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

[youlik]

Another Bakhmut/Soledar-type massacre is brewing. Chasov Yar, or as it is called for short - Chasik (remember this name) is a strategic point in the sense of the complete liberation of the territory of the DPR and, in theory, ukrops should hold on to it with their teeth. Let's see what happens.

Marochko: The Russian army controls the eastern outskirts of the Chasov Yar
Russian troops have made significant progress in the fighting in the area of the Chasov Yar, said Andrei Marochko, Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic. According to him, successful combat operations allowed Russian units to ensure fire control over the eastern outskirts of the settlement, which is a significant tactical success. Taking advantageous lines and positions strengthens the positions of Russian troops and provides an advantage in monitoring the movements of the Ukrainian military without the need to use optical devices. Nevertheless, despite Marochko's statements, there is no official confirmation of this from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Chasov Yar is considered as a strategically important settlement, the opening of access to which can significantly change the course of hostilities in the region, providing Russia with additional tactical opportunities to advance towards Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. Before the start of active assaults on enemy fortified areas, Russian aviation conducts intensive bombing of AFU positions, which helps weaken defensive lines and prepares the territory for a possible offensive.

In response to these actions, the command of the Ukrainian troops is pulling additional forces and means into the area of the Chasov Yar to strengthen the defense and prevent further advance of Russian units.

Марочко: Российская армия контролирует восточную окраину Часов Яра

I like this trend. From all kinds of high-precision and high-tech HIMARS, Leopards, etc. to balloons. Then to the rocks and sticks. And so we will come to where the ukrops must take their place.

Ukraine has started using kamikaze balloons
In a recent message from the Telegram channel Mash, information appeared about a new type of weapon used by the Ukrainian military during combat operations - a balloon, which was destroyed by Russian fighters for the first time during a special military operation. This unusual drone disguised as a weather balloon is designed to silently deliver explosive devices to targets.

According to the report, the balloons are equipped with a GPS tracker, a control system, an explosive charge and a power source. Disguised as a probe, it evades detection and destruction by artillery and air defense means, so it can deliver explosives directly to the specified coordinates. Experts believe that although it is almost impossible to accurately hit a target in this way, accidental drops of explosives have led to serious injuries among residents of border areas.

The use of these weapons can pose a rather serious threat, since such devices can fly at very high altitudes.

Украина начала использовать шары-камикадзе

The Lugansk bandit was finally fired. In fact, this news is interesting to me only from one point of view - how quickly this freak will be in the United States, and since this news is yesterday, by now he is most likely already there. Somewhere on the star-striped expanses he is hugging a Rabbit (this is Yatsenyuk, if anyone has forgotten).

Zelensky dismissed Danilov from the post of Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has reshuffled the leadership of key structures of the country related to national security and intelligence activities. According to an official decree published on the website of the President's office, Oleksiy Danilov was relieved of his post as Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC). Danilov has held this post since October 2019, having worked his way up from the mayor of Lugansk to a high statesman, including work in the Verkhovna Rada and in senior positions during the presidency of Viktor Yushchenko.

Alexander Litvinenko, who until recently headed the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, was appointed to replace Danilov. His predecessor in this post, Oleg Ivashchenko, in turn, was appointed the new head of the Foreign Intelligence Service.

Зеленский уволил Данилова с поста секретаря СНБО Украины

Does this sound like a tantrum or am I wrong? Maybe I'm badly talking about a serious politician at the international level, but on the contrary, we should take an example from him and conduct international policy in this way?
Let me fantasize a little, how would it look like in Russia's performance. The only question is where to start? There are a lot of options, but let's take the most recent example, the deployment of American missiles in Poland and Romania.
America - we are going to deploy our missiles in Poland and Romania.
Russia - the hatches of strategic missile silos are being solemnly opened on television, live. From somewhere in the White Sea, the Bulava launches from a submarine missile carrier and flies about its business to the test site in Kamchatka (for now). Somewhere in sight of New York, the Poseidon suddenly pops up (it's such a huge nuclear torpedo, if anyone doesn't know) What's next, you don't feel like going to deploy?
Well, this is all my fevered imagination, but what do we see and hear in reality. In reality, we have been buzzed all over the years - they are our Western partners (only in the last couple of years they stopped talking this nonsense)

"Give us the damn Patriots": Kuleba appeals to the West

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba called on Western countries to give Kiev "these damn Patriots."

The fact is that Ukraine sorely lacks air defense systems and missiles for them, while the Russian Army repeatedly strikes massive targets.

The Ukrainian minister also said that he receives "irritated responses" from Germany every time he calls for long-range Taurus missiles to be given to Ukraine.

"Look, I'm tired of answering this question.

Every time I (talk about Taurus missiles for Ukraine — approx. R C), I get irritated responses from Berlin.

https://rusvesna.su/news/1711443126

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Назревает очередная бойня типа Бахмут/Соледар. Часов Яр или как его называют сокращенно- Часик (запомните это название) является стратегическим пунктом в смысле полного освобождения территории ДНР и, по идее, укропы должны за него держаться зубами. Посмотрим, что будет.
Такая тенденция мне нравится. От всяких высокоточных и высокотехнологичных ХИМАРСов, Леопардов и пр. к воздушным шарикам. Дальше к камням и палкам. И вот мы и придем туда, где укропам самое место.
Луганского бандита наконец то уволили. Мне эта новость, на самом деле, интересна только с одной точки зрения- насколько быстро этот урод окажется в США, а так как эта новость вчерашняя, то к настоящему моменту он, скорее всего уже там. Где то на звездно-полосатых просторах обнимается с Кроликом (это Яценюк, если кто забыл).

Это похоже на истерику или я ошибаюсь? Может я наговариваю на серьезного политика международного уровня, а надо наоборот брать с него пример и именно так проводить международную политику?
Позволю себе немного пофантазировать, как бы это выглядело в исполнении России. Вопрос только с какого места начинать? Вариантов очень много, но возьмем для примера наиболее позднее, размещение американских ракет в Польше и Румынии.
Америка- мы собираемся разместить свои ракеты в Польше и Румынии.
Россия- по телевидению, в прямом эфире торжественно открываются люки стратегических ракетных шахт. Откуда то из Белого моря, с подводного ракетоносца стартует "Булава" и летит по своим делам на полигон на Камчатке (пока). Где то в виду Нью-Йорка неожиданно всплывает "Посейдон"(это такая огромная ядерная торпеда, если кто не знает) Че дальше, у вас не отпала охота размещать?
Ну это все мое воспаленное воображение, а что мы видим и слышим в реальности. В реальности нам за многие годы все уши прожужжали- они наши западные партнеры (только последние пару лет перестали нести эту чушь)

 

[youlik]

The official announcement. The general died. He died of natural causes. It would seem that what does Ukraine have to do with it?

The Polish Armed Forces reported the death of Brigadier General Marczak
According to the command, he died of natural causes
MOSCOW, March 26. /tass/. The Polish Armed Forces (AF) announced the death of Brigadier General Adam Marczak, Chief of Staff of Operation EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This was reported by the operational command of the Polish Armed Forces.

