RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 08.12.2022
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.
*** THE WEST: SLEEPWALKING TOWARD DISASTER? ***
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“Ukraine. What is the truth...?
Why won’t western media tell both sides…?”
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Lead feature:
Latest update on events within Ukraine and their knock-on effects on the western world, by Alexander Mercouris of ‘The Duran’. (185k subscribers):
Ukraine Daily Losing Battalion in Bakhmut, Ex US Officials Ukraine Cannot Win, Putin Russian Buildup.
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‘VotumTV: Heretics’ channel. (769 subscribers):
Interview: Gordon M. Hahn.
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‘Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom’ channel. (68k subscribers):
Ukraine-Russia War, Latest w/Col. Douglas Macgregor.
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Latest update from Alex Christoforou of ‘The Duran’ on the geopolitical events of the previous 24 hours (150k subscribers):
Putin, this might be a lengthy process. Merkel, Minsk agreement an attempt to give Ukraine time. U/1
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‘Redacted’ (1.49 million subscribers):
BREAKING: Putin issues NUCLEAR threat, Twitter Files update, Brittney Griner swap | Redacted News.
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‘The Jimmy Dore Show’ (1.1 million subscribers):
Zelensky Named Time Magazine’s “Person Of The Year”.
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Warmongers CONFRONTED By Journalist At National Press Club Event.
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Peru’s Leftist President ARRESTED In “Legislative Coup”.
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Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris of ‘The Duran’ discuss geopolitical events of the day. (316k subscribers):
Reserve currency, gold and inflation w/E.B. Tucker (Live).
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'ShanghaiEye魔都眼' channel. (112k subscribers):
Russia will under no circumstances 'be the first to use' nukes amid 'growing' fears of nuclear war.
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'Hindustan Times'. (5 million subscribers):
Putin's war in Ukraine justified? How Germany 'made a fool' out of Russia back in 2014.
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Putin winning, Biden failing? U.S. sanctions fail to contain Russian firepower in Ukraine - report.
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Ukrainians paying for Zelensky's stubbornness? Russia plunges Ukraine into darkness | Details:
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Putin recreates 'Hell on Earth' in Avdiivka; Ukraine Army positions burn in horrific aftermath.
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'Emil Cosman' channel. (37.8k subscribers):
Idi@ts don't plan ahead. EU realizes it's unable to replace all of Russian gas supply. Freezing yet?
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Explosion in Sevastopol, Crimea; Ukrainian drone attack. "The risk of Nuclear War increased." Putin.
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‘RealTruthTalk’ channel. (4.93k subscribers):
Douglas Macgregor: Russia Will Leave Ukraine Annihilated.
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‘George Galloway’ channel. (232k subscribers):
INTERVIEW: Ukraine has lost the war, it just isn’t over yet, says Col #RichardBlack.
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‘FINANCE MAIL’ channel. (14.6k subscribers):
Scott Ritter: America Is Fundamentally Broken.
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‘MintPress News’ channel. (30.4k subscribers):
Ben Norton & Lee Camp: Coup in Peru & Latin America Fights Dollar Hegemony.
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'Firstpost' channel. (167k subscribers):
USA Drags South Korea into the Ukraine War, Russia is Not Happy | Russia Ukraine War.
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Europe, US To Pay More For Oil as Russia Plans to Retaliate | Europe Energy Crisis.
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“We Haven’t Gone Mad,” Putin Is Planning To Freeze Ukraine Into Submission | Russia Ukraine War.
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China’s Xi Jinping Visits Saudi Arabia in Historic Trip | Arab Nations Snub US | China Arab Summit.
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‘Deepin Moments’ channel. (46k subscribers):
DOWN WITH THE DOLLAR! China and Saudi Arabia sign another $30 billion energy reserve!
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Shock the world! U.S. Subsidy Bill Becomes Scrap Paper! WTO accepts EU complaints.
