RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 08.07.2023
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.
*** JUST DAYS BEFORE NATO SUMMIT. WHAT’S KIEV CAPABLE OF? ***
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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 Admits Out of Ammo, Provides Cluster Shells; Xi Tells Military Prepare for War, Yellen in Beijing.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU of THE DURAN
Biden; US low on ammo, US clusters are safe. Elensky curse, Rutte fragile. Slovakia soviet cars. U/1
THE DURAN
Trade without USD. BRICS currency (backed by gold) coming soon.
SCOTT RITTER
Ep. 80: Ask the Inspector.
FIRSTPOST
UN Chief Antonio Guterres Condemns Use Of Cluster Bombs In Ukraine War.
RICHARD MEDHURST
Why on Earth Did Biden Nominate War Criminal Elliot Abrams?
Iran Joins Shanghai Cooperation Pact (SCO): Another Win for the Multipolar World.
COLONEL DOUGLAS MACGREGOR
The Russian Military: Bigger, Better, Modern.
Last Threat To Ukraine | 1,000,000 Russian soldiers marching to the Polish border.
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO - ROBERT KENNEDY JUNIOR
Interview: Judge Napolitano's sit down with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
STEPHEN GARDNER
US Pentagon ORDERS War Crimes In Ukraine To Beat Putin.
GLENN GREEWALD
MLK Jr.’s Key Anti-War Arguments Echo in Ukraine.
LEVAN GUDADZE
Calm before the storm on the Ukrainian front, Kyiv will receive US cluster munitions, Grain deal...
SCOTT RITTER
A Destructive onslaught.
HINDUSTAN TIMES
Big Win For Putin As U.S. Fails To Rid Itself Of Dependency On Russia Despite Sanctions | Details:
Putin Scoffs At U.S.' 'Madness' After Kyiv's 'Flop Show'; 'Cluster Bomb Aid An Act of Desperation'.
“Europe’s Nuclear Security at Risk”: Russia Explains Why Kyiv is Plotting Attack on Zaporizhzhia NPP.
Russian Army 'Wipes Out' Over 820 Ukrainian Troops; Destroys 21 HIMARS & 13 Drones in a Day | Watch:
U.S. Blind to Catastrophe? 'Handpicks' Cluster Bombs Banned in 100+ Countries for Kyiv amid War.
Kyiv’s Tanks, Howitzers Blown Up: Why Russia's Lancet Drones are a Menace for Ukraine & West.
EMIL COSMAN
NATO's hideous offer to Ukrainian Nation. "Fight for us, we arm you, we don't get hit." Plain words.
JIM RICKARDS
Ukraine's Dirty Tactics: How They Are Utilizing Twitter to Silence Those Who Oppose Them.
SCOTT RITTER
Nuclear threat, how close are we?
SCOTT RITTER
Russia Has Always Had a Defensive Capability.
MARIA ZAKHAROVA
About the participation of French nationals in the conflict in Ukraine and the riots. (English subtitles.)
TARA READE
Chay Bowes: The Politics of the Proxy War.
GERALD CELENTE
CLUSTERFUCK: US SENDS CLUSTER BOMBS TO UKRAINE.
BORZZIKMAN
NATO's Plans are Crumbling! Russia Destroyed a Warehouse with British 'CHALLENGER' Tanks in Lviv.
THROUGH THE EYES OF... ANIA
POLAND IN NATO= SPENDING MORE THAN NECESSARY.
DANNY HAIPHONG
China DESTROYS Blinken and the Neocons, leads BRICS and SCO Expansion. (On the Streets of Lanzhou.)
China MoFA LIVE: Chinese Foreign Ministry News Conference.
BREAKTHROUGH NEWS
Israel Retreats: Jenin Battle Reveals New Generation of Palestinian Resistance w/ Ali Abunimah.
AFRICAN DIASPORA NEWS CHANNEL
BRICS Alliance Steadily Growing As Ten More Countries Seek To Join.
ASIAN QUICKTAKE
GOLD-BACKED CURRENCY RISING! A New Global Currency Challenging the Dollar's Dominance.
TECH REVOLUTION
Saudi Arabia JUST DROPPED A Terrifying Bombshell To The US | WARNING To The Oil Industry.
SMART SILVER STACKER
Did BRICS Confirm Gold Backed Currency? (Signs Point To Yes).
