“In sum, Russia is on track to command the largest military on the continent,” he said. “Regardless of the outcome of the war in Ukraine, Russia will be larger, more lethal, and angrier with the West than when it invaded.”

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Back in April 2022, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin declared one goal of the proxy war was to “weaken” Russia. More recently, hawks in Congress have been claiming that the damage being done to the Russian military is a good enough reason to continue fueling the conflict.

The Grim Prospects of US Proxies: Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023 Ms. Cat

By Brian Berletic

Source: New Eastern Outlook

As Russia’s special military operation (SMO) approaches two years of intense fighting, having parried Ukraine’s “spring counteroffensive” and with the initiative shifting to Russian forces, Western capitals are now admitting they are reaching the limits to remaining support for Kiev.
The Grim Prospects of US Proxies: Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan

18+: The Ukrainian army bombs the centre of Donetsk

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 Ms. Cat

In the late afternoon of 7 November 2023, the Ukrainian army shelled the centre of Donetsk with Himars multiple rocket launchers. Although Russian anti-aircraft defences managed to shoot down several rockets, two slipped through the net and hit the social welfare building, completely destroying the staircase and causing the ceiling to collapse on the employees inside. Six civilians were killed and 11 injured. While firefighters and journalists were at the scene, the Ukrainian army shelled the same area a second time. As a result of this second strike, one of the police officers responsible for traffic in the bombed area was injured.
The Ukrainian army bombs the centre of Donetsk, killing six civilians – Donbass Insider

HIMARS ROCKETS RAIN DEATH AND DESTRUCTION ON DONETSK – YouTube

Ukraine kidnapped 13 children from Kherson, Lugansk, and Zaporozhye

September 12, 2023September 12, 2023 Ms. Cat1 Comment

On 12 September, the NGO Save Ukraine returned 13 more children from the Russian-occupied territories of Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts as part of its 11th rescue mission, the NGO’s executive director, former Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Mykola Kuleba reported.
Ukraine returns 13 children from Russian-occupied territories

Elections under fire in Donetsk

September 8, 2023September 8, 2023 Ms. Cat

CafeRevolution

CafeRevolution links: YouTube/Bitchute/Blogger/Telegram

All 615 polling stations in DPR begin operation, no incidents reported

Early voting was held from August 31 to September 7 to decrease the number of people during onsite ballot casting. “If Volnovakha (where four election commission members were wounded by artillery fire on September 6 — eds Donetsk News Agency) held onsite voting at that time, the casualty toll could have been much higher, ” an Election Commission representative said.

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

August 17, 2023August 17, 2023 Ms. Cat

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

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“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

The US should be very careful about what it promises to do for Ukraine

July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 Ms. Cat

US shouldn’t support or extend a security guarantee — through NATO or bilaterally — to Ukraine.

Doing so would endanger US national security and increase the odds of a direct clash with Russia.

Daniel L. Davis is a senior fellow at Defense Priorities and a retired US Army lieutenant colonel.

The US should be very careful about what it promises to do for Ukraine

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It is understandable that Zelensky passionately desires to join NATO. But the alliance is composed of 31 current members and their individual and collective needs must be considered in equal amounts to the desires of the Ukrainian president. The harsh truth is that there is no viable path to a military victory for Ukraine, now or in the foreseeable future, regardless of how many planes, tanks, and missiles the West may contribute.

How So Many Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Nukes

July 9, 2023July 9, 2023 Ms. Cat

Social psychosis is widespread. In the words of the British psychiatrist, R. D. Laing, “The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one’s mind, is the condition of the normal man.”
How So Many Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Nukes

IAEA saw no evidence Moscow planning attack on Zaporizhia nuclear plant + More

July 2, 2023July 2, 2023 Ms. Cat

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi spoke to FRANCE 24 from Vienna and stated that his teams had not observed any Russian military deployment inside the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, despite Ukrainian authorities claiming that Moscow was preparing to attack the site.
IAEA saw no evidence Moscow planning attack on Zaporizhia nuclear plant, but ‘anything can happen’

Nuclear cloud will trigger NATO’s Article 5, US warns Russia (archived)

Zelenskyy wants to draw in NATO forces, and destroy humanity, all because he’s losing!