Intro: setting the current context
Before we take a look at some of the most interesting recent developments, I think that it is important to clearly state something which needs to be repeated almost constantly: what we are witnessing today is not a war between Russia and the Ukraine, but between Russia and the united, consolidated, West. In practical terms, this means that Russia is at war with the United States and NATO, the latter being no more than a docile, if ineffective, instrument for the former. Furthermore, since some NATO countries are now playing a crucial role in the war against Russia (UK, Sweden, Poland and the Ukraine, the latter being a de facto NATO member), I submit that the best and simplest way to describe this was is to say that it is a NATO Crusade against Russia.
As for Banderastan, it is already a full NATO member state with about the same rights as all the other NATO members states besides the US: none. Right now, the so-called “Ukrainian forces” are already composed of anywhere between 40% to 80% composed of foreign fighters (depending on the importance of the location) and include plenty of actual NATO personnel. By the way, most of the ex-Soviet kit held by former WTO members has been destroyed by Russia, which poses a very thorny problem to NATO: they cannot ship more Soviet kit to Banderastan, and if they ship their own, they will not only lose it forever but the general public (or, at least, those who need to know) will know that Western weapons systems are anything but a Wunderwaffe: some is very good, some okay, most of it is useless against a modern adversary. Remember the “awesome” Bayraktars? Where are they now? The same goes for all the other Wunderwaffen of course…
Why a Crusade? Many reasons, ranging from the fact that Western imperialism was born with the original Crusades to the fact that, as always, the West is hating and trying to destroy Russia with a truly religious fervor, albeit a clearly satanic one (all Western Crusades were satanic in inspiration, but that is a topic for another time).
By the way, understanding this has major force planning implications for Russia. First, the SMO in the Ukraine is only one special case in a much wider war which, in reality, already involves most of our planet (at least in economic and political terms). Second, while Russia has to conduct her SMO, she also has to prepare for a overt, full-scale, war with the West, possibly a nuclear one. Simply put: Russia has to keep the vast majority of her resources and capabilities ready for much larger conflict than the one we are currently witnessing. Put differently, Russia does not want to commit the same mistake as the one made by NATO when it flooded the Ukraine with so much weapon systems that it now lacks them for its own use. With this in mind, I suggest that we look at a few interesting developments:
One: is Russia using Iranian drones or not and, if yes, why?
First, let’s state the obvious: both Russia and Iran have denied that Iran had exported drones to Russia. Next, let’s state something equally obvious: while this might be true, most observers don’t seem to believe that Tehran and Moscow are being truthful here.
One major problem is that most observers make very questionable assumptions including the following. If Russia is indeed using Iranian drones, it is because:
- Iranian drones are superior to Russian ones
- Russia is running out of drones
So let’s address those two points.
Are Iranian drones superior to Russian ones? This question cannot be answered as such because two terms are not properly defined: the term “drone” and the term “superior”.
First, “drones” (aka UAV) range from tiny quads you can place in the palm of your hand to large, aircraft sized, and very sophisticated drones. So let’s arbitrarily decide that all drones can be placed into one of five categories: A, B, C, D and F. Next, when we compare Russian and Iranian drone capabilities, we need to avoid the “apples and oranges” logical trap and compare category by category. It might be that in categories A, B, D and F Russia has much more capable drones than Iran, but that Iran is in the lead for C type of drones.
Is that possible, even in theory?
Oh yes, absolutely! Iran has been developing very sophisticated UAV and missiles and it has used them in Iraq or the KSA with devastating effectiveness. More importantly, for the Iranian authorities, developing a very strong UAV/missile capability is a national priority and, possibly, the key to deter the AngloZionists. And while in Russia the military industrial complex has developed plenty of sophisticated drones, I would argue that before the initiation of the SMO drones were a lesser priority for Russia than for Iran. Thus it is quite possible that while Russia might lead in some types of drones, Iran might have superior capabilities in another type(s) of drones.
Then there is the issue of costs. Iranian drones are very *very* cheap, especially when compared to some much more expensive Russian equivalents.
Finally, there is the issue of availability. Even if Russia’s drone X is superior to the Iranian drone Y, that does not mean that Russia can produce enough X drones for her needs, so why not purchase much cheaper but very effective Iranian Y drones for a fraction of the cost AND with immediate delivery?
So what are we to make from the uncanny resemblance of the Russian between the Russian Geranium-2 drone vs the Iranian Shahed-136?
My advice: absolutely nothing.
Yes, they do look alike but, frankly, convergent evolution is very common in technology, especially in aerospace. In this case, both the Geranium-2 and the Sahed-136 look alike, sound alike, and generally are hard to distinguish. Can you tell a 152mm shell apart from a 155mm one? What about two shells of the same caliber, but built by different manufacturers?
So what do we know for sure? We know that Russia has dramatically increased her use of drones and that some really look Iranian. But even Iranian-looking drones might be built in Russia (with or without a license). Should an Iranian designed drone built in Russia (or a Russian designed drone built in Iran) be considered Iranian or Russian?
Last but not least – what difference does it make anyway?
We know that Iran is a very solid and trustworthy ally of Russia (I would argue by far the best Russia has right now). I know for a fact that the behind the scenes ties between Russia and Iran are numerous and deep. Of course, in the West Iran is almost as demonized as Russia, so for the Neocons to lump the two together makes for a good talking point. But we should not declare that these are all “Neocon lies” just because the Neocons are using Russia to demonize Iran and Iran to demonize Russia. If anything, I think that Iran very much deserves a public expression of gratitude and admiration by Russia. Because even if the Iranians have not sold a single drone to Russia, they are clearly and openly supporting Russia in her desire to overcome the Great Satan and create a multipolar world.
Whatever may be the case, I think that this entire Iranian drone topic is a non-issue other than I very much welcome an increase in the effective use of UAV by Russia against NATO absolutely irrespective of where these UAVs have been built or who designed them.
Did I mention that the crazies in Kiev has declared that they have a “anti-UAV dome” over Kiev (the name must be an attempt to copy/brown-nose Israel)? Here is how this all looks like:
1: the mystery UAV. 2: the Ukie anti-UAV “dome” in action. 3: the inevitable outcome
Finally, this begs the question “are the Russians lying about the Iranian drones”?
