the brass band and gun salutes. There’s a big difference in personal style and rhetoric about policies. But the world will continue to endure its experience of U.S. power – one of imperialistic militarism, conflict, and violence. The proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, where as many as one million military deaths have been incurred in three years, has been recklessly fueled by the Biden administration. The Biden White House and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson deliberately sabotaged an early peace settlement in March 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova got it right when she commented: “Today’s statement by Biden is an admission of a deliberately executed provocation. The Biden administration knew it was pushing the world toward the brink and still chose to escalate the conflict.” The course of conflict is historically determined by an imperialist power seeking to maintain its global power. Trump is not going to challenge the fundamental dynamic of U.S. imperialism. Even before his inauguration on January 20, Trump has gone full-bore imperialist, declaring that he is going to annex Greenland and Panama by military force if needed on the grounds of “national security.” A Republican big mouth takes over from a Democrat degenerate. So what? U.S. imperialist power occupies the White House seamlessly and the world will continue to deal with the consequences of criminal American warmongering. Trump is also more inclined to pander to Israeli aggression in the Middle East. He is on record in his endorsement of launching air strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites - LewRockwell
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  4820. The Recent Bombing in Iran and US Support of Terrorism in Iran... - The US has used armed terrorist organizations for decades as proxies against their adversaries worldwide, including most recently in Syria, Iraq, and against Iran; - US weapons and equipment “fell into the hands” of ISIS and other terrorist organizations, consisting of the largest, most effective militant groups participating in the US proxy war against Syria; - US government and corporate-funded think tanks like the Brookings Institution in its 2009 “Which Path to Persia?” policy paper proposed using listed terrorist organizations like the MEK to undermine, coerce, and possibly even overthrow the Iranian government; - The 2009 paper suggested MEK be “delisted” as a terrorist organization by the US State Department, which the Department eventually did in 2012 following intense lobbying and media campaigning by senior US and European representatives; - The MEK is currently still supported by senior US-European representatives with undermining, coercing, and overthrowing the Iranian government remaining as a key Western geopolitical objective; - Western media warns the recent terrorist attack in Iran could trigger a wider regional conflict, which the US has openly sought since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023; - The 2009 Brookings paper feared Iran might not retaliate against US provocations, denying the US the wider regime-change war it sought; - Between the US-backed brutalization of Gaza and now a terrorist attack on Iran itself, the US is making it as politically unlikely as possible for Tehran to avoid retaliation if and when a major US or Israel strike on Iran takes place; - The New Atlas
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  4822. I hope for the sake of your children and grand children that I am wrong, but the escalating bellicose rhetoric in the United States, Europe and Israel signals that our future is filled with the potential for horrific destruction not seen since the end of World War II. A more alarming development came in Sweden yesterday, 18 June, with the Swedish parliament giving the green-light to turn Sweden into a U.S. aircraft carrier Sweden, in accepting this deal, has made itself a primary target of Russia. This is akin to Cuba signing a deal with Russia to bring Russian nukes to Cuba and grant Russian forces access to Cuban military bases. This is suicidal. It is the Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0, only on steroids. This is an act of brazen provocation by the West, and it should not be shocked when Russian responds forcefully to prevent the U.S. from placing nuclear weapons intended for use against Russia on Swedish territory. Just one more flashpoint in an already tense world. Then there is Israel. Over the weekend, Netanyahu dissolved the six-member war cabinet, which included members of the opposition party. Unlike the United States, where the President is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, this power resides in the cabinet in Israel. This means that Netanyahu’s original cabinet — with bona fide terrorist crazies like Smotrich and Ben Gvir in place — has made Israel more likely to take reckless, foolish military actions, such as invading southern Lebanon. Doug MacGregor, during an hour-long chat with Danny Davis today, raised the specter of Israel using tactical nukes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. I think he is right. The only way to put the brakes on this — barring a devastating preemptive attack by Hezbollah on key Israeli military and nuclear sites — is for the U.S. to suspend all aid to Israel until it comes to its senses. I think that is highly unlikely, which means that the Zionists surrounding Netanyahu are prepared to initiate a new offensive, which will set the Middle East on fire. - Sonar21
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  4828. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Early this morning on August 18, 2024, the Russian Armed Forces assault troops began the main phase of their attacks on the mining town of “Toretsk”, or the Ukrainian name “Dzerzhinsk”, after making new advances from several points. Since yesterday, a Russian combat command post has been showing video from there, documenting the destruction of a Hummer vehicle, burning in the attack. A Russian soldier opened small arms fire on the Ukrainian crew, wiping out the remaining luck of the passengers who might still be alive. NATO vehicles used Russia as a springboard to destroy Zelensky’s troops, clearing most of Pivnichny. Toretsk lost its last Ukrainian defensive position to the west to Russian positions. This is due in no small part to the capabilities of Russian soldiers, who have taken over the Artem mine tailings on the outskirts of the town. Now, the Shtorm assault unit of the 1st Slavia Brigade is raising a flag on a strategically important height, and will increase the range of its FPV drones by installing a repeater there, while at the same time reducing the range of Ukrainian drones. For the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Toretsk, since yesterday it started with a run. As a result of the use of leaflets dropped by Russian drones, all military personnel units mobilized by Kiev and suffering heavy losses, decided to collectively lay down their arms and save their lives. It seems that the situation in Ukraine is about to change rapidly, with the simultaneous entry of Russian troops from three directions, marking the beginning of the ongoing fierce battle inside the city. According to reports, Russian assault units are breaking through with armored vehicles, infantry attacks, supported by artillery, are carried out in groups of 3 men. This attack seems to be costing many lives, and equipment is scarce for Ukraine, forcing soldiers from Brigade 53, to personally announce an online fundraising to get the EW systems they need. But the Kiev regime insists on focusing its attention on Kursk, and asking its Western allies to remove “obstacles” as “the course of the war demands.”
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  4834. Major Breakthroughs as AFU Defense Collapses in Avdeevka Firstly, Ukrainian comms were intercepted in the south of Avdeevka around this Tsar’s Hunt area. The exchanges point to heavy problems, a lot of dead and wounded amongst the AFU, as well as anger and disagreement with the command staff: Secondly, as Russian forces moved up, several batches of AFU surrendered, seemingly corroborating the disintegration of their lines hinted at in the radio exchanges above. Here, the Russian 80th Regiment troops of the 90th Guards Tank Division take in their haul of POWs in Avdeevka: There’s potential that this could domino into a huge collapse of several at-risk cauldrons which are now forming for the AFU. Russian troops have moved along Yasinovskaya toward the west, and now along the Tsar’s Hunt nearby. This has created a small cauldron in the center that can potentially be collapsed. In the south, the entire area north of the missile defense can potentially be collapsed and taken over. Here’s why that could bring AFU close to losing Avdeevka. It should also be mentioned all the areas being captured behind the Tsar’s Hunt are on high-ground, which is giving another advantage and likely contributing to the snowball effect of AFU’s collapse: And the Ukrainians bitterly admitted to Russia’s success here in their daily update: Lastly, there are also reports of advances on the eastern side of Avdeevka. Last time we spoke of the big Kharkov strike on French mercenaries. France tried to deny it, but oddly enough new information continues to trickle in reportedly confirming many of the names of deceased Frenchmen. Following this, Russia has now carried out a new devastating ballistic strike on the HQ of the Ukrainian 110th brigade in Mirnograd: Up to 40 AFU troops were said to have been eliminated, as reported by several Ukrainian sources including ex-Rada Deputy Ihor Mosiychuk: In the meantime, Russia gets stronger each day. A new batch of the latest 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV platforms was seen heading to the front, proving these systems are now in mass production as Russian defense officials promised last year: This is now the world’s most powerful and advanced artillery system. It has a totally new liquid-cooled barrel, and those big square blocks on the front are its own ballistic radar units which record the trajectories of each shot, calculating miniscule deviations from air pressure, wind, atmospherics, etc., and then automatically computing that into the next shot. It makes each subsequent shot more accurate than the last. But of course the biggest difference of all is the new barrel can handle far more powerful powder charges, which vastly increases its range. No one quite knows what it is for regular rounds, presumably 30-40km. But for special RAP rounds it’s reportedly in the 70-80km range, which would allow it to surpass any of the vaunted NATO weapons like the French Caesar, Phz 2000, etc., and more importantly fire from the deep rear where Ukrainian drones can’t reach. In a new interview, Zelensky ridiculously claimed that he doesn’t need a 500k man mobilization, and tried to pass that idea entirely off on ‘others’. It’s very clear he’s desperate to absolve himself of any of the most ‘difficult’ decisions which can be construed by society as justifications for his overthrow. Russian forces continue to deliver items to troops in the middle of trench assaults: More AFU were captured near Ugledar as well: There have been a lot of captures the past few days as Russian troops advance nearly everywhere. AFU’s head of aerial recon center for Berdiansk-in-exile says Russia is pulling away in drones and EW tech: - Simplicius
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  4845. You have to have a fighting Army to win this war. The Russians have severely attrited that army. HOW NICE OF KIEV ARMY to carefully line up all those armored vehicles on train and just park them there - Russian artillery only too happy to take Ukrainian forces up on offer and send shell hurtling their way, blasting rear end of train and forcing soldiers to rush for cover like tiny scuttling ants. - Intel Report More and more, the military warehouse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Shlyakhovo on the right bank of the Dnieper River was severely burned by attacks from the Russian Aerospace Forces. Warehouses on Kherson front line near Nova Kakhovka contact line burned down in repeated explosions, where spares and equipment were stored, as well as storing fuel and lubricants. - Military Tube Today COLD DEAD EYES have nothing behind them but desire for death as US senator and full-time warmonger Lindsey Graham explains that all he wants is dead Russians and he couldn’t care less how many Ukrainians die in process. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians dead and untold misery unleashed by Kiev in Donbass, but for Washington it’s just a "good investment" that no American soldier has been killed according to Graham. Real-life American psycho - Intel Report NATO claims it can raise army of 3.5 million even as it struggles to arm and supply the Ukrainian military amid Washington's proxy war there against Russia; - The New Atlas Biden’s reversal on ATACMS is another visible sign of growing desperation in the Biden Administration to find some way to boost Ukraine’s faltering military. Biden is willing to risk going to war with Russia in order to quiet Congressional critics that he is not doing enough to help Ukraine stave off the Russians. This is both stupid and dangerous. With these moves the Biden Administration is sending a stark message to Russia — we are going to ensure Ukraine can stay in the war and are willing to risk going to war with you. Sending ATACMS is a game changer, but it does not boost Ukraine’s chances of beating the Russians. It is a “game changer” because it increases the risk that Russia may feel compelled to start hitting NATO targets that, up till now, it has left alone. A very perilous time. - Sonar21 Onlookers stand in shock in front of a car with blown out windows as 1 killed and doctors trying to save the live of 13yr old girl after Mad Vlad Zelensky's latest war crime targets Tokmak, Zapaorozhye region. 2 other kids also among the 11 wounded after Kiev Regime strike, with doctors warning that the little girls condition is serious as they battle to treat her grievous wounds. - Intel Report 4 Kiev army attacks utterly demolished in DPR with Ukrainian forces taking up to 305 casualties in process, while Russian strikes blow up 35 Kiev troops in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 23
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  4849. On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo. Who would know that in only a few weeks the whole of Europe would be at war, leading to the deaths of millions. Are we facing a similar escalation of events today? In a little over five weeks from the Sarajevo assassination, all the European combatants had embarked on the most destructive war in all history. It came out of nowhere and was to last over four years. Central to the escalation was one nation — Germany. Central to the current Middle East crisis is one nation — The United States. The escalation into a new world war could have further to go than previously, with nuclear weapons in the armouries of most of the combatants. Surely, it would be complacent to think that they will remain as an unused umbrella, never to be deployed. But we can see how developments considered only one step at a time can take us to a very dark place. Bearing in mind that the US uses NATO to prevent having to call up her own citizens and that the UK Government when asked by the US to jump merely asks how high, then perhaps this call to arms should be taken seriously as an indication that the intelligence services believe that events are leading towards a third world war. Putin and Xi are well-versed in war tactics. Russia has a history of letting its enemies extend themselves beyond their support lines (cf. Napoleon, Hitler) and China has the wisdom of Sun Tzu on warfare. Some Sun Tzu pearls: “All warfare is based on deception”, “Hold out baits to entice the enemy” (Houthis, Hezbollah ect.), “If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.” Doesn’t this last one just describe the US’s political class? Apart from its military build-up so eloquently forewarned by Erskine Childers’ The Riddle of the Sands, in 1914 Germany declared its European wars from a position of relative financial strength. Today, America has a fiat dollar, a debt to GDP ratio of about 125%, and is mired in a deepening debt trap. It is simply not in a position to embark on an open-ended commitment to support Israel in a war against Iran. US economic prospects are already dire, with the only growth being in the US budget deficit. Strip out a budget deficit likely to be $3 trillion this fiscal year, add in the consequences for currency debasement and you can see that the US economy is not only in trouble, but markets faces further dilution of the dollar’s purchasing power and therefore rising interest rates and bond yields Other than a degeneration into a nuclear conflict, this leaves us with only one possible outcome: the US backs off in this stupendous game of chicken and seeks some sort of face-saving exit from Ukraine. For Russia and Iran, it will be the ultimate victory. The dollar’s hegemony will be compromised, so will continue to decline in its value anyway, but at a less catastrophic rate than in a full-on conflict. Either way, holding credit as opposed to real money without counterparty risk will be the mistake commonly made, and when the wider population begins to understand that this is so, there will be insufficient gold to meet the likely demand at any price. - LewRockwell
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  4855. The decision to throw these specialists into the trenches signals more than just manpower shortages—it’s the death knell of Ukraine’s capacity to sustain itself as a viable military player. If the specialists who once repaired helicopters and aircraft are now clutching rifles in mud-soaked trenches, who’s left to keep what remains of Ukraine’s military equipment operational? The symbolism here is rich: a country whose leaders sold their people on promises of NATO-backed strength is now so depleted that it’s cannibalizing its own critical workforce. What comes next? If highly skilled specialists are no longer exempt, the ripple effect will soon extend to every other sector. Doctors? Engineers? Scientists? The machinery of Ukrainian society is being ground into dust, sacrificed at the altar of a war that Kiev has already lost. And all the while, its Western patrons grow increasingly indifferent, their attention shifting to other theaters of geopolitical drama. The message is clear: Ukraine has been wrung dry, and now it' literally to the last Ukranian. For Russia, this is yet another vindication of its strategy. The strikes targeting Ukraine’s military-industrial capacity are achieving exactly what they were designed to do—systematically dismantling Kiev’s ability to wage war while exposing the hollowness of its Western-backed promises. The conscription of specialists is not a sign of resilience; it’s a glaring red flag that the system is collapsing. The question is no longer if but when Ukraine’s unsustainable mobilization policies will push the nation beyond the breaking point. - TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  4858. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Video shows Russian Northern Fleet drills in the Arctic Circle, kicking off new exercises on Tuesday, as joint naval exercises with China, as part of strategic command and staff exercises dubbed ‘Ocean-2024’ that began on Tuesday and run until September 16. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage showing the ships moving through the Arctic, having arrived in the eastern Arctic Ocean to protect the “military security” of Russian coastal facilities in the region. The drills will “study possible threat areas” in a region that most of the countries surrounding the Arctic are members of NATO, which is unfriendly and continues to deploy weapons in the region. The drills—which include the Rear Admiral Kulakov destroyer and the Alexander Otrakovsky, a large landing ship—are part of a series of joint Russian-Chinese exercises. They involve more than 400 warships, submarines and support vessels across the Arctic and Pacific oceans, as well as in the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic seas. More than 90,000 personnel and 120 aircraft are participating. Troops with the Russian Pacific Fleet will practice defending sea communications near Russian eastern Primorsky region bordering China, the Defense Ministry added. Four Chinese warships and one supply ship are taking part. The tasks that the Russian Northern Fleet will perform during the drills include ensuring the security of coastal infrastructure facilities in the Russian Arctic region, investigating potential areas of military operations and carrying out joint special operations aimed at eliminating terrorists during the military exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. NATO, despite taking a heavy hit in its proxy war in Ukraine, is busy reopening a number of facilities and military presence in the region, which poses an "acute threat" primarily to Russia.
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  4859. There is no doubt that Britain is helping Ukraine to carry out terrorist attacks inside Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. There have been several sabotage incidents on Russian railways since the start of the month. The worst occurred on June 1 when a bridge collapsed in front of a moving passenger train in Bryansk Region, killing seven people and injuring more than 100 others. The same day, Ukraine targeted Russian airbases across the country – from Murmansk in the Arctic to Irkutsk in Siberia – in a coordinated assault which involved explosive-laden drones taking off from commercial trucks. According to Moscow, most of the incoming UAVs were shot down, and none of the affected Russian planes were damaged beyond repair. Speaking during the ‘Forum of the Future 2050’ in Moscow on Monday, Lavrov acknowledged that the “risk of the rise in the level of terrorist threat exists” in Russia. “It is obvious that all this is being done by the Ukrainian side, but it would have been helpless without the support... from the British,” he said. Such activities were previously backed by both the US and the UK, but “now we would have to do solely with the British,” Lavrov claimed. The diplomat was referring to the fact that the UK remains one of Ukraine’s staunchest supporters, despite the US changing course under the administration of US President Donald Trump towards trying to restore dialogue with Moscow and to broker a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict. “Although who knows, maybe there are still some special services in the US that are participating in such activities by inertia, but the British are 100% involved in them,” Lavrov stressed. Last week, Moscow’s ambassador to London, Andrey Kelin, similarly accused the UK of participating in Ukrainian drone raids on Russian airbases. - RT
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  4868. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - New Ukrainian losses detected after the defeat of several T-64 tanks deployed to the battlefield to stop the Russian breakthrough in Nevskoye, which had been liberated a few days ago in Lugansk region. The Russian Defense Ministry released video evidence on the evening of September 24, 2024, showing that at that time, a Russian UAV spotted and monitored the separate movement of several Ukrainian T-64 tanks from Novolyubovka neighboring Nevskoye, trying to recapture the village but suffered losses. At that time, the reconnaissance drone operator called in the support of attack drones and artillery. First, the Lancet roaming ammunition of the 144th Division did its job, and smoked it out. The Zapad Group of Forces of the Military Group “West”, on 24-hour alert in their task area, continuously suppressed firing points, destroyed weapons, and inflicted damage from ammunition fire on Ukrainian troops. In a separate location not so far away in Novolyubovka, another T-64 tank advanced, the Ukrainians believed they could fire on Russian positions. Although the enemy tank was in a firing position for only a few minutes, turned around and started to flee, the Russian artillery shells managed to catch up with it, and hit it right in the head of the tank's turret. In addition, one T-64BV tank with anti-drone protection was destroyed with two hits, as shown in the video frames released by the closed channel. The tank was still trying to escape after being hit by artillery, but then stopped, at least this gave the surviving crew a chance to save their lives. The Lancet drone then dived quickly towards the tank, causing a huge explosion, and the equipment slowly burned out completely.
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  4873. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – New video has emerged on social media on Sunday, showing the massive explosion caused by a Russian cruise missile strike on June 6, in Ternopol western Ukraine. For the record, it is not a nuclear bomb, although at first it looked like a beautiful sunrise, then it turned into something that looked like a small nuclear bomb. Not only experts, but ordinary people have also become clear about the target of the missile, which according to some sources, was an underground storage facility, containing NATO-supplied weapons—reportedly including cruise and ballistic missiles, such as Storm Shadow, Patriot, and ATACMS. The deadly military equipment is allegedly delivered a few days ago to Ternopol city near Polish border. Thus, a bitter loss for Zelensky’s friends in the West. Another video showing a nighttime missile strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces on a target in Ternopol have emerged on social media. The attack is part of a series of retaliatory strikes that Moscow began since June 5 and are still ongoing. Russian strategic aviation, including Tu-95 aircraft, carried out heavy strikes on industrial sites and military infrastructure, destroying underground infrastructure with foreign missiles, including energy-related ones in the city. Local residents who happened to be passing near the site of the Russian Armed Forces strike managed to capture close-up footage of the missile explosions. The fires in Ternopol following the Russian strike on June 6 are still ongoing. Despite all efforts, the fires could not be extinguished. It is now clear from the video above, that the explosions and fires occurred near the military-oriented Penoboard industrial building in the city, showing the heat signature from NASA FIRMS at the factory facility. According to the Russian command, this is where a large number of long-range missiles and air defense missiles were delivered from the US and Western Europe, five days before the strike. The Russian Air Force destroyed at least 141 Western missiles, including 56 Storm Shadow, 32 Patriot air defense and 53 ATACMS, at the warehouse attacked a few days ago. And if all of this is true, then the explosions of these Western missiles were roasted by Russian retaliation fire!
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  4881. Jesus was a Palestinian Jew born in Bethlehem. He grew up in Nazareth and was executed as a criminal in Jerusalem. It is because of him that we celebrate Christmas. But it is in spite of him that what we celebrate is the opposite of what he stood for. Just a poor child’s birth to fulfill a prophecy that out of life would come death and out of death would come life. That hope was improbable but possible with faith. The Gospel birth narratives tell of a nativity that concludes with the grown child’s suffering, public crucifixion, death, and Resurrection – a story that lives on with the suffering of so many innocents. Matthew and Luke’s birth narratives are replicated again and again throughout history, presently and most conspicuously in Gaza and the West Bank, as the massacre of the innocents continues under today’s King Herod, Benjamin Netanyahu, the client king of Washington, not Rome, while U.S. politicians, including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who claims to be a defender of children and opposed to U.S. war policies, support this genocide with rhetorical justifications. Wealth, its possession and the avid desire for it, signifies power over people and that power includes using them in many ways, including their labor, and killing them if one chooses, quickly or slowly, overtly or deviously, directly or indirectly, for some people are useless objects, inferior people. Such power is central to politics and warfare, as a quick glance at the wealth of war-promoting politicians will reveal. It is central to the widespread thinking today that the world is filled with useless people who must be disposed of one way or the other. It is a fundamental tenet of the World Economic Forum, the Gates-Rockefeller et al. crowd, and the racist eugenics promoters today and yesterday. It is behind the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) biological weapons gain-of-function research, the Covid-19 propaganda, and the CIA’s and Defense Department’s distribution of the mRNA countermeasures (“vaccines”). It is central to the hideously obscene profits of the medical military-industrial complex and the world-wide arms industry. It is central to the genocide taking place in Gaza. For the Israeli rulers, the problem is that the Palestinians exist, so they must be exterminated. It’s still the same old story told differently down through the ages. Hitler enacted it against the Jews. Christmas is about a birth, the birth of a boy who would become a man who sided with the outcasts, the poor, the forsaken, the gentle, and the peacemakers. His birth and life was a rebuke to the powerful and the rich who lord it over the innocent, the killers, those who profit at the expense of others, who amass wealth and useless possessions to parade their power, a show of power which, unknown to their self-obsessed minds, is a sign of their spiritual nullity. I have nothing against Santa. I once sat on his lap and he seemed nice to my four year-old mind. He was fat and jolly. He told me I would get what I wanted for Christmas. But he forgot to tell me what Christmas was really about. That is what I want. To remember. - Edward Curtin for LewRockwell
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  4889. I hope for the sake of your children and grand children that I am wrong, but the escalating bellicose rhetoric in the United States, Europe and Israel signals that our future is filled with the potential for horrific destruction not seen since the end of World War II. A more alarming development came in Sweden yesterday, 18 June, with the Swedish parliament giving the green-light to turn Sweden into a U.S. aircraft carrier Sweden, in accepting this deal, has made itself a primary target of Russia. This is akin to Cuba signing a deal with Russia to bring Russian nukes to Cuba and grant Russian forces access to Cuban military bases. This is suicidal. It is the Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0, only on steroids. This is an act of brazen provocation by the West, and it should not be shocked when Russian responds forcefully to prevent the U.S. from placing nuclear weapons intended for use against Russia on Swedish territory. Just one more flashpoint in an already tense world. Then there is Israel. Over the weekend, Netanyahu dissolved the six-member war cabinet, which included members of the opposition party. Unlike the United States, where the President is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, this power resides in the cabinet in Israel. This means that Netanyahu’s original cabinet — with bona fide terrorist crazies like Smotrich and Ben Gvir in place — has made Israel more likely to take reckless, foolish military actions, such as invading southern Lebanon. Doug MacGregor, during an hour-long chat with Danny Davis today, raised the specter of Israel using tactical nukes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. I think he is right. The only way to put the brakes on this — barring a devastating preemptive attack by Hezbollah on key Israeli military and nuclear sites — is for the U.S. to suspend all aid to Israel until it comes to its senses. I think that is highly unlikely, which means that the Zionists surrounding Netanyahu are prepared to initiate a new offensive, which will set the Middle East on fire. - Sonar21
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  4896. For at least twenty years, Washington has been systematically engaging in policies that have destroyed ancient Christian communities in the Middle East. The US invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 destroyed the secular regime there which had provided legal protections of Christians. In the wake of Bush’s war, violence and reprisals against Christians multiplied. Bush’s war there essentially created a power vacuum that allowed for the rise of Islamist gangs throughout Iraq, culminating in the rise of ISIS which systematically destroyed Christian holy sites, and Christians themselves, across northern Iraq. While claiming to be against radical Islam, the Bush administration, and every president since, has chosen to ally with some of the most brutal Islamist regimes of the Middle East—especially Saudi Arabia—which has all but totally outlawed Christianity for generations. The US has instead set itself against the regimes of the region that actually tolerate and provide some legal protections for Christians, namely Syria (under Assad) and Iran. With Assad gone, it is likely that Christian communities in Syria will suffer as they have in Iraq. We are likely to see Islamist waves of violence against Christian churches and communities, with new mandates for the hijab and other elements of Islamist dress imposed throughout the country. Given that the conquering group is essentially al-Qaeda, we might even expect the dynamiting of ancient Christian shrines and churches. Syria, after all, is home to Damascus where St. Paul the Apostle first became a Christian and was baptized by St. Ananias of Damascus. Syria was an important center of Christian theology in early centuries under Church Fathers like Ephrem the Syrian. To this day—but perhaps for not much longer—ancient groups of Christians pray the Divine Liturgy in Aramaic, the daily language of Christ. This may soon all but vanish as Christianity is forced underground at the hands of these allies of Washington and Israel. - LewRockwell
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  4911. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The dynamics of events are very fast on the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces raised the flag over the administrative building of the mine "Russia" or its Ukrainian name "Kotlyarivska", on the eastern outskirts of Selidovo. The events of Selidovo were recorded by Russian military correspondents on August 29, 2024, showing the momentum of the soldiers of the "Brave O Group" of the Central Military District raising the tricolor flag during the offensive in this direction, after their units began storming the important town of Selidovo, destroying the enemy, and capturing the defense lines of the Ukrainian troops within three days. In fact, there has been a serious advance of the Russian troops in recent days. The first military results of the Ukrainian offensive and NATO trainers and tacticians on Kursk turned into a bitter pill, instead Selidovo was taken by Russia. Ukrainian resources previously announced the start of the assault in Selidovo by Russian troops. Ukrainian troops did not expect such a maneuver now, and it is likely that only hastily equipped defenses will be built. Ukrainians are retreating in disorder, Russian artillery is working in this direction to the south and west of the town, this indicates that Selidovo is under the control of Russian troops. Therefore, it is likely that the city will not last long and the Ukrainians will be forced to leave without serious fighting. The media effect of the Kursk invasion is gradually fading! On the contrary, the Ukrainian segment is increasingly talking about the collapse of the front line on the Pokrovsk direction. They filmed the destruction of American Abrams tanks by Russian kamikaze drones, burning on the front road. Meanwhile, as Russian soldiers advance on Pokrovsk, they find other destroyed Bradley and Abrams tanks. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces are planning an operation to completely fall the town of Selidovo, and the Ukrainian formations that are in disarray there will probably be withdrawn!
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  4918. The Israeli rogue state added another of its neighbors to the long list of regional nations it is currently bombing. From Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, international waters, and now Iran—Israel now bombs them all with impunity while crying out about its own ‘security’. The attacks are reportedly just the first stage of a long wave of aggression that will span days or weeks according to announcements from top officials: Netanyahu again invoked the Iranian nuclear weapons red herring used so many times before, it has now turned into a parodic litany The most eye-opening part of the strikes was the claim by Israeli sources that the strikes incorporated deliberate political and ‘diplomatic’ deception, which appears to imply that Trump and co’s various statements of de-escalation were part of the trap set to lull Iran into a false sense of security before ruthlessly assassinating Iranian leadership in a cowardly sneak attack: Several top Iranian officials were now confirmed to have been killed, including General Salami of the IRGC, Chief of Staff Mohammad Bagheri, and top nuclear scientist Fereydoon Abbasi: Likewise, I chose to do the last report on Israel because I sensed things were finally coming to a head: it was clear to see Netanyahu’s failures in Gaza had compelled him to act, as he saw his chances slipping away. Israel duly is at a crossroads, which I have described before: the country is in a downward spiral and has only one remaining chance to seize history to secure its survival. Why? The reasons are almost too long to list in this one brief article alone, but they include demographics, as well as the decline of Zionism and rise of “noticing” in the West which means in a generation or two, support for Israel may dwindle to the point where it will be engulfed by regional enemies. Israel once had the backing of the world’s most dominant ‘superpower’ alliance of Western nations, now the tides of history have simply shifted against Israel’s favor. - Simplicius
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  4919. When Donald Trump made his promise to bring peace to Ukraine in 24 hours, he obviously was thinking in terms of how time is counted on the planet Venus… on Venus, one Earth day is equivalent to 243 days. That’s his only hope of delivering on that promise. Trump may be a master at negotiating a deal to build a hotel, but he has no clue how to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. The process is stalled — not because of Russian intransigence — but because Europe and Ukraine’s Zelensky are throwing up roadblocks. The Black Sea deal, for example, hinges on Europe lifting economic sanctions on grain and fertilizer exports from Russia and reconnecting one of Russia’s key banks to SWIFT. Europe said, “Hell no!” But Trump and his negotiating team have a bigger problem — they don’t understand that Russia will not, under any circumstances, accept a complete ceasefire, and it will not compromise on the positions that Vladimir Putin laid out to senior officials of the Russian Foreign Ministry in June 2024. Marco Rubio and his team fail to grasp this point: Many inside the Trump administration, along with the pundits and analysts that populate Washington think tanks, continue to wrongly believe that Russia is suffering terrible military losses and that the Russian economy is on the verge of collapse. You may be familiar with the old adage: a picture is worth a thousand words. If that is true, then a video must be worth a book the length of War and Peace. Check out this video, which compares the NYC subway with the Moscow metro system. Then tell me whose economy is stronger: Let’s take a look at volume two of War and Peace. The Europeans continue to indulge the fantasy that they are a real power in world affairs and need to be taken seriously. They think they can cobble together a military force that will make the Russians tremble in fear. So they tried to launch their first orbital rocket today. The video reaffirms my position that Europe is a clown show: Maybe this is part of a sneaky European plot — i.e., they hope the Russians will die from laughing at the Europeans’ feckless attempt to launch a rocket. The Adam Entous New York Times article that I shredded in yesterday’s column (Hell, almost every credible analyst on the internet is bashing it as well.) provided irrefutable evidence that the United States has committed multiple acts of war against Russia. It is a miracle that Russia has not retaliated. Instead, Putin and his generals have chosen to focus on destroying Ukraine’s military and, as a side benefit, eviscerating NATO’s ability to supply weapons and ammunition. - sonar21
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  4922. It’s damn near impossible to keep up with all the warmongering of the western empire these days. This cavalier attitude toward nuclear brinkmanship that empire managers have been demonstrating lately was addressed on Monday by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, who said the US is close to making a “fatal” miscalculation. “I would like to caution American officials against miscalculations which may have fatal consequences. For some unknown reason, they underestimate the seriousness of the rebuff they may receive,” Ryabkov reportedly said. There is a limit to how many escalations Russia will tolerate before taking drastic action against NATO to re-establish deterrence credibility, and nobody really knows exactly where that limit is. They seem bound and determined to find it however, and when they do we may already be on an irreversible free fall toward nuclear armageddon. And that’s why it’s very disturbing that these tensions are being ramped up so casually by the empire with no resistance from anybody — not from western governments, not from the media, and not even from ordinary people in any meaningful numbers. These freaks are playing chicken with armageddon weapons, and nobody’s got a foot anywhere near the brake pedal. They’re not even looking at it. They’re not even thinking about it. At the very least we’ve got to find some way to get people thinking about this. This would be such a damn stupid way for humanity to annihilate itself. - LewRockwell
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  4930. Update on the conflict in the Middle East for October 22, 2023 (Sunday) - Even before Israel’s ground operation begins, it is requesting scarce artillery ammunition from the US who is diverting it from Ukraine; - Israeli ground operations in 2006 against Lebanon and 2008-2009 and 2014 in Gaza provide possible insight into the limits of Israeli military power ahead of a potential ground incursion into Gaza now; - Israel may be able to occupy northern Gaza but will push the limits of military power, its logistical support both domestically and via the US, as well as risk political stability within Israeli society; - The New Atlas MARKET TURNS TO HELL as Israeli night strikes rip the central Gazan Nuseirat market, setting its structures ablaze and people into a huddled frenzy with no place to go as hundreds of people, left homeless from North Gazan leveling campaign, sheltered on Israeli orders, find their only shelter another target. Dozens killed and injured from brutal impact of brutal strikes, with at least 13 confirmed dead. UPDATE: 110 Palestinians killed from overnight raids. - Intel Report SCATTERED BODIES upturned cars and men gathering to find injured amongst the rubble in above pics as Israel strikes Deir al-Balah in Central, just south of Nuseirat market. Palestinians still tallying up atrocities of overnight massacres as attacks stack up in areas the Israeli Army lied claimed were "safe." - Intel Report But why don’t we turn to what actual Ukrainian fighters on the ground are saying, rather than clueless propagandists on Twitter and Telegram? The above states the situation is very ‘difficult’ for them and that Russia’s new assaults are as powerful as the very opening ones from the first day. How can that be if they lost hundreds of armor pieces and their brigades were entirely devastated as Ukrainian accounts claim? Also recall in the previous post, the UA propagandist claimed Russia had 10% low ammo and things of that nature—that’s hard to reconcile with several Ukrainian reports of extremely powerful renewed attacks ongoing now. The Ukrainian soldier’s account states they are losing 1,700 men per day in Avdeevka. And that’s KIA. In fact I already showed last time that reports indicate Ukraine is suffering greater armor losses even than Russia’s exaggerated ones: But ultimately, the most important by far is manpower. That’s because Russian production lines are now pumping out armor like there’s no tomorrow, and that will never cease. Russia will continue to have ample stocks of that. - Simplicius "SHIFA HOSPITAL MUST BE DESTROYED" insists ex-Mossad (Israeli intelligence) Chief Dany Yatom - ironically repeating baseless claim with genocidal fury that Hamas operates TUNNELS under Al-Shifa hospital, insisting that alleged under-ground operation is grounds for its immediate destruction - regardless of what happens to sheltering, injured civilians inside! - Intel Report
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  4931. As the Zionists’ genocidal war against the Palestinians rages on, I wanted to do something to try to educate the average American about the true nature of the Palestinian people. Most importantly, Mazin is an Orthodox Christian. Why do I write, most importantly? Because most Americans assume that Palestinians are all Muslim extremists. While that is a despicable lie, it is the perception. Mazin destroys that stereotype. As you will see in the following video, Mazin is a gentle, but courageous soul, besides being a gifted intellectual. I asked him about his early years in school. He described going to elementary school with Muslims and Jews. They were not segregated at the time, despite the 1953 State Education Law. The kids played together and formed friendships. But the Zionist thugs could not allow this. Sometime after the 1967 war, Israel’s apartheid system took control. I posted the picture of Israel’s latest casualties in Gaza as a reminder that Hamas, despite being outnumbered and outgunned, continues the fight for the freedom of the Palestinian people. This is a visible reminder of the limitations of Israel’s military power. While the Zionists are adept at killing unarmed women and children, they have failed — after 14 months — to defeat Hamas despite having control over all of Gaza’s borders. Hamas and the Palestinians in Gaza have paid a heavy price in terms of loss of life and the destruction of critical infrastructure. Yet, they still stand and continue to fight, much to the chagrin of the Israeli occupiers. - sonar21
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  4951. Ukraine Bleeds Troops and Territory as New Russian Tactics Prove Unstoppable “Putin has articulated a theory of victory that assumes that Russian forces will be able to continue gradual creeping advances indefinitely, prevent Ukraine from conducting successful operationally significant counteroffensive operations, and win a war of attrition against Ukrainian forces.” Well, uh, yeah—that’s exactly what Russia is doing and will do. And there’s nothing Ukraine or the West can really do to stop it because to do so would require a force disparity. And Ukraine cannot generate a force disparity because—surprise, surprise—it is losing more men than Russia. MacGregor states his European sources have told him that Ukraine is now over 600k dead with 1M+ total casualties, while Russia has 50-63k dead. “The Russian military command is currently prioritizing consistent offensive operations that achieve gradual tactical gains over conducting a large-scale discrete offensive operation that aims to make operationally significant gains through rapid maneuver.” the Western conception of Russian “Soviet-style” top down command is a total fraud, and in fact Russian units are granted independent autonomy at the tactical level to generate their own combat initiative. The front remains hot with Russian advances continuing everywhere. In fact, some Ukrainian sources are near-to-panic: Now there’s talk of 8 Israeli Patriots being transferred to Ukraine—remember, these are the same Patriots Israel decided to toss into the trash because they proved useless during Iranian attacks. But among manic cheers, the one tiny wrinkle pro-UA commentators overlooked was Blinken’s comments yesterday in regard to this: he stated that the new Patriots would be used to protect U.S. economic interests, not Ukrainian cities or assets. Whoops. We are trying to attract private investment to Ukraine to make sure its economy can grow and prosper. But you need to make sure you have air defenses to try and protect the areas you're investing in.” Let me get this straight: Blinken is bogarting defective Israeli Patriots to defend the new Black Rock economic extraction operation sites in Ukraine? You can’t get much more on brand for Ukraine than that. World Bank today just officially upgraded Russia to a “High Income Economy”: Ukrainian citizen describes the 18-hour long blackouts in Kiev, already a daily occurrence: NATO continues to saber-rattle yet reports like the following keep rolling out: the Bundeswehr cannot even find enough automatic rifles for their army. - Simplicius
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  4961. The diplomatic tango between Washington and Moscow is underway, but Trump’s promise to bring a quick end to the war in Ukraine on Trump’s terms appears more unlikely with each passing day. Prior to the conversation between the two leaders during the last four days, diplomats representing Moscow and Washington in their respective embassies did the detail work of arranging the phone diplomacy. But, according to Borizzkman, there were two, not one, conversations (this is Borizzkman’s concise eight-minute video presenting the latest developments): Putin’s position is firm and unyielding — No ceasefire or freeze-in-place, recognize the four former Ukrainian oblasts as Russian states, and dismantle Ukraine’s military so that it could never join NATO. The conversations likely took place last week, perhaps as early as 5 February. Why? Because we learned on 6 February that the US asked the UK to take over the chair of the Ukraine Defense Group which is set to meet tomorrow (Tuesday) in Brussels. Trump is sending a message to both Putin and NATO — i.e., Ukraine is no longer viewed as a US priority and that Europe is responsible for pulling Ukraine’s chestnuts from the fire. Although it appears that Uncle Sam’s Sugar Shack is now closed for future business with Ukraine, Waltz and Donald Trump still labor under the mistaken belief that they have leverage over Russia because they believe it is suffering catastrophic losses and a weakening economy. According to Waltz: Wrong on the economy Mike: Trump and his foreign policy team are wrongly assuming that Putin is desperate for a deal because, according to the bogus intel being fed to them, Russia is hurting and looking for a way to alleviate the pain. I am sure that Putin and his team will be setting that record straight. At the very time that Trump is trying to do a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, Trump is endorsing Netanyahu’s plan to blow up the ceasefire agreement and renew attacks on the Palestinians in Gaza. While Trump is smart in some of the domestic policies he is pursuing, he is exposing his ass with his obtuse grasp of the situation in Gaza and how US actions in that region shape Russia’s distrust of Trump and his policies. - sonar21
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  4988. In a recent article I had mentioned how the Western press and elite commentariat for the first time began using the taboo ‘C’ word, i.e. “Collapse”, for Ukraine. Now this has opened up the floodgates, causing more and more worried publications to begin turning off their previous holding-the-line narrative filter and actually start describing the Ukrainian situation with truthful urgency. The U.S. has already emptied almost its entire store of usable surplus mainline weaponry for Ukraine, i.e. tanks, artillery, light armor—not counting things like ammo. As proof, even Ukraine’s most ardent American supporters have admitted this in the past few days: Yet Ukraine hinges their entire future on this mythologized support as if it’s some kind of instant videogame-like upgrade, a “power-up” that will immediately re-energize and supercharge the AFU—this is simply not the case. High-ranking military officers secretly told Politico under anonymity that: “There’s nothing that can help Ukraine…the West doesn’t have the technologies in sufficient numbers.” Read my lips, it’s quite simple: Ukraine has literally no chance whatsoever to do anything militarily in this war anymore. Ukraine and Zelensky’s only shot at survival is to push Russia into a confrontation with NATO. They are desperately attempting to do this each day by launching mass terror attacks all over Russia. The latest occurred yesterday on Yelabuga, where Ukraine literally crashed a giant Cessna-like plane into a dormitory full of students that they claimed was a drone factory: While Russia is crushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ combat potential on the actual battlefield, desperate Zelensky is hiring “ISIS” to massacre Russian civilians, attacking Belgorod highrises with drones and artillery, and is literally loading up Cessnas with bombs and flying them into buildings with African exchange students—that’s the stage his putrid terrorist regime is now at. Ukraine is doing everything in its power to destabilize Russia by stirring discontent within it—even Western rags now admit to the recent rash of ethnic tension being provoked by Ukrainian services: There is a growing understanding across the Western allies that Ukraine is losing the ground war against Russia, and by summer could face defeat. Russia is pounding front lines with artillery, rocket and drone fire — and at over five times the rate the Ukrainian army can reply. Volodymyr Zelensky’s troops are exhausted — after sustaining in some sectors a heavier concentration of incoming artillery than at the Somme in 1916, or the Normandy Bocage after D-Day in 1944. It goes on to sketch the dire situation of the West’s own armaments: So what is it, in particular, that’s got them so terrified lately? Mostly it seems twofold: Russia’s increasingly heavy hand in attacking Ukraine’s power grid, as well as the rumors of a mass spring-summer assault: I ask you: What do you think now? Still believe time is on NATO and Ukraine’s side? It sure doesn’t seem like it these days. I say this as preface to the fact that Russia is slowly taking its time, continuing to build its armaments and potential, and very gradually closing the constrictor squeeze on Ukraine from all sides. Recent rumblings indicate that Ukraine is unable to determine where Russia could choose to strike a more major line-breaking assault due to the nature of Russia’s air strikes not being limited to one particular theater, but destroying Ukraine’s infrastructure in a widespread fashion. Ukraine’s “mechanized” brigades are literally being downgraded to foot soldier meat hordes due to lack of vehicles. Russia made recent progress in the areas west of Bakhmut and are now preparing to launch the assault on Chasov Yar. Here’s a quick before and after look at the Ladyzhenskaya thermal power plant control room, to give an idea the type of damage Russian attacks have done: The first photo may be a stock one for illustrative purposes, but you get the idea; I don’t think that’s being repaired any time soon. - Simplicius
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  4992. This guy really believes that Russia is getting whipped on the battlefield and Ukraine is triumphing. For example, he practically soils himself on camera while extolling the tremendous Ukrainian “victory” in striking the Headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol. He neglected to mention that Russia retaliated by hitting Kremenchug Airport — the launch site for the cruise missile strike on Crimea-Sevastopol — with a barrage of cruise missiles. No air raid warning was issued. It is presumed that low-observable Kh-50 cruise missiles were utilized. According to a report out of Turkey, the strike destroyed SCALP and Storm Shadow missiles as well as some Su-24M/MR bombers used to attack Sevastopol. - Sonar21 Russian forces have destroyed another two German-made Leopard tanks in the Kupyansk region, according to a report issued by Russia’s Defense Ministry on Friday. The Defense Ministry also reported that Russia’s Southern Group of forces repelled four Ukrainian attacks near the settlements of Vodyanoye and Maryinka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The ministry’s latest report suggested that up to 200 Ukrainian servicemen had been killed and wounded in those attacks, and that two infantry fighting vehicles and three cars were also destroyed. - RT NOT JUST IN THE UN HALLS but even on YouTube view counts reveal nobody cares to hear repetitive platitudes of NATO stooges repeating same pre-prepared lines for two hours (if not two years) straight. We can bet view count for Zelensky or Biden's UN speeches, at half or a third of those from dignified, sovereign and visionary African or Eurasian leaders, come from those laughing at them! - Intel Report AFTER SMOKE CLEARS there’s nothing left of Ukrainian positions near Liman, Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) with group of Grad ("Hail") rocket launchers unloading so many warheads at Kiev’s forces that fumes fill air - Russian forces push back 15 Ukrainian army attacks near Liman over past week. Russian army also stops 5 attacks dead in their tracks in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) over past week, with Kiev army losing over 950 troops, while total of 28 Ukrainian attacks thwarted in DPR and Ukrainian forces suffer over 1,455 casualties in process. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 22 More than 10 Ukrainian soldiers killed during attempt to storm Klesheevka, near Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut), Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). Footage shows the aftermath of the unsuccessful attack - who sends about 10 guys to storm 3 lines of Russian defenses? - Intel Report YOU’RE DOING THE WAR WRONG is what Mad Vlad Zelensky’s puppeteers in Washington are trying to tell Kiev as Western PR managers (pic above) explain that Begginsky’s strategy of throwing cannon fodder at Russian lines and committing war crimes on the daily ain’t best way to take over Russian territory. Pentagon's worried that Zelensky's obsessed with retaking Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut) and even more worried that Kiev army's gonna get obliterated if it's made to continue failed counteroffensive over winter - something Mad Vlad claims it'll do. "Comedian" who thinks he's a military genius - delusions of grandeur from coked-up madman. - Intel Report
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  4998. The sabotage in the Baltic Sea was the result of a long-standing US policy of driving a wedge between Russia and Western Europe Thursday marks one year since I reported President Joe Biden’s decision in the fall of 2022 to send a signal of resolve to Vladimir Putin by destroying Nord Stream 1 and 2, the Russian natural gas pipelines. Nord Stream 1 had turned Germany into the most powerful economic force in Western Europe. Today consolidated Vietnam is non-communist and America is its largest trading partner, and it is a major tourist stop for Americans and Europeans. The same can be said for Cambodia’s Ankor Wat, with its array of thousand-year-old temples. I played golf at a resort there a few years ago and went sightseeing with my family. Communist Laos remains relatively remote, but is modernizing rapidly and is a major trading partner of China. All that America fought, died, and killed for was gone within a few months. So much for containment. And so much for signaling. It was a lesson not known, or not interesting, to the Biden administration in early 2022, when it seemed clear that Vladimir Putin was going to lead Russia to war with Ukraine. Biden had long been a strong opponent of Russia, and before that Soviet communism, throughout his political career, and he especially reviled Putin. It is now widely accepted that Putin would have delayed or canceled the invasion if Secretary of State Antony Blinken had assured him that Ukraine would not be permitted to join NATO. That promise was not made. Instead, Biden publicly warned Putin two weeks before the Russians attacked that America would destroy the newly constructed pipeline, Nord Stream 2, that was prepared to funnel Russian gas to Germany. Putin had already slowed down and then cut off the earlier pipeline, Nord Stream 1, that began delivering gas to Germany a decade earlier. The idea of blowing up Nord Stream 1 and 2 had come from the American intelligence community, spearheaded at the time by the CIA. The community had been asked in late 2021 for options—American actions—that could convince Putin to back off. It was with this understanding that a most secret CIA unit was organized to find a way to do what President Biden wanted: to present Putin with a threat that could stop the Russian president from going to war. Bolstered by the CIA’s confidence, Biden stunned the intelligence community by threatening to blow up Nord Stream at a White House news conference on February 7, 2022, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz standing at his side. - LewRockwell
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  5000. Moscow did not start the war in 2022, but is trying to stop the war that Ukraine started in 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Putin announced the military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, following eight years of Kiev’s suppression of the Donbass population. Russia would only engage in a military conflict with a NATO nation such as Poland or Latvia if it is attacked, Putin said. Any Western claims to the contrary are “just threat mongering.” Unlike the US, Russia is not afraid of the rise of China, Putin said, calling Carlson’s suggestion that BRICS risks being “completely dominated by the Chinese economy” a “boogeyman story.” If the US wants to stop the Ukraine conflict, it should stop sending arms to Kiev, Putin said, adding that if this happened, the hostilities would end within weeks. Putin went on to say it was “ridiculous and very sad” that Kiev listened to then-UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and refused to sign a draft truce with Russia that was agreed on during peace talks in 2022. The conflict continues on to this day, while Johnson himself is no longer in office, he noted. NATO promised that it would not expand its territory eastwards, but quickly broke this promise by bringing all of Eastern Europe and Baltic states into the fold, Putin said. The US-led military bloc now intends to drag Ukraine in, he added. Asked by Carlson who he believes blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia and Germany through the Baltic Sea, Putin replied: “You,” referring to the US and its allies. When pressed whether he has any proof of CIA or NATO involvement, the Russian leader said that in cases like this, one should first look for those who would benefit from the attacks, and who had the capability to carry them out. Zelensky was elected president on a platform of peace, but allied himself with “neo-Nazis and nationalists” after taking office, Putin said. - RT
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  5008. Ukraine’s destruction of an estimated 10 aircraft of varying vintage changes nothing tactically or strategically to give Ukraine hopes of stopping the Russian offensive on the ground. All it did was enrage the Russian public and further their commitment to defeating Ukraine and NATO. The Russian leadership has played this surprisingly cool. The Russian negotiators met their Ukrainian counterparts in Istanbul on Monday and did not raise the attacks as an issue in the talks. Russia presented its memorandum, which simply repeated the position President Putin laid out on June 14, 2024. Russia ain’t budging. Russia did offer an exchange of 6,000 bodies and a temporary ceasefire to allow the Ukrainians to collect their dead along specific areas in the line of contact. In doing this, Russia was sending an unmistakable message about the nature of the casualties… Ukraine does not have 6,000 Russian bodies to deliver. This is a clever tactic to remind the Ukrainians about the true state of the war. Iran is ready to make a deal; the US is not. One Iranian negotiator assessed the current status of the talks with this comment to the Middle East Spectator: At first glance, [the proposal] is assessed as incoherent and disjointed, very unrealistic, and with excessive demands. The fact that the Americans constantly change their positions has so far been the main obstacle to the success of the talks and now makes the work more difficult than ever. Trump’s desire to make a deal with Iran, assuming he is sincere, is being buffeted by unyielding Zionist opposition, not only from Netanyahu, but from much of the political establishment in DC. Zero enrichment is a deal killer for Iran. Trump’s claim that he is the master of making a deal is being exposed as a hoax… there is no agreement in sight for ending the war in Ukraine. The talks with Iran are stalled. - sonar21
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  5009. A remarkable photo captured by my former White House Press Corps colleague Doug Mills. Zoom in right above President Trump’s shoulder and you’ll see a bullet flying in the air to the right of President Trump’s head following an attempted assassination. You can see the woman in the red hat directly behind Trump goes down very fast, and she appears to be the second victim now announced as deceased. An off-duty surgeon confirmed a victim in the stands was hit in the head and had ‘brain matter’ scattered, which points to a high powered caliber. A bystander says he saw the shooter climbing the roof and tried to warn cops and secret service, who ignored him: Now there are reports that Trump tried to beef up his security detail but has been denied by Biden’s DHS This comes only days after Biden and other prominent democrats dog-whistled to their radical supporters to paint Trump as someone who had to be ‘stopped’ at all costs: But the most shocking thing of all, is there is now a clearly coordinated total blackout happening of the term “assassination” or “assassination attempt” between the regime media which comprises the fourth branch of government and all the attendant deepstate elements up and down the chain. This should leave you speechless—I have never witnessed such an openly diabolical psyop and mass gaslighting campaign. We literally just watched the attempted assassination of a president, and the media is treating it like a superfluous nonevent. Later, Barrack Obama joined the coordinated coverup, playing dumb as per his handlers’ orders: Watch the coordinated operation above, as Biden openly refuses to call it an assassination even when directly asked. The thing is: we know precisely why they’re doing it. It’s because if today’s event were to be given the official cachet of ‘assassination attempt’, it would completely and irrevocably de-legitimize the phony “J6” turning point which is one of the last holdfasts the Democrats have left in their quiver against Trump. You see, they’ve spent four years trying to delude us into believing that J6 was in fact a direct assassination attempt—Pelosi just said this days ago—TWICE— as another obvious dogwhistle to her radical base. Yet we know full well if this had happened to a democrat candidate, all the regime media would be rising up in one voice as we speak calling for the total lockdown of the country and physical purge of all rightwing and ‘ideological opponents’. Alarmingly, the chief of communications for the Secret Service, Anthony Guglielmi, has already posted their official stance on the event which likewise eschews any strongly deterministic language: Given Trump’s rebuffed attempts to beef up security, and given the eyewitness who spotted the shooter and claims to have been ignored by Secret Service agents, the above release looks highly troubling. A president was literally shot in the face, and the bullet passing near his head was captured on camera. What more do you possibly need to happen for it to be unequivocally deemed an assassination attempt, for crying out loud? This is as unprecedented as the mass gaslighting operation that went into the stealing of the 2020 election, with its bizarre and highly irregular cessation of vote counts and “sudden spike” of Biden votes at 4am. We are in uncharted waters. And what’s more, is that this global GLADIO-esque operation is picking up steam. All opponents of the global ‘Hydra’ deepstate are being eliminated, or attempts toward that end are being made. Populist and anti-imperial Slovak PM Robert Fico was just shot not two months ago. And just today Ukraine’s Budanov announced that operations to eliminate Putin have infact been undertaken, but so far have not succeeded: It’s clear things are on the brink for the globalist deepstate as they see no further way to tread water without simply eliminating all ascendant resistance leaders; their backs really are against the wall. We are entering a time of great troubles but also great hope, because given their desperation levels it’s clear the final battle is approaching and a grand turning point or realignment of sorts is almost upon us. - Simplicius
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  5012. Remember all of the jubilation created in Baghdad by the CIA, who hired a crowd that stormed the center square and tore down the statue of Saddam Hussein? Remember the mobs looting the presidential palaces, banks and commercial outlets? Welcome to Damascus 2024. HTS is not a friend of Iran. It remains a fundamentalist Sunni Salafist movement. In terms of ideological extremism, it is a cousin of the settler groups in Israel, which are represented by Zionists like Bezalel Smotrich — they broker no compromise with anyone. Unlike Assad, who kept Christian Churches open and protected the Shi’a and Alawite communities, HTS is likely to persecute, if not outright murder, those groups. This means that floods of refugees will be headed back to Lebanon, north to Turkey, west to Europe and east to Iraq. Rather than acknowledge that an international terrorist organization has been allowed to seize control of the government of Syria, Trump indulges the fantasy that “Russia is in a weakened state right now.” I am sure that went over well with folks in the Kremlin. I bet they are shaking in their boots as the mighty colossus that is Donald Trump, strides the world stage. Trump’s ignorant statement about Russia’s economy and its progress with respect to the war in Ukraine guarantees that Putin will be in no mood to sit down to negotiate with Trump or any of his water boys. The chaos that is likely to consume Syria over the coming two months will cause more harm and danger for Turkey and Israel than for Russia and Iran. - sonar21
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  5029. most Ukrainian officers and officials are no longer fighting for 2022 or 1991 borders, but rather for simple survival: Konstantinovka is the next big strategic center after Chasov Yar whose importance likely even eclipses that of Bakhmut, as Konstantinovka and its neighboring Druzhkovka have classically been the headquarters of the entire Ukrainian ATO/JFO since 2014: In the meantime, Russia continues its infrastructural strikes, with a large one occurring the night before last. Ukraine’s energy grid authority Ukrenergo admitted several key power plants were again hit, this time in the west of the country, and “extensively damaged”: A separate report claimed that “all major thermal power plants controlled by Ukraine have now been destroyed or severely damaged” and that “Hydroelectric generation plants are next to reduce the flexibility of Ukraine's grid. After which Ukraine will rely on 3 nuclear power plants and imports from EU countries.” And Russian forces continue to advance a good deal each day. The latest in Krasnogorovka, which is now almost fully enveloped in a cauldron: Isn’t it interesting how Ukrainian brigades all started at 5000-6000 men and are now mostly operating at 1000-2500 at most, while Russian brigades balloon from 2500 to 11k? And yet they tell us it’s Russia that’s taking the “unbearable losses”. A quite unexpectedly rare sight occurred at the parade. A medaled Russian formation comprised of real SMO veterans took part. Consider the significance: these are among the only truly living decorated soldiers in the world who can lay claim to having fought and survived a real war. No other country presently can march real live, active duty, decorated heroes who’ve tasted real combat of this sort: - Simplicius
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  5047. As we head into fall and winter, the situation continues to worsen for Ukraine. The biggest developments have happened outside the locus of the conflict itself, but rather in the geopolitical scene where Ukraine is faced with a disastrous loss of financial support. The U.S. House of Representatives has just removed its Speaker for the first time in history, primarily over his secret side deal with Biden to get funding to Ukraine. Some of the current options on the table for his replacement would spell disaster for Ukraine as they are all staunchly anti-funding Republicans. The West has never looked weaker, not only in general, but specifically vis a vis their support for Ukraine. All of their recent attempts at portraying a unified front look increasingly hollow and desperate. - Simplicius FABOULOUS ARRIVAL of unstoppable FAB-500 bombs on Ukrainian positions scorch the enemy in above video, with blinding massive blasts obliterating everything in its path, as Kiev's regime suffers up to 290 soldiers as casualties in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine). Up to 170 cannon fodder either killed or injured in Kupyansk, East Ukraine, up to 45 and 2 armored vehicles destroyed in Kherson (ex-Ukraine), more than 35 killed by Russian forces in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ OCT 4 An amazing and most risky work of the moment when Russian a soldier from the 40th Brigade of the Pacific Marine Fleet, move alone to finish off 5 Ukrainian soldiers in a trench on the northwestern outskirts of Novomayorsky, Donetsk region. The soldier, the best in the sniper department managed to fight off the enemy force, taking out a Ukrainian group, who poorly trained. - Military Tube Today Something big is about to happen in Ukraine. Is Putin about to launch a pre-winter offensive now that Ukraine has exhausted all of its resources? Logistical signs are showing newly built railway tracks and large troop movements on the Russian side. Also multiple reports over the past 48 hours show an increased number of young Ukrainian men racing to get the hell out of Ukraine. - Redacted Ukraine Fatigue Is Worrying NATO Elites – and So They Should Be On both sides of the Atlantic, there is now discernible fatigue and anger among citizens over the bottomless money pit that is NATO’s proxy war in Ukraine against Russia. The disgraceful adulation of a Nazi war criminal by the whole Canadian parliament in a perverse show of solidarity with Ukraine against Russia has helped focus public attention on the obscenity of the NATO proxy war. All that largesse that is billed to U.S. and European taxpayers has resulted in a slaughter in Europe not seen since the Second World War – and a failed Ukrainian state. And of course huge profits for the NATO military-industrial complex that bankrolls the elite politicians. What the conflict in Ukraine has demonstrated clearly to the Western public is just how morally bankrupt their governments and media have become. American and European elitist leaders may kid themselves a little longer by pretending there is no weariness and fatigue over their proxy war against Russia. The more they pretend the greater the eventual crash and downfall from public anger. - LewRockwell Putin: They are trying to replace international law with order. What order? Based on some rules. What rules? What rules are these? Who invented them? I don't understand it at all. It's just bullshit, nonsense! But it's what they're trying to instill in the minds of millions of people. We have to live by the rules. What rules? And in general, our Western colleagues, especially those from the United States, do not just set arbitrary rules. But they also teach them - who and how they should fulfill them, who and how they should behave in general. All this is done and said, as a rule, in a frankly boorish form. This is the same manifestation of colonial thinking. All the time we hear: you must, you are obliged, we are seriously warning you. Who are you people? What right do you have to warn anyone? - Forwarded from Slavyangrad (Sergey Slessarenko) HORRIFIED SCREAMS as bodies of cadets lay on floor, blood and limbs of injured and dead gushing everywhere following US-backed TERROR attack on Syrian military graduation ceremony in Homs, Syria. Even Syrian soldier, no stranger to terror, fixes hands on head in shocked disbelief as he wades through rows of bodies. Just as families of Syrian Army servicemen gather to honor brave fight against terrorism, criminals attack event, turning celebration into TERRIFYING TRAGEDY. - Intel Report As a result of powerful counterattack by Russian Armed Forces, Ukrainian forces were decimated in the "Killing Zone" Rabotino on Zaporozhye front. Russian forces held an advantageous position after intensifying attacks. While many remnants of Ukrainian equipment and personnel were killed, it ended in defeat and setbacks. - Military Tube Today
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  5049. Jesus was a Palestinian Jew born in Bethlehem. He grew up in Nazareth and was executed as a criminal in Jerusalem. It is because of him that we celebrate Christmas. But it is in spite of him that what we celebrate is the opposite of what he stood for. Just a poor child’s birth to fulfill a prophecy that out of life would come death and out of death would come life. That hope was improbable but possible with faith. The Gospel birth narratives tell of a nativity that concludes with the grown child’s suffering, public crucifixion, death, and Resurrection – a story that lives on with the suffering of so many innocents. Matthew and Luke’s birth narratives are replicated again and again throughout history, presently and most conspicuously in Gaza and the West Bank, as the massacre of the innocents continues under today’s King Herod, Benjamin Netanyahu, the client king of Washington, not Rome, while U.S. politicians, including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who claims to be a defender of children and opposed to U.S. war policies, support this genocide with rhetorical justifications. Wealth, its possession and the avid desire for it, signifies power over people and that power includes using them in many ways, including their labor, and killing them if one chooses, quickly or slowly, overtly or deviously, directly or indirectly, for some people are useless objects, inferior people. Such power is central to politics and warfare, as a quick glance at the wealth of war-promoting politicians will reveal. It is central to the widespread thinking today that the world is filled with useless people who must be disposed of one way or the other. It is a fundamental tenet of the World Economic Forum, the Gates-Rockefeller et al. crowd, and the racist eugenics promoters today and yesterday. It is behind the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) biological weapons gain-of-function research, the Covid-19 propaganda, and the CIA’s and Defense Department’s distribution of the mRNA countermeasures (“vaccines”). It is central to the hideously obscene profits of the medical military-industrial complex and the world-wide arms industry. It is central to the genocide taking place in Gaza. For the Israeli rulers, the problem is that the Palestinians exist, so they must be exterminated. It’s still the same old story told differently down through the ages. Hitler enacted it against the Jews. Christmas is about a birth, the birth of a boy who would become a man who sided with the outcasts, the poor, the forsaken, the gentle, and the peacemakers. His birth and life was a rebuke to the powerful and the rich who lord it over the innocent, the killers, those who profit at the expense of others, who amass wealth and useless possessions to parade their power, a show of power which, unknown to their self-obsessed minds, is a sign of their spiritual nullity. I have nothing against Santa. I once sat on his lap and he seemed nice to my four year-old mind. He was fat and jolly. He told me I would get what I wanted for Christmas. But he forgot to tell me what Christmas was really about. That is what I want. To remember. - Edward Curtin for LewRockwell
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  5055. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – By the fall of Vremivka almost without resistance, the group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in VelykaNovosilka found itself practically completely surrounded in a cauldron, where the Russian Armed Forces physically controlled all the main roads. Realizing that the drama of Kiev troops in VelykayaNovoselka south of Donetsk seemed to be coming to an end, Russian troops from the Vostok Group of Forces deployed Uragan MLRS, which was engaged in dropping leaflets on the positions of Ukrainian troops there for their immediate surrender, as shown in the footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry on January 17, 2025. Now, the evacuation corridor of Velyka Novosilka is less than 2.5 kilometers wide, with no main roads, only land left and the only way is to cross Mokri Yaly river for the Kievites to get out. The cauldron is boiling, where the siege of Velikaya Novoselka – now officially begins! Dropping leaflets on enemy positions, special leaflet projectiles are rocket ammunition containing rolls of leaflets. Uragan fired a volley of shots at each of them, urging Ukrainian soldiers to hand over their weapons and voluntarily surrender in order to save their lives before a complete encirclement. Now, it is reported that Russian troops are at the Vremika gate after the cleanup, just a few minutes away from the city center, while conducting a limited siege, and things will get complicated for Kiev's forces if they try to hold on. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have few options: retreat as far as possible, or defend and fight to the end. A few days ago, Ukrainian soldiers retreated from their positions in panic, even abandoning their NATO weapons in the bushes, fleeing without a fight simply because they did not want to face the Russian army. Russian soldiers from a reconnaissance unit as part of the Vostok Group of Forces, demonstrated the abandoned weapons near Velyka Novosilka as shown in footage by the Defense Ministry on January 15. Among the trophies were a Javelin portable ATGM, a Browning M2 large-caliber machine gun, a portable anti-tank grenade launcher, and ammunition.
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  5061. Thus, the current domino collapse of Ukraine’s defenses in the Pokrovsk direction will lead to a much greater snowballing that will lead to the collapse of the entire Konstantinovka cauldron, which would then set up the final showdown with the Kramatorsk agglomerate. Furthermore, Pokrovsk is the main hub of supply to the entire front southeast of there. Capturing Pokrovsk and cutting its main roads would pretty much atrophy the entire vast region to the southeast: There’s also the fact that Pokrovsk is the main railway hub of the entire region for the AFU: It receives large shipments and distributes them to the whole region’s settlements, like a major artery feeding hundreds of capillaries. Thus, it’s vital for the resupply and logistics of all AFU units in the vast region. In fact, what’s most interesting about this, and proves that the railway is the foremost strategic consideration of the entire ongoing operation there, is the fact that Russian troops are literally advancing along the railway. Thus, once Pokrovsk is captured, all those interior settlements to the southeast would come under immense pressure with dwindling supply routes, and their own collapse would be accelerated greatly. This is likely the reason for Zelensky’s desperate urgency in Kursk. His command likely understands the dire nature of what’s soon to come, as the entire front on this region stands to collapse after Pokrovsk falls. Zelensky needed a way to divert Russia’s attention somewhere else, but so far no slow down has been recorded for Russia’s advances in this area. Today alone, there have again been several major advances. As I mentioned, another huge swath of territory around Zhelanne has been taken, moving closer to Pokrovsk: - Simplicius
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  5070. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Finally, the most intense clashes erupted in western Aleppo on Friday, November 29, after the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) together with the Russian Armed Forces, fought the rebels from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group together with the Turkish-controlled Syrian National Army (SNA). The rebels used the method of sending evacuation orders to everyone in western Aleppo. The group claimed to have taken control of several towns and villages in what the Syrian army called the 'largest offensive since 2020', which began an attack on Syrian largest city, Aleppo. Now, the main battle areas stretch from the west and southwest of Aleppo, east of Idlib, southeast of Idlib to the vicinity of Saraqib. Since this morning, the rebel forces have launched a large-scale coordinated attack on these areas. The fighting was reported to have taken place inside Aleppo - confirmed by Ahmad Ali, a pro-Assad Syrian military journalist. The Syrian Arab Army immediately took decisive action, eradicating the rebels who came from various countries, which is a clear violation of Syrian sovereignty. New footage shows Assad's forces deploying various types of artillery with heavy fire, relentlessly pounding their groups' positions in the western countryside of Aleppo. In addition to the artillery work, Russian warplanes are now bombarding western and southwestern Aleppo on a large scale, continuing the bombardment to destroy the rebel positions. After enemy positions suffered heavy losses in caves and human shields, killing dozens of rebels, they tried to hold some positions, but some points were retaken by the Syrian Arab Army until reinforcements arrived. Since last night, Russian warplanes have been destroying the rebel headquarters in the so-called "Joint Forces" near the town of Marea in the northern countryside of Aleppo. This was their gathering point, which was coordinating the attack efforts for the next day. But the heavy airstrikes destroyed the place as in the footage, killing dozens of rebels and their supporters, the pro-Syrian government channel reported. The Syrian Arab Army reported that one rebel of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham named "Ibrahim Khaled Dibo" was killed in western Aleppo today, and his strange clothing featured the ISIS flag on the emblem of his group's elements. Noteworthy! Moscow is determined to restore the constitutional order of Syrian government in Aleppo region as soon as possible!
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  5072. In the footsteps of assassins and those who hire them Andrey Derkach, a former Ukrainian parliamentarian who became widely known for publishing recordings of conversations between ex-Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko and high-ranking foreign officials, including Biden (who was then US vice president), gave an extensive interview earlier this month to journalist Simona Mangiante. During this conversation, he disclosed sensational new details about the “special ties” between the Biden family and the Ukrainian authorities. So, instead of exposing the corruption in the previous Ukrainian administration, the Bidens (along with Zelensky and his team) turned against anti-corruption fighters. Derkach, who has been forced to hide in Belarus, was stripped of his citizenship by the Ukrainian authorities and sanctioned by the US. But that’s not all. In addition to criminal investigations and sanctions, Derkach says he has faced assassination attempts ordered by top officials in Kiev and Washington. It is noteworthy that in 2021, the Ukrainian police discovered plans to assassinate Derkach and the head of the group of prosecutors in the Burisma energy company case, Konstantin Kulik, but did not initiate a criminal case. The investigation tracked down the criminal gang from Eastern Europe hired to carry out the hit, as well as their base in Transcarpathia. The assassin himself was supposed to be an Albanian, but the information was leaked, and the gang escaped. The number of witnesses in the Burisma case – a company though which Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden earned profits via alleged corruption schemes – is also steadily decreasing. Shortly before she was due to testify as a witness in the case, the wife of Nikolai Lisin – a former partner of Nikolai Zlochevsky – was found dead in her apartment. She had been responsible for accounting at Burisma and had been aware of transactions carried out in the interests of the Bidens. Lisin himself died in a car accident back in 2011. - RT
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  5076. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Syrian Armed Forces have successfully carried out a large-scale operation against terrorist groups in the northern countryside of Homs with airstrikes from Russian and Syrian fighter jets, the official SANA news agency reported on Friday evening, citing military sources. Syrian Arab Army units operated around Talbiseh-Al Rastan enclave and in Al-Dar al-Kabirah, launching attacks on terrorist forces with the support of warplanes, artillery, rockets and armored vehicles. Syrian Arab Army is carrying out repositioning and redeployment in accordance with military plans and orders, determined to continue to defend Syria steadfastly, the news agency added. According to footage from pro-Turkish sources, clashes took place in al-Qosour between Syrian Army and terrorist groups, namely out of 10 people, 8 of whom are foreign mercenaries with the support of clearly known countries. The attacks were aimed at blocking their progress and supply chains towards Homs, a city that has been captured in the news, which is exploited by the enemy circles to spread rumors among the citizens, as reported by the Syrian Defense Ministry. Amid the ongoing fighting in the northern districts of Homs, Su-22 warplanes attacked Ter Maela, targeting terrorist groups and their supply lines during the day. In addition, Syrian Army officer said that Russian planes launched airstrikes at night to destroy the Rastan bridge along the main M5 highway connecting Hama to Homs. This was important to prevent the spread of terrorists towards Homs, entering several villages and areas to take pictures for a few minutes, and leaving the area to then publish the clips on their websites in the context of a dirty media war to show their control. Syrian Arab Army swept the enemy with a swift movement, eliminating many terrorist members and destroying many of their vehicles, equipment and weapons. Syrian Army air defenses also shot down 2 enemy suicide drones. Sources reported that many other members fled due to the air force operation and the areas were also bombarded with heavy artillery. In Talbiseh, it showed that Syrian-Russian operation left significant damage to enemy positions due to heavy shelling, and the strategic city looked deserted in the morning as in the footage by a motorcyclist. Meanwhile in Rastan, it is unknown where the terrorists went, where the conditions are the same as in Talbiseh, Syrian-Russian attack left a nightmare for the enemy group. The death toll of terrorists rose to 2,500 during the week while Syrian Armed Forces carried out a counterattack with the support of Russian Aerospace Forces, the Syrian Defense Ministry reported
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  5098. SOLDIERS' BODIES SCATTERED EVERYWHERE following impromptu Ukrainian Army awards ceremony. 28 Ukrainian servicemen killed, 53 wounded, as a result of a Russian missile attack in the Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). Soldiers of the Ukrainian Army accuse a “particularly smart” Commander who organized an awards ceremony on the frontline, where the men became an easy target for the Russian military. - Intel Report PUTIN EYES UP BASE IN LIBYA - US media claims. “If Russia has ports there, it will give it the ability to spy on the entire European Union" - Bloomberg. Translation = currently the US spies on the entire European Union. The US consider this African country a zone of their influence - but which country don't they? Having bombed Libya into oblivion, the US are pressuring military leader Khalifa Haftar to abandon a defense deal with Russia, "for its own good." - Intel Report SUICIDE MISSION ABANDONED: The common sense of Ukrainian crew prevails, who refuse to go into battle. The exact location in former east Ukraine is not known. A commander (who is speaking) tries to convince them that they must “die for Ukraine". The сrew insisted that they do not have enough ammunition and will not go on the attack without appropriate cover of their armored personnel carrier. - Intel Report The rants of madmen have historically destroyed parts of the world at their whim! This diabolic one, if not stopped, has the capability of destroying the world by starting a Global War for profit that he cannot win! Pray God save us from the Globalist West Warmongers! We won’t talk to Russia – Zelensky. Kiev will not make any concession to Moscow, the Ukrainian president has insisted - RT
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  5108. MILITARY TUBE TODAY-The Russian Armed Forces took initiative control at the Kursk site, taking the overwhelmed Ukrainian and NATO troops, a large number of which were captured increasingly becoming prisoners of war. In 48 hours on August 13-14, 2024, Russian military correspondents documented, several enemy groups becoming Russian captures on the border, but here some infographic images are not shown. Although some on the Russian side were also taken hostage and killed, this senseless operation, culminating in an ambush of Kiev troops by infantry, drones, or aircraft. They opened a new direction where Russian troops had a greater advantage was a boon for Russian troops, despite the temporary victory of Ukrainian media. It always starts like this in all battles, even if Western mercenaries fight side by side with Ukrainians against Russia. Footage of Ukrainian troops serving in the 80th Air Assault Brigade, captured near the village of Ulanok by the 382nd Battalion of the 810th Brigade, or rather one of the battalions consisting of mobilized Russian fighters. In addition to an assault team of five Ukrainian soldiers who were captured, Russian soldiers also seized important equipment and a ridge in the area. One of the leaders is a suspect in a criminal case initiated by the Investigative Committee regarding the attack on Russian territory. According to the detainees, Zelensky sacrificed some of the most capable and experienced Ukrainian troops for the Kursk campaign. A new wave of Ukrainian prisoners and liquidation operations, and destruction continue under the leadership of the Russian Special Forces and the Chechen Akhmat troops, on the border. Another Ukrainian detachment that was captured, stated that they had been in the region for only a day, capturing them very quickly in the first days of the operation. They were lucky not to meet Wagner fighters, because the Musicians had warned that they did not plan to take prisoners. A group of the detainees added about their desire to fight the Kiev regime, because throwing these people into the fire, like them were worthless. According to reports for August 13 only in 24 hours in Kursk, the Russian Armed Forces have eliminated up to 420 Ukrainian personnel in NATO operations. According to the latest reports from the battlefield in Kursk, 120 French soldiers, 180 Polish soldiers, and dozens of British, Estonian and other foreign soldiers from NATO countries, have been identified. It seems that the entire operation was prepared abroad. It was a NATO operation from the start, analysts note. - Military Tube Today
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  5128. A Russian source has announced that Russia has now tested, for the first time, a Fab-1500 version of the UMPC glidebomb and it’s said to have hit its target accurately. Reportedly, Su-34s can carry upwards of 2 such bombs. Another big piece of news came with the revelation that Russia has used the Kinzhal missile fired from a Su-34 platform for the first time: Russia is winning the artillery war despite the contrary complaints from 6th columnists, in both total attrition and the simple mathematics of things like range. Numerous videos and stories continue to pour in of Ukraine’s losses. Here head of Ukrainian medical services admits the losses are “massive. Russians are literally sitting back and shooting ducks in a barrel as Ukraine fruitlessly trucks across open fields and gets annihilated by artillery. - Ground Report Combat Channel Russian guided missile blasts Ukrainian pickup truck and enemy soldiers around it out of existence in a brutal explosion after a successful hit in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). where Russian forces left 205 Ukrainian soldiers either killed or injured. Up to 440 cannon fodder meet the same fate in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), 85 and ammo depot destroyed in Kupyansk, Kharkov, East Ukraine. - Intel Report Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Ignat is frustrated that Russia's FAB-500 bombs are "impossible to stop". Theoretically, these bombs can be resisted, but shooting them down is extremely difficult, almost impossible - Ignat. - Intel Report Russia has defied Western sanctions and export controls intended to cripple its military firepower, ramping up missile production to even higher levels than it achieved before the Ukraine conflict began, the New York Times has reported.
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  5160. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – A strong image of Russian soldiers from the Tsentr Group of Forces attacking and capturing the trenches of Ukrainian troops struggling to slow down Russian advance on Pokrovsk direction. The Russian military channel shared a short video on January 16, 2025, in which soldiers from the Atlant Battalion of the 35th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, organize their rapid attack to neutralize one of the enemy's strongholds on the front line, encircle them and gain strategic advantage over Pokrovsk city, or Russian name “Krasnoarmeysk”. At the beginning of the work, fiber-optic FPV drone arrived at Leopard 1A5 tank, where German tanks have been a constant nightmare for Ukrainian crews of Russian operation since February 2022. Another fiber-optic FPV drone later arrived at Ukrainian defense point, which seems to be well-designed by Zelensky regime in order to hold Pokrovsk. The drone blew up one of the points, where the drone's camera showed several Ukrainian soldiers resting, unaware that danger was threatening their defense. As a result, such tactical tricks by drones helped the assault infantry to break through Kiev army’s trenches, losing control of the situation due to the sudden presence of Russian infantry with little direct fire during the attack. The Russian military reported that Ukrainian troops suffered significant losses during the cleanup and the important stronghold was captured. Speaking about Ukrainian army, of course talking about all sorts of difficulties but claim that they were never defeated. On January 15, journalist Yury Butusov wrote that the Ukrainian military commanders lost control near Pokrovsk — Butusov went on to say that Ukrainian infantry suffered significant losses in an obvious attempt to slow down the Russian troops. There were reports that the Ukrainians were retreating from the city. They did not have enough forces to confront Russian army. At the same time, the crews of Grad MLRS from the Tsentr Group of Forces destroyed Ukrainian positions in the stronghold and disrupted their rotation around Pokrovsk. The famous Russian Grad rocket launchers, fired at the location – one of Kiev’s main logistics centers which is experiencing internal tensions and logistical problems. While Russia can produce artillery shells and missiles much faster than all NATO countries combined!
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  5168. Front lines are collapsing for the Ukrainian army, whole units surrendering. Top commanders are fired. Faced with complete disarray of the U.S.-NATO instigated war in Ukraine, U.S. militarists are doubling down. U.S. efforts to dismember Russia appear to have utterly failed. Economic sanctions, price caps, the protracted war on Russia’s border and tens of billions of dollars, along with hundreds of U.S. and other NATO member troops sent as trainers, plus mercenary contractors can’t hold the corrupt Ukrainian military machine together. The statements promoting strikes with the U.S.-supplied weapons to targets inside Russia are being made directly by President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who is a former prime minister of Norway, but acts as if he were a U.S. official. All these elaborate plans would be dashed if Ukrainian defense lines crumbled before the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C. This 75th anniversary NATO Summit is a grand plan to showcase U.S. and Western imperialist dominance. Zelensky’s effort to call a “Peace Summit” on June 15 and 16 in Lucerne, Switzerland, exposes Ukraine’s dwindling support. The “Peace Summit” bars Russian participation. The effort is so flimsy that not even Biden is bothering to attend. The Rand Corporation, a powerful think tank for the major military industries, confirms the cynical calculations that justify war profits, regardless of the danger. Rather than reassess their deteriorating global position, U.S. strategists seem determined to put the fate of the world at risk. - LewRockwell
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  5171. The BRICS 2024 summit kicked off as the big highlight of the week. There are an endless amount of things to be said from a variety of different analytical perspectives, but we’ll just mention a few of the salient points that stick out most for now. Firstly, the obvious is simply the optics of the event. Russia and Putin were supposed to be ‘isolated’ and here they are hosting the world’s top leaders on a grand stage: Note how even the simple optics of the event differ from the more ‘corporate structured’ UN, with its one-at-a-time tribune speech on stage meant to present the leadership of each country in a Western unitary model. The BRICS meeting on the other hand visually represents a roundtable of equals amongst all, which sends a powerful message for the future of global multipolarity and cooperation. That’s not to mention it was chosen for a symbolic date, as Putin explains here, with the original founding UN Charter being signed on October 24, 1945: It is clear the organizers of the BRICS summit foresee this pivotal time as being an epochal shift in the global world order similar in weight to that of the UN founding. What is meant by simple optics? For example, BRICS has sent a message of strength and solidarity, as well as giving legitimacy to a variety of countries, issues, and leaders which do not get it on the Western-ruled world ‘stage’. Putin himself appeared to directly address BRICS Development Bank (NDB) chairman Dilma Rousseff in very politely saying “let’s speed things up” by noting that the longer these transitions to a multipolar model take, the more dangers it poses, and the longer the global south has to live in slavery to the Western financial system: unlike the US-led United Nations, and other Western organs like the G7, the BRICS is foundationally designed to take everyone’s interests into account rather than being solely one hegemon’s private bully pulpit and centrally planned authority in one: Putin was also asked about Trump’s claim that he once told Putin he would strike Moscow if Putin invaded Ukraine. Putin replied that this is merely the effect of election season and that such statements should not be taken seriously. He then gave a dressing down to BBC’s chief pest Steve Rosenberg: All the North Korean ‘panic’ stories from the Western press mill suggested it was a big ‘top secret’ operation with only ‘clever’ Western satellite intel able to bust Putin’s putative smuggling of the DPRK troops under the cover of night. On the other hand, a huge contradiction in the narrative: a stream of videos taken openly by Russian troops in full view of their commanders has emerged that purport to show DPRK troops in eastern Russian bases. If it was a big top secret operation like they pretend, then why are the troops openly being filmed? Overall, the key takeaway from the BRICS summit can be the following. Look closely at some of the scenes presented: India and China after having just negotiated a settlement to their border conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan hashing out their disputes, other “ostracized” members of the world community being greeted with open arms, no leering judgmental supremacism, condescending sermonizing and pompous pontificating like so often seen by the West at their global institutions, from the EU to the UN, etc The BRICS’ strongest achievement is sending a message of acceptance, compromise, openness, civility, and cooperation—the true definition of anti-illiberal qualities, the same the West so adamantly claims it champions. There was a kind of contagious energy that was palpable in the air: an alternate vision for a world led by sovereign grownups, not the small-minded, nervous little elitist compradors and pushy apparatchiks, the likes seen dotting the halls of the West’s equivalent institutions. In short, a breath of fresh air and maturity. This to me is the strongest message the BRICS sends. Even despite not achieving any major concrete advancements quite yet, it still was a symbolically significant set of optics for the entire developing world and global south to witness, which will only flower in the years to come as the wane of the West sets in. - Simplicius
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  5206. The US has been using economic methods in an attempt to weaken Russia and hopefully to help get rid of Putin. The goal is to return to the sort of arrangement in place when Yeltsin was in power. These economic methods have been used against other countries, too. They include sanctions, interfering with currency transactions, interfering with gold repatriation, extra-territorial claims based on use of the US dollar, seizure of assets, and attempts to confiscate seized assets and use them for US purposes. The politicians in the West continue to promote these methods, even though mainstream scholarly works point out that in many, if not most cases, the use of such methods will not work properly. They will instead blow back on the US and cause numerous undesirable side effects and other unpleasant results. These cautionary findings have been borne out in fact. The leaders of China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Syria, and North Korea are all still in their jobs. OPEC plus Russia is still controlling the world oil market, the Russian and Chinese systems continue to replace SWIFT, more and more trade is conducted in local currencies, and the disagreements over using seized Russian assets are causing more cracks in NATO. Nations are becoming more skeptical about leaving their gold or other assets in the US or UK for safe-keeping. One opinion is that these US pillars of exceptionalism are under attack to destroy the existing system in order to ‘build back better’ and ‘you will own nothing and be happy.’ This may have made more sense back around the year 2000, before China and Russia got their act together. Whoever controlled the West, in some sense, controlled the world. Now, however, Russia and China are out from under that control and the US has been relegated to the number two position both economically and militarily. Russia is number one militarily and China is number one economically. The problem is that these facts have not sunk into the ‘little gray cells’ of the Western plutocrats, much less the mere billionaires. Asia and Africa show a distinct distaste for the ideas and plans of the WEF and most of ‘Wokism,’ and the West is too weak to force implementation in those continents. Barring a miracle (unlikely considering that the Establishment no longer believes in a miracle-working god), the end of the Age of the West is nigh. The future is with the East and the South, unless the West drastically changes course. - Sonar21
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  5210. Putin adamantly restated the goals of the SMO. Not only that, but he again strongly implied that Russia will retake Odessa, calling it a purely Russian city which was founded by Catherine the Great. I think this fairly settles the debate on whether Russia intends to take back these territories. The Pentagon today admitted that the choice will soon be between attending to “our own military readiness” and supporting Ukraine: Putin’s statements reflect a reality even Western outlets now regularly report. This BBC report from a week and change ago interviewed the actual AFU marines there, shedding light on the horrors they’re experiencing: This is one of the first such specific admissions from the AFU side—he says he only has 2 howitzers while Russia has over 30 just in his quadrant alone. What’s shocking is that this is corroborated by another recent report straight from a Russian soldier who said AFU’s shelling has dropped so low there that they return 1 shell for every 50 that Russia fires. With such disparities, we’re supposed to believe that it’s the AFU taking favorable losses? The US general being placed in charge of the Ukrainian theater again reasserts that Russian jamming is greatly nullifying most Western systems in Ukraine: A new video released by a Russian electronics warfare unit shows a myriad of AFU FPV drones being jammed out of the sky, giving us a small idea of this lesser-seen aspect of warfare: Hitler once said if he knew the amounts of armor Russian factories could pump out, he would have never invaded. Looks like the 4th Reich mini-Fuhrer will learn the same lesson. - Simplicius
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  5216. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine flee in disarray, abandoning their weapons and ammunition on the front lines, during the liberation of Prechistovka by the Russian Armed Forces. On September 4, 2024, the Russian Defense Ministry officially confirmed the liberation of the village in South Donetsk by soldiers of the 40th Marine Brigade, the 155th Marine Brigade, and Motorized Riflemen of the Eastern Military District. Three soldiers of the 155th Marine Brigade, confirmed live on video their victory on the battlefield, successfully driving Zelensky's expired men out of Prechistovka. Ukrainian military analyst DeepState, which is connected to Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate, acknowledged the loss of Prechistovka by the end of September 3, that Russian forces had captured the remaining western part of Prechistovka, and established control along a forest strip stretching for 3.4 kilometers. A few days ago, Russian marines were reported to have advanced, and broken through the Ukrainian defenses in this village. Assault troops from Buryatia or Eastern Siberia, cleared the village, attacking the Ukrainian formation’s stronghold, which was a key part of the Ugledar group’s defenses. Drone footage showed an armored assault detachment of the 5th Tank Brigade and the 40th Marines, involving about 10 infantry fighting vehicles of various types and a motorcycle squad, charging in large numbers against the Ukrainian group. The armored troops closed in, then dismounted infantry were seen attacking the Ukrainian trenches at close range, shaking off enemy troops in their hideout in Prechistovka, which has now been taken. During the liberation of the village, drone footage from the 40th Marine Brigade captured the moment when Zelensky's remaining troops fled in panic to save their lives. The mass desertion of Ukrainian units of the 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade and infantry formations of the 68th Jaeger Brigade was recorded, rapidly retreating towards Zolotaya Niva, and likely taking advantage for a few days. Establishing control over Prechistovka, would ultimately cut off the supply of the Ukrainian fortified area of Ugledar, and a large-scale attack on it would be imminent!
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  5221. Beyond the perfunctory pledges for cooperation in various civil fields, Russia and NK intend to construct a new road bridge at their border to better facilitate inter-state travel, as well as the big one: a ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’ for assistance in the event of aggression. There is the obvious fact that this represents an immediate signaling by Putin that he wasn’t bluffing when he said there would be retaliation for crossing of the red lines. The West escalates tensions by shielding themselves beneath a nuclear-capable proxy, which would allow the waging of nuclear war against Russia with a sort of built-in plausible deniability or legal defense. So now, Russia has requited in kind by implying they can give North Korea even more lethal missile technologies which can potentially be used in conjunction with nuclear warheads to put the U.S. under the nuclear sword. One suggestion making the rounds is the potential to supply the Russian Army with North Korea’s devastating KN-25 600mm MLRS system, which is basically the NK version of an ATACMS: That’s all not to mention the fact that while this was ongoing, Russian hypersonic-armed warships reportedly performed maneuvers within visual sight of Miami, a clear message sent: In short, Russia’s strategic defensive initiative with North Korea promises to keep Russia’s artillery-thirsty army more than quenched indefinitely. Russian forces on the north Kharkov front have settled into positions and allowed the reinforced Ukrainian troops to take the initiative in assaulting so that they can exhaust and attrition them, before retaking the initiative with new offensive actions. It’s becoming more and more evident that the entire Konstantinovka region is being placed in a slow-constricting boiler: As most intelligent observers know by now, the war is not about primarily gaining territory: it’s about attritioning the AFU and breaking its spirit until the point of collapse. - Simplicius
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  5226. This comes under the heading, "Know thy Enemy." Kiev regime drone terror attack attempt thwarted this morning - Russian Defense Ministry. Russian air defense systems detected and destroyed an unmanned drone over Belgorod region, pre-War West Russia. - Intel Report Ukrainian forces strike areas in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) with 34 artillery shells of 155mm caliber, including 6 widely-banned cluster bombs. - Intel Report CONSEQUENCES OF ZELENSKY'S SPREAD OF HATRED IN HIS WAR AGAINST GOD. Man arrested after he enters church in Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, punches icon of Jesus twice with a stone. - Intel Report Ukrainian criminal forces shell Belgorod region (pre-war West Russia) 9 times in 24 hours, 2 drones shot down. - Intel Report CAN'T JUST LEAVE THEM TO THE DOGS (00:13) says a clearly disturbed Russian soldier about Ukrainian cannon fodder not only left to rot for a week in Novoselovskoye, Lugansk (ex-Ukraine), but booby-trapped with mines by Kiev's regime. Moscow's troops got fired upon in an ironic reversal of roles, evacuating 7 of Zelensky's corpses and continue search for more dead or pieces of bodies. We're getting them in pieces. We're Christians, that's the way we were raised. We must help return these bodies and remains to their relatives. - Intel Report Destruction, charred buildings and homes in Kherson (ex-Ukraine) as region's residential areas endure 5 days of incessant Ukrainian shelling. - Intel Report Kiev's regime shells 10 times town of Volfino in Ukraine-bordering Kursk region (pre-war West Russia). 3 injured by shrapnel. - Intel Report Destruction at headquarters of humanitarian aid in Aleshki, Kherson region (ex-Ukraine). While Russia picks up Kiev's dead for the sake of their families, Zelensky's depravity knows no bound striking humanitarian aid going to people already subjected to his callous attacks. UPDATE: Russian air defenses also detect and destroy Ukrainian drone over Belgorod region (pre-war West Russia). - Intel Report Russian air defense destroy Ukrainian drone over Kursk region (pre-war West Russia). - Intel Report ◾ Russian forces repel Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), more than 425 enemy soldiers between killed and injured, tank, 4 armored vehicles, D-20, D-30 and Gvozdika howitzers destroyed. ◾More than 40 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 5 tanks, 5 infantry fighting vehicles, 3 vehicles and artillery pieces destroyed in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). ◾Russian air defenses intercept 8 US-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launcher shells, destroy 25 Ukrainian drones. ◾Russian fighter shoots down Ukrainian-operated Mi-8 helicopter. ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 12 Ukrainians trying their best to escape military service due to massive numbers of war casualties, admits Zelensky's PR managers at New York Times. Number of draft evaders in Ukraine has grown substantially due to huge number of casualties, especially during the recent failed counteroffensive. Troop recruitment is becoming increasingly difficult and Kiev has reached ever deeper into society to keep its ranks filled - Note the report. PR managers with finally some actual PRing, claiming glaring lie that Kiev only suffered 150,000 between killed and injured since start of Special Operation, when it's proven to be around 400,000 KILLED and 2 million wounded/disabled. That's why Zelensky fired all regional recruitment chiefs.
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  5234. A large number of Americans still think that Russia is the Soviet Union, that the country is a crumbling wreck and the people are atheists and miserable. Boy, are they wrong. Although I have only visited the two largest cities in Russia — Moscow in the winter and St. Petersburg on the cusp of summer — I can report that the average Russian appears to be living as well, if not better, than their counterparts in the United States or Japan. Especially when it comes to quality of life. Unlike the big cities in the United States, you can stroll along the streets and boulevards of Moscow or St. Petersburg without worrying about getting mugged or stumbling over some homeless addict sprawled on the sidewalk. The streets are clean. No used needles or face masks. What about Russia’s military casualties? I spoke with a former soldier, who approached me at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, to express his frustration about Western propaganda. He made the same point I have — i.e., if Russia had suffered the number of casualties that Ukraine is claiming to have inflicted, Russia social media would be ablaze with photos and videos of fresh graves in cemeteries. Or, you would see multitudes of guys missing limbs or confined to wheel chairs moving down the sidewalks. I did not see that. While I am sure that Russia has suffered casualties, it has not reached a level that it is attracting public attention and comments on social media. I will close with a comment on the Zionist hostage rescue operation that took place over the weekend. While it is true that four hostages were freed, I suspect the operation was not the smashing success that is being touted in Western media. There are reports that the Israelis suffered some significant casualties and that other hostages were killed during the course of the operation. - Sonar21
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  5257. TIME Magazine Profile Depicts Grim Führerbunker-Stage of Zelensky's Conflict The lack of manpower has become so dire for the AFU that even if all the newfangled weapons from the West were to be delivered, Ukraine may no longer even have the men to use them: More and more voices have risen from the ranks of the AFU recently stating that they are flat out running out of men. This included the countless videos explaining how soon the entire population will have to be mobilized, man, woman, and child. Ukraine was defeated by its own Western propaganda. Now, the most aware pro-Ukrainian pundits are desperately trying to steer their flock back to rational thinking—but it’s too late. Some accounts have even pointed out how desperately pro-UA supporters have been trying to gin-up fake losses, for instance posting this one infamous photo of a field of corpses and trying to pass it off as Russian “meat assault losses” in Avdeevka. Only problem is, those were Ukrainian dead from Bakhmut as many well-trusted accounts have pointed out: In Kherson, Ukraine continues to claim some ‘successes’ but in fact the real intel is that they’re suffering nothing but absolute horrors there. A video emerged showing Ukrainian troops being fired upon by Polish mercenary “blocking detachments” to force them to cross the Dnieper. There are mutinies everywhere and the Ukrainian internal boards are filled with howling rage at the treacheries: Russia has continued to repel massive strikes on Crimea and Sevastopol. Now it’s being confirmed by Western sources that Russia has been increasing use of fully automated AI versions of the Lancet: Meanwhile the U.S. continues to experience weapons woes as the much-vaunted test launch of their new Minuteman III ICBM over the Pacific Ocean was apparently deemed a failure. - Simplicius ISRAEL FACES MOUNTING DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION WHILE UKRAINE GOES BEGGING Stupid! And let’s be clear, Brazil accused Israel of committing “war crimes.” This constitutes a little more than JUST “criticism.” I think “condemnation” is a better term. With each passing day Israel is digging itself a deeper hole. Videos like the following (which just appeared today) is one of the factors galvanizing more nations to protest Israel’s indiscriminate attacks on Palestinian civilians. WARNING — THIS VIDEO IS HORRIFIC. - Sonar21 Against the background of heavy losses of the Israeli Army in manpower and heavy equipment during the ongoing ground operation in the Gaza Strip, the Russian army continues to deliver targeted missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine, destroying the last remaining ammunition depots, which for a long time did not allow Moscow to put a final end to the agony of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Military experts recognized the Russian missile strike on the 47th arsenal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southeastern part of the 'Khmelnytskyi' Oblast as the most powerful not only during all time of the current conflict but also in the entire history of wars since the beginning of the 1950s of the last century. - BORZZIKMAN
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  5261. WHY THE UNITED STATES MILITARY IS CLUELESS WHEN IT COMES TO UKRAINE The fundamental flaw is the U.S. military personnel are pretending to have experience that they do not have. The Ukrainian counter offensive required having trained soldiers with a mix of skill and competence similar to that required of professional race car drivers. But they were not properly trained. They got the equivalent of a driver’s education class. Guess what happens when you put those “students” in a race with professional drivers? Yep. Massive car wreck. The biggest problem is the self-delusion of the United States. The American people have been bamboozled into believing that our multi-billion-dollar military is the best in the world. It is not. It is the most expensive, but well shy of being the best. At no time has the West squared up against a peer military with comparable, if not superior, air power, electronic warfare and combined arms experience, until now. The United States and its NATO partners created a de facto NATO army in Ukraine and naively assumed they could go toe-to-toe with Russia. I fear that the U.S. politicians and military leaders still fail to grasp that the “war” in Ukraine really was a special military operation. Russia did not unleash its full capabilities. The Russian General Staff, following the guidance received from President Putin, took great pains to avoid massive civilian casualties. Russia left a majority of Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure in place. Russia declined to destroy Ukraine and the West’s ISR platforms and satellite systems. Those actions are what you would see if Russia went on a total war footing. - Sonar21
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  5276. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have turned into a terrorist organization that intentionally attacks ambulances, Russian President Vladimir Putin said while speaking at the ‘Everything for Victory’ forum in Tula on Friday. He was commenting on attacks carried out by the Ukrainian military on residential areas of Russian cities in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), which have led to a number of civilian casualties. In one such attack on January 20, a paramedic working in the city of Gorlovka was wounded while trying to provide assistance to victims following a previous round of shelling. On January 12, another paramedic was also killed during a Ukrainian attack on an ambulance brigade in the same city. ”What is called the Armed Forces of Ukraine has turned into a terrorist organization that attacks ambulances,” Putin said. The president recalled a story he heard last year about how Russian forces intercepted communications between two Ukrainian tank operators who were trying to enter Donetsk. One of the servicemen had just killed a man who had stepped out of his house, Putin said, when the other officer asked him “Why did you do that? He was just some guy wearing a tracksuit. He had a family, you can hear his children running around in the house.” The response, according to Putin, was “They’re all terrorists here.” “What is this if not neo-Nazism? That’s not to mention the rounds of applause for actual SS officers in the Canadian parliament and the blatant attacks on medical workers and ambulance vehicles,” added the president. - RT
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  5292. The US is pursuing a “deeply hostile” nuclear policy while attempting “to lecture” Russia and China, Moscow’s ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, warned on Thursday. His comments came after the US acting assistant secretary of defense for space policy, Vipin Narang, said that Washington finds itself “in nothing short of a new nuclear age,” adding that it must “prepare for a world where constraints on nuclear weapons arsenals disappear entirely.” Antonov condemned the speech as “innuendos about Russia’s allegedly irresponsible behavior in the nuclear sphere,” adding that this type of rhetoric does little to contribute to “improving the situation in the sphere of strategic security.” Washington is “once again trying to teach” Russia and China the “right behavior,” the diplomat added. “Otherwise, they threaten the advent of a new ‘nuclear age’ in which the United States will not be able to restrain the growth of its own nuclear arsenal.” The US also continues to “pump” Ukraine with more and more weapons amid the conflict with Russia, including fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons, Antonov stated, describing the policy as “deeply hostile.” It will not be possible to achieve cooperation with Moscow while attempting to inflict a “strategic defeat” against it, the envoy warned. Antonov also accused Washington of “silencing the inconvenient truth about the more than two decades of US strikes against the entire architecture of international arms control.” - RT
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  5296. The West’s “hope” strategy also bet the farm that the West could easily isolate Russia on the international stage and devastate its economy with sanctions. Whoops!! Instead of isolating Russia and inflicting economic chaos, Russia quickly responded and re-established itself as a leader of the Global South, coalesced with China in a de facto alliance, and ramped up its defense industry to levels not seen since World War II. I think the quote attributed to Admiral Yamamoto at the end of the movie, Tora, Tora, Tora, captures the unexpected results of Western hubris — “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” The West was put on notice over the past week by Russian leaders. Foreign Minister Lavrov, Defense Chief Shoigu, former President Medvedev and Speaker of the Duma Volodin all communicated a simple message — Ukraine must capitulate or it will cease to exist as a nation. - Sonar21 SMELL STENCH OF REGRET coming from EU-funded disinformation platform Visegrad 24 as it asks everyone on X (Twitter) to go vote in poll on whether Washington should keep funding Mad Vlad Zelensky - oops people have clearly had enough as resounding NO echoes across internet (pic above ). But why accept result when you can just blame poll-maker for "stupid" vote? - Intel Report IT'S ALL OVER BY WINTER? Pentagon expects Ukraine to face shortage of weapons in November. The Pentagon is running out of money to replace weapons sent to Ukraine as US Congress is at an impasse whether assistance should be provided at all. “If there is no new money allocated, Ukraine will start to feel it by Thanksgiving (November 23),” - Mark Cancian, US Center for Strategic and International Studies. Houston, Zelensky has a problem - Intel Report MASSIVE FIRE CLOUDS rise as high as factory’s chimneys all that's left standing after Russian forces pound Kiev army positions in Avdeevka, Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine), with French-supplied Caesar self-propelled howitzer getting wrecked along with over 120 Ukrainian soldiers after 3 attacks on Russian positions in DPR all go tits-up. Kiev regime casualties piling up as up to 90 Ukrainian troops taken out of action along with 2 vehicles and 2 howitzers in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ OCT 2 The bunker-command post of the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade of Ukrainian Army, in Aleksandro-Kalinovo area in Gorlovka direction, Donetsk region, was annihilated by bomb of Russian Armed Forces. The command post with command and operational personnel, including foreign personnel in the building was destroyed due to accurate bombing entering the bunker. - Military Tube Today KIEV MINES PLAYGROUNDS with Western-supplied widely-banned cluster munitions - climbing frames should be bustling with children but unexploded cluster mine in Lugansk Republic (ex-Ukraine) is deadly threat for youngsters. Russian forces neutralize it quickly using high-tech demining robot, rolling it over mine at safe distance so controlled blast spells end of Kiev regime’s terror targeting little kids. Soldiers cool as cucumbers under pressure - understatement of year from Russian trooper who states touching cluster munition is "not recommended" - Intel Report
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  5306. Defeat in Ukraine may be but one part to an accumulation of western ‘defeats’. Defeat in Israel would strike at the very core of U.S. political being. Hat-tip to Simplicius’ Bones of Tomorrow, in which he reflects on a Culture that has become debased; its lures that used to trap us into the ‘Myth of the West’ lie withered, as patently false idols. The dimming fire has squandered any sense of ‘magic’ in the guttering West, or indeed of hope to recoup this something ‘lost’. It is the wistful realisation that – as it stands – the myth is never likely to offer anything of lasting value again. The ‘Elect’ though, have deliberately raised the stakes. They do not want to ‘let go’. They have determined that, with the western train wrecked on its own cultural ‘wall’, the ‘End of Time’ story of convergence on a common future is ‘over’ too. And along with it, the claimed western mandate to dictate the ‘direction forward’ is over also. The West, by contrast, is still fed on stories of western leadership, election, innate qualities and exceptionalism. Put simply, this ‘influencer’ fad signally is failing to help westerners cope with the tectonic shifts occurring across the globe. Its peoples are wholly unprepared for the ‘Winter that is Coming’. The need for a return to an integrity of messaging is all the more pressing as attempts to repair one reversal, with a false narrative – inverting realities to achieve the putative ‘win’ – will only lead to further losses. Deceit is exposed in the instant. Trust takes a decade to build. Does the West really believe it can recoup in this way? Nobody beyond their authors believes these western Intelligence narratives, post- Ukraine. They are now tainted for the long run. In the end, military facts are more powerful than political waffle. - LewRockwell
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  5313. On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo. Who would know that in only a few weeks the whole of Europe would be at war, leading to the deaths of millions. Are we facing a similar escalation of events today? In a little over five weeks from the Sarajevo assassination, all the European combatants had embarked on the most destructive war in all history. It came out of nowhere and was to last over four years. Central to the escalation was one nation — Germany. Central to the current Middle East crisis is one nation — The United States. The escalation into a new world war could have further to go than previously, with nuclear weapons in the armouries of most of the combatants. Surely, it would be complacent to think that they will remain as an unused umbrella, never to be deployed. But we can see how developments considered only one step at a time can take us to a very dark place. Bearing in mind that the US uses NATO to prevent having to call up her own citizens and that the UK Government when asked by the US to jump merely asks how high, then perhaps this call to arms should be taken seriously as an indication that the intelligence services believe that events are leading towards a third world war. Putin and Xi are well-versed in war tactics. Russia has a history of letting its enemies extend themselves beyond their support lines (cf. Napoleon, Hitler) and China has the wisdom of Sun Tzu on warfare. Some Sun Tzu pearls: “All warfare is based on deception”, “Hold out baits to entice the enemy” (Houthis, Hezbollah ect.), “If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.” Doesn’t this last one just describe the US’s political class? Apart from its military build-up so eloquently forewarned by Erskine Childers’ The Riddle of the Sands, in 1914 Germany declared its European wars from a position of relative financial strength. Today, America has a fiat dollar, a debt to GDP ratio of about 125%, and is mired in a deepening debt trap. It is simply not in a position to embark on an open-ended commitment to support Israel in a war against Iran. US economic prospects are already dire, with the only growth being in the US budget deficit. Strip out a budget deficit likely to be $3 trillion this fiscal year, add in the consequences for currency debasement and you can see that the US economy is not only in trouble, but markets faces further dilution of the dollar’s purchasing power and therefore rising interest rates and bond yields Other than a degeneration into a nuclear conflict, this leaves us with only one possible outcome: the US backs off in this stupendous game of chicken and seeks some sort of face-saving exit from Ukraine. For Russia and Iran, it will be the ultimate victory. The dollar’s hegemony will be compromised, so will continue to decline in its value anyway, but at a less catastrophic rate than in a full-on conflict. Either way, holding credit as opposed to real money without counterparty risk will be the mistake commonly made, and when the wider population begins to understand that this is so, there will be insufficient gold to meet the likely demand at any price. - LewRockwell
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  5318. Major Breakthroughs as AFU Defense Collapses in Avdeevka Firstly, Ukrainian comms were intercepted in the south of Avdeevka around this Tsar’s Hunt area. The exchanges point to heavy problems, a lot of dead and wounded amongst the AFU, as well as anger and disagreement with the command staff: Secondly, as Russian forces moved up, several batches of AFU surrendered, seemingly corroborating the disintegration of their lines hinted at in the radio exchanges above. Here, the Russian 80th Regiment troops of the 90th Guards Tank Division take in their haul of POWs in Avdeevka: There’s potential that this could domino into a huge collapse of several at-risk cauldrons which are now forming for the AFU. Russian troops have moved along Yasinovskaya toward the west, and now along the Tsar’s Hunt nearby. This has created a small cauldron in the center that can potentially be collapsed. In the south, the entire area north of the missile defense can potentially be collapsed and taken over. Here’s why that could bring AFU close to losing Avdeevka. It should also be mentioned all the areas being captured behind the Tsar’s Hunt are on high-ground, which is giving another advantage and likely contributing to the snowball effect of AFU’s collapse: And the Ukrainians bitterly admitted to Russia’s success here in their daily update: Lastly, there are also reports of advances on the eastern side of Avdeevka. Last time we spoke of the big Kharkov strike on French mercenaries. France tried to deny it, but oddly enough new information continues to trickle in reportedly confirming many of the names of deceased Frenchmen. Following this, Russia has now carried out a new devastating ballistic strike on the HQ of the Ukrainian 110th brigade in Mirnograd: Up to 40 AFU troops were said to have been eliminated, as reported by several Ukrainian sources including ex-Rada Deputy Ihor Mosiychuk: In the meantime, Russia gets stronger each day. A new batch of the latest 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV platforms was seen heading to the front, proving these systems are now in mass production as Russian defense officials promised last year: This is now the world’s most powerful and advanced artillery system. It has a totally new liquid-cooled barrel, and those big square blocks on the front are its own ballistic radar units which record the trajectories of each shot, calculating miniscule deviations from air pressure, wind, atmospherics, etc., and then automatically computing that into the next shot. It makes each subsequent shot more accurate than the last. But of course the biggest difference of all is the new barrel can handle far more powerful powder charges, which vastly increases its range. No one quite knows what it is for regular rounds, presumably 30-40km. But for special RAP rounds it’s reportedly in the 70-80km range, which would allow it to surpass any of the vaunted NATO weapons like the French Caesar, Phz 2000, etc., and more importantly fire from the deep rear where Ukrainian drones can’t reach. In a new interview, Zelensky ridiculously claimed that he doesn’t need a 500k man mobilization, and tried to pass that idea entirely off on ‘others’. It’s very clear he’s desperate to absolve himself of any of the most ‘difficult’ decisions which can be construed by society as justifications for his overthrow. Russian forces continue to deliver items to troops in the middle of trench assaults: More AFU were captured near Ugledar as well: There have been a lot of captures the past few days as Russian troops advance nearly everywhere. AFU’s head of aerial recon center for Berdiansk-in-exile says Russia is pulling away in drones and EW tech: - Simplicius
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  5321. The biggest take away from the Glantz/Houseman book is the difference between a Soviet “war footing” and the current Russian “Special Military Operation.” While modern day Russia is applying some of the planning and operational principles exercised by the Soviet Stavka during WW II, Russia has not fully mobilized nor has it unleashed the kind of firepower associated with Soviet attacks in WW II. This is a simple way of saying Russia has not yet fully flexed its military muscle. One of the biggest reasons the West consistently misunderstands and misinterprets what is happening militarily in Ukraine with Russian operations is that the West projects onto Russia what it thinks the Russians should do. Russia is employing a dispersed offensive that applies concentrated force at a variety of locations along the 1200 kilometer front. Without clearly signaling their next axis of attack, the Russians are able to confuse what is left of Ukraine’s army and force it to shift forces back and forth along the front. Just as a tsunami builds slowly and then suddenly overwhelms all that is in front of it, I think we are witnessing the Russians unleashing the equivalent of a military tsunami. I have long been on record that there was no stalemate in Ukraine; that Russia has a clear and decisive advantage. Good to know that former CIA Chief and Secretary of Defense Bobby Gates agrees with me: Still, Gates can’t help but peddle stupid BS. “Russia suffered staggering losses?” Absolute nonsense devoid of facts. It is this kind of self-deceit that prevents most Western analysts from grasping the dire predicament facing Ukraine and NATO. I suspect the Russians privately are encouraging the West to continue to indulge in such fantasies. Just makes the Russian strategic task easier to pull off. - Sonar21
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  5335. Following this news, a meltdown of epic proportions has ensued in the Ukrainian commentariat—the top names and influencers are not taking this news well: And why are they not taking the news in stride? Many believe that Syrsky is hated by the Ukrainian troops, particularly those on the frontlines. He’s being called a ‘butcher’ and is known in other circles as a meat-grinder who refused to give an inch in Bakhmut while calling for frontal meat-assaults, leading to the extermination of an entire field army group. Zelensky on the other hand praises him for his grand achievements: the Kiev “defense” and the Kharkov offensive. Unfortunately, as sector commander in 2015, he was also reportedly responsible for the infamous Debaltsevo cauldron: We have collected the most famous operations of Syrsky, the new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Debaltsevo-2015 Soledar-2022 Bakhmut-2022 All these operations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces ended in encirclement and defeat for them. Two majors. But here’s the most important angle that few others, it seems, have noticed. Ask yourself, why would Zelensky appoint a commander that the entire armed forces allegedly hates? In fact, this is a ‘design feature’ not a bug. Recently it was claimed Zaluzhny likewise attempted to get Avdeevka totally withdrawn. It does not seem that he likes to waste men for what he knows to be fruitless efforts. Syrsky on the other hand appears glad to grind them down. And in the past few days, reports on almost every frontline have been absolutely cataclysmic for Ukraine. The ammo shortage appears to be so bad now that they’re barely able to hold on, taking unprecedented losses in the process. Most notably, heavy action is occurring on Sinkovka and Novomikhailovka where Russia is pushing through Ukrainian lines: It’s getting so bad that a Ukrainian battalion now has as few as 40 capable fighting troops: But to get back to Avdeevka: the reports of losses in the AFU there are terrible. Such an anecdotal one says they’re losing a battalion a week just there alone: Female AFU POW taken: her husband is MIA, she has 3 kids, no job, went to the army to pay the bills, was sent to Krynki (Russian bank of the Dnieper), wounded, denied evacuation (not valuable enough), left to die, saved by the Russians. One of the key factors responsible for the decisive advances in Avdeevka of the past week were mass Russian bombing campaigns via UMPK Fab-500 glidebombs. Today alone a reported 80-100 such Fabs were dropped on Avdeevka alone onto Ukrainian positions and withdrawing units on the supply routes. A new video has dispelled doubts of the UMPK bombs’ accuracy for the first time, showing them hitting several large Ukrainian warehouses in closeup fashion. But what is most notable is the sequence at the end. Three bombs hit, two of them choosing adjacent warehouses—but note the third bomb: it is said to be a new type of airburst variety equipped with an altimeter or proximity fuze, allowing it to rain fragments and shrapnel down at the target from above: - Simplicius
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  5354. What is currently happening in the UK is unprecedented. Though there’s argument to be made it’s been brewing under the surface for a long time now, the sheer rapidity of the naked totalitarian onset has rarely been witnessed in modern history. The problem is, some contest that economic reasons were in fact a fig leaf to cover a much darker justification for the massive forced migration resulting in social and cultural destruction. In fact, not surprisingly, it was from the bowels of some shadowy think-tank called the Performance and Innovation Unit that the policy paper which birthed the new era of mass migration into the UK came about. The paper was released under Home Office head, Bilderberger, Jack Straw—who was Blair’s neocon-equivalent, and one of the key instigators of the Iraq War in the British government. It’s no surprise then that such deeply-rooted globalist comprador elite henchmen were instrumental in unleashing mass migration as a social weapon There are always multiple layers to the conspiracy in each country: the first veil was the lie about boosting the economy; the second was the lie about mass-migration being merely a way to rib Conservatives. But the true reason lays buried even beneath this hidden layer: mass-migration is the final weapon to destroy any ideological resistance to the globalist plan of centralizing power, to create, effectively, one world governance. By overrunning society with migrants and relegating native Brits to second class citizens, you disenfranchise and disinherit them to the point of torpor and impotence, clearing the way for total ideological subjugation allowing such madness as currently unfolding in the UK to reign. - Simplicius
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  5357. This past July, one of the most remarkable articles of the entire Ukrainian war flew under the radar. The reason is, as the Ukrainian war presently enters a new watershed phase characterized by the slow-acceptance of Ukraine’s now de facto losing position, a proverbial windmill of narratives is churned out from the pro-UA side seeking to somehow reconcile the various cognitive dissonances created by their inability to understand how it is possible that the mighty NATO bloc could be losing to Russia. But the key portion of the article, which comes next, is the admission that Biden dispatched CIA director Burns to Russia on the eve of the invasion in late 2021. They had been watching Russia’s troop buildups, and in essence sent Burns to deliver a final warning of consequences should Russia proceed with an invasion. Though Putin ended up “snubbing” the CIA head by staying in a Sochi resort and refusing to meet him in person, he did take his secure phone call from Sochi. What comes next is the heart of the entire article and is one of the most significant and remarkable admissions of the entire war. It is a must read: But that’s far from reality. The US is direly overstretched; its most critical bases in Europe—the ones actually capable of fielding the types of platforms that could actually do anything against Russia, are highly vulnerable. The US has further learned from the Ukrainian conflict that its most advanced air defense is virtually helpless against Russia’s top missiles. Reuters recently told us that Ukraine alone has 1/3 of all the air defense of the entire European continent, and yet Russia has no trouble penetrating it. Another small admission at the end. Pro-UA armchair warriors on Twitter believe US is incapable of being challenged and that Russia is weak; in the meantime, the actual CIA people who work the conflict understand the realities quite differently. Then comes another reveal of Russia’s own clandestine capabilities: Once again we see the common thread: contrary to BroSints’ performative gung ho chauvinism, the real movers and shakers are scrupulous and smart enough to fear Russia’s wrath. Though it’s besides the central point, this was an eye-opening revelation indeed: "The CIA learned with the attack on the Crimea bridge that Zelensky either didn't have complete control over his own military or didn't want to know of certain actions," says the military intelligence official. After the foolhardy drone attack on the Kremlin in the center of Moscow, the article notes that even Poland had begun warning the CIA that Ukraine was, in essence, a refractory mad dog: Ultimately though, this Newsweek article should serve as further proof to brainwashed pro-UA supporters that this really is a proxy war between two giants, with Ukraine merely being a pawn stuck in the middle, whose own infant squalls are ignored in favor of Russia’s far weightier demarches. That should serve as a wake up call for Ukrainians: you are merely being used as disposable puppets in a geopolitical Great Game. And when that game is done, the actual players will shake hands and move on to the next contest while you will be left as the detritus to be ‘swept up’, like the trash and fast-food wrappers strewing the stadium grounds after a big match. No matter how hard you try, no matter how many hundreds of thousands of lives of your own people you throw away, you will never become that Big Player on the stage that you were induced and gaslighted into thinking you could become. The only chance at survival you stand is to join the only one of the two Big Players which actually cares for you and views you as a close blood relative, rather than as a soggy rag to blow snot into then discard. - Simplicius
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  5359. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Once again, the Russian Armed Forces liberated a settlement outside Pokrovsk city, Shevchenko, dealing a serious blow to Ukraine and NATO, hundreds of their soldiers were eliminated while trying to defend it. The Russian Ministry of Defense officially announced on January 11, 2025, that fighters from the 74th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade and the Kutuzov Brigade of the Tsentr Group of Forces, have just completed an operation to liberate Shevchenko and hoist the Russian flag there! It was the area around Pokrovsk, heavily fortified by Ukrainian troops, that suffered another crushing defeat after two failed counteroffensives by the Kiev regime in Kursk. During the liberation of the settlement, Russian soldiers managed to destroy all Ukrainian military installations even in fierce battles, blowing up enemy positions using tanks and artillery! The tactics of continuous attacks by Russian troops on Ukrainian positions outside Pokrovsk, proved to be quite successful, breaking through Ukrainian defenses almost everywhere. As shown in the footage, the Russian flag is now flying over one buildings of Shevchenko, moving the Russian border even further west. Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov congratulated the Russian command and personnel on the liberation of the village of Shevchenko in the Donetsk People's Republic. “Today, as for many years, the servicemen of the 74th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade and the Kutuzov Brigade honorably fulfilled the combat mission set before them in the fight against neo-Nazis, confidently repelling them,” the head of the Russian military department wrote in Telegram. Pokrovsk, the site of the most active fighting, is entering its final days as part of Ukraine. At the moment, the situation in the city is not normal and is characterized by the absence of activity of the population, as shown in the latest footage from the Ukrainian army. Every expert believes that the collapse of the main city is just a matter of time, as Russian troops continue to advance and at the same time Kiev's forces continue to decline. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to face a dead end, lacking personnel and military equipment, some of them even personally conduct fundraising efforts through the media.
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  5380. UKRAINE: HAS THE US LOST YET ANOTHER PROXY WAR? Short answer, YES!! Just like the proverbial chicken without a head, the United States is running around headless and incapable of navigating a way out of a confrontation with Russia. A confrontation that the United States cannot win. But, based on Biden’s speech tonight, the United States is going to double down on a losing hand. The Biden team apparently have decided they cannot afford a loss in Ukraine before the election so they are likely to green-light more risky terrorist attacks inside Russia, oblivious to the repeated warnings from Putin and his national security team that Russia will strike back. You want to know how bad it is? Russian soldiers posted a video today begging Biden to send more M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine and promising to give him 10% of the bonuses they will earn for destroying those tanks. That, my friends, is world class trolling. The following video shows the Ukrainians launching a desperate attack across an open field and suffering devastating casualties for their effort. The “Butcher” Syrskyi is living up to his reputation by dispatching his few remaining, capable reserves in actual human wave attacks against well entrenched Russian positions. Sheer madness. Steve Bryen did a great interview today with Bill Walton (not the basketball player). Mr. Walton has been a strong supporter of Ukraine and is coming reluctantly to the realization that Russia is mopping the floor with Ukraine. Steve does a very good job of describing the grim situation facing Ukraine. His commentary is important because Steve has been considered a part of the Washington defense establishment. His honesty shows courage and integrity. - Sonar21
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  5385. A Conversation with Foreign Minister Lavrov 12 March 2025 By Larry C. Johnson There was an added treat before Mr. Lavrov arrived… we spent thirty minutes chatting with Maria Zakharova in a casual environment. She is equally charming and tough as a rhinoceros hide. I think of her as an iron fist wrapped in a luxurious velvet glove. A formidable diplomat in her own right. Here is a summary of the key points Mr. Lavrov made during our discussion: It is very well understood that countries like the United States and Russia would never have their national interest the same. They would not coincide maybe even 50 or less percent. But when they do coincide this situation must be used to develop this simultaneous and similar interest. But when the interests do not coincide and contradict each other then the responsible countries must do everything not to allow this contradiction to degenerate into confrontation, especially military confrontation which would be disastrous for many other countries The beginning of the special military operation was a decision because all other attempts, all other alternatives to bring things into some positive dimension failed for ten years after the illegal coup in Kiev, in violation of the deal signed the night before and guaranteed by the Germans, French and Poles. Europe and the UK they certainly want this to continue. The way they received Zelensky in London after the scandal in Washington, it’s an indication that they want to raise the stakes and they are preparing something to pressure the Donald Trump administration back into some aggressive action against Russia. It’s not about the territories; it’s about the people who were deprived of their history by law. Territories are important only because people live on these territories. The people who live on the territories are descendants of those who for hundreds of years were building Odessa & other cities on those very lands who were building ports, roads, who were founding those lands and who associated with the history of this land. But President Trump doesn’t want to provide these security guarantees to Ukraine under Zelensky. He has his own view of the situation which he bluntly presents every now and then, that this war should never have started – that pulling Ukraine into NATO in violation of its constitution, in violation of the Declaration of Independence of 1991, on the basis of which we recognized Ukraine as a sovereign state. For several reasons including that this Declaration was saying no NATO, no blocs, neutral status. Another thing which this Declaration also confirmed and solidified – all rights of Russian and all other national minorities are to be respected. Europe and the UK, they certainly want this to continue. The way they received Zelensky in London after the scandal in Washington, it’s an indication that they want to raise the stakes, and they are preparing something to pressure the Donald Trump administration back into some aggressive action against Russia. The Americans know that we would not betray our commitments, legal commitments, the political commitments which we develop with China. - sonar21
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  5411. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Thrilling footage shows Russian troops advancing, retaking the village of Obukhovka in the Kursk region, and they took control of the settlement in the first 24 hours of the fighting, while Ukrainian militants who remained in the surrounding forest belt were crushed. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage of the assault on October 6, 2024, showing a platoon-scale mechanized assault by the 155th Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet, the fighting is taking place along the forest line southeast of Obukhovka, where Zelensky's troops have temporarily taken refuge. Supported by ATGM and drones, five marines take up this position, three of them carrying out a shooting attack, while the other two come from the opposite side. This is not a mobile war, but a real war, where Russian marines enter the assault group, storming houses. Due to continuous monitoring using UAV, it was possible to detect the main points of resistance, and drive the enemy away from their strongholds, the houses of Russian residents. Immediate action was taken including a successful direct hit of an anti-tank missile from a distance of several meters from the first house in the village. Meanwhile, Russian drone operators gave them molotov cocktails, driving out those who were hiding in panic in forest plantations, disabling them and destroying military equipment. During the storming, Kiev's troops resisted, not wanting to give up their positions and tried to counterattack, but the Ukrainians did not succeed. Despite all the means, with 120-mm mines, cluster bombs, kamikaze drones, and continuous shelling, Russian troops held the village for three days. When reinforcements arrived, the Marines now managed to clear Obukhovka after an assault on the nearby forest area, which deactivated about 35 militants, and the survivors surrendered. As a result of fierce fighting, trophies were collected in Obukhovka. The marines managed to seize Western-made weapons, flags of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and personal belongings of the nationalists. According to the Marines, among those killed and captured were Ukrainian border guards, Polish mercenaries, and soldiers from two brigades. We disabled them all, all of them," the commander of the assault group said.
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  5415. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - On the direct orders of President Putin, the 106th Guards Airborne Division's 51st Guards Airborne Regiment launched a massive counteroffensive to quickly dislodge Ukrainian troops from several settlements at once in the Kursk region. Russian military correspondent released videos today, September 11, 2024, showing a large Russian armored column with a large amount of equipment and landing troops, moving to launch an offensive from the north of Korenevo, and quickly reaching the south of Snagost. The troops of the 51st Parachute Regiment drove out, and destroyed the unfortunate Zelensky group, fleeing from Snagost, which had been occupied by Ukraine for some time. Yesterday's attack caught the Armed Forces of Ukraine by surprise! Western surveillance did not have any hints of a counteroffensive to liberate Snagost. As they write, Ukraine did not understand what was happening. But, Russia took a week of secret preparations and launched a powerful attack. Starting active offensive operations, first managed to bring at least eight tanks and armored vehicles across the Seym River, and then across small rivers, despite the Ukrainian attacks on the bridges. Armored convoys jumped through the fields to the settlements, and attacked Ukrainian hideouts there. It all ended in a short time with the liberation of Snagost at night. Kursk, events developed rapidly, the enemy has fled, according to war correspondent Pavel Kukushkin. Yesterday, our Paratroopers from the 51st and 56th Regiments suddenly attacked the enemy on our right flank in Vishnevka, Snagost, Apanasovka - they have been liberated, Kukushkin said. The situation on the left flank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine group has worsened significantly than on their maps. The Russian military released videos of the aftermath of the assault around Snagost, the restoration of the territory, and the consequences that the Ukrainian assault forces suffered, leaving their wounded comrades, some of which are infographic images. Video taken by a Russian soldier shows an Ukrainian soldier lying on a mattress with his head bandaged, with syringes and ampoules scattered nearby. Also, Paratroopers of the 51st Airborne Regiment are escorting eight Ukrainian officers, who were taken as prisoners of war.
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  5420. Mr. President, I believe that the CIA is providing you inaccurate, false intelligence about Russia’s casualties and the condition of its economy. If you hope to realize your goal of opening negotiations with President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, you must be equipped with the best information available. You have been briefed that Russia has suffered devastating losses — as many as 800,000 casualties — and that Russia’s economy is weak and fragile. Data from open sources paint a diametrically opposite picture. It is essential that you understand that Russia views this war as vital to its continued existence. Russia is not fighting to reconstitute the Soviet Empire. It sees Ukraine as a Western-proxy being used to attack Russia with US-and NATO-supplied weapons and intelligence, with the ultimate goal of destroying the current government. Accordingly, the only satisfactory outcome for Russia is to end this threat. President Putin is willing to accept a negotiated settlement provided that Ukraine is stripped of its capacity to launch future attacks on Russia and that NATO ends any consideration of making Ukraine a member of NATO. Here is the critical point: the IMF’s forecast suggests that Russia’s economy continues to show resilience in the face of Western sanctions, largely due to factors such as robust oil and commodity exports to countries like India and China, and the expansion of its military-industrial complex. President Vladimir Putin uses these economic indicators to argue that Western sanctions have been ineffective and to showcase Russia’s economic model to partners in Asia and Africa. His message is resonating with the leaders of the Global South. If you consider Russia’s perspective on the war in terms of casualties and the economy, Vladimir Putin is under no pressure to reach a negotiated settlement that does not address Russia’s strategic concerns that it will no longer face a military threat from NATO. If you fail to understand this and adjust your strategy to make a deal, your efforts to negotiate an end to war in Ukraine will not succeed. - sonar21
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  5427. ANOTHER CHILD STARVES TO DEATH DUE TO ISRAEL'S GENOCIDAL BLOCKADE - 13-year-old Abdelqader Al-Sarhi tragically lies on morgue's slab (pictured), all skin, bones and protruding chest as he dies of severe malnutrition and lack of medical treatment amid siege of Rafah border crossing by IDF. The humanitarian situation in northern Gaza is getting worse and the population is out in the open after shelter centers were targeted. We are on verge of a real famine and population cannot find anything to survive on. A ceasefire agreement that does not include opening of all border crossings is incomplete and exacerbates humanitarian tragedy - Gaza Government Media Office. Palestinian leaders already warned closure of crossing will lead to such tragedy, as kids and sick civilians on special diets are all facing same unspeakable fate. - Intel Republic NETANYAHU GIVES BIDEN'S GAZA TRUCE PROPOSAL THE MIDDLE FINGER, says conditions for ending war WILL NOT CHANGE, and accepting ceasefire UNACCEPTABLE. Israel's conditions for ending the war have not changed, which include destroying Hamas' military and governmental capabilities and releasing prisoners We will continue to insist on fulfilling our conditions. Idea of Israel agreeing to a permanent ceasefire before our terms are met is unacceptable - Netanyahu's office. Hamas already stated viewing proposal positively, which has almost same conditions to peace offer Palestinian resistance offered but were denied by Netanyahu back in February. UPDATE: Opposition leader Lapid says Truce deal MUST be accepted. - Intel Republic
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  5445. “This is genocide. The annihilation of an entire nation and people,” Zelensky declared on CBS’s Face the Nation. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitri Kuleba called on the G7 countries to impose immediate “new devastating sanctions” against Russia, including imposing a complete embargo on Russian oil, gas, and coal, closing ports to Russian vessels, and disconnecting Russian banks from the SWIFT system. From the beginning, the narrative surrounding the “Bucha massacre” was full of inconsistencies and peculiarities, many of which remain unclear to this day. The Russian Ministry of Defense has consistently stated that all Russian units had left Bucha by March 30, 2022. This claim is supported by local authorities. On March 31, Bucha Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk recorded a video message confirming the withdrawal of Russian forces but did not mention any mass killings or bodies. In the background of the video, the streets appear clear, and there are no signs of corpses or destruction. At the same time, Ukrainian MPs and military personnel were in Bucha, yet none of them reported seeing dead bodies. Local residents did not mention any mass shootings either. The first images of the bodies emerged only on April 1-2, a couple of days after Ukrainian military personnel and activists entered the city. This raises questions about the timing and circumstances surrounding their deaths: if Russian troops left Bucha on March 30, how could evidence of the killings have come to light only several days later? Analysis of video footage from the scene further shows that many bodies appear too “fresh” to have been lying there for over a week. Forensic experts point out that signs of decomposition should have manifested much earlier if the deaths truly occurred in mid-March. Photos and videos provided by Ukrainian and Western media show signs (such as drying skin in certain areas) that suggest death likely took place just hours or a day before the images were captured. Alexey Tokarev, who has a PhD in political science, and his team from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations conducted an analysis of media coverage, social media, and Telegram channels related to Bucha, and uncovered an intriguing pattern: there were no mentions of bodies on Yablonskaya Street prior to April 1. While there were reports of destruction, prisoners, and fighting, there was no information regarding mass killings. “If we are to believe the Western media, the town has been full of corpses since April 1, and according to a leading American newspaper, even earlier – since March 11. So why is it that in a video captured by the Ukrainian police on April 2, which features 14 civilians, no one mentions any bodies or mass executions? The nearly eight-minute-long video shows nine different locations in the small town, but we don’t see a single corpse,” Tokarev says. The Investigative Committee of Russia reported that the bodies did not display signs of having been outside for an extended period – there were no corpse marks and uncoagulated blood in wounds – casting doubt on the official Ukrainian narrative. Experts also noted the absence of shrapnel or explosive damage near the bodies, further contradicting claims of mass shootings. Adrien Bocquet, a French volunteer and journalist who was in Kiev Region during intense fighting, claimed that he personally witnessed Ukrainian forces staging mass killings in Bucha. He recounted seeing bodies being brought into the city and arranged on the streets to create the impression of “mass deaths”. “When we drove into Bucha, I was in the passenger seat. As we passed through the city, I saw bodies lying on the roadside, and right before my eyes, people were unloading corpses from trucks and placing them next to those already on the ground to amplify the effect of mass casualties,” he said. To date, no independent investigation has confirmed the accuracy of Ukraine’s accounts. Additionally, a complete list of casualties and the circumstances surrounding their deaths has yet to be made public. - RT
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  5448. Donald Trump may be clear-minded when it comes to Russian history, but he started the “sanctions race” with Moscow, President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said. In a Fox News interview earlier this week, Trump pointed out that the Russian “war machine” defeated both Napoleon and Hitler, so stopping the Ukraine conflict had to be a priority for him if re-elected. Meanwhile, his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined “a Trump peace plan” in the Wall Street Journal that seemed at odds with the Republican candidate’s actual position. Commenting on both matters, Peskov complimented Trump for “knowing history in such depth” as few other Americans seemed to, but maintained that he was still “a representative of the US political elite that is now definitely suffering from total Russophobia.” “Of course, we saw this article and various other statements. We have never worn rose-colored glasses,” Peskov told reporters. The Kremlin press secretary reminded reporters that the US introduced “a huge number of sanctions” against Russia during Trump’s presidency, so “there isn’t much of a difference” between him and other American politicians, from Moscow’s standpoint. “He shows a little more wisdom in terms of maintaining channels of dialogue, but this does not have much of an influence on anything,” Peskov concluded. Pompeo’s op-ed blamed the Ukraine conflict on the “weakness” of current US president, Joe Biden, and accused him for leaving Ukraine “without the means to win” and having “no strategy for victory.” According to the former State Department head, a plan for peace through strength would involve revitalizing the US economy; imposing “real sanctions” on Russia; creating an anti-Iranian bloc in the Middle East; “revitalizing” NATO; and giving Ukraine $500 billion worth of “lend-lease” military equipment, while lifting all restrictions on its use. The terms he proposed for ending the Ukraine conflict involve freezing the current frontline while not recognizing any of Russia’s “occupation and claimed annexation,” handing Ukraine Russia’s frozen central bank reserves as reparations, “demilitarizing” Crimea and admitting Kiev to NATO and the EU, whereupon the sanctions on Russia might be gradually lifted. - RT
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  5453. The more directly salient events occurred last night, when Russia launched one of the larger and more impactful strikes of the war, hitting numerous Ukrainian hydro-electric power plants, including the big one in Dnipro—one of the largest in Europe—Zaporozhye, and a plant in Kharkov, as well as dozens of other military production sites in Kiev and west Ukraine. The city of Kharkov was said to be entirely de-energized and even Ukrainian figures again confessed that little of the strikes was actually stopped by AD: Peskov has apparently let the cat out of the bag last night, seemingly inaugurating Russia’s new posture toward the conflict when he announced that this is no longer a Special Military Operation, but is now a proper War: One thing that is certain, is that given all the recent events, coupled with today’s terror attacks, Russian politicians are becoming increasingly bellicose and irreverent when it comes to respecting previous European “partners”. Pyotr Tolstoy, who’s the Deputy Chairman of the Duma, one of its most powerful members, just unleashed this blistering attack on Macron, and in French, no less: He states that Russia will specifically target and destroy all French military if they should arrive in Ukraine. This echoes Peskov who also added that beyond retaking the 4 new Russian regions (LPR, DPR, Zaporozhye, Kherson), Russia “cannot allow” the Ukrainian regime to exist on its doorstep. To finish by bringing it around full circle: What was the point of the Moscow terror attack and who was responsible? It’s really that simple: take attention away from Ukraine’s staggering losses, sow confusion and resentment against the leadership within Russian society, and perhaps most importantly: try to unbalance Putin into ‘over-reacting’ and creating some kind of retaliatory event that can be sold to Europe/NATO as a grave enough ‘Russian aggression’ necessitating French/NATO intervention to save Zelensky’s ass. One way or another, things definitely feel like a corner has been turned recently, and the conflict is entering a new more dangerous phase. Lastly: Yaroslav Dronov, better known as Shaman, has pledged to pay not only for every single funeral of today’s terror attack victims, but even for the rehabilitation of all the wounded: It’s times like these which separate the ‘liberals’ from the patriots and will further solidify Russia’s patriotic core. - Simplicius
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  5473. US companies lost more than 300 billion by leaving the Russian market amid Ukraine-related sanctions, Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), has said. He noted that Moscow and Washington need to reestablish dialogue to jointly solve problems that affect both economies. Following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict, the West slapped Russia with unprecedented sanctions aimed at destabilizing the country’s economy and forcing Moscow to end its military operation. The measures, coupled with Moscow’s countersanctions, led many Western firms to divest from their businesses in Russia, losing billions in investment and profits. According to estimates from the Yale University School of Management, over 1,000 foreign firms have voluntarily curtailed operations in Russia to some degree since February 2022. “US businesses lost over 300 billion from leaving the Russian market,” Dmitriev told CNN on Tuesday, ahead of the first direct Russia-US negotiations over the Ukraine conflict in Saudi Arabia. The figure is nearly equal to the amount of Russian central bank assets frozen in the West as part of sanctions. The official noted that given such hefty losses, lifting sanctions would be in the interests of the US as well as Russia. “What we want is good dialogue… finding joint economic ways to solve problems is extremely important, mainly for the US,” Dmitriev stated. Commenting on the Russia-US talks, Dmitriev said “the entire globe is waiting to see whether the US and Russia will be able to improve relations.” “Our better relations will allow us to solve a large number of global tasks and problems that the world faces,” added the official, who will be responsible for the economic aspect of the talks as part of the Russian team. - RT
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  5480. Rare tank battle Tank-on-tank battles have been an extremely rare occurrence during the conflict, with the armored vehicles commonly operating as mobile artillery from covered firing positions largely to the extreme density of assorted drones deployed by both sides onto the battlefield. Kursk battle continues The winter season has been marked by several major attacks launched by Kiev in Russia’s Kursk Region, first invaded by the Ukrainian forces last August. Since then, the Ukrainian zone of control has shrunk significantly, with multiple locations liberated by the Russian military Abrams fleet dwindling The winter season has seen a return of US-supplied M1 Abrams tanks onto the battlefield, with the vehicle fleet sustaining new casualties. Range of fiber optics drones grows The fiber optics cable-guided drones, first deployed en-masse by the Russian military last August amid the Ukrainian invasion of Kursk, have seen growing use lately, with the UAVs of the type now penetrating deep beyond the frontline and striking targets in the rear. Rear strikes The Russian military has continued its effort to strike Ukraine’s military rear, repeatedly hitting staging points and amassing troops. Unconventional use of anti-tank mines Assorted landmines have seen extensive use during the conflict, with the troops on both sides coming up with various unconventional ways to use the munitions. In recent months, numerous videos have emerged showing Russian forces using anti-tank mines as breacher charges, with assault troops throwing the modified explosives into buildings and entrenchments occupied by the Ukrainians. Infrastructure attacks During the season, Moscow mounted multiple large-scale long-range attacks on Ukraine’s dual-use infrastructure, targeting assorted energy and industrial facilities. - RT
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  5484. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Once again, the Russian Armed Forces liberated a settlement outside Pokrovsk city, Shevchenko, dealing a serious blow to Ukraine and NATO, hundreds of their soldiers were eliminated while trying to defend it. The Russian Ministry of Defense officially announced on January 11, 2025, that fighters from the 74th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade and the Kutuzov Brigade of the Tsentr Group of Forces, have just completed an operation to liberate Shevchenko and hoist the Russian flag there! It was the area around Pokrovsk, heavily fortified by Ukrainian troops, that suffered another crushing defeat after two failed counteroffensives by the Kiev regime in Kursk. During the liberation of the settlement, Russian soldiers managed to destroy all Ukrainian military installations even in fierce battles, blowing up enemy positions using tanks and artillery! The tactics of continuous attacks by Russian troops on Ukrainian positions outside Pokrovsk, proved to be quite successful, breaking through Ukrainian defenses almost everywhere. As shown in the footage, the Russian flag is now flying over one buildings of Shevchenko, moving the Russian border even further west. Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov congratulated the Russian command and personnel on the liberation of the village of Shevchenko in the Donetsk People's Republic. “Today, as for many years, the servicemen of the 74th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade and the Kutuzov Brigade honorably fulfilled the combat mission set before them in the fight against neo-Nazis, confidently repelling them,” the head of the Russian military department wrote in Telegram. Pokrovsk, the site of the most active fighting, is entering its final days as part of Ukraine. At the moment, the situation in the city is not normal and is characterized by the absence of activity of the population, as shown in the latest footage from the Ukrainian army. Every expert believes that the collapse of the main city is just a matter of time, as Russian troops continue to advance and at the same time Kiev's forces continue to decline. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to face a dead end, lacking personnel and military equipment, some of them even personally conduct fundraising efforts through the media.
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  5487. [Great Response from Medvedev and Maria!] Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has vehemently rejected the EU’s demand that Moscow return gold that it claims belongs to Romania, describing it as “impudence.” On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on Moscow to send back 91.5 metric tons of gold and cultural artifacts that were exported to the Russian Empire in 1916-1917 by Romania. Writing on his social media page on Friday, Medvedev, who currently serves as the deputy chairman of Russia’s National Security Council, stated that “I don’t even know how to respond to such impudence.” ”The EU has stolen $300 billion worth of Russian assets and is now demanding that Russia return gold to Romania. There is nothing to say except f*** off,” Medvedev wrote. Previously, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova had pointed out that in 1935, the USSR had already returned a portion of the valuables to Romania as a “sign of good will.” She also recalled that the Soviet Union had forgiven Romania all of its debts for the “troubles and destruction” that it caused in Russia during World War II, when Bucharest was an ally of Nazi Germany. That was “despite all the atrocities that Hitler’s Romanian allies committed on our land. And this is no less than $300 million in reparations, i.e., if converted to today’s money, it would be something in the region of $4 billion,” Zakharova wrote on her official Telegram channel. The spokeswoman went on to state that if these Romanian debts to Russia and the Soviet Union were expressed in terms of bullion, they would be equivalent to 1,365–1,665 tons of gold, which is “20-25 times more than Romania’s entire gold reserve that was sent to Russia in 1916-1917.” Zakharova claimed that Romania was now using “Russophobic platforms, such as the European Parliament, which is ready for any excuse to force onto us its century-old phantom debts.” She suggested that Bucharest’s demand may be part of a desperate attempt to fix the “deplorable situation” in Romania’s “national economy, against the backdrop of farm strikes throughout the country. - RT
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  5491. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Most of the Ukrainian troops were killed due to the recent failure to withstand the sensitive attack by the Russian Armed Forces, north of the MalayaLoknya settlement in Kursk Region, as shown in footage released by Russian military correspondents on February 26, 2025. Ukrainian troops were hit by artillery as circled in red on the map, forcing Russian troops to capture and eliminate several Ukrainian assault troops in the northern part of the captured Orlovka, and simultaneously liberate several other settlements in the sector the day before. The infographic image shows further disarray in the Ukrainian assault troops, most of whom were eliminated by Russian artillery attacks from the 34th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, referring to the casualties or losses of a large number of Ukrainian officers during this battle. It is known that Russia is determined to recapture the entire Kursk Region before peace with Ukraine begins! The great burden on the Ukrainian command structure north of this settlement, resulted in the withdrawal of Ukrainian units after the loss of many personnel. The continued support of various Russian weapons, further hampering Kiev's operational capabilities especially in the ongoing northern sector of Malaya Loknya. Following the recapture of neighboring villages in the sector, Ukrainian units in small groups began to pack up, trying to escape with armor to other areas, possibly to make temporary gains in Sudzha. However, Russian forces did not even allow the troops to leave. The unit was hit by roaming ammunition as they prepared to flee, destroying the vehicle including its occupants as shown in Russian military footage released on February 27. Meanwhile, on February 25, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that Russian assault units from the 34th Guards Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade had liberated the villages of Pogrebki and Orlovka, following the capture of Marievka. The soldiers raised the Russian flag, coinciding with reports of successful military operations in Malaya Loknya sector. On February 27, the Defense Ministry informed about the cases inside Ukraine from a prisoner. Aleksandr Chumak was captured while attempting to storm Kursk, and he started to tell everything honestly!
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  5503. So pay careful attention to Putin’s warning to the West during his annual “The State of Russia” speech. Putin noted that while accusing Russia of plans to attack NATO allies in Europe, Western allies were “selecting targets for striking our territory” and “talking about the possibility of sending a NATO contingent to Ukraine.” “We remember the fate of those who sent their troop contingents to the territory of our country,” the Russian leader said in an apparent allusion to the failed invasions by Napoleon and Hitler. “Now the consequences for the potential invaders will be far more tragic.” In a two-hour speech before an audience of lawmakers and top officials, Putin cast Western leaders as reckless and irresponsible and declared that the West should keep in mind that “we also have the weapons that can strike targets on their territory, and what they are now suggesting and scaring the world with, all that raises the real threat of a nuclear conflict that will mean the destruction of our civilization.” Putin’s remarks were not “off-the-cuff.” It was a carefully crafted message directed specifically at Biden and NATO leaders and came in the wake off French President Macron’s incredibly tone-deaf speech earlier in the week: Macron was not the only European leader with a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease. Olaf Scholz did his share to sow more NATO disunity. While he strongly dismissed Macron’s claim that Europe would deploy troops to Ukraine, he threw the U.K. and France under the bus: Besides Putin’s clear warning to the NATO alliance that it is playing with potential nuclear fire, Russia’ s intelligence service leaked a stunning conversation between German military officers who were discussing plans to attack Russia. This was not an accidental leak. It was intended to put the West on notice that Russia is fully aware of what NATO officials across the alliance are saying to each other and is aware of plans to attack Russian targets. This leak coupled with Putin’s remarks the previous day is an unmistakable warning to the West that it is approaching a red-line that, if crossed, will require a strong Russian response. Such a response could include destroying NATO bases used to launch attacks on Russia. Putin is not BSing. He is serious and the gravity of the matter is underscored by Putin giving the green light to leak intercepted conversations of NATO officers to the media. The West better pay close attention. - Sonar21
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  5515. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian drone operators carried out an air ambush and dropped mortars with a pinpoint strike, destroying Ukrainian groups that once again attempted to attack the village of Nadiya a liberated village in the direction of Lugansk People's Republic. The Russian Defense Ministry shared footage on March 18, 2025, showing the terrible consequences when groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, intending to regain a foothold in the small village, were effectively dealt with by drone pilots from the Zapad Group of Forces of Group of Forces the "West" with airstrikes. Worth noting! About a week ago, the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of Ukraine "Azov" also attempted to attack Nadiya, but they were all destroyed by Russia! Russian drones seem to be experts in precise strikes. Russian intelligence tracked the night movement of armored personnel carriers with Ukrainian infantry planning to make a rotation, then the drone operators with a system for dropping ammunition hit the front of the vehicle, destroying the crew, while one enemy soldier managed to escape into the forest belt near the village. Elsewhere in the forest belt, their defensive trenches did not save them from Russian drone ambushes, mini bombs were dropped right on the positions of the Nadiya assault troops. Objective verification images show enemy troops blown to pieces by ammunition explosions, burning objects, which served as a deterrent to those who continued to repeat the same mistake, attacking Russian positions. Due to drone air ambushes, the Ukrainian assault troops was successfully pushed back along the landing around the village, so the control over Nadiya remained unchanged.
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  5528. The first thing that jumped out at me as I listened to the Tucker Carlson-Vladimir Putin interview is that Putin is 100 times more intellectually capable than President Joe Biden. No wonder Biden won’t take his call. It says a lot that the terrible people who run the United States wanted to prevent Carlson from conducting the interview, and then to hinder it from being made available to the American public. Many, including Carlson himself, expressed frustration that the Russian President began with a history lesson, going back to the founding of the Kievan Rus state in 882. I suspect this was Putin’s sly way of expressing a salient point that has long struck me about we Americans—namely, while our government is ever keen to send weapons and armies all over the world to police mankind, we find it onerous to sit through a 30-minute history lesson about the people and places we wish to control. Russia is, in Churchill’s formulation, “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” and it has always been governed by an authoritarian state. Nevertheless, with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, there is plenty of evidence that Russia wished to cease living in a state of enmity with the United States. Russia is, in Churchill’s formulation, “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” and it has always been governed by an authoritarian state. Nevertheless, with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, there is plenty of evidence that Russia wished to cease living in a state of enmity with the United States. To me, it seems clear it was the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex, and NOT Russia, that wished to maintain this state of enmity, for without it, there would be little justification for the U.S. government to spend hundreds of billions on weapons goodies such as the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II—a program that started in 1995 and (if DoD accountants are to be believed) has cost U.S. taxpayers about 500 billion. - Courageous Discourse
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  5530. Thus, Avdiivka unfolded along a pattern that is now becoming very familiar, and indicates the emerging Russian preference for assaulting cities, at least of this mid-sized fortress variety. Once again the operation focused in its preliminary phase on flaring out Russian control over the flanks, beginning with the large mechanized assault in early November which secured positions on the railway line to the north of the city. Again (as in the case of Bakhmut and Lysychansk-Severodonetsk) there was an expectation among some that Russia would attempt to encircle the city, but this still does not look feasible in the current operating environment under the nexus of fires and ISR. Instead, positions on the flank allowed the Russians to launch concentric attacks into the city, entering on multiple axes that compressed the Ukrainian defenders into a tight interior position, where Russian fire could be heavily concentrated. The question now becomes fairly simple: if Ukraine failed to attack successfully over the summer, if they could not defend Bakhmut, and if they cannot defend in Avdiivka, is there anywhere that they can find a battlefield success? The dam is leaking. Can Ukraine plug it before it collapses? Overall, the broad operational situation suggests that Russia is developing offensive momentum across the entire theater. This will have deleterious effects on Ukrainian combat power by preventing rotation, reconstitution, and lateral troop redeployment, while sucking in the dwindling Ukrainian reserves. The Russo-Ukrainian War is one of industrial attrition. Despite a variety of theories about this or that game changing weapon, clever maneuver scheme, or superior western training, the reality of this war for the last 18 months has been one of grinding and laborious industrial war, battering through fixed defenses in a maelstrom of concrete, steel, and high explosives. The central problem for Ukraine is fairly simple: Russian force generation is reaching the liftoff point, which will interminably shift combat power in Russia’s favor. The upshot of all this is essentially that, even if the European production surge occurs on schedule, there’s at least a 3-1 advantage (potentially 5-1) in Russian artillery fire that’s baked into the calculus of this war, occurring alongside a substantial western acknowledged ramp up in Russian production of strike systems like cruise missiles, Geran drones, Lancets, and glide bombs of both greater power and greater range. A recent publication from the Royal United Services Institute noted that Russia can deliver 1,500 tanks (both new build and retrofitted depot stocks) and 3,000 armored vehicles per year - the report also notes that Russian stocks of Iskander and Kalibr missiles have grown significantly over the last year. Given that Russian casualties are obviously far below the phantasmagorical hundreds of thousands suggested by western Media and Ukrainian propogandists, it has become clear that Russia is generating more force over time. Estonian intelligence estimated that Russia can properly train, equip, and deploy roughly 130,000 additional troops every six months, which is more than adequate to overcome current loss rates. As if to emphasize the point, RUSI notes that the Russian grouping of forces in Ukraine (that is, only those forces deployed in theater at the moment) rose from 360,000 to 470,000 over the last year. So, Russian force generation is growing over time, and not simply regenerating losses. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces are increasingly undermanned, with understrength brigades asked to perform increasingly heavy lift. We know that Ukrainian reserves are running low. This was clearly demonstrated in Avdiivka, when the AFU scrambled brigades from other fronts (like the 47th Mechanized) that had been fighting all summer, indicating that there was a lack of adequate strategic reserves, and then throwing in the elite 3rd Assault Brigade in the closing days of the battle to try and stem the bleeding. Meanwhile, formations like the 110th Mechanized, which had been fighting in Avdiivka for months, were essentially burned off entirely because they could not be rotated out. Russia conducts regular troop rotations, while Ukrainian forces remain on the line due to the lack of replacements. So, here we are. The current Theory of Ukrainian Victory is exhausted, intending as it did to leverage western ISR, training, and surplus equipment to deliver disproportionate casualties on Russia. I rather think, however, that Jünger’s metaphysical “titan of suffering” is not so metaphysical at all. It rather refers to a mundane power of the Russian state, namely its excellence and willingness across the centuries to mobilize huge numbers of men and material for war, at the expense of other social goals. War with Russia sucks. It means mass casualties, cold trenches, scarred earth, and long nights of shelling. The Ukrainians have coped with this as well as anyone (because they are themselves quasi-Russian, however much they deny it), but it is an awful thing to trade shells for years on end. The Russian power of suffering is to willingly fight wars that devolve into bat fights, knowing they have a bigger bat. The window of strategic opportunity has closed for Ukraine, and now opens wide for Russia. The earth opens wide for the dead. - Big Serge Thought
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  5533. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The situation as of the morning of November 23, 2024, Russian soldiers who developing on their progress in Chasov Yar, have consolidated their positions in the industrial zone of the city, Russian military experts report. Russian troops are defeating Ukrainian Nationalists in fierce battles that are still going on here with direct tank and mortar fire. The Akhmat Special Forces of the 78th Motorized Rifle Regiment "Sever-Akhmat" is working together with the 4th Brigade of the 3rd Army of the Southern Military District, Ramzan Kadyrov said while releasing a video. Operational information from one of the most difficult sections of the front line was reported by the Commander of the assault detachment of the Special Forces Akhmat with the call sign "Shustry", because Ukrainian nationalists use ordinary people as human shields. However, they will do this only if civilians are completely safe, then it will not be difficult for them to destroy the building where the enemy is located together with personnel as in the footage. Meanwhile, the 2S9 “Nona-S” self-propelled artillery system, moved towards the firing position and attacked targets near the city located in Donetsk, which is defended by the Nationalist “Azov” Brigade. Combat footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry shows the Paratroopers “Kostroma” of the Russian Airborne Forces, operating 120 mm self-propelled guns towards the positions where Ukrainian Nationalists are hiding. Paratroopers detected the platoon’s fortifications protecting the Nationalists during a reconnaissance operation. The “Nona-S”, well camouflaged in the ruins, opened heavy fire, destroying the fortifications in the process and likely the Nationalists positions. Paratroopers then entered the destroyed fortifications and cleared them quickly! Russian units continue to push the enemy every day, advancing 1.5 kilometers in fierce fighting and gaining a foothold in the center of Chasov Yar. Now, 30% of the city’s territory is under the control of Russian forces, they have taken control of its industrial zone, military expert Andrey Marochko said. Meanwhile, in the center of Chasov Yar there is a decisive battle for the refractory factory, destroying Ukrainian positions in the buildings, which will decide the fate of the city!
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  5534. ⚔SITREP⚔ NOVEMBER 19 ◾Noose tightening around Avdeevka ), Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) as Russian forces push Kiev army out of fields North of city (left map) - pace of attacks reportedly increasing as Ukrainian artillery's spread thin in attempt to target all sides of Russian advances. ◾ FAB-500 bombs rain down on Ukrainian army positions in Avdeevka (right vid) as troopers cower in shells of homes, all while over 240 Kiev troopers left dead or wounded in DPR after Russian attacks. - Intel Report Big mistake to get into a Ground War against the Russian Federation as proved by these combat report headlines today: Russia Recaptures Half Of Andriivka. Russia’s Significant Advance In Multiple Areas. DEFEAT IS COMING, US Assistance To Ukraine Is Aimed At Protecting American Troops. Sources - Project Great and Military Summary Channel! Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said that US President Joe Biden’s latest opinion piece for the Washington Post once again highlighted the essence of Washington’s security doctrine, which is to provide for America’s interests at the expense of others. The US supposedly makes itself safer by pouring money into “its own military industry” and starting “wars on other continents,” Medvedev said Sunday in a post on X (formerly Twitter), calling it “the essence of the American security doctrine.” - RT "Not one country could have withstood this - yet Russia did", says Kremlin Spokesman Peskov. "In 2022, sanctions threatened to collapse the Russian economy - so we mobilized all resources. The scale of sanctions is unprecedented; no country in the world would theoretically be able to withstand such a blow. Thanks to the wise decisions of the leadership and the titanic work of the Cabinet of Ministers, it was possible to stabilize the economy and even reach a growth trajectory. Still, the 3% growth rate of the Russian economy is insufficient, we are aiming for higher." - Intel Report ''SORRY, BUT THIS IS THE END'': Secret Conversation of General Zaluzhny with U.S. General Brown On November 19, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation held a briefing where General Igor Konashenkov spoke in detail about the situation in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions. According to him, in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Russian troops continued to successfully restrain the enemy near the villages of Verbove and Rabotino. - BORZZIKMAN
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  5542. MILITARY TUBE TODAY-The Russian Armed Forces took initiative control at the Kursk site, taking the overwhelmed Ukrainian and NATO troops, a large number of which were captured increasingly becoming prisoners of war. In 48 hours on August 13-14, 2024, Russian military correspondents documented, several enemy groups becoming Russian captures on the border, but here some infographic images are not shown. Although some on the Russian side were also taken hostage and killed, this senseless operation, culminating in an ambush of Kiev troops by infantry, drones, or aircraft. They opened a new direction where Russian troops had a greater advantage was a boon for Russian troops, despite the temporary victory of Ukrainian media. It always starts like this in all battles, even if Western mercenaries fight side by side with Ukrainians against Russia. Footage of Ukrainian troops serving in the 80th Air Assault Brigade, captured near the village of Ulanok by the 382nd Battalion of the 810th Brigade, or rather one of the battalions consisting of mobilized Russian fighters. In addition to an assault team of five Ukrainian soldiers who were captured, Russian soldiers also seized important equipment and a ridge in the area. One of the leaders is a suspect in a criminal case initiated by the Investigative Committee regarding the attack on Russian territory. According to the detainees, Zelensky sacrificed some of the most capable and experienced Ukrainian troops for the Kursk campaign. A new wave of Ukrainian prisoners and liquidation operations, and destruction continue under the leadership of the Russian Special Forces and the Chechen Akhmat troops, on the border. Another Ukrainian detachment that was captured, stated that they had been in the region for only a day, capturing them very quickly in the first days of the operation. They were lucky not to meet Wagner fighters, because the Musicians had warned that they did not plan to take prisoners. A group of the detainees added about their desire to fight the Kiev regime, because throwing these people into the fire, like them were worthless. According to reports for August 13 only in 24 hours in Kursk, the Russian Armed Forces have eliminated up to 420 Ukrainian personnel in NATO operations. According to the latest reports from the battlefield in Kursk, 120 French soldiers, 180 Polish soldiers, and dozens of British, Estonian and other foreign soldiers from NATO countries, have been identified. It seems that the entire operation was prepared abroad. It was a NATO operation from the start, analysts note. - Military Tube Today
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  5550. How absurd! U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is “frenetically” crisscrossing the Middle East “warning” that the conflict is escalating to engulf the region. Arsonist Washington is shouting ‘Fire’ in a region it is blowing up. This is while Washington is fueling Israel’s non-stop genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. And while the United States and Israel assassinate top Hamas, Hezbollah and Iranian commanders in Lebanon and Iraq. This is while the United States blatantly blocks calls at the United Nations for a ceasefire, and while it dispatches warships and warplanes to the region. As with much of the Western media coverage, Washington is portrayed as some kind of hapless peace advocate. The delusional posturing is stomach-churning when the reality is that the United States is fully complicit in the genocide against Palestinians. And it is fully complicit in dangerously escalating the region-wide conflict. It is a sick joke to present Blinken and the administration of President Joe Biden as trying to tamp down regional tensions that have reached boiling point precisely because of U.S. policy supporting and arming Israel’s relentless massacres. If the Middle East slides into a conflagration, make no mistake, the disaster will be owned by Washington. The appeasement of the Israeli regime by the United States has been going on for decades and has fully stoked the tinderbox situation of injustice and oppression. But the last four months of total indulgence of a lawless genocidal regime is the final trigger. One possible get-out for the U.S. is to blame Iran and its regional allies and in that way try to divide and rule the Arab nations. But you can easily discern what Washington is getting at here. It’s trying to divert the growing region-wide hostility and disgust towards America and its hypocritical European accomplices by playing the Iranian card. The abominable genocide that is going on in Gaza and the West Bank is demonstrating the rank exposure of American imperialist crimes. The world can see more than ever the complicity of Washington in Israel’s war crimes. Not just complicity but full-on culpability. In its desperation to divert global attention from its blood-soaked hands, Washington and its Israeli attack dog see one way out: to escalate the conflict with Iran. - LewRockwell
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  5564. Betrayal Number One From Gaza to Yemen: Trump’s expanding middle east slaughter. Trump’s betrayal is most evident in his military escalation. After cynically criticizing Biden’s bombings, Trump has launched devastating strikes on Yemen, killing civilians under the pretense of protecting Red Sea shipping—a crisis manufactured by Israel’s blockade of Gaza. Dr. Ron Paul condemned the hypocrisy: “Was Yemen in the process of attacking the United States? No. Did the President seek a declaration of war? No.” Instead, Trump’s bombs rained down on women and children, while his administration threatened Iran—a deliberate provocation toward World War III. Max Blumenthal summarized Trump’s role succinctly: “Trump owns the Gazan slaughter.” The same man who promised peace now fuels a regional inferno, with Israel’s interests dictating every move. Betrayal Number Two The puppet and the puppeteer: Trump’s subservience to Netanyahu. Trump’s fealty to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not just political—it’s pathological. As Colonel Douglas Macgregor bluntly observed, “Netanyahu is practicing American foreign policy through ventriloquy. He’s simply moving Trump’s mouth.” George Galloway highlighted Trump’s humiliating subservience, recalling footage of the U.S. president pulling out Netanyahu’s chair like a servant. “This is the president of the United States practically waiting at table on a visiting politician,” Galloway remarked, emphasizing the grotesque power imbalance. Netanyahu does not merely lead Israel—he commands “Jewish international power and capital,” as Macgregor noted. Trump, indebted to this influence for his election, now repays the favor with bombs. Betrayal Number Three Trump’s war on free speech: silencing critics of Israel. Trump’s administration has weaponized federal power to crush dissent against Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine. Judge Andrew Napolitano and Professor John Mearsheimer recently exposed the chilling reality: “The single greatest threat to freedom of speech in the United States, at this point in time, is Israel and its supporters here in the United States,” Mearsheimer stated. Despite Trump’s hollow claim—”I have stopped all government censorship and brought back free speech in America”—his regime has intensified crackdowns on pro-Palestinian voices. Protesters face deportation, universities censor criticism of Israel, and any challenge to Zionist narratives is met with state-sanctioned retaliation. Professor Mearsheimer is 100% correct: “The single greatest threat to freedom of speech in the United States, at this point in time, is Israel and its supporters here in the United States.” - LewRockwell
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  5575. According to Russian Senator Andrey Klimov, some of Kiev’s Western backers could be behind the strike as well. Some “forces” within the US and the UK are willing to undertake “any provocations” to “get under the skin” of US President Donald Trump or make him change his current political course, claimed Klimov, who is the deputy head of Russian Federation Council’s International Affairs committee. The strike could also be due to the Ukrainian military not studying the target properly, said Igor Yushkov, a senior analyst with the National Energy Security Fund – a private Russian think tank. “The military that choose targets… are people that have no clue about what those pipelines are,” he told RT. Kiev may have just considered the station a “convenient target,” he added. According to the Russian media, the Kropotkinskaya pumping station is located in the Russian Krasnodar Region, some 230 kilometers away from the port city of Novorossiysk, and is far away from any other Russian energy facilities. Following Monday’s strike, the station was taken out of service, the CPC said. No injuries have been reported by either the operator or the Russian Defense Ministry. All of the company’s shareholders, including US and European, were informed about the “terrorist drone attack on a civilian target and its outcome,” the company stated. CPC is one of the largest international oil transportation projects in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), with the participation of Russia, Kazakhstan, and a consortium of leading oil companies, including US giant Chevron. - RT
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  5579. Very bad news for the Globalist West Warmongers! LOL The expert community began to discuss a very strange statement by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. In particular, he indirectly asked the Russian military not to start hunting for American tanks in Ukraine. ''I remember perfectly well how the Russians announced a hunt for German Leopard-2 tanks. This should not be allowed to happen with 'M1-Abrams' tanks. The Russians should start playing by the rules and stop declaring a hunt for American tanks,'' - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. - BORZZIKMAN CATASTROPHIC CLOUDS of soot and fumes engulf chemical plant in Ukrainian-controlled side of Avdeevka, Donetsk Region (ex-Ukraine) after Russian strike sears through facility and sends coke into dust. - Intel Report The Russian Defense Ministry has released footage showing a Tor-M2 short-range anti-aircraft system intercepting a US-made Switchblade kamikaze drone deployed by Ukrainian forces. The ‘M2’ variant is the latest in the Tor family, which has the ability to engage targets on the move rather than after stationary deployment. This makes it efficient in protecting military columns. - RT Ukrainian soldiers face wrath of Russian artillery pummeling their positions with devastating strikes in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) destroying 2 tanks, 2 armored vehicles (footage above), shooting down Su-25 fighter jet and laying waste to up to 355 enemy soldiers. Russian air defenses destroy 26 Ukrainian terror drones. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 27 - Intel Report
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  5582. The first thing that jumped out at me as I listened to the Tucker Carlson-Vladimir Putin interview is that Putin is 100 times more intellectually capable than President Joe Biden. No wonder Biden won’t take his call. It says a lot that the terrible people who run the United States wanted to prevent Carlson from conducting the interview, and then to hinder it from being made available to the American public. Many, including Carlson himself, expressed frustration that the Russian President began with a history lesson, going back to the founding of the Kievan Rus state in 882. I suspect this was Putin’s sly way of expressing a salient point that has long struck me about we Americans—namely, while our government is ever keen to send weapons and armies all over the world to police mankind, we find it onerous to sit through a 30-minute history lesson about the people and places we wish to control. Russia is, in Churchill’s formulation, “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” and it has always been governed by an authoritarian state. Nevertheless, with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, there is plenty of evidence that Russia wished to cease living in a state of enmity with the United States. Russia is, in Churchill’s formulation, “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” and it has always been governed by an authoritarian state. Nevertheless, with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, there is plenty of evidence that Russia wished to cease living in a state of enmity with the United States. To me, it seems clear it was the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex, and NOT Russia, that wished to maintain this state of enmity, for without it, there would be little justification for the U.S. government to spend hundreds of billions on weapons goodies such as the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II—a program that started in 1995 and (if DoD accountants are to be believed) has cost U.S. taxpayers about 500 billion. - Courageous Discourse
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  5591. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Infographic footage shows the number of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who fighting for Kiev, have been killed and abandoned in their failed attempt to defend a settlement of Nikolayevo-Daryino Kursk Region, which has been liberated by the Russian Armed Forces. Russian military correspondents released rare and sensitive footage on March 2, 2025, Russian servicemen conducted further combing operations in the settlement area, both in the forest belt and in resident 's homes, showing the terrible situation where the death toll of Ukrainian soldiers is fantastic, abandoned there by their comrades and survived for almost a month due to the cold weather. Remember! Nikolayevo-Daryino, located right on Russia-Ukraine border was liberated by the 83rd Separate Air Assault Brigade, around the end of January after Ukrainian forces had been in the area for more than six months since August 2024. The Russian Defense Ministry revealed that Ukrainian soldiers there took hostages as human shields, about 17 civilians were killed, and 4 people died due to lack of medical assistance during the occupation. Now, Russian combing reveal the strangeness of Ukraine continued offensive into Kursk, but it continues to bring heavy and futile losses, losing hundreds of soldiers life even in every settlement. Russian soldiers conducting the sweeps said in conversations that up to 200 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, found and left in piles of snow and in their shelters in civilian buildings. So far, until March 2, Russian troops have advanced from positions near Nikolayevo-Daryino across the Ukrainian border and entered the village of Zhuravka from the north. In Kursk, Russian troops have pushed Ukrainian troops back from their defensive positions, from Nikolayevo-Daryino to the western outskirts of Sverdlikovo to the south of Sverdlikovo, crossing the state border towards Novyen’kyi. Russia is exerting strong pressure in their offensive to hasten the capture of Kursk, where recent documentation shows Ukrainian fortifications being destroyed in rapid succession!
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  5594. "RULE AMERICA" PRINCIPLE DIRECT THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL LAW - LAVROV AT UN: Russian Foreign Ministry blasts Orwellian rules-based order propagated by West, with international law interpreted in "perverse and selective manner" depending on orders handed down from Washington: George Orwell already presaged essence of this rules-based order: "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others". If you obey the will of the hegemon, you’re permitted to do whatever you wish, but if you dare defend your national interest you will be declared a pariah and sanctioned - Lavrov. Russian FM adds that NATO’s reckless expansion Eastward was plan to prepare for WAR against Moscow, using Mad Vlad Zelensky’s regime as cannon fodder in attempt to weaken Russia. - Intel Republic WHEN KIEV DESTROYED RUSSIAN CULTURE, WEST DIDN’T BAT AN EYE - LAVROV: Russian Foreign Minister calls Washington out for egging on Kiev regime's ruthless campaign against all things Russian, from language to religion. Russian FM adds that America refuses to acknowledge YEARS of suffering endured by ordinary civilians in Donbass under maniacal rule of Western puppets in Kiev, 'cause then they'd have to admit that Russia's operation needed to save those people from torment: Special military operation launched precisely to eliminate threats to Russia’s security and protect those people who considered themselves part of Russian culture and lived on lands that had been settled by their ancestors for centuries, to save them from legislative and even physical extermination - Lavrov. - Intel Republic
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  5601. As I write this the Biden Administration has not produced evidence that the attack on the U.S. base in Jordan was carried out with the help of Iran. Despite that lack of evidence, the usual suspects in Washington are braying at full voice for the United States to strike Iran. This is one of the key rules of the “rules based international order (aka RBIO). If you provide the weapons to a third party that attacks me then you also are culpable for that crime. Do we all agree? Well, if it is good for the goose then it must be good for the gander. The United States supplied Patriot Missiles to Ukraine and Ukraine used those missiles to attack and destroy a Russian aircraft ferrying Ukrainian prisoners of war to a site for a prisoner exchange. If it is okay for the U.S. to attack Iran and extract some measure of revenge, then it follows that Russia is entitled by the same principle to attack the United States. Are we still on the same page? Despite initial tough talk and belligerent threats against Iran, there are credible reports that the Biden Administration, at least some in the decision making circle, realize that attacking Iran directly will lead to an expanded war that the United States is not prepared to fight and cannot win. I am still of the opinion that the domestic political pressure on Biden to “act” decisively may propel him to do something both reckless and dangerous. I will be joyful to be proved wrong. The technical term for what is transpiring among Ukraine’s political leadership is “shit show.” A country in the midst of a war with a powerful adversary cannot wage that war when the politicians and military leadership are sniping at each other. I think Zelensky’s days are numbered. While all of this drama is unfolding in Kiev, the Russians are making significant advances in the Donbass. Russian war correspondent Marat reports: Ukraine’s lack of trained manpower, air defense and artillery shells has put it in a desperate situation. There is no sign that Kiev has the resources or capability to reverse this trajectory. - Sonar21
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  5610. HUNGARY BLOCKS UKRAINE RECEIVING $2+ BILLION ARMS FUNDING FROM FROZEN STOLEN RUSSIAN ASSETS. After months of debate, EU countries this month agreed to use profits from around €190bn stuck in Belgian bank to buy weapons for Ukraine. But Hungary’s envoy has objected to fast-tracking payments. For the time being, they are blocking everything connected to the military support to Ukraine - article above reveals. Hungarian PM Orban earlier warned that he's rethinking Budapest's position in NATO 'cause warmongering members are preparing to go to war with Russia. - Intel Republic IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO - Russian FM Spokeswoman Zakharova calls out uselessness of Swiss "peace talks" after NATO Chief Stoltenberg asks to lift restrictions on striking Russia with West-supplied weapons. It is useful for those invited to an allegedly peace conference in Switzerland to know about Stoltenberg’s call to lift restrictions on Ukrainian strikes on the Russian Federation - Maria Zakharova. Even Biden reportedly not attending as he will be busy lobbying for his presidential campaign, instead of participating in irrational summit where Russia itself not invited for talks with itself. - Intel Republic US and UK intelligence services are attempting to leverage their long-standing ties with various terrorist groups to sow chaos in Central Asia, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, has said. the West, led by the US, was seeking to maintain its grip on global hegemony. To achieve this goal, Western countries are trying to contain the development of other nations by fomenting strife and exploiting international and sectarian tensions, he claimed. Naryshkin noted that, despite Washington’s “humiliating” withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, British and American intelligence services still cooperate with underground terrorist cells “to destabilize the situation not only in [this country], but also in Central Asia and Eurasia as a whole.” US and UK spy agencies, he continued, essentially created such notorious terrorist organizations as Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). Washington and London are still operating in countries like Syria, which has been the scene of a multi-sided civil war since 2011, and Afghanistan, the intelligence chief alleged. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the West is trying to manipulate existing conflicts, including the one raging in the Middle East, to undermine Russia and inflict a “strategic defeat” on the country. In February, Nikolai Patrushev, the former secretary of Russia’s Security Council who was recently appointed as an adviser to Putin, warned that the US could use any regional conflict to target countries that refuse to follow Washington’s lead in foreign policy. - RT
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  5623. The anti-Syrian propaganda, now virtually non-existent, had for years been relentless. We were told that Assad had simply lost control of the country, and that the US and its allies couldn’t risk having ISIS terrorists running around as a threat and trying to establish a caliphate in Syria because Assad simply wasn’t able to stop them. And whenever he did try, he was conveniently accused of humanitarian offenses. So of course, here comes Uncle Sam to ‘help’ get rid of ISIS, and also Assad – totally without any humanitarian issues, because American bombs aren’t like that. In the process, the CIA and Pentagon spent billions of dollars training and equipping ‘Syrian rebels’, many of whom bailed out to join other jihadist groups, including ISIS and Al-Qaeda, taking their shiny new weapons with them. There’s a glaring parallel here with Ukraine, which risks following a similar trajectory with Western involvement and patronage. Even before the current conflict, the CIA-linked Freedom House and others had questioned the extent to which far-right extremists controlled the country. Major Western media outlets were publishing pieces referencing Ukraine’s neo-Nazi problem. So it looks like the same argument could someday be used on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky – that he’s lost control of the country to extremists. And just like the West trained extremists in Syria under the guise of helping, they’ve done the exact same thing in Ukraine by training and equipping the Azov neo-Nazi fighters. Both Iran and Russia had entered the conflict militarily at the request of Assad’s government to help stabilize the country, with Moscow first entering the scene when fighting got too close for comfort to its warm water base for the Black Sea Fleet in Tartus. So basically, Russia was called in to help clean up the mess that the US and NATO had made of the country. And by December 2018, when I asked Russian President Vladimir Putin at his annual press conference whether then-US President Donald Trump was right about ISIS being defeated in Syria, he agreed. Uncle Sam has to stick around to make sure that they never come back, ever again. Guess there’s no chance of just heading home and kicking back with a few beers and waiting to see if it’s actually going to be a problem in the future? Nope! Not when so much has been invested in establishing an in-country military footprint that just happens to be right on top of the biggest pile of Syria’s natural resources – the kind that have been the topic of CIA intelligence directorate reports since at least 1986. In December 2023, Syrian Oil Minister Firas Hassan Kaddour evoked the plan to “liberate” the oil fields from US occupation. Peace in Syria was only possible because of Russia helping to eliminate the troublemakers. The West lost in Syria and still won’t go home. Imagine if it had actually been able to have free run of the place. Maybe there’s something worse than a Russian ‘win’ for Ukraine: Permanent occupiers who use friendship as a pretext to stick around and suck the country dry. - RT
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  5625. The Biden Administration declassified a U.S. intelligence assessment on the war in Ukraine and it was promptly shared with the media as part of a Biden Administration full court press to persuade Congress to cough up more bucks for Ukraine. The information reported by Politico and CNN is disturbing because it shows the U.S. is out of touch with reality and furiously spinning in order to give the politicians what they want to hear. These are classic examples of politics taking precedence over intelligence. Politico’s piece — US declassifies intel as the White House pushes for more Ukraine funding — focuses on the nonsensical meme that Russia is banking on a stalemate and insists that Russia is suffering terrible losses: We also know that Russia is not dragging 40 and 50 year old guys off the streets and forcing them to join the army. That is Ukraine. Russia, by contrast, signed up more than 40,000 soldiers a month during the first 11 months of 2023: We did not learn a damn thing from our debacle in Vietnam. Sending “advisors” to the front lines has never fixed a thing. There is not a single active duty general in the U.S. military that has any hands on experience with fighting a combined arms war against an industrial peer. Russia is not going to sit back and allow its civilians to be slaughtered by Western weapons. I hope Aguto understands that. If he does not, he may very well end his tour of duty in Ukraine in a body bag and the United States will be in a war it is not ready to fight. Pray for peace. - Sonar21
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  5628. When Empires Whisper: Clinton’s Forgotten Promise to Yeltsin Back in July (5th) 1994, Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s embattled president, asked his American counterpart, Bill Clinton, for a favor: intercede for the rights of Russian-speaking minorities in the Baltic states. Yeltsin’s plea was simple yet urgent, protect the millions of ethnic Russians stranded in newly independent Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania after the Soviet collapse. Clinton, in a polished display of Cold War-era politicking, promised to "address" the issue. But promises, as history has shown, are cheap in the West’s rules-based order. Fast forward nearly three decades, and we see the real fruits of that broken promise. The Russian-speaking populations in the Baltics have been systematically marginalized… stripped of citizenship, voting rights, and even the ability to use their language in public spheres. NATO expansion swept over the region like a bulldozer, erasing Clinton’s assurances as mere footnotes in a broader campaign to encircle Russia. In the context of the SMO, the Baltic precedent underscores Russia’s legitimate concerns about the rights of her people and the creeping militarization of its borders. This wasn’t just about the Baltics, it was the opening act in a Western playbook designed to encroach on Moscow’s sphere of influence, from Ukraine to Georgia and beyond. The current conflict isn’t a "surprise"; it’s the culmination of decades of broken promises and deliberate provocations. The West claims to champion human rights, yet turned a blind eye to ethnic cleansing-by-bureaucracy in the Baltics. Clinton’s empty assurances to Yeltsin reveal the true nature of the so-called rules-based order: rules for some, chaos for others. NATO didn’t stop at the Baltics; it aimed straight for Ukraine, igniting the proxy war we see today. But the SMO has flipped the script. Russia isn’t just addressing NATO’s provocations, it’s dismantling the empire’s entire façade of credibility. The plight of Russian-speaking minorities in the Baltics reminds the world of what’s at stake: the battle for sovereignty against a decaying unipolar system. The West’s lies, from Yeltsin’s era to today, are collapsing under the weight of their hypocrisy. The SMO is much more than a mere military campaign, it’s a historical reckoning. Russia is standing up for its people, its borders, and the very principle of national dignity that the West claims to defend but systematically destroys. Clinton promised Yeltsin action. Instead, he delivered NATO troops, anti-Russian rhetoric, and policies designed to erase Russian identity. The West has made its choice. Now, the multipolar world is making its move. - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  5629. Tu-160 bombers have been upgraded with new cruise missiles with a range of over 6,500km - Ministry of Defense. The Tu-160 is the largest ever and most powerful military supersonic aircraft. The Tu-160M (modernized) had its maiden flight only in January 2022 and is deployed in the Special Operation. - Intel Report For every 100 people mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine this time last year, less than 20 remain - Poltava (central Ukraine) military enlistment office. - Intel Report Ukrainians are being advised to bury their dead in biodegradable bags, so that they will become useful fertilizer. Fighting for the land they're not even allowed to take up room in when they're dead - this is International Monetary Fund owned land now. - Intel Report Russian forces wake up and decide they wanna see a Ukrainian tank get nice and crispy - how handy that there’s 1 piece of armor just waiting to get wrecked as drone barrels into it and leaves it burning, all while Russian troops repel 34 Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) over past week, with Kiev army suffering over 1,700 casualties in process. Ukrainian forces also fail so badly in their attempts to attack Russian positions in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) over past week that they lose over 740 troops and 20 tanks and armored vehicles, and are forced to withdraw their airborne assault brigade after it suffers huge losses. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 15 “Russia cannot be defeated ,” former adviser to Zelensky, Arestovich shocks Ukrainians. “It is impossible to put pressure on an opponent that has nuclear weapons. And economic sanctions, - Iran has been under economic sanctions for 40 years, and has been pursuing a completely independent policy. And Russia is bigger than Iran and more influential." Arestovich is taking the argument to its logical conclusion - if the stakes were raised high enough, one cannot 'win' a country with the highest nuclear arsenal in the world. Why then are they fighting 'to the last Ukrainian?' - Intel Report It is not just the Generals praying for signs that Russia is crumbling. Business Insider contributes its two cents about the alleged economic problems buffeting Russia — There are 5 things the West could do to put even more pressure on Russia’s struggling economy, think tank says. The neo-cons at the Atlantic Council are behaving like drowning passengers on the Titanic, frantically grasping for life jackets: I guess the scribes at the Atlantic Council are too busy conjuring fantasies to read the New York Times latest — Russia Overcomes Sanctions to Expand Missile Production, Officials Say – NY Times Ukraine, by contrast, no longer has enough forces to sustain a breakthrough and is totally dependent on Western aid. One of the advantages of doing analysis without relying on classified information is that regular media and social media posts provide a pretty reliable indicator of the status of the battle. For example, there are several video clips of Ukrainian troops complaining about lack of weapons and terrible leadership. I have yet to see anything comparable from the Russian side. Another data point is the coverage of the main stream media. I make it a habit to check in on Sky News to see what the Brits are saying. Six months ago you could count on at least one segment in an hour broadcast at noon London time extolling the success of Ukrainian troops and dishing dire news about Russia’s flagging efforts on the battle field. That is no longer the case. Sky News barely mentions the war in Ukraine these days. If Ukraine was steam rolling to victory you can be sure that the British correspondents would be ebullient about the Ukrainian counter offensive. In this case, the proverb — silence is golden — does not apply. The silence about a purported Ukraine victory (or a Russian army in chaos) is telling. There is no good news to report if you’ve bet your house on Ukraine winning. - Sonar21
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  5632. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian troops managed to take another new settlement, Novodmitrovka, as its troops worked well, sucking out enemy forces with significant advances. The Russian Defense Ministry published videos on November 23, 2024, showing the breakthrough of the assault detachment by the "O Brave" unit of the Center Group of Forces, maneuvering under Ukrainian fire until the tricolor flag was raised there, north of Kurakhovo in Donetsk. The video shows basements and houses where Ukrainians were hiding, until the Russian flag was finally raised permanently there. The stormtroopers used a flanking maneuver to destroy the enemy in the tree line of the forest belt around Novodmitrovka. The brave soldiers, acting quickly under heavy artillery fire and Ukrainian attack drones, nevertheless made it through without any losses. Due to the coordination and courage in their work, the Center Group managed to clear the settlement and raise the victory flag. Towards Novodmitrovka, the zone of control of Russian troops has now been significantly expanded, penetrating Zarya and its environs, as well as Sontsovka, ensuring that most of Ukrainian group fled westward. Thus, Russian troops developed the offensive, penetrated as far as possible, and now control most of the semi-cauldron area southeast of Kurakhovo. The Russian stormtroopers also used other methods to quickly force Ukrainian troops to surrender. The troops worked very well, dropping leaflets with the help of drones and groups of Ukrainian armed personnel were taken to a safe place with the help of radios also dropped by drones. One Ukrainian soldier mistakenly thought that the drone were going to attack him, but in fact they were going to take him to a safe place and he was happy. Three soldiers from Ukrainian brigade with civilian appearance managed to lay down their arms amid the escalating situation between Russia and NATO, and considering their collapse in the city of Kurakhovo, it is getting worse!
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  5638. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Units of the Russian Armed Forces have begun to break through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine north of Rabotino towards Orekhov, on Zaporozhye front. This was reported by the Deputy Chairman of the Coordination Council for the Integration of New Territories, Vladimir Rogov, citing a Russian military correspondent on October 29, 2024. In recent days, Russian servicemen from the special operations formations of Dnieper Group of Forces have forced Ukrainian troops out of the high ground, which is of tactical importance in Orekhov zone. Over the past 24 hours, the front line north of Rabotino has become more active, and intensive attacks have begun from both sides, reinforced by powerful armored vehicles, artillery and drones, which are working hard! Now the way for the Russian assault troops on the front line is wide open, there is an advance towards Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka. During the battle, Russian scouts detected Ukrainian positions in dugouts, heavily guarded by their armored vehicle in Orekhov sector. The tank crew of Novorossiysk Paratroopers, then quickly moved closer to the target, with the modernized version of T-72B3, which is an excellent tank in terms of performance, cost and speed of production. T-72B3 tank turret with mounted mounts for components of the active protection complex is effective against FPV drones, which are the main threat to today's armored vehicles. The tank fired powerfully, Ukrainian shelter was destroyed. In addition to the tank, the artillery crew of Dnepr Group of Forces operated a working 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer, which performs its duties every day in special military operations. With accuracy, high rate of fire and all-terrain capability, the gunners fired ammunition, the Zelensky's troop shelter detected, was powerfully blown up! The Ukrainian troops did not even know what to do anymore trying to defend themselves from the Russian advance. They tried to attack the Russian assault troops with a heavy agrodrone, nicknamed "Baba Yaga", but were immediately detected by Russian FPV drone operators, who were actively hunting enemy targets. FPV drone immediately flew into the target, and Baba Yaga, nicknamed "Vampire" by its designers, fell into free fall! As a result, Ukrainian defense held together with the Western collective, was successfully penetrated north of Rabotino. The Russian strike area reached 10 kilometers, meaning that an area of up to 10 square kilometers was liberated. This eliminated the small gains at great cost, which Kiev's forces had gained with heavy losses during the 2023 “couhnteroffensive”. Here, Russian drone again filmed the streets to Rabotino, marked by several Bradley and Leopard 2A4 losses in the footage.
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  5647. The EU is desperately looking for ways to finance the rebuilding of Ukraine as Soros becomes more and more angry with the failed war, failed peace, and a lost trafficking hub. Money. Using frozen Russian assets the Powers want to use the assets valued at $200 billion as collateral for a loan. The security for their ultimate transfer would hinge on Russia failing to pay Ukraine reparations after the war. Parlez vous … Deja Vu. The CIA is demanding that Zelenskyy hand over the military power vacuum to them. The CIA wants to run the show because Zelenskyy failed. The peril of this is obvious – America would be liable – and Russia could sue for Reparations! This is why the White House is in such a tizzy that the Ukraine aid of $60 billion inserted in a dead border deal was pushed aside. The CIA needs the funds to militarize Ukraine under their tutelage. Temporarily put on hold until funding can be generated… The idea that the CIA in Ukraine could defeat Russia is sheer madness. It completely upends the ability of the EU to use Russian assets to secure a loan to rebuild a country still in the midst of bombs. What A Tangled Web We Weave When First We Practice To Deceive! Imagine if the CIA put all that energy into actually doing good! Working FOR America instead of for their Masters. Allen Dulles was instrumental in creating this rogue element we call the CIA which is better defined as the ‘death squad for the Zionist Mafia’. Corrupt since their inception. Lest we forget – JFK’s assassination was orchestrated by this America Terrorist Cartel – CIA. We are not dealing with the brightest stars on the Hollywood sidewalk in Langley or the EU. Their inherent ability to stage a pretend play of narratives that have been wholly proven illegal by themselves implicates ignorance on a mass scale. - LewRockwell
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  5651. The line of BS the Trump administration is feeding the American people and the world about the amazing, obliterating US attack on Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday morning, is ridiculous. My hopes that Donald Trump would finally act like a responsible adult are dashed. He’s a dangerous buffoon. While the team around him are working frantically to maintain the fiction that Trump has a vision and is calling the shots on the foreign policy front, he is careening around the globe like an out-of-control cue ball on a billiards table. It started a week ago… first, he claimed to know everything about the timing of the Israeli decapitation attack, and then, within 48 hours, denied knowing anything. He insists he wants peace but did nothing to stop Israel from launching an unprovoked attack on Iran on the eve of negotiations in Oman between the US and Iran. Now comes the Sunday morning bombings of Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. White House insists all were obliterated and Iran’s nuclear program wiped out. Only one teeny, tiny problem… none of the satellite imagery supports that claim. Before Sunday, we knew where Iran’s enriched uranium was located, and IAEA inspectors had access to the three sites. Now? Iran removed the enriched uranium to a classified site and is moving to end IAEA inspections of Iran's nuclear program. Way to go Trump!! Instead of ending Iran’s quest for a nuclear weapon — which Iran shelved 22 years ago — Donald Trump has given Iranian hardliners more proof that the only way Iran can be secure in the future is to manufacture nuclear warheads. While Trump is desperately trying to take credit for these developments, the ceasefire happened in spite of him, not because of his actions. I suspect that Russia, with an assist from China, made this happen. The real story is that Israel caved. Notwithstanding the massive pro-Israel propaganda campaign claiming that Iran was crumpling under Israel’s assault, Iran’s bevy of ballistic and cruise missiles wreaked havoc on Israel and caused significant damage. This is a major defeat for Netanyahu. Let’s hope he is quickly ushered out of office. - sonar21
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  5652. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – After the intense Iranian missile launches on the morning of June 19, it became clear that Israeli assessment of Iranian reduced launch capabilities was completely wrong. First, a video allegedly filmed by Iraqis as Iranian missiles flew towards Israeli skies, according to Israeli security services, showed that they were witnessing the largest wave of Iranian missiles ever fired into the occupied Palestinian territories. Iran has stated that there are no more restrictions even though Tehran has been the target of repeated and widespread Israeli aggression. Iran says it has successfully penetrated the Iron Dome and David's Sling, and Israel has nowhere to hide. The Israeli regime continues to claim to have shot down Iranian missiles, and one by one they continue to fall during their unofficial visit. The scene was horrifying in Tel Aviv, which is depleting its missile defenses faster than it can produce them, despite US and regional support, even as Western defenses show the limitations already seen in Ukraine. Israeli security agencies reported that one of the missiles launched that morning from Iran consisted of several small missiles. After exploding, the missiles scattered to several points and exploded! As in the footage, explosions after explosions were heard at the target, in the buildings in the city center, where on one of the streets, the rainbow flags were flying. An Iranian missile accurately targeted the Tel Aviv defense system, causing the enemy's defense missiles to fly and fall, hitting themselves with multiple explosions during the explosion. Now it is undeniable, the destruction of several vital installations, objects, and many others, has become a common occurrence in Tel Aviv due to the helplessness of the iron screen. Some parts of the city resemble Gaza, and the strict censorship of the Israeli regime does not allow the publication of footage of the moment of impact, and its details are prohibited. However, on a morning that should have been with a cup of sweet tea, open sources and visual documentation show that military headquarters and defense centers, were hit by Iran's heavy punishment, and many other tall buildings were not spared from the impact, badly damaged. The Israel Stock Exchange building was one of the most serious attacks so far, shaking the financial markets by reacting sharply, the Israeli benchmark stock index fell by more than three percent in a matter of hours. Iranian goal is not the ruins, the assumption is to paralyze Tel Aviv directly, a preliminary punishment for its aggression against Iran. Israel and its sponsors did not expect it, they continue to portray Iran as a dead country. The reality is not like that, various waves of Iranian missiles surprised the enemy, turned around and took control of the Israeli sky.
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  5665. The US foreign policy and domestic policy is identical. In other words, leadership, populations and organizations inside the US are perceived, manipulated, and feared by our government in the same way it perceives, manipulates and fears leadership, populations, and organizations in other countries. It aspires to hide its evil aspirations and its illegal workings, to help ensure the desires of its top bureaucrats and their sponsors are granted and gained. Yet, it is an oversimplification to select a single Secretary of State, or a single CIA Director, or a single Secretary of Defense, or a single President, or any of the many domestic department heads, and say – this is the US Government. Fortunately, we don’t have to. From Allen Dulles to William Burns, we have many examples of evil – who can forget Mike Pompeo’s desire to send an assassination team to the Equadorian Embassy in Britain and murder Julian Assange, before he was perp-walked to Belmarsh? Who can forget Gina Haspel, torturer, overseer of torture, and torture cover-up queen bureau-rat? The murderous legacy of Allen Dulles and his operations to regime change countries around the world, including our own, is well understood and lives on. Can we think of an honorable non-revolving door, peace-loving Secretary of Defense in our lifetimes? I’ll wait. As for Secretaries of State – we have the infamous Pompeo and his murderous predecessors Albright and Clinton, to name a few. Or that mild mannered criminal serving all parties, George Tenet? Millions of lives have been sacrificed by this peculiar species of death worshipper, evolved to the present day in the mild-mannered but no less murderous forms of Burns, Blinken and Austin. Biden is avaricious and mendacious, a short-tempered elderly man who can’t reliably negotiate a short stairwell or remember what happened two days ago. More alarming than the raw language, the empty-headed grifter also thinks climate change is more dangerous to humanity than nuclear war. He is the perfect President for our time, the perfect icon of the present-day United States. - LewRockwell
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  5679. Now, things have gotten so bad there’s rumor the U.S. is tightfisting its own supply due to shortages: That means the U.S. and combined West’s 155mm situation is so bad that the U.S. doesn’t even have enough of its own rounds to conduct basic routine training for its own crews, which eats up a certain percentage of rounds per month throughout the year. But now the latest claim being trotted out is that Germany’s Rheinmetall plans to send Ukraine “millions” of rounds: This is all cruel nonsense. It’s hard to understand why they torture Ukrainians with such lies. Is that a joke? 100k shells by the second year? Those should be monthly numbers. Russia is said to be doing 250-350k shells a month at the minimum. And it’s nearly insulting to even comment on Rheinmetall’s claim of building an ammo factory in Ukraine—this is nothing but childish posturing. They know full well such a factory would get a sunny visit from Iskander and his pal Kinzhal and be promptly reduced to constituent silica. Not to mention NATO’s defense firms continue to go up in flames, with reports claiming Germany’s Diehl plant burned for days: But when you take a look at the Caesar production capability you learn that France itself has only 40-60 of them total, depending on source. And each unit takes a whopping 30 months to build—it took them something like 8 years just to build the few dozen that they have. Now of course that doesn’t mean they build one at a time, and the production time has allegedly been “halved” since then—they can build a few simultaneously in those months it takes, but it still means the total “75” is years away. A trickle of a few Caesars per year is not going to do much when Ukraine is facing collapse. The UK is in a similar quandary: Russia’s advantage is that it has many different types of missile systems which are produced independently by various corporations like Novator Design, Raduga, NPO Mash, Zvezda Strela, JSC Tactical Missiles Corp, etc. In conclusion: I remain unconvinced Ukraine can effectively do anything to the Kerch with ATACMS. Secondly, as time goes by the ATACMS will likely get increasingly ineffective as Russia adapts its systems and tactics to it, and AD operators master its signatures. To summarize the mood: ATACMS and all the other aid won’t save Ukraine, but rather “a whole new army” is what will do the trick. And even then, the best case scenario is to “force Moscow to negotiate”—goodbye to 1991 and 2022 dreams. - Simplicius
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  5681. Two days out from Iran’s seminal strike on Israel and some things are being clarified. All the early claims of having shot everything down were slowly retracted, with more realistic headlines taking their place as testament to the confusion behind the scenes. Videos like this one are hard to deny—watch the end to see major explosions at the site of whatever was hit: Last night, Iranian assets were allegedly struck in Jableh outside Khmeimim—it’s uncertain if that’s meant to be the ‘response’, or one of them. Fake news reports claimed Israel had struck Russia’s Khmeimim base itself, but geolocations showed that to not be the case Everyone knows there are competing factions within the US government, which is why the State Department had witnessed a surge of resignations this year over the Biden team’s support of Israel. However, Brian Berletic outlined the other likely explanation for these seemingly incoherent discrepancies. On one hand, Biden reiterated he would not support Israeli strikes, which need to be “proportional”, he says: But on the other, Berletic quotes the 2009 Brookings paper entitled "Which Path to Persia?", which outlines a strategy of “maintaining plausible deniability while, in fact, attacking Iran including its nuclear sites.” It’s obvious that a pro-Zionist faction of the deep state in the US government is working in tandem with Mossad to set Iran up as the fall guy one way or another. Whether they get the Democrats to attack Iran, or they take out Trump and blame it on Iran in order to whip up a military campaign of performative vengeance. What’s obvious is that Israel is pushing all its neocon puppets to make the most out of its ongoing disastrous maelstrom of unprovoked attacks on neighboring countries. Israel will settle for any kind of ‘victory’, which can be defined as whatever buys it civilizational time against its enemies. Taking out Iran’s nuclear program would be ‘worth’ the price of slaughter and their likely soon-to-fail Lebanese campaign. It’s not looking good so far, with photos claiming to show knocked out Merkavas and Hezbollah’s claims that dozens of IDF have already been eliminated with hardly any territory captured. At this pace, Israel will understandably need to ‘divert’ again to a big US-led strike campaign against Iran to paste over and memory-hole what may turn out to be another huge failure in Lebanon. As a last pertinent update, on the heels of Iran’s strikes, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with Iran’s president in Doha, Qatar in a symbolic opening of a new chapter of rapprochement: Something tells me this isn’t the “new Middle East” Netanyahu wants: Just a day after Iran’s missile attack, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister meets with Iran’s president, declaring that Saudi Arabia wants to “permanently close the chapter on our differences.” So, snubbing Israel while meeting with Iran’s president under the proclamation of “permanently [closing] the chapter on our differences”. It seems the last remaining silver linings are quickly turning to lead for Israel. - Simplicius
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  5696. TERROR THWARTED: Russian forces blow up 8 Western-armed Ukrainian saboteurs, equipped with American grenades, C4 explosives, in minefields 9n demarcation line near borders of Belgorod, pre-War West Russia. Russia blocked Kiev attempts in approaching Belgorod region village of Staroselye (left map) as local residents swiftly evacuated from threat, sheltered also in nearby Terebreno (right map). - Intel Report In terms of diplomacy, Lavrov is the only adult in the room! Ukraine’s Western supporters are the ones that undercut the country’s territorial integrity by effectively reneging on the Minsk agreements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed. The diplomat added that despite talk of potential negotiations coming from Western capitals of late, Moscow has yet to see readiness for serious dialogue. - RT TALKING SOME SENSE into faulty Armenian leadership is Russian FM Lavrov, fully aware of Yerevan's inclination ditch Russia, yet reminding them of geographic, historical, and political "impossibility" of snubbing relations with Russia, especially while depending on the US. It would probably be good to look at recent history of those that US sought to take under its wing - Lavrov - Intel Report SHARP SHOOT DOWN by Russia of Ukrainian drone near the village of Makarovka, Kursk region (in map), site of Kursk Nuclear Power Plant-2. Russian air defenses also destroy drone approaching Bryansk, no casualties or property destruction took place on either pre-War Russian region. - Intel Report Ukrainian soldiers face wrath of Russian artillery pummeling their positions with devastating strikes in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) destroying 2 tanks, 2 armored vehicles (footage above), shooting down Su-25 fighter jet and laying waste to up to 355 enemy soldiers. Russian air defenses destroy 26 Ukrainian terror drones. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 27 - Intel Report United States and NATO have been pursuing a JENGA strategy against Russia. A lot of leaders in the NATO club are invested heavily in the belief that if enough pressure is applied to Russia then the country, the economy, the military and society will collapse like a JENGA tower. Only one little problem — that strategy has failed; the opposite happened. Instead of growing weaker and fracturing, Russia has grown stronger and less dependent on the United States and Europe. The economy is purring along. The Russian defense industry has ramped up to unprecedented levels in the modern Russia era. For example, Russia is churning out more than two million 152mm artillery rounds a year. The Russian army is filling recruitment quotas and turning out fully trained soldiers. Russia is producing surprising numbers of hypersonic missiles and drones, which have transformed the battlefield in Russia’s favor. - Sonar21 The Russian Defense Ministry has released footage showing a Tor-M2 short-range anti-aircraft system intercepting a US-made Switchblade kamikaze drone deployed by Ukrainian forces. The ‘M2’ variant is the latest in the Tor family, which has the ability to engage targets on the move rather than after stationary deployment. This makes it efficient in protecting military columns. - RT CATASTROPHIC CLOUDS of soot and fumes engulf chemical plant in Ukrainian-controlled side of Avdeevka, Donetsk Region (ex-Ukraine) after Russian strike sears through facility and sends coke into dust. - Intel Report LOL The expert community began to discuss a very strange statement by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. In particular, he indirectly asked the Russian military not to start hunting for American tanks in Ukraine. ''I remember perfectly well how the Russians announced a hunt for German Leopard-2 tanks. This should not be allowed to happen with 'M1-Abrams' tanks. The Russians should start playing by the rules and stop declaring a hunt for American tanks,'' - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. - BORZZIKMAN
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  5705. As I write this the Biden Administration has not produced evidence that the attack on the U.S. base in Jordan was carried out with the help of Iran. Despite that lack of evidence, the usual suspects in Washington are braying at full voice for the United States to strike Iran. This is one of the key rules of the “rules based international order (aka RBIO). If you provide the weapons to a third party that attacks me then you also are culpable for that crime. Do we all agree? Well, if it is good for the goose then it must be good for the gander. The United States supplied Patriot Missiles to Ukraine and Ukraine used those missiles to attack and destroy a Russian aircraft ferrying Ukrainian prisoners of war to a site for a prisoner exchange. If it is okay for the U.S. to attack Iran and extract some measure of revenge, then it follows that Russia is entitled by the same principle to attack the United States. Are we still on the same page? Despite initial tough talk and belligerent threats against Iran, there are credible reports that the Biden Administration, at least some in the decision making circle, realize that attacking Iran directly will lead to an expanded war that the United States is not prepared to fight and cannot win. I am still of the opinion that the domestic political pressure on Biden to “act” decisively may propel him to do something both reckless and dangerous. I will be joyful to be proved wrong. The technical term for what is transpiring among Ukraine’s political leadership is “shit show.” A country in the midst of a war with a powerful adversary cannot wage that war when the politicians and military leadership are sniping at each other. I think Zelensky’s days are numbered. While all of this drama is unfolding in Kiev, the Russians are making significant advances in the Donbass. Russian war correspondent Marat reports: Ukraine’s lack of trained manpower, air defense and artillery shells has put it in a desperate situation. There is no sign that Kiev has the resources or capability to reverse this trajectory. - Sonar21
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  5716. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Video shows Russian Northern Fleet drills in the Arctic Circle, kicking off new exercises on Tuesday, as joint naval exercises with China, as part of strategic command and staff exercises dubbed ‘Ocean-2024’ that began on Tuesday and run until September 16. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage showing the ships moving through the Arctic, having arrived in the eastern Arctic Ocean to protect the “military security” of Russian coastal facilities in the region. The drills will “study possible threat areas” in a region that most of the countries surrounding the Arctic are members of NATO, which is unfriendly and continues to deploy weapons in the region. The drills—which include the Rear Admiral Kulakov destroyer and the Alexander Otrakovsky, a large landing ship—are part of a series of joint Russian-Chinese exercises. They involve more than 400 warships, submarines and support vessels across the Arctic and Pacific oceans, as well as in the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic seas. More than 90,000 personnel and 120 aircraft are participating. Troops with the Russian Pacific Fleet will practice defending sea communications near Russian eastern Primorsky region bordering China, the Defense Ministry added. Four Chinese warships and one supply ship are taking part. The tasks that the Russian Northern Fleet will perform during the drills include ensuring the security of coastal infrastructure facilities in the Russian Arctic region, investigating potential areas of military operations and carrying out joint special operations aimed at eliminating terrorists during the military exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. NATO, despite taking a heavy hit in its proxy war in Ukraine, is busy reopening a number of facilities and military presence in the region, which poses an "acute threat" primarily to Russia.
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  5723. Update on Ukraine conflict for August 27, 2023 ALL from Western Sources per Combat Channel with refs supplied. - Ukraine’s offensive nears 3 months of fighting and has yet to breach Russia’s first of several defensive lines; - Russia not only continues frustrating Ukraine’s offensive, it is launching its own offensive in the northeast that is gaining momentum; - Amid the failing offensive, Ukraine and its Western sponsors trade blame and argue over the best course forward; - Talk continues to be made regarding “wonder weapons” like F-16 and JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets despite the implausible nature of using either effectively in battle; - A juncture is approaching where the West will have to decide whether to allow Ukraine to begin irreversibly collapsing or intervene more directly; Ukraine’s dreams of counter-offensive triumph have hit a hard reality. (The Telegraph). Ukraine’s sluggish counter-offensive is souring the public mood. (The Economist). Ukraine’s Reset: A Slow and Bloody Advance on Foot. (The Wall Street Journal). UK Telegraph; Ukraine running out of men. Ukraine running out of options to retake significant territory. (The Washington Post). The latest piece on Real Clear Defense, a Pro Ukrainian site, Why Is Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Destined To Fail?, is a stark warning that the Fat Lady is starting to sing: More of the MO of the UKE Army specializing in shelling civilian targets. Three children with shrapnel wounds hospitalized in Donetsk, DPR after another Ukrainian shelling. Ukrainian Army shells Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, DPR (ex-Ukraine) with multiple-launch rocket systems. According to DPR authorities, five missiles were fired. Ukrainian Army fires three 155mm widely-banned cluster shells on Donetsk (ex-Ukraine). Two civilians wounded in Gorlovka, DPR (ex-Ukraine) from Ukrainian Army shelling. Parts of Gorlovka, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) deenergized from Ukrainian shelling. - Intel Report
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  5738. It is one thing for the addled Joe Biden to be clueless about the true situation on the ground, but many of the NATO leaders in the audience also were applauding this crap. They cannot plead guilty by way of cognitive decline. The claim that, “Ukraine is winning and Russia is losing,” is a craven lie. Ukrainian forces are being pulverized by missiles, 3000 kg FAB bombs and drones. And neither the United States nor the rest of the NATO countries have a stockpile of 155mm artillery shells and air defense systems that they can send to Ukraine. This is pure malpractice by Biden’s speech writers. The anticipated mini-counteroffensive never materialized. Instead, Russia is hitting Ukraine all along the 1000 km front and Ukraine is steadily retreating. Maybe, behind closed doors, the NATO members will fess up and admit that Russia is eating Ukraine’s lunch and bleeding NATO dry in the process. Biden bragged that the United States has 100,000 troops now deployed in Europe. Wow! I bet the Russians, who have 1.3 million active duty soldiers, are quaking in their boots. Today’s speech is nothing more than political theater intended primarily for the American political audience. But the youngsters who crafted this garbage had no understanding how these words will be heard in Russia. Russian planners, unless they are fools, will conclude that NATO is intent on attacking Russia and Russia will prepare accordingly. NATO is not altering course and is not disposed to seek any peaceful resolution with Russia. The Russians understand that and are ramping up accordingly. - Sonar21
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  5746. Russian missiles smash temporary deployment point of Ukrainian army in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), leveling their positions with scorching rockets, setting cannon fodder and Western-supplied equipment on fire following massive explosions. - Intel Report The military warehouse complex of Armed Forces of Ukraine in Lvov region was reduced to dust after being hit by Geranium UAV of Russian Armed Forces. Warehouses where transit for weapons, equipment and ammunition supplied by NATO including unmanned aerial vehicles and aviation were stored, burned down during the night raid and the warehouses and their contents were reduced to dust in the morning. - Military Tube Today Russian Representative to UN Nebenzya looks sick bored to his stomach listening to Zelensky's mad "peace formula" at UN General Assembly. Mad Vlad says Russia must withdraw to "internationally recognized" borders of 1991 (you're not even gonna get February 24, 2023) , ironically highlighting international law that he breaks routinely using widely-banned weapons to commit war crimes. Zelensky like a sneaky rat then leaves the room before word of Russian FM Lavrov. - Intel Report The Ukrainian Morale in the Battlefield: A Snapshot It’s now firmly established that the Ukrainian counter-offensive turned out to be the feeder of a bloody meat grinder of astonishing proportions. Of every 100 people who joined Ukrainian units last Fall, months before the counter-offensive, only 10 to 20 remain. The rest are dead, wounded or incapacitated. These stats were confirmed by the online publication Poltavashchyna. This is a report prepared by the temporary acting commander of the 2nd mechanized battalion of military unit A4007, Captain Dmytro Bilyi. He is reporting directly to the commander of the military unit. Bilyi says that between April 19 and 20, 2023, he as temporary acting commander as well as other officers have concluded that the 2nd battalion had reached critically low morale and psychological conditions. The battalion had also suffered numerous sanitary and irretrievable losses. Most soldiers refused to perform combat missions. The level of morale in different companies was evaluated as ranging between 20% and 42%. This is an urgent report on the critically low level of combat readiness of the 5th company of the 2nd battalion. The staffing of the company fell to 60% – and the unit needs to be withdrawn from the frontline. - lewrockwell The fact is that it’s becoming increasingly clear that some of the worst, most extreme predictions on Ukrainian losses could in fact be true. This extends to things like POW captures, for instance with yesterday’s new report that already 3,500 AFU soldiers had surrendered since the launch of Russia’s new project to have a special “surrender frequency” on all radio channels where Ukrainians can dial in and safely surrender to Russian forces: Sadly, Ukrainian troops are just getting mowed down at this point. We saw a month or two ago they began their shift toward full-blown “meat assault” tactics because their armor had begun to run uncomfortably low. There is now numerous evidence of this in the form of videos showing either Ukrainian troops on foot simply plying through the open fields, or at most using their remaining light mobility vehicles: New drone footage of Klescheyevka refutes Ukraine’s claim of controlling it, as it shows a desolate wasteland with no troops from either side occupying it: But though the U.S. and allies are desperately trying to set the world on fire to weaken Russia around its peripheries in any way they can, all these efforts are little more than chaff in the wind and will have no effect on the SMO. And as always we must remember that this pales in comparison to Russia’s own much more successful hybrid/asymmetric warfare conducted against the Atlanticists in Africa and elsewhere. - Simplicius KEEPING THE PEACE: On second day of flare-up in Nagorno-Karabakh breakaway region, Russian peacekeepers evacuate over 2 thousand civilians. Russian forces soothe small kids in arms alongside civilians in tears in conflicting combination of relief and grief as Moscow forces temporarily shelter them to safety at base before evacuating them to safety. Russia is ONLY nation with peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh region, deploying nearly 2,000 servicemen since last outbreak of violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2020. - Intel Report
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  5749. The Israeli rogue state added another of its neighbors to the long list of regional nations it is currently bombing. From Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, international waters, and now Iran—Israel now bombs them all with impunity while crying out about its own ‘security’. The attacks are reportedly just the first stage of a long wave of aggression that will span days or weeks according to announcements from top officials: Netanyahu again invoked the Iranian nuclear weapons red herring used so many times before, it has now turned into a parodic litany The most eye-opening part of the strikes was the claim by Israeli sources that the strikes incorporated deliberate political and ‘diplomatic’ deception, which appears to imply that Trump and co’s various statements of de-escalation were part of the trap set to lull Iran into a false sense of security before ruthlessly assassinating Iranian leadership in a cowardly sneak attack: Several top Iranian officials were now confirmed to have been killed, including General Salami of the IRGC, Chief of Staff Mohammad Bagheri, and top nuclear scientist Fereydoon Abbasi: Likewise, I chose to do the last report on Israel because I sensed things were finally coming to a head: it was clear to see Netanyahu’s failures in Gaza had compelled him to act, as he saw his chances slipping away. Israel duly is at a crossroads, which I have described before: the country is in a downward spiral and has only one remaining chance to seize history to secure its survival. Why? The reasons are almost too long to list in this one brief article alone, but they include demographics, as well as the decline of Zionism and rise of “noticing” in the West which means in a generation or two, support for Israel may dwindle to the point where it will be engulfed by regional enemies. Israel once had the backing of the world’s most dominant ‘superpower’ alliance of Western nations, now the tides of history have simply shifted against Israel’s favor. - Simplicius
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  5754. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – After a major strategic victory, the Russian Armed Forces captured VelikayaNovosyolka, continued to advance in their efforts to gain full control of southern Donetsk, and the Ukrainian hardware nearby clearly still under threat. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage on February 11, 2025, showing Russian troops burning more Ukrainian hardware and crews in Dneproenergiya, NovyKomar, and even in Konstantinopol which is a little far away. Every day, FPV drone operators from the Vostok Group of Forces search for enemy armored vehicles, engage and eliminate them. In the early stages, the drone arrived on a pick-up truck while picking up soldiers fighting for the Kiev regime, but it didn't go as planned! Later, the drones arrived on several other armored vehicles with explosions and heavy fire on the vehicles, causing irreparable damage. Mortar positions with weapons hidden in the forest plantations, would not have escaped the attention of Russian drone operators identified from Ukrainian firing positions. The Vostok Group is relentlessly disabling the hardware that appears in the surrounding area, supporting the advance of Russian assault forces into the depths of enemy defenses on the South Donetsk direction. In the past three days, 5 armored combat vehicles, 12 field artillery guns, 15 motorized vehicles and more than 10 mortar positions were destroyed by Russian UAV near Velikaya Novosyolka, the Ministry of Defense calculates. In this direction, new footage has emerged showing another Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle "M113" made in the United States, apparently charred after a fire.
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  5768. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Several local Middle East media outlets reported an explosion at the Russian Hmeimim Airbase in the western coast of Syria near Jableh. This was the result of an Israeli Navy attack, not an Air Force attack near the airbase, sources reported today on October 3, 2024. The target and perpetrators have not been officially confirmed, but local sources spoke of the possibility of a Russian ammunition depot, one of several that were targeted. Both Syrian and Russian air defenses were active, but a missile escaped, causing the explosion at night. Rumors are circulating that warehouses inside Hmeimim were attacked shortly after the Iranian cargo arrived at the base. It is known that the Syrian opposition does not have the ability to do such things. Currently, Zionist forces are carrying out massive bombings in Syria, more than 50 missiles were launched in Latakia, Jableh, and Tartous regions, including some hitting the Hmeimim Airbase, where the Russian Aerospace Forces operate actively participating with the Syrian Arab Army to fight the enemy aggressor in their illusions of toppling the Assad government. If proven, Zionists are playing with fire and will eventually get burned, something that has been on the minds of the experts. However, indications seem to be clear that Russia has advised its citizens to leave Israel immediately following the attack. The Russian ambassador in Tel Aviv highlighted the escalation in the region and urged its 1.5 million citizens to take advantage of the evacuation opportunity. Anatoly Viktorov urged Russians to get out of Israel before it is too late. "Leave while you still can," Viktorov said. Russia has also begun evacuating its citizens from Lebanon. It is strongly suspected that something big is about to happen!
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  5769. While the West is fixated on Monday’s talks between Russia and Ukraine, the situation in the Baltic Sea is heating up and presents a risk of naval warfare between Russia and NATO. During May 2025, there have been a series of confrontations and escalating tensions between Russia and NATO member states in the Baltic Sea, characterized by naval incidents, airspace violations, and concerns over undersea infrastructure security. Both Russia and NATO have initiated military exercises in the Baltic Sea this month, with overlapping timelines. In early May, Russia’s Baltic Fleet conducted a “Safety of Navigation” exercise focused on protecting civilian maritime traffic from interception. This was perceived as a direct response to NATO’s increased scrutiny of Russia’s shadow fleet and a demonstration of Moscow’s intent to maintain its presence in the Baltic Sea. NATO’s BALTOPS 2025 naval exercise, scheduled to begin on June 3, coincides with Russian drills launched a month earlier than usual. The proximity of these exercises heightens the risk of confrontations, both intended and unintended. Let’s hope that cooler heads prevail. Meanwhile, along the line of contact in Ukraine, Bild reports Russian Armed Forces have already captured 18 Ukrainian settlements and about 200 square kilometers. You know things are getting desperate for Ukraine when even the German media concedes that Russia is moving forward… so much for the stalemate claim. Finally, Russia media is doing wall-to-wall coverage of a collapsed bridge in the Bryansk region that crushed the engine and a couple of passenger cars on a civilian train and caused the train to derail, a train that originated in Moscow and was headed to Klimovo. I do not believe in coincidence. From my vantage point, I believe this was a deliberate attack on both the bridge and the train. It is likely that an explosive charge had been placed on the bridge and that the perpetrators waited to blow it up until the train could take no evasive action. There are two possibilities: 1) the saboteurs were nearby and detonated it, or 2) there was video surveillance, and it was remotely detonated. Either way, this was a terrorist attack. Hitting a civilian passenger train is not a legitimate target of war. - sonar21
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  5781. Polish Mercenaries Began To Flee 'LIMAN' against the Background Of The Approach Of The Russian Army. Compared with other sections of the front, the Krasny-Liman direction was less mentioned in the reports of war correspondents and military departments on both sides. This is largely because the situation in the Krasny-Liman direction is not developing as dynamically and intensively as in other sectors of the front. However, this does not mean that the Krasny-Liman direction of the front has completely suspended the dynamics of hostilities. The decrease in military clashes there is more like the calm before the storm. - BORZZIKMAN "THERE'S A HUGE GAP where Zelensky's brain should be between goals and the actual state of affairs in Ukraine" - says the President of the US Council on Foreign Affairs, Richard Haase. "The idea that Ukraine is going to liberate by military means all the lands that are occupied by Russia, approximately 20% of its territory, is laudable - but this won't happen" - he continues. Zelensky! Please place brain BACK inside cranium - United States officials who specialize in WAR are telling you to forget any kind of liberation fantasies. - Intel Report The flow of US-made artillery ammunition to Ukraine has dwindled by “more than 30%” amid Washington’s scramble to assist Israel in its fight against Hamas, ABC News reported on Tuesday, citing an unnamed Ukrainian official. The network’s source pointed out that the main problem was with deliveries of NATO-standard 155mm artillery shells, which he said accounted for “about 60-70% of Ukraine’s overall supply.” He also expressed serious concern that the gridlock in the US Congress could mean that the flow of arms to Ukraine will start to dry up. “We’re in big trouble… basic munitions are not coming,” the official said, warning that if the situation is allowed to deteriorate further, Ukraine risks losing its position on the battlefield “at a very high price.” - RT Ukraine has lost over 13,700 troops and approximately 1,800 tanks and other heavy weaponry so far this month, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu relayed on Tuesday during a ministerial meeting. Russian forces have been actively thwarting Kiev’s attempts to breach their defensive lines and continue to reduce Ukraine’s military capacity, the senior official said. He claimed that Ukrainian soldiers were surrendering in droves after realizing the futility of their counteroffensive. The Russian minister issued his last assessment of Ukrainian casualties in late October, when he said they had surpassed 90,000 since the start of Kiev’s ill-fated counteroffensive in early July. During this week’s meeting, Shoigu described the cost paid by Ukrainian soldiers in the conflict as “colossal.” - RT
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  5787. Russian missiles smash temporary deployment point of Ukrainian army in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), leveling their positions with scorching rockets, setting cannon fodder and Western-supplied equipment on fire following massive explosions. - Intel Report The military warehouse complex of Armed Forces of Ukraine in Lvov region was reduced to dust after being hit by Geranium UAV of Russian Armed Forces. Warehouses where transit for weapons, equipment and ammunition supplied by NATO including unmanned aerial vehicles and aviation were stored, burned down during the night raid and the warehouses and their contents were reduced to dust in the morning. - Military Tube Today Russian Representative to UN Nebenzya looks sick bored to his stomach listening to Zelensky's mad "peace formula" at UN General Assembly. Mad Vlad says Russia must withdraw to "internationally recognized" borders of 1991 (you're not even gonna get February 24, 2023) , ironically highlighting international law that he breaks routinely using widely-banned weapons to commit war crimes. Zelensky like a sneaky rat then leaves the room before word of Russian FM Lavrov. - Intel Report The Ukrainian Morale in the Battlefield: A Snapshot It’s now firmly established that the Ukrainian counter-offensive turned out to be the feeder of a bloody meat grinder of astonishing proportions. Of every 100 people who joined Ukrainian units last Fall, months before the counter-offensive, only 10 to 20 remain. The rest are dead, wounded or incapacitated. These stats were confirmed by the online publication Poltavashchyna. This is a report prepared by the temporary acting commander of the 2nd mechanized battalion of military unit A4007, Captain Dmytro Bilyi. He is reporting directly to the commander of the military unit. Bilyi says that between April 19 and 20, 2023, he as temporary acting commander as well as other officers have concluded that the 2nd battalion had reached critically low morale and psychological conditions. The battalion had also suffered numerous sanitary and irretrievable losses. Most soldiers refused to perform combat missions. The level of morale in different companies was evaluated as ranging between 20% and 42%. This is an urgent report on the critically low level of combat readiness of the 5th company of the 2nd battalion. The staffing of the company fell to 60% – and the unit needs to be withdrawn from the frontline. - lewrockwell The fact is that it’s becoming increasingly clear that some of the worst, most extreme predictions on Ukrainian losses could in fact be true. This extends to things like POW captures, for instance with yesterday’s new report that already 3,500 AFU soldiers had surrendered since the launch of Russia’s new project to have a special “surrender frequency” on all radio channels where Ukrainians can dial in and safely surrender to Russian forces: Sadly, Ukrainian troops are just getting mowed down at this point. We saw a month or two ago they began their shift toward full-blown “meat assault” tactics because their armor had begun to run uncomfortably low. There is now numerous evidence of this in the form of videos showing either Ukrainian troops on foot simply plying through the open fields, or at most using their remaining light mobility vehicles: New drone footage of Klescheyevka refutes Ukraine’s claim of controlling it, as it shows a desolate wasteland with no troops from either side occupying it: But though the U.S. and allies are desperately trying to set the world on fire to weaken Russia around its peripheries in any way they can, all these efforts are little more than chaff in the wind and will have no effect on the SMO. And as always we must remember that this pales in comparison to Russia’s own much more successful hybrid/asymmetric warfare conducted against the Atlanticists in Africa and elsewhere. - Simplicius KEEPING THE PEACE: On second day of flare-up in Nagorno-Karabakh breakaway region, Russian peacekeepers evacuate over 2 thousand civilians. Russian forces soothe small kids in arms alongside civilians in tears in conflicting combination of relief and grief as Moscow forces temporarily shelter them to safety at base before evacuating them to safety. Russia is ONLY nation with peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh region, deploying nearly 2,000 servicemen since last outbreak of violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2020. - Intel Report
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  5789. The US has been using economic methods in an attempt to weaken Russia and hopefully to help get rid of Putin. The goal is to return to the sort of arrangement in place when Yeltsin was in power. These economic methods have been used against other countries, too. They include sanctions, interfering with currency transactions, interfering with gold repatriation, extra-territorial claims based on use of the US dollar, seizure of assets, and attempts to confiscate seized assets and use them for US purposes. The politicians in the West continue to promote these methods, even though mainstream scholarly works point out that in many, if not most cases, the use of such methods will not work properly. They will instead blow back on the US and cause numerous undesirable side effects and other unpleasant results. These cautionary findings have been borne out in fact. The leaders of China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Syria, and North Korea are all still in their jobs. OPEC plus Russia is still controlling the world oil market, the Russian and Chinese systems continue to replace SWIFT, more and more trade is conducted in local currencies, and the disagreements over using seized Russian assets are causing more cracks in NATO. Nations are becoming more skeptical about leaving their gold or other assets in the US or UK for safe-keeping. One opinion is that these US pillars of exceptionalism are under attack to destroy the existing system in order to ‘build back better’ and ‘you will own nothing and be happy.’ This may have made more sense back around the year 2000, before China and Russia got their act together. Whoever controlled the West, in some sense, controlled the world. Now, however, Russia and China are out from under that control and the US has been relegated to the number two position both economically and militarily. Russia is number one militarily and China is number one economically. The problem is that these facts have not sunk into the ‘little gray cells’ of the Western plutocrats, much less the mere billionaires. Asia and Africa show a distinct distaste for the ideas and plans of the WEF and most of ‘Wokism,’ and the West is too weak to force implementation in those continents. Barring a miracle (unlikely considering that the Establishment no longer believes in a miracle-working god), the end of the Age of the West is nigh. The future is with the East and the South, unless the West drastically changes course. - Sonar21
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  5795. Front lines are collapsing for the Ukrainian army, whole units surrendering. Top commanders are fired. Faced with complete disarray of the U.S.-NATO instigated war in Ukraine, U.S. militarists are doubling down. U.S. efforts to dismember Russia appear to have utterly failed. Economic sanctions, price caps, the protracted war on Russia’s border and tens of billions of dollars, along with hundreds of U.S. and other NATO member troops sent as trainers, plus mercenary contractors can’t hold the corrupt Ukrainian military machine together. The statements promoting strikes with the U.S.-supplied weapons to targets inside Russia are being made directly by President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who is a former prime minister of Norway, but acts as if he were a U.S. official. All these elaborate plans would be dashed if Ukrainian defense lines crumbled before the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C. This 75th anniversary NATO Summit is a grand plan to showcase U.S. and Western imperialist dominance. Zelensky’s effort to call a “Peace Summit” on June 15 and 16 in Lucerne, Switzerland, exposes Ukraine’s dwindling support. The “Peace Summit” bars Russian participation. The effort is so flimsy that not even Biden is bothering to attend. The Rand Corporation, a powerful think tank for the major military industries, confirms the cynical calculations that justify war profits, regardless of the danger. Rather than reassess their deteriorating global position, U.S. strategists seem determined to put the fate of the world at risk. - LewRockwell
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  5803. In short, Russia’s 2024 South Donetsk offensive has thus far succeeded in driving the AFU out of its frontline strongpoints which it had defended doggedly since the beginning of the war: Ugledar, Krasnogorivka, and Avdiivka have fallen, and Toretsk (the northernmost of these fortresses) is contested with Russian control over half of the city. The two cities that formerly acted as vital rear area hubs for the AFU (Pokrovsk and Kurakhove) are in the rear no longer, and have become frontline cities. Kurakhove in particular is likely to fall in the coming weeks. The Russians are, in a word, poised to complete their victory in Southern Donetsk. It is important not to understate the operational and strategic significance of this. In the simplest terms, this will be a significant advancement towards Russia’s explicit war aims of capturing the Donbas oblasts (putting Russia in control of some 70% of Donetsk and 90%+ of Lugansk). Nevertheless, we do clearly see the Russian army making significant progress towards its goals. It will be able to write off much of the southeastern sector of front, with the AFU evicted from their powerful chain of prewar fortresses around the city of Donetsk. These losses raise an uncomfortable question for Ukraine: if they could not successfully defend in Avdiivka, Ugledar, and Krasnogorivka, with their long built-up defenses and powerful backfields, where exactly is their defense supposed to stabilize? We must also ask another salient question then: on the precipice of losing South Donetsk, with a full 100 kilometers of front unraveling, why are many of Ukraine’s best brigades loitering 350 kilometers away in Kursk Oblast? In more abstract strategic terms, however, Kursk has been a disaster for Kiev. Within the expansive reach of Kiev’s self-declared war aims, including the phantasmagorical return of Crimea and Donetsk, it has never been quite clear how these operations are correlated. Russia, in contrast, has pursued its war aims with consistent clarity and a great reluctance to take risks and allow its energies to dissipate. Moscow wants, at an absolute minimum, to consolidate control over the Donbas and the land bridge to Crimea, while trashing the Ukrainian state and neutering its military potential. - Big Serge Thought
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  5804. [The lunatics in Israel and their backers won't be satisfied until they draw the whole world into a conflagration] There is a lot going on in the world that is generating fear in the West because they have lost control of the narrative and the battlefield. Ukraine’s retreat from Avdeevka has exposed the lie that the Russian military is a spent force comprised of coerced, untrained, poorly supplied conscripts. This has left NATO scrambling to try to find a way to keep Ukraine in the fight, but Ukraine’s Army is being ground into dust and its morale is flagging. But that is not where the real danger lies. Israel is signaling that it will invade southern Lebanon and fight Hezbollah. This is insane. Israel reminds me of the evil Queen in Snow White — they have convinced themselves that they are the best army in the Middle East. They gaze at their own reflection and fail to see how the world has changed. They are no longer the juggernaut that the imagine themselves to be. A poll published by right-wing Israeli newspaper Maariv has showed that 71% of Israelis believe that Israel should launch a large-scale military operation against Lebanon. Israel has been carrying out heavy air strikes on villages in southern Lebanon during the past week, but it has not weakened Hezbollah. To the contrary. Hezbollah is stepping up its own missile attacks on Israeli settlements. Saraya al-Qassam and company is hitting “Ashkelon” with massive barrages of projectiles, setting off the missile sirens and sending the Jewish settlers running for shelter! The average Israeli citizen does not understand that Hezbollah has a significant escalatory capability in terms of being able to launch big missiles into Israeli cities that previously have not been targeted. Hezbollah also has a trained army. It is not a group of rag tag terrorists. And Hezbollah has well-fortified defensive lines capable of stopping an Israeli attack. The bottomline is this — both Israel and Hezbollah appear to be stepping on the gas and moving towards a full-scale war. - Sonar21
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  5806. A recently unearthed video of WEF guru, Israeli Professor, Yuval Noah Harari, has made the rounds of late. As Dr. Harari asserted not only that God is a fiction, but he also asserted that human rights are a fiction, a nice fairy tale with no basis in reality. Dr. Harari apparently believes that human rights are simply a made-up story. He further explains that if you dissect a human there are no rights there. Instead, there is simply a physical display of anatomy and what is left of the biological processes. Thus, he concludes that the only place human rights exist is in the imagination. A mountain is a reality, countries and legal systems, heaven, God, are not based in biological reality, they are merely artifacts of the imagination. Thus, homosapiens have no rights. If there are no human rights, then none of us have a right to protections under the law. Neither do we have the right to possessions or relationships, or our experiences, or our body, or our mind, or to our life. If this is the case, then it begs the question, does Dr. Harari have a right to live? These rights exist in animated human beings as evidenced by the willingness of human beings to fight for them. It is the unhindered individual expression of Divinity through the human experience that is the core basis for human rights. Human rights are not a fantasy of the imagination, they are necessary to allow Divine expression. The preservation of Natural Rights are the only legitimate basis for the existence of government. The Bill of Rights are universal rights. The Ninth Amendment is the most important Amendment as it protects the reservoir of unstated Natural Rights. We can argue over the precision of these rights and their application, however, their existence preexists and transcends government. - LewRockwell
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  5809. For those not inclined to read to the end, here’s the bottom line — Israeli sources are admitting that the Israeli military killed its own civilians due to the oxymoronic term, “friendly fire.” The Government of Israel, in the aftermath of this debacle, worked furiously to proclaim the Hamas attack as mindless terrorism that had no other purpose than to slaughter Jews. Netanyahu’s government lied about Hamas murdering 40 babies and raping women. Not true. The only children killed that day were victims of the Israeli military. The Hamas attack was planned months in advance. We now know that Israeli intelligence officers tried to warn their bosses but were ignored. The Hamas plan was simple and had two objectives — 1) attack Israeli military position and kill soldiers, and 2) capture hostages to be used as bargaining chips to secure the release of imprisoned Palestinians. As I noted in a previous post, Hamas hit elements of the elite Golani Brigade and killed 72 of its members. That is not terrorism, that is war. YNET News published a piece today on “friendly fire” casualties by the Israeli military and buried this at the bottom of their piece: I guess this is Israel’s version of “Don’t ask, Don’t tell.” Remember the rave in the desert that was attacked by Hamas paragliders? The Hamas attackers were carrying rifles and pistols. They had no weapon system capable of causing this damage to the vehicles. These were hit by missiles fired by Israeli military helicopters. People who may have doubted the GrayZone reporting now have additional evidence to weigh in the aftermath of Israeli soldiers murdering three Israeli hostages who escaped their Hamas captors. Israel spent years bolstering its reputation as a professional, capable military force. Now, in the span of almost three months, the Israeli military is facing a pubic relations disaster. Instead of disciplined soldiers commanded by capable officers, the world is seeing an army and air force that is undisciplined, reckless and quick on the trigger. The United States Army was tarred by the My Lai massacre. The Israeli military campaign in Gaza in My Lai on steroids. - Sonar21
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  5820. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The legendary Akhmat Special Forces shared the first footage of their exit through the gas pipeline on the way to Sudzha in the historic operation of the Russian Armed Forces, which will mark the final stage of the Kursk offensive. The footage was published on March 12, 2025 by a commander of the Akhmat Special Forces "Hades Group" with the call sign "Aid", revealing the successful operation of the Russian Gazprom pipeline by the assault group of the "Akhmat", also involving the 11th Airborne Brigade, the 30th Regiment, and the Russian Spetsnaz Special Forces. Immediately after exiting the gas pipeline in the Kubatkino farm area, all this was right behind the lines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, disrupting the positions of enemy troops, securing key positions, and destroying them in Sudzha, which has now almost all been liberated. The fighters fought shoulder to shoulder, united by a common goal - to protect the homeland, and Russian values. 'The liberation of Sudzha from the Armed Forces of Ukraine is only a matter of 10 days. The Ukrainian forces have only two options. Try to leave Sudzha or die forever, said the commander of the Akhmat Special Forces, Hero of Russia Apti Alaudinov, on the "60 Minutes" show about the liberation of Kursk Region. As of March 12, almost the entire Sudzha salient is under Russian control, as shown in the footage. They have surrounded Sudzha from almost all sides, and fighting is already going on around Sudzha itself. The rest of the territory, in principle, is almost all cleared - all forest plantations, all residential areas, almost everything is liberated. There are still a few settlements left that have not been completely cleared. The capture of Sudzha marks a further collapse of the Ukrainian military amid NATO's silence on these losses, exposing their failure to support Kiev's failure. Reportedly, Ukrainian forces are retreating from Zamostye under heavy fire. Recent footage shows Russian soldiers checking monitors, where a large group of Ukrainian troops are retreating westward on Rosa Luxemburg Street in the western part of Sudzha, likely fleeing towards the border. Clear indications that Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from the eastern part of Sudzha. The next video shows a Russian soldier walking leisurely along Oktyabrskaya Street and its surroundings. As a reminder, the footage shows how the commander of the Special Forces 'Akhmat' Apti Alaudinov explains the task to his fighters a few days before they crawl through the gas pipeline to Sudzha on March 1. 'We will change the course of this war completely,' Alaudinov added. And he is absolutely right!
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  5830. The “rules-based international order” has allowed the incineration of Gaza, and the bombing of Yemeni forces who are trying to stop it. The “rules-based international order” allowed hundreds of thousands of people to be killed by western-backed Saudi atrocities in Yemen. The “rules-based international order” allowed NATO powers to knowingly provoke a world-threatening proxy war in Ukraine. The “rules-based international order” allowed western powers and their regional partners to plunge Syria into a horrific civil war by flooding the nation with heavily armed fascistic extremist factions. The “rules-based international order” has allowed the US to invade and occupy a vast stretch of Syrian territory in order to control the nation’s natural resources and prevent reconstruction. The “rules-based international order” has allowed our civilization to be controlled by the most powerful propaganda system ever devised, creating a mind-controlled dystopia of brainwashed gear-turners who are deceived into believing they are free. The “rules-based international order” has allowed our planet to be dominated by an empire of extreme murderousness and depravity at the cost of nonstop bloodshed and ever-increasing tyranny. If the “rules-based international order” has allowed all these things to happen, what kind of “rules” are we talking about exactly? And what kind of “order” do they sustain? If this is what the “rules-based international order” looks like, would we not, perhaps, be better off without it? - LewRockwell
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  5831. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian Armed Forces rescue civilians amid Ukrainian forces’ incursion into the liberated settlement of Ulakly west of Kurakhovo. On February 23, 2025, the Russian Defense Ministry shared footage of the evacuation of about a dozen civilians from the settlement by Vostok Troops Group soldiers from the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade. The soldiers transported the people to a temporary accommodation area, where Russian forces provided clean clothes, hot food, and allowed the civilians to rest. The rescue operation lasted more than 24 hours, and civilians were the top priority for Russian forces, underscoring the ongoing fighting amid Ukrainian efforts to move from Konstantinopol to disrupt Russian positions west of Ulakly settlement. Footage from February 22 showed the movement of armored vehicles at the entrance to the settlement, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the forward formations, trying to repel the Russian mechanized attack as fierce fighting ensued. Meanwhile, units of the 39th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 68th Army Corps of the “South” Group detailed the liberation of Ulakly. The soldiers advanced under Ukrainian fire during the assault, destroying fortified enemy positions and personnel in residential areas, sheltering in houses as well as objective control from Russian reconnaissance and drone strikes, as well as other weapons at their disposal in large numbers. The attack demonstrated the precision and effectiveness of Russian forces in eliminating a strong Ukrainian defense, but they were trapped in a “cauldron,” strategically located south of Donetsk. As a result of the successful attack, Russian units cleared the eastern side, forcing Ukraine to retreat and reassess its increasingly eroded defense strategy and disrupted supply chains. The Russian military benefited from this as it advanced from Ulakly towards key settlements adjacent to it along the front line, amid ongoing fighting. On February 21, the 68th Army Corps raised several Russian flags there, a symbolic gesture of control, reinforcing Russian presence and authority in the region. The Ulakly situation is a further example of a broader trend of Russian military successes, which are making it increasingly difficult for Kiev to hold onto disputed territory as it faces increasing pressure on multiple fronts. So far, Ulakly has been completely liberated and it seems the Defense Ministry has not made an official announcement amidst the ongoing civilian rescue. And now, it's Konstantinople's turn!
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  5842. Given that the CIA is running Ukraine and Zelenskyy is simply a figurehead, Blinken is authorizing the CIA to strike inside Russia putting America in the war front and center. A last-ditch solution to Netanyahu’s criminal arrest dilemma. War. A last ditch effort to forego US elections. War. All while putting Taiwan on military alert. The Blinken logic is that if Ukraine uses – US weapons inside Russia – it could trigger WWIII. Problem with this media illogic? The Kyiv CIA has already been striking inside Russia in the Belgorod Region. Every weapon left to the disposal of Ukraine is either US made, German made, or UK made. The Kabbalah is running out of time and solutions. Kyiv has few troops left and morale is in hell. But Netanyahu needs a diversion. The insanity of America’s politicians discussing initiating WWIII based on Ukraine is most certainly the last death wish of Gyorgy Schwartz – Soros. Lloyd Austin has admitted that the US is not nearly ready for a confrontation with anyone given our depleted inventory of manpower and weapons. - LewRockwell Let’s get right into the most pressing development: a narrative overload has swelled around the topic of allowing Ukrainian strikes on Russian soil. It has suddenly become the top coordinated focus for the entire deep state establishment, with Zelensky and complicit Congressmembers forming a critical mass of pressure against the Biden administration, with some claiming they’re gaining headway. The reason is obvious: Ukraine is at a crossroads and a potential breaking point. The political situation has hit rock bottom, with Zelensky’s authority and legitimacy quickly unspooling; the manpower issue is reportedly very bad and is not being addressed by the newly announced mobilization; and on top of all that, Russia appears on the brink of opening up another in a series of new fronts that could bring the AFU to the brink by stretching the lines like never before. Russia is issuing the response that if things continue escalating in the current dangerous direction then Russia may have no choice but to bring much more devastating weaponry to bear. Russia continues conditioning the ground for Zelensky’s illegitimacy. Lukashenko even said at today’s talks that “a lot will happen this year….there are plenty of people in Ukraine both in military and government who would like to take the leadership position.” Apart from that, despite the glaring seriousness and danger of Zelensky’s continued provocations, Russia stands to potentially create a catastrophic situation for the AFU in the near to medium term future with the introduction of new fronts, whether Sumy and/or Belarus. The Sumy rumors continue unabated—the latest from Ukraine: Furthermore, the reason behind Zelensky’s desperately redlining provocations is because Ukraine continues taking catastrophic losses on the front. Just the 79th brigade alone reports 20 KIA per day, with another 35 WIA. The 59th brigade reports “2-3 dozen” losses per day as they scream desperately for help. - Simplicius
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  5844. The most important developments on the docket are that Zelensky was supposed to address Congress in a classified meeting tonight, which was for some reason cancelled at the last minute. One of the potential explanations is that the Republicans have snubbed Biden and the Democrats’ overtures to unlock the Ukrainian funding, as the Rs simply won’t budge from their demands on securing the border first. A few months ago, there were reports that much of Ukraine’s critical aid like shells, etc., is given “hand to mouth.” Meaning, as soon as it rolls off the production line it’s immediately shipped and just as immediately used. They don’t have vast storehouses of it and thus the cut off would theoretically have instant ramifications on their ability to carry out basic battlefield functions. In the meantime, the pro-UA crowd is having a meltdown. All kinds of Ukrainian analysts and figures of the commentariat have been dishing out increasingly high-pitch squeals and cries of alarm. Everyone from Arestovich, Gordon, various soldiers on the frontline—there seems to be nothing but bad news. The West has completely dissolved the productive capacities that made it the powerhouse of the world during the Cold War era: This fraudulent specter of Russian imperialism is being ginned-up to spin fear through the dim European populace and galvanize Ukraine’s sagging support. Russia is vastly expanding its budgets and planning to conquer all of Europe, yet at the same time, it is Russia that is clamoring to end the war, and that a ceasefire is a “Russian propaganda” directive? How does that make sense? It’s just risible bile, and shows the utter moral and intellectual destitution of the declining West’s late stage propaganda efforts—they’re not even trying anymore. Just observe doltish Stoltenberg who pantomimes concern with his bovine blinks while expectorating some nonsense like: “We must bring peace by continuing to arm Ukraine!” It’s a veritable gallery of clowns! The U.S. has no interest in seeing its armor lose all its prestige on the world stage via dozens of HD videos of burning Abrams tanks, exposed by the superior Russian weaponry we were supposed to believe was no match. - Simplicius
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  5845. The US doesn’t support a two-state solution, the US only supports saying the US supports a two-state solution. We know this because the US just vetoed Palestine’s bid to become a full UN member state, after lobbying other countries to vote against the resolution — despite continually saying it supports the foundation of a Palestinian state. Washington’s words say one thing, but its actions say the opposite. So the US maintains this ridiculous charade where it keeps pretending to support this fake non-solution, even while taking concrete actions which make it clear that it does not. A senior US Air Force leader and whistleblower has informed Congress that the US is refusing to pull its military forces from Niger despite being told to do so by the new Nigerien government, and that refusing to withdraw troops from a nation where they aren’t wanted is putting them at risk. Which means we’ve got yet another illegal US military occupation on our hands. It’s so stupid how everyone’s felt the need to keep pretending to believe the Gaza death toll has legitimately hovered around thirty thousand for months now just because Israel supporters have even been calling the official death count a Hamas-driven exaggeration. We all know the Gaza health ministry hasn’t had the infrastructure or ability to count all the dead throughout the Gaza Strip for months and that the official number doesn’t include people killed by starvation and disease due to the Israeli blockade, but because Israel supporters (including the US president) threw shade on the health ministry’s numbers from the beginning they succeeded in dragging the Overton window all the way down to this ridiculously conservative estimate just through sheer vitriol and denialism — even though we know the killing never stopped. - LewRockwell
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  5848. Thanks for letting us know that the Ukes "acting professionally" were destroyed! Also, talkng fast is a good way to cover up mistakes one makes when speculation substitutes for ground truth. I'm seeing more and more of that after examining the actual Ground Reports! Putin and the Russians have a pretty remarkable achievement with respect to one of their stated objectives at the outset of the Special Military Operation — demilitarize Ukraine. The catastrophic losses of manpower and equipment have left Zelensky and the Ukrainian Generals totally dependent on the flow of aid from NATO members. The situation for Ukraine is made even more dire because the United States and its NATO partners admit that they have drawn down their arsenal of weapons, ammunition and combat vehicles to dangerous levels. That is just on the military side of the equation. You also have to take into account the political success Putin has achieved by forming a de facto alliance with China and defeating the economic sanctions imposed by the West. Russia’s robust military industry is churning out artillery shells, tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and drones while Joe Biden has admitted that the United States can no longer supply Ukraine with conventional 155 mm shells. - Sonar21 The following report is from WESTERN Sources who see the Truth. -Ukraine’s offensive nears the 2 month mark, having failed to breakthrough the security zone along the line of contact and reach the first of several layers of Russian defenses; -Ukrainian losses are significant, Russia’s Ministry of Defense estimated up to 26,000 casualties as of July 12, 2023, many more have died since; -Comments from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky indicate significant losses throughout the conflict and an inability to properly prepare for the current offensive; -Ukraine has begun using bombings, drone strikes, and other forms of terrorism deep within Russian territory to compensate for a lack of progress along the line of contact; -US security assistance packages for Ukraine reflect dwindling capacity to sustain combat in a high-intensity war of attrition;
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  5883. [Establishment Alarmism in overdrive as Warmonger General Raytheon Austin in Panic Mode threatening Congress with war!] I wanted to do this quick nightly update as there are a few developments that couldn’t wait. Most astonishing of all, is the panicked tenor with which the U.S. establishment is now desperately trying to convince Congress of the need for Ukrainian aid. Now a new raft of reports and statements from the usual suspects gives us insight into how desperate the establishment warhawks representing MIC interests have really become. They’re dialing up the fearporn to a hysteric level like never before: But most startling of all, is a new report, which Tucker Carlson says is “confirmed” by his private sources, that Lloyd Austin has resorted to outright threatening the Republican House holdouts, telling them “We’ll send your kids to fight Russia” if they don’t break their deadlock over the Ukrainian aid: Lloyd Austin, Biden, and co., have dialed up the fearporn precisely because they see the above projection and know what it entails. So they’ve resorted to trying to scare the pants off the GOP congressmen to ram through that aid, but it seems the cheap tactic didn’t work. That’s not to mention the fact that Russia is now advancing on every single front, with breakthroughs everywhere. But recall that all this hardship for Ukraine comes amidst a crash in their exports as multiple countries are now blocking Ukrainian truck transports, with the maritime economy already long suppressed. So it sounds like the Ukrainian aid may be completely dead for the rest of this year. Congress will soon go on Christmas recess. After that, the prospects are dim for a long time. The Ukrainian economy is already hanging by a thread. While the despair grows on their side of the aisle, Russia and Putin continue to enjoy a resurgence all over the globe, as Putin has completed a jet-setting tour that saw him touch down in the newly-fashioned BRICS territory of Abu Dhabi, UAE, and the soon-to-be BRICS affiliated Riyadh, KSA: Russian forces captured a Leopard 2A4 on the Rabotino front. You can see the full geolocation, the Russian FPV drone hits on the tank, and subsequent inspection of it. Interestingly the soldiers indicate some of the crew died, shattering the myth of “invincible” NATO armor that always protects its crew even when disabled by strong hits: A beautiful shot confirming that Russian Su-34s now regularly drop 4 UMPK glide-bombs at a time: - Simplicius
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  5899. Jesus was a Palestinian Jew born in Bethlehem. He grew up in Nazareth and was executed as a criminal in Jerusalem. It is because of him that we celebrate Christmas. But it is in spite of him that what we celebrate is the opposite of what he stood for. Just a poor child’s birth to fulfill a prophecy that out of life would come death and out of death would come life. That hope was improbable but possible with faith. The Gospel birth narratives tell of a nativity that concludes with the grown child’s suffering, public crucifixion, death, and Resurrection – a story that lives on with the suffering of so many innocents. Matthew and Luke’s birth narratives are replicated again and again throughout history, presently and most conspicuously in Gaza and the West Bank, as the massacre of the innocents continues under today’s King Herod, Benjamin Netanyahu, the client king of Washington, not Rome, while U.S. politicians, including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who claims to be a defender of children and opposed to U.S. war policies, support this genocide with rhetorical justifications. Wealth, its possession and the avid desire for it, signifies power over people and that power includes using them in many ways, including their labor, and killing them if one chooses, quickly or slowly, overtly or deviously, directly or indirectly, for some people are useless objects, inferior people. Such power is central to politics and warfare, as a quick glance at the wealth of war-promoting politicians will reveal. It is central to the widespread thinking today that the world is filled with useless people who must be disposed of one way or the other. It is a fundamental tenet of the World Economic Forum, the Gates-Rockefeller et al. crowd, and the racist eugenics promoters today and yesterday. It is behind the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) biological weapons gain-of-function research, the Covid-19 propaganda, and the CIA’s and Defense Department’s distribution of the mRNA countermeasures (“vaccines”). It is central to the hideously obscene profits of the medical military-industrial complex and the world-wide arms industry. It is central to the genocide taking place in Gaza. For the Israeli rulers, the problem is that the Palestinians exist, so they must be exterminated. It’s still the same old story told differently down through the ages. Hitler enacted it against the Jews. Christmas is about a birth, the birth of a boy who would become a man who sided with the outcasts, the poor, the forsaken, the gentle, and the peacemakers. His birth and life was a rebuke to the powerful and the rich who lord it over the innocent, the killers, those who profit at the expense of others, who amass wealth and useless possessions to parade their power, a show of power which, unknown to their self-obsessed minds, is a sign of their spiritual nullity. I have nothing against Santa. I once sat on his lap and he seemed nice to my four year-old mind. He was fat and jolly. He told me I would get what I wanted for Christmas. But he forgot to tell me what Christmas was really about. That is what I want. To remember. - Edward Curtin for LewRockwell
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  5908. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Bravery of Russian soldiers on the battlefield led to the elimination of an assault detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which had just been deployed to a defensive position near Glubokoye in Kharkov region. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry, which released a short video on January 18, 2025, showing an Ukrainian armored vehicle carrying the assault detachment while firing several shots for unknown reasons. The operators of the Northern Army reconnaissance drones of the Russian Armed Forces of the Sever Group of Forces were working against the enemy there, but a group of Ukrainian assault detachments managed to take cover by rushing into the basement next to a building, partially protecting themselves from drones and even artillery fire. They probably thought that their position was safe there! However, an interesting scene happened because six members of the Kiev Army did not take into account the proximity of the brave soldiers of the Northern Army of the 11th Army Corps of the Sever Group of Forces. Three soldiers were in the immediate vicinity of the Ukrainian assault detachment's hiding place. At the right moment, one soldier silently approached the building, dropped a backpack with anti-tank mines right into the defensive room, and then rushed away from the place. Instantly a powerful explosion destroyed the basement even splashes of soil flew into the air. According to reports, at least six members of the assault detachment were eliminated, this was made possible by the quick thinking of a soldier during the battle.
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  5918. BLOOD SPLATTERED ON SHATTERED GLASS as left vid shows homes blasted apart after Ukrainian strike on innocent civilians - at least 2 people seriously wounded by callous Ukrainian rocket attack on Pologi, Zaporozhye region, ex-Ukraine (right map). Each 1 of Kiev regime’s war crimes meticulously documented by officials - Mad Vlad Zelensky knows he'll have to answer for his atrocities. - Intel Report Zelensky’s call for NATO ships to guard Ukrainian grain ships are a COVER for Kiev's new military adventures in the Black Sea - Foreign Affairs Spokeswoman Zakharova. Russia will take the possibility of NATO ships entering the Black Sea into account of its military planning. As it's not without precedent - Ukraine previously utilized the grain corridor, provided by Russia, to attack Crimea. - Intel Report FROM A HOTSPOT: Ukrainian soldier reports from Avdeevka, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) - which is currently seeing heavy fighting . Every day, they're losing around 13 people in the meat grinder, he says. - Intel Report The news is not good for Ukraine. Its troops retreated from these areas today under heavy pressure from Russian forces. This should dispel the nonsense that there is some sort of stalemate. Nope. Russia is moving forward and Ukraine is falling back. The following video provides dramatic footage of Russian soldiers attacking entrenched Ukrainians and rooting them out — i.e., killing, capturing and forcing a retreat. In addition to the fighting on the frontlines, there are reports of escalating political intrigue, mayhem and attempted “murder” back in Kiev. If you are part of the Ukrainian hierarchy this is more than worrisome. Nothing distracts from the business of fighting a war like sowing fear and paranoia among the political and military leaders. - Sonar21
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  5922. TOTAL DESTRUCTION of Ukrainian stronghold in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) following massive Russian attack with artillery and small arms, zipping towards enemy positions, destroying NATO radar station, and LAYING WASTE TO UP 2,510 cannon fodder over the week, DESTROYING 40 TANKS. Up to 210 also thrown to meat grinder in Kupyansk, East Ukraine - 250 and 16 armored vehicles destroyed in Kherson and 330 in Zaporozhye regions (ex-Ukraine) - 185 drones also destroyed this week. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 28 MOSCOW DESTROYS WASHINGTON in Kupyansk, East Ukraine as satisfying footage shows Russian Tor-M2 missile perform signature curve movement before shooting towards US-made Switchblade drone, ripping it apart following explosive contact. - Intel Report CLAP OF THUNDER as 10 Ukrainian terror drones downed over pre-war Russia's Kursk region. Kiev repeatedly tries to cause nuclear catastrophe by targeting nuke plant in region although it's unknown if that was target of this raid. - Intel Report All ears from former Wagner PMC leader Andrey Nikolaevich Troshev (right, next to Yevkurov) as Putin tasks him with forming volunteer units to crush more of Kiev's cannon fodder. Troshev is a retired colonel and one of Wagner's founding members, reportedly provided crucial support for Prez Assad crushing terrorists in Syria. - Intel Report FROM BAD TO WORSE for Zelensky as Russia announces pumping massive resources into Special Operation, revealing a jump of 68% in defense spending with $111 billion funneled for purpose of crushing Kiev's Nazi-ISIS regime and fighting "US' hybrid war". It's obvious that such an increase is absolutely necessary because we are in a state of hybrid war waged against us by Washington, Special Operation must go on - Kremlin spokesman Peskov. - Intel Report ORBAN'S GOT "VERY DIFFICULT QUESTIONS" THAT KIEV NEEDS TO ANSWER before he allows talks on Ukraine's EU membership. We don’t know how big this country's territory is with war still ongoing, we don’t know how big its population, as they are fleeing. To admit a country to EU without knowing its parameters would be unprecedented - Says the Hungarian PM, surely leaving Zelensky fuming, following insane rambling about rEsToRinG 1991 bOrDeRs. - Intel Report BREAKING! Ukrainian forces quitting by the thousands, refusing to die in NATO's war | Redacted News Ukraine’s attempt to create a cheap-and-quick infantry fighting vehicle to compensate for losses in the fight against Russia has so far produced an unreliable, slow product that has reportedly cost some Ukrainian soldiers their lives. - Forbes
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  5923. Pity the poor president. “Joe Biden” must decide now whether to go to war with Iran or Texas. Which will it be? Or might it be both? That Governor Abbot turns out to be the Putin of the purple sage! How does he dare interfere with the orderly flow of new voters — fine people! — across that filthy little river of his? Does he not understand that we need at least a couple million more live bodies allocated around the swing states to ensure a free and fair election? “Joe Biden,” in his on-going delirium-of-age wanders from room to room in the empty mansion that is his mind. How did I get in this room? he wonders. And how do I get out of it? Can somebody please point the way? Alas, his position is the loneliest in the world. There is no one to point the way out. There is only this ceaseless wandering from room to room in this vast emptiness. Where is the room with Texas in it? The room where Iran sleeps? The room where Ukraine lies a’gasp with a sucking chest wound? Watch out, he’ll start shouting soon. Calling Dr. Jill: Code Blue. . . ! The world may be a disaster these days, but the White House is a bigger disaster. Can you name the White House chief of staff? Betcha can’t. Know why? He never, ever comes out and speaks to that mob in the press room. He might have to answer some difficult questions, such as: if the president’s brain is switched off more than half the time, who decides what to do with that ‘nuclear football’ they carry around with him. Is it. . . you? By the way, the chief of staff’s name is Jeff Zients. Ever heard him? Of course not. He has a page on “X”. The most recent thing he posted was July, 25, 2023. Good thing not much has happened since then. You didn’t ask, but things are not going so well in our remote-control war in Ukraine against Russia (Putinland). Our Zelensky team (we own it) got completely rope-a-doped, punched itself out, its knees are buckling. Victoria Nuland, the renowned State Department girlie war-hawk, says she’s confident that Congress will pass the new $61 billion aid package for the Z-team, according to Radio Free Europe, the blob’s official propaganda outlet. The blob wants you to think that Putin wants to turn all of Europe into Putinland. I’m sure. Tori Nuland probably thinks we can save Ukraine with the fabulous girlie army and some snazzy new drones from McDonnell Douglas. - LewRockwell
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  5924. Beyond the perfunctory pledges for cooperation in various civil fields, Russia and NK intend to construct a new road bridge at their border to better facilitate inter-state travel, as well as the big one: a ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’ for assistance in the event of aggression. There is the obvious fact that this represents an immediate signaling by Putin that he wasn’t bluffing when he said there would be retaliation for crossing of the red lines. The West escalates tensions by shielding themselves beneath a nuclear-capable proxy, which would allow the waging of nuclear war against Russia with a sort of built-in plausible deniability or legal defense. So now, Russia has requited in kind by implying they can give North Korea even more lethal missile technologies which can potentially be used in conjunction with nuclear warheads to put the U.S. under the nuclear sword. One suggestion making the rounds is the potential to supply the Russian Army with North Korea’s devastating KN-25 600mm MLRS system, which is basically the NK version of an ATACMS: That’s all not to mention the fact that while this was ongoing, Russian hypersonic-armed warships reportedly performed maneuvers within visual sight of Miami, a clear message sent: In short, Russia’s strategic defensive initiative with North Korea promises to keep Russia’s artillery-thirsty army more than quenched indefinitely. Russian forces on the north Kharkov front have settled into positions and allowed the reinforced Ukrainian troops to take the initiative in assaulting so that they can exhaust and attrition them, before retaking the initiative with new offensive actions. It’s becoming more and more evident that the entire Konstantinovka region is being placed in a slow-constricting boiler: As most intelligent observers know by now, the war is not about primarily gaining territory: it’s about attritioning the AFU and breaking its spirit until the point of collapse. - Simplicius
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  5929. Even though a growing number of Western elites are awakening to the reality that Ukraine is headed for defeat and will drag NATO along with it, the so-called intellectual cognoscenti of foreign policy, like the editorial board of the NY Times, continue to indulge fantasies and delusions. They conclude a Sunday editorial pleading for more money for Zelensky and the losing cause with this: The Washington and New York establishments continue to insist that Vladimir Putin is an “authoritarian strongman.” I have one word of advice — look in the damn mirror and pay attention to what is happening in the United States before you mount your moral high horse and gallop off to lecture other countries on democracy and human rights. Guess what? The United States has prosecuted (and persecuted) twice as many political prisoners than Russia. So spare me the BS about Russia being a soul crushing attack on personal liberty while claiming the United States is the bastion of freedom and justice. It is a lie. And I say that without delving into the Federal Government’s collaboration with social media to attack conservatives and censor articles and persons who are not in line with Biden’s woke agenda, as thoroughly documented by the reporting of Michael Shellenberger and Matt Taibbi. Then there is the proven case of the Biden Administration’s attack on scientists and physicians who challenged the specious CDC claims and remedies for COVID is just another glaring example of the putrid authoritarianism emanating from Washington, DC. - Sonar21
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  5960. Things appear no better this week on WWIII’s European front. That unelected worm, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at a Monday May 13th meeting of the Policy Exchange think tank, actually stated: [If Russia succeeds in Ukraine, UK] might be next, [adding that Moscow’s] recklessness has taken us closer to a dangerous nuclear escalation than at any point since the Cuban Missile Crisis. All these Western puppets read from the same central banking cartel mono-script. This City of London weasel actually accused Russia of cutting off the West’s gas/oil supply when it was Western puppets following orders of their moneychanging masters to destroy Russia with unending economic sanctions that is chiefly the cause of the West’s mess today. Now facing the worst economic collapse ever, unable to heat their homes and factories during the winter, the West is undergoing the elites’ controlled demolition, gutting out all Western economies assured to bring the intended outcome, the plotted diabolical death of Western civilization itself. Regarding Rishi Sunak blaming Russia for “nuclear escalation,” again Maria reminded simpleton it was the West greenlighting Zelensky’s repeated shelling of Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant at Zaporozhye NPP that endangered the entire European continent, not Russia. Maria confronted that Russia stopped its energy deliveries to Europe, correcting him that it was not Russia but US-UK criminal collaborative betrayal that destroyed supposed ally Germany’s energy lifeline with Russia, the sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines. Always these robotic, order-following globalist tools in Europe/US constantly try passing themselves off as “good guys,” the false saviors of Western democracy and freedom, vainly attempting to cover up their suicidally following their masters’ deadly policies clearly intent on destroying the entire West. These puppets cannot hide this dark truth no matter how much they lie. - LewRockwell
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  5963. Well, I was wrong again. I thought that Donald Trump’s scheme to take control of Gaza and send the Palestinians to some great, new homes in Egypt and Jordan was just a negotiating ploy. Nope. He is serious about it and persists insisting that it is a great idea and has the backing of Arab nations in the region. Nope. That dog won’t hunt. Trump met today with Jordan’s King Abdullah and reiterated his pitch at a lengthy impromptu press conference in the Oval Office. King Abdullah sat uncomfortably by his side, blinking furiously like a newly hatched owl exposed to a klieg light, and offered up the weak proposal that his country would provide medical treatment in Jordan for 2,000 Palestinian children. When Trump insisted that Egypt would be on board, Abdullah demurred and said that Egypt was in contact with other Arab nations and would offer a proposal in the future. Well, the future for Egypt did not take long to arrive: Trump is talking nonsense and none of the Arab leaders, despite Washington’s threats, are endorsing his proposal. Trump’s description of the Palestinian plight in Gaza is totally divorced from reality. He ignores the genocide. The residents of Gaza did not destroy their homes, their schools, their mosques and their hospitals. The Zionists did that . . . with American help to boot. US-supplied bombs created the vast devastation across Gaza. Hamas did not do that. During the press conference with Bibi, Trump’s recitation of the events in Gaza over the past 16 months reflected the worst of Israeli propaganda: Hamas did not slaughter children and babies. That is a Zionist trope. And the carnage? The Israelis have murdered at least 60,000 men, women and children, while the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 left 1,139 dead Israelis. However, there is evidence that as many as 500 of the Israeli casualties were inflicted by the Israeli military. Israel, not Hamas, is responsible for the “sustained aggressive and murderous assault.” This will be Trump’s war going forward — breaking his promise to his voters not to get the US involved in more wars. Once Israel starts attacking the Palestinians, Hezbollah and the Houthis will renew their attacks on Israel, which will tempt Trump to expand the US role in the conflict. Trump’s honeymoon will be over and the political inroads Trump made with Arab American voters will be demolished. - sonar21
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  5965. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Again and again, that Kiev officials were brought to their knees in despair after another strategically important city on Pokrovsky direction, Ukrainsk, was completely under the control of Russian Army on September 17, 2024. Footage shared by Russian military correspondent, Rudenko, shows two Russian soldiers planting Soviet Union flag on top of the building, which now fully controls Ukrainsk Mine, while lowering the Blue and Yellow flag from its pole. Ukrainian troops were unable to hold Ukrainsk, located in Donetsk region, as a result, their defenses broke, and they gained momentum to retreat without permission to their strongholds to the West rather than face the great risk of being attacked by Russian assault troops. The takeover of Ukrainsk which Kiev did not comment on, came after 2 weeks of fierce fighting, which was completely cleared by The 114th Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian troops had advanced from the eastern outskirts of the town on September 3, and by then, the defenses here were held by The 25th Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But, they came under heavy fire in waves from Russian assault troops, who set their positions ablaze in buildings and in defensive trenches. Artillery and drone fire worked in this regard, their positions were surrounded by a pincer movement that tightened the pressure on the town, describing the situation as “very complicated.” Afterwards, the remnants of The 25th Brigade were pushed straight back and hastily withdrawn, heading outside Ukrainsk. The capture of Ukrainsk underlined Russian steady advance, and no doubt Kiev retaliated with desperate attacks on Russian military infrastructure, diverting attention from the latest defeats on the battlefield. It is an artillery ammunition depot that was hit, and the massive explosion was truly devastating, on Wednesday night in Toropets in Tver region, which is about 500km from the country’s border. However, the facility reportedly held ammunition such as 122mm Grad MLRS, and not anything too expensive like high-end cruise missiles or guided munitions, so in theory it was a negligible hit. By doing so, Russian forces could place more artillery beyond the reach of Ukrainian defenses, potentially setting the stage for a new assault on Pokrovsky.
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  5969. On the front, Ukraine is facing one of its most rapid collapses of the war thus far. There are no two ways of mincing things: Russian sources report catastrophic losses for AFU who are woefully understaffed and underarmed. The largest scale of POW captures in the past year is currently ongoing, with over a dozen new videos just from today alone showing dozens of Ukrainian prisoners, including many Kraken: Russian forces have now even gotten within artillery range of Kharkov city itself, and there are reports they are hammering AFU positions on Kharkov outskirts from about 22-24km in Glyboke/Hlyboke. There are even reports of blocking detachments now waiting in the rear to intercept fleeing troops: fighting was already being reported toward the center of Volchansk, whereas Russian forces had just reached the outskirts yesterday. Some reports stated Russian forces captured the administrative buildings near the cent Russia doesn’t have to capture Kiev, or even attempt to do so. Simply by bringing its forces to the outskirts, it could sow enough chaos and panic, civilian flight, etc., so as to finally unseat Zelensky in some kind of destabilizing coup, or force him to show his hand by fleeing with a government-in-exile, to Lvov or elsewhere—which itself would be politically fatal. There are many potential plays here. But for the time being any such potential moves are likely very far off, as the immediate objectives revolve merely around splitting Ukrainian forces and thinning the lines in order to create breakthroughs aimed at generating catastrophic losses of materiel, personnel, and morale. Amid the ongoing collapse, Blinken sped to Kiev to deliver another round of vapid “reassurances” to keep Ukrainian morale from catastrophically plunging. This ‘reassurance’ ended up consisting of nothing more than Blinken giving an uplifting rendition of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In a Free World” in a Kiev dive bar: “What, you wanted weapons and money? I’ve come to give you a song instead.” Can the U.S. Empire get any more pathetic or embarrassing? Amid backbiting over the Kharkov region collapse, it’s now coming ever-clearer into focus what scale of corruption resulted in the gross treason: Here’s another example of Ukraine’s fortification miracle. A fed up Ukrainian soldier describes the totally inept trenchworks on one of the fronts—an endemic problem: - Simplicius
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  5994. Some final thoughts on the appointment from another analyst: Belousov's appointment promises a total audit of all financial flows of the Ministry of Defense. He is a fairly tough and effective manager known for his practical approach to business. He often had an unpopular point of view on the work of accountable structures, which is probably what the Ministry of Defense needs now. And there’s always this, for the believers: The new Russian minister of defense, Andrey Belousov, is a practicing Orthodox Christian. He has personally donated to & built a monastery in the Vladimir Oblast: “Russia must become the guardian of the traditions of Christian civilisation. The era of globalism is over.” Acquaintances of Andrei Belousov told The Bell (foreign agent) that he periodically serves as an altar boy in one of the churches, presumably in the Vladimir region. Since the beginning, Putin has been slowly clearing out the calcified structures, upwardly promoting and mobilizing deserving men to replace the hangers-on from the dusty ages of long time past. This is a continual and unending process, but it has bore fruit and today we see its ongoing progression. The spring renewal of change and adaptation is a good thing. As a last quick mention of the ongoing Kharkov offensive, Russia is demining entire fields by setting them on fire and burning all the mines off: Many Ukrainian military-linked channels are in panic or disorder, now openly accusing Ukrainian leadership of not having built any defenses in the north. It’s clear that what began as a coping attempt to downplay the northern advance is now turning into an open debacle: The AFU is now scrambling to plug the holes by routing its most elite units to the north, with GUR spetsnaz and Kraken reportedly coming to the rescue. Unfortunately for them, several Kraken groups have already been captured by Russian forces. for once, this offensive has been marked by a specific emphasis on the fact that Russian forces are utilizing effective combined arms tactics, with several frontline reports making pains to note that artillery and drone utilization is good, communications are notably coordinated and running fluidly, It seems whoever is running the ‘Northern Wind’, as some are calling it, is doing a very competent job thus far. It was likewise already confirmed by other Ukrainian military accounts that the AFU was forced to withdraw much-needed units from the Avdeevka and Chasov Yar fronts to reinforce the worsening Kharkov direction: The dilemma, for Ukrainian leaders, is that a feint can turn into an offensive with little notice—as long as the Russians can spare the forces from their operations in the east. “It is a shrewd approach, considering Ukraine's manpower constraints,” Finnish analyst Joni Askola wrote. Meanwhile, AFU sources themselves report that Russia only started off utilizing 7% of its regional forces, subsequently increasing it to 15%—which should give an idea of what’s yet to come: Spokesman for Ukraine’s battlegroup Khortitsa, Nazar Voloshin, states Russia launched 22+ guided bombs on Volchansk today: - Simplicius
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  6009. Zelensky and his NATO enablers are madmen who have sentenced all those who foolishly follow their dictates to certain death for their profit! Lavrov, the MAN in the room! LAVROV PUTS GERMAN JOURNALIST IN HIS PLACE in above video, after latter's snarky question if Russia will leave OSCE following the FM's warning to the organization. You see, I know in Germany it's customary for government to tell journalists what to write, but we respect our journalists, leaving it to their imagination how to do their work. There's no democracy in EU, only rod discipline - Lavrov. - Intel Report LAVROV SCOLDS HYPOCRITE ISRAEL/Lapid for condemning 2022's Bucha false flag massacre as "war crime against civilians", YET callously labeling THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS of innocent Palestinians murdered as nothing but "tragedy of war". The Russian FM also quotes Salty Sullivan to point out 'merica's bull: Our weapons to Israel fall under laws of warfare and measures to protect innocent lives. - Intel Report Way to go, Orban! In theory, the countries of the association still have the opportunity to cut off Hungary’s right to influence decision-making in the union, but EU members consider this option toxic, as it will create an undesirable precedent. For now, European leaders seem to be sticking to their usual strategy of ingratiation, trying to negotiate a compromise with the “bad guy” of the union.” The only European leader that puts his own people before the Ukrainian Nazis is the “bad guy”. - Intel Report BEREAVED MOTHER HOLDS LIFELESS DAUGHTER tight (left video), draped in white sheet of death instead of 5th birthday's new dress, her young years brutally cut short by Israeli missile strike. Devastated father in gut-wrenching footage asks to just smell her scent one last time, as Tel Aviv goes back to favorite activity of murdering children. Casualties already mounting up (right video) with at least 37 civilians murdered since restart of Israeli genocide this morning. - Intel Report It is now clear that the so-called Bucha Massacre was ginned up by Ukraine’s Intelligence service and the Brits to create a pretext for Ukraine’s withdrawal from the peace talks. Russia withdrew from Bucha on 31 March — two days after signing the agreement in Istanbul — and Ukraine and NATO waited two days before “discovering” the butchery. The public outcry against Russia over this alleged atrocity provided a convenient distraction to the reality — the U.S. and NATO demanded that Ukraine continue the war. This decision cost Ukraine at least 300,000 dead (the actual number is closer to 500,000). The dire situation that Ukraine now faces is described by retired General Kujat, who accuses NATO of fanaticism and delusion. Putin is not going to leave a geostrategically intact Ukraine which will seek to retake the Donbas and exact revenge, or become a potent forward base for NATO. Instead, he will transform Ukraine into a Trashcanistan that can never wage a war of revanchism. - Sonar21 IoI / Are You Kidding!?! The U.S. Demands That Ukraine Return 'M1 ABRAMS' Tanks! On the last day of November, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation held a meeting where the results of the fighting over the past month were discussed. In general, the Russian military command was satisfied with the results of the special military operation. It is reported that over the past 30 days, Russian troops have managed to establish control over vast territories in the Donetsk and Kupyansk directions, as well as destroy a large number of enemy personnel, including heavy military equipment and warehouses with Western weapons. - BORZZIKMAN
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  6017. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - It was confirmed on September 10, 2024 that Vodyanoe, northeast of Ugledar, has been captured by Russian forces. The stronghold of Ugledar in the Donetsk region has held out for almost 2 years, but Ukrainian forces appear to be saying goodbye soon! Russian soldiers raised the flag of the Russian Federation in Vodyanoe and asserted military control over the settlement, which was liberated 3.5 kilometers wide and 1.12 kilometers deep, cutting off Ukrainian logistics towards Ugledar. Further in the background are two more mining complexes to Ugledar, the Yuzhno-Donbasskaya-1 coal mine has been taken over by Russia, number 2 still belongs to the Zelensky regime. Aviation and Tankers of the "Vostok" Group of the Russian Armed Forces, began a massive attack on Ukrainian positions at the Yuzhno-Donbasskaya-3 mine, west of Vodyanoe. This destroyed the Ukrainian positions at the top of the mine, about 30 enemy soldiers were destroyed along with their equipment. Here, the Ukrainian forces were so demoralized by the attack that about half of them were killed. The Ukrainians could not withstand the onslaught and surrendered to the Russians. The work was carried out by marines as part of armored groups on BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle, managing to capture several of their strongholds and disrupt the supply routes of the Ukrainian garrison, which was increasingly squeezed in Ugledar. Before attacking enemy positions, the marines, as a rule, distributed leaflets with offers to surrender, and instructions on how to do it. Surveillance footage showed that two Ukrainian servicemen decided to lay down their arms, amid fears of breaking supply lines in their sector of the front. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry on September 9. At least several settlements fell to the Russians in the former Ukrainian Donetsk. Like the previously fortified Avdeevka, it held out for a long time. And no doubt the collapse of the trapped Ugledar will follow! As the cities fell one by one, the Ukrainians unleashed a desperate barrage of drone strikes on Russian cities. Two Ukrainian servicemen who voluntarily surrendered near Ugledar, told at length how bad the service of their commanders in the Armed Forces of Ukraine was.
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  6019. All this drooling imbecility about completely fictional foreign interference being responsible for these campus protests looks even more ridiculous as the Israeli prime minister unabashedly flexes his nation’s extensive influence over US politics to call for a crackdown on campus demonstrations. It is a very dark kind of hilarious to see imperial spinmeisters falling all over themselves trying to spin the campus protests as a product of imaginary foreign interference even as police launch violent crackdowns on those very same protesters across the United States to advance the interests of a foreign government. the idea that young people would need to be manipulated into opposing the incomprehensible horrors that are being inflicted upon human beings in Gaza is an appalling insult to your intelligence. But that just shows how desperate these freaks are getting. More and more people are waking up from the lies they’ve been fed about their government, their nation and their world as western institution after western institution completely discredits itself in the eyes of the mainstream public trying to defend the most indefensible things imaginable. They’re frantically scrambling to try to remedy this PR crisis they’ve created for themselves, but everything they’ve tried so far has been a pathetic failure that has only made things worse for them, turning an entire generation into wide awake radicals whose bright young eyes will never, ever unsee what they have seen. - LewRockwell
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  6028. "WHY IS PUTIN NOT ADVANCING?" - a question thus far into the Special Operation. He doesn't have to - right now... "The Russians have completed 200-300 extra kilometers of rail line into Eastern Ukraine. That's for logistics. That indicates the real preparation for a massive offensive toward the West [of Ukraine] - Col. Douglas Macgregor on Russia's next potential steps in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Ukraine doesn't know if it will have Western funding come winter, which is the worst possible position to be in. Patience is a virtue - Intel Report THE FAILING 51ST STATE? The US actually pays for Kiev regime expenses, the salaries of 150,000 government employees and more than 500,000 teachers in Ukraine. The economy could come crashing down, from what's left of it, as funding is expected to run out in the next MONTH - without a fresh infusion of cash from the US Congress. Previously, Congress approved and Biden signed the US budget for 45 days, which does not include assistance to Ukraine - Intel Report WELCOME TO THE MAD HOUSE - Disabled Ukrainian man is deemed "limitedly fit for service" in the Ukrainian military. "He has neither a right leg nor a left leg, how can he serve?" his friend points out the obvious. Human Rights organisations are quiet on Ukraine's mobilization practices, that means the issue doesn't exist. - Intel Report "In Germany, the process of rehabilitation of Nazism is in full swing. They do not realize the danger of pumping Ukraine with weapons... but there are people even more cynical, the Anglo-Saxons, sacrificing the Ukranians to reach their goals" - Zakharova. - Intel Report Mental ward patient Dutch Defense Minister Ollongren (pictured): “Supporting Ukraine is a cheap way to ensure that Russia and its regime do not pose a threat to the NATO alliance.” Hundreds of thousands dead & even more maimed Ukrainians are just a “cheap” expendable for NATO personalities. Kiev elites are one thing, but are ordinary Ukrainians not bothered by given attitude of the "allies"? - Intel Report UNMATCHED PRECISION of Russian artillery sends Ukrainian ammo depots in meltdown as they spit fire, burning up Kiev army positions in Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) while up to 350 Ukrainian soldiers left dead or wounded in DPR after 2 attacks against Russian forces fall apart. Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet tumbles to ground after being shot down over Dnepropetrovsk region, East Ukraine, while 2 Kiev Neptune anti-ship missiles taken out of skies by Russian air defenses. ⚔SITREP⚔ OCT 3 FAB-1500 glide bomb of Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the underground base of Armed Forces of Ukraine in Alexandro-Kalinovo in Soledar direction, Donetsk region. The underground bunker of Tactical Group Command Post was completely destroyed, many soldiers and officers including NATO special forces personnel were killed and trapped under the rubble. - Military Tube Today
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  6032. HUNGARY BLOCKS UKRAINE RECEIVING $2+ BILLION ARMS FUNDING FROM FROZEN STOLEN RUSSIAN ASSETS. After months of debate, EU countries this month agreed to use profits from around €190bn stuck in Belgian bank to buy weapons for Ukraine. But Hungary’s envoy has objected to fast-tracking payments. For the time being, they are blocking everything connected to the military support to Ukraine - article above reveals. Hungarian PM Orban earlier warned that he's rethinking Budapest's position in NATO 'cause warmongering members are preparing to go to war with Russia. - Intel Republic IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO - Russian FM Spokeswoman Zakharova calls out uselessness of Swiss "peace talks" after NATO Chief Stoltenberg asks to lift restrictions on striking Russia with West-supplied weapons. It is useful for those invited to an allegedly peace conference in Switzerland to know about Stoltenberg’s call to lift restrictions on Ukrainian strikes on the Russian Federation - Maria Zakharova. Even Biden reportedly not attending as he will be busy lobbying for his presidential campaign, instead of participating in irrational summit where Russia itself not invited for talks with itself. - Intel Republic US and UK intelligence services are attempting to leverage their long-standing ties with various terrorist groups to sow chaos in Central Asia, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, has said. the West, led by the US, was seeking to maintain its grip on global hegemony. To achieve this goal, Western countries are trying to contain the development of other nations by fomenting strife and exploiting international and sectarian tensions, he claimed. Naryshkin noted that, despite Washington’s “humiliating” withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, British and American intelligence services still cooperate with underground terrorist cells “to destabilize the situation not only in [this country], but also in Central Asia and Eurasia as a whole.” US and UK spy agencies, he continued, essentially created such notorious terrorist organizations as Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). Washington and London are still operating in countries like Syria, which has been the scene of a multi-sided civil war since 2011, and Afghanistan, the intelligence chief alleged. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the West is trying to manipulate existing conflicts, including the one raging in the Middle East, to undermine Russia and inflict a “strategic defeat” on the country. In February, Nikolai Patrushev, the former secretary of Russia’s Security Council who was recently appointed as an adviser to Putin, warned that the US could use any regional conflict to target countries that refuse to follow Washington’s lead in foreign policy. - RT
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  6043. I refuse to be shamed and demonized for supporting peace by people who support the murder of thousands of children. - LewRockwell LIFELESS EYES of kid stare hopelessly at ceiling as chilling video shows boy from Khan Yunis, South Gaza in hospital with medical pipes in his mouth and bed below him drenched in blood. Child's wrapped in equipment while doctors with bloodied gloves desperately try to rescue him. Israeli bombs are hammering residential buildings in Gaza as nearly half of 8,500+ Palestinians killed are children. - Intel Report OMINOUS HUGE SMOKE CLOUD rises just behind Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City as Israeli warplanes launch massive strikes near it. Patients and visitors now used to Israeli terror remain calm, casually discussing on stairs how close bombs landed. IDF openly threatens to flatten hospital on heads of TENS OF THOUSANDS patients and refugees, with Tel Aviv criminally blocking fuel to besieged exclave as Al-Shifa and Indonesian Hospital are HOURS AWAY from main electric generators getting turned off, turning them into MASS GRAVES. - Intel Report OH MY GOD! MY 3 CHILDREN ARE GONE! all this young Palestinian father can say over and over, stretching hands to sky, wailing and bellowing in agony having just learned life-crushing news Israeli missiles butchered all his kids in Jabalia camp massacre. Video above shows grief-stricken man refusing to believe they're really dead, pleading comforting friends to leave him dig through rubble. More than 200 KILLED, mostly CHILDREN and women after Israel dropped SIX TONS OF GENOCIDAL EXPLOSIVES on the refugee camp. UPDATE: Hamas announces 7 of Israeli civilians held hostage in Gaza also killed by IDF's massacre. - Intel Report WHERE ARE YOU, BABA? screams bereaved daughter in Gaza (video above) upon sight of her father's lifeless body, refusing to accept that her father and his warm embrace is now reduced to a cold, lifeless corpse in a body bag. Her tragedy is just one of over 8,796 Palestinian casualties (99.3% of those civilians) causing hearts and families alike to be torn apart. - Intel Report ANOTHER MASSACRE overtakes Jabalia refugee camp not one full day after yesterday's carnage as surviving residents in video above scurry over scorched earth carnage of al-Falouja district of most crowded refugee camp in Gaza - a mass of flattened rubble. This time, 8 US-made 1 ton missiles DECEMATE residential block with high number of civilian casualties as another neighborhood turns to dust. - Intel Report
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  6054. Yep, things are going just swell with Israel’s War Cabinet. Looks like the same lack of professionalism demonstrated by the Israeli military in Gaza is spilling over into the political chambers. All of this comes on the heels of another Haaretz report on the investigation into the murder of three Israeli hostages by the Israeli military. That report is a stunner. Here are the lowlights: The military investigation concludes that the soldiers and senior commanders operating in the area were not informed of a building found two days before the incident on which the words ‘Help, 3 hostages’ and ‘SOS’ were painted. The soldier who shot the three Israeli hostages Samer al-Talalka, Yotam Haim and Alon Shamriz confirmed that he saw them carrying a white cloth, but did not have time to “make sense” of the situation. Other soldiers opened fire at Haim and killed him, in violation of an explicit order which, they say, they “did not fully understand,” after their commander called on the hostage to emerge from the building he had run into. At 9:49, two soldiers noticed Haim moving and opened fire, in spite of their commander’s order. The hostage was killed instantly. The investigation determined that the order to hold fire was heard clearly, but the soldiers claimed that they hadn’t understood the order, thinking it was a temporary order, meant to enable them to listen and ensure there was no enemy fire in the area. It was further argued that soldiers were not sure about the rules of engagement, especially with regard to unarmed men, even though the IDF is operating in a densely populated area, calling on Hamas fighters to surrender. Ponder that for a moment. Soldiers are given a “cease fire” order but only considered it a temporary suggestion. And they were not “sure” about the Rules of Engagement (ROE). The hostages were unarmed. They had their shirts off and it could be clearly seen they were not wearing a bomb belt. This incident confirms that Israeli soldiers have standing Rules of Engagement to shoot unarmed persons. - Sonar21
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  6069. Jul 10, 2024 - The US has dominated the foreign and domestic policy of the Southeast Asian country of the Philippines for decades, having formally ruled the nation as a colony from 1898-1946; - The Philippines has been used for US military basing throughout the Cold War and is now enlarging its military footprint on the Philippines under the government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.; - It was under President Rodrigo Duterte that the US was being pressured to leave the nation while also expanding closer ties with China who was and still is the Philippines’ largest trade partner; - Today, infrastructure projects underway during President Duterte’s administration have been literally torn down, instead military bases are being built to point missiles at the Philippines’ largest trade partner, China; - The US through the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has created large numbers of media platforms, political organizations, and education programs meant to convince the Philippine people that serving US foreign policy objectives is in their own best interests; - The ultimate irony is that these US efforts have convinced Filipinos that fighting China is necessary to protect their sovereignty, when in fact US influence over Philippine foreign policy already constitutes the usurpation of Philippine sovereignty; - Ukraine provides an example of where this process of the US using the Philippines as a proxy against China ultimately leads if the Philippine people are unable to recognize their current government is serving US interests at the expense of their own interests; - The New Atlas
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  6071. Two days out from Iran’s seminal strike on Israel and some things are being clarified. All the early claims of having shot everything down were slowly retracted, with more realistic headlines taking their place as testament to the confusion behind the scenes. Videos like this one are hard to deny—watch the end to see major explosions at the site of whatever was hit: Last night, Iranian assets were allegedly struck in Jableh outside Khmeimim—it’s uncertain if that’s meant to be the ‘response’, or one of them. Fake news reports claimed Israel had struck Russia’s Khmeimim base itself, but geolocations showed that to not be the case Everyone knows there are competing factions within the US government, which is why the State Department had witnessed a surge of resignations this year over the Biden team’s support of Israel. However, Brian Berletic outlined the other likely explanation for these seemingly incoherent discrepancies. On one hand, Biden reiterated he would not support Israeli strikes, which need to be “proportional”, he says: But on the other, Berletic quotes the 2009 Brookings paper entitled "Which Path to Persia?", which outlines a strategy of “maintaining plausible deniability while, in fact, attacking Iran including its nuclear sites.” It’s obvious that a pro-Zionist faction of the deep state in the US government is working in tandem with Mossad to set Iran up as the fall guy one way or another. Whether they get the Democrats to attack Iran, or they take out Trump and blame it on Iran in order to whip up a military campaign of performative vengeance. What’s obvious is that Israel is pushing all its neocon puppets to make the most out of its ongoing disastrous maelstrom of unprovoked attacks on neighboring countries. Israel will settle for any kind of ‘victory’, which can be defined as whatever buys it civilizational time against its enemies. Taking out Iran’s nuclear program would be ‘worth’ the price of slaughter and their likely soon-to-fail Lebanese campaign. It’s not looking good so far, with photos claiming to show knocked out Merkavas and Hezbollah’s claims that dozens of IDF have already been eliminated with hardly any territory captured. At this pace, Israel will understandably need to ‘divert’ again to a big US-led strike campaign against Iran to paste over and memory-hole what may turn out to be another huge failure in Lebanon. As a last pertinent update, on the heels of Iran’s strikes, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with Iran’s president in Doha, Qatar in a symbolic opening of a new chapter of rapprochement: Something tells me this isn’t the “new Middle East” Netanyahu wants: Just a day after Iran’s missile attack, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister meets with Iran’s president, declaring that Saudi Arabia wants to “permanently close the chapter on our differences.” So, snubbing Israel while meeting with Iran’s president under the proclamation of “permanently [closing] the chapter on our differences”. It seems the last remaining silver linings are quickly turning to lead for Israel. - Simplicius
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  6077. The CIA is working overtime to push the lie that they warned the Russians about the 22 March terrorist attack and the Russians ignored that warning. Simply not true. As I noted in my previous article, the USG warning issued on March 7 only specified 48 hours. I have no idea when that “clock” started but let’s assume it was Friday the 7th and ended on Sunday the 9th. Since the “predicted” action did not take place there are at least two possible explanations — 1) the intel was bogus or 2) the stepped up Russian security at the Crocus City Hall on March 8 thwarted the attack. Unless the intel stipulated that if the attack did not occur in that 48 hour window it was moot, then it was incumbent on the U.S. State Department and the Embassy to re-issue a warning to AMCITs that the threat still existed. They did not do this. That’s the problem. If the US intel still thought this was a real threat then why did the USG go silent? The West has tried to paint Russia has a relentless, ruthless imperial power even though Russia, unlike the United State and the United Kingdom, has not been engaged in regime change in other countries. In fact, Russia helped Syria fend off a joint U.S./U.K. effort to overthrow the government of Bashir Assad in Syria. In the aftermath of the 2014 Western backed coup in Ukraine, the United States and NATO poured tens of millions of dollars in aid and military training into Ukraine, which was used to attack civilians in the Donbass. Sabotage of critical infrastructure? That got a belly laugh. Talk about clueless. The destruction of the Nordstream pipeline by the United States (according to Sy Hersh) and Ukrainian attacks on the Kerch Bridge with British and American missiles are some of the more prominent examples of the West’s efforts to sabotage Russia’s infrastructure. Until the United States and NATO come to grips with their responsibility for triggering the war in Ukraine, they will continue to encourage provocative actions that could lead to a global conflagration. - Sonar21
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  6082. When Nalvani did take time to record his political views using a video platform, his message was shocking and disquieting. He described Muslims — all, not just some — as cockroaches that needed to be exterminated. Think about that for a moment and ask yourself, “What the hell are the Western politicians who are heaping praise on Nalvani thinking?” I thought all of these wokesters are supposed to be against racists. Yet, here they are mourning the death of an ultra-Russian nationalist who enthusiastically embraced the most vile racist beliefs. Not the first time that Joe Biden has lamented the passing of a racist — remember his remarks about the late Senator Robert Byrd, the former head of the Ku Klux Klan in West Virginia? Nalvani, in short, was a tool of Western intelligence. I do not know if he was witting or unwitting, but he served Western interests eager to see Russia dismantled and Putin destroyed. As far as tiny dancer Ksenia Karelina is concerned, she is a law breaker. She donated $50 to the Ukrainian Army. So what? Why should that be a crime? So, let’s explore that question from a Western perspective. Is it okay for Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to contribute money to ISIS? Would it be okay for a dual Israeli/Jordanian citizen to give dollars to Hamas? Of course not. Providing financial support to groups or persons who murder your own citizens is morally unjustified. But here is the big difference — Russia passed legislation and it was signed into law by Vladimir Putin prohibiting the provision of financial support to the Ukrainian military. Looks like the Russian judicial system actually believes in the principle of enforcing laws. The United States no longer has any moral authority to lecture or hector foreign countries about persecuting political opponents. We now know that the CIA and the FBI, along with the Department of Justice, were weaponized to attack and try to destroy Donald Trump. He still faces the threat of being put in prison for challenging a fraudulent election. An election that was rife with outside interference. Only it was not the Russians nor the Chinese — it was the Deep State intelligence and law enforcement bureaucracy in the United States. So far over 1200 American citizens have been arrested and charged with crimes for the simple act of walking into the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The Washington establishment continues to push the lie that these people attacked and bludgeoned Capitol Hill police. That is bullshit. The only ones who did any killing that day were the law enforcement personnel and none have been held to account. Before the United States says one more word of condemnation about political oppression in Russia, it needs to get its own house in order and put an end to its relentless persecution of Donald Trump and his supporters. Otherwise, Uncle Sam should just shut up. - Sonar21
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  6084. ISRAEL CONTINUES TO PUMMEL GAZA from the sky through indiscriminate air strikes (in above video) sending SHOCKING blasts throughout neighborhoods destroying everything around them though imminent ground offensive put on HOLD due to "weather" as Israeli Army officials claim clouds make drone navigation for offensive difficult. However, Israeli officials report on local media of MASS DESERTIONS of Israeli troops refusing to go to the front line as Tel Aviv also trembles over possibility of provoking war with Hezbollah, vowing it will open a multi-front war against Israel. - Intel Report CHINESE FM SLAMS ISRAEL'S actions against Gaza as going "beyond self-defense" in calls for Tel Aviv to put a stop to "collective punishment of Gazan people" as Beijing actively communicates with all warring parties to broker a ceasefire. So far, 4 Chinese nationals have been killed in crossfire of war as several Chinese citizens remain in the Gaza Strip. - Intel Report JOURNALIST HOLDS COLD, DEAD BABY IN DESPAIR, caressing her and tearfully kissing her cold forehead as her limp body flops in his arms, joining Gazan Red Crescent in immediate aftermath of HORRIFIC Israeli massacre on Palestinian town of Deir al Balah, Central Gaza - reports say he was handed baby in frantic rush away from the scene of mass-murderous Israeli bombing on ambulance as surrounding people DESPERATELY HOPED she was alive. - Intel Report MORE INNOCENTS DEAD AND INJURED following HUGE Israel BOMBS (left video) in Southern Gazan town of Khan Yunus, with children, women covered in blood and dust (right photos) right as Israel was forcing North Gazans to evacuate to the south. Israeli sources claim Hamas preventing evacuations southward - yet Israel BOMBS routes and civilian locations in Central and South Gaza.- Intel Report TRUCKS PILE UP frozen, in organized jam at the Egyptian-Israeli border as Tel Aviv continues to completely block al-Rafah border crossing, preventing vital, life-saving humanitarian and donor aid from reaching Gaza. Since the imposition of additional crushing Israeli blockade, Gazans have suffered from severe shortages and complete depletion of medical equipment, food, water, and other necessary materials as they suffer under Israeli bombardment. - Intel Report Arab League, African Union say Israeli ground operation in Gaza may result in genocide. ...As European Union predictably "condemns Hamas," reaffirms Israel's right to defend itself and demands Palestinian resistance release hostages without any preconditions. 🇵🇸 An Israeli ground operation ... could lead to unprecedented genocide - Arab League and African Union joint statement. - Intel Report FLOWERS FOR PALESTINE and toys in memory of nearing 1000 murdered children, placed by ordinary Russians on fence of Palestine's Moscow Embassy, standing for justice and calling for peace for devastated Gazans. Russians, in midst of their own war, don't hesitate to extend solidarity and support to Gazans, who suffer from Western supplied bombs just like the people of Donbass have for years... - Intel Republic HORRIFIC BLASTS, GENOCIDAL IMPACT as MONSTROUS smoke clouds from impact of Israeli strike swallow and destroy entire neighborhood in Rafah, South Gaza, leaving frantic residents mortified with morbid impacts of entire block wiped out (right video) just as Israel announces it has turned on water in South Gaza - only to lure those fleeing the North into new campaigns of targeted bombing. Gazan authorities report ENTIRE Zanoun family wiped out from targeted neighborhood bombing, with the civilian family joining around 50 Palestinian families completely wiped out from shelling. - Intel Report Russian air defenses thwarted a total of 27 attempted Ukrainian drone attacks overnight, Moscow’s military said. The Defense Ministry later confirmed that 18 plane-type drones had been intercepted over Kursk Region, and two more over Belgorod Region on Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday. “This evening, 12 drones launched from Ukraine were shot down over Kursk and the Kursk district. Falling debris was recorded in the city limits and the village of Zorino,” Kursk Governor Roman Starovoyt wrote on his Telegram channel, adding that no one was injured in the attack. - RT Criminally Insane US Warmongers are happy that the world is about to explode! Against the background of the Americans' statements that they are not going to engage in a direct military clash in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a step indicating that a big war in this region of the world with the participation of the United States will not be avoided. So on Friday evening, during a press conference with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu made a very disturbing statement.......BORZZIKMAN
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  6087. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Viral videos on the internet show how all Iranian missiles hit their designated targets in the occupied Palestinian territories, at the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel, which Iran said was the time to give a firm response to the Zionist regime's aggression. The attack on the night of October 1, 2024, about 25 to 40 hypersonic missiles managed to evade Israeli anti-missile shield, and the US Navy Ship failed to intercept the missiles, which hit the military base directly. It is known that Nevatim Airbase, which is located 15 km from the Negev desert, is an air base that houses a squadron of fighter jets such as the F-35, and used to be a place where Israel received American bombs in the aggression on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Now, the air base is being destroyed to the maximum by order of the Supreme Commander of the Iranian Armed Forces, AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI! Chief of General Staff of the IRGC Armed Forces, Major General Muhammad Baqeri asserted that “In this Operation True Promise 2, Iran targeted the Mossad base in Tel Aviv, the Nevatim Airbase, the Hatzerim Base which houses the F-35 and F-15 used in the assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the IDF radar arrays, and the staging area for Israeli tanks.” Initial damage assessments reported that the Nevatim Air Base as well as Israel’s so-called Air Force One were badly damaged by the unhindered missile strikes, making them now inoperable. Open sources said that around 20 F-35 5th generation fighter jets, which bombed the Gaza Strip and Lebanon with over 85,000 tons of explosives last year, have been disabled there. Iran finally broke its long silence and launched a large-scale missile attack. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards said the attack was in retaliation for the assassination of Hamas political director Haniyeh, Hezbollah supreme leader Nasrallah, and Revolutionary Guard Brigadier General Abbas Nirfurshan.''If the aggressor responds with a counterattack, we will target all its infrastructure, retaliating a thousand times over,'' Muhammad Baqeri warned. Currently, regular and extensive flights of dozens of Iranian warplanes are being carried out across the country, on alert to detect and neutralize possible attacks by Zionist fighter jets.
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  6091. Kiev's regime criminal shelling kills a civilian in Gorlovka, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). - Intel Report "TARGET HIT, LET'S LEAVE" says control base as Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters continue wipe out Ukrainian armored vehicles with precise missile strikes in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), where more than 345 Ukrainian soldiers are either killed and injured. 30 cannon fodder also wasted in Kupyansk, East Ukraine, up to 160 in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), self-propelled guns and ammo depots destroyed - 3 US-made JDAM bombs intercepted. ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 27 IT'S A ROASTING of Ukrainian army personnel after Russian drone gives out positions of enemy stronghold to mortar and artillery crews, who launch brutal shells wiping all out in massive fiery explosions. - Intel Report Civilian wounded, school damaged as a result of Ukrainian criminal shelling on Gorlovka, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). - Intel Report Russian air defenses destroy Ukrainian cruise missile over the Black Sea off the coast of Crimea (pre-war Russia). - Intel Report Russian air defenses destroy 2 Ukrainian drones attempting to strike terror on Crimea (pre-war Russia). - Intel Report Over the past 24 hours, Ukraine fired about 115 ammunition at Belgorod region (pre-war Russia) - Ukraine-bordering region Governor Gladkov. - Intel Report About 2,000 apartment buildings and 5,000 private houses damaged in Donetsk People's Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) since 2022 due to Ukrainian shelling - DPR Head Pushilin. He also notes that Russian forces improved their positions in a number of areas in Avdeevka (DPR) - map above - and Kiev's army suffered serious losses. - Intel Report Explosion followed by car alarms heard in footage as Russian air defenses destroy Ukrainian terror drone flying toward Moscow overnight. 2 drone attacks also thwarted over Bryansk region (pre-war West Russia). - Intel Report Russia's Chadvedev decimates Kiev's regime while praising Moscow's weapons industry. Ukraine is constantly trying to count stocks of Russian equipment, while itself is a parasitic country that receives life from the body of its owners. If there is no supply of weapons to Ukraine, everything will end quickly for the Bandera regime. Meanwhile, Russia provides itself with all types of weapons already in quantities exceeding the current needs of the armed forces. This is how our military-industrial complex operates now, conveyors work in three shifts and Russia will produce as much weapons as necessary for effective defense - Medvedev. - Intel Report "IT'S A FACT THEY'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE DOCTORS", Russian army doctor reveals how Ukraine's army is deliberately killing medical staff of Russia's military by targeted drone strikes, describing horror of doctors he personally knew before getting assassinated by Kiev's regime. Under international human rights law, medical ethics and humanitarian law, principle of Medical Neutrality states "medical services in times of armed conflict and civil unrest: physicians must be allowed to care for the sick and wounded, and soldiers must receive care regardless of their political affiliation". Not a humanitarian law stops Kiev's regime crimes. - Intel Report Russian Ministry of Defense reports flight of US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper and RQ-4 Global Hawk drones over the southwestern part of the Black Sea in area of Crimean Peninsula in the direction of the Russian border. To prevent a possible violation of the border and counteract electronic intelligence, two Russian fighters deployed, resulting in US Air Force drones changing their flight direction and leaving reconnaissance areas. - Intel Report
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  6094. Mr. President, I believe that the CIA is providing you inaccurate, false intelligence about Russia’s casualties and the condition of its economy. If you hope to realize your goal of opening negotiations with President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, you must be equipped with the best information available. You have been briefed that Russia has suffered devastating losses — as many as 800,000 casualties — and that Russia’s economy is weak and fragile. Data from open sources paint a diametrically opposite picture. It is essential that you understand that Russia views this war as vital to its continued existence. Russia is not fighting to reconstitute the Soviet Empire. It sees Ukraine as a Western-proxy being used to attack Russia with US-and NATO-supplied weapons and intelligence, with the ultimate goal of destroying the current government. Accordingly, the only satisfactory outcome for Russia is to end this threat. President Putin is willing to accept a negotiated settlement provided that Ukraine is stripped of its capacity to launch future attacks on Russia and that NATO ends any consideration of making Ukraine a member of NATO. Here is the critical point: the IMF’s forecast suggests that Russia’s economy continues to show resilience in the face of Western sanctions, largely due to factors such as robust oil and commodity exports to countries like India and China, and the expansion of its military-industrial complex. President Vladimir Putin uses these economic indicators to argue that Western sanctions have been ineffective and to showcase Russia’s economic model to partners in Asia and Africa. His message is resonating with the leaders of the Global South. If you consider Russia’s perspective on the war in terms of casualties and the economy, Vladimir Putin is under no pressure to reach a negotiated settlement that does not address Russia’s strategic concerns that it will no longer face a military threat from NATO. If you fail to understand this and adjust your strategy to make a deal, your efforts to negotiate an end to war in Ukraine will not succeed. - sonar21
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  6106. TIME Magazine Profile Depicts Grim Führerbunker-Stage of Zelensky's Conflict The lack of manpower has become so dire for the AFU that even if all the newfangled weapons from the West were to be delivered, Ukraine may no longer even have the men to use them: More and more voices have risen from the ranks of the AFU recently stating that they are flat out running out of men. This included the countless videos explaining how soon the entire population will have to be mobilized, man, woman, and child. Ukraine was defeated by its own Western propaganda. Now, the most aware pro-Ukrainian pundits are desperately trying to steer their flock back to rational thinking—but it’s too late. Some accounts have even pointed out how desperately pro-UA supporters have been trying to gin-up fake losses, for instance posting this one infamous photo of a field of corpses and trying to pass it off as Russian “meat assault losses” in Avdeevka. Only problem is, those were Ukrainian dead from Bakhmut as many well-trusted accounts have pointed out: In Kherson, Ukraine continues to claim some ‘successes’ but in fact the real intel is that they’re suffering nothing but absolute horrors there. A video emerged showing Ukrainian troops being fired upon by Polish mercenary “blocking detachments” to force them to cross the Dnieper. There are mutinies everywhere and the Ukrainian internal boards are filled with howling rage at the treacheries: Russia has continued to repel massive strikes on Crimea and Sevastopol. Now it’s being confirmed by Western sources that Russia has been increasing use of fully automated AI versions of the Lancet: Meanwhile the U.S. continues to experience weapons woes as the much-vaunted test launch of their new Minuteman III ICBM over the Pacific Ocean was apparently deemed a failure. - Simplicius ISRAEL FACES MOUNTING DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION WHILE UKRAINE GOES BEGGING Stupid! And let’s be clear, Brazil accused Israel of committing “war crimes.” This constitutes a little more than JUST “criticism.” I think “condemnation” is a better term. With each passing day Israel is digging itself a deeper hole. Videos like the following (which just appeared today) is one of the factors galvanizing more nations to protest Israel’s indiscriminate attacks on Palestinian civilians. WARNING — THIS VIDEO IS HORRIFIC. - Sonar21 Against the background of heavy losses of the Israeli Army in manpower and heavy equipment during the ongoing ground operation in the Gaza Strip, the Russian army continues to deliver targeted missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine, destroying the last remaining ammunition depots, which for a long time did not allow Moscow to put a final end to the agony of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Military experts recognized the Russian missile strike on the 47th arsenal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southeastern part of the 'Khmelnytskyi' Oblast as the most powerful not only during all time of the current conflict but also in the entire history of wars since the beginning of the 1950s of the last century. - BORZZIKMAN
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  6113. "We continue to assess Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and that Khamenei has not reauthorized the nuclear weapons program he suspended in 2003, though pressure has probably built on him to do so. In the past year, there has been an erosion of a decades-long taboo on discussing nuclear weapons in public that has emboldened nuclear weapons advocates within Iran’s decision-making apparatus. Khamenei remains the final decisionmaker over Iran’s nuclear program, to include any decision to develop nuclear weapons." What’s missing in this assessment? Lots! Absurdly, the intel assessment says nothing about the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty that Russia and Iran signed on 17 January 2025. Surely that is relevant to any assessment of security threats from Russia and Iran. Also missing is any discussion of the Iran-Russia-China annual joint-military exercises. These weak analysts virtually ignore BRICS, giving it only two mentions in the section of the report devoted to Russia: The entire document reflects a lack of understanding of how the world has changed since the start of Russia’s Special Military Operation, particularly with respect to the rapid strengthening of BRICS and the growing interest in the Global South to align themselves with Russia and China while eschewing the West. The analysis is stovepiped — i.e., the states identified as major threats are treated as isolated entities. There is no attempt to explain how the dramatic increase in collaboration among Russia, China, Iran, India and other countries in the Global South is altering the international security environment. Another example of the shallow analysis in this assessment is the failure to note that Russia’s army has grown to 1.5 million soldiers, most of whom are veterans of combat. - sonar21
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  6124. OVER 130 KILLED, 100S INJURED AS IDF EXECUTES ANOTHER HORRIFIC MASSACRE in Israeli-designated "safe zone" in al-Mawasi area, West of Gaza's Khan Younis - lifeless bodies of civilians strewn across battered neighborhood as Israeli jets pummel displaced refugees' tents with nine 1/2 ton missiles, leaving civilians to dig through massive crater for their loved ones. Demonic IDF waits for emergency workers to arrive in ambulances to pick up survivors, strikes and murders them as well (watch moment of deliberate targeting in top right), leaving scores of first aiders killed and injured. 100s more feared dead under the rubble with no one to save them, while hospitals struggle to cope with numbers of casualties following one of the biggest massacres since outbreak of war genocide. - Intel Republic CAR TURNS TO CASKET as Israeli drone strikes murder two elderly civilians in their car while they were collecting water from a well near South Lebanon's Khardali road. Tel Aviv committing war crimes in 3 countries and still getting pats on back and full support of "civilized" West, instead of sanctions, that Russia gets the brunt of for defending its people. - Intel Republic Israel COMMITS ANOTHER BLOODBATH, while blood hasn't dried from earlier massacre - "They bombed us as we prayed", cries horror-struck old man, as he staggers through trail of civilians' mutilated bodies, torn to shreds and disemboweled by Israeli brutal missile strikes on Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. At least 15 murdered while praying in ruins of a mosque "Most moral army in the world" destroyed in a previous war crime. - Intel Republic I WISH I DIED, NOT YOU - heart-shattering words from young Palestinian girl as she grieves her dead brother, who scarified himself to shield father holding her. Overwhelming numbers of bloodied white sheets line up morgue preparing to be put to final rest in top right footage (unless IDF digs them up again), as Gazans mourn victims of Israel's Al-Mawasi massacre, which left 100s of civilians between killed and injured. Watch MASSIVE size of blast and apocalyptical smoke (middle right) of one of 9 strikes where Israel reportedly deployed U.S-made MK84 bombs (bottom right) weighing 2,000 pound (900KG) each to commit genocidal bloodbath. - Intel Republic
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  6141. Let’s turn to Ukraine for a moment. There are a few interesting updates. A fascinating story has come to light regarding how precisely Russian forces were able to win their way into the Tsar’s Hunt area of southern Avdeevka. It turns out they were able to cut their way through a drainage pipe hundreds of meters behind enemy lines, waiting until a very foggy day to pop out in the rear and liquidate and capture an entire detachment: Ukraine tried desperately to counter-attack the lost Tsar’s Hunt area the past few days, but they were repulsed: In fact, it was recorded that they sent in some of their most elite special units to try to pry Russian forces from the area, but they failed with several of the ‘elite’ being captured. Here in one celebrated episode yesterday a lone Russian soldier captured several of them: In the meantime, Russia continues to inflict heavy casualties via long range strikes to the operational rear. Another report from Sergey Lebedev details how just days after the infamous Kharkov strike on French mercenaries, Russian ballistic missiles rained down on a Kraken HQ, also in Kharkov. It reportedly killed dozens of Kraken and another strike in Balakleya reportedly killed over 100+ Ukrainian militants as well: As US agitates Europe into a war footing against Russia, one of the founders of Azov Brigade, Sergei Korotikh, says there’s no way NATO can win because “they have no people even capable of fighting” due to years of emasculating their warrior class. Russia will go all the way and remove this ‘sad regime’. Ukraine is as good as finished. Russian industry continues hammering at full throttle. Here they are pumping out the 2S19M2 upgraded variant of Msta-S self-propelled howitzers: - Simplicius
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  6151. Kiev's sky under rule of buzzing Russian drones in above video as Moscow launches biggest UAV attack on Ukraine yet. Airport and energy facilities hit, leaving huge number of places without electricity. - Intel Report The Warmongers aren't winning. Time for Plan 2, the ONLY Plan that will work. Get rid of the Warmongers! A hard truth about the Russia-Ukraine conflict is finally dawning on the West. We are reminded that this is a war of attrition, i.e. one favoring Russia by its very nature. Even on CNN, we heard that much as early as April 2022, and the militantly Atlanticist Economist magazine admitted it in a backhanded way (using the euphemism “war of endurance”) in September. Clearly, “losing” Ukraine (which the West should not have tried to “own” in the first place) will reveal the bloc's weakness more sharply than the failures in, for instance, Iraq, Libya, Syria, or Afghanistan. For two reasons. First, unlike these countries, Russia is a great power; that means it is in a position to exploit the Western setback. Moscow, put differently, is big enough to geopolitically counterattack. - RT There is no evidence that Russia conducted any human wave attacks during 2022 or 2023 and certainly did not suffer mass casualties. Just the opposite. The Russian General staff conducted operations specifically designed to minimize Russian casualties. Russia has done two basic things to pulverize Ukrainian forces. First, it used its decisive advantage in missiles and artillery to pound Ukrainian trenches, bases and supply depots. Second, it used drones in an unprecedented fashion (and with increasing sophistication) to conduct “drone wave” attacks on Ukrainian soldiers hunkered down in bunkers. How do we know that Russia avoided mass casualties? Very simple. The social media platforms in Russia do not show massive new graves nor are there posting by grieving relatives about the loss of Sasha or Vitaly. Russian leaders, not just Putin, viewed the West’s efforts to bring Ukraine into NATO as an existential threat. Putin made that point quite clear to the West starting in 2008. Not only did the United States and the United Kingdom ignore those warnings, they upped the ante by helping fund and organize the Maidan coup in February 2014 and backed the new Ukrainian leaders as they attacked the Donbass. The West made a fatal error in underestimating Russia’s military industrial competence: The United States is like an aging boxer who decided to fight a rejuvenated contender in a 15 round Heavyweight match, but only trained to last two rounds. That is why Russia is battering the hell out of Ukraine and, by proxy, the United States. It is Ukraine that is being bloodied on a horrific scale. It is Ukraine that is sending women, including pregnant women, to fight in trenches. No civilized country possessed of its right mind would entertain such a grotesque measure. Russia can and is producing more bombs, rockets, missiles, shells, tanks, drone and aircraft than the West combined. That’s the message Washington needs to hear. - Sonar21
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  6155. As I expected, Washington is moving the conflict toward Iran. Washington chose this moment to escalate in order to direct the news away from Israel’s trial in the International Court of Justice. Regardless, Washington’s neoconservatives intended escalation from the beginning of the Israeli-Hamas war. It has been clear to me since 9/11 in 2001 that neoconservative dominance in Washington guaranteed we were on a road to escalation that would eventually reach Armageddon. The world is going to be victimized by the incapacity of the American political and intellectual classes to think clearly and honestly. We are approaching Armageddon because US foreign policy serves Israeli expansion, not peace. Washington has now launched air and naval attacks on Yemen. Sadeh, Zubaydah, Abs, Bani, Sana, Hudaydah, and Taiz have been attacked by American forces, initiating yet another war without Congressional approval, a branch of the US government emptied of power. The price of oil increased in response to the American attacks. Oil kingdoms, such as Saudi Arabia and Oman, are beginning to feel rocky as a result of their alignment with Washington against the Houthis. The White House fool says it is the Houthis’ attacks that are reckless, not Washington’s. The New York Times and the rest of the Western media have gone to work placing all blame on the Houthis. The Houthis have announced that as a result of the US/UK strikes on Yemen “all American and British interests have become legitimate targets.” You can see where this is going. - LewRockwell
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  6183. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Bravery of Russian soldiers on the battlefield led to the elimination of an assault detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which had just been deployed to a defensive position near Glubokoye in Kharkov region. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry, which released a short video on January 18, 2025, showing an Ukrainian armored vehicle carrying the assault detachment while firing several shots for unknown reasons. The operators of the Northern Army reconnaissance drones of the Russian Armed Forces of the Sever Group of Forces were working against the enemy there, but a group of Ukrainian assault detachments managed to take cover by rushing into the basement next to a building, partially protecting themselves from drones and even artillery fire. They probably thought that their position was safe there! However, an interesting scene happened because six members of the Kiev Army did not take into account the proximity of the brave soldiers of the Northern Army of the 11th Army Corps of the Sever Group of Forces. Three soldiers were in the immediate vicinity of the Ukrainian assault detachment's hiding place. At the right moment, one soldier silently approached the building, dropped a backpack with anti-tank mines right into the defensive room, and then rushed away from the place. Instantly a powerful explosion destroyed the basement even splashes of soil flew into the air. According to reports, at least six members of the assault detachment were eliminated, this was made possible by the quick thinking of a soldier during the battle.
