RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 30.04.2023
Including geopolitical issues affecting the balance of power in the ongoing end game war to establish our common future, a closely monitored prison planet or tolerance for diverse modes of governance.
THE ROAD TO THE ULTIMATE CONCLUSION OF WORLD WAR III RUNS THROUGH HERE.
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*** WILL 10,000 UKRAINIANS DIE IN THEIR “SPRING” OFFENSIVE? ***
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“Ukraine. What is the truth...?
Why won’t western media tell both sides…?”
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VIRTUALLY UNREPORTED ATROCITY IN LUGANSK, 2nd JUNE 2014
A lot has been said about atrocities in the western media claimed to have been perpetrated by the Russians, for example at Bucha and Mariupol among others. These assertions are conveyed on the say so of the Ukrainian authorities. How willing though are western news broadcasters to convey atrocities attributed to the Ukrainians? The following will I think provide the answer.
If anyone wonders if they are receiving accurate coverage of the conflict in Ukraine I would suggest watching the video below of an event which occurred on the 2nd of June 2014 and ask themselves if they recall hearing about it on any mainstream media news channel at the time.
The video is harrowing to watch. The bodies (five women and three men) are real. Yet across western media there was only one single news report that occurred a day later. This was from CNN and occurred only because a CNN team happened to be nearby at the time of the atrocity and so the network could hardly ignore it as all others so obviously did.
The video below shows the unvarnished truth that was not considered newsworthy in western mainstream news.
THE SINGLE WESTERN MSM REPORT ON THE LUGANSK ATROCITY, 3rd JUNE 2014
The video at the CNN link below is the crime scene sanitised by CNN, though played straight with honest reporting on the scene not playing things to Kiev’s tune.
(There was a time early in the war in the Donbass when CNN were not afraid to contradict the Ukrainian regime in Kiev.) Watch because it's the first and last time you will see this.
5 women and 3 men died, all civilians.
Air attack on pro-Russian separatists in Luhansk kills 8, stuns residents.
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Lead feature:
ALEXANDER MERCOURIS of THE DURAN
Ukr 6% Bakhmut, Russian Bombing Intensifies; UK, Polish General Doubt Ukr, Kiev Forced to Attack.
THE DURAN
New World Order w/ Ambassador Chas Freeman, Alexander Mercouris and Glenn Diesen.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU of THE DURAN
The Times, Ukraine isn’t ready. Bloomberg, Orban needs to go. Poland seizes Russian school. U/1
RUSSIAN NEWS
Putin's speech: RUSSIA will not climb under the covers to the West!
LEVAN GUDADZE
PMC Wagner - Bakhmut will be under full control soon, US is losing support, Medvedev vs Twitter...
SCOTT RITTER
Russian Air Force Gains Advantage as Ukrainian Air Defense Weakened.
THE REAL POLITICK WITH MARK SLEBODA
Spot That Nazi!!!
Morning briefing of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (April 30, 2023)
JEFFREY SACHS
"Donbass autonomy could have saved Ukraine."
RUSSIAN NEWS
RUSSIA will not climb under the covers to the West! Putin.
DANNY HAIPHONG
CHINA'S WARNING TO UKRAINE | THE DURAN ON THE XI-ZELENSKY CALL | US FAILS TO ISOLATE RUSSIA.
REDACTED
Zelensky is FINISHED and Biden knows it | Redacted with Natali and Clayton Morris.
Putin warns NATO "We haven't even started yet." | Redacted with Clayton Morris.
COLONEL DOUGLAS MACGREGOR
The Truth Is Coming Out Now. Be Prepared.
SCOTT RITTER
Brutal Offensive In Ukraine.
MILITARY TV
New Russian tactics in the Ukraine war — Guided bombs.
Warsaw - Members of the Polish government broke into a school near the Russian embassy.
ShanghaiEye魔都眼
Poland seizes property of Russian embassy school in Warsaw latest diplomatic dispute.
THROUGH THE EYES OF...
RUSSIA'S RESPONSE ON POLICE BREAKING INTO THE RUSSIAN SCHOOL IN WARSAW. A MYSTERIOUS MISSILE IN PL?
RICHARD MEDHURST
US Dollar Is NO MORE | 19 Countries Want to Join BRICS.
Can China End the War in Ukraine?
