Germany has refused to buy cheap gas from Russia.
Now, Germany’s largest steelmaker Thyssenkrupp announced “a substantial reduction in production” at its Duisburg facility, laying off 13,000 employees.
The company blamed “high energy costs and tight emission reduction regulations”.
Germany will suffer badly, if they want to win against Russia, the second time around. However, they will lose, even if they win.
Now, Germany’s largest steelmaker Thyssenkrupp announced “a substantial reduction in production” at its Duisburg facility, laying off 13,000 employees.
The company blamed “high energy costs and tight emission reduction regulations”.
Germany will suffer badly, if they want to win against Russia, the second time around. However, they will lose, even if they win.
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Forwarded from Brian Berletic's New Atlas Channel
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israel demands Iran's IRGC declared "terrorists" for what's likely the most civilized retaliation in recent history, especially considering the initial provocation was striking an Iranian embassy... ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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#Australia Sydney Bondi Westfield stabbing attack
1. Channel 7 reports that "Bollard man" who bravely held off the Bondi knife attacker was actually Russian!
2. Channel 7 confirms that the hero of today's Bondi knife attack Bollardman was actually Russian.
1. Channel 7 reports that "Bollard man" who bravely held off the Bondi knife attacker was actually Russian!
2. Channel 7 confirms that the hero of today's Bondi knife attack Bollardman was actually Russian.
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How Ukraine's 'anti-terrorist operation' in Donbass turned into bloodbath against its own people Pt.1
10 years ago today, the Kiev regime that rode to power in Ukraine in the wake of an unconstitutional Western-sponsored coup unleashed the so-called “anti-terrorist operation” (ATO) against the residents of the southeastern Donbass region.
The start of the ATO was announced by acting president Olexandr Turchinov to quell local counter-protests to the Euromaidan coup in Kiev that had toppled legitimately-elected then-president Viktor Yanukovich in February 2014.
What Preceded the ATO?
🔺On April 6, 2014, fledgling militia forces in Lugansk seized the Ukrainian Security Service building in the city, arming themselves with weapons from its large armory. The same day, in neighboring Donetsk, participants of a protest rally took over the building of the regional administration, formally proclaiming the Donetsk People’s Republic.
🔺After residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions — who refused to kowtow to the Ukrainian nationalists — held independence referenda and proclaimed the People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, they were branded "terrorists" by Kiev.
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10 years ago today, the Kiev regime that rode to power in Ukraine in the wake of an unconstitutional Western-sponsored coup unleashed the so-called “anti-terrorist operation” (ATO) against the residents of the southeastern Donbass region.
The start of the ATO was announced by acting president Olexandr Turchinov to quell local counter-protests to the Euromaidan coup in Kiev that had toppled legitimately-elected then-president Viktor Yanukovich in February 2014.
What Preceded the ATO?
🔺On April 6, 2014, fledgling militia forces in Lugansk seized the Ukrainian Security Service building in the city, arming themselves with weapons from its large armory. The same day, in neighboring Donetsk, participants of a protest rally took over the building of the regional administration, formally proclaiming the Donetsk People’s Republic.
🔺After residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions — who refused to kowtow to the Ukrainian nationalists — held independence referenda and proclaimed the People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, they were branded "terrorists" by Kiev.
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How Ukraine's 'anti-terrorist operation' in Donbass turned into bloodbath against its own people Pt.2
Key Events of the Donbass War
🔺May 2, 2014, was the starting point of the fully-fledged war in Donbass. Ukrainian forces attempted to storm the city of Slavyansk in the Donetsk region, but militia members repelled the assault.
🔺On May 2, 2014, around 50 people were bludgeoned to death and burned alive in the Odessa Trade Union House massacre.
🔺On May 6, 2014, the first major confrontation between local militia members and Ukrainian nationalist battalions took place in the Azov Sea coast city of Mariupol.
🔺On May 9, Ukrainian ultra-nationalists and the military killed and persecuted participants celebrating the anniversary of victory over the Nazis in WWII.
