Ukrainian POW Sergei Kostetsky told about the orders given by his commanders and how he surrendered to servicemen of the Russian Forces' 5th Guards Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade to save his life.
'I was taken prisoner in Mirnograd, in the basement. There were three of us. Russian troops suggested us surrendering. We laid arms and raised our hands. They gave us food, hot tea and cigarettes...
Mirnograd , known as Dimotrov in Russia, is a city in the Krasnoarmeysk district, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It was a city of regional significance before the status was abolished in 2020. The city had 46,098 inhabitants.
A dramatic plea for help came from Mirnograd, the neighboring city of Pokrovsk, which Russia captured on Monday after 14 months of heavy fighting. More than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers continue to fiercely defend the ruins of the city that once had 41,000 inhabitants (Bild news - Germany).
'I was taken prisoner in Mirnograd, in the basement. There were three of us. Russian troops suggested us surrendering. We laid arms and raised our hands. They gave us food, hot tea and cigarettes...
Mirnograd , known as Dimotrov in Russia, is a city in the Krasnoarmeysk district, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It was a city of regional significance before the status was abolished in 2020. The city had 46,098 inhabitants.
A dramatic plea for help came from Mirnograd, the neighboring city of Pokrovsk, which Russia captured on Monday after 14 months of heavy fighting. More than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers continue to fiercely defend the ruins of the city that once had 41,000 inhabitants (Bild news - Germany).
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While Europe is busy demonising President Putin and Russia, the Russian President touched down in India, for a two days state visit. Europa is loosing both China and India and lost Russia long ago. They can't even cooperate anymore with the US, they are isolated warmongers, who missed the boat to participate in a new world order.
President Putin visiting the memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, who led the Indian people in their fight for liberation. The most famous freedom fighter in the world, who , by peaceful means, gained independent from the British empire. Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. He was murdered by a Hindu activist, who believed that Gandhi had betrayed the Hindu cause in India by promoting reconciliation between Muslims and Hindus. The British Empire lasted for nearly 400 years, from the late 16th century until 1997. The handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997 is often considered the definitive end.
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Sonja van den Ende Mein Kommentar zu RT Deutsch: Putin sagt, die Europäer hätten eine Kriegsagenda, keine Friedensagenda.
Auf einem Investitionsforum in Moskau warf Putin den Europäern vor, keine "Friedensagenda" zu haben und auf der Seite des Krieges zu stehen. Anschließend betonte der russische Präsident ein weiteres mal, Russland habe nicht vor, gegen europäische Länder zu kämpfen, aber wenn Europa einen Krieg beginnt, sei Russland "sofort bereit".
Putins Aussage war im Westen wohl absichtlich oder zufällig missverstanden, als sei er dabei, Europa anzugreifen. Jetzt kommen aus Europa erneut militärische Drohgebärden, Präventivschläge gegen Russland stehen wieder zur Diskussion.
Auf einem Investitionsforum in Moskau warf Putin den Europäern vor, keine "Friedensagenda" zu haben und auf der Seite des Krieges zu stehen. Anschließend betonte der russische Präsident ein weiteres mal, Russland habe nicht vor, gegen europäische Länder zu kämpfen, aber wenn Europa einen Krieg beginnt, sei Russland "sofort bereit".
Putins Aussage war im Westen wohl absichtlich oder zufällig missverstanden, als sei er dabei, Europa anzugreifen. Jetzt kommen aus Europa erneut militärische Drohgebärden, Präventivschläge gegen Russland stehen wieder zur Diskussion.
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RT Deutsch: Putin sagt, die Europäer hätten eine Kriegsagenda, keine Friedensagenda.
