Putin Recognizes Donbass Republics, Sends Russian Military to 'Denazify' Ukraine

[youlik]

The DPR has already sentenced one former OSCE employee from the local for espionage. So this is basically nothing new.

Khodakovsky showed the OSCE satellite phone found in the Azovstal bunker
May 22, 2022 18:27

The commander of the Vostok battalion of the People's Militia of the DPR, Alexander Khodakovsky, showed a photo of a satellite phone found in one of the bunkers at the Mariupol Azovstal plant.

According to him, the device belonged to an OSCE employee, which is also evidenced by a sticker with a barcode on the phone.

"Here is an indisputable proof of the OSCE's engagement — a satellite phone found during the inspection of Azovstal," Khodakovsky wrote.

He stressed that the discovery confirms the suspicions that have existed for years regarding the cooperation of the monitoring mission with the Ukrainian military.

Ходаковский показал найденный в бункере «Азовстали» спутниковый телефон ОБСЕ

I wonder if these gentry will be "calibrated" there, in Pavlodar, or will they wait until they arrive at the front? There, at the front, the range of counter "honors" can be wider, from "Grads" to "Hurricanes" and "Tornadoes".

Two battalions of Poles arrived in Pavlograd – military correspondent
22.05.2022 15:03

This is reported by the sources of the @worontzoff project in Dnipro.

According to their data, two battalions of Polish infantry moved out of Kiev the day before and have already reached Pavlograd. Each battalion had 4 Rapier anti-tank guns, armored personnel carriers and American armored cars.

According to available information, now the Polish infantry is being prepared for transfer to the Avdiivka front. It is difficult to say whether we are talking about regular troops or mercenaries. But in any case, the appearance of these data against the background of Zelensky's dancing with the Rada about the participation of foreign contingents in hostilities looks quite logical.

https://news-front.info/2022/05/22/v-pavlograd-pribylo-dva-batalona-poljakov-voenkor/

Spoiler: Russian spelling

В ДНР уже осудили одного бывшего сотрудника ОБСЕ из местных за шпионаж. Так что это в принципе не новость.
Мне интересно, этих шляхтичей "откалибруют" там же, в Павлодаре или дождутся, когда они на фронт пожалуют? Там уже ассортимент встречных "почестей" может быть пошире, от" Градов" до "Ураганов" и "Смерчей".

 

[Ellipse]

Russian Federation intervenes at the UN on the presence of biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine financed by senior US officials.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1525527226850189312

 

[Joan]

This from RT, a scenario we have seen played out throughout the West, when accepting refugees from areas in conflict This from Ireland of all places, but let us not forget, Southern Ireland is part of the EU, not that it makes any difference, when Whitehall is calling all the shots. This is par for the course, in the West, conflict and diversion.

'Secret memo' warns EU state of risks posed by refugee influx from Ukraine

A secret cabinet memo has reportedly warned the Irish government of risks posed by the arrival of Ukrainian refugees

www.rt.com

The arrival of newcomers in the country poses a risk to “social cohesion and integration,” the secret memo reportedly said

The arrival of tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees in Ireland risks undermining “social cohesion and integration” in the country, a secret cabinet memo to the government has reportedly predicted.

According to an article published by the Irish Independent on Saturday, the country’s ministers were told that the current level of Ireland’s humanitarian response to the conflict in Ukraine could become unsustainable in the coming weeks. The memo reportedly stressed that there was a risk that the newcomers would be left without accommodation, education, income support or employment in Ireland.

Particularly dangerous was the situation in “deprived communities” where the arrival of Ukrainian refugees could undermine “social cohesion and integration.”

The paper described the memo as the “first evidence of concerns at the highest levels of government about the impact of this crisis on communities across the country,” which have recently faced a massive influx of newcomers.

Among the areas likely to feel the brunt most, the Independent claimed citing the memo, are Ireland’s public services, as well as transport, travel and the tourism industry. The effort to support the refugees may have an impact on the “wider population,” according to the memo, including “the unsustainability of that very model of humanitarian response, additional budgetary pressures, and increased demand for public services” – some of which already have “unmet demand.”