"It is with the deepest regret that we inform you that Brigadier General Adam Marczak, Chief of Staff of the EU Operation Althea Command in Mons, died on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The sudden death of the general occurred due to natural causes in his spare time," the command wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

According to Eurocorpus, Marcak held various positions in the command of EU and NATO operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Afghanistan. In 2021, the Polish general was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Eurocorps Command in Strasbourg. Then, according to the Rzeczpospolita newspaper, Marczak became chief of staff of the EUROFOR Althea operation command in Mons.

https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/20368967

However, it turns out that it does. In the sense of this addition to the official information, the indication of the cause of death as "natural" acquires a new reading. In Donbass, they say that this is of course natural, if you come to fight, the naturally you will go home feet first.

Polish media reported that Polish Brigadier General Adam Marczak died in the area of the Yara Clock (here) for "unknown natural" reasons. In part, we agree with them, his death was naturally expected in Donbas. The Iskander OTRC worked. Adam Marczak previously commanded the Polish occupation forces in Afghanistan and Bosnia.

27.03.2024 Новости с Украины: В районе Часов Яра уничтожен генерал НАТО из Польши. Карта боевых действий на Украине сегодня (19 видео)

Today is clearly not a Polish day. There the general died, here the soldiers die one by one before they even get to the war.

The Polish Defense Ministry stopped all exercises in the country after the death of the fifth military man

The agency has begun checking the circumstances of the death of a special forces soldier
MOSCOW, March 27. /tass/. The Polish Defense Ministry has issued an order to suspend all military exercises in the country after a special forces soldier died on Tuesday during mountain training in the Tatras.

"By the decision of the Minister of National Defense, all classes using explosives and military equipment have been stopped," the defense ministry said in a communique. It is also reported that the Ministry of Defense has begun checking the circumstances of the death of a special forces soldier.

The incident in the Tatras became the fifth case of deaths of military personnel at military exercises held this month. On March 5, two soldiers died at the training ground of the armored forces training center after being hit by an infantry fighting vehicle. On March 25, two sappers were killed as a result of an unauthorized detonation of a TNT charge at a landfill in the Shlensky voivodeship.

The Ministry of Defense reports that the order to suspend the exercises does not apply to "actions carried out by structures that are preparing to participate in foreign missions and operations outside the borders of the state, as well as training Ukrainian soldiers."

https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/20368549?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop

Spoiler: Russian spelling

Официальное сообщение. Умер генерал. Умер по естественным причинам. Казалось бы причем тут Украина?
Однако оказывается, что вполне причем. В смысле этого дополнения к официальной информации, указание причины смерти как "естественной" приобретает новое прочтение. В Донбассе говорят, что это конечно же естественно, если ты приехал воевать, то естественным образом поедешь домой вперед ногами.
Что то сегодня явно не польский день. Там генерал погиб, тут солдатики один за другим гибнут даже не добравшись до войны.

 

[youlik]

Actually, such statements/reports always alarm me.
Almost all international structures (the UN with all its divisions, the IOC, the OPCW, the IAEA, etc.) are under the control of the United States and if in this case we are talking about the UN human rights structure, then it is more correct to talk about the rights of an American person and a little European (just so that they do not run away ahead of time).
Such the structure says something against American henchmen. There are two options here.
First, it is easy, it's just a mistake. Some official foolishly scribbled without thinking (maybe he ate something wrong and he felt bad). Now he will get a slap on the head from his superiors, formal and informal, and everything will fall into place.
The second option is more serious. It implies a change in the attitude of Americans towards their proteges, in this case towards Ukrainians. With this option, many questions immediately arise. What kind of change is this, what is it caused by, in which direction is it changing, what can it lead to?

Russian prisoners of war were tortured in Ukraine, the UN said
The UN OHCHR stated that Russian prisoners of war were tortured in Ukraine

GENEVA, March 27 — RIA Novosti. Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine were tortured, according to a report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
We are talking about the period from December 2023 to February 2024. The department's staff visited 44 Russian prisoners in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Vinnytsia and Zaporizhia regions.
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"Although these Russian prisoners of war did not make any allegations of torture that took place at these facilities, they provided credible reports of torture or ill—treatment at transit points after their evacuation from the battlefield," the report says.
In particular, eight people said that they were held in the basements of private buildings, most likely in the Kharkiv region. Some of them spent several days there, others — up to a month and a half. Thirteen prisoners of war reported that during interrogations they were beaten with wooden sticks, as well as electrocuted using military field telephones or other electrical appliances. In addition, Ukrainians staged executions, and in two cases threatened Russian soldiers with sexual violence.
In addition, the Department noted that acts of intimidation of priests and believers of the UOC continue in the country. The department's staff recorded six cases in five regions when groups of people forced their way into churches. As specified, they justified their actions by the decisions of the local authorities on the registration of new religious communities of the schismatic PCU at the same address as the existing communities of the UOC.

The OHCHR recalled that on December 28, 2023, several people attacked the Kazan Temple in the Vinnytsia region. At least two people involved in this crime claimed that they were active military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the police officers who were there did not interfere in the situation. In January, there was a new attack on this church, as a result of which a priest and a parishioner were injured.
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"OHCHR previously reported on a similar case in the city of Cherkasy, Cherkasy region, on November 20, 2023. In this case, numerous victims and witnesses interviewed by OHCHR identified one of the attackers as a member of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Since then, the Ukrainian authorities have opened criminal cases in the cases of Cherkasy and Ladyzhin," the UN noted.
In addition, the Russian-speaking minority is discriminated against in Ukraine, the Department stressed. OHCHR staff, in particular, became interested in the law adopted by the country's parliament in December. It amends a number of normative acts concerning the rights of national minorities.

"Although the law is a significant step forward in improving the rights of national minorities, it preserves a discriminatory differential treatment between, on the one hand, national minorities speaking the official language of the EU and, on the other hand, national minorities whose languages are not official languages of the EU, such as Russian," the document says..
The UN also called on Kiev to lift bans on peaceful gatherings of people identifying themselves as ethnic Russians.
The Department added that the Kiev authorities are not sufficiently prosecuting those responsible for violence against civilians and prisoners of war. The agency's staff recorded arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment, including sexual violence, against civilians associated with the conflict, as well as Russian soldiers who were captured. In addition, they documented the executions of at least 25 Russian servicemen in 2022-2023. Despite the fact that the Kiev authorities have opened at least five criminal cases of violations against 22 people, there is no progress in the investigation, the UN concluded.

Российских военнопленных пытали на Украине, заявили в ООН

Spoiler: Russian spelling

Вообще то подобные заявления/доклады меня всегда настораживают.
Практически все международные структуры (ООН со всеми его подразделениями, МОК, ОЗХО, МАГАТЭ и пр.) находятся под контролем США и если в данном случае мы говорим об ООНовской структуре по правам человека, то правильней говорить о правах американского человека и немножко европейского (просто чтобы не разбежались раньше времени).
В данной ситуации подобная структура говорит нечто против американских ставленников. Тут есть два варианта.
Первый полегче, это просто ошибка. Какой то чиновник сдуру настрочил не подумав (может съел что то не то и ему было плохо). Сейчас получит подзатыльник от своего начальства, формального и неформального, и все встанет на свои места.
Второй вариант серьезнее. Он подразумевает изменение отношения американцев к своим протеже, в данном случае к украинцам. При этом варианте сразу возникает много вопросов. Что это за изменение, чем оно вызвано, в какую сторону меняется, к чему может привести?

 

[iamthatis]

An analysis of a chain of events beginning with French troops entering Ukraine, by the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.

