Tag: russia

• [Sharing] Ukrainian Counteroffensive’s Second Week Ends in Failure – Scott Ritter

  Operation enters the second week of Ukraine’s long-awaited and highly touted counteroffensive, some basic conclusions can be drawn even though the fighting continues, and will continue to rage, for some time to come. First and foremost, the counteroffensive gambit has failed. While there is still considerable combat strength left in the Ukrainian military, including more…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  18 June 2023

  ukraine

  airdefense, artemovsk, ATGM, atlanticism, auschwitz, bakhmut, balticstates, bradley, cannonfodder, chrystiafreeland, drones, F-16, fascism, germany, history, IFV, intelligence, iraq, leopard, lithuania, markmilley, mercenarism, mines, minsk, NATO, orekhov, panzer, proxywar, russia, scottritter, SOF, sovietunion, SSO, strategy, tactics, tanks, UK, ukraine, unitednations, US, USMC, vilnius, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, WMD, zaporozhye

• Daily pictures : der Stahlhelm

  history against the empire of lies Skeletons and artifacts have appeared in the bed of Kakhovka bassin, which has dried out, after an Atlanticist attack has blown up the dam on Dnieper river on June 6, 2023 Soviet Union completed in 1956 the construction of Kakhovka dam and its hydroelectric power plant. During 67 years,…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  13 June 2023

  fascism, history, ukraine

  atlanticism, dnieper, europeanunion, fascism, germany, history, intelligence, nationalism, NATO, normandy, novayakakhovka, russia, sovietunion, UK, ukraine, UPA, US, warcrime

• [Sharing] The West Must Prepare for a Long Overdue Reckoning – Chandran Nair, The National Interest

  Five major trends illustrate how the world is changing, and that the West must grapple with the reality that it can no longer impose its “leadership” on the world as it once did. The post-Western, multipolar international order is coming to pass. As the world grapples with the implications of this shift in power, the…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  13 June 2023

  BRICS, history, ukraine

  afghanistan, africa, arabworld, atlanticism, australia, BRICS, burjkhalifa, chandrannair, china, civilization, climatechange, colonialism, decline, dedollarization, diplomacy, disinformation, dollar, dubai, europe, G7, hegemony, history, hongkong, india, indonesia, iran, jokowidodo, journalism, luladasilva, multipolarworld, myanmar, narendramodi, NATO, newworldorder, nordstream, palestine, pentagon, petervanburen, propaganda, racism, russia, sanctions, saudiarabia, siliconvalleybank, socialmedia, SWIFT, taiwan, terrorism, theamericanconservative, thenationalinterest, UAE, UK, ukraine, unipolarworld, US, venezuela

• [Sharing] A War Like No Other – Peter Van Buren, the American Conservative

  The Biden doctrine is a cynical effort to cash in on the blood of another nation Joe Biden created for the U.S. a war like no other, one where others die and the U.S. simply sits back and pays the bills on a gargantuan scale. No attempts are made at diplomacy by the Americans, and…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  12 June 2023

  history, ukraine

  1984, afghanistan, barackobama, blackrock, cannonfodder, china, diplomacy, drones, europe, F-16, genocide, georgeorwell, goldmansachs, HIMARS, history, iraq, joebiden, jpmorgan, lancet, M777, NATO, nikolaev, NYT, pentagon, petervanburen, poland, proxywar, romania, russia, sovietunion, strategy, terrorism, theamericanconservative, ukraine, US, vietnam, volodymyrzelenskyy, WEF, yemen

• [Sharing] Finally the Bull Charged – Scott Ritter

  Finally the bull charged, the horse leaders ran for the barrera, the picador hit too far back, and the bull got under the horse, lifted him, threw him onto his back. Zurito watched. The monos, in their red shirts, running out to drag the picador clear. The picador, now on his feet, swearing and flopping…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  12 June 2023

  history, ukraine

  anneapplebaum, armenia, atlanticism, balticstates, barcelona, bradley, chrystiafreeland, civilization, denmark, ernesthemingway, europe, europeanlegion, europeanunion, fascism, finland, friedrichpaulus, georgesoros, germany, hegemony, history, hungary, IFV, intelligence, iraq, josephstalin, lebanon, leningrad, leopard, LGBT, liliyavezhevatova, malakelhalabi, NATO, novosibirsk, opensociety, panzer, poland, proxywar, russia, russophobia, scottritter, sovietunion, spain, stalingrad, sweden, tanks, theatlantic, UK, ukraine, unitednations, US, USMC, vladimirputin, volgograd, WMD

• [Sharing] Strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant – Russian MFA

  Chronology The first information about the Ukrainian military mining the dam and hydraulic structures of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant appeared as far back as September 15, 2014. Reports by the Voenkor.Info agency indicated that Ukrainian sappers began installing engineering ammunition at these facilities in order to prevent the Novorossiya separatists from gaining control over…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  11 June 2023

  history, ukraine

  andriykovalchuk, antonovka, crimea, dnieper, GMLRS, HIMARS, history, kherson, mines, novayakakhovka, novorossiya, olkha, russia, sergeysurovikin, sovietunion, terrorism, thewashingtonpost, tochka, ukraine, unitednations, US, vladimirleontyev, warcrime

