RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 24.06.2023
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.
*** HOW MANY REALISE HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO NUCLEAR WAR? ***
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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:
LEVAN GUDADZE
Armed rebellion in Russia is over - the parties have reached an agreement on de-escalation...
YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN
Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin Official Announcement to the End of the Uprising - English Subs.
ALEXANDER MERCOURIS of THE DURAN
Prigozhin Rebels, Wagner Enters Rostov, Voronezh, Russian Military, Gov, Society Rally Behind Putin.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU of THE DURAN
Lukashenko saves the day. Prigozhin calls off mutiny. U/3
Russia supports Putin. Modi meets Biden. Podolyak, this is not Netflix. Duda, wild animal. U/2
RICHARD MEDHURST
BREAKING: Putin and Prigozhin Reach Peace Deal, Wagner "Coup" Defused.
PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION VLADIMIR PUTIN
PRESIDENT PUTIN'S ADDRESS.
SCOTT RITTER
Scott Ritter on Prigozhin's Treason.
Dr. STEVE TURLEY
Here's What's REALLY Happening in Russia.
LEVAN GUDADZE
Armed Rebellion in Russia - Breaking News.
iChongqing
(Brian Berletic, Alex from Reporterfy Media, Angelo Giuliano and Carl Zha.)
BREAKING LIVE : Russia Under Attack | Live Coverage Wagner.
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO - SCOTT RITTER
Civil War in Russia? Wagner Troops Rebellion - SCOTT RITTER.
GARLAND NIXON
WAGNER CHIEF REBELS
THINGS TO CONSIDER
Some Points To Consider.
RUSSIAN NEWS
In Russia, there was an attempt to carry out an armed rebellion! Putin, Ukraine, Rogozhin, Wagner.
CGTN
Wagner head says his 25,000 forces are 'ready to die' as he vows to retaliate Russian military.
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🚨 BREAKING! CIA backed Russian Coup unfolds, Putin slams "TREASONOUS" mutiny LIVE UPDATE.
ShanghaiEye魔都眼
VIDEO reveals TALKS between Russian deputy defense minister and Prigozhin amid Wagner 'coup'.
See how Prigozhin blames Shoigu-led MoD for destroying Wagner troops and lying to Putin and Russians.
BORZZIKMAN
The 'TRUTH' Hurts! Why did the Head of the 'ORCHESTRA' Yevgeny Prigozhin become a TRAITOR to Russia?
SCOTT RITTER
Scott Ritter Extra Ep. 76: Ask the Inspector.
DIANE SARE
Don't Wait for "Them" to Stop Nuclear War.
DANNY HAIPHONG - SCOTT RITTER
Russia Has DEFEATED Ukraine's Offensive as NATO Tanks Burn in Battle.
RICHARD MEDHURST - RAY MCGOVERN
Former CIA Officer Reacts to Putin's Speech.
South African Former President Reveals Real Reason Behind Ukraine War.
KATIE HALPER
Ukrainian Journalist EXPOSES The Nazis We’re Arming.
TRIBUN TIMUR OFFICIAL
🔴 The enemy's offensive potential has not been exhausted, please keep this in mind, - Putin.
GENERAL SUROVIKIN
Address to PMC Wagner — English Subtitles.
REDACTED
This is EXACTLY how NATO is destroying Ukraine.
Trudeau's MADNESS! Makes Canada a 'GUARANTOR' of Ukraine's safety.
HINDUSTAN TIMES
Putin, Russian Military Join Forces to Crush Wagner Rebellion | Here's What Happened So Far:
Russian Helicopters 'Bomb' Wagner Convoy Enroute Moscow; Prigozhin's Men Down Ka-52 | Watch:
DUE DISSIDENCE
Accounting "ERROR" Nets Ukraine $6.2 BILLION in Extra War Funds.
JIM RICKARDS
The Rise of Russian Economy: 📈 Successful amidst Sanctions Pressure.
✋ Stopping the Bloodshed in Ukraine: 🕊️Can A Phone Call Make a Difference?
TECH REVOLUTION
Germany JUST WARNED Of Massive Industry SHUT DOWN | On It's Knees For Russia's Help.
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO - COLONEL DOUGLAS MACGREGOR
Ukraine War - Is Moscow Lying?
MINTPRESS NEWS
China raises concerns regarding the impact of Ukraine.
MILITARY TUBE TODAY
Watch Lancet drone destroy Ukrainian MBT and rocket launcher on the hottest front today.
TRIBUN TIMUR OFFICIAL
🔴 Russia fired a salvo of rockets at a convoy of Ukrainian trucks delivering ammunition.
FIRSTPOST
Russia & Australia Spar as New Embassy Controversy Escalates.
TFIGlobal
Trump's instant solution to Ukraine war rains on Zelensky like acid.
GEORGE GALLOWAY
Journalism is not a crime.
