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

[Alejo]

Canada just came and apologized for inviting an ex SS officer.

I wonder if they will address the very uncomfortable obvious follow up "why do you have former nazi officers living in Canada?"

The Speaker of the House of Commons has already offered his apology after inviting a former member of the Galizien Division to an event featuring Trudeau and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski.

The Office of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke out following the invitation and ovation of a Nazi veteran during Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski's appearance before the Canadian Parliament this week.

In a statement, the Office acknowledges that House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota apologized and accepted full responsibility for sending the invitation and recognition in Parliament.

"It was the right thing to do," the statement said. "No advance notice was given to the Prime Minister's Office, or to the Ukrainian delegation, about the invitation or the recognition."

The man in question is Yaroslav Hunka, 98, who fought in the First Ukrainian Division before later emigrating to Canada. That group is also known as the 14th Waffen-SS Grenadier Division or Galizien Division, made up mostly of Ukrainian volunteers from the Galicia region.

Hunka was invited by Rota, a member of the Liberal Party of Canada, who introduced him as a "Ukrainian and Canadian hero" who "fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians."

This Sunday, the Speaker of the House assured that he regrets his actions, after learning "more information" about Hunka.

 

[Voyageur]

Canada just came and apologized for inviting an ex SS officer.

As reported in Canada (SUN):

WARMINGTON: A Nazi unit soldier being cheered in the House of Commons a dark day

A full apology was certainly warranted for celebrating in the House of Commons a man who served with a Nazi unit. It finally came on Sunday.

torontosun.com

Snip

It’s as ugly as ugly can get.

“This is an appalling error in judgement on the part of (Prime Minister) Justin Trudeau, whose personal protocol office is responsible for arranging and vetting all guests and programming for state visits of this kind,” said a statement from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who called on Trudeau to apologize.

“No parliamentarians (other than Justin Trudeau) had the opportunity to vet this individual’s past before he was introduced and honoured on the floor of the House of Commons. Without warning or context, it was impossible for any parliamentarian in the room (other than Mr. Trudeau) to know of this dark past,” he added in a statement.

If "other than Justin Trudeau," it may include a particular Deputy PM.

Despite all this, they were all (Poilievre included) simply drooling all over themselves in saluting the nazi of the hour, Zelenski.

The PMO distanced itself from the controversy, insisting that the Speaker’s Office is independent of Trudeau and that in addition to issuing the invitation, it had an allotment of seats for guests.

But no matter who issued the invitation, the damage is done.

Edit (comment): It's Canadian Nazigate, maybe the whole sorted historical memory hole will be opened back up, or not.

With one last quote:

“Parliament owes an apology to all Canadians for this outrage, and a detailed explanation as to how this could possibly have taken place at the centre of Canadian democracy,” said B’Nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn.

It was noted that B’Nai Brith Canada, of course, is silent on Zelenski himself (no "outrage"), the leader of the reanimated, Canadian et al funded nazi brigades in Ukraine.

 

[Voyageur]

The Jewish Independent carries the story, and were right to point out a few things:

Zelenskyy joins Canadian Parliament's ovation to 98-year-old veteran who fought with Nazis

Yaroslav Hunka was part of SS Galichina, a unit whose history has been whitewashed by veterans groups in the West

forward.com

...The Speaker of the House of Commons, Anthony Rota — who had compared Zelenskyy to Winston Churchill — recognized a “veteran from the Second World War who fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians and continues to support the troops today even at his age of 98.”
[...]
...SS Galichina

This is the same unit that is honored by controversial monuments in Canada, Australia, and, as the Forward recently exposed, the suburbs of Philadelphia and Detroit. Jewish groups have called for their removal.
[...]
Formed in 1943, SS Galichina was composed of recruits from the Galicia region in western Ukraine. The unit was armed and trained by the Nazis and commanded by German officers. In 1944, the division was visited by SS head Heinrich Himmler, who spoke of the soldiers’ willingness to slaughter Poles.”

Three months earlier, SS Galichina subunits perpetrated what is known as the Huta Pieniacka massacre, burning 500 to 1,000 Polish villagers alive.
[...]
After the war, thousands of SS Galichina veterans were allowed to resettle in the West, around 2,000 of them in Canada. By then, the unit was universally known as the First Ukrainian Division.

