ICYMI: Contrary to some mainstream reports, the Babi Yar holocaust memorial site in Kiev remains intact following Russian bombing of the nearby TV tower.
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Is Russia about to LOSE the war?
Some people are claiming that the Russian armed forces are currently bogged down and on the brink of defeat in Ukraine. Thus far, such claims rely in large part on select images and videos of Russian armor and military vehicles getting stuck in mud, captured, or destroyed. Snapshots don't tell the whole story however. The above screenshot from Wikipedia is illustrative of the disparity in Ukrainian and Russian claims about troop casualties and equipment losses on both sides.
Clint Ehrlich, who’s been providing frequent analyses of the war, said the following: “many analysts are predicting an imminent defeat of the Russian military. In reality, Russia is on the verge of annihilating the bulk of the Ukrainian army.”
So, what’s true? The war remains very much befogged amid a flurry of disinformation, and it has become exceedingly difficult to assess the actual course of the fighting. Whether or not this will change over time remains to be seen.
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Some people are claiming that the Russian armed forces are currently bogged down and on the brink of defeat in Ukraine. Thus far, such claims rely in large part on select images and videos of Russian armor and military vehicles getting stuck in mud, captured, or destroyed. Snapshots don't tell the whole story however. The above screenshot from Wikipedia is illustrative of the disparity in Ukrainian and Russian claims about troop casualties and equipment losses on both sides.
Clint Ehrlich, who’s been providing frequent analyses of the war, said the following: “many analysts are predicting an imminent defeat of the Russian military. In reality, Russia is on the verge of annihilating the bulk of the Ukrainian army.”
So, what’s true? The war remains very much befogged amid a flurry of disinformation, and it has become exceedingly difficult to assess the actual course of the fighting. Whether or not this will change over time remains to be seen.
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"I think Zelensky is a puppet, and he is putting huge numbers of his own population at unnecessary risk."
— Douglas MacGregor
Retired U.S. Army Colonel
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— Douglas MacGregor
Retired U.S. Army Colonel
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A massive Ukrainian military base was captured near Kherson, along with large quantities of intact vehicles and munition abandoned by the fleeing Ukrainian forces.
Video released by the Russian MoD.
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Video released by the Russian MoD.
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Video of desperate civilians in Mariupol being told that evacuation via Russian humanitarian corridor isn’t permitted.
This appears to corroborate Russian reports that Ukrainian fighters are holding civilians as human shields in Mariupol and other cities.
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This appears to corroborate Russian reports that Ukrainian fighters are holding civilians as human shields in Mariupol and other cities.
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Russian banks are switching to the Chinese card system UnionPay after Visa and Mastercard announce their exit from the Russian market.
“Several major Russian banks said on Sunday they would soon start issuing cards using the Chinese UnionPay card operator's system coupled with Russia's own Mir network.” (Reuters)
UnionPay is the second-largest and fastest-growing global credit card network that is widely accepted in most parts of the world.
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“Several major Russian banks said on Sunday they would soon start issuing cards using the Chinese UnionPay card operator's system coupled with Russia's own Mir network.” (Reuters)
UnionPay is the second-largest and fastest-growing global credit card network that is widely accepted in most parts of the world.
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❗️In his conversations with Macron and Erdogan on Sunday, Putin once again reiterated that Kiev must fulfill all Russian demands in order for lasting peace and meaningful dialogue to be possible. (Kremlin readouts)
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❗️Blinken says NATO countries have "green light" to send fighter jets to Ukraine. (CBS News)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed on Sunday that the U.S. is working with Warsaw on plans to supply Ukraine with Russian-made fighter jets.
The consequence of this decision will likely result in the bombing of Ukraine’s remaining airfields, particularly in the western part of the country.
And if these jets park, refuel and carry out their sorties from outside of Ukraine, no one should doubt that Russia will strike those locations as well, regardless of their NATO status.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed on Sunday that the U.S. is working with Warsaw on plans to supply Ukraine with Russian-made fighter jets.
The consequence of this decision will likely result in the bombing of Ukraine’s remaining airfields, particularly in the western part of the country.
And if these jets park, refuel and carry out their sorties from outside of Ukraine, no one should doubt that Russia will strike those locations as well, regardless of their NATO status.
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Florida man stopped for speeding says Putin’s threat of nuclear war caused him to freak out and rush home.
