RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 11.06.2023
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.
Please note: We will be in various locations in Azerbaijan for the next three days. This will result in variations to the timing of updates and quite possibly their total absence on some days. Our apologies for this alteration to our daily updates.
*** HOW MUCH MORE TOTAL DEFEAT CAN UKRAINE STAND? ***
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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
Ukr Offensive Standstill, Rains Clog Attacks; Pentagon "Freaking Out" over Possible Defeat by China.
THE DURAN
US and Iran, tanker wars.
AfD rises to match SPD in latest polls. Green collapse.
Saudi Arabia oil production cut.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU
Poland, Nord Stream and Budanov. Trudeau gifts stolen Antonov. Elensky, if you see and feel it. U/1
PRESIDENT PUTIN TALKS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE UKRAINIAN REGIME'S CURRENT OFFENSIVE
LEVAN GUDADZE
Ukrainian counteroffensive, Zaporozhye NPP's Safety, Scholz wants to talk to Putin, Manchester city.
ShanghaiEye魔都眼
Ukraine crisis: Russia repels 'unsuccessful' counteroffensive; Zelensky receives Trudeau in Kyiv.
THE HILL
Tucker Carlson SLAMS Zelensky On Kakhovka Dam 'LIES', 'Grateful' To Debut NEW SHOW on Twitter.
SCOTT RITTER
US Military is NOT PREPARED For What Is Coming | Scott Ritter Exclusive Interview.
GLENN DIESEN
Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam - interview with Glenn Diesen.
DANNY HAIPHONG
EXPLOSIVE INTERVIEW with Chen Weihua on Ukraine, Taiwan, and the Rise of China.
iEARLGREY
PROOF Storm Shadow Missiles Fired at the CIVILIANS of Lugansk!
JACKSON HINKLE
Russia CONQUERS $12.4 TRILLION In Ukrainian Assets.
Ukraine SACRIFICES THOUSANDS In Counteroffensive DISASTER.
Ukraine Faces HUGE LOSSES In FAILED Counteroffensives On Zaporozhye, Orekhov, Lobkovoe & Bakhmut.
EMIL COSMAN
"Washington banned Kiev from signing truce with Moscow." Russian security chief states.
Scholz wants to call Putin to convince him to "lose." Scholz lacks authority or delegated power.
Why these 2 idiots meet? Trudeau visits Zelensky while 100,000 Canadians displaced by wildfires.
Zelensky finally confirms: "counteroffensive taking place."
This is how U.S. gov promotes unfair competition and pushes global warming agenda: tax credits.
MUDROGUE
Ukraine Offensive & More (Organ Harvesting, Dam Terrorism).
SCOTT RITTER
Answers Questions On Ukraine/Russia & More.
Скотт Риттер о вводе Американских войск на Украину.
Scott Ritter on sending US troops to Ukraine.
Scott Ritter on RFK.
HistoryLegends
Ukrainian Armoured Columns Got SMASHED and AMBUSHED.
KEEP IT SECRET NEWS
Ukrainian Counteroffensive Going Well. /sarcasm
An American Humvee runs over a mine.
HINDUSTAN TIMES
Russia Blows Up Six Ukrainian Vessels in Black Sea; Ukraine's Second Failed Attack In Black Sea.
Putin's Military Blitz In Ukraine | U.S. Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Up In Flames.
'Putin Moved Into...': Imran Khan Trains Guns At U.S. And Biden Admin | Details:
Russian Forces Crush Zelensky's Soldiers in Donetsk; Ukrainian strongholds pounded, Attacks Foiled.
Putin's 'Leopard' Pledge Becomes Reality; Russia Bombs German Tanks in Zaporizhzhia | Watch:
Russian Blitz 'Haunts' Biden; Huge Delay in New U.S. Arms Aid Announced For Ukraine | Key Details:
Russia Pledges to Punish Zelensky as Ukraine Uses British Missile to Attack Kherson Shelter Home.
Zelensky digging his own grave? Russia Thwarts Attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
Ukraine's Counteroffensive a Flop Show? Dramatic Video of Russia Destroying Kyiv's Tank Unit | Watch:
JACKSON HINKLE
Pentagon DEFLECTS Kakhovka Dam Ukraine Allegation.
PROFESSOR JOHN J MEARSHEIMER
The DANGEROUS Situation We're In...
THROUGH THE EYES OF… ANIA
IF POLAND GOES IN IT WOULD MEAN A FULL SCALE WAR.
DUE DISSIDENCE
Jamaal Bowman STUMPED by BASIC Ukraine Questions.