A blog by an association of its veterans, called “Combatant News” in Ukrainian, includes an autobiographical entry by a Yaroslav Hunka that says he volunteered to join the division in 1943 and several photographs of him during the war. The captions say the pictures show Hunka during SS artillery training in Munich in December 1943 and in Neuhammer (now Świętoszów), Poland, the site of Himmler’s visit.
[...]
Canada has two monuments to the unit, one in a Wayville, which is outside Toronto, the other in Edmonton. Canadian Jewish organizations have called for their removal.

It is unclear whether Zelenskyy knew that Hunka fought with the unit. In 2021, the Ukrainian president joined the governments of Israel and Germany in denouncing a march honoring SS Galichina in Kyiv.

As for Canadian monuments:

The Ukrainian Nazi Connection -- Sott.net

The Russian Embassy in Ottawa has created quite the controversy with its latest tweets about Nazi monuments in Canada. "There are monuments to Nazi collaborators in Canada and nobody is doing anything about it," one of the tweets noted. A...

www.sott.net

 

[youlik]

There was another "exchange of pleasantries". At first glance, this round is in favor of Russia.

At night, one of the largest strikes in 1.5 years was inflicted on Odessa
One of the most massive strikes has been inflicted on Odessa since the beginning of 2022

Odessa, the largest port city in the south of Ukraine, was attacked by unmanned aerial vehicles at night. According to Ukrainian information resources, the city was attacked by nineteen attack drones and two supersonic Onyx missiles.

It is reported that during the repulse of the attack, key infrastructure facilities of the city were seriously damaged. The building of the Sea Station, the symbol of Odessa and one of its main architectural structures, received significant damage. In addition, other objects were damaged: a non-functioning station hotel, port facilities, etc.

It should be noted that the current strike on Odessa is one of the most large-scale, while attacks were carried out against other regions. Mainly for this purpose, unmanned aerial vehicles were used, with the defeat of which the Ukrainian forces could not cope.

Ночью по Одессе нанесён один из самых масштабных ударов за 1,5 года

At night, drones tried to attack the territory of Russia en masse
Last night, Russia became the target of a large-scale attack using kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on four UAVs that were successfully destroyed by air defense over the Black Sea and in the airspace of the Crimea.

In the Kursk region, the situation became more complicated: Governor Starovoit reported damage caused by a drone attack. Several private households and the roof of one of the administrative buildings suffered from the attack. Fortunately, there is no information about the injured people. In addition, another drone crashed near Kursk, which led to the destruction of glass in a private house.

The territory of the Tula region also did not stay away from the attack. It is reported that air defense systems were activated over the region. Despite the potential danger, there is no damage and no injuries.

The Bryansk region also faced an attack by UAV drones. Governor Bogomaz confirmed the destruction of two aircraft-type drones over the Surazhsky district. As in other regions, there were no casualties and destruction in the Bryansk region.

Ночью территорию России массово пытались атаковать беспилотники

Against the background of Budanov's promises yesterday to bring down the Crimean bridge, this news is alarming.

Germany announced the transfer of 50 naval drones to Kiev
Germany has announced its plans to strengthen military assistance to Ukraine by offering a new package of military equipment and equipment worth 400 million euros. The aid package will include various types of military equipment, which underlines Germany's desire to provide Ukraine with the necessary resources to strengthen its defense capability.

The main positions of the proposed package are:

50 surface drones;
MRAP armored vehicles;
Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns;
IRIS-T medium-range missiles.
30 thousand 155-millimeter artillery shells.
480 anti-tank mines AT2.
It is worth noting that this proposal follows Berlin's decision in September to transfer 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine.

Nevertheless, the transfer of marine drones to Ukraine is of particular concern. The main problem is that Kiev will almost certainly convert drones into strike drones, which poses a threat to military and civilian ships in the Black Sea.

Германия объявила о передаче Киеву 50 морских беспилотников

When Kuleba told Berbok that Germany would hand over Taurus missiles to Ukraine anyway and there was no need to drag it out, he knew what he was saying. Decisions are not made by Berbok or Scholz.

Germany will transfer TAURUS cruise missiles to Ukraine no earlier than in 3 months
The European military concern MBDA, specializing in the production of long-range cruise missiles Taurus, assumes that the training of Ukrainian servicemen to work with this weapon system will take about three months.

Despite the fact that the missiles may be delivered to Kiev in the near future, the main obstacle will be the need for long-term training of Ukrainian military personnel.

"Ukrainians expressed interest in Taurus missiles more than four months ago. If this time had been used effectively, the training could have already been completed," said Marcus Faber, a defense expert from the Free Democratic Party (FDP).

