Ukraine – Congress Passes The Bucks, Realism Sneaks In, Poland Plans For More War

Ukraine – Congress Passes The Bucks, Realism Sneaks In, Poland Plans For More War

After a lot of talk about defeating Russia in the Ukraine and an alleged lack of Russian fighting abilities Congress passed another $40 billion fund for weapons and economic support. That brings the total to some $53 billion for Ukraine.

Most of the money will go to the U.S. weapon industry, the CIA and to various Ukrainian oligarchs. Hardly anything will be received by those in need.

With that packet now passed reality is allowed to sneak into U.S. media reporting on the issue.

Ukraine – Congress Passes The Bucks, Realism Sneaks In, Poland Plans For More War

Twenty civilians leave Mariupol’s Azovstal site + 25 Earlier

Twenty civilians leave Mariupol’s Azovstal site

A group of 20 civilians are leaving the Azovstal steelworks, where the last Ukrainian troops are holed up in the Black Sea port of Mariupol, the soldiers there said Saturday.

Earlier Saturday, a correspondent from Russia’s TASS news agency reported from the city that 25 civilians – including six children younger than 14 – had quit the site.

H/T Emil Cosman on YouTube: Mariupol, Azovstal steel plant civilians rescued and released/surrendered to the Russians

Ukraine: How the U.S. Empire Uses Propaganda to Turn People into Monsters

Rainer Shea

The atomic bomb isn’t the most powerful weapon that the U.S. imperialists have ever used. There’s an even stronger tool that it constantly uses to inflict violence, and that tool is propaganda. It doesn’t merely cause harm to the people it targets, it turns them into monsters. Monsters who are willing to kill their fellow human beings for the benefit of American capital, and believe they’re doing so for a righteous cause.

Ukraine: How the U.S. Empire Uses Propaganda to Turn People into Monsters

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US works with Nazis to exploit Europe both in WWII and at present, now targets Ukraine

Comment: What is significant is that this article is appearing in one of China’s main newspapers and helps to see another angle of how China views the current conflict, even if the author is Russian. They too were facing fascism during WWII and wouldn’t want to see a recurrence of it.

US works with Nazis to exploit Europe both in WWII and at present, now targets Ukraine