RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 26.04.2024
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.
*** MAKE OR BREAK TIME APPROACHING FOR WESTERN WARS ***
“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.
Air attack on pro-Russian separatists in Luhansk kills 8, stuns residents.
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PROFESSOR JOHN J. MEARSHEIMER: Who/What Caused the War in Ukraine?
SCOTT RITTER: Ukraine is Facing TOTAL COLLAPSE and NATO Can't Hide It Anymore.
LARRY JOHNSON (EX-CIA): NATO Just Crossing Putin and Xi's Red Line.
Russia Vetoes UN Resolution for Prevention of Nuclear Arms Race in Space.
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US-Supplied ATACMS Missiles Will Not Help Ukraine Prevail on Battlefield - Expert.
After US lawmakers finally passed a bill authorizing yet another multimillion-dollar military package for Ukraine, the Pentagon is rushing to send more weapons and munitions to the Kiev regime to help fan the flames of the conflict.
Long-range ATACMS missiles capable of striking targets up to 300 kilometers away that the United States recently supplied to Ukraine will not help the Kiev regime change the situation on the battlefield in its favor, said Andrey Koshkin, a veteran Russian academic specializing in military and international affairs.
“Kiev needs to actively tout these weapon shipments in media and to boast about possible achievements for propaganda purposes,” Koshkin remarked. “But these missiles won’t help change the situation at the front line for two simple reasons. Firstly, there are not many of these missiles, and this technology is unusually complex for the Ukrainian forces, so the Ukrainian military won’t be able to use them widely. Secondly, it remains to be seen whether these sporadic strikes will manage to bypass Russian defenses. Thus, there are too many 'buts' for these missiles to be used successfully.”
According to him, the missiles will likely be used for terrorist strikes against civilian infrastructure deep within Russia’s territory, despite the US insisting that Ukraine refrain from conducting such attacks.
He also observed that, while the regime in Kiev already announced plans to hit the Crimean Peninsula and the bridge across the Kerch Strait, Russian forces have displayed their ability to intercept such missiles.
“We have excellent Buk-M2 and S-300 [air defense] systems that are capable of dealing with these missiles, quite successfully at that,” Koshkin said.
After months of intense congressional debates, US lawmakers finally approved a new $61 military package for Ukraine this week.
While this move appears to presage a fresh influx of weapons and munitions for the regime in Kiev, it remains unclear how it might help the Ukrainian military deal with the severe manpower shortage it currently faces.
US-Supplied ATACMS Missiles Will Not Help Ukraine Prevail on Battlefield - Expert.
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COLLECTIVE WEST <-> GLOBAL MAJORITY
US considers ‘mobile bases’ for Pacific war.
Civilian oil platforms could be modified into supply depots and missile launchers.
An American military contractor wants to repurpose unused oil rigs as mobile bases that would help resupply US Navy vessels in the Pacific and host missile launchers.
Gibbs & Cox, a naval architecture subsidiary of Leidos, presented the Mobile Defense/Depot Platform (MODEP) concept at the Sea Air Space 2024 exhibit in Washington, DC earlier this month.
“Our target here is to find a solution to help the challenging problem of having capacity issues in the Western Pacific. For not enough cells, not enough missiles, not enough of being able to keep those ships in the forward station,” Dave Zook, a solutions architect and combat systems department manager at Gibbs & Cox, told Naval News.
The MODEP concept refers to “a large floating island base” capable of positioning itself “at an ideal distance from shore” and independently operating for almost six months. It would be configured for either a supply function or missile launching.
The US Navy currently lacks the capability to reload its missile launchers at sea. The supply MODEP would solve this by having two cranes capable of lifting 100 tons each.
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The missile base version could hold up to 512 Vertical Launch System (VLS) missile cells, or up to 100 new Large Missile Launchers (LML). The concept also “reduces risks and costs associated with land-based defense systems,” Leidos and Gibbs & Cox also said. Japan has considered using converted oil rigs as an alternative to its canceled Aegis Ashore missile defense program.
Both variants could travel at speeds of 5-8 knots to cover about 200 nautical miles a day and maintain stability even in waves up to 60 feet (20 meters) tall.
The concept calls for the MODEP to have a range of 4,000 nautical miles without refueling, generate between 6-20 megawatts of power, hold up to 2.3 million gallons (8.7 million liters) of fuel and host a maintenance and repair shop for warships.
The best part, according to Gibbs & Cox, is that there are up to six commercial oil rigs that could be converted to military use at a relatively low cost due to an “oversupply in the oil market.” The platforms could be ready within as little as two years, the company said.
Neither the Pentagon nor the Navy have officially commented on the proposal.
US considers ‘mobile bases’ for Pacific war.
USA
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EUROPE
Macron wants von der Leyen replaced – Bloomberg.
French president is reportedly considering former European Central Bank boss Mario Draghi as an alternative head of the Commission.
French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking to replace European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and is currently discussing options with other EU leaders, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing sources.
Von der Leyen is now gearing up for elections in less than two months, seeking to secure another five-year term. Macron, who was one of the key figures behind elevating her into the top EU job, has been openly criticizing the President’s approach to running the EU Commission.
“The commission presidency is there to defend the general interest, so it must not be over-politicized. Which, it has to be said, was not at all the case with this outgoing commission,” Macron said in Brussels last month.
