Sanctions against Russia have failed, says Scott Ritter. They were intended to facilitate regime change but Russia’s economy is now stronger than when the war started. Add to that Ukrainian casualties now number more than 320,000 dead — more than all the US dead in WWII — with Russia’s a fraction of that, and the situation for Ukraine looks dire
We can only marvel at the hypocrisy of the ICC issuing an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for alleged “war crimes” when the likes of Bush and Blair are not held to account. However, the warrant may signal more than double-standards
Is Washington trying to provoke another close encounter?
With so much riding on a Ukrainian counteroffensive, the US and Britain are preparing to ship thousands of artillery rounds and rockets in readiness. However, at the current rate of fire western officials worry that Ukraine will have little in reserve for the spring offensive
The head of Russia’s mercenary outfit, Wagner, accuses the Kremlin of withholding military support for his fighters as they are jealous of his success. The Russian establishment resents his growing popularity and fears he may have political ambitions
This report stands in stark contrast to the Western MSM’s depiction of events in Bakhmut. While CNN reports that NATO intelligence estimates that at least five Russian soldiers were killed for every Ukrainian dead, The Kyiv Independent reveals weary, embattled Ukrainian troops who are facing the very real prospect of withdrawal or defeat.
Retired Russian general Yevgeny Buzhinsky warns that the UK will “physically cease to exist” if Britain puts troops on the ground in Ukraine
With Ukrainian losses, estimated to be nearer to 200,000 than to 100,000 dead, the Western MSM is finally being forced to acknowledge the dire situation in Ukraine.
A US MQ-9 drone has crashed into the Black Sea after it was intercepted by Russian fighters. Washington and Moscow issue conflicting claims about the incident
The West has invested very heavily in Ukraine, starting in 2014 to build the Ukrainian Army, which by the time Russia intervened was over 600,000 strong. That’s bigger than the French, German and British Armies combined!!!
Graphic footage of the war in Ukraine that you are unlikely to see in the western MSM
Protests in Georgia this week were eerily reminiscent of protests in Kiev, Ukraine, in 2014. Are outside forces stirring unrest in order to install another anti-Russian regime right on its Moscow’s border, just as happened in Kiev in 2014?