RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 16.06.2023
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.
*** THE ENTIRE WEST IS BEING BEATEN, NOT JUST UKRAINE ***
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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 Repels Ukr Attacks, Claims Controls All Contact Line, African Peace Mission Visits Kiev.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU of THE DURAN
Wannabe dictator. Austin, marathon not sprint. Swiss Leopards. Ursula tours Latin America. U/1
GLENN GREENWALD
Ukraine’s Vaunted “Spring Offensive” Stalls as Iraq War History Repeats.
THE DURAN
Assange, one step closer to US extradition.
THE NEW ATLAS LIVE
Mark Sleboda Explains Ukraine's Offensive as it Enters Week 3.
FIRSTPOST LIVE :
Vladimir Putin Speaks At St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN
Vladimir Putin's Meeting with War Correspondents - June 2023 - English Subtitles.
GEORGE GALLOWAY - BRIAN BERLETIC
INTERVIEW: The crawl of the light brigades.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN
About "red lines".
FIRSTPOST
LIVE: Putin Meets United Arab Emirates' President Al Nahyan.
ShanghaiEye魔都眼
Putin meets Algerian presidents in Moscow, signs a declaration on deeper strategic partnership.
SCOTT RITTER
NATO's Push Towards Russia's Border.
REDACTED
"The Ukraine war could last FOREVER" - NATO's plan EXPOSED.
DANNY HAIPHONG - PEPE ESCOBAR
Russia is WINNING in Ukraine as Multipolar World Abandons the Collective West.
GERALD CELENTE
UKRAINE LOSING COUNTEROFFENSIVE.
GLENN GREENWALD
Glenn Greenwald Reflects on Viral RFK Jr. Interview: Israel, China, & More | Locals Q&A.
RICHARD MEDHURST
This Is Their Worst Idea So Far | Depleted Uranium in Ukraine.
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO - SCOTT RITTER
The Question of Manpower in the Ukraine Offensive against Russia.
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO - ALASTAIR CROOKE
How the Ukraine War is Altering all of Europe.
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO - TONY SHAFFER
Ukraine Offensive Confirmed - What to Look For.
ANGRY WARHAWK
Scott Ritter Q&A 15 June 2023.
BREAKTHROUGH NEWS
NATO Drives Ukraine’s Counter Offensive in Donbas: How Far Will It Go?
HINDUSTAN TIMES
Russia Reveals Kornet Anti-Tank Vehicle That Can Burn Ukraine’s Leopard Tanks & Bradley Vehicles.
U.S. Military Chief Fears 'Difficult' Counteroffensive as Putin Deploys Chechens at Border.
Zelensky’s Swiss Outreach Flops, Largest Party’s MPs Boycott Ukrainian President’s Parliament Speech.
EMIL COSMAN
Zelensky to remove Ukrainian Klitschko from the office of the head of the Kyiv City SA. Too popular!
Ukraine lost about 7,500 people on Contact Line since the Offensive started. Russia's MoD claims.
"Crimea is Russian." Marine Le Pen states, smacking 2 weasel presenters. "Issue settled since 2014."
US' deep involvement in Ukraine prevents Ukraine peace. Hungary's FM Peter Szijjarto claims.
JACKSON HINKLE
How Russia Created A Ukrainian Tank GRAVEYARD w/ @Kalibratedwithscott
Ukraine Hit With HUGE LOSSES & Tank Destruction In Counteroffensive w/ @Kalibratedwithscott
Ukraine Warpig GRILLED By Journalist.
5 Ways The Ukraine War Could End.
THE PRINT
3 nations-Pakistan/China/Russia, 3 commodities-crude/gas/wheat & a new geostrategic picture amid war.
TELESUR ENGLISH
Russia reaffirms commitment to avoid nuclear war.
CHRIS THRALL
Operation Mockingbird & CIA Mind Control.
VANESSA BEELEY
US Surveillance gone rogue - police state.
LENA PETROVA
🔴 BRICS Is Growing: FRANCE Is the First European Country To Join?
AFRICAN DIASPORA NEWS CHANNEL
BRICS Ministers Urge For Rebalancing Of Global Order Away From The West.
America Didn't Have Evidence To Warrant Invading Libya & Destroying Gaddaffi.
TECH REVOLUTION
Saudi Arabia And UAE JUST SHOCKED The World With This GAME CHANGING Move.
THE CONVO COUCH
Dr Cornel West on Recruiting Trumpers, Ukraine/Russia, US Elections , and More...
TFIGlobal
#TheGlobalGame : Biden's Humbling Silence Courtesy Mohammad Bin Salman.
THROUGH THE EYES OF... ANIA
POLISH MEDIA ABOUT PUTIN MENTIONING POLISH MERCENARIES IN UKRAINE.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
PROFESSOR JOHN J MEARSHEIMER: WHERE IS THE UKRAINE WAR GOING?
Article published by Russia Today (RT) - 16th June 2023:
Russia-Africa contacts 'more intensive than ever' – Putin.
The Russian president spoke after meeting with his Algerian counterpart in Moscow.
This is a special year for Russia’s relations with Africa, President Vladimir Putin told reporters at the Kremlin on Thursday, during a joint press conference with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune of Algeria.
“Our contacts with African countries are more intensive than ever and the president’s visit clearly shows it,” the Russian leader said.