VIP Memo: The French Road to Nuclear War

France could be leading the American people down a path toward a nuclear conflict decidedly not in the interests of the American people – or of humanity itself, VIPS warns President Joe Biden. ALER…

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I'm not sure if I buy the analysis. The gist is that the French enter Ukraine (if they haven't already) in some small thousands as bait, and Russia destroys them. Macron could then invoke Article 5, and the various countries who have been sufficiently enslaved by NATO prepare to strike. The authors suggest it would likely be air strikes, inside Russia, against tactical targets. Russia does the same in response - strikes against tactical targets inside the attacking countries. If NATO attacks strategic targets in Russia, then it is on to nuclear weapons time.

So these veterans, and probably many others around the world, are worried about nuclear war.

We are likely not going to escalate into nuclear weapons, due to the overlords not wanting their farm going all radioactive just yet, as they looking for control of the reduced population in 4D. Also nukes mess with the density and dimensional realm borders in some way. But the future is open, so who knows.

The C's did say that there will be a 9/11-level program change. They also indicated that it had to do with geopolitics, and Russia/Ukraine. So maybe the above scenario is some semblance as to how the conflict proceeds - not all the way to nuclear escalation, but attempted tactical strikes into Russia.

With continued terrorism inside Russia, or some massive false flag, it may get very ugly for a while. But even then, in the long run, I don't see the West coming out on top in any of this.

 

[youlik]

Well, let's see how it will be.

Putin promised to destroy F-16 fighter jets at NATO airfields
Russian President Vladimir Putin made several statements during a meeting with military pilots and participants of the CBO regarding Russia's relations with NATO and potential supplies of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. According to the head of state, Russia does not intend to launch military operations against the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance. However, he expressed concern about the discussed plans to supply Kiev with American F-16 fighter jets, arguing that such steps would only worsen the situation for Ukraine.

Putin stressed that if these plans are implemented, the Russian side will take measures to destroy these aircraft as well as other military equipment used by Ukrainian troops. The President also pointed out the possibility of using F-16s from the territories of third countries, which, in his opinion, will make them legitimate targets for Russia.

An important point was the reminder that F-16 fighters are capable of carrying nuclear weapons, which will be taken into account by the Russian military in planning a defense strategy.

In addition, Vladimir Putin touched on the topic of military spending, comparing the figures of Russia and the United States. According to him, Russia's defense spending in 2022 amounted to about 3.5% of the country's GDP, which, according to international estimates, differs slightly from the US (3.5% of GDP) and Israel (4.5% of GDP). However, in absolute terms, the gap between the military budgets of Russia and the United States turned out to be significant – $72 billion versus $811 billion, respectively. Putin stressed that US defense spending accounts for about 40% of the global total, while Russia's share is only 3.5%.

Путин пообещал уничтожить истребители F-16 на аэродромах НАТО

I think it is already clear to many here that any nasty things can be expected from that side.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine began to use dangerous ammunition in the Zaporozhye direction
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have begun to apply innovative methods of warfare in the Zaporozhye region, using unmanned aerial vehicles for attacks using especially dangerous ammunition. As correspondent Alexander Kotz reports in his Telegram channel, the arsenal of the Ukrainian military now includes ammunition containing substances such as pyrogel, similar to napalm, and white phosphorus or its analogues.

These substances, according to Kotz, have the property of continuing to burn even when trying to extinguish them with water, foam or powder fire extinguishers, since the fire is maintained by access to oxygen. Gorenje This burning pattern makes these munitions especially dangerous and difficult to remove in combat conditions. Gorenje

The change in tactics on the Ukrainian side has led to a significant increase in the number of wounded seeking medical help with severe burns rather than shrapnel. This indicates a high degree of effectiveness of the weapons used and raises serious concerns about the humanitarian consequences of their use.

ВСУ начали использовать опасные боеприпасы на Запорожском направлении

What can I say? Ukrops, according to their statements, have already shot down more Kinzhal than they were launched at, so what is Zircons worse than?

The Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the ability to intercept hypersonic Zircon missiles at the final stage of flight
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) They allegedly have the ability to intercept Russian hypersonic Zircon missiles in certain areas of their trajectory, where the flight speed of these missiles decreases. This statement was made by the speaker of the Air Forces of Ukraine, Ilya Yevlash, drawing attention to the unique characteristics of the Zircons, capable of reaching speeds of up to Mach 8-9. However, when entering the strike trajectory, their speed decreases to Mach 4.5, which makes it possible to destroy them using SAMP/T and Patriot anti-missile systems.

This statement followed the attack on Kiev, carried out using "Zircons", which caused a number of explosions in the Ukrainian capital. In particular, the strikes affected Zhuliany airport, where Patriot anti-missile installations were located. According to sources, the missiles flew at an altitude of 30-35 km, which took them out of control of Ukrainian air defense systems.

There is a version that the launches of the Zircons could have been carried out from the Bastion coastal anti-ship complexes. The Zircons were adopted by the Russian army in January 2023, and their use for attacks on Kiev was confirmed by Vladimir Putin in February this year during an address to the Federal Assembly.

These missiles have a range of up to 1,000 km and can carry a 300-400 kg warhead, which makes them a powerful weapon in the arsenal of the Russian army. However, the ability of the Ukrainian Air Force to intercept Zircons at certain stages of flight raises a number of questions from experts.

ВСУ заявили о способности перехвата гиперзвуковых ракет "Циркон" на заключительной стадии полёта

The "discoverers" of America, according to a common version, actually sailed to India, but made an unexpected discovery for themselves. So here people expect one thing, but in fact it turns out to be another.

"No one is waiting for Ukraine": Japanese journalist was left in shock after a trip to Mariupol

Mariupol residents do not feel the impact of the conflict on life in the city, said Iriya Itani, a journalist for the Japanese edition of Daily Shincho.

"While the author was in Mariupol, the city was shelled twice. However, the residents of Mariupol still consider their current situation to be peaceful," he wrote.

Itani himself was surprised to notice that the atmosphere in the city's shops is completely calm and there are no problems with products.

The Japanese author expected to find many pro-Ukrainian citizens in the city, but admitted that his forecasts were completely wrong.

On the contrary, Mariupol residents described episodes of violence and humiliation by the Ukrainian military to the journalist. So, according to one woman, the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine refused to let her out of the city with a sick child and threatened to shoot her in response to requests to provide medicines.

"The conflict itself, of course, continues, but for Mariupol residents it seems to be over," the Japanese correspondent concluded.

https://rusvesna.su/news/1711605071

Spoiler: Russian spelling

Ну, посмотрим как это будет.
Думаю что многим здесь уже понятно, что с той стороны можно ожидать любых гадостей.
Что тут можно сказать? Укропы, по их заявлениям, уже посбивали больше Кинжалов, чем по ним запускалось, так чем же хуже Цирконы?
"Открыватели" Америки, согласно распространенной версии, вообще то плыли в Индию, но сделали неожиданное для себя открытие. Так и здесь люди ожидают одно, а на деле оказывается другое.

 

[thorbiorn]

In this article: NATO's illegal 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia 'a huge tragedy' - Putin there are some links in the comment section that taken together give additional background for the current conflict between Russia and NATO. It is rather remarkable that about nine months after the bombing of Serbia in 1999, Boris Yeltsin appointed Vladimir Putin as his successor.

