If you were to read the play-by-play of information in the U.K. Telegraph [SEE HERE], you could get whiplash from the diametrically opposed narratives coming from both sides in the propaganda war.
On one hand the western narrative is that Russia is losing, getting weaker, running out of money and weapons. On the other hand, France and Germany are asking Russian President Vladimir Putin to release all of the captured soldiers he is gathering, while western media claim all the Ukraine retreats are “strategic”. It would appear the Monty Python knight has lost all his appendages and is yelling, “come back coward, I’ll bite your kneecaps.”
(Via Telegraph) – Russia said its forces were in full control of the Ukrainian town of Lyman, a railway hub in the Donetsk region, on Saturday in a gain that would help set the stage for the next phase of the Kremlin’s offensive in the eastern Donbas.
Ukrainian and Russian forces had been fighting for Lyman for several days. The town lies 40 km (30 miles) west of Severodonetsk, the largest Donbas city still held by Ukraine but now under heavy assault from Russian forces. The governor of Luhansk region, which along with Donetsk makes up the Donbas, said on Friday that Russian troops had entered Severodonetsk.
The Russian gains indicate a shift in momentum in the war. (read more)
Meanwhile the U.S. State Department, the actual combatant command center for the U.S. proxy war, along with internationally aligned diplomatic corps and the U.S. intelligence apparatus, are continuing to push the propaganda as if we cannot see how clearly staged it is.
Indeed, with the Pentagon preferring a ceasefire and peaceful negotiations while the State Dept demands more war, these are very remarkable times on the other side of the looking glass.
In the narrative tweet below….. If you ignore the new and clean uniform, to include the fresh out of the package gloves and helmet; and if you ignore the clean, groomed and well presented appearance of the “soldier”; carefully chosen for the youthful connection needed with the targeted audience; then it’s possible to admire the cinematography as well contextualized and constructed for social media delivery. The background music is a generally good selection, and has the ‘feels’ as they say.
However, the Ukraine narrative engineers consistently run in to a problem when people start looking at the marketing aspect. World War Reddit, becomes transparent.
“When it gets scary, I remind myself why I’m here. To stop this evil. To not let it spread.”
An incredible video from a young Ukrainian soldier while he is being bombarded. #StandWithUkraine #ArmUkraineNow #UkraineWillPrevail pic.twitter.com/FNC6VfCdy3— olexander scherba🇺🇦 (@olex_scherba) May 27, 2022
One hoax after another all made possible by the covid hoax manufactured to remove the man in office who was standing in their way.
Or rather, all made possible by almost a century of infiltration of western bureaucracies, political parties, media, education, and religious institutions, first and foremost the Vatican.
sure but still couldnt get their way with a duly elected President in charge.
and the vatican werks for the banksters and sanhedrin
Exactly my friend all backed by the prince of the power of the air.
Entryism.
“True revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism. They cut their hair, put on suits and infiltrate the system from within.” – Saul Alinsky
look there at Ukraine not at what the Globalist are doing to America
Squirrel 🐿!
Driving the price of oil up will help Putin and the sanctions lobby will help RINOs.
PT said bring the price of oil down to $35 and the war ends quickly.
Zelensky and the Eurotrash globalists know…Brandon Blackmail Better.
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Putin is saying Saudi Arabia and Argentina want to join BRICS. If Saudi goes and UAE, all of OPEC will likely join BRICS.
Florida should join too, rather than staying latched on to loser country USA.
If Argentina joins, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador may follow. Will get interesting if Mexico decides they want in.
Biden administration wants to ban Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from Summit of the Americas. A lot of countries upset about that. President of Mexico says he will not attend but have a rep there. The world is separating from the USA. It is picking up steam.
Hang on there, I thought your imbecile JJoeO’Bama was flirting with the Venezuelan Communists to get the oil he refused to produce in America.
Right, because having it produced in Venezuelan refineries, loaded on ships and hauled to the US, instead of having it refined under US regulations and shipped via the Keystone Pipeline will halt climate change, reverse global warming, end crime,,feed the hungry, save the polar bears and cure COVID.
US won’t let Mexico do it. The US would arrange an Orange Revolution (coup) first.
The other point is that the Mexican economy is too intertwined with the US and Canada to join BRICS.
I already counted Mexico in the Nationalist camp, rather than the Globalist one.
If this happens… then you will REALLY see inflation spike in US!!!!
Those sanctions are going to kick in and wipe out Russia any day now. Years of vilifying Putin/Russia for all these years sure helped relations and trust.
Those in Washington think we still live in the cold war. Putin and Russia blame is getting as old as crying racist. Nobody pays attention anymore.
And Texas.
I couldn’t agree with you more. Florida is its own country. Thank God.
No, Florida just needs some COMPANY.
No way only ONE State out of 50, should be championing the MAGA way, and fighting Fed Gov overreach, mandates, election integrity etc. issues.
That voice sounds like Zelenskyy. It’s a heavy smoker’s, burnt voice. Not the voice of a young soldier, even if he is a smoker. It takes years of heavy smoking to develop a burnt voice like that.
heavy smoke ….heavy drinking and snorting coc…..
Zelensky at a press conference drugged out. Comments are brutal.
All made possible, by building on a foundation of earlier false narratives, a long line.
“Darwins THEORY isn’t a theory, its undeniable fact!” for instance.
You do realize the Darwin was a Free Mason, and they are never atheists. So why create the major foundation stone for modern atheists?
Strategy of tension.
Uniparty fund raiser (extractor). What’s $ 60 billion, we need more, more, more.
*We need to restore the Constitution to it’s LEGAL authority which is before the federal government (Congress) started changing that pesky Contract that Created Them.
The Constitution is a Contract/Compact between the states that created the federal branch of government.
The Constitution is very deliberate and specific in the limited powers of authority granted to the federal branch of government while ALL other powers reside in the States.
**The federal branch can not change the Constitution as it is the contract that created them. If so there is no longer a legal federal branch and it is null and void***.
To legally change the Constitution requires a Convention of States and a 2/3 vote of ALL CITIZENS to enact it.
*”When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.” – Thomas Jefferson
**”I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious. Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have … The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.” – Thomas Jefferson
***”All laws which are repugnant to the Constitution are null and void.” Marbury vs Madison, 5 US (2 Cranch), 137, 174, 176, (1803)
In direct response to the spending, which requires understanding the true Constitutional limits of the federal powers of authority …
“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” James Madison – Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, 3rd Congress, 1st Session, page 170 (1794–01-10)
Please remember all of this with their “treatises” illegally passing citizen inalienable rights and powers to foreign actors (NATO, UN, WHO, globalist groups, etc.). That is treason and was never a power they possessed or command.
