Putin Recognizes Donbass Republics, Sends Russian Military to 'Denazify' Ukraine

"Following wave after wave of sanctions threats and impositions, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev predicted this week that there would be a number of global consequences."

" Medvedev also predicted "the collapse of the idea of an American-centric world."

1. A number of global supply chains of goods will collapse, a major logistical crisis is possible, including the collapse of foreign airlines, which are banned from flying over Russian territory.

2. The energy crisis will intensify in those states that have imposed “shooting in their own feet” sanctions on the supply of Russian energy carriers, further growth in fossil fuel prices will continue, and the development of the digital economy in the world will slow down.

3. A full-fledged international food crisis will come with the prospect of starvation in individual states.

4. A monetary and financial crisis is possible in some countries or communities of countries, associated with the undermining of the stability of a number of national currencies, galloping inflation and the destruction of the legal system for protecting private property.

5. New regional military conflicts will arise in those places where the situation has not been peacefully resolved for many years or the significant interests of major international players are ignored.

6. Terrorists are becoming more active, believing that the attention of Western authorities today is diverted to a showdown with Russia.

7. New epidemics will begin, caused by the rejection of honest international cooperation in the sanitary and epidemiological sphere or by direct facts of the use of biological weapons.

8. There will be a decline in the activities of international institutions that have not been able to prove their effectiveness in the course of settling the situation in Ukraine, such as, for example, the Council of Europe.

9. New international alliances of countries based on pragmatic rather than ideological Anglo-Saxon criteria will be formed.

10. As a result, a new security architecture will be created, in which de facto, and then de jure, the existing realities are recognized:

a) the weakness of Westernized concepts of international relations such as "Order based on rules" and other senseless Western junk;
b) the collapse of the idea of an American-centric world;
c) the presence of interests respected by the world community in those countries that are in an acute stage of conflict with the Western world.

 
A very loud title of the article. In fact, there is no "Shock". The value of this publication is that it is claimed that it is "AZOV" that is being surrendered, and not the AFU, border guards or someone else. I would like to say like Ostap Bender: "the ice has moved, gentlemen of the jury..."

The Azov soldiers who surrendered told who is now sitting on AZOVSTAL: Even the Russian command is SHOCKED. Evening of May 16 (16 videos)
Today, 22:13

Today, on May 16, it was "Azov" that surrendered, a local group that fought off during the defense of "Azovstal": 20 seriously wounded, 31 relatively healthy. They surrendered under some guarantees, but not to be evacuated to Ukraine or Turkey. Most likely, so that they simply did not kill - under the guarantee of life.
No one is publishing photos and videos yet - there is an agreement with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
They came out directly with weapons, cleared the exit route together with the special forces of the DPR.
The deputy commander of the Azov regiment "Kalina" is a formal commander, did not fight at all, just a talking mouth.
According to those who surrendered, thousands of surrounded people settled in the rest of the "Azovstal", there are a lot of them. That's it, more information will be available tomorrow.

Counterattacks of the Russian army have begun near Kharkov, while the AFU is withdrawing its main forces to the Donbass. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is driving thousands of new soldiers under Severodonetsk, but after the capture of Kamyshevakha, the battles at the next turn will actually be for the encirclement of Severodonetsk-Lisichansk.
The EU Foreign ministers could not agree on the 6th package of sanctions against Russia - Borrel.
Сдавшиеся в плен Азовцы рассказали кто сейчас сидит на АЗОВСТАЛИ: В ШОКЕ даже российское командование. Вечер 16 мая (16 видео)

Очень громкое название статьи. На самом деле никакого "Шока". Ценность этой публикации в том, что утверждается что сдается именно" АЗОВ", а не ВСУ, пограничники или еще кто то. Хочется сказать как Остап Бендер: "лед тронулся, господа присяжные заседатели..."
 
American volunteers alongside Russian forces in the Donbass front.

"Hello, we just arrived in Donbass from America. We come from all over America. Me from Texas, my friend here from Detroit, we have people here from Minnesota and from all over America. We are here to fight globalism and the new world order. We are here to fight the Ukrainian Nazis. Russia is the last place on earth to fight liberalism, globalism and a new world order that is destroying America. If you are our brothers, from America or Canada or Europe and you are fighting alongside the Nazis in Ukraine, then you better turn around and go home. Because we are coming and if we end up on the battlefield, all bets are off. You need to go home and reassess what you think you're doing here. I speak for us, but I think I also speak for most Americans, people in America who don't tolerate the liberalism that is spreading like a cancer. Folks, this is the last chance for the world. It's either freedom or liberalism, but you can't have both. Stand with us as we fight this disease. Thank you."

