by Batko Milacic for the Saker Blog
During his daily briefing early on March 9, the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, General Igor Konashenkov, said that Russian troops had seized documents confirming Kiev’s plans to attack the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics in Donbass. This means that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is actually a preemptive strike intended as a means of self-protection against an imminent attack by the enemy. Many Western media outlets have been quick to dismiss this news as a fake. However, there is very high probability that what Konashenkov said rings true, even though the Kremlin, as always, does not reveal the whole truth.
In contrast to the statements made by Ukrainian politicians on an hourly basis about the numerous victims, the heroism of the army and the cities liberated from “the aggressor,” the information coming from Russian military officials is carefully measured out. Igor Konashenkov’s daily briefings are limited to just five minutes in the morning and as much in the evening. It was not until very recently that Russian reporters arrived to the combat area, but in very limited numbers and providing little, if any, fresh information about what is going on there. However, the Russians are not telling any tall stories about some mythical pilots shooting down five enemy warplanes every single day. Neither do they show images of captured Ukrainian soldiers being “bullied” by their Russian captors, or make boastful reports about Russians having seized one and the same city over and over again. While the Russian army is slowly but steadily advancing deeper and deeper into Ukrainian territory, Kiev is trying to destroy it on the Internet. As for the statements made by Russian military representatives, they can be trusted, simply because at the end of the day they are confirmed.
When speaking about the intervention, Konashenkov said that the Russian military had obtained a written order issued by National Guard of Ukraine commander, Col.-Gen. Nikolai Balan, to prepare a military offensive against the Donbass republics in March 2022. He added that the secret document had fallen into the hands of the Russian military following the seizure of the headquarters of the Ukrainian National Guard’s 4th operational brigade. Konashenkov also confirmed the order’s authenticity, including the personal signature by Nikolai Balan. Well, it is highly unlikely that the Russian army would publish a fake that can be easily refuted. Besides, Kiev’s plans are indirectly confirmed by many people.
First of all, the Russian offensive is aimed at encircling the Ukrainians’ forces in Donetsk, which clearly demonstrates the high degree of their combat readiness and equipment. At the same time, Russian troops easily broke through the Ukrainian defenses elsewhere, reaching the suburbs of the Ukrainian capital and encircling the country’s second largest city, Kharkov. The question arises why the Ukrainians concentrated a powerful force near the Donbass republics instead of immediately blocking all dangerous directions in order to force the Russians into fighting exhausting battles along the border? After all, the Ukrainian forces amassed in Donetsk could be easily encircled and destroyed in a matter of just a few days, after which Russian troops would regroup and strike at central Ukraine. Therefore, it looks like the Ukrainian army was really preparing to attack, wasn’t it?!
In addition, the ease with which the Russian forces managed to move in through the narrow isthmuses from Crimea indirectly points to Kiev’s planned offensive in Donbass and speedy seizure of villages that are key to ensuring the security of the Crimean peninsula. Indeed, the Ukrainians did not secure the Crimean direction, apparently hoping that Russia would only get involved in the conflict in Donbass, where it would suffer great losses.
Another question is exactly when the Russians actually obtained direct evidence of the planned Ukrainian invasion. The level of combat readiness of the Ukrainian army is very high, which means that they were fully capable of ensuring physical protection of secret documents that must be destroyed whenever there is any risk that they might fall into enemy hands. The problem is, however, that the Ukrainian army is highly corrupt, and many officers secretly sympathize with Russia. Therefore, a copy of the top secret directive could well have got into the hands of the Russian military intelligence already on January 23, just a day after it was signed, and all this time had simply been kept waiting to see the light of day. As a result, the fate of Donetsk, which, according to the Russian military, was supposed to become the scene of the fiercest battles eventually befell Mariupol and Kharkov.
The big question now is how Kiev is going to refute the authenticity of the top-secret order just demonstrated by Moscow. Well, people who are foursquare behind anything the current Ukrainian authorities say or do are sure to ignore any evidence to the contrary. However, those who are looking for an objective picture of what is going on will have many questions for Zelensky and his team, questions which they are not in a hurry to answer!
Remember when NATO mouthpieces were predicting a Russian invasion of Ukraine hourly? Well it’s really hilarious that the method of their madness was designed to knock Russia off guard in their denials, while in fact Russia knew of the plan in advance, allowed them to concentrate their forces in Donbass for easier pickings elsewhere in Ukraine.
