Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears on CBS with Margaret Brennan to discuss the current status of the conflict in Ukraine. One of the interesting sentences is at 01:34 of the video: “The clips that we have shared with you, you have seen for yourself.” This statement is about the latest video snippet used by western media to frame the status of the conflict. The video clip was the lead on CNN with Anthony Blinken {SEE HERE}.
The video noted reportedly shows civilian bodies in the streets that were killed during the conflict in the city of Bucha, northeast of Kyiv. Two points about this specific area for context. First, this was the area where the well discussed 20-mile convoy of Russian equipment was stationary for several weeks. Second, remember the free weapons that Zelenskyy/Bidenskyy gave away to any civilian who wanted to fight? The main distribution was in this area.
As we might expect, Mrs. Brennan is well rehearsed for maximum dramatic flair – this is another of her moments in the sun, selected to conduct the interview by the DoS/Intel apparatus. Elocution, phrasing, tone all rehearsed for audience impact. Unfortunately, what CBS creates is George Clooney trying to be Richard Burton. WATCH:
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None of our Ukraine analysis is intended to create sympathy for the position of Russia. Ukraine is a battleground, and its sovereignty was invaded by Russia. None of that is disputed. Unfortunately, the ordinary Ukrainian people are cannon fodder within Ukraine as the proxy region for a larger conflict between U.S. government interests, NATO and Russia.
The U.S. has been exploiting Ukraine for well over a decade. The money the U.S. has funneled into Ukraine in order to create, influence and preserve U.S. interests, has only increased the corruption within the political system in that country. There are no good guys here, only lesser bad guys.
It is from that geopolitical perspective that all western media constructs should be evaluated for the weight of the intended propaganda. The actual amount of control Zelenskyy holds over the Ukraine military response is unknown. The scenario this represents creates a larger problem when trying to figure out what is actually taking place.

It is highly unlikely that Zelenskyy holds any control over the ultranationalist factions within eastern Ukraine, like the Azov battalion. It has become increasingly clear; those eastern Ukraine military units are funded by the U.S./NATO and receive more support from western allies than from the central government in Kyiv.
Much like the U.S. supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan during their fight against Russia, so too is the U.S. supporting factions within Ukraine in their current insurgent fight against Russia. Zelenskyy has no influence or control over this, and it shows in the weird dynamic whenever he makes an appearance. We can debate how much of the Ukraine military is under Zelenskyy’s control. My guess is very little, but the reality of the U.S. operating as the guiding hand is a ground reality clearly visible.
Ukraine is to the United States as North Korea is to China. As we have well documented on a granular level, Chairman Kim is held hostage by Chairman Xi. Now we see a similar dynamic, Comrade Zelenskyy is held hostage by Comrade Biden.
If you look at Zelenskyy’s position more as a public relations figure, a front man for the U.S. operation in Ukraine, then much of the weirdness starts to make sense. From all appearances, the U.S. State Dept/CIA provide Zelenskyy with the framework they need him to promote, and Zelenskyy has no option right now other than play along. It can be argued this outlook makes Zelenskyy a puppet, but when you consider the scale of influence and in country activity the U.S. was controlling prior to the Russian invasion, his current status is simply a logical outcome.
As to the actual logistics of the conflict and the strategy of Russia, the actual location of troops and places of conflict all make sense if you think about the original statements by Vladimir Putin about his intentions for this “military operation.” Putin is going to carve out eastern Ukraine exactly as he said he would. How much of eastern Ukraine he intends to control is unknown.
From that perspective, knowing the western alliance was likely to supply supportive weapons into Ukraine from Poland, the strategic deployment of Russian forces northeast of Kyiv would then be considered a proactive positioning against a western-aided offensive. Keep the supplies of the enemy in check while conducting operations in the east and south where the primary objective is taking place.
If Putin is now working to finalize the regional elements of his carve out, moving those troops out of Western Ukraine, northeast of Kyiv, now would appear to make sense. In this carve out approach the key Ukraine city would likely become Dnipro.
Putin’s generals would want to surround the eastern Ukraine military combatants under the command, control and support of the U.S. and western military alliance. Pushing northward from the south, and southward from the north, while using supply lines from the east (Russia) taking Dnipro would be very strategic (see map below); and it is over 1,200 miles from any direct NATO supply and logistical support.