The key point is that the programming of missiles will have to be carried out directly on the territory of Ukraine. Due to political considerations, it is unlikely that German specialists will deal with this.

Presumably, the US decision to supply Ukraine with ATACMS tactical missiles could be a catalyst for Germany to also provide Kiev with Taurus missiles. The WSJ notes that Berlin regularly expresses its desire to "follow Washington" in matters of armed supplies to Ukraine.

Германия передаст Украине крылатые ракеты "TAURUS" не ранее чем через 3 месяца

Spoiler: Russian spelling

Произошел очередной "обмен любезностями". По первому впечатлению этот раунд в пользу России. На фоне вчерашних обещаний Буданова обязательно обрушить крымский мост, эта новость настораживает.
Когда Кулеба говорил Бербок, что Германия в любом случае передаст ракеты Taurus Украине и не нужно тянуть с этим время, он знал, что говорил. Решения принимают не Бербок и не Шольц.

 

[unkl brws]

Canada just came and apologized for inviting an ex SS officer.

I wonder if they will address the very uncomfortable obvious follow up "why do you have former nazi officers living in Canada?"

House Speaker Anthony Rota apologizes after inviting man who fought for Nazis to Parliament​

Several Jewish advocacy organizations condemned members of Parliament on Sunday for giving a standing ovation to a man who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War. During Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Ottawa on Friday, MPs honoured 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, who fought for the First Ukrainian Division, in the House of Commons.

 

[unkl brws]

I found this video from another angle that shows (correct me if I'm wrong) Zelensky giving two moderate-looking Nazi salutes to Hunka at 0:23 and 0:28. Also, there wasn't one standing ovation but two. At 1:22, the Deputy PM Freeland is the first to enthusiastically jump up and applaud. If this doesn't send a big signal to the universe for some hard lessons to be delivered to Canada, I don't know what will.

 

[Natus Videre]

I found this video from another angle that shows (correct me if I'm wrong) Zelensky giving two moderate-looking Nazi salutes to Hunka at 0:23 and 0:28. Also, there wasn't one standing ovation but two. At 1:22, the Deputy PM Freeland is the first to enthusiastically jump up and applaud. If this doesn't send a big signal to the universe for some hard lessons to be delivered to Canada, I don't know what will.

Welcome to Nazukranada!
If you don't bow to Nazis, worry not, your politicians will do it for you!
Remember, this is a "Freeland" where identity prevails over morals.

 

[Ursus Minor]

German Soldiers Supposedly Killed In Leopard 2 Tank In Ukraine

Russia claims to have destroyed a German Leopard tank driven by German soldiers in the Zaporizhzhya region of southern Ukraine.. The news published by RIA Novosti has nothing to do with the image. There is no tangible element other than the words of the commander of the Russian unit to whom the action was attributed. The Leopard would have been destroyed by Russian soldiers, who would have approached the vehicle to arrest any survivors: “We found the tank driver who was in the control centre, and the others were all dead. When he regained consciousness, he started screaming “Don’t shoot” in German.

“He said several times that he was not a mercenary but a soldier in the German armed forces and that the entire tank crew belonged to one company,” the anonymous commander continues the story.

Article by wireservice.ca

 

[Possibility of Being]

That's something!

Topwar: Ракетным ударом ВС РФ разбит аэродром Долгинцево в Кривом Роге

Кровавый Рог принял удар за Севастополь и Курск. Минувшей ночью ВС РФ поразили военные объекты ВСУ в тыловых районах. В Кривом Роге сожгли сразу несколько целей, ударив по промышленному центру Днепропетровщины. Здесь расположена одна из крупных артерий снабжения вражеской группировки.

www.sila-rf.ru

25 September 2023, 11:05 AM

Russian Armed Forces missile strike destroys Dolgintsevo airfield in Krivoy Rog

Bloody Horn [a pun, I guess] took a blow for Sevastopol and Kursk. Last night, the Russian Armed Forces struck AFU military facilities in the rear areas. In Krivoy Rog burned several targets at once, hitting the industrial centre of the Dnepropetrovsk region. One of the major supply arteries of the enemy group is located here. The logistics complex of the AFU has been dismantled, reports "Archangel of Special Forces". Ukraine's propaganda is no longer able to hide such large losses.

Preliminarily, the airfield Dolgintsevo with a warehouse of BC for combat aircraft was smashed. Officially, information about the destruction of the airbase in Krivoy Rog has not yet been confirmed, but explosions with prolonged detonation rattled in the area at night.

