RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 20.05.2024
RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 20.05.2024
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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“Ukraine. What is the truth...?
Why won’t western media tell both sides…?”
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.
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One civilian killed as Ukrainian drone strikes minibus – governor.
“Many” civilians were also wounded in the attack on Russia’s Kherson Region, according to the local administration.
One person has been killed and “many” others wounded in a Ukrainian drone strike on a minibus carrying civilians in Russia’s Kherson Region, Governor Vladimir Saldo said on Sunday.
The attack took place in the village of Radensk on Sunday morning, Saldo wrote on Telegram. The UAV targeted a vehicle with workers on their way to harvest strawberries, he added.
“The explosion killed one person. There are many wounded, who are receiving necessary medical assistance,” the governor said.
Russian regions have seen several attacks on buses by Ukrainian drones since the start of this month.
On May 6, seven people were killed and dozens wounded after UAVs targeted two minibuses carrying farmers near the village of Beryozovka in Belgorod Region.
Two days earlier, two people were injured when a drone struck a bus in the village of Voznesenka, also in Belgorod Region.
One civilian killed as Ukrainian drone strikes minibus – governor.
Kiev's Press-Ganging May Lead to Popular Uprising in Ukraine - Expert.
Facing a severe crisis in the number of Ukrainians willing to fight, the regime in Kiev has resorted to press-ganging people who would normally be considered unfit for military service.
Under the auspices of Ukraine's new mobilization bill, convicted criminals who committed crimes deemed not serious by Kiev are now eligible to fight on the front lines.
While the new bill is unlikely to drastically change things for Ukrainian military recruiters - who have received carte blanche from Kiev to meet recruitment quotas - it may eventually lead to residents rising up against Zelensky and his regime, suggested Russian military expert and political analyst Ivan Konovalov.
Konovalov did point out, however, that Kiev’s security services have proven to be quite adept at suppressing political opposition and dissidents within the country, although even their efforts may not be enough to stop the people fed up with the Ukrainian government’s press-ganging.
According to the expert, the attempts by Ukrainian companies to deal with the ensuing deficit of workers by employing more women, not to mention Kiev’s plans to potentially start drafting females, pose a risk for the “Kiev Nazis” because “women are much more politically active” than men.
“Women, when the situation involves their families and loved ones, they become the most desperate revolutionaries,” Konovalov remarked.
Regarding allegations of Zelensky ramping up the mobilization efforts at the behest of the United States, the analyst argued that the Biden administration is playing it safe.
According to him, the White House deliberately refrains from making such demands from Kiev, opting instead to use Russophobic lawmakers like Lindsey Graham to send such messages to the Ukrainian leadership.
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Russia ‘done’ with Western Europe ‘for at least a generation’ – Lavrov
An “acute phase of the military-political confrontation with the West is in full swing,” Moscow’s foreign minister has said.
Russia won’t view Western European countries as partners again for “at least one generation,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has predicted.The diplomat remarked that Moscow and the West are already locked in a confrontation that has no end in sight.
Top Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, have repeatedly described Moscow’s ongoing military conflict with Kiev as a proxy war waged by NATO against Russia. Evidence of this, the Kremlin says, is the material aid, the training, and the intelligence that the US and many European countries have been providing to defend Ukraine.
Speaking on Saturday, Lavrov cited an article by Russian political scientist Dmitry Trenin, who has written that “Europe as a partner is not relevant for us for at least one generation.” The minister said that he “can’t help but agree” and that Moscow is “feeling this in practice almost daily.” The senior Russian diplomat also claimed, without elaborating, that “many facts speak in favor of such a prognosis.”
“The acute phase of the military-political confrontation with the West continues [and] is in full swing,” Lavrov said, pointing to the nature of the narratives currently prevalent in the US and Europe.
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In an interview with TASS on Friday, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Ryabkov compared Western elites to delinquent youths and provocateurs intent on escalating tensions to the brink of a “catastrophic collapse,” and with no regard for the consequences.
Speaking of the work of Russian diplomats in the West, the official revealed that it is “in a crisis-management mode, aimed at preventing an escalation into a really massive conflict.”
NATO is “a group in which we feel not an ounce of trust, which triggers political and even emotional rejection” in Moscow, Ryabkov told the media outlet.