Translated from French so the original message must be somewhere.

 
Today it was reported that Scholz seems to be "concerned about a possible escalation" in Ukraine. Apparently he knows what to worry about.

German Leopard 2A4 heavy tanks spotted in Ukraine
Germany secretly transferred 20 Leopard 2A4 heavy tanks to Ukraine.

Germany secretly supplied Ukraine with its Leopard 2A4 heavy tanks. One of these combat vehicles was spotted on the territory of Ukraine about two days ago. Moreover, NATO had no plans to supply these weapons and, obviously, the Leopard 2A4 heavy tanks were transferred to the APU in complete secrecy.

On the presented video, shot by the Ukrainian military, you can see the Leopard 2A4 tank undergoing a run-in in the western part of Ukraine. Taking into account the information voiced by a number of Ukrainian sources, a total of 20 Leopard 2A4 heavy tanks were sent to Ukraine. Moreover, the latter are very dangerous weapons that pose quite a big threat.


Germany does not comment on information about the transfer of Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine, however, there are quite a lot of questions about who controls these combat vehicles, since the Ukrainian military do not have experience in managing German Leopard 2A4 tanks.

"The differences between those tanks that are in service with Ukraine and those that Germany sent to Ukraine are enormous. Only basic training can take several months, and these combat vehicles, among other things, need to be serviced. If the tanks were indeed handed over to the APU, then with a high degree of probability it can be argued that they are controlled by mercenaries," the analyst of Avia.pro notes.

It is known that Germany intended to consider the transfer of Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine, however, discussion of this was planned only in mid-May, while the delivery could stretch for several more months.
На Украине замечены немецкие тяжёлые танки Leopard 2A4

Another option of "escalation"
Multiple drones have been spotted over Transnistria
Numerous drones have been spotted on the border of Transnistria and Ukraine.

Residents of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic report numerous unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the country. Unmanned aerial vehicles were simultaneously spotted over several regions at once. In particular, we are talking about Tiraspol, Parkans, Rybnitsa and other cities and settlements of Transnistria.


It is known that for the first time in recent days, unmanned aerial vehicles were spotted over Transnistria on May 14 at night. However, the very next day, on May 15, it was about numerous drones. Moreover, taking into account the data from the video, the drones followed from the airspace of Ukraine, although they did not show any hostile actions, obviously only carrying out reconnaissance of the area or monitoring the situation.

On the presented video frames, you can see the detection of drones over the territory of Transnistria. Judging by the video, we are talking about quadrocopters, however, these are quite large drones capable of carrying, including various kinds of ammunition, which causes serious concern due to the risk of escalation of the situation in the region.
Над Приднестровьем замечены множественные беспилотники

Сегодня сообщали, что Шольц вроде бы "обеспокоен возможной эскалацией" на Украине. Видимо он знает, от чего следует беспокоиться.
 
This is a report from Southfront. Is it reality, is it war propaganda, who knows, but I thought it was interesting


US Takes Wheat Out Of Ukraine. War-Torn Country Doomed To Famine​



In exchange for weapons and illusory prospects of becoming a member of the “European family”, the Kiev regime is dooming its own people to a protracted food crisis.


After the launch of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, Russian forces blocked the access to the Ukrainian vital seaports in the Black Sea. Before the war, around 5 million tons were shipped each month through the Black Sea. One of the main goods exported from Ukraine were grain crops for Europe.


This became another pretext for accusing Russia of provoking the food crisis in the West. However, a brief analysis of the policy of the Kiev regime and the decisions announced by the United States and European countries predict a long-planned famine in Ukraine.


US President Joe Biden attempted to reassure the Americans that there is no threat of food crisis in the country as the grain can be easily taken from the war-torn Ukraine. He claimed that there are 20 million tons of grain in Ukraine, and now the issue of its export is being resolved. In his opinion, this will help bring down world food prices.

Video of President Biden, stating the aove

On May 11, the European Commission will consider a strategy that would address technical and bureaucratic initiatives to speed up the shipping of vegetable oils, corn and wheat, some of Ukraine’s key exports, people familiar with the discussions said Bloomberg.

