An opinion from Peter Hitchens.
Well, we may not agree with everything, but he is entitled to have one... (The link may appear not relevant, but the actual "masterpiece" is there within. It looks like it is deliberately hidden).
A war in which Ukraine can do no wrong
Have you noticed how Ukraine and Ukrainians cannot do anything bad? I think President Volodymyr Zelensky is actually quite a decent person. But his attempt to get all Russians banned from travelling to Europe is bigoted and foolish. Russians do not all agree with their government’s stupid, bloody invasion. But Zelensky gets away with this proposal because Ukraine is a sainted nation.
Now we have the weird episode of the shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station which has been in Russian hands since they illegally seized it in March.
This, whatever the provocation may be, is an extraordinarily stupid thing for anyone to do. But who is doing it? Well, since the Russian Army is dug in there, it is extremely unlikely that the Russians are doing it.
So who is doing it? Martians? North Koreans? Eskimos? When I put the words ‘Ukrainians shell Zaporizhzhia’ into Google, that search engine responded by saying: ‘No results found for “Ukrainians shell Zaporizhzhia.” ’ Instead I got several accounts of the Russians apparently shelling themselves. The BBC reported online on Friday that the power station had ‘come under heavy fire’. But who from? It is not even stated. Normally reporters are urged to avoid using the passive voice. But for Ukraine, this rule has been suspended.
Well, we may not agree with everything, but he is entitled to have one... (The link may appear not relevant, but the actual "masterpiece" is there within. It looks like it is deliberately hidden).
A war in which Ukraine can do no wrong
Have you noticed how Ukraine and Ukrainians cannot do anything bad? I think President Volodymyr Zelensky is actually quite a decent person. But his attempt to get all Russians banned from travelling to Europe is bigoted and foolish. Russians do not all agree with their government’s stupid, bloody invasion. But Zelensky gets away with this proposal because Ukraine is a sainted nation.
Now we have the weird episode of the shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station which has been in Russian hands since they illegally seized it in March.
This, whatever the provocation may be, is an extraordinarily stupid thing for anyone to do. But who is doing it? Well, since the Russian Army is dug in there, it is extremely unlikely that the Russians are doing it.
So who is doing it? Martians? North Koreans? Eskimos? When I put the words ‘Ukrainians shell Zaporizhzhia’ into Google, that search engine responded by saying: ‘No results found for “Ukrainians shell Zaporizhzhia.” ’ Instead I got several accounts of the Russians apparently shelling themselves. The BBC reported online on Friday that the power station had ‘come under heavy fire’. But who from? It is not even stated. Normally reporters are urged to avoid using the passive voice. But for Ukraine, this rule has been suspended.
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PETER HITCHENS: Why didn’t Doctor Who warn us? Comprehensives are far scarier than Daleks
PETER HITCHENS: In my schooldays, William Hartnell went off into the future and found the Daleks, who could not even climb stairs and had no sense of humour.
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Opinion from Markov:
The most likely goal of the terrorist attack against Alexander Dugin and Darya Dugina and other terrorist attacks of these days, including attacks on Crimea, is to provoke Russian army strikes on the center of Kyiv on the Independence Day of Ukraine on August 24th. They really need these hits. What they have prepared? And these days there will be more terrorist strikes, provoking a harsh response from Russia. They really need a demonstration strike with Russian missiles on the center of Kyiv on August 24th.
The most likely goal of the terrorist attack against Alexander Dugin and Darya Dugina and other terrorist attacks of these days, including attacks on Crimea, is to provoke Russian army strikes on the center of Kyiv on the Independence Day of Ukraine on August 24th. They really need these hits. What they have prepared? And these days there will be more terrorist strikes, provoking a harsh response from Russia. They really need a demonstration strike with Russian missiles on the center of Kyiv on August 24th.
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Наиболее вероятная цель теракта против Александра Дугина и Дарьи Дугиной и других терактов этих дней, в том числе атак на Крым - спровоцировать удары армии России по центру Киева на День независимости Украины 24 августа. Им очень нужны такие удары. Что то…
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When a few months ago the FSB (Russian Security Service) detained militants who were going to kill Vladimir Solovyov and Yevgeny Popov, many smirked indulgently. Well, well, they fabricated the case, obviously, who needs them, the journalists.