The following is from the comment section of the article:

1) The film, Belgrade, referred to in the article, can be found as "«Белград» Документальный фильм, 2024", (Duration, 59:23) uploaded to several platforms on March 24, 2024, including on YouTube, where the autogenerated Russian can be translated into English subtitles:

The description below this upload, if machine translated is:

''Belgrade'' documentary film 2024

'Belgrade' documentary film by Andrei Kondrashov of the TV channel 'Russia 1'.
25 years ago, NATO troops began bombing Yugoslavia as part of Operation Allied Force. The alliance's airstrikes lasted 78 days and hit not only military but also civilian infrastructure.
The operation took place without the approval of the UN Security Council, which was a gross violation of international law and, in fact, an act of aggression against a sovereign country.
Those events claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent people, marked the beginning of the end of the existence of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and also caused colossal environmental damage to the territory of modern Serbia.

2) Joe Biden was in favour of bombing Belgrade in 1998-1999

3) Other clips and documentaries
There are a few, and sometimes if you go to the channels, there are other uploads in related genres.
The following are ordered according to the time they cover and date of publication.
a) Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War (documentary) (YouTube, 1999)

b) "Sarajevo Ricochet" is a one hour documentary . The original (including Norwegian comments) can be found in six clips on this channel, along with the other Norwegian production, "Srebrenica: A Town Betrayed", uploaded in seven parts. Clips from Sarajevo Ricochet, with English commentary appear in: Exclusive: U.S. Policy on Bosnia Arms Trafficking

c) Srebrenica: A Town Betrayed (Documentary) (Jul 2015 SOTT.net article with a link to the video.)
d) The Weight of Chains: US/NATO Destruction of Yugoslavia (Documentary) (SOTT article with link, 2010)
The Weight of Chains 2 | Težina lanaca 2 (YouTube link uploaded 2018) On the YouTube page of the producer, Boris Malagurski, there is also a third episode: Težina lanaca 3 (2019), (The Weight of Chains 3), some parts are in English, but the autogenerated English translation did not work. However, the director has a link to Vimeo, where you can find it.

e) Stolen Kosovo (2008) is mentioned in SOTT articles: The 'Real Butcher of the Balkans' was NATO and in Madeleine Albright's scrap with pro-Serbian activists in a Prague bookstore. It appears on YouTube as Serbia - Stolen Kosovo [Multisubs] Czech documentary by Václav Dvořák
This version is 1:02:51, about five minutes longer, and has credits at the end. One channel, serbia4kosovo has parts, but also so many other clips from documentaries about the history of the conflict.

f) Michael Parenti - To Kill A Nation A talk by Michael Parenti, author of To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia:
g) Documentary: Зaшto? (Why?) - Revisiting NATO atrocities in Yugoslavia (Mar 2014)
h) Critical Moves: Crime In Yugoslavia, The Successful War Model Of Nato? (TeleSUR English, 2019) NATO was later active in other places, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine...
The spread of Balkanization: US Empire's strategy of barbaric dismemberment of sovereign states began in Yugoslavia (May 2016)
The NATO-led balkanization of South America and the role of aligned fifth columns destabilizing the world (Jul 2018)
Dragana Trifković in the UN Security Council: Western weapons in Ukraine are killing civilians regardless of whether they speak Russian or Ukrainian (Sep 2022),
How NATO undid decades of post-colonial development in mere months (Mar 2024)
i) How did NATO destroy Yugoslavia? 78 days of bombing, YouTube link (Dec 2023) The description of the video.

The headlines are slogans chanted by people taking to the streets. While Christmas arrives, the people of Gaza continue to live through war and violence with no respite for holidays. In this episode, Jan Oberg shares his firsthand experiences from over two decades ago in Yugoslavia, witnessing a sense of déjà vu - the bombings and wars, the lies and deceit, and the destruction of peace, leaving hundreds of thousands displaced. Jan Oberg delves into the recurring pattern of NATO and the United States engaging in warfare, posing the question: Why do they repeatedly become war peddlers? Who did the West pump weapons to? Did they ever pay compensation? Did they ever say they apologize for what they did?

The above video has a viewer comment with a list of assertions that could be tested, but even without sources are hardly surprising at all:

US/UK and NATO helpers did a perfect job in Yugoslavia in 1999. In Serbia today, the Italians took over the entire automotive manufacturing industry, Austrian and Italian banks dominate, US Steel took metals, Germans took the machine and tools sector, Dutch and Swiss bought majority of products brands, Austrians hold major mobile market share, Norwegians are about to take electric grid and the Germans the local telecom. Also for scraps the Arabs took the only major agro business, the Russians took oil and China took the copper and gold mines. Private ownership in Serbian hands reduced to restaurants, a few small farms and hair salons. Its not left-right anymore but global corporate empire and neo-colonialism.

There is a connection between what happened in Yugoslavia in the 1990ies and our world of today.

4) Articles about the war in Yugoslavia and the aftermath
Below is a list of links to some SOTT articles.

• Lebensraum, Inc: How Germany partnered with Washington to carve up Yugoslavia and foster Islamic terrorism in Europe (1995)
• Yale professor admits he planted stories so that NATO could bomb Serbia in 1999 (2020)

One of the most influential contemporary historians and professor at Yale University, Samuel Moyn, says that during the bombing of Yugoslavia, he worked at the White House as an intern and "planted" stories that were published in the Washington Post.

• Similar to the above in some ways?: "Manufacturing Consent": Bernard-Henri Lévy, the "new philosopher" selling military adventures of the global elite (15 Feb 2014)

...Levi saw his first hot spot in 1971 as he travelled to East Pakistan to cover the war for separation of would-be Bangladesh from Pakistan. He has seen many flash points afterwards. In 1981 he made a trip to Afghanistan to meet the mujahedeen fighting the Soviet Army. In 1999 he ardently called for bombing Yugoslavia. In 2001 he supported the US intervention into Afghanistan. During the Georgia's invasion of South Ossetia in 2008 he interviewed the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. In 2011 he was a fierce supporter of Libya's destruction. Back then he started to vigorously call for toppling the «bloody regime of Bashar Assad».

• Flashback Parenti: NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999 wrapped up 'rational destruction' of Yugoslavia (May 2001)
• Why is NATO decimating the Balkans and trying to force Milosevic to surrender? (Aug 2001)
• NATO's full spectrum war against Yugoslavia: Demonization of Serbs was key (Mar 2009)
• Color Revolutions, Old and New (Jun 2009)

Engdahl cited Washington Post writer Michael Dobbs' first-hand account of how the Clinton administration engineered Slobodan Milosevic's removal after he survived the 1990s Balkan wars, 78 days of NATO bombing in 1999, and major street uprisings against him. A $41 million campaign was run out of American ambassador Richard Miles' office. It involved "US-funded consultants" handling everything, including popularity polls, "training thousands of opposition activists and helping to organize a vitally important parallel vote count."

Thousands of spray paint cans were used "by student activists to scrawl anti-Milosevic graffiti on walls across Serbia," and throughout the country around 2.5 million stickers featured the slogan "Gotov Je," meaning "He's Finished."

Preparations included opposition leader training in nonviolent resistance techniques at a Budapest, Hungary seminar - on matters like "organiz(ing) strike(s), communicat(ing) with symbols....overcom(ing) fear, (and) undermin(ing) the authority of a dictatorial regime." US experts were in charge, incorporating RAND Corporation "swarming" concepts.

