Month: August 2023

• [Sharing] Escaping Attrition: Ukraine Rolls the Dice – Big Serge

  The Zaporizhia Summer Blockbuster It has been a while since I published anything long-form commenting on the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, and I confess that writing this article gave me a modicum of trouble. Ukraine’s much anticipated grand summer counteroffensive has now been underway for about eighty days with little to show for it. The summer…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  31 August 2023

  history, ukraine

  abrams, airdefense, APC, artemovsk, asymmetric, ATACMS, ATGM, attrition, bakhmut, belgorod, berdyansk, bigserge, blacksea, busification, cannonfodder, challenger, clustermunitions, crimea, davidglantz, dmitrymedvedev, dnieper, donbass, donetsk, drones, EW, geran, germany, GMLRS, hannamaliar, HIMARS, history, HUR, IFV, intelligence, iran, iraq, ISR, joebiden, kakhovka, kerch, kharkov, kherson, kursk, kyrylobudanov, lancet, leopard, lugansk, M55, marder, melitopol, mines, mobilization, moscow, NATO, novayakakhovka, OPORD, OPSEC, orekhov, panzer, pentagon, peterzeihan, propaganda, proxywar, rabotino, recce, russia, shahed136, slovenia, sovietunion, starobelsk, strategy, stryker, svatovo, syria, tanks, tokmak, tula, ukraine, US, velykanovosyolka, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, voronezh, zaporozhye

• [Sharing] First there were Neo-Nazis, then there were no Nazis, then there were – Patrick Lawrence, ScheerPost

  I tell you, serving as a New York Times correspondent these days cannot be easy. You have to convey utter nonsense to your readers while maintaining a straight face and a serious demeanor. You have to suggest the Russians may have exploded a drone over the Kremlin, that they may have blown up their own…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  21 August 2023

  fascism, history, ukraine

  adolfhitler, andriyzagorodnyuk, atlanticcouncil, atlanticism, azov, basharassad, bellingcat, benitomussolini, censorship, CIA, CNN, danielboorstin, deepstate, denazification, disinformation, DNR, donetsk, fakenews, fascism, georgievka, germany, hinduism, history, hooliganism, humor, ideology, illiaponomarenko, intelligence, jeffcohen, jihad, journalism, kiev, kremlin, MAGA, maidan, MI6, michaelcolborne, moscow, NATO, nikolaev, nordstream, NYT, patricklawrence, PBS, propaganda, proxywar, racism, reichsadler, reuters, russia, russiatoday, russophobia, scheerpost, schutzstaffel, schwarzesonne, socialmedia, sovietunion, stepanbandera, steveerlanger, swastika, syria, thewashingtonpost, thomasgibbonsneff, totenkopf, ukraine, US, USMC, vietnam, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, warcrime, wehrmacht, whitewashing, wolfsangel

• History, on this day : one year ago, the assassination of journalist Daria Dugina

  terrorism is a NATO asymmetric strategy He had won the presidential election in February 2010, but on February 21, 2014, a right-wing coup overthrown Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych. Maidan revolution is how Western media are still naming the event. Fans and legatees of WW2 war criminal Stepan Bandera, the Ukrainian Nazis held one third of…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  20 August 2023

  assassination, history, secret operations, ukraine

  aleksandrdugin, assassination, asymmetric, atlanticism, attrition, azov, balticstates, bellingcat, bogdantsyganenko, bucha, busification, cannonfodder, collaborationism, coup, dariaplatonova, decline, democracy, denazification, disinformation, donbass, eliothiggins, estonia, eurasianism, europeanunion, falseflag, fascism, FSB, GRU, history, HUR, imperialism, intelligence, investigation, journalism, justice, kazakhstan, kiev, maidan, mariupol, mobilization, moscow, nataliashaban, nataliavovk, NATO, NBP, police, propaganda, proxywar, russia, russophobia, sanctions, SBU, secretoperations, sovietunion, stepanbandera, strategy, SVR, terrorism, twitter, UK, ukraine, US, viktoryanukovych, warcrime, yuliazayko

• [Sharing] One of the results of the US-Russia war: Africa rebels against imperialism – Elijah J. Magnier, dossierSul

  Amidst the war between the US and Russia, events unfolding on the African continent are signalling a significant rebellion against imperialist control due to the wider impact of the war on the global geopolitical landscape. The war between the West and Russia on Ukrainian soil is still ongoing and its outcome is yet to be…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  19 August 2023

  africa liberation, corruption, history, revolution, social struggles, ukraine

  adelfattahelsisi, africa, africaliberation, arabworld, asia, burkinafaso, CAR, chad, china, colonialism, corruption, coup, decline, dossiersul, egypt, elijahmagnier, eritrea, europe, exxonmobil, francafrique, france, germany, ghana, guinea, hegemony, history, imperialism, iraq, jeanchristiangordon, jihad, latinamerica, lloydaustin, mahamatidrissdeby, mali, middleeast, mozambique, multipolarworld, NATO, newworldorder, niger, petrograd, proxywar, ramstein, revolution, russia, sahel, saudiarabia, socialstruggles, somalia, strategy, total, UAE, ukraine, unipolarworld, unitednations, uranium, US, vladimirputin, worldbank, zambia, zimbabwe

• [Sharing] Who is Responsible for Ukraine’s Failed Counteroffensive? – Scott Ritter, Sputnik