I just love a carefully constructed US-Zato plan that falls flat on its face before implementation, much like their half-baked plan in Kazakhstan.
Thinking back the Kazakh calamity was probably a sideshow to distract Russia from America’s Ukrainian skulduggery.
America’s going to have to get out of bed earlier if it’s going to pass mustard/first base and with shitbags like Blinken at the wheel, they should save their $Billions for defenceless 3rd world countries like UK. lol
the schadenfreud is delicious :-)
As to the relation to KZ and UA, (and also Transnistria), see this: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html
https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2022/2/pdf/220215-eadrcc-ukraine-request.pdf
1. In accordance with the procedures at reference, the EADRCC has received on 15 February 2022, a request for international assistance by Ukraine. The following information was provided:
Special machine for radiation and chemical reconnaissance 31 units
Special decontamination machine 32 units
Means of searching for explosive objects at a depth of 0.6m 107 units
Means of searching for explosive objects at a depth of 3m 80 units
Means of searching for explosive objects at a depth of 6m 80 units
Underwater metal detector 11 units
Thermal imager for firefighters 30 units
Filter stations with a capacity of at least 10,000 liters per day, with tanks for storage of clean and polluted water and consumables and reagents 80 sets
Field camp with autonomous livelihood to accommodate 250-300 people, in vehicles for transportation 55 units
Tank trucks for drinking water supply 25 units
Breathing apparatus with compressed air, 300 bar 4,000 units
Individual dosimeters ****31,000 units****
****A radiation dosimeter is a device that measures dose uptake of external ionizing radiation. It is worn by the person being monitored when used as a personal dosimeter, and is a record of the radiation dose received****
Diving wetsuit (dry type) 60 units
Diving wetsuit (wet type) 60 units
Diving equipment with open breathing scheme type 60 sets
VHF car radio with a capacity of 50 Watt (with digital repeater) 73 units
Portable VHF radio (with backup batteries) 173 units
Analog-digital repeater type Motorola SLR5500 221 sets
Analog-digital base station type Motorola DM4601e 1,306 sets
Analog-digital car station type Motorola DM4601e 6,425 sets
Analog-digital portable station type Motorola DP4601e 13,234 sets
Stationary professional HF transceiver with an output power of at least 400 Watt 2 sets
Stationary professional HF transceiver with an output power of at least 1000 Watt 1 set
Stationary professional HF transceiver with an output power of at least 100 Watt 76 sets
Stationary (desktop) HF radio station Harris 3 sets
Wireless hydro-acoustic communication with panoramic masks 30 set
6. Response co-ordination.
6.1. With a view to providing a coordinated response to Ukraine’s requirements, nations in a position to meet these demands, in full or in part, are invited to reply to the Operational Point of Contact of the ****stricken nation****, with an information copy to EADRCC, by any of the communication means listed above and below.
7. The Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre can be reached in the following ways:
Mobile phone : +32 475 82 90 71
E-mail : nato.eadrcc@hq.nato.int
Internet : https://www.nato.int/eadrcc/
WTFUD
When Ukraine started bringing troops and equipment to the Donbass region, it was obvious it was going to attack and in the process provoke Russia into the conflict. However, I think that both NATO and Ukraine misjudged the Russian response. They probably thought that Russia would attack solely in the Donbass, and turn the conflict into some kind war of attrition. It must have been an unpleasant surprise when Russia attacked from the North, East and South and in the process gave support to the troops of the two republics. Since Ukraine concentrated so many troops in the Donbass, it is now facing an identical situation it faced in 2014, when troops were surrounded in cauldrons. When those troops surrender, the Western propaganda machine will have a tough time explaining things.
Ukraine applied to the EU and to NATO for international civil protection assistance on Feb 15, 2022. The new state of emergency declared in Italy to assist Ukraine (Italy now under TWO separate states of emergency for the pandemic and for Ukraine) which will last until Dec 31, 2022 explicitly cites the Feb 15, 2022 request from Ukraine as the pressing reason to declare the state of emergency. Here is a list of stuff that NATO provided BEFORE Russia moved.
https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2022/2/pdf/220215-eadrcc-ukraine-request.pdf
Clearly NATO had plans to create some problem and were sure of drawing Russia in.