Well stated, Libby!
Just waiting for the class action lawsuit gets started, suing Congress for not doing its constitutional duty of passing an actual budget since 2008; regular order and all, surely the DOJ will get right on that. /s
Not sure I’d want to see a budget produced by the current yayhoos.
The USA is on the downhill and cannot be saved. If Florida leaves, then democrats own the USA and good riddance. Free from all Federal laws and harassment.
Other states faced with a democrat future, will join Florida in the move. It will snowball.
WE don’t need to change the constitution. We need to change those you are corrupting it. Those who support a constitutional convention are asking for chaos and it will be weaker than the one we have.
What TJ said remove the criminals.
Close your wallet only buy what is necessary, starve them out so to speak. It will not be easy, but if you think armies will form and this will be a civil war thing. I say think again.
They want your labor and then your money. Defund their program
Indeed.
A Convention of the States is a trap, it will discard our Constitution and replace it with a Communist smorgasbord, many replacement “Constitutions” already exist waiting for patriots to be suckered into a convention where there are no rules and delegates have no allegiance and cannot be controlled or instructed.
Our own Constitution was born of the simple tasking of making slight adjustments to our original Articles of Confederation. We will not be so lucky a second time.
Obey the Constitution we have, our problems stem from not following it as written, not because it needs rewritten, a rewriting even if as fortuitously worded as we could possibly hope would be as easily ignored anyway by the miscreants that are the true obstacles to domestic tranquility.
Fix the transgressors, not the law they transgress.
Operation money laundering.
Pedro Gonzales is a standout observer and journalist. If you’ve never read his articles (often on American Greatness), I can highly recommend him. He never ever disappoints.
When reading the article..first thing that got my attention was the statement –Russia failed to capture Kiev
That right there was the “tell” for me. Total propaganda.
It’s all been nothing but propaganda. The headlines have ramped up to near hysterical levels. One would swear on reading them Ukraine was the mightiest fighting force on the planet coming against a pathetic Russia which was fighting with prehistoric weapons.
But my gosh the public is swallowing it whole without chewing. All of it.
I remember seeing an interview with Putin long before the whole thing blew up. He said all the decisions concerning Ukraine had been made. I read into that that how this war was going to be prosecuted was intricately planned and would be executed in the same way. After hearing him, I discounted every single bit of news or yellow journalism which came out. Every single syllable.
And this…
A week ago or so, The Daily Mail UK printed a story that an ex MI5 spook had said Putin was now nearly finished, that Russia was in the throes of a humiliating withdrawal or defeat.
That MI5 man?? Christopher Steele of recent skullduggery. I quickly went to the comments of which there were about three thousand just to see if anyone was buying it. All British commenters, and yes, they most definitely did…lock, stock, and barrel.
Then I jumped to the DM edition, which always ALWAYS has the same main headline as their UK sister publication. But not this time. Nothing about Steele up to his old tricks.
The British press at least know they are peddling propaganda of the worst sort. And they know they have a gullible, naive audience for it. At least where n the odious but still useful Steele is concerned.
Hi Betsy, DM U.K. judiciously deletes any comments that REALLY conflict with their preferred narrative. Frustrating to the point of us usually no longer bothering to present an alternative viewpoint. Yes, peddling propaganda is the name of their game, but some here do see it and slowly, slowly, even the fully bought-in are starting to ask questions. Many blessings to you all: you are at the sharp end, we are still deep in the mire. Be glad when this is all done!
Blessings to you also.
We seem to be in the same “boat” with only the water line at a different point.
Take care.
Yes… As a decades long expat there, this I understand. I’m back in the States now but still read it.
But on this article, there were thousands of comments, all cheering Ukraine on against big bad Russia. I was shocked to not see more down votes on those comments. Some, but not enough, are paying attention.
Time was my favourite read was the Telegraph. They have gone so downhill in every way that I no longer do. Sad.
Blessings to you as well, Reader. We still have friends and family there. Miss them all…and our little part of North Wales.
What makes you think that the comments at Daily Mail are genuine? I don’t think they are.
They may not be. What I am saying is that the DM is involved in the propaganda push. Boy, are they. And by posting real or not comments, this is all the UK citizenry sees.
Remember it was done before. With Edward and Mrs Simpson. The news was suppressed about what was going on. The UK press and government have form in manipulating stories, either through not reporting or as you say perhaps making it look as if their preferred take is subscribed to by their readers. In any event, the Mail and others are aiding in and producing the propaganda by reporting dispassionately exactly what is going on, even if it doesn’t align with the government’s agenda.
MI 5 is like their FBI internal.
MI 6 is the counter intelligence division. Pretty sure Steele is MI6, just to clarify. People make the mistake all the Time.
Britian is who we fought against. Britain and those who control it are not our friends. Same people who made us go against Britain are the group that is doing this now.
5 eyes partner all you need to know.
Yes, I think you’re right on reflection. But no matter. All apart of the same corrupt UK Deep State.
Potato/Potahto.
I’ve taken to noting anyone that repeats the Ukraine propaganda. It’s a good way to determine who you know whose too stupid to be trusted when the SHTF and treat them accordingly.
Too many people still trust what they’re being fed, and worse…trust those who are feeding it to them. One would think after the past two plus miserable years, a few warning buzzers would be going off. Easier to eat what’s put in front of them than to do one’s own research or reading. Too much like hard work. Why am I suddenly thinking of Solzhenitsyn?
Yes, it’s a fantastic litmus test to determine the individuals level of zombification or if they are immune to the disease of lies
I like it “to test the level of zombification”.
Only 1/3 of people are somehow inmune to brainwashing, intents at suppress their critical thinking usually fail. Proved in numerous experiments, and cuts through education level, socioeconomic status, sex…etc
Same people that uncritically accepted the Covid vaccine BS, same people are swallowing the Ukraine narrative.
..I can not believe how naive/gullible/stupid are most of retired teachers….they “eat” all BS…to the point I stopped talk to them….
Me too. Well put.
We are still in the fog of war and under an umbrella. While I have deep opinions, I keep in mind that there are hidden facts. Can we be careful with each other here in the Treehouse?
“Son, the Russians to take a dump without a plan.”
The invasion of Kiev was a foregone success until the tank column passed a Taco Bell.
Exactly. There was no intention to capture Kiev. I saw a report this morning which I believe is credible that the RF now has some 8,000 Uke troops that have surrendered or been captured. Another 15,000 are in a cauldron that will either surrender or be killed. The eastern front is crumbling for the Ukes.
It is thought that the best of the best UKe troops are in the Donbass eastern Ukraine region. When those guys go, it’s gonna be rough.