GPS satellite images were used to direct "spontaneous hit-and-run protests (able to) elude the police or military. Meanwhile, CNN (was) carefully pre-positioned to project images around the world of these youthful non-violent 'protesters.' " Especially new was the use of the Internet, including "chat rooms, instant messaging, and blog sites" as well as cell phone verbal and SMS text-messaging, technologies only available since the mid-1990s.

Milosevic was deposed by a successful high-tech coup that became "the hallmark of the US Defense policies under (Rumsfeld) at the Pentagon." It became the civilian counterpart to his "Revolution in Military Affairs" doctrine using "highly mobile, weaponized small groups directed by 'real time' intelligence and communications."

Belgrade was the prototype for Washington-instigated color revolutions to follow. Some worked. Others failed.

• George Soros: The hidden hand behind 'color revolutions' (Apr 2015)

With this explanation in mind, consider the description provided by Ian Traynor of the Guardian regarding the "revolutions" and "mass movements" which was taking place in Ukraine, Serbia, Belarus, and Georgia in 2004 and the time of the writing of his article. Indeed, Traynor's depiction of the methodology used by the Foundations, NGOs, and government agencies stirring up dissent and popular revolt is equally illuminating. Traynor writes,

In the centre of Belgrade, there is a dingy office staffed by computer-literate youngsters who call themselves the Centre for Non-violent Resistance. If you want to know how to beat a regime that controls the mass media, the judges, the courts, the security apparatus and the voting stations, the young Belgrade activists are for hire.

They emerged from the anti-Milosevic student movement, Otpor, meaning resistance. The catchy, single-word branding is important. In Georgia last year, the parallel student movement was Khmara. In Belarus, it was Zubr. In Ukraine, it is Pora, meaning high time. Otpor also had a potent, simple slogan that appeared everywhere in Serbia in 2000 - the two words "gotov je", meaning "he's finished", a reference to Milosevic. A logo of a black-and-white clenched fist completed the masterful marketing.

In Ukraine, the equivalent is a ticking clock, also signalling that the Kuchma regime's days are numbered.

Stickers, spray paint and websites are the young activists' weapons. Irony and street comedy mocking the regime have been hugely successful in puncturing public fear and enraging the powerful.

These slogans and symbols are the product of mass marketers employed by State Departments and intelligence agencies for the sole purpose of destabilizing and/or overthrowing a democratically elected or unfavorable (to the oligarchy)government.

The details and techniques of the manipulation of mass numbers of people have only continued to become more and more advanced and sophisticated, particularly with the advent of social media.

• Shameless: How NATO stole Yugoslavia's prosperity, targeting state-owned and worker cooperative factories (Apr 2015)
• UN Security Council should condemn West for Yugoslavia's breakup (Jun 2015)
• The truth about the Srebrenica 'genocide', 20 yrs later (Jul 2015)
• Timeline of the worst massacre in the Bosnian war: Siege of Srebrenica (Jul 2011)

The comment to the above article reads:

The above article is largely NATO propaganda along the lines of "history is written by the victors (or aggressors)". For a more accurate account of what has come to be called the "Bosnian war" see the articles at this link. [External source.]

• UNSC resolution on Srebrenica was designed to justify NATO bombing of Yugoslavia (Jul 2015)
• Flashback Confession of a CIA agent: They gave us millions to dismember Yugoslavia (Dec 2015)
• Yugoslavia, interrupted: A European success story ruined by NATO invasion (Feb 2016)
• Truth and lies about the break-up of Yugoslavia: Forget Milosevic, this was a US operation from start to finish (Mar 2016)
• The spread of Balkanization: US Empire's strategy of barbaric dismemberment of sovereign states began in Yugoslavia (May 2016)
• What FOIA CIA files say about Milosevic, intelligence, declassification: Information is doctored to align with foreign policy whims (Jul 2016)
• Canny 2001 predictions, why Slobodan Milošević was demonized by the West (Aug 2016)
• Destruction of Yugoslavia: The template for America's future policy (Aug 2016)
• Spineless Serbian PM calls Joe Biden, who led NATO's war on Yugoslavia, a "friend of Serbia" (Aug 2016)Milosevic vindicated: ICTY exonerates assassinated leader for war crimes, says he wanted peace - no news media covering the story (Aug 2016)
• Demonization campaign finally unravels: Milosevic cleared of all false accusations, as the NATO war machine rages on (Aug 2016)
• Bosnian Muslims appeal UN top court's ruling which cleared Serbia of 1990s 'genocide' (Feb 2017)
• Imperialist plans for Macedonia: Keep Russia out & Serbia down (Mar 2017)

Today, Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo are American client states. But the process of Washington colonizing the Balkans is not yet complete. Standing in the way of the US achieving full mastery over the region are Serbia and Russia.

• War in the Balkans: Memoirs of a Portugese Peacekeeper (Jul 2017)
• October 5, 2000: Remembering Yugoslavia, the West's first color revolution victim (Oct 2017)
• Christopher Black: Mladic case is a stain on civilization (Nov 2017)
• Heroic Croat General who fought US intervention in Bosnia in 1993 took his life at the Hague to keep on fighting (Nov 2017)
• Former Bosnian Croat general commits suicide during Hague tribunal sentencing him for war crimes (Nov 2017)
• External link (RT) A dramatic suicide in a 'court' of fake justice (Nov 2017)
• NATO exonerates Slobedan Milosevic - 11 years after they killed him (Dec 2017)
• The 'Real Butcher of the Balkans' was NATO (Jan 2018)
• Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica accuses West of conducting centuries-long genocide against Serbs (Jan 2018)
• From Srebrenica to Syria: How the US displaced the UN as the 'world police' (Apr 2018)
• CNN trots out Angelina Jolie to perpetuate Srebrenica fake news narrative (Aug 2018)
• Bones Tell Tale of Suffering Before Bosnian Genocide (Sep 2018)
• UN court increases Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic's sentence to life in jail for 'Srebrenica genocide' (Mar 2019)
• 20 years ago today, NATO began bombing a European country - 'This is why we will never join NATO,' says Serbian Defense Minister (24 March 2019)
• Who directed the destruction and breakup of Yugoslavia - and how? (Apr 2019)
• Zakharova: US must apologize for bombing former Yugoslavia (Sep 2019)
• The Kosovo Indictment: Proof of Bill Clinton's Serbian war atrocities (Jun 2020)
• The road to Ukraine started with 1999's Kosovo War (Mar 2022)
• Media claiming Ukraine war has disrupted '77 years of almost uninterrupted peace' conveniently forgets war on Yugoslavia (Aug 2022)
• NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia: How the illegal US-led attack on the Balkan state changed the course of European history (Sep 2022)
• Declassified intelligence files expose inconvenient truths about the Bosnian war (Dec 2022)
• Foreign Ministry: China won't forget NATO's 'barbaric' acts in Yugoslavia (May 2023)
• Best of the Web: Mass graves, grave questions: Britain's secret Srebrenica role (Dec 2023)
• Best of the Web: The ruins of Yugoslavia: How Russia learned that NATO poses a serious threat (March 2024)
• Putin would've prevented NATO bombing of Yugoslavia - Serbia's president (March 2024)

Much can be learned from studying the case and demise of Yugoslavia. Maybe some people will even feel more accessible to learn about what happened to Yugoslavia, than trying to relate to cases closer to the present time.

