RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 18.09.2023
RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 18.09.2023
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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*** ATTRITION IS STEADILY DECIMATING THE UKRAINIAN ARMY ***
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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
US MSM: US Risks Geostrategic Disaster, Milley Budanov Long War, Failure; Rus Denies Kleshcheevka.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU of THE DURAN
Find my F35. Elensky, why does Russia vote Putin? Long, limited war. Is a pencil strong or weak? U/1
THE DURAN
Leading Armenia down the primrose path.
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Oh SH*T, What Russia and China are doing will change everything, and the West wants WAR.
COLONEL DOUGLAS MACGREGOR
⚡️Col. Douglas Macgregor: Talks "We Don't Want War". (9/23)
FIRSTPOST
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi Visits Russia Ahead of Xi-Putin Meeting in Beijing | Details:
RUSSIAN NEWS
Ukraine does not want peace, because then they will have to answer to their people.
The era of multipolarity is coming! This path will not be strewn with roses.
RADIO INTERNATIONAL BELARUS - Международное радио "Беларусь".
Lukashenko: «We do not want war and we will not go to war.»
JAKOB DE JONGE
The Power Of The Neocon Narrative Is Evil.
COLONEL DOUGLAS MACGREGOR
Seizing Odessa and Kharkov.
JACKSON HINKLE
Putin DEFENDS Trump Amid Political Persecution.
CCTV VIDEO NEWS AGENCY
China, Russia to Discuss Strategic Security Issues at Consultation Meeting: Spokeswoman.
REALTRUTHTALK
⚡️Scott Ritter: Talks Ukraine-Russia & Turkey.
COLONEL DOUGLAS MACGREGOR
Ukrainian Army Collapses.
GEORGE GALLOWAY
Prof De Noli: Death in the Afternoon | MOATS with George Galloway Ep 274.
LEVAN GUDADZE
Battlefield Ukraine - Update, News Summary, Q&A, Stream Test...
EMIL COSMAN
Russia attacks Ukraine with unprecedented amount of aircraft. Tu-95MS, cruise missiles, and drones.
The Ukraine CONTROLLED war between US and Russia. CIA+Russian spy agency maintain regular contacts.
Video-The Ukrainians lied. Kadyrov is NOT in a coma or critical condition. Video disproves their lie.
British former Paratrooper found Dead in Ukrainian Conflict.
Russia, N. Korea, Belarus alliance? China's next. The Global "Freedom Fighters" alliance increases?
NATO ready to deploy 3.5 million troops. Claims Russia plans attack.
DEEP WEAPONS
Russian Allies Will Supply MLRS Systems to Russia.
GEOPOLITICAL ECONOMY REPORT w/ BEN NORTON
Global rebellion against the neocolonial financial system: 'We must change the rules of the game'.
HINDUSTAN TIMES
Putin's Aide & Chechen Warlord Quashes Kyiv's 'Coma' Claims; 'Healthy' Kadyrov Shares New Video.
North Korea's Kim Takes Home Russia's Kamikaze, Geran-25 Drones; Lavrov Jabs West On Sanctions.
REVOLUTIONARY BLACKOUT
Biden Impeachment | The US Steals 80% of Syrian Oil.
UNHINGED Nikki Haley Goes on CNN with Jake Tapper.
Vladimir Putin & Xi Jinping Make Pancakes | Russia & China-No Limits Partnership?
TELESUR ENGLISH
FM Lavrov assures that Washington is waging a war against Moscow.
TFIGlobal
Ukrainian Forests Burn, World Keeps Mute.
GEORGE GALLOWAY
Assange, Salmond and now Brand.
TRIAL BY TV - MOATS with George Galloway Ep 274.
SINO SPHERE
China’s Supercomputer Tech Breakthrough Amid Sanctions Escalation.
CCTV VIDEO NEWS AGENCY
China Stands Ready to Expand Cooperation with ASEAN: Premier.
TECH REVOLUTION
Western Sanctions Against Russia Are Failing, Europe Desperately On Its Knees For Russian Gas.
