RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 09.04.2023
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 Uzbekistan for the next five 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, and possible temporary loss of, our daily updates.
*** WHEN WILL USA TELL UKRAINE TO START OFFENSIVE? ***
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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
Russia Holds 90% Bakhmut, Sweden Refutes 6 Guys in Boat NS Claim, Macron Accused of Betraying U.S.
THE DURAN
Russia and Belarus, the Union State prevents regime change.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU of THE DURAN
NYT, nightmare doc leak. Running out of S300. Putin super popular, in USA. BBC state new label. U/1
LEVAN GUDADZE
Update on Ukraine, US loses Middle East, Turkey - energy hub, Morgan Stanley - apocalyptic.
End of Ukrainian statehood, Announced Kiva counteroffensive, Secret documents, Fall of Bakhmut.
CHRIS HEDGES
Chris Hedges SOUNDS OFF on Woke Companies, Trash Democrats, & Christian Fascism.
BRIAN BERLETIC of THE NEW ATLAS
Ukraine's Coming Offensive: Leaked NATO Plans + Lack of Arms.
SCOTT RITTER
2-Minute Topic: Free Speech Doesn't Exist in the West.
RUSSIAN NEWS
Lavrov's speech at a meeting with Mevlut Cavusoglu | Russia, Turkey, Ukraine.
This is the true cause of the crisis in Ukraine! Lavrov, Russia, Turkey. RU.
GONZALO LIRA - AGAIN
2023.04.09 The Empire of Chaos Trying to Sow More Chaos.
JEFFREY SACHS
Most of the world supports Russia.
DEEP WEAPONS
Russia To Arm Its MiG-31D and Il-76 With Anti-Satellite Missiles and a combat laser.
RICHARD MEDHURST
Russia’s REAL PROBLEM With Finland Joining NATO.
TELETRUTH
Armored vehicles group of Brave Group entering and storming into Ukrainian positions on Kremennaya.
CGTN
Budapest-Belgrade boosted by China rail.
CHAVEZ NEWS
Hundreds of anti-war protesters took to the streets of Munich.
RICHARD MEDHURST
Western Arrogance Towards the Global South.
SINO SPHERE
BRICS Countries To Issue NEW Currency BACKED BY GOLD To Further Weaken The US Dollar.
Li Jingjing 李菁菁
Clare Daly: Europe has become the tail of the US dog.
THE NEW AFRICA CHANNEL
Zambia's Fred M'membe Calls Out US for Arrogance in Dictating Democracy to Africa.
Why Russia and China BRICS new currency changes everything!
KIM IVERSEN - LEE CAMP
African Leader Gives Scathing Criticism of Kamala Harris, China Hosts Democracy Forum| Lee Camp.
SEAN FOO
China’s Dollar Rebellion Has Gone Global | Why The World Is Breaking Away.
TFIGLOBAL
#TheGlobalGame : De-dollarization has arrived in Europe.
LENA PETROVA
The BIGGEST THREATS The U.S. Dollar Must Overcome To Maintain Its Hegemony.
SMART SILVER STACKER
China's Dollar Dumping, Gold Stacking Shopping Spree (BRICS Vs. USA).
GEOPOLITICAL ECONOMY REPORT w/ BEN NORTON
History of US empire: When JFK butted heads with Wall Street.
HINDUSTAN TIMES
Russia's 'best military truck' wreaks havoc in Ukraine | 'Post-apocalyptic' Ural 4320 vehicle.
Putin Aide exposes West's 'nuclear hypocrisy' | Watch Kremlin's savage takedown of NATO leader.
Putin's Ally mocks Ukraine's 'Spring Counteroffensive'; Chechen Warlord says Russia will benefit.
U.S. 'meddles' in Russia-Ukraine peace talks; Biden Aide rules out ceasefire even as Putin insists.
Putin's Army attacks Ukraine 76 times | Wagner spearheads Russian assault at Bakhmut Station.
Russia destroys Ukrainian missile over Crimea | Zelensky 'plots' chemical attack on Putin's men.
'EU, U.S. were fast...': Brazil rebukes NATO, West amid war; Tells Zelensky to give up Crimea.
Biden frowns as Saudi mends ties with Iran; CIA boss complains to Crown Prince | 'Blindsided'.
AFRICAN DIASPORA NEWS
US VP Kamala Harris' Empty Handed Trip To Africa, Baseless Rhetoric & Promotion Of LGBTQ.
BORZZIKMAN
PENTAGON called an Urgent Meeting┃Russia Managed to Get MQ-9 Reaper from the Bottom of the Black Sea.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
PROFESSOR JOHN J MEARSHEIMER: BUSH, ROOSEVELT, AND RELIGIOUS NATIONALISM
Article published by Russia Today (RT) - 9th April 2023:
Ukrainian counteroffensive would benefit Russia – Chechen leader.
Kiev’s forces will inevitably suffer losses if they storm well-fortified positions, Ramzan Kadyrov claims.
A much-talked-about spring counteroffensive by Ukraine would actually benefit Russia, as Moscow’s troops would have an opportunity to fight in more favorable conditions, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Republic, suggested on Saturday.
In a Telegram post, Kadyrov said he was surprised by “empty speculation” and concern swirling around Kiev’s supposed plans to launch an offensive, which is widely expected to kick off within several weeks.
“Personally, I’m all for it. For a successful counteroffensive, they need large resources; losses among the attackers are inevitable. At the same time, we have taken up favorable and fortified positions,” he wrote.
The Chechen leader also factored that Russia had honed its tactics and could predict Ukraine’s maneuvers on the battlefield. “The defensive position of our troops will allow us to use fewer resources,” he noted.
