Putin just signed a decree recognizing the LDNR republics and signed treaties on cooperation and mutual support. I will write an analysis ASAP. Right now, I open this OPEN THREAD. Andrei
This is the big RT headline: Putin and Macron agree on measures to halt escalation in Ukraine. Here is a machine translation of the official French statement: Telephone interview with Vladimir PUTIN, President of the Russian Federation. The President of the Republic held a telephone conversation with the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir PUTIN, on Sunday, February 20. They agreed on the following points : – the resumption
First, here is a machine translation of a summary of developments by Boris Rozhin: 1. The standard positional war with shelling continued on the front line today. The UAF recognized 2 dead and 4 wounded in a day. They also showed a staged race of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine against the background of artillery shelling. The frontline settlements of the DPR and LPR were
This is the launch of a supersonic Kalibr missile from a small missile ship: this is the lauch of the same missile, but from a submarine: and this is the launch of a HYPERSONIC Zirkon missile:
The intelligence service of the Donetsk People’s Republic have released the following map and claim that this is the Ukrainian plan of attack against the LDNR: The Colonel Cassad website has posted a summary of what this plan includes. Here is a machine translation of this text: The secret service intelligence of the People’s Militia of the DPR has obtained a plan for a Ukrainian offensive operation against Independent Republics,
What a weird press conference that was! Besides assuring the world that Putin has decided to attack over the next few days The West is 100’000% united, and then some! Biden said nothing even remotely new or even vaguely interesting. The only “novelty” was that Biden said that he was now sure that Putin has taken the decision to invade the Ukraine. Did you ever hear the expression “it’s not
Okay, this will be a short bulletpoint reminder of how I see the Russian position and options in response to the Ukronazi attack. First, a few key assumptions: Russia does not want to invade/liberate the Ukraine Russia would prefer not to get openly involved in the LDNR The best outcome for Russia would be for the LDNR to be able to hold without overt Russian support Throughout this entire battle,
Dear friends, The civilians of the LDNR are being evacuated from the towns near the LOC (line of contact). The Ukies are bombing the LDNR with artillery and mortar fire along the full LOC. The city of Gorlovka has lost power. The city is under tank fire. The only road between Donetsk and Gorlovka is under Ukronazi fire. The cities of Dokuchaevsk, Staromikhailovka and Belaia Kamenka are under mortar attack.
It was quite a day today, and something tells me that tomorrow won’t be boring either. I will be able to get to my keyboard tomorrow late morning (EST). Until then, I leave you with an open thread. Not just to vent or post “stream of consciousness” kind of posts. Please try to limit comments to NEWS FROM THE LDNR and MAJOR POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS. Thank you, Andrei
From the hyper politically correct Wikipedia entry: In 1948, the United Nations Genocide Convention defined genocide as any of five “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such.” These five acts were: killing members of the group, causing them serious bodily or mental harm, imposing living conditions intended to destroy the group, preventing births, and forcibly transferring children
(Source here, emphasis added by me, Andrei) Mr. President, I thank you for presiding over today’s meeting. My thanks also go to Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, Special Representative of the OSCE Ambassador Mikko Kinnunen, and Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Ambassador Yaşar Halit Çevik for the briefings. I also listened carefully to the remarks made by Ms. Tetiana Montian. February 12 this year marked the seventh
Here is a transcript from this website: https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/sec-of-state-antony-blinken-addresses-russia-ukraine-crisis-un-speech-transcript (thank you A.H.H.!) … member this council and every country in the world, because the basic principles that sustain peace and security, principles that were enshrined in the wake of two world wars and a cold war, are under threat, the principle that one country cannot change the borders of another by force, the principle that one country cannot dictate another’s choices
I am creating a new OPEN THREAD to post information and opinions about the current crisis in the eastern Ukraine and between the USA and Russia. This OPEN THREAD now supersedes all previous ones. Let’s try to concentrate our info here. Thank you Andrei
Dear friends, “Russian” websites in/from the LDNR are being disconnected by US IT giants. The Russian Foreign Ministry seems to be under DDoS attack. If we come under attack too, then the first quick alternative I recommend is to check the old website, here: http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/ If this one is also disconnected, we have a few other options we cannot discuss now. If that happens, I will use the following Telegram
RT reports: Among young adults, one person in five claimed a place in the community The number of adult Americans who identify as something other than heterosexual has risen to a record 7.1%, a new Gallup phone survey revealed on Thursday. The metric has more than doubled since 2012, the first year the company started tracking such data. Then, 3.5% of respondents who volunteered their sexual orientation and/or gender identity
