RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 16.01.2023
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.
*** DESPITE WESTERN RHETORIC UKRAINE IS IN BIG TROUBLE ***
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“Ukraine. What is the truth...?
Why won’t western media tell both sides…?”
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THE ATROCITY IN LUGANSK, 2 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 particularly newsworthy in the western mainstream. Below it you can watch the CNN report which contradicts the lies the Ukrainian regime were concocting at the time to escape being identified as the perpetrator.
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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’. (194k subscribers):
Russia Prepares Bakhmut Cauldron; German ex General Calls for Peace, Says West Risks Defeat, WW3.
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Latest update from Brian Berletic of ‘The New Atlas’ (205k subscribers):
As West Sends More Armor to Ukraine, Why "Turning the Tide" is still Fantasy.
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Latest update from Alex Christoforou of ‘The Duran’ on the geopolitical events of the previous 24 hours (154k subscribers):
NATO, 'WE are experiencing heavy fighting.' Russian TATTERS, oil & gas up 28%. $50K Biden rent. U/1
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‘U.S. Tour of Duty’ (22.5k subscribers):
Scott Ritter 2-Minute Topic: Major Russian Offensive Coming.
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'Sean Foo' (66.7k subscribers):
Russia’s Victory In Soledar Is A Reality Check - Financial Pain Won’t End.
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‘The Dive with Jackson Hinkle’ (208k subscribers):
WaPo: Ukrainian retreat of Bakhmut nears.
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‘FINANCE MAIL’ (26.3k subscribers):
Scott Ritter: Ukraine OUTDATED Weapons Are Major Setback. Russia Will Not Trust Minsk.
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'Itapirkanmaa2' (25k subscribers):
RYBAR Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on 14-15 Jan 2023.
iEarlGrey' (109k subscribers):
German Defense Minister RESIGNS. UK Laws To CRACKDOWN On Protests. Germany REFUSES Tornado Jets.
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Cargo Ship From Ukraine Grounded. Mayor of Dnipro Asks SBU To Check Arestovich After Dnipro Attack.
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Ukrainian Command "Incompetent and Corrupt".
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Ukraine To WITHDRAW From Bakhmut WP Reports. Claims Zelensky will LIQUIDATE Zaluzhny.
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'Opiniono' (1.21k subscribers):
CrossTalk on Ukraine | Time running out?
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'George Galloway' with Max Blumenthal. (237k subscribers):
INTERVIEW: It’s no accident secret documents were found in #JoeBiden premises. What do they reveal?
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‘U.S. Tour of Duty’ (27.4k subscribers):
Scott Ritter Extra Ep. 36: Ask the Inspector.
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‘FINANCE MAIL’ (25.9k subscribers):
Douglas Macgregor: Major Escalation By Russians. Each Missile Costs Around 6-7 Million Dollars.
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Scott Ritter: Wagner Soldiers Are Back In Russian Army. Putin Secret Army Will Lead More Pain.
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'Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor' (28.1k subscribers):
Ukraine is collapsing under the weight of Russian Offensives.
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'iEarlGrey' (109k subscribers):
Monday 16th January 2023 - LIVE
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‘Hindustan Times’ (5.09 million subscribers):
Donetsk slipping from Zelensky's hands? Putin's army gains 'success' in Bakhmut I Details:
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Putin beats West's economic blitzkrieg, Russian economy doing much 'better than expected'.
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'Firstpost' (186k subscribers):
Germany Dashes Ukraine's Hopes For Leopard 2 Tanks | Putin Confident After Soledar ‘Win’.
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‘Info Defense’ (85 subscribers):
Scott Ritter explains finding Nazis in Ukraine is being on the wrong side of the history.
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Scott Ritter explains who Ukrainian hero Stepan Bandera actually is.
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‘RealTruthTalk’ (5.58k subscribers):
Garland Nixon: Talks Ukraine & Joe Biden delusions.
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‘Douglas Macgregor Col’ (33.9k subscribers):
Douglas Macgregor - Russia Major Victory in the East.
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‘The Dive with Jackson Hinkle’ (208k subscribers):
Ukraine Weighs BAKHMUT Retreat Due To RUSSIAN Offensive.
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‘VRevolutions’ (552 subscribers):
Putin Says In Interview He Is Pleased With The "Positive Dynamic" In Ukraine: Expects More Victories.