He said that, no matter who comes out on top in the US presidential election in November, “no chance for the improvement of the situation can be seen, considering the fundamental anti-Russian consensus of the American elites.”
During his inauguration speech on Tuesday, nonetheless, Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted that Moscow does not “refuse dialogue with Western states.”
“The choice is theirs,” the president proposed, posing the question: “Do they intend to continue trying to restrain the development of Russia, continue the policy of aggression and relentless pressure that they have pursued for years, or look for a path to cooperation and peace?”
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Israeli 'Crisis' May Lead to 'Military Coup' and Palestinian State Creation - Expert.
War Cabinet Minister and former Army General Benny Gantz has threatened to resign unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepts his plan for the resolution of the Gaza conflict that could lead to Palestinian statehood.
Tel Aviv faces increasing demands to resolve the Gaza War amid domestic toil, an expert has told Sputnik.
His comments come after Israel's War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz threatened to resign unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepts Gantz’s plan for the resolution of the Gaza conflict.
The plan in question involves the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip and the creation of a multinational civilian administration.
While Gantz set the deadline for this plan at June 8, Netanyahu claimed that acquiescing to these demands would result in a defeat for Israel.
Commenting on this development, Tel Aviv-based international relations expert Dr. Simon Tsipis explained that Gantz’s plan, if adopted, would ultimately result in the creation of a Palestinian state – something that Zionist factions who currently control the Israeli government vehemently oppose.
Netanyahu thus finds himself in quite a predicament as giving concessions to Gantz and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, who previously urged Netanyahu to declare that Israel has no intent to establish military control over Gaza, would cause Zionist leaders like Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir to pull out of the government coalition, and vice versa.
“This is clearly the biggest crisis in Israel’s history,” Dr. Tsipis remarked, arguing that the Israeli government now finds itself on the brink of collapse.
He also highlighted another aspect of the problem: both Gantz and Gallant are former Israeli generals.
“There may be a risk of a military coup, because if Gantz and Gallant – they are former generals and former heads of the general staff – if they decide to seize power and call upon their former colleagues, then this move would mean a military coup in Israel, the ouster of Benjamin Netanyahu by convincing him to relinquish his power,” Dr. Tsipis speculated.
Furthermore, agreeing to Gantz’s proposal would also be problematic for Netanyahu because the former would then likely call for snap elections – elections that Netanyahu would inevitably lose if no foul play were to be involved, the expert suggested.
Thus, whether he makes concessions to Gantz or not, either way, Netanyahu may be looking at the collapse of his government and the end of his political career.
Regarding the upcoming visit to Israel by US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who is expected to hold talks with Netanyahu, Dr. Tsipis argued that Sullivan essentially represents the interests of the US Democratic Party that currently holds powers.
“The Democrats are interested in, firstly, the peaceful resolution of the Israeli war with the Gaza Strip, secondly, in the proclamation of the Palestinian state and thirdly, in Netanyahu’s ouster,” he claimed, arguing that Sullivan would thus try to persuade Netanyahu to agree to Gantz’s plan.
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Russian economic growth hits 5.4%
The economy expanded in the first quarter despite Western sanctions, according to the national statistics service.
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Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 5.4% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024, the state statistics agency Rosstat said in a preliminary report published on Friday.
According to the estimates, Russia saw robust growth in retail turnover (up 10.5%), manufacturing (up 8.8%) and construction (3.5%) in January-March.
The Rosstat data aligns with an earlier estimate from the Economics Ministry, but exceeds that of the Bank of Russia (4.6% growth) and analysts’ expectations (5.3%). The agency is due to publish more detailed data on GDP in mid-June.
According to an earlier forecast from the Bank of Russia, GDP growth is expected to slow in the second quarter due to tightening fiscal conditions. The regulator, however, expects consumer and investment demand to remain high and continue to drive economic growth.
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The positive data comes despite multiple rounds of Western sanctions introduced since the start of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine in February 2022.
The measures have ranged from blacklisting most Russian banks and cutting them from the SWIFT interbank messaging system, to freezing some $300 billion in Russian foreign exchange reserves.
