RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 30.12.2023
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.
*** UKRAINE: WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR WEST TO ADMIT DEFEAT? ***
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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
Rus Missile Strike Smashed Ukr AD System; Zelensky Avdeyevka As Defence Crumbles, Rus Industry Surge.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU of THE DURAN
Mystery missile over Poland. Elensky curse in Avdeyevka. Euromaidan in Serbia. Bolton, attack Iran.
THE DURAN - ALEX CHRISTOFOROU & ALEXANDER MERCOURIS
Biden scorched-earth policy. Prepares to sieze $300B Russian assets.
DANNY HAIPHONG
Zelensky is HATED in Ukraine and NATO has Nothing Left ft. The Duran.
REDACTED w/ LARRY JOHNSON (EX-CIA)
"Zelenksy's time has RUN OUT and he knows it."
GLENN DIESEN on WION CHANNEL.
Russia makes massive missile attack on Ukraine.
LEVAN GUDADZE
Battlefield Ukraine - Update, Poland vs Russia, Exodus of Palestinians from Gaza, BRICS - Argentina.
EMIL COSMAN
Gen Zaluzhny fires actress/army adviser who said "we will all die anyway" in mobilization persuasion.
PROFESSOR JEFFREY SACHS
INTERVIEW ABOUT PUTIN IDEA OF RECREATE RUSSIAN EMPIRE AND NEW ECONOMIC MODEL.
ANDREI MARTYANOV
2024 is coming.
DAWN NEWS ENGLISH
Ukraine Is Nothing But A Pvt. Military Company Of The West: Russian Envoy To UN.
HINDUSTAN TIMES - RUSSIA / THE COLLECTIVE WEST
Ukraine's Defeat Admission? Army Adviser Says 'We All Will Die' After Russia's Biggest Attack.
'Even U.S. Air Defence Failed...': Ukraine's Big Admission On Russia's Missile Might | Watch:
Putin's Biggest Attack On Ukraine; Hezbollah's Bombings Jolt Israel; Al Qassam Rips IDF Tanks.
KIM IVERSEN
Kim Predicted In 2023: Ukraine War Becomes A Total Failure.
BORZZIKMAN
Russia Has Destroyed all NATO Reconnaissance Radar Systems in 'Smela', 'Lviv', 'Kyiv', and 'Kharkiv'.
BRIAN BERLETIC of THE NEW ATLAS
Thailand Accelerates Joint-Chinese High-Speed Rail, Proposes Land Bridge & Why US Seeks to Stop BOTH.
THE GRAYZONE LIVE
The torture never stops.
RACHEL BLEVINS
Israel Warns of War with Hezbollah amid Lebanon Border Clashes w/ Dr. Ramzy Baroud.
HINDUSTAN TIMES - ISRAEL/GAZA
Al Qassam's New Wave Of Night Attacks On Israel; Back-To-Back Missiles Fired From North Gaza.
Iran Links IDF's 'Humiliating Gaza Blows' To Mousavi Killing; 'Failed Netanyahu Frustrated...'
Syria's Rocket Attack On Israel After '11 Iranian Elite Guards' Killed In IDF Strikes | Watch:
NEUTRALITY STUDIES
Genocide Case SUBMITTED to International Court Of Justice.
KIM IVERSEN w/ LEE CAMP
SHOCKING Truths: The Israeli Lobby's HIDDEN Power in U.S. Politics Revealed.
DANIEL DAVIS - DEEP DIVE
Is Escalation in the Middle East Inevitable or Avoidable?
FIRSTPOST
China MoFA LIVE: China's 'Reunification' with Taiwan is 'Inevitable' says Chinese President Xi.
THE JIMMY DORE SHOW
Judge APPROVES Lawsuit Against CIA & Pompeo Over Assange Surveillance.
AFRICAN DIASPORA NEWS CHANNEL
President Museveni Explains Why He Rejected U.S Proposal To Have Army Base In Uganda.
ACTIVISM MUNICH
Einblicke in den Gazastreifen, in dem sich eine Hungersnot ausbreitet.
LIU SIVAYA
ATAQUE SIN PRECEDENTES: Rusia ataca a Ucrania como nunca antes y ¿también a Polonia? | liusivaya.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
PROFESSOR JEFFREY SACHS
Ukraine War Primer.
Articles from RT (Russia Today) & Sputnik International - 30th December 2023:
Children killed in Ukrainian shelling of Russian border city – governor.
The attack, which hit a residential area of Belgorod, has also reportedly left many injured.
