what hand amongst the rubble
fixed you there
beneath vast spaces
of Novorussian skies?
left there leaning alone
blue stripe above as the sky
red stripe below as the blood
of the fallen
flying in the breeze
capturing hearts
with the silent joyful message
of victory and freedom
fixed you there
beneath vast spaces
of Novorussian skies?
left there leaning alone
blue stripe above as the sky
red stripe below as the blood
of the fallen
flying in the breeze
capturing hearts
with the silent joyful message
of victory and freedom
Prue Benson
Updated version by Vasco de Gama:
Back when those monsters first began destroying it, I had no doubt whatever that Saur Mogila would be retaken and the obelisk and statue rebuilt.
But right now, I’m not sure it should be — it says everything it needs to, just the way it is! I had tears in my eyes when I first saw that picture, and I’ve got them again right now just typing this.
And of course the usual complement of prayers, spoken and unspoken. Almost with every breath, it seems; they’re just so many to pray for, everywhere.
Little bit shorter than it was a month or so ago but the correct flag is flying over it finally.
Is this the war memorial??
It looks like it…but fairly shortened.
I saw another picture lastly where it was already damaged but not erase as it stands…..
Slava NOVORUSSIA !
Sky TV in UK hysterically spinning of huge Russian invasion in South along the Azov littoral. Heavily sweating Uke foreign minister shown begging for outside help. NATO says ‘1,000 Russian troops in Ukraine’….and how many CIA,FBI, Xe,Balts, Poles and other assorted mercs I wonder? Western MSM starting to foam at the mouth….Go NovoRussia,Go…..
@Barn Owl 14:40, 28 Aug, 2014.
Re: Sky News Hysterical Spin of a “Russian Invasion”.
The BBC is just as hilarious! They’re having a meltdown dealing with their own inpotence. Shitty Shatty Kay of BBC America just went thru the same propaganda points with disgraced Neocon underling, US General George Joulwan (fired for incompetence in Iraq).
I’m sure the criminal mafia of psychopaths that run Britain are having a rolling-on-floor, foaming-at-the-mouth temper tantrum right now at their utter powerlessness to do anything about their defeat in Novorossiya and now the rest of THE Ukraine. Same goes for those control freaks in Brussels and the closet Nazis in Berlin’s security establishment.
Meanwhile certain people of power in the US and Russia are laughing their heads off at how completely screwed the nutjobs at the Obama/Hitllery/Kerry State Dept and the rubes in EU are; they really bungled this asset grab. The EU is in for a deep recession and will never be allowed to be a global power by the aforementioned.
Perhaps Putin can send a few cases of Viagra and Cialis to the bumbling inbred morons that run foreign policy in London, Berlin and Brussels. It might help them thru their inevitable feelings of inadequecy as the bitter reality of their utter failure sinks in. It’s hard for a bunch of spoiled brat autocrat scum to come to terms with how thoroughly they’ve been rodgered/buggered. Perhaps Putin should ship them some Prozac too (and this time include some for BBC & Sky News staff).
re: Ukie rout : the military expert who informs me says the rebels may very well be going to take the whole coastline of the Black sea up to and including Odessa. It makes sense. He said during the Falklands war in Argentina ( he was in broadcasting there ) that the Junta lied in the same way about victories so when the bitter defeat had to be faced, the people were outraged. Expect anger in Kiev
Damn!
Brings associations with another flag on another ruined place …
@Nora:it says everything it needs to, just the way it is!
Exactly my first thought too. The way it is now is perfect and much more moving. I would leave it exactly ‘as is’ with the Novorussian flag on top of it, and make it a pilgrimage place for all those who understand that Saur Mogila is the modern Stalingrad (I mean that qualitatively, of course, not quantitatively). A monument to anti-Fascist resistance.
Cheers,
The Saker
The Russians on leave fighting and dying with the DPR Army/militia are doing what American special ops forces did in Central America and elsewhere in the eighties.
They took 30 day leaves, were “off the books” and fought and died or got wounded as volunteers to suppress the Sandinistas and the FLMN in El Salvador.
So, the Russians are not invaders by precedent of the U.S. (I’m sure this is eons old in military, but the documentation exists to prove the American use of the ruse.)
Once it became so blatant, the US switched to using “independent” contractors under the command of CIA station chiefs. Thus, Blackwater,et al.
Poem for Poroshenko http://space4peace.blogspot.com/2014/08/poor-poor-poroshenko.html
I agree, clean up around it and the fallen statue to bake it safe for visitors but otherwise leave it alone apart from a plaque.
It served its purpose remembering WW2. Now almost all the participants in that war are gone, it has a new purpose.
JohninMK
Exclusive footage from a height “Saur-Grave”! 28.08.2014
Novorossiya NEWS
Эксклюзивные кадры с высоты «Саур-Могила»! 28.08.2014
Новороссия NEWS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxv7K5L2opM
Dear The Saker,
A picture says a 1000 words…..:).
Rgds,
Veritas
The Ukies are counter-attacking in mass.
What is the over-under that the mass of Ukies is caught in a cauldron shortly?
Two days?
Also, on the cable joke shows (news) the meme of the day appears to be to resurrect the canard that Putin and Russians shot down the MH-17.
And watch this one without laughing: The NATO-Russia 1997 agreement has been broken by Russia.