If, as many intellectually honest observers have always believed, Putin never intended to take more than eastern Ukraine, all of the areas west of Kyiv would now have exhausted their usefulness. Putin kept NATO Commanders Bidenskyy and Blinkinskyy from creating large supply lines into eastern Ukraine, and now Putin gets more detailed in his targeting operations and fortifications.
As NATO Commander Bidenskyy might move to create supply convoys from Poland directly toward the west, the Russian air forces will now deploy to target their movements. It will be very risky for NATO to move mass weapons eastward, as they would be very vulnerable to air assaults.

Zelensky: “They (the Russians) took washing machines…and tortured people, too.”
I found that report from him to be bizarre.
Why would he talk of stolen washing machines amidst talk of torture, murder, corpses, and mass graves?
Because ‘ bad guy ‘ troops stealing baby incubators has been done already.
Cleanliness is next to godlessness?
Toss a Ukranian in the tub put it on perpetual spin cycle?
He doesn’t mention the Russians emptying the Ukraine of suits, sport jackets and ties but we have direct evidence of that. Zelenskyy would only be upset if leather S/M gear was taken.
“They stole the washing machines!”
It’s his excuse for not changing his green tshirt for the last 35 days.
It’s a good excuse… I may start using it. 😉
He did indeed change his shirt. This one doesn’t have the Nazi symbol on it.
Maybe a translation mistake.
I can’t look at this Zelensky thing without seeing him in stiletto heels. And doesn’t this guy own a shirt? You know, one with a collar and sleeves? And he’s the President? This entire “war” is an exercise in Derp State psyops and mind****ery. Everything we see is fake and gay. Let’s all die in World War Sodomy. It’s insane!
Al Franken & Bela Kun
Yep..the (((network))) in action. So’s Zelenskyy.
yes, there is truly a bracket’s hidden hands behind every puppet…why, even famed roman orators—the brackets like to hide behind such names, don’t they…
Thanks Sundance! The maps are soooooo helpful to keep one’s bearings.
What that map doesn’t show is the 80,000 Ukrainian troops trapped in a cauldron to the east of Dnipro. That map is also quite old, the Russian forces have nearly encircled that eastern area. What you don’t hear much of at all in the “western” media is those 80,000 Ukrainian troops were going to attack the Donbas. Putin preempted that attack and caught everyone by surprise the way he did it. If you would like a different perspective on what is taking place I suggest visiting the site Moon of Alabama and The Vineyard of the Saker blog.
I looked at Moon of Alabama and its assessment by MediaBiasFactCheck.com. Not sure about MoA, but the latter (which approves of the “credible fact checking” of the Left to extreme Left MoA) is clearly, and comically, very biased. Not caviling you. Just relaying first reaction.
Media Bias Fact Check is not a reliable site.
My fact checker, Facts R Us , said 50% of your fact checkers facts were in fact unfactual 90% of the time.
I am reading ‘About the Saker’ on The Vineyard of the Saker blog – my first visit there courtesy of your comment. Thanks for the suggestion, I am finding another kindred spirit.
I too took up these suggestions and found them very helpful.
These podcasts I would ass to the two above. They have been hitting the Ukraine /Russia /USA storyline hard for weeks and they provide many links for citations I find helpful.
https://rightwirereport.com/2022/04/02/truth-be-told-podcast-objects-of-derision-we-are-all-will-smith-slapped-now-april-2-2022/
try http://www.southfront.org and click on Ukraine tab.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/6ZHPL2pTuadJ/
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Today, Russia “reportedly” bombed BOTH a fuel depot and a refinery in Odessa
… Presumably in retaliation for the bombing of a fuel depot in Russia.
Taking out a REFINERY sends a very clear message and inflicts long-duration economic pain.
• Message: “NATO, are ya feelin’ lucky that refinery wasn’t YOURS?”
• Pain: “NATO, if you think pipeline-gas shortages hurt, wait for refinery-fuel to disappear.”