LENA PETROVA
🔴 Warning: Hyperinflation Threat Is Real, Be Prepared.
ASIAN QUICKTAKE
Will Abolishing the Dollar by the United Nations Crush U.S. Hegemony?
BREAKING POINTS
It's IMPOSSIBLE To Survive On Minimum Wage In The USA.
THE NEW AFRICA CHANNEL
Macron Says French Ambassador Literally Being Held Hostage By Niger Junta.
LIU SIVAYA
VUELVO A RUSIA | liusivaya.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
PROFESSOR JEFFREY SACHS
The U.S. Covert and Overt Operations.
Article published by Russia Today (RT) - 18th September 2023:
Ukrainian conscription officer reveals huge casualty rate.
Only 10-20% of those drafted in Poltava Region last fall are still fighting against Russia, Vitaly Berezhny was quoted as saying.
Up to nine out of ten Ukrainian army draftees who joined in the last year have been either killed or wounded in action, a senior conscription officer in the country's Poltava Region said on Friday, according to local media.
Speaking at a meeting of Poltava City Council, Lt. Colonel Vitaly Berezhny, who serves as acting head of the of the local recruitment and social support center, admitted that local authorities are struggling with their conscription campaign, having fulfilled only 13% of their conscription quota, placing them last in the region.
Berezhny was quoted by local media outlet Poltavshina as saying the military urgently needs reinforcements, as “out of 100 people who joined the units last fall, 10-20 remain, the rest are dead, wounded or disabled.”
To remedy the manpower shortage, the officer suggested rolling out draft notification posts in a bid to “establish the presence of conscripts.” He added that the region was also planning to create a large mechanized brigade, and urged local deputies to assist in the effort.
Ukraine announced a general mobilization shortly after the start of Russia’s military campaign in February 2022, banning most men aged 18 to 60 from leaving the country. In August, former Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov said Kiev had not yet fulfilled its existing mobilization plan, suggesting there was no need for another draft drive.
However, earlier this month, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry issued a decree allowing the conscription of people with such severe conditions as hepatitis, HIV without symptoms, and clinically treated tuberculosis. At the same time, Ukrainian authorities embarked on a massive campaign against corruption in the country’s conscription system, with President Vladimir Zelensky recently firing all regional military conscription officials.
Berezhny’s acknowledgment comes amid Ukraine’s counteroffensive that has been underway for more than three months but has failed to gain significant ground. Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin estimated Ukraine’s losses at more than 71,000 troops. He also suggested that Kiev could enter into negotiations with Moscow only when it comes close to running out of resources to throw at Russian defences, but concluded that Ukraine would need those talks only to restore its battered military potential.
Ukrainian conscription officer reveals huge casualty rate.
MAPPING/ANALYSIS CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
MILITARY SUMMARY CHANNEL
The Fall | Russian ULTIMATUM - Deadline 4.10. Or TOTAL WAR. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.9.18
The Russians Launched A Series Of Successful Counterattacks. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.9.18
DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA UPDATE
No update posted so far today
HS MAPPING UPDATE
Klischiivka Has Fallen | Successfull Russian Counterattack.
MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS UPDATE
Battlefield Ukraine to Battlefield U.S.A.
PROJECT GREAT UPDATE
Russia Repelled Biggest Boat Attack On Crimea. Russia Destroyed Ukrainian Armoured Facilities.
RYBAR UPDATE
Ukraine War Map, September 16th-17th.
THETI MAPPING UPDATE
No update posted so far today
WEEB UNION UPDATE
The Complete Failure Of Ukraine's Offensive.
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.
WESTERN LEADERS CONTINUE TO TURN HANDLE OF THE UKRAINIAN MEATGRINDER
The figures don’t bear thinking about. At least 400 Ukrainians die or are wounded each day that dawns. No one wants to imagine the carnage, least of all those who keep cranking the handle of the Ukrainian meatgrinder that results in it.
Boris Johnson it was who in late March, early April 2022 twisted the arm of Zelensky after a breakthrough was made in peace talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Istanbul. Johnson insisted that there should be no peace, that the western powers would support the Ukrainian regime to the hilt, ONLY if the peace talks were abandoned.