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‘The Dive with Jackson Hinkle (198k subscribers):
i can’t believe this…
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‘iEarlGrey’ channel. (105k subscribers):
Thursday 8th December 2022 - LIVE.
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‘Hindustan Times’ channel. (4.99 million subscribers):
'Russia isn't leaving': Big worry for Zelensky as Putin rings 'long war' alarm in Ukraine.
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Russia behind Germany coup bid? Berlin launches biggest anti-terror op since WWII, 25 held.
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Putin's ally preparing to invade Ukraine? Belarus moves troops, military gear near Ukrainian border.
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Russian forces pound Ukrainians in Bakhmut | Heavy fighting on cam, Putin's Su-27 in action.
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‘True inFo’ channel. (71.7k subscribers):
Lavrov Pointed Out to the US the intellectual capabilities of Russia to make its own assessments.
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‘Canadian Prepper’ channel. (887k subscribers):
Putin Just Confirmed the WORST, TROOPS MOVE to Border, Ukraine EVACUATING.
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‘RealTruthTalk’ channel. (4.93k subscribers):
Scott Ritter: Ukraine/Russia Special Military Operation Update.
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‘George Galloway’ channel. (232k subscribers):
Do you want to risk the end of the world for a country you couldn’t find on the map?
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‘Emil Cosman’ channel. (37.8k subscribers):
German Leopard 2 tanks will roll into Ukraine since US has NO objections. The boss approved!
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How much money Ukraine got from the US taxpayers so far, and where is it going?
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"Only Russia can guarantee Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity." Putin declares.
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China Xi kicks US out of Saudi Arabia, signs $29 bln. worth of deals during visit. US is watching...
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‘The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong’ channel. (34k subscribers):
MEP Clare Daly DESTROYS the EU for Disastrous War in Ukraine.
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‘TeleSUR English’ channel. (192k subscribers):
Russia rejects Western price cap and may cut oil production.
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‘Tech revolution’ channel. (53.7k subscribers):
Putin JUST REVEALED His MASSIVE Counter-Strike Plan That SHOCKED The Entire U.S And Europe.
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‘Li Jingjing 李菁菁’ channel. (30.7k subscribers):
Why Arab world pivots to China | An Iraqi view with Hussein Askary.
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‘Redacted’ channel (1.48 million subscribers):
This shows CORRUPTION at the highest level as new Twitter files drop | Redacted News.
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‘The Dive with Jackson Hinkle’ (198k subscribers):
Turkey EMBARRASSED NATO Idiots.
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Viktor Orban DESTROYS Ursula & EU.
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'ShanghaiEye魔都眼' channel. (112k subscribers):
Orban on why Hungary vetoes EU funding Ukraine by debt in a previous interview before bloc summit.
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China Telecom, banned by US, working to upgrade Chineses smart farming with 5G facilities.
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‘George Galloway’ channel. (232k subscribers):
Germany in Crisis?
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‘George Galloway’s ‘Mother of all talk Shows’. (232k subscribers):
BANNED: MOATS Ep 194 with George Galloway.
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‘Garland Nixon’ channel. (37.4k subscribers)
GARLAND NIXON SUSPENDED FROM FACEBOOK.
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‘The Dive with Jackson Hinkle’ (198k subscribers):
Elon banned me...
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Ukraine RETREATS From Marinka, Zelensky Named "Person Of The Year".
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‘Through the eyes of’ channel. (64.2k subscribers):
THEFT CRIMES INCREASED BY 60%. MORAWIECKI ABOUT COAL.CHILDREN AGED 6 MONTHS TO 4 YEARS TO GET "IT".
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‘Redacted’ channel (1.48 million subscribers):
This is even WORSE than we thought, and we are on to them | Redacted News with Clayton Morris.
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‘Chris Hedges Fanclub’ channel. (53.8k subscribers):
Richard D. Wolff | STUNNING INEQUALITY.
