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
Tag: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
How Do Pro-Russian Ukrainians See the War?
War in Ukraine did not start with Russia’s February 2022 invasion.
Ukraine has been at civil war since 2014, when the US backed a coup to overthrow President Viktor Yanukovych. When the new post-coup government cracked down on ethnic-Russian Ukrainians and their Russian culture, Ukrainians in the eastern Donbas region rose up in rebellion, leading to the creation of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics.
Anna Soroka, joining the Useful Idiots from Ukraine, is the former Deputy Foreign Minister of the Luhansk People’s Republic. She joins Useful Idiots to share what it’s like being on the other side of a civil war that has now escalated into a full-blown proxy war with Russia.
Sometimes discussions about war can become abstract, but it’s important to go “behind enemy lines” and hear from real people on the other side. It’s a perspective that you don’t get to hear at all in the NATO states. Unless you follow shows like Useful Idiots.
How Do Pro-Russian Ukrainians See the War? via Useful Idiots
Anna Soroka interview starts at 14:39, unless you want to hear Hillary Clinton singing Karaoke. *cringe*
Taking ‘Peace’ Out of the Nobel Peace Prize
Despite the occasional polite nod to Alfred Nobel, the committee — which will name this year’s award on Saturday — has never made known his vision of peace through global demilitarization, writes Fredrik S. Heffermehl.
Taking ‘Peace’ Out of the Nobel Peace Prize
Only the plurality of information can prevent war
By Thierry Meyssan
Everywhere in the world, we observe a multiplicity of media, but no pluralism among them. All refer to the same sources which convey the same vision of the facts. However, we all know that if the facts exist in a unique way, the way we perceive them is multiple. Already in the 80’s, UNESCO had highlighted “information imperialism”; this way of imposing a single perception and denying all the others. Today, this domination is manifested with the News Checkers. The only way to free ourselves from this system is not to create new media, but new news agencies.
Only the plurality of information can prevent war
Pentagon gives Ukraine the green light to attack targets inside Russia + Putin suggests adding preventive nuclear strike to Russian military doctrine
Only two ‘news’ outlets are reporting this. It’s very troubling*, if true.
Pentagon gives Ukraine green light for drone strikes inside Russia
Read More »Ukrainian Hitlist Mirotvorets Using Facial Recognition Tech
French-Canadian journalist Guy Boulianne has reported on his website that the online database known as Mirotvorets (or Myrtvorets — meaning “Peacekeeper”) has been using a facial recognition technology known as NeuroIdentigraf to improve its search for “enemies of Ukraine” around the globe.
Ukrainian Hitlist Mirotvorets Using Facial Recognition Tech (archive)
Why the Global South Is Raising the Russian Flag
The collective West is in their own twisted version of an anti-Russian Cultural Revolution rabidly vilifying and demonizing Russia to an extent never even dreamt of in the first Cold War, with Russian citizens being banned from international sporting and music events held in the West for the crime of being Russian, the attempt to cancel Russian culture to the extent that Russian composers and literature are being censored out of university curriculums and performances, and absurdly enough even Russian-breed cats and trees being excluded from competitions and Russian salad dressing (which has nothing at all to do with Russia) being renamed.
Why the Global South Is Raising the Russian Flag
Zelensky only banned the Moscow Patriarchate! The US has a long history of interfering in the Orthodox Church!
Zelensky did not ban all of the Eastern Orthodox Churches! He only banned the Moscow Patriarchate. There is more than one Eastern Orthodox Church in Ukraine. In 2018, there was a ‘schism’—or autocephaly, depending on who you ask—because of US meddling! The US has a long history of interfering in the Orthodox Church!
Some history:
Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
“Holy War”: Russia’s Orthodox Church cuts ties with Ecumenical Patriarchate
Source: US State Dept Paid $25 Mil Bribe to Patriarch of Constantinople to Foment Religious Chaos in Ukraine (archived)
[11-23-2014] Pat. Bartholomew Meets Joe Biden (Again) (archived)
The Ecumenical Patriarchate, through the Greek community in the United States, has strong connections to the US Democratic Party, and to the US government in general. Patriarch Athenagoras, most responsible for the uncanonical and blasphemous “lifting of the anathemas” against the Papal religion, was elected Patriarch of Constantinople due to CIA* influence and in January of 1949 was flown on the plane of then President, Harry Truman, to assume his role at Istanbul.
[06-13-1992] UKRAINE’S TOP CLERIC DEFROCKED
*Ousting the Ecumenical Patriarch: the removal of Maximos V according to CIA records
Twitter Files, Laptopgate, & Ukrainegate go back to the Euromaidan (at least)
Yes, the New York Post story was censored but the story itself wasn’t anything new to me. They may have ‘revealed’ Hunter’s ties to Burisma but they never dug deeper, as to why he was working for them, nor did they reveal that the US government overthrew a democratically-elected government! A Republican-controlled House may investigate it, but they won’t reveal the true reason, because then they’d be implicating themselves (it was a bipartisan venture)! If anything, they’ll make a big deal of Hunter’s dealings with a now-defunct Chinese company to feed into the China-threat hype and provoke another proxy war! Who wins?! The Military Industrial Complex!
Finally, it will be very interesting to see which “independent”, “impartial” and “objective” members of the Mainstream Media cover the Twitter Files, which unlike all that Russia collusion bullshit, was a real and actionable attempt to interfere with US democracy by covering up one of the most explosive political stories of a generation, not to mention an event that would have swayed the 2020 presidential election.
Related:
Forbes: Musk’s ‘Twitter Files’: Internal Hunter Biden Debate Revealed With Much Hype But No Bombshells
Axios: Musk’s “Twitter Files” spotlights Hunter Biden story ban
Politico: ‘This will be awesome’: Musk leaks Twitter’s Hunter Biden files
NYP Laptopgate: Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad
Previously:
Leaked Messages Reveal the Origins of the Most Vile Hunter Biden Smear
More Leaked Audio: Bannon Bragged That He Used Porn to Help Smear Hunter Biden
Zelenskyy puts into effect NSDC decision on restrictive measures against UOC
Zelenskyy announced a number of sanctions and restrictive measures against the UOC.
Zelenskyy puts into effect NSDC decision on restrictive measures against UOC
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