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Hezbollah Secretary General Nasrallah: “The game is over in Syria”

Full speech delivered by Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during the memorial anniversary of the Resistance Leader Martyrs held in Sayyed Ashuhada Compound on February 16, 2015.     I take refuge in Allah from the stoned devil. In the Name of Allah, The Compassionate, The Most Merciful. Peace be upon the Seal of Prophets, our Master and Prophet, Abi Al Qassem Mohammad, on his chaste and pure Household,

Debaltsevo fallout in Banderastan

An EU Coalition of the Willing? When I first heard of Poroshenko’s latest idea about sending peacekeepers to the Ukraine, I had figured that he was talking about UN peacekeepers, the only ones with any possible legality for such an operation. Turns out I had “misunderestimated” Poroshenko. His idea is even crazier: he wants *EU* “peacekeepers”! This is what the official website of the President of the Ukraine says: Ukraine

A few loose ends about Debaltsevo

“Dragon_First_1” has posted a detailed analysis of the forces which have actually succeeded in getting out of the Debaltsevo Cauldron. The original Russian text is here: ПРОРЫВ ПОДРАЗДЕЛЕНИЙ ВСУ ИЗ РАЙОНА ДЕБАЛЬЦЕВО 18 февраля 2015 г The Google machine translation is here. Novorussian sources estimate the number of killed junta forces at about 3’500. As for Poroshenko, apparently “buoyed” by the recent “victory” of his forces, he is now asking

Seven countries in five years

by “Observer” translated by “lmimkac” (thanks a lot!!)   Seven countries in five years and the US dollar is raising from the dead. Ukraine fulfilled its purpose, ISIL conquering Iraq and Syria, just conquering strategic Koban. Turkey does possum, Kurdistan rejoices. Asad has yet to fall, then comes the Iran and the “New Middle East” will be finished and dollar saved. Or – weaned Russia, China and dependent dollar still

19.02.2015 Ukrainian crisis news. Latest news of Ukraine, Donbass, Kiev, Europe, USA, Russia

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The strategic implications of the battle for Debaltsevo (UPDATED)

The Novorussians are in control of most of Debaltsevo (officially 90% officially 100% as of midnight GMT). More relevantly, there is no more organized resistance. Russian sources say that about 1000 junta soldiers have refused to surrender and are hiding in the outskirts or have fled to the south end of the cauldron. The Novorussians are not even bothering to hunt them down or return their sporadic (and inaccurate) fire:

Global Politics – a war of meanings

by Nikolai Starikov Source: Глобальная политика – война смыслов Translated by DzhMM, Mikhael, Gideon (thanks guys!!!!) In the course of life today, we’ve grown accustomed to using terms whose meaning we might not fully understand. We throw them around casually, not realizing that they lose their meaning and sometimes even come around to stand for their exact opposite. This is precisely why the sense has arisen today in society that

UAF squad surrenders at Debaltsevo 17/02/15

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18.02.2015 Ukrainian crisis news. War in Ukraine, Donbass, Kiev, USA

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Russian News Site to Pay Expenses of Foreign Journalists, Bloggers, to Visit Donbass

by Charles Bausman I’m writing to let people know of an interesting opportunity. A private Russian citizens’ initiative whose goal is to provide information about the Ukraine war not covered in the western media, is organizing a press tour to the Donbass and Moscow in the second half of March. The invitation is open to all journalists and bloggers, mainstream and alternative. They are offering to cover all expenses in

17.02.2015 Military Report of Novorossia. War in Ukraine, DPR, LPR

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Yet another monumental failure for the junta

All my sources confirm that Debaltsevo is mostly in Novorussian hands and that the junta forces are in full retreat to the south of the pocket. All the top Novorussian brass was on hand today, including Kononov, Motorola, Givi, Mozgovoi and Zakharchenko as were many tens of Ukrainian prisoners. It appears that the junta forces were unable to provide the kind of resistance they showed in Peski, and that make

DPR PM Zakharchenko hospital interview after injury in Debaltesvo

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Quick update on Zakharchenko

He is doing fine. Here is a photo of him in the Lugansk hospital: He will, however, have to take three days off, not just one night as he had initially planned.   The Saker   [Note from webmaster: We are in the process of migrating the comments of the articles from blogspot to the new blog here. Due to technical reasons we’ll have to copy the remaining comments manually

Breaking news: Debaltsevo almost taken, Zakharchenko lightly wounded

Russian sources are reporting that NAF commanders estimate that Debaltsevo will be taken by the end of the day. Also, Alexander Zakharchenko has been lightly wounded in the leg by some shrapnel. He is resting and will resume his normal work tomorrow. I will keep you posted as best I can later in the day.   The Saker   [Note from webmaster: We are in the process of migrating the

DPR Defense Minister — 80% of Debaltesvo are controlled by the NAF [eng sub]

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17.02.2015 Ukrainian crisis news. Latest news of Ukraine, Donbass, Kiev, USA

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16.02.2015 Military Report of Novorossia. Latest news of Ukraine, DPR,LPR

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I nominate “Iats” for the 2015 chutzpah Nobel prize

Unian reports: Russia should pay for the restoration of Donetsk and Luhansk, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said on Sunday, according to Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda. “As for the reconstruction of the Donbas – I think it is logical to put the question of reparations to the Russian Federation. They destroyed the Donbas, and Russia should pay for the restoration of Donetsk and Luhansk,” Yatseniuk said. “They [Russia] have

Western sanctions and Russian perceptions

I parse the Russian media (corporate and social) on a daily basis and I am always amazed at the completely different way the issue of western sanctions is discussed. I think that it is important and useful for me to share this with those of you who do not speak Russian. First, nobody in Russia believes that the sanctions will be lifted. Nobody. Of course, all the Russian politicians say

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