Ukraine has rejected calls to de-mine its Black Sea ports so its grain exports can leave harbour. So the responsibility for looming food shortages lies with Kiev, not Moscow
Confirming Russian gains, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak urged his people not to be downhearted about the battlefield reverses.
Either Russia is victorious in this Very Special Operation or else we shall enter a Dark Age, from which there will be no end because it will be an Orwellian One World Government.”
US journalist claims that he’s been put on a death list by the Ukrainian government and he’s not alone. Canadian journalist and human rights activist Eva Bartlett also says she has been put on a kill list by Ukrainian Nazis
German hesitance in sending tanks that it had promised Ukraine highlights growing mistrust of Zelensky’s regime
The West obviously wants a wider conflict in Ukraine. First the U.S. pledged to supply Ukraine with longer-range weapons, despite Russian protests. Now the UK has promised to supply M270 multiple-launch rocket systems, which has a range of over 50 miles
The New Atlas with insights into western weapons supplies to Ukraine and how claims of Ukrainian “counter-offensives” are a distraction from the overall, imminent strategic defeat of these forces
Russia is now clearly signalling that it will strike targets beyond Kiev, and maybe even outside Ukraine, if the West supplies Zelensky with longer-range missiles
Having lived under them for many months, residents of Mariupol tell of their impressions of the Azov Battalion
Crucially, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev noted that the “decision-making centers are regretfully not even on the territory of Kiev”. In other words, Russia could strike other decision making centers outside of Ukraine!!
The West seems determined to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian and this is reflected in the situation on the frontline, which is dire. According to one insider: “Ukie basic training is 10 days and then off to the front. 65% casualty rates. “
Russia appears to be preparing for possible amphibious landings on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast