By Nighvision for the Saker Blog
I decided to do an unscheduled update because we’re in the midst of a falseflag, which many have predicted. It’s already being called the new ‘Sbrenica Massacre’ in the western media with all the usual fully coordinated text-book Media-Intelligence-Military-Corporate-Industrial-Complex scripted execution where every attendant arm is firing on all cylinders to project the new narrative in order to predictably call for large-scale escalation. The official wiki entry has already been penned of course with the usual unresearched speculation and propaganda presented as fact.
https://twitter.com/RealPepeEscobar/status/1510685533021913098
Meanwhile the media arm of the cabal is already in full swing on a war footing calling for NATO intervention:
https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1510608636036407306
Expectedly, most MSM’s frontpages, including that of FOXNEWS, is covered with this new ‘atrocity’.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/6ZHPL2pTuadJ/
This video is a must-see that neatly presents the currently known evidence being passed around in the resistance sphere into one convenient presentation which appears to prove that the Ukrainian army in fact executed Russian sympathizers with white armbands in Bucha and tried to pass them off as Russian genocide. Of course this is only part of the picture, as there are many other bodies discovered beyond the ones shown in the video, particularly in the ‘mass grave’ currently being shown all over twitter that shows civilians covered in dirt, dug up from the ground. But the above video very strongly points the finger in the Ukrainian direction.
And after all, hasn’t it been Russia that has repeatedly been proven right in every single such high profile atrocity/accusation so far? For instance when the Russian POW torture video came out, it was Ukraine that cried “fake” until days later all western ‘authorities’ were forced to admit it was real. When the ‘maternity hospital’ falseflag in Mariupol occurred, Kiev supporters blamed Russia and once again Russia was the one proven right and vindicated when the pregnant girl at the center of it herself released an interview completely refuting Ukr lies, and stating that not only did Ukr soldiers turn the hospital into a barracks but stole the precious food from pregnant women and then shelled the hospital themselves. And much earlier, when Ukr claimed Russia bombed an ‘innocent’ civilian mall, yet the very next moment the Russian MOD released detailed videos showing precisely how Ukrop forces positioned mobile artillery in the parking garage of the said ‘mall’. When Ukrops claimed Russia tried to blow up the Zaporizhzhia plant, yet security footage showed that as a Russian security force arrived, it was fired upon by an RPG from Ukrop positions in one of the administrative buildings of the plant. Or when the famed American journalist was killed in Irpin right outside Kiev a month ago, and all Ukr supporters shouted Russia, but the entire incident was quickly swept under the rug when the journalist’s own friend/companion in an interview stated they were fired upon by Ukrop troops at a Ukrop checkpoint miles away from the nearest Russian forces. So the track record shows over and over that these incidents are invariably revealed as Ukrainian lies and this new provocation is clearly another in a long line.
Now let’s look at a few updates from the economic front while we’re at it. Europe is suffering badly.
And western media is forced to admit that Russia is actually making a killing with current skyrocketing oil/gas prices and the redeemed Ruble. They’re now saying that if things continue the way they’re going, Russia will reap an EXTRA $321 billion economic profit this year compared to last year.
https://twitter.com/thesiriusreport/status/1510177216000319493
Meanwhile Germany’s inflation is reaching historic levels.
Meanwhile Russia announces that the Ruble payment scheme may soon be extended for other valuable commodities which could cripple Europe and the U.S. Particularly, as some have opined, if Russia switches to pricing commodities it has a large global monopoly on in Rubles, it will be a huge shock and gamechanger; things like wheat, palladium and other precious metals, etc.
Already 3 countries so far have accepted paying Rubles for gas including Slovakia.
As for the important situation in the ‘civil aviation’ field, which is one of the few areas the west truly was able to arguably hurt Russia, there are new big developments:
“On March 31, a twice adjourned meeting with the President of the Russian Federation took place.
Dry squeeze solutions:
– foreign aircraft will not be given to lessors
– they will fly in Russia and cover the domestic flight network
– all of them were forcibly transferred to the Russian registry (currently – approx. 800 liners)
– and reinsured by Russian insurers
– a solution for spare parts and maintenance has been found, but it is not publicly announced
– in the long term, a bet was made on our own aircraft production
– MS-21 is shifted by 1-2 years “to the right” (due to additional import substitution)
– Rostec promises up to 500 aircraft of “large” models by 2030.
– in the medium term, mass production of the Tu-214 and Il-96-400 will begin, this is already in 2022-23.
– the “air cashback” program was launched (i.e. compensation of part of the cost of air tickets on domestic flights. Financing will be allocated in the amount of 100 billion rubles)
More details here:
https://www.atorus.ru/news/press-center/new/59403.html
So in short, 800 airliners worth billions were officially transferred to the Russian registry (i.e. seized), they have been fully re-insured by Russian insurance companies. The big problem everyone spoke of was how would Russia obtain spare parts as western countries would block any spare parts delivery and experts estimated this would result in these planes only being usable for weeks. Some hypothesized India or China would help in this regard but the announcement here states that a solution was found, but they won’t disclose what it is.
In short, it sounds like Russia is on top of this problem and will not allow it to become a major weak point or source of defeat by the sanctions.
Also, another big point many have discussed and questioned why Russia has not allowed volunteers from RF to go to Ukraine to fill the much needed ranks. Well now it appears Russia has finally opened up enlistment to volunteers according to this report from Telegram.
“⚡Russian volunteers go to Ukraine – sending every three days
Russian military registration and enlistment offices began recruiting volunteers with their subsequent dispatch to Ukraine to participate in a special operation. This was announced by the war correspondent of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Alexander Sladkov.
According to the military correspondent, only sergeants are recruited to participate in the special operation (the rest of those who wish, I think, can be clarified there)
The service will be formalized by a contract, the allowance will be 205 thousand rubles a month.
Three million rubles will be paid to the injured for the injury.
The family of the deceased volunteer will receive 8 million rubles from the federal government and five million rubles from the governor of the region. In addition, the children of the deceased soldier will receive an apartment (this provision still applies to residents of the Moscow region).
Volunteers go to Ukraine every three days, the military commander said.
Recall that Oleg Tsarev, who was on the territory of Ukraine from its first days, was the first to speak about the need to attract volunteers to participate in the special operation. On March 24, he said that the military department of the Russian Federation brought the corresponding order to the military registration and enlistment offices.”
Russian armor reinforcements continues to pour into Belarus and areas of Ukraine in preparation for Phase 2 that will likely begin after the fall of Mariupol. https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/1509931991537491986
Ukraine attempts to desperately bribe Russian servicemen into defecting with their equipment by offering up to $1 million dollars for helicopters, tanks, planes turned over to Ukr authorities, which would presumably be paid for by the U.S. taxpayer I’m sure.
At the same time, particularly in light of the Bucha falseflag, new calls for genocide against Russians are made widely in Ukraine, and ‘pre-genocidal’ language is used openly on social media such as the example here https://twitter.com/olgatokariuk/status/1510341599468863492
The Ukrainian journalist here seems to clearly imply a sort of ‘final solution’ for the ‘Russian society’.
Elsewhere a mayor of Dnipro has also called for Russian citizens to be killed all over the world, wherever they are.
Some quick situational updates on the ground. Some new gains in Mariupol today:
You can see the areas in darker red have been advanced into.
There are good gains in Donbass for both the LPR near Rubizhnoe and DPR who advanced past Verkhnotoretske into Novabakhmutivka. There are several videos of dead Ukrainian servicemen on this advance that I don’t need to post. I will only post ‘gruesome’ videos if there is a very specific significance rather than to merely ‘boast’ about dead enemies.
With that said, there IS a gruesome video from the DPR advance into Marinka, because it is further evidence of Ukr warcrimes which reinforce what the Ukrops are doing against Russian POWs.
Very graphic 18+ watch at your own risk: https://www.bitchute.com/video/Al2EKOQmHlT7/
The video shows DPR troops who, upon advancing further into Marinka, found deceased DPR POWs with obvious signs of torture and abuse. They are bound and some have bullet holes shot through their hands in exactly the way Russian POWs were shot in the knees, legs, and groins. Others appear to have other gruesome injuries that do not appear natural and are more likely the sign of some sort of abuse/torture. But of course you won’t see this on MSM.
In other news, about the 40th Turkish Bayraktar TB2 has been shot down. These Turkish toys no longer pose any problem to Russian forces, and every time a new batch is delivered to Ukraine they are summarily shot down. This heap of scrap is from the 3rd or 4th such batch.
And by the way when they DO use them, they no longer are able to use them in strike roles at all because it would require (due to their missile’s range) for them to get too close to Russian radars. Instead they have exclusively utilized TB2’s as long distance surveillance. In clear weather, the very good optics of the TB2 (manufactured by Canadian WESCAM) allows it to see 40-60km down the country and can be used for correcting artillery, and in fact was used in such a way on the Kherson airfield strike, where Ukie forces blew up a ton of their own helicopters which Russia captured from them, and then celebrated that ‘Russian helis were destroyed’.
By the way for those that don’t know, an interesting tidbit is that the company responsible for these drones, Bayraktar, is married into the Erdogan family. Many don’t know that Erdogan’s daughter is in fact married to Bayraktar’s head Selcuk Bayraktar. Yes, Erdogan’s own daughter is literally named Sumeyye Erdogan Bayraktar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sümeyye_Erdoğan
“Sümeyye Erdoğan Bayraktar (born 22 August 1985[2]) is the youngest of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan‘s four children.”
And the Erdogan family thus reaps a major windfall from Bayraktar sales all over the world $$$$ and has a huge interest in this brand.
Speaking of drones, here’s a chart showing the NATO surveillance flightpaths during the course of the entire conflict so far.
As can be seen NATO is at all times manically circling on every possible inch of border that they’re legally allowed to approach, gathering data to beam to Ukrainian command to assist them in every way possible against Russia.
Most people don’t realize that NATO has integrated fully with Ukraine in such a way and it explains many of the exploits that Ukraine is able to achieve, not only in precision striking on Russian troops but the exceptional awareness of Russian radar coverage areas in order to bypass them such as in the Mariupol evac incident or the Belgorod oil facility strike.
After all, Five Eyes have admitted to fully committing to Ukraine: https://www.rt.com/news/552815-new-zealand-uk-ukraine/
New Zealand even said they would utilize their raw processing power and time zone difference to help Ukraine so that their analysts can be working during the day, feeding info to Ukraine at night, etc.
A wider view:
In last news for now, Russia has struck a giant oil refinery called Kremenchug that is owned by Kolomoisky, the puppet master of Zelensky. This is a major refinery, possibly the biggest, which I’ve read supplies upwards of 30% of Ukrainian oil. There were arguments days ago on social media, with some opining that Russia still refused to strike this facility due to its economic importance. But after Belgorod was hit, Russia apparently took its gloves off and immediately hit this facility the next day. Though I think only one section with storage tanks was struck, the refinery is a gigantic complex and most of it was spared (for now). So I’m not sure how much of it they took offline apart from millions of gallons of oil in storage tanks.
Then this morning a large refinery in Odessa was also struck, with apparently one foreign journalist already detained and ‘banned’ from Ukraine for 10 years for showing clear footage of the attack. As I mentioned last time, the Ukr authorities are now very serious with their new law prohibiting the dissemination of any Russian attack videos on Ukrainian infrastructure/military etc.
And this is why we’ll likely never see the aftermath of the other strike that occurred, a large Iskander hit on a barracks in Kharkov that was said to house hundreds of new mercenary recruits. Russian MOD says at least 100+ of them were killed and published the drone-view strike video.
I’ll leave you with a couple videos:
We’ve seen tons of videos of DPR fighting so here’s a video of LPR frontlines in Rubizhnoe to give a taste of how the Lugansk fighters do it: https://www.bitchute.com/video/KvWx32nrEjLh
And, an actual illustration of Russian vs. Ukrainian de-mining techniques currently being used:
That’s your reward for being soft and dragging on this circus for too long. Now watch the new Maidans in Serbia and Hungary after the elections. A total mess.
At least you got your gas payments in rubles. Not. They are still paying you with printed euros.
Any further comments like this will go to trash. Mod.
So you believe minimizing civilian casualties and sparing cities from destruction is for losers? You must be ‘Muricun then? Leveling cities and killing civilians is their thing, from Hiroshima and Dresden, from Belgrade to Fallujah. The cowards bombing infrastructure and residential areas, or free fire zones where everybody dies from Yankee bombs. Who pay’s losers like you to post this garbage? Some here already know the answer to this question, so I’ll refrain from saying it out loud. Get Bent!
minimizing civilian casualties? Sparing cities from destruction?
Look at Bucha the civilians lying everywhere on the streets. Actually russia could also bomb the shit out of Bucha or Kiev. The negative publicity effect would be the same. Time is working against Russia same like with Serbia.
What matters Belgrade it was Milosevic who was provocating the Nato attack by confusing the serbian army with unclear targets. Serbian army had enough time to finish the job in croatia and bosnia. But Milosevic with his totally insane decisions and senseless negotiations stopped the progress of the serbian army.
“Serbian army had enough time to finish the job in croatia and bosnia.”
I think that Russia/Yeltsin was used to get the B-Serb forces to halt when they were successful and controlling the most land. The U.S. had Jimmy Carter talk to Yeltsin, and then Russia told the Serbs to back off.
Russia needs to stop letting itself be maneuvered into doing the work of evil western plans.
Russia is calling for a meeting in in the UN – do your really think they would, if they were the guilty party?
Or maybe you do, if you’re of the same kind of mindset as those who did this terrible deed.
Time is always at the side of truth- it’s the killers that are in a hurry.
Serbia was also calling so many meetings.
Senseless! Everything manipulated and prepared against you
They only understand and respect a strong bloody fist.
Anne Brit. Britain, as Chair has refused the request for a meeting. I wonder why?
yes but “Peskov said Moscow wanted to discuss the Bucha allegations at a UN Security Council meeting, but the call to hold one was stonewalled by the UK, which is currently presiding over the top international security body.” ( From RT: https://www.rt.com/russia/553257-bucha-war-crimes-peskov/)
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So the question becomes “why would the UK not allow Russia to present its evidence”? Is-it because the UK knew this whole propaganda operation against Russia will melt?
“Time is working against Russia same like with Serbia.”
Not really! Time doesn’t work against Russia, now or later. Here’s something I found in the internet, have a read.
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It is not for nothing that our President is called a chess player in international political circles
✔️I want to remind you of one such won game.
By the time of the Munich Speech, Vladimir Putin had already realized that a tough confrontation with the West could not be avoided – his appetite for Russia was too strong. Most importantly, he warned. Those who didn’t listen are to blame. It was necessary to quietly gain time and prepare the army. But how to do it unnoticed, can you imagine? Therefore, a secret special operation was prepared, which is now becoming known to many.
For Operation Cover, D. Medvedev was chosen as the successor, agreeing to play the role of an eccentric systemic liberal. Even less fortunate was Anatoly Serdyukov, who had to play the role of “Taburetkin” as a minister in 2007, immediately after Putin’s speech in Munich.
For cover, they tried to buy unnecessary Mistrals, threw in fakes about plans to buy used German Leopards, Italian helicopters, armored cars and wheeled tanks … At that time, other, specially trained people, with the names which has not yet been removed the stamp “secret”. Serdyukov was chosen for the role of “incompetent civilian” because, in his previous position in the Federal Tax Service, he skillfully carried out secret financial operations that concealed the financing of our military-industrial complex. Evgenia Vasilyeva helped him. Both her and Serdyukov were even prosecuted. And our oohs and oohs with you about such a “stupid, greedy and lustful” Minister of Defense finally convinced the West of the total corruption of the Russian elites. The performance was so well played that in the USA they relaxed so much that they even cut back on institutes and specialists in the study of Russia. That is why the “Crimean operation” became so unexpected for them later.
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Time is made in Russia… :)
He’s got a point though. The longer this goes on the more opportunities for false flags. Given that Russia has advised the population of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk to leave for safety in any direction, it seems that Russia too has realised the necessity of picking up the pace.
As for the Euros, I don’t know what Russia intends to do with them, but buying physical gold might be one use.
“… As for the Euros, I don’t know what Russia intends to do with them,…”
Many options for selling these to others who need them (perhaps at a discount). And the obvious is any external bond payments sending them straight back out to the EU banks as payments etc. I’m sure they will all be accounted for in the long run. Russia is not going to Mars and will be around for a century or three!