Dasha Platonova (Dugina) was killed at night. Smart, brave, real, Russian and a patriot. She certainly would have become a great philosopher in a few years. She was a unique girl.
And it doesn't matter if the Ukrainian saboteurs wanted to kill Dasha, or her father, Alexander Dugin.
Something else is important. We are dealing with a terrorist state, if anybody still had doubts, now, I hope, there are no doubts left. There will be more assassination attempts. A terrorist, having started killing, does not stop, he needs more blood, more deaths.
That is, all actions in relation to Ukraine can be built only from the understanding that this is not diplomacy, but anti-terror. Unfortunately. We are not talking about Ukrainians, not about people. I'm talking about those in power and the political elite.
Translated from Medvedev.
Dasha Platonova (Dugina) was killed at night. Smart, brave, real, Russian and a patriot. She certainly would have become a great philosopher in a few years. She was a unique girl.
And it doesn't matter if the Ukrainian saboteurs wanted to kill Dasha, or her father, Alexander Dugin.
Something else is important. We are dealing with a terrorist state, if anybody still had doubts, now, I hope, there are no doubts left. There will be more assassination attempts. A terrorist, having started killing, does not stop, he needs more blood, more deaths.
That is, all actions in relation to Ukraine can be built only from the understanding that this is not diplomacy, but anti-terror. Unfortunately. We are not talking about Ukrainians, not about people. I'm talking about those in power and the political elite.
Translated from Medvedev.
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Russian political philosopher Alexander Dugin daughter, Daria Dugina has been killed. Her vehicle blew up when she was driving it. Alexander was supposed to be in the car with his daughter during the explosion. Assassination attempt is suspected.
Dugin is…
Dugin is…
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Morning summary on the Donetsk front:
Donetsk direction - Allied Forces continue grinding the enemy's defenses throughout the entire front.
There is an assault: Maryinka and Krasnogorovka (Maryinsky district), Nevelsky, Pervomaisky, Experienced and Avdeevka. To Krasnogorovka (Yasinovatsky district) there are significant successes in the advancement of our fighters. Every day more and more new positions and fortified areas of the enemy are taken. All are moving away from the borders of the hero city of Donetsk. The situation of the Ukrainian forces on this sector of the front is more than deplorable.
Nikolaev direction - the enemy confirms the partial loss of control over the Blagodatnoye settlement. The Allied Forces went on the offensive in the direction of Nikolaev.
Also: The Allied Forces storm the New York (Novgorodskoye) settlement. The enemy in the morning report confirms that the Allied Forces have entered the southern outskirts of the town and are continuing assault operations, destroying the enemy.
Donetsk direction - Allied Forces continue grinding the enemy's defenses throughout the entire front.
There is an assault: Maryinka and Krasnogorovka (Maryinsky district), Nevelsky, Pervomaisky, Experienced and Avdeevka. To Krasnogorovka (Yasinovatsky district) there are significant successes in the advancement of our fighters. Every day more and more new positions and fortified areas of the enemy are taken. All are moving away from the borders of the hero city of Donetsk. The situation of the Ukrainian forces on this sector of the front is more than deplorable.
Nikolaev direction - the enemy confirms the partial loss of control over the Blagodatnoye settlement. The Allied Forces went on the offensive in the direction of Nikolaev.
Also: The Allied Forces storm the New York (Novgorodskoye) settlement. The enemy in the morning report confirms that the Allied Forces have entered the southern outskirts of the town and are continuing assault operations, destroying the enemy.
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According to the statement of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the weekend for the Ukrainian personnel of the Zaporizhzhya NPP has been extended and it is going to be disconnected from the Ukrainian power grid.
To fulfil that, part of the personnel of "Rosatom" was allegedly returned to the station.
To fulfil that, part of the personnel of "Rosatom" was allegedly returned to the station.
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Glenn Diesen: How 'Russophrenia' from supposedly smart people in the West has slowly led us towards a major European war
https://www.rt.com/russia/561135-russia-nato-ukraine-propaganda/
https://www.rt.com/russia/561135-russia-nato-ukraine-propaganda/
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Glenn Diesen: How 'Russophrenia' from supposedly smart people in the West has slowly led us towards a major European war
We have been moving slowly towards a major European war for 30 years and there are no good solutions anymore.