It is in Dolgintsevo that MiG-29s and Su-24M bombers of the Ukrainian Air Force - carriers of British Storm Shadow missiles, which were used to bomb the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Crimea - are based. In addition, yesterday several explosions were heard at the Khalino airfield in the Kursk region. The airbase was hit by a Ukrainian UAV and a detonation occurred when the drone was inspected. There are fatalities among the military.

Air defence crews also shot down AFU drones over Tula, Sevastopol and Moscow. In the morning was thwarted attack in the Kursk and Bryansk regions.

Earlier "Silovaya Blok" reported on the freezing of the development of the ballistic missile "Zmeyevik".

From the TG channel "Militarist"

According to the Turks, an overnight strike on Dolgintsevo airbase left at least 120 people, including NATO troops, missing and trapped in buildings and shelters in and around the base. Due to the heavy explosions, casualty evacuation and search and rescue efforts were severely hampered.

As for "a detonation occurred when the drone was inspected", it seems the AFU are using recently drones with a delayed explosive self-destruction programme, allegedly in order to prevent the weapon from being examined. Very dangerous for both, Russian soldiers and civilians.

 

[Alejo]

It was noted that B’Nai Brith Canada, of course, is silent on Zelenski himself (no "outrage"), the leader of the reanimated, Canadian et al funded nazi brigades in Ukraine.

Yeah, it apparently backfired loudly... but not 24 hours later.. "Putin did it!"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706024226019213669

And people are apparently tearing it all apart online, this one was really good lol

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706361204371816836

 

[Voyageur]

Yeah, it apparently backfired loudly... but not 24 hours later.. "Putin did it!"

Yes, Justin did the faux apology, and reversed the narrative back on to Russia. Predictable.

Matt Taibbi shines a little light on it:

Justin Trudeau's Nazi Hot Take Flexibility: Taibbi​

Let me get this straight:

A year and a half ago, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denounced a Jewish member of parliament named Melissa Lantsman for standing with “people who wave swastikas.” Lantsman had criticized Trudeau for fanning “the flames of an unjustified national emergency” in response to the “Freedom Convoy” trucker protests. The “swastikas” Trudeau referenced were, as even Snopes conceded, virtually all “pictured on signs as a way of mocking and protesting government restrictions,” comme ça:

By saying Lantsman stood with “people who wave swastikas,” in other words, Trudeau really meant she was standing with “people who called me a Nazi.” He declined to apologize, which of course is his prerogative.

Directly quoting:

It’s extremely upsetting that this happened. The Speaker has acknowledged his mistake and has apologized… This is something that is deeply embarrassing to the Parliament of Canada and by extension to all Canadians… I think particularly of Jewish MPs and all members of the Jewish community, celebrating, um, commemorating Yom Kippur today.

And the grand clown finale:

If he’d stopped there, it would have been a merely gross performance. He didn’t, jumping straight from “Yom Kippur today” to: I think it’s going to be really important that all of us push back against Russian propaganda, Russian disinformation, and continue our steadfast and unequivocal support for Ukraine, as we did last week with announcing further measures to stand with Ukraine in Russia’s illegal war against it.

Well there you have it, what can one say - the whole house in Ottawa, across the aisle and perhaps on the back benches, has been dosing on Ukraine ignorance pills.

With this debacle, it might seem that some one set this up - to what end, don't know. I mean, there is no way, despite what Rota (who took the fall) said, that people, particularly Freeland, did not know who Hunka was. There is no way that a guy introduced as fighting the soviets in WWII would not be understood for the side he was on. Will there be a resignation? I see also that the House was being encouraged to remove by vote any further mention - strike from the official record, this whole sick business - they must have got a memo from Jacinda.

Matt Ends:

To recap: Trudeau in a clear act of official disinformation smeared thousands of Canadian protesters as Nazis last year with context-twisting descriptions of a few decidedly un-representative photos. Now, after the Speaker of the House of Commons invited an ex-Nazi to parliament in a planned political act that had to be somewhat representative of the thinking of Trudeau’s Liberal government, the Prime Minister is complaining about “Russian disinformation,” as if that were to blame for this optics Hindenburg. As the CBC put it:

Trudeau warned that this event may fuel Russian propaganda. Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed the Ukraine conflict is about rooting out Nazis.
Dude, Vladimir Putin didn’t invite a Nazi to parliament, your government did. Do Davosketeers like Trudeau have anything inside, like shame or their own thoughts, or are they just manicured readers of talking points? Sheesh. It’s almost funny, how repugnant these people are.