Bonus Points: NO ONE’s recognizing that Payments in Rubles for Gas will ESCALATE as the €Uro depreciates with Central Bank expansion of the €Uro Supply, because Putin concurrently set a floor for the GOLD Exchange rate at 5,000 Rubles per gram.
Russia intends to control the Black Sea as well. I was wondering when they were going to get around to Odessa.
Russia/Ruble 2 New World Order 0
Russia’s already set the wheels in motion for Win #3 and Win #4:
• Revealing the Gold Bullion in London & Fed/Fort Knox PONZI SCHEME (you cannot imagine its scope and depth)
• Revealing the Currency Inflation PONZI SCHEME (via moves on Gold)
Winner winner chicken dinner! You hit the nail on the head. Gold will split NATO because the Fed and BoE hold most of the EU/NATO countries gold. When the Fed and BoE can’t and wont deliver the gold there will be hell to pay. The petro dollar ponzi may come to a screaming halt soon.
NATO and Western Nations have no business in the Black Sea. Putin is not going to let them have a port. Rightfully so. Odessa is primarily a Russian region, as Crimea. Why stop at Crimea if Odessa can be held to?
Yeah, Russian desire to fully control the Black Sea and have unfettered access to the Mediterranean Sea goes back quite awhile.
They do now. Good pick up.
Not only that but your post about auctioning of Rubles to Europe is a great way to inflict pain on Europe.
Or Putin could simply limit the output of oil to say 80% of his normal out put. Then some countries as you described yesterday would have to explain to the people that they got outbid and there will be no oil until the next auction.
This will be one hell of a trip, Mark!
Agreed. I hope he does it.
It’s almost as if Putin has a crystal ball- oh wait, he does- the last 30 years of NATO and US action- same game plan just different “cool” code names for their actions.
Meanwhile, all hell is breaking loose at our southern border while these bastards are “defending” the borders of a country that is of no significance to the USA. Treason.
Barbery on the High Seas.
Our southern border appears to be their next manufactured crisis to clog up the news cycles, and minimize the damage/fallout from new evidence of their corruption and crimes against children/humanity being released to the public.
Judging from Biden’s creepy blackmail talk, his pedo sympathiser SC nomination, Disney’s pro-pedo grooming of chuldren war against parents, and the denile of Ghislaine Maxwell’s request for a retrial… I’m guessing something along the lines of Jeffrety Epstein child sex trafficking types of abominations. This is of course, will be on top of their Covid crimes againsr humanity, biological weapons labs in Ukraine/Taiwan, the endless corruption documented (Over 700gb) on Hunter’s laptop, etc… etc… etc… steadily dripping out at a pace people can digest.
The Lunatics are desperate, running out of ammunition (Crisis’/false flags), and going to be manufacturing as much chaos as they possibly can. We need to stay focused, put on the full armor of God, and not let it distract us from taking back our country.
God Speed and God Bless.
Serious question: How can you engage in some activities when you have left the area?
Let’s see what the UN does….Do they want to hear the facts?

Official Russki account with announcement calling it a ‘ hoax + provocation ‘
@mfa_russia
Latest from Gonzalo Lira:
Bucha: More Lies
(I can’t actually see what he’s describing here, but maybe others can)
https://t.me/realCRP/4130
Look at this other video of the “Bucha massacre”:
It is incredibly well-crafted, with very expensive lenses, high production value, extremely expensive — and delicate — cameras.
The weird thing is, if they just discovered these bodies, why the high production value cameras?
Why did they take the time to shoot such a well crafted video — instead of tending to the bodies, and making sure that they were all dead?
Why are all the bodies undisturbed? In such a situation, people usually drag the bodies out of the street, and usually put them side-by-side. Certainly the military would do that, if only to allow for military vehicles to pass through the street. But they remain in the middle of the street. That just doesn’t make sense.
You do not see any blood, any gore, and the bodies are lying very “tidy”. Again, doesn’t make sense.
I have enough experience with film production, video production, videos of dead bodies, and the lies of the Ukraine side,to be fully convinced that this is a staged hoax.
Blinkton is a buffoon.
Interesting and ironic Putin is indirectly saving Americans freedom. Whereas, Biden is destroying Americans to save himself from going to jail. More Americans need to realize it to be the case. This won’t happen because of America’s fake-news propaganda media.