Europe no longer identifies itself as a spokesman for its own interests
Ukraine is the first line of defense in an attempt to break Russia, the second line will be the Baltic states
https://readovka.world/news/107722
Ukraine is the first line of defense in an attempt to break Russia, the second line will be the Baltic states
https://readovka.world/news/107722
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Europe no longer identifies itself as a spokesman for its own interests
Ukraine is the first line of defense in an attempt to break Russia, the second line will be the Baltic states
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine again tried to attack Novaya Kakhovka and the nearby Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, the air defense system went off in the area.
According to the local administration, about 10 explosions thundered in the air.
According to preliminary information, all targets were successfully intercepted in the air.
According to the local administration, about 10 explosions thundered in the air.
According to preliminary information, all targets were successfully intercepted in the air.
The Army’s top “other ranks” soldier says troops must be ready to fight Russia – and should alert loved ones to a potential conflict.
Warrant Officer Paul Carney warned that the UK military was now “shaping itself to meet the threat from Russia and was ready to counter any aggression”.
WO1 Carney – the Army’s highest ranked Warrant Officer – wrote in Soldier magazine: “I want us all to check we are physically fit for operations. And it is also important we prepare loved ones and families, who often have the hardest role in our absence.
Warrant Officer Paul Carney warned that the UK military was now “shaping itself to meet the threat from Russia and was ready to counter any aggression”.
WO1 Carney – the Army’s highest ranked Warrant Officer – wrote in Soldier magazine: “I want us all to check we are physically fit for operations. And it is also important we prepare loved ones and families, who often have the hardest role in our absence.
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British soldiers told to get ready for war against Russia and prepare loved ones
Warrant Officer Paul Carney said soldiers should prepare their families for the possibility of being sent to Ukraine to fight Russia in the war which has now been going on six months
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The worst drought in years caused the Danube to shoal to its lowest level in a century. And from under the water appeared the skeletons of dozens of German warships full of ammunition, sunk during the Second World War. During the Nazi retreat, the German fleet found itself somewhere in the middle of the route between Romania and Bulgaria, not knowing that the passage from the Black Sea was also blocked. Some ships from Romania and Bulgaria joined the Nazi ships. The legacy of the Second World War, or the aftermath of the battle between the Red Army and the Nazi military flotilla, There are still about 10 thousand kilograms of ammunition that can explode.
Russian air defense systems shot down five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Egorovka, Blagodatnoe, Stepnoe in the Donetsk People's Republic, Chkalovo in the Kherson region and Dvurechnoye in the Kharkiv region. In addition, thirteen rocket launchers were destroyed in the air, including eight HIMARS rockets in the Kakhovka area of the Kherson region.
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Air defense facilities are working over Kherson. According to local sources, the air defense went off at least 10 times.
Earlier, the Antonovsky bridge across the Dnieper was repeatedly targeted by Ukrainian forces.
Earlier, the Antonovsky bridge across the Dnieper was repeatedly targeted by Ukrainian forces.
The FSB announced the first results of the investigation of the murder of Russian journalist Daria Dugina
The murder of Dugina is solved, the main thing:
🔻Ukrainian special services are behind the murder.
🔻 Performer - citizen of Ukraine Natalia Vovk, born in 1979.
🔻 She arrived in Russia on July 23 with her daughter Sofia Shaban.
🔻 They rented an apartment in the house where Dugina lived in Moscow.
🔻 Mini Cooper was used to spy on the girl. Numberplates were changed on it three times - license plates of the DPR, Kazakhstan and Ukraine were used.
🔻 On the day of the crime, Vovk and his daughter came to the "Tradition" festival, and after a controlled explosion on August 21, they left through Pskov to Estonia.
🔻 The materials of the investigation were transferred to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
The murder of Dugina is solved, the main thing:
🔻Ukrainian special services are behind the murder.
🔻 Performer - citizen of Ukraine Natalia Vovk, born in 1979.
🔻 She arrived in Russia on July 23 with her daughter Sofia Shaban.
🔻 They rented an apartment in the house where Dugina lived in Moscow.
🔻 Mini Cooper was used to spy on the girl. Numberplates were changed on it three times - license plates of the DPR, Kazakhstan and Ukraine were used.
🔻 On the day of the crime, Vovk and his daughter came to the "Tradition" festival, and after a controlled explosion on August 21, they left through Pskov to Estonia.
🔻 The materials of the investigation were transferred to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
The car of the killer of Daria Dugina may already be on sale in Kyiv, blogger Shariy reports.
