Had some other matters of greater importance that sucked my time away from preparing yesterday’s report. Today incorporates stuff for yesterday to catch up.
Globalism / Great Reset –
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) on Tuesday published a draft plan to regulate cryptocurrencies, saying the plan’s implementation “will facilitate the development and advancement of the Israeli capital market and encourage innovation and competition.”
OBSERVATION – Until CBDCs come fully on line, the existing digital currency (cryptos) need to be brought under govt control. This is being worked on all across the globe and not just Israel. Cannot have a challenger to the globalist digital market.
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Former Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Amanda Lefton recommended late last year that, as part of its climate agenda, the Department of the Interior (DOI) move forward with higher royalty fees for an oil and gas lease sale spanning 958,202 acres in the Cook Inlet off the coast of Alaska, according to the memo obtained by Fox News Digital. DOI Assistant Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis ultimately signed off on the recommendation.
OBSERVATION – This impacts us with higher fuel prices, but also follows in the goal of the WEF in killing the fossil fuel industry, by making it more expensive for oil companies to drill and extract oil.
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Tractors paralyzed Brussels over the weekend in protest against the government’s nitrogen plan which is expected to lead to the closure of many farms.
OBSERVATION – The question is when will the rank and file citizens of Belgium stand up with the farmers? It will be too late for them once the govt has closed all the farms as they are planning to do and they face the economic fallout in the form of higher prices and unemployment. Remember – shutting down agricultural production is a key goal of the WEF/GGR crowd.
Wuhan virus –
Recently, a dog food product was recalled because it could make pets sick. A few days prior to that, thyroid medication for humans was also recalled by the FDA because it was subpotent while a blood pressure medication was withdrawn because it contained a cancer-causing impurity. The FDA also recently recalled chocolates because they might contain nuts in them since some people might be allergic to nuts. In the past, thousands of bags of lettuce were recalled because one bag was found to have listeria even though nobody had become sick.
Which begs the question: why haven’t the COVID “vaccines” been recalled?
The above products were recalled because they could be harmful. The COVID “vaccines” have been conclusively shown to be not only detrimental, but fatal.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/why-hasnt-the-fda-recalled-the-covid-vaccines/
OBSERVATION – Good question WHY. Several reasons 1) follow the money and 2) a deliberate effort to reduce global population and 3) Global leverage for tyrannical power.
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New evidence suggests Dr. Fauci prompted the drafting of “Proximal Origins” to disprove the lab leak theory, the authors of this paper skewed available evidence to achieve that goal, and Dr. Jeremy Farrar went uncredited despite significant involvement.
OBSERVATION – The depth and width of the corruption under Fauci is unbelievable. Given all the other factual revelations on how he handled wuhan (from lab creation in wuhan to the plandemic) such medical corruption is no longer surprising to me. What is surprising is why he hasn’t been locked up yet.
Economy –
More rumblings about the price of oil going north of $100/barrel by early summer.
CW2/Domestic violence –
The “week of action” for the self-styled “forest defenders” who are doing their best to stop the construction of a police training center in a forest just south of Atlanta started out yesterday with major action. Antifa related groups firebombed construction equipment, set fire to other existing structures and assaulted police with Molotov cocktails and fireworks. There were even reports of gunshots – though likely fireworks. I expect violence to grow as more activists flock to fight the fash. Nearly 3 dozen protestors/rioters have reportedly been arrested.
OBSERVATION - This looks to be a localized insurrection for now. If there are more protestor deaths due to FAFO, there could be some expanded protests in Antifa stronghold cities as occurred several months ago. The preparation for violence and execution of attacks on police indicate that they are ready for a more aggressive confrontation and things could well escalate quickly. I wouldn’t be surprised if the National Guard isn’t brought up to clear the rioters out.
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Credit card provider Discover Financial Services will soon allow its network to track purchases made using payment cards at gun stores—triggering criticism that such activity leads to targeting gun owners.
“Discover Card will begin tracking firearm purchases starting next month. There are more than 50 million Discover cards in use right now. They are coming for your guns little by little,” Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-Texas) said in a March 3 tweet.
“It’s called a Social Credit System. I have been warning ppl this is coming. This is just the tip of the iceberg,” said radio host Doll Arntzen.