As many as 5,000 people could reportedly end up without accommodation in the near future, assuming that around 250 refugees arrive daily in the Emerald Isle. Waiting times for accommodation are also reportedly projected to increase.

All in all, more than 30,000 people arrived in Ireland from Ukraine since Russia launched its large-scale military operation against Ukraine in late February. More than 21,000 of them are seeking accommodation from the state, according to the report. At the same time, fewer than 2,000 of the refugees who have arrived in Ireland have active employment.

More than 6.4 million people have fled Ukraine since the fighting broke out, according to UN data. The vast majority of them, nearly 3.5 million, went to neighboring Poland. Romania and Russia became two other major destinations for Ukrainian refugees, with around 900,000 people going into each country

So, another humanitarian crisis in the making, sowing resentment and discord amongst the resident population. The World is in conflict with each other, and the political leaders are off the hook, a case of just get on with it, find common ground,. Meanwhile, we are all one, and the unicorn world will sort it out and pigs are flying around like crazy, in the la la world of psychopathic wishful thinking.

 

[maxwell1110]

Russian Federation intervenes at the UN on the presence of biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine financed by senior US officials.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1525527226850189312

I’m hoping this presentation is the start of what Zakhorova was indicating back in March and April regarding the US Bio-weapons labs in Ukraine coming to light. Here are a couple I saved from telegram:

#Zakharova: We confirm facts revealed during the special military operation in Ukraine, which prove that the Kiev regime has been destroying the evidence of military biological programmes Kiev was implementing. They were funded by the US Department of Defence.

We remember how they have been searching for chemical, biological or bacteriological weapons across the globe for years, with exceptional bloody efficacy, invading countries and killing people. Well, you have been searching in all the wrong places. We have found them for you. Your projects, your biological samples, including those for military purposes in the first place, are in Ukraine. What were you doing there? It's a different continent. No common borders. No US bases. What were your specialists doing then under the guise of scientific developments, giving regular instructions to the Ukrainian side?

The world has the right to know what they were going to make there, what their purpose was. The game is over…

Russian MFA

When I read this at the time it really felt as though the Empire had been checkmated - full spectrum exposure. It really has felt like a massive ARG has been playing out over here in the US/West coast. And then here’s another post from Zakharova where she’s calling out Big Tech’s relationship with the intelligence and media community:

#Opinion by Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

Just a few days ago, the former US defence, intelligence and security officials (once served, always serving, as the saying goes) called on the US legislators not to hamper the omnipotent IT corporations. In an open letter, they called on Congress to refrain from passing legislation that would limit Google, Meta and the like in their digital dictate.

Their rationale is quite straightforward: “A battle brewing between authoritarianism and democracy.” Authoritarianism, meaning, among others, Russia, uses cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns to bring about a change in the global order. At the same time, democracy, meaning the US, together with the champions of free speech embodied by US technology platforms “have given the world the chance to see the real story of the Russian military’s horrific human rights abuses in Ukraine.” They recommend a traditional set of methods: censorship and digital reprisals. It turns out that the intelligence community believes that you can build democracy and achieve free speech by silencing all those who disagree and by deleting from the information space everything at odds with what is being imposed from above, including by the intelligence community they represent.

There is no need to search for any further evidence on who was behind Facebook’s decision not to delete extremist materials targeting Russians.

It has to be noted that the ranks of the national security champions include prominent members of the US establishment, including high-profile figures like former Secretary of Defence and former CIA Director, as well as member of the Oracle board Leon E. Panetta, former Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Frances F. Townsend, former Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh C. Johnson, and several other equally notorious figures.

You may ask what do the representatives of the US security and intelligence community have to do with all this? Why have they decided to take a stand on such a hot topic?

Let me explain.

Just like all other representatives of the American “deep state,” they have been successful not only in their public offices, but also in the private sector. Many of them own stock in major corporations or sit on their boards, including in the IT industry. This is how the US government, the defence, intelligence and security apparatus, corporations and major media holdings came to form a single whole. This makes it virtually impossible to understand where free speech begins and where it ends. Most importantly, this is what they refer to as democracy.