🔺On May 26, 2014, the milestone battle for Donetsk began, raging for 242 days and ultimately ending in victory for the Donetsk militias in January 2015.
🔺On June 5, 2014, fighting broke out between Ukrainian security forces and the Donbass militias at Lugansk Airport. On September 1, Ukrainian forces, which had held the airport for 146 days, blew up its runway and retreated.
The Ukrainian regime shelled Donbass mercilessly, targeting civilian infrastructure. By the time Russia launched its special military operation in order to protect residents of south-eastern Ukraine, the conflict had claimed the lives of about 14,000 people, including 3,500 civilians, UN estimates show.
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Key Events of the Donbass War
🔺May 2, 2014, was the starting point of the fully-fledged war in Donbass. Ukrainian forces attempted to storm the city of Slavyansk in the Donetsk region, but militia members repelled the assault.
🔺On May 2, 2014, around 50 people were bludgeoned to death and burned alive in the Odessa Trade Union House massacre.
🔺On May 6, 2014, the first major confrontation between local militia members and Ukrainian nationalist battalions took place in the Azov Sea coast city of Mariupol.
🔺On May 9, Ukrainian ultra-nationalists and the military killed and persecuted participants celebrating the anniversary of victory over the Nazis in WWII.
🔺On May 26, 2014, the milestone battle for Donetsk began, raging for 242 days and ultimately ending in victory for the Donetsk militias in January 2015.
🔺On June 5, 2014, fighting broke out between Ukrainian security forces and the Donbass militias at Lugansk Airport. On September 1, Ukrainian forces, which had held the airport for 146 days, blew up its runway and retreated.
The Ukrainian regime shelled Donbass mercilessly, targeting civilian infrastructure. By the time Russia launched its special military operation in order to protect residents of south-eastern Ukraine, the conflict had claimed the lives of about 14,000 people, including 3,500 civilians, UN estimates show.
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How Ukraine's 'anti-terrorist operation' in Donbass turned into bloodbath against its own people Pt.3
Betrayal of the Minsk Accords
On September 5, 2014, the Minsk Protocol, a ceasefire agreement between Kiev and the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, was signed in the Belarusian capital.
🔺The thirteen-point ceasefire and peace deal would have allowed Kiev to restore its control over the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in exchange for constitutionally mandated autonomy. However, the process reached a dead end due to Kiev's refusal to implement the political part of the agreements.
🔺Subsequently, both Ukraine's ex-president Petro Poroshenko and former leaders of France and Germany, Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel, openly admitted the accords were a sham. They had been conceived to grant the post-coup government time to rearm while also cobbling together an anti-Russia coalition that has fueled NATO’s ongoing proxy war against Moscow ever since.
The Consequences of the ATO
In February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of the then-breakaway People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The heads of the two republics sought Putin's assistance in repelling "aggression by Ukrainian forces" to avoid casualties among civilians.
Launched days later, Russia's special military operation was designed to put an end to the impunity with which Kiev's junta waged war against its own people.
In September 2022, referenda on the reunification of the DPR, LPR, Kherson, and Zaporozhye regions with Russia was held, with the majority of the population voting in favor.
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Betrayal of the Minsk Accords
On September 5, 2014, the Minsk Protocol, a ceasefire agreement between Kiev and the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, was signed in the Belarusian capital.
🔺The thirteen-point ceasefire and peace deal would have allowed Kiev to restore its control over the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in exchange for constitutionally mandated autonomy. However, the process reached a dead end due to Kiev's refusal to implement the political part of the agreements.
🔺Subsequently, both Ukraine's ex-president Petro Poroshenko and former leaders of France and Germany, Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel, openly admitted the accords were a sham. They had been conceived to grant the post-coup government time to rearm while also cobbling together an anti-Russia coalition that has fueled NATO’s ongoing proxy war against Moscow ever since.
