Note: another very interesting translation from our new team of Russian translators (thank you!) Question: do you believe that Poland will send forces into the Ukraine? No, I don’t think the US is giving conflicting instructions to Kiev. The fact is that when we are negotiating with Ukraine, we are, in fact, indirectly negotiating with the United States. Because, it is clear that we are fighting not with Zelensky, but
Early morning briefing by Russian Defence Ministry ▫️Units of the Russian Armed Forces continue to destroy units of the 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Currently, they are fighting for the capture of Novomikhailovka. ▫️The grouping of troops of the Donetsk People’s Republic, having completed clearing of Verkhnetoretskoe from nationalists, continued to pursue the retreating units of 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Dear friends, First, a small announcement: I am working with a few friends to try to get a daily “Operation Z SITREP” posted in our SITREP section. This would contain the latest news and the maps that so many like so much. This is still a work in the planning stages, but I hope to get the ball rolling reasonably soon. Next, according to Chechen sources, Chechen special operations have
Ed Note: This is an important document and answers most of the confused questions that I see come up in the comments still. A careful read and even study is recommended – Amarynth Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions during his meeting with finalists of the International Track as part of the Leaders of Russia management competition, Moscow, March 19, 2022 Dear friends, I would like to
By Walt Garlington for the Saker Blog One way we may be quite certain that the West has lost its contact with the uncreated Grace of the All-Holy Trinity is by considering the guideposts of those who believe themselves to be the champions of traditional Christianity there. The names that come up most often for Roman Catholics are Thomas Aquinas and J.R.R. Tolkien; for Protestants, C.S. Lewis is their waymark.
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https://t.me/mod_russia_en/313 ◽️ Units of the Russian Armed Forces advanced another 4 kilometers overnight and completely took control of Sladkoe. Currently, scattered groups of the nationalist battalion “Donbass” are being destroyed. ◽️ The grouping of troops of the Donetsk People’s Republic completes the defeat of the remnants of the 53rd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, developing an offensive in Novomikhailovka direction. ◽️ In total, up to 50 militants, 3
This is today’s open thread. Kindly keep on topic in the other threads and use this one for extraneous comments related to Saker Blog discussions. Moderation rules apply.
By Ramin Mazaheri for the Saker Blog As I wrote in my previous article on this issue – the total Western failure of Russia’s “denazification” justification for its armed operation in Ukraine – Russia will lose the battle for Western hearts and minds if it fails to introduce new discussions and prolonged, patient debates about what “Nazi” means in 2022. Some point out that Russia doesn’t have to convince anyone
By Thorsten J. Pattberg for the Saker Blog Witchcraft and sorcery do exist and are practiced everywhere in the world. They are scientifically demonstrable. Introduction. Every writer on this planet MUST NECESSARILY believe in magic because they know that their written words have an effect on people. There is no physical causality. All great literature is in effect magic, light magic or dark magic, or shades in between. The Malleus
Dear friends, For four weeks now we have been discussing the Russian special military operation in the Ukraine and most of what we looked at was happening either in the Ukraine proper or near it. I did mention plenty of time that “this is not about the Ukraine, this is about the future collective security arrangement of Europe“, which is true. But even that does not show the full picture.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en/288 ▫️The grouping of troops of the Donetsk People’s Republic, developing an offensive, took full control of Stepnoye and is pursuing the retreating units of the 53rd separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Up to 25 personnel, 2 tanks, 2 infantry fighting vehicles and 5 all-terrain vehicles were destroyed. ▫️In Novoselovka Vtoraya direction, the units of the Donetsk Republic have advanced to a depth of 3 kilometers, crossed
By Ghassan Kadi for the Saker Blog The Russian special operation in Ukraine has created the potential for an avalanche of geopolitical and geo-economic changes. Some of them were bound to happen; just waiting for a trigger factor. Is the end of the Petrodollar one of them? To understand the importance of the Petrodollar, we need to go back to its origin and definition. Many articles and definitions have been
By Ramin Mazaheri for the Saker Blog For readers who missed the announcement of this new book, France’s Yellow Vests: Western Repression of the West’s Best Values, please click here in order to see the short recap of what this book is about and why it’s not only the best French election primer you can find, but necessary reading for anyone who wants to understand the Yellow Vests and modern
Note by Andrei: Boris Alexandrovich Rozhin blogs under the alias Colonel Cassad. He is based in Crimea and reports about the events in the Ukraine on a daily basis. I don’t necessarily agree/endorse everything he said here (or elsewhere) and I don’t share his ideological views (he is a Communist). In in the interview he just gave to a Russian outlet he gives a lot of interesting information. So what
Today, no special topic. It will be a pure open thread (but moderation rules still apply). Cheers Andrei
By Amarynth for the Saker Blog and collaborating with Godfree Roberts’ Newsletter, Here Comes China Biden / Xi Summit. In perfect Chinese diplomatic terms, it looks like business as usual. Taken outside of the perfect diplomatic terms, it is a true spanking. Let’s take one paragraph only and remember a few things first: Washington, as usual, threatened and danced something like the haka and warned Xi not to support Russia
By James Tweedie for the Saker Blog What is fascism? With the Russian ‘de-Nazification operation’ in the Ukraine entering its fourth week and “Black Lives Matter” replaced with “I Stand With Ukraine” as the virtue-signal de jour, now seems like a good time to define it. While I’m a big fan of the Iranian journalist Ramin Mazaheri, I have to disagree with his latest article on The Vineyard of
Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry ▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct the special military operation. ▫️On March 18, Kinzhal aviation missile system with hypersonic ballistic missiles destroyed a large underground storage facility for missiles and aviation ammunition of Ukrainian troops in Delyatin, Ivano-Frankovsk region. ▫️Bastion coastal missile system destroyed the radio and technical reconnaissance centres of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Velikiy Dalnik and Velikodolinskoye, Odessa
https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1805134/ Question: The sanctions that are currently imposed on Russia are of course unprecedented. And they are really negatively affecting the lives of ordinary Russians, even though Washington is saying that it’s not targeting Russians. What can you say about what the goals of these sanctions are and who the target really is? Sergey Lavrov: And we observe unprecedented steps our Western colleagues are taking. One of the underlying trends