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Biden’s efforts to restrict firearms and related products via ATF “rules” has been temporarily thwarted again by the courts. In the latest, a District court in Texas nixed the “ghost gun” rule. According to court documents, ATF did not analyze their “Frame or Receiver Rule,” also known as Biden’s Ghost Gun Rule, under the Supreme Court’s NYSRPA v. Bruen decision. This will be going next to the 5th Circuit which has recently ruled against the ATF in similar cases, including Cargill v. Garland.
OBSERVATION – The regime’s efforts to curtail 2d Amendment rights continues as they try to work backdoor methods to ban products/weapons. Being challenged in these cases is the ATFs attempt to essentially re-write federal statutes to enforce their rulemaking. According to the court filings, the plaintiffs argue that only congress can rewrite federal statue to make law, not regulatory agencies like ATF.
POLITICAL FRONT –
CPAC fallout continues as republicans/conservatives try to position themselves for 2024.
Russia -
WAR WATCH - First Anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT
Russian forces have initiated an offensive who’s declared goals are to reach and secure the Luhansk and Donetsk oblast borders — an objective that Russian Chief of General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov had also outlined on December 22, 2022. Troop and equipment build up is being noted
This offensive action is focused on several fronts –
1) the Svatove-Kreminna front,
2) Bahkmut region,
3) Donetsk region and
4) Zaporizhizhia Oblast around the town of Vuhledar.
Russia is also capable of launching more cruise/ballistic missile attacks directed against Ukrainian infrastructure -primarily its power grid, but massively reduced inventories of such missiles means these barrages will be further apart.
While Russia has nuclear capability, the probability is low that any will be used in the near future.
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The impending capture of Bakhmut has given Wagner forces something to boast about – even with the decimation of its forces. Observers note that Wagner pushed into the meat grinder where regular Russian forces were reluctant.
NUCLEAR THREATS –
RUMINT-
Vladimir Putin is considering ending the offensive on March 5. This information was shared with its readers by the Telegram channel “general SVR”. According to the resource, the president of the Russian Federation plans to undergo another course of therapy at the beginning of the month, and therefore for some time he will lose the opportunity to fully manage the so-called “special operation”.
In this regard, the politician consults with the military about the possibility of stopping the assault on Ukrainian positions and switching to defense.
“The president has not made a decision and so far everything is under discussion,” writes general SVR.
NOTE – Given that today is the 6th – we have no word if he has made that decision. However, soil conditions in Ukraine are rapidly deteriorating making continuation of any offensive very difficult.
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RUMINT that Russia may be holding off procuring Iranian missiles based on a threat that to do so would cause the US to release ATACMS missiles in response.
Logistics –
Growing evidence that Russia is having rely on 50 year old T-62 tanks brought out of mothball and upgraded with slightly more modern sights as well as equally old BTR-50 APC. The decimated 1st GTA is noted as being rebuilt with T62s and BTR50s.
Russian Personnel Issues –-
Russia is increasingly relying on attacks by dismounted infantry (without armor) with small arms and sapper shovels as a means of close combat. Artillery support for such infantry groups was also significantly reduced due to the increasing shortage of ammunition, reports the UK Ministry of Defense.
Ukraine -
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures rising to the mid 30’s – lower 40s with rain/snow over most of the forecast period
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
The Bahkmut pocket is closing and Ukraine is staging a defensive retreat. Muddy conditions are hampering the withdrawal, combined with Russian artillery control/overwatch of the few egress routes. Ukrainian reinforcements have been able to stabilize the northern and southern flanks of the pocket.
Russian forces face river crossings to get into central Bahkmut from the north and east – slowing the advance further. Russia continues to pour resources into the push, but Ukraine continues to extract heavy casualities.
The bloody gains made by Russia at Bahkmut has given the Russian nationalists a lot to crow about over the weekend, propaganda victory that has not been seen in nearly one years worth of fighting.
OUTLOOK –
Ukraine is in the process of an organized withdrawal from Bakhmut. They may have waited a little too long as mud is increasing their casualties.
Russia will pursue their efforts until they control the rubble of concrete that once was Bahkmut. Their ability to press further west is questionable due to mud conditions and facing fresh Ukrainian troops in the next defensive line.
There are unconfirmed reports that Russia is also considering redeployment of forces from Bahkmut to other fronts, most notably Zaporizhizhia Oblast around the town of Vuhledar. Russia sees this southern front critical to defend Crimea as well as pushing Ukrainian forces out of range of Crimean targets and supply lines. This is becoming increasingly important as Ukraine has started deployment of longer ranged assets of its own creation.
