RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 16.09.2023
RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 16.09.2023
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.
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*** EACH DAY BRINGS INEVITABLE RUSSIAN VICTORY CLOSER ***
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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
Putin Mocks, Rejects Blinken on Negotiations, US Snubs Zelensky over ATACMS; 300K Men Join Rus Army.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU of THE DURAN
Annalena, Xi dictator. Orban, EU grain deal lie. US 100K ammo/month. Obama wants to help Libya. U/1
THE DURAN
US efforts to strangle China & reassert hegemony - Jeffrey Sachs, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen.
RUSSIAN NEWS
Putin and Lukashenko answered questions about Ukraine.
REDACTED
Germany just told Ukraine to F*CK off, along with 3 other E.U. countries.
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO - LARRY JOHNSON (EX-CIA) - RAY MCGOVERN (EX-CIA)
More US Intel Errors - Intel Roundtable w/Larry Johnson & Ray McGovern.
DANNY HAIPHONG
Ukraine is CRUMBLING as NATO Warns Zelensky of Corruption, Mounting Losses.
SCOTT RITTER
Answers Questions On Ukraine/Russia & More.
COLONEL DOUGLAS MACGREGOR
Focusing on Long-range Strikes.
ANDREY MARTYANOV
Dementia and Hypersonic Weapons.
EMIL COSMAN
Watch infantile schoolgirl German FM Baerbock label Xi "a dictator." A 7th grader speaking nonsense.
Zelensky blocked by Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, cries for impotent EU's help. Receives NONE.
NATO troops one step away from entering Ukraine. Al Capone will unleash its little obedient dogs.
Ukrainian commander says "He'd be dead if he fought exactly how the US and its allies taught him."
China succeeds where US failed. China "conquers" Afghanistan without war, uses brains and patience.
Ignorant former US Senator reveals the idiotic US democratic system.
HINDUSTAN TIMES
Russian Military Shares Dramatic Footage Of Attack On Ukrainian Tank With Lancet Munitions | Watch:
Hungary Revolts Against EU, Vows To Unilaterally Ban Ukrainian Grain; 'Spineless U.S. Controlled...'
Kim's Mysterious Plan Behind Ties With Putin; Why Russia-North Korea Summit Matters | Explained.
RADIO INTERNATIONAL BELARUS - Международное радио "Беларусь".
Poland once again issues ultimatums to its European neighbors. (With subtitles in English.)
Zelensky going to polls again in 2024. (With subtitles in English.)
BORZZIKMAN
NATO and AFU only have 30 Days Left To Turn The Tide Of The WAR. Time Is Working Against KIEV.
TFIGlobal
Record volume of Russian energy reaches Europe.
ANDREI JIKH
A New World Order Is Coming | BRICS Currency Explained.
DUE DISSIDENCE
Media LASHES OUT at Elon Musk for NOT Escalating Ukraine War.
RICHARD MEDHURST
The Real Reason the West Wants to Destroy Syria.
JAKOB DE JONGE - PASCAL LOTTAZ
Why Japan Is Not As Docile As Germany And The EU | Jakob de Jonge and Pascal Lottaz (2/3).
THE JIMMY DORE SHOW
War Pigs Demand Musk Be Punished Over Ukraine.
ShanghaiEye魔都眼
Putin's minister Shoigu shows Kim Russia's hypersonic 'Kinzhal' missiles and strategic bombers.
Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American launches to and dock with International Space Station.
TELESUR ENGLISH
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro meets with António Guterres.
SINO SPHERE
U.S Lawmakers Restricted Food Exports To China And Lost Access To $2.18 Billion Market.
DEEPIN MOMENTS
Europe's biggest risk has always been the US, not China.
PAN AFRICAN TELEVISION
China Now - Episode 25 | Trade Tensions, Tech Marvels, and Geopolitical Insights.
BREAKING POINTS
Woody Harrelson RIPS US Imperialism During Ukraine Question.
Dr. STEVE TURLEY
Media SCRAMBLES to Fix Biden DISASTER.
STEPHEN GARDNER
Biden's SECRET AGENDA Is UNRAVELLING RAPIDLY.
