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Ukrainian media sources report that the U.S.-funded Ukrainian military and security apparatus trained the Islamist rebels currently advancing in Syria. Turkey-backed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), formerly the al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra, is leading the offensive against the forces of Russia-backed President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, seizing swathes of territory.

The United States will face "dangerous consequences" if it presses on with growing military aid to Ukraine rather than backing a proposed Russian settlement that would see Moscow take over swathes of territory, the man serving as Russian President Vladimir Putin's top diplomat for 20 years said in exclusive responses to Newsweek questions. Well over two and a half years after Putin ordered a "special military operation" against Ukraine, invading the country in what has become the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the Kremlin offers a viable blueprint to end the...

If NATO becomes a party to the conflict in Ukraine, it will get to a point where Russia will carry out a strike on military facilities in NATO territory, German parliament member and leader of the BSW said. BERLIN, October 12. /TASS/. NATO’s growing involvement in the Ukraine conflict may trigger a nuclear response from Russia, Sahra Wagenknecht, German parliament member and leader of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance - Reason and Justice party (BSW), said. "If NATO becomes a party to the conflict in Ukraine, it will get to a point where Russia will carry out a strike on military...

After entering 2024 in a sorry state, Ukraine has notched up a series of notable achievements since the start of the year, giving fresh impetus to its fight back against Russia. ... Western allies have let it use some of the missile systems they've supplied to hit targets inside Russia, with notable caveats, giving it a better chance to defend itself against incoming Russian attacks. And it also regained the initiative with its surprise incursion into the Russian region of Kursk in August, even while gradually losing ground in eastern Ukraine. "What Ukraine has done in the past month, starting...

- On the day after the coup, Washington's hand-picked government in Ukraine established a partnership with the CIA and MI6 for covert war against Russia (confirmed by the New York Times) - The coup triggered the war that resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths, which is why you must refer to the coup as a "democratic revolution" or be labelled a Putin puppet

Dima never puts out a cigarette until he smokes it right down to the filter, risking burning his fingers to squeeze out one more drag. He spent years on the Ukrainian front lines. He knows the price of a good smoke. As a battalion commander, Dima was in charge of around 800 men who fought in some of the fiercest, bloodiest battles of the war – most recently near Pokrovsk, the strategic eastern town that is now on the brink of falling to Russia. But with most of his troops now dead or severely injured, Dima decided he’d had enough....

The Russian army is currently focusing all its efforts on isolating the combat area in and around Pokrovsk. In particular, a few days ago the Russian Armed Forces took the western exits from the city under strict fire control, and now there are reports of serious damage to the bridge on the E-50 highway, which the Ukrainian army used to transfer cargo and personnel from the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk region. As experts explain, it was along this overpass that the Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred personnel, equipment and ammunition to Pokrovsk.

Christoforou: Asks Mercouris, 'does the speed of the Russian advancement surprise you? We're hearing that Russians are advancing now without much resistance. Are those reports believable?'Mercouris: believes the reports are true and said the Russian advances began accelerating in March. He is surprised at the unprecedented (in this war) speed of the advance in the past three weeks. 2:17Cites a 'dissident' Ukrainian MP saying 'Ukraine is giving up one fortified position after another without a fight, looks like the entire Ukrainian army is just going through the motions in many places, some places are still vigorously fighting (Chasiv Yar, Siversk...

Operational analysis of Russia's offensive towards Pokrovsk. The entire Southern Donbas Front is at risk of falling into enemy hands. Urgent Ukrainian reinforcements are needed.

As today's WaPo exposes, the Ukraine side is accelerating its own military defeat to Russia. This quote from a Ukrainian expert in the article unwittingly exposes the fatal flaw in their Kursk attack: “The effect we aim to achieve should not so much be reflected on the battlefield as it should in the impact on the international community, the moral and psychological state of the Ukrainian people, and the demoralization of Russian society.”