By the way, Frances F. Townsend and James R. Clapper used to work for CNN and CBS. This explains a lot.

Apart from their similar career patterns, what the intelligence community members share in common is a keen focus on our country. They all went to great lengths to spread fakes on what they misrepresented as Russia’s meddling in the US election. Panetta and Clapper went as far as become the central figures on the Advisory Board of the Committee to Investigate Russia, a nonprofit resource.

Some members of the US security establishment just cannot get over their fixation on taking Russia out. This is merely a pretext, a veil for ensuring that technology monopolies retain their unchallenged sway over the public opinion in the United States and around the world. The vociferous and at times appealing slogans about democracy conceal pragmatic and cynical calculations.

It is at this particular point in history that Elon Musk went shopping online…

Мария Захарова

На днях отставные американские спецслужбисты (бывших, как известно, не бывает) призвали законодателей США не ограничивать всевластие IT-корпораций - с этой целью они написали открытое письмо с призывом к Конгрессу отказаться от законопроектов, которые бы лимитировали цифровой диктат Google, Meta...

t.me

I’m not quite sure what she’s inferring other than big tech players have an incestuous relationship with each other (I would add that maybe Elon realized something), and that last line got me thinking - Did Musk
and team data mine a little more than they imagined when they fired up Starlink at the start of the conflict?

Then there’s this indication from a Russian hacker community back in April 1st that they have hacked the Ukraine Foreign Ministry (shared via RussiaHead):

Russian Head

XAKNET has hacked the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on March 31st and made all their correspondence public. 😁👍 https://t.me/xaknet_team/130 Password: xaknet_team @russianhead

t.me

XAKNET has hacked the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on March 31st and made all their correspondence public.

XakNet Team

Первая пачка документов министерства иностранных дел Украины. Пароль на архив: xaknet_team

t.me

Password: xaknet_team

I haven’t had a chance dig into what info they may be holding onto. But peculiar nonetheless and wanted to share in case anyone wants to dig further or already has…

But it still looks to me as though the Western masters are checkmated and done. Maybe even awhile ago they are just running they’re narrative cycles and allotted advertising space out for the next big thing - something pox?

Last article regarding Starlink in Ukraine; a glowing yet cringe reveal of its impact since implementation at the start of the conflict by pro-Empire geeks, Wired:

How Starlink Scrambled to Keep Ukraine Online

Elon Musk’s intervention demonstrates how satellite internet could route around war or censorship far beyond Ukraine.

www.wired.com

Starlink’s success in Ukraine suggests it and other new-generation satellite services could be a powerful tool in conflicts and disasters in other parts of the world, or a way to help people living in places with overbearing internet controls, says Michael Schwille, who works on information warfare policy at the Rand Corporation.

The US government has a long history of supporting technology that can get unfiltered or important information to people seen to need it, Schwille argues, including Radio Free Europe and grants that funded anonymity service Tor and encryption app Signal. “USAID has been in the democracy promotion business for a long time,” he adds. “I’m sure they are thinking about where else this kind of technology could be used.”

Super speculating here again, but what’d they (Starlink) find and we’re they “shadowed” by a Russian hacking collective that also found info that further confirmed Russia’s assertions regarding the real intent of Ukro bio-weapons labs? Again, when adding it up it would seem (and I pray daily) that the Western “game” is truly over… make it so Russia!! Also, reminds me of when Trump when he said, “we caught them all.” Wait and see, I guess…

 

[Persej]

Instead of invading Ukraine, Poland should invade Norway.

Norway should share the “excess” profits it’s been making as oil and gas prices soar amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at the National Youth Dialogue Congress on Saturday.

“But should we be paying Norway gigantic money for gas – four or five times more than we paid a year ago? This is sick,” he said, claiming that the excess of the annual average gas and oil profit “will exceed €100 billion” this year for a country of five million people like Norway.

“They should share these excess profits. It’s not normal, it’s unjust. This is an indirect preying on the war started by Putin,” the PM said.