LENA PETROVA
🔴 Congress: The US Dollar As An Economic "Weapon" Is Declining.
ALEXANDRE GUERREIRO
A Disney anuncia que a Ucrânia está a ganhar terreno + Yevgeny Prigozhin.
LIU SIVAYA
PRIGOZHIN SE REBELA: los detalles de la "guerra civil" que casi estalla en Rusia.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
PROFESSOR JOHN J MEARSHEIMER: WHERE IS THE UKRAINE WAR GOING?
Article published by Russia Today (RT) - 24th June 2023:
Russia blasts ‘crazy’ US resolution on nuclear weapons.
Ambassador Antonov responded to a proposal in the Senate to regard any use of tactical nukes by Moscow as an attack on NATO.
The speculation of US policymakers that Russia could resort to using tactical nuclear weapons is “absurd” and only adds fuel to the stand-off between Moscow and the West, Anatoly Antonov, Russia’s ambassador in Washington, said on Thursday.
In a statement on Telegram, the envoy weighed in on a bipartisan resolution introduced by US Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal on Thursday suggesting that Washington should consider the use of tactical nuclear weapons by Russia or its allies as an attack on NATO.
Antonov described the resolution “as yet another manifestation of blind hatred for our country,” claiming that its sponsors seek to drag Washington even deeper into the Ukraine conflict.
“This is not just another crazy initiative by Russophobe US senators,” Antonov stated, saying it shows who is really pursuing a course towards a direct global conflict between Russia and NATO.
The proposed resolution also seeks to impose on the global community a “provocative point of view that Russia intends to launch a nuclear strike on the territory of Ukraine,” Antonov said, suggesting that the document could also be laying the groundwork for accusing Moscow of staging a nuclear incident at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, which was captured by Russian troops in the early days of the Ukraine conflict.
The ambassador said that Russia has always been “a responsible nuclear power,” and has not changed its nuclear doctrine, which stipulates that Moscow can only use nuclear weapons if the very existence of the state is being threatened.
“By using such cheap rhetoric, the local elite demonstrates its absolute incompetence in strategic matters. The provocative and short-sighted remarks of the US lawmakers only serve to escalate tensions and increase the risk of the situation sliding to an even more dangerous point.”
Antonov also pushed back against another clause of the Graham-Blumenthal resolution calling for the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus to be recognized as a threat to Ukraine and NATO.
READ MORE: Moscow issues warning over ‘nuclear winter’
“We have not violated a single international obligation. We did exactly what the Americans have been doing for decades by fielding nuclear bombs on the territories of their European allies,” the envoy said.
The move was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin in late March in response to the UK’s decision to provide Kiev with depleted uranium munitions. Later, he clarified that the nuclear weapons would start arriving in the neighboring country in early July once all preparations have been completed.
MAPPING/ANALYSIS CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
MILITARY SUMMARY UPDATE
Russian Spring | Lukashenko Saved Russia. The West Revealed All Plans. Military Summary 2023.06.24
Military Coup Or Planned Action? Military Summary And Analysis For 2023.06.24
NWE WAR REPORTS UPDATE
No update posted so far today
DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA UPDATE
No update posted so far today
DPA WAR UPDATE
[ DPA Open Mic 35 ] SHOICOUP ended after 24HR; Did Pricoupzhin miscalculated? Ukr was celebrating.
THETI MAPPING UPDATE
PRIGOZHIN WITHDRAWING FROM MOSCOW OBLAST - MAJOR UPDATE.
BALKAN MAPPING UPDATE
No update posted so far today
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 The Wagner Rebellion.
RYBAR UPDATE
No update posted so far today
M MAPPING UPDATE
No update posted so far today
HS MAPPING
No update posted so far today
WEEB UNION UPDATE
Its Over.
Wagner Leader Launches COUP D'ETAT Attempting to SEIZE MOSCOW.
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.
CAN THERE BE AN END TO THE UKRAINE WAR BEFORE NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION?
Most of us clearly believe in the justice of one side or another having the greater degree of supportive historical precedent regarding the conflict in Ukraine. We believe that, this side or that is totally justified in its actions and the other totally wrong. However, I suspect this violent conflict showing no signs of winding down, but on the contrary only being escalated to greater and greater heights, has moved far beyond such easy to understand concepts.
We are in an area of many shades of grey.
By most expert accounts Russia did attempt to mount a campaign where a minimal number of civilian casualties would be created and where an equally minimal amount of damage to vital infrastructure and the minimal damage to the most fundamental civilian needs would occur. However, initial, hopeful goals of a short campaign where the Ukrainian authorities would accept Russian demands faced with the consequences of not doing so, did not transpire.
Backed by the western powers to the hilt Zelensky took an entirely different path to that which I suspect the Russians believed he might. They appeared to have banked on an outcome where Zelensky bowed to the pressure he was under to finally implement the minsk agreements.
