The Horrifying Endgame in Ukraine
By James G. Rickards is the editor of Strategic Intelligence, Project Prophesy, Crash Speculator, and Gold Speculator for the Daily Reckoning
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I’ve written extensively about two facets of the war in Ukraine that you don’t hear from legacy media in the United States or U.K. The first is that Russia is actually winning the war.
U.S. outlets such as The New York Times (a channel for the State Department) and The Washington Post (a channel for the CIA) report endlessly about how Russian plans have failed, about how incompetent they are about how the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have pushed back Russians in the Donbass, and how NATO weapons such as U.S. Abrams tanks, U.K. Challenger tanks and German Leopard tanks will turn the tide against Russia soon.
This is all nonsense. None of it is true.
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Russia’s Winning on the Battlefield
Meanwhile, Russian forces have nearly encircled the city of Bakhmut, which is a major transportation and logistics hub, with several key roads and rail lines passing through it. It’ll probably fall to the Russians within weeks.
Losing Bakhmut will be a major blow to Ukraine, despite claims in the western media that it really isn’t very important. Ukraine’s entire 800-mile defensive line would probably begin to crumble, and they don’t have heavily fortified positions to fall back on. Ukrainian troops, while brave and competent soldiers, are exhausted and running out of supplies as it is.
On top of that, it appears likely that Russia is preparing a devastating offensive with massive amounts of men, tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery, helicopters, drones and fixed-wing aircraft.
This Russian army is not the same army that invaded Ukraine a year ago. It’s much better trained, led and equipped. It’s learned from the mistakes it made during its initial invasion last February. Ukraine shouldn’t expect them to repeat those mistakes.
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The second facet of this war not reported in the media, or at least downplayed, is the growing risk of nuclear war.
This risk increases with every escalatory step by both sides. The U.S. is the leader in reckless escalation by supplying long-range artillery, Patriot anti-missile batteries, intelligence, surveillance, and now the tanks. Russia responds at each step.
There’s a number of steps before the two sides arrive at the nuclear level, but neither shows a willingness to step back.
By the way, Russia has every legal right to attack those NATO countries supplying arms to Ukraine. By supplying arms to a party to the conflict, they’ve given up their neutrality and have become, in effect, combatants. Russia hasn’t done this because it doesn’t want to bring NATO directly into the fight. But legally, it can.
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Is Anyone Really Prepared for This?
The U.S. won’t end the weapons deliveries because Joe Biden is afraid of losing face and his closest advisors such as Victoria Nuland have an irrational hatred for Russia and are total warmongers.
Now, we can add a new danger, resulting from desperation. This is the fact that the U.S. itself may be the biggest loser in the war.
As Ukraine disappears under a massive Russian onslaught, the U.S. will grow increasingly desperate. Its credibility is on the line after committing so much money, materiel and moral weight to Ukraine’s defense.
The Biden administration has essentially turned the war in Ukraine into an existential crisis for the U.S. and NATO, when it never should have been. Ukraine has never been a vital U.S. interest. But the war is existential for Russia, and won’t give up.
Is the U.S. just going to throw up its hands and concede Russian victory? NATO may actually disintegrate in the face of such spectacular failure. So, we’ll probably double down.
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The American people and investors in particular are not prepared for any of this. They should be. It’s becoming increasingly likely.
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By James G. Rickards is the editor of Strategic Intelligence, Project Prophesy, Crash Speculator, and Gold Speculator for the Daily Reckoning
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I’ve written extensively about two facets of the war in Ukraine that you don’t hear from legacy media in the United States or U.K. The first is that Russia is actually winning the war.
U.S. outlets such as The New York Times (a channel for the State Department) and The Washington Post (a channel for the CIA) report endlessly about how Russian plans have failed, about how incompetent they are about how the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have pushed back Russians in the Donbass, and how NATO weapons such as U.S. Abrams tanks, U.K. Challenger tanks and German Leopard tanks will turn the tide against Russia soon.
This is all nonsense. None of it is true.
...
Russia’s Winning on the Battlefield
Meanwhile, Russian forces have nearly encircled the city of Bakhmut, which is a major transportation and logistics hub, with several key roads and rail lines passing through it. It’ll probably fall to the Russians within weeks.
