{"id":1752,"date":"2022-02-26T00:04:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T23:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unbequemefragen.ch\/?page_id=1752"},"modified":"2022-02-26T00:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T23:04:19","slug":"audiatur-et-altera-pars-ausgabe-08-22","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/unbequemefragen.ch\/?page_id=1752","title":{"rendered":"audiatur et altera pars \u2013\u00a0Ausgabe 08\/22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-spiegel.ru\/2022\/ein-kommentar-zu-der-entwicklung-in-und-um-die-ukraine\/\"><strong>Ein Kommentar zu der Entwicklung in und um die Ukraine<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Russlands Milit\u00e4roperation hat mich nur bedingt \u00fcberrascht. Noch vor zwei Tagen habe ich gedacht, und auch \u00f6ffentlich gesagt, dass ich nicht an einen Krieg glaube. Aber das hat sich am Mittwoch ge\u00e4ndert, auch wenn ich nicht gedacht h\u00e4tte, dass es so schnell gehen w\u00fcrde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Der Grund daf\u00fcr, dass ich zuvor nicht mit einem Krieg gerechnet habe, ist, dass ich nicht gedacht h\u00e4tte, dass Kiew es darauf ankommen l\u00e4sst<\/strong>.<strong> Putin hat in seiner Rede an die Nation zur Anerkennung der Donbass-Republiken deutlich gesagt, dass er Kiew auffordert, die Feindseligkeiten gegen den Donbass umgehend einzustellen, ansonsten trage Kiew die Verantwortung die Folgen. Das hat man in Kiew anscheinend f\u00fcr einen Bluff gehalten.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dass Kiew die Lage so falsch eingesch\u00e4tzt hat, wurde am Mittwoch deutlich. Die ukrainische Armee hat den Beschuss des Donbass nicht eingestellt, sondern massiv verst\u00e4rkt. Es sind Zivilisten gestorben, es wurde teilweise die Strom- und Wasserversorgung besch\u00e4digt, in Donezk gab stellenweise kein flie\u00dfendes Wasser und so weiter. Es gab sogar den Versuch einer Offensive an mindestens einer Stelle der Front.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Das hat die russische Geduld anscheinend beendet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Der Maidan brachte ein faschistisches Regime an die Macht und dieses Regime hat praktisch alle Handelsbeziehungen zu Russland abgebrochen, die 50 Prozent des ukrainischen Au\u00dfenhandels ausgemacht haben. Das Land ist danach verarmt und ist heute eines der \u00e4rmsten L\u00e4nder Europas. Das sind eines der Ergebnisse des Maidan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F\u00fcr Russland und die Russen waren die letzten acht Jahre schlimm, denn niemand schaut gerne zu, wie Menschen, die man als Landsleute empfindet, weil sie die gleiche Sprache sprechen und die gleichen Traditionen teilen, abgeschlachtet werden. Und ja: Ich benutze das Wort \u201eabschlachten\u201c bewusst, denn <strong>es sind etwa 15.000 Menschen in dem von Kiew losgetretenen Krieg gestorben und man darf nicht vergessen, dass die OSZE berichtet, dass\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-spiegel.ru\/2020\/osze-bericht-75-der-zivilen-opfer-des-krieges-in-der-ukraine-sind-opfer-der-regierungstruppen\/\">75 Prozent der zivilen Opfer des Krieges<\/a>\u00a0auf das Konto der ukrainischen Armee gehen.<\/strong> Das verschweigen die westlichen Medien, aber das \u00e4ndert nichts daran, dass es so ist. Und wir reden auch von Kindern, die in ihren Kinderg\u00e4rten mit M\u00f6rsern beschossen werden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russland hat seit Monaten deutlich gemacht, wo die roten Linien sind. Putin hat am Montag auch an die ukrainische Adresse deutlich die Warnung ausgesprochen, endlich die Feindseligkeiten zu beenden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alle russischen Warnungen und Sorgen wurden ignoriert.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Man mag das anders sehen, aber Russland hat keinen anderen Weg mehr gesehen, als milit\u00e4risch zu reagieren und die existenziellen Bedrohungen f\u00fcr das eigene Land zu auszuschalten.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die von Russland verk\u00fcndeten Ziele der Milit\u00e4roperation sind: Die Entmilitarisierung und die Entnazifierung der Ukraine. Das sind Zitate. Von einer Besetzung der Ukraine ist nicht die Rede, es d\u00fcrfte aber zu einer vor\u00fcbergehenden Besetzung kommen, wie wir sie 2008 in Georgien gesehen haben, um die milit\u00e4rische Infrastruktur der ukrainischen Armee auszuschalten. In Georgien hat das f\u00fcnf Tage gedauert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ich pers\u00f6nlich verstehe, dass Russland nach \u00fcber 20 Jahren der L\u00fcgen und des Betruges der Geduldsfaden gerissen ist. Aber das kann jeder sehen, wie er m\u00f6chte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-spiegel.ru\/2022\/ukrainische-praesidialverwaltung-bestaetigt-russische-armee-greift-keine-zivilen-ziele-an\/\"><strong>Ukrainische Pr\u00e4sidialverwaltung best\u00e4tigt: Russische Armee greift keine zivilen Ziele an<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Was ich bemerkenswert finde, ist, dass <strong>sogar in der Ukraine von offizieller Seite best\u00e4tigt wird, dass die russischen Truppen keine zivilen Ziele angreifen, sondern nur das tun, was Putin angek\u00fcndigt hat: Sie \u201eentmilitarisieren\u201c die Ukraine und greifen ausschlie\u00dflich milit\u00e4rische Ziele an. Das ist keine russische Propaganda, das meldet die ukrainische Pr\u00e4sidialverwaltung.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die ukrainische Regierung erkl\u00e4rt nichts \u2013 im Gegenteil, sie macht die Bev\u00f6lkerung absichtlich nerv\u00f6s. In Kiew ert\u00f6nt st\u00fcndlich die Luftschutzsirene, obwohl keine Gefahr f\u00fcr Wohngebiete besteht, was sogar die Pr\u00e4sidialverwaltung zugeben muss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201eSie m\u00fcssen verstehen, dass Putin keine zivilen Objekte angreifen wird. Er muss sich die Loyalit\u00e4t der ukrainischen Bev\u00f6lkerung bewahren, vor allem in den Gebieten, die eingenommen werden sollen. Sie greifen ausschlie\u00dflich die Streitkr\u00e4fte an\u201c<\/em>, sagte Alexej Arestovytsch, Berater des Leiters des ukrainischen Pr\u00e4sidialamtes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selensky hat sich bereits dreimal an die Nation gewandt und jedes Mal weitere Einzelheiten \u00fcber die \u2013 von ihm selbst verschuldete \u2013 Verschlechterung der Beziehungen zu Russland genannt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Die einzigen, die zum Widerstand aufrufen, sind genau die Nationalisten, von denen Russland die Ukraine befreien will \u2013 sie haben nichts zu verlieren.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/world-news\/war\/war-is-never-what-it-seems\/\"><strong>War is Never What it Seems<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>War is rarely what is reported in the newspapers. Here we have the West all blaming Putin and asserting that he is the aggressor. <strong>War is always created by politicians \u2013 not the people.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make no mistake about it, if Western Canada decides to leave and become independent, Trudeau would also send in military forces. The same would be true in a separatist movement that takes hold in the United States, Germany, France, Britain, or Italy. This is a matter of human rights that people ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We really have to wonder if the West misled Zelensky or is he really this incompetent not to have noticed that the entire West withdrew which was a signal to Putin Ukraine is yours. Putin demanded that Ukraine not be allowed in NATO. <\/strong>They refused to concede that point yet everyone fled Ukraine. Something just does not add up. <strong>If you were standing behind Ukraine, you do not flee. That was the signal to not stop with Donetsk and Luhansk. Why refuse to relinquish those two provinces when there was no defense for Ukraine as a whole?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Something is just not right!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f <a href=\"http:\/\/thesaker.is\/putin-suggests-ukrainian-military-seize-power-from-gang-of-junkies-neo-nazis-in-kiev\/\"><strong>Putin Suggests Ukrainian Military Seize Power From \u2018Gang of Junkies, Neo-Nazis in Kiev\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Today we will discuss the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The main clashes of the Russian Army, as expected, are not taking place with regular units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but with nationalist formations, which, as you know, are directly responsible for the genocide in Donbass and the bloodshed of civilians in the people\u2019s republics.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In addition, the nationalist elements embedded in the regular Ukrainian units not only incite them to offer armed resistance, but, in fact, play the role of blocking units.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Moreover, according to the available information, and this is confirmed by the results of objective control, we see that Bandera supporters and neo-Nazis are deploying heavy weapons, including multiple launch rocket systems, right in the central regions of large cities, including Kiev and Kharkov. <strong>They plan to provoke return fire from Russian strike systems on residential areas. In fact, they act in the same way as terrorists do around the world, hiding behind people in the hope of later blaming Russia for the civilian casualties.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>It is known that all this is happening on the recommendation of foreign instructors, primarily American advisers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Once again, I appeal to the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. <strong>Do not allow neo-Nazis and Bandera supporters to use your children, your wives, and elderly people as human shields. Take power into your own hands. It seems that it will be easier for us to come to an agreement than with this gang of junkies and neo-Nazis, who settled in Kiev and took the entire Ukrainian people hostage.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I also want to give the highest assessment to the actions of Russian soldiers and officers. They act courageously, professionally, heroically, fulfilling their military duty, successfully solving the most important task of ensuring the security of our people and our fatherland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uncutnews.ch\/die-macht-der-machtlosen-ist-real\/\"><strong>Die Macht der Machtlosen ist real<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Eines der gr\u00f6\u00dften Hindernisse f\u00fcr die B\u00fcrger im Westen ist <strong>die selbstgef\u00e4llige Annahme, dass westliche Institutionen und Philosophien von Natur aus immun gegen den Aufstieg des Totalitarismus sind. Dies ist ein verst\u00e4ndlicher blinder Fleck<\/strong>. Ihre Identit\u00e4ten sind in unterschiedlichem Ma\u00dfe in den gro\u00dfen Traditionen der Aufkl\u00e4rungsvorstellungen von Freiheit, freier Meinungs\u00e4u\u00dferung und nat\u00fcrlichen Rechten geschmiedet worden. Die Sieger \u00fcber Kommunismus, Faschismus und Nationalsozialismus k\u00f6nnen dann nicht dem Wahnsinn eben dieser Philosophien zum Opfer fallen, die ihre Systeme von innen heraus zum Einsturz bringen. <strong>Diese \u201eWir\/Sie\u201c-Selbstt\u00e4uschung hat die B\u00fcrger davon abgehalten, die Tyrannei vor ihren Toren zu erkennen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesaker.is\/russian-bear-wants-justice\/\"><strong>Russian bear wants justice<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite possible sanctions and their hard-hitting economic consequences, the hunted Russian bear has got out of the den and is going after the hunters. Until recently, Russians, Ukrainians, and Europeans believed that there would be no war. What we see now, however, is a full-scale Russian intervention and quite a successful one too. Where are the Russian troops going, and most importantly, why? And where will they stop?