RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 05.06.2023
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.
*** IS THE WEST LOSING ALL ITS POWER OVER OUR WORLD? ***
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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
Ukraine Attacks Zaporozhzhie, Donbass, First Attacks Repelled, Ukr Heavy Losses; Belgorod Defeated.
THE DURAN
Opening act of Ukraine's big offensive.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU of THE DURAN
Summer offensive starts, kind of. Belgium wants answers. Macron master of lies. Poland Protest. U/1
LEVAN GUDADZE
Update on Ukraine, Russian Pacific and Baltic fleets, Ben Wallace as head of NATO, BRICS + Iran...
GARLAND NIXON
UKRAINE OFFENSIVE - IS IT REAL....?
US EMPIRE - POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS ON THE HORIZON.
SCOTT RITTER
Russia thwarts attempted offensive | Belgorod shelled by Ukraine | The Scott Ritter Show.
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO - COLONEL DANIEL DAVIS
Ukraine Offensive - ALL the HYPE.
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO - RAY MCGOVERN (EX-CIA)
"Ukraine's Offensive is READY" Zelenskyy.
GEORGE GALLOWAY
Legend of the fall.
POLITICAL PRISONER | MOATS with George Galloway Ep 244.
SCOTT RITTER
Scott Ritter reflects on his trip to Russia.
The Great Energy Chessboard: Unraveling Russia's Economic War Tactics.
The War's Impact on Russian Economy and G7's Oil Price Paradox.
Zelensky is delusional.
The Great Energy Chessboard: Unraveling Russia's Economic War Tactics.
RUSSIAN NEWS
I sleep 6 hours a day! Putin, Russia.
CHRIS THRALL
iEarlGrey On Russia, Ukraine & The Donbas Frontline.
HINDUSTAN TIMES
Putin's troops destroy armed Ukrainian drones with Nazi symbol in Russia's Kursk | Watch:
NATO Nation's fighters aid attacks on Russia's Belgorod; Poland in a fix amid 'Putin's fear'.
Putin touts Russia's Naval power after NATO wargames kickstart in Baltic Sea | Watch:
Russia 'repels' major Donetsk attack as Kyiv 'silently' signals start of counteroffensive | Watch:
Zelensky aide reveals severe weapon shortage in Ukraine; Why Counteroffensive Is At Risk.
Putin's cruise missiles pound Ukraine's airfields near Kyiv | Russia downs five drones over Crimea.
Ukraine inciting direct U.S.-Russia war? NATO arms used in Belgorod 'Terror Attack' causes alarm.
Putin builds bomb shelter at $4,31,000 as war grinds on; How Russia will counter Ukrainian attacks.
Biden red-faced as F-35 fighter jets' spare parts worth over $85 million go missing in U.S.
BORZZIKMAN
ROTFL! After Moscow Smacked Upside the Head, Polish President Duda Proceeded to Flatter Putin!
JACKSON HINKLE
Zelensky INVADING Transnistria? w/ @Kalibratedwithscott
SMO 2.0 Begins w/ @Kalibratedwithscott
HUGE Losses On Day 1 Of Ukrainian Counteroffensive w/ @Kalibratedwithscott
Ukraine Faces HEAVY LOSSES In Counteroffensive, Russia Advances In Marinka w/ @Kalibratedwithscott
BRICS Beat The Sanctions.
EMIL COSMAN
Polish "volunteers" invaded and attacked Russia, Belgorod. "Polish Volunteer Corps.”
NATO secretary tries to bully Erdogan, Turkey. He is a "just" a SECRETARY. No authority.
Russia destroys 9 Ukrainian drones attacking Crimea overnight.
The West's Projection and Double Standard. We do it: it's good. Russia does it: it's bad.
Did Ukraine's counteroffensive already FAIL? They seem to prepare us for a failed counteroffensive.
THE JIMMY DORE SHOW
Max Blumenthal Demolishes Woke Weapons Conference With Hilarious Questions.
LENA PETROVA
🔴 Saudi Arabia and Opec+ Announce New Oil Production Cuts To Raise Oil Prices Globally.
FIRSTPOST
China MoFA LIVE: Chinese Foreign Ministry News Conference| US shows Chinese warships near Taiwan.
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
China, US offer competing security visions for Asia-Pacific at security forum.
CCTV VIDEO NEWS AGENCY
Former Chinese Ambassador Questions U.S. Presence in Asia-Pacific Region.
ASIAN QUICKTAKE
US Dollar Under Fire! South Korea Joins Iran in Circumventing US Financial Sanctions.
LINE FLUX
Saudi Arabia to slash oil production again as OPEC+ extends supply curbs.
MORRIS INVEST
Oh SH*T, the U.S. Dollar is COLLAPSING and they don't know how to stop it | Morris Invest.
LIU SIVIYA
DIRECTO DESDE RUSIA.
BOLAZO⭕militar
⭕ RUSIA Y SU GRAN CAPACIDAD DE ATAQUES A GRAN ESCALA MISILÍSTICOS INCREÍBLE! ⭕
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
PROFESSOR JOHN J MEARSHEIMER: WHERE IS THE UKRAINE WAR GOING?
Article published by Russia Today (RT) - 5th June 2023:
Ukraine lacks weapons to launch counteroffensive – Zelensky’s aide.
Igor Zhovkva urges EU countries to do more to help Kiev in the fight against Moscow.
Ukraine needs more weapons and ammunition to be able to carry out a successful counteroffensive against the Russian forces, the deputy head of President Vladimir Zelensky’s office has said.
In an interview with British newspaper The Times on Saturday, Igor Zhovkva was asked why the much-anticipated operation by Ukraine, aimed at retaking land lost to Russia, still hasn’t been launched.
“If you want to start a successful counteroffensive you need everything at your disposal, including artillery, armored vehicles and tanks, so probably we don’t have enough,” he replied.
“More weapons is the No 1 topic in each and every conversation” that Zelensky had during his numerous foreign trips over the past month, Zhovkva, who is also the Ukrainian president’s top foreign affairs adviser, stressed.
“Every country knows what kind of weapons we need from them, to protect our territory, stop the rockets,” the official added.
He also suggested that Russia has intensified its missile and drone campaign across Ukraine in recent months in a bid to deter the offensive by Kiev’s troops, which was expected to begin in spring.
The UK “now is one of the leading countries in showing real incentive and courage in how to really bring victory to my country,” he stated, adding that other nations need to do more to assist Kiev.
“Sorry, but the European countries are still too slow and not doing enough with sanctions” against Russia, Zhovkva insisted.
Zelensky told the Wall Street Journal on Saturday that the Ukrainian military was “ready” for the counteroffensive, but did not say when exactly it will start.
He also pointed out that Kiev would have wanted to see more weapons provided by the West, but that “we can’t wait for months” to launch the assault.
Among other things, Ukraine needs 50 US-made Patriot air defense batteries to sufficiently protect its cities and troops on the battlefield ahead of the counteroffensive, Zelensky said.
With the price of a single Patriot battery estimated at $1.1 billion, the overall cost of the demand would be around $55 billion, which is more than the total amount of American military aid allocated to Kiev since the start of the conflict.
The Ukrainian leader acknowledged that Russia’s air superiority would leave Kiev’s troops exposed and “a large number of soldiers will die” during the counteroffensive.
READ MORE: Ukraine’s backers running out of available weapons – UK
Moscow has repeatedly warned that deliveries of weapons, including sophisticated ones, to Ukraine by the US and its allies could cross “red lines,” leading to a major escalation in the hostilities. Russia argues that the provision of arms, intelligence sharing, and training to Kiev’s troops already means that Western nations are de facto parties to the conflict.
MAPPING/ANALYSIS CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
MILITARY SUMMARY UPDATE
The Results Of The 1st Day. The Beginning Of The 2nd Wave. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.06.05
NWE WAR REPORTS UPDATE
No update posted so far today
DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA UPDATE
[ Kupyansk Front ] RUSSIAN FORCES CAPTURED NOVOMLYNSK; creating 2nd bridgehead around Dvorichna.