Frankly, I don’t know. But here is what I do know:
In his recent press conference Putin declared: ” There is no need for massive strikes now. Other tasks are on the agenda because I think out of the 29 targets the Defence Ministry had planned to hit, only seven were not. But now they are dealing with them gradually. There is no need for massive strikes, at least for now. As for the future, we’ll see.”
Which was immediately interpreted by the usual war-mongering 6th columnists and assorted (pseudo-) “friends of Russia” as a sign of weakness, irresolution and, of course, imminent defeat.
Now, Putin, besides being a former intelligence officer is also a jurist and he is very careful with words. So let’s take the sentence “There is no need for massive strikes now“. There are at least three very ambiguous words here: “need”, “massive” and “now”. Let’s look at them one by one:
- Need: means just what it says, that there is no *need* for X. That does not mean that there is no “desire” or “rationale” or “advantage” in doing X. Putin bashers “missed” that.
- Massive: well, if 200 missiles is massive, would 180 be less than massive? How about 150? 100? Of course, the Putin bashers also “missed” that.
- Now: did he mean “today” or “this picosecond” or maybe “this month”? Nobody knows. And, yes, of course, the Putin bashers also “missed” that.
But the main thing which Putin bashers missed, or did not want to see, is that the missile strikes DID continue. In fact, according to “Ze” they have already destroyed at least 30% (which means that in reality the damage is much bigger!) of Ukrainian power generation capabilities and there are no signs that these strikes will stop anytime soon.
Besides, Putin also said “As for the future, we’ll see“. When does “the future” begin? Technically, as soon as these words were spoken!
So did Putin *lie*? No, not technically, but he was definitely “cute with words” and that was good enough for the idiots in NATO to believe that the missile strikes were over. They found out the next day that they were very mistaken, but by then it was too late.
Another example – here is what Peskov said about the Iranian drones: ““No, we have no such information. Russian hardware is being used. You know it well. It has Russian designations. All further questions can be addressed to the Defense Ministry“. Wait, what?! What “further questions”? Also, you can apply a Russian “designation” to anything, even something procured abroad. Peskov is also being “cute with words” here.
The bottom line is this: deception is a key instrument of war, but constant lies destroy your credibility. Are the Russians capable of lying? Absolutely, let’s not be naive. But, when given the option, Russian politicians prefer to be ambiguous, “cute with words” or any other expression you like. They try to lie less than NATO (which is solely and only about optics, PSYOPS, PR, propaganda, etc. etc. etc.) and they try to not be to crude about it.
So can we take Russian or Iranian denials to the bank?
I would highly advise against it.
Two: the NS1/NS2 sabotage rigmarole (aka MH17 revisited)
You got to give it to EU politicians: they are funny. Unless you live under their yoke that it. In this case, the Eurolemmings first declared that Russia would have zero access to investigation of the sabotage of NS1/NS2 (MH-17 anyone?) only to then declare that they will all investigate separately but not share results. Especially Sweden which was clearly given the “cleanup job” by Uncle Shmuel. As for the Germans, they really don’t fear ridicule: they announced that it was definitely sabotage, but nobody knows by whom. Apparently, being Uncle Shmuel’s bitch is what is expected of the comprador leaders of occupied Germany…
Check out this footage of the damage for yourself:
You can also access the Rumble version by clicking here: https://rumble.com/v1okzp2-ns12-footage-of-damage.html.
Even with Biden’s direct admission on record, the Eurolemmings have absolutely NO IDEA who could possibly have sabotaged NS1/NS2. At best, they will mention Russia as a possible culprit :-)
We can expect these ridiculous and spineless losers to go “full MH17” and use all the same bag of dirty tricks (beginning, of course, with the exclusion of Russia from the investigation because… … uh… … well, Russia is evil, you know?!)
Sure, the “winter is coming”, metaphorically and literally, but for the time being the folks in the West keep themselves entertained with the usual russophobic hatred:
In reality this image shows a Serbian bridge destroyed by NATO!
Then there is this masterpiece:
Which brings us right back to this during the NATO aggression against Libya:
I guess some things never change, including the Western political discourse… That, and a very pathological obsession with sexual topics (the West is clearly the most sexually dysfunctional part of the planet right now).
Three: so where do we go from here?
First, there is going to be more of the same, that is that the West will continue to rely on terrorism as one of its main weapons against Russia. Most of you must have heard about the massacre of Russian soldiers in training by Takfiri terrorists (and we all know who runs the Takfiri terrorists wordwide!) but you probably did not hear that the Belarussian security services have prevented a number of terrorist actions in Belarus (see machine translated article about this here).
And since there are always more potential targets than resources to guard them, we can, alas, safely assume that terrorist attacks in Russia will continue. And no, Putin will not resurrect the Smersh (sorry nostalgic emo-Marxists!) and Russia will not turn into the USSR or WWII. Not because Putin does not want that (and he does definitely NOT want that), but because the people of Russia don’t want that: Russia will remain a free and open society even if the price to pay for that are regular terror attacks. Now, eventually and inevitably, the Russian society will change as the war against NATO will take many months, possibly years, and the entire Russian society will have to gradually switch over to a full “war mode” including not only the economy, but also counter-terrorism operations.
[Sidebar: this war has already profoundly changed Russia and, I would argue, for the better. The 5th column is basically dead. The Atlantic Integrationists either gone or in deep concealment. The 6th column made the max of the so-called Russian “defeats” and “imminent collapse” but right now only a really terminally dumb person can still fail to “smell the coffee” and wake up to reality. Scores of “Russian” liberals (who were very much represented in the media, entertainment, music, arts, etc.) have either emigrated (usually to Israel, Poland, the UK or one of the three Baltic statelets) or gone into a deep depression. The Russian legislature is passing law after law to make it harder to deliberately spread NATO PSYOPs and now rather than facing the support and admiration of “liberals” in Russia and abroad, doing so exposes you to fines and even incarceration. What used to be a fun lifestyle for the “Russian” liberals is gradually turning into a nightmare. The bottom line is this: wars polarize and that polarization makes it much easier to get a grasp of “who is really who”. Even a hardcore 6th columnist like Strelkov/Girkin eventually had to stop flipping his lips and volunteered to join the Russian forces in combat. Whatever his real motives, I will say that is an honorable and courageous action which no 5th columnist nor liberal has had the courage to imitate – at least so far and to my knowledge. I am pretty sure that the Russia which will emerge (victorious, of course) from this war will be a very different Russia from the Russia which fought it until now. In a terrible way this war might well be salvific for the peoples of Russia: it is, after all, a war for the very survival of the Russian civilizational realm!]