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  6186. This past July, one of the most remarkable articles of the entire Ukrainian war flew under the radar. The reason is, as the Ukrainian war presently enters a new watershed phase characterized by the slow-acceptance of Ukraine’s now de facto losing position, a proverbial windmill of narratives is churned out from the pro-UA side seeking to somehow reconcile the various cognitive dissonances created by their inability to understand how it is possible that the mighty NATO bloc could be losing to Russia. But the key portion of the article, which comes next, is the admission that Biden dispatched CIA director Burns to Russia on the eve of the invasion in late 2021. They had been watching Russia’s troop buildups, and in essence sent Burns to deliver a final warning of consequences should Russia proceed with an invasion. Though Putin ended up “snubbing” the CIA head by staying in a Sochi resort and refusing to meet him in person, he did take his secure phone call from Sochi. What comes next is the heart of the entire article and is one of the most significant and remarkable admissions of the entire war. It is a must read: But that’s far from reality. The US is direly overstretched; its most critical bases in Europe—the ones actually capable of fielding the types of platforms that could actually do anything against Russia, are highly vulnerable. The US has further learned from the Ukrainian conflict that its most advanced air defense is virtually helpless against Russia’s top missiles. Reuters recently told us that Ukraine alone has 1/3 of all the air defense of the entire European continent, and yet Russia has no trouble penetrating it. Another small admission at the end. Pro-UA armchair warriors on Twitter believe US is incapable of being challenged and that Russia is weak; in the meantime, the actual CIA people who work the conflict understand the realities quite differently. Then comes another reveal of Russia’s own clandestine capabilities: Once again we see the common thread: contrary to BroSints’ performative gung ho chauvinism, the real movers and shakers are scrupulous and smart enough to fear Russia’s wrath. Though it’s besides the central point, this was an eye-opening revelation indeed: "The CIA learned with the attack on the Crimea bridge that Zelensky either didn't have complete control over his own military or didn't want to know of certain actions," says the military intelligence official. After the foolhardy drone attack on the Kremlin in the center of Moscow, the article notes that even Poland had begun warning the CIA that Ukraine was, in essence, a refractory mad dog: Ultimately though, this Newsweek article should serve as further proof to brainwashed pro-UA supporters that this really is a proxy war between two giants, with Ukraine merely being a pawn stuck in the middle, whose own infant squalls are ignored in favor of Russia’s far weightier demarches. That should serve as a wake up call for Ukrainians: you are merely being used as disposable puppets in a geopolitical Great Game. And when that game is done, the actual players will shake hands and move on to the next contest while you will be left as the detritus to be ‘swept up’, like the trash and fast-food wrappers strewing the stadium grounds after a big match. No matter how hard you try, no matter how many hundreds of thousands of lives of your own people you throw away, you will never become that Big Player on the stage that you were induced and gaslighted into thinking you could become. The only chance at survival you stand is to join the only one of the two Big Players which actually cares for you and views you as a close blood relative, rather than as a soggy rag to blow snot into then discard. - Simplicius
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  6193. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - An armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Army, which was on its way to the Pokrovsk front line, was completely wiped out by several well-prepared strikes by Russian troops. The Russian military channel released footage on Telegram channel, on September 30, 2024, showing how an APC, loaded with troops, decided to confidently rush to the positions of Russian troops, holding back attacks to defend Pokrovsk and being able to decide the fate of the war in one of the hottest sections of the front. However, the footage of objective control shows that the armored personnel carrier was even thwarted by a mine explosion, and was forced to stop in the middle of the journey. The unknown armored personnel carrier was set on fire by the “Black Leopards” of the Central Military District, which were on alert at the front. The surviving troops of about four people inside the vehicle scattered out of the vehicle and hid in the forest belt. The attack was continued with artillery ammunition, which swept the armored personnel carrier with additional fire, completely destroying it. As for the troops who managed to escape from the vehicle, it is unknown whether they were evacuated by their comrades or further processed by Russian troops. So far, the Russian Armed Forces are unstoppable, capturing two more villages, they have only 9 kilometers left to Pokrovsk in Donetsk region. Bombing raids were carried out on air defense posts of the Nazi Brigade "Lyut" in the villages of Lysovka and Krutoy Yar, military experts say. At one site, Ukrainian soldiers filmed the facts on their mobile phones from a distance, showing how Russian armored vehicles surrounded their comrades' positions. Fortunately, they escaped without waiting for the encirclement to come upon them.
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  6205. There has been much written and said about Tucker Carlson’s interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week. As of this writing the video on Twitter alone has been viewed nearly 200 million times, making it likely the most-viewed news event in history. Many millions of viewers who may not have had access to the other side of the story were informed that the Russia/Ukraine military conflict did not begin in 2022, as the mainstream media continuously reports, but in fact began eight years earlier with a US-backed coup in Ukraine. The US media does not report this because they don’t want Americans to begin questioning our interventionist foreign policy. They don’t want Americans to see that our government meddling in the affairs of other countries – whether by “color revolution,” sanctions, or bombs – has real and deadly consequences to those on the receiving end of our foreign policy. What the US mainstream media was really worried about was that the “other side of the story” might start to ring true with the public. So they attacked the messenger. No wonder fellow journalist Julian Assange has been locked away in a gulag for so many years. He dared to assume that in a free society, being a journalist means reporting the good, the bad, and the ugly even if it puts those in power in a bad light. In the end, the massive success of the Tucker Carlson interview with Vladimir Putin demonstrates once and for all that the American people are sick to death of their mainstream media propagandists and liars. They are looking not for government narratives, but for truth. That’s the really good news about this interview. - LewRockwell
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  6208. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The situation in recent days in Kherson, the Ukrainian defenses along the Right Bank of the Dnipro River, has been a disaster almost every day with heavy losses. As a result of Kiev's senseless attacks on the Left Bank, important infrastructure such as fortifications, including personnel and equipment, are then subjected to merciless attacks by the Russian Armed Forces, which continue to build up their forces and control the sector. One of the most well-guarded and well-prepared outposts on Korabelov Island, in the western part of the Kherson agglomeration, was hit by a Russian airstrike, as shown in the footage on February 22, 2025. It is reported that the outpost was home to some of the most trained Ukrainian drone operators among Kiev's forces, EW systems and a communications center. Two FAB bombs hits on the buildings reduced the number of Ukrainian crews to a minimum. Kherson is a favorite hideout for Kiev's troops in high-rise buildings, in the basements of destroyed buildings, where they are attacked daily by Russian drone operators, aircraft and artillery. Every morning, they try to rotate and deliver supplies, but these attempts often end in disaster, with Russian reconnaissance constantly detecting Ukrainian drone launch sites and systematically destroying them, as in the footage from February 24. The successful attack was carried out by Russian drone dropping two mortars, hitting the position of two Ukrainian drone operators, who were leaving their drone and entering an underground fortification. The first mortar blast caused the enemy drones to burn out, while the second mortar destroyed the entrance to the fortification, likely burning the personnel inside. So far, Russian forces have been unhindered in their offensive on the Right Bank of the Dnipro River, amid ongoing training for the crossing of the river by the 18th Army of the Russian Armed Forces. Footage on February 25 shows Russian motorized riflemen from the Dnieper assault unit entering the Ukrainian protected area at Antonovsky Bridge, moving from Konka River along the highway and landing near Dacha, Antonovsky. The soldiers entered the ruins after the successful Russian airstrike, and are now searching for Ukrainian soldiers who may have survived in the snow. Remember! It was a futile attack by Kiev that kept screaming “victory,” as its losses were horrific but unreported. Reportedly, Russian forces maintained control—the situation remained unchanged, though tense but stable.
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  6230. I think extreme caution is advised when it comes to Trump’s plans to end the U.S. proxy war against Russia, which, following the Nixon-Kissinger script, seems to be aimed at splitting the Russian-Chinese partnership now threatening U.S. world domination. Trump, like his predecessor Joseph Biden who presided over the proxy war against Russia and the genocide of Palestinians by Israel, is no man of peace. He is fully in support of the extinction of the Palestinians and behind Israel’s war aims in the Middle-East. So when it comes to his recent overtures to Russia and a resolution to the U.S./NATO proxy war against Russia, one needs to reflect on history and Trump’s inclination to make “a deal.” The man, after all, was a reality-television star and has long reveled in radical reversals of previous statements and intentions. For example, in his first term, he often talked of withdrawing from NATO but never did; NATO, in fact, expanded under his watch. He talked about ending the U.S./NATO support for Ukraine’s bombing of Russian-speaking areas of eastern Ukraine, only to withdraw from the Minsk Accords and send military equipment to Ukraine to bomb those areas. When he criticized European leaders for allowing mass migration into their countries, his hypocrisy stood out. As any fair person should recognize, immigration policies have long been an issue in need of reform. But the mass creation of people fleeing their countries for safe havens in Europe are the direct result of US/NATO war policies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Serbia, Syria, etc., policies supported by Republicans and Democrats alike and seconded by their lapdogs in Europe. I am convinced that the US/NATO war against Russia will not be ending unless NATO is dissolved, which Trump is not proposing. He only wishes to strengthen NATO with European money, not that of the U.S. NATO’s only raison d’être is to destroy Russia as an independent country and create regime change there through multiple means. This has always been so. This is why NATO has existed for so long and has expanded. Open warfare in Ukraine is just one means among many they have used over the years. You can end the overt war and continue the covert. I think the talk of a Trump revolution in favor of peace and democracy is hyperbolically irresponsible. It is unworthy of good journalism that requires prudence and patience when the powerful pitch their deals. The propaganda from the Biden administration and their mainstream media accomplices should have taught everyone that. But the appeal of a savior is very powerful. You know, ‘if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.’ - LewRockwell
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  6232. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The dynamics of events are very fast on the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces raised the flag over the administrative building of the mine "Russia" or its Ukrainian name "Kotlyarivska", on the eastern outskirts of Selidovo. The events of Selidovo were recorded by Russian military correspondents on August 29, 2024, showing the momentum of the soldiers of the "Brave O Group" of the Central Military District raising the tricolor flag during the offensive in this direction, after their units began storming the important town of Selidovo, destroying the enemy, and capturing the defense lines of the Ukrainian troops within three days. In fact, there has been a serious advance of the Russian troops in recent days. The first military results of the Ukrainian offensive and NATO trainers and tacticians on Kursk turned into a bitter pill, instead Selidovo was taken by Russia. Ukrainian resources previously announced the start of the assault in Selidovo by Russian troops. Ukrainian troops did not expect such a maneuver now, and it is likely that only hastily equipped defenses will be built. Ukrainians are retreating in disorder, Russian artillery is working in this direction to the south and west of the town, this indicates that Selidovo is under the control of Russian troops. Therefore, it is likely that the city will not last long and the Ukrainians will be forced to leave without serious fighting. The media effect of the Kursk invasion is gradually fading! On the contrary, the Ukrainian segment is increasingly talking about the collapse of the front line on the Pokrovsk direction. They filmed the destruction of American Abrams tanks by Russian kamikaze drones, burning on the front road. Meanwhile, as Russian soldiers advance on Pokrovsk, they find other destroyed Bradley and Abrams tanks. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces are planning an operation to completely fall the town of Selidovo, and the Ukrainian formations that are in disarray there will probably be withdrawn!
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  6235. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - On the direct orders of President Putin, the 106th Guards Airborne Division's 51st Guards Airborne Regiment launched a massive counteroffensive to quickly dislodge Ukrainian troops from several settlements at once in the Kursk region. Russian military correspondent released videos today, September 11, 2024, showing a large Russian armored column with a large amount of equipment and landing troops, moving to launch an offensive from the north of Korenevo, and quickly reaching the south of Snagost. The troops of the 51st Parachute Regiment drove out, and destroyed the unfortunate Zelensky group, fleeing from Snagost, which had been occupied by Ukraine for some time. Yesterday's attack caught the Armed Forces of Ukraine by surprise! Western surveillance did not have any hints of a counteroffensive to liberate Snagost. As they write, Ukraine did not understand what was happening. But, Russia took a week of secret preparations and launched a powerful attack. Starting active offensive operations, first managed to bring at least eight tanks and armored vehicles across the Seym River, and then across small rivers, despite the Ukrainian attacks on the bridges. Armored convoys jumped through the fields to the settlements, and attacked Ukrainian hideouts there. It all ended in a short time with the liberation of Snagost at night. Kursk, events developed rapidly, the enemy has fled, according to war correspondent Pavel Kukushkin. Yesterday, our Paratroopers from the 51st and 56th Regiments suddenly attacked the enemy on our right flank in Vishnevka, Snagost, Apanasovka - they have been liberated, Kukushkin said. The situation on the left flank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine group has worsened significantly than on their maps. The Russian military released videos of the aftermath of the assault around Snagost, the restoration of the territory, and the consequences that the Ukrainian assault forces suffered, leaving their wounded comrades, some of which are infographic images. Video taken by a Russian soldier shows an Ukrainian soldier lying on a mattress with his head bandaged, with syringes and ampoules scattered nearby. Also, Paratroopers of the 51st Airborne Regiment are escorting eight Ukrainian officers, who were taken as prisoners of war.
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  6246. [Best comment on the recently released report from Borzzikman follows:] "Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity. In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas. If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy. Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements. Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time. Russia's national security was compromised once NATO began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining NATO was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns. 20th September, 2021: Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO. NATO is not a defensive alliance. NATO illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter). We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc. Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster? Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest. Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland. Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens—theirs will hide in the basements”. Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it. Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country. Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. 13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list. There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence). The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present. Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave. Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) R.I.P. The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims). The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter. I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion. I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written. Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified."
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  6251. The news below is all over the net widely reported to include a major combat mapping channel that pulled no punches in telling the complete unadulterated truth of what's really going on in Ukraine from someone fighting there. Russian Army continues to destroy Uke Forces all along the front. The rate of attrition is increasing in that regard. Russians demilitarizing NATO in the process, as Uke forces collapse! See the Truth from the Polish Mercenary reported today all over the net now! ----------------------- Polish volunteer Slawomir Wysocki traveled to Ukraine, returned home and in an interview for the media told what is really happening with the counter-offensive, which is so publicized by the Ukrainian authorities. “The human losses of the Ukrainian side are huge. Western equipment is burning like matches. Things are much worse than is commonly imagined. I counted the graves in Lviv. In the old part of the cemetery there are about 100 graves, in the new part there are more than 600. In the villages this proportion is colossally different. When I drive by, I see cemeteries along the streets. Each has up to a dozen new graves. There are flags near each one, they are easy to recognize. There are more than two thousand graves in Kharkov. It is impossible to hide these losses. Two months ago I was full of optimism about Kupyansk. Now we are still managing to hold our ground. It seems that the Russians are doing everything they can to reach Kupyansk, where they will take their positions for the spring offensive.” When asked by a journalist how Ukrainians feel about the Russian defense system, the Pole said: “They are terrified. They know that the Russian army has already foreseen everything. The defense system was built by construction companies. This is not a peasant waving a shovel to build a trench. Companies came in, poured concrete, made fortifications in the style of the Maginot Line. And there are three or four such lines. Ukrainians say that there are five mines per square meter. You can’t put your foot on the ground without one of them exploding”. The journalist further asks, with this situation on the front and the growing losses, are there still people willing to fight? The volunteer replies: “There are no willing ones. They are looking for them on the streets. In Lviv there are “round-ups”, people are taken from construction sites, from bars. Recently I witnessed such a situation at the bus station in Lvov. Five policemen stood and checked everyone who wanted to leave Lvov. Eight people were detained in this way. Many reasons for the current situation with mobilization originate in Bakhmut. It was such a plum, such a meat grinder that there was no one left to fight”. - Sonar21
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  6267. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Ukrainian sources confirmed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have suffered more heavy losses, killing up to 150 Ukrainian soldiers, including up to 30 foreign instructors at the Novomoskovsky Training Ground, near Cherkaske in Dnipropetrovsk Region. Kiev’s losses were also confirmed by the Russian Defense Ministry, which released a short video on March 2, 2025, showing an Iskander-M Operational-Tactical Missile System strike, signaling a major blow to Ukrainian forces and their international training partners at the NATO training ground. Russian reconnaissance had detected suspicious activity at the military training ground, in the formation area of the 157th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Cherkaske. Iskander missile carrying cluster munitions, killed a group of enemy soldiers while they were training at the time. In addition to the dramatic loss of personnel, Iskander blast also destroyed 32 vehicles at the site, and it is suspected that foreign instructors, including NATO personnel, were present at the facility. With the loss of personnel and equipment, Ukraine’s training capacity could be compromised, which could delay or disrupt future military operations. The attack also served as a reminder of Russian ability to target vital military infrastructure and personnel, including those of foreign countries involved in the conflict. The Iskander strike were part of an ongoing effort by the Russian Armed Forces to destroy key military training facilities and disrupt Ukrainian combat readiness.
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  6270. "Just straight up fascist. Not much else to say. Not much shocks me, any longer, but the arrogance of most US/UK/EU elites continues to amaze me. They are so far removed from the rest of us that it is scary." The keynote speaker of the World Economic Forum’s 2024 annual conference in Davos was Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President. She stated the top global risk for the EU is disinformation and misinformation, declaring disinformation destroys trust and limits the ability to “tackle the big global challenges.” In plain English, trust can only be restored by censoring inconvenient facts and evidence. The top risk in the WEF’s 2024 Global Risk Report is disinformation. If not controlled, societies will be polarized, elections will be disrupted, and there will be mistrust of the media and governments. WEF wants to control free speech to protect it, or social cohesion will be destroyed, leading to civil unrest. Only governments can arbitrate the truth. Orwell’s 1984 has become a documentary. DISARM runs its platform and repository on GitHub, a cloud-based service using open-source programming. Using hyperlinks allows the developer to enable anyone to see the repository or choose who can see it. DISARM has published a one-hundred-and-eighty-five-page white paper explaining how to combat so-called hate speech, misinformation, malinformation, and disinformation, which can be downloaded HERE. Paraphrasing DHS slogan, “If You See Something, Say Something; if you view something, report it. There is a significant push to codify hate thoughts and speech as crimes not only at the national level but also at the local level. The United States Mayors Conference issued a “Compact to Combat Hate, Extremism and Bigotry,” calling for reporting hate incidents and the expansion of hate crime laws. DISARM will be the global tool to identify occurrences that will be reported to government agencies. Globally, politicians and apparatchiks are moving towards digital IDs. USAID (CIA-founded and US-funded) issued an eighty-page white paper for developing a global digital ID program. The UN and EU are also proposing digital IDs. Digital IDs connected to DISARM would conveniently identify, track, and punish dissenters. The final coil in the hangman’s noose is the installation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for political oppression; the digital hangman noose is complete, with Orwell’s 1984 dystopia becoming a reality. Check out my earlier exposé illuminating another disinformation strategy on how the Global Disinformation Index blacklists conservative websites with online advertisers—funded by the State Department’s GEC, Soros’s Open Society, the EU, and the UK. - Sonar21
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  6273. Biden called up the brute force of our navy: eight strike fighter squadrons, in addition to electronic warfare, airborne early warning aircraft, transport aircraft, and helicopters totaling upwards of 150 aircraft. The carriers’ cruiser and destroyer escorts are all Aegis warships. Sitting off the shores of Palestine fighting men, women, and children running around in sandals without water, food or electricity. Attacking Yemen was pure insanity. It simply means attacks on US soldiers stationed across the Middle East will ramp up exponentially. Destroying West Bank homes, Israel has now targeted the PLO for retaliation. And it begins to look as though Netanyahu is suffering from severe psychosis – the same mania that drove the Nazi’s and destroyed the Nazi’s. The Western wars have historically been ‘preemptive’, according to the US and UK intelligensia. Israel is making this same claim. The US/UK attacks on Yemen are now also under this false guise as was the bombing of Syria. The UN is powerless. NATO is powerless. These organizations are simply props. A false sense of unity and security that is delusional and/or an illusion. The World Economic Forum recognized this when saying that ‘government is obsolete’. Meaning it doesn’t exist. We are paying government nearly $5 trillion every year while Stakeholders make all the decisions and run the roost. The system is broken. Stakeholders have no obligation to adhere to Law. And will subjugate The People while Congress plays parcheesi. The only way to get a judicial system back is to extract the Stakeholder Control. - LewRockwell
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  6275. There has been much written and said about Tucker Carlson’s interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week. As of this writing the video on Twitter alone has been viewed nearly 200 million times, making it likely the most-viewed news event in history. Many millions of viewers who may not have had access to the other side of the story were informed that the Russia/Ukraine military conflict did not begin in 2022, as the mainstream media continuously reports, but in fact began eight years earlier with a US-backed coup in Ukraine. The US media does not report this because they don’t want Americans to begin questioning our interventionist foreign policy. They don’t want Americans to see that our government meddling in the affairs of other countries – whether by “color revolution,” sanctions, or bombs – has real and deadly consequences to those on the receiving end of our foreign policy. What the US mainstream media was really worried about was that the “other side of the story” might start to ring true with the public. So they attacked the messenger. No wonder fellow journalist Julian Assange has been locked away in a gulag for so many years. He dared to assume that in a free society, being a journalist means reporting the good, the bad, and the ugly even if it puts those in power in a bad light. In the end, the massive success of the Tucker Carlson interview with Vladimir Putin demonstrates once and for all that the American people are sick to death of their mainstream media propagandists and liars. They are looking not for government narratives, but for truth. That’s the really good news about this interview. - LewRockwell
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  6280. US and UK intelligence services are attempting to leverage their long-standing ties with various terrorist groups to sow chaos in Central Asia, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, has said. the West, led by the US, was seeking to maintain its grip on global hegemony. To achieve this goal, Western countries are trying to contain the development of other nations by fomenting strife and exploiting international and sectarian tensions, he claimed. Naryshkin noted that, despite Washington’s “humiliating” withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, British and American intelligence services still cooperate with underground terrorist cells “to destabilize the situation not only in [this country], but also in Central Asia and Eurasia as a whole.” US and UK spy agencies, he continued, essentially created such notorious terrorist organizations as Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). Washington and London are still operating in countries like Syria, which has been the scene of a multi-sided civil war since 2011, and Afghanistan, the intelligence chief alleged. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the West is trying to manipulate existing conflicts, including the one raging in the Middle East, to undermine Russia and inflict a “strategic defeat” on the country. In February, Nikolai Patrushev, the former secretary of Russia’s Security Council who was recently appointed as an adviser to Putin, warned that the US could use any regional conflict to target countries that refuse to follow Washington’s lead in foreign policy. - RT
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  6285. The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense: - Kiev at night attempted to attack three unmanned boats on Russian civilian transport ships en route to the Bosphorus Strait; – Ships of the Russian Navy repelled an attempt by Kyiv to attack Russian civilian transport ships en route to the Bosphorus Strait; – The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation stopped the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the area of the settlement of Terny of the Donetsk People's Republic; – The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled three attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoliman direction per day; – Russian air defense systems intercepted 16 HIMARS MLRS shells during the day, shot down 21 Ukrainian drones; – The Russian Armed Forces repelled two attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Staromayorsky in the DPR and in the Zaporozhye region; – The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk direction successfully repelled eight attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including near Bilohorivka and Maryinka; – The Russian Armed Forces destroyed an ammunition depot of the 38th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Razdolny area in the DPR; – The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day in the Donetsk direction amounted to over 345 servicemen; – The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost over 220 soldiers, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, Krab self-propelled guns in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporizhzhia directions during the day; – The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to advance in five directions per day – Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Krasnolimansky, Kupyansk and Yuzhnodonetsk; – Russian troops continued to advance and occupy more advantageous positions in the Kuzemovka area in the LPR; – The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled two attacks by units of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Svatovsky district of the LPR.
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  6290. The following brought you by demented Biden! There are a lot of goings on, as the world continues to slide toward the brink. Texas governor Abbott has pulled the trigger on directly challenging the Federal government on the border issue: Republican governors are considering sending their national guards to Texas. Governor Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma pledged to do so on video. In another video Governor Stitt called it a powder keg situation, sending echoes of Fort Sumter through many in the blogosphere. Desantis has already even vocalized plans to undercut Biden’s scheme of ‘federalizing’ the national guards to take control of them. Desantis plans to do this by potentially sending the ‘state guard’ which he says cannot be federalized. In fact, Desantis’s speech is a good one, even though it veers a bit off topic. But he brings up salient points about how Biden has abused federal authority in sending national guards to foreign lands like Syria and Iraq for obscure missions they were never meant to carry out. Biden immediately retaliated by announcing the suspension of LNG exports: While this has long been in consideration under the pressure of of environmental groups, the timing has clearly left many declaring it an obvious attack on Texas, given that Texas is the premier LNG hub in the US: Governor Abbott and Speaker Johnson were fuming at this obvious direct attack: Almost everything that’s currently happening is an incredible victory handed to the Russian axis. The wagons are circling and Biden has created a dangerous no-win situation for his regime. If he goes in with federal action, not only does he risk sparking civil war, but even at best he risks openly exposing the Democrat plan to forcibly slam in as many illegal immigrants as possible. The regime has to play it a little ‘cooler’ to conceal their rabid intentions to undermine American democracy. But it’s certainly an ominous sign for things to come and gives us an early look at the type of black swan event they could use to thwart the electoral process this year to maintain their hold on power. This flare-up has spurred a host of underground voices to the surface, who now send warning signs about the devastating choices the Biden administration is making. One such example is a new letter being circulated that is co-signed by a slew of former FBI executive directors: It’s clear the Biden administration is courting catastrophe from every conceivable direction. And following this border debacle, it was only a given that any talk of Ukrainian aid would again collapse: While this is going on, Yemen has hit another British tanker, which reports claim is burning and liable to sink: It further showcases that the Western hegemonic bloc is losing control of the situation, and no amount of effort is helping. Jake Sullivan has been dispatched to “press” beg China to intervene with Iran in curbing the Houthi attacks that are entirely unpantsing the United States Navy: If news wasn’t bad enough for the West, the ICJ finally issued a ruling on the Israeli genocide case, tacitly informing Israel it must stop its killing: South Africa achieved something momentous, opening the door for many further legal challenges to Israel in the future, but more importantly tarnishing Israel’s actions with the stamp of validation from the highest international human rights judiciary. It shows that even ‘smaller’ countries can have major impact when they have greater courage than the ‘big countries’, and stick to principles. The last major news item deals with Ukraine’s shoot down of the Russian Il-76 carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs set to be exchanged. It is now confirmed without a shadow of a doubt that the plane was carrying the POWs, and Ukraine was informed of this fact. A quite gruesome new extended video of some of the bodies can be seen here. - Simplicius
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  6292. Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed cooperation between BRICS members, stating that Moscow plans to continue working with participants of the group to develop a system of equal international cooperation. “Together with our partners, primarily within the BRICS association, we intend to continue working to build an effective system of equal and mutually beneficial international cooperation – free from all forms of discrimination, dictate, and sanction pressure,” Putin said on Monday in a greeting letter addressed to participants, organizers, and guests of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). This year’s SPIEF opens on June 18 and runs through June 21. The 28th annual event is expected to attract thousands of participants from Armenia, Africa, Bahrain, Vietnam, the EU, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Latin America, Moldova, Mongolia, Thailand, and Uzbekistan, as well as members of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. In 2024, BRICS grew to account for 40% of the world’s economy in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms, according to IMF data. The bloc’s members now represent more than two-fifths of the global population. Last year, speaking at a meeting of BRICS security representatives in St. Petersburg, Putin noted that 34 nations had expressed interest in joining or cooperating with the group in one form or another. Earlier this year, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that the economic bloc had become a leading platform for aligning the interests of the global majority. He emphasized that BRICS continues to attract countries from the Global South and East, as many “seek equal and mutually beneficial partnerships for the sake of joint development.” - RT
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  6298. Moscow faced its largest-ever wave of Ukrainian kamikaze drones on Tuesday night, with Russian air defenses successfully intercepting hundreds of the incoming UAVs, according to officials. Later in the day, senior Ukrainian and US officials are set to meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss potential peace negotiations – a process President Donald Trump is pushing both Kiev and Moscow to embrace. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a total of 337 Ukrainian drones were neutralized overnight. The ministry’s statement detailed that 126 of these were intercepted over Kursk Region, which is adjacent to the Ukrainian border and well-covered by Russian air defenses; 91 were brought down over Moscow Region, which surrounds the capital. Largest raid of its kind Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin described the Ukrainian attack as the most extensive to have targeted the city, with at least 74 drones aimed directly at the capital. However, he only reported minor damage; the roof of an apartment complex was struck. Moscow Region, however, sustained more serious consequences. Governor Andrey Vorobyov detailed casualties across three municipalities, with the most devastating incident occurring in Domodedovo. A disabled drone struck a parking lot at a food factory, killing a night guard instantly. Another worker suffered severe head injuries and died shortly after being hospitalized. Two other victims remain in critical condition, Vorobyov stated, while Children’s Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova has reported that three children have suffered minor injuries. Hours later Domodedovo head Evgenia Khrustalyova announced the death of another patient who had been admitted with injuries sustained in the attack. Terrorism investigation The Russian Investigative Committee has officially classified the Ukrainian operation as an act of terrorism. Moscow claims Kiev has resorted to such tactics due to setbacks on the battlefield. Russian MP Leonid Slutsky alleged that some of the intercepted drones were aimed at the Kursk nuclear power plant, calling it an act of “nuclear blackmail.” - RT
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  6305. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - A group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were surprised by a sudden attack of Russian Lancet ammunition on the front of their armored column on their way to enter one of the settlements in the Kursk region. An Ukrainian soldier captured live footage of the impact of Russian drone flash strike, in a video of the clash that took place on August 11, but some of the footage was only recently posted around August 26, 2024. The intense footage shows a large armored column of Ukrainian Paratroopers, and trying to break through Cherkassky Porechny under fire from Russian Armed Forces. The Ukrainian soldiers were annoyed that the Lancet drone managed to penetrate the armor of a T-64BV tank of their comrades, even though they had tried to shoot the Lancet in the air with small arms. The tank initially tried to keep working, then caught fire. However after the attack, the Ukrainians rushed to protect the surrounding area. Things then got worse for the Ukrainian or NATO armored column, and the Lancet kamikaze drone flew into another armored vehicle in their column, as shown in a part of video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on August 11. Several vehicles of Kiev troops, such as T-80 tank, were completely burned out with a huge explosion, and then completely destroyed. So far, until August 27, the next Ukraine-NATO armored vehicles are burning out on the good highway of the Kursk region. For more than a week, Russian soldiers have been repelling the attacks of Ukraine, which is defending its presence on Russian land, attacking waves of Ukrainian infantry and another equipment. In addition, the Russian Defense Ministry statement said that Russian army units attacked Ukrainian army armored personnel carriers detected at the Kursk border, with Lancet kamikaze UAV. Lancet drones continue to be a nightmare for Ukrainian forces, as Kiev’s cannon fodder crews try hard to hide their armored personnel carriers in the trees, completely unaware that Russian forces know exactly where they are. The armored vehicles’ march during the Western-backed offensive turned into a shooting battle for Russian forces. Real-time data confirms, that the vehicles are burning.
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  6307. Joe Biden, amidst his mental confusion, must think he is John Mccain reincarnated. I bet he’s humming, “Bomb, Bomb, Bomb; Bomb Bomb Iran.” You know how it is, Iranians, Yemenis, they all look alike. While the bombs are causing some damage in Yemen, Yemen has seen it before and is unfazed. In fact, the bombing appears to be strengthening the resolve of Yemen to continue its blockade of the Red Sea. The United States does not have enough bombs to force Yemen to surrender. Why? Yemen’s rocket and missile force is mobile. They can move dozens of missiles at the same time in different directions, which then forces the United States, notwithstanding robust ISR, to find the needles in the haystack that is Yemen. The U.S. can kill and destroy some, but not all. But that is not the big problem. The U.S. Navy does not have the ability to sustain its presence off the coast of Yemen. Yemen can launch a hundred drones and missiles at U.S. ships and the destroyer escorts will exhaust their supply of air defense missiles. In the 1970s the U.S. Navy had ship tenders that could pull alongside a destroyer and resupply it. Not today. The Vertical Launch Systems have to be reloaded in a port. That means the destroyers will have to sail to Dubai, which means the U.S. aircraft carrier they are accompanying will have to follow because it relies on them for protection from ballistic and cruise missiles. Here’s the bottom-line, if you are going to get into a gun fight you better have enough ammunition on hand to finish it. Only we’re not talking about having a million rounds of 9 mm pistol ammunition. The missiles the Aegis system uses are damn expensive. Yemen is showing how a so-called third rate military can effectively bankrupt the Naval power of a “Superpower.” The neo-cons urging Biden to attack Iran are math challenged. Iran has more missiles, drones and rockets than Yemen. If little Yemen is doing this to the U.S., just imagine the havoc Iran could cause. Washington is like the degenerate gambler who is playing a losing game of blackjack. Instead of accepting his losses, Joe Biden seems intent on doubling down and destroying the reputation of the U.S. Navy as the most powerful force in the World. I suspect the Russians and Chinese are enjoying some heaping buckets of buttered popcorn as they watch this spectacle of national suicide. - Sonar21
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  6308. Defeat in Ukraine may be but one part to an accumulation of western ‘defeats’. Defeat in Israel would strike at the very core of U.S. political being. Hat-tip to Simplicius’ Bones of Tomorrow, in which he reflects on a Culture that has become debased; its lures that used to trap us into the ‘Myth of the West’ lie withered, as patently false idols. The dimming fire has squandered any sense of ‘magic’ in the guttering West, or indeed of hope to recoup this something ‘lost’. It is the wistful realisation that – as it stands – the myth is never likely to offer anything of lasting value again. The ‘Elect’ though, have deliberately raised the stakes. They do not want to ‘let go’. They have determined that, with the western train wrecked on its own cultural ‘wall’, the ‘End of Time’ story of convergence on a common future is ‘over’ too. And along with it, the claimed western mandate to dictate the ‘direction forward’ is over also. The West, by contrast, is still fed on stories of western leadership, election, innate qualities and exceptionalism. Put simply, this ‘influencer’ fad signally is failing to help westerners cope with the tectonic shifts occurring across the globe. Its peoples are wholly unprepared for the ‘Winter that is Coming’. The need for a return to an integrity of messaging is all the more pressing as attempts to repair one reversal, with a false narrative – inverting realities to achieve the putative ‘win’ – will only lead to further losses. Deceit is exposed in the instant. Trust takes a decade to build. Does the West really believe it can recoup in this way? Nobody beyond their authors believes these western Intelligence narratives, post- Ukraine. They are now tainted for the long run. In the end, military facts are more powerful than political waffle. - LewRockwell
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  6316. KIEV'S REGIME FALLING APART as petition to send officials to battlefield (attached above) receives 25 THOUSAND VOTES, 3 days before end of signatures' collection. Tall order from Ukrainians fed up only their children dying as US' cannon fodder, believing in petitions where there's no democracy , all politicians are rotten to the core with yachts ready to sail away. - Intel Report Update on the conflict in Ukraine for December 3, 2023 all from Western Sources - Russian forces continue to make incremental gains along the line of contact including in Marinka, southwest of Donetsk City as well as in Avdeevka outside Donetsk City; - Ukrainian President Vlodymr Zelensky announces Ukraine is on the defensive, an oblique admission that various Ukrainian offensives have failed and that future offensives are not feasible; - Continued admissions come from across the West of an inability to ramp up military industrial production and specifically in relation to artillery shell production; - FPV (first person view) drones are not an adequate replacement for artillery shells, however they have created dilemmas on both sides in regards to anti-access area denial (A2AD) capabilities; - Because of Ukraine’s ability to acquire even small amounts of artillery shells, FPV drones, and landmines, Russian offensives will require slow, methodical approaches focused on attrition to avoid large numbers of casualties and equipment losses; - Despite claims that Russia is already suffering such losses because of operations around Avdeevka, pro-Western “Mediazona” shows increased Russian losses, but nowhere near the scale Ukraine’s General Staff are claiming; - The New Atlas Austin and his enablers are Criminally Insane! SCORES OF WHITE-SHEETED CORPSES reach outside morgue in central Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli continuous brutal assault on besieged enclave, leaving hundreds dead since last night. Meanwhile, Austin Chief Austin claims Tel Aviv risks "strategic defeat" if civilians aren’t protected - after sending IDF 15 THOUSAND Palestinians-murdering BOMBS. Center of gravity is civilian population, if you drive them into enemy's arms, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat. We won't let Hamas or Putin win, will support Israel and Ukraine at the same time - Austin, right video. - Intel Report Morally Bankrupt General Raytheon speaks! The Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin has apparently revealed the true goal of his country’s enduring support for Ukraine and it has nothing to do with defending “democracy” or even battling Russia, but boils down to the modernization of the US’ own military-industrial complex, ex-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said. The US is not driven by a desire to help stop Ukraine from “disappearing from the world map” or by an intent to fight “for democracy against tyranny,” he said. Moreover, the US is apparently not even motivated by its repeatedly proclaimed goal of “even confronting Russia to diminish its defense capacity,” the ex-president suggested. “It turns out, it’s all about defense goods commissioning to increase military production output and create jobs. And, possibly, about the enormous profit that the companies close to the Biden administration get from it,” Medvedev wrote. - RT
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  6328. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian forces have made new progress by taken another group of Ukrainian soldiers including British mercenaries, who were captured around Sudzha while fighting for Kiev in Kursk region. The Russian military channel released footage on November 24, 2024, showing an Ukrainian soldier who did not surrender being eliminated on the spot by Russian soldiers, he was carrying civilian clothes and some another unusual equipment. Furthermore, his fellow Ukrainian soldiers, also consisting of 12 soldiers at a strong point in the northwestern part of Plekhovo, south of Sudzha. The Russian military reported by the interrogation that the prisoners shot at civilian and military vehicles, mined the highway in their operations mainly at night. They were specially trained for urban combat in Britain as per their confession. This once again proves the direct involvement of Britain in the war against Russia. James Scott Rhys Anderson a captured British soldier, as a signalman who identified himself and was wearing green military gear, has appeared online. The 22-year-old soldier who served in the British Army from 2019-2023, along with his comrades from Ukrainian Foreign Legion, decided to go and earn money on the Kiev side after experiencing personal hardships. He traveled to Ukraine via Krakow, Poland, entering through the Medyk checkpoint, and he was part of the fierce battles at Kursk, where Ukrainian forces were defending their newly acquired territory. James was lucky to survive, captured at Plekhovo strongpoint in the fighting, which is unlikely to have paid him several months of wages from Kiev. So far, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports that 141 British mercenaries have been killed during the Ukrainian conflict. Sources report that Russian forces are advancing towards Plekhovo. There is another forest to the east of Plekhovo, which is under Ukrainian control, which could be used to fire on advancing Russian forces. This means that Russian forces are likely to surround this forest, before taking over the settlement.
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  6331. A recently unearthed video of WEF guru, Israeli Professor, Yuval Noah Harari, has made the rounds of late. As Dr. Harari asserted not only that God is a fiction, but he also asserted that human rights are a fiction, a nice fairy tale with no basis in reality. Dr. Harari apparently believes that human rights are simply a made-up story. He further explains that if you dissect a human there are no rights there. Instead, there is simply a physical display of anatomy and what is left of the biological processes. Thus, he concludes that the only place human rights exist is in the imagination. A mountain is a reality, countries and legal systems, heaven, God, are not based in biological reality, they are merely artifacts of the imagination. Thus, homosapiens have no rights. If there are no human rights, then none of us have a right to protections under the law. Neither do we have the right to possessions or relationships, or our experiences, or our body, or our mind, or to our life. If this is the case, then it begs the question, does Dr. Harari have a right to live? These rights exist in animated human beings as evidenced by the willingness of human beings to fight for them. It is the unhindered individual expression of Divinity through the human experience that is the core basis for human rights. Human rights are not a fantasy of the imagination, they are necessary to allow Divine expression. The preservation of Natural Rights are the only legitimate basis for the existence of government. The Bill of Rights are universal rights. The Ninth Amendment is the most important Amendment as it protects the reservoir of unstated Natural Rights. We can argue over the precision of these rights and their application, however, their existence preexists and transcends government. - LewRockwell
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  6334. SITREP 7/31/24: Die Welt Reveals Dire NATO Camp Outlook for Ukraine This week brings us another new batch of damning articles from the pro-Ukrainian Western media. The most telling of these comes from German Die Welt, which exposes how nearly all NATO ‘insiders’ secretly whisper among themselves that Ukraine stands no chance, but they dare not say so in public: As you can see, there is a clear divergence between what the pro-Ukraine faction states publicly and what is privately acknowledged. You can see how they rewrite reality to suit their agenda for glamorizing the AFU as a valiantly heroic army, when in reality they’re falling for each of Russia’s strategic ruses to great loss. All the high level representatives the newspaper spoke to stated flatly that Ukraine will not win, nor reconquer any of the taken territories: Armchair Warlord reports on X that the latest NYT article reported a Ukrainian brigade in the collapsing Toretsk direction got 2000 reinforcements in the past two months, which presumably indicates their losses: Russian armor also continues to pour in, with three separate videos in the past week alone showing train-loads of brand new T-72B3Ms, T-80BVMs, and T-90Ms: Yesterday, Putins’ presidential aide Patrushev said some interesting words in regard to this: Listen closely—he specifically states what I just articulated above: Russia now has the massive advantage on the frontline and Ukraine and its Western sponsors want a rest so they can regroup and rearm. Does this sound like someone who’s ready to end the conflict and negotiate? - Simplicius
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  6338. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian tanks crews made a surprise attack, quickly storming Ukrainian positions at the hottest point on the line of contact near Chasov Yar, video released by Russian military correspondents on April 2, 2025. First-person and drone footage, filmed the attack by the Russian Army with the support of the armored group of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade, approaching Ukrainian positions, and carrying out an unprecedented level of attack on the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine, which was actively defending ChasovYar. The footage shows a tank column consisting of four units, the modified tanks are equipped with extensive additional protection systems including many electronic warfare systems, mine-clearing rollers, and compartments for assault troops. The tanks broke through the Ukrainian positions, which were entrenched in several positions in buildings, then fired at their fortifications! During the short battle, the Russian tank column continued to advance bravely under the fire and attacks of Ukrainian FPV drones, which had no effect. Tanks actively cleared the streets with heavy artillery fire, dealing a heavy blow to Ukrainian troops in the fortifications still occupied by Kiev defenders and its suburbs. In a well-coordinated attack, tanks unloaded assault troops and returned to their original positions without hindrance. Under cover of tank fire from an adjusted distance, Russian paratroopers from armored vehicles, entered the enemy fortifications and fired on them with little resistance. The dig trenches did not save the encircled Ukrainian troops at all, and the fortifications were easily taken by the the paratroopers, as a result of a successful assault. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to lose their strongholds in ChasovYar, remaining several city blocks which were almost completed by Russian troops. Visual control on Thursday showed how Ukrainian infantry continued to be surrounded even though they sought shelter in buildings, but the light of fire fell on their positions. It seemed that the Kievan are waiting for their end in the fire pocket, they troops and the road behind them were destroyed, which still attempted to slow the advance of the Russian forces.
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  6339. For those not inclined to read to the end, here’s the bottom line — Israeli sources are admitting that the Israeli military killed its own civilians due to the oxymoronic term, “friendly fire.” The Government of Israel, in the aftermath of this debacle, worked furiously to proclaim the Hamas attack as mindless terrorism that had no other purpose than to slaughter Jews. Netanyahu’s government lied about Hamas murdering 40 babies and raping women. Not true. The only children killed that day were victims of the Israeli military. The Hamas attack was planned months in advance. We now know that Israeli intelligence officers tried to warn their bosses but were ignored. The Hamas plan was simple and had two objectives — 1) attack Israeli military position and kill soldiers, and 2) capture hostages to be used as bargaining chips to secure the release of imprisoned Palestinians. As I noted in a previous post, Hamas hit elements of the elite Golani Brigade and killed 72 of its members. That is not terrorism, that is war. YNET News published a piece today on “friendly fire” casualties by the Israeli military and buried this at the bottom of their piece: I guess this is Israel’s version of “Don’t ask, Don’t tell.” Remember the rave in the desert that was attacked by Hamas paragliders? The Hamas attackers were carrying rifles and pistols. They had no weapon system capable of causing this damage to the vehicles. These were hit by missiles fired by Israeli military helicopters. People who may have doubted the GrayZone reporting now have additional evidence to weigh in the aftermath of Israeli soldiers murdering three Israeli hostages who escaped their Hamas captors. Israel spent years bolstering its reputation as a professional, capable military force. Now, in the span of almost three months, the Israeli military is facing a public relations disaster. Instead of disciplined soldiers commanded by capable officers, the world is seeing an army and air force that is undisciplined, reckless and quick on the trigger. The United States Army was tarred by the My Lai massacre. The Israeli military campaign in Gaza in My Lai on steroids. - Sonar21
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  6361. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – It is noteworthy that for the first time, Russian warships from Tartus launched a barrage of Kalibr cruise missiles to bomb terrorist targets roaming Syria in the provinces of Idlib and Hama, last night, December 5, Syrian sources reported. Tartus, a Syrian port city near the northern Lebanese border is the base of the Russian Navy fleet, where warships carrying Kalibr missiles rained down on terrorist concentrations in areas they control in Idlib, also targeting HTS terrorist group around Mount Zeynel Abidin in the north of Hama. It seems that B-261 Novorossiysk submarine, and Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Gorshkov class frigates, which a few days ago took part in exercises in Mediterranean Sea, fired cruise missiles in the form of “Kalibr”, on the mercenary terrorists supported by Turkey, surprising them due to their miscalculation while entering Syria. It is assumed that one exploded in Idlib as in the video footage, delivering a crushing blow from what was launched by the warship from the military port of Tartus. A woman’s voice is heard screaming and a man reciting Islamic words, which were apparently added to the video for reasons of a media war like in Ukraine. Previously, pro-terrorist media and their supporters reported the complete withdrawal of the Russian Navy from Tartus due to the advancing terrorist forces “ named opposition”. But now Kalibr is fired from here! On the same night, Syrian Army ambushed a major terrorist attack on Mount Zeynel Abidin in the north of Hama. The army let them take control of the mountain for a while, manipulating the idea that they entered Hama at night, but ended up failing in clashes including artillery fire packages fired by Syrian Army. At least 300 terrorists from the elite HTS units were killed and the rest fled, Meyadin TV reported. Thus, the joint Russian-Syrian forces are ready for a direct confrontation with the terrorists at this stage. It seem Syria does not to repeat the same mistakes from decades ago, this time it will clean everything up once and for all, and expel the US from Syrian oil refineries.
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  6364. This is a ten on both the hypocrisy and propaganda scales. Check it for yourself. Do an internet search on the following — “Ukraine strikes Sevastopol.” Only cursory coverage. No blaring headlines in the NY Times or Financial Times or any other major paper. Ignore it. But this? Intense coverage. Only one problem with the story — it is BS. The children’s hospital was hit by an errant air defense missile fired by Ukraine. Whoops! What is really telling is that there was ZERO news coverage of the other sites hit by Russian missiles in Kiev. You know why? Because they were military targets and there were probably Western casualties. Russia delivered this blow in daylight during working hours in order to inflict maximum casualties on those engaged in producing or repairing weapons. Ukrainian authorities also lied about the number of Russian missiles shot down. The Ukie Air Force claimed it downed 30 of 38 Russian missiles. Check out the following videos. You can see at least five successful Russian missile strikes in Kiev, including some secondary explosions, which normally are associated with a weapons storage facility. Shifting to Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians, the British medical journal The Lancet, released a stunning report on the number of Palestinians who have died or will die because of Israel’s murderous campaign: As many as 186,000 Palestinians may be killed directly or indirectly by the Gaza war, the British medical journal, the Lancet, has predicted. “Even if the conflict were to end immediately, many indirect deaths will continue to be recorded in the coming months and years due to causes such as reproductive, communicable and non-communicable diseases,” the journal reported. - Sonar21
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  6369. With the truth coming out about how USAID has been working against US interests for decades, the disinfectant of public scrutiny is now turning to our membership in – and generous funding of – international organizations like NATO and the United Nations. I have long advocated our exit from NATO. At the end of the Cold War, with its very reason for existence gone, NATO decided to look for other ways of stirring up trouble. First NATO involved itself in the first Gulf War and then it decided its mission should be to bomb Serbia to smithereens – in the name of “human rights.” I agree with the late Sen. Robert Taft, who argued at the time NATO was formed that we should not join the “Atlantic Alliance.” It has become much clearer these past few months just how far NATO has shifted away from US interests. Even though the United States funds a whopping 70 percent of NATO’s cost, our own NATO “allies” are working against the United States as President Trump attempts to pull us back from the brink of war with Russia. In Paris our “partners” pledged to continue their failed Ukraine policy and to ridicule the United States for looking to try something different. To add insult to injury, right at the center of the table in Paris was none other than the Secretary General of NATO himself, former Dutch politician Mark Rutte! The message was very clear: “we are working against you – we push war while you push peace – but you must keep footing the bill.” - LewRockwell
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  6398. One can hardly believe it anymore. The West has dropped all pretense of their sacred cow of ‘democracy’, used for generations as an instrument of moral superiority with which to browbeat the rest of the world. As the West finally unravels, we are witness to a veritable string of shocking perversions of the so-called ‘democratic’ process. The short-term obsessed West considers the various CIA-sponsored subversions of the democratic processes as “winning”: but have these people given any thought to what precedent they’re setting? They are burning their foundations, lighting their entire house on fire. In the hopes of smoking out a few ostensible ‘wasps’ they now stand to destroy their entire order within a generation. The perception of the West’s miserable ‘Rules Based Order’ will never be repaired after this—the rest of the free world is watching and learning precisely how ‘Rule of Law’ hews to principle; the West will never regain their trust, and its institutions will forever carry the stench and stain of political interference and hidden hatred for true democracy—which has always been a token byword meant to excuse the Western order’s imperialistic overreach. In short: they don’t have the time to construct elaborate myths and schemes any longer, instead forced to merely act on instinct to save their foundering empire. But in doing so, they have hastened its decline by revealing just how illiberal and despotic it has been all this time. This is the same process which saw the US presidency become totally coopted by a handful of powerful globalist agents working in the State Department and Cabinet, who essentially began to outright run the presidency, controlling all direct information flow to him in and out. This political order is not just a sick man of Europe, but the veritable sick man of the world, coughing up his infectious spume onto all nearby. This is the cynical twilight of the West, which has chosen terror, oppression, and political manipulation against its own citizens as a way of coping with the slow loss of its imperial entitlements. It’s only inevitable that the rising tide of anti-establishment political parties continue to sweep this canker away. But before this happens for good, Europe will likely see a destabilizing political paralysis for several years, as a kind of final death throes of the globalist holdouts and political hacks like Starmer, Macron, Scholz, and co., whose only jobs will be to delay the fall as long as possible. - Simplicius
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  6405. The Russian military is making advances at multiple locations along the frontline in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), according to Friday's daily press briefing of the country’s Defense Ministry released. Officials said that over the past 24 hours, Moscow’s troops have inflicted heavy casualties on the adversary, amounting to up to 795 servicemen. The DPR saw intense combat at multiple locations, with troops “taking up better positions” near the village of Klescheevka, located to the southwest of the town of Artyomovsk (known in Ukraine as Bakhmut). The small village has been experiencing heavy combat for months, following the liberation of Artyomovsk early last year. The Russian military reported destroying multiple pieces of military hardware, including assorted armored and soft vehicles, as well as several artillery pieces, including two US-made M777 towed howitzers. The military said it had conducted multiple long-range attacks on Ukrainian ammunition stockpiles, troops, and hardware assembly points in more than 100 locations. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu revealed fresh estimates on the casualties sustained by Ukrainian forces over the past month. All in all, Ukraine lost more than 23,000 troops in January, the minister claimed during a meeting with top Russian military commanders on Friday, stating his forces now “hold the strategic initiative along the entire line of contact.” Over the past month, the Ukrainian military has also suffered heavy equipment losses, with over 3,000 heavy hardware pieces destroyed. The losses include multiple US-supplied Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, HIMARS multiple rocket launcher systems, German-supplied Leopard main battle tanks and other hardware provided to Kiev by its Western sponsors, according to Shoigu. - RT
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  6419. Israel’s initial euphoria over its Friday morning strikes on Iranian targets is fading as Israeli inhabitants get a taste of their own medicine. Israel’s much touted Iron Dome is a total bust. I have posted a couple of videos below that show the Iranian missiles arriving unimpeded. The Weizmann Institute for Science in Rehovot, a prominent Israeli research center, has sustained damage in Iran’s latest missile barrage Israel’s initial euphoria over its Friday morning strikes on Iranian targets is fading as Israeli inhabitants get a taste of their own medicine. Israel’s much touted Iron Dome is a total bust. I have posted a couple of videos below that show the Iranian missiles arriving unimpeded. In his latest video, BORZZIKMAN reports that the Iranian strike yesterday on the IDF version of the Pentagon destroyed a THAAD air defense system that was deployed to “protect” the building. Pepe Escobar was interviewed earlier today by Nima and provided some important news from his impeccable Russian sources. Israel, with help from the West, hit Iran with a cyberattack early Friday morning (Tehran time) that disabled Iran’s air-defense system. Israel and the West anticipated this would disable Iran’s ability to track and attack inbound missiles for several days. According to Pepe, Iranian technicians got the system up and running in ten hours. The Potemkin Village propaganda generated by Israel and spread by Western media is coming apart at the seams. While many in the West still believe that Israel has struck a fatal blow on Iran and that Iran is just days away from a collapse, the Iranian missile force is alive and well and bombing Israel. I suspect that Iran is employing Houthi tactics with their ballistic missiles that are fired from mobile launchers — i.e., instead of relying on fixed sites, Iran is deploying its missiles around the country on mobile launchers, which are virtually impossible to detect and destroy in a timely manner. As I write this, Iran reportedly has launched an eighth wave of missiles. Iran is going to engage Israel in a tit-for-tat battle until Israel ceases its attacks on Iran. I want to remind you of the Strategic Partnership Agreement that Russia and Iran signed on January 17. Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, under the terms of this agreement, means that Iran, with Russian support, will be fully entitled to respond militarily. Russia sent Israel and the United States a clear warning… Russia has Iran’s back. Donald Trump came into office with the backing of millions of voters who believed his promise not to embroil the US in needless foreign wars. Looks like he is breaking that promise. - sonar21
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  6422. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - It was confirmed on September 10, 2024 that Vodyanoe, northeast of Ugledar, has been captured by Russian forces. The stronghold of Ugledar in the Donetsk region has held out for almost 2 years, but Ukrainian forces appear to be saying goodbye soon! Russian soldiers raised the flag of the Russian Federation in Vodyanoe and asserted military control over the settlement, which was liberated 3.5 kilometers wide and 1.12 kilometers deep, cutting off Ukrainian logistics towards Ugledar. Further in the background are two more mining complexes to Ugledar, the Yuzhno-Donbasskaya-1 coal mine has been taken over by Russia, number 2 still belongs to the Zelensky regime. Aviation and Tankers of the "Vostok" Group of the Russian Armed Forces, began a massive attack on Ukrainian positions at the Yuzhno-Donbasskaya-3 mine, west of Vodyanoe. This destroyed the Ukrainian positions at the top of the mine, about 30 enemy soldiers were destroyed along with their equipment. Here, the Ukrainian forces were so demoralized by the attack that about half of them were killed. The Ukrainians could not withstand the onslaught and surrendered to the Russians. The work was carried out by marines as part of armored groups on BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle, managing to capture several of their strongholds and disrupt the supply routes of the Ukrainian garrison, which was increasingly squeezed in Ugledar. Before attacking enemy positions, the marines, as a rule, distributed leaflets with offers to surrender, and instructions on how to do it. Surveillance footage showed that two Ukrainian servicemen decided to lay down their arms, amid fears of breaking supply lines in their sector of the front. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry on September 9. At least several settlements fell to the Russians in the former Ukrainian Donetsk. Like the previously fortified Avdeevka, it held out for a long time. And no doubt the collapse of the trapped Ugledar will follow! As the cities fell one by one, the Ukrainians unleashed a desperate barrage of drone strikes on Russian cities. Two Ukrainian servicemen who voluntarily surrendered near Ugledar, told at length how bad the service of their commanders in the Armed Forces of Ukraine was.
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  6427. The Europeans are miffed that they are not being included in the effort to negotiate with Putin. Maria Zakharova, the elegant spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, provided a scathing explanation of why Russia does not consider the Europeans as valid interlocutors: Let me remind you that it was precisely the leaders of EU countries—German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande—who not long ago openly admitted that they never actually intended to implement the Minsk agreements, despite previously assuring the world otherwise. Their official position now is that the Minsk agreements were merely an attempt to rearm Kyiv and “buy it time.” In other words, they pretended to be working in good faith on the Ukrainian issue while actually engaging in a harmful charade. The Minsk agreements became part of international law through their approval by the UN Security Council. This means they were legally binding. Both Hollande and Merkel, as well as Italy’s leadership, knew this perfectly well then and understand it today. By violating international law—something they now openly admit—EU leaders became key accomplices in the catastrophe that unfolded in Ukraine. As a direct result of their actions, Europe now faces an armed conflict on its own continent. Had the Minsk agreements been implemented, Ukraine would have been saved, and at the same time, the current dire situation of EU citizens—whose well-being has significantly declined due to their leaders’ misguided, and at times outright criminal, decisions—would have been alleviated. - sonar21
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  6431. An outrageous deluge of exaggerated WWIII propaganda has hit the networks. Every pundit is tearing their hair out at a slew of canard-riddled reports, taken entirely out of context, deliberately misinterpreted, or pumped up in phony headlines for people who don’t read the actual article contents. How can Biden return Russian nukes to Ukraine? It doesn’t even make sense and is the most absurd of the current panic-inducing psyops. Nothing of the sort: the “anonymous official” is merely suggesting it on his own behalf, and trying to pass it off as Biden’s idea. This is merely crude amateur fantasy on behalf of the writer or some no name desk jockey to be dismissed as the leaky refuse it is. This entire fake stems from a single quote from “Admiral” Rob Bauer, head of the ‘NATO Military Committee’. The irrelevant pipsqueak mewled something along these lines to powder on the phony fear-porn: But now Ukraine has struck Kursk region with ATACMS for definite. We know this because in a rare move, the Russian MOD openly confirmed it by posting photos of the ATACMS boosters themselves. This comes directly from the MOD: Of course, the fact that Ukrainian AD radar operators continue being laid to rest from Russian strikes as a daily occurrence is routinely swept under the rug, As for the frontline, things get worse and worse. A Ukrainian officer actually on the front reports soon Kursk will be swarmed: Meanwhile Julian Roepcke inadvertently debunks ‘high Russian losses’ during assaults by admitting a mere 10 Russian troops are capturing entire town centers to no resistance: Major advances have been recorded with Russia now holding nearly half of Kurakhove and capturing most of the open plains to the south and southeast: But the bigger surprise were the sudden advances around Velyka Novosilka which caught Ukrainians totally off guard. Not only was Rozdolne captured to the north but Russians made a shock breakthrough to the eastern edges of Velyka Novosilka town itself, embedding themselves and initiating the fight for the town for the first time: - Simplicius
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  6434. In short, Russia’s 2024 South Donetsk offensive has thus far succeeded in driving the AFU out of its frontline strongpoints which it had defended doggedly since the beginning of the war: Ugledar, Krasnogorivka, and Avdiivka have fallen, and Toretsk (the northernmost of these fortresses) is contested with Russian control over half of the city. The two cities that formerly acted as vital rear area hubs for the AFU (Pokrovsk and Kurakhove) are in the rear no longer, and have become frontline cities. Kurakhove in particular is likely to fall in the coming weeks. The Russians are, in a word, poised to complete their victory in Southern Donetsk. It is important not to understate the operational and strategic significance of this. In the simplest terms, this will be a significant advancement towards Russia’s explicit war aims of capturing the Donbas oblasts (putting Russia in control of some 70% of Donetsk and 90%+ of Lugansk). Nevertheless, we do clearly see the Russian army making significant progress towards its goals. It will be able to write off much of the southeastern sector of front, with the AFU evicted from their powerful chain of prewar fortresses around the city of Donetsk. These losses raise an uncomfortable question for Ukraine: if they could not successfully defend in Avdiivka, Ugledar, and Krasnogorivka, with their long built-up defenses and powerful backfields, where exactly is their defense supposed to stabilize? We must also ask another salient question then: on the precipice of losing South Donetsk, with a full 100 kilometers of front unraveling, why are many of Ukraine’s best brigades loitering 350 kilometers away in Kursk Oblast? In more abstract strategic terms, however, Kursk has been a disaster for Kiev. Within the expansive reach of Kiev’s self-declared war aims, including the phantasmagorical return of Crimea and Donetsk, it has never been quite clear how these operations are correlated. Russia, in contrast, has pursued its war aims with consistent clarity and a great reluctance to take risks and allow its energies to dissipate. Moscow wants, at an absolute minimum, to consolidate control over the Donbas and the land bridge to Crimea, while trashing the Ukrainian state and neutering its military potential. - Big Serge Thought
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  6445. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – A smart bomb FAB, hit hard on the object and blew up a building in Guevo occupied by Ukrainian troops in Kursk region, which is under relentless fire, as the Russian Armed Forces advance to retake several villages in the region in one day. On February 26, 2025, Russian sources shared information about the attack on Guevo, the 177th Separate Guards Marine Regiment including UAV operators, revealed an accumulation of enemy troops at the former refinery. The Russian Marines received information that a group of units, including Ukrainian UAV operators, was trying to establish a base there! Together with the Russian Aerospace Forces, part of the building was razed to the ground by a heavy FAB. Thick smoke then rose, covering the dead Kiev soldiers or foreign mercenaries, adding to the list of losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by February 26, amounting to more than 63,595 soldiers since the start of hostilities in Kursk! On the same day, another in Guevo, the days of Ukrainian troops along with the military equipment they brought to the border, continued to be shadowed by Russian drones. Guevo is a settlement close to and directly adjacent to Sumy region of Ukraine, that is why Russian UAV operators from the reconnaissance company of the 177th separate guards marines regiment, without blinking an eye, continue to monitor their movements amid the deterioration of Ukrainian rear logistics. Thus, the UAV team of the 106th airborne division from Tula, using FPV and fiber-optic FPV, destroyed camouflaged artillery positions and tank, which were trying to break through Russian positions. Explosions or fires of Ukrainian equipment in the settlement continued to occur even though it was covered in snow. A few days ago, FAB-3000 with UMPK hit the positions of Ukrainian troops in the forest area bordering the settlement of Guevo. The footage of February 23 documents the object of a powerful explosion of a glide bomb, diving among the trees, a temporary enemy hideout, where Russian units of the 810th Marine Brigade have now positioned themselves near the northern outskirts of Guevo. The terrible thing about what Zelensky's Armed Forces continue to face, shows that there is no connection between success and any mystical agreements regarding the Kursk region.
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  6446. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Morning report on November 27, 2024, Ukrainian military resources published a very alarming report for Kiev about the new successes of the Russian Armed Forces in Kurakhovo and its environs. Despite attempts to transfer reserves from the western outskirts of the city, the situation of Ukrainian garrison continues to deteriorate amid the presence of Russian assault troops in the city center, developing attacks on high-rise buildings. In one corner of the storming, UAV crew of the Yug Group of Forces from Southern Military District, discovered an observation post, and a firing position of Ukrainian ATGM Stugna on the upper floor of one of the city buildings. Nothing could hide from the drone, immediately destroying them all before the ATGM had time to be used! According to some Ukrainian sources, Kiev regime forbade General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to give orders to retreat even from the encircled settlements and tried to hold positions at the cost of heavy losses. However, the 119th Territorial Defense Brigade of Ukraine serving in the vicinity of Kurakhovo, in Berestki, apparently did not care about Kiev's orders. They chose to flee in disarray and suffered losses in small groups of 3-5 people through the forest belt after seeing the loss of Berestki. Meanwhile, another group was captured by Russian troops. They looked very happy to be captured because they would be safe from the war - their uniforms looked new! Russia has reportedly gained 235 square kilometers of territory in the past week in the strategic city of Kurakhovo in Donetsk, the fastest pace of progress since early 2022.
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  6452. EVIL UNBOUNDED AT WORK IN UKRAINE! Zelensky and co. are fully entwined with the Soros/BlackRock/criminal globalist cartel, and have been busy making secret deals to sell off Ukraine’s most vital national ‘organs’ in exchange for various financial promises. A high-ranking Ukrainian official disclosed a secret agreement between Soros Foundation and the administration of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. Information by a French journalist indicates that Soros Foundation has served as an intermediary between Zelensky’s office and Western chemical companies Vitol, Dow, and Dupont, which concluded a deal to dispose toxic waste on the territory of Ukraine. For an unknown reason, fertile lands of Western Ukraine were chosen as chemical waste landfills. This can have a critical impact on the quality of the local grain and cause famine in Europe, Africa, and Middle East. This adds even more weight to this, as BlackRock, Dupont, Soros, and co., cannot allow their vast investment projects in Ukraine to completely fall into Russia’s hands. That means for these megacorp powerhouses, a ceasefire that preserves their holdings is of paramount importance. If Washington and the CIA won’t do the dirty work of ridding Ukraine of whomever may be holding up that process, then certainly these nefarious and shadowy organizations will gladly oblige. Previous mobilization numbers have been absolutely disastrous. Firstly the head commissar of Sumy region reported that in the last 3 months they only achieved 8% of their mobilization quota. And so it comes as no surprise, that another startling report claims that in the recent month of October, Ukraine experienced its first ever true personnel deficit in terms of the casualties/losses no longer able to be replenished by mobilization: I’ll close with the following fitting impression, which captures the tragic aspect of Ukraine’s slow-motion dissolution—a Russian soldier wistfully reflects on what will be left of the country, prompted by the question of whether Ukrainian soldiers know what they’re fighting for: - Simplicius
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  6467. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian military correspondents released footage on January 11, 2025, showing the mass surrender of Ukrainian soldiers as a terrible form of self-defense in Kurakhovo city and its outskirts. Keep in mind! Kurakhovo was recently conquered by the powerful Russian military, and the Russian Defense Ministry officially reported its capture on Monday, January 6. After a month of fierce fighting, the strategic city in Donetsk was practically unharmed. About 4 thousand residents out of 18 thousand who lived here before the conflict, remained in their homes. The situation in the city is now calm as reported by the Russian war correspondent on January 12, when he visited Kurakhovo for the first time. Vasily Krakhmal, on behalf of the prisoners of war of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told how they could not withstand the rapid attacks of Russian troops during the storming of Kurakhovo city, and in the amount of 16 people, made a smart choice to lay down their arms and surrender to the Russian military at Kurakhovo industrial zone. Krakhmal also revealed details of his orders and urged his colleagues to save their lives. They exposed the deception of the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the poor provision of weapons and supplies, and the senseless resistance of the trained professional units of the Russian Armed Forces. Now, this leaves the Ukrainian military with one chance of salvation, to benefit themselves and their families at home. Russian fighters from the South Group of Forces say that the Ukrainian defenses in and around Kurakhovo were completely unprepared for a multi-layered defense. In the liberated Shevchenko, a general view of the star-shaped defensive positions abandoned by Ukrainian troops and then captured by the Russian Armed Forces. The Ukrainians continue to retreat, making room for the Russian army to advance. At the same time, in Yantarny sector south of Kurakhovo, Russian soldiers from the 10th Tank Regiment of the 20th Division raised a flag over the village. The Russian Defense Ministry reported today, January 12, that units of the South Group of Forces managed to liberate the settlement during active offensive operations. The defenses in Yantarny, north of Sukhi Yaly River, were broken through, and units of the Ukrainian 79th Air Assault Brigade were shot down and captured. Neither drone strikes, cluster munitions, Western weapons, tanks, nor underground fortifications were able to stop the advance of the Russian assault troops.
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  6471. As if set off by the chain of recent diplomatic failures, Ukraine’s Kursk front has initiated a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or in other words, a catastrophic collapse. The picture emerging is not an optimistic one for Ukraine, with prominent figures now squealing about ‘unprecedented’ losses. Ex-Aidar Deputy Commander Ihor Mosiychuk reported that the Martynovka garrison was just about entirely destroyed: In short, the losses are likely sky-high, and lots of POW captures attest to this as well, with new videos coming in by the hour: A convoy was also destroyed from the air as it was trying to escape, after it reached a ‘deadend’ in the form of a bridge that Russian strikes had already disabled: But the biggest story that emerged from the ongoing events of the past few days has been the now-legendary gas pipeline infiltration By all accounts, the operation succeeded in releasing an assault team of several companies (400+ men according to one account) behind enemy lines, which kicked off the rout; things went downhill from there. In the process of losing their minds, regime apologists the world over were forced to attest to the effectiveness of the daring subterranean raid op: The AFU lost about 33% of their Kursk holdings in a day: Trump says US has 'almost' ended pause in sharing intelligence on Ukraine — Bloomberg This makes an important point: how can Russia possibly trust its most dire and existential security guarantees to such a flip-flopping administration, which can promise one thing and deliver another moments later? It only goes to show that Russia should ignore all overtures and flourishes from Trump and his team and continue prosecuting the campaign to its finish. There is simply no fool-proof deals to be had with an exceptionalist, schizophrenic US at the terminal stage of its Imperial arc. Lieutenant General Apti Alaudinov delivers a brilliant motivational speech to the fighters of the Akhmat special forces. Operation Pipe turned the tide of battles in the Kursk region, allowed to catch the enemy by surprise and sow panic in the enemy ranks. Over the past 2 days, many prisoners have been taken, significant territories have been liberated, and the encirclement of the entire Ukrainian Armed Forces group in the Kursk region is approaching. - Simplicius
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  6482. Could not resist the Lord of the Rings reference because the Russian war correspondent, Marat Khairullin, makes a passing reference in his report below. The big news, breaking tonight, is that General “Butcher” Syrsky ordered Ukrainian forces to withdraw from Avdeevka — at least those not surrounded or too badly wounded to retreat. Those Ukrainian soldiers trying to flee are running a gauntlet of rockets, missiles, mortars and artillery. The casualties are catastrophic. Here is a heart wrenching video of a Ukrainian wife talking to her husband who is trapped in Avdeevka. He is wounded and cannot retreat. The good news? The Russians will give him good medical care: I turn to Marat Khairullin, the Russian war correspondent recommended by Andrei Martyanov. Here is his latest report: Dear friends, while public attention is focused on the events that are developing in the South Donetsk direction, we should not forget other sectors of the front. Because what we see now is a large-scale and very beautiful strategic operation. We have encountered not just a serious, motivated enemy, we, let me remind you, are confronting the united force of the collective West. The essence of what is happening is that our generals are playing in different sectors of the front, like a virtuoso pianist at his favorite piano. It’s like an experienced boxer opening himself up slightly, provoking his opponent into a rash attack in order to ultimately deliver a knockout blow. Marat astutely observes that Western ISR makes it virtually impossible to hide the gathering of a large mass of troops because of the “all-seeing eye.” That means satellites, drones and fixed wing aircraft with real time video. Russia has opted to inflict Ukraine with “death from a thousand cuts.” Small scale, shifting attacks employing combined arms that can be launched from hundreds of site. The Russians clearly have the initiative and will continue to press the attack at times and places of their choosing along the 1000 mile front. Ukraine simply does not have the manpower — trained personnel — to put up a stout defense. I will close with my video rant about the death of Russian dissident Alexei Nalvany. He died in prison. Western intelligence is pushing eagerly the false narrative that Putin had him whacked. That is absurd. If killing him was a priority he would have been dead long ago. He was a nobody in Siberia. Why would Putin order his death when Nalvany was no longer a feature of news coverage. Ridiculous. What is sickening is the disparity in the reaction of the Biden Administration to the death of this Russian in comparison to their lack of outrage to the death of American citizen Gonzalo Lira at the hands of Ukrainian authorities. Lira clearly died of abuse he endured while in custody and the Biden team did not do a damn thing to assist him. Just another reminder that Biden cares more about protecting Ukraine’s border than ensuring America’s security at home. - Sonar21
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  6483. The US may not be technically at war, but the US war machine is everywhere, on every continent, in ever ocean, its military budget, way over $1 trillion a year when everything is counted bigger than it was in constant dollars than at the height of the Vietnam War when 500.000 US troops were in that country fighting, dying (and losing) a hot war. Meanwhile its hugely expanded special forces, its arms merchants of death, and its military “trainers” are busy stirring up and supporting local conflicts and pouring oil on fires like in Ukraine, Yemen, Gaza, Syria, Niger, Haiti, and elsewhere while making trouble off the coast of China, on the Korean peninsula (where the US still has troops based and has had since 1950, and in Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea. - LewRockwell Per combat reports today, Russia standing firm all along the Front! Update on the conflict in Ukraine + Middle East for October 17, 2023 with refs from Western Sources - Russia continues overturning what negligible gains Ukraine made during its over 4 month-long offensive in Zaporozhye; - Russian operations in Avdeevka continue, however no major “offensive” has been announced by Russian military or political leaders; - Attempts by Russia to exploit possible opportunities along the line of contact are measured, with limitations identified by Russian commanders in stark contrast to Ukraine’s stand-and-fight approach; - In the Middle East, fighting continues between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon as Israeli military operations continue to target Gaza; - Israel has taken action to compel Palestinians to evacuate from northern parts of Gaza in what is likely an attempt to seize the territory and prevent a future return by Palestinians to the area; - Israel’s continued violation of international law and belligerence toward its neighbors is an unsustainable policy that undermines its own self-preservation, like most US proxies; - Russia and China are in a better position now than ever to advance the two-state solution and are creating a region in which this solution can actually materialize; - The New Atlas SOOT-COVERED WOUNDED STRETCHERED AWAY after Israeli strike hammers Gaza Strip’s Bureij refugee camp (right map) - Palestinians search through rubble of devastated buildings in desperate attempt to find survivors. 3,000 people in Gaza Strip killed by Israeli strikes, while Egyptian Foreign Minister states Tel Aviv’s demand that Palestinians leave North of Gaza "completely contradicts international humanitarian law". - Intel Report BODIES LITTER GROUND, AMONG THEM KID’S BACKPACK in inhuman aftermath of Israeli strike on Gaza City hospital that killed at least 500 people, with reports of 800 losing their lives. Paramedics wail as they rush to treat wounded while onlookers can’t believe devastation. 100s had been sheltering in hall on hospital grounds when missile flew into buildings, with efforts underway to rescue people trapped in rubble. - Intel Report A massive attack by Russian Army with the Heavy Flamethrower System TOS-1A Solntsepek, swept Ukrainian troops in a forest area near Kupyansk. The thermobaric munitions of Solntsepek burned enemy positions which would have made it possible for the Russian assault group to carry out further attacks. - Military Tube Today WOUNDED TEEN COMFORTS BLOOD-STAINED TODDLER, holding wailing child in her arms despite her own horrific injuries. Paramedics struggle to handle overwhelming number of wounded survivors following Israeli strike on Gaza City hospital that killed at least 500. - Intel Report PEOPLE UTTERLY TORN APART, bodies and blood everywhere as Palestinians with missing limbs lie helplessly on ground while paramedics work at speed of light to load up wounded onto ambulances after Israeli strike on HOSPITAL in Gaza City. Man with no hand and hole in abdomen lies in agony as screams echo and people desperately hammer on ambulance door in traumatic scenes. Hamas vows strikes on Tel Aviv in response to massacre of civilians, with Israeli strike killing at least 600 people and wounding over 900. - Intel Report US RESPONSIBLE for Israel’s massacre of civilians in Gaza City hospital strike states Hamas leader Haniyeh (left pic), who blasts Washington for "cover it gives to Israeli aggression" and calls on Palestinians in occupied West Bank to "rise up against Israeli occupation". THOUSANDS on streets of Turkey’s Ankara to condemn Israel’s attack (right vid), while Tel Aviv orders its embassy in country to close and urges Israelis to leave Turkey. Saudia Arabia, Jordan and Syria among countries condemning hideous strike, with Russia and United Arab Emirates calling for urgent UN Security Council meeting to discuss attack. - Intel Report "WE SAW GENOCIDE" when paramedics laid eyes on MASSACRE of civilians after Israeli strike on Gaza City hospital states Palestinian emergency worker whose eyes still hold horror of what he witnessed. Man calls on world to "stop GENOCIDE of Gaza", recounting difficulty of counting casualties because most of them "were parts". 30-40% of all casualties in strike are children according to front-line paramedic. - Intel Report KIDS KILLED BY ISRAELI STRIKE LAID TO REST IN BLANKET, their bodies burned and tattered after Israeli strike on Gaza City hospital MASSACRES at least 600 people. Toddlers and teens lie together on ground, brutally murdered by Tel Aviv attack that’s sent shockwaves around entire globe. - Intel Report
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  6496. How do you destroy a free press? Fill it with people who hate free speech, look down upon the poor and powerless, and believe that only their opinions matter. Then pay them to repeat and defend everything that the “ruling class” brands as an “official truth.” It’s amazing how fast public dissent dries up when you bribe the “journalists” and censor anyone who notices. “Reporters” are now so deferential to bureaucrats in positions of authority that they prostrate themselves before those most deserving of scrutiny. As obsequious servants to a “ruling class” that sees them as expendable, today’s “journalists” empower the powerful and silence the powerless. And when a “reporter” no longer serves those powerful interests, the Establishment’s exterminators need only decide whether to shrivel the offending slug with salt or squish it into gooey obsolescence. Think that’s hyperbole? Why has Julian Assange spent over a decade in legal purgatory and consular captivity while trying to avoid American incarceration and assassination? Why is Edward Snowden now a citizen of Russia, rather than a celebrated whistleblower addressing college auditoriums here in America? Why is Gonzalo Lira, Sr. mourning the torture and murder of his son in a Ukrainian prison, when Joe Biden could have freed the American citizen at any time? Because Assange, Snowden, and Lira all reported truths that revealed the U.S. government’s criminality, corruption, and antipathy toward the Constitution’s Bill of Rights. Because our “ruling class” believes the First Amendment, unfettered free speech, and a courageous free press are all threats to national security. Because the American police state has no interest in seeking warrants or establishing probable cause before illegally spying on the American people. Those who have sacrificed everything to report these stories have been eliminated or cowed into quiet complicity with a Deep State diametrically opposed to human liberty. Those reporters who remain have chosen the lowly existence of common slugs. - LewRockwell
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  6503. I think extreme caution is advised when it comes to Trump’s plans to end the U.S. proxy war against Russia, which, following the Nixon-Kissinger script, seems to be aimed at splitting the Russian-Chinese partnership now threatening U.S. world domination. Trump, like his predecessor Joseph Biden who presided over the proxy war against Russia and the genocide of Palestinians by Israel, is no man of peace. He is fully in support of the extinction of the Palestinians and behind Israel’s war aims in the Middle-East. So when it comes to his recent overtures to Russia and a resolution to the U.S./NATO proxy war against Russia, one needs to reflect on history and Trump’s inclination to make “a deal.” The man, after all, was a reality-television star and has long reveled in radical reversals of previous statements and intentions. For example, in his first term, he often talked of withdrawing from NATO but never did; NATO, in fact, expanded under his watch. He talked about ending the U.S./NATO support for Ukraine’s bombing of Russian-speaking areas of eastern Ukraine, only to withdraw from the Minsk Accords and send military equipment to Ukraine to bomb those areas. When he criticized European leaders for allowing mass migration into their countries, his hypocrisy stood out. As any fair person should recognize, immigration policies have long been an issue in need of reform. But the mass creation of people fleeing their countries for safe havens in Europe are the direct result of US/NATO war policies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Serbia, Syria, etc., policies supported by Republicans and Democrats alike and seconded by their lapdogs in Europe. I am convinced that the US/NATO war against Russia will not be ending unless NATO is dissolved, which Trump is not proposing. He only wishes to strengthen NATO with European money, not that of the U.S. NATO’s only raison d’être is to destroy Russia as an independent country and create regime change there through multiple means. This has always been so. This is why NATO has existed for so long and has expanded. Open warfare in Ukraine is just one means among many they have used over the years. You can end the overt war and continue the covert. I think the talk of a Trump revolution in favor of peace and democracy is hyperbolically irresponsible. It is unworthy of good journalism that requires prudence and patience when the powerful pitch their deals. The propaganda from the Biden administration and their mainstream media accomplices should have taught everyone that. But the appeal of a savior is very powerful. You know, ‘if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.’ - LewRockwell
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  6505. Unlike many Western politicians, Russian diplomats say what they mean. They are not ones to make idle, empty threats. Joe Biden and the NATO lackeys better pay attention to recent statements by two of Russia’s leading diplomats. Sergei Ryabkov, pictured above, is Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister. I have had the privilege of meeting him. He is a classy gentleman who chooses his words carefully. Hence the cause for my concern in light of his comment this week in response to Joe Biden’s decision last week to approve the use of U.S.-supplied weapons to hit targets inside Russia. Ryabkov said: “I would like to warn American leaders against miscalculations that could have fatal consequences. For unknown reasons, they underestimate the seriousness of the rebuff they may receive, . . . “I urge these figures (in the U.S.) … to spend some of their time, which they apparently spend on some kind of video games, judging by the lightness of their approach, on studying what was said in detail by Putin,” Ryabkov said. Putin had delivered “a very significant warning and it must be taken with the utmost seriousness”, he added. Putin said the West would be directly involved in any use of its weapons by Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia, because such attacks would require its satellite, intelligence and military help. Ryabkov is not known as a bullshitter or one to make idle threats. He is polite, but firm and unambiguous. He is not sending some secret, coded message. He is putting the United States on notice. And it is important to note that Foreign Minister Lavrov issued a similar stern warning: The Biden Administration is pushing America to the brink of a nuclear conflagration. In the same way we would not accept Russia deploying nuclear capable weapon systems in Cuba or Mexico, Russia is applying the same standard to itself. - Sonar21
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  6511. [What's masquerades for news on the US networks is Agitprop for the Western Globalists on the Payrolls of their MICs, the loss in lives be damned. I think this is great news to educate that propagandized public to wake up and see the con they've been force fed by the World Controllers while they and their families are still alive to do so!] Carlson, who launched his own network on X (formerly Twitter), posted a short video from Moscow, explaining the logic behind his upcoming interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Most Western media outlets are corrupt and “lie to their readers and viewers,” mainly by omission, Carlson argued. There has been no effort to speak to Putin since the conflict started in 2022, while US outlets have conducted many “fawning pep sessions” posing as interviews with Zelensky, he added. “That is not journalism. It is government propaganda – propaganda of the ugliest kind, the kind that kills people,” said Carlson. “Because no one has told them the truth,” most people in English-speaking countries are unaware of “history-altering developments,” according to Carlson. “That’s wrong. Americans have the right to know all they can about a war they are implicated in,” he added, noting that freedom of speech is the American birthright that can’t be taken away no matter who sits in the White House. Carlson reminded his viewers that the US government spied on his text messages in 2021, when he attempted to interview Putin. He urged Americans to watch the entire interview on X, which will not be censored or paywalled, and decide for themselves, “like a free citizen, and not a slave.” - RT
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  6516. Well, it finally happened: Avdeevka has fallen Interestingly, rumor has it that Zelensky was desperate to hold Avdeevka through his time at the Munich conference, so as not to be humiliated. However, the withdrawal order was only given because the 3rd Brigade (Azov) had already totally countermanded orders and began withdrawing on their own, with other units possibly following. To stave off total collapse of the command, Syrsky was forced to give an official order of withdrawal, but Zelensky is reportedly furious, as per Resident_UA channel: In quickly taking over such a large area, Russian MOD’s official numbers claim a likely record day with around 2300 AFU either killed, wounded, or captured: Some of the revelations confirmed some long-standing reports, like that the zone’s battalion commanders sit 40km away in Pokrovsk and refuse to come to the front. Naturally, the usual suspects were utterly despondent—and in fact, a new tone of total cynicism and distrust in the tired and predictable propaganda of Ukrainian authorities was noted among some of the biggest luminaries: Putin issued an official decree congratulating Colonel General Mordvichev who, as commander of the ‘Center’ group of forces, was the sector commander in charge of the Avdeevka capture. Ukraine’s final consolatory cope is that Russia suffered upwards of 50-100k losses in taking Avdeevka, or so they claim. Unfortunately, this is not backed in even the slightest by their own most meticulous casualty analysts like MediaZona, which still has Russian losses dipping sharply in the last couple months: the losses as recorded by direct Ukrainian troops from Avdeevka are staggering, by all accounts. Zelensky likely sought secret reassurances from European leaders that they will vocally back his presidency’s legitimacy during that troubling expiry period, when questions will certainly begin to arise at the least, if not outright challenges to his authority. In fact, swept under the rug was that along with the more high profile elimination of Zaluzhny, Zelensky did a clean sweep of the entire vast fold of the general staff: Nebenzya states that there is no way the currently controlled regions will ever go back to Ukraine—it is a total nonstarter: Now, a new Putin statement hammers this point home. He says that everything Ukraine does in the war is merely a form of attempting some tactical gain, the difference being that for Russia, this isn’t about such trivial technicalities—it’s an existential matter: For the past week or two, there have been rumors that a massive Russian force has been gathering on the Zaporozhye line. Now as of this writing, the offensive seems to have begun, with reports rolling in by the hour of breakthroughs of Ukrainian lines near Rabotino: I mentioned Russia’s 55th Brigade from Tuva. Ukrainian Nazis showed their colors and were very upset by the Tuvan heroes: Well, to rub it in and end on a positive note, here’s the same 55th receiving their prestigious honorary ‘Guards’ title just last month, for heroism and unbreakable courage in combat: Lastly, here’s a segment from a new report in liberated Avdeevka showing a resident who waited out the Russian army. Listen to what he says when asked about the Ukrainians who have been kicked out: “Those Germans? Drive them to Berlin!” - Simplicius
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  6517. HUNGARY RETHINKING NATO MEMBERSHIP 'CAUSE IT REFUSES TO FIGHT RUSSIA - says Hungarian PM Orban, after revealing warmongering bloc is preparing for war with Moscow. - Intel Republic ALL TALK ABOUT STRIKING RUSSIA WITH WESTERN WEAPONS IS A TRICK - Russian seasoned FM Lavrov calls out West's politicians and media nonstop blather about Kiev using West-supplied weapons to murder civilians in Russia as nothing but a dirty distraction. They said for a long time they were not supporting it. They also said they did not allow it and advised [Ukraine] against using it. But in fact, they are waging war against us. American weapons have already been used to strike various targets outside conflict zone. Washington trying to make reassuring statements for the local public or for NATO members, to pretend the decision has not yet been made. It is a trick. We are certain that American and other Western-supplied weapons are being used to strike targets on Russian territory, primarily civilian infrastructure and residential areas. They are responsible for what these weapons have done - Lavrov. - Intel Republic [No one sane would want to go to an America under the tyrannical rule of the Uniparty Globalists!] The US will begin restricting visas for certain Georgian citizens connected with the country’s so-called foreign agent bill, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. In a statement on Thursday, the top diplomat slammed the law, which requires non-profit organizations, media outlets, and individuals who receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as entities “promoting the interests of a foreign power.” - RT Russian soldiers massive action of Yug Group troops liberated Kleshcheyevka completely. Scouts identified Ukrainian soldiers and foreign mercenaries in settlements in Donetsk region, and launched artillery and FPV drone attacks on enemy positions. Next the attack group entered and engaged in close combat, eliminating and capturing their hiding fortress. - Military Tube Today ZELENSKY HAS LOST HIS LEGITIMACY - Putin states the evident in video above - as Begginsky's cancelling of elections, embarrassing forced conscription of Ukrainians, and PATHETIC performance on battlefield despite syphoning endless BILLIONS in Western cash is too much for even U.S. and EU "leaders" to tolerate much longer. In terms of legitimacy, the current (Ukrainian) head of state has little left of it, and I believe that one goal of Switzerland conference is to try to restore it before Western community - Putin. - Intel Republic
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  6527. Rare tank battle Tank-on-tank battles have been an extremely rare occurrence during the conflict, with the armored vehicles commonly operating as mobile artillery from covered firing positions largely to the extreme density of assorted drones deployed by both sides onto the battlefield. Kursk battle continues The winter season has been marked by several major attacks launched by Kiev in Russia’s Kursk Region, first invaded by the Ukrainian forces last August. Since then, the Ukrainian zone of control has shrunk significantly, with multiple locations liberated by the Russian military Abrams fleet dwindling The winter season has seen a return of US-supplied M1 Abrams tanks onto the battlefield, with the vehicle fleet sustaining new casualties. Range of fiber optics drones grows The fiber optics cable-guided drones, first deployed en-masse by the Russian military last August amid the Ukrainian invasion of Kursk, have seen growing use lately, with the UAVs of the type now penetrating deep beyond the frontline and striking targets in the rear. Rear strikes The Russian military has continued its effort to strike Ukraine’s military rear, repeatedly hitting staging points and amassing troops. Unconventional use of anti-tank mines Assorted landmines have seen extensive use during the conflict, with the troops on both sides coming up with various unconventional ways to use the munitions. In recent months, numerous videos have emerged showing Russian forces using anti-tank mines as breacher charges, with assault troops throwing the modified explosives into buildings and entrenchments occupied by the Ukrainians. Infrastructure attacks During the season, Moscow mounted multiple large-scale long-range attacks on Ukraine’s dual-use infrastructure, targeting assorted energy and industrial facilities. - RT
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  6530. Totalitarianism is the warm bath in which civilization slits its wrists. It envelops the people with petty rules, strange dogmas, immoral duties, and forced sacrifices. It warms its victims with intoxicating promises of the government’s false love. It leaves the citizen naked — stripped first of his free will, then the thoughts in his head, and finally anything he once called his own. It slowly dispossesses each person of his personhood, until the population withers into frail, colorless facsimiles of the bleak, omnipresent State. Without the courage to act, the desire to think, the wisdom to pray, or the conscience to object, human purpose disappears. Society is exsanguinated of its vitality, creativity, spirituality, and mirth — until it slips beneath the water and stops breathing. With the Earth still wet from so much blood, Western governments now seek to turn the twenty-first century into the twentieth century’s even bloodier reflection. It is humbling to realize that we humans repeat so many mistakes through the course of history. It is infuriating, however, to watch today’s political leaders push humanity down the exact same paths that led to such monstrous tragedies in the recent past. When will the lesson be learned that censorship of opposing points of view leads to irreparable social division? When will governments grasp that coercion only intensifies the human desire to be free? When will courts realize that two-tiered justice and political persecution ensure the rule of law’s demise? How many more lives must be lost before those who exercise power understand that tyranny always leads to terror? It is a strange sight to see Western nations send their parliamentary leaders, foreign ministers, military generals, and prominent business executives to Schwab’s WEF powwows, where they may organize how best to dominate and manipulate their respective national populations without even the pretense of a democratic mandate or constitutional legitimacy. This time around, totalitarianism returns to the West not on the heels of invasion and annexation but rather with light bacchanal celebrations in the crisp air of the Swiss Alps. It seems that the only thing aspiring Western tyrants learned from the twentieth century’s carnage is that would-be totalitarians should not waste resources fighting one another when their common enemy has always been the people. During the age of monarchies and empires, the easiest way to conquer foreign lands was to purchase their nobles. That is what the World Economic Forum and its cabal of globalist conquerors do today. - LewRockwell
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  6531. Lest anyone think that the claims about child sex trafficking by senior U.S. Government and business leaders is just some crazy conspiracy, think again. I saw the following video a few days ago and thought it was just another faceless crime. I did not realize its significance because the identity of the perp was not revealed in the video or police report. The “guy” arrived at a Seattle hotel expecting to meet two girls — aged eleven and seven. Then I saw this. The Fox Seattle station did some real journalism and identified the perpetrator as Navy Captain Bruce C. Meneley. Meneley was not an inconsequential nobody. He commanded the medical unit at Guantanamo. Talk about irony — overseeing medical treatment for alleged terrorists (note — most of the people being held at Guantanamo are not terrorists, but that is a story for another day). He also headed up a NATO medical unit in Afghanistan in 2012. Raises the legitimate question — did he molest Cuban and Afghan children while on active duty? What really floored me is that this guy admitted to at least two other prior arrests after retiring from the Navy. This is a level of sickness and depravity that I just do not understand. And it needs to be factored into reports that the U.S. is enabling child and sex trafficking in Ukraine. I am posting this because it is not getting the attention it deserves. How many other Bruce Meneleys are wearing a U.S. uniform and carrying out acts of sexual perversion with children? I think it is a legitimate question, especially now that the U.S. military is openly embracing transsexuals as normal. Even more disturbing is this guy was a physician. He was bound by the Hippocratic Oath. But he ignored that oath and did harm. - Sonar21
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  6552. For a central bank to seize the sovereign wealth fund of another major central bank is akin to two of the largest crime families in a major Godfather film declaring war on each other. These are epochal, ground-quaking movements whose consequences will echo down the generations. Ultimately remember that Russia has the same amount of assets it can seize from the West, so the ‘exchange’, were it to happen, would be nothing more than the West illegally robbing its own people of $300B which they could not legally convince their populace to give them for Ukraine. In the meantime, the only interesting things out of Ukraine at the moment: The Institute for the Study of War managed to admit not only that Russia has all the initiative but that it has 95% staffing of its units, which allows timely and professional rotation and force generation: In short: Russian units are well-staffed, easily make up for any losses, and have all the operational tempo and initiative. Ukraine on the other hand, we learned in the last update, is suffering 30,000 losses per month and for the first time—according to some reports—was not able to replenish these monthly losses via mobilization recently. Ukraine’s air defenses are now more depleted than ever, and conversely, Russia’s air arsenal is stronger than ever because all of its PGM (precision guided munition) productive capacities have continued to go up parabolically. They are firing more missiles and other types of weapons than ever, particularly the growing portfolio of UMPK bombs. In the last report we learned about Russia adapting RBK-500 cluster munitions, now we have full confirmation they are also using 1500kg Fabs as well as even ODAB-1500 thermobarics. Given these increases, Ukraine’s positions in the rear are being struck with major losses incurred each time. For instance, since the last report—where I listed several “rear sites” that were hit with major losses—there has been a new hit on a mercenary hotel in Kharkov. NATO’s 3 month long 24/7 bombardment of Serbia destroyed a whopping dozen tanks and could only degrade the AD by 50%. Without boots on the ground, US’s failed coalition can do nothing to Yemen—and they’re not going boots on the ground so the strikes can only be regarded as a feeble ‘warning’ toward Iran, which will only inspire hearty guffaws in Tehran. A decrepit regime led by a senile president and debilitated secretary of state, launching illegal massacres from their nursing homes and hospital beds against the poorest nation on earth—virtually on the same day as their own bloc ally faced genocide and crimes against humanity charges at The Hague. You can’t make this up: the optics have never been worse for the Empire of Lies. That’s not to mention the fact that US apparently took losses and is now trying to cover them up after Ansar Allah forces claimed to have downed a US plane as well as hit a ship: Lastly, there is the sad news that Ukraine has murdered Gonzalo Lira. For all the accusations made against Russia, no American journalist or figure has died in Russian captivity, while an American citizen has now not only died in Ukrainian captivity, but under various forms of torture, at that. He described some of that torture in his final video, including things like his eyeballs being scraped by sharp objects and other ghoulishly medieval techniques. But of course, no one in the Nazi-complicit US regime cares; another in a long line of gross hypocrisies from the people that brought you the farcical “Rule of Law” and “Rules Based Order”. Rest in peace, Gonzalo. - Simplicius
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  6561. The US has been using economic methods in an attempt to weaken Russia and hopefully to help get rid of Putin. The goal is to return to the sort of arrangement in place when Yeltsin was in power. These economic methods have been used against other countries, too. They include sanctions, interfering with currency transactions, interfering with gold repatriation, extra-territorial claims based on use of the US dollar, seizure of assets, and attempts to confiscate seized assets and use them for US purposes. The politicians in the West continue to promote these methods, even though mainstream scholarly works point out that in many, if not most cases, the use of such methods will not work properly. They will instead blow back on the US and cause numerous undesirable side effects and other unpleasant results. These cautionary findings have been borne out in fact. The leaders of China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Syria, and North Korea are all still in their jobs. OPEC plus Russia is still controlling the world oil market, the Russian and Chinese systems continue to replace SWIFT, more and more trade is conducted in local currencies, and the disagreements over using seized Russian assets are causing more cracks in NATO. Nations are becoming more skeptical about leaving their gold or other assets in the US or UK for safe-keeping. One opinion is that these US pillars of exceptionalism are under attack to destroy the existing system in order to ‘build back better’ and ‘you will own nothing and be happy.’ This may have made more sense back around the year 2000, before China and Russia got their act together. Whoever controlled the West, in some sense, controlled the world. Now, however, Russia and China are out from under that control and the US has been relegated to the number two position both economically and militarily. Russia is number one militarily and China is number one economically. The problem is that these facts have not sunk into the ‘little gray cells’ of the Western plutocrats, much less the mere billionaires. Asia and Africa show a distinct distaste for the ideas and plans of the WEF and most of ‘Wokism,’ and the West is too weak to force implementation in those continents. Barring a miracle (unlikely considering that the Establishment no longer believes in a miracle-working god), the end of the Age of the West is nigh. The future is with the East and the South, unless the West drastically changes course. - Sonar21
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  6583. May 1, 2024 - The Challenger 3 has been unveiled as the UK’s newest and most “lethal” main battle tank (MBT); - The Challenger 3 is produced by modernizing existing Challenger 2 MBTs with 127 planned for conversion from the UK’s existing 221 Challenger 2s; - The refurbishment/modernization of 127 tanks will cost $990 million or approximately $7.8 million per tank, several times more than modernized Russian tanks, and even more expensive or as expensive as new Russian tanks; - The Challenger 3 will weigh more than its predecessor, and both tanks are heavier than their Russian T-72B3, T-90M, T-80BVM, and even T-14 counterparts; - 127 MBTs in total will mean that most likely fewer than 100 tanks will be operational at any given time making it impractical for the UK to project military power abroad in any significant manner; - The Challenger 3 features a 120mm smoothbore gun that will use NATO standard tank rounds which is an improvement over the Challenger 2’s rifled gun which required unique ammunition incompatible with other NATO tanks; - The Challenger 3 is another illustration of Western military industrial production, emphasizing expensive, complex weapons built in small numbers to maximize profits versus equally capable, but cheaper and more numerous Russian or Chinese weapons designed to maximize both battlefield and strategic effectiveness; - While a Challenger 3 may or may not be capable one-on-one with a Russian MBT, the fact that Russia has many more tanks and is able to replace damaged or lost tanks faster than the Challenger 3 and other Western MBTs proves a disadvantage to the UK and the rest of NATO; - The New Atlas
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  6590. Military Tube Today Russia continues liberation Volney Pole ends Ukrainian struggle! This liberation has officially reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense on May 16, 2025, with videos showing the combat work of the 5th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Vostok Group, controlling the fortified defensive area in Volney Pole, more than 1 kilometer deep and up to 2 kilometers along the front line, which is an outpost in front of Shevchenko village. In a truly offensive action, Russian units use attack drones and artillery, continuing their attacks to quickly end the presence of Kiev's troops and equipment. The positions of Ukrainian troops, firing points, command and observation posts detected by the reconnaissance crews, were immediately confirmed to the Russian weapons crews. The footage shows the Giatsint-S automated driving system blocking the target, Ukraine was blown away from their positions by the smoke of the explosion! As a result of the fierce fighting, more than 230 buildings were cleared and up to one company oh the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed there. The ministry also reported that six groups of attacks were carried out on Ukrainian military-industrial facilities, infrastructure and ammunition depots between May 10 to 16. In the drone video, soldiers are seen raising the Russian tricolor flag in various parts of the settlement. The Russian Armed Forces now dominate a major road junction in Volnoye Pole, a quiet but deadly change, putting pressure on the frontline defenses south of Donetsk.
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  6602. As I expected, Washington is moving the conflict toward Iran. Washington chose this moment to escalate in order to direct the news away from Israel’s trial in the International Court of Justice. Regardless, Washington’s neoconservatives intended escalation from the beginning of the Israeli-Hamas war. It has been clear to me since 9/11 in 2001 that neoconservative dominance in Washington guaranteed we were on a road to escalation that would eventually reach Armageddon. The world is going to be victimized by the incapacity of the American political and intellectual classes to think clearly and honestly. We are approaching Armageddon because US foreign policy serves Israeli expansion, not peace. Washington has now launched air and naval attacks on Yemen. Sadeh, Zubaydah, Abs, Bani, Sana, Hudaydah, and Taiz have been attacked by American forces, initiating yet another war without Congressional approval, a branch of the US government emptied of power. The price of oil increased in response to the American attacks. Oil kingdoms, such as Saudi Arabia and Oman, are beginning to feel rocky as a result of their alignment with Washington against the Houthis. The White House fool says it is the Houthis’ attacks that are reckless, not Washington’s. The New York Times and the rest of the Western media have gone to work placing all blame on the Houthis. The Houthis have announced that as a result of the US/UK strikes on Yemen “all American and British interests have become legitimate targets.” You can see where this is going. - LewRockwell
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  6620. This is a ten on both the hypocrisy and propaganda scales. Check it for yourself. Do an internet search on the following — “Ukraine strikes Sevastopol.” Only cursory coverage. No blaring headlines in the NY Times or Financial Times or any other major paper. Ignore it. But this? Intense coverage. Only one problem with the story — it is BS. The children’s hospital was hit by an errant air defense missile fired by Ukraine. Whoops! What is really telling is that there was ZERO news coverage of the other sites hit by Russian missiles in Kiev. You know why? Because they were military targets and there were probably Western casualties. Russia delivered this blow in daylight during working hours in order to inflict maximum casualties on those engaged in producing or repairing weapons. Ukrainian authorities also lied about the number of Russian missiles shot down. The Ukie Air Force claimed it downed 30 of 38 Russian missiles. Check out the following videos. You can see at least five successful Russian missile strikes in Kiev, including some secondary explosions, which normally are associated with a weapons storage facility. Shifting to Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians, the British medical journal The Lancet, released a stunning report on the number of Palestinians who have died or will die because of Israel’s murderous campaign: As many as 186,000 Palestinians may be killed directly or indirectly by the Gaza war, the British medical journal, the Lancet, has predicted. “Even if the conflict were to end immediately, many indirect deaths will continue to be recorded in the coming months and years due to causes such as reproductive, communicable and non-communicable diseases,” the journal reported. - Sonar21
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  6632. The Russians are advancing, NOT the Ukrainians who are being routed along the Front Lines! There were reports online from alleged loved ones and relations that an entire Uke battalion was completely ‘destroyed’: In short, Ukraine faces flagging support from the West and is forced to resort to increasingly escalatory ‘gimmicks’ like mass terror drone attacks on Moscow in the same vein as the terminal phase of the Wehrmacht in WW2 vindictively launching V1/V2 rockets at London. This is nothing more than a dying animal, thrashing out its last gasps. Many sources are saying that in the next few months, Ukraine will drown in Lancets. And there are new models coming which have thermobaric warheads for taking out troops rather than HEAT-style anti-armor warheads now most often used. In short, there’s nothing good or optimistic coming up in the slightest for the AFU. The Russian army only continues to grow stronger, larger, more advanced, more experienced while Ukraine grows in the opposite direction, with arms shipments declining and no more ‘wunderwaffe’ on the horizon to save them. - SITREP 8/5/23 Projecting the Immediate Future Foreigners who place their trust in the promise of the United States to have their back apparently are unaware of the fate of Vietnamese, Libyans, Cambodians, Afghanis and Iraqis who believed Washington’s promises. When the going gets tough, the U.S. says adios. With no success on the battlefield Ukraine is opting for the drone hail Mary — i.e., attacking a couple of Russian ships with maritime drones. These attacks are pin pricks with no strategic significance in terms of diminishing Russia’s military power. However, these attacks are likely to inspire the Russian General Staff to look at attacks on NATO ISR operating over the Black Sea because of the role played by Western aerial surveillance in providing Ukraine with intelligence needed to attack those two Russian vessels. In addition, these attacks are likely to stiffen Russia’s resolve to impose a de facto embargo on Ukrainian ports in the coming weeks. - Sonar21 Saudi Arabia's Ukraine "peace talks", which excluded Russia, fail. China sent its "positive signals" as Brazil said "real negotiations must involve all parties". Meeting, which involved officials from 40 countries, also fails to adopt final statement. UPDATE: New info from Saudi Arabia says countries "agreed on continuing international consultations and exchanging views in a way that contributes to building common grounds that pave the way for peace." - Intel Report
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  6640. The anti-Syrian propaganda, now virtually non-existent, had for years been relentless. We were told that Assad had simply lost control of the country, and that the US and its allies couldn’t risk having ISIS terrorists running around as a threat and trying to establish a caliphate in Syria because Assad simply wasn’t able to stop them. And whenever he did try, he was conveniently accused of humanitarian offenses. So of course, here comes Uncle Sam to ‘help’ get rid of ISIS, and also Assad – totally without any humanitarian issues, because American bombs aren’t like that. In the process, the CIA and Pentagon spent billions of dollars training and equipping ‘Syrian rebels’, many of whom bailed out to join other jihadist groups, including ISIS and Al-Qaeda, taking their shiny new weapons with them. There’s a glaring parallel here with Ukraine, which risks following a similar trajectory with Western involvement and patronage. Even before the current conflict, the CIA-linked Freedom House and others had questioned the extent to which far-right extremists controlled the country. Major Western media outlets were publishing pieces referencing Ukraine’s neo-Nazi problem. So it looks like the same argument could someday be used on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky – that he’s lost control of the country to extremists. And just like the West trained extremists in Syria under the guise of helping, they’ve done the exact same thing in Ukraine by training and equipping the Azov neo-Nazi fighters. Both Iran and Russia had entered the conflict militarily at the request of Assad’s government to help stabilize the country, with Moscow first entering the scene when fighting got too close for comfort to its warm water base for the Black Sea Fleet in Tartus. So basically, Russia was called in to help clean up the mess that the US and NATO had made of the country. And by December 2018, when I asked Russian President Vladimir Putin at his annual press conference whether then-US President Donald Trump was right about ISIS being defeated in Syria, he agreed. Uncle Sam has to stick around to make sure that they never come back, ever again. Guess there’s no chance of just heading home and kicking back with a few beers and waiting to see if it’s actually going to be a problem in the future? Nope! Not when so much has been invested in establishing an in-country military footprint that just happens to be right on top of the biggest pile of Syria’s natural resources – the kind that have been the topic of CIA intelligence directorate reports since at least 1986. In December 2023, Syrian Oil Minister Firas Hassan Kaddour evoked the plan to “liberate” the oil fields from US occupation. Peace in Syria was only possible because of Russia helping to eliminate the troublemakers. The West lost in Syria and still won’t go home. Imagine if it had actually been able to have free run of the place. Maybe there’s something worse than a Russian ‘win’ for Ukraine: Permanent occupiers who use friendship as a pretext to stick around and suck the country dry. - RT
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  6650. Biden has finally begun his retaliatory attacks, hitting targets in Syria and Iraq. But sources claim that almost every target was known in advance and evacuated, as we suspected would be the case. Now there are new reports that the US has fully doubled down on the creation of a Palestinian state—in other words, the long-sought-after two-state solution: You have to understand how politi-speak works. In diplomatic/political terms, “security guarantees” is translated as: bribes. It effectively means, we’ll give you x amount of billions of dollars for weapons if you do what we say. Yes, you see, given that Israel has hundreds of thousands of illegal settlers occupying ostensibly Palestinian territory, the creation of a legitimate state would necessitate the total expulsion of all settlers, which would play like a sort of Israeli Nakhba on TV. Recall, the whole point of the illegal settlements was always about one thing only: keeping a Palestinian state from forming. So this would mean the end to a grand plan spanning many decades, and a historic failure of an age-old Zionist vision. But the most explosive developments come from the Ukrainian front, as usual. There are a few very interesting breakthrough stories to tackle. In fact, Seymour Hersh dropped another “bombshell” today claiming that his sources told him the reason behind the coming dismissal is that Zaluzhny has been conspiring with the West to not only oust Zelensky—an obvious point—but to end the war entirely: Zaluzhny actually wants to “get out of dodge” himself because when Ukraine is forced to surrender to Russia, the general doesn’t want to be made the scapegoat. The other huge news is another startling ‘surprise advance’ has occurred on the Avdeevka front: On that note, it’s not looking good for the AFU, and the given reason continues to be due to mass shell hunger and inability to fire artillery. Ukraine has too few ammunition not merely to go on assault or “win”, but even to defend and hold back Russia’s troops: Ukraine faces a shortage of infantry. To anyone with a brain, the reason why that is, is obvious. Putin confirmed something I’ve been long proclaiming: that the POW ratio between Ukraine and Russia is 10:1 in Russia’s favor. From RT: The fact is, Ukraine only has a few hundred Russians while Russia has had anywhere between 10,000-15,000 Ukrainian POWs at various points, fluctuating with exchanges. Given the fact that each category of casualty should scale relatively comparatively, this means we can expect a similar disproportionality to exist between Russian-Ukrainian KIA figures. There is again increased talk of mercenaries everywhere. As Ukraine runs out of men, NATO hawks hatch their plans for a desperate last-bell save, as well as pump their disrobed soldiers into the country to stem the losses. Not only have recent Russian reports mentioned a lot of ‘German chatter’ in intercepted comms in Kupyansk, but more and more foreigners have been eliminated in recent strikes. I found this unearthed admission in New Yorker interesting. Zaluzhny told Milley in late 2022 that “Ukraine had almost no jet fighters left”: Ukraine sank another middling Russian boat, of a ‘cutter’ class by Soviet designation—project 1241. Problem is, Russia seized four of these from Ukraine itself: AFU soldier dejectedly tells host there is no hope: Ukraine now not only has the lowest fertility rate on earth, but its male life expectancy has dropped to 57 years. How low will it go before the conflict ends? - Simplicius
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  6667. There is propaganda by commission and propaganda by omission, the former often serve to conceal the latter. Timing is crucial. That the U.S. President Joseph Biden, his British, NATO, Israeli allies, and their corporate media mouthpieces are in need of a major propaganda victory is obvious. They are losing the war in Ukraine, have been condemned throughout the world for the genocide in Gaza, and are ruling over a disintegrating empire. Biden and Netanyahu’s political lives are at serious risk. And so they have just rolled out a full-court propaganda press effort aimed at covering their losses. It should be crystal clear to anyone who can use logic to see the timing involved. Once the death in a Russian prison of the Western backed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was announced on Friday, February 16, 2024, it was immediately followed by a cascade of anti-Russia pronouncements whose aim was to not only continue the demonization of Russia and its President Vladimir Putin but to serve other purposes as well. All this happened while Russia pushed through Ukraine’s defenses and took the city of Avdeevka, which had long been contested. With each day that passes, it is obvious that Biden’s Ukraine war strategy is that of a desperate politician on the ropes and that Putin has completely outfoxed the American desperados and their NATO European stooges. only a very dimwitted person would think that Putin would have Navalny killed. He has nothing to gain and everything to lose by doing so. Yet the MSM and their government overlords consider most people very stupid and so are trying to blitz them with obvious propaganda through commission and omission. We have heard this story before. - LewRockwell
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  6669. The CIA is working overtime to push the lie that they warned the Russians about the 22 March terrorist attack and the Russians ignored that warning. Simply not true. As I noted in my previous article, the USG warning issued on March 7 only specified 48 hours. I have no idea when that “clock” started but let’s assume it was Friday the 7th and ended on Sunday the 9th. Since the “predicted” action did not take place there are at least two possible explanations — 1) the intel was bogus or 2) the stepped up Russian security at the Crocus City Hall on March 8 thwarted the attack. Unless the intel stipulated that if the attack did not occur in that 48 hour window it was moot, then it was incumbent on the U.S. State Department and the Embassy to re-issue a warning to AMCITs that the threat still existed. They did not do this. That’s the problem. If the US intel still thought this was a real threat then why did the USG go silent? The West has tried to paint Russia has a relentless, ruthless imperial power even though Russia, unlike the United State and the United Kingdom, has not been engaged in regime change in other countries. In fact, Russia helped Syria fend off a joint U.S./U.K. effort to overthrow the government of Bashir Assad in Syria. In the aftermath of the 2014 Western backed coup in Ukraine, the United States and NATO poured tens of millions of dollars in aid and military training into Ukraine, which was used to attack civilians in the Donbass. Sabotage of critical infrastructure? That got a belly laugh. Talk about clueless. The destruction of the Nordstream pipeline by the United States (according to Sy Hersh) and Ukrainian attacks on the Kerch Bridge with British and American missiles are some of the more prominent examples of the West’s efforts to sabotage Russia’s infrastructure. Until the United States and NATO come to grips with their responsibility for triggering the war in Ukraine, they will continue to encourage provocative actions that could lead to a global conflagration. - Sonar21
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  6671. Risk averse = Not enough deaths to enrich our MIC says the Globalist Warmongers! The Uke Armies are being attrited at an increasing rate which they cannot sustain to the point of their recruiting 16yr olds, the MO of a loser BIG TIME No matter, these jets will be cannon fodder when up against the multi-layered Russian Air Defenses! Half of the F-16s that the Netherlands and Denmark promise to Ukraine are unairworthy.-Intel Report Moscow’s troops have improved their forward positions near the key Ukrainian city of Kupiansk, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday. Ukrainian authorities had previously ordered a mandatory evacuation of the area around the logistics hub. The Russian military said the troops had fended off four separate attacks east of Kupiansk, a strategically important settlement in Kharkov Region. The most intense fighting took place near the villages of Sinkovka in the same region and Novosyolovskoye in the Russian Lugansk People’s Republic, the ministry said in a daily briefing. 10-year-old boy survives getting maimed or death after finding 3 unexploded bomblets from Ukrainian widely-banned cluster munitions (see pic) at beach in Donetsk People's Republic (ex-Ukraine). Cluster munitions spread 100s of small bombs over wide areas but not all these bomblets explode. M864 has dud rate of 6%, meaning 4 out of 72 submunitions in the shell remain unexploded. Thus, threatening civilians and expanding list of Washington’s unending war crimes - And Zelensky is fine dropping them on areas he claims are Kiev's. - Intel Report
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  6675. "MOTHERS, WIVES & CHILDREN WERE WAITING FOR THEM" - Speaker of Russian Parliament Volodin on the shot-down aircraft with Ukrainian POWs. This is a Nazi regime - fed by Biden, Macron, Sholz. Politicians of Western governments must finally see whom they helping, they must realize this is their responsibility, Volodin says in top vid. They shot their own soldiers in the air, their own! And our defenseless pilots who were carrying out a humanitarian mission - Volodin in bottom vid. - Intel Report KIEV'S TERROR REGIME DOWNS POW PLANE WITH MISSILES: Russian Defense Ministry reports 2 Ukrainian anti-air missiles launched from Kharkov region, East Ukraine at military transport plane with FULL knowledge that aircraft carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war to be exchanged. By committing this terrorist attack, the Ukrainian leadership showed its true colors: it neglected the lives of its citizens - Defense Ministry Spokesman Konashenkov. UPDATE: Zelensky adviser Podolyak refuses to comment on terror attack, claims "clarifying data" will take time. - Intel Report Ukraine should be designated as a terrorist state, and the government in Kiev should be branded a terrorist cell, the head of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrey Kartapolov has said, following the crash of an IL-76 military aircraft in Russia’s Belgorod Region. Earlier on Wednesday, the Russian military transport plane crashed near the village of Yablonovo, around 90km from the Ukrainian border. It was carrying 65 captured Ukrainian military personnel for a prisoner swap, as well as six crew members and three people accompanying the POWs. It is believed that there were no survivors. According to Kartapolov, Kiev was well aware of who this plane was transporting and accused the Ukrainian forces of shooting down the aircraft using what he claimed were “three Patriot or Iris-T air defense missiles.” He also noted that there had been another IL-76 carrying 80 more Ukrainian POWs in the sky at the time of the incident. This plane was turned around after the crash, the MP said. - RT
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  6677. A pair Uragan 9K57 MLRS armored troops of Western Force Group advance and annihilate Ukrainian troop concentration in Kupyansk. Powerful fire of two missile systems simultaneously demonstrated their accuracy and effectiveness as they covered and burned temporary deployment areas with personnel and weapons. Enemy losses were one company of manpower, 1 T-64 tank, 2 BMP-1 IFV and 2 UAV. - Military Tube Today Mainstream publications have fired another salvo of articles this week conveying a cratering outlook for Ukraine. In short: Time is on Russia’s side, Russia’s economy is completely invulnerable to sanctions and is booming, Moscow has true friends and allies who support it, a massive, untapped manpower pool, and Putin is politically unassailable. These ‘policy-crafters’ have very little self-awareness, as they don’t seem to realize that the very same sterile barrenness of their ideas is the true analgesic for stultified Europeans, who can’t find convincing enough reason to care with the selfsame overwrought alarm, because no actual reason exists. Anyone with eyes and brain can see Putin is not the ‘threat’ he’s sketched out to be, and that he’s in fact merely reacting to NATO’s own encroaching threat on his border. So, say what you want, but it seems the Ukrainians are learning the hard way that the Russians don’t play at war—ironically, they’re even more prepared to die for “this land” than the Ukrainians are, which should send a chilling message to anyone who thinks Russia will roll over. - Simplicius PUNCHES THROWN as the breakaway Ukrainian "Orthodox Church" raiders capture the Monastery of Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Cherkassy, Central Ukraine. About 150 raiders in military uniform, with the support of the police, climb over the fence and beat up parishioners of the Orthodox Church, that the "great fighter for democracy" Zelensky banned. The priest of the monastery, Sergey Pashchenko, reportedly has the lower jaw broken. - Intel Report More delusional Nonsense! Expanded “air defenses?” What whacky weed are these guys smoking? None of the systems the United States and its NATO allies have provided to Ukraine have worked. Not one. Hell, Ukraine cannot even defend against the drones that are saturating their frontlines. Moreover, the United States has admitted that it no longer has an ample supply of Patriot missile batteries to send to Ukraine. Chalk this recommendation up to Magical Thinking. How about Russia accepting a cease-fire? More wishful thinking. Russia now realizes that no promise of the West is worth the paper it is written on. Putin and his Generals know that the United States and NATO sabotaged the “cease-fire” agreement worked out in Turkey on March 29, 2022. Haas and Kupchan are living in a fantasy world populated by unicorns and gnomes. Russia will set the terms, not Ukraine. - Sonar21
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  6683. No change in the war whatsoever because as long as the Uke Armies are continuously attrited into oblivion with their cemeteries increasing being testimony to that seminal fact, there's no hope for a Ukrainian Victory, PERIOD! Not only is Russia attriting Ukraine, they are also demilitarizing NATO in the process! 4 high-speed military boats with up to 50 personnel of Ukrainian special forces deleted in Black Sea - Intel Report Ukrainian terror drones attempt to hit TV tower in Bryansk, pre-war Russia (see map), fail after they're disabled by air defenses. - Intel Report Ukraine's attempts to attack Russian territories with drones are dead end in which Ukrainian authorities are - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova (pictured). Agony of Kyiv regime, stupid hatred, anger and absence of any prospects in their own development led to this terrorist activity - Zakharova. - Intel Report Without Western satellites, Ukrainian drones hitting Russian territory would not be able to overcome such distances - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova on recent drone attacks. Spokeswoman adds attacks once again confirm terrorist nature of Kiev regime. - Intel Report Special Military Operation in Ukraine is decisive response to NATO aggression against our country - Russian Intelligence Chief Naryshkin (see vid). Looking back at more than half a century of the history of NATO, it becomes obvious that the appetites of an aggressor who believes in its impunity can only grow. And in such cases, as history shows, only timely firmness can help - Naryshkin. - Intel Report Ukrainian high-speed boat, East of Snake Island in Black Sea, destroyed by Su-30 jet - Russian Defense Ministry. And just like that Ukrainian Navy adds another submarine to its glorious naval fleet... - Intel Report Ukrainian soldiers try to reach the finish line but are finished by Russian drone with Kiev losing 85 soldiers in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine) along with 3 M777 artillery systems, 3 M119 howitzers. Russian forces hit Ukrainian control and intelligence posts as they inflict 380 casualties on enemy, repel 5 attacks in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 29 Massive blast lights up Kiev skies in last night’s Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian army intelligence HQs in capital. - Intel Report
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  6691. Totalitarianism is the warm bath in which civilization slits its wrists. It envelops the people with petty rules, strange dogmas, immoral duties, and forced sacrifices. It warms its victims with intoxicating promises of the government’s false love. It leaves the citizen naked — stripped first of his free will, then the thoughts in his head, and finally anything he once called his own. It slowly dispossesses each person of his personhood, until the population withers into frail, colorless facsimiles of the bleak, omnipresent State. Without the courage to act, the desire to think, the wisdom to pray, or the conscience to object, human purpose disappears. Society is exsanguinated of its vitality, creativity, spirituality, and mirth — until it slips beneath the water and stops breathing. With the Earth still wet from so much blood, Western governments now seek to turn the twenty-first century into the twentieth century’s even bloodier reflection. It is humbling to realize that we humans repeat so many mistakes through the course of history. It is infuriating, however, to watch today’s political leaders push humanity down the exact same paths that led to such monstrous tragedies in the recent past. When will the lesson be learned that censorship of opposing points of view leads to irreparable social division? When will governments grasp that coercion only intensifies the human desire to be free? When will courts realize that two-tiered justice and political persecution ensure the rule of law’s demise? How many more lives must be lost before those who exercise power understand that tyranny always leads to terror? It is a strange sight to see Western nations send their parliamentary leaders, foreign ministers, military generals, and prominent business executives to Schwab’s WEF powwows, where they may organize how best to dominate and manipulate their respective national populations without even the pretense of a democratic mandate or constitutional legitimacy. This time around, totalitarianism returns to the West not on the heels of invasion and annexation but rather with light bacchanal celebrations in the crisp air of the Swiss Alps. It seems that the only thing aspiring Western tyrants learned from the twentieth century’s carnage is that would-be totalitarians should not waste resources fighting one another when their common enemy has always been the people. During the age of monarchies and empires, the easiest way to conquer foreign lands was to purchase their nobles. That is what the World Economic Forum and its cabal of globalist conquerors do today. - LewRockwell
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  6697. Europe in particular is in utter shambles as their sunk-cost failure in Ukraine has exposed feeble European leaders as true naked emperors before their seething populaces. Germany continues to completely unspool before our eyes as France’s Macron issued a temp-gauging panic statement about the need for Europe to become ‘omnivores’ in a world full of ‘carnivores’, lest the decaying continent get left behind for good. Ultimately, as can be seen the two sides appear at a loggerheads: Trump in his supreme vanity thinks he can end a nigh holy war that has spilled the blood of hundreds of thousands of people on both sides with the snap of a finger—this is the height of disrespect to both sides, particularly to Russia and Putin. But personally I can’t imagine Trump trying to escalate, beyond blowhard bluffs, because as stated, the US doesn’t have much of anything left to give beyond rusted junk or critical strategic reserves. The only possible way I can see out of it is Trump cutting all aid to Ukraine and allowing a full capitulation while blaming it on Europe after passing them the buck. We’ll close this section with Russian ambassador to UK Andrei Kelin’s reaffirmation of Russia’s negotiating positions: Compromise is out of the question. Zaporozhye and Kherson are Russian Russia will not make concessions to Ukraine – all demands of the Russian Federation will be met. These are demilitarization, denazification and neutral status of the country. - Simplicius
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  6701. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Viral videos on the internet show how all Iranian missiles hit their designated targets in the occupied Palestinian territories, at the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel, which Iran said was the time to give a firm response to the Zionist regime's aggression. The attack on the night of October 1, 2024, about 25 to 40 hypersonic missiles managed to evade Israeli anti-missile shield, and the US Navy Ship failed to intercept the missiles, which hit the military base directly. It is known that Nevatim Airbase, which is located 15 km from the Negev desert, is an air base that houses a squadron of fighter jets such as the F-35, and used to be a place where Israel received American bombs in the aggression on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Now, the air base is being destroyed to the maximum by order of the Supreme Commander of the Iranian Armed Forces, AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI! Chief of General Staff of the IRGC Armed Forces, Major General Muhammad Baqeri asserted that “In this Operation True Promise 2, Iran targeted the Mossad base in Tel Aviv, the Nevatim Airbase, the Hatzerim Base which houses the F-35 and F-15 used in the assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the IDF radar arrays, and the staging area for Israeli tanks.” Initial damage assessments reported that the Nevatim Air Base as well as Israel’s so-called Air Force One were badly damaged by the unhindered missile strikes, making them now inoperable. Open sources said that around 20 F-35 5th generation fighter jets, which bombed the Gaza Strip and Lebanon with over 85,000 tons of explosives last year, have been disabled there. Iran finally broke its long silence and launched a large-scale missile attack. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards said the attack was in retaliation for the assassination of Hamas political director Haniyeh, Hezbollah supreme leader Nasrallah, and Revolutionary Guard Brigadier General Abbas Nirfurshan.''If the aggressor responds with a counterattack, we will target all its infrastructure, retaliating a thousand times over,'' Muhammad Baqeri warned. Currently, regular and extensive flights of dozens of Iranian warplanes are being carried out across the country, on alert to detect and neutralize possible attacks by Zionist fighter jets.
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  6704. [Not a good time to be spitting in the Face of Almighty God when staring at His Judgment!] SOUTH KOREA OUTRAGED AFTER FRANCE INTRODUCES TEAM AS "DPRK - NORTH KOREAN" at Paris Olympics opening ceremony - IOC "deeply apologizes" another embarrassment after South Korean nation feels offended, demanding meeting with IOC chief. Regular folks all around the world also offended by perceived gross display of Satanism at opening ceremony, such as bastardization of Da Vinci's Jesus Last Supper with flamboyant transvestites and little girl wedged between and bizarre occult creatures, seen as an insult to Christianity. Organizers too busy with woke gewgaws, they failed at most important basic task, fumbling flag raising by flying Olympic flag upside down. - Intel Republic FRANCE'S BISHOP CONDEMNS OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY FOR MOCKING CHRISTIANITY, insulting religion and Jesus with scandalous degenerate depiction of Jesus and Last Supper. Episcopate deplores ceremony that unfortunately included scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity. We thank members of other religious denominations who expressed their solidarity with us. This morning, we are thinking of all Christians on all continents who have been hurt by outrageousness and provocation of certain scenes. We hope they understand Olympic celebration extends far beyond ideological biases of few artists - Bishop's office. Using homosexuals to embody Jesus Christ at opening of Paris Olympics very dangerous - Warns pastor of Palestine's Ramallah Roman Catholic Church. Scenes so outrageous, drove Italian journalist Angelo Giuliano to ask for asylum in Russia to escape such "S--tshows", and many X users to agree and declare planning move to Moscow. - Intel Republic
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  6715. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte should have paid closer attention in history class, because he apparently does not know that Ukraine did not exist in the 12th century, Vladimir Medinsky, Russian presidential aide and Moscow’s top negotiator at the talks with Kiev, has said. Speaking at the International Forum of Ministers of Education in Kazan on Monday, Medinsky fired back at Rutte. “I know that Mr. Rutte studied history at university, but I would definitely send him a previous school history textbook on the Middle Ages, because from it he would surely learn that Ukraine did not exist in the 12th century,” Medinsky noted. He added, “If Vladimir II Monomakh, the Grand Prince of Rostov, Smolensk, and Kiev, were told that he lived in Ukraine, he would probably be surprised and might even be offended,” he quipped. Medinsky, who used to hold the post of Culture Minister, is also known for co-authoring a new series of history textbooks introduced in Russian schools. He is also personally leading an extensive online course on Russian history. Back in the 12th century, the territory of modern Ukraine was part of Kievan Rus’, a loose feudal entity combining several East Slavic principalities and ruled by the Rurikid dynasty. The term “Ukraine” did originate in the late 12th century, but it did not refer to a sovereign state or principality. Instead, it was used as a geographic descriptor, meaning “borderland.” The notion of Ukraine as a distinct political and cultural entity started to emerge only in the 17th century. - RT
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  6725. Despite the presence of multiple potential witnesses inside Beeri before ZAKA arrived to collect dead bodies, independent testimony corroborating Landau’s claim has yet to surface. Further, there are no recorded deaths of siblings around the age of 6 to 8 in Beeri on October 7. Any record of a young child killed in the manner Landau described is similarly nonexistent, as are photos of the murdered family he described. In fact, the only siblings anywhere close to this age range who died in the community on that day—12-year-old twins Liel and Yanai Hetrzroni—were killed by Israeli tank shelling. Landau’s story – and by extension, Blinken’s testimony before the Senate – therefore appears to have been spun out of whole cloth; a cynical fabrication intended to dramatize the supposed barbarism of Hamas in order to widen the political space for Israel’s rampage in the Gaza Strip. As this investigation will demonstrate, Landau’s tale was merely one of many tall tales concocted by a small circle of dubious characters who have managed to shape the official narrative of October 7 in Western media. Though Israeli officials played a central role in Tel Aviv’s misinformation campaign surrounding the events of October 7— falsely claiming, for instance, that the bodies of dead Jewish babies were found dangling from a laundry line in one kibbutz—the most inflammatory allegations have emerged from a collection of ultra-Orthodox volunteer organizations such as ZAKA. Though ZAKA specializes “in body collection and disposal,” the group has no coronary credentials and is staffed by droves of poorly trained volunteers. Then there is this admission by the clueless Lt. Col. Golan Vach. He says he saw one headless baby in the house that his tanks fired on. I say clueless because he is unwilling to acknowledge the fact that it was his tanks, not Hamas, that killed all of the people and decapitated the baby in that house. - Sonar21
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  6738. Jul 10, 2024 - The US has dominated the foreign and domestic policy of the Southeast Asian country of the Philippines for decades, having formally ruled the nation as a colony from 1898-1946; - The Philippines has been used for US military basing throughout the Cold War and is now enlarging its military footprint on the Philippines under the government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.; - It was under President Rodrigo Duterte that the US was being pressured to leave the nation while also expanding closer ties with China who was and still is the Philippines’ largest trade partner; - Today, infrastructure projects underway during President Duterte’s administration have been literally torn down, instead military bases are being built to point missiles at the Philippines’ largest trade partner, China; - The US through the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has created large numbers of media platforms, political organizations, and education programs meant to convince the Philippine people that serving US foreign policy objectives is in their own best interests; - The ultimate irony is that these US efforts have convinced Filipinos that fighting China is necessary to protect their sovereignty, when in fact US influence over Philippine foreign policy already constitutes the usurpation of Philippine sovereignty; - Ukraine provides an example of where this process of the US using the Philippines as a proxy against China ultimately leads if the Philippine people are unable to recognize their current government is serving US interests at the expense of their own interests; - The New Atlas
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  6741. The diplomatic tango between Washington and Moscow is underway, but Trump’s promise to bring a quick end to the war in Ukraine on Trump’s terms appears more unlikely with each passing day. Prior to the conversation between the two leaders during the last four days, diplomats representing Moscow and Washington in their respective embassies did the detail work of arranging the phone diplomacy. But, according to Borizzkman, there were two, not one, conversations (this is Borizzkman’s concise eight-minute video presenting the latest developments): Putin’s position is firm and unyielding — No ceasefire or freeze-in-place, recognize the four former Ukrainian oblasts as Russian states, and dismantle Ukraine’s military so that it could never join NATO. The conversations likely took place last week, perhaps as early as 5 February. Why? Because we learned on 6 February that the US asked the UK to take over the chair of the Ukraine Defense Group which is set to meet tomorrow (Tuesday) in Brussels. Trump is sending a message to both Putin and NATO — i.e., Ukraine is no longer viewed as a US priority and that Europe is responsible for pulling Ukraine’s chestnuts from the fire. Although it appears that Uncle Sam’s Sugar Shack is now closed for future business with Ukraine, Waltz and Donald Trump still labor under the mistaken belief that they have leverage over Russia because they believe it is suffering catastrophic losses and a weakening economy. According to Waltz: Wrong on the economy Mike: Trump and his foreign policy team are wrongly assuming that Putin is desperate for a deal because, according to the bogus intel being fed to them, Russia is hurting and looking for a way to alleviate the pain. I am sure that Putin and his team will be setting that record straight. At the very time that Trump is trying to do a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, Trump is endorsing Netanyahu’s plan to blow up the ceasefire agreement and renew attacks on the Palestinians in Gaza. While Trump is smart in some of the domestic policies he is pursuing, he is exposing his ass with his obtuse grasp of the situation in Gaza and how US actions in that region shape Russia’s distrust of Trump and his policies. - sonar21
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  6745. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The latest developments in the war between Russia and Ukraine on April 30, it seems that Russian forces have officially begun to establish a foothold in Bogatyr south of Donetsk Russian attack UAV storming the main Ukrainian stronghold inside the settlement zone, where the southern outskirts have turned into a gray zone. In the past two days, Russian UAV operators from the 14th and 37th Motorized Rifle Brigades of the Vostok Group of Forces, the attack UAV gradually began to pursue the Ukrainian assault groups that were confusedly looking for shelter, eliminating their equipment that is visible, also immediately neutralizing the threat coming from Ukrainian forces. The operation began with aerial reconnaissance by Vostok Group, with precise coordination, their UAV rushed to strike, at the initial stage the detected Ukrainian infantry was targeted. The Ukrainian group that tried to take refuge in the settlement area is hit, they were eliminated even before the Russian assault troops began to entering Bogatyr. Several equipment such as vehicles carrying the Ukrainian group, were targeted by Russian attack UAV crew. FPV drone arrived at a parked pick-up after dropping off the passengers, then eliminated the target. Several another FPV, chasing and destroying American-made armored personnel carriers near the settlement. Ukrainian infantrymen tried to leave the field in a zigzag manner, but were defeated by the drone's crushing blow, the first Russian game changer for Bogatyr. In addition, the crews of Russian attack UAV prevented the threat from Ukraine as early as possible and neutralized it quickly. Ukraine came up with the idea of sending UAV operators on their attack mission for Bogatyr. The suspicious activity was immediately detected by Vostok Group, where Ukrainian operators were setting up their equipment in a house, instead of a post, and they thought to use it as soon. But, the target was acquired, the hopes of Ukrainian operators were dashed in an explosion due to fire, when Russian drones arrived there. Considering that Ukrainian TCC soldiers with no combat experience and no health restrictions were sent to serve in the combat zone, UAV operators from the Vostok Group of Forces in south Donetsk informed the enemy troops about the opportunity to surrender. These positions are filled by young and elderly people who are in poor health, unable to perform their duties in combat units. Instead of always storming, the operators carry out a unique mission by surveying Ukrainian positions to drop leaflets. By attaching these materials to drones, the operators effectively target areas where Ukrainian troops are gathering and this time in their trenches. The leaflets urge enemy troops to surrender voluntarily and lay down their arms, aiming to undermine morale and encourage desertion among the opposing troops, primarily to save their lives, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on April 30, 2025.
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  6751. Special for Biden: Dear Climate Crisis Guy, The climate in the northern hemisphere was much colder in the late 1700s than in the 20th century, with large American rivers like the Delaware routinely freezing over during the winter. If you lived back then, would you demand that the climate be “protected” at its then-current state? With reference to the above, how do you determine the optimal “global” temperature? Greenland during the period of roughly 1100-1700 was warmer than it has been since, and it supported European settlements for hundreds of years. After subsequent centuries of colder temperatures and expanding glaciers, why should we now be anxious if Greenland is a bit warmer today than 60 years ago? In the atmosphere, there are four parts carbon dioxide to every 9,996 other parts. Do you think minor variations in an inert gas molecule comprising 0.04% of anything can by itself have a meaningful effect on any physical or thermal barrier? Thinking about the sun, ocean currents, water vapor, volcanic emissions, vegetation and other such natural variables, is CO2 a bigger climate influence? Giant sheets of ice covered much of the earth’s land area during the last ice age, which ended about 10,000 years ago. During that time, the huge glaciers rapidly melted, without human help. Why do you feel that man, who generates only about 10% of all new carbon dioxide, has a major impact on a global climate that is subject to much more direct, massive natural forces? Are Europe and North America more inhabitable now, or when they were covered in ice? Global crop yields have soared in the past 60 years. Can you explain how “climate change” has harmed food production? - LewRockwell
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  6753. Well, I was wrong again. I thought that Donald Trump’s scheme to take control of Gaza and send the Palestinians to some great, new homes in Egypt and Jordan was just a negotiating ploy. Nope. He is serious about it and persists insisting that it is a great idea and has the backing of Arab nations in the region. Nope. That dog won’t hunt. Trump met today with Jordan’s King Abdullah and reiterated his pitch at a lengthy impromptu press conference in the Oval Office. King Abdullah sat uncomfortably by his side, blinking furiously like a newly hatched owl exposed to a klieg light, and offered up the weak proposal that his country would provide medical treatment in Jordan for 2,000 Palestinian children. When Trump insisted that Egypt would be on board, Abdullah demurred and said that Egypt was in contact with other Arab nations and would offer a proposal in the future. Well, the future for Egypt did not take long to arrive: Trump is talking nonsense and none of the Arab leaders, despite Washington’s threats, are endorsing his proposal. Trump’s description of the Palestinian plight in Gaza is totally divorced from reality. He ignores the genocide. The residents of Gaza did not destroy their homes, their schools, their mosques and their hospitals. The Zionists did that . . . with American help to boot. US-supplied bombs created the vast devastation across Gaza. Hamas did not do that. During the press conference with Bibi, Trump’s recitation of the events in Gaza over the past 16 months reflected the worst of Israeli propaganda: Hamas did not slaughter children and babies. That is a Zionist trope. And the carnage? The Israelis have murdered at least 60,000 men, women and children, while the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 left 1,139 dead Israelis. However, there is evidence that as many as 500 of the Israeli casualties were inflicted by the Israeli military. Israel, not Hamas, is responsible for the “sustained aggressive and murderous assault.” This will be Trump’s war going forward — breaking his promise to his voters not to get the US involved in more wars. Once Israel starts attacking the Palestinians, Hezbollah and the Houthis will renew their attacks on Israel, which will tempt Trump to expand the US role in the conflict. Trump’s honeymoon will be over and the political inroads Trump made with Arab American voters will be demolished. - sonar21
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  6764. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Last night, the Ukrainian military needed to deliver reinforcements to its troops in the Kursk border region, and wanted to move stealthily at night, but the Mil Mi-28 Night Hunter of the Russian Army Aviation stopped them from doing so, the Russian Defense Ministry released the helicopter combat duty today on August 21, 2024. Night vision and IR devices, allow to effectively attack targets day and night. With guided anti-tank missiles fired and used during sorties, the Mi-28 worked against Kiev's military reserves, burning down targets as shown in the footage. Kiev was badly hit even before their personnel did their job, even in one action the Russian attack helicopters would turn fantasy into the worst nightmare! The crews of Russian helicopters are tireless! The Mi-28 all-weather anti-armor attack helicopter, continuously carry out unstoppable air strikes, especially in recent days, which forced Ukraine together with its Western partners, to suffer heavy losses on the border. Daily targeted strikes on Ukrainian personnel and materiel concentrated on the border, and aircraft return to base after using aviation weapons. As reported by the Russian Marines yesterday on August 20, Ukrainian personnel and Western armored hardware columns were destroyed near Korenevo. Allegedly, dozens of vehicles including two Stryker and one Kozak armored personnel carriers, one Canadian-made Roshel SARV armored fighting vehicle, one Cougar mine-resistant vehicle, and one HMMWV armored vehicle were destroyed or damaged in one helicopter action, several Ukrainian servicemen from the 82nd Separate Air Assault Brigade were captured. In Kursk, which was led by Western units to cross the Russian border zone earlier this month, flight crews on helicopters mainly "Ka-52", "Mi-28" and "Mi-35", daily support servicemen by conducting strikes on manpower, armored and motorized convoys of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Russian Aerospace Forces also carry out missions involving search and rescue teams including fire support groups and paramedics, evacuation and transportation of pilots to military health facilities.
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  6766. Polish Mercenaries Began To Flee 'LIMAN' against the Background Of The Approach Of The Russian Army. Compared with other sections of the front, the Krasny-Liman direction was less mentioned in the reports of war correspondents and military departments on both sides. This is largely because the situation in the Krasny-Liman direction is not developing as dynamically and intensively as in other sectors of the front. However, this does not mean that the Krasny-Liman direction of the front has completely suspended the dynamics of hostilities. The decrease in military clashes there is more like the calm before the storm. - BORZZIKMAN "THERE'S A HUGE GAP where Zelensky's brain should be between goals and the actual state of affairs in Ukraine" - says the President of the US Council on Foreign Affairs, Richard Haase. "The idea that Ukraine is going to liberate by military means all the lands that are occupied by Russia, approximately 20% of its territory, is laudable - but this won't happen" - he continues. Zelensky! Please place brain BACK inside cranium - United States officials who specialize in WAR are telling you to forget any kind of liberation fantasies. - Intel Report The flow of US-made artillery ammunition to Ukraine has dwindled by “more than 30%” amid Washington’s scramble to assist Israel in its fight against Hamas, ABC News reported on Tuesday, citing an unnamed Ukrainian official. The network’s source pointed out that the main problem was with deliveries of NATO-standard 155mm artillery shells, which he said accounted for “about 60-70% of Ukraine’s overall supply.” He also expressed serious concern that the gridlock in the US Congress could mean that the flow of arms to Ukraine will start to dry up. “We’re in big trouble… basic munitions are not coming,” the official said, warning that if the situation is allowed to deteriorate further, Ukraine risks losing its position on the battlefield “at a very high price.” - RT Ukraine has lost over 13,700 troops and approximately 1,800 tanks and other heavy weaponry so far this month, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu relayed on Tuesday during a ministerial meeting. Russian forces have been actively thwarting Kiev’s attempts to breach their defensive lines and continue to reduce Ukraine’s military capacity, the senior official said. He claimed that Ukrainian soldiers were surrendering in droves after realizing the futility of their counteroffensive. The Russian minister issued his last assessment of Ukrainian casualties in late October, when he said they had surpassed 90,000 since the start of Kiev’s ill-fated counteroffensive in early July. During this week’s meeting, Shoigu described the cost paid by Ukrainian soldiers in the conflict as “colossal.” - RT
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  6772. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Ukrainian military once again landed their infantry to take part in their offensive on Ulanok in Kursk region around January 6, 2025, but their withdrawal vehicles were completely destroyed by drones and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces. Ukrainian channels are vehemently claiming that Kiev's latest offensive on Ulanok from Sudzha was a success, but this is completely false, Russian military channels reported on January 8. It was reported that Ukrainian vehicles left the infantry without supplies and dead, some of their troops were scattered in the forest belt and several buildings between Cherkasskaya Konopelka and Fanaseyevka. Russian drones from Sudoplatov continued to eliminate Ukrainian infantry, which they said had been cut off from supplies. In addition, several armored vehicles of the of the 11th Airborne Brigade of Armed Forces of Ukraine, which tried to advance towards Ulanok, were completely destroyed near Cherkasskaya Konopelka. The destroyed hardware included T-72M1 tanks with KMT-7, American M1224 MaxxPro MRAP vehicles, and American Cougar MRAP vehicles. Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry also released a video on January 8 of Ukrainian armored column, neutralized before it even reached Ulanok in its second failed offensive in 2025. The 40th Marine Brigade reported that the column of vehicles was advancing, only reaching and landing in the forest between Fanaseevka and Ulanok. However, the hardware column was then hit with a precision artillery strike by Russian Marines from the Sever Group of Forces. In a video on the same day from Russian channels, several vehicles mostly from Western countries, were lost as they headed towards Ulanok after passing through Cherkasskaya Konopelka. Several others were seen moving, or some were shown after being abandoned. Wire-guided FPV drone strikes were conducted by the 810th Marine Infantry Brigade, 382nd Marine Infantry Battalion, 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment, and 11th Air Assault Brigade against vehicles during the Ukrainian offensive. Some of Zelensky's losses included MaxxPro MRAP, VAB armored personnel carriers, tanks with roof screens, M1126 Strykers, and IMR-2 engineering vehicles, T-72AMT, including what appeared to be Marder IFV, and many others that were not in the camera frame. The fighting intensified, with a new offensive being prepared by Kiev, as usual the results of the offensive were drastically reduced in both equipment and the loss of more than 200 soldiers. Russian troops, including Spetsnaz and Akhmat, were clearing the surrounding forests of Ukrainian troops that had entered them. Western tanks were burning on the Kursk land, the offensive on Ulanok was stopped immediately after its departure, and more than 50 armored vehicles were destroyed by Russian drones and artillery along with the troops they transported.
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  6779. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Several local Middle East media outlets reported an explosion at the Russian Hmeimim Airbase in the western coast of Syria near Jableh. This was the result of an Israeli Navy attack, not an Air Force attack near the airbase, sources reported today on October 3, 2024. The target and perpetrators have not been officially confirmed, but local sources spoke of the possibility of a Russian ammunition depot, one of several that were targeted. Both Syrian and Russian air defenses were active, but a missile escaped, causing the explosion at night. Rumors are circulating that warehouses inside Hmeimim were attacked shortly after the Iranian cargo arrived at the base. It is known that the Syrian opposition does not have the ability to do such things. Currently, Zionist forces are carrying out massive bombings in Syria, more than 50 missiles were launched in Latakia, Jableh, and Tartous regions, including some hitting the Hmeimim Airbase, where the Russian Aerospace Forces operate actively participating with the Syrian Arab Army to fight the enemy aggressor in their illusions of toppling the Assad government. If proven, Zionists are playing with fire and will eventually get burned, something that has been on the minds of the experts. However, indications seem to be clear that Russia has advised its citizens to leave Israel immediately following the attack. The Russian ambassador in Tel Aviv highlighted the escalation in the region and urged its 1.5 million citizens to take advantage of the evacuation opportunity. Anatoly Viktorov urged Russians to get out of Israel before it is too late. "Leave while you still can," Viktorov said. Russia has also begun evacuating its citizens from Lebanon. It is strongly suspected that something big is about to happen!
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  6842. Donald Trump may be clear-minded when it comes to Russian history, but he started the “sanctions race” with Moscow, President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said. In a Fox News interview earlier this week, Trump pointed out that the Russian “war machine” defeated both Napoleon and Hitler, so stopping the Ukraine conflict had to be a priority for him if re-elected. Meanwhile, his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined “a Trump peace plan” in the Wall Street Journal that seemed at odds with the Republican candidate’s actual position. Commenting on both matters, Peskov complimented Trump for “knowing history in such depth” as few other Americans seemed to, but maintained that he was still “a representative of the US political elite that is now definitely suffering from total Russophobia.” “Of course, we saw this article and various other statements. We have never worn rose-colored glasses,” Peskov told reporters. The Kremlin press secretary reminded reporters that the US introduced “a huge number of sanctions” against Russia during Trump’s presidency, so “there isn’t much of a difference” between him and other American politicians, from Moscow’s standpoint. “He shows a little more wisdom in terms of maintaining channels of dialogue, but this does not have much of an influence on anything,” Peskov concluded. Pompeo’s op-ed blamed the Ukraine conflict on the “weakness” of current US president, Joe Biden, and accused him for leaving Ukraine “without the means to win” and having “no strategy for victory.” According to the former State Department head, a plan for peace through strength would involve revitalizing the US economy; imposing “real sanctions” on Russia; creating an anti-Iranian bloc in the Middle East; “revitalizing” NATO; and giving Ukraine $500 billion worth of “lend-lease” military equipment, while lifting all restrictions on its use. The terms he proposed for ending the Ukraine conflict involve freezing the current frontline while not recognizing any of Russia’s “occupation and claimed annexation,” handing Ukraine Russia’s frozen central bank reserves as reparations, “demilitarizing” Crimea and admitting Kiev to NATO and the EU, whereupon the sanctions on Russia might be gradually lifted. - RT
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  6854. Another raft of MSM headlines have served to inure the gormless Western lumpen to the realities on the ground: Times goes on to report that disabled people and even those meant to be exempt are all part of the recent corralling efforts, which sees AFU commissars steal their passports to keep them from running. The article highlights various intimidation methods and outright dead-of-night body-snatching: Times goes on to report that disabled people and even those meant to be exempt are all part of the recent corralling efforts, which sees AFU commissars steal their passports to keep them from running. The article highlights various intimidation methods and outright dead-of-night body-snatching: The Times article above talks about a 58 year old being pulled off the street. What kind of assault can 58 year olds conduct? And the few assault-worthy brigades Ukraine has left are being sacrificed by criminal political orders to fight for useless symbolic objectives. Soldiers and marines who have taken part in the river crossings described the offensive as brutalizing and futile, as waves of Ukrainian troops have been struck down on the river banks or in the water, even before they reach the other side. “We were sitting in the water at night and we were shelled by everything,” the marine, Maksym, said. “My comrades were dying in front of my eyes.” “It’s not even a fight for survival,” he added. “It’s a suicide mission.” "I don't know if this will help or not anymore. But I will write it here once again! We are being exterminated by our own command. I am asking for help from everyone who can provide it. Knock on all doors, hold rallies and actions! Record a video! Do something. We are almost openly threatened with execution if we record videos ourselves and ask for help. Help us! Krynkyi is a real hell. Mountains of corpses of our brothers. This will not end if everyone remains silent... They even admit again that Russian forces now regularly fire 5-7 times more shells than Ukraine: First of all—the Black Sea fleet wasn’t wholly pushed back anywhere, only some of its ships relocated to Novorossiysk, many if not most are still in Sevastopol and the ‘wunderwaffen’ missiles have still not been able to reach them. This represents a shocking deterioration of America’s armed forces—they’re literally unable to find crews for their carrier groups, and are forced to operate them at bottom limits: This is just the reductions in one year’s time. The problems are getting utterly endemic, and they stem from America’s cultural and societal ills, which means they aren’t going to improve any time soon—in fact they will be getting much worse. The fact is the US and all NATO countries’ militaries are falling apart, plagued by massively deep problems. There are endless recent stories about the cuts being forced onto the US armed forces: The country (US) is turning into an outright circus, and I don’t mean that in a partisan fashion as the above merely demonstrative Tweet suggests. Both sides are equally sick, and the festering rot is deep. There is every hallmark of a calamitously crumbling empire. Lastly: Ukrainian Rada deputy Alexandra Ustinova confirmed in an on-air telethon that not only is Ukraine abandoning offensive action in the winter and switching to full defensive mode, but even admitted that no matter whether aid will be allocated or not, the entire world simply lacks the productive capacities to supply the needed artillery shells to Ukraine: Like Macgregor and many others have been saying: “You can print cash, but ya can’t print shells, baby.” - Simplicius
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  6856. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The defenders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are currently struggling, in groups to find a way to flee away from Sudzha where Russian forces have made a remarkable breakthrough, rushing into the rear of Ukrainian troops b a gas pipe. Videos published by Russian military correspondents have emerged online on March 11, 2025, showing how a recent Russian Special Forces operation, using a disused gas pipe, traveled about 15 kilometers inside the pipe, hiding for several days before launching a surprise attack near the town of Sudzha, Kursk Region. Interestingly, during the three-week operation by 800 soldiers, the Russian troops wore colored armbands to make it difficult for Ukrainian troops to identify them, with the first 400 wearing blue armbands, the color commonly associated with the Ukrainian army, while the next 400 wearing red armbands. Additional details of the operation include the need for special protective equipment to avoid poisoning. Trolleys were used to carry water and everything else inside the pipe. Upon receiving the signal, the troops immediately appeared, catching the Ukrainian rear by surprise, causing confusion and a reorganization of the defense lines, which forced the Ukrainian defenders to hastily withdraw from the sector. The Russian Defense Ministry shared a video on March 11, showing a group of Ukrainian defenders who refused to surrender to the Russian Armed Forces, trying hard to escape en masse even on foot from Sudzha. While fleeing, the group, consisting of about 30 enemy soldiers, tried to hide inside a building, but the reconnaissance unit of the Sever Group of Force was watching them. The drone pilot waited for the right moment, and the attack drone launched an attack, then the building exploded with a huge explosion along with the invading troops. It seems that Russia is monitoring the entire front line, no one can hide, now a large defender group was eliminated in one strike. Russian military sources released another video, the former commander of the 3rd SHO PMC "Wagner" and now the commander of the DRShB Vostok, spoke about the details of the pipe special operation of the "Potok", a Russian breakthrough that reached Sudzha. Thus, the defenders of Kiev are now focused only on evacuating, but it ended in disaster!
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  6857. LONDON — They Want Julian Assange to Die in Prison for Embarrassing the CIA. The prosecution for the U.S., which is seeking to deny Julian Assange’s appeal of an extradition order, begun by the Trump administration and embraced by the Biden administration, grounded its arguments on Wednesday in the dubious affidavits filed by a U.S. federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, Gordon Kromberg. The charges articulated by Kromberg — often false — to make the case for extradition did not fly with the two High Court judges, Jeremy Johnson and Dame Victoria Sharp, who are overseeing Julian’s final appeal in the British courts. The prosecuting attorneys, under questioning from the judges, were knocked off balance when challenged about the veracity of several of the claims which Kromberg made in support of the indictment against Julian. By the end of the day, it seemed likely that, probably by April, since requested written briefs have to be turned into the judges in March, the two judges will permit an appeal on at least a few of the points. This will, conveniently for the Biden administration — which I expect does not want to take on the contentious issue of extraditing Julian while fueling the genocide in Gaza — mean that any extradition would occur after the election. The CIA usually gets what it wants. But for the near future I expect Julian to continue to rot in HM Prison Belmarsh, where he has been imprisoned for nearly five years as he deteriorates physically and psychologically. This slow motion execution is intentional. It is hard to call any court ruling, other than the dropping of the charges against him, a victory, but the longer he stays out of U.S. hands, the more hope he has of regaining his freedom for carrying out the most important investigative journalism of our generation. - LewRockwell
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  6860. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – After a major strategic victory, the Russian Armed Forces captured VelikayaNovosyolka, continued to advance in their efforts to gain full control of southern Donetsk, and the Ukrainian hardware nearby clearly still under threat. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage on February 11, 2025, showing Russian troops burning more Ukrainian hardware and crews in Dneproenergiya, NovyKomar, and even in Konstantinopol which is a little far away. Every day, FPV drone operators from the Vostok Group of Forces search for enemy armored vehicles, engage and eliminate them. In the early stages, the drone arrived on a pick-up truck while picking up soldiers fighting for the Kiev regime, but it didn't go as planned! Later, the drones arrived on several other armored vehicles with explosions and heavy fire on the vehicles, causing irreparable damage. Mortar positions with weapons hidden in the forest plantations, would not have escaped the attention of Russian drone operators identified from Ukrainian firing positions. The Vostok Group is relentlessly disabling the hardware that appears in the surrounding area, supporting the advance of Russian assault forces into the depths of enemy defenses on the South Donetsk direction. In the past three days, 5 armored combat vehicles, 12 field artillery guns, 15 motorized vehicles and more than 10 mortar positions were destroyed by Russian UAV near Velikaya Novosyolka, the Ministry of Defense calculates. In this direction, new footage has emerged showing another Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle "M113" made in the United States, apparently charred after a fire.
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  6881. Since the Krokus attacks occurred, the West has been in utter overdrive to pin the blame on ISIS while absolving Ukraine from any responsibility. The heavy-handed desperation with which they’ve gone to lengths in doing this reveals the game and tells us everything we need to know about the nature of the attacks. Listen to Grant Shapps at the end of the video above, whose mask slips when he openly reveals: “We must resist Putin’s effort to link ISIS to Ukraine.” But before we go on, let’s remember how almost every previous terrorist attack that was denied by Ukraine ended up being quietly admitted later. After all, just yesterday Ukraine’s head of the SBU Vasyl Malyuk went on a long confession spree, “unofficially” admitting Ukraine’s responsibility for killing Ilia Kiva, Vladlen Tatarsky, and others. The U.S. and friends really, really, really want you to know it wasn’t Ukraine who did the Moscow attacks, it was “ISIS”. Anyone who has even a functionally adult understanding of how the world works will innately comprehend that Ukraine is behind the attack. In this case, it was absolutely paramount that Ukraine had to utilize the services of a third party—so they hired some patsies through an intermediary with a convenient ‘ISIS’ link. But the timing is too ludicrous to believe—it’s akin to the CIA’s ‘best hits’, like the farfetched gas attack Assad carried out just when he had broken the enemy’s back and was winning the war. It’s utterly unbelievable that just as Russia had dealt some unprecedented blows to Ukraine, including a massively crippling air attack, and just as MSM outlets were sputtering out reams of devastating headlines about Ukraine’s impending collapse, ISIS just happens to decide to make a totally uncharacteristic attack in Moscow? You have to be infantilely credulous to believe such improbable coincidences. That’s not even to mention that the attackers were obviously caught heading to Ukraine, a fact now established with precise geolocation from on the ground videos: That’s not to mention that “ISIS” is incapable of supplying a stash of weapons into Russia for the patsies to have used—only Ukrainian SBU leads would have provided that weaponry from Ukraine deep inside Russia. Most of the above is in line with what Russian FSB head Bortnikov believes happened, as per his statements today: What he says: He believes Ukraine, U.S., and UK are behind the attacks He has some preliminary evidence to suggest this link, while investigations are ongoing His preliminary findings are that the terrorists were in fact “expected” on the Ukrainian border by their handlers He implies Budanov will be eliminated for his actions Putin also made some new statements on the ongoing investigation, corroborating the link to Ukraine: Some analysts have even speculated that Putin’s choice of ambiguous language is a hidden signal to the West: he knows precisely who did it and can reveal it at any moment, but—he’s giving the West a chance to make favorable concessions and gestures of reconciliation, to some extent. many in Ukraine and the West did celebrate the attacks Ukraine is merely being forced to resort to increasingly desperate and dangerous maneuvers to dislodge Russia’s unity, and Russian elite are increasingly consolidating under one form of ideological solidarity when it comes to the war’s end-game objectives. Those who may have toed the line previously, now recognize that only maximalist goals will achieve national security for Russia. Russia not only struck what it claims to be some leadership positions with hypersonic missiles in Kiev yesterday, but has also dealt devastating blows to the electric grid, this time targeting actual irreparable engine and turbine rooms. the world banking cabal cannot afford Russia winning the war, because it would initiate a cascade of untold consequences for the monetary hegemonic web they’ve tenticularly enwreathed the entire globe in. Russian citizens are very keen to what’s going on because they’ve developed a reflexive instinct for sniffing out the West’s provocations, after years of suffering them through the ‘90s and onward. So they know precisely where the attacks originated from, and who created ISIS itself, as they created Al-Qaeda to kill Soviets in Afghanistan in the ‘80s, as well as the Chechen jihadists in the ‘90s. Now the top EU puppet leaders climb over each other to stand out in the new pageant of war the ongoing events have germinated: Amid the scuffle and bustle, everyone sees opportunity to gain more power—after all, crisis is the absolute most ideal time to distinguish oneself from the pack and gain inordinate advantage. But ultimately, the reason these attacks had to happen, as I said in the beginning, was to mask the ongoing degradation of the Ukrainian armed forces: Beneath the gimmicks, terror diversions, and misdirecting but pointless missile attacks on Crimea, Ukraine continues to retreat as Russia steamrolls forward, breaking through the AFU’s lines: - Simplicius
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  6916. You can't beat these people as God is watching over them! OUR PEOPLE CAN'T BE INTIMIDATED - Russian Election Commission Chief Pamfilova starts 1st voting day with Russian national anthem, hailing will of citizens risking their lives to vote under fire, while Kiev's regime threatens and kills them. We will endure everything; we have withstood it for more than one year and we know what's at stake - Pamfilova quoting courageous residents from reunited regions. We have accredited 706 officials from 106 countries as international observers. More than 13,000 representatives from almost 2,500 media outlets, without taking into account numerous foreign media outlets will have same full opportunity to cover what is happening in our country openly without any kind of obstacles - Pamfilova. - Intel Republic RUSSIAN PATRIOTS FIGHT EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS TO CAST THEIR VOTE - Citizens of Sakhalin region, Far East Russia fight their way through punishing icy sharp winds and thick snow (video above) to vote for better Russian future in today's presidential elections. 2 million already participated in early voting but West predictably labels the elections unfair before they even started. - Intel Republic TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN FAMILY TRAVELS 150KM ON SNOWMOBILE TO VOTE - Watch video above of the amazing nomad Khudi family from Russia's Arctic Yamalo-Nenets, whose patriotism manifested in a long hard road trip through extreme weather to the nearest polling station after father got tired of "waiting for helicopter" to fly them to participate in presidential elections. We always vote, because everything depends on our voice - says the mom. - Intel Republic RUSSIA'S ELITE OFFICIALS CAST THEIR VOTE - Early to arrive at voting stations, Russian FM Lavrov, Defense Minister Shoigu and Chief of Staff Gerasimov post their ballots in today's presidential elections. Massive turnout expected as reunited Russian regions will finally enjoy fair elections , with head of Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) Pushilin leading by example by voting in bottom right video. Finally the day has come when we elect the president of our great Motherland - Pushilin. - Intel Republic MASSIVE BLAST RIPS THROUGH STREET and vehicles, wrecking department store following Ukrainian shelling that kills one, damages several buildings and stores in Belgorod region (pre-war Russia), as Kiev's regime continues futile attempt to intimidate Russians out of voting. Region's Governor Gladkov mourns the victim who spent his days helping victims of Ukrainian war crimes. He was one of its [civil defense] active participants, he repeatedly helped to evacuate civilians and ensure security in his native district. I express my sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased, it's a heavy loss for all residents of Belgorod region - Gladkov. - Intel Republic UKRAINE-BACKED SABOTEURS ISSUE WARNING TO RUSSIANS, WHILE MOSCOW DETAINS ONE OF THEIR TERRORISTS - West-funded PR battalion Freedom of Russia Legion, again issues "urgent warning" to citizens of Belgorod region (pre-war Russia), that massive attack about to be carried on city's military targets. One terror attempt immediately once again thwarted by Russian intelligence, as 21-year-old FRL goon in right video detained before he could plant explosives (confession on right) and spread chaos in Bryansk region (pre-war Russia), to disrupt presidential elections day. UPDATE: From March 12 to 15, Russian forces prevented all Ukrainian attempts to break through into territory of Belgorod and Kursk regions. More than 550 military personnel, 16 tanks, 19 armored fighting vehicles, including 11 U.S-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and 15 vehicles were destroyed - Russian Defense Ministry. - Intel Republic
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  6918. On the eve of Iran’s meeting in Rome on Friday, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, summarized the situation quite succinctly… accept Iran’s offer to not build nuclear weapons or there is no deal. I do not think this is hyperbole or posturing. I believe it is the firm position of Iran. The decision is now in the hands of Donald Trump. The Friday meeting in Rome marks the fifth time that Iran and the US have met for indirect talks. Oman has the unenviable task of running back-and-forth between the two delegations, who have declined to meet in person and talk directly to each other. Over the course of the last month, Iran has heard conflicting positions from Steve Witkoff, Trump’s lead negotiator. After the first round of talks in April, Witkoff said the US was willing to accept Iran’s peaceful enrichment of uranium, which is 3.6%. But, upon returning to Washington, the Zionist crowd clobbered Witkoff, which led him subsequently to make repeated public remarks that Iran would not be allowed to have any enrichment capability. Iran, with the backing of Russia, China and Saudi Arabia, is willing to accept a 3.6% limit and to allow unfettered inspections of Iranian nuclear facilities in order to ensure compliance. The fly in the ointment is Israel. Bibi Netanyahu and the Zionist zealots are pulling out all stops to pressure Trump and to prevent him from making such a deal. An Iranian agreement to never build a nuke would remove one of Israel’s major excuses for its genocidal activites against the Palestinians and Hezbollah. - sonar21
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  6927. I’ve written a number of essays trying to point at the baseless and irrational way westerners view military explosives as a far more civilized and humane way of killing human beings than bullets or blades, but I’ve never written anything that sums it up as clearly as this frank admission by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s senior manager of journalistic standards. Military explosives rip human bodies apart. They burn people alive. They trap them under rubble where they die excruciatingly slowly in one of the most horrifying ways imaginable. They leave people without limbs. They dismember and disfigure children for life. Many of the most agonizing deaths in human history have been caused by bombs. There are thousands of Gazans who have yet to be counted among the dead because their bodies are still buried under the rubble of fallen buildings. Many of them would not have died instantly. Some are still alive, waiting for days in a state terror and searing pain for a rescue that will never come. A UNICEF report released last month said that more than a thousand children had had one or both legs amputated since October 7 as a result of damage received by US-sponsored Israeli airstrikes, a number which would be significantly higher by now. We know that many such amputations have occurred without anaesthesia, because Israeli siege warfare has cut off Gaza’s healthcare system from the necessary supplies. If this is not vicious, then nothing is vicious. If this is not brutal, then nothing is brutal. If this is not murderous, then nothing is murderous. But it doesn’t get labeled as such by the western press, because it is being done “remotely”. - LewRockwell
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  6934. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The FAB-3000 glide bomb attack on the Volchansk Aggregate Plant, confirms the statements about a trap carefully prepared for Ukrainian troops in the industrial zone of Kharkov region. In videos released by Russian military correspondents on September 28, 2024, the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a powerful strike by the crews of Su-34 fighter-bomber, destroying the remains of the plant, following reports of the presence of formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and began to consolidate there! This is terrible! Some days ago the Russian units withdrew from the plant in order to lure the enemy in, and now they militarized it with the most powerful bombs, which directly destroyed the hull of the plant, It is difficult to know how many were eliminated, especially the special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, who entered the trap. The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) headed by Kyrylo Budanov, reported this week that it had captured the Aggregation Plant in Volchansk with GUR special forces. The department said in a statement that the last of the 30 buildings at the plant had been liberated today, which had been occupied by Russian troops since July 30. At the same time, the department called the information about the close fighting at the Aggregate Plant somewhat exaggerated, which was previously considered an important strategic facility, in order to advance after capturing these strongholds. While the Russian side did not comment on the defeat. Thus, its capture resulted in the GUR special forces not only losing control, which was completely surrounded. The latest footage on September 29, shows several trophies captured by Russian Volunteer fighters during the multi-day battle at the Volchansk Aggregate Plant! As usual, Ukrainian domestic war correspondents claim that the Russian garrison fought to the last, and managed to retreat. Only those who surrendered or were taken prisoner managed to escape, the rest were destroyed. On the contrary, Ukraine lost a lot of personnel - another tragedy that was simply necessary for the sake of a one-day media victory.
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  6941. Pay Attention to what Putin says! During the special military operation we are liberating Russian territory. How do you feel about Western countries helping our enemy? Vladimir Putin: The point is not that they are helping our enemy. They are our enemy. They are solving their own problems with their hands. That is what it is all about. This has been the case for centuries, unfortunately, and continues to be the case today. Ukraine itself is not our enemy whereas those who want to destroy Russian statehood and to achieve, as they say, a strategic defeat of Russia on the battlefield, are mainly in the West, but still, there are different people there. There are people who sympathise with us and who are with us at heart. But there are the elites who think the existence of Russia (at least in its current state and size) is unacceptable. They want to disintegrate it. As a matter of fact, you are young people, some have read about this, perhaps: they do not hide it. They speak and write about this publicly, and have been doing it for decades, if we are talking about contemporary history. For decades, they have simply been writing frankly about it: divide Russia into five parts, one is too much. I can talk about this till morning, but it is obvious. Therefore, they have been nurturing the Kiev regime for quite a long time, precisely to create this conflict. Unfortunately for us, they have achieved this: they started this conflict and are trying to achieve their objective, namely the task of fighting Russia, with the help of Ukrainians. You probably see on the battlefield that they are gradually losing their zest. When a projectile flies, it is difficult to understand whether they are losing it or not, but in general you probably know that the situation on the battlefield is changing. This is despite the fact that the entire “civilised” West is fighting us. - Sonar21
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  6943. [Some food for thought for the Globalist Lunatics supporting Biden who want to fight Russia, China, and Iran with a decimated woke pro-pervert Military!] Iran made history yesterday by launching “Operation True Promise”. In our usual style here, let’s cut through all the noise currently clogging up social networks and incisively demonstrate the facts as thoroughly as possible, while also pointing out how this was a game-changing and historic event which has brought Iran onto the world stage in a big way. Firstly, as establishment, Iran’s stated goal for the operation was to strike back at the bases from which the Israeli consular attack was launched on April 1: The footage is of the Intelligence HQ getting hit. I have yet to see evidence of 99% interception. Ramon has been badly hit. Nevatim was hit by more than 7 missiles. Air Force Intelligence HQ completely leveled. Other strikes on air defence installations obviously not close to population centres and out of view but I'm sure sat intel will show extent of damage. And another: ➖Nevatim Airbase in the south of occupied Palestine ➖Ramon Airbase in the south of occupied Palestine ➖The Israeli top-secret intelligence-spy base in Jabal al-Sheikh (Mount Hermon) in the north of the occupied Golan Now, let’s get down to the nuts and bolts. This strike was unprecedented for several important reasons. Firstly, it was of course the first Iranian strike on Israeli soil directly from Iranian soil itself, rather than utilizing proxies from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, etc. This alone was a big watershed milestone that has opened up all sorts of potentials for escalation. Secondly, it was one of the most advanced and longest range peer-to-peer style exchanges in history. Even in Russia, where I have noted we’ve seen the first ever truly modern near-peer conflict, with unprecedented scenes never before witnessed like when highly advanced NATO Storm Shadow missiles flew to Crimea while literally in the same moments, advanced Russian Kalibrs flew past them in the opposite direction—such an exchange has never been witnessed before, as we’ve become accustomed to seeing NATO pound on weaker, unarmed opponents over the last few decades. But no, last night Iran upped the ante even more. Because even in Russia, such exchanges at least happen directly over the Russian border onto its neighbor, where logistics and ISR is for obvious reasons much simpler. But Iran did something unprecedented. They conducted the first ever modern, potentially hypersonic, assault on an enemy with SRBMs and MRBMs across a vast multi-domain space covering several countries and timezones, and potentially as much as 1200-2000km. Additionally, Iran did all this with potentially hypersonic weapons, which peeled back another layer of sophistication that included such things as possible endoatmospheric interception attempts with Israeli Arrow-3 ABM missiles. After a certain pre-timed span, Iran then released cruise missiles so that they could strike roughly in a similar window as the drones. One video from last night confirmed the low-flying cruise missile presence: Then, following the appropriate time interval, Iran launched the coup de grace, its vaunted ballistic missiles. Here’s Iran’s own released footage of the start of Operation True Promise, which includes the ballistic launches: There is no conclusive proof that any ballistic missiles were shot down, and in fact all the evidence points to the opposite: direct footage of the missiles penetrating the AD net and striking targets. This is where it starts getting interesting, because the hits we saw in Israel appeared to potentially utilize some form of MaRV or hypersonic glide vehicle, which would mean Iran could have made history even beyond what we thought. So let’s get there by first mentioning the other controversial claim that Iran possibly used its most advanced new hypersonic Fattah-2 system: And lastly, there are some experts who believe Iran utilized its elusive hypersonic Kheybar Shekan missile, which also features a highly maneuverable MaRV. we do have evidence that the ballistic missiles largely went unopposed, slicing through what’s claimed to be the densest air defense in the world. Not only Israel’s itself, comprised of a layered defense of David Slings, Arrow-3s, Patriots, and Iron Dome, but also the aforementioned allied airforces, as well as what’s now been reported to be a U.S. Arleigh Burke warship firing upwards of 70+ SM-3 missiles from the Mediterranean shore. The hits that we saw were spectacular in one profound way: the terminal velocity of the Iranian ballistic missiles appeared stunningly fast. But here’s where we get down to business. The next video is the most eye-opening in terms of the capabilities of these missiles. The two most important things to note are: 1) the terminal velocity right before impact and 2) note how some of the missiles strike very precisely onto the same location in groups. That’s not to mention the official Israeli account tried to pass off old footage of Russian MLRS launches from Ukraine as Iranian ballistic launches last night: They call this the New Equation. Anytime Israel attacks them, Iran now intends to strike them ‘head on’, i.e. directly from its soil as is their newly demonstrated capability. But last night, Iran penetrated every missile shield manned and operated by NATO itself, with all the trappings and advanced C4ISR and SIGINT capabilities inherent to the entire Western alliance; from THAAD, to Patriot, David’s Sling, Arrow-3, SM-3, Iron Dome, and even ‘C-Dome’ from Israeli corvettes—not to mention the entire complement of the West’s most advanced A2A defenses flown from F-35s, Typhoons, Eurofighters, and likely much more. One must understand that ballistic missiles are precisely the apex predator that these most advanced Western AD systems were created to handle—and last night, they failed spectacularly in the same way the Patriots did in Desert Storm before them: In short: this is why Netanyahu needed an escalation. It’s to divert attention from the ongoing catastrophe of Israel’s potential defeat to Hamas, the catastrophic loss of standing of Israel’s image in the world community, the complete turning against Israel by the entire world. Rather than admit defeat and face the end of his career, as well as the coming trials and tribunals that would put Bibi in jail, he chose to take the only remaining option: to continue escalating in the hopes that a wider-scale war could wash away his sins and undo the past mistakes. Unfortunately, just like the ill-fated Zelensky, Netanyahu’s doomed plan appears destined to coincide with the U.S.’ historic decline, reaching its zenith now in this pivotal year of 2024. - Simplicius
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  6950. The American Dream… or Nightmare? Kamala's “Glorious Economy” Fantasy Welcome to the circus. In the latest episode of America’s desperate attempt to keep the illusion alive, we’re told the “glorious economy” will save Kamala Harris in the polls, just as the empire teeters on the brink of financial collapse. Let’s get real. The U.S. national debt is now approaching an eye-watering $35.8 trillion—yes, with a “T”—and each American citizen is shackled with an average debt burden of over $90,000. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Add in over $200 trillion in unfunded liabilities, and every single American—man, woman, and child, is shouldering a mind-numbing $600,000+ debt burden. Is this the “glory” they're selling? The interest alone on this monstrous sum is set to devour trillions more in the coming years, dwarfing investments in infrastructure, healthcare, and education. Meanwhile, the IMF has just confirmed that Russia, despite over 20,0000 Western sanctions and relentless economic warfare, is now the fourth-largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity (PPP). Moscow has maneuvered past Japan, silencing those who predicted Russia’s collapse. Unlike the speculative foundations of "Bidenomics," Russia's growth has been forged on tangible resources, resilience, and a sovereign economy. As BRICS nations rise, forging independent pathways free from dollar dependence, Washington doubles down on smoke-and-mirrors, feeding its citizens a diet of “everything is glorious” while the walls close in. The empire’s enemies take note. The “economic prowess” being celebrated in D.C. is little more than hollowed-out promises backed by the Fed’s Ponzi-money-printing machine. The American economy, propped up by the very fiat currency it weaponizes against the world, is the definition of a ticking time bomb. So, yes, bring on the election theatrics: Kamala, Trump, whoever. In reality, it’s a “choose your own dystopia” game. While Americans are distracted by the current presidential puppet show, the rest of the world watches as the empire implodes. Real power is shifting, and no “glorious economy” narrative will change that. The Global Majority, anchored by BRICS, isn’t buying the show. They’re building a parallel system and Kazan was only the beginning. As the West doubles down on an unsustainable path, others are investing in genuine growth, decoupled from Western debt traps. They’re not just betting against the dollar; they’re laying the foundation for a world where such illusions hold no sway. - Gerry Nolan - The Islander News - Intel Republic
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  6957. Update on the conflict in Ukraine for January 21, 2024… - As Ukraine and its Western sponsors continue losing the conflict strategically, Ukraine continues conducting military operations to win public relations victories; - Ukrainian drone strikes on St. Petersburg and a Russian oil depot inflicted no tactically or strategically significant damage; - Such strikes have demonstrably only galvanized the Russian population further behind Moscow and are admittedly aimed at encouraging the Ukrainian population to remain invested in the conflict; - The US government has claimed that without further financial aid, Ukraine will decisively lose the conflict, omitting the fact that even with additional financial resources, the arms and ammunition Ukraine needs does not exist to be purchased and transferred to Ukraine in the first place; - France has urged arms manufacturers to boost output, claiming to have switched to a “war economy mode,” despite the necessary prerequisites to do so not being met and France being unable to boost output without huge investments in both money measured in billions, and time measured in years; - The fate of a Russian A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft continues to remain at the center of Western commentary, specifically because of a lack of strategically significant developments in Ukraine’s favor on the battlefield. The fact that Western media admits the allegedly destroyed plane has already been replaced reveals how insignificant the incident is; - The Western media continues promoting narratives of heavy Russian losses around Avdeevka, identical to narratives that preceded the fall of Bakhmut to Russian forces last year; - While such narratives are meant to depict Russia as weak and failing, the relentless tidal wave of men and equipment would not be possible unless Russia possessed vastly superior means of raising manpower and military industrial output; - The New Atlas
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  6965. As I expected, Washington is moving the conflict toward Iran. Washington chose this moment to escalate in order to direct the news away from Israel’s trial in the International Court of Justice. Regardless, Washington’s neoconservatives intended escalation from the beginning of the Israeli-Hamas war. It has been clear to me since 9/11 in 2001 that neoconservative dominance in Washington guaranteed we were on a road to escalation that would eventually reach Armageddon. The world is going to be victimized by the incapacity of the American political and intellectual classes to think clearly and honestly. We are approaching Armageddon because US foreign policy serves Israeli expansion, not peace. Washington has now launched air and naval attacks on Yemen. Sadeh, Zubaydah, Abs, Bani, Sana, Hudaydah, and Taiz have been attacked by American forces, initiating yet another war without Congressional approval, a branch of the US government emptied of power. The price of oil increased in response to the American attacks. Oil kingdoms, such as Saudi Arabia and Oman, are beginning to feel rocky as a result of their alignment with Washington against the Houthis. The White House fool says it is the Houthis’ attacks that are reckless, not Washington’s. The New York Times and the rest of the Western media have gone to work placing all blame on the Houthis. The Houthis have announced that as a result of the US/UK strikes on Yemen “all American and British interests have become legitimate targets.” You can see where this is going. - LewRockwell
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  6967. Highlights from Putin's State of the Nation as reported by Intel Republic UNITY OF RUSSIA IS A COLOSSAL FORCE - Putin praises Russian people of all religions for standing together against West aiming to sow discord and turn Russia into a Ukraine-like state manipulated by arm dealers. They are confronted by the firm position of our people, our soldiers, Muslims and Christians, Buddhists and followers of Judaism, have shown that unity of Russia can overcome anything, by standing shoulder to shoulder we fight for our Motherland - Putin. - Intel Republic RUSSIA IS STRONGHOLD OF TRADITIONAL VALUES - proudly declares Putin in above video. Smiles and nods of approval at State of Nation address as the Russian leader highlights that world at large, including millions in West look up to Russia's wokeness-free traditions that are upholding human civilization. - Intel Republic PUTIN CHALLENGES THE WEST - Russian Prez issues determined warning to West's warmongers who are considering sending NATO troops to fight Russia with Ukraine. West continues to lie through its teeth without any shame saying Russia wants to attack Europe, it makes absolutely no sense. They are now talking about sending NATO contingents to Ukraine, we all remember what happens to those who try to attack our country, but now consequences for those potential invaders will be much more tragic - Putin. Russian leader lists few tasty missiles that will welcome any potential suicidal invaders who decide to find out. - Intel Republic U.S. JUST WANTS TO DELUDE CITIZENS INTO BELIEVING IT STILL RULES THE WORLD - Putin deconstructs Washington's fuss about Russian space nukes as nothing but a ploy to force Moscow into arm treaties negotiations on U.S' terms and gain popularity points during elections. They're blocking our proposal which has been on their table for 15 years, it's not clear what they want. Words of today's American authorities about negotiations on strategic stability are demagoguery - Putin. - Intel Republic RUSSIA SOON ONE OF WORLD'S 4 LARGEST ECONOMIES - Putin proudly highlights Russia as the largest economy in Europe in GDP and purchasing power, 5th in the world. Last year, Russian economy grew faster than global average and outpaced growth seen in G7 states, becoming more sophisticated and technologically advanced, with less reliance on natural resources - Putin. - Intel Republic WE WILL BUILD NEW GLOBAL FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE, FREE OF POLITICAL AGENDA - Promises Putin following crumbling of U.S. hegemony and West discrediting their own currencies. Russia together with its friendly states will continue to create an efficient and safe transport corridor infrastructure and build new global financial architecture, free of political agenda. We and our partners interact on basis of equality and fairness - Putin. - Intel Republic
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  6968. Thanks to an Israeli drone operator and his idiot commander, we may have reached a tipping point in Israel’s attempt to exterminate the Palestinians. Countries previously mum on the wanton killing of Palestinian civilians are now voicing outrage over a senseless, deliberate killing — e.g. Australia, the United Kingdom and even that soy boy from Canada, Trudeau. When the drone feed identifies a target the images are displayed on large TV monitors mounted at the front of the room. The decision to follow and attack this convoy was ordered by officers. This was not just the decision of one rogue drone operator. That operator had to request permission to “engage” the target. There was a chain of command in place giving orders to follow and FIRE!! As I and many others have pointed out, the faux mea culpa of Israel rings quite hollow because this kind of criminal behavior has been a Standard Operating Procedure of Israel since the start of hostilities on October 7. Israel’s deliberate targeting of aid workers, journalists, and doctors is well documented. By way of comparison, if you are a journalist, aid worker or healthcare provider you are safer in Ukraine than in Gaza and the West Bank. In Gaza, Israel is killing almost 20 journalists a month. In Ukraine it is almost two per year. I do not think Netanyahu can spin his way out of this. It was not a mistake. These workers were deliberately targeted, hunted down and murdered. And this was done by an Israeli military unit under the direct control of senior officers. - Sonar21
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  6971. Comedown After Post-Aid 'High' Brings West Back to Reality In fact, just days ago Ukraine’s head of the aerial reconnaissance support center, Maria Berlinskaya, stated that “most Western systems have proven to be [worthless]” because Russian EW neutralizes them It was also revealed that much of the gear was already forward-stationed and merely awaiting the final approval, and has begun streaming in from Poland. In fact, some of it was already secretly given a week or two ago, such as in the case of the ATACMS missiles The problem is, amid the wave of drunken excitement over the new aid, there have been many sober voices making efforts to temper the wild flights of exaggerated optimism. And the main issue is now rearing its head more than ever: out of the several disastrous problems plaguing the AFU, the supply issue is not even its biggest; that dishonorable distinction goes to the lack of usable manpower. As for mobilization, here’s Ukrainian lawyer Rostislav Kravets and Arestovich both separately revealing that there are reportedly over 100,000 deserters in the AFU: This is utterly shocking because they are talking about actual deserters who were already fighting on the front or in military units—not men who fled the country to avoid service; those, as we all know, already number in potentially the millions. No, this is much worse. These are actual deserters from the already-thinning frontline, which is said to have a measly ~250-300k men or less. As such it represents a catastrophic morale. It’s another wake up call to those who actually believe Kiev’s casualty numbers. Tens of thousands of confirmed POWs, 100k deserters, but only 30k killed? Of course the most disgusting of the lies is the suggestion that the young will only be used to operate drones and technological things, implying they’ll be safely in the ‘rear’ as most drone operators are. In reality, they will be sent as fodder to the zero line. Their excuse for the blatant indifference to threat escalation is the canard that Russia is weak, would never use nukes, and that 90% of the Russian army has already been destroyed. In fact, we now know it’s the opposite: So, it is in fact Ukraine that lost 90% of its army in the literal first days of the war, and has reconstituted it several times, while the Russian army is now bigger and stronger than before. In essence, Europe is like a gang of frightened monkeys hiding behind each other, trying to pull the bear’s tail, drawing group ‘courage’ from each other, but running frantically at the sight of a single member’s panic. Now Ukraine faces major battlefield breakthroughs as Russian forces have been steamrolling AFU in a variety of important positions and fronts, capturing Ocheretyne and Novobakhmutovka earlier: As well as major portions of Krasnogorovka: The AFU’s own sources write that the collapse has been nearly catastrophic: - Simplicius
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  6974. There also is no good explanation why a band of Tajiks were hightailing it for the Ukrainian border. At a minimum that shows a belief that they would find safe haven if they could get across the border. They certainly did not behave like diehard jihadist warriors eager to sacrifice themselves and go to Paradise and cash in the reward of 72 virgins. I think the Islamic terrorism claim is a red herring and designed to shift attention away from the other indicators that some in the West, at a minimum, had foreknowledge of this attack. How else to explain the March 7 warning by US Embassy Moscow for American citizens to steer clear of event, such as concerts? And then, as I wrote yesterday, the US State Department was quick to issue a claim exonerating Ukraine for any role in the attack. The fires were still raging at the Crocus facility. That means only one thing — the State Department had intelligence indicating who carried out the attack. But the U.S. apparently did not share that with its Russian counterparts. That lapse alone is simply going to stoke more suspicion in Moscow about Western involvement. But we already know one thing for sure — that the West has been involved with facilitating a series of terrorist attacks against Russians since the start of the special military operation. What else do you call the artillery and missile strikes on Russian civilians in the Donbass,] and in Belgorod, with munitions that were supplied by the United States and other major NATO countries? At a minimum, that makes western powers an accessory to an act of terror. it is also important to note the President Joe Biden has said nothing, and has made no contact with Vladimir Putin to express sorrow or empathy. Quite a contrast with Biden’s actions in the wake of the news that Alexey Navalny, a political opponent of Vladimir Putin, had died. Biden was quick to express his fake grief for the death of Navalny. It is also clear from President Putin’s demeanor during his speech today that Russia will retaliate against those responsible for this attack. The one thing I know for certain is that this attack is going to strengthen the will of President Putin, the Russian general staff, and Russia’s intelligence service to put an end to NATO meddling in Ukraine, and the ability of NATO proxies to attack the Russian people. Whoever approved this badly miscalculated and will pay a terrible, but well deserved, price. - Sonar21
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  6981. Israel is interested in extermination, NOT evacuation! HOSPITALS AT VERGE OF COLLAPSE in Gaza Strip as both hospital beds and time run out for patients lucky enough to make it out of the rubble, but threatened by complete black out by Israel's mass-death sentence cut off of electricity and fuel, threatening to turn Gaza's hospitals into mass morgues. Gaza Health Ministry says World Health Organization demands of humanitarian corridor impossible - expected to fall on deaf ears as UN, WHO, and Israeli hostages themselves victims of Tel Aviv's bombardment. Israel has waged attacks on 34 Healthcare centers in Gaza since last Saturday amidst its indiscriminate bombing campaign that failed to succeed in taking out any of its supposed "Hamas" targets. - Intel Report ENTIRE FAMILIES WIPED OUT: Babies lay cold and dead, such as two month old baby girl from Astal family in Khan Younis (left video) never waking up from their night sleeps thanks to Israeli missiles, which wiped out 44 ENTIRE families since Saturday. Israeli Army bombardment raises Gaza's death toll of mostly civilians to 1,799 killed with over 6,300 injured - around 500 of those children - with the death toll climbing every hour. - Intel Report I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS. FUCK. FUCK Reuters camera films horror as ISRAELI STRIKES KILL JOURNALIST (presumably laying lifeless in bottom pic) and injures 3 others after turning their car into a burning coffin (middle video). IDF's internationally-prohibited phosphorus shells also spread horror not far at Southern Lebanese borders with Israel (bottom right). UPDATE: Qatari news channel Al Jazeera also reports 2 of its journalists targeted by Israeli shelling - Hezbollah announces an attack on several Israeli military sites near Lebanon's borders in retaliation. UPDATE: Female journalist in pic above is possibly injured, as reports reveal strikes murdered Reuters cameraman. - Intel Report GUNFIRE BLASTS PIERCE (bottom right video) otherwise calm atmosphere in South Lebanon border town of Odeissa between Hezbollah and Israel as Lebanese Army too gets involved in the firefight, also throwing artillery shells. In response to Israeli attacks, Hezbullah fired at Tel Aviv's Al-Abad, Jal Alam, and Ramiah border military sites. Israel also deployed internationally banned white phosphorus shells on Lebanese Army post, munitions which Tel Aviv has come under fire for deploying in Gaza and Lebanon. - Intel Report ATTACKING THE PRESS: Lebanese Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah (both pictures) lies lifeless and mutilated, face down in the dirt and limp arms outstretched, with legs blown off after brutal Israeli strikes intentionally strike media team's press van on the South Lebanese border. Meanwhile, Tel Aviv announces it will enforce complete internet blackout in Gaza starting tomorrow, Saturday, likely to cover up war crimes to come on the territorial strip. Israel doesn't just kill Palestinian journalists - yet don't expect any US officials to issue condemnation. - Intel Report FUELING WAR: Western weapons to Ukraine found at Israel's doorstep, says Russian permanent representative to UN Nebenzya, confirming Netanyahu's announcement of Ukrainian weapons found on Israeli border just months ago during summer. Likewise - Putin (bottom video) expands on mysterious black market weapons sales to the Middle East, asserting that sales took place at Ukrainian state level. - Intel Report TERRIFIED CHILD COVERED IN BLOOD among injured and dazed victims of latest Israeli BOMBS car convoy, killing 70 and injuring more than 200 of displaced people in Gaza doing exactly what Israel told them to do, desperately fleeing to desperate attempts at safety ahead of incoming Israeli shelling. Israel threatened Gazans with leaflets, forcing them to go south, now they bomb those innocent, fleeing civilians anyway! - Intel Report HOSPITALS TURNED TO MORGUES amidst Israeli siege on Gaza, with congregation around casualties taking place right outside Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza as health and medical centers around the territory suffer from Israeli blockade, inhumane enforced power outages, and forced evacuations of CHILDRENS hospitals as they all fall under HUNDREDS of Israeli BOMBS. Ministry of Health in Gaza sounds ALARM due to depletion of medicine and fuel as well as complete occupancy of hospital beds. Additionally, 15 members of medical staff KILLED by Israel strikes and 23 ambulances destroyed. Death toll rises to 1,900 Palestinians killed, including 614 children, from Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. - Intel Report
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  6994. How do you destroy a free press? Fill it with people who hate free speech, look down upon the poor and powerless, and believe that only their opinions matter. Then pay them to repeat and defend everything that the “ruling class” brands as an “official truth.” It’s amazing how fast public dissent dries up when you bribe the “journalists” and censor anyone who notices. “Reporters” are now so deferential to bureaucrats in positions of authority that they prostrate themselves before those most deserving of scrutiny. As obsequious servants to a “ruling class” that sees them as expendable, today’s “journalists” empower the powerful and silence the powerless. And when a “reporter” no longer serves those powerful interests, the Establishment’s exterminators need only decide whether to shrivel the offending slug with salt or squish it into gooey obsolescence. Think that’s hyperbole? Why has Julian Assange spent over a decade in legal purgatory and consular captivity while trying to avoid American incarceration and assassination? Why is Edward Snowden now a citizen of Russia, rather than a celebrated whistleblower addressing college auditoriums here in America? Why is Gonzalo Lira, Sr. mourning the torture and murder of his son in a Ukrainian prison, when Joe Biden could have freed the American citizen at any time? Because Assange, Snowden, and Lira all reported truths that revealed the U.S. government’s criminality, corruption, and antipathy toward the Constitution’s Bill of Rights. Because our “ruling class” believes the First Amendment, unfettered free speech, and a courageous free press are all threats to national security. Because the American police state has no interest in seeking warrants or establishing probable cause before illegally spying on the American people. Those who have sacrificed everything to report these stories have been eliminated or cowed into quiet complicity with a Deep State diametrically opposed to human liberty. Those reporters who remain have chosen the lowly existence of common slugs. - LewRockwell
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  6999. Transforming the CIA for an Age of Competition – is a shocking display of ignorance and misinformation about Russia, the state of the war in Ukraine and NATO’s military capabilities. Although Burn’s is an educated man and experienced diplomat, this article displays a profound arrogance seasoned with provably false claims. The so-called vision he presents for “transforming the CIA” is a childish fantasy and signals that the CIA is drifting towards being irrelevant as well as incompetent. An intelligence chief like Burns is supposed to bring a non-partisan, objective perspective to an issue like Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine. Burns fails spectacularly on that count. He refuses to acknowledge the role the CIA and Britain’s MI-6 played in sparking the 2014 coup that ousted democratically elected Ukrainian President Yanukovych, which culminated in the Ukrainian military attacking the Russian speaking citizens in the Donbass. That in turn sparked the now ten year civil war and the vote in Crimea to re-join the Russian Federation. Burns is totally disingenuous. He pretends that the West played no role in the subsequent civil war that wracked the Donbass. He ignores the West’s repeated entreaties for Ukraine to join NATO – a firm redline for Vladimir Putin and the Russian Government. And he fails to acknowledge the West’s saber rattling as the U.S. European Command and NATO conducted annual joint military exercises with Ukraine where Russia was the featured foe. Burns’ claims about Russia’s “one-dimensional” economy and weak military capability is beyond shocking. This is the kind of specious claim one normally would expect of a middling university student or a partisan hack. Russia’s economy is anything but one dimensional – it has a robust defense manufacturing capability, is a leader in the production of grain and oil and gas, and is one of the world leaders in supplying critical Rare Earth Elements (aka REE). According to the Foreign Policy Research Institute: After two years of combat in Ukraine, Russia has demonstrated that it can defeat and deter every advanced NATO system provided to Ukraine. Although touted as “game changers” when first supplied to Urkaine – I am referring to the HIMARS, the Javelin anti-tank guided missile and the Patriot missile battery – these systems have proven to be expensive failures. The era of the United States calling the shots and coercing other nations to accede to its policies is coming to an end. When the history of this period is written, the war in Ukraine coupled with the West’s effort to destroy Russia, will be seen as the spark that ignited the fire that burned down the power of the Colonial West. - Sonar21
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  7016. The U.S. is edging closer to war with Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces, a state security agency composed of armed groups, some of which are close to Iran, but which for the main are Iraqi nationalists. The U.S. carried out a drone strike in Baghdad, Wednesday that killed three members of the Kataeb Hizbullah forces, including a senior commander. One of the assassinated, al-Saadi, is the most senior figure to have been assassinated in Iraq since the 2020 drone strike that killed senior Iraqi Commander al-Muhandis and Qassem Soleimani. The target is puzzling as Kataeb more than a week ago suspended its military operations against the U.S. (at the request of the Iraqi government). The stand down was widely published. So why was this senior figure assassinated? Tectonic twitches often are sparked by a single egregious action: the one final grain of sand which – on top of the others – triggers the slide, capsizing the sandpile. Iraqis are angry. They feel that the U.S. wantonly violates their sovereignty – showing contempt and disdain for Iraq, a once great civilisation, now brought low in the wake of U.S. wars. Swift and collective retaliation has been promised. But all know that such separateness is artificial – the ‘red’ thread woven through all these ‘issues’ is Gaza. The White House (and Israel) however, insists the connecting thread instead to be Iran. Did the White House think this through properly, or was its latest assassination viewed as a ‘sacrifice’ to appease the ‘gods of war’ in the Beltway, clamouring to bomb Iran? The wrongheadedness of U.S. policy is astonishing – and now has claimed the most central tenet in the ‘Biden strategy’ for resolving the crisis in Gaza. The original decision to back Israel’s use of overwhelming violence across Gaza’s civil society – ostensibly to defeat Hamas. It has turned the region and much of the World against the U.S. and Europe. How did this happen? Because nothing changed by way of U.S. policies. It was the same old western bromides from decades ago: financial threats, bombing and violence. And the insistence on one mandatory ‘stand with Israel’ narrative (with no discussion). The rest of the world has grown tired of it; even defiant towards it. where is Biden’s limit: Support for Israel in a Hizbullah war? And were it to widen, support for Israel in an Iran war too? Where is the limit? The incongruity, coming as it does, at a moment when the West’s Ukraine Project is imploding, suggests that Biden may see himself needing some ‘grand victory’, as much as does Netanyahu. - LewRockwell
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  7024. [Who owns the world? The prince of this world, Satan, who wants company in hell!] We are living the Most Serious Economic and Social Crisis in World History. It is an outright war against all humanity: the Planet’s 8 billion people. Engineered collapse of agriculture. Hikes in the price of energy. Collapse in production and consumption. Poverty and Famine in all major regions of the World Peter Koenig Connects the Dots. He focusses on the powerful “Big Money Actors” who are pulling the strings in the shadows. Peter skilfully explains how “Everything is Interrelated” starting with the Covid plandemic, the mRNA vaccine, the powers of Big Pharma and the Military Industrial Complex, the role of corrupt governments and, the destabilization of the Nation State, the wars in Ukraine and Palestine, the propaganda campaign all of which are overseen and controlled by the Big Money actors. People in different countries are being impoverished simultaneously as a result of a deliberate process of “market manipulation”. It’s not the free market! Starting with the corona crisis in late January 2020, the global crisis (2020-2024) –which is still ongoing– has literally disrupted and destroyed people’s lives Worldwide in the course of the last four years. The scale and complexity of the 2020-2024 Global Economic and Social Crisis far surpasses all previous “depressions” including the 2007-2009 Recession which was categorized as the most serious economic meltdown since the Great Depression of 1929. - LewRockwell
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  7028. Very bad news for the Globalist West Warmongers! TERROR THWARTED: Russian forces blow up 8 Western-armed Ukrainian saboteurs, equipped with American grenades, C4 explosives, in minefields 9n demarcation line near borders of Belgorod, pre-War West Russia. Russia blocked Kiev attempts in approaching Belgorod region village of Staroselye (left map) as local residents swiftly evacuated from threat, sheltered also in nearby Terebreno (right map). - Intel Report In terms of diplomacy, Lavrov is the only adult in the room! Ukraine’s Western supporters are the ones that undercut the country’s territorial integrity by effectively reneging on the Minsk agreements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed. The diplomat added that despite talk of potential negotiations coming from Western capitals of late, Moscow has yet to see readiness for serious dialogue. - RT TALKING SOME SENSE into faulty Armenian leadership is Russian FM Lavrov, fully aware of Yerevan's inclination ditch Russia, yet reminding them of geographic, historical, and political "impossibility" of snubbing relations with Russia, especially while depending on the US. It would probably be good to look at recent history of those that US sought to take under its wing - Lavrov - Intel Report SHARP SHOOT DOWN by Russia of Ukrainian drone near the village of Makarovka, Kursk region (in map), site of Kursk Nuclear Power Plant-2. Russian air defenses also destroy drone approaching Bryansk, no casualties or property destruction took place on either pre-War Russian region. - Intel Report Ukrainian soldiers face wrath of Russian artillery pummeling their positions with devastating strikes in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) destroying 2 tanks, 2 armored vehicles (footage above), shooting down Su-25 fighter jet and laying waste to up to 355 enemy soldiers. Russian air defenses destroy 26 Ukrainian terror drones. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 27 - Intel Report United States and NATO have been pursuing a JENGA strategy against Russia. A lot of leaders in the NATO club are invested heavily in the belief that if enough pressure is applied to Russia then the country, the economy, the military and society will collapse like a JENGA tower. Only one little problem — that strategy has failed; the opposite happened. Instead of growing weaker and fracturing, Russia has grown stronger and less dependent on the United States and Europe. The economy is purring along. The Russian defense industry has ramped up to unprecedented levels in the modern Russia era. For example, Russia is churning out more than two million 152mm artillery rounds a year. The Russian army is filling recruitment quotas and turning out fully trained soldiers. Russia is producing surprising numbers of hypersonic missiles and drones, which have transformed the battlefield in Russia’s favor. - Sonar21 The Russian Defense Ministry has released footage showing a Tor-M2 short-range anti-aircraft system intercepting a US-made Switchblade kamikaze drone deployed by Ukrainian forces. The ‘M2’ variant is the latest in the Tor family, which has the ability to engage targets on the move rather than after stationary deployment. This makes it efficient in protecting military columns. - RT CATASTROPHIC CLOUDS of soot and fumes engulf chemical plant in Ukrainian-controlled side of Avdeevka, Donetsk Region (ex-Ukraine) after Russian strike sears through facility and sends coke into dust. - Intel Report LOL The expert community began to discuss a very strange statement by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. In particular, he indirectly asked the Russian military not to start hunting for American tanks in Ukraine. ''I remember perfectly well how the Russians announced a hunt for German Leopard-2 tanks. This should not be allowed to happen with 'M1-Abrams' tanks. The Russians should start playing by the rules and stop declaring a hunt for American tanks,'' - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. - BORZZIKMAN
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  7050. [Best description of the Warmonger Extraordinaire Graham that I've read. Captured the essence of this disgusting morally bankrupt creep to a "T". Much blood on this man and his cronies' hands for which they will pay!] “Step right up, folks, get your next world war right here.” That’s basically the message that’s always coming out of US Senator Lindsey Graham’s mouth. It’s all fun and games – and profit – regardless of how many of the “little people” end up paying with their lives. Shooting one’s mouth off nonstop in favor of triggering war (anywhere but inside America, of course) by advocating attacks on foreign countries is Graham’s whole brand. He pounds the desk, but really couldn’t care less where the dust settles afterwards. That’s for someone else, with actual responsibility, to deal with. Guys like him, and his BFF the late Senator John McCain, and former Ambassador and Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton are all basically the same dude. Graham and McCain were the ones who actively lobbied their Republican colleagues to get Obama appointee, Victoria “Regime Change Karen” Nuland, confirmed into the role of assistant secretary of state for Europe in May 2013. They succeeded. And just a few months later she was in Ukraine as Euromaidan popped off, handing out cookies and getting caught on tape telling the US Ambassador to Kiev who should comprise the post-coup Ukrainian cabinet. They all represent a bygone era before social-media-driven transparency and diversity of analysis and freedom of information. Neoconservative narratives driving endless war enjoyed much less pushback from more marginalized dissenting voices. The results of their policies, from the Middle East to Africa, have been so disastrous that they’ve lost any benefit of the doubt. So, while Graham is busy sticking out his tongue at Putin, laughing about how Moscow took its shot and missed – he might want to consider where the ricochet actually ended up. And how much of a reckless jackass he made of himself, yet again, in front of increasingly war-weary Americans. - RT
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  7053. Moscow’s forces have stopped the Ukrainian counteroffensive dead in its tracks, Evgeny Balitsky, the governor of Zaporozhye Region, has said. The official declared that Ukrainian forces, which have been trying to storm Russian positions for months, have “completely run out of steam.” According to Balitsky, the plan to reach the Sea of Azov and cut Russia’s land bridge to Crimea – widely seen as the main objective of Kiev's summer campaign – has been thwarted. Ukraine began a large-scale offensive in early June, but has failed to make substantial progress. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said last week that “the Kiev regime is losing.” He has previously estimated Ukraine’s losses at more than 90,000 troops, nearly 600 tanks, and 2,000 armored vehicles since the start of the push. Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials have admitted difficulties with the campaign, blaming a lack of progress on delays in Western support, strong Russian defenses, and extensive minefields as well as Moscow’s air superiority. - RT RUNNING CRAWLING FOR THEIR LIVES are Ukrainian cannon fodder coming under wrath of Russian gunfire and anti-tank guided missiles after making massive mistake of attempting to breach Russian defensive lines. All attempts at return fire futile as entire enemy unit ends up either killed, injured or fleeing Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut), Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) 245 Ukrainian soldiers in total either killed or wish they never stepped foot in Donetsk, 170 in Lugansk Republic (ex-Ukraine), 160 in Kupyansk, East Ukraine. Russian air defenses shoot down 2 Ukrainian planes and 33 drones ( almost 9,000 UAVs destroyed since start of Special Operation). ⚔SITREP⚔ Nov 6 Intel Report
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  7063. Given that the CIA is running Ukraine and Zelenskyy is simply a figurehead, Blinken is authorizing the CIA to strike inside Russia putting America in the war front and center. A last-ditch solution to Netanyahu’s criminal arrest dilemma. War. A last ditch effort to forego US elections. War. All while putting Taiwan on military alert. The Blinken logic is that if Ukraine uses – US weapons inside Russia – it could trigger WWIII. Problem with this media illogic? The Kyiv CIA has already been striking inside Russia in the Belgorod Region. Every weapon left to the disposal of Ukraine is either US made, German made, or UK made. The Kabbalah is running out of time and solutions. Kyiv has few troops left and morale is in hell. But Netanyahu needs a diversion. The insanity of America’s politicians discussing initiating WWIII based on Ukraine is most certainly the last death wish of Gyorgy Schwartz – Soros. Lloyd Austin has admitted that the US is not nearly ready for a confrontation with anyone given our depleted inventory of manpower and weapons. - LewRockwell Let’s get right into the most pressing development: a narrative overload has swelled around the topic of allowing Ukrainian strikes on Russian soil. It has suddenly become the top coordinated focus for the entire deep state establishment, with Zelensky and complicit Congressmembers forming a critical mass of pressure against the Biden administration, with some claiming they’re gaining headway. The reason is obvious: Ukraine is at a crossroads and a potential breaking point. The political situation has hit rock bottom, with Zelensky’s authority and legitimacy quickly unspooling; the manpower issue is reportedly very bad and is not being addressed by the newly announced mobilization; and on top of all that, Russia appears on the brink of opening up another in a series of new fronts that could bring the AFU to the brink by stretching the lines like never before. Russia is issuing the response that if things continue escalating in the current dangerous direction then Russia may have no choice but to bring much more devastating weaponry to bear. Russia continues conditioning the ground for Zelensky’s illegitimacy. Lukashenko even said at today’s talks that “a lot will happen this year….there are plenty of people in Ukraine both in military and government who would like to take the leadership position.” Apart from that, despite the glaring seriousness and danger of Zelensky’s continued provocations, Russia stands to potentially create a catastrophic situation for the AFU in the near to medium term future with the introduction of new fronts, whether Sumy and/or Belarus. The Sumy rumors continue unabated—the latest from Ukraine: Furthermore, the reason behind Zelensky’s desperately redlining provocations is because Ukraine continues taking catastrophic losses on the front. Just the 79th brigade alone reports 20 KIA per day, with another 35 WIA. The 59th brigade reports “2-3 dozen” losses per day as they scream desperately for help. - Simplicius
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  7071. The Biden administration has reportedly approved of an Israeli assault on Rafah, the last slightly safe city in the Gaza Strip, and is openly preparing to work with Congress to punish the International Criminal Court for seeking arrest warrants of Israeli officials for war crimes. Biden is a monster who belongs in a cell at The Hague The genocide in Gaza is arguably the single most urgent matter in the world right now — partly for how horrific it is in and of itself, and partly for its potential to explode into wars which would bring far greater devastation to the region. But nobody’s allowed a vote on whether this will continue or not, even in the heart of the US empire which is making it all possible. The only candidates who stand any chance of getting elected are all committed to making sure this mass atrocity continues, because if you ever want to get anywhere near the presidency you have to make a whole lot of deals with powerful forces who were never elected by anybody. And what really sucks is that so many people believe this is freedom and democracy. The people will never know freedom until they first understand how profoundly unfree they really are. - LewRockwell ISRAEL BANS SPAIN FROM HELPING PALESTINIANS IN NEED - Monstrous retaliation from Tel Aviv against Spain recognizing a Palestinian State, announcing block on Spanish consulate in Jerusalem from providing services to devastated Palestinians. Catastrophic situation at Gaza's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital as doctors warm premature incubator babies with blankets and their own hands after medical complex runs out of fuel and descends into complete darkness due to IDF's siege, leaving adults and babies waiting for miracle to save their lives. War criminal Netanyahu claims Madrid is "rewarding terrorists" if it offers to save innocent babies' lives. - Intel Republic IDF PREVENTS MEDICAL CREW FROM SAVING WOUNDED PALESTINIAN - Red Crescent Society shares incriminating video, showing man shot by IDF's bullets in Jenin, dropped to ground and abandoned by medics, who put their hands up after threat on gunpoint by "Most moral army in the world", while bulldozer forces them to drive away in ambulance. Clear evidence of war crime under Geneva Convention, but Zionists only reference it when it suits their lies. - Intel Republic ICJ ORDERS ISRAEL TO STOP RAFAH OPERATION, PROVIDE INVESTIGATORS WITH ACCESS TO GAZA STRIP - head of International Court of Justice Nawaf Salam refuses to cower to West's threats and rules in favor of South Africa's case against Tel Aviv's regime. Israel must immediately cease its military offensive or any other actions in Rafah that may endanger the Palestinian population in Gaza, potentially leading to their physical destruction, wholly or partially. Israel must implement effective measures to ensure unhindered access to the Gaza Strip for any commission of inquiry, fact-finding mission, or investigative body authorized by United Nations to investigate allegations of genocide - Salam. Israeli government on genocidal meltdown following ruling as Netanyahu prepares emergency meeting - National Security Minister Ben-ocidal Gvir quotes first Israeli PM Ben Gurion: Our future does not depend on what the Gentiles will say, but on what the Jews will do. There should be only one response to order of the anti-Semitic court in The Hague - the conquest of Rafah, increasing military pressure, and crushing Hamas until achieving complete victory in the war - Ben Gvir. - Intel Republic
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  7079. UKRAINE'S MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTLY LINKED TO CROCUS TERRORIST ATTACK - FSB Director Bortnikov announces as investigation continues, stressing main purpose of bloodbath was to destroy relations between CIS countries. Preparation, financing, attack and withdrawal of terrorists were coordinated via Internet by members of ISIS-K. More than 20 people, including perpetrators and accomplices, have already been detained. Kiev, having no chance on battlefield, switched to tactics of total terror. NATO countries facilitate transfer of mercenaries and terrorists to Ukraine - Bortnikov. U.S. rewards Kiev's terror by awarding Ukraine another $275 million for new HIMARS systems, artillery and anti-tank weapons. - Intel Republic ZELENSKY HAS LOST HIS LEGITIMACY - Putin states the evident in video above - as Begginsky's cancelling of elections, embarrassing forced conscription of Ukrainians, and PATHETIC performance on battlefield despite syphoning endless BILLIONS in Western cash is too much for even U.S. and EU "leaders" to tolerate much longer. In terms of legitimacy, the current (Ukrainian) head of state has little left of it, and I believe that one goal of Switzerland conference is to try to restore it before Western community - Putin. - Intel Republic Russian soldiers massive action of Yug Group troops liberated Kleshcheyevka completely. Scouts identified Ukrainian soldiers and foreign mercenaries in settlements in Donetsk region, and launched artillery and FPV drone attacks on enemy positions. Next the attack group entered and engaged in close combat, eliminating and capturing their hiding fortress. - Military Tube Today
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  7092. Some final thoughts on the appointment from another analyst: Belousov's appointment promises a total audit of all financial flows of the Ministry of Defense. He is a fairly tough and effective manager known for his practical approach to business. He often had an unpopular point of view on the work of accountable structures, which is probably what the Ministry of Defense needs now. And there’s always this, for the believers: The new Russian minister of defense, Andrey Belousov, is a practicing Orthodox Christian. He has personally donated to & built a monastery in the Vladimir Oblast: “Russia must become the guardian of the traditions of Christian civilisation. The era of globalism is over.” Acquaintances of Andrei Belousov told The Bell (foreign agent) that he periodically serves as an altar boy in one of the churches, presumably in the Vladimir region. Since the beginning, Putin has been slowly clearing out the calcified structures, upwardly promoting and mobilizing deserving men to replace the hangers-on from the dusty ages of long time past. This is a continual and unending process, but it has bore fruit and today we see its ongoing progression. The spring renewal of change and adaptation is a good thing. As a last quick mention of the ongoing Kharkov offensive, Russia is demining entire fields by setting them on fire and burning all the mines off: Many Ukrainian military-linked channels are in panic or disorder, now openly accusing Ukrainian leadership of not having built any defenses in the north. It’s clear that what began as a coping attempt to downplay the northern advance is now turning into an open debacle: The AFU is now scrambling to plug the holes by routing its most elite units to the north, with GUR spetsnaz and Kraken reportedly coming to the rescue. Unfortunately for them, several Kraken groups have already been captured by Russian forces. for once, this offensive has been marked by a specific emphasis on the fact that Russian forces are utilizing effective combined arms tactics, with several frontline reports making pains to note that artillery and drone utilization is good, communications are notably coordinated and running fluidly, It seems whoever is running the ‘Northern Wind’, as some are calling it, is doing a very competent job thus far. It was likewise already confirmed by other Ukrainian military accounts that the AFU was forced to withdraw much-needed units from the Avdeevka and Chasov Yar fronts to reinforce the worsening Kharkov direction: The dilemma, for Ukrainian leaders, is that a feint can turn into an offensive with little notice—as long as the Russians can spare the forces from their operations in the east. “It is a shrewd approach, considering Ukraine's manpower constraints,” Finnish analyst Joni Askola wrote. Meanwhile, AFU sources themselves report that Russia only started off utilizing 7% of its regional forces, subsequently increasing it to 15%—which should give an idea of what’s yet to come: Spokesman for Ukraine’s battlegroup Khortitsa, Nazar Voloshin, states Russia launched 22+ guided bombs on Volchansk today: - Simplicius
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  7116. ⚔SITREP⚔ DECEMBER 4 ◾More ground taken by Russian forces North of Artyomovskoye, Donetsk Republic, ex-Ukraine (left map) as Kiev army forced out of their positions. ◾Russian drones make short work of Kiev army troops near Artyomovskoye as right vid shows deadly drops blasting soldiers apart. ◾ Up to 280 Ukrainian troops added to Kiev’s casualty figures in DPR while over 30 Ukrainian drone and US-supplied HIMARS rocket shot down by Russian air defenses. - Intel Report 97% OF FUNDS FOR UKRAINE ALREADY EXHAUSTED admits US State Department Spokesman Miller as he tries to prevent his voice from wobbling too much while delivering news to reporters. Miller confesses he’s "very concerned" that Congress still ain't passing Biden's $105 BILLION emergency package to send taxpayer cash to Kiev and Tel Aviv so they can continue their war crime sprees. - Intel Report RUSSIA UPHOLDS HUMAN RIGHTS DESPITE WESTERN HYPOCRISY states Putin as he blasts West-controlled international organizations who've turned blind eye to suffering of Donbass residents for YEARS. Russian leader adds Moscow's ready to cooperate with all willing countries to ensure human rights for all. - Intel Report After the liberation of Khromovo west of Artemovsk, Russian Paratroopers of the 11th Airborne Brigade began expanding the offensive on Khromovo - Chasov Yar highway. Attacks by quadcopters and FPV kamikaze drones destroyed armored vehicles and infantry of Armed Forces of Ukraine as they fled on the highway west of Khromovo which had been held by PMC Wagner since early May. - Military Tube Today WATCH a charging infantry vehicle with a Russian flag waving defiantly in the wind PUMMEL Ukrainian forces with smoking gusts of ammo, sending them scattering in all directions near Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut), Donetsk Republic, ex-Ukraine. - Intel Report
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  7126. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Russian Armed Forces have raised another flag in StarayaNikolaevka an unstoppable victory on the Konstantinovka axis, forming a new cauldron for Ukrainian troops. The Russian Defense Ministry officially reported on Tuesday, May 27, that units of the Yug Group of Forces of the Southern Army took control of the settlement and displayed the Russian flag on one of the buildings, confirming the strong control of the Russian military, rapidly shifting the territory in the sector in a few weeks. The footage during the liberation of the settlement shows how the actions of Yug soldiers in their area of responsibility, using artillery and drones, destroyed Ukrainian military hardware and personnel, where Kiev has transferred everything that could still survive to the Konstantinovka front, except for minimal defense. At least 280 servicemen fighting for Kiev were deactivated in combat actions, two armored combat vehicles, one artillery piece and two ammunition depots. Thus, Russian troops inflicted maximum damage on the enemy, gained a foothold then the Russian flag flew there. At the same time, Russian troops are gaining ground in the neighboring settlement, entering Zorya, located south of Konstantinovka, where Kiev’s forces are currently complaining of being trapped in a semicircle. On May 26, Ukrainian military news site Deep State released video from the settlement captured by Ukrainian drone, confirming the capture of half of Zorya by Russian soldiers. The footage also captured the moment, at one point while local civilians in Zorya rushed out to greet the Russian soldiers with open arms and embraced them, the report said. It is clear that Zorya had been conquered, almost completely liberated. Now, Russian advance units can be confident that work is moving on to the next settlement. Not far from Staraya Nikolaevka, Yug Group FPV drone operators destroyed Kiev’s military hardware near Serebryanka. The area was extremely difficult to reach, being exposed, but the drones struck a group of tank and pickup truck, eventually burning the equipment completely. Serebryanka is the site of one Ukrainian 120-mm mortar that was destroyed a few days ago. On that occasion, soldiers of the 2nd Guards Artillery Brigade of the Yug Group of Forces, also demilitarized British weapon, one 105-mm L-119 howitzer.
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  7129. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Ukrainian forces are now facing unprecedented hardships, with large amounts of their equipment being burned on the highway to Sudzha. Russian forces have taken control of all supply routes in Kursk Region, capturing Sudzha-Sverdlikovo highway with fire, leaving the only route for Ukrainian troops to return to Sumy before the Sudzha cauldron closes, with up to 4,000 Ukrainian troops likely to be surrounded! This action highlights the increasingly intense border clashes, destroying Ukrainian military equipment as enemy troops try to probe Russian defenses as shown in footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry on March 3, 2025. The Tula Paratroopers are the main rapid response force, engaging in combat, countering this threat with precision strikes and ambush tactics. As a result, two Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicles and one D-20 152mm howitzer engaged near Sudzha, demonstrating Ukrainian increasing reliance on armor and artillery, were destroyed by drone strikes! Sudzha is one of the last places Kiev’s forces have taken advantage of for a while. Recently they tried to escape there after Russian troops continued to gradually liberate several settlements, including Novaya Sorochina which was liberated on March 3. However, they were not allowed to leave their defeated areas to reach Sudzha, the road was heavily attacked by FPV drones of the 40th Marines working, as in the footage released by Supladatov Official on Telegram Channel on March 1. Drones were launched by operators, hitting several vehicles even as Ukrainian troops evacuated their wounded comrades who were inside the vehicles. This battle confirms that Russian positions along the Sudzha route remain strong. Ukrainian forces continue to face difficulties in maintaining their offensive actions, they say Ukraine is “winning”, and are now in a semi-encirclement in Sudzha, which cannot be won. The latest wave shows Colombian mercenaries among the Ukrainian invading troops captured by Russian troops in Sudzha, while Ukrainian personnel losses in Kursk continue to skyrocket every day, reaching more than 64,845 soldiers, as reported by the Russian Defense Ministry on March 4.
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  7135. The lack of manpower has become so dire for the AFU that even if all the newfangled weapons from the West were to be delivered, Ukraine may no longer even have the men to use them: More and more voices have risen from the ranks of the AFU recently stating that they are flat out running out of men. This included the countless videos explaining how soon the entire population will have to be mobilized, man, woman, and child. Ukraine was defeated by its own Western propaganda. Now, the most aware pro-Ukrainian pundits are desperately trying to steer their flock back to rational thinking—but it’s too late. Some accounts have even pointed out how desperately pro-UA supporters have been trying to gin-up fake losses, for instance posting this one infamous photo of a field of corpses and trying to pass it off as Russian “meat assault losses” in Avdeevka. Only problem is, those were Ukrainian dead from Bakhmut as many well-trusted accounts have pointed out: In Kherson, Ukraine continues to claim some ‘successes’ but in fact the real intel is that they’re suffering nothing but absolute horrors there. A video emerged showing Ukrainian troops being fired upon by Polish mercenary “blocking detachments” to force them to cross the Dnieper. There are mutinies everywhere and the Ukrainian internal boards are filled with howling rage at the treacheries: Russia has continued to repel massive strikes on Crimea and Sevastopol. Now it’s being confirmed by Western sources that Russia has been increasing use of fully automated AI versions of the Lancet: Meanwhile the U.S. continues to experience weapons woes as the much-vaunted test launch of their new Minuteman III ICBM over the Pacific Ocean was apparently deemed a failure. - Simplicius PANIC MODE ACTIVATED in Kiev regime after top commander Zaluzhny’s disastrous admission of "stalemate" on Ukraine front to Western presstitutes (pic above) as US Republicans seize on opportunity for Washington to stop funding war crimes for "as long as it takes". Mad Vlad Zelensky’s thick skull ain’t accepting "gloomy" reality as he claims F-16s are gonna be the "wunderwaffe" that solves all Kiev army’s problems. Just like Leopard tank wunderwaffe, Bradley IFV wunderwaffe, Challenger tank wunderwaffe, list goes on. - Intel Report
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  7160. Since the Krokus attacks occurred, the West has been in utter overdrive to pin the blame on ISIS while absolving Ukraine from any responsibility. The heavy-handed desperation with which they’ve gone to lengths in doing this reveals the game and tells us everything we need to know about the nature of the attacks. Listen to Grant Shapps at the end of the video above, whose mask slips when he openly reveals: “We must resist Putin’s effort to link ISIS to Ukraine.” But before we go on, let’s remember how almost every previous terrorist attack that was denied by Ukraine ended up being quietly admitted later. After all, just yesterday Ukraine’s head of the SBU Vasyl Malyuk went on a long confession spree, “unofficially” admitting Ukraine’s responsibility for killing Ilia Kiva, Vladlen Tatarsky, and others. The U.S. and friends really, really, really want you to know it wasn’t Ukraine who did the Moscow attacks, it was “ISIS”. Anyone who has even a functionally adult understanding of how the world works will innately comprehend that Ukraine is behind the attack. In this case, it was absolutely paramount that Ukraine had to utilize the services of a third party—so they hired some patsies through an intermediary with a convenient ‘ISIS’ link. But the timing is too ludicrous to believe—it’s akin to the CIA’s ‘best hits’, like the farfetched gas attack Assad carried out just when he had broken the enemy’s back and was winning the war. It’s utterly unbelievable that just as Russia had dealt some unprecedented blows to Ukraine, including a massively crippling air attack, and just as MSM outlets were sputtering out reams of devastating headlines about Ukraine’s impending collapse, ISIS just happens to decide to make a totally uncharacteristic attack in Moscow? You have to be infantilely credulous to believe such improbable coincidences. That’s not even to mention that the attackers were obviously caught heading to Ukraine, a fact now established with precise geolocation from on the ground videos: That’s not to mention that “ISIS” is incapable of supplying a stash of weapons into Russia for the patsies to have used—only Ukrainian SBU leads would have provided that weaponry from Ukraine deep inside Russia. Most of the above is in line with what Russian FSB head Bortnikov believes happened, as per his statements today: What he says: He believes Ukraine, U.S., and UK are behind the attacks He has some preliminary evidence to suggest this link, while investigations are ongoing His preliminary findings are that the terrorists were in fact “expected” on the Ukrainian border by their handlers He implies Budanov will be eliminated for his actions Putin also made some new statements on the ongoing investigation, corroborating the link to Ukraine: Some analysts have even speculated that Putin’s choice of ambiguous language is a hidden signal to the West: he knows precisely who did it and can reveal it at any moment, but—he’s giving the West a chance to make favorable concessions and gestures of reconciliation, to some extent. many in Ukraine and the West did celebrate the attacks Ukraine is merely being forced to resort to increasingly desperate and dangerous maneuvers to dislodge Russia’s unity, and Russian elite are increasingly consolidating under one form of ideological solidarity when it comes to the war’s end-game objectives. Those who may have toed the line previously, now recognize that only maximalist goals will achieve national security for Russia. Russia not only struck what it claims to be some leadership positions with hypersonic missiles in Kiev yesterday, but has also dealt devastating blows to the electric grid, this time targeting actual irreparable engine and turbine rooms. the world banking cabal cannot afford Russia winning the war, because it would initiate a cascade of untold consequences for the monetary hegemonic web they’ve tenticularly enwreathed the entire globe in. Russian citizens are very keen to what’s going on because they’ve developed a reflexive instinct for sniffing out the West’s provocations, after years of suffering them through the ‘90s and onward. So they know precisely where the attacks originated from, and who created ISIS itself, as they created Al-Qaeda to kill Soviets in Afghanistan in the ‘80s, as well as the Chechen jihadists in the ‘90s. Now the top EU puppet leaders climb over each other to stand out in the new pageant of war the ongoing events have germinated: Amid the scuffle and bustle, everyone sees opportunity to gain more power—after all, crisis is the absolute most ideal time to distinguish oneself from the pack and gain inordinate advantage. But ultimately, the reason these attacks had to happen, as I said in the beginning, was to mask the ongoing degradation of the Ukrainian armed forces: Beneath the gimmicks, terror diversions, and misdirecting but pointless missile attacks on Crimea, Ukraine continues to retreat as Russia steamrolls forward, breaking through the AFU’s lines: - Simplicius
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  7170. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The US forces instructed SDF militias to open a new front in Deir ez-Zur in eastern Syria, to advance and attack the positions of Syrian Arab Army, Al-Mayadeen correspondent reported today, December 3, 2024. The militias, fully supported by the US occupation, launched attacks on at least 7 villages controlled by Syrian Army along with Iranian forces and Arab tribal forces east of the Euphrates River. According to reports, the clashes were mainly focused on the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor, with the targeted areas including Al-Hussainiya, Al-Salihiya, Hatla, Marat, Mazloum, Khasham, and Al-Tabiyah. The rebel militias used minesweepers to remove earthen obstacles, and with 12 mortar shells fired at the town of Khasham. Heavy clashes erupted between Syrian Army and the militia forces on the outskirts of the towns of Al-Salihiyah, Marat and Al-Tabiyah under the direct cover of US artillery and fighter jets from the US occupation bases near the Conoco oil field and the Al-Omar oil field. A video was published online today, showing US occupation fighter jets carrying out airstrikes, bombarding the positions of Syrian Arab Army and auxiliary forces, to assist SDF separatist forces in their offensive to advance towards the town of Al-Hussainiya. But, as part of the response of Syrian Arab Army units with the support of auxiliary forces, the fighters managed to thwart the attacks launched by the militias on seven villages, repelling them, SANA news agency reported. There was no change in the control map in Deir ez-Zur countryside, after the violent attacks launched by militia forces to seize the oil fields in the region together with the US. Now, more and more people in the world understand the true origins of the conflict in Syria, the mass violations and plundering of Syrian natural resources are taking place, initiated by the Western elites!
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  7171. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Drone footage of Russian troops returning to duty on Sunday, showed military vehicles scattered and filling the streets of Plekhovo village, after its complete liberation on the night of December 7, as reported by Russian Marines from the 810th Brigade. Plekhovo, located south of the main Ukrainian stronghold of Sudzha in Kursk region, was almost completely liberated in November, but Ukrainian troops took control of local farms located on the outskirts, holding out there for a long time, preventing Russian troops from reaching one of the main logistics routes in the region. Eventually, “Russia advances, even Ukraine retreats”, surrounded and trapped in Plekhovo, in a hybrid war that Pentagon is unofficially waging against Moscow, and amid rumors that Kiev will receive new weapons in mid-January 2025. NATO weapons and vehicles assist them achieve this goal, but it will not help! In fact, they suffer serious losses and are turning into a dumping ground for damaged and destroyed equipment in Plekhovo. Many of the military equipment was left behind by fleeing Ukrainian soldiers on the streets and near the village, while bodies were scattered there for the unfortunate ones. Several vehicles were recognizable in the drone footage, some as “scrap metal”, and the slightly damaged ones as “trophies” for Russia from the nearly 50 scattered vehicles. The Russian 810th Marine Brigade showed such losses as Turkish BMC Kirpi, from the US a pair of International MaxxPro MRAP, a pair of Humvee, M113 APC and Cougar 4x4 MRAP. While Ukrainian Army’s BTR-4 Bucephalus IFV, also suffered a bad fate along with their vehicle counterparts. Now, after a relatively long lull in which the line of contact did not expand significantly, Russian troops are advancing towards the small town of Sudzha from the south, while developing operations towards Guevo-Kurilovka from the west to eliminate Ukrainian troops, who fled after Plekhovo liberation. Intercepted radio communications reveal the desperate pleas of Ukrainian soldiers surrounded in Plekhovo – trapped and betrayed. The promised evacuation never happened because the command left the entire unit to its fate. Thus, Russian fighters did not force the events and systematically pushed the enemy out. The capture of the settlements around Plekhovo is only about of time!
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  7186. There is a slew of reports that Friday will be General Zaluzhny’s last day as the head of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. I don’t know what will happen. I cannot rule out that the press reports are an information operation based on wishful thinking. Then again, it may be real. I plan on doing a podcast tomorrow around noon to talk about what transpired in the Ukraine soap opera. Kudos to Alex Christoforou for dubbing this “Days of Kiev.” An homage to the legendary U.S. soap, Days of Our Lives. John Helmer, who publishes at Dancing With Bears, translated an article by Yevgeny Krutikov, a Russian military analyst who served with the GRU. I am providing the full article because it illuminates one aspect of Russia’s strategy in the Donbas. “The settlement of Tabayevka in the Kharkov region has been liberated,” the Russian Defense Ministry says. We are not just facing the capture of a village: Russian troops are now hacking into the contact lines, which have not budged for a year. Russia is creating a new strategic situation in the Kharkov region, threatening to dismember the Ukrainian defence up to the Donetsk agglomeration. In Kiev, they were convinced that Russian troops were forming an offensive group in the Kupyansk direction, and so the VSU began to wait there for a frontal assault. However, as a result, the Russian Army did not undertake anything of the kind in this area. Instead, the Ukrainian units were gradually ground down by the Russian army in positional battles, while the Kupyansk group of the VSU had to be replenished with whatever troops were left. Behind the defensive fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an open field for tens of kilometres opens up on a whole group of sites. Kiev’s military reserves are gradually being squandered, and there is practically no human materiel left to plug the holes. Related to these problems there are the panic campaigns in Kiev about total mobilization. Ukraine confronts two deficits that cannot be remedied for at least one year — 1) lack of trained manpower and 2) lack of ammunition, air defense and reliable combat vehicles. Russia enjoys a clear tactical advantage on both counts. Helmer succinctly describes Russia’s plan for the near term: the strategic reserves of the Ukrainian forces should be destroyed first, together with the supply lines for the weapons and ammunition crossing the border from the US and the NATO allies. - Sonar21
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  7189. Trudeau’s Theater of Weakness: How Canada Became Puppet, Now Crushed Under Trump's Hammer Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland are scrambling to appear relevant as Donald Trump, true to his businessman persona, moves to impose tariffs on Canadian imports. Their sudden outrage over “harsh medicine” is rich with irony, as this is precisely the predictable fallout of their own globalist servility. For years, Canada has been a willing vassal of Washington’s reckless globalist agenda, from backing fascist forever wars from Ukraine to Israel, to blindly following Biden’s disastrous open-borders. Now, stripped of sovereignty, Canada faces Trump’s leverage with no cards to play. Freeland’s hollow bravado about Canada’s critical minerals and metals exposes how unprepared Ottawa is. Sure, resources like nickel and cobalt are vital to the U.S., but Canada’s lack of investment in its own industries means it holds little strategic weight compared to Eurasia’s dominance in this space. Premier Doug Ford’s threat to cut energy exports to the U.S. underscores the desperation. Energy might power 1.5 million American homes, but this gambit only reveals how poorly Trudeau has positioned Canada on the world stage. Trudeau and Freeland’s outrage is especially galling given their role in turning Canada into a pawn of U.S. neocons and globalist elites. They championed NATO’s economic war on Russia, which backfired spectacularly, crippling European industries while strengthening Moscow’s economic position, now 4th in the world (IMF). They supported Biden’s border chaos and bankrolled Ukraine’s suicidal proxy war. When they weren’t busy with this, they were freezing the bank accounts of their own citizens during the Freedom Convoy protests. Having consistently betrayed Canadians, they now feign shock at Trump’s cold, transactional approach. Trump’s tariffs are not a betrayal but a harsh reality check. He’s merely exposing the rot within Canada’s leadership, a government more interested in photo ops and virtue signaling than actual governance. While Freeland talks of “robust responses,” one can’t help but wonder where this fire was when Trudeau sold out Canada’s autonomy to Davos bureaucrats and Military-Industrial warmongers. Under Trudeau, Canada became a textbook puppet state, blindly parroting DC’s talking points while sacrificing its own interests. Freeland’s claim that Canada’s partnership with the U.S. is at risk falls flat, Canada hasn’t been a partner in years, just an obedient subordinate. Trump, a realist, sees this and acts accordingly, tightening the economic noose while Trudeau flails, unprepared for the predictable consequences of his own policies. The hypocrisy is staggering. Trudeau, who cheered on sanctions that destroyed European economies in the name of punishing Russia, now cries foul when those tactics are turned on Canada. This government, which cloaked itself in the rhetoric of human rights, has supported Israel’s apartheid policies, backed NATO’s destruction of Libya, and crushed dissent at home. Morality, it seems, only matters when it’s politically convenient. At the heart of this crisis lies Trudeau’s betrayal of Canada’s sovereignty. By outsourcing decision-making to Washington and globalists, his government has left the country vulnerable to the whims of others. Trump’s moves simply expose the lie that Canada can act like a puppet abroad while maintaining independence at home. Trudeau and Freeland’s tears over tariffs ring hollow… they built this house of cards, and now it’s collapsing. Trump isn’t the villain here; he’s the reckoning. His tariffs are a brutal reminder that sovereignty cannot be outsourced, and leadership cannot be faked. Trudeau’s government, obsessed with globalist approval, sold out Canada’s future for a seat at the wrong table, a table where Canada was always the disposable pawn. If Canada wants to reclaim its dignity, it must start by rejecting leaders who cry victim only after they’ve betrayed their own people. O, Canada, wake up! - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews For Intel Republic
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  7193. More and more the Atlanticist cabal of the EU and DC-controlled West are demonstrating just how totalitarian and undemocratic they’ve become. Yesterday a quite revealing story surfaced from the current Georgian prime minister Irakli Kobakhidze about how he was essentially threatened with assassination by EU commissioner Olivér Várhelyi for his perceived ‘pro-Russian’ foreign agent law. Kobakhidze also gave another interesting statement about how the U.S. has been trying to turn Georgia into a war front against Russia since 2002: Naturally, the timing comes right after Putin took office, and was merely the continuation of the Chechen war of the caucuses that the CIA lost and for which it needed a replacement to keep Russia from ever rising from its knees. Of course, the first Ukrainian color (Orange) revolution occurred not long after that in 2004—the opening sallies of a long multi-vectored war to destroy Russia and balkanize the Slavic people, which are not only the most numerous ethnicity in all of Europe, but represent the greatest threat to the Anglo-Atlanticist Empire. Now, rumor has it that after a small hiatus of regrouping, Russian forces are poised to make another large-scale broad-fronted attack across the entire front: In the coming Days/Weeks the entire Front will be activated from our side. In the coming hours the Regrouping and Rotation along the front will be completed. As already happened this morning in the Avdeevka area. And then our Troops began Offensive Operations again. This will happen in a timely manner from Zaporozhye to Kharkov. Now the enemy is exhausted and forced to jump from A to B. The Meat Grinder will start up at full speed shortly. This was followed by reports from the Ukrainian side that the Sumy border is getting hotter and hotter: By the way, there was some chatter from concern trolls or doomsayers that Russia has gotten “bogged down” in Kharkov and that UA has even managed to retake a tiny bit of land near Liptsy. The fact is, this is all according to plan thus far because Russia’s chief aim for now is not to retake much land up there but to do precisely what is being done—get Ukraine to redeploy mass amounts of reserves so they can be ground down there while thinning lines everywhere else and allowing Russian forces to bear down with disproportionate numbers on Ukrainian defenders in other key areas. Lastly, as wanton demonstration of the U.S.’ flaunting of any real ethical global strictures or standards, compromised (and probably kompromatized) Zionist puppet Mike Johnson has now openly declared the U.S. does not follow international law, because no international law supercedes American sovereignty: - Simplicius
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  7206. Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the dominant militant group in northwestern Syria, once presented itself as a local opposition force. Just over a month ago, the group was formally disbanded and became part of the Syrian Defense Ministry, yet its origins tell a far more sinister story. Born out of the ashes of Jabhat al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, HTS carries the same ideological DNA as the world’s most notorious terrorist network. While it has sought to rebrand itself for international legitimacy, its methods remain unchanged: Massacres, ethnic cleansing, and the systematic extermination of those who do not conform to its radical ideology. Nowhere has this been more evident than in Syria’s coastal cities, where HTS and its foreign recruits have unleashed an unspeakable wave of violence against Alawite, Christian, and Druze communities. Entire villages have been erased, their inhabitants slaughtered in the dead of night. Yet, as these horrors unfold, the world remains indifferent, and the silence of international powers only emboldens the perpetrators. The massacre in Latakia: A night of unimaginable horror In one of the darkest nights in Syria’s recent history, coordinated attacks on rural Latakia resulted in mass executions. Survivors tell of masked men storming their villages, dragging families from their homes, and carrying out public executions. Those who resisted were burned inside their homes, leaving behind entire neighborhoods reduced to smoldering ruins. Testimonies from survivors suggest that many of the perpetrators were foreign fighters, brought in from regions far from the Middle East. “They didn’t even speak our language,” an elderly survivor told RT. “They had no idea who we were, no reason to hate us – except that they were told to.” The global silence Despite overwhelming evidence of genocide, Western and regional media continue to present the massacres as “clashes” between HTS and government forces, deliberately sidestepping the mass extermination of Syria’s Alawite community. Western governments that once backed opposition forces are now reluctant to acknowledge the nightmare they helped unleash. By turning a blind eye, they enable the continuation of these crimes, and their silence serves as complicity in the atrocities. For the people of Latakia, Tartus, and Jableh, the message is clear: No help is coming. The world will not intervene. But history will remember. And the silence of the international community will forever be its most damning indictment. - RT
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  7225. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The rapid changes, the Russian Armed Forces stormed and took the settlement of Berestki, securing more of the northern bank of the Kurakhovo reservoir, yesterday on November 27, 2024, Russian military correspondents report. Elements of the 114th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Army released their footage, showing them planting the Red Flag and flying it on the roof of a house in the summer cottage area west of the settlement, accumulating the morale of the Kiev troops that was steadily declining in the town of Kurakhovo and its environs. The soldiers of the 114th Brigade continued their confident offensive, suppressing Zelensky's troops, who tried to take refuge in the buildings of the settlement, and in fortifications located about 1 km northwest of Berestky. During the assault, the footage showed the soldiers of the 114th Brigade, destroying Ukrainian equipment and infantry, consolidating control over the liberated territory. The aerial view shows the large Ukrainian fortifications, which were well established around March - April 2024, in addition to earthen fortifications, also have reinforced concrete shelters for defense. But the heroic soldiers managed to hold it constantly and persistently, giving a little friction to the Ukrainian positions in the shelters prepared for defense, but in the end it was not enough. In total, the fight to break through the enemy's defensive positions, Russian soldiers combed the enemy from house to house, previously pounded by artillery fire. Their attempt to escape in a vehicle was also thwarted! Berestky, another settlement in Donetsk under Russian control, but still awaiting official confirmation from the Ministry of Defense after the settlement is fully completed. Gradually, Russian troops will pass the reservoir, the last solid line of defense for Ukrainian troops - which means that Russia now has only about 3 km to trap Ukraine in the western part of the city of Kurakhovo. The situation in that direction is rapidly becoming critical, because it has long been known that Ukraine main problem is the lack of soldiers and equipment. Ukrainian brigades are facing a shortage of drones and have started to open donations, indicating that they are currently facing their toughest battle.
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  7226. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian Iskander missile continues to work, making another visit to the Novomoskovsk military training center, inflicting severe damage that has crippled Ukrainian reserves and morale. Video shows the early morning attack on June 1, 2025, the Iskander precision strike with its cluster munitions, wiping out the tent camps of the 158th Separate Mechanized Brigade and the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade, with the notorious ballistic missile falling on the large Ukrainian training ground, located in Gvardeyskoye settlement, Dnepropetrovsk region, about 130 kilometers from the front line. The Russian Defense Ministry released images on June 2, showing the impact and damage caused by one missile, at least five tents containing personnel destroyed, and a fire at an ammunition storage area with smoke billowing following Iskander’s work. The department did not provide a death toll, but the evidence strongly suggests that personnel were killed en masse in the attack, which has widened Ukrainian leadership crisis and deepened NATO’s humiliation. However, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry claims, only admitting that 12 people were killed and 69 more were injured, but the number is multiples, possibly closer to 100. Ukraine again claims that there was no formation or mass gathering of personnel because after the air raid sirens sounded, most personnel were in shelters. There was no immediate confirmation from Russia, which may reflect a different narrative on the attack, but one source suggested the casualties were much higher than 75. This led to Ukrainian Army commander, Mykhailo Drapatiy, to announce his early resignation as a result of Russian Iskander. Apparently Iskander divided the command, further widening Kiev-NATO leadership crisis, which is experiencing a personnel crunch of hundreds of people every day in order to continue the war.
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  7243. Kiev's sky under rule of buzzing Russian drones in above video as Moscow launches biggest UAV attack on Ukraine yet. Airport and energy facilities hit, leaving huge number of places without electricity. - Intel Report The Warmongers aren't winning. Time for Plan 2, the ONLY Plan that will work. Get rid of the Warmongers! A hard truth about the Russia-Ukraine conflict is finally dawning on the West. We are reminded that this is a war of attrition, i.e. one favoring Russia by its very nature. Even on CNN, we heard that much as early as April 2022, and the militantly Atlanticist Economist magazine admitted it in a backhanded way (using the euphemism “war of endurance”) in September. Clearly, “losing” Ukraine (which the West should not have tried to “own” in the first place) will reveal the bloc's weakness more sharply than the failures in, for instance, Iraq, Libya, Syria, or Afghanistan. For two reasons. First, unlike these countries, Russia is a great power; that means it is in a position to exploit the Western setback. Moscow, put differently, is big enough to geopolitically counterattack. - RT There is no evidence that Russia conducted any human wave attacks during 2022 or 2023 and certainly did not suffer mass casualties. Just the opposite. The Russian General staff conducted operations specifically designed to minimize Russian casualties. Russia has done two basic things to pulverize Ukrainian forces. First, it used its decisive advantage in missiles and artillery to pound Ukrainian trenches, bases and supply depots. Second, it used drones in an unprecedented fashion (and with increasing sophistication) to conduct “drone wave” attacks on Ukrainian soldiers hunkered down in bunkers. How do we know that Russia avoided mass casualties? Very simple. The social media platforms in Russia do not show massive new graves nor are there posting by grieving relatives about the loss of Sasha or Vitaly. Russian leaders, not just Putin, viewed the West’s efforts to bring Ukraine into NATO as an existential threat. Putin made that point quite clear to the West starting in 2008. Not only did the United States and the United Kingdom ignore those warnings, they upped the ante by helping fund and organize the Maidan coup in February 2014 and backed the new Ukrainian leaders as they attacked the Donbass. The West made a fatal error in underestimating Russia’s military industrial competence: The United States is like an aging boxer who decided to fight a rejuvenated contender in a 15 round Heavyweight match, but only trained to last two rounds. That is why Russia is battering the hell out of Ukraine and, by proxy, the United States. It is Ukraine that is being bloodied on a horrific scale. It is Ukraine that is sending women, including pregnant women, to fight in trenches. No civilized country possessed of its right mind would entertain such a grotesque measure. Russia can and is producing more bombs, rockets, missiles, shells, tanks, drone and aircraft than the West combined. That’s the message Washington needs to hear. - Sonar21 Ukrainian soldiers flee from Russian troops, in an industrial zone on the southern side of Avdeevka. Russian army tank opened fire on those entrenched in buildings, retreating further into the settlement. The advance of Russian troops had penetrated 95% of the industrial zone, captured 15 prisoners of war, also captured Ukrainian fortifications. - Military Tube Today
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  7244. There is propaganda by commission and propaganda by omission, the former often serve to conceal the latter. Timing is crucial. That the U.S. President Joseph Biden, his British, NATO, Israeli allies, and their corporate media mouthpieces are in need of a major propaganda victory is obvious. They are losing the war in Ukraine, have been condemned throughout the world for the genocide in Gaza, and are ruling over a disintegrating empire. Biden and Netanyahu’s political lives are at serious risk. And so they have just rolled out a full-court propaganda press effort aimed at covering their losses. It should be crystal clear to anyone who can use logic to see the timing involved. Once the death in a Russian prison of the Western backed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was announced on Friday, February 16, 2024, it was immediately followed by a cascade of anti-Russia pronouncements whose aim was to not only continue the demonization of Russia and its President Vladimir Putin but to serve other purposes as well. All this happened while Russia pushed through Ukraine’s defenses and took the city of Avdeevka, which had long been contested. With each day that passes, it is obvious that Biden’s Ukraine war strategy is that of a desperate politician on the ropes and that Putin has completely outfoxed the American desperados and their NATO European stooges. only a very dimwitted person would think that Putin would have Navalny killed. He has nothing to gain and everything to lose by doing so. Yet the MSM and their government overlords consider most people very stupid and so are trying to blitz them with obvious propaganda through commission and omission. We have heard this story before. - LewRockwell
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  7246. BIDEN LETS KIEV BOMB PRE-WAR RUSSIA WITH U.S. MISSILES: Washington officially admits Genocide Joe’s gunning for war as he gives Kiev regime nod to use his weapons on pre-war Russian territory: President recently directed his team to ensure that Ukraine able to use U.S.-supplied weapons for counter-fire purposes in Kharkov region so Ukraine can hit back against Russian forces attacking them - Biden administration statement attempting to tone down extent of escalation. Congresswoman Greene blasts "insane", dementia-ridden Biden for escalation that could lead to "direct war with Russia". NATO's most warmongering members have already admitted they've given Mad Vlad Zelensky no restrictions on how he uses their weapons - looks like it's Biden's turn to jump on bandwagon - Intel Republic NATO CHIEF BRUSHES OFF BIDEN'S UKRAINE ESCALATION - "NOTHING NEW": Stoltenberg tries to play down Washington allowing Kiev to attack pre-war Russia with U.S. weapons by claiming some states never even bothered to impose restrictions on Mad Vlad Zelensky: We have right to help Ukraine uphold right to self-defense. That doesn’t make NATO allies party to conflict - Stolty insists. He’s really desperate to make nothingburger out of potentially-devastating escalation - how can you give Zelensky permission to target pre-war Russia with YOUR missiles and have audacity to claim you're "nOt PaRtY tO cOnFlIcT"? - Intel Republic "PUTIN HAS BEEN THREATENING UKRAINE ALLIES SINCE BEFORE 24 FEB 2022" - NATO Chief StOOltenberg is a master at convoluting basic information. Putin has been threatening NATO allies since the very beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, the day before February 24 he gave a speech in which he threatened any ally supporting Ukraine, but we did not listen to him, if we were restrained by this message, then we could not provide no support – Stoltenberg says. On the day of the beginning of the Special Operation (24.02.22), for Putin it was imperative to formalize his objectives in a speech. Those objectives were to 1) Defend Donbass 2) Demilitarize Ukraine & 3) Denazify Ukraine. He warned external powers that all possible scenarios have been calculated and responses to them pre-determined, should anyone choose to interfere with the accomplishment of given objectives. That is not the same as "threatening NATO allies." - Intel Republic
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  7249. Russia repels Ukrainian terror attempt. Russian Defense Ministry says Kiev attempted to hit Belgorod, pre-war Russia with terror drone but air defenses destroyed the unmanned aerial vehicle. - Intel Report It is becoming increasingly difficult for Ukrainian troops to intercept and shoot down Russian missiles, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yury Ignat told Radio Liberty on Tuesday. Projectiles launched by Moscow’s forces are capable of changing course in a matter of seconds, thereby becoming “invisible” to Ukraine’s air defenses, he admitted. Chilling footage of Russian missile strikes on machine-building plant in Dnepropetrovsk, East Ukraine apparently on August 14-15 night. Missile after missile pounds the plant as spectators are left shocked, looking at huge fiery clouds that rise from destruction of Ukrainian factory. - Intel Report Elensky wants everything under his control. Great news for the Russians as this was tried once before by another NAZI, I seem to recall, with the results that his forces started to be summarily destroyed by obeying his suicide orders! I think it's difficult to say that there are no winners of these battles when the Ukes have made no gain whatsover to get to Crimea while their Armies are being heavily attrited. The cost in lives alone speaks to that seminal fact! In they want to continue to commit suicide, the Russians will let them at relatively no risk to their own forces to their credit, i.e., they CARE about their Armies in the Field!
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  7267. Isn’t that convenient? On the day that Hamas returns the bodies of four dead Israelis — a mother, her two sons and an elderly gent — three unoccupied, parked buses are bombed in Israel: Naturally, this was the work of Palestinian terrorists. Right? Nonsense! I believe this was a staged event designed to shift public attention away from the blame directed at the Israeli Occupation Forces which, according to Hamas, accidentally killed them during one of their bombings of Palestinians in the Gaza strip. Don’t take my word for it. Listen to Yarden Bibas, the husband of the woman and the father of the children: This was the message of Yarden Bibas, whose wife, Sherry, and his two children, Kfir and Ariel, were killed by the Israeli planes, to Bibi Netanyahu. Hamas offered to hand over the three bodies following their demise, but the Zionists refused to accept them until today. For its part, the Israeli media is playing up the return of the dead hostages as evidence of the evil of Hamas, which is whipping up public sentiment in Israel to strike at Palestinian targets. Israel is just looking for an excuse to go on a killing spree in order to distract public attention from charges that the hostages died because of Israeli military operations. You know what is shocking? Even with a fabricated poll, Zelensky garnered only 57% support. Donald Trump is correct — Zelensky is a dictator. He has shuttered all opposition media, locked up political opponents and attacked the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. It appears that Trump was not making an offhand remark. His accusation of Zelensky coincided with Tucker Carlson releasing a terrific podcast that explores the depths of Zelensky’s depravity. I don’t think this was a coincidence. Bob Amsterdam, an American lawyer who is banned from Russia, provides a detailed account of Zelensky’s credentials as a genuine dictator to Tucker: - sonar21
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  7278. Israel is interested in extermination, NOT evacuation! HOSPITALS AT VERGE OF COLLAPSE in Gaza Strip as both hospital beds and time run out for patients lucky enough to make it out of the rubble, but threatened by complete black out by Israel's mass-death sentence cut off of electricity and fuel, threatening to turn Gaza's hospitals into mass morgues. Gaza Health Ministry says World Health Organization demands of humanitarian corridor impossible - expected to fall on deaf ears as UN, WHO, and Israeli hostages themselves victims of Tel Aviv's bombardment. Israel has waged attacks on 34 Healthcare centers in Gaza since last Saturday amidst its indiscriminate bombing campaign that failed to succeed in taking out any of its supposed "Hamas" targets. - Intel Report ENTIRE FAMILIES WIPED OUT: Babies lay cold and dead, such as two month old baby girl from Astal family in Khan Younis (left video) never waking up from their night sleeps thanks to Israeli missiles, which wiped out 44 ENTIRE families since Saturday. Israeli Army bombardment raises Gaza's death toll of mostly civilians to 1,799 killed with over 6,300 injured - around 500 of those children - with the death toll climbing every hour. - Intel Report I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS. FUCK. FUCK Reuters camera films horror as ISRAELI STRIKES KILL JOURNALIST (presumably laying lifeless in bottom pic) and injures 3 others after turning their car into a burning coffin (middle video). IDF's internationally-prohibited phosphorus shells also spread horror not far at Southern Lebanese borders with Israel (bottom right). UPDATE: Qatari news channel Al Jazeera also reports 2 of its journalists targeted by Israeli shelling - Hezbollah announces an attack on several Israeli military sites near Lebanon's borders in retaliation. UPDATE: Female journalist in pic above is possibly injured, as reports reveal strikes murdered Reuters cameraman. - Intel Report GUNFIRE BLASTS PIERCE (bottom right video) otherwise calm atmosphere in South Lebanon border town of Odeissa between Hezbollah and Israel as Lebanese Army too gets involved in the firefight, also throwing artillery shells. In response to Israeli attacks, Hezbullah fired at Tel Aviv's Al-Abad, Jal Alam, and Ramiah border military sites. Israel also deployed internationally banned white phosphorus shells on Lebanese Army post, munitions which Tel Aviv has come under fire for deploying in Gaza and Lebanon. - Intel Report ATTACKING THE PRESS: Lebanese Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah (both pictures) lies lifeless and mutilated, face down in the dirt and limp arms outstretched, with legs blown off after brutal Israeli strikes intentionally strike media team's press van on the South Lebanese border. Meanwhile, Tel Aviv announces it will enforce complete internet blackout in Gaza starting tomorrow, Saturday, likely to cover up war crimes to come on the territorial strip. Israel doesn't just kill Palestinian journalists - yet don't expect any US officials to issue condemnation. - Intel Report FUELING WAR: Western weapons to Ukraine found at Israel's doorstep, says Russian permanent representative to UN Nebenzya, confirming Netanyahu's announcement of Ukrainian weapons found on Israeli border just months ago during summer. Likewise - Putin (bottom video) expands on mysterious black market weapons sales to the Middle East, asserting that sales took place at Ukrainian state level. - Intel Report TERRIFIED CHILD COVERED IN BLOOD among injured and dazed victims of latest Israeli BOMBS car convoy, killing 70 and injuring more than 200 of displaced people in Gaza doing exactly what Israel told them to do, desperately fleeing to desperate attempts at safety ahead of incoming Israeli shelling. Israel threatened Gazans with leaflets, forcing them to go south, now they bomb those innocent, fleeing civilians anyway! - Intel Report HOSPITALS TURNED TO MORGUES amidst Israeli siege on Gaza, with congregation around casualties taking place right outside Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza as health and medical centers around the territory suffer from Israeli blockade, inhumane enforced power outages, and forced evacuations of CHILDRENS hospitals as they all fall under HUNDREDS of Israeli BOMBS. Ministry of Health in Gaza sounds ALARM due to depletion of medicine and fuel as well as complete occupancy of hospital beds. Additionally, 15 members of medical staff KILLED by Israel strikes and 23 ambulances destroyed. Death toll rises to 1,900 Palestinians killed, including 614 children, from Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. - Intel Report
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  7281. Some food for thought for the Globalist Lunatics supporting Biden who want to fight Russia, China, and Iran with a decimated woke pro-pervert Military! Iran made history yesterday by launching “Operation True Promise”. In our usual style here, let’s cut through all the noise currently clogging up social networks and incisively demonstrate the facts as thoroughly as possible, while also pointing out how this was a game-changing and historic event which has brought Iran onto the world stage in a big way. Firstly, as establishment, Iran’s stated goal for the operation was to strike back at the bases from which the Israeli consular attack was launched on April 1: The footage is of the Intelligence HQ getting hit. I have yet to see evidence of 99% interception. Ramon has been badly hit. Nevatim was hit by more than 7 missiles. Air Force Intelligence HQ completely leveled. Other strikes on air defence installations obviously not close to population centres and out of view but I'm sure sat intel will show extent of damage. And another: ➖Nevatim Airbase in the south of occupied Palestine ➖Ramon Airbase in the south of occupied Palestine ➖The Israeli top-secret intelligence-spy base in Jabal al-Sheikh (Mount Hermon) in the north of the occupied Golan Now, let’s get down to the nuts and bolts. This strike was unprecedented for several important reasons. Firstly, it was of course the first Iranian strike on Israeli soil directly from Iranian soil itself, rather than utilizing proxies from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, etc. This alone was a big watershed milestone that has opened up all sorts of potentials for escalation. Secondly, it was one of the most advanced and longest range peer-to-peer style exchanges in history. Even in Russia, where I have noted we’ve seen the first ever truly modern near-peer conflict, with unprecedented scenes never before witnessed like when highly advanced NATO Storm Shadow missiles flew to Crimea while literally in the same moments, advanced Russian Kalibrs flew past them in the opposite direction—such an exchange has never been witnessed before, as we’ve become accustomed to seeing NATO pound on weaker, unarmed opponents over the last few decades. But no, last night Iran upped the ante even more. Because even in Russia, such exchanges at least happen directly over the Russian border onto its neighbor, where logistics and ISR is for obvious reasons much simpler. But Iran did something unprecedented. They conducted the first ever modern, potentially hypersonic, assault on an enemy with SRBMs and MRBMs across a vast multi-domain space covering several countries and timezones, and potentially as much as 1200-2000km. Additionally, Iran did all this with potentially hypersonic weapons, which peeled back another layer of sophistication that included such things as possible endoatmospheric interception attempts with Israeli Arrow-3 ABM missiles. After a certain pre-timed span, Iran then released cruise missiles so that they could strike roughly in a similar window as the drones. One video from last night confirmed the low-flying cruise missile presence: Then, following the appropriate time interval, Iran launched the coup de grace, its vaunted ballistic missiles. Here’s Iran’s own released footage of the start of Operation True Promise, which includes the ballistic launches: There is no conclusive proof that any ballistic missiles were shot down, and in fact all the evidence points to the opposite: direct footage of the missiles penetrating the AD net and striking targets. This is where it starts getting interesting, because the hits we saw in Israel appeared to potentially utilize some form of MaRV or hypersonic glide vehicle, which would mean Iran could have made history even beyond what we thought. So let’s get there by first mentioning the other controversial claim that Iran possibly used its most advanced new hypersonic Fattah-2 system: And lastly, there are some experts who believe Iran utilized its elusive hypersonic Kheybar Shekan missile, which also features a highly maneuverable MaRV. we do have evidence that the ballistic missiles largely went unopposed, slicing through what’s claimed to be the densest air defense in the world. Not only Israel’s itself, comprised of a layered defense of David Slings, Arrow-3s, Patriots, and Iron Dome, but also the aforementioned allied airforces, as well as what’s now been reported to be a U.S. Arleigh Burke warship firing upwards of 70+ SM-3 missiles from the Mediterranean shore. The hits that we saw were spectacular in one profound way: the terminal velocity of the Iranian ballistic missiles appeared stunningly fast. But here’s where we get down to business. The next video is the most eye-opening in terms of the capabilities of these missiles. The two most important things to note are: 1) the terminal velocity right before impact and 2) note how some of the missiles strike very precisely onto the same location in groups. That’s not to mention the official Israeli account tried to pass off old footage of Russian MLRS launches from Ukraine as Iranian ballistic launches last night: They call this the New Equation. Anytime Israel attacks them, Iran now intends to strike them ‘head on’, i.e. directly from its soil as is their newly demonstrated capability. But last night, Iran penetrated every missile shield manned and operated by NATO itself, with all the trappings and advanced C4ISR and SIGINT capabilities inherent to the entire Western alliance; from THAAD, to Patriot, David’s Sling, Arrow-3, SM-3, Iron Dome, and even ‘C-Dome’ from Israeli corvettes—not to mention the entire complement of the West’s most advanced A2A defenses flown from F-35s, Typhoons, Eurofighters, and likely much more. One must understand that ballistic missiles are precisely the apex predator that these most advanced Western AD systems were created to handle—and last night, they failed spectacularly in the same way the Patriots did in Desert Storm before them: In short: this is why Netanyahu needed an escalation. It’s to divert attention from the ongoing catastrophe of Israel’s potential defeat to Hamas, the catastrophic loss of standing of Israel’s image in the world community, the complete turning against Israel by the entire world. Rather than admit defeat and face the end of his career, as well as the coming trials and tribunals that would put Bibi in jail, he chose to take the only remaining option: to continue escalating in the hopes that a wider-scale war could wash away his sins and undo the past mistakes. Unfortunately, just like the ill-fated Zelensky, Netanyahu’s doomed plan appears destined to coincide with the U.S.’ historic decline, reaching its zenith now in this pivotal year of 2024. - Simplicius
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  7282. We are witnessing a Fool's Errand by Ukraine ordered by the NATO fools, the loss of lives be damned! WHITE FLAG, group of Ukrainian soldiers decide they no longer wanna be cannon fodder, give up their arms and surrender near Kremennaya, Lugansk Republic (ex-Ukraine) . Deciding not to go down with Kiev's regime sinking ship, and Russian artillery on their trail, they come out of the bushes waving white flags after taking wise decision not be a number on Ukraine's terrifying monthly tally of dead soldiers. - Intel Report SAMANTHA STUTTERS as USAID Chief Power can't get her mouth to work after fed up Armenian yells at her to at least sanction Azerbaijan for its "anti-terror op" or go back to her country. We don't care. Stop the lies - says frustrated man, confronting Power, who is in Armenia to use her "NGO'S" cash to model his country as a Western puppet state. - Intel Report US WAGING INFO WAR in Armenia as Moscow reveals 2000 US Embassy agents part of grand scheme, dedicating "HUGE resources" for Armenian media. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova adds "Armenia knows who's enemy and who's friend" (definitely not Washington's soft power Chief Samantha Power, who happens to be in Armenia). - Intel Report Shocked eyewitness at size of crater drone left after getting shot down by Russian air defenses over military airfield in Saratov, Southwestern Russia. Fragments of taxpayers' cash litter the ground as man can't believe size of destruction. - Intel Report Russian FM spokeswoman Zakharova warns that US is transferring to Europe missile systems previously banned under Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) between Washington and Moscow. When signed by US and Soviet Union on 1987, INF stipulated both nations ban all land-based ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. - Intel Report SHOWERS FROM HELL by Russian artillery on Ukrainian army in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) destroy their strongholds as massive explosions rip through their positions leaving over 595 cannon fodder either killed or injured, destroying 2 armored vehicles, M777 and 2 MSTA-B howitzers. Russian air defenses intercept 8 US-supplied HIMARS multiple launch rocket shells, destroy 19 drones. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 26 The cruise missile attack of Russian Armed Forces at joint weapons and ammunition depot in the village of Kiselevka, Kherson region, destroyed more than 3,000 tons of ammunition of Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of the strike, 12 hangars storing various types of ammunition were completely wiped out. - Military Tube Today The massive offensive launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Rabotino-Verbovoye was chaotic. The Russian Armed Forces while carrying out defensive actions, knocked out Ukrainian troops from several positions, destroyed armored vehicles, and even captured their fighters. Ukrainian multiple attacks in Zaporozhye direction collapsed and have not yet found the key to Russian defense.- Military Tube Today
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  7285. The Recent Bombing in Iran and US Support of Terrorism in Iran... - The US has used armed terrorist organizations for decades as proxies against their adversaries worldwide, including most recently in Syria, Iraq, and against Iran; - US weapons and equipment “fell into the hands” of ISIS and other terrorist organizations, consisting of the largest, most effective militant groups participating in the US proxy war against Syria; - US government and corporate-funded think tanks like the Brookings Institution in its 2009 “Which Path to Persia?” policy paper proposed using listed terrorist organizations like the MEK to undermine, coerce, and possibly even overthrow the Iranian government; - The 2009 paper suggested MEK be “delisted” as a terrorist organization by the US State Department, which the Department eventually did in 2012 following intense lobbying and media campaigning by senior US and European representatives; - The MEK is currently still supported by senior US-European representatives with undermining, coercing, and overthrowing the Iranian government remaining as a key Western geopolitical objective; - Western media warns the recent terrorist attack in Iran could trigger a wider regional conflict, which the US has openly sought since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023; - The 2009 Brookings paper feared Iran might not retaliate against US provocations, denying the US the wider regime-change war it sought; - Between the US-backed brutalization of Gaza and now a terrorist attack on Iran itself, the US is making it as politically unlikely as possible for Tehran to avoid retaliation if and when a major US or Israel strike on Iran takes place; - The New Atlas
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  7292. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian drone footage sheds light on the situation for Ukrainian soldiers in their attempt to defend Novoye when Russian stormtroopers made a surprise attack, enter and capture the settlement. As shown in the footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry on April 30, 2025, the battle took place there as a result of active combat operations, carried out by the 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the Zapad Group of Forces, to eliminate NATO-trained enemy soldiers, destroy combat vehicles, firing positions, command and observation posts of Zelensky's men in Novoye, on Krasny Liman direction, Donetsk People's Republic. In this heroic case, Russian stormtroopers from the Western Group of Forces using attack drones during their attack along with successful air support. The situation for Ukrainian soldiers is very difficult, they tried to escape from trouble, running aimlessly in the settlement, some even managed to escape with armor, but only a few meters later they encountered Russian drone. Meanwhile, one Ukrainian vehicle that is still parked, exploded after being planted with explosives at 0 distance by Russian soldier alone. Russian stormtroopers then entering the settlement, using all light weapons to clear the buildings of the remnants garrison of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The stormtroopers opened fire on Ukrainian troops remaining in the houses, who were likely trapped and given no chance to escape. In other impacts that occur routinely, a group of Zelensky’s soldiers, realizing their tactical error, laid down their weapons to surrender, choosing to go to the Russian stormtroopers. Thus, the stormtroopers continued their symbolic efforts, raising Russian Flag, to send a message to Kiev that Novoye had been liberated by them that day, which made Zelensky furious. Now, the Western Group of Forces continued to advance, systematically driving enemy personnel from key positions and capturing equipment, occupying strongpoints and advancing along a forest belt 1.85 km wide and 700 m deep. By the fall of Novoye, Russian military continued its systematic dismantling of Ukrainian defenses in order to maintain control over key areas. Just north of Novoye is the small village of Lipovoe, on the outskirts of which Russian personnel had already arrived.
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  7297. Thus, Avdiivka unfolded along a pattern that is now becoming very familiar, and indicates the emerging Russian preference for assaulting cities, at least of this mid-sized fortress variety. Once again the operation focused in its preliminary phase on flaring out Russian control over the flanks, beginning with the large mechanized assault in early November which secured positions on the railway line to the north of the city. Again (as in the case of Bakhmut and Lysychansk-Severodonetsk) there was an expectation among some that Russia would attempt to encircle the city, but this still does not look feasible in the current operating environment under the nexus of fires and ISR. Instead, positions on the flank allowed the Russians to launch concentric attacks into the city, entering on multiple axes that compressed the Ukrainian defenders into a tight interior position, where Russian fire could be heavily concentrated. The question now becomes fairly simple: if Ukraine failed to attack successfully over the summer, if they could not defend Bakhmut, and if they cannot defend in Avdiivka, is there anywhere that they can find a battlefield success? The dam is leaking. Can Ukraine plug it before it collapses? Overall, the broad operational situation suggests that Russia is developing offensive momentum across the entire theater. This will have deleterious effects on Ukrainian combat power by preventing rotation, reconstitution, and lateral troop redeployment, while sucking in the dwindling Ukrainian reserves. The Russo-Ukrainian War is one of industrial attrition. Despite a variety of theories about this or that game changing weapon, clever maneuver scheme, or superior western training, the reality of this war for the last 18 months has been one of grinding and laborious industrial war, battering through fixed defenses in a maelstrom of concrete, steel, and high explosives. The central problem for Ukraine is fairly simple: Russian force generation is reaching the liftoff point, which will interminably shift combat power in Russia’s favor. The upshot of all this is essentially that, even if the European production surge occurs on schedule, there’s at least a 3-1 advantage (potentially 5-1) in Russian artillery fire that’s baked into the calculus of this war, occurring alongside a substantial western acknowledged ramp up in Russian production of strike systems like cruise missiles, Geran drones, Lancets, and glide bombs of both greater power and greater range. A recent publication from the Royal United Services Institute noted that Russia can deliver 1,500 tanks (both new build and retrofitted depot stocks) and 3,000 armored vehicles per year - the report also notes that Russian stocks of Iskander and Kalibr missiles have grown significantly over the last year. Given that Russian casualties are obviously far below the phantasmagorical hundreds of thousands suggested by western Media and Ukrainian propogandists, it has become clear that Russia is generating more force over time. Estonian intelligence estimated that Russia can properly train, equip, and deploy roughly 130,000 additional troops every six months, which is more than adequate to overcome current loss rates. As if to emphasize the point, RUSI notes that the Russian grouping of forces in Ukraine (that is, only those forces deployed in theater at the moment) rose from 360,000 to 470,000 over the last year. So, Russian force generation is growing over time, and not simply regenerating losses. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces are increasingly undermanned, with understrength brigades asked to perform increasingly heavy lift. We know that Ukrainian reserves are running low. This was clearly demonstrated in Avdiivka, when the AFU scrambled brigades from other fronts (like the 47th Mechanized) that had been fighting all summer, indicating that there was a lack of adequate strategic reserves, and then throwing in the elite 3rd Assault Brigade in the closing days of the battle to try and stem the bleeding. Meanwhile, formations like the 110th Mechanized, which had been fighting in Avdiivka for months, were essentially burned off entirely because they could not be rotated out. Russia conducts regular troop rotations, while Ukrainian forces remain on the line due to the lack of replacements. So, here we are. The current Theory of Ukrainian Victory is exhausted, intending as it did to leverage western ISR, training, and surplus equipment to deliver disproportionate casualties on Russia. I rather think, however, that Jünger’s metaphysical “titan of suffering” is not so metaphysical at all. It rather refers to a mundane power of the Russian state, namely its excellence and willingness across the centuries to mobilize huge numbers of men and material for war, at the expense of other social goals. War with Russia sucks. It means mass casualties, cold trenches, scarred earth, and long nights of shelling. The Ukrainians have coped with this as well as anyone (because they are themselves quasi-Russian, however much they deny it), but it is an awful thing to trade shells for years on end. The Russian power of suffering is to willingly fight wars that devolve into bat fights, knowing they have a bigger bat. The window of strategic opportunity has closed for Ukraine, and now opens wide for Russia. The earth opens wide for the dead. - Big Serge Thought
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  7298. GENOCIDE JOE INSULTS RUSSIAN PREZ, CALLING HIM TYRANT - Biden tries to act tough in above speech, punching air and stomping his feet as he uses Putin's name as jump scare, claiming there are no U.S. soldiers in Ukraine and he's gonna keep it that way. We are standing strong with Ukraine and we will stand with them against a brutal tyrant - says Washington's highest-ranking senile. Moscow warns attack on nation's leader unacceptable and insults all Russians. Biden insults the entire Russian people, who demonstrate unwavering unity around the leader of our state - Russian Ambassador to the States Antonov. - Intel Republic ZELENSY'S ILLEGITIMACY MEANS ANY FUTURE AGREEMENT WITH UKRAINE INVALID - Russian Parliament Chairman Volodin highlights glaring obstacle of negotiations with unelected dictator in case of any peace talks with Moscow. With end of his term of office, Zelensky’s right to speak on behalf of Ukraine has ended. Any agreements with an illegitimate president are invalid and may be challenged in the future Only source of power in Ukraine are Ukrainian people being held hostage by a puppet dictator - Volodin. Zelensky is violating Ukraine's constitution, it does not contain any legal grounds for not holding presidential elections, even in the presence of martial law, he has usurped power and cannot sign international treaties - Chairman of Russian Bar Association. - Intel Republic IDF PHOTOBOMBS PALESTINIAN MAN, LITERALLY, as he takes selfie with massive Israeli missile piercing wall of his family home, but without exploding in a strike of rare Gazan good luck. Little girl Qamar (moon in Arabic) not as fortunate after Israeli missile murdered her while sleeping in her house in Rafah, as Netanyahu continues to murder children, despite ICJ ruling to stop genocidal offensive on southern Gaza city. - Intel Republic CHADVEDEV CALLS OUT POLISH LIES, WARNS OF WWIII - Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Medvedev rips counterpart of "Weird outlandish creature Blinken", Polish FM Sikorski for warmongering claim that U.S. warned it will hit strike all Russian targets in Ukraine if Moscow used nukes. Given Duda recently announced his desire to place tactical nuclear weapons in Poland, Warsaw will not be spared and will certainly receive its share of radioactive ash - Medvedev bites back. - Intel Republic POLAND ORDERS KIEV TO FIGHT TILL LAST UKRAINIAN AND DENY BENEFITS TO THOSE REFUSING TO DIE - Polish FM Sikorski urges all European countries to strip military-age Ukrainians of benefits if they evade Zelensky's people snatchers,'cause "They do not have right to social security". Any scheme to limit benefits must be pan-European, otherwise, Ukrainians will start hunting benefits across Europe - Sikorski. Imagine being stripped of all things resembling sovereignty that foreign politicians instruct how to oppress your citizens. - Intel Republic
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  7302. [Uke lies destroyed at the UN!] Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, has accused Ukrainian forces of hitting a children’s hospital with an air defense missile, declaring that if a Russian missile had struck the building, “there would be nothing left.” In an address to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Dr. Vladimir Zhovnir, the director of Kiev’s Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, accused Russia of deliberately striking the facility on Monday. Two people died and scores were injured in the blast, Zhovnir claimed, calling the incident “not just a war crime, [but] far beyond the limit of humanity.” “Does Mr. Zhovnir understand that if it was a Russian missile, there would be nothing left of the building?” Nebenzia responded. “Children and adults would have died rather than been injured.” Nebenzia explained that Russian forces targeted the Artemov missile plant in Kiev on Monday, and that “this target was hit.” “Since the plant is located approximately 2km from the children’s hospital, there is every reason to believe that the Ukrainian air defense missile that hit it was intended for a Russian missile that hit the plant,” he stated, adding that “this tragedy could have been avoided if the Ukrainian Armed Forces had not deployed air defense in residential areas.” The Russian Defense Ministry has also explicitly denied striking the hospital. In an official statement on Monday, the ministry said that “photos and video footage from Kiev clearly confirm” that the building was hit by a falling “Ukrainian air defense missile launched from an anti-aircraft missile system within the city.” - RT
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  7319. NATO Warmongers outgunned BIG TIME! TOTAL DESTRUCTION of Ukrainian stronghold in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) following massive Russian attack with artillery and small arms, zipping towards enemy positions, destroying NATO radar station, and LAYING WASTE TO UP 2,510 cannon fodder over the week, DESTROYING 40 TANKS. Up to 210 also thrown to meat grinder in Kupyansk, East Ukraine - 250 and 16 armored vehicles destroyed in Kherson and 330 in Zaporozhye regions (ex-Ukraine) - 185 drones also destroyed this week. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 28 MOSCOW DESTROYS WASHINGTON in Kupyansk, East Ukraine as satisfying footage shows Russian Tor-M2 missile perform signature curve movement before shooting towards US-made Switchblade drone, ripping it apart following explosive contact. - Intel Report CLAP OF THUNDER as 10 Ukrainian terror drones downed over pre-war Russia's Kursk region. Kiev repeatedly tries to cause nuclear catastrophe by targeting nuke plant in region although it's unknown if that was target of this raid. - Intel Report All ears from former Wagner PMC leader Andrey Nikolaevich Troshev (right, next to Yevkurov) as Putin tasks him with forming volunteer units to crush more of Kiev's cannon fodder. Troshev is a retired colonel and one of Wagner's founding members, reportedly provided crucial support for Prez Assad crushing terrorists in Syria. - Intel Report FROM BAD TO WORSE for Zelensky as Russia announces pumping massive resources into Special Operation, revealing a jump of 68% in defense spending with $111 billion funneled for purpose of crushing Kiev's Nazi-ISIS regime and fighting "US' hybrid war". It's obvious that such an increase is absolutely necessary because we are in a state of hybrid war waged against us by Washington, Special Operation must go on - Kremlin spokesman Peskov. - Intel Report ORBAN'S GOT "VERY DIFFICULT QUESTIONS" THAT KIEV NEEDS TO ANSWER before he allows talks on Ukraine's EU membership. We don’t know how big this country's territory is with war still ongoing, we don’t know how big its population, as they are fleeing. To admit a country to EU without knowing its parameters would be unprecedented - Says the Hungarian PM, surely leaving Zelensky fuming, following insane rambling about rEsToRinG 1991 bOrDeRs. - Intel Report BREAKING! Ukrainian forces quitting by the thousands, refusing to die in NATO's war | Redacted News Ukraine’s attempt to create a cheap-and-quick infantry fighting vehicle to compensate for losses in the fight against Russia has so far produced an unreliable, slow product that has reportedly cost some Ukrainian soldiers their lives. - Forbes Ukrainian saboteurs in army vehicles BLOWN BACK from Bryansk borders after Russian forces thwart fail of sabotage attempt. Artillery fights pop off after Ukrainians spotted and caught by Russian Army hiding in Klimovsky district, pre-War Russian Bryansk region forest belt. - Intel Report More militants from the Armed Forces of Ukraine laid down their arms and surrendered to Russian troops at Rabotino and Pyatikhatki in Zaporozhye direction, during a failed attack on Russian positions. More than a dozen of the militants chose to save their lives in the night surrender, certainly bad news for Ukraine. - Military Tube Today HIGHWAY ROBBERY caught on video as COLLOSAL convoy of 2km long US Army vehicles plunders Syrian oil near Qamishli, northeast Syria en route to Iraqi Kurdistan. US allied forces, like Kurdish SDF, have assisted Washington in looting BILLIONS in Syrian oil for years. - Intel Report The Chemical and Coke Plant in Avdeevka, Donetsk region was attacked with FAB-500 by Su-34 fighter-bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Ukrainian activists turned the factory into a base, a warehouse for storing tanks and personnel barracks. As a result, Ukrainian manpower, ammunition and fuel warehouses in the company area were destroyed, soot and smoke were strongly visible. - Military Tube Today The FRONT Is Crumbling┃Russians Captured 'Orekhovo-Vasilevka'┃NATO Command Urgently Arrived in KYIV. Surely you all perfectly remember the statement of President Zelensky during his recent visit to the United States. Back then he promised that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would liberate the city of 'Bakhmut' very soon. However, judging by how events are developing along the entire front line, Zelensky will not be able to keep his promise. Earlier this week, war correspondents and military telegram channels reported that Russian troops had managed to make a successful breakthrough in the strategically important settlement of 'Orekhovo-Vasilevka' located northwest of the city of 'Bakhmut'. - BORZZIKMAN
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  7320. The gist of this paper revolves around hatching ideas for how Ukraine can use its reorientation period to rebuild into a force that can defeat Russia. It begins with the same tired gloat of how much larger NATO/EU’s combined economies and military spending are over Russia. It’s a bit of a sophomoric take, as they expect this to innately convert into victory, as if it’s just a ‘given’ that “bigger is better.” I won’t rehash the obvious, but our recently discussed axiom applies here: you can print cash but not shells. So, lacking trained officers, a Ukrainian brigade can only effectively control two companies, giving an entire AFU brigade only 1200 meters of usable coverage? Eye-opening as it may be, these numbers check out with things we’ve seen. For instance in the summer counteroffensive, even the most elite brigades like the 47th only ever appeared able to operate 2-company assaults at any given time. —after spending a year downplaying Russia’s abilities, claiming they produce only 1 or sometimes at most 2 million shells, they now openly admit Russia has already reached 3.5M and will soon hit nearly 5M shells per year capacity. These words wouldn’t be so weighty if they weren’t issued from the very maw of the beast itself—the most powerful neocon deepstate ‘shadow elite’ which has run the US MIC for decades, and which therefore speaks on its very behalf. If you read carefully, there’s an almost desperate urgency in their tone—which is extremely telling. Wait a second, so the completely dead, battered, beaten and defeated, poor Russian army, who—according to MSM—had had 95% casualties thus far, is suddenly able to muster 3 entire full-fledged field armies just for the task of securing the Polish border? That is a veritable universe of difference with what’s allowed for public consumption. In fact, it’s absolutely dizzying what they now claim Russia will be able to muster along the entire NATO front: So now we get to the real truth about why the earlier-mentioned stealth fleets are so necessary. You see, they admit that NATO have no real ground forces to speak of, nor any artillery left, after giving it all to Ukraine—not that they had much to begin with. In fact, NATO is nothing more than a fragile glass jetfighter masquerading as a military alliance. These freaks, which have co-opted the country and its foreign policy, have in fact turned America into nothing more than a shambling golem, one without clothes like its shadow emperor. They now fear nothing more than for Russia to shatter this displaced “idea”, this fraudulent, barnacled ‘dream’ which exists only in the blood-addled minds of the neocon usurpers. This would shatter the illusion once and for all, not only freeing the globe from the Leviathan’s grasp, but destroying the age old neocon pursuit. The America they’ve concocted exists as a simulation in a matrix, and they fear Russia has found the key to unplugging their false construct-reality, awakening an entire generation to the actual truth: that the country and everything it ever stood for has been entirely hijacked by a criminal cabal. Most of all, they’ve revealed that “America’s” power relies on a spell cast over its closest ally, the completely subjugated Homo Europaeus. Once Russia “shatters” this spell, it’s game over. Dark stuff, I know. But this is why their tone is so evidently shrill and vexatious in this desperate report. Russia has cornered the rats and they’re panicking. - Simplicius
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  7323. As the Zionists’ genocidal war against the Palestinians rages on, I wanted to do something to try to educate the average American about the true nature of the Palestinian people. Most importantly, Mazin is an Orthodox Christian. Why do I write, most importantly? Because most Americans assume that Palestinians are all Muslim extremists. While that is a despicable lie, it is the perception. Mazin destroys that stereotype. As you will see in the following video, Mazin is a gentle, but courageous soul, besides being a gifted intellectual. I asked him about his early years in school. He described going to elementary school with Muslims and Jews. They were not segregated at the time, despite the 1953 State Education Law. The kids played together and formed friendships. But the Zionist thugs could not allow this. Sometime after the 1967 war, Israel’s apartheid system took control. I posted the picture of Israel’s latest casualties in Gaza as a reminder that Hamas, despite being outnumbered and outgunned, continues the fight for the freedom of the Palestinian people. This is a visible reminder of the limitations of Israel’s military power. While the Zionists are adept at killing unarmed women and children, they have failed — after 14 months — to defeat Hamas despite having control over all of Gaza’s borders. Hamas and the Palestinians in Gaza have paid a heavy price in terms of loss of life and the destruction of critical infrastructure. Yet, they still stand and continue to fight, much to the chagrin of the Israeli occupiers. - sonar21
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  7325. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - A massive storming by the Russian Armed Forces on the Yuzhnodonbasskaya-3 coal mine northeast of Ugledar has put Ukrainian forces in a very difficult situation. A large video released by Russian military correspondent, on September 14, 2024, shows Russian assault troops launching a fierce assault on the mine structures, and entering the area around the mine, where Zelensky’s troops had been hiding for a long time trying to defend Ugledar. However, this time the enemy troops appear to be completely surrounded by artillery and bombing attacks, and a large explosion occurred in one of the buildings of the Yuzhnodonbasskaya-3 Mine, located west of Vodyane, which was recently liberated by Russian fighters. The assault on the extreme mine, where fighting continued after the Russian assault troops landed, would be a death sentence for the fall of Ugledar. Epic footage shows artillery preparation, and then a mechanized attack with the entry of two Russian armored groups into the mine area to destroy the enemy. The armored groups, consisting of armored vehicles and motorized rifle units, entered from two sides at once, from the north and from the south, pinning down the Ukrainian positions. After a massive artillery barrage on enemy positions, the armored vehicles broke into the complex while firing and deploying troops. Soon after four more armored vehicles arrived to disembark, one of them was hit by an explosive device during the advance, but with almost no losses. The advance of their comrades did not stop, and it is likely that the landing force landed there while continuing to press the Ukrainian positions. As a result of the successful assault, the Russian Armed Forces managed to gain a foothold in the Yuzhnodonbasskaya-3 Mine, and currently control at least half of its territory, about 2 km north of Ugledar. So far, the battle for the mine is still ongoing, but it seems that the last stronghold of the Ukrainian troops here, one of the key locations for the liberation of the town of Ugledar itself, will soon be taken and cleared by Russian units.
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  7347. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The FAB-3000 glide bomb attack on the Volchansk Aggregate Plant, confirms the statements about a trap carefully prepared for Ukrainian troops in the industrial zone of Kharkov region. In videos released by Russian military correspondents on September 28, 2024, the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a powerful strike by the crews of Su-34 fighter-bomber, destroying the remains of the plant, following reports of the presence of formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and began to consolidate there! This is terrible! Some days ago the Russian units withdrew from the plant in order to lure the enemy in, and now they militarized it with the most powerful bombs, which directly destroyed the hull of the plant, It is difficult to know how many were eliminated, especially the special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, who entered the trap. The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) headed by Kyrylo Budanov, reported this week that it had captured the Aggregation Plant in Volchansk with GUR special forces. The department said in a statement that the last of the 30 buildings at the plant had been liberated today, which had been occupied by Russian troops since July 30. At the same time, the department called the information about the close fighting at the Aggregate Plant somewhat exaggerated, which was previously considered an important strategic facility, in order to advance after capturing these strongholds. While the Russian side did not comment on the defeat. Thus, its capture resulted in the GUR special forces not only losing control, which was completely surrounded. The latest footage on September 29, shows several trophies captured by Russian Volunteer fighters during the multi-day battle at the Volchansk Aggregate Plant! As usual, Ukrainian domestic war correspondents claim that the Russian garrison fought to the last, and managed to retreat. Only those who surrendered or were taken prisoner managed to escape, the rest were destroyed. On the contrary, Ukraine lost a lot of personnel - another tragedy that was simply necessary for the sake of a one-day media victory
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  7351. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The situation in recent days in Kherson, the Ukrainian defenses along the Right Bank of the Dnipro River, has been a disaster almost every day with heavy losses. As a result of Kiev's senseless attacks on the Left Bank, important infrastructure such as fortifications, including personnel and equipment, are then subjected to merciless attacks by the Russian Armed Forces, which continue to build up their forces and control the sector. One of the most well-guarded and well-prepared outposts on Korabelov Island, in the western part of the Kherson agglomeration, was hit by a Russian airstrike, as shown in the footage on February 22, 2025. It is reported that the outpost was home to some of the most trained Ukrainian drone operators among Kiev's forces, EW systems and a communications center. Two FAB bombs hits on the buildings reduced the number of Ukrainian crews to a minimum. Kherson is a favorite hideout for Kiev's troops in high-rise buildings, in the basements of destroyed buildings, where they are attacked daily by Russian drone operators, aircraft and artillery. Every morning, they try to rotate and deliver supplies, but these attempts often end in disaster, with Russian reconnaissance constantly detecting Ukrainian drone launch sites and systematically destroying them, as in the footage from February 24. The successful attack was carried out by Russian drone dropping two mortars, hitting the position of two Ukrainian drone operators, who were leaving their drone and entering an underground fortification. The first mortar blast caused the enemy drones to burn out, while the second mortar destroyed the entrance to the fortification, likely burning the personnel inside. So far, Russian forces have been unhindered in their offensive on the Right Bank of the Dnipro River, amid ongoing training for the crossing of the river by the 18th Army of the Russian Armed Forces. Footage on February 25 shows Russian motorized riflemen from the Dnieper assault unit entering the Ukrainian protected area at Antonovsky Bridge, moving from Konka River along the highway and landing near Dacha, Antonovsky. The soldiers entered the ruins after the successful Russian airstrike, and are now searching for Ukrainian soldiers who may have survived in the snow. Remember! It was a futile attack by Kiev that kept screaming “victory,” as its losses were horrific but unreported. Reportedly, Russian forces maintained control—the situation remained unchanged, though tense but stable.
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  7353. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – An engineering plant called "Bolshevik" in Kiev, has targeted with a pinpoint strike, and destroyed it after the arrival of missiles, which allegedly did not survive from Moscow's direct message. Viral videos on the internet, released by Russian military channels on June 7, 2025, confirm that a massive Russian execution took place there, hitting Bolshevik Plant, a building and substructures and basements on the edge of the plant, located right in the heart of the capital, which the Kiev regime using for the production of weapons and storage of ammunition. However, there is no deep and secret hiding place from the Russian eyes, because Bolshevik Plant is a relic of the Soviet era. The most interesting aspect of this strike is the large secondary explosion early in the morning on June 7, which occurred a few hours after the official attack ended, and the air raid warning had been lifted in the Kiev region. As can be seen in the video, the second explosion came from under the ground floor on the area of the former Bolshevik Plant and is equivalent to something the size of JDAM. The fire continued to burn and no one came there. According to sources, there was a fortified bunker under the territory of the plant, which is using to store ammunition, it was also destroyed. The bunker like the Azovstal Plant, was built to survive a nuclear attack, and reports say that a high-ranking Ukrainian figure is in a Cold War-era underground bunker beneath the site. Additionally, another new angle that was just uploaded shows the extent of the damage to the structure behind it, where the weapons factory now sits right in the middle of a residential area. “Most likely civilian deaths made the headlines, while Kiev was busy playing the victim,” the report wrote. It seems that Russian patience is running out, Moscow has closed the page on peace, and opened the gates of hell on the regime!
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  7362. “You leave the dollar and you’re not doing business with the US, because we are going to put a 100% tariff on your goods” Trump said - RT Some comments follow: [Clearly, he doesn't understand WHY the world is dumping the dollar. Sound plan... If you wish to implode your service sector economy. Well, they will just sell their products elsewhere. And USA will be stuck with more inflation. Trump: Sanctions are hurting the Dollar. Also, Trump: We are going to threaten everyone who doesn't want to use the Dollar anymore. You up the tariffs, people won't export to you anymore. You lose. Donny, if you're in a hole, stop digging The problem is that US can't survive without imports because they don't make anything anymore, so they need Chinese and Mexican goods more than Chinese need the dollar. And if Chinese demand yuan for payment the US must comply they have no other choice. that's blackmail Trump....sorry.] A broad trend towards using national currencies instead of the greenback has gained momentum following the massive economic restrictions introduced against Russia by the US and its allies in the wake of the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict in February 2022. After being cut off from the Western financial system, Moscow has turned to alternative options for settlement, with some of Russia’s foreign partners following suit. Last week, the presidential candidate pledged to substantially reduce the use of sanctions by Washington if he is reelected in November. Speaking at the Economic Club of New York, Trump acknowledged that the curbs imposed by the US on other states are damaging for the dollar. - RT
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  7370. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Kiev is in the news again after Russian war correspondents reported that their flag was raised in Andreevka west of Kurakhovo City, marking the Russian Armed Forces’ capture of the important settlement. Footage surfaced online on March 5, 2025, showing soldiers from the 114th Brigade of the 51st Army celebrating the victory day with a red flag, a legacy of the Soviet Union, planted on one of the buildings on the southern outskirts of the settlement. Andreevka, was completely liberated due to the hard work of the 114th Brigade units, completing a full-scale combat and clean-up operation, expelling Ukrainian troops who continued to try to hold out there, under the pretext of carrying out Kiev’s orders amidst the ongoing diplomatic turmoil. The Russian Defense Ministry also officially announced on the same day that Andreevka had been liberated! Russian military correspondents also released footage the day before the settlement of Andreevka, showing the situation of several days of fighting, where the methodical approach of Russian troops, disrupted the Ukrainian defense and logistics lines. All planned counterattacks by Ukrainians, did not produce results and they gambled with heavy losses - killed and wounded. The 114th Brigade of the 51st Army formerly the 1st Army Corps of the DPR, advanced to deepen control, aiming to suppress the Ukrainian defenses, whose positions were destroyed by attacks by various Russian weapons. In this case, attack drones appeared on the positions of the Ukrainian defender, both camouflaged and in shelters, did not save them from the inevitable. Decisiveness, coherence and accuracy of actions - that's what determined the outcome of the battle, a new victory celebrated by Russian troops. Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov thanked the command and personnel of the 114th Brigade of the 51st Army for the successful completion of the combat mission during the liberation of Andreevka in Donetsk, a statement wrote. The impact of the capture of Andreevka, also expanded the scope of Kostyantynopil, where the battle is currently taking place while Ukraine is trapped in a "fire pocket," forcing Ukraine to deploy reserves or risk further Russian advances. But it seems that Kostyantynopil will also fall in days, paving the way for a deeper Russian operation in the sector.
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  7371. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – After a short break about Ukrainian boats, Russian quadcopters again dropped mini-bombs on other boats over the Right Bank of Dnepr during a skirmish in Kherson region. The Russian military channels shared video on May 21, 2025, showing the crew of an unmanned aerial vehicle from the 18th Combined Arms Army, part of the Dnepr Group of Forces, quickly identifying Ukrainian boats during a planned flight over the Right Bank of Dnepr. The quadcopter then flew there to drop high-explosive fragmentation shells several times on real targets, both boats were destroyed and then caught fire, killing the Ukrainian boat crew. In addition, the UAV unit's soldiers used real-time surveillance capabilities to track Ukrainian movements and adjusted the attack on another boat covered with blanket, indicating that it had not been used but is burning on the ground. Ukraine, usually uses these boats to cross the river to the Left Bank of Dnepr, the Kherson region controlled by the Russian Armed Forces, but they never returned home! As the control of the crossings tightened, Kiev's troops on the Right Bank of the Dnepr became isolated and vulnerable to encirclement. The Dnepr Group of Forces continued to conduct daily operations to destroy UAV command posts, temporary deployment points, artillery guns, mortars, armored vehicles, ammunition depots, and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson. The unit continued to coordinate adjustments with various weapons, and monitor the movements of the Ukrainians, who never understood how to move tactically in order to win the battle. Over the past few days, the coordinated efforts of the UAV crews have resulted in the discovery and destruction of Baba Yaga type unmanned aerial vehicle, light armored vehicles, tanks, and Ukrainian UAV crews, the effectiveness of the FPV drone operators being associated with their ability to strike targets from a distance. The reconnaissance drones quickly identified Ukrainian military facilities and relayed their coordinates to the command post for precise fire damage. The secret lies in confusing the Ukrainians, so that they cannot understand how the Russians really work. Crossing the river on these boats only wastes Kiev's energy without reaping any results.
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  7372. Orban’s visit to Moscow set the European political seraglio aflame this week. The histrionic theatrics were on full performative display as the chorus of captured crones and cucks crowed in limp futility: For his part, Orban conveyed that Putin is a totally rational negotiator: But the prevailing narrative that’s now swept over the commentariat and MSM-propagand-o-sphere is that Russia is desperately pushing for an end to the conflict. Everywhere you look, Putin is characterized as virtually begging for a ceasefire. News release after news release revolves around Russia nudging toward a cessation of hostilities, with Putin’s various speeches and soundbites used to support this. But how true is it, really? I’m here to tell you unambiguously: it’s total misdirection. The AFU continues to experience massive problems on the front, with units increasingly openly screeching via public forums about how everything is collapsing around them. One report from Legitimny states that if destruction of the power grid continues, Ukraine will be placed into permanent 8-12-hour-per-day blackout for the next several years: A U.S. Marine general was found “dead”: Interestingly, according to reports he was just in Ukraine. Several days ago were reports of U.S. flights out of Poland—the typical ones that carry Western mercenaries out after Russian strikes. Coincidence? There has been a spate of Russian long-range strikes, including ones on deployment points—several of them on Odessa recently, for instance. There’s good chance this general was visited by Dr. Ken Zhal for his final checkup. If things weren’t bad enough for the U.S., another defense plant blew up, which reportedly is in the business of Javelin production, amongst other rockets: Commander of the Ukrainian 116th Brigade perished in the Kupyansk direction: I’ll leave you with this poignant last statement from Russian analyst Older Eddy: We will say one thing. The more power and its dogs drive the Ukrainian people to fight, the larger the collapse will be. At some point, the front will simply sprinkle, as 80% of the army will consist of those who do not want to fight, or tired, or disappointed. It's like building a house, but making concrete for walls and foundations according to the formula of 12 bags of sand for 1 bag of cement. For some time it will stand idle, and after that « will begin to fall asleep », and if there is a minimum « earthquake », it will simply collapse. So in the situation with the Zemobilization and the Armed Forces. This is a time bomb. - Simplicius
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  7379. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Important update on September 27, 2024, the noose was strengthened around Ugledar by Russian forces, and has begun a massive unprecedented offensive, capturing half of the city, which was a stronghold for Ukrainian forces for two years. Video shows one of the Ugledar Mines successfully captured by Russian troops with the assault on the city continuing. Before the massive assault, Russian scouts wisely dropped campaign leaflets by drone in the western part of Ugledar, calling for the surrender of Zelensky's troops from the units of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, which was ordered to hold the city while he is still in the United States. At this time, for Zelensky's troops, the situation on the front is critical, the small mining town in the Donetsk region is surrounded, all entrances and exits are under Russian fire control. Ugledar, which is half surrounded is in half a cauldron, making some of the rest of the men from the 72nd Ukrainian Brigade, try to escape in Ugledar, but eventually a group of prisoners of war were forced to surrender. At first they tried to attack the Russian tank formation from Buryatia near Vodyanoye village in order to escape from Ugledar, but failed. All roads to Ugledar were cut off, their resistance was useless. Dozens of them eventually had only one chance to return home alive! The command of the Russian troops contacted the Armed Forces of Ukraine to surrender, or be blocked in Ugledar! They were supposed to surrender because Russia did not ask twice. As a result, Russia showered Ugledar with incendiary ammunition, fired from BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher systems at night. Some Western sources, citing their contacts in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, claim that Ugledar is completely surrounded. The video was recorded by the Ukrainian military themselves, who complained about the "difficult conditions" under the magnesium rain. In addition, Russian drones raided Ukrainian troops still entrenched in the city buildings. This was the last chance for the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade to retreat, and was rapidly closing. It is strongly suspected that in a few days Ugledar will fall!
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  7386. [Looks like the Warmonger in Israel is going to get his wish of starting a major conflagration so he can continue his genocide in GAZA and elsewhere at his diabolic whim!] Iran is threatening an “unprecedented” response to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31st. In anticipation, the U.S. has begun bringing major reinforcements to the region, which includes F-22s, B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, an armada featuring the USS Roosevelt Carrier Group, as well as amphibious landing ships with 4000 U.S. Marines: The entire Defense industry has been ringing alarm bells for months that the U.S. forces in the region are nearing a crisis point when it comes to their ability to replenish AD assets. In a war against China, they know they would be in deep trouble: Now some reports claim Iran is still holding off and waiting to strike at a time of its choosing: One interesting aspect to the proceedings dovetails with a question someone asked recently in the mailbag surrounding what assistance Russia may be providing to the Middle Eastern resistance axis. First, there’s one uncorroborated report about Iran being given one of Russia’s most powerful electronic warfare tools, the Murmansk complex: At this point it’s clear, as we’ve written many times here before, that Netanyahu needs perpetual escalation in order to save his failing regime. Only by keeping people in perpetual fear and distress can he keep them from mustering the wherewithal and consensus to overthrow him. Furthermore, Israel seems to fear taking on Hezbollah with Iran’s backing and would love to have U.S. tie Iran down in a war, or eliminate it outright, first, prior to taking the risky gambit of slugging it out with Hezbollah. The last thing the Biden administration likely wants is a large scale war on the eve of the presidential elections, which will redound poorly on Kamala’s campaign. Thus, reports of the administration’s exasperation with Israel are probably true. Either way it doesn’t matter because if Trump was in office, you can bet he would declare full scale war against Iran on Israel’s behalf, so in this case we can quite unironically say that the Biden administration is preferable to peace. - Simplicius
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  7408. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - During a reconnaissance mission in the Kursk region, Russian servicemen from the Sever unit of the Northern Group of Forces, grinding the Armed Forces of Ukraine with their notoriously dangerous attack UAV, eliminated fortifications, personnel, and NATO vehicles that they were transporting towards the Russian border. In just a few days, the drones of Sever Group have completed their task, at the peril and great cost to Kiev, which continues to decline in the region after the successful counter-operation of the Russian troops. Today, on the video of September 19, 2024, Sever Group detected a US Stryker armored personnel carrier, driven by Ukrainian soldiers near the settlement of Obody on the territory of Ukraine itself. After analyzing the reconnaissance, Stryker, which decided to leave for Kursk, was completely destroyed by a direct hit of Orion drone. On December 18, a group of Ukrainian soldiers took up positions and camouflaged themselves in a row of trees, trying to attack the Russians. Unbeknownst to them, on the contrary, the Sever Group attack UAV plunged there, and eliminated them with several hits. The drone appeared to be dropping mini-bombs, repeating this over and over again, to make sure that the enemy positions were completely eliminated. In addition, another unrecoverable NATO infantry fighting vehicle, whose name was not mentioned in the report, was targeted by the drone during reconnaissance by Sever Group soldiers in the border zone. A special drone, known as FPV, destroyed the vehicle with a precision strike. The Ukrainian crew did not appear to have gotten out of their vehicle after the fire caused by the encounter with the Russian drone. Video from the previous day, September 17, showed that the Sever Group reconnaissance drone operators observed an interesting scene. They detected Ukrainian armored fighting vehicle moving towards the temporary deployment area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border area. The detected vehicle was immediately destroyed by a 'bird' attack, FPV drone. Shrapnel from the ammunition smoked other vehicle that were parked nearby. The Russian Defense Ministry said on September 19, about the repelling of Ukrainian invasion on the Kursk region of Russia that the Sever Group carried out offensive actions, causing heavy damage and losses to Ukrainian brigades.