Kadyrov reasoned that the counteroffensive by Kiev's forces “and NATO mercenaries will play into our hands on all counts.” He added that “trophies, foreign technology samples, crowds of POWs, who, as always, [claim to be] field cooks or electricians while being filmed” would be “the cherry on top.”
Rumors about an upcoming counteroffensive by Kiev have been circulating for months, fueled by Ukrainian and Western officials alike. On Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggested that Kiev’s attack could begin in the next few weeks while last month Ukrainian Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov predicted that it would start in April or May and could develop in several directions.
However, in late March, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky admitted that Kiev still lacked sufficient ammunition to launch an offensive.
That same month, General Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that Kiev would have an extremely hard time recapturing all its former territories from Russia.
This week, Mikhail Podoliak, an aide to Zelensky, made the additional claim that Kiev intends to seize Crimea within seven months, while also stating that Ukraine “must eradicate everything Russian” on the peninsula. Crimea overwhelmingly voted to join Russia in 2014, after the Western-backed coup in Kiev.
On Friday, commenting on Blinken’s remarks about the anticipated counteroffensive, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov noted that the Russian military “thoroughly tracks all relevant information” on the matter.
MAPPING/ANALYSIS CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
MILITARY SUMMARY UPDATE
Explosions in the vicinity of Bakhmut. Russian Defense Line. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.4.09
The Bakhmut Cemetery. The Ukrainian Iskander. Easter. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.04.08
KEEP IT SECRET NEWS UPDATE
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NWE WAR REPORTS UPDATE
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DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA UPDATE
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DPA WAR UPDATE
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THETI MAPPING UPDATE
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WAR IN UKRAINE UPDATE
Ukraine: military situation Apr 7-8, 2023
BALKAN MAPPING UPDATE
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PROJECT GREAT UPDATE
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MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS NETWORK UPDATE
Battlefield Ukraine The Russian Trap.
RYBAR UPDATE
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M MAPPING UPDATE
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ATP GEOPOLITICS UPDATE
Ukraine War Update NEWS (20230408): Bumper Overnight & Other News.
FREE RUSSIA CHANNEL UPDATE
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WEEB UNION UPDATE
Highway of Death | Full Front Update 09/04/23
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
THE WEST IS TELLING ITSELF BEDTIME STORIES OVER UKRAINE
Once you enter war mode as a society you inevitably enter into being to one degree or another a citizen of fantasy land.
Information becomes channelled and moulded rather than free flowing. Facts become factoids become fables, vignettes of encouragement for the spirit, and weapons with which to confuse the enemy, or your own people.
Currently, and for quite some time now the western world has been telling itself both little white lies and tall tales to help it sleep better at night regarding Ukraine.
The Kiev regime has been losing the conflict instigated on February 24th 2022 by Russia which was in reality begun by the USA (in league with the darkest of forces) in 2013-2014. These are not facts that can be acknowledged while the West remains in war mode however. Not until the final coming to terms by the Kiev regime that it has been roundly defeated and most likely not even then in any complete sense.
The fabulous accounts of great Ukrainian victories and resolute rebuffing of all things Russian will without doubt continue long after Russia has achieved every one of its goals. This is just the way of the world and in particular the way of the western world. This would-be hegemon (USA and its proxies) simply cannot confront even the mere whiff of failure. So, in all likelihood many of the myths now generated out of thin air concerning Ukraine and the performance of the Ukrainian army will continue to be told in the equivalent of a mainstream media fireside chat before bedtime..
That bedtime has more than one aspect of sleep about it of course. Putting its own perceptions of reality to sleep has been a vital aspect for all elites concerned in the West, both in the political and media spheres. The truth must be transformed to assist the war effort and a necessary blindness to reality must be cultivated and honed to a potentially totally obscuring myopia leading to near total present time amnesia.
Meanwhile of course the other side, in this case Russia, with the greater resolve and existential need largely eschews the fanciful verbiage and simply gets on with the job of attaining each and every goal set for itself. The urgency and importance of the task in hand and the need to keep a clear head and see the true nature of what faces you and deal with it is all important. Russia cannot afford the skewing of perception that is all-important to the dual elites of the West, predicated as they are on creating a PR image to satisfy a home population requiring constant shielding from the awful truth.
However, all the above having been said, the hard facts are inevitably going to pierce through the mirage of storytelling that the West’s elites have been spinning.. And soon. The recklessness of the western powers in their attempt to attack Russia in any way that could be found (without success in any major form) are rebounding in ever-increasing form and strength on a West about to be rudely awoken from its dreams of ultimate conquest.
Not only are dreams of gaining hegemony and total manipulative control, seen as so very vital after 9/11, to be totally shattered, the very foundations of western power are clearly to be undermined in such a fundamental way that the new realities involved are going to be inescapable. These now inescapable realities will ultimately force the eyes of the West open to a far greater extent than the mere loss of all hope in Ukraine.
The bedtime tales are shortly going to be very hard to keep telling with any conviction or hope of unquestioned acceptance. In fact, such will be the extent of the rude awakening to come. that the West will be hard put to ever media-massage itself to sleep through tall-tale storytelling ever again.
What we are about to witness will certainly wake those who are not totally comatose. Of course what will happen concurrently is that the communal elite gaze in the West will turn elsewhere. As Ukraine’s coming offensive turns horribly wrong with thousands dead and the wreckage of the West’s tanks littering the fields and roads of the Donbass the emphasis of western politicians will shift to suit. A few excuses will be made and then, as with Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya a discrete veil will be drawn over all things Ukraine.
No more rhetoric about the selflessness and serenity and unmitigated success of the western project in that benighted nation. No reference to all the money spent. No self-examination or remorse. But lots of ass-covering along with one last telling of fairy stories and bedtime tales to lull western populations asleep… until the next war alarm sounds.