So far Trumps “Truth Social” answer to fake-news media has been a bust. It is too bad because it is so needed now.
Why has Truth Social not taken off? What’s up with that? Is it waiting for 45’s next big announcement…as in he’s running or something? Appreciate your opinion. I’m baffled.
Until recently I liked reading at redstate.com. Unfortunately, they’ve gone completely off the rails in promoting the Ukraine good Russia evil narrative and shaming anyone who questions that position. It is so obvious to the reader its sickening.
Same here. I used to visit daily- since start of Ukrainian debacle- maybe once every couple weeks. I can’t stand their push for war and poor Zelensky BS.
I think a lot of smart regulars there have stopped- seeing certain commentators posting less and less in comment boards.
War crimes… Russian or Ukrainian?
Both…..probably.
I wonder from whom Zelenskyy got the money for his Florida mansion. And isn’t one “y” at the end of his name enough?
I doubt Zelensky has even been in country since Febraury.
Only a sheeple w/an IQ slightly higher than a duck would believe this wired puppet… the war crimes belong to Ukraine’s Azov Nazi Batallion.
IMO from the near beginning a month ago I told my brother and others that I thought Putin would try to eventually take and control the most of the 6 eastern provinces – Drawing a line from Kharkiv through Dnipro on down to Kherson.
Why? There are many Russians in this entire Eastern area and only going for Donetsk and Lugansk does not gain much. If you go with my line then Russia “saves” and “protects” more people and gains a good supply route and area management.
In order to protect the Crimea water supply Putin needs to control Ukraine on the other side of Crimea. All the way up to Kherson makes sense.
If he goes for the entire eastern section as I have stated, He controls the main water ports and has good supply lines throughout the territory.
Many of the people in this entire eastern region consider Russian forces to be liberators from the oppressive Ukranians.
Russian forces then would stay as a security force and let the people run their own business and governments as they wish. Plus then Russia can more closely “observe and manage” the Western influence in the rest of Ukraine.
Putin needs to control Kharkiv because Kharkiv is full of CIA people directing the Azov battalion and excursions into Russia (Belgorod).
This also completes his land bridge to Crimea with some defensive depth.
I also wouldn’t put it past him / openly hope that he takes the entire Black Sea coast and landlocks Ukraine, ensuring our clowns can’t instigate from the sea or base ships there.
He had best be careful with talk of war crimes.
Im sure with the bitter history of Russian-Ukrainian relations some on both sides are likely guilty.
Video I have seen shows at least one of the supposed victims arising after the video. In my opinion, this is another faked video for psyops use by western media. It is almost all fake.
He calls her Margaret, like they are chums.
Putin knows everything Trump knows about the “Swamp”. Why wouldn’t he, wasn’t it “Rusia, Rusia, Rusia” used by the “Bad Guys” to get at Trump?
Someone claiming it’s all fake:
“All the world’s media are replicating staged footage of the Ukrainian psyop unit from Bucha, where allegedly the Russian military massacred civilians. However, these crooked information fighters failed the task – in one video there are two tough mistakes at once. First, we see one of the corpses raising his hand, and then in the rearview mirror, we watch another corpse get up, immediately after playing the part.”
https://t.me/intelslava/24269
yes, Gonzalo Lira saying the same thing. Apparently,he has a number of these fake propaganda videos on his telegram.
this man has studied at the finest nwo university. Klaus’s school of dirty tricks. everything he said is a lie and the russians have documented everything. don’t worry he will soon be exiled to miami. to run his billion dollars through the clinton global initiative and the global this and that. Bagman.
NewsReal: Bucha False-Flag – Sanctions Gas Theater – BRICS Dismantling Dollar Domination
https://www.sott.net/article/466265-NewsReal-Bucha-False-Flag-Sanctions-Gas-Theater-BRICS-Dismantling-Dollar-Domination#
Another week in the war in Ukraine, another atrocity falsely attributed to Russia – this time in Bucha, from where Russian forces recently vacated in order to regroup in the Donbass. To listen to the Zelensky regime, the Russians were chased out of the Kiev region, vindictively massacring civilians along the way – a scenario completely at odds with Russian conduct and strategy in Ukraine thus far.