Putin added that he will continue talks with Tebboune at the 26th annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), which began on Wednesday, and that he will meet with the leadership of several African countries to discuss their Ukraine peace initiative on Saturday.
The ‘Road to Peace’ proposal was announced by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last month. According to media reports, the delegation will consist of the leaders of South Africa, Egypt, Congo, Senegal, the Comoros and Zambia. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Thursday that he will send a deputy, as he has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Among the issues Putin and Tebboune discussed, according to the Russian president, were efforts to expand transactions in national currencies in order to “shield mutual trade from the impact of third countries and adverse developments on international foreign exchange markets.”
Moscow is also increasing the quota for state-subsidized university admissions for Algerian nationals by 30%, the Russian president said. Some 20,000 Algerians have received their education at Russian universities, and about 1,500 are currently studying in the country.
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki also visited Moscow earlier this month, in what he described as an effort to “reinvigorate the partnership” with Russia.
MAPPING/ANALYSIS CHANNELS
* Updates will be added here as and when they become available.
MILITARY SUMMARY UPDATE
Russian Spring | Another Bloody Escalation At The Orikhiv Bridgehead. Military Summary 2023.06.16
The Ukrainians Faced New Challenges Before The Offensive. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.06.16
NWE WAR REPORTS UPDATE
Russia Set a Trap, and Ukraine Drove into it.
DEFENSE POLITICS ASIA UPDATE
No update posted so far today
DPA WAR UPDATE
No update posted so far today
THETI MAPPING UPDATE
No update posted so far today
BALKAN MAPPING UPDATE
No update posted so far today
KEEP IT SECRET NEWS UPDATE
Ukraine War Frontline Report, Rybar Map and Combat Footage for June 15, 2023.
Zaporozhye Battle Front: Ukrainian Armored Vehicles Gets Hit.
PROJECT GREAT UPDATE
No update posted so far today
MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS UPDATE
Battlefield Ukraine Russian Weapons.
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
Heavy Losses With NO RESULTS | Ukraine's Summer Offensive Loses Momentum | Full Update 16/06/23.
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 COLLECTIVE WEST IS IN A CYCLE THAT WILL NEUTER ITS AGGRESSIVE INSTINCTS
Each element involved in the neutering of the aggressive instincts of the collective west plays its part in the devastating effect we see occurring currently in regard to the long-held near absolute dominion the collective west has enjoyed for generations.
Where the near dominion the collective west has held over the world looked at all shaky in the past it brought out its array of weapons from threats to bribes to blackmail to outright attacks using military might. Now the political elites of the U.S. have become weaker, partially due to massive overspending but also due to failed regime change operations, the overreach we have seen in regard to Ukraine including the stealing from Russians that has taken place.
Along with the factors noted above there is also the rank idiocy of those who have held the levers of power in the USA since 9/11 and this especially has taken its toll. The unaligned nations and even those who appeared to be firmly aligned with the West have, since 9/11 have primarily taken note of three things:
1. The USA along with those aligned with it acted extremely recklessly in attacking numerous nations in the Middle East and the catastrophic results of those attacks are undeniable.
2. The nations in question can no longer trust that the USA will treat them well and never treat them as it does those others that cross it.
3. The nations in question now see an alternative source of great influence that can take the place of the USA being a far safer option that is unlikely to get turned against them as they now fear the USA may do.
The ‘safer option’ figures above all others, China. If China had not risen to where it is now it is impossible to see how the changes seen now could occur. Russia has a strong economy but it cannot compare to that of China. China provides the nations now migrating from being in league with the West to joining BRICS and beginning to drop the U.S. dollar as the world reserve currency, with an obvious healthy backbone that can be relied upon.
China is crucial to all that is going on right now in regard to nations abandoning both long-held western hegemony and the U.S. dollar. In addition to being a safe haven from the overbearing and perpetually aggressive power of the West China is also playing a huge part in further diminishing the influence of the USA economically.
China is not only facilitating the migration of nations from the US/U/EU orbit it is also serving to unify them under an economic umbrella. Those who can now safely emerge from under the American thumb due to the unstoppable rise of the economies of the global south and Eurasia will see the economies of the west decline as theirs rise. And this latter factor will diminish the ability of the U.S. warmongers to project power and this will serve to steadily quarantine them.
In outline only this is how things will go if present trends continue and it appears now that the process is unstoppable. Each factor comprises a virtual cycle toward a rebalancing both of economic power and power of influence. This cannot help but lead inevitably to a truly multipolar world where the western nations become simply one of many, neither exceptional nor superior and unable to have either the power or influence to bully, threaten or insist upon its will being done.
The era of western belligerence, of genocidal, racist, colonialist and imperialist modes of arrogant insistence of superiority will be over. The new powers now inexorably rising to take the place of the US/UK/EU in terms of influence show no intent to duplicate the behaviour of their predecessors but instead display a desire to share power, to create agreement based on shared interests, to emphasise trade in a spirit of mutual tolerance. The nations of the collective west, predominantly the US/UK/EU, will of course be invited to relinquish its past and to embrace the spirit of mutually-beneficial tolerance that they had fought so foolishly. In time they will be seen to move from their neutered state to being at one in a global family of nations. A true world civilisation where agreement, not aggression is the prevailing rule then becomes a real possibility.