• [Verbatim : Tucker on Twitter, June 6, 2023]

  Hey, it’s Tucker Carlson.This morning it looks like somebody blew up the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. The rushing wall of water, wiped out entire villages, destroyed a critical hydro power plant, and as of tonight, puts the largest nuclear reactor in Europe in danger of melting down. So if this was intentional, it was…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  9 June 2023

  corruption, fascism, social struggles, ukraine

  911, atlanticism, atomic, billkristol, blackrock, blacksea, BLM, censorship, climatechange, CNN, corruption, crimea, democracy, disinformation, donaldtrump, donbass, donetsk, energodar, ETI, europe, fakenews, falseflag, fascism, georgewbush, germany, GMLRS, HIMARS, history, intelligence, iraq, jeffreyepstein, journalism, LGBT, lindseygraham, NATO, nikkihaley, nordstream, novayakakhovka, nuclear, NYT, propaganda, proxywar, russia, saddamhussein, scottritter, seymourhersh, socialstruggles, sovietunion, terrorism, thedebrief, thewashingtonpost, tuckercarlson, twitter, UFO, ukraine, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, warcrime, whistleblowing, whitewashing, winstonchurchill, zaporozhye, ZNPP

• [Sharing] Leaks reveal FBI helps Ukraine censor Twitter users and obtain their info – Aaron Maté, the Grayzone

  The FBI aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to ban Twitter users and collect their data, new leaks show. Twitter declined to censor journalists targeted by Ukraine, including The Grayzone’s Aaron Maté The Federal Bureau of Investigation has aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to censor social media users and obtain their personal information, leaked emails reveal.…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  7 June 2023

  police misconduct, ukraine

  aaronmate, aleksandrkobzanets, anatolyshariy, andriyportnov, antonherashchenko, anyaparampil, canada, censorship, crowdstrike, disinformation, dmitryrogozin, DNC, elonmusk, elvischan, ernestmoret, europeanunion, facebook, fakenews, fascism, FBI, france, gennadyzyuganov, hillaryclinton, hunterbiden, intelligence, jimmydore, journalism, kiev, kitklarenberg, law, leefang, maidan, margaritasimonyan, maxblumenthal, myrotvorets, NATO, olenazelenska, police, policemisconduct, proxywar, russia, russiatoday, sanfrancisco, SBU, scotlandyard, sergeymironov, SO15, socialmedia, terrorism, terrorismact2000, thegrayzone, twitter, twitterfiles, UK, ukraine, US, viktoryanukovych, vladimirsolovyov, volodymyrzelenskyy, warcrime, whitewashing, yoelroth

• [Sharing of an unintentionally funny piece from the NYT] Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History – Thomas Gibbons-Neff

  Troops’ use of patches bearing Nazi emblems risks fueling Russian propaganda and spreading imagery that the West has spent a half-century trying to eliminate [Molière, Le Tartuffe : Couvrez ce sein que je ne saurais voir] KYIV, Ukraine — Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine last year, the Ukrainian government and NATO allies have…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  7 June 2023

  fascism, history, ukraine

  abwehr, adolfhitler, azov, bellingcat, coup, crimea, denazification, dmitrykotsyubaylo, donbass, ethniccleansing, fascism, genocide, germany, history, humor, ihorkozlovskyi, intelligence, jakehyman, journalism, kiev, letartuffe, LGBT, maidan, mariupol, masskilling, michaelcolborne, moliere, nationalism, NATO, NYT, OUN, poland, pravyisektor, propaganda, r3ich, racism, russia, schutzstaffel, schwarzesonne, sicherheitsdienst, socialmedia, sovietunion, supremacism, swastika, thomasgibbonsneff, totenkopf, UK, ukraine, UPA, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, waffenss, warcrime

• [Sharing] The Battle of Bakhmut: Postmortem – Big Serge

  Russo-Ukrainian War Update On May 20th, PMC Wagner forced Ukrainian troops out of their last remaining position within the city limits of Bakhmut, consequentially bringing about the nominal end of the largest battle of the 21st century (so far). Bakhmut has been the most substantial locus of military operations in Ukraine for most of the…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  5 June 2023

  ukraine

  artemovsk, atlanticism, azov, bakhmut, belgorod, bigserge, busification, chasovyar, history, ISW, izyum, kleshcheevka, lisichansk, NATO, oleksandrsyrskyi, PMC, popasna, propaganda, proxywar, russia, severodonetsk, siversk, slavyansk, soledar, statedept, strategy, svetlodarsk, tactics, terrorism, toretsk, ukraine, US, verdun, volodymyrzelenskyy, wagner, yevgenyprigozhin, zolote