Russia today says that it has intercepted a Ukrainian commando team, seeking to conduct sabotage operations in Russia’s Bryansk Region. Redacted correspondent Mike Jones is in Russia and he’s been speaking to members of the Ukrainian army that were captured and are now in Russia.
Captured Ukrainian Soldiers Speak Out, Forced to Take Drugs To Fight via Redacted.
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Meanwhile, Zelenskyy’s assurances don’t assuage some veteran observers of the country either. “We have not seen significant enough efforts to address corruption — although perhaps with one important exception,” said a former senior U.S. diplomat who has considerable experience in Ukraine. “I think they really are trying to prevent diversion of any of the massive Western assistance they’re receiving. I believe they do understand the risks, if there were to be a major scandal.”
But the former diplomat said that what struck him in recent meetings with opposition politicians and civil society leaders in Kyiv was how, “on the one hand, they truly appreciate Zelenskyy’s strength as a war leader,” but are “deeply worried also about corruption and his authoritarian style.”
“In their minds, there is going to be a reckoning as soon as the war ends,” he said. “And I think that’s probably going to be true.”
There is a distressing and familiar sight in the nation-state of Georgia. Young protestors have taken over a central area and are chanting anti-Russia slogans, often obscene and in English, as they wave Ukraine and EU flags and clash with the police.
The Color of Foreign Influence
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– Protests in Georgia consist of US-backed opposition groups (literally waving US and EU flags) attempting to block a bill to increase transparency behind political groups to reduce foreign interference;
– The US has already once overthrown Georgia’s government in 2003, according to the London Guardian;
– By 2008 after flooding Georgia with weapons and training its military, Georgia attacked Russia, according to a EU investigation;
– The US seeks to stir up trouble in Georgia again to “extend” Russia as explained in detail by the RAND Corporation’s 2019 paper, “Extending Russia;”
– The US has pressured other nations attempting to pass bills to protect against foreign interference including recently Thailand
References:
Georgia Protests: US Seeks to Open 2nd Front Against Russia (Odysee) via The New Atlas
Previously:
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, U.S. officials have watched with some anxiety as billions of American dollars flowed into the country, well aware of Kyiv’s history of political corruption and fearing that aid might be siphoned off for personal gain.
Ukraine Corruption Scandal Stokes Longstanding Aid Concerns in U.S.
Several senior Ukrainian officials have resigned amid a shake-up of personnel across President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government.
Top Ukrainian officials quit in anti-corruption drive
Corruption is a thing of the past in Ukraine and all Russian influences have left or been chased out, President Vladimir Zelensky told a global audience at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum on Thursday.
Zelensky claims he has eradicated corruption in Ukraine
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Many corrupt officials fled country after Russia invaded (Ukrinform)
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