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  • Wide Spread Russian Attacks on Ukraine (mostly on purely military rear structures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

    12/28/2022 12:25:10 AM PST · by Cathi · 17 replies
    Telegram Channels ^ | December 27, 2022 | Telegram Channels
    Slavyangrad STANDS WITH #SERBIA, [12/27/2022 11:12 PM] Authorities in Kharkov have confirmed a series of explosions in the region. According to local resources, an infrastructure facility has been hit. Slavyangrad STANDS WITH #SERBIA, [12/27/2022 11:18 PM] ❗️ An air-raid alert has been declared in Kiev Slavyangrad STANDS WITH #SERBIA, [12/27/2022 11:50 PM] So far, massive strikes have been noted not on the energy structure, but on purely military rear facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. There are a lot of hits. https://t.me/yurasumy/6721 Slavyangrad STANDS WITH #SERBIA, [12/27/2022 11:58 PM] ❗️Ukrainian media report a...
  • ⚡️Pics of Engels airbase CLAIMED to have been taken after the drone attack

    12/27/2022 10:29:32 PM PST · by Cathi · 14 replies
    Cyberspec News ^ | December 27, 2022 | Cyberspec News
    https://t.me/CyberspecNews [ Album ] (Pics at site) ⚡️Pics of Engels airbase CLAIMED to have been taken after the drone attack It's from a popular TG channel which posts interesting info but also a lot of sensationalist stuff as well, so take it with a pinch of salt. The author claims his source at the airbase says the drone crashed in the area marked with a red spot and then slid into some containers further away where it exploded. Assuming these pics are legit, as far as I can see there doesn't seem to be any sign of a crash on...
  • News From the NATOstan-Imposed Meat Grinder

    12/27/2022 1:25:23 PM PST · by Cathi · 15 replies
    Strategic Culture Foundation ^ | December 17, 2022 | Pepe Escobar
    A few days ago I posted the following excerpt from a Scott Ritter interview: Q: What is your assessment of the situation right now on the ground in Bahkmut and going forward as we enter this winter phase of this proxy war going on in Ukraine? Scott Ritter: Well first let's understand that the battle for Bahkmut has been going on for many, many months now. Bahkmut is the "Gordian knot" of the Ukrainian defensive belt that exists in Donestk. A defensive belt that has been constructed on a continuous basis since 2014. It is one of the most extensive,...
  • Vladimir Putin answered questions from journalists

    12/25/2022 5:06:18 PM PST · by Cathi · 25 replies
    President of Russia ^ | December 22, 2022 | Vladimir Putin
    President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Please. Yulia Bubnova: Good afternoon. TASS Agency, Yulia Bubnova. To be honest, I would like to start with some summing up. Clearly, it was not the easiest year, and not the most ordinary, but what are its main results for you? What have we achieved, perhaps, what did we fail to achieve, and how do you see our future, where are we going and where should we arrive? Thank you. Vladimir Putin: There are no ideal situations. Ideal situations only happen in plans, on paper, and you always want something more. But in general, I...
  • LIVE: Ukraine's LAST STAND w/ Scott Ritter and Dan Kovalik!

    12/25/2022 3:45:45 PM PST · by Cathi · 24 replies
    The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong ^ | December 24, 2022 | Scott Ritter
    "Danny Haiphong: For the last several weeks there has been this intense battle in the city of Bahkmut and the western mainstream media has been kind of sounding the alarm a bit. You've had places like the Guardian, the New York Times talk about how Ukraine has been using artillery and all kinds of weapons at alarming rates to the point where it seems like they are admitting that Ukraine is outgunned here. What is your assessment of the situation right now on the ground in Bahkmut and going forward as we enter this winter phase of this proxy war...
  • What’s Ahead in the War in Ukraine December 22, 2022

    12/24/2022 8:19:50 PM PST · by Cathi · 33 replies
    Russia Matters ^ | December 22, 2022 | U.S. Lt. Col. Alex Vershinin
    Russia Matters Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs AUTHOR Alex Vershinin U.S. Lt. Col. Alex Vershinin retired after 20 years of service, including eight years as an armor officer with four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and 12 years working as a modeling and simulations officer in NATO and U.S. Army concept development and experimentation. This included a tour with the U.S. Army Sustainment Battle Lab, where he led the experimentation scenario team. The Ukrainian Strategy The Ukrainians’ terrain-focused war of maneuver is constrained by two factors: limited artillery ammunition and equipment production, and coalition...
  • Zelensky's victory speech to Congress w/Garland Nixon (Live)