Losing Bakhmut will be a major blow to Ukraine, despite claims in the western media that it really isn’t very important. Ukraine’s entire 800-mile defensive line would probably begin to crumble, and they don’t have heavily fortified positions to fall back on. Ukrainian troops, while brave and competent soldiers, are exhausted and running out of supplies as it is.
On top of that, it appears likely that Russia is preparing a devastating offensive with massive amounts of men, tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery, helicopters, drones and fixed-wing aircraft.
This Russian army is not the same army that invaded Ukraine a year ago. It’s much better trained, led and equipped. It’s learned from the mistakes it made during its initial invasion last February. Ukraine shouldn’t expect them to repeat those mistakes.
...
The second facet of this war not reported in the media, or at least downplayed, is the growing risk of nuclear war.
This risk increases with every escalatory step by both sides. The U.S. is the leader in reckless escalation by supplying long-range artillery, Patriot anti-missile batteries, intelligence, surveillance, and now the tanks. Russia responds at each step.
There’s a number of steps before the two sides arrive at the nuclear level, but neither shows a willingness to step back.
By the way, Russia has every legal right to attack those NATO countries supplying arms to Ukraine. By supplying arms to a party to the conflict, they’ve given up their neutrality and have become, in effect, combatants. Russia hasn’t done this because it doesn’t want to bring NATO directly into the fight. But legally, it can.
...
Is Anyone Really Prepared for This?
The U.S. won’t end the weapons deliveries because Joe Biden is afraid of losing face and his closest advisors such as Victoria Nuland have an irrational hatred for Russia and are total warmongers.
Now, we can add a new danger, resulting from desperation. This is the fact that the U.S. itself may be the biggest loser in the war.
As Ukraine disappears under a massive Russian onslaught, the U.S. will grow increasingly desperate. Its credibility is on the line after committing so much money, materiel and moral weight to Ukraine’s defense.
The Biden administration has essentially turned the war in Ukraine into an existential crisis for the U.S. and NATO, when it never should have been. Ukraine has never been a vital U.S. interest. But the war is existential for Russia, and won’t give up.
Is the U.S. just going to throw up its hands and concede Russian victory? NATO may actually disintegrate in the face of such spectacular failure. So, we’ll probably double down.
...
The American people and investors in particular are not prepared for any of this. They should be. It’s becoming increasingly likely.
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On the eve of the anniversary of the start of the special operation in Ukraine, Denis Pushilin, Acting Head of the Donetsk People's Republic, spoke in an exclusive interview with aif.ru about the timing of the liberation of Donbass, about life under shelling and whether it is worth waiting for UN assistance in resolving the conflict.
#TransFormator provides extracts from this interview:
Q: There was unofficial information that the country's leadership set the task in the coming months to release either the entire DPR, or most of it. What do you think, is it possible to do this and what does it depend on now?
— Despite heavy losses in certain sectors of the front, the enemy is still desperately resisting. For the command of the VFU, even the obviously losing positions of the units are not the basis for an order to retreat.
The situation is aggravated by the fact that the enemy has equipped huge industrial zones for their purposes, which are typical for the Donbass - here in every city there are large industrial facilities. Defence lines are being erected right in the cities where civilians continue to remain, firing points are being equipped in multi-storey buildings. Our guys are reclaiming our land inch by inch, given these complicating factors. Therefore, it is still premature to talk about the timing of the liberation of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Q: UN Secretary General António Guterres recently said that the prospects for achieving peace in Ukraine are declining, and the risk of nuclear conflict is increasing. What do you think?
— The chances of achieving peace, alas, were initially very small: such an outcome is not interesting for the Western "partners" of Ukraine. Not for that they provoked and kindled the conflict.
Obviously, its escalation is beneficial, first of all, to the United States. This is evidenced by the constant pumping of Ukraine with weapons, including long-range ones.
The conflict is contrary to the internal interests of European countries, and many ordinary Europeans have already felt the consequences of the aggressive American policy. They manifested themselves in the economic crisis and falling living standards...
Q: Can the UN actually help in any way in settling the process, or can we no longer count on it now?
— At the moment — hardly. We remember well that even the Minsk agreements approved by the UN Security Council resolution were ignored by Ukraine. Trust in anyone's guarantees is undermined. You can only count on yourself.