William Gaynor, yes, it is believed the best trained and equipped were there, including the Azov boys. I have seen lots of pictures of those real Uke troops and they look nothing like this fresh faced kid in the Hollywood production. Too clever by half as usual.
That may have been the case at the start but there is a strong possibility that the best (who were not already killed) have been pulled back, being replaced by ‘gun fodder’ territorial units. The best being sent to Poland and other countries to learn about the NATO gear being shipped in.
Whatever they and NATO are doing it doesn’t seem to be having much effect on the Russian military juggernaut that is just unstoppably moving forward behind a hail of artillery shells.
AND THEY(2,500) SURENDER IN THE AZOVSTAL… taken to Russian territories….
Indeed . They never wanted Kiev….which is now can be called ” New Kabul ” as in our new war grift center. “We’re winning! ” 😂
The idea that Russia “never wanted Kyiv” is CYA baloney. Putin’s 07/12/2021 essay justifying Russia’s taking over all of Ukraine says as much.
Russia was hoping that their Special Forces units sent to get Zelensky and other Ukrainian leaders, and, to capture the airport, would be successful. They failed.
Russia had fast moving mechanized columns getting close to Kyiv to exploit the expected success of their Special Forces.
One column, a Cechen regiment, got ambushed with almost all of its vehicles wiped out. The others were stalled by Ukrainian resistance.
Two months latter, after their long columns were stalled on roads and ambush tactics were causing significant casualties, the Russians pulled all of their Kyiv area troops out for refurbishment, to be redeployed in Donbas.
They surely spent a lot of effort and casualties trying to take something they “never wanted”.
Russia has been more pragmatic that any western analysis would argue
You’re full of crap.
since 2/25/22….
Time for a new term: Dopium.
Kinda a reverse Hopium.
Likely the Russians saw the Kiev thrust as a chance to shorten the war if they cut off the head of government and demoralized the Ukranians. Id say the biggest problem with that effort is they didn’t adjust plans fast enough when the opening moves failed.
Makes you think there was some chateau generalship going on.
YOure forgetting they surrounded Kiev, They regrouped after the traitors exposed their plan from the north. Advanced, surrounded, then pulled out. They did not want to destroy the town, Russia does not want to rebuild.
Go find out abour Maripol, the transit systems are back up, they never took out the electric plants or even just shut of power. They took control of them.
You guys set your standard of what happened and fill in your own blanks with your illogical thinking.
😂😂
bs..they never ever wanted Kyiv… elensky now call to talk with VVPutin he will only on sur
render terms….old realist how far are 404 troops to reach Moskow…???
CNN says ‘soon’.
Zelenskyy says he’ll sit down for talks..but part of it is that Ukraine wants the Crimea back. I think that’s a complete nonstarter, don’t you? Notice Zelenskyy always puts in must haves that Russia will never agree to.
Have to keep the US money spigot open at all costs.
Notice Zelenskyy always puts in must haves (dictated by Washington) that Russia will never agree to.
Your guesses are duly noted. As is your certainty that those guesses are facts.
Remember when Putin fired a lot of generals and arrested several.
Do your work oldR and find out why. Why did that happen. When did it happen. Why were they arrested and fired.
Who gave the Ukies the info about the convoy and more. put 2 and 2 together.
They surrounded Kiev. They could have taken it, they pulled back to show them, give up we have you
Russia could have bombed the snot out of kiev and did not.
Pull off you blinders and pay attention what goes on, not the news
You seem to have omitted to mention that Kiev wasn’t the only move Russia made. They also did the same in northern and southwestern Ukraine.
These are what are known as feint operations and they worked a treat. Russia’s real objective, as we are seeing now, was always the south east. They needed to stop the Ukrainians from moving any of the estimated 50% of their army that was not there already.
The strategy worked perfectly. By the time they moved back they had also destroyed much of Ukraine’s strategic stocks of diesel, ensuring that Ukraine couldn’t move large numbers even if it wanted to.
Sad to say but this operation, whilst it may be puffed at a PR level, is becoming a real wakeup call in the engine rooms of NATO militaries who are now only to well aware that there is almost nothing they could do if the Russians decided to put Berlin, or Paris, in their sights.
Why do I say this? Its because Ukraine had the largest, best trained and equipped army and air defences in Europe, maybe equal (apart from Air Force) to the rest of Europe added together. Russia, with an estimated 25% of its army, is crushing it and only taking a longish time as it is fighting its way through defensive positions that have taken 8 years to create. As those defences do not exist on other borders and the Russians would not be holding back, as they are now, trying to protect civilians and infrastructure, the rate of progress could be very much faster.
The US poking the bear is already costing us all financially, I just hope our leaders are not actually as stupid as many of us here think they are.
Kviv was once the Capital of Russia and it remains the home of the Russian Orthodox Church. Russia does not want to destroy the city!
YOU ARE NEW BAGHDAD BOOBY……
Drunk on Dopium.
Putin said exactly what the plan was … and, wasn’t. They have since followed his announcement exactly.
This is a Hollywood production. Most of what we are seeing from our side is from a movie stage. I have no doubt Putin is doing whatever he thinks he needs to do.
Neither Ukraine nor Covid are capturing people’s attention like they need to. Since Monkeypox and shootings aren’t doing it either, I predict the next main distraction will be coming Summer 2022 (BLM/Antifa).
The fear machine is coming up with blanks cause after years of this folks are plumb tired of their ill crafted crap
Re: Hollywood production
You don’t like Zelensky’s olive drab outfit? He’s fresh in from hand-to-hand combat with the Ruskies. /s
The tens of thousands of combat related videos on social media are not from a movie stage.
Some are from reenactments of WWII and others are video games (ARMA III). Certainly not all of the videos, but some are certainly not war footage and they have fooled people who thought they were smart.
you are not realist..as old Henry Kissinger…..
Are you including Video games made in a computer Old R
Is there a TIME stamp on them, how do you kknow they are not from Maiden or other locations. You don’t. They put it on TV tell you what it is and you buy it.
I can tell fake from real, because I made fake all the TIME. It has tells from reality footage.
No, many of them are from video games lol
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-ukraine-drone-simulation-485598229735
Are you serious!!!! Do some research and watch the videos on youtube. Do you honestly think Ukraine wants to have their towns bombed to rubble just for a movie and western propaganda.
For heavens sake, Russia invaded the Ukraine and the Ukranians are fiercely defending themselves. Over a million Ukrainian refugees are in Poland, Moldova, and other European countries. Some people have fled as far as Canada and the US. Do you think these people fled and uprooted their lives because it was a Hollywood movie?
Spot on Sparky. Keep wondering if we are commenting to bots and troll cells. Quality of thoughts expressed are declining rapidly on CTH.
