RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 18.11.2022
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.
Lead feature:
Best interview ever with Colonel Douglas Macgregor, discussing a wide spectrum of topics in connection with Russia's campaign in Ukraine:
Interview col. Douglas MacGregor / Wywiad z płk. Douglasem MacGregorem z US Army
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Latest update on events within Ukraine and their knock-on effects on the western world, by Alexander Mercouris of ‘The Duran’:
Russia Advances in Vuhledar, Donetsk, Repels Ukraine in Donbass; War to Continue in Winter.
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LATEST UPDATE BY ‘NEW WORLD ECONOMICS’ (26.7k subscribers):
Entire Modern Tank Battle Caught on Camera | REACTION.
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George Galloway expresses his shock regarding the attitude of Poland's political elite to a possible nuclear war. (229k subscribers):
The #Russians might just keep rolling their tanks right to #Berlin, as they did successfully before.
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Latest update from Alex Christoforou of ‘The Duran’ on the geopolitical events of the previous 24 hours:
Republicans probe Biden, audit Ukraine. Silent treatment for Elensky. Sunak, Trudeau G20 skit. U/1
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The latest update from the ‘Judging Freedom’ channel (63.9k subscribers):
On Line Censorship / America's Role in the Russia-Ukraine War.
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Commentary clip from ‘The Jimmy Dore Show’ (1.1m subscribers):
UN Caught Fabricating Russian Viagra R@pe Allegations.
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Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris of ‘The Duran’ discuss recent geopolitical events with their guest commentator:
Trade between India and Russia surges. EU continues to self-destruct.
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‘The New Atlas’ discussion between Brian Berletic and Angelo Giuliano (189k subscribers):
New Atlas LIVE: US vs. China at G20, ASEAN, Ukraine and More...
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Commentary clip by Colonel Douglas Macgregor (69.8k subscribers):
November 18: Terrible Mistake.
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Commentary clips from Scott Ritter (Ukraine News) (67.3k subscribers):
Poland under attack.
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Effort to escalate conflict.
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‘U.S. Tour of Duty’ channel with Scott Ritter (17.1k subscribers):
Scott Ritter 2-Minute Topic: Poland Under Attack.
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George Galloway comments upon the recent incident in Poland on his ‘Mother of all talk Shows’ (229k subscribers):
My children would have been required to die if Nato’s war Article 5 had been triggered.
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Latest geopolitical update from the ‘Through the eyes of’’ channel:
WHAT POLISH PRESIDENT, DUDA, HAS SAID ABOUT THE MISSILES CRASH IN POLAND (TRANSLATION FROM POLISH).
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Video clips from the ‘Itapirkanmaa2’ channel (24.6k subscribers):
A promising start! In Odessa, people blocked the road and protested against blackouts.
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"Everything for our dear Slavonic Friends!!!!" Friendship of the Nations!!!
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Jackson Hinkle and his show ‘The Dive’ have become very popular on YouTube in recent months (196k subscribers):
ZELENSKY SCOLDED Over Blaming PUTIN For Poland Strike.
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Latest updates from Firstpost international news channel (152k subscribers):
Germany Braces for Oil Shortage, Power Blackouts and Public Anger This Winter | Europe Energy Crisis.
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Poland, Germany Not Ready As Winter Sparks Second Wave of Ukrainian Refugees | Russia Ukraine War.
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Top US General Tells Ukraine it Cannot Win War Against Russia Militarily | Russia Ukraine War.
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Ukraine Fears Painful and Dark Winter as Russia Destroys Energy Grid | Russia Ukraine War.
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From ‘The Real News Network’, Chris Hedges talks to Roger Waters:
The Chris Hedges Report: Pink Floyd's Roger Waters on Ukraine, Palestine, music & more.
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Latest video from the popular BORZZIKMAN channel (115k subscribers):
NATO and the U.S. got Scared of Military Escalation with Russia┃The World did not Expect This.
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Vladimir Pozner speaking 4 years ago. (8.9m views. 94k likes):
Vladimir Pozner: How the United States Created Vladimir Putin.
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Article by Russia Today (RT) - 18th November:
US Republicans call for scrutiny of aid to Ukraine.
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says taxpayers deserve to know how the money is spent.
A group of congressional Republicans introduced a resolution on Thursday calling for an audit of US government funds appropriated for aid to Ukraine.
The initiative, spearheaded by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and backed by ten fellow legislators, covers all military, civilian, and financial support provided to Kiev by President Joe Biden, according to the Daily Caller.
“The American people, the taxpayers of this country, deserve to know where their money is going and how it’s being spent,” Greene told reporters, adding that the government should be held accountable when spending money overseas. “We must audit every American taxpayer dollar sent to Ukraine.”
The US has been supplying Ukraine with heavy armaments, such as anti-tank weapons, missile defense systems, and drones after Russia launched its military operation in the neighboring state. Biden asked Congress to approve an additional $37.7 billion in security assistance to Kiev on Tuesday, which would bring the total funds appropriated to Ukraine in less than a year to $104 billion, according to Defense News.
Greene and her colleagues argued that the funding scheme is not transparent enough and that there are more pressing matters at home. “Our Border Patrol asked for $15.46 billion to secure the border of the United States. President Trump’s border wall would’ve only cost $22 billion,” the congresswoman said.
“With the money we’ve sent to Ukraine, we could’ve already secured our border but we’re not doing that.” She added that Congress would send “a very bad message to the American people” if the audit is denied.
Greene also posted a video on Twitter of two men in military uniform walking with crutches, writing: “It is heartbreaking to see these disabled Ukrainian soldiers here in the halls of Congress being used as pawns to pressure our Congress to give American’s hard earned tax dollars to [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky.”
Some Republicans were increasingly calling for more oversight during the midterm elections, which ended with the party winning a slim majority in the House of Representatives but failing to retake the Senate from the Democrats. Kevin McCarthy, the top Republican in the House, said last month that Kiev would no longer receive “blank checks” if the party secured control of the chamber.
The former speaker of the House, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, said that the US will continue to support Kiev. “We have never given a blank check to Ukraine,” she said during a visit to Croatia last month.
Article by Russia Today (RT) - 18th November : US Republicans call for scrutiny of aid to Ukraine
MAPPING CHANNELS
* These will be added here as and when they become available.
LATEST UPDATE FROM DIMA OF THE MILITARY SUMMARY CHANNEL (74.7k subscribers):
Ukraine. Military Summary And Analysis 18.11.2022.
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LATEST UPDATES FROM THE 'DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA' MAPPING CHANNEL (49.4 subscribers):
[ Ukraine SITREP ] Day 267 (17/11): Russia strengthen position at Vuhledar and Pisky regions.
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LATEST UPDATE BY THETI MAPPING (14k subscribers):
No update posted so far today.
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LATEST UPDATE BY THE ‘MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS NETWORK’ (55.6k subscribers):
Russia Ukraine War Nov 18th.
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LATEST UPDATE BY ‘NEW WORLD ECONOMICS’ (26.7k subscribers):
Entire Modern Tank Battle Caught on Camera | REACTION.
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MY REACTION TO BREAKING POINTS | Zelensky, NATO CAUGHT Lying On Poland Missile Crash.
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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.
