RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 02.05.2023
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 Türkiye (Turkey) for the next four days. This will result in variations to the timing of updates. Our apologies for this alteration to our daily updates.
*** ONE MORE DAY WITHOUT A UKRAINIAN COUNTEROFFENSIVE? ***
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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 Attack Fails; Milley Calls Zaluznhy, Kirby Bizarre Russia Losses; Sullivan Industry Hollowed Out.
THE DURAN
Kirby's crazy 'Russian casualties' claim. Poland warned not to enter conflict.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU of THE DURAN
Kirby, 100K casualties in Bakhmut. Odessa May 2. Elensky called Fox News Murdoch. Ireland 1984. U/1
SCOTT RITTER IN RUSSIA
Scott Ritter in Novosibirsk.
LEVAN GUDADZE
Tragedy of May 2, 2014 in Odessa, Victory of Russia in Bakhmut, End of Zelensky, West vs. Georgia...
BRIAN BERLETIC of THE NEW ATLAS
Russian Missile Hit Ahead Ukraine Offensive + Kiev's Obsession Over Territory Amid War of Attrition.
VANESSA BEELEY
Mariupol resists Banderite coup d'etat May 11th 2014
THE DURAN
State of decay across the UK.
DANNY HAIPHONG
Xi HUMILIATES Biden in Zelensky Call, Demands Ukraine Peace ft. The Duran.
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO - LARRY JOHNSON (EX-CIA)
Ukraine, Russia and the Intel community.
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO - RAY MCGOVERN (EX-CIA)
Is the Ukraine War a WMD-type story?
STEPHEN GARDNER - COLONEL DOUGLAS MACGREGOR
RICHARD MEDHURST
UNREAL: French News Show Openly Calls for Ethnic Cleansing of RUSSIANS.
SCOTT RITTER
Scott Ritter on Xi Jinping's Ukraine diplomacy.
SCOTT RITTER
The Ukrainian army is going to collapse.
SCOTT RITTER
Scott Ritter on global surveillance.
RUSSIAN NEWS
Putin held a meeting on the development of unmanned aircraft in Russia.
iEARLGREY
U.S. DEFAULT June 1st. Ukrainian 'Killer Kayaks' KILLED. Trans Gender Lawmaker Sues Republicans.
Ukraine BATTERED By Missile Strikes. Wagner Threatens To Abandon Bakhmut Amid Ammo Row.
TRUE INFO
Russian FM spokeswoman Zakharova on the anti - Russian policy of the EU and Borrell's statement.
Russia Harshly Warned US about the consequences of a nuclear provocation.
FIRSTPOST
Top secret: The Vatican’s Russia-Ukraine Peace Mission.
RADIO BELARUS: Международное радио "Беларусь".
Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa: China’s peaceful initiatives would get another chance.
FIRSTPOST
Ukraine’s “Hinduphobic” Cartoon on Goddess Kali Triggers Outrage.
HINDUSTAN TIMES
Russia comes out in support of Hindus; Lashes 'Nazi' Ukraine for mocking Goddess Kali | Details:
India's anger over Kali insult forces Ukraine to express 'regret' | 'Respect unique Indian culture'.
U.S. hurtling towards catastrophic debt default; Janet Yellen warns Biden | 'Running Out Of Cash'.
'India Has No Intention...': Pentagon leaks on Modi Govt, NSA Doval and New Delhi's Russia stand.
EU 'fails to coerce' Georgia into opening 2nd front against Russia; 'Punishes' by denying entry.
Russian T-72B3 tank attacks Ukrainian Army; Paratroopers hunt soldiers in Soledar, Bakhmut | Watch:
Russia's Dnipro blitz deprives Ukrainian brigades of arms; Kyiv's counteroffensive plans crushed.
Russia launches massive air, land & sea attacks on Ukraine; Army positions hit, '55' troops killed.
MALCOM BURN
Dimitri Lascaris-Russia Travelogue.
GARLAND NIXON
ELECTION 2024 - THE WAR MACHINE VERSUS THE PEOPLE.
BREAKING POINTS
DeSantis FREAKS Over Guantanamo Torture Allegations.
LEAKED DOCS: Epstein Met CIA Director, Noam Chomsky.
FBI Suspects 9/11 Hijackers CIA Assets.
GEOPOLITICAL TRENDS w/ Dr. DAVID OUALAALOU
India-China MUST Settle Border Tensions. Here’s why:
STEPHEN GARDNER
Biden PISSED Over Obama Official Exposing White House.
REDACTED
The Bank Collapse just got worse, Feds panicking over bank runs | Redacted with Clayton Morris.