The thing that concerns me is that any concept that was considering even half sacred in the current world order has been thrown out of the window. Every institution that might calm things down and adjudicate fairly seems too corrupt to do so.
-conventions on POW: Russian prisoners masqueraded on tv
-private property of random Russians abroad has been seized
– teenagers of Russian heritage being removed from sports and culture, including from minor events
– a steady stream of fake news coordinated across all of NATOstan
– the weaponization of the entire global financial system and trade systems.
Now practically anyone in the world who interacts with the systems is going to be collateral damage whether through higher electricity bills or higher or lower interest rates depending on whether one has debt or savings, runaway inflation, supply chain problems,taxpayer paid bailouts for the big companies affected and so on.
NATO has 30+ years of military aggression going back to 1991 but as long as they were the aggressor the global financial/trade system they control was not weaponized.
Who in NATO has the least skin in the game with sanctions (direct, short-term)? US; UK, Canada
Who is going to be most affected? The European colonies of Germany and Italy.
Whatever is going on between Russia and Ukraine on the military side, the financial and trade weapons seem to have been planned beforehand as a continuation of all the “public health” measures of the last two years designed to decimate small business and the bottom 90%.
It seems there are now two separate conflicts: a military conflict between NATO and Russia and an open financial war between the usual suspects and the serfs.
Everything America touches turns toxic, everything. Never mind the global consequences, they’ll sacrifice anyone, even supposed allies, to gain some advantage.
Shit’s falling all around them and yet like zombies they continue unabated with failed policies regardless.
When are ordinary Americans going to stand up to their government’s tyranny or will they continue to stand aside like dummies and look on until they sink into the cesspool they’re headed?
We’ll have to go bankrupt first. Until then, resistance is futile.
seer, America is bankrupt, only getting by on Central Bank/Stawk Meerkat manipulations which not only adversaries but allies are seeing through. The rush to the exit, barring Japan (a lost cause hooked up to the US heroin drip ) , is happening now.
The dozy Europeans will eventually cut loose, one by one. I said yesterday that any future Russian energy contracts will be signed by individual States. Germany will replace Ukraine as a transit hub. No German reselling of Russian products to Asia, Russia will sell direct.
Where do you live? Do you not see homelessness and decay all around you?
A couple of weeks back there were several small demonstration Stop The War in the US with one big one planned. What happened, did your military police state ban it?
Red state secession is an angle definitely worth playing. If it actually comes to fruition it will deprive the Empire of a great deal of men and material. Even of it doesn’t, it is a greatly subversive idea that can wreak some positive havoc in the public sphere of ideas. Some politicians (eg. Ted Cruz) already occasionally bring the subject up explicitly.
As an American, I sadly must agree with these statements. The rulers of the US don’t give a damn about ordinary people, including US citizens. Neocons, in particular, are super-elitists who regard all other human beings as mere pawns in their great power machinations. Regardless of which party holds the White House, neocons always end up running foreign policy. It’s been that way at least since Bush-II.
‘Neocons in particular’…Funny that Obama fucked with Ukraine, his foreign policy was run by libtards. There is no specific group that does this, it is the entirety of the US political class. I would also point out that the left is far more elitist but American dullards want to blame the right so they can feel good about voting for the left. Americans are mostly morons but they only acknowledge that of the ‘other’ side because they can continue their vapid existence yet feel accomplished.
Just look at the left’s views on the gas crisis they have created after further nuking the economy. ‘Buy electric cars when you can’t afford a gas price increase’. That is a statement so far removed from reality and ignorant of the average American’s plight. I am also trying to figure out if Blinken is a Neocon, or is it Milley? I think you just want to cast all foreign policy failures on neocons because you don’t actually know who ran Obama’s foreign policy nor do you know anything about who is running Biden’s. This entire situation in Ukraine is not a neocon approach. Cavemen go in with clubs, this entire ordeal is feminine politics which is a hallmark of the left.
54,000 Gasmasks and protective suits. What were they preparing for? A gas attack? It always comes back to WMD.
1) It’s a nuclear bunker BoM
2) If Ukraine did requested these materials, it seems neither EU nor USA are willing to keep Zelensky and his associates living in their homelands as “government in exile” – they are doomed to be sitting ducks in their own land and apparently are confortable with this role.
That makes me think about what will be West’s next step, as well as Russia’s response, once the invasion /operation is concluded.