Q: Despite the difficult situation, the DPR continues to live. People work, children study. What are the biggest difficulties for civilians now? What have you been able to do lately to help them?
— The reality today is that there is no peaceful life in our region. Even the settlements of the Republic remote from the front, which were considered rear areas, are subjected to shelling from NATO weapons. The issue of security is now key. Therefore, children do not go to school everywhere; in Donetsk and a number of other front-line cities, they study remotely.
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However, despite the shelling, we are actively undergoing the process of restoration, the Republic has turned into a giant construction site. This is especially noticeable in the rear cities. Last year, 1,965 objects were restored, and 25 apartment buildings were put into operation.
This year, we plan to restore almost 2,300 objects, it is planned to build at least 40 high-rise buildings. As soon as security allows, the front-line cities will also turn into construction sites. Existing experience allows you to quickly deploy work.
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The Ministry of Defence of Russia also makes a great contribution to the restoration of the Republic. In addition to the construction of residential buildings in Mariupol, last year the Military Construction Company built several water conduits within the Republic. Now VSK is laying a water pipeline from the Don River so that Donetsk, Makeevka, Gorlovka and other cities will not be left without water.
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#TransFormator provides extracts from this interview:
Q: There was unofficial information that the country's leadership set the task in the coming months to release either the entire DPR, or most of it. What do you think, is it possible to do this and what does it depend on now?
— Despite heavy losses in certain sectors of the front, the enemy is still desperately resisting. For the command of the VFU, even the obviously losing positions of the units are not the basis for an order to retreat.
The situation is aggravated by the fact that the enemy has equipped huge industrial zones for their purposes, which are typical for the Donbass - here in every city there are large industrial facilities. Defence lines are being erected right in the cities where civilians continue to remain, firing points are being equipped in multi-storey buildings. Our guys are reclaiming our land inch by inch, given these complicating factors. Therefore, it is still premature to talk about the timing of the liberation of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Q: UN Secretary General António Guterres recently said that the prospects for achieving peace in Ukraine are declining, and the risk of nuclear conflict is increasing. What do you think?
— The chances of achieving peace, alas, were initially very small: such an outcome is not interesting for the Western "partners" of Ukraine. Not for that they provoked and kindled the conflict.
Obviously, its escalation is beneficial, first of all, to the United States. This is evidenced by the constant pumping of Ukraine with weapons, including long-range ones.
The conflict is contrary to the internal interests of European countries, and many ordinary Europeans have already felt the consequences of the aggressive American policy. They manifested themselves in the economic crisis and falling living standards...
Q: Can the UN actually help in any way in settling the process, or can we no longer count on it now?
— At the moment — hardly. We remember well that even the Minsk agreements approved by the UN Security Council resolution were ignored by Ukraine. Trust in anyone's guarantees is undermined. You can only count on yourself.
Q: Despite the difficult situation, the DPR continues to live. People work, children study. What are the biggest difficulties for civilians now? What have you been able to do lately to help them?
— The reality today is that there is no peaceful life in our region. Even the settlements of the Republic remote from the front, which were considered rear areas, are subjected to shelling from NATO weapons. The issue of security is now key. Therefore, children do not go to school everywhere; in Donetsk and a number of other front-line cities, they study remotely.
...
However, despite the shelling, we are actively undergoing the process of restoration, the Republic has turned into a giant construction site. This is especially noticeable in the rear cities. Last year, 1,965 objects were restored, and 25 apartment buildings were put into operation.
This year, we plan to restore almost 2,300 objects, it is planned to build at least 40 high-rise buildings. As soon as security allows, the front-line cities will also turn into construction sites. Existing experience allows you to quickly deploy work.
...
The Ministry of Defence of Russia also makes a great contribution to the restoration of the Republic. In addition to the construction of residential buildings in Mariupol, last year the Military Construction Company built several water conduits within the Republic. Now VSK is laying a water pipeline from the Don River so that Donetsk, Makeevka, Gorlovka and other cities will not be left without water.
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Денис Пушилин: «Шансы достижения мира изначально были малы»
Врио главы ДНР накануне годовщины начала спецоперации на Украине ответил на вопросы корреспондента aif.ru.