The Consequences of the ATO
In February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of the then-breakaway People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The heads of the two republics sought Putin's assistance in repelling "aggression by Ukrainian forces" to avoid casualties among civilians.
Launched days later, Russia's special military operation was designed to put an end to the impunity with which Kiev's junta waged war against its own people.
In September 2022, referenda on the reunification of the DPR, LPR, Kherson, and Zaporozhye regions with Russia was held, with the majority of the population voting in favor.
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Ukrainians attack Lugansk, presumably using two Storm Shadow missiles
Today’s attack has been the first on the city since May 2023.
"According to preliminary data, Ukrainian troops fired two Storm Shadow missiles on Lugansk," the officer said.
Earlier on Saturday, a TASS reporter said that explosions had been heard in a Lugansk neighborhood and that several apartment buildings were damaged. Emergency services are working at the scene.
Three civilian residents of Lugansk were injured in the attack, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the We Are Together with Russia movement, wrote on his Telegram channel.
Earlier, LPR Head Leonid Pasechnik said that, on Saturday morning, Ukrainians had fired several missiles on a local machine building plant about to be launched. Adjacent apartment blocks were damaged, too, he added.
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Today’s attack has been the first on the city since May 2023.
"According to preliminary data, Ukrainian troops fired two Storm Shadow missiles on Lugansk," the officer said.
Earlier on Saturday, a TASS reporter said that explosions had been heard in a Lugansk neighborhood and that several apartment buildings were damaged. Emergency services are working at the scene.
Three civilian residents of Lugansk were injured in the attack, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the We Are Together with Russia movement, wrote on his Telegram channel.
Earlier, LPR Head Leonid Pasechnik said that, on Saturday morning, Ukrainians had fired several missiles on a local machine building plant about to be launched. Adjacent apartment blocks were damaged, too, he added.
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#Germany in a nutshell
#OlafScholz:
"Russia turned off the gas"
Scholz blamed Moscow for the country’s high energy prices and inflation
(Germany opted to obey the US command to sanction Russia's oil and gas. In case Germany got second thoughts, Biden blew up #NordStream pipeline)
"Germans should blame Moscow and not Berlin for high energy prices, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview published on Friday. He claimed the embargo against Russia was necessary for defending Europe from “imperialism.”
Speaking with Die Tageszeitung, Scholz defended his government’s policy of unequivocal support for Ukraine.
“It’s about defending Europe’s peace order. Russia is waging an imperialist war and must not win,” he told the outlet. “Second: Russia stopped its gas deliveries, not us.”
Russia’s Gazprom delivered natural gas to Germany both via Ukraine – upholding the existing transit contracts – and via the Nord Stream pipeline, built under the Baltic Sea. Under pressure from the US, Germany blocked the certification of Nord Stream 2 in November 2021 – months before the Ukraine conflict escalated.
Berlin refused to certify Nord Stream 2 even after Nord Stream 1 was destroyed by explosive charges in September 2022. Western investigators have yet to name the culprit for the bombing.
According to Scholz, however, his government “developed new sources of supply for gas and oil and built terminals to import liquefied gas.” The LNG has come mainly from the US, at a much higher price.
“All of this has led to energy prices falling again,” the German chancellor said, arguing that his government prevented a ten-year economic crisis through “decisive action.”
Scholz seconded the message of his economy minister, Green leader Robert Habeck, who has argued that the German model of prosperity built around cheap Russian energy was over for good.
“The peacemaking effect of economic contacts was certainly overrated,” he told the Tageszeitung, claiming that Russia sacrificed its economic well-being by choosing violence. To defend its “democracy and freedom,” Germany needs a strong military, an efficient arms industry, and to support Ukraine, he insisted.
Scholz also brushed off the Germans’ concerns about the economy and inflation by saying that green energy and the pharmaceutical industry will soon turn things around.