Morawiecki also urged young Poles to go and shame their Norwegian “friends” over the fat gas profits online to push the country into sharing the wealth.

“Write to your young friends in Norway,” he said. “They should share it immediately,” Morawiecki stated, adding that it shouldn’t necessarily be shared with Poland, but with Ukraine.

https://www.rt.com/business/555926-poland-norway-gas-profits/

 

[iamthatis]

This from RT, a scenario we have seen played out throughout the West, when accepting refugees from areas in conflict This from Ireland of all places, but let us not forget, Southern Ireland is part of the EU, not that it makes any difference, when Whitehall is calling all the shots. This is par for the course, in the West, conflict and diversion.

'Secret memo' warns EU state of risks posed by refugee influx from Ukraine

A secret cabinet memo has reportedly warned the Irish government of risks posed by the arrival of Ukrainian refugees

www.rt.com

The arrival of newcomers in the country poses a risk to “social cohesion and integration,” the secret memo reportedly said

The arrival of tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees in Ireland risks undermining “social cohesion and integration” in the country, a secret cabinet memo to the government has reportedly predicted.

According to an article published by the Irish Independent on Saturday, the country’s ministers were told that the current level of Ireland’s humanitarian response to the conflict in Ukraine could become unsustainable in the coming weeks. The memo reportedly stressed that there was a risk that the newcomers would be left without accommodation, education, income support or employment in Ireland.

Particularly dangerous was the situation in “deprived communities” where the arrival of Ukrainian refugees could undermine “social cohesion and integration.”

The paper described the memo as the “first evidence of concerns at the highest levels of government about the impact of this crisis on communities across the country,” which have recently faced a massive influx of newcomers.

Among the areas likely to feel the brunt most, the Independent claimed citing the memo, are Ireland’s public services, as well as transport, travel and the tourism industry. The effort to support the refugees may have an impact on the “wider population,” according to the memo, including “the unsustainability of that very model of humanitarian response, additional budgetary pressures, and increased demand for public services” – some of which already have “unmet demand.”

As many as 5,000 people could reportedly end up without accommodation in the near future, assuming that around 250 refugees arrive daily in the Emerald Isle. Waiting times for accommodation are also reportedly projected to increase.

All in all, more than 30,000 people arrived in Ireland from Ukraine since Russia launched its large-scale military operation against Ukraine in late February. More than 21,000 of them are seeking accommodation from the state, according to the report. At the same time, fewer than 2,000 of the refugees who have arrived in Ireland have active employment.

More than 6.4 million people have fled Ukraine since the fighting broke out, according to UN data. The vast majority of them, nearly 3.5 million, went to neighboring Poland. Romania and Russia became two other major destinations for Ukrainian refugees, with around 900,000 people going into each country

So, another humanitarian crisis in the making, sowing resentment and discord amongst the resident population. The World is in conflict with each other, and the political leaders are off the hook, a case of just get on with it, find common ground,. Meanwhile, we are all one, and the unicorn world will sort it out and pigs are flying around like crazy, in the la la world of psychopathic wishful thinking.

Following up on this, Thierry Meyssan gives another reason for resentment and discord - in many cases, these refugees are not apolitical or non-ideological, they are Banderites:

In the Western Middle Ages, war was the business of the nobles and of them alone. In no case did the population participate. The Catholic Church had enacted laws of war to limit the impact of conflicts on civilians. All this does not correspond anymore to what we live and is not based on anything.

The equality between men and women has also reversed the paradigms. Not only are soldiers now women, but they can be civilian commanders too. Fanaticism is no longer the exclusive domain of the so-called stronger sex. Some women are more dangerous and cruel than some men.

We are not aware of these changes. In any case, we do not draw any conclusions from them. This leads to bizarre positions such as the refusal of Westerners to repatriate the families of jihadists they have let go to the battlefields and to judge them. Everyone knows that many of these women are far more fanatical than their husbands were. Everyone knows that they represent a much greater danger. But nobody says so. They prefer to pay Kurdish mercenaries to keep them and their children in camps, as far away as possible.