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❗️Ukrainian militants have installed explosives at an experimental nuclear facility located at the Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology. Their aim is to destroy the facility, blaming Russia for the resulting environmental disaster and setting up a pretext for foreign intervention. (Russian MoD)
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An Australian student gets ejected from a live talk show for questioning the Western narrative on Ukraine.
Host of Australian Q&A show Stan Grant booted Sasha Gillies-Lekakis (University of Melbourne student) out of the studio after he politely raised an uncomfortable question about Ukraine.
Here’s what Sasha said:
As someone who comes from the Russian community here in Australia, I've been pretty outraged by the narrative created by our media depicting the Ukraine as the good guy, and Russia as the bad guy.
Believe it or not, there are a lot of Russians here and around the world that support what Putin is doing in the Ukraine, myself included.
Since 2014, the Ukrainian government, together with Nazi groups like the Azov battalion, have besieged the Russian populations in the Donbas, killing an estimated 13,000 people, according to the United Nations.
My question is: where was your outpouring of grief and concern for those thousands of mostly Russians?
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Host of Australian Q&A show Stan Grant booted Sasha Gillies-Lekakis (University of Melbourne student) out of the studio after he politely raised an uncomfortable question about Ukraine.
Here’s what Sasha said:
As someone who comes from the Russian community here in Australia, I've been pretty outraged by the narrative created by our media depicting the Ukraine as the good guy, and Russia as the bad guy.
Believe it or not, there are a lot of Russians here and around the world that support what Putin is doing in the Ukraine, myself included.
Since 2014, the Ukrainian government, together with Nazi groups like the Azov battalion, have besieged the Russian populations in the Donbas, killing an estimated 13,000 people, according to the United Nations.
My question is: where was your outpouring of grief and concern for those thousands of mostly Russians?
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❗️Happening now: Third round of Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations in Belarus.
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In 1997, Joe Biden said that admitting the Baltic countries into NATO would jeopardize US-Russian relations and provoke a "vigorous and hostile reaction".
In 2008, 4 years after the Baltic States joined NATO, then-Ambassador to Russia William Burns (now Biden's CIA director) wrote in a confidential cable to Washington about Russia's concerns that Ukrainian accession to NATO could "lead to a major split, involving violence or at worst, civil war." Burns added "in that eventuality, Russia would have to decide whether to intervene; a decision Russia does not want to have to face."
For decades, US officials have known what the eventual consequences of NATO's eastward expansion would be. To answer the burning question 'how did we get here', one can't ignore the role played by American and NATO Policy in Europe since the end of the Cold War.
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In 2008, 4 years after the Baltic States joined NATO, then-Ambassador to Russia William Burns (now Biden's CIA director) wrote in a confidential cable to Washington about Russia's concerns that Ukrainian accession to NATO could "lead to a major split, involving violence or at worst, civil war." Burns added "in that eventuality, Russia would have to decide whether to intervene; a decision Russia does not want to have to face."
For decades, US officials have known what the eventual consequences of NATO's eastward expansion would be. To answer the burning question 'how did we get here', one can't ignore the role played by American and NATO Policy in Europe since the end of the Cold War.
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❗️Happening now: Third round of Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations in Belarus. Subscribe to: @RussiaUSA
Negotiations have concluded without any breakthroughs but with possible progress on the issue of humanitarian corridors.
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Kyiv is preventing civilians from utilizing the agreed upon humanitarian corridors because it doesn’t want Ukrainians entering Russia and Belarus, says Moscow’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia.
It’s worth noting that from the standpoint of geography, Russia and Belarus happen to be the closest and most easily accessible countries for people who are currently stuck in Ukraine’s northern and eastern cities.
Unfortunately, it appears that Ukraine’s leadership is more concerned with political optics rather than saving lives.
Note: the humanitarian routes are labeled in green on the map above. The accuracy of the map itself is unverified.
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It’s worth noting that from the standpoint of geography, Russia and Belarus happen to be the closest and most easily accessible countries for people who are currently stuck in Ukraine’s northern and eastern cities.
Unfortunately, it appears that Ukraine’s leadership is more concerned with political optics rather than saving lives.
Note: the humanitarian routes are labeled in green on the map above. The accuracy of the map itself is unverified.
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A Russian community center in Vancouver, Canada was vandalized by a group of pro-Ukrainian activists.
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Remembering the few good old days in between the decades of U.S.-Russia animosity and cold/proxy wars.
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