The 10th separate mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received the honorary name "Edelweiss" by Zelensky's decree
The 1st mountain infantry division of the Nazi Germany Wehrmacht had the same name.
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The footage is circulating with leaflets that the AFU post on the entrances of houses in Bakhmut. They say that in two days the houses will be burned to create a smoke screen in order to slow down the advance of Russian troops in the city.
Naturally, the Ukrainian authorities will deny involvement in such events. But the Ukrainian Army will in any case use the residential houses to defend the settlement, regardless of whether there are civilians there or not.
There are many examples — Mariupol, Severodonetsk, Lisichansk, Soledar. During the assault on cities, the destruction of buildings is always inevitable, and in Bakhmut, Ukrainian formations also consider the population to be “separas” and second-class people. Therefore, the burning of houses by the enemy does not look like something out of the ordinary.
And it is unlikely that now the Armed Forces of Ukraine will do without the targeted destruction of the Bakhmut civilian infrastructure.
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Naturally, the Ukrainian authorities will deny involvement in such events. But the Ukrainian Army will in any case use the residential houses to defend the settlement, regardless of whether there are civilians there or not.
There are many examples — Mariupol, Severodonetsk, Lisichansk, Soledar. During the assault on cities, the destruction of buildings is always inevitable, and in Bakhmut, Ukrainian formations also consider the population to be “separas” and second-class people. Therefore, the burning of houses by the enemy does not look like something out of the ordinary.
And it is unlikely that now the Armed Forces of Ukraine will do without the targeted destruction of the Bakhmut civilian infrastructure.
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Since When did Ukrainians Become Ennoscriptd to the State they Got?
By Alexander G. Markovsky for the American Thinker
This is the history of the transformation of a tiny area occupied by Zaporozhian Cossacks into the largest country in Europe after Russia, larger than France or Germany. How did Ukraine pull off an expansion of this magnitude without a single conquest?
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The historical record demonstrates that contemporary Ukraine emerged from a mosaic of lands assembled by Russian conquests and paid for with Russian blood and treasure. Except for a small area of the Zaporozhian Host (the red area on the map), Ukraine has no historical connection to the land it occupies and is the product of Russian geopolitical engineering.
The foregoing is the reason Henry Kissinger wrote, “The West must understand that, to Russia, Ukraine can never be just a foreign country.”
If Americans had been more aware of Ukrainian history, they would have raised reasonable doubts about the validity of Ukraine’s territorial aspirations. Konrad Adenauer once said, “History is the sum total of things that could be avoided.” It couldn’t be better said about Ukraine; if Czar Alexey in 1654 had not protected the Zaporozhian Host’s Cossacks, the precursors of Ukrainians, from annihilation, we would never have heard about Ukraine.
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Even the New York Times, no friend of Putin, in its January 9, 2022 editorial, just before the invasion, challenged the wisdom of Ukraine joining NATO and admitted that "Mr. Putin's concerns cannot be entirely dismissed. Were Ukraine to join NATO, the alliance would then have a 1,200-mile land border with Russia, a situation no major power would abide, no matter how loudly the Atlantic alliance claims to be purely defensive."
Whether political naiveté, recklessness, incessant appetite for foreign aid, or all of the above, Ukraine’s tenacious insistence on NATO membership, even in the face of a looming Russian invasion, instigated a war that could easily be avoided.
It was a blunder of historic magnitude.
And, as this failed state, with the borders drawn by the Soviet Union, rotten with incompetence and corruption, collapses in blood and destruction, the eerie premonition is that Ukraine will remain a wasteland for generations.
So, if Ukrainians deserve a state, they may indeed deserve the state they got.
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By Alexander G. Markovsky for the American Thinker
This is the history of the transformation of a tiny area occupied by Zaporozhian Cossacks into the largest country in Europe after Russia, larger than France or Germany. How did Ukraine pull off an expansion of this magnitude without a single conquest?
...
The historical record demonstrates that contemporary Ukraine emerged from a mosaic of lands assembled by Russian conquests and paid for with Russian blood and treasure. Except for a small area of the Zaporozhian Host (the red area on the map), Ukraine has no historical connection to the land it occupies and is the product of Russian geopolitical engineering.
The foregoing is the reason Henry Kissinger wrote, “The West must understand that, to Russia, Ukraine can never be just a foreign country.”
If Americans had been more aware of Ukrainian history, they would have raised reasonable doubts about the validity of Ukraine’s territorial aspirations. Konrad Adenauer once said, “History is the sum total of things that could be avoided.” It couldn’t be better said about Ukraine; if Czar Alexey in 1654 had not protected the Zaporozhian Host’s Cossacks, the precursors of Ukrainians, from annihilation, we would never have heard about Ukraine.
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Even the New York Times, no friend of Putin, in its January 9, 2022 editorial, just before the invasion, challenged the wisdom of Ukraine joining NATO and admitted that "Mr. Putin's concerns cannot be entirely dismissed. Were Ukraine to join NATO, the alliance would then have a 1,200-mile land border with Russia, a situation no major power would abide, no matter how loudly the Atlantic alliance claims to be purely defensive."
Whether political naiveté, recklessness, incessant appetite for foreign aid, or all of the above, Ukraine’s tenacious insistence on NATO membership, even in the face of a looming Russian invasion, instigated a war that could easily be avoided.
It was a blunder of historic magnitude.
