RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 16.11.2023
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.
*** ISRAEL & UKRAINE SHOW HOW DANGEROUS THIS WORLD REMAINS ***
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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
Biden Angry, Calls Xi 'Dictator', US Business Applauds Xi; US Isolated UN SC; Sullivan Sleepless.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU of THE DURAN
Blinken's reaction, priceless. Biden calls Xi a dictator. Trudeau warns Israel. Cameron in Kiev. U/1
ICHONGQING w/ BRIAN BERELETIC
UKRAINE Is BROKEN - The War Is Over.
GARLAND NIXON
WARRIOR UPDATE WITH SCOTT RITTER - CIVIL WAR IN KIEV AS US CASH RUNS DRY.
EMIL COSMAN
Russia launches 18 drones, S-300 missiles, and KH 59 guided missile at Ukraine, overnight.
RAY MCGOVERN
NATO is Falling Apart by Its Zero-sum Game.
THE DURAN - ALEX CHRISTOFOROU - ALEXANDER MERCOURIS
MBS positions himself as leader of Arab world.
SERGEY LAVROV
Iran, Lebanon Don't Want To Be Involved In Israel-Palestine Conflict: Russian FM | Dawn News English.
LEVAN GUDADZE
Ukrainian military in hellfire, Middle East Escalation, China-USA Talks, Armenia is losing Russia...
DANNY HAIPHONG
Neocons Cross China's RED LINE as US Provokes War in Taiwan and Pacific.
BREAKTHROUGH NEWS
Renewed Fascism: In Gaza Western Elites Live Out Genocidal Fantasy Against Global South.
Israel's Losing Battle: International Support Grows for Gaza Amid Hospital Rampage.
KIM IVERSEN
What Comes After Benjamin Netanyahu? A Conversation With Adar Weinreb.
RACHEL BLEVINS
Biden Meets Xi Amid Historic Global Tensions w/ Carl Zha.
KATIE HALPER
Former UN Official EXPOSES What Israel Is REALLY Doing In Gaza.
What 'From The River To The Sea' REALLY Means With Yousef Munayyer.
THE HILL
Briahna Joy Gray: Mainstream Media Is COMPLICIT In Israel's LIES About Gaza.
ANTIWAR NEWS WITH DAVE DECAMP
Poll: Most Americans Support Gaza Ceasefire, US Deflects Blame for Israel's Hospital Raid, and More.
GEORGE GALLOWAY
Israel was the midwife of Hamas.
MENU: Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold.
HINDUSTAN TIMES
Al-Shifa Raid: No Signs Of Hamas Tunnels, Command & Control Centre | IDF Operation Underway.
Russia's Hypersonic Answer To U.S. Missile Defence In Ukraine; Details About 'Mighty' Nuke Weapon.
Al Qassam Fighters Rain Bullets At Israeli Troops; IDF 'Suffers Losses' In Gaza Operation | Watch:
Hezbollah's Al-Shifa 'Revenge'; Carpet-Bombing In Northern Israel | Watch:
'Stop Killing Palestinians': EU Nation Lashes Out At Israel Over Gaza, West Bank Killings | Watch:
Jaishankar's Big Praise For India's Ties With Palestine; 'Value Our Long-Standing Friendship...'
Hamas' Al-Shifa Revenge Pledge Against Israel; 'What's Coming Is Bigger...' | Watch:
DUE DISSIDENCE
Van Jones SHOUTED DOWN at Israel March, Biden Staff REVOLTS, Hochul's Social Media Surveillance.
GERALD CELENTE
PERILOUS TIMES FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
THE HILL
Biden ROLLS OUT RED CARPET For Xi Jinping, Then CALLS HIM A DICTATOR.
EMIL COSMAN
Video-Biden calls Xi "Dictator" hours after meeting Xi, Blinken winces at that. How US lost China.
SYRIANA ANALYSIS
Can China surpass the United States as the next world superpower?
