RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 04.03.2023
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.
Please note: We will be on the African continent rather than the European for approximately the next eleven days. Updates will occur at different times than in recent weeks, they will perhaps be less comprehensive than usual and may be completely absent on certain days.
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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 men & 3 women died, all civilians.
Air attack on pro-Russian separatists in Luhansk kills 8, stuns residents.
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Lead feature:
Latest update on events within Ukraine by Alexander Mercouris of ‘The Duran’.
Bakhmut Ukraine Retreats; Outnumbered 10-1 Artillery, Kiev Begs Shells, Angry India Criticises US.
Latest update from Alex Christoforou of The duran:
EU/US wartime economy to defeat Putin. Merrick Garland in Kiev. Peoples Republic of Russia. U/1
THE DURAN
Modi insists Blinken meet Lavrov at G20. QUAD begins to unravel.
U.S. TOUR OF DUTY - SCOTT RITTER
Ep. 50: Ask the Inspector.
SEAN FOO
If Bakhmut Falls, Fighter Jets Might Come - Inflation Hell Continues.
LEVAN GUDADZE
Ukraine Update - Retreat from Bakhmut Continues, Chinese Defense Spending, Russian Economy, Oil...
THE GRAYZONE
War party target lists expands from Crimea to China.
U.S. Tour of Duty
Scott Ritter on Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech.
Morning briefing of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (March 4, 2023)
JUDGE NAPOLITANO - SCOTT RITTER
NATO Supreme Allied Commander. Never expected what we're seeing.
REDACTED
NATO pushing MASSIVE escalation against Putin by using China as excuse | Redacted w Clayton Morris.
GEORGE GALLOWAY
INTERVIEW: UKRAINE has no chance of winning #ColDouglasMcGregor.
DANNY HAIPHONG - RAY MCGOVERN - EX-CIA
THE TRUTH ABOUT NORD STREAM, UKRAINE, AND NATO.
SCOTT RITTER
Ukrainian soldiers run for their lives,
GARLAND NIXON
THE UKRAINE CONFLICT EXPOSES THE HYPOCRISY OF THE NEOLIBERAL/NEOCONSERVATIVE IDEOLOGY.
SCOTT RITTER
Russia's Advance.
COLONEL DOUGLAS MACGREGOR
Ukrainians Cannot Operate The Equipment They Are Receiving.
SCOTT RITTER
Media Lies give birth to WARS.
RACHEL BLEVINS
Why U.S. Officials Claim 'No Evidence' of Weapons Smuggling in Ukraine.
JACKSON HINKLE
Bakhmut RETREAT Begins, Wagner Moves In.
Bakhmut RETREAT Begins, Lavrov Goes BEAST MODE.
HINDUSTAN TIMES
Zelensky's men 'caught off guard' as Russia batters Ukraine with 'most-advanced' S-400 | Report:
NATO Nation UK hints at Ukraine's defeat in Bakhmut; British Intel confirms 'Advantage Russia'.
Putin, his friend corner Zelensky; Ukrainian troops dig trenches to escape shelling from Belarus.
Russia corners Zelensky's troops in Bakhmut; UKrainian Army digs trenches as Putin's men advance.
Jaishankar's savage jibe at West in presence of Blinken over Ukraine; 'They think...' | Watch:
Putin's forces cut supply line to Ukrainian troops in Bakhmut; Wagner Chief dares Zelensky | Watch:
'British weren't nice...': Jaishankar cites 'RRR' to jibe UK in front of ex-PM Tony Blair.
RICHARD MEDHURST
Noam Chomsky Interview with Richard Medhurst: Ukraine, China, BRICS & Middle East.
CGTN
German MP deems Nord Stream blast 'terrorist attack,' calls for probe.
CPPCC member: BRI has provided new opportunities for global cooperation, opening-up.
GERALD CELENTE
NORD STREAM: Seymour Hersh Discusses Explosive Report With Gerald Celente...And Much More!
SCOTT RITTER AND ANDREI MARTYANOV: ON POLAND, KIEV AND RUSSOPHOBIA.
USEFULIDIOTS
Europeans Protest the Proxy War.
SCHILLER INSTITUTE
We Must Mobilize the World to Stop the War Drive.