Of course, the opposite has been the case since George Bush I promised to move NATO eastward “not one inch”.
Well, it’s been a great morning. Some trepidation about the Ukie counter-attack, but it looks like Kiev will soon be attacked by Ukrainians gone out of their minds as their sons are butchered in cauldrons and the economy crashes.
Putin finally has brain-washed the Ukrainians that they need to “come home”. Russia is their only hope, and now they see it.
We all discussed how the mind-set of 23 years and 5 Billion dollars of Western conditioning was why Ukrainians hated Russians and Russia.
Putin took six months to erase that investment.
If you were an investor, you’d be “long” on Eurasia and “short” the Hegemon. And EU and NATO are being downgraded by Fitch. Most institutional investors are shedding them from their portfolios.
Also, there is a distressed chocolate empire that soon may be in foreclosure. An opportunity for the right buyer. It’s about timing, you know.
I suspect some billionaire from Shanghai or Guangzhou will be selling chocolates where once Porky did.
“@Nora:it says everything it needs to, just the way it is!”
Neither Novorossia, nor the men and women who fought for it are a ruin. Triumph, like defeat needs a symbol.
If the sacrifice proves to be in vain, perhaps I’ll be inclined to agree.
Otherwise, it must be renewed. Perhaps the new version should stand beside the ruin, reminding everyone how close to the abyss Novorossia came, and the difference between complacency and keen love of the land, kith and kin, home and hearth.
Erebus
teranam13 Aug 28 14:51–
the military expert who informs me says the rebels may very well be going to take the whole coastline of the Black sea up to and including Odessa.
I read predictions of this when the events in Crimea first started.
This Novorossiya to go on my new t-shirt.
As always, Google “Ukraine” and check the headlines in the ‘news’ section, for an instant snapshot of what the Jewish controlled mainstream media is telling the sheeple what the ‘TRUTH’ really is.
Russia has ‘invaded’ Ukraine- forget that an ‘invasion’ by just 1000 troops would be utterly laughable, when you remember the neo-Nazis have over 100,000 deployed in the region (although only part of this number in combat). The sheeple don’t understand ‘numbers’ and they certainly don’t have any fundamental understanding of the mechanisms of warfare.
We know about this number of Novorussian volunteers had been in Russia for military training, and have now returned with non-world-war class armour as units more than capable of pushing back CURRENT neo-Nazi forces.
Do you believe in coincidences? Tony Blair has NATO’s biggest meeting ever happening in a few days in Cardiff, UK. Ukrainian military leaders are to be the guests of honour. NATO is about to open up a new front in Finland, and if you think the situation in Novorussia is bad, wait until NATO imposes a stooge regime in Finland, which then invites NATO forces in.
The monsters of the West (visibly led by Tony Blair) are building an extraordinary momentum. Their ISIS forces are carving out Greater Saudi Arabia at an astonishing speed, more than THREE DECADES after the plan for GSA was first drawn up.
The West has destabilised the regimes of almost every European nation close to Russian borders, and placed their loyalists into key positions of power. In one fell swoop, NATO is poised to deploy massive FIRST STRIKE bases in each of these nations.
The lower level lieutenants that serve the monsters honestly believe this is about spreading West European ‘values’ Eastwards into ‘godless’ Russia. World wars cannot be organised without legions of ‘USEFUL IDIOTS’ like these camp followers.
Near the very top, monsters like Bill Gates travel the world, preaching the imminent need for the Human population to be reduced to less than TWO BILLION (the Gates family has a long history in the American Eugenic Movement- you know, the one that gave Hitler his pseudo-scientific theories of ‘race’). They have even built multi-billion dollar facilities in South America to ride out a global nuclear war.
A little below Gates’ level are the senior Christian Zionists (mostly American) who believe their greatest duty in life is to create the appropriate circumstances for the ‘RAPTURE’ (spolier: this involves triggering WW3).
Look, sheeple are told “why would the rich and powerful ruin their lives by creating wars?”. But look at Robin Williams. At his peak, the guy was paid tens of millions a film for hit movie after hit movie after hit movie. He raised a family of beautiful children. Money, fame, success, legions of adoring fans. His answer to life was to hang himself.
Powerful people don’t care about their own lives, or even those of their family. Power is a game where to ‘win’ you have to do the most extraordinary things imaginable. When a once powerful person can no longer do the ‘extraordinary’, their life is literally OVER.
So we should ALWAYS fear the people ‘at the top’, even in much better times than now. Our interests are never their interests. And today, all across the planet, powerful people- willingly or reluctantly- are increasing saying “it’s time for another World War”.
The psychology of ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ cannot be overstated.
@Anonymous 16:03, 28-Aug., 2014.
Sorry guy, but you need to lighten up on the defeatist conspiracy theories. Look at the contradictions in your own mythology: the elistist have built multi-billion dollar facilities in South America to ride out a Nuclear War! But you state state that these same group of elitist dont care if they die (like Robbin Williams). Get your story and cowardly story straight and get some help for your over-active fear-laden imagination.
Slava NOVORUSSIA !
Croat and Russophile
They could destroy the Memorial but never the spirit for which it stands.
God bless Novorussia!
Strelkov will be in Yalta tomorrow, meeting with Borodai, Glazyev, others.
Cassad’s been invited.
Cassad better take pics, is all I can say ;-D
That sure is one hell of a beautiful, expressive photograph – poem coming up . .