FIRSTPOST
China MoFA LIVE: US and China Agree to Resume Military Communications After APEC Summit.
STEPHEN GARDNER - GREGORY MANNARINO
"It's a GIANT BUBBLE" Brace Yourself For The UNTHINKABLE.
THE NEW AFRICA CHANNEL
Ghana Leads Quest In Demanding Justice And Reparations For Transatlantic Slavery!
ASIAN QUICKTAKE
U.S. DOLLAR TO AN END? China Dumps U.S. Bonds for Gold and Oil Reserves.
PROFESSOR JEFFREY SACHS
Warum blockieren die USA einen Waffenstillstand zwischen Israel und der Hamas?
LIU SIVAYA
ME CANCELAN: necesito vuestra ayuda | liusivaya.
LARRY C. JOHNSON (EX-CIA)
Sick of the U.S. Hypocrisy.
Articles by Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik International - 16th November 2023:
U.S. Abrams tanks made no difference – Zelensky.
The Ukrainian president told the media that the 31 donated vehicles were too few to become a game changer.
The M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks provided to Ukraine by the US have hardly made a difference on the battlefield, President Vladimir Zelensky said in a discussion with journalists from several African nations published by his office on Wednesday.
Zelensky explained that the batch of 31 vehicles, which were fully delivered by mid-October, is too small. While praising the American weapon’s quality, he said, “So far, I can hardly say that they play a particularly important role on the battlefield. There are too few of them.”
“For better or for worse, we have many different kinds of tanks,” the Ukrainian president said, describing the US-provided variant as but one part of the fleet.
These remarks align with what Col. Martin O’Donnell, a US Army Europe and Africa spokesman, told the media as he confirmed the completion of Washington’s handover of the units to Kiev. He said, “The Abrams tank is one hell of an armoured vehicle, but it’s not a silver bullet.”
In January, the US agreed to supply Ukraine with enough Abrams tanks to arm a single battalion as part of its military assistance against Russia. The delivery started in September and was completed a month later. Previously, the Pentagon argued against sending the tanks, saying that Abrams was too difficult and expensive to operate to be of much use to Kiev.
The range of weapons sent to Kiev by its Western donors has been described as a “zoo” by Ukrainian troops. According to Western media reports, this variability causes issues with the compatibility of munitions, adds to the challenge of repairing damaged hardware, and makes training soldiers on how to operate weapon platforms more cumbersome.
The Ukrainian military has incorporated a diverse range of armored vehicles into its arsenal, including French AMX-10RC fighting vehicles, German Leopard tanks, British Challenger 2 tanks, and American Abrams tanks. These supplies were anticipated to enhance Kiev’s capabilities for breaking through Russian defensive lines during the summer. However, the anticipated counteroffensive did not yield the desired success.
READ MORE: Ukraine’s new US-made tanks will burn – Kremlin
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reacted to the news of the Abrams tank’s arrival in Ukraine at the time by stating, “These will burn too.”
U.S. Abrams tanks made no difference – Zelensky.
Biden Calls Xi 'Dictator' Hours After Meeting Meant to Repair Relations with China.
US President Joe Biden met with his Chinese Counterpart Xi Jinping on Wednesday at the Asia Pacific Economic Council (APEC) Leaders' summit in San Francisco on Wednesday and held a press conference later in the day.
Hours after a meeting designed to restore US-Chinese relations between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Biden called the Chinese leader a dictator during a press conference about the meeting.
Biden and Xi met in San Francisco during the APEC Leaders’ Summit on Wednesday. The highly anticipated meeting was hyped as a critical opportunity to restore Chinese-US relations following years of heightened tensions between the two countries.
During a press conference following the meeting, Biden touted the progress made, saying that they reached a deal to combat fentanyl precursor chemicals from China entering the United States, resuming direct communications between the world’s two largest militaries and a plan to have experts from both countries meet on the dangers of AI.