Auf einem Investitionsforum in Moskau warf Putin den Europäern vor, keine "Friedensagenda" zu haben und auf der Seite des Krieges zu stehen. Anschließend betonte der russische Präsident ein weiteres m
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RT launched RT-India Today, congratulations, blocked in the West but going strong in India
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Vandaag is het 5 december – Sinterklaasavond in Nederland. Het is Sinterklaas, in andere landen gevierd als Santa Claus, of hier in Rusland als Ded Moroz (Дед Мороз), wat letterlijk "Vadertje Vorst" betekent. Het was altijd een spannende tijd voor kinderen, die geloofden dat Sinterklaas en Zwarte Piet (nu verboden vanwege racisme) die avond cadeaus door de schoorsteen zouden gooien of een zak met cadeaus voor hun deur zouden achterlaten. Dit werd bedorven door het Sinterklaasnieuws, waarin de belangrijkste Piet (er zijn veel Zwarte Pieten) onthulde dat ouders de cadeaus daadwerkelijk kopen. Sinterklaas bestaat dus niet. Bovendien is de kinderfeestdag gemilitariseerd. Zie hier: https://freesuriyah.eu/2025/12/02/kinderfeest-sinterklaas-door-de-overheid-gebruikt-voor-oorlogspropaganda/ het artikel hierover hier: Hoe dan ook, fijne sinterklaasavond Laat de laatste restjes Nederlandse cultuur je niet ontnemen.
Today is December 5th – Sinterklaas Eve in the Netherlands. It's Sinterklaas, celebrated in other countries as Santa Claus, or here in Russia as Ded Moroz (Дед Мороз), which literally means "Father Frost." It was always an exciting time for children, who believed that Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet (now banned due to racism) would throw presents down the chimney that evening or leave a bag of presents on their doorstep. This was spoiled by the Sinterklaas news a program for children during sinterklaas time, he arrived on the 20th November from Spain, so goes the story, in which the most important Piet (there are many Zwarte Piets) revealed that parents actually buy the presents. So Sinterklaas doesn't exist. Moreover, the children's holiday has been militarized. See the article about it here: freesuriyah.eu/2025/12/02...
Anyway, happy holidays! Don't let the last vestiges of Dutch culture be taken away from you.
Today is December 5th – Sinterklaas Eve in the Netherlands. It's Sinterklaas, celebrated in other countries as Santa Claus, or here in Russia as Ded Moroz (Дед Мороз), which literally means "Father Frost." It was always an exciting time for children, who believed that Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet (now banned due to racism) would throw presents down the chimney that evening or leave a bag of presents on their doorstep. This was spoiled by the Sinterklaas news a program for children during sinterklaas time, he arrived on the 20th November from Spain, so goes the story, in which the most important Piet (there are many Zwarte Piets) revealed that parents actually buy the presents. So Sinterklaas doesn't exist. Moreover, the children's holiday has been militarized. See the article about it here: freesuriyah.eu/2025/12/02...
Anyway, happy holidays! Don't let the last vestiges of Dutch culture be taken away from you.
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Kinderfeest Sinterklaas door de overheid gebruikt voor oorlogspropaganda
Ze hebben Zwarte Piet al afgeschaft, de liedjes veranderd, en nu is de rest van de traditie aan de beurt. Sinterklaas is oorlog! Foto's: NPR, YouTube, Sinterklaasjournaal, bewerking: Mirjam© Photo De situatie in Nederland wordt met de dag krankzinniger.…
Diane Sare conducted and interview with me about the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Diane Sare is a former two-time independent candidate for the United States Senate in New York. She is also affiliated with the Schiller Institute. This (video) Symposium will feature an interview with independent Dutch journalist Sonia van den Ende who is currently in Moscow, unable to return safely to Holland due to the insane war mongering narrative of the Dutch and other European governments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJoF_2Rl3r8&list=WL&index=1&t=1227s
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Putin-Trolle neigen zu einer unverhohlenen Form der eigenen Grausamkeit; Deutschland: Der von den USA vorgelegte Friedensplan wurde in der Talkshow „Maischberger“ diskutiert. Der deutsche Komiker Florian Schroeder bezeichnete die Annahme, Gegner des Friedensplans würden sich freiwillig an die Front melden, als Pseudo-Pazifismus. „Und Orwell sagte dann, dass diese Pazifisten im Grunde genommen zu einer unverhohlenen Form ihrer eigenen Grausamkeit neigen. Und das sieht man oft bei diesen Putin-Trollen“, sagte er.