This headline speaks for itself, but the entire piece is well worth reading.
http://en.ria.ru/world/20140828/192428303/Former-British-Ambassador-to-Uzbekistan-Says-UK-Rogue-State.html
Craig John Murray, a former Ambassador and current member of “English for Independence” has some choice words in St. Andrews today for the country he was once proud to represent — including the following:
1. “I think it is impossible to be proud of the United Kingdom. I think when we invaded Iraq we did to the United Nations what Hitler and Mussolini did to the League of Nations.”
2. “When I first became a British Ambassador and first went out in my own flag car with the Union Jack flying on the front I had a lump in my throat. It was a proud moment for me. It was only six months after that I discovered that in the country where I was Ambassador we and the Americans were shipping people in order for them to be tortured. Some of them were tortured to death.”
3. “I know for certain – as I used to be head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office unit that monitored Iraqi weapons of mass destruction – I know for certain that they knew there weren’t any. It wasn’t a mistake, it was a lie.”
Three weeks to go — Espina, how’s it look?
Looks like the U.S. will be busy up to its eyeballs with ISIS. Germany will be doing all the heavy lifting just like WW1 and WW2
http://english.pravda.ru/world/ussr/28-08-2014/128393-ukraine_failed_state-0/
Erebus,
Let the real monument be in the lives of the people and the lovely new country they create.
“Well, it’s been a great morning. Some trepidation about the Ukie counter-attack, but it looks like Kiev will soon be attacked by Ukrainians gone out of their minds as their sons are butchered in cauldrons and the economy crashes. “
well there is a discussion on croatian forum and one guy is citing mainly ukie sources and apparently ukies are demanding conquest of novorussia – through feces-book of course…
http://translate.yandex.net/tr-url/hr-en.ru/www.forum.hr/showpost.php?p=51321423&postcount=3132
this reminds me of some >US site where preperes are disusing measures to prep and at the end they “support our troops…”
parallel universes at full blow…
Kardashian Post screaming headline: Russia Invasion
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/28/ukraine-russia_n_5728738.html
link.huffingtonpost.com/4cb49af3b61807701f9d9e701s9et.1cyj/U_8yT0mO4CTmH9zIBef81
Amazing new invisibility techniques that Putin possesses. Invading without any photo or video proof.
More bullshit: Pol Pot Shenko says, Ukraine reportedly claims.
If Russia was going to invade. Believe me we would know it.
And as usual the rank hypocrisy that it is okay for American, Polish and Baltic mercenaries are perfectly fine to kill “Moskal” citizens in the east
But Russian volunteers on holiday defending their brethren and sistren are signs of an invasion.
I really wish Putin would invade. End the killing in one weekend
That flag on the wrecked monument to the previous Fascist genocide is as inspiring as the Stars and stripes over Iwo Jima
Hey Saker,
By the way off the subject up there, but today Aug 28th a very low flying F-16 have been flying over the Constantinople close to the edge of the south west of the north strait and another flying extremely low , an F -4 Fathome in a direct line towards the same spot from the north as F-16 was making strange as if reconnaissance mission type of slow flying over the buildings also close.to the international airport. It was flying to slow to be cruise speed effiecient.
My guess is the US Destroyer and French Frigate have arrived.
The point is and i.dont want.to exaggerate but i could not see the Turkish flag !
I happen to be around the city near the boshphourous and dont forget what Imran Hussein always.mentioned !
NATO controls Constantinople not Muslims !!
Russia needs it to hit Israel the real ebemy state of the world.
Rodi
I also forgot to mention that today is the commemoration day of the 12th president of turkey. JUST like the first ONE , this one too an infidel and an Illuminte extension.supporting Israel under the table…
what hand amongst the rubble
fixed you there
below the vast and vaulted Novorussian skies?
oh lone flag
left there leaning
blue stripe above as the sky,
red stripe below, as the blood of the murdered
flying in the breeze
capturing hearts
with silent words
of freedom and victory
Ho hum, The Guardian and the rest of the western ‘media’ are getting boring, got it up to 2 Russian invasions per day. At least we have Twitter and blogs to report the news.
Peace (war if we need it)
Larchmonter445 said…
“The Russians on leave fighting and dying with the DPR Army/militia are doing what American special ops forces did in Central America and elsewhere in the eighties.
They took 30 day leaves, were “off the books” and fought and died or got wounded as volunteers to suppress the Sandinistas and the FLMN in El Salvador…the US switched to using “independent” contractors under the command of CIA station chiefs. Thus, Blackwater,et al.”
Such a slippery slope. True story. I know several families from church who are reported to have made “millions” in security services years ago. Stupid me — I could never figure out what they did/were doing — or how they made SO much money in this biz. They lived VERY well. This was 10+ years ago.
Fast forward to today. I know the basis of their huge wealth. It was clear to me some time ago. Which is another reason I stopped attending church.
I’m not envious of their money. I’m saddened that Christians can fool themselves that their livlihoods can be in-consistent with Christ. I don’t know how they do it. But the last time I was there — I told one of these folks — who had been engaging one of my sons in “internships” — that I would block any attempt to draw my children into that world. I have no interest in wasting my oil — or that of my children — on those who are so self-deluded and engage in evil. Don’t care who they are… Oh — and fuk the CIA. And DOS. And MIC.