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The aif.ru correspondent talked to one of the brightest representatives of the young Donbass, 20-year-old Anastasia. Since childhood, she dreamed of joining the military and fighting at the very forefront. Her dream began to come true — Nastya serves as a signalman in the 1st Donetsk Army Corps of the RF Ministry of Defence. In addition to the service, Nastya is actively involved in volunteer and military activities.
#TransFormator provides extracts from this interview:
Q. How long have you been in the service and why?
Anastasia: Yes, a few weeks ago I fulfilled my dream and became a member of the Russian army. I wanted to serve since childhood, when the military conflict began. For the past six months, she has been trying to get into the service. Three times I was in the military registration and enlistment office. I was not taken due to the fact that I am a very young girl. I tried to get as far as possible. They didn’t take me, but in the end they took me to the headquarters as a signalman.
Q. You have been living in a military conflict since childhood. What was your childhood like?
— At first it was not scary. Because we didn't understand what it was. It seemed that the hostilities would end quickly, but it all dragged on for nine years. All my childhood, my friends and I spent in basements. They hid from shelling, but did not leave anywhere. They did not leave their home. When I grew up, they called me to Moscow to enter the university. But my conscience did not allow me to leave my homeland, which is torn apart by hostilities. I was born and raised in the city of Enakievo. This city was considered rear. There were no such heavy shelling as in Donetsk, but in the first years of the confrontation with Ukraine, we lived in a blockade. There was a period when food was not delivered to us at all. We lived only at the expense of humanitarian aid from Russia. Then as a child, I did not realize this yet, but now I understand how terrible and inhuman it was from Ukraine to its own citizens. This resentment has remained with me to this day, and perhaps that is why I went to serve. My parents were very worried about me. They wanted to take it out. But I did not want to leave my small homeland anywhere.
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— My brother supports Ukraine. He is on that side. In social networks, he posts calls to kill Russians, despite the fact that his whole family lives here. Despite this, I try to maintain a good relationship with him. In social networks, there is a lot of hate towards me and my friends living in the Donbass. There are mostly those who support the pro-Ukrainian side. They scribble hundreds of comments. I don't pay attention to it. Let them come here and say it in person. I suggest they meet on the battlefield.
My brother left in 2014. He left to study. Then the Maidan began. All this time he was there, and these ideas entered his head. Although his family is here. He knows what's going on here, but propaganda has completely remade him.
Q: In Russia, young people are often criticized. They are accused of lack of patriotism. What do you think about it?
— Everyone who is now running from mobilization and says that Russia does not need the Donbass is banal cowards. Real men are all here in the Donbass. I see a lot of guys and girls of my age who take part in the fighting. People who fight no matter what. Almost all of my classmates Many guys from the company and the university went to the front. Many did not return. It's hard to take it all in.
But there is no more strength to cry. You become callous, living in a war, and you don’t even think about the fact that at the age of 20 you lost a lot of friends.
I believe that my generation is the future, and if we unite now in the fight against this evil, then we can build a strong and healthy future. And our country will be as strong and powerful as it was before. I believe in our generation.
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#TransFormator provides extracts from this interview:
Q. How long have you been in the service and why?
Anastasia: Yes, a few weeks ago I fulfilled my dream and became a member of the Russian army. I wanted to serve since childhood, when the military conflict began. For the past six months, she has been trying to get into the service. Three times I was in the military registration and enlistment office. I was not taken due to the fact that I am a very young girl. I tried to get as far as possible. They didn’t take me, but in the end they took me to the headquarters as a signalman.
Q. You have been living in a military conflict since childhood. What was your childhood like?
— At first it was not scary. Because we didn't understand what it was. It seemed that the hostilities would end quickly, but it all dragged on for nine years. All my childhood, my friends and I spent in basements. They hid from shelling, but did not leave anywhere. They did not leave their home. When I grew up, they called me to Moscow to enter the university. But my conscience did not allow me to leave my homeland, which is torn apart by hostilities. I was born and raised in the city of Enakievo. This city was considered rear. There were no such heavy shelling as in Donetsk, but in the first years of the confrontation with Ukraine, we lived in a blockade. There was a period when food was not delivered to us at all. We lived only at the expense of humanitarian aid from Russia. Then as a child, I did not realize this yet, but now I understand how terrible and inhuman it was from Ukraine to its own citizens. This resentment has remained with me to this day, and perhaps that is why I went to serve. My parents were very worried about me. They wanted to take it out. But I did not want to leave my small homeland anywhere.