It is clear that the Russians very much hoped for a peaceful outcome for hadn’t they tried for seven long years to achieve this? In February last year they desired to end the conflict with as little death and destruction as possible. It is not a fiction that Russians feel extremely close in many ways to the Ukrainian people. Putin himself wrote a long essay on this topic. For most Russians, Ukrainians are, simply put, their brothers and sisters. Tragically for the Ukrainians and also for the Russians this war has become an internecine conflict, a battle within a family almost and this can’t help but make both sides grieve due to this tragedy.
Russia is hurting… but the Ukrainian people are quite clearly hurting more. Millions have left Ukraine seeking safety from the storm that has embodied them and which is none of their doing. Hundreds of thousands of families have been split apart with men having to stay, and possibly fight. To possibly die. In Russia the anxiety without doubt runs deep due to that most feared occurrence within Russian society has returned once more to haunt them. There must be few, if any societies that fear the effects of war more than that of Russia.
Now, as the conflict escalates more and more the number dying and being grievously injured is rising to new heights. Ukraine has mounted an offensive against now heavily built up lines of defence in the areas they have taken in the Donbass. It is clear that whatever the Ukrainian people may want, their leaders and their supporters among the western powers, want to escalate in order to achieve a better bargaining position.
What of the West and how their political elites see things? What of the general public?
In Europe there has been a huge outpouring of fellow-feeling for Ukraine and for Ukrainians. Many households shelter Ukrainians in their hour of greatest need. There has been a huge outpouring of anger too, against Russia. Russia is seen as having brought the evil scourge of war to their doorstep and, due to there being no understanding of the long timeline since 2014 and even less concerning Russian motivations only one side of this coin is being seen. Indeed a general consensus that there can be NO adequate motivation for what is going on is held as an uninspected fact. Therefore, in the West we have a purely one-sided view of the conflict.
Western mainstream press and media have, from the start, taken the view that there can be no possible justification for Russia’s attack upon Ukraine, that it is totally without merit, unjustifiable, unwarranted and unprovoked. This very simple analysis is generally, as far as anyone can tell, held to be true by the vast majority of westerners. Though not by all it must be said. Most westerners believe that Russia has no case whatsoever to pursue this war and hold the opinion that this is a case of pure evil and a deadly, highly oppressive and destructive evil at that. The case regarding a full rendering of justice for BOTH sides is therefore closed.
Western political leadership both leads and reflects this black and white view by the general public described above that permeates western societies across Europe and in the United States. With press, media, public and political elites all thinking and acting as one there is no appetite at all for compromise or for giving any thought whatsoever to the Russian position.
What is the Russian position?
The leadership of Russia considers that what it is doing in Ukraine is an existential necessity for Russians and the Russian state. They consider that Russia has been brought to make a decision it attempted to avoid for seven years where they pursued the peaceful goals of the Minsk process. They feel the western world has been consistently aggressive using Ukraine as a battering ram with which to shake the foundations of their nation. They observed NATO coming ever closer, and over the last two decades have attempted to get their message over to the western powers. This was predicted by the architect of the West’s containment policy of the Soviet Union, Mr George Kennan who said it explicitly. His life work was to manage the West’s relationship with Russia and he saw his life’s work being ruined by the advancement of NATO upon Russia.
Where is all this going?
At this point in time we have a dangerous, highly entangled mess where compromise on neither side looks at all likely. In fact the prospects for this appear to recede further with every day that passes. One escalation follows another with both sides completely unable or unwilling to back down but seeing only the necessity to counter the tactics of the other with ever greater determination. Where that will eventually lead and by use of what further tactical approaches or involving what advanced weaponry can only be a matter for speculation, but at this point there are no good signs to provide hope that a halt will be called at any given point along the way.
What of the rest of the world?
Our world is again at war. Though having said that, in reality it is only two portions of our world to whom this war represents an existential issue. Most of the global south see it as a hopefully limited quarrel in a distant location that they hope will not spill over in too many aspects onto them. For them it is an unpleasant occurrence equivalent to a bitter and noisy dispute between two neighbours within earshot that disturbs the relative calm of their own lives.
These are incredibly dangerous times. Two powerful blocs with opposing belief systems are locked in battle. Neither can afford to lose and both are utterly determined to win.
The weapons each is willing to use are not particularly limited in scale or power and dangerously, even the most extreme may be contemplated as each new rupture in relations between them takes place.
The end result which everyone fears of course hardly requires a mention to clarify it. As the stakes become ever higher for both sides who feel that losing would mean absolute disaster for them and therefore they MUST win and by every means possible… or risk annihilation, humiliation and destruction of all hope, respect and security we must all ask ourselves if they will halt at the doorway to that final weapon of all weapons that has the potential to annihilate us all.