Russia could use those euros to pay for purchases from countries that are not under the banking sanctions. That way, Russia can recycle them, maybe even earn a bit extra.
Euros are fungible. As Vespasian told his sons, “Pecunia non olet”. (“Money doesn’t smell”). Euros paid to Russia are not going to be refused by those all round the world who like money in any form.
“As for the Euros, I don’t know what Russia intends to do with them…”
It’s Russia AND China.
China will profit immensely from this mess and will support Russia with trillions of dollars, euros gold or whatever. Alternative is that, if Russia falls under western pressure, China will be next.
Why everybody forget that obvious facts?
Both Orban and Vucic are winning.
First of all that Russia do thing good and not evil is the main reason most of us support it. They represent the goodness and I am happy that they honor.
That all idiots in the West shout and scream out of fakeness is not the problem of Russia.
Their (mine because sadly my country was absorbed in the Anglo Saxon world) stupid cancellation culture have nothing to do against the NUKES, energy power and raw materials of Russia.
They will not dare to participate, or the world will be destroyed and their “cosy” IKEA houses also.
The rest of the world looks and see a good Russia, against a evil stupid, racist Europe, US, NATO and Ukraine.
That’s a naive world view. This world is not a flowerland where good always wins evil. You can’t survive this jungle by just doing thing good and not evil.
Such self-imposed moral shackles only limit your choices and cost your own life. You need to do anything you can against your enemy.
That is the dilemma of the Good side. Of course Russia could simply wipe out the fortifications of Ukraine including civilians. But I hope and believe Russia can afford NOT doing so. Would it still be the Good side after such an action?!
I do not have an answer, too.
Russia must take the high road!
This is the cleanest war I’ve ever seen in terms the caution exercized in not harming civilians and not blowing up vital infrastructure. Look how they are going after Russia when she fights a clean war. Think of how much worse it would be when they start committing actual war crimes. Although I think NATO has pointed out to Assad and Russia that there will be no benefit in playing by the rules so you might as well throw out the rulebook and commit war crimes. See, according to NATO it doesn’t matter how clean you fight, they will always accuse you of war crimes anyway. This behaviorh has the effect of baiting Russia into committing ACTUAL WAR CRIMES, after which the book will be thrown at them even harder and it will be more and more difficult for the rest of us to defend them.
Imagine defending Russia like this, “Well, yes Russia commits the most awful war crimes, as bad as the Ukrainians, but I still support them anyway.” Support for Russia is going to wither away.
In fact, Alpha, it is your “world view” that is naive. Do you not understand that crime, violence, and cynicism are ultimately self-defeating?
If you are in doubt, consider what happened to the Nazis last time round. They kept taking on bigger and bigger enemies until eventually they were crushed. That’s what arrogance does for you.
The reason why the Russians operate as gently as they can and seek to avoid killing people is not to get applause and admiration. It is because excessive violence and murder are intrinsically bad.
“Such self-imposed moral shackles only limit your choices and cost your own life. You need to do anything you can against your enemy”
I find this to be the most naive world view of them all. Someday you’ll find out why.
Your advice is just the opposite of the Apostle Paul:
And why not say (just as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “Let’s do evil that good may come of it”? Their condemnation is deserved.
I originally replied to this guy with an ASCII fishbone. But the mods didn’t let the post through, because apparently they’re too young to know internet history.
A fishbone is what you give trolls, not real food. Because you’re not supposed to “feed the trolls”.
Criticism is not the same as trolling.
And this “special operation” needs to be criticized in order for Russian Federation to pick up the pace.
Also, call it a war, will you?
” Also, call it a war, will you?”
You do not call removing cancer a war.
It’s operation.
“And this “special operation” needs to be criticized in order for Russian Federation to pick up the pace”
How do you think anything posted here will influence “the pace” of the Russian Federation?
Euros which are then converted to rubles and then used to pay the energy bill. this doesn’t even fully kick in until the end of April when current contrats end. they will all pay in rubles or their economies will collapse, which of course their amazing ally the Americans, will love.
And while the US pressures and threatens the EU to sanction Russia left and right, US has been quietly increasing purchases of Russian oil and fertilizer in the last few weeks. US pulled the same crap with Australia regarding China. It forced that dimwit Morrison to piss off China, Chinese stopped buying Aussie coal and other things, Aussies lost money, and US moved in quietly to sell China what the Aussies used to sell to it. And they STILL bought US submarines! Don´t people see that the US aim is to significantly weaken the EU economy because the EU is a COMPETITOR of the US? Because that is the truth behind all the public flowery PR hype about “unbreakable transatlantic bonds” and other such clap-trap.
Yes, Russia has been kind of soft in this conflict, but I think that they will eventually take the gloves off, if they see the US and NATO meddling in this too much. Russia won´t allow this to become some Vietnam. The hohols can stage all the fake atrocity propaganda they want. Won´t change anything. I believe that at this point, the purpose of these Bucha bullshit stunts is mainly to shame such countries as Serbia, Hungary, and others who either support Russia, or have taken a neutral position, into going against Russia. I personally think that this isn´t going to work. As for NATO, they know they can´t do jack. Look at those flight patterns. They avoid ukraine as best they can.
“this doesn’t even fully kick in until the end of April when current contrats end. ”
They say, expectation of the punishment is worse than punishment itself.
Well about to vitness which has stronger influence on human behaviour: False beliefs induced by propaganda or real life turmoil induced by stupid choices.
There is an valve on certain pipe that can be turned on, and all troubles for Germans are gone. Instantly. OR to be pushed into war by Perfidous Albion (again), and die in tens of millions.
Let’s see if choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without…or not.
I don’t see you lamenting that US/EU are robbing Russian foreign reserves. EU pay Russian in Moscow, who can rob Russia? May I ask?
BTW, this is not the first time that US/EU are robbing poor people’s money. But this is the first time that Russia, along with China and India, is doing something about the global “democratic” bandits.
Bullshit. They have to go through the Gazprom Bank and buy Rubles. It is brilliant for Russia as they control the exchange rate. Why do you think the Baltic States were cut off? They refused to pay. It is great for Russia because when they come back in a month or so after exhausting their underground storage the price will be much higher.
They pay in Euros. The Gazprom Bank then converts those euros to rubles.
Compare this to a dollar system, where you first have to acquire dollars, then pay the oil with those dollars.
Europistan doesn’t have to buy rubles, Gazprom bank does it for them. There is a difference.
From some of the comments in this thread, I wonder if we have had sleepers in the comment section here on Saker, biding their time to be ready to jump on a false-flag bandwagon at a crucial time…
I’ve been hanging in the comment-section since 2014. Didn’t post, only read. Now I need to hone up on my communication-skills, to tell truth to my hood-winked neighbors. I am sorry if I don’t hold up to standards.
Anne Brit
I hope you didn’t think I was accusing you for being a sleeper…
You’re good Anne Brit.
Vucic and Orban have won with about 60%. Now try to “orange revolution” them and see what happens. The time of impunity for the sorosian satanists has ended. No anti-pedo-west leader will act like Yanukovich anymore and let nazis run rampant on the streets. We will see reactions like in Kazakhstan, where the trouble maker were shot in the streets.
I wish they tried their maidan mayhem in Serbia. The Serbs, possibly with Russia assistance, would pulverize them into lgbt liver mush. These woke warrior untermenschen would not know what hit them.
Nah, we won’t need Russian assistance. We will never allow another Western organized revolution to happen. We have learned our lesson the last time when the Western puppet regime robbed the whole country blind. That shit won’t come to pass again at the price of a civil war.
This is fake. Dead man wake up in the mirror!
Indeed is that the reason for the large demonstration in Berlin with the protesters waving the Russian and old USSR flags, seems the world has finally woken up to whom the good people are, and it’s not the people of the west.
The Russian Foreign Ministry reports:
Britain do not agreed to a UN Security Council meeting regarding the Bucha incident.
Thus the calls for an objective investigation from the UN Secretary General will be ignored.
This is the same reason why calls for an investigation into Eastern Ghouta and Khan Sheikhoun were ignored.
Now in the case of Bucha we will not see any independent autopsy results.
Intel Slava Z 4/4 2022 13:29
Major of Bucha on 31.03.2022 after Russian withdrawl is happy and does not mention any massacre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItpCmtDawhw
It’s a false flag – ****where did the bodies that were lying on the roads go?****
https://translate.yandex.ru/translate?url=https%3A%2F%2Fukraina.ru%2Fexclusive%2F20220404%2F1033680753.html&lang=ru-en
Regarding what happened in Butch, I can insert my five kopecks after Alexander Kotz. From the 2nd to the 31st I was part of the battalion in this direction. In all the settlements occupied by our military, the movement of civilians along the street was carried out with a white bandage on their left arm. I saw it in Ivankiv, Krasny Rog, Marianovka and other localities where we went on combat missions, ” said the former People’s Governor of the Donetsk region.Pavel Gubarev.
He speculated on what might have happened in Butch.
After the withdrawal of the Russian Armed Forces from this theater of operations as a result of negotiations in Turkey, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to enter cities and villages unintentionally(and I do not exclude that on purpose) it opened fire on men with white armbands. This happened en masse. And when they realized that they were killing civilians en masse, it was decided to present this crime as the work of the Russian Armed Forces,” Gubarev said.
He once again pointed out that the Russian military treated civilians well.
I bear witness, and I wrote about it above, that we, Russian soldiers, treated civilians well, one might even say with love. They gave part of the dry rations to small (sometimes infants) children: applesauce, jam. After a trip to the hospital in Gomel, my commander bought diapers and baby food specially for infants with his own money. Parents of children cried tears of joy in response to the kindness of our military. I am convinced that this provocation will be refuted, and its organizers will be punished as they deserve, ” Gubarev concluded.
And the Russian journalistAlexander Kots, who previously pointed out a number of features on Bucha, found another evidence of the weakness of the Ukrainian version.
Surprisingly, the National Police of Ukraine yesterday published a video titled ” Bucha-cleaning the city from invaders.” As we know, there have been no” occupiers ” there since March 30. And ****where did the bodies that were lying on the roads go?**** Why hasn’t a word been said about this in 8 minutes?”- wrote it’s on the evening of April 3.
Carol, when I saw that spelling of Bucha (probably the spelling program interfering) it triggered an “aha”-moment, that I didn’t see clearly before, about the choice of town for this false flag. “The butchering in Bucha” will be a phrase forever ingrained in the minds of westerners, from school books to Wikipedia. How clever!
Ukraine announced a “new Srebrenica” in Bucha, the Russian Defense Ministry pointed out fraud in Ukrainian messages. The Armed Forces of Ukraine use drugs to stimulate fighters. Ukraine continues to shell the Donbass
Читать далее: https://ukraina.ru/exclusive/20220403/1033679412.html
https://translate.yandex.ru/translate?url=https%3A%2F%2Fukraina.ru%2Fexclusive%2F20220403%2F1033679412.html&lang=ru-en
On the morning of April 3, one of the Telegram channels distributed a video of the interrogation of the Ukrainian military.
Q: Who are you?
A: Service number…
Q: In short, a mortar launcher?
A: Yes, 120 mm mortar.
Q: What were you doing?
A: We went to a position in the field, laid out a 120 mm mortar…
Q: And what did you do?
A: They fired at the coordinates assigned by the SOP.
Q: Coordinates in the direction of what?
A: According to the coordinates assigned by the commander, SOP.
Q: Where were the mortars sent?
A: Mortars were directed towards Mariupol.
Q: Did you realize that you were shooting at the residents of Mariupol?
A: I understood, but I was on drugs,
“New Srebrenica”? If they call it like that it’s good news, because it’s like screaming “flase flag”.
The Bucha LIE has been presented by MSM here in Italy, too.
But it has been such a bad performed psyop that nobody with a grain of salt is actually believing it.
Anyway, thanks Carol, your posts are always interesting to me!
(I am reposting this because of its huge importance.)
The message: “Collaborators will be shot!”
I have had a quick look at the Bucha massacre. This does not look like a hoax, people were really killed.
There is a simple and obvious explanation to the events. Ukrainians considered all civilians that had stayed behind to be collaborators. The first Ukrainians that entered the area searched every house for “saboteurs and accomplices of Russian troops.” If they spoke Russian or did not immediately shout Slava Ukraini! in Ukrainian, they were shot on the spot. This would explain the somewhat even distribution of bodies on the road.
In some cases people were simply shot for being on the road. There are two cases of cyclist dying on bicycles. A fast moving Ukrainian patrol shot at incoming traffic. This would be similar to the Rozsypne Road of Death massacre in Donbass in 2014.
Russia claims they left Bucha on March 30th. Ukranians officially only entered on April 2nd. This would give the CIA death squads 72 hours or at least two whole days to operate.
The massacre is a serious step in the escalation towards World War 3. The Western public believes the Ukrainian narrative, that “Russians did it”. The real audience of the massacre may however be Ukrainians. The message could not be clearer: “All collaborators will be shot!”
So we’re supposed to ignore this?
https://rumble.com/vzj7jo-ukraine-war-staged-footage-of-the-ukrainian-psyop.html
Corpses standing up in the rear mirror, after the camera is done filming
I’ll be honest, those 2 things seem to me easily explained. The first one is some dirt on the windshield that appears to move across the body and gives the erroneous appearance that the victim is moving. The ‘rearview mirror’ seems to have a distortion on the edge of it due to convex or concave nature of the mirror and so when the victim’s body passes along the edge it quickly distorts which gives the false appearance of ‘motion’ like the victim’s arm is moving.
I think these people really are dead, but it’s clear who killed them.
I would accept the first one as “suspicious but inconclusive”. What bothers me abour the rearview mirror however is not the movement, but that the body doesn’t even look lying anymore, but in the process of sitting up. And that’s something i do not consider easily explained by distortion. Is it possible? Maybe, but not likely.
Keep in mind, entire parts of kiev have been transformed into hollywood studios, completely with literal movie stages, carwrecks placed for show (no burnmarks), policecars doing patrols with sirens for the cameras, refugees funneled in ways to make it looked crowded, when right next to them is plenty of free space. My point is: It’s not like turning entire scenes into movie stages is anything new for those scumbags. We’ve seen this before.
Can it not be both? A lot of dead victims, especially in the heaps where random legs and arms are above the soil, in true Hollywood scenograph style, and some dead bodies (without blood on the ground around them, indicating they have been shot elsewhere, like in their apartments) strewn along the streets, but with the additional help of actors, to enhance the effect?
I can appreciate your cynicism. For my part i have no doubt a massacre was carried out -by the Ukrainians..I think we all remember what they, (NATO/US) were willing to try in Syria when their Takfiri cannibals staged massacre after massacre , with the collusion (before and or after) of CIA and Turkish and European intelligence agencies. And lets not limit this to just the dirty- war schemes..What the US did openly with its regular forces in Iraq occupation was nothing less than an unbroken chain of serial war crimes.Anyone remember Falujah? As for the Ukrainians the record of their willing vileness goes back generations and continues to this day. Its not mistaken to say that Russia and China and their allies – not just governments but all of those who stand up to tell the truth – are in a struggle against fascism. The fascists in power are not in bunkers in Mauriupol or Nikolaev – those are the stooges and hired executioners of the fascists.The fascists are in power in New York , London, Brussels and Tokyo, in Austria and Switzerland…in Brazil.The fascists are Kolomoisky and Soros and the rest of that ilk, all the finance sector degenerates. They will become even more vicious as they become more desperate. I believe that Russias present leadership (the loyal ones) have finally accepted the fact of this.
I do think the dead are real. I also think they were killed by the Ukraine troops when they arrived as the bodies are still relatively fresh. If they had been dead for five plus days, I think their condition would be more pronounced.
Further I think the bodies were positioned for the video production which is why a lot of the positioning of the bodies seems off and is why the roadway was clear for the truck to pass in the video.
They sound similar to Iraq invasion. People shot for violating curfew. Vehicles shot at for coming at soldier’s vehicles. Reports of people used by Russian soldiers as human shields. These are some of the signs that the soldiers fear car bombs, suicide attacks, and snipers. Even then, a town of 28,000 had a mass grave from the battle and occupation that had 300 dead bodies, which is remarkable small and a sign that most civilians had fled. Others stayed put and accepted small arms and rifles for their protection, which was a mistake.