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  7431. UNIMAGINABLE SUFFERING of Palestinian man as he has to say final goodbye to his baby girl, killed by brutal Israeli strikes. Man in shock as he holds his lifeless infant in his hands, unable to process fact she’s passed as he states "whole world is watching" while Israel inflicts death and destruction on innocent people. - Intel Report NO MORE WATER for Gaza Strip as Israeli forces work under cover of darkness to turn off taps (vid above) for MILLIONS of Palestinians after country’s Defense Minister Gallant ordered total blockade. Move’s already been denounced as "WAR CRIME" by human rights groups, putting thousands of wounded Palestinians at risk as lack of water and power could mean collapse of Gaza Strip's health system within days. - Intel Report CORPSE DRAGGED THROUGH THE MUD, ON A TOWING CABLE as under-equipped Ukrainian soldiers devise a way to transport their dead. Chatter among soldiers is seething with rage toward the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Zelensky himself - where's the money, punk? It's at Cartier, in New York! - Intel Report ALMOST 100 PALESTINIAN KIDS KILLED by Israeli strikes since Saturday (left pic), while NGO Human Rights Watch slams Israeli Defense Minister Gallant’s "abhorrent" blockade of Gaza Strip as "call to commit WAR CRIME" . Tel Aviv ain’t budging as it calls on Israelis to be ready to stay in shelters for at least 72 hours amid unconfirmed reports that ground operation into Gaza Strip could begin as early as tonight. - Intel Report Drones show damaged neighborhoods in Gaza Strip, during out-of-control bombing by Israeli forces against Palestinians from Hamas fighters. 1000 tons of explosives were dropped which destroyed thousands of buildings in the “total siege” of Gaza by a series of airstrikes using heavy bombs such as JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition). - Military Tube Today Gaza Strip lit up by flames as hellish landscape unfolds in darkness. Vid above shows flames flickering while rockets soar from Gaza Strip toward Israel. Israeli military claims it’s carrying out 1 of biggest airstrikes EVER against Hamas in Gaza Strip, while Palestinian medical officials warn health system could collapse in DAYS following power cuts imposed by Israel. - Intel Report "ISRAEL WILL WIN" claims PM Netanyahu as he shows off footage of houses in Gaza Strip crumbling from Israeli strikes (left vid). His claim that "we've started" comes amid reports of build-up of Israeli forces near Gaza Strip, with insider claims that Netanyahu's told Biden "we have to go in" to Gaza Strip. Right vid shows devastating aftermath of same strikes Netanyahu boasts about, with homes turned into apocalyptic wasteland after blasts. Update on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict for October 9, 2023 - As US proxy war in Ukraine continues to tip in Russia's favor, armed conflict has broken out between Palestinian-based Hamas militants and Israeli forces; - Israeli-Palestinian tensions stem from the Israeli government's decades-long occupation of Palestinian territory in violation of international law and laid out specifically in UN resolutions; - Both Hamas and Israeli forces are currently targeting both military targets and civilians; - Israel has for decades served the purpose of a foothold for first British then American hegemony in the Middle East; - Hamas has a problematic background that complicates Palestine's ability to resolve hostilities between it and Israel; - Hamas has previously served as a proxy along with Israel in the US proxy war against Syria; - Israel is requesting additional military aid from a depleted United States, limiting its ability to escalate vs. Hamas and within the wider region; - The New Atlas Humans torn apart by Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip as Palestinians lie in agony with missing legs while people look on in shock as they wait for first responders - Intel Report SOOT-COVERED BODY lies slack on ground as Palestinians rush to help people trapped under rubble after Israel targets refugee camp in North of Gaza Strip. Blasts that shake very earth as Israeli strikes target STUDENTS at Islamic University of Gaza - sounds of baby’s cries echo in background with man filming fearing for his family’s safety. Israeli PM Netanyahu claims Hamas’s actions will “CHANGE THE MIDDLE EAST” as he kills HUNDREDS of Palestinians in strikes. - Intel Report "The US precludes creation of the State of Palestine" - Lavrov and the Arab League. "The Americans are trying to monopolize mediation efforts, and divert dialogue away from a political settlement." (Top vid.) “Russia and the Arab League can and must make their contribution to solving these problems, first of all, stopping the bloodshed." - Intel Report AMBULANCE STRETCHERS STREWN EVERYWHERE, as contused Palestinian emergency worker tries to walk away from scene of attack, but almost drops dead in Israel's latest blast striking ambulance vehicles in Gaza. - Intel Report BODIES LIE LIMP, COVERED IN BLOOD as distraught crowd rushes the wounded out on stretchers, others hopelessly look to the dusty sky - amid devastating destruction unleashed by sustained Israeli attacks on Gaza. Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Galant orders total siege of Gaza - "there will be no electricity, no food, no fuel.” - Intel Report "EU"-TURN TIME as European bloc backtracks on decision to stop sending Palestine aid after HUGE backlash from countries like Ireland, which immediately protested move that had "no legal basis". Europe’s Chief Gardener Borrell admits he’s only continuing funding so "EU interests" in region aren’t damaged… - Intel Report
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  7435. We just witnessed the most extraordinary unclothing in the history of American ‘diplomacy’. Zelensky’s life and career as a cheap television gigolo flashed before his eyes, as he stumped in the Oval Office today, while Trump and Vance took turns flagellating him like the mewling fraud that he is. If you haven’t watched any of it, I implore you to behold the 10-minute debacle above—it’s unlike anything you’ll ever see between world ‘leaders’. Trump and Vance made a brilliant tag team on Zelensky, who was relegated to the stature of a small choirboy. One of the highlights which may not have been captured in the video above included the following, where Zelensky again was treated like an abject interloper, a scrawny pipsqueak, and mocked for his irreverent dress: But this exchange highlights precisely the main takeaway—which is that the artificially constructed image of Zelensky is no longer useful and has been tossed away like a used rag. All the false bravado and olive drab khakis—it all served a purpose for the past three years, with Zelensky built up like some kind of John Rambo-Churchill. The ‘sacred’ attire would have never been questioned before, because it represented the theater of it all, the carefully stage-managed production. Now that the play has run its course, failing to turn a profit, the ‘act’ has grown old and we’re immediately allowed a view under the costume. Now Zelensky has really outdone himself—when even Lindsey Graham calls for your resignation, you know the Ides of March are near: - Simplicius
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  7439. In the footsteps of assassins and those who hire them Andrey Derkach, a former Ukrainian parliamentarian who became widely known for publishing recordings of conversations between ex-Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko and high-ranking foreign officials, including Biden (who was then US vice president), gave an extensive interview earlier this month to journalist Simona Mangiante. During this conversation, he disclosed sensational new details about the “special ties” between the Biden family and the Ukrainian authorities. So, instead of exposing the corruption in the previous Ukrainian administration, the Bidens (along with Zelensky and his team) turned against anti-corruption fighters. Derkach, who has been forced to hide in Belarus, was stripped of his citizenship by the Ukrainian authorities and sanctioned by the US. But that’s not all. In addition to criminal investigations and sanctions, Derkach says he has faced assassination attempts ordered by top officials in Kiev and Washington. It is noteworthy that in 2021, the Ukrainian police discovered plans to assassinate Derkach and the head of the group of prosecutors in the Burisma energy company case, Konstantin Kulik, but did not initiate a criminal case. The investigation tracked down the criminal gang from Eastern Europe hired to carry out the hit, as well as their base in Transcarpathia. The assassin himself was supposed to be an Albanian, but the information was leaked, and the gang escaped. The number of witnesses in the Burisma case – a company though which Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden earned profits via alleged corruption schemes – is also steadily decreasing. Shortly before she was due to testify as a witness in the case, the wife of Nikolai Lisin – a former partner of Nikolai Zlochevsky – was found dead in her apartment. She had been responsible for accounting at Burisma and had been aware of transactions carried out in the interests of the Bidens. Lisin himself died in a car accident back in 2011. - RT
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  7444. Donald Trump is fond of blaming Barack Obama and Joe Biden for the debacle in Ukraine, but he is wrong. A major share of the blame also lies with Donald Trump because he oversaw the dramatic growth of the Ukrainian military during his first term and, to this day, brags about supplying Ukraine with Javelin missiles. I am no fan of Barack Obama… in fact, I’ve been a staunch critic, but the data on the growth of the Ukrainian military during Trump’s first term is irrefutable. For the math-challenged out there, this means Ukraine’s total manpower (i.e., active duty + reserves) increased by a factor of 3.6. Whether or not Donald Trump was aware of this is another question. If he knew, then he absolutely shoulders a significant part of the blame for increasing tensions with Russia that led ultimately to the Special Military Operation in February 2022. If Trump did not know, then this is an indictment of his failure to preside over his administration’s national defense policy, and it is a tacit admission that the Deep State was executing its own agenda. My point is simple… Donald Trump played a bigger role, at least militarily, than Barack Obama in prepping Ukraine to go to war with Russia. Trump and his national security team continue to ignore Russia’s firm position regarding negotiations to bring a final end to the war in Ukraine. Sergei Lavrov, speaking to a reporter on Sunday writing for Brazil’s major newspaper, O Globo, reiterated the policy Vladimir Putin presented in June 2024: Ukraine must lift its “legislative ban on negotiations with Russia.” Ukraine cannot become a NATO member and must maintain a neutral and non-aligned status. Russia seeks to “overcome the consequences of the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev,” including efforts to legislate and physically destroy everything Russian—language, media, culture, traditions, and canonical Orthodoxy. Russia demands international recognition of its sovereign control of Crimea, Sevastopol, the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Lugansk People’s Republic, and the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. All of Kiev’s obligations must be legally secured, have enforcement mechanisms, and be permanent.” The agenda includes tasks related to the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, lifting sanctions, addressing lawsuits and arrest warrants, and returning Russian assets that are currently “frozen” in the West. Moscow is also seeking “reliable security guarantees against threats posed by the hostile actions of NATO, the European Union, and their individual member states along our western borders. In other words, no permanent ceasefire will occur until these issues are settled. - sonar21
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  7446. The Russian Armed Forces continue to destroy what's left of the Ukr Army at will! This war is over by any sane analysis! ◾Missile strike destroys echelon with ammo (see vid) in Dnepropetrovsk, East Ukraine as Russian forces inflict 310 casualties on Ukrainian army in Donetsk (ex-Ukraine). ◾Air defenses intercept US HIMARS rocket while Russian ground forces in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine) repel enemy attack in Rabotino as Ukrainian army sustains 195 casualties. ◾Ukrainian troops lose 175 personnel in South Donetsk (ex-Ukraine) and 30 in Kherson (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 16 From a combat channel report late last night. Likewise the more gory (18+ warning) of the footage shows their personnel losses in the trenches. Thus, NATO elite, some of whom may still retain a sense of self-preservational realism for what it would take to defeat Russia, know the reality of what they’re saying. Their best weapons have been utterly crushed and ground to dust in the endless steppes once known as the Wild Fields. In the meantime, Russian ex-general and Duma deputy Kartapolov says that Russia is preparing the conditions for its own big offensive: Last night massive strikes rung out across ports in the Odessa region, Reni amongst them. Grain silos in the port were hit: Then industrial sectors of Dnipro were hit, obliterating the Yuzhmash plant where Ukraine was to be manufacturing missiles and possibly drones: Note how Ukrainian “air defense” has no answer whatsoever for advanced Russian cruise missiles, which obliterate any target they so choose with full impunity. CNN gleefully describes the terrorist attack on the bridge, which by the way killed civilians and orphaned a 14-year-old girl after sending her into a coma. Not once does CNN even hint at the fact that this may be a terrorist attack, and in fact ends the report with the foreboding warning that Ukraine will continue more of such attacks in the future. You can even see the car coming right above the drone, which they cut away from just as it’s set to explode. Instead, they do show another drone exploding just as a train is passing above it. All is fair, huh CNN? This shows the utterly vile and depraved nature of this corporate fake news mill. You can bet if it was a Russian attack, the only angle they would play is that of a “barbaric terrorist strike on civilians.” It merely shows how low the West has sunk to inhuman levels of moral depravity, and it’s a fact not lost on the rest of the world, which sees the sickening hypocrisy and incessant flood of contradictions. One day when the West falls, it will be from being crushed under the weight of its own shameless immorality.
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  7454. What a day. The fallout from Friday’s rumble in the Oval Office continues and it is not good news for Ukraine. Although Zelensky caught some love from a motley collection of Eurocrats over the weekend in London, it was meaningless. More empty promises from European countries with no military clout and floundering economies, all vowing to support Ukraine, maybe. The UK’s Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, promised to provide troops and planes to secure a peace in Ukraine and then, moments later, conceded it would only be done if the US provided firm security guarantees. Trump already has said, “NO,” to that proposal and is not going to reverse position. I think it is unlikely that the Kievan Cocaine Cowboy will wipe the white powder from his nostrils, clear his head, and apologize to Mr. Trump. Zelensky is too far gone. Zelensky will bear the blame in Ukraine for alienating the Trump administration and you can bet that senior intelligence and military officers, who will now be denied assistance they were counting on, will turn their wrath on Zelensky. Whatever tantrum or defiant show of resistance Zelensky decides to present to the outside world, that will be short-lived. Russia will likely further intensify its military operations against the Ukrainian forces, which already are suffering significant losses all along the line of contact. And the prospect for a quick collapse of Ukraine’s military appears more plausible as compared to the situation one month past. When the full truth of US financial support for Ukraine is eventually revealed, Americans will be shocked to learn that USAID played a pervasive and powerful role in funneling money to whip up public enthusiasm for Ukraine and to entice mercenaries to enlist. In addition, USAID funding to media outlets in Ukraine was a critical element in pushing memes proclaiming Ukraine as a democracy, Zelensky as a popular leader and Russia as military and economic basket case. With Trump pulling the plug on that operation, the facade of lies is being exposed and starting to crumble. - sonar21
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  7466. Polish volunteer Slawomir Wysocki traveled to Ukraine, returned home and in an interview for the media told what is really happening with the counter-offensive, which is so publicized by the Ukrainian authorities. “The human losses of the Ukrainian side are huge. Western equipment is burning like matches. Things are much worse than is commonly imagined. I counted the graves in Lviv. In the old part of the cemetery there are about 100 graves, in the new part there are more than 600. In the villages this proportion is colossally different. When I drive by, I see cemeteries along the streets. Each has up to a dozen new graves. There are flags near each one, they are easy to recognize. There are more than two thousand graves in Kharkov. It is impossible to hide these losses. Two months ago I was full of optimism about Kupyansk. Now we are still managing to hold our ground. It seems that the Russians are doing everything they can to reach Kupyansk, where they will take their positions for the spring offensive.” When asked by a journalist how Ukrainians feel about the Russian defense system, the Pole said: “They are terrified. They know that the Russian army has already foreseen everything. The defense system was built by construction companies. This is not a peasant waving a shovel to build a trench. Companies came in, poured concrete, made fortifications in the style of the Maginot Line. And there are three or four such lines. Ukrainians say that there are five mines per square meter. You can’t put your foot on the ground without one of them exploding”. The journalist further asks, with this situation on the front and the growing losses, are there still people willing to fight? The volunteer replies: “There are no willing ones. They are looking for them on the streets. In Lviv there are “round-ups”, people are taken from construction sites, from bars. Recently I witnessed such a situation at the bus station in Lvov. Five policemen stood and checked everyone who wanted to leave Lvov. Eight people were detained in this way. Many reasons for the current situation with mobilization originate in Bakhmut. It was such a plum, such a meat grinder that there was no one left to fight”. - Sonar21
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  7473. Transforming the CIA for an Age of Competition – is a shocking display of ignorance and misinformation about Russia, the state of the war in Ukraine and NATO’s military capabilities. Although Burn’s is an educated man and experienced diplomat, this article displays a profound arrogance seasoned with provably false claims. The so-called vision he presents for “transforming the CIA” is a childish fantasy and signals that the CIA is drifting towards being irrelevant as well as incompetent. An intelligence chief like Burns is supposed to bring a non-partisan, objective perspective to an issue like Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine. Burns fails spectacularly on that count. He refuses to acknowledge the role the CIA and Britain’s MI-6 played in sparking the 2014 coup that ousted democratically elected Ukrainian President Yanukovych, which culminated in the Ukrainian military attacking the Russian speaking citizens in the Donbass. That in turn sparked the now ten year civil war and the vote in Crimea to re-join the Russian Federation. Burns is totally disingenuous. He pretends that the West played no role in the subsequent civil war that wracked the Donbass. He ignores the West’s repeated entreaties for Ukraine to join NATO – a firm redline for Vladimir Putin and the Russian Government. And he fails to acknowledge the West’s saber rattling as the U.S. European Command and NATO conducted annual joint military exercises with Ukraine where Russia was the featured foe. Burns’ claims about Russia’s “one-dimensional” economy and weak military capability is beyond shocking. This is the kind of specious claim one normally would expect of a middling university student or a partisan hack. Russia’s economy is anything but one dimensional – it has a robust defense manufacturing capability, is a leader in the production of grain and oil and gas, and is one of the world leaders in supplying critical Rare Earth Elements (aka REE). According to the Foreign Policy Research Institute: After two years of combat in Ukraine, Russia has demonstrated that it can defeat and deter every advanced NATO system provided to Ukraine. Although touted as “game changers” when first supplied to Urkaine – I am referring to the HIMARS, the Javelin anti-tank guided missile and the Patriot missile battery – these systems have proven to be expensive failures. The era of the United States calling the shots and coercing other nations to accede to its policies is coming to an end. When the history of this period is written, the war in Ukraine coupled with the West’s effort to destroy Russia, will be seen as the spark that ignited the fire that burned down the power of the Colonial West. - Sonar21
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  7480. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Ukrainian infantry illegally moved to Popovka in Belgorod region, violating the Easter ceasefire, but the attack was repulsed, destroying them, according to the report of "Management Z", citing a military source. In the early hours of April 20, Ukrainian assault groups were spotted by Russian reconnaissance, they tried to make a breakthrough by crossing the border at a location that crosses the field south of Popovka. Without observing the ceasefire and at the same time Kiev accused Russia of violating it, the Russian Armed Forces detected the fact that Ukrainian infantry, consisting of several small groups of up to 12 men, managed to infiltrate the forest belt around the settlement. The main goal of the Ukrainian units was to try to reach Popovka, possibly to resume the attack there once again, and they hoped to win by taking advantage of the ceasefire. But they met a mistake, in response, Russian troops acted quickly, preventing the larger Ukrainian forces from breaking through to Russian territory. Kiev infantry groups were blocked, and the attack, carefully planned, met with deterrent resistance from Russian fire. The fighting began immediately after this, according to the report of the Russian Defense Ministry, the assault units of the 204th Special Forces Regiment "Akhmat" launched a series of targeted artillery strikes on the enemy's manpower concentrations supporting the saboteurs. All Infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were eliminated in the forest belt. In addition, soldiers of the 34th Brigade continued to meet the Ukrainian infantry, which was trying to reach the village of Popovka. Also, mortars were dropped on the Ukrainian drone they were carrying, which was destroyed along the way. Once again, the breakthrough that Kiev had hoped for during the ceasefire was repelled with heavy losses, a soldier of the Sever group reported on April 20.
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  7487. BIDEN LETS KIEV BOMB PRE-WAR RUSSIA WITH U.S. MISSILES: Washington officially admits Genocide Joe’s gunning for war as he gives Kiev regime nod to use his weapons on pre-war Russian territory: President recently directed his team to ensure that Ukraine able to use U.S.-supplied weapons for counter-fire purposes in Kharkov region so Ukraine can hit back against Russian forces attacking them - Biden administration statement attempting to tone down extent of escalation. Congresswoman Greene blasts "insane", dementia-ridden Biden for escalation that could lead to "direct war with Russia". NATO's most warmongering members have already admitted they've given Mad Vlad Zelensky no restrictions on how he uses their weapons - looks like it's Biden's turn to jump on bandwagon - Intel Republic NATO CHIEF BRUSHES OFF BIDEN'S UKRAINE ESCALATION - "NOTHING NEW": Stoltenberg tries to play down Washington allowing Kiev to attack pre-war Russia with U.S. weapons by claiming some states never even bothered to impose restrictions on Mad Vlad Zelensky: We have right to help Ukraine uphold right to self-defense. That doesn’t make NATO allies party to conflict - Stolty insists. He’s really desperate to make nothingburger out of potentially-devastating escalation - how can you give Zelensky permission to target pre-war Russia with YOUR missiles and have audacity to claim you're "nOt PaRtY tO cOnFlIcT"? - Intel Republic "PUTIN HAS BEEN THREATENING UKRAINE ALLIES SINCE BEFORE 24 FEB 2022" - NATO Chief StOOltenberg is a master at convoluting basic information. Putin has been threatening NATO allies since the very beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, the day before February 24 he gave a speech in which he threatened any ally supporting Ukraine, but we did not listen to him, if we were restrained by this message, then we could not provide no support – Stoltenberg says. On the day of the beginning of the Special Operation (24.02.22), for Putin it was imperative to formalize his objectives in a speech. Those objectives were to 1) Defend Donbass 2) Demilitarize Ukraine & 3) Denazify Ukraine. He warned external powers that all possible scenarios have been calculated and responses to them pre-determined, should anyone choose to interfere with the accomplishment of given objectives. That is not the same as "threatening NATO allies." - Intel Republic
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  7491. Zelensky finally presented his long awaited ‘Victory Plan’ to nation and Rada alike. Hear the pathological delusion presented as “plan” for yourself in all its demented glory: “What leaves me speechless is not that he is putting forward these points, but that they are all points whose implementation has already been rejected,” writes a befuddled Roepcke. He’s right most of the “plan” is obnoxious and can be dismissed outright. Number one: joining NATO—won’t happen; number two seems self-evident and redundant; number five is just some kind of ambiguous morale-boosting platitude with no real substance. This is nothing other than Zelensky’s pimping out of his country’s economic treasures and future in order to desperately tie NATO militarily to Ukraine’s hip. This is just the continuation of the same old plan, except this time via outright bribery: create massive monetary incentive to obligate NATO into sending boots on ground to confront Russia and save Ukraine by virtue or deterrence of WWIII. It’s dangling trillions before their noses to entice their help, with the alluded-to most ‘secret’ component of the deal likely having to do with the sheer preferential nature of the disaster capitalism extraction and economic shock therapy in one. It’s just more of what we already knew, that the Ukrainian game is all about the Western crony elite positioning themselves to pillage Ukraine’s resources and industries. For instance, most missed this excerpt from ex-CIA chief Pompeo’s recent prank-call with Russian Vovan and Lexus posing as Poroshenko. In the private call he describes how he got his own comfy sinecure on a big Ukrainian enterprise: Isn’t it interesting how the ex-head of the CIA now runs a bank of all things, and that bank is buying up Ukrainian enterprises? Also interesting it happens to be a telecom, just like Vodafone owned by the Azerbaijani oligarch who just bought up the remainder of Ukraine’s titanium industry. Virtually every deep state elite involved in the Ukraine debacle has got their fingers in the jar. - Simplicius
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  7494. HUNGARY RETHINKING NATO MEMBERSHIP 'CAUSE IT REFUSES TO FIGHT RUSSIA - says Hungarian PM Orban, after revealing warmongering bloc is preparing for war with Moscow. - Intel Republic ALL TALK ABOUT STRIKING RUSSIA WITH WESTERN WEAPONS IS A TRICK - Russian seasoned FM Lavrov calls out West's politicians and media nonstop blather about Kiev using West-supplied weapons to murder civilians in Russia as nothing but a dirty distraction. They said for a long time they were not supporting it. They also said they did not allow it and advised [Ukraine] against using it. But in fact, they are waging war against us. American weapons have already been used to strike various targets outside conflict zone. Washington trying to make reassuring statements for the local public or for NATO members, to pretend the decision has not yet been made. It is a trick. We are certain that American and other Western-supplied weapons are being used to strike targets on Russian territory, primarily civilian infrastructure and residential areas. They are responsible for what these weapons have done - Lavrov. - Intel Republic [No one sane would want to go to an America under the tyrannical rule of the Uniparty Globalists!] The US will begin restricting visas for certain Georgian citizens connected with the country’s so-called foreign agent bill, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. In a statement on Thursday, the top diplomat slammed the law, which requires non-profit organizations, media outlets, and individuals who receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as entities “promoting the interests of a foreign power.” - RT Russian soldiers massive action of Yug Group troops liberated Kleshcheyevka completely. Scouts identified Ukrainian soldiers and foreign mercenaries in settlements in Donetsk region, and launched artillery and FPV drone attacks on enemy positions. Next the attack group entered and engaged in close combat, eliminating and capturing their hiding fortress. - Military Tube Today ZELENSKY HAS LOST HIS LEGITIMACY - Putin states the evident in video above - as Begginsky's cancelling of elections, embarrassing forced conscription of Ukrainians, and PATHETIC performance on battlefield despite syphoning endless BILLIONS in Western cash is too much for even U.S. and EU "leaders" to tolerate much longer. In terms of legitimacy, the current (Ukrainian) head of state has little left of it, and I believe that one goal of Switzerland conference is to try to restore it before Western community - Putin. - Intel Republic
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  7505. You have to hand it to the U.S. and its henchmen for brazenness. In order to protect their client state Israel and its genocide in Gaza, the U.S., together with the UK, have in one week launched air and sea attacks on the Houthis in Yemen five times, referring to it as “self-defense” in their Orwellian lingo. The ostensible reason being Yemen’s refusal to allow ships bound for Israel, which is committing genocide in Gaza, to enter the Red Sea, while permitting other ships to pass freely. To any impartial observer, the Houthis should be lauded. Yet, while the International Court of Justice considers the South African charge of genocide against Israel that is supported by overwhelming evidence, the U.S. and its allies have instigated a wider war throughout the Middle East while claiming they do not want such a war. These settler colonial states want genocide and a much wider war because they have been set back on their heels by those they have mocked, provoked, and attacked – notably the Palestinians, Syrians, and Russians, among others. Let us call upon Israeli and American soldiers and pilots “to abandon the battlefield”, as an act of refusal to participate in a criminal undertaking against the People of Gaza. South Africa’s legal procedure at the ICJ should be endorsed Worldwide. While it cannot be relied upon to put a rapid end to the genocide, it provides support and legitimacy to the “Disobey Unlawful Orders, Abandon the Battlefield” campaign under Nuremberg Charter Principle IV. With each passing day, it becomes more and more evident that Israel/U.S.A. and their allies do want a wider war. Iran is their special focus, with Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen targets on the way. Anyone who supports the genocide in Gaza, explicitly or through silence, bears responsibility for the conflagration to come. There are no excuses. It is bi-partisan war-mongering, of course, internationally and intramurally, since both U.S. political parties are controlled by the Israel Lobby and billionaire class that owns Congress and the “defense” industry that thrives on never-ending war. Neither the Israeli nor American government can allow themselves to be humiliated, U.S./NATO by the Russians in Ukraine and the Israelis by the Palestinians. Like cornered criminals with lethal weapons, they will kill as many as they can on their way down, taking their revenge on the weakest first. Men like Biden and Netanyahu are intent on launching desperate acts of war. Exactly when and how this expanded war will blaze across the headlines is the question. It has started, but I think it prudent to expect a black swan event sometime this year when all hell will break loose. The genocide in Gaza is the first step, and the U.S./Israel, “not wanting” a wider war, have already started one. - LewRockwell
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  7511. Update on the conflict in Ukraine for January 21, 2024… - As Ukraine and its Western sponsors continue losing the conflict strategically, Ukraine continues conducting military operations to win public relations victories; - Ukrainian drone strikes on St. Petersburg and a Russian oil depot inflicted no tactically or strategically significant damage; - Such strikes have demonstrably only galvanized the Russian population further behind Moscow and are admittedly aimed at encouraging the Ukrainian population to remain invested in the conflict; - The US government has claimed that without further financial aid, Ukraine will decisively lose the conflict, omitting the fact that even with additional financial resources, the arms and ammunition Ukraine needs does not exist to be purchased and transferred to Ukraine in the first place; - France has urged arms manufacturers to boost output, claiming to have switched to a “war economy mode,” despite the necessary prerequisites to do so not being met and France being unable to boost output without huge investments in both money measured in billions, and time measured in years; - The fate of a Russian A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft continues to remain at the center of Western commentary, specifically because of a lack of strategically significant developments in Ukraine’s favor on the battlefield. The fact that Western media admits the allegedly destroyed plane has already been replaced reveals how insignificant the incident is; - The Western media continues promoting narratives of heavy Russian losses around Avdeevka, identical to narratives that preceded the fall of Bakhmut to Russian forces last year; - While such narratives are meant to depict Russia as weak and failing, the relentless tidal wave of men and equipment would not be possible unless Russia possessed vastly superior means of raising manpower and military industrial output; - The New Atlas
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  7514. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Syrian army began launching Tochka missiles, and the consequences of its "arrival" in one of the headquarters and operations of the Al Aqeeda affiliated organization "Jabhat al-Nusra" in Idlib, with devastating results. The scenes published on December 1, 2024 by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) showed that they began using various heavy weapons not only the M-600 'Tishreen' tactical ballistic missiles, but in particular now for the first time deploying the OTR-21 Tochka-U tactical missile, which can carry a 420kg warhead. In just a matter of days, the front line reached a dangerous level for the militia units, they entering Syria suddenly but miscalculated. This version has a range of 120 km and high accuracy, fired by the Syrian Army with targeted attacks on several militia command rooms, supported by Turkey and the West. The scene in the city of Idlib from the footage of the militia, shows the consequences of the Soviet Tochka missile hit, reaching a very severe level of damage to enemy targets. One of the gathering points of the terrorist militias "Jabhat al-Nusra", or the command headquarters of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as reported by other sources, was covered in dust and thick smoke, destroying several vehicles in the area around the militia leadership center after a wave of precision strikes by the Tochka missiles of the Assad Government forces. In this attack, at least 65 militias were reported killed, but it is likely more considering the damage caused by the missiles. It is noteworthy! The pro-militia media and their supporters are now starting to shout that the Syrian operations together with Russia are starting to have a severe impact on civilians, something that is repeated and unproven! The Syrian Government will take unprecedented measures to suppress terrorism that is considered to only understand the language of violence, and destroy it quickly as Assad previously said. It seems that the Syrian Army is operating hundreds of missiles from this system during this period, and its launches continue to destroy foreign militias with one goal, to occupy Syria.
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  7516. COMPLETE MASSACRE of these NATO Ukrainian cannon fodder brigades in South Donetsk (ex-Ukraine) as Ukrainian armored column, which looks like it's made of British Husky infantry mobility vehicles, breaks down to bits in hopes of a breakthrough. In video you can see multiple Ukrainian soldiers (1 appears to be moving, others lifeless), lying in pit beside their NATO machine in a field as cratered as the Moon. 4-5 vehicles said to be destroyed. - Intel Report Russian warships thwart attack and destroy Ukrainian drone near Crimea (pre-war Russia). - Intel Report Here are the Ukes primary targets: Three houses damaged as a result of Ukrainian shelling on village in Bryansk region (pre-war West Russia). - Intel Report Ukraine gains nothing from use of widely-banned cluster munition on the battlefield, only used to spread terror against civilian population - Russian diplomat to UN Polyansky. Kiev's regime strikes northern Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), where there are no military targets, daily with cluster munition - Polyansky. ◾Russian forces repel Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), up to 510 cannon fodder between killed and injured. ◾Ukrainian army lost up to 195 soldiers in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). ◾Ukrainian army's counter-battery station destroyed in Kherson region (ex-Ukraine), up to 30 enemy soldiers destroyed with it. ◾Russian air defenses shoot down 26 drones and a Ukrainian-operated Su-25 attack aircraft. ◾75 Ukrainian soldiers boinked in Kupyansk, Kharkov, East Ukraine. ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 17
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  7524. May 1, 2024 - The Challenger 3 has been unveiled as the UK’s newest and most “lethal” main battle tank (MBT); - The Challenger 3 is produced by modernizing existing Challenger 2 MBTs with 127 planned for conversion from the UK’s existing 221 Challenger 2s; - The refurbishment/modernization of 127 tanks will cost $990 million or approximately $7.8 million per tank, several times more than modernized Russian tanks, and even more expensive or as expensive as new Russian tanks; - The Challenger 3 will weigh more than its predecessor, and both tanks are heavier than their Russian T-72B3, T-90M, T-80BVM, and even T-14 counterparts; - 127 MBTs in total will mean that most likely fewer than 100 tanks will be operational at any given time making it impractical for the UK to project military power abroad in any significant manner; - The Challenger 3 features a 120mm smoothbore gun that will use NATO standard tank rounds which is an improvement over the Challenger 2’s rifled gun which required unique ammunition incompatible with other NATO tanks; - The Challenger 3 is another illustration of Western military industrial production, emphasizing expensive, complex weapons built in small numbers to maximize profits versus equally capable, but cheaper and more numerous Russian or Chinese weapons designed to maximize both battlefield and strategic effectiveness; - While a Challenger 3 may or may not be capable one-on-one with a Russian MBT, the fact that Russia has many more tanks and is able to replace damaged or lost tanks faster than the Challenger 3 and other Western MBTs proves a disadvantage to the UK and the rest of NATO; - The New Atlas
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  7548. More and more the Atlanticist cabal of the EU and DC-controlled West are demonstrating just how totalitarian and undemocratic they’ve become. Yesterday a quite revealing story surfaced from the current Georgian prime minister Irakli Kobakhidze about how he was essentially threatened with assassination by EU commissioner Olivér Várhelyi for his perceived ‘pro-Russian’ foreign agent law. Kobakhidze also gave another interesting statement about how the U.S. has been trying to turn Georgia into a war front against Russia since 2002: Naturally, the timing comes right after Putin took office, and was merely the continuation of the Chechen war of the caucuses that the CIA lost and for which it needed a replacement to keep Russia from ever rising from its knees. Of course, the first Ukrainian color (Orange) revolution occurred not long after that in 2004—the opening sallies of a long multi-vectored war to destroy Russia and balkanize the Slavic people, which are not only the most numerous ethnicity in all of Europe, but represent the greatest threat to the Anglo-Atlanticist Empire. Now, rumor has it that after a small hiatus of regrouping, Russian forces are poised to make another large-scale broad-fronted attack across the entire front: In the coming Days/Weeks the entire Front will be activated from our side. In the coming hours the Regrouping and Rotation along the front will be completed. As already happened this morning in the Avdeevka area. And then our Troops began Offensive Operations again. This will happen in a timely manner from Zaporozhye to Kharkov. Now the enemy is exhausted and forced to jump from A to B. The Meat Grinder will start up at full speed shortly. This was followed by reports from the Ukrainian side that the Sumy border is getting hotter and hotter: By the way, there was some chatter from concern trolls or doomsayers that Russia has gotten “bogged down” in Kharkov and that UA has even managed to retake a tiny bit of land near Liptsy. The fact is, this is all according to plan thus far because Russia’s chief aim for now is not to retake much land up there but to do precisely what is being done—get Ukraine to redeploy mass amounts of reserves so they can be ground down there while thinning lines everywhere else and allowing Russian forces to bear down with disproportionate numbers on Ukrainian defenders in other key areas. Lastly, as wanton demonstration of the U.S.’ flaunting of any real ethical global strictures or standards, compromised (and probably kompromatized) Zionist puppet Mike Johnson has now openly declared the U.S. does not follow international law, because no international law supercedes American sovereignty: - Simplicius
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  7549. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are running suicidal tactics deployed by NATO proxies in an attempt to break Russian forces' defenses even while traversing vast minefields. However, Ukraine plans to send all of its troops back to the front, although this suggests that Russian troops are continuing to "hunt" Ukrainians who arrive at the front in rotation. Jens Stoltenberg admits that Russia has demilitarized NATO now. - Military Tube Today ROLLING UP ON Ukrainian positions to drop off fresh cannon fodder but it doesn’t quite go to plan for this Kiev MRAP as Russian forces immediately make sure it get added to scrap pile with direct hit (00:41), all while Ukrainian army makes 4 failed attacks and loses over 1,230 troops in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) over past week. Ukrainian forces also attempt 39 futile attacks in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) since Monday, taking over 845 casualties and saying goodbye to 27 tanks including UK-supplied Challenger 2 ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 8 Medics of the ‘elite’ 47th (Ukrainian) brigade go on to admit that their casualties have run into four figures: It becomes so clear now how decades of Western propaganda had built up their equipment with fraudulent, unearned accolades and distinctions. Now, in the first true test against a real foe, the lies all come crashing down. For now, Ukraine will continue to bleed for the gallery while the Russian war machine finishes calmly strapping on its armor in preparation for the killing blow. - Simplicius Russian soldier with the callsign Casper saves 5 comrades. Having spotted a kamikaze drone headed in their direction, he acted swiftly using body armor as a shield. Everyone survived - Casper is now recovering in hospital from injuries, and will return to the frontline. - Intel Report NATO ADMITS IT’S INFERIOR AND BACKWARD: NATO states’ top military expert makes stunning confession that “NATO tactics are not validated in the modern threat environment” of Russia. Dr Jack Watling (above right) adds US army “makes a mess of things” even in basic drills, let alone in training Ukraine. Truth comes out. - Intel Report
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  7572. Orban’s visit to Moscow set the European political seraglio aflame this week. The histrionic theatrics were on full performative display as the chorus of captured crones and cucks crowed in limp futility: For his part, Orban conveyed that Putin is a totally rational negotiator: But the prevailing narrative that’s now swept over the commentariat and MSM-propagand-o-sphere is that Russia is desperately pushing for an end to the conflict. Everywhere you look, Putin is characterized as virtually begging for a ceasefire. News release after news release revolves around Russia nudging toward a cessation of hostilities, with Putin’s various speeches and soundbites used to support this. But how true is it, really? I’m here to tell you unambiguously: it’s total misdirection. The AFU continues to experience massive problems on the front, with units increasingly openly screeching via public forums about how everything is collapsing around them. One report from Legitimny states that if destruction of the power grid continues, Ukraine will be placed into permanent 8-12-hour-per-day blackout for the next several years: A U.S. Marine general was found “dead”: Interestingly, according to reports he was just in Ukraine. Several days ago were reports of U.S. flights out of Poland—the typical ones that carry Western mercenaries out after Russian strikes. Coincidence? There has been a spate of Russian long-range strikes, including ones on deployment points—several of them on Odessa recently, for instance. There’s good chance this general was visited by Dr. Ken Zhal for his final checkup. If things weren’t bad enough for the U.S., another defense plant blew up, which reportedly is in the business of Javelin production, amongst other rockets: Commander of the Ukrainian 116th Brigade perished in the Kupyansk direction: I’ll leave you with this poignant last statement from Russian analyst Older Eddy: We will say one thing. The more power and its dogs drive the Ukrainian people to fight, the larger the collapse will be. At some point, the front will simply sprinkle, as 80% of the army will consist of those who do not want to fight, or tired, or disappointed. It's like building a house, but making concrete for walls and foundations according to the formula of 12 bags of sand for 1 bag of cement. For some time it will stand idle, and after that « will begin to fall asleep », and if there is a minimum « earthquake », it will simply collapse. So in the situation with the Zemobilization and the Armed Forces. This is a time bomb. - Simplicius
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  7583. Uke losses measured in tens of thousands in a war they cannot win! "THINK ABOUT WEST-FUNDED NGOs": Warning comes straight from Moscow's top diplomat Lavrov in above vid where he alerts world of West’s hybrid WAR tactics at OSCE meeting. Minister also blasts NATO for being obedient to US and ignoring Russian proposals for arms control in Europe. Read here how these NGOs finance anti-gov riots to boost Western policy popularity and manufacture consent around globe. - Intel Report When winter weather stalled progress on the frontline last year, Russia began launching missile and drone barrages against Ukrainian military and infrastructure targets. In a statement on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that missiles and drones were used the previous day to hit radar and anti-aircraft systems, fuel and ammunition depots, and Ukrainian personnel and hardware in multiple areas. A large-scale drone attack on Saturday targeted energy facilities in Kiev and several surrounding regions. - RT The Warmongering enemy is afraid to face the uncompromisable TRUTH of Lavrov, the giant in the room! Lavrov noted that after the end of the Cold War, the OSCE was supposed to become an inclusive platform for creating a sustainable security architecture in Europe and promoting international cooperation. “Unfortunately, Western political elites, arrogating to themselves the right to shape the future of mankind, made a short-sighted choice in favor… of NATO,” he said. Lavrov went on to say that the United States and its European allies have virtually destroyed any chance of broad-based East-West cooperation by imposing unprecedented sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine conflict. In this sense, the EU, which supported the restrictions, “continues to dutifully play its unenviable role and bear the brunt of the consequences of America’s Ukraine adventure, while humbly abandoning those forms of economic partnership that have ensured the [bloc’s] prosperity... for many decades”, he added. - RT Depressed Zelensky in above video boohoos "this is life and No one telling him if Ukraine going to be in NATO or not". He also struggles to make sense claiming same proxy war he's refusing to end is being fought...so there is no return to war. I believe we are moving towards this. We are following NATO standards and even creating our own. Mad Vlad, refusing to accept reality. - Intel Report The hiding place of Ukraine-NATO equipment and personnel at Avdeevsky Coke Factory was hit by attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Avdeevka. Precision-guided munition strikes scorched a number of armored vehicles camouflaged under a railway bridge at the entrance to the tunnel system beneath the factory. - Military Tube Today Foreign Mercenaries Began To Surrender En Masse Near BAKHMUT┃Russians Captured 'KHROMOVE' Over the past 48 hours, the situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction has deteriorated sharply. So a few hours ago, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation officially confirmed the capture of the strategically important settlement of 'Khromove', located in the Northwest of Bakhmut. Let me remind you that the first who declared about the fall of the settlement of Khromove, were war correspondents. They reported about it on November 28 - BORZZIKMAN
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  7613. The most important developments on the docket are that Zelensky was supposed to address Congress in a classified meeting tonight, which was for some reason cancelled at the last minute. One of the potential explanations is that the Republicans have snubbed Biden and the Democrats’ overtures to unlock the Ukrainian funding, as the Rs simply won’t budge from their demands on securing the border first. A few months ago, there were reports that much of Ukraine’s critical aid like shells, etc., is given “hand to mouth.” Meaning, as soon as it rolls off the production line it’s immediately shipped and just as immediately used. They don’t have vast storehouses of it and thus the cut off would theoretically have instant ramifications on their ability to carry out basic battlefield functions. In the meantime, the pro-UA crowd is having a meltdown. All kinds of Ukrainian analysts and figures of the commentariat have been dishing out increasingly high-pitch squeals and cries of alarm. Everyone from Arestovich, Gordon, various soldiers on the frontline—there seems to be nothing but bad news. The West has completely dissolved the productive capacities that made it the powerhouse of the world during the Cold War era: This fraudulent specter of Russian imperialism is being ginned-up to spin fear through the dim European populace and galvanize Ukraine’s sagging support. Russia is vastly expanding its budgets and planning to conquer all of Europe, yet at the same time, it is Russia that is clamoring to end the war, and that a ceasefire is a “Russian propaganda” directive? How does that make sense? It’s just risible bile, and shows the utter moral and intellectual destitution of the declining West’s late stage propaganda efforts—they’re not even trying anymore. Just observe doltish Stoltenberg who pantomimes concern with his bovine blinks while expectorating some nonsense like: “We must bring peace by continuing to arm Ukraine!” It’s a veritable gallery of clowns! The U.S. has no interest in seeing its armor lose all its prestige on the world stage via dozens of HD videos of burning Abrams tanks, exposed by the superior Russian weaponry we were supposed to believe was no match. - Simplicius
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  7616. Lest anyone think that the claims about child sex trafficking by senior U.S. Government and business leaders is just some crazy conspiracy, think again. I saw the following video a few days ago and thought it was just another faceless crime. I did not realize its significance because the identity of the perp was not revealed in the video or police report. The “guy” arrived at a Seattle hotel expecting to meet two girls — aged eleven and seven. Then I saw this. The Fox Seattle station did some real journalism and identified the perpetrator as Navy Captain Bruce C. Meneley. Meneley was not an inconsequential nobody. He commanded the medical unit at Guantanamo. Talk about irony — overseeing medical treatment for alleged terrorists (note — most of the people being held at Guantanamo are not terrorists, but that is a story for another day). He also headed up a NATO medical unit in Afghanistan in 2012. Raises the legitimate question — did he molest Cuban and Afghan children while on active duty? What really floored me is that this guy admitted to at least two other prior arrests after retiring from the Navy. This is a level of sickness and depravity that I just do not understand. And it needs to be factored into reports that the U.S. is enabling child and sex trafficking in Ukraine. I am posting this because it is not getting the attention it deserves. How many other Bruce Meneleys are wearing a U.S. uniform and carrying out acts of sexual perversion with children? I think it is a legitimate question, especially now that the U.S. military is openly embracing transsexuals as normal. Even more disturbing is this guy was a physician. He was bound by the Hippocratic Oath. But he ignored that oath and did harm. - Sonar21
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  7625. Many years ago, a newspaper headline asked the question: “What’s the difference between a politician and a psychopath?” The answer, then and now, remains the same: None. There is no difference between psychopaths and politicians. Nor is there much of a difference between the havoc wreaked on innocent lives by uncaring, unfeeling, selfish, irresponsible, parasitic criminals and elected officials who lie to their constituents, trade political favors for campaign contributions, turn a blind eye to the wishes of the electorate, cheat taxpayers out of hard-earned dollars, favor the corporate elite, entrench the military industrial complex, and spare little thought for the impact their thoughtless actions and hastily passed legislation might have on defenseless citizens. In other words, electing a psychopath to public office is tantamount to national hara-kiri, the ritualized act of self-annihilation, self-destruction and suicide. It signals the demise of democratic government and lays the groundwork for a totalitarian regime that is legalistic, militaristic, inflexible, intolerant and inhuman. Incredibly, despite clear evidence of the damage that has already been inflicted on our nation and its citizens by a psychopathic government, voters continue to elect psychopaths to positions of power and influence. The willingness to prioritize power above all else, including the welfare of their fellow human beings, ruthlessness, callousness and an utter lack of conscience are among the defining traits of the sociopath. When our own government no longer sees us as human beings with dignity and worth but as things to be manipulated, maneuvered, mined for data, manhandled by police, conned into believing it has our best interests at heart, mistreated, jailed if we dare step out of line, and then punished unjustly without remorse—all the while refusing to own up to its failings—we are no longer operating under a constitutional republic. Instead, what we are experiencing is a pathocracy: tyranny at the hands of a psychopathic government, which “operates against the interests of its own people except for favoring certain groups.” The goal of the modern corporate state is obvious: to promote, cultivate, and embed a sense of shared identification among its citizens. To this end, “we the people” have become “we the police state.” We are fast becoming slaves in thrall to a faceless, nameless, bureaucratic totalitarian government machine that relentlessly erodes our freedoms through countless laws, statutes, and prohibitions. The Founders understood that our freedoms do not flow from the government. They were not given to us only to be taken away by the will of the State. They are inherently ours. In the same way, the government’s appointed purpose is not to threaten or undermine our freedoms, but to safeguard them. Until we can get back to this way of thinking, until we can remind our fellow Americans what it really means to be free, and until we can stand firm in the face of threats to our freedoms, we will continue to be treated like slaves in thrall to a bureaucratic police state run by political psychopaths. - LewRockwell
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  7630. For a central bank to seize the sovereign wealth fund of another major central bank is akin to two of the largest crime families in a major Godfather film declaring war on each other. These are epochal, ground-quaking movements whose consequences will echo down the generations. Ultimately remember that Russia has the same amount of assets it can seize from the West, so the ‘exchange’, were it to happen, would be nothing more than the West illegally robbing its own people of $300B which they could not legally convince their populace to give them for Ukraine. In the meantime, the only interesting things out of Ukraine at the moment: The Institute for the Study of War managed to admit not only that Russia has all the initiative but that it has 95% staffing of its units, which allows timely and professional rotation and force generation: In short: Russian units are well-staffed, easily make up for any losses, and have all the operational tempo and initiative. Ukraine on the other hand, we learned in the last update, is suffering 30,000 losses per month and for the first time—according to some reports—was not able to replenish these monthly losses via mobilization recently. Ukraine’s air defenses are now more depleted than ever, and conversely, Russia’s air arsenal is stronger than ever because all of its PGM (precision guided munition) productive capacities have continued to go up parabolically. They are firing more missiles and other types of weapons than ever, particularly the growing portfolio of UMPK bombs. In the last report we learned about Russia adapting RBK-500 cluster munitions, now we have full confirmation they are also using 1500kg Fabs as well as even ODAB-1500 thermobarics. Given these increases, Ukraine’s positions in the rear are being struck with major losses incurred each time. For instance, since the last report—where I listed several “rear sites” that were hit with major losses—there has been a new hit on a mercenary hotel in Kharkov. NATO’s 3 month long 24/7 bombardment of Serbia destroyed a whopping dozen tanks and could only degrade the AD by 50%. Without boots on the ground, US’s failed coalition can do nothing to Yemen—and they’re not going boots on the ground so the strikes can only be regarded as a feeble ‘warning’ toward Iran, which will only inspire hearty guffaws in Tehran. A decrepit regime led by a senile president and debilitated secretary of state, launching illegal massacres from their nursing homes and hospital beds against the poorest nation on earth—virtually on the same day as their own bloc ally faced genocide and crimes against humanity charges at The Hague. You can’t make this up: the optics have never been worse for the Empire of Lies. That’s not to mention the fact that US apparently took losses and is now trying to cover them up after Ansar Allah forces claimed to have downed a US plane as well as hit a ship: Lastly, there is the sad news that Ukraine has murdered Gonzalo Lira. For all the accusations made against Russia, no American journalist or figure has died in Russian captivity, while an American citizen has now not only died in Ukrainian captivity, but under various forms of torture, at that. He described some of that torture in his final video, including things like his eyeballs being scraped by sharp objects and other ghoulishly medieval techniques. But of course, no one in the Nazi-complicit US regime cares; another in a long line of gross hypocrisies from the people that brought you the farcical “Rule of Law” and “Rules Based Order”. Rest in peace, Gonzalo. - Simplicius
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  7639. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – A Russian fiber optic FPV drone provides precise visual confirmation of Kiev's abandoned and destroyed equipment after their defeat at the neck of the so-called "Kurakhovo pocket" that has narrowed to Kostiantynopil. The Russian military channels released videos on February 15, 2025, showing a BTR-70M armored vehicle of Ukraine first entering the drone's camera frame, followed by another BMP-1. The drone flew further, finding equipment abandoned due to being unable to withstand the onslaught of powerful Russian forces, an Ukrainian BMP-2 then came under objective control of Kiev's astonishing loss reference. The large Ukrainian-held Kurakhovo pocket in Donetsk effectively ceased to exist, collapsing as Russian forces encircled Ulakly from the east and southeast, and Kostiantynopil from the southeast. A successful defeat after Russian shelling of the enemy military equipment, the armor is now in ruins, and Kiev will never win because Russia can produce more ammunition in a month than 32 NATO allies can produce in a year. Next, while passing a large Ukrainian fortification, Russian FPV filmed a BMP-1TS that has become scrap metal, and a Kozak-7 nearby. The Russian Armed Forces are now breaking through the Ukrainian defenses and advancing on the village of Ulakly from two directions after heavy fighting on the front line west of Kurakhovo. The fiber-optic FPV drone arrived at a multi-purpose combat vehicle MT-LB, abandoned by the Ukrainian crew for unknown reasons south of Ulakly near Zelenovka. Successful defeat after a drone hit, destroyed by fire at a distance of about 700 meters from the combat contact line. Now, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost the opportunity to break out of the encirclement that closed the Kurakhovo pocket, Kiev is in great danger even in a matter of hours!
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  7640. Americans are “not allowed” to talk freely about healthcare problems on US media and must go to Russian TV “to tell the truth,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told RT DE in Berlin in August 2020. He singled out RT America as the “only station” where he was free to express his opinion on the US healthcare system and its inadequacies. Kennedy was an outspoken critic of the US Covid-19 response during the pandemic. Often accused of being an ‘anti-vaxxer’, he has brushed off the claims, stressing that the only thing he opposed was administering drugs that have not been safety-tested. Kennedy claimed that the entire US vaccine industry was “an artifact” of the old “quasi-military” public health system introduced during the Cold War as a “national security defense against biological attacks” by Russia. According to him, the laws regulating vaccines were written with a “loophole” that allowed pharmaceutical companies to forgo time-consuming safety tests if they did not call a drug a medicine. This was done in order to deploy vaccines quickly and with no regulatory impediments, but resulted in a “gold rush to put more vaccines on the table” as pharmaceutical companies “took advantage of that old military loophole” to boost profits. “You know why people don’t know it? Because there’s censorship. I’m not allowed to talk about that on American TV… I do talk about it on RT America – it’s the only station that lets me talk about it,” he stated. - RT
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  7642. "Just straight up fascist. Not much else to say. Not much shocks me, any longer, but the arrogance of most US/UK/EU elites continues to amaze me. They are so far removed from the rest of us that it is scary." The keynote speaker of the World Economic Forum’s 2024 annual conference in Davos was Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President. She stated the top global risk for the EU is disinformation and misinformation, declaring disinformation destroys trust and limits the ability to “tackle the big global challenges.” In plain English, trust can only be restored by censoring inconvenient facts and evidence. The top risk in the WEF’s 2024 Global Risk Report is disinformation. If not controlled, societies will be polarized, elections will be disrupted, and there will be mistrust of the media and governments. WEF wants to control free speech to protect it, or social cohesion will be destroyed, leading to civil unrest. Only governments can arbitrate the truth. Orwell’s 1984 has become a documentary. DISARM runs its platform and repository on GitHub, a cloud-based service using open-source programming. Using hyperlinks allows the developer to enable anyone to see the repository or choose who can see it. DISARM has published a one-hundred-and-eighty-five-page white paper explaining how to combat so-called hate speech, misinformation, malinformation, and disinformation, which can be downloaded HERE. Paraphrasing DHS slogan, “If You See Something, Say Something; if you view something, report it. There is a significant push to codify hate thoughts and speech as crimes not only at the national level but also at the local level. The United States Mayors Conference issued a “Compact to Combat Hate, Extremism and Bigotry,” calling for reporting hate incidents and the expansion of hate crime laws. DISARM will be the global tool to identify occurrences that will be reported to government agencies. Globally, politicians and apparatchiks are moving towards digital IDs. USAID (CIA-founded and US-funded) issued an eighty-page white paper for developing a global digital ID program. The UN and EU are also proposing digital IDs. Digital IDs connected to DISARM would conveniently identify, track, and punish dissenters. The final coil in the hangman’s noose is the installation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for political oppression; the digital hangman noose is complete, with Orwell’s 1984 dystopia becoming a reality. Check out my earlier exposé illuminating another disinformation strategy on how the Global Disinformation Index blacklists conservative websites with online advertisers—funded by the State Department’s GEC, Soros’s Open Society, the EU, and the UK. - Sonar21
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  7652. We now know that the United States played the primary role in sabotaging the March 29, 2022 tentative peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine thanks to the recently published article by Hajo Funke and Harald Kujat, HOW THE CHANCE WAS LOST FOR A PEACE SETTLEMENT OF THE UKRAINE WAR — AND THE WEST WANTED TO CONTINUE THE WAR INSTEAD. The United States persuaded its NATO allies that pursuing the war against Russia, using Ukraine as a proxy, offered a legitimate opportunity to destroy Russia. You want a definition of evil? This is it. Instead of helping end the war between Russia and Ukraine, the United States and its NATO puppets condemned hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers to death in a war with Russia they could not win. In the course of strong arming Ukraine’s Zelensky into rejecting the peace agreement, the West prepared and launched a propaganda campaign that claimed that Ukrainian military forces defeated the Russian forces and compelled them to retreat. It was a lie. As you will read in the timeline below, Putin ordered the withdrawal of Russian forces starting on April 1, 2022 as a good faith gesture about Russia’s seriousness in complying with the 29 March Istanbul Agreement. All of the death and destruction experienced in Ukraine and Russia could have been avoided. But the West was intent on dethroning Putin and carving up Russia. Once you understand this point I think you will appreciate that Putin and his Generals are no longer of a mind to give the West the benefit of the doubt. Destroying NATO’s designs on Ukraine is now their chief aim in my view. - Sonar21
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  7658. So much assurance without even a shred of proof presented. It’s actually incredible when you step back a moment and consider how the West lives increasingly in a total fantasy construct. On every global issue or flashpoint, Western media no longer exercises even the barest scruples, instead blanketly reporting the most fantastical tales with zero corroboration. In Iran we’re expected to believe Israel “decimated” the entire Iranian air defense network, countless major labs and buildings, despite zero proof apart from a single grainy satellite photo that shows a slight discoloration somewhere—far less proof than we got from Iran’s much more massive strike on Israeli bases during True Promise 2.0. In Georgia, Western press reports with shameless authority that the election was ‘stolen’ despite no credible evidence. Threats, lies, and propaganda are flung with no accountability or attempt at justification; it seems we’ve entered the rapid parabolic singularity point of the ‘post-truth’ era in the West. Western intelligentsia and its corrupt crony political class must now likewise balloon their brazen lies to infinity just to keep from drowning in them as if the buoyancy of volume will keep them up. It seems obvious that Kiev is creating a preemptive excuse for their imminent loss of Kursk and the total catastrophic failure of the Kursk operation. In order to excuse and justify the massive failure, can conjure the ‘North Korean phantom menace’ to claim “we only lost because Russia introduced a surprise shock force of 10,000 North Korean special forces!” - Simplicius
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  7664. The Europeans are miffed that they are not being included in the effort to negotiate with Putin. Maria Zakharova, the elegant spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, provided a scathing explanation of why Russia does not consider the Europeans as valid interlocutors: Let me remind you that it was precisely the leaders of EU countries—German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande—who not long ago openly admitted that they never actually intended to implement the Minsk agreements, despite previously assuring the world otherwise. Their official position now is that the Minsk agreements were merely an attempt to rearm Kyiv and “buy it time.” In other words, they pretended to be working in good faith on the Ukrainian issue while actually engaging in a harmful charade. The Minsk agreements became part of international law through their approval by the UN Security Council. This means they were legally binding. Both Hollande and Merkel, as well as Italy’s leadership, knew this perfectly well then and understand it today. By violating international law—something they now openly admit—EU leaders became key accomplices in the catastrophe that unfolded in Ukraine. As a direct result of their actions, Europe now faces an armed conflict on its own continent. Had the Minsk agreements been implemented, Ukraine would have been saved, and at the same time, the current dire situation of EU citizens—whose well-being has significantly declined due to their leaders’ misguided, and at times outright criminal, decisions—would have been alleviated. - sonar21
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  7665. There is propaganda by commission and propaganda by omission, the former often serve to conceal the latter. Timing is crucial. That the U.S. President Joseph Biden, his British, NATO, Israeli allies, and their corporate media mouthpieces are in need of a major propaganda victory is obvious. They are losing the war in Ukraine, have been condemned throughout the world for the genocide in Gaza, and are ruling over a disintegrating empire. Biden and Netanyahu’s political lives are at serious risk. And so they have just rolled out a full-court propaganda press effort aimed at covering their losses. It should be crystal clear to anyone who can use logic to see the timing involved. Once the death in a Russian prison of the Western backed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was announced on Friday, February 16, 2024, it was immediately followed by a cascade of anti-Russia pronouncements whose aim was to not only continue the demonization of Russia and its President Vladimir Putin but to serve other purposes as well. All this happened while Russia pushed through Ukraine’s defenses and took the city of Avdeevka, which had long been contested. With each day that passes, it is obvious that Biden’s Ukraine war strategy is that of a desperate politician on the ropes and that Putin has completely outfoxed the American desperados and their NATO European stooges. only a very dimwitted person would think that Putin would have Navalny killed. He has nothing to gain and everything to lose by doing so. Yet the MSM and their government overlords consider most people very stupid and so are trying to blitz them with obvious propaganda through commission and omission. We have heard this story before. - LewRockwell
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  7678. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Zelensky’s latest nightmare on the way to Kursk border, where an Ukrainian stronghold in the forest belt was cleared, amidst the daily increasing deaths of Ukrainian soldiers. On the morning of February 8, 2025, the military situation in the southeastern Kursk salient confirmed the failure of the new Ukraine-NATO offensive, launched two days ago in an attempt to repel the Russian advance towards Sudzha. According to reports, Ukrainian troops are isolated in their strongholds around two locations in Cherkasskaya Konopelka and Fanaseevka forest areas, which are under the control of the Russian armed forces. The thrilling footage through the eyes of the assault units of the Russian Paratroopers, who are clearing Ukrainian strongholds in the belt in the region, where Russian troops launched a series of mechanized counterattacks and destroyed their defensive lines. The Russian assault units do not want the enemy troops trapped in the dugouts to meet their deaths. Zelensky’s soldiers were offered to surrender and lay down their arms several times. “Surrender! Better get out! We will let you live, I promise! Or we will throw grenades at you now, Russian soldier said.” But they chose their own fate, despite numerous calls to surrender, Ukrainian army did not leave the fortifications to lay down arms. War is a serious matter, it is unclear why in such a trapped situation they did not surrender. Thus, Russian soldiers literally threw grenades into the dugouts! The Russian military channel released the latest footage on January 7, an infographic video showing the deaths of Ukrainian soldiers in an area of about 50 square meters, with soldiers counting 13 dead. The picture that emerged was terrible, the chances of Ukrainian troops to survive in the Battle of Kursk were minimal, while today Zelensky continues to report that his army has destroyed hundreds of Russian and North Korean soldiers in Kursk, including his report in Donetsk. According to the revelations made by the army, the outdated tactics of Ukraine, the lack of real morale of the soldiers, and Kiev's political goals in fighting, made them completely vulnerable in their confrontation with Russia in Kursk region. Since the start of hostilities of Kursk, Kiev's losses amount to more than 58,550 soldiers, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on January 8, 2025.
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  7682. it’s safe to say the inept leaders of the U.S. are down to making up creative new euphemisms for describing China’s total undressing and upending of the economic order. But if you were skeptical about the meaning behind Yellen’s risible “overcapacity” solecism, her speech from inside of China confirms precisely what’s on the regime’s mind: The fact of the matter is, China is simply leaping ahead of the decrepit, deteriorating U.S. by every measure and the panicked elites have sent Yellen to beg China to “slow down” and not embarrass them on the world stage. First and foremost, it’s become almost a passe bromide to observe: “The U.S. funds wars, while China funds development.” But it really is true. Think about this for a moment: The U.S. has wasted its entire blood and treasure on war. Imagine what the U.S. could have built with $14 trillion dollars? Where the U.S. could have been in relation to China for that amount? What makes this historic malappropriation of American funds most tragic is that none of it came at the benefit of American people. The entire operation was carried out by an ethnic cabal within the U.S. government with loyalties only to Israel, and no one else. I’m speaking of course of the PNAC clan, who masterminded the entire breadth of the 21st century wars which have engulfed America in wretched shame and misery, irreversibly gutting the country and squandering its global standing. These wars had nothing whatsoever to do with America’s national interests or security, and have done naught but make Americans less safe and the entire world more dangerous and unstable. The fact is, Israel is a destructive parasite sucking the lifeblood out of America, causing the host to wage unnecessary wars on its behalf which have utterly removed every advantageous and competitive edge the country might have had over its Chinese ‘rival’. Meanwhile, when one thinks of America’s progressive decline, the one enduring image that comes to mind is of a bitterly frightened but dangerous, beady-eyed cornered rodent, conspiring on how to inflict damage and suffering onto the world in order to mask its own downfall. The recent “jobs” report touted as a major victory by the Biden administration was a disgraceful travesty. The admin touted major jobs figures: But it turned out every job was either part time, a federal job, or went to illegals: In reality, the U.S. economy is in atrocious shape with sky-high inflation. In short: as an empire dies, loses its industrial and manufacturing capacity, finance takes over, pumping up huge bubbles of phony speculative money that gives the brief appearance of economic prosperity—for a time. This is what’s currently happening in the U.S., as it drowns in its self-created agony of debt, misery, corruption, and global destabilization. the entire Western system is based on the actual institutionalized economic sabotage and subversion of the developing world. The cabal of Capital is so deeply and institutionally entrenched in Western governmental systems that it’s simply impossible to imagine them being able to see ‘the forest for the trees’ from within the forest itself. This is the real reason the U.S. is desperate to stoke a Chinese invasion of Taiwan by various provocations, including weapons shipments. Just like the U.S. used Ukraine as the battering ram to bleed and weaken Russia economically, disconnecting it from Europe, U.S. hopes to use Taiwan as the Ukraine against China. It would love to foment a bloody war that would leave China battered and economically set back to give the failing and greed-suffocated U.S. economy some breathing room. But it’s unlikely to work—China is too sagacious to take the bait and fall for the trap. It will patiently wait things out, allowing the U.S. to drown in its own endless poison and treachery. - Simplicius
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  7697. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Units of the "Center" Group of Troops of the Russian Armed Forces are advancing on Selidovo faster than the Armed Forces of Ukraine expected. Open sources reported until October 25, 2024, that in a few days Russian troops unexpectedly take a foothold at least 2/3 of the city's territory, forcing Ukrainians to flee to the western part of the city. The dynamics of the battle for the city accelerated after Russian troops developed a pincer on the flank of Vishnevoe, which is now completely cut off, and then began to penetrate it into the strategically important urban area on the Pokrovsk direction. One of the attempts by Ukrainian troops to counterattack, but the Russian "Brave O" unit blocked them with RPG. Their armored vehicles and infantry were hit, and the troops rushed to take cover in high-rise buildings. But around them, the Russian assault troops were informed of their location. Drone footage shows that the 433rd Motorized Rifle Regiment, named after the Don Cossacks of the 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, has raised the Russian flag on the roof of a high-rise building in the center of Selidovo. Meanwhile, the situation is critical for the rest of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, trapped in the Selidovo cauldron. Russian forces deliberately surrounded the city to force Zelensky’s troops to flee before launching a final assault without significant damage to the city’s fabric. Videos of Ukrainian soldiers fleeing began to emerge, their MRAP driving into the streets controlled by the Russian assault troops, and being attacked with small arms. “No Kornet ATGM,” they said in Russian during the trip, and had to be censored. Many Ukrainian soldiers did not manage to escape the Selidovo fortifications, now only having a 2-kilometer strip of land, which they could still use to run to the wheat fields heading west. They apparently fled during the night, but not everyone was able to leave, possibly being attacked and captured by Russian troops. Here, the situation is such that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have installed Ugledar-2 there. Russian military correspondents released a clip on October 25, the first panoramic footage of Selidovo in Donetsk, where the Ukrainian forces are retreating, indicating that the city was not particularly prepared for defense, and that Ukraine lacks the human resources to conduct a permanent defense. Now, the battle to liberate the West City area has begun!
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  7699. [Much thanks for letting the world know who the real culprits are!] Yushchenko had initially lost the presidential election, but his supporters set up a tent city in central Kiev and blocked the government district. Foreign NGOs played a significant role in these events. The direct orchestrators of that color revolution included the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and its affiliates, the Soros Foundation, the International Republican Institute, the Eurasia Foundation, and several other foreign entities Ukrainian society was divided in two, and Yushchenko’s policy laid the groundwork for a significant political crisis and the eventual war. Before Viktor Yushchenko came to power, Ukrainian politicians tended to avoid drastic measures, and instead favored compromises to resolve conflicts. However, his rise to power shattered that tradition. Yushchenko sought to impose an agenda that was alien to millions of Ukrainian citizens. By the time of the 2010 presidential election, Ukraine was deeply divided on cultural, linguistic, and national issues. A ticking time bomb had been set into motion back in 2004 when Yushchenko’s team chose to support radical nationalists and neo-Nazis. This strategy granted him a tactical victory but ultimately led the country to a strategic defeat. While in office, Viktor Yushchenko failed to address pressing issues. Instead, his policies exacerbated societal divisions which grew more pronounced each year. A decade after his rise to power, yet another revolution only deepened these contradictions, steering Ukraine away from the promised European future toward territorial losses and civil war. - RT
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  7718. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The defenders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are currently struggling, in groups to find a way to flee away from Sudzha where Russian forces have made a remarkable breakthrough, rushing into the rear of Ukrainian troops b a gas pipe. Videos published by Russian military correspondents have emerged online on March 11, 2025, showing how a recent Russian Special Forces operation, using a disused gas pipe, traveled about 15 kilometers inside the pipe, hiding for several days before launching a surprise attack near the town of Sudzha, Kursk Region. Interestingly, during the three-week operation by 800 soldiers, the Russian troops wore colored armbands to make it difficult for Ukrainian troops to identify them, with the first 400 wearing blue armbands, the color commonly associated with the Ukrainian army, while the next 400 wearing red armbands. Additional details of the operation include the need for special protective equipment to avoid poisoning. Trolleys were used to carry water and everything else inside the pipe. Upon receiving the signal, the troops immediately appeared, catching the Ukrainian rear by surprise, causing confusion and a reorganization of the defense lines, which forced the Ukrainian defenders to hastily withdraw from the sector. The Russian Defense Ministry shared a video on March 11, showing a group of Ukrainian defenders who refused to surrender to the Russian Armed Forces, trying hard to escape en masse even on foot from Sudzha. While fleeing, the group, consisting of about 30 enemy soldiers, tried to hide inside a building, but the reconnaissance unit of the Sever Group of Force was watching them. The drone pilot waited for the right moment, and the attack drone launched an attack, then the building exploded with a huge explosion along with the invading troops. It seems that Russia is monitoring the entire front line, no one can hide, now a large defender group was eliminated in one strike. Russian military sources released another video, the former commander of the 3rd SHO PMC "Wagner" and now the commander of the DRShB Vostok, spoke about the details of the pipe special operation of the "Potok", a Russian breakthrough that reached Sudzha. Thus, the defenders of Kiev are now focused only on evacuating, but it ended in disaster!
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  7721. All or nothing for Ukraine and NOTHING it will be! STOP RIGHT THERE, you criminal scum said Russian security forces (FSB) to Ukrainian terrorists attempting to infiltrate pre-war Russia's Bryansk region as multiple saboteurs, planning terror attacks, end up looking sabotaged (01:18), among them Ukrainian army lieutenant colonel and major. American equipment and blood-stained notes found on terrorists. - Intel Report Ukrainian terror drone shot down in Kursk, pre-war Russia (see map) - Russian Defense Ministry. Kiev has also attempted to attack nuke power plant in this region. - Intel Report 3 minutes of Syrian-Russian missiles and artillery pummeling positions of US-backed terrorists in Syria's Idlib countryside over the weekend, obliterating strongholds, operation rooms, and military equipment warehouses with massive strikes, killing 111 terrorists and injuring scores of others. Strikes comes following increased terrorists attacks with ISIS's reactivation by daddy Washington - Intel Report Russian missiles and artillery work overtime killing and injuring up to 430 Ukrainian soldiers in Donetsk and 145 in Zaporozhye regions (ex-Ukraine), along with 2 tanks in the latter and a terror drones control tower in Kherson (ex-Ukraine). Stunning footage of Russian, artillery, missiles, soldiers and choppers annihilating Western puppets and equipment. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 10 The Ukrainian Army fires 35 shells at settlements in the Kherson region (ex-Ukraine) overnight. Ukrainian Army also shells DPR 70 times in a day, where civilian infrastructure was targeted and decimated (in video). - Intel report
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  7728. Many years ago, a newspaper headline asked the question: “What’s the difference between a politician and a psychopath?” The answer, then and now, remains the same: None. There is no difference between psychopaths and politicians. Nor is there much of a difference between the havoc wreaked on innocent lives by uncaring, unfeeling, selfish, irresponsible, parasitic criminals and elected officials who lie to their constituents, trade political favors for campaign contributions, turn a blind eye to the wishes of the electorate, cheat taxpayers out of hard-earned dollars, favor the corporate elite, entrench the military industrial complex, and spare little thought for the impact their thoughtless actions and hastily passed legislation might have on defenseless citizens. In other words, electing a psychopath to public office is tantamount to national hara-kiri, the ritualized act of self-annihilation, self-destruction and suicide. It signals the demise of democratic government and lays the groundwork for a totalitarian regime that is legalistic, militaristic, inflexible, intolerant and inhuman. Incredibly, despite clear evidence of the damage that has already been inflicted on our nation and its citizens by a psychopathic government, voters continue to elect psychopaths to positions of power and influence. The willingness to prioritize power above all else, including the welfare of their fellow human beings, ruthlessness, callousness and an utter lack of conscience are among the defining traits of the sociopath. When our own government no longer sees us as human beings with dignity and worth but as things to be manipulated, maneuvered, mined for data, manhandled by police, conned into believing it has our best interests at heart, mistreated, jailed if we dare step out of line, and then punished unjustly without remorse—all the while refusing to own up to its failings—we are no longer operating under a constitutional republic. Instead, what we are experiencing is a pathocracy: tyranny at the hands of a psychopathic government, which “operates against the interests of its own people except for favoring certain groups.” The goal of the modern corporate state is obvious: to promote, cultivate, and embed a sense of shared identification among its citizens. To this end, “we the people” have become “we the police state.” We are fast becoming slaves in thrall to a faceless, nameless, bureaucratic totalitarian government machine that relentlessly erodes our freedoms through countless laws, statutes, and prohibitions. The Founders understood that our freedoms do not flow from the government. They were not given to us only to be taken away by the will of the State. They are inherently ours. In the same way, the government’s appointed purpose is not to threaten or undermine our freedoms, but to safeguard them. Until we can get back to this way of thinking, until we can remind our fellow Americans what it really means to be free, and until we can stand firm in the face of threats to our freedoms, we will continue to be treated like slaves in thrall to a bureaucratic police state run by political psychopaths. - LewRockwell
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  7732. [WOW, just WOW, the incredible bravery and skill of the Russian Military is unmatched!] “The enemy was taken by surprise; Ukrainians began shelling the pipe with cluster munitions approximately half an hour after the landing [of the Russians]. However, Russian troops had already infiltrated the area and secured their positions, causing panic among the AFU,” said military expert Evgeny Klimov about this phase of the operation. To capitalize on their success and secure a foothold in the area, the Russians are deploying new units and divisions, backed by armored vehicles. The fighters who took part in the operation attacked the enemy and also helped other units advance. The element of surprise led to the chaotic retreat of the AFU as the Ukrainians attempted to flee Sudzha and its surroundings. Meanwhile, the Russians attacked them by means of artillery and drones. “Our job is to go anywhere and at any time. We had to push ourselves beyond our limits. Panic set in due to the confined space and darkness. We had to crawl through the pipe. Imagine being two meters tall and having to bend down to fit into a pipe that’s only 1.4 meters wide. But that was minor compared to our goal: to show up where they least expected us and in such numbers that it would instill fear and send them running. And that’s exactly what happened,” explained a soldier with the call sign ‘Medved’ (‘Bear’). After the operation, Lieutenant General Apti Alaudinov, commander of the Akhmat special forces, showed the process of preparing the troops for the mission. During a motivational speech on the evening of March 1, he described the upcoming mission as pivotal and referred to all participants as heroes. “When we accomplish this task, the course of this war will change completely,” he predicted. The inevitable outcome Russian military analysts believe that, thanks to this operation, the full liberation of Kursk Region is just around the corner. “Considering what’s happening across all fronts, the complete liberation of Kursk is just a matter of time. I think it’ll be a week or two – our soldiers are professional and highly motivated,” retired Captain Vasily Dandikin said in a recent media interview. With rain expected this week, Ukrainian forces will struggle to navigate dirt roads. Meanwhile, Russian troops are encircling them, blowing up bridges, and have already liberated over ten settlements in just a few days. This rapid progress indicates a collapse in the enemy’s defenses, Dandikin explained. He noted the significance of liberating Malaya Loknya – a settlement near Sudzha which Russian fighters were able to reach through the gas pipeline. The circle around Sudzha is closing in, and when Russian forces advance along major routes, the Ukrainian army will be forced to flee. - RTA “The enemy has no options left in this situation,” Dandikin concluded. - RT
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  7733. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Ukraine-NATO’s attempt to invade Russia into the Belgorod Region has been turned upside down, on the verge of a serious failure, resulting in the loss of a surprising number of armored vehicles in several days of failed attacks, destroyed by Russian forces. Russian military correspondents released footage on April 3, 2025, showing another attempt by the Kiev military turned into a pile of destroyed hardware accumulation near the “Dragon Teeth” in Demidovka settlement near Belgorod and Sumy junction, during their failed breakthrough attempt. In fierce fighting the day before, Russian forces managed to push back Ukrainian invaders from the outskirts of Popovka and Demidovka, VKS Army aviation attack helicopters involved there in the battle at “Dragon Teeth.” Drone footage shows Mi-28 “Night Hunters” working at a rate of between 200 and 800 rounds per minute, destroying many of the enemy’s heavy military vehicles. The advantage of “Dragon Teeth” is obvious, Popovka and Demidovka are littered with burned and abandoned Ukrainian military equipment, and the attempted attack has turned into a bloodbath for the enemy crews. The destroyed Ukrainian-NATO equipment is now scattered around the Demidovka junction, featuring at least a dozen armored vehicles that emerged within minutes of objective Russian military control. Kiev’s shocking loss details include two Wisent 1 MC armored recovery vehicles, one M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, one M113 armored personnel carrier, four IMR-2 obstacle clearing vehicles, one Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicle, one T-72EA tank, and one BMP-1TS infantry fighting vehicle, turned into scrap metal. Again and again, after the catastrophic failure on Kursk, Ukraine-NATO now operates in small isolated groups in Sumy, but their nightmare is repeated on the way to Belgorod.
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  7745. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Units of the "Center" Group of Troops of the Russian Armed Forces are advancing on Selidovo faster than the Armed Forces of Ukraine expected. Open sources reported until October 25, 2024, that in a few days Russian troops unexpectedly take a foothold at least 2/3 of the city's territory, forcing Ukrainians to flee to the western part of the city. The dynamics of the battle for the city accelerated after Russian troops developed a pincer on the flank of Vishnevoe, which is now completely cut off, and then began to penetrate it into the strategically important urban area on the Pokrovsk direction. One of the attempts by Ukrainian troops to counterattack, but the Russian "Brave O" unit blocked them with RPG. Their armored vehicles and infantry were hit, and the troops rushed to take cover in high-rise buildings. But around them, the Russian assault troops were informed of their location. Drone footage shows that the 433rd Motorized Rifle Regiment, named after the Don Cossacks of the 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, has raised the Russian flag on the roof of a high-rise building in the center of Selidovo. Meanwhile, the situation is critical for the rest of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, trapped in the Selidovo cauldron. Russian forces deliberately surrounded the city to force Zelensky’s troops to flee before launching a final assault without significant damage to the city’s fabric. Videos of Ukrainian soldiers fleeing began to emerge, their MRAP driving into the streets controlled by the Russian assault troops, and being attacked with small arms. “No Kornet ATGM,” they said in Russian during the trip, and had to be censored. Many Ukrainian soldiers did not manage to escape the Selidovo fortifications, now only having a 2-kilometer strip of land, which they could still use to run to the wheat fields heading west. They apparently fled during the night, but not everyone was able to leave, possibly being attacked and captured by Russian troops. Here, the situation is such that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have installed Ugledar-2 there. Russian military correspondents released a clip on October 25, the first panoramic footage of Selidovo in Donetsk, where the Ukrainian forces are retreating, indicating that the city was not particularly prepared for defense, and that Ukraine lacks the human resources to conduct a permanent defense. Now, the battle to liberate the West City area has begun!
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  7758. The whole sordid charade is only postponing the reality that the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia is a debacle for the Western powers. This is not something to gloat over. It is a tragedy and an abomination. Up to 400,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed, as well as tens of thousands of Russian military personnel. Total casualty figures are no doubt in the millions. In addition, millions of civilians have been displaced as refugees in Russia and throughout Europe. Hundreds of billions of dollars and euros have been raided from Western taxpayers to fund this bloody fiasco. Not only that but international tensions have been heightened between nuclear powers at a perilous pitch not seen since the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 at the depth of the Cold War. Blinken seemed to be concerned with papering over cracks appearing in various media reports indicating that the U.S. is surreptitiously telling the Kiev regime to cut its losses and make a sort of peace deal with Russia. Blinken’s bravado rhetoric is akin to empty U.S. promises previously made to Afghanistan and countless other proxy regimes over the decades before Washington ignominiously pulls the plug and does a runner. All the NATO and EU talk is public relations bluster to conceal the brutal reality that the United States and its Western allies have created a monumental morass of misery for Ukraine by pursuing their nefarious geopolitical games to confront Russia. The rest of Europe and indeed the whole world has paid a terrible price for these imperial games. The futile and reckless war in Ukraine has been decades in the making since the supposed end of the Cold War in 1990. The treacherous breaking of promises by American presidents, especially Bill Clinton and George W Bush, to Russia to not expand NATO and the insidious inveigling of Ukraine to join the alliance from 2008 onwards – all led to the current eruption of conflict. - LewRockwell
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  7760. Trump closed out his campaign tour alongside his former CIA director and secretary of state Mike Pompeo, which should be enough to dash the hopes of even the most naive Trump supporters that US foreign policy is headed in a positive direction in January. As CIA director, Pompeo led a plot to assassinate Julian Assange and cheerfully admitted that “we lied, we cheated, we stole” at the agency. This odious swamp creature has remained in Trump’s good graces for the last eight years, and is reportedly expected to have a position in Trump’s cabinet once again. Speaking at a campaign event in Pittsburgh on Monday, Pompeo boasted that he has been called “the most loyal cabinet member to Donald J Trump” and said that when Trump is re-elected “we will take down the ring of fire; we will support our friends in Israel.” The “ring of fire” is think tank speak for Iran and the militias in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Palestine who oppose Israel. So things are probably going to get uglier and uglier. But they were getting uglier and uglier under Biden, and they would have gotten uglier and uglier under Harris as well. That’s just what it looks like when you’ve got a dying empire fighting to retain planetary control like a cornered animal. You don’t get to be the US president unless you are willing and eager to do ugly things. Democrats exaggerate how destructive Trump is relative to their own bloodthirsty psychopath candidates. While we can expect Trump to inflict tyranny and abuse upon Americans, it will be nothing compared to the tyranny and abuse he’s going to inflict on people in other countries, and it will be nothing compared to the tyranny and abuse his predecessor has been inflicting on people in other countries. All the histrionic shrieking we see from US liberals about Trump only works inside a western supremacist worldview that does not see the victims of US warmongering as fully human, and therefore sees scorched earth genocidal atrocities as less significant than comparatively minor abuses concerning US domestic policy. - LewRockwell
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  7765. most Ukrainian officers and officials are no longer fighting for 2022 or 1991 borders, but rather for simple survival: Konstantinovka is the next big strategic center after Chasov Yar whose importance likely even eclipses that of Bakhmut, as Konstantinovka and its neighboring Druzhkovka have classically been the headquarters of the entire Ukrainian ATO/JFO since 2014: In the meantime, Russia continues its infrastructural strikes, with a large one occurring the night before last. Ukraine’s energy grid authority Ukrenergo admitted several key power plants were again hit, this time in the west of the country, and “extensively damaged”: A separate report claimed that “all major thermal power plants controlled by Ukraine have now been destroyed or severely damaged” and that “Hydroelectric generation plants are next to reduce the flexibility of Ukraine's grid. After which Ukraine will rely on 3 nuclear power plants and imports from EU countries.” And Russian forces continue to advance a good deal each day. The latest in Krasnogorovka, which is now almost fully enveloped in a cauldron: Isn’t it interesting how Ukrainian brigades all started at 5000-6000 men and are now mostly operating at 1000-2500 at most, while Russian brigades balloon from 2500 to 11k? And yet they tell us it’s Russia that’s taking the “unbearable losses”. A quite unexpectedly rare sight occurred at the parade. A medaled Russian formation comprised of real SMO veterans took part. Consider the significance: these are among the only truly living decorated soldiers in the world who can lay claim to having fought and survived a real war. No other country presently can march real live, active duty, decorated heroes who’ve tasted real combat of this sort: - Simplicius
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  7768. More than just eyebrows, this clearly raises questions as to how it could be possible to negotiate with a character of this unstable bent, who exemplifies such unadulterated and unprofessional bias. The now duly-unelected Narcocrat went on to admit Ukraine is incapable of retaking lost territories by force: The most interesting statement was made by CBS itself, attributed to Zelensky on social media—that Ukraine has up to “100,000 soldiers dead”: So, Ukraine is still officially toting the 45k deadline. Funny how back in May 2022, Zelensky essentially admitted 100 KIA per day in the much lower intensity fighting: I say ‘low intensity’ because this was long before the Russian mobilization—at this point maybe 150-200k total Russian troops had been involved in the war, compared to the 600k+ seen today. The war is now on day 1145, if you multiply that by 100 KIA per day, you get a minimum of ~115,000. But as I said, the frontline was much smaller back then, and we can expect for the casualties to have skyrocketed by now, which one can extrapolate to mean that the real figure is far higher than 115k. For his part, Trump erupted over the interview, calling CBS a failed station, and other predictable insults. The problem is, Trump has been floundering on his Ukraine position, digging himself a deeper hole out of desperation to save face over the failed talks with Russia. In his efforts, he has made quite a few contradictions. Sensing people’s increasing view that he has now ‘owned’ the reputationally-toxic Ukrainian conflict, Trump went on the offensive to claim it is Biden’s conflict, after all. But at the same time, he goes on to brag that he was the president to give Ukraine its first big military boost with the Javelins, which won them their ‘first big battle’ and allegedly destroyed a lot of Russian tanks: So, whose war is it, really? This reeks of infant desperation: In fact, Trump is getting really antsy about Russia’s steadfast adherence to its long-held principles. Lusting for the PR boost of ending a pesky war he knows nothing about, Trump is nearly begging for Russia to stop advancing and winning: Russia has got to stop the war because too many people are dying? From the lips of the man who just bombed Yemen, tearing apart dozens of children and civilians? - simplicius
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  7781. I hope for the sake of your children and grand children that I am wrong, but the escalating bellicose rhetoric in the United States, Europe and Israel signals that our future is filled with the potential for horrific destruction not seen since the end of World War II. A more alarming development came in Sweden yesterday, 18 June, with the Swedish parliament giving the green-light to turn Sweden into a U.S. aircraft carrier Sweden, in accepting this deal, has made itself a primary target of Russia. This is akin to Cuba signing a deal with Russia to bring Russian nukes to Cuba and grant Russian forces access to Cuban military bases. This is suicidal. It is the Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0, only on steroids. This is an act of brazen provocation by the West, and it should not be shocked when Russian responds forcefully to prevent the U.S. from placing nuclear weapons intended for use against Russia on Swedish territory. Just one more flashpoint in an already tense world. Then there is Israel. Over the weekend, Netanyahu dissolved the six-member war cabinet, which included members of the opposition party. Unlike the United States, where the President is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, this power resides in the cabinet in Israel. This means that Netanyahu’s original cabinet — with bona fide terrorist crazies like Smotrich and Ben Gvir in place — has made Israel more likely to take reckless, foolish military actions, such as invading southern Lebanon. Doug MacGregor, during an hour-long chat with Danny Davis today, raised the specter of Israel using tactical nukes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. I think he is right. The only way to put the brakes on this — barring a devastating preemptive attack by Hezbollah on key Israeli military and nuclear sites — is for the U.S. to suspend all aid to Israel until it comes to its senses. I think that is highly unlikely, which means that the Zionists surrounding Netanyahu are prepared to initiate a new offensive, which will set the Middle East on fire. - Sonar21
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  7786. The Russian military is making advances at multiple locations along the frontline in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), according to Friday's daily press briefing of the country’s Defense Ministry released. Officials said that over the past 24 hours, Moscow’s troops have inflicted heavy casualties on the adversary, amounting to up to 795 servicemen. The DPR saw intense combat at multiple locations, with troops “taking up better positions” near the village of Klescheevka, located to the southwest of the town of Artyomovsk (known in Ukraine as Bakhmut). The small village has been experiencing heavy combat for months, following the liberation of Artyomovsk early last year. The Russian military reported destroying multiple pieces of military hardware, including assorted armored and soft vehicles, as well as several artillery pieces, including two US-made M777 towed howitzers. The military said it had conducted multiple long-range attacks on Ukrainian ammunition stockpiles, troops, and hardware assembly points in more than 100 locations. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu revealed fresh estimates on the casualties sustained by Ukrainian forces over the past month. All in all, Ukraine lost more than 23,000 troops in January, the minister claimed during a meeting with top Russian military commanders on Friday, stating his forces now “hold the strategic initiative along the entire line of contact.” Over the past month, the Ukrainian military has also suffered heavy equipment losses, with over 3,000 heavy hardware pieces destroyed. The losses include multiple US-supplied Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, HIMARS multiple rocket launcher systems, German-supplied Leopard main battle tanks and other hardware provided to Kiev by its Western sponsors, according to Shoigu. - RT
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  7796. Kiev has reacted to diplomatic reengagement between Moscow and Washington by intensifying attacks against civilians, a senior Russian diplomat has claimed. American and Russian officials have held multiple rounds of discussions aimed at restoring bilateral relations and resolving the conflict between Moscow and Kiev since US President Donald Trump’s second term in office started in January. Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s ambassador-at-large overseeing investigations of war crimes, has accused Kiev of trying to derail the dialogue through military provocations. Since late March, the number of Ukrainian attacks against civilian targets has significantly increased, he said during a briefing on Monday. ”That was Kiev’s reaction to the start of the negotiations between Moscow and Washington,” Miroshnik claimed, noting that the number of Ukrainian attacks has risen by a quarter, compared to January and February. Miroshnik stated that during the first three months of 2025, Ukrainian forces had fired more than 22,000 munitions at Russia's civilian infrastructure. ”In the period from January 1 to March 31, Ukrainian military action has hurt at least 1,489 civilians,” Miroshnik reported. The casualties included 292 deaths and 1,197 who were wounded, according to the official. Five children were killed in the three months and 63 others were injured, he added. Kiev is deliberately targeting non-combatants in order to terrorize the Russian population, the diplomat alleged, citing statements by Ukrainian officials and interviews with troops captured in Kursk Region. One Ukrainian soldier claimed he had been ordered to “shoot all encountered civilians,” Miroshnic said, adding that the “political regime in Kiev is relaying to its units guarantees of impunity for their crimes secretly offered by Western sponsors.” - RT
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  7806. CAN NATO SURVIVE A LOSS IN UKRAINE? Killing off a bureaucracy — whether civilian or military — is nigh impossible. But the impending defeat of Ukraine on the battlefield by Russia presents one of those watershed moments in history where the raison d’etre of NATO will be exposed as a fraud. Much has been made in recent months about NATO’s supposed growing strength by citing the addition of Sweden and Finland as new NATO members. But this is illusory. In other words, Sweden and Finland could provide a total of 10 brigades (assuming their current active duty personnel are activated and fully deployed under NATO’s command). This is a “nothing burger.” The once mighty British Army and Navy have been transformed from a lion into a toothless, nasty chihuahua. NATO’s problems go beyond its inadequate military resources. The very political consensus binding NATO together is coming apart. The recent verbal sniping between the French and the Germans over whether to commit NATO troops to Ukraine is emblematic of a much deeper rift. NATO is a mess, yet Western leaders and NATO commanders continue to indulge the fantasy that they are ready and capable of carrying out a combined arms military conflict with Russia. They are not. Russia sent a deadly reminder of this fact in the form of an Iskander missile that hit a site in Odessa filled with French, Poles and Georgians. U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps cancelled a planned visit to Odessa in the wake of this strike. - Sonar21
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  7813. Demonic Warmongering Biden Admin wants total war to save its sorry self! The first direct troop deaths have finally begun rolling in as warhawk voices in the US cry out for total war: There seems to be some major disagreement or deliberate obfuscation on US’ part as to where the troops were hit, exactly. The above resistance statement says multiple bases were hit. Most are assuming the fatalities were in al-Tanf base in Syria—the illegal base the US uses to facilitate ISIS and train terrorists to agitate against Assad, as well as to block the all important Syria-Jordan border-route to keep Syria isolated and economically stifled. It’s understandable how things could get so confusing, what with so many illegal American bases strewn about like candy wrappers, and all. But in reality, this is likely an attempt to downplay and conceal US’ al-Tanf activity and give the appearance of legality by misdirecting everyone to the Jordanian base which US actually has legal permission to be in—unlike al-Tanf. And for those who think “How could this be? The US was invincible during the Iraq War in 2003”—well, I have some news for you. There was no war, it was a total sham pysop operation If that wasn’t bad enough, US troops are even taking casualties on the Texas front: The only thing that’s certain is election year has just begun and things are already melting down faster than anyone could imagine. To be quite honest, it’s difficult to imagine how this situation could resolve without either a total US withdrawal from the Middle East or a new major war. The problem in both scenarios: 1. If the US withdraws, it will be viewed as the mother of all failures and weaknesses for the Biden administration, akin to the Afghan withdrawal x 100. I have no idea why it should be viewed that way, when in reality it’s a giant win for Americans to disentangle their country from globalist and MIC pursuits, but that’s how it will be spun by the totally compromised media which is the enemy of humanity. Most Republican warhawks will of course agree and stoke this interpretation as well, as they’re on the MIC payroll. 2. If Biden escalates and orders major strikes on Iran itself as Lindsey Graham and others are now cheerleading for, it could lead to an escalatory cascade that would shut down the entire region by engulfing it in flames, crashing the world economy to new levels, which would be a massive shock to any establishment re-election chances this year. Don’t even bother thinking about boots on the ground, if such a thing was possible it would take a year or more of preparation. So ground invasion is out—that’s not happening. The only thing they could possibly attempt is a long-spanning aerial campaign. But to even remotely scratch Iran’s capabilities would require a vast campaign lasting minimum 6-12 months and probably much longer. Remember, all of NATO mustered for 3 months against little Serbia with 6 million people and barely managed to destroy anything of worth. Iran has a 90 million population and a country probably a hundred times the size of Serbia, not to mention a far larger military. How long do you think it would take NATO to even put a dent in that from only an aerial campaign? In short: it would take years, and during those years, Iran would shut down every major maritime and economic chokepoint in the region, crashing the global economy. If you thought a few ships being hit now was bad, wait til you see the nominal Iranian forces rather than Houthis hitting everything in sight—it won’t be pretty. And I’ve beaten the point before about how difficult it would be to even find targets in the decentralized vastness of Iran, just like in Yemen. But of course that doesn’t stop the warmongers of the corporate-owned press: The danger in this, of course, is that once things get too desperate, the only possible recourse for the West to save themselves would be to launch a total global war in the hopes of ‘resetting’ the situation. This is why now again we continue to see the drums of war beating louder than ever: Let’s turn to Ukraine for a moment. There are a few interesting updates. A fascinating story has come to light regarding how precisely Russian forces were able to win their way into the Tsar’s Hunt area of southern Avdeevka. It turns out they were able to cut their way through a drainage pipe hundreds of meters behind enemy lines, waiting until a very foggy day to pop out in the rear and liquidate and capture an entire detachment: Ukraine tried desperately to counter-attack the lost Tsar’s Hunt area the past few days, but they were repulsed: In fact, it was recorded that they sent in some of their most elite special units to try to pry Russian forces from the area, but they failed with several of the ‘elite’ being captured. Here in one celebrated episode yesterday a lone Russian soldier captured several of them: In the meantime, Russia continues to inflict heavy casualties via long range strikes to the operational rear. Another report from Sergey Lebedev details how just days after the infamous Kharkov strike on French mercenaries, Russian ballistic missiles rained down on a Kraken HQ, also in Kharkov. It reportedly killed dozens of Kraken and another strike in Balakleya reportedly killed over 100+ Ukrainian militants as well: As US agitates Europe into a war footing against Russia, one of the founders of Azov Brigade, Sergei Korotikh, says there’s no way NATO can win because “they have no people even capable of fighting” due to years of emasculating their warrior class. Russia will go all the way and remove this ‘sad regime’. Ukraine is as good as finished. Russian industry continues hammering at full throttle. Here they are pumping out the 2S19M2 upgraded variant of Msta-S self-propelled howitzers: - Simplicius
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  7818. Well, it finally happened: Avdeevka has fallen Interestingly, rumor has it that Zelensky was desperate to hold Avdeevka through his time at the Munich conference, so as not to be humiliated. However, the withdrawal order was only given because the 3rd Brigade (Azov) had already totally countermanded orders and began withdrawing on their own, with other units possibly following. To stave off total collapse of the command, Syrsky was forced to give an official order of withdrawal, but Zelensky is reportedly furious, as per Resident_UA channel: In quickly taking over such a large area, Russian MOD’s official numbers claim a likely record day with around 2300 AFU either killed, wounded, or captured: Some of the revelations confirmed some long-standing reports, like that the zone’s battalion commanders sit 40km away in Pokrovsk and refuse to come to the front. Naturally, the usual suspects were utterly despondent—and in fact, a new tone of total cynicism and distrust in the tired and predictable propaganda of Ukrainian authorities was noted among some of the biggest luminaries: Putin issued an official decree congratulating Colonel General Mordvichev who, as commander of the ‘Center’ group of forces, was the sector commander in charge of the Avdeevka capture. Ukraine’s final consolatory cope is that Russia suffered upwards of 50-100k losses in taking Avdeevka, or so they claim. Unfortunately, this is not backed in even the slightest by their own most meticulous casualty analysts like MediaZona, which still has Russian losses dipping sharply in the last couple months: the losses as recorded by direct Ukrainian troops from Avdeevka are staggering, by all accounts. Zelensky likely sought secret reassurances from European leaders that they will vocally back his presidency’s legitimacy during that troubling expiry period, when questions will certainly begin to arise at the least, if not outright challenges to his authority. In fact, swept under the rug was that along with the more high profile elimination of Zaluzhny, Zelensky did a clean sweep of the entire vast fold of the general staff: Nebenzya states that there is no way the currently controlled regions will ever go back to Ukraine—it is a total nonstarter: Now, a new Putin statement hammers this point home. He says that everything Ukraine does in the war is merely a form of attempting some tactical gain, the difference being that for Russia, this isn’t about such trivial technicalities—it’s an existential matter: For the past week or two, there have been rumors that a massive Russian force has been gathering on the Zaporozhye line. Now as of this writing, the offensive seems to have begun, with reports rolling in by the hour of breakthroughs of Ukrainian lines near Rabotino: I mentioned Russia’s 55th Brigade from Tuva. Ukrainian Nazis showed their colors and were very upset by the Tuvan heroes: Well, to rub it in and end on a positive note, here’s the same 55th receiving their prestigious honorary ‘Guards’ title just last month, for heroism and unbreakable courage in combat: Lastly, here’s a segment from a new report in liberated Avdeevka showing a resident who waited out the Russian army. Listen to what he says when asked about the Ukrainians who have been kicked out: “Those Germans? Drive them to Berlin!” - Simplicius
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  7826. PUTIN READY TO COMPROMISE, BUT NOT AT COST OF RUSSIAN INTERESTS: He gives an epic history lesson, in his typical, knowledgeable style: Let us recall the 19th century. After the so-called Crimean War in 1855-1856, when a number of restrictions were imposed on Russia. Many people in the West wrote & said that Russia should react to some injustices in the world... "Russia does not notice, it is isolated," all this was blamed on Russia. At that time, the Chancellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a dispatch to all our diplomatic representatives in Europe, where it was written how to react to such statements. There were famous words there: "Russia does not get angry, Russia concentrates." And gradually, as Russia concentrated, it regained all its rights in the Black Sea, strengthened itself, and so on & so forth. Some historians call the Crimean War the "Zero" World War (because of many parties involved.) Then there was the First World War & the Second World War. In this "Zero" World War (for Crimea), almost all European countries took part in the war against Russia. In spite of this, the situation then changed its appearance. There was a period of the First World War, when the countries that fought against us turned out to be allies. The fact is that everything changes - only the interests of Russia and its people remain unchanged. If we see that the situation is changing in such a way that there are opportunities & prospects to build relations with other countries, we are ready for this. The question is not about us, but about them. And never in violation of the interests of the Russian Federation. We went through a period in modern history, when our previous generations of politicians, in my opinion, went to the destruction of our own country in the hope that Russia would become part of the so-called "civilized world." And this civilized world only needed this, because as soon as Russia's potential shrank, it weakened & they began to finish it off. Instead of making it an equal partner & participant of this civilized world. Unfortunately, this is how the world works, at least today. If we are going to build relations with someone, we will build them only on the basis of the interests of the Russian state. We are ready to look for these compromises, but without harming our interests - Putin.  Clearly, this is not his, or Russia's first rodeo! Putin First @IntelRepublic
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  7850. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The airstrikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces on the night of August 30, 2024, caused a major fire at the Machinery-Building Plant, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine organize a repair base for their heavy equipment and weapons, open sources reported. Satellite images detected three large fires at the site of the strike in the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine, accompanied by the sound of subsequent explosions that prevented firefighters from localizing the fire and spreading to the company's paint shop and growing. Firefighters are still struggling to extinguish the fire at the affected warehouse and infrastructure, and the fire has spread to nearby buildings, including a gas station. The British airline reported 15 or more Russian FAB strikes since 5 a.m. local time. At the same time and as usually, local authorities claim that the strike allegedly hit the production facility, which produces baby food packaging, and juices. At least a 48-year-old woman was killed and 8 people were injured, local authorities added on Friday. Social media published footage of thick smoke after the landing, residents were urged to close their windows and not go outside, as elevated levels of sulfur dioxide were recorded in the air. Firefighters in bulletproof vests had been extinguishing the fire for several hours after the landing and explosion of the package. But, pro-Russian underground groups, convincingly reported that the attack hit an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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  7861. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian Air Defense Forces brilliantly shot down 45 Ukrainian UAV in a large-scale night raid, the Russian Defense Ministry reported, on August 21, 2024. From Moscow to Murmansk, Ukrainian drones tried to attack targets in western Russia over the past 24 hours. The first explosions were heard in Podolsk at about 3 am, after which residents of the city heard loud sounds every 15-20 minutes. Unfortunately, all 45 kamikaze drones that tried to attack Russian cities that night were destroyed! In total, 11 were shot down over the Moscow region, another 23 were destroyed over the Bryansk region, 6 over the Belgorod region, 3 over Kalushka, and 2 over the Kursk region, the Defense Ministry detailed. But in a slightly interesting development, a Ukrainian drone carrying explosives was shot down during the day by air defenses near the closed military settlement of Vysoky in the Murmansk region. It is about 1800 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, and is located in the Arctic Circle. A UAV or rather an Aeroprakt A-22 aircraft, converted into a UAV with a longer range. According to preliminary data, the target was the Olenya airfield from which the Russian strategic bomber took off, but failed. So far, Murmansk airfield has been operating as usual after the restriction of airspace. Meanwhile, according to the Head of Ukrainian Intelligence, Kyrulo Budanov, said that in total about 50 drones were used that day, attacking the signal intelligence center, carrying out attacks on the Ostafyevo airport in Moscow, and the Millerovo airbase in the Rostov region, but without reporting the results!
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  7875. Since my article from last weekend’s tragic terrorist attack near Moscow, a lot of new information has been released supporting Russia’s allegation the attack has direct links to Ukraine. This is a follow-up. The Russian Emergencies Ministry department in the Moscow region released the following body count from the terrorist theater massacre a week earlier: As of 6:00 a.m. Moscow time on March 30, 2024, there were 695 casualties, including 15 children, in the terrorist attack, of whom 144 people, including five children, have been killed. By Monday March 25th, three days after the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack, Russian Investigative Committee Chairman Aleksandr Bastrykin reported that in addition to 11 suspects initially arrested, an additional seven were arrested for allegedly helping to organize the attack. Apparently, it was Washington’s own pathological paranoia preventing it from complying with standard international security protocol to alert other nations of imminent terrorism. So that psychotic delusion was in large part responsible for 144 innocent Russians to needlessly die. Of course, paranoia is a weak and feeble non-excuse to holdback lifesaving information. But clearly the far bigger reason the United States withheld full details of what it knew was to prevent Moscow from immediately determining that the Biden regime’s CIA played the #1 key role in this plotted bloodbath, which would obviously present far deeper criminal implications the US refused to risk. Since US intelligence was the driving force behind this massacre, sparing lives would have completely sabotaged and reversely countered its vile objective. During the Moscow tragedy’s immediate aftermath, within minutes after Russian news first broke the story, the US Security Council puppet John Kirby went before the cameras to emphatically state there is absolutely no connection to Ukraine. How would he or the US government even know when the investigation hadn’t even begun? This alone raises suspicion to implicate America’s involvement attempting to control the narrative. Then when Putin went before his nation mentioning that the terrorists that committed the attack were captured trying to escape near the Ukraine border, all US officials began were pressing the same word-for-word script straight from central casting prior to any actual probe even starting. On Wednesday March 27th, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated: It’s strange, to say the least, that the Americans have dared to announce a single narrative. This suggests at the very least that they are trying to shift attention away from something. Also, the non-nonsense Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova weighed in on Wednesday also wondering and asking uncomfortable questions the US/West refuses to answer: Based on what data and what information? Only one thing is clear – they began to excuse the Kiev regime in order to excuse themselves. Because everyone understands perfectly well that there is simply no independent [Ukraine] without Western financial and military assistance. On Wednesday March 27th Maria Zakharova stated: They [Washington] have exposed themselves. They started crying, not calling for an investigation, but covering up for Ukraine. Their bias and involvement in this issue is evident. Zakharova’s boss, the level-headed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, had this to say in an interview posted Friday March 29th: The West is actively trying to convince everyone that this is the work of ISIS and there is no longer any need to suspect anyone, especially Ukraine. They keep insisting that Kiev is not to blame, to the point where it’s becoming obsessive. So, a full week of DC, the EU and entire Western Mockingbird media all obediently doubling down on the singularity of their boldface lie that this ISIS-K group had zero connection to Ukraine. The global masses are slowly waking up to the truth of how this world works, that terrorist rogue state pariahs are operating out of Kiev, Tel Aviv, Washington, Brussels, London (including the Rothschild City of London command center). Having seen through so many US/West cover-up crimes and scandals, ultimately the people are beginning to catch on and increasingly demand justice. It’s undeniable that the CIA and MI6 are deep inside Ukraine’s intelligence services, having built a vast anti-Russian spy network over many years with the Kiev regime. And now the world will ultimately realize how the UK-US-Zio spy network that takes their orders not from governments themselves but the owners of governments, and how together they maliciously operate at will committing the most despicable crimes on the planet through impugn deception, death and destruction. Again, these perps have been repeatedly caught red-handed that they cannot keep getting away with. This latest display of US Deep State deception is the dead giveaway that the so-called government actors, and that’s all they really are – two-bit, low life actors all dutifully lying through their teeth, rigidly following their centrally scripted lines in yet another pack of lies that the world knows are blood-soaked in red lies. The West possesses a historical pattern committing these worst unprosecuted atrocities. The globalist false propaganda machine plunged into overdrive the minute it learned of this latest massacre, instantly disputing Putin linking the killers to Ukraine, and ever since doubling down to squelch any and all unfolding evidence. It’s not as if desperate Kiev or Washington never engage in terrorism or coverup lies. Kiev and its Western backers have already lost the war militarily, backed into a corner now with more incriminating evidence coming out daily, these pathological criminals have no other choice but to keep lying and denying. But the world is onto them and truth and justice will prevail to triumph over lies. - LewRockwell
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  7891. May 1, 2024 - The Challenger 3 has been unveiled as the UK’s newest and most “lethal” main battle tank (MBT); - The Challenger 3 is produced by modernizing existing Challenger 2 MBTs with 127 planned for conversion from the UK’s existing 221 Challenger 2s; - The refurbishment/modernization of 127 tanks will cost $990 million or approximately $7.8 million per tank, several times more than modernized Russian tanks, and even more expensive or as expensive as new Russian tanks; - The Challenger 3 will weigh more than its predecessor, and both tanks are heavier than their Russian T-72B3, T-90M, T-80BVM, and even T-14 counterparts; - 127 MBTs in total will mean that most likely fewer than 100 tanks will be operational at any given time making it impractical for the UK to project military power abroad in any significant manner; - The Challenger 3 features a 120mm smoothbore gun that will use NATO standard tank rounds which is an improvement over the Challenger 2’s rifled gun which required unique ammunition incompatible with other NATO tanks; - The Challenger 3 is another illustration of Western military industrial production, emphasizing expensive, complex weapons built in small numbers to maximize profits versus equally capable, but cheaper and more numerous Russian or Chinese weapons designed to maximize both battlefield and strategic effectiveness; - While a Challenger 3 may or may not be capable one-on-one with a Russian MBT, the fact that Russia has many more tanks and is able to replace damaged or lost tanks faster than the Challenger 3 and other Western MBTs proves a disadvantage to the UK and the rest of NATO; - The New Atlas
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  7897. It’s always encouraging when a country’s military commander-in-chief – President Biden, in this case – announces in advance that he knows how he is going to respond militarily to the killing of three American soldiers at a base that supports an illegal and immoral U.S. “covert” war against Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Iran, and all those who oppose the US/Israel slaughter of Palestinians. Such anxiety to show antecedently that he’s not sitting on his hands is touching. It’s the kind of announcement that all great military leaders make. It is the kind of arrogant stupidity that has long been the norm for U.S. presidents who love war but lose them all while masquerading as conquerors. So it goes, and so it will go. To add to that, Biden says he doesn’t want a wider war as he creates one, since you can always take him at the opposite of his words. Yet he really has no secrets since his transparent corruption is almost palpable: He supports the Israeli/U.S. genocide in Gaza, the Ukrainian war against Russia, has expanded the war in the Middle East over the past few weeks, and will soon widen it further while the mass media report that he and his cast of fools are trying to “manage” their violent responses to prevent a wider war. The narrative has it that he is trying to outfox Netanyahu, who has often bragged how he has the U.S.A. in his back pocket. It is hard not to laugh derisively. Now Biden issues an executive order to sanction some Israelis on the West Bank, as if this blatant political move to help his election chances with Muslim Americans is an act of moral statesmanship, while the blood of over 27,000 Palestinians drips from his shaky hands and increases daily. In Biden’s case today, these are the actions of a desperado, a war-loving bumbling puppet who is over or under or out of his head as he feigns outrage at the killing of three soldiers who were placed in a spot where their lives were at risk because they were cogs in an imperial war machine. Pawns in the game. A very dangerous game in which the Zionists leaders of Israel are as desperate as Biden and whose secret operatives are no doubt plotting a desperate scheme to try to expand the war. Who is jerking whose chain may be questionable, but the dogs of war are barking. We are talking about very stupid leaders who have never learned from their losses and are risking a major war. - LewRockwell
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  7910. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian troops managed to take another new settlement, Novodmitrovka, as its troops worked well, sucking out enemy forces with significant advances. The Russian Defense Ministry published videos on November 23, 2024, showing the breakthrough of the assault detachment by the "O Brave" unit of the Center Group of Forces, maneuvering under Ukrainian fire until the tricolor flag was raised there, north of Kurakhovo in Donetsk. The video shows basements and houses where Ukrainians were hiding, until the Russian flag was finally raised permanently there. The stormtroopers used a flanking maneuver to destroy the enemy in the tree line of the forest belt around Novodmitrovka. The brave soldiers, acting quickly under heavy artillery fire and Ukrainian attack drones, nevertheless made it through without any losses. Due to the coordination and courage in their work, the Center Group managed to clear the settlement and raise the victory flag. Towards Novodmitrovka, the zone of control of Russian troops has now been significantly expanded, penetrating Zarya and its environs, as well as Sontsovka, ensuring that most of Ukrainian group fled westward. Thus, Russian troops developed the offensive, penetrated as far as possible, and now control most of the semi-cauldron area southeast of Kurakhovo. The Russian stormtroopers also used other methods to quickly force Ukrainian troops to surrender. The troops worked very well, dropping leaflets with the help of drones and groups of Ukrainian armed personnel were taken to a safe place with the help of radios also dropped by drones. One Ukrainian soldier mistakenly thought that the drone were going to attack him, but in fact they were going to take him to a safe place and he was happy. Three soldiers from Ukrainian brigade with civilian appearance managed to lay down their arms amid the escalating situation between Russia and NATO, and considering their collapse in the city of Kurakhovo, it is getting worse!
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  7913. “You leave the dollar and you’re not doing business with the US, because we are going to put a 100% tariff on your goods” Trump said - RT Some comments follow: [Clearly, he doesn't understand WHY the world is dumping the dollar. Sound plan... If you wish to implode your service sector economy. Well, they will just sell their products elsewhere. And USA will be stuck with more inflation. Trump: Sanctions are hurting the Dollar. Also, Trump: We are going to threaten everyone who doesn't want to use the Dollar anymore. You up the tariffs, people won't export to you anymore. You lose. Donny, if you're in a hole, stop digging The problem is that US can't survive without imports because they don't make anything anymore, so they need Chinese and Mexican goods more than Chinese need the dollar. And if Chinese demand yuan for payment the US must comply they have no other choice. that's blackmail Trump....sorry.] A broad trend towards using national currencies instead of the greenback has gained momentum following the massive economic restrictions introduced against Russia by the US and its allies in the wake of the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict in February 2022. After being cut off from the Western financial system, Moscow has turned to alternative options for settlement, with some of Russia’s foreign partners following suit. Last week, the presidential candidate pledged to substantially reduce the use of sanctions by Washington if he is reelected in November. Speaking at the Economic Club of New York, Trump acknowledged that the curbs imposed by the US on other states are damaging for the dollar. - RT
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  7919. Niger rebels advise that the US aid that Nuland has withdrawn is irrelevant - should be used to fund Nuland's weight loss programme instead. It is common knowledge that the common people see only a small percentage of US aid given to the country - the money largely goes to corrupt politicians that help prop up the US imperialistic grip on Africa and elsewhere. - Intel Report Russia's Foreign Affairs Spokeswoman Zakharova comments Victoria Nuland’s trip to Niger yesterday: “Nuland thought that with Niger you can do the same as with Ukraine - cookies in a plastic bag will win you all the friends? Such a banana republic, as she has in Kiev, can't be found elsewhere." - Intel Report Coup-hit Niger rejects entry to delegation from Western-backed regional organization ECOWAS, African Union and UN. Niamey asks them to postpone their visit amid reports that some African countries are readying troops for military intervention in Niger. - Intel Report THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL: "Russia is going to crush Ukraine, which will be the end of American hegemony as we know it" - former Wall Street strategist, ex-IMF economist, David Woo. "The Lancet drones, the Ka-52 helicopters, the Su-34, night vision googles… The Russian military technology has been going through revolution every 3 months....The Russians are fighting with weapons they didn't have 18 months ago." Ukrainian cemeteries running out of space as unverified leaked documents show huge number of irretrievable losses (1704) from just a single Ukrainian assault bridge. This particular group reportedly fought near Artyomovsk and Kleshceevka Donetsk Republic. - Intel Report WARNING: DISTURBING IMAGES 1 DEAD, shattered windows, damaged apartments is the result of latest Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). 3 injuries also reported. - Intel Report The sane understand that this war has been longsince over! Ukraine and NATO are outmatched period by a far superior force that has no morale problems and is dedicated to eradicating the vermin committing crimes against humanity by indiscriminately shelling its citizens just because they speak Russian.
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  7936. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Important update on September 27, 2024, the noose was strengthened around Ugledar by Russian forces, and has begun a massive unprecedented offensive, capturing half of the city, which was a stronghold for Ukrainian forces for two years. Video shows one of the Ugledar Mines successfully captured by Russian troops with the assault on the city continuing. Before the massive assault, Russian scouts wisely dropped campaign leaflets by drone in the western part of Ugledar, calling for the surrender of Zelensky's troops from the units of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, which was ordered to hold the city while he is still in the United States. At this time, for Zelensky's troops, the situation on the front is critical, the small mining town in the Donetsk region is surrounded, all entrances and exits are under Russian fire control. Ugledar, which is half surrounded is in half a cauldron, making some of the rest of the men from the 72nd Ukrainian Brigade, try to escape in Ugledar, but eventually a group of prisoners of war were forced to surrender. At first they tried to attack the Russian tank formation from Buryatia near Vodyanoye village in order to escape from Ugledar, but failed. All roads to Ugledar were cut off, their resistance was useless. Dozens of them eventually had only one chance to return home alive! The command of the Russian troops contacted the Armed Forces of Ukraine to surrender, or be blocked in Ugledar! They were supposed to surrender because Russia did not ask twice. As a result, Russia showered Ugledar with incendiary ammunition, fired from BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher systems at night. Some Western sources, citing their contacts in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, claim that Ugledar is completely surrounded. The video was recorded by the Ukrainian military themselves, who complained about the "difficult conditions" under the magnesium rain. In addition, Russian drones raided Ukrainian troops still entrenched in the city buildings. This was the last chance for the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade to retreat, and was rapidly closing. It is strongly suspected that in a few days Ugledar will fall!
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  7939. Zelensky Circus Comes to Town for One Last Encore Ultimately, Zelensky’s visit is all about Biden attempting to make one last effort to guilt trip the Republicans into ending the deadlock before the deadline. The plan was for Zelensky to address the most thorny criticisms of Ukraine in a closed session, in order to reassure Congress. For instance, the issue of corruption was chief amongst them. Zelensky’s purpose was to convince them Ukraine is not as corrupt as they all know it to be. Zelensky and the leadership have just gone through a veritable gauntlet of meetings with the top globalist venture-vultures, likely for the very purpose above, to begin negotiations of selling off more Ukrainian assets—and Ukraine itself—in order to bankroll next year’s coming disastrous deficits. The U.S. is scrambling generals directly to the ground to hatch out some emergency plan to allow Ukraine to last out the next few months. Logically, the only way such urgent shakeups make sense is that the U.S. is counting on a high probability that all funding will in fact be cut, and that Ukraine needs a completely new set of emergency strategies to survive what will likely be a brutally disproportionate onslaught from Russia over the next season. There have been some hints from Ukrainian sources related to this. For instance, a Ukrainian artillery officer callsign Artie Greene told Arestovich days ago that due to recent Russian pressure, AFU forces may have to abandon everything on the east side of the Zherebets river and possibly even the Oskil, which would effectively give up Kupyansk and everything east of it, as well as potentially Krasny Liman: So as part of Ukraine’s plans going forward into next year, they intend to create ‘surprising’ new symbolic victories, including “very daring ones”—a full admission that their entire program consists of merely performative token triumphs for global media consumption. Thus, we’re put on notice to expect some new ‘clever’ terrorist attacks in the coming months, which will have no effect on the calculus on the ground. - Simplicius
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  7941. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Ukrainian armored forces were completely destroyed, failing to unblock VelykaNovosilka, attempting to assist the withdrawal of troops from the Russian encirclement. Today's reports on January 21, 2025 from various reliable sources, indicate that Russian troops advanced on Velyka Novosilka and captured part of the city, while Ukrainian armored forces tried to use a smoke screen to cover the possible withdrawal of units, now they are moving across Mokri Yaly river towards the flank of NovyKomar. Finally, Ukrainian garrison is almost completely surrounded, and it is not easy to retreat through the waterways and open fields. The Russian military has a fairly strong hold along the flank, where Russian drone operators spotted the armored maneuver and immediately destroyed it! The defeat of Ukrainian armor due to drone shooting by the Russian Armed Forces at the starting position in Dneproenergiya village. Another attempt of the armor was thwarted when they decided to reach the ground and move across the river, the distance from the combat contact line was about 5 km. It seems that Ukraine did not take into account that Russian fiber optic FPV drones work 24 hours a day, locking the flanks and hitting several enemy armor separately. In the village, Ukraine had to be willing to lose one T-64 BV, one Kozak armored vehicle and one American International M1224 MaxxPro MRAP. Other equipment such as one Excavator was destroyed and one 2S3 Akatsiya 152 mm self-propelled gun was burned by drones as in the footage. Meanwhile in a separate location, explosion and subsequent fire on an infantry fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Novy Komar village. Footage shows one Ukrainian variant of BMP-1 or BRM-1K, trying to break through to help the besieged troops reach the land of Velyka Novosilka, moving under the shadow of a drone operated by a Russian operator from the 37th Russian Motorized Rifle Brigade. The fiber optic drone strike destroyed it and burned completely. Velyka Novosilka front in south Donetsk is very worrying and the besieged Ukrainian troops have no choice but to surrender!
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  7950. Here is what we know for certain. Despite repeated entreaties from Vladimir Putin to President Joe Biden and other Western leaders to provide assurances that Ukraine would not be admitted to NATO, the West told Putin to screw off and continued building up Ukraine’s military. The U.S. and its NATO allies believed that Russia’s military was weak and ineffective. Western leaders also believed that Russia’s economy was vulnerable to Western economic sanctions and that an economic collapse in Russia would catapult Putin from power. The Western plan was simple, audacious and delusional — i.e., using Ukraine as a military proxy, defeat Russia and humiliate Vladimir Putin; apply Western economic sanctions that would devastate the Russian economy and further erode support for Putin; break up the Russia Republic into 41 new countries. Put simply, the United States and its NATO allies were obsessed with the elimination of Russia as a nation and saw the war in Ukraine as their opportunity to carry out this plan. At no time prior to the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, or after, did the U.S. intelligence community provide any assessment countering this narrative. I would have to write a 500 page book to compile all of the West’s mistaken, erroneous predictions about Russia’s military capability. This represents a monumental intelligence failure. What a colossal screw up. Instead of weakening public support in Russia for Vladimir Putin, his political position became stronger. Instead of isolating Putin, NATO’s proxy war helped Putin solidify and expand relations with China, India, Iran, North Korea, South Africa and Brazil. The West is caught in its own trap. Russia reactivated a moribund defense industry and is cranking out ammunition, shells, missiles, rockets, artillery, tanks, drones and combat vehicles at a rate the West cannot match. Instead of demonstrating Western superiority, the NATO alliance has been exposed as fractious, impotent lot. The defeat of Ukraine will force the United States and NATO to make a choice — escalate the war with Russia and risk a nuclear conflagration or find a diplomatic off-ramp. While the current rhetoric among many NATO members is bellicose, with France’s Macron trying to whip up support for joining the fight against Russia, the divisions in Europe are growing. Germany certainly is no longer enthusiastic about signing on to France’s suicide mission. - Sonar21
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  7958. The traditional leaders of Europe — i.e., the United Kingdom, France and Germany — are reeling in the wake of Pete Hegseth’s speech to the NATO defense ministers and JD Vance’s address to the Munich Security Conference. They are reacting like a jilted spouse who was just informed by their significant other that the marriage is kaput… crying and gnashing of teeth is widespread. In a desperate bid to recover from Vance’s verbal beating of the European authoritarians, French President Emmanuel Macron hastily convened a summit in Paris with a select group of European leaders in order to craft a coordinated plan to continue the war in Ukraine without the United States: The meeting was a fiasco. Despite trying to stack the conference with members ostensibly inclined to keep the lights on in Kiev, they failed to reach a consensus and emerged from the session taking verbal shots at one another: We are witnessing history. The post-World War II order with the US ruling the roost is coming unglued. I think this is the beginning of the end for NATO and for the European Union. But the collapse is not imminent. Political and economic chaos are likely to shake the major European countries and create internal pressures in the next two years that will lead the various nations to seek their own path for security outside the confines of NATO or the EU. Already we are hearing that some states are keen on reviving economic relations with Russia, with an eye on getting access to cheap oil and gas. - sonar21
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  7975. Tucker Carlson’s interview of Russian President Vladimer Putin has faced viscous assault from government/corporate controlled fake news outlets and personalities. The Pfizer pimps are in rampage mode. The fear and viscous attacks by media propogandists toward Tucker Carlson for interviewing Putin demonstrate how potentially dangerous this interview is to the current regime. The message is you don’t need to give your attention to this, we’ll tell you what to think. This will work on many people, however in general will backfire and this interview is likely to be one of the most watched in history, at least in the United States. The most striking difference between listening and watching the Russian President and an American President being interviewed, was the contrast between watching a knowledgeable person give detailed explanations, and a puppet provide soundbites to prescreened questions. Putin’s rehashing the expansion of NATO since the 1990s against Russia’s objections and in violation of agreements, the color revolution and CIA orchestrated coup in Ukraine, the 2014 bombing of Donbass by Ukraine, are all issues that the fake media would prefer to keep concealed from Americans. Even more of a threat is the fact that Putin exemplifies leadership and is very capable of presenting a logical coherent case for his perspective and dispel the media myth that he is an out of control mad man. Maybe a worse threat, is the fact that Putin is signaling that a negotiated peace in Ukraine is acceptable, and the West is rigidly opposing this. If Americans process Putin’s statements about the Russian hypersonic missiles and weapons programs then it may actually register how reckless the rhetoric and actions America and the West have taken. Instead of responsibly seeking to deescalate the conflict, the United States and NATO went into full blown propaganda mode. Military aid and funds were pumped into the dark money laundering slush fund called Ukraine, and the United States and NATO decided to fight a proxy war against Russia. Apparently, nobody read the proxy war 101 handbook that you only fight proxy wars in third world countries, and that it is totally moronic to fight a proxy war in the neighboring country of the other major power. The only potential outcomes of such a proxy war would be the destruction of the superpower in question or a crushing defeat for those engaging in such a proxy war. The latter appears to have occurred. The obvious goal of cashing in on the killing is definitely a subsidiary if not one of the primary objectives. Depopulating in Ukraine is a viable secondary objective. As already inferred, laundering money through Ukraine was at a minimum a secondary goal. Still, consider the conflict from the perspective of globalism. If the intention was to break the United States, then that goal has been furthered. In fact, consider the possibility that the U.S. military since at least the Post Cold War has been a mercenary force for globalist to further the goal of World Government while simultaneously depleting America of its resources. What was the purpose of engaging in such a stupid foreign policy adventure? The Russia Ukraine war appears designed to break America. This is necessary for the creation of a world government. An American dominated world interferes with the globalist designs. In the interview, Putin points out that Russia’s economy has been boosted and the U.S. dollar has been hurt. The conflict is facilitating the creation of a multi polar world. The Russian head of state mentioned the Roman empire and its decline within the context of the modern world and the rapidity of the evolution of events. History does appear to be moving faster. Pax Romana may have lasted 500 years, Pax Americana appears to have lasted about 35 years or so. The American NATO course of action of escalating the Russia Ukraine war, was a blunder, to say the least. I guess we can never underestimate human stupidity… - LewRockwell
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  7994. Here is another article of delusional hopium courtesy of the folks at War on the Rocks. HOLD, BUILD, AND STRIKE: A VISION FOR REBUILDING UKRAINE’S ADVANTAGE IN 2024 I will make this real simple. Ukraine does not have the ability to implement the War on the Rocks prescription. First, manpower. Even Ukrainian sources are conceding that Ukraine has suffered more than a million casualties. The average age of the frontline troops is 43. For the math challenged out there (this clearly applies to Kofman, Lee and Massicot), if the average age is 43 that means you have a large number of 50 and 60 year old cannon fodder manning the trenches and bunkers. The under 40 crowd is not flocking to the recruiting office in Kiev to sign up. Just the opposite. They are going to extreme lengths to avoid being dragooned into the army. We’ve seen guys wearing disguises that make them look like 70 year old men and others dressing as women. Not because they are transgender but because the Ukrainian recruiters are not grabbing women off the street and throwing them on to the military bus. Let’s assume that Ukraine can somehow find an additional 500,000 potential soldiers. (They will need at least that many to keep up with Russia who added that number to their armed forces in 2023 and continue to sign up new recruits at the rate of more than 40,000 a month.) Where are they going to train? Russia’s missile strikes during the past month have hit some major troop locations. For example, the strike in Kharkiv last week wiped out a 200 man contingent of foreign mercenaries. Russia can and will hit every training center in Ukraine, which means the new Ukie recruits will have to be sent to bases in Europe. The War on the Rocks clown show pays lip service to Ukraine’s need for air defense, artillery, artillery rounds, tanks and armored vehicles, but ignores the real world. No country in the West has the ability to produce these items and send them to Ukraine in the quantities required to sustain a force in the field for the foreseeable future. The authors are particularly lost in La La land when they talk about Ukraine being able to launch long range missiles to hit critical infrastructure in Russia. There is no other country in the world with an air defense system like Russia’s. Moreover, if such attacks are launched Russia has the ability to launch successful counter strikes to eliminate those threats. Finally, let’s assume that Ukraine is able to muster a new army of cannon fodder to attack Russia’s heavily defended lines? Where is the Ukrainian air power? It does not exist and will not exist. If the United States is able to deploy a few F-16s to Ukraine, they will meet the same fate that Ukraine’s now non-existent air force met. They will be shot down. Let me leave you with this. It is a report from the front lines by Russia’s pre-eminent war correspondent, Marat Khayrullin. Here is the current reality: Speaking figuratively, today the entire front line is turning more and more into conditional Krynki. The Ukrainians are stupidly sitting in their holes and trying to somehow survive. And we continue to destroy them with greater and greater intensity. There is no point in eliminating this conditional bridgehead at the cost of the lives of our fighters – the enemy is already doomed. It’s much wiser to just wait. Moreover, we have nowhere to rush – assistance to the enemy from the West is drying up, human reserves are running out. And most importantly, the collective enemy is increasingly realizing the futility of resistance. - Sonar21
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  8008. Kiev allocates massive land plots for Western puppeteers (Soros pictured) to use as chemical waste burial sites. Spread across the entire country - this ought to be a crime given Ukraine is known for the fertility of its soil. Ukrainians weren't exactly consulted when the US placed dangerous chemical and biological laboratories there - it is unlikely that anyone will ever answer for the cemeteries of hazardous waste either. - Intel Report CHILLING SCREAMS FILL AIR AFTER ISRAELI STRIKE DETONATES HOME as slow-mo (in left vid) captures missile dropping straight into building before very ground shakes with blast. Entire blocks bulldozed by Tel Aviv’s attacks, with top right vid showing remains of over 50 houses turned to dust in Shujayea neighborhood, East of Gaza City (bottom right map). 30 people killed by Israel’s latest attack in North of Gaza Strip, pushing total number murdered by IDF to at least 15,899. - Intel Report PAIR OF TINY INFANTS LAID TO REST by shell-shocked aid workers as they walk wide-eyed from Gaza hospital to lay corpses of murdered babies next to dead man. Let IDF look into these dead babies’ lifeless eyes and still claim they’re "most moral army in the world". - Intel Report UKRAINIAN "MARINES" CAN’T EVEN SWIM cause Kiev’s scraping bottom of barrel after losing 100S OF THOUSANDS of troops as presstitutes over at BBC handily explain. Lamestream media chats with Ukrainian soldier who admits situation in Krynki in Kherson region, ex-Ukraine (map above) utter "hell". Now the frosts are coming, things will only get worse. Real situation is being hushed up, so no-one will change anything - Kiev soldier who's about to get sent to front line again to die for Washington. - Intel Report
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  8011. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian stormtroopers of the Tsentr Group of Forces moved into the city and drove out Ukrainian troops, leading to the liberation of the city of Novogrodovka on September 8, on the Pokrovsk direction. The Russian Defense Ministry released detailed footage on September 30, 2024, showing first-person view of small groups conducting urban combat, which is still held by the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Due to strong fire support from artillery and constant reconnaissance by drones, the soldiers were able to move quickly and occupy enemy positions with minimal friction. However, the interaction between the various units was persistent, combing the hiding places of the troops fighting for Zelensky, one by one in building after building. However, all this was preceded by powerful artillery fire and under the blows of FVP drones, which accurately destroyed and suppressed enemy firepower. As seen in the video frames, BM-21 Grad MLRS worked well and accurately against the troops of the 25th Airborne Brigade, digging at least some of the hiding places in the industrial zone of the Novogrodovskaya Mine No.2, including garbage heaps. As a result, something happened there, the remaining battalions of the brigade, which had split into several groups, were mostly eliminated, and retreated from the city, trying to break away from the advancing Russian assault troops. This allowed the stormtroopers to quickly clearing the city streets. The enemy troops could no longer hide in the basements and they were driven out of the settlement, as a soldier with the call sign "Sever" said during the assault. The persistent efforts of the Russian assault troops, coupled with skillful leadership and effective use of forces and resources, led to a successful mission, completing the task of completely capturing Novogrodovka in Donetsk region. Since then, the local population has maintained good relations with the Russian soldiers, with former Ukrainian Army soldiers switching sides during the fighting. A resident of Novogrodovka told a Russian war correspondent about the forced evacuation carried out by the Ukrainian authorities. "Ukrainian authorities are separating families with children!" He also mentioned "Angels" - this is a Ukrainian volunteer group, which tries to bring as many children as possible to the Ukrainian side.
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  8025. You have to hand it to the U.S. and its henchmen for brazenness. In order to protect their client state Israel and its genocide in Gaza, the U.S., together with the UK, have in one week launched air and sea attacks on the Houthis in Yemen five times, referring to it as “self-defense” in their Orwellian lingo. The ostensible reason being Yemen’s refusal to allow ships bound for Israel, which is committing genocide in Gaza, to enter the Red Sea, while permitting other ships to pass freely. To any impartial observer, the Houthis should be lauded. Yet, while the International Court of Justice considers the South African charge of genocide against Israel that is supported by overwhelming evidence, the U.S. and its allies have instigated a wider war throughout the Middle East while claiming they do not want such a war. These settler colonial states want genocide and a much wider war because they have been set back on their heels by those they have mocked, provoked, and attacked – notably the Palestinians, Syrians, and Russians, among others. Let us call upon Israeli and American soldiers and pilots “to abandon the battlefield”, as an act of refusal to participate in a criminal undertaking against the People of Gaza. South Africa’s legal procedure at the ICJ should be endorsed Worldwide. While it cannot be relied upon to put a rapid end to the genocide, it provides support and legitimacy to the “Disobey Unlawful Orders, Abandon the Battlefield” campaign under Nuremberg Charter Principle IV. With each passing day, it becomes more and more evident that Israel/U.S.A. and their allies do want a wider war. Iran is their special focus, with Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen targets on the way. Anyone who supports the genocide in Gaza, explicitly or through silence, bears responsibility for the conflagration to come. There are no excuses. It is bi-partisan war-mongering, of course, internationally and intramurally, since both U.S. political parties are controlled by the Israel Lobby and billionaire class that owns Congress and the “defense” industry that thrives on never-ending war. Neither the Israeli nor American government can allow themselves to be humiliated, U.S./NATO by the Russians in Ukraine and the Israelis by the Palestinians. Like cornered criminals with lethal weapons, they will kill as many as they can on their way down, taking their revenge on the weakest first. Men like Biden and Netanyahu are intent on launching desperate acts of war. Exactly when and how this expanded war will blaze across the headlines is the question. It has started, but I think it prudent to expect a black swan event sometime this year when all hell will break loose. The genocide in Gaza is the first step, and the U.S./Israel, “not wanting” a wider war, have already started one. - LewRockwell
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  8036. WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC FOOTAGE TERRORISTS BUTCHER CIVILIANS COWERING IN FEAR as gut-wrenching vid on right shows armed men murdering multiple people trying to escape at point-blank range at Crocus City Hall music venue in Moscow, amid reports that over 50 people have been injured. Roof of City Hall reportedly collapses amid uncontrollable inferno in left vid as terror attack hits Russian capital - developing situation. UPDATE: 5 terrorists stormed Crocus and killed at least 14. - Intel Republic TERRORISTS KILL INNOCENTS AT CLOSE RANGE in right vid as gun spark from automatic rifles seen before armed men with backpacks slaughter civilians hiding from them. Left vid shows bodies of dead and injured littered at entrance of Crocus music venue while unverified reports say over 40 KILLED and 100 injured as dozens of ambulances rush to scene. U.S, weeks after issuing strange terror attack warning for Americans in Russia, says following "horrifying" scene of shooting. - Intel Republic RUSSIAN SPEC FORCES STORM BUILDING WHERE TERRORISTS HOLED UP: armed police personnel seen in above vids securing area around terror-hit Crocus Hall amid reports that anti-terror forces are storming music venue. Number of injured and dead continues to grow as all public events cancelled in Moscow. UPDATE: over 140 people wounded. - Intel Republic MOSCOW SLAMS WASHINGTON, SAYS U.S. SHOULD HAVE TRANSFERRED INFO ON TERROR ATTACK that it put out in warning weeks before today's brutal bloodbath at music venue in Russian capital. Shopping center in St. Petersburg also evacuated in left vid due to unknown reason. On what basis do officials in Washington draw any conclusions about anyone's innocence in the midst of a tragedy? If United States has or had reliable information in this regard, then it must be immediately transferred to the Russian side - Russian FM Spokeswoman Zakharova. Horrific scenes continue to emerge from Crocus as ambulances line up street, bodies lay on roadside covered in white cloth while police detain 1 suspect. UPDATE: 40 killed, 100 injured - official info. - Intel Republic WASHINGTON CONTRADICTS ITSELF - John "I hate peace" Kirby panics when reporter grills him about claim of "not having advanced knowledge above" about horrific terrorist attack in Moscow, despite issuing warning to U.S. citizens in Moscow just 14 days ago that describes exact situation at Crocus music venue bloodbath. Yeah... Uh I..I don't think that was related to this specific attack - US National Security Spox Kirby. Any other planned terror you'd like to disclose then, Kirby? - Intel Republic "DEATH FOR DEATH" - TOP RUSSIAN OFFICIAL'S WARNING TO UKRAINE: Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Medvedev warns Ukraine after sickening terror attack in Moscow, says top Ukrainian officials will be "mercilessly destroyed" if terrorist trail leads to Kiev. If it's established that these are terrorists of Kiev regime, it is impossible to deal with them and their ideological inspirers differently. All of them must be found and mercilessly destroyed as terrorists. Including officials of the state that committed such atrocity - Furious Medvedev. Condolences pouring in from around world including Western countries. - Intel Republic
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  8042. Speaker Johnson’s ignominious betrayal of fiscal sanity might well be the death knell for the GOP. He is apparently risking his speakership on behalf of $95 billion of foreign aid boondoggles that Uncle Sam cannot remotely aford, and which actually provide zero benefit to the homeland security of America. And we do mean zero, as in nothing, nichts, nada, nyet and nugatory, as we amplify below. What Johnson’s impending Waterloo means, therefore, is not merely the prospect of another wild and wooly succession battle, but actually that there is no point at all in the preservation of a Republican majority and GOP House Speaker. Afer all, the Washington GOP has become so infected with neocon warmongers and careerist pols who spend a lifetime basking in the imperial projects and pretensions of the world’s War Capital that apparently the best the House GOP caucus could do when it ejected the previous careerist deep stater from the Speaker’s chair was to tap the dim-witted nincompoop who currently occupies it. The Republican party is thus truly beyond redemption. As JFK once said about the CIA, its needs to be splintered into a thousand pieces and swept into the dustbin of history. Needless to say, our dufus Speaker doesn’t know the “Baltics” from the “Balkans” where Serbia and other Russian friendlies are definitely not quaking in their boots about Putin. In point of fact, however, it is not hard to see that the civil war and territorial dispute between Kiev and Moscow over the Donbas and rim of the Black Sea from Mariupol to Odessa is a one-of of Russian and regional history and Washington’s mindless push of NATO eastward to Russia’s very doorstep. Nevertheless, the insanity of the Russophobia which keeps knuckleheads like Johnson from having an even rudimentary grasp of the matter reveals an even larger issue. Namely, it explains why Washington’s hegemonic foreign policy is a dysfunctional disaster, which unceasingly spawns madness like today’s $95 billion foreign aid boondoggle. To wit, it encourages the Empire’s client and allied states to take bellicose positions vis a vis Washington designated rivals and enemies because it brings aid to their treasuries, weapons to their militaries and prestige and self-importance to their politicians and diplomats. At the end of the day, what Washington now needs is a break-up of the GOP and the formation of a Peace and Freedom party from the remnants of the conservative GOP and the dovish left. Both have been ejected from the UniParty by today’s Republican and Democrat denizens of the world’s War Capital. So perhaps Johnson’s hari-kari act will bear some fruit, afer all. Not as he intended, but in the good way that American democracy desperately needs at this fraught juncture. - LewRockwell
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  8055. Here is another article of delusional hopium courtesy of the folks at War on the Rocks. HOLD, BUILD, AND STRIKE: A VISION FOR REBUILDING UKRAINE’S ADVANTAGE IN 2024 I will make this real simple. Ukraine does not have the ability to implement the War on the Rocks prescription. First, manpower. Even Ukrainian sources are conceding that Ukraine has suffered more than a million casualties. The average age of the frontline troops is 43. For the math challenged out there (this clearly applies to Kofman, Lee and Massicot), if the average age is 43 that means you have a large number of 50 and 60 year old cannon fodder manning the trenches and bunkers. The under 40 crowd is not flocking to the recruiting office in Kiev to sign up. Just the opposite. They are going to extreme lengths to avoid being dragooned into the army. We’ve seen guys wearing disguises that make them look like 70 year old men and others dressing as women. Not because they are transgender but because the Ukrainian recruiters are not grabbing women off the street and throwing them on to the military bus. Let’s assume that Ukraine can somehow find an additional 500,000 potential soldiers. (They will need at least that many to keep up with Russia who added that number to their armed forces in 2023 and continue to sign up new recruits at the rate of more than 40,000 a month.) Where are they going to train? Russia’s missile strikes during the past month have hit some major troop locations. For example, the strike in Kharkiv last week wiped out a 200 man contingent of foreign mercenaries. Russia can and will hit every training center in Ukraine, which means the new Ukie recruits will have to be sent to bases in Europe. The War on the Rocks clown show pays lip service to Ukraine’s need for air defense, artillery, artillery rounds, tanks and armored vehicles, but ignores the real world. No country in the West has the ability to produce these items and send them to Ukraine in the quantities required to sustain a force in the field for the foreseeable future. The authors are particularly lost in La La land when they talk about Ukraine being able to launch long range missiles to hit critical infrastructure in Russia. There is no other country in the world with an air defense system like Russia’s. Moreover, if such attacks are launched Russia has the ability to launch successful counter strikes to eliminate those threats. Finally, let’s assume that Ukraine is able to muster a new army of cannon fodder to attack Russia’s heavily defended lines? Where is the Ukrainian air power? It does not exist and will not exist. If the United States is able to deploy a few F-16s to Ukraine, they will meet the same fate that Ukraine’s now non-existent air force met. They will be shot down. Let me leave you with this. It is a report from the front lines by Russia’s pre-eminent war correspondent, Marat Khayrullin. Here is the current reality: Speaking figuratively, today the entire front line is turning more and more into conditional Krynki. The Ukrainians are stupidly sitting in their holes and trying to somehow survive. And we continue to destroy them with greater and greater intensity. There is no point in eliminating this conditional bridgehead at the cost of the lives of our fighters – the enemy is already doomed. It’s much wiser to just wait. Moreover, we have nowhere to rush – assistance to the enemy from the West is drying up, human reserves are running out. And most importantly, the collective enemy is increasingly realizing the futility of resistance. - Sonar21
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  8061. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Important summary until January 28, 2025, latest reports from reliable sources indicate that Chasov Yar is the focus of Russian Armed Forces after successfully taking several Ukrainian “large defensive cities” recently. Now, Russian tanks and drones are preparing “cauldrons” for Armed Forces of Ukraine, finding weak points in their defenses even while fighting alongside NATO, and several of their heavily fortified strongholds have been captured! The battle continues to capture high-rise blocks, breaking through the center and starting to separate the remaining Ukrainian formations in the city center. The assault company of the 331st Regiment is attacking from positions at the refractory plant, capturing part of the private housing sector. Footage shows Russian attack on the refractory plant area, a stronghold and Ukrainian garrison now lying in the rubble of destroyed buildings as shown in the January 27 video recorded by Ukrainian army. Strong Russian tank fire, providing support to the assault units of the Airborne Formation, which are focused on destroying Ukrainian defensive strongholds. The crew of “Ivanovo” Paratroopers deploy their T-72B3 tank during combat as shown in footage shared by Russian Defense Ministry on January 27. The modernized T-72B3 tanks, now equipped with FVP anti-drone nets and rubber-reinforced protection, also received additional protection for the rear, engine, and engine-transmission compartments of the tanks. In addition, the equipment was equipped with means of reducing visibility and electronic warfare systems to counter drones, the ammunition of which neutralized Ukrainian serviceman still entrenched in multi-storey houses and workshops of ChasovYar industrial zone, the Defense Ministry reported. Meanwhile, Russian drones carried out attacks and shelling of buildings in the forests south of ChasivYar a few days ago, leading to the capture of a NATO officers’ bunker there, according to Tuesday’s report. The Akhmat Special Forces unit and the assault force of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade took the network of positions, built by Ukrainian military with NATO assistance in the area of Chasovyarets recreation center during the war in Donbass before Russian "special military operation" in 2022. The huge bunker located underground, made of concrete and with a capacity of 30-40 people, is a fortified stronghold that has slowed down Russian advance, the destruction of which will speed up the liberation of the city. On another occasion, the latest footage shows a Russian drone destroying a Ukrainian armored vehicle. The BMP initially opened fire on Russian positions and rushed away from the place, then UAV drone crew of the 98th Airborne Division of the Southern Group of Forces arrived, chased and immediately hit the BMP, which was still trying to escape with its passengers after the drone was shot down. Not far from the place, another BMP-2 was also hit by a drone mortar, leaving the hardware immobile. Once again, it seems that the Ukrainian coalition cannot hold back the Russian advance and will soon collapse! Russian troops continue to clean up the captured areas. Footage shows Soldiers from the 38th engineer-sapper battalion clearing a road to speed up the movement of equipment towards Chasov Yar, and to speed up its liberation!
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  8065. A bombshell wiretap leak has set the intelligence and geopolitical world ablaze today, revealing high ranking members of the German Bundeswehr openly discussing plans to supply the Taurus missiles and help Ukraine destroy Russia’s Kerch Bridge. Many are understandably pinning the leak on Russia’s GRU, but it seems just as—if not more—plausible that it was leaked by German insiders themselves in order to thwart the plans of their own deepstate establishment which is clearly bent on starting WWIII. It’s clear that there is an ongoing internal revolt in Europe by the last remaining sane faction against the hardliners pushing WWIII. This is evident by the fact that this entire pressure wave of ‘leaks’ suddenly coincided together from a variety of directions, which included Scholz himself outing British involvement in the war: In light of Scholz’s disclosures, a slew of revelations have come to light about NATO’s true involvement in the war: You can see the desperate, seeking attempts to find any lifeline for Ukraine. The NATO/EU nomenklatura are scrambling to create any possible conditions that may give Ukraine a tiny leg up, or even some leeway or breathing room for a few months. This of course all stems from the urgency inherent to Russia’s growing battlefield initiative, where Russian forces continue breaking through Ukrainian lines, generating total trepidation across the Western globalist ruling class: Ultimately, though, it shows the utter disarray that NATO and the West is in. It’s clear that there is huge disagreement and perhaps even outright revolt—what else could possibly cause Scholz to come out to countermand, and outright expose, his allies in this way? The last most important point that’s come to light amid all this recent controversy is the further illumination of the deep role that the CIA has played in Ukraine from the beginning. Ukraine’s collapse was precipitated in large part to order-spurning mutinies, with units like the 47th outright countermanding their own leadership to flee on their own. This has created chaos in this direction which the Ukrainian command is desperate to hide and sweep under the rug. But the truth has slowly come to light from several videos of captured AFU who confirm that they first withdrew, and only then the official order of withdrawal issued in order to save face. behind Orlovka, which Russian forces were said to have taken today, there are no good, naturally defensible positions all the way up to Pokrovsk. And this happens to be precisely where all the current talk revolves around. For reference, here’s the current defense line which is a temporary transit point that Ukraine has already mostly lost: Here’s a very evocative video of Orlovka, just to the west of Lastochkino in Avdeevka: Most striking are the gigantic Fab-500 craters, which are distinct from the regular 152mm shell craters moonscaping the surroundings. Julian Roepcke once more grieved at the sight of it, describing how Ukrainian positions were annihilated by the endless wave of Russian glide bombs, and how they stand no chance because of it: - Simplicius
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  8066. For at least twenty years, Washington has been systematically engaging in policies that have destroyed ancient Christian communities in the Middle East. The US invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 destroyed the secular regime there which had provided legal protections of Christians. In the wake of Bush’s war, violence and reprisals against Christians multiplied. Bush’s war there essentially created a power vacuum that allowed for the rise of Islamist gangs throughout Iraq, culminating in the rise of ISIS which systematically destroyed Christian holy sites, and Christians themselves, across northern Iraq. While claiming to be against radical Islam, the Bush administration, and every president since, has chosen to ally with some of the most brutal Islamist regimes of the Middle East—especially Saudi Arabia—which has all but totally outlawed Christianity for generations. The US has instead set itself against the regimes of the region that actually tolerate and provide some legal protections for Christians, namely Syria (under Assad) and Iran. With Assad gone, it is likely that Christian communities in Syria will suffer as they have in Iraq. We are likely to see Islamist waves of violence against Christian churches and communities, with new mandates for the hijab and other elements of Islamist dress imposed throughout the country. Given that the conquering group is essentially al-Qaeda, we might even expect the dynamiting of ancient Christian shrines and churches. Syria, after all, is home to Damascus where St. Paul the Apostle first became a Christian and was baptized by St. Ananias of Damascus. Syria was an important center of Christian theology in early centuries under Church Fathers like Ephrem the Syrian. To this day—but perhaps for not much longer—ancient groups of Christians pray the Divine Liturgy in Aramaic, the daily language of Christ. This may soon all but vanish as Christianity is forced underground at the hands of these allies of Washington and Israel. - LewRockwell
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  8072. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The airstrikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces on the night of August 30, 2024, caused a major fire at the Machinery-Building Plant, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine organize a repair base for their heavy equipment and weapons, open sources reported. Satellite images detected three large fires at the site of the strike in the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine, accompanied by the sound of subsequent explosions that prevented firefighters from localizing the fire and spreading to the company's paint shop and growing. Firefighters are still struggling to extinguish the fire at the affected warehouse and infrastructure, and the fire has spread to nearby buildings, including a gas station. The British airline reported 15 or more Russian FAB strikes since 5 a.m. local time. At the same time and as usually, local authorities claim that the strike allegedly hit the production facility, which produces baby food packaging, and juices. At least a 48-year-old woman was killed and 8 people were injured, local authorities added on Friday. Social media published footage of thick smoke after the landing, residents were urged to close their windows and not go outside, as elevated levels of sulfur dioxide were recorded in the air. Firefighters in bulletproof vests had been extinguishing the fire for several hours after the landing and explosion of the package. But, pro-Russian underground groups, convincingly reported that the attack hit an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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  8077. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Bravery of Russian soldiers on the battlefield led to the elimination of an assault detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which had just been deployed to a defensive position near Glubokoye in Kharkov region. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry, which released a short video on January 18, 2025, showing an Ukrainian armored vehicle carrying the assault detachment while firing several shots for unknown reasons. The operators of the Northern Army reconnaissance drones of the Russian Armed Forces of the Sever Group of Forces were working against the enemy there, but a group of Ukrainian assault detachments managed to take cover by rushing into the basement next to a building, partially protecting themselves from drones and even artillery fire. They probably thought that their position was safe there! However, an interesting scene happened because six members of the Kiev Army did not take into account the proximity of the brave soldiers of the Northern Army of the 11th Army Corps of the Sever Group of Forces. Three soldiers were in the immediate vicinity of the Ukrainian assault detachment's hiding place. At the right moment, one soldier silently approached the building, dropped a backpack with anti-tank mines right into the defensive room, and then rushed away from the place. Instantly a powerful explosion destroyed the basement even splashes of soil flew into the air. According to reports, at least six members of the assault detachment were eliminated, this was made possible by the quick thinking of a soldier during the battle.
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  8080. NATO should never have been formed in the first place because it was always a war-making organization serving U.S.-led Western imperialism. The organization is inherently for war-making. By definition, it has a terroristic purpose, to incite war, to justify war, and to never stop promoting war because Western imperialism can never co-exist with peaceful relations between nations. NATO has been sold to the Western public and the rest of the world as some kind of international security agency. The same deception has been used by American militarism and all other Western imperialist adventures. How Orwellian can you get? Peace means war, security means chaos and threats, and rules-based order means domination and exploitation. Imagine believing that millions of people were annihilated in U.S.-led wars for democracy and freedom! That is not dystopian fantasy. It actually happened and continues to happen, from Korea to Vietnam, from former Yugoslavia to Iraq, from Ukraine to Gaza, and many more horrors besides. However, the proxy war in Ukraine has crossed a fateful Rubicon. The world can finally see that the NATO axis is a glaring fraud that is endangering international peace with its relentless aggression and toxic lies. It’s not just about Russia. Any nation that decides to stand up to Western desired hegemony is liable to find itself in the crosshairs of a U.S.-led attack using NATO as a legal cover for an international coalition. That historic defeat of Western imperialism is at an epochal endpoint. American-led capitalism is bankrupt and irredeemable. That makes the NATO war machine a very dangerous unstable “multiplier” of American militarism. Will it risk a desperate final world war or will the abominable Western system be overhauled safely by the majority of people who abhor it? NATO’s sell-by date is well and truly past. Russia put paid to that. It remains up to the people of the Western nations to salvage something more constructive and democratic from the smoking hulk. - LewRockwell
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  8099. Well, now, we have the highest level confirmation of the above from an actual U.S. official. The Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, William Laplante, just dropped a major bombshell which should dim any hopes of major ATACMS triumphs, as so many are emptily looking forward to: That’s right—on a panel for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Laplante outright admitted that the much-hyped GLSDBs have proven an abject failure due to Russian jamming environments. Some have rightfully proposed this is due to the fact that an SDB glide-bomb is pretty slow once it detaches from the HIMARS booster rocket. And thus, as it slows while gliding toward the target, it must overfly a lot of EW contested airspace which gradually degrades its GPS course correction more and more until its targeting is way off by the time it reaches the actual target. In the first year of the war, Russia barely used its electronic warfare capabilities. Today it has made full use of them, confusing the waves of drones the United States has helped provide. Even the fearsome HIMARS missiles that President Biden agonized over giving to Kyiv, which were supposed to make a huge difference on the battlefield, have been misdirected at times as the Russians learned how to interfere with guidance systems. Next, let’s briefly mention some of the ongoing battlefield developments. The situation in the north/west Avdeevka sector continues to deteriorate for the AFU with a constant stream of revealing and sometimes urgent complaints from their channels giving us insight. Here’s a soldier from the AFU’s 115th Brigade giving an update: Read what he says: “My company was literally destroyed.” He complains about leadership throwing them away like meat, It has gotten even the most ardent Ukraine ‘experts’ and supporters admitting that the AFU may have to drastically fall back to a new defensive line behind the Vovcha River, abandoning at least a dozen or more kilometers of land: Yesterday Blinken was humiliated in his visit to China. Not only was he not greeted in the usual customary way at the tarmac, with no red carpet or official entourage, but while awaiting Blinken’s arrival, President Xi was even overheard impatiently inquiring when the sniveling rat-faced apparatchik would be leaving the country: Xi and China have no patience left for the U.S.’ disrespectful lecturing. The pointless visit was capped off by China reportedly not sending a single official to wish Blinken off, and he was instead seen away by the U.S.’ own ambassador stationed in China: In another dispiriting development for Ukraine, it has now been revealed that most of the weaponry sponsored by new U.S. aid will in fact not make it to the foundering country for years: This is further corroboration to something I’ve written about many times before as well: the fact that Russia is building strategic reserves and stores for a potential NATO conflict that could take place directly after or even concurrently with the Ukrainian one. NATO is clearly signaling escalation to “save” Ukraine, which is why Shoigu called up an entirely second army of 500k+ for that very contingency. Now, Russia is also building up stores for that army in case it needs to actually clash with NATO in the near future. Either way, it’s simply revealing of how much munitions Russia is producing that even despite the high usage in the Ukraine front, it’s still generating a vast surplus. Lastly, isn’t it fascinating how something decried as ‘barbaric’ and ‘illegal’ when used by Russia in actual war is treated as commonplace and with indifference when it comes to anti-Israeli protesters? - Simplicius
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  8103. MILITARY TUBE TODAY-The Russian Armed Forces took initiative control at the Kursk site, taking the overwhelmed Ukrainian and NATO troops, a large number of which were captured increasingly becoming prisoners of war. In 48 hours on August 13-14, 2024, Russian military correspondents documented, several enemy groups becoming Russian captures on the border, but here some infographic images are not shown. Although some on the Russian side were also taken hostage and killed, this senseless operation, culminating in an ambush of Kiev troops by infantry, drones, or aircraft. They opened a new direction where Russian troops had a greater advantage was a boon for Russian troops, despite the temporary victory of Ukrainian media. It always starts like this in all battles, even if Western mercenaries fight side by side with Ukrainians against Russia. Footage of Ukrainian troops serving in the 80th Air Assault Brigade, captured near the village of Ulanok by the 382nd Battalion of the 810th Brigade, or rather one of the battalions consisting of mobilized Russian fighters. In addition to an assault team of five Ukrainian soldiers who were captured, Russian soldiers also seized important equipment and a ridge in the area. One of the leaders is a suspect in a criminal case initiated by the Investigative Committee regarding the attack on Russian territory. According to the detainees, Zelensky sacrificed some of the most capable and experienced Ukrainian troops for the Kursk campaign. A new wave of Ukrainian prisoners and liquidation operations, and destruction continue under the leadership of the Russian Special Forces and the Chechen Akhmat troops, on the border. Another Ukrainian detachment that was captured, stated that they had been in the region for only a day, capturing them very quickly in the first days of the operation. They were lucky not to meet Wagner fighters, because the Musicians had warned that they did not plan to take prisoners. A group of the detainees added about their desire to fight the Kiev regime, because throwing these people into the fire, like them were worthless. According to reports for August 13 only in 24 hours in Kursk, the Russian Armed Forces have eliminated up to 420 Ukrainian personnel in NATO operations. According to the latest reports from the battlefield in Kursk, 120 French soldiers, 180 Polish soldiers, and dozens of British, Estonian and other foreign soldiers from NATO countries, have been identified. It seems that the entire operation was prepared abroad. It was a NATO operation from the start, analysts note. - Military Tube Today
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  8104. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Infographic footage shows Ukrainian casualties scattered up as Russian soldiers clearing one of the forest belts in Guevo a recently liberated settlement in Kursk Region. Russian military correspondents shared footage on March 28, 2025, showing stormtroopers from the 22nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Group “North” inspecting Ukrainian positions that had set up an operational encirclement in a forest plantation east of Guevo, eliminating Ukrainian troops with precision, then retaking the area, where fighting is still ongoing in the settlement itself. This was the result of the March 27 attack, which launched a decisive attack on Guevo, killing a group of Kiev-ruled men, as shown in the footage, the Russian military reported. One of the soldiers, finding ammunition from an expended aerial bomb, killed the enemy troops, who were driving away with their vehicle, which now appears destroyed. The action reflects the Russian Armed Forces’ persistent push to reclaim its border areas, using elite assault units to destroy enemy forces in swift, coordinated attacks. While securing the liberated residential areas step by step in Kursk salient, Russian troops are finding abandoned Ukrainian corpses every day. Meanwhile, Russian troops are reportedly occupying new positions in the area north of Guevo, being cleared and taken over. In this sector, Ukrainian casualties were also found in a civilian house, after they failed to withstand a series of powerful Russian attacks in this section. This operation underlines Moscow's strategic focus on expelling Ukrainian troops from the Kursk border with a pincer movement, with only a small part of the occupied territory remaining. At the same time, heavy losses and territorial setbacks could force Kiev to divert scarce resources, weakening the front west of Kursk, while strengthening Russian position in the border war. The Ukrainian adventure began here on August 6, 2024, starting from the Sumy-Kursk border post, where Ukrainian troops enthusiastically celebrated their capture of the point a few months ago. But now, it is the turn of Russian paratroopers from the 51st Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division, celebrating their success, raising the Russian flag again on the border. The paratroopers drove Kiev's troops out of the southern outskirts of Gogolevka along with the takeover of the checkpoint in Kursk after 70,700 Ukrainian soldiers were killed as of March 28, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
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  8108. Kiev’s Western backers, including the EU and the UK, bear responsibility for the latest series of Ukrainian drone strikes targeting Russian civilians, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has told a Q&A session in Moscow. Western nations want to disrupt the renewed peace talks between Russia and Ukraine as they pursue their narrow political goals, he said. The minister was referring to a series of large-scale drone raids launched by Kiev’s forces this week. According to the Russian military, 776 drones and 12 missiles were intercepted above the country’s territory between Tuesday and Friday morning, while 12 drones hit their targets. On Saturday morning, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that another 104 UAVs had been intercepted inside Russia overnight. Kiev’s aggressive actions are due to the support that “some European nations led by the UK, France, Germany, and the EU leadership” lend to the “Ukrainian Nazis,” Lavrov said on Friday. “We are convinced that they bear their share of responsibility for these crimes,” he stated, adding that Moscow would seek to “put an end to this policy.” The EU and the UK are only “fueling” the conflict and encouraging Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky and his government to continue the bloodshed, Russia’s top diplomat said. Even their calls for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire are a disguise for a desire to continue pumping Ukraine with weapons, Lavrov believes. “They’ve bet their reputation on dragging Europe into a war against Russia to facilitate the militarization of Europe,” the minister warned, adding that Western governments plan to allocate “huge sums” of money to that goal. “There is certainly Europe’s responsibility” in prolonging the Ukraine conflict, Lavrov said. He added that EU leaders would “find it hard to shed this responsibility.” - RT
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  8113. Beyond the perfunctory pledges for cooperation in various civil fields, Russia and NK intend to construct a new road bridge at their border to better facilitate inter-state travel, as well as the big one: a ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’ for assistance in the event of aggression. There is the obvious fact that this represents an immediate signaling by Putin that he wasn’t bluffing when he said there would be retaliation for crossing of the red lines. The West escalates tensions by shielding themselves beneath a nuclear-capable proxy, which would allow the waging of nuclear war against Russia with a sort of built-in plausible deniability or legal defense. So now, Russia has requited in kind by implying they can give North Korea even more lethal missile technologies which can potentially be used in conjunction with nuclear warheads to put the U.S. under the nuclear sword. One suggestion making the rounds is the potential to supply the Russian Army with North Korea’s devastating KN-25 600mm MLRS system, which is basically the NK version of an ATACMS: That’s all not to mention the fact that while this was ongoing, Russian hypersonic-armed warships reportedly performed maneuvers within visual sight of Miami, a clear message sent: In short, Russia’s strategic defensive initiative with North Korea promises to keep Russia’s artillery-thirsty army more than quenched indefinitely. Russian forces on the north Kharkov front have settled into positions and allowed the reinforced Ukrainian troops to take the initiative in assaulting so that they can exhaust and attrition them, before retaking the initiative with new offensive actions. It’s becoming more and more evident that the entire Konstantinovka region is being placed in a slow-constricting boiler: As most intelligent observers know by now, the war is not about primarily gaining territory: it’s about attritioning the AFU and breaking its spirit until the point of collapse. - Simplicius
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  8117. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Aerial drone filming Ukrainian positions heavily hammered near Loknya after being quickly and thoroughly attacked by Russian forces, after previously Ukrainian units managed to recapture the northern part of the village! Russian military channels released the video on April 23, 2025, showing the tense situation now turning quiet in the last minutes, as a result of artillery fire targeting the positions of Kiev troops, who trying to attack there. The military reported that in the hours before the ceasefire on Easter Eve, two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups, consisting of about thirty people, attempted to attack Russian positions. Ukrainian forces achieved a symbolic success, leading the groups to advance 1 kilometer towards Loknya, but it was short-lived. There are now no Ukrainians visible there, as in objective control. Loknya, located near Sumy-Kursk highway, the main route used by Ukraine to enter Russian territory. However, Russian forces quickly responded to the positional battle, competing for control of the strategic position, and have clearly succeeded once again. Here, there are two possibilities after both sides compete, the Russian army pursued the Ukrainian group that ran back to Sumy, but most likely about thirty Kiev soldiers were killed by artillery fire, the Russian god of war. Ukrainian troops had no choice in attempting the risky offensive and were trapped in a vulnerable position north of Loknya, suffering heavy losses of soldiers. While the Russian artillery was ready to wait for the enemy's movement, meaning the Russian assault force was not there, when the ammunition is fired, which completely pounded the enemy personnel positions.
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  8172. From a combat channel report late last night. Likewise the more gory (18+ warning) of the footage shows their personnel losses in the trenches. Thus, NATO elite, some of whom may still retain a sense of self-preservational realism for what it would take to defeat Russia, know the reality of what they’re saying. Their best weapons have been utterly crushed and ground to dust in the endless steppes once known as the Wild Fields. In the meantime, Russian ex-general and Duma deputy Kartapolov says that Russia is preparing the conditions for its own big offensive: Last night massive strikes rung out across ports in the Odessa region, Reni amongst them. Grain silos in the port were hit: Then industrial sectors of Dnipro were hit, obliterating the Yuzhmash plant where Ukraine was to be manufacturing missiles and possibly drones: Note how Ukrainian “air defense” has no answer whatsoever for advanced Russian cruise missiles, which obliterate any target they so choose with full impunity. CNN gleefully describes the terrorist attack on the bridge, which by the way killed civilians and orphaned a 14-year-old girl after sending her into a coma. Not once does CNN even hint at the fact that this may be a terrorist attack, and in fact ends the report with the foreboding warning that Ukraine will continue more of such attacks in the future. You can even see the car coming right above the drone, which they cut away from just as it’s set to explode. Instead, they do show another drone exploding just as a train is passing above it. All is fair, huh CNN? This shows the utterly vile and depraved nature of this corporate fake news mill. You can bet if it was a Russian attack, the only angle they would play is that of a “barbaric terrorist strike on civilians.” It merely shows how low the West has sunk to inhuman levels of moral depravity, and it’s a fact not lost on the rest of the world, which sees the sickening hypocrisy and incessant flood of contradictions. One day when the West falls, it will be from being crushed under the weight of its own shameless immorality.
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  8184. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Urgent analysis on November 6, 2024, Russian Armed Forces are advancing and advancing on the Kurakhovo direction, moving very quickly towards the town from the south near Trudove, with additional reports that Stepanivka has been liberated up to 2 km along the northern shore of Kurakhovo Reservoir. Russian soldiers installed the battle flag of their unit on a residential building, confirming full control over the settlement. Between Kurakhovo and Trudove, there are several another settlements where Ukrainian troops who claimed to have stood firm there are now starting to fall into a new cauldron! Ukrainian troops would most likely have avoided this difficult situation if they had carried out a large-scale withdrawal. It seems that Russian troops are continuing to deploy their offensive capabilities to form a depression in the direction of Donetsk, breaking through Ukrainian defenses near Trudove. The BMP squad of the 57th Motorized Rifle Brigade with armored forces maneuvered, landing in an area between the west of the settlement and 3.5 km south of Kostiantynopolske. Here, the fighting takes place in the forest belt where the assault units take and consolidate in the tree line, capturing several positions. The Russian forces are again outmaneuvering and cutting off supplies to the Ukrainian units in a worsening operational crisis, with less than 4 kilometers left to reach the Kostiantynopolske point with the advance very fast and getting tighter every day. At the same time, Zelensky's defenders from the 79th Brigade, who claim to have held out for more than two years in Kurakhovo, appear to be short of equipment to stop the Russians, and are seeking donations. They are in need of Mavic 3T drones with thermal cameras, a vital support to help them get spies at night, and to bolster their defenses, which are under threat in the Kurakhovo circle.
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  8194. It is one thing for the addled Joe Biden to be clueless about the true situation on the ground, but many of the NATO leaders in the audience also were applauding this crap. They cannot plead guilty by way of cognitive decline. The claim that, “Ukraine is winning and Russia is losing,” is a craven lie. Ukrainian forces are being pulverized by missiles, 3000 kg FAB bombs and drones. And neither the United States nor the rest of the NATO countries have a stockpile of 155mm artillery shells and air defense systems that they can send to Ukraine. This is pure malpractice by Biden’s speech writers. The anticipated mini-counteroffensive never materialized. Instead, Russia is hitting Ukraine all along the 1000 km front and Ukraine is steadily retreating. Maybe, behind closed doors, the NATO members will fess up and admit that Russia is eating Ukraine’s lunch and bleeding NATO dry in the process. Biden bragged that the United States has 100,000 troops now deployed in Europe. Wow! I bet the Russians, who have 1.3 million active duty soldiers, are quaking in their boots. Today’s speech is nothing more than political theater intended primarily for the American political audience. But the youngsters who crafted this garbage had no understanding how these words will be heard in Russia. Russian planners, unless they are fools, will conclude that NATO is intent on attacking Russia and Russia will prepare accordingly. NATO is not altering course and is not disposed to seek any peaceful resolution with Russia. The Russians understand that and are ramping up accordingly. - Sonar21
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  8196. US President Donald Trump’s repeated promises to annex Greenland are not appropriate for a close ally and overall are “escalating tensions,” Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has said. “I think we’ll go as far as we have to go. We need Greenland, and the world needs us to have Greenland, including Denmark,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday. “We have to have the land because it’s not possible to properly defend a large section of this Earth – not just the US – without it. So we have to have it, and I think we will have it,” he stated. Speaking to Danish state broadcaster DR on Thursday, Poulsen condemned Trump’s recent remarks as escalatory and disrespectful. Trump’s rhetoric was becoming increasingly aggressive and amounted to a “hidden threat” against Denmark and its semi-autonomous territory. “I think they are going too far – both in interfering in Greenland’s internal affairs and in showing a lack of respect for its people’s right to decide their future,” Lund stated, responding to Trump’s latest remarks on the island. “These very powerful statements about a close ally do not suit the US president,” he added. The visit has been criticized by both Danish and Greenlandic authorities, with the semi-autonomous territory’s acting head of government, Mute Egede, who branded it a “provocation” and refused to meet the US delegation. Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has also condemned the trip, accusing the US of exerting “unacceptable pressure.” “I have to say that it is unacceptable pressure being placed on Greenland and Denmark in this situation. And it is pressure that we will resist,” she told DR and TV2 broadcasters. While the former Danish colony of some 57,000 has a strong pro-independence movement, a poll commissioned by the Sermitsiaq daily in late January suggested that 85% of Greenlanders opposed any incorporation into the US, while only 6% backed it. - RT
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  8221. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian FAB smart bombs continue to fly and fall on Ukrainian military positions, one of which is Ukrainian UAV control command post in the settlement of Myropillia in Sumy region near border of Kursk region. On January 31, 2025, the Russian Defense Ministry released combat footage, a pair of Su-35 and Su-34 fighter jets are actively working in Kursk border area, where recently the order was given to Kiev's troops to deliberately commit atrocities against civilians in the region. Su-35 aircraft escorted Su-34 fighter-bombers, which were carrying high-explosive FAB aerial bombs, and then threw the FABs like candy, flying right into one of UAV control command posts of Zelensky's troops. Ukrainian sources continue to report that Russia is running out of aerial bombs, missiles and another ammunition and its victories in Kursk region! The fact that Ukraine continues to suffer losses every day! Russian Su-35 and Su-34 fighter-bombers significantly outperform in maneuverability, which is important for close air combat at a distance of 30-50 km. The crews of Su-35 fighters not only carried out strike missions, but also provided air cover for Su-34 bomber, ground attack aircraft and military aircraft during the attack on an important command post in Myropillia after objective control was carried out by a detachment of UAV from the Donbass Wild Division. Thus, FAB accurately hit its target and leveled it to the ground, as shown in the footage released by Russian channels on February 2 during combat work on January 31. Preliminary estimates indicate that Ukrainian army lost up to dozens of military personnel at UAV control center, who were most likely flying drones towards Kursk. Kiev's invasion on Kursk is the most failed mission in history, according to experts. Since the start of the invasion, Ukrainian losses have increased to more than 56,980 soldiers, 329 tanks, 243 infantry fighting vehicles, 191 armored personnel carriers, 1,681 armored combat vehicles, 1,774 motor vehicles, 402 artillery pieces, 45 MLRS launchers, including 13 HIMARS and 6 US-made MLRS, 16 anti-aircraft missile launchers, 8 transport-loading vehicles, 106 EW stations, 15 anti-battery warfare radars, 5 air defense radars, 33 engineering and other material units, including 14 anti-obstacle vehicles, 1 UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, 9 armored recovery vehicles, and 1 command post vehicle. The operation to neutralize Ukrainian units is ongoing, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on February 3.
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  8226. I am not a Russian speaker, but my friend, Andrei Martyanov is. I called Andrei today, after Putin’s press conference with President Lukashenko, to get his reaction to Putin’s remarks about the deal the US and Ukraine announced in Riyadh. Andrei pointed out the following comment by Putin: Got it? Putin was politely telling Trump’s team of negotiators that they could shove the proposed ceasefire deal in Riyadh up their ass. Russia is not going to be bullied or threatened. Putin carefully explained his terms for obtaining a ceasefire in June 2024. I have written about this repeatedly, but will repeat it again: Russia must be allowed to keep all the land it currently occupies in Ukraine. Ukraine must hand over all the provinces that Russia claims but does not fully control, including all of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. Ukraine must officially end its plans to join NATO and become a neutral country. Ukraine must never seek to develop nuclear weapons. The rights of Russian-speakers in Ukraine must be respected. Sanctions against Russia must be lifted to ensure peace. Putin insists that this proposal was not about freezing the conflict, but about its final resolution. He also stated that if Ukraine and its allies rejected these terms, it would be their political and moral responsibility for continuing the bloodshed. Yuri Ushakov, Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy advisor, repeated this stance today. Moscow does not want a temporary truce with Ukraine but is instead interested in a long-term settlement. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has been more explicit in recent days: Lavrov expressed opposition to the ceasefire proposal on Tuesday, before its official announcement. He stated that Moscow will avoid compromises that would jeopardize people’s lives in the context of a possible Ukraine peace deal. Lavrov reiterated Russia’s stance that it will under no conditions accept the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine, should there be a permanent peace settlement. He criticized Europe’s push for deploying peacekeepers in Ukraine, calling it an “obsession” designed to escalate tensions. Lavrov accused the UK and EU of attempting to pressure the Trump administration into taking a more aggressive stance against Russia. He warned that any NATO troop presence in Ukraine, regardless of its capacity, represents a direct threat to Russia. Lavrov also mentioned that in previous instances when agreements were reached and ceasefires announced, the Ukrainians had allegedly deceived Russia with support from their allies. The day before Putin’s press conference with Lukashenko, Putin sent a clear message to the West. He traveled to Russia’s military headquarters in Kursk, where Russian troops have inflicted a devastating defeat on Ukrainian forces, dressed in military garb. He was not doing a fashion show. He directed General Gerasimov and his commanders to drive all Ukrainian forces from Kursk asap. This came on the heels of Ukraine launching a massive drone strike on Russian territory on Tuesday, which failed to hit military targets but killed three civilians. While President Putin is serious about restoring normal relations with the United States, he is not going to accept a deal that does not address the underlying cause of this war — NATO expansion and Western exploitation of Ukraine as a military proxy to attack Russia. If Donald Trump is hoping for a quick deal to end the war in Ukraine, he is going to be disappointed. Russia terms are clear. Let’s call it, “a nuanced position.” - sonar21
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  8233. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Following the failure of the Zelensky regime-ordered offensive operation in Kursk over the weekend, another offensive south of Berdin has turned into a “kamikaze” attack, now turning into a graveyard filled with NATO equipment and the bodies soldiers of Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Special Forces “Akhmat” have released their 5-minute footage on January 7, 2025, showing the interception of enemy armored vehicles by their FPV drones from the “Aida” Group during the Ukrainian “big offensive” south of the settlement. The Russian fiber-optic cable-guided FPV drone strike on enemy equipment, which attempted to carry out some kind of attack in the area, which clearly welcomed the forced military action, destroyed the convoy of vehicles during the “Kursk safari” attempt. Kursk has become the largest graveyard for Western military vehicles in the field of science, not a day goes by without dozens of them being destroyed by Russian troops. The soldiers documented many another scenes of destruction by Russian drone strikes on enemy convoys, leaving expensive NATO equipment behind and causing terrible consequences for them! A $4.9 million British Challenger tank was destroyed by an FPV drone that cost no more than $10,000. The cost was unmatched, and the results showed Russian superiority in using low-cost technology with high efficiency. The surviving Ukrainian tank crew was seen fleeing the scene. A Russian soldier also documented the targeting of an American Stryker vehicle. The armored vehicle was destroyed and then abandoned with eight Ukrainian servicemen’s bodies near it. The operation turned out to be a dismal failure, as the Russian army treated the Ukrainian armored vehicles as if they were targets in a shooting practice with details supported by evidence. Russian Spetsnaz drone operators destroyed the Ukrainian mine-clearing vehicle. They didn’t stop there, as their drones immediately detected the Ukrainian armored convoy and destroyed it. The scene revealed utter devastation among Zelensky’s troops. Furthermore, Russian drone operators cheered as they watched the Ukrainian T-72 tank being blown into the air and were very happy about this achievement. Despite this, several surviving enemy tank crews attempted to flee, and one crew member, who was slightly burned, apparently rushed to the surrounding area to find water to put out the fire. In a desperate adventure, Zelensky launched a military operation on Russian territory, in a last-ditch effort to achieve success on the ground, but it turned out to be a disaster. The Kiev regime wasted equipment and human lives to speed up the process. Even as their troops tried to evacuate their wounded comrades, Russian drones relentlessly monitored and pursued them. Ukrainian troops tried to break through the Kursk defenses with armored vehicles and combat vehicles, but Russian troops were well prepared, destroying most of them quickly and accurately, causing heavy losses for Ukraine.
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  8246. To understand what Biden is going to go we need only go back and remind ourselves of what Barack Obama tried to do in 2013 and Donald Trump did in Syria in 2017. Do you remember the fake “sarin” gas attacks allegedly carried out by Syria in 2013 and 2017. Both incidents were staged by Western intelligence operatives working with Syrian opposition groups in order to create a pre-text for attacking Syria’s military. Here is the part of the story most people do not know. The Air Force General who was part of US CENTCOM and operating from a base at Al Udeid, called up the Russians from the Combined Air Operations Center (aka CAOC) and alerted the Russians to our impending attack. The Russians in turn told the Syrians, who then moved essential equipment and personnel out of harms way. The strikes were carried out. Republicans and some Democrats cheered the action as a sign of U.S. resolve. But it was a charade. The Syrians did not suffer significant casualties because they were forewarned. Joe Biden is pulling a page from Donald Trump and has authorized a strike that is going to be touted as massive retaliation. Except the targets of those attacks already know it is going to happen and are taking evasive steps. Biden is doing this for sheer political benefit to try to calm the chorus of members of Congress and the neo-con class demanding action while presenting himself to the American public as a man of action. At the same time it looks like Biden and his team wisely decided to avoid actually killing Iranians or their proxies. As I have written previously, a serious attack on Iranian interests will provoke significant retaliation from Iran and face the United States with the dilemma of launching a new war in the Middle East during an election year. I suspect that the U.S. General at the CAOC will be making some phone calls to Russian counterparts to ensure that there is no chance of any confrontation between Russian and U.S. air assets. Hence, deja vu all over again aka Ground Hog Day. Just like the U.S. and U.K. bombings in Yemen, this is sound and fury signifying nothing. It is not going to improve the sagging strategic fortunes of the United States in the Middle East. - Sonar21
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  8253. It is no secret that the West is hellbent to destroy President Putin, to force a Western friendly regime-change, so that finally after how many failed attempts (?) the West can take over this vast Russia, largest country in the world, by far the richest in natural resources which the West covets. Killing Aleksei A. Navalny, a lawyer and President Putin’s strongest adversary, would not be beyond Western secret services, just to strike at Vladimir Putin. Mr. Navalny’s death was announced on Friday, 16 February 2024. He was 47. Nothing could stop the West, especially not during the come hell-or-high-water implementation of Agenda 2030, alias the Great Reset. If the “MUST SUCCEED NOW” comes to a breaking point, no lives are spared. No lives are sacred. Why would President Putin kill his adversary, who is safely locked away in a prison in Siberia, almost 2,000 km north of the Kremlin? Makes no sense. Makes even less sense to have this presumed “murder” committed on the very day, when the Munich Security Conference (MSC, Febr 16-18, 2024) opened its doors to a plethora of “the rich and famous” —politicians with names, famous or infamous, like Antony Blinken, current US Secretary of State; Hillary Clinton, current Chancellor of Queen’s University of Belfast (remember, “We came, we saw, he died” about Mohammed Khadafi, see video below); John Kerry, the “Climate Czar”, Joe Biden’s Special Envoy on Climate, and many more. Absurdity abounds. During comments on reports of Navalny’s death, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass a US$95 billion aid package that includes a new infusion of money to help Ukraine in its war against Russia. See this. The MSC was the perfect occasion to lambast President Putin, to denigrate him, to call him names, including “murderer”. It looks like Navalny’s death was perfectly planned, so perfectly, it sounds and looks almost naïve to believe that President Putin would choose such a moment in time – the Munich Security Conference MSC – to get rid of his opposition leader. Anybody who saw Tucker Carlson’s interview with President Putin knows that Putin’s level of intellect and diplomacy is way beyond murdering an adversary. Despite being the heaviest sanctioned man and country – Russia – in the world, President Putin did not say one negative or “bad” word against any of his Western antagonists and aggressors. It is therefore highly unlikely that Mr. Navalny’s death was a Kremlin inside job. Just think, cui bono – who benefits? - LewRockwell
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  8268. Oct 30, 2023 Report from Western Sources The 2009 US Plan for Iran War Sees New Opportunity in Israeli Gaza Ops + Update on Ukraine - Ukraine's "operational pause" is Kiev announcing the "Spring Offensive" has for all intents and purposes, ended; - West continues to suffer setbacks in supplying ammunition to Ukraine including diverting much of it to Israel now; - Israel continues air and ground attacks on Gaza, compounding a growing humanitarian catastrophe; - US policymakers since at least as early as 2009 planned to provoke Iran into a conflict either directly or by proxy through Israel; - The US is citing drone and rocket attacks on illegal US military bases in Syria and Iraq as a pretext to deploy anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems designed to down entirely different types of threats; - It is clear that as the US had planned in 2009, Washington and its Israeli allies are preparing the battlefield ahead of a deliberate effort to goad Iran and its allies into a wider conflict; - The US is fighting a 3 front proxy war through Ukraine in Eastern Europe against Russia, Israel in the Middle East against Iran, and Taiwan against the rest of China in Asia; - With Iran’s role in supporting Russia’s successful military operation in Ukraine, the US has added incentive to eliminate Iran as a Russian-Chinese ally; - The Middle East was transforming in favor of multipolarism with the US clearly attempting to disrupt the process by introducing widespread conflict; - The US may feel the best possibility of success exists in the Middle East as its proxy war in Ukraine unravels and China’s military capabilities continue to close the gap between itself and US capabilities. - The New Atlas
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  8269. HUNGARY BLOCKS UKRAINE RECEIVING $2+ BILLION ARMS FUNDING FROM FROZEN STOLEN RUSSIAN ASSETS. After months of debate, EU countries this month agreed to use profits from around €190bn stuck in Belgian bank to buy weapons for Ukraine. But Hungary’s envoy has objected to fast-tracking payments. For the time being, they are blocking everything connected to the military support to Ukraine - article above reveals. Hungarian PM Orban earlier warned that he's rethinking Budapest's position in NATO 'cause warmongering members are preparing to go to war with Russia. - Intel Republic IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO - Russian FM Spokeswoman Zakharova calls out uselessness of Swiss "peace talks" after NATO Chief Stoltenberg asks to lift restrictions on striking Russia with West-supplied weapons. It is useful for those invited to an allegedly peace conference in Switzerland to know about Stoltenberg’s call to lift restrictions on Ukrainian strikes on the Russian Federation - Maria Zakharova. Even Biden reportedly not attending as he will be busy lobbying for his presidential campaign, instead of participating in irrational summit where Russia itself not invited for talks with itself. - Intel Republic US and UK intelligence services are attempting to leverage their long-standing ties with various terrorist groups to sow chaos in Central Asia, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, has said. the West, led by the US, was seeking to maintain its grip on global hegemony. To achieve this goal, Western countries are trying to contain the development of other nations by fomenting strife and exploiting international and sectarian tensions, he claimed. Naryshkin noted that, despite Washington’s “humiliating” withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, British and American intelligence services still cooperate with underground terrorist cells “to destabilize the situation not only in [this country], but also in Central Asia and Eurasia as a whole.” US and UK spy agencies, he continued, essentially created such notorious terrorist organizations as Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). Washington and London are still operating in countries like Syria, which has been the scene of a multi-sided civil war since 2011, and Afghanistan, the intelligence chief alleged. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the West is trying to manipulate existing conflicts, including the one raging in the Middle East, to undermine Russia and inflict a “strategic defeat” on the country. In February, Nikolai Patrushev, the former secretary of Russia’s Security Council who was recently appointed as an adviser to Putin, warned that the US could use any regional conflict to target countries that refuse to follow Washington’s lead in foreign policy. - RT
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  8275. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The US forces instructed SDF militias to open a new front in Deir ez-Zur in eastern Syria, to advance and attack the positions of Syrian Arab Army, Al-Mayadeen correspondent reported today, December 3, 2024. The militias, fully supported by the US occupation, launched attacks on at least 7 villages controlled by Syrian Army along with Iranian forces and Arab tribal forces east of the Euphrates River. According to reports, the clashes were mainly focused on the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor, with the targeted areas including Al-Hussainiya, Al-Salihiya, Hatla, Marat, Mazloum, Khasham, and Al-Tabiyah. The rebel militias used minesweepers to remove earthen obstacles, and with 12 mortar shells fired at the town of Khasham. Heavy clashes erupted between Syrian Army and the militia forces on the outskirts of the towns of Al-Salihiyah, Marat and Al-Tabiyah under the direct cover of US artillery and fighter jets from the US occupation bases near the Conoco oil field and the Al-Omar oil field. A video was published online today, showing US occupation fighter jets carrying out airstrikes, bombarding the positions of Syrian Arab Army and auxiliary forces, to assist SDF separatist forces in their offensive to advance towards the town of Al-Hussainiya. But, as part of the response of Syrian Arab Army units with the support of auxiliary forces, the fighters managed to thwart the attacks launched by the militias on seven villages, repelling them, SANA news agency reported. There was no change in the control map in Deir ez-Zur countryside, after the violent attacks launched by militia forces to seize the oil fields in the region together with the US. Now, more and more people in the world understand the true origins of the conflict in Syria, the mass violations and plundering of Syrian natural resources are taking place, initiated by the Western elites!
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  8288. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Units of the Russian Armed Forces have begun to break through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine north of Rabotino towards Orekhov, on Zaporozhye front. This was reported by the Deputy Chairman of the Coordination Council for the Integration of New Territories, Vladimir Rogov, citing a Russian military correspondent on October 29, 2024. In recent days, Russian servicemen from the special operations formations of Dnieper Group of Forces have forced Ukrainian troops out of the high ground, which is of tactical importance in Orekhov zone. Over the past 24 hours, the front line north of Rabotino has become more active, and intensive attacks have begun from both sides, reinforced by powerful armored vehicles, artillery and drones, which are working hard! Now the way for the Russian assault troops on the front line is wide open, there is an advance towards Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka. During the battle, Russian scouts detected Ukrainian positions in dugouts, heavily guarded by their armored vehicle in Orekhov sector. The tank crew of Novorossiysk Paratroopers, then quickly moved closer to the target, with the modernized version of T-72B3, which is an excellent tank in terms of performance, cost and speed of production. T-72B3 tank turret with mounted mounts for components of the active protection complex is effective against FPV drones, which are the main threat to today's armored vehicles. The tank fired powerfully, Ukrainian shelter was destroyed. In addition to the tank, the artillery crew of Dnepr Group of Forces operated a working 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer, which performs its duties every day in special military operations. With accuracy, high rate of fire and all-terrain capability, the gunners fired ammunition, the Zelensky's troop shelter detected, was powerfully blown up! The Ukrainian troops did not even know what to do anymore trying to defend themselves from the Russian advance. They tried to attack the Russian assault troops with a heavy agrodrone, nicknamed "Baba Yaga", but were immediately detected by Russian FPV drone operators, who were actively hunting enemy targets. FPV drone immediately flew into the target, and Baba Yaga, nicknamed "Vampire" by its designers, fell into free fall! As a result, Ukrainian defense held together with the Western collective, was successfully penetrated north of Rabotino. The Russian strike area reached 10 kilometers, meaning that an area of up to 10 square kilometers was liberated. This eliminated the small gains at great cost, which Kiev's forces had gained with heavy losses during the 2023 “couhnteroffensive”. Here, Russian drone again filmed the streets to Rabotino, marked by several Bradley and Leopard 2A4 losses in the footage.
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  8296. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – New Syria, literally after the overthrow of Assad by Al-Qaeda, was under between 100-150 violent bombardments by Israeli regime aircraft overnight on December 9, 2024. Israel took advantage of the rebel euphoria with the country's ongoing unrest, bombarding heavily against western, eastern, northern and southern Syria, which according to the Russian Foreign Minister has become “the subject of another geopolitical experiment”. In Latakia, a city in northwestern Syria that has existed for more than 4,000 years, the occupation's warplanes launched a series of heavy bombardments against key infrastructure used by Syrian military in the port, located 20 km from Russian main air base in Syria and has been used for logistical support to Russian Khmeimim Air Base. A series of explosions rocked violently, destroying "warships", sinking the entire remaining Syrian Navy fleet, Syrian Media reported. In addition to New Syrian Navy which has just been sunk, scenes of massive destruction after the occupation's intense shelling continue, shaking Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Tartus, Daraa and Damascus countryside, which Israel claims are targeting infrastructure, military installations, scientific research, defense laboratories and military airports belonging to Syrian Army. In Damascus, it was reported that Zionist planes with a very cruel attack and using heavy missiles, destroyed the headquarters of the "Electronic Warfare Department" and the "Scientific Research Center", and destroying "military helicopters" at "Aqraba Airport. So far, there are no complete reports and details of the extent of the damage, considering that the Zionists launched an air operation, the largest in recent decades, to destroy all the advanced and strategic military capabilities remaining in Syria. In more than about 250 attacks in just a few days, there was no reaction and intervention from the leadership of the New Syria, to prevent the ongoing destruction of Syrian capabilities. "It seems that no one should be happy with the overthrow of Assad by Al-Qaeda terrorists, the group that says "Assad must go", did not learn from history. They are aware of it or not, knowing or not knowing anything, working for the goals and interests of Zionists while the West celebrates it as "liberation", according to experts.
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  8306. How can the Ukes be in control of someplace when you just showed them getting blown to bits? You draw conclusions based on nonsense which is not helping your credibility! Stick to what's happening on the ground. Speculation is NOT war reporting! ◾Russian troops continue offensive in Novoselovskoye, Lugansk (ex-Ukraine, see map) and advance 300 meters while repelling 7 Ukrainian attacks in Kleshcheevka and Andreevka, Donetsk (ex-Ukraine). ◾Russian forces shoot down Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in Donetsk, destroy drone retraining center, storage and repair point in Dnepropetrovsk, East Ukraine. ◾Ukrainian army sustains losses of up to 250 personnel in South Donetsk and Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine), 80 in Kupyansk, East Ukraine, 190 in Donetsk. ⚔SITREP⚔ JULY 29 All sources from West in the report below. Update on the conflict in Ukraine. - Ukraine's "big push" over the past week has resulted in minimum gains and massive losses; - Ukraine's "big push" followed weeks of exercising an alleged "artillery advantage" used to soften Russian defenses; - Western analysts used the same flawed process to assess Ukraine's artillery capabilities they used to assess the supposed likelihood NATO armor would cut through Russian defenses; - The US rushing M1 Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine by fall will make no difference on the battlefield, they are too few in number and no more capable than the German Leopard 2 tanks Ukraine has used in a so-far failed offensive; - Russian defenses are layered specifically to absorb Ukrainian advances and preserve Russian manpower and equipment as they move back to successive lines of defenses; - Ukraine's attempt to gain territory amid a war of attrition is only accelerating its own defeat; - A German army report blaming Ukrainian soldiers for the poor outcomes of the offensive is an unfair attempt to shift blame away from NATO;
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  8315. CHARRED PEOPLE COVERED IN SOOT can barely be seen against the dusty ruins of their homes, as loved ones scramble to find absolutely anybody that's still alive. Hezbollah (Lebanese Shia group) publishes new footage of Israeli war crimes against the CIVILIAN population of besieged Gaza. The Western world remains silent. - Intel Report "WE CAN'T BREATHE" - Palestinian woman, whose life is spared by mere meters from the carnage, is being poisoned with ash and dust. She shows the view outside her window, where Israel is unleashing medieval savagery on the residents of Gaza, blowing up residential areas indiscriminately (right vid.) - Intel Report BROTHERS IN BLOODY ARMS: "Good to see you, sorry it's under these circumstances. We're here and we're not going anywhere" - US Secretary of State Blinken arrives in Israel to reassure Bibi that the US taxpayer is well and truly under the thumb. - Intel Report EYES FILLED WITH TERROR, SHIVERING, YOUNG ISRAELIS RECORD THEIR LAST MOMENTS - grunting from fear of imminent death (top right video). Bottom video shows rivers of blood in the aftermath. More than 100 Israelis reported killed in a massacre in the Be'eri settlement, where an "elite" group of Hamas gunmen swept through the unarmed kibbutz - Intel Report BIDEN CAUGHT IN A BLATANT LIE of seeing things that aren't there. Oh wait, that's dementia. "I never thought I would ever see verified photographs of terrorists beheading children. I would never have thought that... well, never mind..." The White House was not immediately able to comment on inquiries from reporters, but senior officials explained that Biden was simply referring to media lies from Israel about beheaded children. - Intel Report A GLIMMER OF HUMANITY as Palestinian group Hamas release a captured Israeli woman and her child. Woman in a blue jacket walks toward the child and the two embrace as Hamas fighters walk away. ​​​​​​​They appear to be near the Gaza border fence. - Intel Report FATHERS FRET AS A BLOODIED BABY IS BANDAGED ON THE FLOOR (left vid) & a sweet baby girl passes away, with an identifying note lying on her (top right vid.) Bottom video shows innocent kids recovering in a Gaza hospital. The Palestinian Ministry of Health announces a critical shortage of fuel and electricity to provide medical care to the victims - as Israel has announced a total siege. - Intel Report "Hamas should be treated the way ISIS was treated." - Netanyahu. That doesn't make any sense, Bibi. ISIS were fed, clothed and armed to the teeth with USAID supplies and Toyotas, then sent to fulfil a "deep state" mission - in this instance, taking down the inconvenient Assad regime in Syria. Or does it? - Intel Report In the aftermath of Saturday’s terrorist and military attacks on Israel by the Palestinian group Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared, “The forces of civilization must support Israel in defeating Hamas…In fighting Hamas, Israel is not only fighting for its own people, it is fighting for every country that stands against barbarism. Those sentiments are quite different from ones Netanyahu privately shared in 2019. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas,” Netanyahu told Likud Party legislators. Doing so would help prevent the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority (PA) from ruling Gaza and giving Palestinians a relatively moderate, unified voice at the negotiating table. “This is part of our strategy — to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - LewRockwell "LEGITIMATE SECURITY OPERATIONS" to defend itself is what Israel’s doing as it bombs Gaza Strip to dust claims US Secretary of State Blinken. Israeli forces have dropped over 6,000 bombs on Gaza Strip, killing over 1,400 people, with half of that number being women and children. - Intel Report
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  8325. Moscow has urged Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky to finally fulfill the promises that led to his landslide victory in the 2019 presidential election. The former actor rose to power pledging to bring peace between Ukraine and Russia, Vassily Nebenzia, Moscow’s envoy to the UN, reminded him. During a UN Security Council session on Tuesday, which focused on the Ukraine conflict, Nebenzia urged Zelensky to “finally honor the pledge made to Ukrainian voters back in 2019, which is to pursue peace with Russia and respect for the rights of the Russian-speaking population of his country.” The Ukrainian leader, who claims presidential power despite the expiration of his term last year, “needs to act in the interests of his country rather than for the benefit of those seeking to use Ukraine purely as a pawn in the geopolitical struggle waged against Russia,” Nebenzia said. The diplomat emphasized that Moscow’s demands include an end to anti-Russian discrimination. According to Nebenzia, Zelensky has repeatedly demonstrated unreliability while his nation now resorts to terrorist tactics in its military campaign against its neighbor, which are tacitly supported by Western nations. Nebenzia asserted that Zelensky currently “is concerned solely with saving his own skin and covering up the crimes that he has committed against his own people,” suggesting that these interests necessitate the continuation of hostilities rather than a peaceful resolution. The diplomat also accused Western nations of misrepresenting Kiev’s position as genuinely seeking a truce while falsely attributing warmongering motives to Moscow. - RT
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  8354. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - There were many losses, after the Iskander missile strike of Russian troops destroyed a large accumulation of vehicles and personnel of the Armed Forces od Ukraine in the Sumy region. Russian military correspondents released footage on September 4, 2024, showing the work of Russian Armed Forces reconnaissance officers, discovering a large concentration of Kiev equipment and troops while disembarking personnel near their stronghold in Bezdryk, southeast of the Sumy city. One of the launches of nine Iskander-M ballistic missiles, launched at once in the Sumy region on that day, thwarted the planned redeployment of Ukrainian troops in the settlement, about 30 kilometers from the Russian border and planned to the Kursk region. All invisible to the media of the war supporters, the high price of the failure of the Kiev officials in the Kursk mission was paid by the Ukrainians who were forcibly recruited. The concentration point was completely destroyed by missile, which did not care about the enemy's air defense systems. As a result of the missile landing, the entire assault brigade was destroyed, more than 70 personnel were killed, collected and loaded onto trucks. According to the information received, at least some units of equipment were destroyed, such as 7 cargo vehicles, 4 armored combat vehicles, and 9 off-road vehicles. In recent days, Iskander missiles have been diligently working to destroy enemy personnel, including their headquarters in several regions of Ukraine, victims include NATO personnel!
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  8357. Not only does Ukraine face a significant reduction in Western military aid in the coming months, but Ukrainian forces are being pushed back steadily towards the Dnieper River. Here is the latest report from Russian military correspondent Marat Khairullin Against the backdrop of growing pressure on the Ukies in the North, Russian troops continue to intensify in more and more new sectors of the front. Russian forces conducted a flanking maneuver on the left yesterday (Saturday) from the the village of Marfopol towards the village of Chervonoye, breaking through the first line of defense of the Ukrainians. At the same time, strong pressure from Russian troops began to the right of the Vremevsky salient in the Ugledar area – in the direction of the village of Prechistovka. Obviously, the goal of the advance was a maneuver to cut the most important Ukrainian road in this section — i.e., Gulyai Pole – Uspenovka – Velikaya Novoselovka-Prechistovka-Ugledar. The fighting is taking place on a wide front of more than 50 kilometers. The most powerful group of the enemy sits here, although it has thinned out significantly recently. It was believed, according to our estimates, that about 60 thousand Ukrainians (about 15 brigades) held the defense here. However, about 20 thousand of them were transferred over the last two months to the Northern Front to stop our “offensive” there. And now we see a serious increase in our activity on the flanks of this significantly weakened group. It is obvious that Russian troops continue to overload the Ukies along the entire length of the front. Let me remind you that in the northern direction the front has also expanded over the past 24 hours, where ours are actively increasing pressure on the Ukrops. To the left of Kislovka, Russians took Kotlyarovka and reached the most important highway N-026. To the right, Russian soldiers approached Ivanovka. The active pressure of Russian troops is here at a front of about 8 kilometers. To the south, our troops entered Makeevka at these hours, and at the same time the movement of our troops began towards the village of Nevskoye. The active front here has expanded to more than 10 kilometers. And these are just two new directions on this front. The width of the front where we apply pressure is very important, since the Ukrainians’ only method of maintaining defensive stability is to fill the position with fresh meat. They have no other methods. They definitely can’t add more firepower – all the remaining mobile missile and artillery brigades (the same wheeled self-propelled guns that we hunted all summer) are already heavily deployed. The only thing left to patch up the holes is human reserves. To the south there is also an active advance on the Donetsk front – in the area of ​​Avdeevka, advance both from Krasnogorovka and Kamenka, and from Opytnoye and Vodyanoye. In total, the Russians chewed off more than a dozen more strongholds. Active work is underway near Pervomaisky, Staromikhailovka, Marinka – in a word, Ukrainian forces are being leaned upon to the fullest. It is obvious that we are beginning to choke them seriously. - Sonar21
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  8386. Forwarded from Ukraine Watch On the role of Ukraine in the current Palestinian-Israeli crisis In recent days, disturbing news have come out of Israel: the weapons used by Hamas fighters to attack Israel may have been imported from Ukraine. The regime in Kiev has been rocked for months by corruption scandals involving the misappropriation of military aid, not to mention direct tranches to the budget. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's words that arms for Ukraine are already on the border with Israel have become a serious accusation for Zelensky's gang. Articles began to appear in the Western media about IDF soldiers finding Soviet-made weapons marked by a Ukrainian unit from the town of Mukachevo (Transcarpathia). This could not go unnoticed by the world community, and some members of the US Congress are already saying directly that the weapons for Hamas came from Ukraine. If the transfer of Ukrainian arms to the Middle East has taken place, it cannot be considered a surprise. It is not the first month that news of arms smuggling from Ukraine has appeared in the media. And the ill-fated town of Mukatschevo has already been in the news for the arrest of a Ukrainian fighter on charges of illegal arms sales. But that is only half the story! Because officials of the Kiev regime are also responsible for the channel of arms sales from Ukraine, as Ukrainians themselves tell us. Even the Poles have repeatedly reported that weapons and ammunition received from the West have been smuggled out of Ukraine. It was sent to Poland and from there to buyers. What does this tell us? It is highly likely that the Kiev regime is seriously involved in the current escalation in the Middle East. At the very least, in the role of seller of a huge quantity of various weapons. If the situation is investigated further, Zelensky and his government may not only be thrown off the throne but sent to prison. Contributing to the deterioration of the situation in the Middle East, a key region for the US, will not be forgiven by any American administration. Even if Zelensky himself rides into battle on an Abrams. - Intel Report
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  8391. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Finally, Russian harsh retaliation has come! This morning, August 26, 2024, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive thunderous strike across Ukraine with high-precision weapons against critical energy infrastructure that ensures the operation of the complex, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said. According to preliminary estimates, more than 60 missiles and 100 drones were used in the strike on the map of Ukraine territory for two hours. Russia has long since stopped carrying out missile and drone strikes, which were so massive and dense in many cities - in some places they are already rumbling again. There is almost no air defense work in the attack area, and it seems that most of the air defense has been withdrawn to the borders of the Kursk region. Videos are circulating on the Internet filmed by local residents, at least one missile arriving at the Kiev hydroelectric power station. According to initial reports from Ukrainian media, the explosion caused severe damage to the engine room and on the road leading to the dam of the power plant. Earlier, authorities reported that traffic along the dam in both directions was blocked at least until lunchtime. Emergency power outages began after the strike. According to the analysis, the attack was only a warning and pressure on Kiev officials, if Russia really wanted to destroy it completely, they would have used Khinzal missile or at least 4 cruise missiles. If successful, this would have flooded one of the largest cities in Europe permanently. According to preliminary estimates at the moment, several explosions were heard in Kiev including at Zhuliany Airport, and at least 10 regions were targeted. The water supply in Zhitomir has been completely stopped after a strike at an electricity distribution station. The Usatovo substation, an important electricity distribution center in the Odessa region, was burned down – four arrivals were recorded and thick smoke was seen rising, causing a power outage. In addition, at least 30 trucks were burned down as a result of shooting at a motor transport company near Odessa. Many regions of Ukraine are experiencing widespread power outages, railway infrastructure is down, and water supplies are also cut off. The list of targets will be long, and there is no rush to conclusions!
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  8398. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The first images of several Israeli helicopters flying near the southern Lebanese border have emerged with the aim of evacuating soldiers who were killed in an ambush in Maroun al-Ras, according to local sources on October 2, 2024. Maroun al-Ras is one of the highest points, hills and endless fortifications in the area, where a second battle is currently underway after in 2006, Israel failed to capture the city after fighting there for weeks against Ridwan Hezbollah forces. Lebanese fighters reported a successful ambush and heavy losses on the Zionist side. Beirut confirmed that Israeli forces crossed the "blue line" of demarcation, where the UNIFIL peacekeeping force was previously stationed. More than 10 Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes in southern Lebanon and 60 others were injured, Sky News Arabia reported. Views from the east of Maroun al-Ras show medical helicopters buzzing and continuing to arrive - Israeli evacuations are underway where many casualties are reported in the fighting that has not ended as clashes are still ongoing according to the Israeli side. In addition, the Israeli army announced at least 8 Israeli soldiers killed and 35 others wounded in a Hezbollah ambush in the southern Lebanese village of Odaisseh, according to media reports. Some images show confirmation of the death toll from the IDF's 89th Brigade Egoz Unit, Eitan Oster the command captain, and Nazir Etkin the team commander were also liquidated, who specialized in anti-guerrilla warfare, special reconnaissance, and direct attempts to enter Maroun al-Ras. About a day earlier, the commander of the Egoz unit announced that they would carry out larger maneuvers in Lebanon in the so-called Northern Arrows Operation against Hezbollah, and seek to return the northern settlers safely to their homes. The Israeli army showed scenes of their invasion as they entered Lebanese territory with the participation of commandos, which they said. However, it seems that so far they have suffered heavy losses when trying to advance on the Maroun El Ras line, and may be forced to retreat!
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  8413. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – A missile of Russian Army, its explosion epically destroyed a camouflaged drone control center for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, camouflaged near Shostka in Sumy Region on February 26, 2025. Russian sources released footage today on February 27, showing how Russian reconnaissance aircraft tracked the activities of Ukrainian formations, the movement of convoys carrying enemy long-range kamikaze drone operators and followed them to a secret pre-launch point not far from the city of Shostka. Ukrainian forces were preparing to launch more than a dozen drones, which were supposed to be launched into Russia last night, and possibly to attack Kursk Region or possibly to attack a power plant, sources reported. When they arrived, Iskander-M missiles were already assigned to them. As soon as they dropped off the drones, a missile were sent to their position Once again, Iskander-M ballistic missile, which is accurate and has lightning-fast strike capabilities, hit the drone launch site with pinpoint accuracy, happening right above the Kiev formation, wiping them out instantly with no chance of survival. The Iskander air explosion caused great damage, where objective control confirmed the destruction of several Ukrainian vehicles with special equipment. The preliminary results of the strike destroyed about 14 units of long-range kamikaze UAV of Cobra type, 4 vehicles were destroyed, at least 25 UAV specialists were eliminated at the work site. This was also reported by Russian Defense Ministry, as Kiev's heavy losses accumulated by Iskander strikes on Sumy over the past few months.
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  8416. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Russian Armed Forces’ front lines continue to advance at a rapid pace west of Kurakhovo clearing Ukrainian troops culminating in the capture of Konstantinopel in Donetsk People’s Republic, one of the settlements liberated by Russian forces in recent days. The Russian Defense Ministry shared a video on March 9, 2025, showing the battle situation in the settlement by Russian assault units of the Vostok Group of Forces to eliminate Ukrainian positions, which are fully supported by European countries that want the war to continue. Since yesterday, March 8, Russian Far Eastern infantry units crossed the Vovcha River bed in active operations, and the group advanced towards the area north of the settlement, while previously Russian assault units had established a foothold south of the settlement. During the intense fighting that culminated in the raising of the victory flag, enemy troops were bombarded with explosions by a barrage of Russian weapons. FPV drone teams and artillery units were involved as usual, which were intended to support the assault units in destroying several Ukrainian positions, which insisted on holding on and still upholding the idea of official Kiev. The Ukrainian Nazi-ideological military suffered a heavy blow, and their losses are difficult to describe further. Thus, the 29th Guards Army of the Group of Forces "East" liberated Konstantinopel, where the sweep and consolidation of the zone of control expansion was underway. Russian units captured field positions more than 2 km deep along the Vovcha River bed in the northern part of Konstantinopel and 1 km along the front line, destroying between 15-35 Ukrainian soldiers. Now, the Ministry of Defense officially announced the capture of Konstantinopel on March 9, and the Russian flag is flying over the roof of a building liberated from Ukrainian troops. Further around Konstantinopel, the Russian military also defeated the formations of two mechanized brigades, one assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one brigade of marines in the settlements of Bogatyr, Fedorovka, Veseloye, Voskresenka, Dneproenergia, and Razliv. As a result, Ukrainian forces in this direction lost more than 145 servicemen and a lot of other combat equipment during the day.
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  8425. Ten years on from the Maidan uprising in Kiev, the country of the Ukraine has descended into utter chaos, corruption, fascism, destruction and suffering. And yet the Kiev regime and its Western state supporters have the audacity to call the tragic, bloody morass “a decade of dignity”. The Maidan coup leaders murdered and burned opponents to death as in the Odessa pogrom on May 2, 2014, or in the deadly air strike on unsuspecting Lugansk civilians on June 2, 2014. When the Western transAtlantic powers couldn’t get their way in dragooning Ukraine into joining the EU-NATO axis, the next step was to orchestrate a violent coup d’état in Kiev. The rapid escalation of violent protests was obviously fomented and mobilized by external forces: the United States, European Union, the CIA and NATO. It was a repeat of the U.S.-sponsored Orange Revolution in Kiev in 2004 which had failed back then to fully decouple Ukraine from historically close relations with Russia. A second time around, however, the color revolution process would be more deadly and determined. Three months after the initial street demonstrations and amid mounting organized deadly subversion, the coup was executed on February 20, 2014. President Yanukovych fled the country. A NeoNazi regime seized power and immediately transformed Ukraine into a bastion of anti-Russia hate. World War Two Nazi collaborators were venerated and made public heroes. Russian-speaking people were attacked and lynched. This is all documented, albeit censored out of history by the Western media. American and European politicians midwifed the birth of a monster. The objective was always to create a fascist Frankenstein terrorist state that would do the Western imperialists’ dirty work of destabilizing Russia. American imperialist ideologues like Zbigniew Brzezinski had touted and written books about Ukraine as the bridgehead for destabilizing Russia. The roots of such intrigue can be traced back to the early CIA recruitment of Ukrainian Nazis in the aftermath of World War Two to harass the Soviet Union. Joe Biden, who was then the vice president in the Obama administration (2008-16), was intimately responsible for the transmogrification of Ukraine. Along the way, Biden even got his drug-addict playboy son Hunter a lucrative job as an executive in the country’s largest gas company. CIA Director John Brennan was also fully involved in orchestrating what would become a civil war in Ukraine between the far-right Kiev regime forces and the ethnic Russian population of Donbass. Fortunately for the people of Crimea, they seceded in March 2014 and joined the Russian Federation. The Peninsula was spared the genocidal violence that the NATO-backed regime launched against the Donbass. It was that systematic aggression (largely ignored by the Western media) that finally propelled the Russian military intervention in February 2022. Elsewhere, U.S. President Joe Biden and America’s European allies (elitist regimes one and all) have been exposed as morally bankrupt over their complicit support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. It is a stunning exposure in a sudden compressed episode of horrific violence over the past six weeks. Nonetheless, it is perfectly consistent with the West’s complicity in the genocidal conflict that it unleashed in Ukraine over a longer timeframe. Ultimately, the Western imperialist states are the evil root of both. When Von Der Leyen proclaims that Ukraine’s decade of “dignity”, that is disaster, represents the “future of Europe”, it is something to behold with contempt. It is also deeply chilling. Her statement shows the despicable malevolence and fascism of such Western so-called leaders. Ukraine and Gaza are testaments to the criminality of Western regimes masquerading as democracies. - LewRockwell
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  8435. Major Breakthroughs as AFU Defense Collapses in Avdeevka Firstly, Ukrainian comms were intercepted in the south of Avdeevka around this Tsar’s Hunt area. The exchanges point to heavy problems, a lot of dead and wounded amongst the AFU, as well as anger and disagreement with the command staff: Secondly, as Russian forces moved up, several batches of AFU surrendered, seemingly corroborating the disintegration of their lines hinted at in the radio exchanges above. Here, the Russian 80th Regiment troops of the 90th Guards Tank Division take in their haul of POWs in Avdeevka: There’s potential that this could domino into a huge collapse of several at-risk cauldrons which are now forming for the AFU. Russian troops have moved along Yasinovskaya toward the west, and now along the Tsar’s Hunt nearby. This has created a small cauldron in the center that can potentially be collapsed. In the south, the entire area north of the missile defense can potentially be collapsed and taken over. Here’s why that could bring AFU close to losing Avdeevka. It should also be mentioned all the areas being captured behind the Tsar’s Hunt are on high-ground, which is giving another advantage and likely contributing to the snowball effect of AFU’s collapse: And the Ukrainians bitterly admitted to Russia’s success here in their daily update: Lastly, there are also reports of advances on the eastern side of Avdeevka. Last time we spoke of the big Kharkov strike on French mercenaries. France tried to deny it, but oddly enough new information continues to trickle in reportedly confirming many of the names of deceased Frenchmen. Following this, Russia has now carried out a new devastating ballistic strike on the HQ of the Ukrainian 110th brigade in Mirnograd: Up to 40 AFU troops were said to have been eliminated, as reported by several Ukrainian sources including ex-Rada Deputy Ihor Mosiychuk: In the meantime, Russia gets stronger each day. A new batch of the latest 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV platforms was seen heading to the front, proving these systems are now in mass production as Russian defense officials promised last year: This is now the world’s most powerful and advanced artillery system. It has a totally new liquid-cooled barrel, and those big square blocks on the front are its own ballistic radar units which record the trajectories of each shot, calculating miniscule deviations from air pressure, wind, atmospherics, etc., and then automatically computing that into the next shot. It makes each subsequent shot more accurate than the last. But of course the biggest difference of all is the new barrel can handle far more powerful powder charges, which vastly increases its range. No one quite knows what it is for regular rounds, presumably 30-40km. But for special RAP rounds it’s reportedly in the 70-80km range, which would allow it to surpass any of the vaunted NATO weapons like the French Caesar, Phz 2000, etc., and more importantly fire from the deep rear where Ukrainian drones can’t reach. In a new interview, Zelensky ridiculously claimed that he doesn’t need a 500k man mobilization, and tried to pass that idea entirely off on ‘others’. It’s very clear he’s desperate to absolve himself of any of the most ‘difficult’ decisions which can be construed by society as justifications for his overthrow. Russian forces continue to deliver items to troops in the middle of trench assaults: More AFU were captured near Ugledar as well: There have been a lot of captures the past few days as Russian troops advance nearly everywhere. AFU’s head of aerial recon center for Berdiansk-in-exile says Russia is pulling away in drones and EW tech: - Simplicius
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  8439. The “world’s most advanced military” took three months to manage a claimed capture of that while fighting a completely technologically outmatched foe who they outnumber 500k to ~10k. The IDF also has now used this capture as excuse to explain the dismissal of several top brigades to the rear for reconstitution. Instead of being made combat ineffective, the line is now that they have valiantly completed their mission and are taking a rest. They claim that in capturing Gaza City, they have eliminated 8000 Hamas fighters. However, John Kirby himself appears dubious regarding this, as he implies that Hamas has not been measurably attrited: And here is the Israeli ambassador to the UK just nonchalantly admitting that all of Gaza must be destroyed: Where does such inhuman barbarity stem from, you wonder? I believe it is a case of simple unrestrained human nature. Those who’ve read books like Lord of the Flies know that humans can very quickly devolve into quite immoral, depraved, and Machiavellian brutes if there are no checks in place to restrain some of human nature’s darker impulses. You see, it’s not that all humans are necessarily mindlessly depraved by nature per se, but rather that it’s very easy to set off a cascade event of unethical behavior when only a small pilot group initiates it. Israel has carried out terror and crimes for decades that any other country in the world would have been immediately reproached, condemned, and sanctioned for. This has created a sense of unparalleled historical entitlement and exceptionalism in Israeli society such that they feel no qualms whatsoever about glibly and openly calling for genocide. In any other society, it would not only make instant headlines but would make the top docket at the UN human rights council meetings. But in Israel, you can call for genocide, you can demean the Palestinians with open racism as Israeli TV so often does, and it doesn’t get so much as a passing glance or shrug. Israel has been the favored son for so long, its most transgressive acts ignored and tacitly allowed for such a length of time, that it has simply developed a natural sense of entitlement and divine exceptionalism. Now, when the world suddenly stands up to it for the first time, Israel is dumbstruck with feigned shock like a child caught with its hand in the cookie jar. In the same vein, Nikki Haley’s call to relocate all Gazans into “Hamas” countries is clearly an attempt to subconsciously link innocent civilians to ‘terrorism’. And that’s of course besides the fact that she’s openly calling for ethnic cleansing of an entire population, which is a crime against humanity, and goes against every international law—except the western Luciferian “Rule of Law”. As to Lloyd’s “minor elective procedure”—which appeared to leave him comatose for nearly an entire week—there’s no definitive word. But some suspect it may have been an emergency surgical extraction of an uncashed Raytheon kickback from his netherside. - Simplicius
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  8451. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The dynamics of events are very fast on the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces raised the flag over the administrative building of the mine "Russia" or its Ukrainian name "Kotlyarivska", on the eastern outskirts of Selidovo. The events of Selidovo were recorded by Russian military correspondents on August 29, 2024, showing the momentum of the soldiers of the "Brave O Group" of the Central Military District raising the tricolor flag during the offensive in this direction, after their units began storming the important town of Selidovo, destroying the enemy, and capturing the defense lines of the Ukrainian troops within three days. In fact, there has been a serious advance of the Russian troops in recent days. The first military results of the Ukrainian offensive and NATO trainers and tacticians on Kursk turned into a bitter pill, instead Selidovo was taken by Russia. Ukrainian resources previously announced the start of the assault in Selidovo by Russian troops. Ukrainian troops did not expect such a maneuver now, and it is likely that only hastily equipped defenses will be built. Ukrainians are retreating in disorder, Russian artillery is working in this direction to the south and west of the town, this indicates that Selidovo is under the control of Russian troops. Therefore, it is likely that the city will not last long and the Ukrainians will be forced to leave without serious fighting. The media effect of the Kursk invasion is gradually fading! On the contrary, the Ukrainian segment is increasingly talking about the collapse of the front line on the Pokrovsk direction. They filmed the destruction of American Abrams tanks by Russian kamikaze drones, burning on the front road. Meanwhile, as Russian soldiers advance on Pokrovsk, they find other destroyed Bradley and Abrams tanks. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces are planning an operation to completely fall the town of Selidovo, and the Ukrainian formations that are in disarray there will probably be withdrawn!
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  8472. The Axis of Evil is in McConnell's Mirror. McConnell is a criminally insane warmonger on the payroll of the MIC. As long as the money flows, lives mean nothing to this trash to the extreme of encouraging WWIII! Top Republican lawmaker backs Biden’s Ukraine aid plan Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has argued that US support for Kiev and Israel is “interconnected” - RT Ukes now losing battalions in their folly against the Russians who are wiping their forces out as Reported by the Military Summary Channel today! UKRAINE'S GOVERNMENT AND OVERLORDS CIA KILLED DARIA DUGINA - first-time admission from Zelensky's PR managers at Washington Post, revealing Kiev's terrorist SBU, under guidance of CIA, devised a plan where a mother and her 12-year-old daughter smuggled bomb that killed the Russian intellectual inside a hidden compartment in cat cage, stuffed in their cluttered car. CIA and SBU officials also embarrass Zelensky (like meme above), admitting being behind attacks on Crimean bridge, drone attack attempts on Kremlin, and strikes on Russian Black Sea Fleet ships, all under guidance directions of Uncle Sam, also providing Kiev with spying equipment, while a new intelligence unit is added to work with Britain’s MI6 spy agency. "Since 2015, CIA spent $10s of millions to transform Ukraine’s Soviet-formed services into potent allies against Moscow" - officials reveal. Washington Post whitewashing terrorism by calling it "shadow war" . Throwing Mad Vlad under the bus? - Intel Report The Russians Double Down with attacks all along the Front, Ukraine Is Finished! A group of former Ukrainian military from Luhansk decided to join the Russian Armed Forces. They decided to fight on the Russian side, now trained at training grounds, adopting the skills of experienced stormtroopers. The fighters began to wake up and fight against the Zelensky regime under the US and NATO, which was building up the Ukrainian military to carry out attacks on Russia. - Military Tube Today Criminally Insane Demented Biden, a certified serial sociopathic liar who has no problem with starting WWIII for his profit and that of his diabolic allies, needs, along with his enablers, to be arrested, tried, and convicted with the commensurate penalty for their crimes against humanity in NO uncertain terms! Kremlin responds to Biden’s ‘new world order’ pledge - RT HORROR, CONFUSION, HUMANS TORN TO SHREDS in apocalyptic video above after Israeli airstrikes turn Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza Strip into rubble of destruction, atmosphere turning grey with suffocating ash. Horror grips sick elderly women and children, wailing at devastation and terror, bodies of loved ones dragged away on make-shift stretchers. Over 5,000 Palestinians KILLED, including 2,000 CHILDREN, since start of war 17 days ago - still no mention of Israeli war crimes in Western mainstream media. US transport plane carrying military equipment touches down at Israel's Ramon Airport to aid Tel Aviv in committing more massacres. - Intel Report "WHERE ARE YOU, MY SISTER?" Palestinian doctor, in scrubs and white coat BREAKS DOWN at sight of sister massacred, desperately shuffling through sheets to get to her remains wrapped in white sheet amidst ROWS of bodies lain outside of building in Gaza, her body placed next to trail of blood that hasn't yet even run dry. - Intel Report Russian Armies can't be stopped! The Russians Reached The Assault Line In The Kupiansk Direction. Military Summary For 2023.10.23 Ukes now losing battalions in their folly against the Russians who are wiping their forces out! Encirclement Of Siversk | Avdiivka Northern Flank Collapse. Military Summary 2023.10.23 MORE WAR CRIMES EVIDENCE caught by street camera in above footage shows residents, going about their day only to be suddenly engulfed by impact of massive Israeli airstrike on Gaza Strip's Deir al-Balah City, entire neighborhood DISAPPEARING under thick cover of smoke and destruction. Civilians can clearly be seen holding groceries, NOT rockets, with kid in left bottom corner most likely dying while playing for last time, as blast's enormous force KILLS entire family, with more feared dead as footage shows multiple civilians blown away and wiped out in an instant. - Intel Report Putin's statement that Russian Mig-31 interceptor fighters armed with hypersonic 'KINZHAL' missiles began patrolling the Black Sea caused a wave of indignation and discontent in the West. In fact, by these actions, Moscow made it clear that NATO should stay away from the Black Sea. The fact is that Putin understands perfectly well that Russia's victory in the current conflict will be perceived by the NATO leadership as a real humiliation of the entire Western military system and unity. - BORZZIKMAN Indonesian Hospital in Gaza in COMPLETE BLACKOUT, with doctors and staff navigating with only phone lights. They are forced to operate in the dark as enclave incessantly bombed and deprived of fuel. Lack of fuel and electricity in Gaza's hospitals expected to have deadly results and turn hospitals into mass morgues. - Intel Report
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  8481. An interview with AFU company commander, Nikolai Melnik, who lost his leg in the fighting, gives a detailed account of the beginnings of the AFU’s grand summer counteroffensive. He relates that the entire sky was blackened by an apocalyptic storm of bursting remote-mine munitions, showering the battlefield with leg-chewing, tank-tread-gnawing, glacis-spalling death. For those wiping their eyes and balking at the description, this lurid reminder from the very battle may humble you. So, basically the whole purpose of the counteroffensive was to thrust a phalanx of scary topshelf NATO armor at the Russkies and hope they ran away in terror, in their inferior Soviet rustbuckets. Well, we all know how that went down. He goes on to describe his withering recovery, how he lost his leg due to doctors not even being able to treat it properly due to the flood of wounded which paralyzed emergency centers. [Regarding NATO Allies, we see the following,] how utterly sophomoric their grasp of international relations is. In their wild conceit, they’ve gotten so utterly drunk on their distorted and ill-conceived image of Russia that they completely ignore inherent realities, of just how much actual power and influence Russia wields on the global stage. In short, unlike NAFO internet incels, NATO brass knows Russia’s capabilities and isn’t crazy enough to test every single red line. - Simplicius The Sun is Tabloid Rag agitprop for the World Deep State Warmongers! The Lunatic Asylum known as the Uke Leadership and its enablers must be eradicated! Actor, choreographer, and director Polina Menshikh was mortally wounded in a Ukrainian rocket attack, her colleagues revealed on Tuesday. The strike reportedly used HIMARS systems supplied to Kiev by the US to first destroy the stage during a charity concert and then target the first responders who came to help. - RT Humanitarian assistance to Gaza a sacred duty, says Putin above, regarding evacuation of Russian citizens from Gaza and delivery of humanitarian aid to enclave. We need to help people suffering from what's happening there - we see what's happening - Putin. - Intel Report IT'S NOT RUSSIA but Ukraine that has withdrawn from peace process, says Putin. Meanwhile, in bottom video, Putin slams hypocrisy of West in condemnations of Russian Special Operation while supporting or remaining indifferent to 2014 Euromaidan coup, aggression against Donbass, and now, Israeli war crimes in Gaza. The extermination of Palestinians in Gaza, is it not shocking? And the fact that doctors have to do operations with a scalpel on a child's body without anesthesia - is that not shocking? - Putin. - Intel Report UNPRECEDENTED BLOODSHED coming out of Israels attack on Gaza Strip, says Russian permanent representative to UN Nebenzya in top video, on "real humanitarian catastrophe" unfolding in Gaza. Israel is depriving the international community, including Russia, of opportunity to provide people of Gaza with aid - Nebenzya - Intel Report SHE IS MY SOUL - declares devastated father in above video holding tight his dearest, caressing, whispering and playing with daughter as if she's still alive before trying to open her eyes to take one last look at them, or achingly imagine she will look back after she fell victim to IDF's systematic assassination of Palestinian children . Bereaved dad must wait for one slaughtered infant to clear stretcher before he can place his daughter in heart-crushing footage showing consequence of Tel Aviv's latest assault on Gaza Strip this morning, despite declaration of ceasefire deal. - Intel Report
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  8488. Trudeau’s Theater of Weakness: How Canada Became Puppet, Now Crushed Under Trump's Hammer Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland are scrambling to appear relevant as Donald Trump, true to his businessman persona, moves to impose tariffs on Canadian imports. Their sudden outrage over “harsh medicine” is rich with irony, as this is precisely the predictable fallout of their own globalist servility. For years, Canada has been a willing vassal of Washington’s reckless globalist agenda, from backing fascist forever wars from Ukraine to Israel, to blindly following Biden’s disastrous open-borders. Now, stripped of sovereignty, Canada faces Trump’s leverage with no cards to play. Freeland’s hollow bravado about Canada’s critical minerals and metals exposes how unprepared Ottawa is. Sure, resources like nickel and cobalt are vital to the U.S., but Canada’s lack of investment in its own industries means it holds little strategic weight compared to Eurasia’s dominance in this space. Premier Doug Ford’s threat to cut energy exports to the U.S. underscores the desperation. Energy might power 1.5 million American homes, but this gambit only reveals how poorly Trudeau has positioned Canada on the world stage. Trudeau and Freeland’s outrage is especially galling given their role in turning Canada into a pawn of U.S. neocons and globalist elites. They championed NATO’s economic war on Russia, which backfired spectacularly, crippling European industries while strengthening Moscow’s economic position, now 4th in the world (IMF). They supported Biden’s border chaos and bankrolled Ukraine’s suicidal proxy war. When they weren’t busy with this, they were freezing the bank accounts of their own citizens during the Freedom Convoy protests. Having consistently betrayed Canadians, they now feign shock at Trump’s cold, transactional approach. Trump’s tariffs are not a betrayal but a harsh reality check. He’s merely exposing the rot within Canada’s leadership, a government more interested in photo ops and virtue signaling than actual governance. While Freeland talks of “robust responses,” one can’t help but wonder where this fire was when Trudeau sold out Canada’s autonomy to Davos bureaucrats and Military-Industrial warmongers. Under Trudeau, Canada became a textbook puppet state, blindly parroting DC’s talking points while sacrificing its own interests. Freeland’s claim that Canada’s partnership with the U.S. is at risk falls flat, Canada hasn’t been a partner in years, just an obedient subordinate. Trump, a realist, sees this and acts accordingly, tightening the economic noose while Trudeau flails, unprepared for the predictable consequences of his own policies. The hypocrisy is staggering. Trudeau, who cheered on sanctions that destroyed European economies in the name of punishing Russia, now cries foul when those tactics are turned on Canada. This government, which cloaked itself in the rhetoric of human rights, has supported Israel’s apartheid policies, backed NATO’s destruction of Libya, and crushed dissent at home. Morality, it seems, only matters when it’s politically convenient. At the heart of this crisis lies Trudeau’s betrayal of Canada’s sovereignty. By outsourcing decision-making to Washington and globalists, his government has left the country vulnerable to the whims of others. Trump’s moves simply expose the lie that Canada can act like a puppet abroad while maintaining independence at home. Trudeau and Freeland’s tears over tariffs ring hollow… they built this house of cards, and now it’s collapsing. Trump isn’t the villain here; he’s the reckoning. His tariffs are a brutal reminder that sovereignty cannot be outsourced, and leadership cannot be faked. Trudeau’s government, obsessed with globalist approval, sold out Canada’s future for a seat at the wrong table, a table where Canada was always the disposable pawn. If Canada wants to reclaim its dignity, it must start by rejecting leaders who cry victim only after they’ve betrayed their own people. O, Canada, wake up! - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews For Intel Republic
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  8492. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian troops managed to take another new settlement, Novodmitrovka, as its troops worked well, sucking out enemy forces with significant advances. The Russian Defense Ministry published videos on November 23, 2024, showing the breakthrough of the assault detachment by the "O Brave" unit of the Center Group of Forces, maneuvering under Ukrainian fire until the tricolor flag was raised there, north of Kurakhovo in Donetsk. The video shows basements and houses where Ukrainians were hiding, until the Russian flag was finally raised permanently there. The stormtroopers used a flanking maneuver to destroy the enemy in the tree line of the forest belt around Novodmitrovka. The brave soldiers, acting quickly under heavy artillery fire and Ukrainian attack drones, nevertheless made it through without any losses. Due to the coordination and courage in their work, the Center Group managed to clear the settlement and raise the victory flag. Towards Novodmitrovka, the zone of control of Russian troops has now been significantly expanded, penetrating Zarya and its environs, as well as Sontsovka, ensuring that most of Ukrainian group fled westward. Thus, Russian troops developed the offensive, penetrated as far as possible, and now control most of the semi-cauldron area southeast of Kurakhovo. The Russian stormtroopers also used other methods to quickly force Ukrainian troops to surrender. The troops worked very well, dropping leaflets with the help of drones and groups of Ukrainian armed personnel were taken to a safe place with the help of radios also dropped by drones. One Ukrainian soldier mistakenly thought that the drone were going to attack him, but in fact they were going to take him to a safe place and he was happy. Three soldiers from Ukrainian brigade with civilian appearance managed to lay down their arms amid the escalating situation between Russia and NATO, and considering their collapse in the city of Kurakhovo, it is getting worse!
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  8499. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – By the fall of Vremivka almost without resistance, the group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in VelykaNovosilka found itself practically completely surrounded in a cauldron, where the Russian Armed Forces physically controlled all the main roads. Realizing that the drama of Kiev troops in VelykayaNovoselka south of Donetsk seemed to be coming to an end, Russian troops from the Vostok Group of Forces deployed Uragan MLRS, which was engaged in dropping leaflets on the positions of Ukrainian troops there for their immediate surrender, as shown in the footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry on January 17, 2025. Now, the evacuation corridor of Velyka Novosilka is less than 2.5 kilometers wide, with no main roads, only land left and the only way is to cross Mokri Yaly river for the Kievites to get out. The cauldron is boiling, where the siege of Velikaya Novoselka – now officially begins! Dropping leaflets on enemy positions, special leaflet projectiles are rocket ammunition containing rolls of leaflets. Uragan fired a volley of shots at each of them, urging Ukrainian soldiers to hand over their weapons and voluntarily surrender in order to save their lives before a complete encirclement. Now, it is reported that Russian troops are at the Vremika gate after the cleanup, just a few minutes away from the city center, while conducting a limited siege, and things will get complicated for Kiev's forces if they try to hold on. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have few options: retreat as far as possible, or defend and fight to the end. A few days ago, Ukrainian soldiers retreated from their positions in panic, even abandoning their NATO weapons in the bushes, fleeing without a fight simply because they did not want to face the Russian army. Russian soldiers from a reconnaissance unit as part of the Vostok Group of Forces, demonstrated the abandoned weapons near Velyka Novosilka as shown in footage by the Defense Ministry on January 15. Among the trophies were a Javelin portable ATGM, a Browning M2 large-caliber machine gun, a portable anti-tank grenade launcher, and ammunition.
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  8501. Assault unit of Paratroopers of Russian Airborne Forces dismantles strongholds of Ukrainian troops in Artemovsk direction Orlan-10 UAV discovered them and attacked with Msta-B howitzers. Then the assault detachment advanced to attack and capture the militants hiding in the fort. - Military Tube Today If the US was a normal country minding its own affairs and caring for its own people it would indeed be nonsensical for it to invest so much wealth and resources in Israel, but the US is as far from a normal country as can be. It’s the hub of a vast, undeclared empire made up of allies, client states, proxies, and systems of military, economic and financial coercion which keeps most of the world moving in accordance with the wishes of the empire managers. History has shown us that this power structure can only be maintained by endless violence, threats, coercion, mass-scale psychological manipulation in the form of propaganda, and fear of nuclear annihilation. As a reliably US-aligned nuclear power which is intimately interwoven with the western war machine and the US intelligence cartel, Israel may not serve the interests of the people who live in the United States, but it is an absolutely indispensable component of the US empire. - LewRockwell The last week of November is setting up to be a pivotal week in Ukraine’s futile effort to fend off the Russian military. Russia is clobbering Kiev and other parts of western Ukraine with drone hordes that are wreaking havoc on military depots and electric power nodes. Despite the inclement weather, Russian soldiers are advancing steadily in Avdeevka and forcing the retreat and surrender of hundreds of Ukrainian troops from an area they have held since 2014. If the winter weather now battering Ukraine continues through December and January, the situation for Ukrainian troops hunkered down in trenches and bunkers will become desperate because the snow and cold will make it very difficult to keep them properly supplied with food and ammunition. There also is the question of whether Western supplied gear can function or be maintained with the icy fingers of General Winter squeezing the Ukrainian throat. It is looking like a very dark winter for Ukraine. - Sonar21
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  8515. So, is Ukraine admitting that a non-neutral Ukraine is a key linchpin buffer state that poses massive risks to either side, depending on its alignment? If that’s the case, why the hysterical denial of Russia’s justified concerns about Ukraine’s shifting alignment to the West after the CIA-sponsored coup in 2014? Surely they can see Russia is likewise due the same allowance of concern they now profess for themselves. They do also mention that Putin doesn’t quite have the incentive for a ‘land for peace’ deal when his troops are essentially winning and making active advances. Why settle for some land now when he can take the whole thing? Of course, one of the answers to this lay in Zelensky’s Kursk gambit, which was partly designed to capture an amount of territory that would induce Putin to exchange it for what Russia captured in Donbass and elsewhere. But this has no chance, as Russian troops are shrinking Ukraine’s Kursk holdings daily, including some gains yesterday and today, and it will all be recaptured in due time. Russia has shown nothing other than iron-clad determination for total victory, with its economy going to a war-footing, particularly with next year’s mass defense spending surges, and its population—which includes previously frayed elites—increasingly patriotic. Any inconvenient ‘thorn’ Ukraine manages to rib into Russia’s side only amplifies Russia’s resoluteness and solidarity. There is no possible event that can even conceivably cause Russia to decide “enough is enough, we must back down”. - Simplicius
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  8521. Moscow faced its largest-ever wave of Ukrainian kamikaze drones on Tuesday night, with Russian air defenses successfully intercepting hundreds of the incoming UAVs, according to officials. Later in the day, senior Ukrainian and US officials are set to meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss potential peace negotiations – a process President Donald Trump is pushing both Kiev and Moscow to embrace. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a total of 337 Ukrainian drones were neutralized overnight. The ministry’s statement detailed that 126 of these were intercepted over Kursk Region, which is adjacent to the Ukrainian border and well-covered by Russian air defenses; 91 were brought down over Moscow Region, which surrounds the capital. Largest raid of its kind Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin described the Ukrainian attack as the most extensive to have targeted the city, with at least 74 drones aimed directly at the capital. However, he only reported minor damage; the roof of an apartment complex was struck. Moscow Region, however, sustained more serious consequences. Governor Andrey Vorobyov detailed casualties across three municipalities, with the most devastating incident occurring in Domodedovo. A disabled drone struck a parking lot at a food factory, killing a night guard instantly. Another worker suffered severe head injuries and died shortly after being hospitalized. Two other victims remain in critical condition, Vorobyov stated, while Children’s Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova has reported that three children have suffered minor injuries. Hours later Domodedovo head Evgenia Khrustalyova announced the death of another patient who had been admitted with injuries sustained in the attack. Terrorism investigation The Russian Investigative Committee has officially classified the Ukrainian operation as an act of terrorism. Moscow claims Kiev has resorted to such tactics due to setbacks on the battlefield. Russian MP Leonid Slutsky alleged that some of the intercepted drones were aimed at the Kursk nuclear power plant, calling it an act of “nuclear blackmail.” - RT
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  8523. The bombing on Al-Azhar University in Gaza Strip under the pretext of being a Hamas weapons and ammunition warehouse was a false statement from Israel. Analysis proved that the secondary explosion occurred as a result of attacks by 2 fighter jets with 3 consecutive bombings. - Military Tube Today SCREAMS OF GRIEF AND TINY BODIES WRAPPED ON STREETS of Gaza as massacred remains of tiny babies, unable to fit into overflown hospital morgues despite their size, receive hasty mass memorial amidst indiscriminate, nonstop bombing. 70% of Israel's 10,000+ victims are women and children, with over 1.5 MILLION left homeless from Israeli airstrikes scorching entire neighborhoods. - Intel Report HIGHEST EVER DEATH TOLL recorded among UN staffers, with 88 killed as a result of indiscriminate Israeli shelling, leaving agency outraged (see article ) at IDF's targeting of its centers, schools , busses and hospitals - Al-Rantisi Children's hospital in Gaza City latest to come under fire as 3rd floor BOMBED by Israeli raids overnight. Hamas also extends formal invitation to UN to visit Gazan hospitals as they come under fire and starved of fuel to investigate the health centers to confirm to Israel that there is no military activity there. Humanitarian situation grows incredibly dire as Israeli blockade sets on starving Palestinians, with those lucky enough to survive spending an average of 3 hours to get water and 4 hours to get some loaves of bread. - Intel Report PANIC, SMOKE-LACED AIR AND FIRE-ENGULFED HOUSES after Israeli strikes spread panic and complete destruction, killing and injuring multiple Palestinians following indiscriminate strikes on Al-Amal neighborhood, Khan Yunis, south of Gaza Strip (left video) and Al-Zaytoun area, east of Gaza City. Devastating tragedy awaits Gazans as shadow of death looms over Indonesian Hospital, its vicinity bombed by IDF (pictured right) and SHUT DOWN after running out of fuel, with medical equipment switching off only remaining lifeline to critically ill patients. Meanwhile, ONLY psychiatric hospital in the besieged enclave also targeted by Tel Aviv. - Intel Report
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  8526. Anti-war students have been staging protests and demonstrations on a great many university campuses throughout America. A number of so-called “conservatives” have called for the police to arrest the students. Zionists groups accuse the students of “anti-Semitism” and demand that they be expelled from school. In fact, libertarians should welcome these protests. They bring back memories of the Vietnam War student protests that participated in, brought down the war-criminal LBJ. The student protests today are actually quite moderate. They call for an end to genocide in Gaza and recognition of the rights of Palestinians who have been killed and had their land taken away from them. The faculty who are supporting the students aren’t extreme left-wingers. To the contrary, they are appalled by the extreme actions taken by university administrators, who are responding to pressure from pro-Israeli donors. But what are the students protesting about? For decades, Israel has pursued a brutal policy of force. The Palestinians are treated as subhuman, lacking all dignity. The Israeli policy toward Gaza amounts to genocide. The more the Israeli state has extended its domination over Palestinians, the more it has to pretend it is not responsible for them. The Netanyahu government’s attempt to represent its violence as a war against foreign invaders is an extreme effort to maintain the two-nation charade, even while the illusion collapses under the weight of tanks and JDAMs. Of course, the Israelis don’t want people to know what they are doing to Gaza. It is only logical that they go after the people who are doing that—the journalists. - LewRockwell
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  8527. The fact is, it’s only in Ukraine where cemeteries have been growing so large that they’ve run out of space for the dead, forced to unearth old plots by the thousands. It’s only in Ukraine that you even see gigantic cemeteries that are visibly growing from space satellite imagery—there’s nothing of the comparable sort in Russia. It’s only in Ukraine that there’s daily critical discussions about lack of fighting men, where people are being kidnapped from the streets, women are increasingly in talks of being drafted, etc. Why don’t you see that in Russia if losses are so high? They claim it’s because: “Russia has 5x the population!” But Ukrainians also claim they’re inflicting 5-10x the losses on Russia! Doesn’t that negate the population advantage? Shouldn’t Russia also be reeling in the way Ukraine is? The head of Ukrainian GUR Vadim Skibitsky himself publicly stated months ago that Russian brigades are at 95% staffing levels—how is that possible if the country is experiencing such levels of losses as these people claim? Every single data point we have points to Ukraine suffering untold losses, not Russia. Don’t forget the most damning of all: the POW disparity, that is at minimum a proven 5:1 in Russia’s favor, with recent revelations Ukraine had ~1300 Russians in captivity to the ~6500 Ukrainians captured by Russia. Historical war literature tells us that artillery accounts for around 75% of all casualties, and Russia has enjoyed upwards of a 10:1 artillery advantage for the duration of the conflict. That’s right, the CIA Radio Liberty project just released a damning new report that finds all European artillery ammunition estimates were grossly exaggerated. Are you surprised? It’s clear there is no possible framework by which to argue that Ukraine has less casualties than Russia. Ukraine takes out the odd one-man motorcycle rider here, a random shambling infantryman there, with lone FPV strikes. Meanwhile, Russia is not only dishing out 5:1 or 10:1 artillery barrage disparities, but even more devastating long range missile strikes, most of which go unreported and unglamorized because there are simply so many. The point is that, these are daily, almost mundane, strikes by Russian long range assets which are wiping out anything from dozens to hundreds of troops at a time. - Simplicius
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  8531. In the footsteps of assassins and those who hire them Andrey Derkach, a former Ukrainian parliamentarian who became widely known for publishing recordings of conversations between ex-Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko and high-ranking foreign officials, including Biden (who was then US vice president), gave an extensive interview earlier this month to journalist Simona Mangiante. During this conversation, he disclosed sensational new details about the “special ties” between the Biden family and the Ukrainian authorities. So, instead of exposing the corruption in the previous Ukrainian administration, the Bidens (along with Zelensky and his team) turned against anti-corruption fighters. Derkach, who has been forced to hide in Belarus, was stripped of his citizenship by the Ukrainian authorities and sanctioned by the US. But that’s not all. In addition to criminal investigations and sanctions, Derkach says he has faced assassination attempts ordered by top officials in Kiev and Washington. It is noteworthy that in 2021, the Ukrainian police discovered plans to assassinate Derkach and the head of the group of prosecutors in the Burisma energy company case, Konstantin Kulik, but did not initiate a criminal case. The investigation tracked down the criminal gang from Eastern Europe hired to carry out the hit, as well as their base in Transcarpathia. The assassin himself was supposed to be an Albanian, but the information was leaked, and the gang escaped. The number of witnesses in the Burisma case – a company though which Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden earned profits via alleged corruption schemes – is also steadily decreasing. Shortly before she was due to testify as a witness in the case, the wife of Nikolai Lisin – a former partner of Nikolai Zlochevsky – was found dead in her apartment. She had been responsible for accounting at Burisma and had been aware of transactions carried out in the interests of the Bidens. Lisin himself died in a car accident back in 2011. - RT
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  8546. CAN NATO SURVIVE A LOSS IN UKRAINE? Killing off a bureaucracy — whether civilian or military — is nigh impossible. But the impending defeat of Ukraine on the battlefield by Russia presents one of those watershed moments in history where the raison d’etre of NATO will be exposed as a fraud. Much has been made in recent months about NATO’s supposed growing strength by citing the addition of Sweden and Finland as new NATO members. But this is illusory. In other words, Sweden and Finland could provide a total of 10 brigades (assuming their current active duty personnel are activated and fully deployed under NATO’s command). This is a “nothing burger.” The once mighty British Army and Navy have been transformed from a lion into a toothless, nasty chihuahua. NATO’s problems go beyond its inadequate military resources. The very political consensus binding NATO together is coming apart. The recent verbal sniping between the French and the Germans over whether to commit NATO troops to Ukraine is emblematic of a much deeper rift. NATO is a mess, yet Western leaders and NATO commanders continue to indulge the fantasy that they are ready and capable of carrying out a combined arms military conflict with Russia. They are not. Russia sent a deadly reminder of this fact in the form of an Iskander missile that hit a site in Odessa filled with French, Poles and Georgians. U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps cancelled a planned visit to Odessa in the wake of this strike. - Sonar21
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  8548. The bombing on Al-Azhar University in Gaza Strip under the pretext of being a Hamas weapons and ammunition warehouse was a false statement from Israel. Analysis proved that the secondary explosion occurred as a result of attacks by 2 fighter jets with 3 consecutive bombings. - Military Tube Today SCREAMS OF GRIEF AND TINY BODIES WRAPPED ON STREETS of Gaza as massacred remains of tiny babies, unable to fit into overflown hospital morgues despite their size, receive hasty mass memorial amidst indiscriminate, nonstop bombing. 70% of Israel's 10,000+ victims are women and children, with over 1.5 MILLION left homeless from Israeli airstrikes scorching entire neighborhoods. - Intel Report HIGHEST EVER DEATH TOLL recorded among UN staffers, with 88 killed as a result of indiscriminate Israeli shelling, leaving agency outraged (see article ) at IDF's targeting of its centers, schools , busses and hospitals - Al-Rantisi Children's hospital in Gaza City latest to come under fire as 3rd floor BOMBED by Israeli raids overnight. Hamas also extends formal invitation to UN to visit Gazan hospitals as they come under fire and starved of fuel to investigate the health centers to confirm to Israel that there is no military activity there. Humanitarian situation grows incredibly dire as Israeli blockade sets on starving Palestinians, with those lucky enough to survive spending an average of 3 hours to get water and 4 hours to get some loaves of bread. - Intel Report PANIC, SMOKE-LACED AIR AND FIRE-ENGULFED HOUSES after Israeli strikes spread panic and complete destruction, killing and injuring multiple Palestinians following indiscriminate strikes on Al-Amal neighborhood, Khan Yunis, south of Gaza Strip (left video) and Al-Zaytoun area, east of Gaza City. Devastating tragedy awaits Gazans as shadow of death looms over Indonesian Hospital, its vicinity bombed by IDF (pictured right) and SHUT DOWN after running out of fuel, with medical equipment switching off only remaining lifeline to critically ill patients. Meanwhile, ONLY psychiatric hospital in the besieged enclave also targeted by Tel Aviv. - Intel Report
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  8554. How absurd! U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is “frenetically” crisscrossing the Middle East “warning” that the conflict is escalating to engulf the region. Arsonist Washington is shouting ‘Fire’ in a region it is blowing up. This is while Washington is fueling Israel’s non-stop genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. And while the United States and Israel assassinate top Hamas, Hezbollah and Iranian commanders in Lebanon and Iraq. This is while the United States blatantly blocks calls at the United Nations for a ceasefire, and while it dispatches warships and warplanes to the region. As with much of the Western media coverage, Washington is portrayed as some kind of hapless peace advocate. The delusional posturing is stomach-churning when the reality is that the United States is fully complicit in the genocide against Palestinians. And it is fully complicit in dangerously escalating the region-wide conflict. It is a sick joke to present Blinken and the administration of President Joe Biden as trying to tamp down regional tensions that have reached boiling point precisely because of U.S. policy supporting and arming Israel’s relentless massacres. If the Middle East slides into a conflagration, make no mistake, the disaster will be owned by Washington. The appeasement of the Israeli regime by the United States has been going on for decades and has fully stoked the tinderbox situation of injustice and oppression. But the last four months of total indulgence of a lawless genocidal regime is the final trigger. One possible get-out for the U.S. is to blame Iran and its regional allies and in that way try to divide and rule the Arab nations. But you can easily discern what Washington is getting at here. It’s trying to divert the growing region-wide hostility and disgust towards America and its hypocritical European accomplices by playing the Iranian card. The abominable genocide that is going on in Gaza and the West Bank is demonstrating the rank exposure of American imperialist crimes. The world can see more than ever the complicity of Washington in Israel’s war crimes. Not just complicity but full-on culpability. In its desperation to divert global attention from its blood-soaked hands, Washington and its Israeli attack dog see one way out: to escalate the conflict with Iran. - LewRockwell
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  8568. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - An armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Army, which was on its way to the Pokrovsk front line, was completely wiped out by several well-prepared strikes by Russian troops. The Russian military channel released footage on Telegram channel, on September 30, 2024, showing how an APC, loaded with troops, decided to confidently rush to the positions of Russian troops, holding back attacks to defend Pokrovsk and being able to decide the fate of the war in one of the hottest sections of the front. However, the footage of objective control shows that the armored personnel carrier was even thwarted by a mine explosion, and was forced to stop in the middle of the journey. The unknown armored personnel carrier was set on fire by the “Black Leopards” of the Central Military District, which were on alert at the front. The surviving troops of about four people inside the vehicle scattered out of the vehicle and hid in the forest belt. The attack was continued with artillery ammunition, which swept the armored personnel carrier with additional fire, completely destroying it. As for the troops who managed to escape from the vehicle, it is unknown whether they were evacuated by their comrades or further processed by Russian troops. So far, the Russian Armed Forces are unstoppable, capturing two more villages, they have only 9 kilometers left to Pokrovsk in Donetsk region. Bombing raids were carried out on air defense posts of the Nazi Brigade "Lyut" in the villages of Lysovka and Krutoy Yar, military experts say. At one site, Ukrainian soldiers filmed the facts on their mobile phones from a distance, showing how Russian armored vehicles surrounded their comrades' positions. Fortunately, they escaped without waiting for the encirclement to come upon them.
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  8569. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian Paratroopers from the 51st Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division filmed the situation in the settlement of Krasnooktyabrskoye, which was liberated after launching a fairly large-scale counterattack on the Kursk front on Wednesday. A video confirming this came from a settlement located northwest of Snagost, showing the decisive actions of the paratroopers' reconnaissance unit clearing the Gaponovsky forest and the area around the settlement. Careful work helped to keep the settlement intact, the area was cut off by a sudden Russian counterattack. The lucky Ukrainian troops retreated across the fields, those who could not escape were killed or captured. However, Krasnooktyabrskoye was captured without significant resistance. Among the foreign equipment seized is an International MaxxPro armored vehicle from the United States. The remarkable progress in Kursk is not only from Krasnooktyabrskoye since the counterattack. Photos and videos from the Russian side show Russian marines applying pressure, fighting against Ukrainian troops. Clashes like the one in the footage were reported around Troitskoye and Elizavetovka across the border, while Russian forces were advancing from Korenevo towards Snagost. Russian marines took the lead in the attack with armor group, driving back and firing on Zelensky’s forces, who were trying to fight back against the Russian Armed Forces. Despite the dire situation and the ambitions of their commander, at least five more Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk chose to save their lives rather than continue fighting. Faced with advancing Russian forces, they surrendered by laying down their weapons and raising their hands in surrender. The situation after the clearing in the liberated areas may actually be much worse than it appears on the map. Within a short time, several settlements such as Apanasovka, Byakhovo, Vishnevka, Viktorovka, Vnezapnoe, Gordeevka, Krasnooktyabrskoe, Obukhovka, Snagost and Desyatoye Oktyabrya returned to Russian Armed Forces control, leaving behind piles of destroyed equipment, dead and wounded Ukrainian soldiers beginning to accumulate on the front lines.
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  8574. It is one thing for the addled Joe Biden to be clueless about the true situation on the ground, but many of the NATO leaders in the audience also were applauding this crap. They cannot plead guilty by way of cognitive decline. The claim that, “Ukraine is winning and Russia is losing,” is a craven lie. Ukrainian forces are being pulverized by missiles, 3000 kg FAB bombs and drones. And neither the United States nor the rest of the NATO countries have a stockpile of 155mm artillery shells and air defense systems that they can send to Ukraine. This is pure malpractice by Biden’s speech writers. The anticipated mini-counteroffensive never materialized. Instead, Russia is hitting Ukraine all along the 1000 km front and Ukraine is steadily retreating. Maybe, behind closed doors, the NATO members will fess up and admit that Russia is eating Ukraine’s lunch and bleeding NATO dry in the process. Biden bragged that the United States has 100,000 troops now deployed in Europe. Wow! I bet the Russians, who have 1.3 million active duty soldiers, are quaking in their boots. Today’s speech is nothing more than political theater intended primarily for the American political audience. But the youngsters who crafted this garbage had no understanding how these words will be heard in Russia. Russian planners, unless they are fools, will conclude that NATO is intent on attacking Russia and Russia will prepare accordingly. NATO is not altering course and is not disposed to seek any peaceful resolution with Russia. The Russians understand that and are ramping up accordingly. - Sonar21
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  8578. Images circulating online purport to show the immediate aftermath of the attack on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday, including the apprehension of the gunman. Fico was assaulted after taking part in a government meeting in the town of Handlova. According to local press reports, he suffered four gunshot wounds in his abdomen and chest. A helicopter picked him up to be airlifted to a hospital in Banska Bystrica as flying him to the capital Bratislava would take too long, Fico’s office said. - RT 71-YEAR-OLD IDENTIFIED AS MAN WHO SHOT SLOVAKIAN PM - REPORTS: Fico shot multiple times allegedly by elderly Slovakian who shouted “come here!” to PM before firing at least 3 rounds. Ukrainians swarm online to celebrate assassination attempt with unbridled relish (handful of bloodthirsty comments in bottom pic) - they're overjoyed 'cause Fico's been staunch opponent of funding Mad Vlad Zelensky's war crimes and has openly called for warmer relations with Russia. Fico's office announces PM's been hit "multiple times" and his condition "life-threatening". - Intel Republic Robert Fico’s third term as prime minister of Slovakia put him squarely at odds with both the European Union and NATO on the matter of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The Slovak PM was shot on Wednesday, during a visit to the town of Handlova, and was rushed to hospital for surgery in a serious condition. His attacker has been arrested but his identity and motives have not yet been revealed. “This is not only a shot at Fico and Slovakia, but also at Russian-Slovak relations,” Russian lawmaker Konstantin Zatulin said in reaction to the news. “Fico knew very well that the majority of Slovaks, at least half, sympathize with Russia, despite the campaign of deception that rules the roost in Europe,” Zatulin added, noting that the Slovak PM had been “subjected to endless extortion and threats” from the EU over his political positions that ran counter to those of Brussels. - RT
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  8598. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - It was confirmed on September 10, 2024 that Vodyanoe, northeast of Ugledar, has been captured by Russian forces. The stronghold of Ugledar in the Donetsk region has held out for almost 2 years, but Ukrainian forces appear to be saying goodbye soon! Russian soldiers raised the flag of the Russian Federation in Vodyanoe and asserted military control over the settlement, which was liberated 3.5 kilometers wide and 1.12 kilometers deep, cutting off Ukrainian logistics towards Ugledar. Further in the background are two more mining complexes to Ugledar, the Yuzhno-Donbasskaya-1 coal mine has been taken over by Russia, number 2 still belongs to the Zelensky regime. Aviation and Tankers of the "Vostok" Group of the Russian Armed Forces, began a massive attack on Ukrainian positions at the Yuzhno-Donbasskaya-3 mine, west of Vodyanoe. This destroyed the Ukrainian positions at the top of the mine, about 30 enemy soldiers were destroyed along with their equipment. Here, the Ukrainian forces were so demoralized by the attack that about half of them were killed. The Ukrainians could not withstand the onslaught and surrendered to the Russians. The work was carried out by marines as part of armored groups on BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle, managing to capture several of their strongholds and disrupt the supply routes of the Ukrainian garrison, which was increasingly squeezed in Ugledar. Before attacking enemy positions, the marines, as a rule, distributed leaflets with offers to surrender, and instructions on how to do it. Surveillance footage showed that two Ukrainian servicemen decided to lay down their arms, amid fears of breaking supply lines in their sector of the front. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry on September 9. At least several settlements fell to the Russians in the former Ukrainian Donetsk. Like the previously fortified Avdeevka, it held out for a long time. And no doubt the collapse of the trapped Ugledar will follow! As the cities fell one by one, the Ukrainians unleashed a desperate barrage of drone strikes on Russian cities. Two Ukrainian servicemen who voluntarily surrendered near Ugledar, told at length how bad the service of their commanders in the Armed Forces of Ukraine was.
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  8609. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Following the failure of the Zelensky regime-ordered offensive operation in Kursk over the weekend, another offensive south of Berdin has turned into a “kamikaze” attack, now turning into a graveyard filled with NATO equipment and the bodies soldiers of Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Special Forces “Akhmat” have released their 5-minute footage on January 7, 2025, showing the interception of enemy armored vehicles by their FPV drones from the “Aida” Group during the Ukrainian “big offensive” south of the settlement. The Russian fiber-optic cable-guided FPV drone strike on enemy equipment, which attempted to carry out some kind of attack in the area, which clearly welcomed the forced military action, destroyed the convoy of vehicles during the “Kursk safari” attempt. Kursk has become the largest graveyard for Western military vehicles in the field of science, not a day goes by without dozens of them being destroyed by Russian troops. The soldiers documented many another scenes of destruction by Russian drone strikes on enemy convoys, leaving expensive NATO equipment behind and causing terrible consequences for them! A $4.9 million British Challenger tank was destroyed by an FPV drone that cost no more than $10,000. The cost was unmatched, and the results showed Russian superiority in using low-cost technology with high efficiency. The surviving Ukrainian tank crew was seen fleeing the scene. A Russian soldier also documented the targeting of an American Stryker vehicle. The armored vehicle was destroyed and then abandoned with eight Ukrainian servicemen’s bodies near it. The operation turned out to be a dismal failure, as the Russian army treated the Ukrainian armored vehicles as if they were targets in a shooting practice with details supported by evidence. Russian Spetsnaz drone operators destroyed the Ukrainian mine-clearing vehicle. They didn’t stop there, as their drones immediately detected the Ukrainian armored convoy and destroyed it. The scene revealed utter devastation among Zelensky’s troops. Furthermore, Russian drone operators cheered as they watched the Ukrainian T-72 tank being blown into the air and were very happy about this achievement. Despite this, several surviving enemy tank crews attempted to flee, and one crew member, who was slightly burned, apparently rushed to the surrounding area to find water to put out the fire. In a desperate adventure, Zelensky launched a military operation on Russian territory, in a last-ditch effort to achieve success on the ground, but it turned out to be a disaster. The Kiev regime wasted equipment and human lives to speed up the process. Even as their troops tried to evacuate their wounded comrades, Russian drones relentlessly monitored and pursued them. Ukrainian troops tried to break through the Kursk defenses with armored vehicles and combat vehicles, but Russian troops were well prepared, destroying most of them quickly and accurately, causing heavy losses for Ukraine.
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  8611. IS IRAN A MAJOR SPONSOR OF TERRORISM? The short answer is, “no!” I thought it time to revisit the past in light of what the present portends. It looks like the United States, once again, is going to embroil itself in Israel’s war against the Palestinians and, if the past is any predictor, will again find itself burying US military personnel. The public image of Iran as a hotbed of fanatical terrorists has been usurped since the August 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in east Africa by Al Qaeda and other radical Sunni entities. The U.S. Government’s own list of terrorist attacks since 2001 shows a dramatic drop in the violence carried out by Iran and an accompanying surge in horrific acts by radical Sunni Muslims who are not aligned with Iran. The latest edition of the Global Terrorism Index, a project of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, shows that four groups accounted for 74 percent of all fatalities from terrorism in 2015 — Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda, the Taliban and ISIS. Thirteen of the 14 Muslim Groups identified by the U.S. intelligence community as actively hostile to the US are Sunni, not Shia, and are not supported by Iran: We call attention to Ambassador Nikki Haley’s recent statement that it is hard to find a “terrorist group in the Middle East that does not have Iran’s fingerprints all over it.” The truth is quite different. The majority of terrorist groups in the region are neither creatures nor puppets of Iran. ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Al-Nusra are three of the more prominent that come to mind. The statistical annex details the attacks and the groups responsible ... Not a single group linked to Iran or supported by Iran is identified. Iran also had a longstanding relationship with Syria. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton decided that if we could eliminate Bashir Assad, the Syrian leader, then we would weaken Iran. This was a policy that many Republicans, most notably John McCain and Lindsey Graham, supported. But the scheme to weaken Iran backfired. Iran, along with Russia, came to the aid of the Government of Syria in full blown counter-insurgency campaign. Iran, the Russians and the Syrian Government were fighting radical Sunni islamists, many of whom were funded by the Western alliance. The U.S. State Department continues to insist that Iran is providing indirect support to Al Qaeda. That is pure nonsense. Iran is fighting and killing Al Qaeda forces inside Syria. They have no ideological affinity with Al Qaeda. The Trump Administration needs to stop with its infantile ranting and railing about Iran and terrorism. The actual issues surrounding Iran’s growing influence in the region have little to do with terrorism. Our policies and actions towards Iran are accelerating their cooperation with China and Russia, not diminishing it. - Sonar21
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  8625. To understand what Biden is going to go we need only go back and remind ourselves of what Barack Obama tried to do in 2013 and Donald Trump did in Syria in 2017. Do you remember the fake “sarin” gas attacks allegedly carried out by Syria in 2013 and 2017. Both incidents were staged by Western intelligence operatives working with Syrian opposition groups in order to create a pre-text for attacking Syria’s military. Here is the part of the story most people do not know. The Air Force General who was part of US CENTCOM and operating from a base at Al Udeid, called up the Russians from the Combined Air Operations Center (aka CAOC) and alerted the Russians to our impending attack. The Russians in turn told the Syrians, who then moved essential equipment and personnel out of harms way. The strikes were carried out. Republicans and some Democrats cheered the action as a sign of U.S. resolve. But it was a charade. The Syrians did not suffer significant casualties because they were forewarned. Joe Biden is pulling a page from Donald Trump and has authorized a strike that is going to be touted as massive retaliation. Except the targets of those attacks already know it is going to happen and are taking evasive steps. Biden is doing this for sheer political benefit to try to calm the chorus of members of Congress and the neo-con class demanding action while presenting himself to the American public as a man of action. At the same time it looks like Biden and his team wisely decided to avoid actually killing Iranians or their proxies. As I have written previously, a serious attack on Iranian interests will provoke significant retaliation from Iran and face the United States with the dilemma of launching a new war in the Middle East during an election year. I suspect that the U.S. General at the CAOC will be making some phone calls to Russian counterparts to ensure that there is no chance of any confrontation between Russian and U.S. air assets. Hence, deja vu all over again aka Ground Hog Day. Just like the U.S. and U.K. bombings in Yemen, this is sound and fury signifying nothing. It is not going to improve the sagging strategic fortunes of the United States in the Middle East. - Sonar21
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  8632. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - There were many losses, after the Iskander missile strike of Russian troops destroyed a large accumulation of vehicles and personnel of the Armed Forces od Ukraine in the Sumy region. Russian military correspondents released footage on September 4, 2024, showing the work of Russian Armed Forces reconnaissance officers, discovering a large concentration of Kiev equipment and troops while disembarking personnel near their stronghold in Bezdryk, southeast of the Sumy city. One of the launches of nine Iskander-M ballistic missiles, launched at once in the Sumy region on that day, thwarted the planned redeployment of Ukrainian troops in the settlement, about 30 kilometers from the Russian border and planned to the Kursk region. All invisible to the media of the war supporters, the high price of the failure of the Kiev officials in the Kursk mission was paid by the Ukrainians who were forcibly recruited. The concentration point was completely destroyed by missile, which did not care about the enemy's air defense systems. As a result of the missile landing, the entire assault brigade was destroyed, more than 70 personnel were killed, collected and loaded onto trucks. According to the information received, at least some units of equipment were destroyed, such as 7 cargo vehicles, 4 armored combat vehicles, and 9 off-road vehicles. In recent days, Iskander missiles have been diligently working to destroy enemy personnel, including their headquarters in several regions of Ukraine, victims include NATO personnel!
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  8634. Here is what we know for certain. Despite repeated entreaties from Vladimir Putin to President Joe Biden and other Western leaders to provide assurances that Ukraine would not be admitted to NATO, the West told Putin to screw off and continued building up Ukraine’s military. The U.S. and its NATO allies believed that Russia’s military was weak and ineffective. Western leaders also believed that Russia’s economy was vulnerable to Western economic sanctions and that an economic collapse in Russia would catapult Putin from power. The Western plan was simple, audacious and delusional — i.e., using Ukraine as a military proxy, defeat Russia and humiliate Vladimir Putin; apply Western economic sanctions that would devastate the Russian economy and further erode support for Putin; break up the Russia Republic into 41 new countries. Put simply, the United States and its NATO allies were obsessed with the elimination of Russia as a nation and saw the war in Ukraine as their opportunity to carry out this plan. At no time prior to the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, or after, did the U.S. intelligence community provide any assessment countering this narrative. I would have to write a 500 page book to compile all of the West’s mistaken, erroneous predictions about Russia’s military capability. This represents a monumental intelligence failure. What a colossal screw up. Instead of weakening public support in Russia for Vladimir Putin, his political position became stronger. Instead of isolating Putin, NATO’s proxy war helped Putin solidify and expand relations with China, India, Iran, North Korea, South Africa and Brazil. The West is caught in its own trap. Russia reactivated a moribund defense industry and is cranking out ammunition, shells, missiles, rockets, artillery, tanks, drones and combat vehicles at a rate the West cannot match. Instead of demonstrating Western superiority, the NATO alliance has been exposed as fractious, impotent lot. The defeat of Ukraine will force the United States and NATO to make a choice — escalate the war with Russia and risk a nuclear conflagration or find a diplomatic off-ramp. While the current rhetoric among many NATO members is bellicose, with France’s Macron trying to whip up support for joining the fight against Russia, the divisions in Europe are growing. Germany certainly is no longer enthusiastic about signing on to France’s suicide mission. - Sonar21
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  8639. [How sad. Ukraine has bombed open air markets, libraries, bakeries, voting facilities and now a zoo. Ukrainians are a disgrace!] “Grundy, our pet Bennett kangaroo, was killed in the shelling,” said the post on the zoo’s VK page on Tuesday. “The [exotic animal area] and the kangaroo enclosure were damaged by cluster fragments. Unfortunately, Grundy was outside at that time…” Bennett’s tree kangaroo is native to Queensland in northeast Australia. Grundy came to Belgorod from St. Petersburg in late 2019 and was described as “friendly, meek and absolutely fearless.” “There are no words to convey the pain. And anger. And powerlessness,” the zoo said. “We will never forget you, sweetie. When this waking nightmare is over, Grundy, we will plant the most delicious grapes in our forest in honor of you!” The Belgorod Zoo added that at least none of the staff were harmed. While the park has been shut down until further notice, employees are still coming in to take care of the animals. According to the Belgorod authorities, over the past week Ukrainian strikes have killed 11 civilians – including children – and injured 82 more, about half of whom have required hospitalization. Nine people are currently in serious but stable condition. Kiev’s forces have been using multiple-launcher rocket systems, such as the US HIMARS and the Czech Vampire, to strike at Belgorod since January, when 25 civilians were killed and over 100 injured in a Christmas market massacre. The missiles have often been armed with cluster warheads, many of which have been provided by the US, which is not a signatory to the convention banning the controversial munitions because of their harm to noncombatants. - RT
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  8641. Iran unleashed their ‘Operation True Promise 2’ on Israel, sending hundreds of ballistic missiles which passed unopposed through Israel’s porous air defenses. Watch the above videos of hundreds of missiles hitting Israel, then read this deluded tweet by a Netanyahu aide, who with a straight face declared that most missiles were intercepted: we have eyewitness accounts and geolocations that appear to show the areas of sensitive targets being hit. These videos in particular claim to be from just outside Nevatim airbase which houses much of Israel’s F-35 fleet: It is currently impossible to find out whether the Air Base was damaged or destroyed, but the approximate range of the targets of Iranian Missiles is quite clear: Air Bases. So, we don’t yet know if any real damage was done, but the one take away that we’re again able to make is that Iran is at least capable of penetrating all Western air defense nets. That is because the US openly announced their attempt to interdict the strikes as much as possible, in futility—as reported by the official US Naval Institute: Israel can only create “miraculous” victories on the backs of the entire Western world, which controls the commerce, communications, military, and every other sphere in the region, allowing Israel to wield full spectrum dominance. Without this backing, Israel would not be able to survive on its own, and would have long ceased to exist. As a very brief summary, Israel has invaded Lebanon three major times since the ‘70s. The 1978 and 1982 invasions were essentially due to claimed attacks by Palestinian groups based in Lebanon. In 2006 they tried again to go all the way to the Litani—but this time they weren’t facing the PLO, but Hezbollah for the first time. One of the key differences is Hezbollah was armed with large amounts of ATGMs, which the PLO didn’t have, nullifying Israel’s armor and tank advantage. This time IDF could not even get past a few miles into southern Lebanon before giving up. The battle of Bint Jbeil was the main battle, only a couple kilometers from the border: - Simplicius
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  8648. The foreign minister has suggested that recent statements by France and the UK about the possibility are meant to heat up the conflict Previously, following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Donald Trump claimed that he had discussed the issue of “some form of peacekeeping” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Trump claimed that Putin had “no problem” with the idea as long as it’s “acceptable to everybody.” Lavrov, however, stated that the Russian side has not been consulted on the matter. “We cannot consider any options. I don’t know what Macron said, but Trump… said that the decision to deploy peacekeeping forces is possible only with the consent of both parties, apparently meaning us and Ukraine. No one has asked us about this,” Lavrov said. He went on to say that the idea of deploying foreign troops to Ukraine is being pushed by “the Europeans, primarily France and also the British,” and suggested that this is being done to “further heat up the conflict and stop any attempts to calm it down.” Lavrov also claimed that the EU is intentionally seeking to derail the Ukraine peace process, pointing to Brussels’ recent announcement of new military aid packages for Kiev, as well as their continued encouragement for Ukrainian forces to keep fighting. He added that Macron’s demands to introduce an urgent ceasefire before negotiating any form of settlement of the conflict is “deceit” and only aims to “pump Ukraine with weapons again.” The foreign minister insisted that any discussions about a peacekeeping force in Ukraine are “empty” and that the main priority right now should be to resolve the underlying issues of the conflict – including the attempts to drag Kiev into NATO in order to deploy Western military infrastructure to the country which could be aimed at Russia. - RT
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  8654. Another raft of MSM headlines have served to inure the gormless Western lumpen to the realities on the ground: Times goes on to report that disabled people and even those meant to be exempt are all part of the recent corralling efforts, which sees AFU commissars steal their passports to keep them from running. The article highlights various intimidation methods and outright dead-of-night body-snatching: Times goes on to report that disabled people and even those meant to be exempt are all part of the recent corralling efforts, which sees AFU commissars steal their passports to keep them from running. The article highlights various intimidation methods and outright dead-of-night body-snatching: The Times article above talks about a 58 year old being pulled off the street. What kind of assault can 58 year olds conduct? And the few assault-worthy brigades Ukraine has left are being sacrificed by criminal political orders to fight for useless symbolic objectives. Soldiers and marines who have taken part in the river crossings described the offensive as brutalizing and futile, as waves of Ukrainian troops have been struck down on the river banks or in the water, even before they reach the other side. “We were sitting in the water at night and we were shelled by everything,” the marine, Maksym, said. “My comrades were dying in front of my eyes.” “It’s not even a fight for survival,” he added. “It’s a suicide mission.” "I don't know if this will help or not anymore. But I will write it here once again! We are being exterminated by our own command. I am asking for help from everyone who can provide it. Knock on all doors, hold rallies and actions! Record a video! Do something. We are almost openly threatened with execution if we record videos ourselves and ask for help. Help us! Krynkyi is a real hell. Mountains of corpses of our brothers. This will not end if everyone remains silent... They even admit again that Russian forces now regularly fire 5-7 times more shells than Ukraine: First of all—the Black Sea fleet wasn’t wholly pushed back anywhere, only some of its ships relocated to Novorossiysk, many if not most are still in Sevastopol and the ‘wunderwaffen’ missiles have still not been able to reach them. This represents a shocking deterioration of America’s armed forces—they’re literally unable to find crews for their carrier groups, and are forced to operate them at bottom limits: This is just the reductions in one year’s time. The problems are getting utterly endemic, and they stem from America’s cultural and societal ills, which means they aren’t going to improve any time soon—in fact they will be getting much worse. The fact is the US and all NATO countries’ militaries are falling apart, plagued by massively deep problems. There are endless recent stories about the cuts being forced onto the US armed forces: The country (US) is turning into an outright circus, and I don’t mean that in a partisan fashion as the above merely demonstrative Tweet suggests. Both sides are equally sick, and the festering rot is deep. There is every hallmark of a calamitously crumbling empire. Lastly: Ukrainian Rada deputy Alexandra Ustinova confirmed in an on-air telethon that not only is Ukraine abandoning offensive action in the winter and switching to full defensive mode, but even admitted that no matter whether aid will be allocated or not, the entire world simply lacks the productive capacities to supply the needed artillery shells to Ukraine: Like Macgregor and many others have been saying: “You can print cash, but ya can’t print shells, baby.” - Simplicius
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  8662. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated two villages at once in their task area, Skudnoye and Burlatskoye in South of Donetsk were captured as a result of active offensive actions with both tanks and drones, clearing the villages north and northwest of Velyka Novosilka from Ukrainian troops. This was announced by the Russian Defense Ministry on March 1, 2025, showing scenes of the liberation of the villages by the Vostok Group of the 5th Armored Brigade and the Assault Detachment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division, continuing their advance deep into the Ukrainian defenses. The Vostok Group supporting the assault troops, this time tanks and drones attacked strong points, firing points and places where the manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was concentrated. During the offensive, since yesterday the crew of the T-80BV tank fired ammunition with precise fire, destroying a camouflaged NATO-made ammunition depot, the Defense Ministry reported. The Ukrainian personnel working in the site were also killed by a powerful explosion of ammunition while reducing enemy supplies. In addition to tanks, drone operators from the 36th Army special forces, part of the Vostok Group, flying their FPV drones, weakened Ukrainian positions in this critical sector, allowing Russian assault groups to advance in Skudnoye, and to a depth of 350 meters in Burlatskoye. The impact of the strikes was documented, with Russian FPV hitting several Ukrainian positions in houses, destroying them. Other drones did not allow Ukrainian units to gain a foothold outside their bases, quickly pursuing and clearing them as shown in the Defense Ministry footage. At a separate position, drone operators discovered a German Leopard tank, and an FPV arrived there to reduce the number of Leopards. The capture of these villages strengthened Russian territorial gains and improved the logistics routes for further operations. The next goal was to advance to the settlement of Komar, taking advantage of the difficult situation in Ukrainian services amid ongoing fighting in the surrounding area. A Russian source reported that the Russian Armed Forces liberated two villages and eliminated up to 1,015 Ukrainian soldiers on the last day of the fighting. Meanwhile last Sunday, according to former Pentagon chief adviser Colonel Douglas McGregor informed that the Ukrainian forces has suffered more than one million casualties. He further explained that around 1.2 to 1.5 million soldiers died in vain!
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  8664. The West is spinning incidents in the Baltic Sea as purported evidence of a Russian threat, while putting a smoke screen on real attacks that undermine European energy security, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. The EU and NATO have alleged that Moscow was behind multiple cases of power and communication cables being damaged in recent months. Western claims that Moscow is waging a sabotage campaign in the Baltic Sea fit a wider pattern of baseless accusations against Russia, Zakharova said. She told a regular media briefing: “Accusations directed against our nation are being habitually voiced before the circumstances of what had happened are established. We have seen this many times.” She accused the West of “fantastic hypocrisy,” pointing to what she described as the “non-investigation” of the September 2022 attack on the Nord Stream pipelines. The energy links built under the Baltic Sea were intended to deliver Russian natural gas directly to Germany, before being blown up in what Moscow calls a “terrorist attack.” The US benefited the most from the incident and was likely behind it directly or through a proxy, Russian officials have claimed. In early 2022, US President Joe Biden declared that “there will be no Nord Stream,” if Russia used military force against Ukraine. Zakharova criticized Brussels for swiftly demanding action against Russia over the cable incidents after showing no such reaction to the Nord Stream sabotage. “It seems that since Biden said that he would destroy this project, the EU believes that what happened was all proper,” she said. She also condemned the EU for reacting meekly to Kiev’s drone attack on a Russian compressor station last week. The facility pumps natural gas under the Black Sea to Türkiye and multiple consumers in Southern Europe. - RT
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  8673. With world attention riveted on Israel battling fiercely to repel attacks by Hamas and Hezbollah, little notice is being paid to the setbacks Ukraine is suffering at the hands of Russia forces. Not only does Ukraine face a significant reduction in Western military aid in the coming months, but Ukrainian forces are being pushed back steadily towards the Dnieper River per the latest report from Russian military correspondent Marat Khairullin Against the backdrop of growing pressure on the Ukies in the North, Russian troops continue to intensify in more and more new sectors of the front. Russian forces conducted a flanking maneuver on the left yesterday (Saturday) from the the village of Marfopol towards the village of Chervonoye, breaking through the first line of defense of the Ukrainians. At the same time, strong pressure from Russian troops began to the right of the Vremevsky salient in the Ugledar area – in the direction of the village of Prechistovka. Obviously, the goal of the advance was a maneuver to cut the most important Ukrainian road in this section — i.e., Gulyai Pole – Uspenovka – Velikaya Novoselovka-Prechistovka-Ugledar. The fighting is taking place on a wide front of more than 50 kilometers. The most powerful group of the enemy sits here, although it has thinned out significantly recently. It was believed, according to our estimates, that about 60 thousand Ukrainians (about 15 brigades) held the defense here. However, about 20 thousand of them were transferred over the last two months to the Northern Front to stop our “offensive” there. And now we see a serious increase in our activity on the flanks of this significantly weakened group. It is obvious that Russian troops continue to overload the Ukies along the entire length of the front. Let me remind you that in the northern direction the front has also expanded over the past 24 hours, where ours are actively increasing pressure on the Ukrops. To the left of Kislovka, Russians took Kotlyarovka and reached the most important highway N-026. To the right, Russian soldiers approached Ivanovka. The active pressure of Russian troops is here at a front of about 8 kilometers. To the south, our troops entered Makeevka at these hours, and at the same time the movement of our troops began towards the village of Nevskoye. The active front here has expanded to more than 10 kilometers. And these are just two new directions on this front. The width of the front where we apply pressure is very important, since the Ukrainians’ only method of maintaining defensive stability is to fill the position with fresh meat. They have no other methods. They definitely can’t add more firepower – all the remaining mobile missile and artillery brigades (the same wheeled self-propelled guns that we hunted all summer) are already heavily deployed. The only thing left to patch up the holes is human reserves. To the south there is also an active advance on the Donetsk front – in the area of ​​Avdeevka, advance both from Krasnogorovka and Kamenka, and from Opytnoye and Vodyanoye. In total, the Russians chewed off more than a dozen more strongholds. Active work is underway near Pervomaisky, Staromikhailovka, Marinka – in a word, Ukrainian forces are being leaned upon to the fullest. It is obvious that we are beginning to choke them seriously. - Sonar21
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  8680. Comedown After Post-Aid 'High' Brings West Back to Reality In fact, just days ago Ukraine’s head of the aerial reconnaissance support center, Maria Berlinskaya, stated that “most Western systems have proven to be [worthless]” because Russian EW neutralizes them It was also revealed that much of the gear was already forward-stationed and merely awaiting the final approval, and has begun streaming in from Poland. In fact, some of it was already secretly given a week or two ago, such as in the case of the ATACMS missiles The problem is, amid the wave of drunken excitement over the new aid, there have been many sober voices making efforts to temper the wild flights of exaggerated optimism. And the main issue is now rearing its head more than ever: out of the several disastrous problems plaguing the AFU, the supply issue is not even its biggest; that dishonorable distinction goes to the lack of usable manpower. As for mobilization, here’s Ukrainian lawyer Rostislav Kravets and Arestovich both separately revealing that there are reportedly over 100,000 deserters in the AFU: This is utterly shocking because they are talking about actual deserters who were already fighting on the front or in military units—not men who fled the country to avoid service; those, as we all know, already number in potentially the millions. No, this is much worse. These are actual deserters from the already-thinning frontline, which is said to have a measly ~250-300k men or less. As such it represents a catastrophic morale. It’s another wake up call to those who actually believe Kiev’s casualty numbers. Tens of thousands of confirmed POWs, 100k deserters, but only 30k killed? Of course the most disgusting of the lies is the suggestion that the young will only be used to operate drones and technological things, implying they’ll be safely in the ‘rear’ as most drone operators are. In reality, they will be sent as fodder to the zero line. Their excuse for the blatant indifference to threat escalation is the canard that Russia is weak, would never use nukes, and that 90% of the Russian army has already been destroyed. In fact, we now know it’s the opposite: So, it is in fact Ukraine that lost 90% of its army in the literal first days of the war, and has reconstituted it several times, while the Russian army is now bigger and stronger than before. In essence, Europe is like a gang of frightened monkeys hiding behind each other, trying to pull the bear’s tail, drawing group ‘courage’ from each other, but running frantically at the sight of a single member’s panic. Now Ukraine faces major battlefield breakthroughs as Russian forces have been steamrolling AFU in a variety of important positions and fronts, capturing Ocheretyne and Novobakhmutovka earlier: As well as major portions of Krasnogorovka: The AFU’s own sources write that the collapse has been nearly catastrophic: - Simplicius
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  8684. Jesus was a Palestinian Jew born in Bethlehem. He grew up in Nazareth and was executed as a criminal in Jerusalem. It is because of him that we celebrate Christmas. But it is in spite of him that what we celebrate is the opposite of what he stood for. Just a poor child’s birth to fulfill a prophecy that out of life would come death and out of death would come life. That hope was improbable but possible with faith. The Gospel birth narratives tell of a nativity that concludes with the grown child’s suffering, public crucifixion, death, and Resurrection – a story that lives on with the suffering of so many innocents. Matthew and Luke’s birth narratives are replicated again and again throughout history, presently and most conspicuously in Gaza and the West Bank, as the massacre of the innocents continues under today’s King Herod, Benjamin Netanyahu, the client king of Washington, not Rome, while U.S. politicians, including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who claims to be a defender of children and opposed to U.S. war policies, support this genocide with rhetorical justifications. Wealth, its possession and the avid desire for it, signifies power over people and that power includes using them in many ways, including their labor, and killing them if one chooses, quickly or slowly, overtly or deviously, directly or indirectly, for some people are useless objects, inferior people. Such power is central to politics and warfare, as a quick glance at the wealth of war-promoting politicians will reveal. It is central to the widespread thinking today that the world is filled with useless people who must be disposed of one way or the other. It is a fundamental tenet of the World Economic Forum, the Gates-Rockefeller et al. crowd, and the racist eugenics promoters today and yesterday. It is behind the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) biological weapons gain-of-function research, the Covid-19 propaganda, and the CIA’s and Defense Department’s distribution of the mRNA countermeasures (“vaccines”). It is central to the hideously obscene profits of the medical military-industrial complex and the world-wide arms industry. It is central to the genocide taking place in Gaza. For the Israeli rulers, the problem is that the Palestinians exist, so they must be exterminated. It’s still the same old story told differently down through the ages. Hitler enacted it against the Jews. Christmas is about a birth, the birth of a boy who would become a man who sided with the outcasts, the poor, the forsaken, the gentle, and the peacemakers. His birth and life was a rebuke to the powerful and the rich who lord it over the innocent, the killers, those who profit at the expense of others, who amass wealth and useless possessions to parade their power, a show of power which, unknown to their self-obsessed minds, is a sign of their spiritual nullity. I have nothing against Santa. I once sat on his lap and he seemed nice to my four year-old mind. He was fat and jolly. He told me I would get what I wanted for Christmas. But he forgot to tell me what Christmas was really about. That is what I want. To remember. - Edward Curtin for LewRockwell
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  8686. [What's masquerades for news on the US networks is Agitprop for the Western Globalists on the Payrolls of their MICs, the loss in lives be damned. I think this is great news to educate that propagandized public to wake up and see the con they've been force fed by the World Controllers while they and their families are still alive to do so!] Carlson, who launched his own network on X (formerly Twitter), posted a short video from Moscow, explaining the logic behind his upcoming interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Most Western media outlets are corrupt and “lie to their readers and viewers,” mainly by omission, Carlson argued. There has been no effort to speak to Putin since the conflict started in 2022, while US outlets have conducted many “fawning pep sessions” posing as interviews with Zelensky, he added. “That is not journalism. It is government propaganda – propaganda of the ugliest kind, the kind that kills people,” said Carlson. “Because no one has told them the truth,” most people in English-speaking countries are unaware of “history-altering developments,” according to Carlson. “That’s wrong. Americans have the right to know all they can about a war they are implicated in,” he added, noting that freedom of speech is the American birthright that can’t be taken away no matter who sits in the White House. Carlson reminded his viewers that the US government spied on his text messages in 2021, when he attempted to interview Putin. He urged Americans to watch the entire interview on X, which will not be censored or paywalled, and decide for themselves, “like a free citizen, and not a slave.” - RT
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  8693. A chilling and alarming statement. Sergei Lavrov summoned U.S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy to the Russian Foreign Ministry and delivered a stinging demarche in response to the use of U.S. supplied cluster munitions in the attack on Russian civilians sunbathing on the shores of the Black Sea. Press reports offer this summary of the Russian position: Washington “has effectively become a party” to the war on Ukraine’s side, the ministry said in a statement, adding, “Retaliatory measures will certainly follow.” It did not elaborate. But my friend, Alexander Mercouris, provided a more detailed summary of what was said. I have been unable to find a link to what the Russian Foreign Ministry presented to Ambassador Tracy, but Alexander reports that the Russia message included this phrase, “We are no longer at peace.” While stopping short of declaring war, the line between peace and war has been erased. This should scare the hell out of the politicians and public in America. Lavrov’s statement is extraordinary. He does not use any diplomatic weasel words. His message is clear — “The U.S. is responsible for this massacre, and they will get an answer.” This stark language that leaves no room for quibbling. In publicizing this message, Putin and Lavrov have closed down diplomatic options and gestures. Either they act, and act forcefully, or they do nothing and risk being excoriated by the Russian people. Neither Putin nor Lavrov are known for speaking idle words or making empty threats. While Russia is not going to act impetuously — Alexander and I agree on that — this public declaration, in my opinion, has created an expectation of future action that will entail something more than just giving weapons to a foreign group that is facing off with the United States. - Sonar21
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  8700. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – More soldiers fighting for Ukraine are fleeing faster especially from the Kursk border in an attempt to avoid Russian encirclement, or on another front. Just today on November 26, 2024, footage by Russian soldier's GoPro lens shows evidence, Ukrainian squad trying to escape and an armored vehicle abandoned at a location for unknown reasons. Russian soldiers approach and inspect the vehicle, where the driver and passengers have disappeared, which is likely to follow the forest belt because it is not according to plan. Inside the vehicle are some stolen equipment from civilians in Kursk, they left behind a washing machine, fan, kettle, keyboard and other devices, according to Russian military reports and as shown in the footage. The fact that on the same day, Ukrainian soldiers tried to escape from Kursk faster than bullets and missiles, despite pro-Ukrainian media continuing to report progress by recycling old videos pretending that Ukraine is still effective, it does not help! Three another Ukrainian soldiers fled, deciding to leave their positions on foot. The arrival of Russian artillery at their positions with puffs of smoke, became the main reason to save themselves from further encirclement! This is the result of Ukrainian attempts to infiltrate Kursk, which is constantly under ambush by the landlords, Russian forces. On November 23, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Special Forces of the Crimean Paratroopers, carried out a prepared ambush on Ukrainian armored assault group in Sudzha district. One British Mastiff vehicle for the breakthrough was overturned by the attack and liquidated about 20 enemy soldiers. Russian soldiers also took home a trophy, a Western-made Mastiff! It is known that Ukrainian soldiers are starting to pay a high price for Kiev's proxy war with the Western collective. They tend to fail to carry out combat actions in groups, are killed, wounded, abandoned, captured, and those who escaped are likely to survive. Kursk is a disaster for Kiev, they must immediately retreat or they need long-range missiles to cover their lack of troops.
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  8711. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Syrian Armed Forces have successfully carried out a large-scale operation against terrorist groups in the northern countryside of Homs with airstrikes from Russian and Syrian fighter jets, the official SANA news agency reported on Friday evening, citing military sources. Syrian Arab Army units operated around Talbiseh-Al Rastan enclave and in Al-Dar al-Kabirah, launching attacks on terrorist forces with the support of warplanes, artillery, rockets and armored vehicles. Syrian Arab Army is carrying out repositioning and redeployment in accordance with military plans and orders, determined to continue to defend Syria steadfastly, the news agency added. According to footage from pro-Turkish sources, clashes took place in al-Qosour between Syrian Army and terrorist groups, namely out of 10 people, 8 of whom are foreign mercenaries with the support of clearly known countries. The attacks were aimed at blocking their progress and supply chains towards Homs, a city that has been captured in the news, which is exploited by the enemy circles to spread rumors among the citizens, as reported by the Syrian Defense Ministry. Amid the ongoing fighting in the northern districts of Homs, Su-22 warplanes attacked Ter Maela, targeting terrorist groups and their supply lines during the day. In addition, Syrian Army officer said that Russian planes launched airstrikes at night to destroy the Rastan bridge along the main M5 highway connecting Hama to Homs. This was important to prevent the spread of terrorists towards Homs, entering several villages and areas to take pictures for a few minutes, and leaving the area to then publish the clips on their websites in the context of a dirty media war to show their control. Syrian Arab Army swept the enemy with a swift movement, eliminating many terrorist members and destroying many of their vehicles, equipment and weapons. Syrian Army air defenses also shot down 2 enemy suicide drones. Sources reported that many other members fled due to the air force operation and the areas were also bombarded with heavy artillery. In Talbiseh, it showed that Syrian-Russian operation left significant damage to enemy positions due to heavy shelling, and the strategic city looked deserted in the morning as in the footage by a motorcyclist. Meanwhile in Rastan, it is unknown where the terrorists went, where the conditions are the same as in Talbiseh, Syrian-Russian attack left a nightmare for the enemy group. The death toll of terrorists rose to 2,500 during the week while Syrian Armed Forces carried out a counterattack with the support of Russian Aerospace Forces, the Syrian Defense Ministry reported
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  8722. Moscow has demanded that Ukraine surrender everyone in the country it suspects of terrorism, as well as immediately stop supporting any related activities, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday. The ministry said it had officially contacted Kiev with the demands under the UN-adopted International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. The demands include the “immediate arrest and extradition” of all the suspects which Moscow has identified and linked to the recent terrorist attack against Russia. The deadly attack on the Crocus City Hall, which “shocked the whole world is, by far, not the first terrorist attack endured by our country recently,” the ministry noted. ”The investigations carried out by the competent Russian bodies indicate that the traces of all these crimes lead to Ukraine,” it stressed. Apart from the concert hall attack, which left at least 144 people dead and more than 500 injured, the ministry cited such incidents as the assassination of the military blogger Maksim Fomin (best known by his pen name Vladlen Tatarsky), the deadly bombing of the Crimean Bridge, as well as recent cross-border raids into Belgorod Region and elsewhere which have been attributed by Kiev to the so-called Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK). The paramilitary unit, advertised as composed of Russians collaborating with Ukraine, has been designated as a terrorist entity by Moscow. - RT
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  8733. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – A Russian fiber optic FPV drone provides precise visual confirmation of Kiev's abandoned and destroyed equipment after their defeat at the neck of the so-called "Kurakhovo pocket" that has narrowed to Kostiantynopil. The Russian military channels released videos on February 15, 2025, showing a BTR-70M armored vehicle of Ukraine first entering the drone's camera frame, followed by another BMP-1. The drone flew further, finding equipment abandoned due to being unable to withstand the onslaught of powerful Russian forces, an Ukrainian BMP-2 then came under objective control of Kiev's astonishing loss reference. The large Ukrainian-held Kurakhovo pocket in Donetsk effectively ceased to exist, collapsing as Russian forces encircled Ulakly from the east and southeast, and Kostiantynopil from the southeast. A successful defeat after Russian shelling of the enemy military equipment, the armor is now in ruins, and Kiev will never win because Russia can produce more ammunition in a month than 32 NATO allies can produce in a year. Next, while passing a large Ukrainian fortification, Russian FPV filmed a BMP-1TS that has become scrap metal, and a Kozak-7 nearby. The Russian Armed Forces are now breaking through the Ukrainian defenses and advancing on the village of Ulakly from two directions after heavy fighting on the front line west of Kurakhovo. The fiber-optic FPV drone arrived at a multi-purpose combat vehicle MT-LB, abandoned by the Ukrainian crew for unknown reasons south of Ulakly near Zelenovka. Successful defeat after a drone hit, destroyed by fire at a distance of about 700 meters from the combat contact line. Now, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost the opportunity to break out of the encirclement that closed the Kurakhovo pocket, Kiev is in great danger even in a matter of hours!
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  8734. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Finally, Russian harsh retaliation has come! This morning, August 26, 2024, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive thunderous strike across Ukraine with high-precision weapons against critical energy infrastructure that ensures the operation of the complex, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said. According to preliminary estimates, more than 60 missiles and 100 drones were used in the strike on the map of Ukraine territory for two hours. Russia has long since stopped carrying out missile and drone strikes, which were so massive and dense in many cities - in some places they are already rumbling again. There is almost no air defense work in the attack area, and it seems that most of the air defense has been withdrawn to the borders of the Kursk region. Videos are circulating on the Internet filmed by local residents, at least one missile arriving at the Kiev hydroelectric power station. According to initial reports from Ukrainian media, the explosion caused severe damage to the engine room and on the road leading to the dam of the power plant. Earlier, authorities reported that traffic along the dam in both directions was blocked at least until lunchtime. Emergency power outages began after the strike. According to the analysis, the attack was only a warning and pressure on Kiev officials, if Russia really wanted to destroy it completely, they would have used Khinzal missile or at least 4 cruise missiles. If successful, this would have flooded one of the largest cities in Europe permanently. According to preliminary estimates at the moment, several explosions were heard in Kiev including at Zhuliany Airport, and at least 10 regions were targeted. The water supply in Zhitomir has been completely stopped after a strike at an electricity distribution station. The Usatovo substation, an important electricity distribution center in the Odessa region, was burned down – four arrivals were recorded and thick smoke was seen rising, causing a power outage. In addition, at least 30 trucks were burned down as a result of shooting at a motor transport company near Odessa. Many regions of Ukraine are experiencing widespread power outages, railway infrastructure is down, and water supplies are also cut off. The list of targets will be long, and there is no rush to conclusions!
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  8736. LONDON — They Want Julian Assange to Die in Prison for Embarrassing the CIA. The prosecution for the U.S., which is seeking to deny Julian Assange’s appeal of an extradition order, begun by the Trump administration and embraced by the Biden administration, grounded its arguments on Wednesday in the dubious affidavits filed by a U.S. federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, Gordon Kromberg. The charges articulated by Kromberg — often false — to make the case for extradition did not fly with the two High Court judges, Jeremy Johnson and Dame Victoria Sharp, who are overseeing Julian’s final appeal in the British courts. The prosecuting attorneys, under questioning from the judges, were knocked off balance when challenged about the veracity of several of the claims which Kromberg made in support of the indictment against Julian. By the end of the day, it seemed likely that, probably by April, since requested written briefs have to be turned into the judges in March, the two judges will permit an appeal on at least a few of the points. This will, conveniently for the Biden administration — which I expect does not want to take on the contentious issue of extraditing Julian while fueling the genocide in Gaza — mean that any extradition would occur after the election. The CIA usually gets what it wants. But for the near future I expect Julian to continue to rot in HM Prison Belmarsh, where he has been imprisoned for nearly five years as he deteriorates physically and psychologically. This slow motion execution is intentional. It is hard to call any court ruling, other than the dropping of the charges against him, a victory, but the longer he stays out of U.S. hands, the more hope he has of regaining his freedom for carrying out the most important investigative journalism of our generation. - LewRockwell
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  8756. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - There were many losses, after the Iskander missile strike of Russian troops destroyed a large accumulation of vehicles and personnel of the Armed Forces od Ukraine in the Sumy region. Russian military correspondents released footage on September 4, 2024, showing the work of Russian Armed Forces reconnaissance officers, discovering a large concentration of Kiev equipment and troops while disembarking personnel near their stronghold in Bezdryk, southeast of the Sumy city. One of the launches of nine Iskander-M ballistic missiles, launched at once in the Sumy region on that day, thwarted the planned redeployment of Ukrainian troops in the settlement, about 30 kilometers from the Russian border and planned to the Kursk region. All invisible to the media of the war supporters, the high price of the failure of the Kiev officials in the Kursk mission was paid by the Ukrainians who were forcibly recruited. The concentration point was completely destroyed by missile, which did not care about the enemy's air defense systems. As a result of the missile landing, the entire assault brigade was destroyed, more than 70 personnel were killed, collected and loaded onto trucks. According to the information received, at least some units of equipment were destroyed, such as 7 cargo vehicles, 4 armored combat vehicles, and 9 off-road vehicles. In recent days, Iskander missiles have been diligently working to destroy enemy personnel, including their headquarters in several regions of Ukraine, victims include NATO personnel!
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  8771. Pay Attention to what Putin says! During the special military operation we are liberating Russian territory. How do you feel about Western countries helping our enemy? Vladimir Putin: The point is not that they are helping our enemy. They are our enemy. They are solving their own problems with their hands. That is what it is all about. This has been the case for centuries, unfortunately, and continues to be the case today. Ukraine itself is not our enemy whereas those who want to destroy Russian statehood and to achieve, as they say, a strategic defeat of Russia on the battlefield, are mainly in the West, but still, there are different people there. There are people who sympathise with us and who are with us at heart. But there are the elites who think the existence of Russia (at least in its current state and size) is unacceptable. They want to disintegrate it. As a matter of fact, you are young people, some have read about this, perhaps: they do not hide it. They speak and write about this publicly, and have been doing it for decades, if we are talking about contemporary history. For decades, they have simply been writing frankly about it: divide Russia into five parts, one is too much. I can talk about this till morning, but it is obvious. Therefore, they have been nurturing the Kiev regime for quite a long time, precisely to create this conflict. Unfortunately for us, they have achieved this: they started this conflict and are trying to achieve their objective, namely the task of fighting Russia, with the help of Ukrainians. You probably see on the battlefield that they are gradually losing their zest. When a projectile flies, it is difficult to understand whether they are losing it or not, but in general you probably know that the situation on the battlefield is changing. This is despite the fact that the entire “civilised” West is fighting us. - Sonar21
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  8778. The US is pursuing a “deeply hostile” nuclear policy while attempting “to lecture” Russia and China, Moscow’s ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, warned on Thursday. His comments came after the US acting assistant secretary of defense for space policy, Vipin Narang, said that Washington finds itself “in nothing short of a new nuclear age,” adding that it must “prepare for a world where constraints on nuclear weapons arsenals disappear entirely.” Antonov condemned the speech as “innuendos about Russia’s allegedly irresponsible behavior in the nuclear sphere,” adding that this type of rhetoric does little to contribute to “improving the situation in the sphere of strategic security.” Washington is “once again trying to teach” Russia and China the “right behavior,” the diplomat added. “Otherwise, they threaten the advent of a new ‘nuclear age’ in which the United States will not be able to restrain the growth of its own nuclear arsenal.” The US also continues to “pump” Ukraine with more and more weapons amid the conflict with Russia, including fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons, Antonov stated, describing the policy as “deeply hostile.” It will not be possible to achieve cooperation with Moscow while attempting to inflict a “strategic defeat” against it, the envoy warned. Antonov also accused Washington of “silencing the inconvenient truth about the more than two decades of US strikes against the entire architecture of international arms control.” - RT
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  8786. Signal: Deep state's CIA tool to frame Team Trump? Signalgate has sparked speculation about alleged CIA involvement in National Security Adviser Michael Waltz's mishap. What's behind the suspicions? ▪Clinton's push: The app Signal was created as part of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's initiative to equip pro-US foreign coup plotters with encryption tools. It was inspired by color revolutions in the Middle East, including the 2011 Arab Spring, per Bloomberg. ▪CIA's spinoff? Signal’s development was funded through the Open Technology Fund (OTF), a Radio Free Asia (RFA) program launched under Clinton’s initiative. RFA was originally created as a CIA broadcasting tool in the 1950s. ▪Deep state tool? In May 2024, City Journal cited an OTF employee as saying that OTF-funded tools, including Signal, have long been US foreign policy instruments tied to intelligence services. ▪Globalist ties: Signal Foundation chair Katherine Maher began her career with the NDI as a color revolution agent. A former Wikimedia CEO, she promoted online censorship of conservatives and criticized Donald Trump. She is linked to globalist groups like the Atlantic Council, CFR, and WEF. ▪Government infiltration: Maher served on the State Department’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board in 2022-2024. Biden's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recommended Signal for government use including by "highly targeted" officials in its 2024 guide. ▪Signal, planted: Testifying before Congress, CIA Director John Radcliffe confirmed that Signal was installed on federal work devices before Team Trump took office. He emphasized it was an approved communication tool for non-classified content. ▪A set-up? Some X users have speculated that rogue CIA agents manipulated Signal to add liberal Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg – known for his anti-Trump stance - to a government chat in order to frame Team Trump. ▪'Disgruntled' CIA agents: CNN raised the alarm last month over potential leaks and other malicious moves by "disgruntled" CIA employees dissatisfied with the DOGE-led lay-offs and Trump policies. - Intel Republic
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  8805. Russia’s response to Ukraine’s spate of terrorist attacks over the weekend is best captured by the phrase, “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” This means that revenge is often more satisfying or effective when it is delayed, carefully planned, and not acted on in the heat of emotion. By framing its military actions as counterterrorism, Russia aims to escalate its use of military force: This means intensified military operations against Ukraine going forward. Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, today announced that Russia would no longer sit for negotiations with Ukraine about ending the war. Instead, Russia would confine its diplomatic efforts to “working delegations” that will address technical issues such as freeing POWS and returning the corpses of Ukrainian soldiers. No more Istanbul. That process is now kaput. Putin and his generals are paying attention to the public sentiment and are now engaged in meticulous planning for launching massive strikes on Ukrainian assets implicated in these attacks. Putin made that point clearly and strongly to Donald Trump during their conversation on Wednesday. While Russia is not likely to strike outside the territorial boundaries of Ukraine, it will hit sites linked to foreign interests, which is likely to include British targets, still operating in Ukraine. As night fell on the east coast in the United States, Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones at targets in Ternopol, Kiev, Lvov, Lutsk, Rovno and Khmelnitsky. A video from Kiev shows a Patriot battery launching at least four missiles in a failed attempt to intercept an Iskander missile. It appears that multiple Russian missiles exploded near the site of the Patriot battery. While these strikes represent a surge compared to the previous days, this is not the retaliation that Putin informed Trump was coming. The big strike is still in the planning process. - sonar21
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  8813. Following this news, a meltdown of epic proportions has ensued in the Ukrainian commentariat—the top names and influencers are not taking this news well: And why are they not taking the news in stride? Many believe that Syrsky is hated by the Ukrainian troops, particularly those on the frontlines. He’s being called a ‘butcher’ and is known in other circles as a meat-grinder who refused to give an inch in Bakhmut while calling for frontal meat-assaults, leading to the extermination of an entire field army group. Zelensky on the other hand praises him for his grand achievements: the Kiev “defense” and the Kharkov offensive. Unfortunately, as sector commander in 2015, he was also reportedly responsible for the infamous Debaltsevo cauldron: We have collected the most famous operations of Syrsky, the new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Debaltsevo-2015 Soledar-2022 Bakhmut-2022 All these operations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces ended in encirclement and defeat for them. Two majors. But here’s the most important angle that few others, it seems, have noticed. Ask yourself, why would Zelensky appoint a commander that the entire armed forces allegedly hates? In fact, this is a ‘design feature’ not a bug. Recently it was claimed Zaluzhny likewise attempted to get Avdeevka totally withdrawn. It does not seem that he likes to waste men for what he knows to be fruitless efforts. Syrsky on the other hand appears glad to grind them down. And in the past few days, reports on almost every frontline have been absolutely cataclysmic for Ukraine. The ammo shortage appears to be so bad now that they’re barely able to hold on, taking unprecedented losses in the process. Most notably, heavy action is occurring on Sinkovka and Novomikhailovka where Russia is pushing through Ukrainian lines: It’s getting so bad that a Ukrainian battalion now has as few as 40 capable fighting troops: But to get back to Avdeevka: the reports of losses in the AFU there are terrible. Such an anecdotal one says they’re losing a battalion a week just there alone: Female AFU POW taken: her husband is MIA, she has 3 kids, no job, went to the army to pay the bills, was sent to Krynki (Russian bank of the Dnieper), wounded, denied evacuation (not valuable enough), left to die, saved by the Russians. One of the key factors responsible for the decisive advances in Avdeevka of the past week were mass Russian bombing campaigns via UMPK Fab-500 glidebombs. Today alone a reported 80-100 such Fabs were dropped on Avdeevka alone onto Ukrainian positions and withdrawing units on the supply routes. A new video has dispelled doubts of the UMPK bombs’ accuracy for the first time, showing them hitting several large Ukrainian warehouses in closeup fashion. But what is most notable is the sequence at the end. Three bombs hit, two of them choosing adjacent warehouses—but note the third bomb: it is said to be a new type of airburst variety equipped with an altimeter or proximity fuze, allowing it to rain fragments and shrapnel down at the target from above: - Simplicius
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  8814. French President Emmanuel Macron should apologize for making “misleading” claims about the origins of the Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has told RT. In particular, Zakharova criticized Macron for alleging that Russia was to blame for the failure of the Minsk Accords. The agreements were brokered in 2014 and 2015 to halt fighting between Ukraine and the now-Russian Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, with France and Germany as guarantors. They were ultimately not implemented, and Moscow later accused Kiev and the West of using them to strengthen Ukraine’s military instead of securing peace. “We cannot forget that Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and that we negotiated a ceasefire in Minsk at that time. And Russia did not respect this ceasefire,” the French president alleged, claiming that Moscow poses a direct threat to France and the entire EU. Zakharova condemned Macron’s comments as “aggressive and destructive” and pointed out that former French President François Hollande and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel have “openly confessed and not under torture or pressure” back in 2022 they never intended to enforce the accords. “Macron should invite his predecessor… Hollande, to the Élysée Palace to have a heart-to-heart talk with him… Then he’ll probably hear from Hollande... that he had no intention of implementing the Minsk agreements while representing France,” Zakharova stated, suggesting that after speaking to Hollande, Macron would “have to apologize to his own population for misleading them.” - RT
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  8817. Just what sort of actions the president will take once he declares a national emergency can barely be discerned from the barebones directives. However, one thing is clear: in the event of a perceived national emergency, the COG directives give unchecked executive, legislative and judicial power to the president. The country would then be subjected to martial law by default, and the Constitution and the Bill of Rights would be suspended. The internet kill switch is just one piece of the government’s blueprint for locking down the nation and instituting martial law. Given the government’s penchant for weaponizing one national crisis after another in order to expand its powers and justify all manner of government tyranny in the so-called name of national security, it’s only a matter of time before this particular emergency power to shut down the internet is activated. Packaged as an effort to control the spread of speculative or false information in the name of national security, restricting access to social media has become a popular means of internet censorship. As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People and in its fictional counterpart The Erik Blair Diaries, these censors are laying the groundwork to preempt any “dangerous” ideas that might challenge the power elite’s stranglehold over our lives. Whatever powers you allow the government and its corporate operatives to claim now, whatever the reason might be, will at some point in the future be abused and used against you by tyrants of your own making. By the time you add AI technologies, social credit systems, and wall-to-wall surveillance into the mix, you don’t even have to be a critic of the government to get snared in the web of digital censorship. Eventually, as George Orwell predicted, telling the truth will become a revolutionary act. - LewRockwell
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  8818. ▪It should be remembered that President Trump's previous "bad" tariffs were not only kept in place under the Biden administration, they were expanded upon over the last 4 years indicating this is a bipartisan "deep state" agenda; ▪Follow-up tariffs on not only China but now also Canada and Mexico are aimed at further permanently decoupling the US from China, not at negotiations or the stemming of "drugs" and "illegal immigrants," all of which are fabricated pretexts; ▪Tariffs have precipitated a cost of living crisis in the US (coupled with a similar crisis in Europe linked to sanctions on Russia), a crisis both the Trump and Biden administrations are clearly indifferent to; ▪The goal is very obviously to prepare for war with China, including a blockade of Chinese maritime shipping US moves against Panama and Greenland both serve as steps toward preparing; ▪Under the Biden administration, the reorganization of the US Marine Corps into an anti-shipping force likewise served as preparation for this; ▪China and its trading partners (virtually the rest of the world) need to realistically face this and prepare for this US plan to strangle multipolarism in the cradle - negotiations with the US must be done with this in mind, realizing the US has no intention of ever striking an actual deal, but is instead preparing the battlefield; ▪China's ability to innovate and replace US imports as well as diversify and protect alternative exports elsewhere from US destabilization (both regime change installing anti-China client regimes and the backing of violence targeting Belt & Road Initiative routes) will determine the outcome of Washington's actual objectives; - The New Atlas
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  8820. Isn’t that convenient? On the day that Hamas returns the bodies of four dead Israelis — a mother, her two sons and an elderly gent — three unoccupied, parked buses are bombed in Israel: Naturally, this was the work of Palestinian terrorists. Right? Nonsense! I believe this was a staged event designed to shift public attention away from the blame directed at the Israeli Occupation Forces which, according to Hamas, accidentally killed them during one of their bombings of Palestinians in the Gaza strip. Don’t take my word for it. Listen to Yarden Bibas, the husband of the woman and the father of the children: This was the message of Yarden Bibas, whose wife, Sherry, and his two children, Kfir and Ariel, were killed by the Israeli planes, to Bibi Netanyahu. Hamas offered to hand over the three bodies following their demise, but the Zionists refused to accept them until today. For its part, the Israeli media is playing up the return of the dead hostages as evidence of the evil of Hamas, which is whipping up public sentiment in Israel to strike at Palestinian targets. Israel is just looking for an excuse to go on a killing spree in order to distract public attention from charges that the hostages died because of Israeli military operations. You know what is shocking? Even with a fabricated poll, Zelensky garnered only 57% support. Donald Trump is correct — Zelensky is a dictator. He has shuttered all opposition media, locked up political opponents and attacked the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. It appears that Trump was not making an offhand remark. His accusation of Zelensky coincided with Tucker Carlson releasing a terrific podcast that explores the depths of Zelensky’s depravity. I don’t think this was a coincidence. Bob Amsterdam, an American lawyer who is banned from Russia, provides a detailed account of Zelensky’s credentials as a genuine dictator to Tucker: - sonar21
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  8825. The agreement between the Iranian and US negotiators, i.e., Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Trump’s pal, Steve Witkoff, to meet next Saturday is very good news. Let’s not forget that Araghchi was in Moscow earlier this week, coordinating and discussing Iran’s proposals with his counterparts from Russia and China. I am certain that the Russians and the Chinese played a role in persuading Iran to offer the US a proposal that they believed could be acceptable to Witkoff, or at least provide grounds for further discussions. Witkoff’s task is difficult. While he has the backing of Trump, the proposal offered by Iran is likely to enrage the Zionist cabal that surrounds Trump — i.e., Michael Waltz, Marco Rubio and CIA Director, John Ratcliffe. The GrayZone’s Max Blumenthal reports that AIPAC considers those three as reliable lackeys: Trump is going to come under enormous pressure to add additional conditions to the proposal now on the table — e.g., elimination of Iran’s nuclear program, elimination of Iran’s missiles and/or an end to all support for Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. If the Zionist crowd succeeds in clubbing Witkoff like a baby seal, and Witkoff is forced to return to Oman with one or more of these “new” conditions, the Iranians will walk away and the possibility of a deal to prevent war will evaporate. Trump now holds the success or failure of his Presidency in his own hands. If he endorses the Witkoff deal, he will earn the enmity of the Zionist cabal, but he will have a credible deal that will likely mark the end of the Iranian interest in building a nuclear weapon. After he briefs Trump on his talks with the Iranian delegation, you can bet every penny you own that the details will be hastily leaked to every pro-Israel loon in Congress, and the howls of protest will erupt. While Donald Trump is busy pretending that he is still a powerful, political juggernaut, the reality is that the base that elected him is starting to fracture, and Trump is being forced to reverse himself on some key tariff’s levied on China. - sonar21
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  8844. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The defenders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are currently struggling, in groups to find a way to flee away from Sudzha where Russian forces have made a remarkable breakthrough, rushing into the rear of Ukrainian troops b a gas pipe. Videos published by Russian military correspondents have emerged online on March 11, 2025, showing how a recent Russian Special Forces operation, using a disused gas pipe, traveled about 15 kilometers inside the pipe, hiding for several days before launching a surprise attack near the town of Sudzha, Kursk Region. Interestingly, during the three-week operation by 800 soldiers, the Russian troops wore colored armbands to make it difficult for Ukrainian troops to identify them, with the first 400 wearing blue armbands, the color commonly associated with the Ukrainian army, while the next 400 wearing red armbands. Additional details of the operation include the need for special protective equipment to avoid poisoning. Trolleys were used to carry water and everything else inside the pipe. Upon receiving the signal, the troops immediately appeared, catching the Ukrainian rear by surprise, causing confusion and a reorganization of the defense lines, which forced the Ukrainian defenders to hastily withdraw from the sector. The Russian Defense Ministry shared a video on March 11, showing a group of Ukrainian defenders who refused to surrender to the Russian Armed Forces, trying hard to escape en masse even on foot from Sudzha. While fleeing, the group, consisting of about 30 enemy soldiers, tried to hide inside a building, but the reconnaissance unit of the Sever Group of Force was watching them. The drone pilot waited for the right moment, and the attack drone launched an attack, then the building exploded with a huge explosion along with the invading troops. It seems that Russia is monitoring the entire front line, no one can hide, now a large defender group was eliminated in one strike. Russian military sources released another video, the former commander of the 3rd SHO PMC "Wagner" and now the commander of the DRShB Vostok, spoke about the details of the pipe special operation of the "Potok", a Russian breakthrough that reached Sudzha. Thus, the defenders of Kiev are now focused only on evacuating, but it ended in disaster!
