Ukraine invasion

IlIlIlIlI · Aug 11, 2023

Russian Drones And Missiles Destroyed Oil Depot And Hotel Used By Ukrainian Military In Rear

On August 10, Russian UAVs and missiles struck their targets in Ukraine. Ukrainian officials confirmed damage to facilities in the...

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Zelensky could fire defense minister – Ukrainian media

Ukrainian Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov could be sent to London to replace the ambassador sacked for criticizing the president

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China condemns US ‘cyber theft’

The US government has committed large-scale “cyber theft” against Japan and other countries in Asia, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said

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Delays Push F-16 Transfer to Ukraine Until Next Summer - News From Antiwar.com

Delays have caused the North Atlantic alliance to push back the expected arrival of F-16s in Ukraine until next summer. Currently, only six Ukrainian pilots are engaged in the training program. According to the Washington Post, the revised timeline reflects that Western countries see the F-16s...

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Zelensky Fires the Heads of All Local Draft Boards After Corruption Scandal - News From Antiwar.com

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he was firing dozens of officials responsible for overseeing military recruitment in each region of the country. The leader claimed the officials were engaging in “revolting” abuses of power. Last week, Zelensky said his administration had...

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Russia's success in Kupyanks will crush Ukrainian counteroffensive completely
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/world/157385-russia_ukraine_kupyansk/

Ukrainians won’t fly F-16s until summer 2024 – WaPo

The first six Ukrainian pilots still have to complete special English lessons before starting a six-month-long F-16 combat training course

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Ukrainian lives cheaper than American – Polish president

Andrzej Duda has urged conservatives in the US to actively support Ukraine before American soldiers have to shed their own blood in Europe

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Zelensky announces sweeping military purge

Vladimir Zelensky has announced a massive purge of regional conscription officials after a string of corruption scandals

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YouTube bans Scott Ritter

YouTube has terminated the account of the former US spy who has openly supported Russia

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IlIlIlIlI · Aug 12, 2023

US corruption runs rampant in Ukraine conflict – politician

Chairman of the Council of the Other Ukraine Movement Viktor Medvedchuk noted that President Volodymyr Zelensky made the entire Ukrainian people a victim of this scheme

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Egypt refuses to supply arms to Ukraine despite US’ pressure

Representatives of the United States and Egypt did not confirm to the newspaper information about the negotiations on this matter

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Russian ambassador to UK calls London’s attitude to the Ukrainian conflict 'hawkish'

According to Andrey Kelin, Britain’s assistance, however, "is incomparable to that of the United States in terms of financial resources"

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Hunter Biden’s prosecutor gets new status

US Department of Justice gives prosecutor investigating President Joe Biden’s son special counsel status

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counter_violent · Aug 12, 2023

Ruble to Rubble.

This will be Putin's legacy. The break up of Russia and internal conflicts forever. Well done, tinpot dictator.

From Ruble To Rubble

Putin's war is bringing the Russian economy to its knees. Part of his ruthless legacy will be that of leaving a rubble of an economy.

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IlIlIlIlI · Aug 12, 2023

Ukraine Attacks Crimea With 20 Drones To Make Up For Heavy Losses On The Front (Videos)

Kiev forces attacked the Crimean Peninsula with 20 suicide drones early on August 12, after suffering heavy losses on the...

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Ukrainian Soldiers Underestimated Russia – Western Media

Mainstream media outlets try to explain the counterattack’s failure and make new “predictions” about the conflict.

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Kiev again tries to attack Crimean bridge with S-200 missile, Russian air defenses down it

There was no damage or casualties

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Ukrainians underprepared by NATO training – report

Ukrainian officers have complained that their Western instructors weren’t teaching them skills relevant to the current conflict

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Pentagon’s defense of cluster munition use by Ukraine is ‘cynicism’ – Russia

Cluster munitions, which the US says Ukraine is “properly” using, have killed a Russian journalist, Moscow’s envoy to Washington has said

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Fresh missile attacks on Crimean Bridge foiled, local reports say

The head of Crimea Sergey Aksenov has reported that Russian air defenses have shot down two missiles in the vicinity of the Crimean Bridge

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The appointment of a special counsel for Hunter Biden’s case is just a trick to better shield the US president and his son

Special counsel appointed to investigate US President Joe Biden’s son is the same prosecutor who has handled the case since 2019

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counter_violent · Aug 13, 2023

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IlIlIlIlI · Aug 14, 2023

Ukraine to get German drones – Bild

Germany’s top arms manufacturer, Rheinmetall, is to supply its new reconnaissance drones to Ukraine, Bild has reported

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Ukrainian counteroffensive falling short of NATO expectations – The Times

The Ukrainian counteroffensive has failed to deliver the “miracles” NATO had expected of it, The Times has reported, citing a US officer

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German chancellor speaks in favor of continuing international talks on Ukraine

Olaf Scholz described the recent consultations on the Ukrainian settlement in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah as "very important"

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Kiev again tries to attack Crimean bridge with S-200 missile, Russian air defenses down it

There was no damage or casualties

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Kosovo, Turkey And Ukraine: A Human Organ Trafficking Network?

