RUNNING UPDATES ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE - 19.10.2023
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.
*** AS WEST CREATES EVER MORE WAR, EAST SEEKS FUTURE PEACE ***
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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
Biden MidEast Debacle, US Vetoes Brazil UN Resolution; Putin Warns Kinzhals Within Range US Carriers.
ALEX CHRISTOFOROU of the DURAN
Blinken lurks, Biden trusts Pentagon data. Putin, Kinzhal patrol Black Sea. Kallas triple hypocrisy.
THE DURAN
Putin and Xi Jinping, Belt and Road summit.
BRIAN BERLETIC of THE NEW ATLAS
Ukraine Uses ATACMS as Offensive Culminates, Israeli Military Targets Civilians Ahead Urban Op.
JOSEPH ATKINS
The Long-Lasting Policy of Colonialism.
RUSSIAN NEWS
Russia begins to patrol the Black Sea with Mig-31 fighters with Kinzhal missiles! Putin.
CGTN
Xi's speech at 2023 BRF: 5 major takeaways.
'We want an end to this ongoing catastrophe against Palestinians'.
Former president of Slovenia: People have to know, to experience, to feel cooperation.
What changes has the BRI brought to Egypt and the Arab world?
BRI turns 10, is it becoming a global driver of inclusive growth?
CGTN EUROPE
Gaza’s 'catastrophe' continues as it waits on crucial aid.
JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO - COLONEL DOUGLAS MACGREGOR
Col. Douglas Macgregor: Can the US support two wars?
SCOTT RITTER STANDS IN FOR GEORGE GALLOWAY
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EMIL COSMAN
Putin wants to deal with "ADULTS," not infantiles. Says: "Drop the ‘theatrics’ if you want to talk."
"Empathetic" US block all UN humanitarian interventions in Gaza, veto everything. Postponement.
STEPHEN GARDNER - GENERAL ROBERT SPALDING
Israel DESPERATELY tries to drag US Into Hamas War | Retired General Robert Spalding.
RICHARD MEDHURST
YouTube Deleted My Reports on Gaza-Israel, Then Demonetized My Channel.
THE HILL
BREAKING: IDF Promises GROUND INVASION Of Gaza; Fetterman SLAMS Squad For Hospital Attack Misinfo.
REDACTED
"Prove it or it didn't happen!" Putin tells Israel show us the proof.
LEVAN GUDADZE
$60 billion for Ukraine, Risk of regional war in the Middle East, Seoul threatens Moscow, Oil prices.
BREAKTHROUGH NEWS
Iran Analyst: Regional War is Coming Unless Israel Stops Its Attack.
KATIE HALPER
Norman Finkelstein Calls Israel GENOCIDAL.
KIM IVERSEN
Why Are Christians So Supportive Of Israel?
AGNES HELLSTRÖM
With This Dirty Tactic Sweden Was Fooled To Apply For NATO Membership.
BREAKTHROUGH NEWS
Germany & EU Backs Genocide in Gaza, Unmasking 'Shared Values' Rhetoric.
HINDUSTAN TIMES
Putin Blames US For Gaza Hospital Attack; Hamas' Revenge Rocket Fire; Israel To Attack Lebanon?
Israel Hunts For Hamas Militants In Gaza, West Bank; IDF Warplanes, Soldiers Show No Mercy | Watch:
Israel-Hamas War LIVE: No Aid Access To Gaza Strip; U.S Vetoes Pauses In Conflict.
GERALD CELENTE
AMERICA'S BLIND SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL.
GEORGE GALLOWAY - SCOTT RITTER
This is the fifth war on Gaza since 2008.
HISTORY LEGENDS
Israel Offensive in Gaza Could End in DISASTER.
NOVARA MEDIA
Israeli Security Guard Threatens Journalist Live On Air.
ShanghaiEye魔都眼
Xi: China ready to work with Argentina to set example of cooperation among Global South countries.
Deeply disappointed at US blocking UN resolution, China urges Security Council to ease Gaza crisis.
LENA PETROVA
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TECH REVOLUTION
Iraq Just BANNED The Dollar | Sets A New Tone For Global Dollar Dump.
NOVARA MEDIA
Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Loses It In Interview.
TELESUR ENGLISH
Israeli missiles kill innocent civilians.
CCTV VIDEO NEWS AGENCY
China, Egypt Like-minded Friends with Mutual Trust: Xi.
Xi Meets Pakistani PM.
Doctor in Gaza: 'The health system is falling apart'.
ASIAN QUICKTAKE
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DEEPIN MOMENTS
Iran ignores U.S. warnings to officially activate China's Beidou satellite.
MILITARY TUBE TODAY
War crime, Israeli bombing on residential towers Al-Zahra in Gaza destroys everything.
MiG-31K with Kinzhal signal the US aircraft carrier.
American MK-84 bomb dropped by Israel on Gaza Baptist Hospital.