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  8848. Biden called up the brute force of our navy: eight strike fighter squadrons, in addition to electronic warfare, airborne early warning aircraft, transport aircraft, and helicopters totaling upwards of 150 aircraft. The carriers’ cruiser and destroyer escorts are all Aegis warships. Sitting off the shores of Palestine fighting men, women, and children running around in sandals without water, food or electricity. Attacking Yemen was pure insanity. It simply means attacks on US soldiers stationed across the Middle East will ramp up exponentially. Destroying West Bank homes, Israel has now targeted the PLO for retaliation. And it begins to look as though Netanyahu is suffering from severe psychosis – the same mania that drove the Nazi’s and destroyed the Nazi’s. The Western wars have historically been ‘preemptive’, according to the US and UK intelligensia. Israel is making this same claim. The US/UK attacks on Yemen are now also under this false guise as was the bombing of Syria. The UN is powerless. NATO is powerless. These organizations are simply props. A false sense of unity and security that is delusional and/or an illusion. The World Economic Forum recognized this when saying that ‘government is obsolete’. Meaning it doesn’t exist. We are paying government nearly $5 trillion every year while Stakeholders make all the decisions and run the roost. The system is broken. Stakeholders have no obligation to adhere to Law. And will subjugate The People while Congress plays parcheesi. The only way to get a judicial system back is to extract the Stakeholder Control. - LewRockwell
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  8858. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Units of the Russian Armed Forces have begun to break through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine north of Rabotino towards Orekhov, on Zaporozhye front. This was reported by the Deputy Chairman of the Coordination Council for the Integration of New Territories, Vladimir Rogov, citing a Russian military correspondent on October 29, 2024. In recent days, Russian servicemen from the special operations formations of Dnieper Group of Forces have forced Ukrainian troops out of the high ground, which is of tactical importance in Orekhov zone. Over the past 24 hours, the front line north of Rabotino has become more active, and intensive attacks have begun from both sides, reinforced by powerful armored vehicles, artillery and drones, which are working hard! Now the way for the Russian assault troops on the front line is wide open, there is an advance towards Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka. During the battle, Russian scouts detected Ukrainian positions in dugouts, heavily guarded by their armored vehicle in Orekhov sector. The tank crew of Novorossiysk Paratroopers, then quickly moved closer to the target, with the modernized version of T-72B3, which is an excellent tank in terms of performance, cost and speed of production. T-72B3 tank turret with mounted mounts for components of the active protection complex is effective against FPV drones, which are the main threat to today's armored vehicles. The tank fired powerfully, Ukrainian shelter was destroyed. In addition to the tank, the artillery crew of Dnepr Group of Forces operated a working 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer, which performs its duties every day in special military operations. With accuracy, high rate of fire and all-terrain capability, the gunners fired ammunition, the Zelensky's troop shelter detected, was powerfully blown up! The Ukrainian troops did not even know what to do anymore trying to defend themselves from the Russian advance. They tried to attack the Russian assault troops with a heavy agrodrone, nicknamed "Baba Yaga", but were immediately detected by Russian FPV drone operators, who were actively hunting enemy targets. FPV drone immediately flew into the target, and Baba Yaga, nicknamed "Vampire" by its designers, fell into free fall! As a result, Ukrainian defense held together with the Western collective, was successfully penetrated north of Rabotino. The Russian strike area reached 10 kilometers, meaning that an area of up to 10 square kilometers was liberated. This eliminated the small gains at great cost, which Kiev's forces had gained with heavy losses during the 2023 “counteroffensive”. Here, Russian drone again filmed the streets to Rabotino, marked by several Bradley and Leopard 2A4 losses in the footage.
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  8862. The WHO, an agency of the United Nations, is largely through its own assumed authority now proposing a Pandemic Treaty that has the potential to shut down the world in lockdowns vastly more severe than occurred during COVID, solely on its own say-so that a “pandemic” may be taking place. The WHO—or whoever their “bosses” are—will be able to mandate compulsory vaccination and “vaccine passports” for every human being on the planet while suppressing all debate or dissent. Critics are pointing out—when they are allowed to speak—that there is absolutely no evidence that natural outbreaks of infectious diseases are anywhere close to the level implied by the totalitarian program of societal suppression the treaty would implement. This raises the suspicion that such outbreaks could only be engineered by deliberate release of microbes generated by “gain-of-function” R&D similar to what was likely done with COVID. The Biden administration has declared its intent to be a party to the WHO agreement, but that it will not be providing the U.S. Senate the opportunity to ratify such a treaty as specified in the U.S. Constitution. They claim that the treaty can be implemented by executive fiat. The treaty is an obvious assault on the sovereignty of any nation that chooses to take part and a threat to the sanctity of personhood of every individual. In the U.S., the Bill of Rights would virtually be suspended. Returning to the WHO, who are its bosses that will stand as the international arbiter of every real or possible microbial crisis? The most powerful figure behind WHO funding is U.S. multi-billionaire Bill Gates, who, as indicated above, is today the most visible member of the Globalist hierarchy determined to reduce the earth’s human population. Will Gates and his WEF associates be the ultimate decision-makers? Opposition to the WHO There is growing opposition to the WHO Pandemic Treaty, particularly among organizations and individuals who are leading the general societal awakening to the horrors inflicted by the world’s governing authorities with respect to the COVID pandemic. At the same time, the world is only beginning to realize the harm that has already been inflicted by the mRNA “vaccines” administered to hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Conclusion For many, the Globalist attitude is on full display in the comment famously attributed to Britain’s Prince Philip by The Guardian in 2009 where he is quoted as having said, “In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, to contribute something to solving overpopulation.” DARPA is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a major funder of vaccine development. See its website for its article on “Taking Guess Work out of Vaccine Development: AIM Program aims to leverage host immune mechanisms to determine if vaccine candidates will provide long-lasting immune protection.” And the U.S. military to which DARPA belongs is 100 percent under Globalist control. This was confirmed long ago by Henry Kissinger, who famously said, “Military Men Are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy.” But it’s not just military men. The Globalists see all of us in a similar way; essentially as just a herd of cattle. - Global Research
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  8878. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Again and again, that Kiev officials were brought to their knees in despair after another strategically important city on Pokrovsky direction, Ukrainsk, was completely under the control of Russian Army on September 17, 2024. Footage shared by Russian military correspondent, Rudenko, shows two Russian soldiers planting Soviet Union flag on top of the building, which now fully controls Ukrainsk Mine, while lowering the Blue and Yellow flag from its pole. Ukrainian troops were unable to hold Ukrainsk, located in Donetsk region, as a result, their defenses broke, and they gained momentum to retreat without permission to their strongholds to the West rather than face the great risk of being attacked by Russian assault troops. The takeover of Ukrainsk which Kiev did not comment on, came after 2 weeks of fierce fighting, which was completely cleared by The 114th Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian troops had advanced from the eastern outskirts of the town on September 3, and by then, the defenses here were held by The 25th Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But, they came under heavy fire in waves from Russian assault troops, who set their positions ablaze in buildings and in defensive trenches. Artillery and drone fire worked in this regard, their positions were surrounded by a pincer movement that tightened the pressure on the town, describing the situation as “very complicated.” Afterwards, the remnants of The 25th Brigade were pushed straight back and hastily withdrawn, heading outside Ukrainsk. The capture of Ukrainsk underlined Russian steady advance, and no doubt Kiev retaliated with desperate attacks on Russian military infrastructure, diverting attention from the latest defeats on the battlefield. It is an artillery ammunition depot that was hit, and the massive explosion was truly devastating, on Wednesday night in Toropets in Tver region, which is about 500km from the country’s border. However, the facility reportedly held ammunition such as 122mm Grad MLRS, and not anything too expensive like high-end cruise missiles or guided munitions, so in theory it was a negligible hit. By doing so, Russian forces could place more artillery beyond the reach of Ukrainian defenses, potentially setting the stage for a new assault on Pokrovsky.
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  8886. NATO should never have been formed in the first place because it was always a war-making organization serving U.S.-led Western imperialism. The organization is inherently for war-making. By definition, it has a terroristic purpose, to incite war, to justify war, and to never stop promoting war because Western imperialism can never co-exist with peaceful relations between nations. NATO has been sold to the Western public and the rest of the world as some kind of international security agency. The same deception has been used by American militarism and all other Western imperialist adventures. How Orwellian can you get? Peace means war, security means chaos and threats, and rules-based order means domination and exploitation. Imagine believing that millions of people were annihilated in U.S.-led wars for democracy and freedom! That is not dystopian fantasy. It actually happened and continues to happen, from Korea to Vietnam, from former Yugoslavia to Iraq, from Ukraine to Gaza, and many more horrors besides. However, the proxy war in Ukraine has crossed a fateful Rubicon. The world can finally see that the NATO axis is a glaring fraud that is endangering international peace with its relentless aggression and toxic lies. It’s not just about Russia. Any nation that decides to stand up to Western desired hegemony is liable to find itself in the crosshairs of a U.S.-led attack using NATO as a legal cover for an international coalition. That historic defeat of Western imperialism is at an epochal endpoint. American-led capitalism is bankrupt and irredeemable. That makes the NATO war machine a very dangerous unstable “multiplier” of American militarism. Will it risk a desperate final world war or will the abominable Western system be overhauled safely by the majority of people who abhor it? NATO’s sell-by date is well and truly past. Russia put paid to that. It remains up to the people of the Western nations to salvage something more constructive and democratic from the smoking hulk. - LewRockwell
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  8894. So, it makes sense that Putin wanted to give us a history lesson because he assumes, rightly, that most Americans do not have any clue about Russia’s history. He didn’t do this to bore us, he did this to inform us and set us at ease. To tell us that he is a man with a perspective that he believes he can justify. He’s not a frothing-at-the-mouth cannibal who desires world domination. No, Putin’s aim was to elucidate, calmly, the nature of the conflict, laying out the missteps made along the way. And I believe he was effective to those that stayed with him. Because, never once did Putin talk down to his audience. How many Americans learned that Putin asked Bill Clinton for Russia to become part of NATO, thus ending NATO’s raison d’etre? Or that Bush the Lesser unilaterally abrogated the ABM Treaty? Or that the Minsk Agreements were our last hope for a settlement of the differences between the Donbass and Kiev, and that Putin was the one pushing to make them work? There are at least a half-dozen other things people learned in this interview, if they had ears to listen, And given that this conflict is hurtling towards a war that only very select gatekeepers and power-brokers want, that should have been enough to sharpen everyone’s focus to give Putin an honest hearing. What does matter is that is how Putin views this conflict. And we have to deal with it. Period. What also matters is that those who stand behind Putin are even less patient and circumspect than he is. What Putin said, quite clearly, is that this ball is in our court. We can either sit down and have an honest discussion of a negotiated future or we will be at war. If that is what we in the West want, it is what we will get. Putin has put his sons on the line in eastern Ukraine. Are we? You can dig in on being right or we can have peace. But, we cannot have both. The Victoria Nulands and the Ursula Von Der Leyens of this world represent people who refuse to accept that Russia and/or China are not systems, but rather civilizations. They aren’t the current bogeyman ‘ism du jour, like Communism or authoritarianism, they are a people, a culture, an ethnos. The ‘ism is just the thing they’ve adopted now to help them preserve those things inherently Russian or Chinese. Our leaders are this way because they don’t believe in those things for us no less anyone else. And they spend all their time trying to convince us that that is what divides us. But it isn’t. It’s simply their greed, their emptiness. That’s where we are today. The Russians are done with our leadership. We use diplomacy as a basis for betrayal, not as the foundation of a future. They see us as a failing empire, a failing civilization on the long historical time line, because we have embraced cynicism and allowed the rapacious and the perverse to run our world. Putin came to the interview with his argument. He laid it out carefully for us, the people of the West, to review. Carlson tried to call him out for not talking to President Biden and open negotiations and Putin rightly set him straight. Who can he call up and talk to? Who has the political or even moral authority to negotiate? Is there anyone on our side even willing to negotiate? He made it clear that he’s open to someone calling him up. He continues to hold out hope because, as he said, “Stop supplying weapons, and this war will be over in weeks.” Because this war is in our hands now. That’s who Putin was speaking to through Tucker Carlson. The architects of this war have led us to a perilous moment. Putin doesn’t have to invade Poland or Germany to defeat the West. All he and Russia have to do is survive our collective rage. Our leaders are bankrupting us, as he pointed out, trying to defeat Russia. If you want peace, deal with the facts of this war by acknowledging the feelings of the people on the other side of it while truly examining your own. Either way, history will not judge any of us kindly. - LewRockwell
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  8899. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian retaliation continue — starting in Kiev on the night of June 9, destroying the former office building that housed the British visa center before the special operations zone, Ukrainian media reported. Just the day before, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had made it clear that Russia had proof of the Britain 100% involvement in organizing terrorist attacks by Kiev regime on Russian territory. In the morning, footage showed the burned-out British visa center, located at Glubochitskaya 4 Street in Lukyanovka district, rendered inoperable after the strike. Previously, the office building was used as a visa center, but it had been used for other purposes, identified as the military business center “Artem”, previously exposed as a key site in Ukrainian missile and UAV programs. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that the combine strike, involving drones and missiles, targeted aviation, missile, armored, and shipbuilding industries in Kiev. The attack was designed to weaken Ukrainian military infrastructure, and disrupt the production and repair of key weapons systems. More footage that night, disturbing the sleeping of Kievans, but they have understood! It seems that is time for Iskander and Geran to return to the skies, and it appears to be the largest attack the capital has ever seen. Dozens of Geran-2 were involved and appeared to be aggressively attacking with their high-pitched cries, shaking up targets at strategic locations in and around Kiev. Geranium successfully struck an armored vehicle repair and technical base, a facility known to store and service heavy weaponry, including tanks, and other armored platforms. Meanwhile, four Iskander-M ballistic missiles, two Iskander-K cruise missiles, made their landings, plunging parts of Kiev into darkness. According to satellite heat detection data and official reports, the Russian night raid targeted seven districts of the capital. Other confirmed locations include the former “Polymer” industrial complex, historically involved in the production of chemicals and materials, which Ukrainian sources have attempted to disguise. Next, the maintenance and repair base of the “Ukrrechflot” fleet, an inland shipping company that supports military logistics. The “Darnitsa central” locomotive depot, a rail-based military transport strategy east of Kiev. Also, the Boryspil oil depot, a key fuel hub, which supports Ukrainian military operations near the capital. Kiev woke up in the morning in the smoke of oil fire, the city itself is covered in fire and smoke for more than 10 hours, hit by one of the largest attacks. Helicopters were deployed to take water and dropped more than 120 tons of water to extinguish the fire, which was also extinguished from the ground. According to the expert, “it is time for Zelensky to crawl back to Putin and beg for mercy. It is worth noting that in 2022 in Istanbul, Putin had given Zelensky very good conditions, much better than now. However, Zelensky refused them because he and his circle, the EU and US military complex, want to profit from the war.”
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  8906. Russians destroying Uke Armies guilty of crimes against humanity for their indiscriminate shelling of civilians! RUSSIA CLOSING THE NOOSE ON UKRAINIAN TROOPS With Western eyes glued to the Middle East, Russia is on the offensive a pushing Ukrainians back all along the line of contact. Russian war correspondent Marat reports: For example, yesterday near Kleshcheevka, on the right front of the Bakhmut defense, our paratroopers from the 106th division, which had been holding the defense here for more than four months, unexpectedly launched a counterattack, occupying several enemy strongholds. The same is true in the Rabotino sector – the 1430th and 70th regiments, who heroically fought here for many days, have been conducting regular counterattacks for the third week. On the one hand, this speaks of the good shape that our army is in, and on the other hand, it completely dispels the myths of Ukrainian propaganda about our great losses. Units that suffer heavy losses are simply physically unable to instantly go from defense to offense. Even if they are regularly replenished with new recruits. And now, in fact, this sends the Ukrainians into an ever greater panic – they are beginning to understand that with their tactics of endless suicidal counterattacks and obstinacy on every piece of land, they provoked Russia into creating an army of such power that is now beginning to roll them into flat cakes. Once again, the enemy provoked this himself. - Sonar21 Darkness and rubble is all that's left of 2 family homes, as Ukrainian drone strikes border town of Belgorod, pre-war West Russia, early this morning. 3 people killed, including a small child, 2 more are in intensive care - Governor Gladkov. - Intel Report COUNTEROFFENSIVE ON ITS LAST LEGS: "We are not just behind schedule. We are completely behind schedule... Let's go without clarification and explanation of all this - we are behind schedule. Let everyone draw their own conclusions." - Chief of Ukrainian (un)Intelligence, Budanov. - Intel Report The advance of Russian forces following a two-pronged siege of Avdeevka suggests the heavily fortified area by Ukrainian forces could soon be taken. In the north, Ukrainian fortifications near the Coke Factory collapsed, and Russians captured an important height - Avdeevka waste heap. Meanwhile enveloping maneuvers in the south had reached Severnoye. - Military Tube Today
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  8915. From Putin International Press Conference. The president said he would have warned himself against “excessive naivety and credulity in relations with our so-called partners,” apparently referring to the West. Concerning the advice he would have given himself, Putin said: “One must believe in the great Russian people. This faith is the key to the success of Russia’s revival and development.” “If there is no national currency, you can’t print anything, there is only one way – reducing budget spending for the social sphere, a severe cutting of wages, pensions, expenses on medicine, on roads and domestic security,” Discussing the “rules-based order” promoted by the US and its allies, Putin claimed that “those rules are non-existent because they change on a daily basis... depending on the interests of some of the stakeholders.” There are 617,000 troops involved in Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine and Russia's new regions spread along the almost 2,000-km-long frontline, according to Putin. “For now, there’s no need” for another wave of mobilization, especially considering that on average, 1,500 people volunteer to defend the country every day, he stressed. Those, who were among the 300,000 mobilized during the first wave in autumn 2022 are “fighting hard”; 14 have been named Heroes of Russia, the president said, referring to the highest honorary title in the country. The ongoing events in Gaza are a “catastrophe,” Putin said. “Look at [Russia’s] military operation in Ukraine and at what’s happening in Gaza, and see the difference.” The president said there was “no such level of destruction” in Ukraine compared to the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian enclave. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called Gaza “the largest ‘graveyard for children,’” Putin noted. “Such a characterization is telling,” he added. - RT
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  8929. Trump’s worldview has been consistent for decades. Public declarations from the 1980s, long before his political career began, reflect the same core beliefs he holds today. Trump’s ultimate goal is American supremacy – but not the liberal global leadership championed by his predecessors. His version of supremacy is transactional and utilitarian. Alliances, institutions, and relationships are only valuable if they benefit the US materially. Those that demand sacrifices without offering returns are liabilities to be discarded. Trump’s America is not interested in moral authority, global stability, or solving the world’s problems. It is focused on extracting the maximum benefit from every interaction, whether in economics, security, or politics. If others refuse Trump’s ‘deal’, coercion quickly becomes his preferred strategy. Trump’s approach remains deeply flawed. He is uninterested in addressing the root causes of conflicts. In Ukraine, for example, his goal is not a comprehensive resolution but a simple cessation of hostilities. A stable ceasefire along existing lines would suffice for him, leaving the deeper security issues for Western Europe or others to resolve. For Russia, this falls short. Moscow seeks a long-term solution that addresses the imbalance in European security – a concern Trump is unlikely to prioritize. Trump’s disinterest in complex international designs further complicates matters. He prefers straightforward deals, as evidenced by the Abraham Accords in the Middle East. These agreements worked because they bypassed entrenched historical disputes in favor of pragmatic, economically driven solutions. However, applying this model to Ukraine is unrealistic. The conflict’s deep historical and geopolitical roots require a level of nuance and patience that Trump lacks. Trump’s transactional leadership style also extends to his perception of governance. He measures other governments not by their ideology but by their efficiency and willingness to align with US interests. Leaders who reject his advice or fail to meet his standards are dismissed as incompetent. While this approach is less ideologically driven than previous administrations, it still results in the US dictating terms to other nations, often disregarding their sovereignty. This attitude underscores a continuity in American foreign policy: The belief that the US has the right to define the ‘legitimate interests’ of other nations. Trump may abandon the ideological justifications of his predecessors, but the outcome – a US-centric worldview – remains unchanged. One thing is certain: The era of ‘global leadership’ as we knew it is over, and Trump is its most prominent symbol. - RT
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  8935. While Ukraine was carrying out these 90% phony psyops with some modest success, Russia has been goring the AFU on the actual battlefield. Not only were there several reports of operational strikes on manpower consolidations like the following: But even the AFU themselves wrote of grievously painful losses. For instance, 108 Avdeevka ‘defenders’ were sent home for the holidays and their transport was struck by Russian precision weaponry, killing the entire group, as recounted by Ukrainian political scientists Vitaly Bala: Imagine that, 108 men wiped out in a single blow. It almost inclines one to quickly forget about an empty ‘landing ship’. He plainly states that they suffered more losses per day than they had previously suffered for entire months. That means to push Russian forces back those measly 1-2km behind the railroad tracks was costing them likely hundreds of lives per day, if not more—another example of Russian echeloned defense designed to systematically fall back while ‘leading’ the enemy through pre-set killboxes. The same soldier even makes an astonishing claim about NATO’s top gear, particularly the Abrams. He says the Abrams is useless because its low-positioned filters clog up every few minutes in Ukrainian terrain, requiring constant cleaning in the middle of battle, lest the tank entirely shut down: This segues us to the final section of battlefield updates. Russian forces have been making a lot of progress, finally officially capturing Marinka after nearly a decade. Even Zaluzhny confirmed the “full withdrawal” of AFU from Marinka during the press conference: Another exasperated AFU soldier wonders why society continues to downplay Russians as second rate when the AFU is being so badly slaughtered by them each day: - Simplicius
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  8954. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - In just one day, several Ukrainian air defense systems most of which were supplied by NATO, were reduced to dust after the arrival of Russian missile packages, the Russian Defense Ministry summarized and released footage on August 17, 2024. In the first episode, the crew of the Ukrainian air defense system moves the S-125 Pechora-2D to Ryabina in the Sumy region. It is unclear where Ukraine got the rare system that modernized by Poland, but there is a complete launch system here. The S-125 was intended to counter Russian aircraft, but the Russian Su-34 tactical bomber was more powerful and dealt a crushing blow. It was a very precise hit by the Kh-35 guided missile, which destroyed the military hardware. In the same region, the German-made IRIS-T air defense system vehicle, at a prepared combat position in the area of the Sennoye settlement, as well detected by Russian UAV operator. The video shows the destruction of the system, after the reconnaissance drone called the crew of the Iskander-M operational tactical missile system to launch an attack. Objective control data confirm the involvement of IRIS-T and Ukrainian personnel servicing the combat vehicles of the complex. The hardware, with the aim of shooting down aircraft carrying out strikes on deep locations, is now facing a very bad day. In the Dnepropetrovsk region, Russian reconnaissance units discovered the positions of the American Patriot air defense system battalion near Lyubomovka. Iskander-M missiles once again did their job, launching a strike on the discovered positions. As a result, each system consisting of two Patriot SAM launchers and one AN/MPQ-65 radar station was destroyed. Meanwhile, another Patriot system was hit by cluster submunitions from Iskander missiles near Zhelobok, the distance to the front line is about 130 km. The zone of special military operations has changed dramatically, Ukraine and the Western countries have suffered billions of dollars in losses, having lost a large number of air defense systems, and will not be able to restore their combat capability after these losses in the near future. - Military Tube Today
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  8966. Uke losses measured in tens of thousands in a war they cannot win! "THINK ABOUT WEST-FUNDED NGOs": Warning comes straight from Moscow's top diplomat Lavrov in above vid where he alerts world of West’s hybrid WAR tactics at OSCE meeting. Minister also blasts NATO for being obedient to US and ignoring Russian proposals for arms control in Europe. Read here how these NGOs finance anti-gov riots to boost Western policy popularity and manufacture consent around globe. - Intel Report When winter weather stalled progress on the frontline last year, Russia began launching missile and drone barrages against Ukrainian military and infrastructure targets. In a statement on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that missiles and drones were used the previous day to hit radar and anti-aircraft systems, fuel and ammunition depots, and Ukrainian personnel and hardware in multiple areas. A large-scale drone attack on Saturday targeted energy facilities in Kiev and several surrounding regions. - RT The Warmongering enemy is afraid to face the uncompromisable TRUTH of Lavrov, the giant in the room! Lavrov noted that after the end of the Cold War, the OSCE was supposed to become an inclusive platform for creating a sustainable security architecture in Europe and promoting international cooperation. “Unfortunately, Western political elites, arrogating to themselves the right to shape the future of mankind, made a short-sighted choice in favor… of NATO,” he said. Lavrov went on to say that the United States and its European allies have virtually destroyed any chance of broad-based East-West cooperation by imposing unprecedented sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine conflict. In this sense, the EU, which supported the restrictions, “continues to dutifully play its unenviable role and bear the brunt of the consequences of America’s Ukraine adventure, while humbly abandoning those forms of economic partnership that have ensured the [bloc’s] prosperity... for many decades”, he added. - RT Depressed Zelensky in above video boohoos "this is life and No one telling him if Ukraine going to be in NATO or not". He also struggles to make sense claiming same proxy war he's refusing to end is being fought...so there is no return to war. I believe we are moving towards this. We are following NATO standards and even creating our own. Mad Vlad, refusing to accept reality. - Intel Report The hiding place of Ukraine-NATO equipment and personnel at Avdeevsky Coke Factory was hit by attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Avdeevka. Precision-guided munition strikes scorched a number of armored vehicles camouflaged under a railway bridge at the entrance to the tunnel system beneath the factory. - Military Tube Today
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  8988. ANOTHER CHILD STARVES TO DEATH DUE TO ISRAEL'S GENOCIDAL BLOCKADE - 13-year-old Abdelqader Al-Sarhi tragically lies on morgue's slab (pictured), all skin, bones and protruding chest as he dies of severe malnutrition and lack of medical treatment amid siege of Rafah border crossing by IDF. The humanitarian situation in northern Gaza is getting worse and the population is out in the open after shelter centers were targeted. We are on verge of a real famine and population cannot find anything to survive on. A ceasefire agreement that does not include opening of all border crossings is incomplete and exacerbates humanitarian tragedy - Gaza Government Media Office. Palestinian leaders already warned closure of crossing will lead to such tragedy, as kids and sick civilians on special diets are all facing same unspeakable fate. - Intel Republic NETANYAHU GIVES BIDEN'S GAZA TRUCE PROPOSAL THE MIDDLE FINGER, says conditions for ending war WILL NOT CHANGE, and accepting ceasefire UNACCEPTABLE. Israel's conditions for ending the war have not changed, which include destroying Hamas' military and governmental capabilities and releasing prisoners We will continue to insist on fulfilling our conditions. Idea of Israel agreeing to a permanent ceasefire before our terms are met is unacceptable - Netanyahu's office. Hamas already stated viewing proposal positively, which has almost same conditions to peace offer Palestinian resistance offered but were denied by Netanyahu back in February. UPDATE: Opposition leader Lapid says Truce deal MUST be accepted. - Intel Republic
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  8989. For those not inclined to read to the end, here’s the bottom line — Israeli sources are admitting that the Israeli military killed its own civilians due to the oxymoronic term, “friendly fire.” The Government of Israel, in the aftermath of this debacle, worked furiously to proclaim the Hamas attack as mindless terrorism that had no other purpose than to slaughter Jews. Netanyahu’s government lied about Hamas murdering 40 babies and raping women. Not true. The only children killed that day were victims of the Israeli military. The Hamas attack was planned months in advance. We now know that Israeli intelligence officers tried to warn their bosses but were ignored. The Hamas plan was simple and had two objectives — 1) attack Israeli military position and kill soldiers, and 2) capture hostages to be used as bargaining chips to secure the release of imprisoned Palestinians. As I noted in a previous post, Hamas hit elements of the elite Golani Brigade and killed 72 of its members. That is not terrorism, that is war. YNET News published a piece today on “friendly fire” casualties by the Israeli military and buried this at the bottom of their piece: I guess this is Israel’s version of “Don’t ask, Don’t tell.” Remember the rave in the desert that was attacked by Hamas paragliders? The Hamas attackers were carrying rifles and pistols. They had no weapon system capable of causing this damage to the vehicles. These were hit by missiles fired by Israeli military helicopters. People who may have doubted the GrayZone reporting now have additional evidence to weigh in the aftermath of Israeli soldiers murdering three Israeli hostages who escaped their Hamas captors. Israel spent years bolstering its reputation as a professional, capable military force. Now, in the span of almost three months, the Israeli military is facing a pubic relations disaster. Instead of disciplined soldiers commanded by capable officers, the world is seeing an army and air force that is undisciplined, reckless and quick on the trigger. The United States Army was tarred by the My Lai massacre. The Israeli military campaign in Gaza in My Lai on steroids. - Sonar21
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  8990. Jordan is a US ally and as such American troops stationed on its territory – while in our opinion extremely unwise – are not illegally occupying foreign soil. However, if as is likely this facility was inside the Syrian border it means US troops illegally occupying Syrian territory were hit. In other words, a foreign occupying force was attacked by people defending their homeland. That’s a very different story and one that Washington’s warmongers would rather Americans back home not ponder. Most Americans likely do not understand that US forces are illegally occupying a large portion of Syrian territory – a country with which Washington is not legally at war – and therefore any Americans killed in Syria may result in the public starting to ask, “why exactly are we there”? Sen. Lindsey Graham, who has never seen a war he doesn’t want other people to fight, has offered his own explanation as to why US troops are getting killed in Syria: “Our forces in Jordan and Syria are there to protect the American homeland.” But as thousands illegally enter our actual American homeland every day with total impunity, it is a claim that is unlikely to resonate with most Americans. Nevertheless Graham, a one-hit wonder, has posted his advice to respond to the Iraqi Resistance drone strike on the US base in Syria: “Hit Iran now. Hit them hard.” Iraq attacks an illegal US base in Syria? Attack Iran. His morning decaf mocha frap latte from Starbucks is cold? Attack Iran. One hit wonder. If Graham’s fever dreams are fulfilled and the US launches an attack on Iran with nearly a Vietnam-sized contingent of American “sitting ducks” in the region, there is a very good chance America may finally take notice. 35,000 Americans in body bags to satisfy Lindsey’s perverse lust for blood could well finally focus America’s attention on the malevolent force that has maintained an iron grip on US foreign policy regardless of whether R’s or D’s are “running the show.” Let’s hope America wakes up before this happens. Iraq has already demanded that the US remove its occupation troops immediately and the Iraqi parliament voted nearly four years ago that US troops must leave the country. The DC establishment claimed that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was to “restore democracy,” but when the democratically-elected Iraqi parliament voted for the US military to end its occupation of the country…Washington said “no” to democracy. Nobody wants US troops in the region except for Israel, which has just been found to be possibly committing genocide in Gaza. Is this really the crowd we want to run with? Maybe we can just come home? - LewRockwell
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  9003. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine three years ago, the Russian Armed Forces have undergone a genuine revolution in military technology. The Russian military has received numerous innovative weapons systems and technological advancements, actively employing them in combat. Let’s explore some of the most notable weapon systems introduced and deployed throughout the conflict - Lancet drones, FPV drones, Bombs equipped with UMPK kits, Geran drones, Zircon missile, Oreshnik missile. The Oreshnik missile system is a mobile launcher utilizing solid-fuel ballistic missiles fitted with multiple independently targetable warheads capable of hypersonic speeds up to Mach 10. Experts estimate the Oreshnik’s range between 800 and 5,000km, allowing launches from Russian territory that can strike targets throughout Europe without the use of nuclear weapons. Given these parameters, contemporary missile defense systems would find intercepting Oreshnik missiles extremely challenging. During the initial combat deployment against Dnepr, a cluster munition warhead was employed, specifically designed to inflict maximum damage on area targets such as military bases, airfields, and defense industry infrastructure. This weaponry clearly possesses the capacity to deter potential adversaries or significantly influence combat outcomes without resorting to nuclear armaments. Naturally, this brief overview does not encompass all new weapons and equipment introduced into the Russian military during the conflict with Ukraine. Many other systems, such as the Koalitsiya-SV artillery, Malva wheeled self-propelled howitzers, various high-mobility vehicles, anti-tank weapons, precision-guided aviation munitions, and R-37M long-range air-to-air missiles, have likewise contributed significantly to Russia’s operational successes. - RT
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  9004. KIEV'S REGIME FALLING APART as petition to send officials to battlefield (attached above) receives 25 THOUSAND VOTES, 3 days before end of signatures' collection. Tall order from Ukrainians fed up only their children dying as US' cannon fodder, believing in petitions where there's no democracy , all politicians are rotten to the core with yachts ready to sail away. - Intel Report Update on the conflict in Ukraine for December 3, 2023 all from Western Sources - Russian forces continue to make incremental gains along the line of contact including in Marinka, southwest of Donetsk City as well as in Avdeevka outside Donetsk City; - Ukrainian President Vlodymr Zelensky announces Ukraine is on the defensive, an oblique admission that various Ukrainian offensives have failed and that future offensives are not feasible; - Continued admissions come from across the West of an inability to ramp up military industrial production and specifically in relation to artillery shell production; - FPV (first person view) drones are not an adequate replacement for artillery shells, however they have created dilemmas on both sides in regards to anti-access area denial (A2AD) capabilities; - Because of Ukraine’s ability to acquire even small amounts of artillery shells, FPV drones, and landmines, Russian offensives will require slow, methodical approaches focused on attrition to avoid large numbers of casualties and equipment losses; - Despite claims that Russia is already suffering such losses because of operations around Avdeevka, pro-Western “Mediazona” shows increased Russian losses, but nowhere near the scale Ukraine’s General Staff are claiming; - The New Atlas Austin and his enablers are Criminally Insane! SCORES OF WHITE-SHEETED CORPSES reach outside morgue in central Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli continuous brutal assault on besieged enclave, leaving hundreds dead since last night. Meanwhile, Austin Chief Austin claims Tel Aviv risks "strategic defeat" if civilians aren’t protected - after sending IDF 15 THOUSAND Palestinians-murdering BOMBS. Center of gravity is civilian population, if you drive them into enemy's arms, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat. We won't let Hamas or Putin win, will support Israel and Ukraine at the same time - Austin, right video. - Intel Report Morally Bankrupt General Raytheon speaks! The Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin has apparently revealed the true goal of his country’s enduring support for Ukraine and it has nothing to do with defending “democracy” or even battling Russia, but boils down to the modernization of the US’ own military-industrial complex, ex-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said. The US is not driven by a desire to help stop Ukraine from “disappearing from the world map” or by an intent to fight “for democracy against tyranny,” he said. Moreover, the US is apparently not even motivated by its repeatedly proclaimed goal of “even confronting Russia to diminish its defense capacity,” the ex-president suggested. “It turns out, it’s all about defense goods commissioning to increase military production output and create jobs. And, possibly, about the enormous profit that the companies close to the Biden administration get from it,” Medvedev wrote. - RT
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  9013. So, is Ukraine admitting that a non-neutral Ukraine is a key linchpin buffer state that poses massive risks to either side, depending on its alignment? If that’s the case, why the hysterical denial of Russia’s justified concerns about Ukraine’s shifting alignment to the West after the CIA-sponsored coup in 2014? Surely they can see Russia is likewise due the same allowance of concern they now profess for themselves. They do also mention that Putin doesn’t quite have the incentive for a ‘land for peace’ deal when his troops are essentially winning and making active advances. Why settle for some land now when he can take the whole thing? Of course, one of the answers to this lay in Zelensky’s Kursk gambit, which was partly designed to capture an amount of territory that would induce Putin to exchange it for what Russia captured in Donbass and elsewhere. But this has no chance, as Russian troops are shrinking Ukraine’s Kursk holdings daily, including some gains yesterday and today, and it will all be recaptured in due time. Russia has shown nothing other than iron-clad determination for total victory, with its economy going to a war-footing, particularly with next year’s mass defense spending surges, and its population—which includes previously frayed elites—increasingly patriotic. Any inconvenient ‘thorn’ Ukraine manages to rib into Russia’s side only amplifies Russia’s resoluteness and solidarity. There is no possible event that can even conceivably cause Russia to decide “enough is enough, we must back down”. - Simplicius
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  9025. When Empires Whisper: Clinton’s Forgotten Promise to Yeltsin Back in July (5th) 1994, Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s embattled president, asked his American counterpart, Bill Clinton, for a favor: intercede for the rights of Russian-speaking minorities in the Baltic states. Yeltsin’s plea was simple yet urgent, protect the millions of ethnic Russians stranded in newly independent Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania after the Soviet collapse. Clinton, in a polished display of Cold War-era politicking, promised to "address" the issue. But promises, as history has shown, are cheap in the West’s rules-based order. Fast forward nearly three decades, and we see the real fruits of that broken promise. The Russian-speaking populations in the Baltics have been systematically marginalized… stripped of citizenship, voting rights, and even the ability to use their language in public spheres. NATO expansion swept over the region like a bulldozer, erasing Clinton’s assurances as mere footnotes in a broader campaign to encircle Russia. In the context of the SMO, the Baltic precedent underscores Russia’s legitimate concerns about the rights of her people and the creeping militarization of its borders. This wasn’t just about the Baltics, it was the opening act in a Western playbook designed to encroach on Moscow’s sphere of influence, from Ukraine to Georgia and beyond. The current conflict isn’t a "surprise"; it’s the culmination of decades of broken promises and deliberate provocations. The West claims to champion human rights, yet turned a blind eye to ethnic cleansing-by-bureaucracy in the Baltics. Clinton’s empty assurances to Yeltsin reveal the true nature of the so-called rules-based order: rules for some, chaos for others. NATO didn’t stop at the Baltics; it aimed straight for Ukraine, igniting the proxy war we see today. But the SMO has flipped the script. Russia isn’t just addressing NATO’s provocations, it’s dismantling the empire’s entire façade of credibility. The plight of Russian-speaking minorities in the Baltics reminds the world of what’s at stake: the battle for sovereignty against a decaying unipolar system. The West’s lies, from Yeltsin’s era to today, are collapsing under the weight of their hypocrisy. The SMO is much more than a mere military campaign, it’s a historical reckoning. Russia is standing up for its people, its borders, and the very principle of national dignity that the West claims to defend but systematically destroys. Clinton promised Yeltsin action. Instead, he delivered NATO troops, anti-Russian rhetoric, and policies designed to erase Russian identity. The West has made its choice. Now, the multipolar world is making its move. - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  9030. [Much thanks for letting the world know who the real culprits are!] Yushchenko had initially lost the presidential election, but his supporters set up a tent city in central Kiev and blocked the government district. Foreign NGOs played a significant role in these events. The direct orchestrators of that color revolution included the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and its affiliates, the Soros Foundation, the International Republican Institute, the Eurasia Foundation, and several other foreign entities Ukrainian society was divided in two, and Yushchenko’s policy laid the groundwork for a significant political crisis and the eventual war. Before Viktor Yushchenko came to power, Ukrainian politicians tended to avoid drastic measures, and instead favored compromises to resolve conflicts. However, his rise to power shattered that tradition. Yushchenko sought to impose an agenda that was alien to millions of Ukrainian citizens. By the time of the 2010 presidential election, Ukraine was deeply divided on cultural, linguistic, and national issues. A ticking time bomb had been set into motion back in 2004 when Yushchenko’s team chose to support radical nationalists and neo-Nazis. This strategy granted him a tactical victory but ultimately led the country to a strategic defeat. While in office, Viktor Yushchenko failed to address pressing issues. Instead, his policies exacerbated societal divisions which grew more pronounced each year. A decade after his rise to power, yet another revolution only deepened these contradictions, steering Ukraine away from the promised European future toward territorial losses and civil war. - RT
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  9067. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Important update until January 24, 2025, reportly that the final phase of the battle for Velyka Novosilka has begun after Russian forces split the city center in two, leaving the remaining Ukrainian troops in a nightmare because of not giving up! Ukrainian channels have begun writing that the situation is critical, with troops at risk of being completely encircled by Russian forces. According to them, very heavy fighting is currently underway and the situation can develop "in any direction". Velyka Novosilka is a strategic defense and logistics center for Ukrainian forces, located at the southern junction of Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions. Here, the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says they are surrounded including many foreign mercenaries. They have not received orders to evacuate amidst a physical encirclement or massive fire control on escape routes. Russian assault units continue to drive Ukrainian troops out of Velyka Novosilka with heavy attacks. Meanwhile, warplanes, drones, and artillery such as BM-21 Grad MLRS are working on the ground, supporting assault units from the Vostok Group and the Marines. FPV drone operators attacked the enemy’s command post and UAV center, and also thwarted the Ukrainian troops attempt to escape across the river. A fortified building with a firing position on its roof was targeted during the operation. The commander of the assault group approached the building stealthily and eliminated the Ukrainian crew by RPG-7V. Under cover fire, the soldiers placed anti-tank mines inside the building, eliminating about ten Ukrainian defenders. Now, there is no way back for the Ukrainian troops as they refuse to surrender as per the Russian military directive a few days ago. It is reported that the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, here is rapidly deteriorating, not only by the day but by the hour. A clip shows a former member of the 110th Regiment who was injured and left in a house. The inability of the Ukrainian command to make tough decisions is clearly visible here, and this will cost many soldiers their lives. At the same time, the Vostok Group and the Marines will soon begin the cleanup and continue! Drone footage shows the Russian assault on the city center, and soldiers of the 5th Guards Tank Brigade plant their flag on the city council. The southern part of the city is still trapped and Ukrainian forces still control 50% of the central and northern parts. But this will change soon!
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  9069. So, it makes sense that Putin wanted to give us a history lesson because he assumes, rightly, that most Americans do not have any clue about Russia’s history. He didn’t do this to bore us, he did this to inform us and set us at ease. To tell us that he is a man with a perspective that he believes he can justify. He’s not a frothing-at-the-mouth cannibal who desires world domination. No, Putin’s aim was to elucidate, calmly, the nature of the conflict, laying out the missteps made along the way. And I believe he was effective to those that stayed with him. Because, never once did Putin talk down to his audience. How many Americans learned that Putin asked Bill Clinton for Russia to become part of NATO, thus ending NATO’s raison d’etre? Or that Bush the Lesser unilaterally abrogated the ABM Treaty? Or that the Minsk Agreements were our last hope for a settlement of the differences between the Donbass and Kiev, and that Putin was the one pushing to make them work? There are at least a half-dozen other things people learned in this interview, if they had ears to listen, And given that this conflict is hurtling towards a war that only very select gatekeepers and power-brokers want, that should have been enough to sharpen everyone’s focus to give Putin an honest hearing. What does matter is that is how Putin views this conflict. And we have to deal with it. Period. What also matters is that those who stand behind Putin are even less patient and circumspect than he is. What Putin said, quite clearly, is that this ball is in our court. We can either sit down and have an honest discussion of a negotiated future or we will be at war. If that is what we in the West want, it is what we will get. Putin has put his sons on the line in eastern Ukraine. Are we? You can dig in on being right or we can have peace. But, we cannot have both. The Victoria Nulands and the Ursula Von Der Leyens of this world represent people who refuse to accept that Russia and/or China are not systems, but rather civilizations. They aren’t the current bogeyman ‘ism du jour, like Communism or authoritarianism, they are a people, a culture, an ethnos. The ‘ism is just the thing they’ve adopted now to help them preserve those things inherently Russian or Chinese. Our leaders are this way because they don’t believe in those things for us no less anyone else. And they spend all their time trying to convince us that that is what divides us. But it isn’t. It’s simply their greed, their emptiness. That’s where we are today. The Russians are done with our leadership. We use diplomacy as a basis for betrayal, not as the foundation of a future. They see us as a failing empire, a failing civilization on the long historical time line, because we have embraced cynicism and allowed the rapacious and the perverse to run our world. Putin came to the interview with his argument. He laid it out carefully for us, the people of the West, to review. Carlson tried to call him out for not talking to President Biden and open negotiations and Putin rightly set him straight. Who can he call up and talk to? Who has the political or even moral authority to negotiate? Is there anyone on our side even willing to negotiate? He made it clear that he’s open to someone calling him up. He continues to hold out hope because, as he said, “Stop supplying weapons, and this war will be over in weeks.” Because this war is in our hands now. That’s who Putin was speaking to through Tucker Carlson. The architects of this war have led us to a perilous moment. Putin doesn’t have to invade Poland or Germany to defeat the West. All he and Russia have to do is survive our collective rage. Our leaders are bankrupting us, as he pointed out, trying to defeat Russia. If you want peace, deal with the facts of this war by acknowledging the feelings of the people on the other side of it while truly examining your own. Either way, history will not judge any of us kindly. - LewRockwell
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  9076. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Air raid alerts have been issued across Ukraine following a major missile strikes, launched by the Russian Armed Forces, targeting Ukrainian gas and military infrastructure on a large scale. Footage circulated online on March 7, 2025, showing missile flights on the morning of March 7, launching Kalibr missiles by Russian Navy ships from the Black Sea, and an unknown several of Tu-95 strategic missile carriers of the Russian Aerospace Forces departing from Murmansk with Kh-101 missiles involved. Images and videos showed a small number of cruise missiles flying towards their designated targets, among others are Kharkov Region, Ternopil, Poltava, Sumy, with the worst-hit area being Myrhorod, where more than 10 explosions were reported at the Ukrainian Air Force airbase, sources reported. Footage from Kharkov showed the aftermath, thick smoke billowing from energy facilities and gas infrastructure while Kiev-based sources complained and expressed concern. Meanwhile, verification of details through Ukrainian news sources that are less credible for accuracy, reported that in Kharkov there was also the arrival of ballistic missiles on infrastructure and residential buildings with a number of dead or injured. In addition to critical infrastructure buildings and residential buildings, 10 garages and five cars were burned, the Kharkov regional prosecutor's office said. Also, in Ternopil near Polish border, the power of the explosion by Kalibr missile, launched from the crew of the Black Sea submarine, where the gas compressor station in Velyka Berezovitsa was hit. Eyewitnesses reported that oxygen was sucked everywhere, the main gas pipeline was depressurized, and a leak was recorded. The metering point and distribution unit were damaged by fire, which also occurred in an area of 200 m², which led to the interruption of gas supplies to strategic facilities. This is believed to be the first significant attack on Ukraine since the US stopped sharing early warning data with them from two waves of missile launches, which in total, more than 35 missiles were fired including involving drones. The targeting of energy and military infrastructure, apparently aimed at weakening the operational capacity and morale of the Ukrainian military. However, so far there has been no official confirmation from Moscow regarding the reports of the strikes.
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  9081. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Interesting developments on a completely new front sector, Russian troops have begun to break through to enter villages in Chernigov region and plant Russian flags there! Russian military channels released videos on November 25, 2024, showing a Russian tactical reconnaissance group moving from Bryansk Region Russia, across the border of Chernigov, Ukraine through several poorly guarded points and without encountering resistance. They managed to capture forest plantations and reach two villages at once, Gremyach and Muravyi, where they planted the tricolor flag. The footage shows the Russian flag on a strategically important bridge over Sudost River. Russian units can not only operate close to the border line, but can also go deeper, creating a new busyness for the rear of Zelensky's troops. For now, the Russian command has not revealed its intentions on what to do with the new front, Chernigov, although the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has sheepishly denied this despite video evidence. Gremyach and Muravyi were previously used by Ukrainian militants to attack Bryansk region, without any clear results, only to take photos or as evacuation sites. Now, the latest situation will further confuse Zelensky, after Kiev previously withdrew many units from Chernigov and relocated them towards Kursk as cannon fodder. The Russian penetration operation is believed to create a critical gap in the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border region, highlighting the lack of adequate reserves even far from the front line.
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  9085. Yesterday, reports of a new Russian DOOMSDAY WEAPON sent corporate media into a shark-feeding frenzy: The customary ‘leaks’ followed soon after and pointed to some type of new Russian “space capability” that reportedly threatens US and its partners, though Sullivan seemed to even imply that it’s a threat to the population while claiming he didn’t want to ‘cause mass panic.’ Ironically—or not—everything about his announcement appeared designed to do precisely that. Gee. And most likely this was the whole point: people immediately and rightfully pointed to the obvious timing of this scare tactic. The Senate had just passed its side of the Ukraine-Israel aid bill and the bill once more had the door slammed shut in its face in the House, courtesy of Speaker Johnson and co. So what do they do? Predictably roll out some deus ex machina doomsday weapon totally out of thin air to terrify defiant Republicans into enriching the MIC with another cool ~$100 billion. Anti-satellite weapons like Russia’s A-235 ‘Nudol’ are some of the most advanced and expensive assets, and are primarily designed to take out the large flagship Electro-Optical style spysats like US’s ‘Keyhole’ systems. . Yes, it’s critically important to have the capability to take out these E/O satellites, which create regular high-res optical imagery of military targets. But let’s broach the most important point: why this, why now? There are several options: 1. The entire story is either fake or exaggerated and being rolled out by Democrats at a strategic time to achieve several purposes: scaremongering Congressmen into voting on Ukraine aid, as well as potentially conditioning the masses and setting the stage for a black swan falseflag to cancel the 2024 elections later this year. 2. U.S. establishment wants to use some new scare tactic to take attention away from the current ongoing Avdeevka collapse—a standard headline-smothering tactic. They know that support for Ukraine is hanging by a final tiny thread, and emerging news of the total collapse of the AFU could be the last nail in the coffin, potentially spurring ‘on-the-fence’ lawmakers to question what the point of any further “aid” is when Ukraine is already collapsing. 3. This explanation is something I’ve been thinking about for some time. The constant slow encroachment from NATO/U.S. has been making itself increasingly painfully felt for Russia. Not only have red lines famously been eroded a little at a time, but most of it has to do with the West’s ISR overmatch, allowing them to have total strategic informational awareness of Russia’s military designs at all times. There had to have come a point where Russia says “enough” and flexes some sort of asymmetrical muscle to signal for the West to back off. Now onto the actual most pressing and significant news: Avdeevka is undergoing a catastrophic terminal collapse: This highlights pervasive rumors that the Azov Brigade in fact countermanded direct orders and fled due to heavy losses. One claimed report directly from Azov itself seems to corroborate the brutality of the foregoing clashes: Some videos and photos have come out depicting a hellish landscape in Avdeevka: The main breakthroughs occurred in the suburb sector, totally bisecting the city and even extending a deep salient outward toward supply lines: Sensing the coming collapse, yesterday Russian forces were said to have broadly transmitted a surrender ultimatum to the entire Avdeevka garrison, giving them upwards of one day to lay down their arms en masse: Soon after, the rapid collapse began as Russian forces pushed in virtually from every single side of the embattled town. All sorts of reports have been streaming out from the Ukrainian side about the catastrophic nature of some of the proceedings. For instance, this video of a trapped AFU soldier speaking to his loved one: John Kirby and the administration went into overdrive begging for aid to help the foundering AFU: Unfortunately for Ukraine: the House went into recess until basically March without voting on or approving any Ukrainian aid: British Intelligence published an official endorsement of Ukraine’s findings that Russia used the Zircon hypersonic missile for the first time in strikes on Kiev: Putin visited Russia’s premier tank building plant of Uralvagonzavod, inspecting T-90M, T-72BM3, and BMPT Terminator production lines as well as praising workers for their 5x tank output boost: Noteworthy in light of this is the fact that Western press suddenly bemoaned just how vast Russia’s productive capacities were revealed to be: All this while Europe and allies circle the drain: - Simplicius
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  9087. French President Emmanuel Macron wants to send NATO ground troops into Ukraine to defeat Russia. Only a delusional fool could make such a crass proposal which goes to show that Macron is brain-dead. NATO troops deployed to fight Russian forces would mean an all-out war, which most likely would spiral into a nuclear conflagration. Ironically, the French leader made headlines a while back when he labeled the US-led NATO alliance as being “brain-dead”. He’s now competing for the same epithet. This week, the former Rothschild banker was at it again, indulging in his grandiose fantasies of leading the rest of Europe. This is reckless and dangerous fantasy by the French president indulging in the most unhinged Russophobia. Moscow has categorically stated that it has no interest in anything beyond denazifying the NATO-sponsored regime in Kiev and protecting its national security. NATO officers in the guise of private mercenaries are already heavily participating in the Ukraine conflict against Russia. Last month, more than 60 French servicemen were killed in a Russian missile strike near the Ukrainian city of Kharkov. No doubt the French president sees an opportunity for self-aggrandizement. Macron is obsessed with notions of his self-importance and restoring France’s international image to some imaginary glorious past. Macron’s egotism and delusions of grandeur are liable to start World War Three. He is doing all this by telling blatant lies about the conflict in Ukraine. That’s the implicit admission made by Macron. Why would NATO troops be required in Ukraine if it was not for replacing Ukrainian ranks that have been devastated? Macron justifies his lies by compounding the more outrageous lie that Russia is intent on invading other European nations once it defeats the Ukrainian army. This bogeyman version of geopolitics ignores the reality that the United States and NATO fomented a proxy war against Russia using a NeoNazi regime. Macron wants to start World War Three based on sheer lies and vanity. He’s not only brain-dead. He’s soul-dead too. - LewRockwell
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  9092. Remember when the narrative was that it was Russia totally reliant on Western-supplied parts in its weaponry? Here an American general literally admits the entire U.S. military structure would collapse in a day if China issued an embargo against them: If we were in a war with China and it stopped providing parts, we wouldn't be able to build the planes and weapons we needed,' he said. A startling report released earlier this year revealed Chinese firms have a stranglehold across 12 critical technologies that are vital to US national security, including nuclear modernization, hypersonic and space technologies. The study, which was carried out by defense software firm Govini, delivered a damning indictment on the American armaments industry. 'U.S. domestic production capacity is a shriveled shadow of its former self,' 'Crucial categories of industry for U.S. national defense are no longer built in any of the 50 states.' How the tides have turned. It seems the West is slowly coming to its awakening moment: it stands no chance in a long term conflict against the manufacturing powerhouse of the Russia-China-North Korea-Iran bloc. In the meantime, Russia continues to build up its military potential and asymmetrically respond to the West’s aggression. On top of that, Putin has now announced that Russia may resume manufacturing medium range ballistic missiles—precisely the kinds banned by the previous INF treaty which the U.S. abrogated: Russia has now stated the West is in danger of having its ties officially downgraded in their entirety by Russia: As many know, Russia moves very slowly—slow to saddle, fast to ride, as the mot goes—but when it does, it moves with heavy, enduring consequence. As I said, all the while, Russia is building up its resources and offensive potential. Unlike the West’s own dismal showing and inability to translate platitudes into action, Russia is sticking to its plans and promises: Russian missiles wiped out another officer’s billet in Kharkov, killing at least 15 AFU and wounding dozens more. The Russian rear strikes are doing massive damage—here’s another from today which blew away an entire Ukrainian train said to be full of armaments and Western gear: - Simplicius
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  9097. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – More soldiers fighting for Ukraine are fleeing faster especially from the Kursk border in an attempt to avoid Russian encirclement, or on another front. Just today on November 26, 2024, footage by Russian soldier's GoPro lens shows evidence, Ukrainian squad trying to escape and an armored vehicle abandoned at a location for unknown reasons. Russian soldiers approach and inspect the vehicle, where the driver and passengers have disappeared, which is likely to follow the forest belt because it is not according to plan. Inside the vehicle are some stolen equipment from civilians in Kursk, they left behind a washing machine, fan, kettle, keyboard and other devices, according to Russian military reports and as shown in the footage. The fact that on the same day, Ukrainian soldiers tried to escape from Kursk faster than bullets and missiles, despite pro-Ukrainian media continuing to report progress by recycling old videos pretending that Ukraine is still effective, it does not help! Three another Ukrainian soldiers fled, deciding to leave their positions on foot. The arrival of Russian artillery at their positions with puffs of smoke, became the main reason to save themselves from further encirclement! This is the result of Ukrainian attempts to infiltrate Kursk, which is constantly under ambush by the landlords, Russian forces. On November 23, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Special Forces of the Crimean Paratroopers, carried out a prepared ambush on Ukrainian armored assault group in Sudzha district. One British Mastiff vehicle for the breakthrough was overturned by the attack and liquidated about 20 enemy soldiers. Russian soldiers also took home a trophy, a Western-made Mastiff! It is known that Ukrainian soldiers are starting to pay a high price for Kiev's proxy war with the Western collective. They tend to fail to carry out combat actions in groups, are killed, wounded, abandoned, captured, and those who escaped are likely to survive. Kursk is a disaster for Kiev, they must immediately retreat or they need long-range missiles to cover their lack of troops.
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  9108. Donald Trump may be clear-minded when it comes to Russian history, but he started the “sanctions race” with Moscow, President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said. In a Fox News interview earlier this week, Trump pointed out that the Russian “war machine” defeated both Napoleon and Hitler, so stopping the Ukraine conflict had to be a priority for him if re-elected. Meanwhile, his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined “a Trump peace plan” in the Wall Street Journal that seemed at odds with the Republican candidate’s actual position. Commenting on both matters, Peskov complimented Trump for “knowing history in such depth” as few other Americans seemed to, but maintained that he was still “a representative of the US political elite that is now definitely suffering from total Russophobia.” “Of course, we saw this article and various other statements. We have never worn rose-colored glasses,” Peskov told reporters. The Kremlin press secretary reminded reporters that the US introduced “a huge number of sanctions” against Russia during Trump’s presidency, so “there isn’t much of a difference” between him and other American politicians, from Moscow’s standpoint. “He shows a little more wisdom in terms of maintaining channels of dialogue, but this does not have much of an influence on anything,” Peskov concluded. Pompeo’s op-ed blamed the Ukraine conflict on the “weakness” of current US president, Joe Biden, and accused him for leaving Ukraine “without the means to win” and having “no strategy for victory.” According to the former State Department head, a plan for peace through strength would involve revitalizing the US economy; imposing “real sanctions” on Russia; creating an anti-Iranian bloc in the Middle East; “revitalizing” NATO; and giving Ukraine $500 billion worth of “lend-lease” military equipment, while lifting all restrictions on its use. The terms he proposed for ending the Ukraine conflict involve freezing the current frontline while not recognizing any of Russia’s “occupation and claimed annexation,” handing Ukraine Russia’s frozen central bank reserves as reparations, “demilitarizing” Crimea and admitting Kiev to NATO and the EU, whereupon the sanctions on Russia might be gradually lifted. - RT
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  9110. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian military correspondents released footage on January 11, 2025, showing the mass surrender of Ukrainian soldiers as a terrible form of self-defense in Kurakhovo city and its outskirts. Keep in mind! Kurakhovo was recently conquered by the powerful Russian military, and the Russian Defense Ministry officially reported its capture on Monday, January 6. After a month of fierce fighting, the strategic city in Donetsk was practically unharmed. About 4 thousand residents out of 18 thousand who lived here before the conflict, remained in their homes. The situation in the city is now calm as reported by the Russian war correspondent on January 12, when he visited Kurakhovo for the first time. Vasily Krakhmal, on behalf of the prisoners of war of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told how they could not withstand the rapid attacks of Russian troops during the storming of Kurakhovo city, and in the amount of 16 people, made a smart choice to lay down their arms and surrender to the Russian military at Kurakhovo industrial zone. Krakhmal also revealed details of his orders and urged his colleagues to save their lives. They exposed the deception of the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the poor provision of weapons and supplies, and the senseless resistance of the trained professional units of the Russian Armed Forces. Now, this leaves the Ukrainian military with one chance of salvation, to benefit themselves and their families at home. Russian fighters from the South Group of Forces say that the Ukrainian defenses in and around Kurakhovo were completely unprepared for a multi-layered defense. In the liberated Shevchenko, a general view of the star-shaped defensive positions abandoned by Ukrainian troops and then captured by the Russian Armed Forces. The Ukrainians continue to retreat, making room for the Russian army to advance. At the same time, in Yantarny sector south of Kurakhovo, Russian soldiers from the 10th Tank Regiment of the 20th Division raised a flag over the village. The Russian Defense Ministry reported today, January 12, that units of the South Group of Forces managed to liberate the settlement during active offensive operations. The defenses in Yantarny, north of Sukhi Yaly River, were broken through, and units of the Ukrainian 79th Air Assault Brigade were shot down and captured. Neither drone strikes, cluster munitions, Western weapons, tanks, nor underground fortifications were able to stop the advance of the Russian assault troops.
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  9111. A Conversation with Foreign Minister Lavrov 12 March 2025 By Larry C. Johnson There was an added treat before Mr. Lavrov arrived… we spent thirty minutes chatting with Maria Zakharova in a casual environment. She is equally charming and tough as a rhinoceros hide. I think of her as an iron fist wrapped in a luxurious velvet glove. A formidable diplomat in her own right. Here is a summary of the key points Mr. Lavrov made during our discussion: It is very well understood that countries like the United States and Russia would never have their national interest the same. They would not coincide maybe even 50 or less percent. But when they do coincide this situation must be used to develop this simultaneous and similar interest. But when the interests do not coincide and contradict each other then the responsible countries must do everything not to allow this contradiction to degenerate into confrontation, especially military confrontation which would be disastrous for many other countries The beginning of the special military operation was a decision because all other attempts, all other alternatives to bring things into some positive dimension failed for ten years after the illegal coup in Kiev, in violation of the deal signed the night before and guaranteed by the Germans, French and Poles. Europe and the UK they certainly want this to continue. The way they received Zelensky in London after the scandal in Washington, it’s an indication that they want to raise the stakes and they are preparing something to pressure the Donald Trump administration back into some aggressive action against Russia. It’s not about the territories; it’s about the people who were deprived of their history by law. Territories are important only because people live on these territories. The people who live on the territories are descendants of those who for hundreds of years were building Odessa & other cities on those very lands who were building ports, roads, who were founding those lands and who associated with the history of this land. But President Trump doesn’t want to provide these security guarantees to Ukraine under Zelensky. He has his own view of the situation which he bluntly presents every now and then, that this war should never have started – that pulling Ukraine into NATO in violation of its constitution, in violation of the Declaration of Independence of 1991, on the basis of which we recognized Ukraine as a sovereign state. For several reasons including that this Declaration was saying no NATO, no blocs, neutral status. Another thing which this Declaration also confirmed and solidified – all rights of Russian and all other national minorities are to be respected. Europe and the UK, they certainly want this to continue. The way they received Zelensky in London after the scandal in Washington, it’s an indication that they want to raise the stakes, and they are preparing something to pressure the Donald Trump administration back into some aggressive action against Russia. The Americans know that we would not betray our commitments, legal commitments, the political commitments which we develop with China. - sonar21
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  9112. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – A strong image of Russian soldiers from the Tsentr Group of Forces attacking and capturing the trenches of Ukrainian troops struggling to slow down Russian advance on Pokrovsk direction. The Russian military channel shared a short video on January 16, 2025, in which soldiers from the Atlant Battalion of the 35th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, organize their rapid attack to neutralize one of the enemy's strongholds on the front line, encircle them and gain strategic advantage over Pokrovsk city, or Russian name “Krasnoarmeysk”. At the beginning of the work, fiber-optic FPV drone arrived at Leopard 1A5 tank, where German tanks have been a constant nightmare for Ukrainian crews of Russian operation since February 2022. Another fiber-optic FPV drone later arrived at Ukrainian defense point, which seems to be well-designed by Zelensky regime in order to hold Pokrovsk. The drone blew up one of the points, where the drone's camera showed several Ukrainian soldiers resting, unaware that danger was threatening their defense. As a result, such tactical tricks by drones helped the assault infantry to break through Kiev army’s trenches, losing control of the situation due to the sudden presence of Russian infantry with little direct fire during the attack. The Russian military reported that Ukrainian troops suffered significant losses during the cleanup and the important stronghold was captured. Speaking about Ukrainian army, of course talking about all sorts of difficulties but claim that they were never defeated. On January 15, journalist Yury Butusov wrote that the Ukrainian military commanders lost control near Pokrovsk — Butusov went on to say that Ukrainian infantry suffered significant losses in an obvious attempt to slow down the Russian troops. There were reports that the Ukrainians were retreating from the city. They did not have enough forces to confront Russian army. At the same time, the crews of Grad MLRS from the Tsentr Group of Forces destroyed Ukrainian positions in the stronghold and disrupted their rotation around Pokrovsk. The famous Russian Grad rocket launchers, fired at the location – one of Kiev’s main logistics centers which is experiencing internal tensions and logistical problems. While Russia can produce artillery shells and missiles much faster than all NATO countries combined!
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  9114. LONDON — They Want Julian Assange to Die in Prison for Embarrassing the CIA. The prosecution for the U.S., which is seeking to deny Julian Assange’s appeal of an extradition order, begun by the Trump administration and embraced by the Biden administration, grounded its arguments on Wednesday in the dubious affidavits filed by a U.S. federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, Gordon Kromberg. The charges articulated by Kromberg — often false — to make the case for extradition did not fly with the two High Court judges, Jeremy Johnson and Dame Victoria Sharp, who are overseeing Julian’s final appeal in the British courts. The prosecuting attorneys, under questioning from the judges, were knocked off balance when challenged about the veracity of several of the claims which Kromberg made in support of the indictment against Julian. By the end of the day, it seemed likely that, probably by April, since requested written briefs have to be turned into the judges in March, the two judges will permit an appeal on at least a few of the points. This will, conveniently for the Biden administration — which I expect does not want to take on the contentious issue of extraditing Julian while fueling the genocide in Gaza — mean that any extradition would occur after the election. The CIA usually gets what it wants. But for the near future I expect Julian to continue to rot in HM Prison Belmarsh, where he has been imprisoned for nearly five years as he deteriorates physically and psychologically. This slow motion execution is intentional. It is hard to call any court ruling, other than the dropping of the charges against him, a victory, but the longer he stays out of U.S. hands, the more hope he has of regaining his freedom for carrying out the most important investigative journalism of our generation. - LewRockwell
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  9116. [With Trump talking out of both sides his mouth, WHO KNOWS, and that's the REAL PROBLEM!] As an aside, let us take a moment to admire the logic of this conditional exchange. We will lift the weapons ban and give you more weapons once you come to the table to sign a peace deal. Does that make sense to everyone? It usually works the other way around. Why would Russia possibly agree to a ceasefire or peace talks to a Ukraine it now knows will continue receiving huge sums of weaponry upon sitting down to negotiate? What’s looking likely is that Russia has demanded for the US to stop participating in long range strikes on critical Russian industries as part of the ongoing Russia-US negotiations. How can Russia trust the US when it is actively helping Ukraine carry out painful strikes on strategic Russian sites? As I said before: I believe it’s too early to celebrate. All the above conjecture depends entirely on what kind of ‘pause’ in aid this really is. Trump may just be bringing Zelensky into line, and intends to resume the aid shortly, even if partially. Of course, either way it does not bode particularly well for Ukraine—I am simply cautioning against celebrating an immediate collapse of the AFU. Several days ago Russian Iskanders slammed into a Ukrainian training session in an open field. The results were so bad that it’s become an open scandal in Ukraine, with even top officials and publications openly revealing the casualties, which included 150 dead AFU, and 30 dead NATO instructors: - Simplicius
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  9142. As I write this the Biden Administration has not produced evidence that the attack on the U.S. base in Jordan was carried out with the help of Iran. Despite that lack of evidence, the usual suspects in Washington are braying at full voice for the United States to strike Iran. This is one of the key rules of the “rules based international order (aka RBIO). If you provide the weapons to a third party that attacks me then you also are culpable for that crime. Do we all agree? Well, if it is good for the goose then it must be good for the gander. The United States supplied Patriot Missiles to Ukraine and Ukraine used those missiles to attack and destroy a Russian aircraft ferrying Ukrainian prisoners of war to a site for a prisoner exchange. If it is okay for the U.S. to attack Iran and extract some measure of revenge, then it follows that Russia is entitled by the same principle to attack the United States. Are we still on the same page? Despite initial tough talk and belligerent threats against Iran, there are credible reports that the Biden Administration, at least some in the decision making circle, realize that attacking Iran directly will lead to an expanded war that the United States is not prepared to fight and cannot win. I am still of the opinion that the domestic political pressure on Biden to “act” decisively may propel him to do something both reckless and dangerous. I will be joyful to be proved wrong. The technical term for what is transpiring among Ukraine’s political leadership is “shit show.” A country in the midst of a war with a powerful adversary cannot wage that war when the politicians and military leadership are sniping at each other. I think Zelensky’s days are numbered. While all of this drama is unfolding in Kiev, the Russians are making significant advances in the Donbass. Russian war correspondent Marat reports: Ukraine’s lack of trained manpower, air defense and artillery shells has put it in a desperate situation. There is no sign that Kiev has the resources or capability to reverse this trajectory. - Sonar21
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  9158. This week’s Underground -- which Michael Matt dedicated to Pope Saint Pius X -- will remove the blindfold. Why Pope Pius X? Watch and see! First the good news: Trump’s FBI pledges to defend Latin Mass Catholics from what’s left of Joe Biden’s weaponized Justice Department. Michael takes a hard look at a geopolitical conspiracy theory about which few Americans want to speak – the US/ISRAEL covenant. Yes, Trump looked silly kissing up to Bibi Netanyahu this week, promising to turn Gaza into the Rivera of the Mideast. But the question here is why? Why does Trump – like every US President back to Harry S. Truman – feel obligated to make Israel his top priority? Trump’s just “flooding the zone” again? Sorry, no. . . not this time, Michael provides clips of Jared Kushner and Mike Huckabee alrady talking about relocating the Palestinians many years ago. This is vintage Zionism, and Trump knew exactly what he was saying. But again, why? What’s in it for him? And what’s in it for us? Why are we sending two-thousand-pound bunker buster bombs and billions of US dollars to Israel? And if it’s antisemitic to ask these questions, why are so many Jews asking them? The latest being Wallace Shawn of The Princess Pride fame, who just blasted the Israelis as “worse than the Nazis”. Now why would a Jewish guy say such a thing, unless there’s more to this story? Plus, what did Pope Saint Pius X say about all this to Theodore Hertzl (the Father of Zionism) way back in 1906? Why did Trump have a three-hour meeting with Bill Gates this week? Really? Bill Gates… again?! If you want to see beyond the veil to what’s really going on here, watch and share this video. In fact, I dare you. - Remnant TV
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  9159. Impact of Israel Israel bombing in Tal-al-Hawa, Southern Gaza (left video) blows through curtains of homes as Israel KILLS seven paramedics after attacking ambulance and civil defence center. After killing 7 paramedics, Israel terrorizes hospital by firing flares above al-Shifa hospital (right video). Israel also attacked family homes house gatherings of displaced people amidst bomb attacks on Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, and east of Jabalia in Northern Gaza as well in what some reports describe as worst and heaviest bombing since beginning of the siege. - Intel Report So why is the US giving a rich and incredibly well-armed country a record amount of military aid? Part of it is that the US government believes it can coerce Israel to do Washington’s bidding in the Middle East. History shows that this is a foolish pipe dream. If anything, US aid subsidizes Israeli human rights abuses in Gaza and elsewhere. - LewRockwell Blinken admits on national news that funding Iran means funding Hamas, gosh darn unfortunately. But Blinken is likely the one who negotiated the exchange of 5 Americans for 3 Iranians and the unfreezing of monies held via a trade deal between South Korea and Iran. A Contract. And Qatar has likely refused to become a party to violating said contract. Blinken – Fatal Flaw was already on the suicide watch. - LewRockwell Stop calling it the “Israel-Hamas war”. It’s the Israel-Gaza massacre. Calling it the Israel-Hamas war creates the false impression that this is a war that is directed exclusively at Hamas when it’s really an ethnic purge that’s directed at all Palestinians in Gaza. - LewRockwell TERROR TARGETING OR CIVILIAN SHELLING? Israeli POV footage shows moments of overnight strikes charging at Palestinians apartment complexes, sending families to their death in an instant (left video). Image on right shows shocked and traumatized crowds gathered around GAPING crater, the site of an Israeli strike in Southern Palestinian city of Khan Yunis, that killed 50 civilians - most children and women. Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor says that Israel dropped equivalent of a quarter of a nuclear bomb on Gaza. More than 1,000 children alone killed by intensified Israeli strikes of Gaza ahead of Tel Aviv's planned ground invasion of the territory. - Intel Report A MESS OF GRAVEL AND WALLS after Israel BOMBS Rafah border crossing route and prevents passage morning of its planned opening to allow a sliver of aid to go hungry, thirsty and critically sick Palestinians. Predictably, Israel played dumb, acting like a planned humanitarian opening of the border was never discussed between its biggest ally and Egypt... Egyptian FM says Israel still not allowing aid to enter Gaza Strip. - Intel Report SUDDEN BLAST SHELLS RESCUE TEAM as Gazan rescue worker is blown off his tracks, with ambulance and rescue team making panicked escape away from Israeli bombardment clearly aimed at those in the midst of saving victims of nonstop shelling in SHOCKING and infuriating display of inhumanity. Medical personnel, rescue teams and hospitals have not found themselves in crossfire, but direct targets of Israeli bombing... - Intel Report DUST AND ASHES now cover the eerie, grim, death-laden atmosphere of Northeast Gaza's Beit Hanoun neighborhood after being one of the locations to suffer the HEAVIEST Israeli bombing from overnight carpet bombing. UPDATE: Estimated Palestinian death toll rises to 2,750 - overwhelmingly civilians. - Intel Report USA TO BLAME for aggravating conditions in Israel-Palestine conflict, says Russian Deputy FM Ryabakov in meeting with Putin. [America] bears main responsibility for thus dramatic severe crisis; because it has tried to monopolize the settlement for many years - Ryabkov. - Intel Report I want to be clear why I am posting the following videos. If you live in the United States none of the media is providing any objective coverage of the Palestinian victims of the Israeli response to last weekend’s attack by Hamas. I believe that Israel has a right to exist. I also believe that the Palestinian’s deserve a free, independent nation. They have a right to exist too. Social media is the major wild card in this war because it cannot be contained or controlled outside the boundaries of the United States and Europe. It is one thing to see dead Hamas fighters, who were carrying weapons, littering the ground. They are legitimate military targets. But social media is showing the massive buildup of Israeli tanks on the border of Gaza while the Israeli Air Force bombs civilian targets and causes thousands of civilian casualties. The argument that Hamas is using human shields, leaving Israel no choice but to bomb hospitals and mosques, may resonate in Washington, but that excuse is rejected by people in Baghdad, Tehran, Cairo, Ankara and Riyadh. Videos and photos of the rubble in Gaza is accepted as proof that Israel is trying to exterminate the Palestinians. It is vital that the people of America and Europe understand how these images are igniting a reaction against Israel throughout the Middle East and Southeast Asia. - Sonar21 The deprived rules and order, read chaos of the devil, of the Warmongers is owed no obedience whatsoever! ‘Rules-based order’ a smokescreen – Putin The concept is just a front for bypassing international law, the Russian president has insisted - RT The sane World doesn't have to GTH with this lying Warmonger for profit! US senator threatens to force Iran ‘out of oil business’ Lindsey Graham has vowed to introduce a resolution calling for US military action, should the Tehran-backed Hezbollah attack Israel - RT Russia’s Shoigu estimates Ukrainian counteroffensive losses Kiev’s forces have lost over 1,500 assorted combat vehicles and “hundreds” of tanks, according to the defense minister. The Ukrainian military is continuing its attempts to attack Russian positions along the frontline, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu revealed on Monday during a televised meeting with President Vladimir Putin and other top officials. The continuous push by Kiev has been countered by Russia’s “active defense” and counterattacks, with the Ukrainian military failing to make any significant gains anywhere, Shoigu noted. Over the course of its counteroffensive initiated in early June, Ukraine has incurred significant losses, including the loss of “hundreds” of tanks, over 1,500 armored combat vehicles, and substantial personnel casualties, although Shoigu did not provide precise figures. “The situation looks stable, solid. The troops are acting very professionally, exhibit heroism at many locations, displaying confidence not to only hold their positions, but to continue the realization of the plans we had outlined,” the minister concluded. According to estimates cited by President Putin last week, Kiev’s forces have lost “over 90,000 people” so far during the counteroffensive. In recent days, certain Ukrainian officials have admitted the counteroffensive has apparently lagged behind schedule and might have gotten “stalled.” Putin, however, said on Sunday the Ukrainian push “has failed completely.” - RT Footage shows MOMENT Israel BOMBS Rafah border crossing AGAIN as HUGE fiery blast knocks wall off the ground. Israel bombs crossing evening after humanitarian evacuations take place along Egyptian-Israeli border. - Intel Report To believe the serial sociopathic lying Western Press on anything makes the believer an immediate candidate for a padded cell especially when it comes to bogus war reporting in direct contradiction to the correspondents on the Ground' Nothing like giving Israel the go ahead to commit genocide and then joining them as the US Warmongers are running amuck to start WWIII! US Defense Secretary Austin puts in orders to deploy 2,000 troops to prepare for deployment to Middle East in support of Israel. Tension heats up as Israeli ground invasion inches closer and Iranian FM Abdollahian announces "in coming hours, there is a real possibility of pre-emptive action by resistance axis." - Intel Report
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  9168. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Security camera footage shows one of the attacks that a drone hit a warehouse of a naval base in Eilat, Israel southern city, last night on September 25, 2024. Sirens sounded when the drone arrived at the important port of the occupation, which is a new development with the start of the aggression on Lebanon. It is unknown whether this is a new type of drone, or a new way to avoid the air defense interception process, but the Israeli Navy claimed that another drone was successfully intercepted. Meanwhile, the Islamic Resistance fighters in Iraq published a video on Wednesday showing the launch of two drones, attacking important targets in the occupied Umm er-Rashrash "Eilat". The drones appeared to be the Shahed-136, sophisticated and very well-known. Footage from local settlers showed a strong explosion when the drones, which came from a very distant direction, Iraq, landed there, and people rushed to run at the time of impact. According to initial of Israeli media, they reported that at least between 2-4 navy marines were injured, while Israeli troops and medical teams were on their way. This is what is meant when Israel says it is fighting on multiple fronts. The Iraqi Islamic Resistance confirmed the continuation of the offensive operations against the enemy's strongholds with increasing intensity, admit responsibility for the attack on Zionist naval base in Eilat. Continuing the path of our resistance against the occupation, in support of our people in Palestine and Lebanon, and in response to Zionist massacres against civilians, including children, women and the elderly, the Iraqi Islamic Resistance statement said.
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  9175. Now, to something so awful and terrible I hesitated to post. But, my email exchange with the diehard Zionist the other day convinced me that some truth needs to be told, and graphically so. Here is what I wrote: 1. If you want to make the proportionality argument then apply it uniformly to the Palestinians as well as the Israelis. The current killing of Palestinians by aerial bombardment, over the last year, exceeds anything done by Israel in the last 70 years. The estimates for number of Palestinian deaths is not from Palestinian sources. It is the Lancet, a British Medical Journal The fact remains that Palestinians are being killed at a disproportionate rate and that Israeli tactics include the bombing of hospitals, schools, mosques and churches. Exaggeration, lies and misrepresentation? I do not think so. Let me warn you before you view the following videos. They are deeply disturbing and sickening. Western passions were inflamed in the wake of the Hamas’ October 7 attack, with fabricated claims that Hamas beheaded and burned babies. That was a complete lie. (If you have not watched Max Blumenthal’s video, Atrocity Inc., which presents the evidence refuting the Zionist claims, please do so.) The following are the results of Zionist military actions. And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Sonar21
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  9177. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Early this morning on August 18, 2024, the Russian Armed Forces assault troops began the main phase of their attacks on the mining town of “Toretsk”, or the Ukrainian name “Dzerzhinsk”, after making new advances from several points. Since yesterday, a Russian combat command post has been showing video from there, documenting the destruction of a Hummer vehicle, burning in the attack. A Russian soldier opened small arms fire on the Ukrainian crew, wiping out the remaining luck of the passengers who might still be alive. NATO vehicles used Russia as a springboard to destroy Zelensky’s troops, clearing most of Pivnichny. Toretsk lost its last Ukrainian defensive position to the west to Russian positions. This is due in no small part to the capabilities of Russian soldiers, who have taken over the Artem mine tailings on the outskirts of the town. Now, the Shtorm assault unit of the 1st Slavia Brigade is raising a flag on a strategically important height, and will increase the range of its FPV drones by installing a repeater there, while at the same time reducing the range of Ukrainian drones. For the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Toretsk, since yesterday it started with a run. As a result of the use of leaflets dropped by Russian drones, all military personnel units mobilized by Kiev and suffering heavy losses, decided to collectively lay down their arms and save their lives. It seems that the situation in Ukraine is about to change rapidly, with the simultaneous entry of Russian troops from three directions, marking the beginning of the ongoing fierce battle inside the city. According to reports, Russian assault units are breaking through with armored vehicles, infantry attacks, supported by artillery, are carried out in groups of 3 men. This attack seems to be costing many lives, and equipment is scarce for Ukraine, forcing soldiers from Brigade 53, to personally announce an online fundraising to get the EW systems they need. But the Kiev regime insists on focusing its attention on Kursk, and asking its Western allies to remove “obstacles” as “the course of the war demands.”
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  9178. The helicopter carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin was caught in the “epicenter” of a massive Ukrainian drone attack while the president was visiting Kursk Region earlier this week, Yury Dashkin, a commander of an air defense division, has revealed. Putin traveled to Russia’s Kursk Region on Tuesday for the first time since it was fully liberated from Ukrainian forces in April. During his trip, the president met with Governor Aleksandr Khinshtein, as well as the heads of local municipalities and volunteers who have been helping those affected by the now-repulsed Ukrainian incursion, according to the Kremlin. In an interview with the channel Russia 1 aired on Sunday, Dashkin revealed that Putin’s helicopter had found itself “in the epicenter of an operation to repel a massive drone attack by the enemy” in Kursk Region. Kiev launched an “unprecedented” UAV assault on the region when the president was there, with Russian air defenses destroying 46 incoming fixed-wing UAVs, according to Dashkin. “I would like to stress the fact that the intensity of the attacks during the flight of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s aircraft over the territory of Kursk Region increased significantly,” he said. The air defense units in the area had to “simultaneously conduct anti-aircraft combat and ensure the safety of the president’s helicopter in the air. The task was accomplished. The attack of the enemy drones was repelled, with all aerial targets being hit,” Dashkin stated. Ukraine significantly intensified its drone strikes inside Russia this past week. The Foreign Ministry in Moscow reported that 764 drones had been intercepted over Russian territory between Tuesday and Friday. According to the Defense Ministry, the scale of the assault has not abated, with hundreds more UAVs being destroyed on Saturday and Sunday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday that “some European nations led by the UK, France, Germany, and the EU leadership,” who are supporting Kiev and want the conflict to continue, bear some responsibility for the drone raids. - RT
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  9188. Very bad news for the Globalist West Warmongers! TERROR THWARTED: Russian forces blow up 8 Western-armed Ukrainian saboteurs, equipped with American grenades, C4 explosives, in minefields 9n demarcation line near borders of Belgorod, pre-War West Russia. Russia blocked Kiev attempts in approaching Belgorod region village of Staroselye (left map) as local residents swiftly evacuated from threat, sheltered also in nearby Terebreno (right map). - Intel Report In terms of diplomacy, Lavrov is the only adult in the room! Ukraine’s Western supporters are the ones that undercut the country’s territorial integrity by effectively reneging on the Minsk agreements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed. The diplomat added that despite talk of potential negotiations coming from Western capitals of late, Moscow has yet to see readiness for serious dialogue. - RT TALKING SOME SENSE into faulty Armenian leadership is Russian FM Lavrov, fully aware of Yerevan's inclination ditch Russia, yet reminding them of geographic, historical, and political "impossibility" of snubbing relations with Russia, especially while depending on the US. It would probably be good to look at recent history of those that US sought to take under its wing - Lavrov - Intel Report SHARP SHOOT DOWN by Russia of Ukrainian drone near the village of Makarovka, Kursk region (in map), site of Kursk Nuclear Power Plant-2. Russian air defenses also destroy drone approaching Bryansk, no casualties or property destruction took place on either pre-War Russian region. - Intel Report Ukrainian soldiers face wrath of Russian artillery pummeling their positions with devastating strikes in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) destroying 2 tanks, 2 armored vehicles (footage above), shooting down Su-25 fighter jet and laying waste to up to 355 enemy soldiers. Russian air defenses destroy 26 Ukrainian terror drones. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 27 - Intel Report United States and NATO have been pursuing a JENGA strategy against Russia. A lot of leaders in the NATO club are invested heavily in the belief that if enough pressure is applied to Russia then the country, the economy, the military and society will collapse like a JENGA tower. Only one little problem — that strategy has failed; the opposite happened. Instead of growing weaker and fracturing, Russia has grown stronger and less dependent on the United States and Europe. The economy is purring along. The Russian defense industry has ramped up to unprecedented levels in the modern Russia era. For example, Russia is churning out more than two million 152mm artillery rounds a year. The Russian army is filling recruitment quotas and turning out fully trained soldiers. Russia is producing surprising numbers of hypersonic missiles and drones, which have transformed the battlefield in Russia’s favor. - Sonar21 The Russian Defense Ministry has released footage showing a Tor-M2 short-range anti-aircraft system intercepting a US-made Switchblade kamikaze drone deployed by Ukrainian forces. The ‘M2’ variant is the latest in the Tor family, which has the ability to engage targets on the move rather than after stationary deployment. This makes it efficient in protecting military columns. - RT CATASTROPHIC CLOUDS of soot and fumes engulf chemical plant in Ukrainian-controlled side of Avdeevka, Donetsk Region (ex-Ukraine) after Russian strike sears through facility and sends coke into dust. - Intel Report LOL The expert community began to discuss a very strange statement by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. In particular, he indirectly asked the Russian military not to start hunting for American tanks in Ukraine. ''I remember perfectly well how the Russians announced a hunt for German Leopard-2 tanks. This should not be allowed to happen with 'M1-Abrams' tanks. The Russians should start playing by the rules and stop declaring a hunt for American tanks,'' - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. - BORZZIKMAN
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  9197. US EXPECTS RUSSIAN "TACTICAL GAINS" in coming months admits John "I hate peace" Kirby who does his best to make reporters think Russia only maintains "some" offensive capability while letting slip that Pentagon’s preparing for Ukraine to lose more ground soon. - Intel Report Russian Army going for the jugular as Civilian shelling Ukes getting destroyed all along the Front! BLASTED BUILDINGS BATHED IN EERIE LIGHT (left vid) as ruined homes stand in Donetsk City, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) after Kiev army launches shells at civilians that leave ruins in their wake. Rescue crews work overtime to shift rubble (right vid) as they work to rescue survivors trapped underneath devastated houses. - Intel Report "YOU HAVE WAR STRATEGY - WE HAVE PEACE STRATEGY" states Hungarian PM Orban as he schools Western presstitutes attempting to throw shade at him for daring to meet with Putin. Orban promptly shuts down questions about his reluctance to give Nazi Kiev regime cash as he's forced to repeat that he wants PEACE not war, stating he will let EU use "Peace Fund" money on Mad Vlad Zelensky but only after Ukraine explains exactly what they'll spend euros. - Intel Report Russia suddenly began nuclear drills and successfully tested its ability to launch a massive retaliatory nuclear attack from land-based silos, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile RS-24 Yars, Tula nuclear submarine launching R-29RMU Sineva, and from Tupolev Tu-95MS Tu long-range bomber. Intensive nuclear attack drills are undertaken in response to an aggressor's nuclear attack. - Military Tube Today "WEST INCITING KIEV REGIME" to continue war states Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov as he brushes aside claims that Russia doesn’t want peace, stating Moscow doesn’t avoid negotiations but Mad Vlad Zelensky hasn’t yet offered "serious proposal". EU's already worried sick about its appalling military production - how much longer till West runs out of steam and forces Mad Vlad to negotiating table? - Intel Report Per news today, Iran War Drums are now beating for the West Warmongers. Big MISTAKE as no way will Russia allow Iran's destruction by Nulandistan!
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  9200. I apologize on not writing about the NY Times article by Adam Entous and Michael Schwirtz, The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin, The key thing you need to understand is that this article is a deliberate piece of misinformation that is intended to shape public and policymaking opinion in the United States. Yes, it is true that U.S. intelligence, along with NATO, supplied Ukraine with intelligence used to carry out missile strikes on Russian positions. Admitting this in the pages of the NY Times is reckless and dangerous. I am pretty sure the Russians already knew this but putting this on the record with U.S. intelligence sources is a casus belli for Russia. But the article starts with the big lie by claiming that the CIA relationship with Ukraine started in February 2022 The Maidan and the ensuing events in February and March 2014 involved what I believe was a joint U.S./U.K. intelligence operation to remove Ukraine’s President Yanukovich and install a pro-Western government that would be used to attack Russia. The fact of the matter is that the CIA has been dealing with Ukrainian opponents of Russia since at least 1947 The goal of the Entous/Schwirtz article is simple — portray the CIA as a great organization who did magnificent work in Ukraine but were not able to complete the mission of destroying Russia because the Republican Congress failed to provide funding and the Ukrainian intelligence service was uncontrollable. Not a word is written about the negotiations that were underway in Turkey between Russia and Ukraine that had reached an agreement in principle until the U.S. and the U.K. intervened and ordered the Ukrainians to walk away. Can’t have that in this narrative. Nope. Got to find someone else to blame for the unfolding debacle. they polished up the CIA turd and laid the foundation of blame for the looming defeat at the hands of the Republican Congress and an out-of-control Ukrainian intel chief, Budanov. Once you grasp this you can understand why Kiril Budanov has been on the record in the press this week denying the U.S. claim that Putin killed Russian-dissident Nalvani and that Russia is using Iranian and North Korean missiles. Looks like Budanov understands he can no longer count on the CIA to have his back. - Sonar21
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  9203. Today Zelensky’s forces appeared to bomb the Zaporozhye nuclear plant: However, most significant to ongoing events is the correct analysis of why Zelensky would choose to strike the plant just now. It is obvious to us that it represents a terminal desperation from the AFU, which can only mean that their situation on the ground is in fact grinding to a culminating point, which answers one of the chief questions we’ve had about the ongoing Kursk adventure. But why would Zelensky threaten his partners as well? The obvious answer is to shock them into providing more aid and committing totally to Ukraine’s victory. “Give us everything or we’ll take the entire world down with us in a ball of nuclear flame.” Funny how much similarity there is between Zelensky and Israel, what with their Samson Option and all. In the very opening paragraph of the Economist article, they describe how Russian glide bomb’s slaughtered their units: So, there’s almost 2,000 mostly Ukrainian wounded flooding Sumy hospitals, with the “Russian” ones he mentions presumably being the dozens of captured POWs. This is corroborated further by ongoing calls on Ukrainian channels for mass blood donation drives in Sumy: The biggest issue currently is that the much stronger than usual fog of war has allowed Western/pro-UA sources to completely confabulate various fake “advances” in the Kursk region. Virtually every new map from Western sources, whether ISW, the various articles posted above, etc., are currently completely phony. In fact, the AFU was driven out of every deep advance in the Kursk region, and now occupy only a small area around Sudzha. All the earlier advances to as far as Komski Byki, Snagost, or Shagorovo have all been destroyed and pushed back. Russian reinforcements have created an impenetrable wall, and Ukrainian units are now digging in around Sudzha, desperately looking for a chink in Russia’s armor while being slowly destroyed by Russia’s growing aerial-drone dominance of the zone. Even Sudzha itself, which AFU proudly announced as having captured, is now in a kind of gray zone, with AFU certainly not controlling any part of the town, excluding the entrance stele in the northwest by which they took some TikTok photos. - Simplicius
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  9208. This is what happens when your beyond worthless leadership sees no problem indiscriminately shelling civilians which caused this war in the first place, as evinced by the deaths of the innocents in the Donbass at the diabolic hands of the Ukes! - Russia Dropped 5 FAB Bombs On Ukrainian Units On Kherson Front. Ukraine Evacuates Avdiivka HQ - Project Great Several dozen Ukrainian drones have been spotted and destroyed over the Black Sea and the northwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula, the Russian military said early Sunday morning. Russian air defenses have prevented yet another “attempted terrorist attack by the Kiev regime” with 36 plane-type drones intercepted en route to Crimea, the military said in a brief statement shortly before 2am local time, without providing any further details. - RT NOT THE RESULT THEY WERE HOPING FOR as "AI generated, agenda-free" news page Terror Alarm posts poll asking people to choose between "Forces of Light" (Israel, US, EU and their satellite states) vs "Forces of Darkness" led by Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Lebanon and others. 90+% out of almost 15 thousand votes and counting choose who they believe is the actual force of good as poll clearly shows people aren't buying West's propaganda anymore. - Intel report Zakharova said the “unmanned aerial vehicles used to attack the nuclear power plant had components supplied by Western countries.” She went on to claim that the Ukrainian leadership has no qualms about resorting to “nuclear terrorism” in its conflict with Russia. The spokeswoman emphasized that the latest aerial incursion “could have resulted in a full-scale nuclear disaster that would have affected many countries.” She also alleged that Kiev’s Western backers had most probably been either notified of the upcoming attack in advance, or even given the go-ahead for it. Zakharova concluded by calling on countries as well as international organizations and NGOs to “condemn Kiev’s barbaric actions.” - RT
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  9211. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Syrian Armed Forces have successfully carried out a large-scale operation against terrorist groups in the northern countryside of Homs with airstrikes from Russian and Syrian fighter jets, the official SANA news agency reported on Friday evening, citing military sources. Syrian Arab Army units operated around Talbiseh-Al Rastan enclave and in Al-Dar al-Kabirah, launching attacks on terrorist forces with the support of warplanes, artillery, rockets and armored vehicles. Syrian Arab Army is carrying out repositioning and redeployment in accordance with military plans and orders, determined to continue to defend Syria steadfastly, the news agency added. According to footage from pro-Turkish sources, clashes took place in al-Qosour between Syrian Army and terrorist groups, namely out of 10 people, 8 of whom are foreign mercenaries with the support of clearly known countries. The attacks were aimed at blocking their progress and supply chains towards Homs, a city that has been captured in the news, which is exploited by the enemy circles to spread rumors among the citizens, as reported by the Syrian Defense Ministry. Amid the ongoing fighting in the northern districts of Homs, Su-22 warplanes attacked Ter Maela, targeting terrorist groups and their supply lines during the day. In addition, Syrian Army officer said that Russian planes launched airstrikes at night to destroy the Rastan bridge along the main M5 highway connecting Hama to Homs. This was important to prevent the spread of terrorists towards Homs, entering several villages and areas to take pictures for a few minutes, and leaving the area to then publish the clips on their websites in the context of a dirty media war to show their control. Syrian Arab Army swept the enemy with a swift movement, eliminating many terrorist members and destroying many of their vehicles, equipment and weapons. Syrian Army air defenses also shot down 2 enemy suicide drones. Sources reported that many other members fled due to the air force operation and the areas were also bombarded with heavy artillery. In Talbiseh, it showed that Syrian-Russian operation left significant damage to enemy positions due to heavy shelling, and the strategic city looked deserted in the morning as in the footage by a motorcyclist. Meanwhile in Rastan, it is unknown where the terrorists went, where the conditions are the same as in Talbiseh, Syrian-Russian attack left a nightmare for the enemy group. The death toll of terrorists rose to 2,500 during the week while Syrian Armed Forces carried out a counterattack with the support of Russian Aerospace Forces, the Syrian Defense Ministry reported
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  9213. Let me start with some disturbing and stunning news out of Ukraine, courtesy of Russia’s Ministry of Defense. Ukraine has lost more than 700,000 personnel (i.e., KIA, WIA and AWOL) in the last six months: ▪ Over the past six months, the monthly sanitary and irreplaceable losses of AFU manpower have consistently amounted to about 50,000 people and more (January 2025 – 51960 people, December 2024 – 48470 people, November 2024 – 60805 people, etc.). ▪ At the same time, the number of new recruits in the AFU training centers, even taking into account the “activation” of TCCs throughout Ukraine, has been barely reaching 30,000 people per month for about half a year, who are sent to the line of contact without proper training, which leads to a reduction in the number of AFU personnel. ▪ According to official data, about 100,000 Ukrainian military personnel have left their military units unauthorized and gone on the run. Ukraine’s military is literally bleeding to death. These are unsustainable losses. Making matters worse is the political chaos unfolding in Kiev. A criminal case alleging corruption has been opened on Ukraine’s Defense Minister Umerov while Ukraine’s SBU has opened a criminal case against Kirill Budanov, Chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. Budanov is being investigated after media reports appeared detailing his warning to members of the RADA that if peace talks do not begin soon Ukraine will not survive the summer. Looks like it is a crime to tell the truth in Ukraine. - sonar21
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  9222. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The footage shows how several Ukrainian trucks in a parking lot in the city Sumy. burned by a loud explosion, attacked by a Russian long-range drone, type Shahed or Geran. The Russian military channels released 1-minute video on April 19, 2025, reporting that the Geran drone, attacked a parking lot of supply trucks detected carrying Western ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine about a week ago, and most likely there was an ammunition depot in the area. At least four large trucks lined up and several other vehicles, they appear to be models or decoys of other advanced versions of Geran-2 UAV, equipped with an optical-electronic station correcting the arrival to the vehicle parking lot, which means it can collect intelligence in real time with sensors such as cameras, not just attack. It is worth noting that the Sumy region is the main Ukrainian logistics center for the attack on Kursk and Belgorod! It seems that Kiev relaxed its muscles, thinking that the fuel and ammunition supplies in Sumy do not need to be disguised. The objective control footage shows several secondary explosions after the arrival of the Russian drone, the ammunition supplies in the military vehicles burned perfectly. The flames from the secondary explosions even rose as high as a nine-story building, which was surrounded by buildings and houses. Sumy authorities reported one person killed in the attack but did not show images of burning trucks. In addition, Sumy residents filmed the Russian Geran drone approaching and striking its target in a clip that circulated online on April 19. Here, the drone’s distinctive noise can be heard, as well as an airstrike and explosion. This may be the first documented sighting of the Shahed or Geran version with an advanced optical-electronic station, a continued air superiority that underscores Russian growing operational
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  9227. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Another day of Ukrainian deaths continues, now their units with several armored vehicles, trying to counterattack towards Sevchenko, a settlement on the direction of Pokrovsk or Krasnoarmeysk, which is under the control by the Russian Armed Forces. Instead of gaining results after the attack, the Russian troops of the Sudoplatov drone operator continue to confidently ambush enemy troops, destroying them along with the infiltrated armored convoys, as in the footage released by the Sudoplatov team on March 5, 2025. Ukrainian troops have carried out a series of counterattacks in and around Pokrovsk over the past few days, trying to recapture large areas. They attacked south by moving out from Pokrovsk but again swallowed a bitter pill after facing the Russian giant in that direction. During the failed mission, on the night of March 5 a column of Kiev troops - consisting of three armored vehicles and up to 30 personnel - moved towards Shevchenko. As everyone expected, they ended up encountering two Russian FPV drone operators at two separate points. All three armored vehicles were successfully disabled and eliminated in the morning by FPV including by Russian infantry, while Kiev's personnel were completely eliminated. Now, every destruction vehicles and personnel killed would be a big surprise for another Ukrainian army, considering some soldiers were wearing thermal camouflage suits to avoid being detected by Russian FPV drones, but it was of useless to them. Meanwhile, on the same day on the same direction, Russian troops from the Atlant battalion under the 35th Guards Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Tsentr Group of Forces, destroyed Ukrainian manpower to disrupt their personnel rotation. Attack drones dropped several mortars on the ground, causing Ukrainian positions to erupt in heavy fire, as shown in footage shared by the Russian Defense Ministry. This Ukrainian action is a clear indication that Kiev is facing serious problems and exhaustion, if it continues to force its soldiers to fight. But, it seems that Kiev keeps repeating the same mistakes!
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  9234. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has vehemently rejected the EU’s demand that Moscow return gold that it claims belongs to Romania, describing it as “impudence.” On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on Moscow to send back 91.5 metric tons of gold and cultural artifacts that were exported to the Russian Empire in 1916-1917 by Romania. Writing on his social media page on Friday, Medvedev, who currently serves as the deputy chairman of Russia’s National Security Council, stated that “I don’t even know how to respond to such impudence.” ”The EU has stolen $300 billion worth of Russian assets and is now demanding that Russia return gold to Romania. There is nothing to say except f*** off,” Medvedev wrote. Previously, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova had pointed out that in 1935, the USSR had already returned a portion of the valuables to Romania as a “sign of good will.” She also recalled that the Soviet Union had forgiven Romania all of its debts for the “troubles and destruction” that it caused in Russia during World War II, when Bucharest was an ally of Nazi Germany. That was “despite all the atrocities that Hitler’s Romanian allies committed on our land. And this is no less than $300 million in reparations, i.e., if converted to today’s money, it would be something in the region of $4 billion,” Zakharova wrote on her official Telegram channel. The spokeswoman went on to state that if these Romanian debts to Russia and the Soviet Union were expressed in terms of bullion, they would be equivalent to 1,365–1,665 tons of gold, which is “20-25 times more than Romania’s entire gold reserve that was sent to Russia in 1916-1917.” Zakharova claimed that Romania was now using “Russophobic platforms, such as the European Parliament, which is ready for any excuse to force onto us its century-old phantom debts.” She suggested that Bucharest’s demand may be part of a desperate attempt to fix the “deplorable situation” in Romania’s “national economy, against the backdrop of farm strikes throughout the country. - RT
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  9239. Trump closed out his campaign tour alongside his former CIA director and secretary of state Mike Pompeo, which should be enough to dash the hopes of even the most naive Trump supporters that US foreign policy is headed in a positive direction in January. As CIA director, Pompeo led a plot to assassinate Julian Assange and cheerfully admitted that “we lied, we cheated, we stole” at the agency. This odious swamp creature has remained in Trump’s good graces for the last eight years, and is reportedly expected to have a position in Trump’s cabinet once again. Speaking at a campaign event in Pittsburgh on Monday, Pompeo boasted that he has been called “the most loyal cabinet member to Donald J Trump” and said that when Trump is re-elected “we will take down the ring of fire; we will support our friends in Israel.” The “ring of fire” is think tank speak for Iran and the militias in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Palestine who oppose Israel. So things are probably going to get uglier and uglier. But they were getting uglier and uglier under Biden, and they would have gotten uglier and uglier under Harris as well. That’s just what it looks like when you’ve got a dying empire fighting to retain planetary control like a cornered animal. You don’t get to be the US president unless you are willing and eager to do ugly things. Democrats exaggerate how destructive Trump is relative to their own bloodthirsty psychopath candidates. While we can expect Trump to inflict tyranny and abuse upon Americans, it will be nothing compared to the tyranny and abuse he’s going to inflict on people in other countries, and it will be nothing compared to the tyranny and abuse his predecessor has been inflicting on people in other countries. All the histrionic shrieking we see from US liberals about Trump only works inside a western supremacist worldview that does not see the victims of US warmongering as fully human, and therefore sees scorched earth genocidal atrocities as less significant than comparatively minor abuses concerning US domestic policy. - LewRockwell
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  9243. For over 100 years our government has told us who are the bad guys and who are the good guys. And we dutifully believed because our government would never lie to us – it was unfathomable. Today, our government is caught lying daily. About everything. No PR campaign can undo what has been revealed. Everything we were told was fake – is real, and everything we were told is real has been found to be fake. Therefore, we can assume this fakery will continue unabated because it is all they know. ANY country that opposes US colonization is deemed a ‘terrorist’. Iran had defied the western colonization and thereafter became Enemy Number 1. Like Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Yemen, etc…, the punishment for fighting colonization is death, destruction, and economic suppression. Iran was simply another enemy to pile on the list that is now far greater than the list of our allies!! Does Iran have laws that don’t align with our value structure? You betcha! But the West also embraces laws that don’t align with our value structure – as in illegal border invasion, bribery of politicians, illegal stock market gains, pedophilia, child molestation, etc…. Yet, Iran isn’t bombing the US because of our failures and abuses. Neither is China. Neither is Russia. But all these countries are Enemy Number 1 because they will NOT allow US colonization. As a Bad Guy Campaign – Nikki Haley has declared Iran must be wiped off the face of the earth and American Taxpayers should be willing to spend every last dollar – to do so!!! While a disgraceful UN continues to thrive based on its “Peace Accomplishments”… The US has been involved in 108 Wars since 1776. There are roughly 10 wars ongoing across the globe. This is what the United Nations declares to be ‘peacemaking’. According to a Swedish report, there have been 285 war/conflicts since the UN was created in 1945. Not exactly a stellar accomplishment… It is disheartening – to say the least – to learn that the country you love is run by psychopaths and pathological liars, but at least, Now we Know. - LewRockwell
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  9259. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - During the attack on the day and night, Russian fighters carried out a well-coordinated attack, which included artillery preparation and air strikes on several Ukrainian strongholds. The attack, which began with several powerful explosions, significantly disrupted the positions of the troops fighting for Zelensky, destroying equipment such as armored vehicles, and sending fires with thick smoke into the air. The intense counterattack forced Kiev's troops to decide on a hasty retreat in a vehicle, but to no avail, several Russian explosions stopped the "retreating" group under pressure. Next, the Russian assault troops methodically entered directly into Myroliubivka. Despite the resistance, the soldiers managed to advance through the open terrain under chaotic Ukrainian fire, but without losses. The Russian soldiers quickly cleared the settlement of the remnants of enemy troops, who were not given the opportunity to escape from there, from their houses, shelters and basements. Thus, the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade secured Myroliubivka, raising the victory flag as usually. Meanwhile, the capture disrupted the Ukrainian defense line, threatening the encirclement of their units in nearby Mikhailovka, from which the troops hastily retreated. The Ukrainian front continues to collapse, mass desertions and surrenders are intensifying, this time Kiev's cry is heard for the Pokrovsk sector. Pokrovsk is already surrounded by the Russian Armed Forces from the South and West, and now it's the turn to shift from the East. The fall of Myroliubivka further tightens the noose on Ukraine even as the negotiation drama continues. This advantage paves the way for deeper penetration into enemy-held territory, accelerating the collapse of Ukrainian defenses.
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  9274. If you listened to Israel’s lawyers argue before the International Court of Justice, they insisted that the Zionist state was engaged in a mere act of self-defense. I guess those lawyers do not have access to the internet. So let me help out. Here is the video evidence that Israel is lying. The Israeli Occupation Forces demonstrate once again that they are a band of undisciplined thugs with no sense of honor. Here’s the video of them shooting an unarmed man waving a white flag. This is not an isolated example. Just ask the three Israeli hostages who were gunned down by their Israeli “brethren. Except you can’t. They are dead. The most heartrending images that are turning world opinion against the Zionists in Israel are the wounded children. This is sickening and horrifying. There are hundreds of videos like this and worse. So far only two countries have stepped up to try to stop Israel’s war of genocide — Yemen and South Africa. Yemen is shocking the world by its success in shutting down ship traffic to and from Israel through the Red Sea. The U.S. and U.K.’s feckless attempt to bomb Yemen into submission is making the two Western powers look like Wile E Coyote trying to snag the Road Runner. South Africa’s success in convincing an overwhelming majority of the Judges on the ICJ to proceed to the next phase of presenting the proof of Israel’s genocide is going to create long term problems for Israel and its Western supporters. What the Zionists and its supporters do not understand is that instead of sapping the Palestinians of the will to fight, they are creating a generation that will seek revenge no matter what the cost. - Sonar21
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  9276. Russian missiles smash temporary deployment point of Ukrainian army in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), leveling their positions with scorching rockets, setting cannon fodder and Western-supplied equipment on fire following massive explosions. - Intel Report The military warehouse complex of Armed Forces of Ukraine in Lvov region was reduced to dust after being hit by Geranium UAV of Russian Armed Forces. Warehouses where transit for weapons, equipment and ammunition supplied by NATO including unmanned aerial vehicles and aviation were stored, burned down during the night raid and the warehouses and their contents were reduced to dust in the morning. - Military Tube Today The Ukrainian Morale in the Battlefield: A Snapshot It’s now firmly established that the Ukrainian counter-offensive turned out to be the feeder of a bloody meat grinder of astonishing proportions. Of every 100 people who joined Ukrainian units last Fall, months before the counter-offensive, only 10 to 20 remain. The rest are dead, wounded or incapacitated. These stats were confirmed by the online publication Poltavashchyna. This is a report prepared by the temporary acting commander of the 2nd mechanized battalion of military unit A4007, Captain Dmytro Bilyi. He is reporting directly to the commander of the military unit. Bilyi says that between April 19 and 20, 2023, he as temporary acting commander as well as other officers have concluded that the 2nd battalion had reached critically low morale and psychological conditions. The battalion had also suffered numerous sanitary and irretrievable losses. Most soldiers refused to perform combat missions. The level of morale in different companies was evaluated as ranging between 20% and 42%. This is an urgent report on the critically low level of combat readiness of the 5th company of the 2nd battalion. The staffing of the company fell to 60% – and the unit needs to be withdrawn from the frontline. - lewrockwell The fact is that it’s becoming increasingly clear that some of the worst, most extreme predictions on Ukrainian losses could in fact be true. This extends to things like POW captures, for instance with yesterday’s new report that already 3,500 AFU soldiers had surrendered since the launch of Russia’s new project to have a special “surrender frequency” on all radio channels where Ukrainians can dial in and safely surrender to Russian forces: Sadly, Ukrainian troops are just getting mowed down at this point. We saw a month or two ago they began their shift toward full-blown “meat assault” tactics because their armor had begun to run uncomfortably low. There is now numerous evidence of this in the form of videos showing either Ukrainian troops on foot simply plying through the open fields, or at most using their remaining light mobility vehicles: New drone footage of Klescheyevka refutes Ukraine’s claim of controlling it, as it shows a desolate wasteland with no troops from either side occupying it: But though the U.S. and allies are desperately trying to set the world on fire to weaken Russia around its peripheries in any way they can, all these efforts are little more than chaff in the wind and will have no effect on the SMO. And as always we must remember that this pales in comparison to Russia’s own much more successful hybrid/asymmetric warfare conducted against the Atlanticists in Africa and elsewhere. - Simplicius KEEPING THE PEACE: On second day of flare-up in Nagorno-Karabakh breakaway region, Russian peacekeepers evacuate over 2 thousand civilians. Russian forces soothe small kids in arms alongside civilians in tears in conflicting combination of relief and grief as Moscow forces temporarily shelter them to safety at base before evacuating them to safety. Russia is ONLY nation with peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh region, deploying nearly 2,000 servicemen since last outbreak of violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2020. - Intel Report
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  9279. Even though a growing number of Western elites are awakening to the reality that Ukraine is headed for defeat and will drag NATO along with it, the so-called intellectual cognoscenti of foreign policy, like the editorial board of the NY Times, continue to indulge fantasies and delusions. They conclude a Sunday editorial pleading for more money for Zelensky and the losing cause with this: The Washington and New York establishments continue to insist that Vladimir Putin is an “authoritarian strongman.” I have one word of advice — look in the damn mirror and pay attention to what is happening in the United States before you mount your moral high horse and gallop off to lecture other countries on democracy and human rights. Guess what? The United States has prosecuted (and persecuted) twice as many political prisoners than Russia. So spare me the BS about Russia being a soul crushing attack on personal liberty while claiming the United States is the bastion of freedom and justice. It is a lie. And I say that without delving into the Federal Government’s collaboration with social media to attack conservatives and censor articles and persons who are not in line with Biden’s woke agenda, as thoroughly documented by the reporting of Michael Shellenberger and Matt Taibbi. Then there is the proven case of the Biden Administration’s attack on scientists and physicians who challenged the specious CDC claims and remedies for COVID is just another glaring example of the putrid authoritarianism emanating from Washington, DC. - Sonar21
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  9281. The Recent Bombing in Iran and US Support of Terrorism in Iran... - The US has used armed terrorist organizations for decades as proxies against their adversaries worldwide, including most recently in Syria, Iraq, and against Iran; - US weapons and equipment “fell into the hands” of ISIS and other terrorist organizations, consisting of the largest, most effective militant groups participating in the US proxy war against Syria; - US government and corporate-funded think tanks like the Brookings Institution in its 2009 “Which Path to Persia?” policy paper proposed using listed terrorist organizations like the MEK to undermine, coerce, and possibly even overthrow the Iranian government; - The 2009 paper suggested MEK be “delisted” as a terrorist organization by the US State Department, which the Department eventually did in 2012 following intense lobbying and media campaigning by senior US and European representatives; - The MEK is currently still supported by senior US-European representatives with undermining, coercing, and overthrowing the Iranian government remaining as a key Western geopolitical objective; - Western media warns the recent terrorist attack in Iran could trigger a wider regional conflict, which the US has openly sought since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023; - The 2009 Brookings paper feared Iran might not retaliate against US provocations, denying the US the wider regime-change war it sought; - Between the US-backed brutalization of Gaza and now a terrorist attack on Iran itself, the US is making it as politically unlikely as possible for Tehran to avoid retaliation if and when a major US or Israel strike on Iran takes place; - The New Atlas
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  9284. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The Russian military swept away the Ukrainian drone at its launch site before it could even carry out its task in a place on the Kharkov direction. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage on September 5, 2024, showing soldiers of the Sever Group of Forces of the Russian Northern Group observing the activity of kamikaze drone operators during reconnaissance operations near a settlement in the region, and foreshadowing bad days for the Ukrainian UAV team's positions! It is worth noting! The attack by the Kiev regime's armed formations in the Kursk region did not affect the pace of advancement of the Sever Group of Forces' task area in Kharkov. Their work will continue until the denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine are confirmed to be finished. The artillery of the Sever Group of Forces continues to conduct attacks on their enemy. Further, data on the position of targets at the tree line is transmitted to the artillery crew for further firing. The crew of the Giatsint-B towed artillery is engaged in counter-battery warfare, inflicting fire damage on the enemy drone's hardware and personnel. The real-time objective control footage obtained by the unmanned aerial vehicle made it possible to confirm that the UAV launch site was hit at several points. The Ukrainian drone team did not reappear after a short period of artillery fire. On the same day in the same direction, the soldiers of the Sever Group of Forces decided to inflict damage on the Ukrainian armor. During reconnaissance, they discovered the movement of one tank, which took a closed firing position prepared for the “advance”. After analyzing the information obtained, the “Lancet” ammunition took over for the task. As a result of the direct hit of the Lancet, the Ukrainian tank was destroyed by fire. And, this is what happened every day on the battlefield, in Kharkov and throughout the front line.
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  9302. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Important summary until January 28, 2025, latest reports from reliable sources indicate that Chasov Yar is the focus of Russian Armed Forces after successfully taking several Ukrainian “large defensive cities” recently. Now, Russian tanks and drones are preparing “cauldrons” for Armed Forces of Ukraine, finding weak points in their defenses even while fighting alongside NATO, and several of their heavily fortified strongholds have been captured! The battle continues to capture high-rise blocks, breaking through the center and starting to separate the remaining Ukrainian formations in the city center. The assault company of the 331st Regiment is attacking from positions at the refractory plant, capturing part of the private housing sector. Footage shows Russian attack on the refractory plant area, a stronghold and Ukrainian garrison now lying in the rubble of destroyed buildings as shown in the January 27 video recorded by Ukrainian army. Strong Russian tank fire, providing support to the assault units of the Airborne Formation, which are focused on destroying Ukrainian defensive strongholds. The crew of “Ivanovo” Paratroopers deploy their T-72B3 tank during combat as shown in footage shared by Russian Defense Ministry on January 27. The modernized T-72B3 tanks, now equipped with FVP anti-drone nets and rubber-reinforced protection, also received additional protection for the rear, engine, and engine-transmission compartments of the tanks. In addition, the equipment was equipped with means of reducing visibility and electronic warfare systems to counter drones, the ammunition of which neutralized Ukrainian serviceman still entrenched in multi-storey houses and workshops of ChasovYar industrial zone, the Defense Ministry reported. Meanwhile, Russian drones carried out attacks and shelling of buildings in the forests south of ChasivYar a few days ago, leading to the capture of a NATO officers’ bunker there, according to Tuesday’s report. The Akhmat Special Forces unit and the assault force of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade took the network of positions, built by Ukrainian military with NATO assistance in the area of Chasovyarets recreation center during the war in Donbass before Russian "special military operation" in 2022. The huge bunker located underground, made of concrete and with a capacity of 30-40 people, is a fortified stronghold that has slowed down Russian advance, the destruction of which will speed up the liberation of the city. On another occasion, the latest footage shows a Russian drone destroying a Ukrainian armored vehicle. The BMP initially opened fire on Russian positions and rushed away from the place, then UAV drone crew of the 98th Airborne Division of the Southern Group of Forces arrived, chased and immediately hit the BMP, which was still trying to escape with its passengers after the drone was shot down. Not far from the place, another BMP-2 was also hit by a drone mortar, leaving the hardware immobile. Once again, it seems that the Ukrainian coalition cannot hold back the Russian advance and will soon collapse! Russian troops continue to clean up the captured areas. Footage shows Soldiers from the 38th engineer-sapper battalion clearing a road to speed up the movement of equipment towards Chasov Yar, and to speed up its liberation!
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  9330. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – A smart bomb FAB, hit hard on the object and blew up a building in Guevo occupied by Ukrainian troops in Kursk region, which is under relentless fire, as the Russian Armed Forces advance to retake several villages in the region in one day. On February 26, 2025, Russian sources shared information about the attack on Guevo, the 177th Separate Guards Marine Regiment including UAV operators, revealed an accumulation of enemy troops at the former refinery. The Russian Marines received information that a group of units, including Ukrainian UAV operators, was trying to establish a base there! Together with the Russian Aerospace Forces, part of the building was razed to the ground by a heavy FAB. Thick smoke then rose, covering the dead Kiev soldiers or foreign mercenaries, adding to the list of losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by February 26, amounting to more than 63,595 soldiers since the start of hostilities in Kursk! On the same day, another in Guevo, the days of Ukrainian troops along with the military equipment they brought to the border, continued to be shadowed by Russian drones. Guevo is a settlement close to and directly adjacent to Sumy region of Ukraine, that is why Russian UAV operators from the reconnaissance company of the 177th separate guards marines regiment, without blinking an eye, continue to monitor their movements amid the deterioration of Ukrainian rear logistics. Thus, the UAV team of the 106th airborne division from Tula, using FPV and fiber-optic FPV, destroyed camouflaged artillery positions and tank, which were trying to break through Russian positions. Explosions or fires of Ukrainian equipment in the settlement continued to occur even though it was covered in snow. A few days ago, FAB-3000 with UMPK hit the positions of Ukrainian troops in the forest area bordering the settlement of Guevo. The footage of February 23 documents the object of a powerful explosion of a glide bomb, diving among the trees, a temporary enemy hideout, where Russian units of the 810th Marine Brigade have now positioned themselves near the northern outskirts of Guevo. The terrible thing about what Zelensky's Armed Forces continue to face, shows that there is no connection between success and any mystical agreements regarding the Kursk region.
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  9332. Early this morning, the Kiev regime once again attacked Russian territory. 3 drones shot down in the Moscow region, 6 over Crimea, and 1 in Oryol, pre-war West Russia. - Intel Report Footage captures moment drone over Moscow is intercepted; big BANG is followed by the sound of missile defense system going off. There are no casualties. - Intel Report "The [West] has been for years, and continues to wage war against us using Ukraine's hands and bodies" - Russia's FM Lavrov on possible US decision to supply Kiev with even longer-range missiles. Lavrov is headed to the UN Security Council, where Zelensky's presence is also expected this week. - Intel Report KILLING FIELD: Watch Ukrainian assault (reportedly around August middle) in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) fall into unorganized madness after vehicles are torn into pieces, forcing infantry to run in open fields only to be finished off by Russian artillery as Kiev sustains further 140 casualties in this region. Russian defenses intercept 2 JDAM aerial bombs and US HARM anti-radar missile as Moscow hits Ukrainian armored plant workshops in Kharkov, East Ukraine. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 16 UKRAINE IS RUNNING OUT OF MEN AS HOPE OF VICTORY FADES The reports are piling up — just like Ukrainian corpses — of Ukraine’s massive losses on the battlefield. A year ago, according to the Telegraph, hopes ran high in Ukraine about an imminent victory. That celebratory chorus is gone; replaced by a funeral dirge.The horrific losses are hitting Ukrainians hard. Despite vows to fight to the bitter end or fervent belief in ultimate victory, the mismatch between Russia’s superior firepower and Ukraine’s increasingly desperate attempt to round up new recruits and get more weaponry from depleted American and NATO stores presents Kiev with an impossible task. - Sonar21
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  9348. I apologize on not writing about the NY Times article by Adam Entous and Michael Schwirtz, The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin, The key thing you need to understand is that this article is a deliberate piece of misinformation that is intended to shape public and policymaking opinion in the United States. Yes, it is true that U.S. intelligence, along with NATO, supplied Ukraine with intelligence used to carry out missile strikes on Russian positions. Admitting this in the pages of the NY Times is reckless and dangerous. I am pretty sure the Russians already knew this but putting this on the record with U.S. intelligence sources is a casus belli for Russia. But the article starts with the big lie by claiming that the CIA relationship with Ukraine started in February 2022 The Maidan and the ensuing events in February and March 2014 involved what I believe was a joint U.S./U.K. intelligence operation to remove Ukraine’s President Yanukovich and install a pro-Western government that would be used to attack Russia. The fact of the matter is that the CIA has been dealing with Ukrainian opponents of Russia since at least 1947 The goal of the Entous/Schwirtz article is simple — portray the CIA as a great organization who did magnificent work in Ukraine but were not able to complete the mission of destroying Russia because the Republican Congress failed to provide funding and the Ukrainian intelligence service was uncontrollable. Not a word is written about the negotiations that were underway in Turkey between Russia and Ukraine that had reached an agreement in principle until the U.S. and the U.K. intervened and ordered the Ukrainians to walk away. Can’t have that in this narrative. Nope. Got to find someone else to blame for the unfolding debacle. they polished up the CIA turd and laid the foundation of blame for the looming defeat at the hands of the Republican Congress and an out-of-control Ukrainian intel chief, Budanov. Once you grasp this you can understand why Kiril Budanov has been on the record in the press this week denying the U.S. claim that Putin killed Russian-dissident Nalvani and that Russia is using Iranian and North Korean missiles. Looks like Budanov understands he can no longer count on the CIA to have his back. - Sonar21
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  9349. “Zelensky's situation can be compared to the humiliation of the King of Prussia, who in 1807 was ordered to stand on the bank and wait for Napoleon and Tsar Alexander to meet on a raft on the river in Tilsit.” Things are moving ahead even more swiftly than imagined. The Ukraine-US honeymoon is officially over as Trump and Zelensky unleashed scathing new attacks against each other, which can only precipitate fatal repercussions for Zelensky’s career in the near future. After Zelensky’s critical statements aimed at Trump’s claims of stolen money, Trump fired back with this shocking censure, which called Zelensky a dictator: US Vice President JD Vance warns Zelensky he will regret 'bashing' Trump and condemns the Ukrainian president's 'appalling' response to peace talks, the Daily Mail reports. 'The idea that Zelensky is going to change the president's mind by smearing him in the media - anyone who knows the president will tell you that's a disgusting way to deal with this administration,' Vance said. Few have expected the speed with which Zelensky’s regime has worn out its welcome. Now Zelensky has no choice but to cling to his final holdfast of the ever-narrowing and isolated European elite circle, that same Vampire ball, which had just gathered in Paris days ago. The European tyrants who have squandered their citizens lives, destroying Europe’s future, turning a once bright-and-bustling civilization into a dystopian failed state overrun by migrants and skyrocketing prices—these elites have emerged as the scared, retreating figures now trying desperately to shield Zelensky beneath their skirt as the overwhelming concensus builds to loom deafeningly before them. It’s absurd to deny Zelensky’s legitimacy after he literally forewent presidential elections, but it’s not absurd to openly deny the legitimacy of Romanian and Georgian elections with zero evidence of interference? The putrid Eurocrats have lofted to new heights of hypocrisy for all the world to see. Their increasingly shrinking coven becomes less and less relevant by the day, as they destroy the last crumbs of their credibility desperately shielding a blood-soaked despot. - Simplicius
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  9352. Historians of the future, gathered round their campfires poaching armadillo tail-flaps in their own shells, will harken back to the wondrous day in 2024 when they could watch and compare two heads of great nations present themselves to the world for assessment. There was Mr. Putin of the land called Russia, calmly discoursing in fine detail on a thousand years of his country’s history. And there was Mr. Biden of the USA, facing the White House press pool, angrily refuting a special prosecutor’s glum conclusion that the President was not mentally competent to be tried in court on the finding that he’d indeed mishandled classified documents. If there has been any discussion about Mr. Biden being in possession of the so-called “nuclear football,” the briefcase full of launch codes for our arsenal of missiles and bombers, it has gone unnoticed in the press. I suppose a conspiracy to suppress that chatter would be labeled a “conspiracy theory,” which also suggests that Mr. Biden’s mental deficiencies have somehow infected the entire body politic of the USA. That is, much of the whole US population is mentally unwell, living in a national hall of mirrors. How did that happen? Is it possible that there are branches of our government dedicated to driving the population crazy. . . a kind of ordeal-by-gaslight? What Mr. Putin displayed most of all was an air of prudence, an awareness that America’s behavior has become increasingly and dangerously unhinged over the years he’s been in power, requiring much delicacy and Christian patience not to worsen. Ukraine was at the center of the discussion, of course, since it has become a point of dangerous geopolitical inflammation. It is unclear whether the American audience was able to follow Mr. Putin’s detailed disquisition on the history of Ukraine, and how lately it eventuated in America’s bungling effort to wrest it out of Russia’s sphere of influence. He explained his view of events around the “Maidan coup” of 2014 and NATO’s repudiation of the Minsk Agreements that might have satisfactorily ended hostilities and provided a framework for reestablishing Ukraine’s status as a neutral borderland between Europe and Asia. Mr. Putin also confirmed my own conjecture: that, after the fall of the USSR, Russia had one overriding concern in foreign affairs: to be re-admitted to the European family of nations as a once-again “normal,” member, especially in trade relations, after seventy-five years of its peculiar communist experiment. He spoke of this quite ruefully as a lost opportunity to shore up Western Civilization — now engaged in a mystifying act of mass suicide that Russia decidedly wishes to opt out of by strategically reorienting with the BRICs bloc. A not inconsiderable part of our Ukraine problem has been that our chief executive was for years engaged in bribery and money-laundering misadventures there, for which there is abundant and powerful evidence, meaning he may have had very personal interests in keeping that country disordered — and sending billions of dollars there, some of it surely embezzled among the Zelensky government. You’d have to also be aware that the bag-man in those operations, the President’s son, Hunter, might well have misbehaved with drugs and prostitutes on his many trips to Ukraine as a board member of Burisma. - LewRockwell
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  9363. I’ve written a number of essays trying to point at the baseless and irrational way westerners view military explosives as a far more civilized and humane way of killing human beings than bullets or blades, but I’ve never written anything that sums it up as clearly as this frank admission by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s senior manager of journalistic standards. Military explosives rip human bodies apart. They burn people alive. They trap them under rubble where they die excruciatingly slowly in one of the most horrifying ways imaginable. They leave people without limbs. They dismember and disfigure children for life. Many of the most agonizing deaths in human history have been caused by bombs. There are thousands of Gazans who have yet to be counted among the dead because their bodies are still buried under the rubble of fallen buildings. Many of them would not have died instantly. Some are still alive, waiting for days in a state terror and searing pain for a rescue that will never come. A UNICEF report released last month said that more than a thousand children had had one or both legs amputated since October 7 as a result of damage received by US-sponsored Israeli airstrikes, a number which would be significantly higher by now. We know that many such amputations have occurred without anaesthesia, because Israeli siege warfare has cut off Gaza’s healthcare system from the necessary supplies. If this is not vicious, then nothing is vicious. If this is not brutal, then nothing is brutal. If this is not murderous, then nothing is murderous. But it doesn’t get labeled as such by the western press, because it is being done “remotely”. - LewRockwell
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  9366. China and Russia were warning the West that they would not allow the West to attack Iran or shutdown oil exports from Saudi Arabia and Iran destined for China. The Chinese and Russian forces represent a trip wire that the United States and Israel must weigh as they contemplate an attack on Iran, such as hitting its oil refineries. The Chinese are flexing a little military muscle, but their real power is in the expansion of diplomatic relations with the Gulf Arabs and Iran. China played a decisive role in the rapprochement this year between longtime adversaries, Saudi Arabia and Iran. China’s diplomatic initiative destroyed the U.S. policy of trying to ramp up friction between Saudi Arabia and Iran. It is no longer an “open question” how this affects policy in the Middle East — Saudi Arabia and Iran are siding with the Palestinians and condemning Israel’s actions. They have dethroned Washington, DC as the dominant force in the Middle East. - Sonar21 Why is the United States once again bombing Syria, placing warships right on their doorstep in the Middle East? And Is the United States actively trying to assassinate Syrian President Bashar Al Assad? Syrian journalist Kevork Almassian brings us that story. - Redacted Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, has backtracked after promoting a Time magazine article that portrayed the leader as being overly stubborn and unable to deal with corruption. - RT Col. Macgregor to Tucker: Biden admin is driving the US into an ‘Armageddon’ war in Middle East. ‘It's going to be very difficult for Russia and Turkey not to also come into this fight against us because they will not tolerate the sort of collective punishment that Israel plans for Gaza,’ the retired colonel said. - Lifesite news
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  9369. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated two villages at once in their task area, Skudnoye and Burlatskoye in South of Donetsk were captured as a result of active offensive actions with both tanks and drones, clearing the villages north and northwest of Velyka Novosilka from Ukrainian troops. This was announced by the Russian Defense Ministry on March 1, 2025, showing scenes of the liberation of the villages by the Vostok Group of the 5th Armored Brigade and the Assault Detachment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division, continuing their advance deep into the Ukrainian defenses. The Vostok Group supporting the assault troops, this time tanks and drones attacked strong points, firing points and places where the manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was concentrated. During the offensive, since yesterday the crew of the T-80BV tank fired ammunition with precise fire, destroying a camouflaged NATO-made ammunition depot, the Defense Ministry reported. The Ukrainian personnel working in the site were also killed by a powerful explosion of ammunition while reducing enemy supplies. In addition to tanks, drone operators from the 36th Army special forces, part of the Vostok Group, flying their FPV drones, weakened Ukrainian positions in this critical sector, allowing Russian assault groups to advance in Skudnoye, and to a depth of 350 meters in Burlatskoye. The impact of the strikes was documented, with Russian FPV hitting several Ukrainian positions in houses, destroying them. Other drones did not allow Ukrainian units to gain a foothold outside their bases, quickly pursuing and clearing them as shown in the Defense Ministry footage. At a separate position, drone operators discovered a German Leopard tank, and an FPV arrived there to reduce the number of Leopards. The capture of these villages strengthened Russian territorial gains and improved the logistics routes for further operations. The next goal was to advance to the settlement of Komar, taking advantage of the difficult situation in Ukrainian services amid ongoing fighting in the surrounding area. A Russian source reported that the Russian Armed Forces liberated two villages and eliminated up to 1,015 Ukrainian soldiers on the last day of the fighting. Meanwhile last Sunday, according to former Pentagon chief adviser Colonel Douglas McGregor informed that the Ukrainian forces has suffered more than one million casualties. He further explained that around 1.2 to 1.5 million soldiers died in vain!
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  9373. The West just can’t handle the truth — i.e., Vladimir Putin enjoys great popularity and easily won re-election. The whining and carping from Western political leaders filled the legacy media as they insisted Russia held a sham, illegal election. Boo hoo. After the debacle in 2020 and the subsequent imprisonment of hundreds of Trump supporters with unfounded charges of insurrection, the United States is in no position to lecture any other country about free and fair elections. It is hypocrisy on steroids. Prior to the election, Western pollsters learned, much to their surprise, that Putin held an 86% favorability rating. Almost eight out of ten eligible Russians voted in the Presidential election and gave Putin 87% of the vote. The Russian police and military were not roaming the cities and towns forcing people to the polls nor are Russians who do not vote threatened with economic or criminal sanctions. Even the voters in the war-torn republics of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporhyzhia turned out in force to vote. One of the most remarkable moments in the aftermath of the election was Vladimir Putin appearing in Red Square with the three opposition political candidates who ran against him. All four men spoke to the crowd and pledged their allegiance to Mother Russia. Turning to the war in Gaza for a moment, the Electronic Intifada posted an update on how and where Israeli Occupation Forces killed their own citizens on 7 October. YouTube did not censor this video because it is fact based and relies on the testimony of Israeli civilians. - Sonar21
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  9379. CATASTROPHIC DESTRUCTION AS UKRAINIAN ATTACK DESTROYS HUGE CHUNK OF BUILDING leaving civilians terrorized as apocalyptic ash covers entire neighborhood in pre-war Russia's Belgorod, Zelensky's favorite target to murder children. - Intel Republic MOMENT OF CRIMINAL IMPACT shown in top video as massive Ukrainian strike destroys civilian building in pre-war Russia's Belgorod. Woman and child murdered, at least 28 injured, with numbers feared to rise as emergency crews still clearing rubble, saving lives of 12 people, including two children so far. Beautiful show of the Russian spirit as ordinary citizens defy Zelensky's terror and gather to help rescuers, towing wrecked cars with their own hands and offering unconditional help under extremely dangerous circumstances. - Intel Republic UKRAINE-MADE TRAGEDY - civilians run and scream in horror after apartment's roof collapses right on heads of brave emergency workers saving civilians of Ukrainian war crime which destroyed high-rise in pre-war Russia's Belgorod. Rescuers safe according to first reports - 16 apartments collapsed following vicious assault, dozens of people killed and injured - official death toll not released yet. Another bloody link in chain of Kiev's regime's crimes, Western sponsors are behind Zelensky’s criminal attack - Russian FM Spokeswoman Zakharova. - Intel Republic SURVIVORS FOUND UNDER RUBBLE OF BELGOROD BUILDING AFTER KIEV TERROR STRIKE: Rescuers rush to remove debris after finding old man and woman pinned under remains of homes, working to pull out victims (top vid) as entire city rushes to aid wounded by setting up temporary lodging for survivors. Elderly lady praises emergency workers for their incredible speed, pulling her out from rubble even as heroic rescuers forced to rush for shelters as Kiev army threatens renewed strikes on area. Kiev regime carries out atrocious war crime on pre-war Russian city with NATO-supplied RM-70 Vampire rockets and ballistic missiles, as 2 kids among at least 19 wounded in attack. - Intel Republic
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  9382. NATO Warmongers outgunned BIG TIME! TOTAL DESTRUCTION of Ukrainian stronghold in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) following massive Russian attack with artillery and small arms, zipping towards enemy positions, destroying NATO radar station, and LAYING WASTE TO UP 2,510 cannon fodder over the week, DESTROYING 40 TANKS. Up to 210 also thrown to meat grinder in Kupyansk, East Ukraine - 250 and 16 armored vehicles destroyed in Kherson and 330 in Zaporozhye regions (ex-Ukraine) - 185 drones also destroyed this week. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 28 MOSCOW DESTROYS WASHINGTON in Kupyansk, East Ukraine as satisfying footage shows Russian Tor-M2 missile perform signature curve movement before shooting towards US-made Switchblade drone, ripping it apart following explosive contact. - Intel Report CLAP OF THUNDER as 10 Ukrainian terror drones downed over pre-war Russia's Kursk region. Kiev repeatedly tries to cause nuclear catastrophe by targeting nuke plant in region although it's unknown if that was target of this raid. - Intel Report All ears from former Wagner PMC leader Andrey Nikolaevich Troshev (right, next to Yevkurov) as Putin tasks him with forming volunteer units to crush more of Kiev's cannon fodder. Troshev is a retired colonel and one of Wagner's founding members, reportedly provided crucial support for Prez Assad crushing terrorists in Syria. - Intel Report FROM BAD TO WORSE for Zelensky as Russia announces pumping massive resources into Special Operation, revealing a jump of 68% in defense spending with $111 billion funneled for purpose of crushing Kiev's Nazi-ISIS regime and fighting "US' hybrid war". It's obvious that such an increase is absolutely necessary because we are in a state of hybrid war waged against us by Washington, Special Operation must go on - Kremlin spokesman Peskov. - Intel Report ORBAN'S GOT "VERY DIFFICULT QUESTIONS" THAT KIEV NEEDS TO ANSWER before he allows talks on Ukraine's EU membership. We don’t know how big this country's territory is with war still ongoing, we don’t know how big its population, as they are fleeing. To admit a country to EU without knowing its parameters would be unprecedented - Says the Hungarian PM, surely leaving Zelensky fuming, following insane rambling about rEsToRinG 1991 bOrDeRs. - Intel Report BREAKING! Ukrainian forces quitting by the thousands, refusing to die in NATO's war | Redacted News Ukraine’s attempt to create a cheap-and-quick infantry fighting vehicle to compensate for losses in the fight against Russia has so far produced an unreliable, slow product that has reportedly cost some Ukrainian soldiers their lives. - Forbes Ukrainian saboteurs in army vehicles BLOWN BACK from Bryansk borders after Russian forces thwart fail of sabotage attempt. Artillery fights pop off after Ukrainians spotted and caught by Russian Army hiding in Klimovsky district, pre-War Russian Bryansk region forest belt. - Intel Report More militants from the Armed Forces of Ukraine laid down their arms and surrendered to Russian troops at Rabotino and Pyatikhatki in Zaporozhye direction, during a failed attack on Russian positions. More than a dozen of the militants chose to save their lives in the night surrender, certainly bad news for Ukraine. - Military Tube Today HIGHWAY ROBBERY caught on video as COLLOSAL convoy of 2km long US Army vehicles plunders Syrian oil near Qamishli, northeast Syria en route to Iraqi Kurdistan. US allied forces, like Kurdish SDF, have assisted Washington in looting BILLIONS in Syrian oil for years. - Intel Report The Chemical and Coke Plant in Avdeevka, Donetsk region was attacked with FAB-500 by Su-34 fighter-bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Ukrainian activists turned the factory into a base, a warehouse for storing tanks and personnel barracks. As a result, Ukrainian manpower, ammunition and fuel warehouses in the company area were destroyed, soot and smoke were strongly visible. - Military Tube Today The FRONT Is Crumbling┃Russians Captured 'Orekhovo-Vasilevka'┃NATO Command Urgently Arrived in KYIV. Surely you all perfectly remember the statement of President Zelensky during his recent visit to the United States. Back then he promised that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would liberate the city of 'Bakhmut' very soon. However, judging by how events are developing along the entire front line, Zelensky will not be able to keep his promise. Earlier this week, war correspondents and military telegram channels reported that Russian troops had managed to make a successful breakthrough in the strategically important settlement of 'Orekhovo-Vasilevka' located northwest of the city of 'Bakhmut'. - BORZZIKMAN
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  9394. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Russian Armed Forces are actively attacking Ukrainian troops on the border of Belgorod Region of Russia, who have landed and deployed along the forest belt and plantations in Sumy Region. The Russian Defense Ministry shared footage on March 22, 2025, showing D-30 howitzer artillery division of the Sever Group of Forces of the Northern Group of Forces guarding the state border in the border area, carrying out round-the-clock firing missions with 122 mm howitzer, destroying Ukrainian military equipment and manpower. The Defense Ministry added that the Ukrainian Belgorod operation is for media purposes, in particular the Ukrainian occupation of Grafovka village that appeared is not true. On March 18, Ukrainian troops launched a new attack across the border into Belgorod, but the attack was stopped, and the situation on the front line has not changed as shown by the map. So far, they have not entered any villages, they continue to waste huge resources. New targets continue to arrive, but Ukraine is suffering heavy losses! During the storming, D-30 howitzer crews brought their guns into combat positions within a minute and fired at the enemy confidently, harmoniously and without mistakes. The fire adjustment was carried out by the soldiers of the aerial reconnaissance unit, who also monitored the situation around the clock. Having detected the enemy's movement, having received the coordinates, the division commander set the task of eliminating Ukrainian troops in the forest belt near the border, inflicting maximum fire damage on the enemy. Subsequently, the drone confirmed that all targets had been destroyed in Sumy, Ukraine continues to lose manpower, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, combat armored vehicles, engineering vehicles, vehicles and artillery pieces. After completing the firing mission, the guns were carefully camouflaged to avoid detection by enemy UAV and prevent counter-battery combat. The artillery was on duty at any time of the day and in any weather and the timely delivery of ammunition in sufficient quantities was ensured by the group's logistics units, the Defense Ministry reported.
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  9395. Pity the poor president. “Joe Biden” must decide now whether to go to war with Iran or Texas. Which will it be? Or might it be both? That Governor Abbot turns out to be the Putin of the purple sage! How does he dare interfere with the orderly flow of new voters — fine people! — across that filthy little river of his? Does he not understand that we need at least a couple million more live bodies allocated around the swing states to ensure a free and fair election? “Joe Biden,” in his on-going delirium-of-age wanders from room to room in the empty mansion that is his mind. How did I get in this room? he wonders. And how do I get out of it? Can somebody please point the way? Alas, his position is the loneliest in the world. There is no one to point the way out. There is only this ceaseless wandering from room to room in this vast emptiness. Where is the room with Texas in it? The room where Iran sleeps? The room where Ukraine lies a’gasp with a sucking chest wound? Watch out, he’ll start shouting soon. Calling Dr. Jill: Code Blue. . . ! The world may be a disaster these days, but the White House is a bigger disaster. Can you name the White House chief of staff? Betcha can’t. Know why? He never, ever comes out and speaks to that mob in the press room. He might have to answer some difficult questions, such as: if the president’s brain is switched off more than half the time, who decides what to do with that ‘nuclear football’ they carry around with him. Is it. . . you? By the way, the chief of staff’s name is Jeff Zients. Ever heard him? Of course not. He has a page on “X”. The most recent thing he posted was July, 25, 2023. Good thing not much has happened since then. You didn’t ask, but things are not going so well in our remote-control war in Ukraine against Russia (Putinland). Our Zelensky team (we own it) got completely rope-a-doped, punched itself out, its knees are buckling. Victoria Nuland, the renowned State Department girlie war-hawk, says she’s confident that Congress will pass the new $61 billion aid package for the Z-team, according to Radio Free Europe, the blob’s official propaganda outlet. The blob wants you to think that Putin wants to turn all of Europe into Putinland. I’m sure. Tori Nuland probably thinks we can save Ukraine with the fabulous girlie army and some snazzy new drones from McDonnell Douglas. - LewRockwell
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  9396. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The airstrikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces on the night of August 30, 2024, caused a major fire at the Machinery-Building Plant, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine organize a repair base for their heavy equipment and weapons, open sources reported. Satellite images detected three large fires at the site of the strike in the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine, accompanied by the sound of subsequent explosions that prevented firefighters from localizing the fire and spreading to the company's paint shop and growing. Firefighters are still struggling to extinguish the fire at the affected warehouse and infrastructure, and the fire has spread to nearby buildings, including a gas station. The British airline reported 15 or more Russian FAB strikes since 5 a.m. local time. At the same time and as usually, local authorities claim that the strike allegedly hit the production facility, which produces baby food packaging, and juices. At least a 48-year-old woman was killed and 8 people were injured, local authorities added on Friday. Social media published footage of thick smoke after the landing, residents were urged to close their windows and not go outside, as elevated levels of sulfur dioxide were recorded in the air. Firefighters in bulletproof vests had been extinguishing the fire for several hours after the landing and explosion of the package. But, pro-Russian underground groups, convincingly reported that the attack hit an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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  9405. Kiev's regime punishes civilians of Kherson region (ex-Ukraine) with 39 shells overnight. - Intel Report Kiev's regime criminal shelling injures woman in Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region (ex-Ukraine). - Intel Report Russian air defenses shoot down 4 Ukrainian missiles over sky of Melitopol, Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) . - Intel Report Western-backed Ukrainian position, armored vehicle and cannon fodder getting boinked into space by missile fire Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), where Kiev's regime suffers up 405 soldiers in casualties. More than 175 cannon fodder killed or injured in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) with air defenses shooting down Ukrainian-operated Su-25 fighter jet and destroying 38 drones. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 18 CLOUDY WITH 100% CHANCE OF DESTRUCTION when Russian Su-34 fighter jet ascends to the highest sky in stunning footage showing it annihilating Ukrainian positions with scorching strikes. - Intel Report We are accustomed to using the G7 and G20 as a bludgeon to coerce Russia, China and other Global South countries to do what we wanted or else. You want a short list of countries? Just name the countries that the United States has not sanctioned one way or another. Instead of multi-lateral talks, the Washington way has focused on figuring out how to inflict pain on foreign countries and how to interfere with their economic activity. If you truly believe that is a sound policy, then I encourage you to join the Foreign Service of the United States asap. You will have ample opportunity to use an economic truncheon on nations that are not keen on acquiescing to the ways of Washington. - Sonar21
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  9410. Pity the poor president. “Joe Biden” must decide now whether to go to war with Iran or Texas. Which will it be? Or might it be both? That Governor Abbot turns out to be the Putin of the purple sage! How does he dare interfere with the orderly flow of new voters — fine people! — across that filthy little river of his? Does he not understand that we need at least a couple million more live bodies allocated around the swing states to ensure a free and fair election? “Joe Biden,” in his on-going delirium-of-age wanders from room to room in the empty mansion that is his mind. How did I get in this room? he wonders. And how do I get out of it? Can somebody please point the way? Alas, his position is the loneliest in the world. There is no one to point the way out. There is only this ceaseless wandering from room to room in this vast emptiness. Where is the room with Texas in it? The room where Iran sleeps? The room where Ukraine lies a’gasp with a sucking chest wound? Watch out, he’ll start shouting soon. Calling Dr. Jill: Code Blue. . . ! The world may be a disaster these days, but the White House is a bigger disaster. Can you name the White House chief of staff? Betcha can’t. Know why? He never, ever comes out and speaks to that mob in the press room. He might have to answer some difficult questions, such as: if the president’s brain is switched off more than half the time, who decides what to do with that ‘nuclear football’ they carry around with him. Is it. . . you? By the way, the chief of staff’s name is Jeff Zients. Ever heard him? Of course not. He has a page on “X”. The most recent thing he posted was July, 25, 2023. Good thing not much has happened since then. You didn’t ask, but things are not going so well in our remote-control war in Ukraine against Russia (Putinland). Our Zelensky team (we own it) got completely rope-a-doped, punched itself out, its knees are buckling. Victoria Nuland, the renowned State Department girlie war-hawk, says she’s confident that Congress will pass the new $61 billion aid package for the Z-team, according to Radio Free Europe, the blob’s official propaganda outlet. The blob wants you to think that Putin wants to turn all of Europe into Putinland. I’m sure. Tori Nuland probably thinks we can save Ukraine with the fabulous girlie army and some snazzy new drones from McDonnell Douglas. - LewRockwell
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  9420. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Toretsk in Donetsk region, is now encircled by the offensive forces of the Russian Armed Forces, with a scary beginning to set in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the center of the mine town. Open sources reported on September 20, 2024, that the battle continues for the town in the urban area, Russian troops continue to advance despite resistance attempts from Ukraine, and from the sound of gunfire, the intensity of the fighting seems to be clearly visible. Footage from a GoPro camera, taken from the point of view of a killed Ukrainian soldier, special forces of the Battalion "Eney" or Lyut Brigade, shows the atmosphere of difficult fighting, the Ukrainian soldiers in the video fled from their lost positions, tried to hide in the rubble storied building, where they seem to be knocked out in the end. Meanwhile, The Separate Assault Lyut Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine, shared footage of their fighting on the streets of Toretsk, after their reserve group arrived there in a vehicle. According to reports on street fighting between the Ukrainian military and Russian troops, they fired RPG thermobaric rocket launchers into a building, where Russian soldiers were taking up positions. Regardless of the reports, but the video shows no evidence of the presence of Russian soldiers in the building, and it appears that the RPG ammunition was discharged just like that! Ukrainian sources acknowledged the consolidation of Russian forces in the center of Toretsk, and the acceleration of the advance of Russian forces during the assault on the town. Russia is tenaciously taking control of every building, and will gradually liberate the town from Zelensky’s troops. Let us remember that the situation in Donetsk region has turned into a disaster for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As entire units fled, the configuration of the front line changed unfavorably to Ukraine, and there were no longer any reserves to stop or reverse this trend. One of the Ukrainian soldiers captured on the outskirts of Toretsk, Viktor Pavlushin, spoke extensively about the dire situation in their ranks.
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  9424. Globalists know that nothing drives public policy so much as the fear of impending death. Nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles may have scared the snot out of anyone living through the Cold War, but they were (and still are) the gifts that keep on giving for the military-industrial complex and national security surveillance State. The more catastrophic the consequences of any perceived threat, the more likely that otherwise skeptical human beings will hand over their freedoms in exchange for the elusive promise of personal security. Political systems specialize in exploiting this “Save Me!” impulse for maximum leverage. “Looming apocalypse” is Big Government’s best salesman every year. Ghost stories about “global warming” work the same way. If voters can be convinced that their economic freedom is leading to humanity’s extinction, then they will accept costly regulations and “green energy”-induced inflation. If they can be brainwashed into believing that hydrocarbon energy is evil, then they will actively protest for a future with intermittent yet expensive electric power. If they can be deluded into thinking that only politicians and central bankers can save the planet, then they will embrace communism in order to fight “climate change.” Given the fact that Earth’s climate is always naturally changing — whether humans are alive to notice or not — governments’ success in conditioning gullible people to fear every change in the weather has been remarkably effective in creating voluntary slaves. totalitarianism succeeds only when society’s level of anxiety can be ratcheted up well above eleventy! That’s why every iteration of the so-called “climate emergency” must sound more scary than the last. It’s also why each new season of “Climate Change: the Coming Armageddon” targets children who have never seen old episodes of the boring series. It may be the longest running television program of all time, but ignorant youths — who cannot imagine that their governments would ever lie to them — fall for the dying planet horror show every time. This is the kind of madness that “green” false prophets perpetrate upon unsuspecting peoples — stoking irrational fears in a misanthropic and Machiavellian quest for raw power. today’s globalists obsess over hydrocarbons, “white supremacy,” and “hate” speech. Future generations will see no distinction. Just like the monsters of the past, today’s Deep State agents seize power by manufacturing emergencies. Dictators always arrive on triumphal chariots that run on lies. As with all Deep State initiatives that say one thing while doing its opposite, Germany’s Ethics Council promises the public that it is wholly opposed to suspending “democratic freedoms” but encourages the government to create “supportive framework conditions” — including carbon taxes, personal emissions limits, product bans, and “compensatory payments” to “ongoing neo-colonial dependencies” — that will nudge Germans to do the right thing. Ahh, nothing says freedom like new taxes, forced redistribution of wealth, regulatory kicks to the groin, financial blackmail, and total personal surveillance! Just because the government holds a gun to the back of your head while you make decisions doesn’t mean you are any less free — the unethical Ethics Council says so! - LewRockwell
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  9437. Foreign mercenaries fighting for Kiev should be aware that they do not have the same legal protections under international law as regular Ukrainian combatants, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a visit to the Kursk Region. Speaking at a meeting with the Russian General Staff and military commanders on Wednesday, the president stated that any Ukrainian soldier or foreign mercenary captured on Russian soil can be “treated as a terrorist under Russian law.” “All people who commit crimes against the civilian population on the territory of the Kursk Region, confront our Armed Forces, law enforcement agencies and special services, are terrorists in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation,” Putin said. “This is how the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office and the Investigative Committee qualify their actions.” Putin emphasized that Russia “treats and will treat all people humanely,” including prisoners of war (POWs), but specifically warned that mercenaries lack the same legal status as regular troops. “I still want to remind you that foreign mercenaries are not protected by the 1949 Geneva Convention on POWs,” the Russian leader said. The Russian border region faced a major incursion by Kiev’s forces in August 2024, and Moscow’s troops have been gradually pushing them back in an operation that has intensified in recent weeks. In liberated areas, Russian investigators have found evidence of Ukrainian troops committing rape, torture, and murder against local civilians during the occupation. - RT
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  9455. A bombshell wiretap leak has set the intelligence and geopolitical world ablaze today, revealing high ranking members of the German Bundeswehr openly discussing plans to supply the Taurus missiles and help Ukraine destroy Russia’s Kerch Bridge. Many are understandably pinning the leak on Russia’s GRU, but it seems just as—if not more—plausible that it was leaked by German insiders themselves in order to thwart the plans of their own deepstate establishment which is clearly bent on starting WWIII. It’s clear that there is an ongoing internal revolt in Europe by the last remaining sane faction against the hardliners pushing WWIII. This is evident by the fact that this entire pressure wave of ‘leaks’ suddenly coincided together from a variety of directions, which included Scholz himself outing British involvement in the war: In light of Scholz’s disclosures, a slew of revelations have come to light about NATO’s true involvement in the war: You can see the desperate, seeking attempts to find any lifeline for Ukraine. The NATO/EU nomenklatura are scrambling to create any possible conditions that may give Ukraine a tiny leg up, or even some leeway or breathing room for a few months. This of course all stems from the urgency inherent to Russia’s growing battlefield initiative, where Russian forces continue breaking through Ukrainian lines, generating total trepidation across the Western globalist ruling class: Ultimately, though, it shows the utter disarray that NATO and the West is in. It’s clear that there is huge disagreement and perhaps even outright revolt—what else could possibly cause Scholz to come out to countermand, and outright expose, his allies in this way? The last most important point that’s come to light amid all this recent controversy is the further illumination of the deep role that the CIA has played in Ukraine from the beginning. Ukraine’s collapse was precipitated in large part to order-spurning mutinies, with units like the 47th outright countermanding their own leadership to flee on their own. This has created chaos in this direction which the Ukrainian command is desperate to hide and sweep under the rug. But the truth has slowly come to light from several videos of captured AFU who confirm that they first withdrew, and only then the official order of withdrawal issued in order to save face. behind Orlovka, which Russian forces were said to have taken today, there are no good, naturally defensible positions all the way up to Pokrovsk. And this happens to be precisely where all the current talk revolves around. For reference, here’s the current defense line which is a temporary transit point that Ukraine has already mostly lost: Here’s a very evocative video of Orlovka, just to the west of Lastochkino in Avdeevka: Most striking are the gigantic Fab-500 craters, which are distinct from the regular 152mm shell craters moonscaping the surroundings. Julian Roepcke once more grieved at the sight of it, describing how Ukrainian positions were annihilated by the endless wave of Russian glide bombs, and how they stand no chance because of it: - Simplicius
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  9458. NATO should never have been formed in the first place because it was always a war-making organization serving U.S.-led Western imperialism. The organization is inherently for war-making. By definition, it has a terroristic purpose, to incite war, to justify war, and to never stop promoting war because Western imperialism can never co-exist with peaceful relations between nations. NATO has been sold to the Western public and the rest of the world as some kind of international security agency. The same deception has been used by American militarism and all other Western imperialist adventures. How Orwellian can you get? Peace means war, security means chaos and threats, and rules-based order means domination and exploitation. Imagine believing that millions of people were annihilated in U.S.-led wars for democracy and freedom! That is not dystopian fantasy. It actually happened and continues to happen, from Korea to Vietnam, from former Yugoslavia to Iraq, from Ukraine to Gaza, and many more horrors besides. However, the proxy war in Ukraine has crossed a fateful Rubicon. The world can finally see that the NATO axis is a glaring fraud that is endangering international peace with its relentless aggression and toxic lies. It’s not just about Russia. Any nation that decides to stand up to Western desired hegemony is liable to find itself in the crosshairs of a U.S.-led attack using NATO as a legal cover for an international coalition. That historic defeat of Western imperialism is at an epochal endpoint. American-led capitalism is bankrupt and irredeemable. That makes the NATO war machine a very dangerous unstable “multiplier” of American militarism. Will it risk a desperate final world war or will the abominable Western system be overhauled safely by the majority of people who abhor it? NATO’s sell-by date is well and truly past. Russia put paid to that. It remains up to the people of the Western nations to salvage something more constructive and democratic from the smoking hulk. - LewRockwell
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  9460. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Following the failure of the Zelensky regime-ordered offensive operation in Kursk over the weekend, another offensive south of Berdin has turned into a “kamikaze” attack, now turning into a graveyard filled with NATO equipment and the bodies soldiers of Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Special Forces “Akhmat” have released their 5-minute footage on January 7, 2025, showing the interception of enemy armored vehicles by their FPV drones from the “Aida” Group during the Ukrainian “big offensive” south of the settlement. The Russian fiber-optic cable-guided FPV drone strike on enemy equipment, which attempted to carry out some kind of attack in the area, which clearly welcomed the forced military action, destroyed the convoy of vehicles during the “Kursk safari” attempt. Kursk has become the largest graveyard for Western military vehicles in the field of science, not a day goes by without dozens of them being destroyed by Russian troops. The soldiers documented many another scenes of destruction by Russian drone strikes on enemy convoys, leaving expensive NATO equipment behind and causing terrible consequences for them! A $4.9 million British Challenger tank was destroyed by an FPV drone that cost no more than $10,000. The cost was unmatched, and the results showed Russian superiority in using low-cost technology with high efficiency. The surviving Ukrainian tank crew was seen fleeing the scene. A Russian soldier also documented the targeting of an American Stryker vehicle. The armored vehicle was destroyed and then abandoned with eight Ukrainian servicemen’s bodies near it. The operation turned out to be a dismal failure, as the Russian army treated the Ukrainian armored vehicles as if they were targets in a shooting practice with details supported by evidence. Russian Spetsnaz drone operators destroyed the Ukrainian mine-clearing vehicle. They didn’t stop there, as their drones immediately detected the Ukrainian armored convoy and destroyed it. The scene revealed utter devastation among Zelensky’s troops. Furthermore, Russian drone operators cheered as they watched the Ukrainian T-72 tank being blown into the air and were very happy about this achievement. Despite this, several surviving enemy tank crews attempted to flee, and one crew member, who was slightly burned, apparently rushed to the surrounding area to find water to put out the fire. In a desperate adventure, Zelensky launched a military operation on Russian territory, in a last-ditch effort to achieve success on the ground, but it turned out to be a disaster. The Kiev regime wasted equipment and human lives to speed up the process. Even as their troops tried to evacuate their wounded comrades, Russian drones relentlessly monitored and pursued them. Ukrainian troops tried to break through the Kursk defenses with armored vehicles and combat vehicles, but Russian troops were well prepared, destroying most of them quickly and accurately, causing heavy losses for Ukraine.
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  9462. [Their rehearsals won't help much against an opponent who has 2-3 years live-fire practice against their weapons and tactics. To what degree is this bellicosity driven by the self-absorbed halfwits thrown up by 'democratic' procedures? Otherwise, are ideas seeded in politician's simple minds by the NATO military establishment (along with ridiculous cheerleaders from the Atlantic Council working on behalf of the armament industry) in order to induce fear (it being a catalyst for military funding)? The Colonialist countries of NATO feel urgency here. Russia is standing up to the Colonialists and it is emboldening countries all around the world to get rid of their colonial overlords. Which leads to a decrease in revenues for the colonialists and less power and control around the globe for them. Russia is not a threat in the military or geographic sense. It is a threat to the colonialist's money and power] NATO’s ongoing ‘Steadfast Defender 2024’ war games are heightening tensions globally by simulating a military confrontation with Moscow, the secretary of the Russian Security Council has said. Nikolay Patrushev also cited the alliance’s growing military spending as an indication of its “increasingly aggressive nature.” Speaking on Thursday, Patrushev stated that the ‘Steadfast Defender 2024’ war games, “during which a scenario of an armed confrontation with Russia is being rehearsed, are undoubtedly increasing tensions and destabilizing the situation in the world.” He claimed that the “destructive role of the US in modern history is obvious,” and noted that no other country has “unleashed so many wars and military conflicts.” Patrushev characterized NATO as an “important tool” employed by Washington to exert pressure and influence on other nations. The official pointed out that the Brussels-based military bloc has come directly to Russia’s Western border, and is preparing for future conflicts. Late last month, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov also cited the military drills as a threat and NATO as an “instrument of confrontation” used by the US. - RT
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  9466. All of this has made Niger into the world’s most unlikely new frontier. While talk of coups and civil wars in Africa may seem ordinary to Western audiences, they are now happening in a new geopolitical environment widely perceived as a new Cold War. The West’s condescending attitude towards Africa, a continent that seeks its own independence and prosperity, is taking its toll. Doors are opening for other players, and that’s why we’re here today. - Sonar21 All signs point to a major upheaval of global order. The west led by US are on the retreat on global stage despite their propaganda. All their braggadocio is akin to consolation just among themselves. From Ukraine to Africa, the west is losing their grip geopolitically. We may indeed be fortunate enough to see the end of US hegemony in our lifetime. I think people lost the plot. It's not about Ukraine will win or lose. The US weapon industry complex will make the war drag as long as possible: They pay both Republicans and Democrats. That's the beauty of Western democracy and human right (the right to kill others) that they keep preaching the world. "WILL NOT BACK DOWN OR BOW TO PRESSURE", Niger Junta stands in defiance against threats from defeated colonial west and "inhumane sanctions" imposed by ECOWAS, who warned that it could use military force if coup leaders do not restore Bazoum's presidency by weekend. We reject these sanctions altogether and refuse to give in to any threats, wherever they come from. We refuse any interference in the internal affairs of Niger - Self-declared Niger leader Tchiani. - Intel Report 400,000 KILLED 2 MILLION WOUNDED DISABLED – EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine’s suffering utterly unsustainable massive war losses, Intel Republic can reveal. New satellite images show at 1 cemetery alone, pictured above – Matveevskoye in Zaporozhye, Kiev-held East Ukraine – 104 THOUSAND SQUARE METERS more grave space has been dug. In just 7 cemeteries, there are 123 THOUSAND fresh graves. Six Ukrainian drones shot down overnight by Russian air defenses in Kaluga region near Moscow. ◾Russian forces repel 8 Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), more than 665 Ukrainian soldiers between killed and injured, tank, Buk anti-aircraft missile system, 2 armored vehicles, two US-made M777, D-30 and Acacia howitzers destroyed. ◾Up to 150 Ukrainian soldiers as casualties in Kupyansk, Kharkov, East Ukraine. ◾30 enemy soldiers killed in Kherson (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ August 2
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  9484. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Important update until January 24, 2025, reportly that the final phase of the battle for Velyka Novosilka has begun after Russian forces split the city center in two, leaving the remaining Ukrainian troops in a nightmare because of not giving up! Ukrainian channels have begun writing that the situation is critical, with troops at risk of being completely encircled by Russian forces. According to them, very heavy fighting is currently underway and the situation can develop "in any direction". Velyka Novosilka is a strategic defense and logistics center for Ukrainian forces, located at the southern junction of Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions. Here, the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says they are surrounded including many foreign mercenaries. They have not received orders to evacuate amidst a physical encirclement or massive fire control on escape routes. Russian assault units continue to drive Ukrainian troops out of Velyka Novosilka with heavy attacks. Meanwhile, warplanes, drones, and artillery such as BM-21 Grad MLRS are working on the ground, supporting assault units from the Vostok Group and the Marines. FPV drone operators attacked the enemy’s command post and UAV center, and also thwarted the Ukrainian troops attempt to escape across the river. A fortified building with a firing position on its roof was targeted during the operation. The commander of the assault group approached the building stealthily and eliminated the Ukrainian crew by RPG-7V. Under cover fire, the soldiers placed anti-tank mines inside the building, eliminating about ten Ukrainian defenders. Now, there is no way back for the Ukrainian troops as they refuse to surrender as per the Russian military directive a few days ago. It is reported that the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, here is rapidly deteriorating, not only by the day but by the hour. A clip shows a former member of the 110th Regiment who was injured and left in a house. The inability of the Ukrainian command to make tough decisions is clearly visible here, and this will cost many soldiers their lives. At the same time, the Vostok Group and the Marines will soon begin the cleanup and continue! Drone footage shows the Russian assault on the city center, and soldiers of the 5th Guards Tank Brigade plant their flag on the city council. The southern part of the city is still trapped and Ukrainian forces still control 50% of the central and northern parts. But this will change soon!
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  9490. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Following the failure of the Zelensky regime-ordered offensive operation in Kursk over the weekend, another offensive south of Berdin has turned into a “kamikaze” attack, now turning into a graveyard filled with NATO equipment and the bodies soldiers of Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Special Forces “Akhmat” have released their 5-minute footage on January 7, 2025, showing the interception of enemy armored vehicles by their FPV drones from the “Aida” Group during the Ukrainian “big offensive” south of the settlement. The Russian fiber-optic cable-guided FPV drone strike on enemy equipment, which attempted to carry out some kind of attack in the area, which clearly welcomed the forced military action, destroyed the convoy of vehicles during the “Kursk safari” attempt. Kursk has become the largest graveyard for Western military vehicles in the field of science, not a day goes by without dozens of them being destroyed by Russian troops. The soldiers documented many another scenes of destruction by Russian drone strikes on enemy convoys, leaving expensive NATO equipment behind and causing terrible consequences for them! A $4.9 million British Challenger tank was destroyed by an FPV drone that cost no more than $10,000. The cost was unmatched, and the results showed Russian superiority in using low-cost technology with high efficiency. The surviving Ukrainian tank crew was seen fleeing the scene. A Russian soldier also documented the targeting of an American Stryker vehicle. The armored vehicle was destroyed and then abandoned with eight Ukrainian servicemen’s bodies near it. The operation turned out to be a dismal failure, as the Russian army treated the Ukrainian armored vehicles as if they were targets in a shooting practice with details supported by evidence. Russian Spetsnaz drone operators destroyed the Ukrainian mine-clearing vehicle. They didn’t stop there, as their drones immediately detected the Ukrainian armored convoy and destroyed it. The scene revealed utter devastation among Zelensky’s troops. Furthermore, Russian drone operators cheered as they watched the Ukrainian T-72 tank being blown into the air and were very happy about this achievement. Despite this, several surviving enemy tank crews attempted to flee, and one crew member, who was slightly burned, apparently rushed to the surrounding area to find water to put out the fire. In a desperate adventure, Zelensky launched a military operation on Russian territory, in a last-ditch effort to achieve success on the ground, but it turned out to be a disaster. The Kiev regime wasted equipment and human lives to speed up the process. Even as their troops tried to evacuate their wounded comrades, Russian drones relentlessly monitored and pursued them. Ukrainian troops tried to break through the Kursk defenses with armored vehicles and combat vehicles, but Russian troops were well prepared, destroying most of them quickly and accurately, causing heavy losses for Ukraine.
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  9501. I received the following query from Sputnik on Saturday: Britain has proposed sending a NATO expeditionary corps to Ukraine. London also allegedly suggested establishing a no-fly zone over Kiev-controlled territory and did not rule out strikes on “strategic infrastructure facilities in Russia’s northern regions”. After that, according to the British plan, NATO forces would create a “buffer zone” within the occupied positions, including the border with Belarus and the territory around Kiev, and the released Ukrainian army forces should withdraw to the Special operation zone. We would be happy if you could comment on this matter. Please, see my questions below: 1. How do you assess this decision and do you think it is realistic? Should we take it seriously (or is this an attempt to appease Zelensky)? 2. June 2023 Putin already said that Russia is considering the creation of a buffer (sanitary) zone in Ukraine “to solve the problem of shelling of Russian territories.” Is NATO trying to seize the initiative and why won’t they succeed? This is a fantastical delusion on the part of the Brits and has no foundation in reality. But, just because the Brits are insane does not mean Russia can ignore them. It is a serious proposal. But the British Army is a hollowed out shell. It is one fifth the size of the force rescued from Dunkirk in World War II. The British Army is a toothless, bedraggled poodle. Can’t even deliver a serious bark, much less a bite. Yes, NATO is desperate to prevent Russia from securing all territory to the east of the Dneiper River. Up to this point the NATO countries have enabled the criminal activities of Ukraine and have not suffered any consequences. I believe they interpret Russia’s failure to respond as a sign of weakness. They confuse patience with ignorance. Given the growing turmoil in Kiev as the fight for control between President Zelensky and General Zaluzhny heats up, the Russians appear content to continue their attrition strategy as they systematically dismantle the Ukrainian Army. Russia, however, is enjoying an unexpected benefit — NATO also is being de-militarized. - Sonar21
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  9502. JUST STOPPING BY for a quick visit of Ukrainian soldiers are Chad Russian troops in video above, casually arriving on ATV, setting up Kornet anti-tank guided missile at breakneck speed, before sending rocket whizzing at speed of light, destroying Ukrainian armored vehicle following direct hit in Artyomovsk Donetsk People's Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine). More than 380 Western-trained cannon fodder either KILLED or injured in DPR, 5 Ukrainian aircraft supplied by West's taxpayers' cash and 31 drones destroyed by Russian air defenses. ⚔SITREP⚔ Nov 7 - Intel Report VIOLENT OVERNIGHT MASSACRE sends tireless civil defense teams and civilians to frantically search buildings in left video struck by Israeli airstrikes in Shujaeya neighborhood in Gaza City in latest hours of night. Dozens of victims result from overnight massacre, including just month-old baby in right video killed with his mother - among thousands of infant victims of Israeli war crimes - Palestinian death toll rises to 10,500+, with 5,000 of them children and at least 2,000 of those BABIES. - Intel Report TERRIFIED GIRL SCREAMS FOR HER DAD in top video after MASSIVE smoke and debris engulfs Gaza school sheltering huge number of Palestinians - with those able to escape fire and shrapnel leaping for their lives over fences for cover. Late afternoon strikes spare no region, school, or house as just now, HOMES in Beit Lahia, North Palestine slammed with Israeli air strikes, so far killing at least 10 and wounding 45 (bottom pictures, above). Intel Report
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  9510. The Obamas’ faces say more than a thousand words ever could, haunted, almost resigned. These are not expressions of two political titans confidently championing “democracy.” No, these are the faces of insiders who know the script better than anyone, sensing that the next act might end in a reckoning beyond their control. With the November 5th election inches away, the show goes on, all circus, no bread. But perhaps, just perhaps, even they can sense that the ground beneath their feet is shifting, and that the Global Majority, fortified by BRICS and the Kazan firewalls, is watching bemused, the American spectacle from a distance, immune to its theatrics. For all the sound and fury, this election is a dead-end play for the Global Majority. American power games have lost their bite; the world has moved on. Yet here in the heart of the fading empire, it's a different story. To the American Deep State, this isn’t just another cycle of choosing between red and blue. They know they've tried every trick in the book, from Russiagate to two impeachments, a circus of indictments, and still, the man they tried to banish is marching back with more vigor than ever. It’s a script that’s spun wildly out of control, even for those who wrote it. What do the Obamas know that we don’t? The irony is palpable. The same Obamas who once championed neoliberal “progress” and sold the world on the virtues of Western democracy now wear the strained faces of those who know the emperor has no clothes. Both sides of this election, Kamala’s slurred-nonsensical platitudes and Trump’s theatrical bombast, are puppets in a machine that can no longer deliver on the promise of control. The “choice” on November 5th is merely between two faces of a crumbling empire. If looks could kill, the Obamas’ expressions would be the harbingers of the end. - Gerry Nolans - The Islander News for Intel Republic
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  9515. Let’s start with the panic and furor that is shaking NATO. The publication on Friday of the intercepted conversation of four German military officers discussing plans to attack Russia has ignited a firestorm in Europe, especially in Germany. One of my German contacts sent me the following: This topic went viral in Germany. The whole country is alarmed by these leaks. Scholz is in total panic……and Pistorius is in total denial…..he claims that nobody knows where the Generals were at the time their call was taped. This is a blatant lie. The audio clearly reveals that one of them was in Singapore on a trip. All of them seemed to have been in hotel rooms while this call was recorded. Scholz is in panic and crying for an investigation, because if push comes to shove, the opposition can kick him out of office with a vote of non confidence. In this instance, they would get enough votes from his own party the SPD and the other coalition parties to form a simple majority needed. This is the worst publicity Germany could ever get, because now it gets clear that we have a government that is willing to destroy Germany at the will of Washington. Biden and the NeoCons do not only hate the Russians, they also hate the Germans. I really want to make sure the American people get to know about this plot. If this nonsense continues, Germany will be run by the AFD with absolute majority. I want TCN to take this topic to the American people and humiliate the sitting German government in front of the whole f…. world……and I want TC to expose the doings of Washington with Germany. The intercepted conversation leaves no doubt that several NATO states are intervening directly in Ukraine and are carrying out military operations against Russia. This is playing with fire. There you have it — even if Germany supplies the missiles it will not change the fact that Ukraine is facing defeat and no NATO weapons will change that outcome. I still believe that the Russians leaked this intercept to RT for the express purpose of exposing NATO’s previous denials that it is providing personnel who are on the ground in Ukraine and assisting in the planning and execution of attacks against Russia. The release of this transcript/tape following President Putin’s warnings to the West in his state of Russia address last Thursday isa clear warning that Russia is prepared to escalate if NATO persists in going down this path. What about Israel? There the issue is more simple and more dangerous. Israel is in the process of deploying armored brigades to the Lebanese border. All indications signal that Israel is going to launch an attack on Hezbollah. I believe that is suicidal on the part of Israel because Hezbollah, unlike Hamas, will not be constrained in its counter attacks by having a million refugees intermingled with its defensive emplacements. Hezbollah is armed, equipped and trained to deliver Israel a very bloody nose, but Israel appears intent on carrying out this operation. I think it is suicidal. - Sonar21
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  9516. It’s always encouraging when a country’s military commander-in-chief – President Biden, in this case – announces in advance that he knows how he is going to respond militarily to the killing of three American soldiers at a base that supports an illegal and immoral U.S. “covert” war against Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Iran, and all those who oppose the US/Israel slaughter of Palestinians. Such anxiety to show antecedently that he’s not sitting on his hands is touching. It’s the kind of announcement that all great military leaders make. It is the kind of arrogant stupidity that has long been the norm for U.S. presidents who love war but lose them all while masquerading as conquerors. So it goes, and so it will go. To add to that, Biden says he doesn’t want a wider war as he creates one, since you can always take him at the opposite of his words. Yet he really has no secrets since his transparent corruption is almost palpable: He supports the Israeli/U.S. genocide in Gaza, the Ukrainian war against Russia, has expanded the war in the Middle East over the past few weeks, and will soon widen it further while the mass media report that he and his cast of fools are trying to “manage” their violent responses to prevent a wider war. The narrative has it that he is trying to outfox Netanyahu, who has often bragged how he has the U.S.A. in his back pocket. It is hard not to laugh derisively. Now Biden issues an executive order to sanction some Israelis on the West Bank, as if this blatant political move to help his election chances with Muslim Americans is an act of moral statesmanship, while the blood of over 27,000 Palestinians drips from his shaky hands and increases daily. In Biden’s case today, these are the actions of a desperado, a war-loving bumbling puppet who is over or under or out of his head as he feigns outrage at the killing of three soldiers who were placed in a spot where their lives were at risk because they were cogs in an imperial war machine. Pawns in the game. A very dangerous game in which the Zionists leaders of Israel are as desperate as Biden and whose secret operatives are no doubt plotting a desperate scheme to try to expand the war. Who is jerking whose chain may be questionable, but the dogs of war are barking. We are talking about very stupid leaders who have never learned from their losses and are risking a major war. - LewRockwell
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  9519. A hotel in Odessa Harbor Area was destroyed and heavily damaged, one of the important demilitarization targets by Russian Aerospace Forces, in revenge for Ukrainian attack on the headquarters of Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. Odessa Hotel, which had been used as a base for Ukrainian Navy and NATO, with armored vehicles parked next to it was removed by drone and missile attacks. - Military Tube Today The attack by Tornado-G Multiple Launch Rocket System of the "South" group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces left no way out for Ukrainian forces in Maryinka direction, Donetsk region. Fiery Tornado shots cause fire and damage to enemy positions. Heavy artillery and MLRS continued to work to blow up and destroy Ukrainian defensive points in the western district of Maryinka. - Military Tube Today KIEV TERROR DRONES THWARTED over pre-war Russia’s Belrogod region (map above) as Russian air defenses shoot down 7 aircraft. Ukraine's latest a-ttempt to strike innocent civilians in region fails miserably. - Intel Report ALL THAT REMAINS of Ukrainian terrorist is blood, corpse and unused magazines full of rounds after he makes fatal mistake of attempting attack in pre-war Russia’s Kursk region. This trooper ends his crusade on Washington's orders after being found by Russian troops and swiftly dispatched after brief firefight. - Intel Report Russian TOS-1A “thermobaric” flamethrower system attacks destroy Ukrainian marines. The Russian Ministry of Defense distributed footage of an attack from the TOS-1A “Solntsepek” flamethrower system at the temporary location of units of the 35th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Ugledar in the DPR. - The Military Daily On the night of September 25, the Russian armed Forces conducted a group missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine. It is reported that the Russians used various high-precision long-range missiles. Moreover, the latest modifications of unmanned aerial vehicles were also used. As a result, all targets were successfully hit. Military experts have already called this missile attack one of the most successful during the entire war. - BORZZIKMAN
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  9532. Just what sort of actions the president will take once he declares a national emergency can barely be discerned from the barebones directives. However, one thing is clear: in the event of a perceived national emergency, the COG directives give unchecked executive, legislative and judicial power to the president. The country would then be subjected to martial law by default, and the Constitution and the Bill of Rights would be suspended. The internet kill switch is just one piece of the government’s blueprint for locking down the nation and instituting martial law. Given the government’s penchant for weaponizing one national crisis after another in order to expand its powers and justify all manner of government tyranny in the so-called name of national security, it’s only a matter of time before this particular emergency power to shut down the internet is activated. Packaged as an effort to control the spread of speculative or false information in the name of national security, restricting access to social media has become a popular means of internet censorship. As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People and in its fictional counterpart The Erik Blair Diaries, these censors are laying the groundwork to preempt any “dangerous” ideas that might challenge the power elite’s stranglehold over our lives. Whatever powers you allow the government and its corporate operatives to claim now, whatever the reason might be, will at some point in the future be abused and used against you by tyrants of your own making. By the time you add AI technologies, social credit systems, and wall-to-wall surveillance into the mix, you don’t even have to be a critic of the government to get snared in the web of digital censorship. Eventually, as George Orwell predicted, telling the truth will become a revolutionary act. - LewRockwell
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  9547. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian troops managed to take another new settlement, Novodmitrovka, as its troops worked well, sucking out enemy forces with significant advances. The Russian Defense Ministry published videos on November 23, 2024, showing the breakthrough of the assault detachment by the "O Brave" unit of the Center Group of Forces, maneuvering under Ukrainian fire until the tricolor flag was raised there, north of Kurakhovo in Donetsk. The video shows basements and houses where Ukrainians were hiding, until the Russian flag was finally raised permanently there. The stormtroopers used a flanking maneuver to destroy the enemy in the tree line of the forest belt around Novodmitrovka. The brave soldiers, acting quickly under heavy artillery fire and Ukrainian attack drones, nevertheless made it through without any losses. Due to the coordination and courage in their work, the Center Group managed to clear the settlement and raise the victory flag. Towards Novodmitrovka, the zone of control of Russian troops has now been significantly expanded, penetrating Zarya and its environs, as well as Sontsovka, ensuring that most of Ukrainian group fled westward. Thus, Russian troops developed the offensive, penetrated as far as possible, and now control most of the semi-cauldron area southeast of Kurakhovo. The Russian stormtroopers also used other methods to quickly force Ukrainian troops to surrender. The troops worked very well, dropping leaflets with the help of drones and groups of Ukrainian armed personnel were taken to a safe place with the help of radios also dropped by drones. One Ukrainian soldier mistakenly thought that the drone were going to attack him, but in fact they were going to take him to a safe place and he was happy. Three soldiers from Ukrainian brigade with civilian appearance managed to lay down their arms amid the escalating situation between Russia and NATO, and considering their collapse in the city of Kurakhovo, it is getting worse!
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  9550. [Establishment Alarmism in overdrive as Warmonger General Raytheon Austin in Panic Mode threatening Congress with war!] I wanted to do this quick nightly update as there are a few developments that couldn’t wait. Most astonishing of all, is the panicked tenor with which the U.S. establishment is now desperately trying to convince Congress of the need for Ukrainian aid. Now a new raft of reports and statements from the usual suspects gives us insight into how desperate the establishment warhawks representing MIC interests have really become. They’re dialing up the fearporn to a hysteric level like never before: But most startling of all, is a new report, which Tucker Carlson says is “confirmed” by his private sources, that Lloyd Austin has resorted to outright threatening the Republican House holdouts, telling them “We’ll send your kids to fight Russia” if they don’t break their deadlock over the Ukrainian aid: Lloyd Austin, Biden, and co., have dialed up the fearporn precisely because they see the above projection and know what it entails. So they’ve resorted to trying to scare the pants off the GOP congressmen to ram through that aid, but it seems the cheap tactic didn’t work. That’s not to mention the fact that Russia is now advancing on every single front, with breakthroughs everywhere. But recall that all this hardship for Ukraine comes amidst a crash in their exports as multiple countries are now blocking Ukrainian truck transports, with the maritime economy already long suppressed. So it sounds like the Ukrainian aid may be completely dead for the rest of this year. Congress will soon go on Christmas recess. After that, the prospects are dim for a long time. The Ukrainian economy is already hanging by a thread. While the despair grows on their side of the aisle, Russia and Putin continue to enjoy a resurgence all over the globe, as Putin has completed a jet-setting tour that saw him touch down in the newly-fashioned BRICS territory of Abu Dhabi, UAE, and the soon-to-be BRICS affiliated Riyadh, KSA: Russian forces captured a Leopard 2A4 on the Rabotino front. You can see the full geolocation, the Russian FPV drone hits on the tank, and subsequent inspection of it. Interestingly the soldiers indicate some of the crew died, shattering the myth of “invincible” NATO armor that always protects its crew even when disabled by strong hits: A beautiful shot confirming that Russian Su-34s now regularly drop 4 UMPK glide-bombs at a time: - Simplicius
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  9551. Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the dominant militant group in northwestern Syria, once presented itself as a local opposition force. Just over a month ago, the group was formally disbanded and became part of the Syrian Defense Ministry, yet its origins tell a far more sinister story. Born out of the ashes of Jabhat al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, HTS carries the same ideological DNA as the world’s most notorious terrorist network. While it has sought to rebrand itself for international legitimacy, its methods remain unchanged: Massacres, ethnic cleansing, and the systematic extermination of those who do not conform to its radical ideology. Nowhere has this been more evident than in Syria’s coastal cities, where HTS and its foreign recruits have unleashed an unspeakable wave of violence against Alawite, Christian, and Druze communities. Entire villages have been erased, their inhabitants slaughtered in the dead of night. Yet, as these horrors unfold, the world remains indifferent, and the silence of international powers only emboldens the perpetrators. The massacre in Latakia: A night of unimaginable horror In one of the darkest nights in Syria’s recent history, coordinated attacks on rural Latakia resulted in mass executions. Survivors tell of masked men storming their villages, dragging families from their homes, and carrying out public executions. Those who resisted were burned inside their homes, leaving behind entire neighborhoods reduced to smoldering ruins. Testimonies from survivors suggest that many of the perpetrators were foreign fighters, brought in from regions far from the Middle East. “They didn’t even speak our language,” an elderly survivor told RT. “They had no idea who we were, no reason to hate us – except that they were told to.” The global silence Despite overwhelming evidence of genocide, Western and regional media continue to present the massacres as “clashes” between HTS and government forces, deliberately sidestepping the mass extermination of Syria’s Alawite community. Western governments that once backed opposition forces are now reluctant to acknowledge the nightmare they helped unleash. By turning a blind eye, they enable the continuation of these crimes, and their silence serves as complicity in the atrocities. For the people of Latakia, Tartus, and Jableh, the message is clear: No help is coming. The world will not intervene. But history will remember. And the silence of the international community will forever be its most damning indictment. - RT
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  9566. The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday shared footage of a TOS-1A multiple rocket launcher striking Ukrainian positions. The battlefield video was taken near Soledar, a Donetsk People’s Republic town located to the northeast of the city Artyomovsk (known in Ukraine as Bakhmut). The system, widely known by the nickname ‘Solntsepyok’ – ‘Scorching Sunlight’, is seen firing multiple projectiles at night. The strike was observed by a surveillance UAV fitted with an infrared camera. The massive 220-mm thermobaric weapon is seen leaving large glowing spots on the ground after hits, footage shows. While the system is effectively a short-range multiple rocket launcher mounted on a tank chassis, TOS-1As are classified in Russia as “heavy flamethrowers.” In its most recent daily briefing, the Defense Ministry claimed that Ukraine lost an estimated 1,800 soldiers lost over the past 24 hours. It also reported the destruction of various pieces of hardware used by Kiev’s forces, including multiple artillery pieces, both Western-supplied and older Soviet-era systems. The most intense combat continued near Artyomovsk, as well as in Ukraine’s Kharkov Region, with an estimated 535 and 300 casualties inflicted on Ukrainian troops in the two areas, respectively, according to the briefing. Russian forces recently crossed the border at multiple locations into Kharkov Region. The offensive comes as part of the effort to push Ukrainian forces further away from Russian territory and thus stop the indiscriminate artillery and drone strikes on border settlements, including the city of Belgorod. The Ukrainian strikes, which the Russian Defense Ministry says primarily target civilian infrastructure and residential areas, have inflicted considerable material damage and resulted in dozens of civilian deaths. - RT
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  9596. Moscow did not start the war in 2022, but is trying to stop the war that Ukraine started in 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Putin announced the military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, following eight years of Kiev’s suppression of the Donbass population. Russia would only engage in a military conflict with a NATO nation such as Poland or Latvia if it is attacked, Putin said. Any Western claims to the contrary are “just threat mongering.” Unlike the US, Russia is not afraid of the rise of China, Putin said, calling Carlson’s suggestion that BRICS risks being “completely dominated by the Chinese economy” a “boogeyman story.” If the US wants to stop the Ukraine conflict, it should stop sending arms to Kiev, Putin said, adding that if this happened, the hostilities would end within weeks. Putin went on to say it was “ridiculous and very sad” that Kiev listened to then-UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and refused to sign a draft truce with Russia that was agreed on during peace talks in 2022. The conflict continues on to this day, while Johnson himself is no longer in office, he noted. NATO promised that it would not expand its territory eastwards, but quickly broke this promise by bringing all of Eastern Europe and Baltic states into the fold, Putin said. The US-led military bloc now intends to drag Ukraine in, he added. Asked by Carlson who he believes blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia and Germany through the Baltic Sea, Putin replied: “You,” referring to the US and its allies. When pressed whether he has any proof of CIA or NATO involvement, the Russian leader said that in cases like this, one should first look for those who would benefit from the attacks, and who had the capability to carry them out. Zelensky was elected president on a platform of peace, but allied himself with “neo-Nazis and nationalists” after taking office, Putin said. - RT
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  9606. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Israel did not imagine of its actions, finally the powerful firing of missiles by Iranian Armed Forces during the retaliation in the operation "True Promise 3," leaving TelAviv in ruins, which has never happened before! Along by Israeli aggression that continues every day and is secretly by the US-backed, under the pretext and without any reason to attack Iranian nuclear sites, the Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Abdolrahim Mousavi gave a warning on Wednesday, June 18, saying that "The operations carried out so far against Israel are a warning to deter, and we will soon carry out punitive operations!" Documents revealed moments of missile launches from Iranian territory, whether last night, June 17 or a few days ago, show spectacular views of a series of fire packages, making their short journey to the target, which will immediately cripple the US-Israeli agenda in the occupied territories. Most likely Iran will deploy Fattah hypersonic missile package, which can reach the target at a speed of more than 13 times the speed of sound, and extreme maneuverability outside the atmosphere and a separate engine in its warhead. It is worth noting that Iranian current stock of ballistic missiles is around 20,000 to 50,000 according to US-Israeli sources. With domestic production, Iran can mass produce dozens or even nearly 50 missiles per day. No one knows the actual number of Iranian missiles, but they are a formidable weapon, which has been proven even though Iran recently launched its old missiles. Iran Supreme Leader Imam Ali Khamenei, responded that Zionist movement and American intervention, have committed a great mistake and will pay the price by causing irreparable damage. Iran will not forgive those who violate its airspace and will not forget the blood of its martyrs. Iranian response weakened this vile enemy, it still does, and Tehran is preparing to give new, heavier blows in the future. War for war, bomb for bomb. Iran will not submit to an imposed war or an imposed peace, Khamenei added. This will be terrible! Sure enough, last night Tel Aviv was attacked, its Iron Dome collapsed, some of its interceptors failed to intercept, and fell on civilian buildings. A serious blow to science, from any point of view, showing the scale of the total destruction at the sites by Iranian missiles, especially in several areas of Tel Aviv, which are in ruins slowly starting to look like Gaza Strip. Military targets are the most important for Iran, IDF-affiliated Weizmann Institute in Rehovot in central Israel, no longer exists, with its laboratory building completely destroyed and burned after being hit by Iranian missile on the night of June 15. The center, which worked closely with Elbit Systems to develop biologically inspired military materials and had ties with defense companies such as Israel Aerospace Industries, supported Israeli army with AI, drone control, advanced weapons, cyber defense, and nuclear technology. There used to be a particle accelerator centrifuge there, now it is gone! For the first time in its history, Israel is facing sustained Iranian ballistic missile strikes, resulting in a level of disruption unprecedented since the country was founded by a sheet of declaration. Over the past six days, Iranian missiles have hit home to the army, and damaging its most strategic and sensitive military sites. This direct confrontation with Iran has inflicted a new scale of damage and destruction on Israel, which has led to a nuclear escalation in the Middle East. “We are millimeters away from disaster, attacks on Iranian nuclear infrastructure are carried out every day. The situation has changed from a hypothetical scenario to a real one, in which they launch missile attacks on peaceful civilian nuclear facilities in Iran under IAEA control," according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
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  9609. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Toretsk in Donetsk region, is now encircled by the offensive forces of the Russian Armed Forces, with a scary beginning to set in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the center of the mine town. Open sources reported on September 20, 2024, that the battle continues for the town in the urban area, Russian troops continue to advance despite resistance attempts from Ukraine, and from the sound of gunfire, the intensity of the fighting seems to be clearly visible. Footage from a GoPro camera, taken from the point of view of a killed Ukrainian soldier, special forces of the Battalion "Eney" or Lyut Brigade, shows the atmosphere of difficult fighting, the Ukrainian soldiers in the video fled from their lost positions, tried to hide in the rubble storied building, where they seem to be knocked out in the end. Meanwhile, The Separate Assault Lyut Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine, shared footage of their fighting on the streets of Toretsk, after their reserve group arrived there in a vehicle. According to reports on street fighting between the Ukrainian military and Russian troops, they fired RPG thermobaric rocket launchers into a building, where Russian soldiers were taking up positions. Regardless of the reports, but the video shows no evidence of the presence of Russian soldiers in the building, and it appears that the RPG ammunition was discharged just like that! Ukrainian sources acknowledged the consolidation of Russian forces in the center of Toretsk, and the acceleration of the advance of Russian forces during the assault on the town. Russia is tenaciously taking control of every building, and will gradually liberate the town from Zelensky’s troops. Let us remember that the situation in Donetsk region has turned into a disaster for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As entire units fled, the configuration of the front line changed unfavorably to Ukraine, and there were no longer any reserves to stop or reverse this trend. One of the Ukrainian soldiers captured on the outskirts of Toretsk, Viktor Pavlushin, spoke extensively about the dire situation in their ranks.
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  9627. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Footage clearly shows a hypersonic missile fired from Yemen, making a direct impact with a big hit on BenGurion Airport in TelAviv, Israel, this afternoon on May 4, 2025. Footage circulating online, shows Ben Gurion Airport taking a crushing blow, footage from various angles shows the moment the missile hits the ground, evading sophisticated Israeli and US defenses and layers. Essentially this proves that THAAD and Arrow 3, which are deployed to protect the airport, cannot reliably defend against a single missile launch, even safely bombing Israeli main international airport. AnsarAllah or Houthi Group of Yemen, claimed responsibility for the attack, which did not cause any casualties, and people at the airport saved themselves at the arrival of the missile, as shown in the footage. From the missile impact site, a "crater" was found near the airport after the military said it attempted to intercept the missile launched from Yemen. Large chunks of earth were thrown up to 125 meters and were 25 meters deep, smaller debris flew up to 400 meters. Yair Hezroni, the Head of the Central Police District, pointed to the "missile impact". "You can see the area right behind us, a crater was formed here, several tens of meters wide and several tens of meters deep," he said. Flights in and out of Ben Gurion Airport were suspended, Israeli Channel 12 reported. After the missile attack, airlines from Australia, Austria, Germany and Switzerland began canceling their flights to Israel en masse. Further escalation has clearly demonstrated the great risk to Ben Gurion and could lead to airlines ceasing operations there, until the end of the genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza. Yemen have just attacked Ben Gurion airport with hypersonic missiles, in an attempt to stop the genocide in Gaza, according to a statement by Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree. “The airport is now closed — we have relieved airlines from operating there, we will continue to support Palestine, regardless of the consequences, Saree stressed!
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  9640. The Middle East is blowing up! HEARTSHATTERING MURDER: 5 children, including 2 INFANTS, lie cold and dead in Palestinian morgue in above video after targeted Israeli rocket strike on their HOME in Khan Yunus, Southern Gaza Strip leaves no child spared. Draped in white sheets, their lives ended as they barely begun. - Intel Report SHOOTING IN SINAI: Egyptian cop stops Israeli tourist bus, opens fire, killing 2 in Egyptian city of Alexandria as ANOTHER police officer kills 6 Israeli tourists and injures 8 in Egypt's Sinai region. Footage above shows panic as emergency crews arrive at the scene. Motivation unconfirmed, though some reports say at least one Egyptian officer wanted to remind Israel of 1973 Yom Kippur War Egyptian and Syrian-led Arab army attack against Israel. - Intel Report Civilians be damned, that's the message here! MASSIVE DESTRUCTION in above video as Israeli fighter jets continue to flatten entire buildings to the ground in Gaza Strip, with 370 Palestinian KILLED and over 2,000 injured. People rush to save those under the rubble, while US runs to Israel's aid, announcing focus on "ensuring Israel gets everything it needs to respond to horrific attack, providing "military, diplomatic, and intelligence support to Israel". - Intel Report THIS CAN'T END GOOD for captured IDF female soldiers, trembling in fear in video above showing them held in a Gazan bunker. Terrified of their captors, they become paralyzed with fear at possibility of getting killed by their own government instead, as Israeli fighter jets' bombs shake roof over them, moment Palestinian guard walks in. Up to 250 Israeli soldiers captured or reported missing, all likely hidden in Gaza Strip and possibly to be killed by their army's bombs pummeling the besieged exclave with disregard to well-being of its own imprisoned troops. - Intel Report The brutal attacks by Israeli Air Force indiscriminately destroyed many civilian buildings against Palestinian fighters. Israel bombed the Saad Al-Ansari Mosque in the city of Khan Yunis, and the National Islamic Bank in the Gaza strip, and many other buildings. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia holds Israel responsible for what happened due to its repeated provocations, and deprivation of the rights of Palestinians. - Military Tube Today Much of the commentary about the Hamas attacks is ignoring the name Hamas assigned to this operation –Al-Aqsa Storm. The Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is a holy site venerated in Islam. The West paid little attention to what happened at the Mosque on Thursday, April 5: More than 800 Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday morning under the protection of Israeli forces. Rabbis, heads of settlement associations, and far-right university lecturers were among 832 people who forced their way into the religious site compound, a source in the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem told The New Arab’s Arabic sister site Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. . . . It comes during the Jewish religious holiday of Sukkot, which started on 29 September and ends on Friday. The holiday has seen thousands of Israeli extremists storm the Al-Aqsa compound, with almost 1,500 entering the site on Monday. Israeli extremists also continued on Thursday to hold provocative marches both inside Jerusalem’s Old City and outside its walls, attacking Palestinians and their property. They also beat and spat at journalists in a market area near Al-Aqsa, where shops were forced to close for the sixth day in a row. Imagine the reaction in the Christian world if Muslims entered St. Peter’s Basilica and forcibly ejected Christian worshippers from that sanctuary. Maybe that parallel example will help you appreciate why Muslims, not just Hamas, are reacting with such vitriol. I also want to note that the habit of Israeli extremists spitting at people is not confined to Muslims or Palestinians. Israel faces some very difficult choices in responding to the Hamas attack. Hamas does not have military installations or massed forces that can be easily targeted. That means Israel will attack civilian areas, which raises the specter of killing a large number of Palestinian civilians. Instead of weakening Hamas, this is likely to stiffen the resolve of the Palestinians and fuel even greater outrage in the Arab and Muslim world. Israel, which recently held talks with Saudi Arabia in a bid to normalize relations, is likely to find itself being shunned rather than welcomed as a diplomatic partner. If Israel decides to send its army into the Gaza Strip it will face brutal urban combat, which means high casualties. Since Israel is largely made up of reservists, a growing number of dead and wounded Israeli soldiers will bring enormous political pressure on Netanyahu. Israel’s desecration of the Al Aqsa Mosque is the casus belli for this current Hamas attack. While there are some unconfirmed reports that Hamas is executing the Israelis it captured in the opening hours of their offensive, I think it is more likely that Hamas will use those Israelis as bargaining chips to secure the release of their prisoners or keep them as human shields to reduce the chance of Israel launching unfettered attacks across Gaza. We know this for certain — Israelis are afraid and furious. That is a dangerous combination and may tempt Israel to act more out of emotion than strategy. - Sonar21 Full-time warmonger Lindsey evil crackers (pictured) demands Washington launches war against Iran if Lebanese Hezbollah intervenes in ongoing Israeli-Palestinian war. Lebanese resistance movement already struck Israel from bordering south. Evil crackers foaming at mouth and out for blood like pic above as he wants millions of Americans and Iranians dead to diversify his enjoyment of death. - Intel Report
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  9642. There has been much written and said about Tucker Carlson’s interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week. As of this writing the video on Twitter alone has been viewed nearly 200 million times, making it likely the most-viewed news event in history. Many millions of viewers who may not have had access to the other side of the story were informed that the Russia/Ukraine military conflict did not begin in 2022, as the mainstream media continuously reports, but in fact began eight years earlier with a US-backed coup in Ukraine. The US media does not report this because they don’t want Americans to begin questioning our interventionist foreign policy. They don’t want Americans to see that our government meddling in the affairs of other countries – whether by “color revolution,” sanctions, or bombs – has real and deadly consequences to those on the receiving end of our foreign policy. What the US mainstream media was really worried about was that the “other side of the story” might start to ring true with the public. So they attacked the messenger. No wonder fellow journalist Julian Assange has been locked away in a gulag for so many years. He dared to assume that in a free society, being a journalist means reporting the good, the bad, and the ugly even if it puts those in power in a bad light. In the end, the massive success of the Tucker Carlson interview with Vladimir Putin demonstrates once and for all that the American people are sick to death of their mainstream media propagandists and liars. They are looking not for government narratives, but for truth. That’s the really good news about this interview. - LewRockwell
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  9643. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Ukrainian armored forces were completely destroyed, failing to unblock VelykaNovosilka, attempting to assist the withdrawal of troops from the Russian encirclement. Today's reports on January 21, 2025 from various reliable sources, indicate that Russian troops advanced on Velyka Novosilka and captured part of the city, while Ukrainian armored forces tried to use a smoke screen to cover the possible withdrawal of units, now they are moving across Mokri Yaly river towards the flank of NovyKomar. Finally, Ukrainian garrison is almost completely surrounded, and it is not easy to retreat through the waterways and open fields. The Russian military has a fairly strong hold along the flank, where Russian drone operators spotted the armored maneuver and immediately destroyed it! The defeat of Ukrainian armor due to drone shooting by the Russian Armed Forces at the starting position in Dneproenergiya village. Another attempt of the armor was thwarted when they decided to reach the ground and move across the river, the distance from the combat contact line was about 5 km. It seems that Ukraine did not take into account that Russian fiber optic FPV drones work 24 hours a day, locking the flanks and hitting several enemy armor separately. In the village, Ukraine had to be willing to lose one T-64 BV, one Kozak armored vehicle and one American International M1224 MaxxPro MRAP. Other equipment such as one Excavator was destroyed and one 2S3 Akatsiya 152 mm self-propelled gun was burned by drones as in the footage. Meanwhile in a separate location, explosion and subsequent fire on an infantry fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Novy Komar village. Footage shows one Ukrainian variant of BMP-1 or BRM-1K, trying to break through to help the besieged troops reach the land of Velyka Novosilka, moving under the shadow of a drone operated by a Russian operator from the 37th Russian Motorized Rifle Brigade. The fiber optic drone strike destroyed it and burned completely. Velyka Novosilka front in south Donetsk is very worrying and the besieged Ukrainian troops have no choice but to surrender!
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  9644. This comes under the heading, "Know thy Enemy." Kiev regime drone terror attack attempt thwarted this morning - Russian Defense Ministry. Russian air defense systems detected and destroyed an unmanned drone over Belgorod region, pre-War West Russia. - Intel Report Ukrainian forces strike areas in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) with 34 artillery shells of 155mm caliber, including 6 widely-banned cluster bombs. - Intel Report CONSEQUENCES OF ZELENSKY'S SPREAD OF HATRED IN HIS WAR AGAINST GOD. Man arrested after he enters church in Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, punches icon of Jesus twice with a stone. - Intel Report Ukrainian criminal forces shell Belgorod region (pre-war West Russia) 9 times in 24 hours, 2 drones shot down. - Intel Report CAN'T JUST LEAVE THEM TO THE DOGS says a clearly disturbed Russian soldier about Ukrainian cannon fodder not only left to rot for a week in Novoselovskoye, Lugansk (ex-Ukraine), but booby-trapped with mines by Kiev's regime. Moscow's troops got fired upon in an ironic reversal of roles, evacuating 7 of Zelensky's corpses and continue search for more dead or pieces of bodies. We're getting them in pieces. We're Christians, that's the way we were raised. We must help return these bodies and remains to their relatives. - Intel Report Destruction, charred buildings and homes in Kherson (ex-Ukraine) as region's residential areas endure 5 days of incessant Ukrainian shelling. - Intel Report Kiev's regime shells 10 times town of Volfino in Ukraine-bordering Kursk region (pre-war West Russia). 3 injured by shrapnel. - Intel Report Destruction at headquarters of humanitarian aid in Aleshki, Kherson region (ex-Ukraine). While Russia picks up Kiev's dead for the sake of their families, Zelensky's depravity knows no bound striking humanitarian aid going to people already subjected to his callous attacks. UPDATE: Russian air defenses also detect and destroy Ukrainian drone over Belgorod region (pre-war West Russia). - Intel Report Russian air defense destroy Ukrainian drone over Kursk region (pre-war West Russia). - Intel Report ◾ Russian forces repel Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), more than 425 enemy soldiers between killed and injured, tank, 4 armored vehicles, D-20, D-30 and Gvozdika howitzers destroyed. ◾More than 40 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 5 tanks, 5 infantry fighting vehicles, 3 vehicles and artillery pieces destroyed in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). ◾Russian air defenses intercept 8 US-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launcher shells, destroy 25 Ukrainian drones. ◾Russian fighter shoots down Ukrainian-operated Mi-8 helicopter. ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 12 Ukrainians trying their best to escape military service due to massive numbers of war casualties, admits Zelensky's PR managers at New York Times. Number of draft evaders in Ukraine has grown substantially due to huge number of casualties, especially during the recent failed counteroffensive. Troop recruitment is becoming increasingly difficult, and Kiev has reached ever deeper into society to keep its ranks filled - Note the report. PR managers with finally some actual PRing, claiming glaring lie that Kiev only suffered 150,000 between killed and injured since start of Special Operation, when it's proven to be around 400,000 KILLED and 2 million wounded/disabled. That's why Zelensky fired all regional recruitment chiefs.
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  9655. ▪It should be remembered that President Trump's previous "bad" tariffs were not only kept in place under the Biden administration, they were expanded upon over the last 4 years indicating this is a bipartisan "deep state" agenda; ▪Follow-up tariffs on not only China but now also Canada and Mexico are aimed at further permanently decoupling the US from China, not at negotiations or the stemming of "drugs" and "illegal immigrants," all of which are fabricated pretexts; ▪Tariffs have precipitated a cost of living crisis in the US (coupled with a similar crisis in Europe linked to sanctions on Russia), a crisis both the Trump and Biden administrations are clearly indifferent to; ▪The goal is very obviously to prepare for war with China, including a blockade of Chinese maritime shipping US moves against Panama and Greenland both serve as steps toward preparing; ▪Under the Biden administration, the reorganization of the US Marine Corps into an anti-shipping force likewise served as preparation for this; ▪China and its trading partners (virtually the rest of the world) need to realistically face this and prepare for this US plan to strangle multipolarism in the cradle - negotiations with the US must be done with this in mind, realizing the US has no intention of ever striking an actual deal, but is instead preparing the battlefield; ▪China's ability to innovate and replace US imports as well as diversify and protect alternative exports elsewhere from US destabilization (both regime change installing anti-China client regimes and the backing of violence targeting Belt & Road Initiative routes) will determine the outcome of Washington's actual objectives; - The New Atlas
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  9660. Uke losses mounting daily due to insane tactics! The handwriting has been on the wall for a long time regarding the outcome of this war! The sane clearly see this! - China's growing technological edge despite extreme measures by the US & its allies to arrest its development. - Ukraine's failing offensive is just the visual manifestation of much greater fundamental odds it and its Western sponsors cannot overcome, particularly in terms of military industrial output. - Tension on the Korean Peninsula is the result of the United States attempting to create yet another proxy conflict like in Ukraine against Russia, but this time across Asia against China. - NATO exercises meant to intimidate Russia are more posturing than any actual serious message. Posturing without the military industrial capacity to sustain the type of warfare required to defeat Russia is meaningless. The New Atlas War Channel UKRAINIAN WAR CRIME caught on cam as Russian prisoners of war (POWs) forced to walk in minefields. At 01:00, you can see Russian POWs in the distance as Kiev's troops open fire at them and apparently hit mine with thundering explosion (01:13) seen in video right next to where Russian soldiers were. Above video reportedly found on phone in Ukrainian dugout. - Intel Report Ukrainian Armed Forces strike residential area of ​​Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region (ex-Ukraine) using Western-supplied weapons. In this way 'liberating their people' apparently; 4 apartment buildings are destroyed or severely damaged, information on casualties is being confirmed. - Intel Report On Putin's instruction, several planes on their way to Libya today with doctors, rescuers, and basic necessities for thousands of flood victims. - Intel Report Watch moment Kiev regime missile KILLS 1 civilian and wounds 12 others in strike earlier today on Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region (ex-Ukraine). Kiev regime’s latest war crime caught on camera as blast rocks ground and leaves huge plume of smoke. - Intel Report DRONES to make lives for Ukrainian troops and vehicles utter hell, as tiny explosive packages home in on armor and soldiers like deadly mosquitoes (00:09), all while Russian forces repel 4 Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine), routing Kiev’s forces and inflicting up to 275 casualties. Another 2 Ukrainian army attacks become utter failures in Zapoorozhye region (ex-Ukraine) with Kiev losing over 145 troops, while 2 Acacia self-propelled howitzers and up to 75 Ukrainian soldiers meet their end in Kherson region (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 14
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  9665. Foreign mercenaries fighting for Kiev should be aware that they do not have the same legal protections under international law as regular Ukrainian combatants, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a visit to the Kursk Region. Speaking at a meeting with the Russian General Staff and military commanders on Wednesday, the president stated that any Ukrainian soldier or foreign mercenary captured on Russian soil can be “treated as a terrorist under Russian law.” “All people who commit crimes against the civilian population on the territory of the Kursk Region, confront our Armed Forces, law enforcement agencies and special services, are terrorists in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation,” Putin said. “This is how the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office and the Investigative Committee qualify their actions.” Putin emphasized that Russia “treats and will treat all people humanely,” including prisoners of war (POWs), but specifically warned that mercenaries lack the same legal status as regular troops. “I still want to remind you that foreign mercenaries are not protected by the 1949 Geneva Convention on POWs,” the Russian leader said. The Russian border region faced a major incursion by Kiev’s forces in August 2024, and Moscow’s troops have been gradually pushing them back in an operation that has intensified in recent weeks. In liberated areas, Russian investigators have found evidence of Ukrainian troops committing rape, torture, and murder against local civilians during the occupation. - RT
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  9680. BIDEN LETS KIEV BOMB PRE-WAR RUSSIA WITH U.S. MISSILES: Washington officially admits Genocide Joe’s gunning for war as he gives Kiev regime nod to use his weapons on pre-war Russian territory: President recently directed his team to ensure that Ukraine able to use U.S.-supplied weapons for counter-fire purposes in Kharkov region so Ukraine can hit back against Russian forces attacking them - Biden administration statement attempting to tone down extent of escalation. Congresswoman Greene blasts "insane", dementia-ridden Biden for escalation that could lead to "direct war with Russia". NATO's most warmongering members have already admitted they've given Mad Vlad Zelensky no restrictions on how he uses their weapons - looks like it's Biden's turn to jump on bandwagon - Intel Republic NATO CHIEF BRUSHES OFF BIDEN'S UKRAINE ESCALATION - "NOTHING NEW": Stoltenberg tries to play down Washington allowing Kiev to attack pre-war Russia with U.S. weapons by claiming some states never even bothered to impose restrictions on Mad Vlad Zelensky: We have right to help Ukraine uphold right to self-defense. That doesn’t make NATO allies party to conflict - Stolty insists. He’s really desperate to make nothingburger out of potentially-devastating escalation - how can you give Zelensky permission to target pre-war Russia with YOUR missiles and have audacity to claim you're "nOt PaRtY tO cOnFlIcT"? - Intel Republic "PUTIN HAS BEEN THREATENING UKRAINE ALLIES SINCE BEFORE 24 FEB 2022" - NATO Chief StOOltenberg is a master at convoluting basic information. Putin has been threatening NATO allies since the very beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, the day before February 24 he gave a speech in which he threatened any ally supporting Ukraine, but we did not listen to him, if we were restrained by this message, then we could not provide no support – Stoltenberg says. On the day of the beginning of the Special Operation (24.02.22), for Putin it was imperative to formalize his objectives in a speech. Those objectives were to 1) Defend Donbass 2) Demilitarize Ukraine & 3) Denazify Ukraine. He warned external powers that all possible scenarios have been calculated and responses to them pre-determined, should anyone choose to interfere with the accomplishment of given objectives. That is not the same as "threatening NATO allies." - Intel Republic
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  9693. The whole sordid charade is only postponing the reality that the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia is a debacle for the Western powers. This is not something to gloat over. It is a tragedy and an abomination. Up to 400,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed, as well as tens of thousands of Russian military personnel. Total casualty figures are no doubt in the millions. In addition, millions of civilians have been displaced as refugees in Russia and throughout Europe. Hundreds of billions of dollars and euros have been raided from Western taxpayers to fund this bloody fiasco. Not only that but international tensions have been heightened between nuclear powers at a perilous pitch not seen since the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 at the depth of the Cold War. Blinken seemed to be concerned with papering over cracks appearing in various media reports indicating that the U.S. is surreptitiously telling the Kiev regime to cut its losses and make a sort of peace deal with Russia. Blinken’s bravado rhetoric is akin to empty U.S. promises previously made to Afghanistan and countless other proxy regimes over the decades before Washington ignominiously pulls the plug and does a runner. All the NATO and EU talk is public relations bluster to conceal the brutal reality that the United States and its Western allies have created a monumental morass of misery for Ukraine by pursuing their nefarious geopolitical games to confront Russia. The rest of Europe and indeed the whole world has paid a terrible price for these imperial games. The futile and reckless war in Ukraine has been decades in the making since the supposed end of the Cold War in 1990. The treacherous breaking of promises by American presidents, especially Bill Clinton and George W Bush, to Russia to not expand NATO and the insidious inveigling of Ukraine to join the alliance from 2008 onwards – all led to the current eruption of conflict. - LewRockwell
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  9699. The Hidden Danger Beside Trump: Why Peter Thiel is the Real Threat Trump tried to calm the waters, announcing that Nikki Haley and Mike “Kansas” Pompeo wouldn’t be returning to his team. Smart move, Haley and Kansas, with their cheerleading forever wars and regime change, warmongers and globalist puppets, embody the very swamp Trump claims to drain. But here’s the twist: sitting right beside Trump, grinning like the Cheshire cat, is Peter Thiel, a figure far more insidious than Haley or Pompeo ever were. Thiel isn’t just another billionaire with influence; he’s a Zionist hawk cloaked in Silicon Valley’s libertarian veneer. For years, his empire, particularly Palantir, has been at the forefront of merging Silicon Valley's tech prowess with the national security state, feeding both U.S. and Israeli intelligence networks with data-mining capabilities that would make Orwell blush. This isn't a recent development either, Palantir was designed from its inception as a tool to empower state surveillance, a vision that has seamlessly aligned with the Zionist agenda. In Israel, Thiel’s technology has been used to surveil Palestinian populations, enforcing a brutal occupation under the guise of “security.” And Thiel’s influence doesn’t stop there. He has deep roots in the U.S. military-industrial complex, aligning closely with the CIA through his early investment from In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital arm. From the beginning, Palantir was woven into the fabric of America’s intelligence infrastructure, sold as a “defense” tool, while it quietly expanded a surveillance apparatus across the world, from the Occupied Territories to inner cities in the United States. The Zionist vision of control and surveillance has found its ultimate tool in Thiel’s empire - a Trojan horse that’s eroding civil liberties under the radar. Then there’s the paradox - Thiel, publicly a critic of “wokeism,” has quietly funneled money into (woke) initiatives that stir cultural war within the U.S. It’s an ancient imperial strategy: keep the masses distracted with ideological battles while the real agenda, bolstering Israel’s interests and consolidating a digital surveillance state marches on unopposed. By funding divisive causes and watching America tear itself apart, Thiel isn’t just hedging his bets, he’s ensuring that the spotlight never falls on his own agenda. For Trump to truly align with the idea of American sovereignty, distancing himself from Thiel isn’t a suggestion but a necessity. Thiel doesn’t represent a populist, patriotic agenda; he represents the apex of corporate, Zionist interests, a technocratic elite intent on tightening its grip over policy and control. If Haley and Pompeo were symbols of the neoconservative swamp, Thiel is the lurking shadow, the hidden hand of a corporate-Zionist cabal with a vested interest in manipulating America’s course. Trump, this is much more than merely draining the swamp, it’s about draining the Zionist infiltration embedded within Silicon Valley and the intelligence community. The art of the deal this time around means ensuring the U.S. doesn’t remain a puppet of Silicon Valley’s Zionist ambitions. If you’re serious about reclaiming sovereignty, you’ll keep Thiel at arm’s length, not in the seat beside you. - Gerry Nolan - TheIslanderNews - Intel Republic
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  9702. “If there is a general mood in the room not to focus on BSEC, let’s consider it as a talk show, as a self-made Security Council which we invented for ourselves, not for practical projects, not for helping people,” Birichevsky said, addressing Ukraine’s “provocative performance.” For Russia, the issue of Ukraine is not about territory or geopolitics, but “a matter of life and death,” said the diplomat. “It is about being able to live as [we did] for ages – as one family, with the same core values that are not for foreign intruders to destroy.” Birichevsky reminded his colleagues that Ukraine “lost its sovereignty” in 2014, “as a result of the US-EU sponsored and directed coup d’état.” He noted that President Viktor Yanukovich was ousted even after signing an agreement to settle the dispute with the nationalist protesters peacefully – mediated by France, Germany and Poland, none of whom cared when it was violated. “If we want to remember everything today, then let’s remember everything,” Birichevsky said, bringing up the role of US diplomat Victoria Nuland in the coup. He also called the government of Ukraine a “nationalist neo-Nazi regime… that has been conducting a full-fledged war against its own population” for the past decade. Just since February 2022, Birichevsky noted, the Ukrainian military has launched 32,388 attacks on the Donetsk People’s Republic alone, killing 4,787 civilians – including 142 children – and wounding another 5,776 people. - RT
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  9703. The French president insisted on further assistance to the government of Vladimir Zelensky, claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not stop if he is allowed to defeat Ukraine. When asked to comment on Macron’s statements by journalists on Thursday, Lavrov mentioned Hitler and Napoleon, describing them as the French president’s “predecessors, who also wanted to fight Russia.” The two European dictators sent their armies into Russia in 1812 and 1941, respectively, but ended up suffering crushing defeats. The difference is that Hitler and Napoleon “said directly: ‘We must conquer Russia, we must defeat Russia.’ And he [Macron], apparently, wants the same thing, but for some reason says that we must fight Russia so that it does not defeat France; that Russia is creating a threat to France and Europe,” he stressed. The minister refuted the French leader’s claims that Moscow has plans to attack Western Europe, calling such notions “unreasonable.” “President [Vladimir] Putin has said many times that this is absolute nonsense. I think that any sane person would understand that [by launching its military operation] Russia only wants to eliminate the root causes of the situation created by the West in Ukraine,” he explained. Lavrov also said that Moscow views Macron’s statement about widening France’s nuclear umbrella as a “threat towards Russia.” “If he considers us a threat, if he is calls a meeting of the chiefs of staff of the [Western] European countries and Britain; if he says that it is necessary to use nuclear weapons; if he prepares to use nuclear weapons against Russia – this is, of course, a threat,” he insisted. Earlier in the day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the French president’s speech as “highly confrontational,” saying that it has shown that France does not want peace, but “is thinking more about war, about the continuation of the conflict.” - RT
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  9705. The whole sordid charade is only postponing the reality that the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia is a debacle for the Western powers. This is not something to gloat over. It is a tragedy and an abomination. Up to 400,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed, as well as tens of thousands of Russian military personnel. Total casualty figures are no doubt in the millions. In addition, millions of civilians have been displaced as refugees in Russia and throughout Europe. Hundreds of billions of dollars and euros have been raided from Western taxpayers to fund this bloody fiasco. Not only that but international tensions have been heightened between nuclear powers at a perilous pitch not seen since the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 at the depth of the Cold War. Blinken seemed to be concerned with papering over cracks appearing in various media reports indicating that the U.S. is surreptitiously telling the Kiev regime to cut its losses and make a sort of peace deal with Russia. Blinken’s bravado rhetoric is akin to empty U.S. promises previously made to Afghanistan and countless other proxy regimes over the decades before Washington ignominiously pulls the plug and does a runner. All the NATO and EU talk is public relations bluster to conceal the brutal reality that the United States and its Western allies have created a monumental morass of misery for Ukraine by pursuing their nefarious geopolitical games to confront Russia. The rest of Europe and indeed the whole world has paid a terrible price for these imperial games. The futile and reckless war in Ukraine has been decades in the making since the supposed end of the Cold War in 1990. The treacherous breaking of promises by American presidents, especially Bill Clinton and George W Bush, to Russia to not expand NATO and the insidious inveigling of Ukraine to join the alliance from 2008 onwards – all led to the current eruption of conflict. - LewRockwell
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  9711. Explosive Secret French Military Report Makes Shocking Admissions: "Ukraine Can't Win!" “Ukraine cannot win this war militarily,” concludes the first report, written in the fall of 2023, following Kiev’s disastrous ground offensive. It praises the Russian forces as the new “tactical and technical” standard of how to run defensive operations and debunks the media myth of “meat assaults.” In summary, the officers speaking to the publication rated the Russian Army very highly. The Russian Army, contrary to Western media, trains its new recruits properly, organizes rotation of personnel and units in the frontline, and always mixes veterans with new recruits so the new soldiers can learn more quickly. The article assesses that there is no conceivable path currently to a Ukrainian military victory. So it would appear quite plausible that Macron did in fact lose his lunch over the report from trusted military sources, which resulted in his Defcon 1 meltdown and Tourettes-like expectorations on troop deployment. But if the secret military report was damning to the AFU, it was even more damning to the uxorious petit caporal’s Grande Armée itself: Yes, that’s the French military calling itself an army of cheerleaders in the face of the Russian army. “Who is this guy kidding, sending us to Ukraine?” they seem to protest. Planning, imagined in Kiev and in the Western staffs has proved "disastrous". These preliminary phases of the fundamental have been made without consideration of the moral forces of the enemy in defensive: that is to say, the will of the Russian soldier to cling to the ground," notes the report referring to "the failure of the planning" of the western camp. That’s called “underestimation”. And riddle me why, exactly, did the West underestimate Russia so wantonly? Oh, that’s right—because all their projections and estimations were based on totally erroneously cooked data. When you have the SBU reporting 20 shot down Russian planes per week, and 500,000 Russian casualties—or whatever the absurdity is up to now—then, I’m sorry to say, that’s going to very unfavorably skew your expectations and mission planning. Russia, they shockingly confess, is the gold standard of military defense in the world today: "Today, the Russian army is the 'tactical and technical' benchmark for thinking about and implementing the defensive mode," writes the report. Why, I’m nearly beside myself! We were mocked for two years writing these very words, yet all along NATO military heads were secretly whispering agreement. It feels almost surreal to be vindicated in such fashion. Notable is the fact that in previous such public distributions, of ISW, RUSI, and other propaganda farm variety, some praise occasionally managed to slip through, but rarely without the accompanying counterbalance of heavy ridicule. “Russian forces showed strength in capturing XXX town, but they did so with meat waves generating 50,000 casualties,” and so on. But this report has nary a single critique—just simple unvarnished praise for the Russian Army’s demonstrated supremacy. - Simplicius
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  9717. In late March, at the VI Arctic Forum held in Murmansk, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Moscow’s commitment to expanding its fleet of nuclear icebreakers. “Russia already possesses the largest icebreaker fleet globally,” Putin noted. “We must further solidify our position by commissioning advanced icebreakers, particularly nuclear-powered vessels uniquely available to us.” He emphasized that “no other nation has a comparable fleet.” This Wednesday, the fourth nuclear-powered icebreaker of Project 22220, the 'Yakutia', completed sea trials and departed for operations along the Northern Sea Route (NSR). The 'Yakutia' ranks among the world’s most powerful nuclear icebreakers. The construction of Project 22220 icebreakers began in 2013, with plans to build at least seven ships. Three vessels – the 'Arktika', 'Siberia', and 'Ural' – have already entered service. The lead ship, the 'Arktika', was commissioned in 2020, becoming a flagship of Russia’s contemporary Arctic exploration efforts. It was followed by the 'Siberia' in 2021 and 'Ural' in 2022. Two additional ships, the 'Chukotka' and 'Kamchatka', are currently under construction, and the keel for a seventh vessel, the 'Sakhalin', will be laid later this year. These icebreakers are constructed at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg, funded by Rosatom’s Atomflot with state support. Advanced nuclear icebreakers such as the 'Yakutia' are specifically engineered for harsh Arctic conditions, and are capable of breaking ice up to three meters thick. Their unique hull designs enhance maneuverability in extreme cold and dense ice environments. Equipped with two nuclear reactors generating a combined 60 megawatts, they can operate autonomously for several months. Today, these vessels represent the most powerful and efficient icebreakers worldwide. Importantly, Russia has significantly reduced reliance on imported components, with domestically produced parts comprising 92% of each ship. Ultimately, Russia aims for complete self-sufficiency in producing all components for future nuclear icebreakers. - RT
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  9735. The fact is, it’s only in Ukraine where cemeteries have been growing so large that they’ve run out of space for the dead, forced to unearth old plots by the thousands. It’s only in Ukraine that you even see gigantic cemeteries that are visibly growing from space satellite imagery—there’s nothing of the comparable sort in Russia. It’s only in Ukraine that there’s daily critical discussions about lack of fighting men, where people are being kidnapped from the streets, women are increasingly in talks of being drafted, etc. Why don’t you see that in Russia if losses are so high? They claim it’s because: “Russia has 5x the population!” But Ukrainians also claim they’re inflicting 5-10x the losses on Russia! Doesn’t that negate the population advantage? Shouldn’t Russia also be reeling in the way Ukraine is? The head of Ukrainian GUR Vadim Skibitsky himself publicly stated months ago that Russian brigades are at 95% staffing levels—how is that possible if the country is experiencing such levels of losses as these people claim? Every single data point we have points to Ukraine suffering untold losses, not Russia. Don’t forget the most damning of all: the POW disparity, that is at minimum a proven 5:1 in Russia’s favor, with recent revelations Ukraine had ~1300 Russians in captivity to the ~6500 Ukrainians captured by Russia. Historical war literature tells us that artillery accounts for around 75% of all casualties, and Russia has enjoyed upwards of a 10:1 artillery advantage for the duration of the conflict. That’s right, the CIA Radio Liberty project just released a damning new report that finds all European artillery ammunition estimates were grossly exaggerated. Are you surprised? It’s clear there is no possible framework by which to argue that Ukraine has less casualties than Russia. Ukraine takes out the odd one-man motorcycle rider here, a random shambling infantryman there, with lone FPV strikes. Meanwhile, Russia is not only dishing out 5:1 or 10:1 artillery barrage disparities, but even more devastating long range missile strikes, most of which go unreported and unglamorized because there are simply so many. The point is that, these are daily, almost mundane, strikes by Russian long range assets which are wiping out anything from dozens to hundreds of troops at a time. - Simplicius
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  9749. Why Ukraine Won’t Be Able to “Dig In” - After the defeated 5 month Ukrainian offensive and with admissions in the Western media that Ukraine’s cross-river offensive in Kherson is a failure, a growing number Ukrainian and Western military and political leaders are talking about Ukraine going on the defensive; - Ukraine seeks to build Russian-style defensives along the line of contact and use 2024 to build up combat power; - The main problem facing this strategy is that Ukraine has already in many places dug in since as early as 2014 and yet Russia has been able to overpower and displace Ukrainian forces regardless; - Russia’s successful defeat of the 2023 Ukrainian offensive was owed as much to its superior firepower as it was to the construction of defensive positions; - While Russia will not be able to conduct “big arrow” offensives without suffering heavy losses for the same reason Ukraine cannot, the existence of mines covered by artillery, FPV drones and other systems that can target Russian forces as they attempt to breach minefields; - Russia can continue its war of attrition while placing growing pressure all along the line of contact and exploiting anywhere opportunities begin to form; - Western commentators continue to interpret the conflict in mere 2 dimensions rather than the 4 dimensions actually required to understand Russia’s long-term strategy and why it has worked; - The 4th dimension being time, it is important to understand what Ukraine’s combat power will look like a year from now following concerted Russian efforts to target and irreversibly diminish specific capabilities (like air defense, artillery, counter battery fire, and military aviation); - The New Atlas
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  9756. Things have gone from bad to worse for Ukraine. Zelensky is again traveling the globe in an attempt to form some type of international consensus for ending the conflict. After half a year of deliberately obfuscating propaganda about Russia “desperately” chasing a ceasefire, it has emerged clearer than ever that it is in fact Ukraine desperate to browbeat allies into forcing Russia into an armistice. In reality, Russia has now signaled more strongly than ever that there is nothing to negotiate about presently. Ukrainian ex-general Sergei Krivonos again stunned many with his unfiltered appraisal of the situation. “Only a miracle can save Ukraine at this point.” Another pro-UA commentator claims to have recently returned from the front reports the war is effectively over: The echoes of Ugledar’s fall continue to haunt the AFU in more ways than one. The debacle of the 72nd Brigade’s collapse is only just now being pieced together and understood in full, with articles like the following clarifying the suicide of one of the battalion commanders: Meanwhile, videos have begun to appear of family members’ pleas toward their missing servicemen. Here a daughter of a soldier from Ukraine’s 152nd says hundreds are missing in the Pokrovsk direction: Russian Army Begins Breakthrough on Kursk Front: Powerful Assault on Lyubimovka and Attack on Zeleny Shlyakh to Cut Off Ukrainian Armed Forces Group Today our armored groups unexpectedly attacked and broke through the enemy's defenses in the Kursk border area. About 30 units of Russian equipment are storming the village of Lyubimovka, wrote media officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Alex". Russian troops managed to advance and are now consolidating, the fighting continues. Ukrainian intelligence officer and battalion commander named Yaroslavsky states unequivocally: "Let the partners not be offended that Russian electronic warfare (EW) systems are the best in the world." - Simplicius
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  9770. The U.S. War Machine: Congress Sidelines Itself, the Empire Marches On (for now) Buried beneath the grandiose slogan of “democracy”: the US hasn’t declared war since World War II. Congress, the body constitutionally mandated to oversee such vital decisions, has been relegated to a cheerleading squad while the executive branch wields unchecked power like an emperor commanding legions. This is imperial fiat masquerading as consent of the governed. From Vietnam to Iraq, Libya to Syria, the U.S. war machine roars on, fueled not by congressional debate but by rubber-stamped resolutions, appropriations, and the all-too-familiar "Authorizations for Use of Military Force". These legal fig leaves allow the White House to bomb, invade, and occupy without a whisper of accountability. Let’s be blunt: Congress sold its soul. Since World War II, it has surrendered its constitutional prerogative to declare war, instead passing vague resolutions that grant presidents a blank check to wage war wherever and whenever they see fit. The result? Endless wars with no rational objectives, no exit strategies, and no accountability. And what happens to the trillions of dollars funneled into these wars? Enter the military-industrial complex, the world’s most sophisticated money-laundering operation. These wars are about enriching defense contractors, lobbyists, and Pentagon officials who shuffle through the revolving door between government and industry. From Lockheed Martin to Raytheon, the same corporations profiting off the carnage also fund think tanks and political campaigns to keep the war machine running. While the bombs fall, contracts worth billions flow into the coffers of weapons manufacturers. A significant chunk is then laundered back into DC, disguised as campaign contributions or lucrative speaking gigs. The Pentagon’s own accounting is so opaque that 2 trillion in spending has been deemed "untraceable." And let’s not forget Ukraine or Israel, the MIC’s latest cash cow, where tens of billions in U.S. aid vanish into a black hole of corruption. The wars of the 21st century don’t even bother with pretense. Forget declarations; the U.S. now engages in hybrid wars, proxy conflicts, economic strangulation through sanctions, and information warfare. Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, these are not declared wars, but they are wars nonetheless, waged in the shadows with the same deadly consequences. And behind every drone strike or sanction lies another bloated defense budget, another no-bid contract, another slush fund for the MIC. The Declare War Clause was meant to check power, to ensure that the decision to spill blood was taken soberly and democratically. Instead, it has been sidelined by an empire that cannot stop expanding, an empire that feeds on forever wars. This is not about defending freedom, but controlling resources, securing markets, and maintaining hegemony at any cost. And as BRICS rises, as the Global majority asserts its sovereignty, the Empire grows more desperate. Its (losing) wars: kinetic, economic, and informational, are not signs of strength but of fragility, the thrashing of a system that cannot adapt to a multipolar world. Who benefits from this endless bloodshed? Not the American people, saddled with 38 trillion in national debt and over 200 trillion in unfunded liabilities. The winners are the same cabal that profits whether the bombs drop or not: defense contractors, Wall Street speculators, and the political elite. The MIC is not just about war but about money laundering on an imperial scale. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Cash cows. The conflict in Ukraine? A feeding frenzy for weapons dealers and their political masters. This is not just America’s problem. The endless wars waged by the U.S. ripple out, destabilizing nations, wrecking economies, and displacing millions. The Empire stumbles, but it won’t fall on its own. It’s time to push harder. The age of unaccountable wars and untraceable profits must end. - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  9786. Kiev allocates massive land plots for Western puppeteers (Soros pictured) to use as chemical waste burial sites. Spread across the entire country - this ought to be a crime given Ukraine is known for the fertility of its soil. Ukrainians weren't exactly consulted when the US placed dangerous chemical and biological laboratories there - it is unlikely that anyone will ever answer for the cemeteries of hazardous waste either. - Intel Report CHILLING SCREAMS FILL AIR AFTER ISRAELI STRIKE DETONATES HOME as slow-mo (in left vid) captures missile dropping straight into building before very ground shakes with blast. Entire blocks bulldozed by Tel Aviv’s attacks, with top right vid showing remains of over 50 houses turned to dust in Shujayea neighborhood, East of Gaza City (bottom right map). 30 people killed by Israel’s latest attack in North of Gaza Strip, pushing total number murdered by IDF to at least 15,899. - Intel Report PAIR OF TINY INFANTS LAID TO REST by shell-shocked aid workers as they walk wide-eyed from Gaza hospital to lay corpses of murdered babies next to dead man. Let IDF look into these dead babies’ lifeless eyes and still claim they’re "most moral army in the world". - Intel Report UKRAINIAN "MARINES" CAN’T EVEN SWIM cause Kiev’s scraping bottom of barrel after losing 100S OF THOUSANDS of troops as presstitutes over at BBC handily explain. Lamestream media chats with Ukrainian soldier who admits situation in Krynki in Kherson region, ex-Ukraine (map above) utter "hell". Now the frosts are coming, things will only get worse. Real situation is being hushed up, so no-one will change anything - Kiev soldier who's about to get sent to front line again to die for Washington. - Intel Report
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  9790. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - It was confirmed on September 10, 2024 that Vodyanoe, northeast of Ugledar, has been captured by Russian forces. The stronghold of Ugledar in the Donetsk region has held out for almost 2 years, but Ukrainian forces appear to be saying goodbye soon! Russian soldiers raised the flag of the Russian Federation in Vodyanoe and asserted military control over the settlement, which was liberated 3.5 kilometers wide and 1.12 kilometers deep, cutting off Ukrainian logistics towards Ugledar. Further in the background are two more mining complexes to Ugledar, the Yuzhno-Donbasskaya-1 coal mine has been taken over by Russia, number 2 still belongs to the Zelensky regime. Aviation and Tankers of the "Vostok" Group of the Russian Armed Forces, began a massive attack on Ukrainian positions at the Yuzhno-Donbasskaya-3 mine, west of Vodyanoe. This destroyed the Ukrainian positions at the top of the mine, about 30 enemy soldiers were destroyed along with their equipment. Here, the Ukrainian forces were so demoralized by the attack that about half of them were killed. The Ukrainians could not withstand the onslaught and surrendered to the Russians. The work was carried out by marines as part of armored groups on BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle, managing to capture several of their strongholds and disrupt the supply routes of the Ukrainian garrison, which was increasingly squeezed in Ugledar. Before attacking enemy positions, the marines, as a rule, distributed leaflets with offers to surrender, and instructions on how to do it. Surveillance footage showed that two Ukrainian servicemen decided to lay down their arms, amid fears of breaking supply lines in their sector of the front. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry on September 9. At least several settlements fell to the Russians in the former Ukrainian Donetsk. Like the previously fortified Avdeevka, it held out for a long time. And no doubt the collapse of the trapped Ugledar will follow! As the cities fell one by one, the Ukrainians unleashed a desperate barrage of drone strikes on Russian cities. Two Ukrainian servicemen who voluntarily surrendered near Ugledar, told at length how bad the service of their commanders in the Armed Forces of Ukraine was.
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  9838. Update on the conflict in Ukraine for Sunday November 10, 2024… The Western media is citing the recent US presidential election as a turning point for the Ukraine conflict, with Kiev facing abandonment and defeat despite both having already long-since materialized; Various proposals are being discussed regarding the freezing or ending of the conflict, proposals that were being developed independently of US elections; Meanwhile, Western reports indicate Russian military power continuing to grow while Ukrainian arms, ammunition, and trained manpower continue to dwindle as Ukraine’s loss of territory accelerates; While many see President-elect Donald Trump as seeking to undo harmful US foreign policy enacted by the previous administration, in his previous term he himself helped advance the US proxy war with Russia by both arming Ukraine and withdrawing from arms control treaties allowing the US to station more dangerous long-range weapons in Europe pointed at Russia; The incoming Trump administration, like those before it, view Ukraine, Israel, and “Taiwan” as US allies and are simply reprioritizing the flow of US resources to the latter two as Ukraine’s irreversible defeat unfolds; US political candidates incapable of openly and clearly identifying US foreign policy as aggressive, illegal, unacceptable, and at the center of the many global conflicts it has created including in Ukraine, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region, are simply selling American voters “hope” with no real intention of changing anything; - The New Atlas
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  9844. The year 2024 was a pivotal and exceptional one for Russia’s cooperation with the countries of the Middle East. The beginning of the year was marked by a significant event: four countries from the region – Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia – were included in the BRICS group, underscoring the strategic importance of their participation in global processes and opening new horizons for multilateral engagement. Soon after, these same countries participated in the historic BRICS summit, held in Russia’s Islamic capital, Kazan. This event served as a vivid confirmation of the strengthening ties between Russia and the Middle Eastern states, as well as their shared commitment to expanding mutually beneficial cooperation. The interest of the region’s countries in Russia, both in bilateral and multilateral formats, only grew stronger. The frequency of official delegations visiting the Middle East from Russia, as well as representatives from Middle Eastern countries visiting Russia, became so high that it is almost unnecessary to count them – they have become an integral part of the diplomatic and economic life of both regions. Despite the pressure from Western countries and the policy of sanctions, Middle Eastern states have continued to expand their cooperation with Russia, particularly in the areas of trade, economy, and military-political affairs. This reflects the deep trust and strategic partnership that continues to develop. One of the most significant events in economic cooperation was the 2024 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), with the Sultanate of Oman being the main guest. In addition to Oman, numerous high-profile delegations from Middle Eastern countries were represented at the forum, highlighting their interest in strengthening ties with Russia and developing new joint projects. The SPIEF served as a platform for discussing and concluding important agreements, as well as establishing new business contacts. Thus, 2025 is likely to be a year of continued success for Russia’s diplomatic strategy in the Middle East and North Africa. The strengthening of mutual ties and political maturity will serve as the foundation for ensuring regional stability and prosperity, as well as for shaping a multipolar world order. - RT
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  9848. While Russia continues to keep the door open for talks with Donald Trump, it is also focused on developing BRICS as an alternative to the US-controlled international financial system. At the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Rio de Janeiro on April 28, 2025, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized several key themes reflecting Russia’s strategic priorities within the bloc:​ 1. Advocacy for a Multipolar World Order Lavrov portrayed BRICS as a platform promoting a multipolar global system, challenging Western dominance. He criticized the United States for employing trade as a tool of coercion and for attempting to impede the emergence of new power centers. Lavrov asserted that BRICS represents “an association where the principles of equal cooperation are actually implemented,” appealing to nations seeking alternatives to Western-led institutions. ​ 2. De-dollarization and Financial Sovereignty Highlighting the shift away from the U.S. dollar, Lavrov noted that approximately 65% of Russia’s trade with BRICS countries is now conducted in national currencies. He mentioned ongoing efforts to develop alternative payment systems and platforms to reduce reliance on Western-controlled financial mechanisms like SWIFT. ​ 3. Expansion of BRICS Membership Lavrov discussed the bloc’s openness to expanding its membership, referencing the creation of a “partner country” category to include emerging economies aligned with BRICS values. He emphasized that this move is not about isolation but about building inclusive partnerships. 4. Economic Cooperation and Development Initiatives He announced plans for establishing a BRICS Development Bank aimed at financing infrastructure and sustainable development projects within member countries. Lavrov also stressed the importance of embracing digital technologies to enhance trade, services, and innovation across the bloc. ​ 5. Reform of Global Institutions Lavrov reiterated the need to reform international institutions like the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund to better reflect the current geopolitical landscape and address the needs of developing nations. He argued that such reforms are essential for creating a more just and equitable world order. ​ Overall, Lavrov’s remarks at the BRICS meeting underscored Russia’s commitment to fostering a multipolar world, enhancing financial independence from Western systems, and promoting inclusive economic development through strengthened cooperation among BRICS nations.​ - sonar21
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  9855. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Group after group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a state of low morale, began to surrender en masse, even Russian troops began to take them prisoner en masse following the collapse of the Kursk front. Videos began to go viral on the internet on March 10, 2025, showing a new wave of Ukrainian invading troops and foreign mercenaries, surrendering en masse in the last two days, realizing that the situation was becoming increasingly hopeless, and they preferred to become Russian prisoners of war rather than cannon fodder for Zelensky. The Kursk front changed at lightning speed, showing the results of the work of the Russian Armed Forces by liberating several settlements in the sector, turning into a massive defeat for Ukraine with heavy losses in human resources and equipment. Since the start of hostilities in Kursk, 66,270 soldiers have been killed, according to the Russian Defense Ministry as of March 10. Now, the Ukrainian front in the northern sector has been surrounded, which has determined the fate of more than 1,500 soldiers including foreign mercenaries! Another group of prisoners voluntarily surrendered to Russian troops from Ivashkovsky, located north of Sudzha which was liberated by the 30th Regiment. A group of 8 Ukrainian soldiers who had just arrived in Kursk, guided by a Russian reconnaissance drone, were then taken to the Russian detention zone for interrogation. The commander demanded one thing - to "survive", but to no avail. Most of the prisoners of war said that they had not communicated with their wives and children for a year, because the Kiev regime forbade and confiscated their mobile phones. Meanwhile, the infographic shows the Russian military inspecting the destroyed positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Nikolaevka and Staraya Sorochina, where about a dozen Ukrainian soldiers were found dead, as shown in a video released by the Russian military correspondent on March 10. Swastikas, runes, Nazi and pagan slogans in Ukrainians and English, all of this was found in the homes of civilians in the settlements liberated from Ukraine. Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries set up firing positions there, the Russian military reported. In addition, a captured Ukrainian prisoner thanked the Russian servicemen for "not finishing him off." He came to the front line from the prison where he spent 22 years, and began to tell everything!
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  9859. Against the background of numerous disagreements in the camp of the Western Coalition and an increase in the number of NATO countries that refuse to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Kyiv authorities received another disturbing news from the front. The situation in the Kherson direction began to change rapidly. Yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered heavy losses in this sector of the front. According to the Russian Military Department, over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 100 soldiers and 10 pieces of heavy equipment, including 'D-30' howitzers. - BORZZIKMAN Russia is ready for negotiations, but NOT any proposals for a ceasefire - Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. Lavrov adds that West has deceived Russia with such a proposal before and it will not happen again. - Intel Report Biden’s reversal on ATACMS is another visible sign of growing desperation in the Biden Administration to find some way to boost Ukraine’s faltering military. Biden is willing to risk going to war with Russia in order to quiet Congressional critics that he is not doing enough to help Ukraine stave off the Russians. This is both stupid and dangerous. With these moves the Biden Administration is sending a stark message to Russia — we are going to ensure Ukraine can stay in the war and are willing to risk going to war with you. Sending ATACMS is a game changer, but it does not boost Ukraine’s chances of beating the Russians. It is a “game changer” because it increases the risk that Russia may feel compelled to start hitting NATO targets that, up till now, it has left alone. A very perilous time. - Sonar21 NATO claims it can raise army of 3.5 million even as it struggles to arm and supply the Ukrainian military amid Washington's proxy war there against Russia; - The New Atlas Kiev suffering heavy armor losses on Zaporozhye front – WaPo Russia’s defense has knocked out multiple German Marder and US Stryker infantry fighting vehicles, a Ukrainian commander told the newspaper - RT Onlookers stand in shock in front of a car with blown out windows as 1 killed and doctors trying to save the live of 13yr old girl after Mad Vlad Zelensky's latest war crime targets Tokmak, Zapaorozhye region. 2 other kids also among the 11 wounded after Kiev Regime strike, with doctors warning that the little girls condition is serious as they battle to treat her grievous wounds. - Intel Report "WUNDERWAFFE" gets wondrously wiped out by single Russian anti-tank guided missile as US-supplied Bradley infantry fighting vehicle becomes all toasty inside, ready to be added to ever-growing scrap pile just like Ukrainian Mi-8 chopper shot down over Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine). 4 Kiev army attacks utterly demolished in DPR with Ukrainian forces taking up to 305 casualties in process, while Russian strikes blow up 35 Kiev troops in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 23 If West wants battlefield resolution to Ukraine conflict, so be it – Lavrov Russia’s Foreign Minister said Moscow welcomes negotiations about Ukraine but has ruled out a ceasefire - RT COLD DEAD EYES have nothing behind them but desire for death as US senator and full-time warmonger Lindsey Graham explains that all he wants is dead Russians and he couldn’t care less how many Ukrainians die in process. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians dead and untold misery unleashed by Kiev in Donbass, but for Washington it’s just a "good investment" that no American soldier has been killed according to Graham. Real-life American psycho - Intel Report More and more, the military warehouse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Shlyakhovo on the right bank of the Dnieper River was severely burned by attacks from the Russian Aerospace Forces. Warehouses on Kherson front line near Nova Kakhovka contact line burned down in repeated explosions, where spares and equipment were stored, as well as storing fuel and lubricants. - Military Tube Today
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  9873. The year 2024 was a pivotal and exceptional one for Russia’s cooperation with the countries of the Middle East. The beginning of the year was marked by a significant event: four countries from the region – Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia – were included in the BRICS group, underscoring the strategic importance of their participation in global processes and opening new horizons for multilateral engagement. Soon after, these same countries participated in the historic BRICS summit, held in Russia’s Islamic capital, Kazan. This event served as a vivid confirmation of the strengthening ties between Russia and the Middle Eastern states, as well as their shared commitment to expanding mutually beneficial cooperation. The interest of the region’s countries in Russia, both in bilateral and multilateral formats, only grew stronger. The frequency of official delegations visiting the Middle East from Russia, as well as representatives from Middle Eastern countries visiting Russia, became so high that it is almost unnecessary to count them – they have become an integral part of the diplomatic and economic life of both regions. Despite the pressure from Western countries and the policy of sanctions, Middle Eastern states have continued to expand their cooperation with Russia, particularly in the areas of trade, economy, and military-political affairs. This reflects the deep trust and strategic partnership that continues to develop. One of the most significant events in economic cooperation was the 2024 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), with the Sultanate of Oman being the main guest. In addition to Oman, numerous high-profile delegations from Middle Eastern countries were represented at the forum, highlighting their interest in strengthening ties with Russia and developing new joint projects. The SPIEF served as a platform for discussing and concluding important agreements, as well as establishing new business contacts. Thus, 2025 is likely to be a year of continued success for Russia’s diplomatic strategy in the Middle East and North Africa. The strengthening of mutual ties and political maturity will serve as the foundation for ensuring regional stability and prosperity, as well as for shaping a multipolar world order. - RT
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  9874. CATASTROPHIC DESTRUCTION AS UKRAINIAN ATTACK DESTROYS HUGE CHUNK OF BUILDING leaving civilians terrorized as apocalyptic ash covers entire neighborhood in pre-war Russia's Belgorod, Zelensky's favorite target to murder children. - Intel Republic MOMENT OF CRIMINAL IMPACT shown in top video as massive Ukrainian strike destroys civilian building in pre-war Russia's Belgorod. Woman and child murdered, at least 28 injured, with numbers feared to rise as emergency crews still clearing rubble, saving lives of 12 people, including two children so far. Beautiful show of the Russian spirit as ordinary citizens defy Zelensky's terror and gather to help rescuers, towing wrecked cars with their own hands and offering unconditional help under extremely dangerous circumstances. - Intel Republic UKRAINE-MADE TRAGEDY - civilians run and scream in horror after apartment's roof collapses right on heads of brave emergency workers saving civilians of Ukrainian war crime which destroyed high-rise in pre-war Russia's Belgorod. Rescuers safe according to first reports - 16 apartments collapsed following vicious assault, dozens of people killed and injured - official death toll not released yet. Another bloody link in chain of Kiev's regime's crimes, Western sponsors are behind Zelensky’s criminal attack - Russian FM Spokeswoman Zakharova. - Intel Republic SURVIVORS FOUND UNDER RUBBLE OF BELGOROD BUILDING AFTER KIEV TERROR STRIKE: Rescuers rush to remove debris after finding old man and woman pinned under remains of homes, working to pull out victims (top vid) as entire city rushes to aid wounded by setting up temporary lodging for survivors. Elderly lady praises emergency workers for their incredible speed, pulling her out from rubble even as heroic rescuers forced to rush for shelters as Kiev army threatens renewed strikes on area. Kiev regime carries out atrocious war crime on pre-war Russian city with NATO-supplied RM-70 Vampire rockets and ballistic missiles, as 2 kids among at least 19 wounded in attack. - Intel Republic
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  9881. Ukraine doesn't want peace - Moscow Ukraine continues to attack Russian civilian infrastructure, proving that Kiev does not actually want peace, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. Last week, following a phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, Moscow and Kiev agreed to a partial ceasefire and pledged to suspend strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure for 30 days. However, the Russian Defense Ministry has since reported multiple Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian energy facilities such as oil and gas pipelines. The latest attack reportedly took place at 2 a.m. on Monday on the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station in Russia’s Krasnodar Region. The station is operated by the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which works with US energy giants such as Mobil and Chevron. Russian air defense systems intercepted a Ukrainian attack UAV some 7km from the facility, with fragments falling in the area of a railway station, according to the Defense Ministry. In an update on Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Ukraine had also launched drone strikes on the Glebovskoye gas condensate field in Crimea on March 23 and on a gas distribution center in Belgorod Region on March 22. Commenting on the recent attacks, Zakharova claimed it is typical of Kiev’s behavior, particularly ahead of international events such as this week's Russia-US talks in Saudi Arabia. ”Every time it's the same story. Before any contacts, including during visits to Moscow by foreign delegations, the Kiev regime commits terrorist acts, attacks on civilian infrastructure, on civilian objects, extremist acts, and so on... They don't need peace. They have stated this repeatedly,” Zakharova told reporters. - RT
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  9905. The Axis of Evil is in McConnell's Mirror. McConnell is a criminally insane warmonger on the payroll of the MIC. As long as the money flows, lives mean nothing to this trash to the extreme of encouraging WWIII! Top Republican lawmaker backs Biden’s Ukraine aid plan Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has argued that US support for Kiev and Israel is “interconnected” - RT Ukes now losing battalions in their folly against the Russians who are wiping their forces out as Reported by the Military Summary Channel today! UKRAINE'S GOVERNMENT AND OVERLORDS CIA KILLED DARIA DUGINA - first-time admission from Zelensky's PR managers at Washington Post, revealing Kiev's terrorist SBU, under guidance of CIA, devised a plan where a mother and her 12-year-old daughter smuggled bomb that killed the Russian intellectual inside a hidden compartment in cat cage, stuffed in their cluttered car. CIA and SBU officials also embarrass Zelensky (like meme above), admitting being behind attacks on Crimean bridge, drone attack attempts on Kremlin, and strikes on Russian Black Sea Fleet ships, all under guidance directions of Uncle Sam, also providing Kiev with spying equipment, while a new intelligence unit is added to work with Britain’s MI6 spy agency. "Since 2015, CIA spent $10s of millions to transform Ukraine’s Soviet-formed services into potent allies against Moscow" - officials reveal. Washington Post whitewashing terrorism by calling it "shadow war" . Throwing Mad Vlad under the bus? - Intel Report The Russians Double Down with attacks all along the Front, Ukraine Is Finished! A group of former Ukrainian military from Luhansk decided to join the Russian Armed Forces. They decided to fight on the Russian side, now trained at training grounds, adopting the skills of experienced stormtroopers. The fighters began to wake up and fight against the Zelensky regime under the US and NATO, which was building up the Ukrainian military to carry out attacks on Russia. - Military Tube Today Criminally Insane Demented Biden, a certified serial sociopathic liar who has no problem with starting WWIII for his profit and that of his diabolic allies, needs, along with his enablers, to be arrested, tried, and convicted with the commensurate penalty for their crimes against humanity in NO uncertain terms! Kremlin responds to Biden’s ‘new world order’ pledge - RT HORROR, CONFUSION, HUMANS TORN TO SHREDS in apocalyptic video above after Israeli airstrikes turn Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza Strip into rubble of destruction, atmosphere turning grey with suffocating ash. Horror grips sick elderly women and children, wailing at devastation and terror, bodies of loved ones dragged away on make-shift stretchers. Over 5,000 Palestinians KILLED, including 2,000 CHILDREN, since start of war 17 days ago - still no mention of Israeli war crimes in Western mainstream media. US transport plane carrying military equipment touches down at Israel's Ramon Airport to aid Tel Aviv in committing more massacres. - Intel Report "WHERE ARE YOU, MY SISTER?" Palestinian doctor, in scrubs and white coat BREAKS DOWN at sight of sister massacred, desperately shuffling through sheets to get to her remains wrapped in white sheet amidst ROWS of bodies lain outside of building in Gaza, her body placed next to trail of blood that hasn't yet even run dry. - Intel Report Russian Armies can't be stopped! The Russians Reached The Assault Line In The Kupiansk Direction. Military Summary For 2023.10.23 Ukes now losing battalions in their folly against the Russians who are wiping their forces out! Encirclement Of Siversk | Avdiivka Northern Flank Collapse. Military Summary 2023.10.23 MORE WAR CRIMES EVIDENCE caught by street camera in above footage shows residents, going about their day only to be suddenly engulfed by impact of massive Israeli airstrike on Gaza Strip's Deir al-Balah City, entire neighborhood DISAPPEARING under thick cover of smoke and destruction. Civilians can clearly be seen holding groceries, NOT rockets, with kid in left bottom corner most likely dying while playing for last time, as blast's enormous force KILLS entire family, with more feared dead as footage shows multiple civilians blown away and wiped out in an instant. - Intel Report Putin's statement that Russian Mig-31 interceptor fighters armed with hypersonic 'KINZHAL' missiles began patrolling the Black Sea caused a wave of indignation and discontent in the West. In fact, by these actions, Moscow made it clear that NATO should stay away from the Black Sea. The fact is that Putin understands perfectly well that Russia's victory in the current conflict will be perceived by the NATO leadership as a real humiliation of the entire Western military system and unity. - BORZZIKMAN Indonesian Hospital in Gaza in COMPLETE BLACKOUT, with doctors and staff navigating with only phone lights. They are forced to operate in the dark as enclave incessantly bombed and deprived of fuel. Lack of fuel and electricity in Gaza's hospitals expected to have deadly results and turn hospitals into mass morgues. - Intel Report
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  9907. The US has conducted numerous wars since the end of what is euphemistically called the post war era: Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen… and now Palestine and Ukraine. The unspoken objective is not to “win the war” but to engineer the destruction of entire countries, create political and social chaos, with a view to ultimately “picking up the pieces” and taking control of the national economies of sovereign nation states. This hegemonic agenda is also conducted through “regime change”, “color revolutions” and the concurrent demise and criminalization of the state apparatus coupled with “strong economic medicine” and the imposition of a soaring dollar denominated debt. The NeoCon agenda which is embedded in America’s military and intelligence agenda is to “Destroy Countries”. It is a profit-driven agenda: “Destruction” leads to “Reconstruction”. What is at stake is the engineered economic and social destruction of sovereign nation states. The creditors are there to “pick up the pieces” and “appropriate real wealth”. The Kiev Neo-Nazi regime is a Partner in this Endeavour. War is Good for Business. The greater the destruction, the greater the stranglehold on Ukraine by “private investors”: The Privatization of Ukraine was launched in November 2022 in liaison with BlackRock’s consulting company McKinsey, a public relations firm which has largely been responsible for co-opting corrupt politicians and officials Worldwide not to mention scientists and intellectuals on behalf of powerful financial interests. In late December 2022, president Zelensky and BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink agreed on an investment strategy. The Focus of the London Conference (June 23-24, 2023) was on Recovery and Reconstruction. It was preceded by a reception hosted by H.M. King Charles V. - LewRockwell
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  9912. So, it makes sense that Putin wanted to give us a history lesson because he assumes, rightly, that most Americans do not have any clue about Russia’s history. He didn’t do this to bore us, he did this to inform us and set us at ease. To tell us that he is a man with a perspective that he believes he can justify. He’s not a frothing-at-the-mouth cannibal who desires world domination. No, Putin’s aim was to elucidate, calmly, the nature of the conflict, laying out the missteps made along the way. And I believe he was effective to those that stayed with him. Because, never once did Putin talk down to his audience. How many Americans learned that Putin asked Bill Clinton for Russia to become part of NATO, thus ending NATO’s raison d’etre? Or that Bush the Lesser unilaterally abrogated the ABM Treaty? Or that the Minsk Agreements were our last hope for a settlement of the differences between the Donbass and Kiev, and that Putin was the one pushing to make them work? There are at least a half-dozen other things people learned in this interview, if they had ears to listen, And given that this conflict is hurtling towards a war that only very select gatekeepers and power-brokers want, that should have been enough to sharpen everyone’s focus to give Putin an honest hearing. What does matter is that is how Putin views this conflict. And we have to deal with it. Period. What also matters is that those who stand behind Putin are even less patient and circumspect than he is. What Putin said, quite clearly, is that this ball is in our court. We can either sit down and have an honest discussion of a negotiated future or we will be at war. If that is what we in the West want, it is what we will get. Putin has put his sons on the line in eastern Ukraine. Are we? You can dig in on being right or we can have peace. But, we cannot have both. The Victoria Nulands and the Ursula Von Der Leyens of this world represent people who refuse to accept that Russia and/or China are not systems, but rather civilizations. They aren’t the current bogeyman ‘ism du jour, like Communism or authoritarianism, they are a people, a culture, an ethnos. The ‘ism is just the thing they’ve adopted now to help them preserve those things inherently Russian or Chinese. Our leaders are this way because they don’t believe in those things for us no less anyone else. And they spend all their time trying to convince us that that is what divides us. But it isn’t. It’s simply their greed, their emptiness. That’s where we are today. The Russians are done with our leadership. We use diplomacy as a basis for betrayal, not as the foundation of a future. They see us as a failing empire, a failing civilization on the long historical time line, because we have embraced cynicism and allowed the rapacious and the perverse to run our world. Putin came to the interview with his argument. He laid it out carefully for us, the people of the West, to review. Carlson tried to call him out for not talking to President Biden and open negotiations and Putin rightly set him straight. Who can he call up and talk to? Who has the political or even moral authority to negotiate? Is there anyone on our side even willing to negotiate? He made it clear that he’s open to someone calling him up. He continues to hold out hope because, as he said, “Stop supplying weapons, and this war will be over in weeks.” Because this war is in our hands now. That’s who Putin was speaking to through Tucker Carlson. The architects of this war have led us to a perilous moment. Putin doesn’t have to invade Poland or Germany to defeat the West. All he and Russia have to do is survive our collective rage. Our leaders are bankrupting us, as he pointed out, trying to defeat Russia. If you want peace, deal with the facts of this war by acknowledging the feelings of the people on the other side of it while truly examining your own. Either way, history will not judge any of us kindly. - LewRockwell
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  9921. Freeze, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. No way will Russia allow another Minsk Farce. Too many lives have been lost, especially the innocents in the Donbass! Little hope when your leaders are possessed Warmongers who believe that a war with Russia can be won which is the definition of criminal insanity! As I watch the combat reports, the one thing that continuously stands out is the seminal truth that when your enemy is making mistakes, don't interrupt but rather take immediate advantage. This is what the Russians have been doing in this war of attrition that they are winning, and with their resources, will win in the end. Resistance is Futile when you're up against the complete force of the overwhelming Russian War Machine as their enemies have discovered throughout history! Russia is at war with NATO now, having no problem demilitarizing NATO! The power of the Russian Armed Forces is proven in combat which should scare the hell out of NATO. Never Stop Being Shocked by the Depravity of the Empire I spend all day every day staring into the ugliest parts of the imperial machine, but I refuse to let it desensitize me. These monsters have taken so very, very much from the world, and I refuse to let them take that too. I refuse to let them rob me of my humanity like that. I see it as a sacred duty to keep a flame lit in myself which knows what a healthy world looks like, which knows what sanity looks like, which knows how things ought to be, and which naturally finds it jarring when the sickness of this civilization reveals itself. I refuse to accept this as normal. I refuse to let the abuses of the empire turn me into a callused, jaded husk of a human who can only respond to each new monstrosity with a deep world-weary sigh. I make sure it still brings up a white hot rage in me. I make sure it still brings white hot tears to my eyes. You can’t let them take that from you. You can’t let them harden your heart and darken your eyes. We’ve got to keep the flame burning for a sane and healthy world, if not for ourselves then for our children, and for future generations who we will never meet. If they haven’t yet snuffed out your flame today, that’s one more small win for humanity. That’s one more tiny step toward health.- LewRockwell Russian troops from PMC Wagner Group and volunteers from various regions and states appeared again in the Avdeevka battle. Ukrainian troops are practically under operational siege, causing panic in their positions due to a lack of weapons such as artillery and drones. - Military Tube Today
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  9929. It clears up a lot of confusion when you understand that the US empire is not a national government which happens to run nonstop military operations, it’s a nonstop military operation that happens to run a national government. The wars are not designed to serve the interests of the United States, the United States is designed to serve the interests of the wars. The US as a country is just a source of funding, personnel, resources and diplomatic cover for a nonstop campaign to dominate the planet with mass military violence and the threat thereof. This campaign is not waged to benefit the American people or their security, but to benefit the loose international alliance of plutocrats and unelected empire managers whose wealth and power are premised on the world order of continuous violence, exploitation and extraction which the campaign of global domination upholds. This campaign of global domination and its manifestations as a whole may be referred to as the US empire, which has very little in common with the US as an individual nation. And the behavior of the empire absolutely is an emergency. The escalations against Russia and China that these freaks are pushing have the world on a trajectory that’s going to get us all killed, and the horrors they are inflicting in Gaza and elsewhere are creating a nightmare on earth right here and now. The empire is only getting crazier and more violent as its planetary domination becomes more challenged, and until people can see it for what it really is, it’s going to be very hard to build up the necessary public opposition against it to use the power of our numbers to force them to stop. - LewRockwell
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  9932. [Establishment Alarmism in overdrive as Warmonger General Raytheon Austin in Panic Mode threatening Congress with war!] I wanted to do this quick nightly update as there are a few developments that couldn’t wait. Most astonishing of all, is the panicked tenor with which the U.S. establishment is now desperately trying to convince Congress of the need for Ukrainian aid. Now a new raft of reports and statements from the usual suspects gives us insight into how desperate the establishment warhawks representing MIC interests have really become. They’re dialing up the fearporn to a hysteric level like never before: But most startling of all, is a new report, which Tucker Carlson says is “confirmed” by his private sources, that Lloyd Austin has resorted to outright threatening the Republican House holdouts, telling them “We’ll send your kids to fight Russia” if they don’t break their deadlock over the Ukrainian aid: Lloyd Austin, Biden, and co., have dialed up the fearporn precisely because they see the above projection and know what it entails. So they’ve resorted to trying to scare the pants off the GOP congressmen to ram through that aid, but it seems the cheap tactic didn’t work. That’s not to mention the fact that Russia is now advancing on every single front, with breakthroughs everywhere. But recall that all this hardship for Ukraine comes amidst a crash in their exports as multiple countries are now blocking Ukrainian truck transports, with the maritime economy already long suppressed. So it sounds like the Ukrainian aid may be completely dead for the rest of this year. Congress will soon go on Christmas recess. After that, the prospects are dim for a long time. The Ukrainian economy is already hanging by a thread. While the despair grows on their side of the aisle, Russia and Putin continue to enjoy a resurgence all over the globe, as Putin has completed a jet-setting tour that saw him touch down in the newly-fashioned BRICS territory of Abu Dhabi, UAE, and the soon-to-be BRICS affiliated Riyadh, KSA: Russian forces captured a Leopard 2A4 on the Rabotino front. You can see the full geolocation, the Russian FPV drone hits on the tank, and subsequent inspection of it. Interestingly the soldiers indicate some of the crew died, shattering the myth of “invincible” NATO armor that always protects its crew even when disabled by strong hits: A beautiful shot confirming that Russian Su-34s now regularly drop 4 UMPK glide-bombs at a time: - Simplicius
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  9944. Ukraine ran out of Bezlyudovsky cemetery in Kharkiv as a result of the summer counteroffensive, many soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine killed. While in Lviv cemetery in western Ukraine, old graves are being dug up and graves prepared in their place, in Kiev and the surrounding region it is even more difficult, with the deaths of between 30,000 and 70,000 soldiers since the Russian Armed Forces' military operation in February 2022. - Military Tube Today The world is at the crossroads of the most serious crisis in modern history. The US has embarked on a military adventure, “a long war”, which threatens the future of humanity. This “war without borders” is being carried out at the crossroads of the most serious economic crisis in World history, which has been conducive to the impoverishment of large sectors of the World population. The Pentagon’s global military design is one of world conquest. The military deployment of US-NATO forces is occurring in several regions of the world simultaneously. The concept of the “Long War” has characterized US military doctrine since the end of World War II. - Global Research WESTERN JUSTICE DEMONSTRATED THEIR BIAS says Lavrov (above video) as he slams hypocritical West as France issues arrest warrant for Syrian President Assad for 2013 false flag chemical weapons use against civilians - which the Russian FM rightly identifies as act of West and Turkey backed Jabhat al-Nusra terror group in Idlib, Northern Syria. - Intel Report Crime is completely and utterly out of control in this nation. During the first six months of this year, retail theft was up 109 percent in the city of Los Angeles. In response to this tsunami of theft, retailers are starting to lock up products all over the nation. But if we don’t start locking up the criminals, we are literally going to have to lock up everything. Unfortunately, right now we cannot lock up all of the criminals, because the number of criminals far exceeds the number of empty spots in our prisons. Even though we have more people locked up than any other nation on the entire planet, our streets are still absolutely teeming with predators. This is what an advanced stage of social decay looks like, and it isn’t pretty. - LewRockwell
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  9947. [A newly deployed Russian Lancet drone was seen making a direct hit on the cockpit of a grounded Ukrainian Su-25 fighter jet, according to footage shared by war correspondent Andrey Rudenko. The journalist published a brief video of the strike on his Telegram channel on Tuesday, noting the attack took place at the Dolgintsevo airfield near the city of Krivoy Rog. Filmed from a bird’s-eye view by another surveillance drone, the footage shows a loitering munition descending upon a Ukrainian war plane parked at the base, appearing to hit the jet dead-center. “These images are notable for the fact that the Ukrainian fighter was destroyed by a new loitering ammunition with a range of up to 120 kilometers,” Rudenko added. - RT] Get the Warmongering US out of everything! [Get the US out of the Middle East. It is already clear, however, that the invasion will be used to push the US regime toward more military spending, more war, and more global interventionism. The war party will use the same playbook that we saw for Ukraine: “look at the horrible atrocities committed by these barbarians. Surely, we must go to war to defeat this evil—regardless of whether it has anything to do with defending our own country.” It’s a grift Washington has been using for more than a century even though “humanitarian” wars are a myth. ] - LewRockwell TIME FOR A CRUSADE: US hawk Lindsey Graham declares that Israeli war is "religious war" and demands that Gaza be "levelled" in hate-laden rant proudly posted on Twitter. Warmonger Graham's logic be like: Israel must "defend itself" by blowing up kids in Gaza Strip... - Intel Report "LEAVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN ALONE" states Putin as he warns that civilians mustn’t be targeted if "men decide to fight amongst themselves". Putin warns that any expansion of conflict could lead to "dire consequences" for globe. Russian leader makes it clear that Moscow stands in favor of sovereign Palestinian state. - Intel Report In Gaza Strip which is under total blockade, Gaza is literally experiencing 'genocide' and 'ethnic cleansing' of Palestinians by Israeli occupation. Zionist regime shamelessly shows the pure character of politicians actions, giving military instructions for a full-scale attack and ensuring that what was in Gaza no longer exists. Heavy bombing, as well as banned white phosphorus, indiscriminately destroyed buildings, and killing civilian increased drastically in the rubble. - Military Tube Today WHAT’S AMERICA PLANNING by sending aircraft carriers to support Israel? Putin wonders if Washington wants to BOMB Lebanon as he warns that America's actions only "escalate situation. Biden's begged anyone thinking of "taking advantage" of Israel-Hamas situation NOT to do so in speech staunchly supporting Israel - is Washington afraid that Hezbollah could get involved, and Tel Aviv won't be able to handle war on 2 fronts? - Intel Report INSIDER REPORTS that Israel in talks with Egypt to allow US citizens and up to 2,000 Palestinians per day to leave Gaza Strip as it’s devastated by Israeli strikes. Remember when Israel BOMBED only checkpoint between Gaza and Egypt? Well now they claim they wanna get people out through it before potential "land invasion" by Israeli forces. Latest death toll stands at over 1,100 Palestinians KILLED since Saturday. - Intel Report
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  9960. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - New Ukrainian losses detected after the defeat of several T-64 tanks deployed to the battlefield to stop the Russian breakthrough in Nevskoye, which had been liberated a few days ago in Lugansk region. The Russian Defense Ministry released video evidence on the evening of September 24, 2024, showing that at that time, a Russian UAV spotted and monitored the separate movement of several Ukrainian T-64 tanks from Novolyubovka neighboring Nevskoye, trying to recapture the village but suffered losses. At that time, the reconnaissance drone operator called in the support of attack drones and artillery. First, the Lancet roaming ammunition of the 144th Division did its job, and smoked it out. The Zapad Group of Forces of the Military Group “West”, on 24-hour alert in their task area, continuously suppressed firing points, destroyed weapons, and inflicted damage from ammunition fire on Ukrainian troops. In a separate location not so far away in Novolyubovka, another T-64 tank advanced, the Ukrainians believed they could fire on Russian positions. Although the enemy tank was in a firing position for only a few minutes, turned around and started to flee, the Russian artillery shells managed to catch up with it, and hit it right in the head of the tank's turret. In addition, one T-64BV tank with anti-drone protection was destroyed with two hits, as shown in the video frames released by the closed channel. The tank was still trying to escape after being hit by artillery, but then stopped, at least this gave the surviving crew a chance to save their lives. The Lancet drone then dived quickly towards the tank, causing a huge explosion, and the equipment slowly burned out completely.
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  9964. When Empires Whisper: Clinton’s Forgotten Promise to Yeltsin Back in July (5th) 1994, Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s embattled president, asked his American counterpart, Bill Clinton, for a favor: intercede for the rights of Russian-speaking minorities in the Baltic states. Yeltsin’s plea was simple yet urgent, protect the millions of ethnic Russians stranded in newly independent Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania after the Soviet collapse. Clinton, in a polished display of Cold War-era politicking, promised to "address" the issue. But promises, as history has shown, are cheap in the West’s rules-based order. Fast forward nearly three decades, and we see the real fruits of that broken promise. The Russian-speaking populations in the Baltics have been systematically marginalized… stripped of citizenship, voting rights, and even the ability to use their language in public spheres. NATO expansion swept over the region like a bulldozer, erasing Clinton’s assurances as mere footnotes in a broader campaign to encircle Russia. In the context of the SMO, the Baltic precedent underscores Russia’s legitimate concerns about the rights of her people and the creeping militarization of its borders. This wasn’t just about the Baltics, it was the opening act in a Western playbook designed to encroach on Moscow’s sphere of influence, from Ukraine to Georgia and beyond. The current conflict isn’t a "surprise"; it’s the culmination of decades of broken promises and deliberate provocations. The West claims to champion human rights, yet turned a blind eye to ethnic cleansing-by-bureaucracy in the Baltics. Clinton’s empty assurances to Yeltsin reveal the true nature of the so-called rules-based order: rules for some, chaos for others. NATO didn’t stop at the Baltics; it aimed straight for Ukraine, igniting the proxy war we see today. But the SMO has flipped the script. Russia isn’t just addressing NATO’s provocations, it’s dismantling the empire’s entire façade of credibility. The plight of Russian-speaking minorities in the Baltics reminds the world of what’s at stake: the battle for sovereignty against a decaying unipolar system. The West’s lies, from Yeltsin’s era to today, are collapsing under the weight of their hypocrisy. The SMO is much more than a mere military campaign, it’s a historical reckoning. Russia is standing up for its people, its borders, and the very principle of national dignity that the West claims to defend but systematically destroys. Clinton promised Yeltsin action. Instead, he delivered NATO troops, anti-Russian rhetoric, and policies designed to erase Russian identity. The West has made its choice. Now, the multipolar world is making its move. - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  9965. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Summary on February 19, 2025 in Kursk region, Russian forces systematically pushed out Ukrainian troops and recaptured the village of Sverdlikovo destroying them with fire from all types of weapons during its liberation. Advancing southeast along the state border, the Russian Armed Forces of the 51st Airborne Parachute Regiment and the 56th Airborne Assault Regiment captured part of the Sudzha-Rylsk highway during the liberation of Sverdlikovo even crossed the border with Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The military department has published footage of the liberation of the village in Sudzha district by Russian assault units, eliminating Ukrainian troops from their previously prepared positions, trying to defend Sverdlikovo but to no avail! During the assault, the days of the miserable troops of Ukraine, where the adventure that began in August 2024 in the region for the Kiev group, were already numbered. Russian paratroopers from two regiments met strong enemy resistance, conducted reconnaissance and search operations, moved from one shelter to another, eliminating them from their positions. Due to the fire support of aviation, artillery and drones, it surprised the Kiev troops who were in shelters and basements, houses, to continue to defend the village, understanding the importance of Sverdlikovo in the defense of Sudzha, but failed. Ukraine gathered reserves, some of which were destroyed by artillery and drones, some were captured. As a result of the attack, the 56th Regiment units captured the western part of the village, and the 51st Guards Parachute Regiment captured the eastern part. So far, it is reported that part of the Kiev troops withdrew from the village and launched 177 drone strikes in response, which were repelled by Russian forces. After the liberation of Sverdlikovo, which was officially announced on February 17 by the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian troops are now cleaning and collecting the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers who refused to surrender from the village, as shown in the infographic video released by Russian military. Officially reported on February 19, Ukraine lost more than 62,040 soldiers in Kursk. The diplomatic storm of the last few days has somewhat overshadowed military events, particularly in Kursk, where Russian forces have recaptured Sverdlikovo, and appear to be preparing a major assault on Sudzha.
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  9971. 4 high-speed military boats with up to 50 personnel of Ukrainian special forces deleted in Black Sea - Intel Report Ukrainian terror drones attempt to hit TV tower in Bryansk, pre-war Russia (see map), fail after they're disabled by air defenses. - Intel Report Ukraine's attempts to attack Russian territories with drones are dead end in which Ukrainian authorities are - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova (pictured). Agony of Kyiv regime, stupid hatred, anger and absence of any prospects in their own development led to this terrorist activity - Zakharova. - Intel Report Without Western satellites, Ukrainian drones hitting Russian territory would not be able to overcome such distances - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova on recent drone attacks. Spokeswoman adds attacks once again confirm terrorist nature of Kiev regime. - Intel Report Special Military Operation in Ukraine is decisive response to NATO aggression against our country - Russian Intelligence Chief Naryshkin (see vid). Looking back at more than half a century of the history of NATO, it becomes obvious that the appetites of an aggressor who believes in its impunity can only grow. And in such cases, as history shows, only timely firmness can help - Naryshkin. - Intel Report Ukrainian high-speed boat, East of Snake Island in Black Sea, destroyed by Su-30 jet - Russian Defense Ministry. Aaand just like that Ukrainian Navy adds another submarine to its glorious naval fleet... - Intel Report MARATHON TIME! Run with these Ukrainian soldiers as they try to reach the finish line but are finished by Russian drone with Kiev losing 85 soldiers in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine) along with 3 M777 artillery systems, 3 M119 howitzers. Russian forces hit Ukrainian control and intelligence posts as they inflict 380 casualties on enemy, repel 5 attacks in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 29
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  9973. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Urgent analysis on November 6, 2024, Russian Armed Forces are advancing and advancing on the Kurakhovo direction, moving very quickly towards the town from the south near Trudove, with additional reports that Stepanivka has been liberated up to 2 km along the northern shore of Kurakhovo Reservoir. Russian soldiers installed the battle flag of their unit on a residential building, confirming full control over the settlement. Between Kurakhovo and Trudove, there are several another settlements where Ukrainian troops who claimed to have stood firm there are now starting to fall into a new cauldron! Ukrainian troops would most likely have avoided this difficult situation if they had carried out a large-scale withdrawal. It seems that Russian troops are continuing to deploy their offensive capabilities to form a depression in the direction of Donetsk, breaking through Ukrainian defenses near Trudove. The BMP squad of the 57th Motorized Rifle Brigade with armored forces maneuvered, landing in an area between the west of the settlement and 3.5 km south of Kostiantynopolske. Here, the fighting takes place in the forest belt where the assault units take and consolidate in the tree line, capturing several positions. The Russian forces are again outmaneuvering and cutting off supplies to the Ukrainian units in a worsening operational crisis, with less than 4 kilometers left to reach the Kostiantynopolske point with the advance very fast and getting tighter every day. At the same time, Zelensky's defenders from the 79th Brigade, who claim to have held out for more than two years in Kurakhovo, appear to be short of equipment to stop the Russians, and are seeking donations. They are in need of Mavic 3T drones with thermal cameras, a vital support to help them get spies at night, and to bolster their defenses, which are under threat in the Kurakhovo circle.
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  9980. These few examples can be replicated ad nauseum. Such poisonous nonsense characterizes what passes for learning and scholarship in our colleges and schools; it undergirds and informs our journalism and media; it drenches our entertainment with its infectious dross; it disintegrates and perverts our artistic and musical heritage. It is engaged in total war against the two millennia inheritance of our Christian civilization, which it seeks to destroy. Have we not descended into sheer madness, collective insanity on a massive cultural and social scale? Indeed, are we not experiencing a foretaste of Hell itself, of the Nether Regions where proud souls possessed by sheer evil and brazen malfeasance are eventually rewarded by their own incredibly excruciatingly painful self-immolation? The common denominator which characterizes those visions, whether from the pen of Dante Alighieri, John Milton, or other writers, not to mention the strictures from the Bible, is this: without Hope in something greater than ourselves, something beyond the mere material, something indeed spiritual, we are lost. And all the puffed-up scholarly texts about “gender identity” and “critical studies”—all the foul and ugly detritus which passes for modern culture and entertainment—lead only to individuals T. S. Eliot calls “hollow men,” dead souls, with no past to guide them, no future to welcome them, isolated, alone, and empty. In another Dostoevsky novel, The Brothers Karamazov, his worldly and secular character Ivan makes a statement often expressed as: “If God does not exist, everything is permitted.” By novel’s end he realizes that God does—must—exist, and therefore there must be—and are—rules and law, both divine and human, that must be observed for there to be any kind of human society. Indeed, without them there can be no genuine liberty, no justice, no true happiness. Good and evil stand in eternal conflict; one must triumph and one must be extinguished. Dostoevsky fully understood that, and so must we. - LewRockwell
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  9982. Unlike many Western politicians, Russian diplomats say what they mean. They are not ones to make idle, empty threats. Joe Biden and the NATO lackeys better pay attention to recent statements by two of Russia’s leading diplomats. Sergei Ryabkov, pictured above, is Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister. I have had the privilege of meeting him. He is a classy gentleman who chooses his words carefully. Hence the cause for my concern in light of his comment this week in response to Joe Biden’s decision last week to approve the use of U.S.-supplied weapons to hit targets inside Russia. Ryabkov said: “I would like to warn American leaders against miscalculations that could have fatal consequences. For unknown reasons, they underestimate the seriousness of the rebuff they may receive, . . . “I urge these figures (in the U.S.) … to spend some of their time, which they apparently spend on some kind of video games, judging by the lightness of their approach, on studying what was said in detail by Putin,” Ryabkov said. Putin had delivered “a very significant warning and it must be taken with the utmost seriousness”, he added. Putin said the West would be directly involved in any use of its weapons by Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia, because such attacks would require its satellite, intelligence and military help. Ryabkov is not known as a bullshitter or one to make idle threats. He is polite, but firm and unambiguous. He is not sending some secret, coded message. He is putting the United States on notice. And it is important to note that Foreign Minister Lavrov issued a similar stern warning: The Biden Administration is pushing America to the brink of a nuclear conflagration. In the same way we would not accept Russia deploying nuclear capable weapon systems in Cuba or Mexico, Russia is applying the same standard to itself. - Sonar21
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  9992. First, let me put in writing what I said in an interview on Iranian Press TV and in my conversation with Nima — Turkey’s President Erdogan is a despicable human hot air balloon when it comes to doing something about stopping Israel’s reign of terror. All he has to do is cut off the flow of oil to Israel that passes through Turkey’s hands. Of course, that would mean he would have to give up on getting a taste of the profits each month. Eliminating Israel’s access to that oil would compel the Zionist forces to curtail their attacks on Palestinians. No oil, no gas for tanks. Israel’s assassination of Hamas politburo chief, Haniyeh, in Tehran on Wednesday morning crossed a redline for Iran and Hezbollah that is likely to lead to a dramatic escalation in the war currently raging in Palestinian territory. Despite US denials, this attack was fully coordinated with Washington and London in advance. Not only did Zionist Foreign Minister Katz say so on Saturday, but the deployment of US and UK warships to the Med over the weekend, reportedly to stand-by for carrying out a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) from Lebanon and/or Israel. Apart from the United States, Israel is the only other country in the world that has bombed four different countries (five if you count Palestine) and claims to be the victim. That excuse ain’t wearing well. Especially in light of the recent news that the Israeli Military is investigating allegations that Zionist prison guards routinely raped Palestinian men and women prisoners. - Sonar21
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  9993. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian military units, having just captured most of the settlement of Lobkovoe, soldiers continue to advance according to the strategy of biting, dislodging Ukrainian troops in hiding places, and capturing their important stronghold! The video confirming the capture of Lobkovoye on Zaporozhye front, was released by the Russian military channel on April 2, 2025, after fierce fighting that had been going on in this area since early morning, and a certain amount of activity in the airspace, Paratroopers of the 247th Airborne Regiment, took control of the settlement, advancing 800 meters to the northern part of Lobkovoe. Everything developed as quickly as predicted for this section of the front! Realizing that the Kiev troops were surrounded, their group hiding in the ruins of buildings, then obediently laid down their weapons, and rushed to surrender to the Russian assault troops. The three Ukrainians, one by one raised their hands up, following in the footsteps of their comrades while facing the Russian troops directly. Meanwhile, in a trench section, a soldier of Ukraine raised a white flag, signaling that he was surrendering to the Russian drone. Drone will immediately blow it up if it resists, and it will be included in the daily Ukrainian losses in this direction, about 90 people. But, they will soon be reunited with their families after the Russian special operation ends. Now, soldiers of the 247th Airborne Regiment, who distinguished themselves by liberating and planting their unit's flag, are proudly flying over Lobkovoe. Given the terrain features, this is not just a settlement, but one of the main nodes on the waterfront line between Orekhov and Kamenskoye. The Armed Forces of Ukraine use Lobkovoe as a link between defensive positions along the Dnieper and the front group south of Orekhov. The loss of this point makes the entire chain less stable and forces Kiev's troops to either retreat to the next line of defense, or redistribute reserves - which are already very few there.
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  9995. This situation today is pure evil, and could lead to events that could change the world in very disastrous and deadly ways for all; even to such an extent as to threaten mankind. But that leads us to the real problem in all our lives, and exposes the biggest threat to the human population, which is any and all central authority, governments, and rule. You see, no government cares in the least about the people, as those who choose to rule are monsters bent only on money, power, and control over those it dominates. They do not give a damn about what they consider to be the “useless eaters,” and treat all as sheep to be herded into submission and compliance, or slaughtered for the sole benefit of the agendas of the State. - LewRockwell From the standpoint of the Big Picture, nothing that anyone sane has seen in these battle reports from multiple sources shows any hope of the Uke Armies winning the war for their NATO slave masters. What is shown is the piecemeal destruction of these Armies being attrited into oblivion on All Fronts by the Combined Russian Armed Forces! NO TO CEASEFIRE as US vetoes UN resolution that would have condemned Hamas’s surprise attack and called on "humanitarian pauses" in conflict to deliver essential aid to MILLIONS in Gaza Strip. Washington’s excuse? It’s "disappointed" that resolution "makes no mention of Israel’s rights of self-defense" (US Ambassador to UN Thomas-Greenfield in vid above)… Meanwhile bumbling Biden’s offering $100 million in humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank, claiming that Tel Aviv will allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza from Egypt. - Intel Report MINI MUSHROOM CLOUD blooms near Crimea’s Sevastopol (vids above) after Kiev army resorts to using converted anti-air missiles in desperate attempt to attack Russia’s Black Sea Fleet HQ. Air defenses intercept 2 missiles that fall to ground, exploding but causing no damage or casualties. - Intel Report Another in the list of disasters, well deserved, for an Army having no problem making a priority of the killing of innocents! - Drowning Has Started In Dnieper. Russian Success At Avdiivka. Military Summary
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  9999. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Important update until January 24, 2025, reportly that the final phase of the battle for Velyka Novosilka has begun after Russian forces split the city center in two, leaving the remaining Ukrainian troops in a nightmare because of not giving up! Ukrainian channels have begun writing that the situation is critical, with troops at risk of being completely encircled by Russian forces. According to them, very heavy fighting is currently underway and the situation can develop "in any direction". Velyka Novosilka is a strategic defense and logistics center for Ukrainian forces, located at the southern junction of Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions. Here, the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says they are surrounded including many foreign mercenaries. They have not received orders to evacuate amidst a physical encirclement or massive fire control on escape routes. Russian assault units continue to drive Ukrainian troops out of Velyka Novosilka with heavy attacks. Meanwhile, warplanes, drones, and artillery such as BM-21 Grad MLRS are working on the ground, supporting assault units from the Vostok Group and the Marines. FPV drone operators attacked the enemy’s command post and UAV center, and also thwarted the Ukrainian troops attempt to escape across the river. A fortified building with a firing position on its roof was targeted during the operation. The commander of the assault group approached the building stealthily and eliminated the Ukrainian crew by RPG-7V. Under cover fire, the soldiers placed anti-tank mines inside the building, eliminating about ten Ukrainian defenders. Now, there is no way back for the Ukrainian troops as they refuse to surrender as per the Russian military directive a few days ago. It is reported that the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, here is rapidly deteriorating, not only by the day but by the hour. A clip shows a former member of the 110th Regiment who was injured and left in a house. The inability of the Ukrainian command to make tough decisions is clearly visible here, and this will cost many soldiers their lives. At the same time, the Vostok Group and the Marines will soon begin the cleanup and continue! Drone footage shows the Russian assault on the city center, and soldiers of the 5th Guards Tank Brigade plant their flag on the city council. The southern part of the city is still trapped and Ukrainian forces still control 50% of the central and northern parts. But this will change soon!
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  10021. It is no secret that the West is hellbent to destroy President Putin, to force a Western friendly regime-change, so that finally after how many failed attempts (?) the West can take over this vast Russia, largest country in the world, by far the richest in natural resources which the West covets. Killing Aleksei A. Navalny, a lawyer and President Putin’s strongest adversary, would not be beyond Western secret services, just to strike at Vladimir Putin. Mr. Navalny’s death was announced on Friday, 16 February 2024. He was 47. Nothing could stop the West, especially not during the come hell-or-high-water implementation of Agenda 2030, alias the Great Reset. If the “MUST SUCCEED NOW” comes to a breaking point, no lives are spared. No lives are sacred. Why would President Putin kill his adversary, who is safely locked away in a prison in Siberia, almost 2,000 km north of the Kremlin? Makes no sense. Makes even less sense to have this presumed “murder” committed on the very day, when the Munich Security Conference (MSC, Febr 16-18, 2024) opened its doors to a plethora of “the rich and famous” —politicians with names, famous or infamous, like Antony Blinken, current US Secretary of State; Hillary Clinton, current Chancellor of Queen’s University of Belfast (remember, “We came, we saw, he died” about Mohammed Khadafi, see video below); John Kerry, the “Climate Czar”, Joe Biden’s Special Envoy on Climate, and many more. Absurdity abounds. During comments on reports of Navalny’s death, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass a US$95 billion aid package that includes a new infusion of money to help Ukraine in its war against Russia. See this. The MSC was the perfect occasion to lambast President Putin, to denigrate him, to call him names, including “murderer”. It looks like Navalny’s death was perfectly planned, so perfectly, it sounds and looks almost naïve to believe that President Putin would choose such a moment in time – the Munich Security Conference MSC – to get rid of his opposition leader. Anybody who saw Tucker Carlson’s interview with President Putin knows that Putin’s level of intellect and diplomacy is way beyond murdering an adversary. Despite being the heaviest sanctioned man and country – Russia – in the world, President Putin did not say one negative or “bad” word against any of his Western antagonists and aggressors. It is therefore highly unlikely that Mr. Navalny’s death was a Kremlin inside job. Just think, cui bono – who benefits? - LewRockwell
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  10022. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The first images of several Israeli helicopters flying near the southern Lebanese border have emerged with the aim of evacuating soldiers who were killed in an ambush in Maroun al-Ras, according to local sources on October 2, 2024. Maroun al-Ras is one of the highest points, hills and endless fortifications in the area, where a second battle is currently underway after in 2006, Israel failed to capture the city after fighting there for weeks against Ridwan Hezbollah forces. Lebanese fighters reported a successful ambush and heavy losses on the Zionist side. Beirut confirmed that Israeli forces crossed the "blue line" of demarcation, where the UNIFIL peacekeeping force was previously stationed. More than 10 Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes in southern Lebanon and 60 others were injured, Sky News Arabia reported. Views from the east of Maroun al-Ras show medical helicopters buzzing and continuing to arrive - Israeli evacuations are underway where many casualties are reported in the fighting that has not ended as clashes are still ongoing according to the Israeli side. In addition, the Israeli army announced at least 8 Israeli soldiers killed and 35 others wounded in a Hezbollah ambush in the southern Lebanese village of Odaisseh, according to media reports. Some images show confirmation of the death toll from the IDF's 89th Brigade Egoz Unit, Eitan Oster the command captain, and Nazir Etkin the team commander were also liquidated, who specialized in anti-guerrilla warfare, special reconnaissance, and direct attempts to enter Maroun al-Ras. About a day earlier, the commander of the Egoz unit announced that they would carry out larger maneuvers in Lebanon in the so-called Northern Arrows Operation against Hezbollah, and seek to return the northern settlers safely to their homes. The Israeli army showed scenes of their invasion as they entered Lebanese territory with the participation of commandos, which they said. However, it seems that so far they have suffered heavy losses when trying to advance on the Maroun El Ras line, and may be forced to retreat!
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  10030. Now, to something so awful and terrible I hesitated to post. But, my email exchange with the diehard Zionist the other day convinced me that some truth needs to be told, and graphically so. Here is what I wrote: 1. If you want to make the proportionality argument then apply it uniformly to the Palestinians as well as the Israelis. The current killing of Palestinians by aerial bombardment, over the last year, exceeds anything done by Israel in the last 70 years. The estimates for number of Palestinian deaths is not from Palestinian sources. It is the Lancet, a British Medical Journal The fact remains that Palestinians are being killed at a disproportionate rate and that Israeli tactics include the bombing of hospitals, schools, mosques and churches. Exaggeration, lies and misrepresentation? I do not think so. Let me warn you before you view the following videos. They are deeply disturbing and sickening. Western passions were inflamed in the wake of the Hamas’ October 7 attack, with fabricated claims that Hamas beheaded and burned babies. That was a complete lie. (If you have not watched Max Blumenthal’s video, Atrocity Inc., which presents the evidence refuting the Zionist claims, please do so.) The following are the results of Zionist military actions. And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Sonar21
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  10043. Excerpts from a letter to Trudope from Sonar21 I know how much work this has been and how hard it must have been. I saw it begin all the way back in 2014 in Ukraine when the Trotskyist and the National Socialists finally united in a crusade against the common Russian enemy. But that was only the beginning of the glorious path we are on. Now, you have brought it full circle by formalizing this union before the world. I understand that one of your commissars, Chrystia Freeland, has been instrumental in accomplishing this. I also understand she had help from the American matriarch, Victoria Nuland. You must be proud that all this was accomplished by two women – under your firm guidance of course. This is an important achievement for women everywhere, because nothing is more empowering for women than engineering war and genocide! Send my best wishes to them both and tell them that nothing exceeds their beauty, except perhaps their spirit of humanity and justice! I extend my most sincere congratulations to you and to the Canadian People. My only wish is that every one of your subjects sees this letter so they can fully appreciate the magnitude of what you have done. This accomplishment needs to be appreciated by all! Before I end this letter – I understand you had an uprising by your kulaks recently. I also understand you brought this uprising down promptly by threatening them with starvation. I must congratulate you on your sense of Trotskyist tradition. Starvation has always been the Trotskyist solution for getting rid of troublesome kulaks. Now you don’t even need to send troops to take away their food – you just close their bank accounts! That is progress! Again, my most sincere congratulations!
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  10048. Although Memorial Day in the United States is ostensibly a day for honoring soldiers killed in wars, it is, rather, a day for promoting war. If it were to honor the dead, all its pageantry would be in opposition to war. Rather than being haunted by the ghosts of war, many Americans are very proud of all its soldiers killed while killing foreigners for the military industrial complex and the super-rich who own the country. For the U.S.A. is a warfare state; it has been waging imperialistic overseas wars for a long, long time, and using its soldiers as cannon fodder. Most families of dead soldiers find it impossible to admit that their loved ones died in vain, even if courageously. Without waging wars, the U.S. economy, as presently constituted, would collapse. Business goes on as usual. Remembering all the war dead is like drifting on a ghost ship in a still sea of burning water. Haunted by the eerie silence of their absent presence, if we listen closely enough, we can hear such victims calling to us: Remember me, Remember me, why did it have to be? Who cannot weep and scream in opposition as the U.S./Israel commits genocide against the Palestinians? Savage slaughter for all to see but ignore. Who is so blind as not to see the wars waged from administration to administration as smoothly as the change of seasons? And “over there,” Maha Khalil, a one year old Iraqi girl, was killed in the first few months of America’s criminal war against Iraq. Mrs. Ngugen Thi Tau was slaughtered by U. S. soldiers at My Lai, Vietnam. Mohammed Nidal Hisham Attallah, Ahmad Shadi Talal Al-Haddad, and Masa Mohammed Youssef Nasr are a few of at least 16,500 Palestinian children killed by Israel/U.S. in Gaza since October 7, 2023. Who knows all the dead in Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Gaza, Ukraine, Libya, East Timor, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, El Salvador, Chile, throughout Africa, and all the other countries where the American military and the CIA have been dispatched? Who can grasp it? - LewRockwell
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  10062. UKRAINE: HAS THE US LOST YET ANOTHER PROXY WAR? Short answer, YES!! Just like the proverbial chicken without a head, the United States is running around headless and incapable of navigating a way out of a confrontation with Russia. A confrontation that the United States cannot win. But, based on Biden’s speech tonight, the United States is going to double down on a losing hand. The Biden team apparently have decided they cannot afford a loss in Ukraine before the election so they are likely to green-light more risky terrorist attacks inside Russia, oblivious to the repeated warnings from Putin and his national security team that Russia will strike back. You want to know how bad it is? Russian soldiers posted a video today begging Biden to send more M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine and promising to give him 10% of the bonuses they will earn for destroying those tanks. That, my friends, is world class trolling. The following video shows the Ukrainians launching a desperate attack across an open field and suffering devastating casualties for their effort. The “Butcher” Syrskyi is living up to his reputation by dispatching his few remaining, capable reserves in actual human wave attacks against well entrenched Russian positions. Sheer madness. Steve Bryen did a great interview today with Bill Walton (not the basketball player). Mr. Walton has been a strong supporter of Ukraine and is coming reluctantly to the realization that Russia is mopping the floor with Ukraine. Steve does a very good job of describing the grim situation facing Ukraine. His commentary is important because Steve has been considered a part of the Washington defense establishment. His honesty shows courage and integrity. - Sonar21
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  10067. Joe Biden, amidst his mental confusion, must think he is John Mccain reincarnated. I bet he’s humming, “Bomb, Bomb, Bomb; Bomb Bomb Iran.” You know how it is, Iranians, Yemenis, they all look alike. While the bombs are causing some damage in Yemen, Yemen has seen it before and is unfazed. In fact, the bombing appears to be strengthening the resolve of Yemen to continue its blockade of the Red Sea. The United States does not have enough bombs to force Yemen to surrender. Why? Yemen’s rocket and missile force is mobile. They can move dozens of missiles at the same time in different directions, which then forces the United States, notwithstanding robust ISR, to find the needles in the haystack that is Yemen. The U.S. can kill and destroy some, but not all. But that is not the big problem. The U.S. Navy does not have the ability to sustain its presence off the coast of Yemen. Yemen can launch a hundred drones and missiles at U.S. ships and the destroyer escorts will exhaust their supply of air defense missiles. In the 1970s the U.S. Navy had ship tenders that could pull alongside a destroyer and resupply it. Not today. The Vertical Launch Systems have to be reloaded in a port. That means the destroyers will have to sail to Dubai, which means the U.S. aircraft carrier they are accompanying will have to follow because it relies on them for protection from ballistic and cruise missiles. Here’s the bottom-line, if you are going to get into a gun fight you better have enough ammunition on hand to finish it. Only we’re not talking about having a million rounds of 9 mm pistol ammunition. The missiles the Aegis system uses are damn expensive. Yemen is showing how a so-called third rate military can effectively bankrupt the Naval power of a “Superpower.” The neo-cons urging Biden to attack Iran are math challenged. Iran has more missiles, drones and rockets than Yemen. If little Yemen is doing this to the U.S., just imagine the havoc Iran could cause. Washington is like the degenerate gambler who is playing a losing game of blackjack. Instead of accepting his losses, Joe Biden seems intent on doubling down and destroying the reputation of the U.S. Navy as the most powerful force in the World. I suspect the Russians and Chinese are enjoying some heaping buckets of buttered popcorn as they watch this spectacle of national suicide. - Sonar21
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  10082. Pity the poor president. “Joe Biden” must decide now whether to go to war with Iran or Texas. Which will it be? Or might it be both? That Governor Abbot turns out to be the Putin of the purple sage! How does he dare interfere with the orderly flow of new voters — fine people! — across that filthy little river of his? Does he not understand that we need at least a couple million more live bodies allocated around the swing states to ensure a free and fair election? “Joe Biden,” in his on-going delirium-of-age wanders from room to room in the empty mansion that is his mind. How did I get in this room? he wonders. And how do I get out of it? Can somebody please point the way? Alas, his position is the loneliest in the world. There is no one to point the way out. There is only this ceaseless wandering from room to room in this vast emptiness. Where is the room with Texas in it? The room where Iran sleeps? The room where Ukraine lies a’gasp with a sucking chest wound? Watch out, he’ll start shouting soon. Calling Dr. Jill: Code Blue. . . ! The world may be a disaster these days, but the White House is a bigger disaster. Can you name the White House chief of staff? Betcha can’t. Know why? He never, ever comes out and speaks to that mob in the press room. He might have to answer some difficult questions, such as: if the president’s brain is switched off more than half the time, who decides what to do with that ‘nuclear football’ they carry around with him. Is it. . . you? By the way, the chief of staff’s name is Jeff Zients. Ever heard him? Of course not. He has a page on “X”. The most recent thing he posted was July, 25, 2023. Good thing not much has happened since then. You didn’t ask, but things are not going so well in our remote-control war in Ukraine against Russia (Putinland). Our Zelensky team (we own it) got completely rope-a-doped, punched itself out, its knees are buckling. Victoria Nuland, the renowned State Department girlie war-hawk, says she’s confident that Congress will pass the new $61 billion aid package for the Z-team, according to Radio Free Europe, the blob’s official propaganda outlet. The blob wants you to think that Putin wants to turn all of Europe into Putinland. I’m sure. Tori Nuland probably thinks we can save Ukraine with the fabulous girlie army and some snazzy new drones from McDonnell Douglas. - LewRockwell
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  10084. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – New Syria, literally after the overthrow of Assad by Al-Qaeda, was under between 100-150 violent bombardments by Israeli regime aircraft overnight on December 9, 2024. Israel took advantage of the rebel euphoria with the country's ongoing unrest, bombarding heavily against western, eastern, northern and southern Syria, which according to the Russian Foreign Minister has become “the subject of another geopolitical experiment”. In Latakia, a city in northwestern Syria that has existed for more than 4,000 years, the occupation's warplanes launched a series of heavy bombardments against key infrastructure used by Syrian military in the port, located 20 km from Russian main air base in Syria and has been used for logistical support to Russian Khmeimim Air Base. A series of explosions rocked violently, destroying "warships", sinking the entire remaining Syrian Navy fleet, Syrian Media reported. In addition to New Syrian Navy which has just been sunk, scenes of massive destruction after the occupation's intense shelling continue, shaking Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Tartus, Daraa and Damascus countryside, which Israel claims are targeting infrastructure, military installations, scientific research, defense laboratories and military airports belonging to Syrian Army. In Damascus, it was reported that Zionist planes with a very cruel attack and using heavy missiles, destroyed the headquarters of the "Electronic Warfare Department" and the "Scientific Research Center", and destroying "military helicopters" at "Aqraba Airport. So far, there are no complete reports and details of the extent of the damage, considering that the Zionists launched an air operation, the largest in recent decades, to destroy all the advanced and strategic military capabilities remaining in Syria. In more than about 250 attacks in just a few days, there was no reaction and intervention from the leadership of the New Syria, to prevent the ongoing destruction of Syrian capabilities. "It seems that no one should be happy with the overthrow of Assad by Al-Qaeda terrorists, the group that says "Assad must go", did not learn from history. They are aware of it or not, knowing or not knowing anything, working for the goals and interests of Zionists while the West celebrates it as "liberation", according to experts.