And, as this failed state, with the borders drawn by the Soviet Union, rotten with incompetence and corruption, collapses in blood and destruction, the eerie premonition is that Ukraine will remain a wasteland for generations.
So, if Ukrainians deserve a state, they may indeed deserve the state they got.
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Since When did Ukrainians Become Ennoscriptd to the State they Got?
This is the history of the transformation of a tiny area occupied by Zaporozhian Cossacks into the largest country in Europe after Russia, larger than France or Germany. How did Ukraine pull off an expansion of this magnitude without a single co...
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We don’t have to engage in hysterical crusades against Russia and China
Debates about the Ukraine war, and more recently Chinese balloons, show how little tolerance there is for anything but a hawkish response.
Written by Alexander Hill for the "Responsible Statecraft"
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The West has whipped itself up into a frenzy of crusading zeal. Arguments offered by other state actors for their conduct — often pointing to similar actions by the West — are simply dismissed by Western leaders who are also willing to ignore the fact that Russia and China in particular are major powers with not only significant conventional military capabilities and potentials, but also nuclear weapons.
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Sadly, a more realistic and culturally tolerant approach to many international issues today would not serve the egos and interests of many politicians who have boxed themselves into a corner over their maximalist stances. Nor would a change of tack, and particularly over Russia and Ukraine, suit Western energy companies or a U.S. military-industrial complex that is one of the principal beneficiaries of the war in Ukraine. However, this kind of realist engagement is ultimately going to be the only way to save the many lives that will otherwise be lost in the sort of clash of civilizations that has brought so much human misery over the few millennia that humans have been able to document their follies.
No matter how hard some might wish, Russia’s war in Ukraine is unlikely to lead to any sort of crushing Russian defeat on the battlefield, and sooner or later negotiations will have to take place. If future negotiations are to be meaningful, both sides will have to give ground and make some attempt to see something of the other side’s point of view.
We can only hope that enough political leaders come to their senses and try to acknowledge at least some credibility in the other side’s position before both the local and global costs of the war in Ukraine and the growing friction with the likes of China increase too much further.
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Debates about the Ukraine war, and more recently Chinese balloons, show how little tolerance there is for anything but a hawkish response.
Written by Alexander Hill for the "Responsible Statecraft"
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The West has whipped itself up into a frenzy of crusading zeal. Arguments offered by other state actors for their conduct — often pointing to similar actions by the West — are simply dismissed by Western leaders who are also willing to ignore the fact that Russia and China in particular are major powers with not only significant conventional military capabilities and potentials, but also nuclear weapons.
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Sadly, a more realistic and culturally tolerant approach to many international issues today would not serve the egos and interests of many politicians who have boxed themselves into a corner over their maximalist stances. Nor would a change of tack, and particularly over Russia and Ukraine, suit Western energy companies or a U.S. military-industrial complex that is one of the principal beneficiaries of the war in Ukraine. However, this kind of realist engagement is ultimately going to be the only way to save the many lives that will otherwise be lost in the sort of clash of civilizations that has brought so much human misery over the few millennia that humans have been able to document their follies.
No matter how hard some might wish, Russia’s war in Ukraine is unlikely to lead to any sort of crushing Russian defeat on the battlefield, and sooner or later negotiations will have to take place. If future negotiations are to be meaningful, both sides will have to give ground and make some attempt to see something of the other side’s point of view.
We can only hope that enough political leaders come to their senses and try to acknowledge at least some credibility in the other side’s position before both the local and global costs of the war in Ukraine and the growing friction with the likes of China increase too much further.
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We don't have to engage in hysterical crusades against Russia and China
Debates about the Ukraine war, and more recently Chinese balloons, show how little tolerance there is for anything but a hawkish response.
NATO is inviting Europeans to the war...
At the meeting in Brussels this week, defense ministers are also expected to sign off on new political guidance, which will set out the investment requirements for allies to prepare for any potential future military activity.
The classified guidance will plan ways for NATO to simultaneously engage in a high-intensity so-called Article 5 conflict, where allies would have to defend each other, as well as an out out-of-area, non-Article 5 event at the same time, people familiar with the matter said. Article 5 is NATO’s mutual defense clause.
NATO allies will be asked to shift investments toward capabilities needed for collective defense, such as heavier forces, as well as more air and missile defense, a senior NATO official said. The guidance will also underscore the need for more investment in digital modernization and emphasize the need to use data collected from forces in an integrated way. Once guidance is adopted, NATO’s military command will detail requirements for each ally over the coming months.
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Apparently, NATO strategists are trying to work out a way of action, that would cover a situation, when a NATO member is waging a war in the territory, which is not covered by the 5th Article... Should we think about Polish army in Ukraine?
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At the meeting in Brussels this week, defense ministers are also expected to sign off on new political guidance, which will set out the investment requirements for allies to prepare for any potential future military activity.
The classified guidance will plan ways for NATO to simultaneously engage in a high-intensity so-called Article 5 conflict, where allies would have to defend each other, as well as an out out-of-area, non-Article 5 event at the same time, people familiar with the matter said. Article 5 is NATO’s mutual defense clause.
NATO allies will be asked to shift investments toward capabilities needed for collective defense, such as heavier forces, as well as more air and missile defense, a senior NATO official said. The guidance will also underscore the need for more investment in digital modernization and emphasize the need to use data collected from forces in an integrated way. Once guidance is adopted, NATO’s military command will detail requirements for each ally over the coming months.