Europe intends to export crops by rail and , since the seaports are blocked by the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The problem is that the export capacity of the railway is low. Ukraine’s products also face a myriad of phytosanitary measures and quotas for land transport that complicate their ability to pass through various member states to their final destination, Bloomberg sources reported.

These are the main problems that the EU is set to resolve as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, giant columns of grain carriers are spotted in the Moldovan port of Giurgiulesti on the Danube. Hundreds of trucks are exporting grain from the territory of Ukraine to the EU countries.

“This reminds me of 1941, when Hitler exported grain from the USSR, took it out — and then attacked. So we export grain to Europe, so that they then take us for a naked ass, cold and hungry,” the author of the video comments.

The price the Kiev regime pays for the supply of weapons and financial support of its allies is too high.


According to the official Ukrainian data, the total amount of wheat produced in 2021/2022 MY amounted to 32,4 million tons. Based on the analysis of exports over the last five seasons (2016-2021), Ukraine exports about 80 percent of its wheat. About 6 million tons traditionally remain on the domestic market. This year, about 26 million tons were designated for export.


According to the Ukrainian statistics, since the beginning of the season, which started on July 1 2021, and as of December 15, exports of crops and grain legumes from Ukraine already reached 28.7 million tons. Wheat exports accounted for 56%. Until December 15, at least 16 million tons of wheat were exported.


During the period from December 15 2021 to February 24, 2022, exports continued in full via the usual logistics chains. After the closure of the sea ports, exports did not stop, but were reoriented to land channels. Only railways allow to export about 1.1 million tons of grain per month. Millions of tons are transferred by trucks. According to the most conservative estimates, from December 15 to May 10, at least 6 tons of wheat were additionally exported.


The entire harvest of 2021 MY was already exported and used for the needs of the Ukrainian domestic market

According to the official Ukrainian data, the total amount of wheat produced in 2021/2022 MY amounted to 32,4 million tons. Based on the analysis of exports over the last five seasons (2016-2021), Ukraine exports about 80 percent of its wheat. About 6 million tons traditionally remain on the domestic market. This year, about 26 million tons were designated for export.


According to the Ukrainian statistics, since the beginning of the season, which started on July 1 2021, and as of December 15, exports of crops and grain legumes from Ukraine already reached 28.7 million tons. Wheat exports accounted for 56%. Until December 15, at least 16 million tons of wheat were exported.


During the period from December 15 2021 to February 24, 2022, exports continued in full via the usual logistics chains. After the closure of the sea ports, exports did not stop, but were reoriented to land channels. Only railways allow to export about 1.1 million tons of grain per month. Millions of tons are transferred by trucks. According to the most conservative estimates, from December 15 to May 10, at least 6 tons of wheat were additionally exported.

Various Western sources, including US President Biden, declare the need for the immediate export of additional 20 tons of wheat from Ukraine. This is grain from Ukrainian strategic reserves in the amount of at least four months of wheat consumption by the domestic Ukrainian market.


In the context of the impending global food crisis provoked by the Western sanctions against Russia and disruption of supply chains, the United States and European countries are aiming to replenish their reserves, thanks to the crops taken from the Ukrainian people.

n December 2021, Ukrainian experts reported that “representatives of the flour and grain industries announced an unbalanced wheat trade: high-quality food grades were supplied to foreign markets, and fodder remained for Ukrainian consumers. After the refusal of the Ministry of Agriculture to fix export limits by class in the export-regulating memorandum, the Association of Millers, the All-Ukrainian Association of Bakers and Ukrhlebprom withdrew their signatures under the document. This happened for the first time in 10 years and jeopardized the functioning of one of the most effective mechanisms of mutual understanding in the grain market.”


The policy of the Kiev regime reveal clear signs of famine planning in Ukraine. Amid the ongoing military operations, the sowing season was disrupted in many of Ukrainian regions. The male part of the population were called up for military service, some regions are under control of the Russian Armed Forces. Moreover, the spring of 2022 is significantly colder than in 2021. Not to mention the dysfunction of the agricultural sector, which was sharply reoriented to foreign consumers to the detriment of the Ukrainian market.

Regardless of the developments on the frontline, the harvest in 2022-2023 MY will be much smaller.


At the same time, other branches of agriculture in Ukraine also faced crisis phenomena long before the start of military operations.


According to the Ukrainian statistics, egg production decreased by 13.5%, milk – by 5.8%, meat – by 2%, wool by 6.3%. According to the Association “Union of Poultry Farmers”, Ukraine imported eggs from Belarus in July – August 2021 for the first time since 1991.