TFIGlobal
Zelensky might resort to a desperate plan to get South Korean military aid.
ShanghaiEye魔都眼
Russia hits out at US behind global instability, saying weapon aid to Ukraine only prolongs conflict.
JOHN MARK DOUGAN
WESTERN Retailers LYING about Leaving Russia just to PANDER? You Bet!
iEARLGREY
Moscow is preparing for the parade. Attention! The girls are coming!
TECH REVOLUTION
Russia JUST ENDED Gas And Oil Exports To These Countries.
SINO SPHERE
Saudi Arabia And Russia JUST ANNOUNCED New Oil Routes Set To DISRUPT The Entire Industry.
DUE DISSIDENCE
Tucker EMERGES in DEFIANT Post-Firing Video.
AFRICAN DIASPORA NEWS CHANNEL
Macron Turns Against U.S And Gets Dragged By The European Union Members.
TECH REVOLUTION
Russia JUST CRUSHED The G7 Price Cap And SHOCKS The U.S With This.
HINDUSTAN TIMES
Putin's forces defeat Ukrainian Army in four Bakhmut blocks; Wipeout Kyiv's soldiers, arms | Watch:
Ukraine 'mocks' Goddess Kali in Twitter post; Indians fume, seek apology | Watch:
'Exterminate Polish mercenaries like rats': Putin ally's call for revenge against NATO nation.
Putin's missiles destroy 'Kherson' Group Command Center; Blow for Kyiv's counter offensive plan.
Putin threatens NATO nation; Moscow fumes at Poland's action against Russian Embassy school.
Ukrainian Army fumes at Pak for supplying 'poor quality' rockets | 'We don't have ammo...'
'Americans aren't loyal to anyone': Putin ally Iran fumes at U.S. troop presence near its borders.
SEAN FOO
It’s Over: The US-China Economic War Is Coming.
GEOPOLITICAL ECONOMY REPORT
De-dollarization is about more than currencies: As dollar system declines, what comes next?
DIANE SARE
LaRouche on Trade Without Currency in a Post-Dollar World.
CGTN
Live: Winds of Change – Middle East's new outlook.
China evacuates 940 Chinese nationals, 231 foreigners from Sudan.
THE GRAYZONE
End of the Tucker era - The Grayzone live.
LIU SIVAYA
CHINA DESPIS ZELENSKY: Xi Jinping supports peace, but in no case Ukraine | liusivaya. (In Spanish.)
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
JEFFREY SACHS: "U.S. IS A WAR MACHINE."
Article published by Russia Today (RT) - 30th April 2023:
Ukrainian command center destroyed – Moscow.
The facility was targeted by a salvo of sea-launched cruise missiles, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Saturday that it has destroyed a major Ukrainian command center. Cruise missiles launched from the sea were used to target the facility, the ministry’s spokesman, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, announced during a media briefing.
“On the evening of April 28 of this year, Russia’s Armed Forces delivered a group strike with sea-based long-range precision weapons at the location of the commanding officers of Ukraine’s joint troops grouping ‘Kherson,’” Konashenkov stated, adding that the goal of the strike “had been achieved.” The official did not provide any estimates on potential Ukrainian casualties.
The strike comes as both sides in the ongoing conflict, which has been raging since February 2022, have seemingly ramped up long-range attacks against each another. Earlier this week, Russia launched a cruise missile salvo targeting groupings of Ukrainian military reserves. The strikes successfully prevented their redeployment towards the frontline, according to the Russian military.
As a result of the attack a multistory residential building was damaged in the Ukrainian city of Uman, located in the central Cherkasy Region. It was not immediately clear what exactly struck the building, given the many instances of Ukrainian air defense projectiles having hit civilian sites in the country and even beyond. Nevertheless, Kiev squarely blamed Russia for the incident, which left more than 20 civilians dead, according to local officials.
Ukrainian forces, meanwhile, appear to have intensified attacks on residential areas in the Russian city of Donetsk, which has seen almost daily shelling throughout the conflict. On Friday, the city and its vicinity were subjected to particularly intense shelling, which left at least nine civilians dead and over a dozen injured. The attacks destroyed multiple residential homes and damaged a local hospital. Kiev’s forces also landed a direct hit on a passenger bus, killing all of its occupants.