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NATO Struggles to Meet Spending Goals as It Weighs Higher Target
NATO countries may agree as soon as this summer to spend at least 2% of their economic output on defense, a slight shift from the alliance’s 10-year-old pledge to “move toward the 2% guideline.”
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Interview with Seymour Hersh: Joe Biden blew up Nord Stream because he didn't trust Germany
Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has published a controversial research on the Nord Stream attack. We spoke to him.
An interview for the Berliner Zeitung
Mr. Hersh, please explain your findings in detail. According to your source, what exactly happened, who was involved in the Nord Stream attack and what were the motives?
It was a story that cried out to be told. At the end of September 2022, near the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea eight bombs are detonated, six of which went up in an area where it is fairly flat. They destroyed three of the four large pipelines of Nord Stream 1 and 2. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline has supplied Germany and other parts of Europe with very cheap natural gas for many years. And then it was blown up, as was Nord Stream 2, and the question was who did it and why. On the 7th. February 2022, a good two weeks before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. US President Joe Biden said at a press conference in the White House, which he held with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, that the United States would stop Nord Stream.
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The people involved in the operation saw that the president wanted Germany to freeze for his short-term political goals, and that horrified them. I'm talking about Americans who are very loyal to the United States. With the CIA, as I put it in my article, you work for power and not for the constitution.
The political advantage of the CIA is that, that a president, who can't get his plans in Congress, can go for a walk with the CIA director in the rose garden of the White House, to plan something secret, that can affect many people on the other side of the Atlantic - or wherever in the world. That was always the unique selling point of the CIA - with which I have my problems. But even this community is horrified that Biden has decided to put Europe out of the cold to support a war that he will not win. For me it is nefarious.
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Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has published a controversial research on the Nord Stream attack. We spoke to him.
An interview for the Berliner Zeitung
Mr. Hersh, please explain your findings in detail. According to your source, what exactly happened, who was involved in the Nord Stream attack and what were the motives?
It was a story that cried out to be told. At the end of September 2022, near the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea eight bombs are detonated, six of which went up in an area where it is fairly flat. They destroyed three of the four large pipelines of Nord Stream 1 and 2. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline has supplied Germany and other parts of Europe with very cheap natural gas for many years. And then it was blown up, as was Nord Stream 2, and the question was who did it and why. On the 7th. February 2022, a good two weeks before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. US President Joe Biden said at a press conference in the White House, which he held with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, that the United States would stop Nord Stream.
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The people involved in the operation saw that the president wanted Germany to freeze for his short-term political goals, and that horrified them. I'm talking about Americans who are very loyal to the United States. With the CIA, as I put it in my article, you work for power and not for the constitution.
The political advantage of the CIA is that, that a president, who can't get his plans in Congress, can go for a walk with the CIA director in the rose garden of the White House, to plan something secret, that can affect many people on the other side of the Atlantic - or wherever in the world. That was always the unique selling point of the CIA - with which I have my problems. But even this community is horrified that Biden has decided to put Europe out of the cold to support a war that he will not win. For me it is nefarious.
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Berliner Zeitung
Seymour Hersh im Interview: Joe Biden sprengte Nord Stream, weil er Deutschland nicht traute
Das Interview mit Seymour Hersh hat unsere Leser diese Woche besonders bewegt. Er beschuldigt die USA, Nord Stream zerstört zu haben.
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Why are ordinary Ukrainians fighting Russia today?
VGTRK (Russian state television) war correspondent Alexander Sladkov outlines the reasons why, in his opinion, ordinary Ukrainians are now at war with Russia.
“Why do seemingly mentally healthy people who lived a normal life wage this war, which is the least beneficial for Ukrainians and Ukraine? What are they thinking and how were they brainwashed to fight?
The first option is motivation. Some part of Ukrainians believes in the superiority of the Ukrainian nation over the Russian horde. Yes, many people really believe in delusional ideas that Ukrainians are real Russians, from whom the Horde stole their history and even their name. An interesting fact, but for several years now it has been customary to call Russia Muscovy on Ukrainian TV, because the real Russia is Ukraine ...
Somewhere next to them are the defenders of the white race from multinational Russia and other variations of such ideologies. Against such a background, Bandera, with their highest value of the Ukrainian state and the struggle against Moscow imperialism, even look relatively sane and liberal.
The second option for the reason to be in war with Russia is that a huge number of Ukrainians believe that they are much better off than Russians and are ready to defend their “well-fed” life. They either do not believe in comparative figures of GDP per capita, because the calculations were carried out according to incorrect, non-Ukrainian systems, or they are sure that the entire GDP of Russia remains completely inside the Moscow Ring Road, and in the rest of the territory it is worse than in the Ukrainian village.
Naturally, any person who has seen the liberated regions of Ukraine, say, along the land corridor to the Crimea (which used to be a highway of republican significance for Ukraine), will not believe this.
But the average Ukrainian either never travelled further than the regional centre, or travelled, but to earn money. Of course, this idea is common among those Ukrainians who did not go to work in Russia. And here is their next point as they see it: since the time of the emergence of the Moscow Principality (and possibly even earlier), Russia has grown rich at the expense of Ukraine, and if it is defeated, then every Ukrainian will become rich.