There are also a lot of rumors and “things brewing” which we should prepare for. I will just bullet point a few of them here:
- Right now large NATO forces are assembling in several locations to continue the current “lives for optics” operation in which the Ukrainians exchange lives en masse for the pleasure of tweeting about “strategic advances” while gaining a few square kilometers here and there.
- Russian sources are claiming that some kind of unconventional attack is being prepared against Kherson and the ZNPP.
- Russian sources are also claiming that NATO is concentrating artillery/missile forces for massive (?) strikes against the city of Kherson.
- For these reasons, the authorities in Kherson have made it possible for the civilians who want to leave to do so and temporarily relocate to a safer location. That does, of course, NOT mean that the Russians plan to withdraw from Kherson, if only because under Russian law it is now Russian territory.
- Russian missile strikes are continuing, mostly against power plants and command posts. Since “Ze” has made the posting of videos of Russian attacks illegal, only the attacks on big cities/towns are featured in the social media. The Russian attacks on military command centers are almost never recorded or shown.
- The Russians are also doing “something” to Starlink and Musk (whose “proud resistance” to the Pentagon lasted less than 24 hours!) even claimed that the Russians might take the entire system down. Right now Russian interference seems to be centered around the areas near the line of contact, but that could change anytime the Russian GS decides that the time has come. If things get even worse, Western UAV and AWACS will experience “technical problems” next.
- In what I call “Zone B” (i.e. the free world) the US is losing one ally after another, the latest one to defect to the Russian side is, of all countries, Saudi Arabia which first told Biden to get lost over OPEC+ and which now wants to join the BRICS! Can’t say I am a big fan of the KSA, but I am all for it joining the BRICS if that is what they want.
Last but not least, is the “something’s up” feeling,
As of today, the Russians and Belorussians have created a joint force which is of great concern to the folks in Kiev and Lvov. This does not mean that Belarusian units (or individual soldiers) are about to cross the border and attack but, just as with the initial feint around Kiev, this creates a major headache for NATO planners who cannot allocate all their resources towards the lines of contact in the eastern Ukraine. And, if and when needed, this force (whose size is unclear, but appears to be significant) could, of course, be used, especially if the Hyena of Europe decides to bite off a piece of Banderastan (or Belarus!). There is overwhelming evidence that Russia is also preparing a large force for some kind of operation, but I cannot even guess where this force(s) might be used or how.
Conclusion: a planet divided for the foreseeable future
What we are seeing is the creation of two parts of our planet: the AngloZionist Hegemony (in which only the USA and Israel have agency, the rest are colonies, occupied countries, volunteer slaves, etc.) and the Multipolar Free World. While the two blocks are not technically at war with each other, in reality they already very much are. Russia and Iran are bearing most of the military burden while other free countries quietly try to either stay out and keep a low profile or, even more quietly, assist China and rest of the Multipolar Free World to prevail economically. Of course, the AngloZionist Hegemony is using every means it has to subvert not only Russia, but also China, Iran and any other country daring to declare even a modicum of sovereignty.
The eventual and inevitable outcome of this confrontation is not in doubt, at least not to those who are aware of reality. It is not the outcome which I fear (in fact I await it with great anticipation!) but the potentially enormous costs of defeating the West’s last Crusade (last time Russia lost 27 million people, most of them innocent civilians, and that did not even do the full job – hence today’s war). I will never stop repeating that while most of the US and NATO forces are a sad joke, the US nuclear triad and the USN’s submarine force are both still world class and extremely dangerous and capable (and US SSNs come with not only anti-submarine and anti-surface capabilities, but also with land-attack missiles).
This is why it is absolutely crucial for Russia to turn up the pain dial steadily but SLOWLY.
Those dimwits who constantly advocate for “firm Russian actions” and simply “hit them hard!” are clueless civilians from countries who never won a real war and who have no idea whatsoever about modern warfare or about the immense risks their warmongering hysterics create for our entire planet. I can sincerely say that I thank God that Putin is a very careful type who fully understands that there are no “quickfix solutions” to denazifying and demilitarizing the AngloZionist Hegemony.
And yes, Russia will continue to unilaterally and gradually rotating up the pain dial, and Russia will do so without feeling the need to seek approval from those who have never won a war but who believe that wars are won by “showing toughness”.
Andrei
Sou do Brasil e espero mesmo que o governo brasileiro se mantenha do lado certo da história e, não só isso, mas seja um bom parceiro dos países que lideram essa jornada de liberação das garras do atlanticismo. Rumo a um novo mundo multipolar em que a justiça é a igualdade sejam respeitadas.
Translation. Mod:
I am from Brazil and I really hope that the Brazilian government will remain on the right side of history and not only that, but be a good partner of the countries that lead this journey of liberation from the clutches of Atlanticism. Towards a new multipolar world in which justice is equality are respected.
We hope largest Catholic nation on western hemisphere will stay forever with friendly/cordial relationship with Orthodox Russia…
The Papacy has always been the absolute, ultimate, moral enemy of ANY Orthodox nation, and especially of Russia.
All we want is for the Papacy to finally frigging LEAVE US ALONE, thank you.
My 2cts
Looks like the West is cooking up something very evil.
Emergency trip by UK defense minister to Washington.
Not a good sign. They know they can’t win by normal means.
O Papa Francisco tem buscado o diálogo com todas as religiões e teve um encontro histórico com o Patriarca Kirill de Moscou e Toda a Rússia num lugar de grande significado simbólico e estratégico: Cuba!
O Brasil é Nação Amiga da Rússia!
Que os Católicos e Ortodoxos possam viver em paz…
Paz de Cristo!
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Google-translate from mod:
Pope Francis has sought dialogue with all religions and had a historical encounter with the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia in a place of great symbolic and strategic meaning: Cuba!
Brazil is a friendly nation of Russia!
May Catholics and Orthodox can live in peace…
Christ peace!
No matter what religion or lack of religion he believes, an usual citizen in Brazil does not understand geopolitics deeply or even care about, just take a look at our current elections and it’s subjects. But it seems we are going to a good path, even with so much international money injected here. Let’s see real soon. I’m betting for it.
I would reckon that Mzz P. Patten would know a fair bit about viagra. Any man would require a fair sized dose to approach it romantically.
Why are all these US public figures so bloody horrid ?