The investigation of a Turkish whistleblower may have revealed the worst face of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine (if there is an acceptable face to conflicts). Against the background of the armed conflict, a network of traffickers in human organs would have arisen. That network would be...

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US war hawk blames Biden for Kiev’s ‘stalling’ counteroffensive

Slow and inadequate Western support for Kiev has hampered Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia, US war hawk John Bolton has said

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Russia open to military-technical cooperation with other states – Putin

Moscow is willing to develop equal military and technological partnerships with countries seeking to defend their national interests

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IlIlIlIlI · Aug 17, 2023

UN, Red Cross ignore daily reports of Ukraine’s violations of humanitarian law — Shoigu

"We record and daily transmit information about incidents to the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross," the Russian defense minister noted

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US biolabs in Ukraine created as part of bioweapons programs — Kennedy Jr.

"But now, when you do bioweapons development, every bioweapon, it needs vaccine so you develop them side by side because in a 100% of the cases when you deploy a bioweapon, there’s blowback. Your side also gets sick," the politician noted

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Zelensky visits Ukrainian Neo-Nazi leader (VIDEO)

The Ukrainian president met with Azov founder Andrey Biletsky and members of the notorious Aidar battalion near the Donbass frontline

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Zelensky tells Ukrainians to avoid bars and clubs

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has criticized civilians for not showing enough support to the soldiers fighting at the frontlines

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Ukraine matters to Biden more than Hawaii – Ron Paul

Retired Congressman Ron Paul has slammed US President Joe Biden for pouring more money into the “losing war” in Ukraine as Maui burns

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Report: US Considering 'Military Solutions' to Protect Shipments from Ukraine's Danube River Ports - News From Antiwar.com

The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the US is considering “military solutions” to protect shipments of grain leaving Ukraine’s Danube River ports as an alternative to the Black Sea grain deal that Russia recently exited. The Journal cited an unnamed senior US official based in...

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NATO Official Calls Comments on Ukraine Ceding Territory a 'Mistake' - News From Antiwar.com

A NATO official who sparked a backlash from Kyiv for suggesting Ukraine could cede territory to Russia in exchange for NATO membership appeared to walk back his comments on Wednesday. “My statement about this was part of a larger discussion about possible future scenarios in Ukraine, and I...

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Zelensky holds court with Ukraine’s most notorious neo-Nazi - The Grayzone

Western media has dismissed evidence of neo-Nazi influence in Ukraine by citing President Zelensky’s Jewish heritage. But new footage published by Zelensky shows the leader openly collaborating with a fascist ideologue who once pledged to “lead the white races of the world in a final...

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Ukrainian naval drone targets Russian vessels – MOD

Two Black Sea Fleet vessels thwarted an attempted attack by a Ukrainian naval drone on Thursday evening, the Russian Defense Ministry said

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IlIlIlIlI · Aug 18, 2023

POW says British instructors were more interested in money than in training Ukrainians

"But, as a matter of fact, training was very poor. Only theory and a little bit of practice," Roman Levko complained

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Moscow urges Ukrainian troops to turn arms against Kiev junta or capitulate — diplomat

Maria Zakharova reiterated that Russia’s Investigative Committee is probing all instances of Ukrainian militants shelling Russian regions as well as their other criminal acts

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Ukrainian intel exposes $7.4 mln corruption scheme to supply army with defective munitions

It is reported that the companies managed to deliver only a portion of the ordered mines to the Defense Ministry, which turned out to be defective due to the use of low-quality gunpowder

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Czech government calls for humility as Ukrainians rape Czech women
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/world/157401-czech_republic_ukrainians/

Think tank ‘experts’ pushing for endless conflict in Ukraine share a common benefactor

A whopping 85% of media quotes on US military involvement come from someone paid by the defense industry

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Ukrainian leadership split over counteroffensive – Newsweek

Officials in Kiev are reportedly divided on whether they should press ahead or abort the counteroffensive

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Ukraine’s counteroffensive has failed – US congressman

Republican Representative Andy Harris doubts that the Ukraine conflict is winnable and suggests winding down US aid to Kiev

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Foreign mercenaries reveal shocking casualty rates in Ukraine – media

In some units, fewer than two in ten men have emerged unscathed from the ongoing counteroffensive

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US intelligence believes Ukraine’s counteroffensive will fail – WaPo

