I admit I don’t know what’s going on, but The Saker is normally on the ball, about such matters.
I think we all understand that Western Progaganda is complete nonsense, so its wise not to believe any of it, about anything, unless it is very comprehensively supported by a large collection of other inderpendent evidence, that can be verfied, as most probably being true.
The British Defence Minister (an ex Scots Guards officer), who earlier deployed the EU Joint Expeditionary Force (backed by a US contingent) has now publically stated that Britain can beat Russia in a fight, quote:
“We have kicked thier backside once and we can do it again!”.
From the UK Daily Mail:
The Defence Secretary, a former soldier who served as an officer in the Scots Guards in the 1990s, was giving troops a pep talk when he referenced the Crimean War in the 1850s.
He compared Vladimir Putin to Tsar Nicholas 1st because he also had no allies during the Crimean War. The overwhelming forces amassed by Britain, France and the Ottomans eventually prevailed, with Russia suing for peace when it looked like Austria would also line up against them – but the campaign was highly unpopular at home and dragged on for two years.
Mr Wallace also claimed the Russian President had gone ‘full tonto’ in a dramatic escalation of the government’s rhetoric.
Commonwealth soldiers laughed nervously and Home Secretary Priti Patel sat stony-faced as they listened to the comments at the Horse Guards building in Westminster this morning.
I have taken a bit of flack on this site with previous comments about British Military Officers (particularly senior Naval Officers) having “a thing” about the Crimea War and not recognising Russias right to have a naval base or fleet in the Black Sea (Treaty of Paris 1856 and all that again). To be honest I had not realised the fixation with Crimea by British Elite was almost unkown outside the UK armed forces until I took flak for raising the issue.
I have also previously wriiten in the comments of this blog about Crimean War artifacts (treasured by the British Elite – especially Trophy cannons and Russian Uniforms and swords) and the paintings in public buildings being good evidence of this. Interestingly yesterdays press announcement of the deployment of UK led JEF was conducted in the “Crimea War Exhibition” room of Belvoir Castle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvoir_Castle
I have warned (having knowledge of Senior Officers opinnions and beliefs) that the British will Not let Ukraine go – certainly not without a fight – be that physical / cyber / economic.
Well, if you look up the Defence Ministers views on Crimea (and Ukraine), and then look at actions taken and planned, you will see that the British do indeed plan to face off against the Russians in order to prevent the loss of Ukraine, but especially to prevent the capture / closure of Odessa by Russia (The British have already signed contracts for the development of “NATO standard” naval facilities in and around Odessa, plus missile defence facilities (both air and anti-shipping), and even a new naval facility in the Sea of Azov (I have posted the many links to varify and confirm this previously).
The British will not let this go, and they will drag the rest of Europe (see the JEF deployment) and the US (the Brits intend to use the article 5 trip wire) kicking and screeming into this centuries old fight between old powers if needed (and they will be as the UK cant stop Russia alone).
We are less than 48 hours into this and the pieces are being moved (and public warnings given) at a very fast rate.
Incendently, I have heard that the British “Advisors” are now back in position in Ukraine (they didnt all leave they just made a tactical withdrawl expecting Putin to send armour). News of the “Advisors” and “Contractors” should be on various blogs in the next day or two, as will more critical info regarding the deployments close to Kaliningrad and another one in Estonia, almost in view of St Petersberg.
It’s an apt name, but have you ever considered 2014 and the mystery of MH370. Perhaps you should study that incident a bit closer. Just consider that the military radar stations of Malaysia, Thailand, America, Ammarset (Rolls Royce) and possibly even Australia’s OTH radar, all followed MH370 from the time it took off until it was ditched in the Andaman Sea in the Bay of Bengal, and yet nobody knows anything, much like Sgt Shultz.
And the British military, especially the senior military officers; where does their loyalty lie? Is it with the pollies or with the Royal Family? Would they condone the plots of David Cameron to sacrifice the future King of England and his wife to create a British 911 as a reason to secure Ukraine as a NATO base to attack Iran, all planned by General Petraeus, and carried out by the CIA/FBI/MI6.