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  10113. Yesterday, reports of a new Russian DOOMSDAY WEAPON sent corporate media into a shark-feeding frenzy: The customary ‘leaks’ followed soon after and pointed to some type of new Russian “space capability” that reportedly threatens US and its partners, though Sullivan seemed to even imply that it’s a threat to the population while claiming he didn’t want to ‘cause mass panic.’ Ironically—or not—everything about his announcement appeared designed to do precisely that. Gee. And most likely this was the whole point: people immediately and rightfully pointed to the obvious timing of this scare tactic. The Senate had just passed its side of the Ukraine-Israel aid bill and the bill once more had the door slammed shut in its face in the House, courtesy of Speaker Johnson and co. So what do they do? Predictably roll out some deus ex machina doomsday weapon totally out of thin air to terrify defiant Republicans into enriching the MIC with another cool ~$100 billion. Anti-satellite weapons like Russia’s A-235 ‘Nudol’ are some of the most advanced and expensive assets, and are primarily designed to take out the large flagship Electro-Optical style spysats like US’s ‘Keyhole’ systems. . Yes, it’s critically important to have the capability to take out these E/O satellites, which create regular high-res optical imagery of military targets. But let’s broach the most important point: why this, why now? There are several options: 1. The entire story is either fake or exaggerated and being rolled out by Democrats at a strategic time to achieve several purposes: scaremongering Congressmen into voting on Ukraine aid, as well as potentially conditioning the masses and setting the stage for a black swan falseflag to cancel the 2024 elections later this year. 2. U.S. establishment wants to use some new scare tactic to take attention away from the current ongoing Avdeevka collapse—a standard headline-smothering tactic. They know that support for Ukraine is hanging by a final tiny thread, and emerging news of the total collapse of the AFU could be the last nail in the coffin, potentially spurring ‘on-the-fence’ lawmakers to question what the point of any further “aid” is when Ukraine is already collapsing. 3. This explanation is something I’ve been thinking about for some time. The constant slow encroachment from NATO/U.S. has been making itself increasingly painfully felt for Russia. Not only have red lines famously been eroded a little at a time, but most of it has to do with the West’s ISR overmatch, allowing them to have total strategic informational awareness of Russia’s military designs at all times. There had to have come a point where Russia says “enough” and flexes some sort of asymmetrical muscle to signal for the West to back off. Now onto the actual most pressing and significant news: Avdeevka is undergoing a catastrophic terminal collapse: This highlights pervasive rumors that the Azov Brigade in fact countermanded direct orders and fled due to heavy losses. One claimed report directly from Azov itself seems to corroborate the brutality of the foregoing clashes: Some videos and photos have come out depicting a hellish landscape in Avdeevka: The main breakthroughs occurred in the suburb sector, totally bisecting the city and even extending a deep salient outward toward supply lines: Sensing the coming collapse, yesterday Russian forces were said to have broadly transmitted a surrender ultimatum to the entire Avdeevka garrison, giving them upwards of one day to lay down their arms en masse: Soon after, the rapid collapse began as Russian forces pushed in virtually from every single side of the embattled town. All sorts of reports have been streaming out from the Ukrainian side about the catastrophic nature of some of the proceedings. For instance, this video of a trapped AFU soldier speaking to his loved one: John Kirby and the administration went into overdrive begging for aid to help the foundering AFU: Unfortunately for Ukraine: the House went into recess until basically March without voting on or approving any Ukrainian aid: British Intelligence published an official endorsement of Ukraine’s findings that Russia used the Zircon hypersonic missile for the first time in strikes on Kiev: Putin visited Russia’s premier tank building plant of Uralvagonzavod, inspecting T-90M, T-72BM3, and BMPT Terminator production lines as well as praising workers for their 5x tank output boost: Noteworthy in light of this is the fact that Western press suddenly bemoaned just how vast Russia’s productive capacities were revealed to be: All this while Europe and allies circle the drain: - Simplicius
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  10124. Fair and equitable treatment of all members is the cornerstone of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Pankin has said. The bloc, which comprises Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, was founded in 2014. Speaking to the Eurasian Dialogue podcast on Thursday, Pankin said the EAEU remains focused on raising living standards and fostering business ties. “Conflicts are being resolved through genuinely equal dialogue. The EAEU operates on the principle of consensus, meaning that members reach compromises which reflect and serve the interests of all parties. No one benefits at the expense of another,” the diplomat stated. “Nobody is being forced to stay. Everyone understands that within the EAEU, the interests of nations with smaller economies are taken into account more than they would be in any other framework,” he added. “The EAEU is neither a burden nor a shackle – this is evident from the fact that all members are fully free to trade with other regions. No one is required to limit themselves to autarkic trade within the bloc or to invest only inside it. We do not operate a planned economy with quotas and regional specializations like in the Soviet era. Instead, all members compete with one another in a shared common market,” Pankin explained. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the combined GDP of all EAEU members has reached 2.6 trillion over the past decade. The organization has trade agreements with Serbia, Vietnam, and Iran, and is currently negotiating with Mongolia and the UAE. In an interview published by Rossiyskaya Gazeta on Wednesday, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksey Overchuk said more countries are likely to see the EAEU as “a safe haven” amid trade wars and rising international tensions. - RT
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  10130. Flynn’s Convenient Hypocrisy: Ignoring AIPAC’s Stranglehold on U.S. Politics General Flynn's post might as well be a comedic piece of political satire, were it not for the dark reality underpinning it. Flynn rails against the so-called crime of foreign influence in U.S. politics, yet remains glaringly silent on AIPAC—the grandmaster of foreign influence operations in Washington. It’s an irony so staggering that it’s a wonder Flynn’s tweet wasn’t followed by a mic drop from Netanyahu himself, who, lest we forget, was caught on video in the 1980s boasting about Israel’s control over the U.S. Senate and Congress. Let’s break it down: Israel, under the guise of "America’s closest ally," has warped U.S. foreign policy into a vessel for its own colonial ambitions. The impunity, billions in aid, the blind eye to apartheid, the never-ending military support—all of it, funded by U.S. taxpayers. Flynn's selective moral outrage conveniently ignores this very real subversion of U.S. interests in favor of a foreign state’s genocidal crusade. Israel is not just pulling the strings but writing the entire foreign policy playbook while American citizens foot the bill. And the damage? It’s incalculable. America isn’t just losing credibility on the world stage; it’s bleeding resources and entrenching itself in wars that serve no U.S. interest, only Israel’s. Every dollar sent to fund Israel’s military is a dollar not spent on American infrastructure, healthcare, or education. Every bomb dropped on Gaza or Lebanon in the name of "security" for the Zionist project further erodes what little remains of American moral standing. Israel is a parasite on American foreign policy, using U.S. might to further its own expansionist agenda while destabilizing the entire Middle East. And let’s not mince words: U.S. entanglement with Israel does nothing for American security. In fact, it’s making enemies faster than it can manufacture THAAD batteries, with each of Israel’s war crimes making the U.S. more complicit by the day. Flynn’s focus on foreign donations, while ignoring AIPAC’s blatant meddling, is nothing short of hypocrisy on steroids. The real foreign influence isn’t from some rogue actors funnelling cash into campaigns, it’s from an entire political establishment bending over backward to serve the interests of a genocidal regime. But don’t expect Flynn to call that out. After all, in America’s political theatre, some foreign lobbyists are untouchable. Israel has made sure of that. - Gerry Nolan - Via Intel Republic
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  10141. The Russian military said on Friday it had intercepted a group of Ukrainian vessels, which was headed towards the Crimean Peninsula. The vessels including a crewed boat and multiple water drones, which were all destroyed by the country’s naval aircraft, it said. The group was detected by Russian naval aviation during a patrol in the south-western part of the Black Sea. The vessels were promptly dispatched by onboard armaments of the aircraft, the Russian military added without elaborating how many planes were involved in the incident. - RT WOUNDED TODDLER LIES IN AGONY NEXT TO DEAD BROTHER AND MOM as distraught onlooker captures mounds of corpses after "most moral" army in world massacres hundreds of civilians taking refuge at al-Fakhoura SCHOOL in North of Gaza Strip (right map). Not even UN-run schools safe from Tel Aviv’s sick bombing campaign as al-Fakhoura suffers from its 2nd Israeli strike since start of war. UPDATE: At least 50 civilians brutally murdered in strike. - Intel Report Su-34 fighter-bombers of Russian Aerospace Forces poured FAB-500 smart bombs with UPMC on Armed Forces positions of Ukraine in high-rise buildings west of Avdeevka city. The aerial bombs swooped down on several apartment blocks, where Ukrainian troops were entrenched and strengthening their defensive points in residential areas, amid the collapse of Avdeevka. - Military Tube Today ⚔SITREP⚔ NOVEMBER 18 ◾Kiev army hard-pressed as they fail to stop Russian advance into Andreevka and Kleshcheevka, Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) with top map showing Russian forces pushing Ukrainian troops out of area south of Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut ). ◾ Russian drones hammering positions all across DPR as bottom vid shows Kiev army positions near Gorlovka, DPR, subjected to barrage of kamikaze attacks, all while up to 180 Kiev army troops added to casualty figures in Donetsk Republic. - Intel Report The heroic action of Russian Army T-80BV tank crew, storms the industrial zone controlled by Ukrainian troops southeast of Avdeevka. The tank crew vehemently entered the enemy strongpoint in the ruins of the building and fired several shots at close range, then left the area after neutralizing the enemy. It means that Ukrainian defense line in the industrial area has been penetrated. - Military Tube Today
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  10148. Trump Calls Putin, the Game Remains the Same The Kremlin provided a more accurate account. According to the Kremlin’s readout, Putin described the call as “frank and substantive,” expressing Russia’s readiness to work with Ukraine on drafting a memorandum for future peace talks. However, he declined to support the U.S.-proposed 30-day unconditional ceasefire, emphasizing that any ceasefire would require prior agreement on various unresolved issues. Putin reiterated Russia’s core demands, including the demilitarization of Ukraine and limitations on Western influence, stating that these objectives remain unchanged. He suggested that a ceasefire could only be possible if numerous open questions were addressed beforehand. In other words, Putin did not budge one inch in the Russian position he presented on 14 June 2024. This is consistent with Russia’s presentation to the Ukrainian delegation last Friday in Istanbul. Russia’s lead negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, asserted that negotiations could proceed concurrently with ongoing military operations. He emphasized that Russia was prepared to continue the conflict for as long as necessary to achieve its objectives, referencing historical precedents such as the Great Northern War, which lasted 21 years. Medinsky reportedly stated, “We are ready to fight forever,” highlighting Russia’s readiness for a prolonged conflict. Medinsky is not gaslighting. His words reflect the thinking of Putin and the Russian General Staff. The unanswered question is whether or not Trump and his national security team understand that Russia is not staking out a faux negotiation posture… i.e., presenting a tough demand, but are willing to make concessions? The answer is, NO! - sonar21
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  10160. Let me start with some disturbing and stunning news out of Ukraine, courtesy of Russia’s Ministry of Defense. Ukraine has lost more than 700,000 personnel (i.e., KIA, WIA and AWOL) in the last six months: ▪ Over the past six months, the monthly sanitary and irreplaceable losses of AFU manpower have consistently amounted to about 50,000 people and more (January 2025 – 51960 people, December 2024 – 48470 people, November 2024 – 60805 people, etc.). ▪ At the same time, the number of new recruits in the AFU training centers, even taking into account the “activation” of TCCs throughout Ukraine, has been barely reaching 30,000 people per month for about half a year, who are sent to the line of contact without proper training, which leads to a reduction in the number of AFU personnel. ▪ According to official data, about 100,000 Ukrainian military personnel have left their military units unauthorized and gone on the run. Ukraine’s military is literally bleeding to death. These are unsustainable losses. Making matters worse is the political chaos unfolding in Kiev. A criminal case alleging corruption has been opened on Ukraine’s Defense Minister Umerov while Ukraine’s SBU has opened a criminal case against Kirill Budanov, Chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. Budanov is being investigated after media reports appeared detailing his warning to members of the RADA that if peace talks do not begin soon Ukraine will not survive the summer. Looks like it is a crime to tell the truth in Ukraine. - sonar21
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  10169. You have to hand it to the U.S. and its henchmen for brazenness. In order to protect their client state Israel and its genocide in Gaza, the U.S., together with the UK, have in one week launched air and sea attacks on the Houthis in Yemen five times, referring to it as “self-defense” in their Orwellian lingo. The ostensible reason being Yemen’s refusal to allow ships bound for Israel, which is committing genocide in Gaza, to enter the Red Sea, while permitting other ships to pass freely. To any impartial observer, the Houthis should be lauded. Yet, while the International Court of Justice considers the South African charge of genocide against Israel that is supported by overwhelming evidence, the U.S. and its allies have instigated a wider war throughout the Middle East while claiming they do not want such a war. These settler colonial states want genocide and a much wider war because they have been set back on their heels by those they have mocked, provoked, and attacked – notably the Palestinians, Syrians, and Russians, among others. Let us call upon Israeli and American soldiers and pilots “to abandon the battlefield”, as an act of refusal to participate in a criminal undertaking against the People of Gaza. South Africa’s legal procedure at the ICJ should be endorsed Worldwide. While it cannot be relied upon to put a rapid end to the genocide, it provides support and legitimacy to the “Disobey Unlawful Orders, Abandon the Battlefield” campaign under Nuremberg Charter Principle IV. With each passing day, it becomes more and more evident that Israel/U.S.A. and their allies do want a wider war. Iran is their special focus, with Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen targets on the way. Anyone who supports the genocide in Gaza, explicitly or through silence, bears responsibility for the conflagration to come. There are no excuses. It is bi-partisan war-mongering, of course, internationally and intramurally, since both U.S. political parties are controlled by the Israel Lobby and billionaire class that owns Congress and the “defense” industry that thrives on never-ending war. Neither the Israeli nor American government can allow themselves to be humiliated, U.S./NATO by the Russians in Ukraine and the Israelis by the Palestinians. Like cornered criminals with lethal weapons, they will kill as many as they can on their way down, taking their revenge on the weakest first. Men like Biden and Netanyahu are intent on launching desperate acts of war. Exactly when and how this expanded war will blaze across the headlines is the question. It has started, but I think it prudent to expect a black swan event sometime this year when all hell will break loose. The genocide in Gaza is the first step, and the U.S./Israel, “not wanting” a wider war, have already started one. - LewRockwell
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  10171. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Iranian sources reported that the Israeli attack was limited to a few IRGC military facilities, most of which were repelled by air defense systems, and was not as large as the Israeli media exaggerated. Iranians began to mock the Israeli aircraft attack on the morning of October 26, instead of seeking shelter underground, Iranians went to the rooftops to look for Israeli jets. The Iranian National Air Defense Headquarters said "the Israeli regime launched a provocative attack this morning, targeting military centers in Tehran, Khuzestan, and Ilam provinces. Iranian integrated air defense system managed to intercept and repel this aggressive action, causing only limited damage in some areas". Security analyst Eid al-Tufan said "We can say that the Israeli attack was the most unsuccessful attack in military history. All Iranian air defenses were ready, and acted well that night". Footage showed how the air defense and anti-aircraft missile activity in the skies over eastern Tehran impressively continued to repel suspicious objects, destroying all incoming projectiles, and most of them fell in open areas. In addition, the country's air defense system also managed to work mysteriously over the airspace of Khuzestan Province, western Iran. The Israeli media was very disappointed with the attack on Iran, not being 100% sure what the target was. Iranian official sources said that Tehran has good defenses, so far no explosions, fires, etc. have been reported in Tehran. As a result, only a few areas suffered minor damage. Only a small bush fire on the side of the road in Tehran, apparently caused by an intercepted projectile, was all that was seen there that night. The situation is completely under control and stable. No flights were canceled, and the infrastructure is operating in a stable mode, sources reported. The Iranian National Air Defense Headquarters added in this regard, urging the public to maintain solidarity and calm and follow the news related to the incident through the national mass media, ignoring the rumors, spread by the enemy's mass media.
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  10179. As cliche as it sounds, things are turning dire for Ukraine—at least for this current phase of things. Zelensky finally openly confessed his intention to purge not only Zaluzhny and his assistants, but a lot of other staff in what is essentially a ‘great reset’ of the Ukrainian leadership: Immediately after that, Ukrainian Deputy Yevhen Shevchenko reported that, according to his information, Zaluzhny has already internally accepted the position of ambassador to the UK: As the above article states, if this is true, it means Zaluzhny would effectively be ‘shipped out to the farm’ to be placed under close watch in the UK, and as far away from Ukraine as possible to keep Zelensky protected. There’s no word on how true any of this is, but rumor had it that the US had already earmarked Budanov for Zaluzhny’s position, which is why Budanov was flown on his high-profile tour of Washington DC late last year: it is said the planners and controllers—i.e. Nuland and co.—were likely using the opportunity to introduce Budanov around town to all the new shot-callers he’ll soon be taking orders from. Likewise it was to put his face front and center in the beltway and sell him as the next replacement. What’s most eye-opening about these events is that Avdeevka happens to be suddenly crumbling, just in time for these reversals. It suggests the non-coincidental nature of the proceedings; i.e. Zelensky may suddenly be pulling the plug on Avdeevka to time its fall with the crescendo of anti-Zaluzhny machinations in order to throw him under the bus by blaming Avdeevka’s fall on him, and using that as the final impetus to announce his dismissal. The fact is, Biden’s Ukrainian aid is still held up and seems no closer to fruition. Yesterday, the administration announced the new revised bill and it was met with immediate furor by House Republicans: But what can Zelensky change in the frontline calculus of the war by simply rearranging the figureheads? On that note let’s turn to Avdeevka. As I said, very ‘coincidentally’ the city appears to be totally collapsing. Only days ago I reported major breaches and now there have been even larger ones, as AFU lines collapse entirely. Everyone is in a panic, including dozens of Ukrainian accounts: What happened first was Russian forces collapsed the entire area of the “northern shore” of that lagoon / sand quarry: That’s a massive area that just fell apart in a single day. And the area just under that lagoon/quarry is known as ‘Little Terrikon’ (mini Slag Heap) and is said to be the tallest height of the whole outlying area, which means it’s a highly strategic point Russian forces captured: But that wasn’t even the half of it. Russian forces continued to push both southeast past the quarry and west into the city proper: But as can be seen above, the distance from where Russian troops were geolocated to the western-most border of Avdeevka is as little as 500m, by some accountings. This means that Ukrainian forces are in danger of now being entirely cut off from their supply routes, which means Avdeevka is on paper almost finished. Lastly, some in Ukraine have attempted to downplay Avdeevka’s coming fall, as usual, but the stats tell the true story. Ukraine is said to have sent dozens of its most elite battalions to try and hold off Russia’s advances: a long-awaited new episode of Zvezda’s military show came out showcasing the brand new Russian 2S40 ‘Phlox’ combined 120mm mortar and artillery system currently being rolled out to the front in test batches. This is a unique system that’s able to fire both 120mm mortars and howitzer shells, giving it great versatility. Its mobility is likewise demonstrated here, where they show the record fast deployment time from park to fire-readiness in under 30 seconds (the French Caesar is said to take 60 seconds minimum): The automated system even showcases its rare MRSI (Multiple Round Simultaneous Impact) mode. This is a mode only the most advanced modern howitzers are capable of replicating where several shots are fired via different computer-calculated trajectories in order to land on target at the same time in one deadly barrage: Lastly, to end on an inspiring note, when Putin declared 2024 to be the Year of the Family a hearth was lit, to be symbolically passed around the country as a spread of ‘love and fidelity’. Here is a video showcasing this program to promote traditional and family values all across the vastness of Russia: - Simplicius
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  10183. The US and NATO allies are hard at work at re-envisioning their own battlefield priorities in light of the revolution being witnessed in the Ukrainian war. They start off with the one major admission—that the Western edge has not only been eroded, but rapidly so: we’ve long discussed here apropos the differences between Western and Russian military systems. Couching it in self-serving terms of seeking ultimate ‘protection’ for troops, they admit that Western systems have gotten so expensive that their operators are afraid to even use them—defeating the whole point of warfighting equipment: Western minds have taken a long time to come to conclusions drawn by Russia ages ago, which expounded on precisely this disparity in the warfighting principles between Russia and the West: the tune has now changed on ‘premium’ weaponry. In short: they argue that Western artillery shells are over-engineered and should be stripped of their tedious quality control measures to favor ‘quantity’ over ‘quality’ instead. Interesting proposition! They add that, in essence, Western military engineering is made for peacetime conditions—in real war conditions, a totally new rough-and-tumble ethos must be adopted. Russia had already long learned the lesson having been habituated to real existential Total Wars on its territory, rather than the predatory wars of opportunity the West is accustomed to waging. The fact is, the West tailor-made their modern showroom armies for specifically fighting localized, controlled conflicts against very limited Middle Eastern opponents. You can sense the desperation in the West as the realities begin to dawn on their leading thinkers. Years of building showroom ‘good-weather’ armies meant to impress buyers at MIC-enabled arms expos have left Western military doctrines woefully out of date concerning how real wars are fought. Put another way, precision ammunition machining doesn’t make much difference when the shell goes up an overused gun barrel that, in peacetime, would have long been consigned to the scrapheap thousands of shells ago. - Simplicius
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  10191. The sane understand that this war has been longsince over! Ukraine and NATO are outmatched period by a far superior force that has no morale problems and is dedicated to eradicating the vermin committing crimes against humanity by indiscriminately shelling its citizens just because they speak Russian. What Ukraine Army is really good at, indiscriminately shelling civilians in the Donbass. The Russian Armed Forces are making them pay for their crimes against Humanity! Latest Ukrainian attack on Donetsk, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) using Western-supplied weapons, in which a small child died. - Intel Report "You are Ukrainian fascists" - woman lashes out, following 9 years of war in Donetsk, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). 4-year-old child who was killed today during yet another attack by Ukraine with Western-supplied weapons, was actually on holiday with her grandparents, while her parents were getting Maternal Capital sorted (government childcare subsidies). And now she's gone. - Intel Report ◾Russian military has destroyed 5,600 drones since beginning of Special Operation as Ukrainian forces lose 180 personnel, Acacia howitzer, Krab self-propelled guns in South Donetsk (ex-Ukraine). ◾Russian forces inflict 370 casualties on enemy in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) as they repel 6 Ukrainian attacks in Novoselovsky, Lugansk (ex-Ukraine). ◾Ukraine army loses 75 soldiers in Kupyansk, East Ukraine as Russian troops continue offensive operations in this region. ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 8
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  10203. The AFU troops in Avdeevka speak of vast Russian firepower superiority and the constant ability to rotate fresh troops. It may wield a cudgel rather than the hoped-for scalpel here, but Russia simply has far too many resources and fresh troops and they are inexorably inching forward. Russia continues to badly degrade Ukraine’s air defense. An Iris-T was recently hit as well as a slew of Osas, Strelas and Buks. The air defense situation is getting critical for Ukraine, with even airforce spokesman Yuri Ignat reportedly claiming their ammo could begin to run dry within the next couple weeks. I already highlighted last time how their latest report showed 0% interception rate for most Russian missiles in the last strike. Russia senses Ukraine’s AD has been attritioned to such a point that small scale air assault landings could actually stand a chance of being carried out. This can be used in critical areas to land a company behind the lines in coordination with an offensive assault on a highly entrenched sector—like Ugledar, Avdeevka, and places of this nature. The air assaults would bypass all the minefields hampering advances today, instantly nullifying one of the top three major issues. This is one of those ‘dynamic’ elements that has been largely missing thus far. Nothing has been going well for Ukraine on the international front. The entire leadership is currently attending Davos, and it’s already being called a ‘bust’ with no real answers for Zelensky. There have only been some ‘symbolic’ photo-ops with the world’s shadow elite. And the situation at home continues to worsen. The Verkhovna Rada is still hung up on the mobilization, with an increasing number of elites openly denouncing Zelensky. Ex-Rada Deputy and Aidar deputy commander Mosiychuk has had enough of the corruption and goes for the jugular in outright telling Zelensky and his team to “shoot [themselves]”: The US and NATO in the meantime continue to suffer humiliations. The British minesweeper HMS Chiddingfold collided with the HMS Bangor in Bahrain: While an F-35 was destroyed by an incompetent mechanic: Russian ballistic missiles struck a NATO mercenary base in Kharkov, reportedly killing up to 60 French mercenaries: The massive US base at Ain al-Assad in Iraq underwent a large attack from Iranian-backed forces. Once more we saw the total failure of the Patriot missile systems, which were seen shooting in number to the sky: This is the US’s second largest base in Iraq, well protected with all the most advanced air defense networks—and they could not stop a minor rocket attack. Yet we’re supposed to believe that downgraded and older versions of Patriots (Pac-2s, etc.) in Ukraine are stopping Russian hypersonic Kinzhals with 100% ratios? The propaganda is just exposing itself. - Simplicius
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  10208. From Putin International Press Conference. The president said he would have warned himself against “excessive naivety and credulity in relations with our so-called partners,” apparently referring to the West. Concerning the advice he would have given himself, Putin said: “One must believe in the great Russian people. This faith is the key to the success of Russia’s revival and development.” “If there is no national currency, you can’t print anything, there is only one way – reducing budget spending for the social sphere, a severe cutting of wages, pensions, expenses on medicine, on roads and domestic security,” Discussing the “rules-based order” promoted by the US and its allies, Putin claimed that “those rules are non-existent because they change on a daily basis... depending on the interests of some of the stakeholders.” There are 617,000 troops involved in Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine and Russia's new regions spread along the almost 2,000-km-long frontline, according to Putin. “For now, there’s no need” for another wave of mobilization, especially considering that on average, 1,500 people volunteer to defend the country every day, he stressed. Those, who were among the 300,000 mobilized during the first wave in autumn 2022 are “fighting hard”; 14 have been named Heroes of Russia, the president said, referring to the highest honorary title in the country. The ongoing events in Gaza are a “catastrophe,” Putin said. “Look at [Russia’s] military operation in Ukraine and at what’s happening in Gaza, and see the difference.” The president said there was “no such level of destruction” in Ukraine compared to the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian enclave. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called Gaza “the largest ‘graveyard for children,’” Putin noted. “Such a characterization is telling,” he added. - RT
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  10223. Ukes now losing battalions in their folly against the Russians who are wiping their forces out! UKRAINE'S GOVERNMENT AND OVERLORDS CIA KILLED DARIA DUGINA - first-time admission from Zelensky's PR managers at Washington Post, revealing Kiev's terrorist SBU, under guidance of CIA, devised a plan where a mother and her 12-year-old daughter smuggled bomb that killed the Russian intellectual inside a hidden compartment in cat cage, stuffed in their cluttered car. CIA and SBU officials also embarrass Zelensky (like meme above), admitting being behind attacks on Crimean bridge, drone attack attempts on Kremlin, and strikes on Russian Black Sea Fleet ships, all under guidance directions of Uncle Sam, also providing Kiev with spying equipment, while a new intelligence unit is added to work with Britain’s MI6 spy agency. "Since 2015, CIA spent $10s of millions to transform Ukraine’s Soviet-formed services into potent allies against Moscow" - officials reveal. Washington Post whitewashing terrorism by calling it "shadow war" . Throwing Mad Vlad under the bus? - Intel Report The Russians Double Down with attacks all along the Front, Ukraine Is Finished! A group of former Ukrainian military from Luhansk decided to join the Russian Armed Forces. They decided to fight on the Russian side, now trained at training grounds, adopting the skills of experienced stormtroopers. The fighters began to wake up and fight against the Zelensky regime under the US and NATO, which was building up the Ukrainian military to carry out attacks on Russia. - Military Tube Today Criminally Insane Demented Biden, a certified serial sociopathic liar who has no problem with starting WWIII for his profit and that of his diabolic allies, needs, along with his enablers, to be arrested, tried, and convicted with the commensurate penalty for their crimes against humanity in NO uncertain terms! Kremlin responds to Biden’s ‘new world order’ pledge - RT HORROR, CONFUSION, HUMANS TORN TO SHREDS in apocalyptic video above after Israeli airstrikes turn Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza Strip into rubble of destruction, atmosphere turning grey with suffocating ash. Horror grips sick elderly women and children, wailing at devastation and terror, bodies of loved ones dragged away on make-shift stretchers. Over 5,000 Palestinians KILLED, including 2,000 CHILDREN, since start of war 17 days ago - still no mention of Israeli war crimes in Western mainstream media. US transport plane carrying military equipment touches down at Israel's Ramon Airport to aid Tel Aviv in committing more massacres. - Intel Report "WHERE ARE YOU, MY SISTER?" Palestinian doctor, in scrubs and white coat BREAKS DOWN at sight of sister massacred, desperately shuffling through sheets to get to her remains wrapped in white sheet amidst ROWS of bodies lain outside of building in Gaza, her body placed next to trail of blood that hasn't yet even run dry. - Intel Report Russian Armies can't be stopped! The Russians Reached The Assault Line In The Kupiansk Direction. Military Summary For 2023.10.23 Ukes now losing battalions in their folly against the Russians who are wiping their forces out! Encirclement Of Siversk | Avdiivka Northern Flank Collapse. Military Summary 2023.10.23 MORE WAR CRIMES EVIDENCE caught by street camera in above footage shows residents, going about their day only to be suddenly engulfed by impact of massive Israeli airstrike on Gaza Strip's Deir al-Balah City, entire neighborhood DISAPPEARING under thick cover of smoke and destruction. Civilians can clearly be seen holding groceries, NOT rockets, with kid in left bottom corner most likely dying while playing for last time, as blast's enormous force KILLS entire family, with more feared dead as footage shows multiple civilians blown away and wiped out in an instant. - Intel Report
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  10231. Moscow’s team is prepared to work constructively towards viable solutions. “It possesses all necessary qualifications and authority to conduct negotiations,” the presidential aide said in Istanbul. The Russian delegation also includes Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, Deputy Defense Minister Aleksandr Fomin and the head of Russia’s military intelligence, Igor Kostyukov. They are joined by several senior military and civil officials, as well as diplomats. Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky: Dear colleagues. Last night, as previously reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a special meeting to prepare our delegation for the upcoming negotiations in Istanbul. The meeting was attended by the leadership of the Russian Security Council, the Russian government, the Minister of Defense, the Chief of the General Staff, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, as well as the heads of state security, intelligence, and the commanders of all Russian armed forces groups participating in the military operation [against Kiev]. The Minister of Defense, the Chief of the General Staff, and all commanders of Russian army groups involved in the military operation [against Kiev] reported on the situation in the combat zone. A detailed joint discussion followed. Based on the participants' reports, the president issued instructions and outlined the negotiation position for the Russian delegation in Istanbul. We view these talks as a continuation of the peace process in Istanbul, which was unfortunately interrupted by the Ukrainian side three years ago. The aim of direct negotiations with the Ukrainian side is ultimately to secure lasting peace by addressing the fundamental root causes of the conflict. - RT
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  10235. It’s always encouraging when a country’s military commander-in-chief – President Biden, in this case – announces in advance that he knows how he is going to respond militarily to the killing of three American soldiers at a base that supports an illegal and immoral U.S. “covert” war against Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Iran, and all those who oppose the US/Israel slaughter of Palestinians. Such anxiety to show antecedently that he’s not sitting on his hands is touching. It’s the kind of announcement that all great military leaders make. It is the kind of arrogant stupidity that has long been the norm for U.S. presidents who love war but lose them all while masquerading as conquerors. So it goes, and so it will go. To add to that, Biden says he doesn’t want a wider war as he creates one, since you can always take him at the opposite of his words. Yet he really has no secrets since his transparent corruption is almost palpable: He supports the Israeli/U.S. genocide in Gaza, the Ukrainian war against Russia, has expanded the war in the Middle East over the past few weeks, and will soon widen it further while the mass media report that he and his cast of fools are trying to “manage” their violent responses to prevent a wider war. The narrative has it that he is trying to outfox Netanyahu, who has often bragged how he has the U.S.A. in his back pocket. It is hard not to laugh derisively. Now Biden issues an executive order to sanction some Israelis on the West Bank, as if this blatant political move to help his election chances with Muslim Americans is an act of moral statesmanship, while the blood of over 27,000 Palestinians drips from his shaky hands and increases daily. In Biden’s case today, these are the actions of a desperado, a war-loving bumbling puppet who is over or under or out of his head as he feigns outrage at the killing of three soldiers who were placed in a spot where their lives were at risk because they were cogs in an imperial war machine. Pawns in the game. A very dangerous game in which the Zionists leaders of Israel are as desperate as Biden and whose secret operatives are no doubt plotting a desperate scheme to try to expand the war. Who is jerking whose chain may be questionable, but the dogs of war are barking. We are talking about very stupid leaders who have never learned from their losses and are risking a major war. - LewRockwell
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  10238. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian Armed Forces rescue civilians amid Ukrainian forces’ incursion into the liberated settlement of Ulakly west of Kurakhovo. On February 23, 2025, the Russian Defense Ministry shared footage of the evacuation of about a dozen civilians from the settlement by Vostok Troops Group soldiers from the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade. The soldiers transported the people to a temporary accommodation area, where Russian forces provided clean clothes, hot food, and allowed the civilians to rest. The rescue operation lasted more than 24 hours, and civilians were the top priority for Russian forces, underscoring the ongoing fighting amid Ukrainian efforts to move from Konstantinopol to disrupt Russian positions west of Ulakly settlement. Footage from February 22 showed the movement of armored vehicles at the entrance to the settlement, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the forward formations, trying to repel the Russian mechanized attack as fierce fighting ensued. Meanwhile, units of the 39th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 68th Army Corps of the “South” Group detailed the liberation of Ulakly. The soldiers advanced under Ukrainian fire during the assault, destroying fortified enemy positions and personnel in residential areas, sheltering in houses as well as objective control from Russian reconnaissance and drone strikes, as well as other weapons at their disposal in large numbers. The attack demonstrated the precision and effectiveness of Russian forces in eliminating a strong Ukrainian defense, but they were trapped in a “cauldron,” strategically located south of Donetsk. As a result of the successful attack, Russian units cleared the eastern side, forcing Ukraine to retreat and reassess its increasingly eroded defense strategy and disrupted supply chains. The Russian military benefited from this as it advanced from Ulakly towards key settlements adjacent to it along the front line, amid ongoing fighting. On February 21, the 68th Army Corps raised several Russian flags there, a symbolic gesture of control, reinforcing Russian presence and authority in the region. The Ulakly situation is a further example of a broader trend of Russian military successes, which are making it increasingly difficult for Kiev to hold onto disputed territory as it faces increasing pressure on multiple fronts. So far, Ulakly has been completely liberated and it seems the Defense Ministry has not made an official announcement amidst the ongoing civilian rescue. And now, it's Konstantinople's turn!
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  10244. The West just can’t handle the truth — i.e., Vladimir Putin enjoys great popularity and easily won re-election. The whining and carping from Western political leaders filled the legacy media as they insisted Russia held a sham, illegal election. Boo hoo. After the debacle in 2020 and the subsequent imprisonment of hundreds of Trump supporters with unfounded charges of insurrection, the United States is in no position to lecture any other country about free and fair elections. It is hypocrisy on steroids. Prior to the election, Western pollsters learned, much to their surprise, that Putin held an 86% favorability rating. Almost eight out of ten eligible Russians voted in the Presidential election and gave Putin 87% of the vote. The Russian police and military were not roaming the cities and towns forcing people to the polls nor are Russians who do not vote threatened with economic or criminal sanctions. Even the voters in the war-torn republics of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporhyzhia turned out in force to vote. One of the most remarkable moments in the aftermath of the election was Vladimir Putin appearing in Red Square with the three opposition political candidates who ran against him. All four men spoke to the crowd and pledged their allegiance to Mother Russia. Turning to the war in Gaza for a moment, the Electronic Intifada posted an update on how and where Israeli Occupation Forces killed their own citizens on 7 October. YouTube did not censor this video because it is fact based and relies on the testimony of Israeli civilians. - Sonar21
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  10248. Each U.S. destroyer carries an estimated 90 missiles (perhaps a few more). Their primary mission is to protect the U.S. aircraft carrier they are shielding. What happens when Yemen fires 100 drones/rockets/missiles at a U.S. carrier? The U.S. destroyer, or multiple destroyers will fire their missiles to defeat the threat. Great. Mission accomplished! Only one little problem, as described in the preceding quote — the U.S. Navy got rid of the ship tenders, i.e. those vessels capable of resupplying destroyers with new missiles to replace the expended rounds. In order to reload, that destroyer must sail to the nearest friendly port where the U.S. has stockpiled missiles for resupply. Got the picture? If the destroyer must sail away then the U.S. carrier must follow. It cannot just sit out in the ocean without its defensive screen of ships. The staying power of a U.S. fleet in a combat zone, like Yemen, is a function of how many missiles the Yemenis fire at the U.S. ships. The U.S. only has a limited supply of these air defense missiles and does not have the industrial capability in place and operating to produce new ones rapidly to make up the deficit. Here is the bottom line. The United States flotilla, along with its allies, can do some damage to Yemen but are unlikely to achieve a decisive victory. Yemen, for its part, can inflict some serious damage to some of the ships — maybe even sink one or two — and by doing so, score a moral victory that will fuel doubts about America’s naval capabilities and staying power. Perhaps this explains why the U.S. has been so slow to respond to the attacks launched by Yemen. - Sonar21
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  10249. LIKE HELL FIRE from Russian Grad ("Hail") multiple rocket launcher, painting dawn's sky with colored flashes as it erupts with massive number of missiles unleashed to punish Kiev's positions in stunning apocalyptic footage out of Kupyansk, East Ukraine, where up to 50 enemy soldiers are either killed or injured. Kiev's regime suffer heavy losses in cannon fodder, up to 420 in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), 20 in Kherson (ex-Ukraine), ammo depots and command post destroyed. ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 28 Russian air defenses destroy another Ukrainian terror drone over the Black Sea, near Crimea (pre-war Russia). - Intel Report Russian air defenses destroy Ukrainian terror drone over Black Sea. - Intel Report Russian air defenses shoot down 2 Ukrainian terror drones over Tula region, West Russia. - Intel Report West's consent to Kiev's strikes on Crimea is casus belli and gives Russia the opportunity to act against everyone and everyone in NATO - Russia's Chadvedev. He also warns that the "apocalypse is getting closer". - Intel Report FSB prevents terrorist attack in Kaluga region (pre-war Russia) on a "critical infrastructure facility", prepared by a residence affiliated with Kiev's main fighting force Nazi Azov Special Forces. Components of pipe bomb and instructions confiscated from neo-Nazi terrorist before his arrest, planned to leave for Ukraine after the crime. - Intel Report Footage shows detention and interrogation of neo-Nazi, arrested in Kaluga region (pre-war Russia). He hid explosives in his apartment and forest, planning to carry out terrorist attacks. - Intel report
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  10255. All this drooling imbecility about completely fictional foreign interference being responsible for these campus protests looks even more ridiculous as the Israeli prime minister unabashedly flexes his nation’s extensive influence over US politics to call for a crackdown on campus demonstrations. It is a very dark kind of hilarious to see imperial spinmeisters falling all over themselves trying to spin the campus protests as a product of imaginary foreign interference even as police launch violent crackdowns on those very same protesters across the United States to advance the interests of a foreign government. the idea that young people would need to be manipulated into opposing the incomprehensible horrors that are being inflicted upon human beings in Gaza is an appalling insult to your intelligence. But that just shows how desperate these freaks are getting. More and more people are waking up from the lies they’ve been fed about their government, their nation and their world as western institution after western institution completely discredits itself in the eyes of the mainstream public trying to defend the most indefensible things imaginable. They’re frantically scrambling to try to remedy this PR crisis they’ve created for themselves, but everything they’ve tried so far has been a pathetic failure that has only made things worse for them, turning an entire generation into wide awake radicals whose bright young eyes will never, ever unsee what they have seen. - LewRockwell
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  10261. Ukraine must have relied on assistance from the West if it did in fact target a helicopter carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter has told RT. Russian air defense division commander Yury Dashkin told the Russia 1 channel last week that Putin’s helicopter had been caught in the “epicenter” of a massive Ukrainian drone attack during a visit to Kursk Region on May 20. The intensity of aerial incursions “increased significantly” when the president was in the air, with 46 incoming fixed-wing UAVs being shot down in the area, he said. In an interview with RT on Wednesday, Ritter stressed that “if the Ukrainians drones actually targeted the Russian president, they did not do so in a vacuum... there would have been assistance provided by the West, which means that the West is targeting the Russian president.” “If you read the Russian nuclear doctrine, this is a trigger for Russian nuclear retaliation or preemptive strikes. So, who is playing with fire here? It is not Vladimir Putin who is playing with fire. It is Ukraine and the West that are playing with fire,” he added. The former US Marine Corps major was referring to a comment by US President Donald Trump, who claimed earlier this week that Putin was “playing with fire.” The statement by Trump followed large-scale Russian strikes against Ukrainian military infrastructure, which Moscow said were retaliation for the intensification of drone attacks by Kiev on civilian targets inside Russia. According to the Defense Ministry in Moscow, more than 2,300 Ukrainian UAVs have been intercepted over the past week above Russian territory, mostly away from the front line. - RT
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  10262. Firstly, it must be said outright that all doomers who claimed Russia was capitulating, and that Putin was again being ‘led by the nose’ toward a Minsk-3-style disaster were proven wrong. By all accounts, the Russian team was even firmer than expected on the chief demands. Let’s also mention that Ukraine had already admitted their only goal in the negotiations was to push for a truce or ceasefire with Russia, as it has now become the common agenda between Zelensky and Europe to force Russia into a 30-day ceasefire. This would be pushed into indefinite status so that European troops can be injected into theater and the conflict frozen for good, while Ukraine is pumped up to the gills with more lethal aid. Starting off, the Ukrainian side appeared to try and ‘intimidate’ the Russian side by dressing in military fatigues, while the Russian side donned formal wear: Early reports claimed an interpreter was present for the Ukrainian language, but Ukrainian Rada MP Goncharenko confirmed Russian was infact used throughout: As he notes above, the Russian side apparently refused any ceasefire offers and demanded Ukraine’s withdrawal from the four regions of Kherson, Zaporozhye, LPR, and DPR. However, where it gets spicy is the claim that Russians gave Ukraine an ultimatum: take this deal or we’ll demand a fifth region next time. If only Ukraine were so lucky. In fact, Russian sources have corrected this version to 8 regions: Where are the doomers now, who claimed Putin would capitulate? Presumably these eight regions would be the previous four of LPR, DPR, Kherson, and Zaporozhye, plus the stated Sumy, Kharkov, then Odessa and Nikolayev. This would pretty much cover the “likely” orange scenario below: It’s beyond ludicrous levels of sophistry to try to spin Russia’s current advances as “inches” when Ukraine’s defenses are collapsing on every front. The article brings up Putin’s March quote, wherein he relayed his opinion that Russia is close to finishing Ukraine off: - Simplicius
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  10276. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Something went wrong with the Ukrainian troops, when their armored vehicles and all-terrain vehicles, tried to break through to the border of the Belgorod Region. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense in a video published on March 24, 2025, FPV drone of the Sever Group of Forces of the 155th Separate Marine Brigade, spotted them trying to advance to another Russian border, probably so that people would forget about Kiev's great defeat at Kursk. But, once again the mistake happened to them, being disturbed by FPV drone by ramming their vehicle twice along with the passengers. Moreover, Ukrainian troops have mostly abandoned their armored vehicles and are now using several all-terrain vehicles to move quickly. But Russian FPV that was monitoring from the beginning, moved much faster, arrived at the three vehicles, and of course the roaming ammunition hunted them down and eliminated at all! At the same time, according to the latest Ukrainian data and maps, it is reported that they have broken through to Belgorod, captured Popovka and Demidovka, and near the approaches to the village of Grafovka, where fierce battles are already underway - Ukrainian troops are trying to break through and capture the settlement. About the heroic Russian border guards, repelling the enemy's attack from the border fortifications in Popovka, with losses - there were killed and wounded to the enemy, Russian sources report with maps, which are quite different by Ukrainian version. Ukrainian mappers do not comment much on the fighting in this area. It is quite clear where the fighting with artillery and drone attacks took place on the border. And that the Ukrainians failed to break through the border fortifications in Popovka and Demidovka. Ukrainian special forces suffered casualties and were scattered among ravines and plantations. Russian border guards fought to exhaustion, then reinforcements arrived in time, and the guys were pulled out. ALWAYS CONNECT WITH ME:
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  10277. The weekend’s standout story comes by way of Edward Luttwak, one of the so-called ‘premier military theorists’ in the West, openly calling for NATO intervention in Ukraine, lest the West suffer a “catastrophic defeat”: Luttwak has been an advisor for U.S. presidents and the U.S. military, as well as other world militaries. He’s also served in the IDF, which could explain his brazen machismo and lack of concern for morality or global safety. But more notable than the eye-catching quote that’s got everyone talking is Luttwak’s claim that NATO countries are already in the early stages of planning various types of contingents to be sent to Ukraine: Interestingly, he frames everything around the urgency of an imminent Chinese attack on Taiwan, which further adduces his poor analytical abilities. I had mentioned in the comments the other day that there are rumors Russia is preparing a campaign for this summer of utilizing Su-34s for the first time to launch mass UMPK glide-bomb attacks on the Odessa and Ochakov regions from the Black Sea. It’s an interesting rumor in light of these developments as it brings to question whether it’s Russia upping the ante after latest signals of NATO’s increasing salivation over Odessa—or vice versa, NATO is getting nervous for the very reason that they realize Russia is set to increase the pressure on Odessa. But what’s important to note, is that no one country wants to be left to take the brunt of the Bear’s retaliation alone; nor even two or three of them together. That means such an action would likely only occur if a coalition of scaredy-cats was formed, and the chances of that are not great. All combined, those countries could provide maybe 150-250k troops maximum, and that’s on the optimistic end. Meanwhile, Russia already has an entire fresh 500k man army raised by Shoigu waiting for them, which was created precisely to counter-act the new NATO threats, as I reported long ago. That’s not to mention hundreds of thousands of more reserves troops, including the conscript forces and national guard, that Russia could bring to bear if worse came to worse. But the real final buck-stopper is Russia’s true strategic missile defense system: the A-135, and A-235—also called Nudol. The A-135 is specifically designed to take out nuclear ICBMs, rather than being a jack-of-all-trades like the S-400/500 systems. But it is a final stopgap system as the A-135 missiles, which are called 53T6, themselves are nuclear. But they are neutron bombs instead of regular fission atomic bombs. They shoot up at a mind boggling acceleration of 0 to Mach ~10 (some sources, like Wiki, have it Mach 17, but I believe 10 is more realistic, as per Russian domestic sources) in only 3-4 seconds, pulling 200gs. Once they reach the altitude of over 80km where the incoming nuclear ICBM or MIRV’d warheads are approaching, the neutron bomb detonates which essentially causes the enemy’s nuclear RVs (re-entry vehicles) to go inert, by chemically defusing them: So, Russia has 68 nuclear-armed (neutron bomb) strategic interceptors, each of which can take out not only one ICBM, but dozens of MIRV’d warheads, if they have already been released. the West is unable to ignite the manufacturing prowess necessary to compete with Russia. a Russian soldier named Rodimir Maximov, introduced as a ‘Private’, was just awarded with state honors during an assault in the Novomikhailovka area. His commander was wounded at the very start of the assault, and Maximov immediately took over, issuing commands to the squad with total autonomy. Even more telling was that once he radioed HQ, they basically told him to hold down the fort and gave him leeway to act as he saw fit, even as the enemy launched multiple counter-attacks—there was no ‘Soviet-style’ one way marching orders as the dimwit Western military ‘experts’ would have you believe. The command gave him full autonomy for two full days, according to the story, as they coordinated reinforcements to come relieve the assault group which had taken the AFU fort. During the footage, you can clearly see the mere ‘private’ displaying clear signs of well-schooled leadership abilities, with no signs of any “drone-like” behavior: - Simplicius
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  10283. In a world strangled by the tentacles of odious hypocrisy, the International Olympic Committee's decision to restrict Russian and Belarusian athletes under the guise of 'neutrality' reeks of a double standard so putrid, it could only be the product of a rules-for-thee-not-for-me world order. While 19 athletes from these nations tiptoe on the Olympic stage, Israel’s unabated spree - 31,000 innocents murdered, primarily women and children, swallowed by the abyss of genocide - meets with not a whisper of sanction from the supposed guardians of global sportsmanship. And let’s not skirt around the elephant in the room: If actual rule of law governed the Olympic ethos, then NATO countries, with the United States leading the bloody parade, would find themselves perennially benched, their Olympic dreams dashed against the rocks of their own militaristic barbarism. From the smouldering ruins of regime changes to the silent cries of millions, the ledger of their sins could fill stadiums, yet their athletes roam free, unencumbered by the weight of their nations' transgressions. The irony - or is it hypocrisy? that while NATO struggles to compete with Russia in a geopolitical chess game, suffering a humiliating checkmate on the battlefield, it seeks solace in handicapping amateur athletes. A desperate grasp at ‘victory’ in the Olympic arena, perhaps, to salvage a shred of dignity from the ruins of their failed ambitions. As the world watches, let it be known: The Olympic flame, once a beacon of unity and peace, is reduced to a farcical spectacle for political machinations. - Intel Republic
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  10291. Globalists know that nothing drives public policy so much as the fear of impending death. Nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles may have scared the snot out of anyone living through the Cold War, but they were (and still are) the gifts that keep on giving for the military-industrial complex and national security surveillance State. The more catastrophic the consequences of any perceived threat, the more likely that otherwise skeptical human beings will hand over their freedoms in exchange for the elusive promise of personal security. Political systems specialize in exploiting this “Save Me!” impulse for maximum leverage. “Looming apocalypse” is Big Government’s best salesman every year. Ghost stories about “global warming” work the same way. If voters can be convinced that their economic freedom is leading to humanity’s extinction, then they will accept costly regulations and “green energy”-induced inflation. If they can be brainwashed into believing that hydrocarbon energy is evil, then they will actively protest for a future with intermittent yet expensive electric power. If they can be deluded into thinking that only politicians and central bankers can save the planet, then they will embrace communism in order to fight “climate change.” Given the fact that Earth’s climate is always naturally changing — whether humans are alive to notice or not — governments’ success in conditioning gullible people to fear every change in the weather has been remarkably effective in creating voluntary slaves. totalitarianism succeeds only when society’s level of anxiety can be ratcheted up well above eleventy! That’s why every iteration of the so-called “climate emergency” must sound more scary than the last. It’s also why each new season of “Climate Change: the Coming Armageddon” targets children who have never seen old episodes of the boring series. It may be the longest running television program of all time, but ignorant youths — who cannot imagine that their governments would ever lie to them — fall for the dying planet horror show every time. This is the kind of madness that “green” false prophets perpetrate upon unsuspecting peoples — stoking irrational fears in a misanthropic and Machiavellian quest for raw power. today’s globalists obsess over hydrocarbons, “white supremacy,” and “hate” speech. Future generations will see no distinction. Just like the monsters of the past, today’s Deep State agents seize power by manufacturing emergencies. Dictators always arrive on triumphal chariots that run on lies. As with all Deep State initiatives that say one thing while doing its opposite, Germany’s Ethics Council promises the public that it is wholly opposed to suspending “democratic freedoms” but encourages the government to create “supportive framework conditions” — including carbon taxes, personal emissions limits, product bans, and “compensatory payments” to “ongoing neo-colonial dependencies” — that will nudge Germans to do the right thing. Ahh, nothing says freedom like new taxes, forced redistribution of wealth, regulatory kicks to the groin, financial blackmail, and total personal surveillance! Just because the government holds a gun to the back of your head while you make decisions doesn’t mean you are any less free — the unethical Ethics Council says so! - LewRockwell
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  10304. There is a slew of reports that Friday will be General Zaluzhny’s last day as the head of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. I don’t know what will happen. I cannot rule out that the press reports are an information operation based on wishful thinking. Then again, it may be real. I plan on doing a podcast tomorrow around noon to talk about what transpired in the Ukraine soap opera. Kudos to Alex Christoforou for dubbing this “Days of Kiev.” An homage to the legendary U.S. soap, Days of Our Lives. John Helmer, who publishes at Dancing With Bears, translated an article by Yevgeny Krutikov, a Russian military analyst who served with the GRU. I am providing the full article because it illuminates one aspect of Russia’s strategy in the Donbas. “The settlement of Tabayevka in the Kharkov region has been liberated,” the Russian Defense Ministry says. We are not just facing the capture of a village: Russian troops are now hacking into the contact lines, which have not budged for a year. Russia is creating a new strategic situation in the Kharkov region, threatening to dismember the Ukrainian defence up to the Donetsk agglomeration. In Kiev, they were convinced that Russian troops were forming an offensive group in the Kupyansk direction, and so the VSU began to wait there for a frontal assault. However, as a result, the Russian Army did not undertake anything of the kind in this area. Instead, the Ukrainian units were gradually ground down by the Russian army in positional battles, while the Kupyansk group of the VSU had to be replenished with whatever troops were left. Behind the defensive fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an open field for tens of kilometres opens up on a whole group of sites. Kiev’s military reserves are gradually being squandered, and there is practically no human materiel left to plug the holes. Related to these problems there are the panic campaigns in Kiev about total mobilization. Ukraine confronts two deficits that cannot be remedied for at least one year — 1) lack of trained manpower and 2) lack of ammunition, air defense and reliable combat vehicles. Russia enjoys a clear tactical advantage on both counts. Helmer succinctly describes Russia’s plan for the near term: the strategic reserves of the Ukrainian forces should be destroyed first, together with the supply lines for the weapons and ammunition crossing the border from the US and the NATO allies. - Sonar21
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  10309. Israel is on a scorched earth tear, and the US is running behind it with a fire extinguisher, desperately trying to keep the flames under control. Biden, dazed and confused as always, embodies US’ headless chicken mien: Let’s piece this together. First, the above report states that US basically begged Iran to allow it to strike some symbolic targets with the promise that Iran would not retaliate, so that US can get a lick in and save its reputation on the world stage. Iran reportedly replied that no attacks on its territory would be allowed. You can see how ridiculous this type of theater gets, as US policy has devolved into nothing more than a delicate and performative balancing act, all for the sake of protecting its golden calf of Israel in the region. Presumably Iran has signaled that the only way to de-escalate is to present concrete outlines for the withdrawal of US forces. So this will be the area to watch in the coming days and weeks, to see if the US signals further acquiescence on this account, or makes any new announcements regarding official plans or talks that may sketch out a timeline, even a loose one, for some type of withdrawals. It should be mentioned though that days ago Victoria Nuland made it “clear” that US will not be withdrawing from Syria—but it’s difficult to know on whose behalf, precisely, she’s speaking: One gets the impression that her deepstate clan inside the government is so powerful that she’s sometimes given uncommon license to make opinionated declarations which have no actual statutory backing, but may later be rescinded simply because no one dares to gainsay her at the time, and she’s given more of a free hand to ‘interpret’ official policy at whim. Lastly, if all else fails and the Empire wants to keep escalating, Ansar Allah are reportedly ready to likewise up the ante in ways that could seriously wound the beast at their door: Zelensky finally pulled the trigger and attempted to openly oust Zaluzhny: The country is currently in a stasis, not only because Zelensky can’t bring himself to take the risk of getting the blame for a draconian mobilization bill, but also because the Ukrainian parliament is frozen by lack of future reassurance in the funding department. And on that account, Victoria Nuland was dispatched to Kiev, in what can only be deemed an emergency fixer job, to patch things up and hold it all together from falling apart: She even promised some nasty little “surprises” for Putin. Some have inferred this to mean the new announcement that Ukraine is allegedly already receiving the long-awaited GLSDBs, or Ground Launched Small Diameter Bombs, which can fire from the HIMARs launchers. She gave some laughable AI-generated boilerplate ‘encouragement’ as answer, but her real assignment was clearly not about intermediating for what US Congress is doing, but about sending verbal warnings to Zelensky and the upper staff, and handing them their directives for the time being. Lastly, despite what happened thus far, CNN claims it was just the appetizer, and that Zelensky intends to issue a full presidential decree to remove Zaluzhny from power “by the end of the week”: Today Putin openly said—likely for the first time, in such an overt and public manner—that the entire contact line will have to be pushed back to such a distance as to keep Russian territories from being reached by NATO’s most advanced weaponry given to Ukraine: Given the announcement that GLSDBs are allegedly now en route, this is essentially confirmation that Kharkov and more will have to be retaken. Kharkov is only 30km from the Russian border while weapons like GLSDB have 140km+ range. The US military continues showing some serious cracks in its infrastructure and culture of readiness. This is the third F-16 crash in less than a year, not counting many other crashes like the B-1B, and various other craft: Interestingly, there’s now reports that a Yemeni missile has come the closest ever to hitting a US ship, bypassing the vaunted AEGIS system and making it all the way up to the last line of resort: the CIWS. This is extremely uncomfortably close. To be shot down at under 2km means if the missile was going at, let’s say, Mach 2, which is 2500km/h, it would have been only 2-3 seconds away from hitting the ship. At Mach 3, it was 1.5 seconds away from striking the ship. That’s what you call a close call. The IMF continues to ‘revise’ up Russia’s economic projections by more than double: - Simplicius
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  10313. It's all about power and control for the Globalist West Warmongers, the loss in lives be damned! We're talking about the diabolic here guilty of unbounded war crimes to the extreme of shelling innocents, and for which they need to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law with the commensurate penalty! While Ukraine achieved one quarterly strike with moderate damage against assets that don’t even have any bearing on the SMO, Russia in the same span of time has devastated the AFU’s actual military targets. Last night Kiev was struck a devastating blow with missiles and drones. After watching the heroism of Russian troops in Ukraine, you really think the US army would stand a chance? And this was before the army turned snowflake in the modern era—imagine how bad it is now. The extent of the Lying NATO Rot in Ukraine in unbounded, as the same number of Generals and enlistees reported killed by accidents occured right after Massive Russian Missile Strikes which was widely reported in recent news! Ukrainian terror drone attack near Moscow thwarted - Russian Defense Ministry. Drone destroyed by air defenses over Voskresensky district, Moscow, pre-war Russia. - Intel Report 6 Ukrainian soldiers killed aboard 2 Mi-8 helicopters (see pic) while "carrying out missions." Soldiers were flying near Kramatorsk, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine), which is West of Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut), helicopters were "completely destroyed." - Intel Report Russian security forces eliminate Ukrainian saboteurs in Bryansk, pre-war Russia. 2 enemy saboteurs killed, 5 detained as they were planning terror attacks against Russian military and energy infrastructure. Kiev's terror group was made up of personnel from Ukrainian security forces, special forces, and intelligence personnel. - Intel Report
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  10317. The conflict between Israel and Hamas has already widened to Israel vs. Hamas and Hezbollah, to the US/UK vs. Houthis, and now with the attack on a US base in Jordan to the prospect of a US attack on Iran or on Iranian officials. We will be very lucky to escape a US attack on Iran. Israel, which has extraordinary influence on US policy in the Middle East, has been pushing Washington for many years to attack Iran. Such an attack has the support of the majority of the US Congress and is fervently desired by Israel’s neoconservative allies, such as Victoria Nuland, who hold powerful positions in the US government. It would require a miracle for a US attack on Iran not to start a major war from which Russia and China could not stand aside. My conclusion is that proactive action is necessary to prevent an attack on Iran that would likely ignite a major world confrontation. A mutual defense treaty announced by Russia, China, and Iran would prevent an attack on Iran. The US, Israel, and NATO do not have the capability of fighting a war against three powerful countries. Without such an alliance, the determination of Israel and Israel’s neoconservative allies in Washington to expand Israel’s borders by removing Iran’s financial and military support for Hezbollah and the Houthis will result in a strike on Iran. It is what everyone in Washington wants, except the US military, but the decision will not be made by the military. Washington’s purchase of governments is what BRICS is supposed to end by creating an alternative financial mechanism for international trade that is not exploitative. BRICS success depends on how proactive Russia and China are in preventing Washington from starting more wars. It makes no sense for two powerful countries to leave the initiative in Washington’s hands. “President” Joe Biden, who is in office only through electoral fraud, has committed high treason against the United States of America. He should be arrested and tried for high treason against the United States. The US Constitution requires Biden to protect US borders. Instead he has worked consistently to prevent the protection of the borders and to leave them wide open for millions of immigrant-invaders, now numbered by the latest account at 22 million invaders. Article IV, section 4 of the US Constitution requires the federal government to protect each state against invasion. This the Biden regime has steadfastly refused to do, instead aiding and abetting the immigrant-invaders who are overrunning Texas and other states. Without any doubt, the Biden regime has broken the contract between the federal and state governments. - LewRockwell
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  10321. The EU is desperately looking for ways to finance the rebuilding of Ukraine as Soros becomes more and more angry with the failed war, failed peace, and a lost trafficking hub. Money. Using frozen Russian assets the Powers want to use the assets valued at $200 billion as collateral for a loan. The security for their ultimate transfer would hinge on Russia failing to pay Ukraine reparations after the war. Parlez vous … Deja Vu. The CIA is demanding that Zelenskyy hand over the military power vacuum to them. The CIA wants to run the show because Zelenskyy failed. The peril of this is obvious – America would be liable – and Russia could sue for Reparations! This is why the White House is in such a tizzy that the Ukraine aid of $60 billion inserted in a dead border deal was pushed aside. The CIA needs the funds to militarize Ukraine under their tutelage. Temporarily put on hold until funding can be generated… The idea that the CIA in Ukraine could defeat Russia is sheer madness. It completely upends the ability of the EU to use Russian assets to secure a loan to rebuild a country still in the midst of bombs. What A Tangled Web We Weave When First We Practice To Deceive! Imagine if the CIA put all that energy into actually doing good! Working FOR America instead of for their Masters. Allen Dulles was instrumental in creating this rogue element we call the CIA which is better defined as the ‘death squad for the Zionist Mafia’. Corrupt since their inception. Lest we forget – JFK’s assassination was orchestrated by this America Terrorist Cartel – CIA. We are not dealing with the brightest stars on the Hollywood sidewalk in Langley or the EU. Their inherent ability to stage a pretend play of narratives that have been wholly proven illegal by themselves implicates ignorance on a mass scale. - LewRockwell
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  10322. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The first images of several Israeli helicopters flying near the southern Lebanese border have emerged with the aim of evacuating soldiers who were killed in an ambush in Maroun al-Ras, according to local sources on October 2, 2024. Maroun al-Ras is one of the highest points, hills and endless fortifications in the area, where a second battle is currently underway after in 2006, Israel failed to capture the city after fighting there for weeks against Ridwan Hezbollah forces. Lebanese fighters reported a successful ambush and heavy losses on the Zionist side. Beirut confirmed that Israeli forces crossed the "blue line" of demarcation, where the UNIFIL peacekeeping force was previously stationed. More than 10 Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes in southern Lebanon and 60 others were injured, Sky News Arabia reported. Views from the east of Maroun al-Ras show medical helicopters buzzing and continuing to arrive - Israeli evacuations are underway where many casualties are reported in the fighting that has not ended as clashes are still ongoing according to the Israeli side. In addition, the Israeli army announced at least 8 Israeli soldiers killed and 35 others wounded in a Hezbollah ambush in the southern Lebanese village of Odaisseh, according to media reports. Some images show confirmation of the death toll from the IDF's 89th Brigade Egoz Unit, Eitan Oster the command captain, and Nazir Etkin the team commander were also liquidated, who specialized in anti-guerrilla warfare, special reconnaissance, and direct attempts to enter Maroun al-Ras. About a day earlier, the commander of the Egoz unit announced that they would carry out larger maneuvers in Lebanon in the so-called Northern Arrows Operation against Hezbollah, and seek to return the northern settlers safely to their homes. The Israeli army showed scenes of their invasion as they entered Lebanese territory with the participation of commandos, which they said. However, it seems that so far they have suffered heavy losses when trying to advance on the Maroun El Ras line, and may be forced to retreat!
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  10324. most Ukrainian officers and officials are no longer fighting for 2022 or 1991 borders, but rather for simple survival: Konstantinovka is the next big strategic center after Chasov Yar whose importance likely even eclipses that of Bakhmut, as Konstantinovka and its neighboring Druzhkovka have classically been the headquarters of the entire Ukrainian ATO/JFO since 2014: In the meantime, Russia continues its infrastructural strikes, with a large one occurring the night before last. Ukraine’s energy grid authority Ukrenergo admitted several key power plants were again hit, this time in the west of the country, and “extensively damaged”: A separate report claimed that “all major thermal power plants controlled by Ukraine have now been destroyed or severely damaged” and that “Hydroelectric generation plants are next to reduce the flexibility of Ukraine's grid. After which Ukraine will rely on 3 nuclear power plants and imports from EU countries.” And Russian forces continue to advance a good deal each day. The latest in Krasnogorovka, which is now almost fully enveloped in a cauldron: Isn’t it interesting how Ukrainian brigades all started at 5000-6000 men and are now mostly operating at 1000-2500 at most, while Russian brigades balloon from 2500 to 11k? And yet they tell us it’s Russia that’s taking the “unbearable losses”. A quite unexpectedly rare sight occurred at the parade. A medaled Russian formation comprised of real SMO veterans took part. Consider the significance: these are among the only truly living decorated soldiers in the world who can lay claim to having fought and survived a real war. No other country presently can march real live, active duty, decorated heroes who’ve tasted real combat of this sort: - Simplicius
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  10325. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - There were many losses, after the Iskander missile strike of Russian troops destroyed a large accumulation of vehicles and personnel of the Armed Forces od Ukraine in the Sumy region. Russian military correspondents released footage on September 4, 2024, showing the work of Russian Armed Forces reconnaissance officers, discovering a large concentration of Kiev equipment and troops while disembarking personnel near their stronghold in Bezdryk, southeast of the Sumy city. One of the launches of nine Iskander-M ballistic missiles, launched at once in the Sumy region on that day, thwarted the planned redeployment of Ukrainian troops in the settlement, about 30 kilometers from the Russian border and planned to the Kursk region. All invisible to the media of the war supporters, the high price of the failure of the Kiev officials in the Kursk mission was paid by the Ukrainians who were forcibly recruited. The concentration point was completely destroyed by missile, which did not care about the enemy's air defense systems. As a result of the missile landing, the entire assault brigade was destroyed, more than 70 personnel were killed, collected and loaded onto trucks. According to the information received, at least some units of equipment were destroyed, such as 7 cargo vehicles, 4 armored combat vehicles, and 9 off-road vehicles. In recent days, Iskander missiles have been diligently working to destroy enemy personnel, including their headquarters in several regions of Ukraine, victims include NATO personnel!
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  10331. The American Dream… or Nightmare? Kamala's “Glorious Economy” Fantasy Welcome to the circus. In the latest episode of America’s desperate attempt to keep the illusion alive, we’re told the “glorious economy” will save Kamala Harris in the polls, just as the empire teeters on the brink of financial collapse. Let’s get real. The U.S. national debt is now approaching an eye-watering $35.8 trillion—yes, with a “T”—and each American citizen is shackled with an average debt burden of over $90,000. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Add in over $200 trillion in unfunded liabilities, and every single American—man, woman, and child, is shouldering a mind-numbing $600,000+ debt burden. Is this the “glory” they're selling? The interest alone on this monstrous sum is set to devour trillions more in the coming years, dwarfing investments in infrastructure, healthcare, and education. Meanwhile, the IMF has just confirmed that Russia, despite over 20,0000 Western sanctions and relentless economic warfare, is now the fourth-largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity (PPP). Moscow has maneuvered past Japan, silencing those who predicted Russia’s collapse. Unlike the speculative foundations of "Bidenomics," Russia's growth has been forged on tangible resources, resilience, and a sovereign economy. As BRICS nations rise, forging independent pathways free from dollar dependence, Washington doubles down on smoke-and-mirrors, feeding its citizens a diet of “everything is glorious” while the walls close in. The empire’s enemies take note. The “economic prowess” being celebrated in D.C. is little more than hollowed-out promises backed by the Fed’s Ponzi-money-printing machine. The American economy, propped up by the very fiat currency it weaponizes against the world, is the definition of a ticking time bomb. So, yes, bring on the election theatrics: Kamala, Trump, whoever. In reality, it’s a “choose your own dystopia” game. While Americans are distracted by the current presidential puppet show, the rest of the world watches as the empire implodes. Real power is shifting, and no “glorious economy” narrative will change that. The Global Majority, anchored by BRICS, isn’t buying the show. They’re building a parallel system and Kazan was only the beginning. As the West doubles down on an unsustainable path, others are investing in genuine growth, decoupled from Western debt traps. They’re not just betting against the dollar; they’re laying the foundation for a world where such illusions hold no sway. - Gerry Nolan - The Islander News - Intel Republic
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  10336. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The US forces instructed SDF militias to open a new front in Deir ez-Zur in eastern Syria, to advance and attack the positions of Syrian Arab Army, Al-Mayadeen correspondent reported today, December 3, 2024. The militias, fully supported by the US occupation, launched attacks on at least 7 villages controlled by Syrian Army along with Iranian forces and Arab tribal forces east of the Euphrates River. According to reports, the clashes were mainly focused on the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor, with the targeted areas including Al-Hussainiya, Al-Salihiya, Hatla, Marat, Mazloum, Khasham, and Al-Tabiyah. The rebel militias used minesweepers to remove earthen obstacles, and with 12 mortar shells fired at the town of Khasham. Heavy clashes erupted between Syrian Army and the militia forces on the outskirts of the towns of Al-Salihiyah, Marat and Al-Tabiyah under the direct cover of US artillery and fighter jets from the US occupation bases near the Conoco oil field and the Al-Omar oil field. A video was published online today, showing US occupation fighter jets carrying out airstrikes, bombarding the positions of Syrian Arab Army and auxiliary forces, to assist SDF separatist forces in their offensive to advance towards the town of Al-Hussainiya. But, as part of the response of Syrian Arab Army units with the support of auxiliary forces, the fighters managed to thwart the attacks launched by the militias on seven villages, repelling them, SANA news agency reported. There was no change in the control map in Deir ez-Zur countryside, after the violent attacks launched by militia forces to seize the oil fields in the region together with the US. Now, more and more people in the world understand the true origins of the conflict in Syria, the mass violations and plundering of Syrian natural resources are taking place, initiated by the Western elites!
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  10354. [Much thanks for letting the world know who the real culprits are!] Yushchenko had initially lost the presidential election, but his supporters set up a tent city in central Kiev and blocked the government district. Foreign NGOs played a significant role in these events. The direct orchestrators of that color revolution included the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and its affiliates, the Soros Foundation, the International Republican Institute, the Eurasia Foundation, and several other foreign entities Ukrainian society was divided in two, and Yushchenko’s policy laid the groundwork for a significant political crisis and the eventual war. Before Viktor Yushchenko came to power, Ukrainian politicians tended to avoid drastic measures, and instead favored compromises to resolve conflicts. However, his rise to power shattered that tradition. Yushchenko sought to impose an agenda that was alien to millions of Ukrainian citizens. By the time of the 2010 presidential election, Ukraine was deeply divided on cultural, linguistic, and national issues. A ticking time bomb had been set into motion back in 2004 when Yushchenko’s team chose to support radical nationalists and neo-Nazis. This strategy granted him a tactical victory but ultimately led the country to a strategic defeat. While in office, Viktor Yushchenko failed to address pressing issues. Instead, his policies exacerbated societal divisions which grew more pronounced each year. A decade after his rise to power, yet another revolution only deepened these contradictions, steering Ukraine away from the promised European future toward territorial losses and civil war. - RT
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  10360. The Hidden Danger Beside Trump: Why Peter Thiel is the Real Threat Trump tried to calm the waters, announcing that Nikki Haley and Mike “Kansas” Pompeo wouldn’t be returning to his team. Smart move, Haley and Kansas, with their cheerleading forever wars and regime change, warmongers and globalist puppets, embody the very swamp Trump claims to drain. But here’s the twist: sitting right beside Trump, grinning like the Cheshire cat, is Peter Thiel, a figure far more insidious than Haley or Pompeo ever were. Thiel isn’t just another billionaire with influence; he’s a Zionist hawk cloaked in Silicon Valley’s libertarian veneer. For years, his empire, particularly Palantir, has been at the forefront of merging Silicon Valley's tech prowess with the national security state, feeding both U.S. and Israeli intelligence networks with data-mining capabilities that would make Orwell blush. This isn't a recent development either, Palantir was designed from its inception as a tool to empower state surveillance, a vision that has seamlessly aligned with the Zionist agenda. In Israel, Thiel’s technology has been used to surveil Palestinian populations, enforcing a brutal occupation under the guise of “security.” And Thiel’s influence doesn’t stop there. He has deep roots in the U.S. military-industrial complex, aligning closely with the CIA through his early investment from In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital arm. From the beginning, Palantir was woven into the fabric of America’s intelligence infrastructure, sold as a “defense” tool, while it quietly expanded a surveillance apparatus across the world, from the Occupied Territories to inner cities in the United States. The Zionist vision of control and surveillance has found its ultimate tool in Thiel’s empire - a Trojan horse that’s eroding civil liberties under the radar. Then there’s the paradox - Thiel, publicly a critic of “wokeism,” has quietly funneled money into (woke) initiatives that stir cultural war within the U.S. It’s an ancient imperial strategy: keep the masses distracted with ideological battles while the real agenda, bolstering Israel’s interests and consolidating a digital surveillance state marches on unopposed. By funding divisive causes and watching America tear itself apart, Thiel isn’t just hedging his bets, he’s ensuring that the spotlight never falls on his own agenda. For Trump to truly align with the idea of American sovereignty, distancing himself from Thiel isn’t a suggestion but a necessity. Thiel doesn’t represent a populist, patriotic agenda; he represents the apex of corporate, Zionist interests, a technocratic elite intent on tightening its grip over policy and control. If Haley and Pompeo were symbols of the neoconservative swamp, Thiel is the lurking shadow, the hidden hand of a corporate-Zionist cabal with a vested interest in manipulating America’s course. Trump, this is much more than merely draining the swamp, it’s about draining the Zionist infiltration embedded within Silicon Valley and the intelligence community. The art of the deal this time around means ensuring the U.S. doesn’t remain a puppet of Silicon Valley’s Zionist ambitions. If you’re serious about reclaiming sovereignty, you’ll keep Thiel at arm’s length, not in the seat beside you. - Gerry Nolan - TheIslanderNews - Intel Republic
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  10366. The year 2024 was a pivotal and exceptional one for Russia’s cooperation with the countries of the Middle East. The beginning of the year was marked by a significant event: four countries from the region – Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia – were included in the BRICS group, underscoring the strategic importance of their participation in global processes and opening new horizons for multilateral engagement. Soon after, these same countries participated in the historic BRICS summit, held in Russia’s Islamic capital, Kazan. This event served as a vivid confirmation of the strengthening ties between Russia and the Middle Eastern states, as well as their shared commitment to expanding mutually beneficial cooperation. The interest of the region’s countries in Russia, both in bilateral and multilateral formats, only grew stronger. The frequency of official delegations visiting the Middle East from Russia, as well as representatives from Middle Eastern countries visiting Russia, became so high that it is almost unnecessary to count them – they have become an integral part of the diplomatic and economic life of both regions. Despite the pressure from Western countries and the policy of sanctions, Middle Eastern states have continued to expand their cooperation with Russia, particularly in the areas of trade, economy, and military-political affairs. This reflects the deep trust and strategic partnership that continues to develop. One of the most significant events in economic cooperation was the 2024 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), with the Sultanate of Oman being the main guest. In addition to Oman, numerous high-profile delegations from Middle Eastern countries were represented at the forum, highlighting their interest in strengthening ties with Russia and developing new joint projects. The SPIEF served as a platform for discussing and concluding important agreements, as well as establishing new business contacts. Thus, 2025 is likely to be a year of continued success for Russia’s diplomatic strategy in the Middle East and North Africa. The strengthening of mutual ties and political maturity will serve as the foundation for ensuring regional stability and prosperity, as well as for shaping a multipolar world order. - RT
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  10375. The sabotage in the Baltic Sea was the result of a long-standing US policy of driving a wedge between Russia and Western Europe Thursday marks one year since I reported President Joe Biden’s decision in the fall of 2022 to send a signal of resolve to Vladimir Putin by destroying Nord Stream 1 and 2, the Russian natural gas pipelines. Nord Stream 1 had turned Germany into the most powerful economic force in Western Europe. Today consolidated Vietnam is non-communist and America is its largest trading partner, and it is a major tourist stop for Americans and Europeans. The same can be said for Cambodia’s Ankor Wat, with its array of thousand-year-old temples. I played golf at a resort there a few years ago and went sightseeing with my family. Communist Laos remains relatively remote, but is modernizing rapidly and is a major trading partner of China. All that America fought, died, and killed for was gone within a few months. So much for containment. And so much for signaling. It was a lesson not known, or not interesting, to the Biden administration in early 2022, when it seemed clear that Vladimir Putin was going to lead Russia to war with Ukraine. Biden had long been a strong opponent of Russia, and before that Soviet communism, throughout his political career, and he especially reviled Putin. It is now widely accepted that Putin would have delayed or canceled the invasion if Secretary of State Antony Blinken had assured him that Ukraine would not be permitted to join NATO. That promise was not made. Instead, Biden publicly warned Putin two weeks before the Russians attacked that America would destroy the newly constructed pipeline, Nord Stream 2, that was prepared to funnel Russian gas to Germany. Putin had already slowed down and then cut off the earlier pipeline, Nord Stream 1, that began delivering gas to Germany a decade earlier. The idea of blowing up Nord Stream 1 and 2 had come from the American intelligence community, spearheaded at the time by the CIA. The community had been asked in late 2021 for options—American actions—that could convince Putin to back off. It was with this understanding that a most secret CIA unit was organized to find a way to do what President Biden wanted: to present Putin with a threat that could stop the Russian president from going to war. Bolstered by the CIA’s confidence, Biden stunned the intelligence community by threatening to blow up Nord Stream at a White House news conference on February 7, 2022, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz standing at his side. - LewRockwell
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  10376. There is a lot of wild speculation and misinformation coursing through the blogosphere regarding the bombing of a U.S. base in Jordan. What was the purpose of the base? This base is one of the primary entry points for U.S. military personnel being sent to man bases in Syria. It is a personnel and logistics hub. Think about it. How do the U.S. military personnel at bases inside Syria, like Al Tanf, get there? They do not parachute in and there are no secure airfields. Instead, the U.S. forces fly into Jordan and land at one or more of the seven main Jordanian military airfields: It is no secret that King Abdullah is close with the United States. However, that no longer is a reliable benefit. It is a potential liability. The last thing King Abdullah wants is the world to focus on the fact that he is helping the United States carry out what are essentially oil protection operations in Syria. Illegal operations. And much of the oil winds up inside Israel. The U.S. mission in Syria has little to do with fighting and destroying ISIS, a Sunni inspired extremist organization. That is basically, in my view, a cover for action. The real purpose, I believe, is to destabilize the Government of Syria and maintain U.S. control over Syrian oil resources. U.S. forces also are in position to monitor and and carry out military operations against Shia tribes with ties to Iran. Here is one more thing we know — this was not an Iranian operation. The Pentagon has issued a carefully worded statement saying the group responsible is “Iranian supported.” If the United States had actual evidence implicating Iran in this attack that information would be broadcast loudly and widely. The fact that the Biden Administration is silent on that particular piece of evidence tells you the U.S. is still scrambling to find the slam dunk proof. - Sonar21
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  10404. The following brought you by demented Biden! There are a lot of goings on, as the world continues to slide toward the brink. Texas governor Abbott has pulled the trigger on directly challenging the Federal government on the border issue: Republican governors are considering sending their national guards to Texas. Governor Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma pledged to do so on video. In another video Governor Stitt called it a powder keg situation, sending echoes of Fort Sumter through many in the blogosphere. Desantis has already even vocalized plans to undercut Biden’s scheme of ‘federalizing’ the national guards to take control of them. Desantis plans to do this by potentially sending the ‘state guard’ which he says cannot be federalized. In fact, Desantis’s speech is a good one, even though it veers a bit off topic. But he brings up salient points about how Biden has abused federal authority in sending national guards to foreign lands like Syria and Iraq for obscure missions they were never meant to carry out. Biden immediately retaliated by announcing the suspension of LNG exports: While this has long been in consideration under the pressure of of environmental groups, the timing has clearly left many declaring it an obvious attack on Texas, given that Texas is the premier LNG hub in the US: Governor Abbott and Speaker Johnson were fuming at this obvious direct attack: Almost everything that’s currently happening is an incredible victory handed to the Russian axis. The wagons are circling and Biden has created a dangerous no-win situation for his regime. If he goes in with federal action, not only does he risk sparking civil war, but even at best he risks openly exposing the Democrat plan to forcibly slam in as many illegal immigrants as possible. The regime has to play it a little ‘cooler’ to conceal their rabid intentions to undermine American democracy. But it’s certainly an ominous sign for things to come and gives us an early look at the type of black swan event they could use to thwart the electoral process this year to maintain their hold on power. This flare-up has spurred a host of underground voices to the surface, who now send warning signs about the devastating choices the Biden administration is making. One such example is a new letter being circulated that is co-signed by a slew of former FBI executive directors: It’s clear the Biden administration is courting catastrophe from every conceivable direction. And following this border debacle, it was only a given that any talk of Ukrainian aid would again collapse: While this is going on, Yemen has hit another British tanker, which reports claim is burning and liable to sink: It further showcases that the Western hegemonic bloc is losing control of the situation, and no amount of effort is helping. Jake Sullivan has been dispatched to “press” beg China to intervene with Iran in curbing the Houthi attacks that are entirely unpantsing the United States Navy: If news wasn’t bad enough for the West, the ICJ finally issued a ruling on the Israeli genocide case, tacitly informing Israel it must stop its killing: South Africa achieved something momentous, opening the door for many further legal challenges to Israel in the future, but more importantly tarnishing Israel’s actions with the stamp of validation from the highest international human rights judiciary. It shows that even ‘smaller’ countries can have major impact when they have greater courage than the ‘big countries’, and stick to principles. The last major news item deals with Ukraine’s shoot down of the Russian Il-76 carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs set to be exchanged. It is now confirmed without a shadow of a doubt that the plane was carrying the POWs, and Ukraine was informed of this fact. A quite gruesome new extended video of some of the bodies can be seen here. - Simplicius
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  10415. Major General Smedley Darlington Butler was, at the time of his death in 1940, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year career, he fought in the Philippine–American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Mexican Revolution, and World War I. However, at some point after World War I, he began to have grave doubts about his profession. Over time, with study and reflection, he concluded that he had NOT spent his life fighting and killing for the American people, but for special interests in New York City and Washington. As he memorably stated it in his 1935 book, War is a Racket: Though war is indeed profitable for the financiers and industrialists who champion it, it is invariably a disaster for a free citizenry. As James Madison remarked in a 1795 pamphlet: Of all the evils to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops every other. War is the patent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes. And armies, and debts, and taxes, are the known instruments for bringing the many under the dominion of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds are added to those of subduing the force of the people! No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. In the past 20 years, every major US foreign policy objective has failed. The Taliban returned to power after 20 years of US occupation of Afghanistan. Post-Saddam Iraq became dependent on Iran. Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad stayed in power despite a CIA effort to overthrow him. Libya fell into a protracted civil war after a US-led NATO mission overthrew Muammar Gaddafi. Ukraine was bludgeoned on the battlefield by Russia in 2023 after the US secretly scuttled a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine in 2022. - Courageous Discourse
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  10420. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Footage shows a group of Russian Paratroopers from the 106th Division, supported by five BMP infantry fighting vehicles, continuing to attack the remaining Ukrainian troops from the forest zone in Lyubimovka district of the Kursk region. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed on September 17, 2024, that fierce fighting was taking place on the outskirts of Lyubimovka near residential areas. Despite the annoying Ukrainian artillery fire from the 103rd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade, the Paratroopers' armored personnel carriers confidently continued to advance in an attempt to expand the control zone east of Lyubimovka in order to liberate Russian lands from the Kiev adventurers. The Russian reconnaissance unit used a UAV to locate the source of the Ukrainian fire, and transmitted the coordinates of the enemy's position. The BMP crew, in turn, quickly headed to their position, firing at them with a 30 mm automatic cannon, causing damage to the participating militants. The Russian paratroopers managed to sneak into the forest belt with armored vehicles, and recapture the house to house. The Ukrainian artillery fire continued to miss from the very beginning, this without any losses on the Russian side. The Ukrainian artillery situation then seemed to have eased, then the Paratroopers moved to another position after successfully establishing themselves in their new positions. At the same time, war correspondents also reported that the Russian Armed Forces confirmed the complete capture of the border village of Uspenovka by the Russian military offensive. Also, crossing the Snagost River and successfully capturing the village of Darino, which would threaten the Ukrainian supply point in Sverdlikovo. There is no need to rush in Kursk, those who lead Russia in this matter are quite skilled at it.
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  10422. PREGNANT WOMAN FORCED TO FRONTLINES? Kiev's sending pregnant women straight to frontlines vid above shows as shocked Russian troops ask "what are you doing here pregnant!?" Ukraine launched massive campaign to enlist women into army as country’s desperate measures result in FIRST ever case of surrender of pregnant female Ukrainian soldier. - Intel Report Russian assault troops are now coordinating FPV-kamikaze drone launches on the fly to eliminate enemies in trenches right in front of them. In case you don’t quite grasp the significance of it right away, another way of describing it would be that they’ve basically gotten to the incredible level of dexterity and coordination as to use the drones like hand grenades. I.e. as they’re actively assaulting a trench, dugout, or fortification, in the midst of the firefight they throw a drone into the air and eliminate the enemy right in front of them. The level of dexterity and training this requires to do under the intense pressure of an active firefight cannot be understated. Famed Austrian Colonel Reisner has finally had enough. Showing uncharacteristic anger he states that either the West must go “all in” and push everything into Ukraine, or sue for peace—it’s over. Confirming this, the Economist’s new piece yesterday finally announces the Ukrainian counteroffensive as officially over: - Simplicius PEOPLE SCRAMBLE FOR COVER LIVE ON AIR as IDF strikes the Indonesian hospital in the Gaza Strip, in Day 2 of indiscriminate targeting of Palestinian hospitals by Israel. - Intel Report Heavy shelling in multiple directions simultaneously by paratroopers of Russian Armed Forces on the north flank of Artemovsk. Direct fire from the Grad MLRS and BMD-2K-AU assault vehicles surprised the Ukrainian troops positions, who were driven from their positions with heavy losses. - Military Tube Today ⚔SITREP⚔ NOVEMBER 11 ◾Stepovoe under attack by Russian forces who take control of several buildings in Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) village (top map) as they continue tightening noose for Kiev army's desperate defenders in Avdeevka). ◾Russian army begin push into DPR village of Andreevka (bottom left map) as they force Ukrainian soldiers to retreat further West. ◾Ukrainian soldier gets sprayed with shrapnel in bottom right vid as Russian kamikaze drone torments defenders in Kleshcheevka - Kiev army's taken up to 305 casualties in DPR over past day. - Intel Report NIKKI STRANGELOVE: “HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB.” Haley’s jingoistic policy of supporting Ukraine is in U.S. national interest, she said in Orwellian speak: “This is a war about freedom, and it’s one we have to win.” Never mind, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s kleptocracy has destroyed freedom by shutting down opposing parties, suspending national elections, banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and silencing opposition journalists. - Sonar21 Then stop killing them, you pathetic fraud! US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that “far too many” Palestinians have died in Israel’s retaliatory campaign against Hamas militants in Gaza. - RT
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  10423. Iran launched the next stage of their True Promise 3.0 operation, targeting various sites of Israeli energy and military infrastructure. This time it reportedly included the latest Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, which made quite the dazzling impact all over Tel Aviv and northern Israel—a sight so spectacular it is rivaled only by last year’s Oreshnik strikes: The scenes were almost too unreal to believe, like something from an over-produced Michael Bay blockbuster. Among the targets was the Haifa refinery and Israeli research center of the Weizmann Institute for Science in Rehovot, near Tel Aviv: The scenes were almost too unreal to believe, like something from an over-produced Michael Bay blockbuster. Among the targets was the Haifa refinery and Israeli research center of the Weizmann Institute for Science in Rehovot, near Tel Aviv: The plan all along was obviously to goad Iran into an overwhelming response that would somehow incite the US to enter the war on behalf of Israel, in order to finish off Iran. The nuclear program was likely a false target, the real objective being the total overthrow of Iran’s leadership and the fomenting of civilian uprisings throughout the country to bring Iran to heel under a Western puppet-led government. Now Trump stands poised on the knife’s edge of one of his most historically critical decisions—whether to betray the mandate of the American people and consign his second term and dwindling legacy to the trash heap of history, or to pull back on the strings of Miriam Adelson and other donors and show a spine in standing up for the real ‘America First’ vision he promised to all. As of this writing, there are reports of urgent meetings in the Pentagon surrounding precisely the issue of Israel’s request for the US to officially enter the war to ‘finish off Iran’. - Simplicius
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  10436. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Ukrainian troops, who are still trying to hold out on Russian soil in Martynovka in the Kursk region, were raining by a heavy hail of incendiary ammunition, which covered the area of concentration of their manpower and equipment in the village. The Russian military channel released footage today, December 6, 2024, showing how a night barrage of 9M22S incendiary ammunition, presumably fired by BM-21 "Grad" MLRS, is now falling on the positions of those fighting for Zelensky's officials and the Western collective. It seems that the hail of incendiary ammunition was aimed at the last foothold, where Ukrainians concentrated their troops in the village, and now the enemy's positions are suppressed by the resulting fire. In recent days, the Russian Grad MLRS has been diligently firing its rockets, which contain magnesium and other substances mixed in them, to set fire to the enemy's military ammunition and fuel sources. As in the footage, the Russian Paratroopers "Tula" operate the Grad on Ukrainian formations in Kursk, precisely targeting manpower, equipment, fortifications, observation posts and armor! This week, much of the Ukrainian and Western equipment was destroyed by Paratroopers as they approached Martynovka. The footage shows a panoramic view of the village itself, which is being liberated by Russian troops, and new Kiev losses are being detected by drone vision. Two destroyed howitzers are seen blocking the road, and a heavily damaged Canadian "Roshel Senator" armoured fighting vehicle, while drone search for anothers by circling the village. Ukraine and the West have only advanced one step in the Kursk adventure with continued losses of life and equipment, and so far continue to be pushed back by Russian troops on the Kursk line, and it is believed that Martynovka will be liberated in days!
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  10437. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian troops have taken control of the entire Grodovka on the Pokrovsk direction, which is a fairly large settlement in terms of area, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on October 7, 2024. This section of the front in the Donetsk region is the area of responsibility of the "Center" Group of Forces, and due to their decisive actions, the offensive of the Kiev troops was repulsed even amidst the loud noise of Zelensky's "Victory Plan" together with Western partners. One by one, the territories fell into the hands of the Russian Armed Forces at a rapid pace, capturing the last part of Grodovka, key point between the Donetsk front towards Pokrovsk. During the day, the Russian assault forces advanced, capturing the last part of the Grodovka area still under Ukrainian control, and cleared it. They stormed the Ukrainian fortifications defended it with machine guns, firing at the Russians with heavy machine guns during fierce fighting. The Ukrainians also made ten counterattack attempts, which were defended by about two hundred soldiers remaining in the settlement, but all enemy attacks were repulsed. In a day, fighters of the Russian group inflicted damage on several enemy motorized infantry and paratrooper brigades, losses in manpower amounted to hundreds of soldiers killed and wounded. Russian fighters also destroyed various Ukrainian-NATO equipment, including the last armored vehicle in Grodovka, the American Bradley. The Center Group's drone recorded the movement of the vehicle, the first FPV drone made a devastating strike, after which the crew inside it abandoned their armored vehicle. The second hit the roof, and the third hit right inside the vehicle. The success of the fiery actions of the Russian military was noted not only in the Grodovka sector of the front, but also in almost all other sectors. While the Ukrainian-Western units were forced to take more advantageous positions at the moment. Therefore, the Russian command will try to take advantage of the opportunities presented before the autumn thaw restricts maneuver and the enemy comes to his senses. Generally, these prerequisites are strong enough to indicate that the Russian military is on the verge of a major breakthrough and attempts to launch a new offensive are underway, this month is expected to be hot!
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  10439. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The first images of several Israeli helicopters flying near the southern Lebanese border have emerged with the aim of evacuating soldiers who were killed in an ambush in Maroun al-Ras, according to local sources on October 2, 2024. Maroun al-Ras is one of the highest points, hills and endless fortifications in the area, where a second battle is currently underway after in 2006, Israel failed to capture the city after fighting there for weeks against Ridwan Hezbollah forces. Lebanese fighters reported a successful ambush and heavy losses on the Zionist side. Beirut confirmed that Israeli forces crossed the "blue line" of demarcation, where the UNIFIL peacekeeping force was previously stationed. More than 10 Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes in southern Lebanon and 60 others were injured, Sky News Arabia reported. Views from the east of Maroun al-Ras show medical helicopters buzzing and continuing to arrive - Israeli evacuations are underway where many casualties are reported in the fighting that has not ended as clashes are still ongoing according to the Israeli side. In addition, the Israeli army announced at least 8 Israeli soldiers killed and 35 others wounded in a Hezbollah ambush in the southern Lebanese village of Odaisseh, according to media reports. Some images show confirmation of the death toll from the IDF's 89th Brigade Egoz Unit, Eitan Oster the command captain, and Nazir Etkin the team commander were also liquidated, who specialized in anti-guerrilla warfare, special reconnaissance, and direct attempts to enter Maroun al-Ras. About a day earlier, the commander of the Egoz unit announced that they would carry out larger maneuvers in Lebanon in the so-called Northern Arrows Operation against Hezbollah, and seek to return the northern settlers safely to their homes. The Israeli army showed scenes of their invasion as they entered Lebanese territory with the participation of commandos, which they said. However, it seems that so far they have suffered heavy losses when trying to advance on the Maroun El Ras line, and may be forced to retreat!
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  10441. Front lines are collapsing for the Ukrainian army, whole units surrendering. Top commanders are fired. Faced with complete disarray of the U.S.-NATO instigated war in Ukraine, U.S. militarists are doubling down. U.S. efforts to dismember Russia appear to have utterly failed. Economic sanctions, price caps, the protracted war on Russia’s border and tens of billions of dollars, along with hundreds of U.S. and other NATO member troops sent as trainers, plus mercenary contractors can’t hold the corrupt Ukrainian military machine together. The statements promoting strikes with the U.S.-supplied weapons to targets inside Russia are being made directly by President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who is a former prime minister of Norway, but acts as if he were a U.S. official. All these elaborate plans would be dashed if Ukrainian defense lines crumbled before the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C. This 75th anniversary NATO Summit is a grand plan to showcase U.S. and Western imperialist dominance. Zelensky’s effort to call a “Peace Summit” on June 15 and 16 in Lucerne, Switzerland, exposes Ukraine’s dwindling support. The “Peace Summit” bars Russian participation. The effort is so flimsy that not even Biden is bothering to attend. The Rand Corporation, a powerful think tank for the major military industries, confirms the cynical calculations that justify war profits, regardless of the danger. Rather than reassess their deteriorating global position, U.S. strategists seem determined to put the fate of the world at risk. - LewRockwell
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  10444. It's only a matter of time before the Ukrainian Armies are Totally Obliterated. That's the REAL TRUTH! Ukrainian missile stocks and depleted-uranium shells destroyed – Moscow According to the ministry, high-precision, long-range ground- and air-based missiles and drones were deployed during the strikes. “As a result of the attacks, significant damage was delivered to the logistics system of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, operating in the Kherson and Zaporozhye directions,” the statement read. “Part of the stocks of cruise missiles and depleted uranium shells” provided to Kiev by its Western backers were destroyed, it said. Foreign-made multiple rocket launchers and air-defense systems were also hit, the ministry added. - RT West likes to sign agreements and then not follow up on them, a real EMPIRE OF LIES - Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov speaking at UN General Assembly. - Intel Report This guy really believes that Russia is getting whipped on the battlefield and Ukraine is triumphing. For example, he practically soils himself on camera while extolling the tremendous Ukrainian “victory” in striking the Headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol. He neglected to mention that Russia retaliated by hitting Kremenchug Airport — the launch site for the cruise missile strike on Crimea-Sevastopol — with a barrage of cruise missiles. No air raid warning was issued. It is presumed that low-observable Kh-50 cruise missiles were utilized. According to a report out of Turkey, the strike destroyed SCALP and Storm Shadow missiles as well as some Su-24M/MR bombers used to attack Sevastopol. - Sonar21 Russian forces have destroyed another two German-made Leopard tanks in the Kupyansk region, according to a report issued by Russia’s Defense Ministry on Friday. The Defense Ministry also reported that Russia’s Southern Group of forces repelled four Ukrainian attacks near the settlements of Vodyanoye and Maryinka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The ministry’s latest report suggested that up to 200 Ukrainian servicemen had been killed and wounded in those attacks, and that two infantry fighting vehicles and three cars were also destroyed. - RT NOT JUST IN THE UN HALLS but even on YouTube view counts reveal nobody cares to hear repetitive platitudes of NATO stooges repeating same pre-prepared lines for two hours (if not two years) straight. We can bet view count for Zelensky or Biden's UN speeches, at half or a third of those from dignified, sovereign and visionary African or Eurasian leaders, come from those laughing at them! - Intel Report AFTER SMOKE CLEARS there’s nothing left of Ukrainian positions near Liman, Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) with group of Grad ("Hail") rocket launchers unloading so many warheads at Kiev’s forces that fumes fill air - Russian forces push back 15 Ukrainian army attacks near Liman over past week. Russian army also stops 5 attacks dead in their tracks in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) over past week, with Kiev army losing over 950 troops, while total of 28 Ukrainian attacks thwarted in DPR and Ukrainian forces suffer over 1,455 casualties in process. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 22 More than 10 Ukrainian soldiers killed during attempt to storm Klesheevka, near Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut), Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). Footage shows the aftermath of the unsuccessful attack - who sends about 10 guys to storm 3 lines of Russian defenses? - Intel Report YOU’RE DOING THE WAR WRONG is what Mad Vlad Zelensky’s puppeteers in Washington are trying to tell Kiev as Western PR managers (pic above) explain that Begginsky’s strategy of throwing cannon fodder at Russian lines and committing war crimes on the daily ain’t best way to take over Russian territory. Pentagon's worried that Zelensky's obsessed with retaking Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut) and even more worried that Kiev army's gonna get obliterated if it's made to continue failed counteroffensive over winter - something Mad Vlad claims it'll do. "Comedian" who thinks he's a military genius - delusions of grandeur from coked-up madman. - Intel Report
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  10448. Trump’s release of some of the JFK files is being downplayed by the usual suspects in the Deep State, but there are some genuine bombshells. One of those concerns the CIA’s Counterintelligence Chief, James Jesus Angleton. It turns out that Angleton had a direct connection to Lee Harvey Oswald via Operation REDCAP. I will be interviewing Ryan Dawson soon, who has amassed a mountain of evidence that points to complicity between Israel, the CIA and organized crime in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It is not a theory. Ryan has compiled compelling evidence to support his claim, which received a significant boost in the latest release of information by Donald Trump. The following document shows that James Jesus Angleton was engaged with the Government of Israel. Other documents show that Angleton was helping Israel acquire a nuclear weapon, in contradiction to President Kennedy's Policy. The newly released unredacted Kennedy dossier reveals that CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton secretly helped Israel obtain nuclear weapons against Kennedy’s wishes. The documents confirm that nuclear technology and plutonium were transferred through intermediaries, and Angleton admitted to meetings with Israeli officials. He warned of the need for secrecy, fearing the consequences if the truth became public. This new information helps undermine the Warren Commission claim that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone shooter. In fact, when you review other evidence, it is doubtful that Oswald fired the fatal shot that killed Kennedy. And I want to close out this piece by looking at that evidence. A number of seemingly legitimate researchers into the Kennedy assassination claim that the fatal shot came from the front and blew out the back of the President’s head. That is not true. The fatal shot came from behind Kennedy, but was not fired by Oswald. How do I know? The angle of the bullet that blew out the front right temple of Kennedy could not have come from Oswald’s perch in the Texas School Depository. There was another shooter. If the bullet that hit Kennedy in the head was a full-metal-jacket round, then, by virtue of the angle from Oswald’s perch, it should have hit Governor Connally, who was seated in front of Kennedy. - sonar21
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  10473. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian troops have taken control of the entire Grodovka on the Pokrovsk direction, which is a fairly large settlement in terms of area, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on October 7, 2024. This section of the front in the Donetsk region is the area of responsibility of the "Center" Group of Forces, and due to their decisive actions, the offensive of the Kiev troops was repulsed even amidst the loud noise of Zelensky's "Victory Plan" together with Western partners. One by one, the territories fell into the hands of the Russian Armed Forces at a rapid pace, capturing the last part of Grodovka, key point between the Donetsk front towards Pokrovsk. During the day, the Russian assault forces advanced, capturing the last part of the Grodovka area still under Ukrainian control, and cleared it. They stormed the Ukrainian fortifications defended it with machine guns, firing at the Russians with heavy machine guns during fierce fighting. The Ukrainians also made ten counterattack attempts, which were defended by about two hundred soldiers remaining in the settlement, but all enemy attacks were repulsed. In a day, fighters of the Russian group inflicted damage on several enemy motorized infantry and paratrooper brigades, losses in manpower amounted to hundreds of soldiers killed and wounded. Russian fighters also destroyed various Ukrainian-NATO equipment, including the last armored vehicle in Grodovka, the American Bradley. The Center Group's drone recorded the movement of the vehicle, the first FPV drone made a devastating strike, after which the crew inside it abandoned their armored vehicle. The second hit the roof, and the third hit right inside the vehicle. The success of the fiery actions of the Russian military was noted not only in the Grodovka sector of the front, but also in almost all other sectors. While the Ukrainian-Western units were forced to take more advantageous positions at the moment. Therefore, the Russian command will try to take advantage of the opportunities presented before the autumn thaw restricts maneuver and the enemy comes to his senses. Generally, these prerequisites are strong enough to indicate that the Russian military is on the verge of a major breakthrough and attempts to launch a new offensive are underway, this month is expected to be hot!
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  10475. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – For the first time, Russian forces have begun to break the administrative front line of the Dnepropetrovsk region, gaining a foothold in the Dachnoye village by breaking through directly from the Donetsk border, Ukrainian sources confirmed on June 12. Earlier, Russian soldiers of the 114th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade planted Russian flag in Zelenyi Kut and Novoukrainka, and displayed the brigade's red banner inside Dnepropetrovsk between Dachnoye-Novoukrainka, as shown in the video and map images. Over the past few days, Russian troops have successfully advanced and bypassed Ukrainian defenses on the southern bank of the Vovcha river. During the process of its liberation, Russian troops launched a massive attack, destroying Ukrainian troops and their equipment, without mercy. At least the Russian assault troops managed to consolidate their advance to 37.5 square kilometers in both areas, despite strong Ukrainian defenses with Western assistance. Now, members of the 114th Brigade are crossing the river towards Dachnoye, officially reaching another new region. They advanced with Armata, were the first to cross the border between Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk, carrying out the main offensive mission. After resting, they charged with both feet, moving stealthily and encircling the Ukrainian units, which temporarily held out in their trenches after being sent by Zelensky. The first video from the battle in Dnipropetrovsk, shows Ukrainian positions in one of the forest belts, captured by Russian assault troops, due to excellent cooperation with drone crews. The enemy troops were preparing to fire at the Russians, but they failed the real combat test. About eight other Ukrainians, tried to leave their surrounded positions from the trenches, but Russian drones spotted them and dropped mortars, destroying those who remained. Due to the skillful actions of the soldiers, the Ukrainian defense line collapsed in an instant, marking Russian first success in Dnepropetrovsk.
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  10499. Flynn’s Convenient Hypocrisy: Ignoring AIPAC’s Stranglehold on U.S. Politics General Flynn's post might as well be a comedic piece of political satire, were it not for the dark reality underpinning it. Flynn rails against the so-called crime of foreign influence in U.S. politics, yet remains glaringly silent on AIPAC—the grandmaster of foreign influence operations in Washington. It’s an irony so staggering that it’s a wonder Flynn’s tweet wasn’t followed by a mic drop from Netanyahu himself, who, lest we forget, was caught on video in the 1980s boasting about Israel’s control over the U.S. Senate and Congress. Let’s break it down: Israel, under the guise of "America’s closest ally," has warped U.S. foreign policy into a vessel for its own colonial ambitions. The impunity, billions in aid, the blind eye to apartheid, the never-ending military support—all of it, funded by U.S. taxpayers. Flynn's selective moral outrage conveniently ignores this very real subversion of U.S. interests in favor of a foreign state’s genocidal crusade. Israel is not just pulling the strings but writing the entire foreign policy playbook while American citizens foot the bill. And the damage? It’s incalculable. America isn’t just losing credibility on the world stage; it’s bleeding resources and entrenching itself in wars that serve no U.S. interest, only Israel’s. Every dollar sent to fund Israel’s military is a dollar not spent on American infrastructure, healthcare, or education. Every bomb dropped on Gaza or Lebanon in the name of "security" for the Zionist project further erodes what little remains of American moral standing. Israel is a parasite on American foreign policy, using U.S. might to further its own expansionist agenda while destabilizing the entire Middle East. And let’s not mince words: U.S. entanglement with Israel does nothing for American security. In fact, it’s making enemies faster than it can manufacture THAAD batteries, with each of Israel’s war crimes making the U.S. more complicit by the day. Flynn’s focus on foreign donations, while ignoring AIPAC’s blatant meddling, is nothing short of hypocrisy on steroids. The real foreign influence isn’t from some rogue actors funnelling cash into campaigns, it’s from an entire political establishment bending over backward to serve the interests of a genocidal regime. But don’t expect Flynn to call that out. After all, in America’s political theatre, some foreign lobbyists are untouchable. Israel has made sure of that. - Gerry Nolan - Via Intel Republic
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  10505. Russia has Iron Determination in its steady advances all across the Front, per latest Combat Reports. Fleeing Gaza Is Impossible. Hamas overtook Palestinian leaders for control of Gaza in 2006, and no elections have been held since. Now, over two million Palestinians live within 140 square miles of a heavily militarized territory. Half of the people living in this area are children and teens who have no options for a better life. Fearing Hamas, Israel implemented an air, sea, and land blockade around Gaza in 2007. Nearly all humanitarian groups have asked Israel to repeal or lift this blockade with some describing it as “an open-air prison.” -LewRockwell We are experiencing on the part of Israel and the US a total lack of judgment. The risks are being ignored. It is starting to look like the Armageddon that Revelation describes. The problem for humanity is that it has developed weapons that are capable of destroying all life, and these weapons are in the hands of emotional people incapable of restraint and reason. I have been, and continue to be, concerned about the conflict in Ukraine spiraling out of control. The situation developing in the Middle East is more dangerous. There doesn’t seem to be sufficient recognition of this danger. The war propaganda from the presstitutes is extreme and blinds people to reality. Those in office think they are in control, but they are not. - LewRockwell TOXIC BLACK CLOUDS ENGULF THE HORIZON, as IDF strikes Palestinian refugee camp of Nur Shams, West Bank. Fierce fighting is now taking place between Palestinians and the IDF near the camp; clashes are also reported in the refugee camp of Shuafat in northeast Jerusalem. Do them terrorists live in refugee camps, do they? - Intel Republic "THERE'S TERRORISTS THERE BRO": In another instalment of "just trust me, okay?", the IDF publishes footage of the destruction of what it claims are hundreds of Hamas terrorist cells, as well as anti-tank missile launch sites, tunnel shafts, intelligence infrastructure & operational headquarters. Do women, children and babies somehow camp outside Hamas headquarters? - Intel Report CHILD'S BLOOD DRIES UP ON THE CONCRETE, as she waits several hours to be rescued. One of the lucky ones to be alive following indiscriminate Israeli bombs, she pleads to see her sisters once again. It's day 12 of conflict; death toll now exceeds 3,500 - Palestinian Health Ministry. - Intel Report TEAM RUSSIA sends 27 tons of humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip. The Ministry for Emergency Situations aircraft takes off from Moscow for the Egyptian city of El-Arish. Flour, sugar, rice, pasta and non-perishables are on board, to be distributed to the population of the besieged enclave. - Intel Report GOOD NEWS IN GAZA - and about time, as sobs of joy fill the room, when a wounded father learns that his child is pulled out alive from the rubble of their residential building. - Intel Report Russian fighter jets ward off British recon aircraft and 2 Typhoon jets over Black Sea (map above). UK planes turn tail as soon as Russian jets reach them, after Putin warned that jets will be constantly patrolling Black Sea, equipped with Kinzhal ("Dagger") hypersonic missiles. - Intel Report Hitler Zelensky ordering his troops to certain death. He will get his in the end! - Ukrainian Dream Of D-Day | Russian Advances on Avdiivka. Military Summary International investigation into Gaza City hospital massacre "NOT APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME" according to Washington. State Department Spokesman Miller goes on to back Tel Aviv and their "great deal of evidence" that they weren’t the ones who struck hospital - what like the "absurd" voice clip of PIJ fighters that even Western experts say are fake? - Intel Report ISRAEL BOMBS CHURCH: With clothes soaked in blood and heads wrapped in bandages (see pics and vids), people are rushed to hospital after Tel Aviv DESTROYS ancient Orthodox church in Gaza. Being used as shelter by 500 Palestinians, church has now been severely damaged with multiple casualties feared. Church statement (bottom right pic) blasts Israel for "war crime." - Intel Report HEART-WRENCHING CRIES FOR HER MOM resound across hospital as injured Palestinian kid desperately calls for her mother while she lies bandaged and bloodied after Israeli attack. Terror in child’s voice repeated across Gaza Strip as Israel’s indiscriminate strikes kill over 3,800 people and cause humanitarian crisis in Gaza. - Intel Report
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  10517. Donald Trump and his team enter negotiations with Russia armed with a set of false, misleading assumptions. Donald Trump reportedly continues to believe, as does his team of negotiators, that Russia is suffering economically and militarily and wants to end the war in Ukraine. This is not true, at least as far as the folks in Moscow are concerned. Russia’s objectives are clear — restore normal relations with the United States and obtain an agreement to end the threat that NATO presents to Russia. Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, and others, have been very clear in stating that Russia will not be bamboozled again into accepting a ceasefire with a promise of peace ahead. They made that mistake in halting their offensive operations after the 2015 battle in Debaltsevo as part of the Minsk II agreement. China’s is meeting fire-with-fire. As I noted in my previous post, cutting off US access to critical rare earth minerals will inflict significant damage to the US defense industry and other key technology sectors. It is not just Donald Trump who wants to increase pressure on China. There is a widespread, firm belief among many smart American politicians, business executives and academics that Russia is not a natural ally of China and that the US, in a reversal of the Nixon Doctrine — i.e., cozying up to China in order to weaken Russia — is convinced it can play the same game, only this time using Russia as a wedge against China. I will leave you with this question to debate: Who does sanctions hurt most — China or the United States. I think the United States will suffer the most. I look forward to your analytical input. - sonar21
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  10538. Russia may be sending the West a message that no matter what they come up with during this summit, it will be impossible to treat with a man considered not only illegitimate but even a wanted criminal at the state level. Recall just last month Peskov himself hinted as much, and Lukashenko was the one to bring up the illegitimacy roadblock. This encapsulates Russia’s potential plans. By introducing a large force in a new direction they can really throw the AFU off balance. However, there’s also a good chance that Russia is merely playing at the possibility of introducing the northern force for the very reason to keep Ukraine guessing and unable to fully deploy reserves in Donbass, as they have to be on standby to be deployed to Kharkov. Just by keeping a large force on the northern border, Russia can keep critical Ukrainian reserves tied down. Given the above continued developments, we’re once again being razzled with threats of NATO troop deployment: In the end though, most of this is just posturing. The game has once again been given away by Macron himself in the earlier interview, and others as well. Macron said: What I also wanted to reopen on February 26th was this famous strategic ambiguity, which should convince Putin that we are determined and that he will have to count on our determination. And here is Polish foreign minister Sikorsky again outlining the fact that this coordinated European provocation is merely meant as a smokescreen to “keep Russia guessing” via ‘strategic ambiguity’: The F-16 figleaf is likewise being used in this game of ambiguity to push Russia’s boundaries and test its limits. They will likely try to deliberately smokescreen where the F-16s can eventually be stationed or come from to give the effect that NATO may be involved in order to maintain a sense of tension they believe will deter Russia. But if you listen to Russian authorities and siloviki, they do not sound very frightened. But keep in mind, I believe that French troops have already long been in Ukraine anyway. Some may recall as far back as the Mariupol fight, Russian forces kept finding French military berets and pins in the wreckage. Here’s a recent resident of liberated Avdeevka who says he saw French troops firing on civilians Georgy Nekrasov, a resident of Avdeevka, said that in 2023, French tanks under the control of French crews from the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled peaceful areas of Avdeevka. Several times I was asked in past mailbags to comment on the state of the Ukrainian disabled veterans. Now, a new Le Monde article covers the topic quite grimly: It states outright that 70% of disabled Ukrainians are forced to care for themselves with the state having “given up on them.” Now add this to the new mobilization procedures which allow for the sick and even mentally incapacitated to be called up by Zelensky: I’ve long covered the topic of Ukraine’s prisoner disparity with Russia, which is an obvious analog to the general casualty ratios. After reports last time that the Abrams tanks were withdrawn from the battlefield, Ukraine’s 47th brigade vehemently denied it and said they haven’t gone anywhere. As if to undo the shame they appeared to make a show of it, risking the Abrams once more in defense of areas west of Avdeevka, which resulted in 2 new Abrams being destroyed today, as well as another Bradley. That reportedly now makes upwards of 6-8 Abrams destroyed thus far by most counts: - Simplicius
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  10551. While Ukraine was carrying out these 90% phony psyops with some modest success, Russia has been goring the AFU on the actual battlefield. Not only were there several reports of operational strikes on manpower consolidations like the following: But even the AFU themselves wrote of grievously painful losses. For instance, 108 Avdeevka ‘defenders’ were sent home for the holidays and their transport was struck by Russian precision weaponry, killing the entire group, as recounted by Ukrainian political scientists Vitaly Bala: Imagine that, 108 men wiped out in a single blow. It almost inclines one to quickly forget about an empty ‘landing ship’. He plainly states that they suffered more losses per day than they had previously suffered for entire months. That means to push Russian forces back those measly 1-2km behind the railroad tracks was costing them likely hundreds of lives per day, if not more—another example of Russian echeloned defense designed to systematically fall back while ‘leading’ the enemy through pre-set killboxes. The same soldier even makes an astonishing claim about NATO’s top gear, particularly the Abrams. He says the Abrams is useless because its low-positioned filters clog up every few minutes in Ukrainian terrain, requiring constant cleaning in the middle of battle, lest the tank entirely shut down: This segues us to the final section of battlefield updates. Russian forces have been making a lot of progress, finally officially capturing Marinka after nearly a decade. Even Zaluzhny confirmed the “full withdrawal” of AFU from Marinka during the press conference: Another exasperated AFU soldier wonders why society continues to downplay Russians as second rate when the AFU is being so badly slaughtered by them each day: - Simplicius
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  10557. The following brought you by demented Biden! There are a lot of goings on, as the world continues to slide toward the brink. Texas governor Abbott has pulled the trigger on directly challenging the Federal government on the border issue: Republican governors are considering sending their national guards to Texas. Governor Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma pledged to do so on video. In another video Governor Stitt called it a powder keg situation, sending echoes of Fort Sumter through many in the blogosphere. Desantis has already even vocalized plans to undercut Biden’s scheme of ‘federalizing’ the national guards to take control of them. Desantis plans to do this by potentially sending the ‘state guard’ which he says cannot be federalized. In fact, Desantis’s speech is a good one, even though it veers a bit off topic. But he brings up salient points about how Biden has abused federal authority in sending national guards to foreign lands like Syria and Iraq for obscure missions they were never meant to carry out. Biden immediately retaliated by announcing the suspension of LNG exports: While this has long been in consideration under the pressure of of environmental groups, the timing has clearly left many declaring it an obvious attack on Texas, given that Texas is the premier LNG hub in the US: Governor Abbott and Speaker Johnson were fuming at this obvious direct attack: Almost everything that’s currently happening is an incredible victory handed to the Russian axis. The wagons are circling and Biden has created a dangerous no-win situation for his regime. If he goes in with federal action, not only does he risk sparking civil war, but even at best he risks openly exposing the Democrat plan to forcibly slam in as many illegal immigrants as possible. The regime has to play it a little ‘cooler’ to conceal their rabid intentions to undermine American democracy. But it’s certainly an ominous sign for things to come and gives us an early look at the type of black swan event they could use to thwart the electoral process this year to maintain their hold on power. This flare-up has spurred a host of underground voices to the surface, who now send warning signs about the devastating choices the Biden administration is making. One such example is a new letter being circulated that is co-signed by a slew of former FBI executive directors: It’s clear the Biden administration is courting catastrophe from every conceivable direction. And following this border debacle, it was only a given that any talk of Ukrainian aid would again collapse: While this is going on, Yemen has hit another British tanker, which reports claim is burning and liable to sink: It further showcases that the Western hegemonic bloc is losing control of the situation, and no amount of effort is helping. Jake Sullivan has been dispatched to “press” beg China to intervene with Iran in curbing the Houthi attacks that are entirely unpantsing the United States Navy: If news wasn’t bad enough for the West, the ICJ finally issued a ruling on the Israeli genocide case, tacitly informing Israel it must stop its killing: South Africa achieved something momentous, opening the door for many further legal challenges to Israel in the future, but more importantly tarnishing Israel’s actions with the stamp of validation from the highest international human rights judiciary. It shows that even ‘smaller’ countries can have major impact when they have greater courage than the ‘big countries’, and stick to principles. The last major news item deals with Ukraine’s shoot down of the Russian Il-76 carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs set to be exchanged. It is now confirmed without a shadow of a doubt that the plane was carrying the POWs, and Ukraine was informed of this fact. A quite gruesome new extended video of some of the bodies can be seen here. - Simplicius
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  10570. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Russian Armed Forces have begun to massively harvest all sorts of nice trophies, as the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries fled, leaving behind their equipment and documents from Sudzha in Kursk Region. Sudzha was filled with a fantastic amount of Western hardware following its liberation, announced by the Russian Defense Ministry on March 13, 2025. The latest video from Sudzha, taken from a drone, is the main event that psychologically shows what the situation is like after Ukraine and NATO escape, as well as the remains of the Ukrainian failed escape attempt. The Ukrainians immediately fled, leaving behind important and expensive equipment, destroyed, damaged, and partly intact, which now gives good news to the Russian troops. Russian infantry is walking around the city of Sudzha with special forces, close inspection and collection of trophies left by Zelensky's troops continues. Pictures and videos show several columns of Ukrainian equipment that tried to leave Sudzha towards Sumy Region completely destroyed. The frames of vehicles riddled with shrapnel and bearing the emblems of Nazi battalions and electronic warfare systems are clearly visible. All that did not save them from Russian artillery fire a few days ago. Here, the figures of Ukrainian losses on Kursk operation and adventure, broken and abandoned armored vehicles are visible everywhere. Probably only a small part of it got into the video frame and it is also difficult to mention one by one, considering that Kiev's losses were very dramatic and fantastic. However, the military equipment of the 47th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine such as M1126 Stryker, M113 APC and American M1A1 Abrams Tank became the headlines, which fell into the hands of the Russian military. Russian soldiers also got the Biber bridge-laying vehicle sent from Germany, Canadian "Roshel Senator", and many other trophies. In addition, M777 155mm howitzers from the US and the UK, two trophies received in full condition, were found in separate locations and confiscated by Russia. The video shows that the howitzer positions were well-equipped and new, still functioning when abandoned by Kiev troops complete with ammunition near the city of Sudzha. A clear indication that Ukraine left its positions in a hurry and in disarray. Thus, soldiers of the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Sever Group removed the M777 howitzer worth almost $ 4 million, a very rare trophy, which they harvested during the first hours of the liberation of the city. Meanwhile, a soldier of the Special Forces "Akhmat" expressed gratitude to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Australian Department of Defense for the trophy, which has now fallen into their hands. The video shows an image of a Kangaroo and a Ukrainian flag on the vehicle, typical Australian aid to Ukraine, which will later settle in Russia. In the first sunny days, these trophies will begin to remind Russia of them, where the smell of defeat for Ukraine-NATO will linger in Sudzha for a long time. While eliminating the remnants of the enemy in Kursk, these trophies are now being examined by specialists or will be displayed in Moscow. For this, Vladimir Putin thanked the fighters who liberated Sudzha and neighboring settlements of Kursk Region in his speech.
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  10585. Biden has finally begun his retaliatory attacks, hitting targets in Syria and Iraq. But sources claim that almost every target was known in advance and evacuated, as we suspected would be the case. Now there are new reports that the US has fully doubled down on the creation of a Palestinian state—in other words, the long-sought-after two-state solution: You have to understand how politi-speak works. In diplomatic/political terms, “security guarantees” is translated as: bribes. It effectively means, we’ll give you x amount of billions of dollars for weapons if you do what we say. Yes, you see, given that Israel has hundreds of thousands of illegal settlers occupying ostensibly Palestinian territory, the creation of a legitimate state would necessitate the total expulsion of all settlers, which would play like a sort of Israeli Nakhba on TV. Recall, the whole point of the illegal settlements was always about one thing only: keeping a Palestinian state from forming. So this would mean the end to a grand plan spanning many decades, and a historic failure of an age-old Zionist vision. But the most explosive developments come from the Ukrainian front, as usual. There are a few very interesting breakthrough stories to tackle. In fact, Seymour Hersh dropped another “bombshell” today claiming that his sources told him the reason behind the coming dismissal is that Zaluzhny has been conspiring with the West to not only oust Zelensky—an obvious point—but to end the war entirely: Zaluzhny actually wants to “get out of dodge” himself because when Ukraine is forced to surrender to Russia, the general doesn’t want to be made the scapegoat. The other huge news is another startling ‘surprise advance’ has occurred on the Avdeevka front: On that note, it’s not looking good for the AFU, and the given reason continues to be due to mass shell hunger and inability to fire artillery. Ukraine has too few ammunition not merely to go on assault or “win”, but even to defend and hold back Russia’s troops: Ukraine faces a shortage of infantry. To anyone with a brain, the reason why that is, is obvious. Putin confirmed something I’ve been long proclaiming: that the POW ratio between Ukraine and Russia is 10:1 in Russia’s favor. From RT: The fact is, Ukraine only has a few hundred Russians while Russia has had anywhere between 10,000-15,000 Ukrainian POWs at various points, fluctuating with exchanges. Given the fact that each category of casualty should scale relatively comparatively, this means we can expect a similar disproportionality to exist between Russian-Ukrainian KIA figures. There is again increased talk of mercenaries everywhere. As Ukraine runs out of men, NATO hawks hatch their plans for a desperate last-bell save, as well as pump their disrobed soldiers into the country to stem the losses. Not only have recent Russian reports mentioned a lot of ‘German chatter’ in intercepted comms in Kupyansk, but more and more foreigners have been eliminated in recent strikes. I found this unearthed admission in New Yorker interesting. Zaluzhny told Milley in late 2022 that “Ukraine had almost no jet fighters left”: Ukraine sank another middling Russian boat, of a ‘cutter’ class by Soviet designation—project 1241. Problem is, Russia seized four of these from Ukraine itself: AFU soldier dejectedly tells host there is no hope: Ukraine now not only has the lowest fertility rate on earth, but its male life expectancy has dropped to 57 years. How low will it go before the conflict ends? - Simplicius
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  10589. [The lunatics in Israel and their backers won't be satisfied until they draw the whole world into a conflagration] There is a lot going on in the world that is generating fear in the West because they have lost control of the narrative and the battlefield. Ukraine’s retreat from Avdeevka has exposed the lie that the Russian military is a spent force comprised of coerced, untrained, poorly supplied conscripts. This has left NATO scrambling to try to find a way to keep Ukraine in the fight, but Ukraine’s Army is being ground into dust and its morale is flagging. But that is not where the real danger lies. Israel is signaling that it will invade southern Lebanon and fight Hezbollah. This is insane. Israel reminds me of the evil Queen in Snow White — they have convinced themselves that they are the best army in the Middle East. They gaze at their own reflection and fail to see how the world has changed. They are no longer the juggernaut that the imagine themselves to be. A poll published by right-wing Israeli newspaper Maariv has showed that 71% of Israelis believe that Israel should launch a large-scale military operation against Lebanon. Israel has been carrying out heavy air strikes on villages in southern Lebanon during the past week, but it has not weakened Hezbollah. To the contrary. Hezbollah is stepping up its own missile attacks on Israeli settlements. Saraya al-Qassam and company is hitting “Ashkelon” with massive barrages of projectiles, setting off the missile sirens and sending the Jewish settlers running for shelter! The average Israeli citizen does not understand that Hezbollah has a significant escalatory capability in terms of being able to launch big missiles into Israeli cities that previously have not been targeted. Hezbollah also has a trained army. It is not a group of rag tag terrorists. And Hezbollah has well-fortified defensive lines capable of stopping an Israeli attack. The bottomline is this — both Israel and Hezbollah appear to be stepping on the gas and moving towards a full-scale war. - Sonar21
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  10601. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Important update until January 24, 2025, reportly that the final phase of the battle for Velyka Novosilka has begun after Russian forces split the city center in two, leaving the remaining Ukrainian troops in a nightmare because of not giving up! Ukrainian channels have begun writing that the situation is critical, with troops at risk of being completely encircled by Russian forces. According to them, very heavy fighting is currently underway and the situation can develop "in any direction". Velyka Novosilka is a strategic defense and logistics center for Ukrainian forces, located at the southern junction of Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions. Here, the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says they are surrounded including many foreign mercenaries. They have not received orders to evacuate amidst a physical encirclement or massive fire control on escape routes. Russian assault units continue to drive Ukrainian troops out of Velyka Novosilka with heavy attacks. Meanwhile, warplanes, drones, and artillery such as BM-21 Grad MLRS are working on the ground, supporting assault units from the Vostok Group and the Marines. FPV drone operators attacked the enemy’s command post and UAV center, and also thwarted the Ukrainian troops attempt to escape across the river. A fortified building with a firing position on its roof was targeted during the operation. The commander of the assault group approached the building stealthily and eliminated the Ukrainian crew by RPG-7V. Under cover fire, the soldiers placed anti-tank mines inside the building, eliminating about ten Ukrainian defenders. Now, there is no way back for the Ukrainian troops as they refuse to surrender as per the Russian military directive a few days ago. It is reported that the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, here is rapidly deteriorating, not only by the day but by the hour. A clip shows a former member of the 110th Regiment who was injured and left in a house. The inability of the Ukrainian command to make tough decisions is clearly visible here, and this will cost many soldiers their lives. At the same time, the Vostok Group and the Marines will soon begin the cleanup and continue! Drone footage shows the Russian assault on the city center, and soldiers of the 5th Guards Tank Brigade plant their flag on the city council. The southern part of the city is still trapped and Ukrainian forces still control 50% of the central and northern parts. But this will change soon!
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  10602. “If the government can suspend your rights anytime it deems something is a crisis, you don’t have rights. You have permissions.” While our country sleepwalks through the deadly aftermath of the evil Covid-19 operation, the World Health Organization (WHO) puts the final touches on a nice bit of BS called its Pandemic Treaty on International Health Regulations (IHR) or “One Health” initiative, a Globalist power grab disguised in the saintly white robes of public health medicine. The agreement, to be finalized at the end of this month, will cede what’s left of your liberty to this unelected bureaucracy for the sake of global “equity and inclusivity,” meaning more lockdowns, constant surveillance, forced “vaccinations,” restrictions on medications, and censorship of anyone who voices a contrary opinion of these actions. Sound familiar? Yeah, it’s Covid-19 all over again, a second crack at controlling everything you do and every choice you might make by a cabal of governments and corporations, in other words, an international gang of fascists. The WHO is an agency of the United Nations, run out of Switzerland. You might recall this is the same place where the World Economic Forum (the WEF, a.k.a. “Davos”) has its headquarters. For years, the WEF has been issuing blueprints for a techno-fascist global regime under which, they state baldly, “you will own nothing and be happy.” (And eat bugs.) These birds are not kidding around, though anyone can see the megalomania on display, the grandiose will-to-power that seeks to subjugate the plebes of the world — and radically decrease our numbers — so that a remaining tiny elite can enter into a post-modern, techno-transhuman utopia uncluttered with us “useless eaters.” The corporate money and organizational mojo out of Davos is behind what amounts to a homicidal racketeering scheme masquerading as disease prevention. - LewRockwell
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  10608. We visited a school that is sponsored by Konstatin Malofeev the other day. What a place! I am happy to call Konstatin a friend. Not because of his wealth, but because he is a person of integrity and faith. The children that attend this school are taught a traditional, classical curriculum. I wish you could have seen the light in the faces of these beautiful kids. Something magical is happening there. Let me put this into perspective. The United States lost around 275,000 soldiers in battles fighting the Nazis in North Africa and Europe during the entirety of the war. In the Battle of Stalingrad alone, Russia lost approximately 750,000 to 1,100,000 soldiers and civilians… these figures include both military and civilian deaths. Russians know the cost of war better than anyone in the West. That right there is the difference between the United States and Russia. The Russian people know the human cost of war all too well. Vladimir Putin’s older brother died during the siege of Leningrad (aka St. Petersburg). Which brings me to the war in Ukraine. It is not a full-blown war. It is a Special Military Operation. It if was a war, Russia would be fully mobilized. It is not. If you walk the streets of Moscow or travel outside the city (which I have), you would not know that there is a battle raging along the front in the Donbass. And for those people who insist that Russia’s economy is in tatters and that the Russian people are suffering under the burden of inflation, think again. Putin’s position regarding Ukraine has not changed. He will not negotiate with Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky is no longer the constitutional authority in Ukraine. He must be replaced and Russia will only talk to his successor. Russia is not going to make any territorial concessions. Zaporhyzhia and Kherson, along with Donetshk and Luhansk, are now permanent members of the Russian Federation. That is non-negotiable. I was struck by Donald Trump’s comment today, where he opined that Ukraine may cease to exist as a country. It appears to me he is starting to pay attention to daily Presidential Daily Brief and that Tulsi Gabbard, in her new role as the Director of National Intelligence, is making sure that the President is getting an unvarnished briefing on the true situation in Ukraine. - sonar21
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  10641. On Tuesday another provocation in the Baltic Sea-Gulf of Finland strategic zone occurred when Estonia attempted to seize a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker: Recall that the Western-fabricated moniker ‘shadow fleet’ merely means a tanker which is not registered in accordance with Western EU/G7 “sanctions”, which themselves do not apply to Russia in the slightest, since Russia is not party to those organizations. The methods of the West’s criminal economic terrorism are clear: they cut Russia out of the largest insurance market, then attempt to “enforce” Russia’s “illegal” lack of insurance for its ships. The only definition of a “shadow fleet” tanker is one which is not registered in London’s insurance market, because it was deplatformed by the criminal ‘Rules Based Order.’ Swell how that works, no? Getting back: The ship’s crew took this video of Estonian military choppers attempting to intimidate them into pulling into an Estonian port: But Russia is no longer tolerating this behavior. It sent a Su-35S to buzz Estonian assets, which immediately scurried off, allowing the Russian ship to successfully continue navigating toward St. Petersburg. Estonia claims that the Su-35S violated its airspace in speeding to the scene of the crime—well, one supposes that’s a justified tit-for-tat given that Estonia violated international law for safe maritime passage in illegally obstructing the ship. This is all that Europe has left in their game plan: they failed to out-produce Russia in war, they then failed to trick Russia into an early ceasefire, now they plan to orchestrate an endless escalation spiral so that—with the help of their totally captured and non-independent state media organs—they can propagandize their citizenry with the threat of the Russian ‘specter’ in order to try and build a consensus toward utilizing all remaining public funds to mobilize a vast war machine to stop Russia. It is existential for them: if Russia wins this war, the European cabal will crumble forever—the sun will set on the ‘Western Liberal Order’ forevermore. - Simplicius
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  10643. At a cost of $1.3 billion, the US, Israel, France, UK, and Jordan worked in conjunction to take out the missiles and drones launched by Iran. This realizes two major schematics: 1. Israel is incapable of defending itself alone, and 2. The West is spiking War while scripting lies for the Media about peace thru sanctions. Israel intends to retaliate. The Ayatollah gave the US and neighboring countries advance notice of the intended strike (72 hours). Erdogan is calling Qatar to realize the extent of deception and murder. Jordan is too financially beholden to the West. And Saudi Prince bin Salman is cursing Israel for its stupidity. Iran was showcasing. US claims VICTORY Speech amidst ‘Iranian humiliation’. The real revelation is the sheer egocentricity and deception our western governments and their militaries promote instead of simply telling The Truth. Iran was thus able to show the world these western nuances. Damage control is not possible. During this same time period of attack, Israel managed to murder over 100 additional Palestinians with no reprisal at all. While regime change has been a prevailing mainstay of the CIA since its inception, the American public was not informed. This apparatus has now been fully identified and countries across the globe are more than a bit peeved at the realization. Americans are horrified. The concept of betrayal central. Processing the fact that our government has been the main creator of conflicts, regime change, murders, assassinations, and annihilation of entire countries, aka – Syria, when we were massively hypnotized into thinking we were the greatest peace maker, is a bitter pill indeed. The fact that we are now the victim of a blatant regime change has aided our awakening. Yet still, the realty exists that many if not all our government officials throughout the last 100 years have been installed. And that power has become infinite in its levy. The Israel War was likely created as a distraction from our CIA reality. But instead of realigning America against the created evil – Palestine and Iran = the common enemy, a fatal flaw emerged. Israel is The Deep State. And the CIA works for Israel. Israel recruits its benefactors, such as Soros and Fink and Bloomberg, etc… These benefactors agree to be the shield. In return, they will be granted enormous wealth. Netanyahu is not officially a member of the Club – but his ego sought this war as a means of demonstrating the extent to which his evil against Palestine and Muslims could earn him the right to belong. The response is NOT what he anticipated. - LewRockwell
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  10645. Moscow did not start the war in 2022, but is trying to stop the war that Ukraine started in 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Putin announced the military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, following eight years of Kiev’s suppression of the Donbass population. Russia would only engage in a military conflict with a NATO nation such as Poland or Latvia if it is attacked, Putin said. Any Western claims to the contrary are “just threat mongering.” Unlike the US, Russia is not afraid of the rise of China, Putin said, calling Carlson’s suggestion that BRICS risks being “completely dominated by the Chinese economy” a “boogeyman story.” If the US wants to stop the Ukraine conflict, it should stop sending arms to Kiev, Putin said, adding that if this happened, the hostilities would end within weeks. Putin went on to say it was “ridiculous and very sad” that Kiev listened to then-UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and refused to sign a draft truce with Russia that was agreed on during peace talks in 2022. The conflict continues on to this day, while Johnson himself is no longer in office, he noted. NATO promised that it would not expand its territory eastwards, but quickly broke this promise by bringing all of Eastern Europe and Baltic states into the fold, Putin said. The US-led military bloc now intends to drag Ukraine in, he added. Asked by Carlson who he believes blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia and Germany through the Baltic Sea, Putin replied: “You,” referring to the US and its allies. When pressed whether he has any proof of CIA or NATO involvement, the Russian leader said that in cases like this, one should first look for those who would benefit from the attacks, and who had the capability to carry them out. Zelensky was elected president on a platform of peace, but allied himself with “neo-Nazis and nationalists” after taking office, Putin said. - RT
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  10656. The weekend’s standout story comes by way of Edward Luttwak, one of the so-called ‘premier military theorists’ in the West, openly calling for NATO intervention in Ukraine, lest the West suffer a “catastrophic defeat”: Luttwak has been an advisor for U.S. presidents and the U.S. military, as well as other world militaries. He’s also served in the IDF, which could explain his brazen machismo and lack of concern for morality or global safety. But more notable than the eye-catching quote that’s got everyone talking is Luttwak’s claim that NATO countries are already in the early stages of planning various types of contingents to be sent to Ukraine: Interestingly, he frames everything around the urgency of an imminent Chinese attack on Taiwan, which further adduces his poor analytical abilities. I had mentioned in the comments the other day that there are rumors Russia is preparing a campaign for this summer of utilizing Su-34s for the first time to launch mass UMPK glide-bomb attacks on the Odessa and Ochakov regions from the Black Sea. It’s an interesting rumor in light of these developments as it brings to question whether it’s Russia upping the ante after latest signals of NATO’s increasing salivation over Odessa—or vice versa, NATO is getting nervous for the very reason that they realize Russia is set to increase the pressure on Odessa. But what’s important to note, is that no one country wants to be left to take the brunt of the Bear’s retaliation alone; nor even two or three of them together. That means such an action would likely only occur if a coalition of scaredy-cats was formed, and the chances of that are not great. All combined, those countries could provide maybe 150-250k troops maximum, and that’s on the optimistic end. Meanwhile, Russia already has an entire fresh 500k man army raised by Shoigu waiting for them, which was created precisely to counter-act the new NATO threats, as I reported long ago. That’s not to mention hundreds of thousands of more reserves troops, including the conscript forces and national guard, that Russia could bring to bear if worse came to worse. But the real final buck-stopper is Russia’s true strategic missile defense system: the A-135, and A-235—also called Nudol. The A-135 is specifically designed to take out nuclear ICBMs, rather than being a jack-of-all-trades like the S-400/500 systems. But it is a final stopgap system as the A-135 missiles, which are called 53T6, themselves are nuclear. But they are neutron bombs instead of regular fission atomic bombs. They shoot up at a mind boggling acceleration of 0 to Mach ~10 (some sources, like Wiki, have it Mach 17, but I believe 10 is more realistic, as per Russian domestic sources) in only 3-4 seconds, pulling 200gs. Once they reach the altitude of over 80km where the incoming nuclear ICBM or MIRV’d warheads are approaching, the neutron bomb detonates which essentially causes the enemy’s nuclear RVs (re-entry vehicles) to go inert, by chemically defusing them: So, Russia has 68 nuclear-armed (neutron bomb) strategic interceptors, each of which can take out not only one ICBM, but dozens of MIRV’d warheads, if they have already been released. the West is unable to ignite the manufacturing prowess necessary to compete with Russia. a Russian soldier named Rodimir Maximov, introduced as a ‘Private’, was just awarded with state honors during an assault in the Novomikhailovka area. His commander was wounded at the very start of the assault, and Maximov immediately took over, issuing commands to the squad with total autonomy. Even more telling was that once he radioed HQ, they basically told him to hold down the fort and gave him leeway to act as he saw fit, even as the enemy launched multiple counter-attacks—there was no ‘Soviet-style’ one way marching orders as the dimwit Western military ‘experts’ would have you believe. The command gave him full autonomy for two full days, according to the story, as they coordinated reinforcements to come relieve the assault group which had taken the AFU fort. During the footage, you can clearly see the mere ‘private’ displaying clear signs of well-schooled leadership abilities, with no signs of any “drone-like” behavior: - Simplicius
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  10658. You cannot win a war when your Army sees no problem killing innocents led by a tyrant against an Army trying to save them! That's why the Ukes are doomed! Ukes now experiencing 3K battle losses under the Russian onslaught as Uke armies being destroyed at will! - Military Summary Channel today President Joe Biden announced last week that the United States would be funding – and possibly fighting – three wars in three different parts of the world at the same time. It is an ambitious foreign policy for a president who doesn’t even seem to be able to express a coherent thought without the help of a teleprompter. Nearly every word of Biden’s speech was untrue, including the preposterous suggestion that “American leadership is what holds the world together. American alliances are what keep us, America, safe.” US interventionism in Ukraine for over ten years and in the Middle East for decades has brought those two regions to the brink of an explosion unlike anything seen before. And if that is not enough, Biden’s neocons are also determined to take us to war with China over Taiwan. The world is literally falling apart in front of us as Biden claims we are the only thing holding it together! - LewRockwell MURICA'S NAME literally written all over civilian casualties everywhere, with Russian military correspondent standing amidst ruins of destroyed home in Kalininsky, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine), as fragments of American AGM-88 HARM found amidst rubble. The attack killed one resident and injured at least one other. - Intel Report Well done, Russian Military, give the Warmongers hell! Russian military destroys Ukrainian seaborne drones. The incident took place in the Black Sea off the southern coast of Crimea on Tuesday morning, the Defense Ministry reported - RT KEY UKRAINIAN POSITION FALLS: Russia captures important height near Avdeevka, Donetsk (ex-Ukraine, see map) after fierce fighting as chilling scenes show Ukrainian soldier wrapped in fire, dragging himself out of hell. Uncontrollable excitement from soldiers as Russian flag flies high on height near Avdeevka Coke Plant, Ukrainian stronghold, while Kiev's cannon fodder is bombed to bits, allowing Moscow to increase pressure in this region. - Intel Report The speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament said that just as a corporate manager with a bankruptcy on their hands would not be trusted with someone else’s money again, “nobody in the world will accept Biden and the US, who have destroyed the global security system, to build a new world order in their interests.” Washington’s efforts to preserve its hegemony risk starting a new global war. - RT North of Avdeevka, Russian forces began planting the 114th Brigade banner and tricolor flag on key heights, having taken control of the fortifications on the waste heap at the base of the hill. Nearby, there is the Avdeevsky Coke Plant making it easier to approach and restore the railway line north of Krasnogórovka. During the battle, many Ukrainian troops were killed and captured. - Military Tube Today MEET NAJI (ARABIC FOR SURVIVOR), premature baby whose 11 family members were killed by Israel's bombardment on Gaza. His mother was still pregnant and doctors delivered him as she drew her last breath, and he, like 130 other premature babies, fight for their lives, risking losing the battle as Israel blocks fuel and medicines. Already more than 2,360 Palestinian children killed by Israeli air strikes - why is Israel so set on killing them all? - Intel Report
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  10673. [Some news that the geopolitical morons defending Ukraine will never be allowed to forget!] The Ukrainian authorities abysmally failed to avoid or respond adequately to severe street violence and killings that took place in Odessa in May 2014 between supporters and opponents of the regime change operation commonly known as “Maidan.” Subsequently they also obstinately failed to investigate the incident. In other words, they first messed up criminally – or worse – and then engaged in a cover-up for over a decade. Not a minor issue if you consider that hundreds of victims were injured and 48 killed on that day. Take a step back and just consider the bare essentials: Unrest and mass killing have occurred, in a major city, too. And the public authorities of the state concerned have never provided a remotely adequate investigation or legal redress: Victims and their relatives were left without justice, perpetrators without punishment. In any country that is not content with being a failed state, an authoritarian swamp, or both, the above alone would be a scandal rocking and toppling governments. On May 2, 2014, that reality was gruesome: in clashes between pro-Maidan and anti-Maidan protesters, some died from gunshot wounds, but the preponderant majority, 42, of the victims died in a fire in the Odessa House of Trade Unions that broke out during and because of the fighting. While some of the fire’s victims received help from outside, others were deliberately blocked up in the burning building or beaten savagely when they escaped it. The key point is that it was not merely an accident. At least once it was blazing, it was a weapon because that’s how it was used. How do we know this? In case of a genuine accident, everyone helps put a fire out. Yet that was not at all the case here. Even police and fire services deliberately refrained from intervening! And in this enormous Western information war offensive, misrepresenting the Odessa killings of May 2014 has been almost as important as covering up the true nature of the Maidan Massacre in Kiev just over two months before. Trial by fire; Why the West won't admit the truth about the 2014 Odessa massacre. Even the European Court of Human Rights has found Ukraine guilty over the Trade Union House deaths, but Kiev and its backers remain silent. - RT
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  10674. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian forces have made new progress by taken another group of Ukrainian soldiers including British mercenaries, who were captured around Sudzha while fighting for Kiev in Kursk region. The Russian military channel released footage on November 24, 2024, showing an Ukrainian soldier who did not surrender being eliminated on the spot by Russian soldiers, he was carrying civilian clothes and some another unusual equipment. Furthermore, his fellow Ukrainian soldiers, also consisting of 12 soldiers at a strong point in the northwestern part of Plekhovo, south of Sudzha. The Russian military reported by the interrogation that the prisoners shot at civilian and military vehicles, mined the highway in their operations mainly at night. They were specially trained for urban combat in Britain as per their confession. This once again proves the direct involvement of Britain in the war against Russia. James Scott Rhys Anderson a captured British soldier, as a signalman who identified himself and was wearing green military gear, has appeared online. The 22-year-old soldier who served in the British Army from 2019-2023, along with his comrades from Ukrainian Foreign Legion, decided to go and earn money on the Kiev side after experiencing personal hardships. He traveled to Ukraine via Krakow, Poland, entering through the Medyk checkpoint, and he was part of the fierce battles at Kursk, where Ukrainian forces were defending their newly acquired territory. James was lucky to survive, captured at Plekhovo strongpoint in the fighting, which is unlikely to have paid him several months of wages from Kiev. So far, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports that 141 British mercenaries have been killed during the Ukrainian conflict. Sources report that Russian forces are advancing towards Plekhovo. There is another forest to the east of Plekhovo, which is under Ukrainian control, which could be used to fire on advancing Russian forces. This means that Russian forces are likely to surround this forest, before taking over the settlement
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  10676. I know there is a lot of angst and pearl-clutching in response to Trump’s nominations of so many ardent Zionist-supporters to his Administration. Yet, not a single one of the nominees has a blood relationship with Israel. Not one holds or has held Israeli citizenship. So, on that count, Trump is doing better compared to Biden. I know, small consolation. Look on the bright side — Marco Rubio will never be called, “Netanyahu’s lawyer,” a title currently held by Antony Blinken. Got to admit it. Fetterman nailed it. But in the real world, Israel can’t advance five kilometers inside Lebanon after almost two months of trying and that same Israel can’t stop the Hezbollah rockets and that same Israel has failed to pacify Gaza after 14 months of fighting, notwithstanding a horrific genocidal campaign. Nonsense!! My point in sharing this with you, my readers (especially those overseas), is to help you understand how crazy and delusional these people are. They are beyond the reach of reason. Let me paint one scenario to consider. Iran launches a devastating ballistic missile strike on two or three key Israeli defense or intelligence installations. Unlike October 1, Iran inflicts significant damage, including hundreds of Israeli casualties. At that point, Israel is going to react emotionally and try to retaliate against Iran. If Iran’s air defense system, with Russia assistance, mitigates the Israeli blow, Israel will be unmasked. The ball will be in the US court. Will Biden allow US forces to assist Israel in retaliating? If so, then his actions will result in US bases throughout the region being targeted. Biden will have started World War III and leave Trump with a deadly mess to clean up. What I am suggesting is that events may take place that will compel a change of thinking in the United States with regards to both Israel and Iran before Trump takes office. I was happy to hear that Trump named Tulsi Gabbard as his Director of National Intelligence. That will put Tulsi in a prime position to try to restore some integrity to the intelligence communities. For starters, she is in charge of the Presidential Daily Briefing. She will make sure that Trump is getting accurate information. Secondly, she will have oversight of all covert actions/programs. She has good instincts and has the ability to speak directly to Trump and warn him about doing something stupid. No guarantee he will listen, but at least there will be one adult at the table. - sonar21
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  10684. [With Trump talking out of both sides his mouth, WHO KNOWS, and that's the REAL PROBLEM!] As an aside, let us take a moment to admire the logic of this conditional exchange. We will lift the weapons ban and give you more weapons once you come to the table to sign a peace deal. Does that make sense to everyone? It usually works the other way around. Why would Russia possibly agree to a ceasefire or peace talks to a Ukraine it now knows will continue receiving huge sums of weaponry upon sitting down to negotiate? What’s looking likely is that Russia has demanded for the US to stop participating in long range strikes on critical Russian industries as part of the ongoing Russia-US negotiations. How can Russia trust the US when it is actively helping Ukraine carry out painful strikes on strategic Russian sites? As I said before: I believe it’s too early to celebrate. All the above conjecture depends entirely on what kind of ‘pause’ in aid this really is. Trump may just be bringing Zelensky into line, and intends to resume the aid shortly, even if partially. Of course, either way it does not bode particularly well for Ukraine—I am simply cautioning against celebrating an immediate collapse of the AFU. Several days ago Russian Iskanders slammed into a Ukrainian training session in an open field. The results were so bad that it’s become an open scandal in Ukraine, with even top officials and publications openly revealing the casualties, which included 150 dead AFU, and 30 dead NATO instructors: - Simplicius
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  10694. Trump named Fox News host, Pete Hegseth, as his nominee for Secretary of Defense. Wow!! Hegseth, apart from having served in the Army, has no experience managing a gargantuan bureaucracy like the Department of Defense. What the hell is Trump thinking? I think it is simple — he is installing loyalists in key positions who are not compromised by or beholden to the military industrial complex or the defense lobbyists in DC. I know one of those lobbyists (we used to be neighbors) and I guarantee you he is livid tonight. Trump is sending the Deep State an unmistakable message — I will be running the show. Hegseth also is not a creature of one of the many Washington “think tanks,” which are funded in large measure by the military industrial complex and the Zionist lobby. Trump did not select Hegseth because the former Army officer has a great plan for reforming the bloated, corrupt U.S. defense complex. He chose him because Hegseth is expected to follow orders and do what Trump wants. Trump also named former Congressman and former Director of National Intelligence (aka DNI), John Ratcliffe, as the nominee to head up the CIA. That is an excellent choice in my view. Ratcliffe is a straight shooter and not a self-seeker aspiring to be President, like Mike Pompeo. By virtue of his previous stint as the DNI , Ratcliffe knows where some of the bodies are buried at CIA and will play a key role in releasing the JFK files. While I’m willing to give Trump the benefit of the doubt, I stand by my belief that if Trump takes the US to war in Iran or China, he will destroy his Presidency, and possibly the nation. My advice, let’s wait-and-see what Trump does his first week in office. At that point, if I am wrong, I will take the drubbing I deserve. Until then, keep your powder dry. Trump is trying to do something with the bloated US Government that has never been attempted, at least until now. - sonar21
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  10704. I apologize on not writing about the NY Times article by Adam Entous and Michael Schwirtz, The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin, The key thing you need to understand is that this article is a deliberate piece of misinformation that is intended to shape public and policymaking opinion in the United States. Yes, it is true that U.S. intelligence, along with NATO, supplied Ukraine with intelligence used to carry out missile strikes on Russian positions. Admitting this in the pages of the NY Times is reckless and dangerous. I am pretty sure the Russians already knew this but putting this on the record with U.S. intelligence sources is a casus belli for Russia. But the article starts with the big lie by claiming that the CIA relationship with Ukraine started in February 2022 The Maidan and the ensuing events in February and March 2014 involved what I believe was a joint U.S./U.K. intelligence operation to remove Ukraine’s President Yanukovich and install a pro-Western government that would be used to attack Russia. The fact of the matter is that the CIA has been dealing with Ukrainian opponents of Russia since at least 1947 The goal of the Entous/Schwirtz article is simple — portray the CIA as a great organization who did magnificent work in Ukraine but were not able to complete the mission of destroying Russia because the Republican Congress failed to provide funding and the Ukrainian intelligence service was uncontrollable. Not a word is written about the negotiations that were underway in Turkey between Russia and Ukraine that had reached an agreement in principle until the U.S. and the U.K. intervened and ordered the Ukrainians to walk away. Can’t have that in this narrative. Nope. Got to find someone else to blame for the unfolding debacle. they polished up the CIA turd and laid the foundation of blame for the looming defeat at the hands of the Republican Congress and an out-of-control Ukrainian intel chief, Budanov. Once you grasp this you can understand why Kiril Budanov has been on the record in the press this week denying the U.S. claim that Putin killed Russian-dissident Nalvani and that Russia is using Iranian and North Korean missiles. Looks like Budanov understands he can no longer count on the CIA to have his back. - Sonar21
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  10710. When President Biden approved the use of supersonic Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to strike Russia, he placed in jeopardy the national security of the United States, the safety of our troops abroad and violated the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, which provides that only Congress can declare war. Biden has made a decision to insert the U.S. into an unambiguous, escalatory phase, using the territory of Ukraine to attack Russia directly with missiles which can reach 190 miles deep. This is an illegal act by the President which puts our nation on a path to war with Russia. No President has the right to use unilateral executive authority to permit a U.S. missile strike against another nation. It invites a retaliatory attack. It is an impeachable offense. Any Member of Congress can, under privileges of the House, ask for immediate consideration of a joint resolution which invokes Article I, Section 8, and then cuts off all funding for personnel, coordination, technical advisers, materiel, equipment and deployment of ATACMS and emplacement of any other offensive missile systems in Ukraine. The Putin-as-Hitler narrative projected in the media accelerated fear, induced acquiescence and rallied Western support for what was essentially a long-standing war scam by the military-industrial-intelligence complex. The alchemy which turned man into monster turned blood into cash. Kiev has already paid a horrible price for being a US/NATO proxy: the loss of the flower of its youth, the destruction of its beautiful cities, the spoilation of its fertile farmland, and the sacrifice of its sovereignty. Now, as U.S. missiles rain down on Russia, a counterstrike will occur, spreading ever wider the misery which has enveloped Ukraine. - LewRockwell
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  10712. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The US forces instructed SDF militias to open a new front in Deir ez-Zur in eastern Syria, to advance and attack the positions of Syrian Arab Army, Al-Mayadeen correspondent reported today, December 3, 2024. The militias, fully supported by the US occupation, launched attacks on at least 7 villages controlled by Syrian Army along with Iranian forces and Arab tribal forces east of the Euphrates River. According to reports, the clashes were mainly focused on the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor, with the targeted areas including Al-Hussainiya, Al-Salihiya, Hatla, Marat, Mazloum, Khasham, and Al-Tabiyah. The rebel militias used minesweepers to remove earthen obstacles, and with 12 mortar shells fired at the town of Khasham. Heavy clashes erupted between Syrian Army and the militia forces on the outskirts of the towns of Al-Salihiyah, Marat and Al-Tabiyah under the direct cover of US artillery and fighter jets from the US occupation bases near the Conoco oil field and the Al-Omar oil field. A video was published online today, showing US occupation fighter jets carrying out airstrikes, bombarding the positions of Syrian Arab Army and auxiliary forces, to assist SDF separatist forces in their offensive to advance towards the town of Al-Hussainiya. But, as part of the response of Syrian Arab Army units with the support of auxiliary forces, the fighters managed to thwart the attacks launched by the militias on seven villages, repelling them, SANA news agency reported. There was no change in the control map in Deir ez-Zur countryside, after the violent attacks launched by militia forces to seize the oil fields in the region together with the US. Now, more and more people in the world understand the true origins of the conflict in Syria, the mass violations and plundering of Syrian natural resources are taking place, initiated by the Western elites!
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  10713. Europe in particular is in utter shambles as their sunk-cost failure in Ukraine has exposed feeble European leaders as true naked emperors before their seething populaces. Germany continues to completely unspool before our eyes as France’s Macron issued a temp-gauging panic statement about the need for Europe to become ‘omnivores’ in a world full of ‘carnivores’, lest the decaying continent get left behind for good. Ultimately, as can be seen the two sides appear at a loggerheads: Trump in his supreme vanity thinks he can end a nigh holy war that has spilled the blood of hundreds of thousands of people on both sides with the snap of a finger—this is the height of disrespect to both sides, particularly to Russia and Putin. But personally I can’t imagine Trump trying to escalate, beyond blowhard bluffs, because as stated, the US doesn’t have much of anything left to give beyond rusted junk or critical strategic reserves. The only possible way I can see out of it is Trump cutting all aid to Ukraine and allowing a full capitulation while blaming it on Europe after passing them the buck. We’ll close this section with Russian ambassador to UK Andrei Kelin’s reaffirmation of Russia’s negotiating positions: Compromise is out of the question. Zaporozhye and Kherson are Russian Russia will not make concessions to Ukraine – all demands of the Russian Federation will be met. These are demilitarization, denazification and neutral status of the country. - Simplicius
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  10729. I’ve written a number of essays trying to point at the baseless and irrational way westerners view military explosives as a far more civilized and humane way of killing human beings than bullets or blades, but I’ve never written anything that sums it up as clearly as this frank admission by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s senior manager of journalistic standards. Military explosives rip human bodies apart. They burn people alive. They trap them under rubble where they die excruciatingly slowly in one of the most horrifying ways imaginable. They leave people without limbs. They dismember and disfigure children for life. Many of the most agonizing deaths in human history have been caused by bombs. There are thousands of Gazans who have yet to be counted among the dead because their bodies are still buried under the rubble of fallen buildings. Many of them would not have died instantly. Some are still alive, waiting for days in a state terror and searing pain for a rescue that will never come. A UNICEF report released last month said that more than a thousand children had had one or both legs amputated since October 7 as a result of damage received by US-sponsored Israeli airstrikes, a number which would be significantly higher by now. We know that many such amputations have occurred without anaesthesia, because Israeli siege warfare has cut off Gaza’s healthcare system from the necessary supplies. If this is not vicious, then nothing is vicious. If this is not brutal, then nothing is brutal. If this is not murderous, then nothing is murderous. But it doesn’t get labeled as such by the western press, because it is being done “remotely”. - LewRockwell
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  10735. If BS was fungible, both Israel and Ukraine would be rolling in dough and not need another dime of foreign aid. The nonsense spilling out of Tel Aviv and Kiev is legendary and much of the Western public is slurping it up like a ravenous dog eating a bowl of rabbit stew. Let’s start with Israel. The Zionists used more than 100 aircraft to send an estimated 200 air-launched ballistic missiles into Iran. Israeli aircraft did not dare to fly inside Iran. And what happened? Iran, with Russian help, shot down the majority of the Israeli missiles. Iran showed no signs of panic or anger in the aftermath of the attack — not what one would expect if Israel’s assault had been a smashing success. Compare for yourself. The first video show’s Iran’s October 1 attack on Israel. The second video shows what happened in the skies over Tehran. The Zionist spin patrol is working overtime to paint lipstick on their pig operation. The Zionists convinced themselves that Iran’s strike on October 1 was meaningless, notwithstanding clear video — and later satellite imagery — of damage from Iran’s missile barrage. Now, when confronted with evidence of Iranian air defense knocking Israeli missiles from the sky, they simply pretend it did not happen. Ukrainian forces are retreating all along the 900-mile front. Then there is the Ukrainian/CIA story claiming that North Korean troops are fighting on the front because Russia has lost so many men, it had to import new cannon fodder. I believe this story was ginned up by an increasingly desperate CIA in order to create a cover story for bringing South Korean pilots to Romania to fly F-16s. The “news” about the North Korean troops first appeared in the New York Times under David Sanger’s byline on October 8. Sanger has a long history of being a willing conduit for CIA “leaks.” Remains to be seen if the South Koreans will actually enter the fight. If they do, they will learn that Russia ain’t playing games and many of those pilots will likely die. I discussed this issue with Judge Napolitano. I am also posting a live podcast that Andrei Martyanov and I did with Nima as Israel’s attack was wrapping up Friday night my time. - Sonar21
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  10763. Turning to the mid-air collision over the Potomac River last night (Thursday). There is more disturbing news. I have corrected my mistake in my article last night. I learned subsequently that the helicopter was flying south, not north. Apparently, the chopper had flown to CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia and was returning to base at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Pete Hegseth is stalling the release of the name of the pilot who was flying the chopper. Turns out the pilot is a woman with only 500 hours of flight time. As of now, the Department of Defense has refused to identify the woman, which suggests that Trump’s claim that DEI was a possible reason for the collision may be on target. Despite claims that she was an experience pilot, a report from a retired Black Hawk pilot and Crew Chief (it is posted at The Gateway Pundit) tells a different tale: *The single-greatest error in this accident was the decision to fly without a second Crew Chief on the left-hand side of the Blackhawk, who could have provided an extra set of eyes to “look out-and-up” to see the approaching American Airlines Passenger plane. *Night Vision Goggle (NVG) flights result in a sort-of “tunnel vision” for all who wear the NVGs and normal policy in many Army flight units is to force a full crew of 2 pilots and 2 crew chiefs for all NVG flights, so that you always have “eyes out” to both sides of the aircraft, when flying in those conditions. While not mandatory, it is the proper safety call, especially when flying in the vicinity of a busy, major airport such as Reagan Airport (DCA). No matter how competent the pilots and Crew Chiefs may be, this flight needed a second Crew Chief on the left side of the chopper. . . . *Known mistakes by the Blackhawk Flight Crew point to a lack of experience and/or competence. We’ve heard in the media that both pilots were “experienced.” This is just not true. Someone is “blowing smoke” to the media, to President Trump, and to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, to “cover their ass.” The collective level of experience of the pilots was not impressive. Their level of experience is like comparing a rookie in the NFL to a second-year player. The pilot had the experience of a second-year player, while the co-pilot was a rookie. This was NOT an experienced crew to be flying at night, near a major airport, without a second crew chief. - sonar21
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  10772. UKRAINE: HAS THE US LOST YET ANOTHER PROXY WAR? Short answer, YES!! Just like the proverbial chicken without a head, the United States is running around headless and incapable of navigating a way out of a confrontation with Russia. A confrontation that the United States cannot win. But, based on Biden’s speech tonight, the United States is going to double down on a losing hand. The Biden team apparently have decided they cannot afford a loss in Ukraine before the election so they are likely to green-light more risky terrorist attacks inside Russia, oblivious to the repeated warnings from Putin and his national security team that Russia will strike back. You want to know how bad it is? Russian soldiers posted a video today begging Biden to send more M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine and promising to give him 10% of the bonuses they will earn for destroying those tanks. That, my friends, is world class trolling. The following video shows the Ukrainians launching a desperate attack across an open field and suffering devastating casualties for their effort. The “Butcher” Syrskyi is living up to his reputation by dispatching his few remaining, capable reserves in actual human wave attacks against well entrenched Russian positions. Sheer madness. Steve Bryen did a great interview today with Bill Walton (not the basketball player). Mr. Walton has been a strong supporter of Ukraine and is coming reluctantly to the realization that Russia is mopping the floor with Ukraine. Steve does a very good job of describing the grim situation facing Ukraine. His commentary is important because Steve has been considered a part of the Washington defense establishment. His honesty shows courage and integrity. - Sonar21
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  10773. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian troops managed to take another new settlement, Novodmitrovka, as its troops worked well, sucking out enemy forces with significant advances. The Russian Defense Ministry published videos on November 23, 2024, showing the breakthrough of the assault detachment by the "O Brave" unit of the Center Group of Forces, maneuvering under Ukrainian fire until the tricolor flag was raised there, north of Kurakhovo in Donetsk. The video shows basements and houses where Ukrainians were hiding, until the Russian flag was finally raised permanently there. The stormtroopers used a flanking maneuver to destroy the enemy in the tree line of the forest belt around Novodmitrovka. The brave soldiers, acting quickly under heavy artillery fire and Ukrainian attack drones, nevertheless made it through without any losses. Due to the coordination and courage in their work, the Center Group managed to clear the settlement and raise the victory flag. Towards Novodmitrovka, the zone of control of Russian troops has now been significantly expanded, penetrating Zarya and its environs, as well as Sontsovka, ensuring that most of Ukrainian group fled westward. Thus, Russian troops developed the offensive, penetrated as far as possible, and now control most of the semi-cauldron area southeast of Kurakhovo. The Russian stormtroopers also used other methods to quickly force Ukrainian troops to surrender. The troops worked very well, dropping leaflets with the help of drones and groups of Ukrainian armed personnel were taken to a safe place with the help of radios also dropped by drones. One Ukrainian soldier mistakenly thought that the drone were going to attack him, but in fact they were going to take him to a safe place and he was happy. Three soldiers from Ukrainian brigade with civilian appearance managed to lay down their arms amid the escalating situation between Russia and NATO, and considering their collapse in the city of Kurakhovo, it is getting worse!
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  10775. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – New footage has shocked Kiev once again, as Russian troops first managed to destroy a Ukrainian command post in Lebedevka then raised a flag on a monument in the settlement, symbolizing not only another tactical victory, but also that enemy troops had surrendered or fled. Videos shared on March 11, 2025 by the Russian Defense Ministry and Russian military correspondents, shows the assault and liberation of Lebedevka in Kursk Region by the Paratroopers “Tula” of the 106th Airborne Division. The crumbling Ukrainian forces trained in the West, surrendered under Russian gunfire, proving once again that NATO’s strategy is “ unworking.” The Kursk border is being secured, and Western assistance will not turn the tide, according to Russian soldiers. During the rapid assault, first destroying Ukrainian resistance by blowing up their command post with the support of UAV operators. Precision strikes on the command post, paving the way for airborne assault forces using light weapons, assisted by another UAV, to completely take the settlement from the Ukrainian formations that were already overwhelmed from the start. As a result, several Ukrainian soldiers who survived laid down their arms, later becoming prisoners of war. The “winged infantry” units undermined the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the central part of the village during the clearing operation. Next, the Paratroopers “Tula” planted Russian flag and the flag of the Airborne Forces on the Victory in the Great Patriotic War memorial in the center of Lebedevka. The expansion of the Russian Armed Forces’ control zone by more than 600 meters, clearing the area to the south and east, and advancing to an indefinite depth toward Zaoleshenka section of Sudzha, where Kiev’s troops were trapped in a huge “cauldron”!
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  10780. Defeat in Ukraine may be but one part to an accumulation of western ‘defeats’. Defeat in Israel would strike at the very core of U.S. political being. Hat-tip to Simplicius’ Bones of Tomorrow, in which he reflects on a Culture that has become debased; its lures that used to trap us into the ‘Myth of the West’ lie withered, as patently false idols. The dimming fire has squandered any sense of ‘magic’ in the guttering West, or indeed of hope to recoup this something ‘lost’. It is the wistful realisation that – as it stands – the myth is never likely to offer anything of lasting value again. The ‘Elect’ though, have deliberately raised the stakes. They do not want to ‘let go’. They have determined that, with the western train wrecked on its own cultural ‘wall’, the ‘End of Time’ story of convergence on a common future is ‘over’ too. And along with it, the claimed western mandate to dictate the ‘direction forward’ is over also. The West, by contrast, is still fed on stories of western leadership, election, innate qualities and exceptionalism. Put simply, this ‘influencer’ fad signally is failing to help westerners cope with the tectonic shifts occurring across the globe. Its peoples are wholly unprepared for the ‘Winter that is Coming’. The need for a return to an integrity of messaging is all the more pressing as attempts to repair one reversal, with a false narrative – inverting realities to achieve the putative ‘win’ – will only lead to further losses. Deceit is exposed in the instant. Trust takes a decade to build. Does the West really believe it can recoup in this way? Nobody beyond their authors believes these western Intelligence narratives, post- Ukraine. They are now tainted for the long run. In the end, military facts are more powerful than political waffle. - LewRockwell
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  10782. The US is pursuing a “deeply hostile” nuclear policy while attempting “to lecture” Russia and China, Moscow’s ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, warned on Thursday. His comments came after the US acting assistant secretary of defense for space policy, Vipin Narang, said that Washington finds itself “in nothing short of a new nuclear age,” adding that it must “prepare for a world where constraints on nuclear weapons arsenals disappear entirely.” Antonov condemned the speech as “innuendos about Russia’s allegedly irresponsible behavior in the nuclear sphere,” adding that this type of rhetoric does little to contribute to “improving the situation in the sphere of strategic security.” Washington is “once again trying to teach” Russia and China the “right behavior,” the diplomat added. “Otherwise, they threaten the advent of a new ‘nuclear age’ in which the United States will not be able to restrain the growth of its own nuclear arsenal.” The US also continues to “pump” Ukraine with more and more weapons amid the conflict with Russia, including fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons, Antonov stated, describing the policy as “deeply hostile.” It will not be possible to achieve cooperation with Moscow while attempting to inflict a “strategic defeat” against it, the envoy warned. Antonov also accused Washington of “silencing the inconvenient truth about the more than two decades of US strikes against the entire architecture of international arms control.” - RT
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  10783. Russian Army going for the jugular as Civilian shelling Ukes getting destroyed all along the Front! BLASTED BUILDINGS BATHED IN EERIE LIGHT (left vid) as ruined homes stand in Donetsk City, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) after Kiev army launches shells at civilians that leave ruins in their wake. Rescue crews work overtime to shift rubble (right vid) as they work to rescue survivors trapped underneath devastated houses. - Intel Report "YOU HAVE WAR STRATEGY - WE HAVE PEACE STRATEGY" states Hungarian PM Orban as he schools Western presstitutes attempting to throw shade at him for daring to meet with Putin. Orban promptly shuts down questions about his reluctance to give Nazi Kiev regime cash as he's forced to repeat that he wants PEACE not war, stating he will let EU use "Peace Fund" money on Mad Vlad Zelensky but only after Ukraine explains exactly what they'll spend euros. - Intel Report Russia suddenly began nuclear drills and successfully tested its ability to launch a massive retaliatory nuclear attack from land-based silos, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile RS-24 Yars, Tula nuclear submarine launching R-29RMU Sineva, and from Tupolev Tu-95MS Tu long-range bomber. Intensive nuclear attack drills are undertaken in response to an aggressor's nuclear attack. - Military Tube Today "WEST INCITING KIEV REGIME" to continue war states Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov as he brushes aside claims that Russia doesn’t want peace, stating Moscow doesn’t avoid negotiations but Mad Vlad Zelensky hasn’t yet offered "serious proposal". EU's already worried sick about its appalling military production - how much longer till West runs out of steam and forces Mad Vlad to negotiating table? - Intel Report
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  10792. The diplomatic tango between Washington and Moscow is underway, but Trump’s promise to bring a quick end to the war in Ukraine on Trump’s terms appears more unlikely with each passing day. Prior to the conversation between the two leaders during the last four days, diplomats representing Moscow and Washington in their respective embassies did the detail work of arranging the phone diplomacy. But, according to Borizzkman, there were two, not one, conversations (this is Borizzkman’s concise eight-minute video presenting the latest developments): Putin’s position is firm and unyielding — No ceasefire or freeze-in-place, recognize the four former Ukrainian oblasts as Russian states, and dismantle Ukraine’s military so that it could never join NATO. The conversations likely took place last week, perhaps as early as 5 February. Why? Because we learned on 6 February that the US asked the UK to take over the chair of the Ukraine Defense Group which is set to meet tomorrow (Tuesday) in Brussels. Trump is sending a message to both Putin and NATO — i.e., Ukraine is no longer viewed as a US priority and that Europe is responsible for pulling Ukraine’s chestnuts from the fire. Although it appears that Uncle Sam’s Sugar Shack is now closed for future business with Ukraine, Waltz and Donald Trump still labor under the mistaken belief that they have leverage over Russia because they believe it is suffering catastrophic losses and a weakening economy. According to Waltz: Wrong on the economy Mike: Trump and his foreign policy team are wrongly assuming that Putin is desperate for a deal because, according to the bogus intel being fed to them, Russia is hurting and looking for a way to alleviate the pain. I am sure that Putin and his team will be setting that record straight. At the very time that Trump is trying to do a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, Trump is endorsing Netanyahu’s plan to blow up the ceasefire agreement and renew attacks on the Palestinians in Gaza. While Trump is smart in some of the domestic policies he is pursuing, he is exposing his ass with his obtuse grasp of the situation in Gaza and how US actions in that region shape Russia’s distrust of Trump and his policies. - sonar21
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  10800. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - A pile of wrecked American vehicles in the service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, turned into scrap metal after the defeat near Krasny Yar, which was liberated by the Russian Armed Forces, this released by the Russian military correspondent on October 23, 2024. Remember! About a week ago, Krasny Yar, located in one of the key regions of the Donetsk People's Republic, was officially taken under heavy fighting conditions and under heavy Ukrainian fire, but Russian soldiers managed to make a heroic breakthrough towards Pokrovsk, securing control over an important settlement! The 74th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Central Group of Forces completely cleared the settlement, and raised the Russian tricolor flag on the building of the House of Culture. After the clearing is complete, a convoy of American scrap metal still smoking from fires, was later found near an anti-tank ditch near the settlement. It seems that Russian troops destroyed a group of vulnerable vehicles, with one blow! The destroyed vehicles included one M113 APC, one Maxxpro MRAP, one Bradley IFV, and one M1117 Guardian armored personnel carrier were hit. Meanwhile its driver from the Nazi-affiliated Ukrainian forces, was killed defending it, cannon fodder was a casualty in the 24 hours while Zelensky presented his ridiculous “Victory Plan” according to military experts. In contrast, the Russian military showed that it continues to liberate land, destroying Western-backed troops and equipment. A few days ago not far from the same location, a Russian FPV drone headed towards another Bradley. As usual, the equipment burned perfectly.
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  10804. Thus, Avdiivka unfolded along a pattern that is now becoming very familiar, and indicates the emerging Russian preference for assaulting cities, at least of this mid-sized fortress variety. Once again the operation focused in its preliminary phase on flaring out Russian control over the flanks, beginning with the large mechanized assault in early November which secured positions on the railway line to the north of the city. Again (as in the case of Bakhmut and Lysychansk-Severodonetsk) there was an expectation among some that Russia would attempt to encircle the city, but this still does not look feasible in the current operating environment under the nexus of fires and ISR. Instead, positions on the flank allowed the Russians to launch concentric attacks into the city, entering on multiple axes that compressed the Ukrainian defenders into a tight interior position, where Russian fire could be heavily concentrated. The question now becomes fairly simple: if Ukraine failed to attack successfully over the summer, if they could not defend Bakhmut, and if they cannot defend in Avdiivka, is there anywhere that they can find a battlefield success? The dam is leaking. Can Ukraine plug it before it collapses? Overall, the broad operational situation suggests that Russia is developing offensive momentum across the entire theater. This will have deleterious effects on Ukrainian combat power by preventing rotation, reconstitution, and lateral troop redeployment, while sucking in the dwindling Ukrainian reserves. The Russo-Ukrainian War is one of industrial attrition. Despite a variety of theories about this or that game changing weapon, clever maneuver scheme, or superior western training, the reality of this war for the last 18 months has been one of grinding and laborious industrial war, battering through fixed defenses in a maelstrom of concrete, steel, and high explosives. The central problem for Ukraine is fairly simple: Russian force generation is reaching the liftoff point, which will interminably shift combat power in Russia’s favor. The upshot of all this is essentially that, even if the European production surge occurs on schedule, there’s at least a 3-1 advantage (potentially 5-1) in Russian artillery fire that’s baked into the calculus of this war, occurring alongside a substantial western acknowledged ramp up in Russian production of strike systems like cruise missiles, Geran drones, Lancets, and glide bombs of both greater power and greater range. A recent publication from the Royal United Services Institute noted that Russia can deliver 1,500 tanks (both new build and retrofitted depot stocks) and 3,000 armored vehicles per year - the report also notes that Russian stocks of Iskander and Kalibr missiles have grown significantly over the last year. Given that Russian casualties are obviously far below the phantasmagorical hundreds of thousands suggested by western Media and Ukrainian propogandists, it has become clear that Russia is generating more force over time. Estonian intelligence estimated that Russia can properly train, equip, and deploy roughly 130,000 additional troops every six months, which is more than adequate to overcome current loss rates. As if to emphasize the point, RUSI notes that the Russian grouping of forces in Ukraine (that is, only those forces deployed in theater at the moment) rose from 360,000 to 470,000 over the last year. So, Russian force generation is growing over time, and not simply regenerating losses. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces are increasingly undermanned, with understrength brigades asked to perform increasingly heavy lift. We know that Ukrainian reserves are running low. This was clearly demonstrated in Avdiivka, when the AFU scrambled brigades from other fronts (like the 47th Mechanized) that had been fighting all summer, indicating that there was a lack of adequate strategic reserves, and then throwing in the elite 3rd Assault Brigade in the closing days of the battle to try and stem the bleeding. Meanwhile, formations like the 110th Mechanized, which had been fighting in Avdiivka for months, were essentially burned off entirely because they could not be rotated out. Russia conducts regular troop rotations, while Ukrainian forces remain on the line due to the lack of replacements. So, here we are. The current Theory of Ukrainian Victory is exhausted, intending as it did to leverage western ISR, training, and surplus equipment to deliver disproportionate casualties on Russia. I rather think, however, that Jünger’s metaphysical “titan of suffering” is not so metaphysical at all. It rather refers to a mundane power of the Russian state, namely its excellence and willingness across the centuries to mobilize huge numbers of men and material for war, at the expense of other social goals. War with Russia sucks. It means mass casualties, cold trenches, scarred earth, and long nights of shelling. The Ukrainians have coped with this as well as anyone (because they are themselves quasi-Russian, however much they deny it), but it is an awful thing to trade shells for years on end. The Russian power of suffering is to willingly fight wars that devolve into bat fights, knowing they have a bigger bat. The window of strategic opportunity has closed for Ukraine, and now opens wide for Russia. The earth opens wide for the dead. - Big Serge Thought
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  10823. Speaker Johnson’s ignominious betrayal of fiscal sanity might well be the death knell for the GOP. He is apparently risking his speakership on behalf of $95 billion of foreign aid boondoggles that Uncle Sam cannot remotely aford, and which actually provide zero benefit to the homeland security of America. And we do mean zero, as in nothing, nichts, nada, nyet and nugatory, as we amplify below. What Johnson’s impending Waterloo means, therefore, is not merely the prospect of another wild and wooly succession battle, but actually that there is no point at all in the preservation of a Republican majority and GOP House Speaker. Afer all, the Washington GOP has become so infected with neocon warmongers and careerist pols who spend a lifetime basking in the imperial projects and pretensions of the world’s War Capital that apparently the best the House GOP caucus could do when it ejected the previous careerist deep stater from the Speaker’s chair was to tap the dim-witted nincompoop who currently occupies it. The Republican party is thus truly beyond redemption. As JFK once said about the CIA, its needs to be splintered into a thousand pieces and swept into the dustbin of history. Needless to say, our dufus Speaker doesn’t know the “Baltics” from the “Balkans” where Serbia and other Russian friendlies are definitely not quaking in their boots about Putin. In point of fact, however, it is not hard to see that the civil war and territorial dispute between Kiev and Moscow over the Donbas and rim of the Black Sea from Mariupol to Odessa is a one-of of Russian and regional history and Washington’s mindless push of NATO eastward to Russia’s very doorstep. Nevertheless, the insanity of the Russophobia which keeps knuckleheads like Johnson from having an even rudimentary grasp of the matter reveals an even larger issue. Namely, it explains why Washington’s hegemonic foreign policy is a dysfunctional disaster, which unceasingly spawns madness like today’s $95 billion foreign aid boondoggle. To wit, it encourages the Empire’s client and allied states to take bellicose positions vis a vis Washington designated rivals and enemies because it brings aid to their treasuries, weapons to their militaries and prestige and self-importance to their politicians and diplomats. At the end of the day, what Washington now needs is a break-up of the GOP and the formation of a Peace and Freedom party from the remnants of the conservative GOP and the dovish left. Both have been ejected from the UniParty by today’s Republican and Democrat denizens of the world’s War Capital. So perhaps Johnson’s hari-kari act will bear some fruit, afer all. Not as he intended, but in the good way that American democracy desperately needs at this fraught juncture. - LewRockwell
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  10831. Moscow has demanded that Ukraine surrender everyone in the country it suspects of terrorism, as well as immediately stop supporting any related activities, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday. The ministry said it had officially contacted Kiev with the demands under the UN-adopted International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. The demands include the “immediate arrest and extradition” of all the suspects which Moscow has identified and linked to the recent terrorist attack against Russia. The deadly attack on the Crocus City Hall, which “shocked the whole world is, by far, not the first terrorist attack endured by our country recently,” the ministry noted. ”The investigations carried out by the competent Russian bodies indicate that the traces of all these crimes lead to Ukraine,” it stressed. Apart from the concert hall attack, which left at least 144 people dead and more than 500 injured, the ministry cited such incidents as the assassination of the military blogger Maksim Fomin (best known by his pen name Vladlen Tatarsky), the deadly bombing of the Crimean Bridge, as well as recent cross-border raids into Belgorod Region and elsewhere which have been attributed by Kiev to the so-called Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK). The paramilitary unit, advertised as composed of Russians collaborating with Ukraine, has been designated as a terrorist entity by Moscow. - RT
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  10837. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – By the fall of Vremivka almost without resistance, the group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in VelykaNovosilka found itself practically completely surrounded in a cauldron, where the Russian Armed Forces physically controlled all the main roads. Realizing that the drama of Kiev troops in VelykayaNovoselka south of Donetsk seemed to be coming to an end, Russian troops from the Vostok Group of Forces deployed Uragan MLRS, which was engaged in dropping leaflets on the positions of Ukrainian troops there for their immediate surrender, as shown in the footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry on January 17, 2025. Now, the evacuation corridor of Velyka Novosilka is less than 2.5 kilometers wide, with no main roads, only land left and the only way is to cross Mokri Yaly river for the Kievites to get out. The cauldron is boiling, where the siege of Velikaya Novoselka – now officially begins! Dropping leaflets on enemy positions, special leaflet projectiles are rocket ammunition containing rolls of leaflets. Uragan fired a volley of shots at each of them, urging Ukrainian soldiers to hand over their weapons and voluntarily surrender in order to save their lives before a complete encirclement. Now, it is reported that Russian troops are at the Vremika gate after the cleanup, just a few minutes away from the city center, while conducting a limited siege, and things will get complicated for Kiev's forces if they try to hold on. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have few options: retreat as far as possible, or defend and fight to the end. A few days ago, Ukrainian soldiers retreated from their positions in panic, even abandoning their NATO weapons in the bushes, fleeing without a fight simply because they did not want to face the Russian army. Russian soldiers from a reconnaissance unit as part of the Vostok Group of Forces, demonstrated the abandoned weapons near Velyka Novosilka as shown in footage by the Defense Ministry on January 15. Among the trophies were a Javelin portable ATGM, a Browning M2 large-caliber machine gun, a portable anti-tank grenade launcher, and ammunition.
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  10857. BUNKER BUDDIES huddled up in Ukrainian army firing post are nothing but stationary target for Russian choppers as they let loose missile that turns concrete building to dust (vid above) as Kiev loses up to 3,385 soldiers over week during 36 failed attacks in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 31 Air defense shoots down Ukrainian terror drone in Belgorod region, pre-war Russia (see map) - region Governor Gladkov. - Intel Report Ukrainian drone targets Russian ‘atomic city’ – governor The attack resulted in minor damage to a non-residential building, Roman Starovoyt says Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said that yet another drone was shot down near the town of Lyubertsy on the outskirts of the Russian capital early on Friday. There were no injuries or destruction, he added. 6-YEAR-OLD girl MURDERED by Kiev regime in Donetsk City, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) strikes. Mad Vlad Zelensky kills little kid in his latest war crime, injuring 10 others in attack near central Donetsk shopping mall as rubble litters devastated blast area. - Intel Report Ukrainian terror intel chief Budanov states Kiev regime wants to target pre-war Russian civilians even more. Budanov's looking bored 'cause he's not committing enough war crimes, claiming conflict must be "transferred" onto Russian territory at biggest scale possible. Budanov doesn't seem to care that Ukraine would be abandoned by its Western overlords if it attempted such a thing, despite interviewer's fears - Intel Report
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  10870. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The 82nd Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, recently transferred to the Kursk region from Donbass, hoped to storm the settlement of Malaya Loknya, which is still in the gray zone. But Russian military correspondents shared footage on August 27, 2024, showing what the assault group was aiming for here while hoping to record a victory video, instead they themselves handed over the baton to Russian soldiers from the 9th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 92nd Assault Brigade. Ukrainian forces continue to transfer reserves in an attempt to seize the designated bridgehead in the settlement, but have suffered serious losses, and more of them were taken prisoner with a little red armband style. Confident of victory, the 82nd Assault Brigade of Ukraine brought their rags to Malaya Loknya. But the fate was different, the soldiers were captured while their comrades were killed on the land of Kursk. The footage now shows the 92nd Assault Brigade of Russia, taking the flag as a trophy, due to making a mistake trying to attack Russian positions. Finally, after the prisoners of war made the right choice, they were all interrogated directly and told the same questions over and over again. They were very angry, complaining that the commanders who sent them to Kursk, had been living comfortably in Ukraine while their comrades were killed. It is worth noting! On August 6, Ukraine with the help of NATO-US, attacked the Russian region of Kursk and now claimed the occupation of about 1200 square kilometers. However, thousands of Ukrainian soldiers have been taken prisoner by Russia. According to the latest reports, Russia has transferred more than 30 thousand soldiers and a large number of weapons and artillery from other reserves here. Its task is to provide them with everything they need," Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said at the Coordination Council Meeting on military security issues today on August 28.
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  10911. [Looks like the Warmonger in Israel is going to get his wish of starting a major conflagration so he can continue his genocide in GAZA and elsewhere at his diabolic whim!] Iran is threatening an “unprecedented” response to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31st. In anticipation, the U.S. has begun bringing major reinforcements to the region, which includes F-22s, B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, an armada featuring the USS Roosevelt Carrier Group, as well as amphibious landing ships with 4000 U.S. Marines: The entire Defense industry has been ringing alarm bells for months that the U.S. forces in the region are nearing a crisis point when it comes to their ability to replenish AD assets. In a war against China, they know they would be in deep trouble: Now some reports claim Iran is still holding off and waiting to strike at a time of its choosing: One interesting aspect to the proceedings dovetails with a question someone asked recently in the mailbag surrounding what assistance Russia may be providing to the Middle Eastern resistance axis. First, there’s one uncorroborated report about Iran being given one of Russia’s most powerful electronic warfare tools, the Murmansk complex: At this point it’s clear, as we’ve written many times here before, that Netanyahu needs perpetual escalation in order to save his failing regime. Only by keeping people in perpetual fear and distress can he keep them from mustering the wherewithal and consensus to overthrow him. Furthermore, Israel seems to fear taking on Hezbollah with Iran’s backing and would love to have U.S. tie Iran down in a war, or eliminate it outright, first, prior to taking the risky gambit of slugging it out with Hezbollah. The last thing the Biden administration likely wants is a large scale war on the eve of the presidential elections, which will redound poorly on Kamala’s campaign. Thus, reports of the administration’s exasperation with Israel are probably true. Either way it doesn’t matter because if Trump was in office, you can bet he would declare full scale war against Iran on Israel’s behalf, so in this case we can quite unironically say that the Biden administration is preferable to peace. - Simplicius
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  10912. KIEV CRIES! Army silently removing Torske to Russia - Military Tube Today MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Kiev is again made to cry, more losing its territory, because this time the soldiers of the Russian Army today began to gain a foothold in Torske advancing on the Krasny Lyman front line, working to hoist the Russian flag there. Visual materials released by the Russian Defense Ministry on May 15, 2025, confirm the presence of Russian assault soldiers from the 67th Motorized Rifle Division of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the Zapad Group of Forces, taking part in the assault. Torske, a village in Donetsk region, adjacent to Luhansk region, began to be transferred to Russia, a Russian breakthrough on the eastern bank of Żerebiec River. Drones filming the soldiers of the Army, working silently, going house to house in search of the remains of Kiev's troops in the northern part of the village, and the Russian advance up to 700 meters towards its center, capturing several industrial buildings, indicating a rapid Russian offensive. In this area, Russian troops are more numerous and better equipped than Kiev's troops. Although it is believed that fighting is still ongoing there, the situation inside the village appears quiet, suggesting that Ukrainian troops have likely retreated before the Russian troops arrived. At one point, soldiers in high spirits raised a Russian Flag on a building north of the village, continuing to move into Ukrainian territory over the past day of the military operation. Torske is now under Russian Army control, taking over from Kiev’s forces, who are fighting a war while continuing to decline, as the Defense Ministry officially confirmed today. This tactical advantage destabilizes the Ukrainian rear and signals a possible accelerated collapse on the Krasny Lyman sector.
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  10923. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – New Syria, literally after the overthrow of Assad by Al-Qaeda, was under between 100-150 violent bombardments by Israeli regime aircraft overnight on December 9, 2024. Israel took advantage of the rebel euphoria with the country's ongoing unrest, bombarding heavily against western, eastern, northern and southern Syria, which according to the Russian Foreign Minister has become “the subject of another geopolitical experiment”. In Latakia, a city in northwestern Syria that has existed for more than 4,000 years, the occupation's warplanes launched a series of heavy bombardments against key infrastructure used by Syrian military in the port, located 20 km from Russian main air base in Syria and has been used for logistical support to Russian Khmeimim Air Base. A series of explosions rocked violently, destroying "warships", sinking the entire remaining Syrian Navy fleet, Syrian Media reported. In addition to New Syrian Navy which has just been sunk, scenes of massive destruction after the occupation's intense shelling continue, shaking Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Tartus, Daraa and Damascus countryside, which Israel claims are targeting infrastructure, military installations, scientific research, defense laboratories and military airports belonging to Syrian Army. In Damascus, it was reported that Zionist planes with a very cruel attack and using heavy missiles, destroyed the headquarters of the "Electronic Warfare Department" and the "Scientific Research Center", and destroying "military helicopters" at "Aqraba Airport. So far, there are no complete reports and details of the extent of the damage, considering that the Zionists launched an air operation, the largest in recent decades, to destroy all the advanced and strategic military capabilities remaining in Syria. In more than about 250 attacks in just a few days, there was no reaction and intervention from the leadership of the New Syria, to prevent the ongoing destruction of Syrian capabilities. "It seems that no one should be happy with the overthrow of Assad by Al-Qaeda terrorists, the group that says "Assad must go", did not learn from history. They are aware of it or not, knowing or not knowing anything, working for the goals and interests of Zionists while the West celebrates it as "liberation", according to experts.
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  10931. How absurd! U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is “frenetically” crisscrossing the Middle East “warning” that the conflict is escalating to engulf the region. Arsonist Washington is shouting ‘Fire’ in a region it is blowing up. This is while Washington is fueling Israel’s non-stop genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. And while the United States and Israel assassinate top Hamas, Hezbollah and Iranian commanders in Lebanon and Iraq. This is while the United States blatantly blocks calls at the United Nations for a ceasefire, and while it dispatches warships and warplanes to the region. As with much of the Western media coverage, Washington is portrayed as some kind of hapless peace advocate. The delusional posturing is stomach-churning when the reality is that the United States is fully complicit in the genocide against Palestinians. And it is fully complicit in dangerously escalating the region-wide conflict. It is a sick joke to present Blinken and the administration of President Joe Biden as trying to tamp down regional tensions that have reached boiling point precisely because of U.S. policy supporting and arming Israel’s relentless massacres. If the Middle East slides into a conflagration, make no mistake, the disaster will be owned by Washington. The appeasement of the Israeli regime by the United States has been going on for decades and has fully stoked the tinderbox situation of injustice and oppression. But the last four months of total indulgence of a lawless genocidal regime is the final trigger. One possible get-out for the U.S. is to blame Iran and its regional allies and in that way try to divide and rule the Arab nations. But you can easily discern what Washington is getting at here. It’s trying to divert the growing region-wide hostility and disgust towards America and its hypocritical European accomplices by playing the Iranian card. The abominable genocide that is going on in Gaza and the West Bank is demonstrating the rank exposure of American imperialist crimes. The world can see more than ever the complicity of Washington in Israel’s war crimes. Not just complicity but full-on culpability. In its desperation to divert global attention from its blood-soaked hands, Washington and its Israeli attack dog see one way out: to escalate the conflict with Iran. - LewRockwell
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  10956. Kiev's sky under rule of buzzing Russian drones in above video as Moscow launches biggest UAV attack on Ukraine yet. Airport and energy facilities hit, leaving huge number of places without electricity. - Intel Report The Warmongers aren't winning. Time for Plan 2, the ONLY Plan that will work. Get rid of the Warmongers! A hard truth about the Russia-Ukraine conflict is finally dawning on the West. We are reminded that this is a war of attrition, i.e. one favoring Russia by its very nature. Even on CNN, we heard that much as early as April 2022, and the militantly Atlanticist Economist magazine admitted it in a backhanded way (using the euphemism “war of endurance”) in September. Clearly, “losing” Ukraine (which the West should not have tried to “own” in the first place) will reveal the bloc's weakness more sharply than the failures in, for instance, Iraq, Libya, Syria, or Afghanistan. For two reasons. First, unlike these countries, Russia is a great power; that means it is in a position to exploit the Western setback. Moscow, put differently, is big enough to geopolitically counterattack. - RT There is no evidence that Russia conducted any human wave attacks during 2022 or 2023 and certainly did not suffer mass casualties. Just the opposite. The Russian General staff conducted operations specifically designed to minimize Russian casualties. Russia has done two basic things to pulverize Ukrainian forces. First, it used its decisive advantage in missiles and artillery to pound Ukrainian trenches, bases and supply depots. Second, it used drones in an unprecedented fashion (and with increasing sophistication) to conduct “drone wave” attacks on Ukrainian soldiers hunkered down in bunkers. How do we know that Russia avoided mass casualties? Very simple. The social media platforms in Russia do not show massive new graves nor are there posting by grieving relatives about the loss of Sasha or Vitaly. Russian leaders, not just Putin, viewed the West’s efforts to bring Ukraine into NATO as an existential threat. Putin made that point quite clear to the West starting in 2008. Not only did the United States and the United Kingdom ignore those warnings, they upped the ante by helping fund and organize the Maidan coup in February 2014 and backed the new Ukrainian leaders as they attacked the Donbass. The West made a fatal error in underestimating Russia’s military industrial competence: The United States is like an aging boxer who decided to fight a rejuvenated contender in a 15 round Heavyweight match, but only trained to last two rounds. That is why Russia is battering the hell out of Ukraine and, by proxy, the United States. It is Ukraine that is being bloodied on a horrific scale. It is Ukraine that is sending women, including pregnant women, to fight in trenches. No civilized country possessed of its right mind would entertain such a grotesque measure. Russia can and is producing more bombs, rockets, missiles, shells, tanks, drone and aircraft than the West combined. That’s the message Washington needs to hear. - Sonar21 Ukrainian soldiers flee from Russian troops, in an industrial zone on the southern side of Avdeevka. Russian army tank opened fire on those entrenched in buildings, retreating further into the settlement. The advance of Russian troops had penetrated 95% of the industrial zone, captured 15 prisoners of war, also captured Ukrainian fortifications. - Military Tube Today Russians are Infuriated By The US Decision To BAN Ukraine From Using 'ABRAMS TANKS' In Winter Period In today's video, it's time to talk about the most difficult area of the fighting for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And, as you might guess, we will talk about the Zaporizhzhia direction, where the Ukrainian army was never able to break through the so-called Surovikin line and reach the Sea of Azov.- BORZZIKMAN
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  10962. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – President Masoud Peseshkian said on Saturday that Iran managed to destroy Zionist regime's stealth equipment, following reports that two F35 stealth fighter jets had been shot down along with several drones. So far until June 15, at least 10 Israeli aircraft have been shot down in various Iranian territories in the past few hours, according to the Fars news agency, citing representatives of the Iranian air defense forces. Iranian websites circulated a video, an Israeli F-35 fighter jet was targeted by air defenses over Tehran, and its pilot managed to eject from his downed plane. Israeli pilot Olivia, who had experience in destroying Gaza, jumped with a parachute, and she was captured by the Army Rangers Corps. It is official, and confirmed now, announced by Iranian Army press service, the Iranian army admits responsibility for destroying two enemy F-35 stealth aircraft! Two days earlier, Iranian State Television reported that during the early hours of Israeli raid on Friday, Iranian air defenses disabled F-35 that entered the country's airspace, and 'several' were eventually downed. The state television showed images of the wreckage of the stealth aircraft, in a major event that has caught the world's attention, Iran has become the first country in the world, to shoot down a fighter jet that is said to be "stealth." This is interesting, while the enemy media described the first images of the Israeli F-35 as the result of AI, it is understandable that in the era of artificial intelligence, it is increasingly difficult to verify the authenticity of images, but this is a very clear image for anyone who has ever seen an "F-35." In addition, the first unofficial video surfaced, allegedly showing the wreckage of an Israeli F-35 that was shot down, near Buin Zahra, Qazvin Province in the northwest. There were conflicting reports, some saying it was an Israeli F-16, but Israel, which controls the media, denied all of them! So far, Iranian integrated air defense network has also been actively shooting down Israeli enemy drones throughout the country. The latest images surfaced, showing the remains of several cruise missiles and drones. One of them, a drone was shot down over Dezful, southern Iran, and stuck on a concrete road barrier.
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  10964. Ukraine Bleeds Troops and Territory as New Russian Tactics Prove Unstoppable “Putin has articulated a theory of victory that assumes that Russian forces will be able to continue gradual creeping advances indefinitely, prevent Ukraine from conducting successful operationally significant counteroffensive operations, and win a war of attrition against Ukrainian forces.” Well, uh, yeah—that’s exactly what Russia is doing and will do. And there’s nothing Ukraine or the West can really do to stop it because to do so would require a force disparity. And Ukraine cannot generate a force disparity because—surprise, surprise—it is losing more men than Russia. MacGregor states his European sources have told him that Ukraine is now over 600k dead with 1M+ total casualties, while Russia has 50-63k dead. “The Russian military command is currently prioritizing consistent offensive operations that achieve gradual tactical gains over conducting a large-scale discrete offensive operation that aims to make operationally significant gains through rapid maneuver.” the Western conception of Russian “Soviet-style” top down command is a total fraud, and in fact Russian units are granted independent autonomy at the tactical level to generate their own combat initiative. The front remains hot with Russian advances continuing everywhere. In fact, some Ukrainian sources are near-to-panic: Now there’s talk of 8 Israeli Patriots being transferred to Ukraine—remember, these are the same Patriots Israel decided to toss into the trash because they proved useless during Iranian attacks. But among manic cheers, the one tiny wrinkle pro-UA commentators overlooked was Blinken’s comments yesterday in regard to this: he stated that the new Patriots would be used to protect U.S. economic interests, not Ukrainian cities or assets. Whoops. We are trying to attract private investment to Ukraine to make sure its economy can grow and prosper. But you need to make sure you have air defenses to try and protect the areas you're investing in.” Let me get this straight: Blinken is bogarting defective Israeli Patriots to defend the new Black Rock economic extraction operation sites in Ukraine? You can’t get much more on brand for Ukraine than that. World Bank today just officially upgraded Russia to a “High Income Economy”: Ukrainian citizen describes the 18-hour long blackouts in Kiev, already a daily occurrence: NATO continues to saber-rattle yet reports like the following keep rolling out: the Bundeswehr cannot even find enough automatic rifles for their army. - Simplicius
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  10967. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – According to a source on Sunday, the Yemeni Defense Ministry reported that it had information about the arrival of an American escort ships, which are escorting USS Harry S. Truman to the Suez Canal as the carrier's exit from the Red Sea is approaching. Meanwhile, the Yemeni Defense Ministry said on April 29 that the recent operation against Truman, forced it to retreat due to intense pressure by missiles and drones, and Yemen expects Truman to leave the theater of operations at any time, after the failure of its aggression to stop Yemeni support for Palestinians. The facts reveal that Truman, which is bombing Yemen illegally, and with the implicit permission of Saudi Arabian government, using Jeddah and Mecca as human shields. Truman claims to be fighting AnsarAllah or Houthi Group, and its presence is getting further away from Yemen day by day. On April 25 about 870 km, 970 km on April 28, and on May 3, USS Truman and the USNS Arctic were seen taking supplies at the port of Yanbu, Jeddah, about 1,150 km from Yemen. On Saturday, for the first time since the outbreak of hostilities, US forces carried out a major unloading of equipment, flown to Truman following the US admission that the ship had been attacked, resulting in the downing of F-18 fighter jets. The US Central Command released a new video, showing military transport helicopter carrying out the airlift from a military base in Saudi Arabia, indicating that Truman is no longer able to sail after being targeted by multiple attacks, requiring urgent maintenance intervention. It should be noted that Truman has been undergoing maintenance by docking at the port after each attack. However, the decision to send equipment on board indicates its inability to navigate to the port, according to the navigation website. According to rumors, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered Truman to remain in the Middle East and keep it in the Red Sea for at least another week. This move confirms that the aircraft carrier suffered significant damage following the latest attack, resulting in the loss of three F-18 Super Hornet jets worth $ 60 million, plunging into the sea from the deck of Truman which made a sudden turn, avoiding missiles from the Yemeni Armed Forces.
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  10971. A New York Times exposé outs years of unsavory details about the Ukraine's relationship with the CIA, while a Ukrainian spy chief swats down U.S. messaging. Is a breakup at hand? Over the weekend the New York Times published an epic exposé. “The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin,” by Adam Entous and Mitchell Schwirtz, described a decade of CIA-Ukrainian cooperation, featuring details that would never reach public ears under normal circumstances. The opening is worth quoting at length. Nestled in a dense forest, the Ukrainian military base appears abandoned and destroyed…But that is above ground. Not far away, a discreet passageway descends to a subterranean bunker where teams of Ukrainian soldiers track Russian spy satellites and eavesdrop on conversations between Russian commanders… The listening post in the Ukrainian forest is part of a C.I.A.-supported network of spy bases constructed in the past eight years that includes 12 secret locations along the Russian border. Yowza! Officials have long scolded the public that even minor disclosures of “sources and methods” could “risk lives” and must be prevented at all costs. Yet here comes the Times, helping “current and former officials in Ukraine, the United States and Europe” blab a long list of extraordinary details, down to the number of CIA-supported secret bases along the Russian border. When intelligence sources line up by the hundred to fill newspapers with “secret” details, they’re almost always doing one of two things: spreading disinformation, or “pre-bunking” embarrassing future revelations. The lavishly overwritten “secret untold story” that puts advance spin on ugly leaks has become a popular genre across this century’s many giant intelligence screwups. In the wake of multiple disclosures since then suggesting Brennan’s conclusion was “cooked intelligence” and his supposed “longtime source” with access to the “highest level of the Kremlin” was anything but, the Post story in retrospect reads like a grand piece of inspired BS, designed to “pre-bunk” inevitable leaks about Brennan’s sourcing. Same with the absurdly vivid accounts in The Guardian and The New Yorker of the alleged British capture of suspicious “interactions” and “illicit communications” between Trump and Russia in 2015 that supposedly triggered the American collusion investigation. Those stories too now read like elaborate spin jobs, put out to defuse future questions about the origins of that investigation. - Intel Republic
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  10972. It is delusional to believe that something can be achieved flying in the face of demonstrable facts that it can't! Update on the conflict in Ukraine for September 25, 2023. Great Report, killing them with their OWN words using western and Ukrainian sources to demonstrate how badly Ukraine is losing. - ATACMS will not arrive in numbers large enough for strategic impact; - Ukrainian intelligence chief admits to Ukraine's multiplying failures and obstacles including a lack of infantry and artillery to support them on the battlefield; - US-made M1 Abrams main battle tanks must be held back from the front line or they will be destroyed alongside German Leopard 2 and British Challenger 2 tanks according to Ukrainian intel chief; - Canada's parliament accidentally invited and honored a World War 2 veteran who fought for German Axis forces; - The incident highlights Ukraine's past and present problems stemming from its relationship with Germany during World War 2; - The New Atlas "Well, it looks like the love of the Third Reich is not confined to Ms. Freeland. Just the other day, while Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Canadian Parliament, the Canadians thought it a swell idea to wildly celebrate an elderly gent who was part of the Waffen SS. What is wrong with these people? The Speaker of Parliament displayed an incredible ignorance of history. During World War II Canada, as part of the British Commonwealth, was an ally of Russia (back then it was called the Soviet Union). The Russians lost more than a million soldiers fighting to free Ukraine from the tyranny of Hitler. Many Canadians died fighting Nazis like Mr. Hunka. These Canadian members of Parliament take stupid to a new low. They are a disgrace to the memory of their fathers and grand fathers who died because wretches like Hunka enlisted with the SS and fought for Adolf Hitler." - Sonar21 "Westerners were deceived into supporting yet another evil war, which once again is showing every sign of dragging on for the foreseeable future with no exit strategy in sight. The only difference between this war and all those other wars is that this one is laden with the risk of nuclear annihilation, a risk which the US empire has been treading less and less carefully around as the bloodshed continues. The more you think about it, the more horrifying it gets. These people are absolute monsters." - LewRockwell TRACK ‘EM DOWN and flush them out as Russian forces find building housing plenty of Kiev troops and their ammo in Kherson region (ex-Ukraine) - they ain’t got long to live now as artillery rains down hell on Ukrainian army position, while Russian forces hit command posts and blow up ammo dump in Kherson region. Russian army also inflict up to 100 casualties on Ukrainian troops in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), while total of 7 Kiev army attacks repelled in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) with up to 445 Ukrainian soldiers left dead or wounded. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 23 "Russia will demand an explanation from Canada for giving a standing ovation in parliament to a Ukrainian man who served in a Nazi division during World War II, Oleg Stepanov, Moscow’s ambassador to Ottawa, has said." - RT "Over the past 24 hours Russian forces have struck several Western-supplied artillery systems during battles with Ukraine, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported. Polish Krab self-propelled howitzer was blown up by the Russian military near the city of Kupyansk in Ukraine’s Kharkov Region. Around a dozen Soviet-era artillery systems have also been neutralized along the front line, it revealed. In the area near the village of Klescheevka, not far from the city of Artyomovsk (known as Bakhmut in Ukraine), a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down, the ministry continued. Air defenses have also intercepted three HARM anti-radar missiles and eight projectiles fired by HIMARS multiple rocket launchers. In the DPR, four Ukrainian attempts to advance were thwarted. In the area near the village of Veselyoe, Russian forces also went on a counterattack and “improved their tactical position,” it said." - RT A hotel in Odessa Harbor Area was destroyed and heavily damaged, one of the important demilitarization targets by Russian Aerospace Forces, in revenge for Ukrainian attack on the headquarters of Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. Odessa Hotel, which had been used as a base for Ukrainian Navy and NATO, with armored vehicles parked next to it was removed by drone and missile attacks. - Military Tube Today The attack by Tornado-G Multiple Launch Rocket System of the "South" group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces left no way out for Ukrainian forces in Maryinka direction, Donetsk region. Fiery Tornado shots cause fire and damage to enemy positions. Heavy artillery and MLRS continued to work to blow up and destroy Ukrainian defensive points in the western district of Maryinka. - Military Tube Today
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  10980. The LGBTQ “ideology” is “being force-fed to Moldovans” by NATO, which has used similar tactics elsewhere in Eastern Europe in the past, Stevan Gajic has told RT. Speaking to RT, he claimed that the latest events in the former Soviet republic have “nothing to do with LGBT rights per se,” but rather represent an “imposed agenda, which always has a political component.” “Here LGBT is only a political flag of NATO,” he suggested, surmising that the military bloc’s endgame is to try to “mobilize” Moldovans to fight against Russia. According to the professor, the bloc has prioritized the “fight against Orthodox Christianity” in countries that border Russia or are situated close to it. He recalled that scenes similar to the latest events in Moldova have played out in many Eastern European nations in the past couple of decades, all following the same template and being orchestrated by the CIA, the professor claimed. NATO continues to use the same old tropes in the East of the continent in pursuit of its ulterior objectives. Even though the LGBTQ rally in central Chisinau on Sunday had not been authorized by the authorities, police did nothing to stop it. However, law enforcement officers’ response to an Orthodox Christian counter-demonstration was markedly different. Multiple videos said to show the events in the Moldovan capital have been circulating on social media, which depict police officers shoving an Orthodox priest to the ground and forcibly detaining a man holding an infant, among other incidents. - RT
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  10983. OVER 130 KILLED, 100S INJURED AS IDF EXECUTES ANOTHER HORRIFIC MASSACRE in Israeli-designated "safe zone" in al-Mawasi area, West of Gaza's Khan Younis - lifeless bodies of civilians strewn across battered neighborhood as Israeli jets pummel displaced refugees' tents with nine 1/2 ton missiles, leaving civilians to dig through massive crater for their loved ones. Demonic IDF waits for emergency workers to arrive in ambulances to pick up survivors, strikes and murders them as well (watch moment of deliberate targeting in top right), leaving scores of first aiders killed and injured. 100s more feared dead under the rubble with no one to save them, while hospitals struggle to cope with numbers of casualties following one of the biggest massacres since outbreak of war genocide. - Intel Republic CAR TURNS TO CASKET as Israeli drone strikes murder two elderly civilians in their car while they were collecting water from a well near South Lebanon's Khardali road. Tel Aviv committing war crimes in 3 countries and still getting pats on back and full support of "civilized" West, instead of sanctions, that Russia gets the brunt of for defending its people. - Intel Republic Israel COMMITS ANOTHER BLOODBATH, while blood hasn't dried from earlier massacre - "They bombed us as we prayed", cries horror-struck old man, as he staggers through trail of civilians' mutilated bodies, torn to shreds and disemboweled by Israeli brutal missile strikes on Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. At least 15 murdered while praying in ruins of a mosque "Most moral army in the world" destroyed in a previous war crime. - Intel Republic I WISH I DIED, NOT YOU - heart-shattering words from young Palestinian girl as she grieves her dead brother, who scarified himself to shield father holding her. Overwhelming numbers of bloodied white sheets line up morgue preparing to be put to final rest in top right footage (unless IDF digs them up again), as Gazans mourn victims of Israel's Al-Mawasi massacre, which left 100s of civilians between killed and injured. Watch MASSIVE size of blast and apocalyptical smoke (middle right) of one of 9 strikes where Israel reportedly deployed U.S-made MK84 bombs (bottom right) weighing 2,000 pound (900KG) each to commit genocidal bloodbath. - Intel Republic
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  10988. More and more the Atlanticist cabal of the EU and DC-controlled West are demonstrating just how totalitarian and undemocratic they’ve become. Yesterday a quite revealing story surfaced from the current Georgian prime minister Irakli Kobakhidze about how he was essentially threatened with assassination by EU commissioner Olivér Várhelyi for his perceived ‘pro-Russian’ foreign agent law. Kobakhidze also gave another interesting statement about how the U.S. has been trying to turn Georgia into a war front against Russia since 2002: Naturally, the timing comes right after Putin took office, and was merely the continuation of the Chechen war of the caucuses that the CIA lost and for which it needed a replacement to keep Russia from ever rising from its knees. Of course, the first Ukrainian color (Orange) revolution occurred not long after that in 2004—the opening sallies of a long multi-vectored war to destroy Russia and balkanize the Slavic people, which are not only the most numerous ethnicity in all of Europe, but represent the greatest threat to the Anglo-Atlanticist Empire. Now, rumor has it that after a small hiatus of regrouping, Russian forces are poised to make another large-scale broad-fronted attack across the entire front: In the coming Days/Weeks the entire Front will be activated from our side. In the coming hours the Regrouping and Rotation along the front will be completed. As already happened this morning in the Avdeevka area. And then our Troops began Offensive Operations again. This will happen in a timely manner from Zaporozhye to Kharkov. Now the enemy is exhausted and forced to jump from A to B. The Meat Grinder will start up at full speed shortly. This was followed by reports from the Ukrainian side that the Sumy border is getting hotter and hotter: By the way, there was some chatter from concern trolls or doomsayers that Russia has gotten “bogged down” in Kharkov and that UA has even managed to retake a tiny bit of land near Liptsy. The fact is, this is all according to plan thus far because Russia’s chief aim for now is not to retake much land up there but to do precisely what is being done—get Ukraine to redeploy mass amounts of reserves so they can be ground down there while thinning lines everywhere else and allowing Russian forces to bear down with disproportionate numbers on Ukrainian defenders in other key areas. Lastly, as wanton demonstration of the U.S.’ flaunting of any real ethical global strictures or standards, compromised (and probably kompromatized) Zionist puppet Mike Johnson has now openly declared the U.S. does not follow international law, because no international law supercedes American sovereignty: - Simplicius
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  10992. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Again and again, that Kiev officials were brought to their knees in despair after another strategically important city on Pokrovsky direction, Ukrainsk, was completely under the control of Russian Army on September 17, 2024. Footage shared by Russian military correspondent, Rudenko, shows two Russian soldiers planting Soviet Union flag on top of the building, which now fully controls Ukrainsk Mine, while lowering the Blue and Yellow flag from its pole. Ukrainian troops were unable to hold Ukrainsk, located in Donetsk region, as a result, their defenses broke, and they gained momentum to retreat without permission to their strongholds to the West rather than face the great risk of being attacked by Russian assault troops. The takeover of Ukrainsk which Kiev did not comment on, came after 2 weeks of fierce fighting, which was completely cleared by The 114th Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian troops had advanced from the eastern outskirts of the town on September 3, and by then, the defenses here were held by The 25th Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But, they came under heavy fire in waves from Russian assault troops, who set their positions ablaze in buildings and in defensive trenches. Artillery and drone fire worked in this regard, their positions were surrounded by a pincer movement that tightened the pressure on the town, describing the situation as “very complicated.” Afterwards, the remnants of The 25th Brigade were pushed straight back and hastily withdrawn, heading outside Ukrainsk. The capture of Ukrainsk underlined Russian steady advance, and no doubt Kiev retaliated with desperate attacks on Russian military infrastructure, diverting attention from the latest defeats on the battlefield. It is an artillery ammunition depot that was hit, and the massive explosion was truly devastating, on Wednesday night in Toropets in Tver region, which is about 500km from the country’s border. However, the facility reportedly held ammunition such as 122mm Grad MLRS, and not anything too expensive like high-end cruise missiles or guided munitions, so in theory it was a negligible hit. By doing so, Russian forces could place more artillery beyond the reach of Ukrainian defenses, potentially setting the stage for a new assault on Pokrovsky.
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  11021. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - New Ukrainian losses detected after the defeat of several T-64 tanks deployed to the battlefield to stop the Russian breakthrough in Nevskoye, which had been liberated a few days ago in Lugansk region. The Russian Defense Ministry released video evidence on the evening of September 24, 2024, showing that at that time, a Russian UAV spotted and monitored the separate movement of several Ukrainian T-64 tanks from Novolyubovka neighboring Nevskoye, trying to recapture the village but suffered losses. At that time, the reconnaissance drone operator called in the support of attack drones and artillery. First, the Lancet roaming ammunition of the 144th Division did its job, and smoked it out. The Zapad Group of Forces of the Military Group “West”, on 24-hour alert in their task area, continuously suppressed firing points, destroyed weapons, and inflicted damage from ammunition fire on Ukrainian troops. In a separate location not so far away in Novolyubovka, another T-64 tank advanced, the Ukrainians believed they could fire on Russian positions. Although the enemy tank was in a firing position for only a few minutes, turned around and started to flee, the Russian artillery shells managed to catch up with it, and hit it right in the head of the tank's turret. In addition, one T-64BV tank with anti-drone protection was destroyed with two hits, as shown in the video frames released by the closed channel. The tank was still trying to escape after being hit by artillery, but then stopped, at least this gave the surviving crew a chance to save their lives. The Lancet drone then dived quickly towards the tank, causing a huge explosion, and the equipment slowly burned out completely.
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  11031. WHY RUSSIA IS DEFEATING NATO AS WELL AS UKRAINE Rather than hang around and catch the blame for the loss of Ukraine, I think Nuland decided to grab a parachute and jump out of the Biden policy plane before it crashes. Nuland is not stupid. She may be a strident ideologue, but she also can read the tea leaves and realize that Ukraine’s days are numbered. She has been around Washington long enough to know how the blame game works and probably decided to hit the bricks and prepare a defense. She wants to live to fight again. The neo-con crowd that Nuland runs with are a shameless lot. They never admit being wrong and are skilled at producing a counter narrative that will blame Biden and the Republicans, especially Trump, for destroying Ukraine’s chances for victory. My friends at the Duran offer an alternative explanation — she was pushed out. One of the key developments on the war front in Ukraine in the last couple of weeks is Russia’s success in destroying what remains of Ukraine’s scant air defense systems. There is video evidence of the destruction of Himars and Patriot systems. The further degradation of Ukraine’s air defense systems means that Russia is able to use swarms of drones to hit key targets and conserve its stock of hypersonic missiles. The Russian General Staff is busy planning contingencies to deal with the possible scenario of having to fight NATO forces and will want to have an ample supply of hypersonics that will overwhelm and defeat Western counter measures. Another big arrow in the Russian quiver are the glide bombs. These are being used with devastating effectiveness to blow massive holes in what remains of Ukraine’s defensive lines. The combination of glide bombs and drones as part of a broader combined arms operation has Ukraine on its heels and headed backwards towards the Dnieper River. - Sonar21
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  11035. Biden has finally begun his retaliatory attacks, hitting targets in Syria and Iraq. But sources claim that almost every target was known in advance and evacuated, as we suspected would be the case. Now there are new reports that the US has fully doubled down on the creation of a Palestinian state—in other words, the long-sought-after two-state solution: You have to understand how politi-speak works. In diplomatic/political terms, “security guarantees” is translated as: bribes. It effectively means, we’ll give you x amount of billions of dollars for weapons if you do what we say. Yes, you see, given that Israel has hundreds of thousands of illegal settlers occupying ostensibly Palestinian territory, the creation of a legitimate state would necessitate the total expulsion of all settlers, which would play like a sort of Israeli Nakhba on TV. Recall, the whole point of the illegal settlements was always about one thing only: keeping a Palestinian state from forming. So this would mean the end to a grand plan spanning many decades, and a historic failure of an age-old Zionist vision. But the most explosive developments come from the Ukrainian front, as usual. There are a few very interesting breakthrough stories to tackle. In fact, Seymour Hersh dropped another “bombshell” today claiming that his sources told him the reason behind the coming dismissal is that Zaluzhny has been conspiring with the West to not only oust Zelensky—an obvious point—but to end the war entirely: Zaluzhny actually wants to “get out of dodge” himself because when Ukraine is forced to surrender to Russia, the general doesn’t want to be made the scapegoat. The other huge news is another startling ‘surprise advance’ has occurred on the Avdeevka front: On that note, it’s not looking good for the AFU, and the given reason continues to be due to mass shell hunger and inability to fire artillery. Ukraine has too few ammunition not merely to go on assault or “win”, but even to defend and hold back Russia’s troops: Ukraine faces a shortage of infantry. To anyone with a brain, the reason why that is, is obvious. Putin confirmed something I’ve been long proclaiming: that the POW ratio between Ukraine and Russia is 10:1 in Russia’s favor. From RT: The fact is, Ukraine only has a few hundred Russians while Russia has had anywhere between 10,000-15,000 Ukrainian POWs at various points, fluctuating with exchanges. Given the fact that each category of casualty should scale relatively comparatively, this means we can expect a similar disproportionality to exist between Russian-Ukrainian KIA figures. There is again increased talk of mercenaries everywhere. As Ukraine runs out of men, NATO hawks hatch their plans for a desperate last-bell save, as well as pump their disrobed soldiers into the country to stem the losses. Not only have recent Russian reports mentioned a lot of ‘German chatter’ in intercepted comms in Kupyansk, but more and more foreigners have been eliminated in recent strikes. I found this unearthed admission in New Yorker interesting. Zaluzhny told Milley in late 2022 that “Ukraine had almost no jet fighters left”: Ukraine sank another middling Russian boat, of a ‘cutter’ class by Soviet designation—project 1241. Problem is, Russia seized four of these from Ukraine itself: AFU soldier dejectedly tells host there is no hope: Ukraine now not only has the lowest fertility rate on earth, but its male life expectancy has dropped to 57 years. How low will it go before the conflict ends? - Simplicius
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  11044. At a cost of $1.3 billion, the US, Israel, France, UK, and Jordan worked in conjunction to take out the missiles and drones launched by Iran. This realizes two major schematics: 1. Israel is incapable of defending itself alone, and 2. The West is spiking War while scripting lies for the Media about peace thru sanctions. Israel intends to retaliate. The Ayatollah gave the US and neighboring countries advance notice of the intended strike (72 hours). Erdogan is calling Qatar to realize the extent of deception and murder. Jordan is too financially beholden to the West. And Saudi Prince bin Salman is cursing Israel for its stupidity. Iran was showcasing. US claims VICTORY Speech amidst ‘Iranian humiliation’. The real revelation is the sheer egocentricity and deception our western governments and their militaries promote instead of simply telling The Truth. Iran was thus able to show the world these western nuances. Damage control is not possible. During this same time period of attack, Israel managed to murder over 100 additional Palestinians with no reprisal at all. While regime change has been a prevailing mainstay of the CIA since its inception, the American public was not informed. This apparatus has now been fully identified and countries across the globe are more than a bit peeved at the realization. Americans are horrified. The concept of betrayal central. Processing the fact that our government has been the main creator of conflicts, regime change, murders, assassinations, and annihilation of entire countries, aka – Syria, when we were massively hypnotized into thinking we were the greatest peace maker, is a bitter pill indeed. The fact that we are now the victim of a blatant regime change has aided our awakening. Yet still, the realty exists that many if not all our government officials throughout the last 100 years have been installed. And that power has become infinite in its levy. The Israel War was likely created as a distraction from our CIA reality. But instead of realigning America against the created evil – Palestine and Iran = the common enemy, a fatal flaw emerged. Israel is The Deep State. And the CIA works for Israel. Israel recruits its benefactors, such as Soros and Fink and Bloomberg, etc… These benefactors agree to be the shield. In return, they will be granted enormous wealth. Netanyahu is not officially a member of the Club – but his ego sought this war as a means of demonstrating the extent to which his evil against Palestine and Muslims could earn him the right to belong. The response is NOT what he anticipated. - LewRockwell
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  11048. Orban’s visit to Moscow set the European political seraglio aflame this week. The histrionic theatrics were on full performative display as the chorus of captured crones and cucks crowed in limp futility: For his part, Orban conveyed that Putin is a totally rational negotiator: But the prevailing narrative that’s now swept over the commentariat and MSM-propagand-o-sphere is that Russia is desperately pushing for an end to the conflict. Everywhere you look, Putin is characterized as virtually begging for a ceasefire. News release after news release revolves around Russia nudging toward a cessation of hostilities, with Putin’s various speeches and soundbites used to support this. But how true is it, really? I’m here to tell you unambiguously: it’s total misdirection. The AFU continues to experience massive problems on the front, with units increasingly openly screeching via public forums about how everything is collapsing around them. One report from Legitimny states that if destruction of the power grid continues, Ukraine will be placed into permanent 8-12-hour-per-day blackout for the next several years: A U.S. Marine general was found “dead”: Interestingly, according to reports he was just in Ukraine. Several days ago were reports of U.S. flights out of Poland—the typical ones that carry Western mercenaries out after Russian strikes. Coincidence? There has been a spate of Russian long-range strikes, including ones on deployment points—several of them on Odessa recently, for instance. There’s good chance this general was visited by Dr. Ken Zhal for his final checkup. If things weren’t bad enough for the U.S., another defense plant blew up, which reportedly is in the business of Javelin production, amongst other rockets: Commander of the Ukrainian 116th Brigade perished in the Kupyansk direction: I’ll leave you with this poignant last statement from Russian analyst Older Eddy: We will say one thing. The more power and its dogs drive the Ukrainian people to fight, the larger the collapse will be. At some point, the front will simply sprinkle, as 80% of the army will consist of those who do not want to fight, or tired, or disappointed. It's like building a house, but making concrete for walls and foundations according to the formula of 12 bags of sand for 1 bag of cement. For some time it will stand idle, and after that « will begin to fall asleep », and if there is a minimum « earthquake », it will simply collapse. So in the situation with the Zemobilization and the Armed Forces. This is a time bomb. - Simplicius
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  11054. ▪It should be remembered that President Trump's previous "bad" tariffs were not only kept in place under the Biden administration, they were expanded upon over the last 4 years indicating this is a bipartisan "deep state" agenda; ▪Follow-up tariffs on not only China but now also Canada and Mexico are aimed at further permanently decoupling the US from China, not at negotiations or the stemming of "drugs" and "illegal immigrants," all of which are fabricated pretexts; ▪Tariffs have precipitated a cost of living crisis in the US (coupled with a similar crisis in Europe linked to sanctions on Russia), a crisis both the Trump and Biden administrations are clearly indifferent to; ▪The goal is very obviously to prepare for war with China, including a blockade of Chinese maritime shipping US moves against Panama and Greenland both serve as steps toward preparing; ▪Under the Biden administration, the reorganization of the US Marine Corps into an anti-shipping force likewise served as preparation for this; ▪China and its trading partners (virtually the rest of the world) need to realistically face this and prepare for this US plan to strangle multipolarism in the cradle - negotiations with the US must be done with this in mind, realizing the US has no intention of ever striking an actual deal, but is instead preparing the battlefield; ▪China's ability to innovate and replace US imports as well as diversify and protect alternative exports elsewhere from US destabilization (both regime change installing anti-China client regimes and the backing of violence targeting Belt & Road Initiative routes) will determine the outcome of Washington's actual objectives; - The New Atlas
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  11082. Recall that Hamas was partly or entirely created by Israel—a fact confessed to by several high ranking Israeli officials—as a counterweight to the PLO, the dominant political group at the time. So it’s not out of the question that a group created by Israel and Western intelligence outfits can potentially still be under their control or at least infiltrated to the extent of being ‘steered’ into creating certain needed false flags which could benefit Israel as a whole. This is supported by new evidence reportedly coming out that Hamas was using Ukrainian-supplied weaponry, which would indicate a fairly standard Western intel weapons pipeline a la the Contras, et al. The primary principle that I operate under is that almost no global event happens by pure happenstance, particularly when it’s in a given related geopolitical sphere. And the Middle East is certainly tied, in many ways, to Russia, the Ukrainian war, and multipolarity in general. - Simplicius By Their Fruit, You Will Know Them… Biden Calls for More War, Putin Calls for Peaceful World - LewRockwell BODIES LIE LIMP, COVERED IN BLOOD as distraught crowd rushes the wounded out on stretchers, others hopelessly look to the dusty sky - amid devastating destruction unleashed by sustained Israeli attacks on Gaza. Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Galant orders total siege of Gaza - "there will be no electricity, no food, no fuel.” - Intel Report AMBULANCE STRETCHERS STREWN EVERYWHERE, as contused Palestinian emergency worker tries to walk away from scene of attack, but almost drops dead in Israel's latest blast striking ambulance vehicles in Gaza. - Intel Report "The US precludes creation of the State of Palestine" - Lavrov and the Arab League. "The Americans are trying to monopolize mediation efforts, and divert dialogue away from a political settlement." “Russia and the Arab League can and must make their contribution to solving these problems, first of all, stopping the bloodshed." - Intel Report SOOT-COVERED BODY lies slack on ground as Palestinians rush to help people trapped under rubble after Israel targets refugee camp in North of Gaza Strip. Blasts that shake very earth as Israeli strikes target STUDENTS at Islamic University of Gaza (right vid) - sounds of baby’s cries echo in background with man filming fearing for his family’s safety. Israeli PM Netanyahu claims Hamas’s actions will “CHANGE THE MIDDLE EAST” as he kills HUNDREDS of Palestinians in strikes. - Intel Report Rocket rains down on Jerusalem as air raid sirens blare (left vid), while right vid shows ruined fences and cars in aftermath of strike. Hamas states it fired rocket in response to Israel’s bombing of civilians in Gaza Strip - reports of at least 7 injured in Jerusalem strike. - Intel Report Humans torn apart by Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip as Palestinians lie in agony with missing legs while people look on in shock as they wait for first responders - Intel Report Update on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict for October 9, 2023 - As US proxy war in Ukraine continues to tip in Russia's favor, armed conflict has broken out between Palestinian-based Hamas militants and Israeli forces; - Israeli-Palestinian tensions stem from the Israeli government's decades-long occupation of Palestinian territory in violation of international law and laid out specifically in UN resolutions; - Both Hamas and Israeli forces are currently targeting both military targets and civilians; - Israel has for decades served the purpose of a foothold for first British then American hegemony in the Middle East; - Hamas has a problematic background that complicates Palestine's ability to resolve hostilities between it and Israel; - Hamas has previously served as a proxy along with Israel in the US proxy war against Syria; - Israel is requesting additional military aid from a depleted United States, limiting its ability to escalate vs. Hamas and within the wider region; - The New Atlas "ISRAEL WILL WIN" claims PM Netanyahu as he shows off footage of houses in Gaza Strip crumbling from Israeli strikes (left vid). His claim that "we've started" comes amid reports of build-up of Israeli forces near Gaza Strip, with insider claims that Netanyahu's told Biden "we have to go in" to Gaza Strip. Right vid shows devastating aftermath of same strikes Netanyahu boasts about, with homes turned into apocalyptic wasteland after blasts. - Intel Report Gaza Strip lit up by flames as hellish landscape unfolds in darkness. Vid above shows flames flickering while rockets soar from Gaza Strip toward Israel. Israeli military claims it’s carrying out 1 of biggest airstrikes EVER against Hamas in Gaza Strip, while Palestinian medical officials warn health system could collapse in DAYS following power cuts imposed by Israel. - Intel Report Drones show damaged neighborhoods in Gaza Strip, during out-of-control bombing by Israeli forces against Palestinians from Hamas fighters. 1000 tons of explosives were dropped which destroyed thousands of buildings in the “total siege” of Gaza by a series of airstrikes using heavy bombs such as JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition). - Military Tube Today
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  11085. While Ukraine was carrying out these 90% phony psyops with some modest success, Russia has been goring the AFU on the actual battlefield. Not only were there several reports of operational strikes on manpower consolidations like the following: But even the AFU themselves wrote of grievously painful losses. For instance, 108 Avdeevka ‘defenders’ were sent home for the holidays and their transport was struck by Russian precision weaponry, killing the entire group, as recounted by Ukrainian political scientists Vitaly Bala: Imagine that, 108 men wiped out in a single blow. It almost inclines one to quickly forget about an empty ‘landing ship’. He plainly states that they suffered more losses per day than they had previously suffered for entire months. That means to push Russian forces back those measly 1-2km behind the railroad tracks was costing them likely hundreds of lives per day, if not more—another example of Russian echeloned defense designed to systematically fall back while ‘leading’ the enemy through pre-set killboxes. The same soldier even makes an astonishing claim about NATO’s top gear, particularly the Abrams. He says the Abrams is useless because its low-positioned filters clog up every few minutes in Ukrainian terrain, requiring constant cleaning in the middle of battle, lest the tank entirely shut down: This segues us to the final section of battlefield updates. Russian forces have been making a lot of progress, finally officially capturing Marinka after nearly a decade. Even Zaluzhny confirmed the “full withdrawal” of AFU from Marinka during the press conference: Another exasperated AFU soldier wonders why society continues to downplay Russians as second rate when the AFU is being so badly slaughtered by them each day: - Simplicius
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  11086. Is that the dawn or NATO supplies doing what they do best - burn? Storage facilities turn a bright red in Uman, Central Ukraine as Russia delivers destructive blows with drones early this morning. - Intel Report Intense morning of drone attacks as 3 wounded by shrapnel in Ukrainian attack on market in Shebekino, Belgorod (pre-war West Russia). Market pavilion and vehicles also damaged. - Intel Report UK Defense Secretary - "is a newly minted cretin" - Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council, reacts to the alarmingly 'growing number of leading NATO idiots.' Britain has made it known that it intends to send its military personnel to Ukraine, making them a legal target for Russian forces. What could go wrong? Looks like a set up for nothing less than WWIII - Intel Report "Not one more bullet will be sent to Ukraine" - pro-Russian party Direction wins elections in Slovakia. Party leader Robert Fico (pictured) is categorically against military support for Kiev, as well as against the prospect of Ukraine joining NATO. - Intel Report TERROR THWARTED as Ukrainian saboteurs attempt to attack Russian village. 4 Kiev terrorists, armed with American M-4 rifles and rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), repelled while trying to break into pre-war Russia's Nikolaevo-Darino, Kursk region - Intel Report FLASH OF LIGHTNING as Russian forces launch explosive hell at Ukrainian forces with help of TOS-1A flamethrower rocket launcher system, creating new suns at Kiev army positions as they’re burnt to crisp, while Ukrainian forces suffer over 150 casualties in failed assault on Russian troops in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). Russian soldiers stop dead 4 Kiev army attacks in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), while Ukrainian Su-25 attack jet comes plummeting to ground after being shot down over Donetsk Republic. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 30 Military vehicle repair base of Armed Forces of Ukraine in Konstantinovka was blown up by the bomb of Russian Air Force. FAB-500 bomb equipped with UMPK kit, hit and destroyed a repair base in Donetsk region in Artemovsk direction, and 10 Ukrainian soldiers were killed. - Military Tube Today Update for the conflict in Ukraine for October 2, 2023 - Ukraine’s offensive is now at the 4 month mark, exhausting its potential and failing to achieve any of its objectives; - The Western media admits that Russia has actually gained more territory this year including during the Ukrainian offensive despite being on the defensive; - Russia continues degrading a variety of Ukrainian military capabilities the West cannot sufficiently replace while maintaining pressure along the line of contact; - Both the Russian economy and its military industrial base are admittedly growing while Ukraine and its Western sponsors exhaust their stockpiles, lacking the ability to renew them; - The New Atlas using all Western Sources "TO STOP FUNDING UKRAINE IS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAIWAN" according to dead-eyed warmonger Lindsey Graham who claims if Ukraine beats Russia, then China’s less likely to "invade" Taiwan. Bold of him to wear pin of US and Ukrainian flags when he's so happy that Ukrainians are dying in droves... - Intel Report Russian Army's 'BALATON TACTICS' Completely Paralyzed Ukrainian Army Near RABOTINO┃ This Is The END 'Time is our greatest enemy'. 'Time is playing against us'. These are the words that not only independent Ukrainian experts but also retired Western officers began to pronounce more and more often. For four months, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been unable to break through the defense line of the Russian army and achieve at least scanty strategic successes. - BORZZIKMAN
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  11090. Massie wasn’t disturbed by Trump’s threat, posting on Twitter that “Doesn’t work on me. Three times I’ve had a challenger who tried to be more MAGA than me. Doesn’t work. None busted 25% because my constituents prefer transparency and principles over blind allegiance.” Trump says he wants to end America’s involvement in the Ukraine war, but we are still shipping arms to Ukraine, and Trump has rescinded his withdrawal of American intelligence to guide Ukraine in its missile strikes. After Zelensky accepted Trump’s demands, he has indicated that if Putin does not agree to a cease fire, there will be dire consequences for Russia. All Trump cares about is that Zelensky kowtows to him. Massie told The Hill that the bills he objected to would put Americans at risk and lengthen the Russia-Ukraine conflict, among other claims. “Congress has voted for ten bills now that will put US citizens at risk, prolong the conflict in Ukraine, waste tax-payer money, increase domestic food and energy prices, and draw us further into this conflict. I have voted against all of them,” he wrote in a statement.” There is nothing more anti-populist than protectionist tariff taxes. President Trump has repeatedly stated with great excitement that with his impending huge tariff tax increases “we,” meaning the federal government, are “going to take in A LOT of money.” Well now. Since when has it been the priority of the Trump administration to drain the pockets of American consumers and businesses with tariff taxes so that the federal bureaucracy can become even more enlarged and bloated than it already is? Isn’t that a flat contradiction of all of President Trump’s campaign promises, not to mention the professed goal of the DOGE?” - LewRockwell
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  11097. All or nothing for Ukraine and NOTHING it will be! STOP RIGHT THERE, you criminal scum said Russian security forces (FSB) to Ukrainian terrorists attempting to infiltrate pre-war Russia's Bryansk region as multiple saboteurs, planning terror attacks, end up looking sabotaged (01:18), among them Ukrainian army lieutenant colonel and major. American equipment and blood-stained notes found on terrorists. - Intel Report Ukrainian terror drone shot down in Kursk, pre-war Russia (see map) - Russian Defense Ministry. Kiev has also attempted to attack nuke power plant in this region. - Intel Report 3 minutes of Syrian-Russian missiles and artillery pummeling positions of US-backed terrorists in Syria's Idlib countryside over the weekend, obliterating strongholds, operation rooms, and military equipment warehouses with massive strikes, killing 111 terrorists and injuring scores of others. Strikes comes following increased terrorists attacks with ISIS's reactivation by daddy Washington - Intel Report Russian missiles and artillery work overtime killing and injuring up to 430 Ukrainian soldiers in Donetsk and 145 in Zaporozhye regions (ex-Ukraine), along with 2 tanks in the latter and a terror drones control tower in Kherson (ex-Ukraine). Stunning footage of Russian, artillery, missiles, soldiers and choppers annihilating Western puppets and equipment. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 10 The Ukrainian Army fires 35 shells at settlements in the Kherson region (ex-Ukraine) overnight. Ukrainian Army also shells DPR 70 times in a day, where civilian infrastructure was targeted and decimated (in video). - Intel report
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  11102. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Viral videos on the internet show how all Iranian missiles hit their designated targets in the occupied Palestinian territories, at the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel, which Iran said was the time to give a firm response to the Zionist regime's aggression. The attack on the night of October 1, 2024, about 25 to 40 hypersonic missiles managed to evade Israeli anti-missile shield, and the US Navy Ship failed to intercept the missiles, which hit the military base directly. It is known that Nevatim Airbase, which is located 15 km from the Negev desert, is an air base that houses a squadron of fighter jets such as the F-35, and used to be a place where Israel received American bombs in the aggression on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Now, the air base is being destroyed to the maximum by order of the Supreme Commander of the Iranian Armed Forces, AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI! Chief of General Staff of the IRGC Armed Forces, Major General Muhammad Baqeri asserted that “In this Operation True Promise 2, Iran targeted the Mossad base in Tel Aviv, the Nevatim Airbase, the Hatzerim Base which houses the F-35 and F-15 used in the assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the IDF radar arrays, and the staging area for Israeli tanks.” Initial damage assessments reported that the Nevatim Air Base as well as Israel’s so-called Air Force One were badly damaged by the unhindered missile strikes, making them now inoperable. Open sources said that around 20 F-35 5th generation fighter jets, which bombed the Gaza Strip and Lebanon with over 85,000 tons of explosives last year, have been disabled there. Iran finally broke its long silence and launched a large-scale missile attack. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards said the attack was in retaliation for the assassination of Hamas political director Haniyeh, Hezbollah supreme leader Nasrallah, and Revolutionary Guard Brigadier General Abbas Nirfurshan.''If the aggressor responds with a counterattack, we will target all its infrastructure, retaliating a thousand times over,'' Muhammad Baqeri warned. Currently, regular and extensive flights of dozens of Iranian warplanes are being carried out across the country, on alert to detect and neutralize possible attacks by Zionist fighter jets.
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  11119. Thus, the current domino collapse of Ukraine’s defenses in the Pokrovsk direction will lead to a much greater snowballing that will lead to the collapse of the entire Konstantinovka cauldron, which would then set up the final showdown with the Kramatorsk agglomerate. Furthermore, Pokrovsk is the main hub of supply to the entire front southeast of there. Capturing Pokrovsk and cutting its main roads would pretty much atrophy the entire vast region to the southeast: There’s also the fact that Pokrovsk is the main railway hub of the entire region for the AFU: It receives large shipments and distributes them to the whole region’s settlements, like a major artery feeding hundreds of capillaries. Thus, it’s vital for the resupply and logistics of all AFU units in the vast region. In fact, what’s most interesting about this, and proves that the railway is the foremost strategic consideration of the entire ongoing operation there, is the fact that Russian troops are literally advancing along the railway. Thus, once Pokrovsk is captured, all those interior settlements to the southeast would come under immense pressure with dwindling supply routes, and their own collapse would be accelerated greatly. This is likely the reason for Zelensky’s desperate urgency in Kursk. His command likely understands the dire nature of what’s soon to come, as the entire front on this region stands to collapse after Pokrovsk falls. Zelensky needed a way to divert Russia’s attention somewhere else, but so far no slow down has been recorded for Russia’s advances in this area. Today alone, there have again been several major advances. As I mentioned, another huge swath of territory around Zhelanne has been taken, moving closer to Pokrovsk: - Simplicius
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  11126. Zelensky finally presented his long awaited ‘Victory Plan’ to nation and Rada alike. Hear the pathological delusion presented as “plan” for yourself in all its demented glory: “What leaves me speechless is not that he is putting forward these points, but that they are all points whose implementation has already been rejected,” writes a befuddled Roepcke. He’s right most of the “plan” is obnoxious and can be dismissed outright. Number one: joining NATO—won’t happen; number two seems self-evident and redundant; number five is just some kind of ambiguous morale-boosting platitude with no real substance. This is nothing other than Zelensky’s pimping out of his country’s economic treasures and future in order to desperately tie NATO militarily to Ukraine’s hip. This is just the continuation of the same old plan, except this time via outright bribery: create massive monetary incentive to obligate NATO into sending boots on ground to confront Russia and save Ukraine by virtue or deterrence of WWIII. It’s dangling trillions before their noses to entice their help, with the alluded-to most ‘secret’ component of the deal likely having to do with the sheer preferential nature of the disaster capitalism extraction and economic shock therapy in one. It’s just more of what we already knew, that the Ukrainian game is all about the Western crony elite positioning themselves to pillage Ukraine’s resources and industries. For instance, most missed this excerpt from ex-CIA chief Pompeo’s recent prank-call with Russian Vovan and Lexus posing as Poroshenko. In the private call he describes how he got his own comfy sinecure on a big Ukrainian enterprise: Isn’t it interesting how the ex-head of the CIA now runs a bank of all things, and that bank is buying up Ukrainian enterprises? Also interesting it happens to be a telecom, just like Vodafone owned by the Azerbaijani oligarch who just bought up the remainder of Ukraine’s titanium industry. Virtually every deep state elite involved in the Ukraine debacle has got their fingers in the jar. - Simplicius
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  11130. “The Iranians have a strategy, and we don’t”, a former senior U.S. Defence Department official told Al-Monitor: “We’re getting bogged down in tactical weeds – of whom to target and how – and nobody’s thinking strategically”. The former Indian diplomat MK Bhadrakumar has coined the term ‘swarming’ to describe this process of non-state actors miring the U.S. in the tactical attrition – from the Levant to the Persian Gulf. In the Ukraine, Russia has pursued a patient, calibrated attrition to drive hard-Right ultranationalists from the field of battle (in central and eastern Ukraine), together with their western NATO facilitators. NATO attempts at deterrence towards Russia (that recently have veered off into ‘terrorist’ attacks inside Russia – i.e. on Belgorod) notably have failed to produce results. Rather, Biden’s close embrace of Kiev has left him exposed politically, as U.S. and European zeal for the project implodes. The war has bogged down the U.S., without any electorally acceptable exit – and all can see it. Moscow drew-in Biden to an elaborate attritional web. He should ‘get out’ quick – but the 2024 campaign binds him. Some of those countries – including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – have initiated ‘private’ steps that were not coordinated with the U.S. They are not only speaking with these militia and movements, but also directly with Iran. The strategy to ‘swarm’ the U.S. on multiple fronts was plainly stated at the recent ‘Astana Format’ meeting between Russia, Iran, and Turkey on 24-25 January. The latter triumvirate are busy preparing the endgame in Syria (and ultimately, in the Region as a whole). In sum, patience has run out over the U.S. weaponising the Kurds and attempting to revitalise ISIS in order to disrupt the tripartite plans for a Syria settlement. The trio want the U.S. out. the backdrop to Israel’s disruptive behaviour lay with America’s ‘forever wars’ of divide-and-rule in support of Israel. In his first substantive statement after 7 October, Seyed Nasrallah (speaking for the Axis of Resistance as a whole) indicated a strategic Resistance pivot: Whereas the conflict triggered by events in Gaza was centrally connected with Israel, Seyed Nasrallah additionally underlined that the backdrop to Israel’s disruptive behaviour lay with America’s ‘forever wars’ of divide-and-rule in support of Israel In short, he tied the causality of America’s many regional wars to the interests of Israel. Only it is not regional actors that are contriving to box-in Biden – it is America’s own protégé: Prime Minister Netanyahu. The confluence between the failed Ukrainian ploy to weaken Russia, and the risky ploy for Israel’s war on Hizbullah, is unlikely to be lost on Americans. - LewRockwell
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  11143. The U.S. War Machine: Congress Sidelines Itself, the Empire Marches On (for now) Buried beneath the grandiose slogan of “democracy”: the US hasn’t declared war since World War II. Congress, the body constitutionally mandated to oversee such vital decisions, has been relegated to a cheerleading squad while the executive branch wields unchecked power like an emperor commanding legions. This is imperial fiat masquerading as consent of the governed. From Vietnam to Iraq, Libya to Syria, the U.S. war machine roars on, fueled not by congressional debate but by rubber-stamped resolutions, appropriations, and the all-too-familiar "Authorizations for Use of Military Force". These legal fig leaves allow the White House to bomb, invade, and occupy without a whisper of accountability. Let’s be blunt: Congress sold its soul. Since World War II, it has surrendered its constitutional prerogative to declare war, instead passing vague resolutions that grant presidents a blank check to wage war wherever and whenever they see fit. The result? Endless wars with no rational objectives, no exit strategies, and no accountability. And what happens to the trillions of dollars funneled into these wars? Enter the military-industrial complex, the world’s most sophisticated money-laundering operation. These wars are about enriching defense contractors, lobbyists, and Pentagon officials who shuffle through the revolving door between government and industry. From Lockheed Martin to Raytheon, the same corporations profiting off the carnage also fund think tanks and political campaigns to keep the war machine running. While the bombs fall, contracts worth billions flow into the coffers of weapons manufacturers. A significant chunk is then laundered back into DC, disguised as campaign contributions or lucrative speaking gigs. The Pentagon’s own accounting is so opaque that 2 trillion in spending has been deemed "untraceable." And let’s not forget Ukraine or Israel, the MIC’s latest cash cow, where tens of billions in U.S. aid vanish into a black hole of corruption. The wars of the 21st century don’t even bother with pretense. Forget declarations; the U.S. now engages in hybrid wars, proxy conflicts, economic strangulation through sanctions, and information warfare. Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, these are not declared wars, but they are wars nonetheless, waged in the shadows with the same deadly consequences. And behind every drone strike or sanction lies another bloated defense budget, another no-bid contract, another slush fund for the MIC. The Declare War Clause was meant to check power, to ensure that the decision to spill blood was taken soberly and democratically. Instead, it has been sidelined by an empire that cannot stop expanding, an empire that feeds on forever wars. This is not about defending freedom, but controlling resources, securing markets, and maintaining hegemony at any cost. And as BRICS rises, as the Global majority asserts its sovereignty, the Empire grows more desperate. Its (losing) wars: kinetic, economic, and informational, are not signs of strength but of fragility, the thrashing of a system that cannot adapt to a multipolar world. Who benefits from this endless bloodshed? Not the American people, saddled with 38 trillion in national debt and over 200 trillion in unfunded liabilities. The winners are the same cabal that profits whether the bombs drop or not: defense contractors, Wall Street speculators, and the political elite. The MIC is not just about war but about money laundering on an imperial scale. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Cash cows. The conflict in Ukraine? A feeding frenzy for weapons dealers and their political masters. This is not just America’s problem. The endless wars waged by the U.S. ripple out, destabilizing nations, wrecking economies, and displacing millions. The Empire stumbles, but it won’t fall on its own. It’s time to push harder. The age of unaccountable wars and untraceable profits must end. - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  11144. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Morning report on November 27, 2024, Ukrainian military resources published a very alarming report for Kiev about the new successes of the Russian Armed Forces in Kurakhovo and its environs. Despite attempts to transfer reserves from the western outskirts of the city, the situation of Ukrainian garrison continues to deteriorate amid the presence of Russian assault troops in the city center, developing attacks on high-rise buildings. In one corner of the storming, UAV crew of the Yug Group of Forces from Southern Military District, discovered an observation post, and a firing position of Ukrainian ATGM Stugna on the upper floor of one of the city buildings. Nothing could hide from the drone, immediately destroying them all before the ATGM had time to be used! According to some Ukrainian sources, Kiev regime forbade General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to give orders to retreat even from the encircled settlements and tried to hold positions at the cost of heavy losses. However, the 119th Territorial Defense Brigade of Ukraine serving in the vicinity of Kurakhovo, in Berestki, apparently did not care about Kiev's orders. They chose to flee in disarray and suffered losses in small groups of 3-5 people through the forest belt after seeing the loss of Berestki. Meanwhile, another group was captured by Russian troops. They looked very happy to be captured because they would be safe from the war - their uniforms looked new! Russia has reportedly gained 235 square kilometers of territory in the past week in the strategic city of Kurakhovo in Donetsk, the fastest pace of progress since early 2022
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  11148. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Urgent analysis on November 6, 2024, Russian Armed Forces are advancing and advancing on the Kurakhovo direction, moving very quickly towards the town from the south near Trudove, with additional reports that Stepanivka has been liberated up to 2 km along the northern shore of Kurakhovo Reservoir. Russian soldiers installed the battle flag of their unit on a residential building, confirming full control over the settlement. Between Kurakhovo and Trudove, there are several another settlements where Ukrainian troops who claimed to have stood firm there are now starting to fall into a new cauldron! Ukrainian troops would most likely have avoided this difficult situation if they had carried out a large-scale withdrawal. It seems that Russian troops are continuing to deploy their offensive capabilities to form a depression in the direction of Donetsk, breaking through Ukrainian defenses near Trudove. The BMP squad of the 57th Motorized Rifle Brigade with armored forces maneuvered, landing in an area between the west of the settlement and 3.5 km south of Kostiantynopolske. Here, the fighting takes place in the forest belt where the assault units take and consolidate in the tree line, capturing several positions. The Russian forces are again outmaneuvering and cutting off supplies to the Ukrainian units in a worsening operational crisis, with less than 4 kilometers left to reach the Kostiantynopolske point with the advance very fast and getting tighter every day. At the same time, Zelensky's defenders from the 79th Brigade, who claim to have held out for more than two years in Kurakhovo, appear to be short of equipment to stop the Russians, and are seeking donations. They are in need of Mavic 3T drones with thermal cameras, a vital support to help them get spies at night, and to bolster their defenses, which are under threat in the Kurakhovo circle.
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  11150. I hope for the sake of your children and grand children that I am wrong, but the escalating bellicose rhetoric in the United States, Europe and Israel signals that our future is filled with the potential for horrific destruction not seen since the end of World War II. A more alarming development came in Sweden yesterday, 18 June, with the Swedish parliament giving the green-light to turn Sweden into a U.S. aircraft carrier Sweden, in accepting this deal, has made itself a primary target of Russia. This is akin to Cuba signing a deal with Russia to bring Russian nukes to Cuba and grant Russian forces access to Cuban military bases. This is suicidal. It is the Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0, only on steroids. This is an act of brazen provocation by the West, and it should not be shocked when Russian responds forcefully to prevent the U.S. from placing nuclear weapons intended for use against Russia on Swedish territory. Just one more flashpoint in an already tense world. Then there is Israel. Over the weekend, Netanyahu dissolved the six-member war cabinet, which included members of the opposition party. Unlike the United States, where the President is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, this power resides in the cabinet in Israel. This means that Netanyahu’s original cabinet — with bona fide terrorist crazies like Smotrich and Ben Gvir in place — has made Israel more likely to take reckless, foolish military actions, such as invading southern Lebanon. Doug MacGregor, during an hour-long chat with Danny Davis today, raised the specter of Israel using tactical nukes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. I think he is right. The only way to put the brakes on this — barring a devastating preemptive attack by Hezbollah on key Israeli military and nuclear sites — is for the U.S. to suspend all aid to Israel until it comes to its senses. I think that is highly unlikely, which means that the Zionists surrounding Netanyahu are prepared to initiate a new offensive, which will set the Middle East on fire. - Sonar21
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  11159. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian military correspondents released footage on January 11, 2025, showing the mass surrender of Ukrainian soldiers as a terrible form of self-defense in Kurakhovo city and its outskirts. Keep in mind! Kurakhovo was recently conquered by the powerful Russian military, and the Russian Defense Ministry officially reported its capture on Monday, January 6. After a month of fierce fighting, the strategic city in Donetsk was practically unharmed. About 4 thousand residents out of 18 thousand who lived here before the conflict, remained in their homes. The situation in the city is now calm as reported by the Russian war correspondent on January 12, when he visited Kurakhovo for the first time. Vasily Krakhmal, on behalf of the prisoners of war of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told how they could not withstand the rapid attacks of Russian troops during the storming of Kurakhovo city, and in the amount of 16 people, made a smart choice to lay down their arms and surrender to the Russian military at Kurakhovo industrial zone. Krakhmal also revealed details of his orders and urged his colleagues to save their lives. They exposed the deception of the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the poor provision of weapons and supplies, and the senseless resistance of the trained professional units of the Russian Armed Forces. Now, this leaves the Ukrainian military with one chance of salvation, to benefit themselves and their families at home. Russian fighters from the South Group of Forces say that the Ukrainian defenses in and around Kurakhovo were completely unprepared for a multi-layered defense. In the liberated Shevchenko, a general view of the star-shaped defensive positions abandoned by Ukrainian troops and then captured by the Russian Armed Forces. The Ukrainians continue to retreat, making room for the Russian army to advance. At the same time, in Yantarny sector south of Kurakhovo, Russian soldiers from the 10th Tank Regiment of the 20th Division raised a flag over the village. The Russian Defense Ministry reported today, January 12, that units of the South Group of Forces managed to liberate the settlement during active offensive operations. The defenses in Yantarny, north of Sukhi Yaly River, were broken through, and units of the Ukrainian 79th Air Assault Brigade were shot down and captured. Neither drone strikes, cluster munitions, Western weapons, tanks, nor underground fortifications were able to stop the advance of the Russian assault troops.
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  11188. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The joint siege of the Syrian Arab Army along with the Russian Armed Forces against various units of the rebel forces against the Syrian government has began following their attacks on the Syrian Army. On November 27, the rebels in Idlib launched their major attack around the western areas of Aleppo Province in Northeastern Syria, the timing of the attack just hours after Netanyahu's warning to Assad about "playing with fire", for supporting the Palestinian and Lebanese struggles, indicating a broader geopolitical strategy coinciding with the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon. As in the footage, the rebel forces attacked the Syrian Army with heavy weapons and MANPADS. Furthermore, additional reinforcements of special forces from the Syrian Arab Army arrived at the gates of Aleppo to stop them! The video reportedly shows the Syrian Army's MLRS now shots fire, hitting allied militias positions from the Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS), who are advancing in Aleppo. This is to stop the extremist rebels who violated the de-escalation agreement, started operations that endanger civilians and have reportedly captured the village of Zerbeh from the Assad Army in the area. Western media use the term 'Syrian Opposition' in the context of the conflict in Syria, and this attack as "the occupation by the Assad militias", who defeated the threat of the rebels for now along with Russian forces with heavy artillery fire. In addition, it was reported that the Syrian Arab Army was involved in fierce clashes with al-Nusra rebel units while the joint Russian-Syrian Air Force also took action in the town of Atarib. Aviation prepared for bombing strikes, which hit rebel positions as they advanced west of Aleppo city. According to Syrian sources today on November 28, more than 200 al-Nusra rebels have been neutralized since the offensive began. Regardless of whether Aleppo falls or not, the city has fallen before to President Assad and the possibility of returning Idlib to Syrian government control is currently being discussed.
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  11193. The US has been using economic methods in an attempt to weaken Russia and hopefully to help get rid of Putin. The goal is to return to the sort of arrangement in place when Yeltsin was in power. These economic methods have been used against other countries, too. They include sanctions, interfering with currency transactions, interfering with gold repatriation, extra-territorial claims based on use of the US dollar, seizure of assets, and attempts to confiscate seized assets and use them for US purposes. The politicians in the West continue to promote these methods, even though mainstream scholarly works point out that in many, if not most cases, the use of such methods will not work properly. They will instead blow back on the US and cause numerous undesirable side effects and other unpleasant results. These cautionary findings have been borne out in fact. The leaders of China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Syria, and North Korea are all still in their jobs. OPEC plus Russia is still controlling the world oil market, the Russian and Chinese systems continue to replace SWIFT, more and more trade is conducted in local currencies, and the disagreements over using seized Russian assets are causing more cracks in NATO. Nations are becoming more skeptical about leaving their gold or other assets in the US or UK for safe-keeping. One opinion is that these US pillars of exceptionalism are under attack to destroy the existing system in order to ‘build back better’ and ‘you will own nothing and be happy.’ This may have made more sense back around the year 2000, before China and Russia got their act together. Whoever controlled the West, in some sense, controlled the world. Now, however, Russia and China are out from under that control and the US has been relegated to the number two position both economically and militarily. Russia is number one militarily and China is number one economically. The problem is that these facts have not sunk into the ‘little gray cells’ of the Western plutocrats, much less the mere billionaires. Asia and Africa show a distinct distaste for the ideas and plans of the WEF and most of ‘Wokism,’ and the West is too weak to force implementation in those continents. Barring a miracle (unlikely considering that the Establishment no longer believes in a miracle-working god), the end of the Age of the West is nigh. The future is with the East and the South, unless the West drastically changes course. - Sonar21
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  11198. More evidence of the rise of dictatorship in the Anglo-American world of “liberty and freedom” is the failure of both the US president and the UK prime minister to notify Congress and Parliament that the executive branches in the US and UK were committing the US and UK to war with Yemen without consulting the legislative branches, a requirement in the US and a historical convention in the UK. Two people acting as dictators committed their countries to war. The Biden Regime has the War Powers Act or the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) for its justification for attacking Yemen territory. If memory serves, the power Congress gave the executive branch only applies to the use of force against those who attack US forces. It seems that the Biden Regime has expanded the definition to include anything the US executive branch can claim is an attack on America. The Houthi had not attacked US Navy ships, only commercial ships supplying Israel. The recent Houthi attempted attack on a US Navy ship came after the US attack on Yemen, not before. The Zionist neoconservatives who control US foreign policy consider any alleged, potential, or real attack on Israel to be an attack on the United States. Thus narratives can be constructed that justify every warmongering action Washington undertakes in Israel’s interest. England’s Prime Minister simply gave Parliament the finger claiming that “the government”, which apparently does not include Parliament, has no responsibility to inform the legislature when it intends to take the country to war. We now have the situation where the two countries who gave the world government accountable to the people are acting totally independent of the people You can see what will develop from this. - LewRockwell
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  11218. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Important updates summarized until October 24, 2024, finally the Motorized Rifle Troops of the Russian Aerospace Forces managed to clear the recently liberated Olgovka, showing the streets littered with dead Ukrainians, and destroyed equipment everywhere. Olgovka, previously a major stronghold, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine barricaded themselves, dug in on the northwestern side of the Kursk region which was invaded by Kiev. The village was disputed for two months, with repeated attacks from both sides. However, recently the Ukrainian defenses collapsed quickly, and were forced to withdraw from the area through the forest belt behind the village, which has now been completely cleared. Now, the Russian and air force flags are flying over Olgovka during the BRICS period! The October 24, clip by the Russian military correspondent shows that Russian troops have taken back full control of Olgovka. There is no dispute about this, and it is the only significant movement on the front lines inside Russia in the past week. The motorized riflemen showed the village streets, which were literally littered with many dead, believed to be from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, lying everywhere, destroyed by Russian troops during the liberation of the village. In addition, the clip showed the collection of trophies and dumping of scrap metal on the streets and lanes of the village after the enemy forces were driven out. It was littered with piles of burned tanks, NATO armored vehicles, and other Ukrainian troops equipment, destroyed during their adventure. Zelensky's troops escape from Olgovka under fire was not entirely successful. Russian drone pilots and artillery worked together to ambush the fleeing infantry troops, and set their vehicles on fire as in the footage that likely took place on October 19-21. An Ukrainian BRM-1K was damaged with its protective cage under fire from live ammunition, likely hit by an RPG at close range, forcing the surviving Ukrainian elements of one squad to scramble to the tree line. The abandoned vehicle was later found by Russian soldiers. A Canadian Roshel Senator MRAP armored vehicle, also became a trophy from Olgovka after being attacked by drone. As Ukrainian troops raced away from advancing Russian forces in Kursk, another Roshel Senator ran out of fuel, left the vehicle to the Russians, and raced back to the border with caution.
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  11221. Things keep ratcheting up in Ukraine, with France continuing its saber-rattling escalatory spiral. Macron showed his dangerous hubris in the article by reciting the trope about Russia being a middling gas station with nukes: And this latest French sally was topped off by Russia’s spy chief Naryshkin’s rattling statement that France is preparing 2,000 troops for deployment: In fact, he states that the 2,000 number would be just the “initial stage”, but claims that such a force would become a priority target for Russian strikes: Meanwhile Spain’s El Pais paper confirmed that European troops have already long been in Ukraine: The baseless fearmongering from these Euro-mutants is simply unhinged! By logical deduction we can only assume that it’s not the imminent fall of any one particular zone, like Odessa, that has them so worried, but presumably the disintegration of the AFU as a functioning military force itself. But what else could possibly have Macron so rattled as to bear down into such desperate flights? Well, the news from authoritative sources continues to be quite grim for Ukraine. For the first time, they are openly using the dreaded ‘C’ word—collapse: Over the past two months, Ukrainian army losses have increased by 70% compared to the previous year. This is reported to be due to the rapid increase in the intensity and accuracy of glide bomb strikes. ISW foresees a new Russian offensive later this year: And even admitted to Russia’s increasing ability to adapt to all challenges: in many ways the Cold War was a far safer time because it had more serious, non-psychopathic people in charge who actually respected the dangers of nuclear holocaust. Today’s leaders are all totally immorally degraded puppets, likely placed in charge only on the basis of kompromat, and no longer have the necessary professional qualities or discretion of their forebears for the seriousness of the situation. Society, more stupefied by bread and circuses than ever, of course, is blind to their leaders’ total ignorance and dangerous provocations. Put the above pieces together and it’s clear the goal is to bring Moldova into the fold, entrench the region and create massive military buildups there to make sure Russia can never take back Odessa or retain supremacy over the Black Sea. That is why it is more imperative than ever for Russia to get the job done, capture Odessa and unlock PMR to keep from being strangled by NATO. Don’t forget, PMR just suffered one of its first direct military assaults, as an Mi-8 helicopter was destroyed by an ‘unknown’ FPV drone, a provocation with a clear angle. I’ll leave you with a final couple videos: In Georgievka, one of the larger AFU troop surrenders of recent memory: Here’s two new very good pieces from M.K. Bhadrakumar. The first entitled ‘Novorossiya’ rising from ashes like phoenix’, which summarizes a lot of the points discussed here, with Europe’s terminal agony regarding U.S.’s potential withdrawal amid the realization of their own inconsequentiality. The second even more nourishingly erudite one is: ‘France all dressed up and nowhere to go’. If you have only time for one, I strongly recommend treating yourself to the second one. - Simplicius
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  11223. Major General Smedley Darlington Butler was, at the time of his death in 1940, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year career, he fought in the Philippine–American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Mexican Revolution, and World War I. However, at some point after World War I, he began to have grave doubts about his profession. Over time, with study and reflection, he concluded that he had NOT spent his life fighting and killing for the American people, but for special interests in New York City and Washington. As he memorably stated it in his 1935 book, War is a Racket: Though war is indeed profitable for the financiers and industrialists who champion it, it is invariably a disaster for a free citizenry. As James Madison remarked in a 1795 pamphlet: Of all the evils to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops every other. War is the patent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes. And armies, and debts, and taxes, are the known instruments for bringing the many under the dominion of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds are added to those of subduing the force of the people! No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. In the past 20 years, every major US foreign policy objective has failed. The Taliban returned to power after 20 years of US occupation of Afghanistan. Post-Saddam Iraq became dependent on Iran. Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad stayed in power despite a CIA effort to overthrow him. Libya fell into a protracted civil war after a US-led NATO mission overthrew Muammar Gaddafi. Ukraine was bludgeoned on the battlefield by Russia in 2023 after the US secretly scuttled a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine in 2022. - Courageous Discourse
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  11225. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – By the fall of Vremivka almost without resistance, the group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in VelykaNovosilka found itself practically completely surrounded in a cauldron, where the Russian Armed Forces physically controlled all the main roads. Realizing that the drama of Kiev troops in VelykayaNovoselka south of Donetsk seemed to be coming to an end, Russian troops from the Vostok Group of Forces deployed Uragan MLRS, which was engaged in dropping leaflets on the positions of Ukrainian troops there for their immediate surrender, as shown in the footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry on January 17, 2025. Now, the evacuation corridor of Velyka Novosilka is less than 2.5 kilometers wide, with no main roads, only land left and the only way is to cross Mokri Yaly river for the Kievites to get out. The cauldron is boiling, where the siege of Velikaya Novoselka – now officially begins! Dropping leaflets on enemy positions, special leaflet projectiles are rocket ammunition containing rolls of leaflets. Uragan fired a volley of shots at each of them, urging Ukrainian soldiers to hand over their weapons and voluntarily surrender in order to save their lives before a complete encirclement. Now, it is reported that Russian troops are at the Vremika gate after the cleanup, just a few minutes away from the city center, while conducting a limited siege, and things will get complicated for Kiev's forces if they try to hold on. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have few options: retreat as far as possible, or defend and fight to the end. A few days ago, Ukrainian soldiers retreated from their positions in panic, even abandoning their NATO weapons in the bushes, fleeing without a fight simply because they did not want to face the Russian army. Russian soldiers from a reconnaissance unit as part of the Vostok Group of Forces, demonstrated the abandoned weapons near Velyka Novosilka as shown in footage by the Defense Ministry on January 15. Among the trophies were a Javelin portable ATGM, a Browning M2 large-caliber machine gun, a portable anti-tank grenade launcher, and ammunition.
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  11240. I refuse to be shamed and demonized for supporting peace by people who support the murder of thousands of children. - LewRockwell LIFELESS EYES of kid stare hopelessly at ceiling as chilling video shows boy from Khan Yunis, South Gaza in hospital with medical pipes in his mouth and bed below him drenched in blood. Child's wrapped in equipment while doctors with bloodied gloves desperately try to rescue him. Israeli bombs are hammering residential buildings in Gaza as nearly half of 8,500+ Palestinians killed are children. - Intel Report OMINOUS HUGE SMOKE CLOUD rises just behind Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City as Israeli warplanes launch massive strikes near it. Patients and visitors now used to Israeli terror remain calm, casually discussing on stairs how close bombs landed. IDF openly threatens to flatten hospital on heads of TENS OF THOUSANDS patients and refugees, with Tel Aviv criminally blocking fuel to besieged exclave as Al-Shifa and Indonesian Hospital are HOURS AWAY from main electric generators getting turned off, turning them into MASS GRAVES. - Intel Report OH MY GOD! MY 3 CHILDREN ARE GONE! all this young Palestinian father can say over and over, stretching hands to sky, wailing and bellowing in agony having just learned life-crushing news Israeli missiles butchered all his kids in Jabalia camp massacre. Video above shows grief-stricken man refusing to believe they're really dead, pleading comforting friends to leave him dig through rubble. More than 200 KILLED, mostly CHILDREN and women after Israel dropped SIX TONS OF GENOCIDAL EXPLOSIVES on the refugee camp. UPDATE: Hamas announces 7 of Israeli civilians held hostage in Gaza also killed by IDF's massacre. - Intel Report WHERE ARE YOU, BABA? screams bereaved daughter in Gaza (video above) upon sight of her father's lifeless body, refusing to accept that her father and his warm embrace is now reduced to a cold, lifeless corpse in a body bag. Her tragedy is just one of over 8,796 Palestinian casualties (99.3% of those civilians) causing hearts and families alike to be torn apart. - Intel Report ANOTHER MASSACRE overtakes Jabalia refugee camp not one full day after yesterday's carnage as surviving residents in video above scurry over scorched earth carnage of al-Falouja district of most crowded refugee camp in Gaza - a mass of flattened rubble. This time, 8 US-made 1 ton missiles DECEMATE residential block with high number of civilian casualties as another neighborhood turns to dust. - Intel Report
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  11247. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The situation in recent days in Kherson, the Ukrainian defenses along the Right Bank of the Dnipro River, has been a disaster almost every day with heavy losses. As a result of Kiev's senseless attacks on the Left Bank, important infrastructure such as fortifications, including personnel and equipment, are then subjected to merciless attacks by the Russian Armed Forces, which continue to build up their forces and control the sector. One of the most well-guarded and well-prepared outposts on Korabelov Island, in the western part of the Kherson agglomeration, was hit by a Russian airstrike, as shown in the footage on February 22, 2025. It is reported that the outpost was home to some of the most trained Ukrainian drone operators among Kiev's forces, EW systems and a communications center. Two FAB bombs hits on the buildings reduced the number of Ukrainian crews to a minimum. Kherson is a favorite hideout for Kiev's troops in high-rise buildings, in the basements of destroyed buildings, where they are attacked daily by Russian drone operators, aircraft and artillery. Every morning, they try to rotate and deliver supplies, but these attempts often end in disaster, with Russian reconnaissance constantly detecting Ukrainian drone launch sites and systematically destroying them, as in the footage from February 24. The successful attack was carried out by Russian drone dropping two mortars, hitting the position of two Ukrainian drone operators, who were leaving their drone and entering an underground fortification. The first mortar blast caused the enemy drones to burn out, while the second mortar destroyed the entrance to the fortification, likely burning the personnel inside. So far, Russian forces have been unhindered in their offensive on the Right Bank of the Dnipro River, amid ongoing training for the crossing of the river by the 18th Army of the Russian Armed Forces. Footage on February 25 shows Russian motorized riflemen from the Dnieper assault unit entering the Ukrainian protected area at Antonovsky Bridge, moving from Konka River along the highway and landing near Dacha, Antonovsky. The soldiers entered the ruins after the successful Russian airstrike, and are now searching for Ukrainian soldiers who may have survived in the snow. Remember! It was a futile attack by Kiev that kept screaming “victory,” as its losses were horrific but unreported. Reportedly, Russian forces maintained control—the situation remained unchanged, though tense but stable.
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  11249. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The onslaught and fiery arrows of the Russian forces broke through the defense of the Ukrainian troops holding out in Dneproenergiya then liberated it in lightning speed. The Russian Defense Ministry shared footage on March 12, 2025, of how units of the 37th Motorized Rifle Brigade and the 40th Marine Brigade of the Vostok Group of Forces, working with the full support of artillery crews and attack drone operators, broke through the Ukrainian defenses to the knees of the enemy, as a result of which Kiev's troops, with NATO support, surrendered the settlement along the banks of the Mokri Yaly River to Moscow's troops. The assault detachments of the Vostok Group of Forces broke through the enemy's defenses the day before, where a series of pinpoint strikes by artillery fire and supporting drone ammunition destroyed fortifications, groups of personnel, hardware, and ammunition depots. Explosions and massive fire effects on Ukrainian objects forced them to retreat, unable to hold their defensive positions! Although this is a small settlement, the victory over Dneproenergiya strengthened the dominance of Russian forces at north of Velyka Novosyolka. This will further complicate supply routes and weaken Ukrainian defenses in the southern Donetsk sector. Without delay, a soldier from the Vostok group immediately raised their unit's flag on a house in the northern part of the settlement, thereby confirming its transfer to the full control of the Russian Army, having pushed the Ukrainian front line and advanced 2 km along the eastern bank of the Mokri Yaly River. Once again, control of Dneproenergiya made it easier for Russian forces to advance further and prepare for a further attack on Vesely nearby. With limited reinforcements and heavy losses, Kiev continued to try to maintain cohesion on the southern front, but their defensive position continued to erode. NATO support remained ineffective in stopping the territorial expansion, under the pressure of methodical and sustained Russian fire.
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  11263. Orban’s visit to Moscow set the European political seraglio aflame this week. The histrionic theatrics were on full performative display as the chorus of captured crones and cucks crowed in limp futility: For his part, Orban conveyed that Putin is a totally rational negotiator: But the prevailing narrative that’s now swept over the commentariat and MSM-propagand-o-sphere is that Russia is desperately pushing for an end to the conflict. Everywhere you look, Putin is characterized as virtually begging for a ceasefire. News release after news release revolves around Russia nudging toward a cessation of hostilities, with Putin’s various speeches and soundbites used to support this. But how true is it, really? I’m here to tell you unambiguously: it’s total misdirection. The AFU continues to experience massive problems on the front, with units increasingly openly screeching via public forums about how everything is collapsing around them. One report from Legitimny states that if destruction of the power grid continues, Ukraine will be placed into permanent 8-12-hour-per-day blackout for the next several years: A U.S. Marine general was found “dead”: Interestingly, according to reports he was just in Ukraine. Several days ago were reports of U.S. flights out of Poland—the typical ones that carry Western mercenaries out after Russian strikes. Coincidence? There has been a spate of Russian long-range strikes, including ones on deployment points—several of them on Odessa recently, for instance. There’s good chance this general was visited by Dr. Ken Zhal for his final checkup. If things weren’t bad enough for the U.S., another defense plant blew up, which reportedly is in the business of Javelin production, amongst other rockets: Commander of the Ukrainian 116th Brigade perished in the Kupyansk direction: I’ll leave you with this poignant last statement from Russian analyst Older Eddy: We will say one thing. The more power and its dogs drive the Ukrainian people to fight, the larger the collapse will be. At some point, the front will simply sprinkle, as 80% of the army will consist of those who do not want to fight, or tired, or disappointed. It's like building a house, but making concrete for walls and foundations according to the formula of 12 bags of sand for 1 bag of cement. For some time it will stand idle, and after that « will begin to fall asleep », and if there is a minimum « earthquake », it will simply collapse. So in the situation with the Zemobilization and the Armed Forces. This is a time bomb. - Simplicius
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  11271. Update on the conflict in Ukraine for Sunday November 10, 2024… The Western media is citing the recent US presidential election as a turning point for the Ukraine conflict, with Kiev facing abandonment and defeat despite both having already long-since materialized; Various proposals are being discussed regarding the freezing or ending of the conflict, proposals that were being developed independently of US elections; Meanwhile, Western reports indicate Russian military power continuing to grow while Ukrainian arms, ammunition, and trained manpower continue to dwindle as Ukraine’s loss of territory accelerates; While many see President-elect Donald Trump as seeking to undo harmful US foreign policy enacted by the previous administration, in his previous term he himself helped advance the US proxy war with Russia by both arming Ukraine and withdrawing from arms control treaties allowing the US to station more dangerous long-range weapons in Europe pointed at Russia; The incoming Trump administration, like those before it, view Ukraine, Israel, and “Taiwan” as US allies and are simply reprioritizing the flow of US resources to the latter two as Ukraine’s irreversible defeat unfolds; US political candidates incapable of openly and clearly identifying US foreign policy as aggressive, illegal, unacceptable, and at the center of the many global conflicts it has created including in Ukraine, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region, are simply selling American voters “hope” with no real intention of changing anything; - The New Atlas
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  11287. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have turned into a terrorist organization that intentionally attacks ambulances, Russian President Vladimir Putin said while speaking at the ‘Everything for Victory’ forum in Tula on Friday. He was commenting on attacks carried out by the Ukrainian military on residential areas of Russian cities in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), which have led to a number of civilian casualties. In one such attack on January 20, a paramedic working in the city of Gorlovka was wounded while trying to provide assistance to victims following a previous round of shelling. On January 12, another paramedic was also killed during a Ukrainian attack on an ambulance brigade in the same city. ”What is called the Armed Forces of Ukraine has turned into a terrorist organization that attacks ambulances,” Putin said. The president recalled a story he heard last year about how Russian forces intercepted communications between two Ukrainian tank operators who were trying to enter Donetsk. One of the servicemen had just killed a man who had stepped out of his house, Putin said, when the other officer asked him “Why did you do that? He was just some guy wearing a tracksuit. He had a family, you can hear his children running around in the house.” The response, according to Putin, was “They’re all terrorists here.” “What is this if not neo-Nazism? That’s not to mention the rounds of applause for actual SS officers in the Canadian parliament and the blatant attacks on medical workers and ambulance vehicles,” added the president. - RT
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  11289. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The situation as of the morning of November 23, 2024, Russian soldiers who developing on their progress in Chasov Yar, have consolidated their positions in the industrial zone of the city, Russian military experts report. Russian troops are defeating Ukrainian Nationalists in fierce battles that are still going on here with direct tank and mortar fire. The Akhmat Special Forces of the 78th Motorized Rifle Regiment "Sever-Akhmat" is working together with the 4th Brigade of the 3rd Army of the Southern Military District, Ramzan Kadyrov said while releasing a video. Operational information from one of the most difficult sections of the front line was reported by the Commander of the assault detachment of the Special Forces Akhmat with the call sign "Shustry", because Ukrainian nationalists use ordinary people as human shields. However, they will do this only if civilians are completely safe, then it will not be difficult for them to destroy the building where the enemy is located together with personnel as in the footage. Meanwhile, the 2S9 “Nona-S” self-propelled artillery system, moved towards the firing position and attacked targets near the city located in Donetsk, which is defended by the Nationalist “Azov” Brigade. Combat footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry shows the Paratroopers “Kostroma” of the Russian Airborne Forces, operating 120 mm self-propelled guns towards the positions where Ukrainian Nationalists are hiding. Paratroopers detected the platoon’s fortifications protecting the Nationalists during a reconnaissance operation. The “Nona-S”, well camouflaged in the ruins, opened heavy fire, destroying the fortifications in the process and likely the Nationalists positions. Paratroopers then entered the destroyed fortifications and cleared them quickly! Russian units continue to push the enemy every day, advancing 1.5 kilometers in fierce fighting and gaining a foothold in the center of Chasov Yar. Now, 30% of the city’s territory is under the control of Russian forces, they have taken control of its industrial zone, military expert Andrey Marochko said. Meanwhile, in the center of Chasov Yar there is a decisive battle for the refractory factory, destroying Ukrainian positions in the buildings, which will decide the fate of the city!
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  11315. The US foreign policy and domestic policy is identical. In other words, leadership, populations and organizations inside the US are perceived, manipulated, and feared by our government in the same way it perceives, manipulates and fears leadership, populations, and organizations in other countries. It aspires to hide its evil aspirations and its illegal workings, to help ensure the desires of its top bureaucrats and their sponsors are granted and gained. Yet, it is an oversimplification to select a single Secretary of State, or a single CIA Director, or a single Secretary of Defense, or a single President, or any of the many domestic department heads, and say – this is the US Government. Fortunately, we don’t have to. From Allen Dulles to William Burns, we have many examples of evil – who can forget Mike Pompeo’s desire to send an assassination team to the Equadorian Embassy in Britain and murder Julian Assange, before he was perp-walked to Belmarsh? Who can forget Gina Haspel, torturer, overseer of torture, and torture cover-up queen bureau-rat? The murderous legacy of Allen Dulles and his operations to regime change countries around the world, including our own, is well understood and lives on. Can we think of an honorable non-revolving door, peace-loving Secretary of Defense in our lifetimes? I’ll wait. As for Secretaries of State – we have the infamous Pompeo and his murderous predecessors Albright and Clinton, to name a few. Or that mild mannered criminal serving all parties, George Tenet? Millions of lives have been sacrificed by this peculiar species of death worshipper, evolved to the present day in the mild-mannered but no less murderous forms of Burns, Blinken and Austin. Biden is avaricious and mendacious, a short-tempered elderly man who can’t reliably negotiate a short stairwell or remember what happened two days ago. More alarming than the raw language, the empty-headed grifter also thinks climate change is more dangerous to humanity than nuclear war. He is the perfect President for our time, the perfect icon of the present-day United States. - LewRockwell
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  11316. The SIGNIFICANT Fact is that, along the Front, the Russians continue to attrit Uke Forces into oblivion! COMPLETE MASSACRE of these NATO Ukrainian cannon fodder brigades in South Donetsk (ex-Ukraine) as Ukrainian armored column, which looks like it's made of British Husky infantry mobility vehicles, breaks down to bits in hopes of a breakthrough. In video you can see multiple Ukrainian soldiers (1 appears to be moving, others lifeless 00:40), lying in pit beside their NATO machine in a field as cratered as the Moon. 4-5 vehicles said to be destroyed. - Intel Report Russian warships thwart attack and destroy Ukrainian drone near Crimea (pre-war Russia). - Intel Report Here are the Ukes primary targets: Three houses damaged as a result of Ukrainian shelling on village in Bryansk region (pre-war West Russia). - Intel Report Ukraine gains nothing from use of widely-banned cluster munition on the battlefield, only used to spread terror against civilian population - Russian diplomat to UN Polyansky. Kiev's regime strikes northern Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), where there are no military targets, daily with cluster munition - Polyansky. ◾Russian forces repel Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), up to 510 cannon fodder between killed and injured. ◾Ukrainian army lost up to 195 soldiers in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). ◾Ukrainian army's counter-battery station destroyed in Kherson region (ex-Ukraine), up to 30 enemy soldiers destroyed with it. ◾Russian air defenses shoot down 26 drones and a Ukrainian-operated Su-25 attack aircraft. ◾75 Ukrainian soldiers boinked in Kupyansk, Kharkov, East Ukraine. ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 17
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  11324. The Russian military is making advances at multiple locations along the frontline in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), according to Friday's daily press briefing of the country’s Defense Ministry released. Officials said that over the past 24 hours, Moscow’s troops have inflicted heavy casualties on the adversary, amounting to up to 795 servicemen. The DPR saw intense combat at multiple locations, with troops “taking up better positions” near the village of Klescheevka, located to the southwest of the town of Artyomovsk (known in Ukraine as Bakhmut). The small village has been experiencing heavy combat for months, following the liberation of Artyomovsk early last year. The Russian military reported destroying multiple pieces of military hardware, including assorted armored and soft vehicles, as well as several artillery pieces, including two US-made M777 towed howitzers. The military said it had conducted multiple long-range attacks on Ukrainian ammunition stockpiles, troops, and hardware assembly points in more than 100 locations. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu revealed fresh estimates on the casualties sustained by Ukrainian forces over the past month. All in all, Ukraine lost more than 23,000 troops in January, the minister claimed during a meeting with top Russian military commanders on Friday, stating his forces now “hold the strategic initiative along the entire line of contact.” Over the past month, the Ukrainian military has also suffered heavy equipment losses, with over 3,000 heavy hardware pieces destroyed. The losses include multiple US-supplied Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, HIMARS multiple rocket launcher systems, German-supplied Leopard main battle tanks and other hardware provided to Kiev by its Western sponsors, according to Shoigu. - RT
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  11333. Thanks to an Israeli drone operator and his idiot commander, we may have reached a tipping point in Israel’s attempt to exterminate the Palestinians. Countries previously mum on the wanton killing of Palestinian civilians are now voicing outrage over a senseless, deliberate killing — e.g. Australia, the United Kingdom and even that soy boy from Canada, Trudeau. When the drone feed identifies a target the images are displayed on large TV monitors mounted at the front of the room. The decision to follow and attack this convoy was ordered by officers. This was not just the decision of one rogue drone operator. That operator had to request permission to “engage” the target. There was a chain of command in place giving orders to follow and FIRE!! As I and many others have pointed out, the faux mea culpa of Israel rings quite hollow because this kind of criminal behavior has been a Standard Operating Procedure of Israel since the start of hostilities on October 7. Israel’s deliberate targeting of aid workers, journalists, and doctors is well documented. By way of comparison, if you are a journalist, aid worker or healthcare provider you are safer in Ukraine than in Gaza and the West Bank. In Gaza, Israel is killing almost 20 journalists a month. In Ukraine it is almost two per year. I do not think Netanyahu can spin his way out of this. It was not a mistake. These workers were deliberately targeted, hunted down and murdered. And this was done by an Israeli military unit under the direct control of senior officers. - Sonar21
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  11337. Julian Assange may soon be extradited to the United States, where he will face prosecution that could end in his imprisonment for life. He is in fact a hero, who should be honored rather than punished. American foreign policy is based on the pursuit of global hegemony and to achieve this goal, our “leaders” engage in torture and murder. Assange brought these crimes to public attention through his publication of the “WikiLeaks” documents he got from Bradley Manning. Because of this, the American government, now headed by brain-dead Biden and his gang of neocon controllers, wants to destroy him. In what follows, I’ll explain the facts of the case and why they are important and detail the persecution of Assange. Julian exposed what the U.S. empire seeks to airbrush out of history. The WikiLeaks documents also showed how the US military and the CIA manipulate the banking and financial system. WikiLeaks’ recent tweets on the subject drew attention to a single section of the 248-page-long document, titled “Financial Instrument of U.S. National Power and Unconventional Warfare.” This section of the manual goes on to note that these financial weapons can be used by the U.S. military to create “financial incentives or disincentives to persuade adversaries, allies and surrogates to modify their behavior at the theater strategic, operational, and tactical levels” and that such unconventional warfare campaigns are highly coordinated with the State Department and the Intelligence Community in determining “which elements of the human terrain in UWOA [Unconventional Warfare Operations Area] are most susceptible to financial engagement.” Furthermore, the manual states that the U.S. military “understand[s] that properly integrated manipulation of economic power can and should be a component of UW,” meaning that these weapons are a regular feature of unconventional warfare campaigns waged by the United States.” In an April 2017 speech, Donald Trump’s new CIA Director Mike Pompeo said “WikiLeaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service and has encouraged its followers to find jobs at the CIA in order to obtain intelligence. The CIA was so angered by Wikileaks that its director, Mike Pompeo, plotted to kill him. Philip Giraldi gives us the inside story: Moscow. Pompeo himself reportedly favored what is referred to as a “rendition,” which would consist of breaking into the Ecuadorian Embassy, kidnapping Assange, and flying him clandestinely to the U.S. for trial. Others in the national security team favored killing Assange rather than going through the complexity of kidnapping and removing him.” Fortunately, the plot failed. But now it looks like Assange will be shipped to the US, where this ill man, who suffered a stroke in a British jail, faces a dire fate. Let’s do everything we can to prevent this and to honor this true American hero. - LewRockwell
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  11338. CAN NATO SURVIVE A LOSS IN UKRAINE? Killing off a bureaucracy — whether civilian or military — is nigh impossible. But the impending defeat of Ukraine on the battlefield by Russia presents one of those watershed moments in history where the raison d’etre of NATO will be exposed as a fraud. Much has been made in recent months about NATO’s supposed growing strength by citing the addition of Sweden and Finland as new NATO members. But this is illusory. In other words, Sweden and Finland could provide a total of 10 brigades (assuming their current active duty personnel are activated and fully deployed under NATO’s command). This is a “nothing burger.” The once mighty British Army and Navy have been transformed from a lion into a toothless, nasty chihuahua. NATO’s problems go beyond its inadequate military resources. The very political consensus binding NATO together is coming apart. The recent verbal sniping between the French and the Germans over whether to commit NATO troops to Ukraine is emblematic of a much deeper rift. NATO is a mess, yet Western leaders and NATO commanders continue to indulge the fantasy that they are ready and capable of carrying out a combined arms military conflict with Russia. They are not. Russia sent a deadly reminder of this fact in the form of an Iskander missile that hit a site in Odessa filled with French, Poles and Georgians. U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps cancelled a planned visit to Odessa in the wake of this strike. - Sonar21
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  11341. Things appear no better this week on WWIII’s European front. That unelected worm, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at a Monday May 13th meeting of the Policy Exchange think tank, actually stated: [If Russia succeeds in Ukraine, UK] might be next, [adding that Moscow’s] recklessness has taken us closer to a dangerous nuclear escalation than at any point since the Cuban Missile Crisis. All these Western puppets read from the same central banking cartel mono-script. This City of London weasel actually accused Russia of cutting off the West’s gas/oil supply when it was Western puppets following orders of their moneychanging masters to destroy Russia with unending economic sanctions that is chiefly the cause of the West’s mess today. Now facing the worst economic collapse ever, unable to heat their homes and factories during the winter, the West is undergoing the elites’ controlled demolition, gutting out all Western economies assured to bring the intended outcome, the plotted diabolical death of Western civilization itself. Regarding Rishi Sunak blaming Russia for “nuclear escalation,” again Maria reminded simpleton it was the West greenlighting Zelensky’s repeated shelling of Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant at Zaporozhye NPP that endangered the entire European continent, not Russia. Maria confronted that Russia stopped its energy deliveries to Europe, correcting him that it was not Russia but US-UK criminal collaborative betrayal that destroyed supposed ally Germany’s energy lifeline with Russia, the sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines. Always these robotic, order-following globalist tools in Europe/US constantly try passing themselves off as “good guys,” the false saviors of Western democracy and freedom, vainly attempting to cover up their suicidally following their masters’ deadly policies clearly intent on destroying the entire West. These puppets cannot hide this dark truth no matter how much they lie. - LewRockwell
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  11347. The traditional leaders of Europe — i.e., the United Kingdom, France and Germany — are reeling in the wake of Pete Hegseth’s speech to the NATO defense ministers and JD Vance’s address to the Munich Security Conference. They are reacting like a jilted spouse who was just informed by their significant other that the marriage is kaput… crying and gnashing of teeth is widespread. In a desperate bid to recover from Vance’s verbal beating of the European authoritarians, French President Emmanuel Macron hastily convened a summit in Paris with a select group of European leaders in order to craft a coordinated plan to continue the war in Ukraine without the United States: The meeting was a fiasco. Despite trying to stack the conference with members ostensibly inclined to keep the lights on in Kiev, they failed to reach a consensus and emerged from the session taking verbal shots at one another: We are witnessing history. The post-World War II order with the US ruling the roost is coming unglued. I think this is the beginning of the end for NATO and for the European Union. But the collapse is not imminent. Political and economic chaos are likely to shake the major European countries and create internal pressures in the next two years that will lead the various nations to seek their own path for security outside the confines of NATO or the EU. Already we are hearing that some states are keen on reviving economic relations with Russia, with an eye on getting access to cheap oil and gas. - sonar21
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  11354. Israel is on a scorched earth tear, and the US is running behind it with a fire extinguisher, desperately trying to keep the flames under control. Biden, dazed and confused as always, embodies US’ headless chicken mien: Let’s piece this together. First, the above report states that US basically begged Iran to allow it to strike some symbolic targets with the promise that Iran would not retaliate, so that US can get a lick in and save its reputation on the world stage. Iran reportedly replied that no attacks on its territory would be allowed. You can see how ridiculous this type of theater gets, as US policy has devolved into nothing more than a delicate and performative balancing act, all for the sake of protecting its golden calf of Israel in the region. Presumably Iran has signaled that the only way to de-escalate is to present concrete outlines for the withdrawal of US forces. So this will be the area to watch in the coming days and weeks, to see if the US signals further acquiescence on this account, or makes any new announcements regarding official plans or talks that may sketch out a timeline, even a loose one, for some type of withdrawals. It should be mentioned though that days ago Victoria Nuland made it “clear” that US will not be withdrawing from Syria—but it’s difficult to know on whose behalf, precisely, she’s speaking: One gets the impression that her deepstate clan inside the government is so powerful that she’s sometimes given uncommon license to make opinionated declarations which have no actual statutory backing, but may later be rescinded simply because no one dares to gainsay her at the time, and she’s given more of a free hand to ‘interpret’ official policy at whim. Lastly, if all else fails and the Empire wants to keep escalating, Ansar Allah are reportedly ready to likewise up the ante in ways that could seriously wound the beast at their door: Zelensky finally pulled the trigger and attempted to openly oust Zaluzhny: The country is currently in a stasis, not only because Zelensky can’t bring himself to take the risk of getting the blame for a draconian mobilization bill, but also because the Ukrainian parliament is frozen by lack of future reassurance in the funding department. And on that account, Victoria Nuland was dispatched to Kiev, in what can only be deemed an emergency fixer job, to patch things up and hold it all together from falling apart: She even promised some nasty little “surprises” for Putin. Some have inferred this to mean the new announcement that Ukraine is allegedly already receiving the long-awaited GLSDBs, or Ground Launched Small Diameter Bombs, which can fire from the HIMARs launchers. She gave some laughable AI-generated boilerplate ‘encouragement’ as answer, but her real assignment was clearly not about intermediating for what US Congress is doing, but about sending verbal warnings to Zelensky and the upper staff, and handing them their directives for the time being. Lastly, despite what happened thus far, CNN claims it was just the appetizer, and that Zelensky intends to issue a full presidential decree to remove Zaluzhny from power “by the end of the week”: Today Putin openly said—likely for the first time, in such an overt and public manner—that the entire contact line will have to be pushed back to such a distance as to keep Russian territories from being reached by NATO’s most advanced weaponry given to Ukraine: Given the announcement that GLSDBs are allegedly now en route, this is essentially confirmation that Kharkov and more will have to be retaken. Kharkov is only 30km from the Russian border while weapons like GLSDB have 140km+ range. The US military continues showing some serious cracks in its infrastructure and culture of readiness. This is the third F-16 crash in less than a year, not counting many other crashes like the B-1B, and various other craft: Interestingly, there’s now reports that a Yemeni missile has come the closest ever to hitting a US ship, bypassing the vaunted AEGIS system and making it all the way up to the last line of resort: the CIWS. This is extremely uncomfortably close. To be shot down at under 2km means if the missile was going at, let’s say, Mach 2, which is 2500km/h, it would have been only 2-3 seconds away from hitting the ship. At Mach 3, it was 1.5 seconds away from striking the ship. That’s what you call a close call. The IMF continues to ‘revise’ up Russia’s economic projections by more than double: - Simplicius
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  11367. US Senator Lindsey Graham should be thrown in jail or have his passport revoked for “stirring up” the Ukraine conflict, former adviser to President Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, has said. Immediately after the visit Kiev lunched mass drone attacks on multiple Russian airfields Bannon and other critics of US involvement in the Ukraine conflict have since speculated that Graham may have encouraged Zelensky to launch the “audacious” attack, which they claim could have led to a serious escalation, given that it targeted Russia’s strategic aviation. Speaking to NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo on Monday, Bannon claimed that by meeting with Zelensky, Graham was giving Ukraine “false hope false hope that we’re there to support them in engaging Russia in a kinetic conflict. “We are not,” Bannon stressed, adding that the US was getting “sucked” into the Ukraine conflict by people like Graham and could soon find it “tough” to get out. “We can’t have Lindsey Graham, and particularly Zelensky, leading us into a third world war with a deep strike into Russia,” Bannon insisted, suggesting that US authorities should either “cancel [Graham’s] passport and don’t let him back in the country, or put him in jail if he comes back.” Following Monday’s attack, which targeted sites from Murmansk in the Arctic to Irkutsk in Siberia, a number of military experts pointed out that Kiev does not have the technical capability to conduct drone strikes that deep into Russian territory. Guillaume Ancel, a writer and former French army lieutenant colonel, told Le Monde that the attack is “possible and conceivable only with the support of a powerful satellite communications system,” based on intelligence provided by the US. - RT
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  11371. Historians of the future, gathered round their campfires poaching armadillo tail-flaps in their own shells, will harken back to the wondrous day in 2024 when they could watch and compare two heads of great nations present themselves to the world for assessment. There was Mr. Putin of the land called Russia, calmly discoursing in fine detail on a thousand years of his country’s history. And there was Mr. Biden of the USA, facing the White House press pool, angrily refuting a special prosecutor’s glum conclusion that the President was not mentally competent to be tried in court on the finding that he’d indeed mishandled classified documents. If there has been any discussion about Mr. Biden being in possession of the so-called “nuclear football,” the briefcase full of launch codes for our arsenal of missiles and bombers, it has gone unnoticed in the press. I suppose a conspiracy to suppress that chatter would be labeled a “conspiracy theory,” which also suggests that Mr. Biden’s mental deficiencies have somehow infected the entire body politic of the USA. That is, much of the whole US population is mentally unwell, living in a national hall of mirrors. How did that happen? Is it possible that there are branches of our government dedicated to driving the population crazy. . . a kind of ordeal-by-gaslight? What Mr. Putin displayed most of all was an air of prudence, an awareness that America’s behavior has become increasingly and dangerously unhinged over the years he’s been in power, requiring much delicacy and Christian patience not to worsen. Ukraine was at the center of the discussion, of course, since it has become a point of dangerous geopolitical inflammation. It is unclear whether the American audience was able to follow Mr. Putin’s detailed disquisition on the history of Ukraine, and how lately it eventuated in America’s bungling effort to wrest it out of Russia’s sphere of influence. He explained his view of events around the “Maidan coup” of 2014 and NATO’s repudiation of the Minsk Agreements that might have satisfactorily ended hostilities and provided a framework for reestablishing Ukraine’s status as a neutral borderland between Europe and Asia. Mr. Putin also confirmed my own conjecture: that, after the fall of the USSR, Russia had one overriding concern in foreign affairs: to be re-admitted to the European family of nations as a once-again “normal,” member, especially in trade relations, after seventy-five years of its peculiar communist experiment. He spoke of this quite ruefully as a lost opportunity to shore up Western Civilization — now engaged in a mystifying act of mass suicide that Russia decidedly wishes to opt out of by strategically reorienting with the BRICs bloc. A not inconsiderable part of our Ukraine problem has been that our chief executive was for years engaged in bribery and money-laundering misadventures there, for which there is abundant and powerful evidence, meaning he may have had very personal interests in keeping that country disordered — and sending billions of dollars there, some of it surely embezzled among the Zelensky government. You’d have to also be aware that the bag-man in those operations, the President’s son, Hunter, might well have misbehaved with drugs and prostitutes on his many trips to Ukraine as a board member of Burisma. - LewRockwell
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  11375. Each U.S. destroyer carries an estimated 90 missiles (perhaps a few more). Their primary mission is to protect the U.S. aircraft carrier they are shielding. What happens when Yemen fires 100 drones/rockets/missiles at a U.S. carrier? The U.S. destroyer, or multiple destroyers will fire their missiles to defeat the threat. Great. Mission accomplished! Only one little problem, as described in the preceding quote — the U.S. Navy got rid of the ship tenders, i.e. those vessels capable of resupplying destroyers with new missiles to replace the expended rounds. In order to reload, that destroyer must sail to the nearest friendly port where the U.S. has stockpiled missiles for resupply. Got the picture? If the destroyer must sail away then the U.S. carrier must follow. It cannot just sit out in the ocean without its defensive screen of ships. The staying power of a U.S. fleet in a combat zone, like Yemen, is a function of how many missiles the Yemenis fire at the U.S. ships. The U.S. only has a limited supply of these air defense missiles and does not have the industrial capability in place and operating to produce new ones rapidly to make up the deficit. Here is the bottom line. The United States flotilla, along with its allies, can do some damage to Yemen but are unlikely to achieve a decisive victory. Yemen, for its part, can inflict some serious damage to some of the ships — maybe even sink one or two — and by doing so, score a moral victory that will fuel doubts about America’s naval capabilities and staying power. Perhaps this explains why the U.S. has been so slow to respond to the attacks launched by Yemen. - Sonar21
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  11376. Russians destroying Uke Armies guilty of crimes against humanity for their indiscriminate shelling of civilians! RUSSIA CLOSING THE NOOSE ON UKRAINIAN TROOPS With Western eyes glued to the Middle East, Russia is on the offensive a pushing Ukrainians back all along the line of contact. Russian war correspondent Marat reports: For example, yesterday near Kleshcheevka, on the right front of the Bakhmut defense, our paratroopers from the 106th division, which had been holding the defense here for more than four months, unexpectedly launched a counterattack, occupying several enemy strongholds. The same is true in the Rabotino sector – the 1430th and 70th regiments, who heroically fought here for many days, have been conducting regular counterattacks for the third week. On the one hand, this speaks of the good shape that our army is in, and on the other hand, it completely dispels the myths of Ukrainian propaganda about our great losses. Units that suffer heavy losses are simply physically unable to instantly go from defense to offense. Even if they are regularly replenished with new recruits. And now, in fact, this sends the Ukrainians into an ever greater panic – they are beginning to understand that with their tactics of endless suicidal counterattacks and obstinacy on every piece of land, they provoked Russia into creating an army of such power that is now beginning to roll them into flat cakes. Once again, the enemy provoked this himself. - Sonar21 Darkness and rubble is all that's left of 2 family homes, as Ukrainian drone strikes border town of Belgorod, pre-war West Russia, early this morning. 3 people killed, including a small child, 2 more are in intensive care - Governor Gladkov. - Intel Report COUNTEROFFENSIVE ON ITS LAST LEGS: "We are not just behind schedule. We are completely behind schedule... Let's go without clarification and explanation of all this - we are behind schedule. Let everyone draw their own conclusions." - Chief of Ukrainian (un)Intelligence, Budanov. - Intel Report The advance of Russian forces following a two-pronged siege of Avdeevka suggests the heavily fortified area by Ukrainian forces could soon be taken. In the north, Ukrainian fortifications near the Coke Factory collapsed, and Russians captured an important height - Avdeevka waste heap. Meanwhile enveloping maneuvers in the south had reached Severnoye. - Military Tube Today
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  11389. An international conference to mark the upcoming anniversary of the end of World War II opened in Moscow on Tuesday, bringing together dozens of researchers from Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Asia, and Africa. Russia is preparing to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany and hold its annual Victory Day parade in Red Square on May 9 to honor the estimated 26.6 million Soviet lives lost during the war. The two-day academic event at the President Hotel has drawn more than 40 historians from 25 countries, including the UK, France, Ireland, Canada, Indonesia, Iran, Serbia, and Bulgaria. According to the organizers, the forum seeks to encourage joint approaches to studying WWII. In a message sent to the participants, Sergey Naryshkin, head of the Russian Historical Society and Russia’s foreign intelligence chief, underscored the importance of defending historical truth amid attempts to “politicize and rewrite” the past. “The great victory over Nazism was achieved through the collective heroism of the Soviet people... The defeat of the enemy was brought closer by Chinese soldiers, members of the European Resistance, and troops from the anti-Hitler coalition,” Naryshkin said, adding their memory is “carefully preserved by millions around the world.” More than 20 foreign leaders are expected to attend the May 9 events in Moscow, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. Earlier this month, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned the leaders of the bloc’s candidate countries against attending Moscow’s celebrations. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned the comments, calling them tantamount to a revival of Nazism. German media reported this month that Berlin advised local institutions not to invite Russian or Belarusian officials to events commemorating WWII. Moscow responded by calling the move a “blatant insult” to the memory of the victims of the Nazis and to fallen Soviet soldiers. - RT
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  11411. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Syrian army began launching Tochka missiles, and the consequences of its "arrival" in one of the headquarters and operations of the Al Aqeeda affiliated organization "Jabhat al-Nusra" in Idlib, with devastating results. The scenes published on December 1, 2024 by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) showed that they began using various heavy weapons not only the M-600 'Tishreen' tactical ballistic missiles, but in particular now for the first time deploying the OTR-21 Tochka-U tactical missile, which can carry a 420kg warhead. In just a matter of days, the front line reached a dangerous level for the militia units, they entering Syria suddenly but miscalculated. This version has a range of 120 km and high accuracy, fired by the Syrian Army with targeted attacks on several militia command rooms, supported by Turkey and the West. The scene in the city of Idlib from the footage of the militia, shows the consequences of the Soviet Tochka missile hit, reaching a very severe level of damage to enemy targets. One of the gathering points of the terrorist militias "Jabhat al-Nusra", or the command headquarters of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as reported by other sources, was covered in dust and thick smoke, destroying several vehicles in the area around the militia leadership center after a wave of precision strikes by the Tochka missiles of the Assad Government forces. In this attack, at least 65 militias were reported killed, but it is likely more considering the damage caused by the missiles. It is noteworthy! The pro-militia media and their supporters are now starting to shout that the Syrian operations together with Russia are starting to have a severe impact on civilians, something that is repeated and unproven! The Syrian Government will take unprecedented measures to suppress terrorism that is considered to only understand the language of violence, and destroy it quickly as Assad previously said. It seems that the Syrian Army is operating hundreds of missiles from this system during this period, and its launches continue to destroy foreign militias with one goal, to occupy Syria.
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  11416. ⚔SITREP⚔ NOVEMBER 15 Biden, the demented gift that keeps on giving! ◾Russian forces continue to push into Stepovoye and tighten the noose on Ukrainian forces in Avdeevka (see map), Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine), taking control over 70% of the battlefield area, as Kiev's troops completely lacking artillery support are getting absolutely crushed. ◾ Moscow's Unstoppable fab-500 bombs continue to blast enemy into oblivion, clearing out what's left of positions and laying waste to dozens of Western-supplied military vehicles and weapons.- Intel Report Hamas is using hospitals as human shields… while children sleep in incubators above ground… that’s what we’re being told… Hamas is below ground in their headquarters carrying out their plans and above them are maternity wards and children’s wings. How do we know this? Because the CIA and Israel are telling us this. So we should all believe them without question. - Redacted ISRAEL DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF - UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese explains why in video above. Albanese clarifies Article 51 of UN Charter (right to wage war) that Israel invoked has no legitimate claim to "self-defense" when waging war against an occupied population. Israel CAN'T claim the right of self-defense against a threat emanating from territory it occupies, kept under belligerent occupation - Albanese. - Intel Report ONLY NAZI MEMORIALS ALLOWED IN KIEV from now on as footage above shows statue of genius Russian poet Pushkin spinning at crane's end, on its way to be demolished by Kiev's fascist regime. Mad Vlad continues to erase and rewrite history to please his Russophobic Western masters. - Intel Report With the approach of winter, the situation on the battlefield began to change dramatically. The dynamics of the intensification of hostilities are recorded along the entire front line. Russian Troops are increasing the pressure zone, forcing the Armed Forces of Ukraine to rush into desperate attacks in order to regain lost positions. - BORZZIKMAN
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  11419. There is a lot of wild speculation and misinformation coursing through the blogosphere regarding the bombing of a U.S. base in Jordan. What was the purpose of the base? This base is one of the primary entry points for U.S. military personnel being sent to man bases in Syria. It is a personnel and logistics hub. Think about it. How do the U.S. military personnel at bases inside Syria, like Al Tanf, get there? They do not parachute in and there are no secure airfields. Instead, the U.S. forces fly into Jordan and land at one or more of the seven main Jordanian military airfields: It is no secret that King Abdullah is close with the United States. However, that no longer is a reliable benefit. It is a potential liability. The last thing King Abdullah wants is the world to focus on the fact that he is helping the United States carry out what are essentially oil protection operations in Syria. Illegal operations. And much of the oil winds up inside Israel. The U.S. mission in Syria has little to do with fighting and destroying ISIS, a Sunni inspired extremist organization. That is basically, in my view, a cover for action. The real purpose, I believe, is to destabilize the Government of Syria and maintain U.S. control over Syrian oil resources. U.S. forces also are in position to monitor and and carry out military operations against Shia tribes with ties to Iran. Here is one more thing we know — this was not an Iranian operation. The Pentagon has issued a carefully worded statement saying the group responsible is “Iranian supported.” If the United States had actual evidence implicating Iran in this attack that information would be broadcast loudly and widely. The fact that the Biden Administration is silent on that particular piece of evidence tells you the U.S. is still scrambling to find the slam dunk proof. - Sonar21
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  11421. Russian forces destroy 4 US-made high-speed military boats with Ukrainian paratroopers on board heading towards Crimea (pre-war Russia). - Intel Report FSB officers detain a manufacturer of explosive devices in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) working under the instructions of Ukrainian military intelligence. 5 kg of explosives, 17 electric detonators, 3 fuses and other components for making bombs were confiscated. - Intel Report Ukrainian armored vehicles, as another one and its crew pay their dues to Bandera after a guided missile by Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter rips it apart in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), where Kiev's regime suffered 285 soldiers in casualties. 115 cannon fodder suffer the same fate in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), up to 35 in Kherson (ex-Ukraine) - Mi-8 helicopter shot down, 6 howitzers, shipbuilding enterprise, where unmanned boats were assembled, 3 rocket and artillery warehouses destroyed. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 3 Abandoned streets and cars on fire following Kiev's regime criminal shelling on center of Donetsk City, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). - Intel Report Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter boinks Ukrainian armored vehicle after failed attempt to hide by trees, with guided missile finding it, destroying it and its crew in a horror night for Kiev's forces. - Intel Report Woman injured, house damaged following Ukrainian criminal shelling of village of Zernovo, Suzemsky district, Bryansk region (pre-war Russia). - Intel Report Russian forces have successfully fired a hypersonic Kinzhal missile at a target in Ukraine from a Sukhoi Su-34 strike aircraft, a source has told TASS. The Russian military has only previously reported launching the weapon from its dedicated MiG-31K platform.
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  11430. The things being set in motion right now could spell the abrupt end of the Ukrainian conflict. Of course, we’re not going to lean into that optimistic potential too heavily, because we all know how arduously the warmongering deep state will work towards some continuation of their goals. But it’s still important to outline the details of how close to the precipice the situation has potentially gotten. In short, since Republicans are a current majority in the House, a majority of Republicans would have to agree on a Ukraine funding bill in order for that to even be proposed for voting in the House. And depending on whose poll you use, the majority of Republicans seem to not support Ukraine any longer. European countries are crumbling from the devastating effects this conflict has had on global economies. Their own people are up in arms; how many coalitions and governments, for instance, did you see collapse this year alone? How many top leaders were ousted from European nations? Particularly after another long, hard winter, things will only get worse. That means by next spring, it’s very difficult to imagine a situation where some newfound solidarity happens to form around pledging tens and hundreds of billions more for Ukraine. Russia will use this winter to unleash devastation on Ukraine’s infrastructure and rear lines. Recall that Russia has massively beefed up its space ISR capabilities this past year with a dozen or more significant military satellite launches which included opto-electrical and SAR radar satellites, as well as communications and SIGINT detection ones. In May of 2024 Russia is set to launch its first commercial opto-electrical satellites, akin to MAXAR. Not to mention that Roscosmos is launching the Gryphon project consisting of a 136 satellite constellation that will “monitor the entire earth’s surface”. A brutal hell will be unleashed on Ukraine’s dug in units this winter. In the meantime, Russia’s ground forces will be growing rapidly in size. Recall Shoigu’s ongoing stealth mobilization. Putin had just updated the numbers, which now stand at roughly 350,000 total enlistments for the entire year, with the previous month having 50,000 sign ups (recall months prior to that had 15-30k sign ups per month, which grew steadily). I think some people imagine the current war to be this fruitless Battle of Somme style stalemate, or Verdun with its attempt to “bleed the enemy white” via attrition. But like I said, WW1 had equal sides. The Russo-Ukrainian war has a 400lb gorilla simply sitting and gaining weight while a mouse pumped up on cocaine nibbles at its toes. There is little comparison. - Simplicius The Ukrainian leader lashed out at Jean-Claude Juncker for suggesting Kiev was too corrupt to join the block - RT The Rant of a serial sociopathic liar guilty of crimes against humanity is not owed the time of day! For eight decades after the Second World War, NATO and later the European Union were always a handy vehicle for American imperialism. The vassals were held together by the relative strength of the U.S. empire. That empire is now unravelling from endless wars, bankruptcy and endemic corruption in Washington. The last episode of the historic failure is being played out in the fraudulent proxy war in Ukraine – sold to the Western public by the lying mainstream media as yet another “noble cause” to allegedly defend democracy (how absurd!). The ultimate degeneracy is evident from the “moralizing”, “superior” Western powers being found in bed with a Nazi regime. And along with that degeneracy, financial debts are off the charts and a grievous insult to the onerous democratic needs of the Western public. - LewRockwell About the Russian Iskander missile attack that hit a cafe in the village of Groza, Hroza, in Kharkiv region to Kupyansk direction. Apparently that the cafe was a gathering place for Ukrainian ultra nationalists from Aidar Battalion as targets, on the day of the funeral of one of the top leaders of their group which was attended by at least 150 of his last brothers in arms. - Military Tube Today
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  11449. Donald Trump may be clear-minded when it comes to Russian history, but he started the “sanctions race” with Moscow, President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said. In a Fox News interview earlier this week, Trump pointed out that the Russian “war machine” defeated both Napoleon and Hitler, so stopping the Ukraine conflict had to be a priority for him if re-elected. Meanwhile, his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined “a Trump peace plan” in the Wall Street Journal that seemed at odds with the Republican candidate’s actual position. Commenting on both matters, Peskov complimented Trump for “knowing history in such depth” as few other Americans seemed to, but maintained that he was still “a representative of the US political elite that is now definitely suffering from total Russophobia.” “Of course, we saw this article and various other statements. We have never worn rose-colored glasses,” Peskov told reporters. The Kremlin press secretary reminded reporters that the US introduced “a huge number of sanctions” against Russia during Trump’s presidency, so “there isn’t much of a difference” between him and other American politicians, from Moscow’s standpoint. “He shows a little more wisdom in terms of maintaining channels of dialogue, but this does not have much of an influence on anything,” Peskov concluded. Pompeo’s op-ed blamed the Ukraine conflict on the “weakness” of current US president, Joe Biden, and accused him for leaving Ukraine “without the means to win” and having “no strategy for victory.” According to the former State Department head, a plan for peace through strength would involve revitalizing the US economy; imposing “real sanctions” on Russia; creating an anti-Iranian bloc in the Middle East; “revitalizing” NATO; and giving Ukraine $500 billion worth of “lend-lease” military equipment, while lifting all restrictions on its use. The terms he proposed for ending the Ukraine conflict involve freezing the current frontline while not recognizing any of Russia’s “occupation and claimed annexation,” handing Ukraine Russia’s frozen central bank reserves as reparations, “demilitarizing” Crimea and admitting Kiev to NATO and the EU, whereupon the sanctions on Russia might be gradually lifted. - RT
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  11465. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – In ChasovYar, a group of Russian soldiers have been holding their positions for a long time, but have now managed to liberate the area, which was besieged by Ukrainian troops. The Russian military channel released important footage on March 21, 2025, showing several streets in the Shevchenko microdistrict, liberated during the assault by soldiers of the 98th Airborne Division, and consolidating their forces there. The Russian military reported that several Russian soldiers held their positions in the encircled area near Chasov Yar for 45 days from January 30 to mid-March, but Ukraine did not know that only five Russian soldiers there, holding their positions in a building, resisted them while being surrounded. They received supplies only via drones, endured hunger and thirst — but never surrendered. Now, Ukraine is leaving there, after Russian soldiers took control of it! The tactical group worked systematically, defending while attacking, holding back Ukrainian advances by destroying them, as shown in the footage released by the Russian military channel on March 20. Scouts from the 215th Separate Regiment of the 98th Airborne Division, found a Ukrainian pickup truck moving with its crew, carrying supplies to the Chasov Yar front. The pickup truck, judging by the large amount of electronic warfare equipment installed on the roof of the vehicle, was carrying valuables. However, the kamikaze FPV drone with optical guidance, engaged the vehicle in a high-speed race, spectacularly blowing it up and burning it up. Kiev officials continue to suffer losses and are hampered by developments in the proxy war of Western countries, which has systematically turned Ukraine into an unwinnable battlefield. In the near future, NATO-Kiev group that controls the city center of Chasov Yar, is believed to find itself in a powerful operational encirclement of Russian forces.
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  11476. Here is what we know for certain. Despite repeated entreaties from Vladimir Putin to President Joe Biden and other Western leaders to provide assurances that Ukraine would not be admitted to NATO, the West told Putin to screw off and continued building up Ukraine’s military. The U.S. and its NATO allies believed that Russia’s military was weak and ineffective. Western leaders also believed that Russia’s economy was vulnerable to Western economic sanctions and that an economic collapse in Russia would catapult Putin from power. The Western plan was simple, audacious and delusional — i.e., using Ukraine as a military proxy, defeat Russia and humiliate Vladimir Putin; apply Western economic sanctions that would devastate the Russian economy and further erode support for Putin; break up the Russia Republic into 41 new countries. Put simply, the United States and its NATO allies were obsessed with the elimination of Russia as a nation and saw the war in Ukraine as their opportunity to carry out this plan. At no time prior to the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, or after, did the U.S. intelligence community provide any assessment countering this narrative. I would have to write a 500 page book to compile all of the West’s mistaken, erroneous predictions about Russia’s military capability. This represents a monumental intelligence failure. What a colossal screw up. Instead of weakening public support in Russia for Vladimir Putin, his political position became stronger. Instead of isolating Putin, NATO’s proxy war helped Putin solidify and expand relations with China, India, Iran, North Korea, South Africa and Brazil. The West is caught in its own trap. Russia reactivated a moribund defense industry and is cranking out ammunition, shells, missiles, rockets, artillery, tanks, drones and combat vehicles at a rate the West cannot match. Instead of demonstrating Western superiority, the NATO alliance has been exposed as fractious, impotent lot. The defeat of Ukraine will force the United States and NATO to make a choice — escalate the war with Russia and risk a nuclear conflagration or find a diplomatic off-ramp. While the current rhetoric among many NATO members is bellicose, with France’s Macron trying to whip up support for joining the fight against Russia, the divisions in Europe are growing. Germany certainly is no longer enthusiastic about signing on to France’s suicide mission. - Sonar21
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  11485. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – During the liberation of Uspenovka all Russian actions were monitored by drone operators during the assault on key enemy positions, which destroyed Ukrainian troops from tree lines and fortifications in the village. The Russian Defense Ministry shared footage on April 7, 2025, about Uspenovska operation by the Assault Detachment of the Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Tsentr Group of Forces, supported by canister and rocket artillery, assault and reconnaissance drone teams. After several days of fighting, the Agency reported on the liberation on April 4 of Uspenovska, located south of the Pokrovsk City, which is gradually being surrounded on the Donetsk front by the Russian Armed Forces. Servicemen of the Tsentr Group of Forces will tell in detail about their operation at the end of the video. During the capture of Uspenovka, servicemen of the Tsentr Group of Forces reported that the assault troops entered the village in small groups of three people and were under the supervision of UAV operators throughout the operation. They traveled along a smooth asphalt road on scooters and after arriving at the location, they began to storm key Ukrainian positions in the village. Russian assault troops threw anti-tank mines from their motorcycles into Ukrainian positions, which were fortified with the help of drones. In addition, some unconventional approaches also contributed to the capture of Uspenovka. Early in the morning, Ukrainian servicemen were secretly brought to the village on motorcycles and electric scooters, because it is a silent means of transportation. But Russian drones were sitting, “waiting” everywhere, under every bush. They work due to motion detectors, and the drones immediately get ready and begin to attack. One of the most serious dangers for Ukrainian troops is drones, dropping mortars on every visible enemy personnel and equipment, destroying them in fortifications and in bushes. The commander of the Russian assault reported that more than 10 pieces of Ukrainian equipment in Uspenovka were destroyed!