I'm sure there will be more to come.

 

[youlik]

The Abrams finally reached Ukraine. Here are a couple of excerpts about Abrams.

Older than Edda: As they say, the first Abrams tanks have been delivered to the territory of Ukraine. Almost everyone is happy about this event: Ukrainians who are not at war yet, loudmouthed politicians in Kiev, a Russian franchise that escaped from Russia with the beginning of its own. But most of all, operators of Lancets, FPV drones, AA pilots, gunners are happy, because new well-deserved awards are looming on the horizon, plus hunting excitement makes the heart beat faster, in anticipation of magnificent prey. In general, everyone is happy, except the Abrams crews, it is their destroyed tanks that will disperse dozens of videos on Tg and TV news channels.

Readovka: "It is obvious that the United States understands that several tanks of the 70s are not capable of having any influence on the course of hostilities. Moreover, due to the huge mass, it will be quite problematic to use "Abrams" in the Donbass, where chernozem prevails. Especially during the period of thaw, which will come in a couple of weeks.
Most likely, Abrams tanks will be used by the APU by analogy with the Challenger — for actions from a long distance, without risking coming close to the positions of the Russian army. For suicidal frontal attacks, "Leopards" will also come down. An obvious step will also be the involvement of American tanks in propaganda plots."

26.09.2023 Новости с Украины сегодня: ВСУ собирают новый ударный кулак с Абрамсами для броска на Токмак. Карта боевых действий (20 видео) смотреть онлайн в хорошем качестве

Spoiler: Russian spelling

Абрамсы наконец то доехали до Украины. Приведу пару отрывков про Абрамсы.

 

[Bobo08]

Seems in the last couple of days that the West "decided" that the "war" in Ukraine is over. They probably cant give any more financial and military support to Ukraine, so: "lets us be done with it, and lets make money with rebuildung". There is probably some silly "Marshal's plan" on the table too.

Alas, the West, in their wishful thinking, forgot that the only one who can say when the war is over - is Russia.

It could also mean that being cornered, they may try some other tricks. Interesting time ahead!

 

[youlik]

The Russian analogue of the American JDAM is slowly making its way.

UMPC of all calibers are massively used in the SVO zone
According to the well-known Russian blogger "Fighterbomber", recently there has been a noticeable increase in the use of universal planning and correction modules (UMPC) on the front line. The main reason is the launch of UMPC into mass production. Due to the relative ease of manufacture, the production process of the UMPC is many times shorter than that of more complex ammunition, such as the Dagger or the X-29TD. It is expected to launch a 1500 kg UMPC. - Despite their effective use in the SVO zone, cases are still isolated. At the same time, there is also an adaptation of aviation equipment for the use of such ammunition. It is noted that UMPC is easy to use, which facilitates the training of flight personnel. In conditions of complex combat tasks, the use of "smart" weapons seems to be the most effective.

However, there is a potential threat: in case of suppression of correction signals from satellites of various countries, the accuracy of the UMPC may decrease. In this regard, there is a growing need to develop autonomous navigation systems for ammunition - cheap, compact and lightweight.

It should be noted that depending on the caliber of the ammunition used, the latter can autonomously cover a distance of up to 70 kilometers, accurately hitting the target and causing serious damage.

В зоне СВО массово применяются УМПК всех калибров

Ukrainian losses have decreased slightly, but continue to be catastrophic.

Shoigu reported huge losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in September (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the losses of the Armed Forces in September amounted to over 17 thousand people. Also, the Ukrainian army lost more than 2.7 thousand units of weapons and military equipment.

Among the destroyed vehicles are seven Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, two German Leopard tanks and one Challenger.

In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Army has significantly expanded the control zone near Senkovka and Petropavlovsk thanks to the courage of the 25th and 138th brigades, Shoigu said.

It should be noted that the commander of the Black Sea Fleet Viktor Sokolov is taking part in today's meeting of the board of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Earlier, Ukrainian propaganda recorded the admiral as "killed" as a result of a strike on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.

https://rusvesna.su/news/1695723363

Spoiler: Russian spelling

Российский аналог американского JDAM потихоньку прокладывает себе дорогу.
Украинские потери немного снизились, но продолжают быть катастрофическими.

 

[Nević Nenad]

It could also mean that being cornered, they may try some other tricks. Interesting time ahead!

I guess they never heard Stavai strana ogromnaya (Rise grand country) song. They really dont want to get Russians into that mood