Even Reuters cannot call this what it is, a mass surrender.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-counter-attacks-russian-forces-east-2022-05-16/
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-counter-attacks-russian-forces-east-2022-05-16/
Reuters
Ukrainian force begins evacuating from last Mariupol stronghold
Troops holed up in the last Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol began evacuating on Monday, appearing to cede control of the once prosperous city to Russia after months of bombardment.
"Civil war is subject essentially to the jurisdiction of the enemy. Thus, civil war has a narrow, specifically dialectic relation to law. It cannot be anything other than just in the sense of being self-righteous, and on this basis becomes the prototype of just and self-righteous war."
- Carl Schmitt, Theory of the Partisan
- Carl Schmitt, Theory of the Partisan
Forwarded from The way of the warrior (Тухачевский)
“𝘐𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴.”
~𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵
Picture of US invasion of Iraq
~𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵
Picture of US invasion of Iraq
"What's the worst Hungary or Turkey could do -- sue? Pull out? There was a lot of thought given toward banishing Turkey from NATO anyway -- especially after Erdogan bought Russian S-400 air defense systems from Russia three years ago.
Perhaps now is precisely the moment simply to stand up to these lone strongmen who have managed to burrow their way deeply into democratic institutions."
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/16/opinions/putin-allies-orban-erdogan-europe-andelman/index.html
Perhaps now is precisely the moment simply to stand up to these lone strongmen who have managed to burrow their way deeply into democratic institutions."
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/16/opinions/putin-allies-orban-erdogan-europe-andelman/index.html
CNN
Opinion: Putin's useful allies are throwing a wrench in the works | CNN
David Andelman writes between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the EU and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in NATO, Putin has just enough allies in just enough places to throw a wrench in the efforts of western alliances to thwart his ambitions.
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Forwarded from Arktos
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Forwarded from Frontier Strolls
The Portuguese used these horse troops with great effect in the Angolan war of independence. They would operate in the tall grass and rougher regions of eastern Angola where they chased guerrilla bands into the unkindly embrace of airmobile troops who were dropped in the rear of the fleeing guerrilla units.
How much of the "Russia is incompetent" propaganda is due to CIA/NATO getting embarrassed in every engagement so far? In Ukraine they wanted to provoke a conventional conflict against partisans, but Russia has developed a hybrid of conventional and unconventional/asymmetric warfare. NATO propaganda against this is simply another level of accusing them of criminality.
Article on maskirovka:
"One of the most famous examples is the Battle of Kulikovo Field in 1380, when the young Muscovite, Prince Dmitry Donskoy, and 50,000 Russian warriors fought against 150,000 Tatar-Mongolian soldiers led by Khan Mamai. It was the first time the Slavs were fighting as a united army - Russia against the Golden Horde.
"The fighting was very tough, but we eventually triumphed thanks to one regiment hiding in the forest," says Vladimirov. "They attacked ferociously and unexpectedly and the ambushed Tatars ran away.""
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31020283
Article on maskirovka:
"One of the most famous examples is the Battle of Kulikovo Field in 1380, when the young Muscovite, Prince Dmitry Donskoy, and 50,000 Russian warriors fought against 150,000 Tatar-Mongolian soldiers led by Khan Mamai. It was the first time the Slavs were fighting as a united army - Russia against the Golden Horde.
"The fighting was very tough, but we eventually triumphed thanks to one regiment hiding in the forest," says Vladimirov. "They attacked ferociously and unexpectedly and the ambushed Tatars ran away.""
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31020283
Forwarded from Frontier Strolls
“I found the crown of France in the gutter and I picked it up with my sword.” —Not actually Napoleon’s words, but embellished by a poetically inclined individual. It captures the character of the great man well, as that of all great men who arise in times of chaos, sculpting new orders, blade in hand.
Forwarded from On Record
❗️UN chief calls on West to lift some Russia sanctions in order to prevent global hunger.
“Russian food and fertilizers must have full and unrestricted access to world markets,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres.
“Let’s be clear: there is no effective solution to the food crisis without reintegrating Ukraine’s food production, as well as the food and fertilizer produced by Russia and Belarus, into world markets, despite the war,” Guterres added.
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“Russian food and fertilizers must have full and unrestricted access to world markets,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres.
“Let’s be clear: there is no effective solution to the food crisis without reintegrating Ukraine’s food production, as well as the food and fertilizer produced by Russia and Belarus, into world markets, despite the war,” Guterres added.
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"NATO is the legitimate heir of the Wehrmacht.
Adolf Heusinger, chief of the Operationsabteilung from 1940-1944.
Hitler's chief of staff and helped plan the invasions of Poland, Norway, Denmark, and France. He was promoted to colonel on August 1, 1940 and became chief of the Operationsabteilung in October 1940, making him number three in the Army planning hierarchy.
In 1961, Heusinger was made the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (essentially he was NATO's chief of staff). He served in that capacity until 1964.
General Hans Speidel, Erwin Rommel’s chief of staff during WWII.
After the war he served in the Western German army and became the Supreme Commander of NATO’s ground forces in Central Europe from 1957-1963.
Johannes Steinhoff, Luftwaffe fighter pilot during WWII and recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron across (NS Germany's highest military award award), was Chairman of the NATO Military Committee 1971–1974 (among other NATO positions beforehand).
Johann von Kielmansegg), General Staff officer to the High Command of the Wehrmacht 1942-1944, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe 1967-1968.