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  11493. Desperate Globalists Float Boots on Ground to Save Ukraine After capturing Lastochkino yesterday, Russian forces have continued to Tonenke, reportedly capturing or making it a gray zone as of this writing—confirmed by AFU sources: And they have now begun the assault on Orlovka, which is the main stronghold of the region: With the latest reports claiming AFU is already fleeing out the west end of Orlovka, as Russian forces advance through the center The advances are coming surprisingly fast, such that Ukrainian commentators are falling over themselves to explain what’s going on. Officials are now getting worried. The next ‘thread’ which neatly follows the last report is the looming inevitability of Kharkov and/or the northern region falling. the rapidfire rotation of units that’s not giving Ukraine a chance to reinforce the constantly shifting axes of attack: It’s gotten to the point the CIA director was again dispatched to Kiev to stop things from unraveling: And outlooks continue to get bleaker: we get to the culmination of all this. Things are looking bleaker than ever, with Ukraine seemingly headed for potential collapse sometime in the next three or so months. So: with things unraveling, what is left to be done? It seems the most radical of hawks wanted to float a trial balloon of WWIII in order to frighten Russia into some sort of concessions. It was further confirmed by Polish president Andrzej Duda, who said a concensus was not reached on the topic: But before anyone is taken with flights of panic, it should be stated that virtually every other NATO country has already issued statements that no troops would be sent to Ukraine. This includes Spain, Italy, Greece, Finland, Germany, and now even the U.S. And in general, NATO and its barking chihuahuas continue to agitate and antagonize: This is why I have been saying from the beginning that Shoigu was extremely wise in his foresight of creating the new military districts and reserve armies of 500k+, precisely to deal with this new NATO threat. Incidentally, just today Putin officially inaugurated those two new districts: With things looking the way they are, several people have now opined that a major Russian operation may not be far away: Russia may have been expecting a far heavier battle and gathered large reserves, for almost none of them to have been used. This lends credence to the idea that such fresh reserves will be increasingly available for an even larger future operation that could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Recall the earlier words of ex-SBU colonel Starikov who spoke of Russia’s highly flexible and mobile reserve rotations. Budanov made a new “promise” to bring down the Kerch Bridge in 2024, ominously warning Russian civilians to not drive on it: Of course, the fact that this ‘threat’ was premised on the laughable assertion that he already fulfilled his earlier 2023 promise of invading Crimea because a couple troops snuck onto the shore in a boat at night, then quickly fled, makes it difficult to take seriously. the vast construction project Russia has now been carrying out in full to extend the railway lines all over the landbridge corridor from Rostov-Mariupol-Crimea: Thus, as multiple landbridge redundancies are built, Ukraine’s dream of severing Crimea grows fainter and fainter each day. - Simplicius
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  11495. [Best description of the Warmonger Extraordinaire Graham that I've read. Captured the essence of this disgusting morally bankrupt creep to a "T". Much blood on this man and his cronies' hands for which they will pay!] “Step right up, folks, get your next world war right here.” That’s basically the message that’s always coming out of US Senator Lindsey Graham’s mouth. It’s all fun and games – and profit – regardless of how many of the “little people” end up paying with their lives. Shooting one’s mouth off nonstop in favor of triggering war (anywhere but inside America, of course) by advocating attacks on foreign countries is Graham’s whole brand. He pounds the desk, but really couldn’t care less where the dust settles afterwards. That’s for someone else, with actual responsibility, to deal with. Guys like him, and his BFF the late Senator John McCain, and former Ambassador and Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton are all basically the same dude. Graham and McCain were the ones who actively lobbied their Republican colleagues to get Obama appointee, Victoria “Regime Change Karen” Nuland, confirmed into the role of assistant secretary of state for Europe in May 2013. They succeeded. And just a few months later she was in Ukraine as Euromaidan popped off, handing out cookies and getting caught on tape telling the US Ambassador to Kiev who should comprise the post-coup Ukrainian cabinet. They all represent a bygone era before social-media-driven transparency and diversity of analysis and freedom of information. Neoconservative narratives driving endless war enjoyed much less pushback from more marginalized dissenting voices. The results of their policies, from the Middle East to Africa, have been so disastrous that they’ve lost any benefit of the doubt. So, while Graham is busy sticking out his tongue at Putin, laughing about how Moscow took its shot and missed – he might want to consider where the ricochet actually ended up. And how much of a reckless jackass he made of himself, yet again, in front of increasingly war-weary Americans. - RT
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  11498. Just what sort of actions the president will take once he declares a national emergency can barely be discerned from the barebones directives. However, one thing is clear: in the event of a perceived national emergency, the COG directives give unchecked executive, legislative and judicial power to the president. The country would then be subjected to martial law by default, and the Constitution and the Bill of Rights would be suspended. The internet kill switch is just one piece of the government’s blueprint for locking down the nation and instituting martial law. Given the government’s penchant for weaponizing one national crisis after another in order to expand its powers and justify all manner of government tyranny in the so-called name of national security, it’s only a matter of time before this particular emergency power to shut down the internet is activated. Packaged as an effort to control the spread of speculative or false information in the name of national security, restricting access to social media has become a popular means of internet censorship. As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People and in its fictional counterpart The Erik Blair Diaries, these censors are laying the groundwork to preempt any “dangerous” ideas that might challenge the power elite’s stranglehold over our lives. Whatever powers you allow the government and its corporate operatives to claim now, whatever the reason might be, will at some point in the future be abused and used against you by tyrants of your own making. By the time you add AI technologies, social credit systems, and wall-to-wall surveillance into the mix, you don’t even have to be a critic of the government to get snared in the web of digital censorship. Eventually, as George Orwell predicted, telling the truth will become a revolutionary act. - LewRockwell
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  11503. [The lunatics in Israel and their backers won't be satisfied until they draw the whole world into a conflagration] There is a lot going on in the world that is generating fear in the West because they have lost control of the narrative and the battlefield. Ukraine’s retreat from Avdeevka has exposed the lie that the Russian military is a spent force comprised of coerced, untrained, poorly supplied conscripts. This has left NATO scrambling to try to find a way to keep Ukraine in the fight, but Ukraine’s Army is being ground into dust and its morale is flagging. But that is not where the real danger lies. Israel is signaling that it will invade southern Lebanon and fight Hezbollah. This is insane. Israel reminds me of the evil Queen in Snow White — they have convinced themselves that they are the best army in the Middle East. They gaze at their own reflection and fail to see how the world has changed. They are no longer the juggernaut that the imagine themselves to be. A poll published by right-wing Israeli newspaper Maariv has showed that 71% of Israelis believe that Israel should launch a large-scale military operation against Lebanon. Israel has been carrying out heavy air strikes on villages in southern Lebanon during the past week, but it has not weakened Hezbollah. To the contrary. Hezbollah is stepping up its own missile attacks on Israeli settlements. Saraya al-Qassam and company is hitting “Ashkelon” with massive barrages of projectiles, setting off the missile sirens and sending the Jewish settlers running for shelter! The average Israeli citizen does not understand that Hezbollah has a significant escalatory capability in terms of being able to launch big missiles into Israeli cities that previously have not been targeted. Hezbollah also has a trained army. It is not a group of rag tag terrorists. And Hezbollah has well-fortified defensive lines capable of stopping an Israeli attack. The bottomline is this — both Israel and Hezbollah appear to be stepping on the gas and moving towards a full-scale war. - Sonar21
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  11507. Unfortunately, Trump exposes his complete ignorance and lack of credibility when it comes to the Ukrainian conflict by subsequently complaining that Russia has suffered an outrageous one million dead soldiers in the war. How can anyone possibly count on the man so ill-informed to be the savior that miraculously ends the war? We can understand a little flourish for the media to dress it up a bit, make things seem more dire for effect—but peremptorily citing such numbers just makes Trump look sadly disconnected, which further colors any of his efforts toward the war as similarly half-assed; that’s not to even mention his claim that Spain is a member of BRICS. He goes on to say that Putin is destroying Russia by not making a deal, and the way he says it almost feels as if Trump is now convinced that Putin has already made up his mind not to “make a deal”. He further claims that Russia’s economy is in ruins, and most notably, says that he would consider sanctioning or tariffing Russia: This is the first time we’ve gotten confirmation straight from Trump himself, rather than Kellogg and the like, that he is in fact considering the ‘nuclear option’ of playing ‘hardball’ with Russia, should Putin refuse to bend the knee. And in fact, in a different interview he made it even more clear: So there we have it. Trump the ‘peace maker’ has shown his cards and clarifies the possible directions he intends to take. Which means some of the earlier claims from Keith Kellogg appear to have been accurate in regard to Trump trying to put the vise on Putin should the peace deal turn sour. There is some small chance that Trump continues to merely grandstand with the usual bravado for reporters but in reality, still seeks a way to dump Kiev completely. Listen again to when he’s describing Russia’s failed war effort, then says: “I mean…it’s a big machine so, eventually things will happen…” What he appears to mean that, despite his little ‘dressing up’ of the putative ‘failed’ war effort, he’s acknowledging that it’s not so failed after all because Russia’s war machine is at this point so big and powerful that eventually Ukraine will not be able to resist at all; it appears Trump is aware of this fine point after all. Now, sensing the pitfall Trump may sleepwalk into, top Trumper Steve Bannon has warned that Trump is in danger of creating his own “Vietnam”: In the end it will have to come down to which imperative of Trump’s is the stronger—his will for personal glory and the fear of tarnishing his vanity by being portrayed as a ‘loser’ in Ukraine? Or his great desire to fashion a legacy as a historic ‘peace maker’ at all costs. - Simplicius
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  11509. Trudeau’s Theater of Weakness: How Canada Became Puppet, Now Crushed Under Trump's Hammer Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland are scrambling to appear relevant as Donald Trump, true to his businessman persona, moves to impose tariffs on Canadian imports. Their sudden outrage over “harsh medicine” is rich with irony, as this is precisely the predictable fallout of their own globalist servility. For years, Canada has been a willing vassal of Washington’s reckless globalist agenda, from backing fascist forever wars from Ukraine to Israel, to blindly following Biden’s disastrous open-borders. Now, stripped of sovereignty, Canada faces Trump’s leverage with no cards to play. Freeland’s hollow bravado about Canada’s critical minerals and metals exposes how unprepared Ottawa is. Sure, resources like nickel and cobalt are vital to the U.S., but Canada’s lack of investment in its own industries means it holds little strategic weight compared to Eurasia’s dominance in this space. Premier Doug Ford’s threat to cut energy exports to the U.S. underscores the desperation. Energy might power 1.5 million American homes, but this gambit only reveals how poorly Trudeau has positioned Canada on the world stage. Trudeau and Freeland’s outrage is especially galling given their role in turning Canada into a pawn of U.S. neocons and globalist elites. They championed NATO’s economic war on Russia, which backfired spectacularly, crippling European industries while strengthening Moscow’s economic position, now 4th in the world (IMF). They supported Biden’s border chaos and bankrolled Ukraine’s suicidal proxy war. When they weren’t busy with this, they were freezing the bank accounts of their own citizens during the Freedom Convoy protests. Having consistently betrayed Canadians, they now feign shock at Trump’s cold, transactional approach. Trump’s tariffs are not a betrayal but a harsh reality check. He’s merely exposing the rot within Canada’s leadership, a government more interested in photo ops and virtue signaling than actual governance. While Freeland talks of “robust responses,” one can’t help but wonder where this fire was when Trudeau sold out Canada’s autonomy to Davos bureaucrats and Military-Industrial warmongers. Under Trudeau, Canada became a textbook puppet state, blindly parroting DC’s talking points while sacrificing its own interests. Freeland’s claim that Canada’s partnership with the U.S. is at risk falls flat, Canada hasn’t been a partner in years, just an obedient subordinate. Trump, a realist, sees this and acts accordingly, tightening the economic noose while Trudeau flails, unprepared for the predictable consequences of his own policies. The hypocrisy is staggering. Trudeau, who cheered on sanctions that destroyed European economies in the name of punishing Russia, now cries foul when those tactics are turned on Canada. This government, which cloaked itself in the rhetoric of human rights, has supported Israel’s apartheid policies, backed NATO’s destruction of Libya, and crushed dissent at home. Morality, it seems, only matters when it’s politically convenient. At the heart of this crisis lies Trudeau’s betrayal of Canada’s sovereignty. By outsourcing decision-making to Washington and globalists, his government has left the country vulnerable to the whims of others. Trump’s moves simply expose the lie that Canada can act like a puppet abroad while maintaining independence at home. Trudeau and Freeland’s tears over tariffs ring hollow… they built this house of cards, and now it’s collapsing. Trump isn’t the villain here; he’s the reckoning. His tariffs are a brutal reminder that sovereignty cannot be outsourced, and leadership cannot be faked. Trudeau’s government, obsessed with globalist approval, sold out Canada’s future for a seat at the wrong table, a table where Canada was always the disposable pawn. If Canada wants to reclaim its dignity, it must start by rejecting leaders who cry victim only after they’ve betrayed their own people. O, Canada, wake up! - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews For Intel Republic
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  11515. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian drone fires are destroying NATO equipment on a large scale, especially American M113 Armored Personnel Carriers, which are vulnerable to drones, are being burned in the fire explosions around Pokrovsk on the hottest front in Donetsk. The Russian military channel released an epic video on March 23, 2025, showing several M113 APC being engulfed in drone fire as fierce counter-fights continue in Pokrovsk, also known as “Krasnoarmeysk”. In the area of the settlements of Uspenovka and Nadezhdinka, Russian FPV drone operators from the Vanya Ivanov Group, carrying FPV drones of “Molniya” type and fiber-optic FPV, targeted several M113, after which the ammunition exploded. Objective control shows that Russian drones arrived at two M113 in separate locations, after the Ukrainian infantrymen had abandoned the vehicles, at least saving them for the time being. In another episode on the same day, Russian FPV drone operators from the Sparta battalion successfully carried out their task in this direction, although not all of the destruction of NATO vehicles made it into the video frame. Objective control showed that the fiber optic drones found several more parked American M113 APC and destroyed them with ammunition fire. The first drone arrived at an M113 parked near a local settlement, then the second drone blew up the vehicle that was in the middle of the field, burned by drone flames. So far, the Russian Armed Forces have advanced 400 meters in Uspenovka, and taken up new positions in the southern part of the settlement, advancing actively attacking Ukrainian positions, both with artillery and drones which changed the game very significantly, after which the strike group broke through the enemy's defenses. Generally, on the Pokrovsk line, Ukraine was forced to withdraw reserves and launch unsuccessful counterattacks, as a result of which Kiev lost a large number of manpower and equipment.
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  11543. The message of NATO’s foreign policy is simple, “War first. Talk later.” Facts on the ground don’t matter. Budget deficits don’t matter. Plunging public support for Ukraine doesn’t matter. All that matters is what these people want. In the same week where the French and Russian Defense Ministers had a frank conversation about Ukraine, the attack in Moscow on civilians, and how quickly Russia will vaporize French troops sent into the fighting, we’re treated to the complete abandonment of all diplomatic pretense. It’s been so long here in the US where we’ve had a Secretary of State who wasn’t hell bent on a war with Russia, Iran, or China (or all three consecutively and concurrently) we’ve forgotten what having diplomats looks like. I mean think about it. Antony Blinken’s sad dog-eye technique makes you wistful for the days of Condoleeza Rice’s angry diversity hire routine. Blinken is only competent in the role of anti-diplomat. And why he’s worse than Rice or even shudder Hillary Clinton, is that he’s not even consistent. One week looking for an off-ramp after the terror attack in Moscow. This week mouthing words about Ukraine joining NATO knowing that that’s the road to a US war with Russia. They all understand that this is a race against a political and economic clock in the West that is quickly counting down to zero. All Russia has to do is keep grinding out territorial gains in Ukraine, Iran to not over-react to Israel’s provocations, and China to ignore the yapping over tariffs and Taiwan. And all the Americans who are tired of this have to do is keep the money spigot to NATO and Ukraine closed off as much as is politically possible. - LewRockwell
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  11550. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - More than 50% of Toretsk is already under the control of Russian forces, and assault units are advancing amidst the ongoing fighting, liberating blocks of the city, which were defended by Ukrainian Nazi troops from the Azov Battalion and the Enei Battalion of the Lyut Brigade. This was confirmed by the Leader of the Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, in a video on October 13, 2024, when he personally assessed the situation in Dzerzhinsk, which had been renamed Toretsk. One of the commanders of the assault units that liberated the city with the call sign "Ostap" from the 132nd Brigade, spoke about this in a conversation with Pushilin, that presented the soldiers with watches during the visit. “Soon the old name will be officially returned,” Pushilin said! Near the Central District, heavy clashes continue and clearings in high-rise buildings and on the streets of the city are underway, although near the Residential District, there is a slight calm. The moment when the Ukrainian drone observed the Russian Orthodox soldiers praying, showing these people standing on the honorable side during the storming of the buildings of Toretsk. Due to the support of artillery and air force, which attacked Ukrainian firing positions and ammunition depots, while the Russian assault troops fought from house to house, continuing with significant changes to liberate half of the city. The footage shows the intensity of the fighting in the working positions of the Ukrainian assault units, which are being hampered by heavy fire from the Russian troops. They even show signs of almost surrendering the city, due to the lack of reinforcements and heavy equipment. The Eastern District of Toretsk, is almost under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian soldiers filmed the aftermath of the fighting in the area, in other reports that Ukraine controls about 30% of the city. Sources say that the Ukrainian military acted according to known practice, that is, withdrawing some of its units again and the remnants of the Ukrainian nationalist troops were forced to flee the city, which is expected to soon change its old name, Dzerzhinsk!
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  11560. If you thought that NATO troop activities in Ukraine is something that developed in the aftermath of the 2014 Maidan coup, think again. NATO has been mucking around in Ukraine since 1991. That 33 years for the math challenged out there. Formal relations between NATO and Ukraine began in 1991, when Ukraine joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (later replaced by the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council) immediately upon achieving independence following the break-up of the Soviet Union. Take a look at the 1997 — Charter on a Distinctive Partnership between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Ukraine. Ukraine made a formal request in 2002 to start the process for joining NATO. This coincided with Vladimir Putin’s initiative to strip Russian oligarch keen on meddling in domestic politics of their wealth. This also angered Western oligarchs who were licking their chops to get control of Russia’s vast store of natural resources. Military exercises with Ukraine kicked off in 2005 in the wake of the Orange Revolution. There are at least two types of military exercises — Rapid Trident (an annual joint exercise with NATO forces) and a U.S. only mission — JMTG-U, which is the acronym for Joint Military Training Group – Ukraine. The JMTG-U initiative was based at Yavoriv in Western Ukraine. Remember Yavoriv? Russia hit it with a hypersonic missile on March 13, 2022. Wikipedia plays dumb and pretends that Yavoriv was just some normal base: But as you will read and see in the following quotes and videos, Yavoriv was NATO Central in Ukraine and it was the primary base of operations for U.S. soldiers deployed temporarily to Ukraine over the years for training Ukrainian forces. When Russia hit it in March 2022 it scared the hell out of the NATO commanders. They realized their troops were no longer safe at a base that had hosted NATO and US troops for at least 16 years. I have not had time to do a thorough search of all NATO and US exercises in Ukraine — if any of you have some spare time, please dig in; I would like to pull together a complete list of every NATO and US military exercise carried out in Ukraine since 2005. I suspect it is more than 40, but that’s just a guess at this point. Here is just a sampling of what I found. July 2006 — In May Kiev will host an international conference with representatives of NATO’S 26 members; Ukraine will take part in the conference. Two months later Ukraine will, under NATO’s Partnership for Peace program, host its “Rapid Trident-2006” exercise at the National Defense Academy. October 2021 — Rapid Trident 21 continued more than 25 years of partnership between the U.S. and Ukraine. Through efforts such as Rapid Trident 21 and Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, the U.S. Army supports ongoing training efforts and enhanced defensive capabilities of Ukraine. With this information in hand it makes it clear that Russia’s stated objective of “demilitarization” of Ukraine also means terminating the activity of NATO and US forces inside Ukraine. If Macron is stupid enough to send thousands of French soldiers to Ukraine, they will discover what Napoleon did in 1812. When the Russian bear bites he takes off your ass. - Sonar21
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  11579. TIME Magazine Profile Depicts Grim Führerbunker-Stage of Zelensky's Conflict The lack of manpower has become so dire for the AFU that even if all the newfangled weapons from the West were to be delivered, Ukraine may no longer even have the men to use them: More and more voices have risen from the ranks of the AFU recently stating that they are flat out running out of men. This included the countless videos explaining how soon the entire population will have to be mobilized, man, woman, and child. Ukraine was defeated by its own Western propaganda. Now, the most aware pro-Ukrainian pundits are desperately trying to steer their flock back to rational thinking—but it’s too late. Some accounts have even pointed out how desperately pro-UA supporters have been trying to gin-up fake losses, for instance posting this one infamous photo of a field of corpses and trying to pass it off as Russian “meat assault losses” in Avdeevka. Only problem is, those were Ukrainian dead from Bakhmut as many well-trusted accounts have pointed out: In Kherson, Ukraine continues to claim some ‘successes’ but in fact the real intel is that they’re suffering nothing but absolute horrors there. A video emerged showing Ukrainian troops being fired upon by Polish mercenary “blocking detachments” to force them to cross the Dnieper. There are mutinies everywhere and the Ukrainian internal boards are filled with howling rage at the treacheries: Russia has continued to repel massive strikes on Crimea and Sevastopol. Now it’s being confirmed by Western sources that Russia has been increasing use of fully automated AI versions of the Lancet: Meanwhile the U.S. continues to experience weapons woes as the much-vaunted test launch of their new Minuteman III ICBM over the Pacific Ocean was apparently deemed a failure. - Simplicius ISRAEL FACES MOUNTING DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION WHILE UKRAINE GOES BEGGING Stupid! And let’s be clear, Brazil accused Israel of committing “war crimes.” This constitutes a little more than JUST “criticism.” I think “condemnation” is a better term. With each passing day Israel is digging itself a deeper hole. Videos like the following (which just appeared today) is one of the factors galvanizing more nations to protest Israel’s indiscriminate attacks on Palestinian civilians. WARNING — THIS VIDEO IS HORRIFIC. - Sonar21 Against the background of heavy losses of the Israeli Army in manpower and heavy equipment during the ongoing ground operation in the Gaza Strip, the Russian army continues to deliver targeted missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine, destroying the last remaining ammunition depots, which for a long time did not allow Moscow to put a final end to the agony of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Military experts recognized the Russian missile strike on the 47th arsenal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southeastern part of the 'Khmelnytskyi' Oblast as the most powerful not only during all time of the current conflict but also in the entire history of wars since the beginning of the 1950s of the last century. - BORZZIKMAN
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  11584. [What's masquerades for news on the US networks is Agitprop for the Western Globalists on the Payrolls of their MICs, the loss in lives be damned. I think this is great news to educate that propagandized public to wake up and see the con they've been force fed by the World Controllers while they and their families are still alive to do so!] Carlson, who launched his own network on X (formerly Twitter), posted a short video from Moscow, explaining the logic behind his upcoming interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Most Western media outlets are corrupt and “lie to their readers and viewers,” mainly by omission, Carlson argued. There has been no effort to speak to Putin since the conflict started in 2022, while US outlets have conducted many “fawning pep sessions” posing as interviews with Zelensky, he added. “That is not journalism. It is government propaganda – propaganda of the ugliest kind, the kind that kills people,” said Carlson. “Because no one has told them the truth,” most people in English-speaking countries are unaware of “history-altering developments,” according to Carlson. “That’s wrong. Americans have the right to know all they can about a war they are implicated in,” he added, noting that freedom of speech is the American birthright that can’t be taken away no matter who sits in the White House. Carlson reminded his viewers that the US government spied on his text messages in 2021, when he attempted to interview Putin. He urged Americans to watch the entire interview on X, which will not be censored or paywalled, and decide for themselves, “like a free citizen, and not a slave.” - RT
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  11586. Indeed, Israel has systemized the mass murder and displacement of innocent Palestinian civilians, targeting them and their habitat for total warfare. Since war against civilians is a war on civilization, Israel, by extension, is the enemy of civilization. Our ally Israel is a country in which genocide, snuff films, extrajudicial assassinations, rape, robbery, torture, and starvation of Palestinians are de facto legal. Israel is thus a criminal entity and a threat to the comity of nations. The indictment against Israel ought to have been hermetically sealed. Israel’s ethnocide and genocide in Gaza is in violation of most systems of ethics known to man over intellectual history. It is in violation of God’s law, the Ten Commandments. These command not to covet, steal, or murder. It is in violation of libertarian law, the axiom of non-aggression. It is in violation of natural justice, the laws of war, although genocide is not war, as well as humanitarian law. And it is in violation of the systems of law within which the above is subsumed, the natural and the positive law. And it is allowed. Israel has played its genocide of the Palestinians of Gaza to a packed house, to the world. Israeli Jews don’t lack for facts, but most appear without the analytical and ethical faculties to examine their actions. They lead the unexamined lives of self-anointed superior beings. Societally, majorities appear to project the sense that their sectarian supremacy transcends the universal moral order to which international law, the natural law, and the Decalogue give expression. - LewRockwell
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  11597. The French president insisted on further assistance to the government of Vladimir Zelensky, claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not stop if he is allowed to defeat Ukraine. When asked to comment on Macron’s statements by journalists on Thursday, Lavrov mentioned Hitler and Napoleon, describing them as the French president’s “predecessors, who also wanted to fight Russia.” The two European dictators sent their armies into Russia in 1812 and 1941, respectively, but ended up suffering crushing defeats. The difference is that Hitler and Napoleon “said directly: ‘We must conquer Russia, we must defeat Russia.’ And he [Macron], apparently, wants the same thing, but for some reason says that we must fight Russia so that it does not defeat France; that Russia is creating a threat to France and Europe,” he stressed. The minister refuted the French leader’s claims that Moscow has plans to attack Western Europe, calling such notions “unreasonable.” “President [Vladimir] Putin has said many times that this is absolute nonsense. I think that any sane person would understand that [by launching its military operation] Russia only wants to eliminate the root causes of the situation created by the West in Ukraine,” he explained. Lavrov also said that Moscow views Macron’s statement about widening France’s nuclear umbrella as a “threat towards Russia.” “If he considers us a threat, if he is calls a meeting of the chiefs of staff of the [Western] European countries and Britain; if he says that it is necessary to use nuclear weapons; if he prepares to use nuclear weapons against Russia – this is, of course, a threat,” he insisted. Earlier in the day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the French president’s speech as “highly confrontational,” saying that it has shown that France does not want peace, but “is thinking more about war, about the continuation of the conflict.” - RT
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  11612. Given that the CIA is running Ukraine and Zelenskyy is simply a figurehead, Blinken is authorizing the CIA to strike inside Russia putting America in the war front and center. A last-ditch solution to Netanyahu’s criminal arrest dilemma. War. A last ditch effort to forego US elections. War. All while putting Taiwan on military alert. The Blinken logic is that if Ukraine uses – US weapons inside Russia – it could trigger WWIII. Problem with this media illogic? The Kyiv CIA has already been striking inside Russia in the Belgorod Region. Every weapon left to the disposal of Ukraine is either US made, German made, or UK made. The Kabbalah is running out of time and solutions. Kyiv has few troops left and morale is in hell. But Netanyahu needs a diversion. The insanity of America’s politicians discussing initiating WWIII based on Ukraine is most certainly the last death wish of Gyorgy Schwartz – Soros. Lloyd Austin has admitted that the US is not nearly ready for a confrontation with anyone given our depleted inventory of manpower and weapons. - LewRockwell Let’s get right into the most pressing development: a narrative overload has swelled around the topic of allowing Ukrainian strikes on Russian soil. It has suddenly become the top coordinated focus for the entire deep state establishment, with Zelensky and complicit Congressmembers forming a critical mass of pressure against the Biden administration, with some claiming they’re gaining headway. The reason is obvious: Ukraine is at a crossroads and a potential breaking point. The political situation has hit rock bottom, with Zelensky’s authority and legitimacy quickly unspooling; the manpower issue is reportedly very bad and is not being addressed by the newly announced mobilization; and on top of all that, Russia appears on the brink of opening up another in a series of new fronts that could bring the AFU to the brink by stretching the lines like never before. Russia is issuing the response that if things continue escalating in the current dangerous direction then Russia may have no choice but to bring much more devastating weaponry to bear. Russia continues conditioning the ground for Zelensky’s illegitimacy. Lukashenko even said at today’s talks that “a lot will happen this year….there are plenty of people in Ukraine both in military and government who would like to take the leadership position.” Apart from that, despite the glaring seriousness and danger of Zelensky’s continued provocations, Russia stands to potentially create a catastrophic situation for the AFU in the near to medium term future with the introduction of new fronts, whether Sumy and/or Belarus. The Sumy rumors continue unabated—the latest from Ukraine: Furthermore, the reason behind Zelensky’s desperately redlining provocations is because Ukraine continues taking catastrophic losses on the front. Just the 79th brigade alone reports 20 KIA per day, with another 35 WIA. The 59th brigade reports “2-3 dozen” losses per day as they scream desperately for help. - Simplicius
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  11622. Julian Assange may soon be extradited to the United States, where he will face prosecution that could end in his imprisonment for life. He is in fact a hero, who should be honored rather than punished. American foreign policy is based on the pursuit of global hegemony and to achieve this goal, our “leaders” engage in torture and murder. Assange brought these crimes to public attention through his publication of the “WikiLeaks” documents he got from Bradley Manning. Because of this, the American government, now headed by brain-dead Biden and his gang of neocon controllers, wants to destroy him. In what follows, I’ll explain the facts of the case and why they are important and detail the persecution of Assange. Julian exposed what the U.S. empire seeks to airbrush out of history. The WikiLeaks documents also showed how the US military and the CIA manipulate the banking and financial system. WikiLeaks’ recent tweets on the subject drew attention to a single section of the 248-page-long document, titled “Financial Instrument of U.S. National Power and Unconventional Warfare.” This section of the manual goes on to note that these financial weapons can be used by the U.S. military to create “financial incentives or disincentives to persuade adversaries, allies and surrogates to modify their behavior at the theater strategic, operational, and tactical levels” and that such unconventional warfare campaigns are highly coordinated with the State Department and the Intelligence Community in determining “which elements of the human terrain in UWOA [Unconventional Warfare Operations Area] are most susceptible to financial engagement.” Furthermore, the manual states that the U.S. military “understand[s] that properly integrated manipulation of economic power can and should be a component of UW,” meaning that these weapons are a regular feature of unconventional warfare campaigns waged by the United States.” In an April 2017 speech, Donald Trump’s new CIA Director Mike Pompeo said “WikiLeaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service and has encouraged its followers to find jobs at the CIA in order to obtain intelligence. The CIA was so angered by Wikileaks that its director, Mike Pompeo, plotted to kill him. Philip Giraldi gives us the inside story: Moscow. Pompeo himself reportedly favored what is referred to as a “rendition,” which would consist of breaking into the Ecuadorian Embassy, kidnapping Assange, and flying him clandestinely to the U.S. for trial. Others in the national security team favored killing Assange rather than going through the complexity of kidnapping and removing him.” Fortunately, the plot failed. But now it looks like Assange will be shipped to the US, where this ill man, who suffered a stroke in a British jail, faces a dire fate. Let’s do everything we can to prevent this and to honor this true American hero. - LewRockwell
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  11627. Trump Raises Heat on Russia with Belligerent New Threats There are many things to be said here, but first let’s lay out all the statements on the table to see them as a whole. Here Trump begins to get even more belligerent and threatening than the post above—he very seriously threatens Russia with all kinds of “massive” taxes, tariffs, and sanctions if they don’t end the war “immediately”: So the big question becomes: how does Trump intend to put such devastating economic pressure on Russia, exactly? He mentions tariffs and taxes on imports, but this is almost an intentional joke: Russia and the US have virtually no trade turnover whatsoever; there is very little of any consequence from Russia that Trump could tax or tariff. The few things there are, like Uranium, are critical to the US which the US can’t get from anywhere else in the same quantity and timelines, and thus would be shooting himself in the foot. then even outright blames the Saudis for starting the Ukraine war—a pretty outrageously extraneous remark. How exactly do you demand various tithes and tributes from a country to the tune of a trillion dollars, all while belittling them? Putin has since developed closer ties to the Saudis and it seems hard to imagine they would skip and jump at Trump’s beck and call so easily all to spite Russia, with whom they now have good relations with, highlighted by Saudi Arabia’s recent inclusion into the BRICS fold. Trump’s new American century may fall flat and be exposed as nothing more than a cheap machismo PR campaign; that of course would subsequently bode very poorly for Ukraine. Russia has one of the highest foreign exchange reserves in the world, not to mention various materials and commodities. Even such a hit as envisioned by Trump could not slow Russia’s war machine for quite a long time. But even that proposition is a big “if”. Last time I reported that according to Bloomberg Russia’s revenues—which include mostly non oil and gas—have surged to record levels: Russia is quite well shielded against any possible sanctions he could dream up. So that leaves the only possible question: what is Trump prepared to do if and when his “plan” utterly flops? Trump has few real options, and the war will likely continue being prosecuted under Russia’s timeline. Russian Duma member under Putin’s United Russia party Elena Panina said precisely this: Listen to what she says at the end: “Now our task is to calmly move forward, occupy territory, liberate further, not yield to any provocations or blackmail, and understand that today we are in a stronger position than we were even three years ago.” While Western yellow press makes up stories to comfort their audience, Russia continues to collapse Ukrainian lines. Now the powerful stronghold of Velyka Novosilka has been split into a cauldron: - Simplicius
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  11630. For a central bank to seize the sovereign wealth fund of another major central bank is akin to two of the largest crime families in a major Godfather film declaring war on each other. These are epochal, ground-quaking movements whose consequences will echo down the generations. Ultimately remember that Russia has the same amount of assets it can seize from the West, so the ‘exchange’, were it to happen, would be nothing more than the West illegally robbing its own people of $300B which they could not legally convince their populace to give them for Ukraine. In the meantime, the only interesting things out of Ukraine at the moment: The Institute for the Study of War managed to admit not only that Russia has all the initiative but that it has 95% staffing of its units, which allows timely and professional rotation and force generation: In short: Russian units are well-staffed, easily make up for any losses, and have all the operational tempo and initiative. Ukraine on the other hand, we learned in the last update, is suffering 30,000 losses per month and for the first time—according to some reports—was not able to replenish these monthly losses via mobilization recently. Ukraine’s air defenses are now more depleted than ever, and conversely, Russia’s air arsenal is stronger than ever because all of its PGM (precision guided munition) productive capacities have continued to go up parabolically. They are firing more missiles and other types of weapons than ever, particularly the growing portfolio of UMPK bombs. In the last report we learned about Russia adapting RBK-500 cluster munitions, now we have full confirmation they are also using 1500kg Fabs as well as even ODAB-1500 thermobarics. Given these increases, Ukraine’s positions in the rear are being struck with major losses incurred each time. For instance, since the last report—where I listed several “rear sites” that were hit with major losses—there has been a new hit on a mercenary hotel in Kharkov. NATO’s 3 month long 24/7 bombardment of Serbia destroyed a whopping dozen tanks and could only degrade the AD by 50%. Without boots on the ground, US’s failed coalition can do nothing to Yemen—and they’re not going boots on the ground so the strikes can only be regarded as a feeble ‘warning’ toward Iran, which will only inspire hearty guffaws in Tehran. A decrepit regime led by a senile president and debilitated secretary of state, launching illegal massacres from their nursing homes and hospital beds against the poorest nation on earth—virtually on the same day as their own bloc ally faced genocide and crimes against humanity charges at The Hague. You can’t make this up: the optics have never been worse for the Empire of Lies. That’s not to mention the fact that US apparently took losses and is now trying to cover them up after Ansar Allah forces claimed to have downed a US plane as well as hit a ship: Lastly, there is the sad news that Ukraine has murdered Gonzalo Lira. For all the accusations made against Russia, no American journalist or figure has died in Russian captivity, while an American citizen has now not only died in Ukrainian captivity, but under various forms of torture, at that. He described some of that torture in his final video, including things like his eyeballs being scraped by sharp objects and other ghoulishly medieval techniques. But of course, no one in the Nazi-complicit US regime cares; another in a long line of gross hypocrisies from the people that brought you the farcical “Rule of Law” and “Rules Based Order”. Rest in peace, Gonzalo. - Simplicius
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  11636. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Ukraine is emulating the Russian Armed Forces’ tactics by diligently deploying hexacopters, informally known as Baba Yaga, but in reality, they are being relentlessly downed by Russia across the front lines. At least 50 of these unfortunate UAV have been lost to snipers from the Tsentr Group of Forces in Pokrovsk direction alone, a sniper company commander with the call sign ‘Sirius’ reported, as confirmed by the Russian Defense Ministry on May 2, 2025. It is noteworthy, citing pro-Ukrainian media sources, the drone units are being formed within Ukrainian UAV battalions, to organize these drones into special units, an operational solution that is expected to be effective in attacking Russian troops. Ukrainian forces have repeatedly complained about the shortage of drones, and Baba Yaga a heavy agricultural drone, has become Ukrainian emergency bomber, while waiting for Western aid to flow back amid the diplomatic turmoil. As Ukraine escalates its drone war, the response of Russian air cover units has proven to be reactive and deadly in hunting down. Ukrainian forces are now trying to adopt Russian tactics with Baba Yaga, claiming to be able to perform a variety of tasks - from attacking Russian armored vehicles and fortifications. However, the effectiveness of the hexacopters admired by Kiev, on the battlefield is not proven, ending up in the sky, or mostly being dropped to the ground, and much more like objective control in April. The videos clearly show how Russian troops track, then using the given coordinates, chase and destroy targets with a variety of weapons, even with the immediate response of Russian UAV. After that, the scouts recorded and transmitted footage of the burning wreckage of Baba Yaga in the field. Ukraine exaggerates the capabilities of Baba Yaga, especially referring to the hexacopter being able to carry a large payload of up to 80 kilograms. But on the contrary, the agricultural UAV were continuously shot down by fast and precise Russian drone hunters, and the soldiers took them maybe all the way to Moscow. So far, regarding the Russian advance in the last 24 hours in Pokrovsk, the troops have entered the city. Reports have emerged as to whether a foothold has been established in the first houses in the Parkoviy micro district in the southern part of the city, on Pavla Popovychna Street. Meanwhile, most Russian sources report that the assault on the city has actually begun, with Russian forces managing to take control of the city after several attempts. The assault was carried out at the company level, and that Russian tactical aviation supported the assault inside the city. No major Ukrainian sources have commented on the matter.
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  11643. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine flee in disarray, abandoning their weapons and ammunition on the front lines, during the liberation of Prechistovka by the Russian Armed Forces. On September 4, 2024, the Russian Defense Ministry officially confirmed the liberation of the village in South Donetsk by soldiers of the 40th Marine Brigade, the 155th Marine Brigade, and Motorized Riflemen of the Eastern Military District. Three soldiers of the 155th Marine Brigade, confirmed live on video their victory on the battlefield, successfully driving Zelensky's expired men out of Prechistovka. Ukrainian military analyst DeepState, which is connected to Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate, acknowledged the loss of Prechistovka by the end of September 3, that Russian forces had captured the remaining western part of Prechistovka, and established control along a forest strip stretching for 3.4 kilometers. A few days ago, Russian marines were reported to have advanced, and broken through the Ukrainian defenses in this village. Assault troops from Buryatia or Eastern Siberia, cleared the village, attacking the Ukrainian formation’s stronghold, which was a key part of the Ugledar group’s defenses. Drone footage showed an armored assault detachment of the 5th Tank Brigade and the 40th Marines, involving about 10 infantry fighting vehicles of various types and a motorcycle squad, charging in large numbers against the Ukrainian group. The armored troops closed in, then dismounted infantry were seen attacking the Ukrainian trenches at close range, shaking off enemy troops in their hideout in Prechistovka, which has now been taken. During the liberation of the village, drone footage from the 40th Marine Brigade captured the moment when Zelensky's remaining troops fled in panic to save their lives. The mass desertion of Ukrainian units of the 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade and infantry formations of the 68th Jaeger Brigade was recorded, rapidly retreating towards Zolotaya Niva, and likely taking advantage for a few days. Establishing control over Prechistovka, would ultimately cut off the supply of the Ukrainian fortified area of Ugledar, and a large-scale attack on it would be imminent!
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  11648. Here we go again. The “Joe Biden” thing just started another war in Yemen without a constitutionally compliant declaration by Congress. And it/they did so against a rag-tag tribe of desert insurgents who cannot possibly harm the liberty or security of the American homeland. After all, the most fearsome missile possessed by the Houthi is the Burkan-3, which has a maximum range of 750 miles. Yet the last time we checked, the distance from Yemen to Washington DC was 7,200 miles. So why is the GOP leadership branch of the Uniparty saluting Sleepy Joe with a chorus of attaboys? No, Speaker Johnson, America must not go abroad seeking monsters to destroy, as our sixth president, John Qunicy Adams, stated so cogently nearly 203 years ago on Independence Day. The Red Sea is not the Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound or the Gulf of Catalina—meaning that the Houthi blockade on ships heading to Israel in retaliation for the latter’s genocidal assault on Gaza is Jerusalem’s business to treat with, not Washington’s. In other words, all of the Uniparty prattle offered by McConnell and Johnson makes sense only through the false lens of a Washington-based Global Hegemon. So, yes, if Washington is obliged to keep the peace everywhere on the planet and safeguard all the sea lanes and all the air space from quarrelling local parties, as in the extant case, then let the assembled legislators call a vote and declare yet another war, as did the hapless Woodrow Wilson in April 1917 to no avail except the resulting rise of Hitler, Stalin, World War II, the holocaust and the Cold War. The truth is, Netanyahu is a megalomaniacal madman who has had the reckless audacity to pursue an utterly dangerous Machiavellian strategy of promoting and funding Hamas in order to kill dead as a doornail any prospect whatever of a two-state arrangement. For want of doubt, the facts are these. Between 2012 and 2018 Netanyahu gave Qatar approval to transfer a cumulative sum of nearly one billion dollars to Gaza in the form of suitcases full of cash. And at least half of that is estimated to have reached Hamas, including its military wing. In the meanwhile, Washington needs to truly sober up. Uncle Sam’s checking account is massively overdrawn. Now is not the time to fund wars which do nothing for America’s homeland security (Ukraine) or to launch yet another war on behalf of an ally that is unwilling to pay for the Garrison State its own blood-soaked anti-Palestinian war policies require. - LewRockwell
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  11660. The most important developments on the docket are that Zelensky was supposed to address Congress in a classified meeting tonight, which was for some reason cancelled at the last minute. One of the potential explanations is that the Republicans have snubbed Biden and the Democrats’ overtures to unlock the Ukrainian funding, as the Rs simply won’t budge from their demands on securing the border first. A few months ago, there were reports that much of Ukraine’s critical aid like shells, etc., is given “hand to mouth.” Meaning, as soon as it rolls off the production line it’s immediately shipped and just as immediately used. They don’t have vast storehouses of it and thus the cut off would theoretically have instant ramifications on their ability to carry out basic battlefield functions. In the meantime, the pro-UA crowd is having a meltdown. All kinds of Ukrainian analysts and figures of the commentariat have been dishing out increasingly high-pitch squeals and cries of alarm. Everyone from Arestovich, Gordon, various soldiers on the frontline—there seems to be nothing but bad news. The West has completely dissolved the productive capacities that made it the powerhouse of the world during the Cold War era: This fraudulent specter of Russian imperialism is being ginned-up to spin fear through the dim European populace and galvanize Ukraine’s sagging support. Russia is vastly expanding its budgets and planning to conquer all of Europe, yet at the same time, it is Russia that is clamoring to end the war, and that a ceasefire is a “Russian propaganda” directive? How does that make sense? It’s just risible bile, and shows the utter moral and intellectual destitution of the declining West’s late stage propaganda efforts—they’re not even trying anymore. Just observe doltish Stoltenberg who pantomimes concern with his bovine blinks while expectorating some nonsense like: “We must bring peace by continuing to arm Ukraine!” It’s a veritable gallery of clowns! The U.S. has no interest in seeing its armor lose all its prestige on the world stage via dozens of HD videos of burning Abrams tanks, exposed by the superior Russian weaponry we were supposed to believe was no match. - Simplicius
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  11664. The decision to throw these specialists into the trenches signals more than just manpower shortages—it’s the death knell of Ukraine’s capacity to sustain itself as a viable military player. If the specialists who once repaired helicopters and aircraft are now clutching rifles in mud-soaked trenches, who’s left to keep what remains of Ukraine’s military equipment operational? The symbolism here is rich: a country whose leaders sold their people on promises of NATO-backed strength is now so depleted that it’s cannibalizing its own critical workforce. What comes next? If highly skilled specialists are no longer exempt, the ripple effect will soon extend to every other sector. Doctors? Engineers? Scientists? The machinery of Ukrainian society is being ground into dust, sacrificed at the altar of a war that Kiev has already lost. And all the while, its Western patrons grow increasingly indifferent, their attention shifting to other theaters of geopolitical drama. The message is clear: Ukraine has been wrung dry, and now it' literally to the last Ukranian. For Russia, this is yet another vindication of its strategy. The strikes targeting Ukraine’s military-industrial capacity are achieving exactly what they were designed to do—systematically dismantling Kiev’s ability to wage war while exposing the hollowness of its Western-backed promises. The conscription of specialists is not a sign of resilience; it’s a glaring red flag that the system is collapsing. The question is no longer if but when Ukraine’s unsustainable mobilization policies will push the nation beyond the breaking point. - TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  11670. The “rules-based international order” has allowed the incineration of Gaza, and the bombing of Yemeni forces who are trying to stop it. The “rules-based international order” allowed hundreds of thousands of people to be killed by western-backed Saudi atrocities in Yemen. The “rules-based international order” allowed NATO powers to knowingly provoke a world-threatening proxy war in Ukraine. The “rules-based international order” allowed western powers and their regional partners to plunge Syria into a horrific civil war by flooding the nation with heavily armed fascistic extremist factions. The “rules-based international order” has allowed the US to invade and occupy a vast stretch of Syrian territory in order to control the nation’s natural resources and prevent reconstruction. The “rules-based international order” has allowed our civilization to be controlled by the most powerful propaganda system ever devised, creating a mind-controlled dystopia of brainwashed gear-turners who are deceived into believing they are free. The “rules-based international order” has allowed our planet to be dominated by an empire of extreme murderousness and depravity at the cost of nonstop bloodshed and ever-increasing tyranny. If the “rules-based international order” has allowed all these things to happen, what kind of “rules” are we talking about exactly? And what kind of “order” do they sustain? If this is what the “rules-based international order” looks like, would we not, perhaps, be better off without it? - LewRockwell
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  11674. There have continued to be outcries of protest from major Western nations, yet no one has been able to actually take any action against Israel for its wanton murder and genocide, which it continues to commit daily. Listen to the Israeli spokesman below as she tries to extemporize on the spot about the ethnic cleansing Israel intends to carry out on the Gazans heading toward Rafah crossing: One of the issues with the proposed ceasefire is that Israel wants to exchange a bunch of random Palestinian teenagers they nabbed off the street and erroneously labeled ‘terrorists’. Hamas refuses this, as they want their actual named prisoners to be released in exchange for Israeli hostages. Israel has classically ‘cheated’ by simply kidnapping children off the streets and putting them into perpetual extrajudicial imprisonment for bargaining purposes. One of the deeper aspects to follow is the economic damage that continues unwinding Israel’s economy. even the Israeli military is starting to become demoralized and disillusioned, wondering if they can ever truly win. The article goes on to state that likely far fewer of Hamas have been killed than Israel claims, and also that Hamas can “recruit new people” on the fly—which means even the ones killed could have very well already been replaced. “We’re having a lot of success inside Gaza. The question is what is the plan for the day after,” said the sergeant. “I don’t think there is any clear idea.” And Bibi may have very well answered this question recently: The plan proposes to virtually turn Gaza into a real live concentration and re-education camp, even more so than it already was: At the same time, Bibi also announced that he will totally resist the creation of any Palestinian state, which means the two-state solution will never come to pass under his rule: Additionally, there are increased signals that Israel intends to carry out a mass new operation in Rafah, at the Egyptian border, reportedly on Ramadan, March 10th: However, there remains good reason to believe that the hardline factions do fully intend to carry out the invasion no matter what, but it’s not certain their side will win the power struggle as there are immense pressures from the U.S. and international community to stop the war. One thing is clear: there is a large amount of internal dissent and opposition. Netanyahu’s plan has no such exit strategy in mind: In summary: it seems that Netanyahu is trying to have his cake and eat it too. Ostensibly he wants to ‘root out’ and destroy Hamas, but at the same time fears doing so would force the inevitability of creating a Palestinian state—as there would no longer be any real excuse not to allow it, should Hamas be undeniably eliminated. In many ways, Israel is a parasitic leech that lives and thrives off of the strategy of tension in the region, collecting huge war chests of annual military “aid” for its eternal protection from the perceived phantom threats it itself foments, instigates, and cultivates. Netanyahu wants to continue playing this long game while reaping all the benefits—but for once, the risks are becoming too grave for Israel’s slavish sponsors. Also, as a final mention, noteworthy is the fact that if Israel were to go to war against Lebanon in the near future, it could be the final nail in the coffin for Ukraine. Out of the paltry 30,000 or so monthly artillery shells the U.S. currently produces, about 10,000 of them have gone to Israel each month thus far—40k since October. A protracted war against Hezbollah would require massive artillery armaments, and given that Israel is the U.S.’ true golden calf, its surging artillery needs would unquestionably be prioritized over those of Ukraine, leaving the AFU’s provisioning gravely in the lurch. As a postscript, Israel has shot itself in the foot by virtually declaring itself an enemy of Russia this week, after a provocative harangue by Israel’s unhinged UN Rep, Gilal Erdan: This is further indication of Israel’s totally oblivious exceptionalism: they believe, even in the foundering position they’re in, that they retain impunity in lashing out in anger at Russia for its perceived support of Palestine. No one has informed Israel that hubris and mania mix like milk and alcohol. Israel little understands the existential danger it’s in, and just who they’re making an enemy of. With every recent blundering, buffoonish step, Israel has brought itself one step closer to the edge of the abyss. - Simplicius
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  11676. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Syrian Armed Forces have successfully carried out a large-scale operation against terrorist groups in the northern countryside of Homs with airstrikes from Russian and Syrian fighter jets, the official SANA news agency reported on Friday evening, citing military sources. Syrian Arab Army units operated around Talbiseh-Al Rastan enclave and in Al-Dar al-Kabirah, launching attacks on terrorist forces with the support of warplanes, artillery, rockets and armored vehicles. Syrian Arab Army is carrying out repositioning and redeployment in accordance with military plans and orders, determined to continue to defend Syria steadfastly, the news agency added. According to footage from pro-Turkish sources, clashes took place in al-Qosour between Syrian Army and terrorist groups, namely out of 10 people, 8 of whom are foreign mercenaries with the support of clearly known countries. The attacks were aimed at blocking their progress and supply chains towards Homs, a city that has been captured in the news, which is exploited by the enemy circles to spread rumors among the citizens, as reported by the Syrian Defense Ministry. Amid the ongoing fighting in the northern districts of Homs, Su-22 warplanes attacked Ter Maela, targeting terrorist groups and their supply lines during the day. In addition, Syrian Army officer said that Russian planes launched airstrikes at night to destroy the Rastan bridge along the main M5 highway connecting Hama to Homs. This was important to prevent the spread of terrorists towards Homs, entering several villages and areas to take pictures for a few minutes, and leaving the area to then publish the clips on their websites in the context of a dirty media war to show their control. Syrian Arab Army swept the enemy with a swift movement, eliminating many terrorist members and destroying many of their vehicles, equipment and weapons. Syrian Army air defenses also shot down 2 enemy suicide drones. Sources reported that many other members fled due to the air force operation and the areas were also bombarded with heavy artillery. In Talbiseh, it showed that Syrian-Russian operation left significant damage to enemy positions due to heavy shelling, and the strategic city looked deserted in the morning as in the footage by a motorcyclist. Meanwhile in Rastan, it is unknown where the terrorists went, where the conditions are the same as in Talbiseh, Syrian-Russian attack left a nightmare for the enemy group. The death toll of terrorists rose to 2,500 during the week while Syrian Armed Forces carried out a counterattack with the support of Russian Aerospace Forces, the Syrian Defense Ministry reported
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  11677. KIEV'S TERROR REGIME DOWNS POW PLANE WITH MISSILES: Russian Defense Ministry reports 2 Ukrainian anti-air missiles launched from Kharkov region, East Ukraine at military transport plane with FULL knowledge that aircraft carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war to be exchanged. By committing this terrorist attack, the Ukrainian leadership showed its true colors: it neglected the lives of its citizens - Defense Ministry Spokesman Konashenkov. UPDATE: Zelensky adviser Podolyak refuses to comment on terror attack, claims "clarifying data" will take time. - Intel Report Ukraine should be designated as a terrorist state, and the government in Kiev should be branded a terrorist cell, the head of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrey Kartapolov has said, following the crash of an IL-76 military aircraft in Russia’s Belgorod Region. Earlier on Wednesday, the Russian military transport plane crashed near the village of Yablonovo, around 90km from the Ukrainian border. It was carrying 65 captured Ukrainian military personnel for a prisoner swap, as well as six crew members and three people accompanying the POWs. It is believed that there were no survivors. According to Kartapolov, Kiev was well aware of who this plane was transporting and accused the Ukrainian forces of shooting down the aircraft using what he claimed were “three Patriot or Iris-T air defense missiles.” He also noted that there had been another IL-76 carrying 80 more Ukrainian POWs in the sky at the time of the incident. This plane was turned around after the crash, the MP said. - RT
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  11689. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The rapid changes, the Russian Armed Forces stormed and took the settlement of Berestki, securing more of the northern bank of the Kurakhovo reservoir, yesterday on November 27, 2024, Russian military correspondents report. Elements of the 114th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Army released their footage, showing them planting the Red Flag and flying it on the roof of a house in the summer cottage area west of the settlement, accumulating the morale of the Kiev troops that was steadily declining in the town of Kurakhovo and its environs. The soldiers of the 114th Brigade continued their confident offensive, suppressing Zelensky's troops, who tried to take refuge in the buildings of the settlement, and in fortifications located about 1 km northwest of Berestky. During the assault, the footage showed the soldiers of the 114th Brigade, destroying Ukrainian equipment and infantry, consolidating control over the liberated territory. The aerial view shows the large Ukrainian fortifications, which were well established around March - April 2024, in addition to earthen fortifications, also have reinforced concrete shelters for defense. But the heroic soldiers managed to hold it constantly and persistently, giving a little friction to the Ukrainian positions in the shelters prepared for defense, but in the end it was not enough. In total, the fight to break through the enemy's defensive positions, Russian soldiers combed the enemy from house to house, previously pounded by artillery fire. Their attempt to escape in a vehicle was also thwarted! Berestky, another settlement in Donetsk under Russian control, but still awaiting official confirmation from the Ministry of Defense after the settlement is fully completed. Gradually, Russian troops will pass the reservoir, the last solid line of defense for Ukrainian troops - which means that Russia now has only about 3 km to trap Ukraine in the western part of the city of Kurakhovo. The situation in that direction is rapidly becoming critical, because it has long been known that Ukraine main problem is the lack of soldiers and equipment. Ukrainian brigades are facing a shortage of drones and have started to open donations, indicating that they are currently facing their toughest battle.
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  11692. CAN NATO SURVIVE A LOSS IN UKRAINE? Killing off a bureaucracy — whether civilian or military — is nigh impossible. But the impending defeat of Ukraine on the battlefield by Russia presents one of those watershed moments in history where the raison d’etre of NATO will be exposed as a fraud. Much has been made in recent months about NATO’s supposed growing strength by citing the addition of Sweden and Finland as new NATO members. But this is illusory. In other words, Sweden and Finland could provide a total of 10 brigades (assuming their current active duty personnel are activated and fully deployed under NATO’s command). This is a “nothing burger.” The once mighty British Army and Navy have been transformed from a lion into a toothless, nasty chihuahua. NATO’s problems go beyond its inadequate military resources. The very political consensus binding NATO together is coming apart. The recent verbal sniping between the French and the Germans over whether to commit NATO troops to Ukraine is emblematic of a much deeper rift. NATO is a mess, yet Western leaders and NATO commanders continue to indulge the fantasy that they are ready and capable of carrying out a combined arms military conflict with Russia. They are not. Russia sent a deadly reminder of this fact in the form of an Iskander missile that hit a site in Odessa filled with French, Poles and Georgians. U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps cancelled a planned visit to Odessa in the wake of this strike. - Sonar21
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  11693. Zelensky Circus Comes to Town for One Last Encore Ultimately, Zelensky’s visit is all about Biden attempting to make one last effort to guilt trip the Republicans into ending the deadlock before the deadline. The plan was for Zelensky to address the most thorny criticisms of Ukraine in a closed session, in order to reassure Congress. For instance, the issue of corruption was chief amongst them. Zelensky’s purpose was to convince them Ukraine is not as corrupt as they all know it to be. Zelensky and the leadership have just gone through a veritable gauntlet of meetings with the top globalist venture-vultures, likely for the very purpose above, to begin negotiations of selling off more Ukrainian assets—and Ukraine itself—in order to bankroll next year’s coming disastrous deficits. The U.S. is scrambling generals directly to the ground to hatch out some emergency plan to allow Ukraine to last out the next few months. Logically, the only way such urgent shakeups make sense is that the U.S. is counting on a high probability that all funding will in fact be cut, and that Ukraine needs a completely new set of emergency strategies to survive what will likely be a brutally disproportionate onslaught from Russia over the next season. There have been some hints from Ukrainian sources related to this. For instance, a Ukrainian artillery officer callsign Artie Greene told Arestovich days ago that due to recent Russian pressure, AFU forces may have to abandon everything on the east side of the Zherebets river and possibly even the Oskil, which would effectively give up Kupyansk and everything east of it, as well as potentially Krasny Liman: So as part of Ukraine’s plans going forward into next year, they intend to create ‘surprising’ new symbolic victories, including “very daring ones”—a full admission that their entire program consists of merely performative token triumphs for global media consumption. Thus, we’re put on notice to expect some new ‘clever’ terrorist attacks in the coming months, which will have no effect on the calculus on the ground. - Simplicius
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  11697. Europe in particular is in utter shambles as their sunk-cost failure in Ukraine has exposed feeble European leaders as true naked emperors before their seething populaces. Germany continues to completely unspool before our eyes as France’s Macron issued a temp-gauging panic statement about the need for Europe to become ‘omnivores’ in a world full of ‘carnivores’, lest the decaying continent get left behind for good. Ultimately, as can be seen the two sides appear at a loggerheads: Trump in his supreme vanity thinks he can end a nigh holy war that has spilled the blood of hundreds of thousands of people on both sides with the snap of a finger—this is the height of disrespect to both sides, particularly to Russia and Putin. But personally I can’t imagine Trump trying to escalate, beyond blowhard bluffs, because as stated, the US doesn’t have much of anything left to give beyond rusted junk or critical strategic reserves. The only possible way I can see out of it is Trump cutting all aid to Ukraine and allowing a full capitulation while blaming it on Europe after passing them the buck. We’ll close this section with Russian ambassador to UK Andrei Kelin’s reaffirmation of Russia’s negotiating positions: Compromise is out of the question. Zaporozhye and Kherson are Russian Russia will not make concessions to Ukraine – all demands of the Russian Federation will be met. These are demilitarization, denazification and neutral status of the country. - Simplicius
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  11699. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – In a rare move, at least 12 Russian drones arrived in the afternoon screaming over Kharkov striking Ukrainian military infrastructure nodes and factory workshops with a powerful blast on April 22, 2025. Footage circulated online on the day, with open sources reporting that all of the Russian drones that hit Kharkov were unstoppable by local military air defenses. It is likely that the Russian Armed Forces were using a new variant of Geran-2 UAV—faster, sharper, and deadlier. The terrifying doppler effect of a Geran-2, heard as it approached terminal velocity, just before it hit its target, like a hot knife through soggy cabbage soup. Their echoing bombardment howls grew louder—most likely associated with a new variant of the attack UAV, previously heard over Odessa, according to eyewitness recordings by Kharkov residents. Monitoring channels reported that several more drones were in the air. Judging by the noise, it appears that the Russian drone dived directly towards its target from an altitude of 2,000 to 2,500 meters at high speed to avoid fire from Ukrainian air defense forces. The high-speed dive ripped through the infrastructure with a large amount of fire and smoke at the site, coming from one of the explosions. Local Ukrainian channels claim about 12 were hit by Geranium and speak of two Major casualties. Due to Russian engineering, the psychological and operational shift was undeniable, breaking the defense cycle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day marking a tactical evolution, causing panic. Geranium signaled that they master the skies day and night!
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  11705. There is propaganda by commission and propaganda by omission, the former often serve to conceal the latter. Timing is crucial. That the U.S. President Joseph Biden, his British, NATO, Israeli allies, and their corporate media mouthpieces are in need of a major propaganda victory is obvious. They are losing the war in Ukraine, have been condemned throughout the world for the genocide in Gaza, and are ruling over a disintegrating empire. Biden and Netanyahu’s political lives are at serious risk. And so they have just rolled out a full-court propaganda press effort aimed at covering their losses. It should be crystal clear to anyone who can use logic to see the timing involved. Once the death in a Russian prison of the Western backed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was announced on Friday, February 16, 2024, it was immediately followed by a cascade of anti-Russia pronouncements whose aim was to not only continue the demonization of Russia and its President Vladimir Putin but to serve other purposes as well. All this happened while Russia pushed through Ukraine’s defenses and took the city of Avdeevka, which had long been contested. With each day that passes, it is obvious that Biden’s Ukraine war strategy is that of a desperate politician on the ropes and that Putin has completely outfoxed the American desperados and their NATO European stooges. only a very dimwitted person would think that Putin would have Navalny killed. He has nothing to gain and everything to lose by doing so. Yet the MSM and their government overlords consider most people very stupid and so are trying to blitz them with obvious propaganda through commission and omission. We have heard this story before. - LewRockwell
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  11711. The Biden Administration declassified a U.S. intelligence assessment on the war in Ukraine and it was promptly shared with the media as part of a Biden Administration full court press to persuade Congress to cough up more bucks for Ukraine. The information reported by Politico and CNN is disturbing because it shows the U.S. is out of touch with reality and furiously spinning in order to give the politicians what they want to hear. These are classic examples of politics taking precedence over intelligence. Politico’s piece — US declassifies intel as the White House pushes for more Ukraine funding — focuses on the nonsensical meme that Russia is banking on a stalemate and insists that Russia is suffering terrible losses: We also know that Russia is not dragging 40 and 50 year old guys off the streets and forcing them to join the army. That is Ukraine. Russia, by contrast, signed up more than 40,000 soldiers a month during the first 11 months of 2023: We did not learn a damn thing from our debacle in Vietnam. Sending “advisors” to the front lines has never fixed a thing. There is not a single active duty general in the U.S. military that has any hands on experience with fighting a combined arms war against an industrial peer. Russia is not going to sit back and allow its civilians to be slaughtered by Western weapons. I hope Aguto understands that. If he does not, he may very well end his tour of duty in Ukraine in a body bag and the United States will be in a war it is not ready to fight. Pray for peace. - Sonar21
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  11713. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – There are still many weapons left in the territories liberated by Russian forces! Russian security forces from the Special Service of the Donetsk People's Republic, continue to conduct raids including demining, going through buildings, capturing samples of almost every existing Western weapons system. Russian military channels released important footage on May 13, 2025, an unexpected and important result of the defeat of Ukraine, finding a large number of NATO weapons in Kurakhovo city, which at that time was most likely held by foreign mercenaries. As a reminder, the Russian military has completely taken Kurakhovo, the liberation of which was announced by the Ministry of Defense on January 6, and in mid-March, the city was visited for the first time by the Head of the DPR and the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kiriyenko. Now, civil services are entering the city, planning to organize work in the headquarters, based on the experience gained in the city of Mariupol. Even worse, a large number of foreign trophies including machine guns, grenade launchers and other NATO weapons, are preparations for Ukrainian sabotage. According to the agency, the Ukrainian army is going to use the weapons reserves hidden in the place, to be used later in sabotage during the May holidays. As part of the anti-terrorist operation by the security forces and revealed the following among the seized to identify weapons, ammunition, explosives and explosive devices in the liberated territory. Two machine guns and took over 20 grenade launchers including: 2 anti-tank grenade launchers, 2 Javelin anti-tank systems, 8 Bulgarian-made hand grenade launchers, Swedish disposable hand grenade launchers, mines and grenades. Russia has taken possession of some of them and reverse engineered them, and NATO has few secrets left.
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  11716. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – On November 24, 2024, drone footage of the battlefield showed the entry of a Russian armored column after artillery preparation and the operation of attack aircraft, carrying out a strategic storming, completely encircling Ukrainian troops taking up positions in the settlement of Ilyinka, located south of the city of Kurakhovo. The armor of the landing assault unit of the 33rd Motorized Rifle Division, using BMP-2M and T-72 "Supermangal" reinforced to combat drones, carried out a series of heavy shelling of the enemy's strategic points. The rapid advance of the armored column met with strong resistance, but the armored column held out well and without losses. The Ukrainian side was targeted unexpectedly from the north of the settlement along the Mokrye Yaly River, to their positions west of the settlement. Here, the Ukrainian troops were caught in a "fire trap", and quickly their defense collapsed due to the coordinated maneuver of the Russian assault units. Then after the operation of the armored column, "Supermangal" was seen sending assault troops to enemy support positions, Ukrainian troops hiding in the ruins of buildings and underground dugouts. The scale of the soldiers' engineering work is impressive - the Armed Forces of Ukraine were unable to make any effort to delay the rapid Russian advance. The brave Russian assault troops, consisting of only a few men, quickly took the suspected points, went through the buildings one by one, where the Ukrainian troops might still be, and cleared them. Meanwhile, two other assault troops approached the Ukrainian trenches under enemy fire. However, in the end they managed to break through the enemy's defenses and quickly capture their important trenches. Then, Ilyinka was cleared efficiently on the same day, as the Ukrainians were unable to hold their positions. On the same day, several Ukrainian sources reported that Russian troops had taken Ilyinka and Romanovka. Meanwhile, the battle continued for Yelizavetivka the next to the river, which was almost completely under Russian control, as reported by Russian military correspondents. Kiev's troops reportedly retreated to avoid encirclement, forcing the Ukrainian command to hastily withdraw the remaining units that managed to escape during the Russian armored assault, which advanced 2 kilometers from the north along the Mokrye Yaly River
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  11727. Highlights from Putin's State of the Nation as reported by Intel Republic UNITY OF RUSSIA IS A COLOSSAL FORCE - Putin praises Russian people of all religions for standing together against West aiming to sow discord and turn Russia into a Ukraine-like state manipulated by arm dealers. They are confronted by the firm position of our people, our soldiers, Muslims and Christians, Buddhists and followers of Judaism, have shown that unity of Russia can overcome anything, by standing shoulder to shoulder we fight for our Motherland - Putin. - Intel Republic RUSSIA IS STRONGHOLD OF TRADITIONAL VALUES - proudly declares Putin in above video. Smiles and nods of approval at State of Nation address as the Russian leader highlights that world at large, including millions in West look up to Russia's wokeness-free traditions that are upholding human civilization. - Intel Republic PUTIN CHALLENGES THE WEST - Russian Prez issues determined warning to West's warmongers who are considering sending NATO troops to fight Russia with Ukraine. West continues to lie through its teeth without any shame saying Russia wants to attack Europe, it makes absolutely no sense. They are now talking about sending NATO contingents to Ukraine, we all remember what happens to those who try to attack our country, but now consequences for those potential invaders will be much more tragic - Putin. Russian leader lists few tasty missiles that will welcome any potential suicidal invaders who decide to find out. - Intel Republic U.S. JUST WANTS TO DELUDE CITIZENS INTO BELIEVING IT STILL RULES THE WORLD - Putin deconstructs Washington's fuss about Russian space nukes as nothing but a ploy to force Moscow into arm treaties negotiations on U.S' terms and gain popularity points during elections. They're blocking our proposal which has been on their table for 15 years, it's not clear what they want. Words of today's American authorities about negotiations on strategic stability are demagoguery - Putin. - Intel Republic RUSSIA SOON ONE OF WORLD'S 4 LARGEST ECONOMIES - Putin proudly highlights Russia as the largest economy in Europe in GDP and purchasing power, 5th in the world. Last year, Russian economy grew faster than global average and outpaced growth seen in G7 states, becoming more sophisticated and technologically advanced, with less reliance on natural resources - Putin. - Intel Republic WE WILL BUILD NEW GLOBAL FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE, FREE OF POLITICAL AGENDA - Promises Putin following crumbling of U.S. hegemony and West discrediting their own currencies. Russia together with its friendly states will continue to create an efficient and safe transport corridor infrastructure and build new global financial architecture, free of political agenda. We and our partners interact on basis of equality and fairness - Putin. - Intel Republic
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  11733. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The airstrikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces on the night of August 30, 2024, caused a major fire at the Machinery-Building Plant, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine organize a repair base for their heavy equipment and weapons, open sources reported. Satellite images detected three large fires at the site of the strike in the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine, accompanied by the sound of subsequent explosions that prevented firefighters from localizing the fire and spreading to the company's paint shop and growing. Firefighters are still struggling to extinguish the fire at the affected warehouse and infrastructure, and the fire has spread to nearby buildings, including a gas station. The British airline reported 15 or more Russian FAB strikes since 5 a.m. local time. At the same time and as usually, local authorities claim that the strike allegedly hit the production facility, which produces baby food packaging, and juices. At least a 48-year-old woman was killed and 8 people were injured, local authorities added on Friday. Social media published footage of thick smoke after the landing, residents were urged to close their windows and not go outside, as elevated levels of sulfur dioxide were recorded in the air. Firefighters in bulletproof vests had been extinguishing the fire for several hours after the landing and explosion of the package. But, pro-Russian underground groups, convincingly reported that the attack hit an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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  11735. Anyone believing that an ancient aircraft like the F-16 will be a game changer is beyond delusional in ignoring the proven Russian Armed Forces capabilities against the previous game changers! Western leaders and institutions have brought themselves into unprecedented disrepute over their complicity in the genocide against the Palestinian people. This is all the more amplified by the NATO proxy war in Ukraine. Not only is Western complicity in war crimes exposed but also what is on display to the whole world is the shocking double standards and hypocrisy of the Western leaders. These people are liars, psychopaths and criminals. What we are witnessing is something profoundly historic: the seminal collapse of Western images of presumed democratic and moral authority. - LewRockwell The thermobaric terrifying weapons of TOS 1A Heavy Flame Thrower "Solntsepek" fiercely bombarded the main targets of Armed Forces of Ukraine on Krasnolimansk direction. TOS-1A and guided by MT-LB armored reconnaissance vehicle approached the front line and overran the enemy positions in the forest area with the loss of many soldiers and the elimination of some equipment. - Military Tube Today Ukrainian command sent groups of formations, which made no sense to reinforce the so-called “Kupyansk Forest”, but ended up en masse with astonishing losses. Russian reconnaissance unit Zapad Group detected the Ukrainian troop buildup and eliminated it by distributing ammunition by drones, artillery, and mortars. 160 soldiers were killed and wounded. - Military Tube Today
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  11739. Lest we forget ... Following this news, a meltdown of epic proportions has ensued in the Ukrainian commentariat—the top names and influencers are not taking this news well: And why are they not taking the news in stride? Many believe that Syrsky is hated by the Ukrainian troops, particularly those on the frontlines. He’s being called a ‘butcher’ and is known in other circles as a meat-grinder who refused to give an inch in Bakhmut while calling for frontal meat-assaults, leading to the extermination of an entire field army group. Zelensky on the other hand praises him for his grand achievements: the Kiev “defense” and the Kharkov offensive. Unfortunately, as sector commander in 2015, he was also reportedly responsible for the infamous Debaltsevo cauldron: We have collected the most famous operations of Syrsky, the new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Debaltsevo-2015 Soledar-2022 Bakhmut-2022 All these operations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces ended in encirclement and defeat for them. Two majors. But here’s the most important angle that few others, it seems, have noticed. Ask yourself, why would Zelensky appoint a commander that the entire armed forces allegedly hates? In fact, this is a ‘design feature’ not a bug. Recently it was claimed Zaluzhny likewise attempted to get Avdeevka totally withdrawn. It does not seem that he likes to waste men for what he knows to be fruitless efforts. Syrsky on the other hand appears glad to grind them down. And in the past few days, reports on almost every frontline have been absolutely cataclysmic for Ukraine. The ammo shortage appears to be so bad now that they’re barely able to hold on, taking unprecedented losses in the process. Most notably, heavy action is occurring on Sinkovka and Novomikhailovka where Russia is pushing through Ukrainian lines: It’s getting so bad that a Ukrainian battalion now has as few as 40 capable fighting troops: But to get back to Avdeevka: the reports of losses in the AFU there are terrible. Such an anecdotal one says they’re losing a battalion a week just there alone: Female AFU POW taken: her husband is MIA, she has 3 kids, no job, went to the army to pay the bills, was sent to Krynki (Russian bank of the Dnieper), wounded, denied evacuation (not valuable enough), left to die, saved by the Russians. One of the key factors responsible for the decisive advances in Avdeevka of the past week were mass Russian bombing campaigns via UMPK Fab-500 glidebombs. Today alone a reported 80-100 such Fabs were dropped on Avdeevka alone onto Ukrainian positions and withdrawing units on the supply routes. A new video has dispelled doubts of the UMPK bombs’ accuracy for the first time, showing them hitting several large Ukrainian warehouses in closeup fashion. But what is most notable is the sequence at the end. Three bombs hit, two of them choosing adjacent warehouses—but note the third bomb: it is said to be a new type of airburst variety equipped with an altimeter or proximity fuze, allowing it to rain fragments and shrapnel down at the target from above: - Simplicius
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  11761. US Proxy War with Russia in Ukraine Extends to Syria The collective West is increasingly struggling to maintain the illusion of primacy in Europe as Russian forces advance on the battlefield, Western missiles fired into Russia fail to change the strategic direction of the conflict, and tensions dangerously escalate between the West and Russia; Ukraine’s military continues to deteriorate as Russian combat power grows, accelerating Russia’s gains on the battlefield; Russia has demonstrated escalation dominance with the use of its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, allowing for non-nuclear retaliation against Western targets if necessary; France and the UK’s discussions over deploying troops to Ukraine is likely a bluff. The feasibility of deploying these troops and having any impact on the conflict is negligible and would only weaken the collective West both literally and in terms of perceived political, economic, and military power; Beyond Ukraine, the US is opening up fronts in Georgia through street violence and a large, renewed US-armed terrorist offensive in Syria’s north; The US will continue pushing everywhere hoping cracks form because of its inability to defeat Russia in any one single point of conflict; The restart of US-backed hostilities in Syria is a stark warning to Russia regarding accepting any peace deal from the collective West and their proxies which would only serve as a means of regrouping, rearming, and relaunching hostilities at a later date; The Syrian conflict, like in Ukraine, is the product of US proxy war stretching over several years and multiple US presidential administrations; - The New Atlas
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  11769. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Security camera footage shows one of the attacks that a drone hit a warehouse of a naval base in Eilat, Israel southern city, last night on September 25, 2024. Sirens sounded when the drone arrived at the important port of the occupation, which is a new development with the start of the aggression on Lebanon. It is unknown whether this is a new type of drone, or a new way to avoid the air defense interception process, but the Israeli Navy claimed that another drone was successfully intercepted. Meanwhile, the Islamic Resistance fighters in Iraq published a video on Wednesday showing the launch of two drones, attacking important targets in the occupied Umm er-Rashrash "Eilat". The drones appeared to be the Shahed-136, sophisticated and very well-known. Footage from local settlers showed a strong explosion when the drones, which came from a very distant direction, Iraq, landed there, and people rushed to run at the time of impact. According to initial of Israeli media, they reported that at least between 2-4 navy marines were injured, while Israeli troops and medical teams were on their way. This is what is meant when Israel says it is fighting on multiple fronts. The Iraqi Islamic Resistance confirmed the continuation of the offensive operations against the enemy's strongholds with increasing intensity, admit responsibility for the attack on Zionist naval base in Eilat. Continuing the path of our resistance against the occupation, in support of our people in Palestine and Lebanon, and in response to Zionist massacres against civilians, including children, women and the elderly, the Iraqi Islamic Resistance statement said.
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  11771. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The rapid changes, the Russian Armed Forces stormed and took the settlement of Berestki, securing more of the northern bank of the Kurakhovo reservoir, yesterday on November 27, 2024, Russian military correspondents report. Elements of the 114th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Army released their footage, showing them planting the Red Flag and flying it on the roof of a house in the summer cottage area west of the settlement, accumulating the morale of the Kiev troops that was steadily declining in the town of Kurakhovo and its environs. The soldiers of the 114th Brigade continued their confident offensive, suppressing Zelensky's troops, who tried to take refuge in the buildings of the settlement, and in fortifications located about 1 km northwest of Berestky. During the assault, the footage showed the soldiers of the 114th Brigade, destroying Ukrainian equipment and infantry, consolidating control over the liberated territory. The aerial view shows the large Ukrainian fortifications, which were well established around March - April 2024, in addition to earthen fortifications, also have reinforced concrete shelters for defense. But the heroic soldiers managed to hold it constantly and persistently, giving a little friction to the Ukrainian positions in the shelters prepared for defense, but in the end it was not enough. In total, the fight to break through the enemy's defensive positions, Russian soldiers combed the enemy from house to house, previously pounded by artillery fire. Their attempt to escape in a vehicle was also thwarted! Berestky, another settlement in Donetsk under Russian control, but still awaiting official confirmation from the Ministry of Defense after the settlement is fully completed. Gradually, Russian troops will pass the reservoir, the last solid line of defense for Ukrainian troops - which means that Russia now has only about 3 km to trap Ukraine in the western part of the city of Kurakhovo. The situation in that direction is rapidly becoming critical, because it has long been known that Ukraine main problem is the lack of soldiers and equipment. Ukrainian brigades are facing a shortage of drones and have started to open donations, indicating that they are currently facing their toughest battle.
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  11786. Reflections on Hubris and the Looming Extinction of the Fiat Dollar as Reserve. As we reflect on Trump’s bluster about imposing 100% tariffs on BRICS nations for daring to chart a course away from the dollar, perhaps he should direct his attention to a more pressing concern: the numbers staring us all in the face. More than $36 trillion national debt and over $200 trillion in unfunded liabilities. A debt-to-GDP ratio exceeding 123%, built on a fiat Ponzi scheme so reckless it makes Monopoly money look like a sound investment. The U.S. dollar wasn’t dethroned by BRICS. It was undermined from within, betrayed by unchecked money printing, inflation, and weaponized sanctions wielded like a cudgel against half the globe. A dollar depended upon credibility as a means of exchange suicided itself. This isn’t the cunning of a financial hegemon; it’s the flailing of a system that abused its own credibility until none was left. A “mighty” dollar? No, a cursed relic, unraveling under the weight of its creators' hubris. And while Trump clings to his empty threats, the BRICS markets are rapidly growing, expanding into the future with dynamism and opportunity. In stark contrast, the U.S. market... when adjusted for real inflation is shrinking, bleeding vitality with every misstep and every policy blunder. This isn’t checkers, Donnie, and it’s certainly not Texas hold ’em, where you can bluff your way out of a terrible hand. You’ve got to think a few moves aheadand right now, it’s painfully clear that Washington has no endgame, only doubling down on monetary suicide. 100% tariffs on BRICS? Not a problem. In fact, the emerging economic powerhouses of BRICS+ would welcome them with reciprocal sanctions on the dwindling U.S. manufacturing sector, if it can even produce competitive goods anymore. While BRICS nations build the markets of tomorrow, America clings to its fading economic dominance like a ghost haunting the ruins of its own making. Let’s be clear: the U.S. has chosen to play monetary-economic Darwinism, and the result will be an expedited extinction of its fiat currency. This is no external conspiracy; it is a reality authored by decades of retrograde hubris, policy blunders, and a failure to adapt to a world that no longer tolerates the weaponization of money. The dollar’s demise isn’t just probable, it’s inevitable. Trump’s threats are hollow, as flimsy as the “mighty dollar” he claims to defend. And the rest of the world? They’ve already moved on. Economic Darwinism, indeed. - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  11793. Joe Biden, amidst his mental confusion, must think he is John Mccain reincarnated. I bet he’s humming, “Bomb, Bomb, Bomb; Bomb Bomb Iran.” You know how it is, Iranians, Yemenis, they all look alike. While the bombs are causing some damage in Yemen, Yemen has seen it before and is unfazed. In fact, the bombing appears to be strengthening the resolve of Yemen to continue its blockade of the Red Sea. The United States does not have enough bombs to force Yemen to surrender. Why? Yemen’s rocket and missile force is mobile. They can move dozens of missiles at the same time in different directions, which then forces the United States, notwithstanding robust ISR, to find the needles in the haystack that is Yemen. The U.S. can kill and destroy some, but not all. But that is not the big problem. The U.S. Navy does not have the ability to sustain its presence off the coast of Yemen. Yemen can launch a hundred drones and missiles at U.S. ships and the destroyer escorts will exhaust their supply of air defense missiles. In the 1970s the U.S. Navy had ship tenders that could pull alongside a destroyer and resupply it. Not today. The Vertical Launch Systems have to be reloaded in a port. That means the destroyers will have to sail to Dubai, which means the U.S. aircraft carrier they are accompanying will have to follow because it relies on them for protection from ballistic and cruise missiles. Here’s the bottom-line, if you are going to get into a gun fight you better have enough ammunition on hand to finish it. Only we’re not talking about having a million rounds of 9 mm pistol ammunition. The missiles the Aegis system uses are damn expensive. Yemen is showing how a so-called third rate military can effectively bankrupt the Naval power of a “Superpower.” The neo-cons urging Biden to attack Iran are math challenged. Iran has more missiles, drones and rockets than Yemen. If little Yemen is doing this to the U.S., just imagine the havoc Iran could cause. Washington is like the degenerate gambler who is playing a losing game of blackjack. Instead of accepting his losses, Joe Biden seems intent on doubling down and destroying the reputation of the U.S. Navy as the most powerful force in the World. I suspect the Russians and Chinese are enjoying some heaping buckets of buttered popcorn as they watch this spectacle of national suicide. - Sonar21
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  11799. A major summit aimed at strengthening economic cooperation between Russia and the Islamic world has opened in Kazan, drawing participants from a record 103 countries. The 16th international ‘Russia-Islamic World: KazanForum’ is running from May 13 to 18 in the capital of Tatarstan Republic, central Russia. Business sessions will officially start on Thursday, with more than 140 conferences and around 200 events scheduled under the main theme ‘Digitalization and the New Reality’, according to the organizers. In a message to the participants, President Vladimir Putin said Russia continues to “successfully and consistently” expand its global ties despite the “challenging international environment.” He added that “deepening dialogue and partnership” would help to effectively counter terrorism, extremism, and the escalation of local conflicts. This year’s forum is expected to attract a high-level international presence, including ministers from Malaysia, Iraq, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Chad, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, and Guinea-Bissau, along with ambassadors from more than 20 countries. Last year’s event hosted over 20,000 participants from 87 countries. According to Andrey Belyaninov, secretary general of the Eurasian and African Peoples’ Assembly, representatives from Western countries are also taking part. He said the forum will serve as a lead-up to the first World Public Assembly, set to be held in Moscow in September 2025. Forum participants will also discuss the expansion of cargo transit routes along the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) – a 7,200-kilometer multimodal network integrating sea, rail, and road transport to facilitate trade between India, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Central Asia, and Europe. Organizers say several international agreements are expected to be signed. - RT
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  11800. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Syrian army began launching Tochka missiles, and the consequences of its "arrival" in one of the headquarters and operations of the Al Aqeeda affiliated organization "Jabhat al-Nusra" in Idlib, with devastating results. The scenes published on December 1, 2024 by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) showed that they began using various heavy weapons not only the M-600 'Tishreen' tactical ballistic missiles, but in particular now for the first time deploying the OTR-21 Tochka-U tactical missile, which can carry a 420kg warhead. In just a matter of days, the front line reached a dangerous level for the militia units, they entering Syria suddenly but miscalculated. This version has a range of 120 km and high accuracy, fired by the Syrian Army with targeted attacks on several militia command rooms, supported by Turkey and the West. The scene in the city of Idlib from the footage of the militia, shows the consequences of the Soviet Tochka missile hit, reaching a very severe level of damage to enemy targets. One of the gathering points of the terrorist militias "Jabhat al-Nusra", or the command headquarters of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as reported by other sources, was covered in dust and thick smoke, destroying several vehicles in the area around the militia leadership center after a wave of precision strikes by the Tochka missiles of the Assad Government forces. In this attack, at least 65 militias were reported killed, but it is likely more considering the damage caused by the missiles. It is noteworthy! The pro-militia media and their supporters are now starting to shout that the Syrian operations together with Russia are starting to have a severe impact on civilians, something that is repeated and unproven! The Syrian Government will take unprecedented measures to suppress terrorism that is considered to only understand the language of violence, and destroy it quickly as Assad previously said. It seems that the Syrian Army is operating hundreds of missiles from this system during this period, and its launches continue to destroy foreign militias with one goal, to occupy Syria.
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  11802. - China's growing technological edge despite extreme measures by the US & its allies to arrest its development. - Ukraine's failing offensive is just the visual manifestation of much greater fundamental odds it and its Western sponsors cannot overcome, particularly in terms of military industrial output. - Tension on the Korean Peninsula is the result of the United States attempting to create yet another proxy conflict like in Ukraine against Russia, but this time across Asia against China. - NATO exercises meant to intimidate Russia are more posturing than any actual serious message. Posturing without the military industrial capacity to sustain the type of warfare required to defeat Russia is meaningless. The New Atlas War Channel UKRAINIAN WAR CRIME caught on cam as Russian prisoners of war (POWs) forced to walk in minefields. At 01:00, you can see Russian POWs in the distance as Kiev's troops open fire at them and apparently hit mine with thundering explosion (01:13) seen in video right next to where Russian soldiers were. Above video reportedly found on phone in Ukrainian dugout. - Intel Report Ukrainian Armed Forces strike residential area of ​​Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region (ex-Ukraine) using Western-supplied weapons. In this way 'liberating their people' apparently; 4 apartment buildings are destroyed or severely damaged, information on casualties is being confirmed. - Intel Report On Putin's instruction, several planes on their way to Libya today with doctors, rescuers, and basic necessities for thousands of flood victims. - Intel Report DRONES to make lives for Ukrainian troops and vehicles utter hell, as tiny explosive packages home in on armor and soldiers like deadly mosquitoes (00:09), all while Russian forces repel 4 Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine), routing Kiev’s forces and inflicting up to 275 casualties. Another 2 Ukrainian army attacks become utter failures in Zapoorozhye region (ex-Ukraine) with Kiev losing over 145 troops, while 2 Acacia self-propelled howitzers and up to 75 Ukrainian soldiers meet their end in Kherson region (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 14
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  11806. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Russian Armed Forces are speeding every day, a few days after the liberation of Zelyonoye Pole, now units of the Vostok Group are liberating the settlement of Novopol in heavy battles, finally destroying the troops fighting for Zelensky. The footage of its liberation released by the Russian Ministry of Defense on May 31, 2025, shows how the Vostok Group actions by the 114th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division of the 5th Army, entered and captured the settlement area and raised the Russian flag in the central part of Novopol, located south of Donetsk and bordering the Zaporozhye region. The Russian assault troops broke through the Ukrainian defenses with the active support of aviation, artillery and UAV teams. During the decisive offensive actions, the Vostok Group used heavy fire, driving out, and defeating the stubborn enemy defenses. Objective control shows how Zelensky's command personnel and their equipment were destroyed there. Their vehicles and communication systems were blown up and burned out so badly that they could no longer be used. After destroying the main resistance centers, the Russian assault troops cleared at least 140 installations and eliminated one company of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Control was established over the main defense node, which was more than 2 kilometers deep, and the front width reached 4 kilometers. The soldiers of the 114th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment took full control of the settlement and consolidated their positions by raising Russian flags in several parts of the area. The Vostok Group have increased their speed and are advancing, continuing their attacks, breaking through the Nazi-ideological Ukrainian defenses, demoralizing them, and was never given another chance by the Russian Armed Forces.
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  11808. NO MONEY LEFT for Ukraine as US Prez aide Sullivan admits agreed-upon US cash for Kiev has "practically run out", which puts Washington in pickle as Congress can’t consider new request for money until they find another speaker to replace McCarthy. But how will Mad Vlad continue funneling money into his pockets so his gold-digger wife can buy million-dollar necklaces? Oh the horror... - Intel Report "'OCCUPIED' TERRITORIES NO LONGER UKRAINIAN" admits Kiev mayor Klitschko who doesn’t even seem to notice massive fumble as he goes on to complain about how difficult it would be to hold elections in Ukraine. Klitschko knows he’s mentally ill and Mad Vlad Zelensky’s gonna have his head on stick after he carelessly concedes that new Russian regions actually voted overwhelmingly to become part of Russia. - Intel Report The only thing that the US is good at, causing chaos worldwide for their control and profit. A pox on that morally bankrupt government and its enablers! American Military Build-up fueling tensions in Asia - Lavrov RT A Standing Ovation for your accurate description of the Godless Degenerate Moral Rot that America has become in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS, to be sure! I would say that about nails it BIG TIME. Way to go! "The world is sick of the rank hypocrisy and double standards of the West. This is why I believe today’s speech marks a pivotal point which we may look back to one day, many years in the future. Biden is the perfect emblematic “terminal president”—a sick, decaying, geriatric, craven and amoral, medically-induced, plastic sock-puppet who represents the terminally diseased final days of his declining empire. "Biden’s repugnant address to the nation was fraught with an unprecedented lack of self-awareness. Bloated with hubris, it showed the naked face of U.S.’s callow and abject servitude to the globalists who’ve highjacked not only America’s foreign policy, but its domestic one as well—and everything in between. "You have to be in some kind of drugged stupor or under the spell of establishment narrative to not notice the hideously rank hypocrisy that flowed from Biden’s demented, medically-malformed mouth tonight. In the same sentence, he unironically condemned Putin’s “barbaric invasion” over a smaller neighbor while begging for tens of billions for Israel to…carry out a barbaric invasion over its smaller neighbor." - Simplicius FORCED TO OPERATE WITH PHONE LIGHTS in vid above as Palestinian doctors made to work in MEDIEVAL conditions after Israel’s siege on Gaza Strip means no fuel to power hospitals and NO ANESTHETIC for some operations as basic supplies dwindle in besieged exclave. UN has blasted blockade of Gaza as "violation of international law" with "risk" of GENOCIDE against Palestinian people - Tel Aviv refuses to let up as Rafah border crossing yet to open to allow vital aid to finally reach Gaza Strip. - Intel Report
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  11812. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - More than 50% of Toretsk is already under the control of Russian forces, and assault units are advancing amidst the ongoing fighting, liberating blocks of the city, which were defended by Ukrainian Nazi troops from the Azov Battalion and the Enei Battalion of the Lyut Brigade. This was confirmed by the Leader of the Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, in a video on October 13, 2024, when he personally assessed the situation in Dzerzhinsk, which had been renamed Toretsk. One of the commanders of the assault units that liberated the city with the call sign "Ostap" from the 132nd Brigade, spoke about this in a conversation with Pushilin, that presented the soldiers with watches during the visit. “Soon the old name will be officially returned,” Pushilin said! Near the Central District, heavy clashes continue and clearings in high-rise buildings and on the streets of the city are underway, although near the Residential District, there is a slight calm. The moment when the Ukrainian drone observed the Russian Orthodox soldiers praying, showing these people standing on the honorable side during the storming of the buildings of Toretsk. Due to the support of artillery and air force, which attacked Ukrainian firing positions and ammunition depots, while the Russian assault troops fought from house to house, continuing with significant changes to liberate half of the city. The footage shows the intensity of the fighting in the working positions of the Ukrainian assault units, which are being hampered by heavy fire from the Russian troops. They even show signs of almost surrendering the city, due to the lack of reinforcements and heavy equipment. The Eastern District of Toretsk, is almost under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian soldiers filmed the aftermath of the fighting in the area, in other reports that Ukraine controls about 30% of the city. Sources say that the Ukrainian military acted according to known practice, that is, withdrawing some of its units again and the remnants of the Ukrainian nationalist troops were forced to flee the city, which is expected to soon change its old name, Dzerzhinsk!
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  11818. So much assurance without even a shred of proof presented. It’s actually incredible when you step back a moment and consider how the West lives increasingly in a total fantasy construct. On every global issue or flashpoint, Western media no longer exercises even the barest scruples, instead blanketly reporting the most fantastical tales with zero corroboration. In Iran we’re expected to believe Israel “decimated” the entire Iranian air defense network, countless major labs and buildings, despite zero proof apart from a single grainy satellite photo that shows a slight discoloration somewhere—far less proof than we got from Iran’s much more massive strike on Israeli bases during True Promise 2.0. In Georgia, Western press reports with shameless authority that the election was ‘stolen’ despite no credible evidence. Threats, lies, and propaganda are flung with no accountability or attempt at justification; it seems we’ve entered the rapid parabolic singularity point of the ‘post-truth’ era in the West. Western intelligentsia and its corrupt crony political class must now likewise balloon their brazen lies to infinity just to keep from drowning in them as if the buoyancy of volume will keep them up. It seems obvious that Kiev is creating a preemptive excuse for their imminent loss of Kursk and the total catastrophic failure of the Kursk operation. In order to excuse and justify the massive failure, can conjure the ‘North Korean phantom menace’ to claim “we only lost because Russia introduced a surprise shock force of 10,000 North Korean special forces!” - Simplicius
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  11830. Notwithstanding all of Israel’s tough talk and Biden’s repeated vow to defend Israel, Israel’s military campaign against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran is turning into a real debacle. And things don’t look much better for the United States. The 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is unambiguous: The premises of a diplomatic mission are inviolable and must not be entered by the host country except by permission of the head of the mission; likewise, the host country must never search the premises, may not seize its documents or property, and must protect the mission from intrusion or damage (Article 22). Article 30 extends this provision to the private residence of diplomatic agents. All of this is taking place against a growing realization in Tel Aviv and Washington that their respective tactics for dealing with Hamas and the Houthis respectively have been a debacle. Israeli columnist, Chaim Levinson, dropped this bomb in the pages of Haaretz — Saying What Can’t Be Said: Israel Has Been Defeated – a Total Defeat. Add to that the complete and utter failure of Operation Prosperity Guardian, as the U.S. Navy proved itself and a handful of “allies” impotent to re-open the Red Sea to maritime traffic and quell the Houthis from firing missiles at any ship trying to make its way to Israel. The French proved their true mettle — they’re retreating: Word to Macron — if your Navy cannot stand up to the “wrath” of the Houthis how in the hell do you think you can prevail on the battlefield of Ukraine against the Russians? This would be high comedy were it not for the specter of world war looming on the horizon.- Sonar21
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  11832. WHY RUSSIA IS DEFEATING NATO AS WELL AS UKRAINE Rather than hang around and catch the blame for the loss of Ukraine, I think Nuland decided to grab a parachute and jump out of the Biden policy plane before it crashes. Nuland is not stupid. She may be a strident ideologue, but she also can read the tea leaves and realize that Ukraine’s days are numbered. She has been around Washington long enough to know how the blame game works and probably decided to hit the bricks and prepare a defense. She wants to live to fight again. The neo-con crowd that Nuland runs with are a shameless lot. They never admit being wrong and are skilled at producing a counter narrative that will blame Biden and the Republicans, especially Trump, for destroying Ukraine’s chances for victory. My friends at the Duran offer an alternative explanation — she was pushed out. One of the key developments on the war front in Ukraine in the last couple of weeks is Russia’s success in destroying what remains of Ukraine’s scant air defense systems. There is video evidence of the destruction of Himars and Patriot systems. The further degradation of Ukraine’s air defense systems means that Russia is able to use swarms of drones to hit key targets and conserve its stock of hypersonic missiles. The Russian General Staff is busy planning contingencies to deal with the possible scenario of having to fight NATO forces and will want to have an ample supply of hypersonics that will overwhelm and defeat Western counter measures. Another big arrow in the Russian quiver are the glide bombs. These are being used with devastating effectiveness to blow massive holes in what remains of Ukraine’s defensive lines. The combination of glide bombs and drones as part of a broader combined arms operation has Ukraine on its heels and headed backwards towards the Dnieper River. - Sonar21
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  11842. SOLDIERS' BODIES SCATTERED EVERYWHERE following impromptu Ukrainian Army awards ceremony. 28 Ukrainian servicemen killed, 53 wounded, as a result of a Russian missile attack in the Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). Soldiers of the Ukrainian Army accuse a “particularly smart” Commander who organized an awards ceremony on the frontline, where the men became an easy target for the Russian military. - Intel Report PUTIN EYES UP BASE IN LIBYA - US media claims. “If Russia has ports there, it will give it the ability to spy on the entire European Union" - Bloomberg. Translation = currently the US spies on the entire European Union. The US consider this African country a zone of their influence - but which country don't they? Having bombed Libya into oblivion, the US are pressuring military leader Khalifa Haftar to abandon a defense deal with Russia, "for its own good." - Intel Report SUICIDE MISSION ABANDONED: The common sense of Ukrainian crew prevails, who refuse to go into battle. The exact location in former east Ukraine is not known. A commander (who is speaking) tries to convince them that they must “die for Ukraine". The сrew insisted that they do not have enough ammunition and will not go on the attack without appropriate cover of their armored personnel carrier. - Intel Report The rants of madmen have historically destroyed parts of the world at their whim! This diabolic one, if not stopped, has the capability of destroying the world by starting a Global War for profit that he cannot win! Pray God save us from the Globalist West Warmongers! We won’t talk to Russia – Zelensky. Kiev will not make any concession to Moscow, the Ukrainian president has insisted - RT
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  11855. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Ukrainian troops, who are still trying to hold out on Russian soil in Martynovka in the Kursk region, were raining by a heavy hail of incendiary ammunition, which covered the area of concentration of their manpower and equipment in the village. The Russian military channel released footage today, December 6, 2024, showing how a night barrage of 9M22S incendiary ammunition, presumably fired by BM-21 "Grad" MLRS, is now falling on the positions of those fighting for Zelensky's officials and the Western collective. It seems that the hail of incendiary ammunition was aimed at the last foothold, where Ukrainians concentrated their troops in the village, and now the enemy's positions are suppressed by the resulting fire. In recent days, the Russian Grad MLRS has been diligently firing its rockets, which contain magnesium and other substances mixed in them, to set fire to the enemy's military ammunition and fuel sources. As in the footage, the Russian Paratroopers "Tula" operate the Grad on Ukrainian formations in Kursk, precisely targeting manpower, equipment, fortifications, observation posts and armor! This week, much of the Ukrainian and Western equipment was destroyed by Paratroopers as they approached Martynovka. The footage shows a panoramic view of the village itself, which is being liberated by Russian troops, and new Kiev losses are being detected by drone vision. Two destroyed howitzers are seen blocking the road, and a heavily damaged Canadian "Roshel Senator" armoured fighting vehicle, while drone search for anothers by circling the village. Ukraine and the West have only advanced one step in the Kursk adventure with continued losses of life and equipment, and so far continue to be pushed back by Russian troops on the Kursk line, and it is believed that Martynovka will be liberated in days!
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  11862. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Ukrainian armored forces were completely destroyed, failing to unblock VelykaNovosilka, attempting to assist the withdrawal of troops from the Russian encirclement. Today's reports on January 21, 2025 from various reliable sources, indicate that Russian troops advanced on Velyka Novosilka and captured part of the city, while Ukrainian armored forces tried to use a smoke screen to cover the possible withdrawal of units, now they are moving across Mokri Yaly river towards the flank of NovyKomar. Finally, Ukrainian garrison is almost completely surrounded, and it is not easy to retreat through the waterways and open fields. The Russian military has a fairly strong hold along the flank, where Russian drone operators spotted the armored maneuver and immediately destroyed it! The defeat of Ukrainian armor due to drone shooting by the Russian Armed Forces at the starting position in Dneproenergiya village. Another attempt of the armor was thwarted when they decided to reach the ground and move across the river, the distance from the combat contact line was about 5 km. It seems that Ukraine did not take into account that Russian fiber optic FPV drones work 24 hours a day, locking the flanks and hitting several enemy armor separately. In the village, Ukraine had to be willing to lose one T-64 BV, one Kozak armored vehicle and one American International M1224 MaxxPro MRAP. Other equipment such as one Excavator was destroyed and one 2S3 Akatsiya 152 mm self-propelled gun was burned by drones as in the footage. Meanwhile in a separate location, explosion and subsequent fire on an infantry fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Novy Komar village. Footage shows one Ukrainian variant of BMP-1 or BRM-1K, trying to break through to help the besieged troops reach the land of Velyka Novosilka, moving under the shadow of a drone operated by a Russian operator from the 37th Russian Motorized Rifle Brigade. The fiber optic drone strike destroyed it and burned completely. Velyka Novosilka front in south Donetsk is very worrying and the besieged Ukrainian troops have no choice but to surrender!
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  11869. MASSIVE DRONE BLAST rocks the Izmail Port as Russia continues overnight strikes in Odessa, South Ukraine. - Intel Report Massive blast by Shahid drone of the Russian Armed Forces rocked Izmail Harbor as Russian attacks continued overnight attacks in Odessa region. The group of kamikaze drones that missed Ukrainian defense system hit infrastructure at the port, causing damage to the checkpoint building, warehouse, and around 30 trucks and 6 vans. - Military Tube Today UKRAINE PUSHED TO "SELF-DESTRUCTION" by West is Russian Defense Minister Shoigu’s (pictured) warning to Kiev regime as he states OVER 17,000 Ukrainian soldiers left dead or wounded so far this month. Plenty of Western armor blasted too as Shoigu adds 2 Leopard tanks, 1 Challenger 2 tank and 7 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles to Russian army’s tally of destruction over September. - Intel Report 2⃣ FOR THE PRICE OF 1⃣: It’s this Russian chopper’s lucky day as 2 Ukrainian tanks near Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut), Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) get annihilated by missiles 1 after the other, while up to 310 Ukrainian soldiers left dead or wounded in DPR after 4 attacks fall flat. Russian forces shoot down Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet over Nikolaev region, South Ukraine while 2 Kiev army attacks end in failure in Zaporozhe region (ex-Ukraine), leaving up to 70 Ukrainian casualties. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 25 GREAT DEAL FOR AMERICA" That 100s of THOUSANDS of Ukrainians are being slaughtered on front lines according to US senator and full-time warmonger Lindsey Graham (crackers). Graham loves dipping his hands in Ukrainian blood so much he can’t help but make wry smile as he repeats that US is using Kiev regime as cannon fodder against Russia. Lindsey also claims not a single American’s died - we beg to disagree on that one. - Intel Report A hotel in Odessa Harbor Area was destroyed and heavily damaged, one of the important demilitarization targets by Russian Aerospace Forces, in revenge for Ukrainian attack on the headquarters of Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. Odessa Hotel, which had been used as a base for Ukrainian Navy and NATO, with armored vehicles parked next to it was removed by drone and missile attacks. - Military Tube Today The attack by Tornado-G Multiple Launch Rocket System of the "South" group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces left no way out for Ukrainian forces in Maryinka direction, Donetsk region. Fiery Tornado shots cause fire and damage to enemy positions. Heavy artillery and MLRS continued to work to blow up and destroy Ukrainian defensive points in the western district of Maryinka. - Military Tube Today
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  11872. For those not inclined to read to the end, here’s the bottom line — Israeli sources are admitting that the Israeli military killed its own civilians due to the oxymoronic term, “friendly fire.” The Government of Israel, in the aftermath of this debacle, worked furiously to proclaim the Hamas attack as mindless terrorism that had no other purpose than to slaughter Jews. Netanyahu’s government lied about Hamas murdering 40 babies and raping women. Not true. The only children killed that day were victims of the Israeli military. The Hamas attack was planned months in advance. We now know that Israeli intelligence officers tried to warn their bosses but were ignored. The Hamas plan was simple and had two objectives — 1) attack Israeli military position and kill soldiers, and 2) capture hostages to be used as bargaining chips to secure the release of imprisoned Palestinians. As I noted in a previous post, Hamas hit elements of the elite Golani Brigade and killed 72 of its members. That is not terrorism, that is war. YNET News published a piece today on “friendly fire” casualties by the Israeli military and buried this at the bottom of their piece: I guess this is Israel’s version of “Don’t ask, Don’t tell.” Remember the rave in the desert that was attacked by Hamas paragliders? The Hamas attackers were carrying rifles and pistols. They had no weapon system capable of causing this damage to the vehicles. These were hit by missiles fired by Israeli military helicopters. People who may have doubted the GrayZone reporting now have additional evidence to weigh in the aftermath of Israeli soldiers murdering three Israeli hostages who escaped their Hamas captors. Israel spent years bolstering its reputation as a professional, capable military force. Now, in the span of almost three months, the Israeli military is facing a pubic relations disaster. Instead of disciplined soldiers commanded by capable officers, the world is seeing an army and air force that is undisciplined, reckless and quick on the trigger. The United States Army was tarred by the My Lai massacre. The Israeli military campaign in Gaza in My Lai on steroids. - Sonar21
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  11897. Consider that this very week alone, following the SSK Bridge disaster, absolutely nothing has been done by our government to stem that flow of countless potential saboteurs into the country. The news media isn’t even talking about it (of course). The prospects might look a bit unnerving, wouldn’t you agree? Things catching fire, blowing up, and falling down here, there, and everywhere. . . more of those thousand cuts adding up. Just maybe, the dazed-and-confused (possibly hypnotized) American public, a.k.a., the “voters,” might put together that “Joe Biden” and the Party of Chaos that owns him, are actually responsible for the on-going take-down of our country. After a certain point — now apparently passed — sheer incompetence is no longer a plausible explanation for what you are seeing. Oh, one other thing, look out for on-the-ground economic reverberations from the FSK Bridge disaster. For instance, Baltimore is the USA’s top port for importing and exporting automobiles. Also, earth-moving and large farm equipment, fertilizer, lumber, coal, and steel. Other arrangements must be made, for years ahead, considering the trucking links. It’s especially an interruption for trucking between the mid-Atlantic / New England states and much of Dixieland. It will affect the transport of fruits and vegetables to the Washington-Boston corridor. Things are going to cost more and we are already in an inflationary trouble-zone. How will this thunder elsewhere through an economy which, despite the japes of “Joe Biden’s” statisticians, is actively disintegrating? The fluttering wings of this black swan already throw a chill on spring’s incoming zephyrs. - LewRockwell
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  11899. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - An armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Army, which was on its way to the Pokrovsk front line, was completely wiped out by several well-prepared strikes by Russian troops. The Russian military channel released footage on Telegram channel, on September 30, 2024, showing how an APC, loaded with troops, decided to confidently rush to the positions of Russian troops, holding back attacks to defend Pokrovsk and being able to decide the fate of the war in one of the hottest sections of the front. However, the footage of objective control shows that the armored personnel carrier was even thwarted by a mine explosion, and was forced to stop in the middle of the journey. The unknown armored personnel carrier was set on fire by the “Black Leopards” of the Central Military District, which were on alert at the front. The surviving troops of about four people inside the vehicle scattered out of the vehicle and hid in the forest belt. The attack was continued with artillery ammunition, which swept the armored personnel carrier with additional fire, completely destroying it. As for the troops who managed to escape from the vehicle, it is unknown whether they were evacuated by their comrades or further processed by Russian troops. So far, the Russian Armed Forces are unstoppable, capturing two more villages, they have only 9 kilometers left to Pokrovsk in Donetsk region. Bombing raids were carried out on air defense posts of the Nazi Brigade "Lyut" in the villages of Lysovka and Krutoy Yar, military experts say. At one site, Ukrainian soldiers filmed the facts on their mobile phones from a distance, showing how Russian armored vehicles surrounded their comrades' positions. Fortunately, they escaped without waiting for the encirclement to come upon them.
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  11906. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Drone footage of Russian troops returning to duty on Sunday, showed military vehicles scattered and filling the streets of Plekhovo village, after its complete liberation on the night of December 7, as reported by Russian Marines from the 810th Brigade. Plekhovo, located south of the main Ukrainian stronghold of Sudzha in Kursk region, was almost completely liberated in November, but Ukrainian troops took control of local farms located on the outskirts, holding out there for a long time, preventing Russian troops from reaching one of the main logistics routes in the region. Eventually, “Russia advances, even Ukraine retreats”, surrounded and trapped in Plekhovo, in a hybrid war that Pentagon is unofficially waging against Moscow, and amid rumors that Kiev will receive new weapons in mid-January 2025. NATO weapons and vehicles assist them achieve this goal, but it will not help! In fact, they suffer serious losses and are turning into a dumping ground for damaged and destroyed equipment in Plekhovo. Many of the military equipment was left behind by fleeing Ukrainian soldiers on the streets and near the village, while bodies were scattered there for the unfortunate ones. Several vehicles were recognizable in the drone footage, some as “scrap metal”, and the slightly damaged ones as “trophies” for Russia from the nearly 50 scattered vehicles. The Russian 810th Marine Brigade showed such losses as Turkish BMC Kirpi, from the US a pair of International MaxxPro MRAP, a pair of Humvee, M113 APC and Cougar 4x4 MRAP. While Ukrainian Army’s BTR-4 Bucephalus IFV, also suffered a bad fate along with their vehicle counterparts. Now, after a relatively long lull in which the line of contact did not expand significantly, Russian troops are advancing towards the small town of Sudzha from the south, while developing operations towards Guevo-Kurilovka from the west to eliminate Ukrainian troops, who fled after Plekhovo liberation. Intercepted radio communications reveal the desperate pleas of Ukrainian soldiers surrounded in Plekhovo – trapped and betrayed. The promised evacuation never happened because the command left the entire unit to its fate. Thus, Russian fighters did not force the events and systematically pushed the enemy out. The capture of the settlements around Plekhovo is only about of time!
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  11910. The US has conducted numerous wars since the end of what is euphemistically called the post war era: Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen… and now Palestine and Ukraine. The unspoken objective is not to “win the war” but to engineer the destruction of entire countries, create political and social chaos, with a view to ultimately “picking up the pieces” and taking control of the national economies of sovereign nation states. This hegemonic agenda is also conducted through “regime change”, “color revolutions” and the concurrent demise and criminalization of the state apparatus coupled with “strong economic medicine” and the imposition of a soaring dollar denominated debt. The NeoCon agenda which is embedded in America’s military and intelligence agenda is to “Destroy Countries”. It is a profit-driven agenda: “Destruction” leads to “Reconstruction”. What is at stake is the engineered economic and social destruction of sovereign nation states. The creditors are there to “pick up the pieces” and “appropriate real wealth”. The Kiev Neo-Nazi regime is a Partner in this Endeavour. War is Good for Business. The greater the destruction, the greater the stranglehold on Ukraine by “private investors”: The Privatization of Ukraine was launched in November 2022 in liaison with BlackRock’s consulting company McKinsey, a public relations firm which has largely been responsible for co-opting corrupt politicians and officials Worldwide not to mention scientists and intellectuals on behalf of powerful financial interests. In late December 2022, president Zelensky and BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink agreed on an investment strategy. The Focus of the London Conference (June 23-24, 2023) was on Recovery and Reconstruction. It was preceded by a reception hosted by H.M. King Charles V. - LewRockwell
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  11911. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – In Malaya Loknya, FPV drones are working harder, minus many of Ukrainian vital equipment and some of its personnel amidst the relentless onslaught by the Russian Armed Forces, continue to pin down the sector. Sources released by military channel of Rassvet Group on February 16, 2025, show how the Marines and Airborne units, a barrage of attacks beat the enemy from Malaya Loknya area, from the early morning using kamikaze drones. A position of Ukrainian equipment in the yard of a residential house was wiped out by FPV, and the Ukrainian Paratroopers of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade will not be able to continue their mission in the settlement in Kursk region, which will open the way for a deeper Russian advance. At the same time, fighting continues a little to the north of the settlement. The use of FPV drones continues to provide Russian forces with a strategic advantage, neutralizing Ukrainian assets with precision, apparently recently installed by a Kiev soldier. Later, the next FPV arrives at a warehouse, where Ukrainian troops are unable to take cover from Russian drone operators. FPV continued to target several Ukrainian vehicles, which maintained control of their defensive lines as pressure on their supply routes grew. The footage confirms precision strikes on three vehicles of various types, eroding Ukrainian resistance in the sector. The successful assaults on Malaya Lokhnya is in line with the wider Russian advance, the Ukrainian position is becoming more vulnerable, forcing a costly troop withdrawal or reinforcements, and the liberation of the settlement is expected to occur in the near future!
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  11926. Trudeau’s Theater of Weakness: How Canada Became Puppet, Now Crushed Under Trump's Hammer Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland are scrambling to appear relevant as Donald Trump, true to his businessman persona, moves to impose tariffs on Canadian imports. Their sudden outrage over “harsh medicine” is rich with irony, as this is precisely the predictable fallout of their own globalist servility. For years, Canada has been a willing vassal of Washington’s reckless globalist agenda, from backing fascist forever wars from Ukraine to Israel, to blindly following Biden’s disastrous open-borders. Now, stripped of sovereignty, Canada faces Trump’s leverage with no cards to play. Freeland’s hollow bravado about Canada’s critical minerals and metals exposes how unprepared Ottawa is. Sure, resources like nickel and cobalt are vital to the U.S., but Canada’s lack of investment in its own industries means it holds little strategic weight compared to Eurasia’s dominance in this space. Premier Doug Ford’s threat to cut energy exports to the U.S. underscores the desperation. Energy might power 1.5 million American homes, but this gambit only reveals how poorly Trudeau has positioned Canada on the world stage. Trudeau and Freeland’s outrage is especially galling given their role in turning Canada into a pawn of U.S. neocons and globalist elites. They championed NATO’s economic war on Russia, which backfired spectacularly, crippling European industries while strengthening Moscow’s economic position, now 4th in the world (IMF). They supported Biden’s border chaos and bankrolled Ukraine’s suicidal proxy war. When they weren’t busy with this, they were freezing the bank accounts of their own citizens during the Freedom Convoy protests. Having consistently betrayed Canadians, they now feign shock at Trump’s cold, transactional approach. Trump’s tariffs are not a betrayal but a harsh reality check. He’s merely exposing the rot within Canada’s leadership, a government more interested in photo ops and virtue signaling than actual governance. While Freeland talks of “robust responses,” one can’t help but wonder where this fire was when Trudeau sold out Canada’s autonomy to Davos bureaucrats and Military-Industrial warmongers. Under Trudeau, Canada became a textbook puppet state, blindly parroting DC’s talking points while sacrificing its own interests. Freeland’s claim that Canada’s partnership with the U.S. is at risk falls flat, Canada hasn’t been a partner in years, just an obedient subordinate. Trump, a realist, sees this and acts accordingly, tightening the economic noose while Trudeau flails, unprepared for the predictable consequences of his own policies. The hypocrisy is staggering. Trudeau, who cheered on sanctions that destroyed European economies in the name of punishing Russia, now cries foul when those tactics are turned on Canada. This government, which cloaked itself in the rhetoric of human rights, has supported Israel’s apartheid policies, backed NATO’s destruction of Libya, and crushed dissent at home. Morality, it seems, only matters when it’s politically convenient. At the heart of this crisis lies Trudeau’s betrayal of Canada’s sovereignty. By outsourcing decision-making to Washington and globalists, his government has left the country vulnerable to the whims of others. Trump’s moves simply expose the lie that Canada can act like a puppet abroad while maintaining independence at home. Trudeau and Freeland’s tears over tariffs ring hollow… they built this house of cards, and now it’s collapsing. Trump isn’t the villain here; he’s the reckoning. His tariffs are a brutal reminder that sovereignty cannot be outsourced, and leadership cannot be faked. Trudeau’s government, obsessed with globalist approval, sold out Canada’s future for a seat at the wrong table, a table where Canada was always the disposable pawn. If Canada wants to reclaim its dignity, it must start by rejecting leaders who cry victim only after they’ve betrayed their own people. O, Canada, wake up! - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews For Intel Republic
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  11928. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Important updates summarized until October 24, 2024, finally the Motorized Rifle Troops of the Russian Aerospace Forces managed to clear the recently liberated Olgovka, showing the streets littered with dead Ukrainians, and destroyed equipment everywhere. Olgovka, previously a major stronghold, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine barricaded themselves, dug in on the northwestern side of the Kursk region which was invaded by Kiev. The village was disputed for two months, with repeated attacks from both sides. However, recently the Ukrainian defenses collapsed quickly, and were forced to withdraw from the area through the forest belt behind the village, which has now been completely cleared. Now, the Russian and air force flags are flying over Olgovka during the BRICS period! The October 24, clip by the Russian military correspondent shows that Russian troops have taken back full control of Olgovka. There is no dispute about this, and it is the only significant movement on the front lines inside Russia in the past week. The motorized riflemen showed the village streets, which were literally littered with many dead, believed to be from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, lying everywhere, destroyed by Russian troops during the liberation of the village. In addition, the clip showed the collection of trophies and dumping of scrap metal on the streets and lanes of the village after the enemy forces were driven out. It was littered with piles of burned tanks, NATO armored vehicles, and other Ukrainian troops equipment, destroyed during their adventure. Zelensky's troops escape from Olgovka under fire was not entirely successful. Russian drone pilots and artillery worked together to ambush the fleeing infantry troops, and set their vehicles on fire as in the footage that likely took place on October 19-21. An Ukrainian BRM-1K was damaged with its protective cage under fire from live ammunition, likely hit by an RPG at close range, forcing the surviving Ukrainian elements of one squad to scramble to the tree line. The abandoned vehicle was later found by Russian soldiers. A Canadian Roshel Senator MRAP armored vehicle, also became a trophy from Olgovka after being attacked by drone. As Ukrainian troops raced away from advancing Russian forces in Kursk, another Roshel Senator ran out of fuel, left the vehicle to the Russians, and raced back to the border with caution.
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  11930. First, let me put in writing what I said in an interview on Iranian Press TV and in my conversation with Nima — Turkey’s President Erdogan is a despicable human hot air balloon when it comes to doing something about stopping Israel’s reign of terror. All he has to do is cut off the flow of oil to Israel that passes through Turkey’s hands. Of course, that would mean he would have to give up on getting a taste of the profits each month. Eliminating Israel’s access to that oil would compel the Zionist forces to curtail their attacks on Palestinians. No oil, no gas for tanks. Israel’s assassination of Hamas politburo chief, Haniyeh, in Tehran on Wednesday morning crossed a redline for Iran and Hezbollah that is likely to lead to a dramatic escalation in the war currently raging in Palestinian territory. Despite US denials, this attack was fully coordinated with Washington and London in advance. Not only did Zionist Foreign Minister Katz say so on Saturday, but the deployment of US and UK warships to the Med over the weekend, reportedly to stand-by for carrying out a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) from Lebanon and/or Israel. Apart from the United States, Israel is the only other country in the world that has bombed four different countries (five if you count Palestine) and claims to be the victim. That excuse ain’t wearing well. Especially in light of the recent news that the Israeli Military is investigating allegations that Zionist prison guards routinely raped Palestinian men and women prisoners. - Sonar21
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  11936. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian stormtroopers of the Tsentr Group of Forces moved into the city and drove out Ukrainian troops, leading to the liberation of the city of Novogrodovka on September 8, on the Pokrovsk direction. The Russian Defense Ministry released detailed footage on September 30, 2024, showing first-person view of small groups conducting urban combat, which is still held by the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Due to strong fire support from artillery and constant reconnaissance by drones, the soldiers were able to move quickly and occupy enemy positions with minimal friction. However, the interaction between the various units was persistent, combing the hiding places of the troops fighting for Zelensky, one by one in building after building. However, all this was preceded by powerful artillery fire and under the blows of FVP drones, which accurately destroyed and suppressed enemy firepower. As seen in the video frames, BM-21 Grad MLRS worked well and accurately against the troops of the 25th Airborne Brigade, digging at least some of the hiding places in the industrial zone of the Novogrodovskaya Mine No.2, including garbage heaps. As a result, something happened there, the remaining battalions of the brigade, which had split into several groups, were mostly eliminated, and retreated from the city, trying to break away from the advancing Russian assault troops. This allowed the stormtroopers to quickly clearing the city streets. The enemy troops could no longer hide in the basements and they were driven out of the settlement, as a soldier with the call sign "Sever" said during the assault. The persistent efforts of the Russian assault troops, coupled with skillful leadership and effective use of forces and resources, led to a successful mission, completing the task of completely capturing Novogrodovka in Donetsk region. Since then, the local population has maintained good relations with the Russian soldiers, with former Ukrainian Army soldiers switching sides during the fighting. A resident of Novogrodovka told a Russian war correspondent about the forced evacuation carried out by the Ukrainian authorities. "Ukrainian authorities are separating families with children!" He also mentioned "Angels" - this is a Ukrainian volunteer group, which tries to bring as many children as possible to the Ukrainian side.
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  11944. ▪It should be remembered that President Trump's previous "bad" tariffs were not only kept in place under the Biden administration, they were expanded upon over the last 4 years indicating this is a bipartisan "deep state" agenda; ▪Follow-up tariffs on not only China but now also Canada and Mexico are aimed at further permanently decoupling the US from China, not at negotiations or the stemming of "drugs" and "illegal immigrants," all of which are fabricated pretexts; ▪Tariffs have precipitated a cost of living crisis in the US (coupled with a similar crisis in Europe linked to sanctions on Russia), a crisis both the Trump and Biden administrations are clearly indifferent to; ▪The goal is very obviously to prepare for war with China, including a blockade of Chinese maritime shipping US moves against Panama and Greenland both serve as steps toward preparing; ▪Under the Biden administration, the reorganization of the US Marine Corps into an anti-shipping force likewise served as preparation for this; ▪China and its trading partners (virtually the rest of the world) need to realistically face this and prepare for this US plan to strangle multipolarism in the cradle - negotiations with the US must be done with this in mind, realizing the US has no intention of ever striking an actual deal, but is instead preparing the battlefield; ▪China's ability to innovate and replace US imports as well as diversify and protect alternative exports elsewhere from US destabilization (both regime change installing anti-China client regimes and the backing of violence targeting Belt & Road Initiative routes) will determine the outcome of Washington's actual objectives; - The New Atlas
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  11953. “Everybody knows the boat is leaking/Everybody knows the captain lied” – Leonard Cohen, “Everybody Knows” I gave up on my country’s electoral system more than fifty years ago. Every presidential election is a contest between two sides of the ruling monied elite, chosen to represent their interests. It is corrupt beyond repair and was so even then. Do most people have a clue that their country is owned and run by a small group of the super-rich and ten or so financial institutions, such as BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, etc., the big banks and financial interests that in 1947 formed the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to spearhead the U.S. warfare state around the world in support of its economy that is reliant on endless war? The electorate continually puts its hope in the performers that the spectacle’s producers put up to front for their interests, failing to grasp that the rulers’ interests are not theirs. Arguing and anguishing over certain policy differences between Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, they fail to see that both exist to serve global capital, not regular people, that exchanging presidents is a counterfeiter’s con-game with the voters the scammers’ marks. This void is the fact that the U.S. political economy is controlled by a small group of the wealthiest nihilists and is maintained through lies, a military-industrial economy, and perpetual wars around the world to maintain and increase their wealth. It is a death cult that people worship by their participation. Understanding it helps to explain most of what is going on today, including the farcical election just concluded. A battle between two candidates who represent the forces that oppress the common people, support the genocide of the Palestinians, and are figureheads for the warfare state. “Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich stay rich That’s how it goes Everybody knows” Do they? - LewRockwell
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  11958. ISRAELI SOLDIERS GIVEN IMPUNITY TO KILL 20 PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS IN EACH AIRSTRIKE, since October 8th of last year - reveals new mainstream investigation (pictured) after interviewing more than 100 Israeli troops, officials, dozens of Gazan victims and experts on rules of warfare. Reports reveals Tel Aviv "loosened its rules" to bomb and kill 1,000s of civilians under guise of targeting Hamas fighters, allowing mid-ranking officers to choose targets and order indiscriminate airstrikes (expand below for main points of war crimes allowed to air). In first weeks of war, Israel significantly reduced use of warnings that give civilians time to flee, striking many targets without notice Nearly 30,000 munitions were fired into Gaza Strip in first seven weeks – more than next 8 months of war combined Senior commanders approved strikes on Hamas leaders that they knew would each endanger more than 100 noncombatants - report reveals. Israeli leadership issued order allowing up to 500 civilians in Gaza to be endangered daily Many intelligence officers were encouraged to suggest a certain number of targets every day Air Force used one-ton bombs to destroy entire office towers when it could've used smaller, more precise bombs Lack of guidance kits forced pilots to rely on less accurate bombs The leadership issued an order 7 hours after the October attack that made warning shots an option - citing anonymous Israeli officers. Israeli officers acted with near impunity. Panel appointed by military chief of staff was investigating circumstances of hundreds of strikes. No one has been charged - Investigation concludes. - Intel Republic
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  11959. NATO should never have been formed in the first place because it was always a war-making organization serving U.S.-led Western imperialism. The organization is inherently for war-making. By definition, it has a terroristic purpose, to incite war, to justify war, and to never stop promoting war because Western imperialism can never co-exist with peaceful relations between nations. NATO has been sold to the Western public and the rest of the world as some kind of international security agency. The same deception has been used by American militarism and all other Western imperialist adventures. How Orwellian can you get? Peace means war, security means chaos and threats, and rules-based order means domination and exploitation. Imagine believing that millions of people were annihilated in U.S.-led wars for democracy and freedom! That is not dystopian fantasy. It actually happened and continues to happen, from Korea to Vietnam, from former Yugoslavia to Iraq, from Ukraine to Gaza, and many more horrors besides. However, the proxy war in Ukraine has crossed a fateful Rubicon. The world can finally see that the NATO axis is a glaring fraud that is endangering international peace with its relentless aggression and toxic lies. It’s not just about Russia. Any nation that decides to stand up to Western desired hegemony is liable to find itself in the crosshairs of a U.S.-led attack using NATO as a legal cover for an international coalition. That historic defeat of Western imperialism is at an epochal endpoint. American-led capitalism is bankrupt and irredeemable. That makes the NATO war machine a very dangerous unstable “multiplier” of American militarism. Will it risk a desperate final world war or will the abominable Western system be overhauled safely by the majority of people who abhor it? NATO’s sell-by date is well and truly past. Russia put paid to that. It remains up to the people of the Western nations to salvage something more constructive and democratic from the smoking hulk. - LewRockwell
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  11967. If the US was a normal country minding its own affairs and caring for its own people it would indeed be nonsensical for it to invest so much wealth and resources in Israel, but the US is as far from a normal country as can be. It’s the hub of a vast, undeclared empire made up of allies, client states, proxies, and systems of military, economic and financial coercion which keeps most of the world moving in accordance with the wishes of the empire managers. History has shown us that this power structure can only be maintained by endless violence, threats, coercion, mass-scale psychological manipulation in the form of propaganda, and fear of nuclear annihilation. As a reliably US-aligned nuclear power which is intimately interwoven with the western war machine and the US intelligence cartel, Israel may not serve the interests of the people who live in the United States, but it is an absolutely indispensable component of the US empire. - LewRockwell RUSSIAN BANKING SECTOR FORGES AHEAD to dismay of Russia’s "ill-wishers" states Putin as he meets with Russian banking giant VTB chief Kostin who states West's sanctions have FAILED to isolate Russia. Meanwhile European businesses losing 100s of BILLIONS of dollars due to very same anti-Russian sanctions. - Intel Report Assault unit of Paratroopers of Russian Airborne Forces dismantles strongholds of Ukrainian troops in Artemovsk direction Orlan-10 UAV discovered them and attacked with Msta-B howitzers. Then the assault detachment advanced to attack and capture the militants hiding in the fort. - Military Tube Today The last week of November is setting up to be a pivotal week in Ukraine’s futile effort to fend off the Russian military. Russia is clobbering Kiev and other parts of western Ukraine with drone hordes that are wreaking havoc on military depots and electric power nodes. Despite the inclement weather, Russian soldiers are advancing steadily in Avdeevka and forcing the retreat and surrender of hundreds of Ukrainian troops from an area they have held since 2014. If the winter weather now battering Ukraine continues through December and January, the situation for Ukrainian troops hunkered down in trenches and bunkers will become desperate because the snow and cold will make it very difficult to keep them properly supplied with food and ammunition. There also is the question of whether Western supplied gear can function or be maintained with the icy fingers of General Winter squeezing the Ukrainian throat. It is looking like a very dark winter for Ukraine. - Sonar21
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  11973. The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday said Moscow would not permit the restoration of Ukrainian territory to the limits of its 1991 borders as that would represent a threat to Russian citizens. The ministry’s statement followed a Ukrainian drone strike on a crowded market in the Russian town on Aleshki, in Kherson region, which Moscow has condemned as a deliberate terrorist act. The attack occurred around 9:30 am local time on May 1, a holiday in Russia, when Ukrainian forces used FPV drones to strike the market during peak hours. According to preliminary data, seven civilians were killed and over 20 injured. Local authorities stated that a second wave of drones targeted survivors and first responders, exacerbating the casualties. “This atrocity has once again revealed the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime, the aim of the current Ukrainian rulers to escalate the armed conflict and disrupt any attempts at a peaceful settlement,” the Russian ministry said in the statement, adding that the attack was intentionally timed to coincide with a public holiday to maximize civilian harm. The ministry also criticized Ukraine’s backers, stating that Thursday’s attack “is also on the conscience of Western sponsors who supply [Kiev] with weapons and finances.” It emphasized that Russia would not permit the restoration of Ukraine within its 1991 borders. “It is quite obvious that behind the futile and groundless calls of the Kiev regime and the forces supporting it in the West for the so-called restoration of Ukraine within the borders of 1991, there is a cannibalistic instinct to exterminate all Russians. Of course, Russia will never allow such a scenario to happen,” the ministry statement said. - RT
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  11983. The Russian military is making advances at multiple locations along the frontline in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), according to Friday's daily press briefing of the country’s Defense Ministry released. Officials said that over the past 24 hours, Moscow’s troops have inflicted heavy casualties on the adversary, amounting to up to 795 servicemen. The DPR saw intense combat at multiple locations, with troops “taking up better positions” near the village of Klescheevka, located to the southwest of the town of Artyomovsk (known in Ukraine as Bakhmut). The small village has been experiencing heavy combat for months, following the liberation of Artyomovsk early last year. The Russian military reported destroying multiple pieces of military hardware, including assorted armored and soft vehicles, as well as several artillery pieces, including two US-made M777 towed howitzers. The military said it had conducted multiple long-range attacks on Ukrainian ammunition stockpiles, troops, and hardware assembly points in more than 100 locations. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu revealed fresh estimates on the casualties sustained by Ukrainian forces over the past month. All in all, Ukraine lost more than 23,000 troops in January, the minister claimed during a meeting with top Russian military commanders on Friday, stating his forces now “hold the strategic initiative along the entire line of contact.” Over the past month, the Ukrainian military has also suffered heavy equipment losses, with over 3,000 heavy hardware pieces destroyed. The losses include multiple US-supplied Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, HIMARS multiple rocket launcher systems, German-supplied Leopard main battle tanks and other hardware provided to Kiev by its Western sponsors, according to Shoigu. - RT
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  11984. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The occupation army documented the launch of a barrage of rockets, fired by the Hezbollah Resistance Forces from southern Lebanon, entering the port city of Haifa and its surroundings. Today, September 8, 2024, at least 100 rockets were launched simultaneously in less than 30 minutes, marking the largest barrage of rockets in history since the beginning of the war on the occupied city, an important commercial and industrial center for the Zionist entity. The Israeli media labeled this as the largest attack, and wrote “You have to be here to know how big the disaster is in this city. Although this is part of Hezbollah's massive retaliation, but Israeli brutal attacks on Lebanese cities are considered much more destructive and indiscriminate. The Israeli air defense missile, Iron Dome tried to intercept some of them. The barrage of rockets that appeared in the sky of Haifa seemed serious, Iron Dome which costs 100 thousand dollars per shot, seemed to be overwhelmed by the incoming rockets. Some anothers were reported to have fallen directly while the settlers were saving themselves, in the center of Israeli third most populous metropolis, one of the two main ports, which serves as an entry and exit point for various goods including military weapons. Some of the rocket impacts fell, and one of them caused the most intensive explosion in Haifa Bay due to the failed interception of the defenses. Currently, several rockets have been reported to have fallen, and shrapnel in about 150 locations in the Haifa area and its surroundings. So far, there have been no reports of casualties. At the same time as Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General, Sheikh Naim Qassem was giving a speech, 100 rockets immediately happening to the heart of Haifa. He said in his direct speech that "The leadership and control in the resistance are carefully organized, following the practices established by Hezbollah, and we have dealt a painful blow. This large coalition of enemies Israel, the United States and the West intends to pressure and intimidate us, but we are not afraid of them," Sheikh Naim Qassem said. Meanwhile, the death toll from the US-backed Israeli aggression continues to rise daily in Gaza to 41,965 and 97,590 injured since October 7, not including the martyrs from the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Iran.
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  11990. MOMENT Ukrainian army deployment point in Kherson (ex-Ukraine) vaporizes like water vapour caught on cam as HUGE fiery cloud seen after unstoppable Russian FAB-500 bomb drops on enemy. Russia also pounds Ukrainian positions in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine) with about 20-30 of these every day! - Intel Report Early this morning, the Kiev regime once again attacked Russian territory. 3 drones shot down in the Moscow region, 6 over Crimea, and 1 in Oryol, pre-war West Russia. - Intel Report Footage captures moment drone over Moscow is intercepted; big BANG is followed by the sound of missile defense system going off. There are no casualties. - Intel Report "The [West] has been for years, and continues to wage war against us using Ukraine's hands and bodies" - Russia's FM Lavrov on possible US decision to supply Kiev with even longer-range missiles. Lavrov is headed to the UN Security Council, where Zelensky's presence is also expected this week. - Intel Report KILLING FIELD: Watch Ukrainian assault (reportedly around August middle) in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) fall into unorganized madness after vehicles are torn into pieces, forcing infantry to run in open fields only to be finished off by Russian artillery as Kiev sustains further 140 casualties in this region. Russian defenses intercept 2 JDAM aerial bombs and US HARM anti-radar missile as Moscow hits Ukrainian armored plant workshops in Kharkov, East Ukraine. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 16 UKRAINE IS RUNNING OUT OF MEN AS HOPE OF VICTORY FADES The reports are piling up — just like Ukrainian corpses — of Ukraine’s massive losses on the battlefield. A year ago, according to the Telegraph, hopes ran high in Ukraine about an imminent victory. That celebratory chorus is gone; replaced by a funeral dirge.The horrific losses are hitting Ukrainians hard. Despite vows to fight to the bitter end or fervent belief in ultimate victory, the mismatch between Russia’s superior firepower and Ukraine’s increasingly desperate attempt to round up new recruits and get more weaponry from depleted American and NATO stores presents Kiev with an impossible task. - Sonar21
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  12033. The “world’s most advanced military” took three months to manage a claimed capture of that while fighting a completely technologically outmatched foe who they outnumber 500k to ~10k. The IDF also has now used this capture as excuse to explain the dismissal of several top brigades to the rear for reconstitution. Instead of being made combat ineffective, the line is now that they have valiantly completed their mission and are taking a rest. They claim that in capturing Gaza City, they have eliminated 8000 Hamas fighters. However, John Kirby himself appears dubious regarding this, as he implies that Hamas has not been measurably attrited: And here is the Israeli ambassador to the UK just nonchalantly admitting that all of Gaza must be destroyed: Where does such inhuman barbarity stem from, you wonder? I believe it is a case of simple unrestrained human nature. Those who’ve read books like Lord of the Flies know that humans can very quickly devolve into quite immoral, depraved, and Machiavellian brutes if there are no checks in place to restrain some of human nature’s darker impulses. You see, it’s not that all humans are necessarily mindlessly depraved by nature per se, but rather that it’s very easy to set off a cascade event of unethical behavior when only a small pilot group initiates it. Israel has carried out terror and crimes for decades that any other country in the world would have been immediately reproached, condemned, and sanctioned for. This has created a sense of unparalleled historical entitlement and exceptionalism in Israeli society such that they feel no qualms whatsoever about glibly and openly calling for genocide. In any other society, it would not only make instant headlines but would make the top docket at the UN human rights council meetings. But in Israel, you can call for genocide, you can demean the Palestinians with open racism as Israeli TV so often does, and it doesn’t get so much as a passing glance or shrug. Israel has been the favored son for so long, its most transgressive acts ignored and tacitly allowed for such a length of time, that it has simply developed a natural sense of entitlement and divine exceptionalism. Now, when the world suddenly stands up to it for the first time, Israel is dumbstruck with feigned shock like a child caught with its hand in the cookie jar. In the same vein, Nikki Haley’s call to relocate all Gazans into “Hamas” countries is clearly an attempt to subconsciously link innocent civilians to ‘terrorism’. And that’s of course besides the fact that she’s openly calling for ethnic cleansing of an entire population, which is a crime against humanity, and goes against every international law—except the western Luciferian “Rule of Law”. As to Lloyd’s “minor elective procedure”—which appeared to leave him comatose for nearly an entire week—there’s no definitive word. But some suspect it may have been an emergency surgical extraction of an uncashed Raytheon kickback from his netherside. - Simplicius
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  12039. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Ukrainian forces are now facing unprecedented hardships, with large amounts of their equipment being burned on the highway to Sudzha. Russian forces have taken control of all supply routes in Kursk Region, capturing Sudzha-Sverdlikovo highway with fire, leaving the only route for Ukrainian troops to return to Sumy before the Sudzha cauldron closes, with up to 4,000 Ukrainian troops likely to be surrounded! This action highlights the increasingly intense border clashes, destroying Ukrainian military equipment as enemy troops try to probe Russian defenses as shown in footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry on March 3, 2025. The Tula Paratroopers are the main rapid response force, engaging in combat, countering this threat with precision strikes and ambush tactics. As a result, two Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicles and one D-20 152mm howitzer engaged near Sudzha, demonstrating Ukrainian increasing reliance on armor and artillery, were destroyed by drone strikes! Sudzha is one of the last places Kiev’s forces have taken advantage of for a while. Recently they tried to escape there after Russian troops continued to gradually liberate several settlements, including Novaya Sorochina which was liberated on March 3. However, they were not allowed to leave their defeated areas to reach Sudzha, the road was heavily attacked by FPV drones of the 40th Marines working, as in the footage released by Supladatov Official on Telegram Channel on March 1. Drones were launched by operators, hitting several vehicles even as Ukrainian troops evacuated their wounded comrades who were inside the vehicles. This battle confirms that Russian positions along the Sudzha route remain strong. Ukrainian forces continue to face difficulties in maintaining their offensive actions, they say Ukraine is “winning”, and are now in a semi-encirclement in Sudzha, which cannot be won. The latest wave shows Colombian mercenaries among the Ukrainian invading troops captured by Russian troops in Sudzha, while Ukrainian personnel losses in Kursk continue to skyrocket every day, reaching more than 64,845 soldiers, as reported by the Russian Defense Ministry on March 4.
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  12041. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian forces have again raised the flag — this time over Preobrazhenka fighters of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the "Center" Group of Forces have wiped out Ukrainian positions and equipment in the settlement, located about 20 kilometers from Krasnoarmeysk. The Russian Defense Ministry officially confirmed on April 22, 2025, the news published on April 21 about the liberation of the village in a symbolic and strategic step forward, disrupting one of Ukrainian main transport routes in this sector of the front. Meanwhile, over the past few days, soldiers of the 90th Panzer Division of the "Center" Group of Forces have been conducting preliminary preparations in the Krasnoarmeysk sector, attacking a hidden Ukrainian fortification in the forest belt. The crew of the 130 mm M-46 towed gun went into action by firing a series of 130 mm high-explosive fragmentation shells, after receiving target coordinates from the drone crew. The operation was carried out from a hidden firing position at a distance of more than 17 km, destroying the dugouts — eliminating Ukrainian personnel, thereby supporting the continued offensive actions of the assault units. Now, the assault detachment’s advance began with securing the main enemy supply route, where several armored vehicles were destroyed in parallel. One of them, including a Maxx Pro vehicle mercilessly burned by drone, destroying the morale forces of the American-supplied. One of the biggest challenges facing the Russian assault unit is advancing across vast open terrain — vulnerable and exposed. After gathering strength on the outskirts, the soldiers began to enter the settlement in small, calculated groups, launching deliberate attacks. Gradually advancing further in sweeping away one by one the settlement’s buildings, house by house, and every meter gained was the result of hard — but decisive — work. The assault detachment refused to use radio stations but replaced them with a voice signaling system. An important tactical element and a developed signaling system have proven their effectiveness — clear voice commands ensure a cohesive advance of motorized riflemen without radio communication, according to the Defense Ministry. Thus, Russian soldiers now comfortably drive along the streets in their cars in the seemingly deserted settlement, after Kiev defenses quickly collapsed. The advance signals continued momentum in securing key settlements. Territorial gains like Preobrazhenka strengthen Russian position, deepening Kiev isolation, deliberately prolonging the war that wearing out Russian strategic patience.
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  12043. The U.S. War Machine: Congress Sidelines Itself, the Empire Marches On (for now) Buried beneath the grandiose slogan of “democracy”: the US hasn’t declared war since World War II. Congress, the body constitutionally mandated to oversee such vital decisions, has been relegated to a cheerleading squad while the executive branch wields unchecked power like an emperor commanding legions. This is imperial fiat masquerading as consent of the governed. From Vietnam to Iraq, Libya to Syria, the U.S. war machine roars on, fueled not by congressional debate but by rubber-stamped resolutions, appropriations, and the all-too-familiar "Authorizations for Use of Military Force". These legal fig leaves allow the White House to bomb, invade, and occupy without a whisper of accountability. Let’s be blunt: Congress sold its soul. Since World War II, it has surrendered its constitutional prerogative to declare war, instead passing vague resolutions that grant presidents a blank check to wage war wherever and whenever they see fit. The result? Endless wars with no rational objectives, no exit strategies, and no accountability. And what happens to the trillions of dollars funneled into these wars? Enter the military-industrial complex, the world’s most sophisticated money-laundering operation. These wars are about enriching defense contractors, lobbyists, and Pentagon officials who shuffle through the revolving door between government and industry. From Lockheed Martin to Raytheon, the same corporations profiting off the carnage also fund think tanks and political campaigns to keep the war machine running. While the bombs fall, contracts worth billions flow into the coffers of weapons manufacturers. A significant chunk is then laundered back into DC, disguised as campaign contributions or lucrative speaking gigs. The Pentagon’s own accounting is so opaque that 2 trillion in spending has been deemed "untraceable." And let’s not forget Ukraine or Israel, the MIC’s latest cash cow, where tens of billions in U.S. aid vanish into a black hole of corruption. The wars of the 21st century don’t even bother with pretense. Forget declarations; the U.S. now engages in hybrid wars, proxy conflicts, economic strangulation through sanctions, and information warfare. Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, these are not declared wars, but they are wars nonetheless, waged in the shadows with the same deadly consequences. And behind every drone strike or sanction lies another bloated defense budget, another no-bid contract, another slush fund for the MIC. The Declare War Clause was meant to check power, to ensure that the decision to spill blood was taken soberly and democratically. Instead, it has been sidelined by an empire that cannot stop expanding, an empire that feeds on forever wars. This is not about defending freedom, but controlling resources, securing markets, and maintaining hegemony at any cost. And as BRICS rises, as the Global majority asserts its sovereignty, the Empire grows more desperate. Its (losing) wars: kinetic, economic, and informational, are not signs of strength but of fragility, the thrashing of a system that cannot adapt to a multipolar world. Who benefits from this endless bloodshed? Not the American people, saddled with 38 trillion in national debt and over 200 trillion in unfunded liabilities. The winners are the same cabal that profits whether the bombs drop or not: defense contractors, Wall Street speculators, and the political elite. The MIC is not just about war but about money laundering on an imperial scale. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Cash cows. The conflict in Ukraine? A feeding frenzy for weapons dealers and their political masters. This is not just America’s problem. The endless wars waged by the U.S. ripple out, destabilizing nations, wrecking economies, and displacing millions. The Empire stumbles, but it won’t fall on its own. It’s time to push harder. The age of unaccountable wars and untraceable profits must end. - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  12046. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Most of the Ukrainian troops were killed due to the recent failure to withstand the sensitive attack by the Russian Armed Forces, north of the MalayaLoknya settlement in Kursk Region, as shown in footage released by Russian military correspondents on February 26, 2025. Ukrainian troops were hit by artillery as circled in red on the map, forcing Russian troops to capture and eliminate several Ukrainian assault troops in the northern part of the captured Orlovka, and simultaneously liberate several other settlements in the sector the day before. The infographic image shows further disarray in the Ukrainian assault troops, most of whom were eliminated by Russian artillery attacks from the 34th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, referring to the casualties or losses of a large number of Ukrainian officers during this battle. It is known that Russia is determined to recapture the entire Kursk Region before peace with Ukraine begins! The great burden on the Ukrainian command structure north of this settlement, resulted in the withdrawal of Ukrainian units after the loss of many personnel. The continued support of various Russian weapons, further hampering Kiev's operational capabilities especially in the ongoing northern sector of Malaya Loknya. Following the recapture of neighboring villages in the sector, Ukrainian units in small groups began to pack up, trying to escape with armor to other areas, possibly to make temporary gains in Sudzha. However, Russian forces did not even allow the troops to leave. The unit was hit by roaming ammunition as they prepared to flee, destroying the vehicle including its occupants as shown in Russian military footage released on February 27. Meanwhile, on February 25, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that Russian assault units from the 34th Guards Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade had liberated the villages of Pogrebki and Orlovka, following the capture of Marievka. The soldiers raised the Russian flag, coinciding with reports of successful military operations in Malaya Loknya sector. On February 27, the Defense Ministry informed about the cases inside Ukraine from a prisoner. Aleksandr Chumak was captured while attempting to storm Kursk, and he started to tell everything honestly!
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  12061. The longer this horror goes on, the worse it will get for Washington and its Israeli client state. The mounting military losses for Israeli troops in Gaza are correlated with the increasing missile strikes on Yemen by the United States (and Britain). This deranged dynamic is leading to a wider all-out war in the Middle East region, one where the U.S. and Iran become direct antagonists. Iran and its formidable allies in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and elsewhere have the military capability to deliver a crushing blow. Israel has failed to eliminate the Palestinian Hamas militants in Gaza after more than three months of non-stop bombardment with unlimited military and political support from the United States. The horrendous slaughter of civilians – women and children torn apart day after day – is only exposing the abysmal criminality of the Israeli state and its Western patrons. It is an irredeemable loss of political and moral credibility in the eyes of the world, including among the majority of Western citizens. The exposure of rank hypocrisy, duplicity, and barbarous criminality is fatal for the Western powers and their Israeli client. The U.S. as an imperial power is irrational. It is trying to assert imperial power by ramping up war, even though war is leading to its historic collapse. The world has watched this genocide live on TV. Israel, the United States, and its Western partners are pariahs in the eyes of the world. That is the basis for their ultimate and irreparable defeat. - LewRockwell
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  12067. The Russians care about their Armies. The Ukes and their NATO Masters couldn't care less about theirs! That's been clear from the outset, and why Russia will Destroy NATO and its Proxies in no uncertain terms! Russian air defenses destroy 11 drones heading to spread terror over Crimea (pre-war Russia). - Intel Report Kiev's regime shells Gordeevka, Kursk region (pre-war Russia). 9 strikes in total spread Ukraine's terror in the Ukraine-bordering village. - Intel Report Kiev's criminal regime shells residential areas in Kherson region (ex-Ukraine), more than 32 times. - Intel Report Kiev attempts another attack at Russia's Black Sea Fleet ship Sergey Kotov (pic above) with 5 water drones. All sea drones destroyed by ship's weapons. - Intel Report Kiev's criminal shelling kills civilian man in Tetkino, Kursk region, pre-war West Russia. - Intel Report RUSSIAN DRONE COMING THROUGH, but Ukrainian cannon fodder couldn't get out of the way fast enough, so they're destroyed along with their US-made M777 howitzer. Won't be no see you later - Intel Report Nothing got enough power to shake the earth like Russia's T-90 tank as it blasts away turning deadly on Kiev's cannon fodder in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), where Kiev's regime suffers up to 545 soldiers as casulties. 95 enemy soldiers also meet cannon fodder's fate in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), up to 70 and a D-30 howitzer destroyed in Kherson (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 13 Ukrainian Army tried to attack Russian missile hovercraft with an unmanned sea boat in the Black Sea at about 4:30 - Russian Defense Ministry. While repelling the attack, the enemy's unmanned boat was destroyed by fire from ship's standard weapons. - Intel Report
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  12079. All or nothing for Ukraine and NOTHING it will be! STOP RIGHT THERE, you criminal scum said Russian security forces (FSB) to Ukrainian terrorists attempting to infiltrate pre-war Russia's Bryansk region as multiple saboteurs, planning terror attacks, end up looking sabotaged (01:18), among them Ukrainian army lieutenant colonel and major. American equipment and blood-stained notes found on terrorists. - Intel Report Ukrainian terror drone shot down in Kursk, pre-war Russia (see map) - Russian Defense Ministry. Kiev has also attempted to attack nuke power plant in this region. - Intel Report 3 minutes of Syrian-Russian missiles and artillery pummeling positions of US-backed terrorists in Syria's Idlib countryside over the weekend, obliterating strongholds, operation rooms, and military equipment warehouses with massive strikes, killing 111 terrorists and injuring scores of others. Strikes comes following increased terrorists attacks with ISIS's reactivation by daddy Washington - Intel Report Russian missiles and artillery work overtime killing and injuring up to 430 Ukrainian soldiers in Donetsk and 145 in Zaporozhye regions (ex-Ukraine), along with 2 tanks in the latter and a terror drones control tower in Kherson (ex-Ukraine). Stunning footage of Russian, artillery, missiles, soldiers and choppers annihilating Western puppets and equipment. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 10 The Ukrainian Army fires 35 shells at settlements in the Kherson region (ex-Ukraine) overnight. Ukrainian Army also shells DPR 70 times in a day, where civilian infrastructure was targeted and decimated (in video). - Intel report Ukraine hits Energodar, Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). Ukrainian militants, using kamikaze drones, carried out at least four strikes on the city of power workers as two UAVs hit residential multi-story building, and another reportedly exploding minutes ago. - Intel Report
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  12080. It is delusional to believe that something can be achieved flying in the face of demonstrable facts that it can't! Update on the conflict in Ukraine for September 25, 2023. Great Report, killing them with their OWN words using western and Ukrainian sources to demonstrate how badly Ukraine is losing. - ATACMS will not arrive in numbers large enough for strategic impact; - Ukrainian intelligence chief admits to Ukraine's multiplying failures and obstacles including a lack of infantry and artillery to support them on the battlefield; - US-made M1 Abrams main battle tanks must be held back from the front line or they will be destroyed alongside German Leopard 2 and British Challenger 2 tanks according to Ukrainian intel chief; - Canada's parliament accidentally invited and honored a World War 2 veteran who fought for German Axis forces; - The incident highlights Ukraine's past and present problems stemming from its relationship with Germany during World War 2; - The New Atlas "Well, it looks like the love of the Third Reich is not confined to Ms. Freeland. Just the other day, while Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Canadian Parliament, the Canadians thought it a swell idea to wildly celebrate an elderly gent who was part of the Waffen SS. What is wrong with these people? The Speaker of Parliament displayed an incredible ignorance of history. During World War II Canada, as part of the British Commonwealth, was an ally of Russia (back then it was called the Soviet Union). The Russians lost more than a million soldiers fighting to free Ukraine from the tyranny of Hitler. Many Canadians died fighting Nazis like Mr. Hunka. These Canadian members of Parliament take stupid to a new low. They are a disgrace to the memory of their fathers and grand fathers who died because wretches like Hunka enlisted with the SS and fought for Adolf Hitler." - Sonar21 "Westerners were deceived into supporting yet another evil war, which once again is showing every sign of dragging on for the foreseeable future with no exit strategy in sight. The only difference between this war and all those other wars is that this one is laden with the risk of nuclear annihilation, a risk which the US empire has been treading less and less carefully around as the bloodshed continues. The more you think about it, the more horrifying it gets. These people are absolute monsters." - LewRockwell TRACK ‘EM DOWN and flush them out as Russian forces find building housing plenty of Kiev troops and their ammo in Kherson region (ex-Ukraine) - they ain’t got long to live now as artillery rains down hell on Ukrainian army position, while Russian forces hit command posts and blow up ammo dump in Kherson region. Russian army also inflict up to 100 casualties on Ukrainian troops in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), while total of 7 Kiev army attacks repelled in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) with up to 445 Ukrainian soldiers left dead or wounded. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 23 "Russia will demand an explanation from Canada for giving a standing ovation in parliament to a Ukrainian man who served in a Nazi division during World War II, Oleg Stepanov, Moscow’s ambassador to Ottawa, has said." - RT "Over the past 24 hours Russian forces have struck several Western-supplied artillery systems during battles with Ukraine, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported. Polish Krab self-propelled howitzer was blown up by the Russian military near the city of Kupyansk in Ukraine’s Kharkov Region. Around a dozen Soviet-era artillery systems have also been neutralized along the front line, it revealed. In the area near the village of Klescheevka, not far from the city of Artyomovsk (known as Bakhmut in Ukraine), a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down, the ministry continued. Air defenses have also intercepted three HARM anti-radar missiles and eight projectiles fired by HIMARS multiple rocket launchers. In the DPR, four Ukrainian attempts to advance were thwarted. In the area near the village of Veselyoe, Russian forces also went on a counterattack and “improved their tactical position,” it said." - RT
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  12081. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Most of the Ukrainian troops were killed due to the recent failure to withstand the sensitive attack by the Russian Armed Forces, north of the MalayaLoknya settlement in Kursk Region, as shown in footage released by Russian military correspondents on February 26, 2025. Ukrainian troops were hit by artillery as circled in red on the map, forcing Russian troops to capture and eliminate several Ukrainian assault troops in the northern part of the captured Orlovka, and simultaneously liberate several other settlements in the sector the day before. The infographic image shows further disarray in the Ukrainian assault troops, most of whom were eliminated by Russian artillery attacks from the 34th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, referring to the casualties or losses of a large number of Ukrainian officers during this battle. It is known that Russia is determined to recapture the entire Kursk Region before peace with Ukraine begins! The great burden on the Ukrainian command structure north of this settlement, resulted in the withdrawal of Ukrainian units after the loss of many personnel. The continued support of various Russian weapons, further hampering Kiev's operational capabilities especially in the ongoing northern sector of Malaya Loknya. Following the recapture of neighboring villages in the sector, Ukrainian units in small groups began to pack up, trying to escape with armor to other areas, possibly to make temporary gains in Sudzha. However, Russian forces did not even allow the troops to leave. The unit was hit by roaming ammunition as they prepared to flee, destroying the vehicle including its occupants as shown in Russian military footage released on February 27. Meanwhile, on February 25, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that Russian assault units from the 34th Guards Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade had liberated the villages of Pogrebki and Orlovka, following the capture of Marievka. The soldiers raised the Russian flag, coinciding with reports of successful military operations in Malaya Loknya sector. On February 27, the Defense Ministry informed about the cases inside Ukraine from a prisoner. Aleksandr Chumak was captured while attempting to storm Kursk, and he started to tell everything honestly!
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  12083. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Air raid alerts have been issued across Ukraine following a major missile strikes, launched by the Russian Armed Forces, targeting Ukrainian gas and military infrastructure on a large scale. Footage circulated online on March 7, 2025, showing missile flights on the morning of March 7, launching Kalibr missiles by Russian Navy ships from the Black Sea, and an unknown several of Tu-95 strategic missile carriers of the Russian Aerospace Forces departing from Murmansk with Kh-101 missiles involved. Images and videos showed a small number of cruise missiles flying towards their designated targets, among others are Kharkov Region, Ternopil, Poltava, Sumy, with the worst-hit area being Myrhorod, where more than 10 explosions were reported at the Ukrainian Air Force airbase, sources reported. Footage from Kharkov showed the aftermath, thick smoke billowing from energy facilities and gas infrastructure while Kiev-based sources complained and expressed concern. Meanwhile, verification of details through Ukrainian news sources that are less credible for accuracy, reported that in Kharkov there was also the arrival of ballistic missiles on infrastructure and residential buildings with a number of dead or injured. In addition to critical infrastructure buildings and residential buildings, 10 garages and five cars were burned, the Kharkov regional prosecutor's office said. Also, in Ternopil near Polish border, the power of the explosion by Kalibr missile, launched from the crew of the Black Sea submarine, where the gas compressor station in Velyka Berezovitsa was hit. Eyewitnesses reported that oxygen was sucked everywhere, the main gas pipeline was depressurized, and a leak was recorded. The metering point and distribution unit were damaged by fire, which also occurred in an area of 200 m², which led to the interruption of gas supplies to strategic facilities. This is believed to be the first significant attack on Ukraine since the US stopped sharing early warning data with them from two waves of missile launches, which in total, more than 35 missiles were fired including involving drones. The targeting of energy and military infrastructure, apparently aimed at weakening the operational capacity and morale of the Ukrainian military. However, so far there has been no official confirmation from Moscow regarding the reports of the strikes.
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  12091. So, is Ukraine admitting that a non-neutral Ukraine is a key linchpin buffer state that poses massive risks to either side, depending on its alignment? If that’s the case, why the hysterical denial of Russia’s justified concerns about Ukraine’s shifting alignment to the West after the CIA-sponsored coup in 2014? Surely they can see Russia is likewise due the same allowance of concern they now profess for themselves. They do also mention that Putin doesn’t quite have the incentive for a ‘land for peace’ deal when his troops are essentially winning and making active advances. Why settle for some land now when he can take the whole thing? Of course, one of the answers to this lay in Zelensky’s Kursk gambit, which was partly designed to capture an amount of territory that would induce Putin to exchange it for what Russia captured in Donbass and elsewhere. But this has no chance, as Russian troops are shrinking Ukraine’s Kursk holdings daily, including some gains yesterday and today, and it will all be recaptured in due time. Russia has shown nothing other than iron-clad determination for total victory, with its economy going to a war-footing, particularly with next year’s mass defense spending surges, and its population—which includes previously frayed elites—increasingly patriotic. Any inconvenient ‘thorn’ Ukraine manages to rib into Russia’s side only amplifies Russia’s resoluteness and solidarity. There is no possible event that can even conceivably cause Russia to decide “enough is enough, we must back down”. - Simplicius
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  12093. The Ukraine conflict has been “all about Russia” from the beginning, driven by Washington’s ambition to dismantle the country as a political, economic, and military power, former US Army officer Stanislav Krapivnik has told RT. Speaking to RT on Sunday, Krapivnik suggested that Washington and London, as well as NATO in general, have been the ones that are “actually controlling the game.” “The British were behind the Snake Island attacks, the countless attacks that were rebuffed with major losses to the special forces in Ukraine. And the British were just sending them out and sending them out,” Krapivnik said, referring to a strategic island near the Ukrainian port city of Odessa, which was heavily contested during the early months of the conflict. He went on to claim that NATO was also behind the invasion of Russia’s Kursk Region last August, when Ukrainian forces captured Sudzha and multiple villages in a matter of days. “The Kiev invasion of southwestern Kursk looked like a typical NATO-planned mission, minus enough aviation,” Krapivnik said. With US President Donald Trump no longer seen as an ally to Kiev due to his push to swiftly end the conflict, Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky is now “a lot more now under the French, British, the Anglo-Franco Union.” “He’s now further under them because he doesn’t want this war to end. It could possibly be the end of his life, and he knows it,” Krapivnik believes. Regarding Ukraine’s violations of a 30-day ceasefire on energy infrastructure agreed to with the US following talks in Saudi Arabia on March 15, Krapivnik said Kiev “just breaks whatever promises it’s made.” - RT
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  12113. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – It was a bitter day for Abu Dhabi, where the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan began fleeing en masse, following their defeat from the siege by the Sudanese Armed Forces. Images of the mass escape of the militias circulated widely on the internet on March 26, 2025, showing remnants of the militias crossing the JebelAwliya Dam on the White Nile south of downtown Khartoum, as the Sudanese government army reported its success in retaking almost the entire capital, including recapturing Khartoum International Airport from the Western-backed militias through their UAE agents. Incredible drone footage showed thousands of militias and their families running west of the river to save themselves before Sudanese Army columns advanced to close it in. A Sudanese military spokesman reported that General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan made his first film appearance in Khartoum on his way to the presidential palace following the recapture of the capital, which is now fully under army control. South of Khartoum city center, troops are also besieging the strategic Jebel Awliya area, the last major stronghold of the militias, now under government control. In addition, government forces announced they had also retaken all bridges over the Nile River connecting the three cities that make up Greater Khartoum after months of fierce fighting. This is a major blow to the West and the militias are in disarray, desperately trying to leave the last bridge they have, leaving the capital.
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  12114. Trump littered his first term with a collection of neocons and self-seekers who had no loyalty to Trump. His nominations of General Mark Milley, FBI Director Chris Wray, John Bolton, General Mad Dog Mattis and CIA Director Gina Haspel were self-inflicted wounds that continue to fester to this day. He got played by Dr. Anthony Fauci. One of the more despicable creatures, in my view, is Mike Pompeo, who reportedly is campaigning to be named Secretary of Defense. He would be a disaster for Trump and for the security of this nation. While he stumped for Trump — once it was clear that Trump was likely to win — some of us have not forgotten how sanctimoniously he threw Trump under the bus on the bogus Classified Documents case and the illegal appointment of Jack Smith as Special Prosecutor. If Trump and his team let this type of betrayal go unpunished, then I fear Trump is setting himself up for four more years of lawfare. Trump’s first act — naming his Chief of Staff — is a great indicator that he understands you have to have someone who cares about you running your daily affairs. Trump’s brush with death in Butler, Pennsylvania changed him for the better. I think it was the first time in his life that he realized his own mortality. It humbled him and brought him the realization that there may have been Divine intervention. Now, what will he do with this? The Deep State is thrashing about frantically in the wake of Trump’s victory. That’s why you saw the names of Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio and Nikki Haley floated as possible nominees for the Trump cabinet. I don’t think Trump will make the same mistakes that he did in the first term. He now knows that he is in a brutal cagematch and that his opponents have no intention of letting up or showing mercy or doing anything for the good of the American people. They want to hang on to their power and they will have to be defeated. - sonar21
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  12116. What is currently happening in the UK is unprecedented. Though there’s argument to be made it’s been brewing under the surface for a long time now, the sheer rapidity of the naked totalitarian onset has rarely been witnessed in modern history. The problem is, some contest that economic reasons were in fact a fig leaf to cover a much darker justification for the massive forced migration resulting in social and cultural destruction. In fact, not surprisingly, it was from the bowels of some shadowy think-tank called the Performance and Innovation Unit that the policy paper which birthed the new era of mass migration into the UK came about. The paper was released under Home Office head, Bilderberger, Jack Straw—who was Blair’s neocon-equivalent, and one of the key instigators of the Iraq War in the British government. It’s no surprise then that such deeply-rooted globalist comprador elite henchmen were instrumental in unleashing mass migration as a social weapon There are always multiple layers to the conspiracy in each country: the first veil was the lie about boosting the economy; the second was the lie about mass-migration being merely a way to rib Conservatives. But the true reason lays buried even beneath this hidden layer: mass-migration is the final weapon to destroy any ideological resistance to the globalist plan of centralizing power, to create, effectively, one world governance. By overrunning society with migrants and relegating native Brits to second class citizens, you disenfranchise and disinherit them to the point of torpor and impotence, clearing the way for total ideological subjugation allowing such madness as currently unfolding in the UK to reign. - Simplicius
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  12130. MOMENT Ukrainian army deployment point in Kherson (ex-Ukraine) vaporizes like water vapour caught on cam as HUGE fiery cloud seen after unstoppable Russian FAB-500 bomb drops on enemy. Russia also pounds Ukrainian positions in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine) with about 20-30 of these every day! - Intel Report Early this morning, the Kiev regime once again attacked Russian territory. 3 drones shot down in the Moscow region, 6 over Crimea, and 1 in Oryol, pre-war West Russia. - Intel Report Footage captures moment drone over Moscow is intercepted; big BANG is followed by the sound of missile defense system going off. There are no casualties. - Intel Report "The [West] has been for years, and continues to wage war against us using Ukraine's hands and bodies" - Russia's FM Lavrov on possible US decision to supply Kiev with even longer-range missiles. Lavrov is headed to the UN Security Council, where Zelensky's presence is also expected this week. - Intel Report KILLING FIELD: Watch Ukrainian assault (reportedly around August middle) in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) fall into unorganized madness after vehicles are torn into pieces, forcing infantry to run in open fields only to be finished off by Russian artillery as Kiev sustains further 140 casualties in this region. Russian defenses intercept 2 JDAM aerial bombs and US HARM anti-radar missile as Moscow hits Ukrainian armored plant workshops in Kharkov, East Ukraine. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 16 UKRAINE IS RUNNING OUT OF MEN AS HOPE OF VICTORY FADES The reports are piling up — just like Ukrainian corpses — of Ukraine’s massive losses on the battlefield. A year ago, according to the Telegraph, hopes ran high in Ukraine about an imminent victory. That celebratory chorus is gone; replaced by a funeral dirge.The horrific losses are hitting Ukrainians hard. Despite vows to fight to the bitter end or fervent belief in ultimate victory, the mismatch between Russia’s superior firepower and Ukraine’s increasingly desperate attempt to round up new recruits and get more weaponry from depleted American and NATO stores presents Kiev with an impossible task. - Sonar21
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  12132. OVER 130 KILLED, 100S INJURED AS IDF EXECUTES ANOTHER HORRIFIC MASSACRE in Israeli-designated "safe zone" in al-Mawasi area, West of Gaza's Khan Younis - lifeless bodies of civilians strewn across battered neighborhood as Israeli jets pummel displaced refugees' tents with nine 1/2 ton missiles, leaving civilians to dig through massive crater for their loved ones. Demonic IDF waits for emergency workers to arrive in ambulances to pick up survivors, strikes and murders them as well (watch moment of deliberate targeting in top right), leaving scores of first aiders killed and injured. 100s more feared dead under the rubble with no one to save them, while hospitals struggle to cope with numbers of casualties following one of the biggest massacres since outbreak of war genocide. - Intel Republic CAR TURNS TO CASKET as Israeli drone strikes murder two elderly civilians in their car while they were collecting water from a well near South Lebanon's Khardali road. Tel Aviv committing war crimes in 3 countries and still getting pats on back and full support of "civilized" West, instead of sanctions, that Russia gets the brunt of for defending its people. - Intel Republic Israel COMMITS ANOTHER BLOODBATH, while blood hasn't dried from earlier massacre - "They bombed us as we prayed", cries horror-struck old man, as he staggers through trail of civilians' mutilated bodies, torn to shreds and disemboweled by Israeli brutal missile strikes on Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. At least 15 murdered while praying in ruins of a mosque "Most moral army in the world" destroyed in a previous war crime. - Intel Republic I WISH I DIED, NOT YOU - heart-shattering words from young Palestinian girl as she grieves her dead brother, who scarified himself to shield father holding her. Overwhelming numbers of bloodied white sheets line up morgue preparing to be put to final rest in top right footage (unless IDF digs them up again), as Gazans mourn victims of Israel's Al-Mawasi massacre, which left 100s of civilians between killed and injured. Watch MASSIVE size of blast and apocalyptical smoke (middle right) of one of 9 strikes where Israel reportedly deployed U.S-made MK84 bombs (bottom right) weighing 2,000 pound (900KG) each to commit genocidal bloodbath. - Intel Republic
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  12137. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Syrian army began launching Tochka missiles, and the consequences of its "arrival" in one of the headquarters and operations of the Al Aqeeda affiliated organization "Jabhat al-Nusra" in Idlib, with devastating results. The scenes published on December 1, 2024 by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) showed that they began using various heavy weapons not only the M-600 'Tishreen' tactical ballistic missiles, but in particular now for the first time deploying the OTR-21 Tochka-U tactical missile, which can carry a 420kg warhead. In just a matter of days, the front line reached a dangerous level for the militia units, they entering Syria suddenly but miscalculated. This version has a range of 120 km and high accuracy, fired by the Syrian Army with targeted attacks on several militia command rooms, supported by Turkey and the West. The scene in the city of Idlib from the footage of the militia, shows the consequences of the Soviet Tochka missile hit, reaching a very severe level of damage to enemy targets. One of the gathering points of the terrorist militias "Jabhat al-Nusra", or the command headquarters of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as reported by other sources, was covered in dust and thick smoke, destroying several vehicles in the area around the militia leadership center after a wave of precision strikes by the Tochka missiles of the Assad Government forces. In this attack, at least 65 militias were reported killed, but it is likely more considering the damage caused by the missiles. It is noteworthy! The pro-militia media and their supporters are now starting to shout that the Syrian operations together with Russia are starting to have a severe impact on civilians, something that is repeated and unproven! The Syrian Government will take unprecedented measures to suppress terrorism that is considered to only understand the language of violence, and destroy it quickly as Assad previously said. It seems that the Syrian Army is operating hundreds of missiles from this system during this period, and its launches continue to destroy foreign militias with one goal, to occupy Syria.
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  12140. US COVERS UP WAR CRIMES - EXCLUSIVE: Donetsk Republic Chief Pushilin lays out how Washington hushes up own war crimes and justifies indiscriminate use of lethal cluster munitions against civilians. In rare meet with Intel Republic TOP official exposes double standards Donbass has faced since 2014 when Ukraine declared genocidal war against Russian-speaking regions. Where necessary, Western countries simply do not notice anything, including war crimes. Where war crimes - in their opinion - need to be committed, they cover it - Pushilin (above vid). - Intel Report Update on the conflict in Gaza for December 6, 2023… - Recent comments by the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin are attempting to create plausible deniability regarding its central role in enabling Israeli military operations in Gaza, and more specifically, the targeting and displacement of the civilian population while using Hamas as a pretext; - The US follows a pattern of creating false pretexts and maintaining plausible deniability in regards to provocations and proxy wars; - There is little likelihood that upcoming US elections are driving US foreign policy, as US foreign policy is determined by and for unelected corporate interests regardless of who is in the White House or in Congress; - The New Atlas A Ukrainian attempt to launch overnight drone attacks against multiple Russian targets has been foiled, according to the defense ministry in Moscow. Russian air defenses downed 22 unmanned aerial vehicles while another 13 were intercepted over the Sea of ​​Azov and the Republic of Crimea, the ministry reported. - RT
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  12142. The Recent Bombing in Iran and US Support of Terrorism in Iran... - The US has used armed terrorist organizations for decades as proxies against their adversaries worldwide, including most recently in Syria, Iraq, and against Iran; - US weapons and equipment “fell into the hands” of ISIS and other terrorist organizations, consisting of the largest, most effective militant groups participating in the US proxy war against Syria; - US government and corporate-funded think tanks like the Brookings Institution in its 2009 “Which Path to Persia?” policy paper proposed using listed terrorist organizations like the MEK to undermine, coerce, and possibly even overthrow the Iranian government; - The 2009 paper suggested MEK be “delisted” as a terrorist organization by the US State Department, which the Department eventually did in 2012 following intense lobbying and media campaigning by senior US and European representatives; - The MEK is currently still supported by senior US-European representatives with undermining, coercing, and overthrowing the Iranian government remaining as a key Western geopolitical objective; - Western media warns the recent terrorist attack in Iran could trigger a wider regional conflict, which the US has openly sought since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023; - The 2009 Brookings paper feared Iran might not retaliate against US provocations, denying the US the wider regime-change war it sought; - Between the US-backed brutalization of Gaza and now a terrorist attack on Iran itself, the US is making it as politically unlikely as possible for Tehran to avoid retaliation if and when a major US or Israel strike on Iran takes place; - The New Atlas
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  12150. Oct 30, 2023 Report from Western Sources The 2009 US Plan for Iran War Sees New Opportunity in Israeli Gaza Ops + Update on Ukraine - Ukraine's "operational pause" is Kiev announcing the "Spring Offensive" has for all intents and purposes, ended; - West continues to suffer setbacks in supplying ammunition to Ukraine including diverting much of it to Israel now; - Israel continues air and ground attacks on Gaza, compounding a growing humanitarian catastrophe; - US policymakers since at least as early as 2009 planned to provoke Iran into a conflict either directly or by proxy through Israel; - The US is citing drone and rocket attacks on illegal US military bases in Syria and Iraq as a pretext to deploy anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems designed to down entirely different types of threats; - It is clear that as the US had planned in 2009, Washington and its Israeli allies are preparing the battlefield ahead of a deliberate effort to goad Iran and its allies into a wider conflict; - The US is fighting a 3 front proxy war through Ukraine in Eastern Europe against Russia, Israel in the Middle East against Iran, and Taiwan against the rest of China in Asia; - With Iran’s role in supporting Russia’s successful military operation in Ukraine, the US has added incentive to eliminate Iran as a Russian-Chinese ally; - The Middle East was transforming in favor of multipolarism with the US clearly attempting to disrupt the process by introducing widespread conflict; - The US may feel the best possibility of success exists in the Middle East as its proxy war in Ukraine unravels and China’s military capabilities continue to close the gap between itself and US capabilities. - The New Atlas
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  12152. Here is another article of delusional hopium courtesy of the folks at War on the Rocks. HOLD, BUILD, AND STRIKE: A VISION FOR REBUILDING UKRAINE’S ADVANTAGE IN 2024 I will make this real simple. Ukraine does not have the ability to implement the War on the Rocks prescription. First, manpower. Even Ukrainian sources are conceding that Ukraine has suffered more than a million casualties. The average age of the frontline troops is 43. For the math challenged out there (this clearly applies to Kofman, Lee and Massicot), if the average age is 43 that means you have a large number of 50 and 60 year old cannon fodder manning the trenches and bunkers. The under 40 crowd is not flocking to the recruiting office in Kiev to sign up. Just the opposite. They are going to extreme lengths to avoid being dragooned into the army. We’ve seen guys wearing disguises that make them look like 70 year old men and others dressing as women. Not because they are transgender but because the Ukrainian recruiters are not grabbing women off the street and throwing them on to the military bus. Let’s assume that Ukraine can somehow find an additional 500,000 potential soldiers. (They will need at least that many to keep up with Russia who added that number to their armed forces in 2023 and continue to sign up new recruits at the rate of more than 40,000 a month.) Where are they going to train? Russia’s missile strikes during the past month have hit some major troop locations. For example, the strike in Kharkiv last week wiped out a 200 man contingent of foreign mercenaries. Russia can and will hit every training center in Ukraine, which means the new Ukie recruits will have to be sent to bases in Europe. The War on the Rocks clown show pays lip service to Ukraine’s need for air defense, artillery, artillery rounds, tanks and armored vehicles, but ignores the real world. No country in the West has the ability to produce these items and send them to Ukraine in the quantities required to sustain a force in the field for the foreseeable future. The authors are particularly lost in La La land when they talk about Ukraine being able to launch long range missiles to hit critical infrastructure in Russia. There is no other country in the world with an air defense system like Russia’s. Moreover, if such attacks are launched Russia has the ability to launch successful counter strikes to eliminate those threats. Finally, let’s assume that Ukraine is able to muster a new army of cannon fodder to attack Russia’s heavily defended lines? Where is the Ukrainian air power? It does not exist and will not exist. If the United States is able to deploy a few F-16s to Ukraine, they will meet the same fate that Ukraine’s now non-existent air force met. They will be shot down. Let me leave you with this. It is a report from the front lines by Russia’s pre-eminent war correspondent, Marat Khayrullin. Here is the current reality: Speaking figuratively, today the entire front line is turning more and more into conditional Krynki. The Ukrainians are stupidly sitting in their holes and trying to somehow survive. And we continue to destroy them with greater and greater intensity. There is no point in eliminating this conditional bridgehead at the cost of the lives of our fighters – the enemy is already doomed. It’s much wiser to just wait. Moreover, we have nowhere to rush – assistance to the enemy from the West is drying up, human reserves are running out. And most importantly, the collective enemy is increasingly realizing the futility of resistance. - Sonar21
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  12160. There have continued to be outcries of protest from major Western nations, yet no one has been able to actually take any action against Israel for its wanton murder and genocide, which it continues to commit daily. Listen to the Israeli spokesman below as she tries to extemporize on the spot about the ethnic cleansing Israel intends to carry out on the Gazans heading toward Rafah crossing: One of the issues with the proposed ceasefire is that Israel wants to exchange a bunch of random Palestinian teenagers they nabbed off the street and erroneously labeled ‘terrorists’. Hamas refuses this, as they want their actual named prisoners to be released in exchange for Israeli hostages. Israel has classically ‘cheated’ by simply kidnapping children off the streets and putting them into perpetual extrajudicial imprisonment for bargaining purposes. One of the deeper aspects to follow is the economic damage that continues unwinding Israel’s economy. even the Israeli military is starting to become demoralized and disillusioned, wondering if they can ever truly win. The article goes on to state that likely far fewer of Hamas have been killed than Israel claims, and also that Hamas can “recruit new people” on the fly—which means even the ones killed could have very well already been replaced. “We’re having a lot of success inside Gaza. The question is what is the plan for the day after,” said the sergeant. “I don’t think there is any clear idea.” And Bibi may have very well answered this question recently: The plan proposes to virtually turn Gaza into a real live concentration and re-education camp, even more so than it already was: At the same time, Bibi also announced that he will totally resist the creation of any Palestinian state, which means the two-state solution will never come to pass under his rule: Additionally, there are increased signals that Israel intends to carry out a mass new operation in Rafah, at the Egyptian border, reportedly on Ramadan, March 10th: However, there remains good reason to believe that the hardline factions do fully intend to carry out the invasion no matter what, but it’s not certain their side will win the power struggle as there are immense pressures from the U.S. and international community to stop the war. One thing is clear: there is a large amount of internal dissent and opposition. Netanyahu’s plan has no such exit strategy in mind: In summary: it seems that Netanyahu is trying to have his cake and eat it too. Ostensibly he wants to ‘root out’ and destroy Hamas, but at the same time fears doing so would force the inevitability of creating a Palestinian state—as there would no longer be any real excuse not to allow it, should Hamas be undeniably eliminated. In many ways, Israel is a parasitic leech that lives and thrives off of the strategy of tension in the region, collecting huge war chests of annual military “aid” for its eternal protection from the perceived phantom threats it itself foments, instigates, and cultivates. Netanyahu wants to continue playing this long game while reaping all the benefits—but for once, the risks are becoming too grave for Israel’s slavish sponsors. Also, as a final mention, noteworthy is the fact that if Israel were to go to war against Lebanon in the near future, it could be the final nail in the coffin for Ukraine. Out of the paltry 30,000 or so monthly artillery shells the U.S. currently produces, about 10,000 of them have gone to Israel each month thus far—40k since October. A protracted war against Hezbollah would require massive artillery armaments, and given that Israel is the U.S.’ true golden calf, its surging artillery needs would unquestionably be prioritized over those of Ukraine, leaving the AFU’s provisioning gravely in the lurch. As a postscript, Israel has shot itself in the foot by virtually declaring itself an enemy of Russia this week, after a provocative harangue by Israel’s unhinged UN Rep, Gilal Erdan: This is further indication of Israel’s totally oblivious exceptionalism: they believe, even in the foundering position they’re in, that they retain impunity in lashing out in anger at Russia for its perceived support of Palestine. No one has informed Israel that hubris and mania mix like milk and alcohol. Israel little understands the existential danger it’s in, and just who they’re making an enemy of. With every recent blundering, buffoonish step, Israel has brought itself one step closer to the edge of the abyss. - Simplicius
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  12161. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – After Bogatyr, Russian forces managed to clear Ukrainian positions entrenched in hundreds of settlement buildings, pictures with the Russian flag is displayed in Otradnoye advancing towards South Donetsk. The Russian Defense Ministry officially announced on May 24, 2025, that Russian units of the Vostok Group of Forces carried out the combat mission, supported by artillery, drone aviation, including tanks, breaking through the defenses of the Kiev troops and partially forcing them out of the settlement, as their positions were leveled to the ground. As a result of powerful and bold offensive actions, servicemen of the 36th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Guards Combined Arms Army, made a swift breakthrough that Ukraine was not prepared for. The Ukrainians were caught off guard, so the shelling by Russian weapons swept through their positions such as in the forest belt, as well as especially fortified ones in buildings inside the settlement. Kiev-NATO is at a stalemate, one by one the areas in the sector are collapsing almost every day! During the fierce attacks of the last few days, artillery crews of the Vostok Group of Forces, using D-30 howitzers and Msta-S self-propelled artillery systems, delivered pinpoint strikes on enemy groupings and defensive positions. One of them, heavy fire caused damage to the Ukrainian temporary deployment area, destroying the building. The rest of the Ukrainian group and their equipment were destroyed, after the Russian drones arrived, hitting them directly or dropping their mortars. Meanwhile, the actions of the tank crews made it possible to thwart the Ukrainian counterattack attempt and allowed the Russian assault detachments to improve the situation along the front line. About 200 facilities were cleared there, then the assault troops entered the settlement, making sure that the enemy's remnants were completely cleared. The Ukrainian defense zone of more than 10 square kilometers was captured, planting Russian flags on several settlement locations and consolidating their positions, the Ministry agency reported in a statement.
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  12162. This is what the diabolic leadership of the Globalist West has wrought, and there will be hell to pay, literally, for their actions! "We are on the brink of total War!" - The Colonel High Calls "RUSSIA EXECUTES OWN SOLDIERS - ENTIRE UNITS - who refuse to follow orders" - can you believe this guy? John "I hate peace" Kirby sticks to a beat up old template, that when America fails - its only remaining weapon of mass indoctrination is a SMEAR campaign. Is it not Ukraine forcibly mobilizing its men? Meanwhile, 300,000 Russian fighters joined the partial mobilization effort on a voluntary basis alone, without receiving a summons. "The dogs bark but the caravan keeps moving" - Intel Report A Ukrainian attack involving multiple drones has been stopped in the Russian city of Kurchatov, home to the Kursk nuclear power plant, according to civilian and military officials. Unconfirmed reports claimed that one of the aircraft damaged a nuclear waste storage building at the site. The spree of incidents happened on Thursday evening in Kursk Region, which borders Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry reported intercepting a fixed-wing drone over Russian territory on two occasions, about two hours apart, while the power plant’s press service said it was attacked by three enemy drones. Kurchatov is located some 60 km from the Ukrainian border. - RT The prime ministers of Hungary and Slovakia opposed a €50 billion ($52.8 billion) aid package for Ukraine during the European Union summit on Thursday, Politico has claimed, citing an unnamed diplomat. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reportedly argued that the bloc’s support for Kiev isn’t working, while Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico referred to concerns over corruption in Ukraine. - RT
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  12166. The Russian Army, an irresistible Force that can't be stopped, steadily advancing onto victory over the entire front! The Azov sea is a fantasy for Ukraine's physically and morally depleted Army as the Ground Truth proves daily! Russian Forces Assault Ukrainian Tunnels in Avdiivka - Weeb Union Acts of despicable desperation such as reported here are an indicator that the war has been long since lost, got that Zelensky and your morally bankrupt warmongering NATO enablers who should be staring at crimes against humanity resulting in the indiscriminate deaths of innocents which caused this war in the first place! Russians Storm Trenches Full Of Ukrainian Female Soldiers. Military Summary And Analysis - Military Summary Channel IT'S ALL GONE, EVERYONE IS DEAD - Broken Palestinian mother in video above cries out one by one names of SIX CHILDREN buried under rubble, while friend tries to hold her back from life-shattering reality that none will answer as they're ALL MURDERED BY ISRAEL's terror strikes on Gaza Strip. Is this a dream or is this a dream? Nothing to be scared of anymore. It's all gone, all our children are dead. We raise kids and then they die, that's how it is. - Intel Report YOUNG GIRL WAILS IN TERROR in left video as Israel again deliberately strikes at ambulance carrying injured family in Gaza Strip, blast's sheer force violently shaking vehicle, forcing it to stop before civilians and emergency staff open the door and flee in horror. Right video shows IDF soldiers bullying and preventing ambulance from reaching wounded Palestinians lucky enough to escape genocide in Balata refugee camp, occupied West Bank. - Intel Report To Date, the IDF has killed 44 journalists and 88 UN Peacekeepers. To date, Israel has deployed some 500,000 soldiers to kill 25,000 Hamas members – and failed miserably. Instead, babies, children, animals, and women make up the vast majority of those murdered. In defense, the justification is ‘they voted for Hamas’ therefore they are just as viable a target for death. But it isn’t just Baerbock refusing to support a ‘ceasefire’, it is everyday citizens across the US and EU who openly declare that every death is justified – including premature babies, because it is Hamas fault. The same Hamas installed by Netanyahu in 2014 to counter the PLO. The UN, South Africa, and many Middle Eastern countries are calling for Israel to be held ‘accountable’ for war crimes. But the damage done will live a long time with Israel’s blatant campaign for genocide, and their ignorantly sloppy propaganda campaign of covering for atrocities committed against their own civilians under the guise of the Hannibal Directive. Israelis are angry. Not at Hamas – but at Netanyahu’s command to kill Israelis. - LewRockwell KILLED ON THE JOB: Russian Military correspondent Boris Maksudov barely celebrated his 38th birthday when he fatally died from wounds after Ukrainian Army munition targeted him and fellow reporters after they rushed to the scene of Ukrainian strike in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine). This is not the first journalist who died at the hands of the Ukrainian military...this shows what dangerous work is being done by our military correspondents - Peskov (bottom video) - Intel Report HAVE SOME RESPECT - Chinese representative to UN puts Israeli counterpart in his place after the latter signaled out "UN women" with shame for not supporting genocide the way he wants. - Intel Report BODY BAGS LINE STREETS, homes turned to craters and tents in left and top right videos as Israeli air strike mass-murders continue to pummel civilians with Israeli PM Netanyahu attempting to delay truce agreement by squeezing in as much carpet bombing as he can - Rafah, South Gaza bombings kill dozens as they hit 2 houses. Smoke rises from loud impact that choke tent camps as multiple bombings take place within vicinity of Khan Yunis school (middle right video) - where 5 houses come under attack from Israeli Army. - Intel Report Russian law enforcement agents have arrested a Ukrainian saboteur allegedly about to stage an assassination attempt on a senior military officer in the western part of the country, the Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced. In a statement on Thursday, the agency said that it had prevented illegal activities by a 28-year-old Ukrainian citizen involved in laying the groundwork for a “subversive-terrorist” act in Voronezh, a city some 250km from the Ukrainian border. His target was said to be an unnamed high-ranking member of the Russian Armed Forces. - RT
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  12183. You have to hand it to the U.S. and its henchmen for brazenness. In order to protect their client state Israel and its genocide in Gaza, the U.S., together with the UK, have in one week launched air and sea attacks on the Houthis in Yemen five times, referring to it as “self-defense” in their Orwellian lingo. The ostensible reason being Yemen’s refusal to allow ships bound for Israel, which is committing genocide in Gaza, to enter the Red Sea, while permitting other ships to pass freely. To any impartial observer, the Houthis should be lauded. Yet, while the International Court of Justice considers the South African charge of genocide against Israel that is supported by overwhelming evidence, the U.S. and its allies have instigated a wider war throughout the Middle East while claiming they do not want such a war. These settler colonial states want genocide and a much wider war because they have been set back on their heels by those they have mocked, provoked, and attacked – notably the Palestinians, Syrians, and Russians, among others. Let us call upon Israeli and American soldiers and pilots “to abandon the battlefield”, as an act of refusal to participate in a criminal undertaking against the People of Gaza. South Africa’s legal procedure at the ICJ should be endorsed Worldwide. While it cannot be relied upon to put a rapid end to the genocide, it provides support and legitimacy to the “Disobey Unlawful Orders, Abandon the Battlefield” campaign under Nuremberg Charter Principle IV. With each passing day, it becomes more and more evident that Israel/U.S.A. and their allies do want a wider war. Iran is their special focus, with Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen targets on the way. Anyone who supports the genocide in Gaza, explicitly or through silence, bears responsibility for the conflagration to come. There are no excuses. It is bi-partisan war-mongering, of course, internationally and intramurally, since both U.S. political parties are controlled by the Israel Lobby and billionaire class that owns Congress and the “defense” industry that thrives on never-ending war. Neither the Israeli nor American government can allow themselves to be humiliated, U.S./NATO by the Russians in Ukraine and the Israelis by the Palestinians. Like cornered criminals with lethal weapons, they will kill as many as they can on their way down, taking their revenge on the weakest first. Men like Biden and Netanyahu are intent on launching desperate acts of war. Exactly when and how this expanded war will blaze across the headlines is the question. It has started, but I think it prudent to expect a black swan event sometime this year when all hell will break loose. The genocide in Gaza is the first step, and the U.S./Israel, “not wanting” a wider war, have already started one. - LewRockwell
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  12187. Ukraine should get as much land as possible - Trump Moscow has ruled out territorial concessions under a potential peace deal with Kiev [Best comments follow!] "Trump is disgusting in turning this atrocity into transactional value. "He talks of stopping the killing and then brags about that he sent the Javelins that knocked out Russia's tanks. "Hès all over the place and as usual just talking too much without thinking about the facts. Continues to bark out transactional figures of who gave what in money. He says the EU loaned the money which is not totally true. The EU has siphoned off EU funds and is continuing with creating more slush funds to satisfy their appetite for war. Russia has already said no cease fire and no going back from the new territories, He also talks about the deal which he will reap the rewards, and the EU get nothing for securing the investments. The deal is so bad fro Ukraine and an example of the imperialist financially raping the country they project to saving them in the name of democracy. Democracy in the west book is nothing more than a mafia network. "Russia is not dying fool. Ukrainians are dying, and Russia will simply keep taking land from them until all your ‘mineral wealth’ is under Russian control. Been listening to stooges like you for 4 years now always stating how Russia is on the verge of collapse their economy is in tatters (grew by 4% last year) how their troops are all running away (running towards Kiev) how they have no support when it is the Ukraine that suffers from troop shortages and it is the Ukrainians that cannot fight or even support themselves without massive foreign aid while Russian factories are running at full potential. the Ukrainians are stupid people for allowing this to happen to themselves by supporting Azov baby killers and various other forms of outright human garbage." - RT
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  12196. There are some very strange happenings in the Middle East which underscore the historic shifts grumbling just beneath the surface, ready to break through. Firstly, to set the stage we turn to Israel, which appears to be concealing an operation that has gone off the rails, and is not yielding any of the expected results—and in fact has done little more than turn the world against them, creating a shockwave of anti-Israeli fervor that will steer sentiment for generations. Israel has withdrawn many of its brigades from the north, citing ‘rest and rotation’ when in reality it appears to be ‘reconstitution’, as the brigades took major attritional losses. Now in the wake of that, the latest bombshell reports state that resistance fighters have re-infiltrated the entire north. I myself was skeptical—could Israel really have abandoned the entire north after “claiming” to have captured it? But here’s the double bombshell: even ISW admitted it: For the Kagan-run institute to admit this is huge. All we can do is infer from a variety of objective observations, such as the distinct lack of any mass eliminations or captures of resistance fighters, which is very telling. During the entire time, there have been increasingly urgent secret talks between the US and Israel, with the Biden administration pleading with Netanyahu to curb his assaults. In the meantime, Israel has continued to press into Khan Younis in the south. But yesterday they suffered what was unanimously called the biggest ‘tragedy’ of the entire conflict thus far. During one of the IDF’s routine mining operations, consisting of rigging explosives on civilian buildings, resistance fighters were able to trigger a detonation with dozens of IDF still inside the building: This led to ~24 IDF killed in a single blast: This is only a symbolic culmination of what appears to be turning into a fiasco. If I didn’t know any better, I would surmise that Israel’s operation is mirroring Ukraine’s doomed Khrynki assault: where an inability to admit grave miscalculation has led to a sunk cost fallacy induced comedy of errors. Recall that just last month Kirby admitted that Hamas had not been attrited at all, and an Israeli reserve colonel gave a tearful account of piled up IDF bodies which seemed to imply that they are taking far heavier losses than they’re admitting to. Israel steadily loses support even among its allies. Now, at the worst possible time, Iran has decided to turn the screws on Israel, creating extremely unfavorable conditions by locking down the maritime chokepoints, as well as putting unprecedented pressure on Israel’s top ally of the US, militarily, all across the region. My take is this: in short, the US is being run out of town by Iran. Their bluff was called and US knows their puny strikes can do nothing to truly degrade Iran’s highly decentralized hybrid warfare systems and groups. Iran has risen to become a hegemon verging on a Great Power of the region. The US has a few obsolete fleets which cannot keep up blow for blow with Iran in exchanged rounds of ammo. Iran can saturate them forever with drones and cheap rockets which the US is spending millions per every fired shot to intercept. Each day that passes and each new strike on US bases in Iraq and Syria brings the US closer and closer toward the brink. They know they cannot maintain this tempo, particularly given that Israel was the US’ chief mode of deterrence against Iran in Syria. But now Israel has its own hands tied in Gaza and US has suddenly found itself being overwhelmed. The action appears to be coordinated within the resistance axis, particularly given new reports that Russia will begin aerial patrols of the Golan Heights corridor. This is an escalation spiral that the West is not ready for, particularly when they’re embroiled in numerous conflicts around the globe. The longer it goes, the larger the political storms that will engulf Europe. The AfD in Germany, for instance, is already now calling for a DeXit or German exit to leave the EU. Things are certainly coming to a head, and the chickens are coming home to roost for the US as well, as the southern border is now slowly inching toward civil war. Biden appears to be caged in by the Israeli lobby, contrasting that with previous presidents who managed to show a little more dignity and gumption in standing up to Israel’s control over the US. And some within the state department and military may be outright pushing for the total withdrawal simply to keep the US from being embroiled in a larger war they know is unwinnable. - Simplicius
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  12199. The most talked about of course is the headway being made for the Ukrainian aid bill, which is set to be voted on in both the House and Senate this weekend and early next week, owing to Speaker Mike Johnson’s eye-opening U-turn. The U-turn was in fact so ‘sudden’ as to imply sinister developments behind the scenes—perhaps kompromat waving, threats, and the like. From an alleged CIA/NSA whistleblower: You can see below how drastically his tone has changed into an uncharacteristically histrionic one: This comes after he suddenly proclaimed himself a “wartime speaker”, which was echoed ominously by other congressmen: However, while the pro-Ukrainian crowd rejoices, it’s not clear what real benefit the aid would bring, should it pass. For instance, days ago the provisions of the alleged bill had leaked which apparently showed the vast majority of the $48B Ukrainian aid going to various American DOD scams: If there’s any accuracy to the above, it appears that when you take away the civil funds to the Ukrainian government, and the DOD’s own beak-wetting double-dip, all that’s really left for Ukrainian ‘weapons’ is about $14B or less. And in fact Johnson appears to confirm this when he says that he changed the bill so that 80% of it now Certainly that’s still a fairly significant amount of money, all things considered, but it doesn’t even begin to address the much bigger issue of there not being any arms left to spend that money on. That’s not to mention the fact that Western ammo factories continue to mysteriously go up in smoke these past two weeks: As an aside, for every such occasional blow that Ukraine delivers, Russia gives back at least 4 or 5 big ones. In the past week alone we’ve had several major successful strikes, such as on the Ukrainian base in Dnipro, with several Mig-29s and S-300 systems destroyed: So, clearly, whatever minor successes Ukraine has, Russia continues vastly out-attritioning them. Let’s cover a few disparate but important items. Russia continues to show its massive industrial output. A new T-90M echelon was sent to the front: And Shoigu visited Omsktransmash, where Russian T-80BVMs are being manufactured en masse. You can see the sheer scale and vast multitude of tanks being produced: That means Russia now has the world’s first and only main battle tank with native EW of this kind. That’s a big milestone and a testament to Shoigu’s hard work in pushing the equally hard-working defense industry to their limits. And the topic of speeches by globalist cretins, here’s a remarkable soundbite from Boris Johnson who says the quiet part aloud, that the Ukraine war is actually all about preserving Western Atlanticist hegemony: And a final fascinating speech demonstrating their desperation comes from Stoltenberg. Here he openly admits that Europe’s stocks are so depleted that they must send Ukraine even their own personal strategic supplies, dangerously dipping below strict NATO reserves requirements for their own armies: So, in essence, he’s now admitting that NATO is being totally demilitarized for Ukraine. Good news. - Simplicius
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  12211. Recall that Hamas was partly or entirely created by Israel—a fact confessed to by several high ranking Israeli officials—as a counterweight to the PLO, the dominant political group at the time. So it’s not out of the question that a group created by Israel and Western intelligence outfits can potentially still be under their control or at least infiltrated to the extent of being ‘steered’ into creating certain needed false flags which could benefit Israel as a whole. This is supported by new evidence reportedly coming out that Hamas was using Ukrainian-supplied weaponry, which would indicate a fairly standard Western intel weapons pipeline a la the Contras, et al. The primary principle that I operate under is that almost no global event happens by pure happenstance, particularly when it’s in a given related geopolitical sphere. And the Middle East is certainly tied, in many ways, to Russia, the Ukrainian war, and multipolarity in general. - Simplicius By Their Fruit, You Will Know Them… Biden Calls for More War, Putin Calls for Peaceful World - LewRockwell BODIES LIE LIMP, COVERED IN BLOOD as distraught crowd rushes the wounded out on stretchers, others hopelessly look to the dusty sky - amid devastating destruction unleashed by sustained Israeli attacks on Gaza. Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Galant orders total siege of Gaza - "there will be no electricity, no food, no fuel.” - Intel Report AMBULANCE STRETCHERS STREWN EVERYWHERE, as contused Palestinian emergency worker tries to walk away from scene of attack, but almost drops dead in Israel's latest blast striking ambulance vehicles in Gaza. - Intel Report "The US precludes creation of the State of Palestine" - Lavrov and the Arab League. "The Americans are trying to monopolize mediation efforts, and divert dialogue away from a political settlement." “Russia and the Arab League can and must make their contribution to solving these problems, first of all, stopping the bloodshed." - Intel Report SOOT-COVERED BODY lies slack on ground as Palestinians rush to help people trapped under rubble after Israel targets refugee camp in North of Gaza Strip. Blasts that shake very earth as Israeli strikes target STUDENTS at Islamic University of Gaza (right vid) - sounds of baby’s cries echo in background with man filming fearing for his family’s safety. Israeli PM Netanyahu claims Hamas’s actions will “CHANGE THE MIDDLE EAST” as he kills HUNDREDS of Palestinians in strikes. - Intel Report Rocket rains down on Jerusalem as air raid sirens blare (left vid), while right vid shows ruined fences and cars in aftermath of strike. Hamas states it fired rocket in response to Israel’s bombing of civilians in Gaza Strip - reports of at least 7 injured in Jerusalem strike. - Intel Report Humans torn apart by Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip as Palestinians lie in agony with missing legs while people look on in shock as they wait for first responders - Intel Report Update on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict for October 9, 2023 - As US proxy war in Ukraine continues to tip in Russia's favor, armed conflict has broken out between Palestinian-based Hamas militants and Israeli forces; - Israeli-Palestinian tensions stem from the Israeli government's decades-long occupation of Palestinian territory in violation of international law and laid out specifically in UN resolutions; - Both Hamas and Israeli forces are currently targeting both military targets and civilians; - Israel has for decades served the purpose of a foothold for first British then American hegemony in the Middle East; - Hamas has a problematic background that complicates Palestine's ability to resolve hostilities between it and Israel; - Hamas has previously served as a proxy along with Israel in the US proxy war against Syria; - Israel is requesting additional military aid from a depleted United States, limiting its ability to escalate vs. Hamas and within the wider region; - The New Atlas "ISRAEL WILL WIN" claims PM Netanyahu as he shows off footage of houses in Gaza Strip crumbling from Israeli strikes (left vid). His claim that "we've started" comes amid reports of build-up of Israeli forces near Gaza Strip, with insider claims that Netanyahu's told Biden "we have to go in" to Gaza Strip. Right vid shows devastating aftermath of same strikes Netanyahu boasts about, with homes turned into apocalyptic wasteland after blasts. - Intel Report Gaza Strip lit up by flames as hellish landscape unfolds in darkness. Vid above shows flames flickering while rockets soar from Gaza Strip toward Israel. Israeli military claims it’s carrying out 1 of biggest airstrikes EVER against Hamas in Gaza Strip, while Palestinian medical officials warn health system could collapse in DAYS following power cuts imposed by Israel. - Intel Report Drones show damaged neighborhoods in Gaza Strip, during out-of-control bombing by Israeli forces against Palestinians from Hamas fighters. 1000 tons of explosives were dropped which destroyed thousands of buildings in the “total siege” of Gaza by a series of airstrikes using heavy bombs such as JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition). - Military Tube Today
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  12213. French President Emmanuel Macron should apologize for making “misleading” claims about the origins of the Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has told RT. In particular, Zakharova criticized Macron for alleging that Russia was to blame for the failure of the Minsk Accords. The agreements were brokered in 2014 and 2015 to halt fighting between Ukraine and the now-Russian Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, with France and Germany as guarantors. They were ultimately not implemented, and Moscow later accused Kiev and the West of using them to strengthen Ukraine’s military instead of securing peace. “We cannot forget that Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and that we negotiated a ceasefire in Minsk at that time. And Russia did not respect this ceasefire,” the French president alleged, claiming that Moscow poses a direct threat to France and the entire EU. Zakharova condemned Macron’s comments as “aggressive and destructive” and pointed out that former French President François Hollande and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel have “openly confessed and not under torture or pressure” back in 2022 they never intended to enforce the accords. “Macron should invite his predecessor… Hollande, to the Élysée Palace to have a heart-to-heart talk with him… Then he’ll probably hear from Hollande... that he had no intention of implementing the Minsk agreements while representing France,” Zakharova stated, suggesting that after speaking to Hollande, Macron would “have to apologize to his own population for misleading them.” - RT
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  12227. As readers have no doubt already heard, the entire western political-media class has been in an uproar since Trump and Vice President JD Vance made international headlines by publicly raking Zelensky over the coals for his role in obstructing peace with Russia, even accusing him of “gambling with World War Three.” Democrats are rending their garments over the public humiliation of Saint Zelensky and crying about the “bullying” behavior of Trump and Vance, while Republicans are applauding the whole ordeal as a sign that Trump is a strong and heroic peacemaker who doesn’t take any guff from Washington’s warmongering proxies. But the most immediate and glaring point about Zelensky’s public castigation is that this same administration doesn’t appear to be taking that same energy to Benjamin Netanyahu as he prepares to resume a genocide. Trump has publicly admitted to being bought and owned by the world’s wealthiest Israeli, megadonor Miriam Adelson, while JD Vance is the protégé of virulent Zionist billionaire Peter Thiel. What we witnessed on Friday was Trump speaking to Zelensky in public the way Adelson probably speaks to Trump in private. We can certainly never expect to see him speaking that way to Netanyahu. It is good that things are moving toward peace in Ukraine, but this war was never intended to be permanent. It was only ever intended to be a temporary quagmire to bleed and divert Russia as much as possible while advancing strategic objectives elsewhere, which we recently saw manifest in the empire’s successful regime change operation in Syria. Zelensky, like every other US imperial asset, was only ever intended to be used and then discarded. The gears of the imperial war machine roll onward. - LewRockwell
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  12249. In the footsteps of assassins and those who hire them Andrey Derkach, a former Ukrainian parliamentarian who became widely known for publishing recordings of conversations between ex-Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko and high-ranking foreign officials, including Biden (who was then US vice president), gave an extensive interview earlier this month to journalist Simona Mangiante. During this conversation, he disclosed sensational new details about the “special ties” between the Biden family and the Ukrainian authorities. So, instead of exposing the corruption in the previous Ukrainian administration, the Bidens (along with Zelensky and his team) turned against anti-corruption fighters. Derkach, who has been forced to hide in Belarus, was stripped of his citizenship by the Ukrainian authorities and sanctioned by the US. But that’s not all. In addition to criminal investigations and sanctions, Derkach says he has faced assassination attempts ordered by top officials in Kiev and Washington. It is noteworthy that in 2021, the Ukrainian police discovered plans to assassinate Derkach and the head of the group of prosecutors in the Burisma energy company case, Konstantin Kulik, but did not initiate a criminal case. The investigation tracked down the criminal gang from Eastern Europe hired to carry out the hit, as well as their base in Transcarpathia. The assassin himself was supposed to be an Albanian, but the information was leaked, and the gang escaped. The number of witnesses in the Burisma case – a company though which Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden earned profits via alleged corruption schemes – is also steadily decreasing. Shortly before she was due to testify as a witness in the case, the wife of Nikolai Lisin – a former partner of Nikolai Zlochevsky – was found dead in her apartment. She had been responsible for accounting at Burisma and had been aware of transactions carried out in the interests of the Bidens. Lisin himself died in a car accident back in 2011. - RT
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  12257. Ukranian terror drone destroyed over Belgorod region, pre-war Russia (see map) - Russian Defense Ministry. Earlier, Kiev regime also dropped explosives on Belgorod village, damaging house and car. UPDATE: 1 civilian killed, 2 wounded in Ukrainian shelling - Belgorod Governor. - Intel Report RUSSIA LEVELING UP the bombings to level Ukrainian positions as enemy ammo dump in Kherson (ex-Ukraine) becomes crispy toast with Kiev losing 250 personnel and Strela-10 air defense system in Donetsk (ex-Ukraine). Russian forces repel 4 Ukrainian attacks in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine) and inflict 115 casualties, while destroying ammo dump in South Donetsk (ex-Ukraine) along with 100 enemy soldiers. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 1 - Intel Report “On September 1, at about 11:15pm Moscow time, the Kiev regime attempted to launch a terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge using a semi-submersible unmanned boat,” the ministry said in a brief statement, adding that the hostile craft was “promptly detected and destroyed” in the Black Sea. Three hours later, at around 2:10am on Saturday, another drone was destroyed in the area as it also attempted to strike the bridge, the Russian military said. A third incoming unmanned boat was reportedly neutralized at 2:20am. A child was killed and more than ten people were wounded on Friday as Ukrainian forces used multiple rocket launch systems to bombard the center of Donetsk, the capital of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), local authorities have said. A total of 15 projectiles were fired at the area of the Donetsk City mall during rush hour, the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) said on Telegram on Friday. One person has been killed and two others wounded in a Ukrainian artillery attack on Russia’s Belgorod Region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Saturday. Writing on Telegram, Gladkov said that Kiev’s forces bombarded a settlement of Urazovo around 15km from the Ukrainian border. He added that one shell hit a private residential house, killing a man who received “fatal fragment wounds.
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  12270. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian troops dropped leaflets calling for the surrender of Ukrainian troops, who are still entrenched in Novoukrainka in the South Donetsk direction west of Ugledar. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage yesterday, September 23, 2024, showing a UAV team from the artillery reconnaissance unit of the Vostok Group of Forces of the Pacific Fleet Marine Brigade, dropping about 100-150 leaflets with special QR codes on the positions of Zelensky's troops. Using drones, each leaflet dropped contained a call to immediately abandon their weapons, giving the enemy the opportunity to surrender on the battlefield, and instructions on how to do so, before their positions are powerfully storming! A leaflet can sometimes have the same effect as a projectile! After that, three other soldiers from the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Army, took advantage of the Russian leaflets after dropped, and they decided to abandon their positions near Novoukrainka. One of the prisoners, Alexander, even advised everyone in other positions to surrender. They treat us normally here, they promised that there will be an exchange soon and they will exchange us,” Alexander added. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian troops who did not heed Alexander’s advice are facing a terrible fate under Russian shelling. Today, September 24, new glide bombs by Su-34 bomber, pounded their deployment points on the flank of the front line between Novoukrainka and Ugledar. Objective control data on the breakthrough by Russian units in this section, they have occupied a bridgehead on Kashlagach River, and advanced 4 kilometers deep into the town of Ugledar. The main goal was to quickly cut off the last Ukrainian logistics that were trapped, and now the entire town, under heavy fire from Russian MLRS, is likely to force the remaining soldiers, to leave the town before the final assault. The two-year battle for Ugledar, is likely to end with a victory for the Russian troops!
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  12274. Most Western analysts were popping champagne corks today proclaiming Israel’s “massive” victory over Iran’s 14 April combined drone, cruise missile and ballistic missile attack on targets in Israel. I don’t know if they are really this blind to what happened or are willing participants in a psychological operation to persuade Israel that it had a victory and does not need to escalate. Regardless, let’s deal with the facts. Iran’s goal was to demonstrate it could hit Israel if it wanted to but was providing advance warning to give the Israelis time to protect personnel in order to minimize casualties. Iran was not trying to cause mass casualties. Not surprisingly, Biden officials are vehemently denying they had advanced warning according to the Reuters report: Statements from U.S. officials can no longer be accepted as accurate given their established history of lying. This is a “cover-my-ass” denial. Can you imagine the political outrage that would ensue if the Biden team copped to the fact that they had forewarning from Iran? Do you think that the Turkish and Jordanian officials did not communicate to Washington what they had been told? Of course not. Iran’s attack in the early morning hours of Sunday was symbolic retaliation. The mullahs and IRGC commanders put Israel on notice that any further attacks on Iran, especially Iranian territory, will be answered by Iranian attacks on Israel. Iran demonstrated a remarkably sophisticated attack using three different weapon systems — drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. They did not use their most advanced, sophisticated weaponry. Israel used up over 700 Iron Dome missiles in countering Iran’s 300 plus drones. Why? You normally fire two Iron Dome missiles per target to ensure a hit. Ditto for the cruise missiles. What we know for a fact is that most of the ballistic missiles hit their targets in Israel. Here is a video of one of the strikes. Iran demonstrated a remarkably sophisticated capabilitiy — i.e., a maneuverable warhead. Notice that the inbound Iranian missile evades the Israeli interceptor and strikes the target. Wow!! We are now in the wait-and-see mode. There are contradictory signals out of Israel. Some insist Israel’s retaliation is imminent. Others suggest there will be no retaliation. I believe Israel is under the control of some genuine crazies and will try to hit an Iranian oil facility or military installation in Iran. When they do that Iran will make good on its promise and will launch a much larger, more devastating attack on Israeli military and intelligence targets. This is a fight Israel cannot win. If it chooses to pursue this course of action it will lead to the unraveling of its military effort to defeat Hamas and rescue any hostages still alive. - Sonar21
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  12276. Things have gone from bad to worse for Ukraine. Zelensky is again traveling the globe in an attempt to form some type of international consensus for ending the conflict. After half a year of deliberately obfuscating propaganda about Russia “desperately” chasing a ceasefire, it has emerged clearer than ever that it is in fact Ukraine desperate to browbeat allies into forcing Russia into an armistice. In reality, Russia has now signaled more strongly than ever that there is nothing to negotiate about presently. Ukrainian ex-general Sergei Krivonos again stunned many with his unfiltered appraisal of the situation. “Only a miracle can save Ukraine at this point.” Another pro-UA commentator claims to have recently returned from the front reports the war is effectively over: The echoes of Ugledar’s fall continue to haunt the AFU in more ways than one. The debacle of the 72nd Brigade’s collapse is only just now being pieced together and understood in full, with articles like the following clarifying the suicide of one of the battalion commanders: Meanwhile, videos have begun to appear of family members’ pleas toward their missing servicemen. Here a daughter of a soldier from Ukraine’s 152nd says hundreds are missing in the Pokrovsk direction: Russian Army Begins Breakthrough on Kursk Front: Powerful Assault on Lyubimovka and Attack on Zeleny Shlyakh to Cut Off Ukrainian Armed Forces Group Today our armored groups unexpectedly attacked and broke through the enemy's defenses in the Kursk border area. About 30 units of Russian equipment are storming the village of Lyubimovka, wrote media officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Alex". Russian troops managed to advance and are now consolidating, the fighting continues. Ukrainian intelligence officer and battalion commander named Yaroslavsky states unequivocally: "Let the partners not be offended that Russian electronic warfare (EW) systems are the best in the world." - Simplicius
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  12279. The title of this article is a question worth asking. The Biden administration’s decision giving permission to Ukraine to fire ATACMs into Russian territory, despite clear warnings from Putin that this would be considered as a US attack on Russia, raises the legitimate question, “What the hell are they trying to do?” Unnamed Biden officials admitted to the New York Times earlier this week that the ATACMs would not alter the course of the war. In other words, it is a useless tactical measure. Ditto for strategic effect. The US does not have enough ATACMs in inventory to inflict significant damage on Russian military or economic infrastructure. So what is the purpose? Score a PR victory for Ukraine? Exonerate Biden of any claim that he did not do everything in his power to help Ukraine? Or, is it something darker and more nefarious? Let me suggest another explanation for the Biden volte face on the long-range version — Biden wants to provoke a war with Russia and create an emergency situation that would prevent Donald Trump’s inauguration. Farfetched? Maybe, but the Biden national security team is not known for making smart decisions or thinking strategically. There are officials in the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community who are terrified of Trump taking power. Their acts of subversion and treason over the past eight years will be exposed if Trump makes good on his promises to hold officials accountable for their criminal conduct. I think that provides a pretty solid motive for them trying to cook up an excuse to force the postponement of Trump’s inauguration. - sonar21
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  12280. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Zelensky’s latest nightmare on the way to Kursk border, where an Ukrainian stronghold in the forest belt was cleared, amidst the daily increasing deaths of Ukrainian soldiers. On the morning of February 8, 2025, the military situation in the southeastern Kursk salient confirmed the failure of the new Ukraine-NATO offensive, launched two days ago in an attempt to repel the Russian advance towards Sudzha. According to reports, Ukrainian troops are isolated in their strongholds around two locations in Cherkasskaya Konopelka and Fanaseevka forest areas, which are under the control of the Russian armed forces. The thrilling footage through the eyes of the assault units of the Russian Paratroopers, who are clearing Ukrainian strongholds in the belt in the region, where Russian troops launched a series of mechanized counterattacks and destroyed their defensive lines. The Russian assault units do not want the enemy troops trapped in the dugouts to meet their deaths. Zelensky’s soldiers were offered to surrender and lay down their arms several times. “Surrender! Better get out! We will let you live, I promise! Or we will throw grenades at you now, Russian soldier said.” But they chose their own fate, despite numerous calls to surrender, Ukrainian army did not leave the fortifications to lay down arms. War is a serious matter, it is unclear why in such a trapped situation they did not surrender. Thus, Russian soldiers literally threw grenades into the dugouts! The Russian military channel released the latest footage on January 7, an infographic video showing the deaths of Ukrainian soldiers in an area of about 50 square meters, with soldiers counting 13 dead. The picture that emerged was terrible, the chances of Ukrainian troops to survive in the Battle of Kursk were minimal, while today Zelensky continues to report that his army has destroyed hundreds of Russian and North Korean soldiers in Kursk, including his report in Donetsk. According to the revelations made by the army, the outdated tactics of Ukraine, the lack of real morale of the soldiers, and Kiev's political goals in fighting, made them completely vulnerable in their confrontation with Russia in Kursk region. Since the start of hostilities of Kursk, Kiev's losses amount to more than 58,550 soldiers, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on January 8, 2025.
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  12284. [Great Response from Medvedev and Maria!] Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has vehemently rejected the EU’s demand that Moscow return gold that it claims belongs to Romania, describing it as “impudence.” On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on Moscow to send back 91.5 metric tons of gold and cultural artifacts that were exported to the Russian Empire in 1916-1917 by Romania. Writing on his social media page on Friday, Medvedev, who currently serves as the deputy chairman of Russia’s National Security Council, stated that “I don’t even know how to respond to such impudence.” ”The EU has stolen $300 billion worth of Russian assets and is now demanding that Russia return gold to Romania. There is nothing to say except f*** off,” Medvedev wrote. Previously, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova had pointed out that in 1935, the USSR had already returned a portion of the valuables to Romania as a “sign of good will.” She also recalled that the Soviet Union had forgiven Romania all of its debts for the “troubles and destruction” that it caused in Russia during World War II, when Bucharest was an ally of Nazi Germany. That was “despite all the atrocities that Hitler’s Romanian allies committed on our land. And this is no less than $300 million in reparations, i.e., if converted to today’s money, it would be something in the region of $4 billion,” Zakharova wrote on her official Telegram channel. The spokeswoman went on to state that if these Romanian debts to Russia and the Soviet Union were expressed in terms of bullion, they would be equivalent to 1,365–1,665 tons of gold, which is “20-25 times more than Romania’s entire gold reserve that was sent to Russia in 1916-1917.” Zakharova claimed that Romania was now using “Russophobic platforms, such as the European Parliament, which is ready for any excuse to force onto us its century-old phantom debts.” She suggested that Bucharest’s demand may be part of a desperate attempt to fix the “deplorable situation” in Romania’s “national economy, against the backdrop of farm strikes throughout the country. - RT
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  12287. The things being set in motion right now could spell the abrupt end of the Ukrainian conflict. Of course, we’re not going to lean into that optimistic potential too heavily, because we all know how arduously the warmongering deep state will work towards some continuation of their goals. But it’s still important to outline the details of how close to the precipice the situation has potentially gotten. In short, since Republicans are a current majority in the House, a majority of Republicans would have to agree on a Ukraine funding bill in order for that to even be proposed for voting in the House. And depending on whose poll you use, the majority of Republicans seem to not support Ukraine any longer. European countries are crumbling from the devastating effects this conflict has had on global economies. Their own people are up in arms; how many coalitions and governments, for instance, did you see collapse this year alone? How many top leaders were ousted from European nations? Particularly after another long, hard winter, things will only get worse. That means by next spring, it’s very difficult to imagine a situation where some newfound solidarity happens to form around pledging tens and hundreds of billions more for Ukraine. Russia will use this winter to unleash devastation on Ukraine’s infrastructure and rear lines. Recall that Russia has massively beefed up its space ISR capabilities this past year with a dozen or more significant military satellite launches which included opto-electrical and SAR radar satellites, as well as communications and SIGINT detection ones. In May of 2024 Russia is set to launch its first commercial opto-electrical satellites, akin to MAXAR. Not to mention that Roscosmos is launching the Gryphon project consisting of a 136 satellite constellation that will “monitor the entire earth’s surface”. A brutal hell will be unleashed on Ukraine’s dug in units this winter. In the meantime, Russia’s ground forces will be growing rapidly in size. Recall Shoigu’s ongoing stealth mobilization. Putin had just updated the numbers, which now stand at roughly 350,000 total enlistments for the entire year, with the previous month having 50,000 sign ups (recall months prior to that had 15-30k sign ups per month, which grew steadily). I think some people imagine the current war to be this fruitless Battle of Somme style stalemate, or Verdun with its attempt to “bleed the enemy white” via attrition. But like I said, WW1 had equal sides. The Russo-Ukrainian war has a 400lb gorilla simply sitting and gaining weight while a mouse pumped up on cocaine nibbles at its toes. There is little comparison. - Simplicius The Ukrainian leader lashed out at Jean-Claude Juncker for suggesting Kiev was too corrupt to join the block - RT The Rant of a serial sociopathic liar guilty of crimes against humanity is not owed the time of day! For eight decades after the Second World War, NATO and later the European Union were always a handy vehicle for American imperialism. The vassals were held together by the relative strength of the U.S. empire. That empire is now unravelling from endless wars, bankruptcy and endemic corruption in Washington. The last episode of the historic failure is being played out in the fraudulent proxy war in Ukraine – sold to the Western public by the lying mainstream media as yet another “noble cause” to allegedly defend democracy (how absurd!). The ultimate degeneracy is evident from the “moralizing”, “superior” Western powers being found in bed with a Nazi regime. And along with that degeneracy, financial debts are off the charts and a grievous insult to the onerous democratic needs of the Western public. - LewRockwell About the Russian Iskander missile attack that hit a cafe in the village of Groza, Hroza, in Kharkiv region to Kupyansk direction. Apparently that the cafe was a gathering place for Ukrainian ultra nationalists from Aidar Battalion as targets, on the day of the funeral of one of the top leaders of their group which was attended by at least 150 of his last brothers in arms. - Military Tube Today
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  12288. TIME Magazine Profile Depicts Grim Führerbunker-Stage of Zelensky's Conflict The lack of manpower has become so dire for the AFU that even if all the newfangled weapons from the West were to be delivered, Ukraine may no longer even have the men to use them: More and more voices have risen from the ranks of the AFU recently stating that they are flat out running out of men. This included the countless videos explaining how soon the entire population will have to be mobilized, man, woman, and child. Ukraine was defeated by its own Western propaganda. Now, the most aware pro-Ukrainian pundits are desperately trying to steer their flock back to rational thinking—but it’s too late. Some accounts have even pointed out how desperately pro-UA supporters have been trying to gin-up fake losses, for instance posting this one infamous photo of a field of corpses and trying to pass it off as Russian “meat assault losses” in Avdeevka. Only problem is, those were Ukrainian dead from Bakhmut as many well-trusted accounts have pointed out: In Kherson, Ukraine continues to claim some ‘successes’ but in fact the real intel is that they’re suffering nothing but absolute horrors there. A video emerged showing Ukrainian troops being fired upon by Polish mercenary “blocking detachments” to force them to cross the Dnieper. There are mutinies everywhere and the Ukrainian internal boards are filled with howling rage at the treacheries: Russia has continued to repel massive strikes on Crimea and Sevastopol. Now it’s being confirmed by Western sources that Russia has been increasing use of fully automated AI versions of the Lancet: Meanwhile the U.S. continues to experience weapons woes as the much-vaunted test launch of their new Minuteman III ICBM over the Pacific Ocean was apparently deemed a failure. - Simplicius ISRAEL FACES MOUNTING DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION WHILE UKRAINE GOES BEGGING Stupid! And let’s be clear, Brazil accused Israel of committing “war crimes.” This constitutes a little more than JUST “criticism.” I think “condemnation” is a better term. With each passing day Israel is digging itself a deeper hole. Videos like the following (which just appeared today) is one of the factors galvanizing more nations to protest Israel’s indiscriminate attacks on Palestinian civilians. WARNING — THIS VIDEO IS HORRIFIC. - Sonar21 Against the background of heavy losses of the Israeli Army in manpower and heavy equipment during the ongoing ground operation in the Gaza Strip, the Russian army continues to deliver targeted missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine, destroying the last remaining ammunition depots, which for a long time did not allow Moscow to put a final end to the agony of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Military experts recognized the Russian missile strike on the 47th arsenal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southeastern part of the 'Khmelnytskyi' Oblast as the most powerful not only during all time of the current conflict but also in the entire history of wars since the beginning of the 1950s of the last century. - BORZZIKMAN
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  12298. LIFELESS BODIES SCATTERED at a Sunday morning market, as Ukraine slaughters civilians with NATO-supplied weapons. Reportedly 13 killed and 10 seriously injured at a Donetsk (ex-Ukraine) market - reports Head of region Pushilin. UPDATE: 18 confirmed killed. UPDATE: 25 confirmed killed, including several children. - Intel Report Ukrainian Nazi forces have just intentionally shelled a busy civilian fruit & vegetable market in Donetsk killing at least 25 innocent civilians & injuring dozens more including 2 children. This is a Ukrainian Government war crime. - Intel Report The shelling of the Russian city of Donetsk, which has claimed the lives of at least 25 civilians and wounded 20 others, is “a barbaric terrorist act” carried out by Ukraine with the support of the West, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said. It has been established that Sunday's bombardment of a busy market in the capital of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic was inflicted with weapons supplied to Kiev by the US and its allies, the ministry said in a statement. “This again confirms [the West’s] direct involvement in the conflict and makes it complicit in the criminal acts of the Zelensky regime, which has once again displayed its inhumanity and hatred towards innocent people,” it said. “The West’s unrestrained desire to inflict a ‘strategic defeat’ on Russia through the hands of their Ukrainian puppets, whom it is eager to support mindlessly and without limit, is pushing the Kiev regime to increasingly reckless steps, including acts of terrorism, massive violations of international humanitarian law, and war crimes,” the ministry added. - RT
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  12302. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Important updates summarized until October 24, 2024, finally the Motorized Rifle Troops of the Russian Aerospace Forces managed to clear the recently liberated Olgovka, showing the streets littered with dead Ukrainians, and destroyed equipment everywhere. Olgovka, previously a major stronghold, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine barricaded themselves, dug in on the northwestern side of the Kursk region which was invaded by Kiev. The village was disputed for two months, with repeated attacks from both sides. However, recently the Ukrainian defenses collapsed quickly, and were forced to withdraw from the area through the forest belt behind the village, which has now been completely cleared. Now, the Russian and air force flags are flying over Olgovka during the BRICS period! The October 24, clip by the Russian military correspondent shows that Russian troops have taken back full control of Olgovka. There is no dispute about this, and it is the only significant movement on the front lines inside Russia in the past week. The motorized riflemen showed the village streets, which were literally littered with many dead, believed to be from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, lying everywhere, destroyed by Russian troops during the liberation of the village. In addition, the clip showed the collection of trophies and dumping of scrap metal on the streets and lanes of the village after the enemy forces were driven out. It was littered with piles of burned tanks, NATO armored vehicles, and other Ukrainian troops equipment, destroyed during their adventure. Zelensky's troops escape from Olgovka under fire was not entirely successful. Russian drone pilots and artillery worked together to ambush the fleeing infantry troops, and set their vehicles on fire as in the footage that likely took place on October 19-21. An Ukrainian BRM-1K was damaged with its protective cage under fire from live ammunition, likely hit by an RPG at close range, forcing the surviving Ukrainian elements of one squad to scramble to the tree line. The abandoned vehicle was later found by Russian soldiers. A Canadian Roshel Senator MRAP armored vehicle, also became a trophy from Olgovka after being attacked by drone. As Ukrainian troops raced away from advancing Russian forces in Kursk, another Roshel Senator ran out of fuel, left the vehicle to the Russians, and raced back to the border with caution.
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  12324. You have to hand it to the U.S. and its henchmen for brazenness. In order to protect their client state Israel and its genocide in Gaza, the U.S., together with the UK, have in one week launched air and sea attacks on the Houthis in Yemen five times, referring to it as “self-defense” in their Orwellian lingo. The ostensible reason being Yemen’s refusal to allow ships bound for Israel, which is committing genocide in Gaza, to enter the Red Sea, while permitting other ships to pass freely. To any impartial observer, the Houthis should be lauded. Yet, while the International Court of Justice considers the South African charge of genocide against Israel that is supported by overwhelming evidence, the U.S. and its allies have instigated a wider war throughout the Middle East while claiming they do not want such a war. These settler colonial states want genocide and a much wider war because they have been set back on their heels by those they have mocked, provoked, and attacked – notably the Palestinians, Syrians, and Russians, among others. Let us call upon Israeli and American soldiers and pilots “to abandon the battlefield”, as an act of refusal to participate in a criminal undertaking against the People of Gaza. South Africa’s legal procedure at the ICJ should be endorsed Worldwide. While it cannot be relied upon to put a rapid end to the genocide, it provides support and legitimacy to the “Disobey Unlawful Orders, Abandon the Battlefield” campaign under Nuremberg Charter Principle IV. With each passing day, it becomes more and more evident that Israel/U.S.A. and their allies do want a wider war. Iran is their special focus, with Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen targets on the way. Anyone who supports the genocide in Gaza, explicitly or through silence, bears responsibility for the conflagration to come. There are no excuses. It is bi-partisan war-mongering, of course, internationally and intramurally, since both U.S. political parties are controlled by the Israel Lobby and billionaire class that owns Congress and the “defense” industry that thrives on never-ending war. Neither the Israeli nor American government can allow themselves to be humiliated, U.S./NATO by the Russians in Ukraine and the Israelis by the Palestinians. Like cornered criminals with lethal weapons, they will kill as many as they can on their way down, taking their revenge on the weakest first. Men like Biden and Netanyahu are intent on launching desperate acts of war. Exactly when and how this expanded war will blaze across the headlines is the question. It has started, but I think it prudent to expect a black swan event sometime this year when all hell will break loose. The genocide in Gaza is the first step, and the U.S./Israel, “not wanting” a wider war, have already started one. - LewRockwell
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  12330. If BS was fungible, both Israel and Ukraine would be rolling in dough and not need another dime of foreign aid. The nonsense spilling out of Tel Aviv and Kiev is legendary and much of the Western public is slurping it up like a ravenous dog eating a bowl of rabbit stew. Let’s start with Israel. The Zionists used more than 100 aircraft to send an estimated 200 air-launched ballistic missiles into Iran. Israeli aircraft did not dare to fly inside Iran. And what happened? Iran, with Russian help, shot down the majority of the Israeli missiles. Iran showed no signs of panic or anger in the aftermath of the attack — not what one would expect if Israel’s assault had been a smashing success. Compare for yourself. The first video show’s Iran’s October 1 attack on Israel. The second video shows what happened in the skies over Tehran. The Zionist spin patrol is working overtime to paint lipstick on their pig operation. The Zionists convinced themselves that Iran’s strike on October 1 was meaningless, notwithstanding clear video — and later satellite imagery — of damage from Iran’s missile barrage. Now, when confronted with evidence of Iranian air defense knocking Israeli missiles from the sky, they simply pretend it did not happen. Ukrainian forces are retreating all along the 900-mile front. Then there is the Ukrainian/CIA story claiming that North Korean troops are fighting on the front because Russia has lost so many men, it had to import new cannon fodder. I believe this story was ginned up by an increasingly desperate CIA in order to create a cover story for bringing South Korean pilots to Romania to fly F-16s. The “news” about the North Korean troops first appeared in the New York Times under David Sanger’s byline on October 8. Sanger has a long history of being a willing conduit for CIA “leaks.” Remains to be seen if the South Koreans will actually enter the fight. If they do, they will learn that Russia ain’t playing games and many of those pilots will likely die. I discussed this issue with Judge Napolitano. I am also posting a live podcast that Andrei Martyanov and I did with Nima as Israel’s attack was wrapping up Friday night my time. - Sonar21
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  12339. Americans are “not allowed” to talk freely about healthcare problems on US media and must go to Russian TV “to tell the truth,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told RT DE in Berlin in August 2020. He singled out RT America as the “only station” where he was free to express his opinion on the US healthcare system and its inadequacies. Kennedy was an outspoken critic of the US Covid-19 response during the pandemic. Often accused of being an ‘anti-vaxxer’, he has brushed off the claims, stressing that the only thing he opposed was administering drugs that have not been safety-tested. Kennedy claimed that the entire US vaccine industry was “an artifact” of the old “quasi-military” public health system introduced during the Cold War as a “national security defense against biological attacks” by Russia. According to him, the laws regulating vaccines were written with a “loophole” that allowed pharmaceutical companies to forgo time-consuming safety tests if they did not call a drug a medicine. This was done in order to deploy vaccines quickly and with no regulatory impediments, but resulted in a “gold rush to put more vaccines on the table” as pharmaceutical companies “took advantage of that old military loophole” to boost profits. “You know why people don’t know it? Because there’s censorship. I’m not allowed to talk about that on American TV… I do talk about it on RT America – it’s the only station that lets me talk about it,” he stated. - RT
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  12346. [Best comment on the recently released report from Borzzikman follows:] "Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity. In 2014 there was a coup. Soon after, there was a massacre in Odessa (dozens of people were burned alive). Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. A civil war broke out due to the rise in ethnic tensions. For 8 years the Ukrainian military was indiscriminately shelling civilians living in Donbas. If Zelensky honored the Minsk agreement and pledged neutrality, none of this would have happened. The 8 year civil war would have ended and Donbas would have remained part of Ukraine. War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy. Zelensky, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande admitted that Ukraine had no intention to honor the Minsk agreements. Who didn't want peace? Who advised against the 2022 peace talks in April? Hint: someone visited Zelensky in Kiev at that time. Russia's national security was compromised once NATO began to expand eastwards. Russia clearly stated that Ukraine joining NATO was a red line (November 2021) and unfortunately this concern was never taken seriously. The Russians openly stated: if nothing changes, we will be forced to act in order to defend our national security. Enhancing the national security of one country at the expense of another is unacceptable. The Russians have legitimate security concerns. 20th September, 2021: Ukraine launched military drills with US and NATO. NATO is not a defensive alliance. NATO illegally bombed Yugoslavia (a direct violation of the U.N. Charter). We should never forget what they did to Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq etc. Who blew up the pipeline causing an environmental disaster? Zelensky banned all opposition and arrested a leading priest. Zelensky tried to invoke article 5 under false pretenses. Remember the incident in Poland. Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine were treated as subhuman. Their language and culture was being oppressed. Poroshenko said, “Our children will go to schools and kindergartens—theirs will hide in the basements”. Russians will never forget the 2014 Odessa massacre. The whole world needs to know about it. Why was Denis Kireev eliminated? He was a member of Ukraine's negotiating team during the peace negotiations. He wanted to help his country. Ukraine has a hit list. They target artists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Hundreds of children are on this list. 13 year old Faina Savenkova was placed on this list. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is on this list. Jimmy Dore (American stand-up comedian, podcaster) and Aaron Maté (Canadian writer and journalist) are on this list. There is evidence that Ukrainian troops have been indiscriminately shelling civilians in Donbas (they used petal mines and targeted areas where there was no military presence). The azov troops trapped in the azovstal steelworks in Mariupol used human shields. They refused to allow civilians to leave despite of humanitarian corridors being present. Russia held a proposed cease fire in order for the civilians to leave, but azov would not allow the civilians to leave. Ukraine has committed many acts of terrorism (car bombs and other forms of assassination). Darya Dugina (journalist) R.I.P. The first terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed the truck driver and the individuals in the adjacent car (innocent civilian victims). The second terrorist attack on the Kerch bridge killed two parents and severely injured their young daughter. I have done a lot of research and it took me a long time to write this comment. I have stated a lot of facts and I have given my honest opinion. I have provided a brief summary of events that took place. In order to explain this whole situation in great detail, a book would need to be written. Hopefully someone will write an UNBIASED book, stating facts and allowing the readers to form their own judgments. Everything I said can be fact checked and verified."
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  12356. Macron’s “Democracy”: Rules for Thee, Not for Me French President Emmanuel Macron’s house of cards continues to crumble as Prime Minister Michel Barnier becomes the first PM since 1962 to lose a no-confidence vote in parliament. With 331 votes, well above the required 288... the National Assembly united across the political spectrum to oust Barnier. The left-wing New Popular Front (NPF) and the right-wing National Rally (RN), normally fierce rivals, found common cause against Macron’s increasingly autocratic minority government. Marine Le Pen, leader of the RN, made her position crystal clear: “We made the choice to protect the French people. There was no other solution.” Meanwhile, Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the NPF declared the no-confidence vote “inevitable”and called for Macron’s resignation, bluntly warning: “Even with a Barnier every three months, Macron will not last three years.” But Macron, ever the arrogant globalist puppet, has ruled out resigning. This is the same Macron who lectures Russia, China, Iran, and even Georgia on the "sanctity of democracy" and "respecting the will of the people." Yet in his own backyard, the will of the French people and their representatives is treated as a nuisance, not a mandate. The Breaking Point: The crisis erupted over Barnier’s draconian social security budget, proposing €40 billion in spending cuts and €20 billion in tax hikes. RN called the budget a slap in the face to ordinary French citizens, while the NPF accused the cabinet of betraying its pact with the electorate. Macron’s refusal to listen to his people has turned France into a powder keg, with thousands protesting in the streets. Macron’s rejection of democratic accountability echoes the arrogance of Louis XVI, whose obliviousness to the people's demands lit the fuse for revolution. The Fifth Republic, born from the ashes of political instability in 1958, now teeters under Macron’s hubris, reminiscent of the systemic collapses that doomed previous regimes. The cracks in the foundation of French governance are widening, and history offers no comfort to those who ignore its lessons. Macron, along with his fellow “rules-based order” lackeys in Germany, the UK, and the US, dares to lecture the world on democracy while ignoring the fundamental principle of consent of the governed. When Western elites speak of democracy, they mean control. When they speak of the “rules,” they mean rules for others, never for themselves. Macron’s crisis doesn’t just jeopardize France, it shakes the EU’s fragile core. As the bloc struggles with mounting economic and political divisions, this instability in its second-largest economy highlights the West’s inability to lead by example. Europe’s self-styled moral superiority erodes further, while the multipolar world takes note and prepares alternatives. France’s constitutional rules prevent another election for a year, leaving Macron scrambling to appoint a new puppet prime minister. But the damage is done. Macron’s government is a hollow shell, propped up by hypocrisy and arrogance. The Fifth Republic has endured 150 no-confidence votes since 1958, but Macron may very well go down as the man who shattered its credibility entirely. The rules-based order isn’t just failing, it’s imploding under the weight of its own lies. Keep lecturing, Macron. The world sees you for what you are: a globalist marionette clinging to power while your master's empire burns. - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  12358. I have just landed in Dubai. It is midnight local, which is 4pm eastern daylight savings time. I have been greeted by the following messages: Iraqi sources report increased military air activity in the skies above western Iraq following recent regional tensions. Evacuation of non-essential personnel has reportedly begun at the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. The White House says President Trump is aware of and monitoring the withdrawal of non-essential personnel and military families from the Middle East. The U.S. State Department has also authorized the evacuation of non-essential employees and family members from Kuwait – AP Donald Trump apparently has decided to attack Iran. Mark this date. It is the beginning of the end of the Trump Presidency. Trump has been persuaded that the Iranian air defense is weak and that a US bombing run will eliminate any chance that Iran can build a nuclear device. He has been a victim of lies. He will shortly discover, if these attacks take place, that Iran retains a significant capability to shoot down US aircraft. In fact, I fully expect Iran will capture and put on display several US air force officers in the next week. If Trump launches this attack, Iran will retaliate against US bases and Israel. Israel, for the first time in 77 years, will suffer devastating losses. If Trump thought the Houthis were a tough customer, he’s going to learn a hard lesson with Iran. Maybe I am wrong. Maybe the US will destroy critical infrastructure in Iran and Iran will not be able to respond. I do not think that is likely. If the US carries out these strikes, this will create significant problems with Putin and likely derail efforts to normalize relations. China also will react strongly to any US attack on Iran. Dear President Trump, for the love of God, STOP! - sonar21
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  12364. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Russian Armed Forces’ front lines continue to advance at a rapid pace west of Kurakhovo clearing Ukrainian troops culminating in the capture of Konstantinopel in Donetsk People’s Republic, one of the settlements liberated by Russian forces in recent days. The Russian Defense Ministry shared a video on March 9, 2025, showing the battle situation in the settlement by Russian assault units of the Vostok Group of Forces to eliminate Ukrainian positions, which are fully supported by European countries that want the war to continue. Since yesterday, March 8, Russian Far Eastern infantry units crossed the Vovcha River bed in active operations, and the group advanced towards the area north of the settlement, while previously Russian assault units had established a foothold south of the settlement. During the intense fighting that culminated in the raising of the victory flag, enemy troops were bombarded with explosions by a barrage of Russian weapons. FPV drone teams and artillery units were involved as usual, which were intended to support the assault units in destroying several Ukrainian positions, which insisted on holding on and still upholding the idea of official Kiev. The Ukrainian Nazi-ideological military suffered a heavy blow, and their losses are difficult to describe further. Thus, the 29th Guards Army of the Group of Forces "East" liberated Konstantinopel, where the sweep and consolidation of the zone of control expansion was underway. Russian units captured field positions more than 2 km deep along the Vovcha River bed in the northern part of Konstantinopel and 1 km along the front line, destroying between 15-35 Ukrainian soldiers. Now, the Ministry of Defense officially announced the capture of Konstantinopel on March 9, and the Russian flag is flying over the roof of a building liberated from Ukrainian troops. Further around Konstantinopel, the Russian military also defeated the formations of two mechanized brigades, one assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one brigade of marines in the settlements of Bogatyr, Fedorovka, Veseloye, Voskresenka, Dneproenergia, and Razliv. As a result, Ukrainian forces in this direction lost more than 145 servicemen and a lot of other combat equipment during the day.
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  12368. Massive missile strike on Konstantinovka, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine), kills at least 16, injures scores of people. Ukraine claims strike is by Russia, which is apparently foolish enough to strike a busy market just as Blinken is visiting - While eyewitnesses report it as missile launch from Ukrainian aircraft in Donetsk region’s Druzhkovka area. Foul play by Kiev to twist West's hands for more weapons and pressure on Russia? Especially since CIA outlet Radio Liberty journalist happened to be on the scene conspicuously to report live - Intel Report The only FINAL PUSH the Ukes are going to have are the cemeteries in Ukraine increasing by the thousands per all the latest reports on the net! This War is over, no hope for the Ukes as they make suicide attacks on the Front! Hard to win a war when you're losing your Army by attrition daily! Ukrainian terror drone shot down over Bryansk, pre-war - Intel Report Ukrainian forces lost over a 100 soldiers over the past 2 days in Novodonetskoye, Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) - Adviser to region's head. - Intel Report Man killed, woman Injured as criminal Kiev's regime shells Belgorod region (pre-war Russia) more than 40 times. - Intel Report Russian Grad ("Hail") multiple rocket launcher showers Ukrainian positions with salvo of 122mm missiles, wiping out Ukrainian mortar crew 10 kilometers away and cleansing any filthy Nazi stench out of Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), where up to 525 enemy soldiers and 5 tanks are destroyed. 40 cannon fodder also either killed or injured in Kupyansk, East Ukraine, 65 in Kherson (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 5
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  12371. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The occupation army documented the launch of a barrage of rockets, fired by the Hezbollah Resistance Forces from southern Lebanon, entering the port city of Haifa and its surroundings. Today, September 8, 2024, at least 100 rockets were launched simultaneously in less than 30 minutes, marking the largest barrage of rockets in history since the beginning of the war on the occupied city, an important commercial and industrial center for the Zionist entity. The Israeli media labeled this as the largest attack, and wrote “You have to be here to know how big the disaster is in this city. Although this is part of Hezbollah's massive retaliation, but Israeli brutal attacks on Lebanese cities are considered much more destructive and indiscriminate. The Israeli air defense missile, Iron Dome tried to intercept some of them. The barrage of rockets that appeared in the sky of Haifa seemed serious, Iron Dome which costs 100 thousand dollars per shot, seemed to be overwhelmed by the incoming rockets. Some anothers were reported to have fallen directly while the settlers were saving themselves, in the center of Israeli third most populous metropolis, one of the two main ports, which serves as an entry and exit point for various goods including military weapons. Some of the rocket impacts fell, and one of them caused the most intensive explosion in Haifa Bay due to the failed interception of the defenses. Currently, several rockets have been reported to have fallen, and shrapnel in about 150 locations in the Haifa area and its surroundings. So far, there have been no reports of casualties. At the same time as Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General, Sheikh Naim Qassem was giving a speech, 100 rockets immediately happening to the heart of Haifa. He said in his direct speech that "The leadership and control in the resistance are carefully organized, following the practices established by Hezbollah, and we have dealt a painful blow. This large coalition of enemies Israel, the United States and the West intends to pressure and intimidate us, but we are not afraid of them," Sheikh Naim Qassem said. Meanwhile, the death toll from the US-backed Israeli aggression continues to rise daily in Gaza to 41,965 and 97,590 injured since October 7, not including the martyrs from the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Iran.
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  12391. Desperate Globalists Float Boots on Ground to Save Ukraine After capturing Lastochkino yesterday, Russian forces have continued to Tonenke, reportedly capturing or making it a gray zone as of this writing—confirmed by AFU sources: And they have now begun the assault on Orlovka, which is the main stronghold of the region: With the latest reports claiming AFU is already fleeing out the west end of Orlovka, as Russian forces advance through the center The advances are coming surprisingly fast, such that Ukrainian commentators are falling over themselves to explain what’s going on. Officials are now getting worried. The next ‘thread’ which neatly follows the last report is the looming inevitability of Kharkov and/or the northern region falling. the rapidfire rotation of units that’s not giving Ukraine a chance to reinforce the constantly shifting axes of attack: It’s gotten to the point the CIA director was again dispatched to Kiev to stop things from unraveling: And outlooks continue to get bleaker: we get to the culmination of all this. Things are looking bleaker than ever, with Ukraine seemingly headed for potential collapse sometime in the next three or so months. So: with things unraveling, what is left to be done? It seems the most radical of hawks wanted to float a trial balloon of WWIII in order to frighten Russia into some sort of concessions. It was further confirmed by Polish president Andrzej Duda, who said a concensus was not reached on the topic: But before anyone is taken with flights of panic, it should be stated that virtually every other NATO country has already issued statements that no troops would be sent to Ukraine. This includes Spain, Italy, Greece, Finland, Germany, and now even the U.S. And in general, NATO and its barking chihuahuas continue to agitate and antagonize: This is why I have been saying from the beginning that Shoigu was extremely wise in his foresight of creating the new military districts and reserve armies of 500k+, precisely to deal with this new NATO threat. Incidentally, just today Putin officially inaugurated those two new districts: With things looking the way they are, several people have now opined that a major Russian operation may not be far away: Russia may have been expecting a far heavier battle and gathered large reserves, for almost none of them to have been used. This lends credence to the idea that such fresh reserves will be increasingly available for an even larger future operation that could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Recall the earlier words of ex-SBU colonel Starikov who spoke of Russia’s highly flexible and mobile reserve rotations. Budanov made a new “promise” to bring down the Kerch Bridge in 2024, ominously warning Russian civilians to not drive on it: Of course, the fact that this ‘threat’ was premised on the laughable assertion that he already fulfilled his earlier 2023 promise of invading Crimea because a couple troops snuck onto the shore in a boat at night, then quickly fled, makes it difficult to take seriously. the vast construction project Russia has now been carrying out in full to extend the railway lines all over the landbridge corridor from Rostov-Mariupol-Crimea: Thus, as multiple landbridge redundancies are built, Ukraine’s dream of severing Crimea grows fainter and fainter each day. - Simplicius
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  12396. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – From Sumy one CV90Infantry Fighting Vehicle is taken away by lucky Russian servicemen to the rear, after some time ago they also dragged the vehicle from Kursk region. Russian military channels released footage on May 20, 2025, showing a scene of a combat vehicle traveling at high speed, the soldiers returning with another Swedish trophy that is still intact and of good quality. All this equipment was given to the Ukrainian Army by Western countries, which started and want the Ukrainian war to continue, even though most of their equipment has been turned into scrap metal including the CV-90, routinely destroyed by the Russian Armed Forces. The CV-90 is beautiful and is dragging away in perfect condition, but millions of European taxpayers mean nothing when it comes to the lives of soldiers, whose positions can be attacked by the enemy with these vehicles, the average final price for the latest modification of the CV-90 is about 8.3 million dollars. The Russian driver from the Paratroopers of the 83rd Air Assault Brigade, continues to drive the vehicle through the trees and on dusty streets. After a daring raid into Ukrainian territory near the rear, the Russian Airborne Troops managed to capture the CV-90 intact, sneak up on the vehicle, and eliminated Ukrainian crews directly at close range. Thus, the vehicle was captured undamaged during the clashes in Sumy region. The soldiers then secretly took the vehicle across the front line. Colonel Ivanov of the 83rd Airborne Troops, will likely soon express his deepest gratitude to the Sweden for their contribution to their futile war effort. In total, in the border area of Sumy and Kursk regions alone, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost at least 15 CV-90, which was visually confirmed from the very beginning of their offensive. Expensive NATO equipment has finally reached Russia and will soon join the ranks of the Russian Army, ready to be use!
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  12406. The Biden administration immediately claimed the attack was backed by Iran, with profoundly influential news agencies like AP and Reuters regurgitating this claim as established fact in their headlines immediately thereafter. As DeCamp notes in the aforementioned article, back in October a US official acknowledged to CNN that that there’s actually a “persistent intelligence gap” as to how much these Shia militias are in fact beholden to the orders of Tehran, but apparently this attack being linked to Iran is now being treated as established gospel truth anyway. In a statement on the attacks Biden said the US “will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner our choosing,” meaning yet another military escalation in the middle east is on its way under this murderous administration. A full-scale war with Iran would be the absolute worst-case scenario resulting from the violence which erupted in the middle east this past October, potentially with mass deaths on a scale that would make what’s been happening in Gaza look like child’s play. In that same statement Biden said the US troops who were killed in the “despicable and wholly unjust attack” died working “to fight terrorism”, which is of course ridiculous. People who live in the middle east have far more legitimacy attacking US troops in resistance to a US-backed genocide than US troops have in being in the middle east to begin with, and the US military presence they attacked is there to shore up geostrategic control, not to fight terror. The US base by the Jordan-Syria border that was struck by Iraqi forces functions as a support base for America’s al-Tanf garrison, a sprawling “deconfliction zone” (read: illegal military occupation) in Syria which the US has for years been using to disrupt Iranian activities in the region and help Israel carry out its constant airstrikes in Syria. “Fighting terrorism” is just the pretense for the US military presence in the region; as always, the real reason is to facilitate the geostrategic domination of the US empire. Every US military fatality in the middle east is the fault of the US government for putting them there. US troops shouldn’t be in the middle east at all, and the US has no legitimacy in retaliating against efforts to kick them out of the region by the people who live there. Iraqi militias have 100 percent legitimacy in attacking US troops in the middle east during a US-backed genocide, and the US has zero legitimacy in retaliating. Get out of the middle east. Just Stop backing a genocide in Gaza, stop murdering people to shore up domination of world resources, and leave. Leave before you unleash something far worse than the nightmare you’ve already inflicted upon our species. - LewRockwell
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  12412. A chilling and alarming statement. Sergei Lavrov summoned U.S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy to the Russian Foreign Ministry and delivered a stinging demarche in response to the use of U.S. supplied cluster munitions in the attack on Russian civilians sunbathing on the shores of the Black Sea. Press reports offer this summary of the Russian position: Washington “has effectively become a party” to the war on Ukraine’s side, the ministry said in a statement, adding, “Retaliatory measures will certainly follow.” It did not elaborate. But my friend, Alexander Mercouris, provided a more detailed summary of what was said. I have been unable to find a link to what the Russian Foreign Ministry presented to Ambassador Tracy, but Alexander reports that the Russia message included this phrase, “We are no longer at peace.” While stopping short of declaring war, the line between peace and war has been erased. This should scare the hell out of the politicians and public in America. Lavrov’s statement is extraordinary. He does not use any diplomatic weasel words. His message is clear — “The U.S. is responsible for this massacre, and they will get an answer.” This stark language that leaves no room for quibbling. In publicizing this message, Putin and Lavrov have closed down diplomatic options and gestures. Either they act, and act forcefully, or they do nothing and risk being excoriated by the Russian people. Neither Putin nor Lavrov are known for speaking idle words or making empty threats. While Russia is not going to act impetuously — Alexander and I agree on that — this public declaration, in my opinion, has created an expectation of future action that will entail something more than just giving weapons to a foreign group that is facing off with the United States. - Sonar21
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  12415. The Commander of US forces in Europe (aka USEUCOM), General Chris Cavoli, was on Capitol Hill today testifying before the Senate Armed Services committee. His opening statement is a remarkable mix of candor, fantasy and pure unadulterated male bovine excrement (MBE). It highlights my past contention that senior US defense officials will shade the truth (a euphemism for “lie“) in order to keep an existing policy intact, even if that policy is failing. We saw that in the Vietnam War and, more recently, the parade of generals who repeatedly told Congress that we were winning in Afghanistan. Cavoli grudgingly admits, early on in his remarks, that Russia is not on the ropes militarily: The key point is not the massive ESTIMATED losses of Russian tanks, vehicles and artillery. Despite the losses, Russia “is on pace to replace them all.” Cavoli also admits that Russia is producing 11 tanks for everyone that the US can produce. And that number is misleading. The US tanks Cavoli is referencing are mostly refurbishments of existing frames. The US is not producing brand new tanks. The kicker comes in the final sentence: Russia is producing three times the number of artillery shells than the US and Europe combined. Yet, many delusional Western pundits insist Russia’s economy is struggling, on the verge of collapse. That qualifies as MBE. Cavoli’s first sentence in the next paragraph is a real head scratcher, because he implies that some of Russia’s military capability has been degraded. Really? He has just admitted that Russia’s army is growing dramatically, and that Russia’s defense industry is firing on all cylinders. I think he is just trying to put some lipstick on the dying pig that is Ukraine. If a Russian general, operating from Mexico, had engaged in this kind of conduct on US soil, do you think the President, the Congress and the American people would care? Bet your ass they would. Trump and his negotiators better keep that in mind as they deal with Putin and his team. They are not going to exonerate the US of its responsibility for facilitating the deaths of more than a million Ukrainians and thousands of Russians. - sonar21
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  12417. Oct 30, 2023 Report from Western Sources The 2009 US Plan for Iran War Sees New Opportunity in Israeli Gaza Ops + Update on Ukraine - Ukraine's "operational pause" is Kiev announcing the "Spring Offensive" has for all intents and purposes, ended; - West continues to suffer setbacks in supplying ammunition to Ukraine including diverting much of it to Israel now; - Israel continues air and ground attacks on Gaza, compounding a growing humanitarian catastrophe; - US policymakers since at least as early as 2009 planned to provoke Iran into a conflict either directly or by proxy through Israel; - The US is citing drone and rocket attacks on illegal US military bases in Syria and Iraq as a pretext to deploy anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems designed to down entirely different types of threats; - It is clear that as the US had planned in 2009, Washington and its Israeli allies are preparing the battlefield ahead of a deliberate effort to goad Iran and its allies into a wider conflict; - The US is fighting a 3 front proxy war through Ukraine in Eastern Europe against Russia, Israel in the Middle East against Iran, and Taiwan against the rest of China in Asia; - With Iran’s role in supporting Russia’s successful military operation in Ukraine, the US has added incentive to eliminate Iran as a Russian-Chinese ally; - The Middle East was transforming in favor of multipolarism with the US clearly attempting to disrupt the process by introducing widespread conflict; - The US may feel the best possibility of success exists in the Middle East as its proxy war in Ukraine unravels and China’s military capabilities continue to close the gap between itself and US capabilities. - The New Atlas
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  12419. SITREP 7/31/24: Die Welt Reveals Dire NATO Camp Outlook for Ukraine This week brings us another new batch of damning articles from the pro-Ukrainian Western media. The most telling of these comes from German Die Welt, which exposes how nearly all NATO ‘insiders’ secretly whisper among themselves that Ukraine stands no chance, but they dare not say so in public: As you can see, there is a clear divergence between what the pro-Ukraine faction states publicly and what is privately acknowledged. You can see how they rewrite reality to suit their agenda for glamorizing the AFU as a valiantly heroic army, when in reality they’re falling for each of Russia’s strategic ruses to great loss. All the high level representatives the newspaper spoke to stated flatly that Ukraine will not win, nor reconquer any of the taken territories: Armchair Warlord reports on X that the latest NYT article reported a Ukrainian brigade in the collapsing Toretsk direction got 2000 reinforcements in the past two months, which presumably indicates their losses: Russian armor also continues to pour in, with three separate videos in the past week alone showing train-loads of brand new T-72B3Ms, T-80BVMs, and T-90Ms: Yesterday, Putins’ presidential aide Patrushev said some interesting words in regard to this: Listen closely—he specifically states what I just articulated above: Russia now has the massive advantage on the frontline and Ukraine and its Western sponsors want a rest so they can regroup and rearm. Does this sound like someone who’s ready to end the conflict and negotiate? - Simplicius
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  12435. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – An unusual sight has taken place in Lebanese capital, after a giant Chinese military transport aircraft was seen flying and landing in Beirut this morning, on April 29. Footage circulating online of Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Forces (PLAAF) large-bodied aircraft Xi'an Y-20A Kunpeng nicknamed "Chubby Girl" arriving at Rafik Hariri International Airport, may hint at some geopolitical activity, and raises big questions especially for busy America. And, media did not make up the name, the amazing "Chubby Girl", reported that the heavy-lift transport aircraft capable of doing everything, made its first visit to Beirut from somewhere via Abu Dhabi. The aircraft, which is used for military and humanitarian missions, stayed for about two hours before flying out of Beirut, returning the same way it arrived over Mediterranean Sea to Egypt. After sparking controversy, a reliable source reported that the arrival of Chinese "Chubby Girl" to Beirut is part of a "routine mission" related to the replacement of personnel and equipment of Chinese units operating in UNIFIL force. As a short note, this domestically made large transport aircraft from China is truly a sight to behold. Xi'an Y-20A Kunpeng, not only eye-catching but also very spectacular and stunning, is named after a mythological creature. With WS-20 engines, mounted under its wings with four high-bypass turbofan engines, "Chubby Girl" can transport large numbers of Chinese soldiers for military parades, military equipment transfers to disaster relief, and can carry up to 66 tons and even cross continents. Interestingly, the aircraft is increasingly in demand as China begins to actively promote sales to the global market, following the increase in production capacity in anticipation of increasing demand, that once again gave Pentagon a high fever.
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  12438. Moscow did not start the war in 2022, but is trying to stop the war that Ukraine started in 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Putin announced the military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, following eight years of Kiev’s suppression of the Donbass population. Russia would only engage in a military conflict with a NATO nation such as Poland or Latvia if it is attacked, Putin said. Any Western claims to the contrary are “just threat mongering.” Unlike the US, Russia is not afraid of the rise of China, Putin said, calling Carlson’s suggestion that BRICS risks being “completely dominated by the Chinese economy” a “boogeyman story.” If the US wants to stop the Ukraine conflict, it should stop sending arms to Kiev, Putin said, adding that if this happened, the hostilities would end within weeks. Putin went on to say it was “ridiculous and very sad” that Kiev listened to then-UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and refused to sign a draft truce with Russia that was agreed on during peace talks in 2022. The conflict continues on to this day, while Johnson himself is no longer in office, he noted. NATO promised that it would not expand its territory eastwards, but quickly broke this promise by bringing all of Eastern Europe and Baltic states into the fold, Putin said. The US-led military bloc now intends to drag Ukraine in, he added. Asked by Carlson who he believes blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia and Germany through the Baltic Sea, Putin replied: “You,” referring to the US and its allies. When pressed whether he has any proof of CIA or NATO involvement, the Russian leader said that in cases like this, one should first look for those who would benefit from the attacks, and who had the capability to carry them out. Zelensky was elected president on a platform of peace, but allied himself with “neo-Nazis and nationalists” after taking office, Putin said. - RT
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  12454. Major General Smedley Darlington Butler was, at the time of his death in 1940, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year career, he fought in the Philippine–American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Mexican Revolution, and World War I. However, at some point after World War I, he began to have grave doubts about his profession. Over time, with study and reflection, he concluded that he had NOT spent his life fighting and killing for the American people, but for special interests in New York City and Washington. As he memorably stated it in his 1935 book, War is a Racket: Though war is indeed profitable for the financiers and industrialists who champion it, it is invariably a disaster for a free citizenry. As James Madison remarked in a 1795 pamphlet: Of all the evils to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops every other. War is the patent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes. And armies, and debts, and taxes, are the known instruments for bringing the many under the dominion of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds are added to those of subduing the force of the people! No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. In the past 20 years, every major US foreign policy objective has failed. The Taliban returned to power after 20 years of US occupation of Afghanistan. Post-Saddam Iraq became dependent on Iran. Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad stayed in power despite a CIA effort to overthrow him. Libya fell into a protracted civil war after a US-led NATO mission overthrew Muammar Gaddafi. Ukraine was bludgeoned on the battlefield by Russia in 2023 after the US secretly scuttled a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine in 2022. - Courageous Discourse
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  12461. Americans are “not allowed” to talk freely about healthcare problems on US media and must go to Russian TV “to tell the truth,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told RT DE in Berlin in August 2020. He singled out RT America as the “only station” where he was free to express his opinion on the US healthcare system and its inadequacies. Kennedy was an outspoken critic of the US Covid-19 response during the pandemic. Often accused of being an ‘anti-vaxxer’, he has brushed off the claims, stressing that the only thing he opposed was administering drugs that have not been safety-tested. Kennedy claimed that the entire US vaccine industry was “an artifact” of the old “quasi-military” public health system introduced during the Cold War as a “national security defense against biological attacks” by Russia. According to him, the laws regulating vaccines were written with a “loophole” that allowed pharmaceutical companies to forgo time-consuming safety tests if they did not call a drug a medicine. This was done in order to deploy vaccines quickly and with no regulatory impediments, but resulted in a “gold rush to put more vaccines on the table” as pharmaceutical companies “took advantage of that old military loophole” to boost profits. “You know why people don’t know it? Because there’s censorship. I’m not allowed to talk about that on American TV… I do talk about it on RT America – it’s the only station that lets me talk about it,” he stated. - RT
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  12462. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Toretsk in Donetsk region, is now encircled by the offensive forces of the Russian Armed Forces, with a scary beginning to set in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the center of the mine town. Open sources reported on September 20, 2024, that the battle continues for the town in the urban area, Russian troops continue to advance despite resistance attempts from Ukraine, and from the sound of gunfire, the intensity of the fighting seems to be clearly visible. Footage from a GoPro camera, taken from the point of view of a killed Ukrainian soldier, special forces of the Battalion "Eney" or Lyut Brigade, shows the atmosphere of difficult fighting, the Ukrainian soldiers in the video fled from their lost positions, tried to hide in the rubble storied building, where they seem to be knocked out in the end. Meanwhile, The Separate Assault Lyut Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine, shared footage of their fighting on the streets of Toretsk, after their reserve group arrived there in a vehicle. According to reports on street fighting between the Ukrainian military and Russian troops, they fired RPG thermobaric rocket launchers into a building, where Russian soldiers were taking up positions. Regardless of the reports, but the video shows no evidence of the presence of Russian soldiers in the building, and it appears that the RPG ammunition was discharged just like that! Ukrainian sources acknowledged the consolidation of Russian forces in the center of Toretsk, and the acceleration of the advance of Russian forces during the assault on the town. Russia is tenaciously taking control of every building, and will gradually liberate the town from Zelensky’s troops. Let us remember that the situation in Donetsk region has turned into a disaster for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As entire units fled, the configuration of the front line changed unfavorably to Ukraine, and there were no longer any reserves to stop or reverse this trend. One of the Ukrainian soldiers captured on the outskirts of Toretsk, Viktor Pavlushin, spoke extensively about the dire situation in their ranks.
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  12463. Reflections on Hubris and the Looming Extinction of the Fiat Dollar as Reserve. As we reflect on Trump’s bluster about imposing 100% tariffs on BRICS nations for daring to chart a course away from the dollar, perhaps he should direct his attention to a more pressing concern: the numbers staring us all in the face. More than $36 trillion national debt and over $200 trillion in unfunded liabilities. A debt-to-GDP ratio exceeding 123%, built on a fiat Ponzi scheme so reckless it makes Monopoly money look like a sound investment. The U.S. dollar wasn’t dethroned by BRICS. It was undermined from within, betrayed by unchecked money printing, inflation, and weaponized sanctions wielded like a cudgel against half the globe. A dollar depended upon credibility as a means of exchange suicided itself. This isn’t the cunning of a financial hegemon; it’s the flailing of a system that abused its own credibility until none was left. A “mighty” dollar? No, a cursed relic, unraveling under the weight of its creators' hubris. And while Trump clings to his empty threats, the BRICS markets are rapidly growing, expanding into the future with dynamism and opportunity. In stark contrast, the U.S. market... when adjusted for real inflation is shrinking, bleeding vitality with every misstep and every policy blunder. This isn’t checkers, Donnie, and it’s certainly not Texas hold ’em, where you can bluff your way out of a terrible hand. You’ve got to think a few moves aheadand right now, it’s painfully clear that Washington has no endgame, only doubling down on monetary suicide. 100% tariffs on BRICS? Not a problem. In fact, the emerging economic powerhouses of BRICS+ would welcome them with reciprocal sanctions on the dwindling U.S. manufacturing sector, if it can even produce competitive goods anymore. While BRICS nations build the markets of tomorrow, America clings to its fading economic dominance like a ghost haunting the ruins of its own making. Let’s be clear: the U.S. has chosen to play monetary-economic Darwinism, and the result will be an expedited extinction of its fiat currency. This is no external conspiracy; it is a reality authored by decades of retrograde hubris, policy blunders, and a failure to adapt to a world that no longer tolerates the weaponization of money. The dollar’s demise isn’t just probable, it’s inevitable. Trump’s threats are hollow, as flimsy as the “mighty dollar” he claims to defend. And the rest of the world? They’ve already moved on. Economic Darwinism, indeed. - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  12465. Since my strong warning of the stupidity and insanity of Western leaders who are without any doubt driving the world to nuclear Armageddon, the hyper dangerous situation has further deteriorated. While we all look forward to Thanksgiving holiday, the leadership of the Western world is setting us up for death. The insanity of the West is so extreme as to be incomprehensible. Not satisfied by taking the US and Europe to war with Russia by firing missiles into Russia, the NATO military committee is openly discussing preemptive missile strikes on Russia. This is extraordinary. At the present moment it is only Putin’s patience that stands between life and death on planet Earth. Putin is willing to tolerate the West’s provocations in the face of his clear warning until Trump assumes the presidency and indicates whether a mutual security agreement between the US and Russia is possible. With life on earth dependent on Putin’s patience with the West, what does the West do? The NATO Military Committee openly discusses a preemptive attack on Russia. To be effective, the attack would have to be nuclear. If not insanity, it is the triumph of evil that the West tells Putin, whose patience is the only guarantor of avoidance of nuclear war, that NATO is considering preemptive strikes on Russia. For a person of my generation, such callous disregard for human life as Western “leaders” proclaim is incomprehensible. With nuclear war on the table, the task is to defuse the threat, not to inflame it. But the insane West has chosen to inflame it. - LewRockwell
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  12466. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Footage circulating on social media on September 8, 2024, shows another wave of damaged and destroyed armored columns, samples of which are scattered on the side of the road in a settlement in the Kursk region. Reportedly, the video was recorded with a GoPro camera by an Ukrainian soldier who was killed on Russian soil, showing an armored column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement of Tolstoy Lug, most of which is identified as belonging to NATO. A group of Ukrainian soldiers appear confused, not knowing what to do next. However, they recorded most of the consequences, which means their equipment was destroyed by artillery or airstrikes of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said “The convulsions and suffering of the Kiev regime are obvious to everyone against the backdrop of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region”. It was apparently the worst day for Ukraine in Kursk, where NATO material was dumped for scrap. The video frames fully capture all the armor, among which samples were destroyed in the settlement area, and some Ukrainian soldiers are seen trying to save some of the armor that is still in good condition. At least some of these equipment such as 1 Canadian Senator Roshel, 2 Cougar MRAP, 2 Humvee, and 3 other armored vehicles, are difficult to identify. Meanwhile, in another video recorded by Russian reconnaissance group on the road in the Tolstoy Lug settlement, there are 2 Cougar MRAP, and 1 unidentified vehicle burned out. Some of them are functional and have become trophies, which will be reused against the Ukrainian invasion and the Western collective. It seems that the advance of Ukrainian armored vehicles to the position, probably not under the protection of electronic warfare. Of course they lost armor, only the difference is that NATO replenished it even though it was exhausting and reaping losses in Kursk since early August. Since the start of hostilities, Ukrainian losses amount to more than 11,220 soldiers, 87 tanks, 42 infantry fighting vehicles, 74 armored personnel carriers, 624 armored fighting vehicles, 361 motorized vehicles, 84 artillery pieces, 24 MLRS launchers including 7 US-made M142 HIMARS systems and 5 US-made M270 MLRS systems, 8 SAM launchers, 2 transport-loader vehicles, 21 electronic warfare and 7 anti-battery radars, 2 air defense radars, 8 engineering vehicles including 2 anti-obstacle vehicles and 1 UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on September 8.
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  12482. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Strong footage of a powerful assault by the Airborne Assault Battalion of the 40th Guards Kamchatka Marine Brigade, shows the landing of stormtroopers on the front line, threatening the cauldron of the Armed Forces of Ukraine group in the town of Ugledar south of Donetsk. The Russian military correspondent shared the video on September 21, 2024, showing how the Russian assault force in an armored vehicle, successfully landed, attacked Zelensky's men, and occupied their stronghold. The thrilling assault was not without the work of scouts, where previously the Supercam unmanned aerial vehicle of the Pacific Fleet Marine Brigade, detected enemy positions, and the military equipment they were hiding. The Supercam UAV is used for in-depth reconnaissance, flying up to 70 kilometers into the enemy's rear, is almost silent and its integrated camera is the best in its class. The personnel and weapons found were destroyed on the same day, then the stormtroopers entered the next day. The Russian channel showed on the map the direction of the attack, after forcing Kashlagach River, the Kamchatka Marine Brigade continued to advance, and expanded the bridgehead west of Ugledar. The group of about 8 stormtroopers, in addition to driver, continued to bypass the Ukrainian defenses, hitting with shot after shot from close range directly in the enemy trenches, and without losses on the Russian side. They also attacked with FPV drones, eliminating Kiev personnel, and burning their equipment. As a result of the successful landing, the Marines occupied an important stronghold near Ugledar, which threatened to encircle the town. This meant that the town would soon be squeezed, the prospect of holding positions in such conditions was not encouraging for the Ukrainian troops still entrenched there. On the same day on the Ugledar cauldron, video footage was published of the breakthrough, where Kashlagach River and the advance to Novoukrainka began. More than 20 square kilometers of territory were liberated by Russian stormtroopers from the tank formations of the Vostok group from Buryatia, after fighting at the recently liberated Prechistovka. The ranks of Ukrainian soldiers wavered, about 12 men from the 58th Infantry Brigade, who valued life more than the Nationalist ideals, laid down their weapons, and raised their hands in repose. The surviving tank crew prisoners, lucky for the time being, spoke in a video published by Buryatia stormtroopers.
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  12488. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – New footage has shocked Kiev once again, as Russian troops first managed to destroy a Ukrainian command post in Lebedevka then raised a flag on a monument in the settlement, symbolizing not only another tactical victory, but also that enemy troops had surrendered or fled. Videos shared on March 11, 2025 by the Russian Defense Ministry and Russian military correspondents, shows the assault and liberation of Lebedevka in Kursk Region by the Paratroopers “Tula” of the 106th Airborne Division. The crumbling Ukrainian forces trained in the West, surrendered under Russian gunfire, proving once again that NATO’s strategy is “ unworking.” The Kursk border is being secured, and Western assistance will not turn the tide, according to Russian soldiers. During the rapid assault, first destroying Ukrainian resistance by blowing up their command post with the support of UAV operators. Precision strikes on the command post, paving the way for airborne assault forces using light weapons, assisted by another UAV, to completely take the settlement from the Ukrainian formations that were already overwhelmed from the start. As a result, several Ukrainian soldiers who survived laid down their arms, later becoming prisoners of war. The “winged infantry” units undermined the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the central part of the village during the clearing operation. Next, the Paratroopers “Tula” planted Russian flag and the flag of the Airborne Forces on the Victory in the Great Patriotic War memorial in the center of Lebedevka. The expansion of the Russian Armed Forces’ control zone by more than 600 meters, clearing the area to the south and east, and advancing to an indefinite depth toward Zaoleshenka section of Sudzha, where Kiev’s troops were trapped in a huge “cauldron”!
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  12492. A different picture emerged since my post last night — made hurriedly in the airport in Dubai before my plane lifted off — regarding prospects for attacking Iran. Initially, it looked like Trump was battening-down-the-hatches and was going to assist Israel in attacking Iran. Now, with the benefit of 24 hours and new information, President Trump is not ruling out further negotiations with Iran, but he also is not forcing Israel to stand down. The prospect of an Israeli attack remains high, if we take Netanyahu and his government at their word. The ordered departure of some US diplomats and dependents, and some military personnel, throughout the Middle East (aka West Asia) and North Africa is not a good sign. It is possible that Trump is using this as a negotiating ploy to put more pressure on Iran in order to secure the deal the US wants — i.e., the elimination of Iran’s uranium enrichment capabilities. Just after I wrote the opening two paragraphs, breaking news out of Tehran — at least six explosions. At this point, I do not know if those were missiles hitting Tehran or air defense systems firing at Israeli targets. Regardless, this is likely a tipping point that will derail the negotiations that were supposed to take place on Sunday between Iran and the United States, with Oman mediating. Unlike October 27, when Iran held its fire and did not launch retaliatory strikes against Israel, I think Iran is going to launch a significant counter-strike on Israel. Israel has crossed a line and is going to pay a significant price. Oil prices are surging. I expect that Iran will confine its response to attacking Israeli military and nuclear sites. Although Israel’s attack could not have taken place without the support of Trump and his administration, I believe that Russia and China will counsel Iranian leaders to avoid hitting US targets unless their is clear evidence that US bases or assets were involved in the attack. Fire burning at Mehrabad Airbase, Tehran. Iranian jets went airborne as soon as the Israeli projectiles were launched. Likely to avoid jet losses. - sonar21
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  12498. Europe in particular is in utter shambles as their sunk-cost failure in Ukraine has exposed feeble European leaders as true naked emperors before their seething populaces. Germany continues to completely unspool before our eyes as France’s Macron issued a temp-gauging panic statement about the need for Europe to become ‘omnivores’ in a world full of ‘carnivores’, lest the decaying continent get left behind for good. Ultimately, as can be seen the two sides appear at a loggerheads: Trump in his supreme vanity thinks he can end a nigh holy war that has spilled the blood of hundreds of thousands of people on both sides with the snap of a finger—this is the height of disrespect to both sides, particularly to Russia and Putin. But personally I can’t imagine Trump trying to escalate, beyond blowhard bluffs, because as stated, the US doesn’t have much of anything left to give beyond rusted junk or critical strategic reserves. The only possible way I can see out of it is Trump cutting all aid to Ukraine and allowing a full capitulation while blaming it on Europe after passing them the buck. We’ll close this section with Russian ambassador to UK Andrei Kelin’s reaffirmation of Russia’s negotiating positions: Compromise is out of the question. Zaporozhye and Kherson are Russian Russia will not make concessions to Ukraine – all demands of the Russian Federation will be met. These are demilitarization, denazification and neutral status of the country. - Simplicius
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  12507. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The rapid changes, the Russian Armed Forces stormed and took the settlement of Berestki, securing more of the northern bank of the Kurakhovo reservoir, yesterday on November 27, 2024, Russian military correspondents report. Elements of the 114th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Army released their footage, showing them planting the Red Flag and flying it on the roof of a house in the summer cottage area west of the settlement, accumulating the morale of the Kiev troops that was steadily declining in the town of Kurakhovo and its environs. The soldiers of the 114th Brigade continued their confident offensive, suppressing Zelensky's troops, who tried to take refuge in the buildings of the settlement, and in fortifications located about 1 km northwest of Berestky. During the assault, the footage showed the soldiers of the 114th Brigade, destroying Ukrainian equipment and infantry, consolidating control over the liberated territory. The aerial view shows the large Ukrainian fortifications, which were well established around March - April 2024, in addition to earthen fortifications, also have reinforced concrete shelters for defense. But the heroic soldiers managed to hold it constantly and persistently, giving a little friction to the Ukrainian positions in the shelters prepared for defense, but in the end it was not enough. In total, the fight to break through the enemy's defensive positions, Russian soldiers combed the enemy from house to house, previously pounded by artillery fire. Their attempt to escape in a vehicle was also thwarted! Berestky, another settlement in Donetsk under Russian control, but still awaiting official confirmation from the Ministry of Defense after the settlement is fully completed. Gradually, Russian troops will pass the reservoir, the last solid line of defense for Ukrainian troops - which means that Russia now has only about 3 km to trap Ukraine in the western part of the city of Kurakhovo. The situation in that direction is rapidly becoming critical, because it has long been known that Ukraine main problem is the lack of soldiers and equipment. Ukrainian brigades are facing a shortage of drones and have started to open donations, indicating that they are currently facing their toughest battle.
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  12513. The Russians care about their Armies. The Ukes and their NATO Masters couldn't care less about theirs! That's been clear from the outset, and why Russia will Destroy NATO and its Proxies in no uncertain terms! Russian air defenses destroy 11 drones heading to spread terror over Crimea (pre-war Russia). - Intel Report Kiev's regime shells Gordeevka, Kursk region (pre-war Russia). 9 strikes in total spread Ukraine's terror in the Ukraine-bordering village. - Intel Report Kiev's criminal regime shells residential areas in Kherson region (ex-Ukraine), more than 32 times. - Intel Report Kiev attempts another attack at Russia's Black Sea Fleet ship Sergey Kotov (pic above) with 5 water drones. All sea drones destroyed by ship's weapons. - Intel Report Kiev's criminal shelling kills civilian man in Tetkino, Kursk region, pre-war West Russia. - Intel Report RUSSIAN DRONE COMING THROUGH, but Ukrainian cannon fodder couldn't get out of the way fast enough, so they're destroyed along with their US-made M777 howitzer. Won't be no see you later - Intel Report Nothing got enough power to shake the earth like Russia's T-90 tank as it blasts away turning deadly on Kiev's cannon fodder in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), where Kiev's regime suffers up to 545 soldiers as casulties. 95 enemy soldiers also meet cannon fodder's fate in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), up to 70 and a D-30 howitzer destroyed in Kherson (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 13 Ukrainian Army tried to attack Russian missile hovercraft with an unmanned sea boat in the Black Sea at about 4:30 - Russian Defense Ministry. While repelling the attack, the enemy's unmanned boat was destroyed by fire from ship's standard weapons. - Intel Report
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  12518. The first thing that jumped out at me as I listened to the Tucker Carlson-Vladimir Putin interview is that Putin is 100 times more intellectually capable than President Joe Biden. No wonder Biden won’t take his call. It says a lot that the terrible people who run the United States wanted to prevent Carlson from conducting the interview, and then to hinder it from being made available to the American public. Many, including Carlson himself, expressed frustration that the Russian President began with a history lesson, going back to the founding of the Kievan Rus state in 882. I suspect this was Putin’s sly way of expressing a salient point that has long struck me about we Americans—namely, while our government is ever keen to send weapons and armies all over the world to police mankind, we find it onerous to sit through a 30-minute history lesson about the people and places we wish to control. Russia is, in Churchill’s formulation, “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” and it has always been governed by an authoritarian state. Nevertheless, with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, there is plenty of evidence that Russia wished to cease living in a state of enmity with the United States. Russia is, in Churchill’s formulation, “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” and it has always been governed by an authoritarian state. Nevertheless, with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, there is plenty of evidence that Russia wished to cease living in a state of enmity with the United States. To me, it seems clear it was the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex, and NOT Russia, that wished to maintain this state of enmity, for without it, there would be little justification for the U.S. government to spend hundreds of billions on weapons goodies such as the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II—a program that started in 1995 and (if DoD accountants are to be believed) has cost U.S. taxpayers about 500 billion. - Courageous Discourse
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  12532. Here we go again. The “Joe Biden” thing just started another war in Yemen without a constitutionally compliant declaration by Congress. And it/they did so against a rag-tag tribe of desert insurgents who cannot possibly harm the liberty or security of the American homeland. After all, the most fearsome missile possessed by the Houthi is the Burkan-3, which has a maximum range of 750 miles. Yet the last time we checked, the distance from Yemen to Washington DC was 7,200 miles. So why is the GOP leadership branch of the Uniparty saluting Sleepy Joe with a chorus of attaboys? No, Speaker Johnson, America must not go abroad seeking monsters to destroy, as our sixth president, John Qunicy Adams, stated so cogently nearly 203 years ago on Independence Day. The Red Sea is not the Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound or the Gulf of Catalina—meaning that the Houthi blockade on ships heading to Israel in retaliation for the latter’s genocidal assault on Gaza is Jerusalem’s business to treat with, not Washington’s. In other words, all of the Uniparty prattle offered by McConnell and Johnson makes sense only through the false lens of a Washington-based Global Hegemon. So, yes, if Washington is obliged to keep the peace everywhere on the planet and safeguard all the sea lanes and all the air space from quarrelling local parties, as in the extant case, then let the assembled legislators call a vote and declare yet another war, as did the hapless Woodrow Wilson in April 1917 to no avail except the resulting rise of Hitler, Stalin, World War II, the holocaust and the Cold War. The truth is, Netanyahu is a megalomaniacal madman who has had the reckless audacity to pursue an utterly dangerous Machiavellian strategy of promoting and funding Hamas in order to kill dead as a doornail any prospect whatever of a two-state arrangement. For want of doubt, the facts are these. Between 2012 and 2018 Netanyahu gave Qatar approval to transfer a cumulative sum of nearly one billion dollars to Gaza in the form of suitcases full of cash. And at least half of that is estimated to have reached Hamas, including its military wing. In the meanwhile, Washington needs to truly sober up. Uncle Sam’s checking account is massively overdrawn. Now is not the time to fund wars which do nothing for America’s homeland security (Ukraine) or to launch yet another war on behalf of an ally that is unwilling to pay for the Garrison State its own blood-soaked anti-Palestinian war policies require. - LewRockwell
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  12540. The whole sordid charade is only postponing the reality that the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia is a debacle for the Western powers. This is not something to gloat over. It is a tragedy and an abomination. Up to 400,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed, as well as tens of thousands of Russian military personnel. Total casualty figures are no doubt in the millions. In addition, millions of civilians have been displaced as refugees in Russia and throughout Europe. Hundreds of billions of dollars and euros have been raided from Western taxpayers to fund this bloody fiasco. Not only that but international tensions have been heightened between nuclear powers at a perilous pitch not seen since the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 at the depth of the Cold War. Blinken seemed to be concerned with papering over cracks appearing in various media reports indicating that the U.S. is surreptitiously telling the Kiev regime to cut its losses and make a sort of peace deal with Russia. Blinken’s bravado rhetoric is akin to empty U.S. promises previously made to Afghanistan and countless other proxy regimes over the decades before Washington ignominiously pulls the plug and does a runner. All the NATO and EU talk is public relations bluster to conceal the brutal reality that the United States and its Western allies have created a monumental morass of misery for Ukraine by pursuing their nefarious geopolitical games to confront Russia. The rest of Europe and indeed the whole world has paid a terrible price for these imperial games. The futile and reckless war in Ukraine has been decades in the making since the supposed end of the Cold War in 1990. The treacherous breaking of promises by American presidents, especially Bill Clinton and George W Bush, to Russia to not expand NATO and the insidious inveigling of Ukraine to join the alliance from 2008 onwards – all led to the current eruption of conflict. - LewRockwell
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  12543. SOOT-COVERED HAND LIES EXPOSED among rubble of homes targeted by Kiev army in their latest war crime as tragedy unfolds for families of civilians killed - among them 8-year-old boy - in Dokuchaevsk, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). Kiev ups its barbarity even as Western support for NAZI regime falters . - Intel Report 3 KIDS "CHARRED BEYOND RECOGNITION" as scorched wreck all that remains (top vid) of car in which woman and her 3 children killed by Israeli drone attack in South Lebanon. Reports that murdered woman is sister of Moscow-based reporter Samir Ayoub (bottom right pic), who had been driving in another car in front of targeted vehicle. - Intel Report SOLDIERS' BODIES SCATTERED EVERYWHERE following impromptu Ukrainian Army awards ceremony. 28 Ukrainian servicemen killed, 53 wounded, as a result of a Russian missile attack in the Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). Soldiers of the Ukrainian Army accuse a “particularly smart” Commander who organized an awards ceremony on the frontline, where the men became an easy target for the Russian military. - Intel Report PUTIN EYES UP BASE IN LIBYA - US media claims. “If Russia has ports there, it will give it the ability to spy on the entire European Union" - Bloomberg. Translation = currently the US spies on the entire European Union. The US consider this African country a zone of their influence - but which country don't they? Having bombed Libya into oblivion, the US are pressuring military leader Khalifa Haftar to abandon a defense deal with Russia, "for its own good." - Intel Report SUICIDE MISSION ABANDONED: The common sense of Ukrainian crew prevails, who refuse to go into battle. The exact location in former east Ukraine is not known. A commander (who is speaking) tries to convince them that they must “die for Ukraine". The сrew insisted that they do not have enough ammunition and will not go on the attack without appropriate cover of their armored personnel carrier. - Intel Report The rants of madmen have historically destroyed parts of the world at their whim! This diabolic one, if not stopped, has the capability of destroying the world by starting a Global War for profit that he cannot win! Pray God save us from the Globalist West Warmongers! We won’t talk to Russia – Zelensky. Kiev will not make any concession to Moscow, the Ukrainian president has insisted - RT
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  12544. A recently unearthed video of WEF guru, Israeli Professor, Yuval Noah Harari, has made the rounds of late. As Dr. Harari asserted not only that God is a fiction, but he also asserted that human rights are a fiction, a nice fairy tale with no basis in reality. Dr. Harari apparently believes that human rights are simply a made-up story. He further explains that if you dissect a human there are no rights there. Instead, there is simply a physical display of anatomy and what is left of the biological processes. Thus, he concludes that the only place human rights exist is in the imagination. A mountain is a reality, countries and legal systems, heaven, God, are not based in biological reality, they are merely artifacts of the imagination. Thus, homosapiens have no rights. If there are no human rights, then none of us have a right to protections under the law. Neither do we have the right to possessions or relationships, or our experiences, or our body, or our mind, or to our life. If this is the case, then it begs the question, does Dr. Harari have a right to live? These rights exist in animated human beings as evidenced by the willingness of human beings to fight for them. It is the unhindered individual expression of Divinity through the human experience that is the core basis for human rights. Human rights are not a fantasy of the imagination, they are necessary to allow Divine expression. The preservation of Natural Rights are the only legitimate basis for the existence of government. The Bill of Rights are universal rights. The Ninth Amendment is the most important Amendment as it protects the reservoir of unstated Natural Rights. We can argue over the precision of these rights and their application, however, their existence preexists and transcends government. - LewRockwell
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  12560. Cardinal Müller condemned the killing of the unborn as ‘infanticide’ and likened it to the ‘Nazi times,’ stressing how previous popes and bishops ‘had no fear to excommunicate’ for grave crimes. The former prefect of the Vatican’s highest doctrine office, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, condemned U.S. President Joe Biden’s support for abortion, saying it is “infanticide” and that those promoting “infanticide” should be “excommunicated.” “The word ‘abortion’ is too much a soft word. The reality is killing, murder of a living person,” said Gerhard Cardinal Müller. “There’s no right to kill another person. It’s absolutely against the Fifth Commandment.” The cardinal made his comments condemning President Joe Biden during an extensive interview with LifeSiteNews in Rome. His forthright critique of Biden’s very public and consistent pro-abortion stance came shortly after the president used his 2024 State of the Union Address to promise to “restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land again.” Cardinal Müller likened the killing of the unborn and the elderly to the “Nazi” times, saying that “it’s absolutely unacceptable that you can say you are a Catholic and promote and justify killing of human persons, human beings [from] the beginning in the mother’s womb, until the last respiration [with] euthanasia… Killing of ill people, like in the Nazi times, is euthanasia. Biden is very public about his self-professed Catholic faith, but Cardinal Müller suggested that while Biden is “nominally a Catholic, in reality he is a Nihilist. It’s cynicism and absolute cynicism.” Drawing on the example of St. Ambrose of Milan and his excommunication of the Emperor Theodosius, Cardinal Müller commented how “in other times people like this would be excommunicated. In former times the Popes and the bishops had no fear to excommunicate, like St. Ambrose of Milan.” Reiterating the truth that God is “creator of every body and we humans are only the administrator of the good will of God,” Cardinal Müller observed that humanity was called to care for fellow men, since “we cannot distinguish or separate the love of God for us and our love for God, from the love of us to our neighbor and the love of our neighbor to us.” Promoters of infanticide are excommunicated Following Biden’ State of the Union address, LifeSite has launched a public action call for the U.S. bishops to excommunicate the pro-abortion president. Questioned directly by this reporter about the endeavor, Cardinal Müller stated that “the first step must be that we [must] have the unanimous U.S. bishops conference, probably together with other Christian religious, other religious leaders, [give] an absolute, clear, strong statement that this [abortion] is against all the standards and principles of humanity.” Such a statement would be along these lines: “That they [would say] absolutely clearly that everybody in public responsibility who, as a Catholic, is promoting this infanticide, that they are excommunicated.” - LewRockwell
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  12567. Big mistake to get into a ground war with the Russian Army as attested to in spades by the latest battle reports. NATO and its proxy are getting wiped out, literally! The Russians are not blind to the Uke deployments. The Uke casualties speak to that seminal fact repeatedly! The Russians are hitting the Ukes hard before they even get to the Front! KIEV "HATES OWN TROOPS more than enemy is only possible conclusion" notes Russian frontline infantryman seeing Ukraine “meat grinder throw in countless humans turned to mincemeat”. Shocked East Battalion soldier adds “consciousness refuses to understand motives of Ukrainian command” tossing endless wave after wave to the slaughter in suicidal counteroffensive in ex-Ukraine’s Donetsk region village of Urozhayneh, which translates as Harvest. And Kiev only took its northern outskirts, contrary to standard mainstream lies. Cam above counts 31 smashed Kiev army vehicles after battle in area, 23 of which from NATO. German headline pictured panics “how long can Ukraine hold out” such losses? - Intel Report "THEY DUG THEIR OWN MASS GRAVES", says Russian soldier as Moscow's forces allowed Ukrainian soldiers, trying to cross the Dnieper near Kazachi Lagerya, to go ashore, before firing artillery at the Ukrainian boats that were unloading. In total, about 150 soldiers, mostly mercenaries met their makers (some of them killing each other) - trophies are captured, including dozens of foreign weapons, ammunition, radio stations, and even US police equipment . - Intel Report TOTAL WIPE OUT: Watch as Russian artillery smashes Ukrainian position in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), where up to 190 soldiers got mangled or killed. Elsewhere, ammo depot destroyed, and up to 600 Ukrainian soldiers between killed or injured in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), more than 130 cannon fodder in Kupyansk, East Ukraine. ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 18
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  12568. Consider that this very week alone, following the SSK Bridge disaster, absolutely nothing has been done by our government to stem that flow of countless potential saboteurs into the country. The news media isn’t even talking about it (of course). The prospects might look a bit unnerving, wouldn’t you agree? Things catching fire, blowing up, and falling down here, there, and everywhere. . . more of those thousand cuts adding up. Just maybe, the dazed-and-confused (possibly hypnotized) American public, a.k.a., the “voters,” might put together that “Joe Biden” and the Party of Chaos that owns him, are actually responsible for the on-going take-down of our country. After a certain point — now apparently passed — sheer incompetence is no longer a plausible explanation for what you are seeing. Oh, one other thing, look out for on-the-ground economic reverberations from the FSK Bridge disaster. For instance, Baltimore is the USA’s top port for importing and exporting automobiles. Also, earth-moving and large farm equipment, fertilizer, lumber, coal, and steel. Other arrangements must be made, for years ahead, considering the trucking links. It’s especially an interruption for trucking between the mid-Atlantic / New England states and much of Dixieland. It will affect the transport of fruits and vegetables to the Washington-Boston corridor. Things are going to cost more and we are already in an inflationary trouble-zone. How will this thunder elsewhere through an economy which, despite the japes of “Joe Biden’s” statisticians, is actively disintegrating? The fluttering wings of this black swan already throw a chill on spring’s incoming zephyrs. - LewRockwell
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  12570. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian Paratroopers from the 51st Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division filmed the situation in the settlement of Krasnooktyabrskoye, which was liberated after launching a fairly large-scale counterattack on the Kursk front on Wednesday. A video confirming this came from a settlement located northwest of Snagost, showing the decisive actions of the paratroopers' reconnaissance unit clearing the Gaponovsky forest and the area around the settlement. Careful work helped to keep the settlement intact, the area was cut off by a sudden Russian counterattack. The lucky Ukrainian troops retreated across the fields, those who could not escape were killed or captured. However, Krasnooktyabrskoye was captured without significant resistance. Among the foreign equipment seized is an International MaxxPro armored vehicle from the United States. The remarkable progress in Kursk is not only from Krasnooktyabrskoye since the counterattack. Photos and videos from the Russian side show Russian marines applying pressure, fighting against Ukrainian troops. Clashes like the one in the footage were reported around Troitskoye and Elizavetovka across the border, while Russian forces were advancing from Korenevo towards Snagost. Russian marines took the lead in the attack with armor group, driving back and firing on Zelensky’s forces, who were trying to fight back against the Russian Armed Forces. Despite the dire situation and the ambitions of their commander, at least five more Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk chose to save their lives rather than continue fighting. Faced with advancing Russian forces, they surrendered by laying down their weapons and raising their hands in surrender. The situation after the clearing in the liberated areas may actually be much worse than it appears on the map. Within a short time, several settlements such as Apanasovka, Byakhovo, Vishnevka, Viktorovka, Vnezapnoe, Gordeevka, Krasnooktyabrskoe, Obukhovka, Snagost and Desyatoye Oktyabrya returned to Russian Armed Forces control, leaving behind piles of destroyed equipment, dead and wounded Ukrainian soldiers beginning to accumulate on the front lines.
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  12575. China and Russia were warning the West that they would not allow the West to attack Iran or shutdown oil exports from Saudi Arabia and Iran destined for China. The Chinese and Russian forces represent a trip wire that the United States and Israel must weigh as they contemplate an attack on Iran, such as hitting its oil refineries. The Chinese are flexing a little military muscle, but their real power is in the expansion of diplomatic relations with the Gulf Arabs and Iran. China played a decisive role in the rapprochement this year between longtime adversaries, Saudi Arabia and Iran. China’s diplomatic initiative destroyed the U.S. policy of trying to ramp up friction between Saudi Arabia and Iran. It is no longer an “open question” how this affects policy in the Middle East — Saudi Arabia and Iran are siding with the Palestinians and condemning Israel’s actions. They have dethroned Washington, DC as the dominant force in the Middle East. - Sonar21 Why is the United States once again bombing Syria, placing warships right on their doorstep in the Middle East? And Is the United States actively trying to assassinate Syrian President Bashar Al Assad? Syrian journalist Kevork Almassian brings us that story. - Redacted Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, has backtracked after promoting a Time magazine article that portrayed the leader as being overly stubborn and unable to deal with corruption. - RT Col. Macgregor to Tucker: Biden admin is driving the US into an ‘Armageddon’ war in Middle East. ‘It's going to be very difficult for Russia and Turkey not to also come into this fight against us because they will not tolerate the sort of collective punishment that Israel plans for Gaza,’ the retired colonel said. - Lifesite news
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  12591. Neocon heads like the Middle East Institute’s Charles Lister’s are exploding with the news today that the Biden Administration may be considering withdrawing from its illegal occupations in both Syria and Iraq. Ah. ISIS. Remember them? We haven’t heard anything from them in awhile. That moveable feast. From not long after Syria’s Assad invited Russia in to rescue the country as it teetered on the verge of total takeover by the US-backed “freedom fighters.” But…suddenly and if on cue…they’re BACK! Just when after more than a hundred recent attacks on the US occupation bases have convinced even Biden and his “Middle East experts” that it’s only a matter of time before lots of American blood is shed, ISIS suddenly comes roaring back for the neocons to use in attempt to justify Washington’s continued presence in the region. Very convenient. But perhaps someone has reminded Biden that it’s an election year and voters might start questioning just why and under what authority American troops are stationed in Iraq and Syria. Especially as the “resistance” rockets (and missiles?) are getting closer. Ah yes! Should the US end its illegal occupation of Syria and Iraq, Iran would celebrate! Those dastardly mullahs! How dare they celebrate no hostile troops on their border! You know who else would celebrate? Every single mother, wife, husband, and relative of those American troops being forced to sacrifice their very lives for an occupation that has zero to do with the US national interest. Is Biden a cynical and bloodthirsty monster? No doubt. Is he (or his puppet masters) only concerned about keeping that ring in his hands for four more years? Absolutely. But would I celebrate and praise any decision by the Biden Administration to do the right thing and get the hell out of the Middle East, starting with the occupations of Iraq and Syria? You’re damn right! - LewRockwell
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  12598. ⚔SITREP⚔ NOVEMBER 19 ◾Noose tightening around Avdeevka ), Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) as Russian forces push Kiev army out of fields North of city (left map) - pace of attacks reportedly increasing as Ukrainian artillery's spread thin in attempt to target all sides of Russian advances. ◾ FAB-500 bombs rain down on Ukrainian army positions in Avdeevka (right vid) as troopers cower in shells of homes, all while over 240 Kiev troopers left dead or wounded in DPR after Russian attacks. - Intel Report Big mistake to get into a Ground War against the Russian Federation as proved by these combat report headlines today: Russia Recaptures Half Of Andriivka. Russia’s Significant Advance In Multiple Areas. DEFEAT IS COMING, US Assistance To Ukraine Is Aimed At Protecting American Troops. Sources - Project Great and Military Summary Channel! Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said that US President Joe Biden’s latest opinion piece for the Washington Post once again highlighted the essence of Washington’s security doctrine, which is to provide for America’s interests at the expense of others. The US supposedly makes itself safer by pouring money into “its own military industry” and starting “wars on other continents,” Medvedev said Sunday in a post on X (formerly Twitter), calling it “the essence of the American security doctrine.” - RT "Not one country could have withstood this - yet Russia did", says Kremlin Spokesman Peskov. "In 2022, sanctions threatened to collapse the Russian economy - so we mobilized all resources. The scale of sanctions is unprecedented; no country in the world would theoretically be able to withstand such a blow. Thanks to the wise decisions of the leadership and the titanic work of the Cabinet of Ministers, it was possible to stabilize the economy and even reach a growth trajectory. Still, the 3% growth rate of the Russian economy is insufficient, we are aiming for higher." - Intel Report ''SORRY, BUT THIS IS THE END'': Secret Conversation of General Zaluzhny with U.S. General Brown On November 19, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation held a briefing where General Igor Konashenkov spoke in detail about the situation in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions. According to him, in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Russian troops continued to successfully restrain the enemy near the villages of Verbove and Rabotino. - BORZZIKMAN
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  12601. [How sad. Ukraine has bombed open air markets, libraries, bakeries, voting facilities and now a zoo. Ukrainians are a disgrace!] “Grundy, our pet Bennett kangaroo, was killed in the shelling,” said the post on the zoo’s VK page on Tuesday. “The [exotic animal area] and the kangaroo enclosure were damaged by cluster fragments. Unfortunately, Grundy was outside at that time…” Bennett’s tree kangaroo is native to Queensland in northeast Australia. Grundy came to Belgorod from St. Petersburg in late 2019 and was described as “friendly, meek and absolutely fearless.” “There are no words to convey the pain. And anger. And powerlessness,” the zoo said. “We will never forget you, sweetie. When this waking nightmare is over, Grundy, we will plant the most delicious grapes in our forest in honor of you!” The Belgorod Zoo added that at least none of the staff were harmed. While the park has been shut down until further notice, employees are still coming in to take care of the animals. According to the Belgorod authorities, over the past week Ukrainian strikes have killed 11 civilians – including children – and injured 82 more, about half of whom have required hospitalization. Nine people are currently in serious but stable condition. Kiev’s forces have been using multiple-launcher rocket systems, such as the US HIMARS and the Czech Vampire, to strike at Belgorod since January, when 25 civilians were killed and over 100 injured in a Christmas market massacre. The missiles have often been armed with cluster warheads, many of which have been provided by the US, which is not a signatory to the convention banning the controversial munitions because of their harm to noncombatants. - RT
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  12606. The Russian Steamroller Rolls On as Ukraine Braces for Impact Firstly, the large gap area between Arkhangelsk and Keramik has been completely taken, Arkhangelske itself is now also being stormed with a portion of it reportedly occupied by Russian troops Zooming out, we can once again see that the key hub of the region, Kostantinovka, is slowly being enveloped by the salients pushing in from Ocheretino and Chasov Yar, In the north, RF units of the 98th Airborne Division advance in Chasov Yar not only directly head on, but bypassing the easternmost portion to the south where Russian troops have now been geolocated to passing over the Seversky-Donets canal This means they appear to be attempting to put the main body of Chasov Yar into a pincer Once the riotous fevers of post-aid jubilation cooled, Ukrainians have found themselves facing stark realities. This follows what I wrote in the last report about U.S. merely beginning to take orders for materiel that can take 1-2 years to arrive. This is greatly hampered by a sclerotic defense industry which is experiencing not only soaring costs but also great hesitancy and doubt: On the other hand, Russian supplies, strikes, and groupings continue to increase. The 47th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered very heavy losses in soldiers, and also lost 40 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and 5 Abrams tanks. And Washington Post indirectly dropped another bombshell when they finally admitted that Zelensky’s laughable casualty figure was fake, meant to bolster morale, and that the real number is likely significantly higher—something those capable of breathing through their nose have long known: In fact, the U.S. is reportedly running out of Ukrainian men to train: Rezident UA reports that up to 35% of AFU servicemen went AWOL during European training and were never found—a number that increases each year: Furthermore, reports continue to stream out about just how badly Western tech has been degraded by Russia’s progressively improving EW capabilities. Russian Iskanders reportedly destroyed a huge Novaya Pochta mail warehouse in Odessa that, according to some sources, was housing one of the large new weapons shipments—particularly 155mm ammo—from NATO: In the strikes, it’s said that an important Major of the Ukrainian Southern Command was eliminated: Over and over again on every program and interview, it’s the only thing mentioned anymore: “We’re running out of men.” - Simplicius
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  12611. On Tuesday another provocation in the Baltic Sea-Gulf of Finland strategic zone occurred when Estonia attempted to seize a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker: Recall that the Western-fabricated moniker ‘shadow fleet’ merely means a tanker which is not registered in accordance with Western EU/G7 “sanctions”, which themselves do not apply to Russia in the slightest, since Russia is not party to those organizations. The methods of the West’s criminal economic terrorism are clear: they cut Russia out of the largest insurance market, then attempt to “enforce” Russia’s “illegal” lack of insurance for its ships. The only definition of a “shadow fleet” tanker is one which is not registered in London’s insurance market, because it was deplatformed by the criminal ‘Rules Based Order.’ Swell how that works, no? Getting back: The ship’s crew took this video of Estonian military choppers attempting to intimidate them into pulling into an Estonian port: But Russia is no longer tolerating this behavior. It sent a Su-35S to buzz Estonian assets, which immediately scurried off, allowing the Russian ship to successfully continue navigating toward St. Petersburg. Estonia claims that the Su-35S violated its airspace in speeding to the scene of the crime—well, one supposes that’s a justified tit-for-tat given that Estonia violated international law for safe maritime passage in illegally obstructing the ship. This is all that Europe has left in their game plan: they failed to out-produce Russia in war, they then failed to trick Russia into an early ceasefire, now they plan to orchestrate an endless escalation spiral so that—with the help of their totally captured and non-independent state media organs—they can propagandize their citizenry with the threat of the Russian ‘specter’ in order to try and build a consensus toward utilizing all remaining public funds to mobilize a vast war machine to stop Russia. It is existential for them: if Russia wins this war, the European cabal will crumble forever—the sun will set on the ‘Western Liberal Order’ forevermore. - Simplicius
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  12623. Russians destroying Uke Armies guilty of crimes against humanity for their indiscriminate shelling of civilians! RUSSIA CLOSING THE NOOSE ON UKRAINIAN TROOPS With Western eyes glued to the Middle East, Russia is on the offensive a pushing Ukrainians back all along the line of contact. Russian war correspondent Marat reports: For example, yesterday near Kleshcheevka, on the right front of the Bakhmut defense, our paratroopers from the 106th division, which had been holding the defense here for more than four months, unexpectedly launched a counterattack, occupying several enemy strongholds. The same is true in the Rabotino sector – the 1430th and 70th regiments, who heroically fought here for many days, have been conducting regular counterattacks for the third week. On the one hand, this speaks of the good shape that our army is in, and on the other hand, it completely dispels the myths of Ukrainian propaganda about our great losses. Units that suffer heavy losses are simply physically unable to instantly go from defense to offense. Even if they are regularly replenished with new recruits. And now, in fact, this sends the Ukrainians into an ever greater panic – they are beginning to understand that with their tactics of endless suicidal counterattacks and obstinacy on every piece of land, they provoked Russia into creating an army of such power that is now beginning to roll them into flat cakes. Once again, the enemy provoked this himself. - Sonar21 Darkness and rubble is all that's left of 2 family homes, as Ukrainian drone strikes border town of Belgorod, pre-war West Russia, early this morning. 3 people killed, including a small child, 2 more are in intensive care - Governor Gladkov. - Intel Report COUNTEROFFENSIVE ON ITS LAST LEGS: "We are not just behind schedule. We are completely behind schedule... Let's go without clarification and explanation of all this - we are behind schedule. Let everyone draw their own conclusions." - Chief of Ukrainian (un)Intelligence, Budanov. - Intel Report The advance of Russian forces following a two-pronged siege of Avdeevka suggests the heavily fortified area by Ukrainian forces could soon be taken. In the north, Ukrainian fortifications near the Coke Factory collapsed, and Russians captured an important height - Avdeevka waste heap. Meanwhile enveloping maneuvers in the south had reached Severnoye. - Military Tube Today
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  12624. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Strong footage of a powerful assault by the Airborne Assault Battalion of the 40th Guards Kamchatka Marine Brigade, shows the landing of stormtroopers on the front line, threatening the cauldron of the Armed Forces of Ukraine group in the town of Ugledar south of Donetsk. The Russian military correspondent shared the video on September 21, 2024, showing how the Russian assault force in an armored vehicle, successfully landed, attacked Zelensky's men, and occupied their stronghold. The thrilling assault was not without the work of scouts, where previously the Supercam unmanned aerial vehicle of the Pacific Fleet Marine Brigade, detected enemy positions, and the military equipment they were hiding. The Supercam UAV is used for in-depth reconnaissance, flying up to 70 kilometers into the enemy's rear, is almost silent and its integrated camera is the best in its class. The personnel and weapons found were destroyed on the same day, then the stormtroopers entered the next day. The Russian channel showed on the map the direction of the attack, after forcing Kashlagach River, the Kamchatka Marine Brigade continued to advance, and expanded the bridgehead west of Ugledar. The group of about 8 stormtroopers, in addition to driver, continued to bypass the Ukrainian defenses, hitting with shot after shot from close range directly in the enemy trenches, and without losses on the Russian side. They also attacked with FPV drones, eliminating Kiev personnel, and burning their equipment. As a result of the successful landing, the Marines occupied an important stronghold near Ugledar, which threatened to encircle the town. This meant that the town would soon be squeezed, the prospect of holding positions in such conditions was not encouraging for the Ukrainian troops still entrenched there. On the same day on the Ugledar cauldron, video footage was published of the breakthrough, where Kashlagach River and the advance to Novoukrainka began. More than 20 square kilometers of territory were liberated by Russian stormtroopers from the tank formations of the Vostok group from Buryatia, after fighting at the recently liberated Prechistovka. The ranks of Ukrainian soldiers wavered, about 12 men from the 58th Infantry Brigade, who valued life more than the Nationalist ideals, laid down their weapons, and raised their hands in repose. The surviving tank crew prisoners, lucky for the time being, spoke in a video published by Buryatia stormtroopers.