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— My brother supports Ukraine. He is on that side. In social networks, he posts calls to kill Russians, despite the fact that his whole family lives here. Despite this, I try to maintain a good relationship with him. In social networks, there is a lot of hate towards me and my friends living in the Donbass. There are mostly those who support the pro-Ukrainian side. They scribble hundreds of comments. I don't pay attention to it. Let them come here and say it in person. I suggest they meet on the battlefield.
My brother left in 2014. He left to study. Then the Maidan began. All this time he was there, and these ideas entered his head. Although his family is here. He knows what's going on here, but propaganda has completely remade him.
Q: In Russia, young people are often criticized. They are accused of lack of patriotism. What do you think about it?
— Everyone who is now running from mobilization and says that Russia does not need the Donbass is banal cowards. Real men are all here in the Donbass. I see a lot of guys and girls of my age who take part in the fighting. People who fight no matter what. Almost all of my classmates Many guys from the company and the university went to the front. Many did not return. It's hard to take it all in.
But there is no more strength to cry. You become callous, living in a war, and you don’t even think about the fact that at the age of 20 you lost a lot of friends.
I believe that my generation is the future, and if we unite now in the fight against this evil, then we can build a strong and healthy future. And our country will be as strong and powerful as it was before. I believe in our generation.
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Боец Настя: «Хочу работать на небольшой, но убийственной технике»
Донецкая молодежь рвется на защиту своей земли.
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Translated from FighterBomber:
It's been a long time since I picked up asaber camera.
Su-34 sortie to bomb Ukrainian positions.
Without these all your moires, gluings and other garbage.
If anything, the crew that flew before and after this crew were shot down. (All alive and well, by the way).
This is the best job in the world!
P.S. it suddenly turned out that the one who made the animated intro for this video and one of the crew members with the video are brothers.
And you say the Internet is big. 😏
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It's been a long time since I picked up a
Su-34 sortie to bomb Ukrainian positions.
Without these all your moires, gluings and other garbage.
If anything, the crew that flew before and after this crew were shot down. (All alive and well, by the way).
This is the best job in the world!
P.S. it suddenly turned out that the one who made the animated intro for this video and one of the crew members with the video are brothers.
And you say the Internet is big. 😏
Who needs 4K quality, the video can be viewed on my YouTube channel.
https://youtu.be/OkDwczqSzCY
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DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF RUSSIAN ASSEMBLY DEBATES FRENCH JOURNALISTS WAR HAWKS.
Piotr Olegovich Tolstoy (Russian Author Leo Tolstoy’s great-great-grandson), the Deputy Chairman of the Russian assembly known as Duma, appeared on BFM Régions, a French network of local news television channels.
He debated six French journalists about the Ukraine\Russia conflict.
Unfortunately, the French journalists’ conduct was unprofessionalism and detached from reality.
The YouTube video has an English closed caption and is just over an hour long
Some of the debate’s highlights are as follows with the linked captioned video time:
•European support for Ukraine is extending the war. [02:12.710]
•European countries are following America’s lead in solidarity with Ukraine. [05:25.740]
•Journalists make an issue about the Wagner Group paramilitary are mercenaries. Tolstoy points out the hypocrisy that Canada has the Mozart regiment, and there are also Polish and American mercenaries. [07:45.180]
•Claim that the Wagner Group uses criminals. Tolstoy points out that the French Legion used criminals and enlistees of foreign origin. [11:05.510]
https://sonar21.com/deputy-chairman-of-russian-assembly-debates-french-journalists-war-hawks/
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Piotr Olegovich Tolstoy (Russian Author Leo Tolstoy’s great-great-grandson), the Deputy Chairman of the Russian assembly known as Duma, appeared on BFM Régions, a French network of local news television channels.
He debated six French journalists about the Ukraine\Russia conflict.
Unfortunately, the French journalists’ conduct was unprofessionalism and detached from reality.