The number of various agricultural animals also critically decreased:
• Cattle – by 6.9% (2.93 million cattle heads):
• pigs – by 4.7% (5.83 million heads):
• sheep and goats – by 5.9% (1.19 million heads).


According to experts of the Association “Pig Breeders of Ukraine”, the cattle breeding in Ukraine has already passed the point of no return in 2021 and “the restoration of the livestock is almost impossible.”


As of November 2021, the food prices in Ukraine increased by almost 15%. In 2021, bread has increased in price by 18.9%, dairy products by 15.2%, meat products by 15.4%, sugar by 20.4%.

According to experts of the Association “Pig Breeders of Ukraine”, the cattle breeding in Ukraine has already passed the point of no return in 2021 and “the restoration of the livestock is almost impossible.”
As of November 2021, the food prices in Ukraine increased by almost 15%. In 2021, bread has increased in price by 18.9%, dairy products by 15.2%, meat products by 15.4%, sugar by 20.4%.
It is obvious that such a policy of the Kiev regime will lead to a critical shortage of food by the autumn-winter of 2022-2023.

A similar situation took place in the USSR in the early 1930s, when the young Soviet state, weakened by the First World War and the Civil War, was forced to export large volumes of grain, including wheat, to the United States and other Western countries, including Germany. In 1930-1031, the USSR exported about 2.5 million tons per year.
In 1932-1933, the agrarian policy of the USSR, which caused a crop failure, led to famine in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. The number of deaths in Ukraine amounted to 3 million 917.8 thousand people, Russia — 3 million 264.6 thousand, Kazakhstan — 1 million 258.2 thousand people, in total 8 million 731.9 thousand people throughout the USSR.
In 2023, the tragedy may be repeated in Ukraine because of Kiev’s policy. Russia will once again be declared the culprit of the Ukraine.
 
The 'skull and crossbones' symbol is not Nazi, but in this case it is being used in the form of the Totenkopf.

Interestingly, this Twitter post from May 12, 2022, is gone.

Latvian Mercenaries 'En Route to Ukraine' Sport Nazi Insignias– Photos


May 15, 2022

Scores of foreign mercenaries flocked to Kiev in the month following the start of the Russian special military operation. Moscow warned that they will become legit targets for its armed forces, and advised foreign governments to dissuade citizens from travelling.

A Latvian activist has published a photo of a group of seven of his countrymen who he claims decided to travel to Ukraine and fight alongside Kiev's forces. In the photo, two of the military-clad men can be spotted bearing Nazi Totenkopf insignia on their caps.

It is unclear when and where the photo was taken by the activist, who writes under the pen name Girts Lapins. Lapins claimed to be "proud" of his fellow countrymen.

A Twitter post by the user Girts Lapins - Sputnik International, 1920, 15.05.2022

A Twitter post by the user "Girts Lapins" © Girts Lapins // Twitter


Alleged Latvian mercenaries sporting totenkopf insignia - Sputnik International, 1920, 15.05.2022

Alleged Latvian mercenaries sporting totenkopf insignia © Girts Lapins // Twitter

Latvia is famous for holding annual marches comprised of supporters of the WWII Nazi SS collaborators, broadly known as the Latvian Legion, with its participants often sporting swastikas and other Nazi-related insignias. The Latvian Legion fought alongside the German Nazis against the Red Army in WWII, and is praised by some today for being "liberators" from USSR "oppression". Local authorities generally acquiesce the Legion’s activities.

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For comparison, here is a photo of a WWII cap with the emblem that looks identical to the ones pictured on the caps above:

Totenkopf.jpg
 
Well if everyone here knows German tanks are in Ukraine I guess it’s not much of a secret. The real question might be who is inside those tanks?
I will tell you a story that was told to me by eyewitnesses. It was in the early 90s, somewhere in Siberia. Military exercises were conducted and in the process of conducting them, one tank stood out. The mechanic-driver of the tank did things that no one else could do. The command should encourage the best according to the results, and the general who commanded the exercises before the formation awarded the distinguished ones. It's this guy's turn. In the process of presenting the gift, the general asked: "how did you learn to drive a tank so well?" He didn't even ask where, because he couldn't even think... The boy answered him honestly: "they teach well in the Bundeswehr." Everyone who heard this was upset, the general first of all. In those days it was so. Many people left from here, few returned, in the army "they" people were doing business-they studied, and "we" did the most that they dug tanks into caponiers. The story, of course, is not about the present times, but it can partially answer the question. The tanks will be controlled by those who know how to do it, i.e. tankers of the Bundeswehr.