The uptick in strikes comes ahead of an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive, long-advertised by the country’s top officials. On Friday, President Vladimir Zelensky said he expected the offensive to be “successful,” dismissing Western concerns over Ukraine’s capabilities that have appeared in several media outlets in recent weeks.
“A counteroffensive will happen. We are preparing for it,” Zelensky said in an interview with several Nordic media outlets. “I strongly believe that it will be successful and that we will de-occupy our territories.”
MAPPING/ANALYSIS CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
MILITARY SUMMARY UPDATE
Full Front Update. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.04.30
The Final Bakhmut Disposition. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.04.30
NWE WAR REPORTS UPDATE
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DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA UPDATE
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DPA WAR UPDATE
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THETI MAPPING UPDATE
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BALKAN MAPPING UPDATE
Ukrainian Front Update [30 April 2023]
FREE RUSSIA UPDATE
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PROJECT GREAT UPDATE
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MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS UPDATE
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RYBAR UPDATE
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M MAPPING UPDATE
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HISTORY OF MAKUS UPDATE
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WEEB UNION UPDATE
Bakhmut Endgame | Deadline Closes In As Wagner Storms Citadel Area | Full Front Update 30/04/23.
Detailed situation reports can be found on a daily basis concerning events in Ukraine over the past 24 hours at the ‘A SKEPTIC’ Substack account:
Link to 'A SKEPTIC' Substack channel.
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SUPPORTING SCOTT RITTER
I've been listening to Scott Ritter describe how things are for him and I suspect have been for him for quite some time now.
He has been doing a LOT of unpaid work with a great many interview requests coming in that he has been ready and willing to agree to. But the work where receives some pay for have suffered due to this, being left until the wee small hours of the night to complete work on.
Scott, I think you will agree, has been one of the most influential voices out there on Russia and Ukraine.
I was moved by Scott's words to take an annual subscription to his Substack account that he runs in coordination with his colleague on 'U.S. Tour of Duty', Jeff Norman. This is the main way that Scott recommends to help him with finances with which to upgrade his delivery of comment on Russia and Ukraine, via a better microphone etc. and perhaps the creation of a recording studio in his basement to create a more professional and impressive look. To invest in these things he would like to be sure that this has a viable financial future.
Would you also like to help by subscribing at one of the various levels to Scott's Substack account? I hope so. If so the link is here:
Below you'll find the edited part of the video where Scott talks of his commitments to get the facts out on events in Ukraine and of the finances that would come in handy to enhance their delivery:
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VICTORY BELONGS TO RUSSIA: IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
Each day that passes makes a conclusive Russian victory in the Donbass and beyond more certain. As Russia bolsters her forces, and weaponry, those of Ukraine decrease. Russian forces gain ready access to rest and recuperation as troop numbers increase. The increasingly exhausted and demoralised Ukrainian troops have an ever decreasing prospect of such respite. This situation is likely to bring them to complete breakdown as Russia unleashes the firepower of the more modern and advanced weaponry that is arriving with the newly mobilised Russian troops.
The various Ukrainian offensives are now weak when confronted by the reinforced Russian lines. A few futile efforts achieve quite miserable results before fire reigns down on the Ukrainian troops and they are forced back to their starting positions.
And now, all this being said, we have arrived at the wet, and later, freezing conditions where these pathetic Ukrainian forces will be subject to myriad forms of abject misery with death and injury all around them while they lie sodden or frozen, abandoned to their fate by Kiev.
The pitiable young and old of Ukraine have been frogmarched to their deaths as cannon-fodder while the bestial elites of the collective West urge their "president" to add more to their number there at the gates of Hell and their doom. We must feel for the majority of them as they are not the Nazis we revile, in most part they are decent men, fathers, sons, brothers, husband and uncles, who no doubt saw through the coup of 2014 for what it was. But sadly, their fate seems sealed.
Nothing will stop Russia now. Every factor favours them. Victory will be Russia's. In Donbass and beyond and in due course across the world.
Victory belongs to Russia: It is now only a matter of time.
UPDATES TO BE ADDED HERE AS AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
UPDATES TO BE ADDED HERE AS AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS
IS THE USA ACTING TO STOP A WAR OR TRYING TO GET ONE STARTED?
There is a relentless push going on to provoke Russia into ever greater acts of war. And at the very least falsely accuse Russia of such in the hope of generating consent for an ever-increasing war by the western powers against Russia.