The YouTube video has an English closed caption and is just over an hour long
Some of the debate’s highlights are as follows with the linked captioned video time:
•European support for Ukraine is extending the war. [02:12.710]
•European countries are following America’s lead in solidarity with Ukraine. [05:25.740]
•Journalists make an issue about the Wagner Group paramilitary are mercenaries. Tolstoy points out the hypocrisy that Canada has the Mozart regiment, and there are also Polish and American mercenaries. [07:45.180]
•Claim that the Wagner Group uses criminals. Tolstoy points out that the French Legion used criminals and enlistees of foreign origin. [11:05.510]
https://sonar21.com/deputy-chairman-of-russian-assembly-debates-french-journalists-war-hawks/
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Deputy Chairman of Russian Assembly debates French journalists war hawks.
Piotr Olegovich Tolstoy (Russian Author Leo Tolstoy’s great-great-grandson), the Deputy Chairman of the Russian assembly known as Duma, appeared on BFM Régions, a French network of local news television channels. He debated six French journalists about the…
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It happened yesterday in Germany. For Russia against Schultz against sanctions. Only shops and hospitals worked. Everyone's out🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍
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Armed Forces of Ukraine used ammunition with a poisonous substance near Vuhledar
DONETSK, February 18 — RIA Novosti. Militants of the Kyiv regime dropped ammunition with an unknown poisonous substance on the positions of the allied forces near the villages of Urozhaynoye and Velikaya Novoselovka, the Russian military told RIA Novosti.
“On the morning of February 16, two enemy attack copters appeared over the positions of Russian troops near Vugledar. One of the copters was immediately shot down, the other managed to bomb and dropped chemical munitions on our positions,” the agency’s interlocutor said.
Two fighters who found themselves in the affected area of the exploding projectile received lung burns.
"In addition, they have all the signs of poisoning — vomiting and irritation of the mucous membranes," the military said.
The remains of the detonated ammunition and projectile from the downed copter were sent for examination for examination.
At the disposal of RIA Novosti were photos of the used chemical munitions.
On February 6, the acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, reported on the facts of the use of chemical weapons by Kiev. The Ukrainian military is dropping it from drones in areas where Russian armed forces are located. By that time, reports of such attacks had been received from fighters for at least three weeks.
Apty Alaudinov, commander of the Akhmat special forces and deputy commander of the 2nd army corps of the People's Militia of the LPR, noted that we are talking about home-made ammunition, due to which people vomit and lose consciousness. He clarified that "they do not carry a terrible effect."
The Investigative Committee has launched an investigation into the use of chemical weapons by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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DONETSK, February 18 — RIA Novosti. Militants of the Kyiv regime dropped ammunition with an unknown poisonous substance on the positions of the allied forces near the villages of Urozhaynoye and Velikaya Novoselovka, the Russian military told RIA Novosti.
“On the morning of February 16, two enemy attack copters appeared over the positions of Russian troops near Vugledar. One of the copters was immediately shot down, the other managed to bomb and dropped chemical munitions on our positions,” the agency’s interlocutor said.
Two fighters who found themselves in the affected area of the exploding projectile received lung burns.
"In addition, they have all the signs of poisoning — vomiting and irritation of the mucous membranes," the military said.
The remains of the detonated ammunition and projectile from the downed copter were sent for examination for examination.
At the disposal of RIA Novosti were photos of the used chemical munitions.
On February 6, the acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, reported on the facts of the use of chemical weapons by Kiev. The Ukrainian military is dropping it from drones in areas where Russian armed forces are located. By that time, reports of such attacks had been received from fighters for at least three weeks.
Apty Alaudinov, commander of the Akhmat special forces and deputy commander of the 2nd army corps of the People's Militia of the LPR, noted that we are talking about home-made ammunition, due to which people vomit and lose consciousness. He clarified that "they do not carry a terrible effect."
The Investigative Committee has launched an investigation into the use of chemical weapons by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Боевики киевского режима сбросили на позиции союзных сил под Урожайным и Великой Новоселовкой боеприпас с неизвестным отравляющим веществом, сообщили РИА... РИА Новости, 18.02.2023
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Ukrainian militants dropped ammunition with an unknown poisonous substance on the positions of Russian troops in the Uludar direction, the Russian military told RIA Novosti.
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WATCH: Sy Hersh on CN Live! — ‘American Sabotage’
Seymour Hersh joined CN Live! on Friday to discuss his investigation into the U.S. sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines.