Probably exactly what happened
That’s why the Russians should never have left conquered territory
This was to expect
The lies of the western media continue unabated here in Cana-DUH and the west. The people here are fed DIS-information 24/7, by our wholly owned propaganda wurlitzers such as the despicable C.B.C (Constant Bullshit Conveyers.) How do these vermin look at themselves in the mirror each day, knowing full well that they’ve sold out to the Empire of LIES for their 30 pieces of silver? Judgement is coming for the “west”, and it’s despicable behavior over the past 300 years. Christian Russia is the hope for the peoples of the world, and many of us here cheer you on. Not everyone in the “west” is against what you’re doing, just to be clear.
Westerners have usually an ego whose size is inversely proportional to their cultural background. After Yugoslavia, Iraq, Lybia, Syria, you could think that they now take with a pinch of salt a media campain that describes the usual story where they are the good guys who must act against an evil dictator, but no…they always forget the last time they were lied and jump like baboons on the next opportunity where they are supposed to have all the solutions for a country that can’t even spot on a map.
Hollweird is the biggest lie machine the world has ever known, and the ‘Muricuns have been brainwashed for decades. They honestly believe that they’re the good guys. I’m not saying all Americans, but as William Casey, Director of the C.I.A. once said : ” We’ll know our DISINFORMATION PROGRAM is complete, when everything the American public believes is False. “
You would think, but they don’t for the large part. THey wont even make the connection if you try to feed it to them. It’s quite disturbing, especially for me how easily their emotions can get manipulated by the media.
We’re not all like that, though, I for one, when I first heard the news, immediately wondered what was really the story. Also before reading anything, my initial guess was very close to what seems to be the truth. Because I understand the ‘the news’ is not the news, it is mind programming, and they are scarily effective. people talk about the ‘good old days’ when cnn was a real news channel. sorry, they have never been, they have been green screen frauds from day 1 and they are masters of inflaming partisanship and selling false narratives. Sadly, most of us think “Wag the Dog” is fiction, which it kind of is, but not really.
I believe there is a huge element of doublethink is the behaviour of Westerners. If Orwell suggested that doublethink was introduced only by the dictators in his novel, he was mistaken or exaggerating. Doublethink is a fundamental human ability, because rather than a clean dividing line between truth, fiction, and lies, most of us experience a confusing spectrum.
When I see the attitudes and statements of my fellow British citizens, for instance, I suspect that they are secretly gratified by news that British forces – or their US “allies” – are abroad killing foreigners and throwing their weight about. It gives them a delightful feeling of superiority. And as long as they can pretend that they believe what the media and their government say, they have a defence of plausible deniability. They can say, “We never knew: we were fooled”. Just like the Germans in the Nazi era.
The guy whom I voted for in Ottawa wrote an email telling how proud he was to have shaken the hand of Zelensky when he gave a talk to the Canadian parliament. I replied that he was not at all informed on the situation in Ukraine. His research team must be incompetent. I gave him a couple of references and told him he lost my support. Now who in the Canadian parliament will stand up for decency and be brave as the Greek railway workers are and denounce the arm shipments to Ukraine? How many informed Canadians support the thugs who run Ukraine? The level of hypocrisy in Canada is quite unbelievable: promote human rights as a Canadian trademark in front of the cameras and then train and support thugs covertly and close the eyes on their atrocities. Disgusting.
It is much worse than that, but I have seen for decades that Canada is a warmongering racist county, just like our fellow “International community”. Want me to name them all, for it doesn’t take long?
Zion Trudeau locked up for 3 years the Chinese Huawei lady, and all the Canadian media started a hatred against Chinese people, which resulted in 500% increase in racial attacks on Chinese, in the streets. Yes, it is less than in America at 700%, but at least they have never hid their racist ignorant hatred from even their own people. Did you know that 6 European countries was asked by Trump to imprison that exceutive, but only Jr. Zionist puppet Trudeau followed the orders?
In the 1970’s it was “paki-busting”, then on to Muslim hatred, and indegenous people before, and on and on. Now it’s Russians turn to feel it. Well, you me and the west will be on the outside, looking in. The IN is the rest of this world.
The lies and propaganda is simply in a magnitude never imagined. However what matters is the action on the ground. I will never believe that Russia would ever commit heinous atrocities like Americans and their subordinates have always done.
Hopefully, Russia will liberate Maripoul in the next week, and on to Odessa. The entire Donbass liberated and the west can go to hell.
As a Canadian
I have to admit our people are quite gullible.
Shameful really.
“How do these vermin look at themselves in the mirror each day…?”
With joy and pride, I imagine – and perhaps some cynical laughter. People who have absolutely no conscience or scruples can be pleased to have fooled millions of naive civilians, to have earned lots of money and perhaps brownie points for promotion, and to feel “smarter” than those they deceive.
These are all normal and natural human emotions that most of us will admit to feeling. But most of us have consciences to prevent us from behaving so very badly.
They are only talking to thenselves. It is a giant echo chamber. Non-Western media are skeptical.
On the site “lavoiedelepee”, of colonel Michel Goya (à French site), the author is speaking about a retreat orchestrated by the Russian forces from Kiev to Belarus, in order to move those units on the Marioupol.
Any informations on this from the author of present article on the saker or the viewers?
The short answer is “Yes”. Russia does not sufficiently control the interior of Ukraine to utilize its transportation infrastructure without taking damage. The route from Kiev to Mariupol is circuitous and 100% invulnerable to attack from the West other than possibly the occasional lucky missile strike from the UAF. Are they all destined for Mariupol? No, but the West is left guessing because those Russian forces could be reintroduced into Ukraine at any point along that route.
While I think there is no way for Russia to lose this war militarily – barring something extraordinary happening, I am extremely worried about the long term implications of the propaganda war. Dealing with the accusations along the lines of the Bucha thing, and possible more and worse to come is something that is not directed at the Russians themselves, at least not entirely, but more at third party countries, such as India, Brazil and others. The might of Western propaganda will be used in it’s entirety to try and get these countries to isolate from Russia, and to sway public opinion in these countries if their governments do not do it voluntarily.
I am also very worried about the future of Russophiles in the West. I myself had been thinking of even emigrating to Russia at some point, but those doors are quickly shutting, and may remain closed for decades or longer. Any even HINT of pro Russian stance is now akin to being a full blown Nazi in many Western countries now.
Hi, Markus,
I think your fears are justified, especially with respect to your former example. Such exercises (which are not even carefully planned) leverage the tension currently felt by India and China – not to isolate Russia but to push it gently towards a less than optimal outcome. This of course has to do with the fact that these countries have strong relations with the West and might not want to alienate their customer just yet.
Re the latter, that is of course a big problem because nothing like the current tsunami of hatred has ever been engineered in history (give or take a couple of examples – Hutu/Tutsi, Croats/Serbs and Pakistanis/Indians). We who live in the West have to do our best for ourselves – strive for inner peace and carry our convictions in our hearts. We must subdue an instinct to argue and enter into discussions which are pointless anyway – and we must preserve hope. Focus on other things – some of us are serious armchair generals who have been through similar at least once. An inexperienced person is easily crushed.
At the same time, war is never pleasant and a world war is horrible. So we find ourselves in the eye of the storm and must find the eye itself in order to survive and stay sane.
Imagine all the possible nastinesses, low blows, insults, humiliations, sabotage and outright crimes that the West will most certainly employ. Russia is either ready or it isn’t. I am hopeful.
Never despair!
Well said my friend! We will get through this. Russia is winning this multi level hybrid war of which the Ukraine is just a part.
Look at how angry Pope Francis is these days!
Bergoglio’s recent Marian stunt might just unexpectedly result in a true miracle: India and China bury the hatchet. He should do more of these, so Hungarians and Romanians can bury the hatchet too. Well, let’s not go overboard….
The Covid-19 propaganda is experiencing a blowback. This russofobia is more stupid.
“…nothing like the current tsunami of hatred has ever been engineered in history…”
Please do not exaggerate. Such phenomena happen regularly, in almost all countries, throughout history. There was the US hysteria against Japan after Pearl Harbor; the British and US hysteria against Germany before, during, and after WW1; The US hatred and horror of “the Yellow Peril” in the 19th century, which led to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act. The Germans themselves whipped up pretty intense hatred of the Jews and Slavs. Many Israelis display utter contempt and disdain for all goyim, especially Arabs. And that’s just the past century or two. In the deeper past things were even worse.
Japan started a war against the US. Germany started both world wars. But in none of your examples did the actors try to cancel an entire culture – which equals a genocide.
It doesn’t seem like there’s much interest in Russophobia where I live in the US South. Obviously the media is relentlessly pushing it but many of us aren’t falling for it. It is different in Europe since they seem more trusting of the authorities.
Berlin.. motorcade with Russian flags and horns blaring.. Plenty of opposition to the mainstream non-trooph.
I saw that on Gonzalo Lira’s Telegram channel and it filled me with both hope (that there are more people out there who are awake than one might think when listening to fake news, or uninformed idle gossip over social masturb, erm, media) and admiration (because every single one of those drivers must have had balls of steel to risk incurring the wrath of the mob of virtuous zombies out there who believe the narratives being peddled in the fake news)
I agree, the Americans I run into are not interested in this. I’ve heard exactly one snide comment about Russians, ironically from a well-educated person who works with Russians. Otherwise, all the people I know just don’t care, but if I press them, many of them spout completely ignorant hatred against “that evil dictator-oligarch Putin” but that sentiment just hangs in the air, without any antecedent nor any destination. Probably more importantly, the hatred is not directed against Russia or its people. Where I live, everyone is focused on working and enjoying life as best they can. Thank God I don’t live in New York City. Friends of mine who used to go to NYC frequently, no longer do so because they don’t like what’s left of it. Perhaps NYC has people who jump to show they are not Moskals, I don’t know – and I don’t even care. But in general, I believe the lying MSM has simply not been able to “wind up” (yeah, Britspeak, I know, sorry) the Americans into caring. There’s an ever-smaller population who pays any attention to the MSM. I would tell people outside the US that the vast majority of Americans just don’t give a damn one way or the other, and are very unlikely to start giving a damn.
I wouldnt go that far. Lot of americans do give a damn, they just are presented with biased and faulty info. Unfortunately most of them can’t see through the media lies like I do. They give a damn about the Ukranian people, while completely ignorant of whats really going on there. My son came home from school when the news broke that day, he was so angry, saying somebody should kill putin. It’s one thing to discuss world events, its another to expose children to propaganda and whip them into an emotional frenzy. As I understand putins character better than 99% of Americans, I knew there must have been a very good reason for him to send troops there. In fact I suspected bioweapons before it was even reported on, (and not by the US media) He’s definitely been built up as a boogeyman in the media and educational system in the west. if you understood that the us has been controlled from europe for a very long time, you also may be able to put things into a different perspective. russia= bad narrative coming from the vatican, believe it or not.
Southerners may very likely remember the similar campaign of hatred against the Confederacy. Such things take centuries to be forgotten by the victims, although the perpetrators have forgotten even as they speak.
Those are valid concerns. With that said a lot of the ruthlessness of Ukraine’s actions is coming out for the first time to the world on a large scale, and many citizens of the wider world are seeing the brutality of Ukraine, from the way they treated POWs to the civilian Volkssturms that continue to brutalize people all over the country, tying them to polls etc. Even women are now regularly abused in public https://www.bitchute.com/video/1Be6CSplOuCZ/
“The might of Western propaganda will be used in it’s entirety to try and get these countries to isolate from Russia, and to sway public opinion in these countries if their governments do not do it voluntarily.”
The might of the Western propaganda machine is inward facing. The vast bulk of its efforts are in reinforcing the narrative to its own citizens, manufacturing consent. To believe that they have the power to bend the entire world to their will is a symptom of being a subject to that Zone A brainwashing.
@nobody Exactly this. That Infowar of the degenerate West is destroying their own societies and countries, that they will be too weak to influence the rest of the world.The Rest of the World hates the West and its people. Don‘t underestimate this
No matter what propaganda is telling, NAZIS get the NAZI FATE they bring upon themselves (its an ongoing curse, btw it’s CAIN’s Curse)!
Currently piling up high in body bags!
not exactly, that is, its true what you say, that the western propoganda machine is inward facing, but so is the eastern propoganda machine, which is controlled by the same people, if you dig down far enough.
I keep reading that the initial Kiev maneuver was intended as just a feint to keep the Ukie forces pinned but I’m not sure how that makes sense. If Russia have complete control of the airspace how could those forces make the journey to Donbass anyway? In fact better to lure them out and just destroy them from above as sitting ducks, no?
I don’t know. I don’t agree with the complete withdrawal strategy at all. They are even withdrawing form Sumy along the border. Here is the problem. What about the people that you left behind who co-operated with you? The Nazis will return and slaughter them to a man. Also, what if your sitting in Kherson and seeing this mass withdrawal? Is that encouraging or are you thinking, they may abandon here as well?
I just don’t understand what the point of pulling so much to the border but never using them. It seems they are going to settle for Donbas and what they have gained in the South. They have waited so long with Odessa there maybe a danger of British Anti-Ship missiles.
I also notice less and less talk about Denazification. That seems to have dropped off completely. It seems the regime is going to remain in power and all the various war criminals will not see justice. I could be wrong, but to me it just doesn’t make any sense to withdrawal from all this territory and then turn around and occupy it all over again. I hope I am wrong.
The logic of this is simple. Once this is done, there is a Ukrainian government that still has to answer to its constituencies, be it the people or the oligarchs. They will be presiding over a nation with little-to-no military, loss of most or all of its coastal areas, destroyed infrastructure and most importantly, a loss of value to NATO and the EU. What do you think is going to happen to that government?
Kherson is already lost to the Kievan state, and I would expect before this is done so too will Odessa. The second largest concentration of Ukrainian troops are in the Odessa region, however, and it is doubtful the RF wishes to engage them while it secures the Donbass.
I suspect this takes a full decade to play out, though there is no doubt about the outcome. Russia remakes the region much as NATO did in the Balkans two decades ago but on a much larger scale.
…. In fact better to lure them out and just destroy them from above as sitting ducks, no…..
Yes – Ratko Mladic elevated this tactic into a fine art while fighting outnumbered in Bosnia during the 1990s.
Assiti a um depoimento de um Gal.Major portugues ,ex-Otan que afirma que os russos tentaram atravez de um ” golpe -de-mão” uma mudança de regime em Kiev.
Segundo a narrativa o golpe falhou e a liderança russa acionou o Plano B ,ou seja autilização das tropas como “tropas de contenção” , para fazer o esmagamento dos varios bolsões ukro nas regiões de Donest sem sofrer contra -ataques oriundos da área.
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I have seen a statement by a Portuguese major general, ex NATO, who says that the Russians tried through a “hand-to-hand coup” to bring about regime change in Kiev.
According to the narrative, the coup failed and the Russian leadership activated Plan B, that is, the use of troops as “containment troops”, to crush the various Ukrainian pockets in the Donest regions without suffering any counter-attacks from the area.
@ Markus and Ken Leslie
I don’t think this false flag operation in Bucha will sway public opinion in China, an important Russian ally. In Chinese media, it is reported as an “alleged massacre” by Ukrainian authorities/Western sources. Most Chinese people and the leadership understand this conflict as a proxy war instigated by Washington and the collective West to isolate and cripple Russia. They also understand Russia is an important ally and friend for China . Whereas Washington is out to cripple China next(after/should the West succeed with their agenda for Russia). Yes, China wants to maintain good business and ties with the West as long as it can – making money is good, strictly business , but their leadership and people have no illusions what kind of creature the West really is.They have not forgotten what the West did to them during colonial era, the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, the ongoing American agenda of ‘containing China’ and tensions in the Taiwan strait. We Chinese are realists, we know war means disinformation and propaganda and certainly atrocities alleged by both sides as part of propaganda. Russia and China complement each other in this struggle for a multipolar world order. There are no illusions that the Chinese will be on Russia’s side despite Western pressures on China’s cosmetic ‘strategic neutrality’.
I am not sure about the other BRICS countries like India or Brazil. Even then, I don’t think public opinion in India will radically change with this allegation. Those rooting for Washington will believe Western/Ukrainian narratives no matter what, the same is true for those rooting for Russia. The most important is not public opinion of these huge countries but the decisions of their ruling elites. I don’t think Indian and Chinese ruling elites will ditch Russia, and that’s more important. Public opinion can be ‘massaged’ accordingly, especially in China where the government is in full control of the media within. Moreover, the average Chinese and I suspect average Indians too, are not remotely that interested in this conflict and have superficial knowledge of the issues. Hence their ruling elites’ decisions matter rather than public opinion.
