The Russia - Ukraine Conflict

[loyola llothta]

 

[loyola llothta]

Biden's arrogant anti-Russian sanctions have amounted to a price hike on working class Americans that have so far failed to weaken the Russian economy. His neocon policy accelerates the process of de-dollarization, diplomatic isolation & imperial decline.



tabletmag.com
Anti Russia Sanctions Have Backfired on America
3:17 PM · Jun 2, 2022

 

[TallMan_J]

Cmon, man. They continue to pretend like they’re putting in work. This shyt is straight comedy.

 

[loyola llothta]

Video: Events on the Battlefields Suggest That “Russia is Winning This War”​

By Dr. Leon Tressell

Events on the battlefields of Ukraine over the last month show that Russia is quite clearly winning the war. Although you would not know this, from any articles or news broadcasts in the Western media. Since late February, the collective Western media has engaged in a quite deliberate misinformation campaign whose central narrative is that Russia has suffered huge casualties in men and materials while suffering numerous defeats at the hands of the Ukrainian forces. That is some defeat when Russia and DPR/LPR forces control over 20% of Ukraine’s territory.

This misinformation campaign asserts that Russia failed in its attempt to capture Kiev and Kharkov during the early stages of the current war. Of course, anyone with an elementary knowledge of military strategy would know that the Russian forces which occupied the suburbs of Kiev and Kharkov, were merely there to hold down large numbers of Ukrainian troops and prevent them from reinforcing their front lines in the Donbass region. As the Western media focused on Russia’s ‘failed’ attempts to capture these cities the bulk of the Russian war effort was focused on liberating the Donetsk and Lugansk regions from Ukrainian control.

Events over the last month from the surrender of the Ukrainian garrison at Azovstal in Mariupol to the Russian successes in taking cities such as Lyman and Popasna reveal how the Russian military campaign is progressing according to plan.

The steady, methodical advance of Russian forces is happening despite the massive influx of weapons from American imperialism and its allies. This daily advance by Russian forces is happening despite the 10,000 Western sanctions that were supposed to collapse Russia’s economy.

Instead of collapsing Russia’s economy the endless rounds of sanctions have served to fuel inflation, which is hitting Western living standards hard, and undermine their economies. In the UK it is estimated that 6 million households will face power cuts this winter to help maintain sanctions on Russia. The EU is compounding this economic madness by its
decision to institute a partial ban on Russian oil. Today this has pushed the price of a barrel of Brent oil to $124.

From week to week Western media pundits and corporate politicians try and deceive ordinary people by the steady stream of hopium like narratives which revolve around new rounds of sanctions, together with the new supplies of ‘wonder’ weapons designed to alter the balance of forces on the battlefields of the Donbass. In the first few weeks of the war, the Western media crowed about how Western anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons, such as javelins and stingers, were going to bring the Russian offensive to a grinding halt. Once it became apparent that these weapons had had little or no impact on the battlefield, new narratives have been spun up about how the West will supply Ukraine with heavy weaponry to defeat those evil Russkies. Apparently, American howitzers, British and Australian armoured cars, Danish anti-ship missiles and now the prospect of American multiple rocket launcher systems are all going to help Ukraine defeat Russia on the battlefield. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Ukrainian forces lack the training and combat experience to operate these weapons at an optimal level as part of a combined arms operation. Besides this, Russia has an abundance of heavy artillery which far outstrips the firepower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Never mind the fact that Russia has complete dominance of the skies and is using its aviation forces and long-range missile forces to devastating effect. On a daily basis, Ukraine’s military infrastructure is being degraded while Russia is systematically destroying large batches of newly delivered Western weaponry. To add insult to injury large amounts of Western weaponry are being captured on a daily basis by Russian and DPR/LPR forces.

As if this wasn’t bad enough Ukraine is suffering hundreds of casualties every day while small but growing numbers of troops either refuse orders to fight or are surrendering to Russian forces to avoid being killed. Don’t take my word for any of this. There is an abundance of photographic/video evidence on Russian and Ukrainian Telegram channels to support my assertions. LINK

It is quite clear that over the next period Russian forces aim to take the remaining cities of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. They will not be deterred by further Western sanctions or arms supplies to Ukraine.