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>However, during all these eight years, people continued to die along the disengagement line in Donbass, separating Kiev\u2019s armed forces and the separatists (at the rate of more than 100 a year). Meanwhile, Russia was officially branded by Kiev as an \u201caggressor,\u201d and those in power in Ukraine started to busily prepare for a big war, demanding military and financial assistance from the EU and Washington.<\/strong> And while President Zelensky\u2019s predecessor, the millionaire Petro Poroshenko, was still able to maintain a dialogue with Moscow with the help of the oligarchs, the current president, who came to power on the strength of promises to seek peace and reconciliation, was trying hard to enter NATO and was threatening Russia with missiles deployed near Chernigov (750 km from Moscow). <strong>As for the Kremlin, it has spent the past six months trying to negotiate with Brussels, Washington and Zelensky himself. All that Putin was asking for were security guarantees for Russia. In fact, Moscow never really threatened Ukraine but was still being systematically pushed towards a military solution.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>One thing is clear: 20 years ago, Russia could and wanted to join NATO and united Europe. However, the latter chose to make Russia an enemy\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voltairenet.org\/article215796.html\"><strong>NATO-Expansionismus in Europa<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Es ist eine kaum glaubhafte Geschichte: Ein Milit\u00e4rb\u00fcndnis, die NATO, deren Funktionsweise gegen die in der Charta der Vereinten Nationen verankerten Prinzipien der Souver\u00e4nit\u00e4t und Gleichheit der Staaten verst\u00f6\u00dft, hat sich in den letzten dreiundzwanzig Jahren unter Verletzung internationaler Vertr\u00e4ge ausgeweitet. Das ist so riesig, dass wir es alle vergessen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2022\/02\/24\/update-on-the-ukrainian-situation\/\"><strong>Update on the Ukrainian situation<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>German readers write to me that they are sitting in front of TVs laughing at their idiot politicians promising that Putin\u2019s imperialism won\u2019t go unanswered, promising more energy sanctions against the German people and facing compensation claims from German investors in the Nord 2 Pipeline.\u00a0 German defense officials admit that they are toothless and have no capability of sending troops even to protect NATO members, much less Ukraine. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Europeans should have thought many times before they enabled Washington\u2019s war crimes in Serbia and the Middle East. Putin said war criminals will be held accountable.&nbsp; I think he means it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The European governments are such stupid idiots that it did not occur to them to wonder what happens if Russia responds to sanctions by cutting off the gas supply.\u00a0 Earlier today I asked what is Germany\u2019s fate if Russia replies to sanctions with sanctions?\u00a0 Leon Birnbaum, president of E.ON, one of Europe\u2019s largest operators of energy networks, said that if Russia cuts gas flow to Germany, Germany\u00b4s industry would have to be cut off from the power grid.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It is difficult to imagine people so totally stupid and self-defeating as the ones Western peoples trust with leadership.\u00a0 Indeed, Western \u201cleaders\u201d are so totally stupid they may well get us wiped off the face of the earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2022\/02\/24\/breaking-news-russia-demilitarizes-ukraine\/\"><strong>Russia Demilitarizes Ukraine<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Three days ago I wrote \u201cToday the World Has Changed.\u201d&nbsp; The Kremlin recognized the Russian territories that Lenin had folded into the Ukraine as independent states and gave the Ukrainian Nazis an ultimatum to cease its attacks on the Donbass Russians. The Russian Armed Forces were issued orders to ensure provision of peace on the territory of the independent republics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, the dumbshit Ukrainians didn\u2019t hear and neither did the dumbshits in Washington.&nbsp; Instead of avoiding conflict, the dumbasses provoked one, and it arrived this morning.&nbsp; What a collection of fools the Western World is.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West, of course, is screaming its impotent accusations, but the barrage of Western media lies will have no effect on the outcome. If the Western World had any intelligent leaders, what would they conclude? They would conclude that the days of baiting the bear are over.&nbsp;&nbsp;As I have reported for some time, Russia has had enough of the West\u2019s lies, deceptions, insults, and provocations.&nbsp;&nbsp;Henceforth, when Russia tells them something, they would do well to turn their ears on.&nbsp;&nbsp;Putin has said that Russia will not permit Ukraine to develop nuclear weapons, and he has said that Russia will not tolerate US\/NATO bases on her borders.&nbsp;&nbsp;The US and NATO had better believe it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uncutnews.ch\/richten-sich-die-russischen-angriffe-gegen-die-us-biolabore-in-der-ukraine\/\"><strong>Richten sich die russischen Angriffe gegen die US-Biolabore in der Ukraine?<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Steht Russlands spezielle Milit\u00e4roperation in der Ukraine im Zusammenhang mit US-Biolaboren? Seit Jahren beschuldigt die russische Regierung die Vereinigten Staaten, Biowaffen in der N\u00e4he der russischen Grenze zu entwickeln.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Auf die Frage, ob er glaube, dass die Amerikaner in den Labors Biowaffen entwickeln, antwortete er: \u201eWir haben gen\u00fcgend Grund zu der Annahme, dass dies der Fall ist\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesaker.is\/a-few-disjointed-thoughts-about-the-current-military-situation\/\"><strong>A few disjointed thoughts about the current military situation<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s first see what Russia has already done using ONLY HER STANDOFF WEAPONS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The Ukrainian air defenses have ceased to exist<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The Ukrainian air force has ceased to exist<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The Ukrainian navy has ceased to exist<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The Ukrainian command and control are severely disrupted with many command posts destroyed<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>All the military airfields in the Ukraine are now not operational<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Numerous supply dumps of ammo, petroleum and lubricants have been destroyed.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Russia controls the entire Ukie airspace and all the Ukie coastal waters in the Black and Azov seas.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ukie forces have built fortifications for 8 years, so the progress against the bulk of the Ukie ground forces is slow.&nbsp; HOWEVER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It appears that the Russian have decided to encircle the entire Ukronazi force on the Donbass by a pincer movement from the north and south<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is my opinion that Russia will encircle the Ukie forces, the entire Ukrainian force along the LOC and then wait for them to surrender thereby minimizing losses on both sides.&nbsp; In other words, the Russians are trying to lock the Ukies in an operational cauldron and basically remove these forces from the equation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, Putin has clearly stated the Russian goals: demilitarize and denazify the Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first element, disarmament, is already well under way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The denazification implies some kind of regime change.\u00a0 There are reports of Russian forces near Kiev and I believe that a \u201chunt for Nazis\u201d will be conducted in one way or another.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nazi regime in Kiev will be regime changed to some other regime which will accept a Russian ceasefire and the opening of direct negotiations with both the LDNR and Russia.&nbsp; Eventually, a general ceasefire will be proclaimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There will be elections, of course, which nobody in the West will initially recognize.\u00a0 That\u2019s fine.\u00a0 Nobody in Russia cares about Uncle Shmuel or his Eurorodents.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I want to recognize the truly immense contribution of \u201cZe\u201d himself, and the Nazi nutcases around him.\u00a0 <strong>He was the first to mention that Banderastan wanted to acquire nuclear weapons.\u00a0 The Nazi nutcases in the Ukie regime and social media immediately picked up this truly \u201cbrilliant\u201d idea.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to sincerely thank \u201cZe\u201d specifically for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Forcing the Russian to intervene (Nazi and nukes are a bad combo in any Russian\u2019s mind!)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Giving them a legal basis to do so\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legal.un.org\/repertory\/art51.shtml\">under Art. 51 of the UN Charter<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Frankly, \u201cZe\u201d did a lot for Russia, and I think that Putin should let him flee to the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesaker.is\/from-the-black-sea-to-the-east-med-do-not-poke-the-russian-bear\/\"><strong>From the Black Sea to the East Med, do not poke The Russian Bear<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This is what happens when a bunch of ragged hyenas, jackals and tiny rodents poke The Bear: a new geopolitical order is born in breathtaking speed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a dramatic meeting of the Russian Security Council to a history lesson delivered by President Putin and the subsequent birth of the Baby Twins \u2013 the People\u2019s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk \u2013 all the way to their appeal to President Putin to intervene militarily to expel the NATO-backed Ukrainian bombing-and-shelling forces from Donbass, it was a seamless process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The (nuclear) straw that (nearly) broke the Bear\u2019s back \u2013 and forced its paws to pounce \u2013 was Zelensky the Comedian, back from the Russophobia-drenched Munich Security Conference where he was hailed like a Messiah, saying that the 1994 Budapest memorandum should be revised and Ukraine should be nuclear-rearmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That would be the equivalent of a nuclear Mexico south of the Hegemon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Putin immediately turned Responsibility to Protect (R2P) upside down: an American concept invented to launch wars in MENA (remember Libya?) was retrofitted to stop a slow-motion genocide in Donbass.