Do you imagine people locked down, wore masks, took countless experimental jabs over a media hyped pandemic?
For heavens sake, did you not know that a lot of those bombings and bombed out towns were DONE BY UKRAINE bombing the villages even before the war.
I think a lot of them are returning after fleeing. ANd how many million did they claim fled. TELL us how does one rail line, and one highway with cars move that many people in a few days. They didn’t, you bought the BS or trying to spread it.
A lot of those building in Kieve held snipers. They were not even full built, had no running water or electricity. Some people stayed in them, carried up their water and lived without electricity. Put a sniper in them and they a target, that is war.
Watch Gonzalo Lira’s videos on Twitter. He interviews locals in Ukraine. They all say that Ukrainian troops shelled their own towns as they pulled back. Apartments, hospitals, schools. Then blamed it on Russia.
I believe the Ukrainian civilians over my own government and it’s propaganda media. Go seek out the alternative media, the story is quite different.
Sooner Bob, you don’t know how right you are.
Zelenskyy, an actor and a comedian, brought his entire production crew from his TV show into his cabinet. Script writers, production managers, marketing team, film crew, you name it.
The whole war is a Hollywood production.
You can only keep people in a state of fear for so long until they simply become accustomed to it.
Pray for the people of Ukraine. They are trapped between a madman on one side and a group of leaders from the West and their own country who have no interest in their welfare. Russia may “win” the war, but what exactly will it “win?” The Ukraine-into-NATO issue was a false flag, and the Western leaders pumping money into Ukraine are trying to safeguard their own graft.
And how will Putin feel when Russia is under the thumb of China? Russia has viable nukes, but its economy is in shambles and getting worse, and its military is taking a battering (even as it makes painfully slow progress at major cost).
Putin is no mad man. As for China, their economy is starting to crumble as well.
Putin is sane and smart.
He’s also a brutal tyrant willing to blast his victims into oblivion to force their submission to his rule.
You mean unlike us? \s
You need to go back to CNN. Dumbass.
Grow up.
Like Schumer, Pelosi, P 44 and McCain…😏
Unlike our full of integrity and high moral standars Western leaders like Hilary Clinton, Biden, Soros, Klaus Schwab. Yeah….we are in good hands in the West
yes we seen other side in IRAQ,libya,Syria and Yugoslavia …C A R P E T B O M B I N G !!!!!! old not so realist…..
“Brutal tyrant”. Source: TV?
Usually agree with you Biscuit. Can’t imagine Putin made the right call in a cost/benefit analysis. Don’t think he is mad either but this has to be a gross miscalculation on Russia’s part.
Looks like a brilliant cost/benefit call to me. Russia’s energy and grain receipts have gone through the roof.
Meanwhile us in the West are suffering financially.
So who made the right call?
Ask the dead and wounded.
Russia has gained a few more ports and the industrial part of Ukraine. And taken out the bio weapons labs. Sounds like they’re doing just fine to me. They US? We’re sending billions and getting…what?
They are trapped between a madman on one side
Agreed Joe xiden is in fact mad.
They got in bed with Biden and his crooks…. the same people whom are attacking and undermining us (American Citizens) nonstop.
You figure they would have learned the first time, but they are propagandized by leftist nuts even worse than Americans are.
There was no false flag…….. NATO and the US have been training men in Ukraine for about 5 years……. The UK too.
All Russia wanted was a signed agreement honored by Ukraine……….. that was agreed to 8 years ago…… and a legal guarantee that they would never have NATO arms in the form of nuclear missiles…….. seems a reasonable thing to ask eh??? I mean thats what the US demanded in Cuba….. and they were ready to start WW# to back it up…… and fortunately had JFK that was a whole lot smarter than the fools we have now!
There is no chance that Putin will be under anyone’s thumb……… because the Chinese honor all agreements.
“…the Chinese honor all agreements.”
Like they honored the Hong Kong agreement???
That’s only one of dozens of “agreements”, treaties, contracts etc. that Communist China has blatantly thumbed their nose at and directly violated.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertolsen/2021/03/14/uk-says-china-breached-hong-kong-handover-treaty-for-third-time/?sh=c22e64d2cb4e
You may have missed the point (s) but thanks anyway!
The US was enforcing the Monroe Doctrine against the old world USSR from setting up shop in Western Hemisphere Cuba. No such established policy example for Russia to use.
As for your comment “the Chinese honor all agreements”, hopefully you wrote that as sarcastic.
Ok if you say……. But I am guessing the Russians or Cubans took no part in drafting it eh? Just sayin’
A: British in Canada.
B: French in Mexico
C: French in Martinique
D: French in St. Martin
E: French in Guadalupe
F: British in Honduras
G: British in Belize
H: Dutch in St Martin
I: Danish in Greenland
J: Danish in Iceland
K: Dutch in Aruba
L: British in Jamaica
M: Danish in the Virgin Islands.
N: British in the BVI
O: British in Bermuda
P: British in The Bahamas
Q: British in Turks & Caicos
R: British in Falklands
S: British in Barbados
T: French in Saba
U: British in St Kitts
V: British in Dominica
W: British in the Cayman Islands
X: Spanish in Cuba
Y: Spanish in Puerto Rico
Z: British in Antigua
You were saying something about the Monroe Doctrine?
Absolutely spot on…… rules for convenience I think!
Some facts:
Russia is self sufficient in energy and food and has a respected weapons program and a military to use it.
China is insufficient in food and energy and MUST trade for them. I think Russia has the upper hand here.
The downside for Russia is China’s is bursting with surplus young men. Russia is in a steep population decline with not a surfeit of young men. Hence Russia will seek to conserve its population, China will throw bodies at any project.
I agree they have the upper hand…its a done deal in so many ways.
I did notice a while back that the Russians were offering south African farmers home and ten acres to get started…..
Russia’s economy is so strong, that the sanctions were completely overcome in 2 months.
This economic success was also due to some highly intelligent decisions by Putin’s Russian Central Bank of Russia leader, Elvira Nabiullina, who happens to be a woman.
Putin has surrounded himself with amazingly professional, knowledgeable, highly intelligent and capable individuals you normally don’t see in most governments.
Absolutely agree. The level of intelligent actions and decisions coming out of the Putin government and finance sector has been remarkable…..particularly when you compare it to western governments.
I don’t see the Russian education system purposefully dumbing down Russian students, like the Western governments are doing, forced by the WEF globalist agenda. The WEF oligarchs are dangerous, atheist megalomaniacs that HATE the common “little people”, which they consider of no value.
Sure they were.
“Pray for the people of Ukraine”
Yes do so, and please include the Victimised American Taxpayer.
We are paying for it, with our birthright.