A Ukrainian strike on the Russian city of Belgorod has killed at least six people, leaving 24 injured, RIA Novosti reported on Saturday, citing local emergency services.
According to regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, at least two of the casualties were children. Writing on Telegram, the official said that the barrage had hit the center of the city, located about 40km from the Ukrainian border, although he did not provide details on what weapons had been used. He said all information on casualties was preliminary, but added that the attack had hit a residential sector.
The Telegram channel Baza reported that the death toll had risen to four people. It also said that at least three people had been injured in the attack, adding that two of them sustained their wounds after a Ukrainian shell fragment hit a car. According to the outlet, one shell fell directly on an ice skating rink in the downtown area.
Baza also shared pictures from the scene of the attack, showing several vehicles burning in the parking lot, with plumes of black smoke rising into the air. Another photo showed a burning truck parked near a New Year’s tree.
Gladkov later said that the threat of missile attacks remained and issued an alert to that effect, urging the city’s residents to seek shelter. The warning was echoed by local emergency services, who told residents to leave their homes and move to safe places. They also asked them to turn off the electricity, gas and water before leaving.
RIA Novosti reported that authorities were blocking traffic in the city downtown and shared footage of several police cars parked in the middle of the road, with officers ordering oncoming vehicles to stop.
Another disturbing video shared by Baza appears to show the direct aftermath of the strike, with several people cowering on the ground and explosions and screams heard nearby.
Ukrainian forces routinely shell and launch drone attacks on Russian border regions, killing civilians and damaging infrastructure. In the early hours of Saturday, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said that Kiev had launched an attack on the Belgorod and neighboring Bryansk regions, adding that the Russian military had destroyed 13 projectiles over Belgorod Region.
The local governor, however, said that one projectile nevertheless had hit a house in the city of Belgorod itself, killing one person and injuring four others, including one child.
READ MORE: Ukraine attacks Russian border regions – officials
The Ukrainian outlet RBK claimed, citing sources, that the Ukrainian missile attack orchestrated by security and defense forces on Belgorod had targeted Russian military installations in the area. It also described the barrage as retaliation to Moscow’s recent attacks on Ukrainian facilities.
On Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that in recent days the military had conducted 50 “group” strikes and a single “massive” barrage using precision missiles and drones that had hit a wide range of military targets inside Ukraine.
Children killed in Ukrainian shelling of Russian border city – governor.
Putin ‘tried everything possible’ to make peace – Ukrainian diplomat.
The possibility of compromise was “very real” in April 2022, a key negotiator from Kiev’s side has said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin personally sought a peace agreement with Ukraine in April 2022, according to Ambassador Aleksandr Chaly, a senior member of the Ukrainian delegation.
Chaly expressed this perspective during an event at the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP) in early December, where he dissected the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The ex-deputy foreign minister is an associate fellow at the Swiss government-funded foundation. His remarks drew media attention after a video of the event was released on YouTube last week.
Chaly analyzed the roots of the ongoing conflict, which he described as “hard competition” for Ukraine that the US and the EU have with Russia, as well as Kiev’s intention to join the EU and NATO. He stressed that “Russian aggression” was not inevitable since the parties had sufficient tools to resolve their differences.
Read more: West ‘quietly shifting’ Ukraine strategy – Politico
The diplomat called Putin’s decision to launch the special military operation against Ukraine in February 2022 “a crime” and “a mistake” and claimed that the Russian leader had been misled by “his own propaganda and his intelligence services.”
Approximately a week into hostilities, Chaly believes Putin recognized the unrealistic nature of his expectations and actively pursued a negotiated resolution. He based his analysis on his personal involvement in the peace talks, which were first hosted by Minsk and culminated in Istanbul in late March with a draft truce approved by both sides.
“Putin … tried to do everything possible to conclude [the] agreement with Ukraine,” the diplomat told the audience. The text made concessions to Kiev, compared to Russia’s initial position, and it was Putin’s “personal decision” to accept it, he claimed.
We’ve managed to find a very real compromise. Putin really wanted to reach some peaceful agreement with Ukraine.
Chaly mused that “for some reason,” the Istanbul communique did not transform into an actual treaty.
The Ukrainian delegation’s leader, MP David Arakhamia, said in late November that then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson advised Ukrainians to “just continue fighting” during his visit to Kiev after the conclusion of the talks.
READ MORE: Zelensky’s incompetence ruined Kiev’s leverage – exiled opposition leader
Remarks made by senior Russian officials, including Putin, partially back Chaly’s account. The president said during his year-end press conference this month that Russia’s stated goals of demilitarization and “de-Nazification” of Ukraine would have been addressed under the pre-approved treaty.