DEEPIN MOMENTS
US pressure on OPEC to increase production fails! UAE announces cooperation with Russia!
Withdraw from NATO! 30 cities protest at the same time! France erupts against the United States!
FIRSTPOST
Top Stories: Kyiv Orders Partial Evacuation Of Kupiansk | Biden, Scholz Hold Talks On Ukraine, China.
JUDGE NAPOLITANO - JUDGING FREEDOM
We the People... or We the States? Is secession unconstitutional?
Bakhmut has essentially fallen. The last of Ukraine forces are being withdrawn. Bridges blown up.
CGTN
Moscow opens world's longest circular subway line.
VLADIMIR PUTIN
'Very important issue about anti-terrorist security' Putin opens Russia Security Council meeting.
SYRIANA ANALYSIS
Donbass Devushka Podcast: is Syria's Bashar al-Assad still popular?
LINE FLUX
BRICS PLUS GRAB MORE ARAB STATES AS RUSSIA'S WAR IN UKRAINE INSPIRE RETHINK US?
It's Over: China, Russia Grinds US " Fist" in new order.
BRICS and AU look forward to a Win-Win Partnership for Africa | BRICS+ Status for AU.
THE BRIDGE PODCAST
China's Two Sessions Starts Today.
ShanghaiEye魔都眼
US calls China a 'nuclear threat': Beijing slams Washington should reflect on its own nuclear policy.
Geopolitical Trends, w/Dr. David Oualaalou
Iraq Dumps US Dollars & Trades in Chinese Yuan!
CGTN
China opposes 'long-arm jurisdiction' practices: spokesperson.
Promote the steady development of China-Europe relations.
POLAND AS THE LARGEST IMPORTER OF THE RUSSIAN OIL IN EU. (NEWS) SERGIEV POSAD .(VIEWS).
LIU SIVAYA
Zelensky ha condenado a decenas de miles de chavales UCRANIANOS. Y la OTAN lo consintió. | liusivaya.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
MICHAEL PARENTI: CREATING the BOOGEYMAN.
Article published by Russia Today (RT) - 4th March 2023:
Key Donbass city surrounded – Wagner chief.
Yevgeny Prigozhin has called on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to allow Kiev’s forces retreat from Artyomovsk.
The Wagner Private Military Company has de-facto completely surrounded the key city of Artyomovsk, referred to as Bakhmut in Ukraine, the group’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin announced on Friday.
In a video apparently shot on the outskirts of the city, the Wagner chief personally addressed Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, telling him that the Donbass city has been encircled and that there is now only one road left out of the city.
“The pincers are closing shut,” announced Prigozhin.
He added that previously the Wagner group had been fighting a professional Ukrainian army, but is now instead coming across more and more old men and children. “They are fighting, but life in Bakhmut is short. A day or two,” Prigozhin said.
The Wagner chief urged the Ukrainian president to allow them to leave the city as the camera pans to what appear to be captured Ukrainian soldiers. Among them is a man with a long gray beard and two very young-looking men.
They also issued a plea to Zelensky, asking him to let them return home to their families and loved ones and not to ignore their request.
The city of Artyomovsk, which has seen some of the heaviest fighting amid Russia’s ongoing military campaign, is part of a 70km Ukrainian defense line created since Kiev initiated the fighting in Donbass in 2014.
In a months-long campaign, Russian forces, primarily Wagner members, have systematically captured settlements around the city and have been surrounding Artyomovsk from the north, south, and east.
Zelensky had long insisted that the strategically vital city would not be surrendered under any circumstances, but he has recently changed his position. After Kiev’s forces suffered heavy losses in the city’s defense, Zelensky recently stated that Artyomovsk would be held only as long as it “remains reasonable” to do so. Kiev’s Western backers have also encouraged the Ukrainian leader to cut his losses and withdraw from the city.
Article published by Russia Today (RT) - 4th March 2023 : Key Donbass city surrounded – Wagner chief
MAPPING/ANALYSIS CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
LATEST UPDATE FROM DIMA OF THE MILITARY SUMMARY CHANNEL (88.1k subscribers):
Ukraine. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.03.04
KEEP IT SECRET NEWS (1.75k subscribers):
No update posted so far today
'NWE WAR REPORTS' (31.6k subscribers):
History and War Podcast Episode 1. Bakhmut to Stalingrad.