Zelensky isn’t a madman he is simply an actor playing the biggest role of his life, in exchange for mountains of cash.
The strategic buffer that Russia will end up with, will give Putin a lot of comfort. That is all that he ever planned to get. If you believe otherwise you are I’ll informed.
China needs allies as much as Russia does. Biden has managed to remove the historical wedge that was stuck between China and Russia. Throw in Iran, and the Brics countries too.
What a unifier the illegitimate buffoon is!
Russia’s economy is not at all in shambles and its military is doing just fine. China has been sending them messages of support in the border towns. Russia will not be under their thumb. They work together. Americans need to stop reading their own propaganda and have a look at what the non western world is saying.
They have smart leaders that KNOW “they either hang together or surely will hang separately”.
Also, those leaders still feel a connection with their citizens, based in common culture, values, history, spirituality and blood (which is thicker that globalist hubris). A sense of forming a unit worth to protect.
On the other hand, what do we have in the West? A rotten, corrup to the core uber- rich gerontocracy that controls everything behind the scenes, with ZERO values other than unlimited lust for power, with NO emotional connection with the western citizens, WHATS WORSE: they consider us parasites, useless eaters and vermin, a threat.
Your definition of “just fine” undermines the rest of your analysis.
Madmen = Western leaders plus ruthless Ukrainian oligarchs and their well compensated puppet Zalensky.
Fortunately for the Ukrainian people, Putin, the Russian government and Russian people, unlike the Western “leaders” are neither insane, debauched or barbaric.
Thank God.
The Russian economy is doing fairly well. They are self sufficient in food and energy, and their current account is positive. The ruble is also doing very well against all Western currencies.
We poked the Russian Bear too hard. Prepare for the economic implosion of the USA and EU. Russia already has the Donbass in the bag, the question now is whether they will go for Odessa or not. Stolen elections have catastrophic consequences; probably Vindman, Nuland and Chalupa are happy with their work for their Nation.
All we had to do was keep our promises to not advance East. But like with the Indian treaties of old , we never meant to keep to our laughable word.
Absolutely correct….we are in for a very serious correction to our financial lives and implosion is a very good word for it! And all the while Russia is getting a billion every day from the west.
Additionally there are now 29 countries paying in rubles….. Putin is getting even richer thanks to the crazy democrats and their green energy ……………
This war was lost as soon as the world took Russian Gas and oil…………
Odessa is absolute I think……then progressively drive out all others that want to be Ukrainian…… they will never get Ukraine back EVER!
Looking back no more than a century or two we can see the territory currently know as Ukraine is a patchwork of artificially stiched together lands, the western part historically part of Poland, catholic, the eastern part ethnically and linguistically Russian, Russian Orthodox, both groups have been at war for ever and etc ..
I believe the US government is trying to weaken the US and destroy us economically. They are using the Ukraine situation to facilitate the destruction of the petro dollar and excuse the intentional destruction as not their fault.
It’s simple they want one-world government and the serfs under their control worldwide.
Yes. Soros is running our govt now and he wants the US to fail bigly.
Great article. Soros vs Kissinger. (AKA Deep State vs Deep State.)
The NWO creators and Great Reset planners are in disagreement.
https://tomluongo.me/2022/05/24/davos-2022-octogenarian-oligarch-cage-match/
Pashalsta Torvarich.
Nuland, Vindman and Chalupa couldn’t care less about the Ukranian people. They are probably worry because soon a scape goat will be needed to blame for this desaster
Odessa, imo, is now definitely on the bears menu. Odessa is integral to Russia’s history. Plus its a harbor city. Letting Western demonics have a seaport after all this would be unwise and Russians are definitely NOT unwise.
If the West continues to be blatantly demonic, perhaps Russia WILL decide to eventually take Kiev, the birthplace of Russia’s civilization and the cradle of Russian Orthodox Christianity.
IMO there are similarities between the invasion at our Southern border and the invasion of Ukrainians into Europe. There was initial sympathy towards Ukrainians when they were fleeing Ukraine because of the Ukraine War between Ukraine, U.S., Europe and Russia. However now I understand that some of the welcoming Polish people want the Ukrainians to go home. Apparently all the economic goodies are directed from the NGO’s to Ukrainians while the Poles struggle economically.
Russian fuel, Nyet! Russian and Ukrainian wheat, Nyet!, the Ukrainians have mined the Black Sea. This is not a good picture.
Apparently, Joe Biden and the super elites like war, like to deprive people of fossil fuels and like to bring nations to the point of starvation.
vindman
Spit!
Just look at a map. Ukraine sits right in the heart of European Russia. North is Russia (or satellite of it), south is Russia, east is Russia. Only the western border is in physical contact with countries not controlled by Russia.
This was why Russia drew a red line at NATO expansion in Ukraine. It is why Ukraine is geographically exposed on 3 fronts to Russia.
This didn’t have to happen. Russia didn’t have to invade. But western globalists decided otherwise.
Spot on………..
nonsense
So is Poland, Lithuania, Latvia Estonia, Finland oh wait, Hungary, Czech republic and Slovakia are close- then there is eastern Germany…. Your argument is Stalinist claptrap.
There is a big difference in history and plain distance between these countries. Your comment is uneducated
No, it is 21st Century realpolitik.
Among other observations of this actors, er soldier’s, ‘presentation’ of wholesomeness and cleanliness. . .
Is is normal for a soldier on the front-line under artillery attack to not have their helmet secured to their head with the strap?
Is it normal for a soldier on the font-line to NOT have their rifle in their hands?
Is it normal for a soldier on the front-line to NOT have camo paint on their face, like Casper here?
I cannot see the entirety of his uniform, but is it normal for a solider on the front line to wear a uniform that contrasts with his surrounding?
And FJB!!
Fellow Treeper posted link to website..askeptic.
Interesting site. I always take any info with “grain of salt “….but this site is one I look at every day.
The Russians have been posting pictures of some of the Zelensky Nazi troops who surrendered or have been captured. Highlighting their Nazi Swastika and White Supremists Tattoos.
They also showed some of their social media sites/post before they were captured or surrendered.
I am thinking….that the Russians know who they are … or/and who they are looking for.
The kid…would be interesting to see if he has any of those tats under his shirt….
They made comments that the Nazi days of what they ..the Nazis…called killing the Donbas citizens….Human Safari Hunting are over.
Also Patrick Lancaster YouTube is worth watching.
Zelensky Nazi troops- do you even listen to yourself?
Azov. Nazi. Zelensky military.
All the same.
nonsense
This is the strangest downfall of a Republic…
The Romans are laughing from their graves at us.
No. Ukraine is winning. I saw it on the News.
😂😂
I mentioned that to a dope this morning.
He really believes the Ukraine is winning.
