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

[Adobe]

Kiev blocking visit of IAEA inspectors to Zaporozhye NPP — regional official​

According to Rogov, Ukrainian authorities are afraid of "an IAEA official investigation of the facts of making dirty bombs for Ukrainian militants."

"Kiev is looking for and creating any pretexts to prevent a visit of IAEA inspectors to the Zaporozhye NPP," Vladimir Rogov, a member of the council of the region’s military-civilian administration, wrote on his Telegram channel.

Article below:

Kiev blocking visit of IAEA inspectors to Zaporozhye NPP — regional official

According to Vladimir Rogov, Ukrainian authorities are afraid of "an IAEA official investigation of the facts of making dirty bombs for Ukrainian militants"

tass.com

 

[Vulcan59]

LoL

 

[Adobe]

Maybe it's just me, but these two articles seem interestingly related.

Poland nervous about leak of plans of dismembering Ukraine — Russian intelligence chief

"Poland hoped that when the conflict in Ukraine reaches a phase of diplomatic settlement, the sides will have to recognize ‘Poland’s expansion’ as an accomplished fact," Sergey Naryshkin pointed out

tass.com

and

Israel and Poland inch closer to bridging WW2 restitution rift​

Israel and Poland inch closer to bridging WW2 restitution rift

Presidents of Poland and Israel confirmed returning ambassadors representing their nations to each other

www.rt.com

 

[Voyageur]

From back in May (just after the Journalist was murdered in Israel - which of course was all swept under the rug as an accidental shooting), notice Gilad Atzmon speaking with Patrick Henningsen about Ukraine. So, remember this is now near two months old.

Atzmon seems to have been quiet on his writing for some time, however here he discusses a number of interesting observations. Some look to Israel's stance:

- their possible hopes of securing their version of a gas pipeline to the EU (discussed on the forum before)
- what's up with Azov - his reference to Zelensky (with Mr. money Kolomoyskyi) actually trying to get rid of them - reference to when they were in the underground Steel plant at Mariupol. Zelensky has accrued much wealth, and he wants to live to spend it, but he won't live if his right sector turn on him for making a deal at any time down the road. He makes a reference to a biblical tale with a parallel related to the steel plant.
- reference to Netanyahu and Zelensky, how they received similar knees across the world - left/right. Again, parallel's.

In episode #419 of the Sunday Wire, host Patrick Henningsen speaks with special guest, author and jazz & world music artist of note, Gilad Atzmon, to discuss the incredible drama at the Azovstal Industrial Plant in Mariupol, where Ukraine’s Zelensky regime and its western media counterparts attempted to erect a modern mythology and grand narrative around the Azov Battalion holdouts hiding underneath the city’s final battle zone. Gilad also discusses the construction of Zelensky’s public image in the West, his Jewish identity and relationship to Israel. Combined together, many of these facets reveal the inconvenient truth about the West’s Ukraine project, and how far western democracies have drifted from their Athenian morals, ethics and principles. See Gilad’s work at: www.gilad.co.uk

Gilad Atzmon on Ukraine, Zelensky and Israel

https://rumble.com/embed/v12jlg9/ In episode #419 of the Sunday Wire, host Patrick Henningsen speaks with special guest, author and jazz & world music artist of note, Gilad Atzmon, to discuss the incredible drama at the Azovstal Industrial Plant in Mariupol, where Ukraine’s Zelensky regime and...

www.unz.com

 

[Pierre]

The dollar will not be used in commercial transactions between Iran and Russia.

Iran and Russia, which reached an agreement despite US sanctions, are preparing to use their own currency instead of the dollar in bilateral trade transactions. In the context of the military conflict in Ukraine, Russia has introduced an obligation to use the ruble in energy trade and is now embarking on a new path in its agreements with Iran.

Iran's Central Bank Governor Ali Salihabadi told reporters in Tehran that important agreements had been reached between sanctions-fighting Tehran and Moscow in banking, finance and economics.


(Source: Russosphere on Telegram)

 

[goyacobol]

What a fool believes...?

White House: Iran preparing to send Russia drones for Ukraine war​

The United States believes that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia with hundreds of drones in order to help Moscow with its ongoing assault on Ukraine, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Monday.

“Our information indicates that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia up to several hundred UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles], including weapons-capable UAVs, on an expedited timeline,” Sullivan said at a press briefing.