By the way, this is a variation of Kravchuk's statements of 1991 that Ukraine will become a second France as soon as it stops feeding Russia.
It is absolutely clear that a certain number of Ukrainians are fighting for the illusion of freedom, for some reason, from Russia — such a counterbalance to the above types of motivation. They have changed three presidents and a bunch of parliaments in 9 years. And in Russia there was not even a single Maidan.
The fact that they did not change presidents themselves and that nothing changed from the change of faces, they both went to war and continued to go — in this case, Ukrainians try not to think, as well as the fact that instead of the promised growth of a free economy, and did not begin to live better than under Kuchma, before the first Maidan. But such is the national myth, and they fight for it.
Another common reason is the fear of approaching the front line. Many people know or subconsciously guess how Ukraine "defends" their cities, so they prefer to make every effort to ensure that this happens as far from their home as possible.
Moreover, Ukraine calmly shoots the cities liberated by Russia, but Russia tries to avoid unnecessary victims. Some Ukrainians prefer to frame such fears in a beautiful form with stories about self-attacks (they shoot themselves), while others do not.
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Why are ordinary Ukrainians fighting Russia today?
VGTRK (Russian state television) war correspondent Alexander Sladkov outlines the reasons why, in his opinion, ordinary Ukrainians are now at war with Russia.
“Why do seemingly mentally healthy people who lived a normal life wage this war, which is the least beneficial for Ukrainians and Ukraine? What are they thinking and how were they brainwashed to fight?
The first option is motivation. Some part of Ukrainians believes in the superiority of the Ukrainian nation over the Russian horde. Yes, many people really believe in delusional ideas that Ukrainians are real Russians, from whom the Horde stole their history and even their name. An interesting fact, but for several years now it has been customary to call Russia Muscovy on Ukrainian TV, because the real Russia is Ukraine ...
Somewhere next to them are the defenders of the white race from multinational Russia and other variations of such ideologies. Against such a background, Bandera, with their highest value of the Ukrainian state and the struggle against Moscow imperialism, even look relatively sane and liberal.
The second option for the reason to be in war with Russia is that a huge number of Ukrainians believe that they are much better off than Russians and are ready to defend their “well-fed” life. They either do not believe in comparative figures of GDP per capita, because the calculations were carried out according to incorrect, non-Ukrainian systems, or they are sure that the entire GDP of Russia remains completely inside the Moscow Ring Road, and in the rest of the territory it is worse than in the Ukrainian village.
Naturally, any person who has seen the liberated regions of Ukraine, say, along the land corridor to the Crimea (which used to be a highway of republican significance for Ukraine), will not believe this.
But the average Ukrainian either never travelled further than the regional centre, or travelled, but to earn money. Of course, this idea is common among those Ukrainians who did not go to work in Russia. And here is their next point as they see it: since the time of the emergence of the Moscow Principality (and possibly even earlier), Russia has grown rich at the expense of Ukraine, and if it is defeated, then every Ukrainian will become rich.
By the way, this is a variation of Kravchuk's statements of 1991 that Ukraine will become a second France as soon as it stops feeding Russia.
It is absolutely clear that a certain number of Ukrainians are fighting for the illusion of freedom, for some reason, from Russia — such a counterbalance to the above types of motivation. They have changed three presidents and a bunch of parliaments in 9 years. And in Russia there was not even a single Maidan.
The fact that they did not change presidents themselves and that nothing changed from the change of faces, they both went to war and continued to go — in this case, Ukrainians try not to think, as well as the fact that instead of the promised growth of a free economy, and did not begin to live better than under Kuchma, before the first Maidan. But such is the national myth, and they fight for it.
Another common reason is the fear of approaching the front line. Many people know or subconsciously guess how Ukraine "defends" their cities, so they prefer to make every effort to ensure that this happens as far from their home as possible.
Moreover, Ukraine calmly shoots the cities liberated by Russia, but Russia tries to avoid unnecessary victims. Some Ukrainians prefer to frame such fears in a beautiful form with stories about self-attacks (they shoot themselves), while others do not.
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Трезвый взгляд: За что обычные украинцы сегодня воюют с Россией?
Речь не о киевском режиме, а об обычных людях, которые после насильной мобилизации всё же воюют, а не массово складывают оружие.
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But from the point of view of preserving property and the survival of their families, many (let's say in Nikolaev) are happy to keep the RF Armed Forces on the Dnieper, or even better in the Donbass.
It is also important to understand that all the named main reasons supported by Ukrainian propaganda are not mutually contradictory. Therefore, a significant number of people believe in them in one form or another mixed.
Therefore, there really is some kind of combination like “avenge the Holodomor + prevent subhumans from sleeping with our women + protect themselves from Russian poverty”. This is, of course, for internal use.
For the outside, the picture is standard and more balanced: democracy, minority rights, the struggle against the former metropolis and, of course, LGBT people. Here the PR people of the US Democratic Party did not philosophize, but issued their standard program. Such a BLM with Ukrainians in the role of blacks, and Russians in the role of wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestants).
In general, I remember from my youth in the barracks how the guys from Western Ukraine proved that they were feeding Russia. If they objected, they were ready to tear and throw. And I myself almost believed in this nonsense.
Only later did I realize that pigsties had to be fuelled with gas, that tractors had to be fuelled with diesel. And both were torn out of the bowels of Siberia by hard workers from all over the USSR. Not Ukraine fed Russia, but the entire Union fed Ukraine.