 

[PERLOU]

The best explanation of the war in Ukraine....




Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil

@ivan_8848

MUST WATCHUkraine war cause and the end game explained: War of the globalist elite, Blackrock, and bankers.Colonel Douglas Macgregor: In Ukraine, which I think happening there.And what, do you know, what is the end game?Well, for the globalists that are running the show,this is a globalist neocon elite, both on thehill as well as in the White House.And these elites in Europe, particularly in Paris,Berlin, London, they're all interested in seeing Blackrock take over Ukraine, number one, so that it can be systematically stripped of its resources andturned into a subjugated state that belongs tothe larger globalist elites.But they also want to see that happen to Russia,which is why this war was never about Ukraine.It was always about what can be done to destroy Russia.And of course, since the people in charge didn't perform any strategic analysis, they never thought about purpose, method, or end state.They concluded that Russia today is still the Russia of 1992.It's weak, it's prostrate, its economy is ineffective.Remember the McCain statement, oh, Russiais Spain with a gas station.All of these arrogant displays of american hubris,treating Russia as though it was a third class nation with a fourth class military.Well, we're getting an education right now.We paid no attention to the Russians, who had legitimate concerns about what we were doing in eastern Ukraine.We were building an army to attack them.We put a hostile government into that country in 2014.And we kept telling them that it made no differenceto us what they thought or what they cared about.They said, we don't want NATO on our border.No one paid attention.President Trump tried to listen, but he was surrounded by people who subverted him, people who were not loyal to the president, who took an oath of obedience to the orders of the president and then ignored them.So what's the outcome?You've got a very serious war that could become regional, even global, and no one in the White House seems to really grasp that.But we're losing.The globalists are losing.And when the ground dries, and in June, you're going to see a massive russian offensive.And most of what we call this thing called Ukraine is going to be swept away, especially that government in Kiev.But that government doesn't represent the interests of the ukrainian people.They represent the interests of this globalist elite whoare interested in resources and stripping them and using them and exploiting them to make money.Yeah, it feels like the biggest threat to America is actually what's happened to the petrodollar.When you have Putin now talking with the Saudis and Putin now talking with Xi, and you get rid of the petrodollar, and all of a sudden all that borrowingthat we do where we're living way above our means,that's no longer possible, plausible or worse.I think what you're saying is this war has become financial as well as military.And the globalists understand that they're going to lose this war.And what will come of this is that the BRICS, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, are going to be increased by 81 additional members.And all of these people are going to go to a currency that is backed by gold.And once they go to that currency backed bygold, whether it is one currency or a basket of currencies, it doesn't make any difference.Yes, we are in a lot of trouble.The globalists know that, and it is why they are so desperate right now.And the greatest fear that I have is that when the Russians do attack and it becomes abundantly clear that Ukraine is finished, I mean, it's already obvious to anybody who visits the place for any length of time.It's in ruins.But once that occurs, I fear that there will be pressure to commit US forces in Poland and Romania, along with Polish forces and potentially Romanian ones, to western Ukraine.And if that occurs, the gloves will come off, because truthfully, thus far, Putin has exercised tremendous restraint, tremendous patience.He does not want a war with the west.If he wanted that, wed already have it.But if we intervene in western Ukraine, it's over.We'll be in a full fledged war.Expand on that a little bit, because it's sort of interesting.You know, I think we grossly miscalculated.Putin had made several speeches over the last 20 years, repeatedly saying, please do not advance the border to Russia.Do not try to transform Ukraine into a hostile actor, an actor with hostile intentions towards Russia.What happens in Ukraine is of existential strategic interest to us, just as theoretically, what happens in Mexico is of existential strategic interest to us.Although this administration has decided to ignore it.He expected that we would negotiate, that he woulddemonstrate that this was serious, and that Russia wanted its population in eastern Ukraine, which is really russian, to have equal rights before the law.He wanted to end the oppression of the Russians thatlived there, and he wasn't going to surrender Crimea.The reason he went into Crimea is he was afraid it was going to be turned into a US naval base.Biden said.Our goal is regime change.Our goal is to get rid of Putin, and our goal is ultimately to divide Russia into constituent parts, then exploit it.All of his supporters, his staffers, everyone in the globalist camp knows this is the truth.The so called oligarchs Kolomoisky, Soros and others were all part of this.None of this is news.Finally, he said, enough's enough.He stopped.They set up a strategic defense.They ran an economy of force mission, and now they have a force in place that can go as far as it needs to go, which includes to the polish border.They have a plan for 31, 31 month war against us if we insist on fighting it.And we are in no shape to fight a war.We can't even recruit the United States army or the Marines.The Marines are running around trying to recruit illegals and are being encouraged to do so by the administration.Is that what you want in the ground force, to fight for this country? Forget it.It's not going to work.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1773336445173829641

 

[youlik]

The planned blackout in Ukraine continues.

Decommunization continues: two more thermal power plants in western Ukraine have been put out of operation

The Burshtyn and Ladyzhinskaya thermal power plants in Ukraine (Ivano-Frankivsk and Vinnytsia regions, respectively) were seriously damaged and put out of operation, and it will take years to restore them.

This was stated by Dmitry Sakharuk, Executive Director of the Ukrainian energy holding DTEK.

His words are confirmed by the leadership of the Ukrainian national energy company Ukrenergo, saying that thermal and hydroelectric power plants were damaged in the center and west of Ukraine after the explosions.

On the night of March 29, an air alert was declared on the territory of Ukraine. Ukrainian media reported explosions in Dnipropetrovsk, Khmelnytskyi, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Cherkasy regions. The Minister of Energy of Ukraine, German Galushchenko, announced a new massive attack on the country's energy sector. According to him, generation facilities were under attack.

In addition, arrivals at the Srednedneprovskaya HPP and the Krivoy Rog thermal power plant were recorded

https://rusvesna.su/news/1711690524

Kinzhals participated today too. Ukrops will say that they are all shot down and not just everything, but a double set of them. Only then it turns out that Polish generals "unexpectedly, for natural reasons, "die " in their free time."

Missiles and drones hit targets near Kiev, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk and in Cherkassy

Missiles and drones hit targets near Kiev, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk and in Cherkassy

Arrivals are recorded near Kiev, "Daggers" hit objects in Stryi and Shepetovka, according to enemy resources.

Geranium attack drones continue their attacks.

Earlier it was reported about the launch of hypersonic Daggers by supersonic MiG-31 interceptor fighters.

The planes took off and launched, hypersonic missiles went through the Bryansk region to the Zhytomyr region, according to the resources of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukrainian monitoring sources claim that the "Daggers" are rushing in the direction of the Lviv region.

https://rusvesna.su/news/1690542275

An interesting tactic is described. Readiness to attack, thereby forcing the enemy to take up combat positions. Drones destroy the second line of defense, and the first line, seeing hell behind it back, surrenders.

"Joker" drones forced to surrender a company of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Russian FPV drones "Joker" during a special operation forced a company of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to surrender, Dmitry Kuzyakin, CEO of the company developing these drones "Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions" (CCDB), told RIA Novosti.

"Probably, no one will be able to repeat this "record". It was not a Bradley, not a Humvee, or even a Leopard-2, but 60 AFU soldiers who were forced to surrender after seeing firsthand what the massive use of FPV drones means.… That is, one small drone "captured" an entire company of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," he said, answering the question of what was the most important target that the "Jokers" hit on the battlefield.