US intelligence agencies have made a “grim” assessment of Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive, according to the Washington Post

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Stage three of Ukraine's counter-offensive will be its last
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/157433-ukraine_counter_offensive/

US provoking antagonism, developing bioweapons more than the rest — Beijing

According to Wang Wenbin, the United States has been excessively using falsifications, claiming now and then that other countries allegedly pose a threat while striving to meet its geopolitical interests and "to earn its profit for the sake of its own hegemony"

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IlIlIlIlI · Aug 19, 2023

Ukraine’s baby factories rake in record profits amid chaos of war - The Grayzone

While average Ukrainians suffer amid NATO’s proxy war against Russia, business is booming for the surrogate baby industry, which requires a steady supply of healthy and financially desperate women willing to lease their wombs to affluent foreigners. Surrogates “have to be from poorer places than...

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The Hard Truth: Ukraine Has No Realistic Path to Victory Over Russia

This means it is almost certain Ukraine will never win its freedom on the battlefield. To preserve the territory it presently holds, and to prevent the loss of any more land, Kyiv must accede to the harsh reality that the most prudent course is now to seek a freeze of the conflict and enter into...

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Most Germans oppose giving cruise missiles to Kiev – poll

Over 50% of Germans remain opposed to providing Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles, a new poll shows

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Kiev blames Russia for deadly strike

Ukrainian authorities have accused Russia of conducting a missile strike on the city of Chernigov, which has claimed seven lives

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UK asks Russia to change course on tax treaty

Vladimir Putin pulled out of the double taxation agreement this month in response to Britain’s sanctions policy

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Germany will ‘never’ place troops in Ukraine – Scholz

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged that German troops will never be deployed to Ukraine

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Ukraine attacks Russian military airfield – MOD

Ukraine attempted to strike a Russian military airfield with a drone, damaging one aircraft, Moscow’s defense minister has reported

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IlIlIlIlI · Aug 22, 2023

Russia warns West that donating F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine will escalate conflict

Denmark and the Netherlands are the latest Western nations to donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.

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US-made military speedboat destroyed off Ukrainian coast – Moscow

The Russian military has reported the destruction of a US-made speedboat with Ukrainian troops near Snake Island

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‘Russian lives also matter’ – Lars von Trier

The Instagram account associated with the Danish film director has posted a message of peace in response to the pledge of F-16s to Ukraine

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Banning Russian media created news gap on Ukraine conflict – South African official

A South African conflict resolution expert says RT’s closure in several regions of the world has resulted in a one-sided information crisis

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Ukraine shouldnât have started counteroffensive â retired Ukrainian colonel

The science of warfare, Sergey Grabsky said, dictates that Ukraine needs to have triple as much military power as its enemy in order to have a chance to succeed, but it doesnât have that kind of superiority

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Rufus_Leakey · Aug 23, 2023

IlIlIlIlI said:
Ukraine shouldnât have started counteroffensive â retired Ukrainian colonel

The science of warfare, Sergey Grabsky said, dictates that Ukraine needs to have triple as much military power as its enemy in order to have a chance to succeed, but it doesnât have that kind of superiority

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He also said

As Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Grinds On, Russia Seeks to Advance in the North

Russia is trying to retake some of the territory that it lost to Ukraine in Kyiv’s lightning advance in the region of Kharkiv last autumn.

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“We’re now in the most intense phase of military operations on both sides,” Hrabsky said. “Ukraine has still not engaged its full military potential. But Russia has already passed its peak.”

Rufus_Leakey · Aug 23, 2023

Yevgeny Prigozhin on passenger list of plane in fatal crash, says Russia

Officials say Wagner chief behind June mutiny was on jet that crashed in Tver region killing all 10 onboard

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The current story is Prigo was listed as a passenger, so we don't know yet whether he was actually on the plane.

I found some footage of the official Russian investigation of the "accident."

IlIlIlIlI · Aug 23, 2023

IN BRIEF: Prigozhin listed as passenger on private jet that crashed north of Moscow

According to preliminary data, all 10 people onboard were killed

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Wagner chief listed among passengers on crashed plane – officials

Evgeny Prigozhin was listed as being on board the private jet that crashed en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg

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Eye witnesses heard 'two loud bangs' before Prigozhin plane crashed

Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a plane that crashed north of Moscow, killing 10 people onboard.

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VIDEO shows ‘Wagner boss plane crash’ – media

Footage has surfaced on social media showing the moment a private jet reportedly linked to Evgeny Prigozhin hit the ground

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, PMC Wagner founder, KILLED in plane crash
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/157489-prigozhin_killed_plane_crash/

Ending Ukraine conflict now is ‘smartest thing we can do’ – retired US Army colonel

Ukraine is losing its military campaign against Russia, and Western intervention would risk a nuclear conflict, an ex-Pentagon adviser warns

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Rufus_Leakey · Aug 24, 2023

IlIlIlIlI said:
Not a quote, but a question (and the answer):

What is missing for the past week?