Israel –
A growing numbers of Israeli reservists are speaking out against judicial overhaul plans, going as far as refusing to report for drills and training. Combined with large protests and a skyrocketing threat from Iran, such threatens Israeli readiness.
The 10 living former Israeli Air Force chiefs, who have all served at various points dating back to 1953, published an open letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday morning, stating that they were “trembling” from the impact of the government’s judicial overhaul on the readiness of the IDF’s pilots. The letter came a day after 37 out of 40 pilots from the 69th Squadron made the announcement that they would strike on Wednesday rather than attend their scheduled training.
OBSERVATION –
Netanyahu needs to diffuse this quickly before readiness is compromised further. In essence mutiny also threatens his position as the Israeli commander in chief.
Iran –
Protests continue across the country following reports suggest that chemical poisonings occurred in over 200 separate schools—primarily girls’ schools. Iranians believe that the govt condoned the attacks in retribution for the earlier protests against the requirement for women to wear head coverings.
OBSERVATION – The Imans are turning a blind eye to these attacks and are paying lip service to ‘investigate’ them. Already tee’d off, the population is reacting and any advances made by the regime to calm earlier protest have been burned away.
Syria -
With the quake now in the rear view mirror, Assad forces are resuming attacks in southern Idlib province.
Armenia/Azerbaijan -
A flare up over the weekend where an Armenian police unit was ambushed by an Azeri SOF elements. They withdrew when Russian armor units arrived to intervein in the situation.
Misc of Note –
A common asthma drug is in short supply after one of the last major manufacturers shut down operations. Albuterol is used to treat asthma, along with conditions like Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which surged earlier in the year. The drug is one of the most commonly prescribed in the U.S. and it’s been on the FDA’s shortage list for months.
Akorn Pharmaceuticals, which was one of the major suppliers of albuterol, shut down operations at the end of February as part of Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings. The company had previously been found to have manufacturing violations at its Illinois and New Jersey factories. The company stopped shipping albuterol before it shut down, and the drug has been on the FDA’s shortage list for months.
With Akorn shut down, there is onlyone major domestic company that can supply albuterol to hospitals and pharmacies. The U.S. relies heavily on foreign countries, including China and India, for pharmaceutical ingredients and drugs, and the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for domestic supply chains.
Albuterol hasn’t been the only drug affected by supply chain disruptions. The ADHD drug Adderall and anti-viral medication Tamiflu have also been in short supply, leaving patients scrambling for options.
OBSERVATION – Part of a repeating pattern of US based production of key supplies (like infant formula, antibiotics, childrens medicines, etc) and the govt not doing anything about its regulatory constipation to get things fixed.
Black Swans
The record setting snow in the Sierras is still making news and conditions continue to be interesting as more storms sweep across the state, adding more snow. Saw a remarkable photo of a snowblower working Donner pass, with snow piled up so high the blower was barely able to toss the snow over it.
This creates to dangers. As I’ve noted before, such heavy snow at low elevations can create massive floods from rain-on-snow events, should a warm weather system hit.
Second danger later on is the threat of massive wildfires. They were largely absent last year because there was little or no undergrowth/grass due to the drought. They will grow like crazy and by late summer/early fall they will be dried out and ready to burn. Be warned and prepared as this will likely be a similar scenario throughout the west.
(Reuters) - Blackstone Group Inc BX.N said on Wednesday it agreed to acquire genealogy provider Ancestry.com Inc from private equity rivals for $4.7 billion, including debt, placing a big bet on family-tree chasing as well as personalized medicine.
Ancestry.com is the world’s largest provider of DNA services, allowing customers to trace their genealogy and identify genetic health risks with tests sent to their home.
OBSERVATION – Key point in the purchase – “personalized medicine”. WEF lacky Blackstone will supply genetic data to WEF elements – eliminating all individual privacy. Personalized medicine can quickly become weaponized through specialized, targeted diseases.
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Net Zero initiatives of governments and private organisations are scientifically invalid and will lead to worldwide impoverishment and starvation if implemented, according to a paper published by CO2 Coalition.
The paper’s authors, Professor William Happer from Princeton University, Professor Richard Lindzen of MIT and Gregory Wrightstone, have long specialised in climate research and strongly refute the “climate emergency” cult narrative while warning of the devastating consequences of increasingly radical climate policies.