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
PROFESSOR JOHN J MEARSHEIMER
U.S. Power & the Darkness Ahead for Ukraine.
Article published by Russia Today (RT) - 8th July 2023:
Supplying cluster bombs an act of ‘desperation’ by US – Moscow.
The escalatory move is also an admission of Ukraine’s failure, a senior Russian diplomat has said.
The US decision to include cluster munitions in its latest batch of military aid to Kiev is an admission of failure and a desperate attempt to stave off defeat, Russian ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, said on Friday.
“Cluster munitions are a gesture of desperation. Such a measure speaks of the awareness of the United States and its satellites of their impotence,” Antonov told reporters. “However, they do not want to admit their own setbacks and the failure of the Ukrainian military’s attempts to carry out an offensive against the Russian regions. Therefore, they commit new acts of madness.”
Washington continues to raise the stakes in the conflict “with tenacity worthy of a better use,” Antonov noted, calling the current level of US provocations “really off the scale, bringing humanity closer to a new world war.”
The White House and the Pentagon confirmed on Friday that the US will be sending dual-purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICM) to Ukraine. One of the reasons cited was that the West was running short of conventional 155mm artillery ammunition.
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl told reporters at the Pentagon that the decision was driven by “the urgency of the moment” and the desire to keep the Ukrainians fighting. Kiev’s long-heralded offensive has delivered little to no gains in over a month of battles, in which Ukraine lost scores of Western-supplied tanks and other armored vehicles and more than 10,000 casualties, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
Antonov pointed out that the US move ignored concerns coming from Washington’s allies – most of whom have ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions – as well as the misgivings of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
“What’s striking is the cruelty and cynicism with which Washington approached the issue of transferring deadly weapons to Kiev,” the ambassador said. “The administration completely ignored the arguments about the inhumanity of such a step voiced by experts, human rights activists and lawmakers, turning a blind eye to civilian casualties. Now, through the fault of the United States, for many years there will be a risk that innocent civilians will be blown up by malfunctioning sub-munitions.”
MAPPING/ANALYSIS CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
MILITARY SUMMARY UPDATE
Summer Operations | The Russians Escalate Crisis In The Black Sea. Military Summary For 2023.07.08
Operation D-Day | The Russian Air Force Is Ruining The Plans Of Ukraine. Military Summary 2023.07.08
NWE WAR REPORTS UPDATE
No update posted so far today
DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA UPDATE
RUSSIA FINALLY COUNTERATTACKS; Ukraine to stretch Russia at Bakhmut Front - Ukraine War Quick Update.
DPA WAR UPDATE
FRONTLINE EXPANDS IN THE NORTH - Ukraine War Quick Update - Kreminna Front.
THETI MAPPING UPDATE
No update posted so far today
BALKAN MAPPING UPDATE
No update posted so far today
KEEP IT SECRET NEWS UPDATE
Ukraine War Frontline Report, Rybar Map and Footage for July 7th, 2023 Cluster Bombs Incoming.
PROJECT GREAT UPDATE
No update posted so far today
MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS UPDATE
Battlefield Ukraine No more 155mm.
RYBAR UPDATE
Ukraine War Map, July 7th.
M MAPPING UPDATE
No update posted so far today
WEEB UNION UPDATE
Full Front Update 07/08/23 | Short Update.
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.
THE MAGICAL DISTORTING MIRRORWORLD OF UKRAINE’S PROPAGANDA WAR
The Russians were supposed to be bombing themselves while Amnesty International is labelled a terrorist organisation by Ukraine.
Donetsk City residents suffer devastating foot and leg injuries due to the placing of petal mines by its authorities so they can blame the Ukrainians.
Russia, having taken a nuclear power plant, was now firing artillery rounds at it and now are apparently planning to blow it up to start a second Chernobyl event.
These things have, in all seriousness, been said by the Ukrainian president and those around him in charge of public relations and propaganda.
The level of fabrication is on such an industrial level that an entry for the Ukrainian regime into the Guinness Book of World Records for enormous lies and consistency of surreal forms of fabrication is well deserved.
Surely world weary western journalists and editors must eventually look askance at such claims and greet them with acerbic statements and grimaces of barely concealed scepticism?
But no.
They are solemnly accepted as the truth and communicated as such. Virtually each claim to date has appeared mirrored across the western world’s most illustrious newsprint vendors and mainstream media outlets.