The answer is one of our favorite propaganda outlets. But there is a reason -- they moved!

SouthFront.Org Blocked By U.S.-Controlled Global Internet Supervisor

On the night of 18 August, the “international domain name registry” blocked southfront.org without any warning or explanation. Despite the...

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So, don't say I never did anything for you.:

IlIlIlIlI · Aug 24, 2023

Moscow publishes footage of attack on Ukrainian military speedboat (VIDEO)

The Russian Ministry of Defense has published footage of its warplane firing at a Ukrainian military speedboat in the Black Sea

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US Plan Revealed: 'No More Than 20 Million Residents In Ukraine By 2030s'

First Prime Minister of Ukraine Vitold Fokin described interesting dialogue with an American political scientist, national security adviser and...

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Russia hawk in hot water over husband’s business dealings

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has told the media that her husband has assured her that he had no business dealings with Russia

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US and Ukraine ‘at odds’ over counteroffensive tactics – WSJ

There is an “intense behind-the-scenes debate” between the US and Ukraine on how Kiev should fight Russia, the Wall Street Journal claims

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Kiev’s ability to reconquer territories is ‘questionable’ – top EU general

Kiev’s ability to attain its goals in the conflict with Russia is doubtful, the EU military committee head has said

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IlIlIlIlI · Aug 25, 2023

US, its allies ‘blind and deaf’ to Kiev's crimes, Russia’s envoy to UN says

Lies about the real objectives of our special military operation and its reasons, about the real culprits of civilian deaths caused by the actions of Ukrainian air defense systems deployed in residential neighborhoods in violation of international humanitarian law, Russian Permanent...

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Western sponsors have no pity for Ukrainian soldiers, Russian envoy to UN says

Vasily Nebenzya pointed out that Ukraine is ruled by "the criminal Kiev regime, which exclusively serves the geopolitical interests of the United States and its allies and is waging a hybrid war against Russia in Ukraine to the last Ukrainian"

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Russia’s UN envoy says totalitarian dictatorship in Ukraine gets stronger by the day

According to Vasily Nebenzya, Kiev’s main "achievement" is the one gained by rewriting history and banning dissent

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UN warns Ukraine over attacks on Russian civilian targets

Drone and artillery attacks on civilians are against international law, Deputy Secretary-General DiCarlo told the Security Council

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Berlin admits intelligence failure on Ukraine conflict

Berlin has slammed German intelligence over its repeated inability to predict developments in the standoff between Moscow and Kiev

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US to reduce military aid to Ukraine in 2024 – WSJ

Washington wants Kiev to fight with what it already has, the newspaper reported

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Prigozhin plane crash: Investigation, versions, aftermath

An investigation is underway into the presumed death of Wagner Group chief Evgeny Prigozhin following the crash of his private jet

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US ‘cynically’ using children – Russia

The Russian Embassy in Washington has condemned “cynical” new US restrictions against a childcare center in Crimea

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counter_violent · Aug 25, 2023

On Thursday, we learnt that existing Brics members – Russia, China, India, South Africa and Brazil – are going to admit Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates, thus cementing the organisation’s status as a confederation of the oppressive and the bankrupt.

Tim thinks this is the future ! 🤣🤣🤣

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timsk · Aug 26, 2023

counter_violent said:
. . . Tim thinks this is the future ! 🤣🤣🤣

For anyone who hasn't been following this thread for very long, c_v's comment is doublespeak for: 'Ar$e, having lost my silver bet with Tim, I'm now gonna double down and prove how wrong I am about the wider geopolitical situation as well'.

We'll see who has the last laugh c_v - I'm very confident it isn't going to be you - or your new best friends in the White House and the EU!

timsk · Aug 27, 2023

counter_violent said:
On Thursday, we learnt that existing Brics members – Russia, China, India, South Africa and Brazil – are going to admit Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates, thus cementing the organisation’s status as a confederation of the oppressive and the bankrupt.

Anyone who's inclined to agree with c_v's statement might like to consider the wise words of Neil Oliver in his latest brilliant - nail-on-head - monologue. Enjoy . . .

And this excellent speech by Tucker Carlson in Budapest echoes many of the same points . . . "The world is realigning at high speed, and turning against the United States. . ."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1695254001791406210

And one more for good measure. . .
In the this video by The Duran, Alexander Mercouris examines the enlargement of BRICS and arrives at the surprising conclusion - shocking, even- that Joe Biden might be awarded a the Nobel Peace prize!