He said they also discussed Ukraine, Gaza, Taiwan and the South China Sea.
After Biden stated he would take no more questions he started walking towards the exit but then stopped and announced that he would take another question, “Who can holler the loudest?” the President asked the crowd of supporters.
The reporter, whose name and outlet were not clearly audible in the video, first asked if Biden could share the evidence he had that Hamas hid a headquarters in Al-Shifa hospital, something Biden said was a “fact” earlier in the press conference.
Biden said he was confident in the evidence he saw, but declined to provide it. “No, I can’t tell you. I won’t tell you.”
The same reporter then asked if Biden still calls Xi a “dictator” as he did earlier in the year. Biden confirmed that he still does.
“Well look, he is. I mean he is a dictator in the sense that he is a guy who runs a country that is a communist country that is based on a form of government that is totally different from ours,” Biden stated before leaving the press room.
The Chinese government has not yet responded to Biden’s latest description of the Chinese President as a “dictator.” In June, one day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Beijing in an effort to ease tensions between the countries, Biden harmed those discussions by calling Xi a dictator and implying that he did not know what was going on in his country.
“The reason why Xi Jinping got very upset in terms of when I shot that balloon down with two box cars full of spy equipment is he didn’t know it was there,” Biden said at a fundraiser. “That’s a great embarrassment for dictators.”
Mao Ning, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Biden’s June comments were “extremely absurd and irresponsible, seriously contradicting the basic facts,” while stressing that China was “strongly dissatisfied.”
At the start of the press conference, Biden called the meeting he had with Xi the most productive discussion he had with the Chinese leader, noting that their relationship goes back to when they were both Vice-Presidents of their respective countries.
Biden was also asked about Gaza, saying that he is “deeply involved” in the hostage negotiations and remains “mildly hopeful.”
When asked if he gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a deadline for the conflict, Biden stressed that he had not. “I believe it’s going to stop when Hamas no longer maintains the capacity to murder and do horrific things to the Israelis.”
Outside the building where APEC is taking place, hundreds of protesters gathered in the streets, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.
Biden Calls Xi 'Dictator' Hours After Meeting Meant to Repair Relations with China.
Russian bank launches SWIFT transfers in major Asian currency.
The Thai baht has been added to Tinkoff’s international transfer portfolio.
One of Russia’s largest private lenders, Tinkoff, has launched transfers in Thai baht via the SWIFT messaging system, the business daily RBK reported on Tuesday, citing a representative of the bank.
Thailand is listed as one of the destinations for international transfers on Tinkoff’s website, which says the lender’s private customers can send funds to any Thai bank via SWIFT.
The launch of money transfers using Thai baht is part of Tinkoff’s policy to expand the list of currencies available for international transactions, RBK reports. Currently, the bank sends funds via SWIFT to over 30 countries, including China, Puerto Rico, and Türkiye.
Belgium-based SWIFT is a high-security banking messaging system that enables financial transactions around the globe. Last year, the EU disconnected key Russian banks from the network as part of sanctions related to the Ukraine conflict.
Tinkoff bank, which FinTech Magazine ranked 3rd among the Top 10 Digital Banks of 2022, has been hit with blocking sanctions by the US, the European Union and Canada. This means that the lender cannot conduct currency transactions or cooperate with banks in these countries. However, Tinkoff was not disconnected from SWIFT, in accordance with a separate EU decision, and may still make transfers to countries that have not followed the West in issuing sanctions against Moscow.
READ MORE: EU to unveil new Russia sanctions – Borrell
Thailand is a popular tourist destination among Russians, especially during the winter. According to RBK, cash transfers to the Asian nation may be in high demand as travel increases in the coming months.
Russian bank launches SWIFT transfers in major Asian currency.
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NEW WORLD GEOPOLITICS
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WEEB UNION UPDATE
Multiple Russian Advances By Avdiivka | Documentary.
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.