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

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Kyiv is unable to receive weapons purchased from the US due to the ongoing shutdown.​

"All attempts by Ukraine to obtain what has already been purchased from the US weapon Having failed, Washington is forced to suspend arms exports due to the ongoing shutdown. The US simply has no one to handle the shipment of weapons to NATO countries for subsequent transfer to Kyiv."

"According to Axios, the US government shutdown has forced it to halt $5 billion in arms shipments."

https://en.topwar.ru/273430-kiev-ne-mozhet-poluchit-zakuplennoe-v-ssha-oruzhie-iz-za-prodolzhajuschegosja-shatdauna.html

 

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Ukraine does not want journalists to report about the "real picture" on the battleground.

It's just like Israel doesn't want the same thing in Gaza, mass shooting journalists like ducks and bystanders providing humanitarian aid. They're so deranged that they believe that if something isn't reported or recorded, it didn't happen and never did. They completely ignore the fact that the universe records everything and can recreate and display it to a given individual after the body dies. Unless, of course, you're a rabid Zionist, a top Mossad official, or a foolish Netanyahu (Milejkowski).

 

[Nathan]

“Largest Ever” Russian Ballistic Attack Cripples Ukrainian Energy Grid

"Largest Ever" Russian Ballistic Attack Cripples Ukrainian Energy Grid

Last night Russia struck Ukraine with what is being called the largest ballistic missile attack of the entire nearly-four-year-long war.

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Last night Russia struck Ukraine with what is being called the largest ballistic missile attack of the entire nearly-four-year-long war. Ukraine’s main energy authority reported literally every one of their thermal power plants was down in the country amid widespread blackouts.

There is a lot of argument now over what Russia’s plan is, precisely, and how it squares with what was perceived as past Russian restraint when it came to strikes on Ukraine’s grid.

Many people who want a total power grid collapse in Ukraine likely have not thought it entirely through. It would mean millions of elderly, sick, and otherwise helpless people suffering and going on the brink—a situation that would be seized upon with glee by the Western press machine and turned into a second Holodomor such that even Russia’s allies would balk at their continued support.

That being said, what we can conclude is that the situation is certainly different, and in general far worse than it has been in the past, particularly now that Ukraine’s air defenses are attritioned and Russian strike capabilities are more advanced and numerous than ever.

However, we must also consider the very real possibility that Russia is merely bringing Ukraine to such an energy brink for the sake of deterring Ukraine’s own further strikes on Russia’s energy sector, which have been painful in conjunction with the various ongoing Western sanctions instruments, albeit not anywhere near existential as claimed.

For Russia and Putin a kind of war ‘status quo’, where Russia can continue to maintain economic health, is the ideal scenario, and Russia would much rather have no strikes on its own energy centers in exchange for walking back the same on Ukraine. This is because Putin knows the AFU is already collapsing even without the focus on Ukraine’s energy grid, so taking out the grid is not a particular prerequisite for victory.

After all, as stated earlier, what could Russia’s goal really be in the total collapse of the Ukrainian energy grid? It would do little good to have a new Holodomor campaign be launched by the West’s global information machine. But this is merely to play devil’s advocate and muse on the possibilities; it could very well be wrong, and Russia may actually seek to bring down the grid once and for all, though I remain somewhat skeptical of the long-term moral efficacy of this.