Do the Senior British Military Officers accept regicide? The attempted murder of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge? That was the major part of MH370, which would have allowed the then ‘new’ government of the Ukraine to cede the military bases in Crimea to the US and NATO, and that was the subject that David Cameron was due to give to the Knesset on the 12th March, 2014, not some codswallop about his Jewish Great Grandfather.
So just exactly what has the higher prerogative within the Military Service? The Royal family or a distant memory of Raglan, Cardigan and Sandwich and the captured Russian cannons from which the VC medals are created?
Ukrainie recently have tried to convince everyone that new protective screens for Russian’s tank turrets, designed right after the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, are badly designed and susceptible to missles like Javelin, which are attacking target from above.
Here is an example of that protection on the T72B3: https://topwar.ru/uploads/posts/2021-06/1624280200_-72b3-3.jpg
Of course Ukies as allways rigged the results of their test from the very beginnig for thier “propaganda of success” purposes. What is even more funnier, the first launch of Javelin missle was a complete failure. :)))
Expensive spectacle: Javelin was able to break through the T-64B tower in Ukraine
During the recent ostentatious launches of the American FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank complex, the Ukrainian military resorted to crude manipulations to demonstrate good results.
So, the mass media of Ukraine began to write about the defeat of the “Russian tank”. In fact, the target was a strange design in the form of an empty body of a decommissioned armored personnel carrier BTR-80, on which the turret was fixed from a damaged and obviously exploded or burned old T-64B tank. By the way, combat vehicles of this type in various variants are currently the main ones in the land forces of Ukraine.
Lattice screens were welded to the roof of the tower, however, as can be seen from the published images, this “visor” was fixed on thin metal rods at an unacceptably low height from the armor, which discredits the whole essence of this demonstration. If this were the case in reality, then the commander and the gunner-operator simply would not have the opportunity to occupy and leave their jobs.
The demonstration of the power of the Javelin ATGM itself began with an embarrassment: the first “high-precision” missile, either because of poor operator training, or because of some technical malfunction, did not find the target and exploded at a distance from it.
The second launch seemed to be accurate, but there are questions here too. Yes, a part of the screen was destroyed, but in reality, besides it, all tanks also have dynamic protection, which was supposed to contribute to the smearing of the moving cumulative jet, but for some reason the organizers of this “experiment” forgot about it.
I also wonder why they were too shy to demonstrate the entrance hole in the roof? There is a hole in the stern everywhere, but in its appearance it is very old and, apparently, it was because of it that the tank from which the tower was borrowed died a few years ago. Therefore, it can be assumed that the rocket simply collapsed without any special effect.
In general, if we evaluate what was shown impartially, then instead of the professionalism of the calculation and the high efficiency of the American FGM-148 Javelin complex, we saw a poorly staged performance worth about 500 thousand dollars.
There are many Poles who did not forget the Volhynia massacre of 1943. The people ruling ukraine today are the descendants of the banderite gangs. They are dangerous to ukraine, Russia, Poland, and other nations. They must be removed from positions of authority immediately. Ukraine must return back to the status quo before 2013.
Огромное спасибо! Fascinating talk. I’ve read your books too. Having spent some time in Russia I know how foolish the Western media are.
I live in Canada–just look at the idiot who runs our country!
Best wishes–keep it up.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1495474850458226689
speaking of the timing…
Wonder if my second fav “russian” politico is over his spout with the rona…
He’s right, they’re morons.
This is a genuine tweet by EU’s Borrell – which he deleted afterwards.
This is the “level” of EU “diplomacy”….
No more:
Shopping in #Milano
Partying in #SaintTropez
Diamonds in #Antwerp
This is a first step. #WeStandUnited
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Larger resolution:
https://pasteboard.co/C0BJmzep2KQQ.jpg
Bernhard Hoftsman – Moon of Alabama :
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/02/there-is-still-no-russian-invasion-but-sanctions-proceeded-anyway.html#more
John Ward The SLOG
https://therealslog.com/2022/02/23/exclusive-no-putin-invasion-of-ukraine/
I admit I don’t know what’s going on, but The Saker is normally on the ball, about such matters.
