And here's another (the latest) example of Kiev's regime arrogance.
Zelensky thinks anyone who criticizes his regime is spreading Russian/Putin's propaganda.

An avalanche is imminent 💣

Time to move to Russia. Winter is coming 😆 nice one! I actually wouldn’t mind, but it’s hard to find a replacement for PNW lol

Ukrainian authorities want to criminalise citizens for participating in referendums on joining Russia.

This initiative was voiced by Anatoliy Stelmakh, deputy minister for reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories.

Disrupting the referendum at any cost is the key goal for the Ukrainian president's office now. To achieve it, they are even prepared to launch an offensive in Kherson, which Russia is well aware of. To the same end, they are implementing a strategy of "controlled terror" - attempts on officials and shelling of territories outside their control.

Why all the fuss about the upcoming referendum? (It is expected in September) If the territories lost by Ukraine become Russian de jure, an attempt by the AFU to retake them would be tantamount to an open attack on the Russian Federation. In that case, the Russian authorities would be constitutionally obliged to declare war on Ukraine and use all means of defence, up to and including nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are unlikely to be used, but the conflict could escalate to a new level. Kiev is clearly afraid of that.

The mother of a soldier participating in the special military operation has spoken about a new type of fraud related to Ukraine. Someone calls close relatives of a military man demanding money for the liberation of this alleged 'prisoner of war' .

Here is the message from a victim:

Hello, Roman! I'd like your help to inform people of a new scenario used by fraudster scum, who try to profit from soldiers' families. I am the mother of a military man. My son has been at the front since the first day of the operation. Sometimes we are in contact, but sometimes we don't hear from him for about a month.

Three days ago my son told me that he was moving to a place where there would be no connection. And then, today, someone called me FROM HIS PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER and said that my son was a prisoner of war. When I demanded that they get him on the phone they agreed. They pretended to bring him in and start beating him, and it sounded like he was screaming. I demanded they get him on the phone again. They refused. I hung up.

At the same time they called his fiancée, also from MY SON'S PERSONAL NUMBER, and demanded money. I can contact my son's fellow servicemen via internal communication in case of emergency. My son is all right. But not every family has that option. And when you get a call from the number of your loved one rather than some random number, it's a hard blow. Please warn people about this.

Thank you, Russian Germans, for your taxes!

Listen to this "poor" Ukrainian refugee telling her compatriots how to raise money in Germany.

An inteview with the Russian pilot who was offered a bribe by the Ukrainian secret service to fly an aircraft to Ukraine

Related post: https://news.1rj.ru/str/node_of_time_en/546

SMO vs War - Which is which?

A debate that has started over 5 months ago in everywhere from small telegram groups to big international media, the labeling of the current conflict in Ukraine.

On February the 24th, the commander in chief of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, declared what he called a "Special Military Operation", that legally authorized the deployment of Russian military units to engage and occupy/liberate land that was under the control of what he (and many others around the world) considers an illegitimate government brought by the Maidan revolution in 2014 that was hijacked by Nationalists, and to help in evicting Ukrainian armed formations beyond the administrative borders of the LDPR (that is separate from the bill that was recognized in the Duma on February the 22th, it only limited it to the LDPR)

So, was anything else declared?

Well, mobilization was not declared, nor a call up for the reserves, most of the war time legislation is not enforced, the ones that have are related to the information space (discrediting the Russian Armed Forces), so while the life of the average Russian citizen is not so different from beyond February the 24th, besides a few missing iphones and no MacDonald's, then what?

We have to, again, look at history.

When America invaded Panama, Grenada, Iraq, Afghanistan, when it bombed Yugoslavia, when it occupied parts of Somalia, Lebanon, and now parts of Syria, and before during the occupation of Iraq, there was no declaration of war, they did not even dignify these invasions and occupations with a special military operation , American wartime legislation and actions back then is almost one on one with the Russians, criticism of the American army did not have to be outlawed, you are either "with them or against us" and the media will ruin your life, reserves were not called up in America , and the life of the average American citizen did not change much.

But that goes both ways, we call Iraq, the Iraq war, we call Afghanistan the war in Afghan, so if the Americans did the same as the Russians are doing (in terms of legislation and legality, of course, I don't see Russia starving people or destroying water infastructure and more horrid war crimes than the usual), then were the Americans the first to label their invasions and wars as a "special operation", or is it Russia?

Overall, the legality and the labels for average plebs like you and me is too much of a headache, I'm just going to call it a war, Special Military Operation is a mouthful, and not like a name will save Ukraine.

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Don't 'play with fire' over Taiwan, China's Xi warns in call with Biden

"Those who play with fire will perish by it," China's foreign ministry quoted Xi as telling Biden in their fifth call as leaders. "It is hoped that the U.S. will be clear-eyed about this."

Xi said Washington should abide by the "one-China principle" and stressed that China firmly opposes Taiwanese independence and outside interference.

Biden told Xi U.S. policy on Taiwan had not changed and that Washington strongly opposes unilateral efforts to change the status quo or undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

US aircraft carrier group heads towards Taiwan

China and the United States are building up their military strength around the Taiwan Strait as tensions rise over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s possible visit to the island.