Arguably the first casualty related to those peace talks in Istanbul was a member of the Ukrainian delegation who took his mission to establish the groundwork for peace too eagerly for some tastes. He ended up in a Ukrainian mortuary at the hands of the Ukrainian secret police. Things would not get any better from that point onward.
Zelensky was convinced by Johnson that the very best path forward for Ukraine (and for the western powers more than anyone) was war. What he said exactly to Zelensky is not known in detail, however, what is quite clear is that for the western powers there was nothing very much to be gained by allowing peace to break out. After less than two months of fighting both sides had been ready to come to a compromise position. Johnson put an end to those hopes with whatever convincing argument he brought to Kiev that persuaded Zelensky.
Now, over 16 months later the toll of death and injury hovers around the half million mark. Half a million fathers, sons, husbands, brothers and friends who ought to be alive and well and enjoying a normal life with their loved ones. Snuffed out or disabled for life or at the very least traumatised, unlikely ever to recover from the absolute hell that is war. Yet we continue to hear the same old refrain from the western powers we have heard for many long months now. It is not time for negotiations. Ukraine must succeed in winning enough territory so that its bargaining position is improved. While the waiting goes on by those western powers the dying and injury goes on also, at least to the level of 400 per day and often significantly more.
How you may ask can there be any hope of a significant Ukrainian win when every day Russia strengthens its defences in the Donbass region against attack, when every day the Ukrainian army fails to make any progress that could be accounted as significant. Each day it batters its communal head against a Russian defence force better trained, better armed, with higher motivation and located in and around the strongest defence line ever constructed. Russian munition-creation is running at an all-time high while across the nations of the collective west armories have largely been emptied and military potential cannot come anywhere near to matching that of Russia.
The even more vital question than that asked above however is why there is this unrelenting pressure by the West on the Ukrainian regime to throw ever more men and machines into this meatgrinder? The goal cannot possibly be this wholly illusory concept of victory. No one with any sense and true insight into what’s going on can visualise anything that could possibly be called a ‘Ukrainian victory’. Russia will never allow it even if by a fantastic stretch of the imagination it were possible. It’s a pipedream at best, a cynical political ploy of the most callous kind imaginable at worst. Is it possible? Are the western powers throwing away ever more Ukrainian lives in an attempt to stave off their political humiliation having misjudged almost everything possible regarding both Russia and Ukraine?
In addition to the above we see Joe Biden dead set on winning in 2024, unable to countenance anything that comes anywhere close to being recognised as a defeat in Ukraine. He and those around him at the highest level clearly think they can ignore reality and simply repeat again and again that Russia has lost and that Ukraine is making steady (if incremental) progress. This is political corruption of the most criminal nature. Thinking that U.S. populations are totally conditioned by a mass media totally subservient to the Biden administration’s need for a positive narrative on Ukraine hundreds die daily for this sordid purpose. Was there ever such vile and heartless corruption in the world of politics and war. It is extremely doubtful.
In truth both Biden and Johnson are the most egregious mass murderers on the planet in our time. Political and geopolitical expediency overruled all else, their humanity not excluded. Half a million are either dead or wounded… for what? So that these two men could promote a plan whereby Ukraine was used as a tool to absolute destruction in order to weaken and potentially destroy and break up Russia. As everyone can see, that plan failed within the first six months of the West having pressured Russia into taking the action it did in Ukraine. After eight years of exhaustively trying to win the peace by Putin the duplicity and tactical maneuvering of the West won out. Minsk died as it was meant to. It was only a vehicle to build Ukraine’s army to NATO standards and present the greatest threat possible to Russia.
We are in the midst of arguably the greatest avoidable tragedy the world has ever seen. An ongoing tragedy promoted constantly by means of a wicked intent to escape responsibility among the western political and media elites. An unholy sacrifice of men dragged from their families and sent to the front as cannon-fodder all to save the face of the incompetent, cynical, reckless and inhuman men and women who thought they were so clever and now cannot bear the thought that they will be found out
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