Alleged Latvian mercenaries sporting totenkopf insignia
But these are familiar to us. After the war, they hid in the woods for a long time. They called themselves Aizsargs, we called them forest brothers, an analogue of the Ukrainian Bandera.

Я расскажу историю, которую мне рассказывали очевидцы. Дело было в начале 90х, где то в Сибири. Проводились военные учения и в процессе их проведения выделился один танк. Механик-водитель танка выполнял такие вещи, которые никто другой не мог выполнить. Командование должно поощрять лучших по результатам и вот генерал, командовавший учениями перед строем награждал отличившихся. Дошла очередь до этого парня. В процессе вручения подарка, генерал спросил: "как ты так хорошо научился управлять танком?" Он даже не спросил- где, потому что и подумать не мог... Парнишка ему честно ответил: "в бундесвере хорошо учат". Все, кто это слышал выпали в осадок, генерал в первую очередь. В те времена так и было. Отсюда многие уезжали, мало возвращалось, в армии "у них" люди занимались делом-учились, а "у нас" максимум, что делали, это окапывали танки в капониры. История, конечно, не про нынешние времена, однако частично может ответить на вопрос. Управлять танками будут те, кто умеет это делать, т.е. танкисты бундесвера.
А вот такие нам хорошо знакомы. После войны еще долго по лесам прятались. Называли себя айзсарги, у нас их называли лесными братьями, аналог украинских бандеровцев.
 
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Just some gigglers and groaners:

Germany proposes historic Autobahn measure

The measure will help to reduce Germany’s dependence on oil imports, regional environment ministers say

Germany should introduce a motorway speed limit, regional environment ministers decided in a reportedly unanimous vote during a conference on Friday. The move is justified by the need to save energy and reduce Germany’s dependence on oil and gas imports amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, they argued.
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Britons told to work more to handle cost-of-living crisis

The Labour Party called Safeguarding minister Rachel Maclean’s suggestions “disconnected from reality”

Britain’s Minister for Safeguarding, Rachel Maclean, told Sky News on Monday that those struggling with the cost-of-living crisis should work more hours or move to a better-paid job. The Labour Party accused her of being “disconnected from the realities of people's lives.”
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Ukraine wins Eurovision

President Zelensky hopes to “one day” host the song contest in Mariupol, currently controlled by Russia

Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra has won the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, after making a plea on stage to help save Ukrainian fighters holed up in Mariupol, and receiving landslide support from the European public in a phone and online vote.

“I ask all of you, please help Ukraine, Mariupol. Help Azovstal, right now,” he said, referring to the besieged steel plant. Currently, only fighters from the neo-Nazi Azov regiment and some units of the Ukrainian military are believed to be inside the facility.
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Eurovision is meant to be non-political, and contestants can be disqualified or fined for breaking this rule. Russia was excluded from the competition after its military attack on Ukraine, as organizers claimed they sought to keep politics and war out of the contest. However, the Ukrainian band will face no penalties for its statements, the organizers said.
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Units for entering Ukraine have already been formed in West, the Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

16 MAY 2022

'Russia is preparing to send "a gift" to Finland.'

(Translated by Google)

At least two Iskander divisions spotted near the Finnish border (videos)​

2022-05-17
 
This is a report from Southfront. Is it reality, is it war propaganda, who knows, but I thought it was interesting


US Takes Wheat Out Of Ukraine. War-Torn Country Doomed To Famine​



In exchange for weapons and illusory prospects of becoming a member of the “European family”, the Kiev regime is dooming its own people to a protracted food crisis.


After the launch of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, Russian forces blocked the access to the Ukrainian vital seaports in the Black Sea. Before the war, around 5 million tons were shipped each month through the Black Sea. One of the main goods exported from Ukraine were grain crops for Europe.


This became another pretext for accusing Russia of provoking the food crisis in the West. However, a brief analysis of the policy of the Kiev regime and the decisions announced by the United States and European countries predict a long-planned famine in Ukraine.


US President Joe Biden attempted to reassure the Americans that there is no threat of food crisis in the country as the grain can be easily taken from the war-torn Ukraine. He claimed that there are 20 million tons of grain in Ukraine, and now the issue of its export is being resolved. In his opinion, this will help bring down world food prices.