    12/22/2022 6:44:32 PM PST · by Cathi · 6 replies
    The Duran ^ | December 22, 2022 | The Duran and Garland Nixon
    Very interesting one hour in depth discussion for those with good critical thinking skills.
  • "Oh ____, Putin WARNS of direct clash with U.S., NATO readies forces | Redacted w Clayton Morris"

    12/21/2022 11:34:55 PM PST · by Cathi · 37 replies
    Redacted ^ | December 20, 2022 | Scott Ritter
    Clayton Morris: Washington's Dangerous Policies Have Put U.S. and Russia on the Brink of Direct Clash - Diplomat. All out war and it sounds from the United States side that they are ramping up this rhetoric instead of trying to tamp it down. What do you make out of these words coming out of Moscow over the past 24 hrs. Scott Ritter: Well, I mean we have to understand where the United States is coming from first. We're losing in Ukraine. We have double downed; we've taken the mortgage, the kid's college fund and everything and we have placed it...
  • Defense minister announces major expansion of Russian army

    12/21/2022 1:21:27 PM PST · by Cathi · 12 replies
    RT News ^ | December 21,2022 | RT News
    Defense minister announces major expansion of Russian army Sergey Shoigu says the nation’s military should amount to 1.5 million servicemen Defense minister announces major expansion of Russian army Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has announced the need to make a number of structural changes to the country’s armed forces in light of NATO’s attempts to bolster its presence on Russia’s border and expand its membership to Finland and Sweden. During a Russian Defense Ministry meeting on Wednesday, Shoigu proposed a number of measures to strengthen the security of the Russian Federation, including creating a special grouping of troops on the...
  • Truth and transparency. Secrets and disinformation w/Robert Barnes (Live)

    12/20/2022 1:51:03 PM PST · by Cathi · 2 replies
    The Duran ^ | December 20, 2022 | Robert Barnes
    Robert Barnes: There might be forthcoming news on the Speaker issue. I talked to some folks in Trump camp yesterday. McCarthy has been left with a small majority and there are enough votes left to prevent him from from becoming Speaker. Now there are no votes to make someone else the Speaker. So Trump had decided to stick with McCarthy because he viewed McCarthy as better than the unknown alternative. However it has been clear that there are at least 5 members of the Republican caucus that will not vote for McCarthy. That means that there would be no Speaker...
  • Washington Is Prolonging Ukraine's Suffering -- Washington’s refusal to acknowledge Russia’s legitimate security interests in Ukraine and negotiate an end to this war is the path to protracted conflict and human suffering.

    12/20/2022 1:59:12 AM PST · by Cathi · 106 replies
    The American Conservative ^ | December 20, 2022 | Colonel Douglas MacGregor
    Douglas Macgregor Dec 20, 2022 12:03 AM During a speech given on November 29, Polish Vice-Minister of National Defense (MON) Marcin Ociepa said: "The probability of a war in which we will be involved is very high. Too high for us to treat this scenario only hypothetically." The Polish MON is allegedly planning to call up 200,000 reservists in 2023 for a few weeks’ training, but observers in Warsaw suspect this action could easily lead to a national mobilization. Meanwhile, inside the Biden administration, there is growing concern that the Ukrainian war effort will collapse under the weight of a...
  • Kiev guessing game, as Putin and Shoigu land in Belarus

    12/19/2022 12:38:28 PM PST · by Cathi · 29 replies
    The Duran ^ | December 19, 2022 | The Duran
    Alexander: The big news over the last couple of days is that we have had an extraordinarily important sequence of meetings. Now the first one was on Thursday when Putin met with the Security Counsel, which is Russia's top policy making body. We don't know what happened then. That is a regular meeting. On Friday he went to the joint staff headquarters of the Russian military that is engaged in fighting in Ukraine and he was briefed by Surovikin and all his staff. Shoigu, the Defense Minister was there; Gerasimov was there. The meeting went on for a whole day...
  • Scott Ritter - Ukraine Russia War Latest 12/16/22

    12/16/2022 5:24:25 PM PST · by Cathi · 33 replies
    Judging Freedom ^ | December 16, 2022 | Scott Ritter
    A particularly good discussion focusing heavily on Zaluzhny's shocking Economist interview. Ritter shares The Duran analysts views (as does Judge Napolitano) that I already posted a few hours ago though goes into it more thoroughly. He thinks that Zelensky is history and that General Zaluzhny will be the one negotiating the terminal settlement (and hopes to be the next Ukrainian president.) One of the most interesting points is why this interview was set up. Clearly Britain and the U.S. wanted these disclosures made at this time. Ritter believes it is because they want this settled before Russia can take Odessa...
  • General Zaluzhny, Ukraine at a fork in the road

    12/16/2022 2:45:13 PM PST · by Cathi · 20 replies
    The Duran ^ | December 16, 2022 | The Duran
    Alexander: I think the most important news is in fact this interview in the Economist. Three people involved; Zelensky himself; he gave his own version of the events which is exactly the same as he always gives...and then the two military leaders, Zaluzhny, the overall military commander and Syrskyi who is the commander of the Ukrainian army. You read these things and it all looks like on that one hand on the surface that they have had a triumphant autumn. They have won a whole load of victories. They've regained territory, but it doesn't take much reading below the surface...
  • Large Russian Missile Attack on Ukraine

    12/16/2022 12:52:36 AM PST · by Cathi · 44 replies
    Telegram Channels ^ | December 16, 2022 | Telegram Channels
    https://t.me/intelslava Intel Slava Z, [12/15/2022 10:47 PM] 🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️Air alert declared throughout Ukraine. Intel Slava Z, [12/15/2022 10:48 PM] 🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡Explosions in the Kharkiv region. Intel Slava Z, [12/15/2022 10:48 PM] 🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡Explosions in the Kiev region. Intel Slava Z, [12/15/2022 10:57 PM] 🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡Explosions in the Nikolaev region. Intel Slava Z, [12/15/2022 10:57 PM] 🇷🇺🇺🇦 Explosions are also heard in Kharkov itself. Intel Slava Z, [12/15/2022 10:58 PM] 🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡Explosions also in Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye. Intel Slava Z, [12/15/2022 10:58 PM] 🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡Explosions in Kiev. Intel Slava Z, [12/15/2022 10:59 PM] 🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️A powerful explosion in the Kirovograd region Intel Slava Z, [12/15/2022 10:59 PM] 🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️Explosions...
  • U.S. Patriot missiles will be sent to Ukraine - Will these help? Scott Ritter

    12/14/2022 6:00:55 PM PST · by Cathi · 45 replies
    Judging Freedom ^ | December 14, 2022 | Scott Ritter
    Latest update
  • Russian Assault Units Have Entered BAKHMUT!

    12/13/2022 12:32:03 PM PST · by Cathi · 83 replies
    HistoryLegends ^ | December 12, 2022 | HistoryLegends
    Very good YouTube 17 min. video from HistoryLegends on the ongoing battle in Bakhmut. They do an excellent job (complete with pictures and maps) to spell out the pros and cons for both sides in this fierce battle. Also spells out KIA casualty figures for both sides to date in the Ukraine war. Over 100,000 KIA Ukrainians; 15,000 KIA Russians. The presenter has a sense of humor and does a good job mimicking neocons complete with accents...:-)
  • U.S. gives Ukraine OK to drone strike Russia Colonel Douglas MacGregor

    12/13/2022 9:55:59 AM PST · by Cathi · 21 replies
    Judging Freedom ^ | December 12, 2022 | Colonel Douglas MacGregor
    Latest update
  • Zelensky's three step peace plan w/Brian Berletic from The New Atlas and Gonzalo Lira (Live)

    12/13/2022 6:36:33 AM PST · by Cathi · 62 replies
    The Duran ^ | December 13, 2022 | The Duran
    Interesting live stream round table analyst discussion of where the Ukraine war is now and how it is likely to end. These analysts agree that there is not likely to be "big arrow" moves, but rather grinding of Ukraine with slow Russian territorial gains and continued huge Ukrainian casualties. They see no possibility of a negotiated settlement and are particularly critical of Angela Merkle's recent disclosure that the Minsk agreements were always a sham in order to buy time for Ukraine to prepare for war. They believe Russia has come to the conclusion that the West can never be trusted...
  • Michael Vlahos & Douglas Macgregor What is to be done? Can a corrupted US military be renewed? Pt.3

    12/11/2022 12:03:39 AM PST · by Cathi · 48 replies
    Part 3