Putin Recognizes Donbass Republics, Sends Russian Military to 'Denazify' Ukraine
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I thought this is a interesting news in this war of attrition though it is could simply be for public consumption. It basically depicts hopelessness of the situation in the western camp.
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What happened in Bakhmut is not surprising. Russia always had the upper hand as it is fighting without any constraints to get supplies. Of course Zelensky & Company had to listen to the Master, else Demented Joe would have arrive in Poland with Bakhmut lost. That would not have helped the theatrics there.
There are some very good photos in the following. That is how an advantage in artillery looks. It allows you to slowly destroy hiding places of the enemy before your own troops are sent into the location.
Why hurry when you have such an advantage.
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There are some very good photos in the following. That is how an advantage in artillery looks. It allows you to slowly destroy hiding places of the enemy before your own troops are sent into the location.
Why hurry when you have such an advantage.
Mapping the battle for Ukraine’s Bakhmut
Al Jazeera charts six months of assaults on Bakhmut as fighting against Russian forces intensifies.
Ukro terror attack in the Bryansk region :
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in the Bryansk region. At 12 o'clock it says: 1. 2 civilians were killed (including one child). Several people are injured 2. Unspecified number of civilians taken hostage. 3. Fighting continues in the area of the village of Sushany. In terms of the situation, everything is quite prosaic - the...
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The authorities of the Bryansk region reported that a battle with Ukrainian terrorists continues in the area of the village of Sushany. At the same time, the authorities officially denied reports of the alleged seizure of the school and the shooting of the school bus.
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The governor of the Kursk region reported that a civilian was killed as a result of the shelling of the border village of Tetkino. In the Bryansk region, the security forces continue their operation against Ukrainian terrorists who have penetrated the border. I hope no one is allowed to leave...
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In the Sumy and Chernihiv regions, an air alert has been declared. Expect missile strikes on the border areas with the Bryansk region. Regarding the reports that the enemy is trying to send some reinforcements to the terrorists stuck in the Bryansk region, there are no verified confirmations of...
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Details of the attack on a car with children in the Bryansk region from Baza “According to the children’s story, there was a driver and three children in the car: a boy Fyodor from the third grade and two girls, Zlata and Lena. The children were taken from the village of Brakhlov to Novy Ropsk...
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Tough kid, shot in chest and still helps two more to escape into the forest and hide…
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‼️🇷🇺 In the coming hours, Putin will hold an emergency meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. This is reported by the media with reference to information from the leadership of the State Duma. @RVvoenkor
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In the coming hours, Putin will hold an emergency meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
This is reported by the media with reference to information from the leadership of the State Duma.
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Six civilians may be held hostage by Ukrainian saboteurs in Bryansk Region
The defense circles did not specify the number of the Ukrainian saboteurs who had penetrated into the Bryansk Region, adding that there were several dozen armed militants there
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A video on youtube caught my eye, it was about racism during the evacuations in the Ukrainian war - about a year ago, at the start of the invasion.
So it got me wondering why 'Nazi' became more descriptive of the Ukrainian cause than 'racist'... I think it is because it cloaks and deflects and trivializes the actions taking place as it is being undertaken.
'Nazi' harkens back to a time - real or imagined - where people were gassed, liquidated and cremated or put in mass graves. So, there is drama in the use of the word. Maybe it is descriptive of the same behavior - but to a lesser degree - racist being a overused description; not as effective. So Nazi is preferred.
And Nazi can shift from racial to ideological, so it is shape shifting in meaning.
And there are the histories and symbolism, of course.
Then we have Christianity and their love of Israel, who are always taking their side - who are anti-nazi - supporting Ukraine? So, maybe the label 'Nazi' is also concealment. A way of inciting men against one another, hiding behind a historical precept that Nazis are necessarily gentiles.
So, Africans, Indians, are seeing the Nazism in action, which has been the case - discrimination - and aren't so motivated to stand in favor of Ukraine.
