RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 08.07.2024
RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 08.07.2024
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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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What to Expect From Putin-Modi Talks in Moscow.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Moscow on July 8-9 to co-chair the 22nd Russia-India Annual Summit with President Vladimir Putin. This is Modi’s first official visit after being sworn in for a third term as India's prime minister after elections in June.
Moscow is looking forward to a “very important, full-scale visit, significant for Russian-Indian relations,” the Kremlin underscored ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s arrival in Moscow.
"Given the trusting nature of the relationship between President Putin and Prime Minister Modi, we can expect that there will be an exchange of views on all issues that are on the agenda," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Russian TV journalist Pavel Zarubin. Regional and global security, along with bilateral trade and economic interaction, will be a focal point, added Peskov.
The last time the head of the Indian government was in Russia was in 2019, when he came to the Far East city of Vladivostok. Modi's last trip to Moscow was in 2015. The 21st India-Russia Summit was held in 2021.
Russia is a country that remains very important for India's engagement in Eurasia, beyond the overarching bilateral strategic relationship the two sides are developing, Dr. Raj Kumar Sharma, a senior research fellow at NatStrat, a New Delhi-based think tank, told Sputnik.
He underscored that the upcoming talks should be viewed from the lens of an extremely promising bilateral context, which allows India and Russia to strengthen their strategic autonomy amid global geopolitical changes.
In a geopolitical scenario where NATO continues its proxy war in Ukraine, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict rages unabated, and elections loom in the US, Modi “rightly chose to visit Russia, highlighting the resilience of India-Russia ties amid many geopolitical changes,” he noted.
Indeed, for Modi, the trip to Moscow is a demonstration of India's strategic autonomy and his own ambitions as a leader of the non-Western world. For Putin, the talks fall in line with a succession of recent meetings with leaders of the Global South, symbolizing the pivot towards a new world order.
Agenda of Modi’s Visit to Moscow
Modi will arrive in Moscow on Monday afternoon and will be welcomed with a private dinner hosted by the Russian president. This will be followed by formal summit discussions, highlighting the personal rapport between the two leaders, said India’s Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra.
On Tuesday, Modi will meet with the Indian community in Moscow. After this, the Indian PM will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Kremlin and visit the RUSSIA EXPO exhibition venue in Moscow.
The core of the visit will be bilateral talks between Putin and Modi. They will first be held in a “restricted-level” format, to be followed by broader, delegation-level talks.
Key Topics on the Table
The two leaders will review the entire range of multi-faceted ties between their countries, said Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra, as he spelled out to journalists the likely agenda of Modi’s discussions with Putin.
The summit will offer an opportunity for the two leaders "to review the whole range of bilateral issues, including defense, trade, investment, energy cooperation, science and technology, education, culture and people-to-people exchanges among others," Kwatra noted at a briefing in New Delhi. The senior diplomat hailed the fact that the "special privileged strategic partnership" between the two countries has remained "resilient in the wake of multiple geopolitical challenges."
Modi and Putin are expected to “share perspectives on regional and global developments of mutual interest and also assess the status of bilateral engagements in groupings such as BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, G20, East Asia Summit (EAS) and the United Nations (UN)," Kwatra stated.
"India-Russia bilateral trade has seen a sharp increase in 2023-24. It has since touched close to $65 billion, primarily due to strong energy cooperation between the countries."
The foreign secretary underscored that investment ties between the two nations have also been growing, including in energy, banking, railways and steel. A sustainable payment mechanism amid the de-dollarization drive is also to be discussed.
"Russia also remains India's important partner for energy security and defense. In the area of nuclear energy, Units I and II of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) have already become operational and work is progressing on Units III and IV," Kwatra noted.
The foreign secretary stated that enhancing cooperation on projects such as the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), Chennai-Vladivostok Maritime Corridor and Chabahar Port, is expected to figure prominently in talks between Modi and Putin.
Indeed, this June, Russia for the first time sent two trains laden with coal to India via the International North-South Transport Corridor, reminded Dr. Raj Kumar Sharma.
INSTC spans 7,200km from St. Petersburg to the port of Mumbai in India. The corridor is part of Russia’s push to find new transport routes as part of the shift of trade flows from Europe to Asia and the Middle East. India has been ramping up purchases of both coking and thermal coal, and this route takes about 23 days – much faster than the 45 days via the Suez Canal.
Dr. Sharma also mentioned that in South Asia, Sri Lanka will shortly hand over management of its Chinese-built Mattala International Airport in Hambantota to a joint India-Russia venture.