WH National Security Adviser: Iran Preparing to Send Russia Drones for Ukraine War​

The Biden administration believes the Iranian government might soon provide Russia with hundreds of military drones in order to aid Moscow in its war with Ukraine, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan.

While speaking to reporters Monday, Sullivan said, "our information indicates that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia up to several hundred UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles], including weapons-capable UAVs, on an expedited timeline."

Regarding the UAVs, Sullivan says the Iranians could also train Russian forces on how to use the drones, although it's unclear if any machines have been shipped to Russia yet.

U.S. intelligence speculates that Russia has incurred a dwindling munitions stockpile, as the war with Ukraine approaches its fifth full month of nonstop activity.

As such, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin might now require outside sources of weaponry — such as Iran's drones — to fortify its own supply.

During his media session, Sullivan noted that Iran supplied similar weapons to the Houthis in Yemen, as a means of helping launch attacks against Saudi Arabia before a cease-fire was brokered.

Sullivan expressed confidence the Ukrainians, with assistance from the U.S. and other countries, would be able to "effectively defend and sustain" the capital of Kyiv, which Russia has repeatedly failed to overtake since the onset of the war.

He also argued that Russia has "substantially failed to achieve its objectives in Ukraine," referring to Moscow's inability to close out the war, sooner than later.

Sullivan's comments come in advance of President Joe Biden's upcoming trip to the Middle East, where the president is expected to meet with leaders from Israel and Saudi Arabia this week.

Iran and its nuclear program are expected to be primary topics of discussion on the Middle East tour.

I speculate this may be a farce to send more aide to Ukraine...

 

[goyacobol]

The "belligerants"/belligerents are coming out of the woodwork so to speak.

Israel Sending Ukraine Protective Gear as Iran Sends Drones to Russia

Read more: Israel Sending Ukraine Protective Gear as Iran Sends Drones to Russia | Newsmax.com

Israel announced Tuesday that it is sending a new aid package to Ukraine consisting of protective gear for soldiers — while Iran is sending Russia "hundreds" of drones, according to published reports.

The Times of Israel reported Tuesday that Defense Minister Benny Gantz approved a new defensive aid package for Ukraine including 1,500 helmets, 1,500 protective vests, hundreds of mine protection suits, 1,000 gas masks, and "dozens of hazmat filtration systems."

Up until now, Israeli aid to help the Ukrainians fight off the February Russian invasion has not included weapons, but rather protective gear for soldiers on the ground in the war-torn nation.

The Jerusalem Post reported in May that its contribution to the aid being sent by 43 other NATO countries, and 14 non-NATO members, would "not include substantial quantities of supplies," due to the scope of the contributions other countries were making.

In a subsequent article on June 16, the Post reported that Israel was skittish at openly giving Ukraine weapons because of the presence of Russian forces along its northern border with Syria.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said at the time that he wants to maintain "Israel's good relationship with Russia," allowing it to be a conduit for communications with between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the West.

While Israel is cautiously navigating its involvement in the conflict, Iran is sending "hundreds" of weapons-capable drones to Russia to help that country in the war.

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters Monday that the United States "has information" that Iran has either already sent, or is planning to, Russia the drones and will train its troops to use them as soon as this month, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

"Our information indicates that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia with up to several hundred UAVs, including weapons-capable UAVs on an expedited timeline," he told reporters Monday.

He said the sustained Russian bombardment of Ukraine had taken its toll on its weapon stockpiles, causing Iran to contribute to the war.

 

[Tyomodachi]

About two weeks ago I saw a theory that the Russians leaving the Serpent Island was in exchange for transit through Lithuania to Kaliningrad, and it seems so

The EU and Russia agreed on the transit of goods to Kaliningrad. As high-ranking Russian sources told Izvestiya, Brussels provided a document that "completely satisfied" Moscow. There, in particular, it is indicated that it is impossible to restrict the movement of goods between parts of the Russian Federation. According to the interlocutors, this measure can be separately prescribed in the upcoming seventh package of sanctions. This option, according to experts interviewed by Izvestia, is easier from the point of view of the procedure than voting on individual exceptions. The Federation Council told Izvestia that they also count on resolving the dispute, otherwise the situation threatens to go into a "very dangerous dead end". Now everything depends on whether Brussels can persuade Vilnius, which refuses to agree on transit.