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  12628. Per the latest combat reports, If you're outmanned and outgunned, you will lose your Armies which is happening all across the Front for the Ukrainians! Over the past two months, the Avdiivka direction has attracted all the attention of journalists and military experts in the Ukrainian theater of operations. However, while analysts and experts are closely studying the offensive actions of the Russian army on the city of Avdiivka, no less dramatic and fateful events are also developing in the Kupyansk direction. Let me remind you that the Russian army seized the initiative in the Kupyansk direction in February of this year and continues to put pressure on the enemy along the entire front line, capturing one village after another. - BORZZIKMAN Our dementia ridden puppet president let the truth slip last week by saying these wars are good for the economy. And by good for the economy, he means good for the bankers, mega-corporations, military industrial complex, and the bank accounts of politicians bought off by war loving donors. What it is not good for are the bank accounts of average Americans, as relentless inflation created to wage these wars destroys their purchasing power as they spiral towards impoverishment. It’s not good for the poor who enlist and get to shed their blood for no good reason at all. It’s not good for the innocent civilians across the globe killed by the promoters of endless war and declared collateral damage by the likes of Dick Cheney, Lindsay Graham, Victoria Nuland, Hillary Clinton and Nikke Haley. It’s not murder if you are waving the flag of neo-con justice. - LewRockwell Corruption may be a primary driver of this war. The American public being robbed and Ukraine drained of its youths while a relatively small number of corrupt individuals stuff their pockets with cash. American and European taxpayers are paying for the destruction of Ukraine and the elimination of huge numbers of its inhabitants, so that technocrat globalists and central bankers can then profit from the privatization and rebuilding of Ukraine into a “smart country” model for the rest of the world! - Mercola UKRAINE JEALOUS ISRAEL TAKING ALL THE LIMELIGHT with war crimes, so Zelensky decides to shell Kuibyshevsky, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine), MURDERING TWO CIVILIANS. Russian officer in above video documents blood spilled by Kiev's regime and destruction to people's houses caused by criminal shelling. - Intel Report We have a government of clowns, clunkers, and criminals – and we have a government of cowards. As the Israeli state commits a full-on Gaza genocide, in “response” to the October 7 terror attack by the thoroughly Mossad-infiltrated Hamas, Secretary of State Blinken tentatively suggests to Bossman Bibi that maybe he could drop “smaller bombs” and have a few hours of break in between hospital-smashing and genocidal geography-clearing. - LewRockwell A SCENE HISTORY WILL NEVER FORGET and hopefully shames legacy of warmongers supporting genocide of Palestinian children. Devastated father of family displaced on carriage in above video holds his deceased infant boy, having just died on the road. Starved, bombed, and sick without medication, he finally gives up on life after the long trip turns out too much for his tiny little ailing body to handle. More than 11,500 Palestinians, mostly women and babies , mass murdered by Tel Aviv in 38 days of war - comfortably MORE THAN 100 children SLAUGHTERED EVERY DAY on average! - Intel Report
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  12635. If one looks at history and recognizes Russia as a serial victim of Western military aggression with huge losses of soldiers and the largest genocide carried out by the Germans in the Second World War (see: “Germany – serious criminals should remain silent”), the conditions demanded by the Russians as victors for negotiations seem to be reasonable. The actions of the European leaders are unsavory and an indication that the Europeans are not seeking peace at all. Russia’s security concerns and its demands that these concerns be addressed and enforced are understandable. The fact that Germany, of all countries, is now sweeping these concerns under the carpet is extremely worrying and brings back memories in Russia that are not conducive to friendly relations between these two countries, to put it in extremely neutral and friendly terms. With regard to the use of long-range missiles against targets in Russia, Friedrich Merz is playing with fire. In recent weeks, thousands of Ukrainian drones have been sent from the Sumy region towards Moscow. Most of them were intercepted, those that caused damage destroyed residential buildings – exclusively. The Crimean bridge, which can be reached by Taurus, is also a civilian target. Russia no longer needs this structure, which connects Russia with Crimea, for military purposes – military transports are routed to Crimea via the land bridge. If Taurus is used, this can only happen with the direct involvement of German personnel. This is not an assertion on my part, but results from the wiretapped conversation in March 2024. If Taurus is used against Russia, Friedrich Merz can expect Russia to attack targets in Germany. The most obvious target would be the headquarters of MBDA, the producer of Taurus, in Schrobenhausen, near Munich. If Moscow is attacked, an attack on Berlin cannot be ruled out. - sonar21
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  12654. Cardinal Müller condemned the killing of the unborn as ‘infanticide’ and likened it to the ‘Nazi times,’ stressing how previous popes and bishops ‘had no fear to excommunicate’ for grave crimes. The former prefect of the Vatican’s highest doctrine office, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, condemned U.S. President Joe Biden’s support for abortion, saying it is “infanticide” and that those promoting “infanticide” should be “excommunicated.” “The word ‘abortion’ is too much a soft word. The reality is killing, murder of a living person,” said Gerhard Cardinal Müller. “There’s no right to kill another person. It’s absolutely against the Fifth Commandment.” The cardinal made his comments condemning President Joe Biden during an extensive interview with LifeSiteNews in Rome. His forthright critique of Biden’s very public and consistent pro-abortion stance came shortly after the president used his 2024 State of the Union Address to promise to “restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land again.” Cardinal Müller likened the killing of the unborn and the elderly to the “Nazi” times, saying that “it’s absolutely unacceptable that you can say you are a Catholic and promote and justify killing of human persons, human beings [from] the beginning in the mother’s womb, until the last respiration [with] euthanasia… Killing of ill people, like in the Nazi times, is euthanasia. Biden is very public about his self-professed Catholic faith, but Cardinal Müller suggested that while Biden is “nominally a Catholic, in reality he is a Nihilist. It’s cynicism and absolute cynicism.” Drawing on the example of St. Ambrose of Milan and his excommunication of the Emperor Theodosius, Cardinal Müller commented how “in other times people like this would be excommunicated. In former times the Popes and the bishops had no fear to excommunicate, like St. Ambrose of Milan.” Reiterating the truth that God is “creator of every body and we humans are only the administrator of the good will of God,” Cardinal Müller observed that humanity was called to care for fellow men, since “we cannot distinguish or separate the love of God for us and our love for God, from the love of us to our neighbor and the love of our neighbor to us.” Promoters of infanticide are excommunicated Following Biden’ State of the Union address, LifeSite has launched a public action call for the U.S. bishops to excommunicate the pro-abortion president. Questioned directly by this reporter about the endeavor, Cardinal Müller stated that “the first step must be that we [must] have the unanimous U.S. bishops conference, probably together with other Christian religious, other religious leaders, [give] an absolute, clear, strong statement that this [abortion] is against all the standards and principles of humanity.” Such a statement would be along these lines: “That they [would say] absolutely clearly that everybody in public responsibility who, as a Catholic, is promoting this infanticide, that they are excommunicated.” - LewRockwell
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  12656. More evidence of the rise of dictatorship in the Anglo-American world of “liberty and freedom” is the failure of both the US president and the UK prime minister to notify Congress and Parliament that the executive branches in the US and UK were committing the US and UK to war with Yemen without consulting the legislative branches, a requirement in the US and a historical convention in the UK. Two people acting as dictators committed their countries to war. The Biden Regime has the War Powers Act or the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) for its justification for attacking Yemen territory. If memory serves, the power Congress gave the executive branch only applies to the use of force against those who attack US forces. It seems that the Biden Regime has expanded the definition to include anything the US executive branch can claim is an attack on America. The Houthi had not attacked US Navy ships, only commercial ships supplying Israel. The recent Houthi attempted attack on a US Navy ship came after the US attack on Yemen, not before. The Zionist neoconservatives who control US foreign policy consider any alleged, potential, or real attack on Israel to be an attack on the United States. Thus narratives can be constructed that justify every warmongering action Washington undertakes in Israel’s interest. England’s Prime Minister simply gave Parliament the finger claiming that “the government”, which apparently does not include Parliament, has no responsibility to inform the legislature when it intends to take the country to war. We now have the situation where the two countries who gave the world government accountable to the people are acting totally independent of the people You can see what will develop from this. - LewRockwell
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  12658. You can't beat these people as God is watching over them! OUR PEOPLE CAN'T BE INTIMIDATED - Russian Election Commission Chief Pamfilova starts 1st voting day with Russian national anthem, hailing will of citizens risking their lives to vote under fire, while Kiev's regime threatens and kills them. We will endure everything; we have withstood it for more than one year and we know what's at stake - Pamfilova quoting courageous residents from reunited regions. We have accredited 706 officials from 106 countries as international observers. More than 13,000 representatives from almost 2,500 media outlets, without taking into account numerous foreign media outlets will have same full opportunity to cover what is happening in our country openly without any kind of obstacles - Pamfilova. - Intel Republic RUSSIAN PATRIOTS FIGHT EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS TO CAST THEIR VOTE - Citizens of Sakhalin region, Far East Russia fight their way through punishing icy sharp winds and thick snow (video above) to vote for better Russian future in today's presidential elections. 2 million already participated in early voting but West predictably labels the elections unfair before they even started. - Intel Republic TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN FAMILY TRAVELS 150KM ON SNOWMOBILE TO VOTE - Watch video above of the amazing nomad Khudi family from Russia's Arctic Yamalo-Nenets, whose patriotism manifested in a long hard road trip through extreme weather to the nearest polling station after father got tired of "waiting for helicopter" to fly them to participate in presidential elections. We always vote, because everything depends on our voice - says the mom. - Intel Republic RUSSIA'S ELITE OFFICIALS CAST THEIR VOTE - Early to arrive at voting stations, Russian FM Lavrov, Defense Minister Shoigu and Chief of Staff Gerasimov post their ballots in today's presidential elections. Massive turnout expected as reunited Russian regions will finally enjoy fair elections , with head of Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) Pushilin leading by example by voting in bottom right video. Finally the day has come when we elect the president of our great Motherland - Pushilin. - Intel Republic MASSIVE BLAST RIPS THROUGH STREET and vehicles, wrecking department store following Ukrainian shelling that kills one, damages several buildings and stores in Belgorod region (pre-war Russia), as Kiev's regime continues futile attempt to intimidate Russians out of voting. Region's Governor Gladkov mourns the victim who spent his days helping victims of Ukrainian war crimes. He was one of its [civil defense] active participants, he repeatedly helped to evacuate civilians and ensure security in his native district. I express my sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased, it's a heavy loss for all residents of Belgorod region - Gladkov. - Intel Republic UKRAINE-BACKED SABOTEURS ISSUE WARNING TO RUSSIANS, WHILE MOSCOW DETAINS ONE OF THEIR TERRORISTS - West-funded PR battalion Freedom of Russia Legion, again issues "urgent warning" to citizens of Belgorod region (pre-war Russia), that massive attack about to be carried on city's military targets. One terror attempt immediately once again thwarted by Russian intelligence, as 21-year-old FRL goon in right video detained before he could plant explosives (confession on right) and spread chaos in Bryansk region (pre-war Russia), to disrupt presidential elections day. UPDATE: From March 12 to 15, Russian forces prevented all Ukrainian attempts to break through into territory of Belgorod and Kursk regions. More than 550 military personnel, 16 tanks, 19 armored fighting vehicles, including 11 U.S-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and 15 vehicles were destroyed - Russian Defense Ministry. - Intel Republic
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  12661. Demonic Warmongering Biden Admin wants total war to save its sorry self The first direct troop deaths have finally begun rolling in as warhawk voices in the US cry out for total war: There seems to be some major disagreement or deliberate obfuscation on US’ part as to where the troops were hit, exactly. The above resistance statement says multiple bases were hit. Most are assuming the fatalities were in al-Tanf base in Syria—the illegal base the US uses to facilitate ISIS and train terrorists to agitate against Assad, as well as to block the all important Syria-Jordan border-route to keep Syria isolated and economically stifled. It’s understandable how things could get so confusing, what with so many illegal American bases strewn about like candy wrappers, and all. But in reality, this is likely an attempt to downplay and conceal US’ al-Tanf activity and give the appearance of legality by misdirecting everyone to the Jordanian base which US actually has legal permission to be in—unlike al-Tanf. And for those who think “How could this be? The US was invincible during the Iraq War in 2003”—well, I have some news for you. There was no war, it was a total sham pysop operation If that wasn’t bad enough, US troops are even taking casualties on the Texas front: The only thing that’s certain is election year has just begun and things are already melting down faster than anyone could imagine. To be quite honest, it’s difficult to imagine how this situation could resolve without either a total US withdrawal from the Middle East or a new major war. The problem in both scenarios: 1. If the US withdraws, it will be viewed as the mother of all failures and weaknesses for the Biden administration, akin to the Afghan withdrawal x 100. I have no idea why it should be viewed that way, when in reality it’s a giant win for Americans to disentangle their country from globalist and MIC pursuits, but that’s how it will be spun by the totally compromised media which is the enemy of humanity. Most Republican warhawks will of course agree and stoke this interpretation as well, as they’re on the MIC payroll. 2. If Biden escalates and orders major strikes on Iran itself as Lindsey Graham and others are now cheerleading for, it could lead to an escalatory cascade that would shut down the entire region by engulfing it in flames, crashing the world economy to new levels, which would be a massive shock to any establishment re-election chances this year. Don’t even bother thinking about boots on the ground, if such a thing was possible it would take a year or more of preparation. So ground invasion is out—that’s not happening. The only thing they could possibly attempt is a long-spanning aerial campaign. But to even remotely scratch Iran’s capabilities would require a vast campaign lasting minimum 6-12 months and probably much longer. Remember, all of NATO mustered for 3 months against little Serbia with 6 million people and barely managed to destroy anything of worth. Iran has a 90 million population and a country probably a hundred times the size of Serbia, not to mention a far larger military. How long do you think it would take NATO to even put a dent in that from only an aerial campaign? In short: it would take years, and during those years, Iran would shut down every major maritime and economic chokepoint in the region, crashing the global economy. If you thought a few ships being hit now was bad, wait til you see the nominal Iranian forces rather than Houthis hitting everything in sight—it won’t be pretty. And I’ve beaten the point before about how difficult it would be to even find targets in the decentralized vastness of Iran, just like in Yemen. But of course that doesn’t stop the warmongers of the corporate-owned press: The danger in this, of course, is that once things get too desperate, the only possible recourse for the West to save themselves would be to launch a total global war in the hopes of ‘resetting’ the situation. This is why now again we continue to see the drums of war beating louder than ever: Let’s turn to Ukraine for a moment. There are a few interesting updates. A fascinating story has come to light regarding how precisely Russian forces were able to win their way into the Tsar’s Hunt area of southern Avdeevka. It turns out they were able to cut their way through a drainage pipe hundreds of meters behind enemy lines, waiting until a very foggy day to pop out in the rear and liquidate and capture an entire detachment: Ukraine tried desperately to counter-attack the lost Tsar’s Hunt area the past few days, but they were repulsed: In fact, it was recorded that they sent in some of their most elite special units to try to pry Russian forces from the area, but they failed with several of the ‘elite’ being captured. Here in one celebrated episode yesterday a lone Russian soldier captured several of them: In the meantime, Russia continues to inflict heavy casualties via long range strikes to the operational rear. Another report from Sergey Lebedev details how just days after the infamous Kharkov strike on French mercenaries, Russian ballistic missiles rained down on a Kraken HQ, also in Kharkov. It reportedly killed dozens of Kraken and another strike in Balakleya reportedly killed over 100+ Ukrainian militants as well: As US agitates Europe into a war footing against Russia, one of the founders of Azov Brigade, Sergei Korotikh, says there’s no way NATO can win because “they have no people even capable of fighting” due to years of emasculating their warrior class. Russia will go all the way and remove this ‘sad regime’. Ukraine is as good as finished. Russian industry continues hammering at full throttle. Here they are pumping out the 2S19M2 upgraded variant of Msta-S self-propelled howitzers: - Simplicius
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  12668. You can't beat these people as God is watching over them! OUR PEOPLE CAN'T BE INTIMIDATED - Russian Election Commission Chief Pamfilova starts 1st voting day with Russian national anthem, hailing will of citizens risking their lives to vote under fire, while Kiev's regime threatens and kills them. We will endure everything; we have withstood it for more than one year and we know what's at stake - Pamfilova quoting courageous residents from reunited regions. We have accredited 706 officials from 106 countries as international observers. More than 13,000 representatives from almost 2,500 media outlets, without taking into account numerous foreign media outlets will have same full opportunity to cover what is happening in our country openly without any kind of obstacles - Pamfilova. - Intel Republic RUSSIAN PATRIOTS FIGHT EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS TO CAST THEIR VOTE - Citizens of Sakhalin region, Far East Russia fight their way through punishing icy sharp winds and thick snow (video above) to vote for better Russian future in today's presidential elections. 2 million already participated in early voting but West predictably labels the elections unfair before they even started. - Intel Republic TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN FAMILY TRAVELS 150KM ON SNOWMOBILE TO VOTE - Watch video above of the amazing nomad Khudi family from Russia's Arctic Yamalo-Nenets, whose patriotism manifested in a long hard road trip through extreme weather to the nearest polling station after father got tired of "waiting for helicopter" to fly them to participate in presidential elections. We always vote, because everything depends on our voice - says the mom. - Intel Republic RUSSIA'S ELITE OFFICIALS CAST THEIR VOTE - Early to arrive at voting stations, Russian FM Lavrov, Defense Minister Shoigu and Chief of Staff Gerasimov post their ballots in today's presidential elections. Massive turnout expected as reunited Russian regions will finally enjoy fair elections , with head of Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) Pushilin leading by example by voting in bottom right video. Finally the day has come when we elect the president of our great Motherland - Pushilin. - Intel Republic MASSIVE BLAST RIPS THROUGH STREET and vehicles, wrecking department store following Ukrainian shelling that kills one, damages several buildings and stores in Belgorod region (pre-war Russia), as Kiev's regime continues futile attempt to intimidate Russians out of voting. Region's Governor Gladkov mourns the victim who spent his days helping victims of Ukrainian war crimes. He was one of its [civil defense] active participants, he repeatedly helped to evacuate civilians and ensure security in his native district. I express my sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased, it's a heavy loss for all residents of Belgorod region - Gladkov. - Intel Republic UKRAINE-BACKED SABOTEURS ISSUE WARNING TO RUSSIANS, WHILE MOSCOW DETAINS ONE OF THEIR TERRORISTS - West-funded PR battalion Freedom of Russia Legion, again issues "urgent warning" to citizens of Belgorod region (pre-war Russia), that massive attack about to be carried on city's military targets. One terror attempt immediately once again thwarted by Russian intelligence, as 21-year-old FRL goon in right video detained before he could plant explosives (confession on right) and spread chaos in Bryansk region (pre-war Russia), to disrupt presidential elections day. UPDATE: From March 12 to 15, Russian forces prevented all Ukrainian attempts to break through into territory of Belgorod and Kursk regions. More than 550 military personnel, 16 tanks, 19 armored fighting vehicles, including 11 U.S-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and 15 vehicles were destroyed - Russian Defense Ministry. - Intel Republic
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  12672. A FAILED STATE: Young Russian fighter explains that Ukrainians don't know what they're fighting for - given soldiers are looked down on for speaking their native language (Russian), as well as practice their religion (Christian Orthodox.) Not to mention there will not be elections in Ukraine, because Zelensky said so - all the while purchasing yachts for himself. Ukraine [as a concept] has lost all meaning - if Russia doesn't absorb [parts], it will just become a depopulated desert - he says. - Intel Report POPULATION-POISONING LABS SHUT: Federal Security Bureau (FSB) storms network of drug labs in Russia controlled from Ukraine; 21 people are detained (12 with Ukrainian citizenship), almost 1.5 TONS of mephedrone seized. Manufacturing & dealing heavy drugs carries a harsh penalty in Russia - the group are looking at 10+ years in prison each. Drug labs operated in Moscow, Pskov and Ryazan regions (Western Russia). - Intel Report RUSSIA FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM OF ENTIRE WORLD states Putin, warning globe that Washington has become "decrepit" and "dangerous to those around it". Without a sovereign, strong Russia, no lasting, stable world order is possible - Russian leader. Putin’s speaking at World Russian People's Council, international forum focused on present and future of Russia as a country. - Intel Report A "democratic" kind of rubble, delivered by the "free world": US - supplied HIMARS entirely destroy several homes in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine.) Local shops severely damaged as well as windows in nearby high rise buildings shattered. By some miracle, no casualties are reported. - Intel Report “The Biden administration was the one that created the Zelensky regime. Moreover, it fed it with money, weapons and, what was most awful, the sense of impunity,” Zakharova claimed. Contrary to Washington’s assertions, Ukraine invests the money and weapons it receives from foreign backers not in the defense of democracy, but to attack non-combatants, including through acts of terrorism, she alleged. Zakharova accused the West of encouraging bloodshed in Ukraine, citing the failed peace talks with Kiev in spring 2022. “It was the West, particularly Washington and London, which blocked, literally prohibited Ukraine from negotiating with our side,” the spokeswoman said. “Why? Because talks are a path to peace, de-escalation and ceasefire. And they did not want those.” - RT
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  12677. Uke losses mounting daily due to insane tactics! The handwriting has been on the wall for a long time regarding the outcome of this war! The sane clearly see this! - China's growing technological edge despite extreme measures by the US & its allies to arrest its development. - Ukraine's failing offensive is just the visual manifestation of much greater fundamental odds it and its Western sponsors cannot overcome, particularly in terms of military industrial output. - Tension on the Korean Peninsula is the result of the United States attempting to create yet another proxy conflict like in Ukraine against Russia, but this time across Asia against China. - NATO exercises meant to intimidate Russia are more posturing than any actual serious message. Posturing without the military industrial capacity to sustain the type of warfare required to defeat Russia is meaningless. The New Atlas War Channel UKRAINIAN WAR CRIME caught on cam as Russian prisoners of war (POWs) forced to walk in minefields. At 01:00, you can see Russian POWs in the distance as Kiev's troops open fire at them and apparently hit mine with thundering explosion (01:13) seen in video right next to where Russian soldiers were. Above video reportedly found on phone in Ukrainian dugout. - Intel Report Ukrainian Armed Forces strike residential area of ​​Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region (ex-Ukraine) using Western-supplied weapons. In this way 'liberating their people' apparently; 4 apartment buildings are destroyed or severely damaged, information on casualties is being confirmed. - Intel Report On Putin's instruction, several planes on their way to Libya today with doctors, rescuers, and basic necessities for thousands of flood victims. - Intel Report Watch moment Kiev regime missile KILLS 1 civilian and wounds 12 others in strike earlier today on Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region (ex-Ukraine). Kiev regime’s latest war crime caught on camera as blast rocks ground and leaves huge plume of smoke. - Intel Report DRONES to make lives for Ukrainian troops and vehicles utter hell, as tiny explosive packages home in on armor and soldiers like deadly mosquitoes (00:09), all while Russian forces repel 4 Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine), routing Kiev’s forces and inflicting up to 275 casualties. Another 2 Ukrainian army attacks become utter failures in Zapoorozhye region (ex-Ukraine) with Kiev losing over 145 troops, while 2 Acacia self-propelled howitzers and up to 75 Ukrainian soldiers meet their end in Kherson region (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 14
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  12688. [How sad. Ukraine has bombed open air markets, libraries, bakeries, voting facilities and now a zoo. Ukrainians are a disgrace!] “Grundy, our pet Bennett kangaroo, was killed in the shelling,” said the post on the zoo’s VK page on Tuesday. “The [exotic animal area] and the kangaroo enclosure were damaged by cluster fragments. Unfortunately, Grundy was outside at that time…” Bennett’s tree kangaroo is native to Queensland in northeast Australia. Grundy came to Belgorod from St. Petersburg in late 2019 and was described as “friendly, meek and absolutely fearless.” “There are no words to convey the pain. And anger. And powerlessness,” the zoo said. “We will never forget you, sweetie. When this waking nightmare is over, Grundy, we will plant the most delicious grapes in our forest in honor of you!” The Belgorod Zoo added that at least none of the staff were harmed. While the park has been shut down until further notice, employees are still coming in to take care of the animals. According to the Belgorod authorities, over the past week Ukrainian strikes have killed 11 civilians – including children – and injured 82 more, about half of whom have required hospitalization. Nine people are currently in serious but stable condition. Kiev’s forces have been using multiple-launcher rocket systems, such as the US HIMARS and the Czech Vampire, to strike at Belgorod since January, when 25 civilians were killed and over 100 injured in a Christmas market massacre. The missiles have often been armed with cluster warheads, many of which have been provided by the US, which is not a signatory to the convention banning the controversial munitions because of their harm to noncombatants. - RT
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  12693. Update on the conflict in Ukraine for November 13, 2023 from Western Sources - Ukraine is losing its conflict with Russia according to a growing list of metrics reported on by the Western media; - This includes the net loss of territory despite a 5 month offensive; - Ukraine and its Western backers are losing in terms of military industrial production; - Ukraine is also losing in qualitative terms, admittedly being outfought in the air, through electronic warfare, and counter-battery operations; - The collective West has no plan even being discussed that can reverse any of these factors; - The New Atlas PREMATURE BABIES LIE TOGETHER, CONDITIONS CRITICAL as at least 2 already DEAD after al-Shifa hospital’s incubators lose power due to lack of fuel - doctors warn 37 babies now at risk of losing lives while Israeli forces REFUSE to help evacuate newborns. Hamas spokesman states negotiations on release of hostages SUSPENDED due to critical situation at al-Shifa hospital caused by Israeli blockade. - Intel Report ⚔SITREP⚔ NOVEMBER 12 ◾Pushing on through Stepovoye as Russian forces have reportedly driven Kiev army out of East and Central parts of Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) village - red line in left map shows confirmed Russian gains. ◾Key objective reported to be cutting off Ukrainian supply lines (purple in left map) used to reinforce desperate defenders of Avdeevka . ◾Russian Lancet kamikaze drone leaves Ukrainian tank near Berdychi smouldering in right vid, hindering Kiev army attempts to reinforce front lines as up to 250 Ukrainian troops become casualties in DPR. - Intel Report
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  12713. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – In Malaya Loknya, FPV drones are working harder, minus many of Ukrainian vital equipment and some of its personnel amidst the relentless onslaught by the Russian Armed Forces, continue to pin down the sector. Sources released by military channel of Rassvet Group on February 16, 2025, show how the Marines and Airborne units, a barrage of attacks beat the enemy from Malaya Loknya area, from the early morning using kamikaze drones. A position of Ukrainian equipment in the yard of a residential house was wiped out by FPV, and the Ukrainian Paratroopers of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade will not be able to continue their mission in the settlement in Kursk region, which will open the way for a deeper Russian advance. At the same time, fighting continues a little to the north of the settlement. The use of FPV drones continues to provide Russian forces with a strategic advantage, neutralizing Ukrainian assets with precision, apparently recently installed by a Kiev soldier. Later, the next FPV arrives at a warehouse, where Ukrainian troops are unable to take cover from Russian drone operators. FPV continued to target several Ukrainian vehicles, which maintained control of their defensive lines as pressure on their supply routes grew. The footage confirms precision strikes on three vehicles of various types, eroding Ukrainian resistance in the sector. The successful assaults on Malaya Lokhnya is in line with the wider Russian advance, the Ukrainian position is becoming more vulnerable, forcing a costly troop withdrawal or reinforcements, and the liberation of the settlement is expected to occur in the near future!
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  12714. Blast in Krivoy Rog, south-central Ukraine. On social media local authorities call not to film the area. This is likely a military infrastructure object in what happens to be Zelensky's home town. - Intel Report Putin addresses the people of Donbass for WWII Donbass Liberation Day from Nazi Invaders. The spirit of those who won then flows through their great-grandchildren, who are fighting Nazis today in the Donbass. - Intel Report NAPOLEON, HITLER, NATO: there is a certain pattern here. Neo-Nazi Azov Regiment (formerly Battalion) soldier complains that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has been too heavily promoted as being swift, or easily accomplished. “We are at war with a power that no one has ever been able to destroy,” he says. Pretty sure this information was known to NATO and Azov prior to engaging 500k+ human lives in this fiasco. - Intel Report WHERE'S THE MONEY? Literally BILLIONS of dollars of Western aid later - mobilized Ukrainian soldiers are forced to buy weapons and ammunition at THEIR OWN expense. Will there be an audit of Ukrainian politicians that have recently purchased villas in Europe and the US? - Intel Report Russian air defenses intercept 4 US HIMARS rockets while ground forces repel 12 enemy attacks near Artyomovsk (formerly), Donetsk and inflict 190 casualties on Ukrainian army in South Donetsk (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 7 Ukrainian terror drone shot down over pre-war Russia’s Belgorod region. Kiev regime fails in latest attempted terror attack on region. - Intel Report
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  12722. In 2021, the European Union created their own military – European Peace Facility. Despite its claim of building peace and preventing conflicts – they have instead instigated conflicts and provided weaponry to western backed governments or military juntas. Some of these peace building initiatives include funding military operations in such countries as: Macedonia, Nigeria, Jordan, Ukraine, Boznia, Ghana, Moldova, Somalia etc… Their first distribution of funds was $130 million to the African Union. Included in their detail description of the military spending is this phrase, “…designed to deliver lethal force”. CODE = KILL. Peace is NOT mentioned. The funding for these military operations comes from member countries of the EU which still cannot meet their NATO 2% mandate. The same NATO paid for predominantly by American Taxpayers. As the US and UK deplete their stockpile weapon inventory aiding and abetting the Ukraine and Israel wars, disrupting African nations via coups, Saudi Arabia just wrapped up their largest ever World Defense Show with weapon sales topping $6.9 billion. Countries attending the show revealed their concern that the world is entering a global phase of pre-war that will erupt into a titan of destruction. Given the West has depleted its inventory and spent billions creating disinformation campaigns and coups across Africa, they stand to be most at risk – while simultaneously initiating the stage for War.. It seems to me The Temporary Fear Propaganda about a Severe Security Threat against the US by Russia – in the midst of the unraveling of the Russia CIA Illusion – is more ego driven than political. It reveals that the US ‘forgot’ to actually go to work at the Defense Industry and build instead of culturally pronouning. In that event we might actually have superior military capability. - LewRockwell
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  12724. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Ukrainian armored forces were completely destroyed, failing to unblock VelykaNovosilka, attempting to assist the withdrawal of troops from the Russian encirclement. Today's reports on January 21, 2025 from various reliable sources, indicate that Russian troops advanced on Velyka Novosilka and captured part of the city, while Ukrainian armored forces tried to use a smoke screen to cover the possible withdrawal of units, now they are moving across Mokri Yaly river towards the flank of NovyKomar. Finally, Ukrainian garrison is almost completely surrounded, and it is not easy to retreat through the waterways and open fields. The Russian military has a fairly strong hold along the flank, where Russian drone operators spotted the armored maneuver and immediately destroyed it! The defeat of Ukrainian armor due to drone shooting by the Russian Armed Forces at the starting position in Dneproenergiya village. Another attempt of the armor was thwarted when they decided to reach the ground and move across the river, the distance from the combat contact line was about 5 km. It seems that Ukraine did not take into account that Russian fiber optic FPV drones work 24 hours a day, locking the flanks and hitting several enemy armor separately. In the village, Ukraine had to be willing to lose one T-64 BV, one Kozak armored vehicle and one American International M1224 MaxxPro MRAP. Other equipment such as one Excavator was destroyed and one 2S3 Akatsiya 152 mm self-propelled gun was burned by drones as in the footage. Meanwhile in a separate location, explosion and subsequent fire on an infantry fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Novy Komar village. Footage shows one Ukrainian variant of BMP-1 or BRM-1K, trying to break through to help the besieged troops reach the land of Velyka Novosilka, moving under the shadow of a drone operated by a Russian operator from the 37th Russian Motorized Rifle Brigade. The fiber optic drone strike destroyed it and burned completely. Velyka Novosilka front in south Donetsk is very worrying and the besieged Ukrainian troops have no choice but to surrender!
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  12732. "UKRAINE WAR CREATES JOBS FOR AMERICANS" - Cookie Monster Victoria Nuland (also known as "poisonous moron") demonstrates an inhuman absence of any kind of moral compass. We have to remember that the bulk of this money is going right back into the US to make weapons - the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs says. People are dying and this lizard can only think of her stock's portfolio. - Intel Republic [Says it all regarding the depravity of the US and the Globalist West Warmongers for profit, the loss in lives be damned, under morally bankrupt devils!] Washington spends most of the money allocated as aid for Ukraine on weapons production at home, Acting US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said in an interview with CNN this week. Commenting on the pending aid package which Congress failed to approve before going on winter recess, Nuland said she has “strong confidence” that it will pass, as it addresses America’s own interests. “We have to remember that the bulk of this money is going right back into the US economy, to make weapons, including good-paying jobs in some forty states across the US,” she stated, adding that support for Ukraine in America “is still strong.” - RT [Demonic Nuland unhappy that Putin is not about to send his country to hell with her and the Godless Globalist West!] “It’s not the Russia that, frankly, we wanted,” Nuland told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday. “We wanted a partner that was going to be westernizing, that was going to be European. But that’s not what Putin has done.” - RT
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  12734. Per the latest Ground Reports from the Front, even a blind man could see that what's left of the Uke Armies are in BIG TROUBLE! ATGM COMING THROUGH, red dash glides towards Ukrainian observation post hidden in houses by Antonovsky Bridge, Kherson (ex-Ukraine), in footage showing Russian anti-tank guided missile crews surrounding Kiev's cannon fodder and suffocating them with precise strikes. - Intel Report Russian air defenses thwart terror attack attempt by Ukraine over Belgorod, pre-War Russia. Moscow downs 9 Ukrainian shells shot by multiple launch rocket systems before crack of dawn. - Intel Report POWERFUL FIRES and fragments of building everywhere after Russian night drone strikes deliver large-scale blow to Ukrainian ammo depots (pictured) in Kalinovka, Vinnitsa region, West Ukraine. Explosions thundered also in Dnepropetrovsk, West Ukraine and Odessa port, South Ukraine. - Intel Report Ukrainian Army used chemical weapons when shelling Gorlovka, Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine, pictured) regional advisor Gagin says. Ukrainian Army used chemical munitions shelling Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine) as well - but don't expect any Western calls for regime change over that. - Intel Report SOLDIER STRUGGLES TO BREATH, walking through horrifying toxic fumes caused by use of chemical munition in Kiev's regime's shelling of Gorlovka, Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine). Some kind of bullshit is poisoned here - He says as he walks through what could be deadly-looking fog. DPR official warns victims are experiencing attacks of suffocation, teary eyes, nausea, swelling throats and burning skin. Don't expect but crickets from "International community" - Intel Report WELL, YOU CAN TELL BY THE RUSSIAN ARTILLERY DROPS, Kiev's cannon fodder won't be Staying Alive as explosions pummels their positions in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), causing Zelensky up to 550 in casualties, and destroying 3 ammo depots. 2 West-supplied artillery systems also destroyed in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), 40 enemy soldiers either killed or injured in Kherson (ex-Ukraine), air defenses destroy 25 terror drones. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 29 WHAT DO YOU BLINK YOU'RE SAYING? Who should we blame here? Malicious Western Russiophobic historical revisionism or faulty American educational system, which produced this IDIOTIC clam by Biden that Hitler's existential enemies who defeated Nazis, the Soviets, actually swooped in with a proverbial shovel after Nazi war crime that killed thousands to bury their war crimes. Thankfully, Blinken receives a community notes call-out reminding him of OBVIOUS fact Soviets LIBERATED Babyn Yar and Kiev after they, too, were among those massacred, as US regime provides weapons, endless money, and support for Kiev regime that honors Nazi atrocities today! - Intel Report RETIRED OFFICERS STILL LYING ABOUT UKRAINE WHILE MEDIA COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE UNFOLDING DEBACLE - Sonar21 FUNERAL MARCH aptly plays to grim footage of Ukrainian soldiers left to rot in their trenches in Kleshcheevka, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). Closer you look, more bodies you see littering the area, in brutal footage showing price Ukrainians gotta pay being West's cannon fodder for a regime ready to throw his own people at meat grinder while forgiving those "sponsoring the war" for a price. - Intel Report Kiev's regime shells monastery in Nikolskoye (map above), Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine), monk and parishioner injured. Must be an ISIS-affiliated soldier who picked the target! - Intel Report MASSIVE explosive shockwave that follows Russian Iskander ballistic missile strike, ripping Ukrainian Marine brigade apart in Nikolaev region, South Ukraine. Colossal force of explosion moves entire row of military vehicles synchronized into liquidation by sheer force of blast. - Intel Report
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  12743. Here we go again. The “Joe Biden” thing just started another war in Yemen without a constitutionally compliant declaration by Congress. And it/they did so against a rag-tag tribe of desert insurgents who cannot possibly harm the liberty or security of the American homeland. After all, the most fearsome missile possessed by the Houthi is the Burkan-3, which has a maximum range of 750 miles. Yet the last time we checked, the distance from Yemen to Washington DC was 7,200 miles. So why is the GOP leadership branch of the Uniparty saluting Sleepy Joe with a chorus of attaboys? No, Speaker Johnson, America must not go abroad seeking monsters to destroy, as our sixth president, John Qunicy Adams, stated so cogently nearly 203 years ago on Independence Day. The Red Sea is not the Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound or the Gulf of Catalina—meaning that the Houthi blockade on ships heading to Israel in retaliation for the latter’s genocidal assault on Gaza is Jerusalem’s business to treat with, not Washington’s. In other words, all of the Uniparty prattle offered by McConnell and Johnson makes sense only through the false lens of a Washington-based Global Hegemon. So, yes, if Washington is obliged to keep the peace everywhere on the planet and safeguard all the sea lanes and all the air space from quarrelling local parties, as in the extant case, then let the assembled legislators call a vote and declare yet another war, as did the hapless Woodrow Wilson in April 1917 to no avail except the resulting rise of Hitler, Stalin, World War II, the holocaust and the Cold War. The truth is, Netanyahu is a megalomaniacal madman who has had the reckless audacity to pursue an utterly dangerous Machiavellian strategy of promoting and funding Hamas in order to kill dead as a doornail any prospect whatever of a two-state arrangement. For want of doubt, the facts are these. Between 2012 and 2018 Netanyahu gave Qatar approval to transfer a cumulative sum of nearly one billion dollars to Gaza in the form of suitcases full of cash. And at least half of that is estimated to have reached Hamas, including its military wing. In the meanwhile, Washington needs to truly sober up. Uncle Sam’s checking account is massively overdrawn. Now is not the time to fund wars which do nothing for America’s homeland security (Ukraine) or to launch yet another war on behalf of an ally that is unwilling to pay for the Garrison State its own blood-soaked anti-Palestinian war policies require. - LewRockwell
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  12746. Russians overwhelming the Uke Armies into oblivion! Will a new Speaker of the House solve our problems? No. Our biggest problem is our financial and moral bankruptcy, which has been brewing for over 100 years since the creation of the Fed and the rise of the Progressive era. But finally, we see Members responding to rising anger among the electorate over the financing of another forever war – this time with a nuclear superpower! Finally, we see Members saying “enough” to demands for even more money for the US empire. It’s a good start and we should do all we can to encourage it.- LewRockwell Russian forces advancing towards key town in bid to cut Ukrainian supplies. Watch missiles race toward enemy in vid as Russian army fights for Berdychi (see map), Donetsk (ex-Ukraine) to block Ukrainian supplies heading to Avdeevka, from where Kiev shells civilians in Donetsk. - Intel Report Rats are jumping the ship! Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky did not address the Romanian Parliament during his visit to the EU state on Tuesday. Local media reports suggested that the speech had been inexplicably canceled. - RT Avdeevka battle on the most fortified Donetsk front, Russian forces began the offensive phase after a long time. Apart from artillery and tanks, combat works from several types of helicopters like Mi-28NM accompanied by Mi-8, as well as Mi-35 transport and attack helicopter storming the enemy with Izdeliye-305 missiles. The result, several destructions of positions and disruption of communications of Ukrainian troops occurred. - Military Tube Today The unchecked delivery of Western weapons to Ukraine has resulted in a large amount of these arms ending up in the hands of organized criminal groups and extremists around the world, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has again claimed. - RT
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  12779. The conflict between Israel and Hamas has already widened to Israel vs. Hamas and Hezbollah, to the US/UK vs. Houthis, and now with the attack on a US base in Jordan to the prospect of a US attack on Iran or on Iranian officials. We will be very lucky to escape a US attack on Iran. Israel, which has extraordinary influence on US policy in the Middle East, has been pushing Washington for many years to attack Iran. Such an attack has the support of the majority of the US Congress and is fervently desired by Israel’s neoconservative allies, such as Victoria Nuland, who hold powerful positions in the US government. It would require a miracle for a US attack on Iran not to start a major war from which Russia and China could not stand aside. My conclusion is that proactive action is necessary to prevent an attack on Iran that would likely ignite a major world confrontation. A mutual defense treaty announced by Russia, China, and Iran would prevent an attack on Iran. The US, Israel, and NATO do not have the capability of fighting a war against three powerful countries. Without such an alliance, the determination of Israel and Israel’s neoconservative allies in Washington to expand Israel’s borders by removing Iran’s financial and military support for Hezbollah and the Houthis will result in a strike on Iran. It is what everyone in Washington wants, except the US military, but the decision will not be made by the military. Washington’s purchase of governments is what BRICS is supposed to end by creating an alternative financial mechanism for international trade that is not exploitative. BRICS success depends on how proactive Russia and China are in preventing Washington from starting more wars. It makes no sense for two powerful countries to leave the initiative in Washington’s hands. “President” Joe Biden, who is in office only through electoral fraud, has committed high treason against the United States of America. He should be arrested and tried for high treason against the United States. The US Constitution requires Biden to protect US borders. Instead he has worked consistently to prevent the protection of the borders and to leave them wide open for millions of immigrant-invaders, now numbered by the latest account at 22 million invaders. Article IV, section 4 of the US Constitution requires the federal government to protect each state against invasion. This the Biden regime has steadfastly refused to do, instead aiding and abetting the immigrant-invaders who are overrunning Texas and other states. Without any doubt, the Biden regime has broken the contract between the federal and state governments. - LewRockwell
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  12790. As expected, the big European ‘second emergency’ conclave on Thursday was another flop, failing to secure any of the vaunted mega-billions for Ukraine: In manic fashion, the talking points quickly shifted to other desperate ploys to shore up the EU’s favorite hobby horse proxy. Whether it was Macron’s talk of a ‘nuclear umbrella’, which appears to suggest storing French nuclear weapons in various European countries like Germany and Poland: Or the big new plan of a European air coalition to create a ‘no fly zone’ over western Ukrainian cities like Odessa and Lvov, and strategic sites, like nuclear and gas plants, etc. It’s now in vogue to talk recklessly—and completely baselessly—about rearmaments and mass build-ups, but in reality, the desiccated Eurocrats admit that they wouldn’t last more than a few weeks against Russia, without the US’ support: That hasn’t stopped some of them, however, from entertaining the most narcotic of fever-dreams: But Trump doesn’t seem to realize he’s only digging himself a deeper hole. It has become increasingly obvious that his team is doing a poor job of understanding Russia’s chief security concerns and associated conditions. The problem, as with everything, is the inability to actually listen to what the Russians are plainly saying, via officials like Lavrov, Ryabkov, Peskov, and even Putin himself. Other analysts have picked up on this tragic deficiency: Beyond the above ‘root causes’ issue, Trump’s team is not even listening to other more simplistic details from the Russian side. For instance, Kellogg, Rubio, and others continue to cluelessly claim that Russia will “have to make concessions”, particularly on land—which Russia has unequivocally stated over and over again, that they will not do. Yesterday, Kellogg even reportedly hinted that Ukraine would not be allowed to be ‘demilitarized’, completely ignoring that there’s no way Russia could allow a militarily-pumped up hostile power to loom over its citizens again, particularly now that Ukraine has demonstrated its inhumanity in slaughtering Russian civilians by the hundreds in Kursk. It would be different if the US side at least heard Russia’s demands and concerns but then rejected them—whether out of typical ‘exceptionalist’ haughtiness or imperialistic vainglory, or whatever; but at least it would demonstrate the US has heard Russian concerns but chose to ignore them. But the actual case is even worse: the top American negotiators and Cabinet members are displaying a total disregard for even listening to what the other side has to say, instead blindly barking out their own version of events. In fact, it’s not a ‘proxy war’ at all—which entails two sides each fighting through proxies. Russia isn’t using a proxy: it is fighting a war against the US’ and Europe’s proxies, which makes it an unequal contest given that Russians are losing lives and Americans are not. This makes it even more egregious for the predators themselves to demand compromises from Russia. If your head isn’t spinning yet, here’s another one: while threatening to ramp up sanctions against Russia, Trump’s administration is simultaneously studying how to ‘ease’ Russian sanctions, as per a Reuters report: So much for the era of ‘principled politics’. As for compromises, Lavrov again put in the final word Lavrov: Russia categorically opposes the idea of European peacekeepers in Ukraine and would treat their deployment as a direct act of war.
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  12795. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – A unit of Ukraine, trying to storm Russian positions near Valentinovka but met fate like a boomerang, they are the ones who attack, but they are the ones who are ultimately destroyed. The video released by the Russian military channel on April 17, 2025, shows images of one of the fierce clashes, when the Russian Armed Forces were in the process of completing the capture of the settlement, but now the settlement has been secured and occupying new positions nearby, defeating Ukrainians in SukhayaBalka. The thrilling chronology recorded by a Russian drone that was assisting the assault troops, shows two Ukrainian soldiers trying again to seize a house with Russian soldiers inside, but the result was a complete failure. The enemy soldiers secretly threw the hand grenades into the house accompanied by firing several random shots into the building, but it seemed to have no effect, because the Russian soldiers has already on the second floor of the building. Next, a soldier of Ukraine had to crawl to try to stand up, but failed because he was wounded by shrapnel, which was thrown by the Russian soldier through the window of the house into a nearby warehouse, located behind the house. The next minute, he was again hit by shrapnel from another grenade, which was thrown, and this time hit the warehouse. A comrade soldier of Ukraine in panic, trying to hide while keeping watch behind the house, was shot down by a rifle, due to the cooperation of Russian soldiers and drone. At the last moment, a Russian drone killed a wounded enemy soldier, and the attempt to seize Russian positions turned around and destroyed itself, this was reported by Russian soldiers. This is the real face of war, during the tense clashes for the settlement of Valentinovka west of Niu-York a strategic road to Kostiantynivka, located in Donetsk Thus, the consequences of military action until 15:00 on April 17, it was reported that units of the 68th Tank Regiment of the Russian i Forces, had managed to liberate Valentinovka, advancing along the reservoir, as well as gaining a foothold in part of Sukhaya Balka, on the edge of Ukrainian-controlled territory. Soldiers raised the flag of the Russian Federation in the central part of Sukhaya Balka, confirming full control over the newly captured position, strengthening Russian control in the area.
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  12797. As could be expected, immediately upon receipt of “authorization” from Biden, Ukraine reportedly launched an ATACMS strike on the Russian 67th GRAU depot in Bryansk region. Though Putin had to make some escalatory show, it’s more realistic to expect Russia not to react in any overt way until Trump’s term settles in. Putin is aware that an outgoing senile despot who doesn’t care if the world burns behind him may seek to start WWIII, and that Zelensky may see his final two months’ chance to provoke Russia into overreacting. As such, it’s best for Russia to do nothing, and continue grinding the offensives which are destroying Ukrainian lines everywhere. Last major news that you’re hearing here for the first time: A couple months back, you may recall World Bank announced that as per their calculations, Russia had finally surpassed both Germany and Japan in GDP PPP. However, the official IMF and CIA figures still scoffed at this, with Russia trailing both countries on their counts. This allowed the popular narrative to be maintained that the World Bank figures were some kind of inaccurate fluke or anomaly. Well, the IMF has just done their latest report and has officially concluded that Russia has blown past both Germany and Japan as of 2024, and is now the number four economy in the world. And not only that, but the IMF has Russia in the lead by an even larger margin than World Bank. On top of which, the CIA also updated their numbers and likewise reflects Russia at the number four position. That means it’s official—every global institution of note has now validated that Russia is the number four economy in the world, after only China, US, and India. The most remarkable shift is that according to the IMF’s updated numbers, the Russian economy is now 15% larger than the German one when it felt like only recently that Russia had even officially surpassed Germany. The truth is, Germany and the EU are in absolute free fall, while Russia is experiencing an unprecedented economic boom. - Simplicius
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  12809. A New York Times exposé outs years of unsavory details about the Ukraine's relationship with the CIA, while a Ukrainian spy chief swats down U.S. messaging. Is a breakup at hand? Over the weekend the New York Times published an epic exposé. “The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin,” by Adam Entous and Mitchell Schwirtz, described a decade of CIA-Ukrainian cooperation, featuring details that would never reach public ears under normal circumstances. The opening is worth quoting at length. Nestled in a dense forest, the Ukrainian military base appears abandoned and destroyed…But that is above ground. Not far away, a discreet passageway descends to a subterranean bunker where teams of Ukrainian soldiers track Russian spy satellites and eavesdrop on conversations between Russian commanders… The listening post in the Ukrainian forest is part of a C.I.A.-supported network of spy bases constructed in the past eight years that includes 12 secret locations along the Russian border. Yowza! Officials have long scolded the public that even minor disclosures of “sources and methods” could “risk lives” and must be prevented at all costs. Yet here comes the Times, helping “current and former officials in Ukraine, the United States and Europe” blab a long list of extraordinary details, down to the number of CIA-supported secret bases along the Russian border. When intelligence sources line up by the hundred to fill newspapers with “secret” details, they’re almost always doing one of two things: spreading disinformation, or “pre-bunking” embarrassing future revelations. The lavishly overwritten “secret untold story” that puts advance spin on ugly leaks has become a popular genre across this century’s many giant intelligence screwups. In the wake of multiple disclosures since then suggesting Brennan’s conclusion was “cooked intelligence” and his supposed “longtime source” with access to the “highest level of the Kremlin” was anything but, the Post story in retrospect reads like a grand piece of inspired BS, designed to “pre-bunk” inevitable leaks about Brennan’s sourcing. Same with the absurdly vivid accounts in The Guardian and The New Yorker of the alleged British capture of suspicious “interactions” and “illicit communications” between Trump and Russia in 2015 that supposedly triggered the American collusion investigation. Those stories too now read like elaborate spin jobs, put out to defuse future questions about the origins of that investigation. - LewRockwell
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  12818. The conflict between Israel and Hamas has already widened to Israel vs. Hamas and Hezbollah, to the US/UK vs. Houthis, and now with the attack on a US base in Jordan to the prospect of a US attack on Iran or on Iranian officials. We will be very lucky to escape a US attack on Iran. Israel, which has extraordinary influence on US policy in the Middle East, has been pushing Washington for many years to attack Iran. Such an attack has the support of the majority of the US Congress and is fervently desired by Israel’s neoconservative allies, such as Victoria Nuland, who hold powerful positions in the US government. It would require a miracle for a US attack on Iran not to start a major war from which Russia and China could not stand aside. My conclusion is that proactive action is necessary to prevent an attack on Iran that would likely ignite a major world confrontation. A mutual defense treaty announced by Russia, China, and Iran would prevent an attack on Iran. The US, Israel, and NATO do not have the capability of fighting a war against three powerful countries. Without such an alliance, the determination of Israel and Israel’s neoconservative allies in Washington to expand Israel’s borders by removing Iran’s financial and military support for Hezbollah and the Houthis will result in a strike on Iran. It is what everyone in Washington wants, except the US military, but the decision will not be made by the military. Washington’s purchase of governments is what BRICS is supposed to end by creating an alternative financial mechanism for international trade that is not exploitative. BRICS success depends on how proactive Russia and China are in preventing Washington from starting more wars. It makes no sense for two powerful countries to leave the initiative in Washington’s hands. “President” Joe Biden, who is in office only through electoral fraud, has committed high treason against the United States of America. He should be arrested and tried for high treason against the United States. The US Constitution requires Biden to protect US borders. Instead he has worked consistently to prevent the protection of the borders and to leave them wide open for millions of immigrant-invaders, now numbered by the latest account at 22 million invaders. Article IV, section 4 of the US Constitution requires the federal government to protect each state against invasion. This the Biden regime has steadfastly refused to do, instead aiding and abetting the immigrant-invaders who are overrunning Texas and other states. Without any doubt, the Biden regime has broken the contract between the federal and state governments. - LewRockwell
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  12819. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The joint siege of the Syrian Arab Army along with the Russian Armed Forces against various units of the rebel forces against the Syrian government has began following their attacks on the Syrian Army. On November 27, the rebels in Idlib launched their major attack around the western areas of Aleppo Province in Northeastern Syria, the timing of the attack just hours after Netanyahu's warning to Assad about "playing with fire", for supporting the Palestinian and Lebanese struggles, indicating a broader geopolitical strategy coinciding with the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon. As in the footage, the rebel forces attacked the Syrian Army with heavy weapons and MANPADS. Furthermore, additional reinforcements of special forces from the Syrian Arab Army arrived at the gates of Aleppo to stop them! The video reportedly shows the Syrian Army's MLRS now shots fire, hitting allied militias positions from the Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS), who are advancing in Aleppo. This is to stop the extremist rebels who violated the de-escalation agreement, started operations that endanger civilians and have reportedly captured the village of Zerbeh from the Assad Army in the area. Western media use the term 'Syrian Opposition' in the context of the conflict in Syria, and this attack as "the occupation by the Assad militias", who defeated the threat of the rebels for now along with Russian forces with heavy artillery fire. In addition, it was reported that the Syrian Arab Army was involved in fierce clashes with al-Nusra rebel units while the joint Russian-Syrian Air Force also took action in the town of Atarib. Aviation prepared for bombing strikes, which hit rebel positions as they advanced west of Aleppo city. According to Syrian sources today on November 28, more than 200 al-Nusra rebels have been neutralized since the offensive began. Regardless of whether Aleppo falls or not, the city has fallen before to President Assad and the possibility of returning Idlib to Syrian government control is currently being discussed.
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  12826. The Hidden Danger Beside Trump: Why Peter Thiel is the Real Threat Trump tried to calm the waters, announcing that Nikki Haley and Mike “Kansas” Pompeo wouldn’t be returning to his team. Smart move, Haley and Kansas, with their cheerleading forever wars and regime change, warmongers and globalist puppets, embody the very swamp Trump claims to drain. But here’s the twist: sitting right beside Trump, grinning like the Cheshire cat, is Peter Thiel, a figure far more insidious than Haley or Pompeo ever were. Thiel isn’t just another billionaire with influence; he’s a Zionist hawk cloaked in Silicon Valley’s libertarian veneer. For years, his empire, particularly Palantir, has been at the forefront of merging Silicon Valley's tech prowess with the national security state, feeding both U.S. and Israeli intelligence networks with data-mining capabilities that would make Orwell blush. This isn't a recent development either, Palantir was designed from its inception as a tool to empower state surveillance, a vision that has seamlessly aligned with the Zionist agenda. In Israel, Thiel’s technology has been used to surveil Palestinian populations, enforcing a brutal occupation under the guise of “security.” And Thiel’s influence doesn’t stop there. He has deep roots in the U.S. military-industrial complex, aligning closely with the CIA through his early investment from In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital arm. From the beginning, Palantir was woven into the fabric of America’s intelligence infrastructure, sold as a “defense” tool, while it quietly expanded a surveillance apparatus across the world, from the Occupied Territories to inner cities in the United States. The Zionist vision of control and surveillance has found its ultimate tool in Thiel’s empire - a Trojan horse that’s eroding civil liberties under the radar. Then there’s the paradox - Thiel, publicly a critic of “wokeism,” has quietly funneled money into (woke) initiatives that stir cultural war within the U.S. It’s an ancient imperial strategy: keep the masses distracted with ideological battles while the real agenda, bolstering Israel’s interests and consolidating a digital surveillance state marches on unopposed. By funding divisive causes and watching America tear itself apart, Thiel isn’t just hedging his bets, he’s ensuring that the spotlight never falls on his own agenda. For Trump to truly align with the idea of American sovereignty, distancing himself from Thiel isn’t a suggestion but a necessity. Thiel doesn’t represent a populist, patriotic agenda; he represents the apex of corporate, Zionist interests, a technocratic elite intent on tightening its grip over policy and control. If Haley and Pompeo were symbols of the neoconservative swamp, Thiel is the lurking shadow, the hidden hand of a corporate-Zionist cabal with a vested interest in manipulating America’s course. Trump, this is much more than merely draining the swamp, it’s about draining the Zionist infiltration embedded within Silicon Valley and the intelligence community. The art of the deal this time around means ensuring the U.S. doesn’t remain a puppet of Silicon Valley’s Zionist ambitions. If you’re serious about reclaiming sovereignty, you’ll keep Thiel at arm’s length, not in the seat beside you. - Gerry Nolan - TheIslanderNews - Intel Republic
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  12827. Today, May 9, marks the 79th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany aka Victory in Europe day and the Russian people held massive marches and commemorations — not just in Russia — but in countries around the world where Russian expats live. But in the United States, where the mythology persists that the United States defeated the Nazis, there were crickets The estimated population of the Soviet Union in 1940 was 170 million. In other words, 16% of Soviet citizens (which included Russia and Ukraine) died as a consequence of the Great Patriotic War. That does not begin to take into account the number of wounded, which probably represented an additional 20 million people. Compare that with the United States. There are conflicting estimates, ranging from 183,500 up to 276,655 US Army KIA in Europe/North Africa. Let’s go with the higher number. According to the 1940 Census, there were 132,164,569 Americans. That ratio of U.S. KIA in the European/North African theater compared to total population is 0.2%. In other words, far less than 1% of the U.S. population died at the hands of the Nazis. I will put this bluntly — the United States paid almost nothing in the way of blood and treasure in the campaign to defeat Hitler compared to what the Russian people endured. Consider the following: 750,000 Soviets died in the Battle of Stalingrad. At least 670,000 Soviet soldiers and citizens died in the siege of Leningrad. An estimated 421,000 Soviet died in the battle of Operation Citadel/Kursk. The staggering scale of Soviet losses is beyond the comprehension of most Americans. The Soviets tripled all American losses in the European theater in just one battle — Stalingrad. Yet, Hollywood has propagated the myth that the United States carried the burden of the battles that led to the destruction of the Third Reich. Not just Hollywood. In the immediate aftermath the capture of Berlin, the United States and the United Kingdom behaved as if they were the ones who save the world. Well, if that is true, why are the Americans and Brits silent on VE day? Because they did not endure the catastrophic human loss that the peoples of the Soviet Union endured, especially the Russians. That is why millions of Russians marched today carrying photographs of their grandfathers, grandmothers, great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers who served and died in the colossal fight to destroy the Nazis. The legacy of the sacrifice of those who fought 80 years ago still burns bright in the souls of the Russian people. Not so in America. A significant portion of the American population is ignorant: Profiteering off of war? That is a different matter. Americans are real good at that grift. Major General Smedley Butler, who wrote War Is a Racket in 1935, nailed it: Today’s America is the Alzheimer’s Generation when it comes to history. We are on a trajectory to pursue wars against Russia, Iran and China without the tiniest bit of appreciation of the potential loss of human life and capital that may be inflicted on the United States if it consummates its rapacious, foolish desire. I salute those Americans who served in World War II and all of the succeeding foreign expeditionary boondoggles. The names of 58,000 Americans decorate a black wall in Washington, DC. The vast majority served honorably and died in part because they believed the lies fed them by corrupt Presidents and a compliant media. Many of those who followed in their footsteps and served honorably in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria are victims of a big lie. They were not fighting to defeat Islamic extremism. They were duped into fighting to fatten the stock portfolios of General Dynamics, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and scores of other Beltway Bandits. War is good business as long as only a small, insignificant (and despised) class of Americans pay the price in blood. The failure of the vast majority of Americans to commemorate May 9 will, I fear, come back to haunt us. If we do not find a way to live in peace with Russia, China or Iran, Americans are not likely to have the good fortune to avoid massive casualties.- Sonar21
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  12829. Trump closed out his campaign tour alongside his former CIA director and secretary of state Mike Pompeo, which should be enough to dash the hopes of even the most naive Trump supporters that US foreign policy is headed in a positive direction in January. As CIA director, Pompeo led a plot to assassinate Julian Assange and cheerfully admitted that “we lied, we cheated, we stole” at the agency. This odious swamp creature has remained in Trump’s good graces for the last eight years, and is reportedly expected to have a position in Trump’s cabinet once again. Speaking at a campaign event in Pittsburgh on Monday, Pompeo boasted that he has been called “the most loyal cabinet member to Donald J Trump” and said that when Trump is re-elected “we will take down the ring of fire; we will support our friends in Israel.” The “ring of fire” is think tank speak for Iran and the militias in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Palestine who oppose Israel. So things are probably going to get uglier and uglier. But they were getting uglier and uglier under Biden, and they would have gotten uglier and uglier under Harris as well. That’s just what it looks like when you’ve got a dying empire fighting to retain planetary control like a cornered animal. You don’t get to be the US president unless you are willing and eager to do ugly things. Democrats exaggerate how destructive Trump is relative to their own bloodthirsty psychopath candidates. While we can expect Trump to inflict tyranny and abuse upon Americans, it will be nothing compared to the tyranny and abuse he’s going to inflict on people in other countries, and it will be nothing compared to the tyranny and abuse his predecessor has been inflicting on people in other countries. All the histrionic shrieking we see from US liberals about Trump only works inside a western supremacist worldview that does not see the victims of US warmongering as fully human, and therefore sees scorched earth genocidal atrocities as less significant than comparatively minor abuses concerning US domestic policy. - LewRockwell
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  12835. Since my strong warning of the stupidity and insanity of Western leaders who are without any doubt driving the world to nuclear Armageddon, the hyper dangerous situation has further deteriorated. While we all look forward to Thanksgiving holiday, the leadership of the Western world is setting us up for death. The insanity of the West is so extreme as to be incomprehensible. Not satisfied by taking the US and Europe to war with Russia by firing missiles into Russia, the NATO military committee is openly discussing preemptive missile strikes on Russia. This is extraordinary. At the present moment it is only Putin’s patience that stands between life and death on planet Earth. Putin is willing to tolerate the West’s provocations in the face of his clear warning until Trump assumes the presidency and indicates whether a mutual security agreement between the US and Russia is possible. With life on earth dependent on Putin’s patience with the West, what does the West do? The NATO Military Committee openly discusses a preemptive attack on Russia. To be effective, the attack would have to be nuclear. If not insanity, it is the triumph of evil that the West tells Putin, whose patience is the only guarantor of avoidance of nuclear war, that NATO is considering preemptive strikes on Russia. For a person of my generation, such callous disregard for human life as Western “leaders” proclaim is incomprehensible. With nuclear war on the table, the task is to defuse the threat, not to inflame it. But the insane West has chosen to inflame it. - LewRockwell
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  12848. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Toretsk in Donetsk region, is now encircled by the offensive forces of the Russian Armed Forces, with a scary beginning to set in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the center of the mine town. Open sources reported on September 20, 2024, that the battle continues for the town in the urban area, Russian troops continue to advance despite resistance attempts from Ukraine, and from the sound of gunfire, the intensity of the fighting seems to be clearly visible. Footage from a GoPro camera, taken from the point of view of a killed Ukrainian soldier, special forces of the Battalion "Eney" or Lyut Brigade, shows the atmosphere of difficult fighting, the Ukrainian soldiers in the video fled from their lost positions, tried to hide in the rubble storied building, where they seem to be knocked out in the end. Meanwhile, The Separate Assault Lyut Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine, shared footage of their fighting on the streets of Toretsk, after their reserve group arrived there in a vehicle. According to reports on street fighting between the Ukrainian military and Russian troops, they fired RPG thermobaric rocket launchers into a building, where Russian soldiers were taking up positions. Regardless of the reports, but the video shows no evidence of the presence of Russian soldiers in the building, and it appears that the RPG ammunition was discharged just like that! Ukrainian sources acknowledged the consolidation of Russian forces in the center of Toretsk, and the acceleration of the advance of Russian forces during the assault on the town. Russia is tenaciously taking control of every building, and will gradually liberate the town from Zelensky’s troops. Let us remember that the situation in Donetsk region has turned into a disaster for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As entire units fled, the configuration of the front line changed unfavorably to Ukraine, and there were no longer any reserves to stop or reverse this trend. One of the Ukrainian soldiers captured on the outskirts of Toretsk, Viktor Pavlushin, spoke extensively about the dire situation in their ranks.
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  12850. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas’ claim that Russian civilians “are not dying” in the Ukraine conflict is erroneous, Russia’s envoy to the UN Vassily Nebenzia has said. During a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday, Nebenzia denounced Kallas’s remarks from February as “immoral assertions” from an official peddling “fantasies.” He said that in 2024 alone, Ukrainian military action resulted in the death of 809 Russian civilians, including 51 children. Those killings constituted “real crimes” and not a “theatrical performance like Bucha that was staged by the Ukrainian authorities” to garner Western support, Nebenzia stated. Kiev has cited claims that Russian forces had committed a “massacre” in the town in 2022 to justify its decision to abandon peace talks, while Russia contends that the evidence was fabricated. Speaking at a panel discussion during the Munich Security Conference, Kallas claimed that the two nations take radically different positions: “The difference is that Russian civilians are not dying. I mean Russian children and women are not dying, it’s soldiers on the ground” who do, she stated. In response, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova labeled Kallas’s comments as evidence of the “degradation” of senior EU officials, asserting that the senior diplomat has reached a new low in “cynicism and immorality.” “How can one seriously negotiate with people who have declared lies as their official position?” Zakharova questioned. - RT
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  12856. Joe Biden, amidst his mental confusion, must think he is John Mccain reincarnated. I bet he’s humming, “Bomb, Bomb, Bomb; Bomb Bomb Iran.” You know how it is, Iranians, Yemenis, they all look alike. While the bombs are causing some damage in Yemen, Yemen has seen it before and is unfazed. In fact, the bombing appears to be strengthening the resolve of Yemen to continue its blockade of the Red Sea. The United States does not have enough bombs to force Yemen to surrender. Why? Yemen’s rocket and missile force is mobile. They can move dozens of missiles at the same time in different directions, which then forces the United States, notwithstanding robust ISR, to find the needles in the haystack that is Yemen. The U.S. can kill and destroy some, but not all. But that is not the big problem. The U.S. Navy does not have the ability to sustain its presence off the coast of Yemen. Yemen can launch a hundred drones and missiles at U.S. ships and the destroyer escorts will exhaust their supply of air defense missiles. In the 1970s the U.S. Navy had ship tenders that could pull alongside a destroyer and resupply it. Not today. The Vertical Launch Systems have to be reloaded in a port. That means the destroyers will have to sail to Dubai, which means the U.S. aircraft carrier they are accompanying will have to follow because it relies on them for protection from ballistic and cruise missiles. Here’s the bottom-line, if you are going to get into a gun fight you better have enough ammunition on hand to finish it. Only we’re not talking about having a million rounds of 9 mm pistol ammunition. The missiles the Aegis system uses are damn expensive. Yemen is showing how a so-called third rate military can effectively bankrupt the Naval power of a “Superpower.” The neo-cons urging Biden to attack Iran are math challenged. Iran has more missiles, drones and rockets than Yemen. If little Yemen is doing this to the U.S., just imagine the havoc Iran could cause. Washington is like the degenerate gambler who is playing a losing game of blackjack. Instead of accepting his losses, Joe Biden seems intent on doubling down and destroying the reputation of the U.S. Navy as the most powerful force in the World. I suspect the Russians and Chinese are enjoying some heaping buckets of buttered popcorn as they watch this spectacle of national suicide. - Sonar21
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  12865. Biden has finally begun his retaliatory attacks, hitting targets in Syria and Iraq. But sources claim that almost every target was known in advance and evacuated, as we suspected would be the case. Now there are new reports that the US has fully doubled down on the creation of a Palestinian state—in other words, the long-sought-after two-state solution: You have to understand how politi-speak works. In diplomatic/political terms, “security guarantees” is translated as: bribes. It effectively means, we’ll give you x amount of billions of dollars for weapons if you do what we say. Yes, you see, given that Israel has hundreds of thousands of illegal settlers occupying ostensibly Palestinian territory, the creation of a legitimate state would necessitate the total expulsion of all settlers, which would play like a sort of Israeli Nakhba on TV. Recall, the whole point of the illegal settlements was always about one thing only: keeping a Palestinian state from forming. So this would mean the end to a grand plan spanning many decades, and a historic failure of an age-old Zionist vision. But the most explosive developments come from the Ukrainian front, as usual. There are a few very interesting breakthrough stories to tackle. In fact, Seymour Hersh dropped another “bombshell” today claiming that his sources told him the reason behind the coming dismissal is that Zaluzhny has been conspiring with the West to not only oust Zelensky—an obvious point—but to end the war entirely: Zaluzhny actually wants to “get out of dodge” himself because when Ukraine is forced to surrender to Russia, the general doesn’t want to be made the scapegoat. The other huge news is another startling ‘surprise advance’ has occurred on the Avdeevka front: On that note, it’s not looking good for the AFU, and the given reason continues to be due to mass shell hunger and inability to fire artillery. Ukraine has too few ammunition not merely to go on assault or “win”, but even to defend and hold back Russia’s troops: Ukraine faces a shortage of infantry. To anyone with a brain, the reason why that is, is obvious. Putin confirmed something I’ve been long proclaiming: that the POW ratio between Ukraine and Russia is 10:1 in Russia’s favor. From RT: The fact is, Ukraine only has a few hundred Russians while Russia has had anywhere between 10,000-15,000 Ukrainian POWs at various points, fluctuating with exchanges. Given the fact that each category of casualty should scale relatively comparatively, this means we can expect a similar disproportionality to exist between Russian-Ukrainian KIA figures. There is again increased talk of mercenaries everywhere. As Ukraine runs out of men, NATO hawks hatch their plans for a desperate last-bell save, as well as pump their disrobed soldiers into the country to stem the losses. Not only have recent Russian reports mentioned a lot of ‘German chatter’ in intercepted comms in Kupyansk, but more and more foreigners have been eliminated in recent strikes. I found this unearthed admission in New Yorker interesting. Zaluzhny told Milley in late 2022 that “Ukraine had almost no jet fighters left”: Ukraine sank another middling Russian boat, of a ‘cutter’ class by Soviet designation—project 1241. Problem is, Russia seized four of these from Ukraine itself: AFU soldier dejectedly tells host there is no hope: Ukraine now not only has the lowest fertility rate on earth, but its male life expectancy has dropped to 57 years. How low will it go before the conflict ends? - Simplicius
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  12892. No change, Russia is winning as Ukraine Forces continue to be attrited! Russia thwart Ukrainian drone attack on Kaluga region overnight. 3 drones destroyed by air defenses, Ministry of Defense advises. - Intel Report Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) gives over footage of the July attack on the Crimean bridge - to CNN. The Bridge hasn't been used to deliver war supplies since the 4 new regions (re)joined Russia last year. The attack was knowingly against the civilian population, having killed 2 people traveling on the bridge, leaving their child an orphan. - Intel Report Two of three airmobile battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine refuse to go on the offensive in Zaporozhye region, (ex-Ukraine) - Acting Governor Belitsky (pictured). “It's about 500 people - people who are tired of seeing death of their colleagues and do not want to be cannon fodder themselves." Belitsky adds that the when Ukrainian soldiers are sent in to attack, they cannot reach even the 1st line of defense (of 3), so they simply die to "please Western commanders". - Intel Report ◾Russian air defenses intercept 4 US HIMARS rockets, shoot down Ukrainian Su-25 jet near Novotroitskoye, Donetsk (ex-Ukraine). ◾Russian forces are conducting offensive operations in Kupyansk, East Ukraine as they repel 9 Ukrainian attacks in Lugansk (ex-Ukraine) and Kharkov, East Ukraine. ◾Ukraine forces sustain losses of up to 170 soldiers in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine), 55 in Liman, Donetsk and 140 in South Donetsk (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 15
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  12915. To understand what Biden is going to go we need only go back and remind ourselves of what Barack Obama tried to do in 2013 and Donald Trump did in Syria in 2017. Do you remember the fake “sarin” gas attacks allegedly carried out by Syria in 2013 and 2017. Both incidents were staged by Western intelligence operatives working with Syrian opposition groups in order to create a pre-text for attacking Syria’s military. Here is the part of the story most people do not know. The Air Force General who was part of US CENTCOM and operating from a base at Al Udeid, called up the Russians from the Combined Air Operations Center (aka CAOC) and alerted the Russians to our impending attack. The Russians in turn told the Syrians, who then moved essential equipment and personnel out of harms way. The strikes were carried out. Republicans and some Democrats cheered the action as a sign of U.S. resolve. But it was a charade. The Syrians did not suffer significant casualties because they were forewarned. Joe Biden is pulling a page from Donald Trump and has authorized a strike that is going to be touted as massive retaliation. Except the targets of those attacks already know it is going to happen and are taking evasive steps. Biden is doing this for sheer political benefit to try to calm the chorus of members of Congress and the neo-con class demanding action while presenting himself to the American public as a man of action. At the same time it looks like Biden and his team wisely decided to avoid actually killing Iranians or their proxies. As I have written previously, a serious attack on Iranian interests will provoke significant retaliation from Iran and face the United States with the dilemma of launching a new war in the Middle East during an election year. I suspect that the U.S. General at the CAOC will be making some phone calls to Russian counterparts to ensure that there is no chance of any confrontation between Russian and U.S. air assets. Hence, deja vu all over again aka Ground Hog Day. Just like the U.S. and U.K. bombings in Yemen, this is sound and fury signifying nothing. It is not going to improve the sagging strategic fortunes of the United States in the Middle East. - Sonar21
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  12928. Niger rebels advise that the US aid that Nuland has withdrawn is irrelevant - should be used to fund Nuland's weight loss programme instead. It is common knowledge that the common people see only a small percentage of US aid given to the country - the money largely goes to corrupt politicians that help prop up the US imperialistic grip on Africa and elsewhere. - Intel Report Russia's Foreign Affairs Spokeswoman Zakharova comments Victoria Nuland’s trip to Niger yesterday: “Nuland thought that with Niger you can do the same as with Ukraine - cookies in a plastic bag will win you all the friends? Such a banana republic, as she has in Kiev, can't be found elsewhere." - Intel Report Coup-hit Niger rejects entry to delegation from Western-backed regional organization ECOWAS, African Union and UN. Niamey asks them to postpone their visit amid reports that some African countries are readying troops for military intervention in Niger. - Intel Report THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL: "Russia is going to crush Ukraine, which will be the end of American hegemony as we know it" - former Wall Street strategist, ex-IMF economist, David Woo. "The Lancet drones, the Ka-52 helicopters, the Su-34, night vision googles… The Russian military technology has been going through revolution every 3 months....The Russians are fighting with weapons they didn't have 18 months ago." Ukrainian cemeteries running out of space as unverified leaked documents show huge number of irretrievable losses (1704) from just a single Ukrainian assault bridge. This particular group reportedly fought near Artyomovsk and Kleshceevka Donetsk Republic. - Intel Report WARNING: DISTURBING IMAGES 1 DEAD, shattered windows, damaged apartments is the result of latest Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). 3 injuries also reported. - Intel Report The sane understand that this war has been longsince over! Ukraine and NATO are outmatched period by a far superior force that has no morale problems and is dedicated to eradicating the vermin committing crimes against humanity by indiscriminately shelling its citizens just because they speak Russian.
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  12931. "Just straight up fascist. Not much else to say. Not much shocks me, any longer, but the arrogance of most US/UK/EU elites continues to amaze me. They are so far removed from the rest of us that it is scary." The keynote speaker of the World Economic Forum’s 2024 annual conference in Davos was Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President. She stated the top global risk for the EU is disinformation and misinformation, declaring disinformation destroys trust and limits the ability to “tackle the big global challenges.” In plain English, trust can only be restored by censoring inconvenient facts and evidence. The top risk in the WEF’s 2024 Global Risk Report is disinformation. If not controlled, societies will be polarized, elections will be disrupted, and there will be mistrust of the media and governments. WEF wants to control free speech to protect it, or social cohesion will be destroyed, leading to civil unrest. Only governments can arbitrate the truth. Orwell’s 1984 has become a documentary. DISARM runs its platform and repository on GitHub, a cloud-based service using open-source programming. Using hyperlinks allows the developer to enable anyone to see the repository or choose who can see it. DISARM has published a one-hundred-and-eighty-five-page white paper explaining how to combat so-called hate speech, misinformation, malinformation, and disinformation, which can be downloaded HERE. Paraphrasing DHS slogan, “If You See Something, Say Something; if you view something, report it. There is a significant push to codify hate thoughts and speech as crimes not only at the national level but also at the local level. The United States Mayors Conference issued a “Compact to Combat Hate, Extremism and Bigotry,” calling for reporting hate incidents and the expansion of hate crime laws. DISARM will be the global tool to identify occurrences that will be reported to government agencies. Globally, politicians and apparatchiks are moving towards digital IDs. USAID (CIA-founded and US-funded) issued an eighty-page white paper for developing a global digital ID program. The UN and EU are also proposing digital IDs. Digital IDs connected to DISARM would conveniently identify, track, and punish dissenters. The final coil in the hangman’s noose is the installation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for political oppression; the digital hangman noose is complete, with Orwell’s 1984 dystopia becoming a reality. Check out my earlier exposé illuminating another disinformation strategy on how the Global Disinformation Index blacklists conservative websites with online advertisers—funded by the State Department’s GEC, Soros’s Open Society, the EU, and the UK. - Sonar21
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  12932. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Security camera footage shows one of the attacks that a drone hit a warehouse of a naval base in Eilat, Israel southern city, last night on September 25, 2024. Sirens sounded when the drone arrived at the important port of the occupation, which is a new development with the start of the aggression on Lebanon. It is unknown whether this is a new type of drone, or a new way to avoid the air defense interception process, but the Israeli Navy claimed that another drone was successfully intercepted. Meanwhile, the Islamic Resistance fighters in Iraq published a video on Wednesday showing the launch of two drones, attacking important targets in the occupied Umm er-Rashrash "Eilat". The drones appeared to be the Shahed-136, sophisticated and very well-known. Footage from local settlers showed a strong explosion when the drones, which came from a very distant direction, Iraq, landed there, and people rushed to run at the time of impact. According to initial of Israeli media, they reported that at least between 2-4 navy marines were injured, while Israeli troops and medical teams were on their way. This is what is meant when Israel says it is fighting on multiple fronts. The Iraqi Islamic Resistance confirmed the continuation of the offensive operations against the enemy's strongholds with increasing intensity, admit responsibility for the attack on Zionist naval base in Eilat. Continuing the path of our resistance against the occupation, in support of our people in Palestine and Lebanon, and in response to Zionist massacres against civilians, including children, women and the elderly, the Iraqi Islamic Resistance statement said.
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  12937. Demonic Warmongering Biden Admin wants total war to save its sorry self. The first direct troop deaths have finally begun rolling in as warhawk voices in the US cry out for total war: There seems to be some major disagreement or deliberate obfuscation on US’ part as to where the troops were hit, exactly. The above resistance statement says multiple bases were hit. Most are assuming the fatalities were in al-Tanf base in Syria—the illegal base the US uses to facilitate ISIS and train terrorists to agitate against Assad, as well as to block the all important Syria-Jordan border-route to keep Syria isolated and economically stifled. It’s understandable how things could get so confusing, what with so many illegal American bases strewn about like candy wrappers, and all. But in reality, this is likely an attempt to downplay and conceal US’ al-Tanf activity and give the appearance of legality by misdirecting everyone to the Jordanian base which US actually has legal permission to be in—unlike al-Tanf. And for those who think “How could this be? The US was invincible during the Iraq War in 2003”—well, I have some news for you. There was no war, it was a total sham pysop operation If that wasn’t bad enough, US troops are even taking casualties on the Texas front: The only thing that’s certain is election year has just begun and things are already melting down faster than anyone could imagine. To be quite honest, it’s difficult to imagine how this situation could resolve without either a total US withdrawal from the Middle East or a new major war. The problem in both scenarios: 1. If the US withdraws, it will be viewed as the mother of all failures and weaknesses for the Biden administration, akin to the Afghan withdrawal x 100. I have no idea why it should be viewed that way, when in reality it’s a giant win for Americans to disentangle their country from globalist and MIC pursuits, but that’s how it will be spun by the totally compromised media which is the enemy of humanity. Most Republican warhawks will of course agree and stoke this interpretation as well, as they’re on the MIC payroll. 2. If Biden escalates and orders major strikes on Iran itself as Lindsey Graham and others are now cheerleading for, it could lead to an escalatory cascade that would shut down the entire region by engulfing it in flames, crashing the world economy to new levels, which would be a massive shock to any establishment re-election chances this year. Don’t even bother thinking about boots on the ground, if such a thing was possible it would take a year or more of preparation. So ground invasion is out—that’s not happening. The only thing they could possibly attempt is a long-spanning aerial campaign. But to even remotely scratch Iran’s capabilities would require a vast campaign lasting minimum 6-12 months and probably much longer. Remember, all of NATO mustered for 3 months against little Serbia with 6 million people and barely managed to destroy anything of worth. Iran has a 90 million population and a country probably a hundred times the size of Serbia, not to mention a far larger military. How long do you think it would take NATO to even put a dent in that from only an aerial campaign? In short: it would take years, and during those years, Iran would shut down every major maritime and economic chokepoint in the region, crashing the global economy. If you thought a few ships being hit now was bad, wait til you see the nominal Iranian forces rather than Houthis hitting everything in sight—it won’t be pretty. And I’ve beaten the point before about how difficult it would be to even find targets in the decentralized vastness of Iran, just like in Yemen. But of course that doesn’t stop the warmongers of the corporate-owned press: The danger in this, of course, is that once things get too desperate, the only possible recourse for the West to save themselves would be to launch a total global war in the hopes of ‘resetting’ the situation. This is why now again we continue to see the drums of war beating louder than ever: Let’s turn to Ukraine for a moment. There are a few interesting updates. A fascinating story has come to light regarding how precisely Russian forces were able to win their way into the Tsar’s Hunt area of southern Avdeevka. It turns out they were able to cut their way through a drainage pipe hundreds of meters behind enemy lines, waiting until a very foggy day to pop out in the rear and liquidate and capture an entire detachment: Ukraine tried desperately to counter-attack the lost Tsar’s Hunt area the past few days, but they were repulsed: In fact, it was recorded that they sent in some of their most elite special units to try to pry Russian forces from the area, but they failed with several of the ‘elite’ being captured. Here in one celebrated episode yesterday a lone Russian soldier captured several of them: In the meantime, Russia continues to inflict heavy casualties via long range strikes to the operational rear. Another report from Sergey Lebedev details how just days after the infamous Kharkov strike on French mercenaries, Russian ballistic missiles rained down on a Kraken HQ, also in Kharkov. It reportedly killed dozens of Kraken and another strike in Balakleya reportedly killed over 100+ Ukrainian militants as well: As US agitates Europe into a war footing against Russia, one of the founders of Azov Brigade, Sergei Korotikh, says there’s no way NATO can win because “they have no people even capable of fighting” due to years of emasculating their warrior class. Russia will go all the way and remove this ‘sad regime’. Ukraine is as good as finished. Russian industry continues hammering at full throttle. Here they are pumping out the 2S19M2 upgraded variant of Msta-S self-propelled howitzers: - Simplicius
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  12946. We just witnessed the most extraordinary unclothing in the history of American ‘diplomacy’. Zelensky’s life and career as a cheap television gigolo flashed before his eyes, as he stumped in the Oval Office today, while Trump and Vance took turns flagellating him like the mewling fraud that he is. If you haven’t watched any of it, I implore you to behold the 10-minute debacle above—it’s unlike anything you’ll ever see between world ‘leaders’. Trump and Vance made a brilliant tag team on Zelensky, who was relegated to the stature of a small choirboy. One of the highlights which may not have been captured in the video above included the following, where Zelensky again was treated like an abject interloper, a scrawny pipsqueak, and mocked for his irreverent dress: But this exchange highlights precisely the main takeaway—which is that the artificially constructed image of Zelensky is no longer useful and has been tossed away like a used rag. All the false bravado and olive drab khakis—it all served a purpose for the past three years, with Zelensky built up like some kind of John Rambo-Churchill. The ‘sacred’ attire would have never been questioned before, because it represented the theater of it all, the carefully stage-managed production. Now that the play has run its course, failing to turn a profit, the ‘act’ has grown old and we’re immediately allowed a view under the costume. Now Zelensky has really outdone himself—when even Lindsey Graham calls for your resignation, you know the Ides of March are near: - Simplicius
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  12952. Against the background of numerous disagreements in the camp of the Western Coalition and an increase in the number of NATO countries that refuse to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Kyiv authorities received another disturbing news from the front. The situation in the Kherson direction began to change rapidly. Yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered heavy losses in this sector of the front. According to the Russian Military Department, over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 100 soldiers and 10 pieces of heavy equipment, including 'D-30' howitzers. - BORZZIKMAN Russia is ready for negotiations, but NOT any proposals for a ceasefire - Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. Lavrov adds that West has deceived Russia with such a proposal before and it will not happen again. - Intel Report Biden’s reversal on ATACMS is another visible sign of growing desperation in the Biden Administration to find some way to boost Ukraine’s faltering military. Biden is willing to risk going to war with Russia in order to quiet Congressional critics that he is not doing enough to help Ukraine stave off the Russians. This is both stupid and dangerous. With these moves the Biden Administration is sending a stark message to Russia — we are going to ensure Ukraine can stay in the war and are willing to risk going to war with you. Sending ATACMS is a game changer, but it does not boost Ukraine’s chances of beating the Russians. It is a “game changer” because it increases the risk that Russia may feel compelled to start hitting NATO targets that, up till now, it has left alone. A very perilous time. - Sonar21 NATO claims it can raise army of 3.5 million even as it struggles to arm and supply the Ukrainian military amid Washington's proxy war there against Russia; - The New Atlas Kiev suffering heavy armor losses on Zaporozhye front – WaPo Russia’s defense has knocked out multiple German Marder and US Stryker infantry fighting vehicles, a Ukrainian commander told the newspaper - RT Onlookers stand in shock in front of a car with blown out windows as 1 killed and doctors trying to save the live of 13yr old girl after Mad Vlad Zelensky's latest war crime targets Tokmak, Zapaorozhye region. 2 other kids also among the 11 wounded after Kiev Regime strike, with doctors warning that the little girls condition is serious as they battle to treat her grievous wounds. - Intel Report "WUNDERWAFFE" gets wondrously wiped out by single Russian anti-tank guided missile as US-supplied Bradley infantry fighting vehicle becomes all toasty inside, ready to be added to ever-growing scrap pile just like Ukrainian Mi-8 chopper shot down over Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine). 4 Kiev army attacks utterly demolished in DPR with Ukrainian forces taking up to 305 casualties in process, while Russian strikes blow up 35 Kiev troops in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 23 If West wants battlefield resolution to Ukraine conflict, so be it – Lavrov Russia’s Foreign Minister said Moscow welcomes negotiations about Ukraine but has ruled out a ceasefire - RT COLD DEAD EYES have nothing behind them but desire for death as US senator and full-time warmonger Lindsey Graham explains that all he wants is dead Russians and he couldn’t care less how many Ukrainians die in process. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians dead and untold misery unleashed by Kiev in Donbass, but for Washington it’s just a "good investment" that no American soldier has been killed according to Graham. Real-life American psycho - Intel Report More and more, the military warehouse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Shlyakhovo on the right bank of the Dnieper River was severely burned by attacks from the Russian Aerospace Forces. Warehouses on Kherson front line near Nova Kakhovka contact line burned down in repeated explosions, where spares and equipment were stored, as well as storing fuel and lubricants. - Military Tube Today
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  12962. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – New Syria, literally after the overthrow of Assad by Al-Qaeda, was under between 100-150 violent bombardments by Israeli regime aircraft overnight on December 9, 2024. Israel took advantage of the rebel euphoria with the country's ongoing unrest, bombarding heavily against western, eastern, northern and southern Syria, which according to the Russian Foreign Minister has become “the subject of another geopolitical experiment”. In Latakia, a city in northwestern Syria that has existed for more than 4,000 years, the occupation's warplanes launched a series of heavy bombardments against key infrastructure used by Syrian military in the port, located 20 km from Russian main air base in Syria and has been used for logistical support to Russian Khmeimim Air Base. A series of explosions rocked violently, destroying "warships", sinking the entire remaining Syrian Navy fleet, Syrian Media reported. In addition to New Syrian Navy which has just been sunk, scenes of massive destruction after the occupation's intense shelling continue, shaking Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Tartus, Daraa and Damascus countryside, which Israel claims are targeting infrastructure, military installations, scientific research, defense laboratories and military airports belonging to Syrian Army. In Damascus, it was reported that Zionist planes with a very cruel attack and using heavy missiles, destroyed the headquarters of the "Electronic Warfare Department" and the "Scientific Research Center", and destroying "military helicopters" at "Aqraba Airport. So far, there are no complete reports and details of the extent of the damage, considering that the Zionists launched an air operation, the largest in recent decades, to destroy all the advanced and strategic military capabilities remaining in Syria. In more than about 250 attacks in just a few days, there was no reaction and intervention from the leadership of the New Syria, to prevent the ongoing destruction of Syrian capabilities. "It seems that no one should be happy with the overthrow of Assad by Al-Qaeda terrorists, the group that says "Assad must go", did not learn from history. They are aware of it or not, knowing or not knowing anything, working for the goals and interests of Zionists while the West celebrates it as "liberation", according to experts.
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  12974. I know the Avdeevka retreat’s been beaten half to death, and I’m just as over it as you probably are. But here’s a couple things worth noting, that will tie together into a larger whole. They first focus on a 21 year old AFU soldier who just ‘barely’ made it out from the Russian advance: By the time his unit retreated, he was in charge. So many soldiers had been wounded that there was “nobody more senior left,” the 21-year-old said. When his group finally left the city entirely, he watched the convoy in front of him erupt into fire as artillery took them out. “It was just a convoy of people. A convoy of the best men ever. And in front of our eyes, this convoy was destroyed by artillery. People of my age, between 20 and 30.” I post this specifically because pro-UA supporters continue to push the narrative that Russia took more losses in Avdeevka. But first hand reports from their own troops indicate otherwise. In light of the above, a new archival video of the big retreat was released today showing very well one of the turkey shoots the soldier above may have witnessed: Planning bombs destroyed any AFU fortifications in Avdiivka and contributed to the rapid advance of the Russian Army in urban development. "These bombs completely destroy any position," Yegor Sugar, a Ukrainian soldier, said on social media. All buildings turn into pits after strikes by the Russian aerospace forces. Zelensky and his leadership have continued to fail in coming up with a full-on mobilization plan despite warnings of severe troop shortages on the front: While Ukraine has done some damage in the Black Sea, it continues to suffer grievous losses on the ground in the real fight. The first, then second, third, and potentially even third Abrams were destroyed: We also have startling new footage of the huge uptick in usage of the RBK-500 clusterbombs by Russia over Ukrainian positions. They are said to devastate positions at a time when Ukraine has run low on their own DPICMS—not to mention that Russia has adapted them into the UMPK glide-bombs which now rain these deadly fragments over AFU positions daily That’s not to mention glide-bombs being used so unsparingly as to be thrown at Ukrainian forest-belt positions and trenches - Simplicius
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  12976. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The 225th Assault Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces announced a border violation, by Ukrainian armored groups to penetrates the famous “Dragon Teeth” towards Demidovka which protects Belgorod A video has been circulating since April 9, 2025, showing the Armed Forces of Ukraine desperately pushing new reinforcements across the border, after Kiev lost hope of capturing at least some Russian areas in Demidovka and Popovka It appears that Ukrainian forces are attempting a new offensive, after they were heavily destroyed with heavy losses in both settlements in the past two days, that Russian forces reportedly having completely recaptured Demidovka and Popovka, pushing back the enemy, leaving only a small area of forest, which Kiev forces are temporarily holding. Some desperate Ukrainian armored forces are moving from Sumy, but they are moving under the radar of Russian intelligence, and it is clear that Kiev’s tactics will soon be humiliated again! According to the latest news from the front, Kiev suffered heavy losses of personnel and equipment from Demidovka and Popovka. Russian military channels released a video on April 8 showing infographic images captured by Russian intelligence of a failed Ukrainian assault troops on the forest area around Demidovka. More images show bodies of Ukrainian assault troops strewn about after failing to hold out, badly battered by Russian fire in the battle to retake Demidovka. Russian forces countered the advance with innovative tactics, particularly through the deployment of advanced UAV units, capable of carrying heavy weapons such as tank mines, as well as special weapons designed to hit enemy personnel and equipment. One of these successful attacks had a significant impact, with the “explosion” described as devastating. In addition to personnel, one of the few American M1A1 SA Abrams tank, the Ukraine only remaining extra armor, was thrown into the fray. Tank from the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were quickly disabled after penetrates Demidovka, now abandoned in Russian settlement, representing another armor not included in the video frame. Behind the actions of the combat groups, there is hard work in the rear, in the field laboratories, where technological solutions are born that would be the envy of professional defense specialists. Special Forces "Anvar" showed their field laboratory in a video on April 9, about drone attacks on equipment and artillery strikes on Ukrainian infantry from the Demidovka and Popovka areas, when Ukraine tried to enter the Belgorod region last week. Today, almost every unit that has a UAV group is also a small design bureau. Not without reason, the Russian Defense Minister recently noted that the most effective robotic systems are born in the troops.
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  12987. ▪After repeatedly lying to Iran, attacking it amid negotiations designed specifically to lure it into complacency, then announcing a 2 week deadline to decide on strikes on Iran that took place hours later, US President Trump is claiming a ceasefire was agreed to; ▪Iran would need to be beyond naive to accept or trust any word or action by the US - the US has not spent decades trying to topple Iran amid its regional murder spree to suddenly abandon it - its ENTIRE global aspirations hinge on it - it has used Israel as a conduit to launder its war crimes & provocations through & will continue to; ▪To effect regime change, the US would benefit most by luring Iranian leaders out of cover & striking them, provoking retaliations & further war; ▪Iran requires not a "Libya model," but a "North Korea model" or else this process will repeat itself until it concludes in Washington and Wall Street's favor; ▪The same "experts" who failed to see this war coming in the first place are now citing 5D chess strategies to explain how the Trump administration somehow averted a war entirely of its (and the establishment it serves) own creation and design to begin with; ▪The US will only stop when (1) people stop falling for this through excessive delusion, and (2) the rest of the world unites to force the US to stop; ▪If a genuine ceasefire is reached, it will likely have been the work of Russia and China quietly forcing the US to, through private but sufficient threats coupled with a graceful public exit ramp - though the chances of the US honoring it hover around 0%; - The New Atlas
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  12988. Indeed, Israel has systemized the mass murder and displacement of innocent Palestinian civilians, targeting them and their habitat for total warfare. Since war against civilians is a war on civilization, Israel, by extension, is the enemy of civilization. Our ally Israel is a country in which genocide, snuff films, extrajudicial assassinations, rape, robbery, torture, and starvation of Palestinians are de facto legal. Israel is thus a criminal entity and a threat to the comity of nations. The indictment against Israel ought to have been hermetically sealed. Israel’s ethnocide and genocide in Gaza is in violation of most systems of ethics known to man over intellectual history. It is in violation of God’s law, the Ten Commandments. These command not to covet, steal, or murder. It is in violation of libertarian law, the axiom of non-aggression. It is in violation of natural justice, the laws of war, although genocide is not war, as well as humanitarian law. And it is in violation of the systems of law within which the above is subsumed, the natural and the positive law. And it is allowed. Israel has played its genocide of the Palestinians of Gaza to a packed house, to the world. Israeli Jews don’t lack for facts, but most appear without the analytical and ethical faculties to examine their actions. They lead the unexamined lives of self-anointed superior beings. Societally, majorities appear to project the sense that their sectarian supremacy transcends the universal moral order to which international law, the natural law, and the Decalogue give expression. - LewRockwell
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  12994. If you thought that NATO troop activities in Ukraine is something that developed in the aftermath of the 2014 Maidan coup, think again. NATO has been mucking around in Ukraine since 1991. That 33 years for the math challenged out there. Formal relations between NATO and Ukraine began in 1991, when Ukraine joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (later replaced by the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council) immediately upon achieving independence following the break-up of the Soviet Union. Take a look at the 1997 — Charter on a Distinctive Partnership between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Ukraine. Ukraine made a formal request in 2002 to start the process for joining NATO. This coincided with Vladimir Putin’s initiative to strip Russian oligarch keen on meddling in domestic politics of their wealth. This also angered Western oligarchs who were licking their chops to get control of Russia’s vast store of natural resources. Military exercises with Ukraine kicked off in 2005 in the wake of the Orange Revolution. There are at least two types of military exercises — Rapid Trident (an annual joint exercise with NATO forces) and a U.S. only mission — JMTG-U, which is the acronym for Joint Military Training Group – Ukraine. The JMTG-U initiative was based at Yavoriv in Western Ukraine. Remember Yavoriv? Russia hit it with a hypersonic missile on March 13, 2022. Wikipedia plays dumb and pretends that Yavoriv was just some normal base: But as you will read and see in the following quotes and videos, Yavoriv was NATO Central in Ukraine and it was the primary base of operations for U.S. soldiers deployed temporarily to Ukraine over the years for training Ukrainian forces. When Russia hit it in March 2022 it scared the hell out of the NATO commanders. They realized their troops were no longer safe at a base that had hosted NATO and US troops for at least 16 years. I have not had time to do a thorough search of all NATO and US exercises in Ukraine — if any of you have some spare time, please dig in; I would like to pull together a complete list of every NATO and US military exercise carried out in Ukraine since 2005. I suspect it is more than 40, but that’s just a guess at this point. Here is just a sampling of what I found. July 2006 — In May Kiev will host an international conference with representatives of NATO’S 26 members; Ukraine will take part in the conference. Two months later Ukraine will, under NATO’s Partnership for Peace program, host its “Rapid Trident-2006” exercise at the National Defense Academy. October 2021 — Rapid Trident 21 continued more than 25 years of partnership between the U.S. and Ukraine. Through efforts such as Rapid Trident 21 and Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, the U.S. Army supports ongoing training efforts and enhanced defensive capabilities of Ukraine. With this information in hand it makes it clear that Russia’s stated objective of “demilitarization” of Ukraine also means terminating the activity of NATO and US forces inside Ukraine. If Macron is stupid enough to send thousands of French soldiers to Ukraine, they will discover what Napoleon did in 1812. When the Russian bear bites he takes off your ass. - Sonar21
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  13001. Trump’s worldview has been consistent for decades. Public declarations from the 1980s, long before his political career began, reflect the same core beliefs he holds today. Trump’s ultimate goal is American supremacy – but not the liberal global leadership championed by his predecessors. His version of supremacy is transactional and utilitarian. Alliances, institutions, and relationships are only valuable if they benefit the US materially. Those that demand sacrifices without offering returns are liabilities to be discarded. Trump’s America is not interested in moral authority, global stability, or solving the world’s problems. It is focused on extracting the maximum benefit from every interaction, whether in economics, security, or politics. If others refuse Trump’s ‘deal’, coercion quickly becomes his preferred strategy. Trump’s approach remains deeply flawed. He is uninterested in addressing the root causes of conflicts. In Ukraine, for example, his goal is not a comprehensive resolution but a simple cessation of hostilities. A stable ceasefire along existing lines would suffice for him, leaving the deeper security issues for Western Europe or others to resolve. For Russia, this falls short. Moscow seeks a long-term solution that addresses the imbalance in European security – a concern Trump is unlikely to prioritize. Trump’s disinterest in complex international designs further complicates matters. He prefers straightforward deals, as evidenced by the Abraham Accords in the Middle East. These agreements worked because they bypassed entrenched historical disputes in favor of pragmatic, economically driven solutions. However, applying this model to Ukraine is unrealistic. The conflict’s deep historical and geopolitical roots require a level of nuance and patience that Trump lacks. Trump’s transactional leadership style also extends to his perception of governance. He measures other governments not by their ideology but by their efficiency and willingness to align with US interests. Leaders who reject his advice or fail to meet his standards are dismissed as incompetent. While this approach is less ideologically driven than previous administrations, it still results in the US dictating terms to other nations, often disregarding their sovereignty. This attitude underscores a continuity in American foreign policy: The belief that the US has the right to define the ‘legitimate interests’ of other nations. Trump may abandon the ideological justifications of his predecessors, but the outcome – a US-centric worldview – remains unchanged. One thing is certain: The era of ‘global leadership’ as we knew it is over, and Trump is its most prominent symbol. - RT
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  13002. Historians of the future, gathered round their campfires poaching armadillo tail-flaps in their own shells, will harken back to the wondrous day in 2024 when they could watch and compare two heads of great nations present themselves to the world for assessment. There was Mr. Putin of the land called Russia, calmly discoursing in fine detail on a thousand years of his country’s history. And there was Mr. Biden of the USA, facing the White House press pool, angrily refuting a special prosecutor’s glum conclusion that the President was not mentally competent to be tried in court on the finding that he’d indeed mishandled classified documents. If there has been any discussion about Mr. Biden being in possession of the so-called “nuclear football,” the briefcase full of launch codes for our arsenal of missiles and bombers, it has gone unnoticed in the press. I suppose a conspiracy to suppress that chatter would be labeled a “conspiracy theory,” which also suggests that Mr. Biden’s mental deficiencies have somehow infected the entire body politic of the USA. That is, much of the whole US population is mentally unwell, living in a national hall of mirrors. How did that happen? Is it possible that there are branches of our government dedicated to driving the population crazy. . . a kind of ordeal-by-gaslight? What Mr. Putin displayed most of all was an air of prudence, an awareness that America’s behavior has become increasingly and dangerously unhinged over the years he’s been in power, requiring much delicacy and Christian patience not to worsen. Ukraine was at the center of the discussion, of course, since it has become a point of dangerous geopolitical inflammation. It is unclear whether the American audience was able to follow Mr. Putin’s detailed disquisition on the history of Ukraine, and how lately it eventuated in America’s bungling effort to wrest it out of Russia’s sphere of influence. He explained his view of events around the “Maidan coup” of 2014 and NATO’s repudiation of the Minsk Agreements that might have satisfactorily ended hostilities and provided a framework for reestablishing Ukraine’s status as a neutral borderland between Europe and Asia. Mr. Putin also confirmed my own conjecture: that, after the fall of the USSR, Russia had one overriding concern in foreign affairs: to be re-admitted to the European family of nations as a once-again “normal,” member, especially in trade relations, after seventy-five years of its peculiar communist experiment. He spoke of this quite ruefully as a lost opportunity to shore up Western Civilization — now engaged in a mystifying act of mass suicide that Russia decidedly wishes to opt out of by strategically reorienting with the BRICs bloc. A not inconsiderable part of our Ukraine problem has been that our chief executive was for years engaged in bribery and money-laundering misadventures there, for which there is abundant and powerful evidence, meaning he may have had very personal interests in keeping that country disordered — and sending billions of dollars there, some of it surely embezzled among the Zelensky government. You’d have to also be aware that the bag-man in those operations, the President’s son, Hunter, might well have misbehaved with drugs and prostitutes on his many trips to Ukraine as a board member of Burisma. - LewRockwell
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  13003. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Group after group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a state of low morale, began to surrender en masse, even Russian troops began to take them prisoner en masse following the collapse of the Kursk front. Videos began to go viral on the internet on March 10, 2025, showing a new wave of Ukrainian invading troops and foreign mercenaries, surrendering en masse in the last two days, realizing that the situation was becoming increasingly hopeless, and they preferred to become Russian prisoners of war rather than cannon fodder for Zelensky. The Kursk front changed at lightning speed, showing the results of the work of the Russian Armed Forces by liberating several settlements in the sector, turning into a massive defeat for Ukraine with heavy losses in human resources and equipment. Since the start of hostilities in Kursk, 66,270 soldiers have been killed, according to the Russian Defense Ministry as of March 10. Now, the Ukrainian front in the northern sector has been surrounded, which has determined the fate of more than 1,500 soldiers including foreign mercenaries! Another group of prisoners voluntarily surrendered to Russian troops from Ivashkovsky, located north of Sudzha which was liberated by the 30th Regiment. A group of 8 Ukrainian soldiers who had just arrived in Kursk, guided by a Russian reconnaissance drone, were then taken to the Russian detention zone for interrogation. The commander demanded one thing - to "survive", but to no avail. Most of the prisoners of war said that they had not communicated with their wives and children for a year, because the Kiev regime forbade and confiscated their mobile phones. Meanwhile, the infographic shows the Russian military inspecting the destroyed positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Nikolaevka and Staraya Sorochina, where about a dozen Ukrainian soldiers were found dead, as shown in a video released by the Russian military correspondent on March 10. Swastikas, runes, Nazi and pagan slogans in Ukrainians and English, all of this was found in the homes of civilians in the settlements liberated from Ukraine. Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries set up firing positions there, the Russian military reported. In addition, a captured Ukrainian prisoner thanked the Russian servicemen for "not finishing him off." He came to the front line from the prison where he spent 22 years, and began to tell everything!
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  13015. Overnight, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted to storm Russian positions in Kleshchivka area, near Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut.) The enemy was met with heavy machine gun fire and an 82-mm mortar. The counteroffensives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 2 squads (up to 20 people) and rolled back to their original positions. The Russian Armed Forces continue to securely hold the line around Artyomovsk. - Intel Report ELECTRONIC WARFARE: Russia is disabling "sophisticated" missiles that Ukraine's Western allies provide by scrambling their GPS coordinates. One such system, the R-330Zh Zhitel, is able to suppress satellite signals. It's not the first time concerns have been raised about the effectiveness of Joint Direct Attack Munition, (or JDAMs), in Ukraine. Earlier, UK think tank "The Royal United Services Institute" cited leaked US documents, AGHAST that Russia is effectively jamming JDAM GPS coordinates. Russian defenses have proven resilient against Western-supplied weapons, with Western offensive tactics so far not securing Ukraine a decisive breakthrough. - Intel Report ◾Russian forces hit Ukrainian air bases near Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitsky, and Dubno, Rovno, West Ukraine. ◾Ukrainian forces lose 80 personnel in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine) as Russian troops repel 2 enemy attacks in Rabotino, Zaporozhye. ◾Russian air defenses intercept 11 US HIMARS rockets, HARM missile while ground forces repel Ukrainian attacks near Kovalevka and Serebryansky forest, Lugansk (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔AUGUST 5
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  13019. Trump littered his first term with a collection of neocons and self-seekers who had no loyalty to Trump. His nominations of General Mark Milley, FBI Director Chris Wray, John Bolton, General Mad Dog Mattis and CIA Director Gina Haspel were self-inflicted wounds that continue to fester to this day. He got played by Dr. Anthony Fauci. One of the more despicable creatures, in my view, is Mike Pompeo, who reportedly is campaigning to be named Secretary of Defense. He would be a disaster for Trump and for the security of this nation. While he stumped for Trump — once it was clear that Trump was likely to win — some of us have not forgotten how sanctimoniously he threw Trump under the bus on the bogus Classified Documents case and the illegal appointment of Jack Smith as Special Prosecutor. If Trump and his team let this type of betrayal go unpunished, then I fear Trump is setting himself up for four more years of lawfare. Trump’s first act — naming his Chief of Staff — is a great indicator that he understands you have to have someone who cares about you running your daily affairs. Trump’s brush with death in Butler, Pennsylvania changed him for the better. I think it was the first time in his life that he realized his own mortality. It humbled him and brought him the realization that there may have been Divine intervention. Now, what will he do with this? The Deep State is thrashing about frantically in the wake of Trump’s victory. That’s why you saw the names of Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio and Nikki Haley floated as possible nominees for the Trump cabinet. I don’t think Trump will make the same mistakes that he did in the first term. He now knows that he is in a brutal cagematch and that his opponents have no intention of letting up or showing mercy or doing anything for the good of the American people. They want to hang on to their power and they will have to be defeated. - sonar21
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  13025. It is a meeting of a globalist cartel of unelected “leaders”, who give themselves the right to attempt deciding the future of the world. Be sure, WEF and Co., your globalist dream of a One World Order and One World Government, and One Health Order (see below) will not happen. It is a joke. Dear Mr. Schwab, how are you gonna “Rebuild Trust” with the same corrupt agenda and the same corrupt elitists? You have not changed one iota from the Great Reset’s and UN Agenda’s 2030 – primary goals of drastic population reduction, euthanizing large swaths of people, in whatever way possible, and full digitization of the remaining humanity, to the point where your Israeli Professor and Brother-in-Crime, Yuval Noah Hariri, asks in no uncertain terms: What to do with the useless eaters, once robots and Artificial Intelligences (AI) will have taken over? In addition to the official agenda, really the key of the WEF agenda, are the 100-plus secret close-door sessions for by-invitation-only guests. In these sessions, the psychopaths, or Übermenschen hovering above humanity, led by Schwab, will discuss how to control, tyrannize, reduce, and robotize the world population – and the best and fastest way to deprive them of their hard-earned resources and how quickest transferring these resources to a small corporate and private elite. We, the People, must become cognizant of the fact that the Western world is run by A Money Driven Cult, a Death Cult, or a Diabolical Cult. What we have been experiencing during the last several decades are attacks on human dignity, emotions, by warnings causing fear and obedience. These are typical rituals Cults must follow, to be successful in their diabolical actions. We must not ever succumb to their control, lest they drive us to the graveyard, or at best, to their slave-yard. NEVER must we allow that. - LewRockwell
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  13026. Austin said the US must continue to play the role of global military hegemon – policeman of the world – because “the world will only become more dangerous if tyrants and terrorists believe that they can get away with wholesale aggression and mass slaughter.” How’s that for reason and logic? Austin and the interventionist elites have fact-checked 30 years of foreign policy failures and concluded, “well it would have been far worse if the non-interventionists were in charge.” This is one of the biggest problems with the neocons. They are incapable of self-reflection. Each time the US government follows their advice into another catastrophe, it’s always someone else’s fault. In this case, as Austin tells us, those at fault for US foreign policy misadventures are the people who say, “don’t do it.” What would have happened if the people who said “don’t do it” were in charge of President Obama’s decision to prop-up al-Qaeda to overthrow Syria’s secular leader Assad? How about if the “don’t do it” people were in charge when the neocons manufactured a “human rights” justification to destroy Libya? What if the “don’t do it” people were in charge when Obama’s neocons thought it would be a great idea to overthrow Ukraine’s democratically-elected government? Would tyrants and terrorists have gained power if Washington did NOT get involved? No. Tyrants and terrorists got the upper hand BECAUSE Washington intervened in these crises. - LewRockwell
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  13034. Ukes really good at targeting civilians, their MO! Over the past day, Ukraine fired about 140 ammunition at villages in Belgorod region (pre-war West Russia), several explosive devices were dropped from drones - Ukraine-bordering region's governor Gladkov. - Intel Report "THEY DUG THEIR OWN MASS GRAVES", says Russian soldier as Moscow's forces allowed Ukrainian soldiers, trying to cross the Dnieper near Kazachi Lagerya, to go ashore, before firing artillery at the Ukrainian boats that were unloading. In total, about 150 soldiers, mostly mercenaries met their makers (some of them killing each other) - trophies are captured, including dozens of foreign weapons, ammunition, radio stations, and even US police equipment . - Intel Report TOTAL WIPE OUT: Watch as Russian artillery smashes Ukrainian position in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), where up to 190 soldiers got mangled or killed. Elsewhere, ammo depot destroyed, and up to 600 Ukrainian soldiers between killed or injured in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), more than 130 cannon fodder in Kupyansk, East Ukraine. ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 18 Russia thwarts Ukrainian drone terror attack on Moscow. Drone discovered by air defense forces, suppressed by electronic warfare and crashed in a deserted area causing no casualties or damage. - Intel Report Russia's Lancet kamikaze drone descends from video's left top corner and strikes Western-supplied tank with a perfect pinpoint hit. Obliterating it in a cloud of dust as it stands next to a massive crater courtesy of a Russian mammoth FAB-500 explosion - Not hard yet? That hole was filled with Ukrainian soldiers taking shelter behind the tank - their fate is now sealed. - Intel Report
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  13046. The Ukrainian military carried out a drone strike on the town of Aleshki in Russia’s Kherson Region on Thursday, targeting a busy local market, the regional governor, Vladimir Saldo, has said. At least seven people have been killed in the attack and over 20 more wounded, he added in a post on Telegram. According to Saldo, the attack occurred around 9:30 a.m. local time near the central market, where many people were present. He said the initial “massive strike” was followed by another aimed “to finish off the survivors.” Saldo said emergency services have already arrived at the scene. He also posted on his Telegram channel a video purportedly showing the second drone attack. “There were a lot of people in the market at the time of the attack. According to preliminary data, at least 7 people were killed and more than 20 injured. Details are being clarified,” Saldo wrote in his post. In a video address on Telegram, Saldo said Ukrainian attacks on settlements near the Dnieper River in Kherson Region have intensified since Wednesday. “They dropped shells and ammunition from drones on the houses of heads of municipal divisions. In the morning, they continued attacks in the most barbaric way at the market in the town of Aleshki,” he said, comparing Kiev’s forces to the followers of the World War II-era Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera. Saldo added that Ukrainian forces have previously also “systematically” targeted ambulances, making it difficult to evacuate the wounded from affected areas. - RT
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  13048. By merely doing what used to be called “journalism” – interviewing and reporting on people and events, whether good or bad – one is “doing the bidding” of the subject of the interview or report? No wonder fellow journalist Julian Assange has been locked away in a gulag for so many years. He dared to assume that in a free society, being a journalist means reporting the good, the bad, and the ugly even if it puts those in power in a bad light. In the end, the massive success of the Tucker Carlson interview with Vladimir Putin demonstrates once and for all that the American people are sick to death of their mainstream media propagandists and liars. They are looking not for government narratives, but for truth. That’s the really good news about this interview. The US claims to be spreading democracy, but the Zelensky government is riddled with neo-Nazis. This is a point Putin stresses again and again. Do we really want to support people like this? Probably the most important fact to remember about the Ukraine war is the provocative nature of US foreign policy. To me, it seems clear it was the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex, and NOT Russia, that wished to maintain this state of enmity, And yet, this same United States government, which has invaded and bombed dozens of countries since 2001, claims it is perfectly reasonable to propose that Ukraine (whose northeastern border lies 370 miles from Moscow) join NATO. The distance from the Mexican border to Dallas is greater. Let’s do everything we can to end the futile conflict with Russia that brain-dead Biden and his gang of neo-con controllers have instigated. - LewRockwell
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  13060. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian troops dropped leaflets calling for the surrender of Ukrainian troops, who are still entrenched in Novoukrainka in the South Donetsk direction west of Ugledar. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage yesterday, September 23, 2024, showing a UAV team from the artillery reconnaissance unit of the Vostok Group of Forces of the Pacific Fleet Marine Brigade, dropping about 100-150 leaflets with special QR codes on the positions of Zelensky's troops. Using drones, each leaflet dropped contained a call to immediately abandon their weapons, giving the enemy the opportunity to surrender on the battlefield, and instructions on how to do so, before their positions are powerfully storming! A leaflet can sometimes have the same effect as a projectile! After that, three other soldiers from the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Army, took advantage of the Russian leaflets after dropped, and they decided to abandon their positions near Novoukrainka. One of the prisoners, Alexander, even advised everyone in other positions to surrender. They treat us normally here, they promised that there will be an exchange soon and they will exchange us,” Alexander added. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian troops who did not heed Alexander’s advice are facing a terrible fate under Russian shelling. Today, September 24, new glide bombs by Su-34 bomber, pounded their deployment points on the flank of the front line between Novoukrainka and Ugledar. Objective control data on the breakthrough by Russian units in this section, they have occupied a bridgehead on Kashlagach River, and advanced 4 kilometers deep into the town of Ugledar. The main goal was to quickly cut off the last Ukrainian logistics that were trapped, and now the entire town, under heavy fire from Russian MLRS, is likely to force the remaining soldiers, to leave the town before the final assault. The two-year battle for Ugledar, is likely to end with a victory for the Russian troops!
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  13066. BLOOD SPLATTERED ON SHATTERED GLASS as left vid shows homes blasted apart after Ukrainian strike on innocent civilians - at least 2 people seriously wounded by callous Ukrainian rocket attack on Pologi, Zaporozhye region, ex-Ukraine (right map). Each 1 of Kiev regime’s war crimes meticulously documented by officials - Mad Vlad Zelensky knows he'll have to answer for his atrocities. - Intel Report Zelensky’s call for NATO ships to guard Ukrainian grain ships are a COVER for Kiev's new military adventures in the Black Sea - Foreign Affairs Spokeswoman Zakharova. Russia will take the possibility of NATO ships entering the Black Sea into account of its military planning. As it's not without precedent - Ukraine previously utilized the grain corridor, provided by Russia, to attack Crimea. - Intel Report FROM A HOTSPOT: Ukrainian soldier reports from Avdeevka, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) - which is currently seeing heavy fighting . Every day, they're losing around 13 people in the meat grinder, he says. - Intel Report The news is not good for Ukraine. Its troops retreated from these areas today under heavy pressure from Russian forces. This should dispel the nonsense that there is some sort of stalemate. Nope. Russia is moving forward and Ukraine is falling back. The following video provides dramatic footage of Russian soldiers attacking entrenched Ukrainians and rooting them out — i.e., killing, capturing and forcing a retreat. In addition to the fighting on the frontlines, there are reports of escalating political intrigue, mayhem and attempted “murder” back in Kiev. If you are part of the Ukrainian hierarchy this is more than worrisome. Nothing distracts from the business of fighting a war like sowing fear and paranoia among the political and military leaders. - Sonar21
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  13072. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Morning report on November 27, 2024, Ukrainian military resources published a very alarming report for Kiev about the new successes of the Russian Armed Forces in Kurakhovo and its environs. Despite attempts to transfer reserves from the western outskirts of the city, the situation of Ukrainian garrison continues to deteriorate amid the presence of Russian assault troops in the city center, developing attacks on high-rise buildings. In one corner of the storming, UAV crew of the Yug Group of Forces from Southern Military District, discovered an observation post, and a firing position of Ukrainian ATGM Stugna on the upper floor of one of the city buildings. Nothing could hide from the drone, immediately destroying them all before the ATGM had time to be used! According to some Ukrainian sources, Kiev regime forbade General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to give orders to retreat even from the encircled settlements and tried to hold positions at the cost of heavy losses. However, the 119th Territorial Defense Brigade of Ukraine serving in the vicinity of Kurakhovo, in Berestki, apparently did not care about Kiev's orders. They chose to flee in disarray and suffered losses in small groups of 3-5 people through the forest belt after seeing the loss of Berestki. Meanwhile, another group was captured by Russian troops. They looked very happy to be captured because they would be safe from the war - their uniforms looked new! Russia has reportedly gained 235 square kilometers of territory in the past week in the strategic city of Kurakhovo in Donetsk, the fastest pace of progress since early 2022.
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  13082. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine flee in disarray, abandoning their weapons and ammunition on the front lines, during the liberation of Prechistovka by the Russian Armed Forces. On September 4, 2024, the Russian Defense Ministry officially confirmed the liberation of the village in South Donetsk by soldiers of the 40th Marine Brigade, the 155th Marine Brigade, and Motorized Riflemen of the Eastern Military District. Three soldiers of the 155th Marine Brigade, confirmed live on video their victory on the battlefield, successfully driving Zelensky's expired men out of Prechistovka. Ukrainian military analyst DeepState, which is connected to Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate, acknowledged the loss of Prechistovka by the end of September 3, that Russian forces had captured the remaining western part of Prechistovka, and established control along a forest strip stretching for 3.4 kilometers. A few days ago, Russian marines were reported to have advanced, and broken through the Ukrainian defenses in this village. Assault troops from Buryatia or Eastern Siberia, cleared the village, attacking the Ukrainian formation’s stronghold, which was a key part of the Ugledar group’s defenses. Drone footage showed an armored assault detachment of the 5th Tank Brigade and the 40th Marines, involving about 10 infantry fighting vehicles of various types and a motorcycle squad, charging in large numbers against the Ukrainian group. The armored troops closed in, then dismounted infantry were seen attacking the Ukrainian trenches at close range, shaking off enemy troops in their hideout in Prechistovka, which has now been taken. During the liberation of the village, drone footage from the 40th Marine Brigade captured the moment when Zelensky's remaining troops fled in panic to save their lives. The mass desertion of Ukrainian units of the 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade and infantry formations of the 68th Jaeger Brigade was recorded, rapidly retreating towards Zolotaya Niva, and likely taking advantage for a few days. Establishing control over Prechistovka, would ultimately cut off the supply of the Ukrainian fortified area of Ugledar, and a large-scale attack on it would be imminent!
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  13085. ISRAELI SOLDIERS GIVEN IMPUNITY TO KILL 20 PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS IN EACH AIRSTRIKE, since October 8th of last year - reveals new mainstream investigation (pictured) after interviewing more than 100 Israeli troops, officials, dozens of Gazan victims and experts on rules of warfare. Reports reveals Tel Aviv "loosened its rules" to bomb and kill 1,000s of civilians under guise of targeting Hamas fighters, allowing mid-ranking officers to choose targets and order indiscriminate airstrikes (expand below for main points of war crimes allowed to air). In first weeks of war, Israel significantly reduced use of warnings that give civilians time to flee, striking many targets without notice Nearly 30,000 munitions were fired into Gaza Strip in first seven weeks – more than next 8 months of war combined Senior commanders approved strikes on Hamas leaders that they knew would each endanger more than 100 noncombatants - report reveals. Israeli leadership issued order allowing up to 500 civilians in Gaza to be endangered daily Many intelligence officers were encouraged to suggest a certain number of targets every day Air Force used one-ton bombs to destroy entire office towers when it could've used smaller, more precise bombs Lack of guidance kits forced pilots to rely on less accurate bombs The leadership issued an order 7 hours after the October attack that made warning shots an option - citing anonymous Israeli officers. Israeli officers acted with near impunity. Panel appointed by military chief of staff was investigating circumstances of hundreds of strikes. No one has been charged - Investigation concludes. - Intel Republic
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  13092. Let’s start with the panic and furor that is shaking NATO. The publication on Friday of the intercepted conversation of four German military officers discussing plans to attack Russia has ignited a firestorm in Europe, especially in Germany. One of my German contacts sent me the following: This topic went viral in Germany. The whole country is alarmed by these leaks. Scholz is in total panic……and Pistorius is in total denial…..he claims that nobody knows where the Generals were at the time their call was taped. This is a blatant lie. The audio clearly reveals that one of them was in Singapore on a trip. All of them seemed to have been in hotel rooms while this call was recorded. Scholz is in panic and crying for an investigation, because if push comes to shove, the opposition can kick him out of office with a vote of non confidence. In this instance, they would get enough votes from his own party the SPD and the other coalition parties to form a simple majority needed. This is the worst publicity Germany could ever get, because now it gets clear that we have a government that is willing to destroy Germany at the will of Washington. Biden and the NeoCons do not only hate the Russians, they also hate the Germans. I really want to make sure the American people get to know about this plot. If this nonsense continues, Germany will be run by the AFD with absolute majority. I want TCN to take this topic to the American people and humiliate the sitting German government in front of the whole f…. world……and I want TC to expose the doings of Washington with Germany. The intercepted conversation leaves no doubt that several NATO states are intervening directly in Ukraine and are carrying out military operations against Russia. This is playing with fire. There you have it — even if Germany supplies the missiles it will not change the fact that Ukraine is facing defeat and no NATO weapons will change that outcome. I still believe that the Russians leaked this intercept to RT for the express purpose of exposing NATO’s previous denials that it is providing personnel who are on the ground in Ukraine and assisting in the planning and execution of attacks against Russia. The release of this transcript/tape following President Putin’s warnings to the West in his state of Russia address last Thursday isa clear warning that Russia is prepared to escalate if NATO persists in going down this path. What about Israel? There the issue is more simple and more dangerous. Israel is in the process of deploying armored brigades to the Lebanese border. All indications signal that Israel is going to launch an attack on Hezbollah. I believe that is suicidal on the part of Israel because Hezbollah, unlike Hamas, will not be constrained in its counter attacks by having a million refugees intermingled with its defensive emplacements. Hezbollah is armed, equipped and trained to deliver Israel a very bloody nose, but Israel appears intent on carrying out this operation. I think it is suicidal. - Sonar21
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  13093. The last few years have been years of miscalculation for the West. Big things have been planned and put into action, and failed. All the wars, all the sanctions, all domestic and economic ‘initiatives’, and all responses to what the adversaries have done are failing or have already failed. In fact, the failure of any venture by the West has become almost guaranteed. This has a lot of people scratching their heads – they simply can’t fathom how this can happen. At the same time the real goals of the western political class have come under increased scrutiny. Everything they do seems to be designed to make things worse for western societies on all levels, including economic, social, health, and so on and so forth. Why, exactly, is that? It is like incompetence and malice have conspired to create the worst situation imaginable. Recently I wrote a piece where I suggested that the western ruling class undergoes a filtering process to ensure that they have the right personality and attitudes for their task of deconstructing western societies. I furthermore suggested that this filtering process results in a pool of ruling elites who are either narcissists or forced to behave as such to keep their jobs. - Sonar21 I am proud to say I know most of the people on that list and consider them friends. Fighting the mainstream tends to create bonds of friendship and camaraderie. I am shocked by who they left off. What about the boys of the Duran — i.e. Alexander Mercouris and Alex Christoforou? They do one of the best jobs of blowing the whistle on a daily basis on Urkainian and Western bullshit. Leaving them off the list is an insult. Moving on to today’s spectacle of Mike Turner, the Republican in charge of the House Intelligence Committee, doing his desperate bit to coerce the Speaker of the House into bringing the funding for Ukraine to the floor. I call this, “Try to Scare the Hell Out of Congress and the Voters in order to get Money for Zelensky.” Here are the key take aways (I will do it in bullet form so that you can brief a friend if you want). President George W. Bush unilaterally withdraws from Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in June 2002, paving the way for Russia to develop Anti-Ballistic Missile defense systems. Russia responded to the U.S. abrogation of the ABM treaty by declaring it would no longer honor the START II treaty. Russia proceeded to build up the world’s best air defense system, which is comprised of the S-400, the S-500 and the S-550. The S-500 is designed for intercepting and destroying intercontinental ballistic missiles, as well as hypersonic cruise missiles and aircraft,[21] for air defense against Airborne Early Warning and Control and for jamming aircraft and was deployed in 2021. Steve Bryen, a seasoned U.S. Defense expert wrote about Russia’s Space Based Nuclear Weapons today and in 2018 — Congressman Turner is hyping old intelligence. All the CIA briefers had to do was show the members of Congress the following video, which is readily available and NOT CLASSIFIED, on YouTube. - Sonar21
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  13094. As could be expected, immediately upon receipt of “authorization” from Biden, Ukraine reportedly launched an ATACMS strike on the Russian 67th GRAU depot in Bryansk region. Though Putin had to make some escalatory show, it’s more realistic to expect Russia not to react in any overt way until Trump’s term settles in. Putin is aware that an outgoing senile despot who doesn’t care if the world burns behind him may seek to start WWIII, and that Zelensky may see his final two months’ chance to provoke Russia into overreacting. As such, it’s best for Russia to do nothing, and continue grinding the offensives which are destroying Ukrainian lines everywhere. Last major news that you’re hearing here for the first time: A couple months back, you may recall World Bank announced that as per their calculations, Russia had finally surpassed both Germany and Japan in GDP PPP. However, the official IMF and CIA figures still scoffed at this, with Russia trailing both countries on their counts. This allowed the popular narrative to be maintained that the World Bank figures were some kind of inaccurate fluke or anomaly. Well, the IMF has just done their latest report and has officially concluded that Russia has blown past both Germany and Japan as of 2024, and is now the number four economy in the world. And not only that, but the IMF has Russia in the lead by an even larger margin than World Bank. On top of which, the CIA also updated their numbers and likewise reflects Russia at the number four position. That means it’s official—every global institution of note has now validated that Russia is the number four economy in the world, after only China, US, and India. The most remarkable shift is that according to the IMF’s updated numbers, the Russian economy is now 15% larger than the German one when it felt like only recently that Russia had even officially surpassed Germany. The truth is, Germany and the EU are in absolute free fall, while Russia is experiencing an unprecedented economic boom. - Simplicius
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  13097. The Russian military has destroyed two Ukrainian Soviet-era Uragan multiple rocket launchers, footage that emerged online on Saturday shows. The launchers were parked near a local mall located on the northwestern outskirts of the Ukrainian city of Kharkov. Infrared drone footage circulating on social media shows an Uragan launcher and a pickup truck parked overnight near the Planeta Mall with a group of people seen near the vehicles. The second Uragan joined the group shortly thereafter. The launchers were apparently set to be transported on two large flatbed trucks seen nearby. However, the vehicles ended up being hit by a high-precision munition, presumably a Russian-made Iskander tactical ballistic missile. The launchers were set aflame by the strike, with one of them suffering a major secondary detonation, which heavily damaged the Planeta Mall. The moment of the detonation was captured on video by onlookers living in residential buildings nearby. The local authorities acknowledged the strike, while local police released photos from the scene and condemned Russia’s “daily strikes” on the region. The police carefully avoided showing any evidence that the strike actually targeted the two rocket launchers, showing instead the damage inflicted on the mall and other structures. Ukrainian forces have throughout the conflict frequently made use of shopping malls, civilian warehouses, and other similar facilities for military purposes. Kiev’s forces have also routinely used Uragan launchers, as well as other multiple rocket launchers, including Czech-supplied Vampire systems, to indiscriminately shell Russia’s border regions, including the city of Belgorod. The Ukrainian military ramped up such strikes following its botched attempt to break through the border in mid-March. - RT
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  13101. Hunter’s Irony Circus: The Fascist Elite Lecturing on Democracy! Ah, Hunter Biden, the self-styled torchbearer of "democracy," gracing us with his anxieties about “fascist minorities” taking over America. Yes, that Hunter - Mr. Burisma, the very embodiment of cronyism, cozying up to corrupt fascist-oligarchs from Ukraine to Wall Street. Let’s review, shall we? The same man who raked in millions off the back of his father’s influence now fears the erosion of democracy? First, there’s Hunter’s family legacy. For years, Joe Biden, the ever-obliging Washington lifer, has supported Washington's strategic “investments” in Ukraine - and we’re not talking aid for peace but an endless stream of dollars funneled to ultra-nationalist battalions, from Azov to Aidar. Washington bankrolls these battalions via fascist puppets in Ukraine, whose neo-Nazi flags proudly fly, all while painting itself as the paragon of freedom and democracy. It’s an exquisite irony: Hunter’s “democratic” family is in bed with the same factions that openly espouse the fascist ideologies he claims to loathe. But we can't ignore the cherry on top of this irony sundae: AIPAC and Israel. The Bidens sing praises to democracy while propping up Israel's apartheid regime, a state that’s carpet-bombing Gaza with impunity, bulldozing Palestinian homes, and snuffing out lives with a ferocity that would make any fascist regime blush. And Hunter’s talking about the threat of “fascism”? Hunter, the heir to this gilded hypocrisy, isn’t worried about democracy. He’s worried about power slipping through his father’s fingers - and his own, by extension. This isn’t about protecting democracy; it’s about ensuring that the oligarch-backed, lobby-controlled elite (hello, AIPAC!) can continue their game unchecked. If “fascism” was truly his concern, maybe he should look a little closer to home. Hunter, let’s be honest, is the last person to lecture anyone on democracy. His “concerns” are as hollow as his family’s commitment to justice - empty platitudes from the dynasty of the protected, weaponizing the fear of fascism to guard their empire of hypocrisy. - Gerry Nolan The Islander News for Intel Republic
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  13104. The anti-Syrian propaganda, now virtually non-existent, had for years been relentless. We were told that Assad had simply lost control of the country, and that the US and its allies couldn’t risk having ISIS terrorists running around as a threat and trying to establish a caliphate in Syria because Assad simply wasn’t able to stop them. And whenever he did try, he was conveniently accused of humanitarian offenses. So of course, here comes Uncle Sam to ‘help’ get rid of ISIS, and also Assad – totally without any humanitarian issues, because American bombs aren’t like that. In the process, the CIA and Pentagon spent billions of dollars training and equipping ‘Syrian rebels’, many of whom bailed out to join other jihadist groups, including ISIS and Al-Qaeda, taking their shiny new weapons with them. There’s a glaring parallel here with Ukraine, which risks following a similar trajectory with Western involvement and patronage. Even before the current conflict, the CIA-linked Freedom House and others had questioned the extent to which far-right extremists controlled the country. Major Western media outlets were publishing pieces referencing Ukraine’s neo-Nazi problem. So it looks like the same argument could someday be used on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky – that he’s lost control of the country to extremists. And just like the West trained extremists in Syria under the guise of helping, they’ve done the exact same thing in Ukraine by training and equipping the Azov neo-Nazi fighters. Both Iran and Russia had entered the conflict militarily at the request of Assad’s government to help stabilize the country, with Moscow first entering the scene when fighting got too close for comfort to its warm water base for the Black Sea Fleet in Tartus. So basically, Russia was called in to help clean up the mess that the US and NATO had made of the country. And by December 2018, when I asked Russian President Vladimir Putin at his annual press conference whether then-US President Donald Trump was right about ISIS being defeated in Syria, he agreed. Uncle Sam has to stick around to make sure that they never come back, ever again. Guess there’s no chance of just heading home and kicking back with a few beers and waiting to see if it’s actually going to be a problem in the future? Nope! Not when so much has been invested in establishing an in-country military footprint that just happens to be right on top of the biggest pile of Syria’s natural resources – the kind that have been the topic of CIA intelligence directorate reports since at least 1986. In December 2023, Syrian Oil Minister Firas Hassan Kaddour evoked the plan to “liberate” the oil fields from US occupation. Peace in Syria was only possible because of Russia helping to eliminate the troublemakers. The West lost in Syria and still won’t go home. Imagine if it had actually been able to have free run of the place. Maybe there’s something worse than a Russian ‘win’ for Ukraine: Permanent occupiers who use friendship as a pretext to stick around and suck the country dry. - RT
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  13114. A recently unearthed video of WEF guru, Israeli Professor, Yuval Noah Harari, has made the rounds of late. As Dr. Harari asserted not only that God is a fiction, but he also asserted that human rights are a fiction, a nice fairy tale with no basis in reality. Dr. Harari apparently believes that human rights are simply a made-up story. He further explains that if you dissect a human there are no rights there. Instead, there is simply a physical display of anatomy and what is left of the biological processes. Thus, he concludes that the only place human rights exist is in the imagination. A mountain is a reality, countries and legal systems, heaven, God, are not based in biological reality, they are merely artifacts of the imagination. Thus, homosapiens have no rights. If there are no human rights, then none of us have a right to protections under the law. Neither do we have the right to possessions or relationships, or our experiences, or our body, or our mind, or to our life. If this is the case, then it begs the question, does Dr. Harari have a right to live? These rights exist in animated human beings as evidenced by the willingness of human beings to fight for them. It is the unhindered individual expression of Divinity through the human experience that is the core basis for human rights. Human rights are not a fantasy of the imagination, they are necessary to allow Divine expression. The preservation of Natural Rights are the only legitimate basis for the existence of government. The Bill of Rights are universal rights. The Ninth Amendment is the most important Amendment as it protects the reservoir of unstated Natural Rights. We can argue over the precision of these rights and their application, however, their existence preexists and transcends government. - LewRockwell
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  13121. I learned of this article today while listening to Alexander Mercouris. Mr. Mitchell is an intelligent, well-educated man, but he is captive to an ideology and world view that plagues the Deep State. He conjures up a Manichean-world, portraying Russia and China as ravenous imperialists hell-bent on devouring the peace-loving countries of the world, while touting the United States as the force for good. He ignores the fact that the United States, not Russia or China, has been the one country during the last 70 years that has launched multiple color revolutions and relentlessly attacked and pillaged scores of nations around the world. His piece has one purpose — create a straw man, only in this case it is straw men, to justify US military expansion, but doing so under the guise of diplomacy. I have been astounded by the number of US experts and pundits who fervently believe that the relationship between Russia and China is superficial and temporary. They genuinely believe that the United States can cynically play Russia off against China, and that neither country is smart enough to discern the US ploy. I asked Foreign Minister Lavrov about this very thing. He scoffed at the notion. While Lavrov noted that Russia and China, by virtue of their respective histories, have some differences, they are fundamentally united to counter the imperialist ambitions of the West. Russia and China have entered into a comprehensive, strategic partnership that encompasses defense, manufacturing, trade, finance and diplomacy. The war in Ukraine, the genocidal policy of Israel in West Asia, the threat to destroy Iran and the tariff war against China are not separate, unrelated conflicts. The Russian and Chinese leaders understand this and are acting in concert to counter the US divide-and-conquer strategy. That is why Russia and China conducted a joint-military exercise with Iran in the first week of March. That is why Russian, Chinese and Iranian diplomats met twice in March — first in Beijing and then, a week ago, in Moscow. They are coordinating policies and discussing strategies for dealing with the threat posed by the United States. I do not think that Donald Trump and his team of bobble heads comprehend this. - sonar21
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  13125. Polish Mercenaries Began To Flee 'LIMAN' against the Background Of The Approach Of The Russian Army. Compared with other sections of the front, the Krasny-Liman direction was less mentioned in the reports of war correspondents and military departments on both sides. This is largely because the situation in the Krasny-Liman direction is not developing as dynamically and intensively as in other sectors of the front. However, this does not mean that the Krasny-Liman direction of the front has completely suspended the dynamics of hostilities. The decrease in military clashes there is more like the calm before the storm. - BORZZIKMAN "THERE'S A HUGE GAP where Zelensky's brain should be between goals and the actual state of affairs in Ukraine" - says the President of the US Council on Foreign Affairs, Richard Haase. "The idea that Ukraine is going to liberate by military means all the lands that are occupied by Russia, approximately 20% of its territory, is laudable - but this won't happen" - he continues. Zelensky! Please place brain BACK inside cranium - United States officials who specialize in WAR are telling you to forget any kind of liberation fantasies. - Intel Report The flow of US-made artillery ammunition to Ukraine has dwindled by “more than 30%” amid Washington’s scramble to assist Israel in its fight against Hamas, ABC News reported on Tuesday, citing an unnamed Ukrainian official. The network’s source pointed out that the main problem was with deliveries of NATO-standard 155mm artillery shells, which he said accounted for “about 60-70% of Ukraine’s overall supply.” He also expressed serious concern that the gridlock in the US Congress could mean that the flow of arms to Ukraine will start to dry up. “We’re in big trouble… basic munitions are not coming,” the official said, warning that if the situation is allowed to deteriorate further, Ukraine risks losing its position on the battlefield “at a very high price.” - RT Ukraine has lost over 13,700 troops and approximately 1,800 tanks and other heavy weaponry so far this month, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu relayed on Tuesday during a ministerial meeting. Russian forces have been actively thwarting Kiev’s attempts to breach their defensive lines and continue to reduce Ukraine’s military capacity, the senior official said. He claimed that Ukrainian soldiers were surrendering in droves after realizing the futility of their counteroffensive. The Russian minister issued his last assessment of Ukrainian casualties in late October, when he said they had surpassed 90,000 since the start of Kiev’s ill-fated counteroffensive in early July. During this week’s meeting, Shoigu described the cost paid by Ukrainian soldiers in the conflict as “colossal.” - RT
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  13128. [Much thanks for letting the world know who the real culprits are!] Yushchenko had initially lost the presidential election, but his supporters set up a tent city in central Kiev and blocked the government district. Foreign NGOs played a significant role in these events. The direct orchestrators of that color revolution included the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and its affiliates, the Soros Foundation, the International Republican Institute, the Eurasia Foundation, and several other foreign entities Ukrainian society was divided in two, and Yushchenko’s policy laid the groundwork for a significant political crisis and the eventual war. Before Viktor Yushchenko came to power, Ukrainian politicians tended to avoid drastic measures, and instead favored compromises to resolve conflicts. However, his rise to power shattered that tradition. Yushchenko sought to impose an agenda that was alien to millions of Ukrainian citizens. By the time of the 2010 presidential election, Ukraine was deeply divided on cultural, linguistic, and national issues. A ticking time bomb had been set into motion back in 2004 when Yushchenko’s team chose to support radical nationalists and neo-Nazis. This strategy granted him a tactical victory but ultimately led the country to a strategic defeat. While in office, Viktor Yushchenko failed to address pressing issues. Instead, his policies exacerbated societal divisions which grew more pronounced each year. A decade after his rise to power, yet another revolution only deepened these contradictions, steering Ukraine away from the promised European future toward territorial losses and civil war. - RT
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  13130. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The advance of Russian forces, which is developing an offensive towards Konstyantynivka direction, has prompted Ukrainian soldiers to lay down their arms to surrender, choosing a favorable situation, and then move towards Russian positions. Russian military channels released a video on May 20, 2025, showing a new wave of small groups of Kiev soldiers surrounded and forced to try to hold out in their trenches north of Ozarianivka being asked to immediately surrender to the Russian stormtrooper! In recent days in the sector, Russian troops have managed to shake and capture new large and wide trenches, thereby eroding the fortified Ukrainian defenses entrenched in the gray zone. Russian drone continue to record scenes to the movement of Kiev prisoners, in the process of going to captivity, having found themselves in an unfavorable situation, making the only right decision to save their lives At least the Ukrainian prisoners consisting of three people, under the close supervision of Russian drone, mark the increasing friction of Kiev, this tactical push threatens the depth of their defense on Konstyantynivka sector. They have been there for three days, no evacuation and no assistance, and their armored vehicles are attacked by Russian FPV drones. When in the fighting, they ran in all directions, their comrades were captured, and the three men continued to hold out in the hideout, and the Russians did nothing bad to them, according to the POW. The Ukrainian group seemed happy to move towards the Russians, marked by a complete lack of resistance when asked to surrender. Furthermore, they were guided by a 'bird' on their way to the Russian positions to reach one of the locations. Each advance shortened the Russian road to Konstyantynivka, precisely and methodically, and greatly increases the concerns of Kiev along with NATO.
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  13134. This is what the diabolic leadership of the Globalist West has wrought, and there will be hell to pay, literally, for their actions! Warmonger General Raytheon Austin very happy about this! "We are on the brink of total War!" - The Colonel High Calls "RUSSIA EXECUTES OWN SOLDIERS - ENTIRE UNITS - who refuse to follow orders" - can you believe this guy? John "I hate peace" Kirby sticks to a beat up old template, that when America fails - its only remaining weapon of mass indoctrination is a SMEAR campaign. Is it not Ukraine forcibly mobilizing its men? Meanwhile, 300,000 Russian fighters joined the partial mobilization effort on a voluntary basis alone, without receiving a summons. "The dogs bark but the caravan keeps moving" - Intel Report A Ukrainian attack involving multiple drones has been stopped in the Russian city of Kurchatov, home to the Kursk nuclear power plant, according to civilian and military officials. Unconfirmed reports claimed that one of the aircraft damaged a nuclear waste storage building at the site. The spree of incidents happened on Thursday evening in Kursk Region, which borders Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry reported intercepting a fixed-wing drone over Russian territory on two occasions, about two hours apart, while the power plant’s press service said it was attacked by three enemy drones. Kurchatov is located some 60 km from the Ukrainian border. - RT The prime ministers of Hungary and Slovakia opposed a €50 billion ($52.8 billion) aid package for Ukraine during the European Union summit on Thursday, Politico has claimed, citing an unnamed diplomat. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reportedly argued that the bloc’s support for Kiev isn’t working, while Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico referred to concerns over corruption in Ukraine. - RT
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  13137. The traditional leaders of Europe — i.e., the United Kingdom, France and Germany — are reeling in the wake of Pete Hegseth’s speech to the NATO defense ministers and JD Vance’s address to the Munich Security Conference. They are reacting like a jilted spouse who was just informed by their significant other that the marriage is kaput… crying and gnashing of teeth is widespread. In a desperate bid to recover from Vance’s verbal beating of the European authoritarians, French President Emmanuel Macron hastily convened a summit in Paris with a select group of European leaders in order to craft a coordinated plan to continue the war in Ukraine without the United States: The meeting was a fiasco. Despite trying to stack the conference with members ostensibly inclined to keep the lights on in Kiev, they failed to reach a consensus and emerged from the session taking verbal shots at one another: We are witnessing history. The post-World War II order with the US ruling the roost is coming unglued. I think this is the beginning of the end for NATO and for the European Union. But the collapse is not imminent. Political and economic chaos are likely to shake the major European countries and create internal pressures in the next two years that will lead the various nations to seek their own path for security outside the confines of NATO or the EU. Already we are hearing that some states are keen on reviving economic relations with Russia, with an eye on getting access to cheap oil and gas. - sonar21
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  13146. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Iranian News Agency Tasnim published a map, showing the exact targets of the ballistic missiles that hit Cyber Command Headquarters at GavYam Technology Complex, and IDF Intelligence Center (IDF C4I), less than a kilometer from Soroka Hospital, and Ben-Gurion University which cooperates directly, especially with IDF C4I Branch campus. Thus, it becomes clear that this morning on June 19, Iran did not target, nor did it attack Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva, southern Israel, Tasnim explained. At the time of Iranian strikes, the Gav Yam Technology Complex is the center of Israeli military communications, control, and intelligence, housing thousands of Israeli soldiers, who were responsible for processing intelligence data and cyber operations. These facilities, which are Iranian main targets, are completely destroyed. The missiles precisely hit nearby military targets, but the hospital received a shock wave, without suffering serious damage from inside the building. Ironically, some Hebrew-language media outlets tried to describe one of the affected locations as a “hospital,” while themselves admitted that the location was actually used by Israeli military personnel. Israel is complaining now, saying that Iran bombed the hospital in Be’er Sheva, while Zionist military routinely bombs civilians, hospitals, and the Red Cross, acting like it didn’t bomb schools, and all of 36 hospitals in Gaza including the largest, al-Shifa Hospital. The world doesn’t believe them, and Iranian Media responded to the “Israeli style news reporting” of Soroka Hospital, with a dose of its own ‘Gaza Narrative Medicine.’ Jokes aside, there is reportedly a video showing a significant presence in the basement of the hospital during strikes of the main targets.
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  13149. The question needs to be asked: Why does Ukraine deserve any support? We're talking about one of the most corrupt countries, if not the most, in the world, a playground for the financing of any form of scandalous activity, the mother-of-all money launderers in that regard. I shed no tears for such reprobates whose leadership has no problem killing innocents at its whim which is how this war started in the first place! The Russians had quite enough of that moral rot, and, per my observations, geopolitically, so has the sane world who are saying NO to Ukraine very loudly in their policies geared to promoting the common good, not destroying it! The headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Berislav, located on the right bank of the Dnieper in Kherson region, was blown to pieces by FAB-500 attack. FAB-500M62 flying bomb, which was upgraded to a glide bomb with high accuracy, hit the building flat to the ground. Ukraine complained that this bomb was difficult to shoot down. - Military Tube Today Update on the conflict in Ukraine for September 18, 2023 all from WESTERN Sources - Ukrainian offensive operations remain stagnant along the line of contact with Russian counterattacks overturning what superficial progress they do make; - The Western media citing US and other NATO member state officials admits Ukrainian forces lacked the proper training to conduct a successful offensive; - As Western sources begin admitting to Ukraine's catastrophic losses in men and materiel, they also admit Russian losses are near all time lows; - The collective West also acknowledges that the amount of ammunition and weapons Ukraine requires is beyond the West’s ability to provide both in the short and intermediate future; - In order to provide such levels of material support, the West would need to significantly mobilize its population, industry, and military, a prospect that isn’t even being seriously considered let alone planned; -The New Atlas
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  13150. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Important update on September 27, 2024, the noose was strengthened around Ugledar by Russian forces, and has begun a massive unprecedented offensive, capturing half of the city, which was a stronghold for Ukrainian forces for two years. Video shows one of the Ugledar Mines successfully captured by Russian troops with the assault on the city continuing. Before the massive assault, Russian scouts wisely dropped campaign leaflets by drone in the western part of Ugledar, calling for the surrender of Zelensky's troops from the units of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, which was ordered to hold the city while he is still in the United States. At this time, for Zelensky's troops, the situation on the front is critical, the small mining town in the Donetsk region is surrounded, all entrances and exits are under Russian fire control. Ugledar, which is half surrounded is in half a cauldron, making some of the rest of the men from the 72nd Ukrainian Brigade, try to escape in Ugledar, but eventually a group of prisoners of war were forced to surrender. At first they tried to attack the Russian tank formation from Buryatia near Vodyanoye village in order to escape from Ugledar, but failed. All roads to Ugledar were cut off, their resistance was useless. Dozens of them eventually had only one chance to return home alive! The command of the Russian troops contacted the Armed Forces of Ukraine to surrender, or be blocked in Ugledar! They were supposed to surrender because Russia did not ask twice. As a result, Russia showered Ugledar with incendiary ammunition, fired from BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher systems at night. Some Western sources, citing their contacts in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, claim that Ugledar is completely surrounded. The video was recorded by the Ukrainian military themselves, who complained about the "difficult conditions" under the magnesium rain. In addition, Russian drones raided Ukrainian troops still entrenched in the city buildings. This was the last chance for the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade to retreat, and was rapidly closing. It is strongly suspected that in a few days Ugledar will fall!
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  13166. As could be expected, immediately upon receipt of “authorization” from Biden, Ukraine reportedly launched an ATACMS strike on the Russian 67th GRAU depot in Bryansk region. Though Putin had to make some escalatory show, it’s more realistic to expect Russia not to react in any overt way until Trump’s term settles in. Putin is aware that an outgoing senile despot who doesn’t care if the world burns behind him may seek to start WWIII, and that Zelensky may see his final two months’ chance to provoke Russia into overreacting. As such, it’s best for Russia to do nothing, and continue grinding the offensives which are destroying Ukrainian lines everywhere. Last major news that you’re hearing here for the first time: A couple months back, you may recall World Bank announced that as per their calculations, Russia had finally surpassed both Germany and Japan in GDP PPP. However, the official IMF and CIA figures still scoffed at this, with Russia trailing both countries on their counts. This allowed the popular narrative to be maintained that the World Bank figures were some kind of inaccurate fluke or anomaly. Well, the IMF has just done their latest report and has officially concluded that Russia has blown past both Germany and Japan as of 2024, and is now the number four economy in the world. And not only that, but the IMF has Russia in the lead by an even larger margin than World Bank. On top of which, the CIA also updated their numbers and likewise reflects Russia at the number four position. That means it’s official—every global institution of note has now validated that Russia is the number four economy in the world, after only China, US, and India. The most remarkable shift is that according to the IMF’s updated numbers, the Russian economy is now 15% larger than the German one when it felt like only recently that Russia had even officially surpassed Germany. The truth is, Germany and the EU are in absolute free fall, while Russia is experiencing an unprecedented economic boom. - Simplicius
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  13184. Here is my prediction — made yesterday — about today’s meeting between Trump and Zelensky: What can we expect from Trump’s meeting with Zelensky? I think the smoke-up-the-ass machine will be turned on high. But, when the meeting ends, Zelensky will not have security guarantees nor a promise of more free dough from the United States. Technically, I was correct. However, I did not expect the verbal brawl that took place… reminded me of the food fight scene from Animal House: Turns out that the lunch prepared for the Ukrainian delegation was never served. Instead, the Trump White House staffers consumed the repast. To my knowledge, no food was thrown during the late afternoon lunch We reviewed Trump’s separate meetings with French President Macron and the UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. Macron and Starmer had hatched a plan to try to corral Trump into providing a security guarantee for Ukraine. They failed to achieve that goal in their respective meetings, but both were charm fests with Trump on his best behavior. Then came the meeting with Zelensky. Zelensky’s mission? Refuse to sign the rare-earth deal with Trump until Zelensky secured guarantees that the US would expand its military actions in Ukraine. Zelensky thought he could bully Trump and force him to back down… a very bad decision by the green goblin. Instead of showing up in a nifty suit and starting the conversation by heaping effusive praise on Trump and the American people for their past support to Ukraine, Zelensky arrived in black Ninja jammies, sporting a cocky, condescending attitude. I wonder if future generations of newly hired Foreign Service Officers will be required to watch the video of this dumpster fire. It is an excellent visual presentation of what not to do when negotiating with a more powerful political figure. I think Trump is now going to play hardball. Secretary of State Rubio announced, subsequent to the Oval Office debacle, the end of USAID funds to rebuild Ukraine’s power grid. I also expect Trump to put an immediate halt to the flow of financial and military assistance to Ukraine. He said as much… “if you want to continue the war, you’ll do it on your own.” For there to be any meaningful negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine, Zelensky must go. I think the Trump team now understands that and will work to bring that to pass. Zelensky’s hold on power became more tenuous because of this disastrous meeting. - sonar21
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  13194. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Interesting developments on a completely new front sector, Russian troops have begun to break through to enter villages in Chernigov region and plant Russian flags there! Russian military channels released videos on November 25, 2024, showing a Russian tactical reconnaissance group moving from Bryansk Region Russia, across the border of Chernigov, Ukraine through several poorly guarded points and without encountering resistance. They managed to capture forest plantations and reach two villages at once, Gremyach and Muravyi, where they planted the tricolor flag. The footage shows the Russian flag on a strategically important bridge over Sudost River. Russian units can not only operate close to the border line, but can also go deeper, creating a new busyness for the rear of Zelensky's troops. For now, the Russian command has not revealed its intentions on what to do with the new front, Chernigov, although the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has sheepishly denied this despite video evidence. Gremyach and Muravyi were previously used by Ukrainian militants to attack Bryansk region, without any clear results, only to take photos or as evacuation sites. Now, the latest situation will further confuse Zelensky, after Kiev previously withdrew many units from Chernigov and relocated them towards Kursk as cannon fodder. The Russian penetration operation is believed to create a critical gap in the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border region, highlighting the lack of adequate reserves even far from the front line.
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  13195. Russian forces have pushed Ukrainian troops out from Staromayorskoye, Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine), Kiev suffered significant losses - Acting Donetsk Chief Pushilin. Ukrainian army pushed into village after Pentagon announced that "main thrust" of Kiev's counteroffensive has begun. Ukrainians lost 20,824 personnel and 2,227 units of various weapons, including 10 Leopard tanks and 11 American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in past month - Russian Defense Minister Shoigu. On July 26 and 27, Russian forces destroyed more than 400 Ukrainian vehicles including 31 tanks, including three Leopard tanks Rabotino, Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine), Kovalevka and Sergeevka in Liman, Donetsk (ex-Ukraine) now under Russian control - Shoigu. Kiev regime using wounded Ukrainian soldiers as organ donors - Russian Security Council Secretary Patrushev. Ukrainians are not only thrown into the so-called “meat assaults”, leading to huge losses, but, according to incoming information, wounded Ukrainian soldiers are used as biomaterial, secretly removing organs for transplantation. Apparently, it is no coincidence that last year Zelensky signed a law on transplantation, which provides for transplantation of organs without consent - Patrushev. Number of dead due to Ukrainian shelling of civilians in Donetsk (ex-Ukraine) increases to 4, 10 injured. ◾Ukrainian army loses 275 soldiers, 3 tanks, M109 Paladin, M777 and FH70 howitzers in South Donetsk and Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). ◾Russian forces continue offensive in Kupyansk, East Ukraine as they repel attacks in Staromayorsky, Belogorovka and Maryinka, Donetsk (ex-Ukraine). ◾Russian air defenses shoot down Ukrainian Su-25 jet over Donetsk, 12 US-supplied HIMARS multiple launcher rockets and 23 Ukrainain drones. ⚔SITREP⚔ JULY 30
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  13199. Update on Ukraine conflict for August 27, 2023 ALL from Western Sources per Combat Channel with refs supplied. - Ukraine’s offensive nears 3 months of fighting and has yet to breach Russia’s first of several defensive lines; - Russia not only continues frustrating Ukraine’s offensive, it is launching its own offensive in the northeast that is gaining momentum; - Amid the failing offensive, Ukraine and its Western sponsors trade blame and argue over the best course forward; - Talk continues to be made regarding “wonder weapons” like F-16 and JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets despite the implausible nature of using either effectively in battle; - A juncture is approaching where the West will have to decide whether to allow Ukraine to begin irreversibly collapsing or intervene more directly; Ukraine’s dreams of counter-offensive triumph have hit a hard reality. (The Telegraph). Ukraine’s sluggish counter-offensive is souring the public mood. (The Economist). Ukraine’s Reset: A Slow and Bloody Advance on Foot. (The Wall Street Journal). UK Telegraph; Ukraine running out of men. Ukraine running out of options to retake significant territory. (The Washington Post). The latest piece on Real Clear Defense, a Pro Ukrainian site, Why Is Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Destined To Fail?, is a stark warning that the Fat Lady is starting to sing: More of the MO of the UKE Army specializing in shelling civilian targets. Three children with shrapnel wounds hospitalized in Donetsk, DPR after another Ukrainian shelling. Ukrainian Army shells Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, DPR (ex-Ukraine) with multiple-launch rocket systems. According to DPR authorities, five missiles were fired. Ukrainian Army fires three 155mm widely-banned cluster shells on Donetsk (ex-Ukraine). Two civilians wounded in Gorlovka, DPR (ex-Ukraine) from Ukrainian Army shelling. Parts of Gorlovka, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) deenergized from Ukrainian shelling. - Intel Report
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  13200. Since my article from last weekend’s tragic terrorist attack near Moscow, a lot of new information has been released supporting Russia’s allegation the attack has direct links to Ukraine. This is a follow-up. The Russian Emergencies Ministry department in the Moscow region released the following body count from the terrorist theater massacre a week earlier: As of 6:00 a.m. Moscow time on March 30, 2024, there were 695 casualties, including 15 children, in the terrorist attack, of whom 144 people, including five children, have been killed. By Monday March 25th, three days after the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack, Russian Investigative Committee Chairman Aleksandr Bastrykin reported that in addition to 11 suspects initially arrested, an additional seven were arrested for allegedly helping to organize the attack. Apparently, it was Washington’s own pathological paranoia preventing it from complying with standard international security protocol to alert other nations of imminent terrorism. So that psychotic delusion was in large part responsible for 144 innocent Russians to needlessly die. Of course, paranoia is a weak and feeble non-excuse to holdback lifesaving information. But clearly the far bigger reason the United States withheld full details of what it knew was to prevent Moscow from immediately determining that the Biden regime’s CIA played the #1 key role in this plotted bloodbath, which would obviously present far deeper criminal implications the US refused to risk. Since US intelligence was the driving force behind this massacre, sparing lives would have completely sabotaged and reversely countered its vile objective. During the Moscow tragedy’s immediate aftermath, within minutes after Russian news first broke the story, the US Security Council puppet John Kirby went before the cameras to emphatically state there is absolutely no connection to Ukraine. How would he or the US government even know when the investigation hadn’t even begun? This alone raises suspicion to implicate America’s involvement attempting to control the narrative. Then when Putin went before his nation mentioning that the terrorists that committed the attack were captured trying to escape near the Ukraine border, all US officials began were pressing the same word-for-word script straight from central casting prior to any actual probe even starting. On Wednesday March 27th, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated: It’s strange, to say the least, that the Americans have dared to announce a single narrative. This suggests at the very least that they are trying to shift attention away from something. Also, the non-nonsense Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova weighed in on Wednesday also wondering and asking uncomfortable questions the US/West refuses to answer: Based on what data and what information? Only one thing is clear – they began to excuse the Kiev regime in order to excuse themselves. Because everyone understands perfectly well that there is simply no independent [Ukraine] without Western financial and military assistance. On Wednesday March 27th Maria Zakharova stated: They [Washington] have exposed themselves. They started crying, not calling for an investigation, but covering up for Ukraine. Their bias and involvement in this issue is evident. Zakharova’s boss, the level-headed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, had this to say in an interview posted Friday March 29th: The West is actively trying to convince everyone that this is the work of ISIS and there is no longer any need to suspect anyone, especially Ukraine. They keep insisting that Kiev is not to blame, to the point where it’s becoming obsessive. So, a full week of DC, the EU and entire Western Mockingbird media all obediently doubling down on the singularity of their boldface lie that this ISIS-K group had zero connection to Ukraine. The global masses are slowly waking up to the truth of how this world works, that terrorist rogue state pariahs are operating out of Kiev, Tel Aviv, Washington, Brussels, London (including the Rothschild City of London command center). Having seen through so many US/West cover-up crimes and scandals, ultimately the people are beginning to catch on and increasingly demand justice. It’s undeniable that the CIA and MI6 are deep inside Ukraine’s intelligence services, having built a vast anti-Russian spy network over many years with the Kiev regime. And now the world will ultimately realize how the UK-US-Zio spy network that takes their orders not from governments themselves but the owners of governments, and how together they maliciously operate at will committing the most despicable crimes on the planet through impugn deception, death and destruction. Again, these perps have been repeatedly caught red-handed that they cannot keep getting away with. This latest display of US Deep State deception is the dead giveaway that the so-called government actors, and that’s all they really are – two-bit, low life actors all dutifully lying through their teeth, rigidly following their centrally scripted lines in yet another pack of lies that the world knows are blood-soaked in red lies. The West possesses a historical pattern committing these worst unprosecuted atrocities. The globalist false propaganda machine plunged into overdrive the minute it learned of this latest massacre, instantly disputing Putin linking the killers to Ukraine, and ever since doubling down to squelch any and all unfolding evidence. It’s not as if desperate Kiev or Washington never engage in terrorism or coverup lies. Kiev and its Western backers have already lost the war militarily, backed into a corner now with more incriminating evidence coming out daily, these pathological criminals have no other choice but to keep lying and denying. But the world is onto them and truth and justice will prevail to triumph over lies. - LewRockwell
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  13212. “The Iranians have a strategy, and we don’t”, a former senior U.S. Defence Department official told Al-Monitor: “We’re getting bogged down in tactical weeds – of whom to target and how – and nobody’s thinking strategically”. The former Indian diplomat MK Bhadrakumar has coined the term ‘swarming’ to describe this process of non-state actors miring the U.S. in the tactical attrition – from the Levant to the Persian Gulf. In the Ukraine, Russia has pursued a patient, calibrated attrition to drive hard-Right ultranationalists from the field of battle (in central and eastern Ukraine), together with their western NATO facilitators. NATO attempts at deterrence towards Russia (that recently have veered off into ‘terrorist’ attacks inside Russia – i.e. on Belgorod) notably have failed to produce results. Rather, Biden’s close embrace of Kiev has left him exposed politically, as U.S. and European zeal for the project implodes. The war has bogged down the U.S., without any electorally acceptable exit – and all can see it. Moscow drew-in Biden to an elaborate attritional web. He should ‘get out’ quick – but the 2024 campaign binds him. Some of those countries – including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – have initiated ‘private’ steps that were not coordinated with the U.S. They are not only speaking with these militia and movements, but also directly with Iran. The strategy to ‘swarm’ the U.S. on multiple fronts was plainly stated at the recent ‘Astana Format’ meeting between Russia, Iran, and Turkey on 24-25 January. The latter triumvirate are busy preparing the endgame in Syria (and ultimately, in the Region as a whole). In sum, patience has run out over the U.S. weaponising the Kurds and attempting to revitalise ISIS in order to disrupt the tripartite plans for a Syria settlement. The trio want the U.S. out. the backdrop to Israel’s disruptive behaviour lay with America’s ‘forever wars’ of divide-and-rule in support of Israel. In his first substantive statement after 7 October, Seyed Nasrallah (speaking for the Axis of Resistance as a whole) indicated a strategic Resistance pivot: Whereas the conflict triggered by events in Gaza was centrally connected with Israel, Seyed Nasrallah additionally underlined that the backdrop to Israel’s disruptive behaviour lay with America’s ‘forever wars’ of divide-and-rule in support of Israel In short, he tied the causality of America’s many regional wars to the interests of Israel. Only it is not regional actors that are contriving to box-in Biden – it is America’s own protégé: Prime Minister Netanyahu. The confluence between the failed Ukrainian ploy to weaken Russia, and the risky ploy for Israel’s war on Hizbullah, is unlikely to be lost on Americans. - LewRockwell
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  13227. SEEK AND DESTROY, Russian T-80 tanks come out of their positions, locate strongholds and command posts of Ukrainian army, destroying them with pinpoint blasts, leaving no chance for cannon fodder's escape, as enemy suffers over 485 cannon fodder in casualties in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), up to 50 in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine). US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, Uragan multiple rocket launcher destroyed, 75 drones, 5 Storm Shadow missiles shot down. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 20 Flames, destruction and fire engulf Rovno Thermal Power Plant, Rovno Northwest Ukraine following Russian strike on distribution center. Marks first strike of its kind in a long time - meaning Kiev just might be freezing in the dark sooner than its allies! - Intel Report The Ukrainian command cannot count on a speedy victory which would allow it to crush Russian troops and achieve significant changes. It also cannot transfer forces near Artyomovsk to another direction, as if the Ukrainian army stops advancing, Russian troops will seize the initiative. At the tactical level, this has already happened near Berkhovka, when the AFU refused to advance on the northern flank and focused on the southern direction. If anything, making progress near Artyomovsk would only harm Ukrainian forces – the price of advancing in this direction is growing by the day while the odds of achieving real success remain minimal. Yet instead of learning from the mistakes of the first ‘Bakhmut meat grinder’, Kiev continues to fall into the same trap. - RT DID POLAND JUST TORPEDO NATO AND UKRAINE? To quote Andrei Martyanov, WOWSER! Remember the collapse of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine in the early hours of 6 June 2023, which caused extensive flooding along the lower Dnieper river? This is worse. This may explain the “Grumpy Gus” visage adorning Zelensky, his crew, as well as John Kerry and Antony Blinken yesterday at the UN General Assembly during Biden’s awful speech. This marks the first significant event where domestic politics — this time in Poland — is undercutting support for NATO’s plan to inflict a long-term war on Russia. Meanwhile, if you have any doubts that the United States is the number one country in the World for military “interventions” just take a look at this report from the U.S. Congressional Research Service, Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad 1798 – 2023. Since 1991, the United States has launched more than 200 military operations in foreign countries. Russia and China combined have been involved in less than 20 such activities. Just think about those numbers the next time you hear some American politician bloviate about the imperial ambitions of Russia and China. To paraphrase comedian Jeff Foxworthy, “If you launch an average of 9 foreign invasions a year you might be an Imperialist.” - Sonar21 ARM-LESS ARMY: Even conservative estimates that place loss of limbs of Ukrainian soldiers at over 20 thousand still are 10 times higher than the amount of American soldiers losing limbs in Afghanistan and Iraq over 20 year period. If Kiev's soldiers aren't left to die, they're left to starve: reports of surviving on dog food - such as the fate of 30-year-old Ukrainian soldier Goshka, an amputee who reports sharing dog food meals with his pit bull on the front lines: "It didn't taste bad." - Intel Report DECOMPOSED BODY found at Ukraine-Romania border as Ukrainians desperately attempt to escape becoming cannon fodder. Kiev reports it's 24th such dead body found as vid also shows increasing number of people wanting to flee Ukraine, paying around $5,000 to smuggle themselves in trucks out of the border. Body moving such a lucrative business after US and EU brought "democracy" to Ukraine, they take 'em dead and alive! - Intel Report Watch top Russian diplomat Lavrov destroy West and Ukraine at UN in 20 seconds. Lavrov says cookie monster Nuland ADMITTED, with pride, spending $5 BILLION "on pestering politicians obedient to West in Kiev" in 2013. DeMocRaTic UkRaIne - Intel Report "FOCK OFF BACK TO AMERICA", says based Moldovan farmer, disgusted by sight of merican NATO soldier desecrating his land and angered by bullshit of being "here to help" . Chad just like ordinary Moldovans sick of their country becoming a US-NATO vassal, pulls Uno reverse card with phrase US loves saying "go back to your country". - Intel Report Russian peacekeepers evacuate over 5,000 civilians from dangerous areas in Nagorno-Karabakh since latest outbreak of fighting. - Intel Report Commander of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces corps suspended. Being first detainee in case of death of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh, he is held responsible for troops that killed Russian peacekeepers. - Intel Report
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  13237. This comes under the heading, "Know thy Enemy." Kiev regime drone terror attack attempt thwarted this morning - Russian Defense Ministry. Russian air defense systems detected and destroyed an unmanned drone over Belgorod region, pre-War West Russia. - Intel Report Ukrainian forces strike areas in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) with 34 artillery shells of 155mm caliber, including 6 widely-banned cluster bombs. - Intel Report CONSEQUENCES OF ZELENSKY'S SPREAD OF HATRED IN HIS WAR AGAINST GOD. Man arrested after he enters church in Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, punches icon of Jesus twice with a stone. - Intel Report Ukrainian criminal forces shell Belgorod region (pre-war West Russia) 9 times in 24 hours, 2 drones shot down. - Intel Report CAN'T JUST LEAVE THEM TO THE DOGS says a clearly disturbed Russian soldier about Ukrainian cannon fodder not only left to rot for a week in Novoselovskoye, Lugansk (ex-Ukraine), but booby-trapped with mines by Kiev's regime. Moscow's troops got fired upon in an ironic reversal of roles, evacuating 7 of Zelensky's corpses and continue search for more dead or pieces of bodies. We're getting them in pieces. We're Christians, that's the way we were raised. We must help return these bodies and remains to their relatives. - Intel Report Destruction, charred buildings and homes in Kherson (ex-Ukraine) as region's residential areas endure 5 days of incessant Ukrainian shelling. - Intel Report Kiev's regime shells 10 times town of Volfino in Ukraine-bordering Kursk region (pre-war West Russia). 3 injured by shrapnel. - Intel Report Destruction at headquarters of humanitarian aid in Aleshki, Kherson region (ex-Ukraine). While Russia picks up Kiev's dead for the sake of their families, Zelensky's depravity knows no bound striking humanitarian aid going to people already subjected to his callous attacks. UPDATE: Russian air defenses also detect and destroy Ukrainian drone over Belgorod region (pre-war West Russia). - Intel Report Russian air defense destroy Ukrainian drone over Kursk region (pre-war West Russia). - Intel Report ◾ Russian forces repel Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), more than 425 enemy soldiers between killed and injured, tank, 4 armored vehicles, D-20, D-30 and Gvozdika howitzers destroyed. ◾More than 40 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 5 tanks, 5 infantry fighting vehicles, 3 vehicles and artillery pieces destroyed in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). ◾Russian air defenses intercept 8 US-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launcher shells, destroy 25 Ukrainian drones. ◾Russian fighter shoots down Ukrainian-operated Mi-8 helicopter. ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 12 Ukrainians trying their best to escape military service due to massive numbers of war casualties, admits Zelensky's PR managers at New York Times. Number of draft evaders in Ukraine has grown substantially due to huge number of casualties, especially during the recent failed counteroffensive. Troop recruitment is becoming increasingly difficult, and Kiev has reached ever deeper into society to keep its ranks filled - Note the report. PR managers with finally some actual PRing, claiming glaring lie that Kiev only suffered 150,000 between killed and injured since start of Special Operation, when it's proven to be around 400,000 KILLED and 2 million wounded/disabled. That's why Zelensky fired all regional recruitment chiefs.
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  13238. Recall that Hamas was partly or entirely created by Israel—a fact confessed to by several high ranking Israeli officials—as a counterweight to the PLO, the dominant political group at the time. So it’s not out of the question that a group created by Israel and Western intelligence outfits can potentially still be under their control or at least infiltrated to the extent of being ‘steered’ into creating certain needed false flags which could benefit Israel as a whole. This is supported by new evidence reportedly coming out that Hamas was using Ukrainian-supplied weaponry, which would indicate a fairly standard Western intel weapons pipeline a la the Contras, et al. The primary principle that I operate under is that almost no global event happens by pure happenstance, particularly when it’s in a given related geopolitical sphere. And the Middle East is certainly tied, in many ways, to Russia, the Ukrainian war, and multipolarity in general. - Simplicius By Their Fruit, You Will Know Them… Biden Calls for More War, Putin Calls for Peaceful World - LewRockwell BODIES LIE LIMP, COVERED IN BLOOD as distraught crowd rushes the wounded out on stretchers, others hopelessly look to the dusty sky - amid devastating destruction unleashed by sustained Israeli attacks on Gaza. Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Galant orders total siege of Gaza - "there will be no electricity, no food, no fuel.” - Intel Report AMBULANCE STRETCHERS STREWN EVERYWHERE, as contused Palestinian emergency worker tries to walk away from scene of attack, but almost drops dead in Israel's latest blast striking ambulance vehicles in Gaza. - Intel Report "The US precludes creation of the State of Palestine" - Lavrov and the Arab League. "The Americans are trying to monopolize mediation efforts, and divert dialogue away from a political settlement." “Russia and the Arab League can and must make their contribution to solving these problems, first of all, stopping the bloodshed." - Intel Report SOOT-COVERED BODY lies slack on ground as Palestinians rush to help people trapped under rubble after Israel targets refugee camp in North of Gaza Strip. Blasts that shake very earth as Israeli strikes target STUDENTS at Islamic University of Gaza (right vid) - sounds of baby’s cries echo in background with man filming fearing for his family’s safety. Israeli PM Netanyahu claims Hamas’s actions will “CHANGE THE MIDDLE EAST” as he kills HUNDREDS of Palestinians in strikes. - Intel Report Rocket rains down on Jerusalem as air raid sirens blare (left vid), while right vid shows ruined fences and cars in aftermath of strike. Hamas states it fired rocket in response to Israel’s bombing of civilians in Gaza Strip - reports of at least 7 injured in Jerusalem strike. - Intel Report Humans torn apart by Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip as Palestinians lie in agony with missing legs while people look on in shock as they wait for first responders - Intel Report Update on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict for October 9, 2023 - As US proxy war in Ukraine continues to tip in Russia's favor, armed conflict has broken out between Palestinian-based Hamas militants and Israeli forces; - Israeli-Palestinian tensions stem from the Israeli government's decades-long occupation of Palestinian territory in violation of international law and laid out specifically in UN resolutions; - Both Hamas and Israeli forces are currently targeting both military targets and civilians; - Israel has for decades served the purpose of a foothold for first British then American hegemony in the Middle East; - Hamas has a problematic background that complicates Palestine's ability to resolve hostilities between it and Israel; - Hamas has previously served as a proxy along with Israel in the US proxy war against Syria; - Israel is requesting additional military aid from a depleted United States, limiting its ability to escalate vs. Hamas and within the wider region; - The New Atlas "ISRAEL WILL WIN" claims PM Netanyahu as he shows off footage of houses in Gaza Strip crumbling from Israeli strikes (left vid). His claim that "we've started" comes amid reports of build-up of Israeli forces near Gaza Strip, with insider claims that Netanyahu's told Biden "we have to go in" to Gaza Strip. Right vid shows devastating aftermath of same strikes Netanyahu boasts about, with homes turned into apocalyptic wasteland after blasts. - Intel Report Gaza Strip lit up by flames as hellish landscape unfolds in darkness. Vid above shows flames flickering while rockets soar from Gaza Strip toward Israel. Israeli military claims it’s carrying out 1 of biggest airstrikes EVER against Hamas in Gaza Strip, while Palestinian medical officials warn health system could collapse in DAYS following power cuts imposed by Israel. - Intel Report Drones show damaged neighborhoods in Gaza Strip, during out-of-control bombing by Israeli forces against Palestinians from Hamas fighters. 1000 tons of explosives were dropped which destroyed thousands of buildings in the “total siege” of Gaza by a series of airstrikes using heavy bombs such as JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition). - Military Tube Today
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  13241. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Once again, the Russian Armed Forces liberated a settlement outside Pokrovsk city, Shevchenko, dealing a serious blow to Ukraine and NATO, hundreds of their soldiers were eliminated while trying to defend it. The Russian Ministry of Defense officially announced on January 11, 2025, that fighters from the 74th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade and the Kutuzov Brigade of the Tsentr Group of Forces, have just completed an operation to liberate Shevchenko and hoist the Russian flag there! It was the area around Pokrovsk, heavily fortified by Ukrainian troops, that suffered another crushing defeat after two failed counteroffensives by the Kiev regime in Kursk. During the liberation of the settlement, Russian soldiers managed to destroy all Ukrainian military installations even in fierce battles, blowing up enemy positions using tanks and artillery! The tactics of continuous attacks by Russian troops on Ukrainian positions outside Pokrovsk, proved to be quite successful, breaking through Ukrainian defenses almost everywhere. As shown in the footage, the Russian flag is now flying over one buildings of Shevchenko, moving the Russian border even further west. Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov congratulated the Russian command and personnel on the liberation of the village of Shevchenko in the Donetsk People's Republic. “Today, as for many years, the servicemen of the 74th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade and the Kutuzov Brigade honorably fulfilled the combat mission set before them in the fight against neo-Nazis, confidently repelling them,” the head of the Russian military department wrote in Telegram. Pokrovsk, the site of the most active fighting, is entering its final days as part of Ukraine. At the moment, the situation in the city is not normal and is characterized by the absence of activity of the population, as shown in the latest footage from the Ukrainian army. Every expert believes that the collapse of the main city is just a matter of time, as Russian troops continue to advance and at the same time Kiev's forces continue to decline. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to face a dead end, lacking personnel and military equipment, some of them even personally conduct fundraising efforts through the media.
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  13277. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian FAB smart bombs continue to fly and fall on Ukrainian military positions, one of which is Ukrainian UAV control command post in the settlement of Myropillia in Sumy region near border of Kursk region. On January 31, 2025, the Russian Defense Ministry released combat footage, a pair of Su-35 and Su-34 fighter jets are actively working in Kursk border area, where recently the order was given to Kiev's troops to deliberately commit atrocities against civilians in the region. Su-35 aircraft escorted Su-34 fighter-bombers, which were carrying high-explosive FAB aerial bombs, and then threw the FABs like candy, flying right into one of UAV control command posts of Zelensky's troops. Ukrainian sources continue to report that Russia is running out of aerial bombs, missiles and another ammunition and its victories in Kursk region! The fact that Ukraine continues to suffer losses every day! Russian Su-35 and Su-34 fighter-bombers significantly outperform in maneuverability, which is important for close air combat at a distance of 30-50 km. The crews of Su-35 fighters not only carried out strike missions, but also provided air cover for Su-34 bomber, ground attack aircraft and military aircraft during the attack on an important command post in Myropillia after objective control was carried out by a detachment of UAV from the Donbass Wild Division. Thus, FAB accurately hit its target and leveled it to the ground, as shown in the footage released by Russian channels on February 2 during combat work on January 31. Preliminary estimates indicate that Ukrainian army lost up to dozens of military personnel at UAV control center, who were most likely flying drones towards Kursk. Kiev's invasion on Kursk is the most failed mission in history, according to experts. Since the start of the invasion, Ukrainian losses have increased to more than 56,980 soldiers, 329 tanks, 243 infantry fighting vehicles, 191 armored personnel carriers, 1,681 armored combat vehicles, 1,774 motor vehicles, 402 artillery pieces, 45 MLRS launchers, including 13 HIMARS and 6 US-made MLRS, 16 anti-aircraft missile launchers, 8 transport-loading vehicles, 106 EW stations, 15 anti-battery warfare radars, 5 air defense radars, 33 engineering and other material units, including 14 anti-obstacle vehicles, 1 UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, 9 armored recovery vehicles, and 1 command post vehicle. The operation to neutralize Ukrainian units is ongoing, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on February 3.
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  13300. Trump seesawed again with an alleged rant to NBC about how “pissed off” he was at Putin for not hopping to the US’ undercooked ceasefire offer Many commentators pointed to Trump’s increasingly manic flip-flopping, citing how his claims of being ‘pissed’ at Putin for “unproductively” calling Zelensky illegitimate clashed with his own previous assessment of the Ukrainian head as ‘dictator’: In short, the US and Trump want to have their cake and eat it too: they want to be strong enough to dominate China, while also swiftly sewing up the ‘pesky little’ Russian invasion, and keeping the various subsequent geopolitical exigencies from precipitating on the European continent. Who wouldn’t want that? The power to dominate the entire globe, and dictate its affairs. But Trump and his administration are living in another time and place, walking across fiery coals in boots whose rubber soles have long worn out. Part of the reason Trump has expressed his frustration, it seems, is that the pleasantries phase has run out, and Russia is now openly expressing that current ‘ceasefire’ offers are simply insufficient, as just submitted by Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov: US seeks a ceasefire first, and only then to do the real work of negotiations and issues. This stems from Trump’s impatience to notch points on the scoreboard and declare a quick PR victory, at least at this leg of the process. But Russia is more thorough than that, and requires things to go methodically and systematically. To Russia, this is an existential issue, not a political stunt or quick PR fix. Trump is now threatening ‘aggressive action’ in the form of powerful tariffs that are set to hurt allies more than Russia: “We need Putin to accept an unconditional ceasefire NOW…” Which side sounds the more desperate to you? Trump continues bleating about how the gut-wrenching war deaths are the primary reason for his wanting to end the conflict in Ukraine—oh, the pathos! Bleat on, my bleeding heart! This is a bald-faced fraud. If Trump cared anything about actual deaths on principle, he’d be saying the same things to Israel and Netanyahu, rather than arming and enabling them to commit a holocaust against the Palestinians. The double standards make it clear that the ‘fruitless deaths’ are certainly not the drivers behind Trump’s rabid mission to end the war—he’s fine with ritual slaughter as long as it serves favorable geopolitical ends. - Simplicius
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  13310. Europe in particular is in utter shambles as their sunk-cost failure in Ukraine has exposed feeble European leaders as true naked emperors before their seething populaces. Germany continues to completely unspool before our eyes as France’s Macron issued a temp-gauging panic statement about the need for Europe to become ‘omnivores’ in a world full of ‘carnivores’, lest the decaying continent get left behind for good. Ultimately, as can be seen the two sides appear at a loggerheads: Trump in his supreme vanity thinks he can end a nigh holy war that has spilled the blood of hundreds of thousands of people on both sides with the snap of a finger—this is the height of disrespect to both sides, particularly to Russia and Putin. But personally I can’t imagine Trump trying to escalate, beyond blowhard bluffs, because as stated, the US doesn’t have much of anything left to give beyond rusted junk or critical strategic reserves. The only possible way I can see out of it is Trump cutting all aid to Ukraine and allowing a full capitulation while blaming it on Europe after passing them the buck. We’ll close this section with Russian ambassador to UK Andrei Kelin’s reaffirmation of Russia’s negotiating positions: Compromise is out of the question. Zaporozhye and Kherson are Russian Russia will not make concessions to Ukraine – all demands of the Russian Federation will be met. These are demilitarization, denazification and neutral status of the country. - Simplicius
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  13320. A FAILED STATE: Young Russian fighter explains that Ukrainians don't know what they're fighting for - given soldiers are looked down on for speaking their native language (Russian), as well as practice their religion (Christian Orthodox.) Not to mention there will not be elections in Ukraine, because Zelensky said so - all the while purchasing yachts for himself. Ukraine [as a concept] has lost all meaning - if Russia doesn't absorb [parts], it will just become a depopulated desert - he says. - Intel Report POPULATION-POISONING LABS SHUT: Federal Security Bureau (FSB) storms network of drug labs in Russia controlled from Ukraine; 21 people are detained (12 with Ukrainian citizenship), almost 1.5 TONS of mephedrone seized. Manufacturing & dealing heavy drugs carries a harsh penalty in Russia - the group are looking at 10+ years in prison each. Drug labs operated in Moscow, Pskov and Ryazan regions (Western Russia). - Intel Report RUSSIA FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM OF ENTIRE WORLD states Putin, warning globe that Washington has become "decrepit" and "dangerous to those around it". Without a sovereign, strong Russia, no lasting, stable world order is possible - Russian leader. Putin’s speaking at World Russian People's Council, international forum focused on present and future of Russia as a country. - Intel Report A "democratic" kind of rubble, delivered by the "free world": US - supplied HIMARS entirely destroy several homes in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine.) Local shops severely damaged as well as windows in nearby high rise buildings shattered. By some miracle, no casualties are reported. - Intel Report “The Biden administration was the one that created the Zelensky regime. Moreover, it fed it with money, weapons and, what was most awful, the sense of impunity,” Zakharova claimed. Contrary to Washington’s assertions, Ukraine invests the money and weapons it receives from foreign backers not in the defense of democracy, but to attack non-combatants, including through acts of terrorism, she alleged. Zakharova accused the West of encouraging bloodshed in Ukraine, citing the failed peace talks with Kiev in spring 2022. “It was the West, particularly Washington and London, which blocked, literally prohibited Ukraine from negotiating with our side,” the spokeswoman said. “Why? Because talks are a path to peace, de-escalation and ceasefire. And they did not want those.” - RT
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  13328. In a recent article I had mentioned how the Western press and elite commentariat for the first time began using the taboo ‘C’ word, i.e. “Collapse”, for Ukraine. Now this has opened up the floodgates, causing more and more worried publications to begin turning off their previous holding-the-line narrative filter and actually start describing the Ukrainian situation with truthful urgency. The U.S. has already emptied almost its entire store of usable surplus mainline weaponry for Ukraine, i.e. tanks, artillery, light armor—not counting things like ammo. As proof, even Ukraine’s most ardent American supporters have admitted this in the past few days: Yet Ukraine hinges their entire future on this mythologized support as if it’s some kind of instant videogame-like upgrade, a “power-up” that will immediately re-energize and supercharge the AFU—this is simply not the case. High-ranking military officers secretly told Politico under anonymity that: “There’s nothing that can help Ukraine…the West doesn’t have the technologies in sufficient numbers.” Read my lips, it’s quite simple: Ukraine has literally no chance whatsoever to do anything militarily in this war anymore. Ukraine and Zelensky’s only shot at survival is to push Russia into a confrontation with NATO. They are desperately attempting to do this each day by launching mass terror attacks all over Russia. The latest occurred yesterday on Yelabuga, where Ukraine literally crashed a giant Cessna-like plane into a dormitory full of students that they claimed was a drone factory: While Russia is crushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ combat potential on the actual battlefield, desperate Zelensky is hiring “ISIS” to massacre Russian civilians, attacking Belgorod highrises with drones and artillery, and is literally loading up Cessnas with bombs and flying them into buildings with African exchange students—that’s the stage his putrid terrorist regime is now at. Ukraine is doing everything in its power to destabilize Russia by stirring discontent within it—even Western rags now admit to the recent rash of ethnic tension being provoked by Ukrainian services: There is a growing understanding across the Western allies that Ukraine is losing the ground war against Russia, and by summer could face defeat. Russia is pounding front lines with artillery, rocket and drone fire — and at over five times the rate the Ukrainian army can reply. Volodymyr Zelensky’s troops are exhausted — after sustaining in some sectors a heavier concentration of incoming artillery than at the Somme in 1916, or the Normandy Bocage after D-Day in 1944. It goes on to sketch the dire situation of the West’s own armaments: So what is it, in particular, that’s got them so terrified lately? Mostly it seems twofold: Russia’s increasingly heavy hand in attacking Ukraine’s power grid, as well as the rumors of a mass spring-summer assault: I ask you: What do you think now? Still believe time is on NATO and Ukraine’s side? It sure doesn’t seem like it these days. I say this as preface to the fact that Russia is slowly taking its time, continuing to build its armaments and potential, and very gradually closing the constrictor squeeze on Ukraine from all sides. Recent rumblings indicate that Ukraine is unable to determine where Russia could choose to strike a more major line-breaking assault due to the nature of Russia’s air strikes not being limited to one particular theater, but destroying Ukraine’s infrastructure in a widespread fashion. Ukraine’s “mechanized” brigades are literally being downgraded to foot soldier meat hordes due to lack of vehicles. Russia made recent progress in the areas west of Bakhmut and are now preparing to launch the assault on Chasov Yar. Here’s a quick before and after look at the Ladyzhenskaya thermal power plant control room, to give an idea the type of damage Russian attacks have done: The first photo may be a stock one for illustrative purposes, but you get the idea; I don’t think that’s being repaired any time soon. - Simplicius
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  13333. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – It is most likely the time while the Russian RS-26 “Rubezh” intercontinental ballistic missile arrived at Yuzhmash Plant in the city of Dnipro, used for the first time since the Biden regime gave the green light to the use of ATACMS long-range ballistic missiles to strike inside Russia. Videos have been widely circulated on the internet, showing how one RS-26 ICBM, a large missile carrying many smaller missiles on board, equipped with conventional warheads or without nuclear warheads for now. This missile was not even detected, no one and nothing could stop it, exploded in the air and each in turn scattered at least 6 independent submunitions, falling on a wide surface at the same time, on Thursday morning, November 21. According to Ukrainian channels, this would be the first use of RS-26 missiles in combat. The stunning videos seem to confirm that the attack was carried out by a missile with multiple warheads, another angle of the “mysterious missile” attack on Yuzhmash Plant in Dnipro or Dnepropetrovsk region. Residents of the city of Dnipro reported the explosion was “louder than they had ever heard before”. The Yuzhmash Plant is a legacy of Soviet technology, where the Kiev regime produces rocket engines, launch vehicles, missiles and satellite components, including the Neptune missile for now. If a Russian missile had hit the military plant, the RS-26’s qualitative strike would have dealt a serious blow to the Ukrainian aerospace industry, and psychological pressure on the ambiguity of Zelensky and his Western allies. Simply put, this is how the RS-26 “Rubezh” ICBM works, which acts as a warning shot, that Russia successfully tested even without a nuclear payload! It was meant as a demonstration and not an action intended to cause significant physical damage. The missile range is 5,800 km, allowing it to target any European capital even if there are air defense systems against it. So far, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has not commented on the ballistic missile attack on Yuzhmash Plant. “We will not comment on the ballistic missile attack on Yuzhmash, which the Western media began to talk about,” Zakharova said.
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  13341. As I expected, Washington is moving the conflict toward Iran. Washington chose this moment to escalate in order to direct the news away from Israel’s trial in the International Court of Justice. Regardless, Washington’s neoconservatives intended escalation from the beginning of the Israeli-Hamas war. It has been clear to me since 9/11 in 2001 that neoconservative dominance in Washington guaranteed we were on a road to escalation that would eventually reach Armageddon. The world is going to be victimized by the incapacity of the American political and intellectual classes to think clearly and honestly. We are approaching Armageddon because US foreign policy serves Israeli expansion, not peace. Washington has now launched air and naval attacks on Yemen. Sadeh, Zubaydah, Abs, Bani, Sana, Hudaydah, and Taiz have been attacked by American forces, initiating yet another war without Congressional approval, a branch of the US government emptied of power. The price of oil increased in response to the American attacks. Oil kingdoms, such as Saudi Arabia and Oman, are beginning to feel rocky as a result of their alignment with Washington against the Houthis. The White House fool says it is the Houthis’ attacks that are reckless, not Washington’s. The New York Times and the rest of the Western media have gone to work placing all blame on the Houthis. The Houthis have announced that as a result of the US/UK strikes on Yemen “all American and British interests have become legitimate targets.” You can see where this is going. - LewRockwell
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  13342. ATGM COMING THROUGH, red dash glides towards Ukrainian observation post hidden in houses by Antonovsky Bridge, Kherson (ex-Ukraine), in footage showing Russian anti-tank guided missile crews surrounding Kiev's cannon fodder and suffocating them with precise strikes. - Intel Report Russian air defenses thwart terror attack attempt by Ukraine over Belgorod, pre-War Russia. Moscow downs 9 Ukrainian shells shot by multiple launch rocket systems before crack of dawn. - Intel Report POWERFUL FIRES and fragments of building everywhere after Russian night drone strikes deliver large-scale blow to Ukrainian ammo depots (pictured) in Kalinovka, Vinnitsa region, West Ukraine. Explosions thundered also in Dnepropetrovsk, West Ukraine and Odessa port, South Ukraine. - Intel Report Ukrainian Army used chemical weapons when shelling Gorlovka, Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine, pictured) regional advisor Gagin says. Ukrainian Army used chemical munitions shelling Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine) as well - but don't expect any Western calls for regime change over that. - Intel Report SOLDIER STRUGGLES TO BREATH, walking through horrifying toxic fumes caused by use of chemical munition in Kiev's regime's shelling of Gorlovka, Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine). Some kind of bullshit is poisoned here - He says as he walks through what could be deadly-looking fog. DPR official warns victims are experiencing attacks of suffocation, teary eyes, nausea, swelling throats and burning skin. Don't expect but crickets from "International community" - Intel Report WELL, YOU CAN TELL BY THE RUSSIAN ARTILLERY DROPS, Kiev's cannon fodder won't be Staying Alive as explosions pummels their positions in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), causing Zelensky up to 550 in casualties, and destroying 3 ammo depots. 2 West-supplied artillery systems also destroyed in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), 40 enemy soldiers either killed or injured in Kherson (ex-Ukraine), air defenses destroy 25 terror drones. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 29 WHAT DO YOU BLINK YOU'RE SAYING? Who should we blame here? Malicious Western Russiophobic historical revisionism or faulty American educational system, which produced this IDIOTIC clam by Biden that Hitler's existential enemies who defeated Nazis, the Soviets, actually swooped in with a proverbial shovel after Nazi war crime that killed thousands to bury their war crimes. Thankfully, Blinken receives a community notes call-out reminding him of OBVIOUS fact Soviets LIBERATED Babyn Yar and Kiev after they, too, were among those massacred, as US regime provides weapons, endless money, and support for Kiev regime that honors Nazi atrocities today! - Intel Report RETIRED OFFICERS STILL LYING ABOUT UKRAINE WHILE MEDIA COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE UNFOLDING DEBACLE - Sonar21 FUNERAL MARCH aptly plays to grim footage of Ukrainian soldiers left to rot in their trenches in Kleshcheevka, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). Closer you look, more bodies you see littering the area, in brutal footage showing price Ukrainians gotta pay being West's cannon fodder for a regime ready to throw his own people at meat grinder while forgiving those "sponsoring the war" for a price. - Intel Report Kiev's regime shells monastery in Nikolskoye (map above), Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine), monk and parishioner injured. Must be an ISIS-affiliated soldier who picked the target! - Intel Report
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  13363. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The settlement of Nikolayevo-Daryino region has been recaptured by Russian assault troops while drones of various versions support the assault, working to destroy Ukrainian military personnel and equipment without resistance. Footage released on January 21, 2024 by the 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade of the Airborne Forces, shows them displaying the Airborne Forces flag on a street in Nikolayevo-Daryino , where the settlement itself is a long row of houses along the road leading to the border with Ukraine. The first reports of fighting in the settlement emerged late last year in November 2024, where the assault forces managed to break through to the other bank of Snagost River, cutting off the supply line for Zelensky's forces. Russian drones such as the deadly FPV, were flown into Nikolayevo-Daryino before the assault troops entered. The footage shows the drones chasing a group of soldiers fighting for Kiev, Ukrainian forces or foreign mercenaries. But the drones don't care, attacking each and every one of the panicked soldiers in the hope of saving their lives. In addition to ambushing enemy personnel, a camouflaged Ukrainian mortar was hit by FPV. Similarly, several shelters in the basements of civilian houses, where Kiev's troops were gathering in an attempt to defend Nikolayevo-Daryino, were heavily bombed. The 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade reported that the clearing and consolidation took place the day before, and is now advancing along the state border. The liberation of Nikolayevo-Daryino made it possible to conduct reconnaissance and strikes in the rear of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Sumy region. Meanwhile, Ukraine lost more than 390 servicemen and 4 tanks in Kursk during the day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on January 22.
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  13368. Austin said the US must continue to play the role of global military hegemon – policeman of the world – because “the world will only become more dangerous if tyrants and terrorists believe that they can get away with wholesale aggression and mass slaughter.” How’s that for reason and logic? Austin and the interventionist elites have fact-checked 30 years of foreign policy failures and concluded, “well it would have been far worse if the non-interventionists were in charge.” This is one of the biggest problems with the neocons. They are incapable of self-reflection. Each time the US government follows their advice into another catastrophe, it’s always someone else’s fault. In this case, as Austin tells us, those at fault for US foreign policy misadventures are the people who say, “don’t do it.” What would have happened if the people who said “don’t do it” were in charge of President Obama’s decision to prop-up al-Qaeda to overthrow Syria’s secular leader Assad? How about if the “don’t do it” people were in charge when the neocons manufactured a “human rights” justification to destroy Libya? What if the “don’t do it” people were in charge when Obama’s neocons thought it would be a great idea to overthrow Ukraine’s democratically-elected government? Would tyrants and terrorists have gained power if Washington did NOT get involved? No. Tyrants and terrorists got the upper hand BECAUSE Washington intervened in these crises. - LewRockwell
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  13373. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Early this morning on August 18, 2024, the Russian Armed Forces assault troops began the main phase of their attacks on the mining town of “Toretsk”, or the Ukrainian name “Dzerzhinsk”, after making new advances from several points. Since yesterday, a Russian combat command post has been showing video from there, documenting the destruction of a Hummer vehicle, burning in the attack. A Russian soldier opened small arms fire on the Ukrainian crew, wiping out the remaining luck of the passengers who might still be alive. NATO vehicles used Russia as a springboard to destroy Zelensky’s troops, clearing most of Pivnichny. Toretsk lost its last Ukrainian defensive position to the west to Russian positions. This is due in no small part to the capabilities of Russian soldiers, who have taken over the Artem mine tailings on the outskirts of the town. Now, the Shtorm assault unit of the 1st Slavia Brigade is raising a flag on a strategically important height, and will increase the range of its FPV drones by installing a repeater there, while at the same time reducing the range of Ukrainian drones. For the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Toretsk, since yesterday it started with a run. As a result of the use of leaflets dropped by Russian drones, all military personnel units mobilized by Kiev and suffering heavy losses, decided to collectively lay down their arms and save their lives. It seems that the situation in Ukraine is about to change rapidly, with the simultaneous entry of Russian troops from three directions, marking the beginning of the ongoing fierce battle inside the city. According to reports, Russian assault units are breaking through with armored vehicles, infantry attacks, supported by artillery, are carried out in groups of 3 men. This attack seems to be costing many lives, and equipment is scarce for Ukraine, forcing soldiers from Brigade 53, to personally announce an online fundraising to get the EW systems they need. But the Kiev regime insists on focusing its attention on Kursk, and asking its Western allies to remove “obstacles” as “the course of the war demands.”
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  13381. Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, has accused Ukrainian forces of hitting a children’s hospital with an air defense missile, declaring that if a Russian missile had struck the building, “there would be nothing left.” In an address to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Dr. Vladimir Zhovnir, the director of Kiev’s Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, accused Russia of deliberately striking the facility on Monday. Two people died and scores were injured in the blast, Zhovnir claimed, calling the incident “not just a war crime, [but] far beyond the limit of humanity.” “Does Mr. Zhovnir understand that if it was a Russian missile, there would be nothing left of the building?” Nebenzia responded. “Children and adults would have died rather than been injured.” Nebenzia explained that Russian forces targeted the Artemov missile plant in Kiev on Monday, and that “this target was hit.” “Since the plant is located approximately 2km from the children’s hospital, there is every reason to believe that the Ukrainian air defense missile that hit it was intended for a Russian missile that hit the plant,” he stated, adding that “this tragedy could have been avoided if the Ukrainian Armed Forces had not deployed air defense in residential areas.” The Russian Defense Ministry has also explicitly denied striking the hospital. In an official statement on Monday, the ministry said that “photos and video footage from Kiev clearly confirm” that the building was hit by a falling “Ukrainian air defense missile launched from an anti-aircraft missile system within the city.” - RT
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  13406. Ukraine is not keeping up with Russian recruitment whatsoever, as numbers for the new ‘mobilization’ continue to look dire. Even police from cities like Kharkov have reportedly been thinned out and sent to the front: Not only do the AFU tankmen say the Abrams isn’t properly armored for modern combat, they speak of its various breakdowns and inability to withstand the terrain. MSM reports that the U.S. stopped even sending the Excalibur guided artillery round because it has performed so dismally, continually jammed by Russian EW This leaves the Russian Krasnopol as king of the battlefield, which continues not only performing daily, but whose use has vastly increased. Just in the past few days alone we’ve seen footage of Abrams, M109s, and other high profile Western systems all taken out with the Krasnopol. Now the West is increasingly worried about Russia’s unparalleled industrial achievements. Zelensky admits they have “no long range 155mm” rounds at all: So much for that NATO artillery superiority. the actual truth entirely revolves around needing to escalate the conflict to save the AFU, which is collapsing. It has nothing to do with hitting Russian supply lines which are way out of reach anyway, and everything to do with the escalation creep of triggering Russia’s red lines and slowly wedging NATO into the conflict. In the meantime, the U.S. empire continues to go down in a flaming wreck before our eyes: The U.S. Empire has never looked so utterly exhausted, defeated, and bereft of any redeeming moral standing or leadership qualities as it does now: The optics have never been worse—it is truly an Empire in total terminal decline, its entrails strewn across the globe for all to see. - Simplicius
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  13415. The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday shared footage of a TOS-1A multiple rocket launcher striking Ukrainian positions. The battlefield video was taken near Soledar, a Donetsk People’s Republic town located to the northeast of the city Artyomovsk (known in Ukraine as Bakhmut). The system, widely known by the nickname ‘Solntsepyok’ – ‘Scorching Sunlight’, is seen firing multiple projectiles at night. The strike was observed by a surveillance UAV fitted with an infrared camera. The massive 220-mm thermobaric weapon is seen leaving large glowing spots on the ground after hits, footage shows. While the system is effectively a short-range multiple rocket launcher mounted on a tank chassis, TOS-1As are classified in Russia as “heavy flamethrowers.” In its most recent daily briefing, the Defense Ministry claimed that Ukraine lost an estimated 1,800 soldiers lost over the past 24 hours. It also reported the destruction of various pieces of hardware used by Kiev’s forces, including multiple artillery pieces, both Western-supplied and older Soviet-era systems. The most intense combat continued near Artyomovsk, as well as in Ukraine’s Kharkov Region, with an estimated 535 and 300 casualties inflicted on Ukrainian troops in the two areas, respectively, according to the briefing. Russian forces recently crossed the border at multiple locations into Kharkov Region. The offensive comes as part of the effort to push Ukrainian forces further away from Russian territory and thus stop the indiscriminate artillery and drone strikes on border settlements, including the city of Belgorod. The Ukrainian strikes, which the Russian Defense Ministry says primarily target civilian infrastructure and residential areas, have inflicted considerable material damage and resulted in dozens of civilian deaths. - RT
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  13432. From Putin International Press Conference. The president said he would have warned himself against “excessive naivety and credulity in relations with our so-called partners,” apparently referring to the West. Concerning the advice he would have given himself, Putin said: “One must believe in the great Russian people. This faith is the key to the success of Russia’s revival and development.” “If there is no national currency, you can’t print anything, there is only one way – reducing budget spending for the social sphere, a severe cutting of wages, pensions, expenses on medicine, on roads and domestic security,” Discussing the “rules-based order” promoted by the US and its allies, Putin claimed that “those rules are non-existent because they change on a daily basis... depending on the interests of some of the stakeholders.” There are 617,000 troops involved in Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine and Russia's new regions spread along the almost 2,000-km-long frontline, according to Putin. “For now, there’s no need” for another wave of mobilization, especially considering that on average, 1,500 people volunteer to defend the country every day, he stressed. Those, who were among the 300,000 mobilized during the first wave in autumn 2022 are “fighting hard”; 14 have been named Heroes of Russia, the president said, referring to the highest honorary title in the country. The ongoing events in Gaza are a “catastrophe,” Putin said. “Look at [Russia’s] military operation in Ukraine and at what’s happening in Gaza, and see the difference.” The president said there was “no such level of destruction” in Ukraine compared to the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian enclave. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called Gaza “the largest ‘graveyard for children,’” Putin noted. “Such a characterization is telling,” he added. - RT
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  13435. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The occupation army documented the launch of a barrage of rockets, fired by the Hezbollah Resistance Forces from southern Lebanon, entering the port city of Haifa and its surroundings. Today, September 8, 2024, at least 100 rockets were launched simultaneously in less than 30 minutes, marking the largest barrage of rockets in history since the beginning of the war on the occupied city, an important commercial and industrial center for the Zionist entity. The Israeli media labeled this as the largest attack, and wrote “You have to be here to know how big the disaster is in this city. Although this is part of Hezbollah's massive retaliation, but Israeli brutal attacks on Lebanese cities are considered much more destructive and indiscriminate. The Israeli air defense missile, Iron Dome tried to intercept some of them. The barrage of rockets that appeared in the sky of Haifa seemed serious, Iron Dome which costs 100 thousand dollars per shot, seemed to be overwhelmed by the incoming rockets. Some anothers were reported to have fallen directly while the settlers were saving themselves, in the center of Israeli third most populous metropolis, one of the two main ports, which serves as an entry and exit point for various goods including military weapons. Some of the rocket impacts fell, and one of them caused the most intensive explosion in Haifa Bay due to the failed interception of the defenses. Currently, several rockets have been reported to have fallen, and shrapnel in about 150 locations in the Haifa area and its surroundings. So far, there have been no reports of casualties. At the same time as Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General, Sheikh Naim Qassem was giving a speech, 100 rockets immediately happening to the heart of Haifa. He said in his direct speech that "The leadership and control in the resistance are carefully organized, following the practices established by Hezbollah, and we have dealt a painful blow. This large coalition of enemies Israel, the United States and the West intends to pressure and intimidate us, but we are not afraid of them," Sheikh Naim Qassem said. Meanwhile, the death toll from the US-backed Israeli aggression continues to rise daily in Gaza to 41,965 and 97,590 injured since October 7, not including the martyrs from the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Iran.
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  13438. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – In Malaya Loknya, FPV drones are working harder, minus many of Ukrainian vital equipment and some of its personnel amidst the relentless onslaught by the Russian Armed Forces, continue to pin down the sector. Sources released by military channel of Rassvet Group on February 16, 2025, show how the Marines and Airborne units, a barrage of attacks beat the enemy from Malaya Loknya area, from the early morning using kamikaze drones. A position of Ukrainian equipment in the yard of a residential house was wiped out by FPV, and the Ukrainian Paratroopers of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade will not be able to continue their mission in the settlement in Kursk region, which will open the way for a deeper Russian advance. At the same time, fighting continues a little to the north of the settlement. The use of FPV drones continues to provide Russian forces with a strategic advantage, neutralizing Ukrainian assets with precision, apparently recently installed by a Kiev soldier. Later, the next FPV arrives at a warehouse, where Ukrainian troops are unable to take cover from Russian drone operators. FPV continued to target several Ukrainian vehicles, which maintained control of their defensive lines as pressure on their supply routes grew. The footage confirms precision strikes on three vehicles of various types, eroding Ukrainian resistance in the sector. The successful assaults on Malaya Lokhnya is in line with the wider Russian advance, the Ukrainian position is becoming more vulnerable, forcing a costly troop withdrawal or reinforcements, and the liberation of the settlement is expected to occur in the near future!
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  13442. According to Russian Senator Andrey Klimov, some of Kiev’s Western backers could be behind the strike as well. Some “forces” within the US and the UK are willing to undertake “any provocations” to “get under the skin” of US President Donald Trump or make him change his current political course, claimed Klimov, who is the deputy head of Russian Federation Council’s International Affairs committee. The strike could also be due to the Ukrainian military not studying the target properly, said Igor Yushkov, a senior analyst with the National Energy Security Fund – a private Russian think tank. “The military that choose targets… are people that have no clue about what those pipelines are,” he told RT. Kiev may have just considered the station a “convenient target,” he added. According to the Russian media, the Kropotkinskaya pumping station is located in the Russian Krasnodar Region, some 230 kilometers away from the port city of Novorossiysk, and is far away from any other Russian energy facilities. Following Monday’s strike, the station was taken out of service, the CPC said. No injuries have been reported by either the operator or the Russian Defense Ministry. All of the company’s shareholders, including US and European, were informed about the “terrorist drone attack on a civilian target and its outcome,” the company stated. CPC is one of the largest international oil transportation projects in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), with the participation of Russia, Kazakhstan, and a consortium of leading oil companies, including US giant Chevron. - RT
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  13445. Russia will continue targeting military-related facilities in Ukraine in response to a drastic increase in Kiev’s drone raids deep into the country, which are aimed at civilian infrastructure, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has warned. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry said that while Russia has successfully initiated direct talks with Ukraine, “the Kiev regime, supported by certain European countries, has taken a number of provocative steps aimed at disrupting the negotiation process.” These actions include an increase in strikes using Western-made drones and missiles targeting civilian facilities in Russia, officials said, noting that over the past week alone, air defense systems have destroyed and intercepted more than 2,300 drones, with most of them flying outside the frontline areas. Ukrainian strikes have also resulted in casualties among civilians, including women and children, the ministry said. Russia has retaliated with high-precision missile and drone strikes aimed “exclusively at Ukraine’s military and defense industrial facilities,” the statement stressed. The ministry also presented a lengthy list of the facilities that have been struck in Ukraine, including military bases, warehouses, airfields, radar stations, as well as drone assembly, gun powder, and explosives plants. “The Russian military will continue to carry out massive and group strikes in response to any terrorist attacks and provocations of the Kiev regime. The strikes will be carried out exclusively on military facilities and enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine,” the ministry added. - RT
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  13447. Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, has accused Ukrainian forces of hitting a children’s hospital with an air defense missile, declaring that if a Russian missile had struck the building, “there would be nothing left.” In an address to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Dr. Vladimir Zhovnir, the director of Kiev’s Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, accused Russia of deliberately striking the facility on Monday. Two people died and scores were injured in the blast, Zhovnir claimed, calling the incident “not just a war crime, [but] far beyond the limit of humanity.” “Does Mr. Zhovnir understand that if it was a Russian missile, there would be nothing left of the building?” Nebenzia responded. “Children and adults would have died rather than been injured.” Nebenzia explained that Russian forces targeted the Artemov missile plant in Kiev on Monday, and that “this target was hit.” “Since the plant is located approximately 2km from the children’s hospital, there is every reason to believe that the Ukrainian air defense missile that hit it was intended for a Russian missile that hit the plant,” he stated, adding that “this tragedy could have been avoided if the Ukrainian Armed Forces had not deployed air defense in residential areas.” The Russian Defense Ministry has also explicitly denied striking the hospital. In an official statement on Monday, the ministry said that “photos and video footage from Kiev clearly confirm” that the building was hit by a falling “Ukrainian air defense missile launched from an anti-aircraft missile system within the city.” - RT
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  13449. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - A pile of wrecked American vehicles in the service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, turned into scrap metal after the defeat near Krasny Yar, which was liberated by the Russian Armed Forces, this released by the Russian military correspondent on October 23, 2024. Remember! About a week ago, Krasny Yar, located in one of the key regions of the Donetsk People's Republic, was officially taken under heavy fighting conditions and under heavy Ukrainian fire, but Russian soldiers managed to make a heroic breakthrough towards Pokrovsk, securing control over an important settlement! The 74th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Central Group of Forces completely cleared the settlement, and raised the Russian tricolor flag on the building of the House of Culture. After the clearing is complete, a convoy of American scrap metal still smoking from fires, was later found near an anti-tank ditch near the settlement. It seems that Russian troops destroyed a group of vulnerable vehicles, with one blow! The destroyed vehicles included one M113 APC, one Maxxpro MRAP, one Bradley IFV, and one M1117 Guardian armored personnel carrier were hit. Meanwhile its driver from the Nazi-affiliated Ukrainian forces, was killed defending it, cannon fodder was a casualty in the 24 hours while Zelensky presented his ridiculous “Victory Plan” according to military experts. In contrast, the Russian military showed that it continues to liberate land, destroying Western-backed troops and equipment. A few days ago not far from the same location, a Russian FPV drone headed towards another Bradley. As usual, the equipment burned perfectly.
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  13467. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Infographic footage shows the number of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who fighting for Kiev, have been killed and abandoned in their failed attempt to defend a settlement of Nikolayevo-Daryino Kursk Region, which has been liberated by the Russian Armed Forces. Russian military correspondents released rare and sensitive footage on March 2, 2025, Russian servicemen conducted further combing operations in the settlement area, both in the forest belt and in resident 's homes, showing the terrible situation where the death toll of Ukrainian soldiers is fantastic, abandoned there by their comrades and survived for almost a month due to the cold weather. Remember! Nikolayevo-Daryino, located right on Russia-Ukraine border was liberated by the 83rd Separate Air Assault Brigade, around the end of January after Ukrainian forces had been in the area for more than six months since August 2024. The Russian Defense Ministry revealed that Ukrainian soldiers there took hostages as human shields, about 17 civilians were killed, and 4 people died due to lack of medical assistance during the occupation. Now, Russian combing reveal the strangeness of Ukraine continued offensive into Kursk, but it continues to bring heavy and futile losses, losing hundreds of soldiers life even in every settlement. Russian soldiers conducting the sweeps said in conversations that up to 200 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, found and left in piles of snow and in their shelters in civilian buildings. So far, until March 2, Russian troops have advanced from positions near Nikolayevo-Daryino across the Ukrainian border and entered the village of Zhuravka from the north. In Kursk, Russian troops have pushed Ukrainian troops back from their defensive positions, from Nikolayevo-Daryino to the western outskirts of Sverdlikovo to the south of Sverdlikovo, crossing the state border towards Novyen’kyi. Russia is exerting strong pressure in their offensive to hasten the capture of Kursk, where recent documentation shows Ukrainian fortifications being destroyed in rapid succession!
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  13470. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – More soldiers fighting for Ukraine are fleeing faster especially from the Kursk border in an attempt to avoid Russian encirclement, or on another front. Just today on November 26, 2024, footage by Russian soldier's GoPro lens shows evidence, Ukrainian squad trying to escape and an armored vehicle abandoned at a location for unknown reasons. Russian soldiers approach and inspect the vehicle, where the driver and passengers have disappeared, which is likely to follow the forest belt because it is not according to plan. Inside the vehicle are some stolen equipment from civilians in Kursk, they left behind a washing machine, fan, kettle, keyboard and other devices, according to Russian military reports and as shown in the footage. The fact that on the same day, Ukrainian soldiers tried to escape from Kursk faster than bullets and missiles, despite pro-Ukrainian media continuing to report progress by recycling old videos pretending that Ukraine is still effective, it does not help! Three another Ukrainian soldiers fled, deciding to leave their positions on foot. The arrival of Russian artillery at their positions with puffs of smoke, became the main reason to save themselves from further encirclement! This is the result of Ukrainian attempts to infiltrate Kursk, which is constantly under ambush by the landlords, Russian forces. On November 23, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Special Forces of the Crimean Paratroopers, carried out a prepared ambush on Ukrainian armored assault group in Sudzha district. One British Mastiff vehicle for the breakthrough was overturned by the attack and liquidated about 20 enemy soldiers. Russian soldiers also took home a trophy, a Western-made Mastiff! It is known that Ukrainian soldiers are starting to pay a high price for Kiev's proxy war with the Western collective. They tend to fail to carry out combat actions in groups, are killed, wounded, abandoned, captured, and those who escaped are likely to survive. Kursk is a disaster for Kiev, they must immediately retreat or they need long-range missiles to cover their lack of troops.
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  13474. The following brought you by demented Biden! There are a lot of goings on, as the world continues to slide toward the brink. Texas governor Abbott has pulled the trigger on directly challenging the Federal government on the border issue: Republican governors are considering sending their national guards to Texas. Governor Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma pledged to do so on video. In another video Governor Stitt called it a powder keg situation, sending echoes of Fort Sumter through many in the blogosphere. Desantis has already even vocalized plans to undercut Biden’s scheme of ‘federalizing’ the national guards to take control of them. Desantis plans to do this by potentially sending the ‘state guard’ which he says cannot be federalized. In fact, Desantis’s speech is a good one, even though it veers a bit off topic. But he brings up salient points about how Biden has abused federal authority in sending national guards to foreign lands like Syria and Iraq for obscure missions they were never meant to carry out. Biden immediately retaliated by announcing the suspension of LNG exports: While this has long been in consideration under the pressure of of environmental groups, the timing has clearly left many declaring it an obvious attack on Texas, given that Texas is the premier LNG hub in the US: Governor Abbott and Speaker Johnson were fuming at this obvious direct attack: Almost everything that’s currently happening is an incredible victory handed to the Russian axis. The wagons are circling and Biden has created a dangerous no-win situation for his regime. If he goes in with federal action, not only does he risk sparking civil war, but even at best he risks openly exposing the Democrat plan to forcibly slam in as many illegal immigrants as possible. The regime has to play it a little ‘cooler’ to conceal their rabid intentions to undermine American democracy. But it’s certainly an ominous sign for things to come and gives us an early look at the type of black swan event they could use to thwart the electoral process this year to maintain their hold on power. This flare-up has spurred a host of underground voices to the surface, who now send warning signs about the devastating choices the Biden administration is making. One such example is a new letter being circulated that is co-signed by a slew of former FBI executive directors: It’s clear the Biden administration is courting catastrophe from every conceivable direction. And following this border debacle, it was only a given that any talk of Ukrainian aid would again collapse: While this is going on, Yemen has hit another British tanker, which reports claim is burning and liable to sink: It further showcases that the Western hegemonic bloc is losing control of the situation, and no amount of effort is helping. Jake Sullivan has been dispatched to “press” beg China to intervene with Iran in curbing the Houthi attacks that are entirely unpantsing the United States Navy: If news wasn’t bad enough for the West, the ICJ finally issued a ruling on the Israeli genocide case, tacitly informing Israel it must stop its killing: South Africa achieved something momentous, opening the door for many further legal challenges to Israel in the future, but more importantly tarnishing Israel’s actions with the stamp of validation from the highest international human rights judiciary. It shows that even ‘smaller’ countries can have major impact when they have greater courage than the ‘big countries’, and stick to principles. The last major news item deals with Ukraine’s shoot down of the Russian Il-76 carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs set to be exchanged. It is now confirmed without a shadow of a doubt that the plane was carrying the POWs, and Ukraine was informed of this fact. A quite gruesome new extended video of some of the bodies can be seen here. - Simplicius
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  13484. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Syrian army began launching Tochka missiles, and the consequences of its "arrival" in one of the headquarters and operations of the Al Aqeeda affiliated organization "Jabhat al-Nusra" in Idlib, with devastating results. The scenes published on December 1, 2024 by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) showed that they began using various heavy weapons not only the M-600 'Tishreen' tactical ballistic missiles, but in particular now for the first time deploying the OTR-21 Tochka-U tactical missile, which can carry a 420kg warhead. In just a matter of days, the front line reached a dangerous level for the militia units, they entering Syria suddenly but miscalculated. This version has a range of 120 km and high accuracy, fired by the Syrian Army with targeted attacks on several militia command rooms, supported by Turkey and the West. The scene in the city of Idlib from the footage of the militia, shows the consequences of the Soviet Tochka missile hit, reaching a very severe level of damage to enemy targets. One of the gathering points of the terrorist militias "Jabhat al-Nusra", or the command headquarters of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as reported by other sources, was covered in dust and thick smoke, destroying several vehicles in the area around the militia leadership center after a wave of precision strikes by the Tochka missiles of the Assad Government forces. In this attack, at least 65 militias were reported killed, but it is likely more considering the damage caused by the missiles. It is noteworthy! The pro-militia media and their supporters are now starting to shout that the Syrian operations together with Russia are starting to have a severe impact on civilians, something that is repeated and unproven! The Syrian Government will take unprecedented measures to suppress terrorism that is considered to only understand the language of violence, and destroy it quickly as Assad previously said. It seems that the Syrian Army is operating hundreds of missiles from this system during this period, and its launches continue to destroy foreign militias with one goal, to occupy Syria.
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  13485. Comedown After Post-Aid 'High' Brings West Back to Reality In fact, just days ago Ukraine’s head of the aerial reconnaissance support center, Maria Berlinskaya, stated that “most Western systems have proven to be [worthless]” because Russian EW neutralizes them It was also revealed that much of the gear was already forward-stationed and merely awaiting the final approval, and has begun streaming in from Poland. In fact, some of it was already secretly given a week or two ago, such as in the case of the ATACMS missiles The problem is, amid the wave of drunken excitement over the new aid, there have been many sober voices making efforts to temper the wild flights of exaggerated optimism. And the main issue is now rearing its head more than ever: out of the several disastrous problems plaguing the AFU, the supply issue is not even its biggest; that dishonorable distinction goes to the lack of usable manpower. As for mobilization, here’s Ukrainian lawyer Rostislav Kravets and Arestovich both separately revealing that there are reportedly over 100,000 deserters in the AFU: This is utterly shocking because they are talking about actual deserters who were already fighting on the front or in military units—not men who fled the country to avoid service; those, as we all know, already number in potentially the millions. No, this is much worse. These are actual deserters from the already-thinning frontline, which is said to have a measly ~250-300k men or less. As such it represents a catastrophic morale. It’s another wake up call to those who actually believe Kiev’s casualty numbers. Tens of thousands of confirmed POWs, 100k deserters, but only 30k killed? Of course the most disgusting of the lies is the suggestion that the young will only be used to operate drones and technological things, implying they’ll be safely in the ‘rear’ as most drone operators are. In reality, they will be sent as fodder to the zero line. Their excuse for the blatant indifference to threat escalation is the canard that Russia is weak, would never use nukes, and that 90% of the Russian army has already been destroyed. In fact, we now know it’s the opposite: So, it is in fact Ukraine that lost 90% of its army in the literal first days of the war, and has reconstituted it several times, while the Russian army is now bigger and stronger than before. In essence, Europe is like a gang of frightened monkeys hiding behind each other, trying to pull the bear’s tail, drawing group ‘courage’ from each other, but running frantically at the sight of a single member’s panic. Now Ukraine faces major battlefield breakthroughs as Russian forces have been steamrolling AFU in a variety of important positions and fronts, capturing Ocheretyne and Novobakhmutovka earlier: As well as major portions of Krasnogorovka: The AFU’s own sources write that the collapse has been nearly catastrophic: - Simplicius
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  13486. "CLEAR EVIDENCE OF WAR CRIMES" says UN as it blasts both parties in Israel and Gaza of targeting civilians after Tel Aviv uses collective punishment tactics against Palestinian exclave. Footage of crimes piling up in pics above as UN demands all those violating international humanitarian law must be held accountable. - Intel Report KIDS FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES as screams of terror reverberate after Israeli strike sends smoke into skies near only checkpoint between Egypt and Gaza Strip (right map). 100s of Palestinians seen with packed bags in attempt to flee Israeli strikes, while Tel Aviv claims it's made NO official call for Palestinians in Gaza Strip to leave for Egypt. - Intel Report LIKE ALL FIREWORKS WENT OFF AT ONCE as 10s of rockets erupt from Gaza Strip (top vid), trailing lines of smoke on their way to Israeli city of Ashkelon (bottom right map). Sky over Ashkelon looks like mad scribbles as Iron Dome anti-air attempts to shoot down incoming barrage of rockets (bottom left vid), while flames erupt from parked cars as warheads make way past defenses (bottom center vid). Hamas had given people in Ashkelon hours of warning before starting strikes, adding that if Israel doesn’t end policy of "civilian displacement", Hamas will continue to DESTROY Ashkelon and move on to other cities. - Intel Report RUBBLE RAINS DOWN on terrified cameraman as journalists forced to flee from renewed Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip. As Tel Aviv bombs non-stop, Iranian Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian urges UN to hold Israel accountable for "aggression and atrocities committed by regime". Iranian FM also holds emergency calls with Russian, Egyptian and Kuwaiti counterparts on situation in Gaza Strip. - Intel Report
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  13487. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Thrilling footage shows Russian troops advancing, retaking the village of Obukhovka in the Kursk region, and they took control of the settlement in the first 24 hours of the fighting, while Ukrainian militants who remained in the surrounding forest belt were crushed. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage of the assault on October 6, 2024, showing a platoon-scale mechanized assault by the 155th Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet, the fighting is taking place along the forest line southeast of Obukhovka, where Zelensky's troops have temporarily taken refuge. Supported by ATGM and drones, five marines take up this position, three of them carrying out a shooting attack, while the other two come from the opposite side. This is not a mobile war, but a real war, where Russian marines enter the assault group, storming houses. Due to continuous monitoring using UAV, it was possible to detect the main points of resistance, and drive the enemy away from their strongholds, the houses of Russian residents. Immediate action was taken including a successful direct hit of an anti-tank missile from a distance of several meters from the first house in the village. Meanwhile, Russian drone operators gave them molotov cocktails, driving out those who were hiding in panic in forest plantations, disabling them and destroying military equipment. During the storming, Kiev's troops resisted, not wanting to give up their positions and tried to counterattack, but the Ukrainians did not succeed. Despite all the means, with 120-mm mines, cluster bombs, kamikaze drones, and continuous shelling, Russian troops held the village for three days. When reinforcements arrived, the Marines now managed to clear Obukhovka after an assault on the nearby forest area, which deactivated about 35 militants, and the survivors surrendered. As a result of fierce fighting, trophies were collected in Obukhovka. The marines managed to seize Western-made weapons, flags of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and personal belongings of the nationalists. According to the Marines, among those killed and captured were Ukrainian border guards, Polish mercenaries, and soldiers from two brigades. We disabled them all, all of them," the commander of the assault group said.
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  13497. So pay careful attention to Putin’s warning to the West during his annual “The State of Russia” speech. Putin noted that while accusing Russia of plans to attack NATO allies in Europe, Western allies were “selecting targets for striking our territory” and “talking about the possibility of sending a NATO contingent to Ukraine.” “We remember the fate of those who sent their troop contingents to the territory of our country,” the Russian leader said in an apparent allusion to the failed invasions by Napoleon and Hitler. “Now the consequences for the potential invaders will be far more tragic.” In a two-hour speech before an audience of lawmakers and top officials, Putin cast Western leaders as reckless and irresponsible and declared that the West should keep in mind that “we also have the weapons that can strike targets on their territory, and what they are now suggesting and scaring the world with, all that raises the real threat of a nuclear conflict that will mean the destruction of our civilization.” Putin’s remarks were not “off-the-cuff.” It was a carefully crafted message directed specifically at Biden and NATO leaders and came in the wake off French President Macron’s incredibly tone-deaf speech earlier in the week: Macron was not the only European leader with a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease. Olaf Scholz did his share to sow more NATO disunity. While he strongly dismissed Macron’s claim that Europe would deploy troops to Ukraine, he threw the U.K. and France under the bus: Besides Putin’s clear warning to the NATO alliance that it is playing with potential nuclear fire, Russia’ s intelligence service leaked a stunning conversation between German military officers who were discussing plans to attack Russia. This was not an accidental leak. It was intended to put the West on notice that Russia is fully aware of what NATO officials across the alliance are saying to each other and is aware of plans to attack Russian targets. This leak coupled with Putin’s remarks the previous day is an unmistakable warning to the West that it is approaching a red-line that, if crossed, will require a strong Russian response. Such a response could include destroying NATO bases used to launch attacks on Russia. Putin is not BSing. He is serious and the gravity of the matter is underscored by Putin giving the green light to leak intercepted conversations of NATO officers to the media. The West better pay close attention. - Sonar21
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  13526. The casualties resulting in huge increases in cemeteries in Ukraine verified by satellite photos speak to who's going to win this war which has been clear to the sane for a long time. The fact that the West Warmongers couldn't care less speaks to their reprobate nature where life means nothing in favor of their power and control! This is diabolically evil and must be recognized as such! LIKE HELL FIRE from Russian Grad ("Hail") multiple rocket launcher, painting dawn's sky with colored flashes as it erupts with massive number of missiles unleashed to punish Kiev's positions in stunning apocalyptic footage out of Kupyansk, East Ukraine, where up to 50 enemy soldiers are either killed or injured. Kiev's regime suffer heavy losses in cannon fodder, up to 420 in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), 20 in Kherson (ex-Ukraine), ammo depots and command post destroyed. ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 28 Russian artillery to dismantle Ukrainian military train filled with ammunition as it tried to unload in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine). Receiving coordinates from drone, ground-based precision missiles break it apart under massive fiery explosions, wasting up to 30 soldiers, lots of ammo and up to 10 pieces of Kiev's priced hardware. - Intel Report The Rot of the Uke Army follows: Death of civilians after Kiev started using widely-banned cluster munition increased manifold. - Head of Donetsk People's Republic Pushilin. - Intel Report Kiev's regime shells Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) more than 10 times with multiple launch rocket systems. - Intel Report Kiev's regime shells Kherson region (ex-Ukraine) more than 80 times. 6 towns left without electricity as a result of Ukraine's criminal shelling. - Intel Report House almost destroyed by Ukrainian shelling on a village in Kherson region (ex-Ukraine). Gas pipeline also damaged by Kiev's callous strikes. - Intel Report Ukrainian criminal shelling kills 3 civilians in Gorlovka, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). - Intel Report Ukrainian shelling of Klimovo, Bryansk region (pre-War West Russia) kills at least 3 including child. School buildings, several administrative buildings damaged, there are destructions of residential buildings. The power supply has been disrupted - Bryansk Governer Bogomaz. - Intel Report
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  13527. ◾Russian forces repel 5 Ukrainian attacks in Belogorovka, Avdeevka, Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) as Russian assault groups take better positions in Kuzemovka, Lugansk (ex-Ukraine) during offensive. ◾Ukrainian forces lose 135 personnel, 2 tanks in South Donetsk and Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine) as air defenses intercept 7 Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 2 HIMARS rockets. ◾Russian Army strikes enemy command post Dnepropetrovsk, East Ukraine, inflict 120 casualties on Ukrainian army in Kleshcheevka, Donetsk. ⚔SITREP⚔ JULY 28 Ukrainian forces AGAIN attack Chongar Bridge between Kherson (ex-Ukraine) and Crimea, pre-war Russia with UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles. Last night, Kiev regime tried to destroy railway between Kherson region and Crimea, firing 12 long-range Storm Shadow missiles. All missiles were shot down by our air defenses - Kherson region chief Saldo. The rot that is the Godless Warmongering Globalist West that cares only about power for power's sake, the lives lost in their endless diabolic wars to plunder the world's riches being of no concern, is no longer being accepted by sane countries who have had enough of the US Hegemon and its morally bankrupt State Department run by Nuland, Blinken, Sullivan, and their serial sociopathic lying press enablers, the entire lot of which need to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity! The Uke Armies continue to be attrited in the field at an ever-increasing rate with their fantasies of storming Crimea going down the drain as their miniscule gains resulting in the cannon fodder of their soldiers attest to in spades! This was is over. It only continues because of the Western Hegemon dreams of destroying Russia when, in fact, they are destroying themselves. Take that, Nuland and the rest of ur US State Dept garbage prolonging this war to please your MIC donors, the cost in lives be damned. Karma is coming for you all!
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  13533. Ukraine continues to take heavy casualties in a war that's already lost! Multiple Ukrainian terror drones downed overnight - Russian Defense Ministry. Pic shows fragments of drone shot down in Moscow's Istra district, as others disabled over Tver and Kaluga regions near Moscow. - Intel Report 4 injured as a result of Kiev's regime criminal shelling on Kirovsky district of Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). - Intel Report Russian forces destroy Ukrainian terror drone over Crimea (pre-war Russia) this morning - Ministry of Defense. - Intel Report Russian Defense Minister Shoigu highlights that Kiev is desperately trying to show the West at least some success, but as a result only prolongs the conflict, suffering colossal losses with inoffensive counteroffensive without achieving any goal in any direction. Russia continues to destroy Kiev's military infrastructure, 34 military command posts, 100 drones, 159 US-made HIMARS shells destroyed in a month, 13 cruise missiles shot down - Ukraine's Losses since start of so-called offensive exceeded 66 thousand people and 7,600 weapons. Kiev attacks civilian targets and passes off these attacks as military victories in an attempt to hide its failure - Shoigu. - Intel Report LIKE AN AWAKENED BEAST gigantic smoke rises following massive showers of Russian artillery decimating Ukrainian firing points and strongholds to exploding shreds in Lugansk region (ex-Ukraine). - Intel Report Ukrainian forces killed civilians using widely-banned cluster munitions. Civilians were targeted and killed by Ukrainian army in Izyum, Kharkov, East Ukraine (see map) in 2022 with cluster munitions We saw evidence that Ukraine was shelling the area with cluster munition rockets while it was under control of Russian forces - Human Rights Watch arms advocacy director Wareham. - Intel Report Russian Foreign Ministry shows fragments of NATO ammo for those "who believe their taxes serve cause of peace." These shells have blood of children and civilian population, were bought, manufactured and transported with money of residents of EU countries, who talk about peace every day - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova - Intel Report Civilian killed as a result of Kiev's criminal shelling on Kozinka, Belgorod region (pre-war Russia). Another woman suffers from shrapnel wounds. - Intel Report Ukrainian-operated tank fired at Russian forces to get their attention - And immediately got its answer through an anti-tank guided missile blowing it apart in massive explosion sending shockwaves through the trees in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), where up to 170 enemy soldiers and 2 tanks are eliminated. 470 cannon fodder terminated in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), 40 in Kherson (ex-Ukraine), command post and 30 Ukrainian drones destroyed, 21 US-made HIMARS shells intercepted. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 4
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  13539. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - The FAB-3000 glide bomb attack on the Volchansk Aggregate Plant, confirms the statements about a trap carefully prepared for Ukrainian troops in the industrial zone of Kharkov region. In videos released by Russian military correspondents on September 28, 2024, the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a powerful strike by the crews of Su-34 fighter-bomber, destroying the remains of the plant, following reports of the presence of formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and began to consolidate there! This is terrible! Some days ago the Russian units withdrew from the plant in order to lure the enemy in, and now they militarized it with the most powerful bombs, which directly destroyed the hull of the plant, It is difficult to know how many were eliminated, especially the special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, who entered the trap. The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) headed by Kyrylo Budanov, reported this week that it had captured the Aggregation Plant in Volchansk with GUR special forces. The department said in a statement that the last of the 30 buildings at the plant had been liberated today, which had been occupied by Russian troops since July 30. At the same time, the department called the information about the close fighting at the Aggregate Plant somewhat exaggerated, which was previously considered an important strategic facility, in order to advance after capturing these strongholds. While the Russian side did not comment on the defeat. Thus, its capture resulted in the GUR special forces not only losing control, which was completely surrounded. The latest footage on September 29, shows several trophies captured by Russian Volunteer fighters during the multi-day battle at the Volchansk Aggregate Plant! As usual, Ukrainian domestic war correspondents claim that the Russian garrison fought to the last, and managed to retreat. Only those who surrendered or were taken prisoner managed to escape, the rest were destroyed. On the contrary, Ukraine lost a lot of personnel - another tragedy that was simply necessary for the sake of a one-day media victory
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  13540. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – After a moment of calm, Ukrainian forces began to approach the borders of the Kursk region again, and then, predictably, they were completely slaughtered by the Russian Armed Forces, which deployed enough forces for defense anywhere, and enough for a powerful offensive even on the eve of Victory Day. Russian military channels reported on May 7, 2025, moving from the Sumy region, Ukraine attempted to enter and gain a foothold in Tetkino Glushkovsky district, breaking through with six vehicles and infantry through the “dragon teeth” barrier, then the remaining infantry scattered into the nearby forest, where the elimination process continued. The persistent Ukrainian assault on the morning of May 6, which was quickly repulsed by Russia, has so far only ended sadly for Zelensky's troops, expanding their defense lines with heavy losses in equipment and casualties. In principle, everything was planned by Kiev, and then it took a hit! Around 40 to 50 Ukrainian infantry on foot and in NATO armored vehicles, accompanied by engineering vehicles, attacked Russian positions in Tetkino, aiming to reach the surviving Ukrainian soldiers entrenched on Chapaeva Street. The Russian air units stationed there put up fierce resistance, and they, together with FPV drones and tactical aviation, reportedly managed to repel the Ukrainian attack. The Ukrainians did not expect such audacity by the Russian FPV drones and FAB glide bombs, arriving and wiping out their formations, all smoked and burned. The Russian units of the Kursk group, completely outnumbering the enemy, they inflicted a real massacre on the Ukrainian troops there, on the southern outskirts of Tetkino. Their advance, only 900 meters that the Ukrainians covered for several hours through Sumy, did not allow them to break through to Russia. The Russian infantry, transported by armored personnel carriers, disembarked on Chapaeva Street, and began to clear previously lost positions in the houses there. The Russian forces disabled NATO equipment, destroyed and damaged due to being stopped while breaking through the New Kursk Street, which began to form another armored graveyard on the border. Kiev's loss of consciousness is again questionable, losing one IMR engineering vehicle, two M113 armored personnel carrier, one Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, and one Kozak armored personnel carrier. It seems clear that Ukraine will suffer more collapses, as they had experienced previously in Kursk.
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  13560. Even though the battle for Avdiivka is still in full swing, military academies worldwide have already begun to study the actions of Russian troops to take this most protected city of the European continent. Even Western military analysts recognize the fact that the actions of the Russian army in the battle for Avdiivka are a vivid example of military art and competent actions. Experts note that even the multi-level line of defense of Avdiivka, which was created by NATO generals for 8 years, failed to stop the Russian army. - BORZZIKMAN Update on the conflict in Ukraine for November 13, 2023 from Western Sources - Ukraine is losing its conflict with Russia according to a growing list of metrics reported on by the Western media; - This includes the net loss of territory despite a 5 month offensive; - Ukraine and its Western backers are losing in terms of military industrial production; - Ukraine is also losing in qualitative terms, admittedly being outfought in the air, through electronic warfare, and counter-battery operations; - The collective West has no plan even being discussed that can reverse any of these factors; - The New Atlas PREMATURE BABIES LIE TOGETHER, CONDITIONS CRITICAL as at least 2 already DEAD after al-Shifa hospital’s incubators lose power due to lack of fuel - doctors warn 37 babies now at risk of losing lives while Israeli forces REFUSE to help evacuate newborns. Hamas spokesman states negotiations on release of hostages SUSPENDED due to critical situation at al-Shifa hospital caused by Israeli blockade. - Intel Report ⚔SITREP⚔ NOVEMBER 12 ◾Pushing on through Stepovoye as Russian forces have reportedly driven Kiev army out of East and Central parts of Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) village - red line in left map shows confirmed Russian gains. ◾Key objective reported to be cutting off Ukrainian supply lines (purple in left map) used to reinforce desperate defenders of Avdeevka . ◾Russian Lancet kamikaze drone leaves Ukrainian tank near Berdychi smouldering in right vid, hindering Kiev army attempts to reinforce front lines as up to 250 Ukrainian troops become casualties in DPR. - Intel Report
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  13567. Images circulating online purport to show the immediate aftermath of the attack on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday, including the apprehension of the gunman. Fico was assaulted after taking part in a government meeting in the town of Handlova. According to local press reports, he suffered four gunshot wounds in his abdomen and chest. A helicopter picked him up to be airlifted to a hospital in Banska Bystrica as flying him to the capital Bratislava would take too long, Fico’s office said. - RT 71-YEAR-OLD IDENTIFIED AS MAN WHO SHOT SLOVAKIAN PM - REPORTS: Fico shot multiple times allegedly by elderly Slovakian who shouted “come here!” to PM before firing at least 3 rounds. Ukrainians swarm online to celebrate assassination attempt with unbridled relish (handful of bloodthirsty comments in bottom pic) - they're overjoyed 'cause Fico's been staunch opponent of funding Mad Vlad Zelensky's war crimes and has openly called for warmer relations with Russia. Fico's office announces PM's been hit "multiple times" and his condition "life-threatening". - Intel Republic Robert Fico’s third term as prime minister of Slovakia put him squarely at odds with both the European Union and NATO on the matter of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The Slovak PM was shot on Wednesday, during a visit to the town of Handlova, and was rushed to hospital for surgery in a serious condition. His attacker has been arrested but his identity and motives have not yet been revealed. “This is not only a shot at Fico and Slovakia, but also at Russian-Slovak relations,” Russian lawmaker Konstantin Zatulin said in reaction to the news. “Fico knew very well that the majority of Slovaks, at least half, sympathize with Russia, despite the campaign of deception that rules the roost in Europe,” Zatulin added, noting that the Slovak PM had been “subjected to endless extortion and threats” from the EU over his political positions that ran counter to those of Brussels. - RT
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  13568. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Russian drone strike force won the battle, driving out the Ukrainian troops scattered in Malye Shcherbaki on Zaporozhye front, the enemy fled in all directions. The Russian Defense Ministry announced on March 29, 2025, that the Russian Armed Forces managed to liberate the settlement, as well as nearby Shcherbaki, as a result of a coordinated attack by Russian drone teams from the 108th Guards Air Assault Regiment of the 7th Guards Air Assault Division, during an attack on March 27, throwing the Ukrainian infantry into disarray in the sector. During the attack in fierce battles, UAV operators and drone densities, striking Ukrainian positions and units in residential buildings relentlessly with precision strikes, and aircraft-type drones swept away their positions, demonstrating the superiority of Russian technology quite successfully. The work was carried out by FPV and airdrop drones, and even aircraft-type drones. Footage shows Ukrainian troops running amok, breaking out of fortified positions and retreating in all directions in the battle for Malye Shcherbaky, unable to withstand a barrage of drone attacks. It became apparent that Ukrainian units were overwhelmed by the drone tactics, which continued to chase them down and blast them. As the attack continued, some Ukrainian groups, overwhelmed by the onslaught, tried to leave with their reinforcements, but the vehicles were eventually thwarted. Ukrainian attempts to hold the settlement ultimately failed, resulting in casualties, a crawling retreat, and captures among their forces. The Russian assault troops conducted a thorough sweep of the area, ensuring the complete liberation of Malye Shcherbaki, and parts of Shcherbaki. The dominance in drone warfare highlighted the unwavering determination and tactical brilliance of the Russian forces, pushing the front lines forward with devastating efficiency. The impact of this victory was enormous, disrupting Ukrainian supply lines and morale, weakening their grip on the entire Zaporozhye Region.
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  13571. Trump Raises Heat on Russia with Belligerent New Threats There are many things to be said here, but first let’s lay out all the statements on the table to see them as a whole. Here Trump begins to get even more belligerent and threatening than the post above—he very seriously threatens Russia with all kinds of “massive” taxes, tariffs, and sanctions if they don’t end the war “immediately”: So the big question becomes: how does Trump intend to put such devastating economic pressure on Russia, exactly? He mentions tariffs and taxes on imports, but this is almost an intentional joke: Russia and the US have virtually no trade turnover whatsoever; there is very little of any consequence from Russia that Trump could tax or tariff. The few things there are, like Uranium, are critical to the US which the US can’t get from anywhere else in the same quantity and timelines, and thus would be shooting himself in the foot. then even outright blames the Saudis for starting the Ukraine war—a pretty outrageously extraneous remark. How exactly do you demand various tithes and tributes from a country to the tune of a trillion dollars, all while belittling them? Putin has since developed closer ties to the Saudis and it seems hard to imagine they would skip and jump at Trump’s beck and call so easily all to spite Russia, with whom they now have good relations with, highlighted by Saudi Arabia’s recent inclusion into the BRICS fold. Trump’s new American century may fall flat and be exposed as nothing more than a cheap machismo PR campaign; that of course would subsequently bode very poorly for Ukraine. Russia has one of the highest foreign exchange reserves in the world, not to mention various materials and commodities. Even such a hit as envisioned by Trump could not slow Russia’s war machine for quite a long time. But even that proposition is a big “if”. Last time I reported that according to Bloomberg Russia’s revenues—which include mostly non oil and gas—have surged to record levels: Russia is quite well shielded against any possible sanctions he could dream up. So that leaves the only possible question: what is Trump prepared to do if and when his “plan” utterly flops? Trump has few real options, and the war will likely continue being prosecuted under Russia’s timeline. Russian Duma member under Putin’s United Russia party Elena Panina said precisely this: Listen to what she says at the end: “Now our task is to calmly move forward, occupy territory, liberate further, not yield to any provocations or blackmail, and understand that today we are in a stronger position than we were even three years ago.” While Western yellow press makes up stories to comfort their audience, Russia continues to collapse Ukrainian lines. Now the powerful stronghold of Velyka Novosilka has been split into a cauldron: - Simplicius
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  13579. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - A group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were surprised by a sudden attack of Russian Lancet ammunition on the front of their armored column on their way to enter one of the settlements in the Kursk region. An Ukrainian soldier captured live footage of the impact of Russian drone flash strike, in a video of the clash that took place on August 11, but some of the footage was only recently posted around August 26, 2024. The intense footage shows a large armored column of Ukrainian Paratroopers, and trying to break through Cherkassky Porechny under fire from Russian Armed Forces. The Ukrainian soldiers were annoyed that the Lancet drone managed to penetrate the armor of a T-64BV tank of their comrades, even though they had tried to shoot the Lancet in the air with small arms. The tank initially tried to keep working, then caught fire. However after the attack, the Ukrainians rushed to protect the surrounding area. Things then got worse for the Ukrainian or NATO armored column, and the Lancet kamikaze drone flew into another armored vehicle in their column, as shown in a part of video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on August 11. Several vehicles of Kiev troops, such as T-80 tank, were completely burned out with a huge explosion, and then completely destroyed. So far, until August 27, the next Ukraine-NATO armored vehicles are burning out on the good highway of the Kursk region. For more than a week, Russian soldiers have been repelling the attacks of Ukraine, which is defending its presence on Russian land, attacking waves of Ukrainian infantry and another equipment. In addition, the Russian Defense Ministry statement said that Russian army units attacked Ukrainian army armored personnel carriers detected at the Kursk border, with Lancet kamikaze UAV. Lancet drones continue to be a nightmare for Ukrainian forces, as Kiev’s cannon fodder crews try hard to hide their armored personnel carriers in the trees, completely unaware that Russian forces know exactly where they are. The armored vehicles’ march during the Western-backed offensive turned into a shooting battle for Russian forces. Real-time data confirms, that the vehicles are burning.
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  13587. Trump littered his first term with a collection of neocons and self-seekers who had no loyalty to Trump. His nominations of General Mark Milley, FBI Director Chris Wray, John Bolton, General Mad Dog Mattis and CIA Director Gina Haspel were self-inflicted wounds that continue to fester to this day. He got played by Dr. Anthony Fauci. One of the more despicable creatures, in my view, is Mike Pompeo, who reportedly is campaigning to be named Secretary of Defense. He would be a disaster for Trump and for the security of this nation. While he stumped for Trump — once it was clear that Trump was likely to win — some of us have not forgotten how sanctimoniously he threw Trump under the bus on the bogus Classified Documents case and the illegal appointment of Jack Smith as Special Prosecutor. If Trump and his team let this type of betrayal go unpunished, then I fear Trump is setting himself up for four more years of lawfare. Trump’s first act — naming his Chief of Staff — is a great indicator that he understands you have to have someone who cares about you running your daily affairs. Trump’s brush with death in Butler, Pennsylvania changed him for the better. I think it was the first time in his life that he realized his own mortality. It humbled him and brought him the realization that there may have been Divine intervention. Now, what will he do with this? The Deep State is thrashing about frantically in the wake of Trump’s victory. That’s why you saw the names of Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio and Nikki Haley floated as possible nominees for the Trump cabinet. I don’t think Trump will make the same mistakes that he did in the first term. He now knows that he is in a brutal cagematch and that his opponents have no intention of letting up or showing mercy or doing anything for the good of the American people. They want to hang on to their power and they will have to be defeated. - sonar21
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  13616. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Syrian Armed Forces have successfully carried out a large-scale operation against terrorist groups in the northern countryside of Homs with airstrikes from Russian and Syrian fighter jets, the official SANA news agency reported on Friday evening, citing military sources. Syrian Arab Army units operated around Talbiseh-Al Rastan enclave and in Al-Dar al-Kabirah, launching attacks on terrorist forces with the support of warplanes, artillery, rockets and armored vehicles. Syrian Arab Army is carrying out repositioning and redeployment in accordance with military plans and orders, determined to continue to defend Syria steadfastly, the news agency added. According to footage from pro-Turkish sources, clashes took place in al-Qosour between Syrian Army and terrorist groups, namely out of 10 people, 8 of whom are foreign mercenaries with the support of clearly known countries. The attacks were aimed at blocking their progress and supply chains towards Homs, a city that has been captured in the news, which is exploited by the enemy circles to spread rumors among the citizens, as reported by the Syrian Defense Ministry. Amid the ongoing fighting in the northern districts of Homs, Su-22 warplanes attacked Ter Maela, targeting terrorist groups and their supply lines during the day. In addition, Syrian Army officer said that Russian planes launched airstrikes at night to destroy the Rastan bridge along the main M5 highway connecting Hama to Homs. This was important to prevent the spread of terrorists towards Homs, entering several villages and areas to take pictures for a few minutes, and leaving the area to then publish the clips on their websites in the context of a dirty media war to show their control. Syrian Arab Army swept the enemy with a swift movement, eliminating many terrorist members and destroying many of their vehicles, equipment and weapons. Syrian Army air defenses also shot down 2 enemy suicide drones. Sources reported that many other members fled due to the air force operation and the areas were also bombarded with heavy artillery. In Talbiseh, it showed that Syrian-Russian operation left significant damage to enemy positions due to heavy shelling, and the strategic city looked deserted in the morning as in the footage by a motorcyclist. Meanwhile in Rastan, it is unknown where the terrorists went, where the conditions are the same as in Talbiseh, Syrian-Russian attack left a nightmare for the enemy group. The death toll of terrorists rose to 2,500 during the week while Syrian Armed Forces carried out a counterattack with the support of Russian Aerospace Forces, the Syrian Defense Ministry reported
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  13618. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Another day of Ukrainian deaths continues, now their units with several armored vehicles, trying to counterattack towards Sevchenko, a settlement on the direction of Pokrovsk or Krasnoarmeysk, which is under the control by the Russian Armed Forces. Instead of gaining results after the attack, the Russian troops of the Sudoplatov drone operator continue to confidently ambush enemy troops, destroying them along with the infiltrated armored convoys, as in the footage released by the Sudoplatov team on March 5, 2025. Ukrainian troops have carried out a series of counterattacks in and around Pokrovsk over the past few days, trying to recapture large areas. They attacked south by moving out from Pokrovsk but again swallowed a bitter pill after facing the Russian giant in that direction. During the failed mission, on the night of March 5 a column of Kiev troops - consisting of three armored vehicles and up to 30 personnel - moved towards Shevchenko. As everyone expected, they ended up encountering two Russian FPV drone operators at two separate points. All three armored vehicles were successfully disabled and eliminated in the morning by FPV including by Russian infantry, while Kiev's personnel were completely eliminated. Now, every destruction vehicles and personnel killed would be a big surprise for another Ukrainian army, considering some soldiers were wearing thermal camouflage suits to avoid being detected by Russian FPV drones, but it was of useless to them. Meanwhile, on the same day on the same direction, Russian troops from the Atlant battalion under the 35th Guards Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Tsentr Group of Forces, destroyed Ukrainian manpower to disrupt their personnel rotation. Attack drones dropped several mortars on the ground, causing Ukrainian positions to erupt in heavy fire, as shown in footage shared by the Russian Defense Ministry. This Ukrainian action is a clear indication that Kiev is facing serious problems and exhaustion, if it continues to force its soldiers to fight. But, it seems that Kiev keeps repeating the same mistakes!
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  13631. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Summary on February 19, 2025 in Kursk region, Russian forces systematically pushed out Ukrainian troops and recaptured the village of Sverdlikovo destroying them with fire from all types of weapons during its liberation. Advancing southeast along the state border, the Russian Armed Forces of the 51st Airborne Parachute Regiment and the 56th Airborne Assault Regiment captured part of the Sudzha-Rylsk highway during the liberation of Sverdlikovo even crossed the border with Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The military department has published footage of the liberation of the village in Sudzha district by Russian assault units, eliminating Ukrainian troops from their previously prepared positions, trying to defend Sverdlikovo but to no avail! During the assault, the days of the miserable troops of Ukraine, where the adventure that began in August 2024 in the region for the Kiev group, were already numbered. Russian paratroopers from two regiments met strong enemy resistance, conducted reconnaissance and search operations, moved from one shelter to another, eliminating them from their positions. Due to the fire support of aviation, artillery and drones, it surprised the Kiev troops who were in shelters and basements, houses, to continue to defend the village, understanding the importance of Sverdlikovo in the defense of Sudzha, but failed. Ukraine gathered reserves, some of which were destroyed by artillery and drones, some were captured. As a result of the attack, the 56th Regiment units captured the western part of the village, and the 51st Guards Parachute Regiment captured the eastern part. So far, it is reported that part of the Kiev troops withdrew from the village and launched 177 drone strikes in response, which were repelled by Russian forces. After the liberation of Sverdlikovo, which was officially announced on February 17 by the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian troops are now cleaning and collecting the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers who refused to surrender from the village, as shown in the infographic video released by Russian military. Officially reported on February 19, Ukraine lost more than 62,040 soldiers in Kursk. The diplomatic storm of the last few days has somewhat overshadowed military events, particularly in Kursk, where Russian forces have recaptured Sverdlikovo, and appear to be preparing a major assault on Sudzha.
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  13678. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Finally, Russian harsh retaliation has come! This morning, August 26, 2024, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive thunderous strike across Ukraine with high-precision weapons against critical energy infrastructure that ensures the operation of the complex, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said. According to preliminary estimates, more than 60 missiles and 100 drones were used in the strike on the map of Ukraine territory for two hours. Russia has long since stopped carrying out missile and drone strikes, which were so massive and dense in many cities - in some places they are already rumbling again. There is almost no air defense work in the attack area, and it seems that most of the air defense has been withdrawn to the borders of the Kursk region. Videos are circulating on the Internet filmed by local residents, at least one missile arriving at the Kiev hydroelectric power station. According to initial reports from Ukrainian media, the explosion caused severe damage to the engine room and on the road leading to the dam of the power plant. Earlier, authorities reported that traffic along the dam in both directions was blocked at least until lunchtime. Emergency power outages began after the strike. According to the analysis, the attack was only a warning and pressure on Kiev officials, if Russia really wanted to destroy it completely, they would have used Khinzal missile or at least 4 cruise missiles. If successful, this would have flooded one of the largest cities in Europe permanently. According to preliminary estimates at the moment, several explosions were heard in Kiev including at Zhuliany Airport, and at least 10 regions were targeted. The water supply in Zhitomir has been completely stopped after a strike at an electricity distribution station. The Usatovo substation, an important electricity distribution center in the Odessa region, was burned down – four arrivals were recorded and thick smoke was seen rising, causing a power outage. In addition, at least 30 trucks were burned down as a result of shooting at a motor transport company near Odessa. Many regions of Ukraine are experiencing widespread power outages, railway infrastructure is down, and water supplies are also cut off. The list of targets will be long, and there is no rush to conclusions!
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  13683. most Ukrainian officers and officials are no longer fighting for 2022 or 1991 borders, but rather for simple survival: Konstantinovka is the next big strategic center after Chasov Yar whose importance likely even eclipses that of Bakhmut, as Konstantinovka and its neighboring Druzhkovka have classically been the headquarters of the entire Ukrainian ATO/JFO since 2014: In the meantime, Russia continues its infrastructural strikes, with a large one occurring the night before last. Ukraine’s energy grid authority Ukrenergo admitted several key power plants were again hit, this time in the west of the country, and “extensively damaged”: A separate report claimed that “all major thermal power plants controlled by Ukraine have now been destroyed or severely damaged” and that “Hydroelectric generation plants are next to reduce the flexibility of Ukraine's grid. After which Ukraine will rely on 3 nuclear power plants and imports from EU countries.” And Russian forces continue to advance a good deal each day. The latest in Krasnogorovka, which is now almost fully enveloped in a cauldron: Isn’t it interesting how Ukrainian brigades all started at 5000-6000 men and are now mostly operating at 1000-2500 at most, while Russian brigades balloon from 2500 to 11k? And yet they tell us it’s Russia that’s taking the “unbearable losses”. A quite unexpectedly rare sight occurred at the parade. A medaled Russian formation comprised of real SMO veterans took part. Consider the significance: these are among the only truly living decorated soldiers in the world who can lay claim to having fought and survived a real war. No other country presently can march real live, active duty, decorated heroes who’ve tasted real combat of this sort: - Simplicius
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  13686. The US has conducted numerous wars since the end of what is euphemistically called the post war era: Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen… and now Palestine and Ukraine. The unspoken objective is not to “win the war” but to engineer the destruction of entire countries, create political and social chaos, with a view to ultimately “picking up the pieces” and taking control of the national economies of sovereign nation states. This hegemonic agenda is also conducted through “regime change”, “color revolutions” and the concurrent demise and criminalization of the state apparatus coupled with “strong economic medicine” and the imposition of a soaring dollar denominated debt. The NeoCon agenda which is embedded in America’s military and intelligence agenda is to “Destroy Countries”. It is a profit-driven agenda: “Destruction” leads to “Reconstruction”. What is at stake is the engineered economic and social destruction of sovereign nation states. The creditors are there to “pick up the pieces” and “appropriate real wealth”. The Kiev Neo-Nazi regime is a Partner in this Endeavour. War is Good for Business. The greater the destruction, the greater the stranglehold on Ukraine by “private investors”: The Privatization of Ukraine was launched in November 2022 in liaison with BlackRock’s consulting company McKinsey, a public relations firm which has largely been responsible for co-opting corrupt politicians and officials Worldwide not to mention scientists and intellectuals on behalf of powerful financial interests. In late December 2022, president Zelensky and BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink agreed on an investment strategy. The Focus of the London Conference (June 23-24, 2023) was on Recovery and Reconstruction. It was preceded by a reception hosted by H.M. King Charles V. - LewRockwell
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  13717. The US and NATO allies are hard at work at re-envisioning their own battlefield priorities in light of the revolution being witnessed in the Ukrainian war. They start off with the one major admission—that the Western edge has not only been eroded, but rapidly so: we’ve long discussed here apropos the differences between Western and Russian military systems. Couching it in self-serving terms of seeking ultimate ‘protection’ for troops, they admit that Western systems have gotten so expensive that their operators are afraid to even use them—defeating the whole point of warfighting equipment: Western minds have taken a long time to come to conclusions drawn by Russia ages ago, which expounded on precisely this disparity in the warfighting principles between Russia and the West: the tune has now changed on ‘premium’ weaponry. In short: they argue that Western artillery shells are over-engineered and should be stripped of their tedious quality control measures to favor ‘quantity’ over ‘quality’ instead. Interesting proposition! They add that, in essence, Western military engineering is made for peacetime conditions—in real war conditions, a totally new rough-and-tumble ethos must be adopted. Russia had already long learned the lesson having been habituated to real existential Total Wars on its territory, rather than the predatory wars of opportunity the West is accustomed to waging. The fact is, the West tailor-made their modern showroom armies for specifically fighting localized, controlled conflicts against very limited Middle Eastern opponents. You can sense the desperation in the West as the realities begin to dawn on their leading thinkers. Years of building showroom ‘good-weather’ armies meant to impress buyers at MIC-enabled arms expos have left Western military doctrines woefully out of date concerning how real wars are fought. Put another way, precision ammunition machining doesn’t make much difference when the shell goes up an overused gun barrel that, in peacetime, would have long been consigned to the scrapheap thousands of shells ago. - Simplicius
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  13727. Austin said the US must continue to play the role of global military hegemon – policeman of the world – because “the world will only become more dangerous if tyrants and terrorists believe that they can get away with wholesale aggression and mass slaughter.” How’s that for reason and logic? Austin and the interventionist elites have fact-checked 30 years of foreign policy failures and concluded, “well it would have been far worse if the non-interventionists were in charge.” This is one of the biggest problems with the neocons. They are incapable of self-reflection. Each time the US government follows their advice into another catastrophe, it’s always someone else’s fault. In this case, as Austin tells us, those at fault for US foreign policy misadventures are the people who say, “don’t do it.” What would have happened if the people who said “don’t do it” were in charge of President Obama’s decision to prop-up al-Qaeda to overthrow Syria’s secular leader Assad? How about if the “don’t do it” people were in charge when the neocons manufactured a “human rights” justification to destroy Libya? What if the “don’t do it” people were in charge when Obama’s neocons thought it would be a great idea to overthrow Ukraine’s democratically-elected government? Would tyrants and terrorists have gained power if Washington did NOT get involved? No. Tyrants and terrorists got the upper hand BECAUSE Washington intervened in these crises. - LewRockwell
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  13761. In a recent article I had mentioned how the Western press and elite commentariat for the first time began using the taboo ‘C’ word, i.e. “Collapse”, for Ukraine. Now this has opened up the floodgates, causing more and more worried publications to begin turning off their previous holding-the-line narrative filter and actually start describing the Ukrainian situation with truthful urgency. The U.S. has already emptied almost its entire store of usable surplus mainline weaponry for Ukraine, i.e. tanks, artillery, light armor—not counting things like ammo. As proof, even Ukraine’s most ardent American supporters have admitted this in the past few days: Yet Ukraine hinges their entire future on this mythologized support as if it’s some kind of instant videogame-like upgrade, a “power-up” that will immediately re-energize and supercharge the AFU—this is simply not the case. High-ranking military officers secretly told Politico under anonymity that: “There’s nothing that can help Ukraine…the West doesn’t have the technologies in sufficient numbers.” Read my lips, it’s quite simple: Ukraine has literally no chance whatsoever to do anything militarily in this war anymore. Ukraine and Zelensky’s only shot at survival is to push Russia into a confrontation with NATO. They are desperately attempting to do this each day by launching mass terror attacks all over Russia. The latest occurred yesterday on Yelabuga, where Ukraine literally crashed a giant Cessna-like plane into a dormitory full of students that they claimed was a drone factory: While Russia is crushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ combat potential on the actual battlefield, desperate Zelensky is hiring “ISIS” to massacre Russian civilians, attacking Belgorod highrises with drones and artillery, and is literally loading up Cessnas with bombs and flying them into buildings with African exchange students—that’s the stage his putrid terrorist regime is now at. Ukraine is doing everything in its power to destabilize Russia by stirring discontent within it—even Western rags now admit to the recent rash of ethnic tension being provoked by Ukrainian services: There is a growing understanding across the Western allies that Ukraine is losing the ground war against Russia, and by summer could face defeat. Russia is pounding front lines with artillery, rocket and drone fire — and at over five times the rate the Ukrainian army can reply. Volodymyr Zelensky’s troops are exhausted — after sustaining in some sectors a heavier concentration of incoming artillery than at the Somme in 1916, or the Normandy Bocage after D-Day in 1944. It goes on to sketch the dire situation of the West’s own armaments: So what is it, in particular, that’s got them so terrified lately? Mostly it seems twofold: Russia’s increasingly heavy hand in attacking Ukraine’s power grid, as well as the rumors of a mass spring-summer assault: I ask you: What do you think now? Still believe time is on NATO and Ukraine’s side? It sure doesn’t seem like it these days. I say this as preface to the fact that Russia is slowly taking its time, continuing to build its armaments and potential, and very gradually closing the constrictor squeeze on Ukraine from all sides. Recent rumblings indicate that Ukraine is unable to determine where Russia could choose to strike a more major line-breaking assault due to the nature of Russia’s air strikes not being limited to one particular theater, but destroying Ukraine’s infrastructure in a widespread fashion. Ukraine’s “mechanized” brigades are literally being downgraded to foot soldier meat hordes due to lack of vehicles. Russia made recent progress in the areas west of Bakhmut and are now preparing to launch the assault on Chasov Yar. Here’s a quick before and after look at the Ladyzhenskaya thermal power plant control room, to give an idea the type of damage Russian attacks have done: The first photo may be a stock one for illustrative purposes, but you get the idea; I don’t think that’s being repaired any time soon. - Simplicius
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  13769. Tucker Carlson’s interview of Russian President Vladimer Putin has faced viscous assault from government/corporate controlled fake news outlets and personalities. The Pfizer pimps are in rampage mode. The fear and viscous attacks by media propogandists toward Tucker Carlson for interviewing Putin demonstrate how potentially dangerous this interview is to the current regime. The message is you don’t need to give your attention to this, we’ll tell you what to think. This will work on many people, however in general will backfire and this interview is likely to be one of the most watched in history, at least in the United States. The most striking difference between listening and watching the Russian President and an American President being interviewed, was the contrast between watching a knowledgeable person give detailed explanations, and a puppet provide soundbites to prescreened questions. Putin’s rehashing the expansion of NATO since the 1990s against Russia’s objections and in violation of agreements, the color revolution and CIA orchestrated coup in Ukraine, the 2014 bombing of Donbass by Ukraine, are all issues that the fake media would prefer to keep concealed from Americans. Even more of a threat is the fact that Putin exemplifies leadership and is very capable of presenting a logical coherent case for his perspective and dispel the media myth that he is an out of control mad man. Maybe a worse threat, is the fact that Putin is signaling that a negotiated peace in Ukraine is acceptable, and the West is rigidly opposing this. If Americans process Putin’s statements about the Russian hypersonic missiles and weapons programs then it may actually register how reckless the rhetoric and actions America and the West have taken. Instead of responsibly seeking to deescalate the conflict, the United States and NATO went into full blown propaganda mode. Military aid and funds were pumped into the dark money laundering slush fund called Ukraine, and the United States and NATO decided to fight a proxy war against Russia. Apparently, nobody read the proxy war 101 handbook that you only fight proxy wars in third world countries, and that it is totally moronic to fight a proxy war in the neighboring country of the other major power. The only potential outcomes of such a proxy war would be the destruction of the superpower in question or a crushing defeat for those engaging in such a proxy war. The latter appears to have occurred. The obvious goal of cashing in on the killing is definitely a subsidiary if not one of the primary objectives. Depopulating in Ukraine is a viable secondary objective. As already inferred, laundering money through Ukraine was at a minimum a secondary goal. Still, consider the conflict from the perspective of globalism. If the intention was to break the United States, then that goal has been furthered. In fact, consider the possibility that the U.S. military since at least the Post Cold War has been a mercenary force for globalist to further the goal of World Government while simultaneously depleting America of its resources. What was the purpose of engaging in such a stupid foreign policy adventure? The Russia Ukraine war appears designed to break America. This is necessary for the creation of a world government. An American dominated world interferes with the globalist designs. In the interview, Putin points out that Russia’s economy has been boosted and the U.S. dollar has been hurt. The conflict is facilitating the creation of a multi polar world. The Russian head of state mentioned the Roman empire and its decline within the context of the modern world and the rapidity of the evolution of events. History does appear to be moving faster. Pax Romana may have lasted 500 years, Pax Americana appears to have lasted about 35 years or so. The American NATO course of action of escalating the Russia Ukraine war, was a blunder, to say the least. I guess we can never underestimate human stupidity… - LewRockwell
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  13771. Blast in Krivoy Rog, south-central Ukraine. On social media local authorities call not to film the area. This is likely a military infrastructure object in what happens to be Zelensky's home town. - Intel Report Putin addresses the people of Donbass for WWII Donbass Liberation Day from Nazi Invaders. The spirit of those who won then flows through their great-grandchildren, who are fighting Nazis today in the Donbass. - Intel Report NAPOLEON, HITLER, NATO: there is a certain pattern here. Neo-Nazi Azov Regiment (formerly Battalion) soldier complains that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has been too heavily promoted as being swift, or easily accomplished. “We are at war with a power that no one has ever been able to destroy,” he says. Pretty sure this information was known to NATO and Azov prior to engaging 500k+ human lives in this fiasco. - Intel Report WHERE'S THE MONEY? Literally BILLIONS of dollars of Western aid later - mobilized Ukrainian soldiers are forced to buy weapons and ammunition at THEIR OWN expense. Will there be an audit of Ukrainian politicians that have recently purchased villas in Europe and the US? - Intel Report Russian air defenses intercept 4 US HIMARS rockets while ground forces repel 12 enemy attacks near Artyomovsk (formerly), Donetsk and inflict 190 casualties on Ukrainian army in South Donetsk (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 7 Ukrainian terror drone shot down over pre-war Russia’s Belgorod region. Kiev regime fails in latest attempted terror attack on region. - Intel Report
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  13779. Much has been written in the alternative press over the past year about the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians and its other war crimes in Lebanon, Syria, Iran, etc. This has often been viewed within the historical context of the self-declared Zionist Israeli state’s founding in 1948 up to the present day. But far less has been said about the Zionist’s racial-nationalist-settler-colonialist movement’s history of terrorism to seize Palestine and kill and drive the Palestinians into exile that goes back for more than a century For those who think Donald Trump’s recent announcement that the United States will take over Gaza and force the besieged Palestinians to leave their country is shocking, the history presented by Thomas Suárez will disabuse them of that notion. The Zionist Trump is stating baldly the ultimate goal of the ethnic cleansing of all non-Jews from Palestine, which has been the Zionists’ goal from the beginning and lies behind Biden, who considers himself a Zionist, and Trump’s recent support for Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Treachery of this nature defines the history of all those arrayed against the Palestinians from the start – as today, with Trump being no exception. The Zionists’ twin terror campaigns against the Palestinians and the British forced the British to withdraw in 1948. They then turned their full attention to exterminating the Palestinians, which resulted in the what Palestinians refer to as the Nakba – the purging of nearly a million Palestinians from their land and the destruction of more than five hundred of their villages – (what Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, the first president of Israel, called “a miraculous simplification of our task” ). It was then that the siege of Gaza began, not as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and his accomplices claim began after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack. Palestine Hijacked (2022) is a book of deeply documented historical research (686 detailed endnotes) that tears the mask off the narrative that paints Zionism as a benign force. Chaim Weizmann. Theodore Herzl, David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, Moshe Sharett are exposed as liars, and the latter three as ruthless terrorists, with the former three in complete accord with their terror tactics. The same is shown to be true for those Western leaders who supported the terrorist seizure of Palestine by a Zionist racial-nationalist settler movement that had zero legal or moral right to the land, as they still do not. - LewRockwell
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  13786. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The joint siege of the Syrian Arab Army along with the Russian Armed Forces against various units of the rebel forces against the Syrian government has began following their attacks on the Syrian Army. On November 27, the rebels in Idlib launched their major attack around the western areas of Aleppo Province in Northeastern Syria, the timing of the attack just hours after Netanyahu's warning to Assad about "playing with fire", for supporting the Palestinian and Lebanese struggles, indicating a broader geopolitical strategy coinciding with the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon. As in the footage, the rebel forces attacked the Syrian Army with heavy weapons and MANPADS. Furthermore, additional reinforcements of special forces from the Syrian Arab Army arrived at the gates of Aleppo to stop them! The video reportedly shows the Syrian Army's MLRS now shots fire, hitting allied militias positions from the Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS), who are advancing in Aleppo. This is to stop the extremist rebels who violated the de-escalation agreement, started operations that endanger civilians and have reportedly captured the village of Zerbeh from the Assad Army in the area. Western media use the term 'Syrian Opposition' in the context of the conflict in Syria, and this attack as "the occupation by the Assad militias", who defeated the threat of the rebels for now along with Russian forces with heavy artillery fire. In addition, it was reported that the Syrian Arab Army was involved in fierce clashes with al-Nusra rebel units while the joint Russian-Syrian Air Force also took action in the town of Atarib. Aviation prepared for bombing strikes, which hit rebel positions as they advanced west of Aleppo city. According to Syrian sources today on November 28, more than 200 al-Nusra rebels have been neutralized since the offensive began. Regardless of whether Aleppo falls or not, the city has fallen before to President Assad and the possibility of returning Idlib to Syrian government control is currently being discussed.
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  13787. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Most of the Ukrainian troops were killed due to the recent failure to withstand the sensitive attack by the Russian Armed Forces, north of the MalayaLoknya settlement in Kursk Region, as shown in footage released by Russian military correspondents on February 26, 2025. Ukrainian troops were hit by artillery as circled in red on the map, forcing Russian troops to capture and eliminate several Ukrainian assault troops in the northern part of the captured Orlovka, and simultaneously liberate several other settlements in the sector the day before. The infographic image shows further disarray in the Ukrainian assault troops, most of whom were eliminated by Russian artillery attacks from the 34th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, referring to the casualties or losses of a large number of Ukrainian officers during this battle. It is known that Russia is determined to recapture the entire Kursk Region before peace with Ukraine begins! The great burden on the Ukrainian command structure north of this settlement, resulted in the withdrawal of Ukrainian units after the loss of many personnel. The continued support of various Russian weapons, further hampering Kiev's operational capabilities especially in the ongoing northern sector of Malaya Loknya. Following the recapture of neighboring villages in the sector, Ukrainian units in small groups began to pack up, trying to escape with armor to other areas, possibly to make temporary gains in Sudzha. However, Russian forces did not even allow the troops to leave. The unit was hit by roaming ammunition as they prepared to flee, destroying the vehicle including its occupants as shown in Russian military footage released on February 27. Meanwhile, on February 25, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that Russian assault units from the 34th Guards Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade had liberated the villages of Pogrebki and Orlovka, following the capture of Marievka. The soldiers raised the Russian flag, coinciding with reports of successful military operations in Malaya Loknya sector. On February 27, the Defense Ministry informed about the cases inside Ukraine from a prisoner. Aleksandr Chumak was captured while attempting to storm Kursk, and he started to tell everything honestly!
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  13795. The West is spinning incidents in the Baltic Sea as purported evidence of a Russian threat, while putting a smoke screen on real attacks that undermine European energy security, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. The EU and NATO have alleged that Moscow was behind multiple cases of power and communication cables being damaged in recent months. Western claims that Moscow is waging a sabotage campaign in the Baltic Sea fit a wider pattern of baseless accusations against Russia, Zakharova said. She told a regular media briefing: “Accusations directed against our nation are being habitually voiced before the circumstances of what had happened are established. We have seen this many times.” She accused the West of “fantastic hypocrisy,” pointing to what she described as the “non-investigation” of the September 2022 attack on the Nord Stream pipelines. The energy links built under the Baltic Sea were intended to deliver Russian natural gas directly to Germany, before being blown up in what Moscow calls a “terrorist attack.” The US benefited the most from the incident and was likely behind it directly or through a proxy, Russian officials have claimed. In early 2022, US President Joe Biden declared that “there will be no Nord Stream,” if Russia used military force against Ukraine. Zakharova criticized Brussels for swiftly demanding action against Russia over the cable incidents after showing no such reaction to the Nord Stream sabotage. “It seems that since Biden said that he would destroy this project, the EU believes that what happened was all proper,” she said. She also condemned the EU for reacting meekly to Kiev’s drone attack on a Russian compressor station last week. The facility pumps natural gas under the Black Sea to Türkiye and multiple consumers in Southern Europe. - RT
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  13796. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Speculation is rife the attempt by an aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman (CVN 75), one of the largest warships of the US Navy, which is currently sailing the RedSea to fight the AnsarAllah or Houthi Group, part of the Yemeni Armed Forces. Citing one of the latest videos on Channel X on April 14, 2025, in a new challenge to the AnsarAllah Group, the Commander of the Truman carrier, Captain Christopher Hill, published a video clip commenting: "A morning walk on 4.5 hectares of US land in the Red Sea". Hill, is the commander of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, serving temporarily in this role after the previous commander, Captain Dave Snowden, was relieved of his command on February 20, 2025, due to "losing confidence in his ability to command" after colliding with a merchant ship, he seemed boasting from aboard the Truman, which according to rumors the carrier, since Trump gave the green light to bomb Yemen without congressional approval on March 15, has been out of the combat zone! According to the analysis, an US General has confirmed that the USS Truman is no longer operational. He acknowledged the power of the Yemeni Armed Forces, which drained American weapons with drones that cost less than $10,000 each — while the US shot them down with missiles worth millions. In the four weeks since it was redeployed to the Red Sea, Truman has been the target of around 25 missile and drone attacks, for which Yemen has admit responsibility and has always officially confirmed. This may be Yemeni response to US airstrikes, fighting the US with strategy, not money — and as a result, for the first time in history, Truman is reportedly no longer operational there, and is now being maintained at an US base in the Red Sea. In addition to Yemen successfully bombing Truman, the US has lost 19 MQ-9 Reaper drones so far. Already a costly operation, with an estimated cost of 33 million each, Yemen successfully shot down the drones as in the footage on April 14, the fourth in just 14 days, and the 19th overall worth 627 million. The United States has confirmed that the USS Truman, which was targeted in the Red Sea, has been damaged, and that maintenance work has begun on the ship. According to AI analysis, the video is current and was recorded on April 12, Saturday, and the images show Truman docked at US base in the Red Sea. In the video leaked from US forces, parts of the ship's turrets are seen covered with tarpaulins and dozens of technicians are carrying out maintenance work. However, it is not clear whether the damage to Truman occurred during fighting in recent weeks, or in the latest attack. In this regard, an image shows how the US Navy KC-130J transports military equipment from Isa Air Base, Bahrain to Yanbu, to be loaded on the USNS Arctic (Supply class ship) - docked at the Port of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, as part of the USS Harry Truman group. An example of how the US Base in the region is affiliated to attack Yemen, it becomes clear that the sovereign state of Yemen has turned into an arena for regional power sharing. This development coincides with the announcement of the United States Central Command, that the new aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, has arrived in the region, to enter the combat zone in the Red Sea, claiming that Vinson has joined the previous aircraft carrier fleet, Truman. Satellite imagery on April 14 confirmed the position of Vinson, the sixth American aircraft carrier sent to the Red Sea since the beginning of last year, now near the Yemeni island of Socotra. This increased military presence underscores the increasing tensions in the Middle East waters, but US forces have previously had to withdraw many fleets, such as the Eisenhower, Lincoln and Roosevelt, and most surprise recently Truman. Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, a senior Houthi official, warned on April 15, “We assure everyone that there will be a surprise that will shock America if it continues its military aggression against Yemen and does not stop its operations.”
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  13798. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - A massive storming by the Russian Armed Forces on the Yuzhnodonbasskaya-3 coal mine northeast of Ugledar has put Ukrainian forces in a very difficult situation. A large video released by Russian military correspondent, on September 14, 2024, shows Russian assault troops launching a fierce assault on the mine structures, and entering the area around the mine, where Zelensky’s troops had been hiding for a long time trying to defend Ugledar. However, this time the enemy troops appear to be completely surrounded by artillery and bombing attacks, and a large explosion occurred in one of the buildings of the Yuzhnodonbasskaya-3 Mine, located west of Vodyane, which was recently liberated by Russian fighters. The assault on the extreme mine, where fighting continued after the Russian assault troops landed, would be a death sentence for the fall of Ugledar. Epic footage shows artillery preparation, and then a mechanized attack with the entry of two Russian armored groups into the mine area to destroy the enemy. The armored groups, consisting of armored vehicles and motorized rifle units, entered from two sides at once, from the north and from the south, pinning down the Ukrainian positions. After a massive artillery barrage on enemy positions, the armored vehicles broke into the complex while firing and deploying troops. Soon after four more armored vehicles arrived to disembark, one of them was hit by an explosive device during the advance, but with almost no losses. The advance of their comrades did not stop, and it is likely that the landing force landed there while continuing to press the Ukrainian positions. As a result of the successful assault, the Russian Armed Forces managed to gain a foothold in the Yuzhnodonbasskaya-3 Mine, and currently control at least half of its territory, about 2 km north of Ugledar. So far, the battle for the mine is still ongoing, but it seems that the last stronghold of the Ukrainian troops here, one of the key locations for the liberation of the town of Ugledar itself, will soon be taken and cleared by Russian units.
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  13800. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Iranian sources reported that the Israeli attack was limited to a few IRGC military facilities, most of which were repelled by air defense systems, and was not as large as the Israeli media exaggerated. Iranians began to mock the Israeli aircraft attack on the morning of October 26, instead of seeking shelter underground, Iranians went to the rooftops to look for Israeli jets. The Iranian National Air Defense Headquarters said "the Israeli regime launched a provocative attack this morning, targeting military centers in Tehran, Khuzestan, and Ilam provinces. Iranian integrated air defense system managed to intercept and repel this aggressive action, causing only limited damage in some areas". Security analyst Eid al-Tufan said "We can say that the Israeli attack was the most unsuccessful attack in military history. All Iranian air defenses were ready, and acted well that night". Footage showed how the air defense and anti-aircraft missile activity in the skies over eastern Tehran impressively continued to repel suspicious objects, destroying all incoming projectiles, and most of them fell in open areas. In addition, the country's air defense system also managed to work mysteriously over the airspace of Khuzestan Province, western Iran. The Israeli media was very disappointed with the attack on Iran, not being 100% sure what the target was. Iranian official sources said that Tehran has good defenses, so far no explosions, fires, etc. have been reported in Tehran. As a result, only a few areas suffered minor damage. Only a small bush fire on the side of the road in Tehran, apparently caused by an intercepted projectile, was all that was seen there that night. The situation is completely under control and stable. No flights were canceled, and the infrastructure is operating in a stable mode, sources reported. The Iranian National Air Defense Headquarters added in this regard, urging the public to maintain solidarity and calm and follow the news related to the incident through the national mass media, ignoring the rumors, spread by the enemy's mass media.
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  13802. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The settlement of Nikolayevo-Daryino region has been recaptured by Russian assault troops while drones of various versions support the assault, working to destroy Ukrainian military personnel and equipment without resistance. Footage released on January 21, 2024 by the 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade of the Airborne Forces, shows them displaying the Airborne Forces flag on a street in Nikolayevo-Daryino , where the settlement itself is a long row of houses along the road leading to the border with Ukraine. The first reports of fighting in the settlement emerged late last year in November 2024, where the assault forces managed to break through to the other bank of Snagost River, cutting off the supply line for Zelensky's forces. Russian drones such as the deadly FPV, were flown into Nikolayevo-Daryino before the assault troops entered. The footage shows the drones chasing a group of soldiers fighting for Kiev, Ukrainian forces or foreign mercenaries. But the drones don't care, attacking each and every one of the panicked soldiers in the hope of saving their lives. In addition to ambushing enemy personnel, a camouflaged Ukrainian mortar was hit by FPV. Similarly, several shelters in the basements of civilian houses, where Kiev's troops were gathering in an attempt to defend Nikolayevo-Daryino, were heavily bombed. The 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade reported that the clearing and consolidation took place the day before, and is now advancing along the state border. The liberation of Nikolayevo-Daryino made it possible to conduct reconnaissance and strikes in the rear of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Sumy region. Meanwhile, Ukraine lost more than 390 servicemen and 4 tanks in Kursk during the day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on January 22.
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  13807. Turning to the mid-air collision over the Potomac River last night (Thursday). There is more disturbing news. I have corrected my mistake in my article last night. I learned subsequently that the helicopter was flying south, not north. Apparently, the chopper had flown to CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia and was returning to base at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Pete Hegseth is stalling the release of the name of the pilot who was flying the chopper. Turns out the pilot is a woman with only 500 hours of flight time. As of now, the Department of Defense has refused to identify the woman, which suggests that Trump’s claim that DEI was a possible reason for the collision may be on target. Despite claims that she was an experience pilot, a report from a retired Black Hawk pilot and Crew Chief (it is posted at The Gateway Pundit) tells a different tale: *The single-greatest error in this accident was the decision to fly without a second Crew Chief on the left-hand side of the Blackhawk, who could have provided an extra set of eyes to “look out-and-up” to see the approaching American Airlines Passenger plane. *Night Vision Goggle (NVG) flights result in a sort-of “tunnel vision” for all who wear the NVGs and normal policy in many Army flight units is to force a full crew of 2 pilots and 2 crew chiefs for all NVG flights, so that you always have “eyes out” to both sides of the aircraft, when flying in those conditions. While not mandatory, it is the proper safety call, especially when flying in the vicinity of a busy, major airport such as Reagan Airport (DCA). No matter how competent the pilots and Crew Chiefs may be, this flight needed a second Crew Chief on the left side of the chopper. . . . *Known mistakes by the Blackhawk Flight Crew point to a lack of experience and/or competence. We’ve heard in the media that both pilots were “experienced.” This is just not true. Someone is “blowing smoke” to the media, to President Trump, and to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, to “cover their ass.” The collective level of experience of the pilots was not impressive. Their level of experience is like comparing a rookie in the NFL to a second-year player. The pilot had the experience of a second-year player, while the co-pilot was a rookie. This was NOT an experienced crew to be flying at night, near a major airport, without a second crew chief. - sonar21
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  13829. It is suspicious that “Islamist terrorists” from Tajikistan would carry out a massacre at the Crocus City Hall for money rather than Islamic fervour, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan against Russia which has shown great sympathy for the civilians of Gaza. UK and USA exhortations to Ukraine to hate (see below) and attack Russians, their training of Ukraine troops for acts of sabotage inside Russia (including the murder of politicians and journalists) and the flight (see map) of the Crocus City terrorists to Ukraine, together with historical exploitation by the West of Islamist extremists in Afghanistan and the presence of those islamists inside the Ukrainian armed forces all suggest the Crocus City Hall massacre was connected to Ukraine. The Head of the Ukrainian Secret service Vasyl Malyuk admitted, in a TV interview, to high profile assassinations inside Russia including a Russian military blogger in St Petersburg and a Ukrainian MP Ilya Kyva. See this. The former CIA analyst Larry Johnson who was an expert in CIA operations behind enemy lines said in an interview with Judging Freedom: “This means that the United States knew that Ukraine was up to something, and had an idea of what it was going to do. And there is a good chance that Ukraine not only did this but did it with the help of weapons and support provided by the United States,” Having created the Ukraine monster we know that the USA has recently been worried about excessive attacks inside Russia but (while warning Russia of an imminent attack) they were unable to stop it. As the Turkish official Omer Celik stated the terrorist attack could not have been carried out without the support of foreign intelligence. - LewRockwell
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  13831. For a central bank to seize the sovereign wealth fund of another major central bank is akin to two of the largest crime families in a major Godfather film declaring war on each other. These are epochal, ground-quaking movements whose consequences will echo down the generations. Ultimately remember that Russia has the same amount of assets it can seize from the West, so the ‘exchange’, were it to happen, would be nothing more than the West illegally robbing its own people of $300B which they could not legally convince their populace to give them for Ukraine. In the meantime, the only interesting things out of Ukraine at the moment: The Institute for the Study of War managed to admit not only that Russia has all the initiative but that it has 95% staffing of its units, which allows timely and professional rotation and force generation: In short: Russian units are well-staffed, easily make up for any losses, and have all the operational tempo and initiative. Ukraine on the other hand, we learned in the last update, is suffering 30,000 losses per month and for the first time—according to some reports—was not able to replenish these monthly losses via mobilization recently. Ukraine’s air defenses are now more depleted than ever, and conversely, Russia’s air arsenal is stronger than ever because all of its PGM (precision guided munition) productive capacities have continued to go up parabolically. They are firing more missiles and other types of weapons than ever, particularly the growing portfolio of UMPK bombs. In the last report we learned about Russia adapting RBK-500 cluster munitions, now we have full confirmation they are also using 1500kg Fabs as well as even ODAB-1500 thermobarics. Given these increases, Ukraine’s positions in the rear are being struck with major losses incurred each time. For instance, since the last report—where I listed several “rear sites” that were hit with major losses—there has been a new hit on a mercenary hotel in Kharkov. NATO’s 3 month long 24/7 bombardment of Serbia destroyed a whopping dozen tanks and could only degrade the AD by 50%. Without boots on the ground, US’s failed coalition can do nothing to Yemen—and they’re not going boots on the ground so the strikes can only be regarded as a feeble ‘warning’ toward Iran, which will only inspire hearty guffaws in Tehran. A decrepit regime led by a senile president and debilitated secretary of state, launching illegal massacres from their nursing homes and hospital beds against the poorest nation on earth—virtually on the same day as their own bloc ally faced genocide and crimes against humanity charges at The Hague. You can’t make this up: the optics have never been worse for the Empire of Lies. That’s not to mention the fact that US apparently took losses and is now trying to cover them up after Ansar Allah forces claimed to have downed a US plane as well as hit a ship: Lastly, there is the sad news that Ukraine has murdered Gonzalo Lira. For all the accusations made against Russia, no American journalist or figure has died in Russian captivity, while an American citizen has now not only died in Ukrainian captivity, but under various forms of torture, at that. He described some of that torture in his final video, including things like his eyeballs being scraped by sharp objects and other ghoulishly medieval techniques. But of course, no one in the Nazi-complicit US regime cares; another in a long line of gross hypocrisies from the people that brought you the farcical “Rule of Law” and “Rules Based Order”. Rest in peace, Gonzalo. - Simplicius
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  13834. Kiev allocates massive land plots for Western puppeteers (Soros pictured) to use as chemical waste burial sites. Spread across the entire country - this ought to be a crime given Ukraine is known for the fertility of its soil. Ukrainians weren't exactly consulted when the US placed dangerous chemical and biological laboratories there - it is unlikely that anyone will ever answer for the cemeteries of hazardous waste either. - Intel Report CHILLING SCREAMS FILL AIR AFTER ISRAELI STRIKE DETONATES HOME as slow-mo (in left vid) captures missile dropping straight into building before very ground shakes with blast. Entire blocks bulldozed by Tel Aviv’s attacks, with top right vid showing remains of over 50 houses turned to dust in Shujayea neighborhood, East of Gaza City (bottom right map). 30 people killed by Israel’s latest attack in North of Gaza Strip, pushing total number murdered by IDF to at least 15,899. - Intel Report PAIR OF TINY INFANTS LAID TO REST by shell-shocked aid workers as they walk wide-eyed from Gaza hospital to lay corpses of murdered babies next to dead man. Let IDF look into these dead babies’ lifeless eyes and still claim they’re "most moral army in the world". - Intel Report UKRAINIAN "MARINES" CAN’T EVEN SWIM cause Kiev’s scraping bottom of barrel after losing 100S OF THOUSANDS of troops as presstitutes over at BBC handily explain. Lamestream media chats with Ukrainian soldier who admits situation in Krynki in Kherson region, ex-Ukraine (map above) utter "hell". Now the frosts are coming, things will only get worse. Real situation is being hushed up, so no-one will change anything - Kiev soldier who's about to get sent to front line again to die for Washington. - Intel Report
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  13838. Israel is on a scorched earth tear, and the US is running behind it with a fire extinguisher, desperately trying to keep the flames under control. Biden, dazed and confused as always, embodies US’ headless chicken mien: Let’s piece this together. First, the above report states that US basically begged Iran to allow it to strike some symbolic targets with the promise that Iran would not retaliate, so that US can get a lick in and save its reputation on the world stage. Iran reportedly replied that no attacks on its territory would be allowed. You can see how ridiculous this type of theater gets, as US policy has devolved into nothing more than a delicate and performative balancing act, all for the sake of protecting its golden calf of Israel in the region. Presumably Iran has signaled that the only way to de-escalate is to present concrete outlines for the withdrawal of US forces. So this will be the area to watch in the coming days and weeks, to see if the US signals further acquiescence on this account, or makes any new announcements regarding official plans or talks that may sketch out a timeline, even a loose one, for some type of withdrawals. It should be mentioned though that days ago Victoria Nuland made it “clear” that US will not be withdrawing from Syria—but it’s difficult to know on whose behalf, precisely, she’s speaking: One gets the impression that her deepstate clan inside the government is so powerful that she’s sometimes given uncommon license to make opinionated declarations which have no actual statutory backing, but may later be rescinded simply because no one dares to gainsay her at the time, and she’s given more of a free hand to ‘interpret’ official policy at whim. Lastly, if all else fails and the Empire wants to keep escalating, Ansar Allah are reportedly ready to likewise up the ante in ways that could seriously wound the beast at their door: Zelensky finally pulled the trigger and attempted to openly oust Zaluzhny: The country is currently in a stasis, not only because Zelensky can’t bring himself to take the risk of getting the blame for a draconian mobilization bill, but also because the Ukrainian parliament is frozen by lack of future reassurance in the funding department. And on that account, Victoria Nuland was dispatched to Kiev, in what can only be deemed an emergency fixer job, to patch things up and hold it all together from falling apart: She even promised some nasty little “surprises” for Putin. Some have inferred this to mean the new announcement that Ukraine is allegedly already receiving the long-awaited GLSDBs, or Ground Launched Small Diameter Bombs, which can fire from the HIMARs launchers. She gave some laughable AI-generated boilerplate ‘encouragement’ as answer, but her real assignment was clearly not about intermediating for what US Congress is doing, but about sending verbal warnings to Zelensky and the upper staff, and handing them their directives for the time being. Lastly, despite what happened thus far, CNN claims it was just the appetizer, and that Zelensky intends to issue a full presidential decree to remove Zaluzhny from power “by the end of the week”: Today Putin openly said—likely for the first time, in such an overt and public manner—that the entire contact line will have to be pushed back to such a distance as to keep Russian territories from being reached by NATO’s most advanced weaponry given to Ukraine: Given the announcement that GLSDBs are allegedly now en route, this is essentially confirmation that Kharkov and more will have to be retaken. Kharkov is only 30km from the Russian border while weapons like GLSDB have 140km+ range. The US military continues showing some serious cracks in its infrastructure and culture of readiness. This is the third F-16 crash in less than a year, not counting many other crashes like the B-1B, and various other craft: Interestingly, there’s now reports that a Yemeni missile has come the closest ever to hitting a US ship, bypassing the vaunted AEGIS system and making it all the way up to the last line of resort: the CIWS. This is extremely uncomfortably close. To be shot down at under 2km means if the missile was going at, let’s say, Mach 2, which is 2500km/h, it would have been only 2-3 seconds away from hitting the ship. At Mach 3, it was 1.5 seconds away from striking the ship. That’s what you call a close call. The IMF continues to ‘revise’ up Russia’s economic projections by more than double: - Simplicius
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  13845. Flynn’s Convenient Hypocrisy: Ignoring AIPAC’s Stranglehold on U.S. Politics General Flynn's post might as well be a comedic piece of political satire, were it not for the dark reality underpinning it. Flynn rails against the so-called crime of foreign influence in U.S. politics, yet remains glaringly silent on AIPAC—the grandmaster of foreign influence operations in Washington. It’s an irony so staggering that it’s a wonder Flynn’s tweet wasn’t followed by a mic drop from Netanyahu himself, who, lest we forget, was caught on video in the 1980s boasting about Israel’s control over the U.S. Senate and Congress. Let’s break it down: Israel, under the guise of "America’s closest ally," has warped U.S. foreign policy into a vessel for its own colonial ambitions. The impunity, billions in aid, the blind eye to apartheid, the never-ending military support—all of it, funded by U.S. taxpayers. Flynn's selective moral outrage conveniently ignores this very real subversion of U.S. interests in favor of a foreign state’s genocidal crusade. Israel is not just pulling the strings but writing the entire foreign policy playbook while American citizens foot the bill. And the damage? It’s incalculable. America isn’t just losing credibility on the world stage; it’s bleeding resources and entrenching itself in wars that serve no U.S. interest, only Israel’s. Every dollar sent to fund Israel’s military is a dollar not spent on American infrastructure, healthcare, or education. Every bomb dropped on Gaza or Lebanon in the name of "security" for the Zionist project further erodes what little remains of American moral standing. Israel is a parasite on American foreign policy, using U.S. might to further its own expansionist agenda while destabilizing the entire Middle East. And let’s not mince words: U.S. entanglement with Israel does nothing for American security. In fact, it’s making enemies faster than it can manufacture THAAD batteries, with each of Israel’s war crimes making the U.S. more complicit by the day. Flynn’s focus on foreign donations, while ignoring AIPAC’s blatant meddling, is nothing short of hypocrisy on steroids. The real foreign influence isn’t from some rogue actors funnelling cash into campaigns, it’s from an entire political establishment bending over backward to serve the interests of a genocidal regime. But don’t expect Flynn to call that out. After all, in America’s political theatre, some foreign lobbyists are untouchable. Israel has made sure of that. - Gerry Nolan - Via Intel Republic
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  13847. I know there is a lot of angst and pearl-clutching in response to Trump’s nominations of so many ardent Zionist-supporters to his Administration. Yet, not a single one of the nominees has a blood relationship with Israel. Not one holds or has held Israeli citizenship. So, on that count, Trump is doing better compared to Biden. I know, small consolation. Look on the bright side — Marco Rubio will never be called, “Netanyahu’s lawyer,” a title currently held by Antony Blinken. Got to admit it. Fetterman nailed it. But in the real world, Israel can’t advance five kilometers inside Lebanon after almost two months of trying and that same Israel can’t stop the Hezbollah rockets and that same Israel has failed to pacify Gaza after 14 months of fighting, notwithstanding a horrific genocidal campaign. Nonsense!! My point in sharing this with you, my readers (especially those overseas), is to help you understand how crazy and delusional these people are. They are beyond the reach of reason. Let me paint one scenario to consider. Iran launches a devastating ballistic missile strike on two or three key Israeli defense or intelligence installations. Unlike October 1, Iran inflicts significant damage, including hundreds of Israeli casualties. At that point, Israel is going to react emotionally and try to retaliate against Iran. If Iran’s air defense system, with Russia assistance, mitigates the Israeli blow, Israel will be unmasked. The ball will be in the US court. Will Biden allow US forces to assist Israel in retaliating? If so, then his actions will result in US bases throughout the region being targeted. Biden will have started World War III and leave Trump with a deadly mess to clean up. What I am suggesting is that events may take place that will compel a change of thinking in the United States with regards to both Israel and Iran before Trump takes office. I was happy to hear that Trump named Tulsi Gabbard as his Director of National Intelligence. That will put Tulsi in a prime position to try to restore some integrity to the intelligence communities. For starters, she is in charge of the Presidential Daily Briefing. She will make sure that Trump is getting accurate information. Secondly, she will have oversight of all covert actions/programs. She has good instincts and has the ability to speak directly to Trump and warn him about doing something stupid. No guarantee he will listen, but at least there will be one adult at the table. - sonar21
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  13853. Let me start with some disturbing and stunning news out of Ukraine, courtesy of Russia’s Ministry of Defense. Ukraine has lost more than 700,000 personnel (i.e., KIA, WIA and AWOL) in the last six months: ▪ Over the past six months, the monthly sanitary and irreplaceable losses of AFU manpower have consistently amounted to about 50,000 people and more (January 2025 – 51960 people, December 2024 – 48470 people, November 2024 – 60805 people, etc.). ▪ At the same time, the number of new recruits in the AFU training centers, even taking into account the “activation” of TCCs throughout Ukraine, has been barely reaching 30,000 people per month for about half a year, who are sent to the line of contact without proper training, which leads to a reduction in the number of AFU personnel. ▪ According to official data, about 100,000 Ukrainian military personnel have left their military units unauthorized and gone on the run. Ukraine’s military is literally bleeding to death. These are unsustainable losses. Making matters worse is the political chaos unfolding in Kiev. A criminal case alleging corruption has been opened on Ukraine’s Defense Minister Umerov while Ukraine’s SBU has opened a criminal case against Kirill Budanov, Chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. Budanov is being investigated after media reports appeared detailing his warning to members of the RADA that if peace talks do not begin soon Ukraine will not survive the summer. Looks like it is a crime to tell the truth in Ukraine. - sonar21
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  13855. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Finally, the most intense clashes erupted in western Aleppo on Friday, November 29, after the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) together with the Russian Armed Forces, fought the rebels from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group together with the Turkish-controlled Syrian National Army (SNA). The rebels used the method of sending evacuation orders to everyone in western Aleppo. The group claimed to have taken control of several towns and villages in what the Syrian army called the 'largest offensive since 2020', which began an attack on Syrian largest city, Aleppo. Now, the main battle areas stretch from the west and southwest of Aleppo, east of Idlib, southeast of Idlib to the vicinity of Saraqib. Since this morning, the rebel forces have launched a large-scale coordinated attack on these areas. The fighting was reported to have taken place inside Aleppo - confirmed by Ahmad Ali, a pro-Assad Syrian military journalist. The Syrian Arab Army immediately took decisive action, eradicating the rebels who came from various countries, which is a clear violation of Syrian sovereignty. New footage shows Assad's forces deploying various types of artillery with heavy fire, relentlessly pounding their groups' positions in the western countryside of Aleppo. In addition to the artillery work, Russian warplanes are now bombarding western and southwestern Aleppo on a large scale, continuing the bombardment to destroy the rebel positions. After enemy positions suffered heavy losses in caves and human shields, killing dozens of rebels, they tried to hold some positions, but some points were retaken by the Syrian Arab Army until reinforcements arrived. Since last night, Russian warplanes have been destroying the rebel headquarters in the so-called "Joint Forces" near the town of Marea in the northern countryside of Aleppo. This was their gathering point, which was coordinating the attack efforts for the next day. But the heavy airstrikes destroyed the place as in the footage, killing dozens of rebels and their supporters, the pro-Syrian government channel reported. The Syrian Arab Army reported that one rebel of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham named "Ibrahim Khaled Dibo" was killed in western Aleppo today, and his strange clothing featured the ISIS flag on the emblem of his group's elements. Noteworthy! Moscow is determined to restore the constitutional order of Syrian government in Aleppo region as soon as possible!