As I write this it appears Russian forces have taken the residential areas of Severodonetsk as Ukrainian forces withdraw to the industrial zone of the Azot plant in the city. Meanwhile, individual Ukrainian units are retreating under fire to Lisichansk where Ukraine hopes to make a stand and stabilize the front. Over the next period other major objectives include the cities of Kramatorsk and Slavyansk.

It remains to be seen where Russian forces will go once the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk have been fully liberated. Some speculate that Russia will then advance to Mykolaiv and from there take Odessa with a view to establishing a land corridor with Transnistria. Only time will tell where Russian forces will advance once the main concentration of Ukrainian forces have been defeated in the Donbass.

It will be interesting to see how American imperialism and its European allies respond to the defeat of Ukraine’s most experienced forces in the Donbass. Will they pressure Ukraine into negotiations with Russia? or will they seek to manufacture an incident which will give them the pretext for putting NATO boots on the ground? This would massively
escalate the situation and raise the prospect of open conflict with Russia.

Link:
Western Narratives Full Of Lies And Hopium As Ukraine Is Losing The War

 

[Afrodroid]

It's clear that russians are washing ukkkraine and gaining more leverage over nato countries. They have the means, they have the military power, they are the main supplier of gas to the EU and anyone who thinks otherwise is fooling themselves

 

[Strapped]

Looks like the western media is saying Ukraine should surrender to save lives , we could of avoided all this bloodshed if Washington minded it's own business & stayed out of this .

 

[Dallas' 4 Eva]

Looks like the western media is saying Ukraine should surrender to save lives , we could of avoided all this bloodshed if Washington minded it's own business & stayed out of this .

We were never going to fully stay out of it. They had to find a way to get the defense contractors paid(and in turn themselves) since we aren't in Iraq and Afghanistan anymore... guess they didn't think it would melt down the rest of the economy of the western world with it. US been looking like food since Jan 6, 2021.

 

[loyola llothta]

 

[JLova]

ukraine like that 16th seed that started off good and held its ground for the first few quarters but now getting blown out

"blowed out"

 

[MikelArteta]

Looks like the western media is saying Ukraine should surrender to save lives , we could of avoided all this bloodshed if Washington minded it's own business & stayed out of this .

should have done it from the beginning
waits for zalensky to beg for more money

 

[loyola llothta]

BREAKING: Ukraine's president says Russia controls around a fifth of Ukraine's territory at the moment
6:33 AM · Jun 2, 2022

BREAKING: EU set to ban 90% of Russian oil imports by end of 2022
6:30 PM · May 30, 2022

 

[JLova]

Almost forgot about this mess.

How could you? Gas and food prices have taken the fukk off.

 

[loyola llothta]

Russia limits exports of noble gases, a key ingredient for making chips. This is in retaliation to a ban of semiconductors to Russia.

reuters.com
Russia limits exports of noble gases, a key ingredient for making chips
7:32 AM · Jun 3, 2022

Qatar’s liquefied natural gas production dropped this year, despite requests from European countries hungry for bigger deliveries to replace Russian fuel



bloomberg.com
Qatar LNG Output Falls Despite Surging Demand Amid Energy Crisis
11:18 AM · Jun 3, 2022

 

[loyola llothta]

Poland Suddenly Realized That It Can’t Indefinitely Fund Ukraine & Its Refugees​

The irony is that while Poland sought to colonize Ukraine, it was Poland itself that was just further colonized by the EU.​

By Andrew Korybko

The nostalgic neo-imperial rush of reconstituting the long-lost Commonwealth through Poland’s recent merger with Ukraine into a de facto confederation proved to be short-lived after Warsaw suddenly realized that it can’t indefinitely fund Kiev and its refugees. Everything seemed picture-perfect at first after President Duda and his Ukrainian counterpart Zelensky lavished praise on one another’s countries in late May while speaking before the Rada. They wistfully spoke about returning to the halcyon days when there were no borders between them and pledged to create a customs union to that end, among other comprehensive connectivity initiatives. This de facto confederation sounded good on paper but Poland quickly realized that its budget simply can’t afford this ambitious geopolitical project.

The first signs of trouble came just a few days later after Prime Minister Morawiecki demandedthat nearby Norway immediately give all of the extra profit it’s made from energy sales thus far this year to Warsaw and Kiev. Oslo of course refused, which was then followed by Poland complaining that Germany didn’t replace the 200 older tanks that Warsaw gave to Kiev with newer ones like it claimed its neighbor had promised. Berlin denied that any such deal was ever clinched, which ultimately left Poland in the doldrums after it finally dawned on its decision makers that they just got playedby Germany into transferring half of their country’s tanks to that former Soviet Republic in exchange for literally nothing at all.