Cheers!
How many boosters does he have?
At least 6…😎
Actually, Ukraine is not really even in this war.
This is a War between a Globalist Tyranny and a Nationalist Russia.
Ukrainians are only incidental to it. Useful cannon fodder for the New Evil Empire. And their Occupation Government is run out of the Deep State Swamp.
I know how that feels, too.
try to get it to oldrealist..
Ukraine is winning. It is conquering the USA in front of our eyes!
Ukraine is certainly depleting our already-bankrupt Treasury via the crooked U.S. Congress, crooked and illegitimate White House, and extremely corrupt State Dept.
oldrealist would agree….
The only wars we win are the ones in the media.
Nothing new. Hollywood produced film for the war department eighty years ago. At least they were honest enough to list their names in the credits so we knew where the message was coming from.
Would the war have ended differently if Joseph Goebbels had a Twitter account?
“…it’s only a flesh wound!…” 🤣
Achmed quote, hilarious!
While trying to maintain humor in evil times can be a good way to cope, nothing about this war is hilarious.
1975. Monty Python’s Holy Grail
Hey, Comrade Zee . . .
Best daily summary of Ukraine
https://rumble.com/v16cz2r-signs-of-ukrainian-collapse-in-donbass-as-liman-falls-to-russia.html
This European resource has had extensive analysis since day one. It’s strongly biased for Russia and full of intense biases. But there are a lot of on the ground, granular observations and big picture speculation.
Very eye opening about how ‘zone two’ view the ’empire of lies,’ NATO and history in general.
https://thesaker.is/
The website askeptic is also one I look at every day.
They have daily updates.
With pictures…maps…
Also Patrick Lancaster YouTube is interesting.
As if a butterfly would be flying around while explosions are happening. Sooo staged. Other than his watch being a little dirty, he is pristine in his new uniform and gear, and clean shaven. It’s all show business. I would ask the question “How dumb do they think we are?” but it’s a rhetorical one.
That could be the slang name for a drone, Just Saying.
🤣
Tests are given regularly to measure how dumb people actually still are.
Its fascinating to watch these tests roll out and to track results.
I used to work with a history department and insisted that each weeks test include a “who and how many are totally dumb this week?” test question.
#PlumbTheDumb
Getting to the point when I see a ukrainian in a video, immediately get a bad impression of them. 🙄
An impression spreading as rapidly as their refugees are moving across Europe.
Probably going to be more disliked the migrants from Africa.
The Russians didn’t attack them because they were honest and reliable neighbours.
Don’t forget Ukranians in New York City recently sang Nazi songs openly on the street.
Message received
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ukraine-russia-putin-stoltenberg-nato-1.6377675
Stoltenberg said there’s a clear distinction between supply lines within Ukraine and those operating outside its borders.
“There is a war going on in Ukraine and, of course, supply lines inside Ukraine can be attacked,” he said.
Please note that this link is from 8th of March this year, 15 weeks ago.
That situation re supply lines is much worse now as Russia has been assiduously attacking the railway infrastrusture.
They have their 52 billion, now they need to negotiate terms of peace.
There have been reports that Mariupol needed to hold out until the $40b bill was passed by the US Congress. After it was passed, then it could surrender and Donbass could fall.
The problem with being in absolute control of the narrative is if its the ONLY information available people tend to believe it……. and the West is very good at putting down alternative thoughts…… (How many of us have been banned from social media?)
For instance all the troops in the steel works Mariupol surrendered but if the Ukrainians are to be believed…. they were ‘evacuated’ …… or how about these 50 yr old tanks that the Russians now have to use???? which of course are replacing the best tanks that now have to guard the vast areas that have been taken over (Who would not move the best tanks to the new front?)
Its only three weeks ago the Russians were going to get beaten……… or how about the Ruble now being ‘Rubble’ and is growing faster than any other country world wide….. Or maybe you like the sound of 40 thousand Russian dead?????
There are alternative places to see what is happening in this battle……… just look…they are there.
In the meantime ask yourself if you would believe anything said by the main stream Media? Anything???….Anyone??
What is Scary, is that the fake news of Russia being incompetent, losing, running out of ammo ect.. is causing even republicans to say things like “We should invade Russia” or “We should nuke them”. At best, it makes people think sending Billions to them is going to make a difference in the War. At worst, it makes people think starting a war with Russia is smart.
The Russian government has released information about the biolabs.
https://thesaker.is/russian-mod-briefing-on-the-results-of-the-analysis-of-documents-related-to-the-military-biological-activities-of-the-united-states-on-the-territory-of-ukraine/
Waiting for CNN to have a special report on this /s.
I have zero sympathy for bio labs which produce toxins/viruses etc. that kill civilian populations. Nevertheless, many countries have them, including Russia and China. To target just ours is dangerous.
Yeah, get back to me whenever someone actually targets American biolabs in America.
Just how many Chinese biolabs are being run in Ukraine or even Russia? Russian biolabs in Ukraine?
Russia has biolabs.
Source: trust me? Russians are eViL so of course they have biolabs creating bioweapons like America does?
Return the prisoners while the conflict is raging on?
What a ridiculous demand.
No leader in his right mind would do such a stupid thing.
Return them, and tomorrow they are back on the battlefield.
None of the Azov NAZIS will return, alive anyway.
They’ve perpetrated some serious crimes on the civilian population.
Foreign enemy combatants will likely not return soon either.
As they aren’t covered by the GC, and not treated as POWs, their fate may be ugly.
They will likely be prosecuted in the criminal court system. They are not being moved to Russia, so may end up with death penalties.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
The left still thinks that the azov nazis are a myth despite their own media warning about it several years ago.
The left “still thinks”.
Any evidence to support this claim?
Frankly, I’ve seen none. Hence the NPC memes that point out that leftists are now programmed meatbots who get new dialog programs inserted as needed.
St Floyd and BLM got switched to covid, then Ukraine. Programmers rushed out updates of older dialog trees for the abortion and gun grabber frenzies..
Trials will take place in Donbas. Russia has no death penalty, Donbas does. The cases against the first three mercs (2 Brits and a Moroccan) seem to have been built and they, as effectively private citizens, fought the DNR militia so death sentence likely.
Just watch the Western media explode at that.
FJB must be getting that “good feeling of power” by goading Russia with threats of missiles in Ukraine after they join NATO! He’s totally destroyed one of the most productive countries in the World, made sure his crack-head son ate a full share at their corruption trough, totally destroyed America’s role as financial & morality guidepost for the World and have turned America’s citizens into soon-to-be refugees, just like the Afghans, Ukrainians & Latinos, but escaping the shit-hole North America that he and Barack have created! I’m betting he declares martial law after the mid-term losses! HES NUTS!
