RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 30.06.2023
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.
*** HAS RUSSIA TAKEN GLOVES OFF WITH KRAMATORSK HIT? ***
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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
MSM Admits Prigozhin Affair Leaves Putin Stronger, Kiev Survey Huge Ukr Losses, No to Istanbul Terms.
THE DURAN
Macron dances as France burns.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU of THE DURAN
Farage canceled. Macron, Elton John concert. Lavrov doubts sanity of west. Bono, Elensky merch. U/1
JUDGE NAPOLITANO - RAY MCGOVERN (EX-CIA) - LARRY JOHNSON (EX-CIA)
How Strong is Ukraine Offensive w/Larry Johnson & Ray McGovern.
THE GRAYZONE
Max Blumenthal addresses UN Security Council on Ukraine aid.
THE NEW ATLAS
New Atlas LIVE: Garland Nixon & Washington's War on the World.
DANNY HAIPHONG - BRIAN BERLETIC
Putin CHECKMATES Prigozhin, Prepares Ukraine's Demise.
LEVAN GUDADZE
Update on Ukraine, Stoltenberg to stay, Arms shipments to Taiwan, Riots in France, Fall of the ruble.
REDACTED
Here we go! EU to send troops to Ukraine, Zelensky to legalize drugs to help cope | Redacted Live.
REDACTED
Oh SH*T! Has Zelensky officially lost his mind with this?
COLONEL DOUGLAS MACGREGOR
Russia Is Stronger Than Ever-Russia Is On Polish Border.
Ukraine Apocalypse.
“Russian Troops On The Polish Border” - What Would Happen if Ukraine Joins NATO.
The US Government Lied About The Ukraine War.
PATRICK LANCASTER
Russian Infantry Artillery Battle On Kharkov Front line. (Special Historic Report).
SCOTT RITTER
Defending the Nation.
Scott Ritter: Talks Wagner & China Knowledge Is Power.
Scott Ritter - Russia's Unofficial Tool in Donbass.
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO - SCOTT RITTER
Russian Rebellion - All About $$$ and Greed / Putin Embarrassed, NOT Weaker SCOTT RITTER.
Post Russian Rebellion, Now What?
RICHARD MEDHURST
What’s Next for Wagner and Prigozhin After “Insurrection”?
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO
NeoCons & Ukraine, Using Ukraine as a Battering Ram/ If Zelenskyy fails, all of Europe falls (?)
KATIE HALPER
Meet The Ukrainian Neo-Nazis Hanging Out With U.S. Politicians.
DUE DISSIDENCE
Pod Save VOTE SHAMES, Trump Floats MARXIST BAN, Will Ukraine Suspend Elections? -w/Pasta Jardula.
ANTIWAR NEWS WITH DAVE DECAMP
US May Send Longer-Range Missiles to Ukraine, Pentagon: Chinese Balloon Didn't Gather Data, and More.
HINDUSTAN TIMES
Russia Releases Dramatic Footage of Powerful Artillery Strikes on Ukrainian Hardware | Watch:
India Backs Russia After Putin Tells Modi How Moscow Crushed Wagner's Armed Rebellion | Report:
Russia Exposes West's Weaponization of Ukraine War; "NATO Disposing Old Stockpile for Super Profits".
Russia 'Eliminates' Two Ukrainian Generals, Up to 50 Officers in Precision Strikes in Kramatorsk.
Russian T-80BVM Tanks, Ka-52-dropped Guided Missiles Annihilate Ukrainian Units | Watch:
'Zelensky Might've To Give Up': Trump's 'Pro-Putin' Stand On Ukraine; Wants Talks With Russia.
NSA Doval, Russia's Patrushev Talk Security Cooperation After Wagner Revolt; Meeting Details Here.
"Quran Burning Crime in Russia": Putin's Veiled Dig at Sweden as Muslim Nations Warn | Watch:
EMIL COSMAN
Nicaragua wants to join BRICS. Russian Missiles there soon? US will be OK with that, I'm pretty sure.
No Ukrainian counteroffensive found. Russians push on 3 main fronts. Ukraine Front Update. June 29.
I don't believe it. American troops will not fight in Ukraine. US pledges. How about, tanks,Patriot?
Zelensky threatens West's Spineless Leaders. He won't attend NATO summit if his demands not met.
West gives Ukraine 3-4 months deadline to show progress. If not: freeze conflict, talk with Russia.
Russian Gen. Surovikin is Alive and Well. Interrogated/debriefed and released.
KEEP IT SECRET NEWS
Zaporozhye Front: Ukrainian Forces Get Hit by Artillery.
Battle In Marinka POV of Tank Crew.
BORZZIKMAN
Russian Saboteurs Have Destroyed Another NATO Facility in Europe.