The US military has not disclosed its final destination, but the route would bring the carrier group to the Taiwan Strait if it continues in the same direction. Meanwhile, China is also building up its aerial strength in the region.

Pelosi has yet to confirm her travel plans, but if she does visit she would be the highest-ranking US politician to visit the island since 1997, and Beijing has warned it would see the visit as a dangerous provocation.

Ukraine's military and political leadership has decided to get rid of the deadweight they no longer need. On the night of July 29 the Ukrainian armed forces fired a missile at the barracks in Yelenovka (Donetsk People's Republic), where prisoners of war from the Azov regiment were held.

No mercy to prisoners of war from the Azov regiment.

Ukraine's military and political leadership has decided to get rid of the deadweight they no longer need. On the night of July 29 the Ukrainian armed forces fired a missile at the barracks in Yelenovka (Donetsk People's Republic), where prisoners of war from the Azov regiment were held.

More than 40 Azov militants were killed and another 130 were wounded. The rubble is still being removed, so the number of casualties may rise.

Once again, if it wasn't clear enough: Ukrainian commanders gave the order to strike the prison in Yelenovka, killing its own captive soldiers and officers.

A mistake? A coincidence? Absolutely not. So why did they do it? The answer is simple: after a couple of months in prison, some of the Azov men changed their views and began to testify. Moreover, some began to see things as they really are. And then there were rumours that former Ukrainian prisoners would form separate units and prepare to liberate Kiev.

Apparently, when they heard about this, Kiev decided to liquidate the prisoners. They turned out to be of no use to anyone. And the atrocity can once again be pinned on the Russians, who can be accused of all and any sins.

And lastly, the colony in Yelenovka was hit by HIMARS. We know that these weapon systems are guided, controlled and maintained by the Americans, while the Ukrainians just run their errands. The accuracy of HIMARS rockets is not measured in meters, but in centimeters - they hit precisely, pointing missiles, deliberately and with malice aforethought, at their own people. After all, they are not people, they are so much human meat!

Here is the proof that it was the Ukrainian army that struck the Ukrainian prisoners: fragments of an American missile from a HIMARS rocket launcher. Investigators found them in the destroyed barracks. They will now be appended to the evidence for the criminal case.

Yesterday, Ukrainian forces hit a temporary detention center in Yelenovka with a US-made HIMARS missile, which contained prisoners of war, including militants of the Azov. The facility is known and public. The death toll rose to 50, and the number of wounded to 75.
Revenge for surrendering? An attempt to silence POWs? Because they started talking.
Here's one example.

Pelosi didn't go to Taiwan, what a coward.

Remember Yevgeny Poddubny's post about the petal mines in Lisichansk? Now scum from the Ukrainian armed forces are throwing them at the long-suffering city of Donetsk.

We should remind you that the DPR has the death penalty. War crimes have been documented. The perpetrators will be found and punished!

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan. Pelosi and her delegation disembarked from a U.S. Air Force transport plan at Songshan Airport in downtown Taipei and were greeted by Taiwan's foreign minister, Joseph Wu and Sandra Oudkirk, the top U.S. representative in Taiwan.

💣 Prepare yourselves for the new military conflict...

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Video from the port city of Xiamen, China

There is alot of outrage on telegram chats, channels, and groups, and not just telegram, but the entire Oriental sections of media platforms, due to the fact that Pelosi's plane has landed in the capital of the internationally unrecognized Republic Of China, Taipei.

One may ask themselves, How? Why? Now what? And then?

As you all know, the US has been slightly provocative and guessing the heart beat of China for the past few weeks, about Nancy's visit to Taiwan, because considering the speaker of the house is around the top 5 politicians in the American political institution , her visit would've been considered important and a game changer, let us not fool ourselves, America just got a big win when Nancy landed.

China, headed by Xi, has been posting aggressive notices and having phonecalls bordering on threatening levels not seen since the days of Adolph Hitler, the relocation of over 40+ brigades to the coast, hundreds of thousands of men at the ready, naval strike groups sent to the high seas, and a flurry of aerial activity not seen since 1992, yet, the Americans ignored this and sent Pelosi anyway.

Now, taking a step back, I would like to remind you something, according to an amendment in the constitution of the People's Republic of China, dated about, I think 1952, that the authorities in Beijing are legally required to initiate hostilities to reestablish sovereign law and authority over the attempted breakaway province of Taiwan, it literally says and I quote "In case of failed peaceful negotiations and all other options have been exhausted, the politburo is obligated to take the military option."

70 years of negotiations have led to nothing, all other options have been exhausted, China is, legally according to it's constitution, should be forced to declare hostilities the second it has been officially recognized that "all other options have been exhausted." Good thing Mao didn't set a deadline.

So, now what?
Well, too early to say, I will say this, I am getting February 22 vibes, and I don't like this, I hope I am wrong, but we are definitely going to see something happening in the following days, the Chinese are a proud people, they've been through a Century of Humiliation and they take extreme sensitivity to such acts, we will see if the dragon is toothless or not.