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Humans Rights abuse and massacres against Alawites in Syria. German, English (and Arabic at the background)
Since the takeover by the Islamist Al-Shaara, a.k.a. Muhammad al-Julani, Alawites in particular have been targeted for murder, rape, and discrimination. Since 2011, the Al-Shaara group (Al-Qaeda, Daesh, HTS) has demanded "death to the Alawites," as they shouted in Homs and Hama. Now, this grim ideology has become reality, as can be seen in this video.
Since the takeover by the Islamist Al-Shaara, a.k.a. Muhammad al-Julani, Alawites in particular have been targeted for murder, rape, and discrimination. Since 2011, the Al-Shaara group (Al-Qaeda, Daesh, HTS) has demanded "death to the Alawites," as they shouted in Homs and Hama. Now, this grim ideology has become reality, as can be seen in this video.
My latest article in Dutch, easily to be translated to any language:
Amerikaans veiligheidsstrategieplan 2025: een soft-power- staatsgreep of kleurenrevolutie voor Europa in de maak
https://freesuriyah.eu/2025/12/07/amerikaans-veiligheidsstrategieplan-2025-een-soft-power-staatsgreep-of-kleurenrevolutie-voor-europa-in-de-maak/
Het is voorbij voor Europa, het transatlantisch pact is verleden tijd. Het is dood en begraven onder de Trump-regering, tenminste zolang deze regering de komende drie jaar aanhoudt. Het is onwaarschijnlijk dat de zaken daarna zullen verbeteren, net als de relatie tussen Rusland en Europa. Er zijn te veel dingen gebeurd die de vijandigheid alleen maar hebben doen toenemen, en gebroken relaties hebben tijd nodig om te herstellen of om weer op goede voet te komen.
Hoewel Europese politici er nonchalant mee omgaan, zoals ze met hun uitspraken graag de indruk wekken, zoals Kaja Kallas of Mark Rutte, die Trump zelfs “papa” noemt. Het nieuwe zogenaamde “Nationale Veiligheidsstrategie”-rapport neemt geen blad voor de mond. Natuurlijk hangt alles af van Trumps gemoedstoestand; het kan gemakkelijk worden teruggedraaid, maar persoonlijk denk ik niet dat de houding ten opzichte van Europa in de VS snel zal veranderen.
Het rapport stelt verder dat de Amerikaanse diplomatie zich moet blijven inzetten voor echte democratie, vrijheid van meningsuiting en vieringen van het eigen karakter en de geschiedenis van Europese landen. Hoewel Amerika zelf natuurlijk een “slechte reputatie” heeft als het om democratie gaat – denk maar aan de landen die het sinds 1945 “democratie” heeft gebracht, waar bloedige oorlogen zijn uitgebroken en vele burgerslachtoffers zijn gevallen – lijkt dit natuurlijk vergeten te zijn.
De Europese Unie moet worden afgeschaft of omgevormd tot wat ze bedoeld was te zijn: een unie voor handel en cultuur, niets meer en niets minder. De woke-agenda moet worden losgelaten en migranten die geen vluchtelingen zijn, moeten worden teruggestuurd. Europa heeft altijd een toleranter beleid gevoerd ten opzichte van echte vluchtelingen, beter dan de VS, maar nu zijn ze daar volledig in doorgeslagen en is het asielbeleid “big business” geworden, met enorm veel leed voor de autochtone Europese bevolking, met name in Nederland, Duitsland, België en Frankrijk. Waar het leven te duur en ondraagelijk is geworden door de criminaliteit die het met zich meebrengt.
Lees meer: https://freesuriyah.eu/2025/12/07/amerikaans-veiligheidsstrategieplan-2025-een-soft-power-staatsgreep-of-kleurenrevolutie-voor-europa-in-de-maak/
Amerikaans veiligheidsstrategieplan 2025: een soft-power- staatsgreep of kleurenrevolutie voor Europa in de maak
https://freesuriyah.eu/2025/12/07/amerikaans-veiligheidsstrategieplan-2025-een-soft-power-staatsgreep-of-kleurenrevolutie-voor-europa-in-de-maak/
Het is voorbij voor Europa, het transatlantisch pact is verleden tijd. Het is dood en begraven onder de Trump-regering, tenminste zolang deze regering de komende drie jaar aanhoudt. Het is onwaarschijnlijk dat de zaken daarna zullen verbeteren, net als de relatie tussen Rusland en Europa. Er zijn te veel dingen gebeurd die de vijandigheid alleen maar hebben doen toenemen, en gebroken relaties hebben tijd nodig om te herstellen of om weer op goede voet te komen.