I think we all understand that Western Progaganda is complete nonsense, so its wise not to believe any of it, about anything, unless it is very comprehensively supported by a large collection of other inderpendent evidence, that can be verfied, as most probably being true.
Tony
02/23/2022 10:57am EST
Here is a live recording of the UN General Assembly debating the Ukraine crisis:
See: https://consortiumnews.com/2022/02/23/watch-un-general-assembly-debate-on-ukraine-live/ .
The British Defence Minister (an ex Scots Guards officer), who earlier deployed the EU Joint Expeditionary Force (backed by a US contingent) has now publically stated that Britain can beat Russia in a fight, quote:
“We have kicked thier backside once and we can do it again!”.
From the UK Daily Mail:
The Defence Secretary, a former soldier who served as an officer in the Scots Guards in the 1990s, was giving troops a pep talk when he referenced the Crimean War in the 1850s.
He compared Vladimir Putin to Tsar Nicholas 1st because he also had no allies during the Crimean War. The overwhelming forces amassed by Britain, France and the Ottomans eventually prevailed, with Russia suing for peace when it looked like Austria would also line up against them – but the campaign was highly unpopular at home and dragged on for two years.
Mr Wallace also claimed the Russian President had gone ‘full tonto’ in a dramatic escalation of the government’s rhetoric.
Commonwealth soldiers laughed nervously and Home Secretary Priti Patel sat stony-faced as they listened to the comments at the Horse Guards building in Westminster this morning.
It came as Ukraine announced a nationwide state of emergency and Boris Johnson announced the UK will send more defensive weapons to the nation in a bid to deter a full-scale invasion by Mr Putin.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10542729/Ben-Wallace-claims-Putin-gone-tonto-Ukraine-crisis.html
Cross reference with Sky News:
https://news.sky.com/video/ukraine-crisis-putin-has-gone-full-tonto-says-ben-wallace-12549621
OK
I have taken a bit of flack on this site with previous comments about British Military Officers (particularly senior Naval Officers) having “a thing” about the Crimea War and not recognising Russias right to have a naval base or fleet in the Black Sea (Treaty of Paris 1856 and all that again). To be honest I had not realised the fixation with Crimea by British Elite was almost unkown outside the UK armed forces until I took flak for raising the issue.
I have also previously wriiten in the comments of this blog about Crimean War artifacts (treasured by the British Elite – especially Trophy cannons and Russian Uniforms and swords) and the paintings in public buildings being good evidence of this. Interestingly yesterdays press announcement of the deployment of UK led JEF was conducted in the “Crimea War Exhibition” room of Belvoir Castle:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvoir_Castle
I have warned (having knowledge of Senior Officers opinnions and beliefs) that the British will Not let Ukraine go – certainly not without a fight – be that physical / cyber / economic.
Well, if you look up the Defence Ministers views on Crimea (and Ukraine), and then look at actions taken and planned, you will see that the British do indeed plan to face off against the Russians in order to prevent the loss of Ukraine, but especially to prevent the capture / closure of Odessa by Russia (The British have already signed contracts for the development of “NATO standard” naval facilities in and around Odessa, plus missile defence facilities (both air and anti-shipping), and even a new naval facility in the Sea of Azov (I have posted the many links to varify and confirm this previously).
The British will not let this go, and they will drag the rest of Europe (see the JEF deployment) and the US (the Brits intend to use the article 5 trip wire) kicking and screeming into this centuries old fight between old powers if needed (and they will be as the UK cant stop Russia alone).
We are less than 48 hours into this and the pieces are being moved (and public warnings given) at a very fast rate.
Incendently, I have heard that the British “Advisors” are now back in position in Ukraine (they didnt all leave they just made a tactical withdrawl expecting Putin to send armour). News of the “Advisors” and “Contractors” should be on various blogs in the next day or two, as will more critical info regarding the deployments close to Kaliningrad and another one in Estonia, almost in view of St Petersberg.