It is tempting to compare the current conflict with the Yugoslavia Civil Wars. In a way, it is analogous and perhaps that’s the mindset of Western ruling elites when they think of Russia in their Russophobic wet dreams – a huge analogue of Serbia to be humiliated, subjected to vassalage, dismembered, incorporated as subordinates in Western institutions and most importantly, steal those Russian resources. No offence to Serb commenters here, but Russia is no ‘big Serbia’. The country has a powerful military with nukes, huge swathes of natural resources, and of geostrategic great importance for resource hungry countries like China and India. It is in the interests of both China and India for a powerful and sovereign Russia not to succumb to Western machinations. So it is a different calculus altogether for Chinese and Indian ruling elites when they consider the situation of Russia Vs that of Serbia in terms of their national interests. We had weaker China during the times of the Yugoslavian break up, China was not the main target of the West and China did need the West for economic ascendancy. Times have changed. Both China and India are in ascendancy and stronger geopolitically and economically. There is gradual economic decoupling of China and USA. And China is target for Western destruction /subordination next as Taiwan is China’s very own Ukraine. Sorry, why should China and Chinese care for ‘Bucha massacre’? Especially when whodunit can be falsified by the West/Ukrainians.
Just my opinion as an ethnic Chinese.
But this shows why Russia should have done more to fight the lies and propaganda against Serbs. Instead Russia went along with it – the political kangaroo court, the ICTY, the UN sanctions, and even the U.S./UK/NATO bombing of the Bosnian Serbs in 1994/95 (Russia didn’t use its veto power to stop that). There were actually many embarrassing lies of western anti-Serb propaganda and the ICTY court, but Russia was mainly silent.
It was actually a Bulgarian (& Bulgaria is not a historically friendly country towards Serbia) who wrote a book on the lies of the ICTY. He particularly focused on the “star witness” of Srebrenica, who was actually an ethnic Croat mercenary from Tuzla, Drazen Erdemovic. Erdemovic was supposedly on the Serb side, (after first fighting with the Bosnian Muslim forces in Tuzla, then the Croat side), during the “fall” of Srebrenica. The book exposed Drazen Erdemovic’s perjury and nonsensical “testimony”, his criminal background and troubles within his group (which was all Croats, Slovenes and other mercenaries – there were no Serbs in that group who had not been mercenaries for/in other countries) as well as his close involvement and special deals with the prosecution, etc.
Russia appeared disinterested or lazy about the whole thing, despite it being a big propaganda tool which was even cited before U.S./Brits/NATO bombed Libya, and I believe for either Afghanistan and/or Iraq as well.
Yes and there is more than that. Russia was in a love story with the west (it was the main course in russian opinion) when Serbia was submited to a terrible bashing campaign. There were few exceptions among russians : I think of patriots and communists.
In the UN russian délégations voted for every anti-serbian resolution. Russia voted for the ethnic cleansing of the serbian Krajina (250000 civilians displaced or killed). From that time I’ve never heard a word from russian medias about this genocide. At the time Sergei Lavrov or Vitaly Churkin were in charge of the russian diplomacy. Since then they have changed, but still in 2006 mr Lavrov praised Milo Djukanovic, the little montenegrin Caudillo who prepared the secession of Monténégro from the common state with Serbia. In liberal russian medias propaganda against Serbia was a copy from the west, and Russia officially decorated people like Tudjman and Mesic, who were responsable for the destruction of Yugoslavia and ethnic cleansing of Serbs with the Joukov medal. In these 90’s Serbes where indeed very alone. I remember that the only massive popular support came from the Greeks. (millions of greek citizens expressed their support of Serbs in the Streets. The greek Church helped orphans and there were many Professional greek volunteers who fighted along the bosnian Serbs.
Do you have the author or book name?
Vast majority of India and Pakistan is for Russia, average people to news media are with Russia and against the Nazis.
In Brazil, the media is totally Westernized and loves the Nazis, but a majority of commenters on news sites are with Russia.
And all Africa is with Russia too.
Most Turks are with Russia.
I’m not sure about the Arab World. It seems to be mixed. I’m surprised at how many Palestinians and their supporters are with the Nazis. Or then again, maybe I shouldn’t be.
In most of the world, this Russia-hated and Nazi love crap just isn’t going over at all.
Don’t forget that Hamas was against Assad and PLO was on his side. Arabs are split between anti-Shiite, anti-Russian Islamist/jihadi section and secular oriented anti-imperialist Arabs.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has publically announced that anti-ship missiles are to be (actually already are being) despatched to Ukraine (Odessa).
The type of anti-ship missile to be sent to Odessa are likely to be the “Sea Skua” – a lightweight and very versatile missile capable of sinking any Corvette sized warship, and badly damaging larger vessels.
The British Sea Skua is highly versatile, and although usually mounted to helicopters (can be easily adapted to fit even old Soviet types), small attack boats can carry them, and they can even be used ashore – mounted on a ground platform (set up and firing is similar to the Starstreak portable anti-aircraft missile).
Unusual activity has already has recently been seen at Giurgiulesti International Free Port, which for those who dont know, straddles the borders of NATO Romania, Ukraine, and Moldova.
There is even an “agricultural bio-lab” at the port where some have seculated that the British have moved Biological / Chemical weapons materials (as they did in Syria) to be stored – or have they have already been transfered through this port to Odessa for a possible massive false flag.
It is likely that British anti-ship missiles may have already been delivered and carried to Ukraine by spec-ops helicopters.
Wherever the missiles are they are sure to be delivered to Odessa – most likely by helicopter (the impressive operation of spec-op helicopters in Ukraine, and even inside Russia, is now in the open and should no longer be underestimated).
Finally,
It is thought that the massive Odessa tunnel system has been augmented by NATO engineers to facilitate the movement of forces and equipment underground. Recent documents released by US (Darpa) support the idea that a new new-work of tunnels making up a rabbit warren exist accross the Ukraine / Polish border and the Romania / Ukraine border (possibly even involving Modova). This is just one example of many:
https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-03-31
As other commenters have warned about for months before this conflict began, NATO (especially the British) will not allow Odessa to fall without taking Russia and NATO to the very brink (at least) of open conflict.
The British sending anti-ship missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, and anti-tank missiles in thier 1000’s (along with advisors / trainers and possibly pilots too) is beyond provocative and is technically an act of war.
As others have said – whoever controls Odessa controls Ukraine.
For every Russian warship hit send a kinzhal into a British ship.
How are they going to get these missiles into Odessa, as Russia controls the sea coast, hence Odessa?
If you look at the map, Romania (part of NATO) is bordered nearest to Odessa, which would make it very easy to sneak in weapons, military advisors, etc.
Unless someone can say otherwise, that’s the only land route.
The main highway is open. Just drive there in an ambulance, red cross truck, no biggie. Having no idea what Russia’s MOD has planned, if they do take the Donbass next, I expect a push west after, phase 3, across the river then move to cut the highway and stop at the Trans/Moldov border. This will isolate Odessa. Just guessing.
As there is heavy armour coming cross country via rail, I’m surprised at the lack of rail line infrastructure damage one might expect in transitioning countries…..
Cheers M
Yesterday a US military personel plane, a C-40, landed in Chișinău Moldova.
You can see these flights on flightradar24.com
They cannot truck them in as they will be destroyed, They cannot ship them in, either. I doubt there are tunnels that can accommodate such missiles. If there were, they´d be used by now and we would see some of these missiles fired.
Can’t think of anything scarier than NATO and Russian naval forces sharing the Ukrainian coastline (Sevastopol, Mariupol, Odessa – that’s a little too crowded). Recipe for disaster. It would be a tinderbox, if it weren’t so wet.
I think the Russian MOD should make it clear to
Britain that the next Russian aircraft brought down
by a “starsrteak” will be responded to buy hitting a
British warplane on the tarmac. It’s tit for tat, perfectly legit.
And there are 2,500 km of tunnels under Odessa in three levels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_Catacombs
A lot of place to hide people and armement!
The Sea Skua (which, incidentally, is regarded by the UK as obsolete) apparently has a range of 25 km. About 15 miles. Unless launched from the air, that is a severe limitation. Russian ships merely have to stay 20 km or so from the shore to be safe from it. From that range they can easily pulverise any launch sites with their own weapons; or attacks can be launched by a huge variety of other missiles or aircraft.
As for NATO warships (or freighters), I presume that Russia will not allow them to enter or even approach the zone of hostilities. If, that is, they are willing to run the gauntlet of random Ukrainian mines that may be drifting around in that region.
The Sea Skua is not exactly portable, either. It weighs 145 kg and is 2.5 metres long.
They don’t call us Perfidious Albion for no reason. The British psychos are fixated with Russia, which is almost laughable given the tiny little washed up country that it really is.
https://www.newdawnmagazine.com/articles/perfidious-albion-an-introduction-to-the-secret-history-of-the-british-empire
In any language, it boils down to the same thing: the English displayed a special knack for ****underhanded behaviour**** and more that they were ****damned good at it.****
……
One of Melville’s most notable recruits was the Russo-Polish Jew mentioned earlier, Shlomo, or Salomon, Rozenblium. He would be much better known as Sidney George Reilly.
……..
Nevertheless, despite his mercenary reputation, or maybe because of it, in the spring of 1918 the chief of London’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6), chose Reilly to undertake an ultra-secret mission inside newly Bolshevised Russia. The main fruit of this venture was the so-called Lockhart or Ambassadors’ Plot which reached its crescendo in late August of that year. The plot centred on a plan, spearheaded by Reilly, to subvert the Latvian troops guarding the Kremlin and use them in a palace coup against Lenin’s government. The goal was less the total overthrow of the Red regime than a ****change in its leadership****, and there is little doubt that an almost simultaneous, but botched, effort to kill Lenin was connected. The Latvian gambit abruptly fell apart with the result that all the Allied secret services in Russia were compromised. Reilly and his British colleagues escaped unscathed, but his American counterpart, the unlikely named Xenophon Kalamatiano, was not so lucky. He alone was tried, convicted and imprisoned by the Bolsheviks for three gruelling years. To his dying day Kalamatiano maintained that ****Reilly had deliberately betrayed him and other Allied agents. What he never seemed quite sure of was why.****
Wow – the tunnel system is a BIG FIND thank you
It makes absolutely ZERO SENSE to leave all of that behind. The Russians departed that area voluntarily.
So, they left the electricity, internet and water running but decided to massacre the civilian population?
The only thing they forgot to do to was post signs with arrows that say:
“WAR CRIMES COMMITTED HERE!!! MORE SANCTIONS PLEASE !!!”
Give it a week and like everything else the US government says, it will all fall to pieces.
*What really worries me is that this is so flimsy it reeks of desperation. Is the Empire of Lies out of ammunition or are they trying to escalate?
The corpsies aren’t even dead! They’re actors.
See here: https://rumble.com/vzj7jo-ukraine-war-staged-footage-of-the-ukrainian-psyop.html
it makes about as much sense as Assad gassing his own people after he had broken the rebels’ backs and was already winning easily at that point. Only a western smoothbrain can believe these things.
Well UKR sources themselves talked about ‘clearing’ Bucha two days before images surfaced:
UKR source: “Special Forces Regiment SAFARI Begins Clearing Operation in Bucha from Accomplices”
https://en.lb.ua/news/2022/04/02/12441_special_forces_regiment_safari.html
Lat night, Sergey “Boatsman” Korotkikh, infamous Neo-Nazi & member of Azov, posted a video titled “The BOATSMAN BOYS in Bucha”. At the 6 second mark you can clearly hear the dialogue:
“There are guys without blue armbands, can I shoot them?”
“Fuck yeah”
https://twitter.com/i/status/1510635133627514881
Your explanation makes more sense than the hypothesis that I’m seeing about a blure image where a hand is supposed to move, etc… Gonzalo Lira explained himself how this can be due to droplets or sun reflexion, it’s way too blur to be obvious. The gap between March, 30, and April, 3, your own reference about this announcement one day earlier, the fact that 26,000 citizens with a cell phone wouldn’t contact anyone prior to April, 3 so that these bodies in a main street were not spot by anyone during 5 days, it speaks volume
It is hard to understand why is Russia still soft. You cannot be nice to nazis. Relations with EU shall never be restored. That seems not to be clear yet.
Look at this for example:
Southfront:
“Earlier on April 1, the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation claimed that Ukraine had informed London that it does not intend to comply with the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War. “
Russia is polite, very verbally polite.
Acting Russians are very rough.
You don’t want to see them coming at you in a bad mood …
See here: https://t.me/intelslava/24288
And that’s germany, which is the worst of all in tyranny and public compliance. It’s one of those countries that makes you go to prison for a letter in the alphabet.
You don’t just get 5000 cars in one spot, without there being substancial public support. Is it the majority? Don’t don’t know. Is it trivial? Not either. It’s at least substancial.
Remember: The real goal of propaganda is not to make everyone believe the bullshit. The real goal is to make everyone believe they’re alone in their views and marginalized.
Look on the vid happy pedestrians some with Russian flags!
70+ % of German want good relationship with Russia.
They suffer from being ruled by servile clowns, obedient to the US/UK!
Remember: The real goal of propaganda is not to make everyone believe the bullshit. The real goal is to make everyone believe they’re alone in their views and marginalized. That is the most important, the most useful thing I’ve see all day. Thank you.
As a somewhat average American I can give you the perspective of other somewhat average Americans on this matter….
We do not hate Russia or Russians. The propaganda associated with that meme ceased with the end of the Cold War and so did the artificial hate it generated. Ukrainians are just another kind of Russian to us. Therefore Ukraine is a Russian issue best left to the Russians.
We don’t particularly like Russians either, but don’t take it personally. We don’t like Europeans. Or Canadians. Or other Americans. Or pretty much anyone who doesn’t think like us. Which is to say as infrequently as is practicable.
Most of us have never heard of Putin and its hard to hate someone you’ve never heard of.
We trust our government less than we trust other nations. We recognize we have oligarchs but we call them by a different name.
We elected Trump because he was a populist. We recognize he was cheated out of a second term but are split on whether that cheating was criminal or merely corrupt.
We are deeply embarrased and humiliated by our current President. We understand he is not really in charge but find it difficult to acknowledge because many of us voted for Obama the first time.
We are generally puzzled by phrase Empire of Lies, even though we know the USA is an empire and its leaders lie to everyone about everything.
We have an intrinsic understanding of the phrase “you can fool all of the people some of the time and you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can never fool all of the people all of the time.” We know our politicians often forget this maxim. We never do.
We have been desensitized to fake crises and it will take a real one to allow us to trust our leaders. And even then its hit or miss.
If our government falls like the USSR did its not the end of the world, since we have 50 other ones to pick up the slack.
Good luck, Rossiya.
Not my signature, but I approve this message.
But the US MNM are different animals.
Cancelled over 50% of my US news web sites, and 33% of British. Don’t know what came to them, they are simply just unreadable, full of untruths. I read Mexican, Russian, German, English, and Chinese sites. US MNM are having this manufactured-story-spinning fever which makes readers disgusted.
And, AND…., they refuse to hear reasons, deleting or blocking readers comments per “THEIR RULLS”, quite abnormal. Just cannot get a handle of what it is.
There were precedents before this episode though: the financial recession in 2006-2008, the massive fiat money printing (twice), the Trump presidency, and the COVID-19 pandemic, have had tremendous effects on the US MNM honesty and credibility. They span fake news to “calm” the public, to “prevent” the markets crashes, and to justify the obviously unfit Trump presidency.
Really well written and accurate, Americanski. You are speaking the truth about America, the people and the situation we are living in.
US is obviously split between liberal citydwellers and countryside. Let’s guess there are 100 mill liberals in US.
“… are split on whether that cheating was criminal or merely corrupt.”
A niche philisophical distinction that could only be meaningful in the USA, I suspect.
heh i dont know, im from the US and I was wondering what the distinction is as well
and my vote is both
came here cause i knew the MSM story was BS, and yeah the tech censorship is nonstop. hard to even find a site with an opposite opinion, blame i guess complacency or intellectual laziness, ignorance or fear, why people accept the official story. its a big debate now in my circles, censoring russian media , but hell, theyre censoring our own people now. and i wasnt at all surprised to see this footage was faked, i was expecting it to be, really.
i like the optimism of the russian soldier that thinks it will get corrected. Just know that here anyway, once they realize their mistake, they will edit the end out to just show the bodies, or double down and give some BS explanation like water droplets showing distortion, fuzzy picture, blah blah, and the sheep will just nod and ignore what their eyes should tell them.