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‘Tara Reade’ channel. (1.96k subscribers):
Tas Brooker: Corruption Returns Full Circle Worldwide | a Tara Reade clip.
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‘TFI Grenada’ channel. (5.57k subscribers):
Grenada welcomes Russians openheartedly.
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Upcoming:
Scott Ritter Extra Ep. 28: Ask the Inspector.
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Article from Russia Today (RT) - 8th December 2022:
Kiev mayor warns of ‘apocalyptic’ winter.
Be prepared to evacuate but don’t panic, Vitaly Klitschko tells citizens of Ukraine’s capital.
Continued Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid may bring about an “apocalyptic” scenario in Kiev, mayor Vitaly Klitschko told Reuters on Wednesday, but insisted that the authorities were doing everything they could and there was no need for residents to leave the city just yet.
“Kiev might lose power, water, and heat supply. The apocalypse might happen, like in Hollywood films, when it’s not possible to live in homes considering the low temperature,” Klitschko said. “But we are fighting and doing everything we can to make sure that this does not happen.”
The former boxer admitted that “nearly 500” heating points set up by the government are “nothing” in a city of over three million. Residents should prepare emergency supplies of food and water and have clothes and documents ready to depart quickly if central heating is shut off, he added.
“If electricity supply continues to be absent while outside temperatures remain low, we will unfortunately be forced to drain water from buildings,” Klitschko said. “Otherwise the water can freeze and break the entire water supply network, and buildings will then be totally unfit for further use.”
He also said there was no need to evacuate at the moment, since the city only had a 20% power deficit.
Meanwhile, a US-based NGO coordinating humanitarian aid in Kiev told Newsweek that Ukraine’s entire power grid could “collapse within weeks” if the attacks continued. Power could be off for “potentially weeks,” said Michael Young of Mercy Corps, making major cities “almost unlivable over the next four months.”
Russia began targeting Ukraine’s energy grid in October, “as a reaction to Kiev’s provocative attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure, including the Crimean Bridge and energy facilities,” in the words of President Vladimir Putin.
The defense ministry in Moscow said the strikes were intended to degrade the ability of Kiev to transport troops, as well as weapons and equipment funneled into Ukraine by the US and its allies, to the battlefield by rail.
Article from Russia Today (RT) - 7th December 2022 : Kiev mayor warns of ‘apocalyptic’ winter
MAPPING CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
LATEST UPDATE FROM DIMA OF THE MILITARY SUMMARY CHANNEL (75.8k subscribers):
Ukraine. Military Summary And Analysis 08.12.2022.
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LATEST UPDATE FROM THE 'DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA' MAPPING CHANNEL (50.3k subscribers):
[ Ukraine SITREP ] Day 287 (7/12): Yakovlivka on verge of capture by Russian forces; Putin updates.
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LATEST UPDATE BY ‘NEW WORLD ECONOMICS’ (27.8k subscribers):
No update posted so far today.
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LATEST UPDATE BY THETI MAPPING (14.7k subscribers):
Russia-Ukraine War: Russia Takes Yakovlivka, Crosses Donets Canal.
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LATEST UPDATE BY ‘BALKAN MAPPING’ (134k subscribers):
Ukraine [8 Dec 2022] 'Today'.
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LATEST UPDATE BY THE ‘MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS NETWORK’ (55.6k subscribers):
No update posted so far today.
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LATEST UPDATE BY ‘NEW WORLD ECONOMICS’ (27.3k subscribers):
No update posted so far today.
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LATEST UPDATE FROM ‘RYBAR’ VIA ‘Itapirkanmaa2’ channel. (24.6k subscribers):
No update posted so far today.
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LATEST UPDATE FROM ‘WAR IN UKRAINE’ (35.5k subscribers):
Ukraine: military situation with maps Dec 7, 2022.
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LATEST UPDATE FROM ‘M MAPPING’ (4.4k subscribers):
No update posted so far today.
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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.