Tag: europe
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[Sharing] Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day in 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered, marking the end of WWII in Europe. The Red Army’s heroic efforts led to: Fighting continued into late May, with over 1.3 million German soldiers surrendering to Soviet forces. The cost of freedom was immense: over one million Soviet soldiers gave their lives across Europe [end] Related…
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[Sharing] IGNORANCE – Scott Ritter
America is infected with Russophobia, the irrational fear of Russia. This fear is the byproduct of ignorance which has been deliberately encouraged by decades of historic revisionism by western historians designed to paint Russia in a light that deviates far from fact-based reality. The antidote to the Russophobic poisoning of the western mind is truth,…
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[Aufteilung] Ukraine: Zwischen SS-Mythos und Gedenkkultur – wie der Westen zur Nazi-Apologie schweigt – Marta Havryshko, Berliner Zeitung
Kiew ehrt den Sieg über Hitler – doch Gedenken mischt sich mit Heldenverehrung. Was steckt dahinter? Eine Kolumne Die Ukraine hat ranghohe Vertreter der Europäischen Union (EU) eingeladen, am 9. Mai Kiew zu besuchen – ein symbolischer Akt, um Wladimir Putins alljährliche Siegesparade in Moskau zu kontern. Damit soll in Erinnerung gerufen werden, dass Russland…
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[Sharing] It’s Official: Ukraine Conflict is British ‘Proxy War’ – Kit Klarenberg
On March 29th, the New York Times published a landmark investigation exposing how the US was “woven” into Ukraine’s battle with Russia “far more intimately and broadly than previously understood,” with Washington almost invariably serving as “the backbone of Ukrainian military operations.” The outlet went so far as to acknowledge the conflict was a “proxy…
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[Sharing] Even if the war ended tomorrow, Ukraine could end up broke by 2026 – Ian Proud, Responsible Statecraft
There’s a gaping hole in Kyiv’s finances that no amount of tax increases or Western donations will be able to fill There is no plan in place to fund the Ukrainian budget after 2025. Even if the war ends by the summer of 2025, it will take some time to reduce military expenditures, leaving European…