The most accomplished investigative reporter of the past five decades was CN Live!‘s guest on Friday, talking about his report on the covert U.S. operation to blow up the pipelines bringing gas from Russia to Germany; the war in Ukraine, and the state of journalism.
About his story on the sabotage last year of pipelines running from Russia to Germany, investigative reporter Seymour Hersh says a friend has told him that all he’s done is to “deconstruct the obvious.” It was obvious because there was logically only one possible suspect for the destruction of three of the four major Nord Stream 1 & 2 pipelines under the Baltic Sea on Sept. 26 last year.
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Well, while major news providers continue pretending that nothing has happened, more and more other news outlets are getting interested in the results of the Hersh's investigation.
Also Hersh has made an interesting point, he said that West has given Putin a reason that rallied the Russian people around him. And it was a really stupid thing (in his opinion).
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Seymour Hersh joined CN Live! on Friday to discuss his investigation into the U.S. sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines.
The most accomplished investigative reporter of the past five decades was CN Live!‘s guest on Friday, talking about his report on the covert U.S. operation to blow up the pipelines bringing gas from Russia to Germany; the war in Ukraine, and the state of journalism.
About his story on the sabotage last year of pipelines running from Russia to Germany, investigative reporter Seymour Hersh says a friend has told him that all he’s done is to “deconstruct the obvious.” It was obvious because there was logically only one possible suspect for the destruction of three of the four major Nord Stream 1 & 2 pipelines under the Baltic Sea on Sept. 26 last year.
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Well, while major news providers continue pretending that nothing has happened, more and more other news outlets are getting interested in the results of the Hersh's investigation.
Also Hersh has made an interesting point, he said that West has given Putin a reason that rallied the Russian people around him. And it was a really stupid thing (in his opinion).
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WATCH: Sy Hersh on CN Live! -- 'American Sabotage'
Seymour Hersh joined CN Live! on Friday to discuss his investigation into the U.S. sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wI38E9bJzk
The most accomplished investigative reporter of the past five decades was CN Live!'s guest…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wI38E9bJzk
The most accomplished investigative reporter of the past five decades was CN Live!'s guest…
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Battle for Bakhmut
Yevgeny Prigozhin said that “the settlement of Paraskovievka is completely under the control of the subdivisions of the Wagner PMC. Despite the blockade of ammunition, despite heavy losses and bloody battles, the guys completely occupied the entire territory of Paraskovievka. Thank them! Heroes!"
🔻The liberation of Paraskoviyivka, which was an important tactical hub in the defence of the AFU, significantly improves the position of assault detachments in the north of Bakhmut.
Control over Berkhovka, as well as the neighboring village of Yagodnoye, may leave the Armed Forces of Ukraine without the northern supply routes, which currently pass through the Berkhovka-Khromovo line. In the future, this will seriously affect the capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the defence of Bakhmut.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin said that “the settlement of Paraskovievka is completely under the control of the subdivisions of the Wagner PMC. Despite the blockade of ammunition, despite heavy losses and bloody battles, the guys completely occupied the entire territory of Paraskovievka. Thank them! Heroes!"
🔻The liberation of Paraskoviyivka, which was an important tactical hub in the defence of the AFU, significantly improves the position of assault detachments in the north of Bakhmut.
Control over Berkhovka, as well as the neighboring village of Yagodnoye, may leave the Armed Forces of Ukraine without the northern supply routes, which currently pass through the Berkhovka-Khromovo line. In the future, this will seriously affect the capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the defence of Bakhmut.
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Nazi division Edelweiss, notorious for its massacres in European countries and especially in Greece, was honoured by the president of Ukraine
The name "Edelweiss brigade" is given by decree of the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to a unit of the Ukrainian army, glorifying in the most official way the horrible action of the homonymous Nazi brigade of the Wehrmacht in Europe and especially in Greece.
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We have written about it some time ago. It is indicative, that of all Western press only Greek comrades have reacted, and that is for a reason — they have not completely closed the account on that Wehrmacht unit due to their own historic memory...
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The name "Edelweiss brigade" is given by decree of the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to a unit of the Ukrainian army, glorifying in the most official way the horrible action of the homonymous Nazi brigade of the Wehrmacht in Europe and especially in Greece.
