Quickly following up on today’s earlier reporting: Jerusalem Post Oleksii Reznikov told Reuters Russia had a contingent of 40,000 troops in Kherson region and that intelligence showed its forces remained in the city. I’d mentioned this in the previous post (above) “It’s not that easy to withdraw these troops from Kherson in one day or […]
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I’ve got some questions about Kherson myself. All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive.”Sun Tzu Ukraine is not celebrating Russia’s retreat from Kherson But Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, have urged caution and say they are […]
https://tass.com/politics/1534437 It is reported that if the Kiev regime resorts to a larger water discharge from reservoirs or a more powerful rocket attack on the Kakhovka dam, this will create a flow of water flooding vast areas and causing civilian casualties INTEGRATED RUSSIAN TROOP COMMAND POST, November 9. /TASS/. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has […]
Washington has Final Say in resolving Ukraine issue: Putin’s spokesman[31/October/2022] MOSCOW October 31.2022 (Saba) -Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Washington has the ball in its court with the resolution regarding the war in Ukraine. Peskov regarded it “impossible” to negotiate with Kiev because anything agreed upon may be canceled with a raise of a […]
I like this definition! The art of Gaslighting- “The most dangerous psychological mistake is the projection of the shadow on to others; this is the root of almost all conflicts.” -Carl Jung When people project, they identify their negative emotions, beliefs, traits or actions onto someone else. People project to protect themselves from uncomfortable inner […]
Bloomberg and Archive Erdogan’s close relations with Putin anger Western powers Turkey has positioned itself as a mediator in Ukraine war Clearly the US is not interested in settling the Ukraine situation or they’d appreciate Turkey’s moderation. Also, for Kaz, this US desire for war and more war likely explains the recent actions HTS has […]
Years back at the big tech censored blog the budding cooperative relationship was repeatedly reported on. This alliance was born in Syria. And it has continued to develop and evolve to this day. I’m not suggesting it’s perfect. I’m stating so far it is an effective working, realpolitik relationship TASS Vladimir Putin stressed that Russia’s […]
Despite the spin from Reuters, the repeated expression of a willingness to negotiate is absolutely NOT NEW. I’ve read these types of statements over and over and over again. It has been the US, the EU and Zelensky that have shown an absolute unwillingness to sit down and talk. Kremlin says its goals in Ukraine […]
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Seizing Russian Central Bank Assets
Link – an oped. Not written in stone but clearly this idea is being tossed around A solution to Ukraine’s short- and long-term problems could be the seizure of Russian central bank assets. Apart from the obvious major legal challenges relating to the respective national legislations, there are political, tactical, and moral challenges to be […]
Warnings? Not threats? Of course Russia didn’t threaten. And did in fact warn… Threats are general. Warnings are specific Russia warned if nukes were used against the nation, that is if Russia were attacked and not the other way around their would be a response. Russia warned. So what does NATO opt to do? Hold […]