RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 10.04.2023
RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 10.04.2023
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.
PLEASE NOTE THAT TOMORROW, APRIL 11th THERE WILL BE NO UPDATE UNTIL EVENING DUE TO LACK OF INTERNET ACCESS.
We will be in various locations in Uzbekistan for the next four days. This will result in variations to the timing of updates and quite possibly their total absence on some days. Our apologies for this alteration to, and possible temporary loss of, our daily updates.
*** WILL THE WEST ARRANGE A SHOCK SURPRISE IN UKRAINE? ***
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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
Pushilin Visits Bakhmut Ukraine Heavy Losses, Ukraine Air Defence Weakened, UK Hints War May be Lost.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU of THE DURAN
Macron-China panic. Ursula exits China, passport check. Telegraph Putin fantasy; Et tu, Brute? U/1
LEVAN GUDADZE
Ukrainian counter-offensive, Change in Kyiv plans, US M60 tanks, EU failed with promise of shells…
VREVELATIONS
China Simulates Attack On Taiwan: War Tensions Are High.
REDACTED
China and Saudi Arabia just SHOCKED the world and the U.S. is in serious trouble | Redacted News.
DANNY HAIPHONG - BRIAN BERLETIC
NATO on the Ropes in Ukraine? Multipolarity RISING.
COLONEL DOUGLAS MACGREGOR
"This had been a battle of annihilation."
RICHARD MEDHURST
Guess Who’s Back! | Is It Time for Syria’s Comeback?
COLONEL DOUGLAS MACGREGOR
Russians Artillery Power Annihilating Ukrainians Military.
SCOTT RITTER
RUSSIA’S VICTORY IN BAKHMUT.
MUDROGUE
Bakhmut Update; FEDNOW and BRICS.
PATRICK LANCASTER
Terrorist Attacks On Rise In Ukraine Warzone.
TELETRUTH
PMC Wagner moving to western districts of Bakhmut | Ukrainian retreat route is deplorable.
THE JIMMY DORE SHOW
Ukraine War Is A Scam Admits Ex-French President.
U.S. World Dominance Is Over – Admits Marco Rubio.
AFSHIN RATTANSI'S GOING UNDERGROUND
US Threats Accelerating Global De-Dollarisation, US Unlikely to Win War Against China’ -Carl Zha.
Международное радио "Беларусь"
All Western neighbors, Romania and Poland, are ready for the division of Ukraine.
THE GRAYZONE
Bronx antiwar activists respond to AOC's smears.
U.S. Tour of Duty
Scenes from the Evolution Ep. 31: Special Guest Provocateur Jose Vega.
SINO SPHERE
BRICS+ countries overtake G7, E.U & NATO.
HINDUSTAN TIMES
Putin deals a major blow to Ukraine; Russia decimates 98 artillery units in just a day | Watch:
Putin's men form 'special groups' to attack NATO-supplied tanks in Ukraine | Report:
Russian FAB-500 'flying bomb' becomes Zelensky's new headache | Ukraine virtually 'defenseless'.
Ukraine Army loses fight with Chechen battalion; Russian missiles strike Zaporizhzhia | Watch:
Modi Govt's Russia stand 'inspires' Imran; Ex-Pak PM recalls Putin meet, cites India on crude oil.
Biden spied on allies amid Putin's war? South Korea to raise Pentagon files leak with U.S.
AFRICAN DIASPORA NEWS CHANNEL
South African Foreign Minister Calls Out The Hypocrisy Of The International Community.
ANDREWNEF
Russell Brand & Bill Maher SPAR Over Ukraine War!
SEAN FOO
Macron’s Trip To China: Help Me Xi, You’re My Only Hope.
ASIAN QUICKTAKE
Allies in ACTION! 6 U.S. Allies Follow China in Selling Large Amounts of U.S. Debt to Buy Gold.
GEORGE GALLOWAY
Ding-dong dollar no more.
RUSSELL BRAND
Oh SH*T! NATO Expands! | Aaron Maté On What’s Next To Come…
TECH REVOLUTION
Egypt And BRICS JUST SHOCKED Everyone With This HUGE Announcement!
LENA PETROVA
RUSSIA And IRAN To Launch A GOLD Backed Stablecoin | Foreign Countries Seek To De-Dollarize.
SINO SPHERE
Not Only BRICS! More Countries De-dollarize.
LINE FLUX
US begs China to mend relations on Xi's terms.
LIU SIVAYA
THE UKRAINE OFFENSIVE IN QUESTION: US and NATO secret plans are leaked | liusivaya. (In Spanish.)
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
PROFESSOR RICHARD WOLFF: THE U.S. EMPIRE IS DYING.
Article published by Russia Today (RT) - 10th April 2023:
Moscow set to deploy ‘tank hunters’ to battlefield – official.
The specially designated and trained groups will tackle armor received by Kiev from the West, a defense official said.
Russia is putting together tank-killer groups that will fight modern armor provided to Kiev by its Western backers, a senior defense official said in an interview released on Sunday.
Speaking to Zvezda TV channel, Evgeny Arifulin, who heads a military training center located not far from Nizhny Novgorod in central Russia, said the order to create the units had been issued by Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov. The Russian military then developed “instructional guidelines” to achieve that goal, which are being implemented on the training ground, he added.
“This is large-scale, systemic work which is being carried out at state level,” the military official said.
Apart from ‘tank hunters’, the facility is also training service members in several fields, teaching them how to fire from artillery or operate various missile systems, Arifulin added. The facility could instruct as many as 700 soldiers at a time, the official stated.