And while gas was cheap — Ukraine lived, while Russia was nearby — Ukraine prospered. And then hatred took precedence over logic. It's a disease. Moreover, it is incompatible with the life of Ukraine.”
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But from the point of view of preserving property and the survival of their families, many (let's say in Nikolaev) are happy to keep the RF Armed Forces on the Dnieper, or even better in the Donbass.
It is also important to understand that all the named main reasons supported by Ukrainian propaganda are not mutually contradictory. Therefore, a significant number of people believe in them in one form or another mixed.
Therefore, there really is some kind of combination like “avenge the Holodomor + prevent subhumans from sleeping with our women + protect themselves from Russian poverty”. This is, of course, for internal use.
For the outside, the picture is standard and more balanced: democracy, minority rights, the struggle against the former metropolis and, of course, LGBT people. Here the PR people of the US Democratic Party did not philosophize, but issued their standard program. Such a BLM with Ukrainians in the role of blacks, and Russians in the role of wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestants).
In general, I remember from my youth in the barracks how the guys from Western Ukraine proved that they were feeding Russia. If they objected, they were ready to tear and throw. And I myself almost believed in this nonsense.
Only later did I realize that pigsties had to be fuelled with gas, that tractors had to be fuelled with diesel. And both were torn out of the bowels of Siberia by hard workers from all over the USSR. Not Ukraine fed Russia, but the entire Union fed Ukraine.
And while gas was cheap — Ukraine lived, while Russia was nearby — Ukraine prospered. And then hatred took precedence over logic. It's a disease. Moreover, it is incompatible with the life of Ukraine.”
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Why are ordinary Ukrainians fighting Russia today?
VGTRK (Russian state television) war correspondent Alexander Sladkov outlines the reasons why, in his opinion, ordinary Ukrainians are now at war with Russia.
“Why do seemingly…
Why are ordinary Ukrainians fighting Russia today?
VGTRK (Russian state television) war correspondent Alexander Sladkov outlines the reasons why, in his opinion, ordinary Ukrainians are now at war with Russia.
“Why do seemingly…
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Visual confirmation of the Wagner Su-24 mentioned earlier that was damaged above Bakhmut and managed to return home.
The pilot landed his craft despite it being actively on fire risking his own life to bring the bird back safely. It has already been sent back behind the lines for repairs.
The pilot landed his craft despite it being actively on fire risking his own life to bring the bird back safely. It has already been sent back behind the lines for repairs.
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This is a video footage of the emergency landing of the Wagner Group Su-24 which was damaged by Ukrainian SAM ManPad.
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Amazing, I have not seen anything like that. They have landed the burning aircraft. The fire was extinguished after landing.
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Amazing, I have not seen anything like that. They have landed the burning aircraft. The fire was extinguished after landing.
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This is the same aircraft, from which Prigozhin was making his challenge to Zelensky several days ago.
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#1205 Публикуем фрагменты боевого вылета Су-24 ЧВК «Вагнер»
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Ukrainian media called the launch of balloons against air defence the idea of Kyiv
Ukraine was the first to launch balloons to disorient Russian air defence (claim, 😂🤣😆)
MOSCOW, February 15 — RIA Novosti. A year ago, the Kyiv authorities were the first to use balloons with reflectors to disorient Russian air defence systems, Ukrainian source writes, citing an anonymous source in the Ukrainian Air Force.
"We launched balloons over their territory <...>. This is an ordinary helium balloon wrapped in foil, which flies at the speed of the wind, and whose main task is to disorient air defence," the source said.
The source also alleges that the Kyiv regime was involved in an air defence incident near Rostov-on-Don on January 3. Then the governor of the region, Vasily Golubev, said that the air defence system had eliminated the object in the form of a ball.
"These were balloons similar to ours, launched from the eastern part of Ukraine," he said.
According to the interlocutor of "Strana", Russia, after these incidents, allegedly also began to launch such facilities.
On Wednesday afternoon, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said that the Russian military allegedly launched balls with radar corner reflectors as decoys to deplete and distract air defences. At the same time, he stressed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would not shoot down these air targets.
At the same time, the Kiev city military administration had previously reported the appearance of six balloons in the sky over the Ukrainian capital, most of which were allegedly shot down.
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Ukraine was the first to launch balloons to disorient Russian air defence (claim, 😂🤣😆)
MOSCOW, February 15 — RIA Novosti. A year ago, the Kyiv authorities were the first to use balloons with reflectors to disorient Russian air defence systems, Ukrainian source writes, citing an anonymous source in the Ukrainian Air Force.
"We launched balloons over their territory <...>. This is an ordinary helium balloon wrapped in foil, which flies at the speed of the wind, and whose main task is to disorient air defence," the source said.
The source also alleges that the Kyiv regime was involved in an air defence incident near Rostov-on-Don on January 3. Then the governor of the region, Vasily Golubev, said that the air defence system had eliminated the object in the form of a ball.
"These were balloons similar to ours, launched from the eastern part of Ukraine," he said.
According to the interlocutor of "Strana", Russia, after these incidents, allegedly also began to launch such facilities.
On Wednesday afternoon, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said that the Russian military allegedly launched balls with radar corner reflectors as decoys to deplete and distract air defences. At the same time, he stressed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would not shoot down these air targets.