Only the Russians have repatriated the children, who were already contaminated by this ideology. They entrusted them to their grandparents, hoping that the latter would be able to love and care for them.

For the past two months, we have been receiving Ukrainian civilians fleeing the fighting. They are only women and children who suffer. So we do not take any precautions. However, a third of these children have been trained in the summer camps of the Banderites. There they learned the handling of weapons and the admiration of the criminal against humanity Stepan Bandera.

 

[ziutek]

Maria Zaharova on giving Poles in Ukraine full civil rights with the exception of voting:

Мария Захарова

Произошло то, что действительно редко бывает в истории: Зеленский на законодательном уровне оформляет особый статус иностранных граждан – Польши – на Украине. Президент государства просит национальный парламент утвердить особые права граждан другого государства, по сути разрешая им всё...

t.me

"What has happened is something that really rarely happens in history: Zelensky legislates for the special status of foreign nationals - Poland - in Ukraine.

The president of the state asks the national parliament to approve the special rights of citizens of another state, essentially allowing them everything. According to leaks to the media, it is a question of equating the rights of Poles with the rights of Ukrainians, except for the right to vote.

A case of sovereignty, there is no other way to put it.

Not the separatists, but the president of the country himself transfers to the citizens of another country the rights on the territory of his state, without introducing them to the citizenship of Ukraine.

If the Kiev regime is so active in throwing away its independence, its independence, what claims can the Ukrainian administration have against the people of Crimea?

The sovereignty of Ukraine is so unimportant to anyone at Bankova that the main question is not how to keep it, but who to give it to.

There are secondary questions that arise from it - how much, how many times and how deep to carry out integration in a form that is convenient to the West.

Under the guise of preserving its own identity, the Kiev regime has been destroying it, shooting at its own people for eight years, and now it is doing something unprecedented - legalizing the de facto seizure of its country.

THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, ZELENSKY, DOES."

 

[ziutek]

Bravo to the gentleman from Croatia:

UKR LEAKS_eng

🇭🇷 Croatian MEP has publicly proposed the EU to impose sanctions against the US and Saudi Arabia. “The incredible lie and hypocrisy that sanctions against oil and gas from Russia will help stop the fighting in Ukraine. If we were the ones really fighting for peace, then we should immediately...

t.me

" Croatian MEP has publicly proposed the EU to impose sanctions against the US and Saudi Arabia.

“The incredible lie and hypocrisy that sanctions against oil and gas from Russia will help stop the fighting in Ukraine. If we were the ones really fighting for peace, then we should immediately impose sanctions against Saudi Arabia, which has been fomenting war in Yemen for several years. It would also be necessary to impose an embargo on oil and gas from the United States, which took part in more wars than any other European country,” said Mislav Kolakusic"

 

[SOTTREADER]

Bravo to the gentleman from Croatia:

UKR LEAKS_eng

🇭🇷 Croatian MEP has publicly proposed the EU to impose sanctions against the US and Saudi Arabia. “The incredible lie and hypocrisy that sanctions against oil and gas from Russia will help stop the fighting in Ukraine. If we were the ones really fighting for peace, then we should immediately...

t.me

" Croatian MEP has publicly proposed the EU to impose sanctions against the US and Saudi Arabia.

“The incredible lie and hypocrisy that sanctions against oil and gas from Russia will help stop the fighting in Ukraine. If we were the ones really fighting for peace, then we should immediately impose sanctions against Saudi Arabia, which has been fomenting war in Yemen for several years. It would also be necessary to impose an embargo on oil and gas from the United States, which took part in more wars than any other European country,” said Mislav Kolakusic"

I have a triple jabbed "liberal" friend who perfectly summarised to me why Ukraine is wrong whilst Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Libya etc wasn't wrong.

You see, it is quite simple he said. The West makes the rules and what Russia is doing in Ukraine doesn't serve "us"... this is unlike those other places you mentioned.

He said this with a straight face - I repeat, liberal, "climate and environmental conscious", triple (no doubt soon to be quadrupled) jabbed person.

