It seems that something could really happen, the question is when ?
Civil War in Ukraine: Western Empire vs Russia
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Warhawks want a new cold war because it justifies and increases the budget of the military-industrial complex. Mainly, that's all there is to it. Russia has no intention of invading and even if they were they would not have 100K troops stationed along the border but a million.
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That would be nice, but I can't imagine the Biden administration will let him do that. I doubt the Nazi elements in Ukraine would either.
So the big day has arrived!
According to Washington and London, today is the day in which the mighty Russian army was to invade poor Ukraine with hundreds of thousands of troops - tanks smashing through homes, and thousands of missiles raining down.
What actually happened is that Russian troops concluded military exercises in Belarus and southwestern Russia and are returning to their barracks.
There is one potentially significant development, however. The Russian Duma has drafted a bill that would see Russia formally recognize the independence from Ukraine of the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk (presumably just the portions of those oblasts/republics that Kiev does not occupy).
When asked about this today, Putin's spokesman said "Let's not get ahead of ourselves." If passed by the Duma, it then goes to Putin for signing. What will it means if he does it? It would de jure end the Minsk Accords, which Kiev has de facto been ignoring for the last seven years. Formally under the shield of Russian military protection, Donetsk and Luhansk would now be beyond reach of Kiev... unless UKRAINE invades Russia!
It would be a darkly humorous, justified, and diplomatically/tactically brilliant conclusion to this Western media-generated farce of a 'World War Between the US and Russia'.
However, my sense for now is that this is more 'brinkmanship' by Russia to force changes of political-military direction within Ukraine without resorting to actually firing any shots. There have already been noises from Ukrainian diplomats about Ukraine 'not joining NATO for 10 years', and Lavrov is apparently happy to see that Washington and London are amenable to reinstituting arms control treaties for Europe.
The whole episode underscores an important change in the international balance of power: The West still has the power to make the world believe in mirages of 'nuclear holocaust', but Russia has the actual 'force-multiplying' power to make the West make concessions in its favor.
According to Washington and London, today is the day in which the mighty Russian army was to invade poor Ukraine with hundreds of thousands of troops - tanks smashing through homes, and thousands of missiles raining down.
What actually happened is that Russian troops concluded military exercises in Belarus and southwestern Russia and are returning to their barracks.
There is one potentially significant development, however. The Russian Duma has drafted a bill that would see Russia formally recognize the independence from Ukraine of the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk (presumably just the portions of those oblasts/republics that Kiev does not occupy).
When asked about this today, Putin's spokesman said "Let's not get ahead of ourselves." If passed by the Duma, it then goes to Putin for signing. What will it means if he does it? It would de jure end the Minsk Accords, which Kiev has de facto been ignoring for the last seven years. Formally under the shield of Russian military protection, Donetsk and Luhansk would now be beyond reach of Kiev... unless UKRAINE invades Russia!
It would be a darkly humorous, justified, and diplomatically/tactically brilliant conclusion to this Western media-generated farce of a 'World War Between the US and Russia'.
However, my sense for now is that this is more 'brinkmanship' by Russia to force changes of political-military direction within Ukraine without resorting to actually firing any shots. There have already been noises from Ukrainian diplomats about Ukraine 'not joining NATO for 10 years', and Lavrov is apparently happy to see that Washington and London are amenable to reinstituting arms control treaties for Europe.
The whole episode underscores an important change in the international balance of power: The West still has the power to make the world believe in mirages of 'nuclear holocaust', but Russia has the actual 'force-multiplying' power to make the West make concessions in its favor.
The whole media in Poland, even the alternative ones, for the whole past week:
...and today:
"Russia is sending conflicting signals" in the headline. I kid you not
Also, looks like Schmolz (typo on purpose 
) refused the Russian coronavirus test as well
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) refused the Russian coronavirus test as well
Germany’s Scholz Refuses Russian Virus Test in Kremlin Visit - The Moscow Times
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz became the second European leader in a week to refuse a Russian-administered coronavirus test on his visit to the Kremlin on Tuesday.
Moreover, Russian Minister of Defence Sergey Shoigy has left Russia today and went to Syria to inspect the military exercises there, so he will be absent during the scheduled "Russian invasion", apparently.
Interesting. The stalemate is 'thawing' in Syria, with Kurdish SDF and Turkish forces again shelling each other, and 'ISIS' making sporadic attacks in Syrian-held territory:
New Wave Of Violence Hit Syria
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On the day of the Russian invasion of that never happened, German Minister Scholz stated peace should be built with Russia. In the same conference, Putin states that Yougoslavia (bombed by NATO) is a reminder that wars can happen in Europe:
Perhaps it is a way to signal to their own population, German, French, as well as their supporters in Russia, that the Russian government is suspect. Another way of looking at it is that their own tests are suspect, as in the saying that a thief may be more prone to suspect others steal. Or the threat may b real, though the efforts of the western governments have been much more determined, even to the extent of weakening the immune systems of their own soldiers and their own taxpayers, killing and disabling many in the process.Also, looks like Schmolz (typo on purpose
Germany’s Scholz Refuses Russian Virus Test in Kremlin Visit - The Moscow Times
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz became the second European leader in a week to refuse a Russian-administered coronavirus test on his visit to the Kremlin on Tuesday.
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Ukraine reports massive cyber attack
Okay, we all know, where that came from.. But the sneaky Deep State Agents are up to something:
Mystery US helicopter lands on Ukraine-Poland border
I hope these sneaky rodents didn't plant a rogue nuke to go off by remote on Wednesday!
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