I have some beautiful US lady friends, but that may be the point, are these entities’ souls apparent ?
I was thinking that young men do not need erectile assistance so the claim that Russian troops need Viagra must be an attempt to project Russian troops as old men.
This backfires when Russia wins and can claim they beat the West with a bunch of old men.
I just double checked and the article states Mss Patten is a UN official, not US. Wikipedia confirmed my wild guess that she’s Mauritian-British, so no US ties unless in …
Either way, she is one ugly, sexually deprived (no surprise there), single woman (no surprise there either), who is projecting her thoughts of being sexually taken care of by men in uniforms.
Yes, the drones are iranian designed, made from a lawnmower engine and apparently dufficult to shoot down with anti aircraft weapons. Costs little and is creating enormous havoc. Con is it is “slower,” but the numbers are overwhelming.
The west is sending jammers. We will see how that turns out.
Today’s front page New York Times headline says “Drones Embody an Iran-Russia Alliance Built on Hostility to the U.S.”
Since the U.S. is the model of virtue, how can anyone possibly be hostile toward it?
I will be very surprised if Russia retreats from Kherson. Like Saker says “It is now part of Russia”.
Russia will not leave Kherson. So that surprise won’t happen :-)
Not army……but civilians -women/elderly/kids …yes…if it will be necessary….
I’m betting this is where Russia breaks out the thermobaric weapons.
It would be quite a snark to sneak to the crash site of one of these drone, spirit away the engine, and replace it with a giant scorched rubber band. Make sure the NYT get photos of the debris.
Supposedly they use pretty old hardware.
Meaning circuit boards with big traces, slow clock speed, rather robust and not easy to jam with RF interference.
Ah, Win98 makes an unglorified reappearance to haunt those who spent their lives trying to hack it. And now, delivering massive payloads of cheap payback. Gotta love the irony.
Not from a lawnmower engine. According to my research, it is an engine from a VW Bully (Transporter). It was improved by a German aircraft engine company. This company bought by the Chinese. Then closed in 2011. The basic concept of the drone with motor was sent to Iran and further developed there. Now adopted and improved by Russia.
VW Bulli engine is a flat 4+ cylinder engine. The shahed is supposedly a 2 stroke engine.
in the german site of wikipedia :
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/HESA_Shahed_136
Mado MD 550 (Nachbau Limbach L 550 E), 50 PS
4-Zyl. 2-Takt-Boxermotor, 548 cm³, 16 kg
ok. im wrong. Limbach has build a VW Bulli-Enginge but in this drone is a other engine from limbach.
I think it was in the 60’s in Australia that a Cessna doing ‘rev checks’ with the engineer outside the aircraft – took off. The RAAF was called in to shoot it down as a precaution. Their modern Mirage jets could not do this as they were too fast and the Cessna too slow. Also the Cessna was flying erratically due to the vagaries of the wind. It finally ran out of fuel and crashed at sea.
The Iranian drone issue I agree is overblown and in big scheme of things not decisive up to recently (although should change bigtime going forward). Another nefarious stacked-function Narrative pumped by AZE.. further aims besides usual tarnishing of Iran & Russia, appear to be:
(1) to split Gulf Arabs from Russia, keep them bound to AZE and in fear of Iran
(2) to justify leaving the nuclear deal, ex post factō
(3) to maintain dominant arms trade market-share by denigrating Russian capabilities and arms — “they were forced to get game-changers elsewhere..”
The current success of Geraniums are most painful indeed. Even if not true, the AZE boosts Iranian prestige. All the better if they ARE Iranian, lol. {wink, wink} Maybe trolls should scribble, “from Iran with Love” on a couple dozen gadgets?
The usual suspects know they cannot split Iran and Russia, as with China-Russia. They use this narrative for diplomatic room with Global South and escape hatches from prior commitments, as well as to keep MIC gravy-trains going from captive vassals..
The dog that didn’t bark.
If NATO military compose a large proportion of Ukrainian forces, it follows that the West has large numbers of battle casualties, both wounded and k.i.a.
Not a whisper from families or the injured; Is silence being bought, and is this where the UK’s money is going?
How long before the thinning out of NATO forces becomes a significant factor?
The labor pool of mercenaries is limited. There are easier and safer jobs than going to Ukraine. Such as UAE or Saudi Arabia. Many are volunteers from poland or other nato countries with antagonistic behavior toward Russia
The only way i can see to sustain forces would be conscription in the west.
> The labor pool of mercenaries is limited
at $3000-5000/day there’s enough motivation
Better $600 a day in a guarding a sheik in the uae than making $3000 a day in a trench in ukraine.
“The labor pool of mercenaries is limited.”
I’ve heard, for some strange reason all the mercenaries have been given an one way ticket. God knows why!
Keep in mind that NATO losses are classified as missing in action, not KIA.
I was thinking the very same thing,i don’t see how they could hide those casualties,at least not here in the UK.
The Putin government will have to develop a patient and well-planned strategy so that its population is aware of the sacrifices they will have to make in confronting the United States and NATO, which can take years. On the other hand, alliances with the Global South must solidify over time, at least to prevent most countries from falling into the US orbit, and feeling increasingly compelled to sanction Russia economically. Therefore, unification within is required, as well as bridges of communication and solidarity towards the outside.
Anyone challenging traditional western control mechanisms is now considered to be a nuclear confrontation and to be blamed on Putin.
Sometimes we feel like we live on “a knife’s edge” watching the back and forth of Russia’s multi-purpose efforts while having to face the immense financial/military power of the US Hegemon.
One week, Russia is on top of things….the next week you read how the US financial monsters is starting to devour the UK/EU citizenry with massive energy costs, high food products, and the wholesale theft of their public institutions.
Then, you read about the uplifting news of President Putin meeting with leaders of non-Western nations, trying to forge a whole new non-western financial and economic system.
In France today, we see a surge of French people with large banners with loudspeakers singing Russia’s “Internationale.”
As people become grow more morose and angry, we hope some day ALL the people of The World will unite with a vast chorus singing “The Internationale!!”
ja; Es rettet uns kein höheres Wesen, kein Kaiser, König noch Tribun, um uns aus den Elend zu erlösen, können wir nur selber tun…
Yes; No higher being saves us, no emperor, king or tribune, to redeem us from misery we can only do it ourselves…
Als ehemaliger “Ostdeutscher” (bin es im Herzen immer noch) denke ich, dass die Analyse der Realität ziemlich nahe kommt. Viele denkende Menschen aus meinem Umfeld sehen dies ähnlich. Das Problem ist jedoch, dass 90% der Menschen sich von den Massenmedien einlullen lassen und deshalb die Wahrheit nicht sehen bzw. nicht sehen wollen. Man lebt ja in einer Bequemlichkeit die Denken einschränkt. Die Lügen in den Mediennehmen immer groteskere Formen an. In meiner Armeezeit war ich Ausbildungsberechtigter im militärischen Sprengdienst. Die Videoaufnahmen aus Schweden deuten darauf hin, dass dort Schneidladungen verwendet wurden. Es wurde anscheinend nur ein Kreissegment mit den Ladungen bestückt. Den Rest taten der Detonationsdruck und der Druck innerhalb der Leitung. Kurz noch ein paar Gedanken warum man Russland in die Knie zwingen will. Hier zitiere ich Marxsinngemäß: zum Thema Profit; 50% waghalsig;100% stampft es alle menschlichen Gesetze unter seinen Fuß; 300% und es existiert kein Verbrechen das es nicht riskiert, selbst auf die Gefahr des Galgens. Wenn viele Menschen aufwachen, erkennen und sehen (auf der gesamten Welt), werden sich die Dinge ändern.
As a former “East German” (still am at heart) I think the analysis is pretty close to reality. Many thinking people from my environment see it similarly. However, the problem is that 90% of people let themselves be lulled by the mass media and therefore do not see or do not want to see the truth. One lives in a comfort that restricts thinking. The lies in the media are becoming increasingly grotesque. When I was in the army, I was authorized to train in the military demolition service. The video recordings from Sweden indicate that cutting charges were used there. Apparently only a segment of a circle was loaded with the charges. The detonation pressure and the pressure inside the pipe did the rest. A few more thoughts on why you want to bring Russia to its knees. Here I am quoting Marx: on the subject of profit; 50% daring; 100% it stamps all human laws under its foot; 300% and there is no crime that doesn’t risk it, even at the risk of the gallows. When many people wake up, recognize and see (around the world) things will change.
Saying the Shahed 136 (and now coming Arash 2) drones are Russian is like seriously claiming an the MiG 15 pilots who fought the USAF to a standstill over the skies of Korea in 1950-53 were North Koreans simply because they had North Korean roundels painted on their aircraft. It’s a legal cover, not meant to be the seriously. But I agree that it’s irrelevant where these (suddenly appeared in large numbers) extremely effective drones came from as long as they’re wiping the floor with the nazi infrastructure.
I have been saying that only when Ukrainians are freezing, thirsty, and starving will they suddenly realise what war means and that it will have a salutary effect on their bloodthirsty jingoism. But more than that, it will trigger another exodus to Europistan for those who can pay the bribes, which will create another “refugee” crisis in winter, not a bad thing at all to punish the Europistanis with.
As for terrorism, re the Kerch bridge, did anyone notice that the infamous nazi stamp had two explosions, one at each end? It’s likely a simultaneous double attack was planned and the other one failed or was intercepted. Simultaneous double attacks are difficult to pull off and usually fail for one reason or another; in 1986 Sikh separatists planned to simultaneously blow up two Indian airliners, one over the Atlantic and over the Pacific, with suitcase bombs. The one over the Atlantic blew up all right, killing 329 crew and passengers, but simple flight delays meant the other exploded on the ground at Tokyo’s Narita Airport, murdering two Japanese luggage handlers.
According to Surovikin, the nazis and their NATO owners plan to blow up dams on the Dneiper and flood Kherson. This is why civilians are being evacuated. Blowing up dams and creating floods is something Brits, for one, love; they still act as though the “Dambuster” attack of 1943 changed the course of WWII when in reality it barely dented German war production and did nothing more than drown sixty or so slave labourers and prisoners of war.
*taken seriously, not “the”
As for the Kiev Dome, it’s nice to hear that the folks in Kiev have discovered skeet shooting as a passtime.
The Kherson caretaker governor has just announced that its citizens will be relocated to safety i.e. away from the right bank of the Dnepr river.
If Ukraine attacks Kherson in a meaningful way, it will be their first (and last) offensive that’s not merely designed for the optics.
Therefore, I’m sure Russia will do whatever is necessary to defend Kherson.
Military Summary reports that Russia bombed major energy facilities in Kiev and in several other cities today.
He also says that Russia plans to turn Kherson into a fortress where 100,000 to 150,000 troops will be stationed.
He says that this fortress will be the headquarters for Russia’s march toward Odessa.
That makes sense,once the Nazis have been burred outside Kherson later the Russians can move to liberate Odessa,i could be wrong but i expect a big Russian offensive this winter.
Remember when Zelensky announced a million Ukie troops were about to re-take Kherson? Well, they were a few short of a million, but did attempt the recent counter-offensive, which was stopped dead in its tracks.. Their next attempt will be Counter-offensive 2, another suicide mission..
How are they allowed to remain out there on the steppe, sitting ducks, without being wiped out before they attempt any other shenanigans?
Some videos for today.
Russian drones striking Kiev regime energy infrastructure targets in Kiev yesterday:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/bSCcHvAjfXAP/
Another Russian Lancet drone destroyed another Kiev regime S-300 system:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/jFLCSchxHugq/
Russian Uragan MLRS pound enemy position:
https://rutube.ru/video/bee9433c8dc9d25eea5fc2a0799e3c05/
Russian VDV troops destroyed enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups hiding in forest belts:
https://rutube.ru/video/d51e2e6b6bab81a18279dee50257475b/
Russia’s National Guard destroys Kiev regime army’s ammunition:
https://odysee.com/@RT:fd/ROSGV:b
I think that Europe is the crux of the biscuit – if it folds and looks east the US is defeated by default. If it continues on a collision course with Russia via NATO all bets are off.
It is heartening to see – indirectly of course as such news is never reported here – mass demonstrations and political uprising across the continent. Maybe the citizens of Europe, with a history of their countries being demolished in TWO world wars, will remove the parasites that are feeding on them. Here is hope …
I think that this entire Iranian drone topic is a non-issue…
Absolutely, Andrei.
Really, who cares where the drones come from. The ‘drone issue’ is only of concern to the West and some clueless pro-Russian commentators. I don’t think the RF General Staff care very much where the drones — Geran/Shahed — come from. The GS are not concerned with hubris — if the drones (whether of RF or Iranian origin) serve a purpose and are immediately available, they’ll use them. It’ll be stupid not to. Using the handing over of captured Ukrainian/Nato weapons to the former LDNR militia as a precedence, I won’t be surprised if the GS authorised RF military to use captured Nato weapons — if they work — on the enemy, and give them a taste of their own medicine in the process. Not using a captured Javelin for eg., on a Ukrainian ‘technical’ vehicle just because the missile is not Russian would just be pretty dumb. And the Russians are not dumb.
Putin, besides being a former intelligence officer is also a jurist…
I think many have forgotten this aspect of the man. Putin was a career KGB officer who rose to the rank of Lt Col and served in Dresden, East Germany, IIRC; a former head of the FSB. His reading of the Ukraine/Nato situation is just as good as Nikolai Patrushev’s — his friend and colleague in the KGB. Although VVP is now a politician, paying his dues as a member of the St Petersburg govt under Anatoly Sobchak for a time, I believe his mind and thinking have been mainly shaped by both his legal training as a young man and then his time in the KGB.
A quick note from zone B. We are seeing less of the ‘amazing victories of Ukranian forces’ type stories here, and more of the ‘Russian strikes against civilians’, which seems to me to always coincide with reverses in the fortunes of Ukraine. The main headline here is consistently the ‘Putin threatens nukes’ type of alarmist and misinformational drivel.
I think it is important to point out that hardly anyone gets their news from the legacy media, and most people here turn off the news as it is both stupid and depressing. It is also normally wrong. It is not just on Ukraine that lies and distortions are the norm. Our media here lie about everything from Julian Assange, to the coup underway in the Tory leadership, to the reasons for the run on Gilts, and so on..I have to point out that this is normal for the UK and has been for at least 50 years.
I am glad that Andrei takes the time to point out that Putin and his team are fully aware of the wider conflict. The attempted play on hijabs in Iran, for example. Watch for the fun in Saudi Arabia next.
Anyway, the main point of my comment is that not all of us in zone B are unaware of the existential struggle going on. Unlike most of the readers here, I am in the belly of the beast, and it is because of that I realise how important it is that Russia does not lose. How much more then, does VV Putin understand?
Once again, I must point out that if it were not for him and his team, Russia would have been destroyed twenty years ago. And those twenty years were not wasted, as he spent them preparing for this moment.
Good to see you back in the saddle, Saker.
Now I think I understand why a Jesuit antiPope was installed and why the previous German Pope (who by all other indications is a good guy) was forced to retire.
If we had a good, effective Pope in Rome that would be a counterbalance to the evils of the EU and US.
But the global bankers could not allow such a thing, so I wonder what they dug up on Benedict XVI.
Problem was Tony Blair switching from Anglican, outed as a closet Catholic.
Someone said – anyone notice the smell of sulfur in the Vatican, and who left those cloven hoof marks burnt into the expensive parquet flooring?
Then came the Jesuit – noticed nothing abnormal.
After being told ‘where to go’ by the KSA, I wonder if (in desperation) the US rulers will try to inact their Quick Strike Taskforce Plan developed in the 1970s and try to seize direct control of the Saudi oil fields at some point?
Those who were previously advocating for Russia not to get involved in Ukraine because it was not “economically viable” are now having a lot to say about the conduct of the war in Ukraine. These 300K extra troops would not be necessary had Putin but bombed the interior of Ukraine senseless. But yes, NATO’s continued capacity to provide men and materials for the Ukrainian front lines is now in doubt.
Will these 300K troops support the SMO so there will be enough boots on the ground to hold the front lines as the front lines gradually creep forward, or will they be used for a direct offensive on Kiev or Odessa or Dnipro or Kharkov. Time will tell.
If Iran has licensed the drone technology to Russia rather than sold the drones to Russia then technically neither Russia nor Iran is lying, although I wouldn’t care if they were.
I see absolutely nothing about these drones that is some kind of technological achievement. The original idea was the German V2 from WW2. Russia is more than capable of designing and building these from scratch.
I find it more humorous that a cheap drone is mocking multimillion dollar HIMARS systems and can outperform them by 100’s of miles.
An aircraft carrier costs a billion, plus you need 5k crew and more millions in in aircraft and massive maintenance cost on everything.
How long can it be before a drone carrier with 1,000’s of drones, multiple flight decks and auto load systems are deployed?
Thanks for the very detailed report and analysis,as for the Drones i don’t care where they are from as long as they are used to effect which they seem to be.
I don’t know that this is the case, but the Russian Federation could license some drones to be built in Iranian factories. They would be no less, ‘Russian drones’ than ones built within Russia itself.
By necessity, Iran has developed a rather robust Military Industrial Complex of its own. Russia making use of that capacity would be perfectly reasonable.
The masterpiece is incredible, what a line. If we go to the 2011 Libyan news from Reuters and check who the “Journalist” is then we get this.
Louis Charbonneau is the United Nations director at Human Rights Watch. Prior to joining HRW, he was a journalist for more than two decades, most recently U.N. bureau chief for Reuters.
What an incompetent in addition to being a lier Mrs Patten is, then there is also the reputation of the organisations associated to this line, HRW, Reuters and the UN. Only for the herd
The so-called Crusades were all funded by Venice Fondi, the wealthiest billionaires of Europe.
When the League of Cambrai, of the first National Armies, were about to destroy Venice, the Pope betrayed them.
The shock of what National Armies were about to do forced a migration to another swamp, Amsterdam, and then London Thames, today’s corporation The City of London, outside UK jurisdiction, like Switzerland’s BaselBank of International Settlements.
The Russian National Federation Armies gives these bankers absolute horror trips – the League of Cambrai all lover again. And they do have long memories,the Vecci (ancients) and Giovani (youth)!
Religious war as an oligarchical blood sport dates from the Spanish 1492 expulsion of Jews and Moors.
In other words, Putin ratchets up the pain level of psychotics, Venetian trauma victims of Cambrai, slowly.
Problem is, psychotics on pain triggering, are extremely dangerous- a non-linear response to slow ratcheting.
Which means to me the Kremlin ratchets slow, and prepares for nutters.
Hey, hope for the best, prepare for the worst!
The Crusader emblem is a variation of the Gonovan cross. Genoa (Genova) is located on the other side of Rome, and close to Vatican.
Knights Templar kept their identity secret.
Follow the money trail ….