FIRSTPOST
Senator Asks Biden and Trump to Step Aside.
DUE DISSIDENCE
MASK OFF Moment: Millionaire Wants MORE Unemployment.
LENA PETROVA
🔴 Inflation Is Accelerating, The Latest CPI Data Proves.
CCTV VIDEO NEWS REPORT
Chinese Premier Meets Visiting Zambian President.
LINE FLUX
China Cancels $250 Billion Car Order from USA.
TECH REVOLUTION
Europe's Crisis Just Took A Dramatic Turn | Australian Strikes Worsen EU Gas Catastrophe.
ASIAN QUICKTAKE
CIRCUMVENT THE DOLLAR. Japan & Iran Plan To Use Digital Currencies For Energy Trade.
THE NEW AFRICA CHANNEL
Nepotism Alarm in Zimbabwe As Emmerson Mnangagwa Appoints Son And Nephew to Cabinet.
BREAKTHROUGH NEWS
Maduro-Xi Meeting: How China and Venezuela are Changing the World.
VANESSA BEELEY
Kevork Almassian guest appearance to talk about the future of Armenia.
ALEXANDRE GUERREIRO
Surovikin regressa e a Ucrâna ataca virtualmente a Crimeia.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
MICHAEL BRENNER
Partnership beyond Alliance - Neocons Agenda.
Article published by Russia Today (RT) - 16th September 2023:
Reasons for Ukraine’s counteroffensive setbacks explained by FT.
Ukrainian troops consider Western training ineffective and too short, the Financial Times has said.
The training of Ukrainian troops by the US and its allies in Europe did not properly prepare Kiev’s forces for what they faced during the summer counteroffensive against Moscow’s troops, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing Western military analysts and Ukrainian soldiers.
So far, the Ukrainian military has “not achieved the desired decisive breakthrough,” FT reported, adding that some Western officials believe that Kiev has failed to use the opportunities offered by massive Western military aid at a time of “possibly peak political support.”
According to the paper, some US officials have privately complained that Ukrainian troops “failed during training to master modern operations that combine mechanized infantry, artillery and air defense.”
Ukraine’s losses early into the offensive were “unsustainable,” FT reported, adding that they amounted to “nearly a fifth of the NATO kit provided for the counteroffensive” in late May and early June alone. Such setbacks forced Kiev to change tactics and go back to an “attritional approach.”
The Ukrainian forces found it “impossible” to follow a NATO doctrine of combined arms warfare that involves coordinated actions by infantry, armor, artillery, and air defense, the paper said, adding that Kiev’s military still struggles to run operations “above the level of company (200 men) or even platoon (20-50).”
According to analysts interviewed by FT, the Western training of Ukrainian troops proved to be “too short” and was also poorly adapted to the real battle conditions the Ukrainian soldiers had to face while fighting Russians.
One Ukrainian Special Forces unit commander complained that if he had followed the “bad advice” he’d received from Western trainers, he would “be dead.”
“A poor understanding of how Ukraine’s military fights, and of the operating environment writ large, may be leading to false expectations, misplaced advice and unfair criticism in Western official circles,” military analysts Michael Kofman and Rob Lee said in a report on the issue published in early September.
US officials, in turn, have questioned Kiev’s decision to spend its more experienced troops on what they called a “futile defense” of the Donbass city of Bakhmut, which was captured by Russian forces in May 2023 following a months-long battle.
Russian forces, meanwhile, continue to “learn from their foes” and adapt their tactics, analysts said. In addition, Moscow’s forces still have the edge when it comes to drone warfare, as Russian Lancet-3 kamikaze drones are capable of autonomously tracking their targets and becoming a “particular menace” that Kiev can’t match.
Under the current circumstances, Ukraine’s success will be “slow-going at best” and it will continue to depend on Western allies “increasing production of ammunition and other equipment to sustain an attritional war.”
Reasons for Ukraine’s counteroffensive setbacks explained by FT.
MAPPING/ANALYSIS CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
MILITARY SUMMARY CHANNEL
The Fall | Ukrainian Elite Units Suffered CRITICAL Losses. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.09.16
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DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA UPDATE
[ DECLASSIFIED ] NOVOPROKOPIVKA, ANDRIIVKA, KLISHCHIIVKA, OPTYNE - Ukraine SITREP D568-569.
MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS UPDATE
Battlefield Ukraine The Coming Mega War.
HS MAPPING UPDATE
Russian And Ukrainian Advance In Klischiivka l Who Controls Avdiivka?
RYBAR UPDATE
No update posted so far today
THETI MAPPING UPDATE
WAR UPDATE: Ukraine EVACUATES 31 Settlements On Kherson Front.
WEEB UNION UPDATE
Heavy MLRS Bombardment | Mariinka's Final Days | Ukraine Gains Tactical Advantage South Of Bakhmut.
Utter Destruction As Ukrainian Forces Attempt To Advance South Of Bakhmut.
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.
“WASHINGTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!”
How do North America’s political elites feel they are perceived across our world where they are involved in an attempt to coerce us all into being their mirror image? As shining white knights on proud stallions who are fearlessly coming to the rescue of metaphorical maidens in danger? Stalwart guardians of all that is decent and praiseworthy ever holding aloft the holy flags of freedom and democracy, selfless warriors giving their all so that others can be free?
Or… behind all the rhetorical flourishes that signify the spotless sanctity of all the above are they in reality quite cynical about the reception they are accorded and see through all the false smiles and glad-handing to the far grungier fact that though they may be seen as useful when bestowing patronage and a leg up to their favourites when it comes to winning elections, they are in fact despised as incorrigible self-seekers? The reality is much more likely to be the latter… but do they care? As long as what they do guarantees that American interests are enhanced, probably not.
Under the flags held aloft signifying all things wondrous and inherently attractive that display what they bear as gifts, the fact of hard-bargaining to win the fruits of the bribes offered lurks always. The quid pro quo for the largesse offered by way of influence-peddling or the covert nobbling of inconvenient opponents or even perhaps the odd assassination is always the furtherance of American national interests. Neither party is naive, nor anything approaching wet behind the ears novices at this game. All the political niceties regarding the totem buzzwords, ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’ are dispensed with as hard bargaining begins. All the theatre for the cameras is left far, far behind, especially when a chosen despot who may further American foreign policy is concerned.
So how are they seen, these Secretaries of State who come mincing in all smiles while the cameras roll and then instantly switch such fakery off when the gloves come off? For what they are without doubt, soulless automatons for a ruthless but extremely powerful state there to provide influence and finance in exchange for a certain prostituting of national values and populations. Slit-eyed negotiators out for all they can get and to give as little as possible by return, always looking for the possible need for the ‘jackals’ to come in and twist a few arms if some leader is not quite cooperative enough.
This game has been played for so long now that it appeared to be almost the only one in town. The almighty USA and its emissaries held the whip hand and those who were dependent on their largesse and ability to destroy inconvenient political opponents were seen as a necessary evil if you wanted to take power in a nation with the least resistance possible. That dirty game however has suddenly come under threat and all evidence points to it being spoiled. An equally powerful player, and some may say an even MORE powerful player has entered the fray. That player is China and to a lesser but increasing degree, Russia can be said to be waiting in the wings also.
Going, and in some cases already gone, are the easy pickings for U.S. state figures roaming the world seeking to bribe, threaten, corrupt and cajole others to side with them or if not then to ruin the political chances of those who “mistakenly” believe their loyalties lie with their own populations. Are we to believe the fancy words spoken at press conferences afterwards? More merit is surely to be found in believing in the Tooth Fairy or Santa Claus. The ego-massaging and fanciful phrases about the upholding of western liberal values and so forth is so much hogwash lapped up by a media not known for overestimating the sheeple who rely on them for their “facts”.
Thankfully these cynical theatrics are now about to dwindle and fade from view. Some honest relationships are now being formed where such horsetrading for influence within a Mafia-like ambience will be consigned to a desperately few locations for a disgraced USA whose methodologies have been fully exposed to the light of day by contrast with the new openness to come. A nation that has for too long abused and sullied relationships around the world through its criminal and semi-criminal interactions is about to be shamed, never to show its ugly face again.
