Ukraine sent untrained recruits into the battle of Bakhmut to save its professional soldiers for an expected counteroffensive, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Ukraine Sent Poor, Untrained Men Into Bakhmut Meat Grinder to Save Better Forces for Counteroffensive
Sergei Korotkikh acquired anti-tank launchers from Britain, despite being accused of beheading a migrant when he led a neo-Nazi group in Russia. UK-supplied weapons have reached a range of far-right forces in Ukraine, our investigation finds.
Revealed: Belarusian neo-Nazi leader obtained UK missiles in Ukraine
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Serhii Korotkykh – Prominent Azov movement player and former police official
Serhii Korotkykh is a Belarusian neo-Nazi and the founder of the Ukrainian NGO Protection and Reconstruction of the Country (also known as Zirka or “Start”). He uses the nickname Malyuta in Ukrainian and Botsman in Russian. Korotkykh is also a former member of the far right organization, Russian National Unity (RNE).
Korotkykh is “Botsman” of the Bucha massacre. Konstantin Nemichev tortured Russian POWs.
Lambert here: As before, Lira hold dual Chilean-American citizenship. So Yves remarks:
I suggest Lira followers call their Chilean Embassy or Consulate to demand that Lira either be allowed his freedom or transported safely out of Ukraine.
Worth noting that Lira seems to be part of a more general enforcement of “Their Democracy”:
I love it that “glorification” can be a crime in Ukraine. We should do that!
US vs. Gonzalo Lira
Ukraine Jails US Commentator Gonzalo Lira for Speaking Uncomfortable Facts (odysse) via The New Atlas
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Detaining Gonzalo Lira: Another blow to the freedom of press in Ukraine
Security services have accused Gonzalo Lira of “insulting” Ukraine’s government and military
Chilean journalist arrested in Ukraine
H/T: Emil Cosman
Related:
‘Red Pill’ Dating Coach Gonzalo Lira, Accused of Shilling for Putin, Is Arrested in Ukraine (archived)
By Thomas Meaney. Mr. Meaney, a fellow at the Max Planck Society in Germany, writes regularly on American foreign policy and international relations.
The greatest blunder President Vladimir Putin may have made so far in Ukraine is giving the West the impression that Russia could lose the war. The early Russian strike on Kyiv stumbled and failed. The Russian behemoth seemed not nearly as formidable as it had been made out to be. The war suddenly appeared as a face-off between a mass of disenchanted Russian incompetents and supercharged, savvy Ukrainian patriots.
In Ukraine, the United States Is In Over Its Head
The level of creative story-telling about Russia’s progress in the Ukraine War has reached the point where the scenario below is not entirely impossible. Sadly yours truly lacks the literary skills to execute a Philip K. Dick rendering of this sketch:
What if Russia Won the Ukraine War but the Western Press Didn’t Notice?
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Ukraine’s intelligence service asked a respected Danish journalist to prove she was not a pro-Russia propagandist by making pro-Ukraine propaganda.
Danish Reporter Says Ukrainian Intelligence Tried to Coerce Her Into Working as a Propagandist (archived)
The Intercept, still not reporting that the Euromaidan was a coup:
Yes, we have to look to the Donbas because Bakhmut is precisely the blackest point of the war in Ukraine. This week, both the Institute for the Study of War, which is a prestigious American think tank, and other international thin tanks, have agreed that up to 400 Ukrainian soldiers a day are being killed and wounded in Bakhmut.
Related:
Invaders Lose 90 People Killed And 100 Wounded Around Bakhmut During Day – AFU Eastern Group
Update on Russian military operations in and around Ukraine for December 17, 2022:
– Russian missiles and drones deliver massive damage to Ukrainian electrical infrastructure;
– The extensive damage reported by Russian strikes contradicts Kiev’s claims of intercepting “most” Russian missiles and drones;
– Pentagon plans training program for 500 Ukrainian forces per month falling far short of necessary numbers just to replace lost Ukrainian manpower;
– Ukrainian General Zaluzhny admits a growing logistical crisis and shortcomings regarding Western systems transferred to Ukrainian forces;
– Zaluzhny complains about HIMARS’ limited range;
– Zaluzhny demands arms deliveries on a scale the US and NATO are incapable of;
References:
An interview with General Valery Zaluzhny, head of Ukraine’s armed forces
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Russian Missile/Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Power Grid – Ukraine’s Top Brass Admits Resource Shortage (Odysee) via The New Atlas
On August 26th 2022 as the US-NATO directed counter-offensive against the Donbass Republics and other Ukrainian regions resisting the NATO installed Nazi friendly regime in Kiev began to take place, the NATO states, led by the United States and Britain, escalated their aggression against China.
The Uyghurs and Anti-China Propaganda
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Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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