Video of President Biden, stating the aove

On May 11, the European Commission will consider a strategy that would address technical and bureaucratic initiatives to speed up the shipping of vegetable oils, corn and wheat, some of Ukraine’s key exports, people familiar with the discussions said Bloomberg.

Europe intends to export crops by rail and , since the seaports are blocked by the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The problem is that the export capacity of the railway is low. Ukraine’s products also face a myriad of phytosanitary measures and quotas for land transport that complicate their ability to pass through various member states to their final destination, Bloomberg sources reported.

These are the main problems that the EU is set to resolve as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, giant columns of grain carriers are spotted in the Moldovan port of Giurgiulesti on the Danube. Hundreds of trucks are exporting grain from the territory of Ukraine to the EU countries.

“This reminds me of 1941, when Hitler exported grain from the USSR, took it out — and then attacked. So we export grain to Europe, so that they then take us for a naked ass, cold and hungry,” the author of the video comments.

The price the Kiev regime pays for the supply of weapons and financial support of its allies is too high.


According to the official Ukrainian data, the total amount of wheat produced in 2021/2022 MY amounted to 32,4 million tons. Based on the analysis of exports over the last five seasons (2016-2021), Ukraine exports about 80 percent of its wheat. About 6 million tons traditionally remain on the domestic market. This year, about 26 million tons were designated for export.


According to the Ukrainian statistics, since the beginning of the season, which started on July 1 2021, and as of December 15, exports of crops and grain legumes from Ukraine already reached 28.7 million tons. Wheat exports accounted for 56%. Until December 15, at least 16 million tons of wheat were exported.


During the period from December 15 2021 to February 24, 2022, exports continued in full via the usual logistics chains. After the closure of the sea ports, exports did not stop, but were reoriented to land channels. Only railways allow to export about 1.1 million tons of grain per month. Millions of tons are transferred by trucks. According to the most conservative estimates, from December 15 to May 10, at least 6 tons of wheat were additionally exported.


The entire harvest of 2021 MY was already exported and used for the needs of the Ukrainian domestic market

According to the official Ukrainian data, the total amount of wheat produced in 2021/2022 MY amounted to 32,4 million tons. Based on the analysis of exports over the last five seasons (2016-2021), Ukraine exports about 80 percent of its wheat. About 6 million tons traditionally remain on the domestic market. This year, about 26 million tons were designated for export.


According to the Ukrainian statistics, since the beginning of the season, which started on July 1 2021, and as of December 15, exports of crops and grain legumes from Ukraine already reached 28.7 million tons. Wheat exports accounted for 56%. Until December 15, at least 16 million tons of wheat were exported.


During the period from December 15 2021 to February 24, 2022, exports continued in full via the usual logistics chains. After the closure of the sea ports, exports did not stop, but were reoriented to land channels. Only railways allow to export about 1.1 million tons of grain per month. Millions of tons are transferred by trucks. According to the most conservative estimates, from December 15 to May 10, at least 6 tons of wheat were additionally exported.

Various Western sources, including US President Biden, declare the need for the immediate export of additional 20 tons of wheat from Ukraine. This is grain from Ukrainian strategic reserves in the amount of at least four months of wheat consumption by the domestic Ukrainian market.


In the context of the impending global food crisis provoked by the Western sanctions against Russia and disruption of supply chains, the United States and European countries are aiming to replenish their reserves, thanks to the crops taken from the Ukrainian people.

n December 2021, Ukrainian experts reported that “representatives of the flour and grain industries announced an unbalanced wheat trade: high-quality food grades were supplied to foreign markets, and fodder remained for Ukrainian consumers. After the refusal of the Ministry of Agriculture to fix export limits by class in the export-regulating memorandum, the Association of Millers, the All-Ukrainian Association of Bakers and Ukrhlebprom withdrew their signatures under the document. This happened for the first time in 10 years and jeopardized the functioning of one of the most effective mechanisms of mutual understanding in the grain market.”


The policy of the Kiev regime reveal clear signs of famine planning in Ukraine. Amid the ongoing military operations, the sowing season was disrupted in many of Ukrainian regions. The male part of the population were called up for military service, some regions are under control of the Russian Armed Forces. Moreover, the spring of 2022 is significantly colder than in 2021. Not to mention the dysfunction of the agricultural sector, which was sharply reoriented to foreign consumers to the detriment of the Ukrainian market.

Regardless of the developments on the frontline, the harvest in 2022-2023 MY will be much smaller.


At the same time, other branches of agriculture in Ukraine also faced crisis phenomena long before the start of military operations.


