Is the US interested? Is Ukraine interested? Neither nation appears to be interested in resolving this food issue. https://news.am/eng/news/705899.html Moscow and Ankara are interested in solving the problems that arise in the world in the field of food security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference on topical issues on the international […]
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Turkey’s Geostrategic significance has increased exponentially- For better and for worse
Guest Essay NYTs By Christopher Caldwell https://archive.ph/YZJw7#selection-711.217-711.501 Select Excerpts Below: ..The United States has helped turn this tragic, local and ambiguous conflict into a potential world conflagration. By misunderstanding the war’s logic, Mr. Guaino argues, the West, led by the Biden administration, is giving the conflict a momentum that may be impossible to stop. He […]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-has-been-been-supporting-ukraine-with-offensive-cyber-operations-top-general-reveals/ar-AAXY9D4?ocid=EMMX&cvid=d0178b1c64ef4bc5ad17e463c703112c The top US cyber official revealed on Wednesday that the US has conducted “offensive” cyber operations supporting Ukraine as it battles Russia. US Army Gen. Paul Nakasone told British media outlet Sky News that “we’ve conducted a series of operations across the full spectrum; offensive, defensive, [and] information operations.” He did not specify the […]
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/head-sievierodonetsk-says-just-20-city-ukrainian-hands-2022-06-01/ Ukrainian forces are holding just a fifth of the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk but there is still hope that they can prevent Russia taking full control, the head of the city administration told Reuters in a telephone interview on Wednesday. But wait… Ukraine’s defenders claim a chemical plant was struck by Russia! https://nypost.com/2022/06/01/face-melting-nitric-acid-spews-into-the-sky-during-russian-attack/ Footage […]
To my mind sanctions have always been used to cause starvation, impede medical care/access etc., You know increase misery in general. Thinking about all those dead Iraqi children deemed worth it by Madeline Albright. These latest sanctions imposed allegedly against Russia, are truly and actually the sanctioning of the global masses. Intended to create harm […]
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EU/Russian Oil Embargo?
Hardly. Despite suggestive headlines. Perhaps the EU isn’t as insane as had been suspected? Perhaps? https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/russian-oil-sanctions-eu-leaders-agree-to-ban-90-of-russian-oil-by-year-end-3715065 The embargo covers Russian oil brought in by sea, allowing a temporary exemption for imports delivered by pipeline. Ursula Von der Leyen, the head of the EU’s executive branch, said the punitive move will “effectively cut around 90% of […]
Ukraine has made an interesting move regarding Poland. Poles to be granted ‘special status’ in Ukraine Polish President Andrzej Duda visited Kyiv on Sunday (22 May), where he delivered a speech in the Ukrainian parliament. The same day, the Ukrainian UNIAN agency reported that his Ukrainian counterpart promised to give Poles a special status resembling […]
Oped from NYT’s Excerpts below, Available in full here Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, warned the Senate Armed Services Committee recently that the next few months may be volatile. The conflict between Ukraine and Russia could take “a more unpredictable and potentially escalatory trajectory,” she said, with the increased likelihood that Russia could […]
There is some family history for my husband’s side of the house in this dispute. Let’s put it this way.. it’s good those family members (Polish/Catholic) left, when they did. A disclaimer: I do not endorse WSWS for many reasons. However, there research in this series is very good. Canada has very dirty hands in […]