FIRSTPOST
First Republic Bank Collapses: Will the US Banking Crisis End?
STANSBERRY RESEARCH
The Four Key Factors for Analyzing Fed Events Amid a Deepening Banking Crisis.
THE PLAIN BAGEL
Another US Bank Has Failed - Now What?
THE GRAYZONE
French high schoolers vs. 'dictator' Macron.
VANESSA BEELEY
Violent clashes between Macron security thugs and French citizens in Paris.
KALILAH REYNOLDS MEDIA
How Will The BRICS Currency Work?
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
PROFESSOR JOHN J MEARSHEIMER: THE GREAT DELUSION
Article published by Russia Today (RT) - 2nd May 2023:
Russia launches large-scale attack on Ukraine’s military-industrial facilities.
The strikes have disrupted Ukraine’s production of ammunition and weaponry, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
The Russian military has launched a large-scale missile attack against Ukraine’s military industry, disrupting production of weaponry and munitions, the Defense Ministry said on Monday.
“Tonight, the Russian Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group missile attack with long-range precision weapons, air and sea based, on the military-industrial complex of Ukraine,” the ministry said during its daily media briefing, adding that “all assigned targets were hit.”
While the Russian military did not specify which locations had been targeted exactly, Ukrainian media reported strikes in Kiev, Sumy and Dnepropetrovsk regions. The latter has apparently experienced the worst, with a massive explosion reported on the outskirts of the city of Pavlograd.
Unverified footage circulating online shows the aftermath of the strikes near the city. The attack apparently also caused a massive secondary explosion, followed by multiple lesser blasts. Available footage shows numerous columns of white smoke at the location, typically caused by the detonation of solid-fuel projectiles such as anti-aircraft missiles.
The Pavlograd strike destroyed the stockpiles of fuel and ammunition of Ukraine’s 46th Airborne Brigade, which has been readying itself for the much-hyped looming Ukrainian counteroffensive, Vladimir Rogov, a senior Russian official in Zaporozhye Region, has claimed, citing the reports of locals. The strikes also destroyed two S-300 anti-aircraft batteries stationed in the area, the official told news agency TASS.
According to Ukrainian emergency services, the explosions in Pavlograd damaged and destroyed up to 80 residential homes and about two dozen multi-story buildings. Emergency services have also acknowledged damage to an unspecified “industrial facility” in the area without revealing its exact nature.
In recent days, both Russia and Ukraine have seemingly ramped up long-range attacks against each other, with the uptick in military activities coming ahead of the long-advertised Ukrainian counteroffensive. Moscow has claimed the destruction of several command posts used by the Ukrainian military, and has reported striking groupings of Ukrainian reserves. Kiev’ for its part, has ramped up shelling of residential areas of Russia’s city of Donetsk, as well as other border regions, inflicting multiple civilian casualties.
Ukrainian forces also carried out an attack on an oil deport in Crimea, with the spokeswoman for the Ukrainian military’s southern command, Natalya Gumenyuk, confirming the strike came in preparation for Kiev’s counteroffensive.
MAPPING/ANALYSIS CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
MILITARY SUMMARY UPDATE
Bakhmut Grinder. Kinburn Operation. Silence Before Storm. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.05.02
May 2 - The Bloody Date Of Ukrainian History. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.05.02
NWE WAR REPORTS UPDATE
No update posted so far today
DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA UPDATE
[ Kupyansk-Svatove Front ] RUSSIA DENY REAR PENETRATION ACROSS OSKIL RIVER - lines poked everywhere.
DPA WAR UPDATE
No update posted so far today
THETI MAPPING UPDATE
WAR UPDATE: Russia THREATEN Key Road Junction.
BALKAN MAPPING UPDATE
Bakhmut Front Update [2 May 2023]
FREE RUSSIA UPDATE
No update posted so far today
PROJECT GREAT UPDATE
No update posted so far today
MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS UPDATE
Battlefield Ukraine Summer is Coming.
RYBAR UPDATE
No update posted so far today
M MAPPING UPDATE
No update posted so far today
HISTORY OF MAKUS UPDATE
No update posted so far today
WEEB UNION UPDATE
No update posted so far today
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
FOREVER WARS: HAS LOGIC BEEN ABANDONED ALONG WITH DIPLOMACY IN THE WEST?
You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to deduce certain clues regarding Russia in recent times.
If we take it as read that neither Vladimir Putin nor the Russian secret services are incompetent nor stupid then it should be possible to add one and one to make two in certain cases.
The cases we will explore here comprise separate occasions when it made no sense for what Russia is said to have done to actually have been done by Russia.
Two events near the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine exemplify the way Ukrainian propaganda (communicated as Biblical truth in western nations) turns everything negative to an “Evil Russia” scenario. These cases concern what happened in the Kiev suburb known as Bucha and the town of Kramatorsk where there were a great many civilian casualties.
Having taken it for granted that the Russian authorities have precision-guided muitions and are not willfully reckless, stupid or totally incompetent, along with an arguably strong case that they certainly care very much for Russia’s image in the world, the contention that Russia perpetrated these atrocities for gain makes no sense. That they make sense only when used AGAINST Russia is however, rather obvious.
A very similar case is that of the supposed poisoning of the Skripals by Novichok and then not so very long after this failed case of poisoning the very same Novichok is used in a apparent attempt to kill Alexei Navalny. I should also add here that the Skripals case came just weeks before the Russian World Cup, not exactly an event likely to create good PR for the event. The main nonsensical element however is the use of the selfsame poison. Again, assuming neither Putin nor the Russian secret service are stupid or incompetent or uncaring of Russia’s reputation this should be considered extremely odd.
The missile that killed so many people waiting to take a train in Kramatorsk was of a type the Russian military no longer uses, however the Ukrainian military do use it on a regular basis and had reason to attack these fleeing civilians. There is evidence from multiple witnesses that the extremist elements within the Ukrainian forces had earlier attacked and killed many of those attempting to flee another town in the Donbass, Mariupol. Add to this the known fervent antipathy these extremists of western Ukraine view the entire civilian population of eastern Ukraine, they call them the pejorative term, ‘Moskals’, i.e. Russians and consider them with a level of derision where their lives are considered worthless. According to reports the missile that killed so many had an obscenity scrawled upon it concerning children.
In Bucha the story was similar but even more gruesome. The Russian military vacated the Kiev suburb after a stay of some days during which Russian military rations had been distributed. The Ukrainian intelligence and special forces arrived and began ascertaining who had made contact with the Russian military or had taken rations from them. (This is the process they call ‘filtration’.) They were found, made to wear white armbands and then shot. These are the victims seen strewn along the main road of Bucha, many of them lying in proximity to the Russian military ration packs.
It should also be well known by everyone by now that the Russian intervention in eastern Ukraine was mounted to save and protect the very people who were so callously and brutally murdered in Kramatorsk. What sense would it make then for the Russian military to attack and kill them. But for those who look down on these ostensibly Ukrainian citizens as ‘Moskals’ and traitors to Ukraine… why would they not wish to teach them a lesson for trying to flee to Russia?
Does it make any sense that Russia would perpetrate not one but two separate atrocities and provide two consecutive propaganda coups (Bucha and Kramatorsk) for their enemy, the Kiev president and his regime? It makes no sense. Does it make sense to use these atrocities to demonise the Russian military? It certainly does.
These incidents are reminiscent of the claim that the Syrian government, about to win its decade-long war against West-backed terrorist forces, initiated a chemical weapon attack on the town of Douma, providing a possibly conflict-changing coup to their enemies both within Syria itself and in the West?
Russia is accused of harming its image again and again just as the Syrian government is supposed to have done when it risked everything it had fought for by crossing Barack Obama’s red lines concerning chemical weapons use and him then saving the day for the anti-Syrian government forces by making missile strikes on Damascus.
There is something decidedly fishy about all this, wouldn’t you agree?
Without investigation Russia is assumed guilty. No evidence is supplied and all the available evidence indicates that Russia is not guilty. But is any investigation carried out? It is not. Does this stop western mainstream media blaming Russia? It does not.
President Biden and every mainstream media news outlet across the West immediately say “Russia did it!!! Just as we have been asked to believe Russia did almost everything that was negative for over a decade and a half now at least, we are constantly expected to simply accept the word of Biden and the state-compliant mass media of the West… with no investigation and no evidence provided. No if’s or buts… simply, “Russia did it!”
Anyone with a modicum of intellect can tell something is very wrong with all this black and white, good and evil demonisation. Even a moderate level of insight should be able to see that Biden and co are adding one and one and arriving at least four, or whatever number is most convenient to them.
Yet the facade of being factual is insisted upon, flying in the face of all common sense and logic.
‘All’s Fair in Love and War.”
It is as if all honesty and integrity has disappeared across the political and media establishment in the western world, along with the abandonment of objectivity and most absent of all is any attempt to seek peace through diplomacy. The only object of importance to both mass media and the western political elite now appears to be to create war, war and ever more war. A forever war to blight us and every generation to come… using whatever lies convince western populations most effectively.