Unfortunately I feel that things will get hotter, as in nuclear Hot… I hope and pray that it doesn’t, but we’re getting dangerously close to it.
sounds like flipping the script
Vis a vis the ‘Icebreaker’ theory
After showing the REAL FACE of the EU fascist, can Bata write when we can expect Russia to return Dobrudja to Bulgaria or to take it self and reach Serbia via Bulgaria? Denazification and demilitarization of the Balkan countries is much needed.
“Denazification and demilitiarization of the Balkan countries is much needed.”
Long overdue and much needed. Balkan countries do not resemble anything like a normal country should be, and have been twisted into grotesque parodies where US dictate rules and any sense of reality has long ago evaporated. That will be a reality check the likes of which has become almost unimaginable, and yet is inevitable,
b/c current reality is simply not sustainable, it is that far gone, predicated only on fear of upsetting US presence and will.
Very good interview of Scott Ritter by Macedonian journalist, Milenko Nedlekovski ( in English ), detailing US involvement in Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNtxriq0O0A
Scott also has done an interview on March 7 with Lee Camp. So good he gets around eg the Duran Consortiumnews etc.
An awful lot of these are giving “an error” or something along those lines today.
It could be, that the assessment, that the RF has lost the PR war, was a bit premature …
No matter how and how good the evidence, the west will never believe it
Did they find the passports of the generals or at least a Holy Bible in the vincinity of the plan?
Sheikh Imran Hosein
Russian military intervention in Ukraine – My first response (38 minutes)
Mar 9, 2022
https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=M1HlI16-XSU
I wonder if those with some good knowledge, including Saker himself, on the common scriptural backgrounds of Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths could comment on the words of this man, Sheikh Imran Hosein, in this remarkable 38 minute talk about the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.
https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=M1HlI16-XSU
Here is an exceprt from the final 5 minutes of his presentation (copied as is, without punctuation, from the youtube transcript)
33:48
“… so our first major comment is that we are now witnessing the emergence of the second current of and karnay to the cafe i may be the only voice in the world of islam saying this and so i ask you not to accept my view no until you’re convinced that it is correct but when you are convinced that this is correct then let the dogs keep backing this caravan will move i have more to say on this subject much more much more but this is enough for today i don’t want to take too much of your time i want to remind you that the quran has spoken about the christian people will one day be closest in love in love and affection for the father was the prophet muhammad isla to islam and this is already happening in the world today i hope and i pray that something can be done to reconcile the christians and the muslims and the balkans the muslims of the americans they made a very big mistake very big mistake very big mistake in supporting the ottoman empire in their wars against the christians these were bogus jihad they even joined in the wars the fight against their brother christians and they’re paying the price for it now because the christians hate you for what you did and they have every right to hate you for what you did …”
So they tried to lure Russia into the bear trap in Donbas but Russian forces instead circled around and bagged the Ukraine Army concentrated there. They didn’t have to drive it in order to bag it.
Stalin committed two near-fatal errors: 1) He waited too long, so Hitler struck first. 2) annexation of Galicia (it seemed like a good idea at the time). RF is determined not to repeat mistake #1. Better to slog it out in the “near abroad.” Mistake #2 will have to go back to its original owners.
Hearts and Minds of the Ukrainian people: that will be an epic battle.
Wacky Tabakis: have a lot to think about.
The “Hearts and Minds” of the Uks will eventually follow.
For sometime they’ve had no moral compass (or at best a poor one) and don’t know what or who to follow. For well over a decade, likely two, western media influence/propaganda has driven a culture of “immediate gratification.” So, they’ve become a materialistic “brain washed” state, where corruption is the rule. There was of course a natural pre-existing disposition to “relative” morality given their long history of abuse. Exceptions exist, but are far and few. Because basic survival has long been and will continue to be a question for most in Ukraine, morality has been relegated to the “relative” category.
The Russians will have to instill a sense of morality and pride, and stick around long enough for the Ukrainian soul to find its moral compass again, otherwise they’ll have do this all over again.
My son, who is 10, has a friend who has recently moved into the neighbourhood here in
Australia. The boy is of Ukrainian and Australian mixed parentage. My wife has gotten
to know the mum, and only recently broached the subject of Ukraine. We thought that
as Macedonian and Ukrainian expats, with both our native countries devastated by US
and EU meddling, the young mother probably in her mid-late thirties, would have been
in ‘agreement about a few things’, but no, this woman was absolutely clueless and all
she could do was sprout parrot-like regurgitations re: “American efforts to bring demo-
cracy to UK”, “Putin as the personification of all evil”, how “UK was winning the war”, etc.