So, what Putin says, or what Zelensky or Biden says, isn't as important as what the masses perceive. And when races see how low they are in importance, the more they will group, because that is how they survive. The notion of tolerance and acceptance and brotherhood is nice, but in a arena of warfare, racism is a tool and weapon of power. And when everyone is informed, leadership is for want of a villain, to channel everyone's aggressions. Nazis.
But as activism against racism is worn out, Nazism is just a re-skin of the same identity erasing scheme to ally against a common enemy - racial and ideological being most primal and self destructive.
So, you'd think that races rallying together is a good thing... Or bad... But at least they have a sense of where they stand and not serve a two-faced lie that is best understood as contradiction, hypocrisy, and deceit.
So it got me wondering why 'Nazi' became more descriptive of the Ukrainian cause than 'racist'... I think it is because it cloaks and deflects and trivializes the actions taking place as it is being undertaken.
'Nazi' harkens back to a time - real or imagined - where people were gassed, liquidated and cremated or put in mass graves. So, there is drama in the use of the word. Maybe it is descriptive of the same behavior - but to a lesser degree - racist being a overused description; not as effective. So Nazi is preferred.
And Nazi can shift from racial to ideological, so it is shape shifting in meaning.
And there are the histories and symbolism, of course.
Then we have Christianity and their love of Israel, who are always taking their side - who are anti-nazi - supporting Ukraine? So, maybe the label 'Nazi' is also concealment. A way of inciting men against one another, hiding behind a historical precept that Nazis are necessarily gentiles.
So, Africans, Indians, are seeing the Nazism in action, which has been the case - discrimination - and aren't so motivated to stand in favor of Ukraine.
So, what Putin says, or what Zelensky or Biden says, isn't as important as what the masses perceive. And when races see how low they are in importance, the more they will group, because that is how they survive. The notion of tolerance and acceptance and brotherhood is nice, but in a arena of warfare, racism is a tool and weapon of power. And when everyone is informed, leadership is for want of a villain, to channel everyone's aggressions. Nazis.
But as activism against racism is worn out, Nazism is just a re-skin of the same identity erasing scheme to ally against a common enemy - racial and ideological being most primal and self destructive.
So, you'd think that races rallying together is a good thing... Or bad... But at least they have a sense of where they stand and not serve a two-faced lie that is best understood as contradiction, hypocrisy, and deceit.
I would say how difficult everything is with you. In my opinion, everything is much simpler and more literal. There is a concept of race, and there is a concept of nation, that's where these names come from. Extolling some race over others is a racist, extolling a nation over others even belonging to the same race is a Nazi. Some theorists are still trying to find differences between Nazis and nationalists, but my opinion is that you can build different constructions as much as you want and find some meanings in all this, but the question is why? The basic meaning is clear enough, and so the whole character is brown or he is brown only "to the waist" is not so important. I hope it's clear what brown has to do with it. As for the Ukrainians, they are certainly Nazis. The slogans: "glory to the nation-death to the enemies" and "Ukraine over everything" are quite eloquent. The second of these clearly refers to history, to the German slogan of the times of the Third Reich: "Germany is above all" and this is irrational for me. I cannot understand why all these Nazis, not only Ukrainian, but also many others take an example in this notorious Third Reich. Didn't they learn history at all? What a tragic and rather quick end happened to this "thousand-year-old third Reich", although they managed to do a lot of heinous things. If we assume some kind of internal need to destroy people by industrial means, then we can take an example from those German fascists, they succeeded in this. This is how I try to find at least some logic in the aspirations of modern Nazis for myself.