Upon panicking, Poland then demanded that the UN’s headquarters for Ukrainian reconstruction be based in its country instead of the one that the international community will purportedly try to rebuild, most likely through the scheme that Zelensky shared during the World Economic Summit in Davos whereby his partners can literally take control over “a particular region of Ukraine, city, community or industry.” Warsaw obviously wants to get the lion’s share of this or at the very least skimp some of the funds off the top for supposedly facilitating this process, which can in turn help it make up for the untold billions of dollars that it’s already spent on Ukraine, ergo why it wants to host that headquarters.

That demand, like practically everything else that Poland has asked for thus far such as Duda’s earlier idea during his last visit to Kiev that the US-led West reinvest Russia’s stolen foreign assets into rebuilding Ukraine (which would serve to subsidize Poland’s de facto confederation with it), wasn’t enthusiastically embraced by its allies like Warsaw expected. It might still come to pass, even if only in part, but Poland now knows that it can’t continue indefinitely funding its geopolitical project with Ukraine to the same extent as it had expected. That’s why it’s suddenly slashing its generous aid to Ukrainian refugees, cutting off free fuel deliveries, and positioning itself as Kiev’s “economic hub”.

The ruling “Law & Justice” (PiS per its Polish abbreviation) party’s Ukrainization of Polish societywas intended to weaponize these “new arrivals” as “agents of influence” in the other half of the de facto reconstituted Commonwealth. They expected this to be financed by Brussels via its promised refugee aid tranche of around €150 million, which hadn’t yet been disbursed as of last weekend. In any case, Poland is demanding billions more in aid, after which Politico reported in their latest article about the surging costs of that country’s refugee program that “Brussels also said Poland could tap €1.2 billion in unused funds from REACT EU…to support Ukrainian refugees.”

The EU also approvedapproximately €35 billion in grants and loans to Poland as part of a COVID recovery program yet is withholding this assistance until it complies with Brussels’ demands to reform its judiciary. In other words, Poland was played by everyone– especially Germany – into taking on the bloc’s leading role in comprehensively supporting Kiev and its millions of refugees, only to be left in the lurch without any substantial assistance until it unilaterally concedes on a significant issue of national interest connected to its strategic autonomy. The irony is that while Poland sought to colonize Ukraine, it was Poland itself that was just further colonized by the EU.

The lesson to be learned is that some countries’ leaderships can be easily manipulated by appealing to their imperial nostalgia just like PiS was by its so-called “allies”. By pushing them to take the lead in “temporarily” shouldering the costs of what’s portrayed as a “multilateral effort”, external forces can get them to go so far that they can’t reverse their policies without incurring some serious cost to themselves, even if only reputational or connected to electoral politics. The manipulated leadership is therefore pressured to stay the course no matter what with the expectation that “just a little bit more” is all that’s needed to finally unlock the promised funds that might never come.

In an ideal world, everything would have gone according to PiS’ plan. The US-led West would have given Warsaw its billions of dollars’ worth of seized Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine in accordance with its desires. Norway would have been guilted to chip in and Germany would have also already replenished the whopping one-half of Poland’s tank arsenal that PiS dispatched to Ukraine, while the UN would have unreservedly established its Ukrainian reconstruction headquarters in Warsaw. Brussels, meanwhile, wouldn’t have attached any political strings to its promised refugee aid to Poland. None of that has yet to happen, though, and instead Poland is now forced to slash funding to Kiev and its refugees.

The Neo-Commonwealth project therefore isn’t off to a good start, having already been hated by genuine Polish conservative-nationalists from the get-go and now even possibly triggering the wrath of those liberal-globalists in society who demand that everyone chip in to continue funding Kiev and its refugees to the same extent as before. Poland simply can’t afford that though which is why it’s had to walk back its initially ambitious plans, though only after having already committed to merging with Ukraine into a de facto confederation, a game-changing development that it’s already too invested in to reverse. All the while, the West is laughing at the “village idiot” that it easily got to do its bidding.

Link: Poland Suddenly Realized That It Can’t Indefinitely Fund Ukraine & Its Refugees

 

[Strapped]

Hopefully she gets that chechnyan treatment