Thanks for the reminder about how all this was enabled. Tick-tock.
Colonel Cassad just posted that the Junta officially announced that there is no russian invasion into Ukraine. http://www.svoboda.org/content/article/26551663.html (in Russian). Huh? I do wish these guys would make up their minds, though it’s highly likely the Ukrainian troops are utterly panicked as a result of their own side’s lies. Lord, what a bunch of clowns — but it’s sure hard to find any humor in all this death and destruction.
The other thing I’m wondering is exactly how far we’re going to push this in the Security Council this afternoon, since Europe is, erm, wobbly at best (except the Poles and Balts, of course, who are, well, feel free to fill in the blanks). But also, Russia holds not just more economic cards (about which pls. see below), but Putin may well have, erm, mentioned to Poroshenko the data Russia holds on MH-17… And while our new military strategy may *say* we should be capable of six simultaneous wars, we’ve kind of got our hands full just defending Kurdish oil and however many bases we’re trying to hold onto in Iraq. Or pretending to. Or whatever-the-hell-it-is we’re doing there, besides destroying the place, that is.
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140828/192429945/Russia-Develops-New-Retaliatory-Measures-to-Protect-Against.html
Anunnaki,
Putin doesn’t need to invade — the Novorossiyans (now with extra-added Abkhazia from the sea) are doing just fine. And how sweet will it be when the rest of Ukraine revolts against the Junta (for whatever reasons, cockamamie and otherwise). Poroshenko’s quite likely to sweat off a bit of his excess weight in the fairly near future, but if he makes it to Israel he’ll be able to put it right back on again — and he still looks like he’s wearing jammies in those stupid, stupid fatigues.
‘Kiev, rise up!’ Protesters demand ouster of Ukrainian president, defense minister read more: http://rt.com/news/183396-kiev-poroshenko-military-protest/
what hand amongst the rubble
fixed you there
beneath vast spaces
of Novorussian skies?
left there leaning alone
blue stripe above as the sky
red stripe below as the blood
of the fallen
flying in the breeze
capturing hearts
with the silent joyful message
of victory and freedom
Anonymous said… This Novorossiya to go on my new t-shirt.
It’s a pity no one is selling Novorossiya flags on eBay.
At least I’ve still got my St Georges ribbon.
Mr. Saker, ladies and gentlemen!
I strongly, STRONGLY disagree that Bush the Elder misspoke about NATO not moving one inch to the east. Just as with the prophecies of Phythia, the Oracle of Delphi, or the witches prophesying to Macbeth – it is a matter of correctly interpreting what the honourable Bush said.
He could have meant – “one inch” on a properly scaled map of the world, with a scale of 1 inch being equal to 1000 miles. Or he could have meant “not JUST one inch” Someone, like his friend Gorbachev, will have to ask.
The other thing to consider is – yes, Novorossiya does not want to join Ukraine, but suppose various parts of Ukrainian Oblasts, eventually all, and Transdniester and Moldova, want to join Novorossiya? Putin is officially keeping a “hands off” approach – but what the Novorossiyans decide later is their own business.
The only question is what to do with cleaning up/clearing out the Neo-Nazi guys – send them back to the jails where they were spring from? Send to Germany for re-education? Or use like US convicts or road maintenaceetc. repairs?
— Medea
Gayle, always good to get news updates from you
here’s the last paragraph from that Cassad link today – was sobering to me:
“…the junta suffered more than 350 irreplaceable losses over yesterday but our side also had losses – up to 40 irreplaceables. Just remember that there’s war and our people die there, helping to forge our common victory in Novorossia with their blood and their life. Remember those who didn’t come back from the battle. Also remember those who perished in Donetsk during shelling, even though the junta is suffering a catastrophe, it continues to compensate for its anger on the civilians of Novorossia by drowning Donetsk with rockets and shells. I hope that there’s not much time left for them to kill civilians in this way without punishment.”
So foggy ras actually got elected? Never knew the danes were so gullible. Foggy wants to recreate the victorious vikings. If history is any guide he wont know when to stop and cut his own head off to spite others.
The Jewish owned/run msm had two side by side article headlines at the top of their AP “news”. One said that 160 Syrian soldiers had been killed by ISIS and the other that 100 Russian soldiers had been killed by Ukrainian forces. With the western msm united under the ziofascist banner, one might as well get their news from tabloids lined up at supermarket checkout counters.
вот так
Deo Vindice!!
Na 17:21 said
“Colonel Cassad just posted that the Junta officially announced that there is no russian invasion into Ukraine.”
But that is unpossible. A NATO PR person has issued a twittergram showing a low quality reproduction of a high quality satellite image showing something somewhere sometime near the Russian border. That’s proof enough for me!
As for the Russian Invasion—
I wish the “Polite Green Men” were invading the USA, and going to clean up the ‘Ukies’ running this nation into Hell.
We have our ‘elected’ junta. Going from failed socialism and plutocracy to fascism, pure and simple, as envisioned by Benito Mussolini (who also journeyed from socialism to fascism).
The Americans have been programmed for decades to hate Russia and Russians, but the economy is dead in the water except for the Elites and the next level down fortunate enough to have employment or a small business yet not wrecked by Obamacare, taxes and regulations.
With a little help from the polite green men, who knows what would be possible?