According to the Ukrainian statistics, egg production decreased by 13.5%, milk – by 5.8%, meat – by 2%, wool by 6.3%. According to the Association “Union of Poultry Farmers”, Ukraine imported eggs from Belarus in July – August 2021 for the first time since 1991.


The number of various agricultural animals also critically decreased:
• Cattle – by 6.9% (2.93 million cattle heads):
• pigs – by 4.7% (5.83 million heads):
• sheep and goats – by 5.9% (1.19 million heads).


According to experts of the Association “Pig Breeders of Ukraine”, the cattle breeding in Ukraine has already passed the point of no return in 2021 and “the restoration of the livestock is almost impossible.”


As of November 2021, the food prices in Ukraine increased by almost 15%. In 2021, bread has increased in price by 18.9%, dairy products by 15.2%, meat products by 15.4%, sugar by 20.4%.

According to experts of the Association “Pig Breeders of Ukraine”, the cattle breeding in Ukraine has already passed the point of no return in 2021 and “the restoration of the livestock is almost impossible.”
As of November 2021, the food prices in Ukraine increased by almost 15%. In 2021, bread has increased in price by 18.9%, dairy products by 15.2%, meat products by 15.4%, sugar by 20.4%.
It is obvious that such a policy of the Kiev regime will lead to a critical shortage of food by the autumn-winter of 2022-2023.

A similar situation took place in the USSR in the early 1930s, when the young Soviet state, weakened by the First World War and the Civil War, was forced to export large volumes of grain, including wheat, to the United States and other Western countries, including Germany. In 1930-1031, the USSR exported about 2.5 million tons per year.
In 1932-1933, the agrarian policy of the USSR, which caused a crop failure, led to famine in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. The number of deaths in Ukraine amounted to 3 million 917.8 thousand people, Russia — 3 million 264.6 thousand, Kazakhstan — 1 million 258.2 thousand people, in total 8 million 731.9 thousand people throughout the USSR.
In 2023, the tragedy may be repeated in Ukraine because of Kiev’s policy. Russia will once again be declared the culprit of the Ukraine.

I don't know if it's true or not either, but was just thinking this morning that it would be unusual if the west didn't expect their funding and military equipment support to be repayed and these were not gifts but loans.
 
If this is true, then what do you bet that, when he retired, he actually moved over to one of those black budget intel agencies and has been doing the DS's dirty business ever since?


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Look who the Russian Pedo Hunters Captured in Ukraine.
No American or British should be in Ukraine fighting for pedophile child trafficking Nazis.

American Admiral Erik Olson (a commander of special operations) was born in Tacoma, Washington, was arrested in Azovstal, Mariupol.
POW or Spy or Traitor or ALL 3 ?
 