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sequence, then, became inevitable. In a flash, all Ukrainian forces between the so-called line of contact and the original borders of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts were boxed in as the occupying force of territories of two Russian allies that Moscow had just sworn to protect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So it was Get Out \u2013 Or Else. \u201cOr else\u201d came as rolling thunder: the Kremlin and the Russian Ministry of Defense were not bluffing. Timed to the end of Putin\u2019s speech announcing the operation, <strong>the Russians decapitated with precision missiles everything that mattered in terms of the Ukrainian military in just one hour: Air Force, Navy, airfields, bridges, command and control centers, the whole Turkish Bayraktar drone fleet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it was not only Russian raw power. It was the artillery of one of the Baby Twins, the DPR, that hit the HQ of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbass, which actually housed the entire Ukrainian military command. This means that the Ukrainian General Staff instantly lost control of all its troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The water supply to Crimea was instantly re-established. Humanitarian corridors were set up for the deserters. \u201cRemnants\u201d now include mostly surviving Azov batallion Nazis, mercenaries trained by the usual Blackwater\/Academi suspects, and a bunch of Salafi-jihadis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Predictably, Western corporate media has already gone totally berserk branding it as the much-awaited Russian \u201cinvasion\u201d. A reminder: when Israel routinely bombs Syria and when the House of One Saudi routinely bombs Yemeni civilians, there is never any peep in NATOstan media.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We could soon witness the birth of an independent Novorossiya \u2013 east of the Dnieper, south along Sea of Azov\/Black Sea, the way it was when attached to Ukraine by Lenin in 1922. But now totally aligned with Russia, and providing a land bridge to Transnistria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesaker.is\/the-collapse-of-banderastan-tomorrow-will-be-a-crucial-day\/\"><strong>The collapse of Banderastan<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I was expecting an operational-level Russian operation, but what I see today this is clearly a <strong>strategic operation<\/strong>. This is way bigger than what I expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are in the very early phases of the operation, but I see all the usual signs of a Ukrainian strategic collapse.&nbsp; By tomorrow morning we should know a lot more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The first strike phase of the operation has been extremely successful and the Ukrainian ground forces are now not only without any kind of cover or support (the Ukie Air Force and Navy passed away today), they are also without orders: not only has the Ukronazi HQ in the Donbass been totally destroyed, the Russians are, no doubt, putting down their EW blanket on the full area of operations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think that by tomorrow evening the operational envelopment of the Ukie forces in the eastern Ukraine will be completed.\u00a0 After that, <strong>only two types of Ukie soldiers will be left: those who surrendered and the dead<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Belarus is fully backing Russia<\/strong> (Lukashenko was very emphatic about that today), <strong>as does Iran<\/strong>.\u00a0Our Chinese friends have been rather restrained and proffered only well-intended generalities, let\u2019s see if that changes in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworld.press\/?module=articles&amp;action=view&amp;id=2516\"><strong>Russia\u2019s Special Operation In Ukraine Will Restore Global Strategic Stability<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Observers should remember that it didn\u2019t have to come to this but that Russia literally had no choice lest it eventually end up blackmailed by the US through nuclear means.<\/strong> President Putin hinted at this in his cited event from 21 December when he admitted that <em>\u201cwhat they are doing, or trying or planning to do in Ukraine, is not happening thousands of kilometres away from our national border. It is on the doorstep of our house. They must understand that we simply have nowhere further to retreat to.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With \u201cnowhere further to retreat\u201d and the US refusing to resort to the diplomatic means proposed by Russia for resolving that missile crisis that America itself initiated, it was obvious in hindsight that Moscow would be compelled to act through the same military-technical means that it vaguely warned about earlier in order to ensure the integrity of its national security red lines. <strong>This fact confirms the legitimacy of President Putin\u2019s reference to Article 51 of the UN Charter for justifying his operation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who truly support the inherent democratic right of all states to govern and develop themselves according to however their internationally recognized leaders deem fit, as well as to defensively ensure their national security in the face of unprovoked foreign threats, should therefore support Russia\u2019s special operation in Ukraine. <strong>Moscow\u2019s aims aren\u2019t to further destabilize the world but to finally restore stability to it after Washington unilaterally undermined the strategic state of affairs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Eurasian Great Power is employing its international legal right to self-defense, not only in protection of its own national security red lines and the humanitarian interests of the Donbass people, but also for the sake of the entire world.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/oneworld.press\/?module=articles&amp;action=view&amp;id=2425\">Had Russia submitted<\/a>&nbsp;to the US\u2019 attempted nuclear blackmail, Washington would have immediately set its sights on China, after which it would have restored its declining unipolar hegemony over the planet if it subsequently succeeded in strategically neutralizing that country too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For these reasons, Russia\u2019s cause is just and fully in line with the spirit of the UN Charter that officially decrees the equality of nations<\/strong> and the inadmissibility of one such as the US allegedly ensuring its own security at anyone else\u2019s expense like Russia\u2019s (and China\u2019s for that matter too). Moscow isn\u2019t a so-called \u201crevisionist power\u201d, Washington is, as <strong>all that Russia wants to do is return to the international order enshrined by the UN and earlier agreed to by the US itself at that time as well<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/smoothiex12.blogspot.com\/2022\/02\/welcome-to-new-world.html\"><strong>Welcome To The New World.<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not an empty symbolism, this is extremely important for all people in former USSR who know what it means by heart. <strong>The West supported Nazi regime in Ukraine for 8 years based on perfidious claims and pursuing one and only objective&#8211;trying to blow up Russia. <\/strong>This stops now. West wanted to see real Shock and Awe&#8211;here it is, watch and learn. The Nazi structure in Ukraine will be utterly demolished finishing the job which Stalin didn&#8217;t finish and Khrushchev greatly exacerbated by allowing the remnants of Galician Nazi war criminals out of where they were supposed to stay forever&#8211;prisons. <strong>Now the job will be finished.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2022\/02\/24\/they-didnt-hear-what-we-told-them-they-had-better-hear-this-time\/\"><strong>&#8220;They didn&#8217;t hear what we told them. They had better hear this time.&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Think back to 2014 when the US overthrew the Ukrainian government and installed a neo-Nazi regime. The neocons were smirking, laughing at how easy it was to buffalo the Russians. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland publicly bragged about how the US had spent $5 billion dollars preparing the overthrow of Ukraine. Much cheering of how Ukraine would now be used to destabilize Russia and seize the Russian Black Sea naval base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a long frustrating, humiliating 8 years of trying to get the West\u2019s attention that this was not a scheme Russia could accept, and after one last effort which got nowhere, Russia has acted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The imbalance of force has been corrected, and since force is all that the West understands, Russia is using force to end the use of Ukraine as a pawn against Russia.<br>In the past the stupid and arrogant West ignored Russia\u2019s warnings. In his address this morning Putin gave another warning. <strong>If the dumbshit Western leaders do not hear this warning, the West will cease to exist<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f<em><strong>\u201cI\u00a0would now like to\u00a0say something very important for\u00a0those who may be tempted to\u00a0interfere in\u00a0these developments from the\u00a0outside. No matter who tries to\u00a0stand in\u00a0our way or\u00a0all the\u00a0more so create threats for\u00a0our country and\u00a0our people, they must know that \u26a0\ufe0f<\/strong><\/em> <em><strong>Russia will respond immediately, and\u00a0the\u00a0consequences will be such as\u00a0you have never seen in\u00a0your entire history. \u26a0\ufe0f<\/strong><\/em> <em><strong> No matter how the\u00a0events unfold, we are ready. All the\u00a0necessary decisions in\u00a0this regard have been taken. I\u00a0hope that my\u00a0words will be heard.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-spiegel.ru\/2022\/putins-komplette-rede-an-das-russische-volk-zum-beginn-der-militaeroperation\/\"><strong>Putins komplette Rede an das russische Volk zum Beginn der Milit\u00e4roperation<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Es ist bekannt, dass wir seit 30 Jahren hartn\u00e4ckig und geduldig versuchen, mit den f\u00fchrenden NATO-L\u00e4ndern eine Einigung \u00fcber die Grunds\u00e4tze der gleichen und unteilbaren Sicherheit in Europa zu erzielen. Als Antwort auf unsere Vorschl\u00e4ge sind wir immer wieder entweder auf zynische T\u00e4uschungen und L\u00fcgen oder auf Druck und Erpressungsversuche gesto\u00dfen, w\u00e4hrend sich das Nordatlantische B\u00fcndnis trotz all unserer Proteste und Bedenken immer weiter ausdehnt.<\/strong> Die Kriegsmaschinerie ist in Bewegung und, ich wiederhole das, sie kommt sehr nahe an unsere Grenzen heran.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Generell entsteht der Eindruck, dass <strong>praktisch \u00fcberall, in vielen Regionen der Welt, wo der Westen kommt, um seine Ordnung zu etablieren, blutige, nicht heilende Wunden, Wunden des internationalen Terrorismus und Extremismus zur\u00fcckbleiben<\/strong>. Alles, was ich gesagt habe, sind die ungeheuerlichsten, aber bei weitem nicht die einzigen Beispiele f\u00fcr die Missachtung des V\u00f6lkerrechts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Wir wissen aus der Geschichte, dass die Sowjetunion 1940 und Anfang 1941 alles getan hat, um den Ausbruch des Krieges zu verhindern oder zumindest zu verz\u00f6gern. Dazu geh\u00f6rt auch, dass man buchst\u00e4blich bis zur letzten Minute versucht, den potenziellen Angreifer nicht zu provozieren, indem man die notwendigsten und naheliegendsten Schritte zur Vorbereitung auf die Abwehr des unvermeidlichen Angriffs nicht durchgef\u00fchrt oder aufgeschoben hat. Und die Schritte, die schlie\u00dflich unternommen wurden, waren katastrophal versp\u00e4tet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Infolgedessen war das Land auf den Einmarsch Nazi-Deutschlands, das am 22. Juni 1941 ohne Kriegserkl\u00e4rung unser Land angriff, nicht vollst\u00e4ndig vorbereitet. Der Feind konnte gestoppt und dann vernichtet werden, allerdings zu einem kolossalen Preis. <strong>Der Versuch, dem Aggressor am Vorabend des Gro\u00dfen Vaterl\u00e4ndischen Krieges zu gefallen, war ein Fehler, der unser Volk teuer zu stehen kam. In den ersten Monaten der K\u00e4mpfe haben wir gro\u00dfe, strategisch wichtige Gebiete und Millionen von Menschen verloren. Wir werden einen solchen Fehler nicht ein zweites Mal machen, dazu haben wir kein Recht.