The photo shows the numbers under which, according to the FSB of the Russian Federation, the Mini Cooper left Russia - AH7771IP.
The photo shows the numbers under which, according to the FSB of the Russian Federation, the Mini Cooper left Russia - AH7771IP.
As a result of the daytime shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Antonovsky bridge, workers who were restoring the road surface were injured.
At about 13:00 on August 22, in order to disrupt the work on restoring the roadbed, Ukrainian troops launched a strike from American Himars jet systems at the site of repair work on the Antonovsky Bridge.
Ukrainian intelligence regularly receives images from American satellites and could not have been unaware of the presence of only civilians at the site of the attack.
Despite this, it was the daytime that was chosen for the strike, at the moment when the maximum concentration of the repair department employees at the work site is reached, and the ferry crossing is actively operating.
The number of people affected by the Ukrainian aggression is at least 15 people. There are no losses among those who ensure the transfer of the population across the Dnieper, as well as citizens on the ferry.
At about 13:00 on August 22, in order to disrupt the work on restoring the roadbed, Ukrainian troops launched a strike from American Himars jet systems at the site of repair work on the Antonovsky Bridge.
Ukrainian intelligence regularly receives images from American satellites and could not have been unaware of the presence of only civilians at the site of the attack.
Despite this, it was the daytime that was chosen for the strike, at the moment when the maximum concentration of the repair department employees at the work site is reached, and the ferry crossing is actively operating.
The number of people affected by the Ukrainian aggression is at least 15 people. There are no losses among those who ensure the transfer of the population across the Dnieper, as well as citizens on the ferry.
The media publish photos, presumably, of Natalia Vovk, who is accused of murdering Daria Dugina
According to preliminary information, the suspect in the murder of Daria Dugina was previously a member of the Nazi Azov regiment.
According to preliminary information, the suspect in the murder of Daria Dugina was previously a member of the Nazi Azov regiment.
Regardless of who wins the Ukrainian war, the United States will be the strategic loser
Russia will build closer relations with China and other countries on the Eurasian continent, including India, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf states. It will turn irrevocably away from European democracies and Washington. Just as President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger played the “China card” to isolate the Soviet Union during the Cold War, presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will play their cards in a bid to contain U.S. global leadership.
Knowing that it can no longer keep Europe as its top energy customer, Moscow has logically moved to grow its fossil fuels sales with Asia, notably China and India. Since the Ukraine invasion, Russia has become China’s top oil provider, replacing Saudi Arabia. It is true that in the short to medium term, transfer capacity will limit how much more fossil fuels Russia can sell to China. Russia currently has just one overland oil route to China, the ESPO pipeline. The only gas pipeline currently in operation is Power of Siberia. Pipeline sales of both oil and gas are supplemented by seaborne routes to mainland China. In the years ahead, China and Russia will doubtlessly make substantial investments to expand oil and gas transmission between the two countries, better enabling Russia to be the primary supplier of fossil fuels to China. The Chinese will likely be able to reduce their dependence on fossil fuel shipments from the Middle East which must pass through vulnerable naval choke points such as the Malacca Straits.
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Russia will build closer relations with China and other countries on the Eurasian continent, including India, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf states. It will turn irrevocably away from European democracies and Washington. Just as President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger played the “China card” to isolate the Soviet Union during the Cold War, presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will play their cards in a bid to contain U.S. global leadership.
Knowing that it can no longer keep Europe as its top energy customer, Moscow has logically moved to grow its fossil fuels sales with Asia, notably China and India. Since the Ukraine invasion, Russia has become China’s top oil provider, replacing Saudi Arabia. It is true that in the short to medium term, transfer capacity will limit how much more fossil fuels Russia can sell to China. Russia currently has just one overland oil route to China, the ESPO pipeline. The only gas pipeline currently in operation is Power of Siberia. Pipeline sales of both oil and gas are supplemented by seaborne routes to mainland China. In the years ahead, China and Russia will doubtlessly make substantial investments to expand oil and gas transmission between the two countries, better enabling Russia to be the primary supplier of fossil fuels to China. The Chinese will likely be able to reduce their dependence on fossil fuel shipments from the Middle East which must pass through vulnerable naval choke points such as the Malacca Straits.
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No Matter Who Wins Ukraine, America Has Already Lost
There are multiple tough strategic realities for the United States to absorb.