BTW just asking about that “ hot story “ week or so ago about 8 star ( sarcasm) American retired Admiral and British whatever general officer captured by Russians in Warehouse tunnels in Marispol ( whatever ) what total BS that was – will that woodchuck come out of his hole ?
Indeed.
Looks like Russia, as expected, will take the Donbas, along with the entire N. coast of the Black Sea, including Odessa, and connecting with Transnistria. Poland (US/NATO) will likely take W. Ukraine (historic Polish Galicia), and a small, landlocked rump Ukraine will be left. This will be a substantial victory for Russia. Then the peace talks will begin in earnest.
That being said, nobody knows what Russia’s original war aims were and whether this outcome will be less than they may have originally anticipated.
And it goes without saying that the US (both parties) lied about everything 24/7. This will be a colossal loss for Nato and for Biden, and for the reputation of the US. I wouldn’t be surprised that once the Ukraine debacle is behind us, OUR political upheaval/revolution also begins in earnest.
War is politics by different means. Clausewitz
War is a failure of imagination and negotiating skills. DJT
Well we do know one thing. Russia did not enter Ukraine with enough troops to conquer Kiev. They also did not bombard it to prepare for an advance like they did in Mariupol. So the advance to Kiev had to be one of two things… 1) a shock move designed to force a quick surrender 2) a feint designed to pin Ukrainian troops there. We will never know. But straight from the horses mouth, Putin said this was about Donbas, Demilitarization & DeNazification. however you want to interpret what he meant, it appears what is happening now can be deciphered as his goal.
Graphic
https://askeptic.substack.com/p/daily-report-from-the-ukraine-field-e83?s=w
Daily Report from the Ukraine Field
That has to be the worst produced fake war video I have ever seen – looked like voice over dupping , only thing missing was extending his hand to touch a butterfly 🦋 ( for the non movie fans , last scene in All Quiet Western Front 1930s movie on TCM occasionally)
One of Trumps top 10 most life altering reads.
Number 1? Sun Tzu’s ‘Art of War’.
In his top 5? Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’.
Yes there is some ruskie propaganda here, but in my opine its been pretty accurate.
https://askeptic.substack.com/
Yes, it’s quite good, was reading this last night. I think it was here former Ukrainian President Poroshenko (good buddy of McCain, Graham and Biden), was pictured at the Polish border recently leaving Ukraine.
No doubt this guy is a billionaire like Zelenskyy.
Trying to leave. Today he failed for the 4th time.
My impression, based on following a wide range of sources from around the world, each day, is that when Russia says something, unlike the West, its accurate and they have proof to back up what they say.
They are also incredibly disciplined. Loose lip….
as well as intelligent and professional. Again, in stark contrast to the West.
Again, Monty Python– Perfect!
The Ukrainian government in Slovyansk is packing up, taking their valuables, and leaving the city to the Russians. The cauldrons in the East, with up to 16,000 Ukrainian soldiers (who were ready to attack the Donbass on March 1) are either going to surrender or be destroyed. The Ukrainian government is purposefully allowing their young men to be killed in a conflict they have no chance of winning. And it appears that Western media does not speak much about the Azov. I actually have friends who only watch MSM, and they had no idea that there was a large contingent of Nazis in the government, army, etc. Gone are the days when any mainstream media actually did any viable journalism.
Ukrainians and others to the west in YELLOW.
Ethnic Russians living in the BLUE area.
And this is exactly why the Dreams of a Afghanistan like attrition occupation is unlikely to happen – The people in these areas simply do not have the blood lust to expel the Russians
And it looks like he blue area is where the Russian military operation is occurring. I’m not sure I get your point.
Point is that BLUE AREA will soon become part of Russia once again.
Actually, Donetsk, Lugantz, Crimea and potentially Kherson will be part of the Russian Federation, but they will be somewhat similar to US states, with their own governments, from what I understand.
And maybe more importantly, keep your eye on the west, and the new ‘agreements’ that Poland is making with Ukraine.
The Ukrainian government are just puppets, paid mercenaries with no emotional connection with the Ukrainian people. What a waste of young lives, so disgusting, like the destruction of Lybia, and almost destruction of Syria.
So they passed the 40 billion in haste to steal when they know damn well it is a lost cause. F Congress.
Of course that’s why it had to be rammed through stat.
Mitch said it was ‘urgent’.
Rest in the Vine: Congratulations–On This Memorial Day, You Are Now a Veteran of Foreign Wars Without Ever Enlisting or Going Overseas!
That’s because the illegitimate Occupation Government and the Deep State Fourth Branch regard you as a foreigner in your own country and have declared War on America.
Texas National Guardsman Bishop E. Evans gave his life in service to his God, his country and therefore humanity.
He was killed while trying to save two of OBiden’s Cartel partners’ drug mules, bringing Chinese fentanyl or other drugs to America. This Drug and Human Trafficking is protected by the Obiden Syndicate as part of their War on America.
Essentially, he was killed in combat by his own government and its corrupt Puppet-in-Chief.
Meanwhile, in our other Theater of War, Russia is winning in Ukraine, contrary to the previous Agit-Prop Campaign conducted by our War Pig-Press. Our aspiring World Government seems ready to throw in towel now that they have successfully stolen $40 Billion or more.
Actually, Ukraine is not really even in this war. This is a War between a Globalist Tyranny and a Nationalist Russia. Ukrainians are only incidental to it. Useful cannon fodder for the New Evil Empire. And their Occupation Government is run out of the Deep State Swamp. I know how that feels.
This Color Revolution Government has conducted a Rebellion on the Home Front.
A revolt against Martin Luther King, because Honest Election are THE Civil Right.
Against the Greatest Generation, who now find their own government in an Axis with European Nazis and Asian imperialists, like World War II in reverse.
Against Actual President Lincoln’s and Frederick Douglass’ New Birth of Freedom.
Against the Founders and Framers and everything they stood for.
And against the People themselves.
Memorial means Remember. As I recall, all our previous patriot generations gave everything to defeat these various tyrannies and secure American Freedom, just as Guardsman Evans did.
Remember, fellow veteran?
I’d like to see Russia win spectacularly. If the US State Department, the uniparty, Soros, the EU support a side in a war, you know that the people they support are evil to their core.
I am still Butthurt about Trump Russia Collusion, and the Fake Impeachment Part 1 – I feel the same garbage intel used in those two events are being recycled to report on this war. Like you, I would definately be able to sleep at night, if 10% no longer went to the “Big Guy” and Ukraine got downsized
This is so hokey, even I can tell.
If it was real AT ALL, this guy would not be smiling – not once.
The sound of shells sounded like a recording.