KEEP IT SECRET MEDIA
Ukraine War Frontline Report, October 18th, Ukraine failed in Kherson, Strikes at Black Sea Fleet.
ACTIVISM MUNICH
Angriff der Hamas auf Israel & die Ursachen des Konflikts - Völkerrechtler Dimitri Lascaris.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
ANDREI MARTYANOV
Switching From Ukraine to Israel.
Article published by Russia Today (RT) - 19th October 2023:
Yesterday’s man: Why Ukraine’s Zelensky is in danger of being left behind by the U.S.
If faced with a choice between supporting Kiev or Israel, Washington will choose the latter in a heartbeat.
Earlier this month, the world was shocked at terrorist attacks on Israel by hundreds of Hamas fighters. Not only did it signify the beginning of a new escalation in the age-old struggle between Jews and Palestinians, it also potentially marked a pivot point in political and military support for Vladimir Zelensky’s Ukraine.
Before the savage Hamas attacks and the biblically brutal Israeli response, the US and its NATO allies were almost exclusively focused on Ukraine while occasionally glancing nervously toward China. Now, as the Western media spins into overdrive with its gaze firmly locked onto the Middle East, Kiev’s woes are set only to increase as attention shifts away from Kiev and towards Israel, Palestine, and Iran.
It’s worth noting that prior to the Hamas assaults, the trajectory of support for Ukraine already showed signs of waning. Mere months ago, the idea that previously stalwart allies like Poland would be openly questioning the wisdom of their no-strings-attached support for the war-torn state – likening it to a “drowning man” – would have been unthinkable. Couple this with widespread European war weariness, Ukraine’s failed counteroffensive, and collapsing public support for the war in the West, and it was already facing an uphill battle to maintain support from its “partners,” its people, and most importantly American political elites. The last thing Zelensky needed was a globally significant escalation in the Middle East to draw precious resources further away from the proxy war he is fighting against Russia on behalf of Washington.
Indeed, a sceptic might suggest that the Hamas escalation offers an irresistible and previously unavailable route for the US to back out of its commitments to Ukraine. Considering the imminent US presidential election, a ‘good guy vs. bad guy’ conflict with Hamas can be easily spun as an existential threat to a long-time crucial ally and partner, Israel. In contrast, the proxy war in Ukraine is becoming increasingly troublesome for US President Joe Biden, politically and financially. This fresh conflict, complete with alleged barbaric atrocities, is a far easier sell.
Meanwhile, despite public pronouncements to the contrary, enthusiasm for sending military aid to Ukraine has been diminishing. Not to mention that the West simply doesn’t have the manufacturing capacity to fuel a large-scale ground war even in Ukraine, let alone a wider conflict.
Another crucial issue has been the calamitous cost of Zelensky’s failed counteroffensive. This long-telegraphed manoeuvre, which was supposed to defeat Russia, has depleted Kiev’s manpower, materiel, and reputation in the West without delivering any gains on the battlefield. Instead, it has done nothing but compound the quietly inevitable sense in the West that Kiev will have to seek accommodation with Moscow and concede territory in the process.
It is beyond doubt that the emerging conflict in the Middle East threatens the continuity of physical and ‘emotional’ support for the Ukrainian proxy war. That’s not to say that it doesn’t concern Russia – it does. However, it does not bode well for Zelensky. As pressure to hold elections builds, he looks increasingly vulnerable, with a distinct sense of desperation leaking into the narrative. This was subtly evident when Grant Shapps, the new British secretary of state for defence, recently parroted the stock response when quizzed on the ability to “run two wars” at the same time, he responded that “Zelensky will be reminding us all, not only why it’s very important that we still maintain this battle, and show that we can so that Putin doesn’t win, but also don’t get distracted by the wider issues.” He added, “The war in Europe is absolutely at the forefront of our minds.” This reassurance is, of course, exactly the kind of thing that ominously happens publicly when the opposite is increasingly true in the background.
While Israel’s draw on munitions of the type needed by Ukraine is limited, given the different dynamics of the conflicts, it is likely that the requirement to stockpile munitions for a potentially long war is possible. This would pit the vast Israeli defence and political lobby in the US against a smaller Ukrainian lobby, and it's exceptionally likely that the former would come out on top every time. Regarding Israel, there’s absolutely no chance it will be ‘abandoned’ to its fate by any incumbent or potential US president. As an example, take the ostensibly “anti-forever war” candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who recently came out guns blazing in support of Israeli retribution against Hamas while casting doubts on the political and financial rationale for continuing to support Zelensky.
Compare the increasingly troublesome image of Ukraine in the Western press to that of Israel, which is seen by a large portion of the US public as a heroic island of civilization and democracy in a turbulent Middle East. You can see why it’s far easier to position Israel as a deserving recipient of increasingly scarce American military and financial aid when pitted against Ukraine, which is mired in corruption and dysfunction. During a recent interview with Bloomberg, Chatham House CEO Bronwen Maddox summed up the situation quite succinctly when she said, “Given a choice between Israel and Ukraine, the US would in a heartbeat choose Israel,” she went on to clarify that even if Washington is not facing this decision immediately, she “can understand why President Zelensky might be worried as he was already battling to retain American attention.”