THE PRINT
‘Great friend of Russia’, Putin praises PM Modi’s ‘Make in India’.
FIRSTPOST
China MoFA LIVE: Chinese Foreign Ministry News Conference.
TFIGlobal
#TheNewWorldorder : This is How Germany Will Look Like in 2025.
RICHARD MEDHURST
FRANCE RIOTS: 40,000 Police Deployed by Macron, Cities on Fire.
LIU SIVIYA
RUSSIA ATTACKS CIVILIANS?: The truth of what happened when Russia attacked Kramatorsk | liusivaya. (In Spanish w/ English subtitles.)
RACHEL BLEVINS
VLOG: Traveling From Moscow, Russia to the U.S. in 2023.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
PROFESSOR JOHN J MEARSHEIMER: WHERE IS THE UKRAINE WAR GOING?
Article published by Russia Today (RT) - 30th June 2023:
Ukrainian generals killed in Russian strike – MOD.
Moscow had earlier reported hitting a temporary brigade base in the Donbass city of Kramatorsk.
Two Ukrainian generals were killed in a Russian high-precision strike on the Donbass city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said on Thursday, citing “updated data.”
The ministry had earlier claimed that the strike targeted the temporary base of the Ukrainian Armed Forces 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade. Since then, the ministry has added that the base was hosting a “staff meeting” involving dozens of Ukrainian officers and foreign advisers.
The attack resulted in the deaths of “two generals, up to 50 officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as up to 20 foreign mercenaries and military advisers,” according to the Russian Defence Ministry's daily briefing.
The news came as Russian forces continue to repel Ukrainian attacks on their defensive positions in Zaporozhye Region as well as in Donbass. Ukraine has lost almost 800 servicemen in attempted assaults on various fronts over the past 24 hours, the Russian ministry claimed. It added that Russian forces had destroyed dozens of pieces of Ukrainian heavy equipment, including howitzers, armoured vehicles and a tank.
Earlier this week, Kiev accused Moscow of striking a restaurant full of civilians in Kramatorsk, killing 11 people, including at least two children and injuring more than 60 others.
Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, said it had arrested a local resident suspected of leaking intelligence to Russia before the alleged strike. The agency also claimed that the goal of the strike had been to kill civilians.
Russia has denied the accusations, insisting that it only hits military targets.
The developments came as several Western media outlets reported that Ukraine has suffered heavy losses in its much-touted counteroffensive, which some allies are said to have assessed as unsuccessful thus far. On Thursday, Forbes described Ukraine’s losses as “disastrous” as it claimed Kiev had lost over 25 tanks and infantry fighting vehicles in just one attempt to cross a minefield.
The Financial Times reported on the same day that Kiev’s Western backers have warned that further funding and support will depend on the results of the ongoing offensive. General Christopher Cavoli, NATO’s top commander in Europe, reportedly said last week that Russia was still enjoying “the advantage of mass.”
MAPPING/ANALYSIS CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
MILITARY SUMMARY UPDATE
Summer operations | Nuclear Operation "D-Day" And Mass Meat Attacks. Military Summary For 2023.06.30
The Last Bloody Morning Of June. Military Summary And Analysis For 2023.06.30
NWE WAR REPORTS UPDATE
No update posted so far today
DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA UPDATE
ABSORBING THE PUNCH: Russia's Attritional Warfare plan to grind down Ukrainian's Offensive.
RUSSIA WITHDRAW TO NEW LINE; as predicted from south of Rivnopil [ Ukraine SITREP ] Day 491 (29/6).
DPA WAR UPDATE
No update posted so far today
THETI MAPPING UPDATE
FRONTLINE UPDATE: Russia Repels Ukrainian Assaults; Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk.
BALKAN MAPPING UPDATE
Ukraine front update [30 June 2023].
KEEP IT SECRET NEWS UPDATE
No update posted so far today
PROJECT GREAT UPDATE
No update posted so far today
MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS UPDATE
Battlefield Ukraine ATACMS Long Range Rocket War.
RYBAR UPDATE
Ukraine War Map, June 29th.
M MAPPING UPDATE
No update posted so far today
HS MAPPING
No update posted so far today
WEEB UNION UPDATE
Ukraine's Summer Offensive Update & Analysis.
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.
IN UKRAINE THE WEST IS SQUANDERING ALL ITS CHANCES
Russia has been extremely patient. Some would say recklessly so. This latter due Russia’s patience having cost many Russian lives through its incremental approach seeking peace at each juncture. Now the mood in Russia, never anything like as patient as the Kremlin’s response has been, is turning increasingly radical. The western powers have squandered every chance provided by Russia to come to an agreement over Ukraine such as in March of last year. Russians want a maximum campaign of outright war against the Ukrainian leadership and those who support it.
