SBU arrests journalist who wrote about Church

A religious columnist has been arrested on suspicion of treason.

On 20 February 2023, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) arrested Ukrainian Orthodox journalist Dmytro Skvortsov, reports “PolitNavigator”, citing journalist Tetiana Chugayenko.

SBU arrests journalist who wrote about Church

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Pro-Kremlin blogger caught in Kyiv, hiding in Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate monastery

CIA director holds secret meeting with Zelensky on Russia’s next steps

CIA Director William J. Burns traveled in secret to Ukraine’s capital at the end of last week to brief President Volodymyr Zelensky on his expectations for what Russia is planning militarily in the coming weeks and months, said a U.S. official and other people familiar with the visit.

CIA director holds secret meeting with Zelensky on Russia’s next steps

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Nyet means Nyet

Ukraine and Georgia’s NATO aspirations not only touch a raw nerve in Russia, they engender serious concerns about the consequences for stability in the region. Not only does Russia perceive encirclement, and efforts to undermine Russia’s influence in the region, but it also fears unpredictable and uncontrolled consequences which would seriously affect Russian security interests. Experts tell us that Russia is particularly worried that the strong divisions in Ukraine over NATO membership, with much of the ethnic-Russian community against membership, could lead to a
major split, involving violence or at worst, civil war. In that eventuality, Russia would have to decide whether to intervene; a decision Russia does not want to have to face.

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Former Moscow-linked Church claims religious persecution as security raids heat up

(CNN) — The vertically shot video published last November shows no weapons, battlefield atrocities or even soldiers. But the sound of a patriotic Russian song reverberating through a church on Kyiv’s famous Lavra monastery grounds seemed to open a new front in Ukraine’s war with Russia.

Former Moscow-linked Church claims religious persecution as security raids heat up

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Stalingrad and world history: The lesson of the Stalingrad victory for today

The 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad is approaching. This event is of global importance. The victory at Stalingrad was the beginning of a radical turning point in the Great Patriotic War, and hence in the entire Second World War. The victory of the Red Army changed the course of history.

Stalingrad and world history: The lesson of the Stalingrad victory for today (Russian)

H/T: Der Friedensstifter/The Peacemaker

Ukrainian Power Outages, the US 101st Airborne, and Russia’s Next Big Move

Oct 23, 2022 – Update on Russian operations against Ukraine for October 23, 2022

– Russian missile and drone strikes continue targeting and crippling Ukraine’s power grid,

– Ukraine is attempting to target a major dam at Nova Kakhkovka to flood the Dnieper River and disrupt Russian supply lines to Kherson city;

– Western analysts admit Ukraine is in a critical situation and risks being completely cut off from its Western sponsors;

– The US is putting pieces in place to set up a buffer zone in Ukraine to prevent Russian forces from taking western Ukraine and perhaps even Odesa to prevent what’s left of Ukraine from becoming landlocked.

Ukrainian Power Outages, the US 101st Airborne, and Russia’s Next Big Move (Odysee) via The New Atlas

FYI, the 101st Airborne has been in Romania since at least July.

Israeli weapons for Ukraine ?

On October 16, 2022, Israeli minister Nachman Shai writes on Twitter

this morning it was reported that Iran is transferring ballistic missiles to Russia. There is no longer any doubt where Israel should stand in this bloody conflict. The time has come for Ukraine to receive military aid as well, just as the USA and NATO countries provide

Israeli weapons for Ukraine ?

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Terror on Crimea Bridge forces Russia to unleash Shock’n Awe + Before Ukraine blew up Kerch Bridge, British spies plotted it

Terror on Crimea Bridge forces Russia to unleash Shock’n Awe

By Pepe Escobar – October 10 2022

The western narrative of a ‘losing Russia’ has just been decimated by Moscow’s blitzkrieg against Ukraine and its foreign-backed terror operations

It was a plan by the British MI6, says this source, without offering further details. Which, he elaborates, Russian intel, for a number of reasons, is shadow-playing as “foreign special services.”

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[09-07-22] International Criminal Court stops accepting Donbass Republics materials on Kiev crimes in Donbass

Donetsk, Sep 7 — DAN. The International Criminal Court has stopped accepting materials on Kiev war crimes in Donbass from representatives of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, DPR Foreign Minister Natalia Nikonorova said at a press briefing at the Donetsk News Agency on Wednesday.

International Criminal Court stops accepting Donbass Republics materials on Kiev crimes in Donbass

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