Hoewel Europese politici er nonchalant mee omgaan, zoals ze met hun uitspraken graag de indruk wekken, zoals Kaja Kallas of Mark Rutte, die Trump zelfs “papa” noemt. Het nieuwe zogenaamde “Nationale Veiligheidsstrategie”-rapport neemt geen blad voor de mond. Natuurlijk hangt alles af van Trumps gemoedstoestand; het kan gemakkelijk worden teruggedraaid, maar persoonlijk denk ik niet dat de houding ten opzichte van Europa in de VS snel zal veranderen.
Het rapport stelt verder dat de Amerikaanse diplomatie zich moet blijven inzetten voor echte democratie, vrijheid van meningsuiting en vieringen van het eigen karakter en de geschiedenis van Europese landen. Hoewel Amerika zelf natuurlijk een “slechte reputatie” heeft als het om democratie gaat – denk maar aan de landen die het sinds 1945 “democratie” heeft gebracht, waar bloedige oorlogen zijn uitgebroken en vele burgerslachtoffers zijn gevallen – lijkt dit natuurlijk vergeten te zijn.
De Europese Unie moet worden afgeschaft of omgevormd tot wat ze bedoeld was te zijn: een unie voor handel en cultuur, niets meer en niets minder. De woke-agenda moet worden losgelaten en migranten die geen vluchtelingen zijn, moeten worden teruggestuurd. Europa heeft altijd een toleranter beleid gevoerd ten opzichte van echte vluchtelingen, beter dan de VS, maar nu zijn ze daar volledig in doorgeslagen en is het asielbeleid “big business” geworden, met enorm veel leed voor de autochtone Europese bevolking, met name in Nederland, Duitsland, België en Frankrijk. Waar het leven te duur en ondraagelijk is geworden door de criminaliteit die het met zich meebrengt.
Lees meer: https://freesuriyah.eu/2025/12/07/amerikaans-veiligheidsstrategieplan-2025-een-soft-power-staatsgreep-of-kleurenrevolutie-voor-europa-in-de-maak/
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Amerikaans veiligheidsstrategieplan 2025: een soft-power- staatsgreep of kleurenrevolutie voor Europa in de maak
Het nieuwe Amerikaanse veiligheidsplan 2025, dat duidelijk maakt dat Europa de nieuwe vijand van de VS is, foto's: CNN, Cartoonstock, EU, bewerking: Mirjam©Photo Het is voorbij voor Europa, het transatlantisch pact is verleden tijd. Het is dood en begraven…
My latest article on Strategic Culture:
One year on: How the Syrian coup unleashed a deeper hell
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/12/07/one-year-on-how-the-syrian-coup-unleashed-a-deeper-hell/
If you believed the West would be satisfied with installing their favored terrorist as president, you are in for a surprise.
December 8, 2024, was a dark day for a large part of the indigenous Syrian population. Turkey and Israel, along with the U.S. and Europe, staged a coup against President Assad’s weakened government and army – both significantly degraded after fourteen years of war. The population had been living under the harshest sanctions ever imposed. The Caesar Act (sanctions), introduced by Donald Trump during his first term as U.S. president in 2019, was the strictest sanctions regime ever imposed by the West. Today, of course, Russia has become the most heavily sanctioned country in the world, a status even worse than that of Syria and Iran.
Returning to the present in 2025, Syria has degenerated into a second Iraq or Libya, where minorities are being mercilessly slaughtered. Since the beginning of the orchestrated Western revolution in 2011, the terrorists – sponsored by the West and portrayed as “good guys and rebels” – have chanted “kill the Alawites,” a campaign that began in Hama and Homs.