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Russia Sets Its Eyes On Bakhmut: A Very Consequential Point In The Conflict.
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‘Schiller Institute’ (64.6k subscribers):
Why is Germany in the Grip of War-Mongers?
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‘BORZZIKMAN’ (121k subscribers):
Russia began to use its Secret Weapon in Ukraine┃U.S. satellites and AWACS aircraft were Disabled.
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‘Opiniono’ (1.2k subscribers):
Heading South? Sanjaya Baru, distinguished fellow at the United Service Institution of India.
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'NäköKulmaPulma' (280 subscribers):
Russian paratrooper about his work.
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Article from Russia Today (RT) - 16th January 2023:
Moscow provides details on latest missile strikes against Ukraine.
The most recent barrage targeted Kiev’s military command and control sites, as well as associated energy facilities, MOD has said.
The Russian Defense Ministry has said that the latest missile strikes against Ukraine on Saturday hit “all assigned targets.” Earlier, Kiev’s officials reported that the country’s power grid had been damaged in several regions on the same day.
“On January 14, 2023, a missile attack was carried out on the military command and control system of Ukraine and associated energy facilities. All assigned targets have been hit. The objectives have been reached,” the military said in its statement on Sunday.
Multiple strikes were reported by Ukrainian officials and media outlets on Saturday, with Energy Minister German Galushchenko claiming Russian missiles made it through to multiple energy infrastructure sites across the country. Ukraine’s largest private energy operator, DTEK, said that two of its thermal power stations came under attack. Footage circulating online suggests at least one of the facilities sustained heavy damage, with its main machinery hall destroyed.
A residential building was heavily damaged amid the strikes in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnepr (previously known as Dnepropetrovsk), according to videos published on social media. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that some 25 civilians were killed and 73 were injured. Kiev officials have laid the blame on Moscow, but given differing accounts about what transpired.
Moscow ramped up its strikes against Kiev’s infrastructure in early October of last year, citing repeated Ukrainian sabotage on Russian soil. The attacks followed the bombing of the Crimean Bridge, which Moscow blamed on the Ukrainian military intelligence service and its Western partners. The attack was widely celebrated by top Ukrainian officials and the country’s postal service even released a commemorative stamp hours after the blast. One road section of the bridge was severely damaged, killing three civilians. However, Ukraine denied involvement.
Russia sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, 2022, citing Kiev’s failure to implement the Minsk agreements, designed to stop the fighting in Donbass and give Donetsk and Lugansk special status within the Ukrainian state. Brokered by Germany and France, they were first signed in 2014. Former Ukrainian president Pyotr Poroshenko has since admitted that Kiev’s main goal was to use the ceasefire to buy time and “create powerful armed forces.”
Shortly before hostilities started, the Kremlin recognized the Donbass republics as independent states and demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join any Western military bloc. Last September, Donetsk and Lugansk, as well as Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions, were incorporated into Russia following referendums.
MAPPING/ANALYSIS CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
LATEST UPDATE FROM DIMA OF THE MILITARY SUMMARY CHANNEL (80.3k subscribers):
Ukraine. Military Summary And Analysis 16.01.2023.
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KEEP IT SECRET NEWS CHANNEL (1.02k subscribers):
No update posted so far today
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LATEST UPDATE FROM THE 'DPA War’ MAPPING CHANNEL (12.8k subscribers):
No update posted so far today
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LATEST UPDATE BY ‘NEW WORLD ECONOMICS’ (28.7k subscribers):
No update posted so far today
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LATEST UPDATE BY THETI MAPPING (17.1k subscribers):
No update posted so far today
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LATEST UPDATE BY ‘BALKAN MAPPING’ (134k subscribers):
Ukraine [16 Jan 2023] 'Today'.
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LATEST UPDATE BY THE ‘MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS NETWORK’ (55.8k subscribers):
No update posted so far today
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LATEST UPDATE FROM ‘RYBAR’
RYBAR Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on 14-15 Jan 2023.
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LATEST REPORT FROM VREVELATIONS: (294 subscribers):
No update posted so far today
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LATEST UPDATE FROM ‘M MAPPING’ (4.39k subscribers):
Day 326 [15 January]Russian forces captured Soledar what’s next?
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LATEST UPDATE FROM WEEB UNION WAR UPDATES (44.4k 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.
UPDATES TO BE ADDED HERE AS AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