Я бы сказал, как у вас все сложно. На мой взгляд все гораздо проще и буквальней. Есть понятие раса, а есть понятие нация, вот отсюда и идут эти названия. Превозносящий какую то расу над другими- расист, превозносящий нацию над другими даже относящимися к той же расе- нацист. Некоторые теоретики пытаются находить различия еще между нацистами и националистами, но мое мнение таково, что можно сколько угодно строить разные конструкции и находить во всем этом некие смыслы, но вопрос - зачем? Основной смысл и так понятен, а так целиком персонаж коричневый или он коричневый только "по пояс" не так уж и важно. Надеюсь понятно причем тут коричневый. Что касается именно украинцев, то это безусловно нацисты. Лозунги: "слава нации-смерть врагам" и "Украина по над все", достаточно красноречивы. Второй из этих явно отсылает в историю, к немецкому лозунгу времен третьего рейха: "Германия превыше всего" и вот это для меня иррационально. Я не могу понять почему все эти нацисты, не только украинские, но и многие другие берут себе пример в этом пресловутом третьем рейхе. Они что, совсем не учили историю? Какой трагический и довольно скорый конец случился у этого "тысячелетнего третьего рейха", хотя гнусностей они успели натворить изрядно. Если допустить какую то внутреннюю потребность в уничтожении людей промышленными способами, то с тех немецких фашистов можно брать пример, они в этом преуспели. Это я так для себя пытаюсь найти хоть какую то логику в устремлениях современных нацистов.
According to the video, a number of participants in the attack on Bryansk villages were identified. It seems that all those identified are related to Russia and most of them are "ideological" fascists.
Participants of the attack on the Bryansk region: fascists and the actor who starred with Sobchak (PHOTO)
Participants of the attack on the Bryansk region: fascists and the actor who starred with Sobchak (PHOTO)
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По видео опознали ряд участников атаки на брянские села. Похоже, что все опознанные имеют отношение к России и все "идейные" фашисты.
This starts as a sort of normal discussion about the SMO, but I was surprised to hear a very heart-based talk develop, focused on building bridges to go beyond Russophobia. Maybe it was due to the feminine influence of the interviewer, Ania, who is asking about solutions at the level of culture and emotions. I haven't noticed many women discussing the SMO. Notes:
- Can the Polish government even contribute to the larger conflict? They have no more weapons, almost everything has been given away, and few people want to fight.
- Anyone who studies Russian doctrine knows that Russia doesn’t initiate offensive operations. Their defence absorbs attack and responds afterwards. Poland doesn’t have military capability to move against Belarus.
- Supreme Allied Commander of US forces in Europe gave a presentation in Sweden in January where he admitted that the scope and scale of this conflict is beyond our imagination. So the war is unthinkable to them now. He is an American General speaking about the best troops in NATO, and he’s saying Americans won’t survive on that battlefield. Polish officers are not insane, they are professional – and they won’t get themselves involved in a joint Russian-Belarussian force, which would easily grind all the way to Warsaw.
- Any conflict force coming from Poland would be small arms, in other words, cannon fodder. Some insane Poles may attempt an attack, or they may be forced into such a situation.
- Is Kiev the next Berlin? Will Russia take Kiev? It is possible, but there is no way to tell what the Russian General Staff think. There is definitely contingency planning for taking Kiev, but whether they will or not depends on realities of the battlefield. The main aim is to cull the mobilization potential of Ukraine, ie. physical annihilation of the army. Clausewitz: the main aim of war is to compel the enemy to do our will.
- So long as the Russian government believes that keeping the Ukrainian regime intact can contribute to a negotiated settlement, the regime (not necessarily Zelensky) will continue to operate. They may threaten Kiev to force a settlement, but there’s no reason to get involved in an urban fight in the midst of millions of people and destroy a city that is central to Slavic culture. They will most likely continue with the meat grinder.
- Russia’s long term goal goes beyond the defeat of the regime in Ukraine. Eventually they will be seeking a new European security arrangement.
- Russophobia has been built over many years and generations to divide and conquer. Very important to build bridges and connect people. How long will it take to lessen the Russophobia to the point it is no longer any threat?