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Schon jetzt, in dem Ma\u00dfe, wie sich die NATO nach Osten ausdehnt, wird die Situation f\u00fcr unser Land von Jahr zu Jahr schlechter und gef\u00e4hrlicher. Dar\u00fcberhinaus hat die NATO-F\u00fchrung in den letzten Tagen ausdr\u00fccklich von der Notwendigkeit gesprochen, das Vorr\u00fccken der Infrastruktur des B\u00fcndnisses in Richtung der russischen Grenzen zu beschleunigen und zu forcieren. Mit anderen Worten: Sie versch\u00e4rfen ihre Haltung. Wir k\u00f6nnen nicht l\u00e4nger nur zusehen, was passiert. Das w\u00e4re v\u00f6llig unverantwortlich von uns.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Der weitere Ausbau der Infrastruktur des Nordatlantischen B\u00fcndnisses, die begonnene milit\u00e4rische Erschlie\u00dfung des ukrainischen Territoriums, ist f\u00fcr uns inakzeptabel. <strong>Das Problem liegt nat\u00fcrlich nicht bei der NATO-Organisation selbst \u2013 sie ist nur ein Instrument der amerikanischen Au\u00dfenpolitik. <\/strong>Das Problem besteht darin, dass auf den an uns angrenzenden Gebieten \u2013 wohlgemerkt auf unseren eigenen historischen Territorien \u2013 ein \u201eAnti-Russland\u201c geschaffen wird, das unter vollst\u00e4ndige Kontrolle des Auslandes gestellt, von den Streitkr\u00e4ften der NATO-L\u00e4nder intensiv entwickelt und mit den modernsten Waffen vollgepumpt wird.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bulletin-1.ch\/biss-wacht-bern-endlich-auf\/\"><strong>Wacht Bern endlich auf?<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wachen in Bern die Tr\u00e4umer endlich auf? L\u00e4uten in der lila-rot-gr\u00fcnen VBS-Spitze doch noch die Alarmglocken? Sp\u00fcrt die oberste F\u00fchrung, dass sie den Focus verloren hat? den Kompass neu justieren muss?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Auch der Bundesrat, der einen Bericht absegnet, in dem der Inklusion und der Aufwertung der Frauen \u201cstrategische\u201d Bedeutung zugemessen wird, sollte erkennen, dass er mit solchem Mumpitz auf dem Holzweg promeniert. Denn was heisst Inklusion? Inklusion heisst nichts anderes als Ausl\u00e4nder in der Armee, Feld-Imame und das Nachgeben auf alle Forderungen von links \u2013 Forderungen auch aus Kreisen, die das Versenken der Armee in ihr Programm schrieben.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not tut die R\u00fcckbesinnung auf die&nbsp;raison d\u2019\u00eatre&nbsp;unserer Armee. Sie ist nur zu rechtfertigen, wenn sie bef\u00e4higt ist, im Kriegsfall Volk und Land zu verteidigen. Diese fundamentale Erkenntnis missf\u00e4llt den VBS-Propheten, die unser Land im ewigen Frieden w\u00e4hnen. Wenn sie an ihren verfehlten Prognosen festhalten, sind sie zu bek\u00e4mpfen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wo nur noch Solarzellen auf Kasernen, E-Automobile, Frauenrechte, Hybridmaschinen z\u00e4hlen, da br\u00f6ckelt letztlich auch das wehrfreundliche, staatspolitische Fundament der Armee \u2013 vornehmlich auf dem Lande.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wie immer das Ukraine-Drama noch endet: Bern muss Konsequenzen ziehen. <strong>Das Hauptziel darf nicht mehr lauten: um jeden Preis 10% Frauen und Ausl\u00e4nder in der Armee. Nein, es muss lauten: Zur\u00fcck zu unserer Armee, welche die Freiheit und Souver\u00e4nit\u00e4t der Eidgenossenschaft auch gegen Druck, gegen Erpressung und politische Schlangenf\u00e4nger verteidigt.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-spiegel.ru\/2022\/nord-stream-2-gestoppt-der-sieg-der-usa-und-das-ende-der-versorgungssicherheit\/\"><strong>Nord Stream 2 gestoppt: Der Sieg der USA und das Ende der Versorgungssicherheit<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Warum die Anerkennung f\u00fcr die USA ein Grund zum Feiern sind, ist schnell erkl\u00e4rt, dazu muss man sich nur die Interessen der USA vor Augen f\u00fchren. Die Geostrategen in Washington haben schon in den 90er Jahren das Ziel ausgegeben, Russland und die Ukraine voneinander zu trennen, denn laut Zbigniew Brzezi\u0144ski, einer der einflussreichsten US-Geostrategen der Zeit, ist Russland mit der Ukraine ein Weltmacht, ohne die Ukraine aber nur eine unbedeutende Regionalmacht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wenn man sich das Ziel, Russland und die Ukraine voneinander zu trennen, vor Augen f\u00fchrt, dann waren die USA seit 2014 sehr erfolgreich. Nach dem Maidan haben die radikal-nationalistischen Regierungen der Ukraine die wirtschaftlichen Kontakte zu Russland zum Schaden der Ukraine abgebrochen und die Ukraine hat den B\u00fcrgerkrieg im Donbass gestartet, indem sie Panzer anstatt einer Verhandlungsdelegation geschickt hat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ein interessantes Detail am Rande dazu: <strong>Am 6. April 2014 hat der Sicherheitsrat der Ukraine den sogenannten \u201eAnti-Terroreinsatz\u201c beschlossen, also den Angriff auf den Donbass. Das war nicht etwa eine einsame Entscheidung des Sicherheitsrates, sondern es war eine Anweisung der CIA. Wie es der Zufall wollte, kam einige Tage sp\u00e4ter heraus, dass CIA-Chef John Brennan unter falschem Namen in Kiew war und an der entscheidenden Sitzung teilgenommen hat, was das Wei\u00dfe Haus einige Tage sp\u00e4ter eingestehen musste.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Der Krieg im Donbass ist f\u00fcr die USA ein Aktivposten, denn solange der Krieg andauert, kann man die Menschen in der Ukraine gegen alles Russische aufhetzen, also die Ukraine von Russland trennen. Und das ist genau das, was die USA wollen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laut Experten wird es kaum m\u00f6glich sein, den Gasmangel, der derzeit in der EU herrscht, in diesem Sommer zu beheben. Es m\u00fcsste einfach viel mehr Gas aus Russland nach Europa gepumpt werden, als die bestehenden Pipelines leisten k\u00f6nnen. Ohne Nord Stream 2 wird der Gasmangel zu einem Dauerzustand, der sich aus den oben genannten Gr\u00fcnden mit der Zeit verschlimmern wird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entgegen dem, was man annehmen kann, wird der Schaden f\u00fcr Russland nicht so gro\u00df sein, wie f\u00fcr Europa. Ja, Russland wird weniger Geld einnehmen. Und ja, Russland wird seine Investitionen in Nord Stream 2 wohl abschreiben k\u00f6nnen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aber Russland geh\u00f6rt zu den Staaten mit den gr\u00f6\u00dften W\u00e4hrungs- und Goldreserven, diese Dinge sind also \u00e4rgerlich, aber nicht t\u00f6dlich. F\u00fcr die EU werden die Sch\u00e4den wesentlich h\u00f6her und schmerzhafter. Hinzu kommt, dass Russland zwar immer noch sehr auf den Export von \u00d6l und Gas angewiesen ist, aber Gas macht da bei den Einnahmen nur einen relativ kleinen Teil aus. Die Mindereinnahmen sind also zu verkraften.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Au\u00dferdem baut Russland an einer zweiten Pipeline nach China und an einer Verbindungspipeline, die die Gasfelder, die (bisher) die EU versorgen, mit den sibirischen Gasfeldern verbindet. Russland wird sein Gas also nach China verkaufen k\u00f6nnen, wenn die EU der Meinung sein sollte, dass sie kein russisches Gas mehr haben will.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesaker.is\/the-situation-is-about-to-quickly-escalate-probably-in-the-next-days\/\"><strong>The situation is about to quickly escalate, probably in the next days<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Putin gave a quite amazing (and short) press conference.&nbsp; Not only did he declare that Russia recognizes the LDNR Republics in their own, legal, borders (i.e. the full Donetsk and Lugansk regions), he also listed the four steps needed to be taken by the Ukraine to avoid a direct, unilateral, Russian action:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Ukraine must recognize Crimea and Sevastopol as Russian territory<\/li><li>The Ukraine must officially renounce joining NATO<\/li><li>The Ukraine must negotiate a settlement with the LDNR Republics<\/li><li>The Ukraine must be demilitarized and declared neutral<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is clearly an ultimatum, but this time, to the authorities in Kiev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Russia has recognized the LDNR in their original, administrative, regional borders, this means that all the&nbsp;<strong>Ukie forces between the current Line of Contact (LOC) and the borders between the original borders of the LDNR and the rest of the Ukraine are now&nbsp;<em>de facto<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>de jure<\/em>&nbsp;a foreign occupying force on the territory of a Russian ally which Russia promised to protect.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just ponder the implications of that for a while, let it sink in:&nbsp;<strong>until yesterday, the Ukronazi forces were on their own territory, at least legally speaking.&nbsp;&nbsp;Now they are abroad and unwelcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quite logically, several DNR and LNR officials have now demanded that Kiev withdraw these forces completely from the LDNR territory.&nbsp; As a small carrot, LDNR officials have said that if the Ukies retreat voluntarily there will be no further action taken.&nbsp; Conversely, that means that if the Ukies stay,&nbsp;<strong>the LDNR will do what is needed to make them leave<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>That is an LDNR&nbsp;ultimatum&nbsp;to Kiev.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since there is exactly zero chance that the Nazis in Kiev will accept, what does that tell you about the next move by the LDNR and, possibly, Russia?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Russian Investigative Committee has declared that Russia knows, by name, all the folks who on the Ukie side gave orders to shell the LDNR.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong>There are already\u00a0over 400 criminal cases opened for warcrimes, including 85 top Ukronazi officials.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/57006.htm\"><strong>War in Europe and the rise of raw propaganda<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Marshall McLuhan&#8217;s prophecy that &#8220;the successor to politics will be propaganda&#8221; has happened. &nbsp;Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the US and Britain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On matters of war and peace, ministerial deceit is reported as news. Inconvenient facts are censored, demons are nurtured. The model is corporate spin, the currency of the age. In 1964, McLuhan famously declared, &#8220;The medium is the message.&#8221; <strong>The lie is the message now<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The war hysteria that has rolled in like a tidal wave in recent weeks and months is the most striking example. Known by its jargon, &#8220;shaping the narrative&#8221;, much if not most of it is pure propaganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Russians are coming. Russia is worse than bad. Putin is evil, &#8220;a Nazi like Hitler&#8221;, salivated the Labour MP Chris Bryant. Ukraine is about to be invaded by Russia &#8211; tonight, this week, next week. The sources include an ex CIA propagandist who now speaks for the US State Department and offers no evidence of his claims about Russian actions because &#8220;it comes from the US Government&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2022\/02\/22\/russia-and-china-should-go-their-own-way\/\"><strong>Russia and China Should Go Their Own Way<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday Russia created a new world. <strong>The Hegemon is dead<\/strong>. Today Russia and China should begin their disengagement\u00a0 from the West, while remaining wary that the Satanic concoction is capable of striking with nuclear weapons while in its death throes. There is nothing in the West worth having.\u00a0 The countries have already given away their most important industries to the Chinese and renounced the civil liberties of their citizens.\u00a0 As the Covid mandates prove, the West no longer believes in the values that it mouths.\u00a0 People who exercise, or attempt to exercise, their constitutional rights to free speech and freedom of association are branded \u201cdomestic terrorists.\u201d\u00a0 Their voices are suppressed, they are fired from their jobs, their medical licenses are taken away, they are arrested and imprisoned.\u00a0 The Western World has been transformed into a hellhole of tyranny.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West suffers from the same delusion as the Russian central bank.&nbsp;&nbsp;The EU plans to sanction Russia by limiting Russia\u2019s access to European financial markets. Washington will do the same thing.&nbsp;&nbsp;Russia has no need for its banks to have access to European or American banks.&nbsp;&nbsp;Access benefits not Russia but the European and American banks that collect interest payments from Russia.&nbsp;&nbsp;Again, why should Russia pay interest on foreign loans, the proceeds of which sit idle in her foreign reserves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia and China have been subjected to a psy-ops operation that they need the West. This delusion is the greatest threat that they face, indeed, that the world faces.&nbsp;&nbsp;The chances for World War III are enhanced by their contacts with the West.&nbsp;&nbsp;These contacts result in constant accusations, constant provocations, which are dangerous because they can explode into conflict.&nbsp;&nbsp;By now Russia and China should know that negotiations with the West are not only pointless but dangerous.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step toward the reduction of tensions is for Russia and China to stop responding to accusations.&nbsp;&nbsp;The responses serve no function but to keep the accusations alive and to encourage more.&nbsp;&nbsp;Accusations are the way the West keeps Russia and China on the defensive, always saying \u201cno we didn\u2019t do it.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;Why do they bother to deny? The West never believes them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be constantly accused results in frustration and anger.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is the main cause of spousal abuse.&nbsp;&nbsp;The only way for Russia and China to stop the abuse is to cease responding to it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Western World will not be a problem for Russia much longer. The West is collapsing in its own degeneracy, dying from self-hate.\u00a0\u00a0The West dishonors its founders, its heroes. The West tears down its own historical monuments, black-lists its own classic literature, teaches hatred of itself in its own universities and public schools, and now has created two powerful enemies. The West rejects its values. It has no morals, no respect for truth. The US government has trampled the Constitution into the dirt.\u00a0\u00a0As the US<em>\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0the Constitution, the US has trampled itself into the dirt.The law schools are silent or encouraging of the destruction. As the rest of the West is American empire, all goes down with the US.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-spiegel.ru\/2022\/die-russische-anerkennung-des-donbass-und-das-voelkerrecht\/\"><strong>Die russische Anerkennung des Donbass und das V\u00f6lkerrecht<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Seit der Entscheidung des Internationalen Gerichtshofes zum Kosovo ist die Sache klar: Eine einseitige Sezession (also Unabh\u00e4ngigkeitserkl\u00e4rung) ist vom V\u00f6lkerrecht gedeckt, auch wenn sie den Gesetzen des Landes widerspricht. Das hat der Internationale Gerichtshof seinerzeit auf Druck des Westens entschieden, und die Entscheidung gilt nun mal, auch wenn es dem Westen heute nicht mehr gef\u00e4llt, siehe zum Beispiel Katalonien, Schottland, Krim und nun Donbass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Der Westen hat n\u00e4mlich im Kosovo einen Pr\u00e4zedenzfall geschaffen. Auch der Kosovo hat sich ohne Erlaubnis von der Zentralregierung Jugoslawiens f\u00fcr unabh\u00e4ngig erkl\u00e4rt und der Westen hat das unterst\u00fctzt.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Am 22. Juni 2010, nach zwei Jahren der Pr\u00fcfung, hat der Gerichtshof folgende Entscheidung getroffen: \u201e<strong>Die Unabh\u00e4ngigkeitserkl\u00e4rung des Kosovo vom 17. Februar 2008 hat das allgemeine V\u00f6lkerrecht nicht verletzt. Die \u00dcberlegungen und Entscheidungen des Internationalen Gerichtshof zu diesem Fall betreffen nicht nur den Kosovo, sondern Unabh\u00e4ngigkeitserkl\u00e4rungen generell.\u201c<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>\u201ePunkt 81: Aus der Praxis des Uno-Sicherheitsrates ist kein Verbot von einseitigen Unabh\u00e4ngigkeitserkl\u00e4rungen abzuleiten.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Punkt 84: Der Internationale Gerichtshof ist der Meinung, dass das allgemeine V\u00f6lkerrecht keinerlei Verbot von einseitigen Unabh\u00e4ngigkeitserkl\u00e4rungen enth\u00e4lt.\u201c<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Und so kommt das Gericht zu dem Ergebnis, <strong>dass \u201edie Erkl\u00e4rung der Unabh\u00e4ngigkeit des Kosovo vom 17. Februar 2008 das V\u00f6lkerrecht nicht verletzt hat.<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, bitte sch\u00f6n, da steht es schwarz auf wei\u00df. Aber wie haben die L\u00e4nder des Westens das erreicht? Sie haben Druck auf den Internationalen Gerichtshof in Den Haag gemacht. Das wissen wir doch aus den Akten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesaker.is\/the-birth-of-the-baby-twins-russias-strategic-swing-drives-natostan-nuts\/\"><strong>The birth of the baby twins: Russia\u2019s strategic swing drives NATOstan nuts<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>History will register that the birth of the baby twins \u2013 Donetsk and Luhansk People\u2019s Republics \u2013 only a few hours before 2\/22\/22, was simultaneous to the birth of the real, 21st century multipolar world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As my columns have stressed for a few years now, Vladimir Putin has been carefully nurturing his inner Sun Tzu. And now it\u2019s all in the open: <em>\u201cLet your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The baby twins actually declared their independence in May 2014. In 2015 they signed the Minsk agreements as one of the interested parties. Theoretically they could even be back within Ukraine if Kiev would ever decide to respect the agreements, which will never happen because the US has vetoed it since 2015. Moreover, the people of Donbass do not want to be subjected to a regime harboring neo-Nazis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Nebenzya outlined, \u201c<em>I would like to remind you that at the time of the conclusion of the Minsk agreements, the LPR and DPR had already declared independence. The fact that Russia today recognized it does not change the composition of the parties to the Minsk agreements, since Russia is not one (\u2026) Another thing is that the Minsk agreements have long been openly sabotaged by Ukraine under the auspices of our Western colleagues. Now we see that many colleagues want to sign that the Minsk agreements are dead. But this is not the case (\u2026) We are still open to diplomacy, but we do not intend to allow a new bloody massacre in the Donbass.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And here\u2019s the clincher, directly addressing imperial support for the killing of ethnic Russians in Donbass: <em><strong>\u201cThe main task of our decision [on recognizing independence] was to preserve and protect these lives. This is more important than all your threats.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There you go: Responsibility to Protect (R2P), a concept invented by the Americans to launch wars, used by Russia for preventing one.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The enemy is Russia. NATO infinite expansion \u2013 to outer space \u2013 is against Russia. And then we had a parade of add-on threats: no disarmament in Eastern Europe, cutting off the Russian economy from the EU, end of Nord Stream 2, Ukraine in NATO, world order built on \u201cuniversal liberal values\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Munich spelled out No Compromise Whatsoever \u2013 which was exactly what Putin, Lavrov, Patrushev and co. expected, the warmongering rhetoric burying any meaningful discussion of migration, inflation, cyber wars, the European energy crisis and, of course, the only thing that matters for the MICIMATT (military-industrial-congressional-intelligence-media-academia-think tank complex, as defined by Ray McGovern): let\u2019s milk this Eurotrash lot for untold billions in new contracts, let\u2019s isolate Russia, let\u2019s destroy Nord Stream 2 to sell them our ultra expensive LNG, let\u2019s keep them on a leash \u2013 forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering the ideological stupidity of the current Brussels gang \u2013 Stoltenberg, von der Leyen, Borrell \u2013, incapable of understanding even basic economics, the fact remains that <strong>the EU without Russian energy is doomed<\/strong>. Martyanov stresses the algorithm: <strong>Russia can afford the break up with Europe. Europe cannot<\/strong>. The US just wants to collect. And we\u2019re not even talking about the dire, incoming ramifications of the systemic crisis across NATOstan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even as Moscow plays a very long, calculated game, as it stands that does not necessarily mean that Russia will be \u201cwinning\u201d the baby twins while \u201closing\u201d Europe. Russia\u2019s strategic swing repeatedly baffles the Atlanticist combo. The US lack of intelligence community was predicting a Russian \u201caggression\u201d every other day \u2013 and still is. Instead they got the baby twins as the latest independent republics of the Global South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voltairenet.org\/article215777.html\"><strong>Dmitri Jarosch, Berater des Oberbefehlshabers der ukrainischen Armeen<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Am 2. November 2021 ernannte der ukrainische Pr\u00e4sident Wolodymyr Selenskyj den Nazi Dmitro Jarosch, Gr\u00fcnder der Ukrainischen Freiwilligenarmee, zum Berater des Oberbefehlshabers der ukrainischen Armeen, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jarosch ist ein langj\u00e4hriges Mitglied der Stay-Behind-Netzwerke der Atlantischen Allianz. Er wurde bereits 2007 w\u00e4hrend des Zweiten Tschetschenienkrieges von der CIA beauftragt, Nazi- und islamistische Gruppen gegen Russland zu koordinieren, als er sie in Ternopil (Westukraine) versammelte. Er spielte eine zentrale Rolle bei den Euro-Maidan-Ereignissen im Jahr 2014 an der Spitze des &#8220;Rechten Sektors&#8221;.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voltairenet.org\/article215770.html\"><strong>Washington verk\u00fcndet das Ende, w\u00e4hrend sich seine Verb\u00fcndeten zur\u00fcckziehen<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Biden-Regierung bl\u00e4st das Ende der Jagd und k\u00fcndigt den bevorstehenden Angriff und die sichere Niederlage Russlands an. Dennoch schmollen seine wichtigsten Verb\u00fcndeten einer nach dem anderen. Russland seinerseits erinnert an seine Forderungen vom 17. Dezember 2021 (die Beachtung des V\u00f6lkerrechts durch die Vereinigten Staaten) und bekundet seine milit\u00e4rische \u00dcberlegenheit. Der Schleier ist im Begriff zu rei\u00dfen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Die Vereinigten Staaten erh\u00f6hen die Spannung mit Worten, Russland mit Taten. In diesem Zusammenhang sollten wir noch einmal wiederholen, dass die US-Armeen nicht in der Lage sind, einen Krieg mit hoher Intensit\u00e4t zu f\u00fchren. Wenn es ihnen auch problemlos gelingt, L\u00e4nder der Dritten Welt zu zerst\u00f6ren, nachdem sie sie mindestens ein Jahrzehnt lang unter Embargo gestellt haben, sind sie \u00fcberhaupt nicht dazu bestimmt, einer modernen Armee entgegenzutreten. <\/strong>Ihre wichtigsten Verb\u00fcndeten (das Vereinigte K\u00f6nigreich, Frankreich und die T\u00fcrkei) befinden sich im selben Zustand. So wurde beispielsweise am 16. Februar in Paris der Nationalen Verteidigungs- und Streitkr\u00e4ftekommission ein Bericht \u00fcber den Zerfall der franz\u00f6sischen Armee vorgelegt. Die Abgeordneten stellten fest, dass die Luftwaffe angesichts des Zustands der Ausr\u00fcstung den russischen Streitkr\u00e4ften nicht mehr als f\u00fcnf Tage standhalten k\u00f6nnte. Es ist daher allen Protagonisten klar, dass die NATO absolut nicht in der Lage ist, Krieg gegen Russland und China zu f\u00fchren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eine Konfrontation ist immer m\u00f6glich in der Ukraine oder morgen in Transnistrien oder im Nahen Osten. Aber sie beantwortet nicht die urspr\u00fcngliche Frage, die am 17. Dezember 2021 vom Kreml gestellt wurde: Wie k\u00f6nnen die Vereinigten Staaten das V\u00f6lkerrecht einhalten und das gegebene Wort respektieren?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-spiegel.ru\/2022\/das-ende-des-krieges-russland-schickt-friedenstruppen-in-den-donbass\/\"><strong>Wie h\u00e4lt es sich mit dem V\u00f6lkerrecht?<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Im V\u00f6lkerrecht gibt es zwei Bestimmungen, die einander widersprechen. Da ist zun\u00e4chst die Unverletzbarkeit der Grenzen, nach der die Abspaltung des Donbass von der Ukraine eine illegale Verletzung der ukrainischen staatlichen Integrit\u00e4t darstellt Andererseits gibt es das Selbstbestimmungsrecht der V\u00f6lker, nach dem die V\u00f6lker, also Bewohner einer Region, frei entscheiden k\u00f6nnen, in welchem Staat sie leben m\u00f6chten. Nach dieser Bestimmung hat die Bev\u00f6lkerung des Donbass das Recht, sich von der Ukraine loszusagen und zu entscheiden, ob sie einen eigenen Staat gr\u00fcnden wollen.<\/strong> Da diese Punkte einander widersprechen, wird es kompliziert. Obwohl, eigentlich nicht, denn <strong>seit der Entscheidung des Internationalen Gerichtshofes zum Kosovo ist die Sache klar: Eine einseitige Sezession (also Unabh\u00e4ngigkeitserkl\u00e4rung) ist vom V\u00f6lkerrecht gedeckt, auch wenn sie den Gesetzen des Landes widerspricht.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In seinem Urteil kam der Internationale Gerichtshof zu dem Schluss:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201eSomit stellte der Internationale Gerichtshof fest, dass die Frage nach der Vereinbarkeit der Unabh\u00e4ngigkeitserkl\u00e4rung mit dem internationalen Recht mit Ja zu beantworten ist.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dieses Urteil kam durch massiven Druck des Westens zu Stande. Und ob es dem Westen gef\u00e4llt oder nicht: Darauf beruft sich auch die Krim und darauf beruft sich auch der Donbass.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Es ist verlogen vom Westen, etwas nach politischer Sympathie anzuerkennen, denn das V\u00f6lkerrecht und die Urteile des Internationalen Gerichtshofes gelten f\u00fcr alle. Auch, wenn der Westen nun Zeter und Mordio schreien wird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anti-empire.com\/honorary-recognition-biden-decrees-sanctions-against-donetsk-lugansk\/\"><strong>Honorary Recognition: Biden Decrees Sanctions Against Donetsk, Lugansk<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re sanctioning the people of Donetsk then you\u2019re saying that they\u2019re something other than a victim of Russian proxies\/occupation\/terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also a funny thing: Moscow recognizes Donetsk, and for that the US sanctions\u2026Donetsk.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/augengeradeaus.net\/2022\/02\/dokumentation-die-dekrete-zur-anerkennung-der-volksrepubliken-donezk-und-luhansk\/\"><strong>Die Dekrete zur Anerkennung der \u201eVolksrepubliken\u201c Donezk und Luhansk<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Der russische Pr\u00e4sident Wladimir Putin hat am 21. Februar per Dekret die Anerkennung der beiden so genannten Volksrepubliken im Osten der Ukraine in Kraft gesetzt. In diesen Erlassen ist auch die Anweisung zur Entsendung russischer Truppen in diese Gebiete in der Ost-Ukraine enthalten. Zur Dokumentation der Wortlaut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f<strong>\u2b50\ufe0f<\/strong>\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-spiegel.ru\/2022\/praesident-putins-komplette-rede-an-die-nation-im-wortlaut\/\"><strong>Pr\u00e4sident Putins komplette Rede an die Nation im Wortlaut<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zun\u00e4chst hat Putin einen historischen Exkurs gemacht und ist auf die Entstehung der Ukraine eingegangen. Allerdings war das Haupthema dieses Exkurses nicht einmal die Ukraine, sondern eher die Fehler der fr\u00fcheren politischen F\u00fchrer des Landes, die am Ende zur Entstehung der Situation gef\u00fchrt haben, in der Russland und die Ukraine nun sind. Putin geht dabei \u00fcbrigens \u2013 entgegen den st\u00e4ndig wiederholten Behauptungen westlicher Medien \u2013 sehr hart mit der Sowjetunion und namentlich mit Lenin und Stalin ins Gericht, was ganz nebenbei viele Behauptungen westlicher Medien \u00fcber Putins angebliches sowjet-nostalgisches Weltbild L\u00fcgen straft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putin schl\u00e4gt in seiner Rede einen weiten Bogen und spricht sowohl \u00fcber die ungl\u00fcckliche Entwicklung der Ukraine nach ihrer Unabh\u00e4ngigkeit, denn das Land wird seit 1990 von einigen wenigen Oligarchen ausgepresst und ist vor allem nach dem Maidan extrem verarmt. Putin kritisiert \u2013 wie immer \u2013 die Machthaber in der Ukraine, hat aber offenes Mitgef\u00fchl mit den Menschen in der Ukraine, die unter den Zust\u00e4nden in dem Land leiden m\u00fcssen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putin kommt auch auf die aktuellen Verhandlungen mit den USA \u00fcber gegenseitige Sicherheitsgarantien zu sprechen und erkl\u00e4rt Russlands Position dazu noch einmal ausf\u00fchrlich. Und er macht klar, dass Russlands Geduld am Ende ist und es nur zwei M\u00f6glichkeiten gibt: Entweder echte Gespr\u00e4che unter ehrlicher Ber\u00fccksichtigung der russischen Sicherheitsinteressen, oder eine russische Reaktion, die von den Offiziellen in Moskau als \u201emilit\u00e4r-technisch\u201c bezeichnet wird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erst ganz am Ende der Rede teilt Putin, fast schon nebenbei, mit, dass er die Donbass-Republiken nun anerkennt und mit ihnen Vertr\u00e4ge \u00fcber Zusammenarbeit und Schutz abschlie\u00dfen wird. Er beendet die Rede mit einer deutlichen Warnung an Kiew, die Feindseligkeiten sofort einzustellen, oder selbst die f\u00fcr die Folgen weiterer Feindseligkeiten die Verantwortung zu \u00fcbernehmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putin scheint sehr w\u00fctend zu sein und die Rede war emotional, auch wenn der Text das nicht wieder gibt. Dass Putin offensichtlich sehr w\u00fctend ist, zeigte sich auch bei der Unterzeichnung der Vereinbarungen mit den Donbass-Republiken, die direkt im Anschluss an die Rede \u00fcbertragen wurde. So kurz angebunden wie dabei, habe ich Putin noch nie bei keinem feierlichen Anlass gesehen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.kremlin.ru\/events\/president\/news\/67828\"><strong>Address by&nbsp;the&nbsp;President of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Russian Federation<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My&nbsp;address concerns the&nbsp;events in&nbsp;Ukraine and&nbsp;why this is so important for&nbsp;us, for&nbsp;Russia. Of&nbsp;course, my&nbsp;message is also addressed to&nbsp;our compatriots in&nbsp;Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;matter is very serious and&nbsp;needs to&nbsp;be discussed in&nbsp;depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;situation in&nbsp;Donbass has reached a&nbsp;critical, acute stage. I&nbsp;am speaking to&nbsp;you directly today not only to&nbsp;explain what is happening but also to&nbsp;inform you of&nbsp;the&nbsp;decisions being made as&nbsp;well as&nbsp;potential further steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&nbsp;would like to&nbsp;emphasise again that Ukraine is not just a&nbsp;neighbouring country for&nbsp;us. It is an&nbsp;inalienable part of&nbsp;our own history, culture and&nbsp;spiritual space. These are our comrades, those dearest to&nbsp;us&nbsp;\u2013 not only colleagues, friends and&nbsp;people who once served together, but also relatives, people bound by&nbsp;blood, by&nbsp;family ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesaker.is\/russia-recognition-of-the-ldnr-a-few-initial-thoughts\/\"><strong>Russia recognition of the LDNR \u2013 a few initial thoughts<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For those of us who follow Russian politics very closely there can be no doubts that all this was prepared long BEFORE the Russian ultimatum to the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is \u201cthe plan\u201d which Putin once openly referred to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Let me make this clear: this recognition should NOT, repeat, NOT, be seen in isolation.\u00a0 It is just ONE PHASE in a PROCESS which began at least a year ago, or more, and there is much more to come.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Next, that must be repeated again, this is NOT about the LDNR, the Donbass or even the Ukraine, this is about a new security architecture on Europe and, therefore, on our entire planet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that Russia expected exactly the reaction she eventually got (western politicians are fantastically predictable, being both ignorant, stupid and arrogant) and that gave her a legal basis to take the current action&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let it be clearly told: whatever sanctions the West now agrees upon will be what they would have done in any case.&nbsp; I repeat:&nbsp;<strong>today\u2019s recognition of the LDNR will have exactly ZERO influence on the West\u2019s maniacal determination to destroy Russia and her people<\/strong>.&nbsp; In other words, the coming sanctions were unavoidable.&nbsp; That means that Russia \u201clost\u201d exactly *nothing* through that move.&nbsp; In fact, both during the RSC meeting and his speech, Putin hinted that, if anything, western sanctions have been mostly beneficial to the Russian economy (especially the real economy, not just the value of Russian stocks or the Ruble).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, I want to mention&nbsp;<strong>four specific threats<\/strong>&nbsp;made by Putin today (note, since the PR folks at the Kremlin are still working at their usual snail\u2019s pace, I will have to make them by memory, please keep that in mind):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Those responsible for the massacre in Odessa will be punished by Russia.<\/li><li>Putin is demanding an immediate cessation of the shelling and shooting along the LOC.<\/li><li>Russia will physically prevent the Ukraine from US\/NATO deploying offensive weapons to threaten Russia.<\/li><li>Russia will show Banderastan how to organize a *real* \u201cdecommunization\u201d (after indicating that the Ukraine was created by the CPSU).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless the Ukies get it \u2013 and they probably won\u2019t \u2013 I fully expect Russia to openly extend here \u201cmilitary umbrella\u201d over the LDNR.&nbsp; That does not mean that she will have to move troops in, though that now is also a possibility, but that any future Ukie ground operation will be countered by the full might of the Russian military.&nbsp; Officially this time.&nbsp; The Ukros along the LOC have heard it from Putin\u2019s own mouth:&nbsp;<em>we got a crosshairs on each one of you<\/em>.&nbsp; While I wouldn\u2019t put *anything* beyond the Ukros, I believe that today\u2019s clear threat will have a strong deterrent effect, whether the Ukies admit it (not gonna happen) or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-spiegel.ru\/2022\/putin-ein-ehrenmann-leserfragen-zu-einem-artikel-bei-reitschuster\/\"><strong>Die st\u00e4ndigen Kriege Russlands, oder was davon bei n\u00e4herer Pr\u00fcfung noch \u00fcbrigbleibt<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ich will hier nicht auf das eingehen, was die Sowjetunion betrifft. Das heutige Russland ist genauso wenig die Sowjetunion, wie die heutige Bundesrepublik Deutschland nicht Nazi-Deutschland ist. Das waren andere Systeme und Ideologien, die mit ihren heutigen Nachfolgern nicht gleichgesetzt werden k\u00f6nnen. In Russland \u2013 und das sagt auch Putin immer wieder \u2013 ist es Konsens, dass die Sowjetunion ein repressiver Staat war, der aufgrund seiner Staatsideologie auch viel Unheil angerichtet hat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daher wollen wir uns hier die Vorw\u00fcrfe anschauen, die dem heutigen Russland auf dem Bild gemacht werden. Es geht hier um das, was das \u201eneue Russland\u201c betrifft, wie es in Russland selbst auch genannt wird, also um die Zeit seit dem Ende der Sowjetunion im Dezember 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-spiegel.ru\/2022\/putin-im-o-ton-ueber-die-lage-in-und-um-die-ukraine\/\"><strong>Putin im O-Ton \u00fcber die Lage in und um die Ukraine<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201eF\u00fcr meine Generation ist Krieg in Europa unvorstellbar geworden. Das muss so bleiben\u201c<\/em>, sagte Scholz bei der Pressekonferenz mit Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201eAber Sie und ich waren doch Zeugen eines Krieges in Europa, der ausgerechnet vom NATO-Block gegen Jugoslawien entfesselt wurde. Eine gro\u00dfe Milit\u00e4roperation mit Raketen- und Bombenangriffen auf eine europ\u00e4ische Hauptstadt, auf Belgrad. Das gab es doch. Ohne Erlaubnis des Sicherheitsrates der Vereinten Nationen. Das ist ein sehr schlechtes Beispiel, aber es ist passiert<\/em>\u201c, erinnerte Wladimir Putin daraufhin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201eIch betone, dass in Jugoslawien eine etwas andere Situation herrschte. Dort drohte ein Genozid, sagte Scholz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201eLassen Sie mich noch hinzuf\u00fcgen, dass das, was heute im Donbass geschieht, nach unserer Einsch\u00e4tzung ein Genozid ist\u201c<\/em>, erwiderte das russische Staatsoberhaupt.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uncutnews.ch\/verhandlungen-haben-russland-nicht-weitergebracht\/\"><strong>Verhandlungen haben Russland nicht weitergebracht<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Man fragt sich, ob Putin und Lawrow jemals begreifen werden, dass es \u00fcberhaupt keine M\u00f6glichkeit gibt, mit Washington erfolgreich \u00fcber Russlands Sicherheitsbelange zu verhandeln. Es gibt gewichtige Gr\u00fcnde f\u00fcr diese Unm\u00f6glichkeit, und die Gr\u00fcnde liegen auf der Hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ein Grund ist, dass Washington Russland viel lieber als Feind denn als Partner sieht. Und warum? Weil der milit\u00e4rische und sicherheitspolitische Komplex der USA eine m\u00e4chtige, fest verankerte Ansammlung von Institutionen ist, die \u00fcber ein j\u00e4hrliches Budget von 1.000 Milliarden Dollar verf\u00fcgt. Eine so hohe Summe braucht einen Feind, um sie zu rechtfertigen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russland ist der Feind der Wahl, weil es so gro\u00df ist und weil die Amerikaner durch den jahrzehntelangen Kalten Krieg zwischen den USA und der Sowjetunion daran gew\u00f6hnt sind, Russland als Feind zu sehen. Besser der alte Feind, den wir kennen, als dass wir einen neuen kennen lernen m\u00fcssen.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2022\/02\/19\/nato-no-longer-a-defensive-alliance-is-a-tool-of-aggression\/\"><strong>NATO No Longer a Defensive Alliance Is a Tool of Aggression<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Russia goes to the US and NATO and says frankly: \u201cYou are making us uncomfortable by putting missile bases on our borders and by your plans to bring Ukraine into NATO.\u00a0 This is not something we can accept.\u00a0 Here is our proposal for mutual security.\u201d\u00a0 And the reply is more NATO military expansion and Ukraine developing nuclear weapons.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There was never any possibility of any success of Russian negotiations with Ukraine, because Ukraine is not a sovereign country and cannot make its own decisions.\u00a0 Ukraine is Washington\u2019s pawn used to cause trouble for Russia. Russia brought this upon herself by standing aside while Washington overthrew the Ukraine government and installed a Washington puppet.\u00a0 Biden, Blinken, Stoltenberg, and the rest of the crew have made it completely clear that they intend to make Russia less secure.\u00a0 The West thinks that this is riskless because all the Russians will do is complain and ask for more negotiations.\u00a0 Washington has Russia trapped in the self-defeating process of answering Washington\u2019s accusations.\u00a0&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What would be an example of judicious force?&nbsp;&nbsp;Perhaps this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Kremlin accepts the vote of the Donbass Russians to be returned to Russia like Crimea.\u00a0\u00a0<em>This would end the violence in Ukraine<\/em>\u00a0as not even the Ukrainian neo-Nazis are stupid enough to attack Russia.<\/li><li>The Kremlin announces that Ukraine is in no danger from Russia unless Ukraine becomes a NATO member, accepts US missile bases, or begins developing nuclear weapons, in which case Ukraine will be destroyed.<\/li><li>The US missile bases in Poland and Romania will be removed or Russia will remove them.<\/li><li>There will be no further strengthening of NATO military forces in NATO countries bordering Russia.\u00a0\u00a0Any such forces will be destroyed upon arrival.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The red lines would be clear.&nbsp;&nbsp;If the West crosses them, it will be the West that is responsible for the violence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If nothing of this sort is done,&nbsp;<em>Washington will keep pushing<\/em>&nbsp;until Russia has to take far more drastic action that would bring a much greater chance of nuclear war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesaker.is\/russia-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-western-countries-false-accusations-against-russia-in-the-context-of-numerous-historical-examples-of-the-west-fabricated-pretexts-for-aggression\/\"><strong>Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Western countries\u2019 false accusations against Russia in the context of numerous historical examples of the West-fabricated pretexts for aggression<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Below, we have presented false statements by Western officials concerning Russia\u2019s alleged fabrication of pretexts to invade Ukraine as well as numerous examples from the past demonstrating who in fact has been consistently creating false excuses to act aggressively against a foreign country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thus, London and Washington are the historical champions in fabricating pretexts for destructive actions, including the invasion of other states.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clearly, the current long-term marathon of information terror is in the vein of the West\u2019s traditional policy. With the prompting from the US and UK ruling circles, the world\u2019s leading media are whipping up hysteria to brainwash their audiences and create a new reality by convincing everyone of Russia\u2019s \u201cimminent invasion of Ukraine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The volume of fake news fabricated and disseminated by US and European media outlets has grown by many times over the past few months. The collective West is planting more and more reports on the dates of Russia\u2019s alleged invasion of Ukraine and non-existent attack plans while hypocritically denying the fact that Donbass residents are suffering from the crimes of the Kiev regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For our part, we are taking regular steps to disavow these allegations. Below, we have presented false statements by Western officials concerning Russia\u2019s alleged fabrication of pretexts to invade Ukraine as well as numerous examples from the past demonstrating who in fact has been consistently creating false excuses to act aggressively against a foreign country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Examples of Western countries fabricating<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>pretexts for aggression against other states<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a brief review (the list is far from complete) of provocations prepared by the US and Great Britain, in particular, which show clearly the kinds of tools that have long been an integral part of the foreign policy of the Anglo-Saxons and their allies. We would also like to note our detailed report, Political Crimes Committed by the UK, dated April 19, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, London and Washington are the historical champions in fabricating pretexts for destructive actions, including the invasion of other states, their occupation, inflicting damage with destructive strikes and use of illegal sanctions, to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clearly, the current long-term marathon of information terror is in the vein of the West\u2019s traditional policy. With the prompting from the US and UK ruling circles, the world\u2019s leading media are whipping up hysteria to brainwash their audiences and create a new reality by convincing everyone of Russia\u2019s \u201cimminent invasion of Ukraine\u201d with endless repetitions of Russophobic reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-spiegel.ru\/2022\/erkennt-russland-die-donbass-republiken-als-unabhaengige-staaten-an\/\"><strong>Erkennt Russland die Donbass-Republiken als unabh\u00e4ngige Staaten an?<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Schon seit Beginn der Ukrainekrise nach dem Maidan 2014 wollen die Menschen im Donbass Teil Russlands werden. Motiviert vom Beispiel der Krim hat es dort im Fr\u00fchjahr 2014 sogar ein Referendum \u00fcber die Frage einer Vereinigung mit Russland gegeben, das mit gro\u00dfer Mehrheit angenommen wurde. Aber: Russland hat das Referendum komplett ignoriert.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daran sieht man, dass Russland zu keinem Zeitpunkt ein Interesse daran hatte, sich mit dem Donbass zu vereinigen. H\u00e4tte Russland das gewollt, h\u00e4tte es das 2014 relativ problemlos genauso tun k\u00f6nnen, wie es mit der Krim geschehen ist. Was h\u00e4tte das schon ge\u00e4ndert? Westliche Sanktionen hat es sowieso gegeben, durch eine Vereinigung mit dem Donbass w\u00e4ren es kaum h\u00e4rtere Sanktionen geworden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Die Menschen im Donbass jedoch wollen zu Russland geh\u00f6ren, mehr noch als schon 2014. In dieser Frage hat Kiew ganze Arbeit geleistet, oder w\u00fcrden Sie zu einem Staat geh\u00f6ren wollen, der Ihnen alle Sozialleistungen (inklusive Renten) sperrt, eine Hungerblockade gegen Sie verh\u00e4ngt und auch noch Ihre Wohngebiete beschie\u00dft?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Das ist keineswegs russische Propaganda, das ist die Realit\u00e4t vor Ort, was man allein schon daran sehen kann, dass die Menschen aus dem Donbass nicht etwa in die Ukraine fliehen, sondern nach Russland. Dass&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-spiegel.ru\/2020\/osze-bericht-75-der-zivilen-opfer-des-krieges-in-der-ukraine-sind-opfer-der-regierungstruppen\/\">die OSZE zu allem \u00dcberfluss meldet<\/a>, dass 75 Prozent der zivilen Opfer des Krieges auf das Konto der ukrainischen Armee gehen, sei da nur der Vollst\u00e4ndigkeit halber erw\u00e4hnt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Da Russland den Donbass acht Jahre lang nicht anerkennen wollte, muss man sich fragen, woher dieser Sinneswandel jetzt kommt. Der Grund d\u00fcrfte sein, dass Kiew immer offener sagt, dass es den Konflikt mit Gewalt l\u00f6sen und das Minsker Abkommen nicht umsetzen m\u00f6chte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dass es Kiew ist, das das Abkommen nicht umsetzt,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-spiegel.ru\/2022\/der-spiegel-erklaert-das-minsker-abkommen-was-spiegel-leser-dabei-alles-nicht-erfahren\/\">kann man inzwischen auch in westlichen Medien lesen<\/a>, nachdem die das sieben Jahre lang als \u201erussische Propaganda\u201c bezeichnet und stattdessen Russland vorgeworfen haben, das Minsker Abkommen nicht umzusetzen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/de.southfront.org\/entschlossen-einen-krieg-in-der-ukraine-anzuzetteln-videos-fotos\/\"><strong>Entschlossen, einen Krieg in der Ukraine anzuzetteln<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Trotz der offensichtlichen Deeskalationsversuche Russlands&nbsp;scheinen die \u201eukrainischen F\u00fchrer\u201c und ihre ausl\u00e4ndischen Sponsoren entschlossen zu sein, einen Krieg anzuzetteln.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In den letzten 24 Stunden hat das Milit\u00e4r des Kiewer Regimes konsequent Anstrengungen unternommen, um noch mehr Truppen an der Kontaktlinie zu den Volksrepubliken Donezk und Lugansk im Osten zu stationieren. Gleichzeitig verletzen bestimmte Einheiten der ukrainischen Armee und angeschlossene militante Organisationen eklatant das Waffenstillstandsregime in der Region.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-spiegel.ru\/2022\/der-spiegel-stellt-sich-dumm-neuer-aktenfund-von-1991-stuetzt-russischen-vorwurf\/\"><strong>Der Spiegel stellt sich dumm: &#8220;Neuer Aktenfund von 1991 st\u00fctzt russischen Vorwurf&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dass die USA und die NATO-Staaten Gorbatschow bei der deutschen Wiedervereinigung versprochen haben, die NATO nicht \u00fcber Deutschland hinaus auszudehnen, wird von westlichen Medien und Politikern immer als russische Propaganda dargestellt. In Wirklichkeit, so der Westen, gab es ein solches Versprechen nie. Das ist \u2013 und das ist nicht neu \u2013 einfach nur dreist gelogen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Dokumente und Gespr\u00e4chsprotokolle aus der Zeit der deutschen Wiedervereinigung belegen, dass alle westlichen Politiker Gorbatschow und den Russen damals versprochen haben, dass die NATO sich unter keinen Umst\u00e4nden nach Osten ausdehnen w\u00fcrde. US-Au\u00dfenminister Baker versprach, die NATO werde sich \u201enicht einen Zoll\u201c nach Osten ausdehnen. Das kann man vollkommen \u00fcbereinstimmend in den von den beteiligten Staaten ver\u00f6ffentlichten Dokumenten aus der Zeit nachlesen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesaker.is\/russian-options-in-the-ldnr-my-personal-take\/\"><strong>Russian options in the LDNR<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A few key assumptions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Russia does not want to invade\/liberate the Ukraine<\/li><li>Russia would prefer not to get openly involved in the LDNR<\/li><li>The best outcome for Russia would be for the LDNR to be able to hold without overt Russian support<\/li><li>Throughout this entire battle, Russia will always prefer to do less than to do more.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notice that in all the scenarios above, Russia does not initiate a fullscale attack on the Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Because the decision to launch a fullscale attack on the Ukronazi state would be based not on events along the LOC (line of contact) but upon a much \u201cbigger picture\u201d of what the West might, or might not do, in the Ukraine and the rest of Europe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>it makes sense to negotiate with your enemy when:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You hope to achieve more by negotiations then by using military force.<\/li><li>Time is on your side.<\/li><li>When you need to buy more time (for whatever reasons).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The US and its EU colonies have been predicting a Russian intervention for months now.&nbsp; That intervention has not happened (yet) and this is driving the leaders of the West into total despair.&nbsp; This is good for Russia and that is how she wants to keep the situation for as long as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There WILL be real negative economic and political repercussions for Russia when she intervenes.&nbsp; Thus&nbsp;<strong>it is vital for Putin and the government to create such a political dynamic inside Russia that the Russian people will not only support an intervention, but DEMAND one<\/strong>.&nbsp; Then, when the western \u201csanctions from hell\u201d are imposed, the people will not blame Putin for the very real price Russia will have to pay to prevail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now, you could say that the Russian bear has been awoken by all the noise, it has come out of its lair and is just looking.&nbsp; Just that has the entire West in a state of total panic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/smoothiex12.blogspot.com\/2022\/02\/before-making-conclusions.html\"><strong>Before Making Conclusions&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t know in detail the disposition and correlation of VSU and LDNR forces along the contact line, but based on General Colonel Kartapolov&#8217;s highly professional assessment of VSU capabilities&#8211;they are not what many Western and some Russia&#8217;s pseudo-&#8220;experts&#8221; try to portray. VSU forces are large but also doubtfully cohesive due to being marinated by the trench warfare for a long time and are not capable to mount effective breakthrough (naturally at the border between Lugansk and Donetsk regions) against LDNR forces. Any arguments that some super-pooper CIA or US-UK &#8220;adviser&#8221; plans their &#8220;offensive&#8221; is risible&#8211;the United States doesn&#8217;t have experience of fighting real serious combined arms campaign against competent peer, peer being in this case LDNR relative to VSU. The main task for the US is simple&#8211;to throw Ukrainian cannon fodder against LDNR and Russia, supporting them, and wait hoping that Russia appears there in a form of her armed forces. If VSU is annihilated, even better for the US.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>you may be interested in what Russia&#8217;s response will be. Simple: if Russia will be forced to react, it will be, most likely across much of a spectrum of the US-Russia stand off and some NATO assets may feel the heat. People should not lose the sight of the main conflict in which LDNR-404 is but one of many others. But at this stage even if Russia gets involved directly in LDNR the outcome for the US and combined West is already predetermined&#8211;it is not good. The logical response, however, will be, if shit hits the fan in industrial quantities, just change regime in Kiev (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/549897-kiev-prepare-evacuation-invasion\/\">Kiev is preparing for evacuation<\/a>) and allow LDNR to become a center of reconstituted rump of 404. As I said, while economically Europe is important, Russia can take and survive the breakup, Europe can not. But for now Russia is &#8220;not in&#8221;, because LDNR forces can handle this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesaker.is\/donbass-war-quick-update\/\"><strong>Donbass war \u2013 quick update<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The secret service intelligence of the People\u2019s Militia of the DPR has obtained a plan for a Ukrainian offensive operation against Independent Republics, which we announced earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This plan of the AFU offensive operation in the Donbas was developed by the Ukrainian General Staff and approved by the decision of the NSDC in early February this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of the Ukrainian offensive operation is to \u201cclean up\u201d the territory of the People\u2019s Republics from the Russian-speaking population, squeezing it into the territory of Russia, gaining control over the entire territory of the People\u2019s Republics.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This plan lacks any kind of originality, except maybe the goofy ideas of using airborne, air-assault and even amphibious forces in a location where the Russian side will have very robust A2\/AA means and air supremacy.&nbsp; The rest is simple: try to cut off the DNR from the LNR and the DNR from the Russian border.&nbsp; Characteristically, the Ukies will throw in everything they have from the get go.&nbsp; I don\u2019t believe that anybody on the Ukronazi side seriously believes that this will work.&nbsp; However,&nbsp;<strong>this will guarantee a major bloodbath and unless the LDNR forces are capable of slowing down the Ukie attack to the point where it becomes obviously futile, this will force Russia to intervene<\/strong>.&nbsp; Considering that the Ukies do not seem to have planned for a defense in depth anywhere along the LOC and considering the relatively short LOC (about 200km) and compact nature of the Ukie concentration of forces, I would personally be very tempted to look into enveloping the entire Ukie force by a pincer movement of Russian forces from the northeast and from the south, especially if the LDNR forces succeed in \u201cpinning down\u201d the Ukie attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>: my money is on the LDNR holding the line or, at least, slowing down the Ukie offensive which is entirely predicated on a rather rapid penetration of the LDNR along one major, two secondary and one minor axes of attack.&nbsp; If the LDNR forces cannot hold the attack, then Russia will have to engage her CAS, artillery and missile attacks to assist the retreating LDNR forces.&nbsp; As for the Black Sea Fleet, it can offer both fire support and the option of an amphibious landing.&nbsp; Even the threat of an amphibious landing near Mariupol could paralyze the southernmost Ukronazi axis of attack.&nbsp; Finally, unless the Ukie attack is a quickly achieved and stunning success (the probability of which is close to zero), the Ukie morale will collapse as soon as their soldiers realize that 1) the tempo of advance has been stalled and 2) Ukronazis soldiers are dying in huge numbers (way more than in the first Ukie wars against the Donbass).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ein Kommentar zu der Entwicklung in und um die Ukraine Russlands Milit\u00e4roperation hat mich nur bedingt \u00fcberrascht. Noch vor zwei Tagen habe ich gedacht, und auch \u00f6ffentlich gesagt, dass ich nicht an einen Krieg glaube. 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