Talking about US MNM censorship.
There was a mass automatic rifle killing in the early morning of April 3, around 2 a.m., 6 died, 12 wounded. Before 4:30 a.m. a video was available on the net about a group fight outside the bar, then automatic gun firing sounds from across the street. By 6 a.m. this video was censored, no news media carried it.
Only the UK DailyMail.com had it by Sunday afternoon.
How many rubles for a bushel of wheat, Saker?
Should trend well for starving Mideast and No. Africa, maybe even trump US footprint.
Russia will only sell oil, gas, wheat, commodities in Rubles to “unfriendly” countries. All other countries which have not sanctioned Russia can pay as they like.
International solidarity rallies in support of Russia are taking place all over the world: Syria, Serbia, Greece, India, and others. Today a large car rally was held in Berlin. Click the link below to see the video:
https://sputniknews.com/20220403/thousands-of-motorists-drive-through-in-berlin-flying-flags-in-support-of-russia-1094447017.html
“Thousands of motorists have rallied in the German capital of Berlin in support of Russia amid the ongoing operation to de-Nazify Ukraine.
Drivers waved Russian and German flags, along with those of the Soviet Union (USSR) and East Germany (DDR) and the insignia of the Russian Airborne Forces as they drove in a convoy.”
Now a few other videos.
‘Russian troops are behaving in a restrained manner’ – Bijan Tavassoli:
https://odysee.com/@RT:fd/tavassoli_0304:8
Russian MoD releases footage of Ukrainian military positions being destroyed by Ka-52 helicopter:
https://odysee.com/@RT:fd/MoD-0304:f
Russian military engineers clear unexploded ordinance in Sumy oblast:
https://rutube.ru/video/cc714193710d2aec24b5c8e4e24fc5cb/
I’m sure the Bucha thing is the murder of a bunch of Russians by fascist dominated Ukrainian forces. The big news of the day is that Viktor Orban won big, by at least 5-3 and perhaps as much as 2-1. This also makes the Slovakian government more likely to show independence and may have other loosening effects, particularly once the price rises scheduled for the fatherland kick in. I’m sure the Russians are prepared for the Bucha bullshit and will be able to prove it was the other side that did it. I’ve even seen a report on the Duran that Le Pen is gaining in strength against Macron.
Things look tough for the five eyes maintaining their absolute control of Europe.
Nightvision,
This is from an earlier post; how big a threat does this present? Don’t the ships have the ability to shoot these down?
Earthquake on April 03, 2022 · at 6:16 pm EST/EDT
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has publically announced that anti-ship missiles are to be (actually already are being) despatched to Ukraine (Odessa).
The type of anti-ship missile to be sent to Odessa are likely to be the “Sea Skua” – a lightweight and very versatile missile capable of sinking any Corvette sized warship, and badly damaging larger vessels.
The British Sea Skua is highly versatile, and although usually mounted to helicopters (can be easily adapted to fit even old Soviet types), small attack boats can carry them, and they can even be used ashore – mounted on a ground platform (set up and firing is similar to the Starstreak portable anti-aircraft missile).
The first reports I heard were that they were going to give them ‘Harpoons’. Now it seems it’s downgraded to the ‘Sea Skua’ ? Harpoons of course are much more serious missiles that can actually take out real ships. The ‘Sea Skua’ is more of a nuisance, not only is it helicopter launched which is a big problem for Ukraine because the helicopter would have to get within radar range and likely be shot down by anti ship defenses (though there is a much more rare ground launched version, so not sure which they would get) but the missiles are fairly small and made for lighter corvette style ships and you generally need SEVERAL strikes from the missile to even seriously damage the small boats, so they would likely do next to nothing to real destroyer/cruiser type ships.
The helicopter firing it has to have a decent amount of altitude to drop it so it doesn’t go in the water etc., and putting yourself that high would immediately give yourself up on radar and likely be shotdown as most Russian medium to large ships have at least Igla/Verba, Pantsir, up to naval S300’s on board.
Of course coupled with NATO intel and ELINT fed to Ukie forces they could prove a nuisance but I don’t expect they would cause any real or major damage. But one can’t count out the Ukies, they’ve proven quite resourceful with their NATO backing. When you have the world’s largest and most powerful alliance at your full 100% disposal you can accomplish quite a lot.
I hope the truth about seemingly civilian, non-combatant casualties in Bucha can be established, amid conflicting versions.
If it would be established that indeed most of them were executed by Ukrainian forces in mop-up operations against suspected pro-Russian sympathizers carried out after Russian troops redeployment, that would deal a final blow to the dwindling credibility of Ukrainian propaganda as Kievwood staged-set coverage of various incidents appears to be getting more gruesome and brazen by the day.
Hence, until truth is established, I must reserve judgement on Bucha casualties.
Message from a Russian solder that was stationed in Bucha:
“Regarding what happened in Bucha, I can add my 5 kopecks after Alexander Kots. From 2 to 31 I was part of the battalion in this direction. In all the settlements occupied by our military, the movement of civilians along the street was carried out with a white bandage on their left arm. I saw this in Ivankovo, Krasny Rog, Maryanovka and other settlements where we went on combat missions.
I guess the following happened. After the withdrawal of the RF Armed Forces from this theater of operations following the results of negotiations in Turkey, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to enter cities and villages and unintentionally (and I do not exclude that on purpose) opened fire on men with a white bandage on their hands. It happened en masse. And when they realized that they were massacring civilians, it was decided to present this crime of theirs as the work of the RF Armed Forces.
I testify and wrote about this above that we, Russian soldiers, treated peaceful people well, one might even say with love. They gave some of the dry rations to small (sometimes babies) children: applesauce, jam. My commander, after a trip to the Gomel hospital, bought diapers and baby food with his own money, especially for babies. The children’s parents cried tears of joy in response to the kindness of our military.
I am convinced that this provocation will be refuted, and its organizers will suffer the deserved punishment.
I ask for the maximum repost.
Private of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Pavel Gubarev”
Operation Z: Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring
forwarded from
Private of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Pavel Gubarev
Regarding what happened in Bucha, I can add my 5 kopecks after Alexander Kots. From 2 to 31 I was part of the battalion in this direction. In all the settlements occupied by our military, the movement of civilians along the street was carried out with a white bandage on their left arm. I saw this in Ivankovo, Krasny Rog, Maryanovka and other settlements where we went on combat missions.
I guess the following happened. After the withdrawal of the RF Armed Forces from this theater of operations following the results of negotiations in Turkey, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to enter cities and villages and unintentionally (and I do not exclude that on purpose) opened fire on men with a white bandage on their hands. It happened en masse. And when they realized that they were massacring civilians, it was decided to present this crime of theirs as the work of the RF Armed Forces.
I testify and wrote about this above that we, Russian soldiers, treated peaceful people well, one might even say with love. They gave some of the dry rations to small (sometimes babies) children: applesauce, jam. My commander, after a trip to the Gomel hospital, bought diapers and baby food with his own money, especially for babies. The children’s parents cried tears of joy in response to the kindness of our military.
I am convinced that this provocation will be refuted, and its organizers will suffer the deserved punishment.
I ask for the maximum repost.
Private of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Pavel Gubarev
So –
If the reports from Marinka and Novabakmutiva are correct, the encirclement of Donetsk is almost complete. These two forces/fronts/lines of attack would be only about 20 kilometres apart in a direct line. With the M-30 highway almost directly midway between them and the only large road avenue out.
The M-30 then would be within range of Russian artillery, not to mention rockets, missiles, drones, helicopters, etc.
In “Normal” conditions, this woud be about a 2 hour drive, if that, staying West of Donetsk and driving on dirt/gravel farm roads.
Donetsk is fairly East in the pocket/cauldron described above. How many Ukrainian troops do you suppose are within the pocket to teh East should these two pincers join? (Suppose maybe they meet just West of the airport – towards the Karlivka Resevoir)?
As an aside – this is all open, flat, country. Minimal topography. Yes, one can get creative, but outside Donetsk it is grainfield, grainfield, grainfield, grainfield, grainfield, without even the benefit of hedgerows/stone walls. Just narrow strisp of trees dividing.
Thermal Night scopes on attack helicopters will make short work of anyone caught out there.
Variables will be First – how many stores do the Ukies have in the cauldron left ? This determines if Ukies decide to stay in their fortifications or attempt a breakout. Lots of stores ? Ukies moght decide to stay for weeks or even months in their fortifications waiting for NATO to invade.
Second – how many RF and Ukrainian Allie’s are on the western side of the cauldron ? If the troop density is thin, then Ukies can escape by foot in small platoon sized groups relatively easily. Not pretty but possible. Expect 20-30% of Ukies to filter out in this case. On the other hand If troop density is thick, less than 10% of Ukies will be able to filter out.
Third – my wild guess at the number of regular Ukie forces in the cauldron are between 15-25k. They started with 8-10 brigades in this area, now likely down to 1/2 that. Add in Gendarme and Volksturm and maybe 20-40k.
Thank you Nightvision. :)
Is there a link to Marianne’s video refuting Ukraine’s lies about the maternity hospital in Mariupol, aside from the Twitter link posted yesterday, which I couldn’t view?
https://youtu.be/2JvzUOv6Hp0?t=34
Here is a version with English subtitles.
https://t.me/inessas100/873
More sources here.
Thank you both!
Not sure if someone’s already posted it but:
This is an official Ukrainian gov’t site
https://www.npu.gov.ua/news/stoprussia/speczpriznachenczi-naczpolicziji-rozpochali-zachistku-mista-bucha/
that issued a police report dated 4/2/22 (yesterday) which says the following:
“Today, April 2, near the fortified town of Bucha, Kyiv region, special forces of the National Police of Ukraine started cleaning up the territory of saboteurs and accomplices of the Russian military. Specialists of the vibuhotechnical service conduct an inspection of the militia of the military evils of the Russian Federation and examine vibrationally insecure objects and ammunition that did not detonate.”
You can translate it and see for yourself. They literally admitted in a police press release yesterday that ‘special forces of the National Police started cleaning up the territory of ‘SABOTEURS AND ACCOMPLICES’ of the Russian military’.
Big surprise, those accomplices were shortly after all found dead strewn about in the streets of Bucha.
This was an excellent sitrep. Reassuring, however…
Something is really bothering me. It concerns an article someone posted on MOA. Here was my response.
Convoluted??? Are you effing kidding me?! You post an article alleging that Abramovich, that Zionist shill, was immediately representing Putin at the recent negotiations in Turkey, and that he was key to the Kiev retreat, and that Putin capitulated via Abramovich and you coin it simply c o n v o l u t e d?
Convoluted, my ass! What’s really going on here? This is War; people are dying. Sons, brothers, husbands, fathers are dying. Russia has been hit with a tsunami of economic hurt, and Abramovich is now Putin’s representative, responsible for critical, sensitive negotiations? I don’t give a damn if it’s a sideshow or not. Of course now with Abramovich in the thick of it, supposedly with Putin’s blessing, it really is a carnival sideshow!
I’ve been thinking a lot about the Russian retreat from Kiev, planned or not. I was actually going to write a comment on that before you posted that article. Now, instead I’m writing this!
I was also going to post on the Kiev retreat, because I was surprised that Richard Steven Hack decided to quit the whole Ukraine SMO issue and cease commenting. I think I’m no longer surprised.
After reading that article, all I want to do is take a shower and cleanse my mind!
Now, my whole thought process regarding the retreat from Kiev is in the dustbin, because this shit about Abramovich reporting directly from Putin is blowing my mind.
Here’s what I would like to see: b, Saker and Martynov address the retreat from Kiev in the context of Abramovich’s presence at the negotiating table as appointed by Putin. Abramovich associated with the Kiev retreat, or with any concession whatsoever DIRTIES everything. What on earth was Putin thinking?
This discussion is definitely not over.
Posted by: Circe | Apr 4 2022 1:05 utc | 164
Dear Saker,
I found this post and video on the Russians with attitude site: https://twitter.com/RWApodcast.
To me it indicates that there were no bodies in the streets, for surely the police would have mentioned it at once.
The post:
“An amazing thing, the National Police of Ukraine published a video yesterday, March 2, under the heading “Bucha – cleaning the city from the occupiers.” “Occupiers”, as we know, have not been there since March 30. And where did the bodies that lay everywhere on the roads go?”
video: https://t.me/vicktop55/2763
Well this is the fallout from the “negotiations” in Turkey. And of course these negotiations with dishonest enemies always cause much more harm than good, but Russia continues to foolishly agree to them and is maneuvered in a way harmful to itself and innocent people.
The west always has some opportunistic horror already at least half-cooked up and ready to implement and propagandize out of it.
@Nightvision or anyone. Is there a link for this interview regarding the reporter mentioned in the sitrep? As below:
“Or when the famed American journalist was killed in Irpin right outside Kiev a month ago, and all Ukr supporters shouted Russia, but the entire incident was quickly swept under the rug when the journalist’s own friend/companion in an interview stated they were fired upon by Ukrop troops at a Ukrop checkpoint miles away from the nearest Russian forces.”
Thanks in advance.
The guy’s name is Juan Arredondo, he was the reporter traveling with Brent Renaud. There is I think 3 total interviews with Juan. The first is when he’s in the hospital immediately after the shooting.
1. https://youtu.be/r5VDAGaKL10 Which is this one. However in this one he doesn’t specify the area he was in though it’s understood he was in Ukrainian controlled territory. Particularly due to the fact that immediately after Renaud died, there is a video of a Ukrainian military man who filmed Renaud’s body and so it’s clear that Renaud was in the vicinity of Ukie military when he died. Why would a “Russian checkpoint” be right where Ukrainian military is, that obviously wouldn’t make sense.
But the 2nd video I remember that he went into more detail has conveniently been ‘memory holed’ and I now can’t find it. Probably for the very reason that it was too revealing. I remember in that one after his surgery, he says more clearly about how they just passed Ukrainian checkpoint and started getting shot at.
But now in this 3rd and newest interview where he’s interviewed by Anderson Cooper, first, he clearly says he doesn’t know if it was Ukies or Russians (which on its own is a major revelation because ALL official sources including the wikipedia entry for the event state unequivocally with assurance that it was “Russia” that did it). But more significantly after lying and saying he doesn’t know who did it, he then goes on to immediately say that he just passed a Ukrainian convoy that said this is the ok corridor, meaning this is the Ukrainian ‘safe’ corridor. So it seems clear to me he goofed up and just admitted he was in Ukrainian territory. How could he pass a Ukrainian convoy who spoke to him and said he could go here and then immediately started getting shot soon after? And then Renaud’s body was filmed immediately after his death by Ukrainian soldiers who were clearly int he area. Is it possible for Ukrainian convoys to be driving around through Russian checkpoints? The maps that showed where Renaud was killed were clearly in Ukrainian controlled parts of Irpin with Russian forces several kilometers away at the minimum.
https://youtu.be/wvk5vE6WC1k?t=138
Thank you for that.
I downloaded the original hospital interview from telegram. It’s <1 minute long but in English. He says they were in a private car going to film refugees and were shot at the first checkpoint (obviously Ukrainian side) and that the attackers kept shooting even after the car turned around. He also says he saw that the other journalist was shot in the neck.
Yep and what most people don’t remember or have never seen is the video of the Ukrainian soldier who took weird selfies with the corpse of Brent Renaud and apparently this video was taken very shortly after Renaud was killed which proved he was in an area where Ukie military was, otherwise how would the soldier already be next to Renaud’s body taking videos with it? As many people have noted it’s impossible for Ukie military to be standing openly with no fear of danger next to the body if there was “Russian troops” nearby who are shooting at journalists and people. This was very obviously on the Ukrainian side of the checkpoints and Irpin in general.