Ever since Wilson, our Constitution has been shredded, capital has been captured by the few, credit is tightly controlled (if it isn’t consumer credit which is vastly encouraged at usurious rates), savings earn nothing, and fiat dollars generate debt on everyone at rates no one could ever pay back in a lifetime. But the Hegemon grew an Empire to control, using war and the bludgeon of its own set of rules.
Bring on the polite green men. Obama opened the borders. Just walk in with all the cartel drug mules, criminals and terrorists “walking” to the once-great America.
NovoAmerica. We don’t need too many weapons. But, Lord, do we need Strelkov and Motorola and the boys. No damn leadership in this biomass.
The battle cry of the new generations is: “Baa” (Sheeple).
It was 1961 when Wm. Lederer wrote “A Nation of Sheep”. About government deceit and passivity of the citizenry.
It is wider, deeper and more sinister than ever.
“Baa”. And like sheep, they are shorn of their “wool” and then slaughtered figuratively and sometimes literally.
Sheeple
Remember the CEO of world com made a statement about how righteous he was after his church meeting and all the people supported him.. Then after a trial the jury decided t put him in jail for fraud and embezzlement. Many of the biggest crooks go to church regularly and donate a huge amount of money for social services all the while at work they make a killing raping the poor every chance they get. It really makes is hard to go to church and see these guys come in high priced cars and act so cozy with everyone when you know what these guys do when they are not at church.
The Ukrainian units that took part in the Independence Day celebrations in Kiev were posted to the south east front immediately afterwards. About 30% of those sent deserted before arriving at the front. It seems that at least some Ukrainians are seeing the light and want to avoid dying pointlessly for the benefit of the oligarchs.
Anonymous 17:24
That is a beautiful poem. Well done!
In my opinion the monument should be cleaned of debris and left as is. Leave the fragments of the statue and the plinth where they fell, leave the obelisk as it is and the flag as it is , put up a single plaque to commemorate the latest battle and leave it as a monument to the very brave men and women who defended that edifice against overwhelming odds…..and succeeded. The names of our fallen at Saur should be on the plaque so they are known for all time and an eternal flame should be in front of the plaque. Perhaps Anonymous’ poem can be put there also, next to the plaque and in English, to remind people in future that it was not only Novorossiyans who fought and died there, but others as well.
@Yonatan
“a low quality reproduction of a high quality satellite image showing something somewhere sometime near a place”
Fixed for ya.
Jack Burton, ZeroHedge;
And why are they Russian units and not Rebel? In fact, this type of gun was captured in some number in battles. Also, a nice youtube video exists and I watched several days ago, maybe a week, showing this exact unit moving across fields in preparation for battle. The fighters shown with this SP Artillery convoy were to all appearance rebels. But who can prove by dress and speech.
My take, THIS is not a proof, these images just show a rebels convoy of heavy SP guns. I might note, A Polish super heavy SP gun was ambushed over a week ago near Karkov moving towards the Donetsk battle front, a super heavy gun ideal for city pounding. A rebel Partisan unit ambushed this gun and it’s crew driving in two vehicles with the gun. Two Poles were killed in the one car, the other car escaped with bullet holes at high speed. Rebels captured this Polish SP Gun, and photgraphed serial numbers and other proofs of Polish origin, plus they had two dead Poles. The gun was photgraphed, I am sure a serach will pull it up. Many Poles have been killed in battle. SO, has Poland invaded Ukraine?
My real take, the Rebels are smashing the US backed Kiev army. The situation is desperate. NATO MUST FIND a reason to move into Ukraine and save Kiev and it’s many encricled Battalions. I can’t push the issue too much that Kiev’s army is totally fucked, two Fascist Battlions of right sector volunteers have actually deserted the battle field, as of yesterday, and have said they may march on Kiev. Kiev admitted this and reeased a press statement saying they are investigating the Units and actions will be taken.
Again, NATO and Kiev have lost their gamble to defeat East Ukraine. Of course Russia is helping rebels and has volunteer Russians mixed into Rebel units, everyone knows this, just as Kiev has Poles and other east Europeans fighting. Of course many heavy weapons the rebels have come from Russia. BUT, many of Kiev’s heavy weapons now come from Poland and even Germany, these are left over Warsaw pact weapons that are battle ready but in storage across Eastern Europe. Hungary just shipped an entire train load of battle tanks and several attack helicopters. Kiev has lost so much equipment that the Shipments from US allies in NATO are all that keeps them fighting. Let me say again. Even Germany is sending former East German heavy weapons to Kiev.
NATO is pissing it’s pants over Kiev defeats. Excuses to attack the rebels with NATO forces is what Washington is all about. As for a direct Russian invasion force of regular army fighting in Ukraine. Bullshit Lies. They have no reason to, when rebels forces are smashing the Junta Army of Kiev into bits.
I feel sorry for Kiev’s conscript soldiers, the much better motivated and combat capable Rebels are eating them for lunch. As for Kiev’s Nazi battlions, Kill them all. They are war criminals
NATO overplayed it’s hand, they gambled on Kiev’s massive army crushing the tiny rebels force. But too many men joined rebels and they captured hundreds and hundreds of Kiev Army heavy wepaons, plus Russia has shipped over the border vital units to make up the balance.