The 46 page paper predicts global starvation if fossil fuels are eliminated. At risk in coming decades would be half of the world’s 8.5 billion to 10 billion people who are fed by crops grown with fertilizers derived from fossil fuels. Listed as an example of Net Zero’s potential consequences is the economic and social calamity of Sri Lanka which had banned the use of fertilizers and pesticides made from fossil fuels.
“The recent experience in Sri Lanka provides a red alert. The world has just witnessed the collapse of the once bountiful agricultural sector of Sri Lanka as a result of government restrictions on mineral fertilizer,” the paper said.
OBSERVATION – Global starvation as a means to reduce the population is acceptable to the WEF elites who will have no problem keeping adequate food on their plates.
Biden / Harris watch –
Biden: “I was diagnosed with having a uh, anyway, they had to take the top of my head off a couple times to see if I had a brain.”
CW2/Domestic violence –
WalMart in Portland OR is not the only retail chain to flee the town, many others already have or are making plans to do so. Rampant shoplifting/theft/vandalism and the total lack of a police force and prosecution system to address them is the driving force. This will inevitably drive the criminal activity into the suburbs even more where these retail stores still look to hang on. Criminal gangs will migrate outward – just as similar gangs have in kalifornia -striking wealthy suburbs and associated stores – even homes.
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One of their Southern Poverty Law Center attorneys is an Antifa member and was arrested for domestic terrorism in Atlanta yesterday participating in the attack on the construction site of a new law enforcement academy.
The SPLC and the National Lawyers Guild have released statements in support of their staffer/affiliate - alleged domestic terrorist Tom Jurgens -charged with domestic terrorism.
OBSERVATION – Sunday’s attack was large and organized and though there was a police element there to protect the site, Antifa et al overwhelmed them and did its destruction before reinforcements and SWAT could reach the scene. SPLC through recent actions is becoming even more of an activist organization taking part in protests. The NLG is there mostly to intimidate the police with threats of legal actions. In this case NLG members participated in the attack. I expect to see Antifa try more actions this week and law enforcement more fully ready to confront them.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretly maintains a domestic intelligence program that allows agency officials to interview willing Americans without their lawyers present, raising civil liberties concerns, according to a report.
The secret program is called the “Overt Human Intelligence Collection Program” and enables the federal government to interview Americans in prison and jail, along with illegal migrants at immigrant detention centers, according to a trove of internal DHS documents reported by Politico:
Under the domestic-intelligence program, officials are allowed to seek interviews with just about anyone in the United States. That includes people held in immigrant detention centers, local jails, and federal prison. DHS’s intelligence professionals have to say they’re conducting intelligence interviews, and they have to tell the people they seek to interview that their participation is voluntary. But the fact that they’re allowed to go directly to incarcerated people — circumventing their lawyers — raises important civil liberties concerns, according to legal experts.
That specific element of the program, which has been in place for years, was paused last year because of internal concerns. DHS’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, which runs the program, uses it to gather information about threats to the U.S., including transnational drug trafficking and organized crime. But the fact that this low-profile office is collecting intelligence by questioning people in the U.S. is virtually unknown.
OBSERVATION – Our govt is increasingly acting in a lawless manner all in the name of ‘homeland security’. This is one of many illicit intelligence collection operations being conducted by various govt agencies over the past couple years.
POLITICAL FRONT –
Listed here under political, but may well soon spillover into the CW2 realm.
Tucker Carlson started dropping Jan 6 footage yesterday. It shows Capitol Police escorting the horn wearing shaman in the Senate Chamber. But surveillance video shows that the Capitol Police guided him there, unlocking doors for him as they made their way together through the building. This among other video evidence that show the claims of the J6 committee and MSM to be blatantly false and should result in the freeing of the J6 political prisoners due to govt malfeasance in withholding exculpatory evidence.
OBSERVATION – Even more, this appears to be just the tip of the iceberg. We’ve already seen from the Twitter files govt lawlessness running rampant in their attempt to censor anti-narrative views and destruction of personal lives and careers. Now Fauci is becoming exposed for the fraud and hack that he is. Now this – growing evidence of complacent govt support given to the J6 protestors. Expect the MSM to be monolithically silent on the matter, with only a few outlets being brave enough to repeat Carlson’s releases. There is no doubt folks, this is becoming damning for the democrats/deep state that wanted a spectacle to distract the population.
Uncertain if this will spur aggressive actions from patriot groups, but it should exert pressure on the DoJ and influence courts to re-assess these cases. Keep your powder dry patriots, it may come sooner than later to do patriot things, don’t kneejerk react.