So, as Ukraine tumbles down the running order in the Western media’s newsrooms, several other issues related to the Middle Eastern escalation also look set to impact sustaining the conflict. Russian forces are holding their lines; oil prices look set to rise, destabilizing global markets, and future congressional buy-in for funding Kiev seems increasingly difficult now that Israel is at war. Then, of course, there’s the turbulent political situation in Europe with Ukraine-sceptic Robert Fico’s party winning the recent election in Slovakia. All of this without mentioning the coming winter and the challenges this will place on an increasingly fractious EU.
It seems that trouble lies ahead wherever Vladimir Zelensky now looks. While a seasoned statesman with the best interests of his people at heart might recognise this and decide to seek peace, Zelensky may simply choose to ignore all of the above in a desperate attempt to remain in the spotlight, on centre stage. All of this while Kiev tries to persuade a dwindling audience that Russia is somehow culpable for the woes of the Middle East, even ridiculously suggesting that Russia is attempting to “frame” Ukraine by giving captured Western weapons to Hamas.
So, as time runs out for Kiev’s proxy war against Russia, it now seems obvious that the tragic events of October 7 in Israel may define not only the escalation of one conflict but also the beginning of the end of another.
By Chay Bowes, journalist and geopolitical analyst, MA in Strategic Studies, RT correspondent.
Yesterday’s man: Why Ukraine’s Zelensky is in danger of being left behind by the U.S.
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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.
First posted 8th August 2015
UKRAINE : THE “EXCEPTIONAL” U.S.A.
In my view the US State Department, most politicians and the majority of the US population are not evil by any dictionary definition.
They have however, bought deeply into the misconceived mythology of American exceptionalism and are subsequently willing to countenance evil consequences to their actions in the belief that the ultimate scenario created by their actions will be good.
In my view the primary misconceptions in America among those I have described are:
a) that their system of governance is by far the best,
b) that free-market capitalism can solve all the world’s problems and
c) that America has a God-given mission to correct the rest of the world and remake it in America’s image.
It is not possible to overestimate the depth and power of the American myth of exceptionalism.
The depth of exceptionalist groupthink within the US elites apparently goes to the core of their being.
American exceptionalist groupthink allows US officials and politicians to undermine any society around the world they wish to while being able to justify the evil consequences of these actions to themselves.
Almost every US state official would be able to justify terrible suffering to you in terms of American exceptionalism.
The Neocons reflect American exceptionalism to the nth degree. This is why we see the evil fruits of their work even now, even after the clear evidence of their misguided ethos evident today.
No matter that Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Ukraine and any future US interventions go horribly wrong they make not the slightest dent in the group-think mentality of American exceptionalism.
The US is far and away the most dangerous entity on the planet due to its mythology of exceptionalism and deeply wired-in sense of a God-given mission to mould the rest of the world in its image.
US officials can contemplate almost any chaos, suffering and death resulting from their covert subversive actions around the world with near total equanimity.
The US state has by far the largest intel capacity extant. It works night and day to fulfil the groupthink goals that go to the heart of its asserted exceptionalism.
The consideration within the US state group-think mentality is that in essence they act above and beyond the rule of any law in the service of American exceptionalism and God-given mission to control the rest of the world and mould it to America’s mirror image.
US officials will mouth the words ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom’ but what they truly mean is “You will accept US dominance.”
The words ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom’ are used by US officials to undermine these wherever they find it necessary to achieve US dominance.
The CIA has a prime role in ensuring the world’s media reflects the US political narrative on any and every issue.
Due to the US ability to be allowed ANY level of debt by the world’s financial community it can spend near infinite amounts on its covert subversion of countries not subservient to its will.
The US effect upon our world is analogous to a patient suffering from a terminally malignant cancer.
The US population, like the cancer in a human body, is largely unaware of the damage it is doing, but has not the excuse of total non-existence of intelligence.
US & EU Smuggies, the state infrastructure & politicians have every reason to justify their activities in Ukraine while remaining wholly guilty of aiding & abetting horrendous crimes against humanity by the regime there.
No amount of soft-soap or weasel-words will ever hide the fact of #US complicity in Ukraine war crimes against civilians.
It appears to me that the United Nations is now fully a creature of the US and totally compliant with the US policy of supporting the killing of civilians in Ukraine.
While Ukraine targets and kills civilians in the Donbass, at the same time US and EU officials pat them on the back saying, “ Poor you, we will help you.”
Do not mistake the US state for a sane entity, the depth of its condition of denial and group-think mentality of exceptionalism marks it out as deeply psychotic.
The US mentality of psychotic exceptionalism is no recent development. Nor is its aberrant sense of destiny toward moulding the rest of the world in its own dysfunctional image.