I nodded my head in agreement as there is no need to engage in certain discussions with people who see things so wildly different - I see it more like trying to coexist as peacefully as possible with such people whilst working to maintain a sense of mutual respect and healthy boundaries. Lol

 

[bjorb]

I nodded my head in agreement as there is no need to engage in certain discussions with people who see things so wildly different

Indeed.

Arguing with a fool makes two fools. You only have so much energy and time to spend in one day. Pick the ones that are productive.

 

[marek760]

Ukrainians supporting Russian special operation will be punished with confiscation of property.
Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law on the procedure for confiscation of assets from citizens, It will apply to those who support the special operation in Ukraine.

"The law establishes a new type of sanctions in the form of confiscation to the state of assets belonging to a natural or legal person, as well as assets that he can directly or indirectly dispose of," the message of the office of the President of Ukraine.

Зеленский утвердил закон о конфискации активов за поддержку спецоперации

Предписанный законом порядок изъятия имущества и активов будет действовать только на время военного положения, решение о конфискации будет принимать Высший антикоррупционный суд

www.rbc.ru

 

[ziutek]

I have a triple jabbed "liberal" friend who perfectly summarised to me why Ukraine is wrong whilst Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Libya etc wasn't wrong.

You see, it is quite simple he said. The West makes the rules and what Russia is doing in Ukraine doesn't serve "us"... this is unlike those other places you mentioned.

He said this with a straight face - I repeat, liberal, "climate and environmental conscious", triple (no doubt soon to be quadrupled) jabbed person.

I nodded my head in agreement as there is no need to engage in certain discussions with people who see things so wildly different - I see it more like trying to coexist as peacefully as possible with such people whilst working to maintain a sense of mutual respect and healthy boundaries. Lol

Typical Western NPC.
The West acts in our interest and Russia in its own.
The West fighting Russia (read: wanting to seize its resources...) acts in our interest and Russia in its own interest because it dares to defend itself.
Talking to them is pointless.

I hope the translation doesn't destroy the context.

 

[Pecha]

Recent video where some Russians get on a call with George Bush impersonating Zelensky. Topics include Ukraine, Russia, Nato, etc.

 

[thorbiorn]

The history of Forest Brothers and related organizations in Eastern Europe
Recently I watched the NATO clip, about the Forest Brothers in the Baltics mentioned in this article Sleepwalking into fascism: Why CIA/NATO's foreign policy has been consistent for the past 77 years
Here is the description of the video:

Forest Brothers - Fight for the Baltics 11. jul. 2017
After the Second World War, soldiers from across the Baltics who had fought on both sides of the war disappeared into the forests to wage Europe's bloodiest guerrilla war against the occupying Soviet forces. This short docu drama includes interviews with former partisan fighters and those who supported them and dramatic battle scene recreations and interviews with modern-day Special Forces of Lithuania, the direct descendants of the Forest Brothers.

I looked into the subject a bit more and found a couple of documentaries. I came away with the impression that people may have joined the organization for different reasons, and I also think it is possible that some fought the USSR not because they were ideological National Socialists. Maybe they were nationalists, as could be found in many West European countries and even the US. Some may also have been opposed to totalitarianism, as described by Lobaczewski in Political Ponerology.

The efforts of the West, especially the UK and the US, to support these groups in Eastern Europe in the years after WWII had little to do with a desire for these countries to be free and much more about them to play a useful role in the geopolitical strategy of their sponsors.

The divisions, tension and trauma created by these efforts have helped to shape the development in the post Soviet era with its expansion of the influence of the US/UK/EU/NATO and the politics of rabid anti-Russian sentiments that we encounter today.

There was an article from Estonia published by ERR News that praises one of the soldiers who worked with Waffen-SS and later the British intelligence:

ERR News is the English-language service of Estonian Public Broadcasting, run by a fully independent editorial team.

Plaque commemorating SS recipient of Iron Cross to be unveiled in Mustla
NEWS 22.06.2018 15:56

Published on the anniversary of the beginning of Operation Babarossa. Below is how the article explains why this soldier needs to be remembered, it says at the end it is a plaque put on a private house. Still, I think such an article would be hard to find in Germany or Scandinavia, but that may change, if the soldier below can get an article there are a many others that also fought the Soviet Union on the German side not to mention the German themselves.