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Republican house is proposing a lot of different pieces of legislation going after biden et al policies. A lot is posturing for the 2024 elections as very little will make it through the senate and none will gain a signature from biden. But it is staking out political high ground for the future races, including the presidency.
China –
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen are expected to meet in California in early April instead of meeting during a planned trip to Taiwan McCarthy announced earlier this year. A senior Taiwanese official said they shared intelligence with McCarthy about the Chinese Communist Party and the threat they posed. (FO)
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China will boost the budget for its grain reserves to 132.9 billion yuan ($19.2 billion) for 2023, according to a draft budget proposal. Premier Li Keqiang said China plans to keep grain output above 650 million tons and stabilize grain sowing acreage and ensure edible oil production. China maintains a strategic supply of agricultural commodities, stockpiled at local and state-level depots to guarantee supply and control price volatility.(FO)
OBSERVATION – Reality is this is targeted for war times, when off shore suppliers likely will suspend shipments. Also, as the aftershocks of the wuhan plandemic still ripple throughout the supply system, food is still a sensitive issue.
North/South Korea –
South Korean lawmakers, citing intelligence officials, said on Tuesday that North Korea could hold large-scale military drills and test its new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in March or April.
Kim Yo Jong warned the U.S. on Tuesday not to shoot down its ICBM if it decides to test-launch one into the Pacific Ocean, saying this would be considered an “act of war” and Pyongyang has the right to test in this way.
Admiral John C. Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, reportedly stated in a meeting (in Feb) with a South Korean official that the U.S. will immediately shoot-down a North Korean ICBM if it is launched over Guam or into the Pacific Ocean. He emphasized that the U.S. would respond strongly.
OBSERVATION – NK needs to conduct a practical long range test of its newest ICBMs- in part to test warhead reentry systems. To date, NK has launched high angle tests of its newest missiles, limiting how far down range they go to avoid pushback/actions by Japan and the US. Now the game of chicken commences. Will NK risk a shoot down and will the US risk a shoot down attempt. Trend I see is NK pushing the envelope and expecting the US to back down or not have assets in position to conduct an intercept.
Russia -
WAR WATCH - First Anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT
Russian forces have initiated an offensive who’s declared goals are to reach and secure the Luhansk and Donetsk oblast borders — an objective that Russian Chief of General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov had also outlined on December 22, 2022. Troop and equipment build up is being noted
This offensive action is focused on several fronts –
1) the Svatove-Kreminna front,
2) Bahkmut region,
3) Donetsk region and
4) Zaporizhizhia Oblast around the town of Vuhledar.
Russia is also capable of launching more cruise/ballistic missile attacks directed against Ukrainian infrastructure -primarily its power grid, but massively reduced inventories of such missiles means these barrages will be further apart.
While Russia has nuclear capability, the probability is low that any will be used in the near future.
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The soap opera continues. The head of Russia’s Wagner Group Prigozhin announced that his representative at the Russian army headquarters had his pass canceled and was denied access to the grouping’s headquarters. That occurred after Prigozhin requested the urgent delivery of ammo from the Russian army. Prigozhin also claimed that if Wagner Group forces were withdrawn from the front lines, the Russian defensive posture would collapse.
Economic Impact –
- Reports that Russia has been able to bypass sanctions and start receiving critical computer / semiconductors necessary for it to construct its military arms and arsenal.
Ukraine -
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures rising to the mid 30’s – lower 40s with rain/snow over most of the forecast period
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Intense fighting continues to rage around Bahkmut. While some observe that Ukraine is in the stages of a tactical withdrawal, other suggest it may well be just a repositioning of forces for a continued defense. Zelenskyy has stated that the defense of the city will continue and reportedly more troops are being sent.. Heavy Russian losses may be close to causing their current attempts to surround the city to stall out. It is reported that the ‘shock’ troops are Wagnerites and VDV (airborne) forces and they are suffering heavy losses with the follow-on regular Russian forces unwilling / incapable of replacing them to continue the human wave assaults.
Ukraine has been able to moderately stabilize the north and south flanks of the pocket, but still facing a lot of pressure. Fighting in the eastern portions of the city is now house to house (or rather rubble to rubble) – which strips Russian forces of some of their artillery support (Russia has a tendency to hit their own forces when engaged with close quarter combat.)
Russian attempted an offensive attack in the Kreminna area but faced a significant defeat, losing a significant number of tanks and armored vehicles.