Republic of Genoa was a seagoing power. I take that as a Silk Road power.
Then why was Palestina important for them?
– It could be they were looking for gold
– It could be it was all about VISA / Credit Cards / banking
– It could be it was about Silk Road
Polo provided the first map of the Silk Road, with fake distances. When Columbus after 7 years lobbying, got the go-ahead, Polo’s map showed Cipango (Japan) where in fact Columbus found Amerigo Vespucci’s new world. The plan failed spectacularly – they were supposed to starve at sea! Venice never recovered. Talk about backfiring!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice
Most Serene Republic of Venice Serenìsima Repùblega de Venèsia (Venetian)
The Armada was its unmatched maritime weapon, slave trade a big deal (see the tourists at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riva_degli_Schiavoni). See the Viking Runes on the Palace lion-heads – Venice chose their leader from Baghdad. Where did Jesuit founder Loyola have his vision – begging in front of the billionaire Doge’s Palace, soon picked up.
But, as infamous bank robber Dillinger said when asked at trial “Why did you rob all those banks” . “That is where the money is!”.
Where was all the money in Europe? Why, in Venice. Who needs a loan at 100% interest for a Crusade, why just sign here. Blind Doge Dandolo asked a favor of the 4th Crusade – to flatten Constantinople, a competitor.
England was bankrupted, France also by this usurious business. Who was Venice’s main ally – the Mongol Khan. Where did Venetian Marco Polo get a job – as Khan’s Finance Minister in Samarkhand.
Pratten by name, Prat by nature. Another disgusting female who’s intoxicated/corrupted by all things English.
Someone, an American, called Biden the most dangerous US President ever, and I concur.
It’s not his level of degeneracy or even (in)competence that concerns me, it’s more his cognitive dissonance (John McShitstain had more red brain cells than Bidet when he was whisked off to hell). I’d wager that Nuland & Blinken and the rest of the Zionist filth in his Administration are taking full advantage of his disabilities, making hay while the sun shines. Those bastards are in their element.
America is truly a banana-republic. If it weren’t, an independent physical and mental health check/examination on Biden would/should have been ordered every quarter. Such is the level of deterioration.
Great article. That point at the end about ratcheting the pain dial slowly is key. One way or another the European states need to be prized away from AngloZionist domination and get back to being sovereign peoples again. This whole thing is an exercise in tough love which risks, but hopefully won’t result in, nuclear war.
Russia should buy Iranian drones to employ Iran’s excellent STEM graduates. I view this as a strategic partnership. It is not based on desperation. If Russia is not doing it, they should.
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A painful but very true statement.
Is it true? yes. If Turkey (or another inferior) dares to buy Iranian oil, we condemn them for violating U.S. sanctions, as if we have the right to force all nations to obey us. When have we ever said this to Israel?
I do not hate Israel, I pity them. Their best friends, evangelicals in the U.S., cheer their aggression against other countries, patronize them, and then amplify it in the U.S. A true friend would try to pull them back from the ledge. I do pity the Gazans, Syrians, Yemenis, and Iranians even more but Israel is poorly served by her so-called friends.
The Zionist scum in Israel have no friends. They are the tail wagging the dog, they tell the US what they want. The genocidal, murderous filth deserve no pity.
– Zionist scum in Israel have no friends
This is not a Putin / Dugin view, but a Liberal view. Also Aron Mate selfindentifies himself as a Liberal (in one video he is joining a Liberal congregation)
– Their best friends, evangelicals in the U.S., cheer their aggression against other countries,
Using derogative wording about Christians is on level of belonging to a Soros NGO in Russia. Christians are honest people by belief.
Labor Party are pork eaters (used to be Communists). Likud is secular Jewish. Orthodox Jews are pacifists.
Iranian drones, Russian drones, who cares? They are modern day V2 rockets that get the job done. Russians and Iranians are brothers in the spirit, and very tough and resolute brothers at that. Waiting to see what the Chinese are made of when the time comes for them to get off the fence.
Good job, Andrei! Hope your house renovation is going as smoothly. What I term the Rest of World (RoW) is busily doing what it can to erase dollar hegemony by moving to using national currencies in trade relations at an accelerated pace as Indonesia’s leader recently announced. OPEC+ has a formidable weapon at its disposal, which is to drop the dollar in its transactions other than those with the Outlaw US Empire. Furthermore, Xi announced a new policy tack for China and RoW in his speech to the 20th Party Congress I wrote about here, “Xi Jinping, 20th Party Congress, and The Developmental World Order”, which expands on what was jointly declared back on 4 February and is aimed at helping Putin attain his vow. I also think it folly to ignore Alastair Crooke’s ongoing analysis in his most recent article.
As for the drone issue, I haven’t given it any thought other than urging their greater employment particularly in the anti-energy campaign where they’re the best tools for taking out high voltage transmission towers and transformers, much of which needs to be done in Western Ukraine. As for the territorial integrity of Ukraine, IMO it’s an artificial entity created from Russian lands that existed within the Russian Empire in 1914 that Russia is within its rights to return to its bosom, which is the conclusion Medvedev recently reached and voiced.
Elsewhere, it’s good to see Bulgaria backing away from NATO/EU, and the acceptance of the expansion of Turk Stream and opening of an energy hub in Turkey to distribute Russian gas to its friends in Central Europe and Balkans. IMO, the struggle over gas fields in the Eastern Med will finally cause Turkey to exit NATO as Erdogan finally goes full Eurasian. But The Prize is where it’s been for decades as this document details. Yes, energy is very much at the root of the conflict as the Outlaw US Empire is rapidly extracting what remains of its proven reserves and knows it won’t get much help from Canada, whose vast store of Bitumen will never come close to being depleted because key resources are lacking for much further refining of the mined “sands.”
The author posits: “What we are witnessing today is not a war between Russia and the Ukraine, but between Russia and the united, consolidated, West.”
With all due respect to the author, we need to understand the motives behind the US/UK/EU Financial System and why Russia/Others are being targeted.
After the Financial Crash of 2008 wherein the US/EU/UK banks were about to go under, The FED/UK/EU Central banks started spinning out multiple billions to the elite class within those systems. Free Money for them; none for common citizens. But by 2019, as the Elites piled up billions in stocks, bonds, derivatives, etc.
the whole system started caving in.
Meanwhile, China, Russian economies were picking up.