At the same time, the Kiev city military administration had previously reported the appearance of six balloons in the sky over the Ukrainian capital, most of which were allegedly shot down.
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Украинские СМИ назвали запуск воздушных шаров против ПВО идеей Киева
Киевские власти еще год назад начали первыми использовать воздушные шары с отражателями для дезориентации российских ПВО, пишет "Страна.ua" со ссылкой на... РИА Новости, 15.02.2023
Russia requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on the state of emergency at Nord Stream for February 22
Deputy Representative Polyansky: Russia has requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on Nord Stream on February 22
UN, February 15 — RIA Novosti. Russia requested a meeting of the UN Security Council after receiving new data on the blowing up of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the country to the organization, said in a Telegram channel.
"In the light of new information regarding the undermining of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, we requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on February 22 at 15:00 New York time (23:00 Moscow time)," the diplomat wrote.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also announced plans to convene a special meeting on Wednesday afternoon, noting that Russia would demand that some form of investigation be found. At the same time, according to him, the UN Secretary General, through his official representative, has already said that the organization does not have the authority and mandate for this.
Last week, Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist Seymour Hersh published an article about his investigation into gas pipeline explosions. His publication says that the attack on the Nord Streams was staged by the United States with the help of NATO allies.
According to Hersh, US divers planted explosives during exercise Baltops last summer, and the Norwegians activated them three months later. US President Joe Biden decided to sabotage after more than nine months of secret discussions with the national security team, the journalist claims. Later, the Pentagon told RIA Novosti that the United States had nothing to do with undermining Nord Stream.
The attacks on Russian export pipelines took place on September 26, when a gas leak was discovered in four places at once. Sweden, Denmark and Germany are conducting investigations, but they have not yet led to any concrete results. The Kremlin called the accident an act of international terrorism.
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Deputy Representative Polyansky: Russia has requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on Nord Stream on February 22
UN, February 15 — RIA Novosti. Russia requested a meeting of the UN Security Council after receiving new data on the blowing up of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the country to the organization, said in a Telegram channel.
"In the light of new information regarding the undermining of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, we requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on February 22 at 15:00 New York time (23:00 Moscow time)," the diplomat wrote.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also announced plans to convene a special meeting on Wednesday afternoon, noting that Russia would demand that some form of investigation be found. At the same time, according to him, the UN Secretary General, through his official representative, has already said that the organization does not have the authority and mandate for this.
Last week, Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist Seymour Hersh published an article about his investigation into gas pipeline explosions. His publication says that the attack on the Nord Streams was staged by the United States with the help of NATO allies.
According to Hersh, US divers planted explosives during exercise Baltops last summer, and the Norwegians activated them three months later. US President Joe Biden decided to sabotage after more than nine months of secret discussions with the national security team, the journalist claims. Later, the Pentagon told RIA Novosti that the United States had nothing to do with undermining Nord Stream.
The attacks on Russian export pipelines took place on September 26, when a gas leak was discovered in four places at once. Sweden, Denmark and Germany are conducting investigations, but they have not yet led to any concrete results. The Kremlin called the accident an act of international terrorism.
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Россия запросила на 22 февраля заседание СБ ООН по ЧП на "Северных потоках"
Россия запросила заседание Совета Безопасности ООН после получения новых данных по подрыву трубопроводов "Северный поток" и "Северный поток — 2", заявил первый... РИА Новости, 15.02.2023
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Ukraine to Receive Fewer Battle Tanks From Allies Than Promised
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius indicated that western allies are struggling to put together two full battalions of Leopard 2 tanks to send to Ukraine as promised.
Germany and Portugal are the only two nations to commit to sending the A6 version of the Leopard 2, with 14 pledged by the government in Berlin and three from the Portuguese, Pistorius told reporters Wednesday after meeting NATO counterparts in Brussels. “We will not reach the size of a battalion,” he said.
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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius indicated that western allies are struggling to put together two full battalions of Leopard 2 tanks to send to Ukraine as promised.
Germany and Portugal are the only two nations to commit to sending the A6 version of the Leopard 2, with 14 pledged by the government in Berlin and three from the Portuguese, Pistorius told reporters Wednesday after meeting NATO counterparts in Brussels. “We will not reach the size of a battalion,” he said.
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Ukraine to Receive Fewer Battle Tanks From Allies Than Promised
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius indicated that western allies are struggling to put together two full battalions of Leopard 2 tanks to send to Ukraine as promised.
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The military operation of Russian forces in Artemovsk (Ukrainian name — Bakhmut) is needed in order to completely tie down the Ukrainian army, which is forced to transfer large reserves to hold the city, Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner group, told reporters.
"Bakhmut is needed in order to completely paralyze the Ukrainian army. And it, in fact, is paralyzed. They are great, they cling to it. According to intelligence estimates, there are about 90 battalions on Bakhmut today and in the vicinity. About 40-50 thousand people. The enemy every day throws up new reserves," Prigozhin said.
He noted that the progress of the Wagner group is "50-100 meters" per day. “Fights go on for every house, for every meter. There is a fortified area in every garden. In general, this was to be expected, since after the liberation of Popasnaya, when we began to cover it from all sides, he had enough time,” Prigozhin added.
Artyomovsk is located in the Kyiv-controlled part of the DPR, north of the large city of Gorlovka, and is an important transport hub for supplying the Ukrainian group of troops in the Donbass.