- Americans generally have little Russophobia, it is mostly in the elites. We are in a systemic crisis of Western civilization as a whole – no one knows where it will go. There may be a new cycle of elites, then Russophobia will be tamed somewhat, and some degree of realism. That may be good enough to build new security and diplomatic framework. Russians are done with this American administration and those in Europe – but may talk to new elites. There are some realists currently in the Republican party, and some in Europe – the worse the political and economic conditions get, the more chances a wildcard will show up. Perhaps someone like a Putin will show up out of nowhere in the West.
- Time isn’t on our side; this is a generational issue. An American elite must be re-trained, and there must be an impetus to do so. Either they will be shocked to do so through fear, or by a push from below. Anyone coming up through Stanford is mentored by McFual – elites are injected with the Russophobia disease with their education. There needs to be a shock for this to change, but that shock may destroy America instead.
- Without an arms control agreement, there will be a new arms race, and because of Russophobia, there may be mistakes, leading to nuclear conflict. Ritter functioned his younger days as a marine who wanted to kill Russians, he was fully indoctrinated. Then he got sent to the Soviet Union as a weapons inspector. It took him 6 months, but on a magical evening on New Years the fog was lifted from his eyes as he was invited into someone’s home, and the urge to kill disappeared.
- Arms control can shortcut the program. It can shortcut the nuclear war threat and the Russophobia that drives it because it requires each side make agreements that mutually assure survival of their loved ones.
- It does not take much to build bridges – simply a willingness to connect with another person. Many became very attracted to Russia once the travel sanctions began. Ania was one of them, traveling from Poland, and appreciated her time there.
- People are also similarly programmed against China. Ania mentioned that she would like to go there.
- Apparently Raegan watched a Soviet WW1 film called ‘Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears’ – apparently her discovered the humanity of Russians in this film.
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Source re-quoting a ukrainian Telegram channel :
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Part of the Ukrainian troops will leave Artemovsk
08:12 03.03.2023The tactical aerial reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) "Magyar Birds" received an order to leave Artemivsk (Bakhmut). This was announced in his Telegram channel by the commander of the unit with the call sign "Magyar".
Then Tass :
Side note, currently re-reading a Caesar bio ( in french language ), and it's of great help to face these current events we are witnessing here and to get a broader perspective of war in general.
I will allow myself to make a small correction. The movie in question is not about WW1 at all, this movie is about love. The film takes place in the 70s and Andrey calls it the time of the first Cold War. This film is indeed one of the few Soviet films that was awarded an Oscar and, in my opinion, quite rightfully. I advise you to look.
Позволю себе внести небольшую поправку. Фильм, о котором идет речь совсем не о WW1, этот фильм о любви. Действие фильма происходит в 70е годы и Андрей называет это временем первой холодной войны. Фильм этот действительно, один из немногих советских фильмов, удостоен Оскара и, по моему мнению, вполне по праву. Советую посмотреть.
'Interesting idea, but not achievable.'
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'No "Good Samaritan" anymore?'
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Europe needs new NATO without US – Orban
Possible NATO expansion further to the east is the real reason behind the conflict between Moscow and Kiev, Viktor Orban claims
'No "Good Samaritan" anymore?'
Poland cuts aid for Ukrainians
Poland demands Ukrainians staying in state-run shelters for more than 120 days cover some costs of their accommodation
In general, this has not been news for a long time, but suddenly someone has some doubts and I would like to draw the attention of the mentioned Japanese, South Koreans, Filipinos, although they are actually occupied by the Americans, that they will also be treated highly professionally without any doubt.
Американский генерал назвал высшим профессионализмом войну с Россией руками украинцев
Это в общем то уже давно не новость, но вдруг у кого то остались какие то сомнения и хотелось бы обратить внимание упоминаемых японцев, южно-корейцев, филиппинцев, хотя они фактически и оккупированы американцами, что с ними без всякого сомнения тоже обойдутся высокопрофессионально.