Kuzyakin explained that at that moment the Ukrainian military stood in the classic line of defense, expecting a "conventional war": machine-gun nests, anti-tank calculations, RPGs.

"Our fighters, whom we trained and provided with equipment, instead of starting to "play by the rules", did not come to the fight at all, but launched FPV calculations that "unwound" the second line of Ukrainian defense at once. The Ukrainian soldiers on the front line realized that resistance was simply pointless. Their mass surrender is the main trophy in the work of our center," the developer stressed.

CCDB (resident of TsAGI Technopark, Zhukovsky) deals with a full range of issues related to the combat use of FPV systems: from piloting training and effective use to the production of drones themselves.

Over the years, the company has created a line of combat FPV drones "Joker". The latest Joker-10 model to date carries a payload of up to 5 kilograms, reaching speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour (up to 200 kilometers per hour without payload). The scientific "backbone" of the center is graduates of MIPT.

https://rusvesna.su/news/1711689192

Spoiler: Russian spelling

Продолжается планомерное выключение света на украине.
Кинжалы сегодня тоже поучаствовали. Укропы скажут, что все они сбиты и не просто все, а двойной их комплект. Только потом выясняется, что польские генералы "неожиданно, по естественным причинам" мрут "в свободное от службы время".
Интересная тактика описана. Готовность к атаке, тем самым заставить противника занять боевые позиции. Дронами уничтожается вторая линия обороны, а первая линия, видя за спиной ад сдаётся в плен.

 

[wilfried]

in french a summary interview of the fsb director. He declares US GB and UK are behind the crocus massacre.

https://reseauinternational.net/les-declarations-remarquables-faites-par-alexander-bortnikov-directeur-du-service-federal-de-securite-russe-fsb/

 

[sToRmR1dR]

No, it's not money laundering, but untraceable "economic aid" to Ukraine.

State Department Failing to Track $44Bln in US Economic Aid to Ukraine - GAO Report

The US Department of State is not fulfilling its mandate of coordinating and monitoring more than $44 billion in US economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report on Thursday.

sputnikglobe.com

During the election campaign, Americans should ask Democrats where the money is.

 

[youlik]

Is this great politician doing someone a great favor by agreeing to negotiations and even allegedly making some concessions? He doesn't want to leave his drug dreams in any way.

Zelensky allowed negotiations with Putin without entering the borders of Ukraine in 1991
Ukraine is ready to start peace talks with Russia without going to the borders of 1991, although previously it was a prerequisite for Kiev to start a dialogue with Moscow. This was stated by the President of the Republic Vladimir Zelensky in an interview with CBS News, a recording of which is available on YouTube.

The Ukrainian leader admitted that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be ready for dialogue if the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) could reach the borders of 2022. At the same time, he stressed that for such a result, not only military steps on the part of Kiev are needed, but also "a complete trade blockade of Russia with the rest of the world."

"To win is to help Ukraine win economically, be strong on the battlefield and help politically. We will not need to de-occupy all our territories exclusively by military means," Zelensky said.

Earlier, retired Major of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Igor Lapin said that the grandchildren of current Ukrainian soldiers would have to get to the borders of Ukraine in 1991. He also noted the lack of motivated soldiers to achieve such a goal.

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That's how much people in Ukraine want to get into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The city of Bolgrad is the Odessa region, near the border with Moldova and Romania. Local border guards in the number of 20 people, with weapons, left the unit. They laid down their weapons somewhere in a forest plantation and that's how they were, they went to Moldova in uniform. So while they were sitting on the western border, calmly catching the same "ukhiliants" (this is Ukrainian for deviators), which they themselves later became, everything was fine. As soon as they found out that they decided to make stormtroopers out of them and send them to the front line, then- nooo, we didn't agree on that.
The Bolgrad border guards in the Odessa region, in full force of 20 people, fled to Moldova... They learned about the leadership's intention to form an assault squad from them and send them to the front

Those who do not refuse to go to the AFU. In the video, a pretzel of dubious appearance brags about otrimannya (this is in Ukrainian received) summons to the army.
In Ukraine, they remembered about the homeless. Fresh and young go to the AFU

Here's another kindergarten on the road. I'm wondering if the girl who records the video is their kindergarten teacher?
The Hitler Youth

Spoiler: Russian spelling

Этот великий политический деятель кому то делает великое одолжение, соглашаясь на переговоры и даже якобы делая какие то уступки? Никак он не хочет покинуть свои наркотические мечты.
Вот насколько на украине люди хотят попасть в ВСУ. Город Болград, это Одесская область, неподалеку от границы с Молдавией и Румынией. Местные пограничники в количестве 20 человек, с оружием ушли из части. Оружие сложили где то в лесопосадке и вот как были, в форме ушли в Молдавию. Значит пока они сидели на западной границе, спокойно ловили таких же "ухилянтов" (это по украински уклонисты), какими сами стали в последствии, все было хорошо. Как только они узнали, что из них решили сделать штурмовиков и отправить на передовую, то- нееет, мы так не договаривались.
А вот кто не отказывается идти в ВСУ. На видео крендель сомнительной внешности хвастается отриманой (это по украински полученной) повесткой в армию.
Вот еще детский сад на выезде. Мне интересно- девочка, которая записывает видео, она у них в детском саду воспитательница?

 

[youlik]

Someone, like the same Repke, may consider this a new stage in the war, but I personally think that the situation is simply turning from the ears (where she turned out to be by mistake) to her feet (where she should have been from the very beginning). I mean, if you decide to achieve your goals by military means, then you don't have to chew snot. I do not condemn the Russian leadership, most likely they had reasons to make the decisions that were made, but the development of the situation has already shown the fallacy of many decisions, which is why we received losses that could have been avoided.

ODAB-1500 aerial bombs began to be used against the Armed Forces of Ukraine
For the first time in Ukraine, Russia's use of a heavy volumetric detonating bomb (ODAB) weighing 1,500 kg was recorded, German media reported, citing military analyst Julian Repke. According to the analysis, this high-power thermobaric weapon was struck at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Velikaya Pisarevka, which is located in the Sumy region.

The ODAB-1500 thermobaric projectile, as noted, works on the principle of spraying a flammable liquid in the atmosphere shortly before reaching the target, after which it is ignited. The explosion creates a cloud of smoke rising to a height of about 1 km, and has significant destructive power. According to Repke, this explosion was not only visual, but also clear evidence of Russia's use of this type of weapon.

Previously, Russia has already used bombs of a volumetric explosion, but of lower power — from 170 to 500 kg. The analyst considers the use of a 1.5-ton bomb as a transition of the conflict into a new phase.

Против ВСУ начали применять авиабомбы ОДАБ-1500

The Russian military began using modified X-101 missiles with a warhead weight of 800 kg
The Armed forces of the Russian Federation have begun using modified X-101 missiles during a special military operation. These modified projectiles are said to have received an increased warhead — from 450 to 800 kg, which allows for more significant destruction of targets. The uniqueness of the modification lies in the fact that two warheads are used in the rocket, and the second of them contains cubic striking elements. To implement such changes, the Russian military reduced the volume of the fuel tank, which, however, did not affect the range of the missile and its effectiveness on the territory of Ukraine.

It is assumed that the enhanced missile power will be used to target key facilities, including elements of the country's energy infrastructure. Among the possible targets, DneproGES is mentioned, which could become one of the first targets for modified X-101 missiles.