SEYMOUR HERSH
Biden in Panic: Here's What I Know That He Doesn't Want Us to Know.
SEAN FOO
Europe Crashes Into Recession - Is America Next?
ASIAN QUICKTAKE
The Debt Avalanche! Trillion-Dollar US Debt Crisis Looms, What's Next for America's Finances?
BREAKING POINTS
61% Americans Fear Poverty More Than Death.
KATIE HALPER - DANNY HAIPHONG - ROGER WATERS
Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Slams “Idiot Journalists” Smearing Him.
AFRICAN DIASPORA NEWS CHANNEL
Greek Ex Minister Shuts Down U.S Journalist Over Fake Concern For Africa.
Western Multinationals Are Exploiting Africans & Resources While Being Protected By The West.
CGTN
Honduras opens embassy in China.
KIM IVERSEN
Americans Suing Pompeo and CIA for Spying on Them.
JACKSON HINKLE
The American empire is crumbling…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
PROFESSOR JOHN J MEARSHEIMER: WHERE IS THE UKRAINE WAR GOING?
Article published by Russia Today (RT) - 11th June 2023:
Destruction of Western-supplied armor filmed from Ukrainian vehicle (VIDEO).
The footage was purportedly shot by a camera on a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle during a battle in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region.
A video emerged online on Saturday, allegedly showing a battle in which an advancing Ukrainian armoured convoy, featuring German-made Leopard 2A6 tanks and US-supplied Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, was caught in a minefield and destroyed by Russian forces.
The clip, which first appeared in the Ukrainian media, was apparently shot in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region by a camera on one of the Bradleys involved in the clash, which is said to have taken place near the village of Malaya Tokmachka on Wednesday.
The video shows the US-supplied infantry fighting vehicle repeatedly firing in the direction of the nearby woods.
Two more armoured vehicles in the picture appear to be abandoned, while another Bradley explodes as it passes by, after apparently hitting a mine.
The rest of the clip shows attempts by the surviving Ukrainian soldiers to evacuate under Russian fire, while trying to create a smoke screen to cover their retreat.
VIDEO: American Bradley Gets Hit by RPG in Ukraine War.
Aerial footage from the same battle was earlier posted by the Russian Defence Ministry and military bloggers. The clips captured several Ukrainian Leopard 2A6 tanks and Bradley vehicles being destroyed or abandoned.
The images are considered to be the first solid proof of Western armour, provided to Kiev by the West for its counteroffensive, being eliminated by the Russian military.
READ MORE: VIDEO shows American-made Bradleys and German-made Leopard tanks destroyed by Russia
According to the The New York Times, which verified the authenticity of the Russian videos, Ukraine lost at least three Leopard 2 tanks and eight Bradley fighting vehicles in that battle.
MAPPING/ANALYSIS CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
MILITARY SUMMARY UPDATE
Russian Spring | Ukrainian-NATO Forces Are Advancing. Black Sea Battle. Military Summary 2023.06.11
Russian Spring | Ukrainian-NATO Forces Are Advancing. Black Sea Battle. Military Summary 2023.06.11
Ukraine Has Achieved A Small Operational Breakthrough. Military Summary And Analysis For 2023.06.11
NWE WAR REPORTS UPDATE
No update posted so far today
DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA UPDATE
[ Bakhmut Front ] RUSSIA RETAKES CHOKE POINT AT BERKHIVSKE RESERVOIR; Ukr immediately counterattack.
DPA WAR UPDATE
No update posted so far today
THETI MAPPING UPDATE
WAR UPDATE: Russia RETAKE Lobkove, Ukraine's Attacks Stall.
BALKAN MAPPING UPDATE
Zaporizhia front update [11 June 2023].
THE RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE UPDATE
No update posted so far today
PROJECT GREAT UPDATE
No update posted so far today
MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS UPDATE
No update posted so far today
RYBAR UPDATE
No update posted so far today
M MAPPING UPDATE
No update posted so far today
HS MAPPING
No update posted so far today
WEEB UNION UPDATE
First Advances.
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.
UPDATES TO BE ADDED HERE AS AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
UKRAINE INCREASINGLY RISKS DISAPPEARING AS A VIABLE STATE
Even before the start of the Ukrainian regime’s current offensive the losses in manpower and machines of Ukraine have been enormous. As Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission has admitted at the very least 100,000 Ukrainian troops have died and almost every military vehicle of importance that Ukraine had prior to February 24th 2022 has been destroyed.