NATO is fucked, will they take us to war with Russia. The next 7 days will tell
US and Europe have a Feasible Military Option for Defending Ukraine
It is becoming harder and harder to ignore Russia’s growing military intervention in Ukraine. The diplomatic and economic efforts of President Barack Obama and European leaders have failed to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s repeated escalation of this crisis. It is irresponsible to not examine how the West can use a limited amount of force to prevent Russia from conquering more of Ukraine. No matter how reluctant transatlantic leaders are to consider military options, the simple truth is that the West can defend Ukraine from further Russian invasion and do so without a prolonged conflict. . . .
The most feasible military option to help defend Ukraine would be a combination of Western air power, special forces, intelligence, remotely powered aircraft (aka drones) and cyberpower. This limited military option requires few boots on the ground and is comparable to the options used to initially defeat larger enemy forces in Afghanistan and Libya. This will not be a NATO mission, because it is improbable that all 28 members of the alliance would authorize this option. Nevertheless, a transatlantic coalition led by the U.S., Britain, France, Poland and Romania could host and deploy a more than adequate force multiplier to help the Ukrainian military defeat and repel Russian troops from their territory.
http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/us-and-europe-have-a-feasible-military-option-for-defending-ukraine
When the time comes,monument should be rebuilt,for all glorious soliders od Red Army and their glorious grandchildren
Sadly Yonatan, the link to which Cassad referred did not quite say what he said it said. ;)
There were two claims made, one being that in the Donetsk region there was no Russian crossing of the border but in the north there seemed to have been.
However it does show that somebody is making up stories and that the junta have not gotten their narrative fully sorted.
Of course that does not matter becasue any decisions taken by NATO (US) and EU will be taken on the basis of the narrative as THEY frame it and so the place will be hoaching with Russians and that is what we the people will be told.
By the way, don’t expect too much from Finland. I don’t quite know what the game is but they have good and close relations with Russia. Putin has good connections there from his football playing days and many of the local business men have taken sauna with their colleagues from Saint Petersburg and Moscow.
The war in the South-East Online 28.08.2014 Chronicle of events (post updated)
http://translate.yandex.net/tr-url/ru-en.ru/voicesevas.ru/news/yugo-vostok/4153-voyna-na-yugo-vostoke-onlayn-28082014-hronika-sobytiy-post-obnovlyaetsya.html
“…0-00, “Militias cut Mariupol from the West, with the assistance of Zaporizhzhya partisan militias went to the sea side of the Zaporozhye region. With the release of militias in Zaporizhzhya region war for the liberation of DND and LNR turned into a war for the liberation of all historical Novorossia. Even at lunch, everyone thought that the capture of Novoazovsk will follow the frontal assault of Mariupol. However, the Militia came trickier: they made a deep coverage of the front of the enemy and now Mariupol, which for the last two days have flooded the last reserves of the junta, almost ended up in the boiler.”
Waiting for official comments from staff…”
Meanwhile the neanderthal throwback and freak power ( http://zoa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Samantha_Power_White_House_Photo.jpg ) called on all her inner demons to try and get the UN to save Israel’s nazis in the Ukraine.
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@ Annunaki,
Q: I really wish Putin would invade. End the killing in one weekend.
R: The rook might be hungry, but it’s the Queen that will ultimate devour the ‘checkmate.’
Cryptic, you say? Perhaps, but still laced with logic.
At the moment Russia/Putin is about 15 steps ahead in a colorful book, while the ‘concerned world community’ is stuck on the front page of ’50 shades of Grey.’
It’s like watching Bruce Lee do some shadowboxing beyond 29,75 fps, while Chuck Norris stares at the crumbling Ruins of Rome’s massive Colosseum [especially after the 1min mark].
Personally I like this Russian KO slam dunk; Petro-dollar era is officially over as Gazprom begins sales in Yuan and Rouble.
Чуркин: Киев торпедировал все договоренности о мире на Украине (Churkin: Kiev torpedoed all the agreements of the world in Ukraine)
http://lifenews.ru/news/139250 (trans) http://translate.yandex.net/tr-url/ru-en.ru/lifenews.ru/news/139250
“An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in the Donbass was held today at the request of Lithuania.
The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko says that the main goal of Kiev is a world, while continuing the reckless policy of waging war against its own people. This is done with the support and under the influence of a number of known States, said the Russian representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin on the Security Council of an international organization in new York.
– Kyiv authorities torpedoed all the agreements on the settlement of the crisis in Ukraine: the Geneva statement on April 17, and the Berlin Declaration from the second of July… the Agreement of 21 February also opened up the real possibility of a civilized way out of the crisis, ” he said Churkin. – Proposed by the President Poroshenko “peace plan” was also a step toward further escalation, as determined truce surrender of the militia.
Kiev does not commit the steps to the beginning of negotiations with representatives of the Eastern regions and not fulfilling promises: not carried out constitutional reform, the purpose of which, as previously stated Petro Poroshenko, should be decentralization of power, and not assigned a special status for the Russian language. This is the fight against dissent – forbidden evil political parties and the media.
– Petro Poroshenko told about a new settlement plan. Where is this plan? Or is it a new red herring, which actually hides a bet on a military solution? – said the Russian diplomat. While Ukrainian law enforcers, not looking to any rules of international law or moral view, not selectively hit cities, residential areas and infrastructure.