On the same day his interview was published, Germany’s largest steelmaker Thyssenkrupp announced “a substantial reduction in production” at its Duisburg facility, laying off 13,000 employees. The company blamed “high energy costs and tight emission reduction regulations” as well as increased pressure from Asian imports."
https://archive.ph/2q13d
#OlafScholz:
"Russia turned off the gas"
Scholz blamed Moscow for the country’s high energy prices and inflation
(Germany opted to obey the US command to sanction Russia's oil and gas. In case Germany got second thoughts, Biden blew up #NordStream pipeline)
"Germans should blame Moscow and not Berlin for high energy prices, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview published on Friday. He claimed the embargo against Russia was necessary for defending Europe from “imperialism.”
Speaking with Die Tageszeitung, Scholz defended his government’s policy of unequivocal support for Ukraine.
“It’s about defending Europe’s peace order. Russia is waging an imperialist war and must not win,” he told the outlet. “Second: Russia stopped its gas deliveries, not us.”
Russia’s Gazprom delivered natural gas to Germany both via Ukraine – upholding the existing transit contracts – and via the Nord Stream pipeline, built under the Baltic Sea. Under pressure from the US, Germany blocked the certification of Nord Stream 2 in November 2021 – months before the Ukraine conflict escalated.
Berlin refused to certify Nord Stream 2 even after Nord Stream 1 was destroyed by explosive charges in September 2022. Western investigators have yet to name the culprit for the bombing.
According to Scholz, however, his government “developed new sources of supply for gas and oil and built terminals to import liquefied gas.” The LNG has come mainly from the US, at a much higher price.
“All of this has led to energy prices falling again,” the German chancellor said, arguing that his government prevented a ten-year economic crisis through “decisive action.”
Scholz seconded the message of his economy minister, Green leader Robert Habeck, who has argued that the German model of prosperity built around cheap Russian energy was over for good.
“The peacemaking effect of economic contacts was certainly overrated,” he told the Tageszeitung, claiming that Russia sacrificed its economic well-being by choosing violence. To defend its “democracy and freedom,” Germany needs a strong military, an efficient arms industry, and to support Ukraine, he insisted.
Scholz also brushed off the Germans’ concerns about the economy and inflation by saying that green energy and the pharmaceutical industry will soon turn things around.
On the same day his interview was published, Germany’s largest steelmaker Thyssenkrupp announced “a substantial reduction in production” at its Duisburg facility, laying off 13,000 employees. The company blamed “high energy costs and tight emission reduction regulations” as well as increased pressure from Asian imports."
https://archive.ph/2q13d
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‘Russia turned off the gas’ – German leader — RT World News
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Israel not once condemned Ukraine's strikes on Russian territories. Simona [Israeli Ambassador to Russia], remind me when Israel condemned at least one strike by Kiev's regime on Russian regions? Can't remember? Me neither, but I remember regular statements in support of Zelensky’s actions from Israeli officials - Russian FM Spokeswoman Zakharova (pictured) doesn't hold back.
Tehran confirms Operation True Promise is concluded, unless Israel strikes back - Tel Aviv WILL reportedly respond, scale of response is being determined.
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#Israel #IDF lies and fabrications
1. https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1779305416263962648?t=liXGilYeUjOel7XXtHhKKA&s=19
2. FactCheck
2017 "Russian MLRS 1Grad"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si%E2%80%A6&v=hThwvrV_N3U&feature=youtu.be
1. https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1779305416263962648?t=liXGilYeUjOel7XXtHhKKA&s=19
2. FactCheck
2017 "Russian MLRS 1Grad"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si%E2%80%A6&v=hThwvrV_N3U&feature=youtu.be
#US #Biden:
Our commitment to #Israel's assassinations & terrorism in the Middle East, war crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing in #Gaza is ironclad
https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1779347601764020297?t=FNTqHlvldgOnG-qB-fi8Xw&s=19
Our commitment to #Israel's assassinations & terrorism in the Middle East, war crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing in #Gaza is ironclad
https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1779347601764020297?t=FNTqHlvldgOnG-qB-fi8Xw&s=19