Dear Crazy Times,
It’s an apt name, but have you ever considered 2014 and the mystery of MH370. Perhaps you should study that incident a bit closer. Just consider that the military radar stations of Malaysia, Thailand, America, Ammarset (Rolls Royce) and possibly even Australia’s OTH radar, all followed MH370 from the time it took off until it was ditched in the Andaman Sea in the Bay of Bengal, and yet nobody knows anything, much like Sgt Shultz.
And the British military, especially the senior military officers; where does their loyalty lie? Is it with the pollies or with the Royal Family? Would they condone the plots of David Cameron to sacrifice the future King of England and his wife to create a British 911 as a reason to secure Ukraine as a NATO base to attack Iran, all planned by General Petraeus, and carried out by the CIA/FBI/MI6.
Do the Senior British Military Officers accept regicide? The attempted murder of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge? That was the major part of MH370, which would have allowed the then ‘new’ government of the Ukraine to cede the military bases in Crimea to the US and NATO, and that was the subject that David Cameron was due to give to the Knesset on the 12th March, 2014, not some codswallop about his Jewish Great Grandfather.
So just exactly what has the higher prerogative within the Military Service? The Royal family or a distant memory of Raglan, Cardigan and Sandwich and the captured Russian cannons from which the VC medals are created?
Maybe they can re-write the contract to develop the base for Russia instead. It looks like that will be the best option available to them.
Ukrainie recently have tried to convince everyone that new protective screens for Russian’s tank turrets, designed right after the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, are badly designed and susceptible to missles like Javelin, which are attacking target from above.
Here is an example of that protection on the T72B3: https://topwar.ru/uploads/posts/2021-06/1624280200_-72b3-3.jpg
Of course Ukies as allways rigged the results of their test from the very beginnig for thier “propaganda of success” purposes. What is even more funnier, the first launch of Javelin missle was a complete failure. :)))
https://rg.ru/2021/12/24/dorogoj-spektakl-smog-li-javelin-probit-bashniu-t-64b-na-ukraine.html
Yandex machine translation:
Expensive spectacle: Javelin was able to break through the T-64B tower in Ukraine
During the recent ostentatious launches of the American FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank complex, the Ukrainian military resorted to crude manipulations to demonstrate good results.
So, the mass media of Ukraine began to write about the defeat of the “Russian tank”. In fact, the target was a strange design in the form of an empty body of a decommissioned armored personnel carrier BTR-80, on which the turret was fixed from a damaged and obviously exploded or burned old T-64B tank. By the way, combat vehicles of this type in various variants are currently the main ones in the land forces of Ukraine.
Lattice screens were welded to the roof of the tower, however, as can be seen from the published images, this “visor” was fixed on thin metal rods at an unacceptably low height from the armor, which discredits the whole essence of this demonstration. If this were the case in reality, then the commander and the gunner-operator simply would not have the opportunity to occupy and leave their jobs.
The demonstration of the power of the Javelin ATGM itself began with an embarrassment: the first “high-precision” missile, either because of poor operator training, or because of some technical malfunction, did not find the target and exploded at a distance from it.
(…)
The second launch seemed to be accurate, but there are questions here too. Yes, a part of the screen was destroyed, but in reality, besides it, all tanks also have dynamic protection, which was supposed to contribute to the smearing of the moving cumulative jet, but for some reason the organizers of this “experiment” forgot about it.
I also wonder why they were too shy to demonstrate the entrance hole in the roof? There is a hole in the stern everywhere, but in its appearance it is very old and, apparently, it was because of it that the tank from which the tower was borrowed died a few years ago. Therefore, it can be assumed that the rocket simply collapsed without any special effect.
In general, if we evaluate what was shown impartially, then instead of the professionalism of the calculation and the high efficiency of the American FGM-148 Javelin complex, we saw a poorly staged performance worth about 500 thousand dollars.
There are many Poles who did not forget the Volhynia massacre of 1943. The people ruling ukraine today are the descendants of the banderite gangs. They are dangerous to ukraine, Russia, Poland, and other nations. They must be removed from positions of authority immediately. Ukraine must return back to the status quo before 2013.
The people who rule ukraine are the descendants of banderites, who carried out the Volhynia massacre in 1943 in Poland. Hell with hem.