As was publicised by Vladimir Putin in his recent meeting with the leaders of African nations who were seeking to broker a peace settlement, there was already one nearing completion in Istanbul in March of last year. Already in document form and merely needing a few days or weeks more work it was thrown into the trash bin of history by none other than Boris Johnson with assistance from a certain Mr Joe Biden. These men, either through some demented ambition, arrant stupidity or mean-spirited mendacity diverted the path to peace to one of war.
This near-agreement was thrashed out only weeks after the beginning of Russia’s special military operation with Johnson and Biden throwing not only the possibility of a peace treaty into the garbage, with it tens of thousands of lives. This should torture both men for the rest of their lives and ensure their names live in infamy in all history books to come. Johnson is such an arrogant and mindless buffoon that the likelihood of him giving a damn is non-existent. Biden is merely mindless at this point though his thuggish nature, so evident during his entire career is clear to all.
This was the main chance. It was thrown away. And since that time there have been other chances, all laid at the West’s door by Vladimir Putin and the Russian military. It would have been normal for Russia to simply declare war on the Ukrainian regime. After all, it was completely illegal having taken power after an ultra-violent coup cheered on by the political and media elites of the USA, UK and EU. The new Ukraine had become infested with the same sadistic form of violence that gave birth to it. It had become a monster with no brain but only claws and with those claws it tore at the civilian population of the Donbass who feared and loathed it.
The other chances that Russia gave the western powers to turn toward peace instead of war have been constant in the desire of Russia to minimise casualties at every turn, to keep its targeting to strictly military targets, even when it was obvious that the Kiev regime was enticing Russia to kill civilians by placing its troops among them as human shields. Yet Russia did everything possible to minimise civilian deaths and restricted its use of weaponry and kept the number of targets down. In the first year of the campaign this was the constant approach of the Russian military, even withdrawing completely from their positions in the vicinity of the Ukrainian capital.
The withdrawal of Russian troops from the environs of Kiev was in response to the significant progress toward a peaceful resolution that took place in Istanbul in March 2022. Progress that was spurned in favour of more war by the U.S. and UK leadership. The approach to Kiev was the very first opportunity given to the Ukrainian leadership and its western sponsors to recognise the grievances Russia had in terms of a growing threat to its security. Vladimir Putin, feeling a close kinship to the Ukrainian people wished to do everything possible to avoid violent conflict and so tried this opening gambit.
Most probably Russia ought to have realised at this point in time with Istanbul being spurned that the West would NEVER allow any peace agreement to be negotiated and had only ever wanted war and to use Ukraine and the Ukrainian people to forward its geopolitical ambitions, to shore up its weakening grip on the world and damage a rising nation that would not submit to its command. Vladimir Putin had said as much at the Munich security conference in February of 2007. This had made him and the entire Russian political elite enemies to be undermined, weakened, eliminated and replaced. This was the goal and the genesis of the entire tragedy that now encompasses Ukraine.
Russia brought its power to bear incrementally, always seeking to ask if the others would come to the negotiating table now… or now… or now. But despite a few semantic signals that the western powers might do so early on this soon changed. It changed into rhetoric that it wasn’t time for peace talks and that the Ukrainian military must gain a better bargaining position through a continuance of its attacks upon the Russian forces. Alongside this they talked in insulting terms regarding the Russian military and claimed that the Ukrainian military could beat them with their help.
As the western powers escalated instead of seeking peace Russia was left little choice but to return the “favour” and increase the level of its weaponry and sharpen its attacks on an expanded number of targets. Like a black belt jujitsu master, Russia used only those weapons and abilities necessary at any one time, always looking for signs that the opponent was ready to signal an end to the fight. That signal, though feinted in the mid-period of the conflict, eventually faded and died, never to rise again. The conflict became a fight to the death. Even so Russia still did not apply its most powerful weapons.
The most powerful weapons Russia has are only now coming to the fore. The hope of any negotiations with those clearly seeking the collapse and end of the Russian Federation and its breaking up into pieces, has ended. Patience on the Russian side has all but ended. Those institutions and those who run them in Ukraine are now becoming major targets. Russia never wanted to decapitate this snake, it needed a superstructure in Ukraine to negotiate with, a political cadre of officials to sign the ultimate peace settlement. But now, with almost every iota of patience rapidly draining away in Russia it appears still that the Ukrainian regime and the puppet-masters who fund, run, advise and arm it are tone deaf to all reason.
This leaves the West open to a situation where the full might of Russian power is unleashed with the reluctant knowledge that nothing can be done about these savagely mindless political beasts infesting Ukraine but to put them out of their misery once and for all and damn the West to cope with the absolute chaos and nationwide anarchy that will inevitably follow.