Captured Ukrainian Soldiers Speak Out, Forced to Take Drugs To Fight

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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Putin’s speech at celebration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Kursk.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at a solemn event in the village of Ponyri, Kursk Region, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the victory of Soviet troops over the Nazi invaders in the Battle of Kursk, and presented state awards to participants in the special military operation in Ukraine.

Putin’s speech at celebration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Kursk via Russian News

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Celebrating the 80th anniversary of victory in the Battle of Kursk

I didn’t see any of the nefarious smiles that Politico mentioned! 🙄

Death of Yevgeny Prigozhin + More

BREAKING!!! ASSASSINATION OF TOP RUSSIAN ELITE, WW3 SPIRALLING, AUG 24TH UKRAINE PREDICTED THIS! (originally from Canadian Prepper)*

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken on July 21: “If I were Mr. Prigozhin, I would remain very concerned. NATO has an open-door policy; Russia has an open-windows policy, and he needs to be very focused on that.”

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Yevgeny Prigozhin, 08-23-2023, via C-SPAN (originally titled, Secretary Blinken Warning Prigozhin Should Be Concerned for His Safety)**

Coincidentally’, C-SPAN chose to upload the clip of Antony Blinken, shortly after the plane crash (it’s from July).

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U.S. intelligence says Ukraine will fail to meet offensive’s key goal + General Frost

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Thwarted by minefields, Ukrainian forces won’t reach the southeastern city of Melitopol, a vital Russian transit hub, according to a U.S. assessment

“Russians are known to be capable of fighting in cold weather,” the official said.

U.S. intelligence says Ukraine will fail to meet offensive’s key goal

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‘General Frost’: How the Russian winter terrified the country’s enemies

Flashback To 2008: Prominent Neo-Conservative Admits U.S. Role In Eastern European Revolutions

Video via The New Populists with Dave Brown.

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The End of the End of History

President Barack Obama spent “$5 billion paying Ukrainians to riot and dismantle their democratically elected government.”

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When First Foreign Reporter Arrived In Hiroshima – and Then Got Kicked Out of Japan

Wilfred Burchett: The Atomic Plague

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is still going strong at the box office, returning to the #2 spot, after one week in third place, still behind heavy Mattel Barbie but now up to $264 million gross just in USA.

Press coverage continues constant, including new praise and firm complaints (often in the same article). Here’s one hit, from Stars & Stripes no less, claiming the film really underplays the role of female scientists on bomb project.

When First Foreign Reporter Arrived In Hiroshima – and Then Got Kicked Out of Japan

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How Oppenheimer and other 1945 leaders saw the future — and what really happened

First into Nagasaki: George Weller’s Censored Eyewitness Dispatches on the atomic bombing and Japan’s POWs

Former Japanese prime minister provocatively visits Taiwan

In another provocative move directed at Beijing, former Japanese prime minister and virulent anti-China hawk Taro Aso recently visited Taiwan for three days. He met with senior government officials, including President Tsai Ing-wen and declared that Japan, the US and Taiwan should ramp up plans for war with mainland China.

Former Japanese prime minister provocatively visits Taiwan

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China strongly condemns Japanese politician’s visit to Taiwan: FM spokesperson

Americans must unite to reject 21st Century ‘alien land laws’

Americans must unite to reject 21st Century ‘alien land laws’

Now, taking a page from DeSantis, Congress is considering inserting an amendment into the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban visa holders from targeted countries from making certain agricultural purchases. These restrictions would apply to all 50 states, and be based solely on national heritage. This is wrong and legislators must reject it.

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Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

Banning foreign ownership of land doesn’t protect US. It just scapegoats Asian Americans.