As a result, GDP suffered a downturn in 2022, contracting 1.2%. However, data for 2023 showed that the economy has recovered, posting growth of 3.6%. Many analysts have attributed this performance to Russia’s trade pivot to the East, and economic policies implemented to offset the effect of restrictions.
In April, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it expects the Russian economy to grow faster than all advanced economies in 2024. GDP is forecast to expand by 3.2%, exceeding the expected growth rates for the US (2.7%), the UK (0.5%), Germany (0.2%) and France (0.7%).
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov earlier said he expects GDP growth in 2024 to equal that of last year, while the Bank of Russia has been more cautious in its predictions, expecting growth of 2.5-3.5%.
Russian economic growth hits 5.4%
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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.
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WESTERN POLITICIANS WITH BLOOD-DRIPPING FROM THEIR HANDS WILL NOT FACE JUSTICE OVER UKRAINE
As seen in the aftermath to Iraq & Afghanistan where respectively no WMD were found nor solutions to increasing resistance to US military domination, humiliation does not necessarily lead to justice being served.
No western politician will pay even the smallest price under the law for the needless and pitiable slaughter that has gone on in Ukraine for well over two years now. No judges within the jurisdiction of international or national courts will find the guilty men and women behind that slaughter before them. They will be free to promote future, similar conflict situations, across the world with impunity. All this because they consider this planet their fiefdom to rule as they see fit as judge, jury and executioner.
Pushing NATO inexorably toward Russia’s borders caused one important, high-ranking commentator after another to protest. From William Burns, now CIA director to George Kennan, the man ascribed with developing the West’s containment policy for the Soviet Union, have spoken out against that folly. To no avail. Relentlessly successive western powers have urged the process forward totally ignoring Russia’s protestations. All the warnings given by the most knowledgeable and experienced commentators urging a halt to this process were totally ignored.
The warhawks within successive western governments, seeking world domination (no hyperbole this) are determined to destroy all nations taking an independent line from the demands of the West. No amount of death, destruction and increased chaos makes them hesitate for a moment. They fervently desire full control of our world and no amount of chaos within and fragmentation of national sovereignty of targeted nations will make them draw back from this endlessly destabilising and massively destructive goal. These zealots have been in charge of western foreign policy since 9/11 and have remorselessly used Ukraine as their latest tool.
The leaders of the western world who have run with the concepts promoted by the neocon zealots in their midst are fully culpable for the needless slaughter we see occurring in Ukraine. Fully culpable along with those zealots in the wings who have been urging them on remorselessly to do their bidding. The front men, Biden, Sunak, Scholz and others act as their puppets immune to the unfolding reality of total defeat in Ukraine. This mass insanity is assisted by the western mass media who relentlessly concocted fantasies where the Ukrainian regime is winning and the Russians are suffering terrible defeats. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Russia will win because Russia always HAD to win, its national survival as a state depended upon it. The ultimate plan of the neocon zealots and their puppets was to break Russia into easier to manage pieces. The process of building enough pressure to do this began at least as early as 2007 with Vladimir Putin’s Munich speech where he made it clear that Russia would remain an independent-minded state following its own path, never commanded by others. This was the starting gun for the neocons that initiated the policy we have seen again Putin and Russia ever since. The policy that has led us directly to the continuing slaughter we see in Ukraine now.
But no will pay except the Ukrainians and the Russians who have lost their lives and the families who grieve for them. No western politician or NATO official will lose very much. Only their reputations if the full truth of what they have done is revealed. The people of Europe, UK and the USA will pay in part, with prices making their life chances fewer and economies crippled by the actions of their leaders in support of the neocon goal described above. The elites who own the so-called ‘Defence Industries’ of the West, those within the Military Industrial Complex have gained and will continue to gain massively as the blood continues to flow. They will reward the politicians handsomely while they continue to feed and fuel the war in Ukraine.
Those who benefit are truly the most cynical of all players in this deadly game of world domination. For them this time is theirs. Endless profits, endless investment and endless opportunities to sell their weapons of destruction to fear-filled buyers across an increasingly destabilised world. This is the world we now occupy as helpless bystanders, a world run by a western criminal elite posing as regular do-gooder politicians defending our freedom, democracy and human rights. By their acts you will know them. And by the blood dripping from their hands.