A regional war memorial society is set to unveil a memorial plaque to Alfons Rebane, a decorated Estonian army officer who fought in the ranks of both the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS during World War II, on the external wall of a house in the southern Estonian town of Mustla on Friday, as reported by local newspaper Sakala.

Rebane was an instructor in the Estonian Defence League (Kaitseliit) in the late 1930s, in Mustla, and the plaque is to be affixed to the wall of the last of several residences he lived in in that town, according to Jaanika Kressa, from the Estonian Warriors' Sakala Society.

The plaque, carved by local stone carver Kalev Pehme, depicts Rebane in a SS uniform with the Estonian coat of arms on the sleeve.

"From the location on the wall, Rebane will be 'looking' across the road towards the memorial to the fallen of the 1918-1920 War of Independence in Jaani Park, which was first installed with his help, and later reinstalled after the restoration of Estonian independence," Kressa said.

Alfons Rebane held the German Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, something bestowed on a total of two non-Germans: in addition to Rebane, Belgian Leon Degrelle was also so decorated.

The son of a railway official born in 1908, this Sunday, 24 June, would have been his 110th birthday; Rebane started his military career in the 1920s and was commissioned as an officer in 1929.

In May 1941, amid Soviet reprisals in Estonia, Rebane went underground to fight against the Soviets in Viru County.

A few months later, after Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, he became a leader of the Forest Brothers at the Kavastu partisan camp.

He later joined the German armed forces and attracted attention as the commander of the 658th Estonian Battalion. During the war, he managed to break out of no less than 13 encirclements, It is reported.

With the ending of World War Two and the Soviet Occupation of Estonia seemingly more permanent, Rebane left Estonia for the UK, and subsequently started work with the UK intelligence services. However his attempts to help the Forest Brothers (Metsavennad) movement, which conducted guerilla operations against occuypying Soviet troops, from that base, were ultimately unsuccessful.

In 1961, Rebane retired from the British intelligence services and moved to Germany, where remained until his death in Augsburg in 1976.

Rebane was buried in Augsburg with full military honours the same year, and 13 years later reinterred in Tallinn's Metsakalmistu (Forest Cemetery).

The Viljandi county governor, Alar Karu, commenting on the potentially controversial move, stated that since the memorial plaque will be attached on the wall of a private building, no permission from the municipality is required.

"Since Rebane is a part of Mustla's history, perpetuating his memory is welcome," he added.
The director of Viljandi Museum, Jaak Pihlak, concurred: "Rebane definitely deserves to be remembered as a soldier," he averred.

Editor: Andrew Whyte

And a video from Russia:

Ukrainian nationalists (OUN) and Baltic "Forest brothers" in WW2. Bandera's (OUN)
In paragraph 6 of the Charter of the International Nuremberg Military Tribunal, the circle of "leaders, organizers, instigators and accomplices who participated in the drawing up and implementation of a common plan or conspiracy aimed at committing any of the above crimes" of the Nazis were designated by the court. In the materials of the International Nuremberg Military Tribunal, the structures of the OUN-UPA appear as one of the many collaborationist forces in occupied Europe that collaborated with the Nazis, in particular with the Abwehr and his chief, Admiral Canaris. It has been documented that the punitive-police armed units of the OUN-UPA were created by the German special services on the Nazi model. More than 16% of the OUN-UPA militants served in the German army, in the Ukrainian and German police and gendarmerie. The Germans handed over to the OUN-UPA 100 thousand rifles and guns, 10 thousand machine guns, 700 mortars, and a lot of ammunition. The former Nazi leaders of the Abwehr Lahusen, Stolze, Lazarek, Paulus testified to this at the trial. So, according to Lazarek: "S. Bandera received 2.5 million marks from the Germans, that is, as much as Melnik receives" (the leaders of the OUN-Bandera and OUN-Melnik - ed.). According to Paulus: “In addition to the Bandera and Melnik groups, the Abwehr point, as well as the Abwehr 202 command, used the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). Priests of the Ukrainian Uniate Church, who took part in the fulfillment of our assignments along with other Ukrainians, were also trained in the training camps of the governor-general."