Beyond the wall of propaganda about what Russia is trying to achieve in Ukraine, what really matters for all is the impact US-led sanctions will have on our daily bread. An ongoing trend of ‘de-dollarization’ has recently undergone a ‘phase shift’ thanks to the Western Powers’ cack-handed attempts to strangle the Russian economy, which have spurred the world’s most resource-rich countries to bypass Western financial domination.
This week on NewsReal, Joe and Niall bust the latest viral nonsense about ‘Russian war crimes’, explain what exactly ‘gas-for-rubles’ means under the West’s farcical anti-Russia sanctions regime, and cite recent examples of major intra-BRICS trade deals that point to a quickening in the global trend of ‘de-dollarization’.
From the Moon of Alabama
“ Bucha was declared ‘completely liberated’ of Russian troops by its mayor on Thursday, March 31. Are we to believe it would take three days for such an ‘incriminating’ video to come out? Or that those ‘dead’ were lying there for three days with no one bothering?”
https://www.moonofalabama.org/
Zelensky and the US neocon regime are trying to outdo each other as both are playing the same game. Zelensky keeps upping the ante. The neocons are having difficulty controlling the egomaniacal monster they created. Kim wouldn’t dare challenge Xi like Zelensky does the west. Maybe I’m wrong and this evil is just too immense to come to a proper conclusion. Who knows?
Russians did not even shell or fire missiles into the centers of cities, not even Kyiv or Lviv.
If they wanted civilian casualties, they could do it with ease.
And why would they leave dead and tortured bodies behind in the open? – no benefits to Russians, only to the other side.
War is murder by another name. War is not a sporting event. Real people are being murdered on both sides. This is not a movie where the dead get up and walk away after the scene is shot. Where are the Statesmen have they all died? When you have bad guys and worse guys fighting a war and you don’t have all the facts how can you judge right or wrong?
The United Nations is worthless, just like the League of Nations was back in the day. Be careful what you wish for.
Remember the old saying, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
Well said. There are no good guys here. Just bad guys and worse guys.
The No Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
I sense material for a movie.
I do not believe for a second that Russian troops mascaraed Ukrainian citizens during their retreat. Zelensky is a serial liar and this looks like more Ukrainian propaganda intended to demonize the Russians and to draw NATO into war with Russia.
Take a look at this video purporting to show Russian war atrocities. Notice the “dead body” on the right side of the road moving its arms?
This video is clearly fake! And if the person moving their arms on the right side of the road is alive I suspect all of the other “dead bodies” are alive. How many other videos are fake? Why should we believe anything released by Zelensky? There are pictures of a body in a mass grave with bright red blood on the face. Blood does not remain bright red for days. As everyone knows as it dries it turns a very dark maroon color.
I’m not saying that there are no dead bodies in Bucha but what is the context? I have seen video’s of Azov forces entering Bucha and one soldier asking if they can shoot people with white arm-band to which another replies “f*ck yea”
The Russians have noted that they departed Bucha on March 31st. How come it took three days for Ukraine forces to reach this town on the edge of Kiev and discover these dead bodies in the streets? The timeline doesn’t work.
Putin has nothing to gain by indiscriminately killing civilians? Zelensky has EVERYTHING to gain by presenting to the world this apparent massacre and in all likelihood Zelensky ordered the killings of civilians.
I’m with Putin.
Zelensky’s life before politics looked pretty good. He studied law and became a popular actor and producer and started up his own production company. A family man with two children completes the picture. A self made man.
Now he is Joebama’s boy to appear in front of the world to tell horrible world size lies. He, of all people, would understand the making of videos. So he would want the “devastating” videos to back him up as he speaks to convince the viewers that they are REAL – and not have dead bodies moving, making him a joke.
However, being controlled by joebama and gang, he would be sick of doing Washington DC’s dirty work. What if he wanted to send a message out to the world? Why not make the videos glaringly FAKE and show the world that Putin isn’t the bad guy, it is the Washington bastards. Surely enough people know by now that America is pushing this agenda.
Thanks for that explanation about the movements of troops and supplies.