The reason they were shot is very clear. Ukraine specifically forbid anyone from evacuating towards Russia’s side. As you have seen in every possible city Russia holds like Mariupol, Ukraine will kill anyone trying to evacuate towards Russian forces. These journalists were in a car heading TOWARDS the Russian side of Irpin. When they passed a Ukrainian checkpoint they were shot at because Ukraine does not want ANY of its civilians “defecting” towards the Russian side. Very simple
Considering the very humble size of Russian Army had on the ground up to this moment, as the Saker already mentioned before, that they cannot guard all the liberated villages and towns due to limited numbers of troops. So, there will always be disadvantage of any step taken by the Russian Army for now since they are yet to cleanse all the UkroNazis left down to the very last of them. So now, Russia truly needs! to step up the game! next time they see some UkroNazis, whether they are surrendered or not, lay down their arms or not, masked in civilians or not, they must pay the price, shoot them right away or face the military court! UkroNazis is Nazis, dead Nazis have always been good Nazis, better seeing UkroNazis dead than let them kill civilians later, period!
Slava Rossiya, Urraaaa!
It’s been reported in the MsM that a Western satellite image shows a 45 ft trench at the site of the mass grave.
How anybody managed to cram 245 bodies into a trench that small is beyond me.
I want dental records. I want fingerprints. Who were these unfortunates and why were they in that place at that time? Where did they come from? Every one of them has a traceable footprint if the mind is enquiring.
But that’s why I’m no longer in the journalism business. There is no room for such questions.
Of course there isn’t. Just look at NYTimes disgraceful reporting where they admit at the bottom they were “unable to independently verify any of these claims”
https://twitter.com/MoonofA/status/1510635534321860611
How does a state of the art SU-35 get shot down by a Manpad?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10681647/Ukrainians-post-pictures-burning-Russian-fighter-jet-say-shot-down.html
The Su-35S crashed near Izium, Ukraine. It looks like it was configured for SEAD (Suppression Enemy Air Defenses) mission.
Images of the wreckage of an aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have started to circulate online in the afternoon (European time) on Apr. 3, 2022. The jet went down near Izium, in eastern Ukraine, some 120 kilometers to the southeast of Kharkiv.
Single seater, without canards, equipped with the L-265M10P/R ECM wingtip pods and featuring heat shields on the stabilizers: the aircraft was quickly identified as an Su-35S Flanker-E multirole 4++ generation supermaneuverable jet.
Same way a ‘state of the art’ F117 was shot down in Serbia. No plane is invulnerable, anything can easily be shot down depending on the circumstances. The electronic countermeasures etc all only work in certain optimal conditions but depending on many different factors they can be defeated. Just like stealth all they do is “reduce the chance” but they can never eliminate the chance to 0%.
Also if it’s true the plane was confirmed for SEAD then it would seem it got shot down by a serious system with radars not by manpad. I don’t know what kind of ‘serious systems’ Ukraine has left because Russia has been wiping most of them out but every once in a while a Buk or something else still peeks its head out and comes out of hiding and Ukraine has been said to be amassing a ton of troops in the Izyum area as that’s looking like their #1 most important frontline right now so they must have all their best stuff in the area of whatever they have left.
I was talking to civilian in UKN today and they support their troops fighting because they want UKN to be free from foreign interference and be independent, but they don’t understand that teaming up with the EU and US means they won’t have that status – they are under their interference and wont have independence – and they will be enslaved.
This is an issue Russia needs to analyze and tailor their policy PR to.
Well do they acknowledge that Donbass also wants to be “free” from any interference? They are their own people with their own culture and Ukraine OUTLAWED their culture including banning their primary language which is Russian. So how come this person is allowed to have ‘freedom’ but the people in Donbass aren’t? They should understand the Donbass people are also fighting for their freedom and way of life and that’s entirely why we have this war to begin with.
Also what’s interesting apparently there’s several photos circulating of Russian humanitarian aid boxes being visible amongst the bodies. Here’s one with the bodies scribbled out, but you can see the clear Russian aid package that’s been the standard green bag seen distributed by Russian forces to civilians everywhere .
Pics 2 and 3 are just examples of the aid package as seen elsewhere in Ukraine as a reference. So were these people partly killed because they had accepted humanitarian aid from Russian troops and thus were branded as ‘traitors’ by the vindictive Ukrops?
1. https://i.postimg.cc/9frPHDk1/FPd-NSw-ZWYAIh3-YHa.png
2. https://i.postimg.cc/CxvC2Gcz/FPd-MMg2-Xs-A0-VZvn.jpg
3. https://i.postimg.cc/NfHWB03s/sdfasdf.jpg
I don’t know, but it reminds me of undamaged passports being found in 911 rubble.
In this we must consider whether the US & EU want the UKN to turn into another Vietnam.
A war that goes on for 2 decades and makes a lot of $ for them at the cost of the people of UKN.
This is a point Russia needs to broadcast to UKN.
Quite disappointed with Russia’s performance in this war to be honest. They had the opportunity to take Ukraine quickly, send a message to the world, bring all the previous soviet countries under even stronger Russian influence and focus on Eurasian integration. But the war so far has been a total botched up effort. Not using the full strength, strategic blunders and in so many ways losing confidence of countries and communities that believe in russia. The good things I thought will come for Russia from this war in the long term is slowly fading away.
You know the truth is, Russia always starts out disappointing in every war, but they always win it in the end. “Slow to saddle, fast to ride”. Russia is brushing off a lot of rust, not having had a true major military conflict in a while, but it’s funny how fast “over estimation” turns into “under estimation”. There seems to be no middle line for some people and now a lot of people Ukraine included are underestimating Russia who wiped out 80% of Ukrainian military, captured more area than the size of the UK in only a few days while using 10% of its forces. The only question here is, will the generals and political elite bungle this and turn this into a political quagmire of some sort? Because if the generals give full unrestrained ability to the armed forces, they could squash Ukraine like a bug very rapidly
That is what I was hoping at the beginning of the campaign. Hope they can bounce back soon.
Just a quick question: Mariupol – Donbass Cauldron – Odessa, in that order, within the next 60-90 days, done.
If, like you pointed out, the Generals give full unrestrained ability, do you think the above is plausible/feasible?
Cycles of history are turning again!
Spirits of Stalingrad Kessel have rosen again after 80 years. Size is similar 60000 as was of von Paulus army, dont tell me its just a coincidence..again nazis from Europe, croats & rodents are happy to fertilize holy Russian soil. Fine!
Operation name was Uranus, small planet. Well if I could choose a name of operation, it would be Pluton or Mars.
Bring all Tos1a you got, all heavy artillery, bring as Stalin said..the God of war.
Send drones to document, and yes we want to hear sounds of a thunder ;)
Definitely doable. The only thing I would question is if they can CAPTURE Odessa fully in that time. Surround it completely sure. But the capture of cities in modern warfare does not happen fast unless you’re fully OK with leveling the city to the ground like U.S. with Raqqa etc. Any city in modern warfare from Grozny to the famous battle of Aleppo typically takes months to fully capture if not longer.
Odessa right now from what I’ve seen has been heavily militarized with caltrops and tank hedgehogs placed on many boulevards etc so it seems they are ready for a long siege over there. So yes I can foresee Russia easily capturing Mariupol and the Cauldron and the area all around Odessa in that time. But actually clearing Odessa, I’m not sure, could take a bit longer though maybe not.
“…. know the truth is, Russia always starts out disappointing in every war…”.
I dunno about ‘every’ war, in Syria they seemed to hit the ground running. They did have a few stops and starts after awhile though.
“starting disappointing …but always win in in the end….”
That is a very questionable strategy and difficult to understand especially for the love ones.
Yesm
It is easy to overreact to every peace of bad news. Still, these new arms shipments to Odessa do seem a bit worrying. I have to say that some of disappointment is due to perhaps to big a confidence or hype created previously by some pro Russian commentators. I appreciate Martyanovs knowledge of modern Russian weapon systems, but before the war he was utterly unrealistic about Ukraine defenses lasting few days and so on. I do not think he is very strong on ground warfare.
In the end of a day, most of people from West who support Russia, support it because it looks to be good guy, force of light in this world. Russians and some Orthodox nations support it because it is…well, Russia :-) .
Meaning, not many people want Russia to devolve into some version of Israel bombing Gaza. And, yet, harder approach will be needed. Ukrainians do not seem to feel enough fear and respect. That goes for guys who torture POWs in Kharkov, in Russian encirclement! Going on internet, dissing general Shamanov? And same thing for mayor of Sumy, mayor of Dnepropetrovsk. Being on frontline, high possibility of capture of town by Russian troops, and you still dare to “shoot mouth”, threaten war crimes, call for killing of Russian civilians??
All these guys seem to know they will be pampered in Russian captivity so that Russians can show to whole world how civilized and good they are….As if it mattered for Westerners. They will not concede anything. And Ukrainians themselves lowering more and more to level of some Mordor creatures…
No, I do not know how this problem can be solved, and as said, I do not want Russians to become animals. But when I saw yesterday on Russian Telegram channels that even one Aidar guy was allowed to change sides (after capture!) and now supposedly saw “right way..”.It was too much. Come on..
“All these guys seem to know they will be pampered in Russian captivity….. ”
They may be pampered until their trial, then it will be a bullet.
I have read that trials are mooted to be held in DNR/LNR as Russia no longer has death penalty.
But that is for the judicial system.
Does anyone know if Russian military courts have the death penalty?
I think the reason is that they adjust their strategies on the battlefield, by analyzing ( the hard way ) the situation and the strategies of the enemy.
Even in Syria it looked like they were losing everything. Then they started winning and now there 40.000 ISIS head choppers fertilizing flowers in the sand.
Also I don’t understand why people think that wars are like in videogames. There is no uber super duper stronger part, that ends the war without losing even a drop of blood.
What the russians do is destroying the capability of the enemy to wage war. This is why they are systematically destroying oil depots, ammunition and weapons warehouses, etc…
A lot of people don’t understand that if and when the ukr soldiers in the Donbass cauldron will get killed, Ukraine will have nothing more to fight with. These are the best forces at their disposal. Losing them is losing the war.
As for Kiev and Chernigov, it is another faint. Ukr soldiers are reoccupying the lost positions. But to do it they must move around. And moving around means being seen. The best thing for the russians would be if the ukr would start moving to the Donbass. If I am not wrong, it is open countryside down there. A place where the russians can bomb at will, without risking civilian losses.
These are the things that the general stuff is considering. And I suppose they know better than us and have a bit more experience than us.
Aye, I think many people don’t know what to make of the facts on the ground but want/need to have a storyline for them. None of us know what RMoD’s plans were or what failures/mistakes it has identified. All MoDs lie, but mostly Russia seems to be playing this straight so it’s probably worth taking what it says generally true.
The biggest issue is an assumption that Russia intended to conquer and occupy Ukraine. That’s clearly false or the Russian military is inept. In the west, there’s a conceit that everyone thinks and acts like Americans, so there’s an assumption about Russia’s “true” aims that “proves” the ineptness of the Russian military. My take (and I don’t know anything) is that through at least week one a Ukrainian capitulation would have seen Russia agree to “no NATO, neutrality and federalist autonomy for Donetsk and Lugansk”. If the US wanted popular movement against Putin, this would have been its best option. Plenty of Russians would have see it as capitulation. Plenty would have seen it as Putin continuing his attempts to reach agreement with the US.
I’ll go back to Putin threatening real “decommunization” before the military operation, and I take that to mean that the other option for Ukraine was dismemberment along the lines of at least pre-1939 borders or even the reestablishment of Malorussia and Novorossiya. My working theory is that’s where we’re at now. And from Russian sources I also assume that anything less will be domestically dangerous for Putin. Outside of Odessa, once the cauldron is liquidated and Mariupol fully cleared, there’s very little left to stop that and it could happen very quickly. The Russian operation may be “slow” so far but it has methodically eliminated Ukraine’s ability to defend territory in any organized fashion. Tanks with no fuel are worthless.
I also think that observers like us who “take Russia’s side” are conditioned by western thought / media to expect and want a military campaign that plays well on TV screens. Captures of cities, fighting columns pushing deep into enemy territory, overwhelming force, etc. So there’s some “disappointment” emotions. But Russia can’t be sure that NATO or a NATO nation doesn’t counterattack and that likely wouldn’t be in Ukraine. So from MoD’s perspective there needs to be reserves to counter that. Leaving significant reserves out of Ukraine is a counter in and of itself; Poland would be more likely to push east if it thought it could secure an “easy” victory. Strategic losses for Russia would be having the conflict occurring on Russian soil because it was focused on Ukraine and put everything there. For all we know, NATO hoped for Russia going all in on Ukraine and then Poland could be let off the leash to try and take Kaliningrad. We just don’t know … really anything.
Agreed – if the goal is to ‘demilitarize’ the Kiev regime, then the RF and their Ukrainian Allies are doing a first rate job destroying the Kiev military
The generals are asleep and determined to stay that way. They’ll be alright after that 3 am wake up call though.
Just saw a news report in southfront that the ukie nazis had executed russian pow. This is real disgusting.
Here is the link
https://southfront.org/ukrainian-soldiers-carried-out-execution-of-russian-pows-photos/
Just a heads up for everyone because someone once asked for this. But apparently here is an address where you can write to a Russian soldier a letter/email of thanks, or whatever you want. This was posted by RT who visited wounded Russian soldiers in a hospital in Moscow.
“You can write a letter to the soldiers at pismosoldaty@rttv.ru. We’ll pass it on to the guys.
Or at the address: 111020 Russia, Moscow, st. Borovaya, d. 3, building. 1 “TV-News” marked “For a soldier”.
https://russian.rt.com/russia/article/984618-odincovo-gospital-ranenye-soldaty-reportazh
I don’t really understand the snail-mail address, can somebody help. Which words go on which lines? It looks backwards.
“111020 Russia” should be at the bottom of the envelope, or?
I see on their site https://rtd.rt.com/about/contact/
The address is listed as: Bldg.3, Borovaya St., Moscow, Russia 111020
so the 111020 appears to be a zipcode.
So I think the proper address is
RT TV
3 Borovaya St., Moscow, Russia 111020
If you put that address into google maps you get the RT building which you can view with ‘street view’ and confirm it is the RT Building
Or in Russian parlance it would be the following since ‘ulitsa’ means street:
Ulitsa Borovaya, 3
Moskva, Russia 111020
Do Russian forces have infrared / thermal sights? And have they considered that UAF could have these in numbers?
The Ukie nazis haven’t changed from the beginning of the war in 2014,bad then,bad now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8j0tJsKltg&ab_channel=77MegaMix
WOW! See the comments!
I found the original of the Ukrainian police video from April 2nd on YouTube.
Go and check the top comments for the video! Everyone is accusing Ukraine for the massacre. (Translations cached here)
Wow. Talk about scoring an own goal.
A Ukrainian video, shot by the very Ukrainian forces who were the first to enter Bucha, filmed on April 2nd. Not only are there no streets with bodies, they talk to numerous people, and no one even mentions it. There are no Russian forces, and no dead littering the streets.
Then a day later, those same streets are no full of dead people? When the place is now occupied by the Ukrainians?
I really hope Russia is going to rise up tot this occasion (PR wise) because there is plenty of material to crucify the Ukrainians and their western masters with here.
A quite worrying comment seen on colonel cassad. It seems the Starstreak AA missiles were already put to use, downing a Mi-8 (confirmed by Russian side) and possibly also the SU-35.
Starstreaks seem to be nasty, giving no forewarning to the pilot and able to evade ECM. Boris is criticizing Russian analysts who pooh-pooh this stuff and act as if it’s no big deal. For me it’s quite a big one, if the ukies are able to successfully interdict, at least partially, the skies, I can’t see how this war won’t at least drag for a long time.
I must say I remain quite worried and my confidence is low. Of course you can always say that the plans of the general staff are secret, trouble is, nobody has any inkling of what they might be and all the predictions of the last month have been proven false. That’s what worries me the most.
I criticised Russia during the US/NATO Iraq & Afghanistan invasions for not giving MANPADS to both countries as payback for the stingers the US gave to the mujahideens during Russia’s debacle in Afghanistan.
And now it’s happening again. The UK has comitted an act of war in supplying these, and Russia needs to act accordingly.
Questions from a political layman interested in military affairs:
– What countermeasures exist against this or similar systems?
– Does it function when the aircraft is above or inside clouds?
– What are the costs, especially in comparison to older systems?
The Su-35 that was shot down near Izium appeared to be flying fairly high, in the sense that it was operating well above the tree-top level around which many helicopters and Su-25 have been captured in recent videos.
