The fact that some of the top Western diplomats and leaders and the overwhelming majority of people of Ukraine had opposed NATO membership should be better known
As the Ukraine crisis continues to escalate and the possibility of a direct confrontation between Russia and USA/NATO also increase, it is important that some facts not generally raised in western mass media should be more widely known in the west and also internationally.
Une excellente interview de Eric Denécé par Nicolas Vidal sur une très bonne chaîne TV alternative Tocsin :
Russia attacked Kharkov in the first days of a full-scale invasion and even managed to occupy part of the Kharkov region for several months. After its liberation in September 2022, the city with a population of over a million remains a frontline city, daily subjected to bombing and shelling by missiles and kamikaze drones. Journalist and Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman Yuriy Matsarsky, having visited his hometown, discovered that despite the shelling, Kharkov not only continues to live its own life (cafes, the metro, and even the zoo are open, only schools have switched to remote learning), but has also become more patriotic. Residents began to speak more Ukrainian, carried out an inspection of monuments (covering with covers those who are no longer respected in Ukraine) and are doing everything to help the defenders from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Et la Russie mène une guerre existentielle pour la survie de la Mère Patrie – ce qu’elle a fait à maintes reprises au cours des siècles.
Ce n’est pas une fête
Ce n’est pas une discothèque
Ce n’est pas une partie de plaisir
Pas de temps pour danser
Ni pour l’amour
Je n’ai pas le temps pour ça maintenant
Talking Heads, «Life During Wartime»
People should be mature enough to accept that no country is perfect, not even their favorite one like Russia, and that setbacks are an unavoidable part of every military conflict.
Nobody foresaw in February 2022 that Russia’s special operation would descend into a protracted “war of attrition” that just passed two and a half years last month. This occurred because all sides underestimated each other and there were some shortcomings in hindsight with the campaign’s initial stages, which readers can correspondingly learn more about here and here. Nevertheless, many members of the Alt-Media Community (AMC) remain convinced that this was actually the plan all along.
The loss of control over the border part of Kursk Oblast did not prevent Russian authorities from holding “elections” for governor and heads of settlements in the region. The current acting governor, Alexei Smirnov, won the vote, which lasted 12 days instead of three, with 65.28% of the votes. The authorities announced a record turnout in the elections – more than 61% of residents, taking into account early voting. As The Insider correspondent found out, who visited Kursk Oblast, local residents did not receive the elections with much excitement: they equally do not trust the current authorities, nor the possibility of replacing them in the elections. And it is not surprising, because before this, the state was unable to provide either defense, evacuation, or even a missile warning system.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė announced plans to purchase radars and mine-clearing equipment, which will be sent to Ukraine by the end of autumn, in addition to more than 5000 domestically produced drones.”During my recent meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, I announced that in the first weeks of September we will deliver to Kiev the first package of military aid, including a dozen short-range air defence systems, 30 anti-drone missiles and an additional amount of weapons and ammunition,” Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė said. “In addition, we are providing financial resources in the amount of EUR 35 million for the purchase of radars and anti-mine systems for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”».1
Ukraine’s problems are immense and multifaceted, but they’re all connected one way or another to the five following factors.
It’s beginning to dawn on most Westerners that the US’ long-delayed aid to Ukraine isn’t all that it was hyped up to be and will only at most temporarily slow down the pace of Russia’s increasingly rapid advances. The conflict’s tempo has gradually intensified as Russia exploited Ukraine’s disastrous counteroffensive to regain the military-strategic initiative. Ukraine’s problems are immense and multifaceted, but they’re all connected one way or another to the five following factors:
The United States and the UK are preparing to announce imminently that they will facilitate Ukraine firing NATO weapons deep into Russian territory, in the greatest escalation of the war with Russia to date.
Within a matter of days after the announcement, long-range missiles produced by the NATO powers, and provided with targeting data from NATO countries, could be raining down on Russian cities, clearly crossing a threshold set by Russian military doctrine for retaliation with nuclear weapons.
The United States and the UK are preparing to announce imminently that they will facilitate Ukraine firing NATO weapons deep into Russian territory, in the greatest escalation of the war with Russia to date.
Within a matter of days after the announcement, long-range missiles produced by the NATO powers, and provided with targeting data from NATO countries, could be raining down on Russian cities, clearly crossing a threshold set by Russian military doctrine for retaliation with nuclear weapons.