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We have written about it some time ago. It is indicative, that of all Western press only Greek comrades have reacted, and that is for a reason — they have not completely closed the account on that Wehrmacht unit due to their own historic memory...
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Ουκρανία: Ο Ζελένσκι εξυμνεί επίσημα τη ναζιστική «Εντελβάις» που αιματοκύλισε και την Ελλάδα | in.gr
Τη ναζιστική ταξιαρχία Εντελβάις, διαβόητη για τις σφαγές της σε ευρωπαϊκές χώρες και ιδιαίτερα στην Ελλάδα, εξυμνεί ο πρόεδρος της Ουκρανίας Βολοντίμιρ Ζελένσκι σε προεδρικό διάταγμα, με το οποίο δίνει τιμητικά το όνομά της σε μονάδα του ουκρανικού στρατού.
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#Irish M.E.P. Mick #Wallace excoriates #EU political leaders over their complete disinterest in and inaction over the #NordStream #terrorist attack
"When the #NordStream Pipeline was attacked Ursula #VonDerLeyen
said there would be the "strongest possible response".
The brilliant Journalist Seymour Hersh has just said the #US did it ........ Does #EU even care?
Did ye ask the US if they did it.?
Or have ye become so subservient that ye dare not ask..?
"When the #NordStream Pipeline was attacked Ursula #VonDerLeyen
said there would be the "strongest possible response".
The brilliant Journalist Seymour Hersh has just said the #US did it ........ Does #EU even care?
Did ye ask the US if they did it.?
Or have ye become so subservient that ye dare not ask..?
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🇷🇺🇦🇺A rally in support of Russia was held in Australia
About 1.5 thousand people in Sydney came to the Consulate General of the Russian Federation. Many arrived in cars with Russian flags and "Z" symbols.
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Watch The RT Documentary "Fascism & History" analyzes the brutal ideology and indicates that it existed long before today. Fascism is driven by the idea of the superiority of one nation over another.
Millions of people have become victims of this concept. Until the beginning of the 20th century, most European countries had extensive colonies in Africa, Asia and America. Some of the colonized peoples were turned into slaves, exploited and deprived of their identity. However, they were all told that the changes made by the Europeans were for their own good.
The Nazis did not even try to hide their intentions under virtuous disguises. They planned to destroy entire peoples whom they considered unworthy. But, as the documents show, not only Hitler's allies but also alleged enemies tried to benefit from the war. Although the European Parliament in 2019 called the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany the instigators of World War II, the Soviet Union's allies Great Britain and the United States had similar relations with Hitler and tried to sign a separate peace with Germany in order to deceive the Soviet Union.
When the war ended, the newly formed NATO continued its colonial policy, trying to expand to the east, claiming that its sole purpose was to bring democracy to the regions and free them from repressive regimes. However, all such interventions ended in human casualties the destruction of the economy and social systems.
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Millions of people have become victims of this concept. Until the beginning of the 20th century, most European countries had extensive colonies in Africa, Asia and America. Some of the colonized peoples were turned into slaves, exploited and deprived of their identity. However, they were all told that the changes made by the Europeans were for their own good.
The Nazis did not even try to hide their intentions under virtuous disguises. They planned to destroy entire peoples whom they considered unworthy. But, as the documents show, not only Hitler's allies but also alleged enemies tried to benefit from the war. Although the European Parliament in 2019 called the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany the instigators of World War II, the Soviet Union's allies Great Britain and the United States had similar relations with Hitler and tried to sign a separate peace with Germany in order to deceive the Soviet Union.
When the war ended, the newly formed NATO continued its colonial policy, trying to expand to the east, claiming that its sole purpose was to bring democracy to the regions and free them from repressive regimes. However, all such interventions ended in human casualties the destruction of the economy and social systems.
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The Russian flag and the Z symbol appeared in Potsdam (Germany) on the tower of the building where the local parliament used to sit.
The police tell the owner of the building to remove the symbolism.
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The police tell the owner of the building to remove the symbolism.
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine are launching HIMARS missiles from a busy highway without blocking traffic
Ukrainian fascists hide behind the civilian population, so as not to fall under a retaliatory strike.
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Ukrainian fascists hide behind the civilian population, so as not to fall under a retaliatory strike.
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