After some five days of Ukraine’s offensive against Russian lines it appears that upwards of 5,000 Ukrainian troops have either died or been seriously wounded. In addition hundreds of military vehicles, including many of the most recent additions to Ukraine’s armoury have been destroyed. Russia is completely overpowering a Ukrainian army that is now mostly composed of forced conscripts and reservists.
The Ukrainians being sent now as cannon fodder to the front lines and made to advance toward Russian lines are barely trained at all. The professional forces that Russia faced in the initial stages have been taken off the battlefield killed or wounded. By comparison, Russia’s troops are highly trained, even the 300,000 extra troops that were ushered into the active forces had previously served and were given many months of refresher training to prepare them for this fight.
Russia is now steadily grinding down the now poorly trained Ukrainian army along with foreign volunteers and sheepdipped NATO troops. Young and old Ukrainians, mobilised and barely given a month's training are largely innocent victims of western powers who have been pushing for the current offensive.
Russia has launched many new military satellites in recent months which give them eyes on Ukrainian troop movements and potentially precise locations of artillery and large group movements. This is yet another factor which spells the end of all Ukrainian hopes for anything even remotely resembling a victory over Russia. This was a goal and cause that was hopeless from the start due to the vast differences in the resources each side could bring to bear.
Russia, in addition to all of the above has a powerful array of new weapons which can be used to devastating effect. Hypersonic missiles, glide bombs and a diverse range of drones. Russia is applying ever more recently developed weapons as the conflict goes on, the most recent being a remotely operated mine laying device. This appears currently to be a chief cause of major destruction being inflicted upon Ukrainian military vehicles of all kinds.
The energy production capacity of Ukraine is nearing total degradation and once complete and the ground hard enough Russia will use a 500,000 strong army to sweep all before it in its upcoming winter offensive.
The Ukrainian air defence system, apart from around Kiev, appears to have been rendered almost useless giving Russia virtual freedom of the skies. Even around Kiev Russia has degraded the sir defence system, recently taking out one of the hyper-expensive Patriot systems.
You have to wonder what the Ukrainians are banking on right now. Yes, they can keep throwing men forward, mostly at this point barely trained for a month, usually less. Men up to the age of 70. Women too no doubt. And what will they achieve exactly? They might hold back the highly trained Russian military with its far superior artillery power for a limited period. But that Russian military is firing six times as many shells back on a constant day in, day out basis, decimating Ukrainian troop numbers.
Once the current Ukrainian offensive ends in total failure Russia will perhaps mount her own offensive. Or, Russia may simply continue grinding down each and every Ukrainian defence lie moving forward incrementally before grinding down the next on and on until all the Russian-speaking Donbass region is taken and secured.
So, what exactly can be achieved by Ukraine in these circumstances?
Well, the USA and others can provide greater financial support and also more and better weapons. But this hasn't worked in the past. No matter which supposed 'game-changer' weaponry has been given to the Ukrainians the Russian military still grinds on and will continue to grind on. This is because Russia HAS to do so... because it sees its very nationhood is at stake.
Barack Obama said years ago that Russia has, “escalatory dominance”. Russia has an enormous capacity to wage war. Its industry is now even more geared up to destroy Ukraine than before. Russia is not going to lose this. It cannot afford to and it has all the capacity it needs to do so. Sooner or later Ukraine will crack.
Delay in negotiating a settlement will have two consequences however.
1. Even more Ukrainians will die.
2. Even more Ukrainian territory will be lost.
There is a third to add to these two. Ukraine is parcelled up into pieces, one protectorate taken by Poland, another by Hungary and a third by Romania.
These are the realities. It seems the only reason that they cannot be faced by those pushing for ever more war is that they cannot face the humiliation of defeat. But it is coming... no matter WHAT they do.
Ukraine has lost Bakhmut. There is simply no way Russia will give up on the task of taking all the other villages, towns and cities within the Donbass region. Too much hinges on this. During the battle for Bakhmut Ukrainian hospitals were receiving on average 150 casualties per day with amputations quite common. Across the battlefield it has been estimated that Ukraine is losing between 500 and 800 troops each day. This is not sustainable.
Russia is pounding Ukrainian defence positions to dust and in fact it suits the Russian military high command to do so as the object is to eliminate as much of the Ukrainian military forces as possible, to put them into a "meat grinder" as the head of Wagner has said. The primary object overall is to eliminate as much of the enemy as possible, not necessarily to take territory.
The new Russian military satellites now have virtually full oversight over the battlefield. These were increasingly put in position over the last few months and the current strikes can be seen to have relied on the new satellite data that has become available.