When asked about the West’s sanctions targeting Russia, he noted that New Delhi has been careful to adhere to UN sanctions, but where the G7 sanctions are concerned, “we have been very regularly in touch with the G7, essentially to protect and progress our national interest and our national needs when it comes to our economic and political interests.”
After the start of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, Western countries greatly reduced their purchases of Russian oil and gas in a move that was intended, but failed, to cripple the Russian economy. India, however, has seen its imports of Russian oil soar. The country’s imports of Russian oil grew tenfold in just 2023.
It was reported in May that India’s largest private corporation Reliance Industries and the Russian energy company Rosneft signed a one-year agreement for up to three million barrels of oil per month that will be paid in Russian rubles as part of the drive towards ditching the US dollar’s hegemony.
State nuclear agency Rosatom and its Indian counterpart are also negotiating a potential partnership in scientific and technological fields such as quantum computing, communications, and quantum sensors, according to Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev.
The leaders will also discuss cooperation between India and Russia in the Russian Far East, which is the main focus of the "Act Far East" policy announced by Modi in 2019.
Russia remains India's main weapons supplier, accounting for 36% of its arms imports. The two sides keep implementing defense industry projects focused on technological cooperation. Furthermore, at the Moscow summit, the sides are likely to sign a long-awaited Russia-India mutual logistics agreement.
The Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement is designed to enhance military cooperation between the two nations by streamlining military logistics support.
Applicable during both wartime and peacetime missions, it will:
Facilitate replenishment of essential supplies (fuel, rations, spare parts) to enable a continuous military presence in crucial regions;
Provide berthing facilities (for troops, warships, aircraft);
Offer India more expanded maritime outreach, including to the Arctic.
Balance India's logistics agreements with Quad countries, while strengthening Russia’s presence in the Indo-Pacific.
Russia and India likewise hope to implement mutual visa-free travel by the end of 2024. India is reportedly planning to announce the opening of two more consulates in Russia.
After the conclusion of the Russia-India summit in Moscow, the two countries intend to announce a series of documents that have been prepared for Modi's visit to Moscow, according to Kwatra.
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The left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) has come out on top in a landmark contest, beating the ruling coalition.
France faces a hung legislature with no clear candidate for prime minister after no party managed to win an outright majority in the second round of the parliamentary election, local media reported on Sunday, citing final count data provided by the Ministry of the Interior.
The right-wing National Rally party (RN), linked to Marine Le Pen, which emerged as the frontrunner last weekend, finished third this time, winning 143 seats in the 577-strong National Assembly.
The New Popular Front (NFP) also failed to secure an absolute majority in the legislature, winning 182 seats. In the first round last weekend, it secured only 32 mandates compared to RN’s 37 but managed to boost results dramatically following “tactical withdrawals” by hundreds of candidates.
President Emmanuel Macron’s liberal Ensemble coalition trailed the left with 168 seats, according to Le Monde.
Turnout this weekend is estimated to have been 67.1%, according to Ipsos Talan, which would be the highest since 1997 if confirmed.
Macron has refused to address the nation following the vote. The Elysee Palace said the president will analyze the election results before making any further steps, adding that he would wait for the new parliament to be formed to “take the necessary decisions.” The head of state would “respect the choice of the French people,” the statement added.
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced in the wake of the exit poll results that he would submit his resignation on Tuesday. He was re-elected in his constituency and will now join the National Assembly as an MP, according to French media.
Attal also stated he would “never accept” the fact that “millions” of people in France voted for those he called “radicals.” He also remarked that the “strength of our values” had prevented radical forces from getting an absolute majority in the legislature.
Jean-Luc Melenchon, the head of the France Unbowed party, which is a member of the NFP, called on Macron to “accept defeat” and to let the left-wing coalition form the new government. “We have achieved a result that we were told was impossible,” he said, adding that “the president must call on the New Popular Front to govern.”
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RN leader Jordan Bardella lauded “the most important breakthrough in [the] entire history” of his party. He still blamed what he called an “alliance of dishonor” between Macron’s party and the left-wing coalition for preventing a RN victory, apparently referring to the “tactical withdrawals” ahead of the second round.
The party’s veteran politician and its former leader, Marine Le Pen said she had “too much experience to be disappointed by a result where we double the number of our [MPs].” She also stated that the RN’s ultimate “victory is only delayed.”
Macron called early parliamentary elections in the wake of the RN’s strong performance in the European Parliament elections in early June. Members of the National Assembly are elected in single-seat constituencies through direct voting in two rounds. A candidate can win outright in the first round if they get over half of the vote. If none achieves this feat, any candidate reaching the 12.5% threshold enters the second round.
Ahead of this weekend’s vote, Macron’s Renaissance party and the NFP resorted to what the media called “tactical withdrawals.” As many as 200 candidates from the president’s party and the left-wing coalition withdrew from the second round to avoid splitting the vote between them, and to prevent the RN party from getting an absolute majority (289 seats) in the parliament.
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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.
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WILL THE PEACEMAKERS ULTIMATELY TRIUMPH ON THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT?
Where has diplomacy gone? Since WWII ended the emphasis when war broke out was to reign in the combatants and attempt to end the conflict as soon as possible. Why over Ukraine do the warmongers rule?
Viktor Orban, the prime minister of Hungary visited Moscow yesterday on a groundbreaking trip to seek a final end to the conflict in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin stated that he too wants to see a final and, importantly a permanent end, to the conflict. Their efforts received nothing but criticism from the EU elite. Both Von der Leyen and Borrell both condemned the visit.
In past times where conflict has broken out between two sides seeking peace through negotiations was the constant western response. Each leader would urge the two sides to show restraint, call a ceasefire and begin to talk in an effort to resolve their differences. In Ukraine (and also in reference to Gaza) we see this normal advice to stop the fighting and engage in diplomacy is absent.
Viktor Orban and Robert Fico of Slovakia (who has just said he too would have been in Moscow but for his injury after the assassination attempt) have constantly advocated the usual diplomatic response and route to renewed peace and stability in Ukraine. Their views give every appearance of being their sincere and considered assessment of the best way forward. However, for their troubles they have been constantly showered with criticisms from their colleagues within the European Union and elsewhere.
What can explain the deviation from the norms of diplomacy we see underpinning the continuance of this war? Is this a new phenomenon or have we seen this complete absence of diplomatic urgency before?
I would argue that this began in the hours after the 9/11 events. In the frantic discussions that followed it is clear to me that it was agreed among the gathered political and military elites that not a single barrier to a comprehensive elimination of forces considered anti-American was to be permitted. And further to this, that diplomatic engagement with the larger powers considered to be within this anti-American grouping was to be ended as a limiting barrier to eliminating and replacing their leaderships.
Naturally the first targets of the regime change wars which followed 9/11 did not require any element of diplomacy in the eyes of those tasked with eliminating them. However, in more recent times, the larger targets including Russia were a different matter. During the Cold War diplomacy was very much in evidence between the western powers and the Soviet Union. It was an accepted fact that avenues of dialogue and even eventually detente, were vital to ensure continued avoidance of anything approaching a hot war.
The above is no longer the case and became so in the hours after 9/11. The goal is to destroy the target nations, or at the very least eliminate and replace their upper political echelons and engaging in diplomacy would ameliorate situations which had instead to be exploited in these new circumstances. The fear of nuclear was was to be sublimated beneath the greater fear of the USA (and West in general) losing its preeminent position in the world. The new agenda was no longer to be saving the world from nuclear annihilation but instead saving the USA (and West) from another 9/11-type event and the possibility of the entire West being fatally weakened thereby.
The issue at stake regarding Ukraine in truth has nothing in essence to do with any strategic value of the nation nor any great affinity for the people or system of governance there. Ukraine is one of the most corrupt and criminal nations on the planet. It is seen by western elites only as a tool with which to help achieve the overarching goal set after 9/11, to weaken, eliminate and replace every last anti-American entity, individual, regime, government or nation. The Ukrainian people, as can be understood from many comments regarding their expendability, are merely tools in a greater game.
Viktor Orban and Robert Fico are irritants to those who are rabidly dedicated to the importance of wiping out ALL resistance to the USA and its proxies. They are obstinately undermining what ought to be a 100% unified stance against Russia in their eyes. Thus they are hated with utmost venom. Not that Orban and Fico have been the only, or even the main sources of neoconservative and globalist irritation. That important nations all across the global south have failed to condemn Russia as expected created even greater and continuing consternation.
Will these two, combined with the less vocal but quite visible friendly relations with Russia of nations such as Saudi Arabia, India and others, win out ultimately and make the U.S. and other western elites relent and accept reality? That reality which is now patently obvious, that Russia is in an unassailable position and that the Ukrainian regime can only lose even more by fighting on. These facts are beyond question… yet the EU elites along with those who seem unable to extricate themselves from the madness, urge a hapless Ukrainian people to fight on only to die in ever greater numbers.