  On a normal summer’s day, the road to Rabotino would be empty, save for the odd combine tractor and the vehicles driven by farmers and their families as they tend to the fields of crops they had planted in spring. The summer’s heat would reflect off the horizon, creating glimmering mirages, while the still air…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  6 August 2023

  history, ukraine

  ATACMS, atlanticism, bradley, cannonfodder, crimea, democracy, dnieper, DNR, donbass, donetsk, F-16, france, germany, history, IFV, intelligence, iraq, kherson, kursk, leopard, LNR, lugansk, melitopol, mines, NATO, panzer, proxywar, rabotino, referendum, russia, scottritter, sovietunion, sputnik, strategy, tactics, tanks, UK, ukraine, unitednations, US, USMC, vladimirputin, WMD, zaporozhye

• History, on this day : Enola Gay

  The history of Japan is funny. The Japanese were regarding themselves as a superior race. As such, they committed war crimes, mass killing and criminal medical experiments in China, Korea or elsewhere But for the first time on August 6, 1945, the US managed to make the sun rise in Hiroshima, later in Nagasaki. These…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  6 August 2023

  fascism, history, science

  atomic, china, enolagay, fascism, hiroshima, history, japan, korea, masskilling, music, nagasaki, nationalism, nuclear, OMD, racism, science, terrorism, US, warcrime

• Flash : c’est français, c’est la police française

  J’étais convaincu de l’imminence d’un tel rebondissement. Mediapart révèle le 31 juillet 2023 que parmi les trois archers du guet sous contrôle judiciaire pour l’agression d’Hedi, le 2 juillet, David B* (si je parvenais à connaître son identité complète, je la publierais) est déjà impliqué par un faisceau d’indices dans les violences criminelles contre Angelina, en décembre 2018 (cf. supra,…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  2 August 2023

  police misconduct

  angelina, beanbag, davidb, florianmenesplier, france, geralddarmanin, IGPN, journalism, justice, marseilles, mediapart, order, policemisconduct, policenationale, riot

• [Sharing] Ukrainian Nationalism, Russian Special Operation, Denazification of Ukraine – Vladimir G. Kiknadze, The Postil Magazine

  Abstract This paper presents the results of the analysis of relevant aspects of the history of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) in comparison with the policy of the Kiev regime in 2014-2022, using the secrets revealed with the beginning of demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine during the special military operation of the Armed Forces…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  1 August 2023

  fascism, history, ukraine

  abwehr, adolfeichmann, adolfhitler, aidarbattalion, andriygrishchenko, arsenavakov, atomic, austria, azov, ballisticmissiles, belgorod, berlin, bolivia, BRICS, bryansk, chauvinism, chechnya, CIS, crimea, CSTO, denazification, denispushilin, DNR, donbass, donetsk, duma, elenashishkina, falseflag, fascism, federalism, galicia, genocide, germany, grad, grozny, history, humanshields, hungary, ideology, igorkolesnik, igorlunev, igorpavlosky, igorvoronchenko, intelligence, investigation, iran, italy, ivangaraz, ivanrusnak, izyum, jozefpilsudski, justice, katsaps, kherson, kiev, konradadenauer, kursk, law, leonidpasechnik, LNR, lugansk, lviv, maidan, mariupol, mikhailzabrodsky, mykolabalan, mykolamiknovsky, nationalism, NATO, nikitakhrushchev, nuclear, odessa, olegshevchuk, olehtyahnybok, oleksandrdublyan, oleksandrkrasnook, oleksandrlokota, oleksandrpavlyuk, OUN, perestroika, poland, pravyisektor, racism, referendum, romania, romanshukhevych, rostov, russia, russophobia, SBU, schutzstaffel, SCO, sergeybessarab, sergeydrozdov, sergeylavrov, sergeynaev, sergeypopko, sergeyrudskoy, sovietunion, stepanbandera, stepanpoltorak, strategy, svoboda, syria, terrorism, thepostilmagazine, tochka, ukraine, ukrainskakhata, unitednations, UNP, UPA, uragan, US, UVO, valeriygeletey, vasylburba, verkhovnarada, viktormuzhenko, viktoryushchenko, vladimirkiknadze, vladimirputin, vladirmirkhizhiy, voronezh, warcrime, yevhenkonovalets, yuliatymoshenko

• African revolution

  in a joint statement from both governments spokesmen, Burkina Faso and Mali proclaim that in case of military attack against Niger, both countries will regard themselves at war alongside their neighbor After a patriotic coup in Niger on July 26, 2023, French president Emmanuel Macron has claimed on July 30 that France would not tolerate…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  1 August 2023

  africa liberation, history, revolution, social struggles

  AES, africa, africaliberation, africanunion, algeria, alibongo, alqaeda, amadouabdraman, barkhane, benin, bornu, burkinafaso, caliphate, catherinecolonna, chad, charliehebdo, china, CNSP, colonialism, coup, decline, dienbienphu, diplomacy, ECOWAS, emmanuelmacron, europe, europeanunion, francafrique, france, francoislamy, gabon, gold, history, humor, indochina, ISIS, ivorycoast, jacqueschirac, jihad, justice, larotonde, lefigaro, libya, liptakogourma, LR, mali, mohamedbazoum, NATO, niamey, niger, nigeria, omarbongo, paris, patriotism, PMC, proxywar, rabihalzubeiribnfadlallah, revolution, russia, sahel, serval, socialstruggles, strategy, sylvainitte, terrorism, ultimatum, uranium, US, victorianuland, vietnam, wagner, yevgenyprigozhin