Tag: Russia

The fears of yesterday have become the even greater fears of tomorrow. The idea of peace has been waved away as meaningless, and any chance for a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine is not readily entertained, even by formerly peace-loving people.

“I would say the numbers clearly favor the Russians, in terms of artillery,” Milley said at a joint press conference with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. “In terms of artillery, they do outnumber, they out-gun and out-range.”

NATO continues its encirclement and recruitment policies in contravention of the Bush-Baker promises to Gorbachev when the Berlin Wall came down.

The rate had been as high as 20% in the wake of the Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine and the resulting sanctions by the U.S., European Union and other nations that restrict dealings with Russian banks, individuals and companies.

The University of Calgary School of Public Policy is essentially a right-wing think tank housed at a university.

What jolted the naïve and idealistic illusions of many Russians was NATO’s infamous operation against Yugoslavia in 1999.

The US and its allies have committed billions of dollars in weapons, but some Western European leaders have been calling for a negotiated solution to end the fighting, an idea Ukrainian officials have rejected.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that if Kiev eventually obtains long-range missiles, “we will draw the appropriate conclusions and use our weapons, which we have enough of, in order to strike at those objects that we have not yet struck.”

The estimate is higher than the one offered by Zelensky last week, who said Ukraine was losing between 60 and 100 troops each day.

Crucial to Moscow’s eastern campaign is control of the industrial city of Severodonetsk, one of only two major population centers in the region that Russia has not yet been able to capture.

"Sir, I was just trying to be factually accurate, that we didn’t see the data leave, but we believe it left, based on what we saw."

Biden’s assurance to his Russian audience that "We do not want to prolong the war just to inflict pain on Russia," may have been canceled out by his promise to his American audience that Russia must "pay a heavy price for its actions."

The shootout scene, according to the statement, is meant to be a recreation of a heroic Ukrainian stand against overwhelming Russian forces that never actually happened.

“When publicly communicating sexual crimes during wartime (especially when the victims are children), it is important to take into account not only the ethics of the wording, but also the justification and expediency of publishing certain details that may show."

Perhaps the Ukraine proxy war is designed to leverage NATO countries to simply comply with anything the Biden administration comes up with?

The Kremlin has since demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc.

It is now three months since the west launched its economic war against Russia, and it is not going according to plan. On the contrary, things are going very badly indeed,

“Some NATO countries do not want the Ukraine war to end”, said the Turkish foreign minister last month without mincing any words.

Industry experts have unanimously agreed that there is no substitute for Russian oil in the EU at the moment, as the volumes available on the market are limited.

One by one, the US mainstream media outlets are lining up to (finally) let a bit of truth leak out after three months of incessant propaganda: Ukraine is being destroyed in the war.

The money supposedly destined for Ukrainians ends up in the pockets of “non-profits and NGOs” that are often run by people close to the politicians in Washington

Russian total oil and gas revenues are the same as before the current hostilities due to the higher prices on the world market.

Defending NATO forces would be hit by an unimaginably savage artillery attack, with, through the dust, a huge force of attackers pushing on

The US researched Ebola and smallpox viruses in Ukraine, says Irina Yarovaya.

Attempts to improve the biolabs’ safety have been hampered by rampant corruption, the official claimed, citing a report by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU).

Unfortunately, no one in the Biden administration seems to be making the case that the policy of decoupling the United States from ties to China and trying to take on both Russia and China will be hugely expensive in terms of resources and appropriations.

New poling results from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research indicate that Americans are increasingly wary of incurring economic costs in America due to efforts to inflict pain on Putin or, as the poll puts it, “sanctioning Russia.”

“I have no principle to follow but the path of peace and non-intervention. My grown children have known nothing except American war and intervention for naught.”

Rocket troops and artillery hit 62 control points, 407 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 47 artillery and mortar units.

The powers that rule us have used the New York Times to open a front against the neoconservatives who control US foreign policy.

NWO Agent George Soros: Russia sending troops into Ukraine “may have been the beginning of the Third World War and our civilization may not survive it.”

More and more countries in the world want and will pursue independent policy. No ‘world policeman’ can halt this natural global process. No one is that strong.

Russia's special military operation continues to operate using the resources which had been allocated based upon a military capability that existed on 24 February. That military capability, that military reality has changed.

While there appears to be more people pushing for peace talks than before, President Biden just signed off on a new $40 billion aid package for Ukraine, signaling that Washington is in it for the long haul.

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If the U.S. (and its allies) wanted to protect Ukraine, then it (they) would not be doing all it can to prolong Russia’s invasion and destruction of Ukraine. They would not be flooding Ukraine with their weapons to kill Russians. They would not be demanding that Ukraine fight on, which destroys Ukraine even more. But this is what they are doing.

The servicemen of the 3rd Rifle Battalion of the 105th Rifle Regiment are mentally and physically exhausted, which complicates the performance of combat missions.

"If they [the West] want to offer something in terms of resuming relations, then we will seriously consider whether we will need it or not."

Jim W. Dean - The recklessness of some of these NATO countries is mindblogging.

In a statement justifying a recent vote to send another $40 billion in assistance to Ukraine, Republican Senator Ted Cruz argued the move was essential not only for the security of the US, but to ward off a Chinese attack on Taiwan as well.