Vitaly Churkin said that the security forces used rocket volley of fire, artillery and aviation, in the course are prohibited ammunition, including phosphate “filling”. Victims of military operations, which does not stop Kiev have become more than 2000 people and the number is growing. The number of refugees from Ukraine to Russia has already reached 814 thousand people.”
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@ Bot Tak,
Q: With the western msm united under the ziofascist banner, one might as well get their news from tabloids lined up at supermarket checkout counters.
R: When a ‘headline’ tells you the Apartheid State’s brown shirts did find 1 page of a Hamas manual stipulating that 3 Israeli teens have to be captured and killed, the bovine/excrement/BS meter explodes right in my face.
Oh look over there! Melee Cyprus with a new, shirtless tattoo and… oh, oh, oh…, look at the other side… 1 of the Cartra$$hians doing nothing important whatsoever…
Sorry, please hand me that barf bag, I–
An aerial, panoramic view of the ruined monument.
Саур-Могила под контролем ополченцев: панорамное видео (Saur-Grave under the control of militias: panoramic video)
http://lifenews.ru/news/139247 (trans) http://translate.yandex.net/tr-url/ru-en.ru/lifenews.ru/news/139247
“LifeNews published a survey of the legendary vertex with quadcopter. The fighting there lasted for almost three months…”
Quadcopter is a small RC drone:
http://www.ted.com/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_the_astounding_athletic_power_of_quadcopters?language=en
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It’s incredible how beautiful is that sky over Saur-Moghila….
President Putin has called on the self-defense militias in Ukraine to provide Kiev’s military units blocked in the east of the country with a safe humanitarian corridor to cross into Russia.
“It is obvious that the militia has reached a considerable success in curbing Kiev’s military operation, that had been a deadly threat to the population of Donbass and already led to heavy casualties among civilians,” the Russian leader said in a statement.
“I urge the militias to open a humanitarian corridor for Ukrainian troops that were surrounded, in order to avoid meaningless victims and provide them with the opportunity to freely withdraw from the battlefield area, to be reunited with their families, to return to their mothers, wives and children,” Putin said.
Russia is ready and will provide aid to Ukraine’s regions suffering from a humanitarian disaster, the Russian leader added according to the Kremlin’s press service.
Putin calls on E. Ukraine militia to provide blocked Kiev troops with safe corridor to Russia
President Putin…:
“It is obvious that the militia has reached a considerable success in curbing Kiev’s military operation, that had been a deadly threat to the population of Donbass and already led to heavy casualties among civilians,”…
As a result of militias’ counter-offense, large numbers of Ukrainian troops – many of whom were taking part in Kiev’s so-called anti-terrorist operation “against their will” and “just following orders” – have been surrounded, the President added.
“I urge the militias to open a humanitarian corridor for Ukrainian troops that were surrounded, in order to avoid meaningless victims and provide them with the opportunity to freely withdraw from the battlefield area, to be reunited with their families, to return to their mothers, wives and children,” Putin said…
Now one of AIPAC’s “American” boitoys is claiming Russia invaded the Ukraine;
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy: Time to call Russia-Ukraine conflict a ‘war’
“With Russian forces apparently rolling across eastern Ukraine, Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy told Yahoo News on Thursday that it is past time to call the escalating conflict a “war” and to label Moscow’s actions an “invasion.”
The israeloscum and their 5th element worldwide really have it in for Russia. Perhaps the Russians dumping the dollar, the ziofascist’s main instrument of dominance, has something to do with it…
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Just breaking: http://rt.com/news/183520-ukraine-russia-putin-militia/
Putin has called on the Novorossiyan forces to provide Kiev’s blocked military units a safe passage to Russia.
““It is obvious that the militia has reached a considerable success in curbing Kiev’s military operation, that had been a deadly threat to the population of Donbass and already led to heavy casualties among civilians,” the Russian leader said in a statement.
As a result of militias’ counter-offense, large numbers of Ukrainian troops – many of whom were taking part in Kiev’s so-called anti-terrorist operation “against their will” and “just following orders” – have been surrounded, the President added.
“I urge the militias to open a humanitarian corridor for Ukrainian troops that were surrounded, in order to avoid meaningless victims and provide them with the opportunity to freely withdraw from the battlefield area, to be reunited with their families, to return to their mothers, wives and children,” Putin said.
This was not only deeply humanitarian but a very deft move — and will not be lost on anyone who truly comprehends the situation. I.e., most leaders everywhere and an increasing number of former-sheeple. Perhaps not in the US but certainly everywhere else. And the will of American citizens at this point remains irrelevant. If we do go to war, most likely in the Middle East, I wonder if we’ll be told to go shopping again — and what most people will use for money. Not that anyone in DC particularly cares.
It really is amazing how the BC and others are reporting incidents of 10s of Russians crossing the border when so much has just happened in the last few days.
Amazingly you can even read about it on the BBC pages: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28965597
Russian media report ‘invasion of Ukraine’
by the BBC Monitoring team. They are only interested in the Russian press admission of Russian soldiers being involved (since when did the Russian press get promoted to being reliable evidence) but they can’t help noticing that the fighting has been moved.
BTW their map (on another current story) has become comic. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/77221000/gif/_77221025_ukraine_rebel_forces_20140828_624_v3.gif
Larchmonter 445,
indeed. Maybe the Russians that go to Ukraine should become a private security company plc.
r n r
from U.K.
Anonymous said…
This Novorossiya to go on my new t-shirt.