Сделают вывод: ЕС договорился с РФ о транзите грузов в Калининград

Кто может помешать реализации этого соглашения и чем это грозит

iz.ru

 

[thorbiorn]

Finding local Ukrainian groups on social media network
Recently, I saw an FB post from Russian speaking Ukrainian about some posting in a local Ukrainian group threatening to paint their window blue and yellow. Following which the person concerned called the police to find out what to do. They advised to report it, if it happened. Nothing has happened so far.

Curious to know what kind of people would post such ideas, I discovered the alleged source to be one private group with 45 k members, so there could be a few nationalists among them. The name of the group was in Ukrainian. I learned that to find a Ukrainian group on a social media platform, one can take an expression like 'in "name of country"' or just "name of country", go to a translation machine, translate the expression into Ukrainian, enter the translation into the search field and see if anything comes up. Some groups are more public with their postings than others.

The method with variations can of course be tried for other languages too.

 

[Ruth]

Does anyone know what happened to this bloke? Patrick Lancaster? I have a feeling he's "playing" at something. He may not be "playing" at dead, however, and that would be really unfortunate. It seems a really eerie and weird "replay" of that journalist that disappeared, but now I can't google... I wonder why?

https://www.youtube.com/c/PatrickLancasterNewsToday/videos

 

[thorbiorn]

The Ukrainian commentator Tatyana Montyan
Also written for instance Tatiana Montian, has offered political comments on what has been going on in Ukraine for many years, see for instance this article from 2016 Ukrainian situation seen from the inside, an interview with Tetiana Montyan

In a recent interview to a Russian channel posted on YouTube:
Tatyana Montyan: The beginning of Russia's failure in Ukraine has its own names - Surkov, Zurabov and Medvedchuk

Spoiler: Title in Russian

Татьяна Монтян: У начала провала России на Украине есть свои имена - Сурков, Зурабов и Медведчук

Ukrainian lawyer, publicist, public figure, YouTuber Tatyana Montyan visited St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

She explains the bombing of the city centres in Donetsk in June with heavily fortified positions, that have been build over the last few years. Her contacts there say that the internet in the fortifications are excellent, better than in her own flat. I think that while fortifications may explain some attacks, others may be long distance artillery the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System for instance has a range of 300 km, which may be outside the fortifications near the front.

She holds that the people who are really interested in fighting are already assembled near the front. The mobilizations will not lead to much as the people sent, report to her that they do not have the elementary necessities. There is corruption, and falsehood on both sides. On her TG channel, there are numerous examples of how the mobilization requirements can be countered by paying off the recruiters.

At the end, she holds that it in general, it is better to tell the truth than to lie. While the truth can be used by the enemy, telling a lie can prevent fixing what is broken.

Another video interview is longer, 1h 10 min. Here she says in the beginning that Ukraine died with the Maidan event, and there is no chance it will come back. The following is from the description on her TG channel, #МОНТЯН!.

Another big detailed answer to all the claims "And what do you, Montian, offer?" I propose all the same things that I will repeat again and again, hoping that each time more and more people will hear me who are able to think and contribute to the development of their country and the society living in it.

00:00:20 — Why Ukraine was "fucked up"
00:05:01 — Complete failure of the pro-Russian policy in Ukraine
00:18:15 — The ideal scenario for the development of events
00:32:47 — How the information struggle should be conducted
00:35:40 — The only way to survive is to unite
00:44:57 — For social justice
00:56:15 — Time for institutional educational program
01:03:05 — Any changes take time

Watch on Rutube
Watch on YouTube

The heading on her own Rutube channel for the above video is in Russian
#МОНТЯН: Главное для всех людей в мире — справедливость! which translates as #MONTYAN: The main thing for all people in the world is justice!
On the YouTube, you can activate auto generated text, which then can be subject to auto translation.

The conflict in Ukraine is a civil war
She considers the conflict in Ukraine to be a civil war since 30 % of Russians have some Ukrainian ancestry and similarly many in Ukraine have ancestry in Russia. As others have noted, the conflict is also a kind of European civil war, at least the way the front is drawn up with the participation and support of many more than just Russia and nationalist Ukraine, especially on the side of the latter. If we go back in history, we can probably find several instances which in a European context could be called civil wars.