UKRAINIAN OFFENSIVE FINALLY BEGINS IN MULTIPLE SECTORS; success could mean straight push to Mariupol.
SUPER DUPER UBER UKRAINE OFFENSIVE BEGINS; Russia attacks too [ Ukraine SITREP ] Day 465-466 (3-4/6).
[ Zaporizhzhia Front ] VELYKA NOVOSILKA SECTOR ATTACKED; Major Ukrainian assault across entire front.
DPA WAR UPDATE
No update posted so far today
THETI MAPPING UPDATE
No update posted so far today
BALKAN MAPPING UPDATE
Ukraine Front Update [5 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
SUMMER IS COMING! A Prelude To The GREAT Offensive.
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 NEW GLOBAL REALITY: YOU CAN DEFY THE WEST AND WIN
Every adult alive now had become used to a world where the USA, UK and Europe ran things in their own interest. Not only that, they dealt with upstart individuals and nations successful to their advantage and with impunity. Especially with the collapse of the Soviet Union the western world’s leaders saw themselves as home free to the world of their dreams where everything they said goes. This was the unipolar moment, there was now unequivocally one pole of power. It had been this way across the nations that had been under the western elite thumb before this, but now the whole world being like putty in their hands excited the fervent imagination of the West.
Then 9/11 happened.
With 9/11 the political elites in the USA in combination with their allies saw that their delight in seeing off the Soviet Union now meant more than joy, it meant that they were now in a position within this new unipolar world to be even more forceful than ever in now decimating any and all enemies worldwide. What was to stop them? The Soviet Union was dead and gone. No nation stood in the way of them wiping the floor with all those nasty anti-American states that had enraged them for so many years. The way was open. War would be the mechanism to disintegrate their power.
No American-opposing entity was to stand after the 9/11 determination to wipe them out. They HAD to go for the sake of the security of the United States for all time to come. There was not to be an iota of resistance left once they had completed the mission before them. They were the singular mighty power on this planet now and the path was clear for them to do as they pleased to those they hated and rabidly wished gone. No moral or ethical barrier was to stand in their way. 9/11, for them gave them every authority they needed to act as they wished and were required to act to cleanse the entire world of opposition.
And all their allies agreed. Not only in the political fields but also across mainstream news media. They would all now go to war TOGETHER.
That was how it was supposed to be as Afghanistan quickly fell to them. There was talk of democratising Afghanistan and much more. However, Iraq called, the next target. Iraq was harder in terms of opposition but soon it to was “done”. On to Libya, again it was “done” quite quickly… though things were getting messy. Looking back at what was happening in both Afghanistan and Iraq the telltale signs of future failure were there. But anyway, on to Syria.
In Syria things were done differently. The change of tactics had begun in Libya with the emphasis on aerial attacks as opposed to boots on the ground. But in Syria things took yet another turn. This, it was decided, would be done through covert means and the use of allied nations with a stake in seeing regime change occur there. In addition so-called Moderate Rebels would be trained, equipped and financed. Then, the cherry on the top, an entity of heroic rescuers would be formed and given every PR man’s dream equipment to get the message out and effectively condition those sitting at home that right was only on one side, the West’s side. These were of course, ‘The White Helmets’.
It was all moving forward… or so it seemed. But the carefully facade was beginning to leak badly. The Taliban were not giving up in Afghanistan. In Iraq various anti-American forces were causing growing problems. In Libya there was no shining democratic dream emerging. One of the things re-emerging there was the slave trade.
Things had begun to go badly wrong for the post-9/11 project and it hadn’t got to Iran yet, next in line.
Two significant occurrences added to western woes along the path described above.
One was Vladimir Putin’s Munich speech in February 2007. The other was the exponential rise of China.
Vladimir Putin may or may not have been fully aware that he was waving a metaphorical red rag to a bull in Munich, but that was the effect of the speech he made that day. He went, in the period of an hour from an accepted member of the insiders to a complete outsider.
What was his crime?