Ernst Ferber, a Major in the Wehrmacht and group leader of the organizational department of the Supreme Command of the Army (Wehrmacht) from 1943-1945 and recipient of the Iron Cross 1st Class, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe from 1973-1975.
Karl Schnell, battery chief in the Western campaign in 1940/later First General Staff Officer of the LXXVI Panzer Corps in 1944 and recipient of the Iron Cross 2nd Class, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe from 1975-1977.
Franz Joseph Schulze, a Lieutenant in the reserve and Chief of the 3rd Battery of the Flak Storm Regiment 241 and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in 1944, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe from 1977-1979.
Ferdinand von Senger und Etterlin; Lieutenant of 24th Panzer Division in the German 6th Army, participant in the Battle of Stalingrad, adjutant to Army High Command, and recipient of the German Cross in gold, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe 1979-1983."
Adolf Heusinger, chief of the Operationsabteilung from 1940-1944.
Hitler's chief of staff and helped plan the invasions of Poland, Norway, Denmark, and France. He was promoted to colonel on August 1, 1940 and became chief of the Operationsabteilung in October 1940, making him number three in the Army planning hierarchy.
In 1961, Heusinger was made the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (essentially he was NATO's chief of staff). He served in that capacity until 1964.
General Hans Speidel, Erwin Rommel’s chief of staff during WWII.
After the war he served in the Western German army and became the Supreme Commander of NATO’s ground forces in Central Europe from 1957-1963.
Johannes Steinhoff, Luftwaffe fighter pilot during WWII and recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron across (NS Germany's highest military award award), was Chairman of the NATO Military Committee 1971–1974 (among other NATO positions beforehand).
Johann von Kielmansegg), General Staff officer to the High Command of the Wehrmacht 1942-1944, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe 1967-1968.
Ernst Ferber, a Major in the Wehrmacht and group leader of the organizational department of the Supreme Command of the Army (Wehrmacht) from 1943-1945 and recipient of the Iron Cross 1st Class, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe from 1973-1975.
Karl Schnell, battery chief in the Western campaign in 1940/later First General Staff Officer of the LXXVI Panzer Corps in 1944 and recipient of the Iron Cross 2nd Class, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe from 1975-1977.
Franz Joseph Schulze, a Lieutenant in the reserve and Chief of the 3rd Battery of the Flak Storm Regiment 241 and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in 1944, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe from 1977-1979.
Ferdinand von Senger und Etterlin; Lieutenant of 24th Panzer Division in the German 6th Army, participant in the Battle of Stalingrad, adjutant to Army High Command, and recipient of the German Cross in gold, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe 1979-1983."
Are they even trying?
"Russian troops have planted mines in Ukrainian fields to prevent farmers from cultivating their crops, International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan has been told.
Speaking after a meeting of G7 development ministers in Berlin, Sajjan said the Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told them how Russian troops mined fields to prevent farmers growing food.
Russian soldiers were also stealing Ukraine's food stores, reminding Ukrainians of the "terror famine" of the 1930s when Stalin demanded Ukraine's grain and available food."
https://torontosun.com/news/world/russian-troops-planted-mines-in-ukraines-fields-to-ruin-harvest-sajjan
"Russian troops have planted mines in Ukrainian fields to prevent farmers from cultivating their crops, International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan has been told.
Speaking after a meeting of G7 development ministers in Berlin, Sajjan said the Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told them how Russian troops mined fields to prevent farmers growing food.
Russian soldiers were also stealing Ukraine's food stores, reminding Ukrainians of the "terror famine" of the 1930s when Stalin demanded Ukraine's grain and available food."
https://torontosun.com/news/world/russian-troops-planted-mines-in-ukraines-fields-to-ruin-harvest-sajjan
Forwarded from Intel Slava
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🇺🇸🤡 Retired US Army General Barry McCaffrey has posted footage from the game Arma 3, posing as the alleged "destruction" of Russian aircraft by Ukrainian air defense systems in Ukraine
"From a Western Clausewitzian standpoint, there is no longer any political justification for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine other than to allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to save face. But from Putin and his supporters’ perspective on Clausewitz ,that is more than a sufficient justification for continuing this war.
Putin has long since morphed into a contemporary version of a Shakespearean villain who is in blood so steeped that to go back would be as tiresome as to go o’er. Indeed, Putin and his toadies are busily making reckless nuclear threats in the belief that such threats will frighten the West into stopping the war with Russian troops on Ukrainian soil. In other words, they are exploiting Nixon’s madman theory to terrify Westerners with nuclear threats.
Unfortunately, too many Western experts are arguing that we have to save Russia or Putin’s face lest the humiliation of defeat drive him to escalate. Alternatively, they argue that we must negotiate the future of European security with Russia."
The utter necessity of a Russian defeat
Putin has long since morphed into a contemporary version of a Shakespearean villain who is in blood so steeped that to go back would be as tiresome as to go o’er. Indeed, Putin and his toadies are busily making reckless nuclear threats in the belief that such threats will frighten the West into stopping the war with Russian troops on Ukrainian soil. In other words, they are exploiting Nixon’s madman theory to terrify Westerners with nuclear threats.
Unfortunately, too many Western experts are arguing that we have to save Russia or Putin’s face lest the humiliation of defeat drive him to escalate. Alternatively, they argue that we must negotiate the future of European security with Russia."
The utter necessity of a Russian defeat
The Hill
The utter necessity of a Russian defeat
We must reject the advice of those who would gladly sacrifice Ukraine’s vital interests to their anxiety about Putin losing face.