The presence of such systems in the dozens or even hundreds could prevent the RuAF from gaining full control of the skies and performing the sort of ongoing loitering operations that the US successfully executed in Iraq and Afghanistan, especially if there is indeed a shortage of smart munitions, as claimed by Western analysts. My understanding is that the RuAF has not got nearly as many high-end drones (Global Hawk, Predator) as the US and is lagging behind in this field.
Yes, they seem to be lagging behind when it comes to drones and they will have to analyze this operation carefully and reassess and adjust their military doctrine as soon as this is over. Many lessons will be learned from this.
(When I write that I am a “politically neutral” layman I don’t want that to be changed into “political layman” by the people running this forum.)
Russia shoots down or destroys at the airfield 125 Ukrainian planes and 88 Helicopters – and you have nothing to say about that. One Helicopter and one phantom plane gets shotdown by the Ukronazis , with Russian air losses being minimal since the start of the war, and being at a trickle compared to the opening half a month – and all of a sudden you have a “loss of confidence”? Pfffff. The helicopter was most likely shot down by Strela-3 not Starstreak anyhow.
There is nothing to say that Starstreaks will make a significant difference to this war.
What predictions of the last month have been proven false? Russia effectively has a land bridge to Crimea, Russia is in the position where total victory in Donbass is assured, it’s only a matter of time.
Russia is in a very good position after 5 weeks. Most predictions were predicated on the basis that Russia would invade with far larger a force than they have done, so who cares about these predictions? For every 1 Russian tragically murdered, 11 Ukrops are being destroyed to spend time in hell.
I have both videos of the Su-35 and Mi-28 shootdown which happened days ago. The crew of Mi-28 luckily survived and was evacuated to safety. In Su-35 the lone pilot was unfortunately captured and will probably be tortured.
Anyway, when I first heard the reports of the Starstreak hype I was quick to dismiss it in my head as propaganda/b.s. But the videos do appear to convincingly show a possible Starstreak usage. The reason being is that the chief notable strength of the Starstreak that separates it from all known Manpads is the velocities it operates at which is a very high Mach 3-4 which is sort of unprecedented for Manpads. And in the Mi-28 video you can clearly see a projectile hitting the helicopter that is going so fast that it does not look like a Manpad at all, in fact at first I thought the chopper was maybe hit with a tank round or something.
Secondly normal manpads typically leave behind a big plume from their rocket engines and are easily identifiable in that way. But Starstreak leaves no plume because it doesn’t function like a typical Manpad. The metallic rods that Starstreak fire only briefly have a burn phase that then falls away like a rocket stage, and the metallic rod penetrators fly alone towards the craft. And this is exactly what it looked like on the Mi-28 video.
There are other clear indicators but I may just write a full length explanation in the next Sitrep so I’ll probably leave the longwinded stuff til next time.
This is of course a pure bullshit indicator, but the various pro-Russian twitter accounts I follow have become strangely silent, or prefer to expound on the Bucha massacre or various economic news rather than the military situation on the ground. It’s like most pro-Russian commentators prefer to avoid the subject. I would prefer them to tackle head-on the issue and explain how they think the coming weeks will unfold.
Let us be honest : who really believes everything is going according to plan ? I don’t. That’s not necessarily catastrophic, setbacks can be expected, but the value of the Saker is to be able to address this rationally, and I don’t see that happening.
The only possible explanation I see at this stage is that the Russians are waging the war on three fronts : political, economic, military, and that they don’t pursue total military success for the sake of it, but as an instrument to gain political guarantees or economic wins. Which do happen, by the way.
This would be war as it was done 100 or 200 years ago, diplomacy by other means. The main issue with this is that populations have been used to consider wars as existential initiatives, where anything less than total vanquishing is a defeat. As such, any settlement could have quite negative implications in the Russian population, endangering support for Putin itself on the long term. This is the most worrying part for me.
I don’t get why people worry over a war that is barely 2 months old, you will get your share, none of us is getting out of this conflict unscathed.
You think you are spectator, one day you will find out you are not. Don’t call out for anyone’s blood because all humans including Ukrainians, Russians, Europeans, Americans, Asians etc etc are brothers.
The real enemy is never a human. My advice would be to pray for evryone and get to terms with your own sins.
Germans in WWII were humans too but Nazism and Fascism are inhuman ideologies that dehumanize those subscribing to such vile, barbaric worldview. Nazis dehumanize themselves and they are certainly not my brothers. Good Nazi is a dead Nazi and there is no way around it, I’m afraid.
I don’t think it makes much sense to settle now under originally proposed terms. Those terms were initially rejected by the Kiev regime and their NATO bosses and now it’s a bit too late. The cost of this campaign went up in the meantime and now it would only make sense to retain certain territories for DNR/LNR. The Russian public seems on board and is supporting continuation of the military campaign. I don’t think Moscow plans to return southern Ukraine to Kiev. It just doesn’t seem very realistic at this point.
The reporting is indeed puzzlingly selective.
Russia has withdrawn from some areas near Kiev. I can understand that. But then I read a report in the NY Times about a withdrawal from Trostyanets near Sumi on 25 March. It makes me wonder how far those withdrawals go.
this is a strange equivalence though because right now Russia is in an almost total operational pause and has been for days if not longer. The only active front really is Mariupol as they are waiting for it to finish so they can begin phase 2 while they regroup and reposition their forces elsewhere. So what exactly is it you expect pro-Russian twitter accounts to talk about when there is literally no fighting going on at the moment? It doesn’t mean Russia is losing or is even suffering a setback, it’s still bombing the Ukraine daily with huge losses in air strikes. But you can’t possibly expect people to tweet about events that are nonexistent. You have to wait until Russia restarts its offensive then we’ll see what there is to talk about.
I already stated in previous report that there are several plans and contingencies. The top layer superficial one was they HOPED Kiev and other major cities would lay down their arms, and this didn’t happen. But clearly to anyone with military knowledge it’s obvious that Russia didn’t bank on this alone, and of course that’s not how military planning is done. And so they are simply moving onto the next phase. That’s not even a setback, that’s simply one gambit Russia took to try to end the war fast not working out, and now they are resorting to the original “full” plan. But accusing people of being “quiet” when there is a complete operational HALT happening while Russia repositions troops is disingenuous because there is nothing to report on at the moment.
Wouldn’t it have been better for Russia to go to a straight “Rubles, yuan, rupees, or nothing” policy for all products for unfriendly countries?
Excellent interview that exposes the US’s involvement in this whole crisis:
https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2022/04/01/scott-horton-oan-interview-on-history-behind-russia-ukraine-war/
It goes all the way back to jfk and a penny horse, its been a mess the whole time.
On 16 March 2022, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced that the UK would supply Ukraine with Starstreak missiles to help prevent Russian air supremacy following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[14] British soldiers trained Ukrainian forces to use the system.[15] HVM SPs were also deployed to Poland as an interim measure until the arrival of Sky Sabre.[16] In April 2022, Starstreak missiles were in use by Ukrainian soldiers,[17] and The Times reported that Ukrainian forces had successfully used the system to shoot down a Russian Mi-28N attack helicopter.[18]
I’m nt saying that this is impossible, but in view of the huge amount of forgeries#edit footages coming from Ukraine, it is impossible to verify if a MI-28N was really shut down.
It can be determined, that, in the end, it was irrelevant.
Can’t see it as anything else than a tactical defeat. What this shows is that Russia is unable to successfully interdict weapon deliveries from NATO to Ukraine, and probably won’t be willing to escalate against the UK. The capabilities of StarStreak seem worrying.
Well thats what Russia will have to do,i am not sure who is in control of the port in Odessa,if its Ukraine Russia needs to blockade it and be willing to board foreign ships suspected of carrying arms,they need also to attack any arms shipments in Western Ukraine right up to the Polish border,these foreigners like the British need to know they will pay a price.
For sure once the US dollar is formally out i.e. no longer the world’s reserve currency, we’re going to witness much of this global psyop operation, including the Ukrainian situation where all those thugs/hooligans – somehow also mixed up with nationalistic zeal – willing to die on behalf of NATO, would end up exactly like the Corona narrative which closed without a hitch. Western MSM is no longer reporting news about history’s worst killer pandemic caused by the Chinese upon freedom loving liberal world order. Also the government of Pakistan of Emran Khan after refusal to follow US sanctions against Russia is facing tremendous pressures by the very corrupt, western funded political elites that now seek to topple the government.
The Bucha false flag is a part of psychological preparation of the people in the West for war with Russia. It’s something CIA always does before America goes to war.
I see comments along the line of “that’s what we get for playing nice and protecting the Ukrainian civilians”. No, the lesson to be learned is that Russia must have absolutely no mercy with the Americans, or to assume any kind of good intentions. They are the ones who are planning to kill all of you, and to enslave all of us who are stuck behind the iron curtain, in the West.
This is all copycat “Let’s invade and defeat Yugoslavia” CIA textbook… alas they are using the same textbook against Russia… which will not work.
Besides, Russia has verifiable proof that the claims are bogus.
Bucha didn’t have any entry in the Norwegian Wikipedia until “the Bucha massacre”. It was on place before media announced it.
Our state media seem to prefer to use their imported polish labor to write the stories for them. This way they are sure it has the right bias.
Except the gods always have the last words.
A halottak mozognak. Nézd jobbra auto elott kezet felemeli, a visszapillanto tükörben pedig felül az egyik “halott”.
A halotak mindig mozognak, de csak Uki-ba.
Distrust the Empire of lies.
http://la-geopolitique-sous-le-regard-de-zzz.over-blog.com/2022/04/mefiez-vous-de-l-empire-des-mensonges.html
I said I smell a rat and a rat it was.
Negotiations with hyenas and unnecessary withdrawal from Kiev brought a massacre of citoyen that Russia took willfully under its custody.
Shameful behavior of aloof intermediaries pursuing own goal in the shadow.
This crime wont remain without consequences.
Leadership is now in question.
Many blades being sharpened behind the curtains.
For the moment I have been unable to find what is the MINIMUM altitude for which the Starstreak is considered effective. The maximum ( 5 km) is given, but I don’t know if it can do a ‘hit’ at 50 meters or below.
It´s also strange how Russians have been there for over a month, and there was only one reported massacre. If Russians really were in the habit of arbitrarily killing civilians, there would be way more of these occurrences. Yet, we just have one. That´s why this is either fake, or the ukies did it. The west will try to prevent any investigation of this as they know it is not true. But they want to keep it in the press and use it as propaganda fodder to make Russia look bad.
Petraeus calls for large number of additional Switchblade drones (thousands, v. hundreds) to be provided to Ukraine, claiming this could be a game-changer. Any mil experts with ability to comment on technical aspects of this weapon/asset?
The anti russian propaganda tornado is rolling over Germany in hypersonic speed
https://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/politik-ausland/exklusiv-in-bild-augenzeugen-des-massakers-von-butscha-sprechen-79660438.bild.html
Putin got traped with Bucha like Milosevic with Srebrenica.
That was to be expected.
He would be better to replace his team of advisers.
It is advisable to consult experianced serbian advisers as well
I believe that it is still not too late but time is pressing upon him and russia
“Putin got traped with Bucha like Milosevic with Srebrenica.
That was to be expected.”
Maybe they took precautions. The Russian UN ambassador called for a UN meeting about this. If someone wants to accuse you, he will anyway. Other than the Ukrainian government, the accusers say that WWIII – the end of the world – must be avoided. One part inside wants to destroy Russia, the other part wants to preserve the world’s life. Zelensky looks and sounds insane every time he is on TV. On the subject of Bucha, he talks of genocide desultorily; liars have no respect for people who swallow the lies they invent and, coincidentally or not, he does not speak with respect to the West. I think nobody should die for Ze in Ukraine, let alone that the world should end because of Ze and his followers.
I hope Russia will get to it at the UN. It is time to really talk. Indeed, about Zelensky and the world, the conflict between those two parts (destroying vs. saving), the need to become friends not enemies, how we reached this situation (without changing this context), the need to play with other things instead of with the safety of the world, etc.
Not sure if Nightvision covered the big attack in Karakov and surrounding areas on the 31st. From reading, the 25 Airborne and 57 motorized brigade are done. It rained Iskanders destroying their HQ, also killing over 100 Mercs mainly Brits and yanks. Lack of social media would lead me to believe all Merc phones have been confiscated.
Cheers M
…. the 25 Airborne and 57 motorized brigade are done…
If this is true, a big loss for the Ukie’s; these 2 formations were critical to a big section of the front
Yes I mentioned it in the report. Hard to say how much that will hamper them or how many it truly killed. As you said, Russian MoD reported over 100+ killed.
The lack of social media at least pertaining to posting post-strike videos is now strictly prohibited by Ukraine
100 KIA suggests roughly additional 1,500 to 2,000 wounded.
That can‘t be right. Any insight here ?
The Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin instructed the Main Investigation Department to study the information allegedly about the killings of civilians in the city of Bucha, which was distributed by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, and to identify the authors of these fakes.
https://ria.ru/20220404/bucha-1781628576.html?in=t
https://youtu.be/SN7o-ThhFfY
Scott Ritter talking tactics
The timeline and Ukrainian officials’ own public statements on April 1 and 2 tell enough about who committed the Bucha massacre.
But:
(1) Surely the Russians offered evacuation along with their withdrawal.
(2) What was this white-armband business? surely anyone possibly fingerable by the 2014 Regime as insufficiently-Ukrainian and not self-deporting wouldn’t’ve donned armbands so identifying themselves.
Could this have been a scratch force of citizen-police raised after the withdrawal but summarily executed as “collaborators”?
Or just because the regime wanted a “Russian massacre” photo-op?
(Entirely in character for the US and NATO and their 2014 Regime.)
‘Or just because the regime wanted a “Russian massacre” photo-op?’
The Ukies, or at least their US/NATO sponsorship, were desperately in need of some visual propaganda to counteract the viral spread of those images showing their horrific maltreatment of POWs. Regardless of any subsequent proof/disproof, this satisfies that immediate diversionary need.
Request for verification:
https://twitter.com/Cyberspec1/status/1510877978871287809
Can anyone verify that this in fact a pro-ukrainian blogger from Bucha? Unfortunately i can’t understand what he’s saying. Can someone who does, confirm that he states that the Russians didn’t do this?
Tony
@Cyberspec1
#Ukraine
UKR Blogger (with pro-Ukr views) from #Bucha who said the Rus Army didn’t kill civilians there, has received a barrage of criticism & released this video.
“Would it be easier for you if I was killed? Would you like to hear this story?” he says.
https://twitter.com/Cyberspec1/status/1510877978871287809?cxt=HHwWgsCq2Ynh2_cpAAAA
To be clear, I’m not talking about Tony (who posted the tweet), but the person in the clip he posted. That is supposed to be the pro-ukrainian blogger from Bucha, not Tony.
So is he? And what’s he saying?
Well if you read what Tony said, the pro Ukrainian blogger said the Russian Army didn’t kill civilians and he’s catching hell for having made that post.
Wow. Do i really need to explain the concept of verification?
So there’s no others sources than Tony?
You cannot confirm that the guy in the video is a pro-ukrainian blogger from Bucha? All you have is Tony’s claim?
And you can’t tell me, independently from what Tony says, what this guy is telling in the clip?
Final question, why did you even reply?
It seems to me as though Ukraine is on the brink of having to surrender hence, as widely predicated, this false flat alleged ‘massacre’. Zelensky and his Cabinet are dangerous, thoroughly dangerous calling for the genocide of all Russians and the toal annihilation of it. They seemed to be determined to start WW3. It’s a poor nazi country whose President has been deified by the West. At this stage, although the West are all hand in glove condemning this ‘massacre’ they are pretty much unable to do anything more than that which they have done. The truth will out very shortly and again, the Ukronazis will be found to have been lying and probably also guilty of the murder of the civilians in question. Thank God that, at this time both the Presidents of Serbia and Hungary have been re-elected.
Ukraine poses a serious threat to the world. The Western politicians however, have dug themselves so deeply into Zelensky and the narrative that they are now unable to apply an rationale or reason. We are inching ever closer to WW3 at the expense of a thoroughly corrupt, Nazi country whose army has no compunction in massacring their own citizens. I so sincerely hope the truth will be out soon and the West get a grip pretty soon. I pray now for Macron to be ousted at the French Election – One less WEF stooge in the West.
God help us. Ukraine isn’t worth the annihilation of the human race.