An honest question here. Is the purpose of putting Zelenskyy out there every day pressuring every country to help Ukraine strictly a campaign to garner public support for the actual destruction of Russia? Or is this to bring everybody in to give financial/military aid and force the world to allow Ukraine entry into the EU?
My gut feeling is this is a campaign to keep the US running grift going in a country the corrupt swamp owns hook line and sinker. Where else will our politicians launder their money and run their Frankenstein labs.
Europe and Ukraine are asking Americans to make sacrifices while they keep doing business w/Putin.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/04/ukraine-demands-everyone-else-boycott-russia-while-daniel-greenfield/
I don’t know Sundance, it’s hard not to have sympathy for Russia given the reality of bio weapons labs and a completely installed overtly Nazi regime with an ethnic cleansing Nazi military. It’s hard to see what other options Putin had other than to regime change Ukraine the way we did Iraq.
The presence of bio weapons labs alone are an a priori reason for Putin to take military action to totally destroy them since we’ve all seen that God-knows-what could leak out just like in Wuhan and do so at any time. Plus a fully installed dictatorship like the Maidan fascist regime of Ukraine probably will never go away without an outside force removing them.
War crimes?
How rich coming from Klaus Schwabs cabana boy.
Imagine being Margaret Brennan’s make-up artist.
CIA operative Zelensky on Face The Nation.
FIFY.
He’s put on weight.
Means only 2 things, being pumped full of more drugs or living the good life in his Miami mansion.
Ukraine Situation Report: Troops Find A Trail Of Russian Massacres As They Reach Belarusian Border
After weeks of Russian occupation, Ukrainian troops are finding horrific evidence of Russian war crimes in liberated towns north of Kyiv.
APRIL 3, 2022
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/45048/ukraine-situation-report-troops-find-a-trail-of-russian-massacres-as-they-reach-belarusian-border
Excerpts:
The reports come a day after returning Ukrainian troops and observers had to literally weave through civilian bodies in Bucha’s streets in some of the most graphic footage since the war began. Many of the dead military-aged males shot with their hands bound. The remains drew comparisons to zachistka, an informal Russian military term associated with “mop-up” operations in the Second Chechen War.
“The worst was in the basement of the dacha. ‘We found 18 bodies in there,’ he said. ‘They had been torturing people. Some of them had their ears cut off. Others had teeth pulled out. There were kids like 14, 16 years old, some adults.’”
In the woods outside Bucha today we met Maria, 80, who hadn’t minded the Russian soldiers so much when they turned up at her house. It was only after they withdrew that she found out they had tied up and executed her neighbours.
The dishonesty of the western media is breathtaking. I am sane enough to still clearly remember when, after the invasion started, the Ukrainian media were talking about people dying from the fighting and, there being very few left in the villages and towns, the bodies had to be ‘just thrown into MASS GRAVES’ because there was nobody there to bury them properly. I also vividly remember thinking at that exact moment – ‘just wait, in a few weeks, they will turn around and blame those same mass graves they are just now creating on camera, on Russian occupation‘.
Yup, once you see the strings……
Also, just for clarity’s sake, I do not believe that this ‘massacre’ was the work of the Russians. For 4 days there was nothing, and then suddenly the reports start coming out. Just this alone is enogu to give one a thoughtful pause. It has all the hallmarks of the White Helmets operations in Syria. Additionally, let’s remember that Zelensky released criminals from prisons ‘to fight the Russian aggressor’. With guns having been issued to anyone who wanted one in the general population, this might also have been opportunistic settling of scores between local national elements, or revenge as punishment meted out to those who cooperated or were deemed to have cooperated with Russian troops while they were there. I know from verbal family history, when the Germans were pushed out of Poland, there came finally a time for payback to collaborators, and it was not pretty.
I can’t remember a time since WW2 that war was so publicized/propagandized here in US.
Invading Ukraine is/was terrible and I am all for people speaking out about their actions there. Ukraine is a sovereign nation which was foolish enough to believe US/UK would keep their promise of protection against Russia in the 90’s.
Ukraine is being used/abused because Russia is leading the world away from the US dollar. And so this really isn’t about Ukraine as much as it is to weaken Russia/Putin in the eyes of the world.
It’s on and it’s not about Ukraine anymore. Hence the allowable war propaganda.