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  13864. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine three years ago, the Russian Armed Forces have undergone a genuine revolution in military technology. The Russian military has received numerous innovative weapons systems and technological advancements, actively employing them in combat. Let’s explore some of the most notable weapon systems introduced and deployed throughout the conflict - Lancet drones, FPV drones, Bombs equipped with UMPK kits, Geran drones, Zircon missile, Oreshnik missile. The Oreshnik missile system is a mobile launcher utilizing solid-fuel ballistic missiles fitted with multiple independently targetable warheads capable of hypersonic speeds up to Mach 10. Experts estimate the Oreshnik’s range between 800 and 5,000km, allowing launches from Russian territory that can strike targets throughout Europe without the use of nuclear weapons. Given these parameters, contemporary missile defense systems would find intercepting Oreshnik missiles extremely challenging. During the initial combat deployment against Dnepr, a cluster munition warhead was employed, specifically designed to inflict maximum damage on area targets such as military bases, airfields, and defense industry infrastructure. This weaponry clearly possesses the capacity to deter potential adversaries or significantly influence combat outcomes without resorting to nuclear armaments. Naturally, this brief overview does not encompass all new weapons and equipment introduced into the Russian military during the conflict with Ukraine. Many other systems, such as the Koalitsiya-SV artillery, Malva wheeled self-propelled howitzers, various high-mobility vehicles, anti-tank weapons, precision-guided aviation munitions, and R-37M long-range air-to-air missiles, have likewise contributed significantly to Russia’s operational successes. - RT
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  13875. SEEK AND DESTROY, Russian T-80 tanks come out of their positions, locate strongholds and command posts of Ukrainian army, destroying them with pinpoint blasts, leaving no chance for cannon fodder's escape, as enemy suffers over 485 cannon fodder in casualties in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), up to 50 in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine). US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, Uragan multiple rocket launcher destroyed, 75 drones, 5 Storm Shadow missiles shot down. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 20 Flames, destruction and fire engulf Rovno Thermal Power Plant, Rovno Northwest Ukraine following Russian strike on distribution center. Marks first strike of its kind in a long time - meaning Kiev just might be freezing in the dark sooner than its allies! - Intel Report The Ukrainian command cannot count on a speedy victory which would allow it to crush Russian troops and achieve significant changes. It also cannot transfer forces near Artyomovsk to another direction, as if the Ukrainian army stops advancing, Russian troops will seize the initiative. At the tactical level, this has already happened near Berkhovka, when the AFU refused to advance on the northern flank and focused on the southern direction. If anything, making progress near Artyomovsk would only harm Ukrainian forces – the price of advancing in this direction is growing by the day while the odds of achieving real success remain minimal. Yet instead of learning from the mistakes of the first ‘Bakhmut meat grinder’, Kiev continues to fall into the same trap. - RT DID POLAND JUST TORPEDO NATO AND UKRAINE? To quote Andrei Martyanov, WOWSER! Remember the collapse of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine in the early hours of 6 June 2023, which caused extensive flooding along the lower Dnieper river? This is worse. This may explain the “Grumpy Gus” visage adorning Zelensky, his crew, as well as John Kerry and Antony Blinken yesterday at the UN General Assembly during Biden’s awful speech. This marks the first significant event where domestic politics — this time in Poland — is undercutting support for NATO’s plan to inflict a long-term war on Russia. Meanwhile, if you have any doubts that the United States is the number one country in the World for military “interventions” just take a look at this report from the U.S. Congressional Research Service, Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad 1798 – 2023. Since 1991, the United States has launched more than 200 military operations in foreign countries. Russia and China combined have been involved in less than 20 such activities. Just think about those numbers the next time you hear some American politician bloviate about the imperial ambitions of Russia and China. To paraphrase comedian Jeff Foxworthy, “If you launch an average of 9 foreign invasions a year you might be an Imperialist.” - Sonar21 ARM-LESS ARMY: Even conservative estimates that place loss of limbs of Ukrainian soldiers at over 20 thousand still are 10 times higher than the amount of American soldiers losing limbs in Afghanistan and Iraq over 20 year period. If Kiev's soldiers aren't left to die, they're left to starve: reports of surviving on dog food - such as the fate of 30-year-old Ukrainian soldier Goshka, an amputee who reports sharing dog food meals with his pit bull on the front lines: "It didn't taste bad." - Intel Report DECOMPOSED BODY found at Ukraine-Romania border as Ukrainians desperately attempt to escape becoming cannon fodder. Kiev reports it's 24th such dead body found as vid also shows increasing number of people wanting to flee Ukraine, paying around $5,000 to smuggle themselves in trucks out of the border. Body moving such a lucrative business after US and EU brought "democracy" to Ukraine, they take 'em dead and alive! - Intel Report Watch top Russian diplomat Lavrov destroy West and Ukraine at UN in 20 seconds. Lavrov says cookie monster Nuland ADMITTED, with pride, spending $5 BILLION "on pestering politicians obedient to West in Kiev" in 2013. DeMocRaTic UkRaIne - Intel Report "FOCK OFF BACK TO AMERICA", says based Moldovan farmer, disgusted by sight of merican NATO soldier desecrating his land and angered by bullshit of being "here to help" . Chad just like ordinary Moldovans sick of their country becoming a US-NATO vassal, pulls Uno reverse card with phrase US loves saying "go back to your country". - Intel Report Russian peacekeepers evacuate over 5,000 civilians from dangerous areas in Nagorno-Karabakh since latest outbreak of fighting. - Intel Report Commander of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces corps suspended. Being first detainee in case of death of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh, he is held responsible for troops that killed Russian peacekeepers. - Intel Report
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  13888. [A newly deployed Russian Lancet drone was seen making a direct hit on the cockpit of a grounded Ukrainian Su-25 fighter jet, according to footage shared by war correspondent Andrey Rudenko. The journalist published a brief video of the strike on his Telegram channel on Tuesday, noting the attack took place at the Dolgintsevo airfield near the city of Krivoy Rog. Filmed from a bird’s-eye view by another surveillance drone, the footage shows a loitering munition descending upon a Ukrainian war plane parked at the base, appearing to hit the jet dead-center. “These images are notable for the fact that the Ukrainian fighter was destroyed by a new loitering ammunition with a range of up to 120 kilometers,” Rudenko added. - RT] Get the Warmongering US out of everything! [Get the US out of the Middle East. It is already clear, however, that the invasion will be used to push the US regime toward more military spending, more war, and more global interventionism. The war party will use the same playbook that we saw for Ukraine: “look at the horrible atrocities committed by these barbarians. Surely, we must go to war to defeat this evil—regardless of whether it has anything to do with defending our own country.” It’s a grift Washington has been using for more than a century even though “humanitarian” wars are a myth. ] - LewRockwell TIME FOR A CRUSADE: US hawk Lindsey Graham declares that Israeli war is "religious war" and demands that Gaza be "levelled" in hate-laden rant proudly posted on Twitter. Warmonger Graham's logic be like: Israel must "defend itself" by blowing up kids in Gaza Strip... - Intel Report "LEAVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN ALONE" states Putin as he warns that civilians mustn’t be targeted if "men decide to fight amongst themselves". Putin warns that any expansion of conflict could lead to "dire consequences" for globe. Russian leader makes it clear that Moscow stands in favor of sovereign Palestinian state. - Intel Report INSIDER REPORTS that Israel in talks with Egypt to allow US citizens and up to 2,000 Palestinians per day to leave Gaza Strip as it’s devastated by Israeli strikes. Remember when Israel BOMBED only checkpoint between Gaza and Egypt? Well now they claim they wanna get people out through it before potential "land invasion" by Israeli forces. Latest death toll stands at over 1,100 Palestinians KILLED since Saturday. - Intel Report
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  13901. The Biden administration immediately claimed the attack was backed by Iran, with profoundly influential news agencies like AP and Reuters regurgitating this claim as established fact in their headlines immediately thereafter. As DeCamp notes in the aforementioned article, back in October a US official acknowledged to CNN that that there’s actually a “persistent intelligence gap” as to how much these Shia militias are in fact beholden to the orders of Tehran, but apparently this attack being linked to Iran is now being treated as established gospel truth anyway. In a statement on the attacks Biden said the US “will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner our choosing,” meaning yet another military escalation in the middle east is on its way under this murderous administration. A full-scale war with Iran would be the absolute worst-case scenario resulting from the violence which erupted in the middle east this past October, potentially with mass deaths on a scale that would make what’s been happening in Gaza look like child’s play. In that same statement Biden said the US troops who were killed in the “despicable and wholly unjust attack” died working “to fight terrorism”, which is of course ridiculous. People who live in the middle east have far more legitimacy attacking US troops in resistance to a US-backed genocide than US troops have in being in the middle east to begin with, and the US military presence they attacked is there to shore up geostrategic control, not to fight terror. The US base by the Jordan-Syria border that was struck by Iraqi forces functions as a support base for America’s al-Tanf garrison, a sprawling “deconfliction zone” (read: illegal military occupation) in Syria which the US has for years been using to disrupt Iranian activities in the region and help Israel carry out its constant airstrikes in Syria. “Fighting terrorism” is just the pretense for the US military presence in the region; as always, the real reason is to facilitate the geostrategic domination of the US empire. Every US military fatality in the middle east is the fault of the US government for putting them there. US troops shouldn’t be in the middle east at all, and the US has no legitimacy in retaliating against efforts to kick them out of the region by the people who live there. Iraqi militias have 100 percent legitimacy in attacking US troops in the middle east during a US-backed genocide, and the US has zero legitimacy in retaliating. Get out of the middle east. Just Stop backing a genocide in Gaza, stop murdering people to shore up domination of world resources, and leave. Leave before you unleash something far worse than the nightmare you’ve already inflicted upon our species. - LewRockwell
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  13903. The reported decision by Ukraine’s Western backers to lift restrictions on Kiev’s use of long-range weapons runs counter to Russia’s efforts toward a peaceful settlement of the conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. Peskov made the remarks in response to comments by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said Ukraine is no longer subject to range limitations on Western-supplied weaponry. “If such decisions have indeed been made, they are entirely at odds with our aspirations for a political resolution and with the efforts currently being made toward a settlement,” Peskov stated. “Quite dangerous decisions, again – if they were indeed made,” he stressed. At the EuropaForum on Monday, Merz said “there are no longer any range restrictions” on Western-supplied weapons used by Ukraine against Russian military targets. “There are no restrictions from the UK, France, Germany, or the US,” he added, as quoted by Euronews. Moscow has repeatedly warned Western countries against enabling Ukraine to carry out long-range strikes, arguing that this could make the military bloc a direct participant in the conflict given that such attacks would require targeting data from NATO satellites – capabilities that Kiev does not possess. Moscow updated its nuclear doctrine last November following deliberations by Ukraine’s backers on whether to allow Kiev to use Western-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets deep inside Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin expanded the list of conditions that could trigger a nuclear response to include scenarios where aggression by a non-nuclear state or group of states supported by a nuclear state could be viewed as a “joint attack.” - RT
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  13907. Putin stresses every word so West can hear determined speech above. We will definitely implement all construction plans of underwater and surface ships, we will quantitatively strengthen combat readiness of Russian Navy, our naval power in the Arctic, the Far East, the Black and Baltic Seas, and the Caspian Sea - Putin. - Intel Report Russian President Vladimir Putin inaugurated two brand-new nuclear-propelled submarines in the northern shipyard city of Severodvinsk on Monday. The two submarines, ‘Emperor Alexander III’ and ‘Krasnoyarsk,’ are set to join the Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet, Putin announced during the flag-hoisting ceremony to inaugurate the vessels. “Soon, the submarine missile carriers ‘Emperor Alexander III’ and ‘Krasnoyarsk’ will begin their service with the Pacific Fleet,” Putin stated, describing the subs as “fearsome” and “unrivaled in their classes.” - RT Russian troops are attacking Ukrainian positions in all areas along the conflict front line, the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Colonel General Aleksandr Syrsky, has said. In a Telegram post on Sunday, Syrsky acknowledged that “the operational situation in the east remains difficult” and that the Russian military “doesn’t stop conducting offensive operations along the entire front.” Ukraine is “running out of [everything],” Putin stated. “They don’t have their own base. When you don’t have your own base, don’t have your own ideology, don’t have your own industry, don’t have your own money, don’t have anything of your own, then there is no future,” he argued. - RT
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  13909. Russia and China have signed nearly three dozen agreements following negotiations between presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Moscow. The two leaders talked for more than seven hours, according to TASS. The documents signed ranged from joint statements on strengthening the comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation between the two nations as well as declarations in support of the global stability and international law to agreements covering agricultural export regulations and bilateral cooperation in space. Moscow and Beijing have set “ambitious goals” following the talks, Putin told journalists after the meeting with the Chinese leader. The two nations are expected to increase bilateral trade and investments, as well as strengthen economic ties, increase the share of joint high-tech projects, and develop innovative electronic trade methods, according to the president. China is Russia’s biggest partner, Putin said, adding that the trade volume between the two nations hit another record this year, reaching 245 billion. Investment cooperation between the two nations is actively growing, according to the Russian leader. Around 90 priority joint projects, worth approximately 200 billion, are either underway or in preparation. These initiatives span key sectors including industrial manufacturing, transportation, logistics, agriculture, and mineral extraction. The Chinese leader hailed both nations as “stabilizing, positive, and progressive forces in the international community” that “aim to promote equal and orderly multilateralism” and should “firmly stand together” in the future. - RT
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  13913. The foreign minister has suggested that recent statements by France and the UK about the possibility are meant to heat up the conflict Previously, following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Donald Trump claimed that he had discussed the issue of “some form of peacekeeping” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Trump claimed that Putin had “no problem” with the idea as long as it’s “acceptable to everybody.” Lavrov, however, stated that the Russian side has not been consulted on the matter. “We cannot consider any options. I don’t know what Macron said, but Trump… said that the decision to deploy peacekeeping forces is possible only with the consent of both parties, apparently meaning us and Ukraine. No one has asked us about this,” Lavrov said. He went on to say that the idea of deploying foreign troops to Ukraine is being pushed by “the Europeans, primarily France and also the British,” and suggested that this is being done to “further heat up the conflict and stop any attempts to calm it down.” Lavrov also claimed that the EU is intentionally seeking to derail the Ukraine peace process, pointing to Brussels’ recent announcement of new military aid packages for Kiev, as well as their continued encouragement for Ukrainian forces to keep fighting. He added that Macron’s demands to introduce an urgent ceasefire before negotiating any form of settlement of the conflict is “deceit” and only aims to “pump Ukraine with weapons again.” The foreign minister insisted that any discussions about a peacekeeping force in Ukraine are “empty” and that the main priority right now should be to resolve the underlying issues of the conflict – including the attempts to drag Kiev into NATO in order to deploy Western military infrastructure to the country which could be aimed at Russia. - RT
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  13918. Even though a growing number of Western elites are awakening to the reality that Ukraine is headed for defeat and will drag NATO along with it, the so-called intellectual cognoscenti of foreign policy, like the editorial board of the NY Times, continue to indulge fantasies and delusions. They conclude a Sunday editorial pleading for more money for Zelensky and the losing cause with this: The Washington and New York establishments continue to insist that Vladimir Putin is an “authoritarian strongman.” I have one word of advice — look in the damn mirror and pay attention to what is happening in the United States before you mount your moral high horse and gallop off to lecture other countries on democracy and human rights. Guess what? The United States has prosecuted (and persecuted) twice as many political prisoners than Russia. So spare me the BS about Russia being a soul crushing attack on personal liberty while claiming the United States is the bastion of freedom and justice. It is a lie. And I say that without delving into the Federal Government’s collaboration with social media to attack conservatives and censor articles and persons who are not in line with Biden’s woke agenda, as thoroughly documented by the reporting of Michael Shellenberger and Matt Taibbi. Then there is the proven case of the Biden Administration’s attack on scientists and physicians who challenged the specious CDC claims and remedies for COVID is just another glaring example of the putrid authoritarianism emanating from Washington, DC. - Sonar21
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  13920. [Their rehearsals won't help much against an opponent who has 2-3 years live-fire practice against their weapons and tactics. To what degree is this bellicosity driven by the self-absorbed halfwits thrown up by 'democratic' procedures? Otherwise, are ideas seeded in politician's simple minds by the NATO military establishment (along with ridiculous cheerleaders from the Atlantic Council working on behalf of the armament industry) in order to induce fear (it being a catalyst for military funding)? The Colonialist countries of NATO feel urgency here. Russia is standing up to the Colonialists and it is emboldening countries all around the world to get rid of their colonial overlords. Which leads to a decrease in revenues for the colonialists and less power and control around the globe for them. Russia is not a threat in the military or geographic sense. It is a threat to the colonialist's money and power] NATO’s ongoing ‘Steadfast Defender 2024’ war games are heightening tensions globally by simulating a military confrontation with Moscow, the secretary of the Russian Security Council has said. Nikolay Patrushev also cited the alliance’s growing military spending as an indication of its “increasingly aggressive nature.” Speaking on Thursday, Patrushev stated that the ‘Steadfast Defender 2024’ war games, “during which a scenario of an armed confrontation with Russia is being rehearsed, are undoubtedly increasing tensions and destabilizing the situation in the world.” He claimed that the “destructive role of the US in modern history is obvious,” and noted that no other country has “unleashed so many wars and military conflicts.” Patrushev characterized NATO as an “important tool” employed by Washington to exert pressure and influence on other nations. The official pointed out that the Brussels-based military bloc has come directly to Russia’s Western border, and is preparing for future conflicts. Late last month, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov also cited the military drills as a threat and NATO as an “instrument of confrontation” used by the US. - RT
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  13923. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Ukrainian sources confirmed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have suffered more heavy losses, killing up to 150 Ukrainian soldiers, including up to 30 foreign instructors at the Novomoskovsky Training Ground, near Cherkaske in Dnipropetrovsk Region. Kiev’s losses were also confirmed by the Russian Defense Ministry, which released a short video on March 2, 2025, showing an Iskander-M Operational-Tactical Missile System strike, signaling a major blow to Ukrainian forces and their international training partners at the NATO training ground. Russian reconnaissance had detected suspicious activity at the military training ground, in the formation area of the 157th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Cherkaske. Iskander missile carrying cluster munitions, killed a group of enemy soldiers while they were training at the time. In addition to the dramatic loss of personnel, Iskander blast also destroyed 32 vehicles at the site, and it is suspected that foreign instructors, including NATO personnel, were present at the facility. With the loss of personnel and equipment, Ukraine’s training capacity could be compromised, which could delay or disrupt future military operations. The attack also served as a reminder of Russian ability to target vital military infrastructure and personnel, including those of foreign countries involved in the conflict. The Iskander strike were part of an ongoing effort by the Russian Armed Forces to destroy key military training facilities and disrupt Ukrainian combat readiness.
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  13930. Globalists know that nothing drives public policy so much as the fear of impending death. Nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles may have scared the snot out of anyone living through the Cold War, but they were (and still are) the gifts that keep on giving for the military-industrial complex and national security surveillance State. The more catastrophic the consequences of any perceived threat, the more likely that otherwise skeptical human beings will hand over their freedoms in exchange for the elusive promise of personal security. Political systems specialize in exploiting this “Save Me!” impulse for maximum leverage. “Looming apocalypse” is Big Government’s best salesman every year. Ghost stories about “global warming” work the same way. If voters can be convinced that their economic freedom is leading to humanity’s extinction, then they will accept costly regulations and “green energy”-induced inflation. If they can be brainwashed into believing that hydrocarbon energy is evil, then they will actively protest for a future with intermittent yet expensive electric power. If they can be deluded into thinking that only politicians and central bankers can save the planet, then they will embrace communism in order to fight “climate change.” Given the fact that Earth’s climate is always naturally changing — whether humans are alive to notice or not — governments’ success in conditioning gullible people to fear every change in the weather has been remarkably effective in creating voluntary slaves. totalitarianism succeeds only when society’s level of anxiety can be ratcheted up well above eleventy! That’s why every iteration of the so-called “climate emergency” must sound more scary than the last. It’s also why each new season of “Climate Change: the Coming Armageddon” targets children who have never seen old episodes of the boring series. It may be the longest running television program of all time, but ignorant youths — who cannot imagine that their governments would ever lie to them — fall for the dying planet horror show every time. This is the kind of madness that “green” false prophets perpetrate upon unsuspecting peoples — stoking irrational fears in a misanthropic and Machiavellian quest for raw power. today’s globalists obsess over hydrocarbons, “white supremacy,” and “hate” speech. Future generations will see no distinction. Just like the monsters of the past, today’s Deep State agents seize power by manufacturing emergencies. Dictators always arrive on triumphal chariots that run on lies. As with all Deep State initiatives that say one thing while doing its opposite, Germany’s Ethics Council promises the public that it is wholly opposed to suspending “democratic freedoms” but encourages the government to create “supportive framework conditions” — including carbon taxes, personal emissions limits, product bans, and “compensatory payments” to “ongoing neo-colonial dependencies” — that will nudge Germans to do the right thing. Ahh, nothing says freedom like new taxes, forced redistribution of wealth, regulatory kicks to the groin, financial blackmail, and total personal surveillance! Just because the government holds a gun to the back of your head while you make decisions doesn’t mean you are any less free — the unethical Ethics Council says so! - LewRockwell
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  13932. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – On November 24, 2024, drone footage of the battlefield showed the entry of a Russian armored column after artillery preparation and the operation of attack aircraft, carrying out a strategic storming, completely encircling Ukrainian troops taking up positions in the settlement of Ilyinka, located south of the city of Kurakhovo. The armor of the landing assault unit of the 33rd Motorized Rifle Division, using BMP-2M and T-72 "Supermangal" reinforced to combat drones, carried out a series of heavy shelling of the enemy's strategic points. The rapid advance of the armored column met with strong resistance, but the armored column held out well and without losses. The Ukrainian side was targeted unexpectedly from the north of the settlement along the Mokrye Yaly River, to their positions west of the settlement. Here, the Ukrainian troops were caught in a "fire trap", and quickly their defense collapsed due to the coordinated maneuver of the Russian assault units. Then after the operation of the armored column, "Supermangal" was seen sending assault troops to enemy support positions, Ukrainian troops hiding in the ruins of buildings and underground dugouts. The scale of the soldiers' engineering work is impressive - the Armed Forces of Ukraine were unable to make any effort to delay the rapid Russian advance. The brave Russian assault troops, consisting of only a few men, quickly took the suspected points, went through the buildings one by one, where the Ukrainian troops might still be, and cleared them. Meanwhile, two other assault troops approached the Ukrainian trenches under enemy fire. However, in the end they managed to break through the enemy's defenses and quickly capture their important trenches. Then, Ilyinka was cleared efficiently on the same day, as the Ukrainians were unable to hold their positions. On the same day, several Ukrainian sources reported that Russian troops had taken Ilyinka and Romanovka. Meanwhile, the battle continued for Yelizavetivka the next to the river, which was almost completely under Russian control, as reported by Russian military correspondents. Kiev's troops reportedly retreated to avoid encirclement, forcing the Ukrainian command to hastily withdraw the remaining units that managed to escape during the Russian armored assault, which advanced 2 kilometers from the north along the Mokrye Yaly River.
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  13985. According to the report, at least 5,399 civilians suffered from “Ukrainian aggression” last year, with 809 killed, including 51 children – the youngest being a four-month-old girl. On average, at least 15 civilians were reported as victims of Ukrainian military actions daily. The report said that in total, there were over 87,880 recorded cases of Russian civilian targets being hit last year. “On average, 240 strikes were carried out daily over the year, using the entire available arsenal of weapons supplied by the West at the expense of taxpayers of these countries,” the document stated. The Ukrainian military predominantly used 155mm NATO artillery shells equipped with fragmentation, high-explosive, and cluster munitions, according to Rodion Miroshnik, the official tasked by the Russian Foreign Ministry to record alleged Ukrainian atrocities. Kiev also repeatedly engaged in “energy and nuclear terrorism,” according to the report, citing repeated attempts to attack the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and nearby infrastructure in Energodar. Kiev also deliberately targeted ambulances, medical facilities, and medical institutions, thus violating international law. According to the report, Ukrainian drones often hovered over impact sites, targeting rescuers and medics to increase the casualties and deny victims access to lifesaving aid. The report further documented a “large number of attacks” on churches, monasteries, and sacred buildings of the Russian Orthodox Church in frontline zones, resulting in casualties among clergy, parishioners, and novices. In 2024 alone, the Russian authorities completed 163 criminal investigations involving 185 Ukrainian servicemen and foreign mercenaries accused of crimes against civilians, the report concluded. - RT
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  13991. Trump Raises Heat on Russia with Belligerent New Threats There are many things to be said here, but first let’s lay out all the statements on the table to see them as a whole. Here Trump begins to get even more belligerent and threatening than the post above—he very seriously threatens Russia with all kinds of “massive” taxes, tariffs, and sanctions if they don’t end the war “immediately”: So the big question becomes: how does Trump intend to put such devastating economic pressure on Russia, exactly? He mentions tariffs and taxes on imports, but this is almost an intentional joke: Russia and the US have virtually no trade turnover whatsoever; there is very little of any consequence from Russia that Trump could tax or tariff. The few things there are, like Uranium, are critical to the US which the US can’t get from anywhere else in the same quantity and timelines, and thus would be shooting himself in the foot. then even outright blames the Saudis for starting the Ukraine war—a pretty outrageously extraneous remark. How exactly do you demand various tithes and tributes from a country to the tune of a trillion dollars, all while belittling them? Putin has since developed closer ties to the Saudis and it seems hard to imagine they would skip and jump at Trump’s beck and call so easily all to spite Russia, with whom they now have good relations with, highlighted by Saudi Arabia’s recent inclusion into the BRICS fold. Trump’s new American century may fall flat and be exposed as nothing more than a cheap machismo PR campaign; that of course would subsequently bode very poorly for Ukraine. Russia has one of the highest foreign exchange reserves in the world, not to mention various materials and commodities. Even such a hit as envisioned by Trump could not slow Russia’s war machine for quite a long time. But even that proposition is a big “if”. Last time I reported that according to Bloomberg Russia’s revenues—which include mostly non oil and gas—have surged to record levels: Russia is quite well shielded against any possible sanctions he could dream up. So that leaves the only possible question: what is Trump prepared to do if and when his “plan” utterly flops? Trump has few real options, and the war will likely continue being prosecuted under Russia’s timeline. Russian Duma member under Putin’s United Russia party Elena Panina said precisely this: Listen to what she says at the end: “Now our task is to calmly move forward, occupy territory, liberate further, not yield to any provocations or blackmail, and understand that today we are in a stronger position than we were even three years ago.” While Western yellow press makes up stories to comfort their audience, Russia continues to collapse Ukrainian lines. Now the powerful stronghold of Velyka Novosilka has been split into a cauldron: - Simplicius
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  14012. The anti-Syrian propaganda, now virtually non-existent, had for years been relentless. We were told that Assad had simply lost control of the country, and that the US and its allies couldn’t risk having ISIS terrorists running around as a threat and trying to establish a caliphate in Syria because Assad simply wasn’t able to stop them. And whenever he did try, he was conveniently accused of humanitarian offenses. So of course, here comes Uncle Sam to ‘help’ get rid of ISIS, and also Assad – totally without any humanitarian issues, because American bombs aren’t like that. In the process, the CIA and Pentagon spent billions of dollars training and equipping ‘Syrian rebels’, many of whom bailed out to join other jihadist groups, including ISIS and Al-Qaeda, taking their shiny new weapons with them. There’s a glaring parallel here with Ukraine, which risks following a similar trajectory with Western involvement and patronage. Even before the current conflict, the CIA-linked Freedom House and others had questioned the extent to which far-right extremists controlled the country. Major Western media outlets were publishing pieces referencing Ukraine’s neo-Nazi problem. So it looks like the same argument could someday be used on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky – that he’s lost control of the country to extremists. And just like the West trained extremists in Syria under the guise of helping, they’ve done the exact same thing in Ukraine by training and equipping the Azov neo-Nazi fighters. Both Iran and Russia had entered the conflict militarily at the request of Assad’s government to help stabilize the country, with Moscow first entering the scene when fighting got too close for comfort to its warm water base for the Black Sea Fleet in Tartus. So basically, Russia was called in to help clean up the mess that the US and NATO had made of the country. And by December 2018, when I asked Russian President Vladimir Putin at his annual press conference whether then-US President Donald Trump was right about ISIS being defeated in Syria, he agreed. Uncle Sam has to stick around to make sure that they never come back, ever again. Guess there’s no chance of just heading home and kicking back with a few beers and waiting to see if it’s actually going to be a problem in the future? Nope! Not when so much has been invested in establishing an in-country military footprint that just happens to be right on top of the biggest pile of Syria’s natural resources – the kind that have been the topic of CIA intelligence directorate reports since at least 1986. In December 2023, Syrian Oil Minister Firas Hassan Kaddour evoked the plan to “liberate” the oil fields from US occupation. Peace in Syria was only possible because of Russia helping to eliminate the troublemakers. The West lost in Syria and still won’t go home. Imagine if it had actually been able to have free run of the place. Maybe there’s something worse than a Russian ‘win’ for Ukraine: Permanent occupiers who use friendship as a pretext to stick around and suck the country dry. - RT
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  14017. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - More than 50% of Toretsk is already under the control of Russian forces, and assault units are advancing amidst the ongoing fighting, liberating blocks of the city, which were defended by Ukrainian Nazi troops from the Azov Battalion and the Enei Battalion of the Lyut Brigade. This was confirmed by the Leader of the Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, in a video on October 13, 2024, when he personally assessed the situation in Dzerzhinsk, which had been renamed Toretsk. One of the commanders of the assault units that liberated the city with the call sign "Ostap" from the 132nd Brigade, spoke about this in a conversation with Pushilin, that presented the soldiers with watches during the visit. “Soon the old name will be officially returned,” Pushilin said! Near the Central District, heavy clashes continue and clearings in high-rise buildings and on the streets of the city are underway, although near the Residential District, there is a slight calm. The moment when the Ukrainian drone observed the Russian Orthodox soldiers praying, showing these people standing on the honorable side during the storming of the buildings of Toretsk. Due to the support of artillery and air force, which attacked Ukrainian firing positions and ammunition depots, while the Russian assault troops fought from house to house, continuing with significant changes to liberate half of the city. The footage shows the intensity of the fighting in the working positions of the Ukrainian assault units, which are being hampered by heavy fire from the Russian troops. They even show signs of almost surrendering the city, due to the lack of reinforcements and heavy equipment. The Eastern District of Toretsk, is almost under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian soldiers filmed the aftermath of the fighting in the area, in other reports that Ukraine controls about 30% of the city. Sources say that the Ukrainian military acted according to known practice, that is, withdrawing some of its units again and the remnants of the Ukrainian nationalist troops were forced to flee the city, which is expected to soon change its old name, Dzerzhinsk!
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  14028. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian Air Defense Forces brilliantly shot down 45 Ukrainian UAV in a large-scale night raid, the Russian Defense Ministry reported, on August 21, 2024. From Moscow to Murmansk, Ukrainian drones tried to attack targets in western Russia over the past 24 hours. The first explosions were heard in Podolsk at about 3 am, after which residents of the city heard loud sounds every 15-20 minutes. Unfortunately, all 45 kamikaze drones that tried to attack Russian cities that night were destroyed! In total, 11 were shot down over the Moscow region, another 23 were destroyed over the Bryansk region, 6 over the Belgorod region, 3 over Kalushka, and 2 over the Kursk region, the Defense Ministry detailed. But in a slightly interesting development, a Ukrainian drone carrying explosives was shot down during the day by air defenses near the closed military settlement of Vysoky in the Murmansk region. It is about 1800 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, and is located in the Arctic Circle. A UAV or rather an Aeroprakt A-22 aircraft, converted into a UAV with a longer range. According to preliminary data, the target was the Olenya airfield from which the Russian strategic bomber took off, but failed. So far, Murmansk airfield has been operating as usual after the restriction of airspace. Meanwhile, according to the Head of Ukrainian Intelligence, Kyrulo Budanov, said that in total about 50 drones were used that day, attacking the signal intelligence center, carrying out attacks on the Ostafyevo airport in Moscow, and the Millerovo airbase in the Rostov region, but without reporting the results!
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  14032. Zelensky's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad D.C. Snubfest Zelensky’s war appears to be on the brink. After a letdown stint at the UN assembly in New York, he’s now in Washington on the last leg of his begging journey to ensure the continuation of the war. Unfortunately, so far, it’s not going very well. The much hoped-for and vaunted ATACMS appears to already be kaput: I persist in informing people there are serious red lines behind the scenes which the U.S. itself fears to cross. That’s because there remain many pressure levers that Russia itself has not yet exercised, and which could easily make life for the U.S. much more difficult, both militarily, economically, and geopolitically in Europe. Polish president himself shockingly called Ukraine a “drowning man” who can pull you under along with him: Like I said, the pressure is really starting to become evident after only a few months of failed counteroffensive attempts. By next spring, Ukraine will have spent 6 months from today likely being pounded into oblivion with no hope any longer on the horizon. If the headlines are bad now, the prevailing sentiment 6 months from now will be apocalyptic. It becomes increasingly clear that 80-90% of the entire AFU was in fact wiped out. Depending what you believe their starting number was, whether 200k or 1 million as Zelensky might have claimed, you can draw your conclusions from there as to total losses. It seems those “tongue-in-cheek” remarks about Ukraine having its entire first army wiped out, and now operating on their second or third army, were perhaps not far from the truth. Meanwhile, last night Russia has begun the first of this season’s debilitating strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure. Energy facilities were hit with major power losses throughout a webwork of cities. - Simplicius Jake Sullivan is delusional. Give Sullivan kudos for being a master of spin. He presents the press with a steaming pile of manure while assuring them it is a delicious plate of chocolate mousse. Slurp it up guys. He starts off with the red-herring that Russia has not yet captured Kharkiv, Kiev or Kherson. A meaningless point, proving nothing, because Russia’s military operations are concentrated on destroying the Ukrainian army — which is losing upwards of 1,000 troops a day — rather than conquering cities. So far Russia regularly bombing critical targets in Kharkiv, Kiev, Kherson, Lviv and Sumy with missiles and drones and Ukraine is impotent to stop those attacks because its air defense is no longer viable. I think the key factor during the next eight weeks will be how much damage Russia inflicts on Ukraine’s remaining military strength and infrastructure. Barring a mass surrender of Ukrainian forces, however, the Biden policy is to keep the war going. Politics is the guiding principle governing the Biden team’s decisions on Ukraine. The American leaders are content, so far, to ignore the military situation on the ground in Ukraine as long as it does not create political problems in the United States. They don’t give a damn about dead and dying Ukrainian soldiers. As long as they are convinced that Ukraine’s attacks on Russia are weakening Putin, Biden and his malevolent advisors will continue to fan the flames of war. - Sonar21 Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) court sentences Ukrainian Army commander Vitaly Katranich to 24 years in prison for war crimes. When a poor Mariupol, Donetsk Republic resident asked for help charging his cell phone, Katranich shot and killed him on spot - as well as indiscriminately carrying out cold-blooded murder of several other refugees. - Intel Report No response from 20 of Kiev's soldiers in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine) as Russian forces and 120mm shells by mortar crews annihilate cannon fodders. Up to 370 enemy soldiers also killed or injured in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), up to 80 in Kherson (ex-Ukraine), 2 ammo depots, 2 Leopard tanks and 15 drones destroyed. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 21
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  14035. The balance of power was always Russia's. History has shown it is insane to get into a Land War with Russia who makes the enemy pay dearly for their folly which is happening BIG TIME all along the Front - a seminal fact clear to the sane who understand that the only breakthrough will be the complete obliteration of NATO and its Proxies! The only thing that the Ukes are going to be storming are their graveyards increasing by the tens of thousands courtesy of their morally bankrupt NATO Handlers led by the US now one of the most, if not THE most, corrupt countries in the world! ULTRA-SPEED DELIVERY required 'cause Ukrainian army positions really need some rockets fast - hold on tight as you take ride on wing of Russian Su-25 attack jet, watching it tilt up and let loose warheads that blast Kiev army to bits, all while 3 Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) end in utter failure and Kiev suffers up to 180 casualties in process. Plenty of NATO-supplied scrap made as US-supplied M109 self-propelled howitzer AND M777 howitzer get wrecked in Khrakov region, East Ukraine while 45 Kiev army drones tumble to ground after they’re shot down by Russian forces. ⚔SITREP⚔ OCT 1 "TO STOP FUNDING UKRAINE IS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAIWAN" according to dead-eyed warmonger Lindsey Graham who claims if Ukraine beats Russia, then China’s less likely to "invade" Taiwan. Bold of him to wear pin of US and Ukrainian flags when he's so happy that Ukrainians are dying in droves... - Intel Report Russian Army's 'BALATON TACTICS' Completely Paralyzed Ukrainian Army Near RABOTINO┃ This Is The END 'Time is our greatest enemy'. 'Time is playing against us'. These are the words that not only independent Ukrainian experts but also retired Western officers began to pronounce more and more often. For four months, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been unable to break through the defense line of the Russian army and achieve at least scanty strategic successes. - BORZZIKMAN BORRELL THE BAREFACED LIAR spouts trash with straight face as EU’s Chief Gardener claims Russia’s "depriving" African and Asian countries of food by stopping Ukrainians from using ships to attempt TERROR attacks. Nice try Borrell but less than 3% of Ukrainian grain actually went to countries in need - meanwhile Russia’s sending grain FOR FREE to nations who need food most. - Intel Report Over $5 BILLION from EU’s "Peace Fund" expected to fund Kiev regime’s war crimes in 2024 proclaims EU’s Chief Gardener Borrell. Borrell adds that 40,000 Ukrainians will be all trained up as cannon fodder by end of year, including some F-16 fighter jet pilots. Borrell can't help but pause awkwardly when mentioning pilots - maybe he knows it’s a waste of time cause Kiev will only get F-16s when hell freezes over. - Intel Report "PURE NAZISM" rearing its ugly head in Europe states Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, as he explains multi-country ban on Russian license plates is symptom of deep-rooted NAZISM in EU. European states have been hiding their true colors for years but now openly proclaim their hatred for Russia and all Russians - "manifestation of what's commonly called Nazism" adds Lavrov. - Intel Report Ukraine continued to push the assault infantry into battle, then occupied the trenches to gain a foothold towards Verbovoye on Zaporozhye front. Some became a fodder for Russian drones, destroying them and thwarting attempts to break through Russian first defenses on Verbovoye. - Military Tube Today
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  14038. Now, things have gotten so bad there’s rumor the U.S. is tightfisting its own supply due to shortages: That means the U.S. and combined West’s 155mm situation is so bad that the U.S. doesn’t even have enough of its own rounds to conduct basic routine training for its own crews, which eats up a certain percentage of rounds per month throughout the year. But now the latest claim being trotted out is that Germany’s Rheinmetall plans to send Ukraine “millions” of rounds: This is all cruel nonsense. It’s hard to understand why they torture Ukrainians with such lies. Is that a joke? 100k shells by the second year? Those should be monthly numbers. Russia is said to be doing 250-350k shells a month at the minimum. And it’s nearly insulting to even comment on Rheinmetall’s claim of building an ammo factory in Ukraine—this is nothing but childish posturing. They know full well such a factory would get a sunny visit from Iskander and his pal Kinzhal and be promptly reduced to constituent silica. Not to mention NATO’s defense firms continue to go up in flames, with reports claiming Germany’s Diehl plant burned for days: But when you take a look at the Caesar production capability you learn that France itself has only 40-60 of them total, depending on source. And each unit takes a whopping 30 months to build—it took them something like 8 years just to build the few dozen that they have. Now of course that doesn’t mean they build one at a time, and the production time has allegedly been “halved” since then—they can build a few simultaneously in those months it takes, but it still means the total “75” is years away. A trickle of a few Caesars per year is not going to do much when Ukraine is facing collapse. The UK is in a similar quandary: Russia’s advantage is that it has many different types of missile systems which are produced independently by various corporations like Novator Design, Raduga, NPO Mash, Zvezda Strela, JSC Tactical Missiles Corp, etc. In conclusion: I remain unconvinced Ukraine can effectively do anything to the Kerch with ATACMS. Secondly, as time goes by the ATACMS will likely get increasingly ineffective as Russia adapts its systems and tactics to it, and AD operators master its signatures. To summarize the mood: ATACMS and all the other aid won’t save Ukraine, but rather “a whole new army” is what will do the trick. And even then, the best case scenario is to “force Moscow to negotiate”—goodbye to 1991 and 2022 dreams. - Simplicius
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  14040. The Hidden Danger Beside Trump: Why Peter Thiel is the Real Threat Trump tried to calm the waters, announcing that Nikki Haley and Mike “Kansas” Pompeo wouldn’t be returning to his team. Smart move, Haley and Kansas, with their cheerleading forever wars and regime change, warmongers and globalist puppets, embody the very swamp Trump claims to drain. But here’s the twist: sitting right beside Trump, grinning like the Cheshire cat, is Peter Thiel, a figure far more insidious than Haley or Pompeo ever were. Thiel isn’t just another billionaire with influence; he’s a Zionist hawk cloaked in Silicon Valley’s libertarian veneer. For years, his empire, particularly Palantir, has been at the forefront of merging Silicon Valley's tech prowess with the national security state, feeding both U.S. and Israeli intelligence networks with data-mining capabilities that would make Orwell blush. This isn't a recent development either, Palantir was designed from its inception as a tool to empower state surveillance, a vision that has seamlessly aligned with the Zionist agenda. In Israel, Thiel’s technology has been used to surveil Palestinian populations, enforcing a brutal occupation under the guise of “security.” And Thiel’s influence doesn’t stop there. He has deep roots in the U.S. military-industrial complex, aligning closely with the CIA through his early investment from In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital arm. From the beginning, Palantir was woven into the fabric of America’s intelligence infrastructure, sold as a “defense” tool, while it quietly expanded a surveillance apparatus across the world, from the Occupied Territories to inner cities in the United States. The Zionist vision of control and surveillance has found its ultimate tool in Thiel’s empire - a Trojan horse that’s eroding civil liberties under the radar. Then there’s the paradox - Thiel, publicly a critic of “wokeism,” has quietly funneled money into (woke) initiatives that stir cultural war within the U.S. It’s an ancient imperial strategy: keep the masses distracted with ideological battles while the real agenda, bolstering Israel’s interests and consolidating a digital surveillance state marches on unopposed. By funding divisive causes and watching America tear itself apart, Thiel isn’t just hedging his bets, he’s ensuring that the spotlight never falls on his own agenda. For Trump to truly align with the idea of American sovereignty, distancing himself from Thiel isn’t a suggestion but a necessity. Thiel doesn’t represent a populist, patriotic agenda; he represents the apex of corporate, Zionist interests, a technocratic elite intent on tightening its grip over policy and control. If Haley and Pompeo were symbols of the neoconservative swamp, Thiel is the lurking shadow, the hidden hand of a corporate-Zionist cabal with a vested interest in manipulating America’s course. Trump, this is much more than merely draining the swamp, it’s about draining the Zionist infiltration embedded within Silicon Valley and the intelligence community. The art of the deal this time around means ensuring the U.S. doesn’t remain a puppet of Silicon Valley’s Zionist ambitions. If you’re serious about reclaiming sovereignty, you’ll keep Thiel at arm’s length, not in the seat beside you. - Gerry Nolan - TheIslanderNews - Intel Republic
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  14041. Mr. President, I believe that the CIA is providing you inaccurate, false intelligence about Russia’s casualties and the condition of its economy. If you hope to realize your goal of opening negotiations with President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, you must be equipped with the best information available. You have been briefed that Russia has suffered devastating losses — as many as 800,000 casualties — and that Russia’s economy is weak and fragile. Data from open sources paint a diametrically opposite picture. It is essential that you understand that Russia views this war as vital to its continued existence. Russia is not fighting to reconstitute the Soviet Empire. It sees Ukraine as a Western-proxy being used to attack Russia with US-and NATO-supplied weapons and intelligence, with the ultimate goal of destroying the current government. Accordingly, the only satisfactory outcome for Russia is to end this threat. President Putin is willing to accept a negotiated settlement provided that Ukraine is stripped of its capacity to launch future attacks on Russia and that NATO ends any consideration of making Ukraine a member of NATO. Here is the critical point: the IMF’s forecast suggests that Russia’s economy continues to show resilience in the face of Western sanctions, largely due to factors such as robust oil and commodity exports to countries like India and China, and the expansion of its military-industrial complex. President Vladimir Putin uses these economic indicators to argue that Western sanctions have been ineffective and to showcase Russia’s economic model to partners in Asia and Africa. His message is resonating with the leaders of the Global South. If you consider Russia’s perspective on the war in terms of casualties and the economy, Vladimir Putin is under no pressure to reach a negotiated settlement that does not address Russia’s strategic concerns that it will no longer face a military threat from NATO. If you fail to understand this and adjust your strategy to make a deal, your efforts to negotiate an end to war in Ukraine will not succeed. - sonar21
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  14051. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - During a reconnaissance mission in the Kursk region, Russian servicemen from the Sever unit of the Northern Group of Forces, grinding the Armed Forces of Ukraine with their notoriously dangerous attack UAV, eliminated fortifications, personnel, and NATO vehicles that they were transporting towards the Russian border. In just a few days, the drones of Sever Group have completed their task, at the peril and great cost to Kiev, which continues to decline in the region after the successful counter-operation of the Russian troops. Today, on the video of September 19, 2024, Sever Group detected a US Stryker armored personnel carrier, driven by Ukrainian soldiers near the settlement of Obody on the territory of Ukraine itself. After analyzing the reconnaissance, Stryker, which decided to leave for Kursk, was completely destroyed by a direct hit of Orion drone. On December 18, a group of Ukrainian soldiers took up positions and camouflaged themselves in a row of trees, trying to attack the Russians. Unbeknownst to them, on the contrary, the Sever Group attack UAV plunged there, and eliminated them with several hits. The drone appeared to be dropping mini-bombs, repeating this over and over again, to make sure that the enemy positions were completely eliminated. In addition, another unrecoverable NATO infantry fighting vehicle, whose name was not mentioned in the report, was targeted by the drone during reconnaissance by Sever Group soldiers in the border zone. A special drone, known as FPV, destroyed the vehicle with a precision strike. The Ukrainian crew did not appear to have gotten out of their vehicle after the fire caused by the encounter with the Russian drone. Video from the previous day, September 17, showed that the Sever Group reconnaissance drone operators observed an interesting scene. They detected Ukrainian armored fighting vehicle moving towards the temporary deployment area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border area. The detected vehicle was immediately destroyed by a 'bird' attack, FPV drone. Shrapnel from the ammunition smoked other vehicle that were parked nearby. The Russian Defense Ministry said on September 19, about the repelling of Ukrainian invasion on the Kursk region of Russia that the Sever Group carried out offensive actions, causing heavy damage and losses to Ukrainian brigades.
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  14061. Transforming the CIA for an Age of Competition – is a shocking display of ignorance and misinformation about Russia, the state of the war in Ukraine and NATO’s military capabilities. Although Burn’s is an educated man and experienced diplomat, this article displays a profound arrogance seasoned with provably false claims. The so-called vision he presents for “transforming the CIA” is a childish fantasy and signals that the CIA is drifting towards being irrelevant as well as incompetent. An intelligence chief like Burns is supposed to bring a non-partisan, objective perspective to an issue like Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine. Burns fails spectacularly on that count. He refuses to acknowledge the role the CIA and Britain’s MI-6 played in sparking the 2014 coup that ousted democratically elected Ukrainian President Yanukovych, which culminated in the Ukrainian military attacking the Russian speaking citizens in the Donbass. That in turn sparked the now ten year civil war and the vote in Crimea to re-join the Russian Federation. Burns is totally disingenuous. He pretends that the West played no role in the subsequent civil war that wracked the Donbass. He ignores the West’s repeated entreaties for Ukraine to join NATO – a firm redline for Vladimir Putin and the Russian Government. And he fails to acknowledge the West’s saber rattling as the U.S. European Command and NATO conducted annual joint military exercises with Ukraine where Russia was the featured foe. Burns’ claims about Russia’s “one-dimensional” economy and weak military capability is beyond shocking. This is the kind of specious claim one normally would expect of a middling university student or a partisan hack. Russia’s economy is anything but one dimensional – it has a robust defense manufacturing capability, is a leader in the production of grain and oil and gas, and is one of the world leaders in supplying critical Rare Earth Elements (aka REE). According to the Foreign Policy Research Institute: After two years of combat in Ukraine, Russia has demonstrated that it can defeat and deter every advanced NATO system provided to Ukraine. Although touted as “game changers” when first supplied to Urkaine – I am referring to the HIMARS, the Javelin anti-tank guided missile and the Patriot missile battery – these systems have proven to be expensive failures. The era of the United States calling the shots and coercing other nations to accede to its policies is coming to an end. When the history of this period is written, the war in Ukraine coupled with the West’s effort to destroy Russia, will be seen as the spark that ignited the fire that burned down the power of the Colonial West. - Sonar21
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  14069. Hunter’s Irony Circus: The Fascist Elite Lecturing on Democracy! Ah, Hunter Biden, the self-styled torchbearer of "democracy," gracing us with his anxieties about “fascist minorities” taking over America. Yes, that Hunter - Mr. Burisma, the very embodiment of cronyism, cozying up to corrupt fascist-oligarchs from Ukraine to Wall Street. Let’s review, shall we? The same man who raked in millions off the back of his father’s influence now fears the erosion of democracy? First, there’s Hunter’s family legacy. For years, Joe Biden, the ever-obliging Washington lifer, has supported Washington's strategic “investments” in Ukraine - and we’re not talking aid for peace but an endless stream of dollars funneled to ultra-nationalist battalions, from Azov to Aidar. Washington bankrolls these battalions via fascist puppets in Ukraine, whose neo-Nazi flags proudly fly, all while painting itself as the paragon of freedom and democracy. It’s an exquisite irony: Hunter’s “democratic” family is in bed with the same factions that openly espouse the fascist ideologies he claims to loathe. But we can't ignore the cherry on top of this irony sundae: AIPAC and Israel. The Bidens sing praises to democracy while propping up Israel's apartheid regime, a state that’s carpet-bombing Gaza with impunity, bulldozing Palestinian homes, and snuffing out lives with a ferocity that would make any fascist regime blush. And Hunter’s talking about the threat of “fascism”? Hunter, the heir to this gilded hypocrisy, isn’t worried about democracy. He’s worried about power slipping through his father’s fingers - and his own, by extension. This isn’t about protecting democracy; it’s about ensuring that the oligarch-backed, lobby-controlled elite (hello, AIPAC!) can continue their game unchecked. If “fascism” was truly his concern, maybe he should look a little closer to home. Hunter, let’s be honest, is the last person to lecture anyone on democracy. His “concerns” are as hollow as his family’s commitment to justice - empty platitudes from the dynasty of the protected, weaponizing the fear of fascism to guard their empire of hypocrisy. - Gerry Nolan The Islander News for Intel Republic
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  14080. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Since Friday night June 13 until now, the skies above Tehran have been lit up with red lines, indicating the activity of Iranian air defense race, continuously shooting down the threats coming over the capital. Visual footage circulated online, Iranian air defenses were activated in the central and northeastern parts of Tehran, responding to luminous objects, additional projectiles from the wave of unprovoked Israeli attacks on Iran. The air defenses worked actively to detect suspicious objects, and opened heavy fire on their targets, causing dozens of projectiles, some sources said enemy cruise missiles, to disintegrate and melt into the night air. Serious air defense activity was reported in the Pasteur Street area of Tehran, where many government buildings and one of Ayatollah Khamenei's residences are located. Local residents filmed the successful activity of Iranian air defenses, cheering the interception of enemy projectiles. Iranian state TV reported that Iran air defenses were activated since Friday morning at full capacity across the country. "Iran air defenses declared their operational capacity at 100 percent," the report said. The Zionists and the West who are beating the drums of war should remember one thing that Iran has the most advanced air and missile defenses in the Middle East. So far, Israeli illegal attacks are still continuing but has decreased after Iranian latest generation air defenses became operational. In yesterday's attack, the Israeli military was humiliated, losing several of its proud F-35 fighter jets, and drones. One of the air defenses is Bavar 373-II, racing to destroy enemy aircraft up to a distance of 400 kilometers.
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  14081. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – On November 24, 2024, drone footage of the battlefield showed the entry of a Russian armored column after artillery preparation and the operation of attack aircraft, carrying out a strategic storming, completely encircling Ukrainian troops taking up positions in the settlement of Ilyinka, located south of the city of Kurakhovo. The armor of the landing assault unit of the 33rd Motorized Rifle Division, using BMP-2M and T-72 "Supermangal" reinforced to combat drones, carried out a series of heavy shelling of the enemy's strategic points. The rapid advance of the armored column met with strong resistance, but the armored column held out well and without losses. The Ukrainian side was targeted unexpectedly from the north of the settlement along the Mokrye Yaly River, to their positions west of the settlement. Here, the Ukrainian troops were caught in a "fire trap", and quickly their defense collapsed due to the coordinated maneuver of the Russian assault units. Then after the operation of the armored column, "Supermangal" was seen sending assault troops to enemy support positions, Ukrainian troops hiding in the ruins of buildings and underground dugouts. The scale of the soldiers' engineering work is impressive - the Armed Forces of Ukraine were unable to make any effort to delay the rapid Russian advance. The brave Russian assault troops, consisting of only a few men, quickly took the suspected points, went through the buildings one by one, where the Ukrainian troops might still be, and cleared them. Meanwhile, two other assault troops approached the Ukrainian trenches under enemy fire. However, in the end they managed to break through the enemy's defenses and quickly capture their important trenches. Then, Ilyinka was cleared efficiently on the same day, as the Ukrainians were unable to hold their positions. On the same day, several Ukrainian sources reported that Russian troops had taken Ilyinka and Romanovka. Meanwhile, the battle continued for Yelizavetivka the next to the river, which was almost completely under Russian control, as reported by Russian military correspondents. Kiev's troops reportedly retreated to avoid encirclement, forcing the Ukrainian command to hastily withdraw the remaining units that managed to escape during the Russian armored assault, which advanced 2 kilometers from the north along the Mokrye Yaly River
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  14088. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Now, Ukraine panic is peaking over Sumy as Russian Flag is more flying proudly over Vodolagi Ukrainian channels complain, reporting that Russian forces managed to establish a strong foothold in the settlement, supported by a large number of infantry, which is advancing relentlessly. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage on May 4, 2025, showing images of the liberation of the new settlement by soldiers of the 1443rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the "North" Group. There, the Russian successes were accompanied by an equally large number of infantry, which was very numerous, and they climbed like cockroaches, Ukrainian channels said. Russian soldiers made similar efforts, moving quickly, with the support of fiber-optic FPV drones, destroying the defenses of the Ukrainian hordes, and not giving them any chance, to act against the Russian group during the decisive operation. As a result, the Ukrainian resistance was suppressed, taken by surprise by the fire of the assault, blowing up their positions. The Russian assault group succeeded in a few days because the unit came from three directions, using bypass and encirclement tactics, not allowing the Ukrainian troops to retreat, the rest surrendered even while crawling towards the Russian soldiers. It is worth noting that the morale of the Russian Armed Forces soldiers has increased after the recent Kiev offensive, which turned towards the collapse of Sumy. The situation in Ukraine is extremely critical because the actions of the Russian soldiers are unstoppable, gaining a foothold in a wide area of 20-25 kilometers. The Kiev troops are shaken to the core, seeing that the Russian advance on Sumy continues rapidly, more settlements continue to fall, and will soon fall! Now, another Tricolor Flag is flying over one of the buildings in the settlement. For a lesson, the Battalion Commander with the call sign 'Mazhor' told how Russian soldiers took and raised the flag in Vodolagi. "We completely captured the settlement in three to four days," the commander said.
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  14091. For over 100 years our government has told us who are the bad guys and who are the good guys. And we dutifully believed because our government would never lie to us – it was unfathomable. Today, our government is caught lying daily. About everything. No PR campaign can undo what has been revealed. Everything we were told was fake – is real, and everything we were told is real has been found to be fake. Therefore, we can assume this fakery will continue unabated because it is all they know. ANY country that opposes US colonization is deemed a ‘terrorist’. Iran had defied the western colonization and thereafter became Enemy Number 1. Like Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Yemen, etc…, the punishment for fighting colonization is death, destruction, and economic suppression. Iran was simply another enemy to pile on the list that is now far greater than the list of our allies!! Does Iran have laws that don’t align with our value structure? You betcha! But the West also embraces laws that don’t align with our value structure – as in illegal border invasion, bribery of politicians, illegal stock market gains, pedophilia, child molestation, etc…. Yet, Iran isn’t bombing the US because of our failures and abuses. Neither is China. Neither is Russia. But all these countries are Enemy Number 1 because they will NOT allow US colonization. As a Bad Guy Campaign – Nikki Haley has declared Iran must be wiped off the face of the earth and American Taxpayers should be willing to spend every last dollar – to do so!!! While a disgraceful UN continues to thrive based on its “Peace Accomplishments”… The US has been involved in 108 Wars since 1776. There are roughly 10 wars ongoing across the globe. This is what the United Nations declares to be ‘peacemaking’. According to a Swedish report, there have been 285 war/conflicts since the UN was created in 1945. Not exactly a stellar accomplishment… It is disheartening – to say the least – to learn that the country you love is run by psychopaths and pathological liars, but at least, Now we Know. - LewRockwell
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  14106. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian Paratroopers from the 51st Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division filmed the situation in the settlement of Krasnooktyabrskoye, which was liberated after launching a fairly large-scale counterattack on the Kursk front on Wednesday. A video confirming this came from a settlement located northwest of Snagost, showing the decisive actions of the paratroopers' reconnaissance unit clearing the Gaponovsky forest and the area around the settlement. Careful work helped to keep the settlement intact, the area was cut off by a sudden Russian counterattack. The lucky Ukrainian troops retreated across the fields, those who could not escape were killed or captured. However, Krasnooktyabrskoye was captured without significant resistance. Among the foreign equipment seized is an International MaxxPro armored vehicle from the United States. The remarkable progress in Kursk is not only from Krasnooktyabrskoye since the counterattack. Photos and videos from the Russian side show Russian marines applying pressure, fighting against Ukrainian troops. Clashes like the one in the footage were reported around Troitskoye and Elizavetovka across the border, while Russian forces were advancing from Korenevo towards Snagost. Russian marines took the lead in the attack with armor group, driving back and firing on Zelensky’s forces, who were trying to fight back against the Russian Armed Forces. Despite the dire situation and the ambitions of their commander, at least five more Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk chose to save their lives rather than continue fighting. Faced with advancing Russian forces, they surrendered by laying down their weapons and raising their hands in surrender. The situation after the clearing in the liberated areas may actually be much worse than it appears on the map. Within a short time, several settlements such as Apanasovka, Byakhovo, Vishnevka, Viktorovka, Vnezapnoe, Gordeevka, Krasnooktyabrskoe, Obukhovka, Snagost and Desyatoye Oktyabrya returned to Russian Armed Forces control, leaving behind piles of destroyed equipment, dead and wounded Ukrainian soldiers beginning to accumulate on the front lines.
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  14118. The West is spinning incidents in the Baltic Sea as purported evidence of a Russian threat, while putting a smoke screen on real attacks that undermine European energy security, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. The EU and NATO have alleged that Moscow was behind multiple cases of power and communication cables being damaged in recent months. Western claims that Moscow is waging a sabotage campaign in the Baltic Sea fit a wider pattern of baseless accusations against Russia, Zakharova said. She told a regular media briefing: “Accusations directed against our nation are being habitually voiced before the circumstances of what had happened are established. We have seen this many times.” She accused the West of “fantastic hypocrisy,” pointing to what she described as the “non-investigation” of the September 2022 attack on the Nord Stream pipelines. The energy links built under the Baltic Sea were intended to deliver Russian natural gas directly to Germany, before being blown up in what Moscow calls a “terrorist attack.” The US benefited the most from the incident and was likely behind it directly or through a proxy, Russian officials have claimed. In early 2022, US President Joe Biden declared that “there will be no Nord Stream,” if Russia used military force against Ukraine. Zakharova criticized Brussels for swiftly demanding action against Russia over the cable incidents after showing no such reaction to the Nord Stream sabotage. “It seems that since Biden said that he would destroy this project, the EU believes that what happened was all proper,” she said. She also condemned the EU for reacting meekly to Kiev’s drone attack on a Russian compressor station last week. The facility pumps natural gas under the Black Sea to Türkiye and multiple consumers in Southern Europe. - RT
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  14125. Since my strong warning of the stupidity and insanity of Western leaders who are without any doubt driving the world to nuclear Armageddon, the hyper dangerous situation has further deteriorated. While we all look forward to Thanksgiving holiday, the leadership of the Western world is setting us up for death. The insanity of the West is so extreme as to be incomprehensible. Not satisfied by taking the US and Europe to war with Russia by firing missiles into Russia, the NATO military committee is openly discussing preemptive missile strikes on Russia. This is extraordinary. At the present moment it is only Putin’s patience that stands between life and death on planet Earth. Putin is willing to tolerate the West’s provocations in the face of his clear warning until Trump assumes the presidency and indicates whether a mutual security agreement between the US and Russia is possible. With life on earth dependent on Putin’s patience with the West, what does the West do? The NATO Military Committee openly discusses a preemptive attack on Russia. To be effective, the attack would have to be nuclear. If not insanity, it is the triumph of evil that the West tells Putin, whose patience is the only guarantor of avoidance of nuclear war, that NATO is considering preemptive strikes on Russia. For a person of my generation, such callous disregard for human life as Western “leaders” proclaim is incomprehensible. With nuclear war on the table, the task is to defuse the threat, not to inflame it. But the insane West has chosen to inflame it. - LewRockwell
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  14129. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Last night, the Ukrainian military needed to deliver reinforcements to its troops in the Kursk border region, and wanted to move stealthily at night, but the Mil Mi-28 Night Hunter of the Russian Army Aviation stopped them from doing so, the Russian Defense Ministry released the helicopter combat duty today on August 21, 2024. Night vision and IR devices, allow to effectively attack targets day and night. With guided anti-tank missiles fired and used during sorties, the Mi-28 worked against Kiev's military reserves, burning down targets as shown in the footage. Kiev was badly hit even before their personnel did their job, even in one action the Russian attack helicopters would turn fantasy into the worst nightmare! The crews of Russian helicopters are tireless! The Mi-28 all-weather anti-armor attack helicopter, continuously carry out unstoppable air strikes, especially in recent days, which forced Ukraine together with its Western partners, to suffer heavy losses on the border. Daily targeted strikes on Ukrainian personnel and materiel concentrated on the border, and aircraft return to base after using aviation weapons. As reported by the Russian Marines yesterday on August 20, Ukrainian personnel and Western armored hardware columns were destroyed near Korenevo. Allegedly, dozens of vehicles including two Stryker and one Kozak armored personnel carriers, one Canadian-made Roshel SARV armored fighting vehicle, one Cougar mine-resistant vehicle, and one HMMWV armored vehicle were destroyed or damaged in one helicopter action, several Ukrainian servicemen from the 82nd Separate Air Assault Brigade were captured. In Kursk, which was led by Western units to cross the Russian border zone earlier this month, flight crews on helicopters mainly "Ka-52", "Mi-28" and "Mi-35", daily support servicemen by conducting strikes on manpower, armored and motorized convoys of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Russian Aerospace Forces also carry out missions involving search and rescue teams including fire support groups and paramedics, evacuation and transportation of pilots to military health facilities.
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  14132. Western sanctions are not a temporary measure but rather a tool for applying strategic pressure on Russia, President Vladimir Putin has said. The country’s rivals will always seek to weaken it, he added on Tuesday, speaking during a meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) in Moscow. According to the president, a total of 28,595 sanctions have been imposed against Russian companies and individuals in recent years, more than all other restrictions against other countries combined. He added that the West does not intend to hold back, threatening new sanctions and “churning out these packages one after another.” “Sanctions are not temporary or targeted measures; they are a mechanism of systemic, strategic pressure on our country,” Putin said. According to Putin, even if sanctions against the country are eased, the West will find another way to “throw a wrench in the works.” Since 2014, the United States and the European Union have imposed a wide range of restrictions on Russia in response to Crimea joining the country following a violent, Western-backed coup in Kiev. The measures covered sectors such as defense, energy, banking, and trade. Following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, the US and EU dramatically expanded the measures, with Brussels introducing 16 packages of restrictions which included asset freezes and travel bans on hundreds of individuals. They disconnected major Russian banks from the SWIFT system, and Western countries froze hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian central bank reserves held abroad. According to the Russian government, Western sanctions have inadvertently strengthened Russia’s economy by promoting self-reliance and reducing the country’s dependence on foreign technology. - RT
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  14168. This week’s Underground -- which Michael Matt dedicated to Pope Saint Pius X -- will remove the blindfold. Why Pope Pius X? Watch and see! First the good news: Trump’s FBI pledges to defend Latin Mass Catholics from what’s left of Joe Biden’s weaponized Justice Department. Michael takes a hard look at a geopolitical conspiracy theory about which few Americans want to speak – the US/ISRAEL covenant. Yes, Trump looked silly kissing up to Bibi Netanyahu this week, promising to turn Gaza into the Rivera of the Mideast. But the question here is why? Why does Trump – like every US President back to Harry S. Truman – feel obligated to make Israel his top priority? Trump’s just “flooding the zone” again? Sorry, no. . . not this time, Michael provides clips of Jared Kushner and Mike Huckabee alrady talking about relocating the Palestinians many years ago. This is vintage Zionism, and Trump knew exactly what he was saying. But again, why? What’s in it for him? And what’s in it for us? Why are we sending two-thousand-pound bunker buster bombs and billions of US dollars to Israel? And if it’s antisemitic to ask these questions, why are so many Jews asking them? The latest being Wallace Shawn of The Princess Pride fame, who just blasted the Israelis as “worse than the Nazis”. Now why would a Jewish guy say such a thing, unless there’s more to this story? Plus, what did Pope Saint Pius X say about all this to Theodore Hertzl (the Father of Zionism) way back in 1906? Why did Trump have a three-hour meeting with Bill Gates this week? Really? Bill Gates… again?! If you want to see beyond the veil to what’s really going on here, watch and share this video. In fact, I dare you. - Remnant TV
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  14176. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The legendary Akhmat Special Forces shared the first footage of their exit through the gas pipeline on the way to Sudzha in the historic operation of the Russian Armed Forces, which will mark the final stage of the Kursk offensive. The footage was published on March 12, 2025 by a commander of the Akhmat Special Forces "Hades Group" with the call sign "Aid", revealing the successful operation of the Russian Gazprom pipeline by the assault group of the "Akhmat", also involving the 11th Airborne Brigade, the 30th Regiment, and the Russian Spetsnaz Special Forces. Immediately after exiting the gas pipeline in the Kubatkino farm area, all this was right behind the lines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, disrupting the positions of enemy troops, securing key positions, and destroying them in Sudzha, which has now almost all been liberated. The fighters fought shoulder to shoulder, united by a common goal - to protect the homeland, and Russian values. 'The liberation of Sudzha from the Armed Forces of Ukraine is only a matter of 10 days. The Ukrainian forces have only two options. Try to leave Sudzha or die forever, said the commander of the Akhmat Special Forces, Hero of Russia Apti Alaudinov, on the "60 Minutes" show about the liberation of Kursk Region. As of March 12, almost the entire Sudzha salient is under Russian control, as shown in the footage. They have surrounded Sudzha from almost all sides, and fighting is already going on around Sudzha itself. The rest of the territory, in principle, is almost all cleared - all forest plantations, all residential areas, almost everything is liberated. There are still a few settlements left that have not been completely cleared. The capture of Sudzha marks a further collapse of the Ukrainian military amid NATO's silence on these losses, exposing their failure to support Kiev's failure. Reportedly, Ukrainian forces are retreating from Zamostye under heavy fire. Recent footage shows Russian soldiers checking monitors, where a large group of Ukrainian troops are retreating westward on Rosa Luxemburg Street in the western part of Sudzha, likely fleeing towards the border. Clear indications that Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from the eastern part of Sudzha. The next video shows a Russian soldier walking leisurely along Oktyabrskaya Street and its surroundings. As a reminder, the footage shows how the commander of the Special Forces 'Akhmat' Apti Alaudinov explains the task to his fighters a few days before they crawl through the gas pipeline to Sudzha on March 1. 'We will change the course of this war completely,' Alaudinov added. And he is absolutely right!
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  14181. scientific experts from around the world in a variety of fields are pushing back. In peer-reviewed studies, they cite a wide range of flaws with the global temperature data used to reach the dire conclusions; they say it’s time to reexamine the whole narrative. Problems with temperature data include a lack of geographically and historically representative data, contamination of the records by heat from urban areas, and corruption of the data introduced by a process known as “homogenization.” The flaws are so significant that they make the temperature data—and the models based on it—essentially useless or worse, three independent scientists with the Center for Environmental Research and Earth Sciences (CERES) explained. The experts said that when data corruption is considered, the alleged “climate crisis” supposedly caused by human activities disappears. Instead, natural climate variability offers a much better explanation for what is being observed, they said. With no climate crisis, the justification for trillions of dollars in government spending and costly changes in public policy to restrict carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions collapses, the scientists explained in a series of interviews about their research. Data taken from rural temperature stations, ocean measurements, weather balloons, satellite measurements, and temperature proxies such as tree rings, glaciers, and lake sediments, “show that the climate has always changed,” “They show that the current climate outside of cities is not unusual,” he said, adding that heat from urban areas is improperly affecting the data. “If we exclude the urban temperature data that only represents 3 percent of the planet, then we get a very different picture of the climate.” - LewRockwell
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  14185. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian troops dropped leaflets calling for the surrender of Ukrainian troops, who are still entrenched in Novoukrainka in the South Donetsk direction west of Ugledar. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage yesterday, September 23, 2024, showing a UAV team from the artillery reconnaissance unit of the Vostok Group of Forces of the Pacific Fleet Marine Brigade, dropping about 100-150 leaflets with special QR codes on the positions of Zelensky's troops. Using drones, each leaflet dropped contained a call to immediately abandon their weapons, giving the enemy the opportunity to surrender on the battlefield, and instructions on how to do so, before their positions are powerfully storming! A leaflet can sometimes have the same effect as a projectile! After that, three other soldiers from the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Army, took advantage of the Russian leaflets after dropped, and they decided to abandon their positions near Novoukrainka. One of the prisoners, Alexander, even advised everyone in other positions to surrender. They treat us normally here, they promised that there will be an exchange soon and they will exchange us,” Alexander added. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian troops who did not heed Alexander’s advice are facing a terrible fate under Russian shelling. Today, September 24, new glide bombs by Su-34 bomber, pounded their deployment points on the flank of the front line between Novoukrainka and Ugledar. Objective control data on the breakthrough by Russian units in this section, they have occupied a bridgehead on Kashlagach River, and advanced 4 kilometers deep into the town of Ugledar. The main goal was to quickly cut off the last Ukrainian logistics that were trapped, and now the entire town, under heavy fire from Russian MLRS, is likely to force the remaining soldiers, to leave the town before the final assault. The two-year battle for Ugledar, is likely to end with a victory for the Russian troops!
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  14189. So much assurance without even a shred of proof presented. It’s actually incredible when you step back a moment and consider how the West lives increasingly in a total fantasy construct. On every global issue or flashpoint, Western media no longer exercises even the barest scruples, instead blanketly reporting the most fantastical tales with zero corroboration. In Iran we’re expected to believe Israel “decimated” the entire Iranian air defense network, countless major labs and buildings, despite zero proof apart from a single grainy satellite photo that shows a slight discoloration somewhere—far less proof than we got from Iran’s much more massive strike on Israeli bases during True Promise 2.0. In Georgia, Western press reports with shameless authority that the election was ‘stolen’ despite no credible evidence. Threats, lies, and propaganda are flung with no accountability or attempt at justification; it seems we’ve entered the rapid parabolic singularity point of the ‘post-truth’ era in the West. Western intelligentsia and its corrupt crony political class must now likewise balloon their brazen lies to infinity just to keep from drowning in them as if the buoyancy of volume will keep them up. It seems obvious that Kiev is creating a preemptive excuse for their imminent loss of Kursk and the total catastrophic failure of the Kursk operation. In order to excuse and justify the massive failure, can conjure the ‘North Korean phantom menace’ to claim “we only lost because Russia introduced a surprise shock force of 10,000 North Korean special forces!” - Simplicius
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  14194. While Ukraine was carrying out these 90% phony psyops with some modest success, Russia has been goring the AFU on the actual battlefield. Not only were there several reports of operational strikes on manpower consolidations like the following: But even the AFU themselves wrote of grievously painful losses. For instance, 108 Avdeevka ‘defenders’ were sent home for the holidays and their transport was struck by Russian precision weaponry, killing the entire group, as recounted by Ukrainian political scientists Vitaly Bala: Imagine that, 108 men wiped out in a single blow. It almost inclines one to quickly forget about an empty ‘landing ship’. He plainly states that they suffered more losses per day than they had previously suffered for entire months. That means to push Russian forces back those measly 1-2km behind the railroad tracks was costing them likely hundreds of lives per day, if not more—another example of Russian echeloned defense designed to systematically fall back while ‘leading’ the enemy through pre-set killboxes. The same soldier even makes an astonishing claim about NATO’s top gear, particularly the Abrams. He says the Abrams is useless because its low-positioned filters clog up every few minutes in Ukrainian terrain, requiring constant cleaning in the middle of battle, lest the tank entirely shut down: This segues us to the final section of battlefield updates. Russian forces have been making a lot of progress, finally officially capturing Marinka after nearly a decade. Even Zaluzhny confirmed the “full withdrawal” of AFU from Marinka during the press conference: Another exasperated AFU soldier wonders why society continues to downplay Russians as second rate when the AFU is being so badly slaughtered by them each day: - Simplicius
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  14198. Update on the conflict in Ukraine for January 21, 2024… - As Ukraine and its Western sponsors continue losing the conflict strategically, Ukraine continues conducting military operations to win public relations victories; - Ukrainian drone strikes on St. Petersburg and a Russian oil depot inflicted no tactically or strategically significant damage; - Such strikes have demonstrably only galvanized the Russian population further behind Moscow and are admittedly aimed at encouraging the Ukrainian population to remain invested in the conflict; - The US government has claimed that without further financial aid, Ukraine will decisively lose the conflict, omitting the fact that even with additional financial resources, the arms and ammunition Ukraine needs does not exist to be purchased and transferred to Ukraine in the first place; - France has urged arms manufacturers to boost output, claiming to have switched to a “war economy mode,” despite the necessary prerequisites to do so not being met and France being unable to boost output without huge investments in both money measured in billions, and time measured in years; - The fate of a Russian A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft continues to remain at the center of Western commentary, specifically because of a lack of strategically significant developments in Ukraine’s favor on the battlefield. The fact that Western media admits the allegedly destroyed plane has already been replaced reveals how insignificant the incident is; - The Western media continues promoting narratives of heavy Russian losses around Avdeevka, identical to narratives that preceded the fall of Bakhmut to Russian forces last year; - While such narratives are meant to depict Russia as weak and failing, the relentless tidal wave of men and equipment would not be possible unless Russia possessed vastly superior means of raising manpower and military industrial output; - The New Atlas
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  14201. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Units of the "Center" Group of Troops of the Russian Armed Forces are advancing on Selidovo faster than the Armed Forces of Ukraine expected. Open sources reported until October 25, 2024, that in a few days Russian troops unexpectedly take a foothold at least 2/3 of the city's territory, forcing Ukrainians to flee to the western part of the city. The dynamics of the battle for the city accelerated after Russian troops developed a pincer on the flank of Vishnevoe, which is now completely cut off, and then began to penetrate it into the strategically important urban area on the Pokrovsk direction. One of the attempts by Ukrainian troops to counterattack, but the Russian "Brave O" unit blocked them with RPG. Their armored vehicles and infantry were hit, and the troops rushed to take cover in high-rise buildings. But around them, the Russian assault troops were informed of their location. Drone footage shows that the 433rd Motorized Rifle Regiment, named after the Don Cossacks of the 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, has raised the Russian flag on the roof of a high-rise building in the center of Selidovo. Meanwhile, the situation is critical for the rest of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, trapped in the Selidovo cauldron. Russian forces deliberately surrounded the city to force Zelensky’s troops to flee before launching a final assault without significant damage to the city’s fabric. Videos of Ukrainian soldiers fleeing began to emerge, their MRAP driving into the streets controlled by the Russian assault troops, and being attacked with small arms. “No Kornet ATGM,” they said in Russian during the trip, and had to be censored. Many Ukrainian soldiers did not manage to escape the Selidovo fortifications, now only having a 2-kilometer strip of land, which they could still use to run to the wheat fields heading west. They apparently fled during the night, but not everyone was able to leave, possibly being attacked and captured by Russian troops. Here, the situation is such that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have installed Ugledar-2 there. Russian military correspondents released a clip on October 25, the first panoramic footage of Selidovo in Donetsk, where the Ukrainian forces are retreating, indicating that the city was not particularly prepared for defense, and that Ukraine lacks the human resources to conduct a permanent defense. Now, the battle to liberate the West City area has begun!
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  14206. This is what happens when your beyond worthless leadership sees no problem indiscriminately shelling civilians which caused this war in the first place, as evinced by the deaths of the innocents in the Donbass at the diabolic hands of the Ukes! - Russia Dropped 5 FAB Bombs On Ukrainian Units On Kherson Front. Ukraine Evacuates Avdiivka HQ - Project Great Several dozen Ukrainian drones have been spotted and destroyed over the Black Sea and the northwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula, the Russian military said early Sunday morning. Russian air defenses have prevented yet another “attempted terrorist attack by the Kiev regime” with 36 plane-type drones intercepted en route to Crimea, the military said in a brief statement shortly before 2am local time, without providing any further details. - RT NOT THE RESULT THEY WERE HOPING FOR as "AI generated, agenda-free" news page Terror Alarm posts poll asking people to choose between "Forces of Light" (Israel, US, EU and their satellite states) vs "Forces of Darkness" led by Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Lebanon and others. 90+% out of almost 15 thousand votes and counting choose who they believe is the actual force of good as poll clearly shows people aren't buying West's propaganda anymore. - Intel report Zakharova said the “unmanned aerial vehicles used to attack the nuclear power plant had components supplied by Western countries.” She went on to claim that the Ukrainian leadership has no qualms about resorting to “nuclear terrorism” in its conflict with Russia. The spokeswoman emphasized that the latest aerial incursion “could have resulted in a full-scale nuclear disaster that would have affected many countries.” She also alleged that Kiev’s Western backers had most probably been either notified of the upcoming attack in advance, or even given the go-ahead for it. Zakharova concluded by calling on countries as well as international organizations and NGOs to “condemn Kiev’s barbaric actions.” - RT
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  14223. Another in the list of disasters, well deserved, for an Army having no problem making a priority of the killing of innocents! This situation today is pure evil, and could lead to events that could change the world in very disastrous and deadly ways for all; even to such an extent as to threaten mankind. But that leads us to the real problem in all our lives, and exposes the biggest threat to the human population, which is any and all central authority, governments, and rule. You see, no government cares in the least about the people, as those who choose to rule are monsters bent only on money, power, and control over those it dominates. They do not give a damn about what they consider to be the “useless eaters,” and treat all as sheep to be herded into submission and compliance, or slaughtered for the sole benefit of the agendas of the State. - LewRockwell From the standpoint of the Big Picture, nothing that anyone sane has seen in these battle reports from multiple sources shows any hope of the Uke Armies winning the war for their NATO slave masters. What is shown is the piecemeal destruction of these Armies being attrited into oblivion on All Fronts by the Combined Russian Armed Forces! NO TO CEASEFIRE as US vetoes UN resolution that would have condemned Hamas’s surprise attack and called on "humanitarian pauses" in conflict to deliver essential aid to MILLIONS in Gaza Strip. Washington’s excuse? It’s "disappointed" that resolution "makes no mention of Israel’s rights of self-defense" (US Ambassador to UN Thomas-Greenfield in vid above)… Meanwhile bumbling Biden’s offering $100 million in humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank, claiming that Tel Aviv will allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza from Egypt. - Intel Report MINI MUSHROOM CLOUD blooms near Crimea’s Sevastopol (vids above) after Kiev army resorts to using converted anti-air missiles in desperate attempt to attack Russia’s Black Sea Fleet HQ. Air defenses intercept 2 missiles that fall to ground, exploding but causing no damage or casualties. - Intel Report
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  14235. MIIITARY TUBE TODAY – The latest adventure of Zelensky's troops ended in their trenches, at least a small group of soldiers from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, wiped out directly in their dugouts around the outskirts of the village of Popovka The enemy troops reportedly continued the Kiev's ground attack attempt into Belgorod Region on April 11, but were met by suicide FPV drones from the Special Forces “Anvar”, which were operating around the clock, tracking down any movement of another Ukrainian invading groups. Whether they realized it or not, the Ukrainian troops were doing nothing in their trenches under Russian surveillance, crawling here and there, while also going into nearby dugouts for safety, as shown in the footage released by the UAV operator “Anvar”. This means that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are increasingly acting in disarray on the move, without any equipment or fire support - with the corresponding consequences. Cheap Russian FPV drones, picking off the troops one by one, seem to have little to do in their shelters. As in the view, these Ukrainian soldiers failed on their mission, as did others in Popovka, where Kiev began its invasion from the Sumy Region to Belgorod almost a month ago, eventually the troops in the dugouts were destroyed by airstrikes. Russian sources report that the offensive to secure Popovka and Demidovka areas has begun! The two settlements have come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, where Zelensky's adventure ended with the elimination of at least two battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine there. In the current configuration of the front line, Russian forces have actually begun to impose tactical instability on Ukraine, the destruction of Kiev's equipment at the time of concentration makes large-scale deliveries to the contact line becoming impossible.
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  14239. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian forces have made new progress by taken another group of Ukrainian soldiers including British mercenaries, who were captured around Sudzha while fighting for Kiev in Kursk region. The Russian military channel released footage on November 24, 2024, showing an Ukrainian soldier who did not surrender being eliminated on the spot by Russian soldiers, he was carrying civilian clothes and some another unusual equipment. Furthermore, his fellow Ukrainian soldiers, also consisting of 12 soldiers at a strong point in the northwestern part of Plekhovo, south of Sudzha. The Russian military reported by the interrogation that the prisoners shot at civilian and military vehicles, mined the highway in their operations mainly at night. They were specially trained for urban combat in Britain as per their confession. This once again proves the direct involvement of Britain in the war against Russia. James Scott Rhys Anderson a captured British soldier, as a signalman who identified himself and was wearing green military gear, has appeared online. The 22-year-old soldier who served in the British Army from 2019-2023, along with his comrades from Ukrainian Foreign Legion, decided to go and earn money on the Kiev side after experiencing personal hardships. He traveled to Ukraine via Krakow, Poland, entering through the Medyk checkpoint, and he was part of the fierce battles at Kursk, where Ukrainian forces were defending their newly acquired territory. James was lucky to survive, captured at Plekhovo strongpoint in the fighting, which is unlikely to have paid him several months of wages from Kiev. So far, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports that 141 British mercenaries have been killed during the Ukrainian conflict. Sources report that Russian forces are advancing towards Plekhovo. There is another forest to the east of Plekhovo, which is under Ukrainian control, which could be used to fire on advancing Russian forces. This means that Russian forces are likely to surround this forest, before taking over the settlement.
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  14241. The “world’s most advanced military” took three months to manage a claimed capture of that while fighting a completely technologically outmatched foe who they outnumber 500k to ~10k. The IDF also has now used this capture as excuse to explain the dismissal of several top brigades to the rear for reconstitution. Instead of being made combat ineffective, the line is now that they have valiantly completed their mission and are taking a rest. They claim that in capturing Gaza City, they have eliminated 8000 Hamas fighters. However, John Kirby himself appears dubious regarding this, as he implies that Hamas has not been measurably attrited: And here is the Israeli ambassador to the UK just nonchalantly admitting that all of Gaza must be destroyed: Where does such inhuman barbarity stem from, you wonder? I believe it is a case of simple unrestrained human nature. Those who’ve read books like Lord of the Flies know that humans can very quickly devolve into quite immoral, depraved, and Machiavellian brutes if there are no checks in place to restrain some of human nature’s darker impulses. You see, it’s not that all humans are necessarily mindlessly depraved by nature per se, but rather that it’s very easy to set off a cascade event of unethical behavior when only a small pilot group initiates it. Israel has carried out terror and crimes for decades that any other country in the world would have been immediately reproached, condemned, and sanctioned for. This has created a sense of unparalleled historical entitlement and exceptionalism in Israeli society such that they feel no qualms whatsoever about glibly and openly calling for genocide. In any other society, it would not only make instant headlines but would make the top docket at the UN human rights council meetings. But in Israel, you can call for genocide, you can demean the Palestinians with open racism as Israeli TV so often does, and it doesn’t get so much as a passing glance or shrug. Israel has been the favored son for so long, its most transgressive acts ignored and tacitly allowed for such a length of time, that it has simply developed a natural sense of entitlement and divine exceptionalism. Now, when the world suddenly stands up to it for the first time, Israel is dumbstruck with feigned shock like a child caught with its hand in the cookie jar. In the same vein, Nikki Haley’s call to relocate all Gazans into “Hamas” countries is clearly an attempt to subconsciously link innocent civilians to ‘terrorism’. And that’s of course besides the fact that she’s openly calling for ethnic cleansing of an entire population, which is a crime against humanity, and goes against every international law—except the western Luciferian “Rule of Law”. As to Lloyd’s “minor elective procedure”—which appeared to leave him comatose for nearly an entire week—there’s no definitive word. But some suspect it may have been an emergency surgical extraction of an uncashed Raytheon kickback from his netherside. - Simplicius
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  14246. Some final thoughts on the appointment from another analyst: Belousov's appointment promises a total audit of all financial flows of the Ministry of Defense. He is a fairly tough and effective manager known for his practical approach to business. He often had an unpopular point of view on the work of accountable structures, which is probably what the Ministry of Defense needs now. And there’s always this, for the believers: The new Russian minister of defense, Andrey Belousov, is a practicing Orthodox Christian. He has personally donated to & built a monastery in the Vladimir Oblast: “Russia must become the guardian of the traditions of Christian civilisation. The era of globalism is over.” Acquaintances of Andrei Belousov told The Bell (foreign agent) that he periodically serves as an altar boy in one of the churches, presumably in the Vladimir region. Since the beginning, Putin has been slowly clearing out the calcified structures, upwardly promoting and mobilizing deserving men to replace the hangers-on from the dusty ages of long time past. This is a continual and unending process, but it has bore fruit and today we see its ongoing progression. The spring renewal of change and adaptation is a good thing. As a last quick mention of the ongoing Kharkov offensive, Russia is demining entire fields by setting them on fire and burning all the mines off: Many Ukrainian military-linked channels are in panic or disorder, now openly accusing Ukrainian leadership of not having built any defenses in the north. It’s clear that what began as a coping attempt to downplay the northern advance is now turning into an open debacle: The AFU is now scrambling to plug the holes by routing its most elite units to the north, with GUR spetsnaz and Kraken reportedly coming to the rescue. Unfortunately for them, several Kraken groups have already been captured by Russian forces. for once, this offensive has been marked by a specific emphasis on the fact that Russian forces are utilizing effective combined arms tactics, with several frontline reports making pains to note that artillery and drone utilization is good, communications are notably coordinated and running fluidly, It seems whoever is running the ‘Northern Wind’, as some are calling it, is doing a very competent job thus far. It was likewise already confirmed by other Ukrainian military accounts that the AFU was forced to withdraw much-needed units from the Avdeevka and Chasov Yar fronts to reinforce the worsening Kharkov direction: The dilemma, for Ukrainian leaders, is that a feint can turn into an offensive with little notice—as long as the Russians can spare the forces from their operations in the east. “It is a shrewd approach, considering Ukraine's manpower constraints,” Finnish analyst Joni Askola wrote. Meanwhile, AFU sources themselves report that Russia only started off utilizing 7% of its regional forces, subsequently increasing it to 15%—which should give an idea of what’s yet to come: Spokesman for Ukraine’s battlegroup Khortitsa, Nazar Voloshin, states Russia launched 22+ guided bombs on Volchansk today: - Simplicius
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  14255. Update on the conflict in Ukraine for Sunday November 10, 2024… The Western media is citing the recent US presidential election as a turning point for the Ukraine conflict, with Kiev facing abandonment and defeat despite both having already long-since materialized; Various proposals are being discussed regarding the freezing or ending of the conflict, proposals that were being developed independently of US elections; Meanwhile, Western reports indicate Russian military power continuing to grow while Ukrainian arms, ammunition, and trained manpower continue to dwindle as Ukraine’s loss of territory accelerates; While many see President-elect Donald Trump as seeking to undo harmful US foreign policy enacted by the previous administration, in his previous term he himself helped advance the US proxy war with Russia by both arming Ukraine and withdrawing from arms control treaties allowing the US to station more dangerous long-range weapons in Europe pointed at Russia; The incoming Trump administration, like those before it, view Ukraine, Israel, and “Taiwan” as US allies and are simply reprioritizing the flow of US resources to the latter two as Ukraine’s irreversible defeat unfolds; US political candidates incapable of openly and clearly identifying US foreign policy as aggressive, illegal, unacceptable, and at the center of the many global conflicts it has created including in Ukraine, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region, are simply selling American voters “hope” with no real intention of changing anything; - The New Atlas
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  14271. An outrageous deluge of exaggerated WWIII propaganda has hit the networks. Every pundit is tearing their hair out at a slew of canard-riddled reports, taken entirely out of context, deliberately misinterpreted, or pumped up in phony headlines for people who don’t read the actual article contents. How can Biden return Russian nukes to Ukraine? It doesn’t even make sense and is the most absurd of the current panic-inducing psyops. Nothing of the sort: the “anonymous official” is merely suggesting it on his own behalf, and trying to pass it off as Biden’s idea. This is merely crude amateur fantasy on behalf of the writer or some no name desk jockey to be dismissed as the leaky refuse it is. This entire fake stems from a single quote from “Admiral” Rob Bauer, head of the ‘NATO Military Committee’. The irrelevant pipsqueak mewled something along these lines to powder on the phony fear-porn: But now Ukraine has struck Kursk region with ATACMS for definite. We know this because in a rare move, the Russian MOD openly confirmed it by posting photos of the ATACMS boosters themselves. This comes directly from the MOD: Of course, the fact that Ukrainian AD radar operators continue being laid to rest from Russian strikes as a daily occurrence is routinely swept under the rug, As for the frontline, things get worse and worse. A Ukrainian officer actually on the front reports soon Kursk will be swarmed: Meanwhile Julian Roepcke inadvertently debunks ‘high Russian losses’ during assaults by admitting a mere 10 Russian troops are capturing entire town centers to no resistance: Major advances have been recorded with Russia now holding nearly half of Kurakhove and capturing most of the open plains to the south and southeast: But the bigger surprise were the sudden advances around Velyka Novosilka which caught Ukrainians totally off guard. Not only was Rozdolne captured to the north but Russians made a shock breakthrough to the eastern edges of Velyka Novosilka town itself, embedding themselves and initiating the fight for the town for the first time: - Simplicius
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  14273. [Uke lies destroyed at the UN!] Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, has accused Ukrainian forces of hitting a children’s hospital with an air defense missile, declaring that if a Russian missile had struck the building, “there would be nothing left.” In an address to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Dr. Vladimir Zhovnir, the director of Kiev’s Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, accused Russia of deliberately striking the facility on Monday. Two people died and scores were injured in the blast, Zhovnir claimed, calling the incident “not just a war crime, [but] far beyond the limit of humanity.” “Does Mr. Zhovnir understand that if it was a Russian missile, there would be nothing left of the building?” Nebenzia responded. “Children and adults would have died rather than been injured.” Nebenzia explained that Russian forces targeted the Artemov missile plant in Kiev on Monday, and that “this target was hit.” “Since the plant is located approximately 2km from the children’s hospital, there is every reason to believe that the Ukrainian air defense missile that hit it was intended for a Russian missile that hit the plant,” he stated, adding that “this tragedy could have been avoided if the Ukrainian Armed Forces had not deployed air defense in residential areas.” The Russian Defense Ministry has also explicitly denied striking the hospital. In an official statement on Monday, the ministry said that “photos and video footage from Kiev clearly confirm” that the building was hit by a falling “Ukrainian air defense missile launched from an anti-aircraft missile system within the city.” - RT
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  14275. Ukes really good at targeting civilians, their MO! Over the past day, Ukraine fired about 140 ammunition at villages in Belgorod region (pre-war West Russia), several explosive devices were dropped from drones - Ukraine-bordering region's governor Gladkov. - Intel Report "THEY DUG THEIR OWN MASS GRAVES", says Russian soldier as Moscow's forces allowed Ukrainian soldiers, trying to cross the Dnieper near Kazachi Lagerya, to go ashore, before firing artillery at the Ukrainian boats that were unloading. In total, about 150 soldiers, mostly mercenaries met their makers (some of them killing each other) - trophies are captured, including dozens of foreign weapons, ammunition, radio stations, and even US police equipment . - Intel Report TOTAL WIPE OUT: Watch as Russian artillery smashes Ukrainian position in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), where up to 190 soldiers got mangled or killed. Elsewhere, ammo depot destroyed, and up to 600 Ukrainian soldiers between killed or injured in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), more than 130 cannon fodder in Kupyansk, East Ukraine. ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 18 Russia thwarts Ukrainian drone terror attack on Moscow. Drone discovered by air defense forces, suppressed by electronic warfare and crashed in a deserted area causing no casualties or damage. - Intel Report Russia's Lancet kamikaze drone descends from video's left top corner and strikes Western-supplied tank with a perfect pinpoint hit. Obliterating it in a cloud of dust as it stands next to a massive crater courtesy of a Russian mammoth FAB-500 explosion - Not hard yet? That hole was filled with Ukrainian soldiers taking shelter behind the tank - their fate is now sealed. - Intel Report
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  14278. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The joint siege of the Syrian Arab Army along with the Russian Armed Forces against various units of the rebel forces against the Syrian government has began following their attacks on the Syrian Army. On November 27, the rebels in Idlib launched their major attack around the western areas of Aleppo Province in Northeastern Syria, the timing of the attack just hours after Netanyahu's warning to Assad about "playing with fire", for supporting the Palestinian and Lebanese struggles, indicating a broader geopolitical strategy coinciding with the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon. As in the footage, the rebel forces attacked the Syrian Army with heavy weapons and MANPADS. Furthermore, additional reinforcements of special forces from the Syrian Arab Army arrived at the gates of Aleppo to stop them! The video reportedly shows the Syrian Army's MLRS now shots fire, hitting allied militias positions from the Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS), who are advancing in Aleppo. This is to stop the extremist rebels who violated the de-escalation agreement, started operations that endanger civilians and have reportedly captured the village of Zerbeh from the Assad Army in the area. Western media use the term 'Syrian Opposition' in the context of the conflict in Syria, and this attack as "the occupation by the Assad militias", who defeated the threat of the rebels for now along with Russian forces with heavy artillery fire. In addition, it was reported that the Syrian Arab Army was involved in fierce clashes with al-Nusra rebel units while the joint Russian-Syrian Air Force also took action in the town of Atarib. Aviation prepared for bombing strikes, which hit rebel positions as they advanced west of Aleppo city. According to Syrian sources today on November 28, more than 200 al-Nusra rebels have been neutralized since the offensive began. Regardless of whether Aleppo falls or not, the city has fallen before to President Assad and the possibility of returning Idlib to Syrian government control is currently being discussed.
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  14279. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Group after group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a state of low morale, began to surrender en masse, even Russian troops began to take them prisoner en masse following the collapse of the Kursk front. Videos began to go viral on the internet on March 10, 2025, showing a new wave of Ukrainian invading troops and foreign mercenaries, surrendering en masse in the last two days, realizing that the situation was becoming increasingly hopeless, and they preferred to become Russian prisoners of war rather than cannon fodder for Zelensky. The Kursk front changed at lightning speed, showing the results of the work of the Russian Armed Forces by liberating several settlements in the sector, turning into a massive defeat for Ukraine with heavy losses in human resources and equipment. Since the start of hostilities in Kursk, 66,270 soldiers have been killed, according to the Russian Defense Ministry as of March 10. Now, the Ukrainian front in the northern sector has been surrounded, which has determined the fate of more than 1,500 soldiers including foreign mercenaries! Another group of prisoners voluntarily surrendered to Russian troops from Ivashkovsky, located north of Sudzha which was liberated by the 30th Regiment. A group of 8 Ukrainian soldiers who had just arrived in Kursk, guided by a Russian reconnaissance drone, were then taken to the Russian detention zone for interrogation. The commander demanded one thing - to "survive", but to no avail. Most of the prisoners of war said that they had not communicated with their wives and children for a year, because the Kiev regime forbade and confiscated their mobile phones. Meanwhile, the infographic shows the Russian military inspecting the destroyed positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Nikolaevka and Staraya Sorochina, where about a dozen Ukrainian soldiers were found dead, as shown in a video released by the Russian military correspondent on March 10. Swastikas, runes, Nazi and pagan slogans in Ukrainians and English, all of this was found in the homes of civilians in the settlements liberated from Ukraine. Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries set up firing positions there, the Russian military reported. In addition, a captured Ukrainian prisoner thanked the Russian servicemen for "not finishing him off." He came to the front line from the prison where he spent 22 years, and began to tell everything!
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  14284. The West’s “hope” strategy also bet the farm that the West could easily isolate Russia on the international stage and devastate its economy with sanctions. Whoops!! Instead of isolating Russia and inflicting economic chaos, Russia quickly responded and re-established itself as a leader of the Global South, coalesced with China in a de facto alliance, and ramped up its defense industry to levels not seen since World War II. I think the quote attributed to Admiral Yamamoto at the end of the movie, Tora, Tora, Tora, captures the unexpected results of Western hubris — “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” The West was put on notice over the past week by Russian leaders. Foreign Minister Lavrov, Defense Chief Shoigu, former President Medvedev and Speaker of the Duma Volodin all communicated a simple message — Ukraine must capitulate or it will cease to exist as a nation. - Sonar21 SMELL STENCH OF REGRET coming from EU-funded disinformation platform Visegrad 24 as it asks everyone on X (Twitter) to go vote in poll on whether Washington should keep funding Mad Vlad Zelensky - oops people have clearly had enough as resounding NO echoes across internet (pic above ). But why accept result when you can just blame poll-maker for "stupid" vote? - Intel Report IT'S ALL OVER BY WINTER? Pentagon expects Ukraine to face shortage of weapons in November. The Pentagon is running out of money to replace weapons sent to Ukraine as US Congress is at an impasse whether assistance should be provided at all. “If there is no new money allocated, Ukraine will start to feel it by Thanksgiving (November 23),” - Mark Cancian, US Center for Strategic and International Studies. Houston, Zelensky has a problem - Intel Report MASSIVE FIRE CLOUDS rise as high as factory’s chimneys all that's left standing after Russian forces pound Kiev army positions in Avdeevka, Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine), with French-supplied Caesar self-propelled howitzer getting wrecked along with over 120 Ukrainian soldiers after 3 attacks on Russian positions in DPR all go tits-up. Kiev regime casualties piling up as up to 90 Ukrainian troops taken out of action along with 2 vehicles and 2 howitzers in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine). ⚔SITREP⚔ OCT 2 The bunker-command post of the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade of Ukrainian Army, in Aleksandro-Kalinovo area in Gorlovka direction, Donetsk region, was annihilated by bomb of Russian Armed Forces. The command post with command and operational personnel, including foreign personnel in the building was destroyed due to accurate bombing entering the bunker. - Military Tube Today KIEV MINES PLAYGROUNDS with Western-supplied widely-banned cluster munitions - climbing frames should be bustling with children but unexploded cluster mine in Lugansk Republic (ex-Ukraine) is deadly threat for youngsters. Russian forces neutralize it quickly using high-tech demining robot, rolling it over mine at safe distance so controlled blast spells end of Kiev regime’s terror targeting little kids. Soldiers cool as cucumbers under pressure - understatement of year from Russian trooper who states touching cluster munition is "not recommended" - Intel Report
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  14293. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Zelensky’s latest nightmare on the way to Kursk border, where an Ukrainian stronghold in the forest belt was cleared, amidst the daily increasing deaths of Ukrainian soldiers. On the morning of February 8, 2025, the military situation in the southeastern Kursk salient confirmed the failure of the new Ukraine-NATO offensive, launched two days ago in an attempt to repel the Russian advance towards Sudzha. According to reports, Ukrainian troops are isolated in their strongholds around two locations in Cherkasskaya Konopelka and Fanaseevka forest areas, which are under the control of the Russian armed forces. The thrilling footage through the eyes of the assault units of the Russian Paratroopers, who are clearing Ukrainian strongholds in the belt in the region, where Russian troops launched a series of mechanized counterattacks and destroyed their defensive lines. The Russian assault units do not want the enemy troops trapped in the dugouts to meet their deaths. Zelensky’s soldiers were offered to surrender and lay down their arms several times. “Surrender! Better get out! We will let you live, I promise! Or we will throw grenades at you now, Russian soldier said.” But they chose their own fate, despite numerous calls to surrender, Ukrainian army did not leave the fortifications to lay down arms. War is a serious matter, it is unclear why in such a trapped situation they did not surrender. Thus, Russian soldiers literally threw grenades into the dugouts! The Russian military channel released the latest footage on January 7, an infographic video showing the deaths of Ukrainian soldiers in an area of about 50 square meters, with soldiers counting 13 dead. The picture that emerged was terrible, the chances of Ukrainian troops to survive in the Battle of Kursk were minimal, while today Zelensky continues to report that his army has destroyed hundreds of Russian and North Korean soldiers in Kursk, including his report in Donetsk. According to the revelations made by the army, the outdated tactics of Ukraine, the lack of real morale of the soldiers, and Kiev's political goals in fighting, made them completely vulnerable in their confrontation with Russia in Kursk region. Since the start of hostilities of Kursk, Kiev's losses amount to more than 58,550 soldiers, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on January 8, 2025.
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  14294. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Once again, the Russian Armed Forces liberated a settlement outside Pokrovsk city, Shevchenko, dealing a serious blow to Ukraine and NATO, hundreds of their soldiers were eliminated while trying to defend it. The Russian Ministry of Defense officially announced on January 11, 2025, that fighters from the 74th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade and the Kutuzov Brigade of the Tsentr Group of Forces, have just completed an operation to liberate Shevchenko and hoist the Russian flag there! It was the area around Pokrovsk, heavily fortified by Ukrainian troops, that suffered another crushing defeat after two failed counteroffensives by the Kiev regime in Kursk. During the liberation of the settlement, Russian soldiers managed to destroy all Ukrainian military installations even in fierce battles, blowing up enemy positions using tanks and artillery! The tactics of continuous attacks by Russian troops on Ukrainian positions outside Pokrovsk, proved to be quite successful, breaking through Ukrainian defenses almost everywhere. As shown in the footage, the Russian flag is now flying over one buildings of Shevchenko, moving the Russian border even further west. Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov congratulated the Russian command and personnel on the liberation of the village of Shevchenko in the Donetsk People's Republic. “Today, as for many years, the servicemen of the 74th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade and the Kutuzov Brigade honorably fulfilled the combat mission set before them in the fight against neo-Nazis, confidently repelling them,” the head of the Russian military department wrote in Telegram. Pokrovsk, the site of the most active fighting, is entering its final days as part of Ukraine. At the moment, the situation in the city is not normal and is characterized by the absence of activity of the population, as shown in the latest footage from the Ukrainian army. Every expert believes that the collapse of the main city is just a matter of time, as Russian troops continue to advance and at the same time Kiev's forces continue to decline. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to face a dead end, lacking personnel and military equipment, some of them even personally conduct fundraising efforts through the media.
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  14298. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Russian FAB smart bombs continue to fly and fall on Ukrainian military positions, one of which is Ukrainian UAV control command post in the settlement of Myropillia in Sumy region near border of Kursk region. On January 31, 2025, the Russian Defense Ministry released combat footage, a pair of Su-35 and Su-34 fighter jets are actively working in Kursk border area, where recently the order was given to Kiev's troops to deliberately commit atrocities against civilians in the region. Su-35 aircraft escorted Su-34 fighter-bombers, which were carrying high-explosive FAB aerial bombs, and then threw the FABs like candy, flying right into one of UAV control command posts of Zelensky's troops. Ukrainian sources continue to report that Russia is running out of aerial bombs, missiles and another ammunition and its victories in Kursk region! The fact that Ukraine continues to suffer losses every day! Russian Su-35 and Su-34 fighter-bombers significantly outperform in maneuverability, which is important for close air combat at a distance of 30-50 km. The crews of Su-35 fighters not only carried out strike missions, but also provided air cover for Su-34 bomber, ground attack aircraft and military aircraft during the attack on an important command post in Myropillia after objective control was carried out by a detachment of UAV from the Donbass Wild Division. Thus, FAB accurately hit its target and leveled it to the ground, as shown in the footage released by Russian channels on February 2 during combat work on January 31. Preliminary estimates indicate that Ukrainian army lost up to dozens of military personnel at UAV control center, who were most likely flying drones towards Kursk. Kiev's invasion on Kursk is the most failed mission in history, according to experts. Since the start of the invasion, Ukrainian losses have increased to more than 56,980 soldiers, 329 tanks, 243 infantry fighting vehicles, 191 armored personnel carriers, 1,681 armored combat vehicles, 1,774 motor vehicles, 402 artillery pieces, 45 MLRS launchers, including 13 HIMARS and 6 US-made MLRS, 16 anti-aircraft missile launchers, 8 transport-loading vehicles, 106 EW stations, 15 anti-battery warfare radars, 5 air defense radars, 33 engineering and other material units, including 14 anti-obstacle vehicles, 1 UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, 9 armored recovery vehicles, and 1 command post vehicle. The operation to neutralize Ukrainian units is ongoing, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on February 3.
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  14307. There were reports online from alleged loved ones and relations that an entire Uke battalion was completely ‘destroyed’: In short, Ukraine faces flagging support from the West and is forced to resort to increasingly escalatory ‘gimmicks’ like mass terror drone attacks on Moscow in the same vein as the terminal phase of the Wehrmacht in WW2 vindictively launching V1/V2 rockets at London. This is nothing more than a dying animal, thrashing out its last gasps. Many sources are saying that in the next few months, Ukraine will drown in Lancets. And there are new models coming which have thermobaric warheads for taking out troops rather than HEAT-style anti-armor warheads now most often used. In short, there’s nothing good or optimistic coming up in the slightest for the AFU. The Russian army only continues to grow stronger, larger, more advanced, more experienced while Ukraine grows in the opposite direction, with arms shipments declining and no more ‘wunderwaffe’ on the horizon to save them. - SITREP 8/5/23 Projecting the Immediate Future Foreigners who place their trust in the promise of the United States to have their back apparently are unaware of the fate of Vietnamese, Libyans, Cambodians, Afghanis and Iraqis who believed Washington’s promises. When the going gets tough, the U.S. says adios. With no success on the battlefield Ukraine is opting for the drone hail Mary — i.e., attacking a couple of Russian ships with maritime drones. These attacks are pin pricks with no strategic significance in terms of diminishing Russia’s military power. However, these attacks are likely to inspire the Russian General Staff to look at attacks on NATO ISR operating over the Black Sea because of the role played by Western aerial surveillance in providing Ukraine with intelligence needed to attack those two Russian vessels. In addition, these attacks are likely to stiffen Russia’s resolve to impose a de facto embargo on Ukrainian ports in the coming weeks. - Sonar21
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  14326. An outrageous deluge of exaggerated WWIII propaganda has hit the networks. Every pundit is tearing their hair out at a slew of canard-riddled reports, taken entirely out of context, deliberately misinterpreted, or pumped up in phony headlines for people who don’t read the actual article contents. How can Biden return Russian nukes to Ukraine? It doesn’t even make sense and is the most absurd of the current panic-inducing psyops. Nothing of the sort: the “anonymous official” is merely suggesting it on his own behalf, and trying to pass it off as Biden’s idea. This is merely crude amateur fantasy on behalf of the writer or some no name desk jockey to be dismissed as the leaky refuse it is. This entire fake stems from a single quote from “Admiral” Rob Bauer, head of the ‘NATO Military Committee’. The irrelevant pipsqueak mewled something along these lines to powder on the phony fear-porn: But now Ukraine has struck Kursk region with ATACMS for definite. We know this because in a rare move, the Russian MOD openly confirmed it by posting photos of the ATACMS boosters themselves. This comes directly from the MOD: Of course, the fact that Ukrainian AD radar operators continue being laid to rest from Russian strikes as a daily occurrence is routinely swept under the rug, As for the frontline, things get worse and worse. A Ukrainian officer actually on the front reports soon Kursk will be swarmed: Meanwhile Julian Roepcke inadvertently debunks ‘high Russian losses’ during assaults by admitting a mere 10 Russian troops are capturing entire town centers to no resistance: Major advances have been recorded with Russia now holding nearly half of Kurakhove and capturing most of the open plains to the south and southeast: But the bigger surprise were the sudden advances around Velyka Novosilka which caught Ukrainians totally off guard. Not only was Rozdolne captured to the north but Russians made a shock breakthrough to the eastern edges of Velyka Novosilka town itself, embedding themselves and initiating the fight for the town for the first time: - Simplicius
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  14327. Zelensky's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad D.C. Snubfest Zelensky’s war appears to be on the brink. After a letdown stint at the UN assembly in New York, he’s now in Washington on the last leg of his begging journey to ensure the continuation of the war. Unfortunately, so far, it’s not going very well. The much hoped-for and vaunted ATACMS appears to already be kaput: I persist in informing people there are serious red lines behind the scenes which the U.S. itself fears to cross. That’s because there remain many pressure levers that Russia itself has not yet exercised, and which could easily make life for the U.S. much more difficult, both militarily, economically, and geopolitically in Europe. Polish president himself shockingly called Ukraine a “drowning man” who can pull you under along with him: Like I said, the pressure is really starting to become evident after only a few months of failed counteroffensive attempts. By next spring, Ukraine will have spent 6 months from today likely being pounded into oblivion with no hope any longer on the horizon. If the headlines are bad now, the prevailing sentiment 6 months from now will be apocalyptic. It becomes increasingly clear that 80-90% of the entire AFU was in fact wiped out. Depending what you believe their starting number was, whether 200k or 1 million as Zelensky might have claimed, you can draw your conclusions from there as to total losses. It seems those “tongue-in-cheek” remarks about Ukraine having its entire first army wiped out, and now operating on their second or third army, were perhaps not far from the truth. Meanwhile, last night Russia has begun the first of this season’s debilitating strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure. Energy facilities were hit with major power losses throughout a webwork of cities. - Simplicius Jake Sullivan is delusional. Give Sullivan kudos for being a master of spin. He presents the press with a steaming pile of manure while assuring them it is a delicious plate of chocolate mousse. Slurp it up guys. He starts off with the red-herring that Russia has not yet captured Kharkiv, Kiev or Kherson. A meaningless point, proving nothing, because Russia’s military operations are concentrated on destroying the Ukrainian army — which is losing upwards of 1,000 troops a day — rather than conquering cities. So far Russia regularly bombing critical targets in Kharkiv, Kiev, Kherson, Lviv and Sumy with missiles and drones and Ukraine is impotent to stop those attacks because its air defense is no longer viable. I think the key factor during the next eight weeks will be how much damage Russia inflicts on Ukraine’s remaining military strength and infrastructure. Barring a mass surrender of Ukrainian forces, however, the Biden policy is to keep the war going. Politics is the guiding principle governing the Biden team’s decisions on Ukraine. The American leaders are content, so far, to ignore the military situation on the ground in Ukraine as long as it does not create political problems in the United States. They don’t give a damn about dead and dying Ukrainian soldiers. As long as they are convinced that Ukraine’s attacks on Russia are weakening Putin, Biden and his malevolent advisors will continue to fan the flames of war. - Sonar21 Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) court sentences Ukrainian Army commander Vitaly Katranich to 24 years in prison for war crimes. When a poor Mariupol, Donetsk Republic resident asked for help charging his cell phone, Katranich shot and killed him on spot - as well as indiscriminately carrying out cold-blooded murder of several other refugees. - Intel Report No response from 20 of Kiev's soldiers in Zaporozhye (ex-Ukraine) as Russian forces and 120mm shells by mortar crews annihilate cannon fodders. Up to 370 enemy soldiers also killed or injured in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), up to 80 in Kherson (ex-Ukraine), 2 ammo depots, 2 Leopard tanks and 15 drones destroyed. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 21
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  14345. The US doesn’t support a two-state solution, the US only supports saying the US supports a two-state solution. We know this because the US just vetoed Palestine’s bid to become a full UN member state, after lobbying other countries to vote against the resolution — despite continually saying it supports the foundation of a Palestinian state. Washington’s words say one thing, but its actions say the opposite. So the US maintains this ridiculous charade where it keeps pretending to support this fake non-solution, even while taking concrete actions which make it clear that it does not. A senior US Air Force leader and whistleblower has informed Congress that the US is refusing to pull its military forces from Niger despite being told to do so by the new Nigerien government, and that refusing to withdraw troops from a nation where they aren’t wanted is putting them at risk. Which means we’ve got yet another illegal US military occupation on our hands. It’s so stupid how everyone’s felt the need to keep pretending to believe the Gaza death toll has legitimately hovered around thirty thousand for months now just because Israel supporters have even been calling the official death count a Hamas-driven exaggeration. We all know the Gaza health ministry hasn’t had the infrastructure or ability to count all the dead throughout the Gaza Strip for months and that the official number doesn’t include people killed by starvation and disease due to the Israeli blockade, but because Israel supporters (including the US president) threw shade on the health ministry’s numbers from the beginning they succeeded in dragging the Overton window all the way down to this ridiculously conservative estimate just through sheer vitriol and denialism — even though we know the killing never stopped. - LewRockwell
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  14361. Could not resist the Lord of the Rings reference because the Russian war correspondent, Marat Khairullin, makes a passing reference in his report below. The big news, breaking tonight, is that General “Butcher” Syrsky ordered Ukrainian forces to withdraw from Avdeevka — at least those not surrounded or too badly wounded to retreat. Those Ukrainian soldiers trying to flee are running a gauntlet of rockets, missiles, mortars and artillery. The casualties are catastrophic. Here is a heart wrenching video of a Ukrainian wife talking to her husband who is trapped in Avdeevka. He is wounded and cannot retreat. The good news? The Russians will give him good medical care: I turn to Marat Khairullin, the Russian war correspondent recommended by Andrei Martyanov. Here is his latest report: Dear friends, while public attention is focused on the events that are developing in the South Donetsk direction, we should not forget other sectors of the front. Because what we see now is a large-scale and very beautiful strategic operation. We have encountered not just a serious, motivated enemy, we, let me remind you, are confronting the united force of the collective West. The essence of what is happening is that our generals are playing in different sectors of the front, like a virtuoso pianist at his favorite piano. It’s like an experienced boxer opening himself up slightly, provoking his opponent into a rash attack in order to ultimately deliver a knockout blow. Marat astutely observes that Western ISR makes it virtually impossible to hide the gathering of a large mass of troops because of the “all-seeing eye.” That means satellites, drones and fixed wing aircraft with real time video. Russia has opted to inflict Ukraine with “death from a thousand cuts.” Small scale, shifting attacks employing combined arms that can be launched from hundreds of site. The Russians clearly have the initiative and will continue to press the attack at times and places of their choosing along the 1000 mile front. Ukraine simply does not have the manpower — trained personnel — to put up a stout defense. I will close with my video rant about the death of Russian dissident Alexei Nalvany. He died in prison. Western intelligence is pushing eagerly the false narrative that Putin had him whacked. That is absurd. If killing him was a priority he would have been dead long ago. He was a nobody in Siberia. Why would Putin order his death when Nalvany was no longer a feature of news coverage. Ridiculous. What is sickening is the disparity in the reaction of the Biden Administration to the death of this Russian in comparison to their lack of outrage to the death of American citizen Gonzalo Lira at the hands of Ukrainian authorities. Lira clearly died of abuse he endured while in custody and the Biden team did not do a damn thing to assist him. Just another reminder that Biden cares more about protecting Ukraine’s border than ensuring America’s security at home. - Sonar21
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  14375. BLOOD SPLATTERED INFANT cries in pain, flailing arms in desperate search for any comfort after miraculous recovery from Israeli airstrike on its home. These are the only "suspects" of besieged hospitals are innocents and critically injured, with over 650 patients remaining in Al-Shifa hospital, 100 in critical condition as hospital patrons and families interrogated for 10 hours. World Health Organization (WHO) loses contact with staff of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza IDF conducts "operation" - Israeli media admits no weapons or hostages found inside that complex. - Intel Report WASHINGTON DOES NOT WANT TO TIE ISRAEL'S HANDS, says Russian FM Lavrov above, adding that UN Security Council twice rejected Russia’s resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza Strip. US unwilling to do anything besides humanitarian pause without any other commitment; shortly after October 7, we called for proportionate response by humanitarian law; CREATION OF PALESTINIAN STATE IS INEVITABLE - Lavrov. - Intel Report CIVLIANS AND CIVIL DEFENSE TEAMS RUSH in above video to muddy site of UNRWA school in Jabalia camp where CHILDREN collecting drinking water were targeted by US-made F-16 fighter jet missiles. Meanwhile, Israeli Army BLOWS UP warehouse storing medical equipment at Al-Shifa hospital, its Head of Emergency Services says Israeli Army detained displaced in hospital, blindfolded and stripped them naked, taken to unknown direction. The targeted attack on Jabalia comes just as so-called 4 hour "humanitarian pause" declared over Gaza to encourage pushing Palestinians south of enclave. - Intel Report
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  14402. You can't beat these people as God is watching over them! OUR PEOPLE CAN'T BE INTIMIDATED - Russian Election Commission Chief Pamfilova starts 1st voting day with Russian national anthem, hailing will of citizens risking their lives to vote under fire, while Kiev's regime threatens and kills them. We will endure everything; we have withstood it for more than one year and we know what's at stake - Pamfilova quoting courageous residents from reunited regions. We have accredited 706 officials from 106 countries as international observers. More than 13,000 representatives from almost 2,500 media outlets, without taking into account numerous foreign media outlets will have same full opportunity to cover what is happening in our country openly without any kind of obstacles - Pamfilova. - Intel Republic RUSSIAN PATRIOTS FIGHT EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS TO CAST THEIR VOTE - Citizens of Sakhalin region, Far East Russia fight their way through punishing icy sharp winds and thick snow (video above) to vote for better Russian future in today's presidential elections. 2 million already participated in early voting but West predictably labels the elections unfair before they even started. - Intel Republic TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN FAMILY TRAVELS 150KM ON SNOWMOBILE TO VOTE - Watch video above of the amazing nomad Khudi family from Russia's Arctic Yamalo-Nenets, whose patriotism manifested in a long hard road trip through extreme weather to the nearest polling station after father got tired of "waiting for helicopter" to fly them to participate in presidential elections. We always vote, because everything depends on our voice - says the mom. - Intel Republic RUSSIA'S ELITE OFFICIALS CAST THEIR VOTE - Early to arrive at voting stations, Russian FM Lavrov, Defense Minister Shoigu and Chief of Staff Gerasimov post their ballots in today's presidential elections. Massive turnout expected as reunited Russian regions will finally enjoy fair elections , with head of Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) Pushilin leading by example by voting in bottom right video. Finally the day has come when we elect the president of our great Motherland - Pushilin. - Intel Republic MASSIVE BLAST RIPS THROUGH STREET and vehicles, wrecking department store following Ukrainian shelling that kills one, damages several buildings and stores in Belgorod region (pre-war Russia), as Kiev's regime continues futile attempt to intimidate Russians out of voting. Region's Governor Gladkov mourns the victim who spent his days helping victims of Ukrainian war crimes. He was one of its [civil defense] active participants, he repeatedly helped to evacuate civilians and ensure security in his native district. I express my sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased, it's a heavy loss for all residents of Belgorod region - Gladkov. - Intel Republic UKRAINE-BACKED SABOTEURS ISSUE WARNING TO RUSSIANS, WHILE MOSCOW DETAINS ONE OF THEIR TERRORISTS - West-funded PR battalion Freedom of Russia Legion, again issues "urgent warning" to citizens of Belgorod region (pre-war Russia), that massive attack about to be carried on city's military targets. One terror attempt immediately once again thwarted by Russian intelligence, as 21-year-old FRL goon in right video detained before he could plant explosives (confession on right) and spread chaos in Bryansk region (pre-war Russia), to disrupt presidential elections day. UPDATE: From March 12 to 15, Russian forces prevented all Ukrainian attempts to break through into territory of Belgorod and Kursk regions. More than 550 military personnel, 16 tanks, 19 armored fighting vehicles, including 11 U.S-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and 15 vehicles were destroyed - Russian Defense Ministry. - Intel Republic
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  14405. [Looks like the Warmonger in Israel is going to get his wish of starting a major conflagration so he can continue his genocide in GAZA and elsewhere at his diabolic whim!] Iran is threatening an “unprecedented” response to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31st. In anticipation, the U.S. has begun bringing major reinforcements to the region, which includes F-22s, B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, an armada featuring the USS Roosevelt Carrier Group, as well as amphibious landing ships with 4000 U.S. Marines: The entire Defense industry has been ringing alarm bells for months that the U.S. forces in the region are nearing a crisis point when it comes to their ability to replenish AD assets. In a war against China, they know they would be in deep trouble: Now some reports claim Iran is still holding off and waiting to strike at a time of its choosing: One interesting aspect to the proceedings dovetails with a question someone asked recently in the mailbag surrounding what assistance Russia may be providing to the Middle Eastern resistance axis. First, there’s one uncorroborated report about Iran being given one of Russia’s most powerful electronic warfare tools, the Murmansk complex: At this point it’s clear, as we’ve written many times here before, that Netanyahu needs perpetual escalation in order to save his failing regime. Only by keeping people in perpetual fear and distress can he keep them from mustering the wherewithal and consensus to overthrow him. Furthermore, Israel seems to fear taking on Hezbollah with Iran’s backing and would love to have U.S. tie Iran down in a war, or eliminate it outright, first, prior to taking the risky gambit of slugging it out with Hezbollah. The last thing the Biden administration likely wants is a large scale war on the eve of the presidential elections, which will redound poorly on Kamala’s campaign. Thus, reports of the administration’s exasperation with Israel are probably true. Either way it doesn’t matter because if Trump was in office, you can bet he would declare full scale war against Iran on Israel’s behalf, so in this case we can quite unironically say that the Biden administration is preferable to peace. - Simplicius
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  14406. According to the report, at least 5,399 civilians suffered from “Ukrainian aggression” last year, with 809 killed, including 51 children – the youngest being a four-month-old girl. On average, at least 15 civilians were reported as victims of Ukrainian military actions daily. The report said that in total, there were over 87,880 recorded cases of Russian civilian targets being hit last year. “On average, 240 strikes were carried out daily over the year, using the entire available arsenal of weapons supplied by the West at the expense of taxpayers of these countries,” the document stated. The Ukrainian military predominantly used 155mm NATO artillery shells equipped with fragmentation, high-explosive, and cluster munitions, according to Rodion Miroshnik, the official tasked by the Russian Foreign Ministry to record alleged Ukrainian atrocities. Kiev also repeatedly engaged in “energy and nuclear terrorism,” according to the report, citing repeated attempts to attack the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and nearby infrastructure in Energodar. Kiev also deliberately targeted ambulances, medical facilities, and medical institutions, thus violating international law. According to the report, Ukrainian drones often hovered over impact sites, targeting rescuers and medics to increase the casualties and deny victims access to lifesaving aid. The report further documented a “large number of attacks” on churches, monasteries, and sacred buildings of the Russian Orthodox Church in frontline zones, resulting in casualties among clergy, parishioners, and novices. In 2024 alone, the Russian authorities completed 163 criminal investigations involving 185 Ukrainian servicemen and foreign mercenaries accused of crimes against civilians, the report concluded. - RT
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  14411. As I write this, it is 2215 hours Eastern in the United States. The war in Europe officially ended at 2301 hours Central European Time on May 8, 1945. In Moscow, the time was 0001 hours, May 9, 1945. That is why the Russians celebrate May 9, while the West commemorates the end of the war on May 8. If you missed my article, published last week, Donald Trump’s Grotesque Lie About the US Role in the European Theater in World War II, I have linked the article for your convenience. In a few hours, more than 100 million Russians will assemble and march in memory of their ancestors who made unimaginable sacrifices to defeat Hitler’s Nazi regime. As I noted in my article (see above), the Nazis, along with their Romanian, Italian and Hungarian collaborators, murdered between 16 million and 19 million Russian civilians. Only one other country experienced comparable civilian casualties… China. According to scholarly sources, about 12 million Chinese civilians died as a result of Japanese military actions, occupation policies, massacres, and war-induced famine and disease between 1937 and 1945. Some sources suggest the total number of Chinese deaths (including both civilians and military) could be as high as 20 million, with the vast majority being civilians. The Nanjing Massacre alone resulted in the deaths of at least 100,000 to over 200,000 Chinese civilians and disarmed soldiers in just a few weeks in late 1937 and early 1938 This is one reason why China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is in Moscow. Both Putin and Xi understand that foreign invaders left a permanent scar on the cultural psyche of the Russian and Chinese people… one that is not quickly erased by the passage of time. As the Russian people assemble on May 9 to remember the enormous sacrifice of their fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers and great grandparents, they also remember that the United States, despite being an ally in the war to end Hitler, quickly pivoted after that war and began targeting the Soviet Union. They remember, we don’t. - sonar21
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  14414. This comes under the heading, "Know thy Enemy." Kiev regime drone terror attack attempt thwarted this morning - Russian Defense Ministry. Russian air defense systems detected and destroyed an unmanned drone over Belgorod region, pre-War West Russia. - Intel Report Ukrainian forces strike areas in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) with 34 artillery shells of 155mm caliber, including 6 widely-banned cluster bombs. - Intel Report CONSEQUENCES OF ZELENSKY'S SPREAD OF HATRED IN HIS WAR AGAINST GOD. Man arrested after he enters church in Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, punches icon of Jesus twice with a stone. - Intel Report Ukrainian criminal forces shell Belgorod region (pre-war West Russia) 9 times in 24 hours, 2 drones shot down. - Intel Report CAN'T JUST LEAVE THEM TO THE DOGS says a clearly disturbed Russian soldier about Ukrainian cannon fodder not only left to rot for a week in Novoselovskoye, Lugansk (ex-Ukraine), but booby-trapped with mines by Kiev's regime. Moscow's troops got fired upon in an ironic reversal of roles, evacuating 7 of Zelensky's corpses and continue search for more dead or pieces of bodies. We're getting them in pieces. We're Christians, that's the way we were raised. We must help return these bodies and remains to their relatives. - Intel Report Destruction, charred buildings and homes in Kherson (ex-Ukraine) as region's residential areas endure 5 days of incessant Ukrainian shelling. - Intel Report Kiev's regime shells 10 times town of Volfino in Ukraine-bordering Kursk region (pre-war West Russia). 3 injured by shrapnel. - Intel Report Destruction at headquarters of humanitarian aid in Aleshki, Kherson region (ex-Ukraine). While Russia picks up Kiev's dead for the sake of their families, Zelensky's depravity knows no bound striking humanitarian aid going to people already subjected to his callous attacks. UPDATE: Russian air defenses also detect and destroy Ukrainian drone over Belgorod region (pre-war West Russia). - Intel Report Russian air defense destroy Ukrainian drone over Kursk region (pre-war West Russia). - Intel Report Ukrainians trying their best to escape military service due to massive numbers of war casualties, admits Zelensky's PR managers at New York Times. Number of draft evaders in Ukraine has grown substantially due to huge number of casualties, especially during the recent failed counteroffensive. Troop recruitment is becoming increasingly difficult, and Kiev has reached ever deeper into society to keep its ranks filled - Note the report. PR managers with finally some actual PRing, claiming glaring lie that Kiev only suffered 150,000 between killed and injured since start of Special Operation, when it's proven to be around 400,000 KILLED and 2 million wounded/disabled. That's why Zelensky fired all regional recruitment chiefs.
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  14415. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to reinforce the front-line units from Sumy region to Kursk region are becoming more complicated by the day, as Russian forces press Ukraine, entering smaller areas each day. The Ukrainian supply chain through the highly vulnerable route along Sumy-Kursk road, is under constant precision attack by FPV drones, accelerating the Russian advance. Footage released by Russian military channels on February 10, 2025, shows FPV drones launched by the Russian 106th Guards Airborne Division, one of which is in Loknia in Sumy region, disrupting Kiev’s supply routes and depots before direct combat. The vehicles that assisted in evacuation, logistics and drone operations ,were visited by Russian drones, imagining the extent of Ukrainian losses in equipment and manpower, based only on the number of such videos. In the past week, Russian fiber optic specialists have been continuously attacking Kiev’s logistics forces, with multiple strikes hitting Kiev’s troop transport vehicles near the settlements of Khoten and Pisarevka in Sumy region, indicating an expanding operational zone. This is the only and critical logistic route for Kursk where many vehicles and supplies were lost in vain, it looks like an absolute nightmare for the Armed Forces of Ukraine before heading into the invasion zone and the losses at the rear end are dramatic. Ukrainian supplies passing through this route have been subject to regular Russian drone attacks based on the videos posted. The attacks indicate a strategic effort to neutralize their supplies near the border and weaken their defensive positions before a potential ground attack on Kursk, the staging ground for the Russian operation. Russian drone attacks will likely increase along this route, where Ukrainian supplies will not be able to move without airlift or road access from Sumy.
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  14418. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Morning report on November 27, 2024, Ukrainian military resources published a very alarming report for Kiev about the new successes of the Russian Armed Forces in Kurakhovo and its environs. Despite attempts to transfer reserves from the western outskirts of the city, the situation of Ukrainian garrison continues to deteriorate amid the presence of Russian assault troops in the city center, developing attacks on high-rise buildings. In one corner of the storming, UAV crew of the Yug Group of Forces from Southern Military District, discovered an observation post, and a firing position of Ukrainian ATGM Stugna on the upper floor of one of the city buildings. Nothing could hide from the drone, immediately destroying them all before the ATGM had time to be used! According to some Ukrainian sources, Kiev regime forbade General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to give orders to retreat even from the encircled settlements and tried to hold positions at the cost of heavy losses. However, the 119th Territorial Defense Brigade of Ukraine serving in the vicinity of Kurakhovo, in Berestki, apparently did not care about Kiev's orders. They chose to flee in disarray and suffered losses in small groups of 3-5 people through the forest belt after seeing the loss of Berestki. Meanwhile, another group was captured by Russian troops. They looked very happy to be captured because they would be safe from the war - their uniforms looked new! Russia has reportedly gained 235 square kilometers of territory in the past week in the strategic city of Kurakhovo in Donetsk, the fastest pace of progress since early 2022
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  14434. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Video shows Russian Northern Fleet drills in the Arctic Circle, kicking off new exercises on Tuesday, as joint naval exercises with China, as part of strategic command and staff exercises dubbed ‘Ocean-2024’ that began on Tuesday and run until September 16. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage showing the ships moving through the Arctic, having arrived in the eastern Arctic Ocean to protect the “military security” of Russian coastal facilities in the region. The drills will “study possible threat areas” in a region that most of the countries surrounding the Arctic are members of NATO, which is unfriendly and continues to deploy weapons in the region. The drills—which include the Rear Admiral Kulakov destroyer and the Alexander Otrakovsky, a large landing ship—are part of a series of joint Russian-Chinese exercises. They involve more than 400 warships, submarines and support vessels across the Arctic and Pacific oceans, as well as in the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic seas. More than 90,000 personnel and 120 aircraft are participating. Troops with the Russian Pacific Fleet will practice defending sea communications near Russian eastern Primorsky region bordering China, the Defense Ministry added. Four Chinese warships and one supply ship are taking part. The tasks that the Russian Northern Fleet will perform during the drills include ensuring the security of coastal infrastructure facilities in the Russian Arctic region, investigating potential areas of military operations and carrying out joint special operations aimed at eliminating terrorists during the military exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. NATO, despite taking a heavy hit in its proxy war in Ukraine, is busy reopening a number of facilities and military presence in the region, which poses an "acute threat" primarily to Russia.
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  14450. The West just can’t handle the truth — i.e., Vladimir Putin enjoys great popularity and easily won re-election. The whining and carping from Western political leaders filled the legacy media as they insisted Russia held a sham, illegal election. Boo hoo. After the debacle in 2020 and the subsequent imprisonment of hundreds of Trump supporters with unfounded charges of insurrection, the United States is in no position to lecture any other country about free and fair elections. It is hypocrisy on steroids. Prior to the election, Western pollsters learned, much to their surprise, that Putin held an 86% favorability rating. Almost eight out of ten eligible Russians voted in the Presidential election and gave Putin 87% of the vote. The Russian police and military were not roaming the cities and towns forcing people to the polls nor are Russians who do not vote threatened with economic or criminal sanctions. Even the voters in the war-torn republics of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporhyzhia turned out in force to vote. One of the most remarkable moments in the aftermath of the election was Vladimir Putin appearing in Red Square with the three opposition political candidates who ran against him. All four men spoke to the crowd and pledged their allegiance to Mother Russia. Turning to the war in Gaza for a moment, the Electronic Intifada posted an update on how and where Israeli Occupation Forces killed their own citizens on 7 October. YouTube did not censor this video because it is fact based and relies on the testimony of Israeli civilians. - Sonar21
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  14452. Only the delusional believe that Ukraine has any advantage with what's left of their Armies being destroyed daily per the Combat Channels reporting from the Front! Tu-160 bombers have been upgraded with new cruise missiles with a range of over 6,500km - Ministry of Defense. The Tu-160 is the largest ever and most powerful military supersonic aircraft. The Tu-160M (modernized) had its maiden flight only in January 2022 and is deployed in the Special Operation. - Intel Report For every 100 people mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine this time last year, less than 20 remain - Poltava (central Ukraine) military enlistment office. - Intel Report Ukrainians are being advised to bury their dead in biodegradable bags, so that they will become useful fertilizer. Fighting for the land they're not even allowed to take up room in when they're dead - this is International Monetary Fund owned land now. - Intel Report Russian forces wake up and decide they wanna see a Ukrainian tank get nice and crispy - how handy that there’s 1 piece of armor just waiting to get wrecked as drone barrels into it and leaves it burning, all while Russian troops repel 34 Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) over past week, with Kiev army suffering over 1,700 casualties in process. Ukrainian forces also fail so badly in their attempts to attack Russian positions in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine) over past week that they lose over 740 troops and 20 tanks and armored vehicles, and are forced to withdraw their airborne assault brigade after it suffers huge losses. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 15 “Russia cannot be defeated ,” former adviser to Zelensky, Arestovich shocks Ukrainians. “It is impossible to put pressure on an opponent that has nuclear weapons. And economic sanctions, - Iran has been under economic sanctions for 40 years, and has been pursuing a completely independent policy. And Russia is bigger than Iran and more influential." Arestovich is taking the argument to its logical conclusion - if the stakes were raised high enough, one cannot 'win' a country with the highest nuclear arsenal in the world. Why then are they fighting 'to the last Ukrainian?' - Intel Report It is not just the Generals praying for signs that Russia is crumbling. Business Insider contributes its two cents about the alleged economic problems buffeting Russia — There are 5 things the West could do to put even more pressure on Russia’s struggling economy, think tank says. The neo-cons at the Atlantic Council are behaving like drowning passengers on the Titanic, frantically grasping for life jackets: I guess the scribes at the Atlantic Council are too busy conjuring fantasies to read the New York Times latest — Russia Overcomes Sanctions to Expand Missile Production, Officials Say – NY Times Ukraine, by contrast, no longer has enough forces to sustain a breakthrough and is totally dependent on Western aid. One of the advantages of doing analysis without relying on classified information is that regular media and social media posts provide a pretty reliable indicator of the status of the battle. For example, there are several video clips of Ukrainian troops complaining about lack of weapons and terrible leadership. I have yet to see anything comparable from the Russian side. Another data point is the coverage of the main stream media. I make it a habit to check in on Sky News to see what the Brits are saying. Six months ago you could count on at least one segment in an hour broadcast at noon London time extolling the success of Ukrainian troops and dishing dire news about Russia’s flagging efforts on the battle field. That is no longer the case. Sky News barely mentions the war in Ukraine these days. If Ukraine was steam rolling to victory you can be sure that the British correspondents would be ebullient about the Ukrainian counter offensive. In this case, the proverb — silence is golden — does not apply. The silence about a purported Ukraine victory (or a Russian army in chaos) is telling. There is no good news to report if you’ve bet your house on Ukraine winning. - Sonar21 Dried blood and devastated home all that remains after elderly man KILLED in Kiev regime strike. Mad Vlad Zelensky’s latest war crime claims life of man and injures 1 other in Donetsk city, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) after Ukrainian forces use widely-banned Western-supplied cluster shells to massacre Donbass civilians. - Intel Report 1 civilian KILLED by Kiev regime strike on village in pre-war Russia’s Kursk region. Man succumbs to shrapnel wounds after Kiev regime’s latest war crime targets village in region’s Sudzhansky district. - Intel Report Most sanctioned country in the world is still feeding the world. Not only is Russia keeping top spot as world’s biggest wheat exporter thanks to bumper harvest (chart above), but Moscow’s also "price-maker" when it comes to the stuff and that means lowest wheat prices in 3 years for globe. Hmmm can't seem to find Ukraine on chart above... - Intel Report
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  14457. The CIA is working overtime to push the lie that they warned the Russians about the 22 March terrorist attack and the Russians ignored that warning. Simply not true. As I noted in my previous article, the USG warning issued on March 7 only specified 48 hours. I have no idea when that “clock” started but let’s assume it was Friday the 7th and ended on Sunday the 9th. Since the “predicted” action did not take place there are at least two possible explanations — 1) the intel was bogus or 2) the stepped up Russian security at the Crocus City Hall on March 8 thwarted the attack. Unless the intel stipulated that if the attack did not occur in that 48 hour window it was moot, then it was incumbent on the U.S. State Department and the Embassy to re-issue a warning to AMCITs that the threat still existed. They did not do this. That’s the problem. If the US intel still thought this was a real threat then why did the USG go silent? The West has tried to paint Russia has a relentless, ruthless imperial power even though Russia, unlike the United State and the United Kingdom, has not been engaged in regime change in other countries. In fact, Russia helped Syria fend off a joint U.S./U.K. effort to overthrow the government of Bashir Assad in Syria. In the aftermath of the 2014 Western backed coup in Ukraine, the United States and NATO poured tens of millions of dollars in aid and military training into Ukraine, which was used to attack civilians in the Donbass. Sabotage of critical infrastructure? That got a belly laugh. Talk about clueless. The destruction of the Nordstream pipeline by the United States (according to Sy Hersh) and Ukrainian attacks on the Kerch Bridge with British and American missiles are some of the more prominent examples of the West’s efforts to sabotage Russia’s infrastructure. Until the United States and NATO come to grips with their responsibility for triggering the war in Ukraine, they will continue to encourage provocative actions that could lead to a global conflagration. - Sonar21
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  14459. Iran unleashed their ‘Operation True Promise 2’ on Israel, sending hundreds of ballistic missiles which passed unopposed through Israel’s porous air defenses. Watch the above videos of hundreds of missiles hitting Israel, then read this deluded tweet by a Netanyahu aide, who with a straight face declared that most missiles were intercepted: we have eyewitness accounts and geolocations that appear to show the areas of sensitive targets being hit. These videos in particular claim to be from just outside Nevatim airbase which houses much of Israel’s F-35 fleet: It is currently impossible to find out whether the Air Base was damaged or destroyed, but the approximate range of the targets of Iranian Missiles is quite clear: Air Bases. So, we don’t yet know if any real damage was done, but the one take away that we’re again able to make is that Iran is at least capable of penetrating all Western air defense nets. That is because the US openly announced their attempt to interdict the strikes as much as possible, in futility—as reported by the official US Naval Institute: Israel can only create “miraculous” victories on the backs of the entire Western world, which controls the commerce, communications, military, and every other sphere in the region, allowing Israel to wield full spectrum dominance. Without this backing, Israel would not be able to survive on its own, and would have long ceased to exist. As a very brief summary, Israel has invaded Lebanon three major times since the ‘70s. The 1978 and 1982 invasions were essentially due to claimed attacks by Palestinian groups based in Lebanon. In 2006 they tried again to go all the way to the Litani—but this time they weren’t facing the PLO, but Hezbollah for the first time. One of the key differences is Hezbollah was armed with large amounts of ATGMs, which the PLO didn’t have, nullifying Israel’s armor and tank advantage. This time IDF could not even get past a few miles into southern Lebanon before giving up. The battle of Bint Jbeil was the main battle, only a couple kilometers from the border: - Simplicius
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  14466. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Happening now, the last remnants of Kiev's forces were completely expelled from Guevo during the liberation of Kursk Region from the invasion, then Russian forces raised the Russian flag in the middle of the settlement, marking the recapture of the area since August 2024. The Russian Ministry of Defense released an important video on April 8, 2025, showing how the Russian paratroopers of the 22nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Group of Forces "North" continue the defeat of the Kiev troops, focusing on eliminating the remaining enemy resistance and strengthening the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the border area. During the combat operation, the paratroopers broke through the defense line to capture several important fortified positions of the Kiev troops. It is reported that the enemy troops who did not have time to flee en masse some time ago from the settlement, only hid in the old distillery, but they were soon finished off there. After entering the settlement, the positions of the remnants of Kiev troops, including those from the sailing training at the British naval school Gordonstoun, where Prince Philip and the current King of Great Britain Charles III studied as reported a few days ago, were completely cleared by Russian paratroopers. Units including the 40th and 22nd divisions are now completing the final phase of the clearing operation, ensuring the area is completely secure. Despite attempts by Kievan forces to reinforce their group with air assault units, special operations units, they have failed! Amidst the silence of Pro-Ukraine media, Russian paratroopers raising the flag over the Temple, a magnificent building in the centre of Guevo, sending a direct signal of their victory to Kiev and its sponsors. This follows the announcement of its liberation by the Ministry of Defence today. Guevo's completion, reducing Ukrainian grip on the increasingly vulnerable, and strengthening Russian control at Kursk, making further Zelensky's counterattacks more difficult. Russian forces continue to advance on most fronts, building up positions and making major advances over the past week towards strategically expanding areas in multiple directions – advancing in Sumy Region west of Kursk while pushing back Kiev’s Armed Forces, who attempted to attack but retreated back to the border. Only two villages remain unfinished – Gornal and Oleshnya, located right on the border with Ukraine.
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  14481. For over 100 years our government has told us who are the bad guys and who are the good guys. And we dutifully believed because our government would never lie to us – it was unfathomable. Today, our government is caught lying daily. About everything. No PR campaign can undo what has been revealed. Everything we were told was fake – is real, and everything we were told is real has been found to be fake. Therefore, we can assume this fakery will continue unabated because it is all they know. ANY country that opposes US colonization is deemed a ‘terrorist’. Iran had defied the western colonization and thereafter became Enemy Number 1. Like Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Yemen, etc…, the punishment for fighting colonization is death, destruction, and economic suppression. Iran was simply another enemy to pile on the list that is now far greater than the list of our allies!! Does Iran have laws that don’t align with our value structure? You betcha! But the West also embraces laws that don’t align with our value structure – as in illegal border invasion, bribery of politicians, illegal stock market gains, pedophilia, child molestation, etc…. Yet, Iran isn’t bombing the US because of our failures and abuses. Neither is China. Neither is Russia. But all these countries are Enemy Number 1 because they will NOT allow US colonization. As a Bad Guy Campaign – Nikki Haley has declared Iran must be wiped off the face of the earth and American Taxpayers should be willing to spend every last dollar – to do so!!! While a disgraceful UN continues to thrive based on its “Peace Accomplishments”… The US has been involved in 108 Wars since 1776. There are roughly 10 wars ongoing across the globe. This is what the United Nations declares to be ‘peacemaking’. According to a Swedish report, there have been 285 war/conflicts since the UN was created in 1945. Not exactly a stellar accomplishment… It is disheartening – to say the least – to learn that the country you love is run by psychopaths and pathological liars, but at least, Now we Know. - LewRockwell
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  14491. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The situation as of the morning of November 23, 2024, Russian soldiers who developing on their progress in Chasov Yar, have consolidated their positions in the industrial zone of the city, Russian military experts report. Russian troops are defeating Ukrainian Nationalists in fierce battles that are still going on here with direct tank and mortar fire. The Akhmat Special Forces of the 78th Motorized Rifle Regiment "Sever-Akhmat" is working together with the 4th Brigade of the 3rd Army of the Southern Military District, Ramzan Kadyrov said while releasing a video. Operational information from one of the most difficult sections of the front line was reported by the Commander of the assault detachment of the Special Forces Akhmat with the call sign "Shustry", because Ukrainian nationalists use ordinary people as human shields. However, they will do this only if civilians are completely safe, then it will not be difficult for them to destroy the building where the enemy is located together with personnel as in the footage. Meanwhile, the 2S9 “Nona-S” self-propelled artillery system, moved towards the firing position and attacked targets near the city located in Donetsk, which is defended by the Nationalist “Azov” Brigade. Combat footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry shows the Paratroopers “Kostroma” of the Russian Airborne Forces, operating 120 mm self-propelled guns towards the positions where Ukrainian Nationalists are hiding. Paratroopers detected the platoon’s fortifications protecting the Nationalists during a reconnaissance operation. The “Nona-S”, well camouflaged in the ruins, opened heavy fire, destroying the fortifications in the process and likely the Nationalists positions. Paratroopers then entered the destroyed fortifications and cleared them quickly! Russian units continue to push the enemy every day, advancing 1.5 kilometers in fierce fighting and gaining a foothold in the center of Chasov Yar. Now, 30% of the city’s territory is under the control of Russian forces, they have taken control of its industrial zone, military expert Andrey Marochko said. Meanwhile, in the center of Chasov Yar there is a decisive battle for the refractory factory, destroying Ukrainian positions in the buildings, which will decide the fate of the city!
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  14506. "WHY IS PUTIN NOT ADVANCING?" - a question thus far into the Special Operation. He doesn't have to - right now... "The Russians have completed 200-300 extra kilometers of rail line into Eastern Ukraine. That's for logistics. That indicates the real preparation for a massive offensive toward the West [of Ukraine] - Col. Douglas Macgregor on Russia's next potential steps in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Ukraine doesn't know if it will have Western funding come winter, which is the worst possible position to be in. Patience is a virtue - Intel Report THE FAILING 51ST STATE? The US actually pays for Kiev regime expenses, the salaries of 150,000 government employees and more than 500,000 teachers in Ukraine. The economy could come crashing down, from what's left of it, as funding is expected to run out in the next MONTH - without a fresh infusion of cash from the US Congress. Previously, Congress approved and Biden signed the US budget for 45 days, which does not include assistance to Ukraine - Intel Report WELCOME TO THE MAD HOUSE - Disabled Ukrainian man is deemed "limitedly fit for service" in the Ukrainian military. "He has neither a right leg nor a left leg, how can he serve?" his friend points out the obvious. Human Rights organisations are quiet on Ukraine's mobilization practices, that means the issue doesn't exist. - Intel Report "In Germany, the process of rehabilitation of Nazism is in full swing. They do not realize the danger of pumping Ukraine with weapons... but there are people even more cynical, the Anglo-Saxons, sacrificing the Ukranians to reach their goals" - Zakharova. - Intel Report Mental ward patient Dutch Defense Minister Ollongren (pictured): “Supporting Ukraine is a cheap way to ensure that Russia and its regime do not pose a threat to the NATO alliance.” Hundreds of thousands dead & even more maimed Ukrainians are just a “cheap” expendable for NATO personalities. Kiev elites are one thing, but are ordinary Ukrainians not bothered by given attitude of the "allies"? - Intel Report UNMATCHED PRECISION of Russian artillery sends Ukrainian ammo depots in meltdown as they spit fire, burning up Kiev army positions in Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) while up to 350 Ukrainian soldiers left dead or wounded in DPR after 2 attacks against Russian forces fall apart. Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet tumbles to ground after being shot down over Dnepropetrovsk region, East Ukraine, while 2 Kiev Neptune anti-ship missiles taken out of skies by Russian air defenses. ⚔SITREP⚔ OCT 3 FAB-1500 glide bomb of Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the underground base of Armed Forces of Ukraine in Alexandro-Kalinovo in Soledar direction, Donetsk region. The underground bunker of Tactical Group Command Post was completely destroyed, many soldiers and officers including NATO special forces personnel were killed and trapped under the rubble. - Military Tube Today
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  14509. As readers have no doubt already heard, the entire western political-media class has been in an uproar since Trump and Vice President JD Vance made international headlines by publicly raking Zelensky over the coals for his role in obstructing peace with Russia, even accusing him of “gambling with World War Three.” Democrats are rending their garments over the public humiliation of Saint Zelensky and crying about the “bullying” behavior of Trump and Vance, while Republicans are applauding the whole ordeal as a sign that Trump is a strong and heroic peacemaker who doesn’t take any guff from Washington’s warmongering proxies. But the most immediate and glaring point about Zelensky’s public castigation is that this same administration doesn’t appear to be taking that same energy to Benjamin Netanyahu as he prepares to resume a genocide. Trump has publicly admitted to being bought and owned by the world’s wealthiest Israeli, megadonor Miriam Adelson, while JD Vance is the protégé of virulent Zionist billionaire Peter Thiel. What we witnessed on Friday was Trump speaking to Zelensky in public the way Adelson probably speaks to Trump in private. We can certainly never expect to see him speaking that way to Netanyahu. It is good that things are moving toward peace in Ukraine, but this war was never intended to be permanent. It was only ever intended to be a temporary quagmire to bleed and divert Russia as much as possible while advancing strategic objectives elsewhere, which we recently saw manifest in the empire’s successful regime change operation in Syria. Zelensky, like every other US imperial asset, was only ever intended to be used and then discarded. The gears of the imperial war machine roll onward. - LewRockwell
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  14514. A brief analysis today on Macron’s historic appeal disguised as a casual TV interview: And here are some of the more pronounced excerpts: “We have only one objective, Russia cannot win this war.” “Because if they win, the lives of French would change permanently…our existence is at stake…we have already suffered the consequences of this war in our daily life, our hospitals suffer dysfunction because of the Russian aggression…” Reiterating: “This war is existential for Europe and France.” Zelensky on the other hand publicly declared that the French army should come to Ukraine for the ostensible purpose of training AFU on its own land: As all of this was going on, a video of the call with Putin from just before the start of the SMO In reality, it shows nothing but weakness, insecurity, and overcompensation on his part; not to mention revealing that Putin tried his hardest to reason with the totally ideologically unreasonable West. Macron casually told a private group at the Elysée recently that he will soon be forced to send troops to Odessa: Can it get any clearer? In short, it’s absolutely apocalyptic for NATO to lose Odessa. But here’s the problem: all of NATO combined without the U.S. Army cannot defeat Russia. Yes, even bogged down in Ukraine—Russia has now raised an entirely new army group of over 500k men which is enough to take out all of NATO by itself Two significant things to remember: only a few NATO states are barking, many others have openly declared no troop involvement, Italy and Germany amongst them. And the other big thing no one has brought up: NATO’s infamous Article 5 specifies that mutual defense doctrine is only triggered if NATO troops are attacked on NATO territory. Can you guess what that means for French troops being hit in Odessa? That means Macron is walking a very fine line—if he can’t get a coalition to back him in this new drive, he’ll be an emperor with no clothes as French troops would be left alone to face potential Russian strikes, to which they would have no answer whatsoever, and would be wiped out. Taurus presents a totally different type of strategic threat if used against Russia. From the Russian standpoint, if a Taurus were to be launched into Russian territory, Russia would have no choice but to treat it as a potential nuclear first strike attack from NATO, given that Moscow is less than 500km from Ukrainian territory and there is no way to determine if the missile is nuclear-armed during its inbound flight. Lastly, it’s very interesting that today, right after Macron’s brawny televised theatrics, Russia struck none other than….Odessa with a huge masterful blow that reportedly wiped out many important people, and has even the Ukrainian side openly wailing from the soul: the strike was a direct warning from Putin: “Your baguette-battalion will not be safe in Odessa, little emperor.” - Simplicius
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  14524. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – New footage has shocked Kiev once again, as Russian troops first managed to destroy a Ukrainian command post in Lebedevka then raised a flag on a monument in the settlement, symbolizing not only another tactical victory, but also that enemy troops had surrendered or fled. Videos shared on March 11, 2025 by the Russian Defense Ministry and Russian military correspondents, shows the assault and liberation of Lebedevka in Kursk Region by the Paratroopers “Tula” of the 106th Airborne Division. The crumbling Ukrainian forces trained in the West, surrendered under Russian gunfire, proving once again that NATO’s strategy is “ unworking.” The Kursk border is being secured, and Western assistance will not turn the tide, according to Russian soldiers. During the rapid assault, first destroying Ukrainian resistance by blowing up their command post with the support of UAV operators. Precision strikes on the command post, paving the way for airborne assault forces using light weapons, assisted by another UAV, to completely take the settlement from the Ukrainian formations that were already overwhelmed from the start. As a result, several Ukrainian soldiers who survived laid down their arms, later becoming prisoners of war. The “winged infantry” units undermined the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the central part of the village during the clearing operation. Next, the Paratroopers “Tula” planted Russian flag and the flag of the Airborne Forces on the Victory in the Great Patriotic War memorial in the center of Lebedevka. The expansion of the Russian Armed Forces’ control zone by more than 600 meters, clearing the area to the south and east, and advancing to an indefinite depth toward Zaoleshenka section of Sudzha, where Kiev’s troops were trapped in a huge “cauldron”!
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  14554. BIDEN LETS KIEV BOMB PRE-WAR RUSSIA WITH U.S. MISSILES: Washington officially admits Genocide Joe’s gunning for war as he gives Kiev regime nod to use his weapons on pre-war Russian territory: President recently directed his team to ensure that Ukraine able to use U.S.-supplied weapons for counter-fire purposes in Kharkov region so Ukraine can hit back against Russian forces attacking them - Biden administration statement attempting to tone down extent of escalation. Congresswoman Greene blasts "insane", dementia-ridden Biden for escalation that could lead to "direct war with Russia". NATO's most warmongering members have already admitted they've given Mad Vlad Zelensky no restrictions on how he uses their weapons - looks like it's Biden's turn to jump on bandwagon - Intel Republic NATO CHIEF BRUSHES OFF BIDEN'S UKRAINE ESCALATION - "NOTHING NEW": Stoltenberg tries to play down Washington allowing Kiev to attack pre-war Russia with U.S. weapons by claiming some states never even bothered to impose restrictions on Mad Vlad Zelensky: We have right to help Ukraine uphold right to self-defense. That doesn’t make NATO allies party to conflict - Stolty insists. He’s really desperate to make nothingburger out of potentially-devastating escalation - how can you give Zelensky permission to target pre-war Russia with YOUR missiles and have audacity to claim you're "nOt PaRtY tO cOnFlIcT"? - Intel Republic "PUTIN HAS BEEN THREATENING UKRAINE ALLIES SINCE BEFORE 24 FEB 2022" - NATO Chief StOOltenberg is a master at convoluting basic information. Putin has been threatening NATO allies since the very beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, the day before February 24 he gave a speech in which he threatened any ally supporting Ukraine, but we did not listen to him, if we were restrained by this message, then we could not provide no support – Stoltenberg says. On the day of the beginning of the Special Operation (24.02.22), for Putin it was imperative to formalize his objectives in a speech. Those objectives were to 1) Defend Donbass 2) Demilitarize Ukraine & 3) Denazify Ukraine. He warned external powers that all possible scenarios have been calculated and responses to them pre-determined, should anyone choose to interfere with the accomplishment of given objectives. That is not the same as "threatening NATO allies." - Intel Republic
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  14555. There have continued to be outcries of protest from major Western nations, yet no one has been able to actually take any action against Israel for its wanton murder and genocide, which it continues to commit daily. Listen to the Israeli spokesman below as she tries to extemporize on the spot about the ethnic cleansing Israel intends to carry out on the Gazans heading toward Rafah crossing: One of the issues with the proposed ceasefire is that Israel wants to exchange a bunch of random Palestinian teenagers they nabbed off the street and erroneously labeled ‘terrorists’. Hamas refuses this, as they want their actual named prisoners to be released in exchange for Israeli hostages. Israel has classically ‘cheated’ by simply kidnapping children off the streets and putting them into perpetual extrajudicial imprisonment for bargaining purposes. One of the deeper aspects to follow is the economic damage that continues unwinding Israel’s economy. even the Israeli military is starting to become demoralized and disillusioned, wondering if they can ever truly win. The article goes on to state that likely far fewer of Hamas have been killed than Israel claims, and also that Hamas can “recruit new people” on the fly—which means even the ones killed could have very well already been replaced. “We’re having a lot of success inside Gaza. The question is what is the plan for the day after,” said the sergeant. “I don’t think there is any clear idea.” And Bibi may have very well answered this question recently: The plan proposes to virtually turn Gaza into a real live concentration and re-education camp, even more so than it already was: At the same time, Bibi also announced that he will totally resist the creation of any Palestinian state, which means the two-state solution will never come to pass under his rule: Additionally, there are increased signals that Israel intends to carry out a mass new operation in Rafah, at the Egyptian border, reportedly on Ramadan, March 10th: However, there remains good reason to believe that the hardline factions do fully intend to carry out the invasion no matter what, but it’s not certain their side will win the power struggle as there are immense pressures from the U.S. and international community to stop the war. One thing is clear: there is a large amount of internal dissent and opposition. Netanyahu’s plan has no such exit strategy in mind: In summary: it seems that Netanyahu is trying to have his cake and eat it too. Ostensibly he wants to ‘root out’ and destroy Hamas, but at the same time fears doing so would force the inevitability of creating a Palestinian state—as there would no longer be any real excuse not to allow it, should Hamas be undeniably eliminated. In many ways, Israel is a parasitic leech that lives and thrives off of the strategy of tension in the region, collecting huge war chests of annual military “aid” for its eternal protection from the perceived phantom threats it itself foments, instigates, and cultivates. Netanyahu wants to continue playing this long game while reaping all the benefits—but for once, the risks are becoming too grave for Israel’s slavish sponsors. Also, as a final mention, noteworthy is the fact that if Israel were to go to war against Lebanon in the near future, it could be the final nail in the coffin for Ukraine. Out of the paltry 30,000 or so monthly artillery shells the U.S. currently produces, about 10,000 of them have gone to Israel each month thus far—40k since October. A protracted war against Hezbollah would require massive artillery armaments, and given that Israel is the U.S.’ true golden calf, its surging artillery needs would unquestionably be prioritized over those of Ukraine, leaving the AFU’s provisioning gravely in the lurch. As a postscript, Israel has shot itself in the foot by virtually declaring itself an enemy of Russia this week, after a provocative harangue by Israel’s unhinged UN Rep, Gilal Erdan: This is further indication of Israel’s totally oblivious exceptionalism: they believe, even in the foundering position they’re in, that they retain impunity in lashing out in anger at Russia for its perceived support of Palestine. No one has informed Israel that hubris and mania mix like milk and alcohol. Israel little understands the existential danger it’s in, and just who they’re making an enemy of. With every recent blundering, buffoonish step, Israel has brought itself one step closer to the edge of the abyss. - Simplicius
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  14557. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Viral videos on the internet show how all Iranian missiles hit their designated targets in the occupied Palestinian territories, at the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel, which Iran said was the time to give a firm response to the Zionist regime's aggression. The attack on the night of October 1, 2024, about 25 to 40 hypersonic missiles managed to evade Israeli anti-missile shield, and the US Navy Ship failed to intercept the missiles, which hit the military base directly. It is known that Nevatim Airbase, which is located 15 km from the Negev desert, is an air base that houses a squadron of fighter jets such as the F-35, and used to be a place where Israel received American bombs in the aggression on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Now, the air base is being destroyed to the maximum by order of the Supreme Commander of the Iranian Armed Forces, AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI! Chief of General Staff of the IRGC Armed Forces, Major General Muhammad Baqeri asserted that “In this Operation True Promise 2, Iran targeted the Mossad base in Tel Aviv, the Nevatim Airbase, the Hatzerim Base which houses the F-35 and F-15 used in the assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the IDF radar arrays, and the staging area for Israeli tanks.” Initial damage assessments reported that the Nevatim Air Base as well as Israel’s so-called Air Force One were badly damaged by the unhindered missile strikes, making them now inoperable. Open sources said that around 20 F-35 5th generation fighter jets, which bombed the Gaza Strip and Lebanon with over 85,000 tons of explosives last year, have been disabled there. Iran finally broke its long silence and launched a large-scale missile attack. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards said the attack was in retaliation for the assassination of Hamas political director Haniyeh, Hezbollah supreme leader Nasrallah, and Revolutionary Guard Brigadier General Abbas Nirfurshan.''If the aggressor responds with a counterattack, we will target all its infrastructure, retaliating a thousand times over,'' Muhammad Baqeri warned. Currently, regular and extensive flights of dozens of Iranian warplanes are being carried out across the country, on alert to detect and neutralize possible attacks by Zionist fighter jets.
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  14573. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Important summary until January 28, 2025, latest reports from reliable sources indicate that Chasov Yar is the focus of Russian Armed Forces after successfully taking several Ukrainian “large defensive cities” recently. Now, Russian tanks and drones are preparing “cauldrons” for Armed Forces of Ukraine, finding weak points in their defenses even while fighting alongside NATO, and several of their heavily fortified strongholds have been captured! The battle continues to capture high-rise blocks, breaking through the center and starting to separate the remaining Ukrainian formations in the city center. The assault company of the 331st Regiment is attacking from positions at the refractory plant, capturing part of the private housing sector. Footage shows Russian attack on the refractory plant area, a stronghold and Ukrainian garrison now lying in the rubble of destroyed buildings as shown in the January 27 video recorded by Ukrainian army. Strong Russian tank fire, providing support to the assault units of the Airborne Formation, which are focused on destroying Ukrainian defensive strongholds. The crew of “Ivanovo” Paratroopers deploy their T-72B3 tank during combat as shown in footage shared by Russian Defense Ministry on January 27. The modernized T-72B3 tanks, now equipped with FVP anti-drone nets and rubber-reinforced protection, also received additional protection for the rear, engine, and engine-transmission compartments of the tanks. In addition, the equipment was equipped with means of reducing visibility and electronic warfare systems to counter drones, the ammunition of which neutralized Ukrainian serviceman still entrenched in multi-storey houses and workshops of ChasovYar industrial zone, the Defense Ministry reported. Meanwhile, Russian drones carried out attacks and shelling of buildings in the forests south of ChasivYar a few days ago, leading to the capture of a NATO officers’ bunker there, according to Tuesday’s report. The Akhmat Special Forces unit and the assault force of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade took the network of positions, built by Ukrainian military with NATO assistance in the area of Chasovyarets recreation center during the war in Donbass before Russian "special military operation" in 2022. The huge bunker located underground, made of concrete and with a capacity of 30-40 people, is a fortified stronghold that has slowed down Russian advance, the destruction of which will speed up the liberation of the city. On another occasion, the latest footage shows a Russian drone destroying a Ukrainian armored vehicle. The BMP initially opened fire on Russian positions and rushed away from the place, then UAV drone crew of the 98th Airborne Division of the Southern Group of Forces arrived, chased and immediately hit the BMP, which was still trying to escape with its passengers after the drone was shot down. Not far from the place, another BMP-2 was also hit by a drone mortar, leaving the hardware immobile. Once again, it seems that the Ukrainian coalition cannot hold back the Russian advance and will soon collapse! Russian troops continue to clean up the captured areas. Footage shows Soldiers from the 38th engineer-sapper battalion clearing a road to speed up the movement of equipment towards Chasov Yar, and to speed up its liberation!
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  14583. Israel is demolishing residential buildings in the West Bank, burning homes in Lebanon and constructing military facilities in Syria, all while continuing to kill civilians in Gaza. This is what passes for peaceful times in the nonstop military operation known as Israel. An Australian sports journalist was just fired for retweeting factual information about Israel’s genocidal atrocities in Gaza. He was told it was because the sound of his voice was now making Jews in Melbourne “feel unsafe”. I am not joking. This actually happened. It’s so maddening hearing Trump administration officials wax compassionately about how devastated and uninhabitable Gaza has become like it’s been hit by a tragic natural disaster instead of an intentional demolition campaign that they all 100% supported the entire time. Waltz is a virulent warmonger who has supported all of Israel’s genocidal atrocities in Gaza since October 2023. Now that the agenda has moved on from destroying Gaza to ethnic cleansing it’s “Oh no, look, the place is dangerous and uninhabitable! What choice do we have but to permanently move all these poor unfortunate souls to refugee camps in the Sinai desert?” The millisecond the agenda changed, the narrative shifted from “The IDF is the most moral army in the world! They’re taking extraordinary precautions to protect civilian life in their righteous war of defense!” to “Don’t you guys know nothing is left standing in Gaza and all its civilian infrastructure has been completely destroyed? The whole place is covered with unexploded bombs! You expect people to LIVE there?? What kind of monsters are you??” Biden and Trump are just the names and faces on the operation; the operation itself is one unified movement toward the permanent seizure of Palestinian land. When powerful people get what they’ve always wanted, it’s seldom a lucky coincidence. It’s the result of deliberate, calculating actions taken in that direction. The faces placed in front of those actions are irrelevant. - LewRockwell
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  14587. [Who owns the world? The prince of this world, Satan, who wants company in hell!] We are living the Most Serious Economic and Social Crisis in World History. It is an outright war against all humanity: the Planet’s 8 billion people. Engineered collapse of agriculture. Hikes in the price of energy. Collapse in production and consumption. Poverty and Famine in all major regions of the World Peter Koenig Connects the Dots. He focusses on the powerful “Big Money Actors” who are pulling the strings in the shadows. Peter skilfully explains how “Everything is Interrelated” starting with the Covid plandemic, the mRNA vaccine, the powers of Big Pharma and the Military Industrial Complex, the role of corrupt governments and, the destabilization of the Nation State, the wars in Ukraine and Palestine, the propaganda campaign all of which are overseen and controlled by the Big Money actors. People in different countries are being impoverished simultaneously as a result of a deliberate process of “market manipulation”. It’s not the free market! Starting with the corona crisis in late January 2020, the global crisis (2020-2024) –which is still ongoing– has literally disrupted and destroyed people’s lives Worldwide in the course of the last four years. The scale and complexity of the 2020-2024 Global Economic and Social Crisis far surpasses all previous “depressions” including the 2007-2009 Recession which was categorized as the most serious economic meltdown since the Great Depression of 1929. - LewRockwell
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  14589. [Who owns the world? The prince of this world, Satan, who wants company in hell!] We are living the Most Serious Economic and Social Crisis in World History. It is an outright war against all humanity: the Planet’s 8 billion people. Engineered collapse of agriculture. Hikes in the price of energy. Collapse in production and consumption. Poverty and Famine in all major regions of the World Peter Koenig Connects the Dots. He focusses on the powerful “Big Money Actors” who are pulling the strings in the shadows. Peter skilfully explains how “Everything is Interrelated” starting with the Covid plandemic, the mRNA vaccine, the powers of Big Pharma and the Military Industrial Complex, the role of corrupt governments and, the destabilization of the Nation State, the wars in Ukraine and Palestine, the propaganda campaign all of which are overseen and controlled by the Big Money actors. People in different countries are being impoverished simultaneously as a result of a deliberate process of “market manipulation”. It’s not the free market! Starting with the corona crisis in late January 2020, the global crisis (2020-2024) –which is still ongoing– has literally disrupted and destroyed people’s lives Worldwide in the course of the last four years. The scale and complexity of the 2020-2024 Global Economic and Social Crisis far surpasses all previous “depressions” including the 2007-2009 Recession which was categorized as the most serious economic meltdown since the Great Depression of 1929. - LewRockwell
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  14603. Tucker Carlson’s interview of Russian President Vladimer Putin has faced viscous assault from government/corporate controlled fake news outlets and personalities. The Pfizer pimps are in rampage mode. The fear and viscous attacks by media propogandists toward Tucker Carlson for interviewing Putin demonstrate how potentially dangerous this interview is to the current regime. The message is you don’t need to give your attention to this, we’ll tell you what to think. This will work on many people, however in general will backfire and this interview is likely to be one of the most watched in history, at least in the United States. The most striking difference between listening and watching the Russian President and an American President being interviewed, was the contrast between watching a knowledgeable person give detailed explanations, and a puppet provide soundbites to prescreened questions. Putin’s rehashing the expansion of NATO since the 1990s against Russia’s objections and in violation of agreements, the color revolution and CIA orchestrated coup in Ukraine, the 2014 bombing of Donbass by Ukraine, are all issues that the fake media would prefer to keep concealed from Americans. Even more of a threat is the fact that Putin exemplifies leadership and is very capable of presenting a logical coherent case for his perspective and dispel the media myth that he is an out of control mad man. Maybe a worse threat, is the fact that Putin is signaling that a negotiated peace in Ukraine is acceptable, and the West is rigidly opposing this. If Americans process Putin’s statements about the Russian hypersonic missiles and weapons programs then it may actually register how reckless the rhetoric and actions America and the West have taken. Instead of responsibly seeking to deescalate the conflict, the United States and NATO went into full blown propaganda mode. Military aid and funds were pumped into the dark money laundering slush fund called Ukraine, and the United States and NATO decided to fight a proxy war against Russia. Apparently, nobody read the proxy war 101 handbook that you only fight proxy wars in third world countries, and that it is totally moronic to fight a proxy war in the neighboring country of the other major power. The only potential outcomes of such a proxy war would be the destruction of the superpower in question or a crushing defeat for those engaging in such a proxy war. The latter appears to have occurred. The obvious goal of cashing in on the killing is definitely a subsidiary if not one of the primary objectives. Depopulating in Ukraine is a viable secondary objective. As already inferred, laundering money through Ukraine was at a minimum a secondary goal. Still, consider the conflict from the perspective of globalism. If the intention was to break the United States, then that goal has been furthered. In fact, consider the possibility that the U.S. military since at least the Post Cold War has been a mercenary force for globalist to further the goal of World Government while simultaneously depleting America of its resources. What was the purpose of engaging in such a stupid foreign policy adventure? The Russia Ukraine war appears designed to break America. This is necessary for the creation of a world government. An American dominated world interferes with the globalist designs. In the interview, Putin points out that Russia’s economy has been boosted and the U.S. dollar has been hurt. The conflict is facilitating the creation of a multi polar world. The Russian head of state mentioned the Roman empire and its decline within the context of the modern world and the rapidity of the evolution of events. History does appear to be moving faster. Pax Romana may have lasted 500 years, Pax Americana appears to have lasted about 35 years or so. The American NATO course of action of escalating the Russia Ukraine war, was a blunder, to say the least. I guess we can never underestimate human stupidity… - LewRockwell
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  14605. Most Western analysts were popping champagne corks today proclaiming Israel’s “massive” victory over Iran’s 14 April combined drone, cruise missile and ballistic missile attack on targets in Israel. I don’t know if they are really this blind to what happened or are willing participants in a psychological operation to persuade Israel that it had a victory and does not need to escalate. Regardless, let’s deal with the facts. Iran’s goal was to demonstrate it could hit Israel if it wanted to but was providing advance warning to give the Israelis time to protect personnel in order to minimize casualties. Iran was not trying to cause mass casualties. Not surprisingly, Biden officials are vehemently denying they had advanced warning according to the Reuters report: Statements from U.S. officials can no longer be accepted as accurate given their established history of lying. This is a “cover-my-ass” denial. Can you imagine the political outrage that would ensue if the Biden team copped to the fact that they had forewarning from Iran? Do you think that the Turkish and Jordanian officials did not communicate to Washington what they had been told? Of course not. Iran’s attack in the early morning hours of Sunday was symbolic retaliation. The mullahs and IRGC commanders put Israel on notice that any further attacks on Iran, especially Iranian territory, will be answered by Iranian attacks on Israel. Iran demonstrated a remarkably sophisticated attack using three different weapon systems — drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. They did not use their most advanced, sophisticated weaponry. Israel used up over 700 Iron Dome missiles in countering Iran’s 300 plus drones. Why? You normally fire two Iron Dome missiles per target to ensure a hit. Ditto for the cruise missiles. What we know for a fact is that most of the ballistic missiles hit their targets in Israel. Here is a video of one of the strikes. Iran demonstrated a remarkably sophisticated capabilitiy — i.e., a maneuverable warhead. Notice that the inbound Iranian missile evades the Israeli interceptor and strikes the target. Wow!! We are now in the wait-and-see mode. There are contradictory signals out of Israel. Some insist Israel’s retaliation is imminent. Others suggest there will be no retaliation. I believe Israel is under the control of some genuine crazies and will try to hit an Iranian oil facility or military installation in Iran. When they do that Iran will make good on its promise and will launch a much larger, more devastating attack on Israeli military and intelligence targets. This is a fight Israel cannot win. If it chooses to pursue this course of action it will lead to the unraveling of its military effort to defeat Hamas and rescue any hostages still alive. - Sonar21
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  14611. With the truth coming out about how USAID has been working against US interests for decades, the disinfectant of public scrutiny is now turning to our membership in – and generous funding of – international organizations like NATO and the United Nations. I have long advocated our exit from NATO. At the end of the Cold War, with its very reason for existence gone, NATO decided to look for other ways of stirring up trouble. First NATO involved itself in the first Gulf War and then it decided its mission should be to bomb Serbia to smithereens – in the name of “human rights.” I agree with the late Sen. Robert Taft, who argued at the time NATO was formed that we should not join the “Atlantic Alliance.” It has become much clearer these past few months just how far NATO has shifted away from US interests. Even though the United States funds a whopping 70 percent of NATO’s cost, our own NATO “allies” are working against the United States as President Trump attempts to pull us back from the brink of war with Russia. In Paris our “partners” pledged to continue their failed Ukraine policy and to ridicule the United States for looking to try something different. To add insult to injury, right at the center of the table in Paris was none other than the Secretary General of NATO himself, former Dutch politician Mark Rutte! The message was very clear: “we are working against you – we push war while you push peace – but you must keep footing the bill.” - LewRockwell
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  14613. The French president insisted on further assistance to the government of Vladimir Zelensky, claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not stop if he is allowed to defeat Ukraine. When asked to comment on Macron’s statements by journalists on Thursday, Lavrov mentioned Hitler and Napoleon, describing them as the French president’s “predecessors, who also wanted to fight Russia.” The two European dictators sent their armies into Russia in 1812 and 1941, respectively, but ended up suffering crushing defeats. The difference is that Hitler and Napoleon “said directly: ‘We must conquer Russia, we must defeat Russia.’ And he [Macron], apparently, wants the same thing, but for some reason says that we must fight Russia so that it does not defeat France; that Russia is creating a threat to France and Europe,” he stressed. The minister refuted the French leader’s claims that Moscow has plans to attack Western Europe, calling such notions “unreasonable.” “President [Vladimir] Putin has said many times that this is absolute nonsense. I think that any sane person would understand that [by launching its military operation] Russia only wants to eliminate the root causes of the situation created by the West in Ukraine,” he explained. Lavrov also said that Moscow views Macron’s statement about widening France’s nuclear umbrella as a “threat towards Russia.” “If he considers us a threat, if he is calls a meeting of the chiefs of staff of the [Western] European countries and Britain; if he says that it is necessary to use nuclear weapons; if he prepares to use nuclear weapons against Russia – this is, of course, a threat,” he insisted. Earlier in the day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the French president’s speech as “highly confrontational,” saying that it has shown that France does not want peace, but “is thinking more about war, about the continuation of the conflict.” - RT
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  14614. Russia may be sending the West a message that no matter what they come up with during this summit, it will be impossible to treat with a man considered not only illegitimate but even a wanted criminal at the state level. Recall just last month Peskov himself hinted as much, and Lukashenko was the one to bring up the illegitimacy roadblock. This encapsulates Russia’s potential plans. By introducing a large force in a new direction they can really throw the AFU off balance. However, there’s also a good chance that Russia is merely playing at the possibility of introducing the northern force for the very reason to keep Ukraine guessing and unable to fully deploy reserves in Donbass, as they have to be on standby to be deployed to Kharkov. Just by keeping a large force on the northern border, Russia can keep critical Ukrainian reserves tied down. Given the above continued developments, we’re once again being razzled with threats of NATO troop deployment: In the end though, most of this is just posturing. The game has once again been given away by Macron himself in the earlier interview, and others as well. Macron said: What I also wanted to reopen on February 26th was this famous strategic ambiguity, which should convince Putin that we are determined and that he will have to count on our determination. And here is Polish foreign minister Sikorsky again outlining the fact that this coordinated European provocation is merely meant as a smokescreen to “keep Russia guessing” via ‘strategic ambiguity’: The F-16 figleaf is likewise being used in this game of ambiguity to push Russia’s boundaries and test its limits. They will likely try to deliberately smokescreen where the F-16s can eventually be stationed or come from to give the effect that NATO may be involved in order to maintain a sense of tension they believe will deter Russia. But if you listen to Russian authorities and siloviki, they do not sound very frightened. But keep in mind, I believe that French troops have already long been in Ukraine anyway. Some may recall as far back as the Mariupol fight, Russian forces kept finding French military berets and pins in the wreckage. Here’s a recent resident of liberated Avdeevka who says he saw French troops firing on civilians Georgy Nekrasov, a resident of Avdeevka, said that in 2023, French tanks under the control of French crews from the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled peaceful areas of Avdeevka. Several times I was asked in past mailbags to comment on the state of the Ukrainian disabled veterans. Now, a new Le Monde article covers the topic quite grimly: It states outright that 70% of disabled Ukrainians are forced to care for themselves with the state having “given up on them.” Now add this to the new mobilization procedures which allow for the sick and even mentally incapacitated to be called up by Zelensky: I’ve long covered the topic of Ukraine’s prisoner disparity with Russia, which is an obvious analog to the general casualty ratios. After reports last time that the Abrams tanks were withdrawn from the battlefield, Ukraine’s 47th brigade vehemently denied it and said they haven’t gone anywhere. As if to undo the shame they appeared to make a show of it, risking the Abrams once more in defense of areas west of Avdeevka, which resulted in 2 new Abrams being destroyed today, as well as another Bradley. That reportedly now makes upwards of 6-8 Abrams destroyed thus far by most counts: - Simplicius
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  14615. “The Iranians have a strategy, and we don’t”, a former senior U.S. Defence Department official told Al-Monitor: “We’re getting bogged down in tactical weeds – of whom to target and how – and nobody’s thinking strategically”. The former Indian diplomat MK Bhadrakumar has coined the term ‘swarming’ to describe this process of non-state actors miring the U.S. in the tactical attrition – from the Levant to the Persian Gulf. In the Ukraine, Russia has pursued a patient, calibrated attrition to drive hard-Right ultranationalists from the field of battle (in central and eastern Ukraine), together with their western NATO facilitators. NATO attempts at deterrence towards Russia (that recently have veered off into ‘terrorist’ attacks inside Russia – i.e. on Belgorod) notably have failed to produce results. Rather, Biden’s close embrace of Kiev has left him exposed politically, as U.S. and European zeal for the project implodes. The war has bogged down the U.S., without any electorally acceptable exit – and all can see it. Moscow drew-in Biden to an elaborate attritional web. He should ‘get out’ quick – but the 2024 campaign binds him. Some of those countries – including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – have initiated ‘private’ steps that were not coordinated with the U.S. They are not only speaking with these militia and movements, but also directly with Iran. The strategy to ‘swarm’ the U.S. on multiple fronts was plainly stated at the recent ‘Astana Format’ meeting between Russia, Iran, and Turkey on 24-25 January. The latter triumvirate are busy preparing the endgame in Syria (and ultimately, in the Region as a whole). In sum, patience has run out over the U.S. weaponising the Kurds and attempting to revitalise ISIS in order to disrupt the tripartite plans for a Syria settlement. The trio want the U.S. out. the backdrop to Israel’s disruptive behaviour lay with America’s ‘forever wars’ of divide-and-rule in support of Israel. In his first substantive statement after 7 October, Seyed Nasrallah (speaking for the Axis of Resistance as a whole) indicated a strategic Resistance pivot: Whereas the conflict triggered by events in Gaza was centrally connected with Israel, Seyed Nasrallah additionally underlined that the backdrop to Israel’s disruptive behaviour lay with America’s ‘forever wars’ of divide-and-rule in support of Israel In short, he tied the causality of America’s many regional wars to the interests of Israel. Only it is not regional actors that are contriving to box-in Biden – it is America’s own protégé: Prime Minister Netanyahu. The confluence between the failed Ukrainian ploy to weaken Russia, and the risky ploy for Israel’s war on Hizbullah, is unlikely to be lost on Americans. - LewRockwell
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  14617. Christians are treated like Muslims in Palestine. They must seek a permit from the Israeli government to join Easter services in Jerusalem or Bethlehem. Out of 50,000, Israel saw fit to grant just 200 permits. The Israeli occupation did not discriminate between Muslims and Christians – they too are subject to arbitrary arrests, confiscation of their land and home, and economic isolation. Why isn’t our Christian Congress appalled? 70 years ago, Bethlehem was 86% Christian. Today that number is a mere 12%. The Israeli government built a wall around Bethlehem and annexed the land for Jewish settlements. Secular Jewish settlements. People who have no religious affiliation are in control of Israel’s Holy Sites. The Vatican is silent. The War of Silence. Is now deafening. And the churches are mute. Netanyahu expanded his Gaza and Rafah war into the West Bank, killing indiscriminately, confiscating homes, and literally throwing people into the street. Yet, Christians support this. “Kill them all”! Are any of these Christians left? Are they alive? Are they being starved? These Christians and Muslims worked together, ate together, tilled the land together. There was no animosity. Because they worshipped the same places and had peace with God. Until Netanyahu said, “NO MORE”! Did they become dirty and vile? Or is Congress simply braindead? Netanyahu’s ‘targeted’ murder of civilians is a War Crime. No amount of PR will change that fact. 145 UN member countries voted to recognize Palestine’s statehood. The WORLD has spoken. - LewRockwell
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  14619. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Many are not covered by the media, but more Ukrainian equipment in Ugroyedyin Sumy region, has been a soft target for Russian forces, the hardware has been found, and then burned. The Russian Defense Ministry shared a video on March 23, 2025, showing the work of a UAV strike team using Inokhodets and Forpost drones, attacking Ukrainian armored vehicles, artillery and units, in Ugroyedy sector, the ministry said in a statement. Ukraine has moved its goods, and at least some of its assault units have been withdrawn from other directions, from settlements on other borders near the neighboring Kursk and Belgorod Regions. Rather than seek safety in Ugroyedy, Russian Inokhodets and Forpost have burned their infantry fighting vehicles, armored combat vehicles, combat reconnaissance vehicles, and artillery, even though they are stationed far from the front lines. Recently, Russian units from the Sever Group of Forces have continued to secure important victories on multiple fronts, and inflict losses on Ukrainian defenses and equipment, including EW stations and supply depots, near Ugroyedy, weakening Kiev-NATO’s ability to fight back. Russian military channels released a video on March 22, in which a precision drone strike destroys a Ukrainian howitzer and command post in the village of Naumovka, not far from Ugroyedy settlement. Aerial reconnaissance revealed the presence of a 2S22 "Bohdana" howitzer attempting to attack the territory of the Russian Federation, immediately sending coordinates that allowed Russian fighters using the Inokhodets UAV to destroy the howitzer. As a result, the howitzer burned down in one powerful explosion! Still in the vicinity of the same settlement, Ukraine redeployed the American M-777 to the border, supporting the attack on Belgorod, but Russian reconnaissance found the NATO artillery position, after the other M777 had been destroyed. The footage on March 20 shows the Lancet ammunition delivered by the Spetsnaz Detachment ”Anvar”, and the destruction of foreign equipment. This highlights the growing capabilities of Russian forces in loitering ammunition, supporting attacks on Ukrainian deployments anywhere, in key areas that will undermine Ukrainian logistics and command structures!
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  14622. We are witnessing a Fool's Errand by Ukraine ordered by the NATO fools, the loss of lives be damned! WHITE FLAG, group of Ukrainian soldiers decide they no longer wanna be cannon fodder, give up their arms and surrender near Kremennaya, Lugansk Republic (ex-Ukraine) . Deciding not to go down with Kiev's regime sinking ship, and Russian artillery on their trail, they come out of the bushes waving white flags after taking wise decision not be a number on Ukraine's terrifying monthly tally of dead soldiers. - Intel Report SAMANTHA STUTTERS as USAID Chief Power can't get her mouth to work after fed up Armenian yells at her to at least sanction Azerbaijan for its "anti-terror op" or go back to her country. We don't care. Stop the lies - says frustrated man, confronting Power, who is in Armenia to use her "NGO'S" cash to model his country as a Western puppet state. - Intel Report US WAGING INFO WAR in Armenia as Moscow reveals 2000 US Embassy agents part of grand scheme, dedicating "HUGE resources" for Armenian media. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova adds "Armenia knows who's enemy and who's friend" (definitely not Washington's soft power Chief Samantha Power, who happens to be in Armenia). - Intel Report Shocked eyewitness at size of crater drone left after getting shot down by Russian air defenses over military airfield in Saratov, Southwestern Russia. Fragments of taxpayers' cash litter the ground as man can't believe size of destruction. - Intel Report Russian FM spokeswoman Zakharova warns that US is transferring to Europe missile systems previously banned under Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) between Washington and Moscow. When signed by US and Soviet Union on 1987, INF stipulated both nations ban all land-based ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. - Intel Report SHOWERS FROM HELL by Russian artillery on Ukrainian army in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine) destroy their strongholds as massive explosions rip through their positions leaving over 595 cannon fodder either killed or injured, destroying 2 armored vehicles, M777 and 2 MSTA-B howitzers. Russian air defenses intercept 8 US-supplied HIMARS multiple launch rocket shells, destroy 19 drones. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 26 The cruise missile attack of Russian Armed Forces at joint weapons and ammunition depot in the village of Kiselevka, Kherson region, destroyed more than 3,000 tons of ammunition of Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of the strike, 12 hangars storing various types of ammunition were completely wiped out. - Military Tube Today The massive offensive launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Rabotino-Verbovoye was chaotic. The Russian Armed Forces while carrying out defensive actions, knocked out Ukrainian troops from several positions, destroyed armored vehicles, and even captured their fighters. Ukrainian multiple attacks in Zaporozhye direction collapsed and have not yet found the key to Russian defense.- Military Tube Today
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  14634. The American Dream… or Nightmare? Kamala's “Glorious Economy” Fantasy Welcome to the circus. In the latest episode of America’s desperate attempt to keep the illusion alive, we’re told the “glorious economy” will save Kamala Harris in the polls, just as the empire teeters on the brink of financial collapse. Let’s get real. The U.S. national debt is now approaching an eye-watering $35.8 trillion—yes, with a “T”—and each American citizen is shackled with an average debt burden of over $90,000. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Add in over $200 trillion in unfunded liabilities, and every single American—man, woman, and child, is shouldering a mind-numbing $600,000+ debt burden. Is this the “glory” they're selling? The interest alone on this monstrous sum is set to devour trillions more in the coming years, dwarfing investments in infrastructure, healthcare, and education. Meanwhile, the IMF has just confirmed that Russia, despite over 20,0000 Western sanctions and relentless economic warfare, is now the fourth-largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity (PPP). Moscow has maneuvered past Japan, silencing those who predicted Russia’s collapse. Unlike the speculative foundations of "Bidenomics," Russia's growth has been forged on tangible resources, resilience, and a sovereign economy. As BRICS nations rise, forging independent pathways free from dollar dependence, Washington doubles down on smoke-and-mirrors, feeding its citizens a diet of “everything is glorious” while the walls close in. The empire’s enemies take note. The “economic prowess” being celebrated in D.C. is little more than hollowed-out promises backed by the Fed’s Ponzi-money-printing machine. The American economy, propped up by the very fiat currency it weaponizes against the world, is the definition of a ticking time bomb. So, yes, bring on the election theatrics: Kamala, Trump, whoever. In reality, it’s a “choose your own dystopia” game. While Americans are distracted by the current presidential puppet show, the rest of the world watches as the empire implodes. Real power is shifting, and no “glorious economy” narrative will change that. The Global Majority, anchored by BRICS, isn’t buying the show. They’re building a parallel system and Kazan was only the beginning. As the West doubles down on an unsustainable path, others are investing in genuine growth, decoupled from Western debt traps. They’re not just betting against the dollar; they’re laying the foundation for a world where such illusions hold no sway. - Gerry Nolan - The Islander News - Intel Republic
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  14636. After receiving a “golden pager” memento from a smirking Netanyahu—a more cretinous tableau could hardly be imagined: The amount of contradiction leaves one’s head spinning like a dreidel. “No one can live there, the place is hell,” a puffy-eyed Trump explains, only moments before triumphantly declaring that the place will be turned into a casino-like ‘Levantine Riviera’ for “the people of the world”; might those be chosen people, mayhaps? Trump argues that Palestinians deserve to live where they aren’t going to ignominiously “die”, so that’s why an artificial refugee camp—sorry, town—should be constructed in Jordan, yet he forgets to mention that the man beside him is the reason those natives-to-the-land are ‘mysteriously’ dying in droves. A servile-looking Trump blubbers his plans for the biggest genocide and mass ethnic cleansing campaign in modern history with the casual air of someone ordering a breakfast sandwich As per usual, though, the true slap of betrayal lies in the indifference of the establishment media shills, whose jobs should have been to deeply question and probe, set a journalistic flame to such outrages of common consciousness and decency. Note how unctuously Trump slips the question of who will live in Gaza—not once, but twice. Then in the video below, he states the US will take over the Gaza strip and “own it”—so an American Mandate for the modern world? Finally, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asks him directly will the Gazans be able to return, and if not, who does Trump envision living in Gaza after the US turns into a “beautiful place”? Trump’s response is an historic study in slippery artifice, and must be seen to be believed: “I envision…world people living there.” Has a more maddening display of genocide apologetics ever been strutted out and gobbed in orange lipstick before? Well, what can one say, Israel has found its perfect faithful servant: Trump, before his election, called the Gaza Strip "prime real estate" in a phone call with Netanyahu and asked him to think about what types of hotels could be built there. - Simplicius
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  14647. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – Finally, the most intense clashes erupted in western Aleppo on Friday, November 29, after the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) together with the Russian Armed Forces, fought the rebels from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group together with the Turkish-controlled Syrian National Army (SNA). The rebels used the method of sending evacuation orders to everyone in western Aleppo. The group claimed to have taken control of several towns and villages in what the Syrian army called the 'largest offensive since 2020', which began an attack on Syrian largest city, Aleppo. Now, the main battle areas stretch from the west and southwest of Aleppo, east of Idlib, southeast of Idlib to the vicinity of Saraqib. Since this morning, the rebel forces have launched a large-scale coordinated attack on these areas. The fighting was reported to have taken place inside Aleppo - confirmed by Ahmad Ali, a pro-Assad Syrian military journalist. The Syrian Arab Army immediately took decisive action, eradicating the rebels who came from various countries, which is a clear violation of Syrian sovereignty. New footage shows Assad's forces deploying various types of artillery with heavy fire, relentlessly pounding their groups' positions in the western countryside of Aleppo. In addition to the artillery work, Russian warplanes are now bombarding western and southwestern Aleppo on a large scale, continuing the bombardment to destroy the rebel positions. After enemy positions suffered heavy losses in caves and human shields, killing dozens of rebels, they tried to hold some positions, but some points were retaken by the Syrian Arab Army until reinforcements arrived. Since last night, Russian warplanes have been destroying the rebel headquarters in the so-called "Joint Forces" near the town of Marea in the northern countryside of Aleppo. This was their gathering point, which was coordinating the attack efforts for the next day. But the heavy airstrikes destroyed the place as in the footage, killing dozens of rebels and their supporters, the pro-Syrian government channel reported. The Syrian Arab Army reported that one rebel of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham named "Ibrahim Khaled Dibo" was killed in western Aleppo today, and his strange clothing featured the ISIS flag on the emblem of his group's elements. Noteworthy! Moscow is determined to restore the constitutional order of Syrian government in Aleppo region as soon as possible!
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  14653. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The latest footage shows the arrival moment of Geran2 kamikaze drone, diving sharply towards its target position in Kharkov Videos circulated online on April 30, 2025, Geran-2 UAV with a 50 kg warhead, one of the Iranian-designed Geranuim variants operated by Russian forces, reached its destination during the processing of objects against the logistics center and important military depot for Ukrainian forces in Kharkov. Geranium, with its shrill sound when working, overwhelmed enemy air defenses as the UAV proved to be very difficult to block! According to reports, this is the fourth impact at the location, showing an epic dive by Geranium towards a target somewhere, while passing obstacles amidst the fire by Ukrainian air defenses of Western-made, but then managed to trigger a large explosion that morning. Geranium UAV is always interesting to discuss again and again, especially during the recent Russian strikes, including one that has given a scare for Ukrainian military in Kharkov. Within an hour, the area was attacked more than 15 times by Russian Geran-2, both day and night. One of the powerful explosions caused by the UAV is captured on camera by a driver on the evening of April 29 at 22:00. The driver hastily turned his car 360 degrees, away from the explosion site and decided to return home. As in the frames from other angles that night, Geran-2 attacked the target without encountering much resistance from Ukrainian air defense, the degradation of which is confirmed by the attacks, which became more frequent throughout the day. Eyewitnesses say that this was one of the largest drone strikes on the city. Interestingly, Russian Geranium disrupted the Ukrainian air response during the UAV attack in the skies over Cherkassy a few days ago, targeting military goods at an airport. The footage shows a Su-27 of Ukrainian Air Force destroyed and falling to the ground, after being mistakenly shot down by friendly fire from its own F-16, war correspondents report. According to their information, the two fighter jets worked in pairs and tried to repel the attack by "Geranium", but the Ukrainian military messed everything up, and a "mistake" happened.
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  14660. French President Emmanuel Macron should apologize for making “misleading” claims about the origins of the Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has told RT. In particular, Zakharova criticized Macron for alleging that Russia was to blame for the failure of the Minsk Accords. The agreements were brokered in 2014 and 2015 to halt fighting between Ukraine and the now-Russian Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, with France and Germany as guarantors. They were ultimately not implemented, and Moscow later accused Kiev and the West of using them to strengthen Ukraine’s military instead of securing peace. “We cannot forget that Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and that we negotiated a ceasefire in Minsk at that time. And Russia did not respect this ceasefire,” the French president alleged, claiming that Moscow poses a direct threat to France and the entire EU. Zakharova condemned Macron’s comments as “aggressive and destructive” and pointed out that former French President François Hollande and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel have “openly confessed and not under torture or pressure” back in 2022 they never intended to enforce the accords. “Macron should invite his predecessor… Hollande, to the Élysée Palace to have a heart-to-heart talk with him… Then he’ll probably hear from Hollande... that he had no intention of implementing the Minsk agreements while representing France,” Zakharova stated, suggesting that after speaking to Hollande, Macron would “have to apologize to his own population for misleading them.” - RT
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  14676. “The Iranians have a strategy, and we don’t”, a former senior U.S. Defence Department official told Al-Monitor: “We’re getting bogged down in tactical weeds – of whom to target and how – and nobody’s thinking strategically”. The former Indian diplomat MK Bhadrakumar has coined the term ‘swarming’ to describe this process of non-state actors miring the U.S. in the tactical attrition – from the Levant to the Persian Gulf. In the Ukraine, Russia has pursued a patient, calibrated attrition to drive hard-Right ultranationalists from the field of battle (in central and eastern Ukraine), together with their western NATO facilitators. NATO attempts at deterrence towards Russia (that recently have veered off into ‘terrorist’ attacks inside Russia – i.e. on Belgorod) notably have failed to produce results. Rather, Biden’s close embrace of Kiev has left him exposed politically, as U.S. and European zeal for the project implodes. The war has bogged down the U.S., without any electorally acceptable exit – and all can see it. Moscow drew-in Biden to an elaborate attritional web. He should ‘get out’ quick – but the 2024 campaign binds him. Some of those countries – including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – have initiated ‘private’ steps that were not coordinated with the U.S. They are not only speaking with these militia and movements, but also directly with Iran. The strategy to ‘swarm’ the U.S. on multiple fronts was plainly stated at the recent ‘Astana Format’ meeting between Russia, Iran, and Turkey on 24-25 January. The latter triumvirate are busy preparing the endgame in Syria (and ultimately, in the Region as a whole). In sum, patience has run out over the U.S. weaponising the Kurds and attempting to revitalise ISIS in order to disrupt the tripartite plans for a Syria settlement. The trio want the U.S. out. the backdrop to Israel’s disruptive behaviour lay with America’s ‘forever wars’ of divide-and-rule in support of Israel. In his first substantive statement after 7 October, Seyed Nasrallah (speaking for the Axis of Resistance as a whole) indicated a strategic Resistance pivot: Whereas the conflict triggered by events in Gaza was centrally connected with Israel, Seyed Nasrallah additionally underlined that the backdrop to Israel’s disruptive behaviour lay with America’s ‘forever wars’ of divide-and-rule in support of Israel In short, he tied the causality of America’s many regional wars to the interests of Israel. Only it is not regional actors that are contriving to box-in Biden – it is America’s own protégé: Prime Minister Netanyahu. The confluence between the failed Ukrainian ploy to weaken Russia, and the risky ploy for Israel’s war on Hizbullah, is unlikely to be lost on Americans. - LewRockwell
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  14687. “If there is a general mood in the room not to focus on BSEC, let’s consider it as a talk show, as a self-made Security Council which we invented for ourselves, not for practical projects, not for helping people,” Birichevsky said, addressing Ukraine’s “provocative performance.” For Russia, the issue of Ukraine is not about territory or geopolitics, but “a matter of life and death,” said the diplomat. “It is about being able to live as [we did] for ages – as one family, with the same core values that are not for foreign intruders to destroy.” Birichevsky reminded his colleagues that Ukraine “lost its sovereignty” in 2014, “as a result of the US-EU sponsored and directed coup d’état.” He noted that President Viktor Yanukovich was ousted even after signing an agreement to settle the dispute with the nationalist protesters peacefully – mediated by France, Germany and Poland, none of whom cared when it was violated. “If we want to remember everything today, then let’s remember everything,” Birichevsky said, bringing up the role of US diplomat Victoria Nuland in the coup. He also called the government of Ukraine a “nationalist neo-Nazi regime… that has been conducting a full-fledged war against its own population” for the past decade. Just since February 2022, Birichevsky noted, the Ukrainian military has launched 32,388 attacks on the Donetsk People’s Republic alone, killing 4,787 civilians – including 142 children – and wounding another 5,776 people. - RT
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  14691. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Viral videos on the internet show how all Iranian missiles hit their designated targets in the occupied Palestinian territories, at the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel, which Iran said was the time to give a firm response to the Zionist regime's aggression. The attack on the night of October 1, 2024, about 25 to 40 hypersonic missiles managed to evade Israeli anti-missile shield, and the US Navy Ship failed to intercept the missiles, which hit the military base directly. It is known that Nevatim Airbase, which is located 15 km from the Negev desert, is an air base that houses a squadron of fighter jets such as the F-35, and used to be a place where Israel received American bombs in the aggression on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Now, the air base is being destroyed to the maximum by order of the Supreme Commander of the Iranian Armed Forces, AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI! Chief of General Staff of the IRGC Armed Forces, Major General Muhammad Baqeri asserted that “In this Operation True Promise 2, Iran targeted the Mossad base in Tel Aviv, the Nevatim Airbase, the Hatzerim Base which houses the F-35 and F-15 used in the assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the IDF radar arrays, and the staging area for Israeli tanks.” Initial damage assessments reported that the Nevatim Air Base as well as Israel’s so-called Air Force One were badly damaged by the unhindered missile strikes, making them now inoperable. Open sources said that around 20 F-35 5th generation fighter jets, which bombed the Gaza Strip and Lebanon with over 85,000 tons of explosives last year, have been disabled there. Iran finally broke its long silence and launched a large-scale missile attack. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards said the attack was in retaliation for the assassination of Hamas political director Haniyeh, Hezbollah supreme leader Nasrallah, and Revolutionary Guard Brigadier General Abbas Nirfurshan.''If the aggressor responds with a counterattack, we will target all its infrastructure, retaliating a thousand times over,'' Muhammad Baqeri warned. Currently, regular and extensive flights of dozens of Iranian warplanes are being carried out across the country, on alert to detect and neutralize possible attacks by Zionist fighter jets.
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  14694. Notwithstanding all of Israel’s tough talk and Biden’s repeated vow to defend Israel, Israel’s military campaign against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran is turning into a real debacle. And things don’t look much better for the United States. The 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is unambiguous: The premises of a diplomatic mission are inviolable and must not be entered by the host country except by permission of the head of the mission; likewise, the host country must never search the premises, may not seize its documents or property, and must protect the mission from intrusion or damage (Article 22). Article 30 extends this provision to the private residence of diplomatic agents. All of this is taking place against a growing realization in Tel Aviv and Washington that their respective tactics for dealing with Hamas and the Houthis respectively have been a debacle. Israeli columnist, Chaim Levinson, dropped this bomb in the pages of Haaretz — Saying What Can’t Be Said: Israel Has Been Defeated – a Total Defeat. Add to that the complete and utter failure of Operation Prosperity Guardian, as the U.S. Navy proved itself and a handful of “allies” impotent to re-open the Red Sea to maritime traffic and quell the Houthis from firing missiles at any ship trying to make its way to Israel. The French proved their true mettle — they’re retreating: Word to Macron — if your Navy cannot stand up to the “wrath” of the Houthis how in the hell do you think you can prevail on the battlefield of Ukraine against the Russians? This would be high comedy were it not for the specter of world war looming on the horizon.- Sonar21
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  14695. China and Russia were warning the West that they would not allow the West to attack Iran or shutdown oil exports from Saudi Arabia and Iran destined for China. The Chinese and Russian forces represent a trip wire that the United States and Israel must weigh as they contemplate an attack on Iran, such as hitting its oil refineries. The Chinese are flexing a little military muscle, but their real power is in the expansion of diplomatic relations with the Gulf Arabs and Iran. China played a decisive role in the rapprochement this year between longtime adversaries, Saudi Arabia and Iran. China’s diplomatic initiative destroyed the U.S. policy of trying to ramp up friction between Saudi Arabia and Iran. It is no longer an “open question” how this affects policy in the Middle East — Saudi Arabia and Iran are siding with the Palestinians and condemning Israel’s actions. They have dethroned Washington, DC as the dominant force in the Middle East. - Sonar21 Why is the United States once again bombing Syria, placing warships right on their doorstep in the Middle East? And Is the United States actively trying to assassinate Syrian President Bashar Al Assad? Syrian journalist Kevork Almassian brings us that story. - Redacted Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, has backtracked after promoting a Time magazine article that portrayed the leader as being overly stubborn and unable to deal with corruption. - RT Col. Macgregor to Tucker: Biden admin is driving the US into an ‘Armageddon’ war in Middle East. ‘It's going to be very difficult for Russia and Turkey not to also come into this fight against us because they will not tolerate the sort of collective punishment that Israel plans for Gaza,’ the retired colonel said. - Lifesite news
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  14708. Two days out from Iran’s seminal strike on Israel and some things are being clarified. All the early claims of having shot everything down were slowly retracted, with more realistic headlines taking their place as testament to the confusion behind the scenes. Videos like this one are hard to deny—watch the end to see major explosions at the site of whatever was hit: Last night, Iranian assets were allegedly struck in Jableh outside Khmeimim—it’s uncertain if that’s meant to be the ‘response’, or one of them. Fake news reports claimed Israel had struck Russia’s Khmeimim base itself, but geolocations showed that to not be the case Everyone knows there are competing factions within the US government, which is why the State Department had witnessed a surge of resignations this year over the Biden team’s support of Israel. However, Brian Berletic outlined the other likely explanation for these seemingly incoherent discrepancies. On one hand, Biden reiterated he would not support Israeli strikes, which need to be “proportional”, he says: But on the other, Berletic quotes the 2009 Brookings paper entitled "Which Path to Persia?", which outlines a strategy of “maintaining plausible deniability while, in fact, attacking Iran including its nuclear sites.” It’s obvious that a pro-Zionist faction of the deep state in the US government is working in tandem with Mossad to set Iran up as the fall guy one way or another. Whether they get the Democrats to attack Iran, or they take out Trump and blame it on Iran in order to whip up a military campaign of performative vengeance. What’s obvious is that Israel is pushing all its neocon puppets to make the most out of its ongoing disastrous maelstrom of unprovoked attacks on neighboring countries. Israel will settle for any kind of ‘victory’, which can be defined as whatever buys it civilizational time against its enemies. Taking out Iran’s nuclear program would be ‘worth’ the price of slaughter and their likely soon-to-fail Lebanese campaign. It’s not looking good so far, with photos claiming to show knocked out Merkavas and Hezbollah’s claims that dozens of IDF have already been eliminated with hardly any territory captured. At this pace, Israel will understandably need to ‘divert’ again to a big US-led strike campaign against Iran to paste over and memory-hole what may turn out to be another huge failure in Lebanon. As a last pertinent update, on the heels of Iran’s strikes, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with Iran’s president in Doha, Qatar in a symbolic opening of a new chapter of rapprochement: Something tells me this isn’t the “new Middle East” Netanyahu wants: Just a day after Iran’s missile attack, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister meets with Iran’s president, declaring that Saudi Arabia wants to “permanently close the chapter on our differences.” So, snubbing Israel while meeting with Iran’s president under the proclamation of “permanently [closing] the chapter on our differences”. It seems the last remaining silver linings are quickly turning to lead for Israel. - Simplicius
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  14709. URSULA DOESN'T REPRESENT US: About 800 European Commission employees write protest letter accusing EU Chief boring Ursula of blindly backing Israel while ignoring massacres committed against Palestinians by IDF in Gaza Strip. According to US news outlet Politico (article pictured) a top EU official accuses von der Lyin' of "airing her personal views" that are full of love for Tel Aviv while "forgetting" to talk about bloc's support for Palestinian statehood in public speeches. Hope the view is nice under the bus, Ursula! - Intel Report CHILDHOOD STOLEN little lives in PERIL before they've barely begun as boy frantically sifts through sand (left video) desperately looking for lost family under the sand and debris. Little infant in Gaza (right) struggles to take breaths, choking on the deadly debris of Israeli rockets. - Intel Report ANOTHER RESCUE CREW BOMBED by Israel as US-funded Israeli warplanes turn center for Gazan emergency crews into destruction and debris after striking Civil Defense in Khirbet al-'Adas, north of Rafah, south Gaza. Civil Defense reports injuries among crew as regions of Rafah, site of limited border crossings, come under deadly bombardment. - Intel Report The Russian Armies are relentless, wearing down the Ukes day by day in a war of attrition that Russia has been winning, a war that Russia refuses to lose remembering the deaths of the innocents in the Donbass! RAFAH CROSSING SET TO OPEN at 10 am local time (bottom video) as Egyptian-Israeli border gate expected to let in badly needed humanitarian aid to Gaza, under brutal Israeli blockade of food, water, medicines, and medical supplies, following Palestinian Resistance group Hamas's release of 2 American-Israeli hostages. Border crossing to be opened as Egyptian authorities reportedly work to remove barriers, expecting to receive 20 humanitarian aid trucks in next 6 hours. We feel sorry that fuel trucks were not allowed to enter. The aid entering today from the Rafah crossing into Gaza is a drop in the ocean of humanitarian needs - Palestinian Red Crescent Society. - Intel Report FRANTIC CROWDS WADE THROUGH RUBBLE in Deir El Balah, Central Gaza Strip, following targeted Israeli strikes on a home, killing 12 Palestinians - including 8 CHILDREN - sending them into graves under the rubble, with video showing dead bodies on stretchers as people desperately look for ambulances. Early morning strikes KILL over 30 Palestinians total - barely before dawn breaks. - Intel Report
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  14719. Now, things have gotten so bad there’s rumor the U.S. is tightfisting its own supply due to shortages: That means the U.S. and combined West’s 155mm situation is so bad that the U.S. doesn’t even have enough of its own rounds to conduct basic routine training for its own crews, which eats up a certain percentage of rounds per month throughout the year. But now the latest claim being trotted out is that Germany’s Rheinmetall plans to send Ukraine “millions” of rounds: This is all cruel nonsense. It’s hard to understand why they torture Ukrainians with such lies. Is that a joke? 100k shells by the second year? Those should be monthly numbers. Russia is said to be doing 250-350k shells a month at the minimum. And it’s nearly insulting to even comment on Rheinmetall’s claim of building an ammo factory in Ukraine—this is nothing but childish posturing. They know full well such a factory would get a sunny visit from Iskander and his pal Kinzhal and be promptly reduced to constituent silica. Not to mention NATO’s defense firms continue to go up in flames, with reports claiming Germany’s Diehl plant burned for days: But when you take a look at the Caesar production capability you learn that France itself has only 40-60 of them total, depending on source. And each unit takes a whopping 30 months to build—it took them something like 8 years just to build the few dozen that they have. Now of course that doesn’t mean they build one at a time, and the production time has allegedly been “halved” since then—they can build a few simultaneously in those months it takes, but it still means the total “75” is years away. A trickle of a few Caesars per year is not going to do much when Ukraine is facing collapse. The UK is in a similar quandary: Russia’s advantage is that it has many different types of missile systems which are produced independently by various corporations like Novator Design, Raduga, NPO Mash, Zvezda Strela, JSC Tactical Missiles Corp, etc. In conclusion: I remain unconvinced Ukraine can effectively do anything to the Kerch with ATACMS. Secondly, as time goes by the ATACMS will likely get increasingly ineffective as Russia adapts its systems and tactics to it, and AD operators master its signatures. To summarize the mood: ATACMS and all the other aid won’t save Ukraine, but rather “a whole new army” is what will do the trick. And even then, the best case scenario is to “force Moscow to negotiate”—goodbye to 1991 and 2022 dreams. - Simplicius
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  14729. Julian Assange may soon be extradited to the United States, where he will face prosecution that could end in his imprisonment for life. He is in fact a hero, who should be honored rather than punished. American foreign policy is based on the pursuit of global hegemony and to achieve this goal, our “leaders” engage in torture and murder. Assange brought these crimes to public attention through his publication of the “WikiLeaks” documents he got from Bradley Manning. Because of this, the American government, now headed by brain-dead Biden and his gang of neocon controllers, wants to destroy him. In what follows, I’ll explain the facts of the case and why they are important and detail the persecution of Assange. Julian exposed what the U.S. empire seeks to airbrush out of history. The WikiLeaks documents also showed how the US military and the CIA manipulate the banking and financial system. WikiLeaks’ recent tweets on the subject drew attention to a single section of the 248-page-long document, titled “Financial Instrument of U.S. National Power and Unconventional Warfare.” This section of the manual goes on to note that these financial weapons can be used by the U.S. military to create “financial incentives or disincentives to persuade adversaries, allies and surrogates to modify their behavior at the theater strategic, operational, and tactical levels” and that such unconventional warfare campaigns are highly coordinated with the State Department and the Intelligence Community in determining “which elements of the human terrain in UWOA [Unconventional Warfare Operations Area] are most susceptible to financial engagement.” Furthermore, the manual states that the U.S. military “understand[s] that properly integrated manipulation of economic power can and should be a component of UW,” meaning that these weapons are a regular feature of unconventional warfare campaigns waged by the United States.” In an April 2017 speech, Donald Trump’s new CIA Director Mike Pompeo said “WikiLeaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service and has encouraged its followers to find jobs at the CIA in order to obtain intelligence. The CIA was so angered by Wikileaks that its director, Mike Pompeo, plotted to kill him. Philip Giraldi gives us the inside story: Moscow. Pompeo himself reportedly favored what is referred to as a “rendition,” which would consist of breaking into the Ecuadorian Embassy, kidnapping Assange, and flying him clandestinely to the U.S. for trial. Others in the national security team favored killing Assange rather than going through the complexity of kidnapping and removing him.” Fortunately, the plot failed. But now it looks like Assange will be shipped to the US, where this ill man, who suffered a stroke in a British jail, faces a dire fate. Let’s do everything we can to prevent this and to honor this true American hero. - LewRockwell
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  14731. Anti-war students have been staging protests and demonstrations on a great many university campuses throughout America. A number of so-called “conservatives” have called for the police to arrest the students. Zionists groups accuse the students of “anti-Semitism” and demand that they be expelled from school. In fact, libertarians should welcome these protests. They bring back memories of the Vietnam War student protests that participated in, brought down the war-criminal LBJ. The student protests today are actually quite moderate. They call for an end to genocide in Gaza and recognition of the rights of Palestinians who have been killed and had their land taken away from them. The faculty who are supporting the students aren’t extreme left-wingers. To the contrary, they are appalled by the extreme actions taken by university administrators, who are responding to pressure from pro-Israeli donors. But what are the students protesting about? For decades, Israel has pursued a brutal policy of force. The Palestinians are treated as subhuman, lacking all dignity. The Israeli policy toward Gaza amounts to genocide. The more the Israeli state has extended its domination over Palestinians, the more it has to pretend it is not responsible for them. The Netanyahu government’s attempt to represent its violence as a war against foreign invaders is an extreme effort to maintain the two-nation charade, even while the illusion collapses under the weight of tanks and JDAMs. Of course, the Israelis don’t want people to know what they are doing to Gaza. It is only logical that they go after the people who are doing that—the journalists. - LewRockwell
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  14732. It is delusional to believe that something can be achieved flying in the face of demonstrable facts that it can't! Update on the conflict in Ukraine for September 25, 2023. Great Report, killing them with their OWN words using western and Ukrainian sources to demonstrate how badly Ukraine is losing. - ATACMS will not arrive in numbers large enough for strategic impact; - Ukrainian intelligence chief admits to Ukraine's multiplying failures and obstacles including a lack of infantry and artillery to support them on the battlefield; - US-made M1 Abrams main battle tanks must be held back from the front line or they will be destroyed alongside German Leopard 2 and British Challenger 2 tanks according to Ukrainian intel chief; - Canada's parliament accidentally invited and honored a World War 2 veteran who fought for German Axis forces; - The incident highlights Ukraine's past and present problems stemming from its relationship with Germany during World War 2; - The New Atlas "Well, it looks like the love of the Third Reich is not confined to Ms. Freeland. Just the other day, while Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Canadian Parliament, the Canadians thought it a swell idea to wildly celebrate an elderly gent who was part of the Waffen SS. What is wrong with these people? The Speaker of Parliament displayed an incredible ignorance of history. During World War II Canada, as part of the British Commonwealth, was an ally of Russia (back then it was called the Soviet Union). The Russians lost more than a million soldiers fighting to free Ukraine from the tyranny of Hitler. Many Canadians died fighting Nazis like Mr. Hunka. These Canadian members of Parliament take stupid to a new low. They are a disgrace to the memory of their fathers and grand fathers who died because wretches like Hunka enlisted with the SS and fought for Adolf Hitler." - Sonar21 "Westerners were deceived into supporting yet another evil war, which once again is showing every sign of dragging on for the foreseeable future with no exit strategy in sight. The only difference between this war and all those other wars is that this one is laden with the risk of nuclear annihilation, a risk which the US empire has been treading less and less carefully around as the bloodshed continues. The more you think about it, the more horrifying it gets. These people are absolute monsters." - LewRockwell TRACK ‘EM DOWN and flush them out as Russian forces find building housing plenty of Kiev troops and their ammo in Kherson region (ex-Ukraine) - they ain’t got long to live now as artillery rains down hell on Ukrainian army position, while Russian forces hit command posts and blow up ammo dump in Kherson region. Russian army also inflict up to 100 casualties on Ukrainian troops in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), while total of 7 Kiev army attacks repelled in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) with up to 445 Ukrainian soldiers left dead or wounded. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 23 "Russia will demand an explanation from Canada for giving a standing ovation in parliament to a Ukrainian man who served in a Nazi division during World War II, Oleg Stepanov, Moscow’s ambassador to Ottawa, has said." - RT "Over the past 24 hours Russian forces have struck several Western-supplied artillery systems during battles with Ukraine, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported. Polish Krab self-propelled howitzer was blown up by the Russian military near the city of Kupyansk in Ukraine’s Kharkov Region. Around a dozen Soviet-era artillery systems have also been neutralized along the front line, it revealed. In the area near the village of Klescheevka, not far from the city of Artyomovsk (known as Bakhmut in Ukraine), a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down, the ministry continued. Air defenses have also intercepted three HARM anti-radar missiles and eight projectiles fired by HIMARS multiple rocket launchers. In the DPR, four Ukrainian attempts to advance were thwarted. In the area near the village of Veselyoe, Russian forces also went on a counterattack and “improved their tactical position,” it said." - RT
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  14748. Remember all of the jubilation created in Baghdad by the CIA, who hired a crowd that stormed the center square and tore down the statue of Saddam Hussein? Remember the mobs looting the presidential palaces, banks and commercial outlets? Welcome to Damascus 2024. HTS is not a friend of Iran. It remains a fundamentalist Sunni Salafist movement. In terms of ideological extremism, it is a cousin of the settler groups in Israel, which are represented by Zionists like Bezalel Smotrich — they broker no compromise with anyone. Unlike Assad, who kept Christian Churches open and protected the Shi’a and Alawite communities, HTS is likely to persecute, if not outright murder, those groups. This means that floods of refugees will be headed back to Lebanon, north to Turkey, west to Europe and east to Iraq. Rather than acknowledge that an international terrorist organization has been allowed to seize control of the government of Syria, Trump indulges the fantasy that “Russia is in a weakened state right now.” I am sure that went over well with folks in the Kremlin. I bet they are shaking in their boots as the mighty colossus that is Donald Trump, strides the world stage. Trump’s ignorant statement about Russia’s economy and its progress with respect to the war in Ukraine guarantees that Putin will be in no mood to sit down to negotiate with Trump or any of his water boys. The chaos that is likely to consume Syria over the coming two months will cause more harm and danger for Turkey and Israel than for Russia and Iran. - sonar21
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  14749. This should wake up those living in fantasy lands of victories that are not achievable! The sane realize that Uke Armies are being wiped out. NATO and the Globalist West couldn't care less! In early September, Shoigu said that Ukraine had lost more than 66,000 troops and over 7,600 pieces of heavy equipment since the start of the operation. The new update brings these figures to 83,000 and 10,300, respectively. - RT UKRAINE PUSHED TO "SELF-DESTRUCTION" by West is Russian Defense Minister Shoigu’s (pictured) warning to Kiev regime as he states OVER 17,000 Ukrainian soldiers left dead or wounded so far this month. Plenty of Western armor blasted too as Shoigu adds 2 Leopard tanks, 1 Challenger 2 tank and 7 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles to Russian army’s tally of destruction over September. - Intel Report 2⃣ FOR THE PRICE OF 1⃣: It’s this Russian chopper’s lucky day as 2 Ukrainian tanks near Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut), Donetsk Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) get annihilated by missiles 1 after the other, while up to 310 Ukrainian soldiers left dead or wounded in DPR after 4 attacks fall flat. Russian forces shoot down Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet over Nikolaev region, South Ukraine while 2 Kiev army attacks end in failure in Zaporozhe region (ex-Ukraine), leaving up to 70 Ukrainian casualties. ⚔SITREP⚔ SEP 25 GREAT DEAL FOR AMERICA" That 100s of THOUSANDS of Ukrainians are being slaughtered on front lines according to US senator and full-time warmonger Lindsey Graham (crackers). Graham loves dipping his hands in Ukrainian blood so much he can’t help but make wry smile as he repeats that US is using Kiev regime as cannon fodder against Russia. Lindsey also claims not a single American’s died - we beg to disagree on that one. - Intel Report Massive blast by Shahid drone of the Russian Armed Forces rocked Izmail Harbor as Russian attacks continued overnight attacks in Odessa region. The group of kamikaze drones that missed Ukrainian defense system hit infrastructure at the port, causing damage to the checkpoint building, warehouse, and around 30 trucks and 6 vans. - Military Tube Today AT LEAST 6 YEARS before Ukraine can be part of EU admits European Parliament Vice-Prez Barley. Mad Vlad Zelensky in tears and left speechless like vid above after Barley confesses that it’s "undeniable that Ukraine currently does not meet any of many criteria" to join bloc and needs to wait until at least 2029. - Intel Report The Ukrainian military claims it killed the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. On Tuesday, Admiral Viktor Sokolov was participating remotely in a high-profile meeting, images released by the Russian Defense Ministry show. RT MORE gAmE-ChAnGeRs in Ukraine as John "I hate peace" Kirby boasts US Abrams tanks will have "significant impact" on battlefield. He goes on to admit Ukraine’s counteroffensive is making "slow progress" in huge understatement - it's failed bro. So Leopard tanks burn nicely, as do Challengers - any reason to think Abrams tanks won’t burn just as well? - Intel Report FEEL THE HEAT all the way from Kherson region (ex-Ukraine) as 3,000 TONS of Kiev army ammo goes up in flames in 1 fiery instant. All Russian forces need to do is send single cruise missile down to Ukrainian ammunition depot and watch as it leaves burning starscape in cratered ground - Intel Report
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  14753. I am proud to say I know most of the people on that list and consider them friends. Fighting the mainstream tends to create bonds of friendship and camaraderie. I am shocked by who they left off. What about the boys of the Duran — i.e. Alexander Mercouris and Alex Christoforou? They do one of the best jobs of blowing the whistle on a daily basis on Urkainian and Western bullshit. Leaving them off the list is an insult. Moving on to today’s spectacle of Mike Turner, the Republican in charge of the House Intelligence Committee, doing his desperate bit to coerce the Speaker of the House into bringing the funding for Ukraine to the floor. I call this, “Try to Scare the Hell Out of Congress and the Voters in order to get Money for Zelensky.” Here are the key take aways (I will do it in bullet form so that you can brief a friend if you want). President George W. Bush unilaterally withdraws from Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in June 2002, paving the way for Russia to develop Anti-Ballistic Missile defense systems. Russia responded to the U.S. abrogation of the ABM treaty by declaring it would no longer honor the START II treaty. Russia proceeded to build up the world’s best air defense system, which is comprised of the S-400, the S-500 and the S-550. The S-500 is designed for intercepting and destroying intercontinental ballistic missiles, as well as hypersonic cruise missiles and aircraft,[21] for air defense against Airborne Early Warning and Control and for jamming aircraft and was deployed in 2021. Steve Bryen, a seasoned U.S. Defense expert wrote about Russia’s Space Based Nuclear Weapons today and in 2018 — Congressman Turner is hyping old intelligence. All the CIA briefers had to do was show the members of Congress the following video, which is readily available and NOT CLASSIFIED, on YouTube. - Sonar21
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  14760. As if set off by the chain of recent diplomatic failures, Ukraine’s Kursk front has initiated a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or in other words, a catastrophic collapse. The picture emerging is not an optimistic one for Ukraine, with prominent figures now squealing about ‘unprecedented’ losses. Ex-Aidar Deputy Commander Ihor Mosiychuk reported that the Martynovka garrison was just about entirely destroyed: In short, the losses are likely sky-high, and lots of POW captures attest to this as well, with new videos coming in by the hour: A convoy was also destroyed from the air as it was trying to escape, after it reached a ‘deadend’ in the form of a bridge that Russian strikes had already disabled: But the biggest story that emerged from the ongoing events of the past few days has been the now-legendary gas pipeline infiltration By all accounts, the operation succeeded in releasing an assault team of several companies (400+ men according to one account) behind enemy lines, which kicked off the rout; things went downhill from there. In the process of losing their minds, regime apologists the world over were forced to attest to the effectiveness of the daring subterranean raid op: The AFU lost about 33% of their Kursk holdings in a day: Trump says US has 'almost' ended pause in sharing intelligence on Ukraine — Bloomberg This makes an important point: how can Russia possibly trust its most dire and existential security guarantees to such a flip-flopping administration, which can promise one thing and deliver another moments later? It only goes to show that Russia should ignore all overtures and flourishes from Trump and his team and continue prosecuting the campaign to its finish. There is simply no fool-proof deals to be had with an exceptionalist, schizophrenic US at the terminal stage of its Imperial arc. Lieutenant General Apti Alaudinov delivers a brilliant motivational speech to the fighters of the Akhmat special forces. Operation Pipe turned the tide of battles in the Kursk region, allowed to catch the enemy by surprise and sow panic in the enemy ranks. Over the past 2 days, many prisoners have been taken, significant territories have been liberated, and the encirclement of the entire Ukrainian Armed Forces group in the Kursk region is approaching. - Simplicius
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  14767. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The settlement of Nikolayevo-Daryino region has been recaptured by Russian assault troops while drones of various versions support the assault, working to destroy Ukrainian military personnel and equipment without resistance. Footage released on January 21, 2024 by the 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade of the Airborne Forces, shows them displaying the Airborne Forces flag on a street in Nikolayevo-Daryino , where the settlement itself is a long row of houses along the road leading to the border with Ukraine. The first reports of fighting in the settlement emerged late last year in November 2024, where the assault forces managed to break through to the other bank of Snagost River, cutting off the supply line for Zelensky's forces. Russian drones such as the deadly FPV, were flown into Nikolayevo-Daryino before the assault troops entered. The footage shows the drones chasing a group of soldiers fighting for Kiev, Ukrainian forces or foreign mercenaries. But the drones don't care, attacking each and every one of the panicked soldiers in the hope of saving their lives. In addition to ambushing enemy personnel, a camouflaged Ukrainian mortar was hit by FPV. Similarly, several shelters in the basements of civilian houses, where Kiev's troops were gathering in an attempt to defend Nikolayevo-Daryino, were heavily bombed. The 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade reported that the clearing and consolidation took place the day before, and is now advancing along the state border. The liberation of Nikolayevo-Daryino made it possible to conduct reconnaissance and strikes in the rear of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Sumy region. Meanwhile, Ukraine lost more than 390 servicemen and 4 tanks in Kursk during the day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on January 22.
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  14772. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The decisive bold attack of the Russian soldiers, depriving Ukraine of another settlement, which has been turned into a powerful fortified area with a developed defense system, numerous shelters and firing points. It shows how Kotlyarovka on the Pokrovsk direction is liberating, as confirmed by the Russian Defense Ministry today on May 20, 2025, the difficult task of the assault soldiers of the Central Group of Forces, took possession of the settlement with huge dugouts, deep and wide trenches. The fighters of the Motorized Rifle Brigade were the first to break into Kotlyarovka, however, the Russian units did not storm Kotlyarovka head-on. Instead, they used deception. Snipers and fiber-optic FPV drones were deployed before the operation, providing fire support for the assault units. Having received a combat mission, the snipers of the Mountain Motorized Rifle Division were equipped with various types of rifles, from the time-tested SVD to modern high-precision SV-98 and Orsis models. The snipers carefully planned their routes of movement, using the terrain features and structures suitable for the mission. The soldiers continuously carried out special tasks to detect and reduce Kiev personnel in the settlement, eliminating their enemies at a distance of more than one kilometer Meanwhile, the operation continued with careful preparation, attacks with fiber-optic and FPV drones, as well as Molniya aircraft-type drones. As the footage shows, the hard work of Russian drones, successfully hitting and burning the positions of the troops sent by Kiev there, who were hiding in dugouts, in buildings, and in tree lines. Some of the drones dropped their mortars, an ammunition that also destroyed Ukrainian firing points, disabling their work to fire on Russia. After the parts in the settlement became quiet, the Russian assault soldiers took a four-meter portable ladder, ran to the large and wide ditch, quickly crossed to the other side, and entered the tree line adjacent to Kotlyarovka. The overwhelmed Kiev troops, not expecting such aggressive behavior from the Russian soldiers, managed to break through their anti-tank ditch and take control of their first line of defense. Preparation helped the Russians before the attack, the soldiers carefully studied the Ukrainian positions, tracked the enemy's logistics, compared all the information and decided that this time the soldiers would act just as boldly. On the approach to the settlement, the soldiers set up a smoke screen to camouflage themselves from drones, as the Ukrainians did not expect such an action. After capturing the position, the assault troops cleared the dugouts, cellars and shelters, in which several Ukrainian soldiers were captured. At the end, the soldiers raised the flag, informing the Kiev authorities that Kotlyarovka had been taken by them that day. The liberation of Kotlyarovka is beneficial for the further advance of Russian units towards the Pokrovsk half-cauldron amidst the tedious negotiations.
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  14774. Following up on my critique of the current US intelligence community’s conclusions in the current Annual Threat Assessment regarding Russian losses, this is not an aberration or departure from standard operating procedure. Instead, it is the natural result of political pressure and bureaucratic cowardice preventing analysts from telling hard truths to political masters. Pressure from Military Command: General William Westmoreland, commander of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), actively engaged in efforts to lower the assessed number of VC guerillas in National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs). This was intended to align intelligence reports with his public statements and congressional testimonies that emphasized U.S. progress in the war. Analysts’ conclusions suggesting that the U.S. was unlikely to defeat North Vietnamese forces were repeatedly overruled by commanders who insisted victory was achievable with increased force. CIA Analyst Dissent: CIA analyst Sam Adams discovered discrepancies between MACV’s order of battle numbers and actual VC strength, concluding that VC numbers were significantly underestimated. Despite presenting his findings, Adams faced resistance from MACV officials and political advisors in Washington, who were reluctant to accept higher VC estimates due to their implications for U.S. policy. Adams accused both MACV and CIA leadership of intentionally distorting intelligence to support a political agenda. Institutional Compromise: The CIA itself was not immune to politicization. For instance, Director of Central Intelligence John McCone directed revisions to National Intelligence Estimates that presented overly optimistic assessments of U.S. efforts in Vietnam, despite internal doubts among analysts. These revisions were made to align intelligence with policymakers’ expectations, compromising its integrity. Strategic and Political Motivations: The pressure to alter intelligence reflected broader strategic goals, such as maintaining domestic support for the war and justifying continued military engagement. Intelligence was shaped to “please” policymakers rather than reflect ground realities, contributing to distorted assessments of VC casualties and strength Things have not changed in the intervening 50 years. If anything, I think the situation today is worse, as evidenced by the release this week of the Annual Threat Assessment. Politics, rather than hard data, take precedence. The failure to produce real intelligence analysis that challenges the policy narrative embraced by the President and the defense community is understandable. Telling the truth can be costly and most analysts, and their managers, prefer promotion over being ostracized or fired. - sonar21
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  14792. Ukraine Bleeds Troops and Territory as New Russian Tactics Prove Unstoppable “Putin has articulated a theory of victory that assumes that Russian forces will be able to continue gradual creeping advances indefinitely, prevent Ukraine from conducting successful operationally significant counteroffensive operations, and win a war of attrition against Ukrainian forces.” Well, uh, yeah—that’s exactly what Russia is doing and will do. And there’s nothing Ukraine or the West can really do to stop it because to do so would require a force disparity. And Ukraine cannot generate a force disparity because—surprise, surprise—it is losing more men than Russia. MacGregor states his European sources have told him that Ukraine is now over 600k dead with 1M+ total casualties, while Russia has 50-63k dead. “The Russian military command is currently prioritizing consistent offensive operations that achieve gradual tactical gains over conducting a large-scale discrete offensive operation that aims to make operationally significant gains through rapid maneuver.” the Western conception of Russian “Soviet-style” top down command is a total fraud, and in fact Russian units are granted independent autonomy at the tactical level to generate their own combat initiative. The front remains hot with Russian advances continuing everywhere. In fact, some Ukrainian sources are near-to-panic: Now there’s talk of 8 Israeli Patriots being transferred to Ukraine—remember, these are the same Patriots Israel decided to toss into the trash because they proved useless during Iranian attacks. But among manic cheers, the one tiny wrinkle pro-UA commentators overlooked was Blinken’s comments yesterday in regard to this: he stated that the new Patriots would be used to protect U.S. economic interests, not Ukrainian cities or assets. Whoops. We are trying to attract private investment to Ukraine to make sure its economy can grow and prosper. But you need to make sure you have air defenses to try and protect the areas you're investing in.” Let me get this straight: Blinken is bogarting defective Israeli Patriots to defend the new Black Rock economic extraction operation sites in Ukraine? You can’t get much more on brand for Ukraine than that. World Bank today just officially upgraded Russia to a “High Income Economy”: Ukrainian citizen describes the 18-hour long blackouts in Kiev, already a daily occurrence: NATO continues to saber-rattle yet reports like the following keep rolling out: the Bundeswehr cannot even find enough automatic rifles for their army. - Simplicius
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  14794. UKRAINE: HAS THE US LOST YET ANOTHER PROXY WAR? Short answer, YES!! Just like the proverbial chicken without a head, the United States is running around headless and incapable of navigating a way out of a confrontation with Russia. A confrontation that the United States cannot win. But, based on Biden’s speech tonight, the United States is going to double down on a losing hand. The Biden team apparently have decided they cannot afford a loss in Ukraine before the election so they are likely to green-light more risky terrorist attacks inside Russia, oblivious to the repeated warnings from Putin and his national security team that Russia will strike back. You want to know how bad it is? Russian soldiers posted a video today begging Biden to send more M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine and promising to give him 10% of the bonuses they will earn for destroying those tanks. That, my friends, is world class trolling. The following video shows the Ukrainians launching a desperate attack across an open field and suffering devastating casualties for their effort. The “Butcher” Syrskyi is living up to his reputation by dispatching his few remaining, capable reserves in actual human wave attacks against well entrenched Russian positions. Sheer madness. Steve Bryen did a great interview today with Bill Walton (not the basketball player). Mr. Walton has been a strong supporter of Ukraine and is coming reluctantly to the realization that Russia is mopping the floor with Ukraine. Steve does a very good job of describing the grim situation facing Ukraine. His commentary is important because Steve has been considered a part of the Washington defense establishment. His honesty shows courage and integrity. - Sonar21
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  14813. With world attention riveted on Israel battling fiercely to repel attacks by Hamas and Hezbollah, little notice is being paid to the setbacks Ukraine is suffering at the hands of Russia forces. Not only does Ukraine face a significant reduction in Western military aid in the coming months, but Ukrainian forces are being pushed back steadily towards the Dnieper River. Here is the latest report from Russian military correspondent Marat Khairullin Against the backdrop of growing pressure on the Ukies in the North, Russian troops continue to intensify in more and more new sectors of the front. Russian forces conducted a flanking maneuver on the left yesterday (Saturday) from the the village of Marfopol towards the village of Chervonoye, breaking through the first line of defense of the Ukrainians. At the same time, strong pressure from Russian troops began to the right of the Vremevsky salient in the Ugledar area – in the direction of the village of Prechistovka. Obviously, the goal of the advance was a maneuver to cut the most important Ukrainian road in this section — i.e., Gulyai Pole – Uspenovka – Velikaya Novoselovka-Prechistovka-Ugledar. The fighting is taking place on a wide front of more than 50 kilometers. The most powerful group of the enemy sits here, although it has thinned out significantly recently. It was believed, according to our estimates, that about 60 thousand Ukrainians (about 15 brigades) held the defense here. However, about 20 thousand of them were transferred over the last two months to the Northern Front to stop our “offensive” there. And now we see a serious increase in our activity on the flanks of this significantly weakened group. It is obvious that Russian troops continue to overload the Ukies along the entire length of the front. Let me remind you that in the northern direction the front has also expanded over the past 24 hours, where ours are actively increasing pressure on the Ukrops. To the left of Kislovka, Russians took Kotlyarovka and reached the most important highway N-026. To the right, Russian soldiers approached Ivanovka. The active pressure of Russian troops is here at a front of about 8 kilometers. To the south, our troops entered Makeevka at these hours, and at the same time the movement of our troops began towards the village of Nevskoye. The active front here has expanded to more than 10 kilometers. And these are just two new directions on this front. The width of the front where we apply pressure is very important, since the Ukrainians’ only method of maintaining defensive stability is to fill the position with fresh meat. They have no other methods. They definitely can’t add more firepower – all the remaining mobile missile and artillery brigades (the same wheeled self-propelled guns that we hunted all summer) are already heavily deployed. The only thing left to patch up the holes is human reserves. To the south there is also an active advance on the Donetsk front – in the area of ​​Avdeevka, advance both from Krasnogorovka and Kamenka, and from Opytnoye and Vodyanoye. In total, the Russians chewed off more than a dozen more strongholds. Active work is underway near Pervomaisky, Staromikhailovka, Marinka – in a word, Ukrainian forces are being leaned upon to the fullest. It is obvious that we are beginning to choke them seriously. - Sonar21
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  14819. If the US was a normal country minding its own affairs and caring for its own people it would indeed be nonsensical for it to invest so much wealth and resources in Israel, but the US is as far from a normal country as can be. It’s the hub of a vast, undeclared empire made up of allies, client states, proxies, and systems of military, economic and financial coercion which keeps most of the world moving in accordance with the wishes of the empire managers. History has shown us that this power structure can only be maintained by endless violence, threats, coercion, mass-scale psychological manipulation in the form of propaganda, and fear of nuclear annihilation. As a reliably US-aligned nuclear power which is intimately interwoven with the western war machine and the US intelligence cartel, Israel may not serve the interests of the people who live in the United States, but it is an absolutely indispensable component of the US empire. - LewRockwell RUSSIAN BANKING SECTOR FORGES AHEAD to dismay of Russia’s "ill-wishers" states Putin as he meets with Russian banking giant VTB chief Kostin who states West's sanctions have FAILED to isolate Russia. Meanwhile European businesses losing 100s of BILLIONS of dollars due to very same anti-Russian sanctions. - Intel Report Assault unit of Paratroopers of Russian Airborne Forces dismantles strongholds of Ukrainian troops in Artemovsk direction Orlan-10 UAV discovered them and attacked with Msta-B howitzers. Then the assault detachment advanced to attack and capture the militants hiding in the fort. - Military Tube Today The last week of November is setting up to be a pivotal week in Ukraine’s futile effort to fend off the Russian military. Russia is clobbering Kiev and other parts of western Ukraine with drone hordes that are wreaking havoc on military depots and electric power nodes. Despite the inclement weather, Russian soldiers are advancing steadily in Avdeevka and forcing the retreat and surrender of hundreds of Ukrainian troops from an area they have held since 2014. If the winter weather now battering Ukraine continues through December and January, the situation for Ukrainian troops hunkered down in trenches and bunkers will become desperate because the snow and cold will make it very difficult to keep them properly supplied with food and ammunition. There also is the question of whether Western supplied gear can function or be maintained with the icy fingers of General Winter squeezing the Ukrainian throat. It is looking like a very dark winter for Ukraine. - Sonar21
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  14822. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Footage circulating on social media on September 8, 2024, shows another wave of damaged and destroyed armored columns, samples of which are scattered on the side of the road in a settlement in the Kursk region. Reportedly, the video was recorded with a GoPro camera by an Ukrainian soldier who was killed on Russian soil, showing an armored column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement of Tolstoy Lug, most of which is identified as belonging to NATO. A group of Ukrainian soldiers appear confused, not knowing what to do next. However, they recorded most of the consequences, which means their equipment was destroyed by artillery or airstrikes of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said “The convulsions and suffering of the Kiev regime are obvious to everyone against the backdrop of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region”. It was apparently the worst day for Ukraine in Kursk, where NATO material was dumped for scrap. The video frames fully capture all the armor, among which samples were destroyed in the settlement area, and some Ukrainian soldiers are seen trying to save some of the armor that is still in good condition. At least some of these equipment such as 1 Canadian Senator Roshel, 2 Cougar MRAP, 2 Humvee, and 3 other armored vehicles, are difficult to identify. Meanwhile, in another video recorded by Russian reconnaissance group on the road in the Tolstoy Lug settlement, there are 2 Cougar MRAP, and 1 unidentified vehicle burned out. Some of them are functional and have become trophies, which will be reused against the Ukrainian invasion and the Western collective. It seems that the advance of Ukrainian armored vehicles to the position, probably not under the protection of electronic warfare. Of course they lost armor, only the difference is that NATO replenished it even though it was exhausting and reaping losses in Kursk since early August. Since the start of hostilities, Ukrainian losses amount to more than 11,220 soldiers, 87 tanks, 42 infantry fighting vehicles, 74 armored personnel carriers, 624 armored fighting vehicles, 361 motorized vehicles, 84 artillery pieces, 24 MLRS launchers including 7 US-made M142 HIMARS systems and 5 US-made M270 MLRS systems, 8 SAM launchers, 2 transport-loader vehicles, 21 electronic warfare and 7 anti-battery radars, 2 air defense radars, 8 engineering vehicles including 2 anti-obstacle vehicles and 1 UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on September 8.
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  14857. Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on Russian civilians in frontline and border regions, resulting in over 150 casualties in the past week alone, Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s ambassador-at-large tasked with tracking Kiev’s war crimes, has said. This comes amid ongoing Russia-US efforts to settle the Ukraine conflict. In a statement posted on Telegram on Tuesday, Miroshnik accused Kiev of attacking civilian targets “in the midst of talks about the desire for a peaceful settlement.” He stated that from March 17 to 23, 16 civilians were killed and 134 were injured in Ukrainian attacks. The bulk of the casualties were recorded in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, and the regions of Belgorod, Kursk, and Kherson, he added, claiming that over the week, Ukraine fired almost 2,000 munitions of various kinds at civilian targets. He also provided examples of the most devastating attacks, including a strike in the village of Gorlovka in Donbass which injured 12 civilians. According to Miroshnik, the strike used cluster munitions, which are banned in more than 100 countries. Ukraine is not a signatory to the treaty that bars their use. Another reported incident was a drone attack in the village of Chubarevka in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region, which killed a paramedic, he added. While most of the attacks targeted border and frontline regions, one UAV strike hit targets in Russia’s Saratov Region – hundreds of kilometers from the battlefield – and injured ten civilians, Miroshnik said. - RT
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  14863. In Aleppo, the echoes of foreign voices betray the latest chapter in the empire’s relentless war. Uzbek-speaking mercenaries, under the banner of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), have infiltrated Syria’s west, not to liberate, but to destabilize. They are no rebels. They are hired terrorists, pawns of agencies like the CIA, MI6, and Mossad, carrying out yet another front in the imperial proxy war. Their language alone, Uzbek, not Arabic exposes the farce of their so-called “resistance.” This is not about Syria alone. It is the empire lashing out, desperate to reverse its losing streak in the de facto World War III unfolding before our eyes. In Ukraine, Russia is finalizing NATO’s humiliation, systematically dismantling its military and economic gambits. The Ukranian front is more than a battlefield, it’s a graveyard for Western ambitions. But as NATO is defeated in Ukraine, the empire shifts its fury back to Syria, a nation that, with Russia’s unwavering support, defeated the West’s terror apparatus once before. The timing is no coincidence. Israel, the empire’s relentless enforcer, violated its fragile truce with Hezbollah, reigniting tensions across the region. And now, in Aleppo, HTS mercenaries appear, dispatched to open another front of chaos. This is the empire’s playbook: when direct confrontation fails, it sends its proxies, terrorists for hire, flooding sovereign nations with bloodshed to prolong their suffering. Then there’s Erdogan. The eternal fence-sitter, straddling NATO’s ambitions and his promises of respecting Syria’s territorial integrity. It’s time for him to choose: will Turkey stand with Russia and Syria to secure the region’s future, or will Erdoğan continue to enable the mercenaries that threaten it? He cannot serve two masters, and his neo-Ottoman ambitions are wearing thin. The empire’s desperation is palpable. Unable to inspire genuine local rebellion, it imports mercenaries, speaking foreign tongues in lands they have no claim to, their loyalty bought by Western intelligence agencies. This isn’t a fight for freedom; it’s a business model of chaos, exported by the CIA, MI6, and Mossad, designed to fragment nations that defy their hegemony. But Syria and its allies have seen this all before. With Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah at its side, Damascus will hold the line. Aleppo is more than a city; it’s a symbol of resistance, a frontline in the global struggle against imperial terror and tyranny. As Russia closes NATO’s chapter in Ukraine, it stands shoulder to shoulder with Syria against this new wave of Western aggression. The empire may send its proxies, but its era of dominance is fading. Aleppo will resist. Syria will endure. And Russia’s triumphs will echo far beyond the battlefield, as the multipolar world continues its rises from the empire’s ruins. - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  14889. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - Russian stormtroopers of the Tsentr Group of Forces moved into the city and drove out Ukrainian troops, leading to the liberation of the city of Novogrodovka on September 8, on the Pokrovsk direction. The Russian Defense Ministry released detailed footage on September 30, 2024, showing first-person view of small groups conducting urban combat, which is still held by the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Due to strong fire support from artillery and constant reconnaissance by drones, the soldiers were able to move quickly and occupy enemy positions with minimal friction. However, the interaction between the various units was persistent, combing the hiding places of the troops fighting for Zelensky, one by one in building after building. However, all this was preceded by powerful artillery fire and under the blows of FVP drones, which accurately destroyed and suppressed enemy firepower. As seen in the video frames, BM-21 Grad MLRS worked well and accurately against the troops of the 25th Airborne Brigade, digging at least some of the hiding places in the industrial zone of the Novogrodovskaya Mine No.2, including garbage heaps. As a result, something happened there, the remaining battalions of the brigade, which had split into several groups, were mostly eliminated, and retreated from the city, trying to break away from the advancing Russian assault troops. This allowed the stormtroopers to quickly clearing the city streets. The enemy troops could no longer hide in the basements and they were driven out of the settlement, as a soldier with the call sign "Sever" said during the assault. The persistent efforts of the Russian assault troops, coupled with skillful leadership and effective use of forces and resources, led to a successful mission, completing the task of completely capturing Novogrodovka in Donetsk region. Since then, the local population has maintained good relations with the Russian soldiers, with former Ukrainian Army soldiers switching sides during the fighting. A resident of Novogrodovka told a Russian war correspondent about the forced evacuation carried out by the Ukrainian authorities. "Ukrainian authorities are separating families with children!" He also mentioned "Angels" - this is a Ukrainian volunteer group, which tries to bring as many children as possible to the Ukrainian side.
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  14892. As could be expected, immediately upon receipt of “authorization” from Biden, Ukraine reportedly launched an ATACMS strike on the Russian 67th GRAU depot in Bryansk region. Though Putin had to make some escalatory show, it’s more realistic to expect Russia not to react in any overt way until Trump’s term settles in. Putin is aware that an outgoing senile despot who doesn’t care if the world burns behind him may seek to start WWIII, and that Zelensky may see his final two months’ chance to provoke Russia into overreacting. As such, it’s best for Russia to do nothing, and continue grinding the offensives which are destroying Ukrainian lines everywhere. Last major news that you’re hearing here for the first time: A couple months back, you may recall World Bank announced that as per their calculations, Russia had finally surpassed both Germany and Japan in GDP PPP. However, the official IMF and CIA figures still scoffed at this, with Russia trailing both countries on their counts. This allowed the popular narrative to be maintained that the World Bank figures were some kind of inaccurate fluke or anomaly. Well, the IMF has just done their latest report and has officially concluded that Russia has blown past both Germany and Japan as of 2024, and is now the number four economy in the world. And not only that, but the IMF has Russia in the lead by an even larger margin than World Bank. On top of which, the CIA also updated their numbers and likewise reflects Russia at the number four position. That means it’s official—every global institution of note has now validated that Russia is the number four economy in the world, after only China, US, and India. The most remarkable shift is that according to the IMF’s updated numbers, the Russian economy is now 15% larger than the German one when it felt like only recently that Russia had even officially surpassed Germany. The truth is, Germany and the EU are in absolute free fall, while Russia is experiencing an unprecedented economic boom. - Simplicius
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  14893. In Aleppo, the echoes of foreign voices betray the latest chapter in the empire’s relentless war. Uzbek-speaking mercenaries, under the banner of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), have infiltrated Syria’s west, not to liberate, but to destabilize. They are no rebels. They are hired terrorists, pawns of agencies like the CIA, MI6, and Mossad, carrying out yet another front in the imperial proxy war. Their language alone, Uzbek, not Arabic exposes the farce of their so-called “resistance.” This is not about Syria alone. It is the empire lashing out, desperate to reverse its losing streak in the de facto World War III unfolding before our eyes. In Ukraine, Russia is finalizing NATO’s humiliation, systematically dismantling its military and economic gambits. The Ukranian front is more than a battlefield, it’s a graveyard for Western ambitions. But as NATO is defeated in Ukraine, the empire shifts its fury back to Syria, a nation that, with Russia’s unwavering support, defeated the West’s terror apparatus once before. The timing is no coincidence. Israel, the empire’s relentless enforcer, violated its fragile truce with Hezbollah, reigniting tensions across the region. And now, in Aleppo, HTS mercenaries appear, dispatched to open another front of chaos. This is the empire’s playbook: when direct confrontation fails, it sends its proxies, terrorists for hire, flooding sovereign nations with bloodshed to prolong their suffering. Then there’s Erdogan. The eternal fence-sitter, straddling NATO’s ambitions and his promises of respecting Syria’s territorial integrity. It’s time for him to choose: will Turkey stand with Russia and Syria to secure the region’s future, or will Erdoğan continue to enable the mercenaries that threaten it? He cannot serve two masters, and his neo-Ottoman ambitions are wearing thin. The empire’s desperation is palpable. Unable to inspire genuine local rebellion, it imports mercenaries, speaking foreign tongues in lands they have no claim to, their loyalty bought by Western intelligence agencies. This isn’t a fight for freedom; it’s a business model of chaos, exported by the CIA, MI6, and Mossad, designed to fragment nations that defy their hegemony. But Syria and its allies have seen this all before. With Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah at its side, Damascus will hold the line. Aleppo is more than a city; it’s a symbol of resistance, a frontline in the global struggle against imperial terror and tyranny. As Russia closes NATO’s chapter in Ukraine, it stands shoulder to shoulder with Syria against this new wave of Western aggression. The empire may send its proxies, but its era of dominance is fading. Aleppo will resist. Syria will endure. And Russia’s triumphs will echo far beyond the battlefield, as the multipolar world continues its rises from the empire’s ruins. - Gerry Nolan TheIslanderNews for Intel Republic
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  14894. Major General Smedley Darlington Butler was, at the time of his death in 1940, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year career, he fought in the Philippine–American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Mexican Revolution, and World War I. However, at some point after World War I, he began to have grave doubts about his profession. Over time, with study and reflection, he concluded that he had NOT spent his life fighting and killing for the American people, but for special interests in New York City and Washington. As he memorably stated it in his 1935 book, War is a Racket: Though war is indeed profitable for the financiers and industrialists who champion it, it is invariably a disaster for a free citizenry. As James Madison remarked in a 1795 pamphlet: Of all the evils to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops every other. War is the patent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes. And armies, and debts, and taxes, are the known instruments for bringing the many under the dominion of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds are added to those of subduing the force of the people! No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. In the past 20 years, every major US foreign policy objective has failed. The Taliban returned to power after 20 years of US occupation of Afghanistan. Post-Saddam Iraq became dependent on Iran. Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad stayed in power despite a CIA effort to overthrow him. Libya fell into a protracted civil war after a US-led NATO mission overthrew Muammar Gaddafi. Ukraine was bludgeoned on the battlefield by Russia in 2023 after the US secretly scuttled a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine in 2022. - Courageous Discourse
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  14901. A chilling and alarming statement. Sergei Lavrov summoned U.S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy to the Russian Foreign Ministry and delivered a stinging demarche in response to the use of U.S. supplied cluster munitions in the attack on Russian civilians sunbathing on the shores of the Black Sea. Press reports offer this summary of the Russian position: Washington “has effectively become a party” to the war on Ukraine’s side, the ministry said in a statement, adding, “Retaliatory measures will certainly follow.” It did not elaborate. But my friend, Alexander Mercouris, provided a more detailed summary of what was said. I have been unable to find a link to what the Russian Foreign Ministry presented to Ambassador Tracy, but Alexander reports that the Russia message included this phrase, “We are no longer at peace.” While stopping short of declaring war, the line between peace and war has been erased. This should scare the hell out of the politicians and public in America. Lavrov’s statement is extraordinary. He does not use any diplomatic weasel words. His message is clear — “The U.S. is responsible for this massacre, and they will get an answer.” This stark language that leaves no room for quibbling. In publicizing this message, Putin and Lavrov have closed down diplomatic options and gestures. Either they act, and act forcefully, or they do nothing and risk being excoriated by the Russian people. Neither Putin nor Lavrov are known for speaking idle words or making empty threats. While Russia is not going to act impetuously — Alexander and I agree on that — this public declaration, in my opinion, has created an expectation of future action that will entail something more than just giving weapons to a foreign group that is facing off with the United States. - Sonar21
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  14922. The US may not be technically at war, but the US war machine is everywhere, on every continent, in ever ocean, its military budget, way over $1 trillion a year when everything is counted bigger than it was in constant dollars than at the height of the Vietnam War when 500.000 US troops were in that country fighting, dying (and losing) a hot war. Meanwhile its hugely expanded special forces, its arms merchants of death, and its military “trainers” are busy stirring up and supporting local conflicts and pouring oil on fires like in Ukraine, Yemen, Gaza, Syria, Niger, Haiti, and elsewhere while making trouble off the coast of China, on the Korean peninsula (where the US still has troops based and has had since 1950, and in Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea. - LewRockwell Per combat reports today, Russia standing firm all along the Front! Update on the conflict in Ukraine + Middle East for October 17, 2023 with refs from Western Sources - Russia continues overturning what negligible gains Ukraine made during its over 4 month-long offensive in Zaporozhye; - Russian operations in Avdeevka continue, however no major “offensive” has been announced by Russian military or political leaders; - Attempts by Russia to exploit possible opportunities along the line of contact are measured, with limitations identified by Russian commanders in stark contrast to Ukraine’s stand-and-fight approach; - In the Middle East, fighting continues between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon as Israeli military operations continue to target Gaza; - Israel has taken action to compel Palestinians to evacuate from northern parts of Gaza in what is likely an attempt to seize the territory and prevent a future return by Palestinians to the area; - Israel’s continued violation of international law and belligerence toward its neighbors is an unsustainable policy that undermines its own self-preservation, like most US proxies; - Russia and China are in a better position now than ever to advance the two-state solution and are creating a region in which this solution can actually materialize; - The New Atlas SOOT-COVERED WOUNDED STRETCHERED AWAY after Israeli strike hammers Gaza Strip’s Bureij refugee camp (right map) - Palestinians search through rubble of devastated buildings in desperate attempt to find survivors. 3,000 people in Gaza Strip killed by Israeli strikes, while Egyptian Foreign Minister states Tel Aviv’s demand that Palestinians leave North of Gaza "completely contradicts international humanitarian law". - Intel Report BODIES LITTER GROUND, AMONG THEM KID’S BACKPACK in inhuman aftermath of Israeli strike on Gaza City hospital that killed at least 500 people, with reports of 800 losing their lives. Paramedics wail as they rush to treat wounded while onlookers can’t believe devastation. 100s had been sheltering in hall on hospital grounds when missile flew into buildings, with efforts underway to rescue people trapped in rubble. - Intel Report A massive attack by Russian Army with the Heavy Flamethrower System TOS-1A Solntsepek, swept Ukrainian troops in a forest area near Kupyansk. The thermobaric munitions of Solntsepek burned enemy positions which would have made it possible for the Russian assault group to carry out further attacks. - Military Tube Today WOUNDED TEEN COMFORTS BLOOD-STAINED TODDLER, holding wailing child in her arms despite her own horrific injuries. Paramedics struggle to handle overwhelming number of wounded survivors following Israeli strike on Gaza City hospital that killed at least 500. - Intel Report PEOPLE UTTERLY TORN APART, bodies and blood everywhere as Palestinians with missing limbs lie helplessly on ground while paramedics work at speed of light to load up wounded onto ambulances after Israeli strike on HOSPITAL in Gaza City. Man with no hand and hole in abdomen lies in agony as screams echo and people desperately hammer on ambulance door in traumatic scenes. Hamas vows strikes on Tel Aviv in response to massacre of civilians, with Israeli strike killing at least 600 people and wounding over 900. - Intel Report US RESPONSIBLE for Israel’s massacre of civilians in Gaza City hospital strike states Hamas leader Haniyeh (left pic), who blasts Washington for "cover it gives to Israeli aggression" and calls on Palestinians in occupied West Bank to "rise up against Israeli occupation". THOUSANDS on streets of Turkey’s Ankara to condemn Israel’s attack (right vid), while Tel Aviv orders its embassy in country to close and urges Israelis to leave Turkey. Saudia Arabia, Jordan and Syria among countries condemning hideous strike, with Russia and United Arab Emirates calling for urgent UN Security Council meeting to discuss attack. - Intel Report "WE SAW GENOCIDE" when paramedics laid eyes on MASSACRE of civilians after Israeli strike on Gaza City hospital states Palestinian emergency worker whose eyes still hold horror of what he witnessed. Man calls on world to "stop GENOCIDE of Gaza", recounting difficulty of counting casualties because most of them "were parts". 30-40% of all casualties in strike are children according to front-line paramedic. - Intel Report KIDS KILLED BY ISRAELI STRIKE LAID TO REST IN BLANKET, their bodies burned and tattered after Israeli strike on Gaza City hospital MASSACRES at least 600 people. Toddlers and teens lie together on ground, brutally murdered by Tel Aviv attack that’s sent shockwaves around entire globe. - Intel Report
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  14964. How do you destroy a free press? Fill it with people who hate free speech, look down upon the poor and powerless, and believe that only their opinions matter. Then pay them to repeat and defend everything that the “ruling class” brands as an “official truth.” It’s amazing how fast public dissent dries up when you bribe the “journalists” and censor anyone who notices. “Reporters” are now so deferential to bureaucrats in positions of authority that they prostrate themselves before those most deserving of scrutiny. As obsequious servants to a “ruling class” that sees them as expendable, today’s “journalists” empower the powerful and silence the powerless. And when a “reporter” no longer serves those powerful interests, the Establishment’s exterminators need only decide whether to shrivel the offending slug with salt or squish it into gooey obsolescence. Think that’s hyperbole? Why has Julian Assange spent over a decade in legal purgatory and consular captivity while trying to avoid American incarceration and assassination? Why is Edward Snowden now a citizen of Russia, rather than a celebrated whistleblower addressing college auditoriums here in America? Why is Gonzalo Lira, Sr. mourning the torture and murder of his son in a Ukrainian prison, when Joe Biden could have freed the American citizen at any time? Because Assange, Snowden, and Lira all reported truths that revealed the U.S. government’s criminality, corruption, and antipathy toward the Constitution’s Bill of Rights. Because our “ruling class” believes the First Amendment, unfettered free speech, and a courageous free press are all threats to national security. Because the American police state has no interest in seeking warrants or establishing probable cause before illegally spying on the American people. Those who have sacrificed everything to report these stories have been eliminated or cowed into quiet complicity with a Deep State diametrically opposed to human liberty. Those reporters who remain have chosen the lowly existence of common slugs. - LewRockwell
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  14966. NO MONEY LEFT for Ukraine as US Prez aide Sullivan admits agreed-upon US cash for Kiev has "practically run out", which puts Washington in pickle as Congress can’t consider new request for money until they find another speaker to replace McCarthy. But how will Mad Vlad continue funneling money into his pockets so his gold-digger wife can buy million-dollar necklaces? Oh the horror... - Intel Report "'OCCUPIED' TERRITORIES NO LONGER UKRAINIAN" admits Kiev mayor Klitschko who doesn’t even seem to notice massive fumble as he goes on to complain about how difficult it would be to hold elections in Ukraine. Klitschko knows he’s mentally ill and Mad Vlad Zelensky’s gonna have his head on stick after he carelessly concedes that new Russian regions actually voted overwhelmingly to become part of Russia. - Intel Report The only thing that the US is good at, causing chaos worldwide for their control and profit. A pox on that morally bankrupt government and its enablers! American Military Build-up fueling tensions in Asia - Lavrov RT A Standing Ovation for your accurate description of the Godless Degenerate Moral Rot that America has become in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS, to be sure! I would say that about nails it BIG TIME. Way to go! "The world is sick of the rank hypocrisy and double standards of the West. This is why I believe today’s speech marks a pivotal point which we may look back to one day, many years in the future. Biden is the perfect emblematic “terminal president”—a sick, decaying, geriatric, craven and amoral, medically-induced, plastic sock-puppet who represents the terminally diseased final days of his declining empire. "Biden’s repugnant address to the nation was fraught with an unprecedented lack of self-awareness. Bloated with hubris, it showed the naked face of U.S.’s callow and abject servitude to the globalists who’ve highjacked not only America’s foreign policy, but its domestic one as well—and everything in between. "You have to be in some kind of drugged stupor or under the spell of establishment narrative to not notice the hideously rank hypocrisy that flowed from Biden’s demented, medically-malformed mouth tonight. In the same sentence, he unironically condemned Putin’s “barbaric invasion” over a smaller neighbor while begging for tens of billions for Israel to…carry out a barbaric invasion over its smaller neighbor." - Simplicius FORCED TO OPERATE WITH PHONE LIGHTS in vid above as Palestinian doctors made to work in MEDIEVAL conditions after Israel’s siege on Gaza Strip means no fuel to power hospitals and NO ANESTHETIC for some operations as basic supplies dwindle in besieged exclave. UN has blasted blockade of Gaza as "violation of international law" with "risk" of GENOCIDE against Palestinian people - Tel Aviv refuses to let up as Rafah border crossing yet to open to allow vital aid to finally reach Gaza Strip. - Intel Report
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  14971. The balance of power was always Russia's. History has shown it is insane to get into a Land War with Russia who makes the enemy pay dearly for their folly which is happening BIG TIME all along the Front - a seminal fact clear to the sane who understand that the only breakthrough will be the complete obliteration of NATO and its Proxies! The only thing that the Ukes are going to be storming are their graveyards increasing by the tens of thousands courtesy of their morally bankrupt NATO Handlers led by the US now one of the most, if not THE most, corrupt countries in the world! ULTRA-SPEED DELIVERY required 'cause Ukrainian army positions really need some rockets fast - hold on tight as you take ride on wing of Russian Su-25 attack jet, watching it tilt up and let loose warheads that blast Kiev army to bits, all while 3 Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) end in utter failure and Kiev suffers up to 180 casualties in process. Plenty of NATO-supplied scrap made as US-supplied M109 self-propelled howitzer AND M777 howitzer get wrecked in Khrakov region, East Ukraine while 45 Kiev army drones tumble to ground after they’re shot down by Russian forces. ⚔SITREP⚔ OCT 1 "TO STOP FUNDING UKRAINE IS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAIWAN" according to dead-eyed warmonger Lindsey Graham who claims if Ukraine beats Russia, then China’s less likely to "invade" Taiwan. Bold of him to wear pin of US and Ukrainian flags when he's so happy that Ukrainians are dying in droves... - Intel Report Russian Army's 'BALATON TACTICS' Completely Paralyzed Ukrainian Army Near RABOTINO┃ This Is The END 'Time is our greatest enemy'. 'Time is playing against us'. These are the words that not only independent Ukrainian experts but also retired Western officers began to pronounce more and more often. For four months, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been unable to break through the defense line of the Russian army and achieve at least scanty strategic successes. - BORZZIKMAN BORRELL THE BAREFACED LIAR spouts trash with straight face as EU’s Chief Gardener claims Russia’s "depriving" African and Asian countries of food by stopping Ukrainians from using ships to attempt TERROR attacks. Nice try Borrell but less than 3% of Ukrainian grain actually went to countries in need - meanwhile Russia’s sending grain FOR FREE to nations who need food most. - Intel Report Over $5 BILLION from EU’s "Peace Fund" expected to fund Kiev regime’s war crimes in 2024 proclaims EU’s Chief Gardener Borrell. Borrell adds that 40,000 Ukrainians will be all trained up as cannon fodder by end of year, including some F-16 fighter jet pilots. Borrell can't help but pause awkwardly when mentioning pilots - maybe he knows it’s a waste of time cause Kiev will only get F-16s when hell freezes over. - Intel Report "PURE NAZISM" rearing its ugly head in Europe states Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, as he explains multi-country ban on Russian license plates is symptom of deep-rooted NAZISM in EU. European states have been hiding their true colors for years but now openly proclaim their hatred for Russia and all Russians - "manifestation of what's commonly called Nazism" adds Lavrov. - Intel Report Ukraine continued to push the assault infantry into battle, then occupied the trenches to gain a foothold towards Verbovoye on Zaporozhye front. Some became a fodder for Russian drones, destroying them and thwarting attempts to break through Russian first defenses on Verbovoye. - Military Tube Today
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  14973. An outrageous deluge of exaggerated WWIII propaganda has hit the networks. Every pundit is tearing their hair out at a slew of canard-riddled reports, taken entirely out of context, deliberately misinterpreted, or pumped up in phony headlines for people who don’t read the actual article contents. How can Biden return Russian nukes to Ukraine? It doesn’t even make sense and is the most absurd of the current panic-inducing psyops. Nothing of the sort: the “anonymous official” is merely suggesting it on his own behalf, and trying to pass it off as Biden’s idea. This is merely crude amateur fantasy on behalf of the writer or some no name desk jockey to be dismissed as the leaky refuse it is. This entire fake stems from a single quote from “Admiral” Rob Bauer, head of the ‘NATO Military Committee’. The irrelevant pipsqueak mewled something along these lines to powder on the phony fear-porn: But now Ukraine has struck Kursk region with ATACMS for definite. We know this because in a rare move, the Russian MOD openly confirmed it by posting photos of the ATACMS boosters themselves. This comes directly from the MOD: Of course, the fact that Ukrainian AD radar operators continue being laid to rest from Russian strikes as a daily occurrence is routinely swept under the rug, As for the frontline, things get worse and worse. A Ukrainian officer actually on the front reports soon Kursk will be swarmed: Meanwhile Julian Roepcke inadvertently debunks ‘high Russian losses’ during assaults by admitting a mere 10 Russian troops are capturing entire town centers to no resistance: Major advances have been recorded with Russia now holding nearly half of Kurakhove and capturing most of the open plains to the south and southeast: But the bigger surprise were the sudden advances around Velyka Novosilka which caught Ukrainians totally off guard. Not only was Rozdolne captured to the north but Russians made a shock breakthrough to the eastern edges of Velyka Novosilka town itself, embedding themselves and initiating the fight for the town for the first time: - Simplicius
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  14979. [Two Faced Trump strikes again, enough with this lying creep who lives for self-adulation] Moscow hopes that Washington will pay attention to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s requirements for establishing a ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict, which include a halt to military aid and intelligence sharing with Kiev, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Zakharova reiterated that the demand to stop military support for Ukraine is “a fundamental point for a political and diplomatic settlement,” and said that Moscow “hopes that the US has heard” Russia’s position on the matter. Following his public spat with Vladimir Zelensky in the White House earlier this month, Trump temporarily halted all US military support for Ukraine and cut off intelligence sharing with Kiev. However, Washington announced it would reverse the decision after a meeting between US and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia, where Kiev agreed to a 30-day ceasefire with Russia. On Tuesday, the Pentagon confirmed that all US military aid to Ukraine and intelligence sharing had been “turned back on.” Zakharova criticized the move, stressing that US weapons deliveries to Ukraine “run counter to the declared intentions to achieve peace and move everything into the mainstream of a political and diplomatic settlement.” “Whoever wants peace will, naturally, advocate for an end to the militarization of the terrorist gang,” Zakharova added, referring to the authorities in Kiev. While Russia did not agree to an immediate truce on the ground after Tuesday’s Putin-Trump phone call, Moscow consented to a month-long mutual suspension of strikes on energy infrastructure. Kiev reciprocated and said it would also halt such long-range strikes. On Wednesday, however, Moscow accused Kiev of violating the agreement after the Ukrainian military allegedly targeted an energy facility deep inside Russia. Zakharova has said that the attack was “yet another provocation” aimed at disrupting peace initiatives put forward by the US, and proof of Zelensky’s “complete inability to negotiate.” - RT
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  14983. As could be expected, immediately upon receipt of “authorization” from Biden, Ukraine reportedly launched an ATACMS strike on the Russian 67th GRAU depot in Bryansk region. Though Putin had to make some escalatory show, it’s more realistic to expect Russia not to react in any overt way until Trump’s term settles in. Putin is aware that an outgoing senile despot who doesn’t care if the world burns behind him may seek to start WWIII, and that Zelensky may see his final two months’ chance to provoke Russia into overreacting. As such, it’s best for Russia to do nothing, and continue grinding the offensives which are destroying Ukrainian lines everywhere. Last major news that you’re hearing here for the first time: A couple months back, you may recall World Bank announced that as per their calculations, Russia had finally surpassed both Germany and Japan in GDP PPP. However, the official IMF and CIA figures still scoffed at this, with Russia trailing both countries on their counts. This allowed the popular narrative to be maintained that the World Bank figures were some kind of inaccurate fluke or anomaly. Well, the IMF has just done their latest report and has officially concluded that Russia has blown past both Germany and Japan as of 2024, and is now the number four economy in the world. And not only that, but the IMF has Russia in the lead by an even larger margin than World Bank. On top of which, the CIA also updated their numbers and likewise reflects Russia at the number four position. That means it’s official—every global institution of note has now validated that Russia is the number four economy in the world, after only China, US, and India. The most remarkable shift is that according to the IMF’s updated numbers, the Russian economy is now 15% larger than the German one when it felt like only recently that Russia had even officially surpassed Germany. The truth is, Germany and the EU are in absolute free fall, while Russia is experiencing an unprecedented economic boom. - Simplicius
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  14984. Today Zelensky’s forces appeared to bomb the Zaporozhye nuclear plant: However, most significant to ongoing events is the correct analysis of why Zelensky would choose to strike the plant just now. It is obvious to us that it represents a terminal desperation from the AFU, which can only mean that their situation on the ground is in fact grinding to a culminating point, which answers one of the chief questions we’ve had about the ongoing Kursk adventure. But why would Zelensky threaten his partners as well? The obvious answer is to shock them into providing more aid and committing totally to Ukraine’s victory. “Give us everything or we’ll take the entire world down with us in a ball of nuclear flame.” Funny how much similarity there is between Zelensky and Israel, what with their Samson Option and all. In the very opening paragraph of the Economist article, they describe how Russian glide bomb’s slaughtered their units: So, there’s almost 2,000 mostly Ukrainian wounded flooding Sumy hospitals, with the “Russian” ones he mentions presumably being the dozens of captured POWs. This is corroborated further by ongoing calls on Ukrainian channels for mass blood donation drives in Sumy: The biggest issue currently is that the much stronger than usual fog of war has allowed Western/pro-UA sources to completely confabulate various fake “advances” in the Kursk region. Virtually every new map from Western sources, whether ISW, the various articles posted above, etc., are currently completely phony. In fact, the AFU was driven out of every deep advance in the Kursk region, and now occupy only a small area around Sudzha. All the earlier advances to as far as Komski Byki, Snagost, or Shagorovo have all been destroyed and pushed back. Russian reinforcements have created an impenetrable wall, and Ukrainian units are now digging in around Sudzha, desperately looking for a chink in Russia’s armor while being slowly destroyed by Russia’s growing aerial-drone dominance of the zone. Even Sudzha itself, which AFU proudly announced as having captured, is now in a kind of gray zone, with AFU certainly not controlling any part of the town, excluding the entrance stele in the northwest by which they took some TikTok photos. - Simplicius
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  14997. There also is no good explanation why a band of Tajiks were hightailing it for the Ukrainian border. At a minimum that shows a belief that they would find safe haven if they could get across the border. They certainly did not behave like diehard jihadist warriors eager to sacrifice themselves and go to Paradise and cash in the reward of 72 virgins. I think the Islamic terrorism claim is a red herring and designed to shift attention away from the other indicators that some in the West, at a minimum, had foreknowledge of this attack. How else to explain the March 7 warning by US Embassy Moscow for American citizens to steer clear of event, such as concerts? And then, as I wrote yesterday, the US State Department was quick to issue a claim exonerating Ukraine for any role in the attack. The fires were still raging at the Crocus facility. That means only one thing — the State Department had intelligence indicating who carried out the attack. But the U.S. apparently did not share that with its Russian counterparts. That lapse alone is simply going to stoke more suspicion in Moscow about Western involvement. But we already know one thing for sure — that the West has been involved with facilitating a series of terrorist attacks against Russians since the start of the special military operation. What else do you call the artillery and missile strikes on Russian civilians in the Donbass,] and in Belgorod, with munitions that were supplied by the United States and other major NATO countries? At a minimum, that makes western powers an accessory to an act of terror. it is also important to note the President Joe Biden has said nothing, and has made no contact with Vladimir Putin to express sorrow or empathy. Quite a contrast with Biden’s actions in the wake of the news that Alexey Navalny, a political opponent of Vladimir Putin, had died. Biden was quick to express his fake grief for the death of Navalny. It is also clear from President Putin’s demeanor during his speech today that Russia will retaliate against those responsible for this attack. The one thing I know for certain is that this attack is going to strengthen the will of President Putin, the Russian general staff, and Russia’s intelligence service to put an end to NATO meddling in Ukraine, and the ability of NATO proxies to attack the Russian people. Whoever approved this badly miscalculated and will pay a terrible, but well deserved, price. - Sonar21
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  15018. Excerpts from a letter to Trudope from Sonar21 I know how much work this has been and how hard it must have been. I saw it begin all the way back in 2014 in Ukraine when the Trotskyist and the National Socialists finally united in a crusade against the common Russian enemy. But that was only the beginning of the glorious path we are on. Now, you have brought it full circle by formalizing this union before the world. I understand that one of your commissars, Chrystia Freeland, has been instrumental in accomplishing this. I also understand she had help from the American matriarch, Victoria Nuland. You must be proud that all this was accomplished by two women – under your firm guidance of course. This is an important achievement for women everywhere, because nothing is more empowering for women than engineering war and genocide! Send my best wishes to them both and tell them that nothing exceeds their beauty, except perhaps their spirit of humanity and justice! I extend my most sincere congratulations to you and to the Canadian People. My only wish is that every one of your subjects sees this letter so they can fully appreciate the magnitude of what you have done. This accomplishment needs to be appreciated by all! Before I end this letter – I understand you had an uprising by your kulaks recently. I also understand you brought this uprising down promptly by threatening them with starvation. I must congratulate you on your sense of Trotskyist tradition. Starvation has always been the Trotskyist solution for getting rid of troublesome kulaks. Now you don’t even need to send troops to take away their food – you just close their bank accounts! That is progress!
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  15021. The US and NATO allies are hard at work at re-envisioning their own battlefield priorities in light of the revolution being witnessed in the Ukrainian war. They start off with the one major admission—that the Western edge has not only been eroded, but rapidly so: we’ve long discussed here apropos the differences between Western and Russian military systems. Couching it in self-serving terms of seeking ultimate ‘protection’ for troops, they admit that Western systems have gotten so expensive that their operators are afraid to even use them—defeating the whole point of warfighting equipment: Western minds have taken a long time to come to conclusions drawn by Russia ages ago, which expounded on precisely this disparity in the warfighting principles between Russia and the West: the tune has now changed on ‘premium’ weaponry. In short: they argue that Western artillery shells are over-engineered and should be stripped of their tedious quality control measures to favor ‘quantity’ over ‘quality’ instead. Interesting proposition! They add that, in essence, Western military engineering is made for peacetime conditions—in real war conditions, a totally new rough-and-tumble ethos must be adopted. Russia had already long learned the lesson having been habituated to real existential Total Wars on its territory, rather than the predatory wars of opportunity the West is accustomed to waging. The fact is, the West tailor-made their modern showroom armies for specifically fighting localized, controlled conflicts against very limited Middle Eastern opponents. You can sense the desperation in the West as the realities begin to dawn on their leading thinkers. Years of building showroom ‘good-weather’ armies meant to impress buyers at MIC-enabled arms expos have left Western military doctrines woefully out of date concerning how real wars are fought. Put another way, precision ammunition machining doesn’t make much difference when the shell goes up an overused gun barrel that, in peacetime, would have long been consigned to the scrapheap thousands of shells ago. - Simplicius
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  15026. French President Emmanuel Macron wants to send NATO ground troops into Ukraine to defeat Russia. Only a delusional fool could make such a crass proposal which goes to show that Macron is brain-dead. NATO troops deployed to fight Russian forces would mean an all-out war, which most likely would spiral into a nuclear conflagration. Ironically, the French leader made headlines a while back when he labeled the US-led NATO alliance as being “brain-dead”. He’s now competing for the same epithet. This week, the former Rothschild banker was at it again, indulging in his grandiose fantasies of leading the rest of Europe. This is reckless and dangerous fantasy by the French president indulging in the most unhinged Russophobia. Moscow has categorically stated that it has no interest in anything beyond denazifying the NATO-sponsored regime in Kiev and protecting its national security. NATO officers in the guise of private mercenaries are already heavily participating in the Ukraine conflict against Russia. Last month, more than 60 French servicemen were killed in a Russian missile strike near the Ukrainian city of Kharkov. No doubt the French president sees an opportunity for self-aggrandizement. Macron is obsessed with notions of his self-importance and restoring France’s international image to some imaginary glorious past. Macron’s egotism and delusions of grandeur are liable to start World War Three. He is doing all this by telling blatant lies about the conflict in Ukraine. That’s the implicit admission made by Macron. Why would NATO troops be required in Ukraine if it was not for replacing Ukrainian ranks that have been devastated? Macron justifies his lies by compounding the more outrageous lie that Russia is intent on invading other European nations once it defeats the Ukrainian army. This bogeyman version of geopolitics ignores the reality that the United States and NATO fomented a proxy war against Russia using a NeoNazi regime. Macron wants to start World War Three based on sheer lies and vanity. He’s not only brain-dead. He’s soul-dead too. - LewRockwell
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  15027. Russian forces have shot down more than 80,000 aerial targets during the conflict with Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has revealed, adding that the country is seeking to create a universal anti-aircraft system capable of intercepting any incoming projectile. Putin made the remarks on Thursday while meeting with senior civilian and military officials to discuss Russia’s armament plans for the period between 2027 and 2036. The conflict with Ukraine has been marked by the rapid development of aerial weaponry, the evolution of its role and the tactics of its use, Putin noted. “The new state armament program should ensure the creation of a universal air defense system that is capable of operating in any conditions and effectively destroying aerial strike weapons regardless of their type,” the president stated. The 80,000 figure includes some 7,500 sophisticated munitions, such as tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and projectiles fired by multiple rocket launchers, Putin noted, adding that nearly all such weapons destroyed had been supplied to Kiev by the West. However, drones constitute the vast majority of aerial targets intercepted during the conflict. According to the latest figures by the Russian Defense Ministry, more than 63,000 Ukrainian UAVs of all types have been destroyed amid the hostilities. “The fight against various types of unmanned aerial vehicles required new approaches and non-standard solutions. This field remains particularly relevant,” the president stressed. - RT
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  15041. The RANTS of the lunatic totalitarian Nikky! READ IT AND WEEP, WEST'S GOVERNMENTS! Russian FM spokeswoman Zakharova in above video states Russia's unemployment rate stands at historic low of 3% (half as much as EU's), with country's GDB and major industries growing despite West's unprecedented sanctions. - Intel Report We now know that the United States played the primary role in sabotaging the March 29, 2022 tentative peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine thanks to the recently published article by Hajo Funke and Harald Kujat, HOW THE CHANCE WAS LOST FOR A PEACE SETTLEMENT OF THE UKRAINE WAR — AND THE WEST WANTED TO CONTINUE THE WAR INSTEAD. The United States persuaded its NATO allies that pursuing the war against Russia, using Ukraine as a proxy, offered a legitimate opportunity to destroy Russia. You want a definition of evil? This is it. Instead of helping end the war between Russia and Ukraine, the United States and its NATO puppets condemned hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers to death in a war with Russia they could not win. In the course of strong arming Ukraine’s Zelensky into rejecting the peace agreement, the West prepared and launched a propaganda campaign that claimed that Ukrainian military forces defeated the Russian forces and compelled them to retreat. It was a lie. As you will read in the timeline below, Putin ordered the withdrawal of Russian forces starting on April 1, 2022 as a good faith gesture about Russia’s seriousness in complying with the 29 March Istanbul Agreement. Chalk this up as one more massive war crime by the United States and NATO. They are accessories to murder. I have summarized the timeline presented in the Funke/Kujat article if you do not have time to read it in its entirety. I also am republishing their piece for your convenience. All of the death and destruction experienced in Ukraine and Russia could have been avoided. But the West was intent on dethroning Putin and carving up Russia. Once you understand this point I think you will appreciate that Putin and his Generals are no longer of a mind to give the West the benefit of the doubt. Destroying NATO’s designs on Ukraine is now their chief aim in my view. - Sonar21
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  15046. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The Bravery of Russian soldiers on the battlefield led to the elimination of an assault detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which had just been deployed to a defensive position near Glubokoye in Kharkov region. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry, which released a short video on January 18, 2025, showing an Ukrainian armored vehicle carrying the assault detachment while firing several shots for unknown reasons. The operators of the Northern Army reconnaissance drones of the Russian Armed Forces of the Sever Group of Forces were working against the enemy there, but a group of Ukrainian assault detachments managed to take cover by rushing into the basement next to a building, partially protecting themselves from drones and even artillery fire. They probably thought that their position was safe there! However, an interesting scene happened because six members of the Kiev Army did not take into account the proximity of the brave soldiers of the Northern Army of the 11th Army Corps of the Sever Group of Forces. Three soldiers were in the immediate vicinity of the Ukrainian assault detachment's hiding place. At the right moment, one soldier silently approached the building, dropped a backpack with anti-tank mines right into the defensive room, and then rushed away from the place. Instantly a powerful explosion destroyed the basement even splashes of soil flew into the air. According to reports, at least six members of the assault detachment were eliminated, this was made possible by the quick thinking of a soldier during the battle.
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  15052. Donald Trump and his team enter negotiations with Russia armed with a set of false, misleading assumptions. Donald Trump reportedly continues to believe, as does his team of negotiators, that Russia is suffering economically and militarily and wants to end the war in Ukraine. This is not true, at least as far as the folks in Moscow are concerned. Russia’s objectives are clear — restore normal relations with the United States and obtain an agreement to end the threat that NATO presents to Russia. Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, and others, have been very clear in stating that Russia will not be bamboozled again into accepting a ceasefire with a promise of peace ahead. They made that mistake in halting their offensive operations after the 2015 battle in Debaltsevo as part of the Minsk II agreement. China’s is meeting fire-with-fire. As I noted in my previous post, cutting off US access to critical rare earth minerals will inflict significant damage to the US defense industry and other key technology sectors. It is not just Donald Trump who wants to increase pressure on China. There is a widespread, firm belief among many smart American politicians, business executives and academics that Russia is not a natural ally of China and that the US, in a reversal of the Nixon Doctrine — i.e., cozying up to China in order to weaken Russia — is convinced it can play the same game, only this time using Russia as a wedge against China. I will leave you with this question to debate: Who does sanctions hurt most — China or the United States. I think the United States will suffer the most. I look forward to your analytical input. - sonar21
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  15053. The U.S. is edging closer to war with Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces, a state security agency composed of armed groups, some of which are close to Iran, but which for the main are Iraqi nationalists. The U.S. carried out a drone strike in Baghdad, Wednesday that killed three members of the Kataeb Hizbullah forces, including a senior commander. One of the assassinated, al-Saadi, is the most senior figure to have been assassinated in Iraq since the 2020 drone strike that killed senior Iraqi Commander al-Muhandis and Qassem Soleimani. The target is puzzling as Kataeb more than a week ago suspended its military operations against the U.S. (at the request of the Iraqi government). The stand down was widely published. So why was this senior figure assassinated? Tectonic twitches often are sparked by a single egregious action: the one final grain of sand which – on top of the others – triggers the slide, capsizing the sandpile. Iraqis are angry. They feel that the U.S. wantonly violates their sovereignty – showing contempt and disdain for Iraq, a once great civilisation, now brought low in the wake of U.S. wars. Swift and collective retaliation has been promised. But all know that such separateness is artificial – the ‘red’ thread woven through all these ‘issues’ is Gaza. The White House (and Israel) however, insists the connecting thread instead to be Iran. Did the White House think this through properly, or was its latest assassination viewed as a ‘sacrifice’ to appease the ‘gods of war’ in the Beltway, clamouring to bomb Iran? The wrongheadedness of U.S. policy is astonishing – and now has claimed the most central tenet in the ‘Biden strategy’ for resolving the crisis in Gaza. The original decision to back Israel’s use of overwhelming violence across Gaza’s civil society – ostensibly to defeat Hamas. It has turned the region and much of the World against the U.S. and Europe. How did this happen? Because nothing changed by way of U.S. policies. It was the same old western bromides from decades ago: financial threats, bombing and violence. And the insistence on one mandatory ‘stand with Israel’ narrative (with no discussion). The rest of the world has grown tired of it; even defiant towards it. where is Biden’s limit: Support for Israel in a Hizbullah war? And were it to widen, support for Israel in an Iran war too? Where is the limit? The incongruity, coming as it does, at a moment when the West’s Ukraine Project is imploding, suggests that Biden may see himself needing some ‘grand victory’, as much as does Netanyahu. - LewRockwell
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  15055. The Biden administration has reportedly approved of an Israeli assault on Rafah, the last slightly safe city in the Gaza Strip, and is openly preparing to work with Congress to punish the International Criminal Court for seeking arrest warrants of Israeli officials for war crimes. Biden is a monster who belongs in a cell at The Hague The genocide in Gaza is arguably the single most urgent matter in the world right now — partly for how horrific it is in and of itself, and partly for its potential to explode into wars which would bring far greater devastation to the region. But nobody’s allowed a vote on whether this will continue or not, even in the heart of the US empire which is making it all possible. The only candidates who stand any chance of getting elected are all committed to making sure this mass atrocity continues, because if you ever want to get anywhere near the presidency you have to make a whole lot of deals with powerful forces who were never elected by anybody. And what really sucks is that so many people believe this is freedom and democracy. The people will never know freedom until they first understand how profoundly unfree they really are. - LewRockwell ISRAEL BANS SPAIN FROM HELPING PALESTINIANS IN NEED - Monstrous retaliation from Tel Aviv against Spain recognizing a Palestinian State, announcing block on Spanish consulate in Jerusalem from providing services to devastated Palestinians. Catastrophic situation at Gaza's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital as doctors warm premature incubator babies with blankets and their own hands after medical complex runs out of fuel and descends into complete darkness due to IDF's siege, leaving adults and babies waiting for miracle to save their lives. War criminal Netanyahu claims Madrid is "rewarding terrorists" if it offers to save innocent babies' lives. - Intel Republic IDF PREVENTS MEDICAL CREW FROM SAVING WOUNDED PALESTINIAN - Red Crescent Society shares incriminating video, showing man shot by IDF's bullets in Jenin, dropped to ground and abandoned by medics, who put their hands up after threat on gunpoint by "Most moral army in the world", while bulldozer forces them to drive away in ambulance. Clear evidence of war crime under Geneva Convention, but Zionists only reference it when it suits their lies. - Intel Republic ICJ ORDERS ISRAEL TO STOP RAFAH OPERATION, PROVIDE INVESTIGATORS WITH ACCESS TO GAZA STRIP - head of International Court of Justice Nawaf Salam refuses to cower to West's threats and rules in favor of South Africa's case against Tel Aviv's regime. Israel must immediately cease its military offensive or any other actions in Rafah that may endanger the Palestinian population in Gaza, potentially leading to their physical destruction, wholly or partially. Israel must implement effective measures to ensure unhindered access to the Gaza Strip for any commission of inquiry, fact-finding mission, or investigative body authorized by United Nations to investigate allegations of genocide - Salam. Israeli government on genocidal meltdown following ruling as Netanyahu prepares emergency meeting - National Security Minister Ben-ocidal Gvir quotes first Israeli PM Ben Gurion: Our future does not depend on what the Gentiles will say, but on what the Jews will do. There should be only one response to order of the anti-Semitic court in The Hague - the conquest of Rafah, increasing military pressure, and crushing Hamas until achieving complete victory in the war - Ben Gvir. - Intel Republic
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  15089. Update on the conflict in Ukraine for Sunday November 10, 2024… The Western media is citing the recent US presidential election as a turning point for the Ukraine conflict, with Kiev facing abandonment and defeat despite both having already long-since materialized; Various proposals are being discussed regarding the freezing or ending of the conflict, proposals that were being developed independently of US elections; Meanwhile, Western reports indicate Russian military power continuing to grow while Ukrainian arms, ammunition, and trained manpower continue to dwindle as Ukraine’s loss of territory accelerates; While many see President-elect Donald Trump as seeking to undo harmful US foreign policy enacted by the previous administration, in his previous term he himself helped advance the US proxy war with Russia by both arming Ukraine and withdrawing from arms control treaties allowing the US to station more dangerous long-range weapons in Europe pointed at Russia; The incoming Trump administration, like those before it, view Ukraine, Israel, and “Taiwan” as US allies and are simply reprioritizing the flow of US resources to the latter two as Ukraine’s irreversible defeat unfolds; US political candidates incapable of openly and clearly identifying US foreign policy as aggressive, illegal, unacceptable, and at the center of the many global conflicts it has created including in Ukraine, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region, are simply selling American voters “hope” with no real intention of changing anything; - The New Atlas
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  15096. George Kennan must be rolling over in his grave in light of the 19 May article in Foreign Policy journal, written by Michael Klimmage, director of the Kennan Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington. Here is a classic example of an academic who learned to speak Russian but does not understand a damn thing about Russia. Klimmage is caught in a Cold War time warp, and insists that Putin is a diehard commie intent on world revolution. He has no grasp of military capabilities and strategy. His entire approach is focused on Putin… just get rid of Putin and all of Russia’s evil deeds will disappear. He repeats the unsubstantiated and false claim that Russia has suffered enormous casualties, yet says nothing about the demonstrable, catastrophic losses of the Ukrainians. He pushes the lie that Russia is focused primarily on killing and maiming civilians yet provides not one piece of evidence to substantiate that specious claim. He cites Russia’s “failure” to take Pokrovsk in a timely manner as proof of Russia’s faltering military effort. Klimmage apparently does not know how to read a map. Rather than conduct a frontal assault on Pokrovsk, Russia is focused on operations that minimize risks to its soldiers while enveloping Pokrovsk in a cauldron. Vladimir Putin, during a visit to Kursk on Thursday, announced a shift in Russian policy that Mr. Klimmage neither appreciates nor understands… Putin has ordered the Russian General Staff to create a buffer zone in Sumy, which abuts Kursk. Klimmage is a symptom of a disease that infects the Washington foreign policy establishment. They are slaves to an official narrative that is totally divorced from the reality on the ground in Ukraine. It is ironic that during this week, when Klimmage’s piece was published, Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO announced that Russia is producing in three months the amount of ammunition that the entire NATO alliance produces in a year, describing this gap as “unacceptable” and “unsustainable.” Klimmage and the foreign policy establishment are still in the first stage of grief… i.e., denial. Russian operations in May, June and July will dispel any notion that this war is a stalemate or that Russia is losing. - sonar21
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  15114. On the front, Ukraine is facing one of its most rapid collapses of the war thus far. There are no two ways of mincing things: Russian sources report catastrophic losses for AFU who are woefully understaffed and underarmed. The largest scale of POW captures in the past year is currently ongoing, with over a dozen new videos just from today alone showing dozens of Ukrainian prisoners, including many Kraken: Russian forces have now even gotten within artillery range of Kharkov city itself, and there are reports they are hammering AFU positions on Kharkov outskirts from about 22-24km in Glyboke/Hlyboke. There are even reports of blocking detachments now waiting in the rear to intercept fleeing troops: fighting was already being reported toward the center of Volchansk, whereas Russian forces had just reached the outskirts yesterday. Some reports stated Russian forces captured the administrative buildings near the cent Russia doesn’t have to capture Kiev, or even attempt to do so. Simply by bringing its forces to the outskirts, it could sow enough chaos and panic, civilian flight, etc., so as to finally unseat Zelensky in some kind of destabilizing coup, or force him to show his hand by fleeing with a government-in-exile, to Lvov or elsewhere—which itself would be politically fatal. There are many potential plays here. But for the time being any such potential moves are likely very far off, as the immediate objectives revolve merely around splitting Ukrainian forces and thinning the lines in order to create breakthroughs aimed at generating catastrophic losses of materiel, personnel, and morale. Amid the ongoing collapse, Blinken sped to Kiev to deliver another round of vapid “reassurances” to keep Ukrainian morale from catastrophically plunging. This ‘reassurance’ ended up consisting of nothing more than Blinken giving an uplifting rendition of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In a Free World” in a Kiev dive bar: “What, you wanted weapons and money? I’ve come to give you a song instead.” Can the U.S. Empire get any more pathetic or embarrassing? Amid backbiting over the Kharkov region collapse, it’s now coming ever-clearer into focus what scale of corruption resulted in the gross treason: Here’s another example of Ukraine’s fortification miracle. A fed up Ukrainian soldier describes the totally inept trenchworks on one of the fronts—an endemic problem: - Simplicius
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  15131. Putin suggested earlier this week that creating “external management or temporary administration” under the UN could facilitate elections in Ukraine and provide a legitimate foundation for negotiations. A peace deal signed with a newly elected leader, he said, “would be recognized around the world” and could not be overturned later. “There is no formal mechanism for creating such administrations in the UN,” Logvinov acknowledged. However, he noted that the UN has established transitional authorities in several post-conflict areas, including Cambodia, East Timor, and Eastern Slavonia, setting a precedent for this type of arrangement. “In all cases, the first step was reaching an agreement between the parties to the conflict – directly or through intermediaries – on the appropriate transfer of powers to the UN,” he explained. Once an agreement is reached, the parties or their mediators would then submit a formal appeal to the UN. The Security Council would instruct the secretary-general to prepare a framework for the temporary administration, including a timeline and budget. Logvinov stressed that the final decision rests with the UN Security Council following a report by the secretary-general outlining the form and functions of the proposed administration. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres dismissed the proposal on Friday, insisting that “Ukraine has a legitimate government, and so obviously that must be respected.” Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, currently the deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, criticized Guterres’ remarks, calling them a “double lie.” Referring to Zelensky in a post on X, he said: “The nit is illegitimate. There’s nothing to respect him for. He failed, his people are dying, and his country is disappearing.” - RT
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  15132. MILITARY TUBE TODAY – The onslaught and fiery arrows of the Russian forces broke through the defense of the Ukrainian troops holding out in Dneproenergiya then liberated it in lightning speed. The Russian Defense Ministry shared footage on March 12, 2025, of how units of the 37th Motorized Rifle Brigade and the 40th Marine Brigade of the Vostok Group of Forces, working with the full support of artillery crews and attack drone operators, broke through the Ukrainian defenses to the knees of the enemy, as a result of which Kiev's troops, with NATO support, surrendered the settlement along the banks of the Mokri Yaly River to Moscow's troops. The assault detachments of the Vostok Group of Forces broke through the enemy's defenses the day before, where a series of pinpoint strikes by artillery fire and supporting drone ammunition destroyed fortifications, groups of personnel, hardware, and ammunition depots. Explosions and massive fire effects on Ukrainian objects forced them to retreat, unable to hold their defensive positions! Although this is a small settlement, the victory over Dneproenergiya strengthened the dominance of Russian forces at north of Velyka Novosyolka. This will further complicate supply routes and weaken Ukrainian defenses in the southern Donetsk sector. Without delay, a soldier from the Vostok group immediately raised their unit's flag on a house in the northern part of the settlement, thereby confirming its transfer to the full control of the Russian Army, having pushed the Ukrainian front line and advanced 2 km along the eastern bank of the Mokri Yaly River. Once again, control of Dneproenergiya made it easier for Russian forces to advance further and prepare for a further attack on Vesely nearby. With limited reinforcements and heavy losses, Kiev continued to try to maintain cohesion on the southern front, but their defensive position continued to erode. NATO support remained ineffective in stopping the territorial expansion, under the pressure of methodical and sustained Russian fire.
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  15134. Iran unleashed their ‘Operation True Promise 2’ on Israel, sending hundreds of ballistic missiles which passed unopposed through Israel’s porous air defenses. Watch the above videos of hundreds of missiles hitting Israel, then read this deluded tweet by a Netanyahu aide, who with a straight face declared that most missiles were intercepted: we have eyewitness accounts and geolocations that appear to show the areas of sensitive targets being hit. These videos in particular claim to be from just outside Nevatim airbase which houses much of Israel’s F-35 fleet: It is currently impossible to find out whether the Air Base was damaged or destroyed, but the approximate range of the targets of Iranian Missiles is quite clear: Air Bases. So, we don’t yet know if any real damage was done, but the one take away that we’re again able to make is that Iran is at least capable of penetrating all Western air defense nets. That is because the US openly announced their attempt to interdict the strikes as much as possible, in futility—as reported by the official US Naval Institute: Israel can only create “miraculous” victories on the backs of the entire Western world, which controls the commerce, communications, military, and every other sphere in the region, allowing Israel to wield full spectrum dominance. Without this backing, Israel would not be able to survive on its own, and would have long ceased to exist. As a very brief summary, Israel has invaded Lebanon three major times since the ‘70s. The 1978 and 1982 invasions were essentially due to claimed attacks by Palestinian groups based in Lebanon. In 2006 they tried again to go all the way to the Litani—but this time they weren’t facing the PLO, but Hezbollah for the first time. One of the key differences is Hezbollah was armed with large amounts of ATGMs, which the PLO didn’t have, nullifying Israel’s armor and tank advantage. This time IDF could not even get past a few miles into southern Lebanon before giving up. The battle of Bint Jbeil was the main battle, only a couple kilometers from the border: - Simplicius
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  15142. Kiev's regime criminal shelling kills a civilian in Gorlovka, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). - Intel Report "TARGET HIT, LET'S LEAVE" says control base as Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters continue wipe out Ukrainian armored vehicles with precise missile strikes in Donetsk region (ex-Ukraine), where more than 345 Ukrainian soldiers are either killed and injured. 30 cannon fodder also wasted in Kupyansk, East Ukraine, up to 160 in Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine), self-propelled guns and ammo depots destroyed - 3 US-made JDAM bombs intercepted. ⚔SITREP⚔ AUGUST 27 IT'S A ROASTING of Ukrainian army personnel after Russian drone gives out positions of enemy stronghold to mortar and artillery crews, who launch brutal shells wiping all out in massive fiery explosions. - Intel Report Civilian wounded, school damaged as a result of Ukrainian criminal shelling on Gorlovka, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine). - Intel Report Russian air defenses destroy Ukrainian cruise missile over the Black Sea off the coast of Crimea (pre-war Russia). - Intel Report Russian air defenses destroy 2 Ukrainian drones attempting to strike terror on Crimea (pre-war Russia). - Intel Report Over the past 24 hours, Ukraine fired about 115 ammunition at Belgorod region (pre-war Russia) - Ukraine-bordering region Governor Gladkov. - Intel Report About 2,000 apartment buildings and 5,000 private houses damaged in Donetsk People's Republic (DPR, ex-Ukraine) since 2022 due to Ukrainian shelling - DPR Head Pushilin. He also notes that Russian forces improved their positions in a number of areas in Avdeevka (DPR) - map above - and Kiev's army suffered serious losses. - Intel Report Explosion followed by car alarms heard in footage as Russian air defenses destroy Ukrainian terror drone flying toward Moscow overnight. 2 drone attacks also thwarted over Bryansk region (pre-war West Russia). - Intel Report Russia's Chadvedev decimates Kiev's regime while praising Moscow's weapons industry. Ukraine is constantly trying to count stocks of Russian equipment, while itself is a parasitic country that receives life from the body of its owners. If there is no supply of weapons to Ukraine, everything will end quickly for the Bandera regime. Meanwhile, Russia provides itself with all types of weapons already in quantities exceeding the current needs of the armed forces. This is how our military-industrial complex operates now, conveyors work in three shifts and Russia will produce as much weapons as necessary for effective defense - Medvedev. - Intel Report
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  15159. [What's masquerades for news on the US networks is Agitprop for the Western Globalists on the Payrolls of their MICs, the loss in lives be damned. I think this is great news to educate that propagandized public to wake up and see the con they've been force fed by the World Controllers while they and their families are still alive to do so!] Carlson, who launched his own network on X (formerly Twitter), posted a short video from Moscow, explaining the logic behind his upcoming interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Most Western media outlets are corrupt and “lie to their readers and viewers,” mainly by omission, Carlson argued. There has been no effort to speak to Putin since the conflict started in 2022, while US outlets have conducted many “fawning pep sessions” posing as interviews with Zelensky, he added. “That is not journalism. It is government propaganda – propaganda of the ugliest kind, the kind that kills people,” said Carlson. “Because no one has told them the truth,” most people in English-speaking countries are unaware of “history-altering developments,” according to Carlson. “That’s wrong. Americans have the right to know all they can about a war they are implicated in,” he added, noting that freedom of speech is the American birthright that can’t be taken away no matter who sits in the White House. Carlson reminded his viewers that the US government spied on his text messages in 2021, when he attempted to interview Putin. He urged Americans to watch the entire interview on X, which will not be censored or paywalled, and decide for themselves, “like a free citizen, and not a slave.” - RT
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  15161. Mr. President, I believe that the CIA is providing you inaccurate, false intelligence about Russia’s casualties and the condition of its economy. If you hope to realize your goal of opening negotiations with President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, you must be equipped with the best information available. You have been briefed that Russia has suffered devastating losses — as many as 800,000 casualties — and that Russia’s economy is weak and fragile. Data from open sources paint a diametrically opposite picture. It is essential that you understand that Russia views this war as vital to its continued existence. Russia is not fighting to reconstitute the Soviet Empire. It sees Ukraine as a Western-proxy being used to attack Russia with US-and NATO-supplied weapons and intelligence, with the ultimate goal of destroying the current government. Accordingly, the only satisfactory outcome for Russia is to end this threat. President Putin is willing to accept a negotiated settlement provided that Ukraine is stripped of its capacity to launch future attacks on Russia and that NATO ends any consideration of making Ukraine a member of NATO. Here is the critical point: the IMF’s forecast suggests that Russia’s economy continues to show resilience in the face of Western sanctions, largely due to factors such as robust oil and commodity exports to countries like India and China, and the expansion of its military-industrial complex. President Vladimir Putin uses these economic indicators to argue that Western sanctions have been ineffective and to showcase Russia’s economic model to partners in Asia and Africa. His message is resonating with the leaders of the Global South. If you consider Russia’s perspective on the war in terms of casualties and the economy, Vladimir Putin is under no pressure to reach a negotiated settlement that does not address Russia’s strategic concerns that it will no longer face a military threat from NATO. If you fail to understand this and adjust your strategy to make a deal, your efforts to negotiate an end to war in Ukraine will not succeed. - sonar21
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  15170. MILITARY TUBE TODAY - New Ukrainian losses detected after the defeat of several T-64 tanks deployed to the battlefield to stop the Russian breakthrough in Nevskoye, which had been liberated a few days ago in Lugansk region. The Russian Defense Ministry released video evidence on the evening of September 24, 2024, showing that at that time, a Russian UAV spotted and monitored the separate movement of several Ukrainian T-64 tanks from Novolyubovka neighboring Nevskoye, trying to recapture the village but suffered losses. At that time, the reconnaissance drone operator called in the support of attack drones and artillery. First, the Lancet roaming ammunition of the 144th Division did its job, and smoked it out. The Zapad Group of Forces of the Military Group “West”, on 24-hour alert in their task area, continuously suppressed firing points, destroyed weapons, and inflicted damage from ammunition fire on Ukrainian troops. In a separate location not so far away in Novolyubovka, another T-64 tank advanced, the Ukrainians believed they could fire on Russian positions. Although the enemy tank was in a firing position for only a few minutes, turned around and started to flee, the Russian artillery shells managed to catch up with it, and hit it right in the head of the tank's turret. In addition, one T-64BV tank with anti-drone protection was destroyed with two hits, as shown in the video frames released by the closed channel. The tank was still trying to escape after being hit by artillery, but then stopped, at least this gave the surviving crew a chance to save their lives. The Lancet drone then dived quickly towards the tank, causing a huge explosion, and the equipment slowly burned out completely.
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  15172. [Best description of the Warmonger Extraordinaire Graham that I've read. Captured the essence of this disgusting morally bankrupt creep to a "T". Much blood on this man and his cronies' hands for which they will pay!] “Step right up, folks, get your next world war right here.” That’s basically the message that’s always coming out of US Senator Lindsey Graham’s mouth. It’s all fun and games – and profit – regardless of how many of the “little people” end up paying with their lives. Shooting one’s mouth off nonstop in favor of triggering war (anywhere but inside America, of course) by advocating attacks on foreign countries is Graham’s whole brand. He pounds the desk, but really couldn’t care less where the dust settles afterwards. That’s for someone else, with actual responsibility, to deal with. Guys like him, and his BFF the late Senator John McCain, and former Ambassador and Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton are all basically the same dude. Graham and McCain were the ones who actively lobbied their Republican colleagues to get Obama appointee, Victoria “Regime Change Karen” Nuland, confirmed into the role of assistant secretary of state for Europe in May 2013. They succeeded. And just a few months later she was in Ukraine as Euromaidan popped off, handing out cookies and getting caught on tape telling the US Ambassador to Kiev who should comprise the post-coup Ukrainian cabinet. They all represent a bygone era before social-media-driven transparency and diversity of analysis and freedom of information. Neoconservative narratives driving endless war enjoyed much less pushback from more marginalized dissenting voices. The results of their policies, from the Middle East to Africa, have been so disastrous that they’ve lost any benefit of the doubt. So, while Graham is busy sticking out his tongue at Putin, laughing about how Moscow took its shot and missed – he might want to consider where the ricochet actually ended up. And how much of a reckless jackass he made of himself, yet again, in front of increasingly war-weary Americans. - RT
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  15175. CATASTROPHIC DESTRUCTION AS UKRAINIAN ATTACK DESTROYS HUGE CHUNK OF BUILDING leaving civilians terrorized as apocalyptic ash covers entire neighborhood in pre-war Russia's Belgorod, Zelensky's favorite target to murder children. - Intel Republic MOMENT OF CRIMINAL IMPACT shown in top video as massive Ukrainian strike destroys civilian building in pre-war Russia's Belgorod. Woman and child murdered, at least 28 injured, with numbers feared to rise as emergency crews still clearing rubble, saving lives of 12 people, including two children so far. Beautiful show of the Russian spirit as ordinary citizens defy Zelensky's terror and gather to help rescuers, towing wrecked cars with their own hands and offering unconditional help under extremely dangerous circumstances. - Intel Republic UKRAINE-MADE TRAGEDY - civilians run and scream in horror after apartment's roof collapses right on heads of brave emergency workers saving civilians of Ukrainian war crime which destroyed high-rise in pre-war Russia's Belgorod. Rescuers safe according to first reports - 16 apartments collapsed following vicious assault, dozens of people killed and injured - official death toll not released yet. Another bloody link in chain of Kiev's regime's crimes, Western sponsors are behind Zelensky’s criminal attack - Russian FM Spokeswoman Zakharova. - Intel Republic SURVIVORS FOUND UNDER RUBBLE OF BELGOROD BUILDING AFTER KIEV TERROR STRIKE: Rescuers rush to remove debris after finding old man and woman pinned under remains of homes, working to pull out victims (top vid) as entire city rushes to aid wounded by setting up temporary lodging for survivors. Elderly lady praises emergency workers for their incredible speed, pulling her out from rubble even as heroic rescuers forced to rush for shelters as Kiev army threatens renewed strikes on area. Kiev regime carries out atrocious war crime on pre-war Russian city with NATO-supplied RM-70 Vampire rockets and ballistic missiles, as 2 kids among at least 19 wounded in attack. - Intel Republic
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  15179. The Biden administration immediately claimed the attack was backed by Iran, with profoundly influential news agencies like AP and Reuters regurgitating this claim as established fact in their headlines immediately thereafter. As DeCamp notes in the aforementioned article, back in October a US official acknowledged to CNN that that there’s actually a “persistent intelligence gap” as to how much these Shia militias are in fact beholden to the orders of Tehran, but apparently this attack being linked to Iran is now being treated as established gospel truth anyway. In a statement on the attacks Biden said the US “will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner our choosing,” meaning yet another military escalation in the middle east is on its way under this murderous administration. A full-scale war with Iran would be the absolute worst-case scenario resulting from the violence which erupted in the middle east this past October, potentially with mass deaths on a scale that would make what’s been happening in Gaza look like child’s play. In that same statement Biden said the US troops who were killed in the “despicable and wholly unjust attack” died working “to fight terrorism”, which is of course ridiculous. People who live in the middle east have far more legitimacy attacking US troops in resistance to a US-backed genocide than US troops have in being in the middle east to begin with, and the US military presence they attacked is there to shore up geostrategic control, not to fight terror. The US base by the Jordan-Syria border that was struck by Iraqi forces functions as a support base for America’s al-Tanf garrison, a sprawling “deconfliction zone” (read: illegal military occupation) in Syria which the US has for years been using to disrupt Iranian activities in the region and help Israel carry out its constant airstrikes in Syria. “Fighting terrorism” is just the pretense for the US military presence in the region; as always, the real reason is to facilitate the geostrategic domination of the US empire. Every US military fatality in the middle east is the fault of the US government for putting them there. US troops shouldn’t be in the middle east at all, and the US has no legitimacy in retaliating against efforts to kick them out of the region by the people who live there. Iraqi militias have 100 percent legitimacy in attacking US troops in the middle east during a US-backed genocide, and the US has zero legitimacy in retaliating. Get out of the middle east. Just Stop backing a genocide in Gaza, stop murdering people to shore up domination of world resources, and leave. Leave before you unleash something far worse than the nightmare you’ve already inflicted upon our species. - LewRockwell
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  15180. The Ukrainian authorities abysmally failed to avoid or respond adequately to severe street violence and killings that took place in Odessa in May 2014 between supporters and opponents of the regime change operation commonly known as “Maidan.” Subsequently they also obstinately failed to investigate the incident. In other words, they first messed up criminally – or worse – and then engaged in a cover-up for over a decade. Not a minor issue if you consider that hundreds of victims were injured and 48 killed on that day. Twenty-eight plaintiffs from Ukraine had challenged these failures of Ukraine’s current regime before the EHCR. After too many years of deliberation the court has now finally recognized – unanimously, including a Ukrainian judge – that the Ukrainian authorities committed “violations of Article 2 (right to life/investigation) of the European Convention on Human Rights, on account of the relevant authorities’ failure to do everything that could reasonably be expected of them to prevent the violence in Odesa on 2 May 2014, to stop that violence after its outbreak, to ensure timely rescue measures for people trapped in the fire, and to institute and conduct an effective investigation into the events.” In addition, in one case, a “violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life)” was also found because of a delay in handing over a victim’s body for burial. Take a step back and just consider the bare essentials: Unrest and mass killing have occurred, in a major city, too. And the public authorities of the state concerned have never provided a remotely adequate investigation or legal redress: Victims and their relatives were left without justice, perpetrators without punishment. In any country that is not content with being a failed state, an authoritarian swamp, or both, the above alone would be a scandal rocking and toppling governments. - RT
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  15215. IS IRAN A MAJOR SPONSOR OF TERRORISM? The short answer is, “no!” I thought it time to revisit the past in light of what the present portends. It looks like the United States, once again, is going to embroil itself in Israel’s war against the Palestinians and, if the past is any predictor, will again find itself burying US military personnel. The public image of Iran as a hotbed of fanatical terrorists has been usurped since the August 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in east Africa by Al Qaeda and other radical Sunni entities. The U.S. Government’s own list of terrorist attacks since 2001 shows a dramatic drop in the violence carried out by Iran and an accompanying surge in horrific acts by radical Sunni Muslims who are not aligned with Iran. The latest edition of the Global Terrorism Index, a project of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, shows that four groups accounted for 74 percent of all fatalities from terrorism in 2015 — Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda, the Taliban and ISIS. Thirteen of the 14 Muslim Groups identified by the U.S. intelligence community as actively hostile to the US are Sunni, not Shia, and are not supported by Iran: We call attention to Ambassador Nikki Haley’s recent statement that it is hard to find a “terrorist group in the Middle East that does not have Iran’s fingerprints all over it.” The truth is quite different. The majority of terrorist groups in the region are neither creatures nor puppets of Iran. ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Al-Nusra are three of the more prominent that come to mind. The statistical annex details the attacks and the groups responsible ... Not a single group linked to Iran or supported by Iran is identified. Iran also had a longstanding relationship with Syria. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton decided that if we could eliminate Bashir Assad, the Syrian leader, then we would weaken Iran. This was a policy that many Republicans, most notably John McCain and Lindsey Graham, supported. But the scheme to weaken Iran backfired. Iran, along with Russia, came to the aid of the Government of Syria in full blown counter-insurgency campaign. Iran, the Russians and the Syrian Government were fighting radical Sunni islamists, many of whom were funded by the Western alliance. The U.S. State Department continues to insist that Iran is providing indirect support to Al Qaeda. That is pure nonsense. Iran is fighting and killing Al Qaeda forces inside Syria. They have no ideological affinity with Al Qaeda. The Trump Administration needs to stop with its infantile ranting and railing about Iran and terrorism. The actual issues surrounding Iran’s growing influence in the region have little to do with terrorism. Our policies and actions towards Iran are accelerating their cooperation with China and Russia, not diminishing it. - Sonar21
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  15221. The Russian military is making advances at multiple locations along the frontline in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), according to Friday's daily press briefing of the country’s Defense Ministry released. Officials said that over the past 24 hours, Moscow’s troops have inflicted heavy casualties on the adversary, amounting to up to 795 servicemen. The DPR saw intense combat at multiple locations, with troops “taking up better positions” near the village of Klescheevka, located to the southwest of the town of Artyomovsk (known in Ukraine as Bakhmut). The small village has been experiencing heavy combat for months, following the liberation of Artyomovsk early last year. The Russian military reported destroying multiple pieces of military hardware, including assorted armored and soft vehicles, as well as several artillery pieces, including two US-made M777 towed howitzers. The military said it had conducted multiple long-range attacks on Ukrainian ammunition stockpiles, troops, and hardware assembly points in more than 100 locations. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu revealed fresh estimates on the casualties sustained by Ukrainian forces over the past month. All in all, Ukraine lost more than 23,000 troops in January, the minister claimed during a meeting with top Russian military commanders on Friday, stating his forces now “hold the strategic initiative along the entire line of contact.” Over the past month, the Ukrainian military has also suffered heavy equipment losses, with over 3,000 heavy hardware pieces destroyed. The losses include multiple US-supplied Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, HIMARS multiple rocket launcher systems, German-supplied Leopard main battle tanks and other hardware provided to Kiev by its Western sponsors, according to Shoigu. - RT
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  15235. There is a slew of reports that Friday will be General Zaluzhny’s last day as the head of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. I don’t know what will happen. I cannot rule out that the press reports are an information operation based on wishful thinking. Then again, it may be real. I plan on doing a podcast tomorrow around noon to talk about what transpired in the Ukraine soap opera. Kudos to Alex Christoforou for dubbing this “Days of Kiev.” An homage to the legendary U.S. soap, Days of Our Lives. John Helmer, who publishes at Dancing With Bears, translated an article by Yevgeny Krutikov, a Russian military analyst who served with the GRU. I am providing the full article because it illuminates one aspect of Russia’s strategy in the Donbas. “The settlement of Tabayevka in the Kharkov region has been liberated,” the Russian Defense Ministry says. We are not just facing the capture of a village: Russian troops are now hacking into the contact lines, which have not budged for a year. Russia is creating a new strategic situation in the Kharkov region, threatening to dismember the Ukrainian defence up to the Donetsk agglomeration. In Kiev, they were convinced that Russian troops were forming an offensive group in the Kupyansk direction, and so the VSU began to wait there for a frontal assault. However, as a result, the Russian Army did not undertake anything of the kind in this area. Instead, the Ukrainian units were gradually ground down by the Russian army in positional battles, while the Kupyansk group of the VSU had to be replenished with whatever troops were left. Behind the defensive fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an open field for tens of kilometres opens up on a whole group of sites. Kiev’s military reserves are gradually being squandered, and there is practically no human materiel left to plug the holes. Related to these problems there are the panic campaigns in Kiev about total mobilization. Ukraine confronts two deficits that cannot be remedied for at least one year — 1) lack of trained manpower and 2) lack of ammunition, air defense and reliable combat vehicles. Russia enjoys a clear tactical advantage on both counts. Helmer succinctly describes Russia’s plan for the near term: the strategic reserves of the Ukrainian forces should be destroyed first, together with the supply lines for the weapons and ammunition crossing the border from the US and the NATO allies. - Sonar21
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  15265. Americans live in ignorance of the real operating agendas. Curtin says it is the CIA, not the media or the Internet companies or the politicians, who controls the narratives. The CIA’s own overlords are the powerful financial and corporate interests on which American success depends. Curtin’s account parallels US Marine Commander General Smedley Butler’s confession that he and his US Marines were the enforcers in Latin America for the United Fruit Company and the New York Banks Beginning in 1950 the CIA began using bribes, such as “leaks” to American media that were designed to influence American and foreign opinion with controlled narratives that advanced secret agendas. The CIA’s “leaks” made the careers of reporters who could attest to their editors “CIA source” and make the front page if not the headlines. Most journalists regarded as influential are CIA assets. More recently, Udo Ulfkotte’s book, Bought Journalism, revealed that he, an editor at Germany’s largest newspaper, and most significant journalists in Europe are CIA assets. This was confirmed by Otto Schulmeister, editor-in-chief and publisher of Austria’s Die Presse. His own CIA connections were revealed. Today, of course, the many proven facts are dismissed by the whore media and Wikipedia as conspiracy theory. The CIA’s assets continue to do their assigned job of controlling the narratives. Curtin endorses Douglas Valentine’s statement in his revealing book, The CIA As Organized Crime: “The CIA and the media are part of the same criminal conspiracy.” In his own words, Curtin adds: “The corporate mainstream media are stenographers for the national security state’s ongoing psychological operations aimed at the American people, the same as they have done for an international audience. We have long been subjected to this ‘information warfare,’ whose purpose is to win the hearts and minds of the American people and pacify them into being victims of their own complicity, just as it was practiced by the CIA in Vietnam and by the New York Times, Washington Post, CBS, etc, on the American people over the years as the American warfare state wages endless wars, coups, false flag operations, and assassinations at home and abroad. . . . the roles that the CIA and the corporate mainstream media play cannot be distinguished from each other.” - LewRockwell
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