LATEST UPDATE FROM DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA (59.7k subscribers):
[ Battle of Bakhmut ] DEFYING Prigozhin/Wagner: NO RETREAT despite abandoning Khromove & E.Bakhmut.
LATEST UPDATE FROM 'DPA War’ (24.7k subscribers):
Ukraine REINFORCE Bakhmut; Khromove on verge of falling to Russia - [ Ukraine SITREP ] Day 373 (3/3).
LATEST UPDATE BY THETI MAPPING (22.5k subscribers):
No update posted so far today
LATEST UPDATE FROM ‘WAR IN UKRAINE’ (35.6k subscribers):
No update posted so far today
LATEST UPDATE BY ‘BALKAN MAPPING’ (136k subscribers):
Ukraine [4 Mar 2023] 'Today'.
LATEST UPDATE BY THE ‘MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS NETWORK’ (57.2k subscribers):
Battlefield Ukraine The Fall of Bakhmut.
LATEST UPDATE FROM ‘RYBAR’:
Rybar military highlights of special military operation in Ukraine 03.03.2023.
LATEST UPDATE FROM ‘M MAPPING’ (4.57k subscribers):
No update posted so far today
LATEST UPDATE FROM WEEB UNION (72.9k subscribers):
Analysing Combat Footage | Avdiivka Front Update 04/03/23
History and War Podcast Episode 1. Bakhmut to Stalingrad.
Heavy Fighting Continues as Ukrainian Forces Withdraw From Bakhmut | Full Front Update 04/03/23.
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
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THE ZELENSKY CURSE
Regarding the West’s Ukraine policy almost nothing is going right or the way it was planned for those most public of western elites, the political leadership. It is also increasingly going very wrong for the general public across the states which they preside over.
There are however, certain much less public elites, almost completely anonymous elites if truth be told, who are profiting immensely from this policy. Chief among them of course are the arms manufacturers who suffered a slump as the USA pulled out of Afghanistan and saw profits take a downturn through the general draw down of U.S. troops in the Middle East. Then there are the well-heeled security state operatives and analysts who remain as a constant whatever political party is in power. These are those looked to to provide commentary to outlets such as the BBC and CNN.
While Ukrainians die in their thousands billions are being spent providing their elites with weaponry. Most of it is old stock but a significant proportion is new, costly and will of course have to be replaced. This is where certain corporate elites in the background are coining it in from human misery that is being actively encouraged by the western powers.
Ukraine didn’t stand a chance of winning this from the get-go. As was said on a recent edition of ‘The Dive’ with Jackson Hinkle Ukraine stood as much chance of “winning” this as Russia would do if it aligned itself with Mexico to fight the USA on its border. It was clear from the beginning that Russia would overpower all resistance to achieve her goals (which she conceives involve existential questions regarding her security).
Now we see the evidence of the above being portrayed across western mass media. A switch was agreed upon a week or two ago, away from the ‘Ukraine is Winning’ meme to the ‘Ukraine is Losing’ meme. Next we will see the ‘Nothing of this was Our Fault’ meme. This because the catastrophic failures now looming large on the horizon cannot be spun out of sight.
The Zelensky curse will take many victims. We already see the political turmoil in Estonia. Germany too is well on the way to a political upheaval. Britain too with Boris Johnson gone as well as the hapless Liz Truss. How long will Rishi Sunak last? The omens look far from good. In the USA Biden goes from one low poll rating to another with no sign that he will achieve an upturn anytime soon.
The economies of the West are being shaken to the core by price rises and in many places inflation has started to soar. Meanwhile, in Russia, the target of what were supposed to be country-busting sanctions, things are continually looking up after a shaky start with the rouble becoming ever stronger, industry picking up, interest rates coming down, prices stabilising and the amount of foreign income into the country at staggeringly increased levels. And, with new markets opening up for Russian products from China, to India to Turkey every day and new sources of required resources to replace those previously found in the West being found too, the future looks bright.
Who and where will ‘The Zelensky Curse’ strike next?
With Bakhmut about to fall the curse may be about to claim its highest profile victim yet, the clown prince himself, the cocaine king, The PR prostituter Zelensky. And good riddance too..
I suspect we will not have long to wait to find out.
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