Reflection: Did the bullying of Russia begin in 2014
Related to the idea of civil war might be the first Eurovision event after Maidan in 2014, when the Austrian entry song, Like a Phoenix, by Alexander Zuckowski, a German composer. and performed by a drag queen, Thomas Neuwirth alias Conchita Wurst won. During that event something unheard of happened, but later their have been other examples, though in different settings, like sports or politics. From the Wiki on the European Song Contest 2014

Reaction to Russia's performance[edit]

The sisters representing Russia with the song "Shine"
Russia's Tolmachevy Sisters were the subject of booing from the audience, during the semi-final and when they were announced to have qualified for the final.[193] Russia's act were also booed during the final; and when the Russian spokesperson delivered their top-three votes. The booing was also heard when countries awarded points to Russia, including neighbouring countries such as Azerbaijan and Belarus.[194]

Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator magazine, wrote: "I can’t remember the last time I heard a Eurovision audience boo anyone; during the Iraq war in 2003, no one booed Britain. [...] There’s a difference between the Russian government and the Russian people, and the girls were there to represent the latter. They didn’t deserve the obloquy. And the Danes were wrong to have made the booing so audible."[195]

If the YouTube plays, you can listen to the Russian entry and its lyrics. I don't understand why that song or its singers should be booed, but it might speak for the audience and their educational background.

 

[ziutek]

Maria Zaharova

Мария Захарова

Администрация США считает, что Россия насильно удерживает на своей территории до 1,6 млн украинских граждан, у которых забрали паспорта и выдали российские документы - заявил Госсекретарь США Блинкен. Пошла за медицинской энциклопедией. Такой случай должен быть где-то описан.

t.me

"The US administration believes that Russia is forcibly holding up to 1.6 million Ukrainian citizens on its territory who have had their passports taken away and have been issued Russian documents - US Secretary of State Blinken said.

I went to get a medical encyclopedia. Such a case must be described somewhere."

 

[Cosmos]

Does anyone know what happened to this bloke? Patrick Lancaster? I have a feeling he's "playing" at something. He may not be "playing" at dead, however, and that would be really unfortunate. It seems a really eerie and weird "replay" of that journalist that disappeared, but now I can't google... I wonder why?

https://www.youtube.com/c/PatrickLancasterNewsToday/videos

There are many possibilities including worst case szenarios like him being dead. Some people in the comment section of his last video claim that there is no Internet in the area where he is right now and that other YouTubers in the area have similar problems because of that.

 

[KJS]

You all know how Poland bravely fought on the sanction field. Polish Clown Minister Morawiecki is a pure gem when it comes to giving foolish and awkward statements, but in this one, he has his voters as complete morons. It's tragic and funny at the same time.

Morawiecki: Try to insulate your homes before the heating season

- It will be a difficult fall and winter. Vladimir Putin made an effort to do so, said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at a meeting with the residents of Boronowa.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Morawiecki warned that the upcoming heating season could be associated with high costs.

- We know that the houses we live in require insulation. Today, after Russia's attack on Ukraine, the increase in energy prices is particularly felt. That is why it is worth using programs such as Clean Air, encouraged the head of the government.

- Investments of this type, such as house insulation, supply the local market, because it is local entrepreneurs who insulate houses and install devices. Local entrepreneurs must be supported, argued the Prime Minister.

- It will be a difficult fall and winter - Vladimir Putin made sure. Europe is energy dependent on Russia. We have become independent, but we also feel high energy prices - said Morawiecki.

Morawiecki: Postarajcie się ocieplić swoje domy jeszcze przed sezonem grzewczym

- To będzie trudna jesień i zima. Władimir Putin się o to postarał - powiedział na spotkaniu z mieszkańcami Boronowa premier Mateusz Morawiecki.

www.rp.pl

 

[Cosmos]

Does anyone know what happened to this bloke? Patrick Lancaster? I have a feeling he's "playing" at something. He may not be "playing" at dead, however, and that would be really unfortunate. It seems a really eerie and weird "replay" of that journalist that disappeared, but now I can't google... I wonder why?

https://www.youtube.com/c/PatrickLancasterNewsToday/videos

There are many possibilities including worst case szenarios like him being dead. Some people in the comment section of his last video claim that there is no Internet in the area where he is right now and that other YouTubers in the area have similar problems because of that.

Everything’s fine, he just posted this on his YouTube: