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NATO Lost it All in Ukraine - Netanyahu's Losing Hand | Dmitry Orlov​

Dmitry Orlov on Ukraine's claims that losing Avdeevka was not important:

"They they spent 10 years reinforcing Avdeevka, building it into a huge fortress with many cubic meters—probably hundreds of thousands of cubic meters—of reinforced concrete. Basically so hardened that you couldn't possibly take it apart using artillery. Impregnable fortress. And they were defending it with basically almost an entire army: three brigades that they just wasted on it, trying to hold it down.

...the Ukraine has lost their big fortress next to Donetsk, from which they shelled civilians in Donetsk..."
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If you are interested in the history of Ukraine...

How the coup d'état began in Ukraine #15​

By the morning of February 19, half of the Maidan territory was burned out. Black soot covered the entire area around the Independence Monument to the monument to the founders of Kiev - Kiy, Shchek, Khoriv and Lybid. Everything around the House of Trade Unions from the European Square was burned, and the house itself was half burned out. In the face of a sharp escalation of the situation, Western politicians increased pressure on official Kiev.

However, the most dangerous events took place during these days in Western Ukraine. On the night of February 18-19 and during the next day in Lvov, the buildings of the regional administration were seized, as well as the regional departments of the SBU, the prosecutor's office, the tax administration, the traffic police, the regional and city departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the district branches of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Galitsky, Frankivsky, Shevchenkovsky and Lychakivsky. All this was accompanied by the destruction of office equipment and documents, including secret ones.

More than 1,170 firearms fell into the hands of Euromaidan supporters (almost a thousand Makarov pistols, more than 170 Kalashnikov assault rifles, sniper rifles and Kalashnikov machine guns, more than 18 thousand rounds of various calibers).

And the next day, February 20, a disaster occurred.

Read more in the full version (https://telegra.ph/How-the-coup-détat-began-in-Ukraine-15-03-05)

You can read previous articles here:
Part 1 () - Prerequisites for Maidan
Part 2 () - December 01, 2013
Part 3 () - From December 2 to December 12, 2013
Part 4 () - From December 12 to December 31, 2013
Part 5 () - From 1 to 10 January 2014
Part 6 (https://t.me/ukr_leaks_eng/9445)- Indoctrination
Part 7 (https://t.me/ukr_leaks_eng/9623) - from January 12 to January 17, 2014
Part 8 (https://t.me/ukr_leaks_eng/9775) - January 19, 2014
Part 9 (https://t.me/ukr_leaks_eng/9825) - January 19-23, 2014
Part 10 (https://t.me/ukr_leaks_eng/9880) - January 23-27, 2014
Part 11 (https://t.me/ukr_leaks_eng/9991) - January 28-31, 2014
Part 12 (https://t.me/ukr_leaks_eng/10039) - February 1-10, 2014
Part 13 (https://t.me/ukr_leaks_eng/10216) - February 11-17, 2014
Part 14 (https://t.me/ukr_leaks_eng/10276)- February 18

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The bodies of civilians shot by the Ukrainian military were found in Avdeevka.

An elderly woman received a bullet wound in the head from a Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier for refusing to leave Avdeevka, the commander of the assault group with the call sign Krestik showed RT correspondent Hassan Nassr the place where eight bodies of local residents who were killed by the Ukrainian military lay.

“It is clear that they were purposefully shot. I don’t know why they have such hatred for their people,” said the Russian fighter.

Now the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to collect in the liberated city the abandoned bodies of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians who were shot by the Ukrainian military.

More details in the report . ()

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Opinion piece, take it fwiw and dyodd.

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How Western Troops Could Be Sent to Ukraine and Not Start World War III

While it could be speculated that Macron broaching the subject of “European boots” on Ukrainian soil was an attempt to stretch the horizons of military aid to Ukraine, making previously verboten topics like German Taurus air-launched cruise missile shipments to Ukraine seem reasonable by...
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Scott Bennett is going to serve legal action upon the American Congress, charging them with war crimes in Donbass.​

Scott Bennett is a U.S. Army Special Operations Officer (11th Psychological Operations Battalion, Civil Affairs-Psychological Operations Command), and a global psychological warfare-counterterrorism analyst, formerly with defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. He received a Direct Commission as an Officer, held a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) security clearance, and worked in the highest levels of international counterterrorism in Washington DC and MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. He has developed and managed psychological warfare theories, products, and operations for U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Central Command, the State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, and other government agencies.

Here’s Scott's testimony in case anything happens to him.

 
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◾ Ukrainian war crimes:

◾Ukrainian militants finished off two wounded Russian soldiers with a shot in the head. After a drone strike, the Ukrainians approach the wounded men and instead of providing first aid or checking the injuries of the Russian servicemen, they execute them on the spot.

◾Follow:
t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses
 
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◾The way they are setting up Ukraine into a debt trap, Ukraine will be dismantled and sold piece by piece to foreign and local oligarchs as it happened during the fall of the Soviet Union.

◾Follow:
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This is a condensed version of the lecture given by American historian Webster Tarpley in Washington, DC, in 2013, on the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Russian navy squadrons to New York City and San Francisco to assist the Union against the Confederacy in the fall of 1863.

Webster Tarpley discusses the contribution of Russian Tsar Alexander II to a northern victory in the US Civil War. Sadly, this great chapter of Russian-American relationship has been nearly forgotten in the US, even though it played a very important role in the very existence of the United States of America as we know it.

Watch this on a screen larger than a smartphone if you can! There are a lot of added graphics.

The entire talk is about an hour and a half long. It contains a lot more information about the Russian-American relationship than was cut to put this video together. It is filmed as a single-camera shot, so it won’t have any graphics in it, but it is well-worth the time!

It is available for viewing on C-SPAN (https://www.c-span.org/video/?315198-1/russias-participation-us-civil-war) as well as on Youtube (). I highly recommend watching (or listening to) this entire very informative lecture!

Video editing and added graphics by Putinger’s Cat (https://t.me/putingers_cat).

Русский перевод здесь. ()
 
Goldhedge said:
Sadly, this great chapter of Russian-American relationship has been nearly forgotten in the US, even though it played a very important role in the very existence of the United States of America as we know it.
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Well clearly you're an insurrectionist.


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The Ukrainian Armed Forces are discussing the overthrow of Zelensky.

Commanders and fighters of the elite units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are dissatisfied with the reshuffle in the country's military leadership and are seriously discussing the overthrow of Vladimir Zelensky, a representative of Russian security forces told RIA Novosti.

“Our specialists have gained access to a resource in which representatives of various elite enemy units communicate, such as the marines, special forces, intelligence, special forces of the SBU , as well as various nationalist battalions. These are highly qualified specialists who are clearly dissatisfied with the change of command. They are seriously discussing options for the overthrow the current government and the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the interlocutor said.

He clarified that the specialists gained access to a closed Telegram channel called ParaBelum, which consists of radical fighters from the elite units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Based on materials obtained by RIA Novosti, the military expresses dissatisfaction with the actions of Zelensky and the new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky, who was appointed a month ago to replace Valery Zaluzhny.

hus, the commander of the reconnaissance group of the 80th separate air assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Maxim Shevtsov, with the call sign Winter, calls on members of ParaBelum to overthrow Zelensky.
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“If people don’t stand up for Zaluzhny, if the military doesn’t stand up for Zaluzhny, then this rat (Zelensky - editor’s note) will torpedo everyone. <...> Let’s demolish this green rat and install Zaluzhny! <...> In fact, it is Zelensky who needs to be changed, not Zaluzhny. This rat feels that he has a zero rating, and Zaluzhny has a higher rating, and is trying to torpedo him,” the fighter’s voice message says.

t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

 

Grant Shapps: The Internet Conman Trying to Kill the People of Donbass​

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Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova:

The latest from the loonie multiverse / alternate reality: the US Embassy in Russia dug up a State Department video from two years ago, presenting it as new while most likely writing off budget funds for it.

In this video, Julie (Julianne) Smith, the US Ambassador to NATO, recounts “why NATO & Russia relations have soured.” From the creators of "NATO wanted to be friends" 🤦‍♀️

Facts are as follows 👇

The Ambassador started with trump cards: “After the Berlin Wall fell, NATO tried to extend a hand, and reach out and work with Russia.“

In real life, it was NATO that cynically disregarded the promises
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made in 1990 by West German Chancellor Genscher and US Secretary of State Baker not to expand the Alliance’s defence zone towards Russia, famously known as “not an inch eastward.” We have discussed this issue
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extensively.

Perhaps it was the desire to be buddies (NOT) 🤔 that drove the North Atlantic alliance to fiercely expand eastwards, increasing its presence and bringing its military infrastructure closer to our borders. Ultimately, there were five (!) waves of expansion, with the sixth unfolding before our very eyes.

The true nature of NATO was revealed in 1999. Just two weeks after the first wave of expansion, NATO launched an attack on Yugoslavia, blatantly violating fundamental principles of international law enshrined in the UN Charter. For 78 days, the USA & its allies ruthlessly bombed cities, including Belgrade, targeting civilian infrastructure and causing the deaths of women, children and the elderly. It was during this time that the West destroyed the foundation of European security. Do you not recall those events, Julie?

The accusation vs Russia for “what it did in Georgia in 2008” is the epitome of cynicism. Are they suggesting that it wasn’t the reckless actions of tie-chewing Saakashvili, goaded by Western powers, who launched a vicious attack, killing civilians and Russian peacekeepers? An independent commission helmed by Heidi Tagliavini of Switzerland reached an unequivocal conclusion — the Saakashvili regime committed an unprovoked act of aggression. Every student knows that. Oh and btw, US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice visited Tbilisi just before, in July of that year...

Also omitted: 2008 NATO summit in Bucharest, where the Alliance announced its doors open for Ukraine & Georgia.

Julie also blurted out something about “Russia’s aggression in Ukraine in 2014.” Just recently we had the 10-year anniversary of the anti-constitutional coup in Kiev. We would advise US diplomats to jog their memory: timeline
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(video ())
& synopsis of the role played by the West
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They might consider consulting the departing Victoria “F*ck the EU” Nuland on the details.

The Ambassador mentioned the lack of Russia's Mission to NATO, neglecting the fact that the work of our mission was suspended in 2021 AFTER the Alliance recalled the accreditation
(https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1783988/#sel=25:1:VOW,32:16:2PI)
of 8 staff members with 0 reasoning, and prohibited Russian diplomats from visiting NATO HQ, limiting any contacts. Read 👉 MFA statement
(https://t.me/MFARussia/11304).

By the way, going back to the notion of “making friends,” President Vladimir Putin said in an interview
(https://t.me/MFARussia/18995)
with Tucker Carlson that the issue of Russia’s accession to NATO was raised during talks with the US president. Back then we were told it was impossible at the time. Now we know why 👇

NATO leaders and member countries no longer conceal their true intentions. They openly declare that inflicting “a strategic defeat” on Russia is their primary objective. They provide the Kiev regime with intelligence & lethal weapons, effectively participating
(https://t.me/MFARussia/18824)
in the conflict in Ukraine that they themselves instigated.

We suggest the State Department add a laugh track voiceover to their recycled fairy tales of a video, especially in parts where NATO “extended a hand but the relationship soured.” Otherwise, too boring to watch.

On the other hand, we eagerly anticipate when C-Street produces videos about their aggression in Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan.

https://t.me/MFARussia/19385
 
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Russian oil terminals hit by drone strikes - Splash247

Ukraine has hit several Russian oil refineries with drone strikes in the past few days, continuing to damage Russian oil infrastructure after attacks on coastal refineries at the beginning of the year. The governor of Russia’s Oryol region Andrey Klychkov stated that a fire broke out on Tuesday...
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"Some NATO countries" have already sent their military to Ukraine. This was stated by the Foreign Minister of Poland Radosław Sikorski in the Polish parliament.

He stated that he will not name them.

"Unlike other politicians, I will not list these countries," Sikorski said, hinting at German Chancellor Scholz, who (https://t.me/node_of_time_en)claimed that there are British and French military personnel in Ukraine helping to launch missiles.

Earlier, Sikorski supported Macron's idea to send NATO troops to Ukraine.