It is not Ukraine who is a danger. It is AZ empire who currently resides in Washington DC. It is the neocons who by their provocations goaded Russia into this war. It is the neocons who are supporting and emboldening the Nazi regime. They are the ones who put into power the Nazis in the first place. It is well known that CIA has founded and trained Nazis in Ukraine for decades. Ukraine is a mere pawn. There are limits of blaming Ukraine for all of this.
As Saker pointed out, it is not about Ukraine. It is about a fight for a new multipolar system.
”I decided to do an unscheduled update because we’re in the midst of a falseflag, which many have predicted. It’s already being called the new ‘Sbrenica Massacre’ in the western media with all the usual fully coordinated text-book Media-Intelligence-Military-Corporate-Industrial-Complex scripted execution where every attendant arm is firing on all cylinders to project the new narrative in order to predictably call for large-scale escalation.”
This is the million dollar question: Whether the Bucha Massacre is an Anglo-American sponsored false flag attack, which some people have been warning about for weeks.
Since past behavior is the best predictor of the future, let’s consider the track record of the Anglo Americans and their European allies for the past several decades, shall we?
Sbrenica Massacre
Racak Massacre
Douma, Syria “chemical” weapons attack
Skripal poisoning
Navalny poisoning
MH-17 shootdown
Kuwaiti Incubator Babies
Libyan Viagra rape squads
7/7 London Tube Bombing
Operation Northwoods
Operation Gladio
And the mother of all false attacks, September 11th.
Given their historical rap sheet, it would be a shock if Bucha weren’t yet another American/Western sponsored false flag terrorist attack….
Of course it’s a falseflag. But the question is, is it their main or even biggest one and I don’t think it is by a long shot. This is just a minor warm up for them. This one will likely be swept under the rug in a week as more evidence continues to emerge that Ukraine did this not Russia. No, this isn’t good enough for them they need a much bigger one which will come eventually for certain.
Speaking of atrocities and fakes. There’s a video that shows a pregnant woman and a man being hanged by Azov, supposedly in 2015. There’s also a fact check claiming that it’s fake but the fact check seems pretty weak. If it is genuine then surely the victims’ identities must be known by now?
That clip appeared during the 2015 war “ATO”, together with countless other reports with photos and clips.
For us, who followed the events in real-time, watching the pic’s as they were uploaded, that clip was just one in the flow. Now, most of all these photos and videos are taken down from the internet. I don’t know why the video of the pregnant woman and the man is scrutinized now. Maybe because it is one of the few left to see, and therefore it must be discredited.
Indeed. Back in the days when Youtube was still free a lot of this stuff was available on Youtube (2014 and 2015). I remember, one of my favorite videos was the filming of the aftermath of a bus load of Nazis that rode into Donbass thinking they were going to claim Donetsk for the fatherland. But they drove right into a check point of ambush. The video showed a bus load of dead Nazis with tattoos of swastikas and other Nazi symbols.
It would be nice to have a convenient database of these atrocities. If the identities of these victims, date and location was available, along with the testimonies of witnesses or affected people then these ridiculous fact checker’s jobs would be a lot harder. I’m sure the FSB and police do have the details somewhere but they need to make this more accessible. I suppose there may be good reason to keep a lot of details secret until prosecutions are either complete or not being pursued (like if the suspects are dead).
Yes, the Russian authorities started immediatly to collect evidence in a “white paper/book” as they called it. Some of it was published/leaked? at the time, but only in Russian.
And they continue to say that they collect everything, so I am sure there is a huge archive, that is sorted and organized by people working on it 24/7.
A good first step idea:
A simple thing is needed: the destruction of weapons and the military industry of Ukraine. It is the replacement of the current Nazi regime and the implementation of the process of denazification, modeled on Germany after the Second World War. This is a ban on all nationalist organizations, bringing to justice all those who took part in the crimes and hostilities of the Nazi regime, a ban for them to take part in state and political activities.
A full-scale investigation into the circumstances of the February 2014 coup d’état.
Declaring criminal and dissolving all political and paramilitary organizations involved in the crimes of Nazism. Prohibition of the activities of public organizations that took part in the implementation of the policies of the Nazi regime from February 2014 to the present.
Change in the composition of law enforcement agencies, personnel in the sphere of culture, teaching staff. Changes in the programs of schools and universities, denazified methodological recommendations in the field of culture, revision of museum expositions, exhibitions, library collections.
Creation of memorials in places of mass graves of victims of Nazism, places of crimes. Denazification of the repertoires of theaters, cinema networks, concert halls. Suspension from professional activities of actors, directors, journalists and screenwriters who took part in Nazi propaganda.
Finally, the involvement of persons involved in certain types of support for the Nazi regime, to corrective labor in the restoration of residential and industrial infrastructure destroyed during the struggle for the liberation of Ukraine from Nazism.
And in no case should any remnants of the Nazi regime retain any, albeit truncated, territory that retains elements of a separate statehood.
(Prof. S.F. Chernyakhovsky, “Central
On some of related subjects:
1. We need to give up saying Zelensky isn’t in Ukraine. Today with foreign pressitutes he is visiting Bucha to further the lying about Russian “war crimes”. He is still in Ukraine,which is probably why Russia never claimed he wasn’t.
2. We need to stop talking so much about Bucha. I think by now everyone knows it’s just a false flag like always.The fact that the UK is blocking the UN Security Council discussing it is proof enough it’s a lie. If they thought it was true,they’d be the first one whining to the UN about it.
3. I read today that the roads East out of Dnipro were “clogged” with military equipment and troops heading to Donbass for the coming battles. At first I thought why isn’t the Russian air force turning that into a “highway of death”. And while I still think they should,I thought maybe they want as many Ukie troops as possible to get into the coming battle.And then they slam them all into a free fire kill zone cauldron.Who knows,but maybe worth thinking about.
4.There could be a plus side for Russia in the Ukies having murdered those civilians that accepted Russian aid in the Kiev region. It was horrible,and Russia lost some Ukrainians that might have been supporters in building a new anti-nazi Ukraine. But by now there are at least several thousand if not many more in the non-Donbass liberated territories that have either started to support Russia or at the least accept Russia being there. All those people now know the fate awaiting them if the nazis win and come back. That means they should now totally support Russia building a new non-nazi Ukraine. Their lives depend on it.
Just some thoughts this morning over coffee.
And excellent thoughts and summary Uncle Bob.
Thank-you!
Oh dear heavens, it is a lifetime’s work to get rid of what this hegemon is leaving in its wake.
Nobody knows anything. You get reports here and there but who can verify a thing. Do we even know the amount of forces deployed? I have heard as much as 200k and as little as 80k.
I tell you one big blunder Russia has done is having no embedded reporters with its regular army. The Chechens have some, the LNP/DNR do as well, but the regular forces do not. Big mistake. Reporters could have countered the Bucha Massacre narrative. Ukraine is undoubtedly aware of this and is exploiting it to the max.
I think the operation is behind schedule too. It was supposed to be done by May 9th, but I don’t see how this possible.
The west is Dr Frankenstein and Ukraine is it’s monster. Once a monster tastes blood it can’t have enough of it.Bucha is only the beginning. More massacres are to come unfortunately. They’ve discovered its a low cost high returns strategy to commit massacres and blame it on Putin on CNN and bbc. The sad thing is that simultaneously there are mass Graves found in marinka in the Donbass. But not a word of them in the western press. What we’re seeing here is a mirroring strategy whereby they accuse you of what they themselves are doing. Like guys who release air and then ask “whose farted”. It’s a sign of profound psychopathy. No wonder Ukraine got so messed up. It’s a madhouse and the madmen run the asylum. Such a lunatic society is always living on borrowed time due to inherent incompetence. So they have to find internal and external enemies to feed the beast that they are. They can never stop their atrocities because it’s their only raison d’etre. They live to steal kill and destroy like their father the devil. They even do identity theft claiming themselves to be some fictional Aryans and not Slavs. These are just total psychopaths. Not the kind of people you want your kids growing up around!!
I see the British have refused a UNSC meeting on the Bucha incident,now i wonder why that is? as if we didn’t know,Russia should insist on it.
Operation Z: Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring
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Pentagon Says US Army Has No Independent Verification of Bucha Reports @RVvoenkor
Dear Saker,
I am sure you have seen these already, but for your readers who may not have, Southfront has some updates on this video fraud.
https://southfront.org/afu-crimes-in-bucha-kiev-region-false-flag-propaganda-attack-against-russia-revealed-photos-video/
https://southfront.org/new-evidences-shed-light-on-alleged-massacre-in-bucha-kiev-region-video-photo/
asian americans & black americans have been attacked with gene targetting gmo bioweapon food products sold at usa kroger and safeway grocery stores.
these racebased bioweapon foods only harm asian and blacks! causing reduced immune systems and extreme hair loss.
thousands of children and teens have round bald circles on a full head of hair. its a bioweapon targetting this specific group and only foods sold at these major grocery store chains.
these kids are experiencing immune system problems after eating foods at these stores related to gmo wheat and other additives.
only occurs in children surrounding these grocery stores and eating these products. bald circles in their hair aftr eating bioweapon foods, causing inflamation, like red cells attacking its own hair in a round area and hair falling out. hair grows back a year later, but other bald hair circles appear after eating products.
onky happens with this specific group!
please help
What to make of this?
Important: This is a news release from “ukranian intelligence.” And being picked up in all US news media
Russian soldiers poisoned by ukrainian civilians.
https://nypost.com/2022/04/03/russian-soldiers-killed-by-pastries-poisoned-by-ukrainians/
IMO, zalenski inspired event to motivate Russian soldiers, in revenge, to kill more ukrainian civilans so that
1) Puts pressure on US to provide even more support
2) elliminate Russian plan to minimize civilian casualties which has worked as PR plus.
This is the 2nd time I’m hearing this fake story. The first time was about a month ago, now they either revived it or are giving a “second attempt” at the fake.
Hard to imagine soldiers having an instruction that says they can accept food from civilians if they want to. Maybe they can take food from civilians in a life emergency, but to accept an invitation? “Ukraine Intelligence officials” give the story to the media in the article (link above). What is not fake is that this story pushes civilians to fight against Russians with no rules or limits whatsoever.
More French mercenary paraphernalia is found in Mariupol. A french beret and pin
https://twitter.com/Irina48205830/status/1510975693437476873
https://twitter.com/wargonzoo/status/1510973478115106818
https://www.bitchute.com/video/o0OLrq0fZTRv/
“And, an actual illustration of Russian vs. Ukrainian de-mining techniques currently being used:”
Which one of the techniques was easier, faster and cheaper? How about constructing the minefield in those two cases: was the Ukranian way better of the Russian way?
Your argument sadly falls apart when you learn that the 2nd minefield on the road was actually placed by Ukraine, and they “de-mined” it with their feet only after Russian forces left the area, so the Ukies knew they no longer needed the mines.
Got an answer for that one, Mr. Smart Observer?
Secondly, Russia has techniques far faster and cheaper than any of the above as they’ve already showcased when they recently used the never-before-seen Agriculture auto-minelayer which fires tubes that spread hundreds of mines automatically over a gigantic area
https://youtu.be/1Q1tLJzO57c
https://youtu.be/1gFPFnuQmns
“The ISDM Zemledeliye comprises a KamAZ 6560 8×8 heavy duty wheeled chassis vehicle, a transporter-loader, and launch pod containers loaded with various types of mines. The remotely controlled minelayer system automatically programs launch missions and self-destruct parameters for the mines, and creates a map of the mined zone after planting the mines. All data is transmitted to the higher command tiers. The vehicle that is also at the final stage of its trials has reduced an operator’s role to the minimum. The vehicle prepares flight mission assignments and pre-sets munitions, including their self-destruction time, in the automated mode.”
https://t.me/swodki/60397 These interviews with released Russian POWs show that torture indeed takes place in SBU dungeons. Supposedly bones and ribs are broken by brutal beating.
Nightvision,
Uncle Bob posted this earlier, if you can address why Russia wouldn’t be carpet bombing the hell out of them. Thanks!
3. I read today that the roads East out of Dnipro were “clogged” with military equipment and troops heading to Donbass for the coming battles. At first I thought why isn’t the Russian air force turning that into a “highway of death”. And while I still think they should,I thought maybe they want as many Ukie troops as possible to get into the coming battle.And then they slam them all into a free fire kill zone cauldron.Who knows,but maybe worth thinking about.
There’s several hypothetical possibilities:
1. there is no ‘clog of military equipment’. I haven’t seen any proof, images, videos, etc of this. Of course LOGICALLY it is fully believable as not only did Kiev call for reinforcements to head to the Donbass, but logically that’s exactly what Ukraine would be doing. I’m simply stating I haven’t seen any real proof of large columns of it, if someone has actual proof apart from mere rumor then please post it as we’d all love to see it.
2. if there ARE such columns, do we have proof Russia ISN’T bombing them? In the MOD’s daily report I believe dozens of tanks/apcs were listed as being destroyed today alone. There are videos released at least 4-5 of Russian drone corrected hits on various Ukrainian vehicles. Could these be part of these movements? It’s impossible to tell with certainty but my point is that certainly Russia is hitting something. One of the videos I’ve seen today shows a column of 3-4 Ukie vehicles being hit. Others show single strikes on single videos and large ammo depos like this one https://www.bitchute.com/video/Fv6xtXSAPuQx/
Others include things like this https://www.bitchute.com/video/CK7uizPU0kLS/
https://twitter.com/spriter99880/status/1510968210673352704
https://twitter.com/spriter99880/status/1510971753413156871
3. Russia may not feel confident in penetrating with planes that deep towards Dnipro especially in light of recent developments of the alleged Starstreak missile usage where Russia has not suffered any air losses in weeks and now suddenly they had 2 losses about 3-4 days apart with the nighthunter and flanker shot down. Sure they can still hit those areas with long range cruise missiles guided by Orlan-10 drones and such but it’s a little trickier, although of course it could be happening and we don’t know about it.
4. On this topic in general, a long post was just made on Telegram which I will reprint here because it’s relevant. The post names all the strategic bridges across the Dniepro river and notes that Russia has not bombed any of them and clearly those bridges are and/or will be used to transport mass reinforcements to the Donbass. So the question is, does Russia have a strategy we don’t know of, as someone suggested like for instance allowing the forces to accumulate in Donbass so Russia can crush them all in one fell blow? Or is Russia still trapped in the “kid’s glove” mentality and refuses to bomb “civilian infrastructure” since those bridges are also vital for civilian commerce etc? We don’t know the answer to that yet and unfortunately will have to wait and see how things develop to understand Russia’s strategy here more clearly.
(autotranslated)
“The most important aspect of warfare is the disruption of enemy communications. In the case of Ukraine, it plays into our hands that the country is “cut” into two parts by the large Dnieper River. In this situation, the destruction of bridges is of strategic importance. Without them, the rapid transfer of reserves and the normal supply of troops is impossible.
And so, here is a list of key Ukrainian bridges across the Dnieper. For convenience, we have added links to Wikipedia for most of the bridges. This does not include bridges in the Kherson region, because it is no longer relevant. But they wrote about bridges in Zaporozhye.
Kyiv:
Metro bridge in Kyiv – automobile + railway; ❗️
Paton Bridge – 6-lane road bridge;
South Bridge – 6-lane road bridge + metro;
Darnitsa railway-road bridge – 6 car lanes and 2 railway lines.❗️
Kremenchuk:
Kryukovskiy bridge – automobile + railway. ❗️
Two state routes pass through the bridge: Boryspil-Dnepr-Zaporozhye and Poltava-Alexandria. This is the only bridge across the Dnieper between Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk.
Dnepropetrovsk:
Kaydak bridge – 6-lane road bridge;
Amur bridge – road and railway; ❗️
Central bridge – 6-lane road bridge;
Merefo-Kherson railway bridge – railway bridge;❗️
Samara bridge – road and railway; ❗️
Ust-Samarsky bridge – automobile;
South bridge – automobile.
Zaporozhye (if it is still relevant):
Bridge to the DneproGES – a road bridge passes through a hydroelectric power station, but from the west there is a section where you can “painlessly” inflict an oud with something high-precision;
Preobrazhensky Bridge – an old road and railway bridge;
Next to it is not fully completed new road bridge.
We are not hinting at anything, but on the eve of the grandiose battle for Donbass, there is something to think about.”
What is the status of the RF thrust towards Krywyj Rih from Kherson ? If successful, this would block Dnepropetrovsk/Dnipro from the rear.