In 2025, they are acting on this slogan. Alawites in particular are being murdered daily – some of them simple farmers or students who had no interest in politics or were too young to have served in the former Syrian army. They are killed solely because they are Alawites, sometimes Christians or Druze. This is starkly evidenced by the massacre of Alawites in March 2025 and the subsequent murder of Druze.
One year on: How the Syrian coup unleashed a deeper hell
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/12/07/one-year-on-how-the-syrian-coup-unleashed-a-deeper-hell/
If you believed the West would be satisfied with installing their favored terrorist as president, you are in for a surprise.
December 8, 2024, was a dark day for a large part of the indigenous Syrian population. Turkey and Israel, along with the U.S. and Europe, staged a coup against President Assad’s weakened government and army – both significantly degraded after fourteen years of war. The population had been living under the harshest sanctions ever imposed. The Caesar Act (sanctions), introduced by Donald Trump during his first term as U.S. president in 2019, was the strictest sanctions regime ever imposed by the West. Today, of course, Russia has become the most heavily sanctioned country in the world, a status even worse than that of Syria and Iran.
Returning to the present in 2025, Syria has degenerated into a second Iraq or Libya, where minorities are being mercilessly slaughtered. Since the beginning of the orchestrated Western revolution in 2011, the terrorists – sponsored by the West and portrayed as “good guys and rebels” – have chanted “kill the Alawites,” a campaign that began in Hama and Homs.
In 2025, they are acting on this slogan. Alawites in particular are being murdered daily – some of them simple farmers or students who had no interest in politics or were too young to have served in the former Syrian army. They are killed solely because they are Alawites, sometimes Christians or Druze. This is starkly evidenced by the massacre of Alawites in March 2025 and the subsequent murder of Druze.
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Russia liberated Rovnoye, wich is located between liberated Krasnoarmeysk and encircled Dimitrov.
🪖 Assault detachments through the battles mopped up the encircled AFU garrison building by building, street by street from scattered groups. All detected firing positions and temporary deployment areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
🪖 Assault detachments through the battles mopped up the encircled AFU garrison building by building, street by street from scattered groups. All detected firing positions and temporary deployment areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
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🇸🇾 December 8, 2024, was a dark day for a large part of the indigenous Syrian population. Turkey and Israel, along with the U.S. and Europe, staged a coup against President Assad’s weakened government and army – both significantly degraded after fourteen years of war. The population had been living under the harshest sanctions ever imposed. The Caesar Act (sanctions), introduced by Donald Trump during his first term as U.S. president in 2019, was the strictest sanctions regime ever imposed by the West. Today, of course, Russia has become the most heavily sanctioned country in the world, a status even worse than that of Syria and Iran.
The war, and later the sanctions, were not only aimed at the Syrian government but primarily at what are now known as minority groups such as the Alawites, Christians, Druze, and to a lesser extent, the Kurds. The conflict waged by the West began as a proxy war with Operation Timber Sycamore. Terrorists fighting in Iraq were instructed to go to Syria, supplied with Western weapons (primarily from the U.S. in 2011), and organized a revolution in Dar’aa, southern Syria, in 2011. The rest is history.
Operation Timber Sycamore was a secret weapons delivery and training program carried out by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), supported by the United Kingdom, the EU, and several Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The goal of the program was to remove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power.
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The war, and later the sanctions, were not only aimed at the Syrian government but primarily at what are now known as minority groups such as the Alawites, Christians, Druze, and to a lesser extent, the Kurds. The conflict waged by the West began as a proxy war with Operation Timber Sycamore. Terrorists fighting in Iraq were instructed to go to Syria, supplied with Western weapons (primarily from the U.S. in 2011), and organized a revolution in Dar’aa, southern Syria, in 2011. The rest is history.
Operation Timber Sycamore was a secret weapons delivery and training program carried out by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), supported by the United Kingdom, the EU, and several Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The goal of the program was to remove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power.
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On the west coast, in the heartland of the Alawites (former Syria), and Homs and Hama (Alawite neighborhood) are striking against the inhuman conditions in which they live, the bloodshed, the kidnappings, etc. The Alawite sheikh Ghazal announced a five-day general strike a few days ago