With this the USA gains some public relations points by being able to say Russia is an unconscionable aggressor state. This latter also helps in what may well be the greater goal in the present scenario, to relentlessly blacken Russia's name with a view to taking down it and then any and all economic rivals.
The USA is in the fight of its life to retain its economic dominance. China is rising inexorably and Russia, though having a far smaller economy than either China or the USA, is also a nation of strength and great influence.
Political influence is one side of a strategic coin where economic success is the other. Where you are a powerful influence you will also have open channels for your business sector to exploit to the full. This also works conversely, where you have built up an extensive trading network you will also have a high degree of political influence.
The trend has been to the economic advantage of China and Russia over the USA and EU for many years now, especially and observably so regarding China. This threatens both the economic success of the USA and Europe as well as its taken-for-granted political influence.
The USA and UK and to a lesser extent European nations have fashioned for themselves an aura of indomitable influence that stretches to almost every corner of the world. From their ivory towers these elites scan the globe with patrician mentalities that have come to seem their natural inheritance. Over the centuries from slavery to colonialism to the "winning" of the Cold War they have prided themselves on their values of superiority and their to them highly deserving 'exceptional' status. The continuance of this status depends on their continued political influence which hangs in turn upon their economic success. That economic success of course also determines their ability to support their military reach and sustained levels of potential threat to rivals.
It has long been commented upon by those not enamoured of western foreign policy that war and the threat of war are necessary to maintain the military industrial complexes of western nations and particularly so when it comes to the United States. In this field political influence also plays an important part. Apart from the revolving door aspect where political bigwigs end their political careers to become board members in so-called defence corporations there is also the incestuous sponsorship regime they need to support reelection campaigns. The "defence" corporations need ever more orders, politicians require ever more cash and those who pay for these mutually beneficial relationships are usually those in nations targeted for regime change.
Regime change enables a flow of orders to western (usually U.S.) companies for a variety of services from legalised mercenaries to building contractors and a plethora of other service industry personnel linked to the U.S. Army and Air Force. The mightily raised threat level (usually on a one by one basis, but not always) creates the leeway required to boost "defence" spending and generally smooths the influence highway to the goals set which the threat levels are raised as high as necessary to accommodate.
We see this currently regarding the situation revolving around Ukraine. Russia is the threat (even when it is clear to incisive observers that it is instead the USA) that makes the usual range of win-win factors come into play. Military industrial complexes are stimulated, NATO gains more traction in ex-Warsaw Pact nations, American influence rises, Russia as a trading partner becomes less favoured and perhaps even excluded from consideration.
In this scenario as in all those seen previously the target tends to get caught in a net spread through myriad devious methodologies. No matter what it does the western machine adjusts its tactical ploys to further ensnare the victim.
Continuously repeating that Russia could attack Ukraine at any time thoroughly conditions western minds not adept or interested in probing such situations deeper than reading or listening to headlines. These headline surfers tend to be in the majority in these days of limited leisure time, work stress and hard-to-balance household budgets. Western mainstream media acts as the complicit foil for western states in all this as examined in my previous commentary.
It all amounts to a Devil's Recipe Book wherein a somewhat bitter propaganda soup is cooked and then served both daily and nightly into the open minds of its somewhat tired and distracted customers.
Russia can demand that this stop. Russia can prepare her defences. Russia can appeal to the better nature of the powers tormenting her. Russia can look to the better natures of those in the UN. None of this is likely to stop or even to restrain the determination of western powers to eliminate its leadership and present system of governance. The decisions made immediately after 9/11 do not allow for any restraint to be shown in eliminating all targets not conforming to western will. Neither do they allow any moral or ethical considerations to affect the methodologies used to effect the goals agreed.
So, when it comes to the question of whether the USA is acting to stop a war or trying to get one started, it will always be the latter. That is, until every last possible opponent of unlimited U.S. power has been demonized, subverted, deceived, tortured, attacked, invaded and finally eliminated from the face of the Earth.
However, the rise of a multipolar world where nations choose to drop the petrodollar, the greatest force the West has to blackmail them with, can stymie all its plans. That multipolar world is coming into focus faster than anyone could have predicted. The times when the USA, UK and their proxies could get their way through war are coming to an end. The only question that remains is what these western warmongers are capable of to stave off the day of their growing impotence.