Hypocrisy of the Ukrainian Press about "Petals": Part 2 (link to Part 1)

Report by @volrota:

A few weeks ago (August 10; Balakleya was under Russian control), the head of our volunteer center in the Kharkov region, Alexander Kulikov recorded a video review about how the Ukronazis sow Izyum, Balakley, and Donetsk with Petal mines.

Now the Ukronazis want to shift the responsibility for this to us. A report has been published in the Ukrainian media that allegedly the Russian military is sowing Balakley with "Petals". This is a lie, a provocation, and most importantly, an invention of the Ukrainian special services.

It was our Russian military that has been clearing the cities of mines for a long time. They conducted mine clearance so that civilians would not suffer, and our volunteers informed people about the danger of "Petals".

We present to your attention a video from three weeks ago. Our volunteers showed how many "Petals" the Ukronazis scattered in Balakleya and how the city is being cleared of mines.

Forbes: Russian Oil Price Cap Could Be Biden’s Biggest Energy Folly Yet
By Dan Eberhart, CEO of Canary, LLC

There are two likely consequences of the price cap on Russian oil exports that G7 leaders agreed to in early September – and neither is good for the policy’s architects.

The idea behind the price cap is to expand the reach of sanctions on Russia to third countries, thereby limiting the windfall the Kremlin is receiving from higher oil prices while also lessening the impact on prices in sanctioning countries. But there are flaws in this thinking.

First, big buyers of Russian oil like China and India will likely ignore or evade the cap and keep providing vital funding for Russia’s war machine with their purchases.

Second, the price cap creates a considerable disruption to Russian oil supply that will send global prices skyrocketing, keeping Russian oil income buoyant while punishing the global economy.
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The worst-case scenario is full-blown Russian retaliation and the use of oil exports as a weapon, which could deliver a bullish shock to the market, pushing prices as high as $150 a barrel.

Such a scenario could increase Russia’s oil income by as much as 50 percent while exacerbating global recessionary pressures.

The risk of this market reaction cannot be overstated – especially since the Biden administration and EU and UK policymakers have proven themselves incompetent in the current energy crisis, and the price cap could be their coup de grace.

Former US President Jimmy Carter turns 98 today. His thoughts on US-China relations may surprise you:

"Since we normalized relations with China in 1979, the US has been in constant war. China has not been in combat with anyone."

"[The US] is the most warlike country on earth."
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"Free journalism is not a crime!" — Demonstration in Berlin against persecution of Alina Lipp

A rally in support of German journalist Alina Lipp, who has been repeatedly persecuted for her journalistic work covering the events in Donbas, is taking place right now in Berlin. Not only Alina herself, but her family has also suffered — Alina's mother, Petra Lipp, was also targeted. She had to leave the country, and her bank accounts were blocked.

The protesters call for stopping Russophobia and arms shipments to Ukraine. "Rally for friendship with Russia and against the prosecution of Russians," Alina writes on her Telegram.

The US will open a new command center in Germany for the coordination of military assistance to Ukraine.

According to the NYT the headquarters will be located in Wiesbaden, the same location where the command of the US Army in Europe and Africa is. About 300 military specialists will work in the center.

Aleksey Zhuravko perished during a shelling in Kherson on 25 September

On 25 September, Aleksey Zhuravko perished during a shelling in Kherson. Alexey Zhuravko was an ex-member of the Ukrainian parliament and an active participant in the activities of 2022 in civil life settlement in the liberated territory of Kherson region.

Disabled from his childhood, he lived an amazing life. He was an orphan who became a happy husband and father, made a brilliant career, and became a member of the Ukrainian parliament… He endlessly loved his Motherland, Ukraine.

He had managed to give his voice in Kherson’s referendum before he perished.

Why did people vote for joining Russia? A version from Annalena Baerbock, the head of the German Foreign Ministry.
Listen to her telling the German media in complete earnestness how people going to the referendum to vote have been shot and raped by the Russian military!!!!
And watch the reaction of the guests in the studio: they look quite amazed by the degree of insanity.

Why did people vote for joining Russia? A view from the ground.

“Thanks to them [the AFU] for helping us choose Russia!”, says Vadim Karetnikov, principal of a school in Energodar (Zaporozhye region), which has been constantly shelled by the Ukrainian forces.

NATO may disappear because of the desire for war with Russia.

The desire of Poland and some American elites to support war with Russia may lead to the disappearance of the North Atlantic Alliance, says retired U.S. Army (Armed Forces) Colonel Douglas McGregor, former senior advisor to the head of the Pentagon. This is reported by Fox News.

"Apart from Poland, no one in NATO is interested in war with Russia. If we continue along this line, we will see NATO simply disintegrate into pieces and disappear," said the American colonel.

According to McGregor, except for Poles and a small number of people in Washington, no one is planning to go to war with Russia.

Also, as the military figure added, most Germans are against a military confrontation with the Russian side.
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The investigation was conducted by "experts": the European version.

Germany, Denmark and Sweden will create an investigative group to investigate the sabotage on the Nord Stream.

This was told by German Interior Minister Nancy Heather.

First of all, we advise you to contact former Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski.

He seems to know something.

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"I refused to fight, then some people in masks came - either Aidar or God knows who - shot me in the legs, tortured me. There were two of us."

The footage shows Stepan Bilokiy, who fought in Aidar battalion. He refused to fight, but masked men came to him, shot his legs and tortured him.

He said he lost consciousness afterwards and was later rescued by the DPR military.

Large explosion in center Donetsk at Continent mall. My report to come

Ex-advisor to Pentagon chief during President Trump's administration suggests the US, UK might be behind the Nord Streams explosions

The US and the UK may be behind the explosions at Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, former advisor to US Defense Secretary in the administration of ex-president of the United States Donald Trump.

"You have to look at who are the state actors that have the capability to do this. And that means the [UK’s] Royal Navy and the United States’ Navy <…> I think that’s pretty clear," Macgregor said.

🇧🇪 Thousands of brave Belgians marched today to protest against Prime Minister Mark Rutte's anti-human policies.

People are demanding that energy prices be lowered and that we begin to fight the appalling rise in food prices.
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Austria cancels free rides by public transport for Ukrainian refugees. The conditional "candy-bouquet" period with Ukrainians is over. Now they need to pay taxes, get a job, otherwise living in Austria will become unbearable.

Considering the present state of the European economy, one may soon observe a total cancellation of social benefits, not for Ukrainians only, but for all vulnerable segments of the EU population.

Because when capitalism has an economic crisis, the poorest always suffer first.

Photographer Roman Filippov reports from Donetsk:

This is what studying looks like in a school that has already been hit by four shells. The head teacher teaches the only student in the corridor, away from doors and windows. That morning a shell hit about 20 metres from the school - it sliced the whole facade and blew out half the windows.

In fact, all the kids are now in distance learning, and this kid probably has no computer, I didn't look into the details.

In Dagestan (Russia) FSB and MVD are arresting administrators of anonymous Telegram channels which have been stirring up protest mood and propagating fake news about the mobilization.
The authors of the channels presented false information, mixing it with religious messages to influence the mostly religious residents of North Caucasus.

Moreover, organizers of “protest” actions against mobilization are being arrested too. One of them was arrested 30 September, early in the morning. There were Molotov’s cocktails, “butterfly” knives and many other things found at his home. It is very significant that he had arrived from the Moscow region specifically to take part in these meetings.