I think they could not let the camera stray too far from his pretty face or the rest of the scene facade
would have been exposed.
So any bets on where Zel will escape into exile with his $40B gold tooth? Hollywood? NY? DC? London? Book deals galore and commentator slots will open in CNN, BBC, MSDNC, etc.
He may not make it.
His Nazi buddies may decide he’s more valuable as a martyr, even if at their own hands.
Gonzalo Lira has excellent commentary on this possibility and so much more as this narrative falls apart.
Why hasn’t Russia moved to take control of Odessa? Could it be that Putin is using Odessa as a bargaining chip, giving Ukraine access to the Black Sea in exchange for the rest of the coast?
A bargaining chip would normally be something you take but are willing to give back (with a show of reluctance).
I had wondered about Kharkov, which Russia did engage. But they seem to have left or been driven from Kharkov.
Odessa had diversionary attacks. Kiev had diversionary threatening positions. Russia may be looking at Kiev and Odessa as red lines that will provoke Western responses. They also caused significant Ukrainian forces committed to defending those cities keeping them from the area Russia is conquering now.
But who knows the real thinking? The propaganda is thick.
Reporting from Kharkov yesterday was that the internet was knocked out in over 50% of the city due to shelling by artillery. The shelling is so intense the vibrations are triggering car alarms to go off everywhere.
Odessa is going to be a historic battle if the Ukrainian army doesn’t fold soon and if they need to duke it out. There are lots of fortified Ukrainian troops and NATO consultants in that area, and since it is close to Moldova and Romania (NATO), it is going to be bloody. Russia has a plan, we just don’t know what it is. But Odessa, which is at least 40% Russian, and culturally Russian, will be once again owned by Russia. Russia will take the entire coastline, leaving rump Ukraine landlocked. The US will fight tooth and nail against this.
Transnistira, which is a sliver of land is nearby Odessa, contains about 1,600 Russian peacekeepers. Transnistira is even more volatile and delicate because it touches Moldova.
Russia would prefer to negotiate Odessa rather than fight and kill many more Ukrainian and Russian soldiers as the Russian navy in the Black Sea would also come into play. It could be a dangerous and preferably avoidable battle if they can swing it.
Odessa is an historically important part of Russia’s history and culture as well as being a militarily and economically significant port.
Odessa would not be dealt with until the Donbas is secured.
Happening on the ground in Dombass. Scroll down for video. Also a good read, including comments.
https://thesaker.is/sitrep-operation-z-were-going-down/
Saker comments are superb. Intelligent, informed readers.
Our children are dying..our babies are dying..our people are suffering..but let’s give Ukraine 40 billion to pay off the Oligarchs..we will NEVER forget!
America’s babies are starving for Ukraine.
I hear ya.
Please note the perfectly coifed eyebrows and pearly white teeth. The twerp is an actor.
Putin could have turned Ukraine into an ash-tray a long time ago if he wanted. Curious what his end-game is though?
I think it’s pretty solid the Ukraine has been a western aid money-laundering country for a long time, making lots of people in the west very rich on our tax dollars, but that’s not why Putin is there. He doesn’t give a flip how much money Biden Inc has stolen from the USA via Ukraine.
Maybe someday we’ll be able to really understand what transpired here. Right now, all of this seems fishy.
Has anyone heard any news as to US military (NATO advisers, contractors etc….) in Ukraine (steel plant in Marioupal)? Rumors some were part of surrender in the steel plant and involved in the 2 helicopters that crashed.
According to pro-Russia sources, there were no foreign mercenaries in the Azovstal plant. There are conjectures that the helicopters and ships that were sent by Ukraine (that were destroyed) were sent to rescue the leaders of the Azov regiment who were in Mariupol. The Ukrainians know that these leaders will be tried in the Donetsk People’s Republic for their atrocities against ethnic Russian Ukrainians over the last 8 years and there are some stomach-turning things.
We don’t know much about the foreign mercs in Azovstal.
What we do know is that Austin and Milley both placed calls before the Mariupol surrender to Putin. Putin may have been asked to not publicize the capture of westerners and particularly the high ranking ones.
I was thinking along those same lines as well. Some of the pics and videos posted of the surrender caught my attention as well.
Thousand plus surrendered.
Check out Patrick Lancaster YouTube.
And askeptic website has info…and pictures.
Was very orderly. They walked in line to surrender area. Put weapons on flat bed truck.
Wounded were given priority.
Put their gear on ground and it was searched for contraband.
Photos of their Nazi Swastika and other Nazi tattoos.
Then loaded on buses.
Looked like prison intake operation!
Keep hearing murmurs that they (Nazi military) are not “happy ” with Zelensky….that he left them …out to dry.
With that info….a whole different conversation.
Zelensky is a hostage, not a good man in the least, but he does have many factions that would be happy to off him if it suits their needs.
And the chin-strap not secure? While saying he is expecting Russian artillery? Artillery sounds and music and English subtitles are production elements, so phony.
Interesting chart on one of the pro-Russian telegram channels that shows the deep state connections. The founder of the Institute for the Study of War (Kimberly Kagan) is the sister-in-law of Victoria Nuland, under-secretary of State, and is the wife of Frederick Kagan, senior fellow of the American Enterprise Institute. Frederick Kagan is the brother of Robert Kagan, senior fellow of the Brookings Institute and husband of Victoria Nuland.
https://t.me/intelslava/30168
I’ll bet Vlad is livid every morning when he wakes up and reads the morning’s tweets regarding his progress in the war.
He could care less about the corrupt media and expects it.
A fool and his money are soon parted. 😘
The kid in tbe video is far too clean
Would like to see under his shirt..
Askeptic has been posting pics of some of Zelensky Nazi military that have surrendered or been captured.
Pics of their Nazi symbol tattoos.
Russia is losing every day up until the time Ukraine surrenders.
The whole State Department should be subject to morning raids, put under struggle sessions. Starting with the fatty, Nuland.
I never thought I would say it but I’m Rooting for Putin. While waiting for Jesus.
He stood up for the citizens of Donbas which Zelensky Nazi military have been killing for the past 8 years.
The rest of the World did nothing.
I read that the Zelensky Nazi troops called killing the people of Donbas—-Human Safari Hunting.
I don’t like Nazi.
They want us to know what they want us to Know. Now Ukraine has the money, they be wanting More.
Ukariane did not get much of that 40 billion. It was split up among different objectives. Some was to replenish our weapons systems, most went to graft. Why do you think Zelensky was asking for more right after. He didn’t get that much.
Recall that the Russian economy was supposed to implode months ago…
Obama and Putin having breakfast. Comments are interesting. Respond with your impressions of this encounter. It’s just a few min video. A lot to pack in….