The French president has been in touch with other EU leaders over potential candidates to replace the incumbent to lead the commission, namely former Italian PM and European Central Bank president Mario Draghi, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with these discussions.
Sources in Brussels, including those with von der Leyen’s office, have commented that it remains unclear whether Macron had been genuinely seeking to oust her or was merely putting pressure on in order to extract concessions from her in the future.
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Macron, alongside then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel, were the key figures in 2019 behind fielding von der Leyen, then German Defense Minister, for the EU Commission presidential elections.
Von der Leyen is still a clear favorite for the upcoming elections, given the fact that she is the main candidate for the center-right European People’s Party (EPP), which has the most seats at the European Parliament and is expected to further reinforce its positions during the polls in June. However, a candidate fielded by the EPP still requires backing from an absolute majority in parliament.
The position of the incumbent EU president has been damaged by multiple high-profile scandals, with the latest erupting earlier this month when she found herself in a storm of criticism over giving fellow German MEP Markus Pieper the lucrative job of “special adviser,” with a reported salary of €17,000 a month.
The appointment “has triggered questions about the transparency and impartiality of the nomination process” within the bloc, multiple senior officials, including the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, and Commissioner Thierry Breton, said jointly in a complaint to von der Leyen. The Commission, however, brushed off the allegations, stating it “has every confidence in the fact that the process took place in full compliance with procedures.”
Macron wants von der Leyen replaced – Bloomberg.
France to fall out of world’s top ten economies – IMF.
The country’s share of global GDP will drop below 2%, the fund has projected.
Slow economic growth will push France out of list of world’s ten largest economies in five years, according to an updated global economic outlook from the International Monetary Fund.
The Washington-based institution expects France’s contribution to global economic growth in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms to drop to 1.98% in 2029, compared to 2.2% recorded by IMF analysts last year.
The fund’s latest projections indicate that France’s budget deficit will remain above 4% until 2029, with public debt expected to exceed 115% of gross domestic product (GDP). The European Commission previously signalled potential conflicts with EU fiscal rules in its response to France’s 2024 budget plan, stressing that the current outlook poses the risks of a negative adjustment by global rating agencies.
According to the database, updated by the organisation earlier this month, Britain – whose share of global gross domestic product growth in 2029 is expected to represent 2.2% on a PPP basis – will be ranked the world’s tenth biggest economy. Meanwhile, Türkiye is projected to take ninth place, as its share of global growth over the next five years will reach 2.09%.
The top five of contributors to the global economy will be China, projected to account for 19.48% of world GDP growth through 2029, the US (14.72%), India (9.23%), Japan (3.21%) and Indonesia (2.79%). The top ten is also expected to include Germany (2.77%), Russia (2.71%) and Brazil (2.19%).
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Earlier this month, the IMF raised its global growth forecast for the current year, concluding that the world economy had proved “surprisingly resilient.” The economists expect the global GDP to amount to 3.2% in 2024, up by a modest 0.1 percentage point from its earlier January forecast. Next year, growth is expected to expand at the same pace of 3.2%.
France to fall out of world’s top ten economies – IMF.
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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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IS VON DER LEYEN’S WARMONGERING BUREAUCRACY ABOUT TO FALL?
Narratives on Russia and Ukraine by Europe's political elites are totally out of synch with popular opinion. The disconnect between its elites and Europe's population now awaits an opportunity for expression.
Viktor Orban of Hungary is leading the charge, however Robert Fico of Slovakia cannot be far behind. The EU, led by the much hated Ursula von der Leyen, could be facing another kind of revolt, from the European populace. The signs are all there when you know where to look. Sentiment on the war policies exhibited by the vast majority of western leaders including those who head the EU is clear. The man and women on the street don’t buy the narratives on Ukraine broadcast constantly by their political elites. As the conflict in Ukraine has gone on people have gradually become more curious as to its origins and find that their leaders are, to put it baldly, lying through their teeth on the subject.
Western leaders have got themselves into a real mess over Ukraine and rather than attempt to extricate themselves from that mess by facing reality they have instead chosen to get themselves even deeper into the mire by continuing to spread their fantasies. This of course would not matter all that much except for one fact. Hundreds of thousands have died as a result. up to half a million in fact. By relentlessly pushing for ever more war rather than accepting the offers for a negotiated peace by Russia the Europeans have slavishly followed the lead of the USA with disastrous consequences for the Ukrainians.
The equanimity with which the European political elites have, through following the North American lead, brought half a million Ukrainians to their death and blithely contemplated the destruction of Ukraine in order to weaken Russia is an unconscionable stain on Europe. Using NATO to pressure Russia into its special military operation through the sham process of Minsk is well known to Europeans. Merkel, Hollande and later, Macron used near criminal deception to avoid the peaceful outcome Russia sought. The majority of Europeans can surely not have missed the many articles describing this shameful process.
With elections coming ever closer across Europe the likelihood is strong that a great many of those who have promoted war with Russia through both Ukraine and NATO will be swept from power. This sea change in European politics cannot come soon enough. As we have seen in both Hungary and Slovakia the urgency among the general population for change in Europe is there. Soon its voice is likely to be heard all across the European continent and the sound of that common voice is almost certainly going to be resoundingly loud.