RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 09.11.2022
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.
Please note: We are now on the North American continent rather than the European. Updates will occur at different times than previously. This will remain the case for the next six days or so.
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Lead feature:
Latest updates on events within Ukraine and their knock-on effects on the western world, by Alexander Mercouris of ‘The Duran’:
Russia Vuhledar Advance, Denies Losses in Pavlovka, Takes Donetsk Airport; Rumours of US Diplomacy.
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Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris of ‘The Duran’ discuss geopolitical events of the day:
UK's Ukraine bet creates 50 billion pound fiscal hole.
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Latest update from Alex Christoforou of ‘The Duran’ on the geopolitical events of the previous 24 hours:
Midterm escalation. Elensky wants G20 win. Pirates hit China & Kolomoysky. Penn gives up Oscar. U/1
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Surovikin to Shoigu, pull out of Kherson right bank. Athens protests. $15K Twitter blue check. U/2
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Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris of ‘The Duran’ discuss geopolitical events of the day:
Europe's energy crisis deepens.
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Latest update from Brian Berletic of ‘The New Atlas’:
Russian Kherson Withdrawal: Trap? Or Necessary Chess Move?
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Commentary clip from Colonel Douglas Macgregor:
Even haters like Putin - Douglas Macgregor.
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Recent editions of ‘REDACTED’, a show that in recent months has garnered an impressive 1.4 million subscribers:
Russia foils a terrorist attack in Kherson as Putin withdraws troops | Redacted with Clayton Morris.
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You won't BELIEVE how many wars the U.S. has currently created | Redacted with Clayton Morris.
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This is PROOF that this war is a Hollywood production | Redacted with Natali and Clayton Morris.
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Oh SH*T, this is REALLY happening, they think you won't notice | Redacted with Clayton Morris.
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U.S. Tour of Duty channel with Scott Ritter:
Scott Ritter Two-Minute Topic: Back Channel Diplomacy.
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Scott Ritter Two-Minute Topic: Back Channel Diplomacy.
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Commentary clip from Scott Ritter:
US troops on the ground in Ukraine.
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Gonzalo Lira, based in Kharkov, Ukraine hosts a debate on current issues including Russia’s tactical retreat from Kherson City:
The Roundtable #34: The Kherson Withdrawal, with Brian Berletic, Andrei Martyanov.
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Latest video from the popular BORZZIKMAN channel (115k subscribers):
NATO is in a Panic! Russian EW system PALANTIN has started to disable Drones & Radio Communications.
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Latest edition of the ‘Scott Ritter Show’:
⚡Mid-Terms 2022 | Ukraine fears election impact | Surovikin's Kherson plan | Scott Ritter Show.
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Garland Nixon talks with Scott Ritter on the conflict in Ukraine;
WARRIOR UPDATE WITH SCOTT RITTER - Episode 9 - Kherson Flop/Negotiations? (Rokfin Exclusive).
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Latest updates from Firstpost international news channel:
India's G20 Presidency Explained - Most Important Event During PM Modi's Tenure? | G20 India |.
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India Pushes Russia for Weapons, Trade and Ukraine Peace | Russia Ukraine War.
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How Joe Biden Weakened US Position Against OPEC+ and Russia on First Day as President.
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US and Russia Talk Nuclear as War in Ukraine Rages On | Joe Biden | Russia Ukraine War.
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Jackson Hinkle and his show ‘The Dive’ have become very popular on YouTube in recent months (195k subscribers):
Italy's Inflection Point.
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ITALY Won't FIGHT RUSSIA, Will FIGHT GLOBALISM.
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woah.
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Latest commentary by Gonzalo Lira based in Kharkov, Ukraine:
2022.11.09 They Did It Again.
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George Galloway hosts a debate on the economic backdrop to the end game war now being waged between the West and Russia over Ukraine:
Is Nord Stream 2 the main real reason behind the Ukraine conflict?
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Latest edition of the Judge Napolitano show, ‘Judging Freedom’:
Why no Red Wave?