Frankly, I’m continually surprised how many people of otherwise seemingly good
character, morals/ethics etc. are completely clueless and entirely content to be
spoon-fed the MSM line re: anything and everything. As I read somewhere recently,
the only good thing about the MSM, is that it becomes entirely clear what they want
you to think, that’s it, there’s nothing else but effluent ie; sewers overflowing with it.
Bio weapons…what’s next nuclear weapons on Ukraine territory! Kirby and Nuland seemed very, very nervous when questioned about bio weapons.
George Galloway who has a show on RT.
Has been reaching a large audience in the West via his talk show.
They truth will get out.
https://mobile.twitter.com/georgegalloway
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When speaking about the intervention, Konashenkov said that the Russian military had obtained a written order issued by National Guard of Ukraine commander, Col.-Gen. Nikolai Balan, to prepare a military offensive against the Donbass republics in March 2022.
End Quote
I posted an English translation yesterday. Sorry, but I saw absolutely nothing in that order that proves there was a preparation for a military offensive in March.
What those documents say is an order for the movement of a Ukrainian military unit to another military unit in the Donbass area, and that the soldiers involved need to be psychologically assessed for stability in carrying out orders.
The documents shown simply do not prove an offensive was going to be launched in March. For that, we need the actual operational order.
Now, I am NOT saying that these documents don’t show that Ukraine was doing something to its forces in the Donbass or that there wouldn’t have been a new offensive. In fact, I’m fairly sure that was intended, as the increased shelling after Zelensky’s visit to the front clearly show.
But these documents are not PROOF of that. Unless I’m missing something in those translated documents I posted yesterday.
It doesn’t need to refute it, because it does not matter to people who are subject to mass formation psychosis.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TIux-izX3_E
From a propaganda perspective this is simply Covid 2.0… same power structure, same distribution channels, same methods of mass control….
IMPORTANT:
A pilotless Soviet Tu-141 drone launched from Ukraine crashed in Zagreb, Croatia, tonight.
The simplest explanation that makes sense is that some Ukrop fool aimed it at Moscow and entered azimuth 180° opposite to the intended one, and when you check it on a map, assume the launch site somewhere in Ukropistan, plot the radius and angle to Zagreb, invert the azimuth and you get Moscow.
The only intended purpose for such a crazy exercise would be some terrorist weapon of radiological, biological or chemical kind aimed at a population centre, and this was a test to see if the thing could work. This is not good, and I’m afraid that the Russians have allowed those bastards to buy too much time, they should have wiped them out completely by now, regardless of the civilian casualties. The Ukrops are the worst people on Earth with absolutely no regard for human life, including their own civilians, and they should be dealt with immediately or they’ll actually figure out how to kill millions of people just for shits and giggles.
Yeah, this 50 years old drone has passed natzo airspace like a knife penetrates butter. Maybe croats will acuse VVP jamming poor ukranian Tu, sending some love from mother Russia to brothers of banderistan.
That’s all completely irrelevant; what is relevant is that the Manevychi military base is located exactly at the midpoint of the straight path between Moscow and Zagreb, and that base should be wiped out immediately.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13rHNYWOojkSjNMtTZW-H7QyZhWug3YlZ/view?usp=sharing
Yes, I know, I’m way ahead of the news cycle, but wake the hell up already.
https://www.rt.com/russia/551673-russia-defense-ministry-update/
“strikes destroyed airfields near the cities of Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk, the military claimed…southwest and northwest of Ukraine.”
“Turkish-made Baykar Bayraktar TB2 attack drones were the primary target for Russian air defense forces on Thursday, according to the briefing. A total of eight such aircraft were taken down by Russian troops, in addition to three Ukrainian Mil Mi-24 helicopters, Konashenkov said.”
Kamala is an Imbecile. Andrei Martyanov states that unequivocally and he says that the entire Western MICIMATT are Imbeciles as well. When the Chemical Weapons find fully winds down the Deep State/Swamp and the MICIMATT will hit the Wall and we will be done with it.
Regarding the timing of this memo, from what I’ve heard Russian troops had been moving towards the Ukranian border since Sept. 2021. Is that true or not?