The great western public open up their newspapers and look at the headlines emblazoned on front pages to discover these “facts” whereby that arrive through their eyes to their subconscious, adding to all else they “know” about those “evil Russians”.
On their screens ten or twelve times a day they will find these “facts” displayed, analysed and pontificated upon by numerous talking heads and garrulous moderators and anchors, with ever-rolling electronic ticker tape messages endlessly in mesmeric repetition.
It is difficult to encompass the sheer farcical and surreal quality that has overtaken the elite quadrant of western lives with mere words. Black is white, bad is good and of course war is peace. These days outdo even Orwell and those who deign to say so, watch out. The truth is no longer welcome here. Get on the bus… or else.
The process of news manipulation has a long and inglorious history. Always linked with those who see winning a war of some kind or other as far more important than the mere communication of verified fact. Informing the public is so much less important than conditioning them to accept every state narrative.
Operation Mockingbird was not the first attempt to control press and media narratives, without doubt every war saw the same impulse repeated again and again until the success sought for was achieved. On ancient maps fictitious monsters would be said to dwell where others didn’t want you to venture. The Saracens were said to be addicted to the blood of dead Christian babies within the walls of Jerusalem. This tactic worked well for Richard the Lionheart as he crossed Europe toward the Holy Land seeking to recruit knights and their followers as he went. Making radio programmes about Hitler’s possible sexual peccadilloes and those of his immediate circle apparently was very effective in disturbing Nazi morale.The CIA’s Operation Mockingbird was simply a much more well organised venture into news manipulation.
Many journalists and editors were only too happy to patriotically assist in sticking it to the Reds. Others could be made pliable with a few inducements of one kind or another. Eventually you had a veritable army of compliant manufacturers of misinformation who suffered no sleepless nights over the fables they created. In fact it is pretty certain they slept like babies as it was all in the best possible cause, denying those evil Reds the chance to enslave the good people of Europe, Asia, Africa or anywhere across the planet.
Later saw the creation of the ‘Psychological Operations’ teams and those of ‘Black Operations’. Anything that could harm the enemy of the day whether true or untrue could be endlessly enhanced or made believable. Whether it required counterfeit documents, false witnesses or a propaganda film… or simply a statement that such and such occurred when it was convenient to have people think it did. All in a day’s work.
Create a story about a young female trooper caught by the Iraqis and her rescue by heroic marines who risked their lives to save this damsel in distress. It makes great news and fits the subconscious stereotypes and feelgood factors of breast-beating idealists. The Jessica Lynch story has become a quite infamous example of these dark arts.
Or the fabrication concerning cruel Iraqi soldiers ripping Kuwaiti babies from their incubators and dashing their little heads on the hard stone floor. As told by a disaffected Iraqi colonel’s daughter to a senate committee and rapidly distributed as God’s own truth by George Bush Senior. Again, all in a day’s work when you are at war, and when you are within a forever war, the practice also goes on forever.
And this is where we are today.
The stage had been set after a decade of Russophobia and a decade and a half of the Hitlerization of Putin. Russia initiating its campaign against Ukraine simply confirmed the conditioning. So who is going to resist? How many will dare act like the little boy in the crowd who pointed out that the emperor was wearing no clothes. The clothes that all others said were so lavish, resplendent and fine? Those who want their characters assassinated perhaps? Few others. Only those who either have unassailable reputations, who have made their money and can’t be bought, or those whose integrity has delivered the same result. This relative few resolutely keep pointing out the reality they see before them rather than the political elite-demanded narratives that are designed solely to win some war.
So we see the picture being thrust before our eyes and hear the words assailing our ears in the West day in and day out.
The “evil Russians” are targeting school children, hospital patients and civilians in their homes. They are shelling themselves or those they have sworn to liberate and protect. They are actively trying to get the nuclear plant they have taken blown up so as to be blamed for a second Chernobyl. It’s all true because the Ukrainians told those clever, glamorous and ubiquitous media folk and they told us… so it MUST be true.
But what about Amnesty International saying that those schools, hospitals and homes had been taken over by Ukrainian troops and used as bases? Shush! That’s misinformation spread by terrorists! Do you WANT to be cancelled as a traitor and spreader of fake news?
This is where we are now in the West, within the distorting and media-assisted mirrorworld of Ukraine’s propaganda war.