Emergency Solution for the US/EU/UK Elites:
1.) They put heavy sanctions on Russia and other non-western nations &initiated a “war” in the Ukraine. Similarly, they had to stop Powerhouse Germany with its industrial might and trades made between Russia and the World. Thusly, Russian oil, gas supplies had to be stopped.
2.) Those same financial elites have now targeted all UK/EU nations. First came huge prices for energy. Smalls stores, pubs are going out of business. Now we read how huge US corporations, hedge funds like Black Rock are starting to buy off small, large Italian, Spanish, UK big businesses in food production.
Meanwhile, Russia is trying to win back portions of Ukraine lost after WWII. At the same time, it’s starting to increase its trade/production using their currency/other currencies with non-Western nations. That poses a direct threat to the US Financial System that has impoverished nations with phony IMF loans.
The “hope” is that The World owned largely by the US Financial/Military Power will be minimized as the world, becomes a “multi-polar world.”
As Dr. Hudson says, this may take 20+ years or more before we see “who wins:” Russia, China, Iran, parts of Latin America, etc. OR the US Financial Predatory System?
God bless President Putin/ his ambassadors, military along with China, and all the other nations who simply want to be freed from the US Curse and Predation.
As Dr. Hudson says, this may take 20+ years or more before we see “who wins:”
The overplayed their cards with the vaccines. There are lawsuits everywhere in US. Piece of cake to prove people are dying.
How could the globalists not see this tsunami of lawsuits?
More lawsuits to come; CDC has voted to add them to the immunisation schedule.
My understanding is that Russian troops (>100,000) are massing in the Kherson region. Not only do they intend to defend the city of Kherson; they also expect to live there as more and more civilians evacuate. After the Ukraine/NATO offensive has runs its course, the Russians will push towards Nikolaev. There will be an attempt to take Odessa in the first half of 2023.
The main reason Russia is evacuating citizens from Kherson is that it plans to use Kherson as its headquarters for its upcoming offensive toward Nikolaev and Odessa.
How many Palestinians have been killed since the story of one gal dead, with a serious preexisting condition, took over the news cycle? We are forever wringing our hands over Iran when obviously it was Reagans actions that kept those hostages captive in 79′. The Shah losing his gig was unforgiveable sure, but who even remembers the oil we stole from Iran? The Iranians!
This massive MSM effort is like a cloak of invincibility for us. We are utterly faultless and everyone else are evil masterminds. If it is such an outrageous sin to buy product from those nasty Iranians why are all our stores still jammed to the rafters with Chinese product. They sure look evil too. I guess profit for the middlemen does buy some product placement after all.
How’s about those pesky Germans, how dare they try to make peace, they deserved to have their pipeline popped. They had their kick at the can in the 1940’s, we’ll show em how it’s done.
I am sure there won’t be a lot of flag waving when they figure out who was in charge of theses fiascos. We certainly won’t have to worry about incriminating evidence from Biden’s testimony at the trials, hell by then he won’t even remember his name.
“There is no need for massive strikes now “ I read this like his not in earnest comments. This is just a little tune-up. We were hoping you would take the hint and smarten up, oh well.
I would agree that Russia only started the SMO when they felt comfortable to take on the whole of NATO. Syria felt the same way. Their culture will bring them to their knees, why waste troops and ammo when ‘they’ are busy destroying themselves.
Great article. Lot’s to digest.
My hope is that Russia or “the Kremlin” will also understand that the true enemy is not a single Country or even a certain Government, but a “class” of people wich is with “globalists” very good described. And that those attacks that the saker claims to happens since 1.000 Years (wich _i_ think is arguable and say is more likely 300 Years), will only stop if they defeat these exact class of people and that those western country’s become again “normal” country’s and not being some hand puppets for people that are far to wealthy for their own good.
Speaking of Crusaders, here is a reality that all these America-lovers don’t want to admit:
America is a Crusader Empire that is premised upon raping, exploiting, and colonizing the world … justified behind its founding false religion of Americanism.
Just as America colonized Native Indian and Mexican lands through its Manifest Destiny dogma that God gave the USA to right to do so, now America believes it has a godly right to colonize the entire world in the name of freedom or democracy.
America deludes itself it is the New Jerusalem, the Shining City on a Hill with divine dispensation to plunder and loot so as to feed the parasitic American way of life and Capitalist system.
However, Americans cannot admit this reality, so they disguise their predatory values behind a veneer of liberty, democracy, and individual rights.
Indeed, the United States possess a unique talent for hijacking and manipulating some “noble principle” but only to conceal a more malevolent agenda.
While Americans love to demonize other countries as being “Evil-Doers,” the true evil doers are in Red, White, and Blue–Americans themselves.
There can be no sincere compromise or enduring peace with these American crusaders, as they possess a fanatical belief in their own moral righteousness and their God-ordained right to dominate the world and slaughter anyone who stands in their way. This is intrinsic to America’s national DNA.
As such, the crusader American Empire must meet a fate worse than the original crusaders: complete and utter annihilation.
The Messianic Character of American Foreign Policy
https://www.trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=77
Hi, you know there a millions of us “Americans” that wish our government would just stay the hell out of others business and focus on our country instead of of being in the middle and orchestrating horrible,life sucking, evil stealing and raping of other countries and cultures of their homeland….. without having a civil war I don’t think these global elites will stop…they don’t care….hell even Bill Gates bought farmland in Ukraine…. anyway…. Good night
Day late and a dollar short. We have 800 bases in countries around the world. A long proud history of colonial profit in those countries and the related bloodletting.
We have become fat, dumb and happy on the lucre from international intrigue that our 3 letter organizations are addicted to earning on our behalf. Think enforcers for mob bosses.
I have long contended that until the KKK and radical blacks figure out who the real enemies are, sit down together and unite to destroy empire we will not evolve.
Civil war implies you know which side is right and which is wrong. The more we kill each other the more the elite rejoice. Thus, my frustration with the Ukraine. They are killing brothers!
Funny ti say this, I am nit an acemuc, but I understand and agree 100% wuth what The Saker say here. The West have been in undeckared war with Russia since Munich speech. From their realuzation that Putin was not Yeltsyn. They made huge mistake slowing tbe pace of dismantling Russia. Putin began perparation from day one hence hypersonic advance technology. The fight is on against the entire West, they all know if Russia win NATO lose, but Russia knows if Russia lose there will be no Russia. Love The Saker. Hope you are well with your family in Florida, love Putin, long live Russia!!