DID CIA TRAIN UKRAINIAN TORTURERS?​

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Did CIA Train Ukrainian Torturers?
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Journalist reports similarities between Ukrainian and American torture techniques.
Written by Lucas Leiroz, researcher in Social Sciences at the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; geopolitical consultant.
Western media accuse Russia of perpetrating war crimes in Ukraine and committing human rights violations against civilians and prisoners. However, these same agencies are absolutely silent in the face of the evident practices of torture by Kiev’s agents against their enemies, which, curiously, present several similarities with the already known torture techniques applied by the CIA, according to a recent report by a journalist. The matter raises suspicions about a possible “instruction” that would be transmitted by American intelligence to Ukrainian neo-Nazis on “how to torture”.
On May 6, a meeting was held at the United Nations Security Council in order to discuss topics concerning the war crimes committed by Kiev against the population of Donbass during the eight years of conflict. Various evidence was presented, showing that such crimes are real and constitute indeed a serious problem in the region. The proofs included photos, videos, oral testimonies from residents of Donetsk and Lugansk, as well as many other materials collected by journalists on the ground.
One of the journalist team’s leaders is the Dutch independent reporter Sonja van den Ende, who categorically claims that there is irrefutable evidence of the collaboration between Ukrainian official forces and neo-Nazi battalions in the execution of such crimes, showing that the practice is institutionalized and not restricted to isolated paramilitary groups. She also states that, despite the material presented, some Western countries – mainly US, UK, and France – showed an “arrogant” attitude, being disrespectful to the delicacy of the subject and ignoring the evidence of suffering of the people of Donbass, as well as despising the work of journalists.
These were some of her words: “I participated in the UN Security Council Arria-Formula meeting on 6 May 2022 (…) The goal of this meeting was to present to the United Nations (UN) members evidence about war crimes committed by the Ukrainian Army in cooperation with the Azov Battalion which was provided by us, journalists on the ground, in Donbass. The evidence was presented in the form of videos and oral testimonies, from residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, especially Mariupol, Volnovakha and Melitiopol (…) [However] They (Western countries) completely ignored us and didn’t ask any questions (…) I personally made some remarks at the end of the meeting. I asked them if they want WWIII and why they don’t listen to us, the journalists, who are working on the ground”.
More than simply ignoring the gravity of the facts, the representatives of the Western powers even tried to deny the irrefutable evidence of such crimes. Rodney Hunter, political coordinator for the US Mission to the United Nations, claimed that Russia was “misusing” the Council’s functions and “spewing falsehoods, disinformation, lies and false narratives”. He ignored the fact that the accusations were not simply “made by Russia” but corroborated by an international team of journalists.
In fact, this Western attitude was already expected by all analysts who study the Ukrainian case. Silence and disdain have already become central hallmarks of the way Kiev’s allies deal with the countless evidence of war crimes, genocide and torture committed by the Ukrainian armed forces and Russophobic neo-Nazi militias. Russia has been trying to resolve the case in international instances for a long time, but without success, as is the case with the lawsuit filed within the European Court and ignored by the judges. The impossibility of peaceful resolution was one of the reasons why the military operation became inevitable.
What seems most shocking, however, is the fact that the reports pointed out by Van den Ende states as a conclusion that there is a similarity in practices between the acts of torture witnessed in the Donbass and those practiced by US agents in other parts of the world. Some of the journalists who participated in the investigations in Donbass, including Sonja herself, had previously participated in similar activities elsewhere, investigating crimes of torture committed by Americans. These professionals see an extreme similarity of practices in both cases and believe that this is not a mere coincidence.
The Dutch journalist stated that the torture techniques she saw practiced in a secret Ukrainian prison in Mariupol are strikingly similar to those practiced by the CIA in clandestine detention sites around the world. These techniques include acts of extreme violence, such as the so-called “enhanced interrogations”, where the interrogated are physically hurt in order to give information – a practice that was already confirmed by the US Senate, in 2014, to have been used by the CIA against prisoners.
Furthermore, Van den Ende claims that she has found evidence that Ukrainian neo-Nazis practice the so-called “waterboarding”, a drowning technique that is also widely used by the CIA, which leads her to believe that the Azov Battalion and other Ukrainian nationalist militias have been specifically trained by the Americans on “how to torture” their detainees.
Considering the high level of proximity between US intelligence and Ukrainian neo-Nazis, it does not seem surprising that the US has in fact operated some sort of clandestine training, teaching torture techniques considered “efficient”. What is surprising is that international organizations remain silent in the face of such an absurd fact. Something so serious cannot in any way be ignored: sanctions must be applied against the US for its connivance with Ukrainian crimes in Donbass.
 
"The remnant hundreds of armed Ukrainian Azov battalion militants which had refused to come out have now surrendered in the Monday night hours. "Reuters saw about a dozen buses apparently carrying Ukrainian fighters leaving the plant on Monday. It was not possible to determine how many people were aboard."

"Widespread reports say that some 300 Ukrainian fighters have laid down their weapons and emerged from the cavernous facility. "More than 260 Ukrainian soldiers were evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant"

"Azov issued a statement on Telegram saying they are "implementing the approved decision of the Supreme Military Command" in order to "save lives".

"Russian media is also widely reporting the surrender at Azovstal, with RT airing some of the first footage of the evacuation of the last fighters to leave..."

"The Moscow Times is quoting confirmation from Ukraine's president - who is applauding the safe surrender:"

"The surrendered troops are reportedly now in the custody of the pro-Moscow Donetsk People’s Republic."

"Last month President Putin is said to have ordered the military to simply wait them out,"

 
"When asked about Turkey's reservations on Sunday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said "I’m very confident that we will reach consensus on that"

"But now Erdogan has defiantly poured cold water on the collective Western enthusiasm for achieving the consensus needed among the 30 NATO member states to admit new countries. There was even talk of 'fast-tracking' them, which now seems like a fantasy in light of Turkey's stance."

"Bloomberg too notes following Erdogan's Monday speech that "he intends to block membership for the two countries, or at least extract concessions for it" - following their separate weekend announcements which came hours apart, affirming they will apply."

 
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