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Garland Nixon on the Midterm results in the USA:
MIDTERM REVIEW - BOTH HOUSES STILL OPEN.
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George Galloway comments upon the U.S. midterms;
There’s been a Third World election in the US. No one knows who’s won. Until they readjust reality.
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Professor Jeffrey Sachs speaking on CNN four years ago:
Sachs: We've divided the world, now paying the cost.
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Professor Jeffrey Sachs in interview four years ago talking of the view of the American political elite regarding U.S. exceptionalism and its consequences:
The End of American Exceptionalism.
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Commentary on the Ukraine conflict by Professor John J. Mearsheimer from 6 months ago:
John Mearsheimer responds to criticism of his Ukraine theory.
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Commentary on the conflict in Ukraine from Democracy Now! from four weeks ago:
Noam Chomsky & Vijay Prashad: U.S. Must Stop Undermining Negotiations with Russia to End Ukraine War.
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RUSSIA TO PULL TROOPS OUT OF FRONTLINE CITY OF KHERSON - MOD
The regional administration worked for weeks to move civilians from the area, citing Ukrainian attacks.
Russia has decided to withdraw its troops from the right bank of the Dnieper River, including the regional capital of Kherson. The Defence Ministry explained that it wants to avoid unnecessary losses among its forces and spare the lives of civilians.
While saying the decision was not easy, the commanders see little sense in keeping the troops on the right bank, the chief of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, Army General Sergey Surovikin, told Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu on Wednesday. The general pointed to continued Ukrainian attacks on the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam on the Dnieper River, arguing that it could mean the total isolation of Russian troops in Kherson.
“If the Kiev regime … launches an even more devastating attack on the Kakhovskaya dam, a flow of water could arise that would flood large areas, causing significant civilian casualties,” Surovikin added. This, according to the commander, “would create further threats for civilians and risk total isolation of our force grouping on the right bank of the Dnieper.”
A pullout would help avoid the worst-case scenario and also keep the combat effectiveness of the force grouping in the area, Surovikin said.
This is a very difficult decision. Yet, we would be able to preserve the most important thing: the lives of our soldiers.
“Start the pullback of forces,” Shoigu told Surovikin in a video released by media outlets. The minister ordered the general to organise secure relocation for both soldiers and civilians.
Over the past weeks, the local authorities have launched an effort to bring as many civilians as possible to the left bank of the Dnieper, citing a threat posed by Ukrainian forces located on the opposite side. Over 115,000 people had left the city as of today, according to Surovikin.
Russia incorporated Kherson Region last month, after residents voted in a referendum to break away from Ukraine and seek accession to Russia. Kiev rejected the vote as a “sham” and pledged to use military force to recapture all territories it considers to be under its sovereignty.
Ukraine has been waging a counter-offensive over the past two months, forcing Russian troops to fall back in some places. Earlier this week, Ukrainian troops launched several attacks, making an attempt in the east of Kharkov Region, in the northwestern part of the Lugansk People’s Republic, and in Kherson Region. All of the assaults were successfully repelled, the Russian military said.
According to Surovikin, Kiev’s troops suffered heavy losses, amounting to over 12,000 soldiers in October. Russian casualties were seven to eight times lower, he said. The general claimed that Russia’s troops managed to “stabilise” the situation on the frontlines, including with the help of those mobilised since late September.
MAPPING CHANNELS
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LATEST UPDATE FROM DIMA OF THE MILITARY SUMMARY CHANNEL:
Ukraine. Military Summary And Analysis 09.11.2022.
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LATEST UPDATES FROM THE 'DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA' MAPPING CHANNEL:
No update posted so far today.
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LATEST UPDATE BY THETI MAPPING :
No update posted so far today.
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LATEST UPDATE BY THE ‘MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS NETWORK’:
No update posted so far today.
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LATEST UPDATE BY ‘NEW WORLD ECONOMICS’:
BREAKING | RUSSIANS ORDERED TO ABANDON KHERSON | UKRAINIAN BREAKTHROUGH AT SNIHURIVKA.
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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.
