The British journalist is surprised that nothing has changed in Moscow, and even no one suffers much from the absence of McDonald's.

"The war? What kind of war?
Life in Moscow continues to go on as usual".

I am not sure, that this is right, but that is what it is (confirmed).

The blogger’s surprise about his country’s numerous dependencies on Russia.
The news about Russia leaving the ISS made me think. Did Western politicians think about this when they imposed sanctions?

Ukrainian soldier with a message to Zelensky and Arestovich. In a nutshell, he is calling them morons for announcing offensives before they even happen as well as captured settlements regardless of success.

Does the famous freedom of speech still exist in the West?
The one-sided presentation of the position on the situation in the territories liberated by the Russian military, by some Western media, was obviously the purpose of the visit to Melitopol, because it’s no secret that Russophobia guarantees success and views across the ocean. Will the people of the West never find out the truth?

If you would look at the articles here and above, then it is easy to believe that Ukrainians are living in a bizarre "mirrored" world. They state that what they are doing is done by the Russians and what is done by the Russians, is allegedly done by the Ukrainians.
That delusion takes really dangerous scale, when Zelensky claims that the strikes on the Zaporozhye NPP is carried out by Russian army. He should know what is going on. Or should he? Or is he simply and insolently lying?

President Zelensky in a new address commented on the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by Russian troops

"Today, the occupiers have created yet another extremely risky situation for the whole of Europe. Any shelling of this facility is a frank and daring crime, it is an act of terror."

Another insolent lie. He should know the truth. There is no justification to a direct lie by the first person of a state (even if this state is Ukraine).

A woman with her child killed by Ukraine in Kherson oblast.

"The Armed Forces of Ukraine are deliberately hitting the roads used by the civilian population! A young family wanted to visit relatives from a neighboring village, in a private car, a red Daewoo Matiz, but came under Ukrainian shelling. The mother tried to cover her child with herself, but could not. As a result, the blood of two more civilians from the Kherson region is on the hands of Ukrainian militants!"

Via Kherson Vestnik.

#ukrwarcrimes

Well, this has recently happened in Gaza. Do you see many headlines like "Israel is shelling peaceful neighbourhoods of Gaza"? I don't think so. On the opposite, US has issued a statement that "Israel has right to self defence" - that's all.

NATO Wants to Defeat Russia But Doesn’t Want a Full-Scale War — Strategic Culture.

How smart of them...

"Goal is not to end the war but to create a never ending war." ⬆️

Already 32 people have been killed in the shelling of the Gaza Strip

Among the dead are six children and two women. More than 200 people were injured, the enclave's Health Ministry said.

The operation has been going on for more than a day, and the West still has not imposed any sanctions, something is slowing it down.

🇱🇹Following in Pelosi's footsteps. Now Lithuania has joined the club of brave and stupid.

A delegation from Lithuania headed by Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Agne Vaicyukeviciute arrived in Taiwan on Sunday. This was reported by the island's foreign ministry.

Earlier, China actually froze economic ties with Lithuania after a representative office of Taiwan opened in Vilnius.

Missile strikes and untrained volunteers
(memoirs of a mercenary)

Roe arrived in Ukraine at a bad time for would-be foreign fighters.

Many deserted hurriedly after a missile strike on a base used by the fledgling International Legion only 10km from the Polish border.

“There were a lot of people in the International Legion during that bombing attack who were laying down their rifles, and they just ran for the Polish border,” Roe says. Some of them forgot to unpack their bags, and they tried to cross the border with five, six hundred rounds of ammunition.”

After that, the Ukrainian government’s policy changed dramatically: volunteers were welcome, but they would need to prove their mettle before they were trusted to fight.

“We were all pretty pissed off,” Roe says of learning that he wouldn’t be fighting. “Quite a few people … just left.”

Roe stayed. He enlisted in the Georgian National Legion, receiving training as a military instructor, despite his own lack of experience.

Since then Roe has criss-crossed Ukraine’s central regions training boys and men – often the only instruction they receive before being sent to the front.

“You’ll … be like ‘how many people here have fired a rifle?’ There’s like 100 people and two hands go up,” Roe says. “Unfortunately, we have lost quite a few people that we have trained. But it’s better than nothing … and you can see how much of a difference it’s making.”
(read more at the Guardian)

Military aid to Ukraine doesn't always get to the front lines: "Like 30% of it reaches its final destination"

The bulk of these weapons and military supplies make their way to the border of Poland, where U.S. and NATO allies quickly ferry it across the border and into the hands of Ukrainian officials. That's where U.S. oversight ends.

"All of this stuff goes across the border, and then something happens, kind of like 30% of it reaches its final destination," said Jonas Ohman, founder and CEO of Blue-Yellow, a Lithuania-based organization that has been meeting with and supplying frontline units with military aid in Ukraine since the start of the conflict with Russia-backed separatists in 2014.

"30-40%, that's my estimation," he said in April of this year.

The United States has committed over $23 billion in military aid to Ukraine since the start of the war at the end of February, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, which has been tracking global commitments of aid to Ukraine. The United Kingdom has committed $3.7 billion, Germany $1.4 billion, and Poland $1.8 billion, with multiple other countries following suit.

“30 percent of weapons end up to their destination”. A bigger fragment of the video mentioned above ⬆️

USA and India to hold joint military drill 100 kilometers from disputed border between China and India - CNN.

These will be 18 US-Indian exercises called "Yudh Abhyas" or "Military Practice".

#India #China