Post 9/11 ALL individuals, groups, national leaders and governments HAD to now be subservient to the USA and its allies. This after all was what had been decided in those hyper-emotional hours after that fateful day. No one was to IN ANY WAY oppose the will of the United States or its allies. Weren’t they sworn to eliminate and replace ALL those who did?
Putin’s crime was to do exactly that. He stated quite clearly that Russia would NOT subordinate itself to any other nation or group of nations. He became public enemy number one for ALL western political elites and their mainstream media news from that day on.
Then there is the rise of China. A China quite clearly NOT in the control of the USA or its allies. And China was growing at a pace that meant it would become a peer competitor to the USA and its allies. A double crime. That made China an enemy also. Putin, his support base and the Chinese government. All now very firmly on the list of entities to be eliminated and replaced.
And in short, this is how things stand today.
Except for one thing.
In these last three to six months a cataclysmic political and economic change has occurred.
The previous support for the USA and its allies, based as it was on a recognition of their combined power and the potential threats they could bring to bear on them… began to erode as that power and those threats began to drain away. China must be given most credit for this as its vast wealth, economic power and willingness to engage began to appear MUCH more attractive than the threatening aggressiveness of the West. The relationship with the West had been a pragmatic one in the overwhelming majority of cases. It was not based on anything that could closely approximate to friendship. It was a relationship based on a certain usefulness along with a large dose of fear regarding what the western monster could do if you didn’t obey it.
Now there was this far friendlier panda offering to provide similar guarantees as the rather sharp-beaked eagle. A great many states, some of which had been pecked near to death by the American eagle pondered whether cuddling the panda might be a far better option.
Then along came Russia that demanded of the West that it stop surrounding it with NATO bases, that it be reasonable and work with Russia on a new security architecture that would work for all sides, including Russia. But… Russia was on the list of post-9/11 elimination and replacement. No deal. Russia asked that Ukraine not be made a NATO state and pointed to the West already MAKING it into a de facto NATO state. No deal. Russia was on the list. Russia had to be regime changed and have all its political systems undermined and rebuilt with all its present political elites gone. The post-9/11 plan demanded it.
It is not as yet known to be the case but pushing Russian into invading Ukraine could easily have been seen as the perfect way to achieve the post-9/11 plan. It was without doubt believed that the financial and economic sanctions that would hit Russia would make it crumple. The entire western world, indeed the WHOLE world would unite against Russia for such an act. Wouldn’t it.
Well no and no.
Neither did the Russian economy crack as was supposed, neither did the Russian people rise up and overthrow their leaders, most notably Vladimir Putin. And neither did the rest of the world outside the orbit of the West unite against Russia, these nations mostly being in Eurasia and the Global South. India did not. Neither did many others.
But an even greater shock was to come.
These same nations, many of whom had been under western sway began to flock to join Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa in the BRICS Group. At the last count 19 nations are queueing up to join.
And what is even worse…
A growing number of nations are discussing the elimination of the US dollar as the default currency for all trades. More and more nations began agreeing that they would trade in their own local currencies. The US dollar, in the name of the Petrodollar of course is the mechanism by which the USA can threaten nations with sanctions. If they refuse to obey they can be broken economically through the mechanism of the Petrodollar.
But why the sudden change?
All due to Russia and China.
Russia showed that it was possible to oppose the United States, the UK and the eU and win out. These latter few were shown to be paper tigers. Russia said, look, we can do this. We can be free. We need no longer be under threat from the western bullies. Stand up to them. We will help you. We being Russia and China.
And so here we are.
De-dollarisation is underway across a growing number of nations. Russia’s economy is now rising, its inflation level dropping, its people becoming wealthier again with living standards rising. China similarly. While Germany goes into recession and inflation scars all other western nations including the USA. Russia has shown the world how to do it, how to escape western domination and thrive. Russia and China together are inviting any others that wish to, to joining their happy throng in BRICS. We have passed into a new geopolitical paradigm thanks to the resolute determination of two now rapidly rising nations in terms of prestige and power, Russia and China. The world will never be the same again.
The message now being given loud and strong?
There is a new global reality…
YOU CAN DEFY THE WEST AND WIN