28 August, 2014 15:58
Yep, I’ve got that on a coffee mug. I swap between that, the Donbass Militia flag, the Donbass referendum sign, and a couple of Russia designs. Constant reminders of freedom.
Michael
@Anonymous:
what hand amongst the rubble
fixed you there
below the vast and vaulted Novorussian skies?
oh lone flag
left there leaning
blue stripe above as the sky,
red stripe below, as the blood of the murdered
flying in the breeze
capturing hearts
with silent words
of freedom and victory
This is very beautiful. Can you please sign it with some alias/nickname so I know to whom to attribute this?
Thanks a lot,
The Saker
*Game changer* Analysis by Mark Sleboda: What does Putin’s address to NovoRossiya militia mean?
https://www.facebook.com/gramsci/posts/10152482752999425
*GameChanger*
Statement on Russian Presidential website directly addressed to the militia of NovoRossiya:
1. For first time Putin addresses rebels directly instead of “third person”.
2. Calls them by the name “militia of NovoRosiya”. 1st big step to recognition of independence? NovoRossiya shall be
3. Comes on heels of Lavrov yesterday for first time mentioning possibility of independence for Donbass, rather than Kremlin’s goal up till now which was “federalism”
4. Lauds success of militia in saving civilians being attacked by Kiev –
Their cause is just and moral
5. Urges NAF to open humanitarian corridor to let trapped Ukrainian troops surrender to Russia and from there to send them home (to stir unrest there) – shows mercy, shows his war is not with Ukrainians just with Kiev regime
6. Recognizes that much of Ukrainian army has been forcibly conscripted against their will by Kiev regime
Further Analysis – no more fears Putin will throw NAF completely under the bus for deal with West, expect more and more support, expect change in Russian domestic media tone more supportive of NAF cause
Post Script – At almost same time Obama makes speech confirming once again that the US (and thus NATO) will NOT confront Russia militarily in Ukraine http://bigstory.ap.org/article/obama-rules-out-us-military-action-ukraine
Larchmonter,
Yes, and no. We’re sheeple, but we’re still wanting someone to rescue us?
Isn’t that still being sheeple? And isn’t it our responsibility as citizens of this very troubled republic?
This is *exactly* what I’ve been talking about — sitting back not even trying to imagine how we could do what *we* need, *all by ourselves*, and instead either saying it can’t be done, waiting for someone else to rescue us, or fantasizing that our guns will solve the whole problem.
Problem is, the problem isn’t “them”, it’s US.
And all the generations that came before us and sacrificed for us are turning in their graves at what we’ve become.
If we’d been paying attention, thinking instead of swallowing diversionary talking points getting us to scapegoat each other, and taking responsibility for electing decent people to represent us, we wouldn’t be where we are right now.
We’ve got to do it ourselves. Otherwise, yes we are and yes we remain sheeple.
The events in Ukraine: Ukrcme announced the plan derisively
http://translate.yandex.net/tr-url/ru-en.ru/voicesevas.ru/news/yugo-vostok/4177-sobytiya-na-ukraine-ukrsmi-obnarodovali-plan-derusifikacii.html
“Kyiv weekly “Business capital” published material “How to clean up the Russian world”, which encourages law enforcement agencies to punitive action against the unwanted…”
The sods do stop short of advocating death camps, though, I guess only due to the “bad press” their heroes in the 3rd Reich received for their genocidal efforts. But with the Jewish run western media as it is, the nazi junta’s media and the junta itself could openly call for extermination of ethnic Russians and the western media would say it was Putin who called for the genocide. If the repulsive things covered it at all. I guess that’s why the zios hate RT so much…it’s in English and Spanish and seen by many in the west.
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“My real take, the Rebels are smashing the US backed Kiev army. The situation is desperate. NATO MUST FIND a reason to move into Ukraine and save Kiev and it’s many encricled Battalions.” This. It would appear despite @BradCabana scratching his head over Putin releasing his first official statement de facto recognizing the Army of Novorossiya (a huge development in of itself) that VVP is trying to force the lying Western MSM to admit Kiev’s battlefield losses. Even in Google translate the statement makes reference to the encircled Ukies and asks the NAF to give them every opportunity to lay down their arms and accept safe passage to Russia. Putin is making explicit the same deal that was offered to the encircled Southern Cauldron by the NAF early this month. He is bit by bit forcing the Western presstitutes to acknowledge defeat as a possibility, if only because of those meddling dastardly Russkie regulars and not due to Kiev (and by extension Washington’s) incompetence and treatment of its own soldiers as cannon fodder.
Whether MSM will cover Putin’s statement, as they’re generally obligated to do but in the most spun and funhouse mirror way possible, or whether they will simply ignore it tonight and tomorrow will speak volumes. The Junta is terrified of admitting combat deaths and humiliating losses and can only use the appearance of alleged Russian army regulars at Novoazovsk and the threat to Mariupol as a distraction from the disaster its units face for a little while longer. Russian Winter is coming.
Сводка новостей Новороссии (ДНР, ЛНР) 28 августа 2014 / Summary of Novorussia news 28.08.2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejM-pl903Vg
ANNA news with Elena K. and English subtitles.
Thursday, 7:41 EST – CNN is now reporting on a “Russian invasion” of Ukraine.
God bless the Resistance!
Dear Saker
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