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"Bakhmut is needed in order to completely paralyze the Ukrainian army. And it, in fact, is paralyzed. They are great, they cling to it. According to intelligence estimates, there are about 90 battalions on Bakhmut today and in the vicinity. About 40-50 thousand people. The enemy every day throws up new reserves," Prigozhin said.
He noted that the progress of the Wagner group is "50-100 meters" per day. “Fights go on for every house, for every meter. There is a fortified area in every garden. In general, this was to be expected, since after the liberation of Popasnaya, when we began to cover it from all sides, he had enough time,” Prigozhin added.
Artyomovsk is located in the Kyiv-controlled part of the DPR, north of the large city of Gorlovka, and is an important transport hub for supplying the Ukrainian group of troops in the Donbass.
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Poland helps Ukraine thanks to NATO "umbrella" — Stoltenberg
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Poland plays a significant role in providing military support to Kyiv thanks to NATO's "security umbrella".
Stoltenberg held talks with Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
“We must supply weapons and ammunition to Ukraine faster…
Poland plays a significant role in this (in military support to Ukraine), including supplying military equipment, training, providing economic and humanitarian assistance.
The NATO security umbrella allows Poland to play a vital role,” Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with Duda.
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Poland plays a significant role in providing military support to Kyiv thanks to NATO's "security umbrella".
Stoltenberg held talks with Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
“We must supply weapons and ammunition to Ukraine faster…
Poland plays a significant role in this (in military support to Ukraine), including supplying military equipment, training, providing economic and humanitarian assistance.
The NATO security umbrella allows Poland to play a vital role,” Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with Duda.
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Польша помогает Украине благодаря «зонтику» НАТО, — Столтенберг
Генсек НАТО Столтенберг: «Польша оказывает поддержку Украине благодаря "зонтику" альянса».
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Poland will not share fighter jets with Ukraine
Poland has too few modern fighters to transfer them to Ukraine. This was stated to journalists by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence of Poland Mariusz Blaszczak to journalists in Brussels after a meeting of representatives of NATO countries on the topic of military support for Ukraine.
“I want to emphasize that Poland has too few modern fighters to be able to participate in such a program,” Blaszczak said, answering a question about the prospect of transferring fighters to Ukraine.
“We only have 48 F-16s. We ordered F-35s, we ordered Korean FA-50s, but their delivery takes time,” he explained.
At the same time, Poland does not object to the fact that other NATO countries can supply combat aircraft to Ukraine.
“Of course, there are countries that have a large number of these aircraft. In this regard, we support this idea," Blashak said.
The media previously reported that certain representatives of the US administration are lobbying for the transfer of F-16 fighter jets to the Ukrainian military.
US President Joe Biden previously answered no to a question from journalists about whether the Ukrainian military would be supplied with F-16s. At the same time, French President Emmanuel Macron said he did not rule out the possibility of delivering aircraft to Ukraine. The media also wrote that Paris is studying Kyiv's request for the training of Ukrainian pilots.
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Poland has too few modern fighters to transfer them to Ukraine. This was stated to journalists by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence of Poland Mariusz Blaszczak to journalists in Brussels after a meeting of representatives of NATO countries on the topic of military support for Ukraine.
“I want to emphasize that Poland has too few modern fighters to be able to participate in such a program,” Blaszczak said, answering a question about the prospect of transferring fighters to Ukraine.
“We only have 48 F-16s. We ordered F-35s, we ordered Korean FA-50s, but their delivery takes time,” he explained.
At the same time, Poland does not object to the fact that other NATO countries can supply combat aircraft to Ukraine.
“Of course, there are countries that have a large number of these aircraft. In this regard, we support this idea," Blashak said.
The media previously reported that certain representatives of the US administration are lobbying for the transfer of F-16 fighter jets to the Ukrainian military.
US President Joe Biden previously answered no to a question from journalists about whether the Ukrainian military would be supplied with F-16s. At the same time, French President Emmanuel Macron said he did not rule out the possibility of delivering aircraft to Ukraine. The media also wrote that Paris is studying Kyiv's request for the training of Ukrainian pilots.
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Польша не поделится с Украиной истребителями
Министр национальной обороны заявил, что самим мало.
Britain's defence minister said when London will hand over fighter jets to Kyiv
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the British fighter jets would not be handed over to Ukraine in the coming months or even years.
He said this in an interview with the BBC.
“I don’t think that in the next months we will definitely transfer fighters. We must not only plan for the fight for now, but we must help Ukraine with its long-term resilience,” Wallace said.
If the government donates fighter jets to Ukraine, Wallace said it would also have to provide about 200 Air Force personnel.
Wallace also said that Britain should start "investing properly in defence" as the army was "devastated" in 30 years and the war in Ukraine "exposed our vulnerabilities".
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British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the British fighter jets would not be handed over to Ukraine in the coming months or even years.
He said this in an interview with the BBC.
“I don’t think that in the next months we will definitely transfer fighters. We must not only plan for the fight for now, but we must help Ukraine with its long-term resilience,” Wallace said.
If the government donates fighter jets to Ukraine, Wallace said it would also have to provide about 200 Air Force personnel.
Wallace also said that Britain should start "investing properly in defence" as the army was "devastated" in 30 years and the war in Ukraine "exposed our vulnerabilities".
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Ukraine: No immediate transfer of UK fighter jets - Wallace
President Zelensky urged the UK to send aircraft but the defence secretary says it will take months.