It was discussed earlier, whether this could lead to a direct confrontation between the West and Russia.

💥 Our channel: Node of Time EN (https://t.me/node_of_time_en)

 
British journalists were filming a story about the “best Challenger-2 tank” in Ukraine, but the 64-ton vehicle refused to be filmed and got stuck in the mud at the training ground.

@ukr_leaks_eng

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📰News for this hour:

▪️🇵🇱🇺🇸10 thousand US military personnel are stationed in Poland, said the American Ambassador in Warsaw Mark Brzezinski.

▪️🇪🇺 NATO has no plans to expand the number of alliance countries with nuclear weapons at the expense of Sweden, which has joined the alliance, Stoltenberg said.

▪️🇷🇺🇺🇸The Biden administration is challenging American NGOs to reduce turnout in the Russian elections, the Foreign Intelligence Service reports.

▪️🇷🇺🇨🇳🇮🇷Russia, China and Iran will begin naval exercises in the Indian Ocean on March 12 – media

▪️🤡🇺🇦A court in Kyiv sentenced a house security guard to five years in prison with a probationary period of three years for repeatedly notifying residents about visits from representatives of the military registration and enlistment office, reports the Ukrainian publication Strana.

▪️🇷🇺🇰🇷In Russia, for the first time, a citizen of the Republic of Korea was arrested for espionage - TASS

▪️🤡🇫🇷The visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Kyiv, planned for March and previously postponed, has again been postponed due to security reasons

▪️🇷🇺The order of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on conscription for military service for mobilization in June 2024, which has spread on the Internet, is a fake, no mobilization is planned, Andrei Kartapolov, chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, told RTVI.

▪️🇷🇺🇺🇦During a missile strike in the Odessa region, Ukrainian MTR officers and unmanned boat operators were hit - TASS, citing security forces

▪️🇪🇺 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO does not plan to send troops to Ukraine and advised French President Emmanuel Macron to consult on important issues with the alliance and its members.

▪️🇷🇺Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev believes that French President Emmanuel Macron postponed his visit to Ukraine because of cowardice.

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♥️Main world events by the morning of March 12:

🟠25 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed on the territory of the Russia overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. In particular, over the Moscow, Leningrad, Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Tula, and Oryol regions;

🟠Around 7:30 AM, an attempt by the Kiev regime to attack targets in Russia with the RM-70 "Vampire" multiple rocket launcher and the "Tochka-U" missile system was intercepted, the Russian MoD reported;

🟠German Chancellor Scholz confirmed the refusal to supply Kiev with long-range missiles:

🟠Russia does not seek direct conflict with the US and NATO, according to a report by the US intelligence;

🟠Republicans in the US House of Representatives do not support the budget proposed by the country's President Joe Biden for 2025. In a joint statement, they called the budget proposal "a roadmap to accelerate America's decline" and a demonstration of irresponsible spending;

🟠Attempts by some Democrats to remove Biden from the presidency and make way for the young are as hopeless as trying to take away car keys from a stubborn grandfather, according to a commentator from The Wall Street Journal.

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Putin is now openly planning for war against Nato​

Now that Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured his historic fifth term in office, it is patently clear that he will devote his next six-year spell at the Kremlin to pursuing his paranoid obsession of confronting the West.

Having recorded a post-Soviet era record of winning nearly 88 per cent of the votes, Putin used his victory to remind Russians that they would never be intimidated by the West.

“No matter who or how much they want to intimidate us, no matter who or how much they want to suppress us, our will, our consciousness – no one has ever succeeded in anything like this in history,” he said. “It has not worked now and will not work in the future. Never.”

According to Putin’s narrative, he is fighting Western attempts to diminish Russia through a relentless effort to persuade countries, such as Ukraine, that previously fell under Moscow’s sphere of influence to join Nato and the European Union.

This means the 71-year-old Putin will feel fully justified in exploiting his massive election victory to continue pursuing his agenda of trying to rebuild Russia into a global superpower, even if it runs the risk of provoking a major conflict with the West.

The Russian president certainly did not shy away from the issue when asked a question about the possibility of becoming involved in a direct confrontation with the West during his post-election press conference.

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