This message comes amid increased attacks on Ukraine's energy and military infrastructure, which began after the incident on the Crimean Bridge in October 2022, for which the Russian authorities accused Kiev of terrorism. Since then, the air alert on Ukrainian territory has become a daily reality.

Российские военные начали использовать модифицированные ракеты Х-101 с массой боевой части в 800 кг

The Russian military has used combat robots capable of firing 400 grenades per minute at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
In the area of Artemovsk, the Russian military used Flame combat robots against Ukrainian military, capable of firing up to 400 grenades per minute. This latest weapon makes it possible to significantly enhance firepower and minimize losses among Russian fighters, making it extremely difficult for the enemy to evade attacks. Tsargrad reports on the growing use of robotic equipment in the area of a special military operation, noting the increased use of not only combat, but also evacuation robots capable of independently carrying the wounded from the battlefield.

The development and implementation of such technologies became possible due to the increase in the production capacities of the Russian defense industry, which provides the armed forces with all the necessary range of robotic weapons and equipment. This innovation is part of a broader strategy to minimize casualties among personnel and increase the effectiveness of combat operations.

Российские военные применили боевых роботов, способных выпускать по позициям ВСУ 400 гранат в минуту

Spoiler: Russian spelling

Кто то, как тот же Репке, может считать это новым этапом в войне, я же лично считаю, что просто ситуация переворачивается с ушей (где она оказалась по ошибке) на ноги (где она должна была быть с самого начала). Я имею ввиду то, что если вы решаете добиваться целей военными методами, то не надо жевать сопли. Я не осуждаю Российское руководство, скорее всего у них были резоны принимать те решения, которые были приняты, но развитие ситуации уже показало ошибочность многих решений из-за чего мы получили потери, которых можно было избежать.

 

[Possibility of Being]

The official announcement. The general died. He died of natural causes. It would seem that what does Ukraine have to do with it?

https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/20368967

However, it turns out that it does. In the sense of this addition to the official information, the indication of the cause of death as "natural" acquires a new reading. In Donbass, they say that this is of course natural, if you come to fight, the naturally you will go home feet first.

27.03.2024 Новости с Украины: В районе Часов Яра уничтожен генерал НАТО из Польши. Карта боевых действий на Украине сегодня (19 видео)

Well, not exactly, it's more like a dodgeball game. Polish military department notified of Gen. Marczak's sudden death, adding that he died of natural cause while being off-duty. Then Russian outlets started claiming that he was killed in Ukraine in, or near, Chasiv Yar (alternatively, in Kiev) during a Russian attack. Then it was commented on Polish social and some alternative media with a lot of speculation, so in turn, Polish official MSM commented on circulating "conspiracy theories" concerning his alleged death in Ukraine. Then Russians took it out of context and "quoted" Polish media "confirming" his death in Chasiv Yar. Very common pattern and used by both sides.

And now, some details, I think it's worth it.

This is the Polish official version:

The Polish Armed Forces are mourning the loss of Brigadier General Adam Marczak, the Chief of Staff of the EU Althea Operation Command in Mons, who passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The announcement was made via Twitter by the Operational Command of the Armed Forces.

In a statement, the term “unexpected death” was used to describe the passing of General Marczak, indicating that his demise occurred due to natural causes during his off-duty hours. ...

According some other official sources (translated):

From August 2021, Gen Adam Marczak was Deputy Chief of Staff for Support and Assistance at Eurocorps Command in Strasbourg. In September 2023, he moved to EU Althea Operations Command as Chief of Staff. EU Althea is an EU peacekeeping operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina that started in 2004. It is headquartered in Mons, Belgium, at the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE).

So far so good. And this (translated), with a big FWIW (no other option was possible):

The #FakeHunter website team has attempted to clarify the location and circumstances of General Marczak's death. The response received from Major Ewa Zlotnicka, deputy spokesperson for the Armed Forces Operational Command, reads: "Brigadier General Adam Marczak passed away on Tuesday 26 March 2024 in Mons, Belgium, where he served as Chief of Staff of EU Althea Operations Command."

On March 27, Eurocorps Command in Strassbourg published their condolences:

It is with deep regret that we inform that Brigadier General Adam Marczak, Chief of Staff of EU Althea Operations Command in Mons, passed away on Tuesday 26 March 2024. Gen Marczak was Deputy Chief of Staff at the Eurocorps Command in Strasbourg, France, from 2021 to 2023.

Our deepest sympathies are with his closest family; he will be remembered by the Eurocorps family as a professional who was extremely committed to the success of Eurocorps.

That's it. The problem is, Gen Marczak is not mention on any of Althea webpages, not even on its FB.

EUFOR Althea Home page, Latest News, Leadership (checked also its archived earlier versions), FB page. Searching there for his name brought no result. Same with B&H MOD website - no mention there.

This not a decisive argument, but it gives a bit of credibility to the Russian claims about his not so natural death in Ukraine. It would be quite reasonable to expect seeing his name on one of those sites if not condolences on their (not listed) Chief of Staff's passing.

Anyway, Polish authorities still strongly deny his death in Ukraine. And we may never get to know the truth.

 

[anartist]

Well, not exactly, it's more like a dodgeball game. Polish military department notified of Gen. Marczak's sudden death, adding that he died of natural cause while being off-duty. Then Russian outlets started claiming that he was killed in Ukraine in, or near, Chasiv Yar (alternatively, in Kiev) during a Russian attack. Then it was commented on Polish social and some alternative media with a lot of speculation, so in turn, Polish official MSM commented on circulating "conspiracy theories" concerning his alleged death in Ukraine. Then Russians took it out of context and "quoted" Polish media "confirming" his death in Chasiv Yar. Very common pattern and used by both sides.

And now, some details, I think it's worth it.

This is the Polish official version:



According some other official sources (translated):



So far so good. And this (translated), with a big FWIW (no other option was possible):



On March 27, Eurocorps Command in Strassbourg published their condolences:



That's it. The problem is, Gen Marczak is not mention on any of Althea webpages, not even on its FB.

EUFOR Althea Home page, Latest News, Leadership (checked also its archived earlier versions), FB page. Searching there for his name brought no result. Same with B&H MOD website - no mention there.

This not a decisive argument, but it gives a bit of credibility to the Russian claims about his not so natural death in Ukraine. It would be quite reasonable to expect seeing his name on one of those sites if not condolences on their (not listed) Chief of Staff's passing.

Anyway, Polish authorities still strongly deny his death in Ukraine. And we may never get to know the truth.

Not a natural death? Whether by visiting Ukraine, or by the Jab, all natural deaths!

 

[GaëlYann]

Translate :

Presenter:
“Dear viewer, good evening!
The very unpopular President Macron has raised the possibility of sending the French army to Ukraine to fight Russia.
Exclusively, here are the images of the first French soldiers to arrive on the Russian front."

Soldier 1: “Hey guys, well we’ll pass this on to you, we don’t want it anymore, no one can sniff it anymore.”

Soldier 2: “You do what you want with it, see, put it in the gulag, uh you recycle it into dog food.”

Soldier 1: “We don’t care, we just want to get rid of them!”

Macron: "Roger? Roger? ... Jean-Michel? But... but... where is he my wife?"

Voice off :
This was a press release from ADGQAPM, the association of people who don't like Macron.