WATCH RFK exposes the TRUTH about Ukraine in 3 minutes

Preliminary results of the most massive attack by the Russian Armed Forces on objects in Ukraine in recent times: ▪️At least five explosions were recorded in the area of ​​​​Zhulyany airport in Kyiv, where the positions of the American Patriot air defense system may be located ▪️A total of about 10 arrivals were recorded in Kyiv ▪️The strikes in Vinnytsia and Poltava hit the locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units for rotation ▪️Emergency power outages began throughout Ukraine after the strikes ▪️Power grid facilities were hit in Poltava, Lutsk and Odessa ▪️There are arrivals at industrial and infrastructure facilities...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered an alarming update on nationwide Russian bombings of his country on Monday, describing blackouts “everywhere” and significant harm to Ukraine’s power grid. The Russian military launched a sweeping drone and missile campaign on Monday in which it reportedly focused on bombing energy infrastructure. Some Russian media reported that the strikes impacted at least nine regions of Ukraine – including the capital, Kyiv – while Ukrainian state media listed at least “15 regions” suffering various negative effects from the “large-scale Russian attack” out of the nation’s 27. The attack is the largest Russian operation within Ukraine...

A few notable things that stand out against other strikes (besides the size) were hits on three separate 750kv substations in western Ukraine, including one in Vinnytsia. This is very important, because sufficient damage to transmission in the western oblasts will prevent Ukraine from importing European electricity to replace its own lost generation. They've relied heavily on imports to prop up their grid.

Ukraine, NATO have no way to follow up or support their short-lived invasion, participants will surrender or die.

In 2 days the situation in the special military operation zone changed dramatically. Western countries suffered multi-billion dollar losses, losing a huge number of HIMARS, PATRIOT and IRIS-T air defense systems. Apparently, Ukraine and its allies will not be able to restore their combat capability after such losses in the near future. DISASTER💥5 PATRIOT Launchers, 1 IRIS-T And SU-24 Destroyed By Iskanders🔥 Military Summary And Analysis

The first part of Alexander Mercouris' video deals with specific regions and fighting in the Donbas (primarily Pokrovsk) in detail. Mercouris says the fighting in that critical region appears to be reaching a 'decision point' as Russians continue to advance, apparently faster than anticipated. Ukrainians normally evacuate citizens ahead of Russian troops and this didn't happen in today's fighting in Donbas, supporting Mercouris' impression that the Ukrainians did not anticipate this rate of Russian advance.Mercouris mentions airforce and drone attacks on Ukrainians fighters and includes aUkrainian fuel supply convoy of 15 vehicles which was destroyed by Russian aircraft. He said...

ransomnote: I will post the title of the video below, without a link, in case some here are not aware of the problem with Google's YOUTUBE pages right now. Basically landing on a YOUTUBE page, even if you don't launch a video, can steal your FR password and passwords to any other application you have open. Read more about it on the following Free Republic thread: Google is at it again, new YouTube security threatVideo Title: Ukr Desperate Kursk Incursion Rus Flag Niu-York, FT Ukr Losing War; Iran Attack After Islamic SummitAlexander Mercouris8/7/2024ransomnote: I just watched a video update on...

This week brings us another new batch of damning articles from the pro-Ukrainian Western media. The most telling of these comes from German Die Welt, which exposes how nearly all NATO ‘insiders’ secretly whisper among themselves that Ukraine stands no chance, but they dare not say so in public: https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/plus252746254/Russlands-Krieg-Die-duestere-Ukraine-Realitaet-ueber-die-Nato-Insider-nur-anonym-sprechen-wollen.htmlIn Brussels, no one expected that Ukraine will win their lost territories back. Only no one wants to talk about it – at least officially. Die Welt has spoken with a number of insiders that give reasons for their gloomy outlook with one of Europe's self-inflicted fact.Excuse the slightly wonky autotranslation,...

Russia has captured 162 square miles of the Ukrainian territory since June 14, the Interfax news agency said Tuesday, citing Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia's security council. Russian forces have captured the village of Tymofiivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, Interfax news agency quoted the defense ministry as saying Tuesday. Also, Russian forces have thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to penetrate the border in Russia's Kursk region, the interim governor of the region said Tuesday.