Ukrainian nationalists (OUN) and Baltic "Forest brothers" in WW2. Bandera's (OUN), p. 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJmCw...
Ukrainian nationalists (OUN) and Baltic "Forest brothers" in WW2. Bandera's (OUN), p. 2 - Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aFAM...
Ukrainian nationalists (OUN) and Baltic "Forest brothers" in WW2. Bandera's (OUN), p. 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnYOi...
Ukrainian nationalists (OUN) and Baltic "Forest brothers" in WW2. Bandera's (OUN), p. 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6vVv...
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The above number of 16 % shows not all participated, but then also not all would have the needed age and physical ability to act as soldiers.
There is documentary:
The Unknown War Baltic Resistance 2016 | Nezināmais karš

Film by Dr.hist. Edvins Snore From the director of the award-winning “The Soviet Story” comes a new documentary THE UNKNOWN WAR: BALTIC RESISTANCE It tells the story of Baltic partisans who fought against the Soviet Occupation, 1945-1956. The film is based on never before published archival documents, eye-witness accounts of partisans and KGB veterans. Experts interviewed in the film include: Dr. John Prados (US National security analyst), Dr. Stephen Dorril (researcher of the British intelligence services), Dr. Mart Laar (historian, author of “War in the Woods”). Title: The Unknown War: Baltic Resistance Type: Historical Documentary Director: Dr.hist. Edvins Snore Date: May 5th, 2016 (premiere) Language: Narrated in English, foreign language speakers subtitled in English Length: 43 minutes

There are two Wikis:
Guerrilla war in the Baltic states
Eastern European anti-Communist insurgencies, which has:

The Central and Eastern European anti-Communist insurgencies fought on after the official end of the Second World War against the Soviet Union and the communist states formed under Soviet occupation and support.

Prominent movements include:

• The Ukrainian Insurgent Army fought until eradicated in 1956.
• The anti-Soviet Hungarian Revolution took place in 1956.
• Baltic partisans known as the "Forest Brothers" fought until eradicated in the early 1960s.
• Romanian anti-communist resistance movement fought until eradicated in 1962/68.
• Polish partisans known as the "Cursed soldiers" fought until eradicated in 1963.
• Bulgarian partisans known as "Goryani" fought until eradicated in the early 1960s.
• Croatian partisans known as "Crusaders" fought until eradicated in the early 1950s.
• Serbian partisans known as "Chetniks" fought until eradicated in the early 1950s.
• Slovenian partisans fought until eradicated in the early 1950s.
• Moldovan and Romanian partisans (fighting the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina) fought until eradicated in the early 1950s.[citation needed]
• Some Russian White Movement members fought until eradicated in the 1960s.
• Belarusian partisans fought until eradicated in the early 1950s.

The activities of some the groups have been controversial as some of them, like the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and groups associated with the "cursed soldiers", were responsible for ethnic cleansing and mass murder.[1][2]

If there after WWII were stay-behind armies in Europe sponsored by the US, then there were also stay-behind programs, ready to influence the populations and influence these populations when needed. The multi-generational programming may explain, why the current propaganda has been successful and why the conflict has enough fuel to last for some time. To counter the effects of the programs, they need to be acknowledged and resisted.

 

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Ukrainians supporting Russian special operation will be punished with confiscation of property.
Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law on the procedure for confiscation of assets from citizens, It will apply to those who support the special operation in Ukraine.

"The law establishes a new type of sanctions in the form of confiscation to the state of assets belonging to a natural or legal person, as well as assets that he can directly or indirectly dispose of," the message of the office of the President of Ukraine.

Ukraine is ahead of the curve, as I'm reminded of the advertisement that "You will own nothing, and you will be happy." from the World Economic Forum. The independence people are convinced they are fighting for is surely not all it is cracked up to be, as Covid measures during the last couple of years should have illustrated, see also: WHO Stealth Coup to Dictate Global Health Agenda of Gates, Big Pharma