With the focus being put on tackling Western armor, Arifulin noted that the Russian military had studied all these tanks, including American M1 Abrams, German Leopards, British Challengers and French Leclercs. “We know all their strengths and weaknesses and train the personnel [to fight them],” he said.
The members of ‘tank-hunter’ groups are being trained by veteran instructors, who have seen action in several conflicts in recent decades, including the ongoing military campaign in Ukraine, Zvezda reported. It added that these groups comprise only a small number of soldiers, who are mostly armed with anti-tank guided missile launchers and predominantly use reconnaissance drones.
In late March, Russian President Vladimir Putin estimated that Ukraine would receive over 400 Western-made tanks. The armor has already started to arrive in the country, with the German Ministry of Defense stating last month that 18 Leopard 2 A6 tanks as well as ammunition and spare parts had reached their destination.
Earlier this year, some Russian businesses and officials offered cash bounties for the destruction of Western military equipment in Ukraine. In January, for instance, Aleksandr Osipov, the governor of Russia’s Zabaikalsky Region, signed an order promising local soldiers three million rubles ($37,000) for capturing an operational Leopard 2 tank, or one million rubles ($12,000) for destroying one.
READ MORE: Russian troops offered cash rewards for destroying NATO tanks
Moscow has repeatedly warned the West that arms shipments to Kiev make it a direct participant in the conflict. Commenting on tank deliveries to Ukraine, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said this armor “would burn as the rest of it,” and would not change the eventual outcome of the hostilities.
MAPPING/ANALYSIS CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
MILITARY SUMMARY UPDATE
Progress in Mariinka and in the vicinity of Avdiivka. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.04.10
Unofficial Easter ceasefire. Ukraine continue losing army. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.04.09
KEEP IT SECRET NEWS UPDATE
No update posted so far today
NWE WAR REPORTS UPDATE
No update posted so far today
DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA UPDATE
No update posted so far today
DPA WAR UPDATE
No update posted so far today
THETI MAPPING UPDATE
No update posted so far today
WAR IN UKRAINE UPDATE
No update posted so far today
BALKAN MAPPING UPDATE
Bakhmut Front Update [9 April 2023]
PROJECT GREAT UPDATE
No update posted so far today
MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS NETWORK UPDATE
No update posted so far today
RYBAR UPDATE
No update posted so far today
M MAPPING UPDATE
Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Day 409 [ 9 April ] Collapse of Central Bakhmut.
ATP GEOPOLITICS UPDATE
Ukraine War Update NEWS (20230410): Overnight & Other News.
FREE RUSSIA CHANNEL UPDATE
No update posted so far today
WEEB UNION UPDATE
Russian Advances On Several Fronts | Ukraine Counterattacks in Bakhmut | Full Front Update 10/04/23.
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
WHY IS IT THAT AMERICA CAN COMMIT MASS MURDER & ALWAYS BE FORGIVEN?
U.S. political elites are the inheritors of a package of influences which range from the flight of the pilgrims escaping religious persecution in Europe to the concept of America's 'manifest destiny' to transform the world into what is blithely assumed to be its glorious self. Added to this are concepts surrounding concepts regarding idealistic notions of a Manichaen universe of simplistic black and white, good and evil where their god is almighty and commands Americans to do His will.
This rather racist concept of all-encompassing superiority is largely what fuels U.S. foreign policy along with the desire of the companies that make up the North American military industrial complex, their lobbyists and the collective influence of sponsorship and easy access to decision making in each successive government.
The rest of the world pays the price in terms of death and destruction, the fragmentation and weakening of their nations and economies and much else besides that stymies all efforts by others to create a multipolar world where tolerance for other forms of governance and not one single concept can prevail whereby trade and relationships of mutual respect can be grown toward something akin to global peace and freedom from the blackmail, threat and warring from the USA.
One of the single most important changes to any further U.S. intervention outside of its borders ought to be an effort to explore nuances within the cultures of nations in which it wishes to intervene. The simplistic nature of U.S. thought as it has been seen in the past through an ideological lens has reduced a great many issues and thus actions to either-or questions of good and evil.
Much of this is underpinned by an over-the-shoulder look at what will sell well among the North American population, a population whose long-term media has conditioned an extremely simplistic vision of a world that can ALWAYS be reduced to right and wrong, good and bad, virtuous and evil. Within this overall context we find that western audiences are thus conditioned to believe that the U.S. and its allies are always right, and at worst merely mistaken.
Good remains on those intervening on behalf of the "best" nations against the extremely dubious if not outright bad, or evil and eminently untrustworthy other ones. Other ones that need disciplining, manipulating, threatened, cajoled or invaded into being good (though never quite matching those in the saintly West.
The economic rise of China is seen as a threat to the USA but is not communicated in this nuanced way as a spur to greater efficiency in competitiveness but is left hanging in the air to allow an inference of the possibility of violent attack.
North Americans are so primed by successive usage of the fear spur to gain consent to indulge in war that the knee-jerk reaction to such breast-beating is inevitably positive. The ideologies behind this state that the USA (or rather its elites) are without doubt good people trying to do their best and would never stoop to tricking them in any way.
Despite all the evidence which is clearly visible regarding the influence of the military industrial complex and a massive army of lobbyists and sponsors seeking influence it seems the foreign policy decisions which result are by and large considered virtuous and tending toward bettering the world. Until the population of the USA becomes as cynical concerning the geopolitics concerned as it does about the politics I can't see this ever standing even the remotest chance of changing.