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview for the Talking of What Matters information and educational lesson themed Russia and the World
📍 Moscow, February 13, 2023
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❓ Question: How can a young citizen help their country?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: First, they need to get a profession, for which it is necessary to study well. This sounds obvious but in the contemporary world, knowledge is extremely important. <...> All of this gives a new meaning to life and new energy, when you do it not only for self-fulfilment, but you see that this is important for your country.
❓ Question: What general idea could unite all people on the planet?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I think that friendship is such an idea. This would be ideal. Friendship is a phenomenon that transcends all borders. <...> The opposite tack of subordination and suppression, rather than friendship, is a trademark of US policy. The United States has no friendly feelings even for its allies in Europe. Their relationship is one of suppression and submission.
❓ Question: What is a diplomat?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: <...> For a diplomat, it is all about knowledge, knowledge, knowledge. Erudition in all spheres without exception and not only in history or language skills. Nowadays, diplomats should be well versed in modern technology and cybersecurity because all these issues are discussed at diplomatic forums.
❓ Question: 2023 was declared Year of the Mentor and Educator. Did you have a mentor?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I had many. <...> I had mentors at the Foreign Ministry as well. Soon after I graduated, I spend two months working in Moscow and left for the Soviet Embassy in Sri Lanka. Soviet Ambassador Rafik Nishanov became my first real teacher.
📍 Moscow, February 13, 2023
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❓ Question: How can a young citizen help their country?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: First, they need to get a profession, for which it is necessary to study well. This sounds obvious but in the contemporary world, knowledge is extremely important. <...> All of this gives a new meaning to life and new energy, when you do it not only for self-fulfilment, but you see that this is important for your country.
❓ Question: What general idea could unite all people on the planet?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I think that friendship is such an idea. This would be ideal. Friendship is a phenomenon that transcends all borders. <...> The opposite tack of subordination and suppression, rather than friendship, is a trademark of US policy. The United States has no friendly feelings even for its allies in Europe. Their relationship is one of suppression and submission.
❓ Question: What is a diplomat?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: <...> For a diplomat, it is all about knowledge, knowledge, knowledge. Erudition in all spheres without exception and not only in history or language skills. Nowadays, diplomats should be well versed in modern technology and cybersecurity because all these issues are discussed at diplomatic forums.
❓ Question: 2023 was declared Year of the Mentor and Educator. Did you have a mentor?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: I had many. <...> I had mentors at the Foreign Ministry as well. Soon after I graduated, I spend two months working in Moscow and left for the Soviet Embassy in Sri Lanka. Soviet Ambassador Rafik Nishanov became my first real teacher.
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🎙 Comment by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the upcoming release of the feature film Nuremberg
💬 As the liberator of Europe from the Nazi plague our country was one of the originators of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. It was held to bring a harsh but fair judgment to the Nazi criminals and also to promote a comprehensive assessment of the tragic lessons of the Second World War and the causes of the misanthropic ideology of Nazism. The Tribunal made an invaluable contribution to the creation of the modern legal framework and to ensuring the inviolability of the global historical foundation of the Great Victory.
❗️ Regrettably, the effectiveness of the vaccine against Nazism created during the international trials has greatly decreased. Nazis and their accomplices have not only been justified but the ideology and practices of the Third Reich have been revived in several European countries, above all Ukraine and the Baltics, on a new, national-state, basis. The bloodthirsty activities of the Ukrainian neo-Nazis in Donbass and the regions controlled by the criminal Kiev regime are the grim evidence of this.
In this context, the first Russian feature film, Nuremberg, is expected to make a major contribution to combating the falsification of history and to demonstrate that crimes against humanity have no statute of limitations.
☝️ Russian diplomacy has always been committed to the firm moral principles and the memory of our forefathers, who fought heroically to protect peace and freedom during the Great Patriotic War. We will continue to do everything in our power to counter any forms of the glorification of Nazism, prevent a revision of the results of the Second World War, and preserve the historical memory of the heroic and tragic pages in the history of Russia and the world.
💬 As the liberator of Europe from the Nazi plague our country was one of the originators of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. It was held to bring a harsh but fair judgment to the Nazi criminals and also to promote a comprehensive assessment of the tragic lessons of the Second World War and the causes of the misanthropic ideology of Nazism. The Tribunal made an invaluable contribution to the creation of the modern legal framework and to ensuring the inviolability of the global historical foundation of the Great Victory.
❗️ Regrettably, the effectiveness of the vaccine against Nazism created during the international trials has greatly decreased. Nazis and their accomplices have not only been justified but the ideology and practices of the Third Reich have been revived in several European countries, above all Ukraine and the Baltics, on a new, national-state, basis. The bloodthirsty activities of the Ukrainian neo-Nazis in Donbass and the regions controlled by the criminal Kiev regime are the grim evidence of this.
In this context, the first Russian feature film, Nuremberg, is expected to make a major contribution to combating the falsification of history and to demonstrate that crimes against humanity have no statute of limitations.
☝️ Russian diplomacy has always been committed to the firm moral principles and the memory of our forefathers, who fought heroically to protect peace and freedom during the Great Patriotic War. We will continue to do everything in our power to counter any forms of the glorification of Nazism, prevent a revision of the results of the Second World War, and preserve the historical memory of the heroic and tragic pages in the history of Russia and the world.