“Options remain to either achieve them through an agreement or by force,” Putin stressed.
Putin ‘tried everything possible’ to make peace – Ukrainian diplomat.
Russia Launches 50 Attacks, One Mass Strike Against Targets in Ukraine With Precision Weapon, Drones.
All designated targets have been hit as a result of the strikes that were conducted as part of the ongoing Russian special military operation.
The Russian Armed Forces have carried out a spate of missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian military targets, including military-industrial complex facilities, military airfields, arsenals, and weapon depots, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
"Between December 23 and December 29, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted 50 group and one massive strike with high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukraine’s military-industrial complex facilities, military airfield infrastructure, arsenals, as well as storage sites: artillery ammunition, unmanned boats, weapons and fuel for military equipment," the ministry said, adding that all designated targets have been destroyed.
In addition, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries have been hit, according to the ministry.
Similarly, the ministry said ten warplanes and two helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were shot down over the past seven days.
"Russian aviation and air defense systems downed ten enemy aircraft and two helicopters in a week. These include one MiG-29 [fighter jet], three Su-27 [fighters], three Su-24 [tactical bombers], three Su-25 [attack aircraft], as well as two Mi-8 helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force."
The ministry said that Russian forces had also intercepted 33 rockets launched by Ukraine’s HIMARS and Hurricane multiple launch rocket systems, four HARM anti-radar missiles, a JDAM guided bomb, a Neptune anti-ship missile and 251 drones.
MAPPING/ANALYSIS CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
MILITARY SUMMARY CHANNEL UPDATE
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M MAPPING UPDATE
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RYBAR MAPPING UPDATE
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FREE RUSSIA MAPPING CHANNEL
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HS MAPPING UPDATE
Russian Forces Successfully Advanced Between Spirne And Vesele.
MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS NETWORK
No update posted so far today
WEEB UNION MAPPING UPDATE
Hamas Wins Back Beit Hanoun.
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.
2024: AFTER RUSSIA WINS IN UKRAINE. WHAT THEN?
When Russia rolls over what is left of the Ukrainian defence belt built to imprison the people of the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine over the years since 2014, the reaction of the western press, media and politicians will be extremely interesting.
Having built an entire mythology around their anointed hero of Kiev, Volodmyr Zelensky and exclaimed how the mighty Ukrainian army were defeating the Russians at every turn, the story they tell is going to have to be good.
At first there will be a kind of stunned radio silence hoping nobody notices that the Russians have won. This will be similar in many ways to the approach to various other failures and criminal acts of the western powers in the past. Such as those in Afghanistan, Libya, the Abu Ghraib scandal and much else besides.
After a period of mourning within editing suites and political briefing rooms the most likely thing to emerge is that good old solve-all, the alternative truth. This fictional reality is likely to go something like this:
“Russia completely failed in its unprovoked campaign to occupy Ukraine. President Zelensky and his indomitable troops faced down the Russians with incredible bravery and fortitude, denying the Russians their victory. Held back from overrunning Ukraine the Russians were fought to a standstill, unable to come anywhere near their goal of occupying Ukraine in its entirety!”
This narrative and variants of it will provide the necessary public relations fig-leaf and nicely sanitised soft landing for western audiences weaned on the litany of fabrications they had imbibed from the same sources since February 24th, 2022. Most will grasp this sop to their potentially injured sensitivities and hold it to their breasts like a security blanket.
After this deluge of obfuscation and hard fact avoidance all those still looking in will be invited to turn their attention to the evil doings of the next neocon target down the line, almost inevitably China or Iran. News items concerning Ukraine will become extremely sparse if there are indeed any to be found at all in this wake for the West’s total failure there.
Historians and academics will attempt to provide their analyses to the general public as they have done since this whole West-instigated mess began. But there will be few takers. Those who knew precisely what was going on all along will not need their memories refreshed. And those who didn’t, those headline surfers and mainstream news addicts will have absolutely no wish to have their noses thrust into the alternate history MSM ordure they imbibed for so long.
The state-approved western-oriented history of the Ukraine conflict will be used as the foundation of any required responses to journalistic enquiries in similar manner to the responses of Bush and Blair after the complete absence of WMDs in Iraq and the inconvenient presence of hundreds of thousands of corpses, many of them children. Apart from these it will all be hushed up, brushed under the carpet and given the heavily blinkered treatment by all and sundry to the last days of their bloody-fingered, sorry lives.