Ukraine stands no chance of keeping anything much in the days and weeks ahead. Another 380,000 Russian troops have arrived with the most modern of weaponry at their disposal. (300,000 from an estimated 1.3 million candidates who have seen military service at some point in the past, plus 80,000 who have volunteered to serve). Russia is readying its military for the final period of fighting that will progressively hit Ukrainian positions, logistic centres, repair shops, warehouses, arms dumps and as can be seen in recent weeks, state command and control entities.
There is no possible way Ukraine can do anything significant in response against the now expanded Russian forces... especially as its western sponsors are running extremely low on weaponry and munitions. The fact that Russia is moving into economic growth while the western nations attacking it are increasingly going into recession is yet another factor spelling defeat for both the Kiev regime and its sponsors.
Russia attempted to find a peaceful way by which the mixed marriage Russian-Ukrainian population of eastern Ukraine could retain their language, pro-Russian culture and allegiances in the face of the president and government they by majority had elected, being ousted by means of an insurrection. The people in that region of Ukraine had expected that change would come through the democratic process, not through riot, or by any other means.
The events which took place on Maidan Square in Kiev therefore shocked and horrified them and they knew with some confidence what was to come. They knew for instance that those who had taken power were those who had failed to secure their positions by democratic means. They knew also that their language, allegiances, pro-Russian culture and indeed their lives were at threat and that henceforth they and their children down the generations would never again experience the ability to reliably cast their vote and have the government they favoured be elected to power.
In effect what had occurred in Kiev was a coup, and they knew it. In addition to all of the above they had seen various members of the United States political elite appear on the square exhorting those there to continue and achieve their goal of bringing the democratically-elected president and government down. A president who had announced that elections would be brought forward to a few months hence in which the entire matter of Ukraine linking ever closer to the European Union could be decided democratically. This was not to be. Instead many were to die including around fifteen policemen. I wonder if anyone reading this can imagine what the political elites of the USA would do if such a number of police officers were killed by similar insurrections in their country?
The people in eastern Ukraine read the writing on the wall and when the new authorities in Kiev said they were going to act against the Russian language every fear they had was confirmed. Were they to accept this new government forced on them and accept to that their already hated population (called 'Moskals' by the ultra-nationalists and most of the general public in western Ukraine, i.e. Russians) was not to be further excluded from any right to a democratic vote, their language itself and that of their children, and perhaps even the right to live at all? Of course not. They took matters into their hands by largely peaceful means, took over administration functions in their regions and demanded a level of autonomy that would guarantee their future rights.
Putin, when asked by the leaders of what became self-asserting republics, to let them join the Russian Federation, refused, stating they must remain within the boundaries of Ukraine but that he would work with others to attain for them the level of autonomy within Ukraine that they required. At the time of asking Kiev had sent its military plus the most violent of the Maidan militias to the republics and they had begun bombarding their villages, towns and cities.
Putin worked with Germany, France and the Ukrainian authorities on the autonomy issue to bring peace and reconciliation to the region. The Minsk Accords were agreed and ratified in 2015 and the next seven years were spent attempting to have them implemented. Ultimately the Ukrainian authorities stated they had no further interest in them. In the interim, from 2015 to 2021 NATO and others within the West has reinforced, trained and financed the Ukrainian army plus put in place massive lines of defence bordering the two regions.
During this period also a constant bombardment of the civilian populations of the two regions was carried out by the Ukrainian military and the so-called 'Volunteer Battalions' such as the 'Azov Battalion'. There was scant, if any, reporting in the West of this latter fact.
When the Ukrainians said they were no longer interested in Minsk and the ex-president of Ukraine, Poroshenko, said it had merely been a ruse to let Ukraine re-arm Russia understood the situation. Then Zelensky, the current president talked of regaining Ukraine's nuclear status and swore to take Crimea back by force. Then, there was a sharp rise in the shelling of the republics.
Putin saw that the peaceful means he had hoped would resolve the question of the Donbass region was no longer recognised by Ukraine or its western supporters. It was for these and other reasons, such as NATO pushing for Ukraine accession to it and with Ukraine having become a de facto NATO state, with nothing at all evident that might provide a peaceful path forward to resolve the thorny questions Minsk ought to have answered that Putin took Russia into Ukraine.
The best way forward now would be for both the Ukrainian regime and its western backers to cut their losses and resign themselves to the fact that Russia has won. They need to acknowledge this fact and begin negotiations that provide Russia with everything it asked for before this all began, something that the West precipitated by refusing to acknowledge both Russia and the Russian-speaking people of the Donbass had every right to the same level of security that NATO was created to provide the nations of the collective west.
If the above is not embarked upon soon by western leaders then Ukraine may very well disappear completely as a viable state.