RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 18.12.2022
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.
*** WHO IS WINNING AND WHO LOSING IN UKRAINE? ***
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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’. (188k subscribers):
Russia Captures Marinka, Ukraine Digs Trenches Bakhmut, Kissinger Admits & Warns Against Neocon Plan.
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Latest update from Alex Christoforou of ‘The Duran’ on the geopolitical events of the previous 24 hours (151k subscribers):
Kissinger, peace plan Ukraine in Nato. Olaf, peace with different Russia. Elensky, Putin duel. U/1
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‘The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong’ (35.2k subscribers):
Scott Ritter: Time is RUNNING OUT for Ukraine and Poland False Flag Shows It.
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‘Douglas Macgregor’ (52.1k subscribers):
Ukraine is about to be annihilated.
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‘RealTruthTalk’ (4.95k subscribers):
Col Douglas Macgregor: Ukraine/Russia Special Military Operation Update.
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‘The Duran’ (319k subscribers):
Losing the peace after the Cold War w/Jack Matlock, Alexander Mercouris and Glenn Diesen.
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‘U.S. Tour of Duty’ (19.7k subscribers):
Scott Ritter Two-Minute Topic: Patriot Missile Pretense.
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Scott Ritter Two-Minute Topic: Merkel's Duplicity.
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Scott Ritter Two-Minute Topic: Future of Arms Control.
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‘Garland Nixon’ (37.6k subscribers):
RUSSIA SAYS - DIALOGUE IS OUT OF THE QUESTION!
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‘Alexandre Guerreiro’ (5.89k subscribers):
A talk with Igor Yushkov (Russian International Affairs Council) - Subtitles (Eng, Port, Russian).
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‘Itapirkanmaa2’ (24.6k subscribers):
A BMP waltz.
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Russian Military gear to "Carmina Burana".
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Ukrainian IFVs going haywire.
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‘Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor’ (17k subscribers):
Massive Offensives by the Russians to Terminate Ukraine.
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'George Galloway' (235k subscribers):
MURDER MOST FOUL: MOATS Ep 197 with George Galloway.
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‘Hindustan Times’ (5.02 million subscribers):
Putin deploys powerful ‘Penicillin’ to wipe out Ukraine military positions | Details:
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Russia's Su-25 'frogfoot' & Gvozdika howitzer flatten Ukraine military positions I Watch:
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Putin plans new Ukraine strategy with Russian commanders | Emergency in Kyiv after 74 missiles hit.
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Ukraine’s ‘grenade launcher gift’ explodes in Poland top cop’s office; Zelensky in trouble?
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Putin's men destroy Zelensky's 'Spoon Rest' | High-stakes battle for Ukraine's industrial heartland.
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‘Firstpost’ (173k subscribers):
Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE and More: Countries Want India’s Rupee to Replace US Dollar for Trade.
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Crisis-hit Europe Turns to ‘Dirty’ Coal For Electricity | Germany Leads the Pack | Energy Crisis.
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'Redacted' (1.52 million subscribers):
Putin just dropped a BOMBSHELL on next steps in Ukraine War | Redacted with Clayton Morris.
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‘Info Defense’ (38 subscribers):
Sanctions haven't hurt Russia? Western media lies about food shortages in Russia?
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Ukrainian soldier exposes widespread corruption in Ukrainian army?
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'Chavez News' (140 subscribers):
People took to the streets of Paris, demanding a revision of policy towards NATO and Russia.
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'iAFRICAN' (27 subsribers):
🇷🇺 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 🇺🇦Bakhmut.
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A demonstration of Zelensky democracy in Ukraine 🔥
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◾A Ukrainian POW tells how squadron was annihilated in the Lyman direction.
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'Sean Foo' (63.8 subscribers):
China’s De-Dollarization Strategy - They Want A Global Dollar Dump.
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‘Through the eyes of’ (68.2k subscribers):
MEET MY TOUR GUIDE IN MOSCOW; ABOUT TOURISM IN RUSSIA; VISIT AT THE CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE SAVIOUR.
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HOW DID I TRAVEL TO RUSSIA ( VISA; RUBBLES ETC...). ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS.
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'BORZZIKMAN' (117k subscribers):
Russian Strategic Missile System ''YARS'' began to Knock Some Sense into Pentagon and NATO.
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'FINANCE MAIL' (17.2k subscribers):
Scott Ritter: Intensive Propaganda War.
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‘The Real News Network’ (627k subscribers):
Scott Ritter: Ukraine cannot win this war. It's a 'fantasy.'
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Article from Russia Today (RT) - 18th December 2022:
West should never quit talks with Russia – Scholz.
Putting an end to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine would be much harder without a dialogue with Moscow, the German chancellor warns.
The Western nations should never walk out of talks with Moscow, regardless of how big the "differences" between the two sides are, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Germany’s SZ newspaper in an interview published on Friday. Dropping out of any talks with Moscow would only make the task of ending the ongoing conflict in Ukraine harder, the chancellor believes.
"What is important is that, despite major differences in [our] positions, we do not let the thread of talks with Russia be broken," Scholz said, adding that "if we do not talk, Russia would be even less likely to end the war."
The chancellor still blames Moscow for its ongoing conflict with Kiev and maintains it is Russia that should be proactive in halting military action. Yet, the chancellor also advocates a negotiated solution rather than a military one. "For this, it will be necessary to talk," he told SZ.
When asked about when there could be a "window for negotiations," Scholz said that "the time has actually long since come." The chancellor also expressed his hope that "once this war is over and we are dealing with a different Russia … capable of making peace, we may be able to live together again." He did not elaborate on what he meant by "a different Russia."
Scholz also and once again outlined Berlin’s position on arms deliveries to Ukraine, saying that Germany would send "modern weapons" to Kiev but would also seek to prevent a "direct confrontation between NATO and Russia" and would not take any steps in the field of military aid alone.
The German chancellor has repeatedly called for continued dialogue with Moscow, arguing that it was the only viable option for ending the fighting in Ukraine. Earlier in December, he defended his decision to "keep talking" to Russian President Vladimir Putin by saying he wants to live to see the moment when it would be possible "to get out of this situation."
Scholz and Putin talked by phone on December 2. According to the Kremlin, the two discussed "different aspects of the situation in Ukraine." Scholz then said he "condemned the Russian airstrikes" against what he called "civilian infrastructure in Ukraine." In the Saturday interview with SZ, he also referred to these airstrikes as a "clear violation of international law."
Russian forces have been targeting some of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure facilities since October. The Russian Defense Ministry believes these to be crucial for Kiev’s military capability.
MAPPING CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
LATEST UPDATE FROM DIMA OF THE MILITARY SUMMARY CHANNEL (76.2k subscribers):
Ukraine. Military Summary And Analysis 18.12.2022.
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LATEST UPDATE FROM THE 'DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA' MAPPING CHANNEL (50.7k subscribers):
[ Ukraine SITREP ] Day 297 (17/12) Summary: Russia destroyed 4 x S300 radars by duping them w Decoys.
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LATEST UPDATE BY ‘NEW WORLD ECONOMICS’ (27.9k subscribers):
No update posted so far today.
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LATEST UPDATE BY THETI MAPPING (14.7k subscribers):
No update posted so far today.
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LATEST UPDATE BY ‘BALKAN MAPPING’ (134k subscribers):
Ukraine [18 Dec 2022] 'Today'.
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LATEST UPDATE BY THE ‘MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS NETWORK’ (55.7k 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 ‘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.
UPDATES TO BE ADDED HERE AS AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