Zaporizhizhia Front ———
More reports of Russian forces and equipment arriving in the region. Rumors that Ukraine is about to conduct an offensive into the region is driving the redeployment.
OUTLOOK –
I noted previously that it was estimated that Ukraine inflicted 7 causalities for every on it suffered. NATO estimates that for every Ukrainian soldier killed defending Bakhmut, Russian forces have lost at least five, a NATO military official told CNN today. The official cautioned the five to one ratio was an informed estimate based on intelligence. That estimate is also considered to be conservative. Even at 5:1, if Russia finally succeeds in capturing the town, the losses incurred come close to the losses from Russia for the rest of the war.
Senior U.S. defense officials, have repeatedly said Bakhmut holds no strategic value, making this latest move strictly an effort at attrition warfare. It is unlikely that Ukraine’s military will be able to achieve its aim of breaking Russian forces solely through a defense at Bakhmut. Others view Bakhmut as a ‘honey pot’ operation (or a ‘rope-a-dope’), causing Russia to waste resources for an objective that would be necessary to defend against an Ukrainian offensive later this spring. I fall in the latter group. Ukraine has shown similar Alamo defensive stands in Maripol, and Lysychansk. Both effectively bottled up Russian forces and took away resources from other critical areas of the battle.
Whether or not the declaration that Bakhmut will continue to be defended is real policy or propaganda is yet to be seen. There are evidences that Russia’s offensive capabilities against the city are waning and that they may not have the forces necessary to complete the seizure of the town. It is this assessment that Ukraine may be banking on to further mire Russian forces and resources- denying their availability to defend against a Ukrainian offensive and making such an offensive even more successful. Again, similar move was seen in the Kharkiv and Kherson offensives last year. Russia’s paranoia with a Ukrainian offensive into Crimea drew a lot of forces (many from the Kharkiv region) into the Kherson provience and tied them up. Meanwhile, Ukraine exploited the weakness in the Kharkiv region to execute a blitzkrieg style offensive that caught Russia completely off guard. Russia had to redisposition forces from Kherson to counter the threat, facilitating the Ukrainian offensive there. I can see a similar scenario playing out once again.
Meanwhile, the Bahkmut meat grinder will continue for the near future as it seems Russia is not having success in closing the pocket off and Ukraine is still able to mount a stiff defense of the city.
Israel –
See Syria below on airstrikes
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With the discovery that Iran is reaching the 90% enrichment threshold faster than expected, various analysts are indicating that Israel is entering a two – year window of opportunity to strike Iran to prevent the construction of a deliverable bomb. Iran could make enough fissile for one nuclear bomb in “about 12 days,” a top U.S. Defense Department official said on Tuesday, down from the estimated one year it would have taken while the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was in effect. It has been further estimated that it would take Iran 18-24 months to construct a bomb that can be delivered by their missiles.
Iran has been moving forward to procure Russian S400 missile systems to protect sensitive facilities as well as going underground – creating a race with Israel working to get their attack systems ready for the multiple targets needing to be hit to cripple Iran’s plans. “The longer you wait, the harder that becomes,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said of a strike on Iran at a security conference in Tel Aviv last week. “We’ve waited very long. I can tell you that I will do everything in my power to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.”
Meanwhile, following talks with Tehran, IAEA Director General Raphael Grossi issued a statement asserting that “any military attack on nuclear facilities is outlawed.”
OBSERVATION – The clock started ticking when IAEA detected 87% purity.
Iran –
Poisoning and protests continue with over 110 separate student poisonings reported throughout Iran on March 6.
Syria -
Last night, Israeli Air Force launched airstrikes on the Aleppo International Airport in northern Syria. The airport was shut down following the attack, as there was serious damage to the airport’s infrastructure. Iran has been using this airport for earthquake relief efforts and Israel has warned of arms smuggling attempts.
It is currently believed that the explosions are an attack on Iranian militia targets.
OBSERVATION – Apparently Iran thought it could get one by on the Israeli’s, but not so fast. Typical MO for Iran.
Mexico -
Four U.S. citizens have been kidnapped by armed gunmen in Matamoros, MX after they drove across the border from TX. They were fired upon, held at gunpoint, and taken away in vehicles. Unconfirmed reports that three of the four were killed. The area is under control of the Gulf cartel. FBI